Rough Bunker Sports: LeBron To Minnesota?

LeBron James to the Minnesota Timberwolves sounds like pure chaos and I’m here for it. I lay out my biggest take of the week: if LeBron puts on a Wolves jersey, I believe it ends with an NBA championship. We talk fit, roster impact, leadership, and why winning in Minnesota would hit different for his legacy, especially in a Western Conference packed with contenders.

From there, I bounce through the rest of the summer sports calendar the way real fans actually live it: quick thoughts on the US exiting the World Cup, a Summer League shoutout for the guys who look “too good for July,” and a look ahead to football with Vikings optimism and the pieces I still think the roster needs. Golf gets its own run too, from the Scottish Open tune-up to a simple question weekend players argue about all the time: do you want a wide open course that lets you score, or a tighter test that forces you to level up?

The Twins and the MLB All-Star stretch bring out another strong opinion: baseball is at its best when games feel urgent, and 162 can be a slog. I talk Buxton, health, and why a shorter MLB season could make every series matter more. Then the tone shifts to real life for a minute, because grief and mental health don’t disappear just because sports are on, and it’s worth saying out loud that it’s okay to not be okay.

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Transcript

Welcome To Rough Bunker Sports

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To episode five of the Rough Bunker Sports Podcast, the place where sports headlines, dad life, and everyday conversations collide. Today, talking the biggest games, hottest takes, family life, coaching kids, and everything in between. Whether you're driving to work, heading to practice, or just trying to survive another week of parenting, I've got you covered. So pull up a chair, crack a cold one. Let's get into some sports and other things. It's episode five. You know, summer sports is pretty loaded. Baseball's heating up, golf is getting played everywhere. Uh, we do have some takes that might even get you kicked out of a group chat. So, first thing I'm going to talk about here. Obviously,

World Cup Exit And Quick Thoughts

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unfortunately, the US is no longer in the World Cup. They lost to Belgium yesterday. I believe it was 3-1. I watched a little bit of it. Like I've said before, I'm not much of a soccer fan. I don't do much with soccer, but it is the most popular sport in the world. So it's definitely something that a lot of people are definitely watching and into. So unfortunately, like I said, we were out before the quarterfinals or whatever. Pretty heavy favorite. Spain, I think we were playing next if we did win. So, you know, good luck to all the teams and all the countries that are still in it. Hopefully, we can get a good couple games, quarterfinals, semifinals, things like that. Get some exciting stuff uh going on there.

LeBron Free Agency And Wolves Case

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So I think the biggest topic here that I'll probably talk about today is some basketball stuff, some NBA, NBA news and headlines, and thoughts, and hot takes and things like that. LeBron James. LeBron James is a free agent, and he's narrowed it down to a few teams. Obviously, I think Cleveland's one of them, Miami's one of them, and the Timberwolves are one of them. Interestingly enough, obviously, with the Timberwolves picking up LaMelo ball, uh, I think it'd be a really good fit for him. I would love to see him in a Timberwolves jersey. If he does come to the Timberwolves, my biggest take of the day, the Timberwolves will win the NBA championship. I said it. With LeBron James that completes everything, he can run the point, he can run wing, he can run post, he can do everything that Nas Reed did, he can do everything that Mike Connolly did, he can do everything that everybody that we've lost, he can do it all. And then some. I know he's 42, I know he's old, I know he's you know got a lot of miles on those legs, but his track record definitely shows everywhere he goes, he wins. Every place he's been, he's won a championship. And I think that with the pieces that the Timberwolves have, he would be the perfect fit for everything. He'd be the perfect fit for Ant, he'd be the perfect fit for LaMelo. I don't know if he really wants to be that guy in the locker room, but I don't think he has a choice no matter where he goes. If he goes to Cleveland, he's gonna be doing that with Donovan Mitchell and James Harden, keeping them, you know, on pace and on track to win a championship. If he goes to Miami, same thing. He's gonna be doing that with Giannis. Even though Giannis has already won a championship, I think he would be the guy that they look to for any sort of guidance or when things are going bad. So with the Timberwolves, I think it's his best shot to win a championship, even though the West is loaded. With, you know, Denver, OKC, obviously the Spurs. So I mean it's definitely something that I would love to see is for him to come to Minnesota and win a championship. I think that'd be the best thing for his legacy. If he came to Minnesota and they won a championship, he would have then won in a place that's never won a championship before in the NBA. Since the you know, the the Minneapolis Lakers, since George Miken was here. So I I really think that with the addition of LeBron James, if he does come to Minnesota, which would be mass hysteria in Minneapolis, that'd be the best thing that's happened in Minnesota sports in a long time. A very, very, very, very long time. Uh so that's my biggest sports story of the week, biggest take of the of the day of the episode is LeBron James coming to the Timberwolves. And if he does, they will win an NBA championship. If they don't get him, I still think they're deep enough and they're talented enough and they're good enough to get to the Western Conference Finals. I just don't think we have the firepower and the depth that we used to have to beat San Antonio. They're obviously gonna be the team to beat. They're the reigning Western Conference champs. They're gonna be really, really, really hard to beat. Very hard to beat. Definitely the the best case scenario is LeBron James coming to the Timberwolves. I know we've added a couple other pieces and a couple other things. Our rookies are gonna be good too. But if with if with if we can get and land LeBron, does that mean we have to open up a spot for Bronny too?

Bronny’s Path And Lakers Fit

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I know that that's something that other teams have done. Opened up a roster spot for Bronny to come over to wherever he chooses to go, wherever LeBron chooses to go. I just don't think that it's gonna be something where it's a demand of his to make a roster spot for Bronny. Bronny needs to have his own journey instead of being on the coattails of his dad, and he did, you know, sign and all that stuff with LA. They picked up his option. His best option is to stay there, in my opinion. In my opinion, Bronny's gotta stay in Los Angeles that way. He can create his own legacy, he can create his own niche and his own highlights and his own news and all that stuff, which would be best case for Bronny and for the Lakers. If they keep Bronny, they're still gonna score score a bunch of points with him and Reeves and Luca and now Walker Kessler. So I think Bronny just needs to stay put and do his do his thing. Do his thing with the Lakers. Let him do his thing, let him have his time, let him have his spotlight, let him have his moment. Cause everybody's always said, you know, he's only there because of his dad, he's only in the NBA because of his dad. The kid's talented, the kid can play, obviously. So I I have a feeling that the Lakers will stick it out with him, which is good, which they should. And that way it's it's something to strive for for Bronny to get out of his dad's shadow. Biggest

Summer League Standouts To Watch

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story out of summer league, I think. I know there's only been a couple games, but Darren, Darren Peterson for Utah is unreal. Like this kid is legit. This kid can play. Holy shit. He he is so impressive and so athletic. He's on a tear to show everybody like I was the guy. I was the I should have been the number one pick. I should have been the guy everybody was talking about coming into the draft. And on draft night. Darren Peterson is unreal. Unreal good. He's gonna make a lot of noise here in the next few years with Utah. And I know it's just Utah. They got a really good young core there. So they're gonna be making some noise, I think, this this next NBA season, if they can all stay healthy and they can all learn a little bit, get a little older, and get a little mature. Another

Golf Season Vibes And Getting Out

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big thing going on, you know, the weather's been beautiful. Golfing, golfing, golfing, golfing, golfing, golfing. I haven't really been out too much the last couple weeks just because there's been a lot of stuff going on, just in just personal stuff. But I know a lot of my friends and a lot of people I know have been out on the golf course soaking in the sun and being able to play nine or play 18. So definitely gonna be watching some more golf here in the next few weeks. Hopefully, I can get out on the course and and hit some balls around and have a little fun. You know, my I know my kids want to come out with me a couple times, so definitely gonna take them, take them out.

Twins Check In And MLB Grind

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So the the rough bunker roundup here, I know the baseball out baseball MLB all-star games coming up. Looks like Byron Buxton got a nod to be a AL All-Star starter, and that's good. Normally I don't pay too much attention to baseball until after the all-star break, but he's been having monster seasons so far, which is good. They the twins definitely need that out of a player. It's just a bummer that with Buxton, it's taken him so long to kind of do it. He's always been hurt. You know, him and Royce Lewis never have been able to really stay healthy for a long period of time to show to really show what they were and if they were worth the high draft picks that they've been, uh, which is unfortunate because they're both such good baseball players. Uh the twins are kind of surprising everybody. But you know, baseball is so it's such a grind. It's such a long season. A team can be playing phenomenal in the first, you know 80-some games, and then the all-star break hits, one guy gets hurt, one guy gets banged up, one pitcher gets you know a blister, one you know, things just start slowly falling apart, and it just it kind of torpedoes the whole season, which which sucks. Uh, so I'm hoping the twins can can stay competitive and can stay in the race for the central. It is the worst division in baseball, unfortunately. It's almost unwatchable, but they had a really good weekend here this last 4th of July weekend against the Yankees, uh, which is which is nice to see because we always seem to struggle with the Yankees in New York and all that kind of stuff. So it was definitely really, really nice to see them have some success. And hopefully they can have some success after the all-star break. Get some rest, get some you know, guys back, get get back in the swing of things, and hopefully Buxton can can stay healthy and Royce Lewis can come back and have an impact and all those things. I hope they don't trade Joe Ryan because I did see that was a topic. I think he's really a guy that you want to keep around, especially if we're gonna try and make a playoff push. Uh, I know we unfortunately we can't win the whole thing this year, but honestly, that all depends on making a run. Like when your pitchers are hot and you get some hot hitters, they are playing right now, they're up to one against Cleveland, and they just need to stay patient and and keep grinding. Like, like I said, the baseball season is such a grind and so long. I wish they would split the season in half. You know, 162 games is just way too long. It's way too long. And that way, you know, you're you can condense it and you're gonna be starting when basketball ends and you end before football starts, because the countries ran in the from the NFL. The NFL is you know the big moneymaker and CAA football, all that kind of stuff. So, you know, if baseball condensed their season to, I don't know, 90 games or you know, 81 games or whatever it may be, just to get more people interested and you know, have a shorter season to have those teams be able to consistently do that and consistently play at a high level. Uh, you you'll get some other things out of it too. I mean, you guys will stay healthier and all that other stuff. You you might not see all those old school records get broken, but a lot of them aren't gonna get broken anyway, unfortunately. You're never gonna see you know somebody beat Ted Williams' record or Lou Gehrig's hit streak or you know, Bond's home runs. Like you're just not gonna see that anymore. You just won't. The strikeout record, the wins record, you know, all those kind of things, you're just you're not gonna see that, unfortunately. You know, and with MVP racing or races going on too, first half of the season for baseball, from what I've watched and from what I've researched, Bobby Witt Jr. I'm only gonna go on the AL side because that's kind of what I focus on, because that's where the twins are and that's where my favorite players are. Bobby Witt Jr. is a monster. I think he should definitely be looked at. He's really the only one I've watched. Obviously, there's that well, Buxton. Buxton's been having a monster first half. So those are my two right there. And I know there's a there's a picture that I'm missing, but I just I the name's escaping me. And you know, like I said, I don't I don't watch much of it until after the all-star break. So and I think the twins are just getting overlooked as of right now, and maybe the Royals are too. Who knows? But I I don't know. They always say the Yankees and the Dodgers are gonna be in the their bold series, but sick of hearing how great the Yankees are, and they don't ever cash in that. So I just I don't know. We'll see, we'll see if I catch up on some baseball stuff in the next few weeks.

Fourth Of July Weekend And Loss

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Obviously, this episode's recorded late because of 4th of July weekend, and I and I do want to just touch on that. I'm I I was up at my business partner's cabin up on Lake Vermilion uh in Minnesota here. Beautiful, beautiful weather. It's hot, sunny, great food, great company. I just want to shout him out to Tony Carillo, the other half of Boss Two Boys, the owner, operator, salesman of Boss Two Barrel Sauna Company. Fantastic host. We stayed in his camper, hung out with him and a couple other friends, went out on the pontoon on Saturday afternoon, and then all day on Sunday. It was it was beautiful, it was absolutely beautiful. Fourth of July. It's it's a good weekend for friends and family. I know that my kids were all gone to other people's houses and cabins and doing you know kid things. So we went out to Tony Corillo's and like I said, my wife cooked a whole bunch of stuff. We argued before we left that she was doing too much and taking too much on, but you know, she was right, she made the perfect amount of food, she made the perfect amount of everything that she made, and it was it was phenomenal. Absolutely phenomenal. Tony did a great job hosting, his parents did a great job hosting, and then Ashley obviously his wife did a really good job too. I mean, you you can't do one without without the other, you can't have one without the other, and you know, everybody there pitched in, did some stuff, did different things. It was it was great, it was a fantastic weekend. Fireworks were pretty decent. 4th of July in your late 30s is a hell of a lot different than 4th of July in your early 20s. I remember going to McCarthy's Beach to out to Riverside, out to Bimbo's, you know, partying the whole day, out in the sun, drinking on the boat, at the beach, uh, no kids, no worries, no nothing, no responsibilities. And now, as I'm older, it's not that I don't want to be around my kids, but my kids have other plans. My kids have plans to go be with their friends and go be, you know, teenagers, and they don't want to be around their parents anymore. The only one that wants to is our youngest. And she got to hang out with with my uncle and his friends and family and other kids, and you know, it was it was a good time. You know, and 4th of July is just not going to be the same for us and our family as of today. Today's July 7th. Today it's been a year since my aunt passed away. So it was it was a rough weekend. It was a rough, rough weekend for us, for me anyway. She she always wanted to go to the lake and she always wanted to go to the beach and be with the be with the kids and be go to the parade and do all that kind of stuff. And you know, it was a it was a tough weekend to reflect on that, you know, since it's been a year since she passed, and it's been you know, um almost three since my mom uh passed away, also. So, you know, I don't really talk about it much. It's not something that I'm probably gonna dive into too much on this this podcast, considering the material and the topics that we cover here. But I I will just say this about that kind of stuff, about grief and about depression and up and about mental health and things like that. It's okay to not be okay, it's okay to have those feelings, it's okay to talk about that stuff with people that you care about and with people that you trust. Uh, I know that my wife tells me a lot that I need to open up more and talk more and and express myself more. But it it's it's still really hard for me to also do that. And you know, I can't I can't be a hypocrite and talk talk about people doing it, and then I not do it myself. So it's okay to not be okay, and it's okay to talk about your feelings, it's okay to to to cry, to be mad, to be angry, but you need a healthy outlet to express yourself and express your feelings and express how you feel. You you need to have somebody that you can talk to about that kind of stuff, and it might not be you know somebody that you think of, it might be somebody that is just a listener, and and if you need to find someone like that, go find it. Don't be embarrassed to go to therapy, don't be embarrassed to talk to a professional because and and this is just my personal opinion, but everybody needs therapy in some shape, way or form, therapy is for everybody because you might not want to talk about some stuff with your spouse or with your parents or with your siblings or with your best friends. You gotta talk to somebody about it, and you can't be embarrassed, you can't you can't put that facade on, you can't put that face on to then not talk about it because it can be unhealthy. So if you need help and you need someone to talk to, definitely reach out to somebody, reach out to a professional and don't be embarrassed. We all we all have our demons, we all have our feelings, we all have things that we need to work on.

Therapy Talk And Mental Health

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So that being said, I'm gonna dive into some other stuff here with what did I do there? Oh, summer league NBA stuff. You know, I I don't really watch the summer league stuff. I already kind of talked about Darren Peterson, he's kind of been the one that I've really been watching. AJ Debanza obviously has been kind of tearing it up to I think in the next few episodes after summer league's over, I'm probably gonna predict my finishing standings for the next season. I'll pick my Western and Eastern conference teams, I'll pick my NBA finals matchup, and I'll probably pick my champion. It's not gonna be much different than anything before.

Vikings Hype Plus Scottish Open Questions

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I know NFL is coming up too. NFL is gonna be a big topic here on this show. Vikings are gonna be one of the main topics just because, you know, Minnesota Sports, and they're gonna be good. They're gonna be good, good, good. I do definitely think that Kyler Murray can take this team to the Promised Land. It's gonna be interesting, it's gonna be something that I really, really, really can't wait to watch. His athleticism, and then you got Jefferson and Addison. The one piece that I still think we are missing is an electric running back. An electric running back, an electric running game. You know, Aaron Jones is good, don't get me wrong, but he's not Aaron Jones from Green Bay. He's just not our defense is gonna be flying around like crazy, they're gonna be amazing. Flores will have them ready to play. I guarantee it. I can guarantee it. So we'll see, we'll see what goes on there. Scottish Open is a major, uh, you know, they're a big tune up for the uh before the open for golf. Who do you think is the golfer that needs the strongest strong week? Who do you think that is? Hoping I'm hoping that Rory has a good week. I really like Rory. I really would love to see him or Scheffler have a really strong week. I'm gonna watch that. I don't watch a lot of golf, but I'm definitely gonna be watching the Scottish Open. For how interested now that I am in golf, I need to watch more of it. And I'm gonna keep you guys up to date on it. And our Link style course is the best test in golf. Like, is that what the best test is? And that's an honest question. Would the average weekend golfer rather play a beautiful course with the wind and you know, trouble everywhere, like water, sand, woods, or a wide open course where you can actually score? Like, do you want a challenge or do you want something that is going to ease your mind and not necessarily make you feel better about your game, but something that will give you some confidence and help your mental. I mean, I and I'm not a seasoned enough golfer to really have a good take on that. I mean, I I like I like a course, like we have one up here, Wolf Ridge, wide open, a lot of wide open fairways. So I I can kind of hit it where I need to hit it or where I want to hit it. And the fairways don't, you know, there's no bottleneck, there's not a lot of dog legs left or right. There's a lot of just straight shots, which is good for a golfer like myself because I don't have a hell of a lot of experience or the skill level to put the ball wherever I want to put it. So maybe something for me, I need to go out and find a course that has those, that has those challenges. Like I know the quarry and legends and even like Eagles Ridge, Eagle Ridge and Cohasset, they have a lot of bottlenecks and they have some stuff where it's definitely a little more challenging for for a golfer, for a novice golfer, but for a golfer in general. So just let me know which ones you guys like to use or what you guys like to have. Do you want a little bit more of a challenge, or do you want something more wide open where it gives you a little bit more of a confidence boost?

Hot Takes Only And Fan Debates

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So I'm gonna go into my hot takes section here, and I need uh just some feedback, and I know that I got some stuff on Facebook from a couple people on building your dream lineup in today's game. And I appreciate all the comments, I appreciate you know all the the feedback and the what's it called? The educated debate from some of you. I I I do want to put my stuff out there too with that. I'm gonna probably start doing some TikTok stuff, some shorts on some other hot takes, and I'll definitely get some some feedback from you guys. So I'm gonna give you a couple of these, and then I'm gonna disagree or agree, disagree, or probably push on some of them. So first one is baseball needs fewer regular season games. Kind of already talked about this. I do agree. Baseball needs fewer regular season games to make them all important, not as short as the NFL season or you know, something like that, but I'd say in the range of I don't know, they have 162 now. I would cut the season in half and make it 81 games. I I'd say between 81 and 90 games for a regular season baseball. I and I think that'd be fantastic. It would make, like I said, it'd make every every series more important, every pitch more important, every every at bat more important, you know, things like that where it's not overly stressful, but it's definitely something that will benefit ticket sales and things like that, because it's gonna get people more vested. Obviously, this this is not really a hot take for me, but I'll throw it out there. Golf is more fun to play than it is to watch. Yes. Yes, it is. And the reason I say that is because golf, to watch golf, you have to kind of be invested in golf. I used to not be invested in golf. I would turn it on to take a nap. I would turn golf on to nap. Same thing I do right now with NASCAR sometimes, is I'll turn NASCAR on because I know I'm not interested. I'm gonna sleep. Now, when I watch golf, I'm actually invested and I actually watch a little bit to see what these guys do, to see what club they pick, to see how they lay up the ball, to see all these different shots and putts and things like that, because I want to be like that. I would rather be playing than watching. So, as of right now, yes, golf is more fun to play than watch. Now, the next one, I'm definitely gonna hopefully get some some feedback on this. Every the best athletes in the world are not always in the NFL and M or MBA. Now, athlete, does that mean how fast you are? Does that mean how high you can jump? Does that mean how long you can jump? Does that mean how strong you are? Like athlete is a multitude of things. Now in athletics, the best athletes I think or I believe are in the NBA. Those are your best athletes. The hardest thing to do in sports is hit a baseball. So the hardest thing to do in professional sports is hitting a baseball. Now, athletes are NBA players. They jump, they run, they're you know, they're all over the place. The other one that I would probably throw in there is soccer. And I don't watch soccer, but I I watch enough where I can definitely tell you those guys are athletes, those guys are insane athletes. NFL, a lot of you obviously see a lot of parallels with NFL players and baseball players, especially quarterbacks and you know, a lot of the NBA players played football, a lot of the NFL players have played basketball in college. You look at Tony Gonzalez, you look at Antonio Gates, you look at Julius Peppers, you know, you you can go on and on and on and on and on. So does that make them the best athletes? Maybe I don't know. I I I don't know. I I think that that's definitely a really good debate to have with somebody. So I would say that the NFL NBA has the best athletes in the world. The only like I said, the only other sport that could throw their hat in there is probably soccer. So the next one that I'll throw at you. Ooh, sports media talks too much about trades and not enough about actual games. I disagree. I disagree because that is that's the s that's the media portion of it. Like you that's what they're gonna report on. Anyone can watch a game and commentate well not I shouldn't say anybody, but you know, you can what you can put a game on mute and watch a game and do your own commentary, have your own takes on it, talk about it. You know, I I think that the common fan can definitely, you know, appreciate a football game. I I I don't really I don't think that's really even a hot take up, honestly. Their job is to talk about trades and free agency and issues. The game is the game. Yeah, they need to comment, they need to talk about the game, they need to do all that kind of stuff, but no, I I don't think that that's a that's a thing. I disagree. So with that, I just want to say thanks for any kind of feedback that you're gonna have here on Hot Takes Only, uh, where we either stand on the take or send it straight out of bounds into the bunker. So give me your feedback, let me know what's going on, let me know what you think on that. Well, and you know, we'll move on from there. So

Summer Sports Dad Draft Picks

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I'm gonna do a little dad fan life segment here. The summer sports dad draft, and this is just for me. I'm gonna draft five things a sports dad or sports fan in the summer would want, or would want to do, or anything like that. So with my number five pick here, I'm going to I'm gonna go with watching a game from a deck or patio or in a garage. I I like a good atmosphere of you know, watching a game in the summer, in the garage, on the deck, you know, and you can't really beat it with iced tea. I don't drink, so I wouldn't have a beer in my hand, but that's definitely something that I would put in there. Uh, another one golfing early before the family wakes up. I would love to be able to do that. That's one thing for a summer sports dad that I would love to do. And then a cold drink after nine holes, kind of mixed in with that. You know, cold. I I like iced tea. I'm a big iced tea guy. Sweet tea, preferably, but iced tea, raspberry tea, lemon tea, things like that. Ice cold, fantastic. I would love to be able to take my kids to a local sports game, whether it be baseball. I know my my daughters do like baseball, but I don't think they'd be able to sit. I personally would love to do that. And then wearing a hat because my hair's not cooperating. Now, if people know me, my hair always cooperates with me, but sometimes just wearing a baseball hat, I I just I gotta throw one on. So, what's the most dad thing that you can do in a sporting event? Let me know, comment, shoot it over to me. Email, I'm just kidding, not email. Uh comment on the episode, uh, shoot me a text, do things like that. So let's see here. I'm

Listener Prompt Best Summer Moments

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gonna do a listener question for the week. What did we miss? What did what did what did I actually what did I miss? Send me your best summer sports moment. Like what is your best summer sports moment? I'll give you an example. A long summer golf round with friends, first big NFL training camp overreaction, a walk-off hit and softball tournament, a tournament Sunday with a packed board, you know, a backyard games that get way too competitive, you know, NBA off-season tra rumors, off-season rumors, whether it be free agency or trades, you know, kids playing sports. What what is your best summer moment? I know Tony's gonna have some uh a beer Olympics-ish thing that we're gonna do here in a couple weeks, and I'll I'll report on that too. Shit, I might even have some live not live, but I will definitely record some stuff and get it out there for reels and things like that on Facebook and Instagram and things like that, like I did for the Fourth of July stuff. So let me let me know what your best summer moments are. Just something simple. So I'm gonna go ahead and do the rapid fire here to to get towards the end of the episode. Best stadium

Rapid Fire Favorites And Rankings

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food for me was a dome a dome dog. And I'm old. The Metrodome in Minneapolis where the twins played. Best stadium food was a dome dog. Easy. Best golf snack on the turn or at the turn. Uh I'm not much of a golf snack guy, but beef jerky. Beef jerky, man. Can't beat it. Easy to carry, easy to handle, easy to whatever. It's beef jerky. Would you rather hit a hole in one or catch a fall ball at a yeah? So that's what we have here. What else do I have? Best sports movie for summer. Uh I mean, there's a ton of those. There's a ton of those. Would you rather attend the World Series Super Bowl Masters or NBA Finals? Me personally, NBA Finals, W NBA Finals, and I'm pretty sure the Masters. I mean, I would want to attend them all. If I had to go, I'll just number one would be the NBA Finals, two would be the Super Bowl, three would be Masters, four would be World Series. That's that's my order. Another rapid fire question here is a hot dog a sandwich? No, it is not. It is a hot dog. Best athlete to have your the best athlete to have at your backyard barbecue. Me personally, I would love to have any athlete there. If I'll I'll be a homer, Koy Perich. He's friends with my cousin. I'd love to talk to him, I'd love to pick his brain. The other one would probably be Phil Jackson. He was an athlete and a coach, so you guys can tell me whatever you want. Then obviously, I think with what's going on in the NBA free agency stuff right now, LeBron James. Because I want to know if he's coming to the Timberwolves. Another one, can you wear a jersey of a player younger than you? Well, I don't really have much of a choice because I'm getting old. And it looks honestly, it looks weird when a grown man wears a jersey. It's just my opinion. I would rather wear a team t-shirt now that I'm older, but you know, teach their own. I don't judge. So then, you know, I I think that's gonna be it for the week.

Sponsors Thanks And Send Your Takes

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Definitely get like I said before, this episode and this Rough Bunker Sports podcast is brought to you by Boss2 Boys. Check out the other episodes on any podcast platform, Spotify, Apple Music, or Apple Podcasts. It's also brought to you by Boss2 Barrel Saunico. For any sort of rental need that you have for a sauna, definitely give us a call, give us a text, shoot us. You can actually shoot us an email on that. So go ahead and look up, look at the website. Remember, I said it's Boss to Barrel Saunico. Also, don't forget to look at any sort of swag that you would want uh through Shankit Golf. We are partnered with them, and you can go on their website, type in our referral link. It's going to be Bastu8675. Again, that's Bastu8675. You'll get a 10 10% discount on any Shankit Golf apparel: bags, Dan Caddies, polos, quarter zips, gloves, all sorts of stuff on there. It's a really good product, it's loud, it's great t-shirts, it's great stuff. The other one that I want to shout out is W Energy. W Energy is a green coffee-based energy drink. We are partnered with them also. I don't have a code for them yet, so I'll definitely get that out there as soon as I can. And definitely follow us on Facebook, follow us, follow me on Instagram, follow me on TikTok. I will be posting some other stuff there. Again, thanks for hanging out with uh Rough Bunker Sports. If you enjoyed the episode, share it with the sports fan, share it with a golf buddy or dad in your life who has the take and has a take ready before the question is even finished. Follow the show, send us your hot takes, and remember keep it in the fair way if you can, but if not, at least make it entertaining. Thank you again, and I will see you next week.