Chapter 1: What do Layla Rahimi, Marshall Harris, and Mark Grody think about sports opinions?
The views and opinions of Layla Rahimi, Marshall Harris, and Mark Grody should not be taken too seriously. Especially when they give advice. Do not take Marshall's analogies literally. Especially when it comes to Russell Dorsey. The sports thoughts of Rahimi, Harris, and Grody may change at any time. It's just sports. Okay, thanks, bye.
Rahimi Harrison-Grody, 10-2 on 104.3 The Score.
Danny, how are you?
I just taped an interview with Cooper DeGene of the Philadelphia Eagles. I just enjoy that his podcast is called Exciting Mics, and it's him and Reed Blankenship off of the Exciting Whites meme.
Dubbed the Exciting What of the Philadelphia Eagles, if you would like to report that. That is their name. Okay, there you go. What did I say their names are? The Exciting Whites. You know, I asked if he saw himself as an inspirational figure to young white people who want to grow up and be cornerbacks.
If you give us one black coach, just one, we're going to give y'all two white cornerbacks. That is a great meme. The wine store meme.
I prefer the exotic whites over the exciting whites, but I hear you.
Hey, I'm Joe Exotic. Otherwise known as the Tiger King. The gun cane redneck with a mohawk.
Cooper flag with a dunk.
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Chapter 2: What insights does Layla share about her interview with Cooper DeGene?
Exciting whites. I could have done 10 minutes with Cooper just on excitement. Why hasn't Riley Moss been on your podcast? Is Jason Sehorne a mentor? I was about to say, shout out to Jason Sehorne and Merrill Hodge.
He's the first white defensive back to have a sack in the NFL since Jason Sehorne. I have a research department. They looked that up. It's been over 20 years since a white corner got a sack. New white people. You can't scare these white people. I tried. Rolled up on him. Boo! What the hell is wrong with you?
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104.3 The Score it is. This is Rahimi Harris and Grody and we are trying to make sense of not just Super Bowl week but the trade deadline which is today in the NBA. Layla Rahimi and Marshall Harris are with you. Tyler Biederbaugh producing the fabulous open. Ray Diaz, Brandon Fryer, producer and helping us out as well. And
Before we get to the Jason Sehorne reference, there was a Mac McClung reference in there that I mentioned. And guess who's probably playing tonight for the Bulls? It called up. Mac McClung? Is it Mac McClung? That's Mr. Dunk contest to you.
Three-time reigning dunk champion, not defending, I guess, because he won't be defending his dunk championship this year. He's already said, I'm opting out.
Which is ridiculous, by the way. I want to focus on real basketball. If you're in the G League and there's even a question that you can compete in the dunk contest, then you should be forced to play. Compete in the dunk contest.
You're too good, Mac. We need your dunks. Have you seen the skepticism and criticism we've gotten each and every year since, you know, all the dunker dunkers said they don't want to do it anymore?
Yeah. I mean, how bad is it when the dude in the G League is opting out? And that's not disrespect to Mac. That's just letting you know what the priorities are.
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Chapter 3: How do the Bulls' recent trades affect their team direction?
Here's what I'll say about the Bulls' approach to this. Unfortunately, they are several days late, and they are several first-round draft picks short of what they should have been doing if they were ready to say, we're going to turn this thing around and do a rebuild. Understand this. They've lost four of their top eight scores in a matter of days.
They've lost over half their active roster in a matter of days. It's not just Io and Kobe and Vooch. It's not just those guys. We're talking about Javon Carter got waived to start this whole thing off. Yeah. Emmanuel Miller's two-way deal gone. And then you look around and see who's left on this team. Understand Kevin Herter, who is their seventh leading scorer, is gone.
Also, you look up and down and say, oh, Julian Phillips and Daylon Terry are gone. Those are two picks from two consecutive drafts that you've basically just given up on and said, we didn't do a good enough job in getting players that we could develop or players that we thought could be good. However you want to look at that.
I don't want, just because now they're acting like a normal front office by trading expiring contracts, for Archer's, Karnasovas, and company to be absolved of the sins of the past. And there are many.
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And as we try to break down this very active Bulls trade deadline, the most active in the time that Arturis Karnaschovas and Mark Eversley have been with this team, You brought up a good point that needs to be reiterated here. It's one thing to draft and then understand that the player didn't hit the way you wanted. But it's another to actually move on from them.
And that's why the Dale and Terry trade, if it goes through... is significant. Daylon Terry was the 18th overall pick in the 2022 draft, just outside of the lottery pick. It's okay to say, you know, we had hope or we had scouts that thought that this was the dude. They clearly have a scouting process that is different from convention.
So when these guys aren't hitting, you know, it's okay to say we need to flip somebody for someone else. The issue is how much did the time that you invested trying to see if this guy was going to be somebody, how much did that time hurt you? And I think when we talk about not having Nikola Vucevic get you a first-round draft pick,
Not having Alex Caruso, who we know that the Oklahoma City Thunder was thought to be absolutely crucial to their title win last year. Not in trading away Zach Levine only to regain your first pick or your first round pick from the DeMar DeRozan deal to get the protection back. So that was a reestablishment of your own pick to trade all of them and not get a first rounder out of any of it.
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Chapter 4: What are the implications of the Bulls' trade deadline moves?
Well, we're about to find out because if any of these players that they have traded away flourish at a level, especially the younger ones, right? Like the guys we just talked about, Julian Phillips and Daylon Terry. If they flourish elsewhere and you didn't get adequate compensation, you're going to come out with egg on your face. The ultimate question is, back to the original question, why?
Are they trying to tank right now? If they don't make another move, guess what? As good as Billy Donovan is, is getting the best out of people, other teams should be able to just pound them into the ground. And it might be a tank. The problem is it's a tank too late, if that makes sense.
They're so far ahead of the pack. They're not going to lose enough games to outpace the rest of the league. And that's the issue, too, in all of this is... When you take a look at the standings, that's it. Every single time when we've talked about the decisions that this team has made, it's come down to what? Timing. Charlotte Hornets are 23-28. Bucks are 20-29. Nets, 13-36. Wizards, 13-36.
Pacers, 13-38. Kings are 12-40. They've got the lowest win percentage in the association. Pelicans, 13-40. There's still reports that the Bulls might be interested in Zion. Utah Jazz 16-35, Mavericks 19-31, and the Memphis Grizzlies are 20-29. We expect them to not win many games after they traded Jaron Jackson Jr.
All of that said, there's a big group that's fighting to get to the bottom of this thing.
I'm looking at the tank-a-thon right now. If the season ended today, the Bulls would be lined up, and this obviously could change depending on how the play-in tournament goes, because the Bulls, as right now, are in the play-in tournament. I don't think they're going to stay in there with Charlotte surging the way they are.
They just added Kobe White.
They added Kobe White. They've won seven in a row. They've got a big game against Houston tonight, so they could be winners of eight in a row, and they could also be in a position to pass the Chicago Bulls because the Bulls will probably lose tonight in Toronto. We'll get to that in the next segment.
Oh, yeah. Toronto's right now sixth in the East.
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Chapter 5: What humorous insights does Crazy Dave provide?
They would crush him. Signed, Crazy Dave. Crazy Dave, you're coming to Hector Neris out of left field with that.
What?
And I present the Super Bowl halftime show. Hector Neris versus football players. I once saw J.J. Watt take batting practice. The ball never landed. Like ever. I don't even know where it went. I'm pretty sure it disintegrated.
262. Marshall, have you met a child? Toddlers don't eat sliders, but their parents do. Corey in Whitewater, Wisconsin. I didn't know it was just toddlers who were allowed at the play area. I thought any kids of any age could be at the play area.
847 at O'Hare. They should just put it next to the bathroom so you can just... So you can just throw it in the toilet because White Castle usually ends up there in 14 minutes.
That's a very specific time and a very specific experience.
This goes back to our bidet conversation yesterday. Some of you guys are funny.
A lot of them are funny. You know what?
I know. We have way more funny people than offended people.
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Chapter 6: What are the implications of the Bulls' trade moves?
More moves to come.
6-3-0. People go nuts for McDonald's at O'Hare. I don't know what it is. It just works. Ray, I thought you were agreeing with me. Are you just telling me we got to go to Brady?
Both. I agree. And it is time for five on it. So both.
All right. Both. Next. This hour is brought to you by Vasectomy Clinics of Chicago.
It's time for five on it. Rahimi Harrison. Bring you five topics on their minds today.
Number one. The NBA trade deadline is today at 2, but it seems like a bulk of the Bulls' moves are obviously done.
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Chapter 7: How do the recent trades affect the Bulls' future?
If that is indeed the case, and Artur is kind of showing us in company, Stan, Pat, the rest of the way, what letter grade are you giving the Bulls for their moves? Marshall loves that question.
Take it away, Marshall. Professor Marshall, what grade are you giving the Bulls? If they don't do another move after this to where they are right now, they're getting a D+. They're getting a D+. Here's why they're getting a D+. They're getting a D+, because if you look at their roster as it's currently constructed right now, and Billy Donovan doing what he does, they're going to win more games.
They're going to win too many games to tank, is what you're saying.
Not just too many games to tank, but also explain to me what they're going to have at the end of the season when all the contracts that they traded away, they're expiring contracts for, also expire. I'm looking at you, Anthony Simons. I'm looking at you, Colin Sexton.
They gave Josh Giddey more money because they wanted to.
True, true. I don't have as much problem with Giddey as some people do because it's still $25 million for your lead point guard who's going to average close to a triple-double regardless of who you put around him. That's just who he is. And I know the defensive liability is there. The problem is...
If you still have Jalen Smith starting at center, if you still have Isaac Okoro and Matis Bouzelis, if you still have fill-in-the-blank with whoever you want to put beside Josh Giddey, you're going to be okay.
Mack McClellan.
And in a world where there's already 10 to 12 other teams tanking way harder than you, you're going to come up with wins that you don't want to come up with.
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Chapter 8: What unique habits does Mac Hollins share?
That's what you're up against when it comes to losing and trying to do this in a way that gives you the better chance. The saddest part is what it came down to last time, which was the coin flip for the first overall pick, and it went to the Mavericks because of the tiebreakers. That's the saddest part. Do you think the Bulls are going to get any closer to that chance again?
You know what's sadder than that? If the Bulls had won that tiebreaker and if they had picked Cooper Flagg, do you still trust Arturis Karnaschovas and Mark Eversley to make the moves to surround that young core with players good enough to properly develop him?
Yeah, because they had Jokic in Denver and AK was the assistant GM. If you've got the star of all stars, if you've got that guy, then life becomes infinitely easier in the league.
I don't know that I trust them to make the right moves. Concerning these same players we're talking about, Kobe White, Iota, Sumu, Vooch, does Vooch get moved? Are we dealing with the same type of deadline? That's my point.
No, they probably try to win now based on that group.
Exactly, and that would have been a mistake with that group. That's the problem. Vooch is old. He cannot play defense. You've got to have a team like the Celtics with all these defenders to be able to build a championship. We're talking about championship, not just get into the playoffs.
But you're also talking about the difference of like four months when you consider that Vooch's contract was up at the end of the year. Like you're assuming that Vooch would have been extended in that scenario.
Oh, I hope not.
But you see what I'm saying? Like his contract was up anyway.
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