The Matt Thomas Show with Ross - Anything Goes Friday! Endless Astros vs Reds Talk

Episode Date: May 8, 2026

Anything Goes Friday! Endless Astros vs Reds Talk 

is the Matt Thomas show with Ross. 10 H-Town. And welcome to our Friday edition of the Matt Thomas show and Ross. This is Sports Talk 790. Don't laugh that loud. Jonathan, quiet him down, please.

He's not funny laughing at all. And you are still laughing. A chuckle would have been fine. I was haming it up for the bid. You were, you were. Good for you. Good morning, everybody. 104 on this Friday. Good.

Open up the refrigerator. We're going to see there's some milk. There's some sour cream. Not a lot of proteins in the old refrigerator today. Let's cancel the show. We're going to go on a boat tour with Diana Rossini and Mike Rable. Is that ever going to go away? Yes.

It's eventually. It's so hot right now. I mean, not her, but I'm talking about the story itself. Time heals all wounds. Yeah. Especially in this day and age. We'll move on to the next thing. He remains the coach of the New England Patriots.

Yeah. I don't know that he should be fired. I think he's just like a token suspension like one or two games or something. You know how they do it like when you're at Michigan? I would say bad ethical practices. Sleeping with a reporter? Unbecoming behavior? Yeah.

There's got to be some kind of language like that in his contract. Well, if that was the case. Every player in the NFL and major league baseball, I shouldn't say every, but a lot would be suspended because of conduct detrimental to their family life. Hmm. It's not only that he cheated. It's a who with? And for how long?

Long time. Long time. I mean, really. I'm just going with the ethical angle. Yeah. I mean, yeah, every coach I am. not every coach, but I'm sure very many coaches and players, of course, are all, you know, it's the NFL.

They're all what a, hmm-hmm. They're sleeping around. These are a very high profile. Yes. High testosterone. Correct. Individuals. Machismo?

Yeah. Wholeer than thou? Macho men, egos. Yeah, sure. They're sleeping around. I'll say this. You know, the head coach of the football team here, Damico Ryans, I mean, no character flaws at this point.

Not that, you know, nobody's perfect, but he's been, I mean, as approachable in terms of put him in front of the community as you can. He's the coach speak king, too. Well, I mean, he's not going to, yeah, he's going to be a little terse when things are not going well. He's not going to wow you at the podium, but he doesn't want to. He doesn't care. That's right. He's not going to destroy you, not going to try to embarrass you. He's going to protect his players probably too too much, but that's not going to wow.

That's how he was kind of built. And well, the players seem to like you. They do. People love to Miko Ryans. Yeah, you'll never hear a... When CJ Stroud had two horrendous weeks in a row in the playoffs, we're just going to make him... We're going to try to get him better.

We're going to try to get some offensive line around. We're going to get some better running backs around. We're going to try to make him better. We feel strong for him. Meanwhile, he's thinking, Jesus, I've got to figure out a year for now. I've got to pay him $60 million a year or now. It's not necessarily his problem, but...

They're not going to pay him 60. Yeah. 60 AAV is the highest in football right now, Dakota Prescott. But aren't the numbers continuing to go up and up and up and up? They continue to go up and up and up, but he's C.J. Stroud. Now, he's got to have literally like 30 touchdowns and five picks this year. Then we're going to talk. Yeah, he's like, I've bounced back.

You gave me a good offensive line. I trust them. I put him the work in. Pay me. It is crazy. It's going one way or the other. There's no middle ground, right? Yeah, I mean, the Packers paid Jordan Love and people crushed that contract. It was worth it.

Trevor Lawrence contract. Remember, we were all like, what the hell are they doing? He was great last year. He got a great play caller, and they put great weapons around him. Look how that works. But I will say, do you think Jacksonville? Not that we can certainly find out down the road. I don't think Jacksonville's the road worth the contract.

I mean, they kind of had to do it. I think they are now. Do you think Jacksonville, Jaguar's, I don't know, I'm just throwing it out there. Do you think that Jacksonville, Jaguars think they're Super Bowl-worthy, year? Yes. Hmm. Okay.

I mean, they believe that. I don't know if they, the Texans believe they're a Super Bowl worthy next year. I mean, the Carolina Panthers think there's Super Bowl worthy next year. I don't know. People are crushing Jabari Smith Jr. Like, have you heard the Texans players talk about how they're going to the Super Bowl every year? Yeah. This is the belief you need.

But it's almost like you want to have your guys doing that. Of course. Of course. Could you imagine saying, yeah, I think we're, you know what? We're divisional playoff or bus again. If you made the NFL, you were the best player on every Peewee, 7th. grade high school college team you ever played on you're the best player or the one you got the college best handful of players there's no reason for you to not believe that you're the best

yeah 20 what we're in 2002 and we're in the 25th year of texans football and not even one championship game there do set in the way there do here it comes baby next year battle red you were ready to go i like it yeah i like it All right, hey, gang, it is a Friday edition of the show, and let's be brutally honest. The Astros did not play yesterday, so we don't have a game to chew on, so to speak. We obviously have got a lot of things that go on with Carlos Correy and the future of the Astros, especially on the left side of the infield. We've got four segments of Preview versus the Natty. Reds versus Astros preview.

We're going to do four segments? One an hour. We're going to do lineup versus lineup, rotation versus rotation, bullpen versus bullpen. pin and then X Factor's. Oh, how about the segment called the Intangibles? Yes, X Factor. Intangibles. All right.

We'll try it. It is in Anything Goes Friday here on the show at 713-212-5-790. 7-1-3-212-5-7-90. That means on anything goes Friday, I'm going to be perfectly blunt. Anything goes. Any thing goes. It could be about CJ Stroud contract. Okay.

It could be about the Rockets. It could be about the... Rockets offseason, still intriguing. NCAA going to 76 teams. It could be to the college football playoff going to 24 teams. Mother's Day tips? Ooh. Is a...

Do you have your presence locked and loaded? At this point, the answer is no. Me either. Ooh, okay. Thank you. Mom and Grandma. Love you, Mom. I'm going to brainstorm your show.

You're the number one mom. Well, I mean, we've got ideas. Yeah, oh yeah, I've got semblance. I got, what was that? What did Donny T. say? I've got semblance of a plan. Yeah. I mean, I'll give you some ideas between now and two o'clock today for sure on that.

But working on that, we have, I'm sorry, is coming up at 1130 today. We need to apologize for the things we've said and done. I probably, oh. Do I need to apologize to Tatsu Emi? Yes, you should. Asking about getting some. Oh, why you hate that guy all the time? And then you're trying to give him diseased prostitutes.

Well, I mean, no. I think the gift of sex is wonderful. Okay. Don't say that right after we're saying ideas from Mother's Day presents. Yeah, that's really... I got something for you, honey. She doesn't want that for Mother's Day, Matt. There is certainly proper spacing between that.

We have the news and Newman. I wake the strippers up. I don't know how the striper... Let's a day off. Yeah. I'm going to go get... I'm going to go see an E&T because I need my base back. I'm working on trouble here.

I don't know what to go on. Yeah, let's go, Matt. Your powers are sapped away. I'm trying to think. Talking low. And without those big... Pipes. Because you would think if I was going to lose my, if I was going to get some tenor, my voice would be during the rocket season.

But this all has happened after. So if I don't make it, you know. Yeah, you look like hell. I probably do. I've lost like six pounds. I don't know why. You have? Yeah, it's not good.

Oh, no. I'm, okay, now I'm legitimate. Okay. I'm going to stop making jokes. Yeah, now I'm worried, Matt. Yeah. Is it tapeworm is back? I don't know if it's tapeworm.

I don't know what it is. But I want my voice back. I want my sex drive back. Okay. Fixmy low t.com. Maybe it's why I got to go do. Let's go. I need something.

I need my Astros back. Maybe it's the Astros. You think the Astros sucked the life out of me? Maybe it's what color is pitching is giving you low T. Oh, it's just his fault. Yeah. Okay. You know that, Lance, you're wearing that?

You're going to worry that today. I hope you feel better about that. Lance, you know, you've lost your fingernail, your ERA is above seven. That's true. You've also got one of a major market radio host who's, lost the zest in his life the last 48 hours.

Oh, did I do that to him? I'm so sorry. Jewelle de Vive. We got to get you back on track, Matthew. Let's get you to the doctor. I think I'm going to go next week. Let's go this weekend.

I don't want to go to a doctor on the weekend. I know. Monday through Thursday is better. What a racket they have. You get sick on weekends. Everybody gets sick on weekends. And then you've got to go to the pop-a-doc and then you've got to get a bad diagnosis

like I did the last two times. Maybe that's what I did. I've gone to pop a doc the last twice. Jerks. This is what it is. $7.70. And now the co-pay's bad. 713-212-570.

7-1-3-2-2-5-7-9. We also have the news at New Wake the strippers up. We have non-Florist stories. We've got hell-year or not. So we've got a few things to get to today. But remember, isn't anything goes Friday? May we start? And you know what we'll do?

We'll start with a Houston, would you say a sports legend continuing to create a narrative? that he can't shake. A complicated legacy. That's a radio tease right there. 713-212-5-7-90. It's an anything goes Friday. Matt and Raw, Sports Talk, 790.

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So last night, I, look, I'm the one. Maybe you're the two, Ross, that watch the NBA. Yes. In Houston. Man, it is so Like the Kentucky Derby numbers came out For the top 10 markets in the country

We're never in that group Top 10 divisional playoff games We're not in that group No Top 10 World Series We're not in that group We're not We just check out

We got stuff to do baby Like what? Children's Museum Yeah, children's museum's good Art Museum outside of the ones out of New York, Chicago, LA So other cities have these things too and yet they still watch.

It's one of the best art museums in the country. I highly suggest you check it out. I think it's free on like Thursdays or something. Oh, very nice. I hope it is free on Thursdays because you gave away free advertisement for them. Yeah, well, I want to Google it. It's not free. Matt, it's not a for-profit institution.

It's an art museum. We're not going to sponsor us. I'm encouraging people to go and enjoy the arts. So you're saying don't watch sports go to an art museum instead. You can go during the day. You can go, the game's at seven. You go from five to seven and then go watch the game. Working people.

Sports talks have a 90 in the year. That's right. You can do that too. You can listen to the tour. And then Claude Monet, and he was learning about how Impressionism and it was affecting his life. Or you can listen to Robert Ford and Steve Sparks. In the 1600s, this Egyptian pharaoh was out there. And he called himself Hognuts.

There's no one in Egyptian Pharaoh named Hognuts, Matt. You don't know that. Maybe that's loosely translated. Point being is, we're never, we do. We don't watch anything that's not us. That's how Houston rolls. I mean, there's some of us out there who are watching, I guess. We're not top ten in bowls.

Die-hard sports fans. We're not top ten in Indy 500. We're not top ten in the NBA. We're not top ten in college football playoff. We are Houston through and through. And that's why, if you won't because you won't discuss the Niners, linebackers, you can find under show to do that because nobody cares. but I'm going to care about one thing

That's another end of the jar How many Jonathan? How many this week? It's been too many. But I'm sick Our jar runneth over. I don't feel great. Okay. All right, so actually I feel okay.

I just don't sound great. I look fantastic, though, although somebody thought I needed some less exempt. I was kidding. What? Somebody thought I needed some less ozempic. Less ozempic. Yeah, me either.

All natural, baby. You are all natural. All right. So last night, It was the Cleveland Detroit playoff game And the Pistons are up two games And none in that series Yes

And I wanted to see how Friend of the show James Hardin was doing Yes I watched most of the game as well On Prime Video You know what Prime does a great job Once you get to it It's really good job

They do Their studio shows good I'm wondering how much there's I'm watching the studio show I'm like Dirk Novitsky Steve Nash Udonus Has him Blake Griffin A lot of money

Taylor Rooks how much is this studio show costing them? They'll never get that money back. They're doing it for a splash. I think studio shows are too big. No, they're overdoing. Jeff Bezos is overdoing it. Yeah, you don't need, first of all, you don't need all those guys.

Because each of them gets in one little thing. I thought the analysis was good. They're doing a little bit more than the regular, you know, Erna, they were terrible. They're doing a lot better than that. They're actually watching the game. Yeah, exactly. Yes.

To be told, they're watching. Right. When you sign an Amazon Prime contract, you're like, yeah, we want you to talk about the NBA. We also want you to talk about the game that we're broadcasting. No, it's good. Unfortunately, I don't know how much the layperson NBA fan cares about that kind of stuff, but it's a good show. No, because as much as we tease about inside the NBA, it's a way more popular show. Absolutely.

People want to be entertained. Their personalities. Really? As someone that's, like, Gensi Younger, this is what I missed when the game is like halftime. like people talking about the game and like I honestly I really like the prime that's good but I mean I just think the majority tune out when you get too much

deep into the to the woods of stuff I wish it weren't that way well think about this the number one thing that was brought up this weekend on the NBA pre and post game shows this weekend A was probably the death of Ted Turner and B was putting Diana Rusini and Mike Vrabble on the on the Celtics boat

and Dremont versus Charles as well. Yeah, I haven't really paid attention to that. Am I missing something on that? Dremont came on the show and was basically talking about the end of his career and he compared it to, I'm trying not to be like you with the Rockets,

Chuck. And then they're like, let's look at the numbers. Charles was good. He was good. Yeah, he was good. That's what they're saying. Like his numbers were better than like Dremont's career numbers. Dremont was like three years old when Chuck retired too.

You almost have forgot. Like Chuck could ball. Man. People don't forget. He's a Hall of Famer for a week. The guy won an MVP. Draymond Green never sniffed an MVP. I mean,

and he wouldn't have four championships if he wasn't with two of the five greatest shooters of all time. No, and a great coach and great pieces around them. No, look, Charles got fat when he got hurt and the last game he ever played, he was about 300 pounds. Yeah.

And he came into Melanagan as he wanted to end his career on the court as compared to being injured. Trying to get in fights with Shaq. Yeah, yeah. But yeah, the reality is Charles was good. So, yeah, when I saw that narrative being placed out there that Dremont was ripping on Charles the last few years,

it just wasn't fair because he didn't watch the game. So when you don't watch the game, I don't respect your opinion. And I think Dremont is going to be great as a television analyst when he's all sent. He is. He's good and fun. But, I mean, Charles is also the greatest of all time in terms of the punnets because he's likable and funny. And he can poke fun of himself. Dremon can't take a joke.

Yeah. He gets sensitive. The reality, Jonathan, is that every, that show that ends up the NBA show, it's being crushed because it wasn't on enough or it was on too much or the guys were complaining. It'll never be toppled. It's as entertaining as it gets because, first of all, I don't take themselves too seriously. Yeah. Be it shows you the lowest common denominator is, make me laugh. Yeah.

That's like they're always making fun of Shaq and Kenny and Charles and they're all making fun of each other. Yeah, I mean, when Kenny runs that big board to start bringing things out, like, I mean, Shaq gets the most. sensitive but also i think it's kind of the bit he knows yeah he knows he knows he knows he knows and when charles and shack fight with each other it's as good as it gets yes yes because sometimes it feels like it's personal but i don't think it really is a little bit i think it's also a pass this time all right as promise we're going to get into a legacy of someone that used to play here when we come back because that legacy is continuing no matter what uniform he's in okay is that a good tease right there i can't wait that's professional radio tees can't wait 713 212

570 713, 212.570 times 1027. And anything goes Friday here on Sports Talk 790. 1032 on Sports Talk 790. Matt and Ross with you. Are we in the air? Okay, good. I think so. I don't hear anything.

Oh, I hear. No ear phones. I'd be your headphones. Yeah, well, that is what it is. I'll try this again. on Sports Talk 790. So James Hart has had a very distinguished regular season career. Postseason, not so much.

I mean, whether it be in Brooklyn, whether it be in Los Angeles, whether it be in Houston, whether it frankly be in Oklahoma City Sports RV. We're talking about a guy that has wilted literally everywhere he has gone as an NBA player in the postseason. That includes last night. Now, again, the series is not over with the Pistons. The Cavaliers are down 02. 37 minutes last night for James Harden. 10 points.

3 of 13 shooting. 0 for 4 from 3. Minus 15. How many turnovers? Four turnovers. That is the 30th game in his playoff career with more turnover. than field goals made. Here's a guy, Tom Habistro has been putting this together.

I think he's with Yahoo. LeBron has 11, Curry 7, Durant 5, Janus 2. He's got 30. Westbrook is next on the list was 17. You know, it's hard to do this to somebody. But there have been athletes that have had this happen in all sports. I mean, let's face it, the Bagwell Bigio, whole season numbers as Astros

have not been good. Now, I don't think the national narrative finds that about those guys because they don't think about the kind of stuff we do because we're following the Astros. It's also a different sample size. It's also a sample size too. I mean, earlier in their career is busy going back when we're making the playoffs at all. James Hardin's got 180

something plus games played in the playoffs. It's not only does he not do well. He doesn't even want to try to do well. There's disasters. And I had defended James Harden a lot when he was here in Houston. I mean, MVP, all-time isolation

player, three-time scoring champion, at least two-time assist champion. He's been a great, great, great, great, great, great, great, all-time, great player in the regular season. And then the playoffs, it's like, what's going on? Even back to when he was in Oklahoma City and in the finals against Miami,

when he was a sixth man, he was bad. Yeah. You don't even want to talk to him about it to him directly because he's going to get defensive. That's why he skips out on media availability a lot. But there is a consistent storyline with James Harden in the month of April and beyond.

He doesn't show up. And that's got to be crippling to anybody's ego. Now, granted, he's made more money than God. Every time he goes somewhere, he makes more money. He's going to be okay. But, Ross, that's a horrific legacy to live through. It's the rest of your life, is you are known as a guy that when the lights are brightest

and your team needs you the most, you let them down. Ross, literally every single time. It's been, I don't even, it's a very, very unique, complicated legacy, and there's just no one else like him. Well, I don't think it's complicated. That's a problem. It'd be complicated if one year he was great, one year he was not great. He's consistently not only not effective, but he's absentee.

I mean, he's had big games. He's hit a game winner or two in the playoffs. He had a block shot in the bubble. They had a big block shot there. That was a clutch moment. But that's one moment in time. He scored and assisted all the points down the stretch in that game and then had the game's clenching block.

He has had some moments that we do forget. He did hit a game winner against the Warriors when it was he and Dwight Howard. There have been a couple of moments. But for the most part, it hasn't been enough. And especially when the lights get the brightest. But also we have to throw in that in 2018, I will submit they would have won the championship if Chris Paul's hamstring were healthy. They don't go 0 for 27 from three with Chris Paul on the floor. And then the cavaliers on the other side just weren't good enough.

They would have, he was a championship caliber player. Unfortunately, it just ends up in a hypothetical. And he's going to retire without a championship as an 11-time All-Star, three-time scoring champ, two-time assist champ, eight-time all-NBA. that resume right there is great. And if you tacked on two championships to that, you're talking about ascending in a possibly top 20 all time. But I think the narrative is written. There is nothing he can shake himself of it

short of getting the Cavalers, the championship. And there are two games of being eliminated. Yeah, even then, yeah, they're not going to win a championship. He's going to have to be a team on a team where he's not the best player on a championship team. He could have been there. He won an MVP. He's going to the Hall of Fame.

So, I mean, it almost feels like we're not talking about a Hall of Famer here. He's going to very well deserve to be in the Hall of Fame. He changed the game. We're talking about a guy that commands so much respect in the months of October all the way to March, but you know when it hits April

that he's not a factor because he doesn't want to be a factor. He doesn't even take shots. I'm sorry, Rossi, he took 13 shots. How many free throw attempts? I'll have to look here. I'll expand it stats. But bottom line is, that

he should be in the 17, 18 shot range comfortably every single game. And I know you've got Daim and Mitchell on that team. But that's the legitimate number two guy. Yeah, four free throw attempts, 13 shots. That's not enough. O for four from three. Just sometimes it seems like he just gets in a funk and then he mails it in. But how does a guy do that?

How does a guy that is built as being an alpha dog for six months of the year all of a sudden say, because look, it's not easy playing in the playoffs, Ross. No. They know you, but guess what? You know them too. Yeah, across the board, field goal percentages and stuff. Even Michael Jordan had to, I mean, everybody does because it's the best teams in the league. You're going, the numbers will go down in terms of the raw percentages and stuff like that.

But I think if you describe James Hardin as a player who cannot commit to being even a participant in the playoffs, it's a fair statement. And that's, and I would think for me as a professional athlete, for as much, much money and as much fame and as many individual accomplishments. If I was known as a guy that frankly, and I hate to use the word, but I'm going to use it right here, it's a playoff choker. Every time the playoffs come around, the moment is too big. Not literally every time, but Rossi, 90% of the time. And that's a very difficult pill to swallow for anybody, I would think.

Yeah, I'm just trying to pull up the, I mean, he's had some, you know, let's see. he's got 1140 point games in the playoffs that's pretty good but how many important game sevens how many my team is down 3-1 or down 01 I need him to step up if you went to go if you googled james hardin today what would you hear what would you see and read james hardin was once again lost

you would hear choker and all that stuff yeah and as i said 30 games out of 182 30 games where he has more turnovers and field goals. That's crazy. Because you know what? I got news for you. Some of you may not be the biggest James Hardin fans out there.

Not a bad player. He can take over games. Why can't he take over games on May 8th? Why is it easier for him to take over games on December 14th? Yeah. And again, I'm talking about not playing like the Charlottes and the second tier teams. James Hardin's had some incredible games against some incredible... I mean, he scored 60 points at Madison's

Guard garden. That's saying something. He's had big games against the Lakers or the Clippers or the

Warriors. I mean, but he, look, he wakes up with a fronting by millions of dollars.

Yeah. So he ain't sweating this. But I would think for a personal aspect of this to once again have to wake up

in the morning and realize that you were just absentee from a playoff game. I don't know if it drives him or not.

It clearly doesn't. His isolation game too has been copied by a bunch of different players. And the way that he, I mean, if you call it foul baiting or whatever you want, but also the step back three, the step left, step right, step right, in-out dribble, like all these little moves that he made, he also changed the game,

the landscape of the NBA. But he doesn't change the game in May. Can't get it done in the playoffs. It's crazy. I mean, you and I've talked about a lot of athletes over the last 20 years that have done this. I mean, he ain't the first or the last. Peyton Manning comes to mind in terms of regular season and playoff drop off. I mean, he did win two Super Bowls. That second one with the Denver, he wasn't great.

And he did have some great playoff games. I mean, the local side of it is Jeff and Craig never had great post seasons that you can think. Maybe they had a hit or two, but it wasn't like they went nine for 12 in a postseason. Right. Playoffs are tough, but this is epic crumbling. Drop off. a legacy of one of the great individual players in NBA history. And I think that's part of the reason why,

to localize a little bit on this, Ross, is that when the rockets were kicking the tires on whether or not they wanted to bring James Hardin in here, what tells you that James Hardin, as a mincee's an acquisition, is going to all of a sudden change the fate of a team. Cleveland, they're not any better today than they were when they got rid of James Hardin,

or they added James Hardin to this. I would say they're better, but not better enough to get over the hump of which they're hoping for. Yeah. You sign him. You pay his big contract. You give him major.

He played 37 minutes and took 13 shots. It was a minus 15 on the floor. Four turnovers. Missed 10 shots. James Harden played 37 minutes of a basketball game and had three freaking field goals. Yeah. The Pistons are a great team. Great defensive team as well.

They also win seven with Orlando. So it's not the Celtics of it. But they've won 60 games, though. They're 60 game winning. I'm just saying there are James Truthers out there that cannot possibly justify how poor as he's been. You can't defend this. All right. 1043 on Sports Talk 790.

You know, we're lucky to want to respect that, and it goes with the territory of winning, we love Jose Al-Tuvae. And Jose Al-Tuvae puts me over the top of him being the greatest. of all time is that he's had postseason success. Carlos Correa had postseason success. George Springer had postseason success. Kyle Tucker had his fair share of success. Part of what Jeff and Craig will always dream of and we'll never be able to get to is

having those octobers to remember. Now, they were at least competing. They were at least getting their four ABs and really Bagwell, not so much the last year because he couldn't throw anymore and couldn't even hail the bat. But you know what I'm saying? His numbers are definitely sullied by the 2005 where he couldn't do anything. Yeah, he tried. It's like James goes into a world of, I'm just a guy on the court.

I'll dribble the ball when I can, but I'm going to let, I'm going to let Struce and Jared Allen and Daven Mitchell do the heavy lifting. That's not what he was brought to Cleveland for. He was brought to be a number two complimentary scorer to Donovan Mitchell. and everywhere he's gone to do that. He went to Denver, he went to the Clippers to be that guy. He went to Brooklyn to be that guy. He went to Philadelphia to be that.

I mean, I don't think he cares. I think he does. We'll never really know. But usually Ross, and I've been around these athletes a long time, they only really care about the bag. They just do. They win it's a bonus.

That's what matters the most. Yeah. But I think when you get to the upper upper echelon of guys like James Hardin who is like all time, wants to be an all time great and has a very, very big ego. Massive ego on James Hardin.

I think it does probably sting him a bit. 374 million career earnings. 374 career earnings and one NBA finals appearance. As it is by himself. Yeah. Yeah, it's a team game.

Team game, but he's been a part of the teams that have been disappointing. For sure. Let's go to Dave on 790 and 1052. Dave, thanks for waiting. Good morning to you. Good morning, guys. I'm not calling as an apologies for James, and I agree with a lot of what you say there, but, you know, Ross said it a minute ago.

He had, what, how many 40-point games in the playoffs? I think it was 11. I mean, if I think it was 11. Yeah, think about that. you know what james has done is or not done is he just in the very biggest moments the very biggest games that's when he's disappeared and you know he is the antithesis of altouva because altouva's a guy who shows up in the biggest moments i mean that's when he really comes through if you go back and think about his career but i'll say this about james as far as

this year goes i'll give him a bit of a pass this year james will be 37 in a couple months okay he's not the same james that he was 10 years ago and he also is on a team that he joined halfway through the year. And I think that that shows at times. You know, I think James sometimes isn't sure, you know, whether he should be deferential to other players on that Cavs team, especially like Donovan Mitchell, who's the, you know, the lead dog on that team, the alpha dog.

So I don't know, James is James, tremendous talent. I do think he cares a lot about winning. And that's, I guess, all I have to say. One other thing I want to say while I have you is I follow you on Instagram, Matt, and I see we're 30 years with high heart congratulations my friend is a heck of an accomplice thank you very much a Houston mainstay I love listening to you guys both a very enjoyable show and I've been following you geez since the Dan Patrick's KSEV days it's a long time thank you thank you thank you very much appreciate that very much

yeah I and look part of the rejuvenation of my career is the man in my right has been a huge part of it the last 16 years. Hey, thank you, Matt. It's been a huge enjoyment. 30 years. Congratulations. Shout out to Wolfman on Twitter at CDS-9913. Call me an insecure effing idiot.

Why? Because he took shots at me, so I took shots at him. Oh. He didn't like it. I told him to get in a fiery crash. I didn't say he wanted to die. Oh, my God. I didn't even see that.

Good. But read my last tweet, Matt. And you can just, it's funny that you're saying that as I just tweeted, just mute them and move on with your day. Yeah, but it's fun. Because Wolfman, you're an insecure biotch and you're listening to show. So thank you very much. I appreciate that. All right.

I didn't know you were getting in beats with people. I didn't want to get into beef. Yesterday was a fun day. I got a beautiful guitar. Got a nice recognition from the office. The guy's calling me take some moral Zimpic shots, which I don't take. And he says, I don't know crap about anything. So, Wolfman, go getting that fiery crash.

Hope you survive. 713, 212.7.9. 7.1.3. 2.1.2. 5.7.9. All right. What do you want to go next?

Wolfman was being very rude. Yeah. Pound another Ozmpic needle. Yeah. Isn't that rude? I don't want to lose what. I'm trying to gain weight. That's weird.

This guy's being weird. He's not being very nice. You're not nice to me, Wolfman. Yeah. It's funny. He's coming after you because when you do that on the internet, you've got problems with your life, Wolfman. Yeah.

And I hope they get better. No, I don't. I do. Oh, Wolfman, you're miserable. I hope that you're sitting in your house right now going, my life sucks and you're like, yeah, I made it for myself. Because you probably did Wolfman. Whatever you got going on in your life, Wolfman, it can get better.

Just take the steps. I don't care. And I hope you have a great weekend. All right, what do you want to go, line one or two? Neither? I guess line two. All right. No, you know, yeah.

Go ahead. Hi, Terry. Hey, what's going on, Mr. Texas? I'm great. Thanks for calling, Terry. Did you see the press conference with Dan Gilbert yesterday? I did not. Well, apparently, he told the press, the press asked him,

what do you think about James Hardin to play? He said, we brought him here to be a winner. And if we don't win this series, James Hardin isn't going anywhere, Kenny Atkins is. He's done a preface as a fire. I don't believe he said that. I don't believe that he said that Kenny Atkins is on the way out if they lose the series.

I don't believe that's accurate. Yeah, that's true. I don't, no, I don't, I'm going to go look it up. And if you're wrong, you never get to call the show again. Are you ready to stank your claim on that? Yeah. Okay, I don't believe that at all. I'm going to look it up.

Have you had your morning coffee, Terry? Terry. Do you have your food juice? I'm scared. I'm scared, Jonathan. Help me. I'm glad I'm in the other room.

I want to continue to do this show for as long as possible. But I need better callers. I just do. I just do. He did not threaten Kenny Ackington's job over the game loss yesterday. I'm sorry. Stop making stuff up. Ross, I'm trying.

Let's take a break. Let's take a break. Deep breaths for everyone. But am I wrong? Here's what I want. If you're smart and don't make things up, 713-212-5-790, 7-1-3-212-5-790, if you want to make things up and are not bright, text the Wolfman at CDS-91913. He'll love to have a great conversation with you. That's what I want.

I've been doing this for 30 years, Ross. I want to go 30 more years with you. Oof. All right. I mean, I'd be old, but I still want to go 30 years with you. I want smart people. I don't believe it to be the case. Just a hunch. I'm going to go search down Kenny Ackon's jobs in jeopardy.

1059 on Sports Talk 790. This is the Matt Thomas show with Ross. Everybody wants to get Terry a Red Bull, apparently. Rational Dumb says that. Ross, I went looking for Dan Gover looking to fire the coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers. I don't see anything on there just yet. I haven't seen that either. No.

Terry, by the way, he said he was a multi-millionaire, too. You know what? He said he won the Powerball. Terry, I got to be brutally honest. Here's my Venmo account at SportsMT. It's going to now cost you to come on the show. How much? Well, if you're a Powerball winner, that's got to be $25,000.

$1,000 a call. Wow. Okay. I want to see how serious he is. I don't think he's got that much in the Venmo. If you have Penn, if you won the Powerball, you've got, you've got Venmo money of that kind of money. So Terry in Ohio. He's making things up.

I need $25,000 to come on my show. Maybe it's all tied up in CDs. It wouldn't be a great idea if I'm Terry. Why not? I'd spend it. Well, maybe he wants to take care of his grandchildren. That's right. And so he can take care of me too.

I'm probably old enough to be one of his grandkids. $25,000 will take care of that. Okay. Hi, Rossi. How the hell are you? I'm doing great, Matt. Just having a ball. No, Wolf Boy wants to stick the Ozympic needle in my neck.

That's not nice. Is it more effective there? I'm just not seeing this. Go for the jugular. What did you do to this guy? I didn't do anything. He started calling me names. The Sports Talk 790 accounts said,

congratulates my 30 years and he took shots at me. So, you know what? I'm going to king, I'm going to king, uh, Kung Fu, uh, back at you. I, I, I have changed my viewpoint on Twitter. I'm going right at you because you guys are scared. You're not nice people. So guess what? Just because you're, you want to be mean to me?

I'm going to me into you back. Boom. Bada boom. Bada boom. Let's go. Mute. Done muting. I'm going right at you.

Just be mean to me back. I'm going to be funny and clever than you are. are. Okay. It's not a good idea. Is it, Ross? No. Mute. That's how you want to live your life. All right, Wolfman, you've been officially muted. Ross wants me muting you. No, do whatever you want, Matt. No, no, no, no. I'm trying to help you out. Mute. It's done. I'll never see Wolfman again. Not worth your energy. And this is the thing, too, is these people are trolling to try to get a rise out of you and you're giving them the satisfaction. I'm enjoying it, though. Okay, good. If you're enjoying it, then you can then keep doing it. Don't listen to me. He wants to put Ozempic in my

neck. That doesn't feel nice. I'm trying to gain weight, not lose it. All right, Matt. Yeah, I believe Kenny Atkinson's in pretty, I mean, look, he and I'm probably going to probably get a nice five-year extension under this, but he is not going to get fired after this series. No. Especially when, in fact, Dan Gilbert.

Well, I mean, yeah, owners can be quirky that way. That's for sure. Tom Dibito got let go and then the Knicks hired Mike Brown. Yeah, but they're they're cruising. They're up to. their Eastern Conference series. Astros and Reds tonight will have the On Deck show at 5 o'clock. I think that's what it is.

605 first pitch, 610 somewhere in that range. Oh, I thought it was a 510 first pitch. Why are they doing it so early? Yeah, 510. Because I'm on post game. So 510. Oh, I see how it is. 510 sounds great.

I see how it is. Okay. All right, 713, 212-790. 719. 2125-7-9-0. Let's go to our buddy, Subez on 790 at 11.05. Hi, Suebs. Hey, man, hey, congratulations on the 30 years. I mean, man, I wish, I saw the guitar pitcher. I was like, hey,

where's the, what was it, the Thunder, the football team used to do? Oh, yeah, the Thunder Bears, yeah. Yeah, well, it's like, where's Thunder Bears and Arrows, man? Like, this is Mr. Texas, you know, H. Town. Like, you need cell stickers on there, too. So, hey, man, you know, I love y'all, like, family. And I first, so I first started listening to y'all in 2011 when I got back to Houston. I lost my daughter to cancer in 2011, and one of your guys was one of my ballbearers.

And so I started with a sensation then. And then I heard you, and I was like, hey, he's not the guy who did the PA. And I went back in and saw the tapes, you know, a little bit heavier back then. But that's okay. Still love you. You know, bad boys need you love to. But, man, like, I can't picture anybody hating you. So this is one of my thing.

People hate me and I'm okay. You know what, Suebs, I love you. You and I know each other for a long period of time. You know who I am. You know what I bring. You know that this show is 99% stick. And for that, I love you for it. And you have been with us all the way through.

So I don't need this anymore, but just thank you back to you. Hey, I need you to get off my mic burner account. Kind of like how one of our players has a, I don't even want to repeat his just so I don't get kicked off the radio. But I need that burner account for you. And it also needs a sports empty policy. so we need to protect our Houston treasures. So let me get on to my sports take real quick, if that's okay.

Go ahead. Mr. Harden, so you know how they have, I think, what is it? It's called Rose or something. But is there like a rose for playoff performances, you know, because my boy needs that, man. Like, I appreciate everything he's done in Houston. I may not have liked all of it per se because I'm an old school, like 90s. Like, if somebody's like seven foot and trying to block my shot,

I'm putting my shoulder down and I'm driving into their chest. and you know PJ Tucker Charles Barkley old school Chuckie Brown you know the short the short post guy player man I need that's I grew up on

in terms of NBA 90s this whole like I call it the Harden Arrow Ball SGA and all these guys like you blow wind their way and their arms are flapping and I'm sure you saw the replay of homegrown last night

like you thought he got shot and then you look and nobody's hearing I'm like I can't stand that I'm sorry I'm old school grit grime I'm okay with skill players but you guys are too skilled this generation to be doing all this flopping. Like, it makes, I'm not going to say it makes it unwashable because I'm a basketball purist,

but it's just like, come on, man. But, yeah, I need that to go away. Anyway, my main call, though, today was for positivity because, again, man, we as Houston true die-hards that have been there through the lean year of the Astros, and you were there going to night listening to taking calls of horrible take. Horrible. You deserve your flowers, man. I'm giving you a call.

Well, you don't, not necessary, but thank you very much. Soob's great to have you call, and I really means a lot that you do so. Look, you all are too nice. It's just appearing in the story. And I just, and Wolfman, if you're listening, God love you. You got some other issues going on, and that's okay. We don't like everybody. Have a great weekend.

Yeah, have a great weekend. There you go. Look at this. We're turning a new leaf, even though we've turned this leaf, but we're going to turn the leaf back. Look at Sobs, getting you all. Yeah. You know what he's doing? He's getting me in my, my feet.

feels. He's starting to make me a better person. A Houston legend. Hussubes, of course he is. Matt Thomas. We'll get you in the, we need to get you in the Texas Radio Hall of Fame. No, it's not going to happen. I'm okay with it. You got my vote. Thank you very much.

No, I just, let me tell you something. I don't mean, I don't want it to get campy. I'm living my dream. You guys, you don't realize, I didn't do anything in life that's special. I had the gift of gab. That's all I had. And I worked for it. I worked for, I work with really good people. Jonathan, you've been such an amazing producer

for however many months you got left with us. Not like in life, but it just doesn't work. Will you stop with that? God, the worst. Ross, you've been with me for 16 years. Oh, God. You were my second longest relationship in my life. I'm going to throw up.

That's not true. Well, my parents. And your son. Oh, my sons. Two of your children. Okay, that's true. Actually, no. Was Carley born when you were with me?

I don't know. January of 10, 2010. Oh yeah, she's born. Yeah. Okay, yeah, good. So you're in the top six. Outside of my family, you're on my

longer's relationship. Oh, my God. How about that for a breakdown? Oh, that's great. And look, when you do a radio show, not everyone's going to love you. It's okay. I mean, I don't love a lot of people on radio right now.

There's a lot of crappy radio out there. People should be embarrassed that they consider themselves as media, but I don't, you know, it is what it is. Congratulations on 30 great years, Matt. Yeah, it's, you know. You know what? Call in. Call in love on Matt. No, no, don't do it.

Don't do it. I know you're calling a rip on me. It's easier. 2.12.5.7. Come on, Wolfman. Where are you at? 7.13, Wolfman. Call in. Call in to congratulate Matt on 30 years.

We've got other things to get to. 30 years in, 2,1,000. 35 over all years in radio, though. Ooh, that's pretty good. 35. More than some people have been alive. Tough business. But it's definitely worth it.

I think, again, it all comes on to y'all. If y'all don't like me, we wouldn't, you know, if 99% of you didn't like me, wouldn't have a job. The 1% can ain't me. It's fine. Yeah. Unlikable people don't have jobs all that long. We've seen it. Like, didn't Winston Churchill say that, wouldn't there a phrase about it?

If everybody liked you that no, you'd, you've never accomplished a thing or something? Yeah. Basically, look at this guy. Your son talked to you about it. That's you in your philosophical era. I know, that's right. Did your son mention that to you or something? There's no chance.

It feels like the history major, your son brought that to you. We're finally going to do something next summer. We talked about this at the family dinner yesterday. What about this summer? We got volleyball. You're supposed to go to Hawaii this summer. No, I didn't go. You said, told me you were going to relax for a week and you were going to be on a beach and you weren't going to, you weren't going to look at your phone.

You're right. And you were going to calm down and decompress. I know. It's not happening. That's the reason why I can't hear it on my right ear and I've got a falsetto voice. I've been trying to tell you to relax for how many years. We don't have a lot of backup here. It's fine.

We'll be fine. No, it's no. The show is important to me, very important to me. That's good. Take your vacation time. Relax. We are going to go one year from September. We're going to go to England.

Trust me. I'm going to, I don't believe you. We're going to do Abby Road. We're going to the Beatles stuff. Hold my breath. And then Cameron, my oldest is a huge soccer fan. I want to go to two different soccer games. So we're going to go to that.

Okay. So one year from September, mark it down. Mm-hmm. Hold in my breath. Don't do that. All right, 1130. Yeah, and then after that, you're going to come to OU, Texas with me. Oh.

And then after that, you're going to Hawaii. Oh. You're going to relax. Stop calling me out. It sucks. Kyle and Brian Hanktime. We'll get to you in a minute. 1113 is our time.

713212-5-790. 7-13-212-5-7-90. Dave, I'm sorry, is coming up at 1130 here on Sports Talk 790. Matt and Ross with you today. I know anything goes Friday. 7-13-212-5-7-90. If you want to join our program, 7-1-3-212-5-7-90. Now, you've been with us, what, 15 years, right?

at least. We're going to have a little raw celebration. No, it's not about me, Matt. It is about you. No, I don't know. I've been here 17 years. See, the 17's a terrible number. We're going to get you to like an even 20.

I've been in studio with you since March of 19. I count before that. You were with me January 2010. Not the first day, but pretty close. I was there the first day. But I was in full time the first day. Did we get along? Yes.

Okay, good. It's along from day one. We've always had great chemistry. That's right. That's right. All right. 713, 212, 570-A astros and reds. We'll hear an update.

I think on Lance McCuller's probably with Joe Espotted today in Cincinnati. I. It's got IL written all over it. He's been terrible and now a fingernail fell off his hand. How long does that bad boy take to grow back? Well, I mean, he's not a bionic animal, so how long when it took the average person to do so. I think it's like six months. He needs, yeah, he needs, yeah, he's out next six months.

No, I'm just saying that the fingernail they go back. But, I mean, don't pitchers use kind of their, a little bit of their fingernails sometimes, depending on the grip or what a pitch they're throwing? Now, maybe that's like a, I don't know, like a forkball, but. But to Jonathan's point, it ain't going to be ready to go in two weeks, correct? Don't you have to still throw eventually without it? So you're telling me the curb ball, the number one thing that Lance McCullers has in his arsenal is unavailable to him? Oh man, more

Do y'all not want to just First of all, don't you want to hug each other First of all? Yes Always No, but I mean You're-hugs not drugs Matt You're an Astros fan

You go to the games You enjoy the experience Yes You enjoy the ambiance The energy of a good old-fashioned Ranger Astro game Or Mariner Astro game Yeah, but I know the city of Houston

It's gonna go on to something else going to the children's museum yeah going kayaking is that what it is yeah Astros game or a nice stroll down Memorial Park do some double dutch on the sidewalk

go walking go I don't know get those steps in yeah go to do paint and wine class and then now this is what they signed up for but the reality is

Joe Spotton wanted to manage his way onto getting a new contract yes he's not managing the team that he was given and he's managing a team that the emergency room is giving him. It's not been the way anybody envisioned. Dana Brown, from Jim Crane to Dana Brown to Joe Spotted, the players themselves.

Carlos Corray doesn't want to be out for the year. Hunter Brown wants to be out there. Hunter Brown and his financial interest needs to be out there. What's to rack up the arbitration dollars? And win cases. and when it gets to the settlement, hey, how you doing? Well, you know, attendance is part of the grade.

It's been a disaster. It just has. I'm sorry. And think about this from a purely human element here for a second. Dana Brown, 30 plus years in baseball. Mm-hmm. I sound like I'm Joe Biden. 30 plus years in baseball.

30 plus years in baseball. And I finally got a chance to be the leader, general manager. Eight. But I have, you know, how many good? I've seen your swing. I know you swing. he gets one crack at this Ross and his team falls apart

two of the three years he's general manager he inherits a World Series championship team yes just run the draft do a good job and maybe that catcher can be healthy and bat his weight Walker Yonik he's defensively he's ready apparently

well but he might have been defensively ready when he could just be a light hitting defensive catcher Brad Osama says hello. You don't build, you don't do that with first round picks, so Ross said you just don't. Well, a lot of first round picks don't even make the majors. That's another thing.

A third of, I think it's like a third of first round picks don't even make, maybe not a third, but somewhere around there. And I know the Astros lost four picks because of the cheating scandal. Yes. That does not crush your model league system. You can still get,

I have a crazy idea. What if you hit a second round pick? I have another crazy idea. What if you hit a fifth round pick? Seventh round picks hauled all the time. There's, there's 10th or 11th round picks in the top 100. prospect list. It can happen.

It hasn't happened with Dana Brown and the Astros, though. Well, they're all a double, they're at single A and he's managing for his career. He's trying to be the general manager for his career, not necessarily worried about something at the Singular level. Let's go to Kyle on 790. Hi, Kyle. So, guys, congrats Matt on 30 years. Appreciate it. So my question to you guys, I know the sample size for Ethan Pecco and, you know, has been pretty small so far this year,

and Yulola's kind of been struggling. And then, of course, we have the guys that are rehabbing right now, like Nate Pearson. I don't like that group. Like, I know there's that, like, a group of guys that they tend to go to that rotate back and forth between the Big League Club and AAA. But if something were to happen to those guys, who do you think out of those three of Peko Yulola and Pearson

will get the nod first out of that group? Probably Pearson, maybe my guess. Yuliola has been down the minor leagues for a year, I've heard no serious push. He's not throwing strikes. He's just, I think he's a AAA pitcher is all I've heard. You know, Pearson, they want to see up with the big leagues. They were trying to find a spot for him to open up the year.

And again, I don't follow the minor leagues very closely because I want to follow the major leagues. Well, start learning Sugarland, buddy. But our older under number on the Sugarland numbers are not going well for us because all of them have been called up. Hmm. and Pearson's the only one on the 40 man. Yeah, Uliola has not... I mean, we do minor league reports.

I think I've been talking about Miguel Uliola for like a year and a half now. Yeah, he's, uh, yeah, I guess, he's been in the oven for a while. Lending marinade. Yeah. He's like over at Baboli, sitting in that chicken just sitting there on the grill.

Yeah, 5.72ERA this year. No. there's nothing Ross there's nothing on the farm is ready to come up here and help we've already had Jason Alexander's already coming here Colton Gordon's already come up here Cody Cody Gordon

I mean Colton the Gordon Whatever their names are 20 walks in 28 innings whip of 1.5 That's Triple Egal Euliole he's 24 I mean he'll get a shot

I mean clearly especially if things really fall by the wayside here second half of the year. But there's no one in the Astros organization has come and whispered and said, man, we are just keeping them down there just because. I mean, y'all bitching and complained about Aragutti being down there for three starts or so. Yeah.

You're Aragutti doing well. Yeah, there was a lot of buzz with Aragutti. Yeah. And again, it was the right decision to keep him down there. Get him ready to go. Get you five, six innings. Work it out. Get him built up.

Yeah. And it's paid off. Let's talk to Brian on 790. Brian, good morning to you. Ross, you said Yulola's got a 5-7-2 ERA and 20 walks. He will fit in perfectly with our rotation. That's true, actually. That's all we do is walk, guys.

So he is major league ready, according to this year's Astros pitching staff. So, you know, it can't be any worse. But these guys walk tons of batters anyway. But Matt, congratulations on 30 years. Thank you. I'm finally happy you guys have found a good time slot. The whiplash of you guys, you and Ross moving around from early mornings with Mansmerline and being the proper gentleman to the late afternoons to the lunchtime to the semi-early late morning drive.

The whiplash was just being ridiculous. I can only imagine with you. but you guys have found your good little brunch spot there and it's perfect and you've had some great callers over the years mad you know nobody has done it like Howard memorial so if they to channel my Howard in Memorial if the Astros let go at Dana Brown I know Howard would want them to reach out to Jerry Hansicker that's right there's nobody he would want more to turn this team around and you know put together with the 98 Astros again I'm sure Moises Alloo is available and, you know,

and I'm sure Mike Hampton can give you a couple of endings. So that one's for you, Howard, over the 30 years. So I don't think he was very high on Tim Piper and God who would be. But my only hope for you over the next 15, 20 years, however long you're in radio, is maybe they get you some halfway decent working equipment. Thank you. They're at Iheart. Maybe to stop using Windows 95.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Brian, you are a P1. You know the show and thank you very much.

And I shouldn't complain about the equipment, but we just don't have great equipment. And I wish we had better equipment. And I love the people we work with. It's working a day. You know what? It is working today. Why do we talk good about the equipment when it's working? Thank you, computer.

You're doing a great job. Hey, how about? Hey, we wanted to play Peter Lambert on the tent. on the on-deck show, didn't we, the other day, Jonathan, didn't wait. He don't, Russell, no. I do know. I was listening. See, but the, hey, eight out of nine bits played. You know what I have to do?

That's a good hit rate. That's 88%. Imagine $2,200 billion. See, that's how much we spent on our equipment. That worked. Tom's doing such a hard job trying to get everything figured out over here, and they've just not helped them out. Phones, we look, we took a bunch of phone calls today.

They all worked. Yeah, there's not terrible static to it. You got to change your perspective. You know what? It's a winning day equipment-wise. Tom Klein, one of our engineers here. The other one I don't know his name. Tom is wonderful and takes the bear of our unhappiness. Lights are working at a day. Camera. I've seen, look, look at this bright, shining smile from Jonathan Allen. I know. Seeing it all day? So you know what? I'm going to apologize. I'm going to apologize the engineering department for one day. You should.

All right. I've said things. I've done things. I need to apologize. This is more about me than you. Welcome to this week's edition of this. I'm sorry. So sorry. 713-212-5-790. 7-1-3-21-2-5-7-90. What are you apologizing for?

Let's hear it right now. I will start, boys, because you all were attacking me yesterday and probably it was fair. I really thought at the end of the day the cure to a Tatsuui Imi rebound for the Astros was hiring a hooker for him.

I want to say to the Astros, I want to say to Tatsui Imi's family, maybe a girlfriend he has. I'm sorry. Sorry. Sex and freelance relationships do not solve anything, Ross. Meaningful,

down to earth, heartfelt relationships. He needs a meaningful connection, and a PLA doesn't do it. necessarily do it every time. P.O.A. Point of attack? Correct. So to the EMI family and the Tatsui,

next week when you pitch against the Mariners and I didn't get you hooker, I will not be responsible for if you suffer and if you're successful, I will double down and say, I'm sorry again. You still want to get him a hooker? I'm not a hooker, but maybe just a romantic friend.

Romantic friend? Yes. What does that mean? That just means a hooker. Well, I mean, he doesn't have to know I pay for it. Hi, hi, I'm Matt. This is my romantic friend. What are you talking about? Matt, do you secretly want to be a pimp? Is that what you do?

Yeah, are you a pimp? Let me ask you this. Is your name Gator? If I, if he was to throw six innings, one run, four hits, five strikeouts, and he was told, and somebody asked him, what was the difference? And he said, it wasn't because of the hard man. It was because of something else that was, oh, see. I didn't mean that.

You're apologizing. You are. Always give the worst apologies on this segment. You are definitely the dirty-act. You know what? I'm apologizing to the EMI family on behalf of you. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

Matt's the worst. I'm sorry that the sushi in Corpus Christi wasn't great, or apparently the sushi wasn't great in Sugar Land. Although Sugar's got a good sushi market, right? All right, there's my sorries. Okay. I want to say I'm sorry for the wolf man. Who hates me?

I don't think you're sorry again here. Let's see. Sorry. I wish him to get into a fiery crash. And for that, I say, I'm sorry. Give me just a general crash, not a fiery one. Well, see, what? You just wish him to get to a car crash.

You're not sorry. Okay, I wish him to get safely to wherever he needs to get to. That's better. Is that better? Yes, even though you don't mean it. You don't know that. Yes, I do. Ross, what are you sorry for?

You know, man, I'm sorry. I didn't get you a 30th anniversary gift. That's okay. So I'll give you an audio gift. Congratulations, 30 years of hard work, dedication, laughs, and good insights. Some better than others. Some better than others. But at the end of the day, my tatsuing, my insights are not great.

As you taught me a long time ago, an entertainment medium. I've learned a lot from you. And it's been a joy. And I wouldn't rather work with anyone else, certainly at this station. Other stations you wouldn't mind. Here at 790, I'm your guy. Thank you, Ross. So thank you.

By the way, I'm sorry for not getting you anything. Mark Grace, we got him some love. Are you talking about him and slump busser? Yeah, 30 years ago. Yeah, but slumpbusters are still working 2026. Okay. He's the one. What's in my situation?

Is he married? Whatever it is, it's not good. What do you mean, it's not good? Take his mind off the game. Maybe he's happy. Oh, he's happy because his mound is hard. He's happy that his pitch clock is short. I thought the man was too soft.

It's too hard now? I don't know. Maybe it's just me, it's like, it's like, it's like, uh, he's like, uh,

he's like, he's like, uh, he's like, he's like, he's the goldilocks of major leagues. All right. John,

then what are you apologizing for this week? What is happening? Oh, you know what? I want to apologize because I was driving home and somebody was getting arrested. And you know,

I'm one of those people that like slowdowns and like be nosy and see. Uh, uh, no you're not. But, but it was bad because I had rolled down my window and I had slowed down and then you know

I'm gonna creep up and then like I guess I started fighting someone was really getting arrested and I was like oh snap and I kind of broke harder and the car behind me haunted and I had to swerve I was like all into

I was like I was not folks on the road and I really want to say I'm sorry sorry I just really wanted to know I didn't y'all don't slow down when you see like a crash or something you don't do that now you're saying sorry

because you're nosy I'm saying sorry for both honestly because I really break checked broke check whatever the car behind me too. You're break checking people out there? I'm worried about you, Jonathan.

No, it was in the neighborhood. You know, I just was slowing down. I didn't know anybody was behind me. It was like late at night. It was like 11.30. Y'all don't do that, really? When I see an accident, I maybe want to go look, but I don't.

So I just go right on by because I don't want to be a part of the accident. You just walk on by like Dionne Warwick. Correct. But this was at a Sonic. Like someone was getting arrested at a Sonic. The workers were out. So you were being noticed?

I'm nosy. So, apologize for being nosy. What does your Sonic go-toe meal, by the way? You know, I don't eat food from Sonic. I only get the French toast. I think the food... Well, that's called food.

Okay, I get the French toast. I had a friend that worked there in high school. Told me some awful stories about how they made food over there. I couldn't do it anymore. Not a sponsor to the show. Probably not going to be now. Hmm. This is John's years ago.

The producer? Yes, Jonathan, producer. Route 44 ounce iced tea for me, unsweet. And probably some chili, chili cheese fries. Cherry lime made. Cherry lime made for the win, I get it. You know the Chi Limeon is, that's fire. It's the goat.

Burger's a little overrated because there's just nothing. No, the Sonic Smash is good. Hold on, first of all, you can't say overrated. Nobody's ever been, nobody's ever come to you and said, Matt, you're never going to believe where I got the best burger of all time. Sonic. Nobody's ever said that. Okay, so I'll talk about no sponsor. He just bashed Sonic.

However, the Sonic Smash is very good. Corn Dog, can't go wrong with that. Chicken fingers, can't go wrong with that. I'm not a big tater-tot guy. I'm in the minority on that, I think. Why not? I just don't my... You like tater-tots, boss? Who doesn't?

They're okay. I mean, I would eat them. It's my first choice. Tater-tot, potato wedges, french fries, curly fries, get it to me all. Yeah. Tater-taughts are not. What do you know what to take? You're not eating the right ones. I'll take what?

That's just not the move. You're not the move. The Sonic Sunday is really good. The soft ice cream, right? Lots of toppings. All right. Sonic is actually really good except when you get to that red meat stuff. The red meat stuff.

That's called burgers. Does the only have burgers there? Whatever. I really don't know what's there. They don't have chicken fried steak sandwiches aren't bad. You know what? I apologize to Sonic. Your food is not as bad as I thought it was going to be.

Sorry. But the smash burgers, they're literally smashed. They're not very big and you're why not being hungry like 20 minutes later? Today I'm going to go back and try and I'll report. Give us a video too. We want a video of you at Sonic watching people get into car crashes. Let's talk to Jared on 7-90. Jared, what are you apologizing for?

Hey, Matt. Monday you had a little bit of a crash out on air. Yes, I did. And I'm the guy to run Space 3 sports. and I would like to take responsibility for posting your quote on Twitter and causing an absolute... Oh, don't worry about it, Jared. I'm good to go.

We're good. No, you knew what you were doing, Jared. You knew what you were doing. I posted it because I felt vindicated because I agreed with him. And he just turned into a human piñata. But they... But all of your little buddies called me retards. That's the first of all, it's a terrible term.

Those are not my buddies. Those are my followers. Well, whatever. But, I mean, they were very rude to me. And I'm saying, they were terrible. Weren't they terrible? And I didn't do anything. I just said that blaming Joe Espotter for this team's lack of success is the dumbest thing you can do. And as you know, Jared, Astro's Twitter can be a little toxic occasionally or every day. Yeah.

It's a terrible place. And I'm sorry. I put you through that. Yeah, that's fine. I got big boy boots on. Thank you. Shepherds, the savior of the Rockets. Yeah. Thank you, Jared.

Is that what Jared said? No, we argued one time. He said Udoca needs to be fired for not starting Reed Shepard, who went one for 10 from 3 in game 6. Rafael Stone's still here. Eme Adoka's still here. Oh, you know what? What?

Ross has to apologize, speaking of Reed Shepard. What happened? I like this. One of his gut feelings early in the seasons that Reed would never be a starter ever on this season. That's true, only because of injury. And then it was also, yeah, I did. I talked about that when it happened. I said it would only be because of injury, which was true until Tari-Eason

became like one of the worst players on the team. And so the names, yeah, he was good. Well, then also the last few games it was injury as well. He didn't start when Kevin Durant was healthy, so so you apologize to me. Don't worry about it, Jared, we're good. Just tell your Astro Twitter fans, I was just making a take.

He knew what he was doing. I don't believe you, Jared, for a second. They're calling me all sorts of names. I simply had a take. And then I became, Handicap for some reason. Mute button and then the mute this conversation button is very helpful as well.

Damn, you are so practical for this show. I hate it. 1145. We go back on the phones next. For more, I'm sorry. One of my listeners says that Tatsuwi I'mai is happily married with kids, so if that's the case, I really double say I'm sorry. Oh, I'm sorry. I can't find it, but I'm sure I, look, y'all don't tell me lies, right? You don't let him intentionally.

Eh, maybe. All right, here we go. 713-212-5-790. 7-1-3-2-1-2-5-7-90. Kevin says injuries and asteros. We're going to hold you for a little bit after the news. So, Kevin, do not go away. I swear to God, we'll get to you.

But we've got a couple of folks that want to say, I'm sorry. First of all, Ralph says he wants to teach Matt girlfriend experience. Ralph, what kind of experience you want to teach the audience here, please? I'm just trying to help you with the lingo, Mr. Matt, to keep your feet out of hot water. I don't know that you're so wrong, but maybe the verbiage would be a little bit better. Sure, please. So it's called a girlfriend experience here in 2026 as opposed to a hooker. Oh, so just saying girlfriend experience clarifies everything.

Well, it jazes it up a little. Okay. I don't know if Mrs. Emi would agree with me on that or you for that matter, but I will take an advertisement. Have a great day, man. Thank you. Yeah, if he's married, look, I mean, it'd be like me going to the Vrabels saying, hey, let's get this all fixed up.

That's a bad example. Yeah, that's a bad example. Sorry for that one. Very bad example. And yeah, apparently he is married. And I believe they have at least one child. Okay, so to Tatsu Aimae, may your rubber,

the mound, the mound, the rubber, not, ah, ah, Sandy, you guys are going to go that way? It was announced that he and his wife were pregnant with their first child in February. This February? So that's the reason why he's so off-kilter. He's having too much relations. He needs to go back to the JJ Watt philosophy.

Don't have relations? Wait a second. Yeah. Wait a second. Yeah. You spouted the last two days. He needs to get laid. Now you're saying he needs to not get laid?

Correct. Absidence is everything. What is wrong with you? Is this Matt Thomas brain? What's going on with this? Matt Thomas brain is a one of one. I'm going to tell you that. What is wrong with you?

What do we want them to do? I want to throw strikes. I want to pitch innings for the major league team. Whatever it takes. Don't you, when you're on a slump of some sort, don't you change who you are? You don't just wake up the same thing and do the same thing every morning, right?

Okay. I'm just throwing it out there. the Astros, if they're going to be competitive, need their $18 million guy out there to compete every fifth day. Or six day. That's all we're asking for, Ross. I'm asking to be Cy Young. Ask him me a 20-game winner.

Just give us six competent innings. And not worry about everything but the game itself. The pitch, I mean, he's got to take care. Scottie B.'s not pleased of this either. You know, Scottie B. can't be pleased. Take care of your client. take care of your boss. Take care of your fan base.

We loved you. Ross, we threw the H's up for you. I threw the Hs up for him. No, you didn't. Yeah, I did. You're a liar. Yes, I do know that. I've missed to throw up the H's guy all the time.

That's at least like eight lies today. I will throw up the H when he gives us a quality start, not a quality rare start or one of those BS things you're making up. Quality Start light. Quality Start diet. Quality Start zero sugar. I want Quality Start, quality start. I'll take a Quality Start Light.

Then I'm throwing up the H's. Quality Start Light is at least five innings and two or fewer runs. JT on 790 JT. What are you sorry for? I actually want to say sorry on behalf of Mike Brable. And this sorry goes out to Amy Adams-Trump. Because I think she's hired the investigator that's dropping all this picture by one. A little conspiracy.

So Amy Adams-Trump? I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I will never apologize for Amy Kronkstrung for anything. She took my football team from me, or her dad did. And she was complicit to it, so suck it. Yeah. I don't have a football team.

But I will when the Texas make the Super Bowl. It's all bandwagon like a muddha. She's been running out all this oiler stuff, and now they've got the new colors of the oilers. She's trolling Houston. I'm not apologizing her either. She's a miserable woman who I hate, and I never met her met her. I don't care she's got more money than God. I don't care if she's going to burn you stadium.

It's a lot of hate in your heart, Matt. I do. You know what? I'm going to sick, what's his name on Amy Krunk's drunk? The guy was hating me on Twitter earlier. Go after him. Wolfman. Wolfman, go after Amy Krunk's drunk. Oh, now you're going to hire him?

I went ahead and muted Wolfman in solidarity, Matt. Oh, that's nice of you. Follows Chandler Rome and Adam Clayton. Those guys can be solid blocked that SOB. All right, let's continue. Steve wants to apologize to Ross. Steve, go ahead, please. Hey, Ross, I'm sorry.

I cussed you out a couple weeks ago after a Rockets game, and I said a couple F words on there. And I'm very thankful you that you did not block me on Twitter. You came right back at me, though. Okay. I don't want to say, I'm sorry. Ross, Steve, Ross is the nice one, so that's nice him to do that.

Yeah, I don't remember Steve what the conversation was, but thank you for your apology. It was the Rockets blew something, you know, against the Lakers, and I was upset. Okay. It's okay, Steve. I hope you have a great weekend. I'm having a great weekend out here in the Hill Country. I'll come out here one day.

I love the Hill Country. I was in Austin this week. What are you doing in Austin, Steve? Or are you, Frederick's Burger Ware? Town called Fisher near Blanco and Wembley. Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm Mr. Texx.

I know where that is. No, you're not. Steve, what do you do out there? Nothing. I hike and do 9-10 bowling every week out here and just take it easy. God love you. That's a great life. Thank you.

Thank you. I want to live Steve's life. Thanks to the phone call. What's the famous Heritage Craft Brewery in Blanco, Texas, Matt? That, of course, would be Schmeggles. What's that? Shiner's. No.

Old style? Come on, man. Real L. Brewing. I don't drink out there. Because you're not Mr. Texas. No, I drink water. No, you're not Mr. Texas. I drink water from the beautiful mountain ranges and the hills of the hill country.

Oh, you know, this is a good question, Mr. Texas. Yes, sir. What water do you drink at the house? Ozarka? Oh, okay. Big as Texas. I think he's lying, but I don't know. I'm not lying.

All right. All right. All you do is lie. Last. You admit as much. Last but least. Hello, James. Yeah, I want to apologize for all the Dallas Renegade Talk.

Dallas Renegade Talk and the Gambler Talk. You need to apologize for that too. Oh, maybe you should be the one apologizing then. Maybe you should be apologizing. You know what I mean a Gambler Nation. Thank you. Gambler, it's not a nation when there's like one person there. There's no nation.

Nation needs like thousands. I think they're counting the workers and the attendance, I think. They are. Man, I guess you did attend the. game. He did. He was the one that was there. All right. Hey, let's wake the strippers up. You want to? Now, sure, why not? I don't know how the voice is going to go on this.

Let's have Jonathan do it. No, Ross, substitute. I can probably give you 10 seconds. Don't clip that. That's what she said. Don't clip that. It's too late. I'm going to try to give you 15 seconds to wake the strippers up. We'll do that and get this news at noon going.

And we've got non-flora stories and we've got a hell of year. And I want us today's edition of Hellier or not. Hell of I know. No clue. All right. We'll figure something out. 12 o'clock on 790.

This is the Matt Thomas show with Ross. 1204 in H-town. Good. It's hour three of the Matt Thomas show with Ross. This is Sports Talk 790. Okay. Okay, really that's enough. You were just selling the bit.

You weren't laughing that line, I don't think. Or were you? Or was I? By the way, happy congratulations on the retirement to P.J. Tucker. I realize he wasn't in the league for a while, but Rockets are announcing his retirement. Was he on the end of the bench somewhere? Was it Miami or something? He had a lot of DMPs, did not dress.

Yeah. Not with team? Oh, I'm sorry. What? What? What? Oh, okay. He was on the Knicks last year.

was he or this is in 25 i forgot him even being it no this is he had i don't think he played me in the j tucker believe it or not let's do it longhorn legend that is your guy i got one for you right now that's going to be on there big 12 player of the year believe it yes all right there it is p j Tucker retires that is uh today's edition of hell you or not at 150 i got another one but it's not going to be a question there was one time where he threw down an alley-oop and it was on sports center's top 10 and i was in the background cheering I made it on SportsCenter's top 10.

It was me because of PJ Tucker, thanks. PJ Tucker, probably one of the biggest shoebies I've ever met my entire life. Every city we'd go to, 10 pairs of shoes. Yeah, he's a sneaker, big time sneaker head. Yeah, but everybody knows that. All right, 1208, let's get to the news at noon.

Well, Matthew, got to be honest, not a whole lot going on in the news at noon. You did have some NBA action last night. as you had the Cleveland Cavaliers following a falling 107 to 97 to the Detroit Pistons, Thunder dispatch of the Lakers to take a two nothing lead in that series, 125 to 107. Austin Reeves 31 points, but not good enough. Also, though, the NBA Twitter streets are a buzz talking about James Hardin.

Another game, now 30 of them in his career out of 180. two, where he had more turnovers than field goals made. Complicated legacy for James Harden. It's not complicated. I think it is complicated. He's an MVP. He's an all-time great. He is somebody who

he has 11, 40-point games in the playoffs. But nobody's going to... I know. Nobody's going to remember. Nobody can remember it, but it happened. Just because you don't remember something, doesn't mean it didn't happen. I think he will go down as a playoff choker.

I understand that. I think it's easy. I know just because somebody goes down in something doesn't mean that's what it is. He did have some good games. They would have won a championship in 18. They were favored in those 2012 finals. They were.

But I don't really, I mean, I don't remember 2012 at all. So I can't really speak to it. He was terrible, especially on the games of Miami. People think he was partying too much. One of the all-time great partiers. Nobody's disputing that. Big ego.

$400 million plus dollars made in his NBA career and bad playoff performances, especially now at 37 years old, at 36, 37 years old. It's funny, though, you brought 1140-point playoff performances. I would think the average NBA fan, I'm not talking about the ones that are like the historians would say, you're making that up. Yeah, it's because people don't remember that stuff. But they'd be wrong.

That's what I'm saying. Just because you go down as something doesn't mean it never happened. Or just because some people don't want to. remember stuff doesn't mean it never happened. I think the legacy is built, especially within the last seven or eight years, and especially towards his end of his time in Houston. I mean,

was the hoop block? Was it, Mono, that blocked his shot right in front of me? That was in 2017, I believe. Yeah, but there was no time left on the clock. He knew he had to shoot, so he went up for the block. He had 12 turnovers against the Warriors one time.

And then the next game, he was like one for 11 or something. Let's got out of something more encouraging. Astros, against the Cincinnati Reds. Hey, the Reds are struggling. Mike Burroughs, Spencer Araggetti, and the TBD on Sunday. 1240 start on Sunday.

310 tomorrow. 510 tonight here on Sports Talk 790 with yours truly on the Astros, Tentany Show. So the Adams do a shorter show today. Yes. And they don't pick up any extra shifts on the on deck and tentany. That's correct. Okay.

Wishing them the best. Doesn't seem overly fair, but that's fine. Elsewhere in the news, man, apparently, as you, if you recall, the Seattle Seahawks went up for sale after they won the Super Bowl. And potential buyers have been not knocking down their doors. What's the asking price?

I am not sure. I have not seen that. But an executive off the record telling ESPN that the market for the Seattle Seahawks is, quote, soft. There isn't as much action as there was with Denver and Washington. You think it's because of market size? Or reach?

I mean, honestly, look, the Seahawks are the champions, but they don't gather any sort of national cachet. Sports business insiders speculated it would spark a bidding war and the franchise could fetch up to $11 billion. A league spokesperson declining comment as, yeah, I believe it is owned by the estate of Paul G. Allen. And, all by the way, It is not a foregone conclusion that Seattle gets a NBA franchise.

Explain that it sounds like to me that the people are coming in for Las Vegas. Not only are they coming in for Las Vegas, but they're also bringing a new arena with them. There's wants to be an arena on the other side of I-15. There's a group of people that want to bring a Vegas arena to downtown Las Vegas. It's interesting. Yeah. Team Mobile would only be used as a temporary facility because if you've got to, been to T-Mobile. I was there two years ago.

It's a little smaller, right? Yeah, it's no frills. Okay. Now, it's good for the it's good for the hockey team, the what are they called, the Golden Knights. Oh, they play a T-Mobile? Yeah. Okay. But I think the NBA team is going to get its own building

in downtown because they're trying to add layers of downtown so the charm of our downtown that we love, Ross, will become soulless before you know it. Well, can't wait. Sounds great. There you go, Matt. There's your news at noon. I want to read you a quote from Kelvin

Samson. We come back. Now, I can't play it because he swears. We're broke? No, he doesn't. Let the man say what he wanted to say and just jest. Why? You walked it back. Not me. He walked it back. I kind of helped him, right? I help him, I think. We're not broke.

Sure, why not? But we're going to hear what, I'm going to tell you what Kelvin Samson said about our University of Houston. It is, and anything goes Friday. Ross, Explain the essence. Anything goes Friday. It's 713-212-5-7-90. Anything goes Friday.

Anything. 7-1-3-21-2-5-7-90. Longish leash in the biz gets even longer on a Friday. Anything you want to talk about. We have rockets off-season. We have NBA stuff. We have the Astros getting ready for a three-game set. Tatsu I'me's pitching next week.

How are we feeling about the Stroes? We don't have a bunch of them of Texans. But it's Muddars. It's mini-camp for the roars. Matt Thomas needs your idea gifts, gift ideas for Mother's Day. Seth, he's fine jewelry. And also, if you want to congratulate Matt on 30 years, 30 years at I heart. I'd rather you rip on me for a couple of hours.

No, he would love for you to congratulate. No, that's ridiculous. Guys, he's lying. He told you he lies 50 times a day. He wants, he secretly wants you to love on him. So do it 713, 212, 790. Tell him how great he is. That's not true.

And congratulate him on 30 years. Not true. Don't do that. Let's just talk some sport. Let's have some good time, talks and sports. Let's push the agenda that Jonathan's going to stay with us to the end of the year. Let's keep that Ross is going to be here for the long term. Yeah, why not?

713-212-5-790. It's an anything goes Friday here on 790. Boys need a ruling real quick. Is anything goes Friday? Not going to get in a deep dive of the Astros Reds. Hopefully a successful series we'll talk about on Monday. But so it's an anything goes Friday. I would say pound for pound.

when you get into a Facebook real comedy sketch or something on Twitter usually involves Family Feud, the version hosted by what's the bald guy's name? Michael Chickles?

No, no, the guy that hosts it now. Steve Harvey. You said what's the bald guy's name? There's more than one bald guy. So Steve Harvey hosts the Family Feud and they do a very good job of clipping their raunchy, risque. They know what they're doing.

Yeah. Name something you put in your mouth that you don't spit out. They know what they're going to say. So, they do that on purpose. I was in the bathroom just a minute ago. And the guy was at the urinal doing what he needed to do. And he had the family feud reels on. Okay.

I kind of feel like they're always going to be there for you. Get your business done. Let's not be at the urinal on the phone. We ask 100 people? It's very common. People on the urinal at the phone in the... If you're sitting down, that's different. No, don't blast you.

I don't need to hear what you're listening to. I mean, I guess are you trying to cover up your noises? I don't know what people are doing in there. It was weird. Nobody wants to hear what video you're watching while you're on the pooper. No, no, I think urinal, anti-phone on the urinal. Very anti-phone. No, I mean, you got to have, no,

Yeah, at the urinal too. You got to drop that thing in there. But he had... Get off your phone for five seconds. He had the family feud reels in his right hand and his... It's bad. Unit in his left hand. Now, of course, we all struggle with screen time, but man, that's just the next level.

It's ridiculous. Yeah. Sitting down, I kind of get it. I just don't get it at the urinal. Because urinal's about a 35, 40-second procedure, correct? You mean you can't go 40 seconds without watching? We ask 100 people this. You need to get a grip on life for sure.

You got a grip on something for sure. I'm talking about something else. He has his phone? I would hope. Yeah. You know what? Let's just say that. Yeah.

But two Steve Harvey's credit, family feud, those clips do well. I was in a hobby airport one time. I was sitting across from this guy who was just cackling. I think I brought this up to you one time. I mean, barely laughing. I said, excuse me, what is so funny? He goes, I'm watching Family Feud Fast Money answers.

Huh. It struck up a conversation. Interesting. I don't know how muching it is. I just wanted to bring it up. I mean, you know, it is funny. You know, the intensity of Family Feud can cause some strange answers to come out for sure. Yeah, but they set people up, too.

They do. They do. All right. It is Matt and Ross with you at 713. 212-7-99. It doesn't know what anything goes Friday there. I just want to bring that up for the audience. 7-13-212-5-7-9-0.

Astros and Reds beginning a series. You mentioned we got Mike Burroughs going the night. Is that correct? Mike Burroughs. Now, he did somewhat turn the corner a couple of days ago. Yeah, ZRA's under six now. That's good. Quality start in Boston.

Quality start light against the Yankees. Five innings, two earned runs. What? Why are you smiling? So when does it become... Why are you smirking? When does it come from a quality start light to not even a quality start light? It's basically got to be five innings, zero one or two runs.

If it's five and three... So five innings is a quality start, not four and two thirds. Right. Five innings. Right. I used to work with somebody used to make up a bunch of metrics. Okay. Quality start light.

Okay. I'll go for it. Because five get you a win. Yeah, look. Exactly. You get you win and you gave up only two runs. That gives you a lot. a chance. Now the Astros lost that game

8 to 3. You give your team a chance. Quality start, light. You'll take it. If Mike Burroughs goes five innings, then only gives up two runs today. I'll be honest with you. I'll take any Astor or starter giving me five innings these days. That's right. But

here's the problem when I say that. If you said give me five every single dime, you're still going to wear out your bullpen. He's got two quality start lights and a quality start. So far this season. He's got to better. So I make things up and I get made fun of.

You make things up and they sound logically exciting. Yeah, because the things I make up are, or make sense. What did you make up? I don't know. I'm just thinking about what I'm going to start. I'm going to start bringing some new stats at the table every week. Okay.

Oh, I had expected XLA. Oh, by the way, you like ESPN with the exit velocity on, on with the batted balls. I do? I'm saying, do you like that? No. Because I know you're Mr. Exit velocity hater. I love, I love X-L-A. that's when you go out and you spend money in the girl

and you know XLA is either a thousand or it's not you do it or you don't it's not a thousand or not depends on different factors how she's feeling about you yes how much you spend on her other factors as well like let's move on the reds by the way are in last place

in the American National League Central they have lost seven consecutive games but even though they're in last place they're still above 500 And they're still favorite in this game tonight. Yeah, I don't care about Vegas. Let me tell you about Vegas. They had the Dodgers 2 to 1 in every game, and they...

I mean, let me tell you what. Let me tell you why. I don't like Vegas. Vegas are the Rockets in favor in every single game in that series except the one that they actually won. If they're getting it wrong, go up to the window, my brother. And go to take it down. I'm saying, you can suck it, Vegas.

I ain't tired of you, Vegas. I'm tired of you, Vegas. If it's so easy and they're so far off, Go ahead and step on. If I would never be back. You would never be back. If you knew where the end, and you know more than Vegas.

I'm not giving Vegas a time. Vegas, Rock, it's five and a half point favorites, lost by four. Get out, Vegas. I don't care about you, Vegas. All right. I'm done with you. Done.

I'm taking you favor. You had a favor of somebody just for favor. Just get some people betting on it. Okay. I'm letting, I'm not, you know what? We're letting money. We're letting Vegas. we're landing odds.

We're letting everything consume our sports world. Vegas gives you a great idea of who should be favored and who should. Well, it didn't do me much than the Rockets Laker series. Because every game is individual. It's called probability, man. You play 10 games. You're going to get 10 different outcomes in the NBA, right? In theory, yes.

Yes. But you can bend it towards one most probable outcome. Well, I try to bend in one direction and didn't bend the other way back, so I was happy. I understand. Well, if they're so wrong and they're so bad, Just go bet, and you'll... I can't bet here in the States. I can't bet in the Vegas.

You can't do it. I can't do it. You'll win so much money. You'll never come back. You go to Vegas and casinos all the time. I'm just not on Vegas to control my life. Okay, you don't have to... I'm not letting them control your life.

I'm just mentioning it. It's not going to hire you. I'm saying that you could sit... The rockets were favored in, what, five of the seven games, I lost those games. Yes. So they didn't know. They sort of knew.

They got it wrong. Yeah. Just like it again... I just want my basketball back. That's probably the reason why I'm so grump. because I'm watching Oklahoma City. I'm not to walk off for a segment. I'm watching the Thunder beat the Lakers twice.

It's just stressing me out. I'm grumpy. I'm going to take a segment off. I'll be back. Where are you going? I just go walk around, take some deep breaths. There's nobody here. Exactly.

So it'll be quiet. Do I want to get screamed at? Or I want to hear quiet? I don't screaming at you. I'm just complaining because my local baseball team's got 12 healthy players. My basketball team is trying to trade everybody. Well, at least the Rockets Twitter is. I got a football team that's supposed to be, I mean, well, I don't have a football team, so that doesn't really count.

Maybe you know what I'd do? You know what I'm going to make this? I might join the Texans bandwagon. I need something. Let's go. Liberty White Matt. We're ready for you, baby. I'm Battle Red Ross.

You're Liberty White Matt. Or the gamblers are right there. Oh, my God. Hey, nobody's going to accuse you to happen on that bandwagon. They're two and four. Nobody goes to or watches their games. Why are you suggesting the gamblers? I'm just no throwing ideas.

Yeah, you love Kenny Rogers. I do love Kenny Rogers. I was a gambler fan back in the 80s. See? You got any gear left? No. Desperate time, desk measures. You know what the worst part about that was?

We got tickets. My mom and my stepfather at the time bought a Jeep wagoneer. That's how far long ago this was. This was like in the 883, the first season. Oh, the Waggeneers are back. Are they really? Mm-hmm. Yeah.

G-wagon? No, this was definitely not a G-wagon. No, no, not a Mercedes G-wagon. This is the Jeep Wagonier. Jeep Wagonier. Go Google and see how bad it was. You can get a new one. They were like SUVs back in the ages.

Yeah, they're SUVs now. So the guy says, hey, we want to give you season tickets for the gamblers. And we're like, that is awful nice. You're off. And he goes, well, we're only giving you one ticket. Huh? Yeah, we had to buy another ticket. They gave us a season ticket.

Season ticket. Ticket. Nobody's ever said that. Hey, I'm going to get a season ticket. Hey, this is kind of cool. Hey, hey, you mean from the 80s or for right now? Old one, yeah. You're like the ones from the 80s?

They were like the, when station wagons went away, the wagonneers came into play. These are kind of tough. Yeah. Oh, wow, 1988 88, 24K. What was it costing 83? I don't know. But we got one season. I mean, and I was like, you go tell your 12-year-old,

you got season tickets with the gamblers, but then you have to say, well, we don't think we can afford the other ones. We're buying this expensive wagon here. Broke my heart. Well, they got to get you to school. But we went. We bought the ticket.

We had a good time. We had a good time. We had a good time. Let's go. And the best part was, you don't know this. At the Astrodome, they put bleach receipts on the field. And that's where my season ticket was. Wow.

You were on the field for the gambler games? On the field for the gambler games. Wow. Did you ever catch Jim Kelly's sweatband? I did not. Dang. That'd be cool. Jim Kelly, ooh.

So that's why you don't like gambler, Jim. You see your old son. No, I don't like Gambler Jim because it takes of terrible. You might be on to something, Jonathan. It's deep-seated childhood stuff with the gamblers. No one cares with the gamblers, but he used to. Yeah. Hmm.

Interesting. So now you're going deep into my pores of why I have gambler hate. Yes. Because you couldn't get that extra season ticket Oh, we went though We bought the ticket Oh, okay Southern play the Chicago Blitz

Okay Arizona Wranglers The Pittsburgh Mallers Uh huh If anybody that knows USFL football It's yours truly That's great I don't know when my kids' birthdays are

But I can give you the lineup of the USFL gamblers 83 Todd Fowler Gerald McNeil It's wrong with me Tony Fritch was a kicker Oh was he? I think so

Then he went to the Oilers Yeah something like that I don't know that's if you really wanted to figure out the core of my issues in my life it goes back to my childhood yeah that's everybody but for the gamblers you said 88 right 83 83 okay 83 wagonere he's looking at 83 wagon here they're cool i don't know he's got to buy one now sleep in those things are so big you can sleep in those bad boys that bad boy the older one of the 1970 even cooler oh i'm gonna buy you a wagon here you know because my generation we don't get these cool cars we got

lame, generic. Yeah, I'm sorry. More and more expensive, too. You mean the gas guzzling SUVs at $4 a gallon? Cost more, breakdown faster. Like my dream car is a E30, Beamer? What I'm talking about? No.

I just want something to be. There's some car guys, they know. To and from work. 1234, Sports Talk, 790. 713, 212-5-790. 7-13-212-5-790. As you can clearly tell, it isn't anything. goes Friday.

All right, so Calvin Samson was on a coach's caravan tour. You know, they do this around the offseason when they try to drum up money and support and whatnot. And he said a lot of things that I think that a lot of us cougars do believe. But I think the most important thing is you have to have the cougars believe that. He was talking about joining the Big 12 and trying to give an impassioned speech to fans and donors, imploring them not to play second fiddle to the larger schools in the state like Texas and Texas A&M.

Quote, Calvin Sampson, I don't know about this commuter school BS, and he said that word BS. We're the University of Houston. We're the University of Houston. Don't you take a backseat to nobody. Don't talk to me about Texas or A&M. We just played A&M, right? How'd that go? We played them two years ago.

Same thing. We have respect for everybody in this state. We have respect for everybody in this conference. We don't take a backseat to nobody, and nobody should you. Quit acting like these teams are up here. No, they're not. You're up here. Start acting like it, start supporting the program.

Now, as a cougar, that fires me up. As well, it should, right? Yes, the reality is, and here's the reality that I know coach knows. University of Texas and University and Texas have deeper pockets. There's just more alums. There's more alums. It's more of a, it's a, they're more of a national known commodity. They have parts of the entire state that they can draw up on and get money from.

I like where we are. I do. I wish we were even in a better spot, but I'm also realistic to the situation. And whether it's commuter, whether it is you, your family went to A&M, your family went to Texas, or you just grew up you wanted to go to those two schools, they're just going to A and B are sometimes going to have an advantage of overseas. So while I applaud what Kelvin said, Rossi, I'm

not naive to the point that he can go out and say whatever he wants to say, do it in front of any group of what he wants, the state is going to be run by the two big schools, A&M and Texas. It just is. Texas Tech probably has the same feeling. SMU probably feels the exact same way.

Beholder feels exact same way. Cody's trying. He's doing his best. Cody's going to only do so much. Yeah. And if I'm A&M and I'm Texas, I'm not bragging about it. It's just the reality. You have more kids that want to go to the two state schools than they do the other schools in the state. And just by sheer numbers, you know, the way that the, in my opinion, the non-traditional superpowers win is by having alums like Indiana who have an ungodly amount of money they have donors come in. Cody Campbell spending serious money in Texas Tech.

That's how you kind of do it. As much as I'd love for every Tom Dick and Harry to donate $50 or $100 or $200 of University of Houston, that doesn't get the job done. It would help. And I mean, the University of Houston enrollment has gone up and up and up. Yes. We are making inroads. And that's the most encouraging thing.

Because as someone told me a long time ago, remember Rossi, and look, think about the kids that graduated when I went their school. And I was class of, I went to school there in the 90s. Now, I could have graduated as soon as 1994, but I graduated in 98 because I was working and radio at the full time and going to school part time. So I went to basically 10 years of the University of Houston and took me eight to graduate. I graduated in 90, high school in 90 and graduate in school in 98. So I was there for eight years.

I got a pretty good sample size. What was our athletic department like between 1990 and 1998? Largely sucked. So that generation of kids like me that were young. that were willing to buy into the athletics of the University of Houston, we got eight years of futility. And frankly, longer than that.

Did you, did A&M and Texas ever go through eight years of utter awfulness? I think that's one of the reasons, kind of on the flip side of that, that's one of the reasons I follow Longhorn basketball more than probably most UT alums, because when I was there, it was Rick Barnes, it was Lamarcus Alders, PJ Tucker.

You had a good run. Yeah, it was good run. The games were good. They were big, like big, matchups against Kansas and stuff like that. And I would go to every single game. And I fell in love with Longhorn basketball. So, yeah.

Totally understand. I think futility hurts. And when you don't have an environment of togetherness and school camaraderie and you don't have a Greek life and you don't have a large on-campus social life, all those factors come in. And I guess was what Calvin is trying to say is enough of this. This has been 30 years of this. It's time to step up and act like you're at real school just like everybody else in the state. And while again, I applaud it and I'm all there for him, I'm not named to know that the rich traditions of A&M and Texas for generations and campuses in college life.

They aren't what the University of Houston is. So I don't, for me personally, I don't want to be Texas. I don't want me in A&M because if you're going to go in a, in a pissing match with them, you're going to lose. You have to establish who you are. Well, it takes a long time for the tide to turn. And really, you've aged, I mean, it's still been on the ascent. Absolutely.

It'd be also better on the ascent, by the way, Mr. Samson, if you won a championship. I understand. That's a lot to ask. It is. I mean, one out of 64 or 68, 76, whatever it is now. But thankfully, we are always there now. I mean, 10 years ago, Ross, we were a joke. You're in the Big 12 now.

I mean, that's what I'm saying. And like, things haven't turned in a day, but things are trending upward from you of age. You're not getting top athletes now. Yeah. Every committee. Absolutely. And you know what? It sounds like to me that we've got cash.

We've got cash now. Things are getting better. But you're not going to just snap your fingers and be Texas or A&M. Well, the reality is this. You've got to find. Win. Whoever it is. First of all, win.

And second, you've got to find multimillionaires. I mean, how many multi-millionaires just flat out cut checks to Texas A&M? I don't know. Plenty, I'm assuming. I guess. Let's get these alumni, more successful. Why do you need to get you cutting a check? I don't have that kind of money.

You get 30 years in the biz. You got to have a couple bucks laying around. Yeah, I do, but it's for retirement. Stop playing 6 to 5 blackjack and start cutting checks. Start cutting checks of U of H. So if I start playing 3-2 more often, I take that part of 3-2 profit, give it to my school. There you go. All right. I think I like how you think there.

Yeah. You always put a gambling aspect to it. I respect that. No. But if I'm Calvin, I'm tired. I don't want to be done on a commuter school. I want to be a school. I want, you get to Fortita Center is full every single time now.

That's good. We're going to get there with TDCU Stadium. Willie Fritz has been a home run higher, and we're getting some money. But the thing that drives me crazy, and this is my last point about this, is that if we could fill up TDCU, that's 40,000. You still can't do that We're trying Shut up

You A&M fills up 90,000 for Teletale For 100, yeah Texas fills up 105 for U-TEP You know what I'm saying? I mean, there's just going to be things we can't overcome Unless the Texas fans And unless the A&M fans just said,

I'm done with you guys It's never going to happen It's never going to happen Texas football can go five and seven for the next 10 years in a row and you'll still have at least 75,000 in your building. Period. You know what? That's a testament to the Aggies.

Because I was going to say, you just need to win. Well, they haven't won. I won a conference championships at 98. All right, so maybe the Aggies is a better example. You see what I'm saying? I mean, you want to talk about, I've got a lot of problems and bones to pick with Aggies. Being diehard fans with not a whole lot of success is not one of them. Yeah.

Look, I wish I had. I wish we, me and we, the university used to have this. I wish we did. We don't. You just got to carve out your own niche. But I love the fact that Kevin's like, man, stop calling his commuter. I think we still are in a lot of respects. Yeah, I don't have the numbers on that.

How many percent on campus or whatever? It's also just, I mean, this is the nature of the university in the middle of the big metropolis. Yeah. It's not a college town. Most major cities that have campuses aren't considered. I mean, I don't even know if Miami University of Miami is a destination place. First of all, it's a private school.

Yeah, very, very highfalutant academic private school. All right, Emmanuel wants to talk to us in California. We'll talk to him next. Wonderful. 1248 is a time. Where's your non-Flority story from this week, boys? Latvia. All right, we're going to Latvia for non-Florida stories this week.

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7132-1-2-5-7-90. Anything goes Friday. We have non-Floristurgers at 130 today. And hell you're not. All things about Kyle Tucker, who just recently announced his retirement after a long NBA career, probably the last three or four years,

a lot of DMP CDs, DMPs did not dress, did not suit up, don't know where he is, where the hell have you been? You mean PJ Tucker? I thought you said Kyle Tucker Oh, yeah, PJ Tucker Did you say Kyle?

Oh, no, Kyle Tucker's still playing. By the way, Cal Tucker had a good series against the Astro, did he? What do you think about the people booing him early on? I mean, I get it, but I wouldn't do it. Yeah. I mentioned this on Tuesday when you're out.

Oh, they have $60 million. I can't believe he signed with the Dodgers. Okay, you would have signed with the Dodgers too. I think he was more about booing the weather word Los Angeles across the Jersey than it was against the United. Tucker in the back. Let's talk to Emmanuel on 7-9 at 1254.

Emmanuel, thank you for holding in good afternoon. Hey, Matt and Ross. I wanted to congratulate you on 30 amazing years and radio. I mean, you, whenever I'm down about my teams, you always make it interesting. You and Ross are amazing, your chemistry, how you guys just stop off each other and just you just make the show, you know, just so entertaining.

I just want to keep listening and keep listening. Well, thank you. You guys are awesome. So I know it's been a week now since the Rockets Law, so I wanted to take some time to get off of it because I was hoping to call in on Monday, which was my birthday, and hopefully they had an amazing comeback,

but it just didn't happen. But we've got to go forward, and to tell you the truth, I wouldn't mind if they win. I know he's older and stuff, but, you know, trade, uh, shengru,

trade even. and Jabari to Milwaukee and go get Janus, Humpsticombo. Because we need something, and we need some more power in the middle. We need to put some kind of defensive fear into people going, just, they were just carving us up in the paint,

that whole series. And Cameron, I'm not going to do nothing to stop that, unfortunately. But if we go get Yonis, I know it's young players, and you know, you never know what could happen with the young player, if they can block. to a great player.

But right now, if we're going to go for it and we got Vanfrey coming back, and I'm pretty sure Kevin Durant's coming back, I say let's go for it. Go get Janus. I'm going to get some backup veterans and stuff just to fill out the bench. And, you know, throw everything we have at it. Go get that ring, you know, if we have a chance, just go do it. Thanks, Emmanuel, for the phone call in the nice words. I want to, I'll repeat myself of this a lot over the next handful of months.

will call. They'll see what it'll take. The problem is for me with Giannis is that you're going to probably have six or eight teams wanting to get in there and do the Rockets have enough to trade. If you don't love Alpi

and you're in the anti-Alpi category and you think there are deficiencies in Alpi's game, guess who also knows those deficiencies in Alpe's game? The Milwaukee Bucks do. Yeah, but you're also talking about an all-star player. So I mean, the Milwaukee Bucks would say, hey, if we get him in a right system, you don't pair him with another non-shooter like a man

Thompson. We can allow him thrive, more space to operate. If you can get, we get him in a right situation with, who even knows with a, pair him with a lockdown defending center, which the rockets do not have, then you can help up shore up for his defenancies. I think there could be better situations for Alper and Shungun. All right, so let's put this, let's put this out in perspective. Let's say the rockets do do this. My guess it's going to be, it would be an Alpy Jabari and draft picks. Fair? Sure.

Your locket lineup would be Fred, Janice, Durant. I'm going to... That sounds great. I'm going to presume you're going to resign Tari. Tari, yeah. And then who is your off guard? Amen.

Yeah. That's a lot of length. That sounds great defensively as well. Who's your center there? Durant? Janice, I guess. You got, I mean, those guys are both tall. Janice Durant,

Eason, Amen, Fred. You're just playing switch. You got suddenly a lot older, a lot faster. You probably don't want to switch Fred, but everybody else can switch. Yeah. You have to go get another backup point guard.

I mean, I don't know if Reed would be the guy. He could be your sixth man, but he'd be more your combo. Reed is the guy. Come on now. That's your six. I'm not sure about Stephen Adams being ready for the start of next. season. Me either.

So you have to probably go get it. I don't think Clint would be necessarily the number one go-to guys you want as a backup big off your bench. Case and point the playoffs. Do you win it all? Probably not. But do you run it back with what do you have right now and win it all? Probably not.

So that's what you have to figure out. We'll get you closer. You know, what's interesting to me is the names have been brought up that have not involved Janice. Donovan Mitchell has been a big one. Talked a lot a lot. Donovan Mitchell is intriguing. Donovan

I don't think Alperin-Changoon is going to move the needle for them They have Evan Mowbili and Jared Allen They've got Biggs over there No I think if you involve Cleveland in deal It'd be probably more Jabari Smith than anything else Well as a well also though I guess I just said you could pair

Alpy with like a big man Defensive Player of the Year type like Evan Mowbilly And move Alpe to the four in Cleveland A little bit yeah Yeah I'm still in my core Believe the Rockets will run it back primarily with what's here now. And I think they will chalk it up to,

we never got to see what Kevin and Fred were like on the floor at the same time. Now, that could be Fool's Gold. That could be, I know what they would be. I mean, yeah, but you have to also see what they do playing-wise. And the grand scheme of things, putting Fred together with Kevin, never materialize even one bit over the course of it. You never got to look at it.

You never got to look at it. You got zero sample size. So we'll see. Run it back, maybe. They're not really even running it back. They're running it for the first time. Well, they're going to run to see how far they can go. How about that?

You're going to figure out if you're going to pay them in big money. You're going to figure out if you're going to try to keep Tari. You're going to try to figure out who your backup wings are going to be, who your backup center is going to be? Because, again, I would love for Stephen Adams to be ready for the start of the next season, but I'm not holding out hope against that. You shouldn't. I'm going to throw one thing really quick at you.

Can Jabari take the next next step? What's the next next step? If you think you know who Alpi is and Alpi is where he is, Jabari to me, 40% from three. We have four years of sample. He's at 34.7. Last three years, though, 36, 35, 36. So do you have a, so you can make...

Based off the numbers, you would say no. We absolutely have evidence of God. going off for 40 in a year. It would be variance. All right. Number two on this list of things. If you were to re-sign Tari, can Tari play 80 games of consistency compared to playing 60 of which 40 of those last year were very inconsistent? That's a question for his doctor.

Yeah. Or the team doctors. And then number three, does amend Thompson become a 35% three-point shooter? No. He is who he is. Yep. Okay. This is the Matt Thomas show with Ross.

I do love talking about trade scenarios. I just don't, you know, completely comprehend the financial aspect of it, the health of it, being scared about making trades. Again, if you're scared about making trades, you're never going to be a good general manager. So I get all that. But I also don't want to overpay. And sometimes if you stay close to home and you stay with the guys you like, there is a payoff for it.

Patience is something the Rockets have, generally speaking, had. I mean, the Kevin Durant deal was crazy. Not crazy. It was logically thinking, right? I mean, you love Dylan Brooks. You knew only Jalen Green was to give you so much. And the first round picked and didn't do anything for you,

giving them up on that. So you didn't feel like you lost that trade. You were looking for somebody to be that fourth quarter score until Kevin, unfortunately, got hurt. You were unable to use him for the playoffs. but he was what you asked for. You asked for a fourth quarter clutch guy and you got that. Yeah.

We had game winners and big time clutch performances. There were multiple times this year where the rockets do not win the game, if not for Kevin Durant. Yeah. And it wasn't like Jalen Green reinvented himself in Phoenix. In fact, Dylan Brooks became a bigger score, but he was a more volume score, shooting a less percentage than he did in Houston. Jalen Green was hurt a lot of the time in Phoenix. And when Jailen Green was asked to do what he normally does,

the stat sheet looked very common. comparable to what it was in Houston, Texas. Yeah. Jaylen Green. Sometimes you're shifting the chairs on the Titanic. I don't know. Hey, well, I mean, honestly, no matter what they do, the thunder and the spurs are going to be projected ahead of them.

Do you really think when the rockets made this trade that they were coming to get Kevin Durant that didn't inherit the Graveiner who he was in terms of how he was going to be as a leader, what he was going to do as a leader. He was going to be more of an example. Fred's your leader. I mean, there's other guys who have shown leadership qualities of men in Jabari on this team. Ime Adoka is the coach that Kevin Durant

wanted to work for? Eme Adoka signed off on it as well. I mean, we wanted him here too. Yeah. Emaidoka, I know some people don't believe this, but he knows basketball. I can tell you for a fact. Nothing that Kevin did as a rocket surprised the Rockets.

Got me in the league for 17 years. You don't, Kevin Durant in his age at 37 years old doesn't reinvent himself. You got to get off his burner accounts. That probably is accurate. He probably needs to stay away. Now, if you want to represent himself, that's one thing. But the burner accounts are probably different. But even so, they still won basketball games.

They won 9 and 10 before the end of the season. Yeah. They had the number five seen the West. They still won 52 games. Not the end result. I understand. Their Vegas win total, I believe, preseason was 52 and a half. And honestly, he was 502.

And if you think about this, he honestly played way more than anybody thought I was going to play. 78 games, I did too. Those were personals. I foolishly asked him when we had him on preseason, are you going to play back to backs? He said, I'm going to be out there. You know who I am? I shook your hand back when I was in college. He said, Judge, Joe, my ass up.

I'm playing back to backs. That's funny. All right. 713-212-5-790-109 is our time we've got non-flooros service coming up at the bottom of the hour we've got a hell yeah or not today all things about PJ Tucker at 150 Paul is with us on 790 Paul thanks for holding a good afternoon much better experience listening to y'all on TV on the high-heart radio after

than crappy-ass radio I got in the kitchen but I want to hear about what's your experience like traveling with the rockets And what I'm new by that is, I'm sure you're not parking in the Econa Lodge, taking the shuttle up there, going through the TSA lines, and taking your shoes off, and then blocking down the concourse and waiting outside the gate. Just tell me, what's your process of going through all that? And I'm going to hang up and listen on High Heart Radio. Don't hang on. I don't know what your question is. Just hear your question again?

I mean, when you travel with the rockets. When you travel with the rockets. Oh, the travel to rockets. Yeah. Yeah. I can tell you. Thanks for the phone call. We fly out of private air terminals. There are, and those of you who don't know, they call them FBOs that are private air terminals that are on, littered on both sides of Hobby Airport, both sides of Inter-Continor airport. They have FBOs and Sugar Land and Tom Ball. It's where private planes go. So we don't go to the main terminal. We drive up, we drop our car off. We get our bag out. They run in through TSA. They have a private TSA. We hand them our keys. They screen us.

We go walk on the plane. We leave. We land. The bags are taken on a bus to our hotel via truck. We get the bags there. We get to our room. Pretty seamless. It's nice.

There's no going through baggage claim. There's no going through the main TSA. Now, the rockets are paying for all this. Nobody's, this is none of, the government's not giving us any breaks. You have to pay for the private TSA. But it's a much easier process. And this happens with all sports teams. So it's,

private terminal walk out of the plane get on the plane fly land get on a bus on the bus is on the runway itself go to the hotel get your bag of the hotel take it to your room that's it sounds like fun

well it's not only fun but it's just a lot less work you don't worry about losing your bags you don't worry about having to go through a long TSA line you're not getting the clear or the pre-check and all that kind of stuff but they still check you. Yeah.

So you're not bringing any weapons. That's good news. I would hope not. Now, NBA players back in the day used to bring some weapons occasionally. Washington Wizards are like, we got examples of that. I thought that was at home. I don't know where it was, but they didn't they get a gun on the plane once? Javris Crittenden.

That was in the locker, my think. You're talking about Gilbert Arenas and Javars Critton? Yeah, yeah. No, it's a really good life. And it does make you, when you fly commercially, it does. make you miss the private life for sure. But do not get frequent flyer miles. You don't get the freaking mile porings at the hotels,

but everything else is pretty much taken care. It's very nice. It's a nice life. And there's food on the plane when you get there. That's how you became five diamond mat. I mean, yeah. I can't argue. I mean, to have a full plate of food sitting at your table five minutes after you get to the airplane.

It's a little different than we're having to wait until you get to the cruise. altitude. Can I have some water please? No, sit down. I'm talking about the regular planes. Okay. You get pillows and blankets and reclining seats. It's quite a nice life. That's why I don't complain about it because it's, I mean, even though you're going bouncing around. Complain here and there. Not much. Not much. Am I tired? Yes. Do you land in Philadelphia at 3 o'clock in the morning? Yeah, you can't do that for sure. But generally speaking, it's the way to go.

NBA players are doing okay. Yeah. Never worry about how professional athletes are traveling. It's all I'm saying. I won't. I don't. It's like the Reds, the Astros, when they played the Dodgers on Wednesday,

they went to Cincinnati early. They had a whole off day in Cincinnati to get themselves, you know, they don't want the guy sleeping at strange hours or missing time off. So they flew up the right after the game. So they got a full night's rest in Cincinnati. So it's a cost that a lot of teams are going through.

Like we will not travel, as you know, we will not travel west to east overnight. So if we play the Rockets, play the Lakers at 9 o'clock at night or play the Golden State Warriors, we will always spend the night in that city and come back the next day. Now, you do lose a day, but they figure it's better to do that than to land in Houston at 6 o'clock in a morning and try to catch your sleep up back here in Houston. They have a lot of sleep scientists that, you know, the sports medicine people travel with us all the time and ask about that kind of stuff. Try to limit your blue light, Matt.

Really? Yeah. I just put my earmuffs on and take a little nap and get a little rest. That's good. Think about the next show the next day. Pre-planning. Always show prepping. All right, 114.

We've got non-Floralor stories coming up in 15 minutes. 713-212-5-790. 121 on Sports Talk 790. Matt and Ross with you on this Friday. Rain in the area. Y'all be careful today getting home. 18 will take you 2 o'clock until 6 here on 7. 790. You've got Astros 10th inning show tonight, correct?

I do. All right. Five, ten first pitch in the Natty. Central time's on our friend. Let's talk to Mack and Pearland at 122. Matt, good afternoon. Good afternoon to y'all. I'd like to see them not do any really serious trading with their young core or whatever, just to see how it works with. a healthy fred out there running things. I wouldn't mind seeing them bringing in an assistant coach who had some offensive ideas, though, our esteemed head coach, and I like our coach, but his idea of the offense is to shoot a shot, and if it misses, then you've got a bunch of guys under the basket,

and hopefully we get it and put it back in. But when we have that many people down there to get the rebound, the other team has defenders, and a lot of our guys aren't clever enough to get a shot up and in at that point. So I'm just, I don't know, and when Reed Shepard is handling the ball, he does a lot of dribbling. And other teams, when somebody does a lot of dribbling, they have a cutter or a place to pass or, you know, and I'm just wondering if we could be a little bit more fluid at the offensive end. I think, Mack, and thank you for the phone call. they will definitely take a look at that.

I don't know if necessarily it's a staff adjustment that makes that decision, makes things more fluid. Udoca said in the postseason press conference, he's not anticipating staff changes. Yeah. I think sometimes assistant coaches can become geniuses when they have great players that make shots.

That's a big part of it. I think as well, I mean, look, you're building an offense with Alperin Shingoon who doesn't stretch the four, Floor, Amin Thompson who does not stretch the floor with guys who can't really, what you really need or would be really helpful. For example, Shea Gilgis Alexander, I don't know, Donovan Mitchell, like guards who are fat, like Austin Reeves even, LeBron James, they can break down guys off the dribble and get to the basket. What does that do?

That means the first line of defender is gone. That means somebody has to collapse and help. That means either A, look at the basket. B, you're getting fouled at the basket, or C, you're kicking for wide open looks at threes. And rockets don't have a drive-and-kick element to their offense. Jalen Green had that. A man, Thompson can break guys down off the dribble, but once you're in the half-court, everybody sags off of them by 20 feet.

And other teams, frankly, honestly, Ross, do not respect a man outside of about eight feet. No, they don't. So they play in the paint. They don't have to worry about him shooting a three. Same thing for Alper and Shingoon. And then while Jabari can knock down, he's league average. He is. Tari Isson, long-term League average. Reed Shepard

better, but people don't mind leaving Jabari Smith Jr. in the corner because you're just going to live with the result because he's about a league average three-point shooter. So you're dealing with a lot of imperfect players that you're trying to fit together. What would help?

Some good ball handling and distribution from a guy like Fred Van Fleet. And you're missing that. And then as the caller said, they like to crash the boards. Stephen Adams is the best in the league. crashing the boards and he was gone as well. And at the end of the year, you finished eighth in offensive rating. It's not like

it was terrible with all these imperfect players not playing perfectly. You don't have a driving kick that is solid enough to knock down. I mean, I don't mean to use the previous team, but you don't have the Luke Canard sitting on the wing ready to knock down three-point shots. Exactly. You don't have that guy.

Austin Reeves can break down guys of the dribble. He shoots 36% from three. Alpi is basically 15 feet in. The occasional top of the key jumper. Yes. A man is basically 15 feet in, maybe more so 12 feet in. That means you got, the paint is mucked up with those guys. And they're going to take their chances on Tari East and burying you from three and or Jabari Smith.

And Jabari's sometimes been able to do it and sometimes have not been able to do it. Yeah, I talked about this in the post game. There was a moment where Matt, do you remember this at all? There was game six, I think. There was like a, the Rockets had like a three on two, fast break. But it was Alper and Shingoon at the top of the key. everybody was in the paint. It was LeBron and somebody else. Then he whips it to a man at the other corner at the basically the left wing.

Everybody stays in the paint. Nobody has to move. You can guard three on two when it's those guys because nobody, everybody can just stay in the paint. Nobody's open. So that's what their offense is. If you really wanted to really diversify things, it would be a man finding a shot outside of 12 feet. Yeah, Ruey Oachemura shoots like 40% from 3.

Rockets, the only 40% 3-point shooter is Kevin Durant. And normally he's not... And they're going to double team him because they're going to give their guys a shot of opening of those jump shots. He can occasionally break a guy off the dribble on a switch here and there, but... Elbow to elbow, not inside though. He's going to turn the ball over some, and he's going to pull up from about 15 feet because that's his spot.

Yeah. All right, let's get to our buddy Gerard here on 790 at 1.27. Evan Gerard, how are you? I'm doing all right. How you guys doing? Good. Yeah, man. Shout out to you. Matt, was it 30 years? Thank you. Thank you. Man, great, great job. Great job.

Thank you. Thank you. All right. I think Iraq needs a professional score off the bench. You know, they got one professional school on the team and Kevin Durant. I would look at making some moves in free agency, you know, maybe get somebody to take the mid-class reception. Somebody like a C.J. McCollum or, um, you know, What's my boy the guy from

that was with the Clippers? He went to Miami. He's a guy that's a proven score. I can't remember the guy's name. Norman Powell? Yeah, Norman Powell. I think Norman Powell's probably more of email-doca type of guy

kind of tough, rugged, you know, a million-strong guy played the defense. I think he's probably more making a doaker guy than a C.J. McCarland who's not known to play no defense. I've been looking to bring in a guy like that.

I think we go, I think this year's in-bed draft men, they got a lot of good point going. I think the point guard position is part of the deepest position in the draft. I know the Rockers have two second round picks, but you might be able to give some value in the second round as a backup point guard because even with Van Fleet coming back, say he'd get hurt.

You'd be in the same position as you was this year. You know, not you don't have a point guard. I don't think Reed Shepard is a punk guard. I think he's more of a shooting guard or maybe a combo guard. Same should be said for Aaron Holliday. I don't think he's a point guard either. So you go get a guy out of college. They got some good guy.

I think the point guard out of Purdue Smith is there. You got Bradley. Arizona. I think he was a big 12 player of the year. We all seen him hit that shot to beat who they beat was Allstate in the Big 12 semifinal game. That guy has a proven score. I think the guy of Illinois, the team that beat your vakes, that point

guard is pretty good. I think the name is Boswell, if I'm not mistaken, he's there. You bring in another point guard in there, you know, and I think the Rockets just need to make some improvements around here. You're getting the Landflea back and Adams back. You know, I like as good as Yonis after Khoopo is, if you bring him in, say you trade

Sagoe and Jabari Smith, you're going to have him and Amin Thompson, you still have two non-shooters in there, so the defense can kind of sag off off of those guys. It'll make it hard for Durant and those other guys to score. So the greatest he is, I just think if you're going to bring him in, you know, it's going to be kind of hard, like I said, again, with him and Amin Thompson, especially in the half court. But all that being said, quick thing on the Astros.

Astros were they to play, like, 30-8 games this year, you know, still early. They're in the bad division. You get Hunter Brown back. You got Hunter Brown. You got the young guy, Lambert. You got her again. you got potential a strong starting three.

You get, you know, pin your back, Perretti, you move them over to third base now that Correa's out. The actual can get back in this thing, man. It ain't like you're in a strong, strong division. You know, you got a chance to get back in there. Once you get in the playoffs, anything happening, especially if you get some strong pitching and quality hitting. So it's still early for the Astros.

Don't panic yet for them. Put thing on the Texans. I'm going to ask you guys what you think about this, bringing in maybe the Daveon clowning because they still haven't replaced the guys. guy to Nico Archer. He was that guy that came off the best that wrecked have it as far as the defensive end came in to spell Hunter

or Will Aniston. They don't have a guy like that yet, now that at Archery left and free agency. I would look at bringing in a Jadavian clowning for the checks and bringing him in right forward to the training cabin. He'll be your third pass towards to the kind of spill Will Anderson and Daniel Hunter. As you guys,

we just think about that and I hang up and listen. Well, thank you very much. Wow. Ross, all the chew on there. Yeah. We're going to break it all down. Break it all. Well, Rockets, Astros, and Texans in one call. I'll knock it up. J.D. C.C. Conning's way past his prime. I'm not, I don't think I'm going to rely on a backup point guard in the second round of the NBA draft.

And what's that thing? Astros can make too much money. Astros. Division's bad. Yeah. Norman Powell, I don't think you can afford. Nope. Those are all guys way out of the rocket's price range. There you. Thank you. Thank you, Gerard. Non-Florist stories are up next. 1.30 on Sports Talk 7.90 after a word for the Shell

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of Florida and share them with the people. It's time for non. 137 on Sports Talk 7. I'm Matt and Ross with you. Boys, I'm going to China for my story this week. Electronic vehicle engineers

are gearing up in China to roll off. a fleet of cars featuring built-in toilets. Series S-E-R-E-S, an automotive manufacturer specializing in high-end electric vehicles, has been granted and a patent for an in-vehicle toilet that slides under a passenger seat for mid-trip use. The car makers reportedly plan to equip the potty to appear with either the push of a button or through voice-activated commands. to limit odors, the in-car commode will come with a fan and exhaust pipe. Oh, my God.

Implemented to funnel funky smells out of the automobile, per the patent paperwork. Waste will be collected in a tank that has to be emptied manually. The toilet to go will also boast a rotating heating element that evaporates urine and dries excrement. When not in use, the cane will be concealed beneath the passenger seat, making full use of the space inside a car without requiring excess room. Dad's everywhere. Rejoice. Dad's on road trips. This will not be the first vehicle ever with a toilet in the bathroom, in the car itself.

In 1954 Rolls-Royce featuring a passenger seat pot hits other bees for just under $150,000. If you can't hold it, and I know there are some people that like to travel from Dallas to Houston, don't want to make a stop, but I'm going to pass on buying a vehicle that I can drop a deuce in while I'm driving. What? Put me on the combustion. Does it drive itself?

I don't think so. What about when you need to wipe? Do you hear what I said? It dries it up for you. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. What does that mean? You can just bring baby wipes. You got to get a box.

No, no. So, okay, let's put the spring. You're driving, and you've got to do the duty. You're going to bring the baby wipes and drive along. Go to the gas station like a normal. human being. I mean, I think it's more practical if it's like a road trip type of scenario.

I don't think it's going to be like a solo use. You wouldn't get this if you're a bachelor or something. Push of a button or through voice activated commands. And again, you can press a button to get airflow in that area to get rid of the

stench. Perceived stench, I'm assuming. Waste will be collected in a tank that has to be emptying manually. Okay, so Jonathan, you want this car? You're going to have to go empty it out yourself. I mean, don't they do that with RVs? You got to empty it out yourself?

I guess in theory, but I don't drive an RV, so. I mean, I would take that. The toilet to go again will boast a rotating heating element that will evaporate urine and dry excrement. You're getting heated up poop. This does not sound like a good road trip. Rossi and Jonathan, I'm a hard pass on this. And look, I don't like stopping either, but I will stop.

because I want my car clean and not worrying about drying excrement. And that's my friends is my non-flora story. Boys, you're next. All right, Matt. Have you been keeping an eye on the Staten Island deer population? I have not. Well, I'm glad you asked.

Apparently, researchers say the population has dropped nearly 50% after 10 years of a controversial Parks Department policy. How controversial is it? They have been giving out vasectomies to the deer out there in Staten Island as New York City has snipped in

to their deer population as the people were saying. They were getting negative human wildlife interactions, human safety, a big concern with the deer. The vasectomy program started in 2016, criticized by experts for its lack of a lethal component because they wanted the deer to die. But now the parks department say it is a smashing success as now the deer population

is down 41% thanks to these deer vasectomies. I don't know how to comment on that. I was going to ask you've ever seen one, but I think the answer to that is no. The city has also seen it. percent drop in deer to vehicle collisions since the project started. Also, disease carrying ticks found in Staten Island have declined since 2016 as well, according to the Parks Department. So there's nothing but a win-win for everybody there. Less deer?

Less romance? Well, I think the deer can. I guess they can. If we can still do it, they can, too, right? Do they put frozen peas on theirs too? So a smashing success. You answer my question. I don't know what the post-procedural program is for deer vasectomies.

Thank you. You're welcome, Matt. I think this is great news for everyone. That if we can, that if dears can do it, so can we. The deer still get to do their thing. They're just not procreating. I still don't know if they put the frozen peas on their, you know, what, so. We'll have you call the park.

We'll have you call the Staten Island Parks Department. They're very busy. They have a voicemail system. All right, so we have going, taking a two in your car. Yes. I'm not dating this. We had the deer being vasectomied. Deer snips.

Deer snips. Jonathan and I say beat both those stories. Okay, let me give my breath. All right. All right, Rebecca Woods, 59 of Massachusetts was found guilty of assault and battered. Well, for you, my ask, after unleashing hives of bees on officers who were in the process of a victim of a friend of of hers. The Guardian reported on April 28th one officer had to be hospitalized

and others were stung repeatedly. In addition, Woods lost about a thousand bees in the kerfuffle. This is what's another report. That's terrible. Shame on you. 30 years. So you're telling me the woman got mad, she

unleashed the bees on the people. That is a terrible punishment, Wolfman. I wouldn't do that to you. They said the woods, like, because she had our own experience of being evicted. she was compelled to intervene because her friend, the one that was getting evicted, is a cancer patient in his 80s.

The man was not home when Woods of least the bees and she went to the library to find information about how to halt an eviction. She was sentenced to six months in jail. I don't know, that sounds like a good neighbor. She's trying to help out? I don't think so. The attacks.

Yeah, she was trying to help out. What do you mean? Yeah, but that's a really vicious way to help. She didn't control the bees You're 80 with cancer You wouldn't want your Your neighbors could do that Take care of you

Yeah Matt So I'm 80 years old I'm got cancer The only way I don't get evicted Is by my neighbor Releasing Bees of the people That are trying to convict me You know what that does make a lot of those

It sounds like superhero stuff And she only has services The Bees She's 60 so you don't know What's going to happen to her So she might die in jail You don't know Wait a minute

Wait a minute We're not putting her to death Are we? I'm just saying you don't know what's... She's getting shib. She gets a scuffle in jail or something. It's not sweet in there. Oh, the bee bitches here.

Yeah, yeah. You and nobody would mess with her, that's for sure. That's a pretty cruel thing to do, right? Is there really these bees and your hated enemies? Yeah. Wolfman, watch out. Wolfman, you better watch out. Hell yeah or not, all things, PJ Tucker next.

Those are our non-fortist stories at 145 on Sports Talk 7.9. All right, really fast for we play, believe it or not, We got our buddy Willis going to join us on line number two, little James Harden chatter at 150. Willi, Willa, good afternoon to you. Hey, good afternoon, fellas. Great show, as always. But, hey, I'm glad I'm the last caller so we could start our weekend off with keeping it real. James Hardin gave us our best hope since 1996.

Y'all, every time we bring up James Hardin, Matt, you're talking down, saying how times were bad. Times weren't bad. We had hope. now we have no hope. We got Alfred Sengoon who's going down the toilet. He can't even produce like James Harden. Kevin Durant is hurt. We haven't seen anything like the times we had James Hart.

We had Brooks before then. Remember those times when we had Brooks and the fat well point guard? Those are horrible times. If you want to really keep it real, we've had 35 years of hard times, my friend. It hadn't been just five or six. Well, yeah, yeah, yeah, you're right. 35 years, but I'm 44. So from 30 to 40, we had hope.

Right? We had James Hardin. We had the man, right? No, no, no, no, no, no. You didn't have the man. James did not come through for this team in the playoffs. He didn't. He did not. He won the man. You're not going to, we played against the best team of all times. There's always, Willa, there's always an excuse. There was hope. What is the excuse for him as a Brooklyn net? What's an excuse for him as L.A.

Clipper? What's his excuse to Cleveland Cater. I'm not making any excuses. I'm just saying put respect on his name because he gave us hope. At least we thought we could do it. You know, I'm sick of hope. I'm done with hope. I want wins. I'm not blaming him.

I'm just saying, but don't, but don't sell me. No, I'm not trying to sell you Shangoon over her heart. And I'm just saying I'm tired of hope, period. I want wins. I want another ring, Willa. That's all I want. Well, we got to get rid of Sangu. We got to get rid of Smith, even though I love Smith.

And we got to get somebody good, man. or we shouldn't even really trade it anybody, man. That's how I feel. All right. Y'all have a good weekend. See, Will. Appreciate the phone call. Always good to have you in there. Five minutes up to go on the show. What should we do?

We should play America's fastest-growing sports radio game show. We simply call it, believe it or not, Monday through Thursday, but on Fridays, we call it a hell yeah or not. And here's how it works. You call 713-212-5-790. 7-13-212-5-7-90. Today's edition of Hell, you're not. It is all things about PJ Tucker.

I'll read your statement about PJ. Statement is completely utterly accurate about PJ. You'll say this. If the statement's erroneous full of bunk and made up, you will say this. All right, how are we doing on tickets? Is one correct answer good enough, Jonathan, for these tickets? Yeah. All right, one correct answer gets you a pair of tickets to see Sting on May 13th at the Woodlands Pavilion

or to see Triumph on their rock and roll machine reloaded tour May 22nd. That's at Smart Financial Center. For the Sting tickets, Ticketmaster. for the triumph tickets smart financial center.com. One correct answer wins you on today's edition of hell yeah or not. Joe on 790, Joe, you're ready to play hell yeah or not? Yes, Matt, and no game card. No, no, no.

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Hey, congratulations. Paul on 790. You're ready to play hell yeah. or not. Hell yeah. PJ Tucker originally committed to play his college basketball at Clemson, but followed Rick Barnes to the University of Texas instead. Hell yeah or not?

Not. That's correct. That's two winners. Ken on 790 Ken, your favorite part of today's 10-2 radio show. All the aster's talking. Congratulations on 30 years. Thank you very much, Ken. In 2006, PJ Tucker was named the Big 12 player of the year,

Walt the University of Texas. Hell yeah or not. Hell yeah That's a third winner nicely done Rubin on 790 Rubin you're ready to play hell yeah or not Hell yeah

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Ready to play hell yeah or not Hell yeah In 2016 PJ Tucker finished third in the defensive player of the year voting with the Phoenix Suns. Hell yeah or not. Not. That is correct by the news.

Let's finish it off. John on 790 John, your favorite part of today's 10 to 2 radio show. Everything. PJ Tucker appeared as himself on a season one episode of the Netflix sitcom Sneakerheads. Hell yeah or not. Believe it. I mean, yeah, yeah. That's a knot.

Thank you for playing, though. Goodbye. Not. Frank on 790. You ready to play hell yeah or not? Hell yeah. According to spottrack.com, PJ Tucker has earned approximately $160 million in his career.

160. Hell yeah or not? Hell yeah. No, only $90 million. Duh. One more person can come in here. He's so broke. He is broke.

It's just $90 million. 713-212-5-790. Let's get the next person in as soon as he calls in. You will be next up, and that'll be line number three. Line three, who's this? Angie. P.J. Tucker played game six of the 2018 Western Conference Finals with cracked teeth and game seven

after undergoing three root canals. Hell yeah, or not? Hell yeah. There's a winner, Angie. Congratulations. Rossi, have a good weekend. I look forward to listening to you on the 10th inning show after the Astros beat the Reds. How about that?

Can't wait. That's up next. Mike Burroughs, quality start light. plus zero surner. Maybe. Up next, the A team. Talk to you Monday at 10 on 7-00.