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Go Reyna stops by today It has been an incredible World Cup So far, nineteen teams left Canada Mexico, the United States Um So on Friday, we give you a super six. The six best goals off this week, it's amazing from the World Cup Number six. L at the great space he was able to run into. Ji at Kinones and that s to do it such a magnificent and a splendid finish. by Kiniones, he buries it and the stadium has Number five Carry K Sir Harry, He's just done the business for England Fick time. Now who else? King Harry? numberum four. Then bellet to a batet. Step over from a bapet. Stell a bet Absolutely brilliant from killing up that. That's the goal the superstar scores. Biggest stage, biggest moments. they deliver. Num three. C up yellow Num two. new are in a little bit of space. inside of his wife foot. ose He's already As soon as he's colded, he knows he's running away to celebrate number one Anone on the field that can float into that top corner thatan greatest free kick in the history of the United States men's national team. It's not a penalty kick, it's a free kick, obviously I I can watch that stuff over and over. It's just getting better You think you think it's been exciting so far. These games now. I mean, Cape Verde in Argentina tonight. I'm not saying it's going to be an upset. There probably won't. If there was W it be the biggest? J Max Roan his eyes Be very careful. Cate Verde got here. just be careful I'm a vacation there. somethingomet's going on in the water at Cape Verdon. That's all I'm saying And with that Jason Timp hoops tonight at at the volume. So I want to read you this. This is from Sam Aymk in the athletic This is fascinating. it just came down. I know you like, it doesn't even matter if you like soccer. The great announcer calls on a global stage is I mean it's riveting. I can't keep watching this stuff. Okay, Sam Amk and Jake King. I'm going to redo this, Jason This is the article on the Jalen Brown trade. The trade was not driven by finances Blazer's analytics, they try to send him to Portland Blazer's analytics view Brown as a negative player One current GM doesn't view Brown as a top fifty player in the league. Oh boy Celtics believe all four picks received going to be valuable whether you keep them or use them in trades Boston question. I think this is fair whether Brown would buy into reaccepting a smaller role alongside Jason Tatum. Remember, this only gets out if Boston wants it out And finally, the Celtics, this is also fair thoughtought Brown went off script way too often during the playoff series loss to the Sixers So I had said this, no sports team in America outside of maybe the Dodgers Jason is more analytically driven then the Celtics. And so like Payton Prard eight million, Jalen Brown fifty seven million We know Peyton's not not jailing is he seven times? Jaylen. So let's talk about analytics and Jalen Brown. Is it fair to say he's a lousy analytics player I think that this is a classic case of the truth is somewhere in the middle in the sense that there are some real reasons why the data looks the way that it looks Jalen Brown is very much an on and island basketball player He is not a particularly good pick and roll player. So in terms of running action that involves other players on the floor, it's not something that he excels at He is a below average spot up player.'s a forty fifth percentile spot up player. So you can't like tuck him away off the ball. That's not something he does particularly well. When he was at his best last year, it was running ISOs right in the middle of the floor He is quite literally on an Island basketball player. Like when we're talking about fits for other teams. you talk about LeBron, you talk about fit. you're like, what does LeBron look like with Steph? What does he look like with Yokage? as any basketball team out there when even Philly, when you're trying to examine what Jalen Brown looks like on your team, it's complicated. You're like, well, he's going to come in and he's going to play Jayalen Brown brand basketball. He's going to play there in the middle of the floor kind of on an island and everything's going to revolve around him and what he can do either scoring or passing out of those isSOos I think that reflects poorly in the metrics because the Celtics do move the ball better when he's not on the floor. No is a player that exactly. So like there's a certain amount of that stuff that's going to manifest in the data. My thing is Every time you had to beat the Celtics last year, Jalen Brown was on the floor in crunch time and they were one of the best teams in the league all year long.. Every time there's five seconds on the shot clock and no one could get anything going, Jalen Brown was the one guy on the floor could go get his own his own look. So I think there's a happy middle ground in here somewhere where is he a little bit analytically overrated? sure. Is he tough to fit in with your team? Absolutely But he is an incredibly talented basketball player that is going to help somebody win. Now, I think the most interesting piece of all of this is what you just said about them fitting in next year Jayen Brown has this amazing season Jason Tatum comes back into the equation next year. It is not the same as it was two years ago before Jayalen Brown had that season and knew what he was capable of doing. And I do think there was a certain amount of this that Boston simply does not do this deal unless they feel like the chemistry element was untenable. That they clearly looked at this and were' like, whatever opportunity that we lose with Jayalen There was a certain amount of headache that was going to come with trying to make this work again. and Paul George, there's no question. when he's healthy, he's a number two to Jason Tatum. He's going to fit seamlessly into what they're trying to do. They got some draft compensation back. I just think what's fascinating is how little they got back And that to me is a testament to how Jalen Brown, just frankly, every one of these GMs All right, That froze. We want to get him back. No that that people keep saying, Well, I can't believe what they didn't get back. Well, what's the market fifty seven million dollar player that analytically And all these front offices in the NBA have analytic squads and they got power. Baseball, general managers right in the rundown They're giving you the batting order in the NBA All these analytic guys upstairs, they're telling you But this is not he's not a fifty seven million dollars player So again Look at the stuff that's leaking from Boston According to the story, it's not just finances. It's not that. it's chemistry. off script. So whether you like it or not, that's what's being reported by legitimate U You know, reporters that have been doing this forever. Um, so And again, it's I think I've been saying this for years. I wish Jason Tatum was as aggressive as Jayalen Brown. What I think is fascinating is going to be the Philadelphia seventy sixers and Bed sees himself as a one. Tyse Maxie in my opinion is a one. Brown sees himself as a one and VJ. Edgecombe shot fourteen shots a game. You think he wants to become a four Nick Nurse, it's going to be a fascinating to watch Nick Nurse I don't know what you're doing. I mean, I'll watch I that that is going to be Dean Wadees not going to get a shot all season. I'll tell you that right now And then they bring in the kid from Portland U There's another guy that wants shots And Fnie Simons, when he gets hot, he wants shots. So what you have here is Mbeds a one and knows it. Brown sees himself as a one, Edgecomb Scored thirty six points his first NBA game Average fourteen shots a game You think he's going back to eleven shots And then you got To me, Tyres Maxie, who's unbelievable. I said it three years ago I mean, I said it Three years ago like that guy's a one. He may not be there next That guy's a. So it's a fascinating fascinating team and I don't know who's going to be number one. I mean, Boston moved off him because they didn't think he could relinquish shots just for Jason Tatum Just for Tatum that didn't think the chemistry was right. Okay, Jason Timp coming back. So one of the things we talked about is everybody is so analytically driven. if if Jason, if Jayalen Brown was twenty six million, thirty six million, it's different at fifty seven These front offices In my opinion, maybe yours, they're just pushing back on him the player. Yeah, I think there's a certain amount of when you're occupying seventy percent of your cap between two thirty five percent maxes kind of need a certain amount of compimmentary skill And I think that that I think that that is absolutely part of the equation if you were talalking about Jalen Brown's value to the Celtics in a vacuum, where I think it gets complicated is it's not in a vacuum You got Paul George back,. Like it's not as simple as you got to choose between Jayalen Brown and Jadden McDaniels. That wasn't the decision that was on the table here. It was very much, if you looked at the packages that were on the table, Yahest was the one deal that made sense to me. The Yahonest deal was like, we get this guy that's far more complimentary. He pressures the rim. He generates all these high quality three The stuff that Portland was offering didn't make sense to me I just I just feel like I just feel like Boston's a worse team today than they were before the deal. And that's the hardest part for me to reconcile even acknowledging the stuff about Jayalen. They do have twenty seven million left. There is an exception. So they're definitely not done building. Okay. so let's go to this. Walker Kessler. So you and I disagree on that. I like that My take is and I used the analogy yesterday, if you and your wife have a kid and you want to meet a good school district, you're going to overpay for a house You got a dog, you need a yard Don't fight it. Certain things in life, you just got to pay and you're not getting a there's housing bubbles and stock market buble. There's a center bubble in the NBA. When Weby got to the final and knocked OKC out, Centers are not going at a discount. The Lakers need one. They need to get bigger and wider. He's a great shop blocker The market, it may be a bubble. We had a wide receiver bubble in the NFL. It felt like two years ago I don't love the price, but what I like worse is Deondre Ayon is my rim protector. And I think you just have to say It's the market You're overpaying, but we're a better team on the back end. Is that fair I disagree with you about the better team piece. I will say of the moves the Lakers made, this is the one I'm least concerned with. The reason why I say that is like I do think Walker is a foundational type of talent. We've been talking about this on your show for weeks now. If there was one guy that I thought the Lakers should go all in on, it was this guy. but I think the price tag tends closer to superstar price tag. L this price tag callin is pretty close to what they paid for Janis and what they paid for Jalen Brown. So like That that is the one concern that I have. That's a lot of pressure on Walker to become a star big The bigger problem that I have with all of this more has to do with the Lakers operating as a cap space team With the way the league has changed, good players don't make it to free agency. They get extended by their teams. Jayen McDaniels doesn't become a free agent. OG Annaobbe doesn't become a free agent. Michael Bridges doesn't become a free agent. What happens is you have to trade for those guys, right? byy operating as a cap space team You get into the Quentin Grimes and the Colin Sexton and the Sndra Mamo Kellash Hey. These are bench guys, Colin. this to me is the stat of the summer. All four guys at the Lakers signed Two days ago combined to start fewer games than LeBron James did last year These are these are bench players that are coming into this rotation. And so as I look at the situation and by the way, Walker Kessler to me is a rock solid starting caliber talent, but you have a gaping hole at the three and a gaping hole at the four Why wasn't LeBron and Marcus Smart included in this plan as a stopgap until you can fill those spots. Listen to this Chums The Lakers are trading Deandre Ayton to the wizards for Jaden Hardy And two wizards second round picks and thirty one and thirty two. So they got some draft capital back. We worried about that. A little bit of draft capital. I don't know much about Jayden Hardy. I don't know I'm not going to put you on the spot. Is he a wing? a defensive wing? I think that a guard Okay. I don't know much. Yeah. I don't have the wizards rotation memorized. Okay, what do you make of that move That What's interesting about that is I would have figured they would have thought Deandre Aiden was their backup center for this for this era. But what's more fascinating there is I think the wizards knew they wanted a big Alex Sar is coming off of a foot injury and they want something in terms of the center rotation. Alex Sar is another guy they kind of view as a four five hybrid that can play alongside a big. We haven't talked about it yet, but I still think LeBron's going to goolden State I think even this stunt this morning with Rich Paul in the Whiteboard was all about trying to get Anthony Davis traded over there to Golden State. But if you're going to trade Anthony Davis, you still need a center in the rotation to play with Trey Young and alongside Alex Sar. Deondre Aiten suddenly becomes that particular center. So maybe that's the direction mayaybe they're just trying to create a stopgap after they trade AB, but For the lakers, that's strange now because who's the backup center Okay, so Jayen Hardy, twelve points a game, forty two percent from three. So what we've talked about in the offseason, we said this. They got to shoot the three better. They got to get younger and more athletic and they got to get bigger and wider. So they've gotten bigger and wider They just added another three point shooter, plus the kid from Baylor Grimes can shoot a three and they're younger I mean, so they are checking some boxes. It may be a team of first guy off the bench But they have check boxes Well, you had mentioned this a couple of weeks ago. you were like the Lagers need to move on from the LeBron James era. They certainly did that. Like they've cleaned house. Everybody that was involved in the organization other than Austin and Luca is out now and you've got a whole new group of guys I just and I like Walker Kessler is the foundational five. brringing back those second round picks will be big if they need to make a trade for a three or a four. But who's your long term solution at the three and the four? That's where I get a little concerned. Santra Mamokeelashv if he starts at the four, that to me is a limitation. Maybe they end up getting in on the Jonathan Cominga sweepstakes and you know, I'm not the biggest Caminga fan in the world, but I think he'd be an upside flyer for them at that four spot. But it's's it's just they spent two hundred sixty one million dollars in the majority of their draft capital and they got one starting caliber player back in for all of that. And that is to me the one concerning call and this is what I would say. I think of the three Luca teams, this is the worst Luca team of these three years. And that to me is concerning when you tilting into Luca's late twenties and there's more pressure on the long term viability of this partnership. I just I don't understand this is here's a stat for youalling. when Marcus Sart and LeBron James were on the floor last year, they were ten points better for one hundred possessions than they were with Marcus Sart and LeBron off I don't understand why they weren't in LeBron's ear early in this process and in Marcus' ear early in this process and telling Luca, look, we're going to get Walker Kessler Walker Kessler is the future But we need LeBron and Marcus as a stop gap solution at the three and four so that you, Luca compete for a title while we build this. letting them walk the way that they did. They could Marcus Smart went for two years, thirteen million, Colin. He was their most valuable role player last year I'm stunned that they didn't apply any value to those two guys. Volume sports, hoops tonight. Jason Temp as always was great Deep dive on the Lakers, my friend. Have a great weekend and a fourth of July Good to see you Coen. Good to see you. It's really interesting. The story out in the athletic that it's not about it's not about finances. It is about chemistry concerns with Jalen Brown. That's being leaked. It's very it's very interest I got some thoughts on that. It's very interesting. There's a book out there I've read it twice now. Jeff Perlman wrote it. It's one of my favorite sports books ever, Three ring circus Andm I'm going to reference that. comoming up because again, all this stuff is coming out from the Celtic side now And it sounds like it's chemistry stuff, too much ad liibbing wouldouldn't take a secondary role to Jason Tayatum Analytically Blazers thought he was a negative player. not my opinion. that's just what's coming out of the league. We'll talk about this next the herard Be sure to catch live editions of the Heard weeekdays in Non Easter nine AM Pacific on Fox Sports Radio, FS one and the IiHard Radio app Hey guys, it's Dasha here. The World Cup brings cities to life. streets buzzing, crowds gathering, every goal sparking celebration. Moments like this are impossible to miss, but some moments are so quiet. They slip right past us. Human trafficking affects real people across the US, and it often looks different from what we think. Some survivors cannot simply walk away or ask for help. So learn the signs. 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Terms and conditions apply Need to hire? This is a job for indeed sponsored jobs Hey, it's Ben, host of the fififth Hour with Ben Maller. It would mean a lot to have you join us on our weekly auditory journey. You're asking what in God's name is the fififth hour? I'll tell you, it's a spin offff of the Ben Maller showh, Cult hit overnights on FSR. Why should you listen? picture if you will a world where we chat with Captains of industry in media, sports and more every week, exxplore some amazing facts about human nature and more. Listen to the fififth hour with Ben Maller on the IiHart Radio app, Apple podcast or wherever you get your podcast Getting more clarity on the Jayen Brown trade. I'm gonna give you two words, repeat after me. Analytics and chemistry Analytics and chemistry Analytics. and chemistry Those two words Because of the new CBA, you can't stack rosters Let's start with chemistry New York Nicks, Oklahoma City last two champions with a new CBA. The Villanova guys or the Kicks eagoless Thunder. Analytics and chemistry Go back to previous generations or even previous years before the new CBA. Did we think Draymon KB had the great chemistry? N bra, they get better players Did we think Shaq and Kobe? hadad great chemistry. Go read the Great Book by Jeff Perlman Three ring circus Kobe was so unlikable Chemistry was a weekly issue How about the Michael Jordan Bowles Please, Rodman, they bullied Tony Cocoach It was brilliant coaching and the greatest tandem ever The new CBA has had eight champs in eight years. and the reason is The margins are smaller. You can't stack a roster. There's no France at the World Cup anymore The Nick one, they were a third season in the West San Antonio had better players. The Kicks had great roster construction Analytics and chemistry Analytics and chemistry. Look at the league. Stories now coming out today from somebody in the Celtics to Sam Abek and Jane King wasasn't finances. It was chemistry Brown was playing off the script. They didn't think Brown would be a number two back in his slot. hisis analytics according to the article by Sam Mic and Jake King, his analytics around the league Nobody interested fifty seven millionars annually him as an analytic player Analytics and Chemistry is the new NBA. Nova guys, the Nova Kicks Eagleess O KC Thunder Michael Hawley G Boston sportscaster, sports writer for years talked about The difference between Jayen and Jason Tatum both great players. That's not just not both that's not disputed. B good guys, both great players chemistry H's Micha O guy went to Duke, one guy went to Cal Berkeley. Jenid Brown is so Cal Berkeley that Cal Berkeley should have him on banners. I mean, he is Cal Berkeley. He's counterculture. He is contrarian. Uh, you know I'm going to do it a little differently than what you'd expect in And Jason Tayatum is a blue blood cororporate, mainstream kind of falls in line with what the Celtics want analytics and chemistry Read the athletic stories coming out. They say it's not about finances I mean, again, you can say, well the Hey' trying to protect themself. Well, didn't you ask yesterday Jalen Brown for Jeff Geor or Jeff Apaul George Jayen Brown, Paul George. W That doesn't make any sense More clarity today Take a deep breath. Stororyies coming out Analytics Not good, Chemistry Celtic saying, not good either J Mac with the newews Third Line News Let's go back into the World Cup yesterday. Spain out here in Los Angeles look pretty damn good shredding Austria three, nothing in an easy dub. Oafa ball scored twice. He's been a very good striker in this tournament and the Spain passing was exquisite. Austria basically had like did nothing the entire. It was it was literally the reason they called it the beautiful game, the The passing was clinical It was really pretty So this is the weird part about Spain. They had to tie against Cape Verde in the opener. Remember, Yamal did not start that game. They've had a couple injuries that they're nursing and Cape Verde had two months to prepare and they they tied them So everybody was off Spain since then. I mean, they still haven't allowed a goal, Colin in the World Cup. So the defense is good They land Portugal next. Okaykay? Cristiano Ronaldo in Portugal againgst Spain is going to be a really good game. I think I like Spain, but telling me this Spain team is just not a one hundred percent. Nico Williams, one of their best wings who was extraordinary in the Euro Championships. He hasn't He's been out of the lineup. He did not play yesterday I know that S spains a lot, Colin. I think there's a little gap. you'd agree It's France, Argentina and then a gap. Yeah And then probably Spain is three. I don't know, Brazil Mexico. Also, we've seen teams over the course of this tournament. We started out with a bang. now we don't have Balligan. We don't feel quite as as leap Spain started out slowly. I watched yesterday. That was majestic. That was beautiful. That was symphonic. You're watching that thinking, God this is passassing is so they are so quick, beautiful passing. So its you know, like France is the only team that is so stacked. They look good every week. We say this all the time in proports. You know, that warriors team may have lost games with Katie Stefan Clay, but you you showed up for seven out of eight games, you know, you were watching an all time great team. The bulls with MJ may have lost to expansion Toronto once or twice, but in the end on most nights Only France is a team that first moment to now has really looked next level Ebbs flows, injuries. Also, the longer this tournament goes on, not everybody's one hundred percent. You're either losing a player, you've got an injury, you talked about this with Spain. So I think it' I think it's France, Argentina second will watch tonight, and I think there is a group of eight of which we are in. Mexico is in, England's in, and Spain's probably to your point at the top of that second group. top of the second group. I will just say for the gamblers out there, make sure you check the weather for this next set of games, Colin, it's gonna be over one hundred degrees for France Paraguay tomorrow on july fourth in Philadelphia. They' up to one hundred three degrees possibly. So weather is going to be a factor in some of these games as we get deeper into the cup. All right, let's move to the NBA. This is interesting, Colin The San Antonio Spurs remember they lost their number two coach Sweeney left for Orlando. Yeah, they just hired Billy Donovan Lve him. loveove him as the assistant lead coach. I now they bring in a veteran coach for young Spurs head coach who was maligned for not really organizing the offense in critical situations late. Okay. So let me ask you, I cannot find this anywhere yet Wh made this higher? Did Mitch Johnson, the head coach come out and say, I love a veteran guy like Billy Donovan or was this the Spurs saying o Oh, Billy Donoan' on the mark. Let's go grab Billy Donoan becausecause Mix Johnson, as you pointed out was really bad in the NA fal. that was slow slleow. He wass a young coach. he was. Well He got a little over. I thought it wasn't great. I watched his dad, Pub byy the way, I loved his dad, John Johnson Sonics nineteen sevventies. I can go for hours. my time first First point first point Forward point guard Point guard for four, point for. his dad, John Johns S number twenty seven. It was his first full years ahead coachair. He did get exposed in fairness, Castle Wemby and Dylan Harper are kids. They are. So we can't just bury Mitch Johnson. I'm not that Okay. that team is to New York, Mike Brown, who is a wonderful guy. He'd been fired four times Mike Brown, veteran coach, veteran Nicks, they just, they had levers they pulled that Mitch Johnson's not there yet. I don't know who made this hire. I will tell you, you know what I told you this for years. I think Billy Donovan's a great coach You like him a lot, Colin. I love him. Im not rying Mit Johnon. We agree he' struggl in the finals. And it was his first final. someome of the substitution patterns, the minutes up by twenty seven and Wendy still playing a lot of it. Like that game killed him. That's not I just think sometimes Bur a veteran Roookie quarterbacks, rookie coaches, twenty year old point guards. like San Antonio is wonderful Theyay It's like that Cleveland team with LeBron that got to the finals and got swept by San Antonio. San Antonio was a dynasty I mean Cleveland didn't have a second all star. like like you know, so I just think Mitch Johnson will be fine. That was a lot to That is Super Bowl year one. I'm going to put you off. I'm going to put you on the spot. All right. if the sppurs don't win the finals Oh what do you think they Huh I this smile, I see it. Okay, let me throw this out oh Mcphay Brillant. Right Do youember Sean McVace for Super Bowl against Belichk Yeah, that they had no offense. They thirteen three or something like that. Yeah McVeigcknowledged It's on me I over prepared I got paralysis by analysis. We were too tight. And listen, Belachck. at the time was the go. But McVeigh's brilliant. andc McVeigh was like, I just and so I always want to give young people when they I got gray hair You know, I mean, I've been around the block. a lot of young people first show, first game, first finals. I think Mit Sean iss going be pretty good. He is, but Colin, McVeigh also said I can't win Super Bowls with this guy. I'm not going to name his name but whatever. I need to go out and get this other guy. So he goes out and gets another guy Mick Johnson goes to the Spurs brass. They're like, bro, we gave you all the best meats, vegetables on the planet. Cook me a freaking five star meal I'm just saying this is a subplot to watch and I like Mit Johnson, but keep an eye on a final story com, the NFL releases every summer their top one hundred list. Okaykay. So they're starting to trickle out now. Okay. And of course the staff wanted to sandbag me I like Oh, Brock Pury, check it in at eighty five as if he's the eighty fifth best player in the league now for the record. this is voted on by the players themselves. They had Bryce Young at ninety eight. And u Rock Pty, checking in at eighty five. Take it away, big boy. Gohead eighty one hundred, eighty five or eighty five. Stop it eighty fifth best player in the league my rear end. come on, give me a break So who was right above him and right behind? we don't we just we don't have everything. They're slowly leaking out the numbers. listen, you knows the top ten's going to be like Josh Allen and Lamar Jack Well within the nineers organization. I would put McCaffrey one, Trent Williams two, kiddle three. Kidle three. No, I'm saying just on the niners if you rank their players. you rank kidle above the quarterback Again, George Kittdle is a first ballot haul of a top five tight end in football history Thrent Williams top six tackle in football history. McCamffrey's the top five back in football history. So there are three highest rated guys, B. Fred Warner, I would put above him. in terms of an overall player, Fred Warner's a Hall of Famer It'sorld Cup season. I'm not gonna to get in an NFL argument with you right. Hold on, hold on. overver Brock Py. N. These players were behind Brock Hurty K McMillan for the Panthers I should putie oneood season. That dude is. He's really good. Sure sure Chicken would be in twenty twenty. Carn Williams, eighty nine. O Disrespect for Burdie continues. I'm just not doing this right now. We could argue about this in August. We just shelved the Bertdie. Let me guess. Ohh wait, like Caleb Williams is like fourteen, right? You know, here's how good June has been on this show. Yeah. That's the first NFL story of note. I mean, we have done so much NBA, so much World Cup. NBA draft NBA draft. We gott to do some baseball next week Cubs are heating up, Yankees. Matt What's going on the white socks? How' their first place? I think their first is real Another first place Guardian second No no, White socks are in first place. Now why don't you invite me to a game, pal? Maybe I'll come out there You have no idea how nice it is. J Mac for the news That's the news. And thanks for stopping by. The Hed L. 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