The Drive with Josh Graham - Bob Ryan

I drive have it was quite a bombshell over 4 July holiday why Leonard using the LA Clippers called George being freed from Oklahoma City thunder getting a ton of graphics in an earlier today trading the way Jeremy Grant Denver Nuggets which points all signs to Russell Westbrook being shipped away as well.

I've seen a lot of Charlotte Hornets and on social media today saying hey why not us get Russell Westbrook why not replace Kimball Walker with another All-Star point guard for the next four years since he is under contract for years, $170 million. You wouldn't have to worry about extending him for quite some time for me and this goes out to all the Hornets fans stop it. Let's not look for the immediate fix. Let's try to build this thing long-term. What we should've done two years ago and straightaway Kimball Walker when you knew there was a chance he'd be leaving extract as many assets as you can short contracts build it all up, do what if this off-season has taught us anything, well run organizations will attract stars assets will allow for you to attract stars. That's what the Brooklyn Nets did. That's what the LA Clippers did you don't give yourself a shot and less your well-run, it would be a poorly run thing the Charlotte Hornets to do calling up Sam Presti and Oklahoma City to try and trade for Russell Westbrook. He's not as good as Kimball Walker is he's in his 30s is not a true point guard Kimball Walker's younger and he's not as good of a teammate.

He stopped the play with so many guys to come out and said this that Russell Westbrook is difficult to play with. He's a ball commanding point guard and when you're a team like Charlotte and you have a lot of younger players. You don't want somebody who's difficult to play with leaving your ship.

Also, he would be more expensive than Kimball Walker far more expensive.

Remember the Hornets they were the only team I could offer $221 million. The super Max five years, $221 million this off-season, trying to bring back their Starpointe are timid when I publicly said he would take less. I don't know why he went out and said that but the Hornets offered him last. But it was an embarrassing amount less, but the Hornets sent Kimball's way to the tune of 50+ million dollars left on less than what they could've offered.

It was a five year, $160 million contract. The Hornets sent Kimball Walker's way, but he eventually turned down in favor of joining the Boston Celtics right now.

Russell Westbrook's contract is four years, $170 million. You heard that right. It's $10 million more to sign Russell Westbrook which may not seem like a lot, except when you consider the fact it's one last year that you're getting for Russell Westbrook so don't look at it as just 10 million more dollars for Russell versus Kimball Walker. Here's how you have to look at it five years, $160 million. What you offered Kimball Walker a younger player, a better teammate the best player in the history of your franchise. That is an average salary of $32 million that's what you're sending Kimball's way $32 million a year. If you bring on Russell Westbrook. Let's just say the Hornets are able to pull off the deal of the century and bring in Russell.

You will be paying him for four years on average, 42 1/2 million dollars a year so it's not just $10 million more. Russell Westbrook for Kimball Walker 10+ million dollars woolly that you're paying more for Russell Westbrook over Kimball Walker. Also, Kimball was a free-agent. You didn't have to give up pieces to bring Russell Westbrook if you wanted to pull this off if you were to bring in Russell, you'd have to get away multiple first-round draft picks.

You'd have to part ways with some of your younger pieces. Terry Rozier is a good to be enough so that means some combination, probably two out of the 3 miles bridges Michael to go Chris or PJ Washington is going to be out the door and the biggest kicker of it all. Hornets won a playoff team with Kimball last year with Russell Westbrook and a lesser supporting cast.

It would be a lesser supporting cast because you have to give something up in order to bring Russell there not a playoff team. They want to contend with him. They would be a worse team don't trade away assets. If you're not going to make the playoffs. If you are a seven and eight see to sacrifice your future. Multiple first-round draft picks younger players that we think might actually be pretty good. It's not worth it.

It just isn't draft write short contracts.

Let's trust Mitch Kupchak. Let's give them a chance draft pick.

Has he made that we just outright say this is not any good, let's not hold past transgressions past mistakes made by Rich Joe and Michael Jordan what's not hold Frank Kaminski know of on my Adam Morrison Sean May against Mitch Kupchak who picked the best player.

The Hornets have brought in through the draft last year. Since Kimball Walker. He picked miles bridges miles bridges is getting applauded and subtly by Lebron James on Twitter last night. Let's not give up on Mitch Kupchak and not give up on rebuilding the team the way it needs to be rebuilt. That's what the net and the Clippers have taught us so while it might be a quick fix. While it might be more fun to watch. In the interim. It doesn't make you a contender. Russell Westbrook is not worth sacrificing your future for your thoughts are welcome on Twitter 336-777-1600 you could tweak the show at sports triad a lot of yelling today my voice it's it's shot already with the US soccer ran my my my hair is purple. I think you guys are just being nice to be saying it looks good errands in the house does Ben Johnson produce additional particular calls at 777-1600 and turned Olivia in the house to just so totally hundred 10% disagree with everything you just said as reasons why you disagree with the fact that this whole notion of sitting back and waiting for Mitch Kupchak to make the right moves to watch these flowers bloom, so to speak, so expensive, and told the patient for the past 20+ years.

It never works out your holding all the past against Mitch got promoted against the entire franchise I'm asking you what is Mitch Kupchak on the make you believe he can't do the job with was was Kupchak going into your stomach. You believe you can't miles bridges is the first player.

The Hornets drafted with promise that he is the best player they've drafted since Kimball Walker. I don't think there's any disputing that that's not a reason to not go after Russell Westbrook. What I mean. I'm looking at what it is.

If you have to sacrifice multiple first-round draft picks moving forward when you're not going to be a contender. Even with Russell Westbrook. Here's the thing I hear PI or Hornets fans of their own outsiders and use, and you stay the course. Let the contract expired, I got a build that way, a name of free-agent a big time free-agent that is chosen Charlotte to come here to play for the Hornets by himself but me either history okay how many free-agent have chosen the Clippers how many free-agent have chosen the nets and we saw this happen the past weekend.

We sent DeAndre Jordan shows the Clippers we could went to the Mavericks got convince the stable Chris Paul and others Chris Paul decide to re-up line in the average or decide to stay with the Clippers because he had been their previous years and he was playing with Blake Griffin and Chris Paul and how did they get Chris Paul and Jan and Blake Griffin will be drafted right by gripping plaintiff drawers Paul.and they drafted Blake Griffin.

They built things the right way. They were a sound organization out of the nets get tape Kevin Durant and Kylie Irving side to go. They never got free-agent either, but they did because they stayed the course and did the right. That's Brooklyn not Charlotte. Charlotte never had any kind of store remotely close to me those guys you just name be here for long period of time. There's nothing in Charlotte to to make up a store come here what I'm saying is one thing we know that OKC needs and wants and are looking for are expiring contracts were one of the few teams and entirely good actually has an abundance of expiring contracts either let them expire on her own clock and be saving a lot of money like the mix and not be able to track anyone to Charlotte because no one ever comes here or go get a guy that the former league MVP only cost you $10 million more over the next four years and what you were an offer Kimball Walker anyway $10 million more annually than what you would pay Kimball Walker on a five-year deal Russell espresso $470 million over the next four years were magic to offer you 65/32 1/2 million dollars per year versus 42 1/2 you be giving Russell but I'm not looking for I'm stuck about that that spanned the four years we will have rolling putting together annual salaries and you have to go by the And you're trying to be a contender, which is what you're saying. If you bring in Russell Westbrook, the annual Pit is the most important thing. Yes, if you're going over the But what were sent back to OKC will allow us not do that. So what I'm suggesting you don't give up any of young talent get rid of expiring contracts are more valuable to OKC anyway. Make the tomb you would give up basically horror on her front that nicotine would be the crown jewel of this mystery as to has two yesteryears left right that's not an expiring contract. It will be next season is not the most contracts expiring in KG's contracts expire.

You send your expiring contracts. OKC three first-round unprotected pics based off of what the Clippers at the syndicate, Paul, George, who is people would say maybe in a letter published player.

I get it, they could probably pull off the deal. I'm not disputing that giving away three. First, what is the feeling of what the Hornets could do with Russell Westbrook the ceiling.

The ceiling a week in the Eastern conference who knows me to rouse weaker Eastern conference honors note no can be close to what they were dispatched to a six or seven which we don't know exactly what Boston is going to be signed by the secure thing fillies can be their top three mass that you really hear the ceiling for the Hornets with Russell Westbrook just next year, over the four-year period. Over the year. Coming to the Eastern conference finals. If they do things right. Like you just said like not doing it right there not doing it right if they're giving Russell Westbrook that much money you're here why he's arty signs that he's 30 years old and was 29 room given 160 was 28 when he first we would be in court.

29 when the season starts right of your five-year deal which means you be here longer than what we have Russell Westbrook and what it can easily four years of Russell Westbrook in his 30s is not to give the horse get the Hornets anything further than the first round of the playoffs and got ask yourself giving up multiple and your words three first-round draft, is it worth that I said absolutely not. I say would be if it means the nature because you cleared out so much you have George the think about the plot they give up more than anybody's ever given up for a free agent literally given up for a player in a trade literally because they know they're getting Kawai Leonard right that's the only reason they do that so you don't do it unless you know you're going to make it to the conference by his Russell 11 conference have have not made it past the second round ever so to suggest bringing in Russell Westbrook Walker thinks the troops to postseason appearances to suggest Russell Westbrook that much of a difference when he's starting 30, 35, 38. Patel is not going to make a different plus I give up your future for that because we don't really have a future as it stands right now, and that your argument works if you're saying Russell Westbrook and Kimball Walker the same player, they are not to sit here and say that they is no difference in talent between Russell Westbrook and Kimball Walker about his players, but Russell is higher.

You notice he also Westbrook is been I'm not player just fire, but he's not good he's hit his point he said is pink so he's not going to be talking to be at the level he was two years the only one we can maybe no. You can average triple-double which is done basically the past three years in a row and we can Eastern conference. Westbrook hasn't made it past the first round with Paul George standing next to him is in the West, I get it. But what is the ceiling here. It's not the Eastern conference finals is not why can't it be in the East, hardly anyone you got Philly boss Philly are two of the criminals in the lead and then the rest the restaurant is only 40,006 with Kimba and a decent supporting cast is good to be a lot better than whatever the Hornets can put together with Russell Westbrook. They just all this you know the next five years. Austin Celtics that they have assets they have draft picks. They already have a better supporting cast is younger than Russell.

They're going to be better than the Hornets is also a core next year of Russell Westbrook Miles Bridges Malika Monk PJ Washington Devante Graham Wayne Bacon Cody Zeller Bismarck gumbo is squatting Eastern conference note they're not, that's ridiculous. Last year they didn't do anything with Kimba.

They missed the place for one game.

I know it was under five the magic magic got the AC Pistons and the magic on with the sentencing and in both his team stumbled into the playoffs themselves. It's not like the Hornets were 31 team last year. Three first-round draft picks that give up the are not worth being a six or a seven seed in the Eastern conference adjusted. It's just not worth that Joe while did some work for us on 4 July. We appreciate Joe for being in here Joe while throwing out some movie lines. I haven't heard these yet. The let's listen in on some of the work he did for you, the audience, this is Joe during the Winston-Salem – broadcast integrating movie lines into his play-by-play on the outside corner 5 mph praise after catching that baseball nodding in approval, would mean almost as if to say we go and says learn go and see white men can't jump all I'm waiting for is Woody Harrelson show what he's worth.

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And at 336-777-1600 to the print my portable numb feeling a little crazy here because of Megan or Pinot United States women's national team winning their second executive World Cup and am a man of my word be a patriotic by spraying type of purple substance in my hair each and every day. This even though I've got places to see and respectable people to interact with on the basis they will understand that I'm doing this for America. If you have a good hot takes you will be rewarded with the following sound of the greatest gifts we can provide you hot takes such as this one from tyrannosaurus flex on Twitter take just gets more action with purple hair than red hair I don't want to question the text but I also felt confident is really all it is confident that you got purple hair and get you anything. I went to East Carolina University in Greenville America. I have no problem with purple my hair.

Also, Westbrook is going to be in that is all they have so much the so many assets.

The New York Knicks could send Oklahoma City's way they can say they got there.*Really, why would you do that when you're building towards 2021 wanting to put together a team same way the nets in the Clippers have this all season, it would be the most mixed thing ever to splurge on a point card is 34 years hundred $70 million I think is going to be an plot the two teams that should be pursuing because it makes sense Miami and the Orlando Magic. Maybe even the Houston Rockets because James Hardin and Russell West did coincide before final steam and Houston would have players that can send back and even some expiring back to Oklahoma City. Anyone other than those three things is not one thing, the mix don't have offer anymore (not solely, that one is on way home I will once money is always waiting for something in that game. Ron shows up. ADA shows everybody's just hanging out and were all just wanted to see what Zion is going to do and we had a couple don't goal Kevin Knox's soul to state clearly that that were like ages of all the really good though that a lot of Friday. You have met people impression milk. This reservoir drive my three cold calls, and how will so nervous, my fingers hovering over the belt button provides you watch a lot of Friday so I know the dialogue will I guy I would love credible and would try something very quickly turned down the music just for a second. Doc Rivers going back in for TiVo on the Kawai Leonard Drabek just happened back. Let's let's go something grand with US soccer US solders in the news today.

Here's how it would sound if Doc Rivers was going back and forth with Devo depot. Did you or did you see our notice of the World Cup final on Sunday will mean bloke called Lebron I'm not sure when you ask him before you run around take it so I know you can't sit here and blame anybody else for not being a I know that everybody else I mean there's a bike that's been stolen in the neighborhood. Some people think it might be Blake Griffin will all hold on a second Ellis list list think this could be Lebron's bike thought about that. It could possibly be Lebron's bike. Nice change… Drink alone no oh know what game industry like to give this to you, I have to hold onto it reminds me of when my boys got the calves in the Eastern conference finals, yet they can come home about that chain. We talk about 12 three 367-1600.

I deserve the hot zone yeah I got one well really to do the other one because usually when I get when I'm not sure I get yelled at.

Recommend not to give that one so there's rumors that the Lakers are playing Lebron Wingard starting this even a man Lebron is going to mess around like ice to an average triple-double all year long story full of that boy was forgotten about about Clive the best player now about 27 77 I think in order for the Lakers to be their best to have 47 77 Aaron what he got jobs. The temporary purple haired is not determining me a favor grace to my office, grab the actual diet self blanket into the studio. Let's explore what's actually in it.

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I didn't know what to expect but that was like you ran into his office.

He will look around what was the thing to look like a glow and you gotta be what you think the best sport to play on the beach is, I believe it soccer more than volleyball more than football soccer is the best sport play in the beach because it easy to integrate people, strangers into your game and get everybody involved soccer the best beach sport just casually amongst different soccer is so much you have to run so much in soccer. If you can have currents you can have just to sandals set as goals that you have to kick the ball between and it has to be on the ground. Those are the rules.

You don't need a goalie. It's the best is heart of the walking saying hello you go to the portion of sand. It's not okay. Like the Pat sand from that. That's closer to the beach closer to the shore. Think I'm going still more towards volleyball as you want to run everywhere.

You know like stationary running what couple the most I'm lazy and turn Olivia do you have something on the subject you're talking into the studio without your microphone right bocce ball will what is bocce ball. I know it bocce ball is. I've no idea what the game really Tiny small white and every person has for like bigger colored balls and oh I know about you… A marital white woman I can help you here because she's the one that brought this to my attention try to bring this to a cookout at my parents house and everyone laughed at her jazz her own light leather case ramp feel alive again. One is the heading of another cultural divide bocce ball apparently not known in the neighborhood deli lab. I didn't play bocce ball much either, and I didn't know what bocce ball was off just name alone but soon she went to smooth your playing croquet need either. Will Bettman back okay coming up women's World Cup held in the United States is the sports of your on the drug is 620. Now back to the drive with Josh Graham a change of heart.

Why I think is going to Lakers. I believe you going to be what I 99% while lender will be turning to Toronto is signing a two-year contract signed again on a shorter term. The original thought I takes another shot is Los Angeles. I think that's where he's going to go.

I feel like the Lakers are confident they're going to get created. The last couple of days that's going to happen right on our very easy to do to make fun of that fox show mailer sent and Shannon Sharpe. Ron then I gotta take my lumps to but I do love Chris Broussard tweeting out clippers are out and then the clippers not being out. The best part is, here's the difference is willing to take a now I'm taken now and say I was wrong.

I thought it was good to be like her. I'm wrong. I never claimed to have inside info so when that is put out there by Broussard. The first thing I assume this okay.

He's not just hearing this from anybody, just anybody. If he says the clippers are out, but he's putting that out there and Chris Haynes who broke the story from Yahoo sport is not putting it out there is nothing the clippers are out working around skis not saying the clippers are out for sore out here saying that the clippers are out so you have an opportunity to displace the music and let's go about our lives. Chris Broussard started to do that with the video he put out yesterday and then let's just count how many seconds before he became down here in LA I can't wait to watch Thursday morning out obviously was at that point in time essentially "violin with a second star if they double down the expression used is I was wrong and that second later, but they were out. I just want that part that part isolated where he says I owe being wrong, but then less than 1/2 second later saying, but I was wrong.

Obviously was no point in time.

Essentially, but that but they were essentially out except that they were obviously was Broussard anybody you listen to Chris Broussard is an insider deserves what they get. He's entertaining. He's good on television but he does what we do, I'm asked for my opinion and my opinions can be wrong. I was wrong to say that the Lakers were going to get Kawai Leonard. That was my opinion, I didn't. I was pretty to all the information, but then again selectively what was included in the clip. I gave on Wednesday.

I said we knew two things about Kawai Leonard, one of the Lakers right now are the best basketball option for him and that we know nothing about Kawai Leonard turned out, the second one was more important clippers work the better option until Paul George was on the table and we did not know Paul George was on the table. Bob Bob Ryan to join us in a bit. And one thing I want to ask him about does this set a concerning precedent that Paul George has two years remaining on his contract, but the situation arrives at a point Adrian Ward Sharansky describes as being a tough spot where the clippers had no choice. The thunder had no choice but to move off of him, where Paul George can go to the thunder and say I want to trade and not only do I want to trade I want to go to this team and make it happen that way for this to be orchestrated so fast, it seemed like behind-the-scenes Kawai Leonard deserves a lot of credit. Yes, for all of this being happen all of this happening in darkness. All of this being orchestrated in the shadows him organizing a meeting. According to Ramona Shelburne's reporting the same day he set to meet the Lakers and he specifically asked it only be Rob Glinka and Jeannie Bosse then after meeting with Paul George having him go to Oklahoma City and demanded trade and have them try and get pics or whatever from the LA Clippers. One of the best GM's in basketball and Sam Presti from the from the thunder. If you're going to get Paul George. I you have to imagine you're not to get one over Sam Presti so he probably just said it was one of the situations where the clippers asked him what will it take to get Paul George and he said something just outlandish.

Like I don't know five first round picks the Nilo calamari and say guild is Alexander expecting to get to know in response. Then he got a yes it's kind of like when I got it was either my first or second job I get a phone call from someone who then went on to employ me.

He asked me the question, what would you like to make and I gave him a number expecting him to say no that they instantly set that we can make that work has been probably good. As for how much would Sam Presti have to ask for in order to get them out.

Now I'm not saying it's a bad trade for the clippers and that they acted irresponsibly. If you know you're going to get Kawai Leonard in addition to the finalist in the MBP running Paul George, there is literally no amount that's too much.

If you know you're getting the best player in the NBA and getting Paul George entered the clippers there's there's no amount that's too much, so I'm not saying it was a bad move of the clippers part, but how much could Oklahoma City say they wanted where the clippers would go that's just too much. Is there any point they would say that's just too much because I don't think so concern Paul George walked up office and said you know everything you just said the he didn't want to be there anymore than one on the team as a distraction's where they had to move you.

Thank you for selling me back here and I asked originally does this dangerous where Anthony Davis with multiple years left on his contract can say that he's unhappy and unhappy and went out and pulled George to do so with two years left and say what team he wants to go to the didn't buy me out to get set. The president thinks is it's pouring gasoline on the present. Those artists that Kari Irvin forced himself on a Cleveland same Exact Way, Jimmy Butler just forced himself out of Philly really the same way where the threat of them being a nuisance to the team if they keep them on the roster is is a bigger fear for the owner and coaches. The contracts even matter anymore. They matter to me at what's happening in NBA which is crazy because you don't see any other league.

The players are controllably like they are controlling how much they get paid big and mean what the league would pay something like a super max to a player that's been in the LinkedIn years of you really sit back and think about it, it's ludicrous, even all suggest that that's the owners trying to find a way to keep some of the stars, but consider this Kawai Leonard was unhappy in the circumstance he knew from one of the best organizations in basketball. He was going to be offered a super max in San Antonio so he signs a contract what's at work hundred $41 million or 40 over four years hundred $41 million. He's in a situation where he feels like he's better suited being in a place and making literally $80 million you were somewhere just because he wants to get to be closer to home or be playing for another organization that's crazy and I don't see it.

Another sports not to that degree, $80 million.

You know you're sacrificing that when your finals in the. Here in San Antonio and those guys are retiring and they're getting older Tim Duncan and Tony Parker knew that Martin you know you're going to get the super max you know you could get 220+ or whatever it is you sacrifice that because you want to play at a certain place. I don't think you see it, to that degree anywhere else. One quick thing you mention it as you talk about this quality is the best player named Garrett now. I can't give him that title because I just realized that his stats qualities never played a 42 game season is entire career. Most games ever played in the year was 74 is the best player.

It's Lebron. It's the wrong thing. I don't think it's Lebron just because his team that make the playoffs project individually. He's not the but right now I mean last year that brought the promise to show us something listening to Sherry that he can continue to play at the level he did not one but two years ago at 3435 years old. I've zeroed out and matter fact I'm not.

If you want to be considered the best player in a week. Anthony Davis the same showed a lot where last year at this time. I probably say he was the best player. But when you miss a lot of the season. Lebron Anthony Davis the same question I would have to Kawai going into last season. Kawai Leonard has the trophy and he did it on a team that never won before Kawai Leonard he's the best player in basketball until we hear otherwise she would Lebron never missed games this year. That's really you did last year. Right now who the best player is. I would it's Kawai Leonard. I can see how this could not not not the player play for a team that didn't make the playoffs altogether. It's the guy who won the trophy and was the best player for a team that has never won before talk about US women's soccer before we get to Bob Ryan. They won yesterday. Snoop Dogg says you gotta pay the team pay the team. That's what Snoop Dogg says. Noted women's sports activists noted feminist now Snoop Dogg has a message has a message for the US soccer Federation USA women's soccer team for World Cup where I want to talk about his family get $90,000 per player man if they wanted to give 500,000 per player. Sorry man from the US soccer teammate everyone everywhere can even get first round ladies man girls what they were. The women should begin 500,000 per athlete, Snoop Dogg says so. I just really badly wanted to play that sound that led me to pulling the clip from a movie that's probably dated now rounders, the famous scene where he saying pay that man is money. I may have did nothing. She straight top plate her played that woman. Her mommy I don't want to provide the context.

I just don't the great Bob Ryan joins us to provide his thoughts on Kawai's decision next on the drop I just ran 600 and awards dinner and it was a lot of fun.

The survey every year just to hold Salisbury North Carolina.

According the best every day nationally. But now it's in Winston-Salem is been there the last few years and it was a record-breaking turnout with Peter King, Bob Lee, Doc Emrick and Tony Kornheiser being inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Bob Ryan is a Hall of Famer for the NSA may buy a great turnout for state ward award winners as well and will get to the MBA stuff in a second, but during the NSM a weekend a cool way to raise money for the late broadcaster of the Auburn Tigers, Rob Bramlett, who died tragically about a month ago a neat way to raise money was all of us playing sports trivia and it doesn't seem fair to me that somebody with the acumen acumen you built should be allowed to play sports trivia because how many questions did you miss of the 40 when you playing on a team called the bobbies one are sports trivia tournament or sports trivia outing at the unison met so great. I was given how did you how much did you enjoy your visit to Winston-Salem. I did and I I'm enjoying more and more as we are becoming more and more accepted it with low and I was both ways. I would not happy about leaving Salisbury are are in a home where the organization came into being in 1959 and I had no quarrels. Personally, whatsoever with Salisbury with the way we were treated but I member of the board. I understand the business decision that are are financial support was not maintaining itself as the younger generation of people there were quite the same joiners and and and and have the same proprietary interest in us as their elders had and and and and we were given an opportunity to relocate to Winston and yet but in the beginning I was assured that about the responsive and even last year Josh and I thought I was really disappointed in the turnout of the winning sports Sportswriter and then one year we broke a record we had the most show up to get their reward that ever and I guess it speaks well for the way things are working out for us in with.

It was very neat west was hanging out with us a little bit and I think you put it best broadcasting live from the awards weekend festivities at the seminar they had at the hotel and downtown Winston-Salem and went Doc Emrick walked to a microphone to speak in one of the ballrooms. Westrum said it well, we all went to the church of Doc Emrick everybody all the broadcasters came together and just hung on every single word that he spoke and now it's just becoming a thing where you build relationships, and Winston-Salem. It puts the city on the map. Oh, that's where the best sportswriters and sportscasters year well-recognized very mutually beneficial way across all of your help. And now it. It's going to be that way for to work on thoughtfully. I went to that seminar because I'm an admirer of Doc and no I'm not a broadcaster, I met the good marriages and I wanted to see how it's going to transpire in and help. Predictably wonderful starting up with the idea that the only thing with what we can learn from each other. That was the title of his seminar. What we can learn from each other and he was asking all these what You would all like to be him. Many of them know how to go about your business and how to prepare an engaging them in a dialogue and then after the hour of our that he was given he held court for an additional hour on his own in the adjacent room with which to tell you all you need to know about my document Bob Ryans on twitter@globe Brian. That's where you can find him from ESPN and previously Boston Globe or I guess still currently with the Boston Globe highlight every other Sunday. Josh, the payroll I don't travel I don't ever things but I think it may not to sound off on things and and I do, I write occasionally and yelled hey guys that's good for me. My businesslike and I can rhapsodizes about that. I don't mean to make light it up in the collective matter is that it is something I can provide little historical perspective on people so I have my niche and it worked out well. I think about another niche is that he tweets. And here's the thing you think Bob Ryans the person that you can tweet and not expect a response from link again Bob Ryan has no problem.

Yes, plenty of time to get into some arguments with you. Every now and then if you if you deserve to be you. But let's get to Kawai Leonard and Paul George being on the Los Angeles Clippers.

Let's start here with the Paul George element of this where the first report from loads was that it was a tough spot for Sam Presti.

It was, I think, in his words, a situation where it wasn't possible to keep Paul George on the roster.

He still has two years left on his deal and I wonder how things transpired with Anthony Davis in forcing his way out to be a Laker and even to a degree. Tyree Irving when he left Cleveland to join the Boston Celtics in a trade. What precedent do you think this is set Paul George not only saying he wants out and then being sent out but also it seems like choosing the destination.

Does it set any type of a precedent or how do you view it one with the kind of the contract and everything but memory didn't transplant it will end so he never really had established a bond with franchise city at all and not really chose to be the new clout available to the to the start of the day but in this case it was is interesting only because you know that with the contractual that wasn't the imminent contract will situation hello look at the end of the year won't get anything they correlate him and I want to look at this way has established itself over the last half a dozen years or more, more, as one of the more prescient general manager evaluation personnel and and operators in the league and I probably looking what they got incredible. That's all it is, you know, drafts are like the say Dr. John description of the dresser, like second marriages.

To me that there is a triumph of hope over experience, but these got all the Coming and he thought maybe he wasn't going to get any better return for what might be Josh and on happy person if you want to. If you were going to have to be committed and unhappy with book and I'm going to get in on happy Russell. Let's book is something we don't want to encounter Bob Ryan with the seer on the drive to now Kawai Leonard is his boss's boss is a Los Angeles Clippers along with Jeff, I'm interested. I'm interested in this off-season that sold the nets land Tyree Irving and Kevin Durant over the New York Knicks and now you having this this not a superteam but super duo choosing to go to the Clippers when Kawai Leonard very well could have been a Los Angeles Lakers when you see the ways the nets and the Clippers built their franchises over the last couple of years to set themselves up for this point. What have we learned about what's valuable to the superstars and how you should build say after a Charlotte or a team that isn't the Los Angeles Lakers.

Gary Gary and and what going to happen now to OKC that they might have to make a move on on on on thinking what about what what's going to happen in two years if not a society wants out of Milwaukee.

You know it is not a glamorous city in the eyes of people. This is a concern, and the one missing element in this particular story Josh and and in which we may forever remain a missing element is what is going on outside and the head of Kawai Leonard. What does he want what does he value what is, what exactly is why did he decide not to perform a frightening superteam by joining forces with Lebron James and Anthony Davis is opposed to going down the corridor and and making what was he a payment to wake an even better playoff team, but I hesitate to say a superteam at all and I'm not even sure that I quite like we have taken a good long look today at both lobsters and I like the Lakers roster better than the Clippers. If you want to get an really quickly, Bob just just interesting when you're trying to get ahead of Kawai Leonard. It has to be looking at the Clippers organization as being better run than the Lakers right now that he saw that what microphone or and and and and and and declare what he believes and what he feels and what that was the case, but I know you know you have an explanation.

We may never get one but we going to let you know like he's going to let his game in his actions speak for himself not as words play along with you know you say you like the Lakers roster more than the Clippers when I'm looking at the Clippers. I feel like I'm getting the best player right now among the two rosters and Kawai Leonard, and I know you can maybe parse with that with Anthony Davis or Lebron James but I'm also getting the better coach and getting the better organization. I feel like I'm getting the longer window and getting the better bench why why the Lakers over the players. I think David don't count how great Davis can be and and and even a 34-year-old going on 35. O'Brien is still a top five player at the very end and not a star on the rise and then put the ball in the basket and I like the overall roster better.

I'm not really held with the player but is a mediocre offense of player I like Montrose are all but how much you know how much we like him. I'm not sure that the rest of the roster quite beyond it to start any other thing that is being completely discounted it back to Paul. George had two shoulder surgeries at the end of the season.

I know not the major deals but no see how well it's going to be to get up to jumpstart next year will see and look closer I think about not buying them a very high level acquaintance of Doc Rivers and I like him very much and am admiring it like crazy for him and I kiddingly texted him right away. You know the pressures on you and respond by the way, was that the best kind of pressure so but I hope tonight. You know battle tonight with what watched her, I would still prefer to go with the Lakers roster as I know it now as opposed to the luster of the Clippers that I know and there's a movie that was released this weekend I went to go see called yesterday when one side is very good.

The concept was so clever in the musics to good that the movie was bound to be successful or at least work. The concept is that there's a person that knows all the Beatles songs in a world in 2019 were nobody knows Beatles are if the Beatles released all of this music in 2009 team rather than in the past, what would they be what would be their level of fame like I can't generate him. I got to build a product of 60 and and and and and got the roots and in your admiration for artist and repair the likes of Chuck Berry and fats Domino and and and and so forth. And in the note that their faith reference frame of reference, I have no idea who you can talk about. We quickened will never agree. You may be on on on on what is a good, better than what music number song in any genre, you know, take whatever one you want to walk and will basically go from like 9054 51 group had more good songs with in that their own not not not not not any individual artist you can name that he put more songs out there that that within their genre will work were excellent songs in the field just so unlikable that I don't know anybody can even tend to make a counterargument to be Beatles songs. What I go to Beatles song distinctly said today because when they run the surveys.

You know what they do in the current tactics. Generally went when the appeals channel and make money. If I can show you music taste is personal, but to me, things we said today. My favorite Beatles song, but got I could name 30 that I love 4800, maybe to see the movie. It was great to see you go see it. Let us know what you think will do a movie review. The next time we talk to you but it was good to see you a few weeks ago. Okay, got run. We started messaging Doc Rivers does immediately began to try and work are highly valuable and expensive direct line that we have to Doc Rivers but apparently Doc didn't want to talk to Bob Ryan. I don't know why Doc didn't want to speak with Bob. They were close they were texting back and forth.

What's up with that. Doc is the connection up now. I respect Bob Ryan I will Bob run is great, great, is located to the other side of the room and Dez was given me like just hands up. No, don't don't don't don't go to Doc do it will always in the middle of watching strange things. Three and I don't want to get off of my binge to talk to Bob could just talk to him couple couple hours ago. Maybe I possibly maybe I'm Doc Rivers. When we got to get to the house. The oldest woman in America was born in North Carolina. Tell your daughter and how old she is what we should be all thankful this woman is a lot we think of the house next