The Ryen Russillo Podcast - Live in Denver With Special Guest Jeff Green

Episode Date: November 16, 2022

Russillo took the podcast on the road to Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox in Denver, Colorado! He is joined by Nuggets forward Jeff Green (0:37), before answering some listener-submitted Life Advice questions with Kyle (30:05) and, finally, a Q&A with the audience (57:03). Host: Ryen Russillo Guest: Jeff Green Producer: Kyle Crichton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

today's podcast a little different the live show from ophelia's in denver uh it was really a fun crowd i hope it comes through on the pod a little intro jeff green hanging out with us talking hoops he was incredible man man was he a good time. We had some FaceTimes from two people that wanted to do it and one guy that didn't, and an extended life advice. So hopefully you enjoy it and we'll be back to normal on Friday. This episode is brought to you by Uber Eats. Winter is here, so be prepared and get almost anything delivered with Uber Eats. What do I mean by almost anything? Well, you can't get a ski slope, but dish soap, definitely doable. Sunshine, that's no. A bottle of wine, yeah. And a snow day, again, no. But blueberry muffins with the delicious crumb topping, total yes. Get almost, almost anything delivered with Uber Eats. Order now. Alcohol and

select markets. Product availability may vary by region see app for details a lot of dudes a lot of dudes uh not surprising so first i want to thank you for making it out here on a tuesday night uh this place has been awesome it kind of came together last minute but i was afraid there was going to be some bad dates like what does this guy do again he gives out parental advice he doesn't have a fucking family. Yeah. But we don't, we haven't had a live show

for this podcast in over three years. The last one was Atlantic City. It sucked. One of the great things about this is everybody knows why they're here. And when we did it there,

it was a sports book where half the people were like, what, why is this guy in a microphone over there? And for those that have really listened to the history of the podcast, like the all-time worst moment

I think I've ever had for a live audience was we're sitting there, we're talking NFL, and there's this guy in like a rascal scooter. I thought he could have walked, but he put it in reverse, and you just heard it beeping while I was like, I don't know if the Packers have enough depth at receiver.

And it's like beep, beep. So it made the podcast. So I already feel like we're off to a good start. I love Denver. Everybody, all my buddies that are back here know it. A few of them may heckle us. Maybe one in particular named Mark will definitely do it. I almost moved here for friendship but i chose the

beach so after walking around today i feel good about it we did have um a couple legend invites out russell wilson passed probably the stats probably nothing to do with me. Probably the stats. Elway was a no. And then we booked Danny Cannell. A Broncos legend. Who his flight got canceled last night. So Kyle was flirting with some spoken word stuff. Which I think is still hot out here. But we're not 100% sure. So look, Kyle's going to come out a little bit later.

We'll do life advice. We'll do a Q&A at the end. We'll take pictures. We'll take care of all of you for, again, taking out this time. I think we have a table at Chloe later tonight. Is that still in the mix? Closed four years ago? We don't have a table at Chloe.

But, again, thanks to you. Take care of the servers. We've got a couple surprises, like we said. Really fired up. Thanks for coming. And we're going to hang out. Let's have some fun. A lot of people.

I didn't think it was this many people. Hello. Thanks. This is a long time coming. I don't think I've ever interviewed you over the years. I don't know if you know my passion that I have for you and your career. But let's start off with something kind of cool. You just came from giving out turkeys?

Yes, I just had a turkey giveaway at the Boys and Girls Club. Yes, I just had a turkey giveaway at the Boys and Girls Club. Obviously, I'm not too familiar with the area, but I know it was off 6th Street or something. I'm not going to quiz you. Close to the football stadium. Gave away turkeys, 25 families. It was fun. I had a good time doing it. Well, thanks for doing that.

And obviously, thanks for spending an off night with us here. So I love that it was a two-year deal in Denver. It was about time. If I had gone back, I remember I was telling you this. The night he was drafted, it was the fifth pick. You know, it's Odin, it's Durant, it's Horford, it's Conley. You go to the Celts, you traded for Ray Allen. And if somebody had said like, hey, because when you include Seattle with the Oklahoma City, it's 12 teams.

If someone had said to Jeff Green, Georgetown, like, hey, this is going to be, you're playing the league a long time. said like hey because when you include seattle with the oklahoma city it's 12 teams if someone had said to jeff green georgetown like hey this is gonna be you're playing the league a long time but you're gonna be on a new team all the time what would what would you have thought of this career that you've had back then yeah oh man i'm like people are crazy but um over the years you know you you just you let it go uh everybody's gonna have an opinion on you know, you, you just, you let it go. Uh, everybody's going to have an opinion on, you know, how you should have played, where you should have been in your, your journey, uh, as far as teams. But at the same time, I'm living out the dream, playing basketball for a living. Um, I always wanted to get to the NBA. And as long as I have that Jerry West patch on my jersey, regardless of who it's for, I'm going to be happy.

So, I mean, throughout the years, I've accepted what it was going to be. And I just mentally had to change my outlook on things and just had to say, whatever team it is, I'm going to just play hard. And whatever happens at the end of the year, whether it be staying here or not, I just got to live with the results of that and just continue to move forward with my life. I can't continue to dwell on why not me? Why am I not staying in this place? Because then it can become very, very stressful. Something that I've, again, from the outside and being lucky enough to talk to people that build teams,

the thing that drives me crazy about so many people in the media do is when the team's rebuilding, then they think everybody's going to be 22 or younger. And you're just like, well, that's the worst because all those dudes think they're going to be all-stars. They all think they're going to be max extensions. I like that you have now, not only as a productive player, but have added this, whether it's you or DeAndre, you guys have value in a way that I think is completely underappreciated. You need a guy around that isn't worried about necessarily where he's going to be in 10 years.

I just find it crazy whenever anybody's rebuilding with a team, you're like, a couple of guys like you are important to that rebuild. I don't think anybody ever really pays enough attention to that. They don't. They don't. I've been on teams where you have a lot of young guys, and you're like, hey, we need to sprinkle in a couple of bets. And it don't work because they don't understand. The young guys don't understand, obviously, what it takes to win. Like, I've been down that road.

I understand the journey you have to go through, the ups and downs. You name it, I've been through it. And it did not work. So, you know, when you team the management, they want to go young, go young, go young. And then they get mad when they don't win. You know, but it's something that you have to go through throughout your journey in the NBA where you're understanding what it takes to win. And now looking back at it's now 16 years, you know, when you go through it and you get on a team at my age, you're like, OK, I know what it takes.

You know, it's a lot easier to to accept, you know, a loss here and there because, you know, it's part of the journey. But you also know how to bounce back from, you know, how to galvanize guys in a locker room, you know, how to bring them together. And that's something that a bunch of young guys don't know how to do because they're all looking for their piece of the pie. And when it's not enough slices, it runs out. And that's when a team don't function well. Is it weird leaving the stability of the Brooklyn Nets to come to an organization?

I'm having trouble with it. This place is a mess, huh? No, I mean, I had a good year there. I would never bad mouth an organization or the people in the organization. I haven't been there the last two years. I've been here. I've been happy. I've been great.

I've been in a great situation. And so I can't. I'm not going to say something. You might be signed. You'll be a free agent. Who knows? No, I'm not going to comment on what they're going through because I obviously haven't been there the last year and a half. But, you know, they still have talent. You never know what can happen. I like to say when I was there, I used to be the one to, you know, make all that mess go away. You know, with my personality, the way I approach every day. But now, you know, they let me go.

So they had to go through it, you know, you know, but I mean, I don't know. But I am happy. I'm happy I came to Denver. I'm happy I'm out of Brooklyn. All right, let's talk a little bit about the Nuggets. You've played with, I want to get a scouting report. I got a question in here for you later. We'll see how we do with it.

But when I think about, you know, Kawhi's a great development story in the NBA. You know, when you look back at the history of the NBA, a lot of times it's like, okay, that guy's going to be a stud and that guy's ends up being a hall of famer. We've had some stuff happen in recent history where Giannis is this amazing development story. And I think, I think Jokic is a lot like that too.

Cause I remember the draft stuff and, you know, all of us saw it and you're like, what? And then, you know, you're going, wait,

this guy's seeing things that other people don't see. Was there a moment for you last year with this team? Like you played against him and everybody knew who he was but something that you'll never forget like this this light bulb going off and being like this is what this guy's like to play with i mean i have a lot of moments um uh with that guy from last year and obviously this year playing with him um but for me it was more so just knowing him personally, knowing his approach to the game,

his basketball IQ is off the charts. I think that's the one thing that stood out to me. You know, I watched from afar. I knew a little bit about, you know, being drafted second round, being a backup center behind Nert when he was here. And then all of a sudden, a couple years in, you know, getting his starting job, I knew a little bit about it.

But for me, the thing that, you know, really caught me off guard was his basketball IQ. And I found that just a walkthrough, just, you know, things that he's seen. You know, we walked through a play, and, you know, the different, you the different routes, I call them, as far as the reads. But it is. It's routes with him. Yeah, it is routes with him.

And the reads that he sees before anybody else sees, it's amazing to see. It's amazing to watch the way he goes through the game. It could be two plays in a row. I think we played Oklahoma um a couple weeks ago and and two plays in a row the first play they double from the baseline i cut he doesn't see it he passed corner he says run the same play so the same thing happens they do the same thing and he finds me and cut i get a dunk and that's the things that he sees, you know, before, you know, the plays happen. You know, he just missed the read that one split second.

But his IQ is, you know, off the charts. That's the reason why I was able to get, you know, career-high dunks last year because of him. It's not because of me. See, that's the thing about your career, though. Like, here we are, and I'd say once every three weeks you have an in-game dunk, we're like, holy shit. Yeah. Are we in cuss? Yeah. Oh yeah oh okay cool I didn't realize a little bit

I I don't like does anybody ever say like because you know it's a lot of guys be like that goes away it goes away you have one where you look like you've been in the league two years I like to smile because you're like, yep. Well, I mean, it's true. I don't like to talk, like brag about it, because I mean, it's guys, I mean, you look at LeBron. You know, I had the opportunity to play with him a couple years ago, and I think he's one guy who,

you keep saying I play with all, so you can say them all. He's one guy who I watch vivid vividly like his approach, you know, whether it be taking care of his body, his approach to the game. And I kind of took, you know, what he did and use it, you know, for myself and to go back to the dunks, like, I mean, I've been doing it for a long time. People will act when I do it, people are like, I, you know, I never did it before, you know, or they're surprised, but it's like, I do it, people are like, you know, I never did it before, you know, or they're surprised.

But it's like, I've been doing it for years. You know, 16 years, you can pretty much say each year I've had over 10 dunks where it's like,

God damn, like, you know, I don't know why people still trying to jump, you know, but it's fun. To me,

it's hilarious. You know, now, you know, I have fun with it. You know, one of my good friends is Kelly Olenek. We, you know, but it's fun. To me, it's hilarious. You know, now, you know, I have fun with it. You know, one of my good friends is Kelly Olenek. We, you know, we bonded a lot when we were in Boston. In the first game, I didn't even know it was him

because when I jump, I just jump. I just see the rim. I don't see nobody else. And after the game, he's like, damn, why did you have to do me like that? I'm like, what the hell are you talking about? And he's like, that was me that you dunk me like that i'm like what the hell are you talking about and he's like that was me that you dunked on i was like oh shit like you know my apologies you know and say sorry to your wife you know but you know sorry had to be you you know but no for me

it's fun you know it's for me it's a set reminder that to tell people or people around the league that i can still play i can still play at a high level um but you know that's been my staple now for you know the last couple years i was out in boston one night and i was with a date in beantown what's up and kelly olenek was there with a mutual friend and i i got up and went to the bathroom and he asked the girl i was with for her for her phone number so fuck kelly olenek so keep dunking on him um i got you more nuggets talk and i'm not doing this because i'm curious about this team you know what i mean like that next step is tough that's the tough one and i mean i have my opinion

you actually play for him so I'll ask you yours. I love this roster. The peak version of this roster will be the best version of this Nuggets team that we've seen in recent history. It's just a matter of Jamal getting back, the defense tightening up a bit, Malone, how many times

are you going to yell at Porter Jr. in a game? What is it how you see? I know this is going to be the positive thing or anything, but a real assessment of how you feel this squad is in comparison to who you'll be competing with in the West. Well, I always give real assessments because I don't like to just hand out positives and people walk away like, oh, shit,

we're going to be number one for a year. We have a lot of room for improvement, especially at the defensive end. But we also have a lot of room for improvement, especially at the defensive end. But we also have a lot of guys that are coming back that we still have to catch a rhythm with to make things go the way we want to. We have what it takes to win, no doubt. From our starting five, our bench,

we have guys who can play multiple positions with the signings of Bruce. Bruce Brown is big. You know, you can tell by the way he's been playing. KCP, great two-way defender. You know, Yoke, two-time MVP. You know, we have everything possible to win a championship. But we have a lot of room for improvement as far as gelling on both ends of the floor.

Defense, for me, I've always preached defense. We have a lot of guys who can score. We have a lot of guys who can score. So for us, our defense has to be top-notch, especially when we go against the Golden State. They have numerous shooters, Jordan Poole, Clay, Steph. There's a lot of weapons out there on that floor for them. Phoenix, Portland's been playing well.

Utah's been playing well um you know utah's been playing well we it's a lot of teams out there especially in the west that we're gonna have to compete when it comes april may june if we want to get to where we want to be where our defense has to be on key um and i think that's going to be our biggest uh stepping tool and that's going to be what's going to take us over the top because if we're clicking on offense, there's nobody who can score with us. But our defense, I think, is going to be something that we have to hone in on, and then we have to be all five guys together. Okay. As you mentioned, you played with all these guys,

and I was kind of going through it again because I got some rapid-fire stuff for you at the end. I tell this story, so I'm kind of teeing up how good I want these answers to be. We had Mike Brown at ESPN after he had coached Kobe and he had coached LeBron. I had him in studio, a little one-on-one. And I was like, all right, man, Kobe LeBron story's like, what do you got? He was like, they're both super competitive. And I was like, so you want a coaching job again, which is what happens when guys leave the league.

Like, I'll stop by here and cash some Disney checks for a year and not say anything interesting, and then I'll go back to coaching. And again, I don't really blame them because they're just constantly afraid. They've never had this moment of like, I'm supposed to be just unleashed with all these opinions. And some guys are like, I never want to coach again, so I'm going to let it fly. Give us the Skyrim reports on some of these stars that you've played with supposed to be just unleashed with all these opinions. Some guys are like, I never want to coach again, so I'm going to let it fly. Give me, give us the scouting reports on some of these stars

that you've played with that maybe we don't know. So let's start with KD. KD as a player, as the teammate, the stuff that maybe we don't understand what it's like to be with a KD every day. What kind of scouting report do you want? Whatever you think is the most interesting. How to

stop them scouting report? I kind of want the full scope of like when interesting the how to how to stop them scattering for it um i kind of want the full scope of like when you're talking to your buddies and and they asking these same annoying questions i'm asking you now like all right you know i think katie's here i mean i'm not asking necessarily to start some beef or something like that because no katie was i was going down that road i was i was almost there all right well no feel free to call him out he's going to be ready he He's 34 now. No, just give me specifics. Just share with us something about KD that maybe we don't understand.

Because there's times where I'll admit it myself. When it was the Giannis KD thing, I'm like, with the shooting package that KD has, how can anybody say anyone in the world is better than him? And then I was like, Giannis just plays with a ferocy at both ends that i just don't know that anybody else matches so like i was still hanging out and katie island going he's the best in the world and it was because of the shooting and it just i want shooting more than anything and then i just felt like i had to give in to yannis eventually it's good observation but like for for kevin like i've known ke Kevin for a long time we're from the same area from DC area high school

something you don't know it's hard I mean because he's an open book lately he's been more open well on the bad side a little bit more because he's been Twitter nothing I want to talk about. Here's what I would say that's the most positive thing.

I know what he thinks about things for real all the time. No, no, you're going to get that. That's why I say it's not positive sometimes, you know, because he can go off the wall a little bit. But basketball-wise, he's probably one of the most talented guys I've ever been around. He's a legit footer. I don't know why he keeps wanting to be 6'9", 6'10".

He's 7'1". And his skill set is unbelievable. He's talking about a guy who can score on all three levels, who can do pretty much everything on the floor. But he also works on his game like he's about to get sent down to the G League. Like he is always in the gym 20% more. Like his basketball, basketball, basketball.

He loves basketball. And I heard him say it a lot of times. And I think people laugh when he says it. Basketball honestly is his life. That's why he don't brush his hair. Basketball is his life. He'd why he don't brush his hair. Basketball is his life. He'd rather go out and just play fucking basketball. You know, don't care about how he looks.

He want to play basketball. And that's what I love about him. He's, you know, he's devoted. He's dedicated to his craft. You know, he studies his craft, you know, from, you know, guys, legends, George Irvin. Like, that was one of his guys so you know he studies his craft and you know that's why he's at where he's at today that was a great answer thanks we got i had to think about that one for a second so now that we're in that mode lebron

lebron was made in a lab somewhere in germany and was sitting here to just take over the league. I've never seen anybody. So when I can't, so when I got there, I'm like, all right, shit,

I'm six, nine, I'm two 40 and I'm a, I'm a big guy. So he walked in the, in the gym and I'm like, ah, damn,

like you six, eight and a half to, I want to say he's like 270. He can run a 4'1 and a 40. Like, he's unbelievable. And I thought I was athletic until I met him. He can jump, touch his head on the rim. But he's something people don't know. He's a big kid.

He's joking around 24 7 he's dancing singing playing around but you know he's you know he steals the spotlight wherever he goes off the court you know obviously not because of aura and what he brings you know from basketball he's just you know he's a light like people gravitate towards his energy and that's why you see a lot of guys who are in his team they gravitate towards him because of his energy how he brings guys together and you know basketball i mean you see it i mean he has every damn every record there is you know he's top five about to be number one in scoring which is absolutely amazing um and i learned a lot from him so you know i credit him to the longevity that i'm trying He's top five, about to be number one in scoring, which is absolutely amazing. And I learned a lot from him.

So I credit him to the longevity that I'm trying to have because I got to watch him firsthand. Were you more impressed playing with Harden or annoyed at the calls that he got playing against him? It's a little bit of both. A little bit of both. There's a right answer. It's a little bit of both, man. I mean, he's a guy who found the a little bit of both man i mean he's

a guy who who found the loopholes and the loopholes no it's true he found out how to trick the refs into getting you know the calls to you know finding ways to you know get the advantage on the offensive end uh in the game of basketball. I mean, he's creative. I mean, he's also skilled, and he can do a lot of things on the floor. But guarding him, I fucking hate guarding him because they're going to give him a call. What do they say to you, Jeff? What do the refs say to you? And you're like, you fell for that shit where he brought his arms up again?

That's what the refs say. You're going to fall for it four times? I mean. Wait, they say that to you? I'm pretending I'm you. No, that's what the refs say. They'll be like, damn, you fall for it four times? I mean... Wait, they say that to you? I'm pretending I'm you. No, that's what the refs say. They'll be like, damn, you fell for it again?

You've been watching him do it. Why did you fall for it? It's like, fuck, I thought he was going to shoot it. Honestly, I don't want to jump Jeff's jokes here. Your timing is impeccable. Thanks. I've been watching Dave Chappelle. Oh, I can tell.

I might get out of here. Dude, life advice to me. Kyle, you guys hit it off. I think the worst play in NBA history is Kawhi landing on Zaza. Because now... You said the what? Well, I'm exaggerating a bit. But Kawhi landing on Zaza Petrullia in that playoff series.

And the unintended consequences of everybody landing like an asshole after they shoot, and then somebody be like, no, no, that's how you land. You always go forward. Except when no defender's there and they all go straight up and down. It's a thing now. It's what I challenge the refs on. So we have an NBA ref meeting every year, and they go

over what they are looking for this year. And I always have a problem with that because it's like if I stop in front of a shooter and he jumps and he jumps forward to me, how is that a foul on me? It's not. I agree with that. And I say that, and he's like, well, you got to give him space to land.

It's like, well, I might as well just go sit down on the bench and let him just shoot it because they don't understand the spacing and what it takes for a guy to actually defend because they're just watching with a whistle. But it is what it is. I propose the restricted area should be the three-point line. It should be in about 10 years.

Okay, we got rapid fire with Jeff. Are you ready for this? I think so, yes. All right. Teammates. Chris Wilcox. My heart brother. That was a layup. Yeah, that that's the layup he's a terp yeah yeah I actually watched that's why I wanted to go to Maryland it's because of him him drew Nicholas Steve Blake dude him him in college yeah that was

like they won a championship when I was in high school if I've been taller I would have tried to play like him. But I hate Gary Williams now. And I told him that to his face. So I feel good. Luke Herring-Goatey. Luke Herring-Goatey? Why did I play with Luke Herring-Goatey? Did you?

Wait, I played against him in... No. That's not in college. Was he your teammate or not? True or false? In the NBA. I think you've had 225 teammates. Was that the most?

We're getting there. It's almost there, yeah. Luke Herringgoatee. Was that in Boston? Yes, 2010, 2011. Thanks, thanks. That's a long time ago. Okay.

Have you ever been listed as a center for an entire season? Are we doing just NBA? Yeah. Oh. An entire season? No. You are. When?

Houston. They just put you there. Oh, motherfucker. Yeah. Yeah. Because when you play with Harden, you have to get rid of all these other players. Never mind.

We won't go over it. I didn't say I was a center, but I thought P.J. Tucker was technically the center. He was a center for a whole playoff series one year. Yeah, my bad. That's right. Were you teammates with Ray McCallum? That's the guard.

That was the little guy. That little guard, yeah. He was thick. I don't remember that about him. Trying to help. Where was that? This was so dirty. I shouldn't have. He played 10 games with Memphis.

He got picked up in March after you were traded in February. Oh, I do remember. He was number three. I remember him. Detroit? That was dirty. As I was writing that one down, I'm like, you're such a dick sometimes. That was a low ball.

There's no way I was going to get on. Okay, last two. Dan Issel? I don't remember that one. Dan Issel? Wait a minute. I don't want the city to turn against you here. He's old.

My apologies in advance. No, no, he's like in the ABA. That was a joke. The fuck? You know, we got a good crowd here. We're just all into it. What's your career game high? 42 or 3.

One of the two. 43. Against LeBron. Against LeBron. Against LeBron. Yeah, I gave him that work. I was payback. He wasn't guarded. It was Shane Batty.

This is awesome, man. We got to do this again sometime. Seriously. Let me know. Give it up to Jeff Green. Start the NFL week off right with a no-sweat same-game parlay. Every Thursday from FanDuel, America's number one sportsbook. It doesn't matter if you're new to FanDuel or already have an account.

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17 straight points against Dallas. One of the best defenses, if not statistically the best defense in the NFL. They're going up against the Titans, as we mentioned. So we're going to go Packers minus three. We're going to go Christian Watson anytime touchdown score. And I was looking at Traylon Burks because I felt like he was in the mix more. Packers minus three. We're going to go Christian Watson anytime touchdown score. And I was looking at Traylon Burks because I felt like he was in the mix more against Denver. He had six targets, which ties a season high that he had against Buffalo.

But man, his yardage total. So I was kind of like, maybe I'll go a total. I'll go over his receiving yards. So the number is 32 and a half. But man, even with the targets, he doesn't really get that many yards, which is disappointing to me because I loved him at Arkansas, which doesn't mean a ton right now, right?

They've had to go back from Tannehill to Willis to Tannehill again. So he's only gone over that total twice, and that was against the Giants and Buffalo to start the season. And since then, his totals for yards in the next three games, because he missed some time as well, 13, 14, 24 yards. So I was kind of thinking like breakout, 32 and a half, but I'm fading myself.

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he was awesome at that. Okay, we're going to try something here. This might suck, but we're trying to make it up to you. We're trying to find Broncos legends on the fly here. All right. So we're going to just let me know back there if this sounds terrible.

You guys are going to be like you already got Jerry Judy if he doesn't answer this is the most typical thing ever that he's not picking up now like the show was pretty good up until Jeff Green or after I should say all right yep he didn't answer the worst well we have we have a chance at somebody else here and I'll tell you who the other one was when he when he gets bumped uh it's definitely not Ryan Carroll

alright grab Kyle Cannell's not picking up wow yes what's up family how we doing first time i see him today okay so we were going to facetime canal he has now been bumped from the show um this is kyle he's a thick guy yeah he's a big guy you don't't mess with him. So we're going to do some

life advice. We have some extra ones here. Are you ready to go? I'm ready. I have these sorted out here. Well, these sorts, can I first say? Yes. In on Denver. In on Denver. I've traveled a few places.

In on Cleveland. In on Denver. You guys are doing great. You're really working it. Okay. I'm out of cigarettes, so somebody's got to help me out after the show. We can get this guy some smokes.

That would be great. All right. Life advice. Lifeadvice. All right. Life advice. Life advice. RR at gmail.com. All right. Here we go. Six foot. 254.

But his bench is 400. Oh, 405. So he's not lying. When you do 400, it usually means you're lying. 405. All right. So impressive numbers throughout. All right.

This happened a little while back, but the repercussions are still reverberating. You can read the names if you want. This guy doesn't give a shit. It's the girls who are mostly involved. And I'm a thousand. No, that's 10,000 percent certain they don't listen to sports talk podcasts. Kevin might listen. Whoever Kevin ends up being in this story.

If he does. Sorry, this happened, dude. You got royally boned. So we're just using names. This guy. All right. happened, dude. You got royally boned. So we're just using names. So my wife grew up in South Carolina with a girl named Lauren. They were best friends for years. Lauren moved out to Colorado

after college. While my wife stayed here. But they remained great friends. While Lauren was in Colorado, she met a boy. A few years later, they were in South Carolina on a visit and mentioned they may be moving back. They asked if they could potentially stay with us for a bit if they needed to

while they found a place. We sort of said yes, but this wasn't some formal agreement, just friends talking. A few months passed with no more word at all. Then, out of the clear blue sky, Lauren calls my wife, says Kevin found a job nearby, is going to move to South Carolina. Lauren is going to stay behind for a month to do some unspecified work stuff and finish out their lease.

It's not a great sign. I want to spend the rest of my life with you, but can you go to South Carolina first while I try to get our deposit back? They asked if Kevin. OK, here we go. Finally, the meat of it. They asked if Kevin could stay with us for that month. We said he could, and that we'd work out rent or whatever. No answer from then on.

We didn't hear a peep until a week before his scheduled arrival. At this point, I jumped in. My wife, who dislikes confrontation, I don't mind it, so I took over from there. I suggested $400 a month, but I'd give him until the end of the month to pay since I knew money would be tight. Honestly, if somebody doesn't have $400, I'm not letting him move in with me. He started moaning about this and that, so I tried to be nice and said, how about $200 and you pay the day you move out?

He replied he would just stay in a tent. All right, that's such a red flag that if you're willing to live in a tent. On the property? Yeah. Oh, no. No. Insurance is through the roof. Have you ever suggested a tent?

No. No. No. A couch. Even a couch. Okay. Couch makes more sense. This guy's like, I'll just pitch a tent in your house.

Obviously manipulation, but I wanted to be nice. I said, forget rent. Just pay for your own groceries while you're here. You're a friend. I can help a friend. I'm a sucker, but whatever. I thought this guy liked confrontation. It sounds like he folded pretty quick. Like a tent.

So he moves in, but here's where the fun begins. We went to Hawaii the third week he was there. I was kind of nice because we didn't have to board our dog. All right, so he's taking care of the dog. The day we get home, he's packing his shit. I asked, what's going on?

He tells us that Lauren dumped him. Apparently, she had been cheating on him for months with a girl. She dumped this guy on us. She had clearly been planning this. She didn't have the guts to dump him face to face. So she got him out of her hair and used this as some sort of soft landing for him. Now she's getting married. I don't want to go

to the wedding. No shit. This is a heist. This is a fucking heist. I hate Lauren. She absolutely used me. Ruined her friendship with my wife and royally screwed Kevin, the tent guy. My wife was devastated. My wife was trying to repair the relationship, but Lauren refused to see how much of a psycho she is

The move was insane, right? I'm not of the line, I don't think I think we all agree that This is not something you would actually be like Yeah, all of this is cool and the emailer's wrong Yeah, we all make mistakes now This is going to turn out standing in a plane We're going to pocket back here that thinks everybody sits down

Until fucking everybody's gone, right? Okay I think we're all on the same page on this one Is what I'm hoping for back here that thinks everybody sits down until fucking everybody's gone right okay um i think we're all on the same page on this one is what i'm hoping for all right so i don't want to go to the wedding i couldn't care less um about her deal i think she's a horrible person my wife still has hope for the relationship but doesn't want other people or lauren to think that she's against her lifestyle like no what does that have to do? Anyway. Careful. Personally,

I'm only against scumbags who screw with people's lives. Not against anyone else. How do I get out of this wedding? It's in Colorado. Hey, one more time. I'm going to have to spend thousands to go and I hate her.

I hope her girl leaves her at the altar altar i hope she falls into a well on their honeymoon that was pretty mean that's one of the meaner ones we've ever read uh is there really any advice for this one other than the obvious like you just what's the protest you don't go the moral of the story was that guy packed up his shit because that's what i thought this was going was like now this guy's been here for two weeks in LA at least I think if you're on a couch for two plus weeks you're sort of a pseudo tenant now there's all these laws gets real

ugly so I thought I thought he's like we've got this guy now our friend bug or whatever it's gonna be a real estate question yeah I thought he's like landlord I think I think the moral of the story is this guy was like I'm packing it up i think that's great that they were he was packing it up but yeah don't go to this wedding no the real the real conflict is the wife actually still wants

to be friends with this person and then wants you to pay for Stockholm shit i mean there's got to be some sort of way to talk this out i don't i mean that's that's such a non-starter at this point you have all the evidence on your side you have multiple things to point to I don't want to go to her wedding you want her to fall into a well he should just write her an email and be like I don't want to go can I be banned I hope you fall in a well then I'll get banned and then the wife's like I can't even bring you and he's like problem solved yeah maybe maybe I think there's just got to be a way I wonder when these things come up I'm like you're telling us, but have you told her?

Is it sort of like a, like I've avoided many argument in my life and just told my buddies from frolic over there about it instead. And I wonder if this is his frolic. Like, are you just telling us and you haven't told her? Cause you know how she feels about it. I don't really think.

Yeah. I don't know that there's like something that we're supposed to unlock with this one. Like a lot of them, sometimes you'll be like, okay, wait a minute. Have you thought about this? If you thought about that, there's nothing else to think yeah i don't know that there's like something we're supposed to unlock with this one like a lot of them sometimes you'll be like okay wait a minute have you thought about this if you thought about that there's nothing else to think about don't go don't go don't go such a money suck a wedding ask kevin if he's doing anything or if he wants to go camping yeah let's go camping with kevin all right here we go man card we still we still using man card. Oh, hold on. Interrupting for a special guest. It is Broncos legend Danny Cannell.

True story. I did not hear the first call. So shout out to Matt O'Brien, who was there and DM me, said, Danny, call Ryan back. For some reason, my phone did not ring. And I was like, what is taking him so long? And he said between 1040 and 840, your guy's time. So I was like, what's going on? I did not see the missed call.

Man, you guys got a crowd. I'm so jealous now. All right right we do have some questions for you all right you ready uh do you do you think the night that we were in um where were we were in san francisco no no no not phoenix we were in san francisco denver carolina super bowl and we were at that big party early, and you and I had been drinking, and then Elway came over and said to you, hey, Danny, you're still part of the Broncos family. So what's the question?

I do feel like... Was that the proudest moment of your NFL career? It was definitely a top three moment, especially since you were there to witness it. Because I don't know if anybody would have believed me if you weren't there. I thought you were going to say our moment from that Super Bowl was when we ran into Daniel Snyder at the restaurant we were at and we both

kind of looked at each other and we were like, what a douchebag. And we could not have been more right. Yeah, he actually sucked so fast in 15 seconds. You were like, yep. It all checks out. I mean, it was the fastest I've ever disliked anybody.

And we didn't really even talk to him. You just monitored everything and you went, yep, checks out. That's all the questions I have. Do you have anything else? No, man. I'm just bummed I couldn't be there, man. You guys are right. My old

stomping grounds. I lived right there right off Wash Park in Cherry Creek. Miss Denver, man. You guys are the best. Well, Plummer's coming by later. He's got this sweet potato recipe he wants to share with me. Thanks, Danny.

Thanks, Danny. Alright. Hold on. We're going to try one more thing. Russ. Russ. Hold on, we're going to try one more thing We had a better chance of getting Westbrook Hey Scott, say hi to Denver this is way better for our expense report so thanks for doing this uh what are you up to tonight bud what's in the a's you know we had a double overtime game, which put us behind schedule to talk to Rhys Davis. So I'm horribly sorry to have kept you waiting here and the crowd there. This is fantastic.

This is reminiscent of the old remotes, only way more people. And I assume your technology works. Yeah, we didn't have to have Kentucky Fried Chicken put their logo all over our shirts. It's fine. But whenever Cal Heard and Greeny didn't already pick over, we were more than happy to eat. It's a good thing we're not still pissed off

seven years later. You know, I'd say things kind of worked out okay for both of us, but we still hang on to that grudge with an iron fist. What is all this about? What is going on tonight? Tame and Paul is after us, so I think we're going to finish up here soon. But what's good? What is all this about? What is going on tonight? Tame and Paul is after us. So I think we're going to finish up here soon.

But yeah, we got a little deal here. I feel this is a great little spot. Going to be back in Denver, my second favorite city. No offense. And yeah, what do you got? You got anything? You got anything? It's your spotlight right now.

I mean, Monday night shows are the kind of the big, got the juice. You know what I mean? We can follow Monday night football. Large audience last night. Tonight, juice, you know what I mean? We can follow Monday night football, large audience last night, tonight. Actually, tonight's a decent night. We followed Duke in Kansas, but it's, you know, the routine. It's the glamorous life of a late night cable host,

which ain't glamorous. I don't live in the beach in California. One of us won, and it's you. Before we let you go, Scotty, you know, you could have been one of us back in the day. Look, Scotty, back, you know, you could have played back then, okay? That's Chris Berman, by the way. I don't know if that's translating or not.

You, me, George, Bob. It would have been a good 10 o'clock. That's kind of a cool compliment, actually. Yeah, I'm like shitting on it. It's one of the nicest things anyone's ever said to you. So, hey, you're the man for doing this. We're going to hit up Barkley next. He'll probably answer. Bye, Denver. I love you.

Alright. That actually worked out way better than I thought. We're not going to hit a Barkley because he's not going to answer. Okay. All right. So this one, yeah, it was written in 2004, man card. Here's the backstory. 43, 5'9", 175. That's stout, right, Kyle?

I think he probably looks good. Yeah. I don't lift anything. I don't get paid to lift. What the fuck is he talking to with that one uh i served six years in the navy thank you thank you all right okay thanks for the service all right about a week ago i was a trader joe's with my family wife 36 one-time yoga instructor irrelevant to the story i bet but not irrelevant daughter three son 14 months as i was buckling my daughter and having loaded the car i found that she'd pocketed the but not irrelevant. Daughter three, son 14 months.

As I was buckling my daughter and having loaded the car, I found that she'd pocketed the little stuffed animal that kids are supposed to look for in the store. We can confirm this with Trader Joe's. Okay. Not sure I believe that. Back in the corner. Then what are they? They just tell kids to steal stuff and then you win a prize?

That's a bad precedent. I've never heard of that. I only, I stopped by Trader Joe's. They don't do it in LA. After Frolic Room. So it's just big bills and I've never heard of that. I stopped by Trader Joe's after Frolic Room. It's just big bills, and I don't know what's going on. Okay, so he's going to go back in. As I was heading back, I heard tires locking up and saw that my wife had nearly come together with another car in the parking lot. Our right front was an inch or two from the other car's left front, forming a right angle.

Very descriptive. The driver, mid-20s, 6'2", 225. Some size there. Jumped out and started cursing at my wife, yelling at her to get out of the car. He slammed both of his fists on the top of my car, over my daughter's head. Fuck no, I'm 50 feet away.

E-mailer screams, quote, save it for the guy who sold you those fake roids. I don't think that came off as well as he wanted to the room didn't like that one as much yeah i mean i was like man there's too many words for it to dig uh i drew back a big right hand and hit him with a rising left let's go we gotta fight on our hands so he fought this guy but i don't what was the right like a faint what is he talking about here all right hey but he did it on the run It didn't even knock the wind out of him.

He shoved me back maybe eight or ten feet. I had no chance against this guy. As I was standing up, him advancing on me, my wife hit him in the back of the legs with a shopping bag full of canned goods. Jesus Christ! She'd come around the back of the car. I full-backed him into a cart return. We got the hell out of there. So this

morning, my wife asked me to stop by Trader Joe's to see if the christmas goodies are there yet god i'm not going the emailers we're going to ralph's yeah right the produce though i get it um i'm going to do a bunch of uh fix it around the house stuff and pretend i forgot my daughter apparently told the daycare lady my daddy's not afraid of anything he fought a giant at the grocery store i like being a hero but i don't want to run into shoulders mcgee again should i tell my wife that i'm scared to just keep making up day of projects thanks guys life advice is the best part of the show

oh best part of a great show all right now i don't feel as bad um i right away something jumps out at me your wife's gonna figure out that you don't want to go to trader joe's if you keep trying to do this and that is going to be way worse having to admit your wife you're afraid of a guy that you're likely never going to run into again like I would just get it over with go to Trader Joe's man go you'd look for them fight the butterflies I had a few butterflies before I came up here it feels good feels good right you're facing Feels good. Butterfly's gone. I just think that she's going to figure this out. You can't say, no, I don't want to go to Trader Joe's like 20 times in a row,

and then you're going to have to tell your wife, like, I'm still afraid of this guy, that you're likely not going to have to fight again. I mean, what are the odds that you are going to fight this guy again? Or there's usually Trader Joe's. It's not like Alaska, right? Where does this guy live? He didn't tell us.

Maybe it is Alaska, but I don't think you want to have that conversation with your wife. Like the married guys here. Do you want to admit to your wife I'm afraid to go grocery shopping because of a scuffle? Yeah. Go to Trader Joe's, man. It's like dangerous. It's like, will they, won't they? So you like the danger.

Yeah. No, but it's like you said, it's probably not going so you like the danger yeah no but it's like you said it's probably not going to happen but spices up a wednesday that's for sure all right well speaking of let's spice it up don't get married thanks guy june 9th really needed to hear that all right um we're stepping up a notch here i've been hanging on to this one for a little All right. We're stepping up a notch here. I've been hanging on to this one for a little while. You've been holding out?

I just wasn't even sure if I wanted to read it. All right, so how's it going? I graduated college a couple years ago. Me and my friends started drinking a lot when we go out. I'm already choked up with good uh usually i'm a very shy person and two or three drinks makes me relax be more social no shit especially with the ladies i become funnier and more daring um and it's working all right but sometimes uh because i need more courage i drink too much to the point of blacking

out and don't remember anything the thing is is every single time i've ever had sex i was black out drunk and don't have any memory of it every time a lot of people are like bummed out about it this guy's hit rate is really high. It's a blessing and a curse. I'm not saying it's a great strategy long term. I'm just saying, I think people are ignoring the underlying positive, that it seems to work. You don't want to hear about yourself.

I know, I know. You're not supposed to say those things. Alright, so it's happened eight or ten times, and I only know that it happens because sometimes I wake up naked with a girl or because I straight up asked the woman I was flirting with the night before, and she confirms it. Or, for example, because one of my friends caught me in the middle of this random act.

I become insecure about that. I don't know if I count as a virgin or not. In the middle? Is he in a tent with Gus? What was that guy saying? Kevin. What do you think the science is on that one?

So he's saying every time he's ever had sex, it's been a disaster. He's young. Still not a great stat. But he wants to know, What do you think, Kyle? Is he actually a virgin? That's what he wants to know. What a great end to

a sad email. This is a problem. This is a problem. I'd say do your very best. It's a mission. It's a side quest. It's a main quest. Have sex without being hammered. Maybe it's beers. Maybe you's a main quest have sex without being hammered maybe it's beers maybe you're a liquor guy and that just gets out of hand i'd say i'd say switch your mode of alcohol delivery and uh mix it in water and just see if it see if you remember it dude come on

you want to remember it also get tested yeah i mean it's sad kind of sucks um but his buddies must be like it worked again i don't think yeah i think the science is pretty clear on what category you're in on that one um so i don't think you get to reset at all although that'd be really weird if you were talking about like how many people have you been with because Because when you're younger, you ask each other these stupid fucking questions like that. And he's like eight or ten. Everybody lies. What if he says zero because I'm always blacked out? And she's like, awesome.

I really like you. He doesn't even have any moves. Like he doesn't even have a move because he doesn't know what the fuck's going on. Maybe he has incredible moves. But he wouldn't know. I don't know. Maybe it's like the mask and he's just a different guy. You know what, Kyle?

You can't be let down if you don't expect the world. You know who said that? Did I say that? 311 said it. Oh, okay. In the frolic room. There we go. Okay.

This is a local one here. Let's see. Denver hotspot. Big fan. Denver guy with a girl's name. We'll leave it out. It is a girl's see. Denver Hotspot. Big fan. Denver guy with a girl's name. We'll leave it out. It is a girl's name, but it's not like, you know. Colby.

Right. It's not Sue. Wasn't able to snag tickets in time for the show, sadly. So I guess he's not here. So we'll see you outside then, huh? Do you think Kyle would be a Herbs guy? Herbs tonight? Herbs tonight? Herbs tonight.

Kyle. Kyle. Can I walk to Herbs from here? Let's go. It used to be my spot until I had a three-month ban in 2019. Is Newland emailing? That joke didn't work. Over my um would love to hear any herb stories you have i don't know we we used to have a bunch back in the day that place was reckless i saw a guy

take his pants off and dance with the band and nobody cared i'm not lying i don't know if that happened tonight but you never know. Yeah, right. Okay. So Herb's is a weekly bar because I was, what's it? I keep getting the name wrong. Is it Laramie, Latimer, Mortimer, Latimer? So that whole strip left a little bit to be desired because a lot of these places open on Thursday and not Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. So this is a seven days a week place.

Thank you. Okay. We have one more here. And it could be a little fourth. I don't know. This could end up. I love when he gets nervous about reading these. This might not even make it into the podcast.

Is the guy this is this is brutal this one's way too depressing i'm not ending on this one no no way uh where is this guys okay well you know what i'm just i actually have i think i can remember what it was is the guy here that emailed in about maybe coming to the show with or without his fiance denver dilemma are you by yourself? I guess you don't need any more advice then. Good for you, man. Sorry, dude.

He's here. It doesn't need any more pain. I think we know what the issue is. Surprise guest. No way. Better than Charles Barkley. Welcome to Denver, Chris Long. Whoa! Whoa!

How bummed out are you right now that'll do it for the show hey uh thanks seriously hope you took care of everybody here at aphelios this place is awesome uh hopefully we'll do it again we're gonna do a little q a up here up front so i'm sort of place is awesome. Hopefully we'll do it again. We're going to do a little Q&A up here up front, so I'm sort of saying goodbye first time, knowing I'll have to do it again. And then we will do some pictures over there as long as it takes to get all this done. I can't thank you guys enough for coming out here and doing this. And thanks as always to

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Like, how do you always, how are you able to give back to the people who always give to you? Hard one out of the gates. So you're asking what do you get for someone that like always doesn't need anything and then always does the right thing. Like he can buy everything himself. You know what I would do is I would buy something for somebody that's important in his life.

You know, do something for the kids's important in his life you know do something for the kids like I've got this buddy who I love to death college roommate and there's nothing I can do for him he doesn't need anything he's never gonna need anything I got his daughter's hoodies and like I'm a hero they're expensive so maybe that was it but that's whenever I'm faced with a dilemma of like what the guys are the worst trying to get stuff for him I hope this is a good answer and that if you can do something for somebody, the wife or girlfriend

or the kids, that usually solves the problem. I would say weird booze sometimes. Weird booze. Weird booze, yeah. Like a beer you've never heard of. Strange liquor. It's a conversation piece yeah one question the whole house

alright that's good we'll get out of here early you guys gonna ruin this? who's gonna ruin this? I'm cutting in line don't know sorry Danny you can make it

first of all Ryan you got me through my service industry job with Tales from the Couch 2009-ish. That's where it started. They offered me $75 an episode for that podcast. I'm still mad they didn't renew.

I know. I was like, are you serious? $75? And the thing is, too, is, you know what? I'm just going to shut the fuck up. Just keep going. It's a good segment. Thank you, Chris Ryan, for bringing it back.

Kyle, the question for you. When you're looking for that right dive spot, the HQ, what are the qualities you're searching for to really know that it's time to plant roots and make this your bar henceforth? Okay. Lighting's big. Lighting's big. Exposed brick,

a plus. Not necessary. Scout the bouncers. How do we feel? What's the response when i dropped that 40 on the first beer you know what i mean when it's like you'll tip 40 bucks on your first beer yeah it's a one-time thing though you know what i mean like okay every bartender or just the one well you you get a good feel about a place you're like all right i'm gonna do something here and it's 40 bucks on the first draft. And then we'll see where it goes. It's like, thanks, asshole.

It's like, all right, well, we'll keep it moving. But yeah, I mean, the regulars too, you look around. I mean, I've got no problem sitting at a bar by myself for hours on end. But if I'm sitting by myself and it's not working out for like a day or two, it's like I'm not going to do it three days in a row because then I've got a problem like the blackout sex guy and it's just different. But it's the same, if you know what I mean.

But so yeah, it's just, it all matters. Bathrooms too, you know, I appreciate a clean bathroom. Bathrooms? Bathrooms, cleanest bathroom you've ever seen. I feel like the worse the bathroom, the better the hang. But that's just me. Yeah, I'm surprised by the bathroom. You just want a trough, don't you?

Everything made sense. You just want a pig trough. Hey, fellas. Thanks for doing this. This was great. Really enjoyed it. Dolphins fan. Moved here from South Florida about four years ago.

I am now the Mountain West president of Mountain West region president of Tuanon. And I just I've got some, I'm just fucking around. There's not a thing like that. You can't really tell us if you are. But between you and Simmons and Sal, lots of hate for Tua.

You called him a backup before the six touchdowns against the Ravens. I said he looks like it and I don't want to say it out loud. I said it out loud. And then he threw six touchdowns. 1,200 yards, 10 touchdowns. Right, and his own team tried to replace him with Deshaun Watson, but whatever. Fair point, but Steve Ross has got other issues.

But 14-1 as a starter. Just wanted to see if you're ready to kind of go back on your initial thoughts. Well, I mean, I've already been wrong about it. The stats are so stupid. Like, I can't even believe that they're this good. He looks like he's going to get that second contract. But I still think there's parts of that game where, I mean, it's a credit to all of them. It's a credit to all of them that they, you know, you can't believe that coaching doesn't do this more often.

But they're like, what does he do great? What does he do bad? Let's make sure we do the great things more often. And it's totally worked. So, yeah, I i mean epically wrong but it was a carryover of everything in that first week and i still think he sucked in the pittsburgh game which nobody brings up because they won um so maybe i haven't totally given up on this yet but he's on the podium he put himself on the podium what does he need the difference with this one too is like i liked him so much coming out of alabama i think

i'd seen him live three times and was was more disappointed whereas like we know we have these guys we all think suck and when they suck we tell our buddies like oh you look at me i was right again um but yeah i'm you know i'm wrong i'm wrong right now is he on your mvp list at this moment no okay i tried thanks guys you guys cheers well daniel jones has less fumbles than josh I tried. Thanks guys. Cheers. Daniel Jones has less fumbles than Josh Allen. Jesus, 2A and Daniel Jones? Are you fucking kidding me? I'm not asking the same question. I swear to God. But I thought about it.

So, Brian. You were talking to Jeff for a little bit. And I could tell you were trying to get out of him like, hey, give me some good stuff, LeBron, KD, et cetera. Curious. Bill Simmons, you know, house, fantasy, KOC. Question for both of you guys. You got any good scouting reports that we haven't seen specifically for Bill?

I don't know. That might be interesting that we haven't heard about before. Bill's quick. He's quick. He said Saquon Barkley's the best running back in the history of the NFL after like three weeks. I was like, this feels a little soon for me. But sometimes you're right with that and you're ahead

of everybody. I'm a little more reserved. I'll hold off and be like, can we see a couple years of this before we do that? So my scouting report is that he's more quick than fast. I think Fantasy could run a company. I think he could be an editor of Vanity Fair.

Honestly, I'm surprised he's never tried to write or anything. I think he's brilliant. Chris Ryan's just a dirty human being. Philadelphia people are pretty dirty. Chris is one of the nicest guys going. What else? I don't make enough money to answer this question,

but I do think House should have his own show on Travel Channel, and that's it. House is awesome. House is a salt of the earth. If you don't like House, there's something wrong with you. Every time I've ever hung out with him, I'm like, this guy's just an awesome guy. So we're lucky. Seriously, we're

lucky. A lot of good dudes there. And girls. Go Giants. Just keeping us on the right track. Denver Dilemma guy here. Oh. You can share. I didn't want to do it to you. Oh, we've got a follow-up in the same episode.

It's the follow-up, baby. I'll let it be known that I definitely wanted to be a follow-up on Weed Girl, the girl that smoked weed but was more successful than her significant other. There really wasn't any other issues. Are you asking if I still have the email and the address? I don't know. Just saying. I wanted to call back in.

I mean, the guy didn't have any other beef other than she coughed too much. I just thought that that was definitely ridiculous. I think the lesson in all of this, you make a great point. I definitely smoke, yes. Okay. Is that, I think all of us could do a better job of not being, like holding each other to these standards.

Like sometimes I'll get these emails. Some of these emails are so depressing I don't even read them. The guy's like, man, nobody's giving me a hug. Like mine, I guess. No, well, yours was specifically depressing because you're here. So you and the fiancee done, right? I hope not. I don't know, man.

That's a double, isn't it? Hey, we're only two weeks in. We're only two weeks in. You're only two weeks into what? Being not together? I don't know. We own a house together. We have a dog together. We have a dog together.

We have a ring. You know, it's a lot of shit. You know what I mean? It's pretty weird. Ah, shit. Yeah, of course. You're going to be at Herb's with Kyle. You should have read it.

You should have read it. Half an hour. Yeah, I mean, I felt for you. I felt bad. But then that was the best way to end it because when I was going through them, I go, this is a perfect way to just tie this all together. It's like an episode of House.

Maybe that's a bad example. But I think what you would do is, I had no idea if you were going to be sitting here next to your fiance or not, and then this happened. Neither did I, literally until today. All right, well, just invoice this for the pod after, and then we'll... Cal is my spirit animal. That's the reason we're all here.

Let's be honest. Don't say that. You're not a Chargers fan, are you? Honestly, yes. The way Rosillo and SVP digest sports, it's the best. Thanks, man. Best of luck. Thanks, man.

Thanks again for being up here. I wanted to ask a couple sports questions real quick The Nuggets are a cursed franchise and Jokic just got the health protocol shit

Will they win ever? Ever's a long time This is their best chance I think if everything's right with this roster, it's their best chance. It's their best chance by far. They honestly don't play consistently good enough defense through this whole stretch,

and that's why Malone loses his mind because he wants to play defense first. But I do like this roster better than any of the other rosters. If they don't face Golden State, I think they can... I'm not even worried about Golden State. I think the other thing that's a real... Sometimes bigs that can be exploited at times defensively, it does worry me against really good guards and some playoff series

because that's what happens so many times in these series. They're like, all right, let's kill the big. Yeah. And you have to just hold up. You have to be average in those moments. I do think this is their best chance if they stay healthy because three or four of these other teams are going to get hurt. Yeah.

It's just what happens all the time. And then Broncos are going to fire Hackett, right? I don't know. Inside info on that one. He has to go. Round of applause. Can we see? He's horrible. That's like half.

The door's opened at six, right? Yeah. Okay. Thank you. To the last guy, I'm a Browns fan. Just accept your fate. It'll never happen. Okay. And also Denver Dilemma Guy, my wife.

This is the second live show. She brought me to the first part of my take one in New York City. She brought me to this one. So sorry to hear about your fiance, man, but find a better solution. Are you doing a follow up instead of a Q&A to an

email? This is a my life is great sort of question. It felt like it needed to be addressed, fair enough. But I do have a bet proposition for you that me and a tight friend group are split on. We're five years in. We have 15 years left.

Tripton Maldives on the line. Will there be a female head coach in the next 20 years in the NFL? 15 years left. In the NFL? In the NFL, 15 years left. So not 20 years, 15, right? If Condoleezza Rice didn't get that Brown job, I don't know. 15 years, yeah. No, I think the NBA.

The NBA is so much more progressive with everything they do. It would not surprise me in the NBA at all. Maybe better a female general manager, which to me is a better job and cooler. NFL, I don't see that. So what side are you on? Your side. Okay. How old are you guys? The right side. I'm 29 are you on? Your side. Okay. Yeah.

How old are you guys? My right side. I'm 29. My wife is 37. Shout out. She looks great. I saw her too. Beautiful.

Wait, wait. Kyle, say that louder. She's beautiful. He's doing great. You're doing great. Yeah, I'm doing. I did see that. Kyle's like, I saw her. He's doing awesome.

I mean, that's why I came up here anyway. She went to LSU. Yeah. All right. GoSU. Go Tigers! Go Tigers. You did good. Weird bet, though. Hey,

Ryan, I hate to bring up the tune-on guy again, but I'm a huge Nuggets fan. So as of two years ago, absolutely hate devin booker and the phoenix suns and just pull the mic pull it up there you go i'm too tall i'm too tall that's the problem what a pride that's the first thing i was like god this guy's tall yeah i hope his question's good he's so tall if his question isn't even that good, it won't matter. I'm at least six foot two. Anyway, I hate Devin Booker. A couple years ago, the Nuggets lost him horribly.

And so... Sons and four, yeah, I remember. Yeah, sadly. I firmly believe that Devin Booker was not a winning player, and I had to eat those words. You had to do the same thing with Tua this year. Not yet. How do you...

You kind of had to um this guy how do you deal with having to eat your own words uh look i talked for 15 hours a week for 10 years like if you don't if you're thinking you're gonna keep it clean all all the time, you're like, nope, right again. The difference with me is that I never would do the, man, Monday show is boring. You know what I'm going to do? I'm going to say that Chris Middleton is more important than Giannis. That's just the stuff I don't deal with.

So I get stuff wrong all the time because we have to say it all the time. Your Booker thing, here's what you do. I'm going to give it to you. You go, before Chris Paul got there, tell me about all of his playoff series wins. Boom. It all comes back to Chris Paul and positivity. It's all about qualifiers, man.

It's all about qualifiers. Yeah. Problem solved. Thank you. How's it going, gentlemen? This guy's all smooth. What's up? What's going on?

Touching his chest. Big fan, like everyone else here. Started listening to you in 2018 when I was selling software, hating my life. Now I live here. Launched a beverage brand, and I emailed you a couple times trying to get you to try it. So this is me plugging. Let's go to the promo!

You don't need to try it right now, but would love for it to be just center. I know, but you know what? I like your move there and I like what this may be about. So we're going for it. Light, refreshing, delicious. There's no booze in it. No booze in it. No, not alcoholic. Kyle, let's excited. We can add tequila to it later. Don't worry. Let's get the pronunciation. Haslo? It's Oslo. Oslo. Spanish word. Command form of Oslo. Oslo means do it. That's kind of the trigger for me to move from San Francisco to launch the business. A lime and mint elixir, refreshing functional beverages with electrolytes, antioxidants, and adaptogens.

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Drink Oslo on Instagram. Drinkoslo.com. I appreciate it, Mark. Thank you. Follow us. A round of applause for Oslo. Thank you, guys. Thank you. Damn, I got to follow that guy.

First off, flew in from Utah just to see you guys. Shout outs to you. Damn, I got to follow that guy. First off, flew in from Utah just to see you guys. Shout outs to you. Pretty straight shot. Shout outs to the establishment for letting me sneak in here. Thank you. Question about how the rewatchables process works. You put in a

Hall of Fame episode for the town. You got in a little fight with Matthew Modine for Vision Quest. His lap pulldown sucked. There's no debate. Do you tell Bill what movies you want to be on or does he come to you? How does that process work? What are you new here, pal?

They send out the bad signal once every six months, which is fine because I've got my own stuff. But it's always like some combat- thing it's always it was vision quest which i had never seen which is an aggressively weird movie if you go back and watch it now you're like yeah i don't know about that scene um then there was what what other ones did i do i did wolf of wall street because bill didn't want to do Wolf of Wall Street. That was really weird.

And Jordan Belfort's actually a neighbor, but I've never run into him yet. And then just quick follow-up. What movie would it have to be for you and Mallory Rubin to be on the same rewatchables? For some reason, I want to see that. I want to hear it. So there you go. Have they ever done The Breakup? I love that movie.

It's sad. It's very sad, but it's a good one. Because when you're at the concert by yourself, you're like, it really is over. Or a live podcast. Thanks, guys. Thanks, dude. And good luck having security not find you.

Thanks, guys. So another follow-up. Do you remember the dunker and the non-dunker about a year ago? The fake dunker. The fake dunker. Yes. Yeah, so it's a quick question. He's sitting right there.

Does he still look like a doorman? A doorman? That was the rhetoric from the podcast was that he kind of looked like a... Oh, you said it's the picture. Yeah. Yeah. So the question they wanted to know as a follow-up, he ended up dunking about... After all that, he did dunk.

After all that, we sent him the follow-up. He dunked. Yeah, okay. I thought this was the fake guy. Okay, got it. Yeah, it was actually the real guy. So you did it? Congratulations.

So he actually did dunk that week. Wait, but just so we can include a couple more people in this. Fair enough. It was about a year ago. As everybody's like, okay. How many new listeners? Is there a babysitter? We don't want to get past 10.

You would say that you could and then you didn't do it forever, right? Which is psychotic behavior that you could do it and you did it because the only people that do what you were doing are the people that can't dunk. I was just backing you. Was it like your

hardened hamstring? Alright, I gotta stop. I can't stop myself. Alright, I guess we covered that. Congrats to you, man. What? Does he look like a doorman? You look like security for the pixies. Which isn't a bad thing. I love the pixies. Thanks, guys.

All right, last two. Let's go. Don't fuck this up. Question for both you guys. You guys have many jobs. Indie band guys over here. So if I would say you look like a security guard for the pixies, that's wrong. I'm supposed to say you look like a security person for pixies.

Then it becomes mythological beings and everybody's fucked up. Okay. All right. Uh, you guys have many different jobs. Uh, highest of highs met so many different people. What's the greatest,

what's the greatest piece of advice that no one ever told you that most of your advice is going to be terrible okay no i'm seriously believe it like when i first started telling people what i wanted to do like a lot of other people don't want you to do special shit because they deep down wish they had tried i know it sounds like but like every time I would be like, oh, maybe I'll do this. Maybe I'll do that. And people are like, why would you do that? It's going to like, it's hard. And look, it sucked for 10 plus years.

I'm making money. All my buddies are going on trips. I can't go with them. But I just couldn't believe how often older people were giving me advice that had more to do with where their head was at than what my goals were. Awesome. Thank you guys. The best ability.

Hey guy, wait, I'm talking to you guy. The best ability is availability. That's all I got. Sure. It's sweet. All right,

we're going to go big here. Last one. Yeah. Brasillo on my way over my Uber driver. He told me he was a big NBA guy. He then told me he saw brawny dribble a couple times and that he was going to be the next chris paul your thoughts he saw who dribble brawny brawny james oh would that ruin your life if brawny james became the next chris paul

by then no i'll be doing awesome. There's no way. Some high school kid coming to the NBA is going to fuck up my life? No. It was a great appetizer to come to see Ryan Russillo. The weird thing with the kid is that there's no one that thinks he's going to be a first-round pick.

That could change. I told the guy he was comparing him to a Hall of Famer. I'm on your side. Right. The greatest winner that never won. I'm going to make up shirts. That never won. Yeah, you actually bummed me out on the last one there, Liv. No, I'm just kidding. I think that's it. I think we're good, right? Again,

thanks everybody. We'll just wrap it up and then we'll do pictures over here, alright? Thanks again. Thanks to Denver. Thanks to Ophelia. Thanks to our Spotify staff, Kyle and Elizabeth who made all of this happen. Yeah, come on. Take a bow. Okay, thanks again to Denver and everybody that came out.

Hopefully you enjoyed the podcast. We'll have Van. We'll talk some hoops. We're doing a bunch of stuff on Friday. Ryan Rusillo Podcast. Ring your Spotify. Thank you.