Zach Edey In-Studio, Draymond Says He Was Almost a Grizzly, Aces v Fever | Gary Parrish Show

Zach Edey In-Studio, Draymond Says He Was Almost a Grizzly, Aces v Fever | Gary Parrish Show

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how long has he been with riding with K Alabama Jersey and sa retired the odds couple with Rob fer Lang Whitaker John Roser and CJ hurt live Thursdays at 2 pm. on YouTube at grind City media and the official grind C media [Music] app live from the buil Ford tough studio and FedEx forum it’s the Gary Paris show presented by Ortho South on YouTube at grind City media and the official grind City media app now here’s your host Gary Parish [Music] all right I’m here my name is Gary Parish I’m speaking to you from the bill for tough Studio FedEx forum Downtown Memphis bit of Doyle right there producing the program glad he’s with me glad you’re with me hope you’re getting through the day best you [Music] can and I hope you caught Draymond Green’s podcast last night cuz he dropped a an interesting little tidbit while discussing Klay Thompson’s exit from Golden State’s franchise he said said it right on camera he said he almost did the same thing last year and guess where he said he almost went guess where he said he was going to move to where he said Memphis Tennessee get out of here he said he CAU Steph and clay and Steven said I might be got going to the Grizzlies I don’t believe it that’s what he said yeah that’s what he said that’s what he said you could take him at his word or not I do I take him at his word we almost had Draymond Green that have been something wouldn’t it have been something we’ll talk about it momentarily first quickly let me set today’s schedule for you oh we’re busy today in about 10 minutes Mike Wallace going to join me he of course is a senior editor grind City media he joins me on Wednesdays I’m going to get to him a little earlier than normal today and the reason why is because at 10:30 oh guess who’s coming in studio who’s coming in top 10 pick Zack Edy two-time National Player of the Year Zack Edy future starting center of your Memphis greez Zack Edy he’s going to be in the studio about 10:30 let’s go Bennett’s already concerned whether he’s going to fit in this little Studio this is a small Studio I know I it was designed this way uh uh you know with a purpose you know I had some input on all this stuff and they asked me they said what what do you and I was like I don’t need much space like I’m a I don’t need much space I don’t didn’t this used to be a closet I don’t really Envision it being too many like it’s me and Bennett and then like a guest every once in a while but for the most part I don’t think we need any uh space really this is well before I realized they were going to draft a 7 fo4 Center I know I told us what was in the plan they should have been like all right GP I know you say you don’t need so much space but what if we Draft Zack Ed i’ have said okay well now now we’re talking now we we’ll do our best Zack Ed is going to be here at 10:30 when I finish talking to Zach I’ll take a break come back do five things you need to know at which point we’re going to discuss five previously undiscussed stories among them the Las Vegas aces beat the Indiana Fever by 19 points last night historic event in the desert largest regular season crowd for a w game since 1999 oh Allstars announced last night as well interesting concept I think it’s brilliant I’m going to tip my hat to the WNBA we’ll talk about it in about I don’t know 50 minutes or so Clarion Ledger tried to kill Archie Manning on X last night what did they do that for what the hell was that why would they do that and it’s still up as of this as of like an hour ago it was still up I’ll show you the stupid tweet we’ll do that a little later on in the show uh you’ll never guess what the fact fastest growing search term on adult websites has been over the past couple of weeks I bet I can guess oh I bet you can guess people are searching for it yeah people want it man it’s popular people have been looking for that I gather woo HW Tua girl Haley Welch she has granted her first interview I’m sure you saw it I did see herie you know I got some thoughts on I mean I was curious me too I got some thoughts on the whole situation y’all wild out there in your searches apparently y’all getting Wild in Your searches we’ll talk about it in the in the third segment ell De La Cruz Cincinnati’s 22-year-old Superstar he played his first game at Yankee Stadium last night he tripled he Homer Reds 154 I’ll show you his two-run shot we’ll talk about Ellie De La Cruz we’ll do that in just a bit and Howard esin he’s a sports media Giant in Philadelphia right he’s now been banned from Philly games for a year because he he’s allegedly a super creep oh he’s been Googling like everybody else oh even worse he oh okay oh even worse oh even worse uhoh I’ll tell you what I read about this fell we’ll do that during a s we call five more things you need to know then we’ll eventually do gp’s carry out and we’ll call a day so that’s the rundown we got a lot to get to but I wanted to start um in a place that I had no idea we’d be starting uh this time yesterday and that’s because this time yesterday I had no idea that I’d be talking about Draymond Green talking about how he once told Steve cerr Steph Curry and Klay Thompson that he was leaving Golden State because he was about to sign with the Grizzlies but that that’s what happened last night Draymond Green jumped on his podcast to discuss Klay Thompson’s departure from Golden State and he tells a story about going through a similar thing in free agency last year where he actually picked up the phone and told his coach and teammates goodbye I’m moving to Memphis watch this listen to Draymond Green I thought we there go he called me on the phone she’s like stop and she’s like I’m about to cry and she said it reminded her of last year so last year during free agency I called clay and I called Steph separate calls and Steve and I was just telling them like yo I’m leaving I’m going to Memphis um and I remember that call with them uh so I was gonna leave and she said we were in Paris and she’s like it’s reminding me when we were in Paris and you was calling them like she was just sitting there crying U and obviously we got it figured out shout out to the Lakers and um Mike dun Ley his first free agency they got it we got it done but yeah I think so that’s interesting because when you think of the Dynasty Warriors MH there’s probably at least four people that are going to be connected to it forever maybe five but it’s it’s Steve cerr the coach it’s Steph Curry Klay Thompson Draymond Green and then maybe Bob Myers if you want to throw him in there okay the lbs I guess but you get the point there’s if we ever do the movie you know the FX series those are the we’re going to have to cast those characters and we now know that at least two of the three main players of this dynasty have either left disgruntled or been on the verge of leaving while disgruntled cuz Klay Thompson left and Draymond Green just told the world last night that he was on the verge of doing it and it’s interesting because Anthony Slater’s piece in the athletic yesterday morning detailed how the lbs had um really taking negotiations pretty deep into the calendar with Draymond Green did the same thing to a different degree with Steph Curry they seem to uh interpret time as leverage on their side like the longer we make somebody wait the better off it’ll be for us in the end and perhaps that is a an incredible negotiating tactic um you know in normal business settings but I’m not sure that it makes a lot of sense when you’re dealing with you know franchises dynasties humans with egos because Klay Thompson got so irritated that even if you wanted to bring him back it sounded like at the the end you didn’t really have an opportunity to he was you know at least in his head out the door and Draymond Green was telling his teammates and his wife that he was leaving Golden State that this wasn’t going to get done now as he acknowledged at the end they came through and they got the deal done they put the 100 million on the table four years 100 million But ultimately they pushed clay that direction too and then either didn’t want to reel him back in which I think is probably closer to the truth than not or even if they wanted to at discounted price weren’t going to be able to rope him back in but that does illustrate how this stuff happens Draymond Green is happy right now in Golden State he’s appreciative of the ownership group he’s appreciative of his general manager of his coach of his teammates of everybody who allowed him to stay there but by his own ignition there was a moment last June roughly a year ago when he was like I’m done we’re leaving this is over I’m going where I’m wanted because presumably and don’t look at the calendar and then compare it in with the CBA rules don’t do that okay okay all right cuz just don’t do that yep but um he had he had apparently I’m just connecting some Dots here but he had apparently reached a point where he believed he was truly wanted in Memphis at that time now how would he know that again I don’t know that’s none of my business yeah because you if you’re Draymond Green you can’t assume that you’re wanted in Memphis right I feel like somebody has to let you know that like somebody has to let you know that you’re wanted in Memphis now I don’t want you looking at the rules and trying to figure out what’s allow and what’s not allow I got it I got it all right I don’t need you doing that all right but one way or another and it’s probably by like a you know one way or another however it happens one way or another he reached a point where Memphis wants me and you guys don’t seem like you do and that breaks my heart so I’m gone I’m going to be gr and grind mhm Draymond Green could have been right inside FedEx form I have always stood on I I would be a supporter of Draymond Green in a Grizzlies Jersey everybody would have supported him but it it would have been frustrating you you realize he’s frustrating in Golden State like they’re frustrated with him too oh yeah right so it I’m glad this didn’t happen just for the record I’m glad this didn’t happen but it is because of last season I mean imagine you know it would have just been I mean it had just been more logs on the fire G yeah well he’d have been suspended too he’d have been among that’s right he would have been suped I mean it would have just been you know Another Log on the Fire of a season of disasters right I’m glad this didn’t happen but it is interesting that it that Draymond felt compelled to tell the story that it almost did and the reason is because he reached a point where his feelings were hurt too he didn’t use those words exactly but that’s what that means he reached a point where his feelings were hurt too why the lbs always hurting each other hurting people’s feelings it does appear they hurting people’s feelings and and now you’ve got like Golden State Warriors die hards just absolutely blasting the ownership group yeah and I’ll never understand this and maybe if I were smart enough to be a billionaire then I’d you know have a different level of intelligence and then everything would make sense to me but I can’t imagine working your whole life or not working your whole life however that works but at some point you got so much money that you can buy a professional sports franchise that people care about deeply all right and then you run it in a way that makes it people hate makes people hate you like imagine spending several billion dollars to create a situation where an entire city hates you right or entire region hates you like what what that’s a bad way to spend your money like you realize you could take $3 billion donated to St Jude and the whole world would love you right instead you buy a basketball franchise run it incorrectly and the whole world hates you I’d just donate it to St Jude or I’d run my basketball franchise the right way right it’s just there’s a long list of people who get into sports ownership and they end up spending all their money to make people hate them huh you know the Mets previous ownership group uh the people who own uh Oakland the the the situation in Baltimore for years just I don’t understand why people spend billions of dollars to be hated you could just have your billions of dollars and be mostly Anonymous and you know donate the charity and stuff but the Lup seem to be the the latest family that is is doing that Draymond Green nearly walked out the door on them Klay Thompson did as well and though the Klay Thompson decision at the end of the day might have been the smart decision it might actually actually be the smart basketball thing to do um it does appear that the final years of Steph Curry’s great years you know that they’re not going to be actually contending for for a championship and that is a byproduct of some some missteps in free agency in drafting and maybe in just basic human-to-human relationships that’s what Draymond Green said last night Klay Thompson hasn’t said much but um I bet if he ever talks about it he’ll have a you know a lot of compelling stuff to say Mike Wallace in studio next if you look at it as far as the uh the number nine pick over the years there’s been some pretty good players that have surfaced at number nine of course Dirk nitzki who won a championship there’s been a lot of great guys but who knows if there is a great guy in this draft hey Grizzlies fans be sure to tune in to gribe where the panel and I break down all things Grizzlies and take a look at the rest of the NBA as well the show is live every Wednesday 2: p.m. on YouTube at grind City media and the official grind City media app heart Royal Flush tour 2024 November 14th FedEx forum a journey through the hits and Timeless Classics the iconic band returns with special guests Jason Bonham’s Leed Zeppelin evening tickets on sale now atart dmusic heart with Jason Bonham’s Leed Zeppelin evening produced by AEG presents now for a 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saw these I’ve seen these I saw these on social media too it’s a perfect house shoe I know like it’s not even a house shoe I bet you they’re really comfortable you know you heard of unisex this is uni foot oh my God the sneak Fest show live Tuesdays at 2 p.m. on on YouTube at grind City media and the official grind City media [Music] app welcome back Gary Paris show presented by ortho South Zack top 10 pick Memphis Grizzlies two-time National Player of the Year scheduled to join us in about 12 to 15 minutes or so looking forward to that but right now as a senior editor grind City media it’s the great Mike Wallace Mike Wallace how are you I’m good man I’m trying to stretch this 61 and a half to 74 I in the in the commercial I asked you I said you think he’s going to fit over there and you were like ah we’ll we’ll see we’ll figure it out we just might have to sit him right here in the middle we’re on the table right yeah just just lay him down on the table we’ll figure out hey did you see Draymond Green’s podcast did you realize we were almost uh co-workers with Draymond Green I had no idea I did I did man and you you know if you followed the the Scuttle butt and you know kind of the behind the scenes stuff there’s always been chatter of interest there uh between the gries and Draymond whether he would become available or not you know it remained to be seen at that time um I’m kind of glad that it worked out this way right you know because I don’t think that would have been an ideal fit I could see why there was ATT traction but n I’m glad it worked out the way it did but you also got to like take Draymond what he says with a grain of salt too because this was the same guy that you know a few months back said the commissioner had to talk me out of retirement there you go he wasn’t walking away from a100 million also also said that the NBA has not set up for players to be wealthy after they retire which is yeah I mean I mean when you’re signing $200 million contracts you are set up to be wealthy set yeah yeah and then the other thing I’m going to double down on that too the other thing was remember he said he tried to get the the term owner removed from owning a team because of the uh you know negative linked to slavery I’m like that’s a big jump I’m africanamerican that’s a big jump for me you know what I’m saying I own my home I’m fine with that I don’t know that I’m allowed to step up and be like what are you talking about but I’m glad you did I’m glad you did n you’re good you would have been good we would have gave you a pass on that you’re good okay okay I appreciate it’s good to know it’s good to know um so but it does that story even if it leads to nothing does illustrate how contingencies negotiations can get and what Draymond seem to be saying there is like I was on the verge of leaving as well I’m glad I didn’t but he seemed to understand the point Klay got to cuz he got to that same point they just reeled him back in in a way that they clearly didn’t with Clay yeah and and I knew that contract was going to be Pro problematic because when Dre got four years 100 million 25 million per and they weren’t going to get clay to that number that was going to be a problem um I did also read I mean there’s a a great piece on ESPN by Ramona shelburn um about how Draymond and and Clay were ticked off when they extended pool and Wiggins to 140 and 106 respectively and they valued them coming off that championship in 2022 over a long-term commitment to to Clay and Draymond and sometimes when you’re in the heat of it you just want a championship you got to make those moves I do think the pool thing was one that was regrettable as they proved it was but I don’t think the Wiggins contract was regrettable it was just one of those situations where they acted in a heated of moment um and then the GM left right you know he got out of here right after that b Myers left right after that and he seems like I’m gonna get out of here before I the tough decisions got to get made yeah yeah and that’s unfortunate because now you know like Klay is an emotional guy like he wears his heart on his on his sleeve um he feel he’s easily ticked off he’s very sensitive and this was never going to end the way that it needed to end with him um he’s he’s struggling to face his own mortality right so that’s just a problem right there I think it’s going to work out better for him to move on and they weren’t going to be able to keep all those guys any way they did what they did their Dynasty is intact and you just take the next chapter from here and the his feelings are hurt I think understandably so like I you know I’m I’m human I have feelings my feelings would be hurt too if I were him and that I think both these things can be true I understand why Golden State let him walk yeah absolutely but my feelings would also be hurt if I were Klay Thompson I don’t know whether it takes five years 10 20 but eventually this is the one I always go back to Nolan Richardson got fired at Arkansas accused them of racism sued them his name’s now on the court and he’s back there all the time for games and he gets a standing ovation every time he’s there time has a way of making things right and I I believe and I I I imagine you would agree yeah there’ll be a sweet moment between Klay Thompson and the Warriors someday it’ll just probably be down the road oh no question no question about it I mean all of these things happen with these kind of dynasties right like Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen didn’t go back to the bull Ceremony this past year because there’s still some lingering feelings between that but obviously we know what they meant to that organization James Worthy was ostracized from the Lakers at the end of his term now he’s back on their broadcast and he’s been there for a long time now so you can go Time and Time Ray Allen yeah right Ray Allen when he left he literally left Boston to go to Miami their arch rival at the time during those uh you know Heat Big Three era and he came back and he was in the suite when they won the championship so you know those things do tend to happen and it happens time and time again but right now the feelings are just raw Klay took three years $50 million that’s like I mean come on man like OB Topp got years 60 so you know but again he is what he is at this point and we can’t forget that Klay Thompson was on the downside of his production he had a you know subpar year and he just wasn’t performing at the Klay Thompson level we knew and this is why he’s in the situation would this concern you if you’re a Lakers fan not that you didn’t get Klay Thompson but that Klay Thompson was raised in La his father was a Laker his father still works on Lakers games the Lakers want him Lebron called LeBron said I’ll take a pay cut if it means we can get you and he still said nope I’ll go to Dallas no surprise at all that is Clay right that is Clay like I knew he never wanted to play for the Lakers once his dad was there right I also knew that he wasn’t going to go and feel like he wanted to beat LeBron he wanted he want to you know slit LeBron’s throat on the court competitively he’s not going to want to go play with him in that situation I think Dallas is sort of the happy medium because number one obviously they’re probably going to guarantee him a starting spot and he sees that team is a little more dangerous than what the Lakers can be right Klay doesn’t like to bite his tongue when you’re going to the Lakers right now you got to bite your tongue on a whole lot of stuff and that’s not him he’s not that kind of dude man so I think he ended up in the right spot it’s a dangerous team it’s a good fit and uh we’ll just see what you know what he can do and if he can stay healthy with him I want to talk to you about Zack gy because I think you were on him before most I think I think I know you were on him foremost not just as an option for the Grizzlies but as a reasonable and possible option at number nine for the Grizzlies most people when they talked about Zack gy was like well I guess if you trade down why did you believe what actually happened last Wednesday um was on the table more so than most people assumed now I will say this I will say this had the Grizzlies not taken Zack at nine I’m not sure he would have gone in the top 15 okay right I’m I’m not sure right um but having said that when you identify what you need and and everything on paper says this guy provides what you need and what you’re lacking you got to go get your guy in the NFL this is how the draft works like the team behind you drafting behind you or in front of you can have a completely different set of needs they’re not going to take the best available player at that time they’re going to take what they need and The Grizzlies once they figured out okay you know uh clinging is you know unattainable at this point our NE we don’t value clinging and e as a wide gap between them they’re closer than a lot of people thought the Grizzlies felt from what I understand um and he’s your guy and I just think some certain things translate his ability to be big in the paint his ability to rebound his ability to alter shots and move around the paint he’s not going to be a throw it in to me let me be Tim Duncan that’s not what you’re expecting from him but you’re expecting from him to be big offensive rebound put back sex screens and be smart and be willing to get better every year to accept the role every year this guy played four years and each year his role was different and he accepted what they needed from him and He adjusted and he dominated so so all of those things say that he’s coachable that he’s determined that he puts in the work he’s in shape he’s durable and he can do all the things that you need why not go get them he said something at his press conference that I I think you just touched on a little bit which is that for years he’s just had a chorus of people telling him what he is and it’s interesting I’m going to talk to him about this when he’s in here it goes all the way back to high school you’re a sub 400 recruit what that implies is you’re not a real high major play but then he gets a high major offer and then it’s like okay but you’re not a real high major star as a sophomore he played 19 minutes per game he split time with trevan Williams they said okay well that’s what you are well then he becomes the national Player of the Year loses in the first round of the tournament they say okay fine but you’re not a real NBA player and you’re only good cuz you’re tall and oh by the way you’re not a winner well then he goes to a final four makes the national championship actually dominates Donovan kingan in the title game okay fine you’re a two-time national player of the year but you’re not a real NBA player you’re not a top 10 pick okay now I’m a top 10 pick now this guy has for his entire basketball life been told this is what you are and he’s like no I’m more than this I’ll show you and he he to date he’s never missed he he’s never missed and the thing is he’s coming into a situation where he does not have to be a franchise savior right so that’s different like that’s a situation where you know hey can I come in and be productive can I come in and do what I need to do next to jiren with jaah can I create space and go after uh set screens and free up Desmond Bane on the perimeter can I be that kind of person yeah the answer is yes because now he doesn’t have to be what he was at Purdue he could just go back to and people forget two years ago this guy played uh with uh uh Ivy right yeah and and that was the probably the most dynamic athletic guard that he’s ever played because the two guards he has now they’re both good college guards but they’re good college guards that’s what they that’s it completely different Dynamic so the key to me is Will Zach be able to quickly adapt to the speed of the NBA game going from rim to rim and just transitioning to make sure that he’s in a play and can contribute in a play can he get down can he get the off the defensive rebound Outlet get to the other end to the free throw line set that screen and be in that play So that that he can be helpful he’s going to have to be able to do that once he adjusts to that physicality and that what it requires to be athletic and moving um and that speed I think he’s going to be fine man if you watched him at Purdue go here and here it was slow there’s no getting around it but they were slow and they intentionally and um and and so all of the agility tests suggest he’s he can actually move better than than he showed and even Matt payer I talked to him last Thursday he said he’s more athletic than you think and he’s like he’s more the things we asked him to do were very specific things for us he can do more things it’s a little bit like I don’t know I remember John caliper being asked about Carl Anthony towns not shooting a lot of Threes at Kentucky and he’s like well I hear you but like nobody could guard him around the rim so like why we you know so it’s a little bit like we we didn’t ask him to do that but he can right so um and and then he is a big bodied bigger bodied but big bodied Center like Stephen Adams yonas funis John and jiren have had success flourished with big traditional Sinners they if I’m a Grizzlies fan and I am that should make me feel a little more comfortable about what we’re doing here no question about it um the Prototype fits and this is getting back to where the Grizzlies were at their their strongest is that going to develop a three-point shot I don’t know right are they going to ask him to do that I I don’t believe so but they want him to be a weapon you know what I mean and they’re not going to look to him to play you know 38 minutes a game he’s going to be situational and he’s going to be you know because a lot of times when games are on the line in the last five minutes it’s probably going to be jiren at the five which is what you know Zack kimman is always said and Taylor Jenkins but taking the first 25 minutes or or you know 28 minutes of aame game and and allowing him to establish his physicality and be in plays that’s going to be key man and I think he’s again until I see it otherwise and like you said you you laid out everything from the moment he was a 400 level recruit all the way to this past season um until I see otherwise I I don’t I don’t question that there are a lot of guys that come into the NBA with a lot of questions we just saw James wisman go two number two overall and in the last four years he hasn’t lived up to any of that we gave him a tremendous amount of benefit of the doubt for being the number picking that draft and he went to two different teams in two different rows and he hadn’t been able to latch on that doesn’t mean his career is over but what I’m saying is that I see a lot more of a resume that Zack Edy built than what I saw from James WIS as one example well how about this you because this is interesting and it’s not something I’d put together yet yeah people right now have way more questions about Zack Edy than they had about James wisman a week after he was drafted that’s what I’m James wisman had done nothing relative to what Zack had done now I I don’t want to be uh right hypocritical I didn’t have many questions about James wisman coming out of college either I thought he was going to be really good I’m surprised by this but like it is interesting that a person as accomplished as Zach IDI who has been proving people wrong since the moment he stepped on a basketball court is is is one of the biggest question marks in the draft right right and it’s it’s it’s we we we kind of make it more complicated than it is like what is what will have to happen for Zach Edie to be a bust he’s going to be able to rebound yeah he’s going to be able to set screens he’s going to be able to go either way over the right shoulder or the left shoulder with hook he’s you know he he has footwork only thing that can stop him is getting hurt and just not being willing to get better in terms of conditioning wise he hasn’t shown that he’s in you know incapable of doing either one of those things right right so I don’t have as many questions again his ceiling isn’t just necessarily through the roof but his floor is such a solid foundation that I’m like okay you can live with what he is in in that situation and um you know we like I said we’ll see but I’m I’m looking forward to seeing how he yeah you can imagine and I’m sure it’s true for you as well you pop around this weekend after the draft and you know people are uh you know so what do you think and I said listen he’s going to be in the NBA for a long time the idea that he’s just going to wash out or be in South Haven that’s not true like this is a real basketball player he’s a two time National player of the year he’s going to be in the NBA can he be a top 10 Center in the world I I don’t I don’t know but that’s not even the ceiling for me like can can he be can he do what hardenstein does in in a in a different way right can he be as zubot can he do that I’m not even looking for him to be a jonis valent junis because jonis needs that needs the basketball as a score but can he be a solid guy that can help you know uh facilitate you can he be a better passer to help get Guys open I think he can do all of those things man and I just like I said from from watching him to hearing what painer said about him to hearing what his competitors have said about him like I I don’t I don’t see where it is and it’s going to be interesting because depending on how these summer league rosters shake out game one he could see Kenny Loft junor mhm right which which is going to be an interesting matchup but Walker Kessler is also on Salt Lake City’s summer league team so if they give him some summer league minutes then Edy is coming in assuming he plays game one he’s going to go in against two guys with completely two different styles that are NBA ready type bodies and that’s going to give him a test from day one and then once he gets to Vegas that skittish nature you know it’s just going to be ATT track me he’s going to have to just be able to get up in and on the offensive end like you’ll see this I think in summer league like he’s gonna be able to score I mean he scored on Donovan kingan of course Rel who was in consideration to be the number one pick in the draft based off how awesome he is defensively and Ed cooked him on that end of the court so he’s going to be able to score and do things on the offensive end to the extent people have questions it’s it’s on the other end and you know we’ll see with with floor spacers too because assuming Scotti Pippen Jr is out there as the point guard he’s a guy that knows how to play and then you got GG Jackson on the wing so you’re going to have Shooters and stuff around him that’s going to give him a tremendous amount of space and then when he needs to dump it into him dump it into him and let him go to work I mean I think think it’s just I I’m not saying it’s a no-brainer because there’s so many variables that go into play here but I don’t have the biggest amount of questions that that a lot of people had and maybe it’s because I’m a traditionalist man I grew up in an era where I appreciated the big man in basketball and I know what they can do when when you give them the ball I don’t expect him to be Tim Duncan right right but I don’t expect him to be anything like a a guy that just can’t get this done either right talking to Mike Wallace here in studio elsewhere in the NBA big headlines coming out of Los Angeles this morning uh Lebron two years Max extension with AER option TR claws all that creates all thee dealth roughly $8 million he’s goingon to make $2 million a year and JJ reck’s staff starting to get filled out reports are Nate McMillan and Scotty Brooks both going to be assistant coaches so let’s start with that part of it um obviously JJ Reddit can be as smart as he can be about basketball managing people all that stuff I am a big believer in when you were doing a job particularly a high-profile public job for the first time do need to have people around you who have done it just so you can every once in a while go hey I you ever been through this yeah what do we talk to me and they’re they’re I think smartly surrounding him with those people two high level coaches Scotty Brooks had Oklahoma City in the NBA Finals right um Nate McMillan has been around in a lot of different areas tough-minded defensive oriented guy um so he has a offensive coordinator and a defensive coordinator he’s a relationship guy I think that coaching staff is being built out smartly um LeBron obviously this is what he does leverage leverage leverage so it’s on he’s on a year-to-year basis making the most that he can make technically year to year and he’s going to put all the pressure on the Lakers to continue to do this the Brony contract again man it’s it’s it is what it is I don’t know if a number 55 pick that will ever get that kind of deal off the bat um it is what it is call it what it is I mean you can criticize it you can defend it but as long as we’re being honest about what it is um you know I I’m not crazy about that I I think it’s a sense of entitlement that’s taken it a little bit too far um but and I don’t know what the end game is for the Lakers here I is this going to put them in the Western Conference Finals or the NBA finals next year for doing all of this for LeBron I don’t believe so but if this is how they want to run the organization you know hey all all power to him you made an excellent point too man on CBS I mean I I retweeted that as well just how you articulated it and you said okay you can be fine with it but you know call it what it is and and it’s okay especially when you you won me over when you saw when you talked about the a tmos right and how every year that that Giannis is on his Bucks roster he’s gonna have the nases on that roster too whether he deserves it or not so it happens at every single and and just like Bill self’s son is like running a g-league franchise Billy Donovan’s son is running the Bulls or coaching the Bulls G League franchise like uh like this stuff happens in basketball there’s nothing this is high-profile more high-profile than most but it’s not unique yeah right right right Mike Wallace I appreciate you brother man senior editor grind City media he’s on X at my mic check at my mic check when we come back we can get Mike Wallace out of this chair see if we can get Zack Ed in it wish us luck Gary Paris show presented by Ortho South Grizzlies fans know it’s the team that gives you the edge Big River Steel does too and much like the Grizzlies have recruited legendary Talent we want you to be part of our team are you ready to be part of something legendary 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were talking in the Break um youve already or at least in the process of making your your yourself at home you’ve uh you’re finding a place to live you you told me You’ walking up and down downtown you’re you’re sort of getting used to Memphis so far huh yeah yeah trying to get custom I’m plan to be here for a while so just trying to get used to the city and how everything works and it’s funny because um like you know we have draft picks every year you know I bet jayen Wells can probably walk around and not every single person is going to know exactly who that is but um you’re a 7 fo4 two-time National Player of the Year who has been prominent sports figure in this country for multiple years now I imagine when you’re walking around whether it’s South Maine or West Lafayette or anywhere at this point you’re you’re you’re constantly getting you know pictures selfies that kind of stuff yeah for sure um you know it was all it was all like good fun though people smiling like just happy to see me um it was cool like just the the love that the city showed me like when I was literally I was out for like 10 minutes walking up and down the street people were like stopping their cars in the middle of the street like oh can I get a picture like getting out like like doing doing u-turns on the roads um putting their car in park um like just people enthusiastic and happy happy for me to be here well um they people are enthusiastic and happy for you to be here and I I watched your press conference I was coming home from the draft on Friday but I watched your press conference on on Friday and one of the things you said was you know I’ve spent a while now with people telling me what they think I am and there was this moment after you guys secured your first trip to the Final Four since 1980 where you were on CVS and um you know you said I’m a I’m a winner and it just I remember talking about it at the time it felt like this I know you all year long said there was no pressure to get to a national championship game to get to a final four but it seemed like that relieved some pressure like nobody could ever tell you anymore you couldn’t do this and um I I guess the point I’m making is youve been playing basketball for very long but from the moment you started playing people have been telling you this is what you are you’re a sub 400 recruit in your high school class that means you’re not a high major player but then you get an offer from Purdue you go to Purdue that’s fine but you’re a role player 19 minutes a game as a sophomore you’re split in time with trevan Williams then you’re the national Player of the Year okay that’s fine but you lost in the first round you’re not a real winner okay well I’m gonna win back toback Big 10 titles go to a final four go to a title game win another National Player of the Year award okay fine great you’re a good college player you’re not a top 10 pick well now you’re a top 10 pick it struck me as I was just sort of thinking through this you have proven everybody wrong every single time every step of the way um does it get frustrating that people are still skeptical that you can do this I got expect it now I think I I would be uncomfortable people weren’t weren’t doting me all the time um it’s just just kind of been part of it been part of my life uh in college I don’t I couldn’t tell you why people keep doing it but they keep doing it and uh it keeps working out for me yeah like um I throughout the year had to keep defending you because you know I would fight back against this yeah he’s good cuz he’s tall I’m like well you know Taco Fall was tall he wasn’t a two-time national player of the year or uh you know well they they they they fall apart in the big stage well like a lot of people have like lost games they weren’t supposed to lose they’ll they’ve been one of the best teams in college back I got tired of having defend you and produce I can’t imagine what it’s like you having to deal with it and yet here you are again with people questioning um you know what you’re going to be on the defensive end of the Court can you guard in space how do you address those concerns when say even NBA franchises through the pre process would bring them up to you um I mean I think there’s a lot of a lot of people um in this class with with weaknesses like everybody has weaknesses it just seems like all everybody wants to talk about is my weakness no one ever talks about what I can do um and that’s just that’s just kind of part of it like you say like people just doubting me trying to Discount me and what I’ve done but um it’s like it’s just part of it got to kind of keep rolling with it and not let it bother you like I think that’s the one thing about me that it really helped me honestly like people always trying to talk down on me like I just kind of learn to like just ignore it just not let it not let it affect me like sometimes let it motivate me when when you know before a game or something when you need that little extra fuel but not let it control me and like Still Still uh stay true to myself and stay true to who I am it’s one thing when you’re own coach says uh listen I recruited this young man I’ve been around him I’m telling you um he’s more athletic than you think he can move better than you think he can shoot it better than you think and all the stuff you’ve seen like that’s all there too it’s another thing when other people say it and I don’t know if you ever saw this but I believe it was Dan Hurley was talking to JJ reic about you and he said and then I had Dan on last week um on Friday because of Cam Spencer and Dan told me he said listen all the analytics tell you there’s three things on the offensive end of the court that you should be trying to do and that’s get points at The Rim get to the free throw line or shoot threes and this is Dan Hurley talking he said Zack can is Elite at two of those three things so like if you can’t figure out how to use him um you know I don’t think you’re being creative enough what does it mean to you when you hear other people emphasize your strengths as opposed to focus on what they perceive you can’t do I mean it’s it’s almost a weird change up I’m not used to to people kind of giving me praise um it’s cool like you know early U you obviously obviously the way the game went um it’s hard for me to kind of give any compliments but I mean he’s a good coach like he he knows what he’s talking about and to have someone kind of stick up for me like that when there’s no need to uh it’s cool speaking of your strengths and this is something I talked about throughout the pre-draft process is that a guy you’re going to be connected to Forever is the guy you were in the same draft class with play the same position he was in the championship game with you Donovan cling and he was in consideration reportedly to maybe be the number one pick in the draft primarily because of his strengths on the defensive end well you had a big offensive game uh against him how much if at all do you think that performance helped you become a top 10 pick that NBA front offices were able to watch you play against a guy everybody thinks is going to be a franchise defensive Center and you for lack of a better verb cooked in pretty good on that end of the court I don’t know you probably have to ask Coach Jenkins and them um my draft stock was never something I was like worried about I was worried about winning games I was worried about uh trying to make it to the next round trying to make it to the championship trying to win a big 10 title I that’s what I was worried about I was just trying to play games and and help Purdue wi as much as possible um that’s that’s all I that’s my mentality wasn’t going to that game when did you know all of this was possible for you you start playing basketball you you clear you like just start with the fact that you are taller than most so there there’s there’s that um as a building block but then you become skilled you become great when did you know oh wow I might not just be a college basketball player I can beat the best I mean it’s it’s it’s a process it’s been a whirlwind um like it I don’t know if there’s ever like a particular moment I just kind of keep going keep working and just see where my work takes me like I’m not I’m not ever I don’t think it’s no one can ever look at you in the eyes and tell you that they knew this was going to happen like no one knows what’s going to happen in the future but for me the only thing I I was worried on is just working hard and trying to um improve and better myself to be the best basketball player I can and this is how it ended up so far so when you get selected um John Morant jumps on social media other players jump on social media um how much uh communication if at all have you had with them subsequently like uh does a group text get started how does that work yeah they’ve been texting me they’ve been they’ve been really good to me just like trying to make me feel comfortable make me feel welcome um they they’ve done a good job just helped me do you expect to be the starting center on opening night ask Coach Jenkins again I don’t make the lineups right but you would um you would certainly like I I imagine on some level it’s a goal for sure right for sure right um so what’s the obviously summer league coming up you made a decision to withdraw from consideration U for Team Canada at the Paris Olympics how stressful of a decision was that for you um that’s obviously a big decision I imagine some people back home slightly disappointed how complicated was that yeah it was tough um I’ve always taken pride in like you know represent my country and um like i’ I’ve done it every year um after my sophomore year I did after my junior year I did it after um after my freshman year I did it like I’ve done team caner for a while and to have like this be the year that I miss out on it it’s kind of tough um obviously that team’s still that team’s still Elite they still got amazing talent they still should do great things in that tournament but um it’s it’s going to be tough like watching them and not being able to to be there but it it was a decision I felt like I had to make um like just for for myself be able to look out for myself be able to put myself in the best position um on opening night to tr try help the Grizzlies and take that super serious it it was a decision I felt I had to make but it was tough just a couple more things for you what do you hope to accomplish in summer league just get comfortable just understand how how everything works um get comfortable with the guys how everybody plays build relationships with people and then win games Last Thing Before I Let You Go and uh the chat would be upset with me if I didn’t bring this up but given that you are from Toronto you are from Cana um how you handling this whole Drake situation I mean I got I got to stick up for Drake he’s from Canada um my condolences no let’s go go respect I respect it is it is it it’s been it’s it’s uh you’re handling it okay how how like the The Narrative throughout the country or the world is that Kendrick killed Drake you you object to that I don’t pay too much attention to it to be honest you’re not in it I don’t pay too much attention okay all right they’re back home it was getting wild yeah I mean you’re staying above The Fray I got I got to stick with Drake the whole time but I haven’t been to soon and into all right well I’m totally consumed with it so you probably you’re probably spending your time that’s my that’s maybe why you’re a top 10 pick and I’m not because he’s spending his time uh more efficiently than following rap beefs I congratulate you on that it’s awesome to have you in studio it’s awesome to have you in the city people are excited for you and we can’t wait to watch you play yeah thank you thank you for being here that’s Zach Edy top 10 pick Memphis Grizzlies two-time National Player of the Year from Purdue when we come back we’ll turn our attention to the WNBA Aces and fever played last night record crowd out in Las Vegas uh biggest crowd in the WNBA since 1999 and they ADV announced the allstar uh circumstances last night as well brilliant concept I’ll walk you through it next Gary Paris show presented by orthos South shall we talk about our favorite NBA Finals MVPs number three is a little bit of Canadian history cuz it’s the first and only NBA championship that the country as a whole has I’m going to go with Kawhi Leonard’s second Finals MVP I still get my little heartwarming about it and I was there watching it watching every game IM ho with Lang Whitaker and me Kelsey Ray Johnson on YouTube at grind City media and the official grind City media app if you look at it as far as the uh the number nine pick over the years there’s been some pretty good players that have surfac at number nine of course Dirk nitzki who won a championship there’s been a lot of great guys but who knows if there is a great guy in this draft hey Grizzlies fans be sure to tune in to gribe where the panel and I break down all things Grizzlies and take a look at the rest of the NBA as well the show is live every Wednesday 2 p.m. on YouTube at grind City media and the official grind City media app what is going on what is it which one what color was it yeah that’s vomit that’s vomit yeah that’s the that is the worst one the vomit is the worst one I’d like to remind everybody that this is her idea she wanted to do this tune in to the Jessica Benson show with CJ HT live every weekday at 8:00 a.m. on YouTube at grind City media and the official grind City media app hey Grizzlies fans turn your Stadium excitement into betting action at Southland Casino Hotel as a proud sponsor of the Memphis Grizzlies Southland brings you more gaming action than ever before step onto our massive casino floor stretching more than 2 and 1/2 football fields slot enthusiasts can 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Las Vegas Aces Indiana Fever I know you took the fever plus 13 and a half I know the chat told you not to do that you didn’t listen 8869 final score the aces were awesome Caitlyn Clark 412 from the field one7 from three hey if we going to pump her up when she shoots it well we got to highlight that we got to be fair um I don’t have the fever anymore you lost it no cuz this is like three times now that I I mean I’m just I gotta I got to stop the Ace’s uh 1 by 19 and Caitlyn Clark was not good negative 19 yeah man she was minus 19 it’s tough yeah a rookie ups and downs it’s rookies ups and downs benett this is what happens there’s rookies ups and downs Asia Wilson she’s not a rookie she does not have nearly the ups and downs she took 22 shots made 13 of them 28 points nine rebounds two steals uh and five blocks this is precisely um the type of thing that Caitlyn Clark can do for Asia Wilson the Aces and everybody else like the aces are two-time reigning world champions and they got the best player in the world like the aces are you ready for this they are the warriors in the middle of the Warriors Heyday right the Warriors are the best uh team in the world and they’re Champions and they’ve got one of if not the best player in the world in Steph Curry in his prime that’s what the warriors were once upon a time and they were the biggest show in the in the NBA right people you come stay at the Weston and people be waiting outside the Weston just wanting to look at them right that’s who they were that’s who the Las Vegas aces are right now they’re the dynasty they got the best player in the world and still when Caitlyn Clark came to town they had to move their game from a 12,000 seat Arena to an 18,000 seat Arena she sold it out and created what was the biggest crowd for a WNBA regular season game since 1999 I told you yesterday ticket demand was more than twice as much for last night’s regular season game in July against Caitlyn Clark than games one and two of the wnb finals last year when they were going on to win a second straight wnb title so this thing is uh it just it is what it is you can be bothered by the idea that a rookie from Iowa is a bigger draw than literally anything in women’s basketball right now in including the reigning Champs and the best player in the world but it’s just true that she is and last night was a reminder of it it was a real scene in Las Vegas like there were people tweeting you know pictures of the entire Arena and it’s like no it was like the biggest thing in sports last night at least on my timeline I mean other than like free agency stuff but as far as actual games yeah I mean I had I had on baseball and I had on uh uh cable news you just God well you got to know do that to yourself well well you know I’m waiting I’m waiting for the breaking news yeah I got you there got to be there got to be breaking news any day so you know got that on but absolutely 8:30 I think was around the tip off we you know I I turned it I turned it that’s how you know it was a big deal I turned it on the big screen Bennett I had volume on it I was not only watching the aces in the fever I was listening to the Aces and the fever and people were tweeting pictur look at that 20,000 366 and people were like yo this is a Tuesday night in Las Vegas y yeah there’s all kind kind of stuff to do it it is very difficult to get people to go to sporting events in Las Vegas um just because there’s so much other stuff to do uh like I go to these college basketball tournaments and events out there all the time they’re almost always empty I I went to one a couple years ago at Michelob Bolter Arena where the aces play and kraton uh was involved in it so I was out there um for that and it was empty you know the whole building was just empty it’s just hard like it’s like hey you want to go watch a basketball game or go to the best restaurant in the world go to the best show in the world go to the best club in the world go shopping in the best places in the world go to the best pools in the world whatever you want to do or you want to go watch a basketball game it’s hard 20,000 366 she did that and last night um in the buildup to this game because they had a buildup to the game the whole deal they announced the WNBA allstar game um circumstances did you see the way they’re going to do the allstar game no this is brilliant what’s going on like like I’ve been critical of the way some of these things connected to Caitlyn Clark and Angel Ree and everything else have been handled this is brilliant the WNBA All-Star game will be this the United States Women’s National Team okay against the WNBA Allstars oh that’s pretty good led by Caitlyn Clark and Angel ree that’s pretty good it’s awesome I like that it’s awesome yeah cuz what was the argument people like me were making in favor of Caitlyn Clark being on the Olympic T you’re going to win the Olympics no matter what all right so stop it with well she’s not one of the 12 best because like terasi is probably not one of the 12 best at this point either and on the men’s side like you know why you take Anthony Davis straight out of Kentucky and put him with USA Basketball it’s not because he’s one of the 12 best right now it’s because you know he’s going to be soon you know he’s going to be the face of this thing or one of the faces of this thing soon so let’s go ahead and get him in it let’s get him around these people let’s get him to know what it looks like know what it feels like so the time when we do need him to be important it ain’t the first time he’s going through it that was the argument for Anthony Davis same argument for Caitlyn Clark plus she can bring you eyeballs that you otherwise wouldn’t be able to get right Asia Wilson is awesome the Las Vegas aces are incredible 20,000 people ain’t watching him last night if it ain’t for Caitlyn Clark’s presence I’m not turning it on last night yeah if it’s not for Clark’s presence so use her I mean this sincerely use her don’t don’t don’t don’t prop her up use her for you take advantage of her for you so how do you make the WNBA All-Star Game bigger than it otherwise would be bigger than it’s ever been how do we get her involved okay what’s been the big thing that everybody couldn’t stop talking about why a Caitlyn Clark on the Olympic team argue argue argue argue okay let’s put her against the Olympic then all right that’s fine and let’s make her and Angel ree teammates I mean man like Angel ree is going to set a ball screen for her all right and then and Caitlyn Clark’s going to then probably dump off a a little pass and Angel ree is going to lay it up and they’re going to you know fist bump or something Angel Ree and Caitlin clar are going to be teammates these people we’ve tried to pit as bitter Rivals now they’re going to play with each other it’s all great you ready for this y the WNBA allstar game will rape bigger than the NBA All-Star Game you know what BET right now cuz those I mean the NBA Allstar game was down right bet me right now whatever you want we got to find the numbers I’m gonna say I’m telling you right now just to play I’m say no I’m gonna say it’s not and I’m gonna say it’s double okay all right we got to find the number we got to find the NBA number what it was this past season no no no no no no I don’t care what it was this I’m talking about this year we’re gonna have a WNBA allstar game oh I was I was waiting for the next year but you want to go back to this year it’ll it’ll double it okay all right I’m saying it’ll double it any year okay I’m gonna say no but I like this I like this the WNBA allstar game in 2024 will have a bigger television number than the NBA All-Star Game did in 2024 I would bet I would bet my 401k on that all right I like it yeah I’m I’m more interested in it right now you want to know why they’ll compete they’ll play oh yeah it’s gonna there’s GNA be somek and Angel Reese gonna want to kill these women and these women are going to want to Humble these women and by the way Angel ree had a press conference last night she broke she got emotional y you know she’s a rookie Allstar I like that angel Reese I know everybody wants to make her a villain I like vulnerable Angel Reese that’s the angel Reese I love okay I like her too I like vulnerable Angel Reese yeah I like that too I like I like Angel Reese with feelings and emotions yep and did you see the other little video that went viral like we do get caught up on this Caitlyn Clark thing cuz she is a phenomenon she just is like people get mad sometimes when you be like when you try to when you say things like Angel Reese is not Caitlyn Clark all right are you talking about in the uh in the Huddle she’s going down the hallway but people get really offended sometimes when you when you say something that is just true mhm like Angel Reese is not Caitlyn Clark she’s not all right Angel ree can’t go to Las Vegas and play a game and they move it to T-Mobile and sell 20366 all right it’s just that’s not where we’re at she’s not Caitlyn Clark but she is awesome and she is um resonating in her own way and you saw this video with the Chicago Sky coming out of uh um the the tunnel and there’s this group of young girls just they’re like in in awe you know it’s like the Beatles are walking by or Taylor Swift or or Beyonce you know that’s what it looks like you know when you see Taylor Swift walk into a place everybody freaks out right y you see Beyonce walk into a place everybody freaks out that’s what it looked like with Angel Reese right so she’s resonating in her own way and then to see her have this moment like she even said last night they just told me I’m an Allstar and she got emotional with it I like I like vulnerable angel I like it too it’s fun I’m loving all of this uh speaking of the Vegas Aces they play the LA Sparks tomorrow night Kelsey was just in here uh her next to podcast are going to have uh uh the LA spark Stars Ray barell and Ria Jackson in the W her WNBA podcast so check that out on grind City media that’s Kelsey R Johnson that’s right love Kelsey R Johnson she’s great who doesn’t love her you know I I I call her and I don’t even know if I’m allowed to say this out loud but you know what I like to call her the official guest host of the Gary Paris show oh that’s accurate yeah yeah what do you think I was going to say I had no clue where that was going you think I’m trying to go to HR you think I’m trying to go to you think I’m trying to go to HR yeah no but the only thing I’m gonna say about Kelsey is that she’s the official host guest host of Gary par show yeah and I think other than us I’ll leave the I’ll leave the YouTube chat to say everything else they want to say and I think other than us the official um WNBA Insider yeah of GC than us I like to consider us the official GCM WNBA insiders but Kelsey can be on team yeah and she’s got the Pod so and she has the Pod yeah we should we should start a group text with her let’s start a group text yeah I mean she she just Kelsey if you need any like tips or anything like that just I mean I just like to be in a group Tech I just like to be in group Tech sometimes I don’t feel like I’m in enough of them you know I don’t feel like I’m in enough of them we finally did start one me and you and Jessica yeah that’s right it’s just about movies and then it died pretty quickly we can we’ll bring it back maybe bring it back pretty quickly no we’ll bring it back but if we can start another one me you and Kelsey we’ll just talk about the WNBA every night I like it I bet she would love that that I’m in I bet there’s nothing Kelsey wants to do about the w a lot sick I bet you there’s nothing Kelsey wants to do more at night than text with me and you I would you think so yeah you know we’ll ask how about that is that appropriate let’s check first let’s just ask anyway I’m I’m I’m uh I’m fired up about the WNBA last night was a great night this allstar game is a brilliant concept I’m fired up I’m fired up too number two CL leder tried to kill Arch just text us in thanks J yeah let me text back cuz I don’t want this is I think sometimes it’s my fault that they die down cuz I just I sto paying attention to them right uh uh let me just type some here thanks for reaching out I’ll just go say hey I don’t have to I mean we’re on air for God’s yeah but I you got to be active you ever been one of those group texts and then one of the PE one of the people in it they don’t they’re not active enough yeah and you you start going man I don’t even feel like they want to be here maybe I should maybe I don’t maybe I shouldn’t want to be here you ever this really happens to me I think I’m crazy I get into a group TCH and if I send a couple of things and people don’t respond to it I get mad and I go all right I’m out yeah I’m done with this y hey the next funny thing I see at 11:30 at night when I’ve had too much to drink I’m not sending it to you yeah now now now you you must pay a price if you’re not going to laugh at the funny things I send you well then the next funny thing I see I’m not sending it to you I I I I make my own little rules I have my own little spats I see I’m really bad but did I get over very quickly here’s me with text I am terrible at I look at people’s text that they send me and acknowledge in my head that I saw your text but I just forget to respond I need at least a little haha or a thumbs up or I I just always forget cuz I’ll CL I will mentally clock out I will mentally be mad at you I willon ever let you know I won’t ever let you know I won’t ever bring it up but I’ll just be sitting in my office like all right that’s fine you are a grudge holder you are a grudge holder like and I know that about you and then I’ll see something funny and I’ll go you know what I would send this to them but they didn’t like the last one so yeah so you know what I’ll just keep this to myself maybe I maybe I’ll start sending those to you and Jessica and Kelsey I like it hey speaking of Grudge holders what is The claran Ledger what kind of Grudge do they have they tried to kill arenim man what the hell was that Kyra do you have this tweet show him this tweet this okay this is I’m sitting there last night just trying to watch Angel Reese bro as soon as I saw that I was like whoa this is the way it read and like you got to understand you’re just reading it your your mind works this direction you’re reading this way so if you’re just reading this close your eyes Bennett close your close your close your little January 6 eyes okay all right and I read this tell me what you think tell me tell me where you think I’m going hey headline from the CLA oh I just saw a tweet from the clar and Ledger here’s what it says Archie Manning om Miss football legend dad of Eli pton grandfather of arch whoa like where are we going with this oh my gosh how you set up has died at the age of 75 yes I was reading that and I was actually getting nervous and and the whole thing’s just a matter of seconds you know I can read pretty well yeah I’m pretty good reader yeah I’m not trying to brag but I’m pretty good I got it I’m pretty good reader so I was it the whole thing took like seconds but as I’m reading it it’s like Archie Manning father of Eli father of pton Grandfather of arch I’m like what the no not today not the day and then it was like is 75 I was like holy God that’s the worst worded tweet I’ve ever seen so then I’m like okay I try to switch quickly like all right well happy birthday Arch not even his birthday what he turned 75 on May 19th he turned 75 44 days ago what is the clar and Ledger doing so that’s why they said is 75 like what a weird thing to do it would be like if I just tweeted right now Gary parish is 47 congratulations yeah be like oh it’s your birthday oh no I turned Jack in January then what are we doing this for today what was the why are we doing this on a Tuesday night announcing to the world that Archie Manning is 75 it’s probably an automated tweet somehow may you know what it could be hey I was just thinking I was like they somebody messed up and it was just putting stuff in the AI generator however the hell they do it uhhuh it just spit that out commercial pills Twitter account used to do this all the time just dumu stuff like this and it clearly just automatically generated and whatever I noticed it less often lately so maybe they fix that but just you should have a real person in charge of your social media you can’t put that tweet out that’s an awful twe literally every response is what’s wrong with you yeah every like I read it I was like I surely I’m not the only one that got freaked out by this literally every response I’m disappointed in the clearing L come on y’all we got to be better don’t don’t don’t although if you’re trying to gain traction and do a little engagement farming if you’re trying to get engagement that’s that’s the way to do it you know what now that I think about it you could get engagement too I mean you could tweet right now like um I’m yeah I’m gonna put I’m might do it about you I’m gonna be like Gary Parish loving father son of Aiden and Oliver and Louie husband of Kelly CBS Sports and grind City media personality uhhuh is 47 okay bet but like nice head shot of you too what a weird tweet that’ll get 50 likes at least 50 at least yeah I would think 50 at least I don’t know I’ve been on a little viral run I don’t know if you’ve noticed I’ve been on a little viral run have you been on a run oh man I’ve been viral treating tweeting I’ve been on a run I’ve taken a step back I need to get back in the game I’ve been going viral yeah I don’t know if you’ve noticed I’ve been going viral so it’s possible any tweet about me goes viral at this point okay all right I don’t know get better Claren Ledger come on y’all social media people are out there waiting to be hired you should hire one yeah number three well you ain’t going to believe what the most searched most increased search term on adult websites have been over the past couple of weeks oh I bet you know you get in them search engines I bet I can guess you can get in them search engines and you can go I mean you can type in anything I bet I can guess you can type in anything what do you think what’s the most searched term it’s easily Hawk Tua HW Tua people are going to Pornhub and searching for Haw Tua H Tua it’s the world we live in it is yeah it’s the world we live in I saw Haw Tua girl hired an agent she’s got a whole team now and she said she’s starting a podcast of course she is why wouldn’t you welcome her to the industry yeah why wouldn’t you it’s nice to have her in the industry I would assume she already had a podcast right considering she was you know white that’s accurate oh that is accurate I don’t know one white person that does have a podcast bro I don’t know any white people without a podcast none I really do not every white person I knows got a podcast at this point right I was shocked to find out she didn’t already have one but unsurprised to find out she’s about to maybe start one I watched her interview she gave an interview to the Briana Young woman who works for bar stool who also dates bran okay and that’s I clearly the connection she was on stage with Zack Bryan right she did HW Tua and people loved it and she tried to sing and I hope she’s better at HW Tua than she is at singing otherwise careful people are going to be wildly disappointed gotta on that note what a tough situation this young woman finds herself in why okay she’s 21 years old okay she’s very young yeah cuz there was all these spe she’s not are you saying she’s not ready for this Fame I’m saying this and I mean this I’m not even trying to be goofy or childish or anything I’m just being she appears to be single I imagine she will not be forever incredible amount of pressure on her oh I mean like you’re that girl that’s a lot of pressure to take to the first date yeah yeah I mean if I if I was her I would be looking for the guy who’s uh who’s not searching that on on pornh but you don’t know and you don’t know who’s coming after you now who’s interested in you now and for what reason you know once upon a time they might just be interested in you cuz you know you’re a cute little girl you know from the country or whatever but now there’s this whole world that’s been open up to you why are people reaching out to you why does somebody want to buy you a drink why does somebody want to swipe right on you what are they expecting you see what I’m saying Bennett this is tough I see what you’re saying this is tough I watched her interview [Music] mhm mhm she seemed like a 21y oldo yeah seemed a little what’s the nice way to say this simple no Jesus she seems simple well I’m a little simple I mean I don’t know but I feel like I could talk to you about some stuff I don’t know man I don’t know if I could talk to her about so much stuff I think me and her would get along just fine I don’t know if I would get along with it that’s what I’m trying to tell you I like Zack Bryan I mean I he’s fine like we could talk about that how did that happen by the way how did blowing up yes how did he become a stadium act dude honestly I feel like it’s um you it’s like every year you get one of these like singer song writers that just blows up it’s like it was his turn to and he’s good I mean talented I wasn’t there from the beginning but but like enough like he became such a big deal with just a guitar in his hand on some level I was like well you know there was a time in my life where I really enjoyed just a guy with a guitar in his hand you know my musical interests have changed a bit but I enjoyed that Once Upon a Time yeah and I I listen to all the albums fine yeah yeah like if you said you want to go see Zack Brown I’d say sure we’ll go but like I don’t how is he that big I how how did he become that I don’t see that it is interesting I like how did Zack Bryan fill up a stadiums but Ryan Adams never got to this that well well I mean I know but like yeah I I know that part but I’m just saying if we’re just putting a guitar in somebody’s hands say write songs and sing them Ryan SS better than that than just about everybody for a period of time and yet it never even like he never even got to Arenas like how do you do how do you get there from there it is interesting I don’t know he’s been I know how Morgan Wallen did it I know how he did it well other people wrote his music and I got you yeah I don’t know how Zack Bryan did it but I’m happy for him anyway I saw hak Tua girl Haley Welch that’s her name she doesn’t seem like she got much to her that’s what I was trying to say but In fairness to her she’s a young woman she you know and she’s um you know she’s been thrust into a position that cash in now yeah I would I would I wouldn’t I wouldn’t you know sometimes I hope she trademarked it well you know how sometimes people can get famous for one thing and then it’s like oh you and then you’re exposed to him you’re like oh my God this person’s amazing she’s like cardi B is a little bit like this cardi B was just like a personality mhm and then like you were like oh well that was funny let’s see what else she has to say and like oh my God she’s like hysterical she’s hilarious and then it’s like uh oh and she can rap oh and she’s funny while she’s rapping oh and she’s like you know sexy too and oh my God cardi B’s a star like you know you could it’s one little thing and it leads to all this other stuff cardi B had a lot to offer once you looked at her you know what I’m saying I don’t know that Haley Welch does that’s what I’m trying to tell you yeah yeah but I wish her luck I wish her luck too yeah I wish Zach would have been in here for this segment he would have enjoyed this I think I don’t think so he would like who the hell are these dudes what if we just made Zack e sit here talk about Archie Manning being killed by The clar Ledger that that’s the TR you know what we messed this up we should have not even talked to Zach just hey hey you guys want to have you guys want to interview zakti no we want him to sit here and for five more things to just watch us talk about five more things and every once in a while just look at him and be like what do you think yeah I think that’d be good I think that’d be good damn anyway I wish her luck that’s I’m trying to say I wish her luck but I was underwhelmed by her initial interview she didn’t blow me away you know same same same yeah yeah number four you know who did blow me away though Ellie De La Cruz first game in Yankee Stadium last night first game in Yankee Stadium last night he tripled he homered the Reds W 54 let’s watch the two- run Homer and then I’ll tell you some stuff about him maybe I’ll just FX until we get it until we get it we hear it but we don’t see it where you at [Laughter] Ellie look at this my favorite part everything’s cool everything’s cool York City look at him he’s look at this uh-oh CRA and look Yankee Stadium filled up they’re coming to see the Ellie show I tweeted this last night it started I like I like the open uh um everything about him is cool like if you could create a cool baseball player that’s who you would create I would wear the if I was if I was an MLB star and I could hit home runs I would do the the open Jersey I think I would too with the chain you know I want a chain I can’t I’m not going to my wife said do not but that like if if I was an MLB star that’s I would want to yeah I got I got a seven-year-old plays baseball with a bunch of other seveny olds if you pulled them right now and you said who’s your favorite baseball player you get some Austin Riley and you get some Aaron judges and you’ll get some Ronald auna yeah I bet half the team would say la de la Cruz and he’s only been I think so too he’s only been in the big leagues about a year a little more than a year he’s 22 years old and he is an absolute star he resonates with young people in a way that I don’t think my people my age understand unless you are in tune with it my kids see Mets games so the reason my kids know Francisco Lindor and Pete Alonzo and Jeff mcneel and Starling Marte and Lis seino is because they watch Mets games they’re exposed to the Mets they are not exposed to anything else my kids are not watching this show they’re not watching sports center with Scott velt like most kids aren’t my kids are on YouTube my kids are on iPads it’s always fascinating to me to see what reaches them what reaches them in a way that I don’t have to show it to them like I can bring my kids put them in a car and expose them to whatever music I want to expose them to but what do they find on their own like the other day we were just talking I’m talking to my little guys and I’m like uh I’m like so Lou what you been listening to he’s like what do you mean I like just in you know in hip-hop who you listening to now he’s like Lil Tekk I’m like Lil Tekk the hell’s that okay but how did Lil Tekk reach them right how how Ellie De La Cruz has reached kids yeah the last time in sports has happened coach Prime reach kids through YouTube um Patrick Mahomes reaches kids through YouTube they’re aware you don’t have to watch the Chiefs or the NFL as a kid to know Patrick Mahomes is a big deal he reaches them and Ellie de Cruz is doing that right now he is reaching young people long hair chains he’s tall and thin he just looks another part of this he’s speaking English and you know when he was asked about I thought this was brilliant he said um it’s important for fans to understand me and for me to be able to understand fans so he’s learn he didn’t come here well versed in English he’s learning English he did his postgame interview last night in English and they have to help him a little bit it was like the red reporter on field and they asked him a question about you know what’s it like to play on this stage at Yankee Stadium and you could tell he didn’t really quite understand what stage in this context and so they were like he you could see looked a little confused and they were like what it means to play in a big place like New York and he was like oh yeah I love it I you know this is a dream come true but like it was in it was just sort of cute he but he’s trying in a way that shi hasn’t really tried Messi hasn’t really tried these other four B born stars who come here you know not all of them prioritize the English language but Ellie De La Cruz is and like every kid on my son’s baseball team they’re wearing chains because of him like my son’s got big gold chains he plays baseball and at seven yeah and it’s because he thinks it’s cool and the reason he thinks it’s cool is because that cool guy is wearing them so if the cool guy wears them well then that’s what you want to wear and for people who don’t follow baseball like this guy I’m not exaggerating here he can hit it harder than anybody else in the world like the exit velocity he like up Elite also he will throw the ball harder than anybody else in the world he got clocked throwing a ball from shortstop to First earlier this year we we showed it yeah yeah we 106.9 106.9 that was described at the time as the fastest ball you ready for this cuz it didn’t get this kind of attention cuz it was an ERA cuz he threw it so hard at first B couldn’t even catch cat it this didn’t get this kind of I didn’t hear many people frame it this way think about this in the history of recorded baseballs on a diamond nobody’s ever thrown a ball harder than Ellie de Cruz threw that ball there’s never been a record ball recorded thrown harder on a diamond in the history of the world than the ball la de la Cruz let come out of his hand on a ground bought a short he hits it farther than anybody hits it harder than anybody throws it harder than anybody and also oh yeah runs faster than anybody I mean just if you were building a baseball player you’d wanted to make a little more contact sure but if you were building a baseball player this is the dude you build if MLB is not doing everything they can to Showcase this guy I mean do whatever you got to do to get him in the Home Run Derby do whatever you got to do to Showcase him he’s an absolute undeniable star and he did it last night in uh Yankee Stadium number five you see this Howard esin story no okay so how esin 73 years old yeah I know longtime prominent Philadelphia media member worked in radio afternoon drive like yeah think you know George leus y he’s the George leus of Philadelphia all right okay well he’s kind of had a reduced role for a while like he lost his afternoon Drive show and you know but he’s he’s now doing a Saturday Morning Show yeah got I mean you worked in Sports Talk Radio you know you know what the Saturday morning shows are you know yes are what they are y okay so he’s doing he has a present still but that’s someone who had one once one time I didn’t mean to I didn’t mean to it’s okay man I didn’t mean stab you I didn’t mean to stab you in the eye it was Sunday it was Sunday morning like the highlight of your career is a Sunday Morning Show and I’m just [ __ ] on it I’m sorry okay it’s okay anyway but like he’s still doing it that’s the thing he’s still and he shows up at the Press conferen goes to the games and he’s been at Phillies games all year well he hadn’t been showing up at Phillies games and people have been wondering like even the Philly manager was like hey how where where’s Howard ain’t seen Howard in a while and they’ve just sort of been saying oh he’s dealing with some personal stuff oh brother turns out he’s been suspended what did Howard do how old is Howard 73 okay he was atck he was at uh you know the baseball stadium and he made an unwanted Advance at a ballpark a young woman ballpark employee and I’m like okay unwanted Advance because sometimes this can be like Lost in Translation like I didn’t like oh buddy you’re being creepy but you you probably don’t even know hey what’s your number you know sometimes old guys I say this as old guy but like you can get creepy you only know you’re getting creepy right I don’t say this is that old of a guy but you get the point I get it get I’m trying to I’m trying to side it’s been a it’s been a rough r for old people I don’t know if you watch the debate I don’t know if you watch the debate horrible month for old people it’s been a horrible month for old people they’re killing Archie Manning the dude just he’s just hanging out he’s just trying to like probably just you know he’s probably wondering when Arch is going to ever get to play yeah you know and they killed him been a tough I don’t know if you watched the debate but it’s been tough it’s been a tough little run for old people all right so here’s how we’re asking he’s seven I’m just trying to say that sometimes old people can be weird and they don’t even know they’re being weird yeah you just have to you have to grab them be like y hey settle down calm down you can’t do that yeah put that thing away yeah put that thing away right right all right so I’m like all right maybe maybe just said something and he’s like oh god I didn’t even know you can’t say that right uhuh nope nope it was much different than that what did Howard do he kissed a woman at the Ballpark what you can’t give somebody an unwanted kiss at the Ballpark at 70 you know thanks a lot Bill Bell yeah look what you’ve done ruined it for everybody no bill bich out there hooking it with a 23y old and now every dude in the 70s thinks they can just kiss whoever they want bill bich you did this you did this you did this you owe Howard you like you you you you made a world where Howard asking things he can just walk around a Phillies game kissing young women Thanks a Lot bill bellich yo man you gota just what are you doing you know how I meet people now uhhuh I I put my hands behind my back hi I yeah hello I no I wouldn’t do that that’s creepier than like actually no the other day I walk in here and Darby was in here you know Darby yeah she’s great she got a little headband on and they were like GP um what do you think of Darb’s headband hot or not I was like I say it out of that yeah I was like I’m I’m 47 year old man am I not even allowed to to have an opinion on this I don’t think you can play hot or not I I don’t think I can play hot or not I just said say that looks great I that’s what I just said looks professional yeah perfectly acceptable headband no man I have changed my Approach on this like uh they you know you get more comfortable with people other some people than others but there was a basketball tournament I was at doing sideline on a few years ago uhuh and they asked me they said hey there’s this little college girl uh she’s in journalism um would you mind if she shadowed you she wants to be a sideline reporter would you I was like of course not whatever if it’s sure you got to be a jerk to say no to that and uh you know transparency like she’s a cute young woman right and she was the sweetest little girl and uh the whole time we were you know and she was with me for like two straight days and you know I I I offered her everything I could offer her for career advice and whatever and anyway at the end of it it’s like you know tournament’s over I’m getting ready to go back to the hotel and she’s getting ready to go on her way and I will probably never see this person again and she’s like well you know it was uh great to meet you thank you so much and kind of like you like and I was just like it’s good to meet you oh come on I just I got I got it the last thing you need is some 21y old being like yeah he hugged me and kind of put his hand and I’m just like I don’t even want to get involved in this stuff anymore I’m not going down like Howard esin uh yeah I I get it I get it well he I mean I think like a hug is a little bit different than him just like smooching someone it would have been fine but like that what I’m telling you I’m not that’s in my head now I get that yeah I get that yeah I don’t want anybody I need more details on this I don’t want anybody getting the wrong idea dude you can’t like and what is it with man Howard asking he can’t go to Phillies games Greg Doyle can’t go to Fever games different things different things different things different things Howard esin that’s a salt brother yeah it really is yeah you can’t be just kissing your co-workers or who people work at the stadium I mean imagine if I just walked out there and kiss Kelsey I know you know that’s assault that’s that mean I’d have to talk to somebody about that crazy behavior so like stop kissing people you don’t know how about that yeah is that fair damn man stop kissing people es dude is a legend stop kissing people unless they want to kiss you make them kiss you first right yeah like it’s in the workplace in the workplace I mean I guess everywhere this works but I’m strictly like this is his workplace you can’t walk around your workplace kissing random people no you can’t do that you can’t hey what if I just walked over there right now and kissed Devin you know would it be wild I don’t think that’d go over well anyway appreciate that they say it’s a year-long suspension Howard asking he’ll be back at uh he’ll be back at Phillies games next season as long as uh he’s alive as long as the clear Ledger doesn’t kill him you’re right be back with gp’s carry out Mike did his favorite uh black films of all time Mike where we at if there’s one movie I know every single line to it is coming to America there we go it is coming to America it can come on any time of any day and I’m going to stop and watch at least 20 minutes of it get all of your HBCU Sports and culture news by tuning in to HBCU huddle with CJ hurt and Mike Wallace new episodes drop every Thursday on grcity media.com YouTube and Spotify I think we have the college basketball title Futures yukon’s number one I really like Houston I’d have them winning it all but you can’t be giving Drake jerseys what is wrong with you maybe the Drake Cur is stronger in college basketball long how long has he been with riding with K Alabama Jersey and sa and retired the odds couple with Rob Fischer Lang Whitaker John Roser and CJ hurt live Thursdays at 2 pm on YouTube at grind City media and the official gr City media app [Music] [Music] there’s no substitute for experi experience the knowledge gained from having been there before and the passion to share what you know to make everyone around you better it’s true in basketball it’s true in banking Grizzlies checking from Pinnacle play hard Bank easy open a Grizzlies checking account with at least $100 and a recurring direct deposit by August 31st and you could receive a $200 direct deposit bonus into your account details at Grizzlies banking.com member FDIC let’s face it there’s a lot of trash talk in basketball but the great teams let their performance do the talking like Ford F-150 with Pro Power on board a class exclusive industry first feature that turns your truck into a mobile generator and leaves the competition speechless Ford F-150 official truck of the Grizzlies greatness starts here at your Midsouth Ford dealer classes fullsize pickups under 8,500 lb gbwr [Applause] [Music] [Applause] welcome back Gary Perry show presented by orthos Sal let’s wrap it up with gp’s carry out it’s time for gp’s carry out one final segment filled with stuff to take with you it’s not everything you need to know but it’s most of it what did we learn today a whole bunch of stuff but we mostly focused on the NBA where Draymond Green created a big headline last night with his podcast said that uh you know he’s sad that Klay Thompson is leaving in the Golden State Warriors cuz he knows what it’s like he almost did it and he went on to say I almost did it last year I even called Steph and clay and Steve cerr and I said it’s over I’m moving to Memphis Tennessee we almost had Draymond Green I need some details on that I need some more details on that I’m going have to go ask around no I don’t think you need I think this is one of those things you’re not supposed to ask about yeah I got it I don’t think the answers are good interesting yeah cuz you got you know you got to do the timing on this Draymond Green agreed to a deal with the warriors on June 30th all right yep and before June 30th he was ready to join the Grizzlies yeah all right okay so you’re probably wondering like well how did the Grizzlies let him know before and that’s where you just shut up that’s where you just shut up and you go and you go I don’t know what you’re talking about Roser also brought up before the show when we were talking out there um when was that golf thing that they did remember the the was it Steph versus clay remember cuz Draymond was there and this was during the the the discussion about the Warriors Dynasty and would they you know remain together and everything like that and then Draymond was there and they were all having fun and it was like oh okay well they’re going to they’re going to stay together right that’s an important date I feel like clay ended up being the OD man out clay ended up being the ey man out yeah I’m going stay out of it I bet that hurts yeah I bet it does too I mean the thing is though like I get I totally get where Clay’s coming from because again it’s like dude look at all the number all the points I put up you know like Steve cerr Steph Curry Draymond Green Klay Thompson but right now did stuff together and and they’re all still together except for this one guy they all decided we don’t want like like I play golf all the time with these three other people like we we play all the time together and what if just they decided they were going to start playing with somebody else and they just stopped texting me that would hurt my feelings I would understand it but it would hurt my feelings but if you’re I know what it’s like to be hurt I know but I mean I think if you pull every Warriors fan out there I think the majority would probably say yeah we need Draymond more than we need clay it’s possible that’s true right it’s certainly possible that’s true think at this point in their careers yeah I’ll tell you who definitely decided that the Warriors that’s correct they definitely decided that so anyway Draymond Green got a podcast if you didn’t know before yesterday you know now what’s today’s biggest game I’m taking you to I’m taking you down to truest Park in Atlanta Georgia okay it’s the Giants and the Braves it’s NL Showdown Jordan Hicks on the mount for sanis San Francisco on the mound for Chris cell Atlanta I remember when Atlanta signed chrisell I was like hold up yeah why do they get to get Chris cell and and I uh know he wasn’t awesome past couple years but he’s awesome again now at the age of 35 missed almost all of 2021 and 2022 pitched a total of just 48 and the third Innings over a two-year span started only 11 games um had a 4.30 ER last year in Boston in 20 starts got knocked around a little bit this year 10 and three for Atlanta and 15 starts 2.79 ra 118 strikeouts 17 walks second in Major League BAS baseball in wins with 10 only man with more Seth Lugo former met now with the Kansas City Royals he has 11 big bet Bennett yeah this is tough Jordan Hicks against Chris cell Atlanta minus 200 San Francisco plus 165 first pitch 620 how you going to act I think I’ll take the Braves um the Giants are kind of playing well they’re they’re moving on up in those Wild Card Standings two games yeah yeah um I think I’ll take the Braves they’ve lost two in a row I think they’re not going to lose three in a row Bennett says minus 200 with the Atlanta Braves and Chris C on the mail what are we watching on TV all right remember yesterday I told you that we watched a the Nickelback documentary on Netflix yes and then uh our buddy Thomas Burns he uh tweeted us both of us I believe and he said we there’s something else on Netflix we need to watch watch documentary on Netflix he says you need to watch this one it’s called Mark Cavendish Never Enough you familiar no no idea this fell used to ride a bicycle okay I think really well to the France’s level oh oh okay yeah um but you know never enough I don’t know what it’s about but the hey you ready for this audience score 90% on Rotten Tomatoes so it’s just about a bike rider documentary about no it’s something to do with let me just how about this let me just read it to you okay okay with exclusive access to mark his wife paa his teammates and his coaches the film charge the rise fall and resurrection of a genuine sporting great and the most effective and most exciting cyclist ever he’s the most I thought that was L’s arm I thought that was L arm I well he cheated though he did cheat but he was exciting he was exciting at the end of 2016 Mart required just four stage wins to equal the great Eddie mk’s 41y old record of 34 stage wins and cement his legacy he got five agonite this is it’s a lot sounds I’m I’m not in but like Tom says it’s I like Thomas’s recommendations but I don’t know about this but I’m bored even reading the thing I know I just I just felt put you to sleep second man I I only like my cyclist when they’re lying to the whole world you know and cheating that’s the cyclist I like I like the liy and cheating Cy yeah I need a little controversy yeah this fell here but here’s the thing the audience seems to love it and Thomas has recommended it I’m going to give it a shot but buddy if I can’t stay awake during House of the Dragons I don’t know I barely made it through that pre preview yeah I’m going to give it a shot though okay Thomas I I respect your recommendation I looked I didn’t have I was going to go with natural born killers on Netflix cuz it just got added yesterday okay I’m going to just try to finish the bear I got to do that too that’s what I’m hearing yeah that’s what I’m hearing it has not been great what I’m not been great that’s not what I wanted to hear but that is what I’ve been hearing yeah it’s it’s not been great I’m sorry call like what Mark Cavendish never enough it’s 92 minutes you can find it on Netflix what’s the best thing we’ve read well over at cbssports.com right now Bill ryers uh got a piece on the Lakers and Clippers failures in NBA free agency and why they could be slipping to mediocrity LA’s NBA franchise slipping Bill Ryder wrote about it you can find it on the homepage cbssports.com what’s on tap for tomorrow tomorrow’s Thursday it’s 4th of July Independence Day that’s right that’s when we gained our independence it’s big day it’s a big day yeah I’ll be celebrating what do you like more what’s what day you like more what give me my options July 4th yep January 6th uh obviously July 4th I mean it’s just uh it’s it’s a national holiday it’s when our nation won its independence it’s it’s the obvious answer it’s the obvious answer yeah yeah I almost wore an American flag shirt in here today and I’m glad I didn’t I’m surprised you don’t wear one every day I’m glad I didn’t cuz Zach would have been like who the hell is this dude I’m glad I didn’t I almost did I never felt more like a nerd trying to be a 47y old talking to Zack Edy about Kendrick Lamar and Drake he just was not interested in that at all was no I’m glad he’s staying out of it though yeah it’s probably smart to stay out of it yeah I’m glad he’s staying out of it he need to get involved in all that no no no I mean they just attack Rick Ross you don’t need to get involved in this yeah I respect he he did say he’s a drake guy like staying with your dude yeah I respect staying with your dude yeah particularly if you’re Canadian I’d like I’d like to think if I were Canadian I wouldn’t turn my back on another Canadian yeah but as it is [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] we’re not going to be here tomorrow we’re not going to be here we’re going to be celebrating our country yep I sure will I sure will we ain’t going to be here Friday either we’re just going to keep celebrating our country I guess yeah I’ll have to yeah are we not here Friday we are not here Friday I’m just going to keep cele be here Friday I’ll be uh asleep Bennett says he’s going to sleep on Friday yeah I’ll be asleep okay Bennett’s going to celebrate his country on Thursday then sleep on Friday that’s a good plan yeah all right well I’ll see you on Monday then all right man all right everybody enjoy your holiday weekend I’m going to enjoy mine Bennett’s G to sleep yep we’ll be back here Monday at 10 till then be careful be kind be good rep your hood

GP opens on the video last night from Draymond Green where he said he almost left the Warriors last offseason for the……Memphis Grizzlies?? 

(15:35) Mike Wallace joins to talk NBA Free Agency 

(40:17) Grizzlies Center Zach Edey joins in-studio 

(55:00) Aces v Fever does numbers, the Clarion Ledger scared everyone last night, the most searched term on adult sites shouldn’t surprise you, and Elly De La Cruz continues to light up MLB

(1:34:30) GP’s Carry Out

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