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844-204 Rich is the number to dial right here on the program. It's Lakers exit interview day, which is the day where all the players who are still available, the head coach and the general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers, sit there and hold a handheld mic like it's really weird. sitting in chairs. You know, like it's a fireside chat. Yeah, season's over.
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We already had Sam Amick of the Athletic on the program say that he thinks. Uh LeBron um might Wind up choosing Golden State or going back home to Cleveland, staying put like nobody really knows anything right now. Giannis. Is 100% up for grabs, as he said. He also said he lost his wallet at the combine.
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Wherever you get Disney Plus, just watch us back whenever you want. There's our podcast, all three hours. And also, there's our YouTube channel, youtube.com/slash rich Eisen Show. Let's turn to a fellow Michigan man who's getting set to call with Mike Tarico and Reggie Miller tonight's pivotal Game 5 between the Spurs and the Tour Wolves on NBC, a 20-year veteran of the NBA, to Michigan man, Jamal Crawford on the program. How are you doing, Jamal?
I'm great. Thanks for having me. I've been watching the clips and seeing the different people on the show. It's an honor to be here. Thank you.
Jamal, appreciate you saying that. I really, you know, I mentioned you, I name-checked you the other day. What I'm talking about, you know. Because some fans are like, where do I find games now? I'm not, you know, viewing habits over decades since you were in the league, before you were in the league or whatever, are being changed.
And some people lament that. And I said that it just means different voices in different places are. Are home to big-time moments. And I mentioned you, I really have enjoyed. what you're doing, and I'm wondering how you've enjoyed it so far.
doing it.
Well, first off, you saying that means like I said everything, like you're Rich Eisen. I mean, I know you see yourself as just, you know, doing doing your work, doing your thing, but you're a legend. I appreciate it. I've I've enjoyed it though, because It's like I'm truly a fan, and I hope to give a different perspective. I didn't go to school for it.
So, you know, some of it's like you said that on TV. You know what I mean? Like, it's like I'm just a fan up there watching the barbershop, and I'm really, really, really enjoying it. Working with the great Mike Torico and Reggie Miller.
So it's been like a blast working with other guys as well. But those two are like, you know, next level, have been around for a long, long time.
Well, I mean, and tonight's game couldn't be huger, couldn't be bigger. Yes. And it's going to be just. I imagine a color-coded cauldron. You know what I mean?
Like where everybody in their shirts, and based on Wemby getting the. Gate in game four, and whether he meant to throw the elbow, and the way that they are. handling him, you know, literally and figuratively putting hands on him. How do you feel tonight is going to go whistle wise? Involving Wembanyama, Jamal.
Yeah, Wilson-Wise, I think if. The refs and everybody else is paying attention to everything else in the world. Hearing Coach Mitch Johnson's press conference after last game and saying, you know what? I don't condone what he did, but he has to take matters in his own hand. He's been getting beat up on.
And it's funny, Rich, I was just like giving Wimby props in the game: like, man, you know, all the holding and grabbing, he's not, you know, going forward. He just gets up, bounced back. no no expression no nothing and then that happened so i put the announcer's jinx on him but other than that i expect it to be called a lot tighter i know it's game five and you want to let the players decide but you can't have another situation not just with wimby with anybody you know where it takes players away or gets them out the game because you know it just gets a little bit too physical or a little bit too much at times Yeah, I mean, and if we, Mike Crew could put that photograph up one more time. My favorite part of this is I believe it's Dylan Harper in the background there, his reaction like, oh man. You know, what was your reaction when you saw him?
Well, you know what? Reg and I were kind of grabbing each other's arms like, what? Like, oh my gosh, and leaning into Mike, like, wow, because we had just seen, Wimby's always so cool, calm, and collected. He just is, right? And so for that moment, you know, he had had one too many jersey tugs.
He was like, all right, enough's enough.
So it's going to be very interesting the rest of the way to see how this plays out if it goes these last three games.
Well, what would your advice be to this young? He's still so young, right? And you could see he's putting more muscle mass on his body year after year, but he still is at such a Physically freakish. dimensions right That there's no other way, I think, even with Rudy Gobert, who fellow Michigan man Chris Weber keeps calling the stifled tower, even with the stifled tower, you know, guarding him, there's no way to guard him other than to mug him most of the time. How do you think, Wenbunyamo, like what would be the advice to him on how to handle game five and the rest of his?
playoffs and then beyond, Jamal. I think the same thing. And as this goes forward, right, like not just this season beyond, you might see that one or two guys who comes off the bench and is like, no, no, no, we're not, we're not going for that. You know, almost like the protector, the buffer, to kind of make sure things like this don't happen. Jordan had it with Charles Oakley.
You know, the Bad Boy Pistons had everybody that was there for Isaiah.
So, you know, it's just what it is. But for him, I tell him to keep his cool because that's what they want you to do. They want to get you frustrated. They want to get you off the court. Because to your point, Rich, there's no other way to deal with him.
He can literally do everything on the court. When he went off the court, you could have seen how easy it was for the Timberwolves just to drive to the bath. They were like, oh my gosh, like layup after layup, we're going to attack every single time. And he knows that. He knows that, you know, his team needs them out there.
So just they're going to do this on purpose to try to get this reaction. You just can't do it. And speaking of reactions, again, I'm just looking at the montages. The photograph that we just. used the one of uh Wemby on the floor.
Um you know that one, yeah. There's Dylan Harper again. I think that I think he's the he's in the background. He's got a, you thought you had a front row seat to all this? He's the one with the front row seat going, oh man.
He has the best seat. He has the very best seat right there. Absolutely. Like, I can't believe this, right? Like, I see this dude every day, and he doesn't react like that.
But yeah, I think, I think, Wimby, you know, Wimby went and he was with, I had him for some time. He was with the Monks. He was with Akeem. I think right there, he may have tapped into his KG ticket where his KG badge was like, nah, we ain't going no more. No more of this.
Jamal Crawford here on the Rich Eisen Show.
Okay, so last night's Oklahoma City Thunder sweep of the Lakers. There's a couple of ways to go with it. Let's go with the obvious. Do you think LeBron James. Um is done.
In Los Angeles, done period, or is gonna stay put. What do you think? Jamal. You know what? I don't think he's done, period.
I'll say that. Because He's such a big icon that I think he'll. Say it early enough where he can really enjoy going in every city knowing this is last time. He can let that city enjoy knowing it's his last time. You know, he's been around forever.
He's dominated for so long. I think for sure this isn't his last year.
Now, if it's last year in LA, that's a little bit different because obviously. Part of the last part of fun, even though it's frustrating, was that he was back being the number one option. Like he's like he said last night, I've been accustomed to that, I've been that my whole life.
So for him. being a quote-unquote third option the whole year. And maybe not sliding down even further than that, if they're going to get even better to try to compete for a championship. I'm not sure he's on board with that. And that's just me saying that from the eye test of knowing what he's been this whole time and still producing at the highest of levels.
Rich, we've never seen something like this for somebody to dominate this. Have you seen something like this at this point? No, I mean, Tom Brady would be the only comparison. In terms of age, in terms of excellence, in terms of championship play, unfortunately, though, for LeBron, the The the roads part. in the fact that Brady One rings.
Play as a 40-year-old, and and here is LeBron in a spot where I don't know, I just see Luca in street clothes over the last two weeks, and I'm just shaking my head. you know, thinking of what March looked like. For the Lakers, where Luca was the player of the month in the Western Conference in March. And yeah, LeBron was occasionally a third option, but he was still an important. piece of what looked like a championship run.
For that team. And then the hamstring gives way, and now they're swept up. That's why I'm like, I gotta wonder, like, LeBron's gotta sit there, Jamal, and go. If I stay put here, I'm assuming he also gets to still play with his son, which is a major impetus. He might like living in his house all year long, right?
Here in Southern California. There's the thing called life that he likes out here potentially. But if he looks over the steering wheel and he sees a better spot, where do you think that might be? What's your best dart throw? I always give guests here.
Jamal dart throw?
Well, I do. And the fact, and here's what I say for you: if you get it right, we'll keep replaying it. Like, hey, Jamal. Oh, if you get it wrong, this never happened. Don't worry.
So I get some personal gain with this. All right, let me think. Yes. Okay, let me think. Yeah.
Man, Golden State. Go and stay. Hmm. Why do you say that? What what's the fit there?
I think for him, he staggers what they do well. And I think that's what Jimmy Butler made them dangerous with Jimmy Butler in the playoffs because he had all this shooting. He had, you know, all these people that can move around and give space to let him do his one-on-one thing that he needed to do in the playoffs when the game slowed down. I think LeBron can kind of feel that role of playing that style and still, you know, his IQ. I've always said for years, especially when they were in their championship run, you can't play in Golden State if you don't have a high basketball IQ because it's such read and reacts and making the right reads and the ball not sticking.
I think in the playoffs, Jimmy was going to definitely help Steph. Even the first year, Steph was so excited. I remember talking to him in person. I was in New York after the trade happened. And he was like, oh my gosh, like he loved the addition of Jimmy Butler.
I think LeBron can give a version. Of that.
So I would say golden steak. If I'm right, you got to play it all the time, Rich. Like all the time. This is maybe going to be on a loop first or second week of July.
Okay, there you go. You know what I mean? I like it. Because that might be the timing for it. That might be the timing for it.
I like it. I'll give you that shot. Hold on. What's your shot? What's your shot, though?
My shot is he stays put here. I think it stays. I thought we were talking if he left L.A. I'm sorry. No, no, no, no.
Oh, okay.
So I think he stays. But if he leaves L.A., Cleveland. I think maybe this is full circle, going home again. Um joining a team that, as we saw, Last night, once again, you know, obviously, Donovan Mitchell going off. For 39 in the second half.
uh harden the rest of that team The way it is constructed, if he goes home, he's not the guy, he can be the guy if necessary, and it's a full circle moment. You know, and the Eastern Conference, although far from his Southern California home base, Um is, I think, a little bit more open for a championship run. Your dart may be closer to the bullseye than mine. That sounds really good. I want to change it.
I'm going to stay solid. I'm going to stay solid right now. How about that? I'll take the Eastern Conference. You took the West.
I think the West thing covered. But at the end of the day, I don't know. He just sits there. Maybe I'll stay with Luca. I'll stay with Bronnie.
I'll stay in my house. I'll stay with Austin Reeves. We'll see what they can do otherwise. But then again, you're staying in the same conference as Oklahoma City. And I do want to give you the floor on.
What's the most impressive aspect of their team right now. Yeah. Yeah. I think the most impressive thing of their team for me. is they're that they're wanting the present They're winning the middle and they're winning the future.
And what I mean by that is it's unbelievable. It is. Because the president, we see what the president is, right? They haven't lost the game in the playoffs. They have everything set up.
For, like, right now, to continue to compete, they have defenders, they have, uh, Chet, they have, they're doing this without their second best player. SGA hasn't even went off, and AJ Mitchell's went off. Last night, SGA said AJ Mitchell could have been MVP of the series. And then, what a lot of people don't talk about is, I feel like they have a true superstar on the sidelines. Coach Dagnault is unbelievable.
Believable. Like he, he's one of the only coaches that puts himself in the game that I've seen that we've talked to. He is so impressive. What do you mean by that? What is he?
What is he doing? Because again, I just marvel at his rotations and when he puts them in. In all honesty, and you know, I'm biased. Dusty May has that ability too. Where he does.
You know what? He does. It's just a different organism every time you make. uh a a substitution And you're daring the other team to be as deep and be as smart to match up at the right moment. I you know But he is incredible, Rich.
Most people coach, and now I watch coaches even more than I watch the players.
So I'm studying, and he coaches. And he puts himself literally in the game. It's almost like he's playing with a remote control on the sideline, an invisible one. He's like subbing how he wants to sub, and he's putting people in position. And he's doing it without missing a beat.
And the culture he's helped set.
So I would say that's for the present. The middle is all these guys are in the age where they can have this run, right? They have a clear-cut runway. Nobody's too old. They all like each other.
They all want to play together. I thought it was corny at first when they were all doing interviews years ago. It was just one guy. That's true the closeness of their team.
So that's special. And then. The future, they look at all the pics they still have. Like, it's like incredible. And I give Sam Presty so much credit because he's done this more than once when he had Durant.
Westbrook, Harden, Iblaka. You know what I'm saying? Iblaka, not Ibaka. He had all those guys. Like, he's done this before.
So they're winning on every level. And for me, They're going to be a tough out. It's going to be tough to beat them four times. It's going to be so tough to beat them four times in any series in any future. Like, they're going to be tough.
Yeah, A.J. Mitchell. Second-round pick out of Santa Barbara is torching the Los Angeles Lakers. Torching, you know, and then McCain. You know, I mean, he comes off of Um the Sixers bench.
And he doesn't do a damn thing in the first round. And in the second round, He is like the sixth player of the sixth man of the year. And I'm talking to a three time version of that on this in this Zoom right now. And then Degno decides with two minutes to go, you know what I'm going to do? I'm going to put Hartenstein And chet homegrown in the game together.
and see how that one works, see how that one flies. Um And sure enough, it was that two-man high-low game that gave them the go-ahead bucket. For good. And, you know, I sit at home. I'm like, how do you beat that?
Especially when their best player, who is going to be most likely back-to-back MVP of the league. Gets a whistle 90% of the time, too, and maybe half of them he doesn't deserve. To be honest, I How do you beat this team? And who can? I'm not sure you can.
And the crazy part about them. Is, I used to say this about the Spurs back in the day when they had Tim Duncan and Manu, and Tony is in Papa, of course. They're not going to beat themselves either. If they were a fighter, they can fight left-hand, right-hand, unorthodox. They can pressure you.
They have the jab of skill work. They are heavyweight knockout artists. Like they have everything. They're doing this without an all. What other team can do this without an all-NBA guy?
They're missing the all-NBA guy. Second, like... Their second best player, and they haven't missed a beat. Shea goes out, and at times they get better. Like, how?
Yeah, I know. And that may be Degno's superpower also. For sure. Although I don't know. I mean, the Spurs, with all due respect to the Timberwolves, who have a superstar and an Ant-Man who feels he could do whatever he wants to do, whenever he wants.
I don't know, but maybe the Spurs will be able to take Oklahoma City deep. I don't know. Like, there there is a possibility there.
So so rich before even I promise you, before the season started, or not, probably before they played, I'll say before they played, I said I thought the Spurs could beat OKC. And then they win four out of five times. And it wasn't, what I saw was. Was the OKC has four top-notch defenders. Most teams that get deep, they have two to three primary playmakers, guys that can.
They, okay, so those four guys shut those guys out. And now your offense is in disarray. Shots are hard to come by. They're aggressive. The difference with the Spurs was, and what I thought I saw was the Spurs have as many playmakers as they have defenders.
So that counters that. And then it comes down to the alien or the MVP. And I just have the alien, you know, kind of. Leaving his imprint a little bit more.
So that's what I saw.
So if the Spurs make it, if Minnesota makes it, I think the Spurs. Probably give them a better challenge. What about the wagon version of the New York Knicks that we've seen over their last seven wins? Like, we haven't seen this version, right? We haven't seen the 140 points a game.
No, we have not. 25 threes, Carl Anthony Towns, point center, not needing to have Brunson do hero ball to bail themselves out, out of gas because the coach only plays seven guys version of the Knicks. We haven't seen that. What about that version of the Knicks that we're seeing? Uh moving on.
It would be interesting, but I think you need like not just multi-playmakers, I think you need. Like four. I think you need four players because you have to match their defensive players. Because if they say, okay, Brunson, We're taking you out. Who's the next best playmaker for the for the New York Knicks?
Hmm. I don't know. It's probably Carl Anthony Towns. I think it would be Cat. And then if OG is healthy.
I don't know. He can have a quarter here and there where he's dominant. But I get your point. I see your point. Because then you still can put, like, let's say, you could put Dort on Cat.
He's strong enough. It's crazy. It's like, so now what? Who's the next best playmaker? Like, they can just chop you down that way.
It's crazy. It sure is. Last one for you: Giannis apparently on the market officially. It's finally happening, it looks like, from Shams, my colleague here at ESPN. Um who do you think should go for broke?
What do you think? Jamal. Who should just go for it here? Who should just go for it? Yeah.
Who has enough to go for it? Uh Mm. Hmm. Good question. Yeah, like who has enough heat?
Well, we always mention the heat when it comes down to it, but I don't know if they have enough, right? I don't know if they have enough, though. He would fit there perfectly, but I don't know if they have enough to get him. It's going to be somebody you're going to need, let's just assume you're going to need a star player. You're going to need a young star on the rise, and you're going to need a ton of picks.
So who has that kind of package to put together to say, all right, we'll put our chips on the table for Giannis? And then Milwaukee saying, you know what, we may not get even exchange, but... If he's not happy, we're not getting a happy Giannis either. If that's the case, I don't know. Then we have to take a deal.
Yeah, we'll find that out. Listen, I appreciate the time. Oh, and by the way, just to wrap this up with the whole Michigan-Oklahoma City comparison here, I'm seeing a ton of mock drafts where somehow, someway, at 12, Oklahoma City gets Yaxel to drop to them. If Yaxel Lenderboard goes to that team. See what I'm saying?
That I I I s I d I don't know the r the the Listen, I understand he didn't have 25 a night, you know, and in a way, because of the way Dusty plays and the way that the roster was constructed, it kind of did remind me of back in the day that Dean Smith was the only guy who could hold Jordan under 20. Under 20. You know what I mean? But if Jaksa Lendeborg drops to Oklahoma City, 12th overall, Like I warn the rest of the association not to let that happen. Then I'm telling you, if that happens, it's going to take an alien to beat these guys because they literally have everything.
Yeah. Did you see at the combine he measured without shoes 6'8 and change? And some change. Yeah, 6'8.5, I believe. Wow.
Without shoes. Yeah, right? And Daimara 6'10. Yeah, Daimara was the second tallest without shoes, the only one ever, Taco Fall. Was the only one apparently bigger than him.
Because I guess Wemby wasn't at the combine. I don't know. But if this kid on the screen. Goes to Oklahoma City, and I'm also seeing a Daimara could somehow drop to them too because Hartenstein is making a ton of money next year. Look out, man.
That's all I'm saying. Um, you know, just look out. You are so right, and that'd almost be unfair in some ways, right? Like, you love the competition, but the fact like the rich keep getting richer, literally.
Well, I'll say the same thing about NBC Sports, man, because you got Terico there tonight, Mr. Ann Arbor himself, and it's great to see you. I would say hi to Reggie Miller, but The 90s version of the Nick fan and me says to heck with him. You know, but he probably appreciates that even more than me saying hello. For sure.
Thanks for the time, Jamal. Keep crushing it, and I'd love to have you back here whenever you're willing. Thank you. Anytime. Just let me know.
I will do that. Thanks so much. You bet. That's Jamal Crawford. Enjoy him with Mike Tarico, Reggie Miller, and the rest of the NBC crew on tonight's big game five in San Antonio.
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Ask for O'Reilly Veriscan today. Why do people, by the way, our radio audience just returned, and they'll be like, why is Rich bringing this up? Why do people always mention tiramisu with creme brulee? Two at the top. Why?
Dessert. Why? Two totally different desserts. No, but they're two at the top at any restaurant. What are you talking about?
There's ice cream, there's cookies, there's also chocolate boost. Excuse me. Chocolate boost. But why is. I knew one of you guys would be like, I like tiramisu, not creme brulee.
We've actually. First of all, Tiramisu, let me just get into this. All right. Yeah. Now we're getting this stuff.
Off-season. Yeah. This is called the dessert release show. Yes. All right.
Every day we're going to release a new dessert topic.
Okay. I'm in. I'm in too. I'm out of the, as you know, I'm out of the schedule release game. May.
May topic. Tiramisu, if you have a Tiramisu that's doused with too much. of whatever liquids on there. And then you're in trouble. It's the coca powder.
Then you're in trouble. Then you're in trouble. Then you're in trouble. If the cake portions of the tiramisu are too soggy, terrible. Terrible.
Now a creme brulee use torch the top of it? And you it's it's a crunchy and And also a creamy, you got a crunch and a creamy custard guy. Yeah, I'm not a custard guy. And then you tap the top, you tap the top. Then you start getting underneath.
Just tap it in. See, I don't like custard. I'm with you guys. I don't like custard. All right.
Now I got to turn my back on you. I prefer just. You've never had a creme brulee. I can't say I've never had it. Because obviously I've tried it to know that I didn't like it.
That was so long ago. Wow. Yeah. French or Italian, take your pick. Yeah.
I'll go Ital I I I I'll go Italian and wine and food and whatever, but if you're saying creme brulee is the is the French version of dessert, sorry. Here we go. Let's put this out on a poll. I mean but I mean if you're going French desserts, I mean obviously uh Mm. You're going to the tippy tippy top here.
Like, I'm on Reddit searching. I'm doing a deep dive now. You know, I'll try, Cramble. I'll put it now. I mean, you got to go.
Come on, no.
Some pudding is just nice. First off, it's got the weird things on top of the Brockman. Listen. Let's focus, guys.
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I thought we were. Schedule release every day. There's a new Game getting released one by one, drip, drip, drip. All these guys and ladies that are working so hard for the National Football League, one by one, we're finding out. From all of these partners that are paying gajillions of dollars for the rights to show these games.
They're right. It is to use their platform in front of their advertisers at their upfronts to say, we've got a game to announce. Or three like Fox when we go, please. We've three. You got games to announce.
Today, Disney. Announcing The first Monday night football game. Is Broncos, Chiefs, let's go. Let's go.
Okay. Now they announced Chiefs and Broncos capping off week one. Monday Night Football is back from ESPN. Then you look at it: Broncos on top, Chiefs on the bottom. Does anybody know where this game's being played?
Anyone? Can we get a little bit of heads up? Do the Broncos have shoulder on the Chiefs or what? Makes it seem like Kansas City. It looks like it's Kansas City, but they say Chiefs and Broncos.
And not at. I have a feeling it's going to be in Denver. I would say, with all due respect, it should be. They won the division line. Correct.
With all due respect. Yeah, they're not going to go on the road all right to start this thing. Come on. And you know what this tells me? What's it tell you?
The schedule makers feel Mahomes is going to be ready. That's how I saw that. They're not going to say first Monday night game of the year is. Bo Nick's coming back from his ankle injury, and let's see what Justin Fields has. But who are they talking to?
They're calling up Andy Roberts. I don't know. Hey, Andy, how's it going? They might be doing that. If I'm in charge, if I'm.
Mike North and the rest of that crew In the home office of the National Football League, I am 100%. Calling up the Chiefs and saying What do you think? What do you think? It's one extra day to get ready. Two, right?
Every second counts because here's a guy. All right. I mean, there's a guy in Magic Robes. I mean, come on. But we always go next level here in the Rich Eisen Show.
We always go a step further. You know what this means? We're lying. One more game that we know is not going to be the home opener for the defending Super Bowl champs, because the Chiefs. Take them off the list just like you take the Giants and the Cowboys off the list because they're the first Sunday night game of the year, just like you take the Rams and the Niners off the list because they're starting a whole shooting match in Australia.
It's the Bears. Except you're hearing out of Boston, there's all sorts of rumors it's going to be the Patriots. Yeah, Super Bowl rematch. Except you believe, unless you believe the other schedule that you saw released. I don't know who it is.
Illegally. I don't know who to believe. Illegally. Saying that the Patriots and the Steelers are opening against each other. I don't know which leak to believe.
And the bottom line is, I used to care. I don't anymore. Yeah. I don't. NFL Network.
We don't have the scheduled release show anymore. That one's on ESPN. Yeah. So there you go. Do you feel free now?
Oh, God, do I feel free? This used to piss me off to know. You know, I would come in here muttering and cursing like this leaks, these leaks.
So funny. How do you expect me to do a show? Because I'm a lead pipe wielding professional. I want it to be a surprise. You willed a lead pipe, sir.
No, I don't care anymore. Don't give up. I'm so free. Dilly gaff, as they say, Rich.
Sorry, folks. Another game.
Sorry, folks. Another game.
The first Thursday night of the year. Al Michaels taking air out to Western New York. Woo! All aboard. Anyone who lives in Los Angeles want to go with Al to go to Buffalo first?
You bet you do. How many seats on the plane? Because, I don't know. 13. Lions in Buffalo, big night.
The new stadium. Oh, revealed. Tune in. That's going to be a new stadium. Tune in.
No roof. Tune in. No roof. On prime video. It's kind of like a football version of the Met Gala with Bezos.
Well, but they all have the same. Except that they're wearing Zubas. Nice. And tables. And tables.
You know? Let's see that in a med gala. But you go there, get all oiled up, and start throwing yourself around. If someone got power bombed through a table from the Met Galisterio, that would be Devilwares Prada 3. Let's come up with the topics right now.
And it's also, I imagine it could be the first road game for the Lions. Excellent. Because the bills, this The bills are going to start on the road for sure. Because this is The home opener. That's why they put them on national television.
So I don't know where the Bills are going to start week one. But again, we go a step further. Big game for the Lions. Like, if they. They could start off 0-2 in the first.
Five days potentially. This is going to be a tough win. And if you listen to Overreaction Monday. One, Christopher Brockman, came up with a top five to end our show. Top five in and overreaction.
First time we've ever done that. Yeah, you were, you're. You know Got to expand. Sea crossover. Got to expand.
We're going here, you've got to go there. People think we're going here, you're going there. Got to expand. Right. Yeah.
And you had his top five coaches on the hot seat. Number three was Dan Campbell. Heroes didn't like that. A blog site called Pride of Detroit. Oh, no, hey.
Look at the headline. Analyst ludicrously claims ludicrously is in a headline because you pissed him off, Chris. More importantly, ludicrously claims Dan Campbell's on the hot seat. Analyst. Rich Eisen's co host Maybe that's how you should go to Kevin Robbs.
Dude, Kevin Robbins. Rich Isenson's colleague. You should go to Kevin Robson. Kevin Robbs' tournament. Analyst.
Analyst or co-host? Rich Isaac's co-host believes Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell's on the hot seat. Here's why he is wrong. You gave this person content. You're welcome.
Paragraphs of copy. You are welcome. Paragraphs of copy. Was that a train song? That's good.
I saw someone in the YouTube comments be like: if Campbell gets fired, just give me the slip to sign now. Wow. See?
Sorry, DJ. Why are you saying that? All right. You're always scared. That's our next level way of doing that.
The certificate. And the mother load. Mike, you're so prideful. How come you're not at the Fox upfront? You're literally upfront everywhere you go.
By the way, you should be. I worked one years ago, did one years ago. And nobody could hear what they were saying.
So they said, get them out of here. The audio is off. Must have been. That was a little blow. Yeah, you mentioned.
I'm nominated for another sports semi for this year. Hey, great. Yeah, I saw the video for this. I saw the video for this. Tom Brady and Gronk were there.
Aaron Andrews showing up. It's about us. Thanksgiving Day. Eagles Cowboys. That is a monster.
Now, what does this mean? A monster. Here's what this means. Here's what this means. What this means is the NFL.
Forget this less is more stuff. Forget it. More is more. The National Football League. Last year put Kansas City.
In Dallas. All right. And even though Kansas City wasn't doing Kansas City things. Mahomes was still healthy, and there was still hope that they would flip a switch and get it going. Same thing with the Dallas Cowboys.
Even with those two teams not performing as well. as everybody believes this year they could. That game drew 57.2 million viewers. That was a record on EBS, America's most watched network. Card sharks higher.
This means. The NFL says That record's not good enough. Yeah, it's getting shattered. That is getting shattered. We are going to try and break it all the way up.
No, listen, because that is a prime piece of real estate for any week for Fox or anybody else that's lucky enough to get it. And Fox is like, sure. Let's do it.
Well, they know who to call when they want the numbers to boost. I mean, and it also means, you know, last year, if you remember, Mike North, who puts a schedule together for the NFL, said the reason why they were able to put the Chiefs on Thanksgiving in Dallas is because there were so many other marquee games based on the way that conferences were laying out or setting up and the way that certain divisions were playing other certain divisions. I mean, you take a look at the Dallas Cowboys' schedule, other than their regular season contests with their division opponents. They've got a home game with San Francisco. They have got a home game with Baltimore that's going to.
Um Brazil, they have got road visits to here in Los Angeles to take on the Rams and Green Bay and Seattle.
So, those are real pieces of real estate. Otherwise, so let's just take Philadelphia and put it on Thanksgiving and break a friggin' record. Why we break brick? Because it's Thanksgiving. And you know what that means now?
And a wish spoon. One game was just a... Interesting comment from TJ. Of course. Two games made a win-loss game.
You said two games. What does three games mean? You know what it means. Give me the music, Mike. Uh-oh.
Give me the music here. Come on, let's go. Here we go. Let's go, TJ. Put it up.
Put it up. Oh, what do we got? We already had week one as a win. Week three is a win. Yeah.
TJ, what happens week 12 when the Philadelphia Eagles visit the Dallas Cowboys? Listen, I know what you want me to say. Yes, I do. I'm not going to give you what you want. What do you want?
What do you think I want? Oh, you know, I'm just going to say we'll be two and one. Oh, you lose. At home? What is happening?
I'm being real. I'm keeping it real. Do you think the Eagles go into Dallas on Thanksgiving Day and take away? Your Thanksgiving May the 12th. I am that's how I feel.
Now once the season starts, I'll probably flip it. You know how I'm gonna do. But sure. I'll say we'll be two and one out of these. Wow, what an O.
Henry-like twist. That's the thing. I got to keep you bobbing and moving and moving and bobbing. You don't know what we're talking about. I did not see that coming.
Schedule release. That's the way we handle the schedule release here on the Rich Isen show. Maybe we should do the show. Yeah, I was just going to say, we should. If we do this, I just want to keep it.
We can't do it this way, all the time.
Now I care again. Counter-programming. You know what? I mean, this is getting my juices flowing. Let us do this schedule too, guys.
Let's release. I've done it for years. We created the damn thing. ESPN took it from us and created their own thing.
Now they're doing it without us. That's kind of wrong. happening.
Well we know people there. I am so out of you-know-what's to give it. We're not down. The sun is up. Yeah.
The sun is shining. What's up, Trevor? What's up, Trevor? What else you want to do? What's up, Trevor?
Okay, great. What else she wanted in? All right, let's take a break. 8442-04 Rich number down before we get out of Dodge. Two and one, ain't that?
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Somebody's like, Brockman is a helmet head, which is funny. But then he goes, he seems to love the Packers and Browns, and of course, the Rams. And I'm like, okay, tell me you've never watched Chris ever. Yeah, you picked the Packers and hear all that sort of stuff. Yeah, but love?
No, definitely not. Jordan. Rob Polinka has spoken.
Okay. A man in charge of the grocery shopping and roster building here in Los Angeles, California.
Well, he wrecked him a few years ago. A Michigan man who, once upon a time, was sitting on a bench watching the Fab 5 do its thing. Oh, he played. He got like three minutes. He would then get out there and he would be.
Fits in threes? Yeah. Jalen had to take a break. Yeah, before there was, he shot so Spike Albrecht could run. Look at you.
Well done. Duncan Robinson. All right. What do you think about LeBron's future, sir? I think, in terms of LeBron, we probably haven't seen a player.
That has honored the game to the extent that he's honored the game. He's given so much to his teammates, to this organization. And the thing we want to do more than anything else is honor him back. And I think the first order of business there is allowing him to spend the time he needs to decide what his next step is. Does he want to play another year in the NBA?
And that'll be, as he said to you guys last night, family time, I think time with his inner circle. And we just want to honor that for him. Of course, any team. Including ours, would love to have LeBron James on their roster. That's a blessing in itself, just with what he does.
Family feud answer, everybody. Good answer. Is that Rob Lowe or Rob Pling? Ah, both. He does look like Rob.
Was he wearing an NBA logo hat? Just play it back. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Of course, they want LeBron James on a roster.
Why the hell not? They're also the Los Angeles Lakers. They want to have a, if there's a farewell tour, the Los Angeles Lakers want it. Why not? That's what they do.
They excel at that sort of thing. telling an all-time great thank you for wearing the purple and gold see you later if that's what you want. Makes complete sense. Great line. Like, he honors the game like no one else, and the way that we honor him is to give him the space he requires.
Unless he's talking cap space. Then we got to have a conversation. Right? Good answer. I like it.
Ramona Shelburne's on tomorrow's program. That's a first-order item up for bids. Nice. Where's your boy McMenamin? We reached out to him.
We'll see if we can land him. Oh, he's in tomorrow. He's in the studio. Mac 10. Look at this.
Whoa. Laker Overload. Laker Overload. We're going to have a great day today. Oh, that's well.
It's a guy in the hot seat. It's a guy in the hot seat. Detroit fans. Do not piss off Pride of Detroit. Although, look at you.
Sensitive. Look at our pod, our little pod that can. Providing copy on May 11th for people. That's right. By the way.
As we did yesterday. You're welcome, Jeremy, for the content. Let's just be honest. To truly understand Detroit, we got to wait for Jeff to call. He'll tell us what the barbershop is.
What the barber shop is. What size head does he have again? Helmet head. Thanks for listening to the Rich Eisen Show Podcast. You can watch and listen to The Rich Eisen Show live weekdays from noon to 3 Eastern on ESPN Radio, Disney Plus, and on the ESPN app, The Rich Eisen Show, the podcast.
