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Nightcap - Hour 1: Ja Morant's Gun gesture, Giannis makes history, Lou Williams two girlfriends at games
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Brendan Patrick Hughes
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J. Edgar Hoover
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Mel Reid
He was out of his mind and he wanted to bring the Catholic left to its knees.
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Brendan Patrick Hughes
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Mel Reid
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Mel Reid
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J. Edgar Hoover
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J. Edgar Hoover
Man. You know who he beat?
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Mel Reid
Beat the Heat. Joe, if you could. If you look as a veteran playing 17, 18 years in this league, if you had an opportunity to sit down with Ja and impart some wisdom upon him. What would you tell him?
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Ocho Cinco
I tell him, ja, come, come. Come spend some time with me. Come get in this hot yoga room and we gonna zap all that little you. It ain't gonna be none of them.
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Mel Reid
Ain't.
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Ocho Cinco
We ain't gonna be fine no more. Them girls we go, we gonna get you right? But I think that's kind of what the NBA is lacking, honestly, that veteran presence that can help these young guys. Because nowadays you got guys getting drafted and they go on the teams and. And. And Ja is the guy who they.
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Mel Reid
Looking up to 24.
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Ocho Cinco
He's 23, 24. And these are the guys who, you know, your young guys are looking up to and emulating and want to be like. So I think you gotta have older guys in there, man, who can really teach these dudes the ropes, show them how to be pros on and off the floor.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Yes, sir.
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Ocho Cinco
Yeah.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Hey, Joe, do you think, obviously, you think about players like that, that are young, like a job, and some of the other players that. Around the league, do you think trying to tone down some of the. Some of the mannerisms, some of the extracurricular activity and things they like to do on the court, do you think that it will take away from their game and what makes them. Them being that he's so young and he can resonate with the rest of the youth, you think that'll take away some of that. Some of that would make Ja. Ja in general?
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Ocho Cinco
Yeah. No, I love it. I know they probably gonna try to ban some of the stuff, but I love the antics and the celebrations and things. I think that's kind of what makes the game. That's what fans love to see. It's just like in football when guys score, they love to see the dancing and teams come together, the good camaraderie of teams and fans enjoy watching that. You know, they don't want to just see a boring game. They want to see the excitement that comes with it. So I. I hope they don't eliminate or give technical fouls for all the excessiveness. Some of it is kind of warranted, but, man, I ain't gonna lie, Ocho. Some of this stuff is kind of getting out of hand. Man, I watch a lot of AAU basketball. I got an AAU program myself, and, man, these kids, soon as they hit one shot, they shooting at your head every time.
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Mel Reid
They spraying the whole building down. Her joke.
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Ocho Cinco
Hey, hey, man, listen. They shooting up the whole gym. Yeah, it's I love to see the fire in them and the competitive nature that comes with it. But some of the antics. Yeah, they start fights, bro. They start fights. They ain't playing.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Okay.
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Ocho Cinco
Yeah.
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Mel Reid
Because, Ocho, what do the younger people see? Cause think about it. All these kids not do. All they do now is shoot threes. They saw Steph, guys three, seven years old, they launching it.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Yeah.
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Mel Reid
The same thing with the NFL. Whatever. They see the NFL, they see the gritty. They see, hey, Ocho, remember they outlawed the throat slash. You had kids in high school, young kids, throat slashing. So this is the same thing. These kids, they want to emulate that. They want to be that. And so the NFL and these sports leagues say, nah, we don't. We. You look, we ain't trying to set that president. We want you to have fun. And I get it to a certain, certain extent, but sometimes I think the players do go overboard. I think they got a responsibility because these young kids look up to them. You selling shoes, you selling merch, you selling things. You say, hey, I want you to support me. I want you to bleed. Blah, blah, blah. But then when we do that. Nah, don't do that. Nah. Them kids be bought all the way in everything you do, everything you wear, how you talk, what you do. They follow that.
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Ocho Cinco
Yeah. And Ja's polarizing, man. Ultimately, could have been or could be the poster board of NBA. And kids gravitate toward that. Like, I'm saying, his shoes, his clothes, how he wears hair. Like, man, I see these kids now with. They dread. With their dreads back up in a little ponytail job. Like, man, listen, these people, they think. They think they jive.
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Mel Reid
And because he the reason why they like Steph. Because you see Steph, like, damn, step like a regular man. Step six, too.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Yeah.
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Mel Reid
Six, two. I can't be LeBron, man. I ain't F to be no 69. I ain't F to be no Shaq. I ain't f to be no yic. But I can beat y. I could really grow up to be 6:2. I could be Steph Curry. So that's why a lot of time, people gravitate towards the smaller guys, because they see themselves. I could be that. That's why Jordan and Kobe, the smaller guys, they seem to resonate. Ain't nobody said, man, I want to be Shaq. I want to be Jokic. I want to be Kareem. Why you think don't nobody throw the sky hook? The most unstoppable shot that's ever been created and ain't nobody basically threw it since he threw it.
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Ocho Cinco
Hey, hey, hey, hey. You got all these trainers out here taking these kids through drills. Don't nobody teach them how to shoot no sky. Hook man over that left shoulder. Hey, they ain't teaching that.
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Mel Reid
Nope. They teaching that. That.
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Ocho Cinco
Tween, tween, sidestep.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Catch that.
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Mel Reid
Yeah.
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Ocho Cinco
Hey, that's what it is.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Yeah, I think I. I like it. I understand exactly where y'all coming from. But when you got players like Anthony Edwards, players like John Morant, I mean, Steph is a little different. Just the way he carries himself. And you look at the individual's background and the image that they try to portray, there's a reason why they're special. When they play the game of basketball, there's a certain way that they carry themselves. There's a certain group that they try to emulate or a certain. A certain cachet and way that they carry themselves. And they want to keep that same. That same that. Or when they play the game, play the game of basketball. And all I was saying is there's some things you can eliminate that they do in game. I just don't want to take too much away from them that makes them who they are. There's a certain it factor with Anthony Edwards and the John Moran that makes them who they are. And I think if you take too much and try to tone them down too much, it takes away from their game in general and. And what they bring.
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Ocho Cinco
I agree. And it's going to kind of dull it down a little bit and make it less watchable. I mean, they say the game. They say the basketball game has been struggling, but, you know, our stars have been performing. We just got to keep them on the floor.
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Mel Reid
And you remember. Think about it. Well, who do the kids love? The guy that had a big. No, I don't. It's hard to say. Somebody had a bigger impact than Allen Iverson. Allen Iverson was the first one to start wearing the sleeve all the way up. Not damn near everybody wear the sleeve. Allen Iverson, you couldn't go to the store and buy a 5x T shirt. Cause he had done bought them all. He the one that. He the one that buy the jeans. Hey, and you couldn't find no 40 jeans because he had them on his ass. He was the one that trained. They changed the dress code because of him. Because he was coming.
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Ocho Cinco
Oh, man. Hey, look, you ain't lying. You ain't lying. Hey, I had me a few of them tall tees, too, but, boy, look, I remember when the league changed the dress code, man. Look, we used to come to the plane and sweats, flip flops, man. They took all that away. You had to come in there suited and booted. I was like, oh, my God.
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Mel Reid
Hey, guys showing up. Hey, Joe, you remember they came with. Dude, that couple do rags. They had the durags, all the tall teeth. I like, David Stern said, all these corporate sponsors, all this money we spending, y'all finna clean this issue up, right?
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Ocho Cinco
Hey, Stern wasn't going. Hey, he got everybody.
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Mel Reid
Hey, I saw Tim Duncan come pick his MVP trophy up with. With flip flops and shorts on.
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Ocho Cinco
Hey, I remember those days, bro. I remember those days. Those were good times, man. Hey, it kind of went. It kind of got back to that.
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Mel Reid
Yeah, all the guys are not coming. They used to. There was a time that, you know, suit, suit, suit. But, you know, you see guys still coming with some sweat. Ant man. Ant man said, look here, I ain't wear. I ain't spending no money on it. Hey, I get all this free gear or I'mma wear it.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Yeah, I'm aware.
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Ocho Cinco
You do it after the game.
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Mel Reid
Kill. Where a pigeon on national television? Taylor Rooks asked john, tell me everything about that last possession. John say, a pigeon was guarding me. Go get a bucket and win the game, A.J.
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Ocho Cinco
Gotta chill, man. That's my guy. He's from the crib. He from Little Ride. We ain't gonna act like that.
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Mel Reid
Don't act like that.
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Ocho Cinco
Don't act like that. Hey, it was a great shot. Kaleb played great defense. It was a great shot. He made a tough shot, man. Get him. But I tell you what. I'm gonna tell you what I think happened in that game. The little guard was pissing him and impressing him so much.
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Mel Reid
The Ladonovan kid.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Yeah.
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Ocho Cinco
It kind of turned Ja on to the point to where he was trying to make a point, and he kind of turned it on and kind of got it, got it, got it going.
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Mel Reid
You know what I mean? Yeah, he definitely got it going in the second half. He got it going in the second half.
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Ocho Cinco
Yeah, he turned up.
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Mel Reid
Yeah. Cause he said they was bored of me. It kind of got to him because I think he had, like, 27 points in the second half and obviously hit the game winner, so that was exciting. The Bucks are coming off a win against Tuesday in which they shot 69% from the field, which was the highest in an NBA game since 1998. And the 58 and 50, almost 59% from the three point range. Is there anybody Honestly, Joe, is there anybody really, as well as Giannis has played, Cleveland has been the best team in the east record wise. But is there anybody in the east that can challenge Boston?
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Ocho Cinco
Nah. Nah. But I tell you what, to start the season, I had the Bucks making some noise, man. I know it's been unfortunate, you know, with Dane going out, you know, with calf injury, the blood clot things, and, man, we can't expect these type of numbers from Giannis every night, man.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Right, right.
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Ocho Cinco
Man, he played out his mind tonight. And the mother guys around him stepped up. They had to step up and make plays. I mean, assistant.
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Mel Reid
Oh, man. And Harris, he did everything. And, you know, in. In the postseason, they don't let you get up and down. And Giannis is like. He likes to get up and down. He sees a crack. Yeah, hey, he like, hey, Yannis like a roach. He feel crack. He gonna slide through it. Now get away from you. So you can't.
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Ocho Cinco
Every time in the playoffs. Boxes and elbows, baby. You gonna have to pass that thing. Them boys gonna make if. If them boys gonna make eight to nine threes together, okay, we're gonna win with it. But you think you're gonna get to this rim and have a dunk fest all night? That we are not.
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Mel Reid
Because, you know when somebody has 20 assists, there are a lot of shots being made, man. A lot of shots being made.
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Ocho Cinco
Yeah, it was. And I think everybody chipped in tonight. They had a bunch of guys in double figures who made a. Who made quite a few threes. So obviously, Giannis had it going. If he had 35 points, 20 assists, and how many rebounds?
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Mel Reid
He probably had about 17 rebounds.
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Ocho Cinco
Them 2k numbers right there, baby.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Yeah, it is. Hey, matter of fact, I want to go back to something you just said earlier, right? Real quick. And it just dawned on me. You said out the east, there's no threat for the Celtics at all. Well, if there's no threat for the Celtics, basically. You're saying they going back to the NBA Finals.
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Mel Reid
Basically, yeah.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Okay, well, if they're going back to the name of the Finals, who do you see them facing out the West? And do they even have a threat out the west, let alone forget the East?
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Ocho Cinco
Yeah, yeah, they got a threat out in the west, partner. Yeah, they got a threat. I like. I like okc, bro. I like okc. Not only because they got Shay, but because all them other dudes around them, they know they roll and they defend, man. They defend. They sit down. They sit in their chair and play defense, Ocho. And then in the playoffs. That's what it's going to come down to. And what they the youngest team in the NBA?
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J. Edgar Hoover
They are, they are.
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Ocho Cinco
Man, they finna, hey, they gonna be getting up and down all night. Shay gonna average probably 42 minutes a game in the playoffs right out of a 48 minute ball game. He probably barely gonna sit down.
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Mel Reid
They ain't gonna do nothing unless, unless, unless they, unless they blowing them out and you know, you try to blow somebody, you know, try to get some rest like that. But other than that, yeah, your best players play the MVP. The MVP race is coming down to the wire. SGA is on pace to win his first scoring title. Right now he's at 32.9 points a game. The Thunder record 64 and 12 to have an outside chance to become the third team to win 70 games in the season. Okay, season OK, needs to win out to join the 95, 96 Bulls and the 201516 warriors as the only teams in NBA history to win 70 or more games in the regular season. Meanwhile, Nicola Lokich Jokic, they just call him Yoke, is attempting to be making the third player to. Yeah, the third player to win four MVPs in a five year span joining LeBron 2008-2012. He won four Bill Russell 61 through 65. Unfortunately, Yoke is not going to win the MVP. Just like the first guy to average a triple double Oscar Robinson didn't win the MVP in that 61, 62 season. Jokic is averaging 29.7 points a game, 12.8 rebounds a game, 10.2 assists a game. And he's shooting 50, what, 54 from the field and 42% from the three. And unfortunately Joe, he's not going to win the MVP.
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Ocho Cinco
Man, that dude is balling out of control. But I'm being honest with you, I love watching him play. I love how he plays at his own pace and he make guys around him better too. He's a willing passer, which makes him harder to guard because you know if you double team, he gonna give it right up and them dudes making shots around him. But to be honest, my pick would be Shade too. I enjoy watching Shay. I love his poise and patience, you know, throughout the game. And like I say, defensively he's always going to be tops and steals. He sits down, he sits down and play defense as well. So I love both players man. But if I had a vote, mine would probably be Shay.
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Mel Reid
You know what's gonna happen, it's gonna be the same situation like we go back, Joe and I, being a student of the game. You go back and look at that 61, 62 season. Bill Russell won the MVP, but that was the year that Wilt averaged 50 and 25. That was the first year Oscar had a 30 point triple double. Jared west averaged 30. Elgin Baylor was. Was 30 and 18. You go back and look at. That was the great. Statistically, that was the greatest offensive season on record. Go back and look at those guys and look at the numbers. You're like, hold on. And when you hear, like, will average. How much did he average? A will average 50 and 25. No MVP Oscar, 30 point average.
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Ocho Cinco
Hold up 50 and 25.
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Mel Reid
And he didn't win the MVP. Bill Russell won the MVP that season, but Jerry west was like 36 and 8. Who else? Who's Elgin Baylor? Elgin Baylor average. Walt. Elgin Baylor Average like 27 and 18. Walt Bellamy. I mean, the numbers were crazy. You go look at the top five, the top six guys in the MVP race. Yeah. And probably any other year they win it, but Russell won it that year. And I think we're going to go back 25, 30 years from now. We're gonna look, they gonna pull up Nicola Jokic's numbers and they're gonna say, ain't no way. If he didn't win mvp, who did?
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J. Edgar Hoover
Right.
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Mel Reid
Right. Because that's the conversation we have now. Like you said, hold on. We'll average 50 and 25 and didn't win the MVP. Nope.
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Ocho Cinco
Boston Bill Russell must have been putting belt to ass.
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Mel Reid
They did. Well, they won. They won 83 titles. So, yeah, they put. They. They told every. They were tearing everybody.
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Ocho Cinco
Yeah.
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Mel Reid
And then we'll say, y'all, y'all. Y'all were playing with me. Then he came back and averaged 44 and 27 next year, just to let y'all know it wasn't a fluke. Ocho. Yeah, Joe. I remember we talked about this a couple years last year. Ocho, is that Mello was feeling some type of way. He said, because they gave the 15 to Jokic. And I'm saying. And I said, joe, bro, they took this man in the second round, and when he got drafted, they were doing a Taco Bell commercial. They had no idea he was going to turn out to be this. Because if they had, they took his ass in the first round. You don't run the risk of this is a transcendent player and taking him in the second round if you think you're going to do anything. But unfortunately, they're not going to Remember Carmelo Ward at 15? That number belongs to Nicola Jokic.
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J. Edgar Hoover
I mean, it shouldn't. Listen, as great as Nicole is playing right now. Hold on. I don't.
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Mel Reid
I'm.
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J. Edgar Hoover
You're not erasing with Carmelo did next.
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Mel Reid
That man got three MVPs and a Finals MVP. I tell you what, Joe, who wore 34. Who wore 34 in Milwaukee before Giannis? Ray Allen. Do you Remember Ray Allen? 34, Ocho. Exactly. Exactly.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Okay.
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Ocho Cinco
Hey, hey, hey. He was a bad boy with that 34. He was.
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Mel Reid
Yes, Gordon. Yes. Yes. But you look at what Giannis is doing, right?
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Ocho Cinco
Oh, yeah. And, yeah, he done erased it.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Hey, we. That's what I don't like about us sometimes. Sometimes we become a prisoner of the moment and we forget what with those before us actually did, you know, and I listen, I understand. I. I love what Joker's doing. I. I love it. But we talk about the other 15. We talk about that. We talk about Mr. Mid Range, Mr. Mr. Put the show.
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Mel Reid
I get all that. I get all that in 10 years. Ain't nobody gonna remember that. Just like you don't remember Ray Allen wore 34 in Milwaukee because of what Giannis is doing. Do you realize what. Oo. I don't think you realize what this man is doing. Having Joe played 18, 19 years. You know, I studied the game. I've been following this game since 7778, and I know a lot of the history, what YIC is doing. I'm sorry. Oo yeah. I'm sorry.
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Ocho Cinco
Hey. Hey. So do y'all think the. Y'all think the big man gonna ever come back?
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Mel Reid
No.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Yeah.
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Ocho Cinco
Yeah.
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Mel Reid
If he. No, you talk about the big.
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J. Edgar Hoover
No, he got to be able. He got to be able to shoot the.
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Mel Reid
You got to be like a yic. You gotta. You gotta be one of those big. You talk about the big. They just run his ass down to the block and play with his back to the basket. Oh, hell, no.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Yeah. Cough and call for the ball.
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Ocho Cinco
The game.
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J. Edgar Hoover
The game. The game is.
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Ocho Cinco
Hey, but I'm saying, you know, once. Once in a while, you know, every era, we get a guy who come in. He may. You know, he. He built a little different from everybody else. I think if you can dominate, you know, you know, be the size of a seven footer who. Just unguardable down there, it'll come back. But now they don't train for realm like, don't those guys work on their post game for real. They all doing pick and pops, shooting threes from different spots. So the game is totally different. They don't even raise them like that no more.
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Mel Reid
And think about it. Look at Zach Eady, man. You saw Zach Eady training. He's shooting three, he's seven four. Look at Wemby. Wemby's seven four and a half. He's seven five with shoes, and he ain't playing with his back to the basketball. It's over, Joe.
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Ocho Cinco
Right?
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Mel Reid
It's over. If you got a guy 75 and he ain't playing with his back to the basket.
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Ocho Cinco
Hey, the game has changed. I like Wendy, though. He's.
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Mel Reid
He's.
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Ocho Cinco
He's a freak of nature.
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Israel Gutierrez
I'm Israel Gutierrez, and I'm hosting a new podcast, Dub Dynasty. The story of how the Golden State warriors have dominated the NBA for over a decade.
- [24:39]
Mel Reid
The Golden State warriors once again are NBA champions.
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Israel Gutierrez
From the building of the core that included Klay Thompson and Draymond Green to one of the boldest coaching decisions in the history of the sport.
- [24:52]
Mel Reid
I just felt like the biggest thing was to earn the trust of the players and let the players know that we were here to try to help them take the next step, not tear anything down.
- [25:00]
Israel Gutierrez
Today, the warriors dynasty remains alive in large part because of a scrawny 6 foot 2 hooper who everyone seems to.
- [25:07]
J. Edgar Hoover
Love for what Steph has done for the game. He's certainly on that, like Mount Rushmore.
- [25:11]
Mel Reid
For guys that have changed it, come.
- [25:13]
Israel Gutierrez
Revisit this magical warriors ride. This is Dub Dynasty.
- [25:17]
Mel Reid
The Dubs dynasty is still very much alive.
- [25:21]
Israel Gutierrez
Listen to dove Dynasty starting April 8 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
- [25:34]
Julie Swearingen
It's Julie Stewart Banks. I'm doing a new podcast from iHeart podcast and the National Hockey League, and I'm paired up with one of my favorite players, the always quotable Nate Thompson.
- [25:44]
Nate Thompson
I wore nine NHL sweaters and I have story after story to share. And believe it or not, I have plenty to say, and not just about hockey.
- [25:51]
Julie Swearingen
Believe me, he does. Energy Line with Nate and JSB is the name of the podcast, and it's going to be, well, it's going to be quite the ride. We're officially linemates, Nate. We're the Energy Line.
- [26:03]
Nate Thompson
We'll have plenty of folks join us, Current players, some of my former teammates, hall of Famers, and wait till you see some of the connections that Julie has. She has quite the Rolodex.
- [26:12]
Julie Swearingen
Okay. We'll lean into Nate's playing experience and tap into our interests away from hockey and try to do what Energy Lines are supposed to do, Provide an emotional boost. How do you feel about all that, Nate?
- [26:24]
Nate Thompson
I'm vibing, Julie. I'm ready to roll.
- [26:27]
Julie Swearingen
Listen to Energy Line with Nate and jsb on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
- [26:34]
Brendan Patrick Hughes
My name is Brendan Patrick Hughes, host of Divine Intervention. This is a story about radical nuns in combat boots and wild haired priests trading blows with J. Edgar Hoover in a hell bent effort to sabotage a war.
- [26:49]
J. Edgar Hoover
J. Edgar Hoover was furious somebody violated.
- [26:53]
Mel Reid
The FBI and he wanted to bring the Catholic left to its knees.
- [26:58]
J. Edgar Hoover
The FBI went around to all their.
- [26:59]
Israel Gutierrez
Neighbors and said to them, do you.
- [27:01]
J. Edgar Hoover
Think these people are good Americans?
- [27:03]
Brendan Patrick Hughes
It's got heists, tragedy, a trial of the century, and the God damnedest love story you've ever heard.
- [27:10]
Mel Reid
I picked up the phone and my.
- [27:12]
Kira K. Dixon
Thought was, this is the most important.
- [27:14]
Mel Reid
Phone call I'll ever make in my life. I couldn't believe it.
- [27:17]
Kira K. Dixon
I mean, Brendan, it was divine intervention.
- [27:22]
Brendan Patrick Hughes
Listen to Divine intervention on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
- [27:34]
Kira K. Dixon
I'm Camila Ramon Peloton's first Spanish speaking cycling and tread instructor. I'm an athlete, entrepreneur, and almost most importantly, a pareo enthusiast. And I'm Melissa Ortiz, former pro soccer player and Olympian. And like, call me a parreo enthusiast. Come on, who is it? Our podcast, Hasta Bajo is where sports, music and fitness collide and we cover it all, the Arriva hasta sit downs with real game changers in the sports world like Miami Dolphins CMO Priscilla Shumate, who is redefining what it means to be a Latina leader.
- [28:09]
Kiki Rice
It all changed when I had this guy come to me.
- [28:11]
Kira K. Dixon
He said to me, you know, you're not Latina enough. First of all, what is that? My mouth is wide open.
- [28:17]
Mel Reid
Yeah.
- [28:17]
Kira K. Dixon
History makers like the Sucar family who became the first Peruvians to win a Grammy.
- [28:23]
J. Edgar Hoover
It was a very special moment for us. It's been 15 years for me in this career. Finally, things are starting to shift into a different level.
- [28:32]
Kira K. Dixon
Listen to Hasta ajo on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
- [28:37]
Julie Swearingen
Brought to you by Novartis, founding partner of iHeart Women's Sports.
- [28:49]
J. Edgar Hoover
Go ahead, go ahead. By Lou.
- [28:51]
Mel Reid
Both his girlfriends sat next to each other.
- [28:54]
J. Edgar Hoover
Yes, sir.
- [28:55]
Mel Reid
During the game.
- [28:57]
J. Edgar Hoover
Oh, yeah. Hey, that's live.
- [28:58]
Ocho Cinco
That's live.
- [28:59]
Mel Reid
You're doing that? You said you send two together. Who?
- [29:02]
J. Edgar Hoover
Oh, hey, I mean, I mean, I would, I would, you know, I would if. If I was. If I was in my day, you know, and if I was still playing like that, you know, I would. It. All it is, is conversation and being honest and telling the truth. Because when you. When you're bringing in that. That kind of money as an NBA player, you know, you. You will have those that will play like that and have a great understanding. Now, being that I'm over the hill now, you know, and I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm working and I'm in a structured environment, you know, I can't. I can't move like that no more. But as I see fit during that time. Would I be able to do it? Absolutely. Would I have two women that would be willing to do it? Absolutely. You know, and then you.
- [29:43]
Mel Reid
You add.
- [29:43]
J. Edgar Hoover
You add. You factor in the NBA revenue and salary that you're bringing in, how many women would decline that? Not very many. And he did. He didn't just have just no. Anybody sitting next to each other. Huh? These ain't just no scragglers now, but we talk about. We talk about a. Yeah, we talk about tens.
- [30:03]
Mel Reid
Yeah.
- [30:04]
J. Edgar Hoover
What you mean, would you do it? Can you pull it off?
- [30:10]
Mel Reid
No, I can't pull it off.
- [30:12]
Kira K. Dixon
No.
- [30:14]
Mel Reid
I know. I ain't never been that.
- [30:16]
J. Edgar Hoover
That bold.
- [30:17]
Mel Reid
Nah. I never been. I. I've never been no Fabio Lazari Lazario. I've never been one of those guys that. That could. Could do that.
- [30:28]
J. Edgar Hoover
Wait, hold on.
- [30:28]
Mel Reid
Wait. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
- [30:30]
J. Edgar Hoover
Time out. Time out. Now, you don't play the field for a long time. I don't mean to get in your personal business. Now, if you can have two women sit courtside, now, I understand you wouldn't do it publicly. So I don't mean to be in person business. Yes. I'm nosy. So you ain't never had two women before in general, or you just. Are you. You got to be locked in with one.
- [30:49]
Mel Reid
I mean, Ocho, to have, like.
- [30:54]
J. Edgar Hoover
Talk to me.
- [30:54]
Mel Reid
Have I had women come to a game? Yeah, but I wouldn't date nobody.
- [30:59]
J. Edgar Hoover
Ah, okay, I see. I see. You going with. I like that. I like. Did they sit together? Okay, okay. So.
- [31:06]
Mel Reid
So.
- [31:06]
J. Edgar Hoover
Okay, so you hadn't. So you hadn't.
- [31:08]
Mel Reid
Yeah, I wouldn't. I didn't. You know, it was no situation. I didn't want no. I didn't want no. You know, and I was like, you know what? Just my luck. Somebody bump into somebody. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Right now I'm done.
- [31:20]
J. Edgar Hoover
See, you got. You got to be able to talk to him and and have a great understanding. Because if you tell the truth in the beginning and give them an option whether to stay or go, nine times out of 10, they're gonna stay anyway and be accepting of the fact that you. You told the truth. I'm just. I'm just telling you. I ain't tell you what I heard. I'm telling you what I believe.
- [31:38]
Mel Reid
Yo, Joe, I believe you. Oh, I believe you, but.
- [31:41]
J. Edgar Hoover
Yeah, I ain't. That ain't me no more.
- [31:44]
Mel Reid
Yeah.
- [31:44]
J. Edgar Hoover
Nah, you know, I'm.
- [31:45]
Mel Reid
Yeah. What game I would take them to? What. What I ain't playing.
- [31:49]
J. Edgar Hoover
Are you talking about now?
- [31:50]
Mel Reid
Yeah, I'm saying, where can I. Where can I take him that we gonna go and go right now.
- [31:55]
J. Edgar Hoover
Let me. Let me tell you something. We have a tour that starts in, what, June, right? You can have two right there at the show in the front row. What you talking about?
- [32:04]
Mel Reid
Tickets cost too much.
- [32:06]
J. Edgar Hoover
Who cost too much?
- [32:14]
Mel Reid
And my mama gonna be at the show.
- [32:16]
J. Edgar Hoover
Yeah, okay. Okay. Mama coming for real.
- [32:21]
Mel Reid
Oh, I ain't let my mama come.
- [32:24]
J. Edgar Hoover
Hey, I am. I'm excited.
- [32:25]
Mel Reid
I.
- [32:26]
J. Edgar Hoover
Hey, can you give me one guess? Can you tell me one guess? No, not yet.
- [32:30]
Mel Reid
No. No, I'm not bringing my mom. Plus, it's gonna be too late. My mom be in the bed. Sleep. Oh, mama, mama, mama. My mama. 82.
- [32:42]
J. Edgar Hoover
Okay.
- [32:42]
Mel Reid
Okay.
- [32:43]
J. Edgar Hoover
As a matter of fact. And it's for people.
- [32:44]
Mel Reid
People.
- [32:44]
J. Edgar Hoover
If you're watching this, people in chat. When you. When we come into certain cities. Certain cities, especially my city, where I'm from, you know, don't ask. Don't ask your boyfriend. No tickets. If you love me. If you love me like you say you do, and you value me and our friendship. I need you to support us. Don't ask me. Don't ask me to get you no tickets. Support us. Please purchase tickets and support us. You know, I'm. I'm backed up on child support, so anything you give. Yeah, you know, help your boy.
- [33:15]
Mel Reid
Yeah, you know, I appreciate that. You know, Ojo, when I first started the cognac, I mean, Rod Smith, my brother still buy it to this day. My brother go to the store. I don't say my brother. No. No Kanye. He goes to the store, right? Rod Smith. Yeah, man. Ron Smith, he was the first one. I think Rod probably purchased like, 10 bottles.
- [33:35]
J. Edgar Hoover
Yeah, yeah.
- [33:35]
Mel Reid
I mean, most of my homeboys, they support me. Bucket. Obviously, I gifted them, gifted everybody a bottle, but from that point on, they go buy it. Yeah, but, man, tell Sharp to send me a bottle note.
- [33:49]
J. Edgar Hoover
I need my people. I'M telling you ahead of time. My people in Philly, my people in Chicago, my people in New York, my people in Detroit, my people in North Carolina, especially my people in Miami. Please, I beg of you, don't text me. Don't ask me, boy. Get your boy some tickets. I know I'm your dog. If I'm your dog, support your boy.
- [34:08]
Mel Reid
Yeah.
- [34:08]
J. Edgar Hoover
Cause if you have something going on, you know I'm gonna support you.
- [34:10]
Mel Reid
Yeah, for sure.
- [34:12]
J. Edgar Hoover
Give me that same grace, that love you always talk about having for me when I see you. And we dap each other up and we hug.
- [34:18]
Mel Reid
I mean, Ocho, I mean, every home game, they play 41 games at home in basketball. Them tickets ain't cheap.
- [34:26]
J. Edgar Hoover
Yeah.
- [34:28]
Mel Reid
Nah, I remember when I play, I.
- [34:29]
J. Edgar Hoover
Think, oh, no, they get.
- [34:31]
Mel Reid
They.
- [34:31]
J. Edgar Hoover
Oh, wait a minute. Yeah, they get too calm now.
- [34:34]
Mel Reid
You're right. You're right, Ocho. You're right.
- [34:36]
J. Edgar Hoover
And they get too kind. Yeah, they go too calm right now depending on where they sitting. I. I don't know where them come see said.
- [34:42]
Mel Reid
Well, you ain't getting no feats.
- [34:45]
J. Edgar Hoover
Oh, absolutely not.
- [34:46]
Mel Reid
You.
- [34:46]
J. Edgar Hoover
You finna pay for that.
- [34:47]
Mel Reid
Yeah.
- [34:48]
J. Edgar Hoover
And then the fact, I think they. It's family section, though.
- [34:51]
Mel Reid
You took the words. That's family section. And see, that's the thing. You have one by somebody. That is sweet. Well, who you with? Oh, I'm here. Washana. You have somebody. Whoever. Shannon. And then. And then when you come out. When you come out the locker room, everybody looking at you like, mind your business. You married? I ain't. Right. I have 15 up there if I wanted to. But now I keep you. Like I said, for the most part, my family, you know.
- [35:20]
J. Edgar Hoover
Yeah.
- [35:21]
Mel Reid
Hey, I didn't have it. My first, like, you know, girlfriend in college, she didn't come up to one game. And then I really didn't have no. I mean, I was just like, get the tickets away, because I didn't have. I didn't have anybody.
- [35:35]
J. Edgar Hoover
Right. Hey, can I. I just gotta. I'm. I'm just. I'm starting to think now, and things are starting to come to me as I think about just the. The scenario and having two women at a game and Unc, you know, with your experience and people in the chat that have been in relationships, just in general.
- [35:51]
Mel Reid
I ain't been with no damn two women at once.
- [35:53]
J. Edgar Hoover
Oh, you haven't?
- [35:54]
Mel Reid
Hell, no. I wouldn't. I wouldn't. I wouldn't. I wouldn't even chance it now. You couldn't pay me enough. That ain't number. That Ain't nothing but a lawsuit waiting to happen. No, sir.
- [36:05]
J. Edgar Hoover
Wait, you ain't never had.
- [36:07]
Kiki Rice
No.
- [36:07]
J. Edgar Hoover
Okay.
- [36:07]
Mel Reid
No. Don't want it.
- [36:09]
J. Edgar Hoover
Okay, my bad. My bad. No, my bad.
- [36:11]
Mel Reid
No, I'm good. Have I had. Have I had women to ask? Nah, baby, I ain't with it.
- [36:19]
J. Edgar Hoover
You said no?
- [36:20]
Mel Reid
Hell, yeah, I said hell, no.
- [36:26]
J. Edgar Hoover
What? Can you wait? Hey, man, you boy. I told. Do you know you never had one mess with you up north, Another one.
- [36:36]
Mel Reid
Mess with you down south is me and her. That's it. That's all I got for you anyway.
- [36:44]
J. Edgar Hoover
Listen, but I'm just telling you. I'm telling you this back in my day. This is back in college days. I'm. I ain't done none of this ring. I'm too old. I'm too old for all that now. But I was trying to get back to the point about Lou Will and having two. Two women at a game and understand Smooth and how much patience he has to have as a man. Fellas, this is for you in the chat as well. You know how difficult it is dealing with one woman.
- [37:06]
Mel Reid
Ocho.
- [37:06]
J. Edgar Hoover
Hey, honey, what you Want to eat?
- [37:11]
Mel Reid
2. All you do is cut the time in half. I ain't got before. I ain't got before. Good minutes. You. You, daddy. You're down to two now you mad now you. The group chat you was talking about, Ocho. I'm in there. So that's all I got for you.
- [37:31]
J. Edgar Hoover
You got two minutes apiece for each, huh?
- [37:33]
Mel Reid
I got two. Hey, somebody gonna be disappointed. Somebody gonna be mad. Oh, this ain't nothing. You right. You're right. That's all I got. So. But that ain't. That ain't really never interest me, being with two women. It ain't. It ain't. That. That ain't my thing.
- [37:52]
Ocho Cinco
Like I said.
- [37:52]
Mel Reid
I mean, I've had people like. Oh, and, hey, no, I don't. I'm good. I don't want any of that. I don't want any of that. I'm. Ocho, at this juncture, it's a lawsuit. Leave it alone.
- [38:03]
J. Edgar Hoover
Oh, yeah.
- [38:04]
Mel Reid
No part.
- [38:05]
J. Edgar Hoover
I'm not talking about this juncture.
- [38:06]
Mel Reid
That's.
- [38:06]
J. Edgar Hoover
That's why. That's why I spoke in. In past. Yeah, in past.
- [38:10]
Mel Reid
Yeah.
- [38:10]
J. Edgar Hoover
I mean nothing now.
- [38:11]
Mel Reid
Remember I told you I got spade?
- [38:13]
J. Edgar Hoover
Yeah.
- [38:14]
Mel Reid
I got two of the possible with two. I ain't got double the possible. Right? Double the possible. I ain't even got a two. It's a possible. I got the ace of diamond, but I got seven other diamonds in my hand, right?
- [38:27]
J. Edgar Hoover
I got you. I got you. Well, wait a minute now. Wait a minute. Never say never.
- [38:32]
Ocho Cinco
I don't.
- [38:32]
Mel Reid
That don't interest me, Ocho.
- [38:34]
J. Edgar Hoover
Let me. Let me. Let me finish. Now, me, you and prime, we still got a trip to the doctor. Now, you never. You can't never say never.
- [38:43]
Mel Reid
Never.
- [38:44]
J. Edgar Hoover
No. Okay, okay.
- [38:47]
Mel Reid
For me. I mean, look, I might be the central figure in my family.
- [38:59]
J. Edgar Hoover
Talk to me.
- [39:00]
Mel Reid
But I'm the least important, if you can understand that.
- [39:04]
J. Edgar Hoover
Yeah.
- [39:04]
Mel Reid
Mom, my sister, my brother, my kids are everything, everything, everything. So for me, whatever. Whatever escapade or experience that I haven't gotten. Right.
- [39:22]
J. Edgar Hoover
You ain't getting that.
- [39:22]
Mel Reid
I'm good.
- [39:23]
J. Edgar Hoover
Yes, sir. Listen, I'm with you when you're right. I'm with you when you're right. But I'm gonna tell you one thing. It's a roller coaster, boy. You hear me?
- [39:31]
Mel Reid
It's.
- [39:31]
J. Edgar Hoover
It's a roller coaster. Yes, it is. I never Forget. First time, 1996. Had three of them.
- [39:40]
Mel Reid
Oh, no.
- [39:41]
J. Edgar Hoover
Hey. Had three of them. Had me chained to the bed. I'm gonna tell you where I was at. Yeah, yeah, Chain. But I don't. I don't play. Listen to me. I'm gonna say. And I'm gonna tell you a story. I ain't told the story. I ain't told nobody except my homeboys out there in Miami. 1996. I skipped school. They picked me up, took me to the Executive palace in Okeechobee. If you're in the chatty from Miami, you know about the Executive Palace. They had me chained to the bed. I ain't. I. Bondage, you know. Unbelievable experience. I don't want to get too in depth with it. I don't want to accept. I don't want to upset, you know? You know, my people. You know, my baby, you know. Yeah, I don't. I know she. I know she watching. I don't want to, you know. But, hey, it's a roller coaster, boy. You hear me? It's an experience like no other.
- [40:32]
Mel Reid
I don't got, you know, that I don't got the stomach no more for roller coasters. You know what I'm saying? Hey, let me get on these sparks. Listen, hey, let somebody get this tour. Impossible.
- [40:45]
J. Edgar Hoover
No, no, it ain't gonna be no 2 in the possible. If you add the sparks to the. If you already add the sparks to it.
- [40:51]
Mel Reid
Hey, you finna I already know. Hey, I got two. I got both the jokers. I'm gonna get you, too. I got both jokers. Big Joker and Little Joker. The One on the bicycle and the one that's not on the bicycle. If you play cards, you know what I'm talking about, the bicycle card. I got the big joker. Little joker.
- [41:07]
Ocho Cinco
Yes, sir.
- [41:08]
Mel Reid
Now, I want y'all to know I got a king of another suit. It's not a spade. I can't be certain that it's gonna walk. Cause somebody might. Somebody might need a fold off and cut it. Ocho. So that's all I got for you. You. So you coming at. No, don't me. I got you too. With as far as I got a possible. But I'm just saying it might get cut.
- [41:36]
J. Edgar Hoover
Yes, sir. I got you. Hey, that's funny, man.
- [41:40]
Mel Reid
I'm just saying.
- [41:42]
J. Edgar Hoover
That's funny.
- [41:43]
Mel Reid
No, I could not. I could.
- [41:45]
J. Edgar Hoover
Hey, and I'm just reminiscing on them days, man. Back then, man, you know, when you're younger, you just. Just. You've done some things that you just don't understand how you're able to do. Especially you think about at the age we're at now. I couldn't. I couldn't pull it off. I don't have the energy.
- [42:02]
Mel Reid
No.
- [42:04]
J. Edgar Hoover
Or the attention span to be able to. To make sure no one is left out.
- [42:08]
Mel Reid
Yeah.
- [42:08]
J. Edgar Hoover
You know, so I was. Hey. Back in them days, you know? But when my younger dad was like an octopus.
- [42:12]
Mel Reid
Yeah.
- [42:13]
J. Edgar Hoover
Yeah. And I make sure I don't leave anybody out. I make sure everybody is in tune. And I'm sharp and detailing all that I'm doing. That everyone feel like they're a part. I'm in unison. It's all about becoming one.
- [42:24]
Mel Reid
Oh, so I ain't gonna even hold you. I can. I. I can't do it.
- [42:28]
J. Edgar Hoover
I know. I feel you. I feel you. I feel you. But I was different, you know? You know? I know you was. Hell, when you as well.
- [42:34]
Mel Reid
Oh, hell yeah. Hey, that. That one called. Hell, yeah. That one. I put a. I worked the double on him. I did a double. O. Joe. I did a double. I did a double. Now, no shame. Like Michael Jackson say, set that up to midnight. You got me working day and night, man.
- [42:56]
J. Edgar Hoover
Hello.
- [42:56]
Mel Reid
Hello.
- [42:57]
J. Edgar Hoover
Oh, would you say you work the double?
- [42:58]
Mel Reid
Yeah, I pulled a double over. I put it overtime. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I would date myself. I. I don't know if they. I don't even know if they're still in existence. La Quinta back then, Laquita, about 35. Nobody.
- [43:13]
J. Edgar Hoover
Quinta, man. L, A, Q, U, I, N. Yeah.
- [43:14]
Mel Reid
Yeah, they still got them.
- [43:16]
Kiki Rice
Yeah.
- [43:17]
J. Edgar Hoover
La Quinta in. Yeah. Especially when you're on the road.
- [43:19]
Mel Reid
Hey. Oh, bro, you know, I had a little paper back then, you know. Look, look. 30 to 35, 70 get you two night little tax. 82 nights I go by that thing, get that room. I turn that AC on. Cause I'm a. I might be giving it too, but I'm a sweater, I swear. Yeah, the room got to be icy cold.
- [43:41]
J. Edgar Hoover
It's embarrassing, okay?
- [43:42]
Mel Reid
It's embarrassing because you know, I'm just like, man, she ain't gonna never want to see middle bow. Hey, I'm in that thing like a Baptist minister having a father. Oh, man. Boy, I did something. Yeah, yeah, man, back in the day with your. You. Hey, with old. Oh, what they say, O'Shea? With. Hell, yeah.
- [44:05]
J. Edgar Hoover
Yeah.
- [44:05]
Mel Reid
I was way.
- [44:08]
J. Edgar Hoover
Hey, boy, I got. Boy, got some. Man, listen, man, the stories, man.
- [44:22]
Mel Reid
Oh, yeah, I like the same room. I like the same room, too. Because I feel if it's something about that room, especially if I get, you know, you go get a four ball or a five ball, you know what I'm saying? I think the room. It was the room. Hey, let me get that room. Let me get that same. Is the room I had last week available? They said, well, Mr. Sharpie won't be available till tomorrow. I said, when I come back tomorrow. But let me get it. I'll be back tomorrow. Let me get it. There was something about that bed. I don't know what it was, but boy, but can't you hold on? Oh, Jobber, it got. I'll tell you what I have thought about. I said, now, what about old shade at 18, 19, 20 on the sparks?
- [45:06]
J. Edgar Hoover
Nah, don't do that. Don't do that. Don't do that.
- [45:12]
Mel Reid
Hey, hey. I'd had to put. I'd had to put somebody's legs back together, man. 18, 19, 20 on those fox.
- [45:24]
J. Edgar Hoover
Yeah. Hey. Matter of fact, the body is already producing its own spark in general especially.
- [45:31]
Mel Reid
Can you imagine? Don't you.
- [45:33]
J. Edgar Hoover
And you add something to that, man, please. Boy, them some days, boy, I sure.
- [45:44]
Mel Reid
Hope you with the Bible study that week.
- [45:47]
J. Edgar Hoover
What I'm. Someday I. Boy.
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Mel Reid
What a time. What a time. Joel Embiid would undergo orthoscopic surgery on his left knee next week. Embiid rule out for the season in late February as the Sixers met with doctors to determine the best treatment to alleviate the knee issues was surgery Ocho. Here's a wild stat. The games played since the start of the 2014-15 season. The year Joel Embiid entered the draft. Carmelo Anthony, 12th year. Carmelo Anthony has played what? More games? Is this why I'm reading this correctly, Ash. More games than Joel Embiid. And Mello has been retired for three years, and he still played more games than Joel Embiid.
- [46:35]
J. Edgar Hoover
Is that correct?
- [46:36]
Mel Reid
470 to 452. Sean is reporting that Carmelo got the call that he's going to the pro. To the Basketball hall of Fame. I thought. I thought. I thought basketball was five years, but I guess they reduced it to three years or you're a great player. Like, who's that? Wayne Gretzky. He retired. They put him in the hall of Fame. Like, what the hell are we waiting for? Like, certain guys don't show. Like, why you wait. Tom Brady. Why you make Tom Brady wait? Why you make payment? Wait, why you make, like, a l. Yeah, come on now. What are they waiting for?
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J. Edgar Hoover
Yeah, there's no point. Yeah, there's no point. We talk about. And we talk about players that are Mount Rushmore at their position. Well, actually, respective craft in general.
- [47:12]
Mel Reid
Yeah. I mean, some things you just like. I mean, why would you make LeBron? Wait a minute, bro. You retired, okay? We got a ceremony next week. Make sure, y'all. I mean, for real, though, what we doing? And I don't think. I don't think LeBron is one of those guys that he's going to come back. Come back and, you know, oh, I want to play like Jordan did, you know, Magic, because it had been really cool. Had Magic, because Magic came back and played. And when Bird was gonna go in, Magic, like, I want to go in. And David Stern wouldn't let that happen.
- [47:48]
J. Edgar Hoover
Right.
- [47:48]
Mel Reid
But that have been really cool because I really think those two guys should have gone. If any two guys, like Russell and Chamberlain, Magic and Magic and Bird, some of those guys should. Let's, like, just go in together. They should go in together. They really should. Ocho. Aisha Howard has addressed the rumor alleging Anthony Edwards requested to pay 18 years of child support. Up front amid their court battle, she said, where do these lies. Where do these lies be coming from? You ever heard a rumor about yourself and actually wanted to hear more? Like, no way. What did I do next? There are no court documents, motions, or proceedings that have occurred, nor have I been offered or agreed to such terms. Would it actually be smart just to pay the whole 18 years, one payment of only 1.8 million? Yes.
- [48:44]
J. Edgar Hoover
Yeah. I mean, this is.
- [48:47]
Mel Reid
I wouldn't. It's tough, Ocho. It's tough. It's tough. It's tough because it. And we're just I'm just speculating. I don't know. I. I don't know Ant man like that. Have I. Have I met him before? Yes.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Mm.
- [49:03]
Mel Reid
It's tough because he young. It's reported that he didn't want the kid. Now he forced to, you know, be. Want to be with the kid. So I. I just think the thing is, I would say this. Take some time, cool down.
- [49:21]
J. Edgar Hoover
Yeah.
- [49:21]
Mel Reid
So you're upset right now because you didn't want to be with her. You were just having a good time.
- [49:28]
J. Edgar Hoover
Yes, sir.
- [49:29]
Mel Reid
And sometimes when you lay, you gotta pay.
- [49:33]
J. Edgar Hoover
Yeah.
- [49:34]
Mel Reid
And that's the only advice I would give him. I say. I say, son, that child didn't ask to come. It didn't. It was too. It was two grown folks. I mean, you practice long enough, you're gonna get good at it.
- [49:50]
J. Edgar Hoover
Mm. Yeah, you're right. I mean, listen, it's an unfortunate circumstance, you know, I know aunt very well, good friend of mine. And the situation unfortunate. Now we're all different and how we operate now I got. I can only put myself in his shoes.
- [50:06]
Mel Reid
Yes.
- [50:06]
J. Edgar Hoover
If I was in. Now, you know me, I didn't do things the traditional way. I didn't do things the traditional way. You know, there was an understanding between those and I, that I have kids from where I am extremely active in all mine's life and always happen. That's something that I would be proud of whether the individual and I weren't together, you know. Oh, you what, man, you bull. Driving is mine. Oh, bet. Let's go. I got this. And I'm starting to pre plan everything ahead of time. What are we having? A girl. Boy, when I'm thinking about gym, clap gymnastics and football, I'm thinking about. That's how. That's how I operate. Because I'm one who enjoys having kids. I enjoy it. I'm active, I'm hands on and all that I do, especially when it comes to that. But his situation is different. Obviously he didn't want. He didn't want the child. Right. But obviously you do have to take responsibility.
- [51:00]
Mel Reid
And it's different now, Ocho, because see, the problem that I have now is that they have this thing called Internet. And when something gets put on the Internet, it's up there for perpetuity. And to know that one day and this could not be true, but for a child to read that, to say the father didn't want anything to do with or didn't want to be a part of his life, that's hurt. So that's.
- [51:22]
J. Edgar Hoover
That's Tough.
- [51:23]
Kiki Rice
Yeah.
- [51:23]
Mel Reid
Yeah.
- [51:24]
J. Edgar Hoover
He's also. He's also speaking from anger, of course. Also speaking from anger about the situation and her understanding that, you know. You know, this is something that I don't want now. And then, you know, the. The. The other flip side of that is, well, if you didn't want a child, you shouldn't. You should have.
- [51:42]
Mel Reid
Yeah. You can't put raw meat on them.
- [51:44]
J. Edgar Hoover
Yeah. So, I mean, listen, it's tough. I mean, that. I don't know.
- [51:51]
Mel Reid
I do.
- [51:52]
Ocho Cinco
Like I said, I understand.
- [51:53]
Mel Reid
Like, I understand her side, you know? Hey.
- [51:55]
J. Edgar Hoover
Yeah, I think when. I think when cooler head prevail.
- [52:01]
Mel Reid
They'Re.
- [52:01]
J. Edgar Hoover
Gonna be all right.
- [52:02]
Mel Reid
Yeah.
- [52:02]
J. Edgar Hoover
And he. He's going to be active father, regardless of the reports that are coming out. I think it's great. I think I'll be straight. Any. I. I love. Let me. I got. Let me take my glass off. I love kids. Love it. Love it. I love being a father. If. If. If I wouldn't mind having them all.
- [52:27]
Mel Reid
Yeah, right, man.
- [52:28]
J. Edgar Hoover
I wouldn't mind having them all. Matter of fact, you know what? I'm gonna have twins. Yeah, that's what I'm gonna do for the half. Yeah, that's. Yeah, that's what I'm. And then I'm done.
- [52:41]
Mel Reid
The only twins I want is Range Rovers or Bentleys.
- [52:46]
J. Edgar Hoover
Matter of fact, let me get. I'm gonna get two of them, too. Guess what I'm gonna get them with at 5200 I owe you.
- [52:53]
Mel Reid
Yeah, man. Oh, Joe. What you gonna pay me? My money, man? Hello?
- [52:57]
J. Edgar Hoover
Hello? Hey. I'm gonna have twins. So you want. Would you want my kids to starve? Do you want my kids to starve? You want the 5200 or you want me to be able to provide for my kids?
- [53:07]
Mel Reid
What about my kids? My kids starving.
- [53:10]
J. Edgar Hoover
They grown. They can work.
- [53:11]
Mel Reid
They eat, though, huh? They need the 5200.
- [53:16]
J. Edgar Hoover
Nah, but they work, so they already making money. The kids, before they born. I want to make sure I can provide. So as long as I got that 5200, I'm gonna be able to provide.
- [53:27]
Mel Reid
I'm just going. I'm just gonna go on and take it. You're going to check it out. Your check. I'm. I'm a garnish. Your wager. Hey, Chad. Y'all think I should go? Y'all think I should garnish?
- [53:46]
J. Edgar Hoover
Nah, chat. Y'all chat. Don't do that.
- [53:48]
Mel Reid
Yeah. Hey, you know what I'm doing? I'm put a crack. I'll put it on your credit. I'm gonna take it to collections. I'm done with this.
- [53:56]
J. Edgar Hoover
We already. We already ain't got a reparation. Reparation. How you say it?
- [54:00]
Mel Reid
Reparations?
- [54:01]
J. Edgar Hoover
Yeah, we already ain't got them. Don't, don't, don't take my money from me, man. That's all.
- [54:05]
Mel Reid
I'm gonna send it to collections. That's all I'm doing. I'm sitting. Collections.
- [54:10]
J. Edgar Hoover
You're gonna Marvin sad me?
- [54:12]
Mel Reid
No, I'm a city. Collection. Whatever your credit. I just checked my credit report, my credit card. I'm 824.
- [54:20]
J. Edgar Hoover
Oh, I think I'm gonna get 850.
- [54:21]
Mel Reid
I want to get 850. I gotta get 850 again. I used to be 850. I'm 824 right now, but I'm. I'm gonna put you on. I want yours to go down to like 400.
- [54:30]
J. Edgar Hoover
Nah, that.
- [54:31]
Mel Reid
That.
- [54:31]
J. Edgar Hoover
Look, that. That ain't gonna happen. That ain't gonna happen. I got some good credit.
- [54:37]
Israel Gutierrez
I'm Israel Gutierrez and I'm hosting a new podcast, Dub Dynasty. The story of how the Golden State warriors have dominated the NBA for over a decade.
- [54:46]
Mel Reid
The Golden State warriors once again are NBA champions.
- [54:51]
Israel Gutierrez
From the building of the core that included Klay Thompson and Draymond Green to one of the boldest coaching decisions in the history of.
- [54:59]
Mel Reid
I just felt like the biggest thing was to earn the trust of the players and let the players know that we were here to try to help them take the next step, not tear anything down.
- [55:07]
Israel Gutierrez
Today, the warriors dynasty remains alive in large part because of a scrawny 6 foot 2 hooper who everyone seems to.
- [55:14]
J. Edgar Hoover
Love for what Steph has done for the game. He's certainly on that, like Mount Rushmore.
- [55:19]
Mel Reid
For guys that have changed it, come.
- [55:20]
Israel Gutierrez
Revisit this magical warriors ride. This is Dub Dynasty.
- [55:25]
Mel Reid
The Dubs dynasty is still very much alive.
- [55:28]
Israel Gutierrez
Listen to dub dynasty starting April 8 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
- [55:41]
Julie Swearingen
It's Julie Stewart Banks. I'm doing a new podcast from iHeart Podcasts and the National Hockey League, and I'm paired up with one of my favorite players, the always quotable Nate Thompson.
- [55:51]
Nate Thompson
I wore nine NHL sweaters and I have story after story to share. And believe it or not, I have plenty to say, and not just about hockey.
- [55:58]
Julie Swearingen
Believe me, he does Energy Line with Nate and JSB is the name of the podcast and it's going to be, well, it's going to be quite the ride. We're officially line mates. Nate, we're the Energy Line.
- [56:10]
Nate Thompson
We'll have plenty of folks join us, Current players, some of my former teammates, hall of Famers, and wait, you see some of the connections that Julie has. She has quite the Rolodex.
- [56:19]
Julie Swearingen
Okay. We'll lean into Nate's playing experience and tap into our interests away from hockey and try to do what energy lines are supposed to do, provide an emotional boost. How do you feel about all that, Nate?
- [56:32]
Nate Thompson
I'm vibing, Julie. I'm ready to roll.
- [56:34]
Julie Swearingen
Listen to Energy Line with Nate and jsb on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
- [56:41]
Brendan Patrick Hughes
My name is Brendan Patrick Hughes, host of Divine Intervention. This is a story about radical nuns in combat boots and wild haired priests trading blows with J. Edgar Hoover in a hell bent effort to sabotage a war.
- [56:56]
Mel Reid
J. Edgar Hoover was furious. Somebody violated the FBI and he wanted to bring the Catholic left to its knees.
- [57:05]
J. Edgar Hoover
The FBI went around to all their.
- [57:06]
Israel Gutierrez
Neighbors and said to them, do you.
- [57:08]
J. Edgar Hoover
Think these people are good Americans?
- [57:10]
Brendan Patrick Hughes
It's got heists, tragedy, a trial of the century, and the God damnedest love story you've ever heard.
- [57:17]
Mel Reid
I picked up the phone and my.
- [57:19]
Kira K. Dixon
Thought was, this is the most important.
- [57:21]
Mel Reid
Phone call I'll ever make in my life. I couldn't believe it.
- [57:25]
Kira K. Dixon
I mean, Brendan, it was divine intervention.
- [57:29]
Brendan Patrick Hughes
Listen to Divine Intervention on the I Heart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
- [57:42]
Kira K. Dixon
I'm Camila Ramon, Peloton's first Spanish speaking cycling and tread instructor. I'm an athlete, entrepreneur, and almost most importantly, a pareo enthusiast. And I'm Liz Ortiz, former pro soccer player and Olympian. And like Kami, a pareo enthusiast. Come on, who is it? Our podcast, Hasta Bajo is where sports, music and fitness collide and we cover it all. The Arriva hasta sit downs with real game changers in the sports world like Miami Dolphins CMO Priscilla Shumate, who is redefining what it means to be a Latina leader.
- [58:16]
Kiki Rice
It all changed when I had this.
- [58:18]
Mel Reid
Guy come to me.
- [58:19]
Kira K. Dixon
He said to me, you know, you're not Latina enough. First of all, what is that? My mouth is wide open. Yeah. History makers like the Sucar family who became the first Peruvians to win a Grammy.
- [58:30]
J. Edgar Hoover
It was very special moment for us. It's been 15 years for me in this career. Finally, things are starting to shift into a different level.
- [58:39]
Kira K. Dixon
Listen to astavaho on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
- [58:45]
Julie Swearingen
Brought to you by Novartis founding partner of iHeart Women's Sports Network.
- [58:56]
Mel Reid
We got a very special. We got a very special guest joining us, A member of the Final Four Lady Bruins, Kiki Rice. Kiki, how you doing?
- [59:07]
Kiki Rice
I'm doing great.
- [59:07]
Mel Reid
Oh, we're doing amazing. Well, congratulations. Has it. Has it really sunk in yet? Like, hold on. We're part of the first group of young women that's ever going to the Final Four at ucla. That is a very, very huge accomplishment.
- [59:21]
Kiki Rice
Yeah. I mean, after the buzzer went off and we were all celebrating, I was just so special because, like, that's part of what I came here to do and part of what my class came here to do, so. Just so excited that we were able to, you know, finally get to the Final Four and kind of take that next step. But, you know, we got two more games, so we're excited for that. Getting ready to head down there tomorrow.
- [59:38]
Mel Reid
You know, you think about. Go ahead, Ocho.
- [59:42]
J. Edgar Hoover
Listen, I. I have one question, and I. I really like this. Nitin. When you think about postseason. Postseason stuff to do. I saw something where you said you want to become an NBA general manager after your plan days are done.
- [59:54]
Kiki Rice
Yeah, Right.
- [59:56]
J. Edgar Hoover
What's the first move you'd make if you happen to be a gm? I'm just curious, before we get into, you know, what you're doing right now in college, what would be the first move you make as a GM in NBA?
- [60:07]
Kiki Rice
First move. Well, if I was the GM of the Mavs, I would not have traded my first move, for sure.
- [60:19]
J. Edgar Hoover
Yeah.
- [60:19]
Mel Reid
I love it.
- [60:20]
J. Edgar Hoover
I love it.
- [60:20]
Mel Reid
I love it. I love it.
- [60:22]
J. Edgar Hoover
Oh, yeah.
- [60:24]
Mel Reid
Okay. Look at what you guys. Did you lose the USC twice. You beat him in the PAC 10 championship. Obviously, that was a huge compliment. Did that guys give you the confidence, or were you always confident that you had the type of team that could advance to the Final Four and potentially win it all?
- [60:39]
Kiki Rice
Yeah, I mean, this whole season, we were ranked number one for most of the year, obviously top team in the country. But I do think, you know, like, losing to a team twice is hard, and SC is obviously a great team. Juju's great, and they have a lot of great players, so. But to finally, like, to beat them in our. Our conference championship and to kind of get over that hump, it definitely kind of, I think, gave us some more confidence just because we knew, like, all right, like, we finally kind of beat the one team that had beaten us this whole year, and now we're just, like, kind of, you know, playing out the rest of the season. But we were really confident at that point, for sure.
- [61:11]
Mel Reid
You look at you guys, you played LSU and that game was nip and tuck, very back and forth. I mean, you guys get to a 10 point lead, they whittle it down to two. You race out to an eight point lead, they whittle it up to three, you guys. And then all of a sudden you get a couple of big key rebounds and you kick it out to a Hawk ass and she makes a couple of threes even though Laura Best said no, don't shoot. Okay. What are you. Good job. Good job. So what are you thinking in that ball game? You like, damn, we're so close. We had a 10 point lead and we don't let them cut it all the way down to 2. What's going through your mind as the game starts to get later in the ballgame, but the game starts to tighten up?
- [61:46]
Kiki Rice
Yeah. I think at one point I looked over at the scoreboard, we were up like, I think it was our biggest lead. We're up like 13s in third quarter. I was like, all right. Like, we got this like, wow. And then when I started to get close, it did definitely get a little nervous. I'm like, can't let this slip away. Especially because like lsu, they were the team that knocked us out last year. So like, we needed that. We needed that revenge. We just wanted to get through the final four too. And like, obviously a lot on the line, but like, we work, we worked on special situations and just end game stuff so much in practice this year that I really had a lot of confidence that we were going to be able to find a way to get it done. But it is like, you know, it was a little bit nervous at the end there because they had a great team. Flaje is great player. And so like, you know, it's never over till the buzzer sounds. So I just had to finish it out.
- [62:25]
J. Edgar Hoover
Yeah. Speaking of, speaking of finishing things up, with the Final Four approaching, how is the UCLA team preparing to face the next challenge? And if there were any lessons that you learned from the LSU game, what are they? To make sure you don't have to deal with the next team coming in. Whoever you do have to face not. Not the game being as close.
- [62:45]
Mel Reid
They got UConn up next in Paige buckets.
- [62:47]
J. Edgar Hoover
Yeah. Oh, my goodness. So the game doesn't be as close as it was as last time. You actually close it out without having to be fearful, you know, towards the end of the game.
- [62:57]
Mel Reid
Yeah.
- [62:57]
Kiki Rice
I mean, I do think like at this Point of the year, like, we're prepared that every team that we're going to play is going to be a great team. So, like, we know matchups are going to be closed. Like, the game is going to be close down the line. So we just got to be comfortable on those moments. And I think, like, having played a few of those games will help us, you know, just because we have that, like, post game experience. But, you know, we're, you know, we'll watch scout, watch film, kind of get ready. I think we played Yukon last year, actually. So, like, having that experience playing them and we played really well. We beat them last year will be good for our confidence for sure.
- [63:26]
Mel Reid
Kiki, who are some of the women that you watch growing up, obviously being a fabulous player that you are. Who are some of the women that you watch and says, you know what? That's. I. I kind of what kind of molded your game or kind of some of the women that inspired you to play basketball?
- [63:40]
Kiki Rice
Yeah, I mean, I. I grew up watching Skyler Diggins, Arike, Diana Tausi, and not only like, in basketball, but, like, I loved watching like, Serena Williams and Alex Morgan, like other, like, well, like, you know, really fantastic women in other sports to just kind of. To see them be great at their craft. And that really inspired me for sure.
- [63:58]
Mel Reid
Why ucla? I mean, obviously UCLA is really not known as a women's basketball program. You have UConn, you have the Lady Gamecock, you have LSU. Tennessee are probably Notre Dame. It's probably more known as women college basketball. What made you choose ucla?
- [64:18]
Kiki Rice
Yeah, exactly, because I felt like, you know, UCLA is not as known and.
- [64:22]
Mel Reid
Like, obviously you will make it known.
- [64:24]
Kiki Rice
Like, it's easy. Exactly. I wanted to. I didn't want to go to a program that had a bunch of national championships. I've been to the Final Four a bunch of times. Like, I felt like it makes it even more special to go to a place and help it become that level of. That level of program. So I think, you know, having that all come in to like, you know, reality now just makes. Makes it even more special.
- [64:43]
Mel Reid
I just swear today that Olivia Miles, the Notre Dame player, she's projected to be number two, but instead of entering the WNBA draft, she entered the transfer portal. Are you surprised by this?
- [64:57]
Kiki Rice
I was really surprised by that one, honestly. Yeah, really surprised. I mean, look, she's gonna be. Would be probably the number two pick. And you're deciding to come back to college. I mean, I think it speaks to like, nil and what you can get in college and you know how great, you know, the college experience is. But like, I don't think that happens often. Someone who's going to be for sure lottery pick decides to come back to college. I mean, I don't know exactly what, what went into her decision, but. Yeah. Surprised.
- [65:21]
Mel Reid
Yeah. What is your decision? She gonna make more money in college that she will be at a rookie in the wnba. That's what we need to understand. If it makes dollars, it makes sense.
- [65:33]
Kiki Rice
Exactly.
- [65:35]
J. Edgar Hoover
You know, and speaking, speaking of the wnba, if you could build your starting five, any current NBA or WNBA players, who are you picking? I. I say. I. I'd more say wnba. Who would your starting five be?
- [65:49]
Kiki Rice
Let's see. All right, I have Asia Wilson at the five. At the five. Caitlin Clark, one. Oh, I'm putting Stewie at the four.
- [66:06]
Mel Reid
Yeah, like, ooh, you gotta. You got a roster so far?
- [66:10]
J. Edgar Hoover
Yeah.
- [66:14]
Kiki Rice
Putting Nafisa at the 3, 2.
- [66:20]
Mel Reid
Defense. Oh, you got some defense on that front line.
- [66:24]
Kiki Rice
We're locking up, huh? And then at the two, shoot. I'm going Chelsea Gray.
- [66:34]
Mel Reid
Okay, Okay. I like, I like it. I thought you might go with Reek. I thought you might take Enrique and Gubawale, but okay. I like Chelsea because she's healthy. Now. If you watched in unrivaled in the semifinal game, that's the Chelsea I was expecting to see last year when she came back. But you can tell the way she's playing now versus the way she played. And when she got back in the Olympics, that wasn't her. This is her that we saw in the unrival leading her team to the first title in unrival.
- [67:05]
Kiki Rice
Yeah, she was tough in that. Yeah, she was playing real well.
- [67:09]
Mel Reid
So let me ask you, so let me ask you this. You get probably got approached by a lot of companies wanting to be you wanting to do this Nil. How do you determine who Kiki is going to align with?
- [67:21]
Kiki Rice
Yeah, I mean, I think a lot of it is like based on if I feel like we can build like a long term partnership and just like.
- [67:28]
Mel Reid
How, how much money y'all got, like.
- [67:30]
Kiki Rice
How organic it's not. Yeah, God has to be good money. But like, I think, you know, feeling like the brand or company is like, you know, aligned with my values and everything. And like, obviously, you know, I don't want to be like associated with any. Anyone that's kind of like, you know, kind of bring harm to my brand and my name and everything. And then. Yeah, a big part of it is money also. I mean like gotta do things that make sense and. And things that I care about, too. I think, like, that's when I get, like, more into doing and it becomes more organic because it's like I care about the. The cause or whatever it is.
- [68:05]
Mel Reid
You're the first. You're the first nil athlete to sign with Jordan. Understand? I mean, look, there's no. There's not a knock on anybody else. Nike and Adidas and Under Armour or whatever the case may be. But, you know, the logo. That's what it goes by, the logo. And you're the first. When you. When you, like. Have you really thought about having. If you're like, man, look at these. Oh, look at these Jade. I got the one. I got the 11. They got these fours. I mean, what is that? What is that? What does that feel like? What does that mean to you?
- [68:38]
Kiki Rice
To me, it feels like a lot of a big shoe collection and a lot of shoes that I have. It's great, though. I mean, yeah, one of the best parts of it is all the gear and everything, for sure. But I do think, like, kind of being aligned with, like, a brand like Jordan, like any, you know, any basketball player you grow up in, like, you idolize Michael Jordan. You know, what he. He did for the game, what he means to all of us. So I think, like, for. For me to be the first and athlete that Jordan chose to sign, like, it just, like, it was kind of a surreal moment when it all happened, and for it to be, like, at such young age. You know what I mean? Like, I signed my senior year of high school, like, going into college and everything. So it really just, like, kind of. It motivated me to continue to work hard because it's like, all right, like, I have a lot. A lot to live up to, but also, like, a lot more coming if I continue to put in the.
- [69:25]
Mel Reid
One more thing. One more thing. Let me ask you this. Give me the five shoes. Jordan shoes you don't have, that you really, really want.
- [69:35]
Kiki Rice
I don't have. Honestly, I don't think I have any. There's none that I want that I don't have.
- [69:40]
Mel Reid
You got a buck? Damn. What's really going on? Kiki will shoot your boy. I'm 13. I'm a 13.
- [69:46]
Kiki Rice
Got you. I got you.
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Mel Reid
I mean, so you. Hey. So, I mean, you know, obviously, the. The. The. The Ducks and, you know, all the. The signature. They don't have. They don't make a whole lot of them. Did you get that? Did you get the air. Did you get the. The Dior Jordans or Did you get the Virgils?
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Kiki Rice
I haven't got that.
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Mel Reid
You ain't got those? You want to get those?
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J. Edgar Hoover
Huh?
- [70:05]
Kiki Rice
Yeah, I. For those. For sure. Yeah, I need those.
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Mel Reid
I don't blame you. Shoot for the stars. You land on the moon, you still got a great collection.
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Kiki Rice
Exactly.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Listen, outside. Outside of basketball, I've learned some interesting things about you. For one, you, like marvel.
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Kiki Rice
Yeah.
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J. Edgar Hoover
You love to cook and you scuba certified. I'm. I'm scuba certified, too.
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Kiki Rice
Really?
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J. Edgar Hoover
Okay, the first thing I have to ask.
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Mel Reid
What? Huh?
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J. Edgar Hoover
I am scuba certified.
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Mel Reid
Don't worry about it. Go ahead.
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Ocho Cinco
Go ahead.
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Mel Reid
Don't you finish your question?
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J. Edgar Hoover
I just want to know. Sorry. Sorry about that. Where's the coolest place you going diving?
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Kiki Rice
The coolest place I went diving was in Mozambique.
- [70:45]
Mel Reid
Damn.
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J. Edgar Hoover
What?
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Kiki Rice
Yes.
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J. Edgar Hoover
How was it?
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Kiki Rice
It was. That was dope. It was really cool. The water there, so, like, so clear and pretty and to see. I think we saw. Yeah, we saw a shark there, which is really cool.
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J. Edgar Hoover
All right, that was gonna be my next question. Have there been any scares when you've been diving? Because I. I got scared when I went. When I went to school with diving because I ran into a whale shark by accident, and I obviously didn't. Didn't realize how big they were until they get right up on you, even though they're. They're not hostile, but just still.
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Kiki Rice
Yeah, the shark, though. Yeah, it was definitely. It was not. It wasn't that big. It was like a camera. What kind of shark? It wasn't that big, but it was definitely scary. I mean, like, it's not. Not cool to come up on a shark when you're diving.
- [71:26]
J. Edgar Hoover
Yeah.
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Kiki Rice
Just the idea of it. But I haven't had any. Any crazy scares. I mean, I think, like, one of the scariest parts is honestly making sure I'm doing everything right so I'm not, like, messing up and, like, messing up the tank or all that, but.
- [71:39]
J. Edgar Hoover
Yeah, listen, all right. The fact that you love to cook. I can't cook worth a damn. I'm horrible. And I think that might be one of the reasons why I've been left by everybody that I've dated because I can't cook. But what is your go to dish? Let's say if you try and impress somebody, it's your go to dish every time. And that's what you're gonna make because you know they're gonna like it.
- [71:57]
Kiki Rice
Yeah, I'll make some talk damn kiki tacos.
- [71:59]
Mel Reid
I thought you were gonna say, I'm gonna whip up some pasta. Some Linguini.
- [72:04]
Kiki Rice
I'll keep it simple so I know I don't mess it up.
- [72:08]
J. Edgar Hoover
Hey, less is less is more. Less is more.
- [72:11]
Mel Reid
Exactly.
- [72:11]
J. Edgar Hoover
And also, you're a big Marvel fan, so which Marvel character do you think would make the best basketball player? Just hypothetically speaking, if there was a Marvel character that actually played basketball, who would be the best?
- [72:23]
Kiki Rice
Like the actor or the. The character.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Yeah, the character itself.
- [72:31]
Kiki Rice
Probably Captain America.
- [72:33]
J. Edgar Hoover
Ah, I like that. I like that.
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Mel Reid
Kiki, you also played high school. You played high school soccer. One Gatorade player of the year. What went into the decision for you to choose basketball over soccer?
- [72:47]
Kiki Rice
Yeah, I thought for a little bit about doing both in college, but I just felt like that would be too much. I think, like, playing one sport is already enough, but to do both. And I think the biggest thing is also just, like, I didn't want to take my time away from the sport that I like the most, which is basketball. And, like, I wanted, you know, I want to be a pro. I want to do a lot of things, and I think I needed to focus to, like, fully on that. But I think the biggest thing was just feeling like the basketball community I liked more than the soccer community. Just my teammates, the teams I was on, and all that stuff. I think that's what really drew me to just continue to play basketball.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Well, you know, I like this. The fact that she played soccer and that, that makes me that much more of a fan now. But this can all change based on your answer. All right, Cristiano or Messi?
- [73:33]
Mel Reid
Messi. There you go.
- [73:44]
Kiki Rice
Kiki has to be messy now.
- [73:48]
Mel Reid
We're done already. The white feet. See what I'm saying? Oh, Yo, I've been trying to tell Kiki. I've been trying to tell this man this for the better part of two years. He ain't want to hear nothing I gotta say, so. Whoop, there it is.
- [73:59]
J. Edgar Hoover
It's okay. It's all good.
- [74:03]
Mel Reid
I mean, she know greatness. She played soccer. She was Gatorade player of the year. You know how many people drink Gatorade? You know how many Gatorade players they are? And she was top down.
- [74:17]
J. Edgar Hoover
Yeah, I was. I was expecting it.
- [74:19]
Mel Reid
I know you were, but don't worry about it. You got what you got.
- [74:21]
J. Edgar Hoover
It's all good.
- [74:23]
Mel Reid
Messy, messy. It was in the documentary Full Court Press. You mentioned that you grew up watching President Obama, and I think you had an aunt that was like a national security advisor to doing President Obama's administration, correct?
- [74:38]
J. Edgar Hoover
Yes.
- [74:39]
Mel Reid
Did you get an opportunity to meet him?
- [74:41]
Kiki Rice
Yes. I have met him, actually. Probably the coolest thing, like, congratulations. Text I got was Obama texted my aunt yesterday and said, congrats. That's probably the coolest thing for sure.
- [74:55]
Mel Reid
Wow. That's awesome. That's. That is unbelievable. What else? So, what. What did you like to do in your free time? What? So when you're not practicing basketball, you're not cooking tacos? What does Kiki like to do?
- [75:09]
Kiki Rice
I love to shop, which probably isn't the best habit, but.
- [75:12]
Mel Reid
Oh, yeah, money gone soon. You get it.
- [75:15]
Kiki Rice
Yeah, exactly. No, I love to shop, travel, hang out with my teammates. I mean, I don't have a ton of free time, but I would say just. Actually, I like to go to the beach, too. I like to sit outside.
- [75:28]
Mel Reid
Well, you in the perfect place to go to the beach?
- [75:31]
J. Edgar Hoover
Venice beach is Santa Monica.
- [75:33]
Mel Reid
Malibu. Santa Monica.
- [75:36]
Kiki Rice
I mean, if I'm going to Leia, I'd rather go to Malibu. It's much nicer. But Santa Monica, if I gotta go to, like, a close one. Yeah. Over. Over events.
- [75:45]
Mel Reid
Yeah. Venice is crowded. Malibu. Malibu. Once you get on up there, I mean, you got some nice spots. I mean, it. It does get a little crowded, but that water cold, man.
- [75:55]
Kiki Rice
Yeah, it's cold.
- [75:56]
Mel Reid
It's cold, people.
- [75:57]
J. Edgar Hoover
Hey, it's cold here.
- [75:59]
Kiki Rice
I don't get in the water.
- [76:00]
Mel Reid
People think that the west coast waters, like, the east, where the east is, like, warm. This specific. Oh, no, it's different.
- [76:09]
J. Edgar Hoover
It's different. I got. I got one. I got one last question. What legacy do you hope to leave at ucla, and how do you envision influencing the next generation of female athletes?
- [76:23]
Kiki Rice
I hope to leave a legacy of championships here. I want to bring, like, I got two years left, so two national championships, two more Final Fours, another conference championship, and then I think the biggest thing is I want to influence the culture here. I want to continue to help us, like, become. Be a winning program and be, you know, just a program that continues to produce, like, great, great players and great people. And then in terms of my legacy, I mean, I want to be known as the hardest working person in every. In every room and in every team that I'm on.
- [76:59]
J. Edgar Hoover
I like it.
- [77:00]
Mel Reid
Well, Kiki, congratulations on advancing to the Final Four. Best of luck in the Final Four and look forward to watching you and your continued success. Hey, y'all, cut down the net. Come back, join Uncle Nocho and tell us all about it.
- [77:14]
J. Edgar Hoover
All right. Thanks.
- [77:14]
Mel Reid
Appreciate your face for coming over with us. Kiki Rice, ucla, outstanding player in the Final Four for the very first time in Lady Bruin history gotta be an unbelievable honor. Seems like to me she wants to be. She wants to be Asia. Asia started this at South Carolina. She goes there. Yeah, she was the top basketball player in the country. She goes to a program that's really not known for ladies basketball and lo and behold, she starts it. And now a bunch of Final fours. Later, three national championships, later, player of the year Asia was player of the year. Aaliyah Boston was player of the year. And now Lady Gamecocks are right up there with the the uconns and the Tennessee's. When you think about lady women's college basketball, they're one of the most prominent programs in in the ncaa. So congratulations ucla. Good luck. Best of luck. Kiki the Volume.
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Mel Reid
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Brendan Patrick Hughes
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Mel Reid
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J. Edgar Hoover
For what Steph has done for the game. He's certainly on that Mount Rushmore.
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Nate Thompson
We're doing a new podcast together. Here we go.
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Julie Swearingen
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Nate Thompson
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Julie Swearingen
Exactly and you'll never know who will drop by to join us.
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Nate Thompson
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Julie Swearingen
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