REShow: MJ Acosta-Ruiz - Hour 1 (8-8-2022)

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Rich Eisen for the first time in my story with Richard's back being in this chair right now.

It is special to me were coming on Hall of Fame weekend and when I was growing up. My sports entertainment was rich in Stuart Scott Ella's I didn't I didn't have cable, my parents enough table growing up so when I first watched SportsCenter on a regular basis. It was written still there. My squad and you and I never saw Dan and Keith and I watch them every night. This is when SC was appointment viewing. This is when you would watch the episode over and over and over again and when I was at ESPN I got actually host SportsCenter was Stuart Scott.

It was February 19, 2014 11 PM show and I was so nervous before the show but he gave me a fist pump like five seconds before we went on air totally relaxed was when the coolest experiences, may he rest in peace, and so that is something I'll remember for the rest of my life and rich I know is big miss you man wouldn't talk about that a little bit.

He is also a graduate of the Medill school of journalism graduate school there at Northwestern University so I can I count him as a fellow wildcat for the first time actually to Michigan Northwestern game when I was in college. He was very nice to me then and then you know you we fast forward until 2015. I join NFL network unable to meet Rich is very kind and generous to me and to be able to sit in the sea right now is super special so grateful fortunate all the fields to be in the chair here today.

I was actually on the show was aghast a few weeks ago when deadlines filling in. That was cool and now finally I get to meet the real stars of the show we got Chris brought a happy 13 year LA anniversary Brockman was a loyal follower on my twitter feed yes this is coming up on my seven year anniversary on ice best move. Best decision ever made might have made in your entire life. I moved out here 29 anniversary is August 6 rolled in at a nice 8 AM back then Mikey would like her and my best friend in college and home Ben Perkins.

We road trip from Maine out here to the whole we can, relax 13 years goes by very very fast as I'm sure Stevan has for you and that it's all about sunshine and happiness yoga sables life in LA is like and and I've been very fortunate to be here and have a few jobs in and of course Michael to flow in the house. Good morning, some Mikey good morning to you coming off what you said. As you know I am a social media stalker of all of you with a big day in your life to baseball games back to Bentley Field was here but me you were in Wrigley I like talk that I haven't done a game Chicago Cubs game and really was cool and then the Milwaukee Brewers. Billy Bruce like never think still epic. I love it and see daily got out on your boat got out about this Billy route to drink with my question like when I met someone who is a mascot. Yes, they like to drink but Wally's liked and sits up in that house, and as a home remedy this Billy boy is the home run since he just sit up there the whole thing to give him a sixpack like I need to acquire is the helmet is the you know that there will back you speak. We were a wonder I was like my biggest wonder why was watching, they hit a homerun Billy Bruce lives that he drink like the parent appear before the slide, and if he doesn't start now prodded out to the PA and in what was going on I like I like your Jays. Today we read by the way, your email doesn't work.

Yet something happened last week and I believe in some strange reason I left because we you gave me a nice email welcome to Monday. I wrote you back and then it went to you know that like Damon@mailer.Lisa reached out first so I feel I don't feel so bad about the situation in your assessment of my Jays. I mean this guy brought when he got me walking and something he kicked his foot out and I'm looking at them. Okay no I just now realized as member, American psycho, when looking at business card is look at Paul Allen to complete this impeccably was a card and he starts almost break into a sweat because it had the watermark on I was looking at his Jordans.

I protect friend like I knew what they were custom made my apologies to Rich for the size is 9413's were custom-made. I mean, it's a meeting he doubly came in front and become corrected and Krista and he came Craig and Steve eating out my I forgot to email you except that the Ventura County ferry is your is also supposed to bring us J.that's a I didn't I didn't do that would invite me back you know some insects is very nice to have here wanted to tell you is this.

My weekend was great. Simple because the quote great Bernie Mac from players club is dollar bill shares or the grommet back to back.

This is nice in trouble trouble dolls and trusting a six man finance three was 400 days for the goat to come back in his back and I would get him ensures it back to back great. That was that was passed by the shadows. My got Dexter the creator of these venom threes the dates we have going on really really looking forward to the show today. We got Hall of Famer Kurt Warner coming on the BC he was in Canton, Ohio so his coach Dick for meal, get inducted, class of 2022 for the Hall of Fame consultant about the NFL. Some other stuff another Hall of Famer and erotic friend and colleague at tennis channel it works you both doing double duty today. Rich Eisen show TC live later tonight so and erotic on the birthday by the way, 41st birthday of Roger Fetter today to talk some tennis today. Like it or not, trailblazers on the show.

I wanted to highlight some some women in the broadcasting industry that are doing amazing things.

Lisa Byington is fantastic. The voice of the Milwaukee Bucks first female full-time play-by-play voice for major men's pro sports team, one for like 17 jobs she's fitting us in hospitals, college football Big Ten network and then another friend calling him on the host of NFL total Access, MJ, Acosta Ruiz, first Afro Latino toaster show on NFL network. MJ is to join us this hour this weekend. Big stories going on, including the Hall of Fame induction but I want to say the winner of the weekend was our own Rich Eisen. I got some headlines here that he was trending on social media and what rich if you Google Rich Eisen right now the first new stories that come up headlines. Rich Eisen trolls Ohio State fans at the NFL Hall of Fame dinner ESPN there was an alert by the way, the came Michigan man a rich Eisen absolutely rose Ohio State fan nation Rich Eisen savagely savagely-year-old Ohio State fan sets from USA Today has Rich ever been called savage before that she savage rich Eisen mercilessly trolled Ohio State at Pro football Hall of Fame fan side headlines got he did things Steve last week. He was kind of running it by house he was like looking out the first year of hosting the jacket dinner coming off the Michigan win.

How hard should I go because he gave Mike we've been to a bunch of the jacket dinner to you, it's arguably the best part of Hall of Fame we can object to the speeches are amazing.

The parade through town but the jacket dinner is with a first feel like a Hall of Famer and Rich gets up there in the Fed's or commercial is a diehard Ohio State. There's a few Michigan sprinkle then and there. Chant OH in the middle of his speech, and their given it to rich their blue and I want to talk like how hard should I unload back at them this year because I finally have bragging rights will just roll tape. This is what rich did this weekend.

Oh my God please silence all mobile devices. Also, for your safety I'm being asked to tell you in the safety of all those in attendance. Please take a moment to locate the nearest exit in case of an emergency. And if you need help locating that nearest exit. Just think of yourself as a member of the Ohio State buckeyes in the middle of the fourth quarter. Last November in Michigan Stadium. Oh yeah, I love doing this thing just love doing this will I do check my hotel here in Ohio person welcomes me in Ohio. I feel so welcome and lowers his voice as I Ohio State scored again. Now if I like to welcome everybody here impeccable with his chest. He said just tell him that's what he needed to do.

You know Brockman was like that existed on the shoulder, told him to do it. I do it to me like maybe I could talk them out of the and I was like that man you don't get this chance again got elected. The clip fly and he deftly let it the jacket dinner a decade and have never been given a 40 2/42 well done all four years of my local news life in Michigan, Sidon, Alpena, Michigan. While market 208, I was just in the country Alpena LP. It is they go to Glendive Montana North Platte Nebraska Alpena Michigan through that was Route 210 209. Those of the smallest television demographics in our nation and we are going to start somewhere and now started the bottom. Now here, your whole crew here got a crew yet in this chair never realized how far away you all were yeah I thought I thought would be a little snooty. It's funny how the people come in here will all the celebrities moving TV people and the like, wow, this place huge like well, they were just, you submit is almost year eight were just coming, he's doing now but it did work out during the pandemic that we were there we were so very socially dizzy and people were likewise cheesy in the corner with 12 there was nowhere else to put me because we had to spread out. So, worked out in the corner by myself in and we are pretty far away for now. Just Mike and Chris are the closeness is you can sandwich them around still 10 whenever something about this past Thursday NFL new NFL was back to Philly. I bet on the game and that's how I work for I God and finally I don't work I woke up and I was like, what, what's that tingling in my bones. All right action action tonight in the game I lost. But that's never here nor there, is the fact that work back. It was still great. I did know who was playing quarterback McDaniels had his visor on so I knew that he was in midseason form turn Lawrence's hair looks great. It was awesome.

It was great. It was great to see football being played. Regardless of these guys were delivering my UPS packages later on this week. It's all good. It's amazing to have football but 5.5 million viewers use the same as the All-Star game baseball meeting was absolutely meaningless that Josh Jacobs, by the way, meaningful, perhaps seven carries starting why was he out there so the running back starting back did not understand why Josh Jacobs is out there. It is punishment was like just McDaniels trying to prove a point or something they didn't cut them off in traffic and parking place.

I'm so confused, says Susie wants running backs to take live hits. I would think that would be the opposite.

But I want for my starting running backs, meaning less hits are not good in August. Apparently no trade that they like Josh Jacobs but first game of the preseason are already getting the touches starting getting live hits again in the rain like why even take that chance. I'm not down with that juice Jones I saw you in the rain is not there like that in this preseason game which is second-team offense of line you know like and care instead of barring disasters and can apply this year and it was interesting was a triathlon positive for Jacksonville. Not many they got pretty much trounce Petrillo Walker look pretty good at times in the in the first half of that game and that's obviously what you want to see out of the number one pick in the draft admitted that was huge. We get games Thursday Friday Saturday and Sunday asked more action. Teacher first week of the present byway rap sheet in Rappaport my careful this morning reporting Baker Mayfield has the inside track right now to be the starting quarterback for Carolina over sand Arnold think that's crazy TJ. I know he just got there darling okay year last year under his belt with the beat the Cowboys know last year just don't get how you guys been there like a month and he's already the inside track.

I just don't get how it seems like three weeks ago when I was standing in know enough to some mob of Cleveland Browns fans is the number one pick was being announced, because we were at the draft in Dallas and I was doing interviews and now he's not there anymore and extensive amazing the it just went south that bag. Even though we went to and won a playoff game right at house in Athens. It's strange, but I think it's probably the right decision last year.

I don't think I think Baker is the guy if Carolina wants to make the playoffs this year to be Baker Mayfield.

Nothing get sand Arnold but I think he has that winning mentality.

That's what I like to see from quarterback Jim on the shoulder yeah she's got that and then that you know he wakes up feeling dangerous quarterback to be dangerous on the field and when he wakes up MJ Acosta Ruiz NFL network NFL total Access, not momentarily steep filled in for Rich on the rich eyes and show if you don't know your numbers you don't know your business. That is true when your business is growing fast even more true when there's a lot of uncertainty. Inflation is running rampant supply chains are clogged in the labor market is tight, what is that mean for margins, but not every business is in the dark. Over 31,000 businesses know their numbers because they use NetSuite by Oracle. The number one cloud financial system. NetSuite gives you visibility and control of your financials planning, budgeting, of course inventory so you can manage risk get reliable forecast and improve margins. Everything you need all in one place.

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My friend, my colleague MJ Acosta Ruiz. We are month one month away from the NFL regular season kicking off September 8 MJ. Thank you so much for joining us this morning. We are honored yes it's awesome to have you and Jay and by the look like you had an amazing weekend had some friends.

MJ roles with like the coolest crowd of broadcasters there. They're all a listeners. They all support each other at it. It's a cool group.

What was the best thing you did this weekend. Drawing on the white shirt that we ought about their weekend and hanging out by the crowd like my my friend and I have been background for over a decade and all of us are in the basement in one capacity or another either or or production or new, very rare to find a group of women who wholeheartedly report you elevate you, keep you accountable.

I'm genuinely happy for your think that that they reach their goal. While I they really are wonderful human beings on the planet. I'm very proud to call them. I think there's really that's awesome MJ I saw the note that you you gauge them when they can your house that the people make the place and that's it couldn't be truer words spoken and since we the people make the place you're one of the people that that make the place at NFL network before he gets the NFL. I do want to talk about you little bit because you're you're so inspiring to me to young boys and girls growing up, I mean the first Afro Latino to host a show on NFL network really important to see Billie Jean King always said you gotta see it to be it. You were unable to see it and you were still in so what was your path to get there. In turn, we love all over the plate, here I started this journey in Miami broadcasting Spanish or high school, and you know calling Haeckel baseball game been going out the pop Warner game on patterning the no in 117° weather. It felt like the middle of Miami Gardens door.

You know, Overtown and Bob Florida and I loved every moment that much and I love every moment of covering the bow now at the antiphon network. Though the trajectory had been long and pretty bad. I covered everything from traffic, whether to entertainment lifestyle, you name it always the main goal right but I was most passionate about. And when I decided ultimately to focus my entire career on and made it all the way now to network and to be able to broadcast in English and throughout the league had been really wonderful.

Everybody has a different journey in it and it's so cool to see yours ending up where you are right now and there's much more to come.

I'm sure MJ, but did you ever take a moment to sit back and kindness appreciate what you've achieved. A lot of times it's the day-to-day were in the grinder know you're on TA today two hours to prep for but do you get those moments to come and sit back in and appreciate all you've accomplished daily on the grind go crazy and erratic time, but I make a point at least a few times a week down, and for black on what happened what I can do better and that moment that really sort of baby while he could do that for a living. Everything okay and work for and what I prayed for Solon so it's important to start of checkers balcony start to spiral down deep dark hole that's really not networking out and it was a lot like the paragraph weekend training though are in the middle of the summer and were like oh crap, now, but it is unbelievably fulfilling everything okay with Commissioner Roger Goodell right since I stadium.

I feel like with our new studio since being able to be so close to so far there's been so many times are all just been a studio during a break and just look around the this is amazing.

You know, and grateful for. For all that that you know we've been able to do in our careers a new members into the Pro football Hall of Fame this weekend. What what stood out to you most about the Hall of Fame ceremony this weekend.

You know how to read and write every year, a day on carpet but I know it's hard for them to one person.

We are excited about the real top bopper coach Victor meal. I think he will so humble and so kind to people, and I remember when they came that night. Right now, Hall of Fame class, but year after an honor taking straight over to the lack you're quite right with the quote that became and I will coach on the sidebar like on the side of the things that came by the way, because I love your not right for me outline highly recommend it. And he thought all my God, here's my card and you go up there. Please don't know how I did want to let you know that I really enjoy it and the history that you have in the replica of the lumbar all of the memorabilia, but he could not like he told me. Thank you so much for going like I did him a favor of the code right now.

Don't give it a kiss talk with people like that would be accomplished within the league they came to have their ultimate recognition and watch the colony that I cry I cannot. I was very excited to see him technical docs determine wine sorry by some of that and I did not know but I would also never turn down free alcohol so I think I should have taken.

Now I write it okay. I wanted to let him know that I'm not amazing. It's amazing. In addition, hosting, and it also relaxes you also get to do some reporting that's really started at NFL network you are able to go to Raiders training camp recently, they were our first preseason game we we saw the raters Hall of Fame game on Thursday of last week. They want Josh Jacobs played their car, Devante Adams, they did not, as as you would expect.

We did not expect Josh Jacobs to play what did you learn most about the team. When you are watching practice up there having white thing honestly but I watched on Saturday at the raters body like a bunch of very large kid having a good time out on the field like they I felt like they were clicking.

I felt like everything but bring on Devante Adams that practice. I've never think the money through out the way that he died it inexplicable he'd just built differently for different caliber wider plea. I got to talk to him briefly at Dr. Max Crosby with by the way, the evolution of background. One of my favorite thing to watch across the National Football League. I watched him down with fellow covering the raters in the bay area back in 2018 when he was drafted or found the later later round draft take and what you've done, how he comes off the ad. Of who you the lack field on Saturday. I backtracked and extra practice them because they started early. Having the Hall of Fame game on fact that I'm still out there getting work in though I even more. You can elevate your given everything already got for that but I raters I love to hear that you're having fun. Because that's as we hear from not understand the fighting so you know the raters are having fun with each other. I think that leads to chemistry and and could lead to really big things for them this year. You also got the interview raters Pres. · Morgan first black woman to hold that role in the National Football League Sandra Douglas Morgan, would that mean to you about my first encounter with her. I personally worked with. Courtney meet her how her how cute her goal and her appointment to being raters Pres. by the court that I go into the bathroom at the raters ability and their like like the quiet court raters but the lady but would also like the organic waste immediately looked over she already know slammed like it would. It was a really really cool moment like it felt like everything on among black women and I have to say that there is an unspoken right right that we feel and we each have their elevate and better work paid off. And so I told her that I you can tell me one single thing the data she was appointed because I felt like it with me. I know that you lot yes girl like you and for all that and she is also a very heavy burden That there one that you most black women do carry by sheath editing her interview you have to have broad shoulders to be able to do what we do at the level in which we can and she already impacted her. By the way, if you wanted during a standard club. Just send me an email and got a T-shirt of the fact sheet phenomenal and I think it speaks to the culture that there that there building in Lafayette while around the crater. She also said how proud she was of you and I think that speaks to you know what you're able to do and what you are doing right now in our industry and and one thing NJ that I really admire about you so you speak out on issues that you're passionate about and you do it in a way that is both thoughtful and extremely powerful and uses are plenty of issues you could do this every single day on sunglasses. I don't know that they would allow you to do that. But how do you determine which ones you're going to put on NFL network that mean the most to you. What important that wonder if impacting marginalized community that when you platform and that we amplify what the amplified and hold people accountable that and dealt time I started hoping that John 2021 and we were in the middle of everything. Everything about racial reckoning of the social object that done anything though.

I found myself on having a happy conversation and they were really draining and really really have to do at the same time. I know the responsibility that I carry on in being the host of the show on a national popcorn and being a person deeply and personally affected by the though.

I also bring that energy to other community who are suffering as well and while it a lot.

It's also I think the privilege to be able to do so I thought I did take a very nice it's amazing. It's inspiring you know when I watch those segments.

Like I said there there extremely powerful there thoughtful and then use your words in such a beautiful way so I look up to it. In that respect, I think that's really hard to do in the position that were in on on a national network. Obviously on social media, there's a lot of folks that are going to be on the opposite side of whatever you say. Even if you literally said the sky is blue. Some is him and no it's not, so you know when to tackle those issues you know your putting that upon yourself and and I think it's you know next level with what you're able to do back back on a lighter note, though, with the raters. The AFC West.

I'm curious because I love that that division right now and the quarterbacks in that division. How do you think raters charges teach Broncos they all have amazing quarterbacks Derek Carr Justin Herber Patrick Holmes Russell Wilson how do you see the quarterbacks playing for those themes.

I see that division, shaken out, I don't think were talking about hard.

I think they been sort of like, and I don't mean it in a derogatory way the little brother in that division for so long right leg talent. Great drafting very competent players on there but attempting to close out and I think that for that year adequately on Mac so many other thing Justin Herbert is only getting stronger and better and more accurate and we already felt he did come flying out the gate delete I think that Carter cannot and should not be discounted in a happy lack it's going to be highly competitive. I do think like him back. The Broncos take a minute to get into that flow, but once they do, and I'm ready because that entire division turned not only that, can't break on it had the whole league, like if you're in the road to avoid actually more difficult for you.

Absolutely. I think is the best back out of that group. It's tough to rank them and is as blasphemous as it sounds. I have Russell Wilson force out of the quarterbacks I have him for that. Patrick Holmes, I have Justin Herbert, I think he's underrated night and I think he's legit and and then I have Derek Carr and then I have Russell Wilson know I great hard man point quarterbacks. We know that you probably work at the quarterback. Meet Bill that ranking will be all fine blue and journey folk like everyone to buckle up battling the other things like that but I guarantee you, whatever we think is going to happen and not happen in your life for greater I want to talk about on TA later today in Rappaport my careful Loucks Baker Mayfield is the inside edge on the starting job in Carolina over Sam Donald can Baker Mayfield, in your opinion, lead the Carolina Panthers to the playoffs this year.

I mean, I think, angry, and certainly could Write like a believer that you already had now by I got your pork working with all the drama that he left behind when honestly I think it's going to come down to his attitude right like it. It's not about you lead with the work that you you and galvanized team to really do want them in Carolina. You know what I mean to come together because he wanted he has to be the tablet and make sure that clicking on help them under until the owner is on his shoulder name of the article. I think we all know that that's the way it's trying to gripe you five introductory I got a mighty note no doubt in his mind that you want, though I think beyond that. Okay, back bring that energy and make sure you are leading these men when you get on MJ. I sometimes get the honor of filling in for you on total access but I've noticed that you had some cohosts recently and sat before I let you go one will have to do to get on the show with MJ Acosta release five minute right now what are we doing there have been cleared of all this is happening. You are in my plan IS right. Did you form your after me or you okay little Avenue, did you take my restaurant advice.

Now I get the girl had a full itinerary that were mentioned friend group snails delete snails and it also lacks a 7:54 PM eastern today two hours on NFL network. I know you get a feeling for the show, RR wardrobe department is next level NFL network, but I do really appreciate you taking some time to be my first guest on the rich eyes and so MJ Acosta release. Thank you so much again appreciate you, MJ Acosta. Rui is true trailblazer in our industry and just a brilliant human kind human love love to hear from her teacher. What would you take away from that would take away the we need to get into MJ's friends.

Are we writing to ask Instagram stuff, you know, that was Joy Taylor in the group was for right like I was glad you brought up some the things that you brought it with MJ that you know might not normally get talked about begin the fact that she is kind of like someone especially for young women in this industry to look up to the kind of follow her lead, along with a lot of the other women that you touched on being her friend's role in the business I you know I I think it's amazing just for young women to have someone that looks like them. That sounds like them. The dresses like them that thinks and talks like them to to have that kind of role model to look at me like I want to do what she's doing or what to do with their doing and to me that's amazing and that's incredible. She is an incredible role model for for kids. I look up to her as well. MJ Acosta release once again really appreciate her coming on today. Steve Wiseman filling in for Rich on the rich eyes and show still ahead.

We've got Andy Roddick. We've got Lisa Byington.

We've got Kurt Warner to Hall of Fame show.

It is a trailblazing show and we got much more after this back on the rich eyes and show Steve Wiseman filling in for Rich today super grateful to be here with all of you Peacock Sirius XM channel 85 Westwood One streaming free on the Odyssey app. You can call in 844204 rich that's 844204 rich myself brought until two for TJ and will we.

We got some that I think working to bring the bring the function for today is the 30 year anniversary of the dream team.

The one and only dream team winning the gold. The gold medal at the Olympics. 1992 Barcelona. This was the team and by the way for for our young bucks out there that don't know but 30 years right here in Las Vegas I 92 they didn't allow NBA players to play in in the Olympics.

It was only college players, and in 1988 the United States of America lost to the USSR, who by the way, if you're young buck.

That's the Soviet Union that is now Russia. How we got Braun Suite 19 of the previous 11 goals in men's basketball. One of those years. We didn't even play 1980.

We did not show up to the X of getting bronze that was not acceptable.

Not in the US must be number one. Of course everything starts to work basketball also grown men.

You know you had like 27-year-olds playing against 18-year-old and I think that was a little people start to go with the second's is it really fair.

So for a while are 18-year-olds were still better true while until they worked until they were so social rules were changed right so put her foot to listen when we need the gold again. We gotta get back on top of this Olympic men's basketball and so so the dream team was formed and this was something was on the cover of Sports Illustrated. This was in adventures like squadron we had superheroes every single position.

It was endgame, and so this wasn't you know we were coming back with the Panos of the rings we were taking them all. We had pharaohs we had and we had Ironman and we had the rest of the avengers. I knew this was this was things of legend.

So the dream team. Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Charles Barkley, David Robinson, Patrick Ewing, Karl Malone forget about the mailman, Scotty PIP and John Stockton Clyde Drexler Chris Mullen and Christian Leitner the only one who is not individually in the best qualified all the 11 and all had that the whole team is in the Hall of Fame is one and then 11 of the players are in the Hall of Fame. 03.

The coaches are in the hold him head coach Chuck Daly can forget about that and so this is Michael Jordan called one of their scrimmages. The best game he was ever in the sun was 4236. I love it. Team white in team blues magic Barkley Robinson Mullen Leitner against Jordan Byrd Malone Ewing and Pittman's crazy, you know, back in those days they recorded those practices. Only you know like cameras like this and how his imagine if we had today's technology obesity.

They wouldn't let the footage of the prayer with a still have), but the footage like we get this approved or film of wind that the college guys when play them and stomp them a little bit. Just imagine the footage we have today of this. The 8-K crispness of what those pickup games must've been like that like Lebron at the Drew league like think about how I act like the small actors. Jim would've been like. I love everything about the dream team.

That's what I was like really started to come of age.

The basketball fan love Michael Jordan growing up like you will still wear shoes but yet started but hard to believe that it's been 30 years since the dream team like crazy to think about. It's awesome is a great time documentary on NBA.com.

They made TV that they did about his great great Lotta great memories about the watch all those games just eaten everyone down the like 80 points. To see the Angola warning sign autographs and games like push one of those guys was beating everybody is just to get beat up by somebody for you know is a basketball and then run up to them and asked for the graph or their sneaker… This team is really nothing in the history of sports quite like that.

I don't know hundred points every day when every game like it 80,000 points were actually but there's always especially in basketball, you know, people want to compare the dream team to them or try to put together a hypothetical team that could beat these guys. But man that you're right that was the avengers, the X-Men, the defenders, the guardians of the Galaxy and alpha flight all mixed together. It is fantastic for all of them. This team is the best new member of the leading score was believed was Barkley right yeah yeah you got a team with Jordan magic and bird Charles Barkley approach. I mean I think sometimes people might forget because like you said, it's been years and years.

We had a discussion here.

I remember was even really adamant Chris or something I read in some things like look at Duchess bird Charles Barkley and I'm like you know you should really go back and do some research of Charles Barkley was a bad mother shut your mouth man like don't let the guy the big guy you see on TV now fully Charles Barkley was that do. I'm a 6 foot 42 right here and X for power forward, 14, 15, 16 boards a game you know and you know you take a coast-to-coast and just people bounce off of ledger juggernaut legend amazing all and want to get a 44204. Rich, who would you put on today's dream team that's a fun class and great question. We got options. They beat the 92 team 844204 Rich the watchman filling in for Rich today on the Rich Eisen show Lisa Byington is coming up top of the hour.

Some who she is the voice of the Milwaukee box. Don't go anywhere now brother we talked about this before the show. Yes, we are grown men that do not wear other grown men's Jerseys uniforms correctly, you want Brockman on the back on the back of your shirt every former box player John Brockman.

I want to my yes and I want I want Wiseman and I want to with US is not not one to guys are basically saying your by that mindset, you would be very limited as to the jerseys. If there's somebody in your in your family.

Great. You can wear their jersey rocket is a grown man and if you have a friend that plays professional sport want to support them. Okay if it's given as a gift.

Now some socio-here to sign jersey. I put that up in the house. I wouldn't wear it but that's an option or for me Michael Jordan. This is tremendously did you see the sign on the desk. I didn't see this is amazing and original number nine Jordan is the only jersey I own. That is another human see him like old-school like turtle from entourage back in the day like I was you Mr. guy so I don't you know I don't agree with you guys about not wearing shoes that was part of the time that I was in need of the early 2000.

As you know I was that I was a guy was going to clubs if you know that was an error like you know look at any renders a view from 98 to 2011 was the writers so I would add that I was and that was my stop if you were in a rap video. Okay you get the exemption now you hell it is about 10 of them soldiers. I just enjoy who out with today's dream team because they beat this dream to write the top 12 players in the all NBA voting Yunus Luca Joker Booker Tatum MB John Durrant Curry DeRose and Kat Lebron thinking that other team that beat the original dream know that's a goatee because you don't have it in the prime Larry Berger in the prime Magic Johnson even know if you and the primes in the dream team.

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