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REShow: Stephen A. Smith - Hour 1 (6-6-2022)

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REShow: Stephen A. Smith - Hour 1 (6-6-2022)

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June 6, 2022 3:16 pm

Rich recaps the Warriors Game 2 rout of the Celtics and says how Draymond Green stirring up the pot put Golden State back in the win column.

ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith tells Rich why Draymond Green the refs were right to hold off on giving Draymond Green a 2nd technical foul in Game 2 vs the Celts that would have been resulted in an ejection for the Warriors forward, why he’s predicting Golden State will beat Boston in 7 games, says why he likes the Lakers’ hiring of Darvin Ham to be their new head coach, and explains why he’d rather buy stock in the Brooklyn Nets than the Philadelphia 76ers despite some serious reservations about Kyrie Irving. 

Rich and the guys debate whether or not Draymond Green deserved a 2nd technical foul and an ejection for his Game 2 antics vs the Celtics. 

Rich reacts to the latest lawsuit against Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson and questions just how much due diligence the Cleveland front office did before trading for the controversial QB and handing him a record-setting contract.

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Also on this program Mike Florio of Pro football talk. Lots going on with the Sean Watson's attorney that we kinda say touched upon it Friday but I guide literally just said I can sit with me here so that the Broncos might be sold by the end of the day of the Seahawks for sale. What's going on with Russell Wilson's contract. Why is that suddenly a conversation. There is so much to discuss in the world of the NFL with OTA's mandatory OTA's, not one after another, including Green Bay's this week Mike Florio will join us in the actor Wyatt Russell will join us. The last time he was on his promoting the falcon in the winter soldier. Now he's on the show called under the Banner of Heaven with Andrew Garfield.

He is on this program coming up in our number three in studio huge industry a week for us. Tomorrow we got OSHA Jackson Junior and Michael checklists and later on in the week we got Henry Winkler there so much fun. Over the next five days for us to have on the show and it's not just as my Delta force were to be here for every single one of those days so I like. That's how we see it that we set the tape set the table of so the NBA finals is now tied at one game apiece looked like we were going to have another type I until the third quarter happened and once again the third quarter went the Golden State Warriors Way this one, however, was such a blowout in the third quarter and the fourth quarter there was no Celtics three point up a loser and the Warriors win this one. 107, 88, and it really wasn't that close. The Warriors didn't get a better performance from Jordan pull who went splash from half-court that was a huge shock even though we kinda carried the ball before shooting it was 17 points off the bench to bond.

Looney had a nice game as well. Steph Curry almost with a 30 piece last night. Clay Thompson added his points and Gary Payton, the second made his appearance and Andre a good dollar didn't even dress so that looks to be potentially the way the Warriors you play this thing from here on out is there their first MVA NBA finals MVP from the stretch didn't even dress last night Gary Payton, the second did dress up for this one for second Street top.

This time however he actually played and looked the role of giving a nice burst to this team on both ends of the floor. Even though Jason Tatum had a heck of a first-half a much better game to and Derek White was doing his thing. We did not see the huge three point outburst from Al Hartford. We didn't see it all. We did see it from Jaelyn Brown in the first quarter.

Last night, but the second half. It was all Warriors and were taught it one game apiece and Stephen a Smith is given. Join us shortly. I think accurately made it an assessment that looked like the Celtics already had their one and the word kind of settling in the second half last night there was a touch of contentment. You didn't see the same hunger in the second half last night that may be something that you you can't ascribe it to the Celtics but you just thought last night that they had a shot in the second half to just lady that lay down the law lay the wood to this team and take a tool lead back to Boston and that is kind of the NBA finals champion mentality that you would see from teams that are dominant and maybe, just maybe, though, that these two teams are very well matched in their victim. It's gonna be a close series all the way to the that's that's another way that you can assess it and and dream on green at the soundbite of the night after game one where he looked at the stat sheet and he saw 15 to 23, three point shooting from Hartford White and Brown and he basically said intimated that that's odds are that's not happening.

And I've said, the odds are philosophy going against the Celtics is a poor philosophy because the Celtics had taken your odds are, and stuffed it where the sun don't shine on every single opponent that they've faced pretty much since the calendar turned from 2021 2022 and maybe, just maybe, this team in Golden State needs to take these three-point shots and shooting ability of esteem far more seriously or it's just dream on green only known once. And that's the speed of getting in people's faces and getting in people's kitchens and grills and seeing him matched up with Marcus Mark last night on occasion, you know, I turned you, Chris.

By the way, Chris, and we watch the game with Chris yesterday figured you were a dodger Stadium.

Once again, for the Mets to judge as I was quite okay will come anyway. I know that so I turned to Chris and I like these two guys when there matched up together. It's the matchup of the two guys who know how to get it done while blaming it on the other person that they're covering more than anybody else and hiding it and hiding it made me think they pretty much know how to get it done and blame it on the other guy and make it look to the referees. It is other nonvolatile and then dream on light on top like latest latest feet on top of Jaelyn Brown and he already had a technical he already had a technical and the officials how to go in Marion.

As VanGundy pointed out, this is normally a double technical certainly feared pollen on the shorts of the opponent who is getting up and having an issue with you resting your feet on top of them for a split second, and a double technical word of not going out again and got a do it. They didn't and so green last night doubled down once he only knows how to do it many doubles and triples and quadruples down he he doubled down on his comment after game one of like these guys can keep it up. So I think will be fine as we had. I think it was definitely an attitude adjustment. You know, like I said we we didn't play with enough force.

The entire 48 minutes we had spurts where we play with the right amount of force in game one but overall guess a team like that you can lift your foot off the gas, but all they need to see his one-shot go in and they can start a domino effect so we knew, like a said last Alaskan. They are who we thought they were. And so we knew we had to keep our foot on the gas pedal and not let up, and we did that and were able to come out to where so trim on linked another green Denny asked except they didn't let the Celtics off the whole Vista weight.they were money green going Denny Green and man I I just know Celtics fans are in here that soundbite for the next 48 hours played on one of EIN. Although station is nonstop. They just can it be really intense and gain number three when the warriors get on the floor and will have to see them win another game on the road for 25th consecutive play officers if they don't, the Celtics will win the series. It's just that simple. And dream on green as the table wired. The question is will he be able to hit the point and the warriors made their points last night and Poole made his points last night, but I think that dream on green is written some checks that he knows that the will.

I think the officials are ready to cash now that were going to be spending the next 48 hours, thinking he here in conversation he should've been ejected.

Needs like the Celtics are who we thought they were walking the team that's run out of gas a team that can't keep up the shooting. That doesn't seem like a compliment defensive intensity. I don't I don't know what that comment really means, but all I know is it's really set up this NBA finals. That's now a best-of-five with the Celtics having home-court advantage in the Celtics will take that would sign for although our next guest as we take a break points out that they played like it last night and they didn't take advantage of the opportunity to take the first two in San Francisco. Let's take a break we come back none other than Stephen a Smith from ESPN and the NBA on ABC that's coming up next box or back your NBC Sports on Peacock and were back here in the rich doesn't show terrestrial radio off and he is one of my favorite people on the planet, not just to watch but just to chat with. He's on the Mercedes-Benz vans phone line, Making His Way, Easter about 24 game three that's gonna be on Wednesday night on ABC between the Celtics and the warriors. It's now best-of-five in the NBA finals.

The great Stephen a Smith here on the rich is enjoyed when Steve and I you I am great appreciate you give it some time is your your making your way to to the flight East your two cents on team to the first two games before while five think that to be really good at the big moment only in the third quarter of each game all unfortunately they fell apart in game one always up 15 and ended up being about 15 tremendous turnaround, but about getting to that did not happen.

They recognize their backs against the wall all bought Celtics you can go down to the department culture can expect when they read them to lose 158 lot back back again in a post even yet you look at it from that perspective it with an elevated level of urgency, dream on green played like that in fact not going to be dated begin the process of the bed stepped up. He did his thing. Jordan pulled him up event help on that ultimately some inexplicable reason the bought can't feed to get back to get the third quarter and came back to haunt them. 11 just in and of itself. Stephen a dream on, resting his legs atop Jaelyn Brown and then, tugging on the shorts is not an objectionable offense, but it might be worthy of a double technical as VanGundy pointed out during the broadcast, which would have with one T already on the docket for dream on ejected him from the game to think the official should've done that last night.

I don't think that I don't think that would've led ejected not only into it. I thought that were supposed to avoid and ignore the actual moment that way.

Not a regular game and you want game decided by the players on the court and the coaches in the coaching box. You don't want to play in the plague started by fish. Now granted, you understand that Fremont had already received a technical earlier in the game you want to make that case. Getting the bit to demonstrative it to bombastic when it comes to getting in the face of I even understand that, but a play like that warrant an ejection and if you know that lent itself to be an ejected from an NBA finals that absolutely got me that 20,000 people packed in arena and upon millions of people are watching it on television and we just want to ignore that because backplate customarily would warrant a technical file and we can ignore the fact that it would lead to an ejection and an MBA bottle game.

I think it's utterly ridiculous that people have that kind of attitude they want to act like all things are equal in every moment came when you damn well know better, but I mean, but how many times you know if he did a certain time then you're really like at some point so there has to be some sort of repercussion. Don't you think the top job and I love each other. Nearly we've all you know you love your life, but I'm sure Tom normally be the last great way with that particular play. I don't have it happen 20 warrant to me in a text. You get me to think of Ariel's family back way that took place more receptive to a referee.

All right, I've had enough because you're constantly screaming in my faith rubbing your body up against my and imploring me to see things the way that you and you won't believe that warrant ejection than the actual play against what you think money green meant at the end of the end of his press conference last night that the Celtics are who we thought they were reported to money green for the denigrating last night. Stephen and what you think what you think he meant by that I don't know how wide that I don't know that.

Why did it right now. Jake started bleeding yet played like one yet, but he Jaelyn Brown and Scott Weldon brother can play basketball any decent boreal if not think it not only it's a legitimate delete that international basketball Association so it he said that about that we tried to outscore the Golden State Warriors. It didn't take into account when coming from but often have one damn capability. And when you consider the way they have. Clay Thompson struggling that with the exception of Jordan getting up in the third quarter.

They held him in Any currently have allowed Fremont agreed to become a juggernaut. I think it's kind of dangerous man that say that the three top Champion parent and an MBA bottle anybody get the right to display such bravado, Stephen a Smith two minutes left with him before he hops a flight to Boston for game three that will be on Wednesday night on ABC and he and will bond and Jaelyn Rosen Greaney and Magic Johnson was terrific at. You can check him out every single pregame and mid May game at halftime and afterwards here on the rich eyes and show so how do you see the next five games point out best-of-five Boston's gone home court advantage do you think they can pull this off, Stephen. I think we come back next week again. I think that the five will intensify to about three Golden State Warriors women. In seven games. But I did say it with a pick to begin with because I happen firmly believe that the Boston Celtics on the leaky pallet and Golden State doesn't get it back in order take like fishing for 19 to get it done ethic that we all know that so it's one of those situations where I look at Boston. I respect him for being a legitimate bona fide threat that they are but I still firmly that the Golden State Warriors should be the team that get done because in a championship experience and because of Steph Curry who I think will capture his first MBA pond MVP honors when all okay so you just take the other side of that see the Celtics lost how you how you see that being possible.

If they continue to neutralize Clay Thompson and Jordan when the role-play of the data be pivotal. I get all of that but Indiana comes down to Clay Thompson and Jordan pulled at home at going to give copy because at some point in time. Just like walking with people to neutralize their Korean game. One way the company dropped 63 was 21 point in the first corner didn't help, and 13 point again, just like they figured them out over the last recorded they can potentially do that again. And if that happened. Clay Thompson will have to step up and if they don't often can take Stephen a Smith here on the rich eyes and show.

I have not spoken you since the Lakers made a move in the direction of Darvin Hamm very report this morning from my shame surrounding saying that it looks like were she wants my join him on his coaching staff what you think of the hiring of Pam the Lakers and what you think they need to do from this moment forward with Lebron roster.

I like that you're having a cold think about question Dobbin am around but don't even think about that not happening that happen around yummy individual he earned the right to get the opportunity. I'm happy I would ask about it only from the standpoint that he's the first time a coach and considering all the new percolator out of the lot looked like an organization and how you have poked it what the coach actually wants to do. You certainly thought that they would hire a stronger mind that wouldn't allow that kind of stuff that happened but they swear that's not gonna happen in the future that anybody thought that way about them happily.

Think about that moving forward. They feel the way to think Herne I think adding a guy like Rusty Wallace but to the coaching staff. Considering what I know you know all about personality. It how much respect for God and from the contemporary player and how he can get initiate every along with retaining Bill Hanby who got to get enough credit plan developmental skills along with basketball acumen. I think the gap is going to be pretty strong and I think that that's going to help them overcome a lot of the maladies for black people don't really have a problem with the coaching staff roster Anthony Davis you don't know how you going to be less than what appear to be the ideal for them and so they need to make some moves whether they'll be able to relate because you don't have people wanting what the coach of the last deal at 47 million per you'll have people that to key on grabbing him back at all change in a matter of months and we know that, but it really comes down to me Lebron James and Anthony date how healthy those two guys to help making it difficult for you Stephen you could take the next of the Sixers as a team to to be the Eastern conference favorites next year. Those are the only two which one would you take only Brooklyn all metallic perspective from an ability to read wobbly tomorrow when completely healthy. We all know that Kylie Irvin is a showstopper and then defendant is an elite player that my boat that I have about my book defensively. I feel that they obviously implement entirely urban on anything but reliable.

Then submit the complete different case altogether. We don't even know if you gonna play again to be quite honest with what we don't know what is mental health situation look like an indicator.

Kylie Irvin got the showstopping debacle is worth 50 million years on the concern in today's NBA economy, but I would never ever give him more one year at a time deal cannot be trusted to show up to work. I will publicly update again which either my hand today have my heavenly father with this when Ukraine got bombed by Russia.

I actually thought that I could work you he's done it before God at work because he was traumatized. I, you are When everybody else in America work Kylie everything, God, the professional work. See five reasons not work within the work he just want to show up when you want to show up if anyone took 1230 Nana lacking to be about 30 the game is on a Thursday dinner like you to be on Friday that who he not that school year and so for me the only thing that you can trust about him that you care enough about is money to show authority. If you know what guarantee he might throw a monkey wrench in but from a talent know? When the tenants of the book Billy and I would trust Harvey's talent and Vincent's talent more than James Hardin, at this stage in his career that hamstring injury.no complex agent attrition Stephen a safe travels. Really appreciate the time always. As you know about an event by cherishing the parliament be safe I love you and the rest of this series, and beyond. Thanks a ton. The one and only Stephen a Smith here on the rich eyes and show us he gets ready to head off to take the next even with the way he feels about contrary over your 76 personal feelings though matter on the court let you know may feel like him. He put the man on the basketball court is one of the best in the game. It's not a personal feeling trying. It was a personal feeling thing you said he had taken its even with the way he feels about hiring well like Kylie on the basketball court, but his point is that Tyree's not reliable to get on the basketball court, and that's even with that, he still would take the nets over the secondly that's foolish that what you would your term targeting to give you a laundry list of reasons why he was here to read the rain had beef with Stephen very recently and he's gonna bless plan suck, but it is also love the money you in there that he had a personal and defensive player of the year at about he slid that in there really should watch as he watches ton of our car is going to go one year to Cairo just to go one year with the nets.

I don't think that's a feasibility and harden it, which is I can send harden just needs to go on the JH system but he should call a Tom Brady system is working.

I didn't really work for a while saying that man. I'm calling Tom Brady if Mike Darrell Moore gimme Tom Brady's number.

Tom, can I hook you up with James Hardin and you call James Hardin at St. James I just just one year is given to me one year of you on the system one year of treating your body like a temple. He shows up at 205 shredded what is when attempting today. My teachers basically said I will take Kylie Irving and his unreliability. I would take him over harden because he hasn't gotten over hamstring injury and forever and always got to do is get over that hamstring injury and become more little bit more than the playmaker that he is right on that.

But I never play maker is a backhanded compliment life only for some only also a hamstring injury. He has been able to get over like obviously hamstring injuries must be really tough to recover from all tell you this, I do. Even though we I do agree with his assessment that this is the NBA finals and you need to call it differently so I always feel you know how the NFL is the king of doesn't matter what game it is. Doesn't matter what time it is. Doesn't matter at all were calling foul were thrown. The words that all the time but you see the referees eat there whistling last couple minutes of the end of an NFL game although you dine ostensibly like when did you not see the end of the Super Bowl this year will be called for holding and was a completely reversal of the way the game was called of that entire team. Of course, the Rams fans would be well did you see Jim and Ramsey have his head nearly turned around like it was the exorcist in the beginning of the second half and that wasn't call. I just needed to push back on him just for you Chris.

You know when you self that the Celtics fans were like, you know, if you keep on letting somebody do what they want and it is normally any time I hear a technical foul and somebody's already gotten the tea. That doesn't mean that they have to do something completely egregious in order to get that second technical I guess if you believe, is instead of laying his feet on if you kick them in the nether region about a minute because that's what's happened before him in NBA fonts and what is trying to pull his pants down. I would do a summer camp. What I think you can talk to him try to pull himself up more than intrinsic filmmaking spaces for this guy. Oh, I'm not making excuses but I'm to say that while we try to pull his pants down. I don't believe he's a petulant child on the basketball court and the rest let them get away with it, like who cares if he's only had to take a model for him they did the summit while he's screaming and grant Williams like the sum of the parts. Here is the sum of all the action so if or five things happen throughout the course of the game. Yes, you should be objected.

I don't care if the one that tipped the scale was wasn't as bad as one, two, three or four.

At what point is enough of it. I guess the second technical and in NBA finals game needs to have a different standard than the first.

And that's something that I'm sure the NBA would deny is actually, it is always like a here's a warning shot.

Okay, don't do it again but he hasn't cared for mongering is shown right his entire career. Those things don't matter because his team a world championship because he couldn't help himself and he has since corrected that I think he's a lot more I think wise about his shenanigan was nice days and he was a younger Valeri Moore so he has to resort to this type about that assessment will I mean it's kind knowing this is good at 33 is a art 23 so he has to resort to intimidation getting his fans and his teammates jacked up by doing this type of behavior that in any other game get to boot. He might physically be different but he's a much better player in terms of his mental acuity and how. Okay that's all he has left. I mean, that's it. That's a great way to keep yourself on the path to the hall saying that's true, and very caring right now.

I am aware of his of his of his arms and his legs and what he's doing with them, but I'm on the call that I more pest about is Jaelyn Brown second file went on every single piano we we doesn't touch him and and and again that's if I'm an this kind of placing or talking about a point play and second out of the game right after he had scored nine around nine so in the same way that were saying officials should just call it as they see it and remove the stakes from the process. In other words, the exact opposite of what Steve Highsmith just said as he respectfully disagreed with me that I think coaches should challenge calls use their challenge in the first quarter if it's something that is just as important as it is in the fourth.

Sometimes a baseball manager will bring in a reliever in the fifth or sixth inning of a playoff game because this is the moment to douse the flames because you never know.

The seventh, eighth and ninth innings. Of course, could be have the same level of importance, if not more important because it's later in the game and you're that much closer to winning. I'm always in the mindset in a playoff game. Bring the guy and now, because you could put the fire out now and have no fires. The rest of the game that your fire, you don't just let it you know involve the house more because you know what later on and have more of a brigade will need the brigade later on I thought you know it you Joker should use the challenge on the first quarter when your your star players got a second foul to be picked up anytime and he's hot and this replay showed he didn't come any content any contact zero use the challenge there. He's got one foul and off you go, and is not a big play.

I mean the first quarter was the Celtics corridor may be kinda went in then as it as you as you saw there was no third or fourth quarter need for that challenge the NBA finals people we come back let's turn our arise on the football world.

I've been making this statement over and over again that the Las Vegas raters again when the AFC West this year and just like everybody in Las Vegas you know when you when you put your chips in the center of the table. Yet a double and triple and quadruple down to protect your back and put the odds behind the pass line when we come back and see what I mean when we talk about the AFC West demanded that back here in the Richardson chili for four to a full rich number to dial Mike Florio to join us. Top of the next hour. The as expected 24th 24th two 4/24 civil lawsuit has been filed against Sean Watson and this one the tells a story that I can't mention on this program and it's disgusting. It's disgusting. What is he's being accused of is so vile and discussing that I cannot mention here and if it's true, the league must act in its gonna act considerably. I honestly there's nothing there's not. There's nothing that can remove this story from my brain. Now and like I said I the only thing I can tell are our listeners is to go seek it out. This I don't even know how to describe it in a way for for a radio audience that might have children and it's out there earmuffs the accuser is saying that Watson had her went went to her house for the massage and eventually will wound up being fully naked and now I just know why Rusty Hardin, the his attorney was talking about happy endings the other day and they're not necessarily being illegal. Maybe he saw this one coming. He saw the document or anything like that. All I know is that the massage therapist didn't expect it didn't want, and wasn't happy for her and she quit the profession and called a friend apparently right afterwards so this could be corroborated Irene.

The Browns did not do their duty again. I know it's a he said she said think if this is true, the Browns clearly did not do their due diligence and I I don't. Once again, know that this guy I met him right after the draft I arrived.

He couldn't of been more nice couldn't of been more polite couldn't of been more everything that you'd want in your child. Everyone you want in your child's friend anybody that you'd want in a face of your business. That's who the Sean Watson was as bright and is on the straight and narrow as you want anybody that you'd be giving all this money I don't I don't know that person reading this document vile is the only way to describe it. If true, and I don't know the way out of this and if it's true then he should be on the commission's example is five minutes ago and I are on.

I don't know the way out of this thing, but it's not criminal. He's not getting any criminal charges. It's all civil and is now 24 of them.

24 lawsuits Mike Florio joining us at the top of the next hour, 844204, which numbered it all. Kevin Stefanski just was speaking.

It looks like is a golf tournament or something like that.

I'm seeing this from the terrific NFL network news desk. There is a mandatory minicamp next week is a Brown's golf tournament today and you just were trying to be respectful of the process is what he said about the 24th lawsuit coming. He also mentioned that he wouldn't comment on Mayfield showing a Baker Mayfield showing up for mandatory minicamp next week. If you can be excused if is expected the Niners announced that they're excusing Jimmy Garon flow from their manhood, and his items like a month that's in our three. Don't worry about it.

Don't about me.

I do love it if people are very watching all three hours the rich. I wasn't sure here at the but the Browns really messed up. Sorry it is not like you just alienated the guy that you drafted number one what four years ago five years ago and gave all this money to do that we want to really believe in them believe, but like one or two you can overlook 24 like my God I came in, sit here and try to come up with a way to defend this do that anymore, manages, and they gave him 180,002,013 guaranteeing him select escrow whole thing is weird never that to 30 to get well soon a 30 million guaranteed dollars I and as Andrew Brandt points out, they they gave him a contract where if you suspended it only it only comes out of his one and 1 million of the 46,000,070 basically made him monetarily foolproof to a suspension. Year-long suspension loses a million.

Only a million of the 46 million.

That's it.

While they basically said to him, a we got your back. If you've done this, and to the point where the leaks it needs to suspend you feels compelled to suspend you so you get to still keep your money and then once that's all over you will be our quarterback. Not like there's gotta be part of the fan base that will never overlook any of this aberrant is matter how many touchdowns he scores within again that that does I everything honestly incident though touchdowns and and you you know you might sit here and say what why is this accuser coming forward now after all this time and apparently it was that real sports piece that aired the night that we were at the sports and she saw it and she's like I gotta speak out. I haven't seen the report but just you know just going by the way you described it in to say my sounds and I can't describe it.

All I know is I read it during the commercial break after hanging up from Stephen a Smith and whatever and it's disgusting it's violence is like behavior like that is is sick, venal, I mean again and I'm sure you're innocent or proven guilty and it it's not you know he states all the charges have been unit would never filed criminally against him. But similarly civil lawsuits. This is somebody saying that she accepted his business.

I and I know folks are saying like that in and I'll just say this to.

I I'd never have you ever gone and got a massage and then you went to the masseuses house. You know like that's weird. Normally the masseuse or masseur comes to your spot or you go somewhere words of that's not the whole thing is just so weird and wild, especially with a professional athlete letting like that that's your profession to be eight.

That's all it means everything to have your to have your body taken care of and you're gonna put it in the care of 24 different people there that's always been your faith from day one.

I like what you like every professional athlete I know finds the one person that knows their body and they go to that person and that's the person for as long as that person's willing to have you, or you have a person in each city that you go to so you have that you know that you specifically like a person I know like you know like I've got a right hip issue.

I got this and that's you know, in the story that this masseuse tells us similar to the ones that once and his lawyer went on the radio last week and said the most disgusting thing to like basically like how many guys out there in your listening audience that had a happy ending in their massage and it's not illegal like what you talking about, like now, see you now, you're saying that this stuff did happen. Susanna stuffed it happening. It's normal and it's not illegal. I thought this was all untrue. None of that nothing ever happened overlook some of its conceptual but consensual. But the other ones are at all sexual because he never did just that. Which one city doing which ones didn't he do and and this is the starting quarterback of the Cleveland Browns in week one. I know how that's possible.

And then if he is suspended. You then admit you know that it's just okay were were all just good overall good and let's go play football then that's what the Browns are counting on the Browns are counting on that he or she serves it out and will just forget about the 2022 season some point we tell it all though all all teammates and Baker and any Baker supposed to be the want to get them off the hook. That's right that's that's why they still have them here that this guy who has this lawsuit filed against him, and ate it in a a lawyer was saying what he is now saying publicly that guy got all the guaranteed dollars from the team that that wants him back under the circumstances to save the season to season, Baker. We made this decision with the Sean Watson we upset you. You're upset at us but was put bygones. Let's have bygones my dear, you guys gotta take us out of this problem, please get out of here with the noise literally last thing I want to be thought about in the sports world is the story literally last thing. Apparently that's what the masseuse had to do is take a shower. According to her philosophy and so awful guys and ladies out there and kids out there last thing I want to be talking but kinda have to don't we wow Mike Florio on this and more, really go after I talk about some good Browns news and retorting what you know my buddy Nathan is a Gore who is called in the show before. Yes, he recently got named him lead radio color analyst for the Browns football games.

I did not know that he and Gerard Sherry direct tracing of her silent reporter he is replacing Doug Deacon and the ground given your friend Lucia will remember when he called and he he put me over pretty well. Sigh.

I just need to return the favor, but proud of him and he's a guy we see the fantasy football so together a decade ago when asked with that yes with Ashton and Nate would fly himself from Cleveland to LA every Wednesday to do the show with Ash and I own you stream if you remember, you string and hours worked his way into this position worked his way in this position: and so proud of him in its decision on the good guy kind of making it and he's going to be breaking down a lot of the film of Jacoby preset. He's going to be doing, and he'll kinda do like theirs and McAfee thing. There's no way the league just lets this thing stand and says okay you're out there. Week one not shocked on this green earth can happen how you refute this when your lawyer just said what he said on the radio the other is wild and this is about how you say didn't happen when his lawyers basically say I'm not just because this is totally hypothetical but but who out there and your audience has had, right. It's not like it's illegal even if it does happen and not say my client was doing this by well… Say this just in the court of public opinion here saying that it is illegal just saying for high-profile legal it can be if it can be for a high-profile athlete which is very weird for you to exhibit this type of behavior with the people have all gotten support lasting on retirement and and and in terms of guy who I thought never in a million years never in a million years. If you told me this sort of behavior would be a ledge of an NFL player. I'd say please tell me it's not true and then you tell me this is the guy that got Michael Jordan clean slate get out here Mike Florio Pro football talk to phone calls, 844204 Ridge overreaction Monday.

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