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A four ISN. Obviously a basketball focused show. and taking a look at what took place last night with the Oklahoma City Thunder. That we had the deal with Kevin Durant that took place earlier in the day. We had a big weekend in New York City.
Almost every athlete imaginable was at Fnatics Fest. That was a big deal. And so y you just You you just can't make up the sports calendar. Here we are. It's june twenty third.
The finals just ended last night. And we're automatically going to have the parade tomorrow in OKC. Where it'll be 95 degrees, and both Bacha and I believe that Chet Holmgram will be the guy to walk around. without his shirt on. And then on Wednesday, We just fast forward to the the NBA draft, which is basically going to be I don't want to say the coronation of of Cooper flag, but Welcome to the league, Cooper Flag.
And the interesting thing about the NBA draft at this stage. We have so many players. The pool of players is so wide. It's not just dudes coming over from the draft. It's not just, you know, the next big guy out of Duke or Kentucky.
I don't I don't have the same enthusiasm. for the NBA draft as in in years past. It used to be you knew who a lot of these dudes were. Where they played, you watched their games, you had an idea how they would fit in in the NBA. And now we got so many guys that that come over from Europe.
Whether they happen to be, you know, well, most of them, young professionals that have already played professionally in Europe and now they come over. I don't know who these dudes are. And then, if you think about some of the top prospects here. We got Bailey out of Rutgers and Harper Jr. out of Rutgers, too.
Rutgers stunk this year. And Sugo who the heck was sitting around watching them? And so, I mean, once we we get past Cooper flag, I'm just like this. This is the NBA draft. We'll be right here on the air.
And so we'll be talking about the draft as it as it takes place. But it's like, damn, who the hell are these guys? Bacha, how are you feeling? Are you excited for the draft? As a Brooklyn Nuts fan, yes.
Only because I'm excited to see if we trade up for a second top 10 pick.
Okay, so yeah, you're only excited for your team. But basically, everybody like besides for maybe seeing if Ace Bailey, where he lands, there's no real draft story besides Cooper Flag.
Now, this is nobody here. You got some of the top prospects.
Okay, V.J. Edgecombe, we just saw him play at Baylor. Ace Bailey, Dylan Harper. Le Ron Harper's kid. Trey Johnson out of Texas.
Con Canipple out a duke Amalik as well, who's just very raw offensively. Jeremiah Fears out of Oklahoma. I don't know who this guy is from France. Noah SOA, I guess I'll learn his name. Yeah, I don't know these guys.
Oh, Igor Denham. I know Igor Denham. Yeah, there's Derek Queen. We saw him hit that big shot in the tournament from Maryland. There's another Frenchman.
And Joan? A Beringer, I guess. I don't know. Yeah, these Jace Richardson. Oh my god, wow.
Wow, wow.
Now you talk about old. Damn. Damn. Damn, damn Jason Richardson got a son in the league. My God Yeah.
Hugo Gonzalez from Spain. Yeah, I don't know who the hell these guys are. Come on now. There's some names that pop out, but everybody else is kind of like uh Walter Clayton is here. I mean, he's we saw him just win the championship.
He's experienced, you could say. Yeah. There's another guy from China, Hansen Yang. He's a center. I bet this guy's like eight feet tall.
Let's see. Oh, my God He's seven one Gr great, yeah. Yang is a towering presence with his size. Including a 9'3 standing reach. He had an excellent showing at the NBA combine.
Validating his strong two seasons in the Chinese Basketball Association. Here we go. Weaknesses. Slow-footed with questionable awareness, intensity and agility, guarding in space. He can't move.
Yang has significant questions to answer defensively. He doesn't offer the floor spacing. Uh to compensate for his lack of explosiveness. And so it appears that he's just a giant pulse player. Highly skilled operating in the post, pick and roll, excellent hands, touch, and passing.
All right, fine. All right. 7'1, 2, 700, 253 pounds.
Okay.
Well, I didn't expect to see a guy from China here on this list, uh. I guess we've been due. Like, who's the last? Whatever happened to the other guys from China? Remember, there's one on Brooklyn.
You go rockets, right? Jo Chi. Was that what his name? What? Who?
There was a rock there was a guy on the Rockets from China. He was not Yao Ming. No, not Yao no, no, no. It was a second one during the Harden era. He was like seven foot one.
I think he. He he was supposed to be some type of prospect and never got playing time and never developed. I think his name is Joe Chee. You uh I don't know about that, bruh. I don't know.
Joe, Joe Q I? It was long Zhiji. Kiwi, Zoch Jochi. 2018, he had two points per game. Nah, bro.
I'd never heard of this guy in my life. Why do you know who the hell this guy is? Did he play? He played maybe a couple of games, but he was he was one of those uh if you played NBA 2K, he's one of those like cards that are bad, you know, super tall. You know who this guy is from a video game?
Yeah. He played a career total 19 games in the NBA. Yeah, memorable. Very memorable. Kind of like Simple R too.
Okay.
No. Simple R was like seven, six. Yes, but there have been better players from China in the NBA. There was one guy in particular who played, he was on the Nets. What is that guy's name?
He was a New Testament. No, no, he's Japanese. Um Oh my. Oh, ooh, Yi Jin Lan. Yes.
Where the hell is he? What happened to him? Did he go back to China? He came over. Not young in his career.
I don't think he was good enough, so he went back. He played for the Nets. Did he also play for the Bucs? Boxman, maybe the Knicks? I don't remember.
Oh, my God. I'm on basketball reference. He didn't go. No, he didn't play for the Knicks. Wow.
He's 37 years old. He is seven feet tall. Yeah, he plu wow, what a sure career. He started with the Bucs. In 20.
He was 20 years old. Damn, he played 20. Oh my god, this is so long ago. This was 2007. that he played.
Wow. He played from Milwaukee. The New Jersey Nets. Washington. and ended his career with Dallas.
Damn, I thought he played a little bit longer. It wasn't horrible. No, it had to have been injuries. I mean, at his peak in New Jersey, I thought he played in Brooklyn. He averaged 12 points his last year with the New Jersey Nets.
Yeah, we've had We've had some players come over from China that have been, um I'm pretty good. Wow. Wow, wow, wow. There have only been eight. Wow.
There have only been eight players. in NBA history. Only eight players From China. Eight. Be drafted or just like to come over?
Period. NBA players born in China, there have only been eight of them. There was I remember this guy, uh Meng Batyr. He played three years from 2002 to 2004. And he played for quite a few teams.
Denver San Antonio, Toronto. He only played forty six games in his career. I don't know who this guy is. I guess he's just got son, Kwee Yong Shi. And he played where the heck is this guy?
Brooklyn. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. You you you wait, last year, you never heard of this guy? Oh wait, yeah, well he's like a bench warmer. Does that really Yeah.
I didn't say he played in the NBA, okay? I don't even know if he actually. He was called Jackie, I'm pretty sure his nickname is, or something like that. I think he tore his ACO. It's a guy, Tom Mashery.
Oh wait.
Well, he's from Russia. He played in the sixties. He's uh probably an American. Born in China. Uh Sun Yoo?
Maybe rings the bell a little bit. I don't remember some oh my god. Asanyu played ten games for the Los Angeles Lakers in 2008. Wow. Wang Zi Zi There we go.
I remember Wong GZ. He was like eight feet tall, wasn't he? Wong Gigi. No, he was only he was only seven feet tall. Wow I thought we had more players.
This is kind of surprising. I thought we had more than eight. And of course the most successful player ever born in China was uh Yao Ming, who even here just only played eight seasons before his feet. Started to give him problems, and I guess it can't be too much of a shock. The man was, it still is.
God bless him. Seven. Foot. He is the largest human being I have ever seen in my life. Seven foot six.
I have a photo somewhere. uh not of me standing next to him. But Yao Ming was standing next to some publicist, and publicist had to have been like five foot three. And he was standing next to her. It just looked.
Ridiculous. Yao Ming was just He was so good and so great to watch. It's just. His body and his feet could could not hold up. And I mean, if Yao kept playing, I think Yao ultimately would have won.
himself a championship. He started playing with the Houston Rockets. This was He was twenty two years old. Yao Ming was actually an All-Star. Every single season that he played, his rookie year.
Yao Ming averaged fourteen points, eight rebounds. And he blocked two shots a game. Yeah, Yao Ming was fun. I wish we got more of Yao. This was a funny guy.
And Shaq says he He didn't know Yao Ming spoke English until Yao told him, I Yeah, I speak English, man. You just don't ever talk to me, so. What a world. And I think now Yao Ming owns the Shanghai Sharks. It's, of course, a legend out in China.
He's forty four years old. Damn Time for Fly.
So, who knows? I mean, we got all these international players coming from all over the place. Um I I guess we're we're due. To get another great Chinese player, but only eight players born in China to have ever played. In the NBA.
But what a world. It's the JR Sport Brief Show here with you coast to coast on the Infinity Sports Network. 888-710-4ISN is the number. That's 888-710-4ISN. Of course, at the end of the show.
We'll talk about a few things that took place this day in sports history. When we come back, I do want to talk more about Jon Jones stepping away, Aaron Rodgers being unhappy with the Jets. What a shock. And then, you know, speaking of international basketball. Caitlin Clark.
Yes, she didn't make it to the Olympic team last year. Uh Sh she was offered a spot. want a different one. I'll explain on the other side. It's the JR Sport Reshow on the Infinity Sports Network.
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That's 888-710-4ISN. We talked about the champs. You talked about the Oklahoma City Thunder. We talked about Tom Brady. The winner of everything, winning Fanatics Fest over the weekend.
What are the odds?
Well, I guess he d he did play baseball in college.
So Tom Brady is an He's an ultimate athlete, I guess. all-around guy. Talked about John Jones walking away, which I don't think he's going to walk away. I wouldn't be surprised if one day he wakes up and says he decides.
So come back. What a world. Matter of fact, Dana White. Who made the announcement over the weekend that John Jones is calling a rap from UFC? He was asked: Did he regret giving Jon Jones so much time to decide, knowing that?
There was a heavyweight fight to be made between him and Tom Aspinall. This is what Dana White had to say. Do I regret the time that I gave him? Listen, if you look at what he's accomplished in the sport, No. No, it is what it is.
I obviously feel bad for Tom that he lost all that time and obviously money. But we'll make it up to him. Tom Aspinall's a good guy. He's been incredible through this whole process that we've gone through. He's been willing to do anything, fight him anywhere at any time and do this.
And now he's like, I'll fight anybody. You tell me who and I'll fight him.
So Aspinall has been great. He's going to be a great heavyweight champion for us. And I'm excited to work with him. Man, it's even thinking about Jon Jones to have an MMA fighter. With 30 fights.
And one loss, which was a disqualification earlier on in his career. And he lost the fight because he elbowed the guy the wrong way. Like, you can't elbow straight down, you got to go across. And and so he was and it was a controversial a loss. What a wild career.
I don't I don't know if he's done. I don't think he's finished. I I think he may have one more in him. It's just bad that he has had so many legal issues. It seemed that everything was was maybe too good to be true, things were too perfect.
When it came down to John Jones and his image, And he just oh man, from Hitting the lady to some of these drug arrests. I just hope that. Uh in retirement. He can find um Peace, I'm not sure he will. I mean, even now.
Like he's being investigated over a hit and run with a woman. And it's just like, can't yeah uh uh there's always something. Going on with John Jones. Take a listen to what Dana White was asked if he knew about these latest allegations. I saw it today.
When I saw it today, I said, Oh, everybody's gonna think this is why he retired. Maybe that is why he retired. Who the hell knows, man? But yeah, I don't know. These are all questions you gotta ask him.
We had the fight done. You know, you saw me talking about it very confidently that this fight was gonna happen. And then. He changed his mind. Yeah, well, nobody will be able to ask John Jones anything because John Jones ain't going to be talking.
to anybody. He may disappear again for another three years. He may pop up on social media. Ah. Just is one of the greatest fighters of all time.
Thirty Fights. One loss. That is just. That's unheard of. even at at at any level.
So I hope he finds some uh some peace and whatever the hell that he's getting ready. To do. Uh speaking of Dare I say, troubled individuals? I don't know if he's troubled in the same type of way. Uh but Aaron Rodgers is minding his business right now.
Hanging out with his wife. That uh Bachelor why why are people saying that Tom well, not Tom Brady, he don't got no wife right now. Why are people saying that Aaron Rodgers' wife is like nonexistent? Because we've never seen her or never seen a picture with the ring. with her or any woman It's just part of the conspiracy.
So because he lied about getting a COVID vaccine. We can't believe anything he ever says. It's Aaron Rodgers, to be fair. Anything he does has to be a scene, so I wouldn't be surprised if he did make up having a wife. Who makes up having?
Do people, does somebody do, do you know, who lies about having a wife? I don't know, people who want Certain I don't know attention. People lie about g having girlfriends all the time, don't they? Uh who does that, a teenager? Yeah, but that's like Aaron Rodgers' mentality.
Well, listen, there are a lot of people that don't even know if they have a girlfriend, okay? Right?
Now, that's reasonable. Yeah, what if he married a situation ship or something like that where he Why? You married a situation. He thinks he married it. It's like a promise ring instead of like an actual wedding ring.
Oh, so this is like back to when we did, did you get the COVID vaccine? And he goes, I've been immunized.
So we're back to that. Maybe. It's the technicality.
So he's not married. He's probably not legally married. He's in a situationship. Yeah. Okay.
Probably. Or maybe he actually is married and someone can find his marriage license or his. Yeah, that's about to say, but then you gotta think about where he got married.
So I don't know. I'm surprised somebody hasn't looked that up yet. Who's what happened to that guy? I forgot his name. Uh Is it was it Pablo Torre all up in Bill Belichick's business?
No idea. Yeah, I think I think it was Pablo Torre who was uh all up in uh Bill Belichick and Jordan Hudson stuff.
So I mean, if he's done with that for the time being, he can just go look for uh uh Aaron Rodgers Wife, I don't know. Where in the world is Aaron Rogers' wife? Am we going Egypt again? Possibly, maybe she's in Egypt. Maybe she's on a wellness cleanse.
I don't know. I did see there were photos of him on the beach and he was walking by himself and it just They were making fun of him. I'm like, yeah, this sounds about right.
Sounds about him. Anyway, his buddy, I didn't know he had friends. Mark Schlerith, who we've had here on the show, next time I talk to Mark, I'm going to ask him about Aaron Rodgers, not really. Mark Schlerith said he was talking to Aaron Rodgers. And he didn't talk to him about his wife.
his new wife, or whatever the heck is going on. Mark Schlareth is just dropping all types of news about Aaron Rodgers, and he says that the man. Hated the New York Jets run scheme. This is what he said on his podcast. One thing that Aaron and I had a conversation about when he was with the Jets was how abysmal their running game was.
And how schematically it made no sense. I brought up the conversation. I started the conversation, and then Aaron went on for about a 25-minute diatribe on just their run game. But I was like, watching the Jets last year, it was the worst schematic. The worst kind of Just the worst schematic run game I have ever watched in the NFL.
Oh my god.
Well I'm sure Brees Hall was happy to hear that. The Jets did only average 91 yards on the ground last season, which was, I think, second worst in the entire NFL. I just find it odd. I mean, if I if I got a friend And I'm talking to my friend I'm not going to expect my friend to go on his podcast. And I'll tell everything that did Aaron Rodgers want that out?
Like, maybe he did, maybe he did not. I just. Bacha, was he and we don't know, maybe Aaron Rodgers wanted him to say that publicly. Wouldn't you be ticked off about that? Uh I feel like he's already Ticked off.
He went for a 25-minute rant on this.
So I think he wants to have it publicized. Oh, okay. No one who talks for 25 minutes about a certain topic angrily. wants to keep it in. He just I guess it's the right thing to do that someone else put it out instead of him.
Oh, okay. I I guess that way he can claim uh immunity. That's what he likes, right? Just. I can say practical conversation.
Yeah, I can say what I want and do what I want and keep the stink off of me.
Well, I. I didn't say it or I didn't tell them to share that. I don't know. Aaron Rodgers is an interesting fellow. Maybe one day we'll um And he's been public with his girlfriends in the past.
Isn't that right? Yeah, most of them are celebrities too, right? I think she said she didn't care for the guy. I think he said some not nice things about him. Uh Danica Patrick.
Also said some uh not nice things about him recently too, by the way. Am I missing anybody? It was the Bucks owner's daughter? Oh, yeah. Lazarie's daughter.
And she was in her twenties, so I mean, whatever. I don't know. So all of a sudden he gets married, but he wants to keep this lady uh Keep her quiet, eh? That's all right. Maybe he learned his lesson, no?
Aren't some of the best relationships the ones that are. Imagine. Come on, bro. Imaginary.
Well I don't I don't know. Have you ever had an imaginary relationship? And I was like four, like imaginary friends.
Okay.
No, now see, now we've been here before. Mantai Tail. Come on now. Okay? Remember Manta Tale?
Well, yeah, catfish. Maybe Aaron Rodgers got catfished by someone and is married and has a ring. Doesn't know who it is.
Now, didn't. Wait, wait, wait, wait. Manta Tale, what was his deal? He had an online relationship. Yeah, but he didn't think.
He didn't think they were married. He thought he was gonna marry her, right? What happened? Yeah, and didn't didn't she allegedly die? He made a fool of himself.
He told media outlets that his grandmother and girlfriend died in September.
Okay.
Manta Tail said his girlfriend. Stanford University student Linay Kakua. had been injured in a car accident, and was discovered during her treatment to have leukaemia. Manty Tail did not miss any football games for Notre Dame. saying that he had promised Kakua he would play even if something happened to her.
Wow. Yeah, many media outlets reported on these tragedies. Oh, man. This was crazy. This story was crazy.
Still haven't watched the documentary. Oh, I haven't either. I don't need to revisit it. January 16th, they published an article. alleging Kokua.
Dead spin said Kokua did not exist and pointed to a man named Naya, As involved in a hoax of a relationship with Taya. This guy has been described as a family friend or acquaintance. Oh my god, what a world. Pictures of Kakua that had been published in the media were actually of a former high school classmate of his. And how did nobody catch on?
This was in 2013. Uh Good question. Nobody cared? Maybe until the accident? Mantaiteo played three voicemails left by Kakua and said the voice sounds like a girl.
He sat down with Katy Couric, he sat down with doctor Phil. This guy confessed to the hoax and admitted to falling in love with Teo and using the Kokua identity. Oh my god.
He also recreated the female voice behind a privacy screen. Damn. Damn damn what a what a world Hey, Marco Belletti, remind me to always meet my wives and girlfriends ahead of time, okay? That's always a good plan. You want to meet people before you date or marry them.
This man had a whole girlfriend that he never met. It was twenty thirteen. We had FaceTime. He never looked at this lady. No.
The documentary is actually very good. It takes a little bit of the heat off Teo. Everybody kind of seemed to give him a complete pass. I still struggle with the idea of playing the entire season, and he kind of wrapped his whole persona around the dead girlfriend that he had never met, that he claimed was his soulmate.
So I struggled with, you know, you wanted popularity and you wanted this story to kind of follow you to give you the boost for maybe a Heisman run with Notre Dame, and then you didn't like the backlash when it all fell apart. Who's more naïve? Mantai Teo or Shoheo Tani? I will say Manta Teo came across as very naive. I will give him that.
Oh, my God. Very, very naive. He never had a real girlfriend in his life. It took him to college. He didn't have a real girlfriend before this?
Yeah, it seemed like he was struggling with. I don't know, acceptance at Notre Dame, where it was kind of like it's completely out of his culture, and he just was reminded of home and it felt good, but he was struggling with that. Like, I understand. I didn't grow up in a spot and then have to go completely across the country and have to redo things without any family around and any friends.
So, like, he was lonely. Yeah. Yeah. He was very lonely and he got suckered.
Okay, I get it. Been there before, Marco. I'm going to find me an imaginary girlfriend, too. You know, just maybe don't tell the whole world about it, though. You know, how about that?
Right.
Okay.
Maybe meet her first before, you know. You mentioned that you're going to spend, you dedicate your entire life to it. You know, meet them before you bring them home to your parents, that kind of thing. You know, you just want to spend five minutes together. It sounds like it'll save some money though, right?
Imaginary girlfriend saves some money. Damn. Right.
Can we do that? Imagine that would save a lot of money, man. Imaginary kids? Yeah. Kids are expensive.
Oh, I know, I know. I was thinking about that too. I forgot what I was doing. I was like, damn, I gotta buy this again. I don't know what it was.
Mark, I was so mad I was buying clothes the other day. I'm like, man. I said, does he need clothes? All he's going to do is keep growing. I'm buying clothes that he can't even wear.
I'm not arguing. I just said it the other day. I can't wait for this last one to be out of diapers. You know how expensive these freaking things are? Brahma.
I'm about to throw my clothes on the boy until he can grow into them, okay? Seriously. Wrap it up with a safety pin. What's the problem? I'm like, why am I buying clothes?
I put a shirt on him the other day. I'm like, you your arms got longer already? Like, what are we doing? All I saw was they're not ankles. There were wrists.
There was too much wrist. I said, What is this? You just bought that. Got to tell them to stop growing. I'm trying.
You're killing me. I'm like, yeah, I'm like, man, you're costing all this money, man. Go get a job somewhere. Go do something. Don't help out anything, nothing.
Sheesh. You want another one, Mark, or I'll send him back north. Yeah. No, okay. Don't put that evil on me.
I'm trying. Okay.
Anyway, my next kid will be imaginary, okay? Imaginary children. It's not bad. It saves some money. Yeah, they will.
I'll think about that. Apparently, everybody will fall for it. I may try for an imaginary wife, too. I think it'll be better. Anyway, it's the JR Sport Re-Show on the Infinity Sports Network.
But bacha, I'm going to go to Aaron Rodgers' route, okay? That's fine. Walks on beaches by yourself? Yeah, imaginary wife. Which I see, I heard you got.
I don't think that's imaginary. I think there's an actual woman. He has a real wife? Yeah, I just don't think he's, I don't think he's married. There's a difference.
Wait, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Yeah. One of these spiritual marriages, huh? Yeah, yeah. He had the whatever.
This is his wordplay. Yes. Like COVID. Yes. Immunized.
Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And then he's going to tell you about how you're ridiculous for trying to find out about his wife, and they are married, but not in the conventional terms.
And this is all about you. This is just an Aaron Rodgers ploy to get you all in a tizzy when he eventually spins this into the idea that you care more about his life than you do about your own, and he's in your head when all you had to do was just speak. He can't do that. That'll be a fun press conference when he has that one, okay? Oh, this is again, this is coming.
We'll eventually find out. And I don't know when it is. I don't know if it's because they broke up and he doesn't have the ring on anymore, or if he actually does. And like he's going to find a way to make this spit into something else. It's almost like he's on a TV show and he's already looking for the spin-off before we actually get to the plot of what season one is.
That's what he always does, right? Yes. That's what he always does. It's his gift. I give him credit.
It's a gift. It is a gift. What? Spin? Is whatever nonsense?
It's a gift because no one else thinks as convoluted as he does. He is the dumbest intelligent person I think I've ever come across. It's tremendous. I'm in awe. I I think he's developed that over time.
You know, because he wasn't always like this. Did he or did we not know because we didn't ask the right questions or things were going so well for him that he didn't need to display this? I think as he got older, you know what people get older, people's thoughts change. You have access to money and alternative lives and learning different things, different exposures. I I think it's a natural progression from kinda who and what he was.
You know? He just went way left, like Look, not everybody gets along with their family. I think the people got beef. Oh, yeah. People are people.
He doesn't talk to his folks at all. Like nobody in his family? I think a little bit with his parents, but not his brother. That's the little bit that I've read. I mean, again, I'm not that into it.
And he's mad at the brother because they talked about him on a TV show? Is that what it is? I don't know. Who the hell knows? I don't know why he was married.
His parents are the first place either, but apparently they had like a little bit of a reconciliation, but they're not like. Tight, but I guess they speak every once in a while. I don't know. Yeah, his dad was at a Jets game or something. Right.
Right.
They had some kind of thawing out. I still think. I'm sorry. You are who you are. This was there.
This was simmering. We just didn't know. And things were going too damn good that he didn't show it to us. I can't buy that. That he evolved into that.
I think he was always like this. We just didn't get to see the full extent until things, until he wanted us to, about that.
Well, good good luck to him and his uh His wife. Sure. Sure. If you dance around and light a candle and say we're married, then yeah, if that means, I mean, I'm not saying you have to get legally married. I don't care what the hell you do.
But yeah, I think that's what it is. I think he had a ceremony. I think they. You know, lit a candle. Yeah, they did whatever they did.
They had some fun and they claim to be married and they wear rings. Again, sounds fun to me. It's fine. People have commitment rings. Whatever the hell you want to do.
I don't care. Right.
Yeah. Well, he's somewhere between that and Mantai Tale. Hey Mike Tomlin, this is what you signed up for by the way. Good stuff. It's the JR Sport Brief Show here on the Infinity Sports Network.
We're going to take a break. When we come back, we'll wrap things up, talk about a few things that took place this day in sports history. But you just heard his voice. Right now, it's Tom Four News Flash with Marco Belletti. You're listening to the JR Sport Brief.
It is the JR Sport Reshow on the Infiniti Sports Network. 888710-4ISN. That's 888-710-4ISN. Yeah. Hey, Anthony from Toronto.
I see you. Anthony, I'll get you on the line in a second. I got to talk about a few things that took place this day in sports history. Then we'll talk to Anthony. And you know what?
Let's do it. Back, back, back, back! Back in the days when I was young, I'm not a kid anymore. But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again. It's time for this day in sports history.
See, back in those days, we had radio and you couldn't see anything, and it was primitive and lousy, and we liked it. The JR Sport Brief Show. I wish I was 50 years younger and I'd kick your ass. Today, June 23rd, 2025. But if we go back to June 23rd, 1969.
Joe Frazier knocked out Jerry Quarry. In eight rounds to pick up the heavyweight boxing championship. This is what Joe Frazier had to say after the fight on ABC. Corvette thought maybe he'd be even wrestling with a right hand. Surprise, I'll fall for it.
But I've been working with guys, just like I say Good, and those guys that shoot a right hand, some of them been catching me.
Some of them quarry right hand catch me. I'm in better condition than him. And I know how to survive them bunches. You see in the later rounds, I just stop and start picking my shots after I had him slow down. If he had go faster, I would go faster.
And I like to take time out. to thank everybody around the whole wide world To watch who sees, really is the champion of the whole world. And I'll defend my Latino against anybody, any day, anytime. But I think I'm going to retire right now. That's just funny.
God rest his soul, Joe Frazier. Hey, June 23rd, 2003. Barry Bonds, he got his 500th steal. He was taken on the Dodgers, and he became the first player in Major League Baseball history to have 500 career home runs and 500 steals. Yeah, Barry could still run.
Listen to this, courtesy MLB. Colorago has hit a home run tonight. He's also grounded out and twice struck down. Fine's going. and he steals it without a throw.
And that's number 500. And that's when they really needed a stolen base too. Barnes uproots the base. They'll bring out a new one. The first man in the history of the game to have that rather unique Double of 500 steals and 500 plus home runs.
Yeah, it helped him out, I guess, huh? Right?
The the s the juice. Anyway, June 23rd, 2005, Tim Duncan. This man was named Finals MVP. Spurs beat the Pistons 81-74. Game 7 of the NBA Finals.
Yeah, this one was ugly. Listen to what Tim Duncan had to say on Sports Center after winning MVP. You said before the game that you were nervous. 25 and 11 points. 25 points, 11 boards.
Why didn't it show? Oh, it was there. It was there. I've been nervous for four days now. The entire thing was nervous.
The most nervous I've ever been having to do anything with basketball. It was kind of a weird feeling, but it was a great feeling, great to end it out this way. Why was it nervous this time? You've played in NBA Finals games before. Why now?
I have no idea. I don't know. I'm getting old. I'm getting old. My nerves are getting bad.
2005, Tim Duncan was getting old.
Okay, yeah. That guy's expression has never changed. June 23rd, 2008, King Felix. Felix Hernandez. He hit a grand slam against the New York Mets.
He's the first guy to do it since 1971. Listen to this man hit a granny off of Johan Santana, FSN. He's one for eight. He got his base hit down in San Diego. And sends a drive to deep right center field.
That baby is going to be fly away. Get out. the rye bread and mustard grab all America's first grandson. Slam of the year. Comes from Felix Hernandez.
My, oh my, unbelievable. How about that? Jumped on. on the first bit. That's got to be the thrill of a lifetime.
Oh wow. That's crazy. It's nuts. Anyway, those are a few things that took place this day. in sports history.
888-710-4ISN. 888-710-4ISN. Anthony is here. He's been waiting patiently from Toronto. Anthony, go ahead, go quick.
Hey, JR, it's good to be back on. It's been a few months. First of all, Kudos to the sports history recap. I mean, I love history. I love sports history.
And listening to those play-by-plays, I mean, it just. It it it gets tingles up my spine. I absolutely love it.
Well, you're welcome. Anything to tingle your spine. I love it. Go ahead quickly, Anthony. We're running out of time.
Okay, long story short, two-part question. Did you ever Collect sports cards as a kid.
So the answer is yes. I wasn't an ardent collector. People would just give me cards. I probably have cards in storage that I've never opened. No, I do.
I have things in storage I've never opened.
Okay, so I love that story. And obviously, when it comes to car collecting, it's North America's pastime, so is baseball. I love what Fanatics is doing.
However, this is what I don't love. It used to be a kids' hobby where it was affordable. But just like just like everything after COVID, It's become unaffordable. The amount of money that people are spending on sports cards is basically people are using it as an investment. When I was a kid, you bought parts for your personal collection.
That doesn't exist anymore.
So, my question to you is this. Yes. You've done a really good job at projections, and you have a really high cue with North American sports. Do you see sports cards and memorabilia connected to the salary cap where it's just going to be inflation and it's just going to continue to go up and up? I will hang up and listen to your answer.
And thanks. It's great to hear from you, man. Keep on the great work. Have a great night. Thank you so much, Anthony, for calling from Toronto.
Good timing. I know I have to leave. Yes. I mean, we just talked about the Fanatics Fest. People were paying.
$600 to stand next to John Cena. For 20 seconds. Come on now. Not me. Yeah, I think there's so much value in sports.
Yeah, I think the price is about to go up. Listen, folks, I'll be back tomorrow at 6 p.m. Eastern 3 Pacific. Don't move if you're on the Infinity Sports Network. Don't do it.
Bart Winkler coming up next. Thank you for listening. Thank you, Botcher.
