Kap & J. Hood

6/28 9 AM: Rich Paul Scheme

Hour 3: Sports Agent Rich Paul had a scheme; to get the Lakers to draft the son of Lebron James, and it worked! The Lakers drafted Bronny James 55th overall in the NBA Draft. Are you ok with it? Chris Bleck's ESPN Chicago Personality Debate? Could this be a thing? The opened the Friday Folder and ABC 7 Chicago's Tracy Butler with the weekend forecast. Plus, the Kap & J. Hood Cut Of The Day. Chris Bleck was in for Kap.

Duration:: 41m
Broadcast on:: 28 Jun 2024
Audio Format:: mp3

(upbeat music) Good morning, Chicago. (audience applauding) And welcome in to the cap. (audience applauding) And Jay Hood show here on ESPN 1000. Chris Black is in for cap 3-1-2-3-2-E-S-P-N-3-2-3-7-7-6 is our telephone number. You can watch our show on YouTube as well, youtube.com, look for ESPN, Chicago, and hit that subscribe button as well as on Twitch, twitch.tv/ESP and without Chicago. We've already had a lot of things that we've talked about including cap. If you're just joining us, if you just got to your office or just got into your car, yeah, cap still hasn't risked, got his bag back from Toronto. That hasn't happened. - That's a tough go. Good morning, Jonathan. Happy to be here. And it's tough to hear that cap still is without his bag. But then again, if you're going on a trip for four days, why are you checking a bag? - Because that's roulette with the airline industry. - I'm undefeated. - Well, I hope you continue that streak because that really stinks when you're back. - As far as the carry on, a lot of the stuff I need is in the carry on. But as far as checking about, yeah, I do it. - And I've been good. - We know our guy, Cap. He has outfit changes throughout the day. And that's probably why he had so much luggage, right? You have to have the fresh looks, outfit changes. - Are you saying Audie doesn't check a bag? - Well, okay. - You know she does because she has a fit check every day. - She has, but my wife has under these circumstances. We've traveled for extended periods of time where we've checked a bag that was solely for the purpose of purchasing more stuff on the trip to then bring back. - International travel. - So like, we carry on the stuff that we need, but then there's like the bonus piece of luggage that will be filled to the gills when we're on our way back because of things that were purchased overseas. - Yeah, which makes sense. - 'Cause she likes to shop. - Yes, she does. - So yes, but nothing that I would need to carry on my life would be in a bag like that. It would all be stuff that was purchased on the trip that we're bringing back type of thing. - Understood. - You know, but he's still, at this point unless something has changed, Capsule has not received his bag from last weekend, from Toronto. Also, we've talked about a great innovation for ESPN 1000 devised by Chris Black. Chris, you should be able to put a C or TM next to this idea. - I would like to. - No way no one will take it, a copyright or a trademark. - Well, you know, that's why I brought it to the morning show. - Yes. - Yeah, this is an important place here on the station. So I wanted to make sure it got out. - Hey, Jay, I don't know if you know this or not. This show's not only a popular listening to morning show, but also a place where you can copyright things. It's a notary place. - Yeah, yeah, I wanted to get it. - It's exactly right. - Yeah, yeah. So like, I know we're, we're a black-owned dollar sit. I know where we're at at night. So if I brought this to the table last night, it could get lost in the shuffle. But here in the morning, if we bring it to the table, I think people will hear it and they'll wanna in, they'll want in on this. - It's a great idea. You know, the presidential debate last night, a disaster, I think here at ESPN 1000, we should select two individuals to run for office. And I think we should build it up into the fall where these two people run against each other. We could have the campaign ads, we could have debates, we could have a live debate like a town hall at a bar or a restaurant, really get into it. We could have moderators here on the staff. I think it could be a lot of fun this fall if we had say cap and Sylvie running against each other for office here at ESPN 1000. I think it could be a lot of fun. - The president of ESPN 1000. - Yeah, I think it, I think it for a year. You could have a year term. We could really get behind this, get some partners involved. I think it could be a lot of fun. People would really get into it. You could have team cap, team Sylvie. They, you know, think about the promos they would cut on each other heading into these debates. - Yes. - It would be great. Must listen to radio. It would be a lot of fun. We could have social media posts, the whole thing. This is a big idea. This is morning show idea worthy. That's why I brought it to the table. I didn't use it last night. Black and Abdullah after Bears weekly and after a White Sox game. I knew what was going on last night. - Oh, oh. - I was hosting the show. - I crawl. - I was there. - I crawl so you guys could run. - Exactly. - Go ahead. - Yes. So I brought it to the morning show. It's a good play by you because our local shows the rest of the day will certainly talk about it as they do with things they could talk about on the show. Right, hoodie? - Yeah. - See? - Right. - Yeah. - Try nose. - Right? - We get to the table here. - I set the machine in here. - Everyone else can just take a swing after where this is brought up. See, there you go, Jonathan. - Right, right. - I think Carmen and Yurko can be moderators for one of the debates. I think that would be a lot of fun with Cap and Sylvie. I think we could come up with debate rules. I think we can implement some of the things we saw perhaps last night, a mic that gets cut off after two minutes. We could go no notes if you wanted to. Any of the things we saw last evening, some of the new rules that CNN tried to roll out for their debate. I mean, I think this could be a lot of fun. - Okay. - I have an idea for the stakes. - Okay. - Cap versus Sylvie. Winners show gets the wattle and Sylvie office. So if Sylvie wins-- - That will never happen. - If Sylvie wins, he keeps his office. If Cap wins, we're moving in. - Wow, so that means that Sylvie and Wattle wouldn't have an office. - Yup. They'd be cardboard boxes out in the hallway just like we were. - Why don't we just do a dry run at football fest? - Yeah, that could be one of the debates. We can have a debate at football fest. - A town hall. - Football fest could use some segments, I'd say. - I think that would be fun. I think that would be a part of the planning for this year's football fest. I think it's gonna be awesome. - Oh, oh, you're part of it. - It's gonna be awesome. - Oh, now it's better. - Yeah, I think it's gonna be awesome. No, I've seen what's been in the works. I think it's gonna be a lot of fun. It's gonna be more of a festival vibe. It's gonna be cool. You can walk around, talk to everyone. It's gonna be great. - Okay. - But I think we could do a debate, have a debate at football fest. That would be a lot of fun. I think this is great. I don't know. You're an idea there, Shay. You might have a meeting after the show. I don't think that that's gonna fly. - I'm going home. - I don't think that. - I'm not worried about it. - I don't think the stakes of the Waddel and Silvie office being up for grabs, I don't think that's gonna work. - So the stakes are the Waddel and Silvie office or having your crap set outside. Like they did to me. Like they put my stuff in the cardboard box. - In real life, if you lose the election, you get evicted from the White House. So I feel like this is only fair. - For a year though. For a year. Had that office for a year? - You think they're letting anybody keep their stuff in that house? You get evicted, you get tossed out. It's the same stakes here. - So the audience understands, the office for Waddel and Silvie is the White House of the seventh floor. - Oh, it's huge. - It's the biggest office at the station. - Yes. - Enormous. - So nice TV in there. - Yeah. - Some good chairs. They have the best chairs in that room. Those chairs are great chairs. - Couch is nice, man. - Big fan of those chairs. - Nice couch. - Yeah. No, there's no couch, but there's two. - A long, comfy, turning swivel chairs. - Oh yeah, yeah. - They're good. Those are high quality chairs. - I'm not allowed in there. I thought it was a couch. - There used to be a couch. - Yeah. - That couch is gone. - But yes, okay, I think we could workshop this. I think that's a fair idea. I don't think people will go for it, but I do think-- - You have to cut this off. That's a lot for Tyler to cut later. - Yeah. - It's just-- (laughing) - You had to cut this off at some point. - I told you, but Chris, I told you, it was a good idea to do it on the show. - Yes, you got it. - You just programmed three o'clock. - You're gonna give Tyler an IQ now so we can move on or that this is a long segment. - I think it's a good idea to have Sylvie and Cap run against each other for the office of ESPN 1000. I think that that's a great deal. I think partners will get behind this. I think it's a lot of fun. I think we can really do this up. Come on, I think this could be good. - Period. - At a point, right there. - Okay, cut. - The chief impasse, we say-- - Time stamp, the chief ambassador. - The chief ambassador, that would be the title. - A chief ambassador. - I mean, I'd be SP 1000. - I think it would be good. - All right. - I think it'd be a lot of fun. - So there you have it, Tyler. 9/11/29 mark. There you go, right there. (laughing) There's five o'clock there. - Here you go, Nick on Twitter wants to know. - So there's a-- - At the first debate, would Cap and Sylvie shake hands? - Yes. - Last night, there was no shaking of the hands. Would Cap and Sylvie shake hands? - They would, yes. - Okay, all right. - See here? - Will one of them call the other a sucker and a loser? Yes, minus 550. - I think it could happen. - It could certainly happen. I do think they both would use their time. I think they both would talk until the clock runs out. - Shout out to ESPN 1000 is the best on Twitch. He said, "Chief ambassador with ass in all cash." (laughing) - It's on ass in that ambassador. - Yes. - Good Cat wins, Chief Ass works just fine. (laughing) - Chief Ass, yes. - Come on, this would be so fun. And in, this is why I-- - Stay on it. - I pick-- (laughing) - Four, Tyler, four, five, eight, Jeff. - He just won't give an out cue. The poor guy, he's gonna be up there for an hour. Try to cut all this. Please. - I think it would work because they would both take it seriously. - I'm sorry, guys. - I think they would both go after each other. I think it would be great. - Who is it up there? Who is it between 235? Is it Tyler, is it Charlie in today? - I'm making sure I'm looking for-- - Tyler and Jeff. - No, Jeff is in for a waddle today. - Yes, that's fine, okay. - Tyler and young Jack McGrath. - Jack's gonna be-- - It's gonna be Jack. - Jack's gonna be dripping sweat over the control board. - Keep it rolling, Jack. We're gonna keep this in. - Oh, yeah. - Let's get a Black and Abdullah YouTube show promo in there to keep it in. Subscribe and like to Black and Abdullah on YouTube. I'd appreciate that. - Okay, well, I just, I don't know if AI Jack has the algorithms to know when to start and stop all of this. AI is gonna be, it's gonna be very difficult for him to cut all this. - Will he piece it together with the seven AM segment? I don't know. - I don't know. - Just, just feel bad for those guys. - Will, long segment. - Will Cap Bragg about how he's a better golfer than Sylvan? - Yes, yes. And that by far, to me, like of all the things that took place last night, like how American is it that two older gentlemen are just arguing over their golf games, which you can't fact check, right? Like one's probably saying he shoots an 18 when he plays, which is impossible to do. The other's a six handicap. Like what are we doing here? - I don't know. That was not part of the fact checking segment. - Right. - 30 minute. - I will say, that was entertaining. The fact that they continued to go back and forth and they didn't cut the mics. - Oh boy. I just, I don't know. - Could you imagine Cap? I can outdrive Sylvie. I'm closest to the pin. Look at me. But honestly, Cap can drive it. - Yes. - Cap can play. - Sylvie can as well, but he just hasn't done it in a while. - Yeah, he chooses. - He doesn't. - Yeah. - It's from the left side. - Yeah. - There's some power there. - Oh yeah. - So, all right, Jack, right there. - There's the... - There's the... - 9, 14, 50. All right. Stop right there. All right. - Hey. - Court Jack cut all that. Here's your drive time, folks. And then the response by Sylvie afterwards. This is gonna happen. You guys just don't know when to stop in. (laughs) - Guys, just... - Well, you know who the other day did go after you. - I usually go after... I usually go after Cap, but today I have to go after Woody. - That's fine. - Boy, I heard that. Was there a response on this show? - About what? - From the other day? - No? All right. - You might... What is he saying to you? - I nearly got in trouble. That's... - Okay. - It's like I'm a reflex thing that I think would have... - Okay. - Glad I shut my mic off. - I would like to see them run for office. That's what I would like to see. - No, we just... No, we disagree on the topic of JJ Redic. It was funny, we're gonna talk about that. We believe this half hour about JJ Redic and the Lakers. We just... Sylvie and I disagree on the topic of decorum in the right forum to be able to express yourself. - Right. - So we just disagree. That's all. - Go ahead, Chris, your thoughts. - I think it would be good. I think they should run for office. Again, 916-07, Jack. There you go. And there you go. And that'll be the end of that. All right, coming up. Rich Paul scheme. Did you have a problem with it? It's funny we talk about the Lakers than JJ Redic. That's coming up next. Right here on "Cap and Jhood." (upbeat music) - "Cap and Jhood" are back. - Appreciate you guys. I listened to you streaming on the ESPN 1000 app. - Chicago's home for sports. ESPN Chicago. - It's a 55th pick in the 2024 NBA draft. - The Los Angeles Lakers select Bronnie James from the University of Southern California. - Bronnie James is with the Lakers. And we're talking about it right here on "Cap and Jhood." Chris Bleckin for "Cap." We have the Friday folder coming away at 935. Cracy Butler with the latest on the weekend weather at 950 right here on "Cap and Jhood." So Bronnie James is a Laker. And by the way, water's wet. We knew this was gonna happen, right? We knew that there were gonna be teams, Chris, that would just park the Red Sea in order for our Bronnie James to play with his dad, LeBron James. Just for context, I thought it was cool when I was in, I think I was eighth grade. And I think maybe eighth grade, maybe a freshman when I did see the griffies. When I saw Ken Griffey, junior and senior played, like I think there were three, four in the lineup. But the point is though, it was so cool to see that. You knew senior was on the way out and Griffey, junior was the hottest thing, man. That sweet swing. You love to see Ken Griffey, junior. And I thought that was cool. In this situation though, you don't know if Bronnie James is great. I knew Ken Griffey, junior is gonna be great. But it's something different about this when LeBron James kind of manipulated behind the scenes to make sure his son plays with him in the autumn of his career. - Yeah, the difference there is Ken Griffey, junior was a phenom and Bronnie James is a nepo baby. And that's the world that we kind of live in. And I think there are a couple ways to look at this, Jonathan. One, like a lot of things in LeBron James' career, it is a extremely cool that his son was just drafted and that they will be the first father-son combination to not only play in a game together, but plan a game on the same team together to be on the same roster together in NBA history. That's cool. - Yes. - That is really cool. - It's history. - But then on the flip side, at the same exact time, it is cool. Like a lot of things with LeBron James, it's also extremely lame. It's cool. It's also lame. And the lame part is what you're pointing to is that Rich Paul pulling the strings behind the scenes, LeBron kind of talking this into existence back in March, suggesting that a player that should not be drafted could play in the NBA, because if you follow any draft experts, Brony James is not an NBA player. So when you kind of look at it from that context and how it kind of played out in yesterday, Bob Myers on the ESPN coverage saying that Rich Paul is calling teams and telling them not to draft Brony because he's only going to play for the Lakers or else, if you draft my client, he's going to play overseas. All of that stuff behind the scenes is pretty lame. - It is, but let me just go ahead on that lame train and give you another extension of it. And that is like, again, for those that are just tuning in, it is cool 'cause we want to see something we've never seen before. It's cool. - A father son. - Very cool. - But let me just give you another extension of that lameness. It's the constant denial from the LeBron James camp. Don't say I had nothing to do with this. Don't say I had nothing to do with JJ Redick, I had nothing to do with. This is what you wanted. We know that everybody knows that you run the Lakers. It's not Rob Palinka. It's not the bus family. It's you. - Well, he didn't talk to JJ Redick before he got the gig as head coach of the Lakers. - You see what I mean? You just cast buddies. - Yes, but again, the denial, the constant denial. Now you want to say-- - I don't blame. - You want to say I didn't bring in JJ Redick, that's fine. But you want to play with your son. This has been talked about for a long time. Now here's the thing. If it's old school basketball, Chris, for Shay Norlin Celtics, Red Arbach, not the guy you saw in winning time. I mean, the Red, he was said, I'll take him. - Right. - I'll step right in there. The Celtics were right before the Lakers. The threats from Rich Paul's camp, if you take Ronnie James, he'll go to Australia. I'll call you bluff on it. - Call it. - How about first round pick for Ronnie James, if he means that much to you? - How about that? - How about that? - You surprised someone didn't do it. - I think the Celtics, you should open up the Mocha Joe spite store and say, you know what? We'll take him. - Well, and here's the progression of lameness in the whole situation is clutch sports, right? So like another team did not call the bluff because Rich Paul can then return, say back to said team, well, my clients will not sign with your team going forward. - This would never happen in the NFL. - Right, like that's where Rich Paul and LeBron James behind the scenes are pulling all of the strings across the NBA. And I think that's where we can say it is cool. - Yes. - That they are going to play together on the same team. It's also lameness hell. And I'll tell you one other way to look at it is I'm a Chicago Bulls fan. So quite frankly, I don't really care. If you're unaware of how this is working with the salary cap in the NBA, second-room picks now are extremely valuable. There's two aprons as far as the tax goes with the salary cap. And if you go over the aprons, there's major penalties. If you have multiple max players, it's tough to navigate a salary, a group of salaries on the roster under the different aprons when you have multiple max players. The Lakers are a team with multiple max players and there's rumors that they want a third. That means second-round draft picks are extremely valuable to your roster because they're cheap. So you need to get second-round draft picks to play minutes for your team. Wasting them on Bronnie James is not ideal. And this is why as a Bulls fan, I wish the Bulls had a second-round pick yesterday. They didn't, that was a mistake. But two, if you're-- And we'll have one until 28. If you're a Laker fan today, I would be outraged. Think about it, if you're a Laker fan, you need second-round picks to play major minutes. This is a kid that many experts suggest is not an NBA player and you just wasted a second-round pick on it. Again, we're Bulls fans. It's actually no sweat off our back about this. But if you're a Laker fan today, I would be pissed at this situation. Some thoughts from Bronnie James. Honestly, I feel like this is a serious business. And I don't feel like there'd be a thought of, I'm just drafting this kid just because of-- I'm going to get his dad, like, I don't think-- I don't think a GM would really allow that. So yeah, I've never really thought about it. Yeah, I think I've put in the work and I'll be good drafted because of the person-- not only the player, but the person that I am. Cap and I called us one of his games in high school over at Wind Trust. And we said, OK, a guy that a 6-1 can get his shot off, very cerebral, can pass the basketball, very similar to his dad. But he's more of a South Bay Laker than a Los Angeles Laker. He should probably start in the G-League. But maybe he won't. So there's layers to this. Let's go through the layers quickly. The layers are-- let's start with JJ Redick. A neophyte at a position as a head coach. Don't you think that if Bronnie makes the team-- if he makes the team out of camp, Chris-- don't you think LeBron will suggest how much time Bronnie's going to get on the floor? I mean, the idea that LeBron's not going to say anything-- and of course, he's passive-aggressive as hell, as LeBron James. But you know that there's going to be a conversation of, this guy's not going to be Thanos-- Theontas Anadikumpo. He's going to want him to have meaningful playing time. And who do you think is going to win that argument? Who's going to win that debate? Is it JJ Redick or-- OK. Yeah, so Bronnie can't just be a victory cigar. Right. Who goes in at the end of the game in a blowout? That's not going to work for LeBron, because what will happen is we'll get to middle January. The Lakers will be struggling. And LeBron will do, like you suggested, one of those passive-aggressive media hits after a game, blaming the coaches for the rotation, because his son's not getting enough minutes. If he's on the team, don't you think half the question is going to be about Bronnie? I mean, LeBron's going to talk about the Lakers and himself. But again, the spotlight will be on Bronnie in what he can and cannot do. So that's just an added distraction that you don't need. But this is what LeBron wanted. The idea that the Lakers said, this is going to be great for PR. This is what LeBron wanted, and that's fine. I'll say this also, just talking about personal. So what do you think the veterans think of Bronnie James being on the team, thinking that, especially if he gets a roster spot? Again, if he gets a roster spot, you don't draft Bronnie James just for him to just be a South Baker for the entire G League season. He will be on the roster. What do you think that they think when he gets in there for 10 minutes and a clip trying to learn on the job? How about going to dinner? You think there might be some resentment, like his son's not going to want to hang with LeBron and AD. He's going to want to do his own thing. What if it's a 715 dinner and some of the other teammates are like, let's leave a 655? We don't have to carry this kid along. And not saying that Bronnie's a bad kid, it's just that the circumstances are awkward. It would have been a better conversation for you and I to have to say, Bronnie got drafted to the Toronto Raptors, and he's going to be doing his own thing in which-- and as you well know, the G League Toronto affiliate does a great job of churning out stars. They do them in the Spurs, G League affiliates, do a great job of utilizing the G League and then put them on the main roster because they're ready. He's with the South Bay Lakers. There's just so many things, so many things that are spinning with this with Bronnie James. More than-- oh, he can't. Is that ready for the NBA? What about all the rest of it around it? In the locker room on the court, what is Bronnie called LeBron? Dab. Give me the ball, Dab. Is that cool? teammates, you cool with that? Is that normal? Hey, dad, I'm just saying-- I'm in the corner, dad. I'm just saying that it's like you laid out. It's going to be awkward. Yeah, I don't love that. He doesn't call him LeBron, right? He calls him dad. Could call him Bron. Hey, Bron, that's weird. It's weird. There's the whole thing's weird. I mean, going around social media, talking about how LeBron is sleeping with one of his teammates, mom. That's uncawful. Gotcha. I just love when Jay Moore brings a little GCI to the program. I love it. I love it. A little rumor mill. It's better than when LeBron's teammates were sleeping with his mom. There you go. There you go. There it is. I mean, there it is. It's almost as a come up and it's like, you know what? I'll try this now, maybe, allegedly. Well, I mean, you're a kid in the league. You finally-- I know he's already a rich kid. He's LeBron's kid, but you're on your own. You've made it. And dad's watching every move you make when you're on the road. The knock at the hotel room to see if you're in there on the road. It's part of it. It's part of it. Hey, Bronnie. You in there? I would imagine that LeBron would try to treat Bronnie as his own man, but it's still his kid. He's going to watch over him. This is the most collaborative relationship in the NBA. You know this, right? Rhett, LeBron, AD, and now Bronnie. This is all collaborative. J.J. Rhett comes in there with, you know, as a head coach, entitled, but not necessarily the head of the basketball operation. It goes like this-- LeBron James, Rich Paul, AD. And then you go down to the veterans, and then go down to some of these other guys, and then Bronnie's in there, and then J.J. Rhett is somewhere toward the bottom of all of this. Did J.J. Rhett X send a gift package to Doc Rivers? Four. Well, if Doc never left the ABC booth for the finals, does J.J. Rhett get this job with the Lakers? I mean, before Doc took the job with the Bucks, J.J. was just a podcast guy. He was at a podcast, and he occasionally was on first take. But then he became the second voice on the NBA finals coverage, because Doc left the booth. Yeah. I just think a solo Mike Brain broadcast at this point. It was so good. That was fine. But just stop adding people, because they were just getting jobs. Yeah. It's amazing. Rich Paul's scheme. This is all something. And again, it's cool that the story is taking place when you have Father and Son, because we never seen this in the NBA. But what about the ramifications of all of the rest of it? It's a lot of question marks about all of this. Hey, Dad, hit me in the corner. Hey, Dad. Dad. Hey, Dad. It's weird, right? Pops. Hey, Pops. I got to check out Sub, Sub, Sub, Sub. We got to check out for this kid who can't play. Sub, Sub, Sub, Sub, Sub. Sitting on the bench, watching him miss shots. All four of the ninth seed in the West. Friday Folders coming up next on Captain Jay Hood. Sub, Sub, Sub. Follow Chicago's home for sports on Twitch at ESPN 1000 Chicago. Captain Jay Hood are back on Chicago's home for sports. ESPN Chicago. How's his farm? It's time for the Friday Folder on the Captain Jay Hood show. Time for the Friday Folder, brought to you by Lou Melnotti, is right here on the Captain Jay Hood Morning Show. Cap off today. Chris Black, on loan from Black and Abdullah, with us here on this Friday show. We turn now to Shay Norling with the Friday Folder. Think that we missed this week. All right, let's start with the bear, the Hulu hit show Chicago-based back on Hulu with season three this week, released yesterday. My wife and I started the show, but we made the decision. We're not going to fly through it and do it in two days, or all in one sitting like some people do, and just blow through and binge the entire season, and then it's over. We want to take the time to let it sit in. Do you kind of wish that this show were released one episode a week? Yeah, and here's the thing, I had the discipline to know, and again, it's about time, too. It's about time bandwidth. For me, I still do shows episodically once a week. I watch The Shy that way. I watch shows on TNT that way, you know, unless I'm so far behind on a series, like two or three years behind, I watch it in a day or two, but ultimately, I like to watch it once a week and anticipate what's next. Yeah, I totally agree with both of you. Shay, my wife and I are doing the same exact thing. We've watched the first episode. I loved it. Put it to the side. We'll come back to it in a couple of days, or maybe a week, and we'll continue on. Here's the one thing with this show specifically. The show has something to say, and it takes us, it's time doing so. So I want to take my time consuming the show. I don't want to just rush through it, throw it away, and then move on to, oh, what's next? What else is on Netflix? Yeah. I miss it. I really enjoy this show. It's one of my favorite on TV, and I will casually make my way through the season. Episode one was great. You and I like a lot that started happening on streaming. The Boys does it. The new show with Jake Gyllenhaal presumed innocent on Apple TV does it. Is the release the first three episodes, so you get that binge feeling when it comes out, and then it's weekly after that? I really like that method of release. I'm okay with that. What television used to be, it was because it's about anticipation and build. You marinated on it for seven days before you had to watch it again. The next episode. Did you guys binge watch the final season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, or did you watch it each week when it was released? I watched it week after week. Yeah, I watched it week after week. Yeah, that's what I did. I thought it was great. I enjoyed that. But it also, like I came in this morning, oh, Chris, did you watch The Baron? He goes only the first episode. But if it just releases weekly, everybody's at the same point. You don't have to, I'm only here, I'm only here. It gives it the more community feel. Okay. We also had artificial intelligence, Al Michaels, revealed this week, NBC, bringing their star broadcaster back via AI to provide personalized recaps on the Olympic Games. Bring him back. He's not dead. Well, it's just kind of strange because I'm sure that in New York, or in Los Angeles, or wherever he is, he could be able to have an open mic and read some stuff. I heard it. The thing that's weird about this show, it sounds, it sounds like Al, but it's stiff. There's no feeling to it. Yeah. And so that's what you want. That's fine. But NBC, if you want to have someone with gravitas, you don't have costumes anymore. Al still works for the company, but it's no feeling. It was just him reading words and that's not the same. It's lazy. Yeah. If you don't want to do the work, don't do the work. I mean, he's a legendary broadcaster, one of the all-time greats. It's NBC's choice. Do you think it's his choice, though, to allow them to do this? You know what? Here's the thing. Why do I think he's still going to get paid, even though it's his voice? Yeah, of course. I don't know. The whole thing is just stupid. Who wants that? Just like, have you guys noticed, and I'm sure our listeners have noticed it too, do you ever get caught reading a story online until you realize it's an AI written story? Absolutely. Yes. Like, if you're into sports a lot of times the game stories, you'll see it's presented by a service, an AI service, and it's the lame, the lamest possible version of a story that you could get from a game. If AI works that well, then I want some of the old dead broadcasters to be able to start doing games. I want to keep Jackson back. I want Howard Kossel back, Harry Carey doing the Olympics baseball. I want to drive by his head. Yeah. So if you want to do that, if you can recreate the dead and bring them back to do commentary, you can with AI. Yeah. And also, it's like, if that's what you're going to do for new jobs, like it sucks for younger people too. Like, I'm sure there's someone worthy at NBC to record these recaps who maybe isn't at the level that Al Michaels is at. That was my point too. And it's my fear for the future of this business, is that instead of giving young people a chance to grow and become the next Al Michaels, yeah, you're just going to stick around with the legends via AI, but we'll get cheap versions of them. Yeah, they don't do that in this business. Speaking of broadcasters, news nation for a few years. News nation formerly WGN America brought in a heavy hitter to preview the presidential debate yesterday. Listen to this. Most of the most downloaded podcast there is Adam Corolla straight from tonight's history making NBA draft ESPN host face of the Stephen A Smith show, what honestly named Stephen A Smith. Gentlemen, thank you very much. Appreciate you both as always, Steven, thank you for rushing over from the draft. What's a bigger deal? The debate or the draft? Well, today is the debate, you know, tomorrow's a different story. So obviously, Bernie James was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers and in some people's eyes. That's the biggest story. But for me, it's the debate. We've been waiting for this for a long time. America's not enamored with either candidate vote. This is the choice that we have at this particular moment in time. What level of cogent see is President Biden going to put forth Trump? Excuse me, is he off his rocker from time to time or is he going to be ready? Mike's are going to be muted from time to time. There is no audience. It's going to call for an elevated level of discipline on his part. Is he capable of putting that on display? These kind of questions are incredibly pertinent because it ain't going to be, but so many debates. It's not like you're going to have five debates like Trump wanted to. It's going to be one now and another September. And that's what you've got to work with. So tonight it's very, very important. Steven A, what? Is this sports now? It really is. We got Steven A first take on the presidential debate. He gave more information there than I heard in the second round yesterday. It's really a photo finish between Steven A and my friend, Courtney Cronin, as how many gigs you can be, how many platforms you can be on. Courtney is everywhere. I think Courtney also, I believe it was Yahoo News. I believe she also gave her thoughts about the presidential debate. I would watch that. I mean, so would I. I would watch that. Yeah. So, I mean, that's, this is something else, man. This is something, I mean, he just got off of the NBA draft set. I had to rush over. I had to come over here and just get my thoughts on the debate and what have you. The way he sets up, well, America is looking at this and then goes into each candidate. What? The best is what's more important, the debate or the draft and he goes, well, tonight it's the debate. But tomorrow, Brony James. Brony James. I will have you. The brother. That's amazing. He is great. God bless him, man. He is great. God bless him. Steve, just everywhere. He's the best. Here's no debate. It's Tracy Butler and she's the best. Yes, she is. How about that for the, the, the, the corny news TV, smooth going down. Never mind about the debates last night. There's no debate and Tracy Butler is the best. We'll talk about that next ABC seven, I would just news. Captain Jay Hood, weekday morning, seven to 10. Time to get it in for the weekend. Now back to Captain Jay Hood, ESPN, Chicago. Now time for the Captain Jay Hood Cut of the Day. Brought to you by Chicago Cut Steakhouse, David Flom and the guys over to a terrific job at Chicago Cut Steakhouse, whether it's for clients, whether it's for friends, whether it's just to be able to eat alone, it's all good at Chicago Cut Steakhouse. Jay Moore. Yes, it's boring, but it's a sport. Whatever. It's not boring. Okay, then you're boring. All right. The thread on the show was going back to last weekend. He went to Toronto on a golfing excursion, just rubbing elbows with X players and had a good time. Supposed to come back to Chicago, did not have both bags, golf bag, of course, the old clothing bag. He had the anniversary gift for his wife, Mindy in the bag. Now every day we've been checking on this bag. One of the bag is there and the other bag has been in Toronto, outside the Timmy Hose, the Tim Hortons. Sure. There was a air tag, air tag in the bag, you've been able to take a look at it. Now he's hit refresh many times, he was taught how to refresh it, so he knows how to be able to refresh the old air tag. The whole having another phone in the area thing really threw a wrench into the plan yesterday. I heard the confusion. Yes. And I just laid back, I just laid out just so that you could hear the screeching wheels in his head, turning, trying to figure it out, just like my phones here. Wait a minute, another phone will take that. The latest Timor is that he has not received his bag. As of last night, today is Friday and he has still not received that bag. Now we've had people on the case from on the seventh floor here, really, and outside of the station and people listening in Canada, there in still no sign of his bag, as of late last night. That stinks. Now you know Drake said he can get his bag back, but he needs to know who is his favorite rapper. Oh no. Well, it would cap say, Drake, he doesn't seem to be much of a Kendrick guy. No, I don't think he knows the kid right here. I love him from the Negro League, Bob Kendrick. Bob Kendrick does a great job. He's a curator. He's on all the platforms. That Kendrick. No, not Bob Kendrick. And that's all, don't you? The Captain Jacob cut of the day, brought to you by Chicago Cut Steckhouse. We turn now to the newsroom. Hi, Tracy. ABC 7I Windows News, Tracy Butler's with us with the weekend weather, and she's brought to you by the Schomburg Boomers. Good morning, Tracy. How are you? I need to compose myself. Oh my God. Wait. So we still don't have this bag. No, he doesn't have it. The one with the anniversary gift and that's terrible. That's what happens when you check a bag. You check a bag, Tracy? Yes. Really? Yes. Always? Not always, but if I'm going away on a lengthier trip, I do check a bag. That's a lot of faith in humanity for that to show up. Knock on wood. I only had a problem once, and I will never fly at Christmas again because I flew with a bunch of gifts. Yes. And yeah, they were delayed. I've been undefeated in that. I always take a bag, and it's not a problem. Southwest has taken care of me for years. And good old TWA. Also very good. My uncle worked for TWA. That's amazing. That's amazing. That's amazing. TWA. Back in the day when I was smoking on the play, very often, had his own ass straight. It was great. Served me a bourbon. Give me a cosmopolitan, make it snappy. Anyway, I read the Wall Street Journal. That was me. Back of the day. I believe it. So we see it's a little bit cloudy. It is. It's a lot cloudy. So what does that say for the weekend? Well, okay. So kind of a gloomy Friday ahead of us here today, and we do have more showers tonight. Oh, I'm getting played off already. We ran out of time, count on some thunderstorms in the area tomorrow morning, hot and humid tomorrow. Beautiful Sunday, everybody. All right. Hey, Sunday. We'll take that. Yeah. Beautiful Sunday. I like it. And take that. Yeah. So I want to be soggy for the socks game at 6.10. Oh, you know what? It will start to rain probably between 7 and 8 this evening at the socks game. The first pitch. Okay. After that, yeah, doesn't get better than this. Oh, all right. You know what? I'll take it because we get a sunny Sunday. Yeah, we do. Should be good. Thank you for coming in, Chris. Thanks for having me. Appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Well, talk to you Monday at seven right here on Chicago's Home for Sports. So long, everybody. From Chicago. Take that. Where's my bag? Here's my bag! ♪ I'm a lady ♪