Joe Budden

Got you. Stephen A. Smith is not that. And let me paint the other side for you. Go ahead, I'm listening. Stephen A. just got his big contract.

Actually, all this shit broke on the same day that it was announced that he got his big contract, five years, $20 million per.

Actually, all this shit broke on the same day that it was announced that he got his big contract, five years, $20 million per.

Actually, all this shit broke on the same day that it was announced that he got his big contract, five years, $20 million per.

Talk about it now.

Talk about it now.

Talk about it now.

First of all, let's clap for that. First of all, let's clap for that. I'm sure a large part of his negotiation was the standing of First Tank, the ratings of First Tank, and how long they have been number one, and the separation between them and whoever number two is. Pat McAfee for Stephen A represents Joe Rogan to me in the Spotify deal. He came in, new way of doing things.

First of all, let's clap for that. First of all, let's clap for that. I'm sure a large part of his negotiation was the standing of First Tank, the ratings of First Tank, and how long they have been number one, and the separation between them and whoever number two is. Pat McAfee for Stephen A represents Joe Rogan to me in the Spotify deal. He came in, new way of doing things.

First of all, let's clap for that. First of all, let's clap for that. I'm sure a large part of his negotiation was the standing of First Tank, the ratings of First Tank, and how long they have been number one, and the separation between them and whoever number two is. Pat McAfee for Stephen A represents Joe Rogan to me in the Spotify deal. He came in, new way of doing things.

They're allowing him to curse. They're giving them the big guests, Aaron Rodgers, the other guests that we're not seeing on first date.

They're allowing him to curse. They're giving them the big guests, Aaron Rodgers, the other guests that we're not seeing on first date.

They're allowing him to curse. They're giving them the big guests, Aaron Rodgers, the other guests that we're not seeing on first date.

I got something that y'all can't get. But it ain't just Aaron Rodgers. It's Bill Belichick. Yeah. There's a different caliber and cachet to the guests that are on Pat McAfee versus what we have been seeing lately from first date. That matters here. That matters here.

I got something that y'all can't get. But it ain't just Aaron Rodgers. It's Bill Belichick. Yeah. There's a different caliber and cachet to the guests that are on Pat McAfee versus what we have been seeing lately from first date. That matters here. That matters here.

I got something that y'all can't get. But it ain't just Aaron Rodgers. It's Bill Belichick. Yeah. There's a different caliber and cachet to the guests that are on Pat McAfee versus what we have been seeing lately from first date. That matters here. That matters here.

So now you have LeBron James, who doesn't do this at all, coming to park on the show directly after you for one hour totally unfiltered. What that does for the ratings of what somebody is looking at as your competitor.

So now you have LeBron James, who doesn't do this at all, coming to park on the show directly after you for one hour totally unfiltered. What that does for the ratings of what somebody is looking at as your competitor.

So now you have LeBron James, who doesn't do this at all, coming to park on the show directly after you for one hour totally unfiltered. What that does for the ratings of what somebody is looking at as your competitor.

You don't want that to continue. No, you don't. No, you don't. Because when you go clap back, and he did clap back, it will never be as loud as one, LeBron clapping back, and two, a strategic, meticulous, petty LeBron clapping back. Because that move with Pat McAfee is a petty move. Absolutely. I love the pettiness of the move, but that's a business-altering move.