The Matt Thomas Show with Ross - NBA Trade Deadline, Rockets Make A Move, Perfect Alex Bregman Analogy

Episode Date: February 6, 2025

Matt Thomas and Ross Villarreal of "The Matt Thomas Show with Ross" react to the biggest moves happening moments before the NBA trade deadline. Matt and Ross also:discuss the Hawks trading Cody Zeller and a 2028 second-round pick to the Rocketspreview the Rockets at the Timberwolvesreview the best analogies for Alex Bregman in free agencytalk with Brian T. Smith of talkSPORT in London about the upcoming Super Bowlsay "I Just Don't Get It" and more.

Lunch timers. This is the Matt Thomas show. 10-1 in H-town. Good morning, everyone. And welcome to a Thursday edition of the Matt Thomas show with Ross on Sports Talk 790. Hope you guys are in a fantastic mood. And ladies, too. I'm coming to you from Minneapolis, Minnesota, where tonight it'll be the Wolves and the Houston Rockets.

As Houston tries to snap a four-game losing street. Rossi, it is a balmy 14 degrees here in the Twin Cities right now. How the hell are you? I'm doing great, especially since it's not 14 degrees over here in Houston, Texas. Yeah, I talked to the wife this morning. She's saying, is it going to hit 80 again in the age? I think so. 81 is the projected high right now.

It is 73 degrees. So glorious. It's not glorious. No, it's ridiculous. It's spectacular. It's February. Having lived here in Minneapolis when they're expecting minus 7 later this weekend, I'm good.

Yeah, I would rather this than minus seven, but a little chill in the air is not going to hurt anybody in February. You didn't have to be one or the other. You want to wear a little hoodie to actually, don't you? Yeah. You're looking for hoodie weather. Instead, you're in your tank top and thong underwear. That's fine. I get you.

Well, that's most of the days. That's true. By the way, can we give a shout out to our buddy Chris Gordy? Okay. The man, and I'm only seeing this on Twitter because I've not been listening a whole lot. Although I did, I mean, when I can put the I Heart Radio app on, I will. We're getting some great guests at the Super Bowl, at the Radio Row, or they're calling it now Media Row because all these phony podcast people are out there.

Yes. But, I mean, Daryl Johnson, Emmett Smith, you had Jake Glazer on the show yesterday. Who else? You guys have Danny Worfell on yesterday? Yes. Heisman winner. That's not terrible. Yeah.

I mean, imagine spending thousands of dollars to hang out with federal federal radio eagle maniacs talking about how great your show is and then having crappy guests. I mean, we did it on a budget. Yeah. I think Gordy's saying it is Mee-Maw's house or something. Yeah. Did you get your Texas player on yesterday? I know you guys are talking about that.

Jalen Ford, Longhorn Legend, yes. Were you like a kid in a candy store or what? Gordy handled it. I was losing my voice by the end of the show. Yeah. How are you feeling, by the way? I'm all right. I'm doing great.

It's fine. I feel like I've done, I've not been a good friend. I've not said, hey, Ross, how you doing? I do text you, but you don't respond back. That's not true. Let's see. I don't have anything unrespondent to, do I? I know, but it took you several hours for the response.

Sometimes you text me when I'm asleep. I text you like at three o'clock. Exactly. Yeah, I was asleep. Okay. All right. But you're in a good speech. You sound better today.

Oh, look, it was under, well, a little over two hours. I responded. Okay. And you did text me when I was in a nap. Okay, well the rule is a member again. If I ever become president that if you don't respond to one of my text within two hours, your phone locks until you respond. Oh, whatever. You're ridiculous.

I'm just saying, just throwing it out there. It's called text being text courteous. I'm working on it. You are. If you were sleeping, you're feeling great, you get a benefit of the doubt. Okay. Hey, we have an interesting show for you today. Remember our friend Brian T. Smith?

It was the lead columnist for The Chronicle. The only reason why, frankly, to read the front page of The Chronicle was for his column because he was good. He is with Talk Sport now in the UK. His wife got a great opportunity to work for a company in London and he said, you know, I'm going to go with him. So he's carved out a little nice little career

for himself on the Talk Sport Network and he's in New Orleans because I believe he, didn't he grow up in New Orleans? I think he did. Did he not? Yes, he's from New Orleans. From New Orleans. A lot of he grew up there or not. But he is working for Talk Sport and he is covering the Super Bowl for the folks

in the UK. And he'll join us at 11 o'clock. We've not talked to him since his departure, I don't think, right? Wonderful. So we'll get a little New Orleans feel for that for you. I just don't get it today at 1130 is coming up on the program today. And if Smishmorety finds somebody really good, he'll talk to us. But the guessless he gave us today was atrocious, so we said, you know, we're passing.

Because what I wanted to do, Ross, is I wanted to make sure we cleared as much time as possible for discussion of the Texans' new offensive line coach. Okay. Go ahead. Break it down. How much did you guys get into it yesterday? I didn't mention it once. Yeah, see, the problem is I would mention it right now, but I don't have his name in front of it.

It's something Popovich. I know that. So you're saying a part of the Popovich coaching tree? I don't know if he's in the family. Maybe in Russia that last name is like Johnson. Yeah. It's like, you know, there's a Serbian name that is quite very popular that I didn't know. Bogdanovich.

Yeah. Because Boyan and Boehan. and Bogdan, right? Is that who they are? They're not related? Not related to whatsoever. Are you serious? I was starting to.

I swear to you, I thought they were brothers. I swear they were brothers or cousins or whatever. Yeah, they're not related. I would have bet you 20 bucks they were brothers. That's same. Boyon and Bogdan, right? Okay, yeah, yeah. Yeah.

Apparently Bogdanovich is just Smith. Okay. You know, Degg's own. Right. Deges zone. We also have to. Cole Popovich. Spelled the same way?

Yeah. Okay. Will he be on the show? It says distantly related, as Wikipedia says. Well, I would think so. I mean, Popovich is not a Johnson or... You don't know what it is in Russia. It could be.

Okay. You know what it's fair? Because if you thought Bogdanovich is related... Exactly. That's on you. Hey, Rossi, we have a trade deadline clock in play today, right? The trade deadline ends at 2 o'clock. The deadline, it should say, is it 2 o'clock? our time. So once again,

if the Rockets do something spectacular, the A team will benefit from it because we won't know about it until 2 o'clock. That's fine. We're used to that. There it is. By the way, on Monday we had to tell the truth. And I really did believe we were not going to have a significant move. Oh, my God. We got one, though.

Yeah, there we go. Like I said, you've got to get ahead of bad takes. It wasn't a difficult. A bad take would be that Craig Bigio is an elite center fielder. That's a bad take. Okay. It was just a kind of a thought. And really, I was not wrong for a while because think about this. Kevin Durant, there was a lot of rumors a couple of days ago that he was going to go to Golden State.

Well, those rumors were cut down and imploded or whatever you want to call it because Kevin Durant told the Phoenix Suns, I'm not going to Golden State. And Jimmy Butler said I will. John Jimmy Baller was like, give me out of Miami. I hate Pat Riley. I hate his slick back hair. I hate Eric Spolster. Came to spell his last name properly.

I hate him. But Jimmy Buckets, top 20 player. Remember we talked about this. You were right. I said, you know, what is a star player? Jimmy Butler, when he's healthy, which is, again, attendance is part of the grade, Ross. Oh, thank you.

A wise man once told me. Uh-huh. He's a top 20 player when he's playing. And apparently he is. for the Golden State Warriors, this is going to not end well. And he's signing extension. This is not ending well.

I'm with you. This is not ending well. What is Golden State doing? I don't know. They got older. They spent more money on really good players when healthy, but when you're like 34, 35, 36, if you expect Jimmy Butler to play 70 games next year

for the next two years, you're high on something. This feels like the Brooklyn Nets going all in on Kevin Garnett and Paul P.S. Right. That's exactly what it is. So we will get to that. My gut tells me, and again, Rafael Stone is not with us on this part of the trip, because my guess is he's probably in his office on his cell phone the entire time.

Wheeling and ordealing? Wheeling and or dealing? I don't think there'll be anything significant. Honestly, what is the most significant thing that could happen? Could Durant find a place he wants to go to not name Phoenix? Yeah, Durant would be the biggest swing, but I don't think the rockets are going to get involved in those. sweepstakes. I don't think so either. I think from what I understand,

Devin Booker is the only player in the Phoenix Sun's roster that is untouchable at this point. And he'd be the only player I'd really want, to be honest with you. I mean, not that I don't appreciate Kevin Durant. I mean, he doesn't have still a game left. But if you're going to really rock the boat here, give it somebody that's going to be a part of this franchise for the foreseeable future. But really after that, is there anybody else that you would, like maybe Paul George gets moved? But does that do? I mean, is there anybody else that you're thinking like oh man this guy gets moved this is going to be a a completely crazy day no i don't think so we'll see the NBA is the most

unpredictable of all the sports and the trade deadline so let me ask you this question and you know i've talked about this a few times why is the NBA trade deadline and free agency more of excitement than maybe 50 games of the NBA season because I think it's more of a storyline league than the others and the trade deadline is a big storyline yeah because people lose their minds

I actually don't follow shams except for this week what? Yeah you gotta follow shams because people already retweet him and stuff so I don't know I'm trying to keep my limit down and stuff look at stuff but I have a matter of fact I'm not only am I following him right now but I have my notification turned down, which I don't normally do.

But I feel like if I don't have the notifications on and something happens, I want to make sure, I don't want to miss something out. Again, it wouldn't take much time for people to retweet it, but it's, everybody's doing it. Our entire travel party has notifications of Shams on because he's only one breaking stories. Yeah, it used to be Shams and Woj.

And Woj is like, I'm going to go be the general manager of St. Bonaventure basketball. Well, he's at Bonnie. Go back to the alma mater. Respect. respect, but from a career standpoint, what's the comp on that, Ross? What's the proper analogy? Okay.

All right, I got it. I got it. Here we go. This is going to fit. Major Market Radio host, Houston, Texas. Uh-huh. Voice of the Rockets. I all of a sudden said, you know what?

I'm going to go back to where it all started. I'm going to go back and be the voice of the Tomball Cougars. Yeah, but it's a different job, though. it would be like, wait, is that how you started? Is the voice of the Tomball Cougars? I worked at KSCV in 1991, July of 1991, as a board op, overnight board operator. And on Fridays, because the KSCV is licensed the city of Tombo. And you've got to do a certain number of things actively related to your community.

And one of the things that made sense was, let's carry their high school games. So my first play-by-play ever was in the fall of 1991, I was the voice of the Tomball High School Cougars. Hmm That's a good place Was that where Mob Melliot dropped his trousers In the bathroom Okay

First of all That's completely accurate Second of all How you remember that Thirdly That vision Is going to be etched in my mind For the rest of my life

A grown man should not drop trow When he is at the urinal In the bathroom At the toilet You do what you want to do when that door is closed. You drop trow in a urinal is a little weird.

Analogy is not the same though, because it's not like he went from being a reporter to a reporter. How about you went and you were the, a vice principal at Maid Creek High School? Okay. Your alma mater. So you're doing what you're doing now, and then you go to be a vice principal at Made Creek. Or principal. Yeah, okay. Yeah, I guess.

Yeah. It's just weird that he went from being the number one reporter in a sport. And the clearly there is a noun called a woge bomb. Nobody else gets to have, like, I can't be a woe. Matt, me, if I break a story, it's not a woge bomb. He created his own terminal, and he didn't do it, but his followers did. It's crazy.

It's absolutely crazy. All right, 11 o'clock. We'll talk to Brian T. in New Orleans. 1130, you just don't get it. Believe it or not, it's coming up as well. And we are with you today as the Rockets do try to snap a four-game losing streak against the Timberwolf team who last night beat the Bulls here in Minneapolis. 713-212-5-790 is how you reach our show if you want to jump in the conversation.

Come on in and join us. I missed you guys yesterday. Tell me how Ross did. Was he a good lead on the show yesterday or the show needs some improvement when I'm gone, which is unfortunately a couple days here and there because of rockets travel. Quite often. You're on the Johnny Carson schedule now. I'm working five days next week.

You had to pause there, didn't you? I had to think about it for a little bit. And in the final week, I'm working four days. Three of them, I'll be with you in West Palm Beach, Florida. Wonderful. So it's all good. You're going to see enough of me in the next few months. Don't worry.

Yeah. You'll eventually miss me at some point. 1014 on Sports Talk, 790. This is a Matt Thomas show with Ross. 713-212-5-790. 7-13-212-5-790. I want to tell you right now about the Shell Federal Credit Union. I want you to get a nice low-interest rate

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Minnesota Timberwolves be on the air at 6.30 on the network. 6 o'clock will be the launch pad and 7 o'clock tip time here. And then tomorrow, after the game night, we'll fly to Dallas. And that's where I'll be coming home. Ross. I'll be in the state of Texas. God's country.

Wow. Can't wait, Matt. We welcome you back with open arms. All right. We got a Saturday game against Dallas at 2 o'clock. And then we play the Raptors Sunday at 1 o'clock. is they we're like your super bowl sunday yeah why are they doing that no it's not good what do you mean because i'm on pre and post i don't want to be a pre and post on super old sunday

get it together NBA can i can i give you a little secret what okay it's let's say it's about what 345 give or tank mm-hmm hi i'm ross it's the it's the it's the it's the uh rockets rap show rockets won the game blank to blank he played well he played well you know what you got to do, you ought to just basically just read the box floor. Lay down some tracks and we can have AI replace it for you. Like pre-record the post game?

Right. That'd be the laziest thing I've ever heard in radio. It's been done before. Not by you or me, but how about this one? I'll give you some play by play right now. We can do it right this second. Go ahead and do a recap. Rocket's Raptors?

Hello everybody. Welcome into the Rockets Rap here on sports. Talk 790? And now I'm going to play a highlight? Yeah, here's a man, Thompson left side angle. He's got a 23 feet away. Pass inside to Shangoon. Ducks it in for two, and the rockets are up by 11 at 60 to 49.

See, but I can't even assume they're going to win because they lost the Brooklyn Nets who were terrible. Twice. Twice. They got swept by, they sweep the Cavaliers and then get swept by the Brooklyn Nets. Did you hear the despair in my voice on that call, by the way? The what? The despair in my voice. You know, I thought you did a really good professional job of calling the make.

Because some play-by-play guys don't call it as straight as you did, Matt. I was really proud of you. What a true professional you are. Because some people, when that second three got made, it would be like, and he made it, unbelievable. And you said, you know, you gave it the proper due. It's proper due. It was the raw emotion of me watching a men, Thompson, throw the ball on the baseline.

In Dylan Brooks's general direction. in the vicinity of a guy wearing a jersey of his team, same team, into the hands of DeAngelo Russell of all people. Oh, my God. Who knocked down the three like it was handed to him. What a choke. What a choke. Sucked.

It's, I got to be it. It sucked. And I thought he may was right. He said, man, we didn't deserve that. We, we, we, you know, in the great line in Bull Durham, you lolly gagging here and you lollygagget it there. they played for half a quarter the whole game. He said that in the post game, and he was right.

It's, I mean, you know what, this is why once again, and people like to argue on, not necessarily with me, but just on Twitter. Fred Van Vleet is 100% missed. I really believe this, and I'm not trying to put too much on him, because look, it's not like he said, a perfect season. But Fred Van Vleet doesn't let that happen two nights ago. He just doesn't. I agree.

Either he calls a timeout or he inherits the basketball or he doesn't. Look, Man Thompson is absolutely amazing. I can't wait to see. He's becoming one of my favorite players. He's such a nice kid. He's a damn good basketball player. But nobody's perfect. You turn the ball over seven times.

It's too many. Those are James Hardin numbers. Come on now. And at least James Hardin was getting like 15 assists. On nights when he was getting seven turnovers. And I think we lost Matt Thomas. Okay. try to get him back. We've been talking about the Rockets

here on Sports Talk 790 as he is on the road in Minneapolis with the Rockets. And yeah, Fred Van Vleet missing is absolutely a big part of this. Despite all the hate that he gets on Twitter. I'm here. Oh, hey, Matt. This phone system at this hotel's not good. This is, you know,

I just love when you're on the road. So good. Well, it's not my fault. I mean, I have everything. Yeah, I'm putting a backup system in here now, so. Okay, don't fall on your power cord again either. This hotel's sketching. comes to the phone service. There's nothing to sketch

about that hotel. No, no, this is it. I actually went back and looked to my notes. I should have put the backup in, so now it's not, it's in. Okay, I'm here. Great. So what we're talking about? Oh, this is missing. Fred Van Vleet. Yeah, he's huge. We just miss him. We just miss them. That's all there is to it. He's not

going to be traded. In fact, he made me re-signed at the end of the year. I don't think if the $1. They will, it's a team option, correct? Yeah, but I mean they may try to extend and beyond that. I mean, I would be not surprised if Fred Van Vleet finishes his career as a Houston Rocker, at least for the majority of his major playing career. Well, he is there.

I thought he was a little older. He's 30. He'll be 31 actually coming up in the February 25th. Get him a present, Matt. What do you get a man that's making $45 million a year? That's what I want to know from you. What do you give a guy that makes him $45 million a year? There's really nothing he could possibly ask for.

Am I right? Yeah, make him a handmade. card. That's what my niece is giving me and I love it. Hmm. So you're saying I should go buy some construction paper? Yes. Some of those big, thick, crayola markers. Yeah, draw some unicorns and some

trees and stuff. And here's the best thing. Get him some stickers. Yes. So scratch and sniffs? Yeah. If I gave an NBA player a handmade card, you could be immediately put on a watch list. They'd be like,

we don't want him traveling with us. bare minimum. Put them at a different hotel. Yeah, that would not end well for me. All right. 1026 on Sports Talk 790. Brian T's going to join us in one half hour from now. You may join us at this moment at 713-212-570. One more

little segment on the NBA trade deadline because again, if the Rockets don't do anything, it's kind of moot. E. May Duck is going to join us on the show tomorrow, hopefully to celebrate a victory over this Minnesota team. Again, Rockets entering with a four-game losing streak. 7-1-3-2-1. 1-12-790, 7-1-3-212-5-7-90. If you want to reach out to us via Twitter, you may do that as well. It's at SportsMT, at SportsRV, and at Connor D. McGovern.

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Welcome aboard. Flagship station of your rockets. Chances at Alpern and Shinkgo. Who knows my name, Ross? What would you put it at? Uh, yeah. 36. 36 to 1.

36%. Oh, okay. Okay. Okay. Well. If you want to call my recorded line to tell you how to bet that, I'll be happy to do that for you. You think it's closer to 36 to 1? We've had him on a media day like four times. Higher.

Oh, what do you mean? I'd go maybe 275 to 1. Really? Yeah, it's fine. He's so nice. He's had a lot a few times. He and I talk all the time we were getting food on the plane. Yeah, he's really nice.

I just don't think he knows my name. I think he does. How about this? He could get it. If you give him a multiple choice, he would get it. That counts for something. I'm going to give you, can I peel the curtain back on something? So what I do is when we have these guys join us on the post game show, I'll say,

hey, Alpi, or hey, Dillon, it's Matt upstairs. Or I'll always mention my name just so they can. and maybe remember it once. Yeah, so I'm giving him a shot. All right. Call me on a recorder line, Ross. I'll give you the inside information. Okay, good. All right, real quick. One more thing about the NBA trade deadline.

We're going to move on some of the things. Steve Kerr yesterday was obviously part of the deal that has Jimmy Butler going to Golden State. They were talking before the game, and he then spoke after the game. He'd like it to happen during the All-Star break so players don't have to have the uncomfortableness of having to move right in the middle of a road trip or right in middle of a game. Agree, disagree, or complete indifference to it? I would say mostly indifference.

What's it a week before the All-Star game? Yeah, the All-Star game is a week from Sunday. So the last games that are being played, I want to say, are next week from today. Then the All-Star break starts after that. But at least you can get a couple of games with a team. You know why the NBA is not going to do this because of the thing we talked about about a half an hour ago?

The NBA trade deadline is sexier than a regular old January, February, regular season game. It just is. It's just the reality of it. ESPN is going to have a four-hour show exclusively on NBA trade deadline talk. Yeah. The NFL doesn't have that. Major League Baseball might have that. that. I feel like Major League Baseball would have that because they have their own MLB network

and they're looking to fill time. Yeah, but they don't take over ESPN. And I think part of it, frankly, to me, is not a great situation for the commissioner of the NBA Adam Soer. If your trade deadline is sexier than half your games, that's not something I'd be bragging about. But it's just the truth. It is it. It is. There have been more, there has been more social media interaction. Not that that's everything, but it is a large indicator of what the general world of sports fans talking about. I guarantee you that Shams' Twitter count is up higher.

I guarantee that engagement on social media platforms is significantly higher. The folks at ESPN figured out, they're going to do a four-hour special about it. This is, it's must-watch rumor and innuendo and suggestions and thinking about forecasting the future with certain teams. I think it's very, very intriguing. I don't know if the average person feels that way, but those that consider themselves basketball fans in the NBA, Rossi, they can't get enough of it.

They just can't. Yeah, it's just a big part of the league. It's a big part of the league year, and yeah, it's an 82 game regular season, and a lot of times big names fly and change name and change teams. I don't think it's necessarily an indictment of the league or anything. No. Dennis Schroeder calling it slavery.

It's how they're being traded. It was not probably the best thing to do on that either. When did he do that? Yeah, and then he gets traded. You're talking about him when he said it this week. He did it again? Yeah. I think he said something like that a few years ago.

He might have, but I mean, I can guess I can look up the fresh stuff here because it's always changing with him. And then he got traded as part of a multiple team trade that eventually sees him now as a member of the Utah Jazz. So, can I just tell you something? This is going to come as no breaking news. Anybody players don't want to play for the Utah Jazz. It's pretty clear. Very clear. And I used to live in Salt Lake City.

and it's a beautiful city. Ross, I don't have you ever been to Utah before, but it's in that part of Utah. It's a, if you love the outdoors, and I know that you do, it is a paradise, skiing, mountains. There's four seasons there.

Rock climbing and national parks. Yeah, the big four national parks that they have. It's Bryce, Zion, Canyonlands, and I can't remember, but I've been to Zion. It's beautiful. It's gorgeous.

It's more than beautiful. And I mean this in all. I'm not working for the Chamber of Commerce of State of Utah. It's one of the most beautiful states in our country. And it unfairly gets a bum wrap. But the reality is young men between the ages of, say, 19 and 27, it's not a great place for a nightlife. And that's what 19 to 27-year-olds want for the most part is they want nightlife. They want to be able to go out and enjoy themselves either before, after a game or on an off day.

and, you know, the jazz were trying to hold on that Donovan Mitchell wanted to be a Utah Jazz man for life, and he's like, I've got to get out of here. This is just not where I want to go. Now, the only benefit that Utah Jazz have done is they have drafted pretty well over the years, and they usually save some money because they have to overspend on their athletes. They've got to overspend guys that want to become a free agent to go to Salt Lake City. Because it's just not a, it's not a hipster place. It's getting better. It's better than ones when I was living there back in, uh,

2006 and seven, but it's still not great. So, yeah, uh, Dennis Schroer, who is, uh,

there's a, there's a, there's a tweet out there that's got him in like 15 different NBA uniforms. This guy has played in just about every city in the NBA. Including Houston. Including Houston for the short time. All right.

1039. It is the Matt Thomas Show of Rossum here in Minneapolis. 713212-790. The reality is, Ross, 90% of the NBA players want to play in L.A., Phoenix, Miami, New York.

It's about it. I mean, those are the destinations for reasons. Houston is kind of like in that second tier. You know, it was, it's funny because remember when they were trying to go up to Chris Bosch and how Darryl Moore was trying so hard to get him and showed up on his doorstep with an iPad or whatever it was? Yeah, it's like, man, no, no, no.

Now, Houston is attractive because of a variety of things. We've got to deal in some realities here. First and foremost, there's no estate income tax. That helps. Number two, it's warm, generally, speaking most of the year. You're not having a fight like we're here in Minneapolis where I don't know what the time check the temperature lately,

but it's cold. There is a little bit of a nightlife. The strip club scene is above average. Top notch. I mean, I would say it's probably significantly better than it is here in Minneapolis. Not that I would know about these things, but you know, it is what it is. Uh-huh. And you want to be around team as a winning culture.

And the Rockets, even though the last four years haven't been great. I think IMA Doak is going to help the Rockets with his, brand of basketball get some players to come here that normally wouldn't have thought about coming here two or three years ago. But in the reality, it's Lakers, it's Knicks, it's Miami, who else is a Phoenix

because of the weather? Boston? Boston has just that insane winning attitude. I mean, they just, you know, but the reality is also this for these professional athletes is that just because you want to go somewhere, doesn't mean the team has the money for it. and that's why I'm stunned at what Golden State is doing. They're giving Jimmy Butler.

What's his contract? It's two additional years after this year. $121 million, I think? I don't know what they're thinking. I really don't. You're now going to have three players, 34 and older, making obscene amounts of money for the next couple of years.

Draymond, Steph, and now Jimmy Belder. Two years, $121 million. Yes. Jimmy Butler, help me, the deuce is for me here, Ross. Hurt a lot. Mm-hmm. I mean, what's his, and I'll have to look it up here.

I'm going to assume he has not played, has he played 70 games lately? Last two, three, three years, somewhere in that range. Is there any... Probably. I'll go look it up for you, Matthew. You don't have to. I'll look at it during a break if you want me to.

He played... Last time he played 70 games was 2017. So we're talking about seven seasons ago. Yes. And he's grumpy everywhere he goes. You think he's going to go there and all of a sudden be like, oh, I want to know his ball. Oh, I want to change the narrative.

Your narrative's already set. You're a hell of a basketball player. You are Tom Ball's finest. But damn, you always are unhappy. He's averaging 17-5-and-5 this year. Say that again? 17-5-and-5 he's averaging this year. for $60 million for next two years.

Yes. I mean, if you're an average sports fan and you want to go to that professional athletes make too much money, here's your poster child for that. I just don't get it. Coming up later on the show. There you go.

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It's up next. We'll discuss it 10.42 on Sports Talk 790. Matt and Ross returned. Returned. Return on Sports Talk 790. 1047 is the Matt Thomas show with Ross. I'm here in Minneapolis. Ross is back in Houston.

Man, PJ Tucker. He was just from Miami Heat for like 30 seconds, Ross. He's been traded now to the Toronto Raptors. What happened? I just said it. He's got traded. Yeah. For who?

For what? Davion Mitchell. What? Yeah. Huge. Not huge. I don't think PJ has played a single minute this year. He was with the Clippers, I think.

I've lost trade. He's been with so many teams in the last half dozen years. And then he wasn't happy there, so he did, they call him the quote-unquote, not with team. And then all of a sudden, he now been traded twice in the last 36 hours. longhorn legend I mean look he's 38 at this point he's made a ton of money good for him

former big 12 player of the year friend of the show daughter plays volleyball good guy I'm trying to find his career earnings massive shoe game Ross massive 80 million dollars made in his career good for him

by the way Pete Alonzo, congratulations to him. Two-year deal going back to the Metropolitan's for $54 million. Opt out after the first year, correct? Yes. $30 million is the first year of the contract, 24 in the second if he comes back at that number. By the way, did you see, did I see you right? And this is, I don't know if this is a Breggman update or just Breggman innuendo.

Cubs offering four years 100 million for Breggs? I did, but I think that was from unreliable. Oh, I hate the unreliable sources thing. That's not good. All right. So if you want to set it, we were talking about setting a betting line earlier today. Are we going to set a betting line for whether or not Alex Breggman fires Scott Boris after all this is said and done? I'm going to guess he won't.

Yeah. Again, if I could just be a fly on the wall. because he could because Brangman you know it's like when you go here's here's my analogy on this you ready this is going to be a good one here and Ross you've never sold a house before correct? No

stay with me on this and this is going to this is a banger analogy right now I'm sure it is so you go to want to sell your house and you think your house is worth X amount of money the realtor says look I'm in the business here okay

I've done comps of your house I've sold houses of your ilk. You're only really worth 80% of what this house you own is only worth 80% of what you think it's worth. But then you could be if you're the client, like, no, I want it sold at this amount. And then the real estate agent says like, yeah, I don't know. We can do it, but I don't think it's going to happen. No one's going to want to buy this house at this price. They'll buy it 80%.

I'll get it sold for 80, but I can't get it free for 100. Is Scott Boris, the real estate agent that went to Alex, Pervin and said, Breggs, love you, dog. But you're not worth seven years, $200 million. Brangman's like, I am. Look what I've done. I got OPS of 800, OPS plus of what, 108. I'm a gold glove guy.

I'm a good dude. I'm a leader. I'm a welcome guy in the clubhouse. I help out my teammates. I've been really good for a long period of time. I've helped one team win two World Series. I'm worth X. Scott Burroughs like, you're worth 80% of X.

I don't think. I think they've been on the same page trying to get him the most possible. I think so, too. The scenario I just gave you is one that happens in the real estate world that I don't think happens to the baseball world. I think the baseball agent, although you would think Rossi, the savvy ones would be able to tell Bregs. I know the comps. And the comps on you say 6156 is pretty good. Now remember, Chandarome, front of the show, thought it was in, I don't think he said insulting, but he thought it was a deal that was easily, for Bregman to scoff at. Yes. I guess the term that I think

that Chandler used was non-competitive. So why not being competitive? Well, we think. It why not be maybe the best? Now, again, so that four-year deal that Cubs were being put out, that was just somebody just putting it out of the disability. I haven't found it verified from any legitimate reporter.

Well, you know Jeff Pass, he's reliable, even though we don't like him. He's so reliable. I don't dislike Jeff Passon. You do. That's exactly. That's exactly. Well, you know what? Actually, when he started carrying water for the Dodgers this offseason, that was pretty bad. Yeah, that's bad. Absolutely bad. But it doesn't matter.

I mean, we don't have to like the guy. He doesn't miss. No, he doesn't. Say what you will. He doesn't miss. Some of the other Gbronies out there, they miss. He doesn't miss. That is correct. So maybe Braggs is like, fight my battle for me. tell them all go play second base tell them I'll go play shortstop tell them I'll play third base

just get me 175 give me the seventh year that I've been so richly deserving of Rossy pitchers and catchers are reporting only 10 days I know I thought it would be cleared up by now but it's not me too I can't I can't maybe the Alonzo deal is the one that's going to spark everything goal got to be yeah we're sitting here

saying that about one Soto he'll be signed right after the Soto deal he'll sign right after the Blake's nail deal. Corbyn-Birds. We're right after the Astoros changed the name of their baseball stadium. We signed right after the Ben Gamble deal. Ben Gamble's back.

Let's go, baby. Hashtag, run it back. Is there a chance Ben Gamble will make an appearance on a 7-90 talk show this year? Ben Gamble, we go 100%. We'll talk to you down the road, Ben. We might even talk to him in two weeks. We need some heavy hitters in spring training. Who?

I mean, Josh Hater, if you will. Christian Walker has got to be on the program during this time. Dana Brown, like Dana, tell the truth. We'll get Dana and Joe, for sure. Yeah. Those guys are our friends. Mm-hmm. Friends of the show.

Yeah, and we're not going to be like, we're not going to interrogate them. We want them. I mean, let me ask you this in all honesty. Have the Astros made a misstep this off-season? I mean, I would say if there was anything, I think there is genuine concern for the outfield. But Ryan Presley being moved is not, was something that wasn't necessarily going to be met with, oh, my God, this is the worst thing ever. Or making a move for Kyle Tucker.

I know people wanted to keep tuck, but Rossi, there was less than a one, there was a 0.0% chance he was coming back. I'm ready to say with absolute certainty that Kyle Tucker, and I could have told you this two years ago, ain't come was never going to come back and the asteros knew it cald i mean dana could have said all the right things a year ago but he was he knew he was lying to he was lying and we we and we we didn't believe his lying we don't we know we don't disrespect his lying i just said the same thing about i was in his spot but he wasn't coming back what he's talking about dana said they were going to lock him up no that was just because that was gm speak and sometimes you got a gm speak but sometimes you go

dealing reality. The reality is Kyle Tucker said hey, the Astros when you send me this offer to keep me here for the next six years, shut your bum ass up. That seems a little harsh. Was there any misstep by the Astros this offseason? What were they doing?

I'm pretty intrigued by this Jose Altuve and left thing. That's not really an offseason move. No. Jason and Kingwood on 790 at 1056, Jason, good morning. So, man. So the thing about that real estate analogy that you used, there's only 31 other teams in Major League Baseball that will be interested in that.

Like, if you're selling a house, there are countless other people that will be in the market to try to buy that house from you, even if you put it at, you know, well over than what it's worth. So I feel like there's probably more, there's going to be more of a chance that you're going to sell that house than more than what it's worth with. that big of a market rather than, you know, Alex Bergman only having 31 other teams that are interested. But besides that, two personal things. One, I'm going to be a new dad

I found out today, so I'm super happy about that. And number two, I am going to Vegas tomorrow. Is there anything y'all want me to put down for bets before I leave? First and foremost, congratulations on being a father or future father. nothing like raising a family, nothing like having your own. So, congratulations. How long y'all have been married? Three years. Oh, good.

You had a little husband-wife time ahead of time. That's good for you. Good, smart move on your part on that. Yeah, that was by design. Good for you. Number two, you're talking about like a bet for the game or games in general, is what you're saying? There's like a futures bet. Like, I did futures bet for, you know, for the Astros.

I'm obviously going to put money for the Astros to win the World Series. I always do that every time I go. Okay, fair enough. But any other best that you guys think I should put down. Also, Ross, high five, buddy. All right. High five. High five.

All right. Kang up on this guy. What does high five man? I don't know what that means. Arsenal scored five on Manchester City. Oh, that was a late dig at you. And by the way, my analogy is amazing, first and foremost. And number two, there's only 30 Major League Baseball teams with those 31.

Maybe there's a Japanese pro league that's in front of the break up. Big Sweet sticks. Can count past five. But he got you late, didn't you? You weren't even ready for that. I knew it was coming. Oh, did you? The second I heard his voice.

All right, let's talk to our friend, Brian T. Smith. He is at the Super Bowl in New Orleans. We'll talk to him next. He is with, let me make sure I get this right, because I don't want to butcher this. He is a U.S. sports writer for Talk Sports Network on a London, and he's at the Super Bowl. We'll join with him next here on 790. Lunch timers. This is the Matt

Thomas show. All right. Any chance to play the Beatles on this show is much welcome. Right, Sports Harvey? I guess. Let's say hello to our friend. We have not talked to him in a long time, and it's frankly my fault because I'm just a bad friend.

But Brian T. Smith, I think he, I don't know, did you get rid of the, Brian? I got to see if he got rid of the T. His Twitter account is definitely different than it used to be. Longtime columnist for the Houston Chronicle, beat writer for many, many teams and joins us from the Big Easy where that is his hometown.

Brian, how the hell are you? Matt, it's been too long, man. I'm great, and it's good to hear you and Ross together and talk to everyone in Houston from New Orleans at the Super Bowl where I'm covering it every second for TalkSport. You can find it at TalkSport.com. Find me on Twitter at BTSmith, UK.

End of self-promotion. Let's get on the fun stuff. How the hell are you guys doing? We're doing great. First of all, your wife got an amazing opportunity for work, and congratulations to you and to her. What has it been like being there? And when you got there, you said, look, I'm going to get into the business. You have been, and I've been looking at your tweets for many, many months now. When there's something U.S. sports related, they go to you.

So how has that been? How much explaining do you have to do, or can you get right into the X's and O's and the analytics of talking about United States sports in London? I appreciate it, Matt. Yeah, it's safe to say it was a huge transition. You might have heard of this. You know, England is very into hierarchy and kings and queens and poshness and, you know, all the great wonderful things about England. The move's been incredible.

It was a transition. It was a life transition. It was a work transition, you know, in a good way. You have to earn it there, right? Just like Charles Dickens did 200 years ago. So, you know, you got to put in your time. You've got to come in with letters of recommendation, just like Ben Franklin did. And it's work.

It takes time, but I'm having a blast, man. And being able to be in New Orleans, I was just literally just interviewing Patrick Mahomes and asking him, you know, about MJ and the Bulls and, you know, could they ever have a, even imagine having two three-piece, let alone one, which obviously the chiefs are going for on Sunday against the Eagles, and having fun, too, and asking about, you know, what the heck do you think about, you know, math fantasy and Luca Donchich in a crazy Lakers uniform. So doing that all for talk sport has been, has been great. London, I mean, I loved Houston. You know, it was so hard to leave. But it's just been an incredible experience, living over there, working over there.

And as you said, I'm able to do a lot of the same stuff, still write columns. And actually, you know, I love Houston sports. It's great to take a little bit of a life break and do more of the national stuff. But yeah, they're so heavy Premier League over there, obviously. The Tark Sport does an incredible job of covering the hell out of the Premier League. I mean, they have 2.3 million followers on Twitter. Everyone in, I imagine a lot of, you know, English football, Wrexham, Chelsea, Man City fans, obviously no Arsenal fans in Houston. But, you know, they follow Talk Sport. And so Talk Sport is covering the heck out of U.S. Sports. And I'm trying to help them do that.

All right. Last question about. overseas there before I get to what you're doing in New Orleans. Obviously the NFL goes to Europe quite a bit. How many of the games did you get to go to in England this year? What was it like being there for those games? And the bigger question is, do you really ultimately envision A, a full-time NFL team there? And do you believe that at some point Roger Goodell is going to bring the Super Bowl to the London area? this has been one of the super cool things for me is being able to live over there and now doing

more of the United Kingdom obviously London and England but doing Europe so it's not just about personal travel it's about work travel I'm honestly I'm I'm going to be at the Super Bowl much longer than I ever would have been for the Chronicle you know the Chronicle is a fantastic place to work and was tremendous for me but you know talk sport understands that the NFL is going global and that is the push and I've been writing about this and covering a lot of that uh you know they're going to Australia they're going to you know Spain they're in Brazil Mexico City the London game so I was at done NFL UK at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium I've done it at Wembley and Matt it's just getting bigger over there and I mean I always have to caution it right

it is just 95% Premier League there but London's such an international city what it does is that becomes their leapfrog everywhere else. And Roger Goodell mentioned during his press conference to really kick off Super Bowl week, you know, he brought back the idea that he wants to one day have an international team. That had really fallen by the wayside after the Jacksonville Jaguariers had received a $1.4 billion approval to renovate their stadium. So whether that's expansion, you know, they add two teams down the road, whether that they eventually move somebody. I mean, you know, the Cleveland Browns are jacking around with their fans right. now. Could you imagine if the Browns

threatened to move to London? But they have the stadium. They have the infrastructure. And I do think I do think that two things will eventually happen. The NFL's obviously going to get its 18th game. I just asked Patrick Mahomes about that. You can see my tweets about that. But Goodell gets what he wants,

right? So the NFL will get its 18th game. And everything that I've heard is that the hope for the NFL is that that 18th game becomes an international game. And so every team will play either a home international game or in a way international game. And Matt, all it is, for the NFL, it's two things.

It's more money. It's more billions in their coffers. And it's more exposure. The NFL is completely saturated the U.S. market. It really can't get any bigger. But it can easily expand overseas. And once you do that, Matt, they will eventually have an overseas Super Bowl. It might not be for 10 more years, but it is going to happen.

And that's what's cool about doing, you know, covering everything for talks. sport in London is that as big as it is in the United States of America, it's really starting to kick over internationally and we're at the center of that. Well, Brian, I get very few things right when it comes to my analysis of sports, as you know.

But I have said for months that when the NFL goes to an 18th game, it's going to be that everybody has to play overseas one time. Because, as you said just a minute ago, there's, I mean, they, Brian, they got

$150 million from Netflix to put on two games. Okay, so they're always trying to find new ways to make television money. But they're being potentially tapped out here in the United States. They've got to go somewhere. Hell, they announced yesterday that the NFL is going to play a game in Australian in 20206.

The international waters is where the next source of revenue is, and that's why I firmly believe just like you do, that when that 18th game comes into play, everybody's going to have to go overseas for at least one week. All right, as far as the game itself, You have covered Super Bowls before.

Give me the sense of how much the repeat talk there has been and how much if it is referees are giving Kansas City the advantage and there's been stupid media questions about that. And how has Philadelphia taken all this in with obviously much of the attention this week around the Kansas City Chiefs? Yeah, you know, a few things. Number one, the city is really starting to buzz. I mean, I'm from New Orleans originally.

My parents still live here. Greatest, for me, the greatest American city in the world. So the city starting the buzz, number one, everything's really picking up right now. Number two, this is definitely beef's week because of Travis Kelsey and someone named Taylor Swift and the three Pete and Patrick Mahomes. So there's an interesting thing going on. It almost feels to me like a college football playoff championship where you would have Alabama, let's say, yeah, you know, five, ten years ago, and obviously that would have been BCS. But, you know, where Alabama, you just go into it, and they are the dominant force.

And there's another good team that you think could win, but everybody wants to talk about Nick Saban and Alabama and, you know, adding another ring to the dynasty. However, I've been saying for weeks now in writing into Talk Sport, Matt, that you start doing the matchups. You look at, you know, whether it's, you know, super advanced statistics or just Jalen Carter going against the Chiefs offensive line. you start running through all that stuff. Almost everything favors the Eagles. I mean, they put up 55 points in the FC Championship game against a very hot Washington commanders team in Dan Quinn's defense and ruin the Jaden Daniels story.

So, you know, with Soquan Barclay with Nick Seriani needing revenge against Andy Reid, people have already forgotten, I think, that two years ago they played and the Eagles were the better team for three plus quarters. I think it really comes down to, can Jalen Hertz, Channel View shout-out, by the way, can Jalen Hertz be good enough? He has the talent, but it was a very up and down season. If they can get the NFC championship version of Jalen Hertz,

and he can stretch the field, he's using A.J. Brown and Devante Smith. It's not all Sitton Barkley. If you have that one-two tandem going on, the Chiefs can't really answer for that. I mean, granted they have Steve Spagnola, but right now, in terms of the media, in terms of the presence, it feels very heavy chiefs. And I will say they were super, super confident

on media night. Like, felt like, you know, mid-80s, bears, Mike Dicko, Walter Payton, Jim McMahon. They have that swagger because they have been here before. But on paper, the Eagles win this game, it always comes down to, and Texans fans know this painfully well, Matt, Patrick Mahomes, ball in hand, Andy Reid, maybe the refs, you know, see things a little differently

than everyone on TV and in the stadium. It's really hard to knock off the Chiefs, and they're going for true NFL history. Unfortunately, your city went through some devastation with the attack on Barbin Street. Security already is tight for the game regardless of what had happened before. Have you heard anything about extra additional security, what to worry about? Because, again, of what just happened a few weeks ago in New Orleans? I'm getting nostalgic talking to you on the radio because we always have such in-depth conversations.

You're such a good radio host and reporter. I love it. This man. No, so, so this is actually very interesting to me. So I've been to the French quarter 10,000 times, okay? I've never, ever, ever seen it like it is right now. And I doubt in modern history it's ever been like this. And it's not a bad thing. But when I got here on Sunday night and walking around at 7 a.m. Monday morning, it was startling to see pretty, you know, empty quarter streets, right? They were they were being cleaned. You're getting all the vomit off, you know, moving the and making it look pretty again for 24 hours. So there's nothing on the streets except for street cleaners and military personnel, military personnel carrying weapons, you know, carrying rifles. They're nice, they're friendly, but they're doing their job. They have roadblocks, real roadblocks everywhere.

It's hard as heck to actually get a car through the French quarter, the main part of the French quarter right now. And then two days ago, I've never had this happen. in the quarter, I was just walking to the convention center for, you know, Radio Row and a military member very nicely, just asked if he could check my bag, you know, in public, which does not happen in the United States of America. I'm not saying that's a bad thing. I'm safety first. He was, he was very polite. That is how intense they are, they are safeguarding this, obviously, in relation to what happened that was so tragic, you know, on New Year's Eve. So it is a very, very heavy security present. police officers everywhere, bomb sniffing, you know, dogs everywhere. I've never seen security this heavy

four days, three days before the Super Bowl. But I give a tip of the cap to New Orleans. They have to take this seriously. You have to be able to come here and have safe. Feel safe. The flip side is, it is New Orleans, and people were having a really good time last night

already, so I don't think anything can ever stop real partying in New Orleans. BTS, it's great to hear your voice. We must end this conversation by having our good friend Ross, Fidelreel, bring in some Premier League conversation to wrap this bad boy up. They don't need any Premier League conversation, I guess. Ross never asked me a question ever whenever we were on the air. That was my time to kick my feet up, Brian. That's why I was... Oh, that's terrible. I was just curious, Brian, like you have a unique perspective and just

maybe from the business side of sports, things Premier League to American sports. Now, relegation to me is something that's cool, but it would never happen in America. But have you seen anything over there that you're like, you know what, they need to do this in American sports or maybe vice versa? Man, I could talk about that forever. So very, very shortly, I have gotten so into... In the EFL and the pyramid and everything that you see if you obviously watch the Wrexham documentary. And I'm going to championship matches and, you know, League One matches on and on. It's incredible.

This is the biggest thing. I'm not even going to get into the rules or whatever. Everything that you would see on documentaries or, you know, YouTube or whatever, everything you would watch on the stadiums, the supporters, the fans, it's 1,000 times better in person when you actually live there. And there is so much that I think, not just the NFL, that really, like the NBA, The NBA, kudos to the Rockets for being a good team again, and someone for Teter for getting that right. But the NBA overall is struggling with fan involvement and interest.

Baseball, you know, not the Astros, but baseball overall is struggling. And the fact that, you know, in many ways, the EFL, the English Football League, the Premier League hasn't changed. They're doing a lot of the same things they've done for the last 50, 70, 80 years, 100 years. I actually think that a lot of these gazillionaires, United States of America, if they're not buying English football teams, which so many of them are, there's so much they could learn about fan engagement,

keeping prices lower, rewarding your supporters, building loyalty. The players change, just like in the United States of free agency. That's not the thing. But having loyalty to the brand, loyalty to the shirt,

loyalty to the franchise, all those things, they take it so seriously over there, and that is really, really missing from American sports. You get it in college. You don't get it in the pros anymore, and I just think there's really something missing in the U.S., and you can learn a lot from England about how passionately people support their teams.

Literally, liver die, comparing like, you know, Liverpool to Atlanta with how they treat the Falcons and the Hawks, and all of their teams that nobody cares about. It's really, really laughable. All right, I got 10 seconds. What food have you enjoyed back being in the States that you can't get in London right now? What have you missed and did you now able to do that?

Really quick. So I actually love English food, like real English food. It's amazing, not the cheap, bad pub food, like the real English food's amazing. You cannot beat a shrimp, an oyster pole boy with a cup of gumbo and then a beat of beer. I don't care where you're at in the world. That is the best food in the world.

All right. Next time Pearl Jam gets back on Touring the States, come hang out with us in Houston, my friend. Great to hear your voice. Hello, and enjoy your time in New Orleans and look forward to reading more your stuff on Fox World. Thanks for having me on. I miss you guys.

Take care and hide everyone in Houston. There you go. Brian T. Smith with us here on the program. Brian had to call us because he has one of those international members now, Rossi. I couldn't figure out how to... We don't want to rack up the bill over here. I've never, yeah, I've never called,

our phone system sucks, so for it to have a chance for him to get a clear connection, it was a stunner to begin with it. So, yeah, it's like, his phone number shows like 044. That's country code. Yeah, I've never called anybody outside the United States. You know when I call Canada, they have a regular area code.

Yeah, 4-4 is the English country code. You know what the country code is for America? 790. One. Because we're number one. Thomas Edison, baby. Let's go. Let's go.

U.S.A. U.S.A. U.S.A. All right. I just don't get it coming up in 10 short minutes. Sorry, we went a little bit late there, but B.S. But it was good to get a perspective of him covering the game. And his life now is a British sports reporter.

1119 on Sports Talk 790. The Matt Thomas Show with Ross continues on Sports Talk 790. I miss B. He was great for us on the radio here on 790. He was a journalist as compared to these hacks that consider themselves journalists that have unsuccessful YouTube pages. This business of ours.

Bad direction, Rossi, bad directions. No comment. That's why they need us. We're doing great. But they need us. Houston needs us. You know what, you're right, Matt. They need us. We're there for you. Uh-huh.

Yeah. We're there for you. We appreciate it, Matt. Thank you so much. where would we be without you? Thank you, Ross. Thank you, Ross, for the 15 years of us. Oh, my God.

We only got 15 more to go. We're going to be good. I'm going to throw up. You're not. You're having a good time. I am having a good time. We get to talk to great people and have good conversations and goof on everybody. It's, you know, pizza.

Beats a real job. Absolutely. Got that right. All right. We got gut feelings coming up. Not gut feelings. I just don't get it coming up in five. And you got anything on your mind right away?

About what? The rod five? What? No. I just don't get it. Yeah. I don't get why Jimmy Butler is a Golden State Warrior. They signed him a $2 million dollar deal.

Did somebody just hit a hit with a stupid stick in Golden State? I mean, I don't know what they're doing. And how about Kevin Durant saying telling the Golden State Warriors, I don't want to go play for you again? been there and done that. Dream on Green drives me nuts. Probably. Steph Curry's mouthpiece is just so annoying and not very cleansing.

You know, it's got some fungi on it or something. You get that checked out. Mm-hmm. Yeah, I just, you know, I think, I think all the sizzle now, the trade deadline, and something, unless something crazy happens, we're down to, what, three hours? Let's see, two o'clock, so two and a half hours. Yeah, the big pieces were going to be Jimmy Butler or Kevin Duran. And it sounds like Kevin Duran, the latest reports are all that the Phoenix is standing a pat.

Because even let's say the Rockets really want to get really interested. Like, man, you know, we've lost four in a row. We're watching all these teams make these moves. The Lakers made their big move. They also, by the way, we haven't talked about this, they got Mark, Mark Williams from Charlotte is a great get for the Lakers. Yes. Yeah, that guy's built a granted, by the way. He's averaging basically 16 and 10.

He's a lob threat he can defend. That was a great... We talked about them needing to make a move for a center. Mark Williams is a great fit for the Lakers. And they got rid of Dalton Connect, who was their first round pick. I mean, they got rid of him quick. Yeah, they... Now, Connect is not nearly as fit...

Yeah. He's not as physical as Mark Williams is. Not as good as shooter, but Williams is the prototypical five as compared to Connect, who's just a stretch guy. Yeah. Yeah, Connect is just a wing, yeah. Yeah. And by the way, the Dalton connect rumors out of the draft. Do we ever

talk about this on air? I guess we can. Uh-oh. Everybody in their mother is like, the guy can score, but he's one of the worst defensive players ever to come out of college basketball. That was the book on him. That's why he fell as far as he did. Yeah. Which is, it doesn't seem very nice, but that reality is, you know, you have to have

draft grades on you for a reason, right? Yes. Do you guys talk about Reed Shepard's best game is a rocket against the next couple of life? Shepard. Reed Shepard. No, we didn't, I mean, we didn't talk about much of it. But, I mean, best game, and yeah, point total.

Best point total. He got out there a long time. Is something wrong with Aaron Holiday? Is you okay? I think it was just, hey, let's just change the vibe up. I'm telling you, Rossi, this team misses Fred Van Blyte. Yes, they do. I know if people don't want to hear me say that.

It's just the truth. It's the truth. And sometimes you can't handle the truth. Oh, Biscuit has a, I just don't get it, huh? Okay. When we come back, we'll start with him. If you got something you just don't get, for those of you new to the show, first of all, where have you been?

Secondly, damn glad to have you. Third, I just don't get it as a weekly segment we do. That there are things in your life you just don't understand, and maybe you're afraid to tell somebody about it. Maybe you don't want to tell your wife, I just don't get why you have to go get Botox done every week, or you got to get a facial every two weeks or get your nails done.

We're going to help you answer your life's issues. Because if you don't get something, we're here to help you with it. 713-212-5-790. 7-13-212-5-790. If there's something you don't get, Connor, Ross, myself. We'll try to help you answer that here on Sports Talk 790. If you have something in your life that you just don't get,

no need to work. No need to fret. We will discuss the topics to see if we comprehend the things that may confuse our friends. It's time to say I just don't get it. All right. The first one for me, and again, if you got something you just don't get, 713, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 5, 790.

Rossi, I lived in Salt Lake City between the years of 2004 and 2005. And there was a change in the Utah network, which forced me, unfortunately, to lose my job. for the one and only time of my career, knock on whatever this property is here at this hotel. And I've been very successful ever since. And I took a job in Minneapolis to work on the Twins radio station and host their coverage of Twins baseball. I didn't do my due diligence on this. The weather here is atrocious.

And that's a lot of the reason why I came back to Houston in 2010 because the weather sucks here. So I would say to you, Ross, next Monday here in Minneapolis, the highest 12 degrees. I mean, that's really cold, right? Yes. The low is minus 12. So if you don't have a job that is completely integral for you to be working in this city, living here for any length of time outside of the months of, say, maybe June and July, I would say, Ross, I just don't get why anybody would live in Minneapolis.

Nice people, good food, good scene, culture's good. but it's absolutely ridiculously cold. I just don't get it. I'm with you. I like a little bit of cold weather. I don't want to live in cold weather. In dealing with ice and snow and sludge all the time. Yeah, Monday, high 12, low minus 12.

Tuesday, high of three, low of minus 14. Oh, my God. Wednesday, high of nine, low minus three. It's going to warm up to 12. next Thursday and it'll be a higher 23 next Friday. That is hashtag a warm up. I say I just don't get it. I just asked Google, why would you live in Minneapolis?

It says vibrant cultured scene. Yeah. Abundant outdoor activities? Yes. Strong job market. Oh. And affordable cost of living. It is affordable to live here. I lived in the inner city in St. Paul.

I never thought I could ever live in the inner city, but I did. It was great. Hmm. But yeah, the weather would keep me out. And it did. I left. I said, no, my. Three years.

Just don't get it. And you got jipped on the snowblower. Damn, the snowblower! It was a good one, too. But let me tell you something. When you catch your own frozen snot, it's probably time for you to move on. All right.

Nobody needs to hear this. I'm just telling you honest. Ross, what don't you get? There's a couple of things I don't get, but I'm going to start with this. I know this is NFL news from a few days ago, but it's still puzzling me. Why did the Raiders make Chip Kelly?

the highest paid coordinator in football times two. Todd Munkin makes three million a year. He's the offensive coordinator for the Ravens. He is the highest paid assistant in the NFL. Chip Kelly is making six more million, six million dollars total, three more million. He's making double anyone else. And he's good, but he failed in the NFL.

I just don't get it. What is going on over there in Raiderville? It is quite puzzling, to be honest with you. I would say the exact same thing. I just don't get it. But you know what? As soon as he won the national championship, he became the hot commodity. He was either going to get a race in Ohio State or he was going to take an NFL job.

Six million? The moment they won the championship and the moment that Bobby Sloan got let go by the Texans, the very first thing we thought was, well, Domingo knows Chip. Blab a phone call. See what he wants. He was fired after his third year in Philly. He quit UCLA as the top man. that's not like quitting Arkansas State.

It was UCLA. Big Ten. Power five. Power four. You're right. And I forgot he was fired. I forgot he was the San Francisco 49ers head coach for it's like five seconds. Yeah. He's been fired twice in the NFL.

The next one is easy. I mean, seriously, what's going on, Golden State? What are we talking about here? Good for them. I mean, you trade for Jimmy Butler. You give up Andrew Wiggins and a package of assets. and then you signed the guy. The guy hasn't played 70 games since 2017,

and you signed him to two years, $60 million extension apiece, that's 120 total? He's 36 years old. You just don't get it. I don't get it. He's averaging 17-5-and-5 this year. Those are like Chandler-Parson numbers. Yeah, that's just a stat filler.

That's not a game changer. He's a good perimeter defense, but he's 35, sorry. He won't be 36 until September. My apologies, Mr. Butler. And he's been a headcase. Oh, by the way, everywhere he's gone. Every single place he's gone, he has left with, I hated here. They don't respect my game.

And by the way, I'm not from Houston. I'm from Tomball. I just don't get it. I don't get it. He hadn't been in all starts at 2022. Connor, what don't you get? A couple friend of mine, the girlfriend, of the couple's, her birthdays over the weekend.

So the boyfriend was planning a surprise dinner for over the weekend. Can you guess what day he chose? Super Bowl Sunday? No chance. No freaking chance. Super Bowl Sunday. What time? What time? What time?

Six o'clock. No, you're not going. No, you're not going. I already said I'm not going. So I just don't get why you would think that's a good idea. And by the way, what... All right. Change... Oh, my God. Is your friend?

Is the guy a sports fan? No, not really. Clearly not. So you're telling me, one of your brokies is not a sports fan. It's like, yeah, let's get a brunch at Super Bowl Sunday so we cannot talk about the Super Bowl. Yeah, I don't know. It was instantly like, look, I just said I had other plans already. No, you don't what you do that to do?

You got to tell them the truth. What's the guy's name? Do you want to say the name? You want to keep it in on. No, I'm not going to, I'm not going to say his name. But I did say, I did say, I'm like, you might want to think about changing it to Saturday, because I don't think a lot of people are going to want to go. And your girlfriend, if it is a surprise, you know, might be a little disappointed.

If not everybody's there. So we'll see if there's any last minute changes. Because I'll go on Saturday, but definitely not any time after four on Sunday. I could even justify it being a noontime brunch on Sunday. Hell, the rockets are playing at 1 o'clock. I mean, I get that. mean, yeah,

not dinner though, not dinner. So I just don't get it. Why you wouldn't think of that beforehand? I don't get it either. That's insane. Ross,

that might be the worst one we've ever had. I mean, even if you're not a sports fan, you've got to know when Super Bowl Sunday is. Come on. We'll get you some new friends.

Some of your friends are disappointing me, so. He's young. You know you weed them out as you get older, Matt. Let me tell you some. Connor, how old are you again? 24.

These broskeys you're with now, you'll only be talking to 20% of them in 10 years. If that. So good luck. We got the surface level friends, then we got the close ones. Is this guy a close one or surface level? Surface level. Yeah, it's got to be. Oh, then you're, then you know what?

Then you have to be honest with them and say, man, first of all, act like you know, have a pair. And secondly, we're not, we're not doing this on Super Bowl Sunday. Good luck having four people over at your place. Yeah, I know. God. Thank God he's a service level, Frank. See, that'd be a hard fall for you. All right, let's see what the folks have to say.

We'll start. We've got a lot of folks that things they don't want to get. Biscuit on 790. Biscuit, I have a question for you. What don't you get? Well, Connor, Matt. You know, I'm a big cougar fan. I'm a big cougar guy.

We've got a radio host of the big cougar guy. And we have a guy that called in and says, you know, I'm just about to start a fan. family. And the Kuga guy, hey, good job. Congratulations. And the guy within the same sentence says, I'm about to go to Vegas and blow some money. And the Kuga guy, who's a family man, has kids? He didn't say, hey, man, you might want to start a scholarship fund or, hey, man, you know, daycare is real expensive. Hey, man, Sinalak and diapers can really be costly. The Kougar guy just said, go ahead, man. have fun and put some money on the astros. Man, Ross, I just don't get it.

Yeah, man, he's going to start that. He's going to start the scholarship fund by going to Vegas and winning a bunch of money. Biscuit? You have misplayed this terrible. Let me tell you what you didn't do. The man's about to be, listen, this will be very carefully, Biscuit. He's about to be a father. Do you think he's going to be able to run to Vegas when he wants to?

Oh, hell no. He ain't able to that. So he needs to enjoy Vegas as much as he can to that baby. comes out. So I totally get it. You don't get it, huh? Okay, bad. I don't get it. I don't get it. Yeah, well, that's because you're old. That's the reason why you don't get it. No, that's rude. That's the truth. We love you, Biscuit. You know that, don't you?

Ross, let me tell you something. Before my first child was born, I was doing everything I could to be a single, or not a single woman, a married man without children. Mm-hmm. Because the children keep you down. Yeah, sounds like a wonderful experience. I remember this. So Cameron was born, like in June of 2000, and then like in July, we're in this, earned this condo that I had off of San Felipe and Vos and all that.

I was like, man, this is the best. I'm only 10 minutes to work. She's Kim's rocking Cameron in the baby chair. And she's like, two things, Matt, we're going to need to move to the suburbs. And two, we need to buy a new car. I didn't have that when it was just Kim and me. I didn't have that one was just me. She's spending money I don't have.

I had to go by a starter house in Kingwood. So instead of my commute being 15 minutes to work, it was 53 minutes to work. I'm sorry. So my man, they went to Vegas. You know what? Stay an extra day. Call the wife and say, hey, things are going so well. I want to put some more money towards the baby's diapers.

Your time is running out. And don't tell you that you're under the Glitter Gulch. That's all I'm going to say right now. I'm a experiment rhino guy myself. Are you really? Okay. Well, teach you. Don't.

Paul and Dave, hang tight. We'll get to you in a manner of moments. The news at noon is coming up for 50 minutes. More if I just don't get next on 790. More Matt Thomas show with Ross. Now on Sports Talk 790. I got one more. I just don't get it, Ross.

In marketing, you always have to keep your message changing. Keep it fresh. Keep it alive. Now, there is a certain National Burger King chain. I was going to say Burger Ring. I think you get a blog there. The guy keeps singing about the variety of sandwiches and the variety of deals they have. Uh-huh.

I think we need a new voice. It's a catchy tune, though. I liked it when it first came out. And I don't know why I'm seeing it so many times. Maybe it's like an algorithm in the ring is showing up on all the commercials that I'm looking at when I watch television. But he says it, BK, have it your way. you roll it's the jam

listen to this I can make up the lyrics wanna buy two sandwiches cost 40 cents to make still charging lots of money for you to pay that guy's voice is driving me crazy

I just don't get it I don't get why someone says man let's get in some different verses I got another one for you in general I don't get how that place is kind of still in business it used to be really good it's gone down in quality so much. I don't go there hardly ever.

It used to be my number one favorite fast burger chain. Like who craves a wopper? I mean, it's good. When's the last time you had a wopper? You know what? It's been years. Not that I'm avoiding it. I just don't remember going, hey, kids,

what do you want to go eat tonight? Eat tonight. They're like, oh, dad, let's go get woppers. It's been a while. I'm with you. Now, their onion rings are sneaky good because their fries suck. Yes. Although they change up their fries like every two years.

They do. They're still never great. They still can't get it right. They're still terrible. Still terrible. All right, 713, 212-790. 7-1-3-21-2-5-7-90. It's something you don't get.

Let us know we'll try to help you. Let's go to Dave in Spring at 1151 on 790. Dave, thank you for holding. Good morning. Hey, there. Listen, I'm like you guys. I like Brian T. Smith a lot. It was good to hear his voice again, but I do not get how that man can say he enjoys

English food. Okay, nobody goes to England for the food. If you go to Europe, France, Spain, Italy, yes, great food. But England, nobody goes to England to eat good food. In fact, you endure the food when you're in England. And it even has weird names like bubble and squeak and spotted dick. It's terrible. I don't get it. Dave, excellent call on your part. Now, I had to be fair on that a little bit because I've only been to London one time. So I may have... And you said Rick Ronalds the whole time, didn't you? No, we went to the Bardbach Cafe.

Oh, my God. Because the food was so bad. The food in London was atrocious. Hmm. I mean, just awful. So when in doubt, the Bardbach Raffray had hamburgers. You know, I was doing Luca Dungeons, believe it or not, that was his favorite place in Spain. when he was living there.

Really? Yes. Okay. So, yeah, I'm going to go ahead and maybe he's talking. I don't know, because his wife's not from there, so it's not like she's cooking differently than anybody. I mean, I don't know. Do they have DoorDash in London? I'm assuming you do.

Probably. Yeah, the food does suck there. I will give him that. They had Uber eats in Taiwan, so probably. Yeah. But, yeah, he said real English fruit. So I'm going to trust Brian that he's been over there for a long time. He also said, were a year.

Yeah. There's got to be, look, the people are surviving over there. The food's got, there's got to be some good food. You've got to find the right food, I'm guessing. Now, clearly they don't have, they have a shortage of Dennis there. I mean, that's one thing. It's very apparent. Hey, come on, man.

You going with these old tropes, Matt? Am I wrong? Tell the truth. I don't know. I don't know anybody in Britain. Yeah, the chicklets are not great. The chicklets? Mm-hmm.

Those are the teeth that were Big Chicklets. 20 best British foods. Yorkshire pudding? Nope. Toad in the hole? What is spotted dick? Jelly, the eels?

This is real. Shepard's pie is good. No. You don't like Shepard's pie? I don't like any kind of, I don't like any sort of pie food dishes. Oh, God. Like meat dishes. Yeah.

What do you mean? Like, what about an impanata? Oh, I do like embinatas. but I don't like Shepard's Pie. I think chicken and dumplings is gross. Oh, my God. All right. That's enough.

You're banned. Seriously. What do you want a soggy biscuit in the middle of sausage chicken? And you still don't like biscuits and gravy? I like biscuits. I like gravy. I just like it mixed together. You're weird.

Like the pies that you get from Rosson Rarket? No, thank you. You don't like a chicken pot pie? No. Gross. You don't like chicken pot pie? P? Gross. You're a child.

So McRib, yes. Yes. Chicken pot pie, Shepherds pie, biscuits and gravy. Nope. Anything out of a crock pot, generally speaking, no. You know what? I got another. I just don't get it. I just don't get you. Yeah, I don't care. I'm never worried about you getting me anything about me. Anything else?

No, I'm good. For alcohol? Hmm. Yeah. The food, did you answer? Spotted Dick, is that a beverage or is that a food? I don't know what it is. Stop saying that.

Well, I got to look at it. Well, I mean, if it's legit, why not? It's a traditional British steamed pudding made with suet, suet. Suet is the raw, hard fat of beef, lamb, or mutton. And dried fruit. This sounds horrible. Often served with custod. It's a good with antibiotics.

Hmm. Yeah, I'm looking at the photo image of it right now. It looks disgusting. It looks pretty bad. You know, times are hard, Matt. You try to come up with new dishes in the middle of the plague. If I lived in Europe, I'd probably eat fish and chips four days a week. I like fish and chips.

Yeah. Fish and chips is good. Malt vinegar on it? Yes or no? Absolutely. Oh, lots of it, too. And how, as they say? I want my fish and chips drenched in vinegar.

I don't know about drenched You got vinegar breath For the rest of your life Felipe At Minute Mae Park At 1156 Before we get to the news At noon Felipe

Good morning to you Good morning, Matt My thing My thing for I just don't get it It's their palate, man You don't like Shepers pie You don't like bidsils and gravy

You don't like pie He doesn't like tamales He doesn't like enchiladas The dude doesn't like nothing But he like he like The McRitt. The McRaeve is the goat. You shot your bum ass up.

Tell them. By the way, bourbon and baseball just sent me a tweet. Biscuits and gravy is a weird dish. It's pretty much just really wet flour on really dry flour. Couldn't have said it better myself, bourbon and baseball. It's delicious. I like biscuits. I like gravy.

I just don't want them on top of each other. That's not crazy. Yes, it is. I don't need no soggy dough all over my body And food, my palate, my mouth I wonder what percent I actually did a Twitter poll In this ages ago

I can't remember Don't do it Don't do it It's gonna lose It's a southern treat But if I said biscuits and gravy And say Maine You would eat

The number will be different But Texas, it's a Texas specialty Yeah you know what? Yeah so go back to Dallas then Matt That's in Texas, Ross Oh It's not really It's North Oklahoma

Okay Yeah I don't know I just I do not like chicken pot pie though. Oh, gross. The nasty juice that's inside that pie? What are you talking? No, thank you. You're probably eating the frozen ones out of

the grocery store and saying, you don't like it. Wait a minute, excuse me. When do you go to somebody's house and say, hey, everybody, I made a chicken pot pie for everybody. Absolutely. My mom's made chicken pot pie. You can go to any sort of homestyle restaurant and get one. That's what I'm saying. You don't need to go to homes. Just don't do it. Just don't make it.

Oh, my God. You're taking, you're taking a pie crust. You're jamming it full of soup. You're covering it some chicken, put a layer on top. That sounds nasty. It's all gravy and vegetables and hearty chicken and a buttery flaky crust. Oh yeah, it sounds horrible.

What's wrong with you? Let's get to the news at noon. It's up next here on Sports Talk 790. Lunchtimeers. This is the Matt Thomas show. 123 at H-town. What's happening? Lunchtimmers. Good afternoon to you and welcome to the third hour of the Matt Thomas

show with Ross here on Sports Talk 790 where we present to you every day and around this time. The big headlines of the day. It's the news at noon. All right, Matthew, yes. We got a lot to get to here on the news at noon. As we approach

the NBA trade deadline, now under two hours away, the big headlining move has been Jimmy Butler going to Golden State, but according to Brian Winhorst, it was very close to being Jimmy Butler in Phoenix,

Kevin Durant in Golden State, but Kevin Durant nixed the deal. Do you think he did that because he likes Phoenix a lot, or do you think he's like, man, I've been there, done that. There's a lot of drama in Golden State. I think Durant had no interest in returning to the Warriors, and apparently, according to other reports, that had been his stance, and he was very firm on that stance, according to Mark Stein, and I believe

Shams, Sharania. Because my guess is if Durant's going to change his life a little bit, at least for the rest of this NBA season. He wants to go somewhere where he thinks he is on the precipice of maybe going for a title again. I don't think that's going to be happening in Phoenix, and it certainly isn't happening in Golden State. I would be

of all the teams, Rossi, and this is giving you no breaking analysis on this one, it looks like the Lakers have won this trade deadline by leaps and bounds over everybody else. Yes, I was going to mention the Lakers as well, Matt, as we continue to break

down the trade deadline as they have traded for Hornets center Mark Williams, a really good fit as a lob threat for Luca Donchich and LeBron James, averaging 16 points on 59.7% shooting. Also, 9.8 rebounds. Plays good defense, seven footer. We talked about the Lakers needing a center with Anthony Davis being traded away. That center is Mark Williams. They did have to give up Dalton Connect, Cam Reddish, and a 20th. 31 unprotected

first round pick and also another pick swap. So what? They're better. And by the way, I've been listening. Look, I was having to kill time yesterday so I was watching some of the NBA shows. If you, LeBron can,

LeBron is played with Chris Bosch and Dwayne Wade and who else? So Anthony Davis, he can play with Luca Donch. He's going to be fine. He, I mean, I was just like, Well, those guys can't. There's only one basketball for him.

Guess what? Guess what JJ Reddick's going to do? He's going to tell LeBron, man, give the damn ball to 77. He can score. And it's going to be about matchups, too. Yeah. If there's somebody matched up on a really good perimeter defender that might be able to limit Luca Donchich a little bit,

then they're going to go to LeBron. If it's vice versa. And LeBron likes playing off ball anyways, especially at this old age. And they're going to be running pick and rolls with Luca Dantzich and, and LeBron freaking James. That's going to be unstoppable.

It was unstoppable when it was like DeWain Wade and LeBron James. Now, of course, that was 10 years ago, and LeBron's a lot older, but it's going to work to an extent. Is it going to be championship level? We'll see. I don't know if they have enough pieces, especially with another news item out on the news at noon. Chet Holmgren coming back to play for the Oklahoma City Thunder.

As we all predicted, they're calling this basically a deadline deal. made for the Oklahoma City Thunder, who have the league's best record at 40 and 9, and now they get Chet Hogan back. They're going to be even stronger atop the Western Conference right now, six games ahead of the Grizz, who are two and a half games ahead of your Houston Rockets.

Yeah, they were on national TV last night. Who did they play? I forgot how they played. They crushed them. Who did it? Oh, it's Phoenix. Yes, 140 to 109, the final on that one. This Western Conference is filthy.

It just sucks. It sucks. Because even as much fun as we're watching a Rockets play, I mean, I would think the Rockets Ross have got to do something. I don't think this during this trade deadline, which is going to end an hour and 53. But it's going to be, I think we're going to want to keep our binoculars right on the rockets in this off season. Hmm. Okay, Matt.

Just very much a gut feeling in that one. Well, we'll see what happens now. just under two hours left in the trade deadline. Early returns looking good for Deeran Foxes as San Antonio Spur. Fox showcasing his talents in a 126 to 125 win for the Spurs over the Atlanta Hawks. He had 24 points, 13 assists, five rebounds, and three steals. The performance marked the first time in franchise history that a player making their Spurs debut tallyed at least 20 points and 10 assists.

Matt, how big of a problem are the San Antonio Spurs going to be? I'm more concerned about Missy the Ultimate Spurs fan coming back around the station and yelling at us. I know. She's going to ask for more air time. She already has been. She's been so quiet lately, too. I know. Wemby was good last night, much too, Adam Clanton's chagrin.

Has Adam Clinton commented on Wemby being an all-star yet? 2 o'clock today, sports talk 790. Just saying. Okay. Full breakdown. I think you're still going to talk about the offensive line coach for the Texas. Okay. Cole, Cole Popovich. Cole Popovich. Dissant relative to old Gregory.

Yes, Matt. And we'll move along actually to some NFL news. Not necessarily news, Matt, but just something I kind of noticed. All week long and then some since the Super Bowl had been set, Kansas City at one and a half point favorites. Total ticking down a half point. And the Kansas City line also ticking down a half point. Kansas City now just favored by one.

total sitting at 48 and a half with the Super Bowl coming up on Sunday. Now, let me ask you this, because you're the betting and fishing out all over the two of us. If you think the Eagles are going to win, you don't care about that point. Just bet the money line, right? I mean, I can't mention the payoff being that much different, but why would you even need the point? Yeah, it's going to be, I mean, one out of 100 games that you're really even going to need that little bit of value. You can get the Philadelphia Eagles even on the money line right now, Matt. Kansas City had a minus 120.

Okay, very good. Yeah, if you like the Eagles who win, don't worry about the point. Let me ask you this. When does that point, help me out, the math on this. When does that point come into play? Only for push purposes? Yes. But you would never push.

There's not going to be a tie. Yeah, so why would you even bother? Why would a point spread even be one point? I don't know. There's no ties in the Super Bowl. That'd be funny. What if they went to like 15 overtimes? They're like, all right, it's a tie.

I mean, would you bring out Kendrick and Lamarra for a second hour? because people will be thirsting for more. Yeah, you might well. I mean, he's got enough hits. He's got 22 Grammys. Yeah. You play one, you play each one of his songs he won Grammys with. Absolutely.

Although, I think he won five Grammys for one song this year. By the way, do not want you calling me during the halftime because I want to be able to sit back and relish. I'm not, I never call you. You should. Well, you never call me. I mean, I'm not saying it's, you know. No, I text you, but it takes hours for you to get back.

I was a slave. He must have took a long nap, like a long-ass nap. Kendrick Lamar does have four number one albums. Okay. Well, I look forward to hearing the best of all of them coming up. On a medley of Kendrick Lamar's greatest hit Sunday at about, what, 730, give or take? Maybe 7. I think so.

Okay. All right, Matt, let's keep moving. We're going to go with actually a little bit more on the Super Bowl. Our friends over at Pro Football Focus has ranked every position group. they have the Chiefs winning the quarterback battle and the tight-end battle and they give the edge to the Eagles everywhere else.

Secondary linebacker, defensive line, offensive line, wide receiver, running back. I'm starting to think, Matt. You feel a little Eagles money line for the Super Bowl? Are you thinking the Chiefs' mistake is going to be too much? I'm feeling that. Great Man, friend of the show, deserves a Super Bowl ring.

I like that. We should go get a prop bet on Brighton Man and just bet it just be like, Why is somebody in Houston betting on a Braden Man prop bet? I bet you get prop bets on an average kick, right? Wouldn't you? Over under our number of average yards, or how many times he kicked in a ballgame? I'm going to guess no.

By the way, there's an email service that I'm not giving a run to. It's a betting service that sent me an email yesterday, Ross. It says the study, here's a study according to geotagged X data. Where that's a word? 80% of America is rooting for the Eagles. Really? 80%. The states that are not rooting for the Eagles would be Missouri, Kansas,

Oklahoma, Arkansas. What about Texas? The hometown boy. And there's two states above Missouri. Would that be Iowa? Oh, you can. And Nebraska. Yeah.

Yeah, I guess I'm right. I'm right. Oh, man. Our geography expert, Matt Thomas. And then Virginia, I think Virginia is a state that's rooting for the Chiefs. Matt, are you sure that's not North Carolina? Oh, it is North Carolina. Yeah.

No, no, no, no, because no, no, no. I'm not looking at the map. I'm just guessing you're reading it. Are you sure? It's Virginia. Final answer? Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia. Yes, Virginia.

Are you smarter than a fifth grader? God, this is terrible. This is hard to do. Like, when I was in sports. Cool, the easiest one was Montana because there was always a face. It looked like Joe Montana. It didn't look like it, but you just knew the face. And I believe that cuts off the news at noon.

Is that correct? Yeah, that's enough. We actually have a Bregman update. We can get to that, though. Later. And so we got a Bregman update yesterday. Right after this? Sure.

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713-212-5-790 7-1-3-212-5-790 if you want to follow us on twitter you may do that as well it's at sports mttie at scornorne d mcgoverned 1214 sports talk 79 the matt thomas show ross continues after this back to matt thomas and ross via real on sports talk 790 Ross teased it a moment ago And we here at the Matt Thomas show With Ross payoff our teases Ladies and gentlemen at 1219 We present to you And Alex Bregman Update

Breggman Update The bit's never going away Much to the chagrin of some What's you got, Rossi? Well, Matt, of course We know that the domino of Pete Alonzo has fallen As he's finally agreed to return

to the Mets. And we got a really good Breggman update as Chris Cordy was out at Radio Row, Matt. He ran into Ari Alexander of KPRC Local 2. He's been breaking down all this Astro's stuff like nobody's business. You had not heard this, so I did want to bring

this to you. A really good breakdown from Ari Alexander on what the latest is with Alex Breggman. There hasn't been much of updates within the past few days. It feels like he's sort of in the bunker trying to decide between what he has. But right now, the way that I'm thinking about it, just from the people that I've talked to over the past couple of weeks,

is there are three sections of teams for Alex Bregman, of the five total teams that are in on Alex Bregman. The first section are the teams that are going to be giving them long-term offers that I think are going to have to do a little extra to get him. That's Toronto, that's Detroit. The second section has just one team in it. That's the Astros, and whatever it is that's going to happen with them, the 6156 offer that I just do not believe that he's going to take.

If the Astros, and it's sounding more and more unlikely, are going to get Alex Bregman, they're going to have to up their offer, doesn't feel like they want to, and doesn't feel like Alex wants to take the 6156. The third section of teams is the Cubs and the Red Sox, two teams that it feels like they're going for a shorter-term opt-outs type of offers to Alex Bregman, a little higher AAV, and those are teams that I don't think would have to do the extra

the way the Blue Jays and the way the Tigers might have to do to get him. Those are teams that I believe he would like to play for if the money is right, if the situation is right. However, the Red Sox create a problem because he's going to have to play second base, at least initially. Raphael Devers, from what I've been told all off season, is not moving off third base. So those are your three parts of where Alex Bregman could go, but as of right now, there is no decision made. He has five potential places he could still go, and I know everyone's upset at how long this has been dragging on, and I'm sure that he's not loving how long he doesn't have a specific plan of what he needs to do in spring training, but that's where we're out right now.

Nothing new there. Five teams into the mix. I think it was interesting. The Devers is not going to be moving off a third base at all because that was something that was talked about. So Cubs and Red Sox would be short-term opt-out offers. Toronto and Detroit would be long-term offers. No, I don't believe it to be accurate at all.

Long-term offers is beyond six years. The long-term offers here in Houston. When have you seen anything associated with a 7-10? year with Alex years is long term. I'm talking about rather than the short term opt out as opposed to. Yeah, yeah. I mean, no. This whole thing of seven years is done, finished. Finito. Not

happening. Nobody said seven years, exactly. Oh, well, I would have to disagree with you on that. I'm talking about right now what we're talking about in this segment. Okay. Oh, yeah. Are you okay? No, but I mean, there's nothing really new out of that. I mean, we know that the Cubs are interested. We know the Red Sox are interested.

I mean, the best deal might be the one in Houston, but I just, he thinks, and maybe who's holding a hunt? And look, I love Bragg. Unless I'm missing the whole thing about how negotiations work in baseball, who's sitting back going, man, we've got this deal that's going to way surpass the aster's offering. We're just going to hold on to the very last second to offer it to him. That's what I, under the category of I just don't get it.

Is Boris waiting for somebody all of a sudden say, all right, no moss, we give up. You want to 175. Here it is. There it is. Knock it out. Let's go. Six years, 175. It's yours.

Take it. What's your gut feeling on this thing? I don't know, Ross. I feel like I'm a hot mess when it comes to this. My good feeling is starting to turn more and more to his short-term deal without opt-outs. Yes. Yes.

Regardless of who it is. It didn't really know at this point. I mean, yeah. I mean, with the, does that knock the Astros out? Does that keep them in? Does that? Maybe he was just so turned off by 6-156.

He's like, you know what? I mean more to you than that. and that's the best you're giving me. I'll take a short-term deal. Go rake and have an OPS of 840 this year. Hit 30 bombs, play my All-Star or my third baseman glove, and I'll go get fat. Like Blake Snell did, right?

Didn't Blake Snell bet on himself for a short-term deal and wind up getting more? Yes. Maybe that's what's... Is Blake Snell older than Bregman? I think it's close. Yeah, Blake Snell is 32. So it worked out for him. Yeah.

I really want to know and this is where an athletic will figure this out they have more time to do that than other news paper sources do in journalism they can get into the weeds on this because I don't even know if we ever talked to Bragman again on the show if he'd even really tell us that

God's honest truth. Probably not nor should he if he doesn't want to I'm saying that's right because if you know he's got to be thinking that's all they gave me oh, I'll go show them.

And then you go out and check yourself out and then the free agent market and the market says, no, it feels about right. You don't want to go tell the world, well, I should have taken the original offer that I was given to me. How about this? Let's do this instead.

Instead of trying to guess what he's going to happen, if you were to give him advice, this is different, Ross. We've never done this. Advice. My advice knowing where we are, it's February the 6th, is I would sign a two-year deal

like Pete Alonzo did with an opt out of the first year I'd have heavy money in the first year because I believe the Alonzo deal is $54 million of which 30 of it is this year I'd opt out if I really wanted to and go do this all over again to prove that I can go get more

and the kids need to know this A-A-V I think maybe in this particular case and again this is just pure conjecture on my part is like Bregman is insistent on having a higher AAB of $26 million per year. Hmm. So my advice is compared to prediction is Bregs, if you do not want to come back to Houston and you are not satisfied with the 6156,

open it up to everybody and say, hey, I'll sign a two-year deal, but opt that after one, front load the first year of the contract, LFG. I would, my advice would probably be take the, whatever the long term, whatever the biggest total money is. What if the biggest, longest term, money deal is $6.156. And then take it. Why hadn't he had done it already? I think he doesn't want to come crawling back, maybe. Maybe he thinks he clearly thinks he's like.

It's not a crawl, Ross. Yes, it is. It's $150 million. No, no, no, if he scoffed that and told the Astros, this is a slap in the face. And then they're like, all right, let's go, well, sorry, we slapped you. Go ahead and find something better, and he couldn't. wouldn't it be a what is it a bigger slap in the face if he goes back at a two-year deal worth 55 million of which let's say 35 of it is front-loaded I don't know I'm just throwing numbers out

I don't know because just because you take a short-term deal with opt-outs doesn't necessarily mean three years from now a better deal may be out there look I ain't worried about breaks he's first of all awesome dude gonna make a lot of money wherever he plays and wherever he plays he's gonna rake those things are not in are not in my mind to doubt it's it just feels like this is a cat and mouse game. Maybe this is too personal for me, Ross, but I could not to figure out my future

the way that Scott Boris runs his clients. I think Juan Soto is very happy with Scott Boris. A Juan Soto is very happy. Jordan Montgomery, not real happy. Yeah, but I think he keeps more clients than he loses. That's true. Lentl stuck with him, and he got $182 million

from the Dodgers. I don't know. it's but if we did a survey right now like an insipal i bet you it's 50 50 at the very best that people want pregnant back here it's good the tide continues to turn it does but i think i would say i would say still over 50 over 50 percent because if we found he's signed today there would be be fired up they should be absolutely yeah it'd be a little weird talking about the offseason but let me tell you if he signed today let's Bygones be bygones.

My God. We ain't worried about it. I think even the people that are like, oh, he's dragging this on too long. I'm sorry to hear about this. If he signed today, tomorrow, and you said, are you happy Breggman's back? It would be like 90-10. Yeah, 90-10. Yeah, 90-10.

All right, it's 1230 on the matth time. We go up to the phones next. Ross, what is today's edition of Believe it or not? No clue. All right. Coldest cities in the world? That's not a great category. Just think about it.

By the way, it's a balmy. It's got up to 18 degrees here, Rossi. 18 degrees. I felt like going out without my shirt off now. Showing all these guns. Hello? I'm just being nice. 713-212-5-790, 1230 on Sports Talks.

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Well, he is going all freaking in, baby. Now, remember, what we said in the last time was advice, not what we think it's going to happen. We said it was advice. Hmm. Now, you're saying who, may you try to put together thoughts? Are you trying to measure yourself? I also have no interest in a short-term deal, Matt. I'm seeking a 10-year contract worth $1 billion.

And who are you going to get it from? Therein lies the rub. Me and Alex Spregman are in the same spot. I would pay you I mean I would pay you more than what you're making now Thank you Matt I appreciate that Not much more but it would be a little It's okay

I'd like around the nearest dollar You know you being out of town all this time So I'd allow me to save up for our Our lunch I owe you Are we ever gonna pay that off? I bet Stop You've been out of town for eight weeks bro

I'm sick of myself Does that make sense? I could see that I want to go home I want to lay in my own bed. I want to play with my dogs. Snuggle your doggos. Yes.

I miss my pups. Miss my family. Miss my wife. I miss, you know, that kind of stuff too. You know what I mean? I guess.

By the way, Taylor is in, where did she go this week? She's, I don't know, is she in Costa Rica. I got to look and see. Oh, my God.

Real quick. She's not a radio row? No, she's in, oh, she's in Costa Rica. You knew that. Don't even try to play dumb. We were trying to see. We were hoping she was on Radio Rose

so we could get her yesterday when you weren't on the show and how jealous and you would have been. Oh, I've heard her talk. I don't necessarily need her on my show. What does that mean, Matt? Because that Iowa accent is annoying AF. And what is she going to offer? Bad picks?

I can get that from anybody around. I get that from you daily. What am I worried about him? Why are you so infatuated? Because, I mean, no, I'm not infatuated. Others might be. People are sending me stuff. They're like, Matt, just want to let you know this is a girl out there.

like what's her name? And you're like, I already saw it twice. You don't know that. You said, all right, I got it bookmarked. You don't know that. You're a liar. You don't know me. I know you a little bit. Easy. On 790, 1238. Easy. What's a good word? Gentlemen, good morning. afternoon now. I floated the, the short-term contract. I should get out of you. You guys to see if you can read. I think it said to give them a check in. I want a million. It kind of gives them a little. ego boost over Peter Alamso.

Two years, 60 mil, and how would that work out? I mean, again, he's a professional. You know, with the 6-156, he's making 26 mil. I mean, making, you give him the 30 mil, that's Scott Boris's agent fee.

You know, it's, and it's true money. And again, the other one was, so he still gets, that's second basis is natural position. How come Pira's can't learn? Two of him moving the left. I mean, he was, would be a liability out there as far as

arm left field make the new guys learn the position and that's about it done it I mean I'm hang up a listener thank you but was that his phone line or our system I think it was I don't know it's our system our system sucks it doesn't matter

we think we figured it out for the most part um okay to the first part of the question I mean again I just gave advice in the last thing but I would take if you're not happy with what you're getting right now, take a short term and see what could happen.

But it feels like, man, I don't know. I don't know. I'm tired of it feels like because I'm not, I'm, I'm not reading the room, apparently. Unless he is just absolutely Ross set on seven years or six years

and a higher value than what the Astros are giving at this point. It seems like that's what he said on. That's what Bob Nightingale is saying. Yeah. But I feel like that tweet would mean a lot more in like December 9th. It's February 6th. Hey, you know what? If you're making a six-seven-year decision, what's a couple of weeks?

But teams don't operate that that way, though. There's not a Major League Baseball team, I don't think. Now, maybe I'm wrong. That's sitting there going, man, we're going to keep holding this spot for you until you take it. I mean, we'll wait for you. even Ross, even great college football and basketball teams don't wait forever for kids to make up their mind. At some point, they do put him on a clock. Okay, well, is Breggman on a clock? It doesn't seem like it.

Clearly, he's not, yeah. And again, if Alex Breggman signs on your team tomorrow, you are, whoever gets him is going to be better than they were yesterday or better than they are today. That's indisputable. Yes. but how many teams and all it takes us one but how many teams are sitting there going

we've got this spot we're holding in for you and oh by the way we've got our budget set for 2025 like for instance in our company and most companies the budget set the budgets you can't go on beyond the budget without having to go through massive amounts of overhead in terms of talking to bosses and bosses

now granted in baseball is a little bit different you go to the general manager and you say hey you go to the the owner and say, hey, I want to bring Brugman in, it's going to put us over the luxury of the threshold. Are you willing to pay it? And if the owner says, yes, I am, then it's a moot conversation. There's no hard cap to that. But most companies don't operate that way. Most companies say, all right, we have a dollar amount that we've set. We're putting it in a place when our fiscal year starts, and we can't budge from that without having to get approval from

several people above us. But as we've learned, sports don't work the way the normal businesses do. Oh, man. The great thing about Bregman is, and this is like with any other professional athlete, Ross, is he doesn't worry about a paycheck. He's not, he's not going to, if he doesn't even play a single play in 2025, he's got nothing to worry about. His grandkids, Knox's grandkids are going to be taken care of. They should be.

But holding out for seven years this late in the game. I wonder if, I apologize for saying, I wonder again. Is Boris calling these teams every day saying, man, look, just get him the extra year. Look, get, give me, give me, I've asked for 20. Let's split the difference. Give me 10. He'll come your way. Or is Scott Boris?

I don't know. I got to worry about my 2026 clients. I'm done. I mean, are these checking with everyone every week and like, all right, you haven't up the offer? All right, check with the next week. Because he hadn't certainly hadn't checked with the Astros. Apparently Dana Brown did it at the lunch. Dana Brown said he's been owning him a call for three weeks.

He lost his number? It's like that text you were supposed to return. But you didn't do it. So people get grumpy. Like when Ross, you don't return my text, I feel somewhat offended. Scott Borough's got to be offended by the Astros. I don't know what's going on. That's why I really want somebody to tell me the gods of the truth when it's all said and done.

Somebody's going to, you know, again, it has come from both sides. You know, because the player will I say something, and the agent may say something, but the general manager around baseball may have a different story to this. Because here's what I don't think. For Bregman, who needs to be with, he's going to be with his new team,

and it has to have a good first impression, because, again, he has been typically a slow starter. The last thing Breg wants, or for that matter, deserves, is to go somewhere new, rush himself into spring training, and get off to a 185 start. Because that's not the legacy I want that guy to have, because he's awesome.

But maybe he's willing to sacrifice that early season struggle to get that eventual dollar amount and year length that he wants. 1244. It is about Toma show with Raw. 713-2-790. 7-13-212-5-790. If you want to join us via Twitter, you may do that as well. It's at SportsMT, at SportsRV, and at Connor D. McGovern.

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Trade deadline clock. One hour, nine minutes remaining. We are your official NBA trade deadlock station. Ross, there's a bunch of mid players being traded today. This has got no steam to it whatsoever. That's rude. We need some careful. Okay, here we go.

You tell me when something sizzles. You ready? The Phoenix Sons are training Yusuf Nerkich in a 2026 first round pick to the Charlotte Hornets for Cody Martin. Vasily Mitchitch and a 2026 second round pick. Your thoughts? Yusuf Narkich is good. Okay. You like that?

Yes. Here we go. The Atlanta Hawks are trading forward DeAndre Hunter to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Karris Levert, George Nyang, three second round picks and two swaps. How does that sizzle? How does Karris Levert feel going from the best team in the east to the ninth team in the east? You know what? He's got his bag.

He ain't worried about it. Poor guy. Next. Milwaukee trading Patrick Baldwin and cash to San Antonio. Patrick Baldwin? And cash. Okay. Would you like to be a part of a deal involving cash?

No. You never want to. They've traded just for cash considerations. I mean, do the Spurs have a Venmo account? I mean, if you do, can you, you know... I don't know. How does that work? That's a good question. Does they zeal it or do they Venmo or whatever?

DeAndre Hunter is a good pickup for the... Cavs. He's a good six-man, for sure. By the way, I've never Zelled before, but I've vimmoed. Okay. Somebody told me with Zell, if you make a mistake, tough luck on you. I think Vennmo's like that, too. Really?

You can't retract it or anything like that? Yeah. So if you sent somebody $50 by accident, it would be incumbent on those people to send the money back. Correct. Damn, dude. Raptors are trading Davion Mitchell the Heat for PJ Tucker, a second round picking cash, but a lot of cash deals. All right. The two most interesting players that are left that have been possibly discussed in a trade. Kevin Durant.

Yes. Zion Williamson. Yes. The clock is ticking. I don't hear a clock. Oh, I mean, metaphorically, Matt. Here's the real clock. There's the clock.

Do you want to hear it for the whole next hour of the show or what? No, because our show is timeless. Hmm, it is? Yes? That's great. Matter of fact, I think you're going to go, I think you can stay on those 6 o'clock leave right up into Rockets. No, I'm good.

No, I'm good. I do have Rockets LaunchBad for you coming up at 6 o'clock, though. Ooh, you do, and you don't have email a doker interview to play today. I'm sorry. So what? I don't care. Yeah, but that usually takes care of, you know, the host half of their show. No, though.

Okay, whatever. I don't even want to hear from you. All right. Okay, either one of those guys intriguing for the Rockets. Either one of them. I mean, they're both intriguing, but I don't think you would give up the assets to get either.

Too many question marks about dedication and staying healthy with Zion Williamson and staying fit. Yeah. You know what it is, though? And honestly, God, Rossi, I think I've only called maybe three or four of his games over the years.

That's really very bad to say because we play the Pelicans four times a year. That's how much few times I've ever called his games. But when he's on the court, as limited as he is, he's damn good. He's amazing. He's not impossible to cover, but he's much more difficult because he can put his back to the basket and beat you up and push you aside. And then he can knock down a 19-footer. I mean, a running, a stop, set, shoot.

I mean, he can bring. First down the court, put the ball in his hands, and jack up a shot and make it. But man, there's been not enough of that. This is a God's honest truth. He just hasn't done enough of that during his NBA career. He's averaging 30 and 10. He's just only played 15 games this year. 15 out of a possible, what, 51, 52 somewhere in that range?

Probably. Crazy. Did play 70 last year, though. Yeah, they had to play the plan to make it 70. I don't know. I'm on his basketball reference page. It says regular season, 70 games play. That's what I'm going off of.

The only one I'm going to lose on us, he's going to keep playing past 30 because there's too much money for him to make. Somebody, when he leaves New Orleans eventually, not a matter of if, but when, somebody's going to say, we're going to put him in our camp. We're going to watch his weight.

Just like Ross, they're saying about Luca Dachis in Los Angeles. We're going to tone him up. Yeah. He's going to lose that flab. He's already got a big extension, though. he signed until 2028. You're talking about Zion? Yes.

Okay, I was talking about Luca. Oh, Luca's about the Super Max. Every single... Was past dance. Yeah. He's just going to be regular Max. Oh, I'm sorry, Max, yeah, that's right. Lakers went on that, too.

They don't have to supermax them. Nope, they do not. Ross, if somebody was paying me $200 million, $45, $50 million a year, I would never cook for myself, but I would hire a full-time chef. and make sure that he wasn't feeding me crap. I'd have an ankle bracelet around me that if I was anywhere near a drive-thru would go off and my trainer would call me

or come chase me down and just yell at me. Yeah, I would just eat shrimp po-boys and red beans every day. So you'd be to take the money and don't give a damn butt your body after that. Yeah. Okay. I mean, there's a lot of athletes that have done that, for sure. Just give me the surf and turf po-boy with shrimp and the debris on it too.

Ooh, the debris. That's good. It's real good. Norland is a great food town. It's a little about its crime and people peeing on the streets and whatnot. Excellent food. I wonder what the table limits are at Reesers.

Ooh, Super Bowl week? Uh-huh. Can you get a blackjack table for less than 50 bucks a hand right? No. There's no way. Maybe now 1 p.m. But at night, no way. It's Thursday.

It's Thursday before the Super Bowl Sunday. I said maybe now. Maybe, but probably not. The first Super Bowl I ever covered was in New Orleans. And I remember going into, that was then called Reras. And it was $25 a hand. This has got to be going back. What was Brady's first Super Bowl?

2003? 2001 against the Rams? Yeah, I was there for that one. And $25 was a lot of money at that point. I know. No, it's a lot of money for me right now. It's a lot of money for me right now. Oh, look at you, high roller. Well, I'm just trying to play the odds a little bit.

Slow it down the slow it down. Win big, lose big, same sentence. But yeah, $50. Oh, I can't even enjoy black jacket $50 a hand. Yeah, you can. If you're winning. Well, I mean, if you're getting 20s, you're having a great time. You're sitting at a pair of four.

You've got 14s all over the place. You're not having this much fun. But it is, it is, everything in New Orleans is, I wonder if, I mean, do the restaurants in the area up, start charging more? Like if you go to a Gordon Beersh and get you a cheeseburger and onion rings or whatever, is it going to knock on $28? Don't go to Gordon Beers if you're in New Orleans. Well, because everything else has got long-ass lines. That's true. I mean, if there's a city that can handle the Super Bowl, it's, they've hosted the most, right?

Do you think, do you think Michael Garfield could chat and cut at mothers this week? No, he will. I know he will. Yeah, he's a chatting cutter all over the place. Happy birthday to him, by the way. Yeah. Do you get invited to the party? No.

Did you want to go? No, I don't really hang out with a garf like that, but I mean, I'm wishing him the best. Of course you are. He got the 60s. He's feeling good. I mean, proud of him. That was good. Yeah.

But he is the ultimate chat and cutter. Mm-hmm. That is for sure. All right. One hour left to go, Ross. What will be talking about in the final 60 minutes of the Matt Thomas show with Ross? Uh, more Bregman talk coming up. All right.

NBA trade deadline down to an hour. Believe it or not today in 50 minutes from now. And more on the offensive line coach that was already on staff, who wasn't the head coach, a head offensive lineman, who's the assistant offensive line coach, now is the head o line coach. Hmm. Does Hannah know about this? Probably.

Hmm. Is she endorsing this? Or did Nikki C. go around her and say, hey, Cal, don't tell Hannah, but we're going to keep one of our O-line coaches here in town. And Cal's like, oh, I got this. Yeah, I'm sure Cal's on top of it. I sent Hannah over to Off Fifth. She's doing great over there.

She's about the whole store. One o'clock. Sports Talk, 7.90. Lunch timers. This is the Matt Thomas show. It is 105. It is the Matt Thomas show with Rossum here in Minneapolis. We're down to 55 minutes to the completion of the NBA trade deadline, which is 2 o'clock.

Rockets, I don't think, are going to make any sort of major move. We've already kind of talked about the two players that would be most discussed. If Kevin Durant does want to leave, ultimately Phoenix, if Zion Williamson might be moved from New Orleans, I don't dispute either one of those team guys being involved in it, but you never know. Could be sometimes a deal that's too good to refuse. Rockets against Minnesota tonight here trying to snap a four-game losing streak. Ross, they're going to win this again tonight because Anthony Edwards has to be tired. He scored 49 points against the Bulls last night.

Shot 28 shots in 37 minutes of play. Okay. He's like 23 years old, Matt. I think he's going to be fine. Yeah, he is 23. Sorry. Rockets favored by one and a half. You like it?

Let's go Rockets. Please do not lose five in a row. Please. I know. The Westerns, I was having such a good time as a Rockets is a team. two seed. And if they don't get rid of this street pretty soon, they're going to drop at the four.

Yeah. Nuggets taking on the magic tonight. Oh, they are in Orlando, too, or is it at home? Denver's at home. Seven and a half point favorites. Orlando's good, but they're hurt. All right, let's go Rockets is all I've got to tell you. Let's go Rockets.

Yes. Bob Nightingale earlier today saying that Alex Bremer wants a six or a seven-year deal. Well, he's got one. there's a six-year deal in the books. I always love the references that people try. You know, people try analogies all the time, right? You especially, yes. I mean, nobody else is as well as I do.

Mr. Analogy, we call you. Yeah, you should. By the way, 713212-5-790 if you want to come in and say hello, 7-1-3-21-5-790. This girl, Lauren, on Twitter, says, trying to hold on to hope for Alex Preggman is like thinking the guy who is nice to you every once in a while

when he's bored might actually be the one. You like that one? No. Trying to hold on to hope for Alex pregnant. Who is she a fan of? Is like thinking the guy who is nice to you every once in a while when he's bored.

Oh, basic I'm trying to put I'm trying to put the 60 works That's a Matt Thomas level analogy Are you confused about what she means by The relationship? Yeah, help us out You with the Youngens, what's that interpretation on that one?

I mean the guy's not interested Yeah, the guy is only interested when he's bored or lonely Yeah, so she gets her hopes up thinking he wants more So the Astros are the lonely and bored No, no, the Astros are saying who she a fan of She's an Astros fan Yeah I think Breggman's the lonely and bored one

and only comes Colin when he is lonely and bored. And the aster's... He doesn't work. Waiting desperately for more. Analogy doesn't work. That's a thumbs down. All right. So any of you... We ought to play a little game called the analogy game. Okay.

Who can come up with the best analogy between now and two o'clock today? Oh, boy. You're opening the floodgates. I mean, what else are going on? You want to get in... What else you want to talk about? You want to break down the Eagles versus Chiefs? FanGrafts did a breakdown of a playoff odds with her with a out Bregman for teams. I thought that was interesting, but I don't know if you do. Okay, so let me lay this out and then I want to

do hear this, because this is interesting. If you have a good analogy of what is going on with the Bregman negotiations or lack thereof, we want to hear from you at 713-212-5-790. I don't think we've got anything to give you, except just we'll give you your flowers, and sometimes that just is enough.

It's like everybody in every hotel I go to has their handout. They want a tip for this, a tip for that. I don't have any tip money for you, but I can give you a warm thank you. So if you'd like a warm thank you from Ross and myself, and Connor, for that matter, come up with a perfect analogy of what's going on right now with Alex Breggman and his future with whatever team. We can give away a T-shirt, right? You know what? I'll even autograph that T-shirt.

Oof. We don't want to downgrade the value. Oh, you're saying it would down-kate. De-value it. The option. If you don't want an autograph, that's it. autograph by me, I will not autograph it for you. Optional autograph. I like that.

An optional autograph. 713-212-1-2-5-7-90. If you can also give us an analogy on Twitter, we'll read those as well, and send those tweets to me at SportsMT. Now, Fangraphs. Rossi, you're the stats geek of the two of us. How much do you value fan graphs? Fan graphs is great. It's a great resource.

They've got a lot of good numbers. I absolutely suggest you check it out if you're into baseball. They don't treat you like dorks there What do you mean? They don't treat you like anything Who am I talking to? I'm reading the website Yeah, but I mean

There could be some super analytical stuff That makes absolutely no sense Yeah, there's a bunch of that But I mean, for us plain folk Is it a good website to go to? You know what? I'll give it a look tomorrow. Well, yeah, Matt,

if you like baseball And you want to read a little bit more And learn a little more about the sport, you can go there. All right, so what does Fangraves have to say? They did a, one of their writers did an article. They simulated the season with Bregman on teams and then without, and then what would the playoff odds change?

For example, Houston Astros. Without Bregman, they have them at a 70% playoff chance. With Bregman, they have them as 78. 8% change. Repeat that again for everybody to comprehend. 8% addition in playoff odds for Alex Bregman being on the team. They go from 70% to 70% to 7%. 78%.

So his wins above replacement is significantly high, right? I'm deducing that. But also, I mean, it depends on how good the rest of the team is like. For example, it has basically no impact on the White Sox making the playoffs. So he would be great for the White Sox, but he doesn't get them in the playoffs. Okay, that makes sense. So where he's going to have the biggest impact is where there's a team that's kind of teetering on playoff odds, and then he would bring them up. For example, the Tigers, they have 12% addition.

The biggest addition would be the Royals. You put Bregman on the Royals, their playoff odds go up 15% according to this article. It's pretty interesting. It has very little impact on the Dodgers, for example. Dodgers are making the playoffs no matter what. I mean, what player left they have not acquired could help them increase their odds of making the playoffs? So of teams that are being talked about that the Bregman could go to, they have at 12% added odds to the Tigers, putting them from 30% percent.

percent to basically 43. Okay. And then the Red Sox go from 45 to 56%. So about it basically 11%. So if you're reading this article and you're the Tigers general manager, you're thinking you need to sign Alex Bregman to help your playoff odds in a big way. Now, the only question at that point is, do you really believe what Fangraphs have to say?

Do your numbers support the exact same thing that Fangraphs? They don't have to be the exact same. If they say it's 12%, it's probably somewhere in that neighborhood. right that's providing that Alex Breggman provides the same run production and defense that he has in the previous parts of his career now you have to father time and a number of games over the years is

going to play into that so you're expecting the Bregman of last year to exactly play the exact same level of this year no they don't project that necessarily okay well that's good so what is it Alex Breggman projection this year can anybody come up with one or I guess everybody can yeah I can bring it up. It's going to take me

a second. But yeah, they do projections on all that stuff. Okay, 2025 projection for Alex Bregman. 22 home runs. Yep. OPS is 763. So that's the projection they're using

to add Alex Brigman. And we're saying we added, we said decided last year that the OPS numbers are dropping league baseball wide. Usually you were it used to be if you were 800 you were consider good. Now we've dropped it. What do we drop it? 750 last year? Nah.

Yeah, maybe. 75? No, league, I can go find what actually league average OPS was from year to year. When OPS was in vogue, I mean, it still is, obviously. But it was very easy to say, if you were an 800 OPS hitter, you were considered a very good major league baseball

hitter. If you got the 900, you were considered an elite hitter. If you got to a thousand, you were a MVP candidate. And there was a lot of times that Yorna Alvarez in the last couple of years was OPSing over a thousand. Yes. His career number is close to a thousand.

That's crazy. Okay, so average OPS, let's juice ball era. It was 7.58, 2019. That's pretty, this is league average. Last year it was 7-11. 7-11 to me, I can't call you good. No, yeah, it's average. That's league average. I just call you good old-fashioned. And I don't know if I don't know if I can make you,

if you're an OPS 725, all of a sudden makes you a little bit above average. Maybe we can, maybe we'll move it to like 775 making you have been that good time. 775, sure. Breggman last year 768. We have Jason on Twitter has given us another analogy. We're looking for analogies of this Alex Breggman situation. 713-212-5-790.

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With Ross on Sports Talk 790. A couple of quick things. Just listening to ESPN in the last couple minutes. This guy Bobby Marks. We like him, Rossi? I don't know much about him. Former general manager, right? I have an NBA.

Yeah, he's kind of the ESPN capitalist type guy. Yeah, he thinks the best fit for Kevin Durant would be to come to the Houston Rockets. Hmm. Hmm. Why does he say that? Well, I mean, you could clearly put him in the starting lineup as a perimeter guy. Secondly, it's a young team. 30 wouldn't have to carry all the heavy lifting of trying to score 30 points every single night.

And I think four, it would be a chance for him to go to a team that would be out of the playoffs into a top, you know, hopefully top four position. I don't know. I mean, I think everybody's just trying to say, where is Kevin Durant? I mean, no one's saying Kevin Durant fits well in Atlanta. Kevin Durant fits well in Chicago. He fits well anywhere. He scored 30 points a game. I don't know.

We'll see. You can look at somebody one minute and say that he is going to stay in Phoenix for a long term. He wants to be a team. And then you've got other people saying this will be his last season there. Maybe Kevin's just, he's just a change of scenery guy. Don't you have somebody in your life that you work with that just can't stay in Pat for more than a couple of years somewhere? Hmm. I guess.

Maybe not in our building. But I mean, we have friends that I have one friend in particular, just texts me and got a new job today, as a matter of fact. I mean, there's just some guys that just need constant change of sceneries. And then one of the thing, Brian T. Smith, we had on the show earlier today. It was good catching up with him. Is it the Fox Media Day event where, you know, all the broadcasters get out there and they talk? I don't know.

Well, I'm here, I'm telling you. There's a day where the Fox, the network that carries the games has a media day. Okay. They go interview, people can interview them, I don't think. So Howie's there. Tara Bradshaw's there. Wonderful. He is there.

Kevin Burckhardt is there. He's calling the game. You got Tom Rinaldi, if you will. You have a Michael Strayhan, if you will. You have a Mike Pereira, if you will. You have an Aaron Andrews. There's one name I've not mentioned so far. Hmm.

Who? Tom Brady. Not the press day. event. Oh, why not? Because he's a diva. He's been, maybe he's busy. Doing what?

Maybe something popped up. You believe that or not? He's got to go, uh, load up some pallets at the TB12 factory or something. Maybe he's having Benitez at Café de Ma'an, the lines long, you know, because the line can't be wrong there. Yeah, but it moves fast, Matt. Cash only, by the way, if you want to go to Kevin. You see, that's why it moves fast. You see that line, that thing moves.

So if the line moves, then there's really no reason why he shouldn't be at the convention. Yeah, you're right. not a team player. Greatest of all time. Not greatest TV analysts of all time. Pat Mahomes is coming for that title. That right. Sal, what is at 125 on 790?

Sal, good afternoon to you. Hey, Matt. Hey, Ross. As far as Mr. Breggman goes, I really don't want to see the news conference where he says, this is where my heart always was. I always wanted to stay with the Astros.

I just, I think Dana Brown was so smart in picking up the players he did and taking care of the roster. And obviously, not waiting on Bregman. Imagine where they would be if he didn't make those roster moves right now. The other thing is, remember Bregman had a tender elbow last year? I don't think anybody even talked about that. I mean, they were talking about he's going to switch to first base.

His elbow was going to blow out and all this stuff. So I just think the Astros were pretty smart when they let you. Correa walk and it let Springer walk and they always seem to rebound and I mean I think they are better with Bregman but you can't let them hold up the team for Fort Knox. It just, it just shouldn't go. And that's how I feel. One comment about the Cougars, if I may. I've thoroughly enjoyed watching the last two overtime games with Kansas and Texas Tech. And what I do come out of that is they really miss having shed, I mean, controlling those games at the end of those games. I just wish he could have stayed another year.

But anyway, thanks for listening. I'll talk to you guys later. Thank you for the phone call. Yeah. You know, let's go back to the first point. The Astros did want to keep Bregman. Rossi, in my mind, they never really thought Carlos Correa was going to sign here. So they didn't put together a real authentic offer.

They never really made an offer towards George Springer. they knew that they were going to be well outpriced by Garrett Cole. I think the Astros, I mean, look, they haven't been perfect. They've done a lot of things that are head scratchers, but that's with every sports organization. They properly prized the market. They just did. Unless something comes out of this in the next week, 10 days, two weeks, that gives it well north of 156, they measured this.

They did their comps. They did their analysis. they went in the deep dive. Their deep dive said 6156. And they've stood on it. They've stood on it from all reports. Yeah. Maybe there's a little wigger room to 160, 165.

I don't know, but I haven't heard that. Unless Dana is just being the ultimate liar and saying, I owe Scott Boris a phone call. Because maybe he's on the WhatsApp app. Who knows? Maybe he could technically be telling us that. The fact that they haven't re-engage really just means that the offers out there, if you guys want it, take it.

If not, we're building our team with it in mind that you're not going to be here, that Alex Braggis is not going to be here. Yeah, yeah. I just, you know, some people thought it was just a not a disingenuous offer, an offer that was going to be scoffed at immediately. And I think it was scoffed at immediately. And that's why you go kick the tires somewhere else. I mean, we've all done that in work. You know, when you've gone to a, Ross, you ever sold a car in one of those companies, companies that this is sell us, you know, buy us your cellars your car.

No. Oh, man. We're going to get you out doing some more things in life. You've got to own a car for you, so on, Matt. That's true. Are you tired of doing the easy lease thing? I guess. No, I'm just kidding.

I own my car and I'm keeping it forever until the wheels fall off, baby. But, I mean, I've gone to those places before and I've said, hey, this car is in pristine condition. It's got low mileage. Oh, we're going to offer you, you know, 14, $1,500 for it. You're going to do what? I'm going to the competitor. I'm going to go get $17,000 from it. I'm going to go get $17.5.

I'm going to go get $18. And you go to other places, and nope, $14.5. By the way, this is a great analogy in my part. Man, it's absolutely wonderful, Matt. You're knocking this one out of the park. We have some analogies coming into the, on Twitter. Yes, we do.

What's a believe or not? I need it right now. Done Minnesota. Done the Timberwolves. I don't know. You got, you know what? I'll read, I'll give you a little bit of space. Virginia Hallis McCasky has died.

At 102, by the way. What's going on the background there? Adam Clinton opened the door and somebody's yelling the hallway. Do you tell Adam Clinton if he wants to come in early, that he can jump on the microphone and finish the show for both of us? Until then, get his ass in there at 2 o'clock like everybody else does. You think Chas would come in early on our show and come settle in on his show? No.

He's getting. He's ready to rebut. He's getting his headphones. We don't, we don't chime in early on the Sean Salisbury show. Hey, there's certain stations in town. They're like, hey, we got to do crosstalk before the show. You got to be in there 10 minutes early. Did you know that? Matt, I like cross talk. Should we start doing that every day with all our shows? No, it's because it's a meldine segment that people figured it out. Well, we don't do that.

We don't do meld-in segments here. I like cross-talk. What do you got against cross-talk? All right. You know, let's try it. A.C., what's on the one, what's on the two to six show today? I'm very busy. I don't know. This is like when you ask Ross what's going to be, believe it or not, and he goes, uh, and then the cricket sound bite and all the bits that you guys do. You hear that? Was that a good segment there?

He didn't even know what is on his own show. Well, Wex is on my show. That's all I have to say. So Wex organized the show and you just come in, sit down, put your headphones on and call today. Wouldn't you? With Wex? Yes. 713. 2.12.570.

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shout out to the entire Paul Nets family, Ross. I think it's a Polly Walnuts reference, which is a Sopranos reference. It flew right over your head. Correct. By the one of the soprano guys was at the Knicks game internet, did I tell you that over that already? One of the uncles. Uncle Guido was there, I think. Mm-hmm.

All right. Time to rate that analogy from Wally Paul Nuts. Alex is that guy who walked away with the most beautiful, intelligent, loving lady in his life. Despite her still telling him he can come home, he can home, he's waking up with strippers at noon and hasn't brushed his teeth in weeks. Hmm. I guess that's not the worst one I heard. The Rockets are the, I mean, excuse me, the Astros are the beautiful woman. He's got waiting for him at home. Yes.

She's always got a spot in the house for her, for Alex. and yet he's going out with strippers and not brushing his teeth. Why isn't he brushing his teeth? I don't know. I mean, I'm more worried about his cavities at that point. Next, think this is from MPJ underscore 30. Okay.

Thinking Alex Bregman is going to sign with your team is like thinking the stripper actually likes you. Hmm. Nah. Alex Bregman's the one looking for suitors to get match whatever deal he wants. I'm giving that one a thumbs down. Yeah, it feels like to me that is, that's a good comparison to other things in life.

So MPJ underscore 30, hold on to that thinking the stripper actually likes you for something else down the road. Wait, she doesn't really like me? Well, if you can help her pay for her college and her baby, she said, I'm so cute. And her, and her various drug habits? Here's what she said to you, Ross. She says, are you proud of me? I mean, you don't know me, but are you proud of me? I mean, I'm working.

I'm raising my daughter. I got a man in my life. And I'm hustling. I'm proven I can do this. I am proud of her, Matt. Next. Sam, the sports fan. The Bregman v. Astros offseason saga is looking more and more to me like Abbot and Costello are the lead negotiators,

and it's similar to their who's on first routine. The headline of this off season should be who's on third. Is it I don't know? third base. Yeah. Who's on first? What's on second? I don't know.

It's on third base. The rest of the outfield, I can't tell you. I can't remember. I used to love that routine. It's not bad. It's still a classic, honestly. It's one of the all-time great comedy bits. I mean, there's no swear words in it.

Yeah, it's a classic. Next. Back to Wally Paul Nuts. I woke up this morning, looked at my phone, no overnight text from anyone I love. This is how I think Jose wakes up seeing he's left on red to Alex. No. Alex returns. He's returning all two of his text.

He's returning his text. You know what is Texas? Anything new, bra, or bro? No, they're probably not even talking about it. He's just letting it be. Yeah. No, no, no, nothing, man. and then Jose says, love you, man.

Response back, love you too. Gives them a big heart emoji? No, I think they're actually so confident and so relax in their relationship, they can say they love each other and not have to necessarily go to the emoji card. Well, what if, what if, I could see Altovae like and they use a bunch of emojis? Is Altubi a big emoji? Yeah, I can see that. I will say yes.

The easiest way from, the biggest, easiest way from you to use, emojis is to end conversations. Hmm, okay. Don't you think it's kind of a sneaky good way to end a text thread? You just kind of a thumbs up. It's not sneaky. I mean, it's, yeah, you're shuffling people away with emojis, man. That's how you do it.

That's fine. Yeah, so if I ever, if you ever text me and we're back and forth and then I run out of things to say to you, and I just go to the heart or like or exclamation point. I mean, I'm trying to wrap this bad boy up. I can't be getting into a deep 20 text thread with you conversation, unless it's really intriguing and interesting. but normally that's just the informal way of saying

hey broad it's been good talking with you gotta move on all right let's see is there any other ones we gotta get to I've not mentioned yeah I got another one from EZ it says Breggs is holding out it's like a sugar daddy that offered a BMW 5 series

but she wants a 7 series and some cash hmm in this case I guess the Astros are the sugar daddy yeah I took a 5 series to Atlanta in 1996 that thing can still move. Yeah, 7 series is nicer, though. Oh, no question.

But I got to 110 on I-10. Don't tell anybody. Oops. And then you got all upset when Adam Clinton was driving fast. Yeah, because I at least trust my own ability. He was on the phone talking. He was checking his phone. He was talking, you know, no.

Adam Clanton... That's because if I don't answer your text message within like an hour, you start breaking out in hives. Yeah. It's the block. That's right. The rule is I would lock your phone. Although you were sitting next to me, so that doesn't really make sense. No, it doesn't at all. Did you not like the challenger? Did you not like the challenger?

It was a great ride. We had a good car. That was a good, that was back in the day, day. You were married at the time. I was very single. I wasn't with the rocket's the time. A lot of disposable income, Matt. Yeah, you introduced me to dude wipes. It was kind of weird. Why is it weird?

Because one grown man should be talking about, how they clean themselves another grown man. I was just offering if you wanted to use them. I put them on the back of the toilet in the hotel bathroom for everybody. And then the thing, the magic words you said was it's tingling. And I'm like, I'm good. Well, that's because it's meant. 713-212-5-790.

Geo and a task accedo, the Matt Thomas show of Ross. Geo, good afternoon. Good afternoon, guys. Great show as usual. I think I got the perfect analogy set up. Are you sure? Jill, maybe. You just said, you just said you've got the perfect analogy.

Now, you know me. I give you a lot of grace when it comes analogies. The analogy hater is on the other side of the microphone over here. So I'm going to bow out and wait for Ross to evaluate your analogy. I actually think Ross is going to like this. And, Ross, you can elaborate, man, if I fumble it a little bit. But here we go. All right.

So Brickman is Matt Thomas, right? The Astros are sports talk 7. and the field is Price is Right. Ooh. Now, am I right or am I wrong? No, the field doesn't even know he exists in this analogy, Geo. I wish the Price is Right would call. I'd lead this place in a pot tick.

All right, guys. Good stuff, man. Thank you, Gio. Breakfast got offers from other teams. Price is Right doesn't know who Matt Thomas is from anybody, from Adam, literally. By the way, I got a text from somebody that said that George Gray, you know, the announcer for the show. is getting a divorce. And I'm like, what does that mean for me?

I mean, does that mean that he's going to be not focused on his job? Or is he going to be now super focused on making sure that he announces even better than it normally does? See? I don't know. How was Nate Burleson doing? Oh, God. That train wreck? Now I'm just pissed off.

17 minutes away from the trade deadline. Believe it or not is up next. Category, I have no idea. I'm not going to ask Ross again because he's got a lot. work on it. Is this the believe it or not clock or the trade deadline clock? Both I'm on the clock too.

Yeah, shut up, Ross. Focus, Ross. You guys got to call in. It's going to be a great game. Hey, Connor, what are we playing for today? We never did this beforehand. We should keep doing this. What are we playing for, believe it or not, on prizes?

We got tickets to the Outlaw Music Festival this summer. Then we also got tickets to Monster Jam this Saturday. Okay, so two excellent prizes to play for on today's edition of Believe it or not. 713-212, 5-190. 1712-790. It's 144. Believe it or not, is up next. And the last moments before the end of the trade deadline as you listen to Sports Talk 790. Hi, this is former running back of Herschel Walker. You're listening to Matt Thomas in the Sports Talk 790. All right. We got breaking news. Ross, what do you say? You want another one? I didn't even see. I'm in writing, believe or not.

Connor, you look at it real quick. Go look at Chams. Ross, you don't look. I don't think it's a second one. Okay. All right. I don't think it's a second one. Okay. The Atlanta Hawks that made a Trey with the Houston Rockets, Rossi? Trey Young?

No, keep going. I don't even know who else is on the Hawks these days. Is he Capella? No. Is he still there? They trade with DeAndre Hunter. So he's not there anymore. Nope.

DeJante Murray's been gone for a while. Yeah. What's it looking like, Matt? Cody Zeller. Oh. And a second rounder. And a second rounder. Has Cody even played this year?

He didn't play last night. Geez. I don't know. Does that do anything? You wanted to go with two sounders for Cody Zeller? Well, I mean, it's just trade deadlines. It's probably a salary dump situation. Yeah, I don't know.

That doesn't... I got to figure that out. All right, we have a call. We have a Bregman analogy. A couple more analogies are coming in here. Oh, really? Yeah. Real quick.

Real quick. Joe and Avin, what's your quick analogy on, on Breggling? All right, this one might go over the younger kids' heads. Houston Astros or Forrest Gump. Mm-hmm. And Alex Bredman is Jenny. Oh, come on, man.

Jenny the whore? No. She went and explored all of her options in life until she finally settled down in forest and it was too late. Wow, this actually might work. Jan Nay. Does Bregman get the Hiv now? All right, Chad. Chad Hartman on Twitter.

Brugman is a 7 that thinks he's a 10. He's at the bar trying to pull a 10, but it's getting later and he's striking out while the 8 he was with. The Astros is waiting patiently at home. That might be the winner. Wow. Chad. one more Trevor

the Alex situation is like me when I was in school waking up every morning in the winter months hoping school would be close for a snow day knowing in my heart it's never going to happen

but still holding out hope give the t-shirt to the guy with the seven the seven with an eight all right so Chad Hartman shout out to you Bregman is a seven and thinks he's at a 10

he's at a bar trying to pull a 10 but it's getting later and he's striking out while the Astros are an 8 and they're waiting patiently at home that's damn good

that's damn good By the way, a lot of dude-white conversation apparently hitting the world of the Twitter streets with some tingle references. Five minutes left to go on the show. What should we do? We should play America's fastest-growing sports radio game show. We simply call it B. Believe it or not. And here's how it works. You call 713-212-5-790.

7-13-212-5-7-90. Today's edition of Believe it or not is brought to you by League One volleyball. L-O-V-B.com. L-O-V-B-com for the latest professional league in Houston. Category is all things about Pete Alonzo. Read your statement about Pete. It was completely not really accurate. You'll say this.

Believe it. If statement is your warning is full of on command up, you'll say this. Not. You already know what the prizes are? Let's go. Brent on 790. You ready to play, believe it or not? Believe it.

Pete Alonzo was selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the 23rd round of the 2012 MLB draft but elected to go to college at Florida instead. Believe it or not. That is correct. Same number two for the win. Pete Alonzo is a Cuban descent, and his full birth name is Pedro Luis Alonzo. Believe it or not.

Not. No, Ross made that up. Congratulations. He's Spanish, though. Chris on 790, Chris, you're ready to play, believe it or not? Believe it. Pete Alonzo's polar bear nickname was given to him by his high school lacrosse coach, and from there,

it's stuck. Believe it or not. Not. No, Todd Frazier gave it to him in 2019. Duh. Statement number two for the win. Peter Alonzo's favorite baseball player growing up was Alex Rodriguez. Believe it or not?

Believe it. No, he hates him. Sorry. You got to hate him. It's something that his favorite. Ruben on 790. Rubin, you're ready to play, believe it or not? Believe it.

Pete Alonzo was on the United States Silver Medal winning baseball world baseball classic team in 2003. Believe it or not. Believe it. That's right. Statement number two for the win. Pito Lonzo still holds the record for home runs hit by a rookie with 53. Believe it or not.

Believe it. That's correct. Congratulations. A second winner. Nice to go. Tito on 790. Tito, you're ready to play, believe it or not? I'm ready.

Pito Lanzo's an avid huntsman and even hunted deer on the Netflix show Meat Eater. Believe it or not? Believe it. Believe it. That's right. statement number two for the win. Alonzo met his wife while at the University of Florida when she was a cheerleader there. Believe it or not.

Believe it. Ross, put that together in the last five minutes. That was not bad. Good work by you. Thank you, Matt. They met at the Cape Cod Summer League. Everybody meets the Cape Cod, don't they? And they stuck together through a long-distance relationship.

What a love story. Oh, my God. It is. It's unbelievable. It's heartwarming. It's beautiful. All right, let me tell you about League One Volleyball. You just heard me a minute ago, but it's a chance for me to give you a few more little tidbits on it.

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For more details, go to L-O-V-B.com. That's L-O-VB.com for League One volleyball. All right, Rockets and Wolves here tonight. Rockets trying to snap a four-game losing streak. We'll have the broadcast for you, beginning with a launch pad at 6, network pre-game at 630, tip time at 7. Up next, it's Minnesota. Mr. Tingles, Adam Clinton, along with Wex.

They are the A team. Talk to you for Rockets later tonight at 7. I'm 799.