PMS 2.0 1578 - NBA Draft Round 1 Recap, World Cup Fever, Utah Jazz Owner Ryan Smith, Kendrick Perkins, Mike Grella, Brewers 2B Brice Turang, & AJ Hawk

23:15Pat McAfee:You know, Rome wasn't built in a day, but if you buy a mall, you can build a couple facilities. Hey, by the way, that party was at the mall. See that? That's why you have a mall. Yeah, you buy a mall. That's a good idea. Genius. That's in that parking lot of the mall. Smart. Yeah, it's a big parking lot. You buy a mall, you also pick up all the parking spots. You can have a fan fest. Did you see Dallas? Dallas is moving to a mall. I think I saw that. I read about that. Oh, you feel like you're maybe the mall trailblazer here. Hey, I'm just saying. It was right in front of everybody. It's a lot of space.

23:53Pat McAfee:A lot of space. We got Nordstrom's over here. That looks like that could be a basketball facility, doesn't it? Three stories. We can even work on throwing it over the thing if we need to. And then guess what? We got a cafeteria, so we already got food, right? Don't we need one of those? Any other businesses anybody wants to fake make? Pull one down here at the fucking Spencer's gift shop down here. Easy. It's a good idea. We love Utah, man. Legit. That's why whenever you said what all the narratives are out there, the internet's going to say, we knew them because we thought them. And then we go out there and experience it.

24:24Pat McAfee:It's like, wow, this place is gorgeous. Unreal. Okay, you talk about people getting traded, and obviously that's a part of the business. Also, having a number two overall pick is a pretty valuable thing. Go ahead, Con, man. Yeah, Ryan, you mentioned all the great players. You know, Cam Boozer also being highly sought after. We talked about Darius Acuff earlier. He went seventh, and it felt like he was a number one overall pick talent. But how many calls did you guys get for that number two pick? It feels like that would be something you could get a haul for and still get a good player later on in the draft.

24:53Were there teams that are pretty aggressive trying to trade up, or what was that situation? Yeah, absolutely. I mean, people were offering the farm to try to get in the top three, obviously. You know, and we've been there. I mean, we drafted fifth last year. we drafted ninth and tenth and you know those calls are interesting people listen and kind of smirk and think what if but it's really hard to to see that it was interesting almost from the jump there was almost just no movement and there wasn't going to be any movement in the top four i think everyone kind of felt like they would they would be kind of where they are and um but for us It's like, you know, you've got a chance to get a generational player that fits in with the team.

25:40And, you know, we've done the, hey, we're trading everything for all the picks for the last couple of years. And we've had those picks, but, you know, it's time to go. So that's kind of how we thought about it. But, you know, whether it's Acuff or wherever, I mean, it was a super deep draft. I mean, if you were drafting 7th, 8th, and 9th, I mean, you were looking at a lot of names and trying to figure out, like, how's this going to go? I think this is going to be one of those drafts that are going to be super interesting to watch play out. Because if you were to say, hey, you know, there's four all-NBA guys in this draft.

26:13Like, who are they? Right? It's pretty easy to see they're there somewhere. It could be. Well, good for you guys. It'll be an interesting watch.

26:22Pat McAfee:Hey, good for you guys getting the number two overall pick in that particular draft class, right? Because this draft class has been talked about. And obviously, it's the last year of the tanking, which you weren't doing. You were just rebuilding, reloading. Yeah, okay. Got fined for that. But nonetheless, moving forward, there is a whole new plan. And if your team is ass, ass, ass, you're S-O-L. Okay, I like that you're back. He said, don't even have me on this. I don't even want to be on this, actually. Not going to be ass, ass. No, hey, I think it's going to be interesting next year just to see where, I mean, there's going to be the draft and where everyone picks, but I think the lottery is going to be as crazy as anything because no one knows what's going to happen.

27:07Who's going to go where we got like this mini bottom three relegation. I mean, it's going to be wild as I mean, the draft lottery is going to be made for television to watch because, you know, the impact like we've got the hockey draft on Friday. Right. And the impact's it. The impact's insane. But you're also looking at, hey, I've got this goalie that we're drafting. Maybe we'll see him in 2030, right? Like, it's a little different on how that works where you're building out the farm club. You know, the impact of the NBA with these players, that these players can come in and just make an impact right away is super, super unique.

27:44Pat McAfee:I can't wait to watch Peterson cook out there in Utah. You're the man. Congrats, and keep going, brother. Toss up. Yeah, good luck Friday. Toss up, dude. Toss up. Toss up, dude. Toss up, dude. Appreciate you, boys. All right, Ryan Smith, ladies and gentlemen. Yeah, Ryan. Toss up, dude. Draft an American. Keep an American here. Toss up, dude. Toss up. Speaking of, are you talking about hockey? Yeah. Got it, yeah. We'd like to keep on this. We don't have to trade later. Like, ready to catch up. Could have told me that the NHL draft was in two months. And I would have been like, wow, we got to start preparing for that.

28:18Pat McAfee:Didn't have a clue. But instead, it's two days from now. Could have told me it already happened. What? Yeah, because Connor McKenna. And I would have said. Gavin. Yeah. Gavin. The next Connor McDavid. He goes by Connor McKenna. The kid from Penn State. Yes. Who I like. Me too. Big time. By the way, we'll love him whenever he's in the NHL. Yeah, once he gets out of Toronto. He's getting drafted in Toronto. They got the number one overall pick. Yeah, he's going to Toronto. I don't like that. It's a huge problem. It should have been the Bruins pick, but whatever. Well, it should have been the Penns for sure.

28:52No, no, no. We actually had their pick, but they got to keep the pick because it was in the top five.

28:57Pat McAfee:Oh, so it was like one of those safe picks that the Indiana Pacers didn't have. Except we actually get their pick in two years now. You guys don't get anything. Yeah, but you don't get McKenna. We don't want McKenna. I think we do, though. We do. If we can get him, we would like to do that. We got our eyes on the screen. Let's get back to NBA and the draft that happened last night, because although we didn't maybe pump its tires enough leading up to it, everybody in basketball seemingly said that this is a draft class that's going to be remembered. This is a draft class that's going to have impact immediately.

29:25Pat McAfee:Joining us now, ladies and gentlemen, is a man who's all over the coverage and obviously in front of the program, former NBA champ, living legend. Ladies and gentlemen, slimmer version. Oh, yeah. Kendrick Perkins. Yeah, Perk! Hey, what's up, Big Perk? What up, fellas? Hey, I'm seeing you doing more standing things on TV. You know why I think that is? I think we're trying to showcase the bod a little bit more. Light on your feet? I think we're starting to feel a little bit. I think we're trying. I think we are starting to look in the mirror a little bit and saying, you know what? Maybe I do need to stand up a little bit.

29:55Pat McAfee:Maybe let these hogs kind of dance a little bit. It feels like you've been moving. You look good, Perk. You look good. Well, you know, sometimes, like, the side view of me standing, I look extra skinny. When I sit down a little bit, you kind of look, like, bobbled up a little bit. You know what I'm saying? So I want to stretch out. You know what I mean? I want to stretch out. I want to feel good. Yeah, but I think you should feel good because you're starting to look in shape. And now you're General Mandra at Jacksonville State. Yeah. Is that happening? That's real? Are you still doing TV? Can you tell me more about this?

30:27Pat McAfee:Because if we lost you from television, I'm very bummed out but excited for them. And if you're full-time doing this, I'm excited for Hoops as a whole. We'll miss you on television. Well, number one, I'm not going anywhere when it comes to doing television. Okay. All right. Hell yeah. Hell yeah. Hell yeah. Let me get that clear. Okay. Right? But I am part of the Jackson State family, okay? And it's not me being on a paid salary. No, no, no, no, no. I'm volunteering my services to pour back and give back to the younger generation. This is what this is all about. This is about me giving back. You know, this is something that I'm doing outside of what I love to do at ESPN.

31:16So let's clear that up. But it is something that I'm very proud of to add to my resume. I think overall to my brand, I think is great not only for me, but I think it's great for everybody that I'm associated with. Anytime you get back and be a, you know, role model to the youth and to the up and coming generation. I don't know anybody that can frown upon that.

31:42Pat McAfee:No, I don't think anybody can frown upon it. I'm excited you're spending time of your life giving back to the game. I hope you do well, you know, because we saw Woj do this. Yeah. Yep, but that was a different role. I'm not going anywhere. ESPN, I'm full-time here. Pat, you know what I'm saying? Like I told my bosses yesterday, the only way I'm leaving ESPN is y 'all going to have to kick me out of here. Well, I'm happy to hear that. They might if Jackson State stinks. Yeah, because what if they suck? What you mean? Jackson State, what if they suck? That's not in the plan. That's not in the plan.

32:23Pat McAfee:No, I don't think it's in the plan either. I said Jacksonville State. I apologize. Jackson State, that's 100 % on me. Yeah, Jackson State. That's 100 % on me. I've been there. Okay, I've been there, had a good time, celebrated the hell out of it. And I would like you to have success as well. So you're not going to do the Woj role, which is full-time? Because I think Woj found out it's really hard. Yeah. I think it is really tough. Look, it's not me being part of the recruiting process. No, I want to go in. I want to be able to speak not only just to the basketball program, but I want to be able to speak to all athletes, give them words of encouragement.

32:57I'm also going to be part of being a voice in the broadcast and journalist part of it as well, giving them insight, helping them, you know, pursue their career as being in this media space, whether that's podcasting, television, whatever it may be. So, you know what I mean? I just want to go spread the love and drop some knowledge, man. I just want to give back to the community.

33:23Pat McAfee:All right, we like that, Bert. Hell yeah, Bert. All right, will you drop some knowledge on us, please, about this draft last night? I saw you had a lot of takes this morning, had a lot of passion. I like that you're looking forward to the next generation. They're talking about this class as like maybe a historical class with the amount of people that can play. As it sits right now, obviously, Dabansa, number one, Peterson, two, Boozer, all the way through, Mike L. Brown Jr. at six out there. Now, Tone has a question for you. If we were to go back in time and maybe you become GM of NBA team before last night.

33:53Yeah, Big Perk, speaking of you being the GM, obviously there was a lot of good players in this draft. They were talking about this draft for a long time. But Dabansa and Peterson were kind of the two that were above everyone else for the majority of it. Do you think it went in the right direction? Would you have gone one, two with those guys in that direction? I would have. And look, I believe that Darren Peterson is going to have the best career out of all those guys. I believe that his ceiling is Kobe Bryant, to be honest with you. A.J. DeBouncer, he's going to have a Hall of Fame career. I think for the Wizards, they had to go with A.J.

34:32DeBouncer. His confidence and his fit. The Washington Wizards are going to make the playoffs next season with Trey Young, A.J. DeBanzo, and Anthony Davis leading the way. They're going to make the playoffs. They're going to have an Atlanta Hawks, Toronto Raptors type season. When we look up at the end of the next season, they're going to be a top six seed. That's number one in the Eastern Conference. That's number one. Congrats to them, by the way, because they've been asked, right? Yeah, they have been at the bottom. They have been the Sacramento Kings of the Eastern Conference. But things are about to change, okay?

35:13The things are about to change. Now, on the flip side of it, we got to give a lot of props to Memphis. Memphis got them one in Cam Boozer. I'm here to tell you. They got them one in Cam Boozer. Cam Boozer in any other draft would have probably been the number one pick. Matter of fact, he said last night, basically, I had him on the call and I interviewed him. He said he basically kind of felt disrespected in a way that he wasn't considered the number one pick. But this is a perfect match, right? This is a perfect match. This is what the organization of the Memphis Grizzlies, this is what they need.

35:54a great character guy that could fucking hook. Let me just put it out there. I got it. That could just get straight to it. Like, has the IQ, the professionalism. Obviously, it runs through his blood because Carlos Boozer was one of those guys, true professional, but also a baller. Cam Boozer is going to have a major impact, not only just between the lines, but his leadership. And that's what the Memphis Grizzlies has been missing over the last three or four years. A true franchise player that's going to be a leader as well and embrace that franchise and that city and take them to the heights that they're trying to go.

36:41Pat McAfee:Not everybody's supposed to be in that role, you know. Not everybody was born to be placed into that role. Maybe that'll be the thing that kind of uplifts the entire Grizzlies squad down there in Memphis. I remember it was a Powerade commercial, wasn't it? Yeah. That was the last time it was really the Memphis Grizzlies story. Had shoes on the way. Yeah, shoes were right around the corner. And the Memphis Grizzlies were the next team. And it was like, wow, I love this guy. He takes off from the foul line and he dunks on people. And then everything just kind of went sideways. And everybody started burying the city of Memphis.

37:10Pat McAfee:And it's like, wait a second. What Perk's saying sounds like maybe Memphis is back. Maybe Memphis has a chance of becoming another storyline in the NBA that they were just a few years back. I mean, it was literally they were the next ones potentially. Is Joss still down? Is everything? Yeah, he's still there. But he won't be there. It's time for them to go ahead and depart ways with that relationship as well. You start fresh. Damn it, Cam Boozer is the new face of that franchise. You start fresh. You start in your rebuild mode. You build around him. There's no more Dylan Brooks. There's no more Jaron Jackson Jr.

37:48is Desmond Bain is in Orlando. It's time for Ja to go. The problem is that they can't find a place for Ja. Like teams are not on, you know, picking up the phones and saying, hey, man, we're ready to make a deal. Memphis has been trying to trade Ja Morant since the last trade deadline. They've been trying. They just hadn't been successful.

38:14Pat McAfee:I don't know how much of this is breaking news, So, please allow me to take this as a – John Moran as a Pacer would be sick. I don't know how much you're paying him, but him as a Pacer would be awesome. That would be spectacular. I don't know if it fits in there. But I'm intrigued to see where John Moran goes because if he becomes like third option, fourth option for a team, he is. It's unbelievable. You know what? If you're the Miami Heat, you just got Yandis. How about you roll the ball and take a gamble? John in Miami would be awesome. Yeah, I don't know. That would be awesome. Especially today.

38:47Let's go. Buy in. Look, they call Pat Riley the goat for a reason. You know what I mean? Pat Riley not just in the office of the Miami Heat. Pat Riley keeps his ears to the streets in Miami as well. Nothing goes on around Miami that Pat Riley don't know about. And when you talk about that Heat culture, that Heat culture is different. The accountability level is different. UD, Udonis Haslam, the cap, he's down there, born and raised from that area. There's nothing that you could do outside of the Heat organization, whether you trying to wiggle your toes in the sand, whether you trying to go take a walk on the beach and you ankle high in the water.

39:34Hey, listen, nothing goes on. Whether it's the club or whatever, they're going to know about it. John Morant needs to change the scenery. John Morant needs structure. That structure could be the Miami Heat with Bam out of the Bayou and Giannis out of the cupo.

39:51Pat McAfee:I don't think he's going to be scoring 83 again, but I do respect the fact that Giannis and Bam as two massive giants in the middle. And then add Ja in there who will also come. I mean, that's a potential triple tower in the middle. UD needs to take Ja under his wing. Yeah, UD would be great. Miami would be a lot, but they've had success in the past. There's no chocolate chip cookies on those flights. No, no. No, no. So we know how locked in that is. Yeah. We know how locked in that entire situation is. Okay, let's talk about situations in the East, not just the Miami Heat. I don't know how much of that was breaking news or if everybody already knows that in the basketball world.

40:27Pat McAfee:I like everything you just said, though. I like if John Morant's on the move. I like if that's happening. I love John Morant's basketball ability. Oh, yeah. I like it. Remember, he even did. Entertaining. Yeah, he did this. Remember, he couldn't do the shooting for a three anymore, even though that is a shot. Okay? Couldn't do it anymore. So he actually did a grenade as an answer. Blew up people. Love it. No, no, it didn't. It was not actual, but they reacted like part of it. Yeah, but, yeah. It's just time. It's just time. And I'm a John Morant fan. I just think it's time for a change of scenery.

41:03I don't think I know it's a time for a change of scenery.

41:06Pat McAfee:Okay, let's talk about some changes of scenery potentially being forced in the moment, especially coming off of that Giannis trade. Let's go to Boston, Connor, and Boston. Yeah, Perk, quite the situation with the Miami Heat and Boston kind of coming down to the wire, and then the Bucs get it done with Miami, not Boston. Now the fallout of Jalen Brown in Boston. It feels like Brad Stevens came out. He had a press conference, and he basically said, like, hey, we had very candid conversations with Jalen Brown. This wasn't, like, out of nowhere in May after the season they sat down and kind of went back and forth about what was going to transpire.

41:42Now, Jalen Brown's been in China for the past 10, 11 days, so who knows where he's at. But how do you see this going? Do you think they have to send Jalen Brown out? Do you think it's strictly like Jalen Brown's okay with this because of the conversations he had with Brad Stevens behind closed doors and everybody's reacting like there's going to be some sort of massive fallout? What do you think kind of the next two weeks look for Boston? Do you think he's on the move for sure? Do you think even like a Memphis for John Morant and some other things would be possible? What do you see happening here?

42:16Well, Con, I want to ask you, what do you see happening? Huh? What do you see happening, Con? Yeah, what do you? This morning, Pat asked me the same thing. I think it's 60-40. I think 60 % he stays. I don't think there's going to be an offer on the table that helps Boston as much. I see your reaction to the left, so I don't know what you're thinking. Clearly the opposite. But I feel good about Jalen Brown being in Boston if he feels good about it. But if he doesn't want to be there, then, yeah, I think it's inevitable that he gets moved. Connor, I got real love for you. You're my friend. But let me ask you something.

42:50You too, Per. Why should he want to be in Boston? Best chance. Why should he want to be in Boston? I'm asking. Best chance to win a title. No, no, no, no. They've tried to trade Jalen Brown twice over the last three years. And they won a title after the first time they tried to trade him, so it's not like it completely ruined him. No, no, no, no. But this time, to me, there's no coming back from this. Like Jalen Brown just had the best season of his career in the regular season. He finished top five in the MVP conversation. And all of a sudden, his name is thrown in another trade rumor. And if I'm Jalen Brown, I feel disrespected.

43:32See, Brad Stevens, let me say this, Brad Stevens dropped the ball. Because number one, if you're going to pursue Giannis Antetokounmpo and you're going to jump off the porch and make Jalen Brown available, there's no way in hell you should lose that deal to the Miami Heat. You got to get that deal done because now you're to this point. Number two, if you do lose the deal and don't get Giannis, what is your backup plan? Your backup plan couldn't say we're going to sit up here and have an uncomfortable conversation. No, it's past that. The trust is broken. This is giving me Usher vibes. You got to send the papers.

44:19I need you to sign the divorce papers. It's time for this relationship to end. because guess what? It's not going to be the same come training camp. Jalen Brown is nowhere in hell. Human nature is not going to allow you to have the same energy, right? And if you're Jason Tatum, do you want to deal with the same energy? If you're any of those guys in the locker room, do you want to walk into training camp dealing with any type of friction or animosity knowing that they tried to trade him, not knowing what version or what type of attitude you're going to get from Jalen Brown? And rightfully so. Jalen Brown should want out.

45:05Brad Stevens has to find something to get him to a destination for him. I will call the Clippers. I know the Clippers are under investigation right now, but damn it, when it's all said and done, I will try to see how to get a Kawhi Leonard. You have to do something. Something.

45:25Pat McAfee:something you got to trade them at this point everything that connor was saying to you uh he kind of had prepared and ready because i was asking the same questions just like it had happened before where it was publicly known that jalen brown was trade bait or it was offered up for a trade and they had success then since then though he's won a title he's become an mvp he's uh obviously a much different guy and i said whenever we brought up the lebron james saying that if they were standing on the baseline alongside the other grades he's picking himself and everybody else is picking him too. And then we had Carmelo Anthony on.

45:56Pat McAfee:Carmelo Anthony said, I'm picking myself too. What are we talking about? We're not even doing any of that type of stuff. So I think Jalen Brown now is at a point where he views himself as, like Richard Jefferson said yesterday, which was awesome. I appreciate what Richard Jefferson said. Richard Jefferson said like, hey, this is Giannis. Okay, like Jalen kind of has to understand there's only like one Giannis out here. It's a different position. And, you know, hopefully Jalen understands that it's a business. And inevitably something like this is going to happen. This was to Giannis who was saying that.

46:22Pat McAfee:but it's like we understand that in theory that makes sense but like jalen brown i don't know how he necessarily you know like hey this is for yannis he's like yeah i'm fucked we won more yeah like he like that'd be very rightful for him to feel that way especially with how basketball players i kind of have to feel but if he was to just buy in and be cool with the celtics again that'd be a phenomenal style of leadership if they were able to missoula was able to pull that off which i think right we all which yeah i mean they had no business being as good as they did last year, which is in part to Jalen Brown, but again, when you lose in the first round.

46:54But that is the other thing, like having Joe Mazzulla and acting like Brad Stevens and Jalen Brown don't have a relationship of both coach and player because he drafted him, right, Perk? He was the head coach when Jalen Brown got drafted. There was part of his development. So, like, none of us know what that conversation was behind closed doors, but you would assume since it happened once, maybe the second time, he's also okay with it. But again, I... Well, I mean, Danny Ainge is actually the one that drafted Jalen Brown. Danny Ainge is not there anymore. My thing is, my thing is, and, you know, Richard Jefferson is my brother.

47:30We have a podcast together. You know, he gets on my nerves. I get on his nerves. But we got real love for each other. And he's absolutely right. It is Giannis. But in Jalen Brown's mind, he's saying, I'm Jalen Brown. We've heard Jalen Brown say he feels like he's the best player in the world. And he should have that type of confidence. So the same way we feeling like, hey, this is Giannis, one of the most dominant players to ever play the game of basketball, a top five greatest power forward of all time, Jalen Brown is saying, I feel like I'm the best player in the league right now. He feels that way.

48:11And rightfully so. He had a career year. I believe that he's one of the better two-way players in the game. Again, I voted him top five in my MVP votes. But I just don't see, again, time and time again, because it's a combination of a lot of things, right? It's one that Brad Stevens tried to trade him, but it's another that Jalen Brown has been very vocal on his live streams. You know, within 24 hours. of him blowing a 3-1 lead as the leader. He goes on his live stream and he says, hey, this was the best year of my career. My favorite season of my career. Why Jason Tatum sidelined with an Achilles injury?

49:02You know what I mean? And I still haven't seen Jason Tatum on the live stream. Pat, that's like me and you trying to fake it. That's like me and you trying to fake it. Y 'all want to have a real conversation? let's have a real conversation. That's like me and you trying to fake it. I can't sit up here and say, oh yeah, man, Pat McAfee, that's my boy. And you can't sit up here and say, Perk is my guy. And you never see me on your show.

49:29Pat McAfee:Fascinating. Especially if you're in the same locker room, same team, obviously been around each other for a long time. Obviously you would think the other would want the other to have success to in their stream nonetheless. But maybe Tatum is just like the most I don't want to do anything guy. and maybe Brown goes the opposite direction. But yes, at some point you would think they would do something together. And the comments about it being his favorite year pissed Connor off. Piss everybody off. Piss everybody off. And when you were talking about the live stream right there, I don't know if you heard Connor in the middle of you speaking goes, I'm about sick of that.

50:01Pat McAfee:And then you go, everybody would like to see those stop. That's real. That is how Celtics fans feel. It just gets so loud. And that is the other thing where it's like he is so good. too, but that's the other part of Giannis that was so appealing. You don't see anything from Giannis outside of... Shams. Just him and Shams battling. Just him and Shams battling, and that's why Perk, you just said all of it. He might be a top five greatest power forward of all time. Are you putting Jalen Brown in the top ten of two-way players all time right now? That's why it feels like, hey, if you have any sort of brain, you would understand, and that's why maybe that Brad Stevens conversation that none of us are privy to was along those lines.

50:42All right, well, good luck. And I hope I'm wrong, but I'm just saying human nature and the prideful individual that Jalen Brown is, at some point enough is enough. Enough is enough. Send him to the Kings. We'll take eight cuff and some bonus.

51:01Pat McAfee:Okay, you want eight cuff immediately. Give us the number seven overall pick. You go ahead and send that our way. You get this guy who's the top five player in the league. You heard it. Perk voted for him. He has a vote. People get pissed off whenever he publicly talks about his votes. But, hey, that's part of having votes. I think Tone understands that from the NFL standpoint. Speaking of, you know, having a vote, there's a man that had a lot of power in Michigan, won a national championship, and all of a sudden out of nowhere, seemingly, boom, he's gone. He's the Mavericks head coach. He had quite a night last night.

51:28Pat McAfee:Go ahead, Ty. Yeah, Perk, that was pretty startling to all of a sudden see Dusty May sitting there with the Mavericks contingent while still, you know, getting really jacked up when all of his players from Michigan were drafted. Were you surprised by that whole situation? And ultimately, how do you think that's going to work out? Because obviously over the last several years, the coaches jumping from college to the NBA haven't fared very well. Obviously, Billy Donovan's been okay, but it's not like he – you don't still consider him one of the upper echelon coaches in the NBA. So how do you think Dusty May going to the Mavericks is ultimately going to work out?

52:05I actually love it. I actually love it. You know, I'm one of those guys that, especially when it comes to the NBA, I get tired of seeing guys rotate, organizations rotate suits. It's time to get new blood in the locker rooms that's leading the charge. I'm actually excited about Coach May going to the Dallas Mavericks. He's going to bring new life. When you win a college championship, you got to have some type of relationship with these new players of this generation. You got to be able to have a certain type of personality along with knowing the game and the X's and O's in order to bring out the best in players.

52:56Because this is a new generation. So think about it. Mike Brown, we've been seeing his personality all throughout these interviews. I understand he's 55, 56 years old, but he has like a – seemed like a 35-year-old heart. Young spirit, young spirit. He has a young spirit. I actually like that, Pat. And then when you look at Miss Johnson, 39 years old. You know how hard it is to get young guys to buy into being stars in their role for the best of the team? That's hard. Mark Dagnall for the Oklahoma City Thunder. I believe he's 40-41. My point in saying is get new energy in these seats. Guys have to be able to relate to this new generation of players.

53:49I actually love the hire. I love the draft picks that the Mavs made, like all across the board. So, again, I'm excited to see what he's going to do. I'm excited to see his relationship with a Cooper flag next year. I think they're going to be great. I think they're going to be athletic. I think they're going to make some noise in the Western Conference. Again, the next person I'm looking to get an opportunity is my boy Rayjean Rondo. He almost came up and got the Pelicans job. But I feel like he needs an opportunity as well. Look how great J.J. Redick is doing over there with the Los Angeles Lakers.

54:29Pat McAfee:And Rondo's kid. Look how great Rondo's kid's. Yeah, I think he's a pretty good coach. He's got an eighth grader playing varsity. And he's a triple-double or whatever. Hopefully Rondo will get the gig. I like the new blood in there. Kyrie Irving, is he not on the Mavericks next year? Is he on the Mavericks? He is. He is. But I don't expect him to be on the Mavericks come trade deadline. I expect somebody to go out there and pursue Kyrie. I expect the Minnesota or Detroit Pistons to get aggressive. Minnesota has no choice. Look, they're going to rock with Jay McDaniels and Nas Reed, and I'm a fan of both of those guys.

55:11But if you're trying to move the needle, if you want to make up for having arguably the worst trade in NBA history by trading away Carl Anthony Towns, if you want to stop the bleeding, meaning former number one picks, leaving your organization and going winning championships elsewhere, Towns, Kevin Garnett, Andrew Wiggins, top a lottery pick in Kevin Love, you want to make sure you keep Anthony Edwards. You're going to have to bring some more firepower into that organization in order to compete with the Spurs and the Oklahoma City Thunder. I think Connor's saying Jalen Brown. Yeah, isn't that one of the teams they think Jalen Brown, maybe even Derek White would be moved to, would be Minnesota for some of those guys you just mentioned?

56:00But here's the thing. I strongly believe Minnesota has so much belief that I think Jaden McDaniels is untouchable at this point. Real talk. that's how much belief the organization has in Jaden McDaniels. And in order to get Jalen Brown, they would have to give up Jaden McDaniels. Yeah. And Anthony Edwards, I don't – that's not going to happen.

56:28Pat McAfee:Yeah. Well, unless the Pacers want to get involved, we can get Anthony Edwards, Jaden McDaniels. No, they already screwed up, so he can't make any more credits. Yeah, but the pick will do the pick. We'll do it all. We appreciate the fact that the NBA is still cooking, and I don't know how much news you broke there or just informed me of. There's a lot of shit happening in the NBA. It sounds like it's cooking. Anytime we're cooking, we're in the kitchen with who? Patrick Perkins. We appreciate you. We definitely go whip it up. Definitely. Seems like you did there. We'll see you. All right, next hour we got Grella.

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58:01Pat McAfee:Sports are fantastic and obviously we're in the middle of World Cup Bonanza. Six soccer games will happen today. Six soccer games will happen tomorrow. Six soccer games will happen the day after tomorrow and then the day after that six more soccer games. These are all the third games of all the rounds happening two at a time six in total each day and we'll be seeing magic all over the pitch all over North America. America. Now, these eyes have obviously seen every team play two times. I've watched every minute of every game. These eyes have seen a team from the United States that are certainly excitable.

58:38Pat McAfee:These eyes have seen a team from the United States that are certainly powerful. These eyes have seen a team from the United States that might just be the most talented bunch in the entire tournament. There's a chance the United States of America wins the World Cup right here in the United States of America. And I'll tell you what, the future of world sport is going to be a lot different if we're in charge. Yeah, it is. Calling it soccer. Everywhere. First law as World Cup champs. It's soccer. Aren't you guys coming around on football a little bit, though? Not calling it football, but like football.

59:13Pat McAfee:Yeah, because we have kind of started falling into the footy kind of chatter. Because it is kind of cheeky what they're doing. Exactly. But all of a sudden, we're now going to make that our own. And just like what we did with hockey. Sure. You know, we kind of take that and make that our own. I think we did it with, I guess, basketball too, from what I understand. Yeah. Took that from Canada as well. I think that's horseshit, but sure. They said Naismith's a Canadian. And I'll tell you what, that was crazy. That's good news for today, though, because speaking of soccer. That's where he invented the game of basketball, I thought.

59:47So he was breathing American air whenever he did it?

59:50Pat McAfee:He may be a Canadian lad, but. On American soil. So he had his toes, 10 toes deep in American soil. Yeah, but they would say that the blood that was running through the man that did that was Canadian. Is that what they're saying? No, he had a transfusion, I believe, that year. Yeah, Icarus. Oh, he took it all out. Put it all back in as American. Yeah. Kind of baptized the blood. Exactly. Talks table at Boston Corner, at Ty Schmidt, one half of the hammer. Cowboys AP Town on top of it for all of you. We're thankful that we get to be the ones that do this for everybody that watches us to trust us to talk about sport.

1:00:19Pat McAfee:Just know this, the World Cup's been delivering. Soccer's been fantastic. and the stars have been showing up and showing out. Just yesterday, Cristiano Ronaldo gets on the board. He puts two in the back of the net and a 5-0 win for Portugal. If you do recall, Cristiano Ronaldo was the only star in the first batch of games not to get on the board, actually. Everybody's calling him old in the tooth, which he certainly is. He's the oldest player in the World Cup. And yesterday, he notched two goals and obviously showed us showcase Ronaldo. Now, Andres Cantor, who's commentator for Telemundo, who is of Argentinian descent, but he's a voice of soccer for a lot of people.

1:00:55Pat McAfee:He said, Cristiano Ronaldo, a hell of a player. Portugal, good team. But how do you judge quarterbacks that never won the Super Bowl? So you just tell me, basically, is what he said. Is the pressure on Cristiano Ronaldo to win a World Cup with Portugal at this stage of his career? Is Cristiano Ronaldo going to put the team on his back as he stands there like this and look super cool and take Portugal all the way to a World Cup gold medal cup thing? Yeah. The answer is yes. I hope not because that means America would lose. And I take America every time. That's a good point. He's right. I'll tell you what.

1:01:30Pat McAfee:You know what else I've experienced? Everybody in America, messy people. See, we talked about this a little bit ago, too. When I was in high school, I was a diehard CR7 guy. So much. And I don't know what happened. at some, maybe, you know, by osmosis, some of it has to do with Lou Messi is an American. Now he plays in the MLS. He's in our backyard. That could, but I don't know when that change happened. I really don't, but it has happened. He sells out our stadiums all the time. I think that is why America has been like, you know what? Actually, a little guy. I like this little guy. One chose Miami, one chose Saudi.

1:02:08That's kind of how it happened. Yeah. Chris Yaw has kind of done it to himself. One of the things I feel like I've learned during the World Cup is you don't bet on a guy who's got a witch curse on him. Well said. That's smart. And Cristiano Ronaldo, kind of selfish. That's just how it feels from the outside. Really? Yeah, the whole side of things. He's a pure striker. That's how they are. Messi's just different gravy. He does everything the right way. Exactly. You know, he scores. He goes, I'm good. Walks it off. Like, there's just no bullshit. He just does his thing. He's up all the time.

1:02:36Pat McAfee:He's different gravy, you said? Different gravy, yeah. Yeah. Top drawer, top in. Cristiano ain't sharing his gravy. A lot of people are saying, no, I'm not going to do that. Joining us now, thank God. Good for you, dude. Look at us. We did not need to have that conversation again. Thank God. I'm very happy about that. Joining us now, soccer expert, four-time intramural soccer champ at The Ohio State University. Wow. Where he was a college football national champion, a Super Bowl champion, and a Ryder Cup winner. Ladies and gentlemen, A.J. Hawk is here. And a baby. Congratulations on the intramural gold medals.

1:03:07Pat McAfee:We appreciate the fact you played goalie and striker at the same time. You're all over the pitch. We appreciate that. Soccer fever has certainly taken over, and Eric Cain broke our hearts yesterday, A.J. Hawk. Yeah, he did. I know Conman is really still battling back from that, but I need to get back. So Canada-Switch, we are rooting for a draw. That is what we're doing. We want to draw. Oy! Oy! Oy! We want to draw. Oy! Oy! Oy! That's what we're looking for. If you're 21 plus and are willing to pledge that you will gamble responsibly and not like an asshole. Pledge. Pledge that you will gamble responsibly.

1:03:48Pat McAfee:I pledge. Thank you for doing that. To the crown. Wow. Of the DraftKings of America. And to the bets for which they stand. One sports book. Under God. Under God. Under God. Under God. Under God. with responsibility and liberty for all and justice. Amen. Well done. Okay. Join us. Canada, Switzerland, draw. Every other game seems to have a pretty heavy favorite. Every other game has seemingly a pretty heavy favorite. And, you know, yesterday, star studded. The day before that, star studded. You know, this one, maybe not as many big names that are potentially playing. But Canada, Switzerland feels like it could be a draw.

1:04:29Pat McAfee:So soccer has to soccer at some point. And we assume that's going to happen. Harry Kane introduced us to soccer again a little bit yesterday. Heartbreaking situations where he misses goals. Joining us now is a man who's been walking us through this entire World Cup, which we appreciate him for. And we got information yesterday from the men's national team camp that they did hear this man stirring up some shit with an entire continent. Ladies and gentlemen, from CBS Sports, Galazzo coverage of soccer, international soccer star, Michael Corrala. Yeah, Corrala! What's up, boys? Happy to be here. Good to see you, boys.

1:05:04What's going on?

1:05:04Pat McAfee:Hey, soccer's still doing it. Everybody's delivering. Even Ronaldo yesterday. Eric Hain, though. Can't notch one on the board. What do we need to think about this English team? What do we need to think about the teams at the top? And is it realistic at this stage for me to actually believe that America is one of the better-performing teams of this entire tournament after I feel like I've watched everybody now a couple different times? Where's Gumpy? Where's Gumpino? What's up, girl? What kind of bullshit was that from England yesterday, by the way? We always tie the second game of a major tournament.

1:05:34Everybody knows that, brother.

1:05:35Pat McAfee:No, we don't. I didn't know that. Neither did I. Nobody knew that. We've never. Multiple times. Just who? All of you, we were sitting there. Nobody listens. No. No. Nobody listens. Maybe the 87th minute. Nobody listens. It's fine. Yeah, this is not what happened. We were sold a bill of goods, which was Eric Kane will get the job done. You know what I'm seeing out of Eric Kane? Nice tan. Yeah. It's the best tan this guy's ever had. I'm seeing him sitting in suites at a baseball game. He's out there taking a piss, not worrying about what's going on on the pitch. Exactly. He's at Ella Langley. Yeah.

1:06:10He's an Ella fella. Who isn't? But yes. It's true. We all are. They kicked him out, actually, after that.

1:06:15Pat McAfee:I think he's maybe getting a little bit too comfortable over here in the United States of America. Go home, Harry! Or come play in the MLS. He could have been potentially cursed. Yeah, stay here, Harry. Life's pretty good here. Come play for the Columbus crew. But other than Harry getting cursed, it feels like all the stars are playing well. Is this standard operating procedure? Is this how we should view this? Should we understand that the big names are going to perform well every time they're seemingly on the field? Yeah, you know, I said yesterday on our coverage, Troy Deeney, who played in the Premier League, I work with him here at CBS Sports Goal.

1:06:46Also, he came over the other day in the backyard and looked amazing against my kids. I think he scored three or four holes, looked great. It looked like he was going to make a comeback. And that's sort of what the first rounds are. It's like they're playing against, with all due respect, Iraq, Uzbekistan. I get it. I love the storylines. It's awesome.

1:07:05Pat McAfee:Oh, no. Don't be sorry. You started war with Australia. I don't know if we need to be. Don't do it with Iraq. I don't know if we need to be too blue. At the moment, if I say the sky's blue, I'm getting heat for it. So, listen, it doesn't matter. But I'll say this, too. It's like the goalkeeper. This is a storyline. The goalkeeper of Cabo Verde. he had, I don't know, a few thousand followers, like 20 ,000 or something, and then he kept a clean sheet against Spain, and now he's got millions of followers, like something like 14 million followers. So I'm like, oh, that's pretty cool. Like, great story.

1:07:34Like, warms the heart. I watched him play the other day. Couldn't catch the football. The ball was going through his hands, and he's knocking it into the polls. So it's like, I get it. But now it's like the appetizer's over. I'm ready for the knockout stage. I want to see the big boys. I want to see some real matchups. Ronaldo scored against Uzbekistan yesterday. There's a point in the game. I got a little heat for a Ronaldo take yesterday too. So I might as well stay there while I'm there. Ronaldo, Pat, you know this because you played the game at a high level. Ronaldo and the second goal, right?

1:08:06Mendes scores the second goal from a free kick, which is a great free kick. The goalkeeper doesn't get it. It's against Uzbekistan. Fine. Ronaldo goes to the crowd and goes to his teammates and starts going like this and starts going, you thought I was going to shoot it. It was his idea. And I tricked you, and I'm a big part of why he was able to score the second goal against Uzbekistan. So it's like, I get it. He wants to score goals. He wants to be part of it. He wants to win. He's a serial winner for sure. But he doesn't have that sort of style factor that Messi has and some of these other guys.

1:08:41So we'll see. He's 41 years old. You've got to take it with a grain of salt. We'll see as the tournament progresses. I think Portugal has a better team than Argentina. but I think the fact that Argentina has Messi makes them a higher up in the books, a higher up favorites in the tournament. So we'll see as the tournament goes on. Still waiting for these big matchups though.

1:08:59Pat McAfee:Okay, so game threes are happening right now. Match day three. Yeah, match day three. There are six games today and then obviously 24 over the next four days. So you can do the math on how many per day, the same obviously. But you're saying that a lot of these teams are ass. Well, then how come Italy didn't get in? I thought it was hard to get into the World Cup. How do we got shite teams? Mega ass. Mega ass, he's saying. You scored against Uzbekistan. How did they get into the World Cup then? Italy didn't even get into the World Cup. Is this like the college football playoff where James Madison gets?

1:09:32Pat McAfee:No offense, James Madison. Tulane. How's this happening? Asian qualifiers. I thought we had the best teams in this tournament as a whole. Every qualifying continent is different. So the European one is obviously going to be the most difficult one because it's where football is played at the highest level. And so Italy got drawn to a group with Norway, obviously Big Holland, who plays for Manchester City. Their goal difference was like plus 32. They beat Italy in an aggregate like 7-1 or something like that. So they smoked them. Italy then had to go through the playoff. They beat Northern Ireland.

1:10:04Then they had to go and play Bosnia away in Bosnia, a difficult game they lost in penalties. So it's very possible in the European one that you don't get through. Brazil, to give you perspective, one of the greatest teams in the history of the World Cup. They have the only team in the world with five World Cups. They had five losses in the qualifying campaign and still were able to make it through. In the European qualifying campaign, you could have one loss and that might be enough to end your hopes at a World Cup. So listen, Italy's got their own problems. They definitely got to figure it out.

1:10:32But yeah, it's very possible that you don't make it. I mean, the U.S. not long ago, a few years back, didn't qualify either. They lost to a group. They printed that today.

1:10:41Pat McAfee:Those days are long, long ago. It's hard to get in. It's hard to get in. That's all I'm saying. It sounds like for some people it is, but for other people, they just kind of get in there. Some people are saying it's Fee Fugazi. Not guitar making. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. And these other teams that are being at the end of punchlines from Grella for starting wars with entire countries. You scored against Uzbekistan. That's what he said, basically. And it's like, well, Italy's sitting at home and Uzbekistan's in a dance. I'd like to see them maybe put up a little bit of a fight. I can't wait to see the knockout rounds and the loss and go home stages.

1:11:13Pat McAfee:mostly because America has a real chance to win it. Go ahead, AJ. Yeah, Grover, are you trying to say that some of these teams may be falling into a false sense of security? They may think they are better than they are because of the opponents they are beating these first couple rounds. A team like Uzbekistan, do they have professional soccer players on their squad? I'm sorry for the ignorant question. Are these guys playing? Where are they playing throughout the world? No, it's a great question, to be honest. Some of these teams, most of the teams do have professional footballers, but not most that are household names or that you would know.

1:11:44And some of them are probably semi-pro as well for some of these teams, like Jordan or whoever. So it's a difficult one. They've got good teams. The coach of Uzbekistan is Kandabato, who's won the World Cup back in 2006, the Italian, and won the Gold Bowl that year as well. So it's just France played Iraq a couple days ago. I swear to you, they didn't sweat. They didn't get out of first gear. They just literally cruise through the match. So I don't know if people like the new format or don't like the new format, but there is a lot of teams. There's probably like 15 teams that don't really belong there.

1:12:19They've gone there for like purely a participation award and the storylines and everything else. So we're starting to move now towards the bigger rounds and the more exciting rounds. And I saw you guys had Tyler Adams on the other day, by the way. So he was an ex-roommate of mine, ex-teammate of mine. And he's a great kid. But why can't, like I said yesterday, why can't the U.S. do something? Now we go. Everyone's like, yeah, but it's not possible. No, but I think it is possible because their bracket is actually really favorable. Their route to the semifinal. And then you've got two games that you've got to win.

1:12:56And they're actually better without the ball than they are with the ball. So if they're playing a better team that's going to have a lot of possession and they go hunt that thing, they have to do with a little more balance, obviously. But if they go hunt that thing, win the ball high up the field, and then go one, two passes and try to create something, you never know. So we'll see. But Tyler Adams, I love him. He's a great guy. I mean, when I first met him, Pat, he was 15 years old. Jesse Marsh, who is the coach of Canada now, brought him in. I'm 12 or 13 years old than I am, and I looked at him, and I just thought, like, who is this guy?

1:13:24Like, where is he going? He was 15, scrawny. And Jesse goes, oh, he's going to train with us this week. He's a good kid, you know, whatever. So we had a couple of bullies in the locker room, a couple of leadership guys. And one of them in particular, I won't name him. He's like always on his ass, always on Tyler's ass, always bullying him. Hey, your hair cuts this, you're this, you're that. So one day after a video meeting, Tyler kicked his ass. He's like 15, 16 years old and he kicked his ass and put him in a chokehold. And then I was like, whoa, I was like, this kid's got some like this kid's got something about him.

1:13:56Like stand up to like one of the main guys in the team and then actually physically kick his ass. I was like, wow. I was like, this kid's going to be legit. And obviously he is very legit. I'm a big fan of Tyler. And I hope he can lead this team to do something special. I really think they can.

1:14:10Pat McAfee:I love that he beat somebody's ass as a 15-year-old. It wasn't Miola. It wasn't Tony Miola. It was not Tony Miola. It was not Jeff Daniels. Tony's across the hall. Tony's across the hall, by the way. And he is an absolute bear. You're not beating Tony Miola up. No one is. No one is. Father Time tried. Tried to get him early. And Tony Miola said, I don't think so, pal. Miola legend. He's alive and well, man. He's one of the best guys in the world. He's alive and well. He's across the hallway right now. Actually, but you go back to the 94 World Cup or whatever the case is, it's like Tony Miola became one of the stars of the United States of America and global power.

1:14:45Pat McAfee:That is what soccer does. Everybody's more interested around the globe. And America becoming great at it is great news for us. Now, there's obviously a powerhouse playing today. Go ahead, Con, man. Because you're wiping tears off your face. I'm sorry. Just the entire vision of it. But yeah, Grela, Scotland, the Tottenham, they're taking on Brazil. Do they have a chance? Thank you for the very out on a limb minus 500 parlay you gave us. We're a little ridiculous. Brazil advances with the winner. But does Scotland, yeah, does Scotland have a chance there or is Brazil going balls to the wall because they need to win?

1:15:20Brazil don't look good. I thought they would look good. Their coach is Carlo Angelotti. He's the most winning coach in the Champions League football. Some would say he's the greatest coach of all time. Obviously, Italian. Used to coach AC Milan. Real Madrid. That's where you would have seen him. He's awesome. Smokes cigars. Hangs out with the boys. He's one of the best. But he hasn't made them look that good. I haven't been impressed with Brazil at all. They're very individual still. They can't defend well. On the flip side, I thought with Scotland, they've got a good spine down their team. They've got Robertson.

1:15:47They've got McTominay, who also plays in Italy. He was the Serie A's MVP last season.

1:15:51Pat McAfee:McTominay, we love that guy. He's a beast. He's a beast. And then they've got McGinn up there, too. but I'm also not impressed with them. But this game's closer than the odds say. The draw actually looks like really good odds on that graphic right now. So we'll see. But the Scottish fans have been the talk of the tournament, man. They've been out drinking. They've been drinking bars dry. They drank three times more than St. Paddy's Day up in Boston, one of the bars said. So they're on fire, man. The vibes are all-time highs for the Tartan Army. Yeah, Scotland's on fire. Yeah, Scotland's on fire.

1:16:30All the chances are happening. They had to bring a Miller Lite barge to the beach in Miami because they were worried about running out of booze.

1:16:37Pat McAfee:Well, we appreciate us kind of getting the job done for these Scots who want to kind of get hammered everywhere they go and celebrate what we got going on. I've loved that with the World Cup coming to America. A lot of these people coming to America for the first time experiencing it. Obviously, the Scotland-Boston relationship is only going to grow. I think they're obviously going to have some sort of partnership. Kraft is now saying he wants to take the Patriots over to Scotland. It's all from this World Cup. You guys in the soccer world talking about it, what is kind of your chatter? This has been an incredible World Cup for the state of soccer.

1:17:07Pat McAfee:Is that how you guys view it? Like how have the super soccer marks kind of viewed what's been happening here in the World Cup in the United States? I got to tell you something. There was a lot of people I think almost hopeful that this thing would be a disaster, that the stadiums wouldn't be ready, that the grass was not going to be great, that the ticket prices, all these different things, it's been pretty good. I mean, and it's delivered in a big way so far. I think the storylines, like I said earlier, they're really good. I think the competition is getting there. We'll see it as the round of 32 kicks off.

1:17:35We'll see it a little bit better. I mean, you go onto your feed, you see Mexicans kissing Koreans outside the stadium. It's just like bringing those sort of combinations together, you just wouldn't see, I think, on a regular day. So there's something magical about it. You know, I get home and the kids are just watching. It's on all day. There's action. We got the Generates in the building here as well, gambling on it all day. It's, again, fake money because it's against company policy. But there's action. There's action in the air. There's magic in the air. And it's just one of the best tournaments that the world gets to see every four years.

1:18:14Pat McAfee:Certainly. And we're lucky to be covering it. We're thankful that you've been stopping by, making us feel smarter and look smarter in it all. How do you feel about Canada, Switzerland today? Big time draw. Big time draw. I play for Jesse. I play for the Canadian coach. And a lot of Americans are not happy with him because he thought he was going to get the U.S. job. He goes to Canada instead, like a little bit of a move on purpose. And then he sings the Canadian national anthem like his great-great-great-grandfather was the Canadian president at one point. So I think it rubs a lot of people the wrong way.

1:18:46But he's a good guy. He's a charismatic guy. He's a good manager. And he plays rock and roll football. He steps on the gas, man. He doesn't care about tactics. He'll go and press the thing. He'll go and – that's why he thought he should probably have the U.S. job because we have an athletic team. But he'll go and press the football today. He's going to go and run all over Switzerland. And I think Switzerland have also a lot of quality. So I think high-scoring game and I think draw. I like the draw in that game.

1:19:11Pat McAfee:Okay. High-scoring draw, 5-5. I was going to say it. Rock and roll football. It scared me a little bit. Yeah, me too. That sounded like Canada was going to ride, especially with. Like 2-2. Like 2-2. High scoring. Okay, we like that. We'll ride with every single one. Boosted to plus 300 if you're 21 plus. And want to pledge that you'll gamble responsibly. Yeah. Ride with us today. All right, Grello. We appreciate the hell out of you, man. Have an incredible run. Thanks, boys. This has been great. I think you've been doing a great job covering soccer. I think soccer world's been showing up in a big way.

1:19:37Pat McAfee:I like Zlatan and Thierry and Alexi Lawless's relationship kind of growing. I wish they'd get off Alexi's back a little bit, for Christ's sake. There is a little bully job going on there, so we'll see. I've gotten the chance to work with all three of them. They're all great. I'll tell you, though, Alexi Lawless has been a constant for soccer. Long time. Whole life. Whole life. Legit. I think every time people do, oh, Alexi's still doing it. And then they move to a different network, and it's like, well, Alexi's still working on it. There he is. it's like almost like he has been like soccer for a lot of people.

1:20:16Pat McAfee:So Zlatan and Thierry Henry show up. These guys are top 10 soccer players in the history of Earth. This guy doesn't know shit. Don't listen to him. It's like, well, we've been listening to him. Yeah, what do you mean? 30 years, bro. This is our guy. Can we fucking maybe have a little respect for Alexi Loss up there? And then you start looking around. Nobody. Yeah, I'm okay with Thierry and Zlatan shitting on him. I mean, that's a different thing. When you got everybody else saying, this guy don't know shit, fuck Galenzi Laws, that's where I draw the line. The thing I'll say is this, and it's probably why I even have a job right now, is perspective is important.

1:20:48I've played at some of the highest level games, I've played at some of the lowest level games, so I think I can get pretty good perspective. Look at it this way when you're watching Fox. You're seeing Thierry Henry, who was one of the greatest players of all time, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic. You're seeing their perspective, which is like the creme de la creme, the best that it gets. And then you're seeing Laws. He was at Milan. What are you trying to say, Brella? I think a half a day. I think he was at Milan for like a couple hours once. You calling him Australia? I don't like money. No, I want no beef.

1:21:18I need a week off from the beef, to be honest. But I think they're all great.

1:21:21Pat McAfee:I think they're all great. Everything has been great. Soccer has been awesome. You're the best, ladies and gentlemen. From CBS Sports Galazzo, Michael Corral. See you, boys. Yeah, Brello. Love it. Uzbekistan, Iraq. He wasn't wrong. He has no respect for any of those teams. I'm sorry. You're celebrating somebody else's goal like it was your goal against fucking Uzbekistan. That's what Grela just said. That's what Grela just said. You know how he set that up. You played this. You understand what this is. This guy was taking credit for somebody else's goal against Uzbekistan. Think about that. He did do that.

1:21:57Pat McAfee:It was hilarious. He probably did it to himself. But I think he was letting people know, like, hey, I'm back. He said it twice. What does Latin say? Like, I don't know where he went somewhere. So I don't know how he can be back. But okay, I guess he's back. They don't get along. That's a pretty good point. Zlatan and Cristiano Ronaldo don't get along. It doesn't feel like they get along very well. I'll tell you what. I've enjoyed learning about a lot of history of a lot of people quickly. I mean, watching the high school highlights of Messi was startling. Sick. And then Umbap, I'm learning a lot about him.

1:22:28Pat McAfee:Hey, a guy can score goals. Yeah. I guess he... Bappy's a dog. He is a dog. He's a bit of a dog. High drama at Real Madrid all season long. That's what Gumpy's been trying to force us into believing because, obviously, he is very pro-Messi at all times. But he's saying Mbapp's got drama. That's what goal scorers do. What kind of drama? What do you mean? What's he mean? There was a rift in the team. There was a split in the squad, basically. Two coaches got fired. He went on a vacation when he said he was hurt. They call him the dictator, actually. All right. So, this is a Messi fan, obviously, having a microphone, trying to continue a narrative potentially about Mbop that we don't know about.

1:23:09Pat McAfee:But what I do know is he had a left boot that was an absolute cracker. Unbelievable. Exactly. Great player, no doubt. Top player, top ends. Absolutely. Just like America has tomorrow as we take on Turkey. Yay! Turkey. Yep. Turkai. That works as well. Ay! Oh, Turkai-ee? Right. Turkai-ee, Turkai-ay. Yeah, I've heard it pronounced both ways. Hey, we're showing a lot of respect to everybody, I think, with the nameplates. Rumor has it that they actually might make them change it back. because they weren't hammered dog shit when they were just turkey. And then now all of a sudden they're turkey and they stink.

1:23:39Pat McAfee:And they fired their coach already. Yeah. And a lot of people were picking them to win the group before the World Cup started. Yeah. And they just – just not a quality side. So maybe turkey not the right move. No. Maybe it's go back to turkey. Yeah. That's what I would say, but I'm not turkey. Okay, let's talk a little football, American football, shall we? Congrats, Kyle Pitts. Three years. Good call. $54 million contract includes$36 million guaranteed. Three years,$36 million guaranteed. Do the math,$12 million a year guaranteed to him. Now, what's the signing bonus? We shall learn over time.

1:24:15Pat McAfee:How much is it a hit against the salary cap? We shall find out. But congrats to Kyle Pitts. You know, obviously at the beginning with Art as the head coach and offense coordinator, we didn't 100 % know what it was going to be like for this guy who was projected to be maybe the next one at the tight end position. We knew he was a Sunday player whenever he was playing on Saturdays. It was very obvious from the body type and everything that he was able to accomplish. Goes to Atlanta, a little bit of turmoil, a little bit of turnover. Grows into this guy who's now getting paid the most ever from a tight end.

1:24:46Pat McAfee:Kittle. Third most ever? Yeah. That's crazy resetting the market of the tight end position. Yeah. Okay, so$12 million a year guaranteed for a guy. $36 total over three years at the tight end position. Tight end university every year, they gather. They do. All these tight ends, they gather. They have a great time, it looks like. Great time. Looks awesome. Did we know Dan and Shay were going to be performing as well? Did not. Did we know Dan and Shay were also going to be performing? I think Luke Holmes was there as well. What? He was at tight ends in France? Yes. Taylor Swift, obviously. Yep. Laney and Duck were there.

1:25:21Pat McAfee:I didn't know that. Mac Jones was putting on a show. Yeah. Yes, he was. Gillis. Yes, he was. Shane was there. Shane looks Bill and Taylor Shane looks unbelievable and I assume he absolutely killed it Will and Taylor I mean it was maybe we should have been going to that I don't think we were invited We were invited I believe I believe we were invited We got the fever right now You might have invited No I think they invited the program They've been very open with all of that because I think they do want to showcase what they're doing for a position On that note, the business side of the position is something that they originally were trying to talk about at tight end university six years ago whenever it was coming together because they're a wide receiver and they're a left tackle.

1:26:07Pat McAfee:Those two have such a higher cap on both of them. How do you kind of judge what it is? He gets paid massively, and I'm happy that he's getting a chance to kind of continue to prove that he is exactly what we thought he was going to be in college, AJ. Yeah, I think Kyle Pitts, like he is a matchup nightmare. When you think of going into a game with him, who do we match up with him? If he's split out in the slot, do you trust the linebacker on him? Do you want a safety on him? It doesn't matter. He's so physically gifted. Yeah, I think he hasn't had any stability, really, at quarterback, has he, in his time there?

1:26:39I feel like it's always been up in the air.

1:26:41Pat McAfee:Stability at quarterback, at coach. I wonder if they've changed even the parking spots every single year. Probably. I assume they have to reassign all of that. He's only 25, too. Like, jeez. And everything we've seen with tight ends, they are, they did a really cool social media video, which a lot of those are happening coming out of tight end university. So many cool social media videos. It was all the tight ends getting off a bus. They all look the exact same. They all had this exact same build, the exact same head, the exact same body. And it's just big, very athletic and very tough. So 25, that's like 35.

1:27:22Pat McAfee:The body types and the humans that become NFL tight ends, I think, are super species of ours. I think they're some of our super species. I genuinely believe that. He's been talked about as that since college. I assume in high school he was also getting talked about like that. We weren't a part of that at that time. So just the thought of Atlanta saying, hey, even though you're with previous regime, previous not great outcome, we'd like to keep you here because anytime there's new people in charge, there's a lack of loyalty to the people that were there before. This is seemingly not the case with him.

1:27:52Pat McAfee:Congrats, Kyle Pitts. Now, let's talk about loyalty. Is San Francisco going to move that practice facility? Why would they do that, Pat? Well, from my understanding, from what I read, they are looking to expand and to have more space, and there isn't as much space here. That's why. They had an independent scientist, science company, come in and investigate the electro substation theory that a lot of people have had buzzing words about. As injuries seemingly were taking place in the electric magnetic substation is sitting right there next to it. Is that a part of the injuries? What happened to all the trees around the electric substation?

1:28:32Pat McAfee:Is there something that could potentially be all right? The 49ers are just looking for other options for their practice facility to have more space. The independent science from my reading said that there is no correlation. between the electric and the... They're lying. I'm just telling you that's what the third-party independent science people did coming out of San Francisco. Because John Lynch said, former player, we'll look into it. We will definitely look into it. He hired, I believe, third-party science company to look into it. They came out and said that there is nothing to it. They are just looking for more space, AJ.

1:29:05Pat McAfee:That's what they're saying. Now, if there's more space on top of another electric sub thing, will they do it? That's the question. I think no, because I think they told the Niners the truth. Like, hey, this is killing your players. But we can't let that out in the public because then there'll be so many lawsuits around everyone living around all these substations. So we're going to say that it's no issue at all. But you guys should definitely move your practice. Allegedly, possibly. Allegedly, possibly, I think. A thing that maybe happened in a movie that you are living in. Big time movie. Yeah, certainly a movie possibility that you were talking about there.

1:29:38Pat McAfee:But that is not what they said. The independent party did the research, said no correlation. Yeah. So why move it? Because they want more space. They're sick of answering questions about it. That's part of it, I would guess, too. The players, coaches, GM, everybody doesn't want to continue to answer questions. And if it's no stone left unturned, if there was an abnormality with your building versus everybody else's building, I think you would want to fix that. But you would certainly want more room and space, too. Absolutely. If you didn't really have that. Shout out to Grella joining us, talking about World Cup fever.

1:30:08Pat McAfee:Let's stay in football. Buffalo Bills' new stadium, incredible. Yeah, it's actually. Well done. Pegula and the Buffalo Bills ownership cut the ribbon on the new stadium. And as they zoomed out in the drone, you really wondered, are they going to be able to get it right? Are they going to be able to get it right? Yes. Standard UFO design of the modern stadiums. But as you see, there is an opening in the middle. A lot of coverage for fans if there was to be a massive snowstorm. But we're not going to get rid of the vibe and environment of a snow game in Buffalo. Need to have that throughout the history of ball.

1:30:44Pat McAfee:Just right across the street from the Ralph sits the new Highmark Stadium. And with what they did with the bison out front, the way this looks, the way they've unveiled it, the way it's rolled out, I love what they did up there. I can't wait to see if the Buffalo Bills can win them a Super Bowl for this new stadium. I can't wait to see if Josh Allen's able to get the job done and you see one of them bison out front actually wearing a brand-new ring around it. That would be obviously the goal. That would be the dream. Those fans showed up in a big way for this team for a long time. and I love that they're getting rewarded for it, AJ, and that place looks spectacular.

1:31:16Yeah, it does look, it looks amazing. It's funny you say, like, standard spaceship-type building. It's true. Like, you think of, what, Arizona, that standard spaceship. Even their newest Soldier Field has a bit of a spaceship-type. Are they trying to tell us something? Is this some weird kind of thing going on with everything else surrounding, you know, what's going on in the world?

1:31:35Pat McAfee:Allegiant Stadium is certainly a UFO. I mean, there is a lot of those futuristic-type. I think SoFi, you could say, was designed from the future. It's like modern technology, modern engineering, modern structure, maybe modern science tells us that this is the best way to build one where you can maximize whatever the hell you're trying to maximize in there. Sound. Nowadays, Wi-Fi. Yes. Need comfort in there. Need hospitality. Need to be able to serve food to people. Need to be able to get in and out of there. But obviously also need to be loud. I enjoyed hearing Tyler Adams, member of the U.S. Men's national team, say that Seattle Seahawks Stadium was the loudest he's ever been a part of.

1:32:14Pat McAfee:And it's like, well, they built that place. Yes, they did. To be loud. I assume Buffalo did the same. I think these hanger-overs things are going to be really, really loud, and that's by design. Yeah, I know they did that for design for noise, as well as when it does snow, that it will keep a lot of the fans protected from snow. Then also the wind. I know they designed it to, like, when, what was that, a few years ago, when it was 80-mile-an-hour winds. It was them and the Patriots, and there was just no way anyone could score at all. I think it was 3-0 maybe the Patriots won. But, yeah, I know it was designed for the noise, the snow to cover the fans, and then the wind to protect the wind so that they can actually play actual football without doing an indoor stadium.

1:32:54Pat McAfee:And the bison intimidating everybody. They're going to have lights on that with smoke coming out the nose. It would be cool. Spooky. They don't need the wind one. They do. They absolutely do. They do. Tell Andres Cantor yesterday. Absolutely. I don't think they ever have. Yeah. You tell me. Quarterback never wins Super Bowl. He's the greatest. I don't know. I don't know. You guys do it. You know better than me. I don't know. What an answer. I don't know. Messi's got one, if you're wondering. That was basically what he said. Josh Allen is going to be judged about that forever. Oh, yeah. Oh, no.

1:33:29Pat McAfee:Oh, you're in the Patrick Mahomes era. That's cool. How many did he win? Oh, sweet. What did you? Oh, you guys got to. Or at least, I mean, you have to win one, but they at least got to get to one. And Bean knows that too. Yeah. I mean, now they moved on from McDermott. Obviously got a new head coach in Joe Brady. He's obviously offensive coordinator, offensive guru, offensive whiz kid. Potentially a head coach in the NFL when he was like 32. That was years ago. Now he's getting an opportunity to be the head coach. Feels like Bean and him are on the same page. They got a brand new stadium. Hold the phone.

1:33:56Pat McAfee:Is it the Buffalo Bills time? Or are they still in the New England Patriots division and all of a sudden the big bad wolf up there in Foxborough has a squad again? They are now. They had their window. They had their chance. They had their home AFC title games that they blew and lost, and they had their away AFC title games that they blew and lost, both of which New England Patriots have gotten done. But you just said it there. You just need to win one. Look at the guys during the Brady era. Flacco, Big Ben, Breeze, Payton. They all at least got one. And think about how differently you view them than Phillip Rivers.

1:34:29That never got one and was basically chasing that the entire time.

1:34:33Pat McAfee:That's a heartbreak. because we love Phil Rivers, but that's real, though. That is a very real thing. And Josh knows that. He's got another 20 years left, too. Big farmer body's taking care of himself. Obviously, you would hope that at some point he'd be able to get it, but you never know. Burrow's in the same exact conversation, too. Even Breeze getting one during that time frame was huge for him. Like, you've got to get one. Good luck, everybody. Joe, Lamar, Josh, Daniel Jones. Well. Drake. Lamar's never won one? All right. Tony. Tony. He's been to one, right? Speaking of guys who blew home AMC title chances.

1:35:11Pat McAfee:What's everybody's problem right now? It's a positive thing. Hey, come on. It's 2-24. I just want to watch soccer. Yeah. Little cup of hands up.

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1:36:23Pat McAfee:Also happening June 24th The magic of the summer is obviously baseball MLB is happening And we're right around the corner from MLB All-Star break Now what is the All-Star break? Well it's a home run derby on Monday And it's a red carpet on Tuesday It's an All-Star game on Tuesday night And then the ESPYs is the next day So you're talking about like a hell of a week Hell of a spectacle And ladies and gentlemen a man that should be a part of all of it Second baseman from the Milwaukee Brewers. A man who was on Team USA. We appreciate the hell out of him. He once won a platinum glove. You know what that means, AJ?

1:36:57Pat McAfee:You know what that means? What is it? Tell me. Can you tell me about it? So I guess there's a gold glove like team. Like every position has a gold glover. Like, hey, this guy, unbelievable second baseman, third baseman, shortstop, first baseman. Everybody gets gold glove. You are the one playing defense. That's the best. and then out of all the positions one person gets platinum this fucker did it ladies and gentlemen bryce terrain

1:37:28Pat McAfee:hey what's up guys is that an accurate description is that an accurate descriptor of the platinum glove i just wanted to make sure everybody understood the importance and the levels to this shit yeah um they pick a winner from the gold gloves to win the platinum that's correct are we going to do that again are we getting another platinum obviously you have one in the office at the moment how do we feel about this year's uh defense how do we feel about the brewers and how do we feel heading into the all-star break here uh just a couple weeks away oh we feel great um you know with some of our starting pitchers um striking out the world it's kind of it's kind of hard to get some some good defensive numbers not getting very much opportunities But, man, we feel good.

1:38:13It's been a great time. This season's been fun. We got a lot of young guys who are competing and wanting to win. And, yeah, we just got to keep it going.

1:38:22Pat McAfee:Kenny, tell me about coming out of the World Baseball Classic. Obviously, you're on Team USA. The boys got a chance to watch you guys take Fungo. Yeah, infield. Fungo, infield. And they said it was the greatest thing they've ever seen. Now, I obviously was not able to see it because I was inside speaking about the potentials of a lockout and how this whole thing's going to go with upper management of MLB, which I was grateful for the information. Kind of scared me a little bit, but I heard I missed a fucking show. You did. I heard I missed an absolute show. At the World Baseball Classic, how much are you guys sharing info?

1:38:53Pat McAfee:How much are you chit-chatting about it? How much are you learning? And how do you think that kind of either propelled you into the season or maybe had an interesting start to the season for you? a lot i mean for me it was just learning guys routines and how they go about their business you know what makes these guys so great um i mean having conversation with some of the best players in the world um and just figuring out what makes them go what makes them do their stuff and majority of it was preparing for the game i mean i could sit there and watch watch these guys prepare for the game and learn um there's always something new to learn all the time.

1:39:33Those guys are so great to me. Any question I had, they answered it. But yeah, for sure, I think for me, the most was the preparation for the game that these guys took and what it takes to be the best in the world was cool to see.

1:39:50Pat McAfee:Okay, quick question. Before the boys have their questions for you, Bryce, we appreciate you taking your time. When I'm feeling old there, I watch a video where i need to maybe let that thing hit off of this palm and then it hits off of this palm and then i'm back here real quick i believe it's like a little shot a bump back and i'm timing that thing you know i'm getting out there what do i need to think if i want to be a platinum glove member one time we don't know yet okay i got i'm on a lot of science i don't know how the testing is i've heard about your testing in the past but i don't know what your testing is right now but let's say i wanted or i was a little child maybe a high schooler what's the number one thing i need to think about Is it my feet?

1:40:27Pat McAfee:Is it my hands? Is it my cat? What do you think is the number one thing to play in defense and baseball and becoming a potential platinum Glover? Yeah, 100 % your feet. Your footwork is what makes you look good. It's what makes you look smooth and gets you in the right position to field the ball. And then you worry about that stuff later and then making the throw. I mean, the accuracy is a big part of it. We always say you can make a million-dollar play in a 10-cent throw. So no matter how nice a play you make, you got to throw – you got to put a good throw on it or else he's going to be safe.

1:41:01So it doesn't count anyways. But definitely your footwork and then, you know, that stuff gets you in the right position to make a good play.

1:41:11Pat McAfee:Golly, so many games. So many. I'm thinking about my boy, my baby boy, Midas. You know, he might have some good feet. He might have some good hands. And I'm just thinking about spending all summer out there. I mean, I'm getting tomatoed. Think about how red I'm going to get out there. I'm going to have to roll up the sleeves, do the entire thing, and I'm going to have to tell them, hey, you've got to get your fucking feet loose and brass terrain, platinum glove holder, say you've got to fucking do this thing. Hey, a million-dollar play, 10-set throw, get your fucking ass into the bullpen there, pal.

1:41:36Pat McAfee:Yeah, I love you guys' sport. I do, but the athleticism in the infield, especially trying to turn the play, is spectacular to watch, and massive respect for the web gems happening all over the place. AJ has a question for you, Bryce. Yeah, Bryce, you talked about the prep from, like, all the greatest players that you were around at the World Baseball Classic. Is there anything that you have implemented into your pregame routine or during the game that you learned from some of these greats at the World Baseball Classic? Yeah, I mean, just the reps that they take, I mean, every single one is like, they're not just out there just doing it.

1:42:11It's every single rep is to get better, and every swing they take is for a reason. Every drill they do is for a reason. And for me, I mean, I was a guy who worked out after the games. And then I went to the WBC and I was talking to some of the guys and they're like, do a little bit every day before the game, kind of put it part of your activation. And so I started doing that. So I started picking up on that. And then just seeing how each individual rep matters so much more than taking so many.

1:42:45Pat McAfee:You hear that glove pop there a little bit, huh, Bryce? Yeah, I do. That's a million-dollar throw right there. Yeah, that's right. Can't be 10-6. Throw one to the net. Throw one to the middle of the net. What are you talking about? I found my – You got it. I found my – Yeah, you found your arm slot. Found my arm slot. Dennis Eckersley, yeah. There you go. Bryce, I was trying to do this one here, you know, and I was trying to do this one here. I couldn't throw a strike. And then I realized I take that thing a little bit down to like 3 o 'clock. About 3 o 'clock. For the sidearm guy. Right there, yeah.

1:43:14Yeah. I saw the at-bats that you had against Kershaw. and hey yeah i i see it i see it it's there

1:43:27Pat McAfee:boom thank you okay i'm happy to hear that because i think i hit it so poorly to the left that second base shortstop stumble infield single for sure and i make it on base i'm stealing obviously because clayton's doing the full fucking yep and i already he already got that one figured out you know he did hit me with a curve and that was certainly something it was a uh it was certainly a fascinating thing to learn about baseball and what it looks like coming through because kershaw obviously at end he retired he literally was retired and just seeing the amount of movement on that ball it's like holy hell you don't really feel it until you're in there and understand it so much respect for what you guys do actually how long the season is crazy to me i don't know why we're doing that but i respect it i like that we're doing all that and it feels like there's a player on your team that is doing something that's defying all odds due to how long a season is in the position that he is.

1:44:19Pat McAfee:Go ahead, Tom. Yeah, Bryce, you talked about earlier about your guys, your pitchers, striking guys out, so not a lot of plays to be made behind them. Specifically, Miz, Mizorasky, who came onto the scene. We talked to him last year at the All-Star Game. Some people were pissed he was at the All-Star Game because he only had like five starts. Those people were wrong because now he's got a full season under his belt and he's throwing 105 every single pitch and striking everyone out. How crazy is it what he's doing on the mound? And seriously, how hard is it to I don't want to stay focused, but say not get engaged behind him because you know it's rare that someone's going to be putting one in play.

1:44:56Dude, it's honestly impressive to watch. I mean, I've seen it from behind second base for a while now. I haven't even missed him one time. Yeah, it's impressive. I mean, that fastball gets on you quick. um not much time to really react there but um yeah just stay locked into those games um when he's pitching you got to really tell yourself like hey at any given time a ball can be hit so just saying yeah trying your best to stay locked in i mean it's dude it's fun watching him pitch especially from behind him seeing seeing that fastball is it's electric for sure and he gets

1:45:37Pat McAfee:throwing gas yeah so let's talk about the gas that he's throwing and where you're standing and obviously you can get caught understanding that they're never going to be able to hit this guy but that's coming to you faster than ever right if the ball is getting pitched faster than ever then in theory right that ball is potentially coming to you guys faster than ever is that an accurate depiction of that and in your position what is the fear face like what is the for you guys you're standing very close to to very hard balls traveling very fast and if a guy's pitching 105 miles an hour i assume it's coming off the bat not that it is often but it's coming off fast if they do is that worry for infield like how do you is that something that we need to watch more how often is that something you're thinking about there's definitely certain guys that step up to the plate that you're like this guy could hit a ball at me at 120 miles an hour and at that point you're just reacting you're just trying to put a glove on it um you know but i would say for me not necessarily because i'm a little bit deeper but like when a first baseman is holding a runner on and they got a left-handed hitter who can hit the ball hard and they're kind of standard they're just hoping that they don't get a ball hit down their throat so um that's yeah i can see that that's a that's a reaction that's definitely a reaction thing for those guys i got a little more time you know i'm a little further back but um some of those first basements or third basements who were playing in and you got uh you got guys like o 'neal cruz hitting and you're like this this ball might get hit really hard so it's definitely a thought and yeah you do you definitely worry about your teeth you still want your teeth but yeah hockey guys they're cool with the teeth disappearing you got you have no feeling in your hands because like my uh my fingies you know whenever we're whenever my fingies inside the little i don't know if there's enough padding in mine or where my hand was but it felt like my fingies really hurt there for you just numb hands like do you guys just have numb hands uh no to answer your question though um i've definitely have gotten hit and i've caught in a ball and you you'll get a bruise in your bruise in the palm of your hand for a couple weeks if you get it in a good spot yeah well the good news is you don't need that ever right in baseball you don't need your hand at all that doesn't sound Do you have a tat on the outside of your hand there?

1:48:04Yeah, I got this tattoo, and I got the other side, too.

1:48:10Pat McAfee:Okay, are you a switch hitter? I don't know. Do you hit from both sides? Do you need to see some ink on your hand before you go into a batter's box? When did we do the hand tattoo? I did the hand tattoos when I was, oh, man, maybe 22. I did my arms, and then I kind of started creeping down into my hands. did like one hand tattoo and then i was like you know what i'm just gonna go for it um i enjoy i like them so um but i wear batting gloves when i hit so i don't see them anyways i wish you might see through top there yeah yeah for the compass and the moon is that what it is we're looking at directions we're looking up at the sky what are we doing yeah exactly now i got my mom's eye on my left hand i got the the moon there's a there's a song called so will i and that's kind of the theme of my right arm uh tattoos so i enjoy my tattoos i like them people are like you're gonna regret them i'm like uh that's right no they look sick yeah you always look cool yeah you always you need to know that so why is that song about just being like the best glove in the world like so why i guess oh no no okay i know it's uh it's a it's a christian song that i uh that i really like.

1:49:24Pat McAfee:Come on. I enjoy the hell out of that. Thank you for the knowledge and thank you for looking sweet out there. We do need see-through gloves, though, so we can see the entire story. There you go. Bare hands. Jason Kendall. Jason Kendall did it. Choke up. Choke up. Bare hands. You guys are pitching 105 right now. Ty has a question for you, Bryce. Yeah, Bryce, I don't know if you've seen it, but I know you won the Platinum Glove. A lot of guys right now are actually playing second base with lollipops in, so maybe that might be something you kind of run with for the rest of the season, maybe help protect those teeth as well.

1:50:00But when you look at your team as a whole, do you feel like this is kind of the year? You guys are obviously very under the radar when it comes to the NL. All anyone talks about is either the Dodgers or the Mets, the Phillies, I guess. But then after what you did last year, I'm hoping, and I know you don't have anything to do with this, but I'm hoping you guys are going to go get Scoobal at the trade deadline, even if you don't re-sign him this year, but a one-two punch of him and Miz, with how well you've been playing and how well you guys played last year, is the belief there in the clubhouse that nobody else really believes in us being in Milwaukee, but we know come October we are going to be one of the toughest outs in baseball?

1:50:44I mean, we have really good guys who have totally bought into the type of player they are and bought into the type of team that we are and scoring in every aspect of the game or you know pitching well playing good defense base running so we got a lot of guys who bought into that and I mean it's great dude we got we're very confident in our team and what we got and we're we're confident in each other and trusting each other so that goes a far away yeah dude I mean it's been fun it's been a really good time and we just got to go out there and compete keep playing well

1:51:23Pat McAfee:you guys popping mitts over there on daily like when do we pop mitts during the season when do we just kind of like in the clubhouse you guys just picking up a mitt and just say hey how you doing just kind of spinning it just kind of doing one of those you guys just popping mitts just kind of whoa see that pop right up there just big stretch got both fingers outside I heard this is what we're doing it for pros oh yeah that's what we're doing for pros sorry two fingers two fingers no certainly not who told you i'm tired of my pointer being all bruised up okay i'm tired of it and getting bruised up in here i'm done with it i'm putting it out there two fingers out why two oh just go ahead you could just move your finger over so put it out and then just move it over a little bit and They'll help you out.

1:52:09Or you don't put your hand as deep into the glove as you got it in there.

1:52:14Pat McAfee:Oh, so you're saying we need to have a little casual, a little looser. Okay, but what if I lose the thing? Yeah. Yeah, we're probably... A little looser. Okay, all right, we'll see. Voting for All-Star ends tomorrow at noon. This man obviously deserves to be over in Philadelphia representing not only the Brewers but all of baseball. We appreciate the hell out of you, Bryce. Thank you for joining us, brother. Hey, thank you. No, it's good to have a conversation. I remember you. my brother-in-law punts for the commanders and i remember you way before doing video clips and we send them in our family group chat and we'd all just be dying laughing great time legend by the way an absolute legend in this entire thing and uh yeah he's always been so cool and kind to me when he he potentially is going to go down as a goat whenever it's all said and done with how long he's been in there so massive respect for your family and thank you bryce for joining us You're a legend, brother.

1:53:04Yeah, heck yeah. Thanks for having me.

1:53:06Pat McAfee:Watch this. This one. Good time. Watch this. Uh-oh. Check this shit out. Turn two. Turn two. Yeah, here you go. Yeah, here you go. Two at a time? No. Fair. Not bad. There it is. Okay. All right. One more. Hey, that was the 10-10 throw we were talking about. Yeah. Jeez, we'll see, actually. We just got that wall in. He just pulled the first baseman off the bag. He made the tag. Might be more than 10 cents. Need first baseman to make a play. Yeah, he did. Irish thing. What is that? Uh-huh.

1:53:46Oh! Oh, my God. That thing fucking shattered into a thousand pieces. Oh, jeez. That was awesome. Son of a gun. Do one more. Do one more. Ah. I don't know. You guys get a good shot. Because that thing exploded. Oh, my God.

1:54:06Pat McAfee:You can zoom out. You can zoom out of that. I believe that is a hilarious letter. Son of a gun. Oh, yeah. That's the letter. Yeah, it is. All right. Vote for Bryce. All right, Bryce. I need to take a little bit better coaching next time. Yeah, Bryce.

1:54:26Pat McAfee:I think I know what my miss is. Yeah. It has always been. Right there to the right. Armside. Hi. Haven't heard glass break like that since AT &T Stadium. Stone cold. All right. That was fucking awesome. Dead center. Did I turn? I don't know if I turned too long. No, that was narrow. That went into the dugout. Maybe hit the batter right in the face. Sports center's next. It'll be so much better than this. Goodbye. That was good sound. I'm one of our best. That thing exploded. Dead center. Yeah. I mean, it was this far away. AJ, did you hear that come through? Oh, yeah. I heard it loud and clear.

1:55:06I feel great about the draw now. I feel great about the draw now. Are we? Yeah, I feel great about it. That was the thank you letter that AJ wrote us?

1:55:14Pat McAfee:Yeah, that's exactly what that was. Very kind of him to do that. We appreciate that. Okay, let's see if the soccer thing can do a little different. Obviously, we are on Canada-Switzerland draw team ride. Yep. When does his game start? 3 o 'clock? 3 o 'clock. 2 at 3, 2 at 6, 2 at 10. nine, excuse me. There's a psychic that says that maybe an alien or a UFO shows up today, AJ, so maybe your dream comes true. If you're 21 plus and want to team ride with us, we're doing draw a can in Switzerland. Angrella thinks it's maybe 223344. Yeah, exactly. Could be exciting. You know, an exciting, riveting draw is really something that soccer has and nobody else has.

1:55:50Pat McAfee:Absolutely. I mean, he said it. Rock and roll football coming right down your throat. Eric Cain. Fuck Eric Cain. Yeah, is he going home? They put him on a ship? We know a lot about ships, don't we? I'll tell you what, up to something, season's in an interesting place right now. Jams. Jams. Nice job, Jams. Jams. Love Jams. Absolutely love Jams. AJ, what are you, what is, are you okay? Yeah, what happened? Well, your face just to us celebrating Jams as if you don't fully understand that Jams is the greatest peanut butter and jelly that you can possibly find. available nationwide, Target and Walmart.

1:56:30Pat McAfee:Boom. And also, GoPuff. Is that something right? Yep, yep. Normally, you can find it on there as well, AJ. And it sounds like maybe with your reaction, you don't fully understand how pumped we are about being a part of a PB &J that can maybe change the entire world, AJ. I don't know if he gets it over there. AJ and the J should stand for jams, but it sounds like he's not jamming. Yeah, A should stand for always. Jamming. So he's always jams, potentially. Jamming? You're not jamming? Is this like, are we building into some big thing you're about to do? Is that what's happening? Yeah, something big's coming, I would say.

1:57:05I mean, like right now, this moment, like big presentation. Are you going to turn two again or something?

1:57:09Pat McAfee:No, I was going to wait until that soccer ball kind of just ran itself over here, but it appears that it is not going to do that. So that was just a little bit of a feel. But we do have a replay on turning two with Bryce Terang, a platinum glove. Yep, go ahead. Remember Irish, which is the whole thing? Oh! Okay, let's go back. Let's go back. Let's go back. It does appear as if everybody heard the sound. It's very loud. Loud and clear. That was real glass. That was real glass. Gordino's got you on the ball. Go ahead and turn one, turn two. Okay, get down. Oh! Dead squares right in the center. Yeah.

1:57:50I mean, what was I aiming for?

1:57:52Pat McAfee:You'll never know. You were aiming for that all the time. That is my miss. Is that a letter from a Dalai Lama or something? Yeah, it was an important letter. It was a fun letter. Yeah. A Dalai Lama. We'll just reframe it. It was right over the water fountain. You know, we wanted to see it. Exactly. Actually, water fountain gets used a lot more than people could imagine. You know, back in high school, it used to be a big-time water fountain lover. Huge. Every break? I love a water fountain. You know, you get those little small water fountains, you hate it. Come on. Come on. You're like licking out of the hole.

1:58:17Yeah, it's fine. You still did it, though.

1:58:18Pat McAfee:Yeah, you definitely did it. But you know, everybody else had to do it, too. so everybody was doing that. We're kind of a puppet to those water fountains, but we definitely did it as well. When you found a good... I'm better. I'm better. The whole team's waiting behind you, though, so you've got to be a good teammate, not stay there too long because you only have a 30-second break. Those are so good. So much fun. Get that in there. Nice and cool. We have one of those. We have like a medium one, not a super-duper one that's going to become super distracting and a little slippy all over the place.

1:58:52Pat McAfee:Just pretty good solid. And then also the bottle fill one. It has a taste to it. It does a little bit. This water here? Like metal or what? No, I would say it's metallic-y. I love drinking out of a hose growing up. Yeah, exactly. Still growing up. I mean, I'm not around the hose just kind of running as much as I was maybe in the younger days. But I'll tell you, if I find one, it's a hot day, and there's a hose with water running through it, I'll drink it. Yeah, I'll take a swig. I'll drink it. It's always cold. Probably should keep an eye on that, though, because there is a good chance that Tago eats like a handful of glass.

1:59:26Because he's always... And he wouldn't even think twice about it. That's what I'm saying. Like, his mouth will be bleeding. Might actually help his brain. Yeah. Come on. He would just keep chewing and drinking it and just have no idea that was happening.

1:59:36Pat McAfee:The crunchy glass is pretty good. Yeah, he'll make a comparison to maybe like Newport. You remember Newport was allegedly putting glass inside of its stuff to cut it open so it could get into your veins? He's going to say he did that with his water. where he put a little short of glass so he could get into his bloodstream. Talk what I've been figured out, I think. Might be his Joker arc, perhaps? You don't get enough credit for employing the people that you do. Thank you. Thank you. I think about that a lot. Me too. Things happen, and I go, where else? Just for a living. That's true. For a living.

2:00:08Pat McAfee:What would it be? I don't know. That's for all of us, and we're lucky for it, aren't we? Oh, yeah. Come on. Yes, ladies and gentlemen. This is for$50 ,000. Boom. To who? Potentially you. Tell them, AJ. Yep. If you drain this, 50K to you. One of the lucky people out there. Oh, not one. No, no, no. A charity. Hoggle. Hoggle. Walk it back. Hoggle. Walk it back. Probably like 100 winners of$500 because tax purposes, obviously, under$500. You got to let them know where you could be paid at, too. Yeah, we need that. Digitally. You need to repost this video. And then you also need to do that with saying something nice to somebody.

2:00:54Pat McAfee:Yeah. Anybody. Yep. Summer should be easy. Yeah, a lot of good vibes. Then put the easiest way to pay you, and then you could be randomly selected potentially to win$500. 500 bones. Of a total of$50 ,000. Thank you for doing that, AJ. Good work. Is it easier to say something nice to somebody in the summer than the winter? Am I missing something? Overall, I love the win. Steelers aren't ruining my life. Well, the Steelers certainly can bring it down. Your team can certainly ruin your life in the fall. But seasonal depression, I think, is like a scientifically proven thing. Yeah, the sun is good.

2:01:31I agree.

2:01:32Pat McAfee:But obviously, what you're saying is, we can't let that beat us. Yeah, oh boo hoo. Oh, you're saying be mean all the time. AJ's saying be nice all the time. Be nicer in the winter. Yeah. Why not enjoy it? All your pretty little bees. Let's see what happens to them in the winter. The Hawkeye? They go underground. They're preparing right now, Tone. You know that. How is the Hawkeye doing right now? It's doing great. Just letting them, you know, trying to stay as hands-off as I can. You don't do anything for these fucking things. You say that every single time. They're doing great. They're doing great.

2:02:06I'm just pretty hands-off letting them do what they got to do. That's what you say every single time. And then he says, you know that. I can't bring the nectar for them. I can't go out and collect pollen and nectar for them. They are already doing that on their own. It sounds like this whole rig of a row stinks. You should just take that beehive and go throw it in the river or something. No, he's going to get honey after this thing. They'll live through that.

2:02:25Pat McAfee:Okay, so what have you had to do other than just kind of collect them? Have you found the queen? Have we marked the queen? I have not, but I've done a lot of it. So I'm going to get in there probably tomorrow, actually. No, like, I've talked to many people. The pattern and everything going on, it's even like they say, don't worry. Like, this is a great pattern, what they're doing. and they're very calm as well. I go out there without my suit on and kind of replenish their sugar water and everything and just peek at them. Everything's going great. But I'm going to be inspecting again probably tomorrow or the next day where I'm going to at least put the top of the suit on, the headpiece, and get in there and maybe even find that queen and mark her.

2:02:58Pat McAfee:Okay, so you are potentially snooping around for the queen, but we're not investing real time for the queen at this point. If you happen to see her, that'd be great news. You'd like to mark her, but if you don't, it's not a big deal. How long can you go without knowing who the queen is? because I thought the beehive needs a queen bee, I thought. Pretty important. Oh, yeah. Well, there's all kind of different situations that could be happening. Like there's queens that have not made their mating flight yet. There's virgin-laying queens. You just got to make sure they got eggs in there. The queen is laying eggs in there and taking care of those eggs.

2:03:26That's what we're trying to do.

2:03:27Pat McAfee:Good luck finding your queen. When do you get honey? Oh, not for a long time. I mean, eventually, but that's the thing. There's already capped honey in there that they have produced, but that's for them. That's for them over the wintertime. They need to store it. War chest. When do we get our honey? Yeah, when's human honey? When's not the war chest honey? Do we have to wait for that? I don't know. I mean, yeah, for sure. I think after the winter and after they come through it stronger and better than ever, then I'll think about harvesting some honey. Have you seen the Jerry Seinfeld B movie? I actually did see it recently.

2:03:59I did. It's a great movie. Really good.

2:04:00Pat McAfee:Very good movie. I think so, too. I learned a lot about the piece. I respect what they got going on in there. Paul and his problem, though. They should make a second one. They probably will. I hope Jerry does. I hope he has Tracy Morgan in there, too. Can we get Tracy Morgan in everything, by the way? Has anybody heard from him since the Knicks have won? Nah, he's pretty jacked up, though. I saw him at the parade. Did you? Yeah, he was there. How's Statue of Liberty? Pregnant? Yeah. Well, actually, that night. Yeah, they've lost that thing. No, I'm saying since then. But yeah, since then, yes.

2:04:33Pat McAfee:AJ, tell them. Oh, yeah. Multiple people, maybe like$500 a person. If you make this kick, this drop kick into the hoop,$50 ,000 will be going to people. But you got to post this clip, say something nice about somebody, which is much easier in the summertime, I am learning, than the winter. The sun will help with that. And then tell us how we can pay you. Well said. My God. Nailed it. And you can't take cash. This guy knows. Put it home. Yeah, that's pretty good. Yeah, pretty good. No brain trauma there. Good blow. Good touch. We knew it. Good blow. Good touch. Wow. Didn't even bank it either. That was awesome.

2:05:18Pat McAfee:Wow. That was pure. Holy shit. Beautiful. I love what we did there. There you go. We got World Cup fever. And now some people got some winnings, it appears. Yeah. Nice little summer retreat here. Yeah. See? Summer. What a bull. What a touch. What a touch. I mean, replay here. A little slow-mo. Go back to the beginning there. I mean, I'm going to celebrate this for real because I'll tell you, I thought I was never going to make it. AJ Hawk delivered such a great intro there. Yeah. Had to celebrate it. How could you not? You've been all around it. Brand new Air Forces, by the way. Crispy, some would say.

2:06:00Pat McAfee:Don't scuff them. I'll try not to. Splash. Was that with the inside of your foot? Is that how you should kick that? For that type of shot, yeah. Up to you, right? That is what I chose to do. I assume somebody else would do something differently that was better at soccer than me, but I'll tell you what,$50 ,000. Drained it. Gone to 100 different people in$500 increments. We can't wait to celebrate you, celebrate summer, celebrate soccer, celebrate the World Cup, celebrate life in sports being the greatest thing of all time. Be your friend. Tell a friend something nice. It might change your life.

2:06:32Pat McAfee:We're in this thing together. All you got to do is repost this video, say something nice to somebody, and put the easiest way to pay you digitally, and you might be randomly selected to be one of the 100 winners of$500. Maybe Team Ride with us as well. Yeah, maybe Team Ride with us. Definitely. Yeah. Draw. Canada, Switzerland, draw here in about 52 minutes. Nah. We think soccer's going to happen. If you're 21 plus and you pledge to do this responsibly with us, we'd love to Team Ride. draw Canada, Switzerland. Soccer might happen. Boosted to plus 300. You've got to opt in and then utilize it whenever you're making your bet.

2:07:01Pat McAfee:Shout out to DraftKings. Shout out to all of you. Shout out to footy there. Yeah. Let's go. Great ball. Great touch. Be a friend. Tell a friend something nice. It might change your life. We're in this thing together. Team on me. Team on three. We can't thank all of you. Enough. We love you. Thank you. We'll see you. tomorrow team on me team on three one two three three goodbye the right window treatments change everything your sleep your privacy the way every room looks and feels at blinds.com we've spent 30 years making it surprisingly simple to get exactly what your home needs we've covered over 25 million windows and have 50 000 five-star reviews to prove we deliver whether you diy it or want a pro to handle everything from measure to install we have you covered real design professionals.

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