Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show - 5 On It & could the Bulls trade for Giannis Antetokounmpo? (Hour 3)

Episode Date: February 2, 2026

In the third hour, Marshall Harris and Mark Grote discussed a variety of sports topics in the 5 On It segment. After that, they wondered if there’s any chance that the Bulls trade for Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo. Later, they reacted to White Sox legend Frank Thomas being irked by being left off a social media post that the organization had to celebrate Black History Month.

Number one. All right, it's five on it. On 104, three, the score, baby. Our first edition, here's question number one over the weekend. Tom Brady rolled out his annual LFG Awards on Fox Sports NFL's Instagram page. And I'm just now realizing it's the first annual because this is his first. It was the second year, isn't it? No, this is his debut.

No, no, his second year as an announcer. Yeah, okay. So this is the second year of the LFG Awards, the second annual LFG Awards. And so he introduced a new category this year. Best Value Player Award, here's Tom presenting the award. It's not the LFG most valuable player. It's the LFG best value player. Oh, interesting. All right.

Yeah. Who did the most for their team? You got a guy? I got a guy. Nishon Wright, Corner, Bears. He had a tremendous season. He was an absolute turnover machine. The Bears, they didn't do a great job between the 20s, okay?

The ball was moved a lot. came down to turning the ball over. They were better than every team in the league. And he was a huge reason why intercept and passes, strip sacks, fumbles, fumble recoveries, what he did on a vet minimum contract, something like 1.1. I don't know, all those little details, you guys are going to go research yourself. But what I saw with my eye test, he is the value player year. Congratulations. You've earned yourself quite a contract in the future. And shout out Nishon Wright's agent. You're going to do pretty well, too. All right, Tom Brady on Instagram there, presenting the Bears own

Nishon Wright with the Best Value Player of the Year Award. So according to SpotRack, projections suggest Wright could earn a contract worth close to $50 million. On a scale of 1 to 10 on the Higone meter, how would you rate the likelihood that Nishon Wright ends up signing with another NFL team this offseason? And I'm going to say eight. I want to make sure that means it's very unlikely that he would be back with the Bears. Is it eight unlikely, right?

That's right. Okay, just want to make sure. Yeah, this is, we are rating the likelihood that he's gone. The likelihood that Nashan Wright is going to go to another team. So if you say it eight, Grotie. That means he's pretty well gone. That's right.

And that's the way I feel about it. The Bears cannot afford to pay another member of their secondary $50 million with Jalen Johnson already being paid for. I also, and not to mention that Tyreek Stevenson is free and that you have two safety positions. that you have to think about potentially bringing one of those guys back. Oh, and you paid Kyler Gordon another cornerback already.

So while who didn't love the Nashan Wright story this year, I think that that's where it stops. It was a great story. You probably, man, you probably maxed him out too as a player. You probably got the most out of Nashan Wright that any other team will have gotten out of him. Has he earned it with another team? Absolutely. I want the best for Nashan Wright.

but I don't think he's going to give the bears that kind of production every year. Certainly not worth $50 million. So, yeah, I put it at 8 for Nashan Wright's chances of returning to the bears, or at least as Ray put the question, going somewhere else. I think you're giving a little too much margin for return. Put him at a 10. Only reason I didn't go 10 is because he did tell Layla that day and has told us in the past, he loves Chicago, he wants to be here, but he also probably would.

saying under his breath, I also want to be paid by the Bears. I think the need for cashing in on your big opportunity outweighs maybe your comfort in the city or even working with a guy like Al Harris who looks like he's going to be back with the Bears. So I think it's a 10. I think he's gone. It's just a matter of... What are you going to do with that close to $50 million

and spending it on other things if you're the Bears because there was never... He was never getting paid that much. They need a guy to fill his spot that makes like $1.1 million. Do you think another team will pay him $50 million? Does he think other teams will look at him as a top cornerback? It's a tough one.

Because, you know, I mean, look, he's still young. He hadn't got his opportunity, but he was living on practice squads prior to having this burst of a season. Is it real? I think it's real enough that he gets paid. I just, the $50 million. What kind of contract does that look like? How much per year do you want your second, cornerback because I think he features

as a second cornerback on most teams. Neither of us is ready to get $50 million to Nishon right. Next question. Number two. Over the weekend, we got the news that the Cardinals hired Ram's offensive coordinator, Mike LaFleur, to be Arizona's next head coach. That's the brother

of Packers coach, Matt LaFleur. Also, according to reports, Seahawks offensive coordinator, Clint Kubiak, intends to try to work out a deal to become the next head coach of the Raiders, which NFL team won the hiring cycle and which team ended up being the biggest loser of this hiring cycle. Hmm.

This is a great question because there's 10 jobs, you can really go up and down the list. But I'm going to stick with the guy who is not an offensive-minded head coach as my team that was the biggest winner. That'd be the New York Giants who hired an established guy in John Harbaugh, a true program builder, if you will, if you look at what happened in his time with the Baltimore Ravens. That's the winner to me because the Giants have been dysfunctional one way or another for so long, post-Ely Manning, we could say, post-Tom Coughlin. And I think Harbaugh is the right guy to get everything in order.

He's got a quarterback in Jackson Dart. And I think he's going to do a pretty good job there. And that's why I think the Eagles might be in trouble in that division, especially when you think about Jane Daniels and company coming back. As far as the loser, I think it's the Pittsburgh Steelers. I think they could have made a bigger splash. They could have gone with a younger guy, and Mike McCarthy has had some bad moments.

Yes, he has won a Super Bowl, but he also had one of the greatest players to ever play the position of quarterback and Aaron Rogers at his disposal when he won a Super Bowl. And Dag Prescott is probably one of the top five, six quarterbacks in the NFL. If you were to look at his time with the Dallas Cowboys, I just think the Steelers could have gone more modern

and gotten a better job than 62-year-old Mike McCarthy, And that's not being ageist. I'm just saying... A little bit. No, no, I'm just pointing out his age. He's a career winner. Over 60% of his games, he's won. He's got the Super Bowl title.

But he hasn't done anything in the last decade in the postseason. And I just can't see it. I will add for everyone, just to catch everyone up, in case you don't have the full scope of what the head coaches, those vacancies that are filled now look like. Bills, Joe Brady, Steelers, Mike McCarthy, the Ravens Desminter, Giants, John Harbaugh, Falcons, Kevin Stefansky, the dolphins, Jeff Hathley, the Titans, Robert Salah, the Browns, Todd Monkin, the Cardinals, of course, as we said, Mike LaFleur,

and the Raiders, as we said, Clint Kubiak, who hasn't, isn't officially, you know, signed on yet for that Las Vegas job, but it's looking like it's going to happen after the Super Bowl. Yeah, I'm with you. I mean, how could John Harbaugh not be the best higher? I mean, how fast did he get that job, too? So he goes to the New York Giants. They need it badly. I think it's Harbaugh for sure.

I'm anxious to see if he can steady that franchise a little bit, one which has been good. They've won Super Bowls, but it's been a while for the Giants and for John Harbaugh, for that matter. So I do love that marriage. Like any marriages here that don't look. Oh, by the way, I give some honorable mention to, And I admit there's a bias with Todd Munkin because he's local.

And I know that didn't exactly go over great in Cleveland because it doesn't feel inspiring. Again, a guy who is 60-some years old who's been in the NFL forever and people are turning down the opportunity. But I think because from what I understand about Todd Munkin, he's a doesn't take crap kind of guy. I think that that probably will resonate in Cleveland with their fans. So I'll give a little bit of honorable mention to him. I don't know. I thought like a franchise like the Buffalo Bills with Josh Allen and that

quarterback, could they have been a little bit more inspired? Like go outside the organization, something fresh. But they go with Joe Brady, the youngster, 36 years old. That sounds like more of the same, doesn't it? Kind of. Kind of. So my eyes are open for him. Maybe

he's good. Maybe he's a revelation. But I feel like the bills could have gotten a little bit more ambitious. us. Number three. This is five on it on 104.3, the score with Marshall Harris and Mark Grody. Here's question number three. Over the weekend, the Bulls announced the team has acquired Center Dario Sharich from the

Sacramento Kings along with 2027 and 29 second round picks in a three-team deal, also involving the Cleveland Cavaliers. Chicago dealt forward Emmanuel Miller to the Cavaliers as part of the trade. In a related move, the team has also. waived guard and Illinois native Javon Carter. What grade do you give Arturis Karna Chauvis and company for their pre-February 5th trade deadline transaction? I'll give them a B-minus for this, maybe even getting there just because he did something

that may a lot something when you talk about the two second round picks that they have in 2027, they have a second round pick from Cleveland, 2029, the second round. picked for Sacramento. I don't know about Dario Sarich exactly what he is going to contribute at this point in his career, but at least B-minus because we're starting

to see the Bulls thinking. And maybe I know. They hadn't been thinking before. Maybe it's a precursor to doing more. Maybe they'll surprise us because to me it's still going to be a surprise if the Bulls make any sort

of discernible move ahead of what is now the Thursday NBA trade deadline. So I go B minus for the Bulls on that because of the draft picks. You know what? I'm going to stick with the same letter, but I'm going to go a little higher. I'm going to go B plus. Okay. B plus.

Wow, you and you're not an easy Bulls grader. I am all ears. Well, here's why. Because this is a move that made sense two teams trying to get a deal. This is what the Bulls should always be trying to do. When you hear about three teams, three team deals, someone needs to be there for salary relief. And this is what they need to do going forward.

If they don't make a major move before Thursday's deadline, get in on smaller or bigger deals and be the third team. They do to take somebody's salary and gets draft picks to go with that. They've got to remain flexible, and they have not been flexible. This is their first big shot to be flexible with getting Nikola Vutrovich off the books this off season. I'd like to see them move Vooch. I'd like to see them move Kobe White. I'd like to see the move really everybody. The only reason you're moving I-O is if you get a first rounder back.

But if that happens, guess what? move I-O as well. I like that you stay flexible too. Yeah, you've got to get in a position where you have a backlog of draft capital to go along with players who are on shorter team-friendlyer deals that can easily be moved as well. That is the goal here. So B-plus, because I like this as the first move, I definitely don't like it if it's the last move, though. They need more things done. More players moved.

Number four. Got a great baseball question cooked up by Marshall Harris here. Which Chicago baseball team has surprised you more this offseason? So the reason I've been thinking about this is because, of course, the Cubs make the big splash trading for Cabrera and then adding Alex Bregman through free agency. And you're thinking, okay, the Cubs look like they're ready to take ownership of the National League Central, something that has alluded to them since they stole the manager, Craig Counsel from the Milwaukee Brewers.

The Brewers continue to stay on top. But then you start looking at what the Chicago White Sox have been doing. And the latest move, they add a guy like Jordan Hicks, who throws really hard. Used to throw 105. Along with David Sandlin, can you throw it and avoid the, can you not be a barrel finder with that kind of speed?

Because you know what happens when you find the barrel throwing over 100 miles per hour? the ball leaves the part pretty fast. The way it works. The hard hit rate is high. But you take those moves into consideration, and then you start looking at other things that they're doing. They have a closer now in Sir Anthony Dominguez. They trade Luis Robert Jr. to the Mets,

and then they use all that money almost immediately, groats. Within a week, they've got Luis Anheel, Acuna, who can play a big role, and they've got other guys that have come through as well, Truman Pauley. There's just a lot of movement going on, which makes you think this team might be ready to, I don't know, play 500 baseball.

I like the sound of that. If the hitters continue to hit like they were hitting once they got caught up last year, and the pitchers can actually, I don't know, pitch and not be dead last innings pitch for starters, you might be cooking. 16 and 36 in one-run games. They look well more equipped to win more of these one-run games.

And if you think 16 and 36, okay, that's 62 of their games. That's a large percentage of their games. If they just go 500 there, that's 31 wins. That's also 15 more wins. And now that's a team that's pushing for 500. In the spirit of the question, which Chicago baseball team has surprised you the most this off season? I was very surprised that the Cubs got Alex Bregman.

That was it for me. So you were done at that point? It's not necessarily just discerning the question. It's not who was better. Cubs or socks. That's a different question. But if you're really asking me who surprised me the most, that one shot,

I did not seem to be moving in an Alex Bregman type of way from everything that was being reported here pertaining to the Cubs. So I go with the Cubs on that. Yes, and Edward Cabrera, no slouch either with the Cubs. So it's almost like quality over quantity with the White Sox, and that's probably degrading it a little bit too much, because who knows what Maracami is? I did like the Sean Nukeb signing.

We all know Jordan Hicks. We'll see if Jordan Hicks is good with the White Sox, whether they start him or use him out of the bullpen. They also got Austin Hayes, the outfieler, Luis Anhele, Akuna as well, who Ozzy Gehan was talking up big time. So I agree with you. I like the direction in which the White Sox are heading, but for right now, I do believe it is the Cubs,

and just because of the Alex Bregman part of this, that's a prize the hell out of me. Number five. One of the headlines come out of Sox Fest this weekend, the club will have an alumni home run derby contest in July. So Grody, Marshall, here's the question. Who would be your top four picks for the White Sox, alumni home run derby?

Well, I think I think you start with Frank Thomas, of course. I got your back, Frank. I got you, man. You're number one on my list. Frank Thomas, I got to go. And I am thinking like kind of more recently, recent eras of the clatt, like Paul Connerco,

I think, because are we adding in like the popularity factor too? Because Paul Conerco might even be more popular than Frank Thomas in some circles. To my knowledge, there has been no kind of baseline established for criteria. So it's whatever you want, Grody and Marshall. You set the rules. You set the rules. Mark Grody, want to see. I always had a soft spot for Jose Abrae.

Bring me back, Jose Abrae, and then, wow, one more to go, man. Do I throw it out like a classic, like a, hey, Bill, get Billed Mountain in there, Grody. Get me in there. Do I go on Maglio? You know what? Let me go a little classic. bring me Harold Baines. Bring me Harold Baines.

He's a Hall of Famer, Marshall. What? Carlos Lee? I would like guys who can actually hit the ball over the fence still at a high rate. Jim Tomey? Yeah, that's my guy. You don't even know me.

The fact that you were not going to name Jim Tomey is I wanted to do something for the boomers. I want to do something for the fans. How about that? If you pay money to see a home run derby, I want guys who can, don't know, regularly hit the ball out of the park. Tell you about Joe Creedy.

So for me, it's the Big Hurt leading the way. It's Jim Tomey. Tommy, you don't even know me. It's Jose Abraeu. Okay, all right, I'm glad we agreed on a couple. Yeah, and? And it's Paul Canerco. Yeah, okay.

Like, give me the boppers. Don't mess around with me. How about your guy, Adam Dunn? Wasn't it you that was singing the praises? Take away Paul Canerco. Bring me donkey. Bring me donkey. That's a good call by you.

Thank you. donkey. Well, that means a lot. Take away Canerico, I like that. Because now you got, what, two lefties and two righties? I like that. That is. I like that. I like it, too. Is that five? Is that five on it? That's it? That's it for five

on it. Five on it. It's our first edition of five on it on one or four three, the score, baby, more to come. Better than ever. That's our first FM five on. How do you feel about it? Oh, my God. How would you feel about talking about a certain superstar in the NBA name Janus?

Janus. Yannis, Attenticumpo. He's not currently playing, though, right? He's like sidelined or something. I don't know what's going on, but I'm seeing some betting spots that say maybe. This is ludicrous. Do not throw your money away. I will explain.

People are thinking Chicago could be the favorite for Yannis. It's next on Rahimi Harrison Grotie on 1043, the score. Ahemhi Harrison Grody. Midday's 10 to 2 on 1043, the score. 115. 103 of the 1. And this in the second half. You want to round a storyline.

It's all about number 34. Two-time MVP. Janice to the rim, up and good. He dove to the cup on a beautiful pass by A.J. Green who led him to the rim. That's the voice of Chuck Swirsky right here on the score. Obviously, Janice and Tentacumpo highlight right there. Bulls Radio Network. It's crazy, man.

So right now the betting favorite is per Graph Kings and Kalshi. that Yanis stays with the Milwaukee Bucks. But if he doesn't stay with the Milwaukee Bucks, the favorite would be, the favorite at large, at least according to those two sites, R would be the Chicago Bulls. It's crazy because they've got draft kings, as of this morning, had the Bucks as the primary place that he would play,

the odds-on favorite. He'll play in Milwaukee, trade deadline at plus 110. Next up, the Chicago Bulls at plus 275. Next after that is the Golden State Warriors at plus 350 and after that it's the heat at plus 700. I don't

understand how the Bulls got to the top of this list. If I said what would the Bulls give to the Bucks that the Bucks would actually want I can't come up with a package that makes sense for the Bucks.

No, none of it makes sense. And If you don't believe us, why don't we bring you some Bulls authority here in the way of Casey Johnson? He was on the score today with Mully and Haw and does not believe the Bulls would make a big splash for Janus. I don't see them going big game hunting at all. I've not heard that. I don't know where those rumors are coming from. I mean, have they maybe had calls about just kicking the tires or seeing what that would take? I mean, the Yonis situation, personally, this is just my personal opinion.

I think that's going to happen in the offseason rather than this week. I just think it's too big of a deal to push over the finish line this week. And more teams will have more things in play over the summer closer to the draft. That's just my personal feeling. Yeah. I mean, you can put it like that. You can put it any way you want. It's just not, it's not realistic.

It's not tenable. It's not what Yannis would want. Not that necessarily. barely matters. Why would he want that? You've got to be somewhere where there's enough help to get you, I don't know, in the playoffs and as a championship contender. Right now, the bucks are sitting below the bulls. I want you to really understand that. The bucks are below the bulls in the standings. And even when Yonis came back, they were a 500 team with Yonis. And that tells you where the

bucks are with the likes of Bobby Portis. And, you know, remember, they went out and got Miles Turner off of an Eastern Conference champion Pacers team because they thought that would help them get where they want to go. It has not worked out that way. Yannis isn't even healthy, by the way. And it just seems like his time in Milwaukee's coming in. Another thing is doing a deal before the deadline, you might get someone desperate, like the Golden State Warriors,

to come after him because the window is running out on Steph Curry right now. Jimmy Butler's out for the year, torn ACL. If you wait until the off season, you have a better idea of who's, picks are where and what's more valuable. And then guys post trade deadline, you know exactly what you want to build. It's just a clearer picture at that point in a very loaded 2026 NBA draft of what you'd be getting and where you'd be getting it from. While I was watching and yeah, somehow, some way, I stuck through a 134.91. Wait, wait, the whole thing? When they were down 39 after three quarters? Not the whole thing. Here's the truth of it. This is kind of

funny actually. I was out in Nevada was at my favorite Starbucks, which these days is the Palmer House Hilton. I just like the Starbucks. It's full service, lots of outlets. Plenty of room. Plenty of room. There's always a table. There's always outlets. So I don't have to think about any of that stuff. And I like the people action at hotels that I find it to be extraordinary and interesting and all of that. So I was there doing my work and I was listening to Chuck because the game started at 5 p.m. But then I kind of lost a little bit of interest. I got the game DVRing the whole time. I get back home. I put the Bulls game on. I hear Adam Amin. I hear and Stacey talking about not the game. I hear them talking about, Stacey talking about how his parents encouraged him to be a

singer. And Adam Amine was waxing poetically about Yuki Kawamura and his background and how he could relate to it. And it was really beautiful. But I was like, to me, I was like, oh, this game's got to be over because they're just talking about stuff. I'm like, oh, no, it's late in the third quarter and they're down 54. That's why these guys are trying to find other topics that are going on. There was a picture, or there was a video at one point in time, a live shot

that they showed of Pat Riley and Alonzo Morning just sitting there. And I was like, oh man, gangsters. Just a couple of gangsters, man. Because Pat Riley always, with a slick hair, he's always got that bat. And Alonzo Morning always scared me.

Because he was a mean player, man. He meant business. He was a physical player. He's just got that look. I'm like, Yonis is going to Miami. Everybody knows it, right? They're just, they're always, that franchise is always waiting, always leaving the door open, unlike the Bulls, for the possibility that they get to lure their next dream team into South Florida.

So a long way for me to go to say that, I bet Miami is the favorite. I don't know what this, this Bulls thing is. It feels like a sham to me. It is what it feels like. You know what it is? So the betting market works, as you know, people betting on things and that's what moves

with the market. I think a lot of people read way too much into the fact that Janus bought like an apartment building in Chicago and was, I guess. And he likes the Greek restaurants and whatnot. Yes. And like, I think he was seen at a church in Chicago. Like, okay, it's right down the road from Milwaukee.

He's got lots of money. Let's not get carried away. I mean, I can jump on a private plane or just get a private driver to drive him wherever. He can go to New York City for dinner in the offseason if he wants. Right. Yeah. Of course he loves Chicago. Who wouldn't, who doesn't and what athlete. It's like you too when they tour the Midwest, they just stay in Chicago because they like

Chicago. And when I talk about, let's be realistic, because a lot of people just start looking at salaries and putting them through trade machines, what use do the Milwaukee Bucks have for Nikola Vutrovich's salary? It's expiring, but that's about it. He's not going to get re-signed by the Bucks. Can they lure a star player? They've got to get a young star back.

That's why Miami, from a buck standpoint, makes more sense. If they're willing to trade Kelo Ware, where is a young beast. I know you saw him. He had a put-back jam in that game. Can shoot the three? Six-man, right? Yes. Couldn't even play in Saturday's game because the Bulls were too fast.

Yeah, yeah. Vooch didn't play. But once Vooch was back in there on Sunday, where it took over? The Bulls, by the way, on Saturday? Talk to me. Were without. You know this. They were without Giddy Vooch.

Kobe White, Jalen Smith, Trey Jones, and Zach Collins, which meant their starters were, Iyo, Bozellis. Give me that start in five. Herder. Kevin, Herder. Give me that starting five, though. Patrick William. His first start of the year, maybe?

For the career? Maybe second or third? I mean, I don't think he's been out there much. I might need a fact checking on that one, but pretty close. And Okoro was the starting. So, Iyo, Bezellas, Hurder, Patrick Williams, and Akoro. were your starters, and the Bulls won! That's why they got demolished last night, by the way,

because Pat Riley and Spow, Kevin, Eric Spols were like, eh, eh, not again, you need to get up 54 against the Bulls now. That was their second start of the season for Patrick Williams, by the way, in case you were... Seconds, I wasn't far off. You were curious. Let me tell you, in that game, he was three of six from three.

In the next game, he was 0 for seven from three. Oh, wow. In Sunday's game. Wow. They put it to the Bulls. They came at. out off the top rope, high-flying, tag team, and just 72 points in the paint. And so the Bulls, that's why they need to move Vouch, but that's not, they need to dump salary and get prospects

back, or at least younger players that fit that Boozellis and Josh Giddy timeline. And for Yannis, the betting market's going crazy, but he ain't coming to Chicago. Get that out of your head. Yeah. I mean, it makes no sense whatsoever. Now, I will say, say this, Grody, if the Bulls can get rid of Vooch and Kobe and get something back in the way of a first round pick or a protected pick, that's more stuff they could put together in a trade in the off season for Yonis. So I think that's the play. Get as nimble and flexible as you can and maybe you make a push for Yannis in the off season, but that they got work to do. And it doesn't sound like they're going to throw up this white flag on making, you know, the play-in

their desired destination each and every season for the last three years. Here come the heat. Shout out, though, by the way, I mentioned Yuki Kawamura of the two-way contract. He did get to play. He did get to play. And yesterday, 6-66, 6.6, 6 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists. He didn't just get to play. Did you see the moment in Saturday Night's game in which he had a jump ball? Oh, he won the jump ball. Yes. with Casperis, Yakuchunis. Yeah. And what's his height?

Five foot eight for your boy. I saw five seven listed in one place. Oh, okay, okay. Basketball reference has him five seven. Give him five eight. Give him five eight. So Yuki at well below six foot and Yakutunis, six foot five. And he won the jump ball.

And that was the point where I was like, oh, the Bulls are going to win this game. Oh, wow. Kawamara. He wanted it. He wanted it more. There's no doubt. If you're five eight, you live for that moment. moment, right?

Nobody wanted it more than the heat last night, though. Oh, my God. Because they got punished. They got punished last night. It was a 43 point loss. They were down 54 at one point in time. Brody. It's the 10th worst loss in Bulls franchise history.

The 43 point margin of defeat. That's a record right there. So hopefully the Bulls, when they're at Milwaukee tomorrow, they'll get it together. They miss 26 of their first 28 threes. Oh, my God. Is that bad? Is that bad? That's horrendous.

The heat set a franchise record first. assists in a game with 44. Wow. The Bulls had 18 assists to go with their 18 turnovers in the game. Just demolished. 24 and 26, the heat now 27 and 24. Got one more piece of audio. If we needed

more to make the point about Janus. And it's, I want to play this because Lou Canellis is, you know, he's broken news. He is, man. Our guy Lou over there at Channel 5. Look at good on NBC 5. Luke Connellis, nice job.

I see you got Anthony Heron hanging out over there now. It's all over at five right now. But Luke and Ellis, this morning on Mullen Haw, was asked if it could happen seeing Janus in a Bulls uniform. You know when it's going to happen? Never. You know what? They're not big game money. You want me to give you a chance?

Zero. And zero's left the building. There just is no interest. And as Casey touched on, it's because AK and Mark, Mark, Everisley and Billy Donovan and Michael Reinsdorf have decided that this is our opportunity to rebuild from the ground up and they're full of draft capital and they have Modis Bezellis and they have Josh Giddy who actually even at $100 million on his contract. It's a friendly contract.

It's team friendly. And here, for Janus, he wants to go to a team where he can win a championship in the next three, four years. He might as well stay in Milwaukee. Now, to follow up on what Doc Rivers said, life may not change after the trade deadline. Yeah, it was pretty decisive. And the reason that is important to play Lou is because he'd want to give every benefit of the doubt for the possibility of Janus coming here. And he's got the connection there, too.

So that's an incredibly important voice right there. That man said zero. He didn't say 5%, 1%, he said zero. Oh, no! Right. And I don't know if that comes from Janus, but that's a lot. sometimes as reporters we get information and it allows us to speak with authority sometimes. And that might be what's going on with.

I don't know that for sure. I really don't. But sometimes that's the way it works in the reporter world. Usually people in the circle be chirping and you better be listening and picking up little backcrumbs when you hear them. It's called background. It's like, no, I can't let you say it, but you can say it. Say what you will with the information that I allow you to use.

So yeah, it's fun. It's interesting. It makes your adrenaline go up really quickly, and then it's like, wait a minute here. That's not going to happen. Frank Thomas is one of the greatest Chicago athletes of all time. He is, again, again, mad at the Chicago White Sox. When we return, we will tell you why. It is Rahimi Harrison Grody on 104-3, the score.

Rahimi Harrison Grody, Midday's Title II. on Chicago Sports Radio 1243 the score. Uh-huh. Rahimi Harrison Grotty on 104-3 The Score. Frank Thomas is simply one of the greatest White Sox players

ever, maybe the greatest white socks player ever. 16 years with the White Sox, you know all about Frank. He's not really dirty, Frank, even though that's the song that, of course, goes through my head. Dirty Frank by Pearl Jam.

He's decidedly not dirty. the irony of losing out on a third MVP because of that dirty, filthy Giambi brother. But Frank Thomas is a classic. He is one of the greatest. That is what a first ballot hall of famer looks like. That said, White Sox Twitter, I don't know if you guys saw yesterday, was reflecting upon momentous first for the Sox organization for Black History Month. and for example, some of those.

Old Kamisky Park plays host to the first ever East West Negro League's All-Star game in 1933. Harold Baines in 1977 becomes the second African-American player selected with the number one overall pick in the MLB draft. Baines was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. All sorts of great momentous options right here. Dick Allen, here is one where in 1972, Dick Allen becomes the first black player in White Sox history. to win AL MVP honors. Frank Thomas joined Alan as MVP in 1994. Now, there's many more examples,

but I just want to give you just a little bit of it. Frank Thomas responded to that White Sox tweet honoring Black History Month by saying, this is Frank Thomas. Quote, I guess the black player who made you rich over there and holds all of your records is forgettable. Don't worry, I am taking receipts. Close quote.

That is from Frank Thomas. And before I let you respond, Marshall, because I definitely want to hear what you had to say, and I have some things to say as well, there was a tweet that just came down from, actually just a little while ago, from our guy, Bruce Levine, at MLB Bruce Levine on X. He said a little while ago, I am told the White Sox will continue to promote Black History Month with the emphasis on HOF Frank Thomas and other Chicago Sox favorites. What do you think? Do you think he got slighted?

Is Frank Thomas have a point here? There were some names in there that you mentioned while they were black and had like a sort of historical reference for the White Sox. I think Danny Goodwin was one of the names, the guy that got drafted by the Sox? Yeah. How many games did he play for the Sox? I don't know. I don't know. There's a reason you don't know.

He didn't play any. Okay. Frank Thomas is the greatest white socks player to ever play for the organization. I'm not pushing back on that. Black, white, purple, whatever color you want to talk about. He is also, because you mentioned the MVP that was won by Dick Allen, who you know I'm a fan of. And congratulations on him, finally getting his Hall of Fame due. But Frank Thomas, it could have been this simple.

This is all they had to do, the White Sox. Frank Thomas is the first black player to ever win back-to-back MVP's list the years. That's how simple it. Because when I first saw it, I was like, oh, did he not do something that they consider like a black achievement first, whatever? It took me all of five seconds to come up with that, what I just told you. Yeah. Right, right. And you're, yeah, I guess, yeah, yes, fair enough.

Fair enough. And so there's other things you could have, like, come up with for Frank Thomas to be noted in that long list of guys who got noted on that, that infographic that went out on social media. And the fact that they didn't do it, yeah, it's a slight. I think Frank Thomas saying something escalates the situation, but you know what? He's going to do what he wants to do. The White Sox, it's on them to fix this. and I get it. Frank Thomas has never been a not stubborn person. Yeah, he's been hard to manage.

Yes, he's been, it's well documented whether you want to talk about him and Kenny going back and forth. If you want to talk about, you know, how his role was viewed when the White Sox won the World Series, when he was obviously hurt. I'm about the diminished skills clause back in 2002 when they... Listen. You know, you know me as a White Sox fan growing up in Alabama, you do know where he played his college baseball, right? In Birmingham. He played his – well, it's college baseball.

He played at Auburn University. Auburn. Oh, yeah. He was a tight-in and a first baseman for Auburn. So, like, I had like – oh, I'm really interested to see what this guy does, and then I follow his career through the Meyer leagues. And obviously when he exploded. And I don't think I'm over-exaggerating when I say he exploded onto the scene as a major league baseball player. I mean, come on, man.

You know me. I'm a Cubs fan. I used to go to whatever it was, U.S. cellular field, Kermiski, too, to watch Frank Thomas hit his. his third inning home runs. Can't miss at bats. That's what he had. He was, he wasn't even a home run here. He was in a Lyme drive hitter, but his line drives went really far. Right. Here's the thing about Frank Thomas, though. I don't know. Sometimes I think he's insatiable when it comes to, I don't know if he could ever get enough credit in his own mind or enough

attention in his own mind. He has been, he obviously is holding on to heavy resentments, which probably don't even deal with the fact that he is a black baseball. player. I think most of it are due to those run-ins that you talked about through the years and somehow some way Frank Thomas threw it all, even in the MVP years, thinking that he was slighted, either by, I don't know, by Major League Baseball, maybe because he wasn't getting the attention, I'd say Ken Griffey Jr. did, or by the White Sox because of the infighting and the Kenny Williamsness of it all, all to say. And I would say this is something that I learned that I use in life when there is a conflict or there is anger or you're holding resentments,

look at your part in it all. Like take a look at just, I do this with myself. Like, what is your part in it, Frank Thomas? Like through the years is, are there part? And I bet there are. Paul Canerco used to get mad at Frank Thomas because of his attitude and his demeanor. I mean, that's heavy stuff. So I would say that while you probably should have found a way to get him on this list,

I think the bigger picture is Frank is holding on to some, he's so mad. He's so mad. And he used this as a way to explode on the White Sox because of the anger and the resentments that he holds. Yeah, I think that's fair for anyone, though. Once you feel like an organization, a place you worked for was doing you dirty. Yeah. Everything builds on itself. Right.

My point is they did the White Sox to themselves by even omitting him. Like this is a self-check. This is you dribbling down the court and then bouncing the ball off your knee going out of balance. It's a turnover. It's a bad play. All they had to do is mention the man and then he can't come at you in the way that he did. And if you're a supporter of the White Sox and you're a supporter of Frank Thomas, how can you not see this as anything but a slight? That's me.

That man gave me great years of being a White Sox fan. But you're also admitting your heavy-duty bias. And I know, like, most socks fans. that are listening right now, Frank Thomas is probably their favorite white socks player. But I'm saying even if I'm not a White Sox fan, even if I'm not a Frank Thomas fan,

you look at the guys listed on the infographic, you look at the omission of the guy I say is the best White Sox player in history. And it does not, I think to any rational, unbiased, non-involved party, like if we ask people in New York or L.A., just baseball fans, what do you think of this? They'd be like, yeah, Frank's got a case.

It's a very strong case. I mean, I don't want to like nitpick, but I guess I am. Dick Allen's the first, right, to get that. And then when you say, you're right, the way to do it would have been the first black player in White Sox history to win two. Not White Sox history, American League history. American League history. That's why I was like, let me escalate it. Yeah, the first to do that.

I mean, you're not the first to get the MVP, though, so you are having to press a little bit to get there. That was my five seconds. If you want me to, if I take five minutes, I'll come up with something else for you. No, I understand. I understand the spirit. I'm trying to. You're trying to justify what the White Sox did? I think you should be on there.

I'm trying to get in the heads of the White Sox, right? Like, I don't think it was egregious on their part. Do you? Like, I don't think that the White Sox were like, oh, we're not putting Frank on there because of the stuff that he said and the stuff. I don't think that's it at all. It might have been a mistake, but I don't think it was egregious. I feel like the White Sox and Frank Thomas are not in a good place,

and they probably haven't been in a good place in a long time. Yeah. And this is just another fracture in that relationship. I mean, if it was petty, that's the word I probably should have used instead of egregious. I don't think it was petty on the part of the white socks. That's what I'm choosing to believe. Maybe I'm being naive. Okay, okay.

That's fair. It was egregious, maybe not petty. It probably is egregious, yeah. But, but, but, but, but, but, but, but, but, if Frank Thomas feels that it's petty, you got to go in there and do damage control. You can't let that error not. It's already been too long. If they haven't contacted Frank Thomas and tried to work it out,

Who knows? It's already been too long. We had the Bruce tweet right there, too, saying that they will focus on HOF. And now he can't come to the home. Apparently, he would not show up for a home run derby. So Canerco's back in. Canerco's back on my- That's right.

Paulie. Paulie's our guy. That's right. Although, you know the first guy we both listed was who? Big Hurd. Of course. Of course. I identify the White Sox with Frank Thomas.

And, hey, I covered the 2005 White Sox. I was there in Houston on the field talking to Frank Thomas. I remember asking him like, hey man, you played in 34 games for the White Sox. And he quickly, before I even really got to the question, he was like, he was like, I played a big part in this. And I was like, hell yeah, you did. Not because 34 games, but because of Frank history and what he meant to the organization. He was all smiles, but it all went downhill after that, unfortunately, for the big guy. The amount of joy I felt watching him destroy baseballs in Toronto, that sums it up for me.

He had 40 homer season with the Blue Jays, yes? Yeah. Yes. Stay out of White Sox business. No, that was Oakland, right, when he did the stay out of White Sox business. I believe so. Because it's A's first, right? He's with the A's and then Toronto. I do believe.

And then Texas? Or am I doing Sammy Sosa now? I don't think it was Texas. I don't know. Was there a third team? We should know our Frank Thomas history. But we'll look that up at other things. And when we return on Rahimi Harris and Grody, we'll talk more bears.

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