It is the JR Sport Brief Show on the Infinity Sports Network. I'm coming to you live from Atlanta, Georgia. Thank you to everybody tuned in and locked in all over North America. I hope you had a tremendous Friday. I hope you're having an amazing Friday. Damn it, if you're going to be hanging out with me, I'm going to do my best to make sure it's a good time.
Happy Valentine's Day. I'll be hanging out with you for the next four hours. This is when the show gets started every weekday at 6 p.m. Eastern, 3 Pacific.
I'm in Atlanta, Georgia, hanging out right on Peachtree Street. Thank you to our super producer and host, Ryan Hickey, holding it down in New York City. NBA All-Star Weekend. Steph Curry's going to get highlighted for his contributions to the league and to the bay. We're going to have a terrible dunk contest tomorrow. We got a gimmicked All-Star game on Sunday.
Gimmicked. And then today, in the city of brotherly love, how appropriate, the Philadelphia Eagles celebrated their championship. Yeah, they had a parade in Philly. There was a lot of love. And then unfortunately, two people got shot.
You cannot make some of this stuff up. So we got a lot to get into. We have a lot to discuss. To talk about everything that went down at the parade.
And hopefully he has made it out okay. We're going to have a chat with Chris Franklin from NJ.com. First person perspective. You can always listen to this show on the free Odyssey app, your local Infinity Sports Network affiliate. You got Sirius XM, it's channel 375. You got yourself a smart speaker. Ask the speaker to play the Infinity Sports Network.
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That's 855-212-4227. Ryan Hickey. How are you, man? Happy Friday. Happy Friday.
Happy Valentine's Day as well, TJR. Life's good right now. It's good.
This is very good. Is it good weather up there? Good Valentine's Day weather? Are people outside?
What's the deal? I mean, I guess you want to call it good Valentine's Day weather, meaning getting intimate and close. It's cold and only getting colder. Baby making weather. OK. You said it. So, yeah, you know, if you need an excuse to not go out and spend money on overpriced food and ridiculous Valentine's Day specials, the colds here can help persuade that.
Most certainly. It's nice here. I don't know what the temperature is. And 40s, 50s, I guess. Oh, whoa. I think I say 70s.
No, no, no. Nice and 40 degrees is not something that goes together for Atlanta, Georgia. It's 54 degrees right now.
The high today was 60. There you have it. OK. There's a fire. Look, Hickey, I'm on my way into work today. There's all these is a big grass grassy area for people to congregate, right? They got fireplaces out there.
You can have a date. They're giving you a bottle of wine. They got balloons and flowers. They got everything that you can need downstairs. That does sound pretty nice.
Fireplace, little wine. Not bad. It's chilly, but it's not cold. It's comfy, you know, sweatshirts, short weather, maybe sweatshirts, sweat pant weather. Yeah.
Yeah. I don't know about shorts, but yeah. OK. Well, I guess you had probably dressed nicer than just a sweatshirt anyway, if you're going out. You're just going out in shorts for Valentine's Day? I wouldn't. But people listen, people do.
I teach their own. You know, I think this day is overrated anyway. So why dress up special if you want to just say we're going to dinner. That's good enough. Ouch.
Colder day. As I show up and shout out to everybody out there hustling to get some flowers and chocolates. Hickey, what is Walgreens and CVS right now must be cooked all over America. Oh, those fake flowers, those heart shaped candy boxes. They must be all gone.
Oh, man, teddy bears to write so many teddy bears. Those probably things are all sold out. What you do is you wait until tomorrow. You try your best to arrange all your Valentine's Day stuff tomorrow because I don't know, maybe isn't it going to be on discount?
It's going to be like half off, 75 percent off tomorrow. Right. That November 1st, December 26th. Right.
All the day afters when you get the themed candy, the hearts, the pink. Yeah. Oh yeah.
Big discount tomorrow. Yeah. Halloween is over. Come get your candy on November 2nd.
Yeah. The same thing for our Valentine's Day. Shout outs to everybody out there loving somebody, participating in the hustle.
A good idea. And speaking of love, how appropriate was this today in the city of brotherly love in Philadelphia, where people will steal your car, curse you out. Children are vicious. Fans will berate you.
It's a wonderful place, place of my birth. The fans in Philadelphia, city of brotherly love, they celebrated the Eagles championship. I know it sounds crazy because you think about the Eagles. They won a championship in calendar year 2018. Now they did it again in 2025. It's a lot when you win two championships in seven years. These are the only two Super Bowl championships. Okay.
You can put the Eagles in the upper echelon of being winners and the Jordan brand, which is a sponsor of Jalen Hurts. They have done an excellent job. Hickey, did you see them putting like the word hurts after all the places it says love, you know, like the love statue in Philly, you saw them put hurts after it. I did. I loved it. And the sweatshirt was very cool as well.
That's good. Philly went all out here and they did it right. They did. It was about a, I don't know. They said a million people outside had the parade on in the background while I worked.
And let me tell you, we'll talk about this in a second. Those players, I don't know if they were, some of them were drunk, man. They were very vulgar. I was watching it via Fox, Fox 29 in Philly, man.
They were just cursing up a storm. The anchors had to apologize every five minutes, but, but not Jalen Hurts, not him. Of course, Jalen hurts is too sophisticated. Jalen hurts is at a another stature. He's at another level. And one thing he did when he spoke, and I believe he was the first player to speak Jalen hurt says, man, and they held the ceremony on the Rocky steps at the museum, the library, whatever the hell that thing is Jalen hurts.
He says, you know what? I never wanted to climb these steps until we won a championship. And we did.
You know, I told myself, I told myself that when I got drafted that I wouldn't come to the Rocky steps until I won a championship. And now we're here. Yeah. Yeah. Hickey, when he spoke, the first thing I said to myself is, man, this is going, these are going to be some boring ass speeches, man.
Oh my God. Yeah. If there was one day where he could show some personality, it would have been today. And that clip just highlighted right there that he is Mr.
Cool through literally every day of his life. Yeah. And it was, there's nothing out of nothing. He spoke for two seconds and then they brought on somebody else and then they had Saquon speak and then they kept moving. And then AJ Brown spoke and he pretty much helped the, uh, the profanity flow.
Listen to AJ Brown. They said I was a diva. I said, all I care about was stats. You're going to get all those things wrong about me, but one thing you can get right.
I'm a champion. Yeah. That guy, everybody at Fox broadcast Hickey.
I don't know. I didn't know you could curse that much on television. I didn't know they didn't have them bleeps ready. I mean, is it fair to say Pat McAfee changed, changed the way daytime TV goes?
I mean, that guy cursed up a storm. No one like broadcast local TV for that. I think common more common sense needs to be applied for who lists viewers or the players every no, no viewers, just in general, just society in general, you're watching a parade of celebration in which players are extremely and rightfully so intoxicated, putting cameras and microphones in their face to expect them to not say anything crazy or to not expect them to drop an expletive or have to then apologize if they do.
I think there are certain times where maybe exceptions can be made. If you choose to broadcast the Eagles victory parade or any parade, bleep it, they should bleep it, do a better job bleeping it. They should say, you know what? This is raw kids at home. You're learning something. Oh my goodness. Sorry. Hickey, there's a reason why certain words aren't said and uttered in the daytime.
They're not supposed to be. It's terrible, man. I blame the broadcaster. Hit the button, hit the button.
How many bleeps do you have? I mean, Hickey, they cursed up. Landon Dickerson came through, AJ Brown came through a curse and Saquon Barkley was cursed.
And I'm like, yo, come on. Quiñon Mitchell, what a curse if he could speak English. Yeah, he was drunk.
We've never heard, we've never heard this guy utter a word in his life. And today he's just, you know what they say about that, that, that alcohol. It gets you real loose real fast.
He was walking down the street with a bottle in his hand. It was crazy. And then even before they got to the steps, it was just a wild situation. Saquon Barkley just walking a parade route is having a time of his life. He said that this parade, the NFL network got him before he was inebriated, if he was at all. Saquon said, man, I'm having a time of my life.
You can't use words to describe this. Every time I think Philly can't take it to another level, they take it to a whole another level. And me and my family just had me honored to be a part of the organization and be part of the city. Man, this city deserves it all.
Here we are. You seem like you're having a lot of fun. I might be having too much fun. Hey, listen, you work as hard as these guys do. Oh my God. I'm not working out the way they do.
Hell no. Well, a lot of them. And some of them have God given physical talents and they work hard, but not as hard as a lot of people. You can look at Saquon Barkley. That guy works. And then even as they continued on the parade route, NFL network caught up with Cooper DeGene who won a Super Bowl championship as a rookie.
How good can this get? And then forget when he was walking a parade route. Hickey, did you see him and Reed Blankenship? They were announced as the exciting, is it exciting whites? Exciting whites. I did not see that, but I did see plenty of Eagles fans misidentify Reed Blankenship and Cooper DeGene.
Wait, wait, wait, wait. They were just random white people. Didn't know who the white guys were.
They did not. What do you mean? So the fans are standing on the street and they just see a random white guy with the Eagles and they go, Hey, Cooper, he's just like, I'm the ball boy. Is that how it went?
Not exactly. Reed Blankenship was on a float coming down. Everyone is screaming at him. Cooper, Cooper. He goes, I'm Reed.
You gotta wear a name tag. I'm the other white, the other white guy. I'm the other exciting white on the team. Oh my God. They had these, somebody made them t-shirts in a regular season and called them the exciting whites because they happened to be two defensive, two white defensive backs in the NFL.
I honestly don't think the NFL has had a white starting cornerback full time since Jason Sehorn and Jason must've retired about 20 years ago. And so you have the exciting whites. They were certainly drunk by the time they got to the, the, the steps, the Rocky steps as they implored the crowd to sing Meek Mill, Dreams and Nightmares, which sounded just like a disaster. But before Cooper DeGene was drunk on the steps, he also shared that this parade might be the best experience in his can't be older than 22 year old life.
I'd be the best day of my life. I got a, I got a little battle star going on. Oh, you got hit. Oh, you did get hit.
I hit myself with this big ass. Oh yeah. You mean you knew this was going to be crazy, but I'm sure it's kind of outlived your expectations. A hundred percent. A hundred percent. I mean, I knew it was going to be crazy.
Not this crazy though. The man had a beer chain and hit himself above the eye, cut himself. And he's not the only person who got cut because amongst the Philadelphia Eagles, nobody's going to look at the general manager and think that this guy is tough or that he's an athlete. He is not. This guy went to law school at Fordham university in New York. This man hasn't played an ounce of football. His name is Howie Roseman. This man built the team. He picked up all these free agents. He drafted Jalen Hurts. He is the man.
And it's crazy. You think about Howie Roseman. He's been with the Eagles for 25 years. He started off as an intern in the year 2000. He became the GM in 2010. The man has won two Super Bowl championships since then. In Philadelphia, the man is walking on water. He can walk over the river right now if he wanted to, but he's not an athlete.
He also ended up with an injury today. The fans, as they show their appreciation to the guys on the float, floats, plural, they throw beer at the players so they can enjoy it. Why not? I wish I would walk down the block and people just throw me beer.
That'd be amazing. I feel like Stone Cold Steve Austin is catching beer and drinking it. Howie Roseman, somebody threw a beer at this man. He's not AJ Brown. He's not Devante Smith. He's not Dallas Goddard.
This man does not have hands. The beer can hit him square in the forehead, cut him open and left the mark. You can see the imprint of the bottom of the beer can on his head.
This is the GM. This is how you show your appreciation by nailing this guy in the dome. And then he actually got up to the stage. God bless him.
He didn't need medical attention. He probably did. But Howie Roseman said, you know what?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. He was introduced. They hit him in the head. He's like, I bleed for this city. Put on a hell of a parade today. Everything was perfect, except for some of y'all who didn't know how to toss a beer nicely.
You fired it too hard. Just ask Howie Roseman. Welcome Howie Roseman. I bleed for this city. Go Eagles. Our players, our staff have done an unbelievable job. We are two time world champs and we're coming back strong.
Go birds. Hickey, was he? He had a couple of things to drink himself, huh? I don't think so.
Smart man kept it short, sweet, got out of there. Sounds like it. Hickey, you know, when you drink sometimes you don't feel the pain, right? That's very true. I think that man, he's gonna feel, he's gonna, he's gonna feel that in his dome tomorrow, man.
He's gonna wake up, look in the mirror and go, I got a bruise on my forehead. The Philadelphia Eagles treated this parade, the fans, some of them treated it like it was the hangover. Players were drunk.
The fans are throwing beer bottles at them. The mayor was there. People absolutely, they hate this lady and her speech. I mean, if you're the mayor of a city and people are outside for a championship parade, you should probably know, keep it short, sweet, and just shut the hell up. Make some noise for the Philadelphia Eagles and then get out the way. The mayor had to have spoken for what felt like five minutes and you could hear it a little bit. The fans, they were booing this lady and they were basically telling her to wrap it up and shut up.
Listen to this. And because I'm feeling so good today, when the haters come, you tell them, we don't care what you have to say today. We're feeling great. Don't try to throw shade on my eagle shine. Everybody put your ones in the air for me right now. And wrap it up, wrap it up, wrap it up. Nobody want to hear the mayor speak.
Nobody. The Philadelphia Eagles are champs. And then when they wrapped up, unfortunately we had the worst of things. There was no love.
We had two women get shot at the conclusion of the parade. We don't know the details. I am not Inspector Gadget. I'm not MacGyver.
I'm not Matt Lott. I don't know. But two women were shot at the end of the parade. We had people who got shot at the Chiefs parade. Can we do better? Can we just have fun and just do better?
It's supposed to be a time of fun. It's Valentine's Day. Show some love and keep it short. Keep it sweet. Keep it simple. Keep it sweet.
Keep it simple. Congratulations to the Philadelphia Eagles. The Super Bowl champions, 59. It's the JR Sportbreeze Show here with you coast to coast on the Infinity Sports Network. We have so much to get into. Next hour we're going to have a chat with Chris Franklin from NJ.com. We'll ask him about the parade because damn it, he was out there without a shadow of a doubt. We're going to talk about the NBA All-Star game that is going to take place over the course of the weekend. Weekend festivities, All-Star weekend.
We'll get into that. We'll go through some of these quarterbacks who are now available in the NFL. We'll talk about Michael Parsons. This man had to look at his rivals celebrate their championship today. Michael Parsons is like, well, the Eagles got all these free agents. What about us? I mean, you work for the Dallas Cowboys.
What do you expect otherwise? We're going to get into the Friday funny in a few hours and we got a lot to do. You want to be a part of the show?
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That's 855-212-4227. Philadelphia Eagles celebrate their Super Bowl victory today with a parade. In the NBA, everybody's descended upon the Bay Area, San Francisco, Oakland to celebrate their game.
Hopefully their players play hard in the game. We'll get into that at the top of the hour. But in the meantime, as a part of NBA All-Star Weekend, the NBA, well, more specifically, the Basketball Hall of Fame, which has, I'm going to say nothing to do, but it's not a direct arm of the NBA. The Naismith Hall of Fame revealed its Hall of Fame finalists. Now, these are finalists. They're not gimmes and guarantees to go into the Pro Basketball, excuse me, I called it Pro Basketball, the Basketball Hall of Fame.
It's not a guarantee. But some of these names, I think you might as well just say, yeah, they're going in. We'll find out who exactly is going in on the Final Four. Final Four Weekend, we find out who exactly is going in.
Listen to some of these names. Carmelo Anthony, Coach Billy Donovan, Maya Moore, Dwight Howard, Sue Bird, Mickey Arison, owner of the Miami Heat. Hickey, they let everybody in the Basketball Hall of Fame. Like Carmelo Anthony is definitely going. Is Dwight Howard reluctantly going to go? Has he been out of the league that long? Damn. Yeah. I mean, he's been playing overseas, right? For a while. Taiwan Eagles or something like that? Something, yeah.
Far away. Why not let Mickey Arison in? The Miami Heat are worth a damn, so let him in. Billy Donovan, why not? The Florida Gators, let him in.
What took so long? Maya Moore, yeah, she quit basketball to help people out. Well, Hickey, you know that story of Maya Moore? Crazy. Yeah.
Right. And then she- Didn't they start dating too? Yeah, they married.
Wow. Maya Moore was busting ass for the Minnesota Lynx. And then she saw a story about a man who was wrongly incarcerated. And so she quit basketball to try to help get this guy out of prison. They fell in love. It's Valentine's Day, what a story.
They fell in love and now they're married. Hickey, what are the odds? Like, what are the odds?
A billion? I mean, that's crazy. That's something you'd only see happen in a movie.
But, you know, correct. But you would think with the emotional involvement, that part is not difficult to understand, right? You get close to someone, you have the same you have the same passion of this is not right.
I need to. And then all of a sudden it's just the sparks start flying. That that makes sense. But she quit her job. She quit her job. That's crazy. She quit her job to help get this guy out of prison and fell in love with him.
They fell in love. Also, shouldn't she have been in the Hall of Fame like years ago then? Illustrious Yukon career. Great pro career. Right.
You're right. What's a Billy Donovan so long? Like, what was the hold up there?
The guy went back to back with the Gators. Yeah, I don't know. I was going to say like, I don't know, because they obviously put active people in still. If you're coaching, I don't know.
That's a great question. Listen, this is crazy. Maya Moore is. And she's from right up here in Sewanee, Georgia, went to high school here. Maya Moore is not even 36. She is 35. Wow. She stopped playing in 2018.
Oh, my God. Yeah, it's been a while. She stopped playing ball and I didn't know it was that long ago.
2018. She played from 2011 to 2018. She was an MVP in 2014. She was a six time All-Star, a three time All-Star MVP. She's a four time WNBA champion, was the 2014 scoring champion. She was the Rookie of the Year. And in the peak, in her prime, she quit basketball to help get a guy out of prison, fell in love and married him.
Now, I know they have had to make a movie about this. But congratulations to Maya Moore. There's not a shadow of a doubt that she's going into the Hall of Fame and she's 35 years old.
Good for her. And then we got Dwight Howard, who has to be. He's young as well. He's got to be 39 years old. I know he still wants to play in the league. And then we have Carmelo Anthony, who's pretty much 39, 40 as well, because he came into the league with that guy who's still playing, LeBron James. Carmelo Anthony is getting ready to turn 41 in May. It's crazy when you think about it.
Hickey, I feel like we saw Dwight Howard play. Oh, his last year was 2022. How the hell is he eligible?
I have no idea. The Basketball Hall of Fame, I have a pretty good beat on for the most part, the waiting period, the expectations when it comes to who's in, who's out. For basketball and football, I'm sorry, for football and baseball, I have no idea when it comes to basketball, the rules, the guidelines. A player must be fully retired for four full seasons before being eligible for enshrinement. And so I guess if, I guess if his last year was 2022 and he's voted in, don't they put him in late this year and how that works? It's September, right?
Yeah, they announced it in March and they let him in. I don't know about this one. This is weird. It's three years. I don't know.
It's weird. Dwight, and Dwight Howard wants to play. He wants to be on the Lakers now.
What's the deal? Yeah, Dwight Howard, three time defensive player of the year, one time champ, one time Olympic gold medalist is a Hall of Fame finalist. Okay. So they sign him next week, the Lakers do, I'd say, then what happens?
Is he now off the ballot? I don't know, man. Can you sign in late March if an injury happens and he's already been inducted in or announced that he's going to be inducted? And what happens then?
That's a, that's a good question. Like they can't take you out, right? Once you win, they can't take you out. Have you ever heard of any sport? I mean, any sport.
Have you ever heard of a sport where a guy gets taken out of the Hall of Fame? He's just in there. That's it.
Right. Once you're in, you're in. Like let's think like baseball has as terrible human beings who happen to be in the Hall of Fame. Ain't nobody coming out. You in, you in.
It's just, just what it is. That'd be crazy. I mean, for all of this, they need to change the rules. By the time LeBron James is eligible to get in, he won't be able to walk. It's like, let LeBron, let LeBron in right now, put him in a Hall of Fame and let's just keep it moving.
What are we, what we're waiting on is to fill out the rest of his resume. That's, that's kind of crazy. So congratulations to all these living legends. Carmelo Anthony, a real good dude too. Dwight Howard, interesting fellow. Nice guy.
Interesting, interesting fellow. It's the JR Sportbree show here with you coast to coast on the Infinity Sports Network. 855-212-4227.
That's 855-212-4227. We're going to take a break. When we come back, you know, I don't know if this guy's going in the Hall of Fame. The way they let people in, maybe he will. He just got to the Bay Area, not as an All-Star.
His name is Jimmy Butler. He's already starting to pay dividends out west in San Francisco. It's working out fine for him in the Bay Area.
And then speaking of working out, this is kind of crazy. New York Yankee fans are not happy about this. It looks like the Yankees are going to work out an extension with Aaron Boom. A lot of Yankee fans upset about this.
We'll talk about it and more. It's the JR Sportbree show on the Infinity Sports Network. You're listening to the JR Sportbree.
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Just a few health questions. You can get your free quote at checkethos.com. Not available in all states. It is the JR Sportbree show here on the Infinity Sports Network. This is an interesting time of year. NFL season just concluded. Super Bowl is done.
We crowned the champs and the Philadelphia Eagles. We got baseball players all getting warmed up and ready for the season, specifically the pitchers and the catchers trying to get them arms loose. And then this is NBA All-Star weekend. So it is an interesting time in the sports calendar. We got golf, hockey going on, four nations.
This is a busy, busy time. College basketball is about to start heating up. But as we head into NBA All-Star weekend, I'm gonna get to baseball in a second. I just got to mention this. We talked about some of these finalists for the Basketball Hall of Fame, Carmelo Anthony, Dwight Howard, Maya Moore, Mickey Harrison, and what have you.
Here's a question. And it's early. Hickey, is Jimmy Butler going to get into the Hall of Fame? But if he quit tomorrow, is he getting in the Hall of Fame? No, right?
I would say yes, just because I feel like the stands are so low. Oh, God. He's going to cry. He's going to be insufferable.
He's going to curse and curse and cry. He's a Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame jackass. That's what he is. That's what he is.
That'll get you in the Hall. He went to the Hall of Fame because he took a team to the finals twice and lost. And he worked hard when he when he decided to. When he wanted to.
That's the that's the big key there. That's more insulting to me than the conversation we had about Eli Manning going into the Hall of Fame. Like at least Eli Manning showed up to work and worked hard. Whether or not he had that goofy look on his face or he threw an interception, the guy worked hard. Jimmy Butler just picks and chooses when he wants to work hard. We got time to figure that one out.
That'll be years down the line. But right now, Jimmy Butler is balling. We know he was traded to the Golden State Warriors. He got that contract extension paying him more than one hundred million dollars total.
I think it's one hundred and eleven, maybe one hundred and twenty one mil. And so he's played four games for the Warriors. They have three and one. This is a Golden State Warriors team.
That is that they're trying to I don't want to say stay above water. They're trying to make it to the postseason. Jimmy Butler last night, they beat Houston 105 to 98. His stat line, 19 points, eight rebounds, four assists. He's making life a little bit easier for Steph Curry, especially in crunch time. Steph Curry, 27 points. And Draymond Green, we know he don't score.
He just punches people, stomps on you, kicks you in the nuts. And then he passes the ball to Steph Curry. And Draymond Green, future Hall of Famer without a shadow of a doubt, I can't wait to hear what that speech sounds like. Hickey, will he admit that he is one of the luckiest basketball players ever? Oh, no.
I think it would be the other way, if anything. Wow. He met Steph Curry. I made Klay Thompson. I made their jobs easier.
I will get it. Hickey, that's true. I will give him credit. He has a unique skill set. He's a very smart player, very good defender, very good passer. He's very good at what he does.
If he was on the Orlando Magic, he'd just be I don't know, what would he be on the mat? I don't know. Just the guy. Just a guy. Just another guy.
Yeah. He ended up with a good spot. I'm just saying he took that job from David Lee and he never looked back. Congratulations to Draymond Green. Pays to win. He's a winner. He's a smart guy.
Give him credit. Draymond Green. He said having Jimmy Butler here is great until he punches him in the face. He's a franchise changer. He's done that everywhere he's gone and he is helping revitalize what we got here. The belief amongst this team now that he's arrived, as opposed to what it was before he got here, it's night and day. We let one get away last night, but this one tonight, we would have lost.
But just having a guy like that changes everything for us. Yeah, they lost to Dallas. That's the only team that they've lost against is Dallas Mavericks. But they've won three out of four games. They beat Chicago and not saying much. They beat Milwaukee, not saying much. Giannis has been hurt. They beat Houston.
That's saying a lot. Houston, great young team. And then they lost to Dallas. So at the end of the season, I don't know if they got enough bodies.
I don't know if they got enough scoring between Steph Curry and Jimmy Butler to go on any type of a run here, but it certainly will be interesting to keep an eye on. So Jimmy Butler is working out just fine in the Bay Area. And earlier today, down in Tampa, Florida, it's February 14th. It's the Love Day, right?
Valentine's Day. Things don't look like they're working out for one New York Yankee in particular. Marcus Stroman is signed by the New York Yankees to eat up innings. It's now the odd man out. Yankees have added Max Freed to their rotation.
They have a Louise Heel, who they don't have to pay absolutely anything to. They got Rodon. They don't got no space for Marcus Stroman, who has been an All-Star in the past, is 34 years old, will turn 34 this year. Marcus Stroman has been a starter his entire career, all the way from the Blue Jays, the Cubs, and when he signed up for the Yankees. And one thing he will do is eat innings and start.
The guy is 5'7", he's 5'8", he's not supposed to be a baseball player. But the man is going to get his 30 starts, except for the New York Yankees. He had an ERA of 3-5 before the All-Star break. He had an ERA of 6 after the All-Star break.
That is not going to get the job done. And playing at home in Yankee Stadium, he got eaten alive. He had an ERA above 5. And so the Yankees owe him 18 million dollars. I don't know an 18 million dollar reliever. And Marcus Stroman made it very clear today, I am not coming out of the bullpen. He's a starter.
You know what? He's a starter and yes, he sucked at the end of the year. I don't blame him. He has to leverage, the Yankees owe him the money. They owe him 18 million dollars. What is he supposed to do? The Yankees don't want him coming out the bullpen for almost 20 mil. What is he supposed to do? Go, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm just going to do whatever the Yankees want. He wants to star, whether it's with the Yankees or somewhere else.
I know a lot of people are painting him out to be a jerk right now because of some of the things that he said and done in the past. But in this instance, I ain't mad at the guy. It's like, hey, you're the ones who paid me 18 million dollars. You're the ones who allowed me to come back next year for 18 million.
If I hit a certain amount of innings pitched, I believe it's 140. And so he's well within his right to do what he wants. And it's not like the Yankees are asking him to come out of the bullpen. I don't think they would do such a thing. They want to move them. They want to trade them. But it's a delicate dance because they can't admit that we want to get the guy out of here because he loses his value in that regard.
Also, it is February 14th. What is the rush for the New York Yankees to move? If we know anything about pitching, anything about pitching, anything, anybody could go down.
Somebody will go down in the Yankees starting rotation. Don't you want to at least keep the guy on the team for as long as possible? I mean, if you could move him on to another team who happens to suffer an injury, then you do it and you suck the life out of them. You get as much as you can out of a trade because they need a pitcher. But I'm not mad at Marcus Stroman. I think he's doing what he needs to do to maintain his value. And the New York Yankees are doing the same thing by pretty much saying nothing.
If this is what the GM of the New York Yankees had to say about his comments, this is Brian Cashman, who Yankee fans hate. He is a starter. I agree with him. He is a starter. You know, and so let's just see how everything plays out. You know, six weeks of spring training there about is typically a lot of twists and turns and winding roads before you get to opening day.
And so let's you know, we'll deal with, you know, opening day when we get there. Yeah, Vicki, am I missing something like it's a long game. It's not about today, February 14th.
It's about what takes place. What are your thoughts on this? I'm with you in the sense that, yes, right now, see the odd man out. But yes, but the odds are right that someone's going to get hurt and you're going to need them.
So I guess the only thing I don't love is his tone and attitude about it. I will say, like, I think at this point, look, go out there, compete, see what happens. And if you lose, OK, you lose.
But the odds are injuries will an injury will happen. I think he'll be in the rotation. But also it's like he's earned that the role, you know, I just don't think he's he's earned the ability to be so defiant and almost like kind of have an attitude of I'm better than the bullpen. No, I see.
I don't think that's the case. I listen to him is just in the guy was asked. He's like, I'm a starter. I'm a starter. I don't think he's saying that he's too good for the bullpen. But the reality is, as GM said, as Brian Cashman said, like he is a starter and he would be I can't imagine he'd be a disaster. This man has been a starting pitcher his entire career in the majors. So all of a sudden at 34, if they decide to throw him into the bullpen and switch things up, that's career altering. I don't know if you want no five, seven guy out there who's just an innings eater to just he's not a flamethrower like saying and accepting the fact that he's a reliever is almost career suicide and devalues him and his contract for this year and for next year. And so I think he's just making it very clear. I mean, I don't think he's it'd be different if he says I'm a starter. I need to be in a rotation. He's just making it very clear whether it's the Yankees or some bum ass team that guys get hurt on.
I'm a starter here for the taking. Let's see what happens. Pitchers get hurt. We know that he may still be a Yankee.
He may get traded. There's no rush on it. It's the JR sport reshow on the Infinity Sports Network. We're going to talk about a couple of things that are going down in the Bay Area this weekend. It's NBA All-Star weekend. I know you waiting for that dunk contest. Don't move.
