There is never a bad time to have a great producer. Parkins & Spiegel found that out when the guest they had scheduled to make a mock draft pick for the Las Vegas Raiders had to bail at the last minute and Shane Riordan came through with a rap legend as a replacement.
“No way, Shane! Shane said if he cold texts this guy and he makes the pick, it will be the biggest moment on the show this year,” Danny Parkins said as it was revealed who was stepping in. “Making the pick for the Las Vegas Raiders – Ice Cube!”
Ice Cube has been a Raiders fan going back to his youth when the team played in Los Angeles. When asked who he would select for the Raiders, Cube wasn’t specific. He just knew the need.
“We need some DBs man,” he said. “We need some DBs. I don’t care. Cornerback, safety, top on the board. Get him!”
Matt Spiegel suggested Oregon’s Christian Gonzalez, to which Ice Cube responded “Can we get two of them?”.
After Cube hung up, Shane Riordan came on air to reveal how the bit came together. It was a stroke of good luck in a moment of panic for himself and sound engineer Chris Tannehill.
“We were trying to think of Raiders fans in here and it was like ‘Cody Decker?’ No. He didn’t pick up the phone,” Riordan said. “Tanney’s like ‘What about Ice Cube?’ and I said ‘Hold on. I have his cell.’”
Even after getting in touch with the Big 3 owner, Riordan still didn’t have things locked down. He revealed that initially, he did not think Ice Cube was going to participate.
“He texted me back ‘Dude, I’m so out of the loop. I don’t even know what I would say.’ I said ‘Okay, I’ll just feed you the pick. I’ll just give you a pick.’ He said ‘Great,’ so I gave him Will Levis and he just blew that off completely.”
Ice Cube revealed to Parkins & Spiegel that he does have a direct line to Raiders owner Mark Davis. He said he will not do it, but if he wanted to, he could call Davis and tell him how he feels about whoever the team selects Thursday night with the 7th overall pick.
