Rod, Justin and Karen discuss comments on social media, listener feedback, Lavar Ball, Skills Comp disqualification, All Star Weekend, Wemby out for the season, Mark Williams, Luka Doncic, 7 more women come forward on Justin Tucker, Tyreek Hill lawsuit continues, Drake throw Derozan’s jersey in the crowd, Keyshia Cole dating AB, Brittany Griner gets threatening note, US Hockey wants Trump to show up, Ben Cleveland arrested, Tim Hardaway vs Jimmy Butler, Flau’jae discusses challenges, Chris Kluwe arrested, Bobby Portis violates drug, Suns won’t honor Mabrey’s trade request, Seattle Storm investigation, man caught cheating at Super Bowl, Cam Newton on Aaron Hernadez, Daniela Radjic with PG, Oscar Robertson, PK Subban gets cooned out but Sheena Quick.
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Howdy Rod, Karen and Jico Harrison,
I hope all is well.
They say when it rains, it pours. Sometimes it rains and you get struck by lightning. And I guess if you’re a Mavs fan this season gotta feel like like 40 days and 40 nights worth of rain, cuz to add injury to insult, Kyrie’s out for the season.
Small part (relative to the magnitude of this trade) of the Luka trade that had confused me was without Luka, that meant all of Dallas’ offense had to run through Kyrie and he’s always had injury issues…and now he’s out for the season with a torn ACL. Kyrie hurting his knee by itself is not funny but I do think it’s funny the front office that said Luka was just John Bellushi with Euro Step has now lost their best player who actually does have a long injury history. Conversely, LeBron and Luka are out here *cooking* and the Lakers are 2nd in the West. Damn, being a Lakers must be so much fun.
Did Jaysom Tatum’s interview about having the resume to be the face of the league give some level of Drake-ness to y’all? I just think it’s a terrible look to complain about not being the face of the league and your team blows a 22 point lead the following day. Enough on Boston and Jayson Graham; I wish the bestest to anyone that roots for a team that has not clinched a playoff spot yet. I personally cannot relate because the Cavs has been burning through the league like Hooka Doncic!
I hope y’all have a wonderful weekend and I hope y’all have been enjoying the week off! The live show was excellent and y’all did the damn thing.
Peace,
Dough
Hey Rod, Karen and Jen Rizzotti,
Y’all talked about Marina Mabrey and how the Connecticut Sun rejected her trade request because the GM said they’re trying to build around her. As a (former) Sun fan I call bullshit. They brought Mabrey on to be an additional piece to shore up their need for a consistent shooting guard, but they fucked that shit up.
It’s well known that the Sun facilities are cheeks—Alyssa Thomas (who REQUESTED to be traded) has complained that they had to get off/share the court because there was a birthday being held in the arena!!! (link:
https://www.sbnation.com/wnba/2024/9/24/24252878/connecticut-sun-mohegan-sun-tribe-arena-alyssa-thomas-wnba-practice-facility-uncasville
)
The Sun ownership make bank, but they are cheap as fuck and lost their starting 5 because of it. I stopped being a Sun fan this season because of how badly they fucked up this offseason. We got the Mercury/Phoenix Suns owner Ishbia dropping a lot of money on their beautiful new practice facilities and the Valkyries who are coming out the gate with amazing facilities (
https://valkyries.wnba.com/news/valkyries-unveil-world-class-performance-center-20250205
)
and the Sun are lagging behind.
Considering that Unrivaled is actually paying folks well and giving them the facilities they need and setting a standard, it’s not long before other players start to follow suit and demand their ownership be better. I bet Mabrey is going to continue to raise hell and I hope she makes them pay. At least that’s my take from being a pissed off former fan.
-D