THE HERD – HOUR 3 – Giovanni Reyna talks the growth of soccer, belief in Team USA

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What recent trade involving DeAndre Ayton is discussed?

Colin Cowherd 0:00
This is an iHeart Podcast. Guaranteed human. Thanks for listening to the Heard Podcast. Be sure to catch us live every weekday on Fox Sports Radio and noon to 3 Eastern, 9 a.m. to noon Pacific. Find your local station for the Heard at foxsportsradio.com or stream us live every day on the iHeart Radio app by searching Fox Sports Radio or FSR. Thanks for listening to the Heard Podcast. Our number... 15 minutes, Gio Reyna from the U.S. Men's National Team. This just came down, by the way. FIFA's rule, disciplinary committee, Fowler and Baligan will not be available Monday. They held it up. He's not going to be available. They're not going to add anything, which some suspected, you know, could have happened.
Colin Cowherd 0:48
Same old, he's not going to play. Disciplinary committee, disciplinary committee for FIFA came in and said, we're not going to add anything, but we're not going to reduce it. He's not available for Monday. I still like our chances. So, you know, big story. Usually, when you have a really good player and you trade him, you get a lot back. And a lot of people were shocked the Celtics traded Jalen Brown to the rival Sixers. How could it happen? But... First of all, remember these four things, these four. Number one, everybody has a boss, even Elon Musk, it's called the IRS. And about a year ago, Trump, everybody's got a boss. Brad Stevens is a general manager, not an owner. The Celtics are owned by an investment group that does not also own TD Garden.

How does Giovanni Reyna feel about the U.S. Men's National Team's performance?

Colin Cowherd 1:40
So they're not swimming in cash. It's not very profitable. They've got two guys, Tatum and Brown, playing together for nine years. That's longer than Shaq and Kobe. Nine years, one title. And they're clearly falling behind San Antonio and Oklahoma City. So the investment group, yeah, that's who owns the Celtics. The investment group that doesn't own the arena said, we're going to move off one of these guys. We couldn't beat the good teams last year. We're falling behind. Brad Stevens has a boss. And I think he also realized it. Number two is... Trading super max players in 2026, bro, it's hard. Cost control is everything. It's not stacking rosters. It's not the 80 Lakers. Think about this. The Milwaukee Bucks were offered Jalen Brown and two first round picks.
Colin Cowherd 2:34
Jalen Brown, all NBA, two first round picks. The Milwaukee Bucks said, nah, we'll take Tyler Hero, rotational players, and more picks. The hell? That's the new NBA. Number three, analytics run baseball and basketball, not football. They run it. You're a hack.

What challenges does the team face with the Balogun situation?

Colin Cowherd 2:54
You're a dinosaur. You're Jurassic. If you're in a front office in the NBA and baseball, and you don't go all in on analytics. The first thing the new Laker owners did, Build an analytics department. Why are the Dodgers the best-run team in sports? Analytics department. Analytically, I'm sorry, Jalen Brown's not a number one. And he's a $57 million player annually. There's a great article today by Sam Amick, excellent reporting in The Athletic. The Celtics are unbeatable when Tatum has 33% usage rate. Jalen Brown got to be a number one last year. He didn't want to go back to being a number two. It's in the story. And Tatum can't get to that usage rate because Jalen Brown wants shots. Jalen Brown got a taste of it.
Colin Cowherd 3:46
He likes it.

How does Reyna describe the atmosphere in Seattle for the upcoming match?

Colin Cowherd 3:47
I don't blame him. But with Jalen Brown as a one, they weren't beating good teams last year. So number three is analytics run this sport. Analytically, the Celtics believe Derek White was a better player last year. And that was leaked. Peyton Pritchard, $8 million. Jalen Brown, 57 million. Is Jalen, is he seven times better than Peyton Pritchard? He's better. But the way the Celtics look at it is Peyton Pritchard at 8 million fits our formula. I'm looking at it this morning. Jalen Brown's career. I'm sorry. Analytics. Don't blame the messenger. The Celtics for his entire tenure with the team are better when he's off the floor. That's what they say. So he's making $57 million a year. He doesn't want to move back to a number two, according to The Athletic.
Colin Cowherd 4:43
And guess what? The market for him wasn't very big. They wanted Milwaukee. No, it wasn't very big.

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