2026-06-22 - KSR - Hour 2

Summary

Kentucky Sports Radio (KSR) – Hour 2

iHeartPodcasts & Sports Talk 790, June 22, 2026
Host: Matt Jones; Co-hosts: Ryan Lemond, Drew Franklin, Shannon

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Episode Overview

This episode of KSR dives into summer stories from New York and beyond, wild celebrations after the Knicks' championship parade, quirky hotel neighbors, NCAA and UK basketball scheduling chatter, a conversation about peanut allergies, and a thorough discussion of Kentucky players' prospects ahead of the NBA Draft. The crew keeps their signature laid-back, witty banter while reflecting on community, nostalgia, and the changing face of sports.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Knicks Victory Parade — Scenes from New York

[03:53–11:56]

• Ryan Lemond recounts the mayhem of the Knicks’ championship parade, describing unprecedented crowds, raucous energy, and a city in joyful chaos.
• Parade route was “way too short” for the crowd, resulting in most fans being unable to get close.
  • “Has to be the most people I’ve seen for anything in my life.” (Ryan, 04:15)
• Overcrowding, risky climbing on scaffolding, and wild antics (including viral moments like a woman twerking atop a lamp pole).
• Drunken revelry took over Manhattan: “The whole city took off... people drunk in the middle of Fifth Avenue, laying on the ground.” (Ryan, 06:06)
• Massive demand for Knicks memorabilia – even blue-and-orange trash cans were stolen as keepsakes.
• Memorable Quote:
  • “It was like everyone became Spider-Man to get up these buildings. It was crazy.” (Ryan, 05:41)

2. Celebrity & Reality TV Sightings

[09:05–11:05]

• Ryan shares hotel stories: his floor is full of “Million Dollar Nannies,” stars from a new TV series about high-end nannies serving wealthy families.
• The show’s cast is as wild as depicted: “If on the show they’re portrayed as wild, Shannon, I think it’s probably true in real life too.” (Ryan, 09:41)
• Conor McGregor spotted at the hotel, causing a buzz among autograph seekers.
• Memorable Moment:
  • Ryan being asked for autographs – only to learn it was for someone else. “I didn’t know Big Blue Nation came this far. Or the Million Dollar Nannies!” (Ryan, 10:42)

3. Sports Culture and Travel Tales

[11:16–13:46]

• Ryan witnesses the Norwegian fans’ “rowing” celebration in Times Square, a viral display coinciding with the World Cup.
• Discussion turns to a “Midsommar” festival event, observed in real life (“as creepy as in the movie”).
• Quote:
  • “It’s as creepy in real life as in that movie, because, you know, in that movie they all end up killing each other, right.” (Ryan, 12:44)

4. UK Men’s Basketball Schedule

[13:19–18:29]

• Announcement of Kentucky’s non-conference schedule: includes power matchups (Kansas, North Carolina, Indiana, Louisville, Virginia) and “cupcakes” (Grambling, Gardner Webb, James Madison, Bryant, Northern Arizona, Sacred Heart).
• Drew notes James Madison offers a reunion element (Coach Preston Spradlin, Justin McBride).
• Historical reflection: 20th anniversary of the notorious Gardner-Webb upset, sparking nostalgia and self-effacing humor.
  • “If you are of the age that you remember the Gardner Webb game. That was 20 years ago.” (Ryan, 15:16)
• Debate over criticism by Dick Vitale for playing weak opponents; hosts defend the practice as standard for top programs.
• Quotes:
  • “We play teams like this every year. Why do people get mad when it comes out?” (Ryan, 16:44)
  • “The good teams are really good, so you can’t expect them to load up with some pretty good mid-majors in the other games.” (Drew, 17:36)

5. Peanut Allergies & Wider Awareness

[22:20–22:59]

• Tangent about the prevalence of peanut allergies now vs. past decades.
• Shannon suggests modern awareness and diagnosis have increased, rather than an actual increase in cases.
  • “Just more aware of it now... Like the things existed back then. We just brushed it off and said, well, whatever.” (Shannon, 22:59)

6. Baseball Oddities – Louisville Bats & Stadium Food

[23:27–25:59]

• Discussion of Reds-Yankees game, the opportunity for fans to see MLB stars rehabbing with Triple-A teams.
• “They don’t do that in basketball. They’re not like, hey, Steph Curry, go play a week for the Fort Wayne Mad Ants.” (Ryan, 24:09)
• Noting the surprising fact: food is cheaper at Yankee Stadium than at a Reds game in Cincinnati.

7. Calipari to Michigan? Coaching Carousel Speculation

[26:02–28:16]

• Speculation: Would former UK coach John Calipari leave Arkansas for the Michigan basketball job after their title win?
• Discussion of pros/cons, including Michigan's focus on football and Arkansas’ booster support.
• Debate about fan reception if Cal returns to Rupp Arena.
  • “I think part of it will depend on how we’re doing when we play him.” (Ryan, 27:54)

8. Milk Carton History – America's First Missing Child Case

[28:46–30:18]

• Ryan discusses the decades-old disappearance of Etan Patz, the first child featured on a milk carton. The case was only solved nearly 40 years later.
• Reflection on how technology has changed the way missing children's cases are shared.
  • “He was the first child that they ever did that for... They didn’t find out who killed him until 2017. So that was 38 years after it happened.” (Ryan, 29:28)

9. World Cup Fever & Underdog Stories

[30:40–34:51]

• Hosts discuss the US team’s strong World Cup performance and favorable bracket scenario.
• Debate over soccer’s appeal, the drama of close games, and how underdog stories (e.g., Cape Verde’s Cinderella run, viral goalkeeper) captivate fans.
• Memorable Moment:
  • “Cape Verde, the little set of islands... their goalie’s 41, had 50,000 Instagram followers, now has 18 million!” (Ryan, 33:14)

10. Risky Bets & Basketball Comparisons

[34:14–37:42]

• Review of a bettor losing $1 million wagering on Spain vs. Cape Verde for a mere $85,000 potential return.
• Hosts riff on what level of UK basketball mismatch they’d risk similar odds with—joking about betting big money against local high school teams.
  • “Would you bet $10,000 on Kentucky to beat Bryant in Rupp Arena to win $850?” (Ryan, 35:31)

11. NBA Draft Talk & Kentucky Prospects

[43:30–48:29]

• Jaden Quaintance, once a lottery prospect, is now not invited to the draft and projected late first round or early second.
  • “Quite the fall for a guy who was banking on being a top pick for a long time.” (Drew, 43:52)
• Discussion of Otega Away’s forecasted pro career: is his college success translatable to the NBA?
• The tricky line between a "great college player" and a viable pro.

12. Personal Updates, Nostalgia, and a Slice of Home

[41:49–43:04, 49:13–49:17]

• Ryan’s furniture and groceries successfully delivered to his new house in Lexington; admits he’s considering (possibly even attempting) to make a homemade pizza, to the amusement of co-hosts.
  • “If I make a pizza, will you eat it?” – “Of course I’ll eat it. I’ll choke it down.” (Ryan & Shannon, 49:14)

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Memorable Quotes Section

• On Knicks Parade:
  • “There’s never been a city more drunk on a Thursday afternoon than during this Knicks parade. It was crazy.” (Ryan Lemond, 08:37)
• On Reality TV:
  • “The Million Dollar Nannies, they get after it.” (Ryan Lemond, 09:41)
• On Sports Schedule Complaints:
  • “We do this every year. We play half good teams and half bad teams. I don’t think that’s unreasonable.” (Ryan Lemond, 17:12)
• On World Cup Betting:
  • “Would you bet $10,000 on Kentucky to beat Henry Clay? That would feel like free money, right?” (Ryan Lemond, 36:23)
• On NBA Prospects:
  • “He’s kind of the prototype of a great college player that I’m just not sure has what NBA skills are.” (Ryan Lemond, 46:29)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

| Time | Segment | |----------------|---------------------------------------------------| | 03:53–11:56 | Knicks parade, New York tales, wild celebration | | 09:05–11:05 | Hotel stories: Million Dollar Nannies, McGregor | | 11:16–12:44 | Norwegian fans rowing in Times Square, Midsommar | | 13:19–18:29 | UK non-conference basketball schedule analysis | | 22:20–22:59 | Peanut allergies discussion | | 23:27–25:59 | Reds-Yankees, stadium food prices | | 26:02–28:16 | Calipari to Michigan speculation | | 28:46–30:18 | Missing kids/milk carton history | | 30:40–34:51 | World Cup underdogs, US soccer hopes | | 34:14–37:42 | High-stakes betting, college hoops analogies | | 41:49–43:04 | Ryan’s home update, home-cooking skepticism | | 43:30–48:29 | NBA Draft, Kentucky player prospects | | 49:13–49:17 | Pizza-making bet |

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Episode Tone & Takeaways

The hosts combine nostalgia, humor, and thoughtful sports insight, creating a lively and relatable episode focused on both big-picture community (from citywide celebrations to college basketball culture) and small, personal stories. Fans of UK basketball will appreciate the in-depth draft and schedule analysis, while anyone will enjoy the quirky, human slice-of-life moments that color the show.

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Useful for listeners who missed the episode: this summary distills all main content, highlights notable quotes, and gives you a feel for the fun, slightly irreverent, and deeply Kentucky-nostalgic tone of the crew.

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[Shannon]

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome back.

[Ryan Lemond]

It is Kentucky Sports Radio. Text machine is 772-774-5254. Still not leaving the phone. Still not open them yet because we still have a lot of stuff to do. Probably might end up going till the end of the show. One person writes map during the break. Travis Branham put out a crystal ball for it being a real call from Trip, but he has since, since pulled it. So now I don't know. That's mean. You don't have to say that to me or Travis. People get their crystal balls wrong. I mean, they get their crystal balls wrong. It's okay.

[Drew Franklin]

It happens. Some of the crystal balls have 50% confidence, which is like, did you even have.

[Shannon]

I love it. Yeah, that's great.

[Ryan Lemond]

I want to just tell a couple stories here, Drew, if you don't mind. So I was in New York during the Knicks parade.

[Shannon]

You got to tell us about this. I've seen some videos.

[Ryan Lemond]

So I decided to walk down there. I knew it was going to be in the morning. You know, I've been sleeping late during this entire thing. But I was like, you know what? I'm going to get up early. I'm going to go there. So I got up at like eight. It was, it was only probably six or eight blocks from where I'm staying. So I decided to walk down there, get down there about 8:30. Drew couldn't get anywhere near it. So many people. Has to be the most people I've seen for anything in my life. I mean, I probably didn't get within two blocks of the parade. It was, it's not, it wasn't long enough. Like how long would you imagine the Knicks parade in New York should be, right? Yeah, but don't you think it probably should be like a mile or something?

[Drew Franklin]

20 blocks?

[Shannon]

Yeah.

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[Ryan Lemond]

It was like six. So you couldn't. It's way, way, way too short for how Many people wanted to be there. I mean, there were people everywhere. And for those of you that have been to New York, think about where like, the World Trade center is, okay? The very bottom of Manhattan is called Battery Park. And it went from Battery park to City hall, which is not that far. People, Shannon, were hanging off of everything you can imagine. Light, posts, buildings. What do you call it? Scaffolding.

[Drew Franklin]

I can't believe that didn't collapse. There were so many people on that scaffolding.

[Ryan Lemond]

People were everywhere. Like whatever orifice of a building you could go in, that's where they were. It was like everyone became Spider man to get up these buildings. It was crazy.

[Shannon]

The woman twerking on the lamp pole, getting her pants pulled down and still just kept on going is my favorite thing I've seen on the Internet in a long time.

[Ryan Lemond]

Nobody was stopped. I'm going to tell you something. I've been here a lot over the years. Never seen anything like these last four days. Because Thursday, the whole city took off for that parade. It was three o' clock in the afternoon, Shannon. There were people drunk in the middle of Fifth Avenue, laying on the ground like nobody cared about anything.

[Shannon]

They were probably drunk since the last game was since they won.

[Ryan Lemond]

The whole city took off. And then Friday was a federal holiday, right? So they just went right into the next day and it was. I've never seen anything like it.

[Shannon]

People.

[Ryan Lemond]

It reminds me, I mean, you've. You know, this is what Lexington was like when we want. When we've won titles. But this city is massive and everyone is just like whatever. People walk, everyone has Nick's gear on, everyone. And people have made, like, Nick suits and Nick's hats and Nick's dresses. It is just Nick Tastic Drew everywhere. I've never seen anything like it. It's been awesome energy, but it's also. You put 6 million people in the city and then they all just all of a sudden are for the Knicks. I'm amazed that there haven't been worse things happen than the few things I saw.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. Where they were piled up on the scaffolding you walk under on the sidewalk, acting like that is going to collapse and be a huge disaster. They're lucky.

[Ryan Lemond]

No idea how it did.

[Drew Franklin]

And then you would see, you know, pretty deep crowds along the road where the buses pass. But then they'd get to a block and you could, like, look down and just see as far as you could see them.

[Ryan Lemond]

And I was down one of those blocks, right? Like one of those blocks where you couldn't Move. That's where I was. And then there were people. Shannon. Trying to just get to work. Yeah, Forget it.

[Shannon]

Oh, yeah. Should have called.

[Ryan Lemond]

There would, like, be people, like, in suits going, excuse me. Excuse me. And everybody's just like, what are you. Just go away. You know, don't work.

[Shannon]

Today I saw the one guy take an entire trash can, dump it out in the street and walk off, and

[Ryan Lemond]

he stole the trash can. That was amazing.

[Drew Franklin]

They were all stolen. Every. Every blue and orange trash can got taken.

[Ryan Lemond]

Would you want a trash can just because it was painted in Nick's colors?

[Drew Franklin]

Probably not, no.

[Shannon]

I mean, there's.

[Ryan Lemond]

That guy just poured all the trash out and just walked away.

[Shannon]

People setting school buses on fire. I'm like. It was.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, that was when they won. I think that was when they won. So I. I wasn't here for that, but. So that was crazy.

[Drew Franklin]

I talked to the owner of Jack Dempsey's, and Jack Dempsey's is nowhere near the parade. And he said they had to lock their doors at 10:30am because they were so full and people were still trying to come in and just party in bars, nowhere even near the buses.

[Ryan Lemond]

I've never. That's what I'm saying. There were so many people everywhere. I've never. There's never been a city that was more drunk on a Thursday afternoon than that. Then during this next parade, it was. It was crazy. Then I'm in a hotel, and my floor, Shannon, has probably 20 rooms. Right. Would you like to know who's been staying on this floor this week?

[Shannon]

Yeah. Yeah.

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[Ryan Lemond]

Me and a group of people called Million Dollar Nannies.

[Shannon]

I've heard of this. No, I've seen this.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I saw this last night on Hulu.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay. I don't know what Million Dollar Nannies are, except for the cast of Million Dollar Nannies has been on my hotel floor all week. All right. I guess that's a TV show, Drew. Is that right?

[Drew Franklin]

Yes.

[Ryan Lemond]

I didn't want these for Millionaires.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. I watched the trailer, but I'm like. I don't know if this is for me, but I did see the trailer of it.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, I might have to watch it because I've met all of them, Shannon, in the elevator and on the floor.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Because they. They get after it. I'll just tell you that. The Million Dollar Nannies, they get after it. And I guess the premiere was here this weekend, and they were here, and they were. A lot of. Were meeting each other because I guess it's filmed in different places or whatever. So you're going to have. If anybody's watched that show, I can tell you that behind the scenes, if on the show they're portrayed as wild Shannon, I think that's probably true in real life, too.

[Shannon]

So help me understand exactly what this is. So these are people that watch other people's kids and they're millionaires.

[Ryan Lemond]

People whose kids they're watching. I don't think the nannies themselves are millionaires.

[Shannon]

Okay, so they're watching the kids of millionaires because they're all.

[Ryan Lemond]

It seemed like they're all relatively young and. And like, so. But they watch the kids and I guess the people whose kids they watch their millionaires. So hence the million dollar.

[Shannon]

Okay, I got.

[Drew Franklin]

They go to a. Ibiza, Spain, and I guess they have to sign all these NDAs because the people are so rich and famous and they're watching their kids and they're all so needy.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, I didn't. So they're on my floor also in this hotel. I come inside one day, Shannon, and there are a hundred people waiting at the door with autograph things. I'm like, wow, I didn't know big Blue nation came this far. Right? Or the Million dollar Nannies. No. Guess who was staying here. And guess who I saw from a distance in the lobby? Conor McGregor.

[Shannon]

Oh, really?

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[Ryan Lemond]

Yes, Conor McGregor. So, I mean, we didn't have a

[Shannon]

good conversation, but he's a guy that could go party. Probably drink a lot of scotch whiskey.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay, one more thing. So again, there's a lot of little stories. Have you all seen in the World cup where when Norway plays, their fans row?

[Shannon]

Yes.

[Ryan Lemond]

Have you seen that? Where they all act like they're rowing. Last night I walked by Times Square. They were rowing last night. I guess they play there today. It was an amazing site. The video is online somewhere. Look it up. There are. I didn't. I only saw like a few because of where I was standing, but I saw the video and there are thousands of people in the video and they just all sit down in the middle of Times Square and row back and forth. Are you looking at it now?

[Drew Franklin]

I've seen it. Yeah, I know what you're talking about.

[Ryan Lemond]

I mean, Drew, that's. That's an amazing sight to see. Like all these grown men and women wearing orange rowing. I mean, they're just sitting on the road. But isn't that amazing looking?

[Shannon]

You should have jumped in there and joined them.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, I didn't have orange on and

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[Ryan Lemond]

I didn't have the rhythm of the row. Either.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, they're all in unison. It's smooth.

[Ryan Lemond]

Have you ever seen the movie, either of you? Mid Summer, the horror movie?

[Shannon]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I have seen that.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay, that was. Yes. That was Saturday.

[Tab Ramos]

Right.

[Ryan Lemond]

And they had one of those events where the women all wear the flowers on their head.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

And you know how in the movie they dance around a pole and fall down and do you remember all that?

[Tab Ramos]

Yes.

[Shannon]

Yeah. Yeah, they did that.

[Ryan Lemond]

I watched all that. I watched it and it's, it's, it's as creepy in real life as it is in that movie. Because, you know, in that movie they all end up killing each other. Right.

[Shannon]

Spoiler alert. Yeah. Yes.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, you know what?

[Ryan Lemond]

If you see it in person, it's the same way. So anyway, there's a lot of stuff going on and if you watch Million Dollar Nannies, Drew, I now know who they are.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm now moving. I'd actually watched it last night, so I got offer more of this. I did not expect me to be a topic on today's show.

[Ryan Lemond]

Let me know if it's good. UK announced their basketball schedule. At least some of the non conference games. We still, I think we still have two that haven't been announced. And we knew about the big ones. We play in the Champions Classic. We play Kansas. Who are we in the CBS Classic? Are we North Carolina this year in the CBS Classic? Play Indiana, play Louisville, and then we play Virginia in the ACC Classic. And then we kind of got our terrible home games came out. It includes like Grambling and Gardner Webb, Manhattan Bryant, James Madison, Northern Arizona and Sacred Heart, which I think we don't need to be playing a high school

[Shannon]

in Louisville, but very unfair thinking that too.

[Ryan Lemond]

What do you think of. What do you make of those seven schools, Drew?

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, I know you can't play powerhouses, but I didn't love Grambling State. In Northern Arizona, at least James Madison, we have the Justin McBride reunion and Preston Spradlin is still the coach there. So we always want to play Kentucky. Guys. There's kind of a little bit of reunion there with Preston Spradlin, who was on I think the 2012 coaching staff back in the day. But otherwise it's kind of meow looking

[Ryan Lemond]

at these other teams, I mean, so you look at it and go, okay, well, what's the reasoning? James Madison has Preston Spradlin, so I'm good with that.

[Shannon]

Justin McBride's former school.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, Grambling State, you know, they try to play an HBCU every year, so that's that one. One Gardner Webb. We need revenge. Shannon.

[Shannon]

Yeah. Billy Gillespie. Years after they embarrassed us on our home court.

[Ryan Lemond]

I'm kind of surprised they didn't wait and make that like the 20th anniversary.

[Drew Franklin]

Smoke them.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, I mean, the 20th anniversary would be next year. Can you believe that?

[Shannon]

No, that's crazy. I remember watching that game thinking, what is happening here?

[Ryan Lemond]

I want you to think about how we every. Everyone listening. If you are of the age that you remember the Gardner Web game. That was 20 years ago.

[Drew Franklin]

Gross.

[Ryan Lemond]

20 years ago was Gardner Webb.

[Shannon]

Then San Diego was a few weeks later. Was it. Was it San Diego they lost and

[Ryan Lemond]

the next year we lost a vmi.

[Drew Franklin]

I was so mad after Gardner Webb. I bought a Gardner Webb basketball shirt that night just because I was so frustrated. I wanted to wear it around and

[Ryan Lemond]

let people forget that when we lost to Gardner Webb, we still thought Billy was good. Like, that was like. We thought Billy was like, remember? I mean, people got excited about Billy. People were like, well, he likes basketball so much, he doesn't like women. Which also, Shannon ended up not being true.

[Shannon]

Yeah, I don't know. I like that kind of character on somebody at all.

[Ryan Lemond]

But like, when we lost a Gardner Webb, that was kind of the. The first time people had criticism. And a lot of people said, well, it's no big deal.

[Tab Ramos]

We'll.

[Ryan Lemond]

We'll turn it around. Drew, that was 20 years ago.

[Drew Franklin]

Wouldn't. UAB was right after that. And then San Diego. That was a rough go for that non conference.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. And then Manhattan. So Masiello is not at Manhattan. I'm not sure why we do that one. Bryant. Don't really know much about Bryant. Northern Arizona and Sacred Heart. Dick Vital came out and criticized our schedule. Said, why do we play Cupcakes? I feel like, Drew, we have this conversation every year. We play teams like this every year. Why do people get mad when it comes out?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, especially this is kind of how Pope schedules. He has his tough teams, but he plays the easiest of the easy in all the other non conference games. So it's not really anything new. This. This model that we have.

[Ryan Lemond]

But we've never not done this, Shannon.

[Shannon]

Oh, yeah, we've always. I mean, Ryan was complaining about it years ago, playing all these teams that we were bringing into Rupp Arena. I think that's the criticism. The Rupp arena schedule.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay, fair enough. I mean, but we are. Who. Who are we putting Louisville and Rupp this year. Right.

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And I'd love to.

[Ryan Lemond]

They need. I wish they would get one more good non conference game. But we still have two Games left to come on the schedule. I just, I'm always surprised, Drew, that, like, Dick Vital knows better. Like, he knows everybody plays teams like this. Why do people. We do this every year. We play half good teams and half bad teams. I don't think Drew, that's unreasonable. Do you know?

[Drew Franklin]

And the good teams are really good, so you can't expect them to load up with some pretty good mid majors in the other games. I mean, you got to have a little bit of some teams you can beat up on.

[Shannon]

Is it because of what Drew said? It's the worst of the worst. Like, it's not mediocre bad teams. It's really, really bad. Teams that are like 300, I guess.

[Ryan Lemond]

But would you rather play Miami of Ohio and lose potentially? Like, I mean, who would you rather play? Would you rather play Bryant or would you rather play a team like Yale that could beat you? I think I'd rather play Bryant. What good does it do if we beat Yale, everybody's going to go, well, you still beat a bad team and

[Shannon]

we' smarter than you could get.

[Ryan Lemond]

But Yale could get you.

[Shannon]

They could like, yo. I mean, you know, they could be a tournament team, too.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, that's the other. The other argument would be, well, you're playing team you might have to play in the first round.

[Shannon]

Sure. Yeah. So, I mean, y' all gave us

[Drew Franklin]

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I mean, tell your wife if she wants an autograph, I could have done that for her at some point this week. We'll take a break and be right back.

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[Ryan Lemond]

Million dollar Nannies Must have some viewers here. Next to peanut butter allergy allergies, Drew, it's been the second most texted about topic.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, when I got on Hulu last night, it was throwing it in my face.

[Ryan Lemond]

Must be a big deal, peanut allergies.

[Shannon]

A lot of people do. Yeah. That was something I never heard of, you know, when I was a kid.

[Ryan Lemond]

But now you said people have him much more now than they used to. Why do you think that would be? Do you think, like, people actually have more peanut butter allergies or like. Or do we just know what problems are more. You know what I mean?

[Shannon]

Just more aware of it now than

[Ryan Lemond]

we were more aware. Like we used to see. People would just get rashes and you'd be like, well, why did you get that? Yeah, they didn't know it was peanut butter, but now they do. Or do you think it's really spread?

[Shannon]

No pun intended. I'm going with, we're just more aware of it now. Like the things existed back then. We just brushed it off and said, well, whatever. Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

What do you think, Drew? I forgot Mike Tirico, he got that at the derby one year. You remember that? He had to just disappear for a while.

[Drew Franklin]

Somebody I know it has been on the rise, but I don't know what would cause that. We have more peanuts than we used to. Got the jiff factory down the street and passed it on my way here.

[Ryan Lemond]

I don't know. I went to the Reds. Yankees yesterday. Like I said, the Reds won in a shocking.

[Shannon]

How'd that happen?

[Ryan Lemond]

I don't know. I watched.

[Shannon]

Must have been a mistake.

[Ryan Lemond]

I watched the whole game. I don't feel like I ever saw the Reds get a hit and then. Yet they still. They still won. But yeah, that was good. So they actually won the series against the Yankees. And you told me Ellie's in Louisville, Is that right?

[Shannon]

I don't know if he still is. He was at one point last week, I think. I didn't get to see him, but he may be coming back to Cincinnati now. But he was. He was at the bats and then they're sending down. Who? Hunter Green or somebody else? I think they're sending down to the.

[Ryan Lemond]

Something crazy Drew, about baseball that you could just go to Louisville and see Ellie and Hunter Green. Like, they don't do that in basketball. They're not like, hey, Steph Curry, go play a week for the Fort Wayne Mad Ants.

[Drew Franklin]

Pretty cool, though. We had Roger Clemens for a game back in the day.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, but wasn't he just. He was done. He was Just like playing with his son. Right. I mean, they. They actually send people on assignment just to play in these major league stadiums, I guess. Shane, you're a baseball guy to get your timing or whatever, right, right?

[Shannon]

Yeah. You know, if a guy's been out with an injury for a while, they don't want to just throw them right back out there. They would rather, you know, rehab it, see how that injury is doing it at a lesser level. But it's cool for fans, you know, like right here in Louisville. I could go right down the road and watch LA play against, you know, whoever, whichever Triple A team they're playing.

[Ryan Lemond]

I'm not trying to complain about the Reds, but the food at the Yankees game in New York against the Reds is cheaper than the food in Cincinnati. How's that possible?

[Shannon]

That's crazy. Yeah, I've been to Yankees game.

[Ryan Lemond]

Is going to have cheaper food than a Reds game. Come on.

[Drew Franklin]

I see much better options, too.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, a lot better options. I mean, you know, they had chicken finger and fries. What do you think that would cost at a Yankees game? I would have thought it would have been like $25, right? It was 15. I mean, that's not great, but that's pretty good for a baseball game.

[Shannon]

Yeah, it comes in like a cup, Like a big. Was it like a cup and it

[Ryan Lemond]

was a lot of food?

[Shannon]

Yeah, it was a lot of food, actually. Yeah, it was. Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

And you know, in a Reds game, that's probably 20 bucks and not as much food.

[Shannon]

So they do have at the Reds game the biggest box of popcorn I've ever. That's.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's.

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[Shannon]

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[Ryan Lemond]

Why do they give so much? You can go swimming in that box of popcorn.

[Shannon]

I got it. I'm like, you know what? I'll eat this for a month.

[Ryan Lemond]

One person writes. Matt, if you were John Caliperi, would you leave Arkansas for Michigan? What do you think, Drew?

[Drew Franklin]

I've been searching his name on Twitter since the Dusty Mays news came out, seeing if there are any reports that he got the call. It's mostly just Kentucky fans wanting it to happen, but honestly, that would be a great fit for him. I mean, they've got a lot of money. I know there's Tyson money at Arkansas,

[Ryan Lemond]

but is that better? Is that a better job than Arkansas? Like. Like Arkansas, if you're. If. If you have the commitment from their boosters to fund like you need to. Is Michigan a significantly better job? I know they just won the title, but is it better?

[Drew Franklin]

You do have to compete with football at Michigan where Arkansas football barely exists these days. So I think that's also a big hit. He's also Cal. I could see him hopping again. His Arkansas team lacks some big men.

[Ryan Lemond]

This year they do. It's going to be a high standard though, for whoever takes that Michigan job. Shame. You're coming off a national title. And they're probably very disappointed their coach left. So if you come in and you don't knock it out of the park immediately, I think people are going to be on your case.

[Shannon]

Oh, absolutely. I would think, though, Michigan fans want it to be somebody that's well known, you know, a coach that has a record of winning, not just some no name up and coming coach, you know, they probably rather have somebody like Caliperi than somebody younger.

[Drew Franklin]

He wouldn't have to go back to rough this year. He could duck that.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, that's true. What do you think it's going to be like for him and rough this year? Do you think it's. You think he'll. You think after two years, does he get applause this year? I really thought that he was coming back.

[Shannon]

No, maybe not.

[Drew Franklin]

But it won't be anything like that first year. That was very unique the first year.

[Ryan Lemond]

It's going to be better than you think.

[Shannon]

When Rick came back, they still boot him every year. They didn't take it easy on him because it was the second time he came back.

[Ryan Lemond]

But he was coaching. Well, I guess he's. I guess he is.

[Shannon]

We hate Arkansas here.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's an interesting question. I don't. I think part of it, Drew, will depend on how we're doing when we play him. Like if we're good or not. I think what gets.

[Drew Franklin]

Helps winning.

[Ryan Lemond]

What gets him less booze. If we're good or bad,

[Drew Franklin]

maybe for good.

[Shannon]

We're bad. Nobody's going to be there. Nobody will be there to boom.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

I don't know. It's an interesting question. We'll take a break. Be right back. Ksr, TJ Smith, personal injury attorney. Call tj he'll make him pay.

[Shannon]

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[Ryan Lemond]

It's a great song. So she's playing three places in Kentucky. Ashland. Did they say Somerset in Lexington?

[Shannon]

I think so, yeah. The Virginia where we played.

[Ryan Lemond]

Watch out for the peanut butter. That's right at that Virginia.

[Shannon]

I think so. I think that's what somebody says.

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[Ryan Lemond]

This is kind of a. Well, I mean, it's not positive. So it's not. I wouldn't Say, interesting. But like, some of our people listening who've been around a while would maybe know this. In 1979, a New York kid named Eton Pats disappeared and was not. Was never found. And his. His disappearance shocked the city and it led to kids. You remember when we were younger, they would put missing kids pictures on milk cartons?

[Shannon]

Oh, yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

You remember that?

[Tab Ramos]

Yeah, yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Do they still do that? I guess they don't. Do they do that anymore?

[Shannon]

If they do, I haven't noticed it.

[Ryan Lemond]

But have you noticed it? Drew, you're a milk guy. Do you. Have you.

[Drew Franklin]

No, none of my Kroger Gallons.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, I haven't either. Well, he was the first child that they ever did that for. They didn't find out who. Who killed him until 2017. So that was 28 year. 38 years after it happened, they tried him, they convicted the guy in the Supreme Court today, flipped a chance, ended up keeping him in prison. And he will be. He will be there, but took 38 years, Shannon. And then they found it, found who did it. And he was the first person, first child to ever be on a milk cart.

[Tab Ramos]

Hmm.

[Shannon]

It's wild how they find somebody after that many years. You know, they say, like, if they don't solve a crime within the first 48 hours, like, sometimes you don't ever figure it out because, like, the first 48 hours is critical.

[Ryan Lemond]

It is amazing that you could find it out 30, 38 years later.

[Shannon]

Yeah. Like, you just mentioned the Nancy Guthrie thing. Like, if we ever figure that out, is it going to be 40 years from now when we find out what happened?

[Ryan Lemond]

You know, I wonder what made the case break. Drew, 38 years later, I don't know.

[Drew Franklin]

You see a lot of stuff for the technology now. I can go back and help, but in cases like this, try to do the timeline. I hope his parents are still alive to get that closure.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes.

[Drew Franklin]

See the. For it.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. Drew, I assume you're getting into the US Is run in the World Cup. Am I right about that? You've always kind of been a big US Soccer guy.

[Drew Franklin]

I've now convinced myself we're going to win the whole damn thing.

[Ryan Lemond]

You think so?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. That's a bit of a stretch. We're still, I think, 35 to 1. But the first two have been great and very. Getting very optimistic about.

[Ryan Lemond]

Was exciting the first game. And then I this. I went and watched the second game at a bar. It was all Australian people, so I was kind of the only one cheering for the U.S. shannon, you. You're not a Soccer guy, are you getting into it yet? I mean, we're going to move to the next round. We actually have a very favorable draw because get Turkey.

[Drew Franklin]

Right.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, we play Turkey, but that game doesn't matter. We're probably going to play Bosnia in the round of 32, a team that we pro probably are better than. And then we were supposed to play Belgium, but Belgium got a tie instead of win. So it looks like we might play Egypt, which is maybe another team we're better than. So we could get to the round of, of, of the quarterfinals and be favored until then, which would be kind of shocking. So are you into it at all?

[Shannon]

I'm trying to be a little bit, you know, like the further along we go, I'll probably be more into it. I just, I don't know, I'll turn it on and just a lot of running around and like not a whole lot of action and I'm like, somebody's score. Like if the final score was 10 to 9 or something like that, I would watch it more. But it's one nothing and there's all these draws. I don't understand how that works. Like, how does anybody advance if nobody wins?

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, you get up, you get three points if you win, one point if you tie. But it'll soon get to the point that they won't have any draws. Drew, it feels in the two games I've watched it, I think the United States has been kind of exciting to watch, don't you?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I've gone up early. We've been lucky to start with own goals in both games, but then have piled it on. You know, I'm not a soccer expert by any means, but they're playing a lot more aggressive than they've ever played in the past. And it's led to so far some high scoring games and big wins and just got kind of a new wave of players. If you've watched it in years past, like we have like Antonio Freeman from the packers there, his kids out there scoring.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's crazy that his kid is on the team. Well, I, I'm excited about it. They, I think they play. I don't know when their next game is in a couple days, but it doesn't really matter because they're already through and they've already won the group. And I don't know much about the Bosnian team. All I remember about the, the Bosnian team though, that's where Shannon. I ate the endangered species.

[Shannon]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

So they might want revenge.

[Shannon]

They're gonna come, they're gonna Take that out on us because you ate the. Well, they served it up to you, though.

[Ryan Lemond]

They did. They did offer it. And then that little we talked about during our previews. Drew Cape Verde, the little set of islands that is the tiny country. They've had two straight draws. They have a goalie who's 41 who, when the tournament started, had 50, 000 Instagram followers and now has 18 million from Cape Verde. I don't know if you saw the video in Cape Verde when they're watching the games, but they're losing their minds. Is that. Have you enjoyed their underdog story?

[Drew Franklin]

I have. There's been a lot of, not necessarily upsets, some unexpected draws, a lot of surprising results early and I don't know, I guess. Did they play. Are they playing in Miami or something? Coming up. I saw tons of their fans in the airport or maybe they're passing through Miami. But they had megaphone fans. Yes. They were going crazy. I don't know if maybe it was their, you know, layover, because I don't think they played in Miami, but I saw a bunch of their fans while I was down there.

[Ryan Lemond]

Do we know, is it Cape Verde or Cabo Verde? I see. I hear both. Which one is it?

[Drew Franklin]

I think it's Cape, but I agree that I've seen both. I don't know which one's the official, but that drawing Spain was incredible. Did you see the guy put a million dollars on Spain to win?

[Ryan Lemond]

That was like, I was going to bring that up before we do a Draft Kings ad. He bet a million dollars, Shannon. And if Spain won, he got 85,000. And of course they didn't. Oh, and so he lost a million dollars.

[Shannon]

I guess it depends on what that million means.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, he probably thought like, well, of course they're going to beat Cape Verde. But then they didn't.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

And he lost a million for 85,000.

[Shannon]

DraftKings. Thanks you.

[Ryan Lemond]

So here's my question for you. The. The equivalent for us would be like $1,000 for $85. Right. Who could Kentucky play against in basketball that you would be willing to bet $1,000 to win? To win 85?

[Shannon]

Bryant Sacred Heart.

[Ryan Lemond]

See, but I don't know that I'm that confident.

[Shannon]

Bryant comes in.

[Ryan Lemond]

No, I mean, I don't know that I'm that. Well, let's make it something that you would feel. 10,000.

[Shannon]

Oh, yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

To win $850. Would you bet $10,000 on Kentucky to beat Bryant in Rup arena to win $850?

[Shannon]

No. No, even though I feel like money, I feel like it would be easy

[Ryan Lemond]

money, but you wouldn't do it for Brian. Let's say they were playing Trancy.

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[Shannon]

There's no way Trancy beats Kentucky.

[Ryan Lemond]

So Trancy, would you bet $10,000 on. Would you go to the bank and get $10,000 to win 850 on Transy?

[Shannon]

In theory, I would. Now, if they play. If they play them next year, don't make me do it.

[Ryan Lemond]

You wouldn't do it for Trancy? You wouldn't do it for Trancy?

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, I would rather. If I had 10,000 to bet, I would rather just.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay, what about 10,000 on UK to beat Henry Clay?

[Drew Franklin]

Okay.

[Shannon]

Yeah, it's free money.

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, I still think it'd be dumb and Dave Ramsey would yell at you, but I'd feel pretty confident in that.

[Ryan Lemond]

But that would feel like free money, right? If you did. If they played a high school, just the local Lexington.

[Shannon]

Well, yeah, if they lose to a high school, like, they would be the laughing stock of college basketball for the rest of our lives.

[Ryan Lemond]

So you would do that?

[Shannon]

Yes.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, I think that's probably what that guy thought was the case when Spain played Cape Verde.

[Shannon]

But that's another. I mean, they're on the same level, aren't they?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes, but, like, there's a huge. Like all the Spanish players play in the top league and none of the Cape Verde.

[Shannon]

That's just disrespect to Cape Verde is what I'm saying. Putting that kind of money down, saying that they're not going to win.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, it clearly didn't work, but I think I can understand why they might have done. It

[Drew Franklin]

had been hard watching that for them.

[Ryan Lemond]

Can you imagine how nervous you would be? Plus soccer, you know, there's always. You get so many chances and then it doesn't happen. You'd be drew. You'd be pulling your hair out, wouldn't you?

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[Drew Franklin]

In soccer, you know, different than the Kentucky basketball comparison is there can be a draw. If there weren't draws available, you think, well, we'll eventually get them in overtime. It won't lose. But the way it played out, zero, zero, There goes a million.

[Ryan Lemond]

So Cabo, Cabo Verde. Cabo is Portuguese, which is their language. So the word cape in English, drew means cabo in port is cabo in Portuguese. So that's why you could use either one.

[Drew Franklin]

Have you all been thinking about Billy's facts as you watch these games?

[Ryan Lemond]

I really have, actually.

[Drew Franklin]

Like, I watch about parking with the. Was that Korea?

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[Drew Franklin]

Oil wrestling with Turkey who we play Thursday night.

[Ryan Lemond]

I thought about if you notice Turkey's been bad and I think it's becoming because of the oil wrestling Shannon they they've not been focused.

[Shannon]

Yeah they're doing too many like shenanigans off the field like going back to

[Ryan Lemond]

the all's facts as the as the games come on. I'm I'm with you I drew I think about those facts quite a bit.

[Drew Franklin]

I really well wrestle on Thursday before

[Shannon]

us plays no he should not know

[Ryan Lemond]

definitely not I think scared well it's like acts like Shannon didn't do it last week. Tell me about Stockton Mortgage.

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859-280-2287 Final segment this is KSR.

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[Ryan Lemond]

Techie Sports Radio Text Machine. 772-774-5254 Ryan will be back tomorrow. We are going to take calls tomorrow. I want to hear what people think about the new ad. I think in general people are pretty excited about it. One person writes, matt, the way you asked if there were still kids on the milk, milk bottles tells me you've never been to a grocery store since 1985. Well, I mean, whether that's true or not, nobody answered the question, though.

[Shannon]

Well, like they would have them.

[Ryan Lemond]

Are they still on there?

[Shannon]

If you go to McDonald's, you know, they used to have them like right there next to the cash register. There would be like a thing that would have like a milk carton where you could put like donate.

[Ryan Lemond]

Nobody's.

[Shannon]

I haven't seen them. No, no, no. I think they moved on to the Internet. It's a much easier way to spread the news.

[Ryan Lemond]

All of my furniture got delivered this weekend. So when I get to Lexington, I'm going to have like a house, a place to go.

[Shannon]

I love this. Like you don't even know like what's, what your house is going to look like.

[Ryan Lemond]

I know what's in it.

[Shannon]

Do you?

[Ryan Lemond]

But I decided that if I was there when the stuff got delivered, I would start my manning stress you out. You know what I meant? The corners, man. Yeah, put that there. And I was like, you know what? My mom offered to do it. I was like, I'm just gonna have her do it because she will be much more calm during that process. So it happened. And so now it's all there. Like all the, the furniture. And she like bought, I'm gonna have groceries for the first time since maybe 1996.

[Drew Franklin]

Milk?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. Oh, it's. I've got a refrigerator full of groceries now.

[Shannon]

I love. They stocked it. With food too.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, my mom did. She was. She was. She thought a new house needed to have something in it.

[Shannon]

Frozen meals, I'm sure nothing. You're gonna cook, though.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, I'm cooking. Maybe I've got, like a. I'm gonna make a pizza.

[Shannon]

It's a frozen food.

[Ryan Lemond]

No, no. I'm gonna like. You like flour.

[Shannon]

Stop it. You're not gonna row roll dough with like a.

[Ryan Lemond]

No, I'm not.

[Shannon]

Didn't make a. You're not gonna.

[Ryan Lemond]

My friend Melissa tells me she'll. She'll. She'll tell. To walk me through how to do it.

[Shannon]

Right.

[Ryan Lemond]

So why can't I do it?

[Shannon]

You don't have the patience for that?

[Ryan Lemond]

No, probably not, but I'm gonna at least try.

[Shannon]

It's not happening. You've talked to two of us. Two years ago, you said you're gonna start cooking.

[Ryan Lemond]

Why you got. You gotta be down about Trip Trace?

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[Shannon]

Down about the things I'm realistic, I'm not down about. I'm just being realistic with it.

[Ryan Lemond]

I. I think you should be more excited. The draft is tomorrow night, Drew. We'll talk maybe tomorrow a little bit more about the top guys. Let's talk about our Kentucky guys for a second. Jaden Quaintance has not been invited to the draft, and he could be dropped to the second round. What do you make of that?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, forgot that was pretty much lived in the lottery for the last at least year. And throughout the whole season. He's down in the 20s and, as you said, wasn't invited. I was interested to see if Mark Pope would make the trip and sit in the green room with him. But even Jaden Quaint doesn't get to make the green room trip. Maybe Pope will be at a house party or something with him. But quite the fall for a guy who was banking on being a top pick for a long time.

[Ryan Lemond]

Would you. Would you pick him? If you were a team, would you pick Jaden Quaint?

[Shannon]

No.

[Ryan Lemond]

Kind of first round.

[Lady Luck]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Where he's been projected now.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes.

[Drew Franklin]

If you're a team that's already pretty developed and you could add that athleticism kind of. If it doesn't work out, you'll still be okay. Yeah, I would definitely take him.

[Ryan Lemond]

I mean, I. The potential is there. I mean, he. You know, I feel like we'll be talking about the second half of the St. John's game when we look back at this year a lot, because that was when everybody was playing. But, I mean, you saw the potential in that game.

[Shannon]

I saw his Workouts, Workouts. He looked great. He's doing windmill dunks and everything. I'm like, wow.

[Ryan Lemond]

The question for me is, do you ever think that guy's going to be able to shoot well enough to play in the NBA? We didn't seem enough to really know.

[Shannon]

Yeah, I don't know. I haven't seen them.

[Ryan Lemond]

What do you think, Drew?

[Drew Franklin]

I don't know about shoot, but if you're a team that's pretty well set up already and you could just add like an elite shot blocker and kind of a. Still a young project, you can turn into something a little better offensively. I would, I would take the gamble in the 20s now if I'm, you know, the Hornets or something at 13 or 14, whatever they have. No, I would not take that gamble. But I don't know if like the Thunder have a late first round pick, but a team like that, sure, I would be smart.

[Ryan Lemond]

I agree with you.

[Drew Franklin]

The Knicks mentioned as a, as a

[Ryan Lemond]

spot, maybe so away is projected towards the end of the second round or undrafted. You know, you never know about those guys at the end of the second round. You never. Sometimes they're better off not getting picked than getting picked at the end of the second round. Drew, do you think Otega Away plays significant? And by significant I'll mean let's say 30 or more games in the NBA in his career. Do you think he's in it? Do you think he plays not just one game? Is he an NBA player

[Drew Franklin]

lean under on that many games played? He's now gone through the combine twice in both years, barely cracked mock drafts. Great college players we know, but I think the shooting never developed into what he needs to be a regular in the NBA.

[Ryan Lemond]

So. So you don't think he gets.

[Drew Franklin]

I, I think he might get picked late in the second, but as far as seeing him play a lot of NBA games, I'll lean the under on your number there.

[Ryan Lemond]

I tend to think. No, but, but you never know. I mean, I think a lot of it is the situation he, he ends up in. You know, he kind of reminds me completely different kind of player, but the same situation as Oscar in the sense he's a great college player, but I'm not sure if those skills translate to what works in the NBA. Now Oscar played some last year in part because he was on a bad team and they were trying to lose and so they played a lot. But I don't know. I think he's, I think he's kind of the prototype of a great college player that I'm just not sure has what NBA skills are. Shannon, do you think he plays in the NBA?

[Shannon]

Yeah, I mean, we were saying, like on the roster for 30 games or has to actually appear on, on the court.

[Ryan Lemond]

Say, I don't mean this. I. I just mean, like, is he an NBA?

[Shannon]

Yes, I think he can be. I mean, I don't think he's gonna magically become a great shooter, but I think he's got enough skills to where he can get to the basket and score that way and do other things to make the team and, you know, not get significant minutes in the game. You know, not play 20 minutes a game.

[Ryan Lemond]

But he's one of the most baffling players to me, drew UK's ever had in the sense of, if you were to say to me, okay, what is the elite skill that he has? I'm not sure what the answer to that is. He's not a great shooter. Now, he is a good penetrator, pretty good finisher, but like, he's not the best defender in the world, not the best passer in the world, but he's just, he scores, he's effective. And so, Drew, it's hard for me to, it's hard to see a guy like that fail, but it's also, you go, well, what's he going to do in the NBA? It's hard to know, you know.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I mean, we watched him attack and was mostly just bully your way in there and finish. I don't know how that'll work. I wouldn't really call him a creator. I think if he wants to carve out a spot, he's going to have to embrace defense because he's got the athleticism and the potential there. But he could become a defensive stopper and earn a few years in the league. I think that's his route because I just don't think offensively he can create or shoot enough to have a spot.

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[Ryan Lemond]

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[Shannon]

Of course I'll eat it. Yeah, I'll choke it down.

[Ryan Lemond]

All right. I will see you guys tomorrow. Ryan will rejoin us tomorrow. We're very excited about that. We'll see you later. It's been Kentucky Sports Radio this July 4th.

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