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Speaker 1: a decision by the end of today. Have that for you.
Speaker 1: Seaton pulled question for our two are we going to
Speaker 1: stay with what we had an hour one? Well we
Speaker 1: went hour one. We went with who you got the
Speaker 1: one seeds or the field? Fifty fifty? Oh perfect poll. Okay,
Speaker 1: this is a one seed to win it all. You
Speaker 1: get four, or you get everybody else. Yeah, or you
Speaker 1: get sixty, I'll give you sixty teams, or I'll give
Speaker 1: you four fifty fifty right down the middle. Wow, that's
Speaker 1: a great pole question. Yes, nailed it. And what do
Speaker 1: you want to do for our two? Well, PAULI sent
Speaker 1: the round one before about he's had a couple here.
Speaker 1: He said, if you could only watch one this year
Speaker 1: at AFC west of the rest of the league. Or
Speaker 1: he also had Deshaun Watson, should pick Atlanta, Carolina, New Orleans?
Speaker 1: Should we pick? Should? Nick Underhill covers the Saints for
Speaker 1: w w LTV in New Orleans, and he's reporting the
Speaker 1: Saints met with Deshaun Watson a second time last night,
Speaker 1: according to sources. There was also a report earlier today
Speaker 1: that there are some Saints players restructuring their contracts, that
Speaker 1: they've got about thirty million dollars in cap space. Maybe
Speaker 1: a coincidence, or maybe Deshaun Watson has made his mind
Speaker 1: up that New Orleans is where he's going to play.
Speaker 1: You had the other teams that interviewed him yesterday. A
Speaker 1: couple of teams interviewed him yesterday. You did have the
Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns, according to Chris Mortenson, saying that they want
Speaker 1: to grown up an adult as their quarterback in Cleveland.
Speaker 1: So of course you would go out and want to
Speaker 1: recruit Deshaun Watson. Wow, that is that's embarrassing that they
Speaker 1: would say they want an adult. At least Baker played
Speaker 1: through Payne played for you this year. Deshaun Watson sat out,
Speaker 1: didn't want to play. But that is that's embarrassment, embarrassing
Speaker 1: for that Cleveland franchise that you want an adult there.
Speaker 1: All right, Baker needs to mature, all right, He at
Speaker 1: least played. Who's done more damage to their franchise Baker
Speaker 1: Mayfield or Deshaun Watson. But Deshaun Watson will have a
Speaker 1: new team by the end of the week. It looks
Speaker 1: like that, all right. Eight seven seven three d P
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Speaker 1: a DP show. I did watch a lot of basketball
Speaker 1: last night. I was watching the NCAA games, the Notre
Speaker 1: Dame Rutgers game, double overtime and Notre Dame winning that one,
Speaker 1: and also Right State against Bryant Wright State winning that game. Now,
Speaker 1: I was also watching the NBA because the Nets were
Speaker 1: playing the MAVs, and if you you probably watched the MAVs,
Speaker 1: you want to see Luca play. And he's put up
Speaker 1: some great numbers and I just didn't know if he
Speaker 1: was going to be able to be team wise good
Speaker 1: enough to be in the MVP race. And I'm convinced
Speaker 1: more and more as I watched him the second half
Speaker 1: of the season. Our good buddy Nick Wright, a Fox
Speaker 1: Sports one, has been pointing out that Luca has been
Speaker 1: as valuable as anybody in the second half of the season.
Speaker 1: Unbelievable and last night they ended up beating the Nets.
Speaker 1: Now Spencer Dinwittie hit the game winner, But Luca has
Speaker 1: been unbelievable since the Old Star breaks, since you know,
Speaker 1: the second half of the season, but a year averaging
Speaker 1: you know, thirty nine and nine, yet thirty seven, nine
Speaker 1: and nine last night. Plus here's the other thing is
Speaker 1: you're sixteen games over five hundred. I think so that
Speaker 1: that will factor in. Do I think it's Joel Embiid's
Speaker 1: to lose? I do I think we forgot about the
Speaker 1: Greek freak because he's he's It's like you plug in
Speaker 1: those numbers and you just go, yeah, that's that's what
Speaker 1: Yannis does. And Yannis steps up in big games, by
Speaker 1: the way, when the game is big, he's big, and
Speaker 1: I love that. But I think I think it's going
Speaker 1: to be embiid. Jannat will be in there as well.
Speaker 1: I thought this was going to be Durant's year, but
Speaker 1: Luca is going to be in the conversation, and you know,
Speaker 1: the Joker has been spectacular, but this kind of struck.
Speaker 1: You know, the Lakers lost again last night, by the way,
Speaker 1: We'll get to that coming up in a moment, because
Speaker 1: there's some you know, really good storylines there. So you
Speaker 1: had Kevin Durant. Do we have Kevin Durant talking about
Speaker 1: what happened last night, So you know it's an under
Speaker 1: man team because Kyrie can't play. Ben Simmons, I guess
Speaker 1: is getting an epidural in his back, so who knows
Speaker 1: when he's gonna play, if he's gonna play. But Kevin
Speaker 1: Durant was frustrated last night against the MAVs and had
Speaker 1: this to say. That showed me that the level of
Speaker 1: respect is high, you know, for them to forget about
Speaker 1: their schemes as a team, forget about what they've been
Speaker 1: working on most of the year, for them to do that.
Speaker 1: You know, I Jason Kid, I say, well, you paid
Speaker 1: Dorian Phinney Smith all that money on me is either
Speaker 1: defender or you gonna rely on this for his next
Speaker 1: four years on him. But a smart strategy, I mean,
Speaker 1: gott to tip their hats to them. They they executed it,
Speaker 1: but late in the game they did a good job
Speaker 1: of like mixing it up because sometimes I was driving
Speaker 1: a had a lane and I'm thinking there's going to
Speaker 1: be more help open a rush of shot, you know.
Speaker 1: So they did their job. Yeah they did. But I
Speaker 1: don't want to hear any sob story from Kevin Durant
Speaker 1: because all he needs to do is look at the
Speaker 1: other team and see Luca. Luca doesn't have any all
Speaker 1: stars there. He's got Brunson and now Spencer Dinwiddie. Spencer
Speaker 1: Dinwiddie used to be on the nets. Kevin Durant has
Speaker 1: always had help every every every stop he's had. Oklahoma City,
Speaker 1: you had Westbrook and Harden. He goes to Golden State,
Speaker 1: you got Steph and Clay and Draymond. You go to Brooklyn.
Speaker 1: You think you're gonna have uh, you know, Kyrie, and
Speaker 1: then you get James Harden. Now you don't want James Harden.
Speaker 1: Now you get Ben Sitton. You've always had players who's
Speaker 1: Luca had. He had Poor Zingis who's now with the Wizards.
Speaker 1: That's it. So if you want to talk about, oh man,
Speaker 1: they're kind of gear and their defense. To me, yeah,
Speaker 1: why wouldn't you if Kyrie is not able to play,
Speaker 1: You know, if you're mad about anything, I would just say, Kyrie,
Speaker 1: come on, man, you gotta help me. Help me at
Speaker 1: home a little bit here. But you know, Luca has
Speaker 1: this every single night where he's double teamed. Katie gets
Speaker 1: double team and he's like, I you know, you gotta
Speaker 1: say something to Jason Kidd, like what are you doing? Man?
Speaker 1: All right? This is the strategy that I would have
Speaker 1: any team that's playing the Nets come playoff time at
Speaker 1: home in Brooklyn. Hell, yes, double team and him you
Speaker 1: saw that last night. But Din Witty hit a game
Speaker 1: winner on Sunday, and so he's had game winners in
Speaker 1: back to back games here. As for the Lakers, I
Speaker 1: tell you that I'm always surprised if they win when
Speaker 1: I wake up the next morning, if I don't stay
Speaker 1: up to watch, and then I'm surprised when they win.
Speaker 1: They're eleven games under five hundred. Lebron James has not
Speaker 1: played on a team that's been that far below five
Speaker 1: hundred since his rookie season. That's when the Cavs were
Speaker 1: thirty five and forty seven. Also, this is the first
Speaker 1: time in Lebron James career his team is trailed by
Speaker 1: twenty five or more points in three consecutive games. Stead
Speaker 1: of the day stat of the day, that best out
Speaker 1: of the day stat of the day, here comes that
Speaker 1: what s the day? So Carl Anthony Towns goes for
Speaker 1: thirty he had sixteen in the fourth quarter, the Timberwolves
Speaker 1: pull away from the Lakers. They win by twenty. The
Speaker 1: Lakers have lost sixteen of their last twenty one. I
Speaker 1: did tune in just to see the effort or lack
Speaker 1: thereof with the Lakers, and that includes Lebron because he's
Speaker 1: checked out. Man who there are times when I'm looking
Speaker 1: for him in the picture. I know he's on the floor,
Speaker 1: he's not in the picture. But they lost again, and
Speaker 1: then after the game, apparently the Timberwolves were making fun
Speaker 1: of Russell Westbrook. Westbrook shot a corner jumper right in
Speaker 1: front of the bench and he shot an airball. Here
Speaker 1: is Russell Westbrook, you know, and Carl Anthony Towns. They're
Speaker 1: all kind of playing to the crowd. The guys on
Speaker 1: the bench are making front of Russ. And then here's
Speaker 1: Russ what he had to say afterwards. The trash suckers
Speaker 1: bother me. None, nobody over there has done anything in
Speaker 1: this league that you know, make me to comes of
Speaker 1: an old. They're talking about the respond No, that's fine,
Speaker 1: they're good. They want a game. Um, you know, happy
Speaker 1: for them. We want to sit next one. That's that Okay.
Speaker 1: The Timberwolves they're mocking you, and he's right, nobody's done
Speaker 1: anything on the Timberwolves. But then all right, this is
Speaker 1: about now, this is about last night Russ and I
Speaker 1: would never let him shoot a jumper. Let you just say,
Speaker 1: you can't, like, like, why do we allow him to shoot?
Speaker 1: And then Ben Simmons doesn't want to shoot. I'd there
Speaker 1: have Ben Simmons shoot. Then I would Russell Westbrook shoot
Speaker 1: and jumper hot take. That's how bad it's become. Yeah, Marve, No,
Speaker 1: he's one of those guys where you see him open
Speaker 1: when you play a pick up basketball and he shoots
Speaker 1: that and someone says he's open for a reason, let
Speaker 1: him shoot or back up, give it to him. But
Speaker 1: also Patrick Beverley Russell Westbrook Part eight, Oh, I know,
Speaker 1: I know. That's always good drama there because Patrick Beverley
Speaker 1: doesn't back down, and you know Russ gets into this.
Speaker 1: I want to show you. I want to play the
Speaker 1: way I did when I was the MVP. Yeah. See,
Speaker 1: Karl Anthony Town's finally became relevant after six years in
Speaker 1: the league. He's finally so like, oh yeah, look at him.
Speaker 1: He has one good game and all of a sudden,
Speaker 1: he's well. I think that it started at the All
Speaker 1: Star Game with a three point shooting contest. Now I
Speaker 1: think he said he's the best shooting big men of
Speaker 1: all time. He put up sixty points. Now, I will
Speaker 1: say there's a side story to this that I think
Speaker 1: he lost eight relatives to COVID. They died, and so
Speaker 1: the last couple of years have been really difficult for him.
Speaker 1: But he put up sixty. And then the Timberwolves have
Speaker 1: something I don't know exactly. I love Anthony Edwards and
Speaker 1: if Carl Anthony Towns is going to continue to bring it,
Speaker 1: then all right, that's an interesting team, a fun team,
Speaker 1: But watching that last night, there's just a lack of
Speaker 1: effort there. We'll talk to Ray Allen, he'll join us
Speaker 1: coming up. But the Lakers lost again and getting blown out.
Speaker 1: It's one thing to lose, it's another thing to get
Speaker 1: blown out and act as if you don't care and
Speaker 1: it you know, it feels like you'd be better served
Speaker 1: that you just don't make the play in game. I
Speaker 1: just close up shop. You know. Now you're waiting for
Speaker 1: a d to come back, and by if he comes back,
Speaker 1: and why they can you know they can catch some
Speaker 1: magic in a bottle here whatever. I wouldn't bank on
Speaker 1: any of that stuff. Yeah, point Dan, Your Timberwolves have
Speaker 1: one nine to ten, are currently sitting at seventh in
Speaker 1: the West at forty one and thirty. Yeah, you were early,
Speaker 1: You're early in this one. Yeah, the Wolves and the
Speaker 1: Calves been been in on those two teams this year,
Speaker 1: especially the Camps. All Right, we'll get to phone calls,
Speaker 1: rail and big day for the Dodgers yesterday got Freddie Freeman.
Speaker 1: Knew he wasn't going to go back to Atlanta, and
Speaker 1: I think there's always a thought that he ends up
Speaker 1: with the Yankees. But I don't think he wanted the
Speaker 1: Yankees way of life there, but you know, Dodgers paid him.
Speaker 1: He's a really good player. And that's now it feels
Speaker 1: like free agents go to the Dodgers. When when you go, oh,
Speaker 1: who's gonna get him? I always think, well, the Dodgers
Speaker 1: are and they got Freddie Freeman. That's a great lineup again,
Speaker 1: Chris Bryant went to the Rockies to make money and
Speaker 1: hit home runs. Surgery for Fernando Tatis Junior the third.
Speaker 1: The Deshaun Watson decision is pending. Von Miller got paid
Speaker 1: on paper to six year deal. I think in reality
Speaker 1: it's a three year deal for about fifty plus million dollars.
Speaker 1: And I like what the Raiders did with Chandler Jones.
Speaker 1: Chris Godwin got locked up by the Buccaneers. So just
Speaker 1: some of the football news. Ian Rappaport, who's been all
Speaker 1: over the free agency news for the NFL Network, will
Speaker 1: join us a little less than an hour from now.
Speaker 1: Get a couple of phone calls. Doug in North Carolina. Hi, Doug,
Speaker 1: what's on your mind today? Dan? Since I've been on hold,
Speaker 1: I've locked on and I'm filling out my bracket on
Speaker 1: your website right now. Okay, I have no I don't
Speaker 1: know the first thing, but I turned on winning this tournament.
Speaker 1: But I'm calling to make a bet. I'm going to
Speaker 1: put it all on the line and say, opening day
Speaker 1: of the season, Marcus Mariotta is the starting quarterback for
Speaker 1: some team. Doesn't win? Won a piece of that action?
Speaker 1: All right? Is anybody want a piece of that with
Speaker 1: Doug that Marcus Mariota is the starting quarterback for an
Speaker 1: NFL team opening weekend? Yes, point, I have a question,
Speaker 1: starting due to injury or starting because of declaration. I
Speaker 1: think he's gonna I think I win the bet either way.
Speaker 1: But I think he's going to be picked up as
Speaker 1: a free agent. I think he fits perfectly with Seattle
Speaker 1: or Indianapolis. Okay, does anybody want a piece of Doug's bet?
Speaker 1: Marcus Mariota is the starting quarterback week one? Yeah, Seaton,
Speaker 1: I'll take that, all right, Doug, you gotta take her here? Okay, perfect,
Speaker 1: Thank you very much? All right, once again, and Doug,
Speaker 1: hold on, we'll get your information because if we do
Speaker 1: have a bet with you for a pie, you get
Speaker 1: a pie slam a Jama T shirts there, Yes, boy, Yeah,
Speaker 1: Mariota played four plays last year. He was one for
Speaker 1: two for fifty yards or for four yards. That's one
Speaker 1: for two. I'd figured it out. No touchdown, still picks.
Speaker 1: There was also a play in the Celtics game against
Speaker 1: the Warriors where Marcus Smart was going for a loose
Speaker 1: ball and Steph Curry rolled his ankle. Marcus Smart landed
Speaker 1: on Steph's ankle and Steve Kerr that was not the
Speaker 1: typical Steve Kerr personality. He's yelling down at the Celtics
Speaker 1: bench and you know, yelling at Mark is smart. I've
Speaker 1: watched it five times now. It's just a basketball play.
Speaker 1: If that's if that's a role player for the Warriors.
Speaker 1: Is Steve Kerr gonna be out there, you know, yelling
Speaker 1: down at the Celtics bench that that's a dirty play.
Speaker 1: Answers No, Look you're at home. You want to protect Steph.
Speaker 1: I get it. Do I think Mark is smart? Okay?
Speaker 1: Was it dirty? No? Was it necessary? No? Like when
Speaker 1: I grew up, you went after a loose ball, you
Speaker 1: had to show hustle. I mean it's stupid you dive
Speaker 1: on a floor and go, damn that hurt? Is it
Speaker 1: worth it? No? But you gotta show hustle. Huh, Bird
Speaker 1: would do it, Dave Collens would do it, Rodman would
Speaker 1: do it. I'm gonna show hustle. If I'm Marcus Smart
Speaker 1: and look, he's known for defense. He went for the
Speaker 1: loose ball. Did he need to? Probably not? What is it?
Speaker 1: First quarter? But do I think he was trying to
Speaker 1: be dirty there or heard stuff? They answered, No, Steve
Speaker 1: Kerr overreacted and he probably overacted because he didn't really
Speaker 1: if you look at the video, it's just Marcus Smart
Speaker 1: got there, Steph was a little late. Marcus Smart dove
Speaker 1: for the ball and Steph got rolled up. That's it.
Speaker 1: But you know Steve Kerr was, he was on fire there.
Speaker 1: All right, we'll take a break. More phone calls coming up.
Speaker 1: Ray Allen, the Hall of Famer. Everything's good with him
Speaker 1: and KG and Paul Pierce apparently, so we'll talk to
Speaker 1: Ray and Andrew Whitworth, the former Rams tackle, the Walter
Speaker 1: Peyton Man of the Year. He just announced his retirement.
Speaker 1: He'll join his coming up next hour back after this
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Speaker 1: Hall of Famer, two time NBA Champ, ten time All Star,
Speaker 1: and coach of the boys basketball team at Gulliver Prepp
Speaker 1: in Pinecrest, Florida. The former Big East Player of the
Speaker 1: Year Ray Allen back on the program. Ray, I was
Speaker 1: looking at your bio. You were in England, you were
Speaker 1: in Germany growing up air Force bases. Do you speak German? Oh? No, okay,
Speaker 1: I did a little bit when I was younger. Okay.
Speaker 1: And then did you have an English accent when you
Speaker 1: lived in England? Well, when I was younger, I certainly
Speaker 1: could put one on. Let me hear a little bit
Speaker 1: of your English accent. Let me see you. How are
Speaker 1: you well? That sounded like Ray Allen? Well, I mean
Speaker 1: you can you depend on what part of the country
Speaker 1: and it sounds a little different, but you know it
Speaker 1: needs a little work. If I if I went back
Speaker 1: to London, I think I can assimilate. Did people make
Speaker 1: fun of you when you came to the United States
Speaker 1: with an English accent? I didn't come to English accent,
Speaker 1: but I was extremely proper. So when I came from England,
Speaker 1: I moved to California, so it kind of it fit
Speaker 1: in there. But then now, going from California to South
Speaker 1: Carolina was when I was in trouble because I was
Speaker 1: way too proper for the kids that I went to school.
Speaker 1: Congratulating the seventy fifteen, but I'm curious what happened behind
Speaker 1: the scene with the seventy fifth anniversary. You know, everybody's
Speaker 1: putting on their jackets, and what was the mood like
Speaker 1: behind the scenes when everybody was there for the seventy
Speaker 1: fifth Anniversary team. You know, it was like a high
Speaker 1: school reunion, just being I'm walking in the room and
Speaker 1: like when we first you know, you're going into the
Speaker 1: room and on one side of the room all the guys,
Speaker 1: the All Stars were taking pictures before the game, and
Speaker 1: all of us were sitting in there with our jackets
Speaker 1: on our seventy fifth jackets, and I'm speaking with James Worthy,
Speaker 1: with Bill Walton and Robert Parrish, and I'm just sitting
Speaker 1: here thinking to myself. I'm like, I just you know,
Speaker 1: no matter what you achieve, accomplish in your career, you're
Speaker 1: sitting here like, I just remember when I was ten
Speaker 1: watching James Worthy played basketball, not you know, we come
Speaker 1: down the floor, we call ourselves to LA Lakers anytime
Speaker 1: went on the fast break, and just having this moment,
Speaker 1: you just you go back to when you're a kid.
Speaker 1: And I think for most of us that's kind of
Speaker 1: where it takes you because you remember these hidden you know,
Speaker 1: we're like a great song takes you back to your
Speaker 1: childithood or to a favorite moment of your life. That's
Speaker 1: what seeing these guys were like for me, Like seeing
Speaker 1: them up close and personal, just reminding me of who
Speaker 1: I was growing up. Did you walk up to Jordan, Well,
Speaker 1: I see Jordan all the time, Like I see him last. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I've seen him last. I played with him the week
Speaker 1: before playing golf, so I see him all the time.
Speaker 1: But MJ. He actually you know, he was at Daytona,
Speaker 1: you know for his for the race. So we were
Speaker 1: actually about to walk onto the court and you know,
Speaker 1: magically he appears into the hallway and then the first
Speaker 1: thing he says, he sees magic as he comes through,
Speaker 1: and you guys seen it online. And he asked him
Speaker 1: that he had had his tennis shoes with him, and
Speaker 1: we were talking about, you know, playing golf a little bit,
Speaker 1: and then Magic kind of appeared, you know, at the
Speaker 1: same time, at the same time, and that's when that little, uh,
Speaker 1: that little conversation happened, and we just you know, it
Speaker 1: was just quintessential Magic Jordan, like we knew growing up.
Speaker 1: And to be able to be sitting here with these
Speaker 1: guys and calling them peers now it's like it's so surreal.
Speaker 1: But Mike can't turn it off. My kid's always on
Speaker 1: and he's there saying the magic. Hey, you got your shoes,
Speaker 1: let's go play one online. But here's the thing I
Speaker 1: tell people all the time, like when you when you're
Speaker 1: playing a sport and you're so good at it, you're
Speaker 1: a competitor. You don't go home and stop being a competitor.
Speaker 1: You know, you can't change your brain out, like you
Speaker 1: end up being that same person all the time. Now
Speaker 1: you have to understand who you can compete with and
Speaker 1: how you compete with them. And you know, obviously you
Speaker 1: don't want to compete with your wife at home. And
Speaker 1: when I when I played basketball against my kids, I
Speaker 1: compete with them, but I show them, you know how
Speaker 1: the game works, and you're teaching them, but you still
Speaker 1: find ways to always challenge those people around you. And
Speaker 1: I think that's who him is, and that's who's always
Speaker 1: been and everybody for that matter, that has made it
Speaker 1: to that where you've been named the seventy five greatest
Speaker 1: of all times. There's a reason for that, you know,
Speaker 1: and and a lot of times those reasons set you
Speaker 1: on that lonely path where you're sitting there saying to yourself, man, like,
Speaker 1: I'm doing this by myself because the things that you
Speaker 1: wanted in your life not everybody has wanted. How come
Speaker 1: you got to shoot more? How come you're still on
Speaker 1: the floor, how come you won't hang out with us?
Speaker 1: Those times when you take that separate path are why
Speaker 1: the greats end up me in the grates. You also
Speaker 1: had to sacrifice your ego at some point in your career,
Speaker 1: because when you first came into the league. I mean
Speaker 1: you were getting twenty five a game and you were
Speaker 1: dunking on people, and then so you get to the
Speaker 1: Celtics and then you is that where it's is it
Speaker 1: discussed that? Okay? And now I have to play a
Speaker 1: role or what is my role with Paul, Pierce and
Speaker 1: Garnett and Rondo. Well, between between Paul, myself and Kevin,
Speaker 1: we had an understanding. We did interview in the beginning
Speaker 1: of the year and we were asked if it came
Speaker 1: to one last second shot between the three of you,
Speaker 1: who would take it, And the reporter asked us, but
Speaker 1: I want you to all answer at the same time,
Speaker 1: and so Paul answered me, Kevin answered me, and I
Speaker 1: answered the open person. So I think we walked into
Speaker 1: that season in the right frame of mind. Now what
Speaker 1: I had just come from in Seattle. Playing in Seattle
Speaker 1: like it would shoot first, play fast, open, launching threes
Speaker 1: left and right, similar to the house Golden States planning today.
Speaker 1: So I remember in practice, I come down, launch of
Speaker 1: three kg's on the block, posting up. Doc goes ham
Speaker 1: on me, you got to throw the ball there, hen't
Speaker 1: load to KG He's well open. You gotta get hit
Speaker 1: the ball. That's a good inditation of document. Yeah, I'm
Speaker 1: like Doc, I was open. I want you to throw
Speaker 1: the ball inside out and then he's gonna find you.
Speaker 1: He's unselfish, um, and so you know, we it was
Speaker 1: that it was that position, that point where we were
Speaker 1: you had to kind of rip apart and have those
Speaker 1: uncomfortable conversations early where I wasn't going to be taking
Speaker 1: those shots quick just like that. In transition, I think
Speaker 1: over the course of our five years together it evolved
Speaker 1: into that because Doc started to understand, you know, what
Speaker 1: my capabilities were and who I was, and he saw
Speaker 1: it firsthand. You know what I was capable of doing.
Speaker 1: And even Kevin is unselfish as he as he was
Speaker 1: you know on the block setting screens. We started to
Speaker 1: understand that. But when you come together early, you do
Speaker 1: have to make those sacrifices. You do have to say, Okay,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be eighty percent of who I've been in
Speaker 1: order for this team to win. He's ray Allen, whold Famer,
Speaker 1: two time NBA Champ. That's the last time I'll ask
Speaker 1: how did the beef start with KG and Pearce and
Speaker 1: Rondo and why did it end? How did it end.
Speaker 1: I don't. I didn't have any beef. There wasn't anything
Speaker 1: they have with you. Yeah, and they were upset that
Speaker 1: I went to Miami. And you know, for me, I
Speaker 1: was happy that I focused on the five years that
Speaker 1: we spent together that we wanted two thousand and eight,
Speaker 1: and that for me didn't change anything. So this coming
Speaker 1: this past weekend, I was ecstatic to be there for
Speaker 1: Kevin because of you know, he and I grew up together.
Speaker 1: I remember him fourteen fifteen years old, and you know,
Speaker 1: just the exuberance he had for a game of basketball,
Speaker 1: and you know, we had a kinsmanship as young people,
Speaker 1: and then obviously watching him making to the league. So
Speaker 1: I was ecstatic for him get his jersey retired well deserved,
Speaker 1: and I you know, I wouldn't have wanted to be
Speaker 1: any other place. So I never had any uh any
Speaker 1: ill will towards any of them. Uh. It was just
Speaker 1: unfortunately because when you when you move on, like we
Speaker 1: all do at some point in our careers. Uh, you know,
Speaker 1: you you I think it was more out of uh
Speaker 1: hurting and disappointment more than anything. But you know, it's
Speaker 1: all good and we're brothers, and the one thing that
Speaker 1: we had to uh, just hold on to is what
Speaker 1: we did together, and that is more important than anything.
Speaker 1: But when Kg's on the microphone and then the next
Speaker 1: thing you know, he's calling you out. Yeah did you
Speaker 1: think you know? Were you going to walk out there
Speaker 1: to KG? Listen? I I we have to go back
Speaker 1: because when when Paul got his jersey retired, I actually
Speaker 1: didn't know about it, and I was in Uh, I
Speaker 1: was in La. I had a commercial to shoot and
Speaker 1: I happened. Then this is a funny story because I
Speaker 1: was playing golf and it was about twelve thirty in
Speaker 1: in the afternoon, and I was playing with George Lopez
Speaker 1: and Anthony Anderson in LA and George he gets a
Speaker 1: hold of one and so I was like we jumped
Speaker 1: up and down, and I was excited and I was like, man,
Speaker 1: that was awesome. And then I posted it. Now, twelve
Speaker 1: thirty on the West coast was three thirty on the
Speaker 1: East coast. Paul was getting his jersey retired. He was
Speaker 1: in the garden and he's walking out there, and you know,
Speaker 1: Kevin and Rondo and Doctor and all them was there,
Speaker 1: and so I posted a picture that I was there,
Speaker 1: and then everybody was making a big deal about it
Speaker 1: because I wasn't there and I was like, I had
Speaker 1: no idea. And at that point, that was when I
Speaker 1: wasn't included, you know, I wasn't invited, and I you know,
Speaker 1: so when this came up, I was like, remember, I
Speaker 1: don't care what anybody says. I will always be a
Speaker 1: Celtic and what happened in two thousand and eight is
Speaker 1: always going to be one of my favorite moments in
Speaker 1: my life. And so you just had to get through
Speaker 1: this period, this tough time and just men fences. And
Speaker 1: I think so when Kevin's jersey was being retired, I
Speaker 1: don't know if they knew I was going to be there,
Speaker 1: but I had all my schedule that I was gonna
Speaker 1: be there, and when I showed up, I think he
Speaker 1: was surprised. I know, Kenry Perkins was surprised that I
Speaker 1: was there. It was great to walk back in the building,
Speaker 1: and I don't know how I was going to be received.
Speaker 1: I was assuming that some people would boo me because
Speaker 1: they still, you know, upset, But when I walked in,
Speaker 1: it was amazing because everybody kind of cheered and and
Speaker 1: and celebrated. And then when he called me out when
Speaker 1: he called me out and he said it was good
Speaker 1: to see me in the building. I just had to
Speaker 1: walk up there and get the hug because I know
Speaker 1: there's nothing scripted, you know, and I didn't want to
Speaker 1: be unemotional in that moment or you know, in a
Speaker 1: position where I was just like, you know, you want
Speaker 1: to what do I do? I was like, let me
Speaker 1: go get this man hug because not only is it
Speaker 1: good or he and I, but it's good for the
Speaker 1: people to see, you know, so they understand like there's
Speaker 1: no we're brothers, there's no ill will between us. It
Speaker 1: was great to see, but I didn't expect to see
Speaker 1: it because I thought, you know what, I give you
Speaker 1: credit because you've never spoke ill of those guys that
Speaker 1: you still have respect for them. But I realized KG
Speaker 1: was going to hold a grudge, and man, can he
Speaker 1: hold a grudge. Ray You know, at the Hall of Fame,
Speaker 1: he's not even talking to you there and you're in
Speaker 1: the room with him. Yeah, And well, here's the thing.
Speaker 1: When you look at we look at you know, I
Speaker 1: think about all the teams that won championships over the
Speaker 1: course of history in any sport. One of the great
Speaker 1: things about tradition. Young people, young teams, college teams, college players.
Speaker 1: They look up and aspire to be like those championship teams.
Speaker 1: And you walk into buildings, you see jerseys retired, and
Speaker 1: you see championships celebrated. And I give a lot of
Speaker 1: it to Detroit, you know, because you know, I followed
Speaker 1: Rip Hamilton. He's you know, brother of mine, and he
Speaker 1: always is celebrating what they did in two thousand and
Speaker 1: four with the Pistons, you know, going back and you
Speaker 1: know somebody's getting the jersey retired. He's there. They're just
Speaker 1: at the game's court side. And I think for organizations
Speaker 1: that's huge, you know, just to have your your your
Speaker 1: former players show up to games, like I honestly believe,
Speaker 1: you know and tell me I'm strange, but I think
Speaker 1: all former players should have season tickets at the places
Speaker 1: that they used to play, you know, just because you
Speaker 1: should have a footing. And I'm not talking about the
Speaker 1: guy paying for it. I'm throwing it out there, like,
Speaker 1: you know, these teams should make sure that their guys
Speaker 1: are there so the past play or the current players
Speaker 1: see it, and the fans understand the connection to their past.
Speaker 1: Because when you talk about the NBA. Now you got
Speaker 1: so many teams with generations of fans, and just like
Speaker 1: I told you earlier, like you connect to the organization
Speaker 1: based on how you grew up watching them. So to
Speaker 1: watch if you're a Milwaukee Buck fan and you see
Speaker 1: Oscar Robinson walked back in the building, or Kareem you know,
Speaker 1: or Bobby Dandridge, you're like, man, you know, but man,
Speaker 1: these guys were my heroes. And I think every organization
Speaker 1: should have that connection to their past. You wanted to
Speaker 1: be a Laker, I did. I did. That was my
Speaker 1: first NBA game. You know I've seen so I was.
Speaker 1: I was twelve years old in my high school. My
Speaker 1: coach at the time, he said, I walk out in
Speaker 1: the court. It's the fabulous form at the time, and
Speaker 1: they're playing the pistons. I think this was nineteen eighty eight.
Speaker 1: Bill Mber shooting on one side, Kareem skyhooking on the other,
Speaker 1: Like first time I ever seen an NBA player. And
Speaker 1: he said, I'll give you twenty dollars if you go
Speaker 1: get Kareem's autograph. And so I didn't say yes. I
Speaker 1: didn't say no. But what I did, and this was
Speaker 1: me as a kid just understanding and being observant. I
Speaker 1: walked down there and I see other people just kind
Speaker 1: of watching them shoot before the game. Kareem just focused
Speaker 1: just shooting, and it was astounding to me because they
Speaker 1: didn't miss, but they're there early. And I watched other
Speaker 1: kids screamed his name and he didn't even flinch, didn't
Speaker 1: even look in their direction. So I kept my mouth
Speaker 1: shut because I was like, I'm learning my lesson, like
Speaker 1: I'm not about to ask for autograph. And then my
Speaker 1: coach knew. He was like Kareem never signs autographs, but
Speaker 1: you know he was gonna give me that twenty dollars
Speaker 1: if I got it. But just imagining if I got
Speaker 1: his autograph then even to me, and I don't think
Speaker 1: this way, but just you think about value from nineteen
Speaker 1: eighty eight, would I still have it? Would I've kept it?
Speaker 1: Like you just never know. But that was my early
Speaker 1: introduction to the NBA and for me, and I seen
Speaker 1: Kareem walking the room, and I've never told Kareem the story.
Speaker 1: And when he walked in the room. I seen him
Speaker 1: during the Final Four a couple of years ago, and
Speaker 1: then I seen him this week All Star Weekend, and
Speaker 1: I thought, man, this was a guy that started off
Speaker 1: with me. Yeah, that's great stuff. Uh, congrats. I don't
Speaker 1: know if congrats is the right word, but I'm glad
Speaker 1: that you had a good month here because you didn't
Speaker 1: do anything wrong, but you did. You know, we don't
Speaker 1: realize the competitiveness, the pettiness. You know that this means
Speaker 1: everything in the world to these guys, and it's hard
Speaker 1: to be you know, you guys haven't played and how
Speaker 1: long and KG still holding on to that because it
Speaker 1: meant so much to him and how dare you leave them?
Speaker 1: And you know, you're just trying to better your career.
Speaker 1: But it was a great moment, great moment. I'm glad
Speaker 1: you walked on the floor. And uh, I appreciate you
Speaker 1: you talking about it, Ray, Yeah, yeah, and it's fitting,
Speaker 1: you know, thank you for saying that. But it's fitting.
Speaker 1: And I'm sitting here talking to you on second Patrick's Day,
Speaker 1: so you know, thank you for I an't got no
Speaker 1: green on, but I got some green around me. Well,
Speaker 1: you've been cleaning your teeth there, great, you've been blowsing
Speaker 1: your teeth there well too, great shooters and uh, you
Speaker 1: know it, my guys bring it up to me. Occasionally
Speaker 1: that I did try to correct you with the ball
Speaker 1: placement in your in your hand that day when you
Speaker 1: came into the man cave. Yeah, yeah, I'm sorry. You
Speaker 1: might be KG and I might be you. You might
Speaker 1: hold that grudge against me for a long time. No.
Speaker 1: They see the thing about a grudge, Dan As you
Speaker 1: hold a grudge, that means I'm living in your head
Speaker 1: ran free or you're living in my head. And I
Speaker 1: got to move past that. And I still feel bad
Speaker 1: about that. Yeah. Has anybody ever corrected you on your
Speaker 1: shooting form? Uh? Yeah, people have tried. Okay. I remember
Speaker 1: I had a coach coming to Milwaukee. He was like,
Speaker 1: it was like my fourth or fifth year and I
Speaker 1: had already made the All Star team, and he was like,
Speaker 1: you know, you take the ball low first and you
Speaker 1: gotta you can't do that, you know, And he was
Speaker 1: adamant about it, and I was. I was looking at him.
Speaker 1: I was like, I don't know what you what you
Speaker 1: want one want me to do? But this is kind
Speaker 1: of I go been working. It's been working out for
Speaker 1: me and and I think even more so for all
Speaker 1: the kids that are listening. You know, Reggie was a
Speaker 1: great h example for me because we're when we're kids
Speaker 1: were striving for perfection. People are trying to teach his perfection.
Speaker 1: And then there's a point when you get older where
Speaker 1: our bodies are just what they are. We can't do
Speaker 1: certain things that other people can do, Like you can't
Speaker 1: you know when you think about a golf swing later
Speaker 1: on in life, you just can't get that termed the
Speaker 1: way you know certain people, certain kids can. So you
Speaker 1: got to teach a person based on what they have
Speaker 1: when you know what's available physically, and so you know Reggie,
Speaker 1: he crossed into his hands when he shoots, but he's
Speaker 1: a perfectionist at working at and figuring it out. And
Speaker 1: so once I saw how he shot, I was like,
Speaker 1: however I shoot, I just gotta be really good at
Speaker 1: and understand where my deficiencies are. Like I know which
Speaker 1: side of the floor I'm quicker on than other, so
Speaker 1: I gotta work a little bit harder and understanding I dominance,
Speaker 1: so you rotate a little bit faster. What's the under
Speaker 1: sending those things? Then you can kind of keep it
Speaker 1: the same on every side of the floor. Always great
Speaker 1: to talk to you. Final ten seconds he got Game two?
Speaker 1: What's the update? It is stagnant. You know this. We
Speaker 1: need Denzel Washington little board. If Denzel's on board, he's
Speaker 1: got a spike and ready to do this thing. So
Speaker 1: Pauly Paul, would you see if we can get ahold
Speaker 1: of Denzel? I see if I can move this along
Speaker 1: form and please, people are calling forward. They want it.
Speaker 1: Thank you, Ray, Great to talk to you again, Buddy too.
Speaker 1: That's ray Al and Hall of Famer take a break
Speaker 1: back after this. Thanks for listening to The Dan Patrick
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Speaker 1: I did do that to Ray Allen. Ray Allen was
Speaker 1: nice enough to come into our old Man cape and
Speaker 1: we were shooting hoops and I noticed that Ray had
Speaker 1: the ball in the palm of his hand. So usually
Speaker 1: if you're shooting with your fingertips, you could put your
Speaker 1: index finger underneath the ball there would be some space there.
Speaker 1: And Ray had it flat against the palm of his hand,
Speaker 1: and I said, you know you're doing that wrong. Oh
Speaker 1: my god, the look on his face and it went quiet.
Speaker 1: The entire room. Everyone's like, what did you just say?
Speaker 1: And I was saying it to Ray, and I think
Speaker 1: about that all the time. I mean, I was correcting
Speaker 1: what I was saying. I just probably didn't say it
Speaker 1: in the right way to Ray. Yes, And I think
Speaker 1: that you were like, you know you're doing that wrong.
Speaker 1: And he's like, huh, he said, right, here's space. They're
Speaker 1: supposed to be space right here between your problem. He's like, yeah,
Speaker 1: there is like none another isn't There wasn't none. And
Speaker 1: then you're like, oh, now you have space there because
Speaker 1: I told you too, but before you didn't. I know,
Speaker 1: I know, I know, I know, I know. As Paulie says,
Speaker 1: that's like if I said to Warren Buffett, you know
Speaker 1: your investments are kind of shaky. Here, Hey, Daniel Day,
Speaker 1: you should take an acting class. Yeah, you might want
Speaker 1: to diversify portfolio. Yeah, McCartney, how about you right a
Speaker 1: good song for a change, A little pitchy, Oh my god,
Speaker 1: but you have to have that to believe you're a
Speaker 1: great shooter. That's I firmly believe what I said to him,
Speaker 1: that you can't have it in the palm of your hand,
Speaker 1: but you know, raise the greatest shoe ever whatever. You know,
Speaker 1: I said it and he didn't hold a grudge, and
Speaker 1: I like that. I appreciate that. Uh. Jamara in Florida.
Speaker 1: Hopefully I've got that correct, Jamara, Hi Dan, Happy Dan
Speaker 1: Patrick's day. If I'm a long time listener, UM, first
Speaker 1: time caller, I'm calling to wish my husband, who is
Speaker 1: a huge fan, a happy fifteen year wedding anniversary. Um,
Speaker 1: we earn both huge fans of your show. Um, thank
Speaker 1: you so much for what you guys do. And on
Speaker 1: a quick note, I just want to say suck it
Speaker 1: half of the back row. Oh which half? I'm a
Speaker 1: huge Seaton fan. Um, I actually used to use my crush.
Speaker 1: Um so yeah, whoa. I didn't see that going that way.
Speaker 1: I thought for sure it's going to be like Seaton's
Speaker 1: in Jersey. You're admitting your crush on your wedding anniversary.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, my husband knows. Um Dan actually my husband, Um,
Speaker 1: I tell him that you are his man crush. Oh
Speaker 1: and I'd say that, you know, the Seaton is my
Speaker 1: crush but yeah, oh and I know they're not a
Speaker 1: huge bubble head fan, but um, we actually were the
Speaker 1: ones that sent in this fine field bubble heads from
Speaker 1: the Jacksonville Jumpbo Shrimp game down there in Jacksonville, Florida.
Speaker 1: Well thank you and happy anniversary. This anniversary just got
Speaker 1: a lot more in Yeah, hey, jmar what so she
Speaker 1: was trying to spare my feelings by just kind of
Speaker 1: leaving my name out. Yea, suck it back and then
Speaker 1: we have to figure out which, of course you're gonna
Speaker 1: ask which one. I'm a journalist, I had to ask her.
Speaker 1: I glad you can just say suck it, Fritzy. That
Speaker 1: would have been a little harsh on her. Wedding anniversary.
Speaker 1: I was praying that she was going to say suck it, Seaton, Yeah,
Speaker 1: because I knew that this is what was going to happen.
Speaker 1: Now you're gonna be thinking about that. I'm glad she's
Speaker 1: got a crush out of seating everything. It's not that,
Speaker 1: but you know, I'm glad you didn't say suck it, Fritzie.
Speaker 1: That sounds a lot of harsher than suck it one
Speaker 1: half of the back where or whatever. Then we're to
Speaker 1: get it out of her left side of the back row. Yeah,
Speaker 1: one more call like that, and Friszi, he's gonna stop
Speaker 1: following her on social media. I thought we had something
Speaker 1: special together. Unfollow update the poll results there, Seaton from
Speaker 1: our two, Well, we switched it up right now to
Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson. Should pick sounds kind of funny right now.
Speaker 1: New Orleans guys forty one percent of the vote, followed
Speaker 1: by Atlanta, Cleveland, and Carolina. Not really. Yeah, Yeah, it
Speaker 1: feels like the Saints they're doing everything they can possibly do.
Speaker 1: Clear and cap space. They met with Deshaun Watson a
Speaker 1: second time. According to Nick Underhill, who covers the things,
Speaker 1: We'll talk to you and rappaport about this. Also some
Speaker 1: other moves von Miller going to Buffalo Sneaky Big, Chandler
Speaker 1: Jones going to The Raiders Final Hour coming up, and
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