1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:03,560 Speaker 1: You are listening to The Dan Patrick Show on Fox 2 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:08,639 Speaker 1: Sports Radio Our two. On this Tuesday, Dan and The 3 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:12,400 Speaker 1: Dane's Stan Patrick Show. We'll talk to Woje coming up 4 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:16,400 Speaker 1: on loan from the Mother's Ship, Trade deadline approaching. What 5 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 1: are these contenders? Do Nets do anything, Lakers do anything? 6 00:00:21,239 --> 00:00:23,599 Speaker 1: Kyle Lowry on the move? Who else could be on 7 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:26,280 Speaker 1: the move. We'll talk to wog about that and also 8 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 1: the rumors or about Brad Stevens maybe leaving the Celtics 9 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 1: to go to Indiana, which I don't think it's going 10 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:34,600 Speaker 1: to happen. Said that from the outset thought it would 11 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:37,919 Speaker 1: be crazy if he left the Celtics, but the rumors 12 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:41,960 Speaker 1: are still kind of lingering there a little bit eight 13 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:44,519 Speaker 1: seven seven three d P Show email address dpat dan 14 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:48,240 Speaker 1: Patrick dot com, twitter handle at DP show. Ia was out, 15 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:53,960 Speaker 1: Kansas got blown out. You've got Oregon, Gunzaga, UCLA, USC, Creighton, Michigan, 16 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 1: Florida State, Bama all advance. Six more lawsuits against de 17 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 1: Shaun Watson. And as I said yesterday, a source told 18 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:07,520 Speaker 1: me just keep an eye on if criminal charges are 19 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:12,200 Speaker 1: brought against DeShawn Watson. You know, the civil lawsuits easier 20 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:15,919 Speaker 1: to prove but if there's criminal charges, then the NFL 21 00:01:15,959 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 1: gets involved. The NFL could then put Deshaun Watson on 22 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 1: the Commissioner's examp list. Now there's no games obviously for 23 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:26,480 Speaker 1: a long time. But if there were games, I was 24 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:29,480 Speaker 1: told yesterday, if this was September, he'd be put on 25 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:34,400 Speaker 1: the Commissioner's examp list because then you kind of put 26 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:36,479 Speaker 1: him to the side, as we've seen with ray Rice 27 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 1: Adrian Peterson, and we never knew about that Commissioner's example list, 28 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:45,680 Speaker 1: but it could come back here if this goes on 29 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:49,840 Speaker 1: with Deshaun Watson. Also what happens with the draft as well, 30 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:53,280 Speaker 1: because are the Texans more likely to now want to 31 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 1: trade him but they can't trade him as before they 32 00:01:57,040 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 1: didn't want to trade him, but he wanted out. But 33 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 1: this difficult, This situation difficult a month ago, even more 34 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:09,080 Speaker 1: difficult now because of the legalities that are involved in this, 35 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 1: the legal hurdles of trying to trade to Shaun Watson 36 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:15,400 Speaker 1: with what's going on, and the attorney who is representing 37 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:19,280 Speaker 1: these women says, there's more to come here, and it 38 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 1: feels like starting to separate. There's a further divide on 39 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:29,080 Speaker 1: guilt or innocence. As I plead with you and people 40 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 1: in my industry patience with this. No jump to conclusion, 41 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 1: rush to judgment on this. It certainly doesn't look good 42 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 1: at all. But I want to hear both sides on this, 43 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 1: and we should hear both sides on this. Shaun Watson 44 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 1: hasn't said anything. He had not denied it, but his attorney, 45 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:52,240 Speaker 1: Rusty Harden, who has represented a lot of athletes over 46 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 1: the years in lawsuits, they've come out and said that, 47 00:02:55,560 --> 00:03:01,520 Speaker 1: you know, basically categorically wrong everyone these let's let it 48 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 1: all play out. The football part of this is what 49 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:07,399 Speaker 1: I'm covering. What do the Texans do? What can they do? 50 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 1: If you're a team that's interested into Shaun Watson, do 51 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 1: you still keep that possibility afloat? Those are the things 52 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 1: to keep an eye on. Eight seven seven three d 53 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 1: P Show email address DP at Dan Patrick dot com, 54 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:24,840 Speaker 1: Twitter handle at dp show. NFL teams get in big 55 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:28,519 Speaker 1: trouble with draft measurables. McLevin just sent me something about 56 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 1: Rondale Moore. He is listed at five to seven now. 57 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 1: He's the Purdue kick returner, kind of do it all 58 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 1: like a Tyreek Hill type of player, and he had 59 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 1: his pro day at Purdue, he was listed at five nine. 60 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 1: It turns out he's five to seven. What happened. I 61 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 1: don't know if that's breaking news, but I'm just using 62 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 1: that as a reference point. Are you happy, Paulie Is? 63 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:58,080 Speaker 1: Other people are treating it like it's a drastic change 64 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:01,880 Speaker 1: for Rondale Moore's life five nine, but he's actually five seven. 65 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:05,080 Speaker 1: But how many times have we done this? We overrate 66 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 1: the big guy, underrate somebody who's too short. And that's 67 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 1: why Aaron Donald fell to thirteen with the Rams. His 68 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 1: Seahawks got Russell Wilson in the third round. And when 69 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 1: it comes to a receiver, there's no one perfect body 70 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:20,360 Speaker 1: type because you would say, well, Julio Jones, Larry Fitzgerald. 71 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 1: But most guys are either big possession guys, small speedsters. 72 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 1: You know. Davonte Smith, he weighs one seventy told reporters 73 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:35,600 Speaker 1: he's six one, one seventy. DeShawn Jackson one seventy five, 74 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 1: Odell Beckham Junior one ninety eighth, Stefan Diggs one ninety one, 75 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:45,039 Speaker 1: Tyree Kill one eighty five, Hollywood Brown one eighty. Smith 76 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:48,680 Speaker 1: outproduced all of those players in college, but teams have 77 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 1: to wonder can he hold up? If he's your number 78 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:55,279 Speaker 1: one receiver? Can he hold up? But then keep in 79 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 1: mind overvaluing measurables can lead to a lot of mistakes. 80 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:01,159 Speaker 1: And everything we've seen with Davant Smith is pretty impressive. 81 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 1: No matter how much he weighs at one seventy, what 82 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 1: will he eventually be because he's not going to be 83 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:12,800 Speaker 1: won seventy when his career is over. Can he be 84 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 1: one ninety? Is that good enough? And we've seen this before. 85 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 1: Tyler Lockett is very successful. Tyler Lockett was viewed as 86 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:24,719 Speaker 1: just a return guy at Kansas State. Now he's turned 87 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:29,200 Speaker 1: into a very good wide receiver. You can have DK Metcalf, 88 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 1: but you can have Tyler Lockett all in the same 89 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:37,760 Speaker 1: roster and Tony o' brown Julian Edelman. Can you play football? 90 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:40,240 Speaker 1: That's what I want to know. They're guys who look 91 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:44,039 Speaker 1: the part, act the part, talk the part, they don't 92 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:47,920 Speaker 1: play the part. Calvin Benjamin is one of the more 93 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:51,599 Speaker 1: impressive guys I ever saw in a football field. I 94 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:54,680 Speaker 1: don't think he's in the league anymore. Mike Williams at 95 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:58,880 Speaker 1: USC when I saw him on the field, that's when 96 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:01,360 Speaker 1: I was glad that I never played football at any 97 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:06,479 Speaker 1: high level, look like a basketball team. But I go 98 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 1: back to somebody like Steve Smith and Carolina. Steve Smith 99 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 1: underrated him too small, maybe not fast enough. All he 100 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 1: did is catch. He caught whatever you threw. Played a 101 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:22,800 Speaker 1: whole lot bigger than what he is. But we get 102 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:26,480 Speaker 1: caught up in the all that guy is not my quarterbacks. 103 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:30,479 Speaker 1: He's five nine. My quarterbacks six foot My quarterbacks not 104 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:35,719 Speaker 1: six five. My running back doesn't run this. My running 105 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:40,480 Speaker 1: back runs upright. Like you talk yourself out more than 106 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:44,680 Speaker 1: you talk yourself in. Now, it does happen occasionally, you know. 107 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 1: The Giants talked themselves into Daniel Jones, the Bears talked 108 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:51,960 Speaker 1: themselves into Mitchell Trubisky. But in the process you had 109 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:55,839 Speaker 1: to talk yourself out of Patrick Mahomes and Deshaun Watson. 110 00:06:57,279 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 1: I'm all four buying into who your guy is. But 111 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:04,599 Speaker 1: when you eliminate somebody, you talk yourself out of it. 112 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 1: We didn't look at what Mahomes did well. We look 113 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:12,560 Speaker 1: at what he didn't do well. Deshaun Watson the same way. 114 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:19,080 Speaker 1: Whereas Mitchell Trubisky, his upside wasn't, you know, glaring, It 115 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:22,760 Speaker 1: wasn't there on full display, but he didn't have any negatives, 116 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:28,160 Speaker 1: So it's almost like a safe pick. And that's dangerous 117 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 1: at the quarterbacking position because look across the board. You know, 118 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:38,320 Speaker 1: you can have Ben or Brady Breeze, but then you 119 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 1: can have Kyler, and you can have Russell, then you 120 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 1: can have Josh Allen. History is littered with GMS teams 121 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 1: who make these decisions at that position, and they look 122 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:55,680 Speaker 1: at the measurables. I just want to know, do you 123 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 1: love football? Do you care? Do you want to be 124 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:02,840 Speaker 1: there every day you eat, sleep, drink football? It is 125 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:06,960 Speaker 1: It's the most important thing in your life. And that's 126 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:11,440 Speaker 1: what's hard to find out with a measurable It's the 127 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:15,960 Speaker 1: intangibles that make a great quarterback, in my opinion, because 128 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:19,040 Speaker 1: Peyton Manning did not have a great arm, and he 129 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 1: couldn't win the big game in college. Okay, Tom Brady, 130 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:29,120 Speaker 1: all right, it was okay at Michigan, didn't look great 131 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:32,680 Speaker 1: at the combine? Does he want to get great? The 132 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:35,240 Speaker 1: guys who get to the NFL and then realize now 133 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:39,040 Speaker 1: the challenge begins, those are the guys like does Davante 134 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 1: Smith love football? Does he study football? Does he know football? 135 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 1: Those are important things. I would want to know that. 136 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:51,199 Speaker 1: And you know that when you go to the combine, 137 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:53,320 Speaker 1: you get to sit down and you get to talk 138 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:58,840 Speaker 1: to these players. I gotta understand, can myke quarterback if 139 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:01,640 Speaker 1: I give him information and can he process that in 140 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:07,320 Speaker 1: real time in fifteen seconds? Is that's what it takes. 141 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:09,840 Speaker 1: That's that's where you're trying to figure this out, and 142 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:12,640 Speaker 1: that's why it's always going to be a moving target. Yeah, McLevin. 143 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:15,000 Speaker 1: I think it's really hard with the quarterbacks now because 144 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 1: there was his trend towards shorter guys and then Josh 145 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:19,599 Speaker 1: Allen justin Herbert come along. Now, is there going to 146 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:21,720 Speaker 1: be a trend towards the taller guys again? Well, Joe 147 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:25,000 Speaker 1: Burrow is sixty three four, he was very tall when 148 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 1: ye an. Yeah, but Josh Allen is a big guy. 149 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:31,520 Speaker 1: But Matt Baker and Kyler Murray when one, you know, 150 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:35,079 Speaker 1: and they're both not tall at all. Yea. It depends 151 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:39,960 Speaker 1: on who your coach is. Offensive philosophy, offensive coordinator, offensive line, 152 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:44,680 Speaker 1: what are your weapons? I've said before and it's I 153 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:48,080 Speaker 1: know it's not meant to take anything away from Patrick Mahomes, 154 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:50,199 Speaker 1: but if I would have put him on Jacksonville the 155 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:54,200 Speaker 1: last two years, he'd be just a curiosity. He wouldn't 156 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:58,080 Speaker 1: assigned a four hundred and fifty million dollar deal. He 157 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:02,400 Speaker 1: got an experienced coach, offense minded coach. He's got unbelievable 158 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 1: offensive weapons. At the time, they had a great offensive line, 159 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:10,840 Speaker 1: opportunistic defense, and it all falls into place. But I've 160 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:13,720 Speaker 1: seen too many players who have talent who go to 161 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:17,440 Speaker 1: bad rosters and they get into bad habits and then 162 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:21,600 Speaker 1: they never survive. But if Sam Darnold, let's say he 163 00:10:21,640 --> 00:10:25,959 Speaker 1: was on the Chiefs, let's say he was drafted by 164 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:29,560 Speaker 1: the Chiefs and had the same lineup, We're gonna look 165 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:31,960 Speaker 1: at Sam Darnold differently than we do with him with 166 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:36,120 Speaker 1: the Jets. Just aren't. We're gonna find out about Daniel 167 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 1: Jones this year. Because if you got se Quon Barkley back, 168 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:43,520 Speaker 1: and you brought in Kenny Golladay, so now you have 169 00:10:43,559 --> 00:10:45,960 Speaker 1: some weapons here, Now let me see what you have. 170 00:10:47,679 --> 00:10:51,520 Speaker 1: But these quarterbacks who go to the right situation, if 171 00:10:51,559 --> 00:10:56,240 Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield doesn't have Kevin Stefanski there, I don't know 172 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:59,400 Speaker 1: if he's gonna still be with the Browns or if 173 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:02,080 Speaker 1: they had moved on. But he brought in. They brought 174 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:04,720 Speaker 1: in a head coach who did a great job with 175 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:09,079 Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield. But where you go and who the talent 176 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:12,439 Speaker 1: is around you is so important, and it's so underrated 177 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:19,240 Speaker 1: because Russell Wilson had the best defense in football and 178 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:22,120 Speaker 1: we didn't really count on him to do anything. He 179 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:24,560 Speaker 1: just sort of had to manage a game. Now the 180 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:27,720 Speaker 1: defense goes away and we want to see Russ cook 181 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:32,760 Speaker 1: Well doesn't have a great offensive line. Dk Metcalf has developed, 182 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:36,720 Speaker 1: Tyler Lockett out of nowhere developed as well. They still 183 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:40,000 Speaker 1: want to run the football, But Russ was a more 184 00:11:40,120 --> 00:11:43,240 Speaker 1: dangerous when you had a defense that was that great. 185 00:11:43,720 --> 00:11:47,160 Speaker 1: Now he can put up offensive numbers. But Seattle is 186 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:52,080 Speaker 1: a non threatening twelve and four team. But going to 187 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:55,680 Speaker 1: these teams, you know Brady Brady at least had a 188 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 1: great defense. Belichick always made sure he had a great 189 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:01,679 Speaker 1: defense there. And then so what did Tom have to do? 190 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 1: Just enough? And then they decided they could get Randy Moss. 191 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:08,600 Speaker 1: Then all of a sudden, you know, you got two 192 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:11,320 Speaker 1: tight ends who are great. Now we're going crazy. Now 193 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:13,160 Speaker 1: we're pass happy, and now we can put up some 194 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:16,200 Speaker 1: big numbers here. It's just timing of all of this, 195 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:21,199 Speaker 1: Like Joe Burrow may turn out to be a good quarterback, 196 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:26,080 Speaker 1: not great because he went to Cincinnati. You know, justin 197 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:30,960 Speaker 1: Herbert with the Chargers. Can the Chargers be healthy, get 198 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:33,800 Speaker 1: out of their own way and be a contender. I 199 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 1: don't know, but these quarterbacks, if you put them in 200 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:43,280 Speaker 1: different situations, you would probably see a sizable, you know, 201 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:49,080 Speaker 1: improvement jump in there. How people view them like that, 202 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:51,360 Speaker 1: that's really what it comes down to. They're very quarterback. 203 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:53,760 Speaker 1: Very few quarterbacks where you say he can do everything 204 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:57,760 Speaker 1: on his own. They need help. Yeah, mclub, Who are 205 00:12:57,760 --> 00:13:00,360 Speaker 1: some guys that were like so good like Elway? I 206 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:03,400 Speaker 1: think so when you point to that goes beyond they mean, 207 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 1: there's some guys so good that they could overcome bad situations. 208 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:09,720 Speaker 1: It's actually pretty rare. Elway never had a Pro Bowl 209 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:13,959 Speaker 1: player on offense prior to when they won the Super Bowl. 210 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:16,840 Speaker 1: Those offensive lineman, I guess I was later. The only 211 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:19,480 Speaker 1: guy that he may have had was Gary Zimmerman. That 212 00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:24,679 Speaker 1: was good. They didn't have anybody none, and then they 213 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:26,520 Speaker 1: would go to the Super Bowl and get blown out. 214 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:31,439 Speaker 1: But then they got Terrell Davis. Then all of a 215 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:36,280 Speaker 1: sudden things change. They got Channon Sharp like then things changed, 216 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:39,160 Speaker 1: So you have to have these weapons. I don't care 217 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 1: how good you are. This isn't a singular league where 218 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:44,240 Speaker 1: you go my guy can go out there. You know, 219 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:48,559 Speaker 1: Josh Allen, he got Stefan Diggs. It was huge Born 220 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:53,200 Speaker 1: cam had, Steve Smith and Carolina like. You gotta have 221 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:56,600 Speaker 1: somebody there. And that's why when you draft these quarterbacks. 222 00:13:57,160 --> 00:14:01,599 Speaker 1: Trey Lance may be an unbelievable talent. I don't know 223 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:06,480 Speaker 1: where he's gonna go, But if he goes to Philadelphia, 224 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:13,000 Speaker 1: you don't have anybody there right now. So justin Fields, 225 00:14:13,679 --> 00:14:16,880 Speaker 1: I don't know where he's going. He could get lucky 226 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:18,760 Speaker 1: and go later in the first round and go to 227 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:21,080 Speaker 1: a team that he eventually takes over and they have 228 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:25,480 Speaker 1: some talent there. You know, could end up Pittsburgh and 229 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:29,640 Speaker 1: they take him or something. You might see Sam Darnold 230 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:32,800 Speaker 1: end up in San Francisco with those weapons and Kyle 231 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:35,800 Speaker 1: Shanahan's offense. All right, now you have something there and 232 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:37,960 Speaker 1: maybe you get a true sense of just who Sam 233 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:41,880 Speaker 1: Darnold is. But a lot there's a lot of luck 234 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:46,000 Speaker 1: that goes into greatness at that position, and the measurables 235 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:49,040 Speaker 1: we get caught up, we get we get blinded by 236 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:51,600 Speaker 1: we stumbled on him. Yeah, Paul, I got a one 237 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:53,640 Speaker 1: line against the Grain for you, if you'll permit me 238 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:57,040 Speaker 1: one liner. Okay, all right, So I don't need music 239 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:00,840 Speaker 1: from Against the Grain productions. Why seen the morning show 240 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:03,440 Speaker 1: to get ups today and Dana Laski was fighting a 241 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:06,160 Speaker 1: battle with the other people on the crew saying that 242 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:09,680 Speaker 1: Mac Jones does not fit in the NFL. Because he 243 00:15:09,760 --> 00:15:11,400 Speaker 1: may not fit in the NFL, might not be someone 244 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:13,200 Speaker 1: you'd want to take too high because Mac Jones of 245 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:17,119 Speaker 1: Alabama is not a physical presence, doesn't run, not athletic, 246 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 1: not in great shape. He is a classic old school 247 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:23,640 Speaker 1: drop back quarterback. And Dana Orlosky is saying that's what 248 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:26,320 Speaker 1: you do want? And I agree. I was thinking, do 249 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:28,240 Speaker 1: you want a running quarterback in today's l long? I 250 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 1: know it's popular, I know it's cool, I know it 251 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:33,720 Speaker 1: looks good. But to win is the dropback quarterback still 252 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:36,440 Speaker 1: the thing? If you go back the past twenty Super Bowls, 253 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:40,040 Speaker 1: I think almost all of them won by drop back quarterbacks, 254 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:42,800 Speaker 1: going back to dil for Brady Brad Johnson and Peyton Eli, 255 00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:48,120 Speaker 1: Drew Brees Foles. Then you got mobile ish quarterbacks Aaron Rodgers, 256 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:51,600 Speaker 1: Ben Roethlisberger and true elusive quarterbacks that won Super Bowls 257 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:54,800 Speaker 1: in the past few decades, or Russell Wilson and Patrick Mahomes. 258 00:15:54,840 --> 00:16:00,120 Speaker 1: And Mahomes is more of a dropback scrambler. I want mobility. 259 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:05,080 Speaker 1: I don't need a running quarterback. I need somebody who 260 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:08,880 Speaker 1: has the threat of running. But I don't want you 261 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:14,960 Speaker 1: running as much as can you stay keep a play alive. Mobility, athleticism, 262 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:18,320 Speaker 1: not the ability to you know, Lamar Jackson, one day, 263 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:19,840 Speaker 1: we're going to come in on a Monday and we're 264 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:22,760 Speaker 1: gonna go. Yeah, figure it was going to happen at 265 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:26,680 Speaker 1: some point. He's gonna get hit because that's his best weapon. 266 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:28,720 Speaker 1: Now I have to use that weapon as long as 267 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:32,600 Speaker 1: I can. But that's not what I want at that position. 268 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:38,400 Speaker 1: If you can find Aaron Rodgers, Russell Wilson athleticism, that's 269 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:42,440 Speaker 1: what I want. Keep plays alive, scramble when you need to. 270 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 1: Russ doesn't run in the first three quarters, three and 271 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 1: a half quarters. He runs a whole lot in the 272 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:51,480 Speaker 1: fourth quarter. Yeah, it's just they compare Mac Jones to 273 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:54,080 Speaker 1: Tom Brady, which is weird, but it makes sense from 274 00:16:54,160 --> 00:16:57,000 Speaker 1: you know, they're not physical specimens. You know, Brady Quinn 275 00:16:57,040 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 1: was a physical specimen. It didn't help him on the 276 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:02,200 Speaker 1: football field. You know. It's I think that Mac Jones. 277 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:03,720 Speaker 1: I don't know if he's be good or great, but 278 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:06,320 Speaker 1: his lack of mobility is actually a positive. I would 279 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:08,399 Speaker 1: want my quarterback to be more of a statue than 280 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:11,679 Speaker 1: a runner. Yes, I just want clear what's going on here. 281 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:14,000 Speaker 1: By the way, you just did a ten minute system 282 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:17,200 Speaker 1: quarterback argument. Then Paully stold my twenty sixteen against the 283 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:21,680 Speaker 1: grain mobile unmiable quarterbacks when the Super Bowl that happened, 284 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:24,560 Speaker 1: and your system quarterback argument was more autquid than anything 285 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:30,520 Speaker 1: I've ever had. Well, I'm I'm sorry to pull this, 286 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:32,760 Speaker 1: but I have said that thing about immobile quarterbacks before. 287 00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:36,440 Speaker 1: I totally agree with PAULI, but I don't know that 288 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:39,320 Speaker 1: I think the trend might have changed. Is it possible 289 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:41,280 Speaker 1: that what Paul he's saying is two years dated and 290 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:44,520 Speaker 1: things have changed. But the trends never last. Hence, trend 291 00:17:46,359 --> 00:17:49,879 Speaker 1: Tom Brady is not a trend. His lack of mobility 292 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:52,280 Speaker 1: helps him in every way. He avoids hits for a living. 293 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:54,879 Speaker 1: That's what he does. He avoids hits and delivers footballs. 294 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:56,440 Speaker 1: And if I'm a wide receiver, I want to play 295 00:17:56,440 --> 00:18:00,480 Speaker 1: with a non scrambler. That's what he does. Avoiding, that's 296 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:02,639 Speaker 1: just what we do. A boid hits to deliver football. 297 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:04,960 Speaker 1: See what's his name of Peyton Manning. When he would 298 00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:06,639 Speaker 1: run past the line of scrimmage, it looked like a 299 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:10,040 Speaker 1: giraffe being chased by a bear. You know he doesn't run. 300 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:11,960 Speaker 1: That's not what he does. I deliver footballs. That's what 301 00:18:12,040 --> 00:18:16,680 Speaker 1: I do. This program is brought to you by Peacock 302 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:20,240 Speaker 1: The Office on Peacock. Every episode you can stream it 303 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:23,600 Speaker 1: free through March twenty fourth. 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So I 343 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:36,600 Speaker 1: think there's a I would be shocked really at this 344 00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:41,359 Speaker 1: point if he's not moved by Thursday's deadline, and you 345 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:45,280 Speaker 1: know there's a number of teams interested in him, and 346 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:48,480 Speaker 1: you know, listen, they'll he'll go, They'll they'll probably take 347 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:52,719 Speaker 1: it down to wire on Thursday and see what's the 348 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:55,360 Speaker 1: best offer that they can find out there for him. 349 00:20:56,119 --> 00:20:59,320 Speaker 1: Is there a move that could be in the process 350 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:02,960 Speaker 1: of being made, could change the power structure as we had, 351 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:10,480 Speaker 1: you know, down the home stretch here, woes is frozen 352 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:12,920 Speaker 1: right now. We'll see if we can get him back 353 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:15,840 Speaker 1: up in his like I gives up in his attic there. 354 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:20,800 Speaker 1: That's where all the magic happens. Is that where it is. Yeah, 355 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:23,119 Speaker 1: all the info is just flowing into that drum at attic. 356 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:26,360 Speaker 1: Nobody's allowed to go into the attic there. That's why 357 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:29,760 Speaker 1: there's he froze because there's just so many messages He's 358 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:33,200 Speaker 1: getting them right now about all the stuff that's happening. Well, 359 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:35,439 Speaker 1: takes us back to when we were in the attic 360 00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:39,040 Speaker 1: and my house. All the great shows that we did 361 00:21:39,119 --> 00:21:43,160 Speaker 1: up there, beautiful views, It was fun. I thought that 362 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:45,600 Speaker 1: that brought us together. I don't know, we had a 363 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:49,960 Speaker 1: we had small space there, friendly confines. I like to 364 00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:53,240 Speaker 1: but that that might have been the best sounding shows 365 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:55,440 Speaker 1: that we ever did. Definitely, Yeah, it was very good. 366 00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:57,880 Speaker 1: By the way, I sign up for the DP show newsletter, 367 00:21:57,880 --> 00:22:01,439 Speaker 1: available daily at six eastern three Pacific, and go to 368 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:04,119 Speaker 1: Dan Patrick dot com. Enter your email address in the 369 00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:07,399 Speaker 1: box that slides out in the bottom right corner, and 370 00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:09,920 Speaker 1: you're good to go. Mario will send you out. It's 371 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 1: basically a recap of the show and some specials on 372 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:15,600 Speaker 1: there that we have. Gives you a little bit more 373 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:17,639 Speaker 1: of a heads up on what we're doing on the program. 374 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:22,920 Speaker 1: Future Guest also T shirt specials and a couple other 375 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:25,200 Speaker 1: things that's coming up. If you signed up for the 376 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:29,760 Speaker 1: DP Show newsletter, mclovin update the poll results if you can. Okay, 377 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:31,800 Speaker 1: if you're a Michigan fan, would you rather win the 378 00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:34,840 Speaker 1: basketball title this year or beat Ohio? Stated football next year? 379 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:38,280 Speaker 1: Sixty one percent said basketball this year. Okay. If I 380 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:41,800 Speaker 1: ask this question in November, though, might be different. Yes, seton, 381 00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:44,280 Speaker 1: it's gonna say, Well, you're mentioning the T shirts are 382 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:50,800 Speaker 1: Luca Iowa shirts are on sale today? Oh, I just 383 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:55,000 Speaker 1: want to move some of those. Our timing is not 384 00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:59,359 Speaker 1: always great. Well, it's the thought that counts. I know. Actually, 385 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:02,719 Speaker 1: you can't blame us. I gotta blame Luca Garza and Iowa. 386 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:06,800 Speaker 1: They're the ones. Did he drop thirty six? I know, yeah, 387 00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:10,280 Speaker 1: he played as much defense as I did. I've never 388 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:13,359 Speaker 1: seen a team play worst defense I have, But I 389 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:16,639 Speaker 1: was like, there's no defense being played. Is WOJ with 390 00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:20,000 Speaker 1: us there? Todd? Yes? Oh, okay, Woj is back all right? 391 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:24,040 Speaker 1: Wou So the very important question I ask is is 392 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:26,640 Speaker 1: there a deal that could be made that might change 393 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:29,479 Speaker 1: a bigger picture here with these uh these teams come 394 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:35,560 Speaker 1: playoff time, you know, listen I don't there's not a 395 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:39,920 Speaker 1: star star out in this marketplace this trade deadline. But 396 00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:44,080 Speaker 1: I think there's players who can impact contenders. I think 397 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:49,239 Speaker 1: the two teams Toronto with Kyle Lowry and Orlando Um. 398 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:52,000 Speaker 1: You know, again we talked about Aaron Gordon, but I 399 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:55,760 Speaker 1: think Toronto really is a team that may dictate this 400 00:23:56,000 --> 00:24:00,439 Speaker 1: deadline because Kyle Lowry and Norman Powell, you know, are two, uh, 401 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:03,440 Speaker 1: you know, two good players that they have, and uh, 402 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:06,840 Speaker 1: certainly I think if Kyle Lowry ends up in a 403 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:10,800 Speaker 1: Philly or of Miami, you know, that's certainly. I don't 404 00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:13,879 Speaker 1: know if all of a sudden Brooklyn thinks, hey, you know, 405 00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:16,680 Speaker 1: we're still not the best team in the East. Um, 406 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:19,879 Speaker 1: but but that can be impactful. And it's gonna be 407 00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:24,439 Speaker 1: guys like Lonzo Ball in New Orleans and um, you know, 408 00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:29,320 Speaker 1: Victor Oladipo in Houston. Those are all players available and 409 00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:32,720 Speaker 1: you know who who who all may very well move 410 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:36,440 Speaker 1: before Thursday. What do the Lakers do with ad down 411 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:41,720 Speaker 1: and Lebron out? If anything, well, they've wanted to get 412 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:44,840 Speaker 1: certainly more size, they may not be able to do 413 00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:47,639 Speaker 1: it in the trade market. The buyout market might be 414 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:50,680 Speaker 1: the place where Obviously the Lakers can improve without having 415 00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:54,240 Speaker 1: to give anything up, because um, you know they may. 416 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:58,120 Speaker 1: If you're gonna make a trade, you know you want 417 00:24:58,119 --> 00:25:00,919 Speaker 1: to be able to improve, and you can't always do 418 00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:04,400 Speaker 1: that when you're giving something up. So Andre Drummond in Cleveland, 419 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:07,159 Speaker 1: if he ends up getting a buyout, if he's not 420 00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:09,240 Speaker 1: moved at the trade deadline, which I think it's unlikely 421 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:12,280 Speaker 1: because of his contract, and he gets into the buyout market, 422 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:16,440 Speaker 1: he's certainly somebody who they are focused on and want 423 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:20,480 Speaker 1: to bring in there. He'd become their starting center. And 424 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:22,600 Speaker 1: so that that's going to be impactful. You're going to 425 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:24,760 Speaker 1: see a lot of guys and guys who don't get 426 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:27,960 Speaker 1: traded in that buyout market. And you saw the Clippers 427 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:31,000 Speaker 1: create another spot to be able to add a player 428 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:34,400 Speaker 1: in the buyout market. They have two roster spots. Brooklyn's 429 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:38,639 Speaker 1: going to continue to be active there and you know, 430 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:42,840 Speaker 1: so I think for the Lakers, though, listen, they just 431 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:45,399 Speaker 1: need to get a d and Lebron healthy. And you 432 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:48,520 Speaker 1: know that they're not going to fear in the first 433 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:50,800 Speaker 1: round having to go on the road in a series 434 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:53,679 Speaker 1: that they know they can beat anybody if they're healthy, 435 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:57,120 Speaker 1: and so I think playoff position for them is less important. 436 00:25:57,119 --> 00:26:00,560 Speaker 1: They just have to get there. They're two best players healthy, 437 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:02,720 Speaker 1: and I mean, just imagine if you're the if you're 438 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:06,000 Speaker 1: the Jazz, or you're the Suns, and you know you 439 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:08,639 Speaker 1: have just this tremendous season. You're a two seat or 440 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:10,600 Speaker 1: a three seat or the one seat, and all of 441 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:12,680 Speaker 1: a sudden, you show up the playoffs in game one 442 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:15,359 Speaker 1: and there's a healthy Lebron in a D you know, 443 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:19,000 Speaker 1: dribbling into the building. It's it's not ideal. Yeah, I 444 00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:21,480 Speaker 1: was wondering about that. Could this be a good thing 445 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:25,080 Speaker 1: for the Lakers? From the standpoint of now Lebron is 446 00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:27,760 Speaker 1: forced to rest, Whereas it felt like he was hell 447 00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:30,159 Speaker 1: bent on resting because he wanted to shoot show the 448 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:32,960 Speaker 1: rest of the league. He doesn't do load management and 449 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:36,439 Speaker 1: he wants to win another MVP. Well, you know the 450 00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:39,600 Speaker 1: high ankle sprain. Listen, that's that's a tough injury and 451 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:42,280 Speaker 1: it can linger. And so I don't know if it's 452 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:45,879 Speaker 1: a good thing. I think though for the Lakers, you know, 453 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:49,959 Speaker 1: their timelines can't change. Their timeline certainly can't change with 454 00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:52,439 Speaker 1: a D because Lebron's out. They can't and they won't 455 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:56,080 Speaker 1: rush him back, but you can they listen, they can 456 00:26:56,119 --> 00:26:57,760 Speaker 1: lose a lot of ground in the West, and you 457 00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:00,800 Speaker 1: don't want to fall. It's going to be a climb 458 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:04,040 Speaker 1: in the postseason. However they look at it, I mean 459 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:05,640 Speaker 1: they're not They're They're going to be a team that's 460 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:07,480 Speaker 1: probably going to have to go on the road in 461 00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:10,439 Speaker 1: the first round and we'll see how listen to this. 462 00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:14,879 Speaker 1: There'll be fans and buildings. It may not be what 463 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:18,000 Speaker 1: typically it's like to go on the road in the postseason. 464 00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:20,440 Speaker 1: That may not be buildings that are full, but there'll 465 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:23,280 Speaker 1: be some capacity and I think that softens the blow 466 00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:26,119 Speaker 1: up having to go on the road in the postseason. 467 00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:28,960 Speaker 1: But yeah, I think for Lebron, he's just always shown 468 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:33,879 Speaker 1: an incredible capacity to heal, to play through injury, and 469 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:37,360 Speaker 1: to just be able to come back quicker than others can. 470 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:39,240 Speaker 1: But with this one, this is going to be a 471 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:46,160 Speaker 1: few weeks. Kyrie leaves for three games. We know what's 472 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:48,679 Speaker 1: going on. I know he said it's personal, but is 473 00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:52,560 Speaker 1: this something that will continue this season? Now? This um 474 00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:58,800 Speaker 1: the next This was absence that they're fully on board 475 00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:01,560 Speaker 1: with and is just sort of the normal sort of 476 00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:05,879 Speaker 1: family thing is that they said family matters. There's no 477 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:09,760 Speaker 1: there's no backstory on this of hey, we're not They 478 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:13,880 Speaker 1: knew what it was and it's not an issue. Can 479 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:17,280 Speaker 1: LaMelo Ball win the Rookie of the Year if he's 480 00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:21,320 Speaker 1: done for the rest of the season, it's a good question, 481 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:24,720 Speaker 1: you know, has he played enough games? I think Anthony 482 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:30,600 Speaker 1: Edwards is He's been so good in Minnesota, and I 483 00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:33,639 Speaker 1: don't know how all the things people take into consideration 484 00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:37,040 Speaker 1: when they vote. I think certainly LaMelo improved that team. 485 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:39,400 Speaker 1: That team played, you know, they were in the playoff 486 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:43,080 Speaker 1: chase largely, or you know, him and Gordon Hayward were 487 00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:45,000 Speaker 1: in that top eight in the Gordon Hayward in that 488 00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:47,920 Speaker 1: top eight in the East. But Edwards has played so 489 00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:51,400 Speaker 1: well over the last few weeks, um, I think that 490 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:56,239 Speaker 1: he's you know, listen, he could finish strong and steal it. 491 00:28:56,280 --> 00:29:00,200 Speaker 1: But but LaMelo, I think the kind of rookie year 492 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:03,520 Speaker 1: he had, in the kind of just revelation he was 493 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:06,960 Speaker 1: in the league, and for that franchise, I think it'll 494 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:09,800 Speaker 1: probably still be close. I don't think it's out of 495 00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:11,720 Speaker 1: the question he can win it. But I think Edwards 496 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:14,960 Speaker 1: has come on strong enough that he's going to probably 497 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:18,280 Speaker 1: have a case to be made just because of how 498 00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:21,320 Speaker 1: much more Hill played by the time people are voting. 499 00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:24,520 Speaker 1: What would you tell anybody who thinks there's a chance, 500 00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:27,040 Speaker 1: or thought there was a chance Brad Stevens would leave 501 00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:31,000 Speaker 1: the Celtics for the Indiana Hoosiers job. Yeah, it's just 502 00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:35,320 Speaker 1: you know, you talk to coaches who've coached in both levels, 503 00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:38,640 Speaker 1: and there's nobody who would rather be in college basketball 504 00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:42,280 Speaker 1: than the NBA that that even now. Listen, there are 505 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:46,760 Speaker 1: assistant coaches in the NBA who become college candidates largely 506 00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:49,160 Speaker 1: because they're not sure if the NBA head coaching is 507 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:50,880 Speaker 1: in their future or they could go back to maybe 508 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:53,040 Speaker 1: they've been a head coach. And you know, a couple 509 00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:55,240 Speaker 1: of the guys interviewing for the Universe a Utah job 510 00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:59,720 Speaker 1: or NBA assistance. But anybody who's in the NBA will 511 00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:01,840 Speaker 1: only go back to college if they're forced to, if 512 00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:05,400 Speaker 1: they're not welcome in the NBA anymore. And Brad Stevens, 513 00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:08,920 Speaker 1: no matter how much money Indiana offers them. Listen, if 514 00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:12,440 Speaker 1: Brad Stevens somehow left the Celtics, if someday he gets 515 00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:15,520 Speaker 1: fired in Boston, and I think he's gonna be a 516 00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:19,120 Speaker 1: long time. He's not getting fired. He'll he'll be a 517 00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:22,400 Speaker 1: head coach somewhere else. Billy Donovan left Oklahoma City. It 518 00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:25,560 Speaker 1: never dawned on Billy Dunovan. Like Billy Dunovan could have 519 00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:28,400 Speaker 1: any college job he wanted. Somebody would fire their coach 520 00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:31,440 Speaker 1: to hire Billy Dunovan. College never done. He was. He's 521 00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:34,040 Speaker 1: an NBA coach. Now he goes to Chicago. He would 522 00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:36,600 Speaker 1: have had plenty of other offers. Brad Stevens will be 523 00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:40,400 Speaker 1: an NBA head coach as long as he wants to be. 524 00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:47,080 Speaker 1: It's just it's just not something anybody would choose to do. 525 00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:50,720 Speaker 1: And you know, Brad Stevens at Indiana, I know what Indiana. 526 00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:53,959 Speaker 1: They wanted to believe he'd come back. It's just not 527 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:56,719 Speaker 1: an appealing compared to the NBA. It's just not an 528 00:30:56,720 --> 00:31:00,760 Speaker 1: appealing lifestyle. It's not an appeal. It's on an appealing 529 00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:06,200 Speaker 1: the recruiting, the portal, all the things that have changed 530 00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:10,520 Speaker 1: in college basketball, constantly having to retool that roster every year, 531 00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:14,880 Speaker 1: and people would prefer to be the NBA. I'm trying to, 532 00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:18,600 Speaker 1: you know, make out what Steve Kerr is bringing up. 533 00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:21,120 Speaker 1: He was on a podcast, and he talked about and 534 00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:24,200 Speaker 1: I'm paraphrasing here and that's dangerous, but he was talking about, 535 00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:27,440 Speaker 1: you know, the enjoyment of a team that won fifteen 536 00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:29,840 Speaker 1: games in coaching them, as opposed to that last year 537 00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:34,720 Speaker 1: when Durant was there. Durant then commented saying, it's hilarious 538 00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:38,200 Speaker 1: that he would think that, But I like how much 539 00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:42,239 Speaker 1: acrimony or drama was there that we really didn't know 540 00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:45,840 Speaker 1: about with the Warriors that Kerr would say, you know, 541 00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:48,880 Speaker 1: I get to go back to just teaching, coaching college 542 00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:51,080 Speaker 1: or you know, these players in the NBA even though 543 00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:54,440 Speaker 1: we're losing. Yeah, Dan, I didn't go back and listen 544 00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:56,920 Speaker 1: to that podcast, so I don't know the context of 545 00:31:57,000 --> 00:32:00,840 Speaker 1: what he was saying. So without knowing exact the context 546 00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:03,600 Speaker 1: of there was a broader point. I saw what Steve 547 00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:05,720 Speaker 1: said in this news conference last night that it was 548 00:32:06,280 --> 00:32:10,480 Speaker 1: taken completely out of context. It was a difficult year. 549 00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:13,120 Speaker 1: I think it was a difficult year for Kevin Durant, 550 00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:16,040 Speaker 1: for Steve Kerr. I think there was a lot of 551 00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:20,560 Speaker 1: tension around that team and UM. But whether it was 552 00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:23,160 Speaker 1: more enjoyable to a coach a fifteen win team, I 553 00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:25,520 Speaker 1: don't know if that's what Steve said. Again, I didn't 554 00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:29,560 Speaker 1: listen to the whole thing, um, but I do think 555 00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:32,880 Speaker 1: it was pretty well documented that you know, that was 556 00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:39,440 Speaker 1: not the strongest relationship within the organization. But I mean 557 00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:41,440 Speaker 1: that's kind of true. A lot of teams and a 558 00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:44,120 Speaker 1: lot of players and coaches, and at the end of 559 00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:46,680 Speaker 1: the day, you're judged on the results. They had incredible 560 00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:51,080 Speaker 1: results with Durant and Steve Kerr together and um, you know, 561 00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:57,280 Speaker 1: you I don't know, it felt like Draymond Green was 562 00:32:57,280 --> 00:32:59,760 Speaker 1: onto something early where he knew that Kevin Durant was 563 00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:02,440 Speaker 1: going to be leaving and wasn't you know, one of 564 00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:06,040 Speaker 1: the guys. But I mean you had something there. I 565 00:33:06,040 --> 00:33:08,000 Speaker 1: don't know how sustainable it was going to be. But 566 00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:14,520 Speaker 1: when did it go wrong in Golden State? Listen, I 567 00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:17,600 Speaker 1: think that just Kevin went there at a time in 568 00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:22,920 Speaker 1: his career where the Warriors allowed him to win a championship, 569 00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:26,800 Speaker 1: to win finals, MVP, he built sort of his off 570 00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:32,160 Speaker 1: court business in Northern California, and then he was ready 571 00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:34,200 Speaker 1: for something else. He wanted to have a team that 572 00:33:34,240 --> 00:33:38,600 Speaker 1: was his. He wanted to come east and Brooklyn was 573 00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:40,720 Speaker 1: attractive to him, and he wanted to play with Kyrie 574 00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:43,320 Speaker 1: Irving and he got the chance to do that. I 575 00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:46,680 Speaker 1: just think I just think it's a different time in 576 00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:49,840 Speaker 1: the league where all of us would look and say, well, 577 00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:52,280 Speaker 1: why wouldn't you just want to stay together? Why would 578 00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:55,040 Speaker 1: you want to just keep winning with that group? But 579 00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:59,480 Speaker 1: that's not the league anymore, and you have to maximize 580 00:33:59,560 --> 00:34:01,880 Speaker 1: these win of times when you have these teams together, 581 00:34:02,360 --> 00:34:06,400 Speaker 1: because not just not just in Golden State, but whether 582 00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:09,759 Speaker 1: it was in Miami, um or anywhere else. If it's 583 00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:12,520 Speaker 1: the Brooklyn Nets, now, how long does that group want 584 00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:14,840 Speaker 1: to continue to play together if they won a title 585 00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:18,880 Speaker 1: or two titles, um, that's just the reality of the league. 586 00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:22,080 Speaker 1: I think the Warriors generally maximize that window. They might 587 00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:23,640 Speaker 1: have won a title in the last year if not 588 00:34:24,160 --> 00:34:27,279 Speaker 1: for the injuries, and but Toronto beat them. So I 589 00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:31,279 Speaker 1: just think it's not just a Golden State question. I 590 00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:34,440 Speaker 1: think it's a it's a large broader question for the 591 00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:38,320 Speaker 1: whole league, and it's it's a league of constant movement, 592 00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:43,480 Speaker 1: and there's not always great staying power in any situation, 593 00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:48,560 Speaker 1: and that's that's the league. Now. I know the thing's 594 00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:50,920 Speaker 1: gonna get busy for you, Wog. We appreciate you joining 595 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:54,680 Speaker 1: us as always, and thank you, thank you. Jin. That's 596 00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:59,840 Speaker 1: Adrian ESPN senior NBA insider host of the WOJE podcast. 597 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:03,200 Speaker 1: You can catch Wojo on ESPN and EPC's NBA Countdown. 598 00:35:03,440 --> 00:35:06,040 Speaker 1: We'll come back. I'm going to play these comments by 599 00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:09,520 Speaker 1: Steve Kerr as he tried to put it in context 600 00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:11,880 Speaker 1: of what he was saying and was he being critical 601 00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:15,799 Speaker 1: of Kevin Durant. Is Durant thought that? But we'll bring 602 00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:18,799 Speaker 1: back some of those comments right after this. Thanks for 603 00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:21,279 Speaker 1: listening to The Dan Patrick Show podcast. Be sure to 604 00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:24,280 Speaker 1: catch us live every weekday morning nine until noon eastern 605 00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:27,120 Speaker 1: six to nine Pacific on Fox Sports Radio, and you 606 00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:30,920 Speaker 1: can find us on the iHeartRadio app at FSR or 607 00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:34,800 Speaker 1: stream us live on the Peacock app. Gets phone calls 608 00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:37,800 Speaker 1: coming up eight seven seven three d P Show email 609 00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:41,759 Speaker 1: address DPA Dan Patrick dot com, Jim Beheim and his 610 00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:45,640 Speaker 1: son Buddy together tomorrow on the program, Jim Parsons, who's 611 00:35:45,719 --> 00:35:49,239 Speaker 1: leading our celebrity Brackett Challenge, and Chris Mannox wants to 612 00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:52,920 Speaker 1: join us. Mannix is going to try to convince me 613 00:35:53,760 --> 00:35:58,520 Speaker 1: that there is another MVP candidate out there. He texts 614 00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:02,480 Speaker 1: the show at midnight last night. He's going to try 615 00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:06,879 Speaker 1: to convince us Rudy Gobert should be in the conversation 616 00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:11,720 Speaker 1: for MVP. So we'll talk to Mannox tomorrow. Steve Kerr 617 00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:15,319 Speaker 1: was on The Real Ones podcast and he said he 618 00:36:15,440 --> 00:36:19,360 Speaker 1: enjoyed last season when they had a fifteen and fifty record, 619 00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:21,400 Speaker 1: more than he did the final year when the Warriors 620 00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:25,760 Speaker 1: went to the finals. Dan Schiller, who works for NBC 621 00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:31,640 Speaker 1: Sports Bay Area, tweeted the following. Steve Kerr told the 622 00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:34,840 Speaker 1: show he enjoyed last season when the Warriors went fifteen 623 00:36:34,840 --> 00:36:38,280 Speaker 1: and fifty, more than Kevin Durant's final season with the Warriors, 624 00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:43,520 Speaker 1: and then Kadie responded with the tweet this is hilarious. Now. 625 00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:47,319 Speaker 1: The issue is Steve Kerr never mentioned Kevin Durant by 626 00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:51,400 Speaker 1: name on the podcast. Let me play that clip first 627 00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:54,279 Speaker 1: and then we'll play what. Kerr then followed up with, 628 00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:58,120 Speaker 1: I enjoyed last season when we had the worst record 629 00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:00,920 Speaker 1: in the league, more than I enjoy that last season 630 00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:03,040 Speaker 1: and when we went to the finals because we had 631 00:37:03,080 --> 00:37:05,960 Speaker 1: young guys last year who were trying every day and 632 00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:08,520 Speaker 1: working hard. We had a great energy, great spirit, great 633 00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:12,040 Speaker 1: camaraderie and losing sucked, but you want to look forward 634 00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:14,480 Speaker 1: to going to the gym every day and seeing everybody, 635 00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:17,400 Speaker 1: and that last year was tough. There was just a 636 00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:20,360 Speaker 1: lot going on, something you know about something you don't, 637 00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:24,800 Speaker 1: and that was very difficult. Kerr was not happy about 638 00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:28,120 Speaker 1: the tweet that was sent out by Dan Schiller, and 639 00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:32,320 Speaker 1: he tried to put it in context yesterday to press conference. 640 00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:37,160 Speaker 1: Drew Schiller decided to tweet today that Steve Kerr said 641 00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:40,799 Speaker 1: he enjoyed last season more than Kevin Durant last year 642 00:37:40,840 --> 00:37:44,560 Speaker 1: with the Warriors. Okay, so I want to make this 643 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:49,080 Speaker 1: extremely clear. If you want to actually get the story accurate, 644 00:37:49,239 --> 00:37:53,000 Speaker 1: I encourage you to listen to the podcast before we 645 00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:56,520 Speaker 1: sort of take this story into offshoots and use that 646 00:37:56,600 --> 00:38:00,239 Speaker 1: as my quote, because that is the furthest thing from 647 00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:05,280 Speaker 1: the truth. It was a terribly unfair shot, completely taking 648 00:38:05,360 --> 00:38:08,239 Speaker 1: something out of context to the point where people are 649 00:38:08,239 --> 00:38:10,560 Speaker 1: going to read it and think that that was my quote. 650 00:38:10,680 --> 00:38:14,440 Speaker 1: And to take that comment and put it into a 651 00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:17,080 Speaker 1: tweet and sent it out into the universe was so 652 00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:22,200 Speaker 1: irresponsible and damaging. By the way it's Drew Schiller. Emy. 653 00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:25,400 Speaker 1: I had Dan Schiller there working for ENDBC Sports Bay Area, 654 00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:30,120 Speaker 1: but Kerr saying that he did not say Kevin Durant, 655 00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:33,279 Speaker 1: but that was what was inferred in the tweet, that 656 00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:36,760 Speaker 1: he enjoyed that season more than Kevin Durant's final season 657 00:38:37,080 --> 00:38:40,360 Speaker 1: with the Warriors. Then Kevin Durant responded to that tweet 658 00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:44,040 Speaker 1: by saying, this is hilarious. Yes, So while Steve Carr 659 00:38:44,120 --> 00:38:48,640 Speaker 1: didn't mention Kevin Durant's name, it was Kevin Durant's last season. Yeah, 660 00:38:48,719 --> 00:38:51,480 Speaker 1: that they're referring to that he's saying was tough. It 661 00:38:51,560 --> 00:38:55,400 Speaker 1: was actually Kevin durant last season. Well, I would have 662 00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:58,439 Speaker 1: hoped that somebody said, well, what was the toughest part 663 00:38:58,480 --> 00:39:00,960 Speaker 1: of that season that you went to the NBA Finals with? 664 00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:03,879 Speaker 1: Because then maybe he gets into the weeds a little 665 00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:07,479 Speaker 1: bit and says, you know what, we weren't having fun 666 00:39:07,680 --> 00:39:10,600 Speaker 1: or the chemistry, or we knew was Kevin's last year, 667 00:39:10,719 --> 00:39:14,480 Speaker 1: whatever it is. You know, now we're forced to kind 668 00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:18,239 Speaker 1: of read into what exactly is he saying on this, 669 00:39:20,280 --> 00:39:22,480 Speaker 1: and he's calling out the person who sent out the tweet. 670 00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:25,440 Speaker 1: That kind of takes away from what Steve is really saying. 671 00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:28,640 Speaker 1: And it sounds like that last year with Kevin Durant 672 00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:32,360 Speaker 1: not any fun that I'd rather coach a team than 673 00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:35,400 Speaker 1: won fifteen games. It sounds like there's a couple of 674 00:39:35,560 --> 00:39:39,680 Speaker 1: messages in here. Yeah. Paul Drew Scheller, the reporter, did 675 00:39:39,719 --> 00:39:43,000 Speaker 1: say that he should have characterized it that way, and 676 00:39:43,040 --> 00:39:44,399 Speaker 1: he said it he took it a little bit about 677 00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:48,040 Speaker 1: a context and he has talked to kur about it. Okay, 678 00:39:48,440 --> 00:39:53,080 Speaker 1: all right, Yeah, everybody knows it year was difficult. It's 679 00:39:53,280 --> 00:39:58,000 Speaker 1: very well documented. But Steve, I know. I just think 680 00:39:58,040 --> 00:40:02,080 Speaker 1: that Steve knows with Kevin Durant that this is going 681 00:40:02,120 --> 00:40:06,560 Speaker 1: to bring drama and Durant here's everything, and Steve wants 682 00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:09,920 Speaker 1: to be fair too. It was difficult. I would have 683 00:40:10,080 --> 00:40:14,520 Speaker 1: asked what was so difficult? Why was it so difficult? 684 00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:18,200 Speaker 1: But if you put Kevin Durant's name in there, then 685 00:40:18,239 --> 00:40:20,799 Speaker 1: all of a sudden it you know, it'll get to 686 00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:24,160 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant eventually, and then Durant feels like, oh okay, 687 00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:26,879 Speaker 1: So it was just me and I'm the reason why 688 00:40:26,920 --> 00:40:29,000 Speaker 1: it was really difficult, and that's why he said this 689 00:40:29,080 --> 00:40:33,080 Speaker 1: is hilarious. What if Steve kurr Ha said yeah, you 690 00:40:33,120 --> 00:40:36,320 Speaker 1: were difficult and what ain't fun? Yeah, mclub, I'd like 691 00:40:36,360 --> 00:40:39,399 Speaker 1: to see Steve Kurr maintain that level of perfection. When 692 00:40:39,400 --> 00:40:41,839 Speaker 1: he gets back into the media and not and someone 693 00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:44,640 Speaker 1: calls himout, I mean, that's it's ridiculous. I'm sorry he 694 00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:46,640 Speaker 1: was in the media. He should give guys a break 695 00:40:46,760 --> 00:40:48,719 Speaker 1: over something like that. He said it was what did 696 00:40:48,719 --> 00:40:52,400 Speaker 1: he say? It was like egregious and it's less dangerous dangerous. 697 00:40:53,120 --> 00:40:57,640 Speaker 1: It wasn't reckless and dangerous. But you know, I mean, okay, 698 00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:02,200 Speaker 1: you you took took poetic license, you took liberties there 699 00:41:02,200 --> 00:41:06,200 Speaker 1: by inserting Kevin Durant's name in there. Now, if you 700 00:41:06,239 --> 00:41:09,560 Speaker 1: would have said, hey, who do you think Steve's talking about? 701 00:41:09,600 --> 00:41:13,080 Speaker 1: I would have said Kevin Durant, or how the other 702 00:41:13,160 --> 00:41:16,680 Speaker 1: players you know they viewed Kevin Durant, or the fact 703 00:41:16,719 --> 00:41:19,120 Speaker 1: that Draymond Green knew that Kevin Durant was out of there. 704 00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:24,279 Speaker 1: But if you put it, okay, it's not egregious, and 705 00:41:24,680 --> 00:41:31,520 Speaker 1: you know, Steve, Steve's got lighten up a little bit there, yese. 706 00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:34,640 Speaker 1: Not only is it not reckless in egregious, it's factually correct. 707 00:41:35,520 --> 00:41:40,239 Speaker 1: The tweet, Yeah, yes, possible. Steve feels a little extra 708 00:41:40,280 --> 00:41:42,600 Speaker 1: guilty and defensive because he gave up the goods to 709 00:41:42,719 --> 00:41:45,680 Speaker 1: Rajah Bell, he was probably too relax on that podcast, 710 00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:48,400 Speaker 1: and he's embarrassed by saying that. I would think that. 711 00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:50,760 Speaker 1: I mean, it's not a normal he's just super cool 712 00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:53,680 Speaker 1: with the press usually. Well, I guess we're surprised that 713 00:41:53,800 --> 00:41:57,799 Speaker 1: you win fifteen games and you had more fun or 714 00:41:57,840 --> 00:41:59,759 Speaker 1: you enjoyed that more than when you went to the 715 00:41:59,840 --> 00:42:04,399 Speaker 1: end A finals. That's what's surprising. No matter how bad 716 00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:08,720 Speaker 1: it is. Now, if they had won the title, would 717 00:42:08,840 --> 00:42:13,759 Speaker 1: it still have been more enjoyable winning fifteen games? And 718 00:42:13,800 --> 00:42:19,439 Speaker 1: the answer is no, you had two serious injuries here 719 00:42:19,880 --> 00:42:25,759 Speaker 1: and you didn't win. Okay, even with all that drama. 720 00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:30,719 Speaker 1: Great teams have drama. Sometimes it sees the light of 721 00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:37,840 Speaker 1: day A lot of times it doesn't. Fights, issues, girlfriends, wives, 722 00:42:37,880 --> 00:42:45,600 Speaker 1: a lot of stuff, playing time. Wow, good story. I 723 00:42:45,600 --> 00:42:48,440 Speaker 1: don't know if I made it bigger. Fox Sports Radio 724 00:42:48,520 --> 00:42:51,360 Speaker 1: has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. 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