Bryan Curtis

It's just not. That was the point. I mean, again, and again, it's Stephen A. So it has, you know, I'm not doing it justice, probably. And if LeBron's watching that, I'm sure he can find some phrase or something to latch on to. But that was the point. And that's a discussion you guys have had 1,000 times about LeBron James and the Lakers.

It's just not. That was the point. I mean, again, and again, it's Stephen A. So it has, you know, I'm not doing it justice, probably. And if LeBron's watching that, I'm sure he can find some phrase or something to latch on to. But that was the point. And that's a discussion you guys have had 1,000 times about LeBron James and the Lakers.

Right.

Right.

Right.

Yeah. You know, when you said we haven't seen this on the court, we have seen this in the locker room a bunch of times, including, by the way, with Joel Embiid earlier this year. This is a pretty standard locker room media member thing. you know, athlete confrontation. I don't like what you said about me. I don't like what you wrote about me. But the difference is what you point to.

Yeah. You know, when you said we haven't seen this on the court, we have seen this in the locker room a bunch of times, including, by the way, with Joel Embiid earlier this year. This is a pretty standard locker room media member thing. you know, athlete confrontation. I don't like what you said about me. I don't like what you wrote about me. But the difference is what you point to.

Yeah. You know, when you said we haven't seen this on the court, we have seen this in the locker room a bunch of times, including, by the way, with Joel Embiid earlier this year. This is a pretty standard locker room media member thing. you know, athlete confrontation. I don't like what you said about me. I don't like what you wrote about me. But the difference is what you point to.

Stephen A. had almost literally just agreed to a $100 million a year contract. He's the face of that. $100 million total contract. $100 million a year would be a lot. Excuse me. Yes, that's a lot. But he's the face of the network. And as you say, it's a face of ESPN's approach.

Stephen A. had almost literally just agreed to a $100 million a year contract. He's the face of that. $100 million total contract. $100 million a year would be a lot. Excuse me. Yes, that's a lot. But he's the face of the network. And as you say, it's a face of ESPN's approach.

Stephen A. had almost literally just agreed to a $100 million a year contract. He's the face of that. $100 million total contract. $100 million a year would be a lot. Excuse me. Yes, that's a lot. But he's the face of the network. And as you say, it's a face of ESPN's approach.

And with ESPN, I think there's an interesting question of whether they're doing more of this kind of stuff or whether the other stuff at ESPN has just been stripped away to such a degree. This becomes a bigger part of ESPN. You see what I mean? Like when you get rid of Zach Lowe, when you chop off all these parts of ESPN, Stephen A is just going to be a larger part of the network.

And with ESPN, I think there's an interesting question of whether they're doing more of this kind of stuff or whether the other stuff at ESPN has just been stripped away to such a degree. This becomes a bigger part of ESPN. You see what I mean? Like when you get rid of Zach Lowe, when you chop off all these parts of ESPN, Stephen A is just going to be a larger part of the network.

And with ESPN, I think there's an interesting question of whether they're doing more of this kind of stuff or whether the other stuff at ESPN has just been stripped away to such a degree. This becomes a bigger part of ESPN. You see what I mean? Like when you get rid of Zach Lowe, when you chop off all these parts of ESPN, Stephen A is just going to be a larger part of the network.

He's just going to seem bigger, whether he actually is, you know, occupying more hours of airtime or not.

He's just going to seem bigger, whether he actually is, you know, occupying more hours of airtime or not.

He's just going to seem bigger, whether he actually is, you know, occupying more hours of airtime or not.

Yeah, and it ends with Kenan Thompson wearing a beard on Weekend Update. Doing a Perkins impersonation. Yeah, we got a Trump parody and we got a Perk parody. Think about that.

Yeah, and it ends with Kenan Thompson wearing a beard on Weekend Update. Doing a Perkins impersonation. Yeah, we got a Trump parody and we got a Perk parody. Think about that.

Yeah, and it ends with Kenan Thompson wearing a beard on Weekend Update. Doing a Perkins impersonation. Yeah, we got a Trump parody and we got a Perk parody. Think about that.