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SimmBros Pod is your playbook for winning in your 20s. Join the Simmons' brothers, Chris and Cam, as they break down exercise, nutrition, finance, sports, and life lessons — giving you real strategies to build success, one step at a time.
Chris (00:24)
And welcome.
to the Sim Bros pod. Woo! 10 of them things, Episode 10. Episode 10. I'm Chris. I'm Cam. And together, we're the Sim Bros. And we're here to help you win your 20s. Wow. I think that's the first time you've done the intro without having to restart. We did restart.
One time? Oh yeah. Nevermind. Bro, I like, I won't. I thought we did. I thought we didn't have to restart. Normally it takes us... We'll get it next time. ...so long to the intro because one person says one thing or usually it's actually me. I about to say, I've been good so far. Usually it's actually me messing up, but I have more on my plate than you. Bro, it says two things. Episode 10 though. Wow. Wrong number. Gotta love it. I mean... One tenth of way to 100. I'm just reminiscing on episode one and how...
I know this is probably still choppy, but how much more choppy episode one was? We didn't even know what we were doing. Man. Then episode four, when the mic went out halfway through and we didn't know. Sorry about that, the We saw We don't listen. But we saw a notification on something and it said, and we were just like, well, whatever. It could be anything. And then we go back to the clips and the micro hold is out. You could hear a dishwasher or the washing machine. That was rough. Yeah. we're back. Y'all stayed through it.
Episode 10, that's a round number, baby. People don't even make it to episode 10. No, no. Podcasts don't even make it to We're not gonna stop it anytime soon. No, why not? Even though it might take a while. It's gonna take a while. Yeah. And I think like, like we talk about in any other situation, it's all about the journey. The one thing- If you're happy in the journey, you're gonna get to the result. Yeah. It's almost like a guarantee. That's why I'm like, yeah. One thing you'll guarantee for us is that we won't stop. It doesn't matter. It hurts. We won't stop though.
Unless somebody asks. No, I mean, please. Who wants to buy us out? whatever. Drew! So a year ago today, or near a year ago today, you moved. Near a year ago today. Up to the Bay. How is that feeling? Are you reminiscing? know, one year in the Bay, what's your thoughts? Man, man, man!
One year ago today, moved up here.
Like, the cam I am now is so annoying that I'm saying this. I hear you. You're like, shut up cam. I hear you though. I didn't say that, but I'm thinking it. I'm talking to them. ⁓ OK. Sorry. Thanks for thinking it. The cam I am today is a completely different cam than the one that drove up here a year ago. Wow. Completely different. I remember you leaving, you and mom leaving, driving up. Yeah? Leaving me and dad at the house. Yeah. Yeah, exactly.
Yeah, it's fine. We did nothing broke. OK, good, good. Hopefully some lights were on. Happy anniversary to the fan, by Happy anniversary, Mom and Dad. This is coming out on Monday, but it's our anniversary today. either way. ⁓ Yeah, so many experiences, so many trials, tribulations. I I lived in a studio apartment, a pretty bad studio apartment in a bad neighborhood for
eight-ish months. And honestly, the first four months of that were like amazing. It's just because it was like, it was new, it was fresh. My job was like so easy, so easy. And I was killing it. It was like the perfect storm. So the first four months of that were great. Football season came around, thank God, in November, because that's when everything started to like turn for the worst. I wouldn't say turn for the worst, but just like...
The shine wasn't there. exactly. Your life has just become mundane at that point. Right. And yeah, moved up a little further with you a few months later, which is crazy because you've been here for how many? How long? I think four months now. Four months. March, April, May, June. Yeah, this is month four. It actually is crazy how fast it moves. It's almost July. ⁓ wow. I know. Because I was looking at my LinkedIn.
couple days ago. Yeah. And it was like, it's always one. Yeah, it is one ahead, but it was like five months. I'm like, whoa, five months is crazy. So yes, man, by the way, it does move fast. By the way, he is right. When he says that apartment was horrible. I had to stay there for a week while this apartment was getting ready. my, I've never been a part of something like that before. The shower, like the shower shower was the worst. We too tall for the shower.
And also there was no pressure. The tutal, like I'll deal with that honestly. I mean really? was not even, and again the pressure I also will deal No there was no pressure. It was the fact that no matter what you did you didn't know if the water was gonna be hot or cold. That's crazy. And not like, ⁓ if you use too much hot water it's gonna turn cold. Like no, I've been there and I get that. That's like easy logic. It's like sometimes you could put on straight cold water and it could be burning hot. Burning. And it's like, what? ⁓
What about it was a was a two knob? Yeah, I even has two knobs showers two doves besides New York Maybe and another one of those like where you turn on the lights and the the fan that was crazy I didn't even know what to try I was just like I don't even know what I'm doing I never turned on those like yeah, I shouldn't know if I turned on the first time which is bad It was literally there was no place to even hang all of your no like shampoo It was all in the ground. No. No. Yeah, cuz it fell a few times. I have some people at the Ave by the way You know about the bathroom lights thing. That's one of the
apartments in DC. Turn on the light, the bathroom, the fan goes, it's just like, you've had some, you've had some interesting apartments, haven't you? I've been pretty chill. Like I've had, I've had, I think I've had the most interesting apartments in terms of like people I know. Yeah. Why? I mean, okay. So freshman year, I lived in a hotel. yeah. Cause COVID crazy. lived in a hotel. Like in a Marriott, right?
It was a residence in. Residence in, wow. Shout out to I didn't know how you lived in a hotel, bro. It really wasn't that bad. Really? Yeah. Did you get like, like maid service and all that stuff? Yeah, once a week. Once a week? Wow, that's not even bad. It was nice, the wash sheets and all that. And there was a place you could do laundry. Was there like a stove and all that stuff? Yes, stove. Inn? Yes. Wow. Big fridge. Like it was nice. I think mom got Marriott points from that too or something. I think she did. Yeah. I mean, that's the only reason why. I she got a lot.
damn living in a hotel so you have a you have a that was just freshman year sophomore year berks shout out the berks shout out elijah like listen yeah the berkshire yeah what was an apartment in another apartment dc which this one was not good it sounds bad yeah the berkshire highway yeah no no no it was not it was one of those like catfish apartments the outside looks fantastic the inside the lobby looks great and then you get to the rooms it's like
Why is there rat in the room? What was so bad about it? There was a rat. There's a bat in the bathroom. There also, was dude, I mean like the roach infestation was crazy because it gets so humid up there. So yeah, we had like a roach, they call it a roach motel. Under the sink. Oh my God. was disgusting. It was actually disgusting. Shout out to the Bergs. Then I lived in Italy.
That's not that bad, Which was cool. Yeah. No, no, no. The Italy apartment was fantastic. Three stories. Wow. Sick. Then where? Then I lived in DC, back again DC, in like Glover Park. Shout out Glover Park. And then the PA. Yeah. And now we're here. The Palo Alto one, I can't even. I can't even. Even talking about your...
internship award in New York. was funny too. Oh my God. I forgot about that too. Yeah. Yeah. Lived in an actual dorm room. It was like the barracks. It was the worst. It was the worst. I was at the weirdest roommate. Yeah. You have bad luck with roommates. Oh, no. See, I've had some of the best luck ever with some of my roommates, man. Shout out Eli. Shout out Mac. Shout out Ethan. Those weren't people you chose? Eli wasn't a person? Like, did you choose? I mean, technically I chose Eli. I didn't even know him though.
okay. Fair. I didn't know. I didn't know Eli. Shout out Eli. So wait, your freshman year, you were by yourself obviously because of COVID. No, no, no. I was with Eli. ⁓ wow. To be honest, had no idea. remember with Eli the whole ⁓ I had no idea. And you chose Eli how? All right. me, Ethan is the other guy who shall remain nameless for now. But ⁓ it was the three of us and we all were moving into the hotel and we're like, we need a fourth.
And we were trying to find a fourth. We posted it on our Instagrams, like, is anybody interested in moving? I didn't remember this. Eli, funny enough, responded to one of our stories. And it was like, yeah, I'm moving. Or yeah, I'm coming up. And the thing is, Eli responded to Ethan's story, because Ethan had a friend who was a mutual friend, because they're both in South Carolina, mutual friend with Eli.
So like it like Eli didn't even see it. know what mean? Like it almost wasn't even supposed to happen. Crazy how life works. It's crazy how it works. And then me and Ethan, true story, we flipped a coin because it was our names on the rooms. we couldn't be roommates. Yeah, you should have to get somebody else. So we flipped a coin who we were going to take. Wow, that's crazy. And true, this is 100 % true story. I love you, Eli. You know I love you. I flipped and it was heads, which was Eli.
I was like, damn. Like, I don't even know this guy. You know what I mean? Oh, yeah. No, I was like. And you had bad experience. Oh, this was before This was before everything. We were like, this was my first. I was like, I don't even know this guy. Like, I got live with him? Dude, turns out he ends up being like one of the greatest people ever. Crazy. Shout out Eli. Always shout out Eli. It's kind of crazy how life works. It is, isn't it? No, it really is. Oh my god. Like, the people you find, just everything had to go right to find someone who's going to be your friend for life.
Right? Like that is, I think it's amazing. I got a friend for life, for life, man. All off a flip of a coin, off of living in the residence in and... Dude, such random stuff. I know you've had some good roommates too. Yeah, I've had some great roommates. You've had some iffy roommates. Yeah, yeah, iffy. Yeah, they talk about, like we were talking about college, for Duke, we don't choose your freshman year roommates. So you get given one, which I love my freshman year roommate. We're great acquaintances and friends. But then after that...
we were able to choose, right? So then I chose one of my best friends, Alex. We actually lived right next to each other. It was actually pretty funny. So I lived with my freshman roommate. He lived with his roommate, but then we would always find ourselves like hanging out together. thing, we, you know, just like, this would work out better than it was, right? So, so then we just started Ruby together from sophomore year on. But that reminds me about my apartment experience. I think I've had pretty good apartments.
We went to the one when I was a senior in North Carolina. That one was sick. And it was also super cheap. Which is like $2,100 maybe. think it was even less than No, and that was a very nice Yeah, it had everything. It had all this stuff, had keyless entry and all that stuff. But the craziest apartment I've been in was junior year.
Chris (11:41)
I don't think you saw it. Uh, was called West Village, right? You think, okay, New York, West Village, right? Uh, but I went, and this was during COVID times, right? So we couldn't look, go before. And also it was in North Carolina. I was in LA. I probably was going to go fly over just to see an apartment.
You know, let's just go by the pictures, right? It looks great. Pictures, everything seems like it looks cool. It's kind of like in this warehouse-y type of building, like high ceilings. like, it's going to be a nice building, right? It's going to be a nice room. And then you get into the room. And like I said, it's a warehouse. So the ceilings, there are no, the walls don't go to the ceilings. So it was pretty much like the ceiling would go maybe like maybe 12 feet high, 13, or the walls would go like 13 feet high. And that's it.
Like it's open air at that point. So I can hear everything in Alex's room and we're like, we're right next to each other. Like there's no, how tall were the ceilings? Ceilings were probably like 25 feet high. Maybe, 20 feet. Yeah. No, no, dude. I told you it was like a warehouse story. Yeah. One story. was like a warehouse. Why? Why? What? I know. I know. You never were there. It was crazy. Cause we were just like, so there was no privacy. You would close your door and like we both had zoom school and
We both had just been taking calls and like class calls and I would hear Alex talking all the time. Like there was no, like you close your door, it does nothing. Whoa. Like actually crazy. Cause I was like, how do you sell a room with it's like three fourth walls? Like three quarter walls is what it's called or something. I mean, that sounded like half. said 12 feet. Yeah. don't know. Something like that. Maybe not 25, but dude, like it was not even close to the top.
Chris (13:18)
Yeah, that was easily the worst experience I've ever had. I don't even know how you sell three quarter walls, but now whenever I get an apartment, I'm making sure the walls are full and that if I close my door, I don't hear Alex's typing. He had a mechanical keyboard too. Oh no, come on AJ. He also played games too. Like he played video games and sometimes he would be talking to people like up later and I'm like, I gotta get up. Or even if it was the other way, like he had to sleep and I wanted to stay up and do something else.
You couldn't even watch TV in the living room because there was no walls. I'm just thinking about this right now. I'm surprised you never called him AJ. I mean, I'm a nickname guy. That's the first thing that my mom did. No, I think I just knew what his name was. No problem. Either way, I think the biggest thing is you have to tour. Yeah. No, I guess. didn't tour any of my apartments. I didn't tour school or college. I didn't tour anything. I told this one, right?
This is the only way you did it all you would have been also, how do they even tour that place? Like no, you showing bro the pool at that place. Here's crazy. Here's a drained pool. That's disgusting. It's disgusting. It's like one of those listen It's one of those apartment pools or places that you see is like no no, we're not for the safety of Yourself if you care at all about your health or safety. You do not want to step anywhere near that pool
Yeah, well good a year in the day for you. Yeah crazy man four months for me, but you know, hey feeling good. I'm in man. We're gonna we're gonna get the eventually it's gonna become like New not new. Sorry, it's gonna become like routine. Yeah, I think Talking about the base still I think one of the craziest things is that we just got our marathon bibs, right or half marathon bibs What I thought was kind of crazy is that we don't really know like the Bay is a huge place like
From Mountain View, Menlo Park, then like Berlin Games, South Bay, then SF. It's not, I think when I was initially coming up here, I thought, it's just San Francisco. Everything's like right next to each other. No, no, no, no. Because when I, when I signed up for the LA Marathon, there was no ability to send your bib like to somewhere. You'd have to go pick it up. Right. Because they expect, okay, everyone's going to be here. It's relatively, exactly. Yeah. But people who are running the SF half or SF Marathon, right? They could be in Menlo Park.
They could be down in Palo Alto. could be everywhere. Anywhere. Yeah, yeah. But I mean, think that's more what it was, like Mountain View, places like that, where you don't want to have to go up to SF two times in the week. And I didn't realize that. I was like, the Bay's pretty big. Who was right? Say it. No, I mean, you were right today. But you didn't know the Bay was this big. I mean, even you were talking to... Oh, no, no. I had no idea. I think if you're not from the Bay, you're like, it's all San Francisco. That's what I thought. It's just like it's all New York, it's all LA, it's just a city. No, no, no.
I remember was looking at jobs. Yeah, I remember I was looking at jobs and it's like, Mountain View, oh Sunnyvale. I'm like, oh, okay. They're not close. Especially if you in SF and a lot of people I know who I work with live in SF and commute all way down to Menlo. Like that's ridiculous. That's a lot. That's far. It's far. Especially if you're not taking a train. Like that's a far. You're taking the shuttle. It's like an hour and a half, say. Like each way. Think about that. That's three hours of your day.
Because it's a bus, right? So the bus has stops. ⁓ I mean, it's terrible. Wow. Commute. That's another thing. ⁓ you got to care about the commute. know? That's important. Like, if you want to be in the big city, I fully respect that. Find a job that is in the big city. The commute is so important. It's the silent killer. ⁓ it's pretty loud sometimes. Sometimes. But yeah, but like people don't think about it. I'll just do it. I'll just get like...
No, and we learned this, think something Scott Galloway was saying, something about parents in school, right? Like making sure you live close to school. Like that's really important. Anywhere you're going to be four or five days plus a week, whatever it is, you need to be close to it because it's just so much. And even me, getting to Menlo office around like 20 minutes ish, it's still like, it's driving there is still, I gotta get in, I gotta drive 10 miles, right? Like it still is kind of right? As opposed to when you like lived.
For school, it was like a five minute walk or 10 minute walk. that's crazy. Back then, a 10 minute walk felt like forever. Now I'll do like, I wish it was longer. know, know. it was longer. mean, a 10 minute walk literally felt like forever. So that's actually such an example where, your parents are right.
or the people who are older than you. like they don't like they're at least lived experience like all the things that you get yelled at for. It's it's a circle of life because we're going to tell our kids the same thing. They're not going to listen. No, they're not. And then then 15 years down the road to be like, yeah, yeah, maybe they started their own pod. I wonder what the next thing is going to be because like all the podcasts in the region now, like I wonder what. yeah. I mean, interesting. Yeah, we'll see.
Streaming I feel like it's already slowly taking over. Yeah streaming though. I like I never understood streaming It was just like what are you doing? You're just watching a guy play a game. Dude not even game anymore Yeah, right. So that's even what I mean. Like they just just sit on the stream. They just talk. Yeah Is it like a podcast? It's just like a live show. It's like a live show Wow. I mean I I'm not a I'm not a fat like I'm not gonna be personally watching it
I guess power to whoever is watching it. That's like speed, that's like those guys, right? Wow. I mean, sometimes people go places and do things, What does that even mean, go places? Like, film me walking around Paris. That's the stream? Yeah. Wow. Or it's like, hey, I'm going to sit down and we're just going to chop it off. Like, here's some new music I've been dropping. Which I guess is also something, but yeah, dude. Wow. Kind of crazy.
Life is weird, but I think that's also us becoming old heads too because it's becoming old heads. Yeah, we are bro these young kids. I don't even know what because because like streaming is a big thing and like people love it. No, I have no idea. I don't follow any
No, of course you don't follow, but you know that it's a big Yeah, I knew it was a thing. I don't know if I knew it was like humongous as big as you say it is, but yeah. It's a pretty big thing. no, I've never even... I could tell you the top 10 streamers. couldn't tell you the top 10 podcasts. Wow. You know what mean? So that's like Speed, Who Else, Kai, and all them. Wow. And they just start, they just stream your life? Wasn't Bryce James on one of those? Bryce was, yeah. I think Broad was on... no, Broad was not on.
That would be insane. Kevin Hart was doing all that? Wow. I guess I am an old head. We are old. I mean, look, I saw, here's a shout out to the old people because I saw a clip of like this guy asked all these like 16, 17 year old high school football players. They're like, when you, when you think of a one handed catch, who like, who is the first person in your mind goes to when they caught the ball football, right? They're all like, I'm already knowing.
which is the Jeremiah Smith. Wow, there's no way. Jeremiah Smith, who is a fantastic receiver at Ohio Well, don't worry. We'll talk about football here. But that's where their mind goes. They're young. Jeremiah Smith. And like, for me, it's easy. Is it? One-handed catch. Who do you think of? First person you think of.
Oh I know this. Oh yeah, easy. Oh no. Oh my god. Wow, that was little bit scary. To be honest, I had the visual of exactly what he was doing in my head. was like, who is that? You forgot who that We were watching that Saturday football a lot. Yeah, no, was an insane catch. Recess, P.E., we're always trying to catch it one handed. Oh no, oh no. Whatever. And they're saying Jeremiah Smith because they're too young.
Yes, I love Jeremiah Smith, but also he hasn't even done in the league yet. No, no, no. know, like, I'm just saying that's crazy, right? Like, Jeremiah Smith still has two more years left in college. Yes. Which is also insane. is very insane. Wow. yeah, dude, when they ask all these young kids, when you think of Mello, who do you think of? They all think LaMelo Ball. Really? Yes. That is horrible. Have you not seen any of these? Not really. ⁓ wow. I'm off kilter, bro. I'm on You're even more old than I thought. ⁓
You're telling me they think of LaMelo all before Carmelo Anthony? Are you kidding? Dude, you have to understand these people started watching basketball when he was a thunder. know what about? When he was a rocker. yeah. When he was a Laker. When he was a Laker. Yeah. my God. That's crazy. So like they all see LaMelo high school, you know, call that weird Spire Academy. yeah. And it was the same thing that we saw a TikTok yesterday that said it was Ben Roethlisberger talking about saying Aaron Rodgers is better than Mahomes.
Like, Aaron Rodgers. mean, Mahomes really isn't even in his prime yet. But I agree. And we're like right on that cusp because A-Rod, peak A-Rod was like when I was 11, right? He won in 2011, right? So like I was 11, you were nine. I still think his peak, I know he won it. I agree. I agree. No, I totally agree. Like we were on that side, but like everybody else like this is false. And then one of the comments was like, anyone who says this is false that Pat Mahomes is better than A-Rod is like only watch football from like 2014 on. Right. Like not yet.
Not Not 2014, more like 2019. Yeah, I don't know. A-Rod was like the go-in. We're talking about back-to-back seasons, back-to-back MVPs where he's throwing 45-plus touchdowns and less than four interceptions. That's insane. It really is. And not easy throws at all. Again, he's not checking it down. You can't do that. You can't score 45, throw 45 touchdowns and be checking down all game. That's too much.
Yeah, but I mean maybe you are just getting old dude, that's Isn't it crazy? No, it's not sad. It's not sad. don't think so. Yeah. Yeah. I think we were talking about it too, right? You were saying that all the football commentators or everybody else is like, people we know or people like, yeah, no, no, Olson. Like we watch these guys. No. Yeah. The color, the color commentators, the
Reporters and the NBA NFL. They're all Eventually becoming people we watched. Yeah, I never actually watched Reggie Miller. Yeah, so that's fair I think he's like the last of the old guard but Brady Romo Perk Greg Olson Greg Olson like they got JJ watt and now like Pierce and them are doing all yes Schumper. Yeah. I mean Schumper was like on Who collected with Brian like that? Donis has love like all these guys dude, like like we watched them
We watch their careers, not even we watch the end of it. It's crazy. It goes from talking about how being in Palo Alto for a year feels so quick. And I mean, it's the same thing. Time just moves really fast. when you get older, which again, which was my theory that time moves faster when you're older, not slow. Is that what you said? Yes, because you've the same experiences before. We'll talk about this offline. But we've already gotten through kind of a lot this episode. We were going to start with sports.
kind of got into just like regular things. Yeah, think a lot of things have happened in the sports world lately. Obviously, we can start with the Thunder winning their first ever NBA championship. Yeah. Not the way we all wanted it to go. No, no, no, no. One thing of the Thunder win, great. Yeah. Of course. And honestly, I bet you they'll say the same thing.
They probably didn't want that to happen. They wanted to win the right way. mean, not the wrong, but just like they wanted to win in full strength. luck. exactly. That's all you want. Yeah. Obviously super unfortunate we're having a Tyrese series. unfortunate. Hooping. It's almost like this has to happen. remember, you think of a few Achilles injuries. I don't know why, but my mind goes to ⁓ Jalen Phillips, was a Miami dolphin.
When he tore his Achilles against the Jets. it was on, it was on that. Yeah was, it was on like the hard knocks, Like he was mic'd up. He had like three sacks, like two. I don't know his game Yeah, yeah, yeah. Two TFLs. And like he was on the ground. And he said, man, I was hooping bro. Like he was, he was, it almost like it's like you have to have like a good game. It's terrible. KD was having a great game. Yes he was.
Tatum was having a great game. He was having like 45. Yeah, Tatum had a great game. was cooking. I'm Kobe had a great game. I don't really remember. I don't know. Actually, I don't remember. He up. I know the game before he had played 48 minutes and had a great game. So at least that happened. Yeah. Wow. It's just so unfortunate. When he saw it, you just knew exactly what He looked behind him. He looked behind him. How do you... For those who don't know, and I mean, I don't know. It's just like experience stories that people tell and whatever.
when you tear your Achilles, it feels like somebody stepped on the back of your foot. I mean, you had this experience with your hip. was the same thing. So if you ever need to know if somebody tore their Achilles or not, you can always see it. They will turn and look. Look back. Because these are athletes. They've made these steps millions and billions of times, genuinely. so when something feels slightly off, like we saw when Curry was dribbling the ball and the wood was off, remember? Yeah, you can see They know this. So when something's slightly off, they're like, what's going on? Like, that wasn't supposed to happen.
So they always look behind, see who stepped on their foot. And then when they see nobody back there, it's like reality kind of sets in. You saw him hitting the ground. He knew. Because at first, immediately, I was thinking the best thing is, OK, he slipped, and he just upset. got the turn over. That's what I thought it We both thought the same thing. he slipped. And then Mike Breedman was like, and he's hurt. Yeah. ⁓ Yeah. Exactly. Even then, my mind didn't even.
Because the camera went to the layup, right? And we're like, OK, maybe he just slipped. He had a good thing. But to see it.
It's just terrible. Like you don't want that to happen ever. And the Pacers had brought so much. Like even though the Thunder or this new team, everyone should like them. No one really liked them if I'm being honest. Everyone was just rooting for the Pacers because they were just, they brought some energy. It just felt like if they can win this, we'll remember this for the rest of our It's like everybody can.
And I'm sure Adam Silver would have liked that too, because he hates repeat champions. No, we know that. So he's like, if they can win, who's going to win next year? Yeah, exactly. yay! know? Now the Thunder might win three in the next five years. Who knows? But it's possible. We haven't had a repeat champ since 2018. It's very hard. And that was with the KD Warriors, right? So that team was unstoppable. They were just...
Bro, I don't know if you saw Demarcus Cousins they were talking about. would just come out eight minutes before the game. Like this is an NBA game. You're coming out eight minutes before the game. That's like an AAU game when you have to warm up fast. you're cold, but they're like, dude. These NBA games, dude, they got hours if they want. can show up whenever they want to get shot. Crazy. And they were going to win. It didn't matter. Yeah, it's just really sad though. for us, everyone was geared up.
Halliburton was playing so well and it was like, this is going to be an epic game. Regardless of who wins, this is going to be an epic game. It's going to get down to the last moment. You knew it was. Who's going to hit that big shot? That's what it felt like it was going. And I know it was early and obviously there's a lot of conjecture, but it really felt like it was going to come down to it. And like, this is going to be that time of game seven that you see replays and highlights from for years and years. Because we were talking about it, the Pacers.
It was important the first few minutes for them, right? If they were down 10 to two, the game was probably over, right? But they came out firing and OKC actually had to call the first time out, even though it was an under media timeout, whatever. They still called it. They still called it. It wasn't a dead ball. But yeah, we were like, that was exactly what they needed. Tyrese hit that three. He was already talking to the crowd. That was his third? I think it was his third, yeah.
He might have been one after the timeout, but I'm not sure. But yeah, he was talking to the crowd. He was. He And he was taking early shot. Like, he wasn't passive at all. And then to see it happen, and then the rest of the game goes. The Pacers actually end up being up one at the end of the half. I was listening to Zach Lowe, saying this. He was saying, how many points do you think the Pacers would score? Like, how many points do you think the Thunder would need to score to win the game in the second half? Because how many points were the Pacers actually going to score?
That became the question because TJ McConnell can do a lot, but like the reason why TJ is so good is because everything else is happening, right? The reason why Pascal is so good is because Tyrese is also on the floor making all this other stuff happen. When it becomes the McConnell show or the Siakam show, that doesn't work. And I think this is actually a great point. If you didn't think Tyrese Halliburton was a superstar or at least a high, level star,
watch that game. They're a different team. Completely changed the trajectory. Way different team. And it was the same players besides him. You're like, where's Pascal Siakam? Well, he can't get the ball when they're all looking at him. He couldn't get a ball in a high leverage position. an easy, advantageous That's what we're looking for. And Tyrese was able to provide that for him. Everything changes. He was able to provide that for the whole team. mean, changes. T.J. McConnell had a crazy game. Yeah.
Absolutely insane but he did nothing but like that's that's the absolute maximum that he could do and they were also trading buckets He also has so many so many turnovers to because they just it's just they it's no it's it's not his game Yeah, be a star. It's his game to come in Yes, make make a muck out of things score baskets here and just be a pest right when it's his offense It's not gonna work. Right? So I thought was really good point in saying that man Halliburton really is good ⁓ Super unfortunate that he's gonna be missing
This show's like, the whole East is just wide open. ⁓ speaking of, anybody who, like, kind of... First, give me who's gonna be the one seed, and then give me a sneaky team who can actually take it all the way to I think one seed will pretty easily be the Cavs. They're bringing back everything back, and they just traded for Lonzo.
Isaac Okoro, which again, I don't know what the Bulls are doing, but whatever. Like take another contract if you want. Not even get a pick or something back. Whatever. That's a whole different story. I think the Cavs will be the one seed ⁓ pretty easily. But I think a team that's very interesting, I'm not going to say the Magic. I'm going to say the Atlanta Hawks. Whoa. I think they're going be very interesting. Like what seed? I think it could be four seed. I think they could sneak their way into the conference finals next year. I wouldn't be surprised because think about this. She just made a great trade.
Yeah, first of all in the draft to get an unprotected pick. I thought you were to say singles. Of course. Yeah. Sorry. That was the first thing. Yeah. They got an unprotected pick between the Pelicans and the Bucks. And listen, if the Pelicans think they're going to be good, they play in the West and the Bucks are one Yannis injury away or one Yannis being like, Hey, I don't want to do this anymore. Away from both of them being top four picks and the Hawks getting whatever pick they want of that to whichever one the worst one is. And
Honestly, this draft was good, but I mean, all I'm hearing is that next year's draft is even better. Really? That's what, I know, J. Bill has said it, a couple other people said it. Who? De Bonsa, I Uzzer, like, I don't know. I think all those guys, I mean, we'll see. I agree. Super early. I didn't think that I think all those guys are so overrated. I've heard that multiple times, that I thought it was just me. I thought this year's draft was De Bonsa already sounds like a diva. He needs someone in his face. And he's also not, I wish he would go to a blue blood. And like,
get, you know, kind of like, you know, had that realization. Well, that's your situation. Do you go to a blue blood or do you go to a place that's going to pay you more money? No, no, no, no, Again, if I'm him, I'm doing exactly what he did. Go get the money, man. Money is not guaranteed. Injuries and career is never guaranteed. If you can get the money, get the money. I just think in terms of his actual career development, he is all, like, I saw miked up in a game. Oh, we all did. he was, he got like a double team.
Number one player in the country. the country. got double team. Why are you guys double teaming me? Why are you double teaming me? I was like, dude, you're the number one player in the country. And I think the defender was like, what do want us to do? Yeah, you're the best player on the team. We can't guard you one on one. And he's complaining about it. I don't know. I know it's a very small thing. And he said, I'm going to the league already. Yeah, he said, I'm going to the league. Why do you have to do this to me? I know it's a small thing. that really set something in me where I'm like,
If this guy already sounds like a diva. never did that. No, of course. Coop, what did Coop say? Better send another. Yeah, send a third. So I'm still pulling that. Yeah, exactly. So like, just think that if he went to a Blue Blood, he would be that realization of like, ⁓ my God, everybody is.
as good or... Or I have to play with criticism. I'm playing in big games. Right. Yeah. And so like when he goes to BYU, he's going to be the best player on the team. He might be the best player they've ever had. And probably ever will have. And ever will have. And he's going to get all the treatment, all the stuff. You're great. You're this, you're that. You're playing against weaker competition. He's going to average 20 something points a game maybe. And then when it comes down to the tournament time or maybe, and maybe those points won't can look and see him not even averaging 20. Oh yeah. Fair. Like I think...
Chris (34:33)
the reason why is because I don't know how skilled he is. And again, I haven't looked too much at it, but sometimes those guys in high school are just bigger than everybody.
Stronger and more athletic right especially. don't he is from Utah right? Yes. Yes. I don't know how good the high school system basketball. It's California. It's not New York. Yeah, that was also one of the biggest deals about Cooper flag and the reason why he went to Montverde and year because you're playing in Maine. It's like, okay, you're good, but you're playing in Maine. He's he's Cooper flags the only the second guy ever to get drafted from me. Yeah, exactly right. So he knew to like
Number one guy in the country. To validate his credibility, he wasn't even number one in the country, right? think he was, was he number, he made it to number one or was he not? All I know is he reclassified and was still number one. Okay. Yeah, that's crazy. Like that's pretty. think about somebody else, but yeah, whatever. I mean, that is what I think, right? You never know. This guy could just be bigger than everyone, right? And my, you know, when you start playing, even if you're playing BYU, I think they're in the big 12. So that's like still a good conference, I would say.
even if you are like just playing up against college athletes or even now because college athletes are men could be twenty four later people are twenty four and they could bizarre exactly as you go back to the senate it was always say this by this by house whatever it is big was our 25 as it was on our burn has a twelve-year-old kid yeah i guess all these that i have you ever know by planning is real men he might not you know even i have a like that and if he's gonna be that way but the difference between him and cooper fly like
The way, Cooper Fly going to be like, so why are you sending two people at me? Like he wants to hoop and he wants to be the best. you never Love the game. also, mean like, yeah, I don't know. That also for some reason that shows me low IQ. Like what do mean why are you sending two at me? know it's annoying, but like that's, you should be like, that's your best defensive strategy to send two at me. Let somebody else be. I understand that. In your huddle. Okay. You know they're sending two at me because they can't guard me. I'm to put everybody involved.
This is great. We're playing four on three. That's what winners do. That's what winners do. And he did not do that. Speaking of. I can see him scoring a good amount of points, honestly. Averaging a good amount of points because the natural ability is there. Yeah. The skills, I'm with you. I need to see it first. But the natural ability is obviously there. I think his points won't contribute to Similar to an Ace Bailey who averaged, I think, like 18 or 19. I really know you every time.
It was it like 19 like I mean they were I don't think they passed either of them or if anything they passed 19 They each average 19 and well how many wins did they have and as I'm saying they weren't even close to being a tournament Yeah, so which is insane to two top five picks and two of the top five prospects to honestly It's probably two of the top three initial process right right right the two and three people were saying ace Bailey could be the number one big at the start of the year 100 % yeah, there was there was a real debate and They didn't make it to the term
And this is college, this is basketball, not hockey, not baseball, where you need a whole great team. You could make it to the tournament off one guy. Think about all these, Carson Edwards, I know that was a little bit different. Purdue was actually a pretty solid team. But all these guys, could, Buddy Heal, I think is a great one. Because who else was on that team? Oklahoma was un- I think they were like top five he was there, and then he left as a senior, and they're unranked. They were terrible. And it wasn't like they lost any much of the took them to that team.
Took them to the promised and through the final form pretty sure yeah exactly So like that's the difference so if you have two guys and you couldn't make it there That's I don't know that says a lot couldn't even make it to the tournament to the turn they played in the Big East It wasn't like right there in the SEC. Yes. It was what Yukon wasn't even that good. You get great Yukon Creighton They're not they're not insane team. My John St. John's is the only really good team. Yeah. Yeah, that's it. So Yeah, anyway, what do you think about? I know we talked about the drive so
One-two made sense, right? This is the NBA draft. Cooper flag went one. No surprise there. Dylan Harper went two. I love the pick. VJ Edgecomb goes three, which I like. I think he's a great player. And I think it's actually a great fit for him as well, because he's not like a scorer. He's not a, I need the ball in my hands. And on a team like the Sixers, where you're probably going to be the, don't know, maybe the fourth or fifth option. You're not going to get the ball in your hands. And so I can see him actually really like.
Clamping down defensively. doing what it takes to win. Being a serious lob threat at 6-4. ⁓ But they have already, like, I kind of like what they're doing. And because they already have someone in Jared McCain who's kind of the same way. It's like, Jared McCain is not a super big guard, but he just figured out what he needed to do. And that's what I love, right? Find your He figured out he need to be able to shoot. Like, this is so simple. Again, it isn't simple. Damn, I always mess it up.
It isn't easy, but it is simple. Right. was trying to think about it too. Again, it isn't easy, but it is simple. Right. Like if you really want to be in the NBA, can you shoot the reason play defense? That's it. No, but not yes. Yes. Also, can you grab a rebound? Yep. Do the things, do the things that just, do everyday basketball things. It's the effort things. I, we'll talk more about this. these coaches are right. And they're right. It's the effort. We'll talk more about this as we go. So four was con canipal, which I like. Right.
I don't like that for Khan because he goes to a tough team. do think Khan at four is a little high. Yeah, it was higher than I expected. He was rising for sure. think he's a winner. You can tell you're drafting a winner. Yeah. And Charlotte needs that. So I understand the pick. And I think he'll fit in day one to the yeah. He'll be able to shoot easy. Lamello will get him great Or Mello. If you can shoot, you're going to be ⁓ playing. And he's also a pretty solid defender and a ball handle as well.
I just think four is a lot. Yeah, but I think kind of teams are scared off because the guy who's supposed to go number three if not number four ace Bailey was saying was telling teams that he was not gonna play for them if they got picked in the top five and when's the last time you've heard someone do that? That's the only person who could maybe do that
Like now, maybe Cooper Fly could do that, but probably not even him. LeBron, maybe the only person. I don't think anybody can do it. I don't think anybody ever should do that. think 99.99 % of people would be like, what are you? It's literally who do you think you are? Who do you think you are? who do you think you are? You're not anybody. But honestly, you're not anybody. You scored 18 points on a losing team.
You're going to say, I don't want to get drafted in the top five. Also, how many people in this world dream about getting drafted anywhere? Even if you got drafted at 57. And the thing is- And you're going to give away a spot. that's ridiculous. The thing is, it's not even- I mean, yes, obviously it is him, but it's his agent who is something- Cooper. Yeah, Sharif Cooper's dad. That's the next step. want to- before you get to the agent part, we'll keep that Okay, okay. I've been saying like- I blame him. Yeah.
I blame the agent too. Oh, a hundred percent. Yeah. It's more who he has around himself, but we'll talk about that in a second. The reason why I wanted to hit on what I was saying before is that to get to the NBA, right? Shoot threes, get rebounds, play defense, right? Okay. If you have, if you're six, seven, six, eight, it's perfect. Right. And the one thing that I want to say to Ace Bailey and to his camp, like Ace really might end up being a great, great player. He might, could, but listen, most people in the NBA,
can't get into their bag, take turnaround, fades, floaters. There's eight guys, 10 guys in the league who can actually, number one option, can get in their bag, break down the defense. Everybody else has to fit into a role. Jordan Poole thinks he's in that Exactly. Of course, they lose, right? He's not. Yeah, he's not. Like, yeah, know, Jordan Clarkson, people like that. But honestly, like, that is kind of their quote role. Of course, of course. But they're not stars. No, no, no, Like, Ace Bailey wants to be a star number one option. Like, you.
There's 10 guys in that. Jason Tatum, Luka Doncic, and people like that. You're not You're not them. And even if you're near... Not yet. Not at all. I don't care how good you were. It's a completely different NBA is way different than Rutgers. my God. It's completely different. You think you can go to the Wizards in average 20 against guys, grown men who've been in the league forever, and who...
Now they see you and they're like, this guy's disrespecting the NBA. He's disrespecting my business. Yeah. thinks it's easy. Oh, I'm just going to go and play for a bad team on the Wizards and put up 25. Yeah. Like you think it's easy to go walk out of bed and put up 25 points a game in the NBA? my God. don't think the last, when was the last time you scored 25? Yeah. Last time I scored 25 in a game. I never scored 25 in a game. I think I scored 21. Yeah. So that's what I'm trying to talk about, right?
Like he thinks or his camp thinks and he might grow into this which is great But his camp thinks he's gonna come on and be a 20-point game scorer as a rookie like it's just like it's just easy like like and like anyone can do it like Paulo Zion yep, I think Blake Griffin were like the last guys to average 20 pluses
Oh, they all did. Okay. Yeah. I thought even took Paulo a year. I think 1920 exactly. Yeah. You know, talking about Paulo Bencaro. Way better than me. Fantastic. Yeah. Paulo Bencaro took a team to the final four at the end. Like, yes, even though it was a great team, you still have to win. And that's I was always talking about. Like this mentality and attitude is just like you're, being a loser. Like you're showing people that you don't care. why would, you know, I want to get picked as high as I want to pick.
why dylan harper i mean the spurs were winning we're going to i let me go to seventy six years listen i don't care i'm playing with joelle and be i'm playing with tires maxi listen i want to learn i think i could get a chip out of that i get a chip joelle and beads probably done in four or five years four or five years the team could be my ever being what you're being locked i was very very good
Whatever best case yeah, exactly four or five years the team can be mine I'm gonna learn from a lot of great people a lot of great vets all that stuff. Yeah playoff pee maybe not but whatever still a vet great players So 300 bill he goes back to kind of what you were saying you would talk more about it about his agent his representation who he has around him because That is also important in your own life, too Like that's kind of applicable to all areas of your life. You are always don't forget this. This is
But you are always the sum of your closest five friends. Absolutely. And who's his, before you get into that, like who's his agent, people like that, you kind of mentioned it. Of course. No, no, no. I just wanted to preface that. Don't worry about me, boy. I don't want to. Hey, listen. Don't worry about me, boy. I just want to make sure you're screwed all right, Hey, I appreciate that. You are some of the five people, your five closest people around you. Yep. Okay. Don't forget that. I know, okay, maybe this person might be a little bit different, but blah, blah.
They are associated with you. If somebody doesn't like that person, if that person does some bad things, it's a reflection of you. Okay? So there is an authority, there is a, you know, this is my thing, a responsibility, right?
Ace Bailey is being represented by Sharif Cooper's dad. Sharif Cooper was a former NBA player. can't know if I can him a former NBA player. He played for about what? 12 minutes? Yeah, barely. I don't know. And he was really good. He was really good. He was a little small, but he was really good. Very good player. Probably should have been in league. He should still be in the NBA. He's looking at like, you look at TJ McConnell, look people like that. He's more skilled than all of He could be in league. And this guy, Sharif Cooper's dad, is Ace Bailey's agent.
Which again, it's not like he's rich Paul who's like a big-time super agent who like I think he's only represented Maybe sure no, he's only represented Shreef. He's not certified so NBA gives there are certified agents or things you have to do to become certified NBA in the NBA right as an agent Yeah, of course. He's not of course. I got because why would he be he just a guy not like he's dealing with a potential You know Hall of Fame type of prospects, right? No, this is why it's frustrating
Sharif Cooper's dad is telling Ace Bailey that he doesn't want to play on certain teams. How frustrating is that? It's ridiculous. How can someone else's dad, who's not even an agent, who has no idea how the NBA process works, and it's not like his son is still in the league, like his son flamed out, one of the bigger flameouts in the NBA as far as like, man, this guy's really good. Like he's a good guy.
Right, of course there's more of us, but you know, he's good. How does he have the right to be telling this kid this and to be possibly ruining his lucrative NBA career? So lucrative this kid, Ace Bailey could be a great. He literally has, you can't say that about everybody. He has that kind of potential. Yeah, like it's different than Sharif Kudai. 100%. He could be a great. I don't think Khan Knipl is going to be a great. Like that's what I'm talking about. Ace Bailey has that.
sort of potential. It's the stuff where you can't teach, 6'7", the scoring ability, the athleticism. Right, 100%. So tell me why. Again, and this is really my biggest question. Yeah, Sharif Cooper's dad is telling him to do one thing. Okay. I think that's super terrible. Is there nobody else around this kid who's going to be like, hey, maybe don't listen to that guy. Yeah.
Hey, like you there's a lot of negative press about you. Everyone's kind of being like, what are you doing? Why are we following this guy again? That's why would you not want to get picked at a 70s? Always ask questions. Why do you want to play that? This is the number one thing I saw too. He only wanted to play for the wizards or the nets. Like, why do you want to play on a bad team? Like this is, this should actually be like for Cooper flag and for Dylan Harper. And even for ace, maybe it should have been a godsend because normally you get picked.
as the number one, number two, number three picks on horrible teams. The worst teams. Horrible teams. The worst teams, perpetually bad. Even you going there is not going to change. No. They're bad, and they've been bad forever. And it's a franchise that topped have the Wizards been good? 1970. I can't remember the last time, I mean, like early 2010s. Yeah, exactly. And that's the last time they were okay. They were okay, they weren't like good. No, no, no, They were like, oh my God, watch for the Wizards. The Wizards are perpetually bad, okay?
Normally the Wizards, and they probably should have been, are going to be a top two, top three. year. They had number two pick last year, right? So for the first time, I think, since I've seen it, the top three teams are actually significant playoff teams. Especially with the Sixers now with the Easts too. Not bordering. Like these are playoff teams. It's not the Pelicans or like this. Blazers, okay, maybe. Yeah. No,
Dude, the Mavs, I know Kyrie's gonna be out for a while, but the Mavs are a great team. The Spurs are an even better team. And they're on a great timeline. the Sixers could be the number one seed in the East. Yeah, exactly. This should be your... my... ⁓ I got lucky this year. I can't believe it. This has never happened. I get to go to a playoff team. This has never happened. This never probably will happen again. Yep. And you're saying no. Saying no. Saying no. Why?
Chris (49:49)
It's because he wants to be on the Wizards. He wants to play on the Nets and be on a team where he can average 25 and get a bunch of shots. the reality is what's most important in any sport or honestly anything is how does the team do? How does your company do? Right? Because if you're
putting up great numbers, but your company is losing revenue. That doesn't matter. Team bonus. Exactly. Team bonuses. Or also you might be out of a job because the company might be going under. true. You might be averaging 25, but you 14 games in a year. Like the front office is going to look and say, well, either we're going to trade this guy like, or this guy is just putting up empty stats on a bad team. Like, like look at Lamello. Oh yeah. yeah. Lamello is supposed to be really good, but he doesn't get the notoriety or recognition he should because
They suck. They lose every game. Like, so what if you're putting up 35 a game? Like it doesn't matter. Yeah. It's all about the team and it's all about what like that the team elevates you. If you're, if ACE was averaging 14 points on a great six or seen that goes to the Western conference finals Eastern Eastern. Thank you. You're welcome. That's way better than him averaging 27 points on a Brooklyn Nets team that wins 12 games. 27 is crazy.
I think that would be the record. I hear you, like 21, 22. think that would be the On mid-efficiency, probably like 10 % shoot. Him and Cam Thomas, would hate to see them being TV. Oh because if Ace starts playing like that, you know what he turns himself into? He turns himself into a sixth man. He turns himself into Cam Thomas, Jordan Clarkson, those guys who are microwaves off the bench, but...
that's all they are. They're not superstars. They're not all-stars, they're not potential Hall of Famers, they're not MVPs and that's where he wants to be. And you know what, I think he got drafted to an interesting team because Utah isn't as bad as Washington or Brooklyn, but they're obviously not as good as a Philly or San Antonio or Dallas. So I'm interested. I'm gonna sit back, I'm gonna watch because he has the opportunity to do something. I don't think...
I don't think Utah's going make the playoffs, not in the West. There's way too many teams. I think that he can vie for, you know, it can get a little hairy towards the end. Maybe they can get the 11th seed, They can be pesky. They can be an annoying team. Like Bill Simmons calls it, they can be a league pass team. A league pass down the pass and you're like, oh, this got a nice to watch. Right, right, right. What I really do love, though, is that Danny Ainge was just like, don't care.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ace Bailey said he didn't want to drafted in the top five, so that includes Utah. And Danny Ainge, the GM of the Utah Jazz, was like, I don't care. He's been the GM of the Celtics when they Jason Tate up. don't forget, the Celtics had the number one pick in 2018, I believe, when Markel Fultz was number one. Danny Ainge traded down from one to three.
Got Jason but that's was gonna pick it the whole time the whole time. He was gonna pick him Hold on. He looked and he also did the KG trade the Kate impulsors all the get all the nets that well, that's how they got Jalen Exactly. He's great. Isn't it crazy that? You look back at that draft and we'll wrap this up which like the one you're just talking about the Tatum one Yeah, it's like how is Tatum not the number one pick?
Yeah, now that you see the league, right? Like you need to be big, right? Markel Fultz was a point guard who couldn't shoot. I honestly, look, think obviously the hindsight is always 20-20. I can see Lonzo. He's a big guy. No, I can see Lonzo more than Markel A big guard. He can't defend with a lick. Great passer. Great, fantastic passer. he defend though. No, now we can. He couldn't back then. really couldn't. yeah, no, sorry. bad. Yeah, yeah, ⁓ It was a solid shooter with a weird jump shot. ⁓ I could see him.
like okay we'll bold him. Magic kept saying he's gonna be the next Magic. That's when he was a GM. God those years. I ain't gonna be here. Those were some rough years. I, Mark Elfolt, I never, I remember because this was when was really watching college basketball heavy because I was a big Duke guy watching Tatum all the time. I like I've never even seen this Mark Elfolt. Yeah in Washington like non-powerful. They didn't make it to the tourney. I didn't see Mark Elfolt. If you're really that good you should be making the tournament.
There's 64 teams who make it. You know, I'm trying to, have another number one. Sorry. took it from you. Come on. I'm a yes. Ben Simmons is another number one pig who was at LSU. He did not make it to the turning. Look at him. Look at him now. So his grades sucked. you went to LSU, look at him now. Like not even LSU being a bad school, but like the treatment you get as a high level sports athlete at any of these schools.
Especially LSU right who has like a football team back like they're used to it. They're used to it They know what it's like if you really can't pass classes, you're you're not trying you're not trying Not even trying yeah, yeah, not sure we go. Yep. Yep. Probably not going. Yeah, literally not even sure Why'd you go to class? I don't know and something that a lot of people don't know is that especially in the one-and-done era now, right? You only have to be in school technically for the first semester. So once the first semester goes by and you pass your class
Hopefully yeah, cuz again and again these teachers want to pass of course you to be to feel but like I can't do it like come on. I can't fake this like for my own teacher these professors are like oh my god This is a future NBA players actually you're like future NFL. I don't want to mess anything up No, of course not, but yes, you only to finish your first year You can withdraw once the season ends because your grades won't matter the other could go into the league right yet He couldn't yeah, Ben Simmons couldn't do it. No
And was actually so funny. No wonder why. It was so funny when they asked all the Florida people, the Florida basketball team, after they won the national championship. They're like, oh, so what do you do about school? They're like, man, I ain't got school. Or it's all online. Online? Bro, COVID is 17 years ago now. We stopped having online classes the year after. No, no, we had some online classes. And everybody knows, if you have an online class, you know what that means. Dude, we know. It's like Zoom. It's like work from home. Dude, camera off. Come on, man.
Work from home is literally day off. Hey, keep that low key. No, we very hard. ⁓ We work very hard. Always. And we love our jobs. the the time. Always. Damn, sports and life. But the NBA draft is up. We're going to thinking more into football, looking more into football going forward. Gotta make that transition. It's kind of going to be exciting.
You know, right now we're in that sports, whatever the opposite of Equinox is. Yeah, there's nothing going on. It's just baseball. Down trotting. Baseball. I they were showing some flag football league on ESPN. They were showing the eating contest. It's like, I don't want to watch that. I do want to see Joey Chestnut I just want to see the ending. I don't want to watch it. Oh, oh, oh, oh, god no. God
Yeah, well that's what I mean. It's audience being, it's like they're eating all these hot dogs, like dipping it in water. It's like, bro. I'm good, dude, I'm about to eat. Dude, it's crazy. like, you know, now we're in that sort of sports area where there's not much to talk about. Just regular season base. We're gonna make up stuff. We're gonna try to figure things out. No, we're gonna do some football things. Yeah, yeah, of course, of course. And like, I think it's gonna be super interesting.
At least I hope you guys know. We're gonna try to let us like integrate a bit more sports at the forefront of this next these next couple see how that works. Yeah, but try to integrate the life advice with it as we kind of always sports is life life is sports. You can't have one without the other that really might be the way to go. I think I really like that right sports is life life is sports whatever like 100 % let's do that.
But yeah, this is a great episode. I really did enjoy it. This is a fun episode. Yeah, we actually, you guys don't know, we had a lot of cuts because the software wasn't working. Shout out Riverside, But yeah, we had a good time.
Challenge of the week. Challenge of the week, okay? Write down your five closest friends. write down, ⁓ It's not even your five closest friends, just the five people you think you spend the most time Okay, fine. Yeah, write down the five people you spend the most time with. Really evaluate if these people make you better, if they elevate who you are. Because look, life is short. Do not spend it.
Dragging somebody along. Okay. Yes. It's come on. That's important You're the sum of the people you're around and we can't do that anymore when you are right like even though you think you might be bigger than it yeah, it's not gonna be me. It just ends up being you just because of the people you're around. right So don't let that, know Influence you and take you the wrong way when you're trying to do your best But you're around people who might not be pushing you to be your best right and that's always a hard truth for lot of people to face. Yep, and
as you go forward in your life and you try to build the best life you always wanted to, that is like what you're gonna have to do. You're gonna have to make hard decisions. You're gonna have to people out that you don't want to. And you're gonna have to find people who are going to push you to be better. It's not fun. But I guess it's not easy. It isn't necessarily easy. Yes. No, this is actually most more difficult than going to the gym. Anyway, that's a very long-winded challenge of the week. with that, we'll see you all next week.
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