1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:03,480 Speaker 1: You are listening to The Dan Patrick Show on Fox 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:07,920 Speaker 1: Sports Radio. Shots fired early, Welcome to the program. Made 3 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:10,160 Speaker 1: it to a Friday. I don't know what's on the 4 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:13,239 Speaker 1: Traeger grill, but it smells great. We'll update you on that. 5 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:16,400 Speaker 1: We'll check in with the Falcons running back Todd Gurley 6 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:19,480 Speaker 1: a little later on. Arizona State head football coach Herm 7 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:23,520 Speaker 1: Edwards will join us and Chris Mannocks from Sports Illustrated 8 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:26,840 Speaker 1: will join us from the bubble. You can join us 9 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:28,560 Speaker 1: in a variety of ways. If you'd like to watch 10 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 1: on YouTube dot com slash the Dan Patrick Show. You 11 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:33,279 Speaker 1: can also dial us up each seven seven three DP 12 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 1: show email address DP of Dan Patrick dot com Twitter 13 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:39,920 Speaker 1: hand to a DP show. McLevin will have a poll question, 14 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 1: Mario has the play of the day, and of course 15 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 1: Ethan we'll have a couple of stats of the day 16 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:49,519 Speaker 1: as well. San Antonio Spurs playoff streak ended at twenty 17 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 1: two years in a row last night. Pretty remarkable in 18 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:56,440 Speaker 1: the salary cap era. You know, when we talk about dynasties, 19 00:00:56,480 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 1: it's a little bit different than what a dynasty was 20 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 1: back in the fifty or sixties or seventies. They won 21 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 1: five championships between nineteen twenty fourteen, but they didn't really 22 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:13,039 Speaker 1: have that ability to capture the public's imagination like Kobe's 23 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 1: Lakers or the great Warriors teams. What Lebron did with 24 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:19,400 Speaker 1: the Miami Heat, and that probably has a lot to 25 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 1: do with Greg Popovich and the team's biggest star, Tim Duncan. 26 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:26,560 Speaker 1: Their style of play wasn't flashing, didn't make a lot 27 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:31,080 Speaker 1: of highlight reels. They just played fundamental basketball and some 28 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 1: good defense there. But we'll see what happened, what happens 29 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:36,880 Speaker 1: with pop here because he's seventy one years of age, 30 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:41,520 Speaker 1: he lost his wife, and I'm not sure if we'll 31 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:45,440 Speaker 1: see Greg Popovich coach again. Just a guess. Maybe you'll 32 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:48,400 Speaker 1: walk away, maybe you'll want to get you reinvigorated here 33 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 1: with the young players and find a way to get 34 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:54,000 Speaker 1: the most out of them and maybe create another dynasty there. 35 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 1: But congratulations to a great coach, great franchise, great fan 36 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 1: base that should feel extremely now even though they didn't 37 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 1: make it into the playoffs. The Blazers and Grizzlies are 38 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 1: set for the last spot in the West. The East 39 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 1: is already set. We'll talk to Mannix because I thought 40 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:13,200 Speaker 1: the Blazers were going to expend a lot of energy 41 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:15,360 Speaker 1: just to get here, and then what kind of team 42 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:18,359 Speaker 1: will we see if they get past Memphis. They only 43 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 1: need to win one. Memphis needs to win two, and 44 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:24,520 Speaker 1: then your reward is playing a Laker team that's rested. 45 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:27,800 Speaker 1: And the Blazers defense is maybe the worst in the bubble. 46 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 1: Because the Nets last night, and I will give credit 47 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:33,600 Speaker 1: to the Nets. They have played hard. They of course 48 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:37,920 Speaker 1: don't have Durant, they don't have Kyrie Dinwiddie was not 49 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 1: there as well, and they played hard every single night. 50 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 1: And you know, the Nets caught everybody's attention when they 51 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 1: beat the Bucks and they were eighteen and a half 52 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:50,799 Speaker 1: point underdogs, one of the biggest upsets in the last 53 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 1: twenty five years in NBA history. But the Blazers held 54 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:58,680 Speaker 1: on to win last night as they beat the Nets, 55 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:01,720 Speaker 1: and the Grizzles are now in there in the last spot. 56 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 1: So those two are going to play. They may have, 57 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 1: you know, maybe playing three games here, but Blazers, if 58 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 1: they can knock them off. I wouldn't be surprised if 59 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:15,080 Speaker 1: Memphis won the first game, believe it or not, because 60 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:19,079 Speaker 1: the Blazers and Damian Lillard they just look spent. Uh 61 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:22,079 Speaker 1: CJ McCollum came through. He's got the bad back, had 62 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:25,360 Speaker 1: a nice performance last night as well. But here is 63 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 1: Damian Lillard after last night's victory. I mean, I could 64 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 1: shoot au. I can pull up from half court comfortably. 65 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 1: The only reason I haven't done it is because I 66 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 1: don't want to. I don't want to push this I 67 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 1: don't want to push it that far consistently because that 68 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:44,560 Speaker 1: is just that's just crazy. But I'm gonna do it. 69 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 1: I'm gonna do it in one of these games. What no, 70 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:56,880 Speaker 1: literally from the half court line? What that one from 71 00:03:56,920 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 1: the NBA lugo. I can't wait wait to look at 72 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 1: my cohorts and say, he told me he was going 73 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 1: to do that. He told me while we were waiting 74 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 1: for the season to get back, and he was going 75 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 1: to launch one from half court. That's Damian Lillard with 76 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 1: Ernie Johnson and Charles Barkley. That's from April of twenty twenty. 77 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:17,679 Speaker 1: And he did that last night. And it's not a heave. 78 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 1: And here's Reggie Miller on the call. And Reggie's one 79 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:24,280 Speaker 1: of the great deep shooters in NBA history. And when 80 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:26,920 Speaker 1: he gets out of his seat watching it. And it's 81 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:32,480 Speaker 1: effortless too. That's what's amazing, because if you've taken an 82 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 1: NBA three, it's a man size three. I mean, you've 83 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 1: got to be able to have some lift, you got 84 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:42,280 Speaker 1: to have strength there. But Damian Lillard, if I add, 85 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:46,600 Speaker 1: you know, fifteen to eighteen feet more and he's shooting 86 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 1: from the logo. With all due respect to Jerry West, 87 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:53,040 Speaker 1: Damian Lillard might be the logo if he's going to 88 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 1: be pulling up from that kind of range there. But 89 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 1: that was he had an impressive run. When you're averaging 90 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:03,240 Speaker 1: fifty the last three games of the regular season, that's 91 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:05,560 Speaker 1: an impressive way to go out and maybe go into 92 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 1: the postseason. I just don't know. He looked exhausted last night. 93 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:12,760 Speaker 1: And now you have to turn around and look, Memphis 94 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:19,160 Speaker 1: is shorthanded without Jaren Jackson. But Memphis. Maybe Memphis cobbles together, 95 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: you know, four quarters and they could extend this a 96 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 1: little bit. But I wouldn't be surprised if Memphis won 97 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 1: the first game in this series. Yes, McLevin, how would 98 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:30,920 Speaker 1: you try and stop Damian Lillard if you're playing against 99 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:35,200 Speaker 1: the Blazers. Well, I've yet to see somebody do it 100 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:38,000 Speaker 1: from the standpoint of if I let you have the jumper, 101 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 1: he's It feels like with a lot of these scores, 102 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:43,719 Speaker 1: you just have to decide what do I want to 103 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:46,040 Speaker 1: give you and what am I trying to take away? 104 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:49,160 Speaker 1: And I don't know. If you say I'm going to 105 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 1: let him shoot those jumpers and let him live and 106 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:54,680 Speaker 1: die with that, that's what I would do with Harden. Harden, 107 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 1: I would say, you take the jumper. I'm not gonna 108 00:05:56,960 --> 00:06:00,080 Speaker 1: let you get in the paint and create contact, go 109 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 1: to the free throw line. I don't want you to 110 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 1: put my team in foul trouble. I guess I would 111 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:09,560 Speaker 1: say to Lillard or my team, I'm gonna let him 112 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 1: shoot those jumpers because I don't think you can stop him. Also, 113 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:17,920 Speaker 1: with the way you handle the basketball now. Now, back 114 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 1: when I played, maybe ten years ago, that would be 115 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 1: called a carry. Now, the way you can handle a basketball, 116 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:27,280 Speaker 1: I can get by you, I can get around you, 117 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 1: and nobody calls that anymore. Just watch watch your game now, 118 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:34,279 Speaker 1: go back and watch something from the seventies or eighties. 119 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:37,320 Speaker 1: You would never get away with that. This ability to 120 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:40,039 Speaker 1: be able to create your shot because you can take 121 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:42,839 Speaker 1: your hand on the side of the ball and you 122 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:46,520 Speaker 1: have this quickness and they just stop on a dime 123 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:48,880 Speaker 1: as well. And you saw that with Lillard last night. 124 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:53,440 Speaker 1: He's able to create a shot. James Harden is able 125 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 1: to create that shot. But I want you shooting a three. 126 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:59,719 Speaker 1: I don't want you going inside. That would be what 127 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 1: I've a try. And then they always talk about, well 128 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:05,599 Speaker 1: you force a guy who shoots right handed forcing to 129 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:09,440 Speaker 1: his left. Well this just in folks. Those guys who 130 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:12,920 Speaker 1: shoot and they're right handed practice so much going to 131 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 1: their left because you forced them to go to their left. 132 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 1: It's not like they go, oh wait, I gotta go 133 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:22,360 Speaker 1: to my left now now. The only guy would say 134 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:25,680 Speaker 1: probably would have problems with that was Genoble. You'd force 135 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:27,679 Speaker 1: him to go to his right, but he was so 136 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:30,400 Speaker 1: great that he would eventually get back to his left 137 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:33,440 Speaker 1: hand his left side and he would still somehow beat you. 138 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:38,120 Speaker 1: But Damiel Lillard's on a roll. I don't know how 139 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 1: long you can continue that to Just the energy that 140 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:45,280 Speaker 1: it takes is incredible with what he's been able to do. 141 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:48,400 Speaker 1: By the way, this program bought brought to you by 142 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:53,040 Speaker 1: raycon byracon dot com. Slash Patrick fifteen percent off these 143 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 1: great wireless earbuds by Raycon dot com slash Patrick Bob 144 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 1: Hill was the first head coach in nineteen ninety six. 145 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:05,560 Speaker 1: Spurs went fifty nine and twenty three. Next season, David 146 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 1: Robinson got hurt. They went twenty and sixty two. Bob 147 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:12,960 Speaker 1: Hill got fired, Popovich got hired, Spurs draft Tim Duncan. 148 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:16,360 Speaker 1: Two seasons later, Spurs win the title. It's the greatest 149 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 1: injury in sports history. David Robinson got hurt, they drafted 150 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:25,120 Speaker 1: Tim Duncan, and it changed the NBA changed the NBA. 151 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:27,120 Speaker 1: All right, Ty, we'll come up with a poll question here. 152 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:30,800 Speaker 1: Mannix will join us from the bubble. Next Great Podcast 153 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:34,160 Speaker 1: dot com details there. You ever wanted to have a 154 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:37,160 Speaker 1: pitch and say, hey, I got a podcast idea. Now 155 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 1: is your chance. We're going to select up to ten semifinalists, 156 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 1: give you a thousand dollars to produce a pilot episode 157 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:46,800 Speaker 1: your podcast, and then listeners from around the country will 158 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:50,120 Speaker 1: vote on the next Great Podcast and I will be 159 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:52,959 Speaker 1: in business with you. 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Thank god Lebron came along and 169 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 1: save the NBA because the Spurs we're making it irrelevant 170 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:29,200 Speaker 1: and you all know it. And I'm sorry to buy 171 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:34,240 Speaker 1: san Antonio listeners, but you don't have any listeners. There 172 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:38,520 Speaker 1: our san Antonio listeners. Yeah, ours you you you don't 173 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:43,400 Speaker 1: have any? I say my listeners. Yeah, my san Antonio 174 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:47,480 Speaker 1: listeners the best. Thank you. I uh. That's why the 175 00:09:47,559 --> 00:09:50,160 Speaker 1: NFL by Way ratings starts skyrocketing from two thousand and 176 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 1: eight to twenty fourteen with the San Antonio Spurs. Okay, 177 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:56,400 Speaker 1: real poll question, Okay, if you could buy stock in 178 00:09:56,600 --> 00:10:01,840 Speaker 1: one of these two teams, his sons or the Pelicans. See, 179 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:05,280 Speaker 1: I think I think there's some issues with the Pelicans. 180 00:10:05,679 --> 00:10:07,800 Speaker 1: I might buy into the Suns, believe it or not. 181 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:13,200 Speaker 1: Because David Aldridge, veteran NBA reporter, said that he had 182 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:15,920 Speaker 1: sources saying that Lonzo Ball checked out in the bubble, 183 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:19,920 Speaker 1: like and he played like he didn't care. You know, 184 00:10:20,040 --> 00:10:22,200 Speaker 1: JJ Reddick, I don't know how much longer he's going 185 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:24,040 Speaker 1: to play, and you can't rely on him to be, 186 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:27,640 Speaker 1: you know, that great weapon off the bench. Brandon Ingram 187 00:10:27,679 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 1: a restricted free agent. Is he going to stay? Zion 188 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:37,319 Speaker 1: Williamson's health, They may change coaches because now the buzz 189 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:41,240 Speaker 1: is if you fire Alvin Gentry, you might bring in 190 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:45,760 Speaker 1: Mike D'Antoni if the Rockets don't go to the NBA Finals. 191 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:50,800 Speaker 1: So that's just some of the talk that's going on 192 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:53,880 Speaker 1: in the bubble right now. I might I love Monnie 193 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:56,240 Speaker 1: Williams as a head coach. I think he's I think 194 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:59,400 Speaker 1: he's just a good man, and he's proven to be 195 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:03,320 Speaker 1: a really good coach too. Then you got him in Phoenix. 196 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:07,080 Speaker 1: You know, I might look at Phoenix, believe it or not, 197 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:11,360 Speaker 1: because there's uncertainty. Though. I thought Lonzo Ball getting out 198 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:13,440 Speaker 1: of LA was going to take that next step, and 199 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:16,120 Speaker 1: he showed signs of doing that during the regular season, 200 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:22,240 Speaker 1: but not in the bubble. Zion the health issue his weight, 201 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:24,320 Speaker 1: that that is going to be something that is going 202 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:27,640 Speaker 1: to be there for quite some time. You know that, 203 00:11:27,640 --> 00:11:30,800 Speaker 1: that question mark and then Ingram, you're gonna bring him back? 204 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:33,920 Speaker 1: What else are you going to do? Who else are 205 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:35,920 Speaker 1: you going to bring in? Can you bring in free agents? 206 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:40,160 Speaker 1: Now that's another thing. Who's going to want to go 207 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 1: to New Orleans to play? And I don't know, but 208 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:47,720 Speaker 1: I would probably take the Phoenix Suns right now, believe 209 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 1: it or not. Yeah, McLevin. So what's with all the 210 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:52,320 Speaker 1: Sun's hype? Because I look at the roster. Ricky Rubio 211 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 1: is like a hundred. He's running the port Yeah and 212 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:57,200 Speaker 1: book or is he going to stay? Wait? No, they 213 00:11:57,240 --> 00:11:59,080 Speaker 1: just signed him up. He got one hundred and fifty 214 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:01,360 Speaker 1: million dollars deal. I thought Draymond was running him out 215 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:03,640 Speaker 1: of town getting him to the Knicks. I don't know 216 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:06,920 Speaker 1: what Draymond it's talking about. And it's eight and good 217 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:09,520 Speaker 1: that was my other person. I think he's good. I 218 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:13,960 Speaker 1: don't think he's great, But but they're they're all so young, 219 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:17,880 Speaker 1: Like we we get tired of him because you know, 220 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:21,720 Speaker 1: they go into the league so early and DeAndre eighton 221 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:26,360 Speaker 1: is twenty two. That's when you start your career. Now 222 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:29,120 Speaker 1: we feel like we know who you are at twenty two, Like, oh, 223 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:32,760 Speaker 1: that's as good as he's gonna be. But if he's 224 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:37,600 Speaker 1: gonna give you eighteen and twelve, are you satisfied with 225 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:41,040 Speaker 1: eighteen and twelve from DeAndre Eighton? Now you might say 226 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:45,440 Speaker 1: that's not what I want out of my center, But eighteen, 227 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 1: eighteen and twelve, all right, I'll sign up for that 228 00:12:48,920 --> 00:12:53,600 Speaker 1: right now. I'm okay with that book. Booker's legitimate star. 229 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:58,240 Speaker 1: But yeah, you're right with Ricky Rubio, he's played well, 230 00:12:58,320 --> 00:13:01,679 Speaker 1: I just you can't that's not your future there, Yeah, 231 00:13:01,679 --> 00:13:03,959 Speaker 1: ask MC club. Yeah, see, I don't know what a 232 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:06,520 Speaker 1: center does for you. That's my question, Like can you 233 00:13:06,559 --> 00:13:09,360 Speaker 1: win with a center in today's NBA? Well you have 234 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:12,400 Speaker 1: to have a center, right the question? Yeah, that's what 235 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:15,480 Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean, he has a good shot. 236 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:18,720 Speaker 1: I don't know what is What are his numbers of 237 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 1: shooting wise, which is free throw percentage? Yeah, he's a 238 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:26,440 Speaker 1: who He's a seventy five percent free throw Okay, that's all. 239 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:29,520 Speaker 1: I'm okay with that. If he keeps getting if you 240 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:32,360 Speaker 1: get him to a round, because he has a nice shot, 241 00:13:32,679 --> 00:13:35,560 Speaker 1: if I get him around close to eighty percent, seventy 242 00:13:35,559 --> 00:13:38,120 Speaker 1: seven seventy eight percent. That's pretty good for my big man. 243 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:43,000 Speaker 1: But and Rubio is not even thirty so, which is weird. 244 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:46,199 Speaker 1: It feels like Rubio has been around a really long time, 245 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:51,640 Speaker 1: but he's still not That's not my starting point guard 246 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:54,079 Speaker 1: at least I wouldn't want that as my starting point guard. 247 00:13:54,160 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 1: Ye ask me, club doesn't. DeAndre A didn't have the 248 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:59,200 Speaker 1: Luca draft issue too, Like he'll be measured again. He 249 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:03,040 Speaker 1: went one to Luca three. That makes it look kind 250 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:06,120 Speaker 1: of worse. And the fact that you had Luca's coach 251 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:09,320 Speaker 1: who was with the Phoenix Suns and they didn't take 252 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:15,200 Speaker 1: him and Sacramento didn't take him, Like Sacramento is a mess. 253 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 1: Sacramento is going to be a mess because I don't 254 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:23,040 Speaker 1: think they know who they are, what they are and 255 00:14:23,040 --> 00:14:26,320 Speaker 1: what they want to do in the future. And I 256 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:29,160 Speaker 1: think you saw that in the bubble. I think there's 257 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:32,880 Speaker 1: some real issues there with the Sacramento Kings. As we 258 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:35,600 Speaker 1: move forward, what else do you have? McLevin? Then we'll 259 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:37,520 Speaker 1: take a break. We had a little pre show debate. 260 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:40,640 Speaker 1: Do you think Big ten football should play in the 261 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:43,920 Speaker 1: spring because the produe coach is a Jeff Bram threw 262 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:47,000 Speaker 1: out a plan yesterday where they would start in February 263 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:50,280 Speaker 1: at end in May. Well, we should clarify this. It's 264 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:53,480 Speaker 1: not spring football. It would be winter football. Now here's 265 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:56,360 Speaker 1: another thing, and you know my source on all of this. 266 00:14:56,720 --> 00:14:59,280 Speaker 1: By the way, do you realize where we were on 267 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:02,440 Speaker 1: Monday morning at this time when I was telling you 268 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:04,360 Speaker 1: what was going to be happening with the Pac twelve 269 00:15:04,360 --> 00:15:07,040 Speaker 1: in the Big Ten? And it feels like college football 270 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:10,760 Speaker 1: is kind of settling with the Big twelve ACC in 271 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:14,560 Speaker 1: the SEC. We know about the other sports we know about, 272 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:19,000 Speaker 1: you know, the lower divisions of college football not going 273 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:23,160 Speaker 1: to be playing. But it feels like maybe we're a 274 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:26,160 Speaker 1: little more stabilized with college football than we ever thought 275 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:28,600 Speaker 1: we would be. And as I said on Monday, we'll 276 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:31,920 Speaker 1: know by Friday where we are with college football. I 277 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:34,840 Speaker 1: don't know if we know that yet, but keep this 278 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:40,880 Speaker 1: in mind. It's winter football in the Big Ten. Just 279 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:45,400 Speaker 1: think about that. There's no domes here. You're playing in 280 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:53,760 Speaker 1: Ohio State in January, Wisconsin, Michigan. And if I'm a 281 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 1: top or potential top draft pick, do I want to 282 00:15:57,080 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 1: be playing? If I'm justin fields, do I want to 283 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:06,120 Speaker 1: be playing games in January and in clement weather and 284 00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:07,840 Speaker 1: not even sure if I'm going to have a full 285 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:12,240 Speaker 1: season there. It could only hurt him because you're not 286 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:14,160 Speaker 1: going to be putting up those numbers that you would 287 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:17,120 Speaker 1: normally put up when the games are in September, October 288 00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:21,800 Speaker 1: and November. Now you're going to be in January and 289 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:29,080 Speaker 1: February in the Midwest. Can't see it happening, can't We'll 290 00:16:29,120 --> 00:16:31,200 Speaker 1: take a break. Mannox will join us coming up, get 291 00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 1: his thoughts on everything going on in the bubble. How 292 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:37,640 Speaker 1: about most minutes played in the Bubble? Two top guys 293 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:43,720 Speaker 1: play on the same team, Damian Lillard, c J McCollum 294 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:48,680 Speaker 1: also fourth on the list, Carmelo Anthony sixth on the list, 295 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:55,480 Speaker 1: Gary Trent Junior with Portland Blazers. They could be gassed, 296 00:16:56,240 --> 00:16:58,880 Speaker 1: they could be limping to it. That's another thing with 297 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:01,880 Speaker 1: the Lakers. They make your break if they faced Portland 298 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:05,000 Speaker 1: because of everything that Portland has been through, it was 299 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:08,240 Speaker 1: either going to be boy there in playoff mode or 300 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:11,680 Speaker 1: they're on fumes. Right now, we'll come up with a 301 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:14,120 Speaker 1: poll question. We have a play of the day coming 302 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:16,840 Speaker 1: up as well. We'll come back with Oh you know what, 303 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:21,400 Speaker 1: Ario came up with something that Mannix said back in September. 304 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:28,760 Speaker 1: Should I bring it back to Chris's attention? It's not 305 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:32,440 Speaker 1: a good look. Yes, oh okay, yes see I was 306 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 1: gonna say, maybe we give him a pass today. But 307 00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:38,120 Speaker 1: have we ever given him a pass? No? Actually never. 308 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:41,080 Speaker 1: That's why I was thinking, maybe we give him a pass. Well, 309 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:44,000 Speaker 1: we can vote on this, but it was something he 310 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:49,159 Speaker 1: said about the Lakers. We'll take a vote during the 311 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:51,399 Speaker 1: commercial break and then we'll decide if we're going to 312 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:54,480 Speaker 1: play it for Mannox coming up next. It's nineteen after 313 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:58,960 Speaker 1: the hour. This is the Dan Patrick Show. Full Sale 314 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:02,640 Speaker 1: University help launch the Dan Patrick's School to Sportscasting. 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Be sure to catch us live 334 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:10,119 Speaker 1: every weekday morning nine to noon Eastern or six to 335 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:13,280 Speaker 1: nine Pacific on Fox Sports Radio. Find your local station 336 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:16,240 Speaker 1: for The Dan Patrick Show at Fox Sports Radio dot com, 337 00:19:16,359 --> 00:19:19,240 Speaker 1: or stream us live every day on the iHeartRadio app 338 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:23,399 Speaker 1: by searching f s R. We'll settle on a pole question. 339 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:25,840 Speaker 1: We'll check in with Chris Mannock from Sports Illustrated, their 340 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 1: senior NBA rider. During the commercial break, I gathered the 341 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:33,159 Speaker 1: Dannats together and I said, should we play something that 342 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:37,000 Speaker 1: Mannock said back in September about the Lakers? And it 343 00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:40,000 Speaker 1: was universal. Everybody said yes. So this is what Mannock 344 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:43,880 Speaker 1: said about the Lakers. Yeah, I get killed every year 345 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:46,679 Speaker 1: talking about the Lakers with you because I tend to 346 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:49,800 Speaker 1: be more skeptical as I was last season. But is 347 00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:52,360 Speaker 1: it not more likely that the Lakers missed the playoffs 348 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:56,800 Speaker 1: than than the championship? I think that, Wait this year, 349 00:19:56,880 --> 00:20:00,760 Speaker 1: we're right now this year, So the bugs are better 350 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:04,159 Speaker 1: that they missed the playoffs than they win the championship. 351 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:09,600 Speaker 1: I would say so. Yet, Wow, Okay, let's bringing Chris Mannocks, 352 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:11,680 Speaker 1: who joins us from the bubble? Do you stand by 353 00:20:11,720 --> 00:20:18,960 Speaker 1: that kind of impossible that I was just trying to 354 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:23,040 Speaker 1: give you an out there? Oh no? I mean at 355 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:28,239 Speaker 1: the time, were you know, bringing in a bunch of 356 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:30,640 Speaker 1: new players. I know Anthony Davis is one of them. 357 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:35,000 Speaker 1: At the time, Lebron James was coming off the most 358 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:40,800 Speaker 1: significant injury of his career, it seemed more likely that 359 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:43,560 Speaker 1: they missed the playoffs. You don't have to defend yourself. 360 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:46,040 Speaker 1: I'm just having fun. You're a great shop, You're a 361 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:50,200 Speaker 1: great sport. I'd like to defend myself because it stood 362 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:52,480 Speaker 1: true back then. It was I think that was Craig 363 00:20:52,560 --> 00:20:54,680 Speaker 1: if I'm wrong, But that was like late September or 364 00:20:54,760 --> 00:21:00,360 Speaker 1: October I mean, like that, come on, it's not even 365 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:02,600 Speaker 1: one of my greatest hits. Like, that's not even Oh 366 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:07,119 Speaker 1: it's well, PAULI can we queue up someone Mannix's greatest 367 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:11,280 Speaker 1: hits here? To be more specific, do you think this 368 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:15,640 Speaker 1: is it for Greg Popovich? It's a tough call. I mean, 369 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:20,560 Speaker 1: he didn't leave any breadcrumbs last night after the game. Um, 370 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:24,919 Speaker 1: there's there's long been an assumption that Popovich would be 371 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:29,440 Speaker 1: done after the twenty twenty Olympics. Obviously those didn't happen 372 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:32,640 Speaker 1: right now, so perhaps we could see him coach one 373 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:36,240 Speaker 1: more year and then right off into the sunset after 374 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:39,560 Speaker 1: the Olympics in twenty twenty one. But you know, next 375 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:42,280 Speaker 1: year is very cloudy, Dan, Like, what's going to happen 376 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:45,320 Speaker 1: with the start of the season. I mean there was 377 00:21:45,359 --> 00:21:48,640 Speaker 1: some reporting by ESPN this week that Michelle Roberts, who 378 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:51,520 Speaker 1: I spoke to last week, told the players that be 379 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:56,280 Speaker 1: prepared for a start time in January or in March. Um, 380 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:58,600 Speaker 1: you know, we'll pop look at that and say, look, 381 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:01,520 Speaker 1: I got a team that's a contender. I want to 382 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:04,720 Speaker 1: coach in the Olympics no matter what, do I walk 383 00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:06,760 Speaker 1: away and hand the reins off to somebody else. So 384 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 1: even though he didn't, you say he was done now, 385 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:12,400 Speaker 1: I think there'll be a lot of thought into going 386 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:14,359 Speaker 1: into that over the next few months. And I thought 387 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:18,240 Speaker 1: he'd positioned Becky Hammond to take over for him, and 388 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:21,639 Speaker 1: I talked to Nancy Lieberman the Hall of Famer about this, 389 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:24,919 Speaker 1: and then he brings in Tim Duncan. Does Tim Duncan 390 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:28,480 Speaker 1: want to be a head coach? I don't get that sense. 391 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:31,560 Speaker 1: I don't get that sense that Tim Duncan wants. I 392 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:34,360 Speaker 1: think Tim Duncan likes the coaching part. I don't think 393 00:22:34,359 --> 00:22:36,600 Speaker 1: he likes everything else that goes along with it, which 394 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:41,199 Speaker 1: includes media responsibilities and maybe the politics of being a 395 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:43,040 Speaker 1: head coach as well. I'm not sure it's it would 396 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:45,560 Speaker 1: be Becky Hammond either. I mean, I think there's you know, 397 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:48,280 Speaker 1: there are a lot of ex spurs out there that 398 00:22:48,359 --> 00:22:51,560 Speaker 1: are part of the Popovitch coaching tree. What happens if 399 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:54,720 Speaker 1: Brett Brown gets let go in Philadelphia, They've got a 400 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:58,560 Speaker 1: very close relationship pop in Brett Brown email Udoka was 401 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:02,360 Speaker 1: an assistant coach on staff before going to Philadelphia. He's 402 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:05,919 Speaker 1: very highly regarded as Brett Brown's lead assistant. So I 403 00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:09,280 Speaker 1: think those the current staff would be candidates, but I 404 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:13,120 Speaker 1: think they'd extend the search pretty far. Woads just announced 405 00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:16,960 Speaker 1: that the Bulls who fired Jim Boiling, and it felt 406 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:18,879 Speaker 1: like a long time coming, and it felt like if 407 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:20,240 Speaker 1: you didn't fire him, you were going to have a 408 00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:23,639 Speaker 1: player revolt. I mean, where have the Bulls been since 409 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:28,439 Speaker 1: Michael Jordan left? I mean, in a perpetual state of 410 00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:32,760 Speaker 1: rebuilding with one misstep after another. Now, they've been pretty 411 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:36,280 Speaker 1: decent at drafting over the years, you know, I mean, 412 00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:38,160 Speaker 1: Derek Rose was a slam dunk, but you know they 413 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:40,639 Speaker 1: got Jimmy Butler late in the first round. And you know, 414 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:43,280 Speaker 1: Jokim Noah was drafted when nobody thought he was going 415 00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:45,159 Speaker 1: to be the player he turned out to be. But 416 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:48,840 Speaker 1: with free agency, with some of these coaching hires, it 417 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:53,240 Speaker 1: just hasn't it hasn't gone their way. And look, it's 418 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:55,199 Speaker 1: it's it's curious that it took them this long. You know. 419 00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:58,679 Speaker 1: The explanation that was given to me about why the 420 00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:02,400 Speaker 1: Bulls were waiting this long on Jim Boylan was that 421 00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:06,240 Speaker 1: there was only one other coaching opening and they weren't 422 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:08,520 Speaker 1: going to hire the team that was gonna the coach 423 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:10,560 Speaker 1: the team was gonna hire that was Tom Thibodeaux in 424 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:12,680 Speaker 1: New York, so they didn't feel a sense of urgency. 425 00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:15,560 Speaker 1: There may be more urgency now. Dan. One of the 426 00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:19,320 Speaker 1: reasons I think that the timing of this is right 427 00:24:19,359 --> 00:24:22,480 Speaker 1: now is because you have teams going home, and you've 428 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:25,640 Speaker 1: got the Pelicans going home, and other teams were bowling out, 429 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:29,240 Speaker 1: and there could be coaching changes on those staffs. The Pelicans, 430 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:31,880 Speaker 1: you know, widely believed to at some point, we'll let 431 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:35,000 Speaker 1: go of Alvin Gentry. Philadelphia, you know, Brooklyn is going 432 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:37,080 Speaker 1: to have an opening at some point. Maybe the Bulls 433 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:39,840 Speaker 1: wanted to get started on their search now to try 434 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:41,840 Speaker 1: to get a jump on some of these other teams. Yeah. 435 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:44,560 Speaker 1: I was just talking about the Pelicans and mclovin said, 436 00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:47,200 Speaker 1: who would you invest in right now if they were stocks, 437 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:51,320 Speaker 1: the Pelicans or the Sons, And I actually paused and said, 438 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:53,679 Speaker 1: I might go with the Sons. First of all, I 439 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:57,680 Speaker 1: love their coach, and Booker has taken that next step. 440 00:24:57,800 --> 00:25:00,640 Speaker 1: I don't I don't know how good they are as 441 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:03,960 Speaker 1: a team moving forward, But there's less drama in Phoenix 442 00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:07,159 Speaker 1: than the potential drama that you have in New Orleans. 443 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:11,720 Speaker 1: Lonzo Ball mailed it in brandon ingram restricted free agent. 444 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:14,080 Speaker 1: Zion's health is always going to be an issue and 445 00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:17,440 Speaker 1: you might be firing your coach other than that, So 446 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:20,720 Speaker 1: who would you invest in? To me, it's it's six 447 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:23,280 Speaker 1: to one and pick him there. I mean it's I 448 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:27,680 Speaker 1: like the Sons because I think Devin Booker has shown 449 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:30,480 Speaker 1: in these Seating Games and this season in general that 450 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:32,800 Speaker 1: he can be a franchise player. I'd like the Sons 451 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:35,919 Speaker 1: more if they had drafted Luca don Chichen not drafted 452 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:38,560 Speaker 1: the Odor eight in that spot. I'm not a huge 453 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:40,560 Speaker 1: eight and guy, I've watched him pretty closely as the 454 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:43,919 Speaker 1: Sons have made this rise. He's a little passive around 455 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:46,200 Speaker 1: the rim. He doesn't have great hands. I just there's 456 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:48,360 Speaker 1: something about him I think I think has a bit 457 00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:50,639 Speaker 1: of a ceiling, and that would give the Suns as him. 458 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:52,320 Speaker 1: But you're right about Monty Williams. He's going to be 459 00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:55,000 Speaker 1: the coach of the Seating Games as the NBA is 460 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:57,560 Speaker 1: going to hand out those awards in the next couple 461 00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:01,760 Speaker 1: of days. The issue I have the reason I would 462 00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:04,439 Speaker 1: lean towards the Pelicans. Zion was hurt this year, but 463 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:06,080 Speaker 1: how many guys have we seen hurt in their first 464 00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:08,240 Speaker 1: or second years. I mean Joel Embiide missed like two 465 00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:10,560 Speaker 1: full seasons and then he was just fine. I think 466 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:12,840 Speaker 1: Zion's gonna be okay. And I'm a big believer in 467 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:15,600 Speaker 1: brandon Ingram. I mean, brandon Ingram is a star on 468 00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:17,920 Speaker 1: the rise. Oh I love ye, but as he gonna 469 00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:21,359 Speaker 1: what's he gonna cost you? And I gonna stay. He's 470 00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:23,439 Speaker 1: a MAX Now he's a MAX guy on the second contract. 471 00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:25,879 Speaker 1: Everybody's a MAX guy in the second contract that is 472 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:29,760 Speaker 1: like around that range, and that second contract isn't enormous 473 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:34,800 Speaker 1: by NBA standards. So those two guys I like more 474 00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:38,920 Speaker 1: long term than Booker and Eton as a twosome. We're 475 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:41,960 Speaker 1: talking to Chris Mannix, Sports Illustrated NBA senior writer. You 476 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:44,720 Speaker 1: were there to watch the Blazers in the Nets. I've 477 00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:47,480 Speaker 1: been giving credit to the Nets because those guys are 478 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:51,440 Speaker 1: playing hard. They you know, this is their chance to showcase, 479 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:54,679 Speaker 1: and they did not stop the Blazers. I know you're 480 00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:57,480 Speaker 1: high on the Blazers. You were on that bandwagon before 481 00:26:57,480 --> 00:27:01,520 Speaker 1: anybody else. It feels like they're limping towards the finish line, 482 00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:05,720 Speaker 1: and they looked exhausted. I wouldn't be surprised if Memphis 483 00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:09,480 Speaker 1: won the first game between these two. I wouldn't be 484 00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:13,480 Speaker 1: surprised at all. Well, I mean, first off, quickly on 485 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:16,520 Speaker 1: the nets, like I walked past them at their practice. 486 00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:18,400 Speaker 1: All the time I was in their practice, I could 487 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:20,200 Speaker 1: name like four guys off the top of my head 488 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:21,960 Speaker 1: that are on that team. And it's like the guys 489 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:24,399 Speaker 1: that have been around Joe Harris and Jared Allen. What 490 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:26,760 Speaker 1: Jack Vaughan did with this group going five and three 491 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:30,520 Speaker 1: is nothing short of David Copperfield like magic. I mean, 492 00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:34,960 Speaker 1: it's it's incredible the job he did there the Blazers. 493 00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:38,960 Speaker 1: I liked seeing CJ. McCollum get off last night, the 494 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:41,439 Speaker 1: way he was playing after having a real struggle in 495 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:43,560 Speaker 1: the previous game and the report coming out about the 496 00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:45,679 Speaker 1: broken back. To see him play that way gave me 497 00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:48,840 Speaker 1: a little bit more encouragement about the Blazers in the playoffs. 498 00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:51,879 Speaker 1: But they don't defend anybody, and they haven't really defended 499 00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:56,480 Speaker 1: anybody throughout these eight seating games. Nurkic, it makes a 500 00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:59,000 Speaker 1: lot of mistakes at that five spot. I don't think 501 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:00,840 Speaker 1: the Grizzlies can give a lot of trouble. I mean 502 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:04,399 Speaker 1: the Grizzes got in because Gianis headbudded Marx Wagner and 503 00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:07,000 Speaker 1: Wagner and then they were missing him into the baking 504 00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:10,160 Speaker 1: to play for for Milwaukee. I don't think they take 505 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:12,679 Speaker 1: that game off. I think the Blazers get in. But 506 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:17,560 Speaker 1: I'm far less bullish on Portland's chances to upset the 507 00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:20,560 Speaker 1: Lakers now than I was maybe at the start of 508 00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:23,560 Speaker 1: this when they were fully healthy and they were looking 509 00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:25,639 Speaker 1: like a team on the rise. I just think the 510 00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:29,439 Speaker 1: McCallum injury bothers me, and as several coaches have set 511 00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:31,280 Speaker 1: to me when I've raised this question to them in 512 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:34,639 Speaker 1: the bubble, who defends Lebron? Like you can do well, 513 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:36,399 Speaker 1: I'll say all you want about the backcourt and the 514 00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:39,239 Speaker 1: front court. Who defends Lebron? It's it's an interesting storyline, Dan, 515 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:42,600 Speaker 1: because I mean Carmelo versus Lebron and perhaps Carmelo's last 516 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:45,520 Speaker 1: chance to do something meaningful in the postseason. But I 517 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:47,960 Speaker 1: don't know how. I don't know how they pulled that off. 518 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:51,480 Speaker 1: But you got Lillard and McCollum and Anthony and Gary 519 00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:55,560 Speaker 1: Trent Junior. Those guys are among the top six guys 520 00:28:55,640 --> 00:28:58,480 Speaker 1: as far as minutes played. And now you're going into 521 00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:01,160 Speaker 1: at LAE. You got one more game, maybe a couple 522 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:03,920 Speaker 1: games here with Memphis, and then you go in against 523 00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:07,000 Speaker 1: the Lakers, and you're right about you know, the Lakers 524 00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:10,360 Speaker 1: haven't been shooting well, but the Blazers might be just 525 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:12,840 Speaker 1: what they need to go against a team that doesn't 526 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:17,400 Speaker 1: play defense. It's true, but I mean the Lakers have 527 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:19,600 Speaker 1: been getting openend looks. I mean some of the games 528 00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:21,600 Speaker 1: I've been at, like these looks the Lakers are getting 529 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:24,720 Speaker 1: are open, they're just missing them. And you know JR. Smith, 530 00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:27,200 Speaker 1: I think he's shooting like sixteen percent from from three 531 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:30,040 Speaker 1: point range, and you're going to rely on Dn Waiters 532 00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:32,680 Speaker 1: and some of these other guys to make shots. I mean, 533 00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:35,840 Speaker 1: they're really they're really vulnerable at this stage. Maybe not 534 00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:38,280 Speaker 1: in the first round, but you know outside of the 535 00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:40,760 Speaker 1: I mean you hear Lebron say after the game where 536 00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:43,600 Speaker 1: Kyle Kuzma made that game winning three, like he's like, 537 00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:45,560 Speaker 1: we need him to be our third best player. I mean, 538 00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:51,080 Speaker 1: they need a consistent Kyle Kuzma to win anything. In 539 00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:52,680 Speaker 1: this whole thing. You know you're gonna get from Lebron. 540 00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:55,040 Speaker 1: Aid has been great as well, but They need Kuzma 541 00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:59,200 Speaker 1: to be efficient to score fifteen to twenty points, and 542 00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:01,720 Speaker 1: if they don't get that, they're vulnerable to any team 543 00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:05,960 Speaker 1: in this bracket. I think a d has to be superstar. 544 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:07,720 Speaker 1: He's got to be the best player on the floor. 545 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:10,480 Speaker 1: I think Kuzma has to look like an All Star 546 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:14,040 Speaker 1: and Lebron is going to fill in the gray area there. 547 00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:18,640 Speaker 1: But that's that's asking a lot, you know, it really is, 548 00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:21,760 Speaker 1: because I still look at the Clippers and say, it 549 00:30:21,760 --> 00:30:24,720 Speaker 1: feels like the Clippers are exactly where they want to be. 550 00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:28,160 Speaker 1: We're not really talking about them. You know, they don't 551 00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:31,560 Speaker 1: make headlines. They're going to have everybody together, and it 552 00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:35,920 Speaker 1: feels like Doc may may have something here and he 553 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:39,720 Speaker 1: knows it too well. The Clippers, to me, are going 554 00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:43,520 Speaker 1: to be a test of can you flip that proverbial switch. 555 00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:48,000 Speaker 1: I think they'll win that first round matchup handily against 556 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:51,920 Speaker 1: the Mavericks because Dallas is just limping into the playoffs 557 00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:55,320 Speaker 1: right now with the way they're playing. But beyond that, 558 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:58,640 Speaker 1: you know, they you mentioned the guys, They have all 559 00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:01,080 Speaker 1: their guys back, but they're just getting them back. They're 560 00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:04,600 Speaker 1: just trickling in Montres Harrell a front runner for six Man. 561 00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:07,200 Speaker 1: It's gonna make his debut tonight, you know, for the Clippers. 562 00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:10,200 Speaker 1: So you know, getting these guys up to speed and 563 00:31:10,280 --> 00:31:13,520 Speaker 1: on the same page on the fly when you're basically 564 00:31:13,560 --> 00:31:16,160 Speaker 1: playing every other day is going to be a challenge. Now, 565 00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:18,720 Speaker 1: it's a challenge that is a little bit more you know, 566 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:21,400 Speaker 1: manageable when you have Kawhi Leonard and Paul George has 567 00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:24,560 Speaker 1: played well during this this run up, but I mean, 568 00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:27,719 Speaker 1: chemistry matters, continuity matters, and the Clippers haven't had any 569 00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:29,520 Speaker 1: of it, you know, for the last for the better 570 00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:31,160 Speaker 1: part of the last month. So if they get a 571 00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:34,120 Speaker 1: tough matchup in that second round, uh, you know, I 572 00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:36,640 Speaker 1: think they're vulnerable as well. And the East looks like 573 00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:40,440 Speaker 1: a mess that the first round matchups. Doesn't look like 574 00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:45,600 Speaker 1: there's any surprises in store there, right, No, no, probably not. 575 00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:47,920 Speaker 1: But I think it gets fascinating when you get past that. 576 00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:52,280 Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, like it strange to say, but the 577 00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:54,800 Speaker 1: way the way Milwaukee's kind of been up and down 578 00:31:55,120 --> 00:31:59,080 Speaker 1: and Janie has been frustrated throughout this whole process, you 579 00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:01,080 Speaker 1: almost have to make there's a co favorite right now, 580 00:32:01,160 --> 00:32:03,400 Speaker 1: which is the most remarkable thing you could possibly say. 581 00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:06,240 Speaker 1: Like you mentioned my idiot comment back in September about 582 00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:08,640 Speaker 1: the Lakers, Like the idea that the Raptors could be 583 00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:12,080 Speaker 1: sitting here as a conference contender, as a potential co 584 00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:14,920 Speaker 1: favorite to go to the finals is insane. I mean, 585 00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:17,480 Speaker 1: this team and I've been watching them a lot down 586 00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:19,640 Speaker 1: here in the bubble, and some of the observations are 587 00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:22,200 Speaker 1: they're an incredibly smart team, like an high i Q 588 00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:25,080 Speaker 1: team from like one to ten, Like they make the 589 00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:27,920 Speaker 1: right play way more often than not. And when I 590 00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:30,880 Speaker 1: talk to Raptors executives there, the one thing they often 591 00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:34,560 Speaker 1: say is that Kawhi Leonard's gone, but Kawhi Leonards still 592 00:32:34,560 --> 00:32:38,120 Speaker 1: lives with this team. Like the mental toughness that Kawhi 593 00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:41,400 Speaker 1: instilled on these young guys like like og Anaobi and 594 00:32:41,480 --> 00:32:44,840 Speaker 1: Pascal Siakam and Fred van Vleep, Like that's still lingers 595 00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:47,560 Speaker 1: with this team, and that's that's actually something that's going 596 00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:49,720 Speaker 1: to help them as they get into the playoffs. So 597 00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:52,160 Speaker 1: they've got questions too, you know, can Siakam make that 598 00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:55,160 Speaker 1: leap in the postseason? Can benep make another jump in 599 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:57,840 Speaker 1: the postseason. But the way the Bucks have played, I mean, 600 00:32:57,880 --> 00:33:00,200 Speaker 1: I think they're vulnerable as well. In the Raptors be 601 00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:02,600 Speaker 1: the team because of their size that could be the 602 00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:04,920 Speaker 1: one that takes them out. I love what the Heat 603 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:07,160 Speaker 1: have done. I love what pat Riley's done with that. 604 00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:10,400 Speaker 1: I mean it's really amazing. When you think, you know, 605 00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:15,200 Speaker 1: Wade retiring, Lebron leaves, Bosh has to retire, and all 606 00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:18,040 Speaker 1: of a sudden, he just starts to get a couple 607 00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:23,560 Speaker 1: of draft picks and you know, out of bio, came 608 00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:27,080 Speaker 1: out of nowhere. It felt like Jimmy Butler there wants 609 00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:29,800 Speaker 1: to be there and play with that team. Duncan Robinson 610 00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:34,960 Speaker 1: they find, I mean, Tyler Hero, It's it's an interesting team. 611 00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:37,760 Speaker 1: I don't know if it's a great team, but boy, 612 00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:41,240 Speaker 1: pat Riley did him. He did a great job. Really 613 00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:44,240 Speaker 1: he did. He didn't. And how like, how you build 614 00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:48,840 Speaker 1: successful teams is hitting on those mid round picks and 615 00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:53,560 Speaker 1: further back right, you're supposed to hit on those top 616 00:33:53,720 --> 00:33:56,400 Speaker 1: level picks. But what they've done with Tyler Hero, what 617 00:33:56,560 --> 00:33:58,200 Speaker 1: they've done with bam Adebayo is going to be the 618 00:33:58,240 --> 00:34:01,640 Speaker 1: most improved player this year. Duncan Robinson undrafted. You watched 619 00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:04,640 Speaker 1: Duncan Robinson play and you're looking around like what did 620 00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:07,320 Speaker 1: people miss with this guy. I mean, he's like six 621 00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:10,239 Speaker 1: to eight and makes threes and has that kind of 622 00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:12,799 Speaker 1: mindset where he always wants the ball. So what did 623 00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:15,759 Speaker 1: we teams missed with that guy? The one? You know 624 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:18,840 Speaker 1: where the Heat missed and where I'm sure and I 625 00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:20,920 Speaker 1: know that the Heat front office and the coaching staff 626 00:34:21,120 --> 00:34:23,200 Speaker 1: think about us all the time, especially down here in 627 00:34:23,239 --> 00:34:25,840 Speaker 1: the bubble. Was and I forgot, was it the twenty 628 00:34:26,080 --> 00:34:29,040 Speaker 1: fifteen draft when they drafted Justice Winslow and they could 629 00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:32,120 Speaker 1: have had Devin Booker. They loved Devin Booker, he had 630 00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:35,360 Speaker 1: He had an unbelievable workout for them down in Miami, 631 00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:38,440 Speaker 1: and there was a big split within that organization about 632 00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:41,800 Speaker 1: Devin Booker over Justice Winslow. If they had Devin Booker 633 00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:44,320 Speaker 1: right now, Dan, we'd be looking at the Heat in 634 00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:47,280 Speaker 1: a whole new light. We mentioned Don that's a recent example, 635 00:34:47,560 --> 00:34:50,400 Speaker 1: but Booker Winslow, I mean that that's a big turning 636 00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:54,040 Speaker 1: point for an organization. All right, So make a prediction here? 637 00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:59,000 Speaker 1: Oh great, are we rolling on this always? Okay? Right? 638 00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:08,320 Speaker 1: I am going with Raptors Clippers in the finals. Raptors 639 00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:14,720 Speaker 1: Clippers didn't sound definitive on that. It's just so weird. 640 00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:18,320 Speaker 1: Down here, Dan, the way teams are playing and the 641 00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:21,279 Speaker 1: vulnerabilities of these top seeds that I didn't see before 642 00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:24,719 Speaker 1: a simple as that, Like the Lakers, they're kind of 643 00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:28,279 Speaker 1: they're kind of shooting like I thought they'd shoot the 644 00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:32,320 Speaker 1: pre pandemic season. And the Bucks they look great in 645 00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:34,359 Speaker 1: the exhibition games and I was bullish on them then, 646 00:35:34,880 --> 00:35:37,160 Speaker 1: and then they committed the seeding games and don't play 647 00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:40,040 Speaker 1: quite as well, and Jannis looks a bit out of sorts. 648 00:35:40,239 --> 00:35:42,480 Speaker 1: I just every time I watched the Raptors and they've 649 00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:45,279 Speaker 1: gotten blown out I think at least once during these 650 00:35:45,680 --> 00:35:47,680 Speaker 1: these games. But every time I look at the Raptors, 651 00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:51,200 Speaker 1: they looked the most locked in of any team in 652 00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:53,239 Speaker 1: this bubble, and I just got to think that counts 653 00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:56,000 Speaker 1: for something. Are you going stir crazy? We've we've seen 654 00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:58,360 Speaker 1: some of the players. It feels like going stir crazy. 655 00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:01,920 Speaker 1: Oh No, I have no life? What what what else 656 00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:04,880 Speaker 1: would I be doing? Are you allowed to bring in 657 00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:07,880 Speaker 1: somebody who's a friend or is that just basketball players 658 00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:10,040 Speaker 1: who are allowed to do that? Yeah? I'm actually scrolling 659 00:36:10,080 --> 00:36:16,920 Speaker 1: Instagram as we speak, you know, see what's happening there? Uh? No, No, players, 660 00:36:17,120 --> 00:36:19,920 Speaker 1: coaches can Coaches can can't do it either, So it's 661 00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:23,120 Speaker 1: players only players. I love I love this, and you've 662 00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:25,560 Speaker 1: talked about the memo. I'm sure, but like as one 663 00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:28,680 Speaker 1: GM said to me, like he said, I'm paraphrasing a 664 00:36:28,719 --> 00:36:30,719 Speaker 1: little bit here, but he's like, when it comes to this, 665 00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:34,040 Speaker 1: players are playing chess. In the NBA's playing checkers. You're 666 00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:37,719 Speaker 1: gonna see uh an interesting looking at Thelma coming into 667 00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:41,440 Speaker 1: the uh coming into this level. Well, it can't be 668 00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:45,000 Speaker 1: anymore embarrassing than what happened to that Seattle seahawk where 669 00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:48,520 Speaker 1: he had his girlfriend dress up as a player and 670 00:36:48,719 --> 00:36:51,640 Speaker 1: tried to sneak him by security. It's also it's also 671 00:36:51,719 --> 00:36:55,080 Speaker 1: kind of stupid, Dan, because like, as long as these 672 00:36:55,320 --> 00:36:58,040 Speaker 1: these whoever comes in, no matter what they are, family member, 673 00:36:58,320 --> 00:37:01,239 Speaker 1: you know, short time girlfriend, Like, as long as they 674 00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:03,839 Speaker 1: are tested, who cares would they bring in? Like if 675 00:37:03,880 --> 00:37:06,040 Speaker 1: you allow them to bring in whoever they want, as 676 00:37:06,080 --> 00:37:08,480 Speaker 1: long as they go through the protocols, that prevents them 677 00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:11,040 Speaker 1: from doing something crazy like what you're talking about, That 678 00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:14,120 Speaker 1: prevents them from going to the golf course and then 679 00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:17,360 Speaker 1: having you know, three people on the ninth pole and 680 00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:19,719 Speaker 1: then four on the tent pole as somebody you know 681 00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:22,319 Speaker 1: comes scrambling in off the green. So I just think 682 00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:24,640 Speaker 1: as long as they're being tested, who cares you know, 683 00:37:24,719 --> 00:37:26,880 Speaker 1: who or what or what relationship they have with the 684 00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:30,040 Speaker 1: people that come in. Have a great weekend, and we'll 685 00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:32,120 Speaker 1: talk to you next week. Thank you again, Chris, you 686 00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:35,359 Speaker 1: got it. That's the popular Chris Mannix Sports Illustrated NBA 687 00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:38,080 Speaker 1: senior writer joining us from the bubble. Play the days 688 00:37:38,120 --> 00:37:40,000 Speaker 1: up next here on The Dan Patrick Show. Thanks for 689 00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:42,480 Speaker 1: listening to The Dan Patrick Show podcast. Be sure to 690 00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:45,480 Speaker 1: catch us live every weekday morning nine until noon eastern 691 00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:48,360 Speaker 1: six to nine Pacific on Fox Sports Radio, and you 692 00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:52,120 Speaker 1: can find us on the iHeartRadio app at FSR or 693 00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:55,200 Speaker 1: stream us live every day at YouTube dot com slash 694 00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:58,480 Speaker 1: The Dan Patrick Show. I didn't realize it, but I 695 00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:01,839 Speaker 1: guess it's a National roller Coaster Day coming up maybe 696 00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:04,400 Speaker 1: this weekend. And we started talking about and we just 697 00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:08,239 Speaker 1: we're talking about it during the live looking and I'm 698 00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:10,520 Speaker 1: not a roller coaster guy. And I grew up in 699 00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:15,719 Speaker 1: right by King's Island, where you have this unbelievable theme park, 700 00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:19,759 Speaker 1: and we had the Beast there at King's Island, and 701 00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:21,799 Speaker 1: I worked at King's Island, so we got to ride 702 00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:24,239 Speaker 1: the rides you'd get to go in for free one 703 00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:27,360 Speaker 1: day a week. And I never wanted to ride the 704 00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:30,560 Speaker 1: roller coaster, just I don't like that feeling where your 705 00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:34,680 Speaker 1: stomach separates from the rest of your body, you know, 706 00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:36,680 Speaker 1: the twist and turns and all of that. I don't. 707 00:38:36,680 --> 00:38:39,440 Speaker 1: I don't. I don't need that. And then Todd told 708 00:38:39,520 --> 00:38:42,960 Speaker 1: us a story. What was it called Tilter World. Tilter 709 00:38:43,080 --> 00:38:46,000 Speaker 1: World at Nellie Bligh and like the Sheepshaid Bay Area 710 00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:49,880 Speaker 1: in Brooklyn, And that's not a roller coaster, just spends around, right, 711 00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:51,680 Speaker 1: It doesn't go up or down or anything. And it's 712 00:38:51,719 --> 00:38:53,840 Speaker 1: pretty tame for most people, but for me, it was 713 00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:56,360 Speaker 1: just like a horror show. How old were you? I 714 00:38:56,400 --> 00:39:01,080 Speaker 1: would say nine, maybe even ten, and scribe the scene. 715 00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:03,400 Speaker 1: I'm sitting with a couple of friends in mine. It 716 00:39:03,440 --> 00:39:06,200 Speaker 1: could fit three when you know at that age three 717 00:39:06,239 --> 00:39:07,640 Speaker 1: across I was sitting in the middle of you put 718 00:39:07,719 --> 00:39:09,840 Speaker 1: the bar down so you don't go flying out of 719 00:39:09,880 --> 00:39:12,800 Speaker 1: the thing and starts and I'm thinking it's okay for 720 00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:15,480 Speaker 1: the first ten fifteen seconds. Then it starts spinning and 721 00:39:15,760 --> 00:39:18,400 Speaker 1: moving around a lot faster than I had envisioned that. 722 00:39:18,480 --> 00:39:20,160 Speaker 1: The guys didn't really explain to me how quickly he 723 00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:21,960 Speaker 1: was going to move around. So I'm begging the guy 724 00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:25,560 Speaker 1: that's controlling the thing just to slow it down or 725 00:39:25,640 --> 00:39:27,759 Speaker 1: stop it, so while it's going. While it's going, I'm 726 00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:30,080 Speaker 1: trying to scream to the guy, and as I'm getting closer, 727 00:39:30,120 --> 00:39:35,479 Speaker 1: I'm like, stop, shut it, stop the stop the ride. 728 00:39:35,840 --> 00:39:38,399 Speaker 1: And finally about halfway through he stopped it. I'm trying 729 00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:40,640 Speaker 1: to time my scream to when we're gonna be coming 730 00:39:40,719 --> 00:39:42,239 Speaker 1: up to the point where i could see the guy 731 00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:44,080 Speaker 1: that's moving the lever there and pressing the buttons. What 732 00:39:44,160 --> 00:39:46,799 Speaker 1: are your friends saying? They were hysterical laughing, and they 733 00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:50,279 Speaker 1: were embarrassed for for me and everyone around, and they 734 00:39:50,320 --> 00:39:52,840 Speaker 1: had to re start the ride because everyone whatever tickets, 735 00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:54,480 Speaker 1: whatever they paid to go on the when it started 736 00:39:54,520 --> 00:39:56,399 Speaker 1: to go around, you would wait until you got close 737 00:39:56,440 --> 00:39:58,680 Speaker 1: to the guy who was running it. Yeah, I'm in 738 00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:00,680 Speaker 1: tears and I'm screaming, and I'm thing onto my ski 739 00:40:00,760 --> 00:40:03,120 Speaker 1: ball tickets and they're all crumpled up, you know when 740 00:40:03,160 --> 00:40:04,560 Speaker 1: you roll the ball to get and it was just 741 00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:08,160 Speaker 1: a total disaster, and I'm like, what's off of this? 742 00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:10,279 Speaker 1: And he finally got me up and I was dizzy 743 00:40:10,360 --> 00:40:15,680 Speaker 1: and it was it's it's like the mechanical Bull in Dallas. Yeah, 744 00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:18,080 Speaker 1: that was on the slowest setting. That brought back some 745 00:40:18,160 --> 00:40:20,160 Speaker 1: bad memories. The mechanical Bull brought me back to give 746 00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:22,680 Speaker 1: me down, give me down, give me down, give me down. 747 00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:24,840 Speaker 1: Off this. I'll never go on a roller coast. That's crazy. 748 00:40:25,560 --> 00:40:27,560 Speaker 1: Just had her near surgery and get me down. I 749 00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:31,719 Speaker 1: had just gotten we were talking about the Spurs. Aren't 750 00:40:31,760 --> 00:40:35,560 Speaker 1: you always just not that far removed from her. It's 751 00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:37,400 Speaker 1: just it's within a few months of some type of 752 00:40:37,440 --> 00:40:39,600 Speaker 1: surgical It was that after the tilted world when you 753 00:40:39,640 --> 00:40:42,359 Speaker 1: were ten. The her surgery is that the first one. 754 00:40:42,760 --> 00:40:44,200 Speaker 1: I'm sure there was something going on with me and 755 00:40:44,280 --> 00:40:47,560 Speaker 1: appendix was taken out something gap. Yeah, you always have 756 00:40:47,840 --> 00:40:50,680 Speaker 1: something that could fall out at any moment. I either 757 00:40:50,840 --> 00:40:53,399 Speaker 1: just had stitches or some type of stuittures or moving around. 758 00:40:53,440 --> 00:40:57,360 Speaker 1: They haven't fully healed yet. Yeah. How lucky were the 759 00:40:57,400 --> 00:41:00,880 Speaker 1: Spurs in the nineteen ninety seven draft. They had the 760 00:41:01,120 --> 00:41:03,719 Speaker 1: third worst record in the NBA. They moved up two 761 00:41:03,840 --> 00:41:08,120 Speaker 1: picks in the lottery and got Duncan You could argue 762 00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:10,000 Speaker 1: that six of the top eight picks were Buss He 763 00:41:10,080 --> 00:41:13,680 Speaker 1: had Duncan, Keith Van Horn, Chauncey Billups and Tony o'daniels, 764 00:41:14,160 --> 00:41:18,960 Speaker 1: Tony Batti, Ron Mercer, Tim Thomas and a Donald Foyle. 765 00:41:20,400 --> 00:41:22,520 Speaker 1: The only guys who made the All Star Team were 766 00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:27,000 Speaker 1: Billops and Tim Duncan. There so Spurs did benefit and 767 00:41:27,160 --> 00:41:30,840 Speaker 1: you could see there's kind of the lineage that you 768 00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:34,120 Speaker 1: have with the New England Patriots where you have the 769 00:41:34,320 --> 00:41:42,080 Speaker 1: established coach Popovich, Belichick, Tim Duncan, Tom Brady. Five championships 770 00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:45,920 Speaker 1: for Tim Duncan and about that same well, they made 771 00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:50,759 Speaker 1: the playoffs twenty two consecutive years. That's remarkable. But I 772 00:41:50,880 --> 00:41:53,800 Speaker 1: wonder if Gregg Popovich will be back, especially if the 773 00:41:53,840 --> 00:41:58,160 Speaker 1: season's not going to start until maybe February. Herm Edwards, 774 00:41:58,200 --> 00:42:01,000 Speaker 1: Arizona State head coach Joan is coming up next