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You heard that one before. Anyway, thank you so much to super producer and host Ryan Hickey. He's in New York City. We got a lot to get into. First of all, it is Wednesday. This is the JR Sport Brief Show. Every single Wednesday, I bring you a new top six list.
And in two hours from now, I'm going to do that again. We're going to talk about the top six NFL teams that are in turmoil. What teams are in trouble? What coaches are on a hot seat? Training camps in the NFL are underway?
And let's just be real. Some teams are like right on the edge. Teetering, getting ready to fall off. Some coaches are right on the edge.
Getting booted. Some players are right on the edge of being called busts. I'm going to tell you what teams are at a pivotal moment. And they're franchises right now.
We'll get to that top six list. Teams in turmoil in two hours from now. Congratulations, folks. The Olympics are underway. I know the opening ceremony is not going to be until Friday, but we've already had some football action. Congratulations to France and not to us. Their soccer team, their football team beat ours on the male side.
Three to nothing. Yeah, United States of America doing amazing at soccer all over the place. And speaking of NFL teams in training camp. The 49ers got another guy who wants money. His name is Trent Williams. He's looking for a contract and a deal. You got Saquon Barkley's like, oh, wow, I didn't know my whole conversation was going to be on TV like that.
I didn't know that. Lamar Jackson was at camp today, wasn't feeling good, was feeling a little sick. Under the weather, maybe he was sick of his head coach telling everybody that he was going to be the greatest quarterback of all damn times. Slow down. Just.
A little bit. Also, other news going on throughout the course of the day, Matt Rule is. Talking about his conference and what he expects and Harbaugh feels like he is expecting a lot out of this year. Feels like he was just reborn. Interesting for guys like 60 something years old.
Good for him. So we got a lot to get into, of course, at the end of the show, sharing with you a few things that took place this day in sports history. Bill Belichick rejected a job.
This year, I'll tell you what job he rejected from the San Francisco 49ers. We just got a lot going on to a two is at work for now. So much going on. If you want to participate in the show. Knock yourself out. The phone number is eight five five two one two forty two twenty seven.
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Super producer and host Ryan Hickey. How are you, man? You doing good? I'm doing good today, J.R. Speaking of Lamar, I'm doing good today in part because I don't have his immune system.
Oh, no. And that's I mean, I have not seen an athlete get sicker than Lamar does. I feel like every every year, every week, it feels like this guy's missing practice because he's ill. Can we can we get, you know, some blood plasma in there?
Like what needs to happen to get all the sickness out of Lamar? You want to give him some Pedialyte or something like that? I don't know. The white blood cells.
I mean, could get a check on them. Maybe he's anemic. I don't know. I don't I don't know. Something always feels sick.
Right. Always feels now in the summertime. Who the hell gets sick in the summer? I don't know.
They got a name for that. Summer flu. I don't know.
I don't know. But if it's not the summer, then it's the fall flu. Then it's the early winter flu. Then it's kind of like the late fall flu.
Then it's like the winter flu. And also, next, you know, Lamar's run to the bathroom during the game. As long as Lamar Jackson is winning MVPs, does anybody care? I'm more concerned about his legs than his immune system. Well, for now, I'm sure.
Yes. I'd also love for my quarterback not to be sick all the time. Hey, you're a Colts fan.
You're quarterback. And they did. And by the way, they did all this talking today about how good he looks and how good he feels. Let me know when his shoulder dislocates, OK? Damn.
I'm just saying. Let me know when he's going up the middle and there's a linebacker right there and he has two choices. You got three. He got four or five choices.
Super athlete. Do I jump over the guy? Do I juke the guy? Or do I lower my shoulder into the linebacker?
You tell me which one he's likely to choose. Or D. Slide. Get down. There's a third base coach. He's saying get down, get down.
There's there's a reason why I did not include. He sees a linebacker. You know, he sees a linebacker. He's dropping that shoulder. OK, it's like, brah, you're not leave that.
Let Jonathan Taylor do that. OK, get off the tracks. Train coming through. Come on. He thinks he's Superman.
Nah, man, you ain't stopping no train. What a guy. What a guy. Let's see what he does this upcoming season. I'd love to see him healthy for an entire year.
I ain't betting on it, but we'll see. Shout outs to all the quarterbacks who have showed up to work and are healthy so far, including Tua Tongaveloa. We'll talk more about Tua later on.
I love it. Everybody is saying Tua showed up to work. For now, he's participating. For now, we know Tua Tongaveloa, he wants his own he wants his own contract. What else is new? Everybody wants an NFL contract. And you know what?
How about this? Speaking of contracts. This news came down the pipe about an hour ago, 90 minutes ago. There was a little bit of a warning a couple of days ago. It's officially over. The NBA on TNT is coming to a close. You heard me correctly. You heard me right.
It was only what Monday. That Warner Brothers Discovery, the people who run TNT. Basically said. We have matched the agreement of Amazon. And so we look forward to the NBA accepting our proposal in just the way it was written, made it go. This ain't this ain't no joint statement.
This is legalese. This is TNT basically saying, well, we sent them over something. And we're just letting you know we sent them something.
We hope they take it, because if they don't, at least we said that we sent them something. Come on now. And so the NBA, I don't want to say this is like Star Wars. The NBA fought back.
Didn't have to fight. The NBA put out a press release today. It reads as follows. Warner Brothers, Warner Brothers Discovery's most recent proposal did not match the terms of Amazon Prime's offer. And therefore, we have entered into a long term agreement with Amazon. Throughout these negotiations, our primary objective has been to maximize the reach and accessibility of our games for our fans. Our new agreement with Amazon supports this goal by complementing the broadcast cable and streaming packages that are already a part of our new Disney and NBC Universal arrangements. All three partners have also committed substantial resources to promote the league and enhance the fan experience. Here's the gut punch.
We are grateful to Turner Sports for its award winning coverage of the NBA and look forward to another season of the NBA on TNT and press release. That's the end of it. Damn.
Yep. This is the final year of the contract, people. After this upcoming season, there is no more NBA on TNT.
Charles Barkley said it didn't matter what was going to take place. He was gone. He was finished. He was leaving. He was going to retire. And Hickey and I said this the other day of Charles Barkley.
If he ain't on the show, then what sense does it make to even continue? The NBA has been on TNT since 1989. Ernie Johnson been running the ship since 1990. Kenny the Jetsmith came through following his playing career. He hopped on in 1998.
Charles Barkley joined in the year 2000 and Shaq joined about 10 years ago. All good things got to come to an end. That's just the reality. And I'm sure and I'm certain for Amazon, which is delivering content all over the world. The Turner Sports Max, as they call it, as the parent company owns, Max used to be HBO Max. Now it's Max. I know. Follow along. All these stupid streaming things that people have to pay for.
More people got Amazon. Come on, let's be real. The NBA could have Amazon prom and then make you buy a T-shirt and an app. Come on now. Max can't do that. And so I don't know if we're going to have some legal fighting. I don't know if if Warner Discovery slash Turner is going to say, oh, no, you can't do that or whether they're just going to go, all right, we're done. OK, fine.
Amazon has it. And maybe there really was no intention. Realistically, it was only last year. That the new chairman of Warner Brothers Discovery, he said publicly, oh, we really don't need the NBA. Now, there was a point in time right before the world went into the toilet and the pandemic before I accepted a national job here. I was working for Turner. I was working over at NBA TV. And the people over there are absolutely amazing. They are.
And we've heard this from Charles Barkley. Now, everybody got to find work. They got to find jobs. The studio. I can jog to the studio.
I can be there in five minutes if I wanted to. And it's sad. It's a big studio and hundreds of people work there. There's so many questions. What what what happens next? From the executives to the talent, to the makeup people, the camera people, the people who put microphones on people.
These are amazing folks. It's a part of life. Everybody's not making Shaq and Ernie and and Charles Barkley money.
This sucks. And let's be real. Out of everything that has ever been broadcasted on television, every single sports show, every pregame show, halftime show, nothing, nothing has ever been inside the NBA. Nothing and nothing ever will be.
This is one of the great live programing live shows that has ever existed. Period. And a lot of it has to do with Charles Barkley. So I say, look, if Charles Barkley is gone, don't even bother pass next year.
NBA on TNT is done. Don't cry too much. Hickey, you gonna miss it?
I am. I think you are 100 percent spot on when you say there will never be a show like it again. You're right.
And that's what sinks. I mean, at least we have one year to appreciate it. We're not blindside.
It's like, oh, wow. We're never going to see it again. At least we do have a finale or a last call, if you will. But it sucks.
Yeah. This was one in a million and probably will not be replicated by any group of people ever again. It won't. Hickey, when they do the last episode, whenever they decide to do it, I don't know. It'll be the Eastern Conference Finals, West Finals, regularcy. I don't know.
Whenever they have the final episode and they invite the entire staff onto the, you know, the studio stage and in front of the desk. And they will. They'll have they'll make a party out of it. I'm a cry, Hickey. I'm going to cry. I'm going to shed one tear.
That's it? Just one singular tear? No, no, no tears internally. I'll be bad. I feel sad, but I'm not going to shed a tear. But inside I will. I feel bad. Like this is a once in a lifetime. Like you can't you can't recreate. You just can't recreate magic.
All right. It's not going to be another mash. It's not going to be another Sopranos.
What are they? Hickey, they're still making Game of Thrones. I feel like they got something out now. I don't know about these dragons and stuff. They still doing that. Yeah.
That dragon show, I think is a prequel. So it's I think attached somehow. So there's that they're milking that one. They're dragging stuff out.
You know, it's not going to be another Simpsons. And I know they're still running. I don't know how, but they are.
Some things you just you just can't recreate. And the NBA on TNT is one of them. Enjoy it. I don't know what new studio shows they have and an Amazon and shout outs to NBC. NBC got basketball again. We can play the fancy music. I love it.
Michael Jordan era 1990s. Love it. Amazon. Let's see what they do.
ESPN, ABC. They continue on with what they've been doing for the past forever. Seems like 20 years now. You know what?
Let's let's take a listen to some of the best moments, some of the most hilarious moments from inside the NBA on TNT. Keep Elijah used to say this to me all the time. Can it bring me some water? No. When a guy's begging you, you know, you spin off of him.
Those are the worst defenders to play against, actually, because if you can feel their body. Come on. Barkley would pick Krispy Kreme donuts for the first bit. Well, look at your fat ass, too. Don't you send me.
Put that new picture back up. Do not go to commercial break this fat Laker fan. He's going to talk about me eating donuts. Disappointed noise. Where they going, Chuck? Galveston.
That dirty ass water. They're not even going to be we're not even going to sit in the Cancun. We're going to sit in the Galveston with that dirty ass water be washed up on the shore.
You people think they're in the beach. Y'all located. Y'all. We are going to sit down in Cancun. Y'all drive. Y'all.
Y'all quit driving down to Galveston. We could probably we could probably pack five hours. Five hours. Yeah. Past my show, we could probably do five hours. Some of the best commentary over the past 20 years, 25 years that we've gotten out of the NBA on TNT.
Yeah. Great show, folks. Enjoy this upcoming season. Before they're gone.
It's moving to Amazon and be on Amazon. Get used to it. The J.R. sport re-show here with you on the Infinity Sports Network. We are just getting started. We are not going anywhere. Eight five five two one two forty two twenty seven.
That's eight five five two one two forty two twenty seven. We're going to take a break. And when we come back, the NBA said no to TNT. They said goodbye. It's like getting dumped at the prom and getting with somebody else. It happens to people.
Not to me, but it happens to people. We come back on the other side of the break. I'm going to tell you about somebody else that got rejected. It was Kyle Shanahan who said no to the head coach of the San Francisco 49ers. I'm going to tell you who said no to him on the other side of the break. You say yes to us.
We'll be here. It's the J.R. sport re-show. The Infinity Sports Network. You are listening to the J.R. sport brief.
The J.R. sport re-show here with you on the Infinity Sports Network. I told you the NBA said no to Turner Sports. They said, no, we're leaving. We're done.
We're finished with you. We're going with Amazon now. Amazon is the new hot lady on the block. OK. And TNT is old. And listen, people, this is the this is the world we live in now.
Right. This is the media landscape. It's streaming. How can I stream and sell you something at the same time?
Let's be real. You on cable. You are. You're old. You're behind eight ball. I get it. There's still some intricacies that are appreciated about cable. Like hitting the back button.
Just turning the thing on. And there it is. But come on. We're in streaming now. NBA said, no, thank you. We got one more year of the NBA on TNT and that's it.
Get over it anyway. TNT wasn't the only person or entity that was left stranded. There's an NFL head coach who revealed to us now that training camp started. That he also was left hanging high and dry. He might relate to Turner Sports. His name is Kyle Shanahan, and he has a few things to worry about. First of all, Brandon, I you we all know he wants a new contract.
Brandon, I showed up to work. He ain't working all the way. He's just relaxing, kicking his feet up, waiting for a new deal. Maybe one day he'll ask for trade again.
And then the San Francisco 49 has got another problem, a big one. Trent Williams is also looking for a new contract. The gigantic offensive tackle who always wants to punch people in the mouth when he's healthy enough to play.
Trent Williams is holding out. Until he gets his contract negotiated. The man is 36 years old. This man has been an all pro for the past three seasons. The man wants money. He's supposed to make 20 million dollars this year. He wants he wants guarantees that he won't. He's going to get more at 36 years old, an offensive lineman. Why not?
I guess get it while you can. But anyway, Kyle Shanahan, you want to know who ditched him? You want to know who said no to Kyle Shanahan?
Take a listen to this. This is Kyle Shanahan from the TK show letting everybody know he let a former Patriots coach get an opportunity and he was rebuffed. Listen, I threw it out to him just to mean he loves football so much that you never know what he would. I mean, I can't believe that he's not a head coach of a team right now. I know what I would do if I was an owner. So that shocks me.
And the last thing you want to do is insult someone like Bill Belichick. But I know he just loves ball in the simplest form, threw it all out to him, like whatever he'd want to see. Yeah. I was like, would you be interested? And he was he was very nice and appreciative.
But he he's he politely turned me down. Oh. What is Bill Belichick is saying? Hickey, how old is that lady? 22, 23 years old?
Yeah. Like 50 years too young for Bill. Bill Belichick said, why the hell? When I take a step down, why would I do that when I could ride bicycles and get on airplanes and a 10 Tom Brady roast with my 22, 23 year old girlfriend? Hickey, to me, it appears that Bill Belichick made the right decision.
Was it? It's either the forty niners or the girlfriend and he chose a young girlfriend. I would agree with that. Yeah, that's that's a call I think you make 10 times out of 10.
Not nine out of 10, not nine point five out of 10, 10 out of 10. If you're Bill, Bill Belichick doesn't need money. Come on. Bill Belichick, man, has eight count of eight Super Bowl titles. He got two of those Super Bowls as the defensive coordinator of the New York Giants.
I get it. You're Bill Belichick. But why would Bill Belichick want to set a precedent of going backwards? Bill Belichick shows up and what becomes the defensive coordinator of the San Francisco 49ers and then what? They won a Super Bowl and now Bill, he's supposed to magically get a job or people are just going to be like, all right, he's just the defensive coordinator now. We don't need to deal with this old man as the head coach.
Forty nine is, by the way. They promoted Nick Sorensen to be the new defensive coordinator. Right. OK. You can't take a step backwards.
Come on. Not if you're Bill Belichick. Not if you're looking at the face of not the face, literally, but you're looking at the record books and you're looking at Shula and Hallis. If you are Bill Belichick and you're trying to become the all time.
Leader and wins in the coaching space. You don't go backwards. Phil Jackson was never going to be an assistant again just because he loved basketball. Come on now. You don't go backwards unless you have to.
And some people have to go backwards before they go forward. But not for a 72 year old Bill Belichick. Bill Belichick is going to be better served. Sitting around, having conversations with Pat McAfee, Eli and Peyton Manning.
Hickey, what's that? What's that show he's on inside the NFL right now? What he's doing on, you know, the channel CW, the CW.
Don't ask me where to find it. OK. I knew it. Showtime was I don't even know. The Showtime still exists.
They took boxing off. I don't know what's on there anymore. I have no idea. That's a great question. I don't know. There's so many things on TV. I can't find anything.
Hickey, I can't. I don't want to find CBS, ESPN, Fox. Outside of that. Watching Bill Belichick on the CW network. What? We've been through this last time I watched CW, there was Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Steve Harvey. I don't I don't know what's on CW now. Bill Belichick is on CW. I know Marko Balletti seems to think that, you know, Deion Sanders will coach the Cowboys next year.
Yep. Here he is. I'll be real interested to see, you know, where's Bill Belichick in, Marko?
You know everything. Where's he in? Philadelphia? That's exactly where he's going. Stamps division goes to the Eagles after they disappoint this year.
They pull the plug on Sirianni. Belichick swallows his pride, works for Harry Roseman because he wants the ring that Brady got. Oh, and that's his best spot. And he gets a chance to work with Jalen Hurts in a loaded roster. I mean, the Eagles, the roster is primed to be able to win, right? Yeah, if Nick Sirianni can't do it, then Bill Belichick can. And all it is, is people think that they he won't do it unless he has total control.
I think it's 70 years old. I think he wants to stick it to Kraft. I think he wants to stick it to Brady and say, you know what, I can't win without you. The hell with you. I'm going to go find a good team and I'm going to take a ring and prove to you that I know what I'm doing. What do you think about his decision to, you know, leave Kyle Shanahan hanging and hang out with his young girlfriend?
I mean, is that really even a choice? Can you imagine Bill Belichick being the defensive coordinator for Kyle Shanahan? He could have. He could have done. Kyle Shanahan said he could have done anything. He could have showed up like three times a year and gotten paid. He could have. He could have been an advisor, right?
Advisor? That I can understand. If he was walking around as an advisor, something that Belichick might say in that weird, low, gravelly voice on a Wednesday that he thinks is common knowledge could be like finding plutonium for any other franchise.
So that, in regards to that, I can understand it. But if you're Belichick, like, what's the bright side of this? Unless you're just dying to be around it. Well, he doesn't have to do. If he was an advisor, he wouldn't even have to talk to anybody. Wouldn't have to talk to anybody.
Just show up and and get a check and leave. That's what I mean. Like, look, Van Gundy, Jeff Van Gundy was an advisor with the Celtics this year after, you know, he lost the TV job. He just needed to be around it.
But he wasn't in the forefront. And he's also not Bill Belichick. He's just a smart head coach.
And it leads to something else. Does Belichick strike you as the guy that needs to be in the building to give you advice? Like he's got, what, a 23 year old girlfriend?
He's he he strikes me as living large. Jeff Van Gundy is he's married, you know, to someone age appropriate. So a little bit different of a situation. Right.
That's when you have to leave the house. See, Belichick doesn't have that issue. So I don't I don't. He's right.
He's riding bikes and going to the beach. Right. That's different. Living life. Bill Belichick has missed the past 50 years of his life. And so now he's just he's catching up on lost time.
Nothing wrong with that. Can I ask you guys this really fast? Yes. Did he just turn down the opportunity to be the 49ers head coach? You think you think he would have got Kyle Shanahan a hell of one out the way? You think Shanahan would have said, come take my job? No, he's Shanahan said I offered him anything. He could do anything. No, I don't think he offered him his job. Anything could be the head coach.
That would be something. Unless, unless Kyle Shanahan. Hey, come here and run for the 49ers. I'll let you do whatever you want. I'll be the OC.
Don't worry about it. I'll call the plays. Unless Shanahan. OK, Kyle, you're the OC. Now take it over. Unless Shanahan would have to get the boot.
OK, now that would have been interesting. So that's implied. Anything is everything about the head coach? Come on. If he brings them on and he's in the building and then, you know, the 49ers, you know, slipping and sliding, they just go Shanahan and take a boot is Belichick's job. You know what?
The ultimate Wally Pip. Shanahan's trepidation at the end of it where he was like, you know, he politely declined. Maybe Belichick did say that. Give me your job and get the hell out of here or call my plays. You want to do that? Hey, you think I'm going to come work for you? What are you crazy? That would have been a funny joke. Right. Give me a job.
I don't think you've been joking at that regard. That roster. You can call my plays.
I'll show you how to win. Yeah, I think he's going to end up in Philadelphia. Philadelphia doesn't have success or there's some missteps. I think Bill Belichick is going to be in Philly next year that I'm looking forward to that. Hey, at least Kyle Shanahan confident enough to tell that story. He didn't need to share that with the world. He could have kept that to himself.
And I'm sure Bill Belichick, I'd say that he cares. He probably doesn't care that that was shared because he's probably what is he doing with that young? What are they doing? They watching Hello Kitty. I don't know. What do you do at twenty three? I don't know.
You know, I was wondering shopping island. That's a hit with the youngsters now. Love Bill Belichick is watching Love Island.
I mean, I will say as someone who's casually watched, it is addicting. So is that what we're doing? She shows him. So he's not going to like sit around and show her, you know.
They're in the mall. What does he have to show her? The guy is dedicated, he's entitled to football. He's showing her, you know, he's sitting in some office. What does he know outside of war history and lacrosse? Outside of football, what else does he know?
My guess, I would think is like safe movie knowledge would probably end at, you know, 1974. So I don't know. So is he busting out like, you know, Casablanca and showing her that? I don't know. He's showing her plays and she's rolling.
You know, you know, you haven't seen the diagramming. Is that what we're doing? Have you seen the videos in the arena, in the stadiums nowadays where some guy is over explaining the game to some attractive woman and he's leaning over and he's trying to. And yeah, and she's she's kind of just like, oh my God, will you shut up?
Like, I can see Bill Belichick trying to show this lady a wheel route. And she's just like, like, bro, I don't I don't care. I don't I don't I'm not interested.
I'm just here for the vacations. You know, I don't know. Why do I feel like if she if he's doing that, she's on her phone on Amazon getting something else delivered to the house.
Am I wrong here? Can you buy Gucci on Amazon? Gucci and Fendi and Prada? Maybe she's on a different website, but she's buying something. She probably not on Amazon. Well, you know what? I go on Amazon.
What do you want me to tell you? I don't know where the stuff is. I got to go on Amazon. She's probably not searched on Amazon right now. Do they got a do they got a they got an Amazon for the Gucci and the Fendi's of the world that I don't know about.
I'm buying that stuff. I'm sure they do. Right. You know what? They might. Is there is there like a level after prime?
Oh, definitely. Is there like another whole different platform? Amazon platinum. It's like the black card. You got to have a certain credit score and a limit to go buy it. I don't know.
You type in your credit card, then just takes you to a secret page instead. Oh, this guy's he's in a club. Yeah, for Bill Belichick. Good for that lady. But she really loves him. I know she does. I know she loves that man. How could you not love Bill Belichick? Will they be together by week five? Come on. He had a whole off season with this lady. Exactly. But now once football starts on TV.
Can they have their relationship until he gets a job next year? I'm just asking. Weren't they together when he was actually coaching?
When did it start? Look, he made all them dumb ass decisions in the draft. Come on. Distracted.
Yeah, I see. We all thought he was hanging out with that white dog, but never mind. And that's why he wasn't in the room. Man was distracted.
Can't do too much of that stuff at the same time. Bill Belichick. Remote draft. Hey, Mac Jones was drafted for a reason.
Mistakes. Listen, man, don't don't get distracted out here. Bill Belichick. He's got he got free time. Enjoy it for now.
It'll be done by January. The J.R. sport show here with you on the Infinity Sports Network, eight five five two one two forty two twenty seven. We're going to take a break.
We come back on the other side. Bill Belichick said no to Kyle Shanahan. I'm going to tell you about a coach who got himself a little bit of a new contract. And then you know what?
I don't know why everybody is afraid of Patrick Mahomes. We'll get into that as well. You are listening to the J.R. sport brief. It's the J.R. sport show here on the Infinity Sports Network.
Eight five five two one two forty two twenty seven. Right before we went to break. Well, I mean, just just so far this hour, I told you the NBA said no to TNT. The NBA is now getting in bed with Amazon. This will be the last season of the NBA on TNT. So this means Charles Barkley, Ernie, Shaq and Kenny.
They're done after this year unless there's some drastic change. The NBA is not going to be on TNT anymore. Also, we learned that Bill Belichick declined an offer from Kyle Shanahan, the head coach of the San Francisco 49ers, to join the team in any capacity. Bill Belichick said, no, thank you.
What is he going to do? Like, could have took money to be an adviser, but Bill Belichick is just going to be on TV. He'll be on CW. He'll be on ESPN. And then I'm sure next season, Bill Belichick will coach, I don't know, the Philadelphia Eagles.
We'll see. Not wishing anything negative on them. And speaking of coaches, this this guy did not decline anything. This man actually signed on the dotted line and said, thank you. Tom Thibodeau, the head coach of the New York Knicks, it's been reported that he is signing a three year contract extension with the New York Knicks that will last him through 2028.
You heard that correctly. The New York Knicks have a head coach. They have not fired him. They are extending him, especially a guy and coach Thibodeau. I mean, he's been coaching the Knicks for four years. They've gone to the playoffs three out of those four years. And I mean, if they were not injured this past season, I think the New York Knicks, we could easily have seen them in the Eastern Conference finals.
But everybody went down. And for a guy and coach Thibodeau. Who in a recent NBA players poll was voted as one of the coaches that nobody wanted to ultimately play for. You got a lot of Knicks who enjoy playing for him. Jalen Brunson is there with him, enjoys it. Just got his contract extended. Mikel Bridges ended up being traded the I'm sure he'll get a contract.
OG and an OB don't got no problem. Tom Thibodeau gets a bad rap. He's a good coach, man. And I'm glad the New York Knicks continue to not be a joke. New York Knicks looking good. Hickey, don't be too excited now. I mean, no, this the fact that it's sad, but also positive at the same time. I mean, this is the longest tenure, the Knicks about head coach.
If Thibodeau makes it next year, which I'm assuming he will in like 50 years. This is insane. Finally, it seems some competency is coming to this team. It's it's good. It's kind of surprising and shocking. It is. I expect the New York Knicks to just be a complete joke.
And the fact that they are stable for now. Hickey, who's the next? Are they going to put Patrick Ewan in handcuffs this upcoming season? You're saying the vibes are too good?
I'm saying it's too good. A walk. Patrick Ewan. Remember, it was Patrick Ewan. Didn't they not recognize him?
The security didn't recognize him a couple of years ago. I thought that was Spike. No, I think it was Spike Lee.
No, bro. Patrick Ewan went back with Georgetown. And they gave Patrick Ewan crap.
Spike Lee went in a different entrance and they decided to give him. You're right. You're right. They give. How did the New York Knicks, why they treat all the former legends like this?
Come on. They pay they pay Charles, not Charles Oakley. Larry, we know what they do to Charles.
They took him out. I don't think he's getting anybody from the Knicks. Could you imagine another team like just think about another sport? I know Calvin Johnson and the Lions, they just kissed and made up and now they'll put him in the their Hall of Fame, pride of the Lions or whatever the hell they call it. Could you imagine Calvin Johnson is just like, whatever.
I know we beef and I'm going to go to the game. And he sits near the Fords and he's just like, OK, you guys keep asking. And they go, no, they put him in handcuffs and walk him out. Could you imagine?
No, literally cannot imagine what happened in any other setting to any other team. Could you see the New York? Could you see David Wells sitting on a third base line at Yankee Stadium and David Wells is yelling at the opposing team and the Yankees is like, David, relax. He's like, no.
And they put him in handcuffs and walk him out. It's the most New York Knicks thing ever. So I hope the vibes aren't just so great for the New York Knicks now as something bad is going to happen. All those legends just stay away and let the guys play out there on the court. Congratulations to Coach Tibbs. People give this dude crap, man, that the Knicks are stable. And a big reason for that is because of him.
Speaking of instability, I get this one in the New York coaches. Rob Salah of the New York Jets spoke to the media today. I told you all about Hassan Riddick yesterday. The New York Jets traded him or traded for him from the Eagles, traded him in exchange for a third round pick.
That could be a second round pick if he plays about 65 to 70 percent of the snaps. Hassan Riddick wants a new contract. And so he's not at work. And today, Rob Salah finally spoke to the media.
Second day of camp or first day of practice. And naturally, the guy who last month said that he was not concerned or worried about Rob Salah, or excuse me, Hassan Riddick. Rob Salah said the same damn thing today. He said, I ain't worry about nothing. Listen to this.
It is what it is. That's the business part of it. Just have 89 other guys that we got to prepare. How much is he missing, though, to not being here for any of it to this point? You know, he's a veteran. He's been he's been with multiple teams. He's played multiple positions. He's had success multiple different ways.
At this point in his career, I'm sure he he knows exactly what he needs to do to prepare himself to play football. And so I'm not overly concerned. Hickey, that's the greatest. I don't want to say kind of pass the buck off. I have no response. I got nothing. It is what it is. If somebody says that there's you might as well just scrap the entire conversation after that, because they have nothing of value to say to you. Nothing.
Zero. That is a good conversation ender. It is what it is. And he started the conversation with that. Hey, at least he did say and was consistent. He did end it with I'm not that concerned, which is the same speech he gave a month ago. To his credit, at least the messaging has been similar and he's not all of a sudden in the panic button.
Wow. If you want to give him that credit, which I know we're kind of setting the bar very low. But I was expecting him at the end to just go ask Joe Douglas.
I mean, that's also what he said last time. I'm not concerned. Ask Joe Douglas.
Joe Douglas is like, man, we're all on a hot seat. Why are you passing the buck to me? Ask Woody Johnson.
Yes. What do you know? Don't ask Woody because he's going to be like, I'm a fire everybody. Woody Johnson. What's that? What's that thing you put on with the sand you put on your table? The hourglass.
Yeah. Woody Johnson got an hourglass on his table right now and he's rich enough. This is how you know you're rich. First of all, this man is a Band-Aid heir of the Johnson and Johnson family.
What a way to fall into money. Right. Anyway, he's rich enough to have an hour. Hickey, this man, I know he has an hourglass on his desk in this hourglass. I know it runs until, like, I don't know, the second week of the playoffs.
OK, the vision around. And it probably expires on the Monday after. And when that last grain falls, Woody Johnson is going to make a decision as to whether or not he's pulling the plug on all these losers with the Jets. That's how rich people do it. That is one big ass hourglass. And that takes up a whole room with all that.
Oh, you think so? For now until January, six months worth worth of sand. I'm going to see how I'm going to, you know, Hickey, I mean, five months.
I'm going to go on Amazon and I'm going to try to find one. A five month long hourglass. Can we call it an hourglass? Come on. Yeah. Just very slow. Very slow.
I'm sure he's got the house big enough to. Oh, how is that? So you know what? You're right. It's not an hourglass anymore.
It's a five month glass. Yeah, I'm going to find one. I find it. Speaking of a New York team, I guess a good one is here. Jalen Brunson was just shaking hands with Aaron Judge.
Nice. Most people would consider Aaron Judge to be a monster, but he's a very nice guy. We come back on the other side of the break. I'm going to tell you about a boogeyman in the NFL.
People don't even want to say his name. I'll explain. It's the J.R. sport. We show the Infinity Sports Network.
