Pardon the Interruption| LeBron Is Done With His Lakers Teammates After Loss To Hawks- Perk & Wilbon

Pardon the Interruption| LeBron Is Done With His Lakers Teammates After Loss To Hawks- Perk & Wilbon

But I’m Mike wilbar Tony a 285 year-old lemon found in the back of a drawer was auctioned off nearly $1,800 Tony Kornheiser I’m still not sure how I bought it I was trying to order takeout I don’t know how I got this thing well you were going for Uber

Eats and you wound up Au you know bidding on a lemon and how do we know how old the lemon is I don’t even believe that’s like a Florida man a Florida man I don’t I don’t I mean I guess I could ask yuie if he

Ever had that lemon in his life but I don’t know how we would check I don’t know Ubie loves it welcome to PTI boys and girls in today’s episode the Orioles are getting sold Rory mroy sounds conciliatory and Kendrick Perkins joins us for five good minutes but we begin

Today with reigning MVP Joel embiid getting hurt last night against Golden State embiid can now only miss five more games before he is is disqualified from this year’s MVP race because you have to play at least 65 games to be eligible Tyrese halberton of Indiana can only

Miss three more games or he faces disqualification and will lose out on the opportunity to make an extra $40 million for being voted all NBA wilbon is this fair or foul Tony fair is is is probably the word but part of the reason that the

League did this a big part is its fans and sponsors people who pay to see a certain product made Stronger by the availability night after night after night of these players players just like these two halberton a young star in the making charismatic Joel embiid an older

29 star who’s been an MVP people want to see them and so that’s why the league went to it they didn’t didn’t want people sitting out for what appeared to be no reason so they put this this 65 game situation in for people who are going to qualify bu for individual

Awards it’s tough yeah might it be too tough might you be searching for an exception here and there or an appeal process maybe but I understand it and Joe Dumar who’s explaining this is said look there might be some collateral damage and the league is not looking to

Go back Joe Dumars was a guy who played on average you know about 75 out of 82 games every year so he knows he played a long time in this league it’s tough Tony but do I think it’s fair I think it is here’s a word that I would use I believe

It is well-intentioned okay because the league does not want its best players players who might be voted for MVP might be voted all NBA doesn’t want them sitting out 15 20 25 games on a whim doesn’t want that I understand that the problem for me is it doesn’t completely

Take into account legitimate injury and if you set this number at 65 some people are going to try to play through the injury Mike and may get further injured so I you know I think it’s a hard call I understand Adam Silver looks at people like kawh Leonard and Paul George and

Kyrie Irving he says we want you out there so we will disincentivize you sitting out I understand that but I guess I’m I I 65 just seems arbitrary Mike I will say this I would not vote for anyone for MVP or all NBA who missed

20 25 games I wouldn’t do it they’re not out there enough I would never vote for somebody who played 60 over somebody who played 78 I wouldn’t do it but a lot of people would look at the amount of games that were won while you were out there

And say this proves your value so I guess I’m looking for some wiggle room Mike and I don’t think there is any same same I understand that’s why it’s tough but 65 it it may look kind of arbitrary but we’re talking about you still missing 20% and embiid got rolled up on

Last night it was hard to watch I winced when I watched it and I hated seeing that for him cuz he’s tried to be out there I think he played in a couple of games he probably shouldn’t have and it might be because of that probably is

Because of that so hey some of these calls aren’t easy it’s not meant to be easy let’s move to the prospective sale of the Baltimore Orioles the Angelos family bought the O’s more than 30 years ago for $173 million and announced this afternoon an agreement to sell the team

For nearly 10 times that much 1.72 billion to a group led by Baltimore native David Ruben Tony this transaction would take place over time but assuming it gets approved what could it mean for the Orioles I think it really helps the Orioles John Angelos who’s been running

The team for a while doesn’t have a single big money guy on there and they still won 101 games they’ve won it by going to their farm system and developing their farm system and John Angelos though has not gone into the free agent market and he is very

Cautious about spending money these new guys have billions of dollars and they’re going to spend some money I want to make it clear I’m not saying I think John Angelos is a bad owner I don’t but he’s been extremely cautious they’ve got young great players like the catcher

Adley Rutman like an infielder Gunner what’s Gunnar’s last name gunar Henderson I think he may have been Rookie of the Year you want to lock them up for a longterm deal okay and and that’s they don’t have a single guy on their roster signed to a multi-year

Contract since November of 2018 so this is going to be good for the Orioles Tony I don’t know this G to be good I caution is not the worst word in the world how has it been for the New York Mets how’s it been for them to have an owner who

Would go into the tax and spend all the money he has it hasn’t done nothing I’m not saying it won’t one year work out yeah right okay so but we’ve seen teams spend a lot of money and not work yes the Yankees and the Red Sox notably in

The Dodgers they have been in that upper echelon of teams that get to the postseason year after year after year in the Braves 2 after year after year after year and money there’s a direct correlation I get it good for Baltimore look I just like seeing great baseball in Baltimore where

You and I have seen it up close we’ve been in that ballpark we’ve been in that City summers are hot and the team is great great City Mike great it’s like Cincinnati it’s a small City that loves Baseball fans and they’ve done a great job on the

Rebuild there the G Elias and the manager they’ve done a great job reild so I’m happy I wish David Rubenstein had bought the Washington Nationals I wish that had happened yeah that would be good we moved to golf the PGA Tour has entered into a partnership with strategic Sports Group a Consortium of

Wealthy team owners like John Henry and Tom Warner of the Red Sox Arthur Blank of the Falcons Tim rickets of your Cubs they will provide at least $3 billion to the tour negotiations with the Saudi Investment fund are still ongoing and Rory mroy says that winning at Pebble

Beach this week would be diminished by the absence of sorty tour players like John ROM mroy thinks they should be allowed to come back without penalty will Bon where do you want to start Tony there so many places by the way I’ll start quickly with Tom rickets Tom

Rickets the Cubs chairman um Tony I think that you you you make this investment in the PGA because you don’t want to see any further erosion and you look and there’s competition and the Saudis were the immediate competition but it doesn’t mean there’s not more competition coming

And you and I analogize all the time we deal with the the old ABA and would have forc the NBA to do the AFL and what it forced the NFL and all the football to do there’s an industrywide concern and to act like it doesn’t exist which the

PGA tried to do and Rory tried they tried to they tried to say oh this this is not that big a threat no it was a hell of a threat and it all continues to be cuz somebody else can get a similar idea so you make that investment to say

This is what we’re doing with our product and I think that’s the place that I start and what my takea away from the story is so far we are largely in agreement here I was an English major in college I don’t know anything about business but I understand that there’s an American

Investment now and they’re still negotiating for a saudy investment so it seems to me it might get jumbled in there they might trip all over each other you put this money in presumably to raise the purses and and and that’s fine but it doesn’t answer to me the

Fundamental question right now and I think you would agree with this does the sa tour still exist because if it still exists with all of these Investments no then then the only time you’re going to get all the great players in the world at the same spot are the four majors

Look right now this is Pebble Beach it’s one of the most popular popular viewing golf tournaments in the world everybody loves to play it everybody loves to watch it and guys like RAM and cam Smith and Dustin Johnson they’re playing in Mexico so it’s Mike it seems fractured

To me it doesn’t seem like they’re all on the same page and in terms of Rory it’s easy for Rory to be charitable about bringing these guys back in without penalty because Rory makes a lot of money what about the guy who’s number 60 who stayed on the tour and these guys

Are going to come back with tens of millions of Tony Tony you have to have these people at the big events and more than just the majors or you reduce the product overall I mean when I turn on to watch Pebble Beach and I’ve gone down up I’m in LA to

Watch at Pebble Beach in person I’ve done this I want to see the best players in the world and I don’t want you to tell me you can’t get them because they’re off playing somewhere else golf has got to address that I don’t know Mike I don’t know if you keep the sorty

Tour I don’t know that that solution is it exists right in front of us yet I don’t know that let’s take a break coming up is it time to take the Knicks seriously really the Knicks we’ll ask Kendrick Perkins we’ll also ask him about LeBron saying he was about to go

In on his team after another blowout lost we got tough issues today this gol issu it just doesn’t seem likee yes it doesn’t seem like it’s fixed you know what I’m pardon the interruption is present let’s get back into the NBA with a man who played in it more recently

Than will Bon and I did a great friend from NBA Today Mr Kendrick Perkins wearing a grownup tie which I like very much let’s start with the New York Knicks they have won eight in a row they have won 14 out of 16 this is the team of my

Youth I’m reluctant to go out on a limb for them do you think it’s safe to believe in them to really believe in them Tony I’ve been believing in the New York Knicks and jayen Bronson and when they when they acquired OG anobi I become I became a even stronger believer

You better get right before you get left when you look at the New York Knicks they’re lacking nothing and when you look at the Eastern Conference right now it’s only one team that I’m taking over them and it’s the Boston Celtics and if they happen to match up in the seven

Game series I strongly believe that it will go seven games this Knicks team have an identity on both ends of the floor they bring a a different level of physicality and they give me those family chemistry Vibes that takes a team to another level you hear that Tony you

Hear that huh I hear that I hear that per that’s not like Stephen a signing off that’s perk signing off that’s impressive perk let’s go to the other coast you and I this morning have been talking about the Lakers already they got blown out by the Hawks they got

Blown out by the Rockets before that they’re under 500 again they got the Celtics and the Knicks coming up on the road and LeBron seems frustrated perk you know him you love him where do you think braon is right now with this team he’s he’s putting the Lakers on the

Clock the front office Rob Rob pink and Jenny bus they’re on the clock to make a move right like he knows that they don’t have enough and they don’t not to compete in a tough Western Conference and it’s it’s not about the Lakers making it into the play tournament and

Having a deep playoff run anytime you have LeBron James it’s about winning championships we’re talking about the Los Angeles Lakers here one of the most historical franchises in sports history who is known for what hanging banners and winning championships so if you’re not talking about winning a championship

Then you’re not speaking LeBron James language uh that’s definitive we’re gonna move to the Mavericks uh who are at the Wolves tonight and of course you know Jason kid recently said the other day of Luca he’s better than Dirk he’s in the atmosphere of MJ Kobe and LeBron

The best to ever do it um perk had to hearing that s to you you know what I had to go back and listen to it again and I think J kid left out a very important part that he meant to say the atmosphere at Lucas’s age cuz he

Couldn’t have been talking about their career right because that would have just been crazy but when you think about what Luca is doing right now like I I haven’t seen a I I’ve said this since he came in into the league that he’s a LeBron James minus the athleticism right

Like he’s going to give you the buckets he’s going to give you the assist he’s going to give you the rebounds he’s going to manage the game he’s going to be a Floy General a playmaker all the above and so when you think about what

Luc is doing to the league right now I mean J kid I mean he he’s really on to something but he missed out that in very important piece at this age it’s very good that you said that because wil Von hates Luca donic and says he’s immature and says get on a

Treadmill no let’s get this straight right now when plays his first bit of Defense when he plays his first bit of Defense I will put him with those guys and perk raised a great point about the age better start defending we will we will get you out of here on this you

Were known in the league as a strong defensive player how does it sit with you when you see the amount of points being put up by teams and so many individuals how are you with that I turn the TV off Tony and I’m so serious the other night

When I was watching Luca put up that 70 piece against the Hawks I turned the television off it was a lack of effort defensively it’s bad for the game of basketball these guys are playing with no pride no type of spirit on the defensive end Coach coach fch right he

Came out publicly after car Anthony towns I think had what 62 and they lost to the Hornets he came out publicly and he said we were disrespecting the basketball guards meaning we w we wasn’t playing the game the right way and when you think of the Minnesota Timberwolves

The right way for them is defending at a high level sharing the basketball on the offensive end but most importantly doing it together so when I see all of these guys going for these points and no one is taking pride and playing defense I turn the TV off and go to bed it’s

Disturbing to watch and the league has to clean it up they have to clean it up I don’t know if it’s you know you know go you know getting back to the officiating whether they changed a few rules where you’re allowed to you know do a little bit of hand checking and

Chest bumping and you know a little elbow chucking or whatever the case may be but we got to get back to some type of morals for the game my God tell the tell the truth though per it’s fun to go to sleep early isn’t it I do it all the

Time thank you so much for being on this show appreciate you perk appreciate let’s take one last break still to come the Seahawks decide who to hire is their next head coach Tony I’m not let spe our Middle Lane Tower is under attack dragon and SL Tower is under attack fore spee our midd Tower is under attack teamy Tower en our Tower is under attack en Enemy for our TR Tower is under attack en Tower is under attack en deated en deated our Middle Lane Tower is under attack B in moonlight our Slayer Lane Tower is under attack I hear her Voice Our Middle Lane Tower is under attack dragon and Slayer have [Applause] appeared our Slayer Lane Tower is under attack An enemy has been defeated our Middle Lane Tower is under Attack fall into my trap our midle lane Tower is has been [Applause] defeated our Slayer Lan Tower is under Attack an enemy has middle Tower is under Attack our sler lane Tower is under Attack your team has destroyed a tower fall into my track our middle L Tower is under attack enemy has been [Applause] Defeated our Slayer Lane Tower is under attack destroy ultimate your team has destroyed a tower you have defeated an enemy an enemy has been defeated shut down enemy double kill enemy triple kill Our Dragon L Tower is under attack onl culate sh down kill Ally has been defeated an enemy has been defeated our Middle Lane Tower is under attack Nice assist you have defeated an enemy an enemy has been defeated an enemy has been defeated double kill [Applause] an enemy has been defeated

Pardon the Interruption | “LeBron Is Done With His Lakers Teammates After Loss To Hawks” – Perk & Michael Wilbon