WEBVTT - HOUR 1- Chris Mannix Sep 23, 2020 0:00:00.680 --> 0:00:03.480 You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox 0:00:03.560 --> 0:00:07.280 Sports Radio. Welcome to the program, hour one on this Wednesday. 0:00:07.440 --> 0:00:10.879 Morale is high, Dan and The Danistan Patrick Show. Glad 0:00:10.880 --> 0:00:13.960 to have you on board. A couple of pieces of business. 0:00:14.520 --> 0:00:18.799 The next great podcast that contest. We had eighteen hundred entries. 0:00:18.920 --> 0:00:22.400 We have somehow narrowed it down to about twenty. We're 0:00:22.400 --> 0:00:24.160 going to try to narrow it down to ten. We'll 0:00:24.200 --> 0:00:27.960 let everybody know if they are part of the final 0:00:28.240 --> 0:00:30.720 ten process here and then the winner. I'm going into 0:00:30.720 --> 0:00:33.879 business with you for a year. We're gonna produce a 0:00:33.920 --> 0:00:38.519 podcast together. Also, Amazon Music has a new podcast that 0:00:38.560 --> 0:00:40.640 I started. 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The Bubble's been full of unlikely headlines, 0:01:16.640 --> 0:01:19.360 and I don't think anybody predicted that Jamal Murray would 0:01:19.400 --> 0:01:22.520 be out dueling lebron A d and the Lakers in 0:01:22.560 --> 0:01:25.680 a conference title game. But that's what happened to the 0:01:25.760 --> 0:01:29.360 Nuggets and the Lakers last night. As LA's leads now 0:01:29.360 --> 0:01:32.840 two games to one and the Lakers captured the first two. 0:01:32.920 --> 0:01:36.000 They probably should have lost that game two, but I 0:01:36.040 --> 0:01:38.680 don't know if anybody was counting Denver out. We shouldn't 0:01:38.760 --> 0:01:42.200 because they just don't go away. The Lakers aren't panicking, 0:01:42.240 --> 0:01:45.520 I'm sure, but this probably got their attention a little 0:01:45.520 --> 0:01:49.040 bit because Jamal Murray has become a legitimate star. We 0:01:49.120 --> 0:01:52.840 know the Joker is a star as well. But Denver's 0:01:52.880 --> 0:01:55.280 come back from three one defits in the first two series. 0:01:55.640 --> 0:01:58.280 So even if Los Angeles wins Game four and goes 0:01:58.360 --> 0:02:01.120 up three games to one, you can't say the series 0:02:01.240 --> 0:02:04.000 is over. Not against a Nuggets team that refuses to 0:02:04.040 --> 0:02:06.960 go home. Plus you get a younger team in the 0:02:07.040 --> 0:02:10.760 bubble where there's no true home court advantage, and it 0:02:10.800 --> 0:02:13.760 doesn't feel like these players are as intimidated as they 0:02:13.800 --> 0:02:16.040 would be if that game would have been played in 0:02:16.120 --> 0:02:19.560 Los Angeles last night. And you're seeing that with Murray 0:02:19.680 --> 0:02:23.399 and Joker, but also the role players. That's really the key. 0:02:23.680 --> 0:02:25.520 You know, I look at Lebron in a d but 0:02:25.560 --> 0:02:28.080 they do need help with role players. Lebron had another 0:02:28.120 --> 0:02:32.200 triple double. That's the twenty sixth career postseason triple double, 0:02:32.680 --> 0:02:36.519 second all time to Magic Johnson's thirty. But in ten 0:02:36.560 --> 0:02:40.600 of those twenty six Lebron lost those games. That's the 0:02:40.639 --> 0:02:44.320 most of any player all time in the playoffs. Stat 0:02:44.360 --> 0:02:47.520 of the day, stat of the day, that beast stat 0:02:47.560 --> 0:02:51.680 of the day, stat of the day. Here comes that 0:02:51.960 --> 0:02:57.720 what stat of the day? Celtics Heat Game four. I'm 0:02:57.720 --> 0:03:00.960 going to call this a pivotal game four. No, no, 0:03:01.040 --> 0:03:04.400 it's only pivotal game three, Dan, or pivotal game five, Faulli. 0:03:04.760 --> 0:03:07.240 It's a pivotal game four. No one's ever done this. 0:03:07.560 --> 0:03:10.400 I know they haven't. And this is dangerous territory, the 0:03:10.600 --> 0:03:13.680 pivotal game four, because if my Heat win to night, 0:03:14.400 --> 0:03:17.920 then they're winning this series. But if Boston wins this series, 0:03:18.400 --> 0:03:21.600 now we're gonna have a couple of pivotal games after that. 0:03:21.919 --> 0:03:24.480 It'll be a pivotal game five, and then a pivotal 0:03:24.520 --> 0:03:26.960 game six, and maybe a pivotal game seven. But that 0:03:27.000 --> 0:03:31.519 game comes up tonight. Here is Lebron James after last 0:03:31.600 --> 0:03:34.800 night's lost, the Nuggets beating the Lakers one fourteen one. 0:03:34.840 --> 0:03:39.000 Who six piver came in and played exceptionally well. I mean, 0:03:39.040 --> 0:03:40.720 there's an a penalty in the third quarter with like 0:03:40.760 --> 0:03:43.400 nine and a half minutes ago, and we had some 0:03:43.400 --> 0:03:47.040 some turnovers lay it to some easy bucks for them. 0:03:47.080 --> 0:03:48.840 We had sixteen turnover for twenty five points and we 0:03:48.840 --> 0:03:51.440 put them to the line twenty nine times. So it's 0:03:51.560 --> 0:03:53.200 not it's not gonna be winning any ingredients for us 0:03:53.440 --> 0:03:56.760 if we continue to do that. Here's Mike Malone, the 0:03:56.840 --> 0:03:59.520 Nuggets head coach. He would like to remind everybody he 0:03:59.560 --> 0:04:02.840 has two really good players. Last year it was we 0:04:02.920 --> 0:04:05.040 knew what we're getting from Nakola, what kind of game 0:04:05.080 --> 0:04:06.960 will Jamal has? Well, that's no longer the case. We 0:04:07.000 --> 0:04:10.680 have two superstars. We have two superstars in Nicola and Jamal, 0:04:10.920 --> 0:04:13.600 and a lot of other really good, young talented players 0:04:13.600 --> 0:04:16.120 behind them. So I think the difference from last year 0:04:16.240 --> 0:04:20.240 this year, Rachel is just that consistency and the confidence 0:04:20.240 --> 0:04:23.080 that we all have in Jamal. But also they don't 0:04:23.080 --> 0:04:25.680 seem intimidated. And I will say from the beginning, the 0:04:25.760 --> 0:04:29.200 Lakers look tired because you don't have that much time 0:04:29.240 --> 0:04:32.719 in between games. And the Lakers did not look like 0:04:33.000 --> 0:04:36.440 they had been fresher before in other games. They did 0:04:36.440 --> 0:04:39.599 not look that way. Now. They had a frenetic finish there, 0:04:39.600 --> 0:04:41.760 you know, trying to come back, and Jamal Murray hit 0:04:41.760 --> 0:04:44.159 a couple of big threes there. But you know, this 0:04:44.279 --> 0:04:47.440 Nuggets team may not know that they're not supposed to 0:04:47.440 --> 0:04:50.040 be in this or that they're supposed to lose, but 0:04:50.200 --> 0:04:52.880 they don't play that way and you saw that last night. 0:04:53.279 --> 0:04:55.680 Coming up, we'll talk to Chris Mannix from Sports Illustrated. 0:04:55.680 --> 0:04:58.200 A couple of things to talk to him about, including 0:04:58.920 --> 0:05:01.680 are we going to blow up the Clippers? Is Kawhi 0:05:01.800 --> 0:05:04.080 Leonard the only untouchable there? And if you start to 0:05:04.080 --> 0:05:06.680 look at this roster, are they going to be able 0:05:06.680 --> 0:05:09.200 to compete next year? Let's say we look at the 0:05:09.279 --> 0:05:12.359 Lakers will be just as good, if not better. The 0:05:12.520 --> 0:05:16.280 Rockets could be just as good, if not better. Denver 0:05:16.920 --> 0:05:19.479 just as good as, if not better. Now I'm talking 0:05:19.520 --> 0:05:23.200 about their current teams. This team would be better, Denver 0:05:23.360 --> 0:05:26.480 would be better next year, Golden State's going to be better. 0:05:27.240 --> 0:05:29.800 Portland is going to be better because they're going to 0:05:29.839 --> 0:05:33.320 be healthy. So if you're the Clippers here, you might 0:05:33.360 --> 0:05:37.200 be stuck in neutral And we'll talk to Mannix about 0:05:37.240 --> 0:05:41.960 that of do you make everybody available except for Kawhi Leonard? 0:05:42.400 --> 0:05:45.159 And how would Kauhi feel about that? Because it feels 0:05:45.160 --> 0:05:47.359 like he and Paul George joined at the hip and 0:05:47.440 --> 0:05:51.279 they're both able to be free agents after next season. 0:05:51.680 --> 0:05:53.560 This program brought to you by the great folks at 0:05:53.600 --> 0:05:57.200 Home Depot. They are giving a call out to all 0:05:57.240 --> 0:05:59.880 you pros that work hard every day. It's called a 0:06:00.080 --> 0:06:03.279 shout out. They have delivery options to get what you 0:06:03.320 --> 0:06:05.400 need exactly when you need it, so you can keep 0:06:05.440 --> 0:06:07.240 doing what you do to get the job done. The 0:06:07.279 --> 0:06:10.760 Home Depot, How doers get more done? Yes, Paulie going 0:06:10.800 --> 0:06:13.039 back to the Nuggets and their coach just talking there, 0:06:13.480 --> 0:06:17.400 is it Nicola or Nicola? I thought as Nicola, and 0:06:17.440 --> 0:06:19.360 I thought as Yokich would mean and it would mean 0:06:19.400 --> 0:06:23.560 he's the yoker, not the joker. How do you pronounce 0:06:23.560 --> 0:06:29.599 his name. I thought, Nicolai. Play it again. Here's Mike Malone, 0:06:29.680 --> 0:06:32.640 the Denver Nuggets head coach. Last year, it was we 0:06:32.680 --> 0:06:34.840 knew what we're getting from Nakola. What kind of game 0:06:34.839 --> 0:06:36.760 would Jamal have? Well that's no longer the case. We 0:06:36.760 --> 0:06:40.440 have two superstars. We have two superstars in Nicola and Jamal, 0:06:40.720 --> 0:06:43.360 and a lot of other really good, young, talented players 0:06:43.400 --> 0:06:45.880 behind them. So I think the difference from last year 0:06:46.040 --> 0:06:50.000 this year, Rachel is just that consistency and the confidence 0:06:50.040 --> 0:06:53.240 that we all have in Jamal. Stop calling me Rachel? Yes, 0:06:53.680 --> 0:06:55.240 is that a new flavor of soft drinkly? He just 0:06:55.279 --> 0:06:58.480 created the Nicola. I thought it was like that, like 0:06:58.520 --> 0:07:03.640 the Kola. That's what I thought it was. You know 0:07:03.680 --> 0:07:08.240 those uh those throat lozenges. Yes, McLevin I heard. I 0:07:08.279 --> 0:07:10.160 actually saw this on Twitter. A lot of people call 0:07:10.240 --> 0:07:13.120 him a yoke or that was somebody was trying to 0:07:13.240 --> 0:07:16.240 start yoke. I guess, like dunk yoke. So maybe it 0:07:16.360 --> 0:07:19.680 is yok like yoke boy, like Todd's joke boy. So 0:07:19.840 --> 0:07:22.440 like you don't have Thibadeau and TIBs change, Yeah, so 0:07:22.560 --> 0:07:25.560 you change for the nickname. Lakers might have other words 0:07:25.880 --> 0:07:31.880 for Nikolay, he's been great. Who rarely dunk? Nikola? Yeah, 0:07:31.920 --> 0:07:33.960 I don't know how many dunks. Maybe Ethan, who does 0:07:34.000 --> 0:07:40.280 our stats. You guys remember Ethan, don't you? Yeah, maybe 0:07:40.280 --> 0:07:43.040 he can tell us that. Uh. I'm wondering who had 0:07:43.080 --> 0:07:49.560 more dunks, Luca, Don Chick or Nicolay. Ethan pulled up 0:07:49.600 --> 0:07:51.480 for me during the season. Luca had like three dunks 0:07:51.520 --> 0:07:53.400 on the season. It does not it's a is that 0:07:53.520 --> 0:07:56.320 a European thing where they play under the rim? I 0:07:56.360 --> 0:08:00.920 have no idea more more player should play like the 0:08:01.040 --> 0:08:03.800 Joker and don Chick if that's the case, because they 0:08:03.800 --> 0:08:06.080 seem to be pretty good players. You know, two of 0:08:06.080 --> 0:08:08.480 the two of the best five players in the game. 0:08:08.760 --> 0:08:10.840 They got fundamentals over they teach them. Oh is that 0:08:10.960 --> 0:08:15.240 what it is? Yeah? All right, phone calls are welcome. 0:08:15.280 --> 0:08:17.160 We'll settle on a poll question. What do you have 0:08:17.240 --> 0:08:19.600 for me? McClellan. By the way, Notre Dame has postponed 0:08:19.640 --> 0:08:22.680 their game. They were gonna play wake fourth. Has wake 0:08:22.720 --> 0:08:25.520 Forest played like seven games or something? It feels like 0:08:25.560 --> 0:08:28.680 wake Forest has played a couple of games each week here, 0:08:29.080 --> 0:08:31.080 but they're going to postpone it all the way to 0:08:31.720 --> 0:08:35.200 next week. And somehow they're gonna make that work. Yes, Seaton, somehow, 0:08:35.200 --> 0:08:37.560 Eastern Kentucky plays five times a week. Two if I 0:08:37.640 --> 0:08:41.240 watched a lot of Eastern Kentucky football. I'm watching Troy 0:08:41.320 --> 0:08:47.640 last night against Middle tennesseee. Now, I didn't know that 0:08:47.760 --> 0:08:50.720 it was already played over the weekend. So I'm watching 0:08:50.800 --> 0:08:54.440 that thing, going, this is awesome Tuesday night. And then 0:08:54.440 --> 0:08:56.920 all of a sudden, I go, but it's bright sunshine 0:08:57.280 --> 0:09:02.120 play in Hawaii? What time time zone? And I and 0:09:02.240 --> 0:09:04.880 I go, wait a minute here, it should be a 0:09:04.920 --> 0:09:08.120 little darker there. And then I go, let me google this, 0:09:08.440 --> 0:09:12.280 and then I realized that Troy played over the weekend. Yes, 0:09:12.800 --> 0:09:16.640 all right, Troy plays Eastern Kentucky Saturday, October seventeen, and 0:09:16.720 --> 0:09:19.600 they played by U BYU wake Force and Troy are 0:09:19.640 --> 0:09:22.640 on a three man they're just playing every game. Yeah, okay, 0:09:22.960 --> 0:09:25.560 pole question. And it's kind of I think it's mean spirited. 0:09:25.760 --> 0:09:27.960 What's more likely the Lakers win in five or the 0:09:28.040 --> 0:09:31.080 Nuggets come back and win series. Because I heard a 0:09:31.080 --> 0:09:34.360 lot of oh, this is a blip, Lakers are gonna 0:09:34.480 --> 0:09:37.400 I can't say it's a blip because Denver should have 0:09:37.480 --> 0:09:39.920 won the previous game. They should be up two games 0:09:39.960 --> 0:09:42.680 to one. Now we don't know, you know when that happens. 0:09:42.920 --> 0:09:45.520 They could be up two games to one. That if 0:09:45.520 --> 0:09:48.079 they won the last game. What the Lakers have been 0:09:48.120 --> 0:09:51.280 different last night? The only thing that concerns me is 0:09:51.320 --> 0:09:53.920 that's an older team with the Lakers, and they did 0:09:54.000 --> 0:09:58.040 look a little tired. I can't say that they were 0:09:58.280 --> 0:10:00.960 taking the Nuggets lightly or they you were less than 0:10:01.200 --> 0:10:04.400 enthusiastic last night. They just look tired because I think 0:10:04.400 --> 0:10:06.280 it takes I mean, it's going to take a toll 0:10:06.360 --> 0:10:10.480 on guys like Rondo, Dwight Howard, Lebron James. You know 0:10:10.520 --> 0:10:14.520 all the minutes that Lebron is logged there. But you know, 0:10:15.320 --> 0:10:17.720 I'm given credit to Denver. That's a big game for 0:10:17.760 --> 0:10:20.240 them to win, and their stars came up big. Yes, MC. 0:10:20.600 --> 0:10:22.760 The problem is who when these teams go to their benches. 0:10:23.240 --> 0:10:25.080 The Nuggets seem to have a big edge, or at 0:10:25.120 --> 0:10:28.200 least an edge. Yeah, so you can't wrest Lebron because 0:10:28.240 --> 0:10:30.439 it's a disaster. All right, what else do you have? Okay, 0:10:31.760 --> 0:10:33.400 you brought it up early in the segment. Do you 0:10:33.400 --> 0:10:35.040 think the Nuggets would be here if it wasn't for 0:10:35.120 --> 0:10:37.240 the bubble, yes or no? If we put that pull up, 0:10:37.240 --> 0:10:39.720 what do you think people would say? I would say no. 0:10:39.840 --> 0:10:42.640 I think the neutral site has certainly helped them, but 0:10:42.720 --> 0:10:45.120 they do have a home court advantage when you play 0:10:45.160 --> 0:10:48.160 in Denver with the altitude there, But I don't think 0:10:48.160 --> 0:10:51.720 they would have come back to beat the Clippers. But no, 0:10:52.480 --> 0:10:54.960 they're here. They're not going away. And that's why you know, 0:10:55.000 --> 0:10:57.000 when we talk about is there going to be an 0:10:57.040 --> 0:11:01.000 asterisk next to whoever wins? And the asteris has to 0:11:01.040 --> 0:11:05.240 do with Lebron James, the degree of difficulty to be 0:11:05.320 --> 0:11:08.800 away from home, quarantine in a bubble for three months, 0:11:09.160 --> 0:11:12.360 and then do play not have home court advantage and 0:11:12.440 --> 0:11:16.360 you're playing every other night, Like, whoever wins is going 0:11:16.400 --> 0:11:19.319 to earn this title. If Boston or Miami or Denver 0:11:19.480 --> 0:11:22.760 comes back, or the Lakers, they will earn this title. 0:11:23.120 --> 0:11:26.400 The only reason why somebody will say, well, wait a minute, 0:11:26.679 --> 0:11:29.960 is if Lebron James wins the title, that's it. If 0:11:30.000 --> 0:11:34.040 Denver wins, nobody's gonna go yeah. But Jimmy Butler wins, 0:11:34.480 --> 0:11:38.319 you know, the Celtics. Nobody's gonna say that because no 0:11:38.360 --> 0:11:41.520 one will care. But they will care if Lebron somehow 0:11:41.600 --> 0:11:46.120 gets a quote unquote cheap title. There's nothing cheap about this. Yeah, 0:11:46.080 --> 0:11:48.440 it's mcleven. But if the Nuggets win, it will be 0:11:48.480 --> 0:11:50.840 forever known as, oh, they won the Bubble title. You 0:11:50.880 --> 0:11:52.840 don't think that they're going to discuss. That'll be like 0:11:52.880 --> 0:11:55.800 the Rockets without Jordan on steroids. I don't think anyone 0:11:55.840 --> 0:11:59.000 will take that title serious. Yeah, Paully, But why everyone's 0:11:59.120 --> 0:12:02.560 on the same playing field. It's different. It's if there's 0:12:02.600 --> 0:12:05.040 other NBA seasons have started later because of a strike. 0:12:05.080 --> 0:12:07.319 The baseball season started because of the strike, like the 0:12:07.679 --> 0:12:09.840 eighty three Redskins won the Super Bowl? Right, wasn't there 0:12:09.880 --> 0:12:14.920 a strike here? Eighty two, eighty three? Anyone bothered by it? Yeah, mclub. 0:12:15.040 --> 0:12:16.960 I think it's because everyone knows the Lakers are the 0:12:17.000 --> 0:12:19.200 best team and that people will say they were in 0:12:19.240 --> 0:12:20.960 the regular season they were so don but they have 0:12:21.000 --> 0:12:23.160 seven games to prove themselves. They have seven games on 0:12:23.160 --> 0:12:26.400 a neutral site. Lebron James, the oldest player on both teams, 0:12:26.720 --> 0:12:29.160 is completely rested after four months of shutting it down. 0:12:29.240 --> 0:12:32.160 You think they don't have home court, but they have 0:12:32.280 --> 0:12:36.480 everything else. It's just a level playing field because there's 0:12:36.640 --> 0:12:39.440 there's no ambiance in there, there's no crowd, there's no 0:12:39.640 --> 0:12:42.400 true home court advantage. And I think that it does 0:12:42.480 --> 0:12:45.560 help a younger team like Denver that just goes like 0:12:45.640 --> 0:12:48.120 they have players who've never been in the position before 0:12:48.800 --> 0:12:52.160 and they I don't think they're overwhelmed by a moment. 0:12:52.200 --> 0:12:55.240 Here You're looking at the Miami Heat. Look how young 0:12:55.360 --> 0:12:58.920 that team is. Aside from you know Butler and you 0:12:58.960 --> 0:13:01.760 know Jay Crowder. I mean, they got some really young 0:13:01.920 --> 0:13:05.920 players there. Boston's players, They're best players are under twenty four, 0:13:06.880 --> 0:13:09.240 and it doesn't feel like the environment is too big 0:13:09.280 --> 0:13:11.160 for them. And normally, when you get to a conference 0:13:11.200 --> 0:13:14.520 finals and the game slows down, it's half court, there's 0:13:14.520 --> 0:13:18.880 more defense, it's more physical, it changes and these players 0:13:18.920 --> 0:13:21.360 aren't ready for that. And it just feels like they 0:13:21.400 --> 0:13:23.840 have adapted. All of these players are you know, have 0:13:24.520 --> 0:13:27.480 aside from the Lakers, all of these other teams, the 0:13:27.640 --> 0:13:30.280 younger players that are out there, and I think you 0:13:30.360 --> 0:13:32.760 see that on a night in, night out basis. I 0:13:32.800 --> 0:13:35.800 think players shoot more confidently. You know, the shooting numbers 0:13:35.840 --> 0:13:38.400 were pretty impressive in the bubble. I just don't think, 0:13:38.679 --> 0:13:41.000 you know, they got caught up and we got to 0:13:41.040 --> 0:13:42.880 go to Staples, We got to go to the Garden. 0:13:43.679 --> 0:13:46.400 This was I think almost a comfort zone for a 0:13:46.480 --> 0:13:49.280 lot of these younger players. Yeah, mclub, Yeah, I mean, 0:13:49.320 --> 0:13:50.960 I think all the reasons you're saying, it's why they 0:13:51.000 --> 0:13:52.880 put a little bit a different asterist. You're right, it 0:13:52.880 --> 0:13:56.320 won't be the Lebron Asterix, but another pole. We were 0:13:56.320 --> 0:13:59.040 talking about the NBA coaching Billy Dodtov into the Bulls. 0:13:59.280 --> 0:14:02.360 Which coach, lash manager has the biggest impact on a team, 0:14:02.760 --> 0:14:05.760 can make a team a winner, NBA, MLB or NFL, Like, 0:14:05.840 --> 0:14:12.119 what's most important to get the guy in there? Well, baseball, 0:14:12.120 --> 0:14:15.080 it feels like before Tony LaRussa, it felt like you 0:14:15.160 --> 0:14:17.560 just filled out a lineup card and then Tony LaRussa, 0:14:18.000 --> 0:14:19.960 you know, going to slow down the game and make it, 0:14:20.080 --> 0:14:22.320 you know, three and a half four hours long, because 0:14:22.320 --> 0:14:25.920 he's gonna, you know, dive into the stats and matchup 0:14:26.000 --> 0:14:30.360 lefty versus lefty. Probably an NBA coach because it's five 0:14:30.440 --> 0:14:34.200 guys that and you're you're controlling the ball each down, 0:14:34.320 --> 0:14:36.640 each time down the floor. You know, you can set 0:14:36.720 --> 0:14:40.760 up a play defensively, you can be in contact with 0:14:40.800 --> 0:14:43.160 your players in real time during the game. You know, 0:14:43.200 --> 0:14:45.520 it's not like Belichick can slow down Cam Newton as 0:14:45.520 --> 0:14:49.040 he's running by and yell at him. But I would 0:14:49.080 --> 0:14:52.640 probably say a basketball coach does you know football? It's 0:14:52.760 --> 0:14:56.280 it's almost the days leading up to the game that 0:14:56.360 --> 0:15:00.520 means so much in preparation. Although Belichick has proven there's 0:15:00.560 --> 0:15:03.960 no better coach who adapts, you know, moment to moment, 0:15:04.040 --> 0:15:07.120 quarter to quarter than he does, probably in the history 0:15:07.120 --> 0:15:11.280 of sports. He's that good. So I would still say 0:15:11.280 --> 0:15:14.440 basketball coaches. But did Billy Donovan turn down the other 0:15:14.760 --> 0:15:16.880 That's why I want to ask Chris Mannox, because what's 0:15:16.920 --> 0:15:18.920 that say about your team? If you're the seventy six 0:15:19.000 --> 0:15:25.280 ers and Billy Donovan said, nah, Indiana Pacers na Chicago Bulls. 0:15:26.200 --> 0:15:27.960 I'd love to know what his reasoning is to go 0:15:28.000 --> 0:15:30.560 to the Chicago Bulls. And they got a couple of 0:15:30.640 --> 0:15:35.000 nice players, and we're probably a borderline playoff team, but 0:15:36.880 --> 0:15:41.760 Indiana would have been more intriguing. And Philly, I guess 0:15:41.800 --> 0:15:44.240 if you look at they have two superstar two stars, 0:15:44.280 --> 0:15:47.920 I should say, but I don't like that roster. I 0:15:47.920 --> 0:15:49.520 don't like the way that's made up, and I maybe 0:15:49.640 --> 0:15:52.920 Donovan wasn't offered the Pelicans. I still get the feeling 0:15:52.920 --> 0:15:55.360 that Mike D'Antoni is going to go to the Pelicans. 0:15:55.520 --> 0:15:57.720 But we'll talk to Mannox about that. What else do 0:15:57.760 --> 0:16:02.200 you have? Okay, I don't want to jump ahead, but 0:16:02.240 --> 0:16:05.960 I'm so excited about Sunday Monday NFL lineup day, are 0:16:06.040 --> 0:16:10.280 rating and I'll drop this afterwards. Okay, Cowboys Seahawks, Packers 0:16:10.280 --> 0:16:12.520 say on Sunday at four twenty five, Packer Saints on 0:16:12.560 --> 0:16:15.320 Sunday Night or Chiefs Ravens on Monday Night. I noticed 0:16:15.360 --> 0:16:18.400 the hype machine. It's started on Chief Chiefs Ravens everywhere 0:16:18.440 --> 0:16:22.280 on ESPN. Well that's what ESPN does. How they get 0:16:22.280 --> 0:16:24.920 this Monday night matchup? Well, I think they gave him 0:16:24.960 --> 0:16:28.880 one cookie, Like all right, you've been decent partners here 0:16:29.520 --> 0:16:32.600 and you change your Monday night team. So here's a cookie. 0:16:32.640 --> 0:16:34.760 We're gonna give you this one. But it is Cable. 0:16:36.000 --> 0:16:40.680 I think that it might be Cowboys Seahawks that might 0:16:40.760 --> 0:16:43.280 do a bigger number. Although you got Aaron Rodgers versus 0:16:43.360 --> 0:16:45.920 Drew Brees. Everybody's going to tune in. Just see the 0:16:45.960 --> 0:16:48.240 tired arm of Drew Brees. Yes, Yes, for June. Why 0:16:48.280 --> 0:16:50.520 week three? Is that because the injuries could happen later 0:16:50.560 --> 0:16:52.080 in the year, because obviously later in the year it 0:16:52.160 --> 0:16:54.040 might be more interesting, is where things are in the 0:16:54.080 --> 0:16:56.400 standings than to have a Chief raven game the third 0:16:56.400 --> 0:16:58.560 week of the season. Yeah, but I'm okay with it. 0:16:58.880 --> 0:17:01.800 I don't know how you position that, you know, when 0:17:01.800 --> 0:17:04.679 they do the schedule, but I'll take the Chiefs and 0:17:04.720 --> 0:17:07.080 the Ravens, you know, because we wondered would that be 0:17:07.160 --> 0:17:11.240 the opening opening weekend game or the opening night game? 0:17:11.440 --> 0:17:14.280 Would they do it right away? And uh and they didn't, 0:17:14.320 --> 0:17:16.919 which is it is good? But I'm fine whenever I 0:17:16.960 --> 0:17:18.720 get that game, I'm fine with that. But you've got 0:17:18.760 --> 0:17:24.879 three really important games. I'm really fascinated to see if 0:17:24.960 --> 0:17:29.120 Drew Brees is good. What if he is good, then 0:17:29.160 --> 0:17:33.040 what happens to his Did his arm get less higher? 0:17:33.160 --> 0:17:34.840 Like how does it work there that he's got a 0:17:34.840 --> 0:17:37.320 tired arm? But if he throws for three touchdowns, and 0:17:37.960 --> 0:17:40.200 you know what it'll be is how how far were 0:17:40.240 --> 0:17:43.280 those touchdown? Pantass That's what it's going to be. Oh, 0:17:43.320 --> 0:17:45.640 he threw like a five yarder and the seven yarder 0:17:45.800 --> 0:17:48.399 and he threw an eight yard It's like everybody's all 0:17:48.440 --> 0:17:49.840 in on Cam Newton. You've got to give him a 0:17:49.840 --> 0:17:54.639 contract extension. He's played two games. How about we revisit 0:17:54.760 --> 0:17:59.160 this conversation in November with Cam Newton and just see 0:17:59.200 --> 0:18:03.800 where we are, because we might have a different opinion 0:18:03.880 --> 0:18:07.120 on where the Patriots and Cam Newton are. We'll take 0:18:07.160 --> 0:18:09.160 a break. Chris Mannox will join us. Coming up, Mike 0:18:09.200 --> 0:18:13.399 Florio from NBC Sports. These coaches getting fined on the sidelines, 0:18:13.840 --> 0:18:17.119 and they're getting fined one hundred thousand dollars for not 0:18:17.200 --> 0:18:20.040 wearing a mask. But the players don't have to wear 0:18:20.040 --> 0:18:22.439 a mask. But the players in the NBA on the 0:18:22.480 --> 0:18:26.480 sidelines wear a mask, but the coach doesn't wear a mask. 0:18:27.720 --> 0:18:31.480 I know. Confusing. 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I'll have some words of tribute to 0:20:22.400 --> 0:20:24.119 him coming up in a moment. By the way, I 0:20:24.160 --> 0:20:26.520 was talking about dunks. Who had more dunks during the season, 0:20:26.600 --> 0:20:31.000 the joker or Don Check. It was sixteen to fourteen 0:20:31.160 --> 0:20:34.959 regular season, the joker over Don Chick as far as 0:20:35.040 --> 0:20:37.720 dunks go, so a lot closer than we thought. All right, 0:20:37.800 --> 0:20:39.959 let's bring in Chris Mannix kind enough to join us. 0:20:39.960 --> 0:20:42.840 Got a busy schedule, busy morning. The Sports Illustrated NBA 0:20:42.960 --> 0:20:46.040 senior writer, What did you make of last night's win 0:20:46.720 --> 0:20:50.760 or should I say loss by the Lakers. I mean 0:20:50.920 --> 0:20:54.520 you start with Denver once again showing that they have 0:20:54.920 --> 0:20:58.359 a poise that belies their years. I mean, this is 0:20:58.640 --> 0:21:01.560 a different setting for an opponent, but the same Nuggets 0:21:01.600 --> 0:21:05.320 team that responds to resiliency. And you know, watching that 0:21:05.400 --> 0:21:08.920 fourth quarter, Dan, when you see Lebron start to come 0:21:08.960 --> 0:21:10.640 on and start to play the way he did. It's 0:21:10.680 --> 0:21:13.479 like it's like when you watch what Tiger Woods used 0:21:13.520 --> 0:21:16.040 to do or Tom Brady used to do, where you 0:21:16.040 --> 0:21:19.080 assume that somebody else is going to lose. But for 0:21:19.200 --> 0:21:21.640