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I'm coming to you live from Atlanta, Georgia. Just the facts, folks here. Just the facts.

Here's a big fact. Right before the break, I told you about the Warriors beating the Lakers 127 to 100. We're going to hear about Klay Thompson, who dropped 30 points tonight. We're going to hear about his eight threes. And then we'll also hear from Klay Thompson because he spoke to ESPN after the game. So we'll get there momentarily. OK, thank you to everybody who's been tuning in for the show.

It's been a busy day, a busy night. Head coach Mike Budenholzer, head coach no longer of the Milwaukee Bucks. He got the boot today. We talked about Justin Verlander and the New York Mets falling to 16 and 16. And what else is new? The sky is falling for the New York Mets. We looked at betting and gambling in sports again.

Why? Because head coach or I guess the former manager, I should say, of Alabama baseball, Brad Bohannon, he's been let go. Allegedly was caught talking to someone making a bet in Cincinnati saying that or at least trying to lose a game versus LSU on purpose and walk away with some cash for it.

And so he is no longer the manager of Alabama baseball. We talked about Giannis and his comments on failure. And now as we continue on, we'll get into the Lakers. One of our callers said the Denver Nuggets are just kind of being slept on.

I don't agree with that. And then Lamar Jackson spoke to the media. We'll talk about the Nuggets. Aaron Rodgers is all over the world.

We'll even get into Messi. But moments ago, we got outside of garbage time. And that's what happens when you get to the end of these games. You got Max Christie for the Los Angeles Lakers playing nine minutes and scoring two points because they got smashed. Golden State ties up the series one all the Warriors now lead 127 or they won 127 to 100. Let me give you some quick numbers.

Not necessarily to dive into everything. Anthony Davis coming off of a 30 20 game had 11 points tonight and seven rebounds. LeBron James. He had 23 points. D'Angelo Russell.

We saw the ghost of D'Angelo tonight. He only had 10. Rui Hotchimora had 21. And for the Warriors, the victors, Draymond Green almost had a triple double. 11 points, 11 rebounds, nine assists. Steph Curry had a smooth 20 points in 30 minutes.

Seven of 12 from the field. Three threes. But Klay Thompson. He was the man of the night.

30 points. He knocked down eight threes. He made it a blowout. Klay Thompson was on NBA Jam level.

Klay Thompson. He was on fire. Listen to this three in the third quarter. That was just just pouring gasoline on the fire.

Listen to this. Thompson curls off a loony screen. The jumper.

It's up. It's good for Klay Thompson. He's got 28 97 to 74.

You know what? Let's just let's just hear another Klay Thompson play. He's just putting them up by 25 now. Shruder drives in. Off balance to Reeves in the corner.

Hotchimora. The jumper too strong. Poole has it. Got Thompson.

It never came back. Klay drives it on Russell. Goes up and scores the layup.

99 74 with 210 to go in the third. Klay's got 30. And he finished with 30 and then they sat his ass down. Steph Curry. A smooth 20 points.

He said, you know what? I'll knock down a shot and I'll extend the lead to 27. Dante with a minute.

23 throws it back to number 30. Curry a return back to Dante. Drives by James. Goes to the corner to Moody. Pump fake. Pump fake. Bounce pass through and away. DiVincenzo goes to the deck to get it and throws a bounce pass from his backside. The Wiggins over to Curry. Curry feigns left. Goes up with a three. It's good. Tom will be diagramming that play on YouTube later on tonight.

I most certainly will not. Hotchimora over to Shruder. 105 78. Yeah, Warriors Radio Network. They had a fun time tonight.

I mean, I told you it was garbage time. Even Moses Moody got in on the action in the playoffs. Listen to this with a slam. Curry will throw it in. Curry got the ball back on one of those. Ball thrown to Moody. Goes baseline for a dunk.

They caught James not looking. You know what? I'm just going to put a cherry on top here. I know there's some people who are sick of, you know, Steph Curry. Tired of what he does. Tired of his celebrations. Tired of his dancing and shaking. I did like the other day Steph Curry set up. Yeah, what is that? Light the beam.

That was pretty funny. But here's Steph Curry with a three at the end of the game. Here you go. Curry fires for three. Is up and good and he got fouled. Draymond's counting him out on the ground before picking him up.

113 to 82. No, that wasn't the end of the game. That was the end of the night for him.

They didn't need him anymore. They send in the bench. This is the final call from the Warriors Radio Network.

Quite happy as you can imagine. The Warriors are back in business. Lakers will run it out as well and apparently they're just going to dribble it out on the far side.

Lonnie Walker to handle. And down to three seconds, two seconds and this series is tied. One game apiece. Can't wait till Saturday night to see if Anthony Davis can do more than 11 and 7.

Pretty bad. Klay Thompson. He was on ESPN after the game. That's what Klay Thompson had to say about bouncing back. Well we realized we let one go in game one and we've been having to bounce back all year from adversity.

And not a better group to do it with than these guys. Came out, offense was flowing, turnovers are low. Hit an open man. We keep it simple.

The floodgates can open. As for you and your game, just what felt good to you tonight? This one felt great. I didn't shoot the ball particularly well last few games so to come out here and get hot in the early beginning. I mean I watched film in the first game and I feel like I rushed a lot of great looks.

And I utilized my pump fake. I was patient and I'm gonna try to take the same flow to L.A. tomorrow. But what does a win like this, what kind of message does that send to them, to you guys? I don't think it sends much of a message because we know Lebron seen it all, A.D. seen it all. It's 1-1 at the end of the day.

So we got to go to L.A. and get one and go from there. Lisa Salters, she could have asked him about Jordan Poole, but I guess that's old news. By the way, Jordan Poole, 6 points tonight. 3 of 6 from the field.

0 of 2 from downtown. And so if you're counting, he knocked down 6 threes that last game and including that gigantic bomb that he decided to take. He's now 0 of 3 for his last 3 threes. And Jordan Poole should be happy nobody just went out there and punched him in the face.

And so I'm looking forward to the game on Saturday. And tonight is an example why Anthony Davis can be maddening. He has 30-20 talent.

I don't know if it's the motor, I don't know if he wakes up and says, man if I go too hard I'm gonna get hurt. It's maddening sometimes with Anthony Davis. And he is. If we gotta look at the top 75 list, if it's just gonna be about talent, he most certainly is there.

I don't know if he would have made the list if the Lakers didn't win that championship in the bubble. But it just drives me nuts to know what he's capable of doing, how skilled he is. But he either A. cannot stay healthy or just B. consistent. Imagine, and yeah there is no perfect basketball player. But can you imagine if Anthony Davis had like the drive, the aggressiveness of Giannis? It'd be nuts.

I think Anthony Davis, all things considered, he's more skilled, he has more touch, he's more versatile. But he just can't go. He needs a new motor and for a human being you don't buy that at the grocery store. You don't buy that at the hardware store.

It sucks. 855-212-4CBS. It's 855-212-4CBS. Greg is calling from Michigan. Oh my God JR, Mr. Positive, I'm devastated. I'm so depressed, so sad. The way my Lakers played my Labrisi Goat James, I just can't take it my friend.

Should I be concerned? Because you're right about Anthony. My Labrisi is almost 30-90.

He's doing the best that he can. Where are the backup players? Where are the bench players?

I mean they're younger, they should be able to keep up with Golden State. But oh my God JR, do I have to start saying prayers and just going, I need my Labrisi to win. Help me, help me please. I can't Greg, I wish I could.

Thank you for calling from Michigan, I'll give you an answer there. I don't want to say, I was going to say, who cares about the bench players? But we know they're important. What are you expecting from the bench players? Especially knowing the fact that they're on the road.

They're playing in San Francisco. Golden State is the home team here. I'm going to expect Austin Reeves to go up and down. D'Angelo Russell, regardless of how much talent that he has, D'Angelo Russell has a habit of going up and down. You want the stars to show up and then you want the bench players or the dudes who are filling in or whatever the hell you want to call them.

You want them to feed off of the stars. And so you expect Anthony Davis not to finish the night with 11 points. Like come on man.

30, 20, 11 and 7. That's a wide chasm. And it's not like this is something unusual from Anthony Davis. He has these huge games and then some nights he's just, like he's not even there. And so I'm not mad at Austin Reeves and his 7 points.

He was 3 of 11. When they get back to L.A. Saturday night, I'm sure Austin Reeves will light it up. I'm sure they'll get better play.

I'm sure people will be out there, man. But tonight? Crap.

Dennis Schroeder only had 4 points. It's bad. Pretty bad. George is calling from Miami. You're on CBS Sports Radio. Hey J.R., how's it going? I'm excellent.

What's on your mind? Well, let me start off by first recognizing whoever it is that takes your calls. Assure him that I have the utmost respect for him. I called 3 times and a call dropped and I know that he didn't hang up on me. So please let him know and I appreciate him. Well, he heard you and he can respond to you right now. No problem, George.

Thanks for calling. His name is Shep. He's here with us every day all the time.

Alright, Shep. Yeah, and I've heard him before. I forgot his name. I apologize. Second thing, Warriors made me some money today so I'm happy about that. But that's not why I'm calling, J.R. I'm calling because about 2 weeks ago we spoke about the Heat and Jimmy Butler and you said that there just wasn't enough talent there. And I told you that my man Jimmy Butler can change that.

And he did. So that's why I'm calling tonight. I know that it's a Laker-Warrior night. But I'm just letting you know that the Heat had posted notice and that this team is a different team in the playoffs. Yeah, you're correct.

You did say that a couple of weeks ago and I did respond to you the way I did here. And it wasn't so much about Jimmy Butler and his talent. We've seen him go off. I'm talking about the team as a whole. And I still feel that way.

Jimmy Butler absolutely lost his mind against the Milwaukee Bucks. You can't take away what the Heat did. You can't take away how they are coached with Eric Spolstra. You have to give them all the credit in the world. But when you look at the team as a whole, I don't want to say they are punching above their weight class. They are maxing out at what they have.

But I'll put it to you this way. I still don't believe in the Miami Heat to go out there and win a championship. I mean, they're playing against a New York Knicks team that is finally here.

I know people have been waiting forever for them to get here. It's been 10 years since they even advanced past the second round. And so, yeah, they're playing a good series. But do I still believe the Miami Heat are like legitimate championship contenders? I would be fooling myself if I sat here and said as such, because I don't think they have enough talent.

Tally Hero is running around with a cast on his hand and people are just like, oh, my God, they're maxing out, which has to do with the organization. But I'm not sold on the Heat here to win the title. All right, JR, let me just say this.

And you doubted them before. And I'm going to say this to you and I'll call you back again. You understand that we took the first game easily and that the second game we had Jimmy out. Let's bring that. Let's bring that to Miami. And let me tell you that we're going to take care of the Knicks.

I know that that George is a different story. George, let's save us some time here. OK, I would not be surprised if the Miami Heat beat the Knicks. Save me some time and call me back at the end of the season. Call me at the end of June when the Miami Heat season is done, OK?

All right, I'll do that. But remember this. You gave them no shot against Milwaukee. You gave them no shot. And I gave them no shot against Milwaukee with Giannis Atetokounmpo.

Listen to me. I gave them no shot against Milwaukee with Giannis Atetokounmpo being healthy. Giannis went down and the Bucks crapped the bed and the Miami Heat wiped them out because of Jimmy Butler.

And because the Bucks and Budenholzer didn't know what to do. I cannot. Let me repeat this for you, because you said you keep saying don't forget. I don't forget anything, George. I know what the hell I'm talking about. I know what took place.

I know what happened. Listen to me very carefully. OK? Call me back when the Heat season is finished. Deal? Yeah, I will. Thank you.

Deal. I said it in English. How do I quando?

Quando heat finito. How do I say call me? You don't mean it's help me? Hey, Shep, how do you say call in Spanish? You don't say, pero tu hablas españolas muy estupendo.

What? Chicken Spanish, right? Do you know what you just said?

I said I don't know. Your Spanish is amazing. It's great. Mine?

Yes. You're bugging. What are you talking about? I'm not damn good. What?

Are you serious? That was terrible Spanish. That was terrible Spanish, mommy.

Awful. Well, this is coming from a person that's native language is obviously English, so to me it sounded brilliant in Spanish. Now, if Spanish or I should say, well, no, Portuguese and Spanish, same thing. I'm going to quit. Portuguese and Spanish is not the same thing.

I'm going to quit while I'm not ahead. The point is, for someone who doesn't speak Spanish fluently. I got a story about that, by the way. Got you. It did sound like you are fluent in Spanish. Oh, okay. Possibly, yeah.

Yeah. For someone who has many Spanish speakers in his family, my Spanish right there was absolutely terrible. Tu ese intelegante y dia vertido.

Intelligent enough to do what? You're intelligent and you're also a lot of fun. Oh, well, thank you. It's not the first time I've heard that. But here's my story about how Portuguese and Spanish are just, they're not even in the same space. I was in Brazil at the Olympics. I'm in South America, right?

I'm thinking that sure, okay, fine. You know, English is spoken all over the world and for a million reasons, we know why. But the fact is, I said to myself, I speak English. I know I can get away with Spanish. I was in Brazil and nobody wanted to speak Spanish.

It's like, nah, nah, bro. No Spanish. I was at the airport.

I was at the airport in Brazil. And I'm saying to myself, oh, man, I could just, I can get away with a little bit of Spanish here and they're just like, nah, bro, we don't do that here. And I'm like, okay. I'm like, all right. I'm just cooked. Yep. Yep.

No Spanish. It's the JR Sport Brief Show here with you on CBS Sports Radio. 855-212-4CBS.

That's 855-212-4CBS. Hey, we got some losers tonight that are talking. Draymond Green, well, he won. He's currently talking. Darvin Ham right now. Darvin Ham.

He's talking about why. Oh, wow. This is cool. Darvin Ham talked about why Anthony Davis sucked tonight. We're going to hear from Darvin Ham on the other side of the break. I'm going to get some more of your calls.

I'm going to try to learn some Spanish quickly. It's the JR Sport Brief Show. CBS Sports Radio. You're listening to the JR Sport Brief on CBS Sports Radio. Best sports show in the country, my friend. Always a pleasure to talk to you, brother. Call in now at 855-212-4CBS. I told you Darvin Ham just spoke to the media and Darvin Ham had an answer as to why Anthony Davis went from a 30-20 to 11 points and seven rebounds tonight as the Los Angeles Lakers lost to Golden State 127 to 100.

You want to know what happened here? Darvin Ham said, blame Draymond Green. Dray, he's going to do his work early. It's the reason why he's a perennial, all-defensive player. He's going to force tough catches and when he's on the ball, his on-ball activity is second to none. Okay, Draymond Green, just, you know, defensive player of the year, former defensive player of the year, just all credit to Draymond, not Anthony Davis.

We see this. Anthony Davis does this against everybody. It don't matter who's guarding him.

Some days he's good, some days he's bad, some days he looks motivated, some days he looks checked out. 855-212-4CBS. It's 855-212-4CBS. It's pretty hilarious. LeBron James and Anthony Davis, they look like they're at a fashion show and they're speaking to the media. But let's go to Javier. Javier is calling from Florida. You're on CBS Sports Radio.

What's up, Javier? Hey, can you guys hear me? We can hear you loud and clear.

Please go ahead. Hey, so now I'm glad you guys said that about the post-game interview because with my take-up, you know, Jameon and Tam didn't defend his coaching ability against Steve Kerr. Jameon was all over AD. They kept on doing pick and rolls with AD.

It didn't work. He didn't get any good looks and he just completely out-coached him. I don't know if maybe AD was saying that because he didn't want to say, well, our game plan didn't work. But in my opinion, him in this next game, he needs to have a complete different look.

Because this is going to happen again if he does the same thing, in my opinion. It's not AD. To me, it was all him.

Well, I hear what you're saying. Darvin Ham could certainly bear some responsibility there. But this has been an MO here for Anthony Davis throughout the course of his career. It's like, is he A, healthy? And then B, what is he doing when he is healthy? Like, a lack of aggression is something that's been his MO throughout his career. And so I can't even look at one game and go, oh my God, just, you know, Anthony Davis, he was fooled by Draymond Green. Draymond Green is still a good defender, yes.

Underrated, I think even so, because he runs his mouth so much, yes. But to say that Darvin Ham is the reason why Anthony Davis ain't getting Poppins tonight, I can't go with that. James is calling from Atlanta. You're on CBS Sports Radio. What's up, James? Hey, man.

Happy Cinco de Mayo to everybody, you know. Well, are you on that tequila already? Man, I'm trying. I'm thinking about it, man. I'm driving through these Atlanta streets, Jayar. I'm thinking about it, man. Oh, don't, okay, don't drink and drive through the Atlanta streets, okay?

Okay, sir. Hey, man, any Cinco de Mayo Brazilian times you can tell us about, Jayar? You want me to tell you about Cinco de Mayo Brazilian what? Days, because you said you've been to Brazil, and I heard it goes down in Brazil. I was in Brazil for the, I guess, 2016 Olympics in Rio.

I saw Vlade Divac smoking a cigarette outside. I mean, I can tell you a bunch of stories. What else you want to know?

Yeah, I just heard it goes down in Brazil, Jayar. I don't know what you're talking about, James. I know you're a player. You get all the women call you. Next time I go to the Players Ball, I'm going to invite you out there, Jayar.

No, thank you. Go ahead. Okay, sir. So anyway, man, I've been a Lakers fan, man, since Magic Johnson, AC Green with the Jared Carroll, Michael Cooper. And to say that, man, I don't think that the Lakers have a chance to beat the Warriors.

It's as simple as that. Davis has to play out his mind for them to even have a chance to win, and he's just too inconsistent. The Warriors, as you see what happened today, Curry didn't have a good game, then Klay stepped up. And then to me, they're role players. I can't say Steph Curry didn't have a great game.

It wasn't necessary. He had 20 points. Seven of 12 from the field, three of five from downtown. Steph Curry had 12 assists to go along with his 20 points because Klay Thompson was lighting it up. Yeah, man, to me, they just have better role players. I think the Lakers might get lucky and win another game, but I think I got the Warriors winning 42. I've got the Lakers. I mean, not the Lakers. I mean, I got the Warriors in Denver and the West Coast. On the east, I've got Boston and the Knicks.

And I think it will be Boston and Denver in the finals. Thank you, James. You're going to have a lot of Heat fans calling you up and cussing you out, OK?

Correct. Thank you, James, for calling from Atlanta. LeBron James also here. He had 21 points in the first half. 21 points in the first half, and he had two points in the second half. That was Mr. LeBron James.

Not too hot. 855-2124 CBS. Justin is here from Nova Scotia. You're on CBS Sports Radio. Hello? Yes, you're live on the radio, Justin. Go ahead.

Yes, sir. Thanks for calling, man. Just calling up here from Nova Scotia.

They're on camera. I just want to talk about the Maple Leafs here tonight. Didn't think they'd get the forward check there on the Panthers. That's how the Panthers got through Boston. They shut down Boston's forward check.

They couldn't get the puck out of the D zone. And I'm kind of scared about my boys in Toronto. Well, are you not surprised that Toronto even made it to the second round?

They're kind of in foreign territory here. No, I'm just saying. I mean, I'm being honest. Come on, man. I thought I thought Canadians were polite.

I thought they had clean mouths. I thought Canadians were great. What are you doing? I wanted to ask him about Nova Scotia, too, man. What does he do?

He got so comfortable on the radio. A little bit. Yes, Chef, we're not. No, I really wanted to ask him because only time I've been anywhere near Nova Scotia is flying over it. Coming back from Europe. I really wanted to know. I didn't care about, you know, what he was going to say about the Panthers and the Maple Leafs, the Panthers, by the way. They beat them tonight, three to two. They got a 2 0 series lead. They beat Boston. Now they're here beating up on a Maple Leaf.

So, yeah, it's been almost 20 years since they've they've had this much success, at least in the playoffs. And I just wanted to ask him about Nova Scotia. He couldn't even keep his conversation clean.

Though Canadians don't curse. Not him. 855-212-4CBS.

That's 855-212-4CBS. I'm going to get some more of your calls. Hopefully people who have, you know, some understanding that you can't curse on the radio. And then we'll get into the Nuggets. We'll eventually hear from LeBron and Anthony Davis.

They'll probably say a whole lot of nothing about why they suck tonight. We'll hear from Lamar Jackson because Lamar Jackson says, yeah, I am a winner and I have amazing goals. So we got a lot to do. You're listening to the JR Sport Brief on CBS Sports Radio. Hello, JR. My first time calling you and I find you to be an excellent guy to listen to. So good luck. I hope you never lose this spot because really you're so bright and intelligent and you cover it all.

And I'm very happy to listen to you. Call in now at 855-212-4CBS. It's the JR Sport Brief show on CBS Sports Radio. Golden State beats the Lakers 127 to 100. Anthony Davis after a 30-20 game, he gives you 11 points and seven rebounds. Darvin Ham wants to give all the credit to Draymond Green as to why he looks so damn bad. Draymond Green.

He just stepped away from the podium. Draymond Green, he was there telling everybody from NBA TV. He's like, this is why we were able to whoop that ass. For us, it was the level of physicality and our defense was much better. You know, we did a great job of making them play in the crowd and I think that's important when you're playing against a team like this. Especially when, you know, it's not every day nowadays do you see the most dominant part of a team is what they do in the paint and that is this team. You know the pressure Lebron is putting on the rim. AD puts a ton of pressure on your defense. DeAngelo puts a ton of pressure on your defense.

Schroeder getting downhill and so we know what those guys wanted to get to and I think we did a better job of defending tonight. You don't say. Steve Kerr, the head coach.

Yeah, someone asked in the show or earlier in the show. Hey, do coaches still matter? I guess Steve Kerr matters. He spoke and he said this is what went well for us tonight. I wonder if it was defense. I thought we just played simple basketball, kept our turnovers down, moved the ball. Our guys were playing with a lot of force, a lot of aggressiveness, but making good decisions within that aggression and that's the key. Can you find that balance?

Can you play with pace and confidence and yet make really simple decisions, hit singles and just move the ball? Steve Kerr just wants to go home and take a nap. That's what he sounds like. 855-212-4CBS. That's 855-212-4CBS. Lucky calling from San Francisco.

You're on CBS Sports Radio. Yeah, my man. How you doing? Very well. All right.

Well, you know, I'm happy and excited, man. My team did a good job tonight. They put the hammer on Lebron James and I'm ready for Saturday. Okay. What are you thinking about this series overall? You got the Lakers winning a couple of more.

How you feeling? I got the Warriors in six, possibly seven, but I'll stick with six. Okay. All right. And I presume you have your Golden State Warriors winning it all.

Am I wrong? Yeah, that's I mean, that's the whole goal, man. To want your team to win it all. So, yes.

I'm not asking you about the goal of what you want. What do you believe? I believe that.

I believe we're going to have an opportunity to get our fifth championship. Okay. And what is an area where they're poor? I can think of quite a few, but what would you say? I would say turnovers.

Sometimes lack of defensive pressure, you know, on the ball and basically just the turnovers and the concentration on doing your job as a basketball player. Like a lot of our players sometimes have those lapses, which we know Jordan Poole is the number one candidate. Okay, but I still have love for him. But yes, he needs to get his concentration together, man, because we need that. We need him. He's dynamic. Yeah, tonight. Not so dynamic tonight. 21 points the last game.

We know he missed that big three Jordan Poole tonight with only six points and, you know, maybe he doesn't get punched in the face after the game. Mark is also calling from the Bay Area. You're on CBS Sports Radio. What's up, Mark? Yeah.

Hello. Yeah, you know, to go along with the previous caller, you know, you know, I'm a Bay Area fan. I like to see the Warriors and all that, but I believe, you know, they want to make it go to game seven. And, you know, they ran down the numbers. Wait, who is they, Mark? Who is they?

Vegas, the Betters, people, you know, but you thought you read the numbers about Anthony Davis. Is it possible? Is it possible that he took a night off on purpose? Hello? Yeah, no, I'm here.

I'm just trying to understand. No, continue. Give me more, Mark. Just keep going.

Give us more. Well, no. The reason why I say this is because earlier I guess there was something in the news that you mentioned about something going off. Is she in some other sport? Yes. I don't know.

The baseball manager, the former baseball manager at Alabama, he got fired for basically trying to influence the game and win some money. Yeah. So what you are now insinuating is that Anthony Davis is potentially trying to, he's in cahoots. Is it what you're telling me? No, no, I didn't say he's in cahoots, but throughout history, has his sports been dirty? Yeah, Mark.

And so, you know, anytime somebody has a bad game, I'm just going to think that they tried to throw it. Well, no, I'm not saying that. Okay. But isn't it in the best interest for the NBA for the two teams to have game seven? Yeah, so let's just turn the NBA and the NFL into just, let's call Vince McMahon and let's see if we can get it all scripted. Oh, I wouldn't doubt it.

It could happen, right? Okay, Mark. No, well, no, Mark.

Sorry. Wouldn't that, oh, I guess Vince McMahon did do that. He tried it with the XFL. Hey, shut up. Did they have their championship already?

Jay, I'm not going to lie to you. I have no idea. I don't know where they are in their season. I was watching some game or something. They're like, oh, tune in for the semifinals of this or something of that. I could not tell you one, I am being serious and you and I do this every day. I can't tell you a player that plays in the XFL.

I'm just going to be honest with you. I mean, the Rock doesn't play. I know some of the coaches. Who coaches? Uh, Hines Ward, the Brahma, the Brahma, San Antonio Brahma Bulls. You're telling me Joey Porter Jr. can get an assistant coaching job in the NFL? I should say senior and Hines Ward can't get any love in the NFL as a coach?

Hines Ward has been an assistant on a few teams. Okay, well, I understand that, but you're telling me he can't find a better job in the NFL? I mean, he should be in the Hall of Fame. I don't know why he's not.

He should be. Well, he's in San Antonio as a head coach. He's been an assistant on a few teams, Hines. Anyway, no, I also don't know an XFL player. I know the Rock. I know a couple of the coaches.

People love football, so hey, why not take a couple extra bucks? Let me ask you a serious question. If you look at this so far, has the Rock failed? Not to tie this all in to Giannis, but... No, it's too early. I don't know. I haven't looked at the numbers.

It's too early. The XFL is like one of these stores that sell cigarettes and milk in your neighborhood. Every six months, a new owner comes by. It has a new name. They put new paint on the front. They say grand opening. So the XFL historically, yes, it's been a failure. I don't know. I'm sure they expect this to suck out the gate, but I don't know about no XFL.

Who does? Vince isn't looking too bad right now with his first failure with the XFL, is he? Well, Vince McMahon has failed, cheated his way. He's done a whole lot to get his way. Let's put it that way. I just can't believe our last call. He's like, maybe Anthony Davis had a bad game tonight just because the NBA wants them to go 7. And so maybe Adam Silver isn't working for a bunch of billionaires, but maybe Adam Silver is just the world's greatest script writer.

I guess everybody's just going off of the script, possibly. James is here from Baltimore. You're on CBS Sports Radio.

Hey, James, you're live on the radio. All right, buddy. I got something to say. I got a lot to say. Can you close your car?

Well, close your car door first. All right. So first of all, all I wanted to know was is Lamar Jackson's contract worthy of what he is as an individual? I believe it. I am from Baltimore. I've seen Joe Flacco. I've seen, you know, Trent Dilfer. I've seen these Super Bowl winners.

These two fellows. I've seen our defense carry them. Okay? Yeah. Well, here's the answer. The answer is yes.

The Ravens. Slow down. Be quiet.

You called me up and you didn't even have your car door closed. Now you just want to talk. Be quiet. The answer is yes.

It's a simple answer. We don't need the whole soliloquy is Lamar Jackson worth the money? Yeah, he is. They decided to pay it to him. He's worth it. Is he going to go out there and earn it? Let's see if he can stay healthy.

There's your answer. James from Baltimore. Please close your car door and drive safely.

Stay off a 295. It's the JR Sport Brief Show here with you on CBS Sports Radio. A matter of fact, we got a lot to do next hour. First of all, Anthony Davis and LeBron James. They both spoke. I can't wait to hear what the hell they have to say about the loss tonight. And maybe Anthony Davis will admit to throwing the game like Mark from California thought might be the case. Speaking of Lamar Jackson, Lamar Jackson had his press conference today. He has some high goals for this upcoming season. Speaking of goals, one of our callers mentioned Denver Nuggets. He said they're not getting enough love. We're going to talk about your kitchen.

Why doesn't he get the attention? And I'm going to get some more your calls. It's some damn sleep.

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