Steve Ballmer Accepts His Fate, the Pistons’ Mess, the Year of Brunson Continues, and the A.I. Takeover
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What did Steve Ballmer say about accepting his punishment for the Clippers investigation?
Welcome to the Mismatch. I'm Chris Vernon. And joining me as he does every week from TheRigger.com is Dave Jacoby. Jacoby!
Verno. The Texas-Ohio State game. And then just week one of NFL. And it was just so fun and satisfying just to sit on my couch and just watch all of the football. Let the Red Zone channel just wash over me while I'm watching every game and none of the games at the same time. And then we have the night game, which is a bunch of my friends are Giants fans. And they played the Cowboys. And everyone was paying attention to that. And our friend Steve just decided to use it as a little smoke screen.
Hey, everybody. I'm sorry. I know you're all watching football right now. Just whenever you guys get around to it, by Monday morning, maybe you'll see this headline, but my bad. Steve Ballmer, this has been a very difficult time for everybody associated with the Clippers. And for that, I have sincere regrets. I want to apologize to our fans, employees, my fellow NBA team owners, the mismatch, and every other podcast. I'm just kidding. He didn't include us. What? For the distraction and distress this matter has caused, for which I accept responsibility. It's principal owner. We are committing to put this chapter behind us. We have communicated with the NBA that we are complying with the penalties assessed by the league have paid the fine.
We moving forward, except for this whole federal investigation thing, which is also moving forward, which also seems to be moving forward. Um, Do we think that this is, hey, can we please have some of our draft picks back? I'm sorry that I got, you know, I'm sorry I got my back up and I was acting like I was going to fight this, but this is going to be pretty bad for us. And so is there any way we could just have like the trade go through and then maybe like get like one or two of those picks back or something? Like, could you go a little bit easier on us since we're not going to fight this thing?
I don't know if that will happen, but it's a certain dramatic shift in tone than the two statements that were put out after the punishment was levied.
A dramatic shift in
tone. So there might have been some influential conversations that were had between the initial statement that was released and the one that was released literally during a Sunday night football game. I was looking at my phone. I was like, is this now? When did this break? I was like, what is going on here?
And You're going to love this. You're going to love this. So I'm a Cowboys fan. So this pops across and I grab my phone. I go, oh, shut up. We can't stop Cam Scatterbrook. Cam Scatterbrook just ran over three linebackers. Steve, I don't have time for this. They've run the same play four times. I don't care if you're sorry. It's gone eight yards every single time. Every time. Hey, will somebody please cover Daryl Singletary? I can't take this. And yeah, we know. Okay. And then Pablo's like, man on the street
video. I'm like, shut up. It's just so much. Here's what I love about this is this is, It's when Steve Ballmer, I think he actually, with this initial Pablo stuff came out, I think he literally flew to Bristol to talk to Ramona. I'm not positive about that, but I think he got on a plane and flew to Bristol. I'm pretty sure that happened in Bristol. And he was just like, I've been conned. This is ridiculous. How dare, how dared you? Right? That was
his
initial thing. Yeah. But that wasn't a prepared statement. This is not Steve Ballmer speaking into a microphone being honest. This is professionals writing this, rereading it, crafting it, getting everything right. This is a public statement that multiple, a handful of people worked on and crafted. But this is one thing I love about it is you are married. You've been with your lady for a long time, as am I. The word sorry has lost all meaning to me. I empty apologize for things all the time. Like, I don't even mean my apologies anymore. I'm just like, is this going to end this conversation? I'm wrong. You're right. I'm sorry. But this is what I love. Anyone in a relationship can understand this.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What did Steve Ballmer say about accepting his punishment for the Clippers investigation?
0:10–11:34
2
How will Kawhi Leonard’s move to the Raptors affect the team’s chances next season?
11:34–23:51
3
What is the outlook for Mark Williams after his shoulder surgery?
23:51–35:57
4
Why is Jalen Brunson’s SNL hosting gig generating so much buzz?
35:57–45:34
5
What are the sticking points in Jalen Duren’s contract talks with the Detroit Pistons?
45:34–57:06
6
Did the Clippers make a mistake by giving Bradley Beal Chris Paul’s No. 3 jersey?
57:06–1:08:14
7
Which new NBA head coach is most likely to have a major impact this season?
1:08:14–1:15:50
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