The Super Bowl’s Over… Now We Talk About Everything | 2/10/26

Wes Castelhano (00:00.056)
Welcome, welcome back live from the second floor live. It is from second floor studios in Dallas, Texas. It's the one, the only, the man who just de-thawed on his way from Minnesota back in action. Mr. Trey Ballard. And so to strike his own podcast, maybe live-ish, live-ish is what we're going to say. And of course the,

What's what's up?

riverside trey ezsz (00:19.758)
Got the cut star here, Mr. Matt. Yeah.

Matt's here too. I was just gonna say like Jen and there's and then there's Matt.

Can we come up with a different nickname?

riverside trey ezsz (00:32.174)
It's Matt the Great. Hi. Hi. It's Matt the Great. He is. the great. I'm not. Stop. Don't tell me that because I definitely believe it and I think it and I know it.

Maddie's son, hi.

riverside matt ezsz (00:46.35)
I'm

I I miss y'all bro. I fucking know man. But at least we can kind of know.

I like it.

I'm like, TREAT!

But at least, but I'll now, I'll at least kind of now get a little bit of a, wouldn't say consistent, but just a better idea of how trips and stuff. Yeah. So I'll get a more, I'll get, I'll get it a little bit more ahead of time. There could be times where also I not get, but like a week's notice on when I'm going to go somewhere. So it just depends. But for the most part now it's more, it's more laid out a little bit more in the future.

Wes Castelhano (01:03.704)
we can better mentally prepare.

Wes Castelhano (01:17.996)
Year from now you're just fucking stacking cash.

Yeah, that's what we're trying to do. yeah. For you. Yeah, no, I appreciate it. No, no. No, trust. We're about to trust West. We're going to run it up. That way we can get some more some more freedom to just do our thing.

No worries, we're just happy.

selfishly we don't like it.

Wes Castelhano (01:34.264)
Yeah, well, we got a little bit of an upgrade right now. You guys watch this right now, Trey and Matt are just beautifully lit. Got a new background.

So I was gonna say I was shouting out Wes because he is the greatest producer on the planet and and fuck you if you disagree.

That clatter gets you a-

That's why we keep him off camera.

Yep. Well, it's something, you know, I do run the FaceTime cam just I'm like, should I throw myself in there? But I'm like, okay, well, I just might. I got to like, I got to like myself well too. So I'll let you guys, they can't see your face. Yeah. Right. So, all right. So I'll let you guys take it off. Of course, obviously.

riverside trey ezsz (01:52.607)
Exactly.

riverside trey ezsz (01:57.966)
You should. I don't see why I talk like this.

riverside matt ezsz (02:12.438)
start with.

Super Bowl, most recent thing that happened.

Yeah. What?

What?

time.

Wes Castelhano (02:21.132)
Well, yeah, yeah, well, was kind of a big sporting event that happened. No, there was a bad bunny concert.

He's gonna joke.

Hey, Monson.

yeah. That was awesome.

There was a really good kicker.

Wes Castelhano (02:30.807)
Yeah

Meyers should have gotten Super Bowl MVP. I agree.

I said that when we left the place. I shouldn't say the place. mean, the apartment. Erdians kind of what?

Yes, but he should have got he was he was he was out there bombing the most

points ever by

riverside trey ezsz (02:47.214)
Yeah, yeah, he's like Danny Green in the the the finals whenever Kawhi won his MVP finals.

When me, Wes and Vic were driving back, were like, they shouldn't make an award, just call it the Ray Finkel award.

Ray Finkel?

Mike, remember from Ace Ventura?

Bro, I haven't seen that movie in so long. Like, know I need to re-watch a lot of those movies. I haven't seen them since I was so young.

riverside matt ezsz (03:10.817)
So good.

riverside matt ezsz (03:15.968)
And his fake character actually went to, my brother's college, really. That's in university. not someone to brag about, just a fun fact.

Yeah. No, actually, actually, that's not the first time I've ever heard of Deland. That is the first time that I didn't actually know Stetson was there, but I actually knew about Deland for another reason. And that was because back in the 2013, no, 2014, no, 2015 recruiting class for Texas, they had a dude from Deland. They had these five dudes committed from Florida called the Florida Five.

It was like one of the because it was like one of the first times that they was like one of first times that they had went and had that like because the majority of a lot of the time coming up like Texas is was made. It was one year it was made literally of entirely players from Texas. You know what saying. So it was the first time they had actually went and ventured that far like they got that many players from outside the state in one area that you know I mean so they went to one state and got five players like you know that from that weren't from Texas. So that was the first time that it really happened. So they got nicknamed the four to five.

and only one of them made it to the NFL unfortunately. you know, that's how it goes. That's an example to tell kids is 20 % of that group, only one of the five made it.

Another weird random fact about Stetson University, this is where they shot the water.

riverside trey ezsz (04:40.536)
Crazy.

God damn it, Wes, it was so loud.

That's facts. But no, yeah, bro. Super Bowl, that was, you know, it was a, I was laying in bed watching. I didn't even go anywhere and watch it actually, believe it or not. I was just laying in bed and then like sitting here, I was just like, I don't know if the Patriots are gonna score. And then obviously they got to see garbage time touchdowns.

Talking about the entire game, was like, and we were all Googling it. We were like, has anyone ever been blanked in the Super Bowl? And then we were Googling like, who was the last defensive player to win MVP and all this, which I believe was the guy on the Seahawk when they played Denver. Or maybe it was Von Miller. I can't remember, but it was.

Wait, the last player to win MVP for what? Oh, I see. It probably was Vaughn Miller in 2015. Yeah, he did. went crazy. Because it wasn't because Aaron Donald didn't get it. Oh, it was Cooper. Because Cooper Cup got it in that Super Bowl. I was thinking he could probably, because yeah, because I was going to say Aaron Donald would have been the only other defensive player I would thought that could have got. He remember he was close, but.

riverside matt ezsz (05:32.3)
defensive player.

riverside matt ezsz (05:38.232)
Get out of the game.

riverside matt ezsz (05:51.0)
Del would have got it if he had what, a hundred yards?

Yeah, man, that was so crazy. He was a cigar. Yeah, he was already getting busy. He was getting through it.

And we were talking about that the other day. He's publicly said he wants to come back to the Giants and

I'd be open like he's I'll say he's my favorite giant but

He had so much motion after that catch bro. Hit that hole his rookie year was a movie. I remember every week bro his rookie year was a movie.

riverside matt ezsz (06:20.768)
Airman his what was he there? He was there like, I want to say five, four or five years. Some of that. But his first four years he was on

He was about to go crazy. know, but like it was just a fact that he came in killing though. Like just to start it off, you know what I mean? Like he was, yes, he was up there. He was trying to go crazy like Jerry did, but he like, but just to start, but I'm talking about this as a rookie from day one. Like I'm trying to go out here and kill.

not even saying this, like, I've never... Yeah, I can say this. I've never seen someone that

.

Run out for cats.

riverside trey ezsz (07:00.346)
yeah. He was making somebody miss out.

Fair rise, obviously raining miles, like.

He has so many moves.

riverside trey ezsz (07:10.157)
And like because he could because he could he could one cut you he would spin off you he would hit you with a uh-uh he would hit you with two moves you know what mean like if he one cuts

riverside matt ezsz (07:23.052)
I his dad was a professional tennis player.

His dad played football there, LSU.

Swing and a miss.

They've used it. But, real.

Nah, I mean he might I was like I was like his dad cuz there's a picture of him and there's a picture of him and Shaq on campus at the same time

Wes Castelhano (07:34.859)
He's like, nah, dude.

Wes Castelhano (07:42.869)
So Odell's dad, is that what am I looking up?

Odell Beckham Sr.

See you.

Yeah

He might have been. I mean, he could have been after-

riverside matt ezsz (07:51.244)
and sure he's a professional taskbar.

Damn, he could have been shit.

All right. Let's see. Let's see. Let's see. All right. But yeah, so but more importantly right now, Trey, you were saying, you know, like just beautiful, like, you know, spring's coming. Yeah. Different sports. Speaking of like combine preseason now, we got the MLB.

That's why I said, pitchers and catchers are important.

Yep. So who are you? Obviously you're eyeing the Yankees.

riverside matt ezsz (08:28.342)
Yeah, he fans but are the Yankees better for them like line up step?

No, no, they're not. No, not bad for bad. No, especially pitch.

I mean, didn't resign. I mean, well, we resigned to Cody Bellinger.

potentially pitcher pitcher like Cole Cole as long as Cole comes back himself right. I don't expect him to repeat the same year he had last year but as long as he's up above 12 wins. No Carlos Rodin pitcher. no no no no as long as Rodin I don't need him to repeat the same year he had this past year with 15 plus wins like as long as he's up around 12 or so and then Max Free gonna be Max Free you know I mean so as long as the top three do I think and we got told him

play last year.

riverside matt ezsz (09:08.59)
If you do that, it's gonna take pressure off the other two so, you know, it'll...

That's what I'm saying. They're allowed in the pitch a little bit more freely too. And we got Cam Schlittler, Young Gun coming up and everything like that. So.

Are they going to bring what was here? Like finally? Like what?

riverside matt ezsz (09:27.977)
Love that kid,

He was dealing.

No, the what's the prospects name? They want to trade for

that was a member. was talking about that was that was that was a George Lombard Jr. And Spencer Jones. Spencer Jones. That's because he strikes out too much. I know they said the same thing about him. Strikes out too much.

because he drinks too much. But they were saying that's the only reason or that's the one person they wouldn't give up for Paul Skeen.

riverside trey ezsz (10:00.365)
Yes, so that's what I was saying. he, he felt, we already should have, he fell out of the top 100 prospects now. it's, I mean, his values. mean, but I'm just, look, I'm just saying like this, this, this coming season's top 100 prospects, Mitchell Jones is no longer in, and in his trade value, his damn near just tanked at this point.

mean, they've been saying that for two years.

riverside matt ezsz (10:22.35)
And you know how attractive that's going to be too, like as far as like star power, if you've got Paul skeins and Libby done coming to every game, like people like players. I don't know. I'm just saying, like it's an investment obviously,

Man, Cashman and them don't give a fuck about that. They barely even wanted to pay her in judge and get it. They had to, this had to be a whole goddamn circus and whatnot when that happened. So I don't I don't trust him to make the right decision.

I'm just saying like-

riverside matt ezsz (10:49.134)
Time MVP is like... you get like 3... not like poo-pooing on that but you got like 395 or something like that?

I think he got yeah something like that for Like eight like like no he got like what he got like eight eight years like Three maybe was three something like that. Let me see

or like six, seven, like nine.

riverside matt ezsz (11:11.33)
I'm just saying man. I mean...

Catherine must have made like a deal with the devil.

Aaron Judge contract. Nine years, 360.

That's...

That's nice.

riverside trey ezsz (11:27.479)
Show her Tony got a billy. And he don't even pitch that well. Like he do, but he don't. He does, but he... Man, bro, look. I'ma tell you this.

That's so sh-

riverside matt ezsz (11:38.542)
is like a starting pitcher I could see where you're coming from, but if he's playing both sides like...

play both sides and I'm not saying he because he is a really he forgiving the workload that he is putting on his body. He does an amazing job. But this is my thing is is really really and there's nothing wrong with their strategy because we should be doing the same thing. is it but there's like I said, there's a different type of pressure put on you as a pitcher when you don't have the best the Dodgers have again. They should you should when you got that money you spend it.

If you know how to work the way around the cap, you do that. That's not the point, but it does play a factor in the fact that you get to go out there and let it loose. Now his talent is obviously there, but also feel like it doesn't hurt the fact that he is on the team that he's on doing that. It doesn't hurt.

Yeah, I mean it definitely takes the load off your shoulders for sure. You know when you got that comfort level like I totally get what you're saying.

how Paul Skings has to pitch. Like legitimately, just think about how Paul Skings has to pitch every start. If I'm like, and it's not like I said, it's not like Otani, he's not times like, he's on, he's going all crazy. Yeah, like nine times out of 10, Otani is going, he's literally living up to his talent.

riverside matt ezsz (12:45.016)
Perfect game.

riverside matt ezsz (12:51.244)
He's like, home run. No big deal. I'm DH. We still got Mookie Betts.

It goes on and on and on. so think about how Paul schemes has to pitch bro. Come on.

get that back he's like that one didn't he's like that vaseline didn't really hold on but it's but yeah it's knowing like remember how pitchers used to cheat like like hide shit like on their chest or like under their hat

What?

Wes Castelhano (13:17.909)
Right, right, right. Yeah, but-

Wes Castelhano (13:22.349)
Yeah, tobacco. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,

riverside matt ezsz (13:29.555)
There's a lot of unwritten rules in baseball.

In the most superstition ever.

Yeah, like, Jobu for Major League. You that? You don't drink Jobu's...

Yeah.

literally

Wes Castelhano (13:41.761)
No, but even like in Brockmire, like just the, like the fucking craziness of like how superstitious they are is actually pretty insane. And you know, like winning, like just with like, with winning streaks and shit, how they won't like change underwear or socks, or they have to hit each side of a baseline for the way, you know, it's like the ritual.

I was watching this Derek Jeter interview or maybe we've talked about this before, but he was in like the longest slump of his career. He was like, you know, for like 24 and this one, Jason Jambi was still on the team and Jambi was like, Hey man, he's like, where am I? Thong. Jeter was like. Thong Jeter was like.

He said, where my thong?

riverside matt ezsz (14:29.784)
Fuck you just say to me he's like I know it sounds crazy, but he was like just put it on and jitters like I put it on over my leg jockstrap and he was like I went three for four and

Yeah. I guess it worked.

No, Jeter is like a very, like I watched this other thing too with, CC, Sebastian, and they were in their plan, the Royals there in Kansas city. And Jeter was on like a bad run. Have you seen this? And he was like, Hey man, he's like, you want to come and, to my favorite, like barbecue spot. No CC was like six, six, six, seven, like three 60. He's the big dude.

And Jeter was like, all right, man. He's like, let's go. They Jeter went four for five, like had an amazing game. He said the next day, Cece was like heard like a knock on the door. He's like, what's up? He was like, it was Jeter. He was like, yo, let's go back to the barbecue place. Like he just is so like focused like that, man.

Nah, that's valid, bro, because like, you know, Jeet had to lock in and do his thing because like a lot of people talk about how he only was who he became because he was a Yankee. I was like, bro, he might he wasn't just this athletic freak, bro, but he obviously still possessed enough athletic skill to and the clutch gene obviously that played a part in it. For sure. With them with Tom Brady is in the NFL that was able to go get the job done when it needed to get done. Period. Point blank.

riverside matt ezsz (16:03.384)
They're I feel like the two of them are like almost like parallels to each other where But Jeter just again, I know we're Yankees fans, but I don't think he's biased like I'll talk about this shit with other friends of mine Who are like Padres fans or Braves fans. They're like Jeter wasn't that good. He just had like it was fun I'm like dude like he had one of the best careers

here

riverside matt ezsz (16:33.262)
When talk about like your 3000th hit is a home run. Your last game or your last at bat is a walk off single.

Literally like you know how play

riverside trey ezsz (16:46.143)
Like, you know how player edit all the

dude, like it's just, it's, it's ridiculous.

They don't understand what's going on and what they

When you're playing in New York City, like my buddy Jason love Jason, but he's a huge Tony Gwyn fan. No knock on Tony Gwyn, but he played in fucking San Diego. I'm not saying he couldn't do it in New York.

Come on, cuz.

riverside trey ezsz (17:11.859)
But the expectations ain't got any expectations are alive different

Fucking Swap!

Wes Castelhano (17:17.547)
Yeah. Okay. Well, the...

I'm saying the expectations are so much different for the team. Yeah, you know what mean? And like where you at source? I'm not listening to none of that shit that they talking about. I'm just gonna be honest.

He didn't have to like dive into the stands. Yeah, he did. He running full speed. What you talking about?

What you mean? Yes, he did. He literally full speed. He definitely had to dive into the stands because that was where the damn ball was going. He wouldn't made the play.

What's he gonna be like? Nah, dude, I'm good.

riverside trey ezsz (17:46.697)
Like come on.

Well, I A-Rod was there and A-Rod didn't make a play for it. He thought it was going foul. And I didn't like that either too, where people were like, A-Rod didn't make a play for it. No, it looked like it was going foul. Like I'm not going to knock A-Rod for that. You can knock him for a bunch of other stuff, but...

Right.

Yeah, he's got a lot of things that you can like that's but you're like dude, you don't have to go

But his doc too, didn't we watch that last?

Wes Castelhano (18:14.861)
I don't know if we watched that one. Or I don't remember watching that one.

It's I believe it's on Apple. It's really good. Okay. but yeah, like it's travel sim through everything going from Seattle, Texas to the Yankees to JLo. Like it's

Hopefully, hopefully he turned because I told y'all man, I can't stand A-Rod, but that's just, I never really liked him that much. I'm going be honest, but.

No one did at the moment, but I'll never forget that one time or not that one time when he came back. I think it was against the Orioles. I think it was after a suspension in his first at bat.

You hit a homer. Dude. Yeah, I remember that. Cracked it. I remember that.

riverside matt ezsz (18:59.256)
like fucking ruin somebody's apartment window. But I mean, he can't, mean, granted.

Yeah, he went crazy.

riverside matt ezsz (19:11.106)
They expected more from him and expected him obviously not to go what he did. He won... I know he won one MVP, it might have been two. But he still brought them World Series and obviously Matsui got the MVP of that, but... I mean... I wouldn't call him like a... Yankee lifer, you know what I

Rightfully so.

riverside trey ezsz (19:35.589)
I mean, I wouldn't really consider him like.

I you wouldn't be like, like, think of like the best you ease ever. You wouldn't be like.

A-Rod. wouldn't put him on the Mount Rushmore. No. I mean that's four.

Maybe get like one of those little plaques on the trail.

Yeah, I think it's more like hey, this is a broad corner what? Yeah, I was just joking, but let's see it does what do want me look at does he have a plaque?

riverside matt ezsz (20:00.088)
Did he? Look it up. I don't think he...

riverside matt ezsz (20:05.92)
If he has a retirement, because I remember they were talking about Roger Clemens about that too.

No, he doesn't have one yet. Yeah.

Yeah, so.

But that's actually, that's, but that I do remember like, or I recall now like that it was a big reason why I started fucking with him though. Like I never really liked him, but I also really didn't like him after he tried to beef with the Yanks. You're not bigger than the brand, He thought he was bigger than the brand. He was, he was, he was.

And also too, he was trying to go to the socks. He was about to sign with the red sock.

riverside trey ezsz (20:37.491)
I he was bigger than the brand, bro. He got too big for his britches.

I mean, he could be bigger than the Red Sox, but not bigger than the Yankee Merc-

That's my point. I don't know what he thought this was. And quite frankly, I thought it was some bullshit. But you know what? We don't even have to talk about it.

Yeah, let's move on to, we got March Madness in one month.

We do. I'm going to just let y'all know right now that these freshmen that are out here hooping in college basketball are absolutely killing and getting to it. And if you're not watching, I don't know what you're doing. Not like, you know, I mean, like, but, know, like, it's just, bro. The type of the type, bro, is crazy, the type of talent that's going on that is being displayed out there on a nightly basis is insane, like Kingston Flemmons.

riverside trey ezsz (21:25.619)
AJ that bands to Cam Boozer, Baron Peterson. mean, it's a bunch. Yeah, he crazy. Yeah. Well, Cam is. Kaden, he need a little more work, but that's normally how it goes. I mean, Cam also 6'9", his brother 6'5". So you knew there was gonna be a little difference. know, but like I said, man, the freshmen are killing it. A lot of really good teams. Koa Pete, shout out Arizona. A lot of really good teams. There is still...

Wacko's a good one.

riverside matt ezsz (21:41.774)
loser.

riverside trey ezsz (21:54.851)
Only one undefeated now Miami of Ohio they are actually they had a after killing over there in the Mac. Arizona actually lost their first game last night to Kansas so they were the remaining power for unbeaten but they did lose on the road at Allen Field House they were teed up in there so shout out to them in my like I said March Madness is getting closer and closer.

I know like they don't pick until the 15th, but who do you would say? You think just it's going to be like the normal, you know, 16 teams like the big ones that are going to be, you know, like or like Duke, UNC, obviously.

Yeah, UNC, Caleb Wilson, shout out to him too. Another freshman killing. See, every time he say a team, now I'm gonna just, I'm gonna think another one's gonna pop in my head. But yeah, it's pretty much been that because UNC did beat Duke the other night too on Saturday. So that was their first matchup. They have another matchup in a couple of weeks. They actually know it'll be the last game of the regular season. They always do that. So they'll do one here in February. And then the last game of the regular season is always Duke and Carolina.

Man, I wish I had a college team.

Yeah?

Wes Castelhano (22:57.759)
UNCW man. That's our college. Sure. I know. I'm just kidding.

I mean, I see.

riverside matt ezsz (23:06.222)
We're in the same conference as Carl von Charleston, too.

And Coastal

yeah, but that's shout out the coastal, bro, they got

Yeah, I also got like, yeah, I remember going to a forum for it was like a it was part of like the Greek life forum and you know, like kind of at UNCW and they asked like why don't any of the groups or anybody go to any athletic events here I'm like because we were like good at diving and we're definitely weren't bad but like that's well, but like like but and the word always said was get a football team

One year we actually made the tournament. I'll never forget we were at chillies our chillies. I've talked about chili

Wes Castelhano (23:50.591)
dude

Yeah. Yeah, Yeah, I was chilling.

We were like, yeah, like we made the tournament.

And then it's like we were up like 13. We're like, dude.

And then we called fucking Duke with like JJ Reddick and like all these are like We're like maybe we can beat him dude. I'm standing on a stool like AP from fucking

riverside trey ezsz (24:10.795)
I remember that.

Wes Castelhano (24:17.291)
And we were, we were up.

Angels in the Outfield?

just do like this, I'm like, it can happen.

Yeah, well we there was a moment Yeah, I was like, shit, we're do it then we blew the lead and then like you can just feel the vibe in the city just drop Yeah, that's it

Did not happen.

riverside trey ezsz (24:33.971)
Man, they did y'all like that. AJ was getting to it though, so I can't really fault you for that.

He was national player of the year or ACC player of year.

Yeah.

He's... I like to do it. He's pretty funny.

I fuck with JJ. like JJ. I fuck with JJ. I'm glad he's my coach, bro. People keep hating on him and I understand, but like, bro, if it wasn't for JJ last year, we really would have never gotten to where we got. So I got to applaud JJ and we gon' like until Rob Polinka is not my GM anymore. By the way, by the way, by the way, count your, count your fucking days. I'm just tell you right now.

riverside matt ezsz (25:05.208)
Just about to.

riverside trey ezsz (25:11.445)
count your fucking days, not not your life, not not your life. Not your life. I don't know. We're not going to make attempts on your life. You know, we're not going to do none of that. Yeah. Well, we are going to say is your job, your livelihood and how you provide for your family.

like hey Rob I know where kids go to

I don't know all that but you're have to figure something

I'm gonna get my accounting license and then I'm gonna do your taxes. Man, you're gonna owe so much money in back taxes.

LinkedIn page where you got GM of the Los Angeles Lakers. Yeah, now that's gonna be you gonna be unemployed. That's gonna be unemployed. You're not gonna be that no more.

riverside matt ezsz (25:39.918)
gonna cyber stalk this shit at

doing like psychological warfare.

They got that dude from the Hawks and that's it? Like that's the only-

Yeah, bro, just trying to get some more shooting but so nah, that's what I'm saying It wasn't a whole lot but also at the same time bro. We I mean we we don't have a whole lot of cap space Supposedly LeBron leaving in the offseason So that'll open up 53 mil and then we should have fucking already signed Austin Reeves to a deal That was more team friendly once you did it earlier But you know what you didn't let the price go up So that's all you to have to figure that out. That ain't my problem. Wait

So didn't I just read LeBron LeBron's 21. He's yeah, but he's ruled out on Tuesday with his left.

riverside matt ezsz (26:21.25)
I'm sorry.

Still up his player option.

riverside trey ezsz (26:28.427)
Him, Luca, Austin Rees and Marcus Marder all sitting out tonight against the Spurs.

Nelson Raves declined his... his stedgeon. was like, what was it, like, for four years, 86?

But we should have offered him that a long time ago. That's the problem.

If you, we knew what player he was gonna turn into though. That's why we tailed him to go and we made a deal with him. You're gonna go and draft it. Cause he was supposed to get picked by Detroit and I think the Horners or somebody else when he was coming out, but he was like, nah, don't pick me. And then he went undrafted to the Lakers sign because we was like, we got a development plan for you. Cause you, get into it out there white boy.

Dude, I like Austin Reeves, but he's not a Robin. He's a third option.

riverside trey ezsz (27:13.577)
Yeah, I agree, but you gotta pay but you gotta go ahead and pay him like that now He think he a first option cuz he here averaging 30

He should get a hundred, twenty hundred thirty. I think eighty is definitely a lowball offer.

crazy bag.

You think so?

definitely a crazy bag. He does want to stay. It's not about what you want to do. It's about what we can afford to do and what we can maybe go do some other avenues and maybe improve this team even more. I love you to death Austin. Trust me. I look, I'm rooting for you to get your bag. just, it's just, I always reference this.

riverside matt ezsz (27:33.131)
I think he wants a stag.

riverside matt ezsz (27:48.94)
We should man, why not? I think him and Luca like they're both I think like relatively the same age. On should go back to Cleveland.

Doh slitch.

riverside matt ezsz (28:02.764)
Like he should just go retire there his last season and just let the Lakers rebuild. Like you're not riding to the fucking.

Second third round with De'adre and as your rim protector You know what mean? Like the year they won they had Dwight Howard and I'm not saying like like Gival Magui is a good like

but that scares me. That scares me.

riverside trey ezsz (28:27.147)
2020. Whatever we would set up for success, but we have four big dude. had the white. They could have repeated. We had Marcus all Jovell McGee and the white. We had remember we had late. We was throwing bodies at Jokic bro because because they was already on that art him and Jamal Murray. Remember that was the next season that Jamal Murray. Yeah. To his ACL. We had going crazy. We had a Avery Bradley and play in the bubble. Green. Caldwell Pope. Yeah, it was a squad. Dion Waiters.

Mark

riverside matt ezsz (28:35.544)
Did him

riverside matt ezsz (28:45.108)
Alex. Alex Caruso.

I'm not

riverside trey ezsz (28:56.989)
It was, look bro.

We had a lot of season. I was like, I was like the Lakers are give me a problem.

Had a squad bro. Had a motherfucking squad. Had a squiddy boy. out to DJ Wells. what they say. Hey shout out to 520 bro. Shit funny as fuck. out to the dog.

Did you see Steph Curry not playing in the All-Star game? didn't realize it was this Sunday.

They named Brandon Ingram to replace him.

riverside matt ezsz (29:21.175)
He's not playing?

He's got a they could call it like a rudder's knee or something like that So he's trying to just rest up before they play the Celtics. Yeah after the

I think he's just got like father's care. I think he just doesn't want to go and just wants to hang out with the kids probably.

There's that too, but he's missed four games of whatever I just reading, but I was just reading, Cooper flag now, cause they're like, what should you do with fantasy basketball? Which what should you do with Cooper flag? He's rostered 99.5 % and all you ESPN. How's he doing though? Like I.

killing and getting to it at 18 years old.

riverside matt ezsz (29:57.726)
Dude he's the first rookie ever to have 330 plus

I know, like, I-

riverside trey ezsz (30:04.041)
point games.

Okay, awesome, like I'm not hating on it, I just haven't seen- Yeah.

I know, I'm just-

He out there killing.

So he was worth cause there was, I remember like that before you got here, like me and Trey were talking about it.

riverside trey ezsz (30:16.553)
He was, he worked every penny. the strife that you're going through. I guess obviously they, you know, they still want Luca, but it's cool.

I don't know, I mean, Cooper is going to be, well, like you said, he's 18.

for that not trade for his ass right now.

mean, it's pretty, mean.

How old is he? Yeah, okay. So how do the Mavericks, how do you think, being in Dallas, how do you think the Mavericks are be doing?

riverside trey ezsz (30:34.571)
18.

riverside trey ezsz (30:43.261)
I mean, as long as they keep surrounding him with the right pieces.

Yeah, but like just like like this year, how do you think they're going to?

Honestly overachieving based on how many players have gotten hurt been in our lineup, you know beside him so yeah, I'll even Plan they're not but I mean I didn't expect them to win more than 20 I Mean I see this expect them to really win more than 20 games based on health and how players was

then they're gonna make them.

Especially Tray, like Tray and Anthony Davis.

riverside matt ezsz (31:06.144)
And Kyrie still is out, which I think they'll probably...

Alright, are you good now?

I think they'll probably dish Kyrie too. They're just gonna...

Yeah, so yeah, he had what? Yeah, four straight games. He had 30 plus points. That's really

Yeah, but he's playing like great defense.

riverside trey ezsz (31:27.755)
He all over the shots. He's stealing. getting stock. They call it stocks now. Blocks and steals combined. He's doing everything. I was wondering, didn't know who he picked, bro. He's been doing this since he was little.

Yeah, no, he-

riverside matt ezsz (31:34.872)
When he a body wood

riverside matt ezsz (31:41.538)
Well, dude, have you seen those interviews where like, apparently he's been playing like the USA teams? Not the USA, I'm sorry, the USA like training teams wherever and stuff like that. And like Bron and all of them were like, like he

He been playing.

riverside trey ezsz (31:56.875)
killing in land or two years ago.

He was killing him. He was killing him. Yeah. Killing ass, bruh. old he know? Bron, he look, look, Bron North. Look, look, look, 32 year old Bron, you know, he ain't gotta turn it all the way on. Yeah. What Bron was saying there was shit. I know. I'm little, say, hey, if I still been a couple of people, I ain't have to do that. When he said with him, I gotta turn it all the way on. can't be, I can't be bullsh.

Really? he can blow-

riverside matt ezsz (32:23.086)
It was it was Lebron and it was KD. Yeah, I think he was guarding Katie because they have like a similar length there and you know physique and shit like that and Okay, like and he would play on like the Like the squad like the second team like he was right make team USA

Talking about Cooper? Is that what he said? Yeah.

riverside matt ezsz (32:49.128)
And exactly. And they're like, and this was also three, four years ago. like he can

They were like

Two years ago. This is the 2024 Olympics.

Understand it. Yeah

It was crazy, He a monster. We been saying, I

Wes Castelhano (33:07.89)
we got it. We got to see it. We should all three go to a maps game, man. Yeah. Yeah.

I love the talent.

Did you see that what they're trying to do? well, this is before the ice storm that they were going to have a party bus on the dart. Yeah. So yeah, that was like the first, wherever it started, like the first 50 people I got in it, they had like a DJ from LA come out. Like it was going to be a party cart. Yeah. Yeah. Free, but you had to be like the first ones on it. Yeah. Yeah. That'd been awesome.

Yeah, it is

Wes Castelhano (33:41.693)
There's some weird fucking thing, Trey. Have you seen this about some underground dance or under the bridge dance party at the end of the month in Dallas under the whatever the No, because I don't know like it's fucking crazy. Like they're trying to make it sound all great

I've never, wait, under the bridge dance party. Where?

I don't know because it's it's been blowing up under the whatever the bridge that crosses the Trinity River the white bridge

they going under there?

Yeah, they're throwing some crazy ass dance party. I know Matt hasn't heard about it. I don't know. Just a bunch of fucking ecstasy heads, I guess. They gonna have to keep, I'm cool on that. I'm not saying that you're like that. I'm just saying that that's some crazy news in Dallas.

riverside trey ezsz (34:11.829)
Who's day? Who is this group of

riverside trey ezsz (34:23.133)
No, I didn't know. Yeah, I was like, wait, what? thought you were like maybe like under like, I don't even

No, like literally under the bridge, yeah.

He goes straight to Tray.

Because I know you didn't know I trade it was like Well, no, it's starting to show up with like tray always knows what's going on in Dallas easily

Nobody

riverside trey ezsz (34:43.061)
part. Yeah, but like, yeah, no, that's not something I can know about. I would never even know where to find that at.

riverside matt ezsz (34:52.715)
That party under the bridge?

They do be on some wild shit on here, bro. it's valid. Yeah. They be on some wild shit.

Yeah, I don't know. It's supposed to be one of a kind. I don't know. It's like a big, it's some sort of big deal. I don't know. That's all I'm saying.

Yeah, but no, mean, that was, that was, you know, that was, that was, that was really it, like, in terms of like, cuz like Super Bowl happened, like, I'm just trying to think about what you got the winner.

We got the Olympics going on. Apparently, even though we did so good in curling,

riverside trey ezsz (35:23.675)
Yeah, see, and we was watching it in the break room and I was telling him if I had picked if I could pick a winter Olympics for outside of like snowboarding, I would do.

Yeah. And then women's hockey five and lead five and over Canada.

He's crazy fuck. Don't come down to the goaltender for the man. And it has got the most talent, but his goaltender is going to be Perry. Have you? Yeah.

You seeing Jake Paul's fiance?

That was creepy, delete that. But... She's gorgeous. She's from...

Wes Castelhano (35:48.414)
What Why would

See you next

Yeah. I'm sure she really likes him for him.

Maybe never like yes, or it's like Sweden Sweden or something

She's got her own thing going on. I believe she's from the Netherlands.

Wes Castelhano (36:04.427)
Yeah, that's awesome.

She might be from Sweden. Yeah.

But she's... she's really cool looking.

She's fun to look at.

Man, this dude is wild. That's hilarious. He says she is, yeah.

riverside matt ezsz (36:19.51)
I was watching this stand up and this guy was like talking about the Netherlands and he was like, these are the best looking women ever seen in my life. He was like, I went to McDonald's. He was like, she was a 10 or like a nine. Like the people serving you fries are fucking knockouts. Yeah. No, in the Netherlands. But either way, I'm sure it's winning too. But yeah.

In Sweden?

Ha

the Netherlands too.

Wes Castelhano (36:46.477)
It's all the same. Big beautiful blonde women.

Yeah, pretty much.

Wes Castelhano (36:54.357)
So, yeah, what else outside the Olympics?

Wes Castelhano (37:02.593)
Okay, what you got? Well, man, while Matt was watching it on just her did we talk about Royal Rumble?

the keyboard.

riverside matt ezsz (37:11.79)
Roman Reigns.

He came back. Bruh. they wearing his bloodlines, Wills?

with a vengeance.

riverside matt ezsz (37:20.098)
He always has some cool shit like we were.

and just tied all the way up tight as fuck.

Dude, the tribal chief won the Royal Rumble. Great A beefcake. No homo.

needed.

Okay.

riverside trey ezsz (37:33.971)
Not as good.

Beepcake is beepcake,

And yeah, he won and he's gonna go.

So what does that mean for the next huge match?

So they changed the process up so like when you won the Royal Rumble back in the day, you just fought the champ. Now they have two belts. So they have like the WWE like world champion and then they have like just the heavyweight champion of the world.

Wes Castelhano (38:04.973)
Close.

cause they merged with WCW like years and years ago. Anyways, he get like, when you win the rural rumble, you get to pick who you want to face, like what champ. And I can feel like my dick going more back inside because this is like the nerdiest fucking thing ever. But it's just, man, I like it anyway. So he picked, huh? Yeah, it does.

That's it, it's just how it goes.

Wait, you can actually see it? No, but he-

Now the shots just up dude, don't worry about it

riverside trey ezsz (38:42.347)
See you,

Exactly, that's the point, that's what I'm talking about. No, but he picks CM Punk who's just like a...

Fucking hate that dude. Yeah. Yeah, it's- Yeah.

CM Punk.

That is so and then the other one is Drew McIntyre so. Nowadays if you win the Royal Rumble you pick your opponent because there's two champs and then after a rumble there's the elimination chamber. Which is essentially like.

riverside matt ezsz (39:15.086)
two guys start off and then like, so they're literally in like glass, I don't want to say glass cages, but like glass things. And after a certain amount of time, like they let someone out and it's six people. So when they win, they, or whoever wins that gets to pick the other.

People have people to the ring. Yeah.

riverside trey ezsz (39:36.159)
What was the thing where they used to do that where he said had a person one thing one of one person at a time? Roll rumble. that's what that is. I'm tripping cuz knock I'm in one year bro. John John Cena came out so crazy Boy, man that was live. I hope so

When I first moved to Hilton had all, when I first met Matt, everybody, Nathan and Michael, all they did was play Royal rumble on N64 like obsessed.

Yeah. That was the game. You played Pokemon Stadium to that WrestleMania 2000 Pokemon Stadium 2000 obviously Mario Kart.

Slumania 2000?

Yeah

riverside matt ezsz (40:13.23)
Smash Brothers.

Yeah.

Brisk mashmallow money

riverside trey ezsz (40:21.074)
a

What else? Well then I come on now.

Gordon I?

But GoldenEye was actually why there's like some YouTube channel about the making of all these games and GoldenEye just fucking The they did not want it They said it was gonna be like too graphic and all that and they were supposed to make a sequel to it and they they wanted it so quick, like they pushed if it wasn't for that game you wouldn't have so many other games now like

GoldenEye was the epitome of not only N64 but like our generations like Buddy like sleepover. You got a pizza? Some N64?

riverside trey ezsz (40:54.389)
This first person shoot. he's running. You run that on. He's running all night. We run it all fucking night.

Yeah.

riverside matt ezsz (41:06.636)
end up with a fucking black eye just fighting your friends be like no I picked fucking Slavic Earth

Yeah, you got I got the golden gun exactly. Yeah, that was a do you remember like playing it like paypal mode? Yeah, then you had the paypal mode

You just bow.

And then you always have like that one friend that's too good at it and like it's not fun for you.

Why are you even playing right? Yeah

riverside matt ezsz (41:32.908)
Like he's like dangling by his fucking ankles on the raft. I'm like, dude, that's not even a button. Like how'd you get that? Literally. He's like, yeah? He's like, how about you go get me a Mountain Dew?

It just blows you up.

Yeah, I was so...

The sun's not even down yet and he's still just like, yeah, fuck you.

So yeah, what do you so N64 and PS one all came up with like for now I felt like NFL blitz. Yeah. And NBA jam. Yeah, that was probably one of my favorites to the and then Mortal Kombat.

riverside matt ezsz (42:01.966)
Blitz.

riverside trey ezsz (42:11.571)
Obviously Mortal Kombat, but.

I feel like Mortal Kombat was more like Sega.

Well yeah, Sega was great, man.

We played Mortal Kombat on PlayStation.

Yeah, the the new the new Mortal Kombat movie is gonna be fucking dope. I cannot wait for that. Just Johnny K the guy from The boys plays butcher Yeah, dude, it looks so fucking good and I was so disappointed with the one that came out on Netflix cuz I was like man that had so much potential but he had

riverside matt ezsz (42:29.25)
the boys.

riverside matt ezsz (42:39.03)
And the Street Fighter movie had a cast.

Yeah, the weird part is...

So is Roman Reigns. Alright, I gotta get this out of my head. This is getting really fucking queer. The second time I brought a Roman Reigns. But Cody Rhodes is in it. They got a bunch of people.

50s in there.

Wes Castelhano (42:52.407)
But, the fact that no-

riverside trey ezsz (42:58.079)
Yeah, Cody Rose is in it.

Yeah, I'm pulling it up right now. So let's see. They got Andrew Koji as Ryu, Cody Rose, Jason Momoa as Blanca. Yeah. But then, and then Andrew Schultz is in there. Yeah. Yeah. As Danny.

forgot about that.

riverside matt ezsz (43:17.26)
Really? He's arguably the funniest comic out right now. is so fucking funny.

He is having me dead.

Wes Castelhano (43:29.505)
Yeah, you who Orville Peck is I see don't know many of the Street Fighter characters.

I don't know.

Yeah, I was gonna say, don't know two thirds of the people you just named.

Yeah. So, dude, the one of the guys from, Eric Andre's in there.

It is region.

Wes Castelhano (43:48.915)
Yeah, well, I mean they got it. mean the cast is what like fucking let's see three four People they have like 20 people in the cast. They're all all fighting. Have you?

That's a lot of

riverside matt ezsz (43:58.752)
seen I know you mentioned like a couple of minutes or seconds ago that you're talking about Mortal Kombat yeah like the not the original one but the one

20 like 20 21 or something like that I came out It was cool. The opening scene was cool. But then it was just kind of like It was just like, you know, it's like you see sub-zero and you see scorpion. You're like fuck yeah, dude, and then It's just like the budget like they just spent all the way. Yeah

I watched the opening scene of

riverside matt ezsz (44:18.008)
So.

riverside matt ezsz (44:27.138)
Yeah, growing in subzero just going at it and then I was just like, okay.

But the 95 Mortal Kombat movie was awesome. for those who when you were a little kid.

Really?

was like, that was a fucking night.

Also, do I do got to get out of here soon though, okay, bro just text me about dinner. So I'm like

Wes Castelhano (44:43.629)
Okay, so let's- shit. don't tell her that you had a hot dog.

Wes Castelhano (44:52.653)
That was a warm up. That was a stretching. All right. So.

Let me tell you how the human body works,

Yeah. All right. well, Trey, your schedule is crazy. What's the, where are we doing this next?

I'll be here next week.

riverside trey ezsz (45:13.621)
Do I come back Monday? go I leave Friday come back Monday so we can do Tuesday again. I go to

told you, Taco Tuesday. Taco Tuesday. Tuesday. Taco Tuesday. Alright. Strike Tuesday is a podcast. guys, see you next week.

Yep.

She asked me what the heck is going on for dinner? I'm like, hold on. Let me let me figure.