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So, look forward to that. All right, my thanks to Buddha Baker. Again, I'm still getting the kick out of it. A few things come to mind when I think about Buddha, great player. I didn't get into it with him today.
And I'm not saying he's there yet, but my guy is trending positively, I think, for a yellow jacket. Not there yet. And it is challenging based on who he's played for because, frankly, they've had no success while he's been there. Virtually no success, yet he shows up every single year and does what he does. He makes the Pro Bowl, puts up huge numbers.
And as he points out, going into year 10, he feels like he's in better shape than he's ever been in. He feels absolutely awesome. He's optimistic. You know, put together a couple of more years like the years he's already had. And we're talking about a guy, I think, who's going to end up in Canton for sure.
My only question then is. Who is the one who does the speech for him? Woody? Woody is friends with Buddha Baker. I mean, damn, Woody, what's next?
Are you and Josh Allen hanging out? And I don't know about that. But then again, again, nothing that my man Woody Allborn from Eagle River does will ever, ever, ever surprise me.
Alright, so there is that. We talked about Lane Kiffin. Smoke weed, talk, bleep, like William Kiffin. There was an excerpt in Vanity Fair from a book that's about to drop. About Lane Giffin and his years at Tuscaloosa.
And what I'm saying is, this guy, he's saying it for the record, I'm all about the chaos. That's pretty much where I live. That's what I do. I'm comfortable. I mean, it's one thing to say, you know the old phrase, you got to get comfortable being uncomfortable.
My man is never more comfortable than when he's right in the middle of the chaos.
Well, there's a lot more chaos now. With this book dropping, I read the excerpt in hour number one. If you want to react to that, go ahead. I've got Mark Trumbo coming up at the top of our number three, the Angels. Yeah Artie Moreno.
Made the best decision that he has made in a very, very long time. The decision to sell his team. That was a great decision. Not that he had much choice. When you go to the yard every single night, And you hear chants of sell the team, sell the team, what choice do you really have?
and when you've had no success whatsoever, and when you've had two of the greatest players in the history of Major League Baseball as teammates in their prime for a six year period and you have nothing to show for it, Other than Rats A possum A monkey and a horrible anthem from Train. You've got to sell the team, especially with a valuation of $4 billion, man. Cash the hell out. And you know how you know you made the right decision? When no sooner than it's announced, those same fans that would show up and chant, sell the team, sell the team.
are then chanting Goodbye Arty Goodbye, Arty. You know, the crazy thing about it, people forget. When he first bought the team, he He actually had success. They were going to the postseason. With regularity.
And then it all went to hell.
So, the only thing better than him selling that team is who he sold that team to. Stan Cronky, because that guy's had success. I mean, it's one thing to say that Artie was successful. He was. Successful enough to purchase that team.
But cronky. is way more successful. Lot more money, lot more success, and this guy wins. Unlike Artie, he wants to win. And he wins championships, and he wins championships almost in anything that he buys.
across sports. This is the best thing that could ever happen to the angels. Best thing that could happen to the Angels was already selling. The second best thing that could happen, or maybe the best thing, was cronky buying. It's perfect.
So we'll get into that too. Mark Trumbo played for the Angels. In fact, he grew up here locally.
So we will talk to him about that.
Next topic. If you're getting ready for a nice long drive right now. You're probably not Tiger Woods. Ready for work right now, then you're probably not Tiger Woods. Getting ready to drive right now, you're probably not Tiger Woods.
Now, here is the good news for the cat. At least he can put that messy car-flipping DUI in the rearview mirror right now.
Well, not literally. This I'll explain in a second.
However, the cat was in court today and pled guilty to lesser charges stemming from that March incident in Florida. Even though this is far from the first incident like this for the cat. He still managed to cut a sweet deal, bumping down his two misdemeanor charges to just reckless driving and refusal to submit. A lawful test. Considering this dude is a repeat serial offender, this is a nice break for the cat.
Considering they found this dude Heizakite, With two loose hydrocodone pills in his pocket, I would say he's pretty fortunate to even have the chance to reduce those charges. Look at my guy kneeing it out. If you're watching on the stream, kneeing it out. sweating profusely. I mean, the whole thing's insane.
Trying to tell officers I I was just on the phone with the president. I was talking to the president. The Range Rover was fully on its side. This dude was so sweaty and so pilled up. He had to take that knee to explain to the officers that he just happened to look down at his phone and boom!
Next thing you know the car is on side and he's crawling out the window. Then they put him in the back of the squad car, and he looked like he was taking a trip around the moon.
So yes, I would say the cat lucked out on this deal. There is a catch, however. Look at that car. How jacked up would you have to be for your car to end up on a side like that? In a residential area on this narrow road, somehow his rig ends up on his side.
How fast would you have to be going, and how pilled up out of your mind, allegedly, would you have to be to end up? kneeing it out While your SUV is on its side.
Now I thought he just was like in victory formation. He thought he won the Masters. Thought he had another major, I'm just kneeing it out. I'm in victory formation. Bro.
How pilled up would you have to be to think you were in victory formation when your car is lying on its side and the other guy, the other driver of the other rig is just absolutely beleaguered? Like, I don't even know what the hell happened. I just pulled out, and there's Tiger Woods kneeing it out in victory formation with his rig on its side.
Now there is a catch. Catches the cat Can't drive. for five years. Not one, not two, not three, not four. Five years.
So at least there is that. At least you won't see the cat. You won't see cat on the road anymore, mate. At least the biggest menace on the road will be off the road for at least a half a decade. Big exhale for the rest of us.
And cat. If you never, ever want to get behind the wheel ever again, we're behind you on that one too, buddy. I have to admit. Banning him from the roads for five years. Is an even better solution than my solution, which was the so-called.
Cat alarm. This was my idea. The whole idea, and this is the cat alarm. I have proprietary interest on this. I patented this.
This is mine. The whole idea gets a taste because we kind of collaborated. The whole idea of the cat alarm was to install this alarm that you're hearing right now on all of Tiger's vehicles.
So anytime he drives down the street, Anybody can hear him coming. Because everybody will be able to hear this. You know, kind of like a breathalyzer attached to the ignition. My idea was more of a forward warning to anybody else on the road. We see cat, mate.
When you're driving down the road, you would hear and know that Tiger Woods was on the same road as you, and you would do whatever the hell you had to do to get off the road entirely. But even better, and I thought that was a great idea. That I was just about to come to market with that. That was gonna be in Walmart. That was gonna be everywhere.
Every dealership. Believe me, that was gonna be me off the air in about five minutes for good. But now now All my buyers are saying, Rome, we don't need it. We don't need that on the shelves because he's off the road. Yeah.
He's off the road for five years. I guess in a way, I shouldn't be so greedy. Even better to just keep the cat off the road entirely. You don't need the alarm if the cat's not on the road.
So clearly a necessary punishment, but that's got to be brutal for Tiger, because we all know his favorite activity is flipping cars. Imagine this guy facing the reality of five years without being able to flip any cars or drive any cars into any ditches. War Get in his car. Drive over to Perkins and get nice in the parking lot with a waitress in his car.
Well, he can still do that, I think, as long as he can prove that somebody else drove him there. But still, five years without an opportunity to roll a whip Or put it on the side of the road, or put it on its side, or put it in a ditch. Man, that's a bitter pill to swallow. And I'm not talking about one of those hydrocodone pills.
Now, there is one big question in all of this. Does it apply to golf carts? Can the cat drive a golf cart? We know he can't drive a car. But can he drive a golf cart?
Or does the five-year ban apply to golf carts as well? Does he have to blow into a breathalyzer in the ignition on the golf card? I would argue, no driving means no driving. Because I would also argue you can flip a golf cart even more easily than you can flip a car, and golf carts can be dangerous as hell. not as dangerous as flipping a Range Rover or a Genesis.
or being found by police asleep at the wheel, or having your wife chase you down the street with your nine. but still dangerous. TMZ seemed confident earlier this morning that no driving for five years means no golf carts for five years. They posted. Exclusive Tiger Woods plea deal includes driving golf carts.
Now that'd be brutal. That would be a brutal blow for Tiger if true, because we all know the dude does not move around very well anymore. We know this. Thanks of course to the way he messed up his leg the last time he flipped a car.
So he's got to be pretty dependent on golf carts to get around the course these days, right? Get around anywhere. especially if he can't drive a car. I'm in his neighborhood. The store The Pharmacy Where he's got to go.
Look, if there are no golf carts. I mean, where do we draw the line? How about those stupid scooters that you can drop anywhere on the road when you're done with them? Is he allowed on those? Can he ride a bike?
Can he ride a skateboard? Can he rock a pair of kicks that kids had back in the day with those little wheels on the back that allowed them to glide down the sidewalk? Can he roller skate? Can he operate anything with any wheel at all? Luckily for Tiger, TMZ slightly jumped the gun on this one because the Martin County Prosecutor's Office had a press conference today where the prosecutor was asked point blank.
If the five-year ban included golf carts, and this was his answer. Practice quick. Can Tiger legally drive his own golf park with that farm? Oh my god, that's a great question. Actually, you.
Yeah, I think you could. Can you drive a golf? You know what? You got me. We'll have to look into that.
I'll get back to you. I know you cannot drive. A golf cart well impaired on the roads. Because it is a vehicle. Um but I don't, my gut reaction is going to be no.
But great question, and if you give Christine your information, I'll get back to you. Wow, dude. Yeah, you might wanna have that one locked and loaded. How did you not know that question was coming? Great question.
Yes. This dude's like, oh my God. Wow, great question. Oh my god. Hey, PG.
I don't know, dude. Maybe you figure that one out before you actually get behind those microphones. Seems like a pretty relevant question. Seems like a question that you probably should have known was coming. Wow, what a question.
Just blew my mind. You got me there! Wow, dude, how'd you even come up with such a brilliant question? Hey, you know what? Leave your information with Christine.
I'll get back to you. Mm-hmm. Bro, the case involves literally the most famous golfer who ever lived, who is half crippled because he keeps flipping cars. And nobody thought about golf carts? Possibly coming up as a question and whether or not they pertain to a five-year license suspension?
Not to pile on Florida, but Florida much? Pretty important question. Pretty important question for Tiger too, because the judge made it very clear to the Cat today, there are no exceptions. His five year ban is for the safety of the public. And if he were to drive for any reason, Even once, he He's going right back to jail.
Listen to the judge. I want you to understand that I'm just driving this for the safety of the public. There are no exceptions. If you were replied for any reason, we don't need any lesson. Unlike other dude.
Other unlike other home slice, the judge was pretty clear on that. Pretty certain on that. You drive again? Even once he Quote, you're going immediately back to jail. Not one of those.
Well, what if he drives once? Oh my God, great question. Um, Christine? Uh uh do you know? That judge that judge just said it.
Hey listen, cat. Five years means five years. You drive once, you're going right back to jail. Imagine a situation where this dude gets ripped off. A golf cart.
Ripped off the course mid-round and taken immediately to jail. Like somebody saw him driving. and then tip the judge off. And they say, you pull his ass right off that track right now. He's going right to jail.
Imagine if Tiger could somehow find a way to outdo Hefty. And get ripped off the course mid-round in even more spectacular fashion than Hefty got ripped off the course mid-round. Hefty. ripped off his cart, Off the course And went immediately to jail. Do not pass go, do not collect 200 bucks, you go right to jail.
That would be more spectacular. than even that hermit Hefty Because Hefty was ripped off his home track mid-round. and kicked out of the club. But they didn't haul his ass off to jail. But they will the cat.
if he drives himself to the course. I guess we'll just have to wait and see if the cat is allowed on a cart. I'm just relieved, even though it's going to cost me a lot of money, because that cat alarm is going to make me rich as hell. We see cat, mate. But you know what?
It's not about me being rich as hell, it's about the roads being safer for everybody else.
So it's just good to know that we're not going to see him on the road. He's off the road. I'm relieved. I'm relieved we all get five years of peace of mind when we're behind the wheel. I'm just relieved that the state of Florida came up with a better solution than my cat alarm, which I thought was the best solution ever, but I have to admit.
Florida did one-up me. Because as much as I love my cat alarm. I like the cat off the road entirely even more. Actually, actually, if the dude is allowed to drive golf carts. we should actually install the cat alarm in his golf cart.
So other golfers know that this dude's coming on the path. Same menace, less horsepower, but horrible things have happened to people in horrible golf cart accidents. I'm just not trusting this dude behind the wheel of anything at all. I think the patenting of that catalarm is gonna pay off. I'm still gonna sell that to everybody.
Alright, so that's what we're gonna do, Albie. That's our new plan. We're going to install the cat alarm in golf carts, just not actual vehicles. I'm gonna go find. I got that.
I'm gonna set this up. It's gonna be good.
So on a golf cart, on a golf course, you'll know when the cat's around. Believe me, man, you don't want him flipping that thing over in front of you. You don't want him running into you. You don't want him running over you if you're walking on the golf path. Car path?
Yeah. Anyway, I would consider this a good day. Good day for him. Because That worked out pretty well. Given who he is and what he's done.
Good day for everybody on the roads. Good day for me. My cat alarm is still alive. I can still sell that. Win win win win We say cat.
Keep that Obi. We're gonna need that. We're gonna we're gonna sell a million of those things. And then you're never gonna see me again. You'll see Vance Mack, mate, on a beach.
One eight hundred six three six eight six eight six All right, so two big topics right there. You got Lane, you've got Eldrick. I've got more. I've got Happy Valley. And again, Happy Valley.
I know we have a station there. I appreciate that we have a station there. I am not in the business of alienating my affiliates. I'm just, in fact, I'm here to help you. I I just think that you're in this bubble.
And Some of you do things and say things in Happy Valley that do not make people happy outside of Happy Valley.
Now, I know you don't care, but I'm just saying, I've got that 30,000 view. 30,000 foot view. That I just want to let you know what the reaction is going to be so you are prepared for the reaction to what you're pushing out there right now. In other words, I'm looking out for you, Happy Valley. Yeah, I'm pretty sick of talking about the Browns, honestly.
But the monkin Is still doing monkin' type things, like admitting I didn't watch any film of Deshaun Watson in any of his games that he played here. before I got here, because he's elite. It's what he said.
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Today. But we've been tracking this, right? We've been waiting on powder. and the Clippers and the investigation.
Now, what was really interesting before I tell you what the story is. And the outcome. And the details are trickling out. But remember the investigation. Remember they were negotiating the investigation?
That was really curious to me. Like, what kind of an investigation is it if you get to negotiate the outcome of the investigation? That's not a punishment. You don't negotiate your punishment.
Well The investigation apparently is done. And the negotiation to me did not go very well for the Clippers. According to Shams, This is what he just posted. Breaking. The NBA has ruled on the Los Angeles Clippers In for salary cap circumvention investigations on Kawhi Leonard after a year-long probe.
stripping the franchise of five first round picks. Issuing a $30 million fine to owner Steve Palmer. And suspensions for Bollmer, Lawrence Frank, and Julian Zucker, sources tell ESPN. It goes on, quote, Kawhi Leonard will have to pay seven hundred thousand dollars in restitution for improper benefits by the Clippers for his uncle and former business rep Dennis Robertson. no contract void or suspension for Leonard.
And Robertson, who was fired by Leonard in June, is being banned by the NBA from all business dealings. Other notes, first of all, five. First round picks. And a $30 million fine. You might argue 30 million is 30 million.
I'm gonna argue that De Balmer, 30 million is walkaround money. Thirty million balmer is five bucks to you and me. That won't hurt. I mean, thirty million's thirty million. You're going to say it's going to hurt Rome.
It's 30 million. If you're a multi-billionaire, it's really not going to hurt that much. The five first-round picks, that's going to hurt like hell. That's going to really hurt. That's how you hurt a billionaire.
You can't hurt a billionaire by finding a billionaire. How much would you have to fine a billionaire to hurt a billionaire? You want to hurt a billionaire? Rip draft picks. Five first round draft picks.
That will hurt. Not so. It goes on. Clippers owner C. Ballmer is suspended from all league and team activities for one year.
All right, so Ballmer. Gets five first round picks ripped. Find 30 million. And suspended from all league and team activities for one year for knowingly seeking to help Mr. Leonard obtain off-court income opportunities for approving a business deal that he knew was a precondition for aspiration to enter into an endorsement agreement with Mr.
Leonard and for his failure to create conditions under which his organization abided by the NBA's circumvention rules. End of quote. In other words, he knowingly circumvented the cap. What happened to I'm the one who got scammed. I'm all who got caught.
They conned me. They caught me. You're one of the richest men in America. They caught me. How would I be able to do that?
Including powder. They con me! Really? If they conned you, then why are you now without 30 mil, five first-round draft picks, and you're suspended for an entire year? Remember how amazing it was when Powder shows up, rolls up.
And bands. Donald Sterling, for life for life And not only bans him for life, but can install Steve Ballmer Is the owner of that team? Like the richest guy in the world, the most credible guy in the world. Like this is amazing. Wow, Powder, you're incredible.
And now this dude I is banned, not for life, but for a year. And five first-round picks. Five. And 30 mil. And by the way, for all that cheating.
For all that nonsense, what do they have to show for it? Nothing. They've won nothing. Ha ha ha! The circumvention of the cap.
All these things, and they have nothing. And they're without five first-round picks and 30 mil. And he's banned for a year. Powder said, quote, the NBA's collectively bargained system for determining player compensation is a fundamental component of the basketball competition that the league oversees for the benefit of the teams and players and ultimately the fans. I am deeply disappointed by the flagrant violations of our rules and by the Clippers' institutional and leadership failures that led to this misconduct, the severity of the penalties reflects the seriousness of the violations.
Very clearly Powder is not bawing Icacond. They con me! Thinking it was on the up and up, and they conned me. No, the thinking was not on the up and up, and you were not gone. You cheated, you got caught, you got hammered.
How would I be able to look, they conned me. Oh, they conned you. They conned you. Kawhi has gone with a statement on Instagram. Quote: Integrity and respect for this game are fundamental to who I am.
Let me stop you right there, Kawhi. First of all, first of all, my response to your first sentence of your official statement: integrity and respect for this game are fundamental to who I am. My response: Apparently not, my dude. No. If that were the case Your former team would not be without five first-round picks, and your former owner would not be without 30 mil, and your former owner would not be suspended along with some other execs for a year.
So, no, integrity and respect for this game are not fundamental to who you are. And you fired your uncle Dennis as your rep. Is he fired as your uncle? Or just use your rep. He goes on.
I accept full responsibility for lapses in judgment by people within my inner circle. Here we go. Bro, that is not accepting full responsibility. That's running your inner circle under the bus and accepting no responsibility. This is already one of the worst statements ever, and I'm not even through the second sentence.
Let me go back to the top. Integrity and respect for this game are fundamental to who I am. I accept full responsibility for lapses in judgment by people within my inner circle and regret the distraction this situation has caused the fans and my family. Who the hell wrote that? Way to own none of that.
Family. Quote I entered into my contract with the Clippers, as well as the agreements in question, in good faith. Let me take a moment and respond to that too. Bro, you gonna tell me you really, really had no idea? Not of everything.
That this was not legit? Are you that dumb? Didn't know or didn't want to know. all of a sudden from this company you know nothing about, that you did nothing with. Can I explain that before I finish your statement?
How were you able to get millions of dollars from a company that you did no work for and yet you don't think that, that's sketchy? You don't think that's suspect? You don't think that's slimy? You don't think that's against the rules? You think that's good faith?
You just got bad advice. The people around you let you down and you're sorry for that. Yeah. I entered into my contract with the Clippers as well as the agreements in question in good faith, fully committed to fulfilling my obligations and with no knowledge of any intent on anyone's part to circumvent the salary cap. Are you kidding?
Again, You made all that money. for never showing up Never doing any work. For at least one company and maybe more. But it never dawned in you to ask. Hold up now.
They're just gonna give me millions of dollars? And I don't have to do a damn thing. I don't have to represent at all. And that's not a way around the salary cap. That's not illegal.
That's not sketchy. That they're just doing this because I'm Kawhi Leonard and I'm great. Come on, dude. Stop with that. He goes on: For 15 years, my priority has been giving everything to my family.
The game. and those I share the court with. As I return to Toronto, I am focused on what I can control, closing this chapter, and moving forward with a clean slate. Kawhi Leonard, that might be the worst statement I have ever seen. Ever.
No apology. No contrition. No responsibility. No acceptance. No accountability.
And an implied, yo, LA, peace, I'm out. Wouldn't want to be uh See ya. is our return to Toronto. Bro, this dude all but threw the victim card. I had nothing.
This is the equivalent of Ballmer sitting on ESPN saying, oh, I was a little conned. Look, they conned me. They conned me. They conned me. Do you hear what it?
My inner circle let me down the up and up and they conned me. My own uncle turned on me. I'm the one who's got to pay the ultimate price. The restitution. I didn't do anything wrong.
I didn't know anything about this. You know what's really weird to me? Powder must be buying this on some level because he's really not penalizing him at all. He Rip the draft picks. From the clippers He suspended the owner for a year.
He fined the owner at 30 mil. But he's certainly not suspending Kawhi Leonard. He's not making him miss any time. He's only saying he's got to pay $700,000 in restitution. Yakuhai does not seem sorry at all.
Kawhi is not accepting any of this at all. Kawhi is running everybody around him under the bus. Kwa's like, peace, I'm out of here, L.A. Nice knowing you. I'm going back to Toronto.
I'm moving forward look quart. I love I love the way the end of this too. I am closing this chapter. And moving forward with a clean slate. No, you're not, dude.
There is no clean slate with you. This is going to stick to you. Especially that part about, I had no knowledge, I had no intent. on circumventing the salary cap. Man, if you didn't know You're either dumb or you didn't want to know, and I find it impossible to believe that you didn't know.
But you how could you not know again? Nobody's paying out that kind of money for somebody to do nothing. No name, no likeness. No commercials. No, I'm an ambassador for.
That seems like they're funneling you money under the table is a way to circumvent the cap. Is that not the very definition of circumventing the cap, getting stacks and stacks and stacks of paper for doing nothing that none of us know anything about? Is that not a textbook definition of circumventing the cap? Obviously, Powder thought so. Wow.
But, but, but, but, but, but. At least they have championships to show for it. No, they don't. They haven't won anything. Not even close.
Not even close. Wow. All right.
So we knew at some point That investigation would finish being negotiated. And apparently it has.
So more on that. as details become available. Five first round picks. 30 miles. And a one-year suspension.
For the guy who is gonna be the best thing that ever happened. after they ran Sterling off. Hmm. And Kawhi owning none of it. Uh none of it.
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Okay. I'm still thinking about Kawhi Leonard in that statement. Have you ever noticed that every single story involving Kawhi? And there are a lot of them. Every single story involving Kawhi ends with Kawhi walking away, laughing his ass off.
Like nothing sits to this guy. Great. He's got a scratch a check for 700 Ger. And Who cares? You just said it.
I'm only going to control what I can control, and I'm going to go to Toronto and start with a clean slate. Like, nothing sticks to this guy. Every single Kawhi story ends with him walking away laughing his ass off.
So he scratches a $700,000 check. in restitution. But guess you go to Toronto?
So, again, what do the Clippers have to show for this? They won nothing, and now the guy's gone. Hope that was worth it. And As always it was not. Man.
You can't help but wonder. When you see this, Go down with the Clippers. How will they ever, ever change? ever for all the drama the Lakers have had. How will the Clippers ever, ever, ever be anything other than the Lakers JV?
How will the Clippers ever, ever, ever win anything at all? Like, I don't believe in curses. But How can you not look at them? and think that they're not cursed.
Well, and they cheat. And they lie. And they circumvent. No, we don't. We got conned.
Look, they conned me. Oh oh, you got conned. One of the richest guys, one of the smartest guys ever. Oh, you got conned. You got conned by a tree company.
Oh, okay. Thinking it was on the up and up, and they conned me. At Chris Covers Comics in the chat. Brah. I raced into this stream so fast.
L M A O, I had to hear the Rome take on this. The Clippers are freaking cooked. They are. There's Vic and NoCow. Quote We cheated the cap.
But it's almost like they caught me, signed O.J. Ballmer. Ron and Nicole were physically dead, and it's almost like they killed me. He's on the up and up. That's pretty good, Vic.
Aaron and Iowa. Can't spell Kauai. without AI. I don't know. I know a lot of you think that that was an AI-generated statement.
I don't even know if the robots could craft something that horrible. I mean, Conor McGregor could have written that. I accept full responsibility for absolutely nothing. Jaque Leonard does whatever the hell he wants. The double champions.
Screw you, LA. Here I come, Toronto. Oh. Mark Trumbo, when we come back.
