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August 27, 2024 3:08 pm

8/27/24 - Hour 3

Rich and the guys reveal their predictions for how the NFC North will shake out this season among the Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Chicago Bears, and Minnesota Vikings, and play the ‘Win/Loss Game’ with possibly the most pessimistic Indianapolis Colts fan walking the planet.

Timberwolves big man Karl-Anthony Towns joins Rich in-studio to discuss the origins of his die-hard Philadelphia Eagles fandom including a ‘Win/Loss Game’ prediction, shares his favorite Anthony Edwards stories, says what he learned from playing against Kobe Bryant when he was only in 9th grade, and more. 

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LinkedIn, the place to be, to be. This is the Rich Eisen Show. Okay, the news we've been waiting for. Live from the Rich Eisen Show studio in Los Angeles. CD laugh, four-year, $136 million extension, $100 million guaranteed. Earlier on the show, Jets defensive tackle, Quinnen Williams. Super Bowl champion and prime video Thursday Night Football analyst, Andrew Whitworth.

Coming up, Minnesota Timberwolves all-star, Carl Anthony Towns. And now, it's Rich Eisen. Our number three of the Rich Eisen Show is on the air.

844-204-rich is the number to dial. Andrew Whitworth is leaving our studio. Carl Anthony Towns is here. Just so everyone understands, I love when this show has multiple in-studio guests and they cross paths. Because I just love bringing people together. I love when guests are fans of the other. And I love seeing them interact.

We call it guest gridlock here on the Rich Eisen Show. And I love it. It's awesome. It brings up the energy of the room.

It's great for us, too. And we just, during the break, had Carl come out of the green room and take a photograph with Whit and me in the middle. And I honestly think I'm not tall enough to ride the ride. You know what I mean? If this was Disneyland, I would be turned away from this roller coaster.

Shoot, little boy. The kiddie rides are over there. You remember that section of the park? Yes. Mr. Toad's Wild Ride is that way.

That way. Next year when you're older, little fella. Mr. Toad's Wild Ride. Maybe next year you'll be 42 inches. It was a small world after all for me.

I mean, honestly, I can't wait to post that photo. I'm six foot. And I'm like, whoa.

Standing up straight, I'm six foot. You know? Yes.

Carl Anthony Towns is also wearing a particular jersey that I cannot wait for. I don't want to ruin it. Certainly if you're watching on the Roku Sports Channel, the radio audience, I will describe it. And wait to see. No, we don't want you to describe it.

You won't be happy about it. 844-204-RICH is the number to dial. We'll take a phone call in a second as well. So to start the show, we were talking about the most, I guess, fearsome division, which the toughest division is football. We had a play-in poll. Did the AFC East beat the South?

Because they were doing that all first hour. It did. I feel like Dolphins fans really kind of tilted the scale. But yeah, the AFC East won 65-35. All right. So then you popped up the new poll.

So then I put up the new poll about a half hour ago. Toughest division for this year. Both Western divisions? The North. Both Norths. Okay, both Norths. AFC East, NFC West. Okay. Where we currently stand?

About a thousand votes if you want to double the scale there, Rich. Coming in at the last place, the NFC West at 11%. Wow. The AFC East at 15%. Okay. 31%. The NFC North, 43% AFC North.

Okay. I mean, again, that makes sense. Three made from last year and the team that did not gets Joe Burrow back. And as a matter of fact, Andrew Whitworth, when I asked him the team that could prevent the Chiefs from even making a third Super Bowl, he mentioned the Bengals. Quarterback by the only human in the league that's beaten Mahomes in Arrowhead. In the AFC championship game. In a playoff game. Not named Tom Brady. Well, he's not in the league anymore. I hate to tell you. Not technically.

Okay. He's not. He keeps thinking he's going to walk through that door. He's literally going to be at games on Sundays. He's in the league. He's not in the league. He's not playing. Hey, emergency quarterback.

Hey, Tom, can you come down here real quick? Yeah, yeah, yeah. That doesn't work. Nope. No one's ever tried it.

Doesn't mean it doesn't work. Okay. So he's going to leave a little baby KK to call the games by himself? He'd take a pay cut.

He'd take a pay cut. Ooh. Well, I mean... Yes, he's making 35 million.

I don't know, maybe. Honestly. Let's just say Brady leads the broadcasting industry in APY.

It's an important metric. APY. Quite a bit. You know? Yeah. Okay. I mean, you could put McAfee on top of Stephen A.

And it doesn't even equal Brady's APY. Well, let's wait until Stephen A signs his new deal. That's true. Yeah, let's wait. That's a good one.

That's a good one. All right. So it is time for us to predict the NFC North. Every single day, we predict a division all the way up until our first show in Kansas City next week, next Wednesday. And the NFC East, we predicted yesterday. We're going to work our way all the way through the NFC. Now it's time for the NFC North.

Music, please. TJ Jefferson and I have been so informed. You are going first this time around. Yeah, me too.

Just found that out. But I'm ready to go. Of course you are. You know, the NFC North, King of the North. This is a tough division, Chris, as we know.

Real tough. Let's just get into it, man. Coming in the last number four, I've got the Vikings. I'm just not so sure about the Sam Darnold thing. I do like the receivers. Justin Jefferson's amazing. If Jordan Adison can get it all together, he can be special, too.

But I've got them at four. I do like the Bears. I do think that Caleb Williams is set up for success. I just I can't see how that offense isn't exciting. I can't see how if you're a casual fan, you're not going out of your way to kind of check out the Bears a little bit this year, because I feel like there's some special things are going to happen. They're going to be a great red zone team.

I believe so. And then we got the top two teams and this one was tough. But I keep thinking back to the NFC Championship game last year. You kind of forget about it.

Kind of left my thought process until I revisited it. But the Detroit Lions were that close, man. They were that close to go into the Super Bowl. Dan Campbell talked about trusting his guys. Well, I've said this before, special teams in the kicker.

That's one of your guys. And had you trusted that kicker, you would have been going to the Super Bowl. And so I think that that close I think that they're going to build off of last year's success. I think Jameson Williams is low key going to be a stud this year. And I got the Lions winning the NFC North.

Christopher. T.J., we're in lockstep except for the top two. We're going to flip them. You're going one year early on Green Bay. I said they would win the North last year.

This is their time now. I'm going Green Bay number one. I love Jordan Love. I love that offense. One bad throw, one bad throw in the playoffs last year.

I don't think he makes that. I think it was like it's one bad. It was like his one bad throw, the worst throw of the year.

And I think he hadn't had one like that in probably in weeks. So I think you learn from that. I think Green Bay has really set up new defensive coordinator. I think they're going to be a little stronger on defense.

I like that. I feel like a little bit of hangover from just missing out on the Super Bowl for Detroit. Everything you said about the Bears, I echo. I think this division does get three playoff teams. I think the Bears go 10 and seven and make it. And look, Sam Donald really want that dude to succeed. Seems like he's had a lot of bad luck in his NFL career. You get to play with Justin Jefferson.

That's really cool. Good luck to them. I just think they're the fourth best team in this division. Well, what do you got to do in order to win your division? You've got to have all three phases. You've also got to have momentum.

You've also got to have on top of it some young Turks that are going to lead the way. Packers have a ton of them. Lions, I think, are the real deal. And, you know, I know the Lions got through a lot of firsts last year.

I'm with you, T.J., the same breakdown of the NFC North with the Vikings finishing last. The Bears having a nice season, but I still don't believe, you know, I still just need to see. He's still a rookie, man.

He's still a rookie. And I just don't think they're better than the Packers and Lions because they haven't defensively they played together. I just need to see the offense gel a little bit. I don't know if they're going to win any of these road games. The road games in division are Lions on Thanksgiving. And we all know the Packers in Lambeau is just a tough order for them.

But with the Lions beating the Packers, I know the Packers punched them in the mouth on Thanksgiving last year. Terry and Arnold is really good at football. They added him on the back end of the defense in the draft. I can't wait to see him and his style and his personality mesh with the rest of them. And I'm just going to say this. You mentioned Jamison Williams as an outlier or just stepping up. Pardon me, not an outlier. I like that.

I think that's a good one. Don't forget, he was top 10 coming off a blown out knee. Last year, all the stuff with his with the gambling suspension or whatever, all that business this year, he's healthy. He's going to be the full freight coming in him. And I'm on Ra is going to be very difficult to stop to the point I'm going to make here. I'm going to call a shot.

Oh, in New Orleans, in New Orleans, Louisiana, Louisiana. I'm not going to make my Super Bowl prediction yet. Oh, I will just say this, a name you will hear for Offensive Player of the Year, because he will be a finalist, is Jimir Gibbs.

Interesting. Jimir Gibbs is going to be an Offensive Player of the Year finalist. He's special. I just hope he stays healthy, man. And I just think he's going to get a ton of touches because he's that special. And we only were scratching the surface last year. That kid, Jimir Gibbs with Amman Ra and Jared Goff, it's time there. And I don't even mention Aiden Hutchinson, who is just a beast of beasts.

So I'm taking the lines to win this division. That's the way I'm breaking it down. And we can't forget David Montgomery is still there. He's still the hammer. I know that.

I just think that hammer is going to be staying in the toolbox a little bit more. Do they get three playoff teams? Do the Bears make it? Oh, God. They were seven and ten. They just got to plus up three.

Oh, man. I just think two are going to make it from the east and two are going to make it from the west. Okay. And one makes it from the south. So that means three could make it from there. Two in every division except the south. That's seven.

Right. So, yeah, the Bears could make it as the seven. They'll be in that mix. I think the Bucks will be in the mix for the seven. They'll be in the mix. I think in the NFC. I think Seattle will be in the mix for seven. I agree with you. I think nine and eight is not going to make it. Nine and eight made it last year.

I think you've got to win ten games this year. Oh, I don't think. I agree. I'm with you. Yeah.

I'm with you on that front. Let's go to Brian in the great state of Indiana. What's up, Brian? You there, Brian? Rich, my man. What's up? I'm a big fan. I watch every day on the Roku channel as much as I can.

I haven't watched every win-loss game, but the ones I have caught, your listeners have the Colts going 0-17 or 1-15. It's great. Brian's like, the disrespect is real. That's amazing. Did you catch your coach on this show yesterday? I don't know if you caught him.

I did not. I can't watch every day. I'm sorry. No, it's all right, Brian. Oh, you got to watch that interview, though, Brian. It was great.

I mean, I was. I'll go back and catch it on YouTube. You do it. You do it.

Or on our collection page to the Roku channel. Hey, brother. I like him. And that RPO game that he did with Hertz and that the Eagles clearly missed him last year. I mean, you want to talk about offense. Like, Shane Steichen not being there last year was a million percent a top two reason why they didn't. They fell apart last year. That RPO game with Richardson and Jonathan Taylor is going to be the proverbial biatch to stop.

To be honest with you. So my question to you, Rich, if your listeners and their infinite wisdom are correct, who does Ballard use for the number one overall pick of twenty twenty five NFL draft? Or does he do his usual deal and trade that for a plethora of later round? Well, I don't know. I'll ask him the next time he comes on, which is whenever I damn well please.

Which is another reason why you should watch yesterday's interview, because he had a cameo in it. And I reminded him of that. We've only had two people pick the Colts record. So, Brian, are you down? You want to do the win loss? Brian, I'll do it if you want me to. I mean, I don't want to twist your arm, Brian.

I'm going to bring Karl-Anthony Towns out here. All right. Here we go. Let's get. Hey, listen, I mean, we don't want to twist your arm. Since you're like calling everybody else out, you got to put your money where your mouth is.

And only Dylan in Vancouver is the only Colts win loss game we've had. All right, Brian. Where in Indiana are you calling him from, Brian? Beautiful Newburgh, Indiana. All right, sir. Newburgh, Indiana. Is there an H in that? Silent H?

There is. Attaboy. Home for the Texans. What happens? Colts never win first game opener. That's a loss. And then at the Packers. Packers. That's a loss.

Oh, boy. 0-2. It doesn't really, you know, back your play here. Home for the Bears. I'll give them a win. Home for the Steelers.

Oh, the Steelers. That's a loss. 1-3 at the Jaguars. At Jacksonville.

That's a loss. 1-4 at the Titans. At the Titans.

Oh, we're pretty good down there. That's a win. 2-4 home for the Dolphins. Loss. 2-5 at the Texans. At the Texans.

That's a loss. 2-6 at the Vikings. 2-6 at the Vikings.

Darnold. I'll give them a win. 3-6 home for the Bills. Loss. 3-7 at the Jets. Your defense.

Looking good this year, Rich. That's a loss. 3-8 home for the Lions. Home for the Lions. Lions are good. Loss. 3-9 at the Patriots.

Who is it? Patriots. No, that's a win.

Just move on. That's tough. I'd give them both a win. 4-9 at the Broncos. At the Broncos. That's a loss.

Yeah, you're not too far off from what you were accusing everybody else to do. 4-10 home for the Titans. Home for the Titans. That's a loss. That's right. That's a loss. That's a loss. That's a loss. That's a loss. That's a loss. That's a loss. That's a loss. That's a loss. At the Titans. At the Giants win. There we go. And then home for the Jaguars. That's a loss.

That's a loss. And then Sch naming in Newburgh, Indiana. Calling in to call out everybody who calls into this show to give the Colts a loss just played the win loss game for apparently his cults and have them 5-12. Brian, are you really like a Texan fan in disguise?

In Newburgh? No. No, I'm just not. You know. Hasn't been good since 2006. Ok, man. Brian in Indiana right here on the Rich Eisen Show throwing Ryan Griggs somewhere Ryan Griggs is walking around burning sensation well he started off the call wanting to know about the first draft pick so dude he clearly doesn't want them to do well again the fans are calling for the win-loss game are just like how dare these people question my Colts ability and then oh really do you want me to try and all right I will five and twelve what I know we did what we did have two people call we had a Cody from Indianapolis who was who said ten and seven and then Dylan from Vancouver said eleven and six so and now Brian seven nine eight they feel like a five you know five hundred it just depends on Richardson can he stay healthy and can he develop dude I mean by the way let's not forget Jonathan Taylor only played ten games last year we all know he's they're banged up they've they've gotten the injury bug the last couple seasons so all right they have flaco though so you know if Richard goes down I mean well yeah that man steps right in bombs yeah can anyone win comeback player of the year two years in a row I don't see why not now I don't think that's not a bad idea although I am I am you know I got the the rundown for the NFL game day morning season preview show next Tuesday night eight to ten Eastern and I'm they're asking us to predict every award including comeback player of the year and as you know this year there is a ton of candidates but how do you not like it's it's between burrow and Aaron Rodgers whoever plays better right right there with a suit yeah and tie goes to Rogers since he's 40 coming off an Achilles or Kirk Cousins yeah yeah kind of a three-man race you know guys who are over 35 coming off of an Achilles yeah totally right yep Sam Darnold too well he's got again coming back from the again they're kind of telling voters not to do that is that what who's telling you that all right that was kind of a report just because I would I would try and give credence to that but the Associated Press still you don't get it in my 22nd season of being with NFL Network and you don't get it doesn't give me a vote because I am an employee of the NFL as if my three hours a day here mm-hmm every single day for five well not every day but for every single five five days a week here most on ten years on top of 21 years of having my own voice on NFL Network does not give me a vote there's a lot so just looking at the the odds Rogers and Burrow have the same odds Kirk Cousins five to one Anthony Richardson Nick Chubb Daniel Jones Kyler Murray JK Dobbins I mean there's a ton right yeah tanked out to Sean Watson only played half the year last year so there's a lot going on with the comeback player there it'll be either Rogers cousins or yes whatever quarterback plays better right whatever team makes the playoffs out of those three right that they're gonna win and the crazy thing is it's possible that somebody can win MVP and Comeback Player of the Year 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else who works out with you has to adjust the seat I imagine after a lot of cool dudes work out a proactive well she's here you know for another Eagles player Cooper you just got drafted so yeah okay super happy to see him in his draft process and who would have thought he would end up at the Eagles with us so pretty cool Aaron Rodgers and a couple other guys to that so Rogers coming back from his Achilles you you working out alongside him at some point yeah okay a couple years now so cool and you know he was coming back from Achilles I was coming back from my knee right layoff so we got to spend time together rehabbing I guess you could say that's cool and you're right what do you what do you guys talk about anything I mean what's your life he's a very thoughtful guy so definitely uh tapping into the wisdom and his uh his thoughts I just I love hearing people in the way they think in the way they like comprehend things and be able to adjust to things and for him to be one of the best NFL players we've ever seen and see how he's recovering back from his you know sure his surgery and everything it was really cool to be able to watch like a legend get back to being a legend yeah that's pretty cool so look who's here no zooms zooms are a thing of the past no they're done right now we're here on the Roku Sports Channel back on the Rich Eisen show radio network I'm sitting at the Rich Eisen show desk furnished by Granger with supplies and solutions for every industry Granger has the right product for you call click Granger calm or just stop by the first overall pick of the 2015 NBA draft four-time all-star from the Minnesota Timberwolves Carl Anthony towns is here man studio and it is great to see you great and for the radio audiences just rejoined he is rocking a Jalen Hurts Philadelphia Jersey come on so now you are from Edison New Jersey yes which I know being a Staten Islander okay is pretty much like right across you know yeah the way yes right there you go over probably the outer bridge mm-hmm and then you keep going a little west and you ride to Edison yeah normally that's Giants country jets I already know where you're going you know we got to go much further south in New Jersey yeah find an Eagles enclave mm-hmm what's why are you an Eagles fan I mean just like you said I was the oddball in my neighborhood for wanting to be an Eagles I bet yeah for sure when I was younger I had watched the Giants play obviously the Jets play but I was young and I was impressionable at the time and I think any young kid could speak to the same fact and any adult could speak to the same fact that for me watching Torrell Owens Donovan McNabb Brian Dawkins you know Brian Westbrook you know play out there and just do some amazing things and also to have one of my favorite players of all time Torrell Owens on the team you know it just made me a fan it made me a fan at the right time when I really was looking at football I wanted to play football they wouldn't allow me to play over there what do you Jersey they wouldn't allow me they said I was too young for Peewee I was too big for Peewee but then I was too young for Pop Warner football so I felt like this purgatory of not being able to play for how tall were you as a Peewee really yeah you were tall really early I was tall right out the gate worked out for you though it did well being tall worked out yeah it still is actually working you know hit your head on the you know the door or something like that but right for my job is pretty good so you were falling in love with the Eagles right around when they were in that Super Bowl against Tom Brady our Patriots absolutely that's 21 years ago I know don't mention it no I feel dude that was my first year on NFL Network really first full year on NFL Network yeah hey I'm trying to get 20 years of service in NBA you already got the past 20 I'm a past 20 for the ass a blessing right there no doubt about it this I mean that was you know the McNabb yo and yes when if we we learned things were not very hunky-dory between the two of them you know I was young I didn't really care I know but you love to he was your guy I love to I actually ran into to a couple years ago I watched him play a basketball at a men's league I was just randomly coming through watching it was like cool to see like someone as a child that he was such like an idol of mine he was such a he was bigger than life and to be able to see him play basketball the sport I play at this age now it was pretty cool to like have a full circle moment well cuz his his performance in that Super Bowl on that ankle yes he almost shouldn't have he should have played really now that I'm in the situation what he did in that Super Bowl is one of the greatest performances you can you can see for a receiver and that's that's that that's not an exaggeration oh it was one of the best things I've ever seen it and just cuz you knew New England was gonna shut that's the vaunted Belichick thing is taking away the one thing that you do best you know and he's still how good is he as a coach I mean come on no doubt about it he's really good as a coach no question him in time man so so teo but teo you know definitely considers himself a hooper that's no he does he does he was whooping too I will say I was at the game I almost saw one of the craziest poster dunks I've ever seen in my life at that game I wish it would have went in but it did it but I can say rim oh it was kid jumped he definitely had he had it he just missed he just dumped it too hard hit the back rim popped right back out once a half court mm-hmm rich I'm telling you that may have been one of the craziest dunks I would have seen on person and and the crazy part about all this hmm teal was the one blocking it he went up for it it would have happened I would have felt part of my childhood would have just to say when was the first time you dunked on someone I would probably say I don't remember exactly but I know that I first started dunking like seventh grade so I would probably say eighth ninth I probably had finally got something middle school games you're just dunking in game what when did when did you anyway he does he wants to he was the first time somebody from college showed up knocking on your door young right around then seventh grade yeah it was younger I just I had younger I had garnered national attention for playing basketball I was part of a publication I think we all know you know scholastic kids yeah of course of course that's like the best thing when you're a kid that was like the magazine certainly while I was being scared out of my wits about what the dentist was gonna find that was like the publication if you were a kid you were always looking for that publication locked in yes and I was a I had got cool to be on a have a story done and a cover done for it so I was cool to be in school and be able to show all my classmates like oh we're gonna read this this cover sure about me and I'm like young and that happened I think at third grade yeah so I had some attention I had some hype but I think it's all shout out to my dad I think my dad was telling me like like a blank CD with a deluxe version he was telling everyone it had every song on it so you're in middle school and colleges are knocking on the I was I was definitely getting interests I definitely seen I some a games I had saw some faces I was seeing on TV so I didn't know if it was truly for me or not but I knew that I was having some sort of attention to say the least Carl Anthony towns here on the rich eyes and show give me your favorite Anthony Edwards story come on now let's go recently or over time any time what do you have I got a lot that's the problem I know go through your mind what's family is friendly I say I'm gonna go yeah right I gotta be there friend family friendly stuff tons whenever you go I would say recently I can't remember off the top of my head but I say recently what was funny I think we all saw about it with playing ping-pong game against Team USA ping-pong yeah so we have our group chat and I texted our group chat I said look at this man always talking about confidence talking about he went from I'm a beat him to that I'm gonna get a point there's a huge discrepancy right here getting them and getting a point yeah yeah I was laughing I was like for a man who's super confident himself and I love every time that he should exuberates his confidence he damn sure took it back from again cuz I'm just surfing into this story cuz obviously I didn't know you were gonna tell it I will just guess this doesn't get a point no no no I'll just guess this that he definitely went to Paris thinking he could beat somebody oh he must work like you must have a ping-pong table somewhere oh yeah no he's he's like where he feels like he's like good like the guy like on the road he's he's the type of guys like come on let's go find a pool table and let's play pool yeah and he want to play pool for hours like just strictly just playing short and I'm sure he's that way with ping-pong always he's that with any any type of sport anything that has a competitive side to it he wants to play so it makes sense yeah I bet he went to Paris thinking he could definitely beat one of these guys no I think and then he went to Paris and laid eyes on him and goes I'm gonna downgrade this to a point I think so I really think I think that he went there with the confidence of like man I played ping-pong just like these people I can't say well he was you know I go do this man I could go get a beat him easily and then I think he saw them so you know the little polo us a little attire and stuff saw him hit a couple ping-pongs was like hell nah right like how they're serving with the with with the paddle like table and does this with the ball in a fight with so when they start stretching came on he was like the short dude he was getting out of the girl you know it's over you had a bad time you might as well get the ice packs ready for that it does seem like he has just confidence he did a interview his rookie year and he was saying how whatever it is he's the best and the interview was like hockey he goes the best that daddy goes trash into the paper into the trash he was like he would be like the best baseball player a rod was right there and they said what so you're better he says who's just a guy who's you know the Timberwolves front office or attempting he was with his friends and he was throwing a football and he was all Evando in the summer and he he chucked the ball and Tom Brady that's a terrible to bring up to comment on it he was like look I know that other sport plays well but you should be playing football well yeah Brady said that to him no no no don't listen to TV 12 I love TV 12 go TV 12 man stop playing with him man that was a whole conversation right was that Austin Rivers who started that thing about football players and then I remember telling you I you ain't gonna see me getting no medicine ball going down the middle on the post see me doing that at all someone today told me uh my trainer was like you could be wide receiver three I said I could possibly give you tight end to maybe tighter yeah ain't no way I'm gonna be doing that little medicine balls a red red zone that's it heck no I I'm not going nah that's why when we was talking I was like man he's I there's an NBA players who could do anything I just don't know the mentality can transfer over for the NFL I mean it's just two different sports man and and and different physically of course but you know and it but it's also absurd to say well the NBA is not that physical compared to the NFL no no yeah because it's not a foul in the NFL to hit somebody I mean for I mean imagine imagine the first five yards for NBA player as a wide receiver hell the NBA it is a foul yes to connect with somebody physically and you know more often than not in theory it is you know your breath too hot it's a foul there's a lot going on right now I don't know this is fouls fouls man NBA so it's different it's different than when I first came in to the NBA too how is it different um I feel like there was more leeway with the physicality I think that you know they definitely tightened up on the rules and making sure things are handled rightly I just think when I first came in you know I'm with KG and stuff and you're with all these vets Tim Duncan Kobe and you're just seeing the way they approach the foul game and everything yeah it was pretty cool it was different it's just different the game has evolved though so it's not even different in a bad way it's just evolved in a different way just like when I first came in we were talking about how awesome the mid-range three the long two was now we just getting rid of the mid-range shot it's kind of just threes or layups or free throws right those are like the golden shots to take an NBA now did you have a welcome to the NBA moment with Kobe or anything like that or or KG or any of those guys you know it was weird cuz I didn't have a welcome moment like you said with Kobe happy birthday to him too yeah I didn't have that welcome moment of Kobe because I had played Kobe already in high school when I played against the dream team v2 back in high school and it was him Braun Kevin love you know Tyson Chandler I had played against someone in Dominican Republic national team right Vegas so I kind of had that moment already was like wow I'm on the court with Kobe Bryant and stuff and you get to play and guard him and I think when I first came to the NBA I had such a mindset of like I wanted to impact the league and then show my worth and you know earn my spot in my respect so I was so focused on that I didn't really have that welcome to the NBA moment till later in the season when I finally slowed down a little bit and I'm looking at my jersey in Target Center and I'm like wow this really says wolves 32 towns like I was finally understanding that I'm a real NBA player and this is not like a summer thing you know you play 25 games let's just say that's a good summer of playing high-level hoops right this is a job like you come here every day you're playing 82 games I'll be honest with you man because again you know my job is interviewing is to ask questions and I'm curious about and then listen to the answers and and when you said I played co against Kobe in high school I thought to myself well wait a minute Kobe wasn't in high school when you were in high school and then I thought to myself oh god you played against Kobe when you were in high school and he was Kobe effing Bryant yeah no for sure with LeBron to and everybody remember that and that in that Olympic trial when they actually went to the Olympics that we were exhibition game he wants the Olympics he remember Kobe hit the big shots he's doing this to everyone and it was really cool it was cool to be able to like watch art be done by the artists in person you know like to be able to be on the court having to study you know what they do and then you know wait for my moment to get in if I ever did but it was it was a surreal moment to be able to be on the court with these legends and to be able to be on the court with guys that I've spent hours and hours studying and especially took time out of my day and then made the sacrifice to ride bike to John F Kennedy Library in Piscataway New Jersey use the computer access there get the VHS is rent them get the books and just watch their moves and watch how they play the game of basketball and try to implement their style into my style and also keep some of my own flavor there so you know you're young and and just to be in that aspect that was the first time I felt like I could make the NBA and if I had played these guys already now as a freshman in high school if you gave me more time to mature work on my game work on my craft I thought I had a good chance so wait a minute so you're a ninth grader play yeah I was I had no facial hair rich I had a short haircut I got my hair cut at super cuts right before the game it was crazy crazy times let's take a break and finish up the show at Carl Anthony towns fantastic unbelievable don't go anywhere Carl Anthony towns to wrap up our Tuesday show in a sec listeners please welcome a real finance nerd from our sponsor nerd wallet hey Sean hey rich thanks for having me we all know nerd wallet for their credit card comparisons but there's more to it than that right so much more even for credit cards it's not the basic this card versus that card with us you can filter for features you want add your top cards to a comparison table and get access to exclusive offers smarter tools smarter financial decisions exactly beyond credit cards we research and review thousands of other financial products from high old savings accounts to mortgage lenders so you can find the smartest products here that world nerd wallet is 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Michael Strahan shout out to him to great suits get it done to be able to partner up with them and give you know 15 people there Covenant house the opportunity to have these amazing Michael Strahan suits and Covenant house does so much and wanted to give them something where they could feel swag they could feel they could feel they could make an impression on people and improve their lives with that suit so it was a huge honor to be able to do that okay and yet so you're giving its donated 15 young men some suits and Covenant house in New Jersey from stray yes and what about the dual language documentary workshop what's that real works yeah real works it's it's really cool so to be able to you know for me I think we all yeah I explained I'm Dominican at this point so there we go I've been able to partner up with real works to be able to provide the resources and especially the connections needed for these kids who are young the next great filmmakers of our country and in the world and be able to give them the resources and then the connections they need to make these movies to the best of their ability and I mean I've one of them already won an award so to be able to have yeah to be able to have fellow students of real works and come back and teach the next generation and also while they're making their own work and to see the next generation make some amazing amazing movies coming I can't wait for everyone to watch it over 20 million viewers worldwide of real work since 2001 check out all the works it's a Brooklyn based organization real works dot org for for all of that in the Covenant house in New Jersey that's pretty cool man and then I of course your commitment to social justice is second and uncertainty you just didn't in life forget about just an association and in sports as well Carl Anthony towns here on the program back on the Rich Eisen show who was still with Carl Anthony towns and wrap up the show in about eight nine minutes time we just talked on the Roku sports channel only segment that you've donated some Michael Strahan clothing brand suits to 15 young men of Covenant house in New Jersey is Michael Strahan aware that you are a Philadelphia Eagles fan Carl but if you towns I think the world's aware I'm pretty sure I okay but I will say yeah I am the guy who wore Eagles shoes playing for the Timberwolves in a Timberwolves game and got booed every time I touched the ball in Minnesota that's hard to do wow that's a lot of hatred for the Eagles well I also thought maybe you know they might have been booing you in Philadelphia because you were wearing Minnesota Minnesota okay I was in target okay so home game home game you're wearing Eagle shoes and you're booed they sell your jersey at the team stay we won the Super Bowl that year it was worth it at the end of the day it was worth it at the end of the day so I imagine you were let me just put this together you were at the Super Bowl in Minnesota watching the Philadelphia I was I was I was with my father took my mother with me she got to watch my team win a Super Bowl get to experience that I've never had so much excitement I don't get to be a fan much right you know I'm always the player mm-hmm so it was really cool to take a step back and be completely just the fan and I you never got that experience even to this day I'm a big Eagles fan but I've still never been to an Eagles game in Philly I've always had to watch from far because I'm always working I'm always you know playing basketball things don't work out don't work out don't align yes so for me to actually be at my first Eagles game in the Super Bowl in Minnesota against the greatest of all time and the find a way to come out with a win with our backup quarterback come on man when I saw Nick Foles retired I had to put a tweet up by the way we had a whole segment on him because of what a career what a career I know amazing career Super Bowl MVP well in terms of just being a fan Karl-Anthony Towns we're gonna give you that opportunity Oh God here on the Rich Eisen show we play a game called the win-loss game where we give a fan an opportunity to go game by game mm-hmm break it down whether it's gonna be a win or a loss and that's how we find out what their final record are we saying we're all staying healthy the rest of the whole this is this is all yes of course this is all things being if you will equal the Philadelphia Eagles win-loss game with Karl-Anthony Towns no Kelsey this year legend that's of course and and Fletcher Cox as well yes and we're using NFL Films music speaking of another guy's he finest here we go just to get you in the mood Oh Karl-Anthony Towns okay the opener against the Green Bay Packers in Brazil what happens with your Eagles I think we could find a way to win that game all right they will all be healthy and we'll have a good this week to rest up I think we'll be all right then week to home for the Falcons on a Monday night I love our chances at home so that's to an oh I would like to believe at the New Orleans Saints you might you know measure for drapes they are asking the wrong person cuz I may go 17 and oh that's fine that's fine fine New Orleans is where the Super Bowl takes place so maybe you could Matt you know measure for drapes you know how to measure a exactly the Saints what happens I think it'll be a tough game I think anytime you get to play over there and Mercedes-Benz I think it's a tough tough game I I think we're a tough team though okay got a right quarterback we got Saquon to come on shout out to my homie so what happens next at Tampa Baker Mayfield and um is it depends if we could stop the aerial assault with Mike Evans I think we got a good chance Godwin too so I think that we could find a way to cap that kind of passing attack yeah I think we'll have a chance to win for no Wow into the pie out of the pie home for the Cleveland Browns what happens Carl Anthony Brown's gonna be good this year but or yes you think the bad I'm gonna always go with my Eagles but I just think that the Browns are gonna be really good this year I think that Deshaun Watson is gonna actually have time now with this team so I feel like they should make a step forward I still like us especially at home okay five and oh yo Saquon back at the Giants Saquon may go for 500 yards if you lose getting 500 yards that's that's tough all right so the Eagles are 6-0 at the Bengals at Joe burrows Bengals what happens there Joe burrow healthy is a scary thing so um I think it's a close one I think we win by field goal okay home for the Jaguars Doug Peterson back in the house man shout out to the skip uh what do you got what do you think I got us of course okay someone had a whole argument my barber had a whole argue with me about the Cowboys he was talking about how many Super Bowls he said yo yo so what is the next time you're gonna win another one I said so you gonna bring up something yo daddy won't solve you win they still count no matter how many years general pat said I gotta see it home for the commanders I'm very excited see Jayden Jayden Daniels play so but I think we got that one for my birthday too so that'll be a great birthday present Oh happy birthday in advance 10-0 here at the Rams I may not be able to come back to LA but we're gonna go with the Eagles again all right 11-0 sorry man I gotta go with the Eagles at the Ravens though this may hurt you mark I may have to say that uh yeah Derek Henry in that I'm a big fan Lamar Jackson I'm telling you my my biggest thing I probably say my greatest strength yeah and my worst trait is my loyalty I'm gonna go with the Steelers hey just mark it down even the Super Bowl I'm gonna say they're gonna win it too while we are so hey Washington there's one man I know who refuses to lose is Mike Tomlin so I that's a tough one but I'm still go with us at the commanders you see where we're going with this right home to the Cowboys come on cat be pro now that is not that is nine and four against the Eagles his last thing nothing wrong with that I just so you so to sweep us I don't know you don't know this is you picking this ain't me you already know my answer I don't know for the Giants hey that's another word 17 you know jailer hurts may have the most sponsorships in NFL history by the end of the season if this goes in this way last team I seen goes 17 and oh they didn't win it I would like to have a different outcome than that there you go okay there go am I wrong am I right no you know I saw them go 17 and oh I work yeah but they didn't you know like you know how the Cowboys want you didn't see that oh I just know that I was able to see in Minnesota them win the Super Bowl that's true you did go on the field lose my car keys my dad walked back to the stadium went on the field said I can't the bigger pockets portfolio of podcasts are worthy of your investment what is the path of least resistance with highest far away new episodes available every day people 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