1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:03,520 Speaker 1: You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 1: Sports Radio. All right, mclovin, what's the full question today? Okay, 3 00:00:07,560 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: a few MBA questions last night? Was Brooklyn that good 4 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:13,080 Speaker 1: or Milwaukee that bad? I would bet you if we 5 00:00:13,119 --> 00:00:15,680 Speaker 1: put that up, Milwaukee being that bad would be the 6 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:20,360 Speaker 1: big storyline. Well, you can't be down by forty nine. Yeah, 7 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:22,720 Speaker 1: even if Brooklyn's playing that well that How is that 8 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:25,600 Speaker 1: possible that a team that's that good play that poorly? 9 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 1: So you don't have James Harden and you're down and 10 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 1: you know you have to get this win because you're 11 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 1: not sure when Harden's going to come back. Maybe you 12 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:36,520 Speaker 1: steal a couple of games and maybe doesn't come back 13 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:40,080 Speaker 1: and you can win this series. I mean, that was 14 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:43,560 Speaker 1: less than inspiring and it just felt like they had 15 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:49,279 Speaker 1: they made no adjustments, and I kept watching going, you 16 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:53,159 Speaker 1: can't be this bad, but they were what else do 17 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 1: you have? Okay? Will Jannis ever be able to win 18 00:00:56,160 --> 00:01:01,840 Speaker 1: a title in Milwaukee? Okay? Oh? In Milwaukee? Does he 19 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:04,160 Speaker 1: have to go to like an LA? At some point, 20 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:09,399 Speaker 1: I think people have to understand there's certain places that 21 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:12,760 Speaker 1: you might not be able to get free agents, or 22 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:15,920 Speaker 1: at least it's tougher to get free agents. You know, 23 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 1: if you're going to be in Brooklyn or Miami or 24 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:22,800 Speaker 1: LA you can get a free agent. It feels like, 25 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:26,720 Speaker 1: you know, Lebron had trouble in Cleveland famously, couldn't get 26 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 1: Chris Bosh to even stop into Cleveland. He went straight 27 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:33,920 Speaker 1: to Miami. He was trying to recruit Bosh. They got 28 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:38,920 Speaker 1: Kevin Love, but that was with a trade Kyrie. That 29 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 1: was when the Calves were bad and they were able 30 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:45,039 Speaker 1: to draft Kyrie after Lebron left. But you're trying to 31 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 1: get free agents. There's certain cities where it's going to 32 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 1: be tougher to get players to want to go. I 33 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 1: mean New York the Knicks for a long period of 34 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 1: time he had a hard time getting you know, player, 35 00:01:57,280 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 1: you still have a hard time getting players wanting to 36 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 1: go there. I think now you're starting to see what 37 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:05,760 Speaker 1: the Garden can be like. We certainly saw that at 38 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 1: least after one game there with the Atlanta Hawks. But 39 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 1: there are certain cities that you're just not going to 40 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 1: get these players to go. Given it sounds strange to 41 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:18,760 Speaker 1: say that the Greek freak is a go to guy 42 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:21,240 Speaker 1: in the regular season. It just feels like during the 43 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:25,959 Speaker 1: postseason he shouldn't be your number one option because I 44 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 1: think the defenses gear up towards him. He's not like Luca, 45 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 1: He's not like these other players where you go that 46 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 1: guy is going to be able to beat you somehow, 47 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 1: some way. With Jannis, I watch and he came down 48 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:44,520 Speaker 1: and took he took a three, and I went, what, no, no, 49 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:46,079 Speaker 1: what are you what are you doing? You didn't need 50 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:49,400 Speaker 1: to take a three. Then he's taken to three and 51 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:52,080 Speaker 1: he's a great player. He's fun to watch. I just 52 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 1: don't know come postseason, if they bow out like this 53 00:02:56,240 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 1: again and not competitive, then you know, can they brought 54 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 1: in you know Holiday, I mean that we thought, okay, 55 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:07,440 Speaker 1: now you have another quality player to go along with Middleton, 56 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:14,640 Speaker 1: But I I don't see much progress here. Adam left 57 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:19,280 Speaker 1: Go Tuesday, NBA on TNT, host and host of The 58 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 1: left Go Show on Bleacher Report, just back from his honeymoon. 59 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 1: Who gets married during the NBA season? When they covered 60 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 1: the NBA Is that a real question? For yes, it 61 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 1: is morning. Yes, that's a real He went around on me, Well, well, 62 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 1: I was supposed to get married last year, Dan, and 63 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 1: then this COVID thing happened. So it was perfectly scheduled, 64 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 1: and I didn't know the schedule was gonna happen like this. Also, 65 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 1: Ernie's got it, you know they come You're looking at me. 66 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:54,720 Speaker 1: I'm not working anyway. You think Ernie's getting off that desk? 67 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 1: Are you kidding me? This is what Ernie lived for 68 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 1: Ernie is Let'm tell you. They come out of commercial 69 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 1: and he gets to hit him with the you know 70 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 1: twenty five and the last twenty seven times that the 71 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:09,640 Speaker 1: Bucks have been trailing after two games. That come on, man, 72 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 1: he's had the stats ready. I'm not taking his time. 73 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:15,600 Speaker 1: I want to watch Ernie anyway. Okay, are you still married? 74 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:20,720 Speaker 1: I am. Honeymoon was amazing, went to Hawaii and the 75 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:24,040 Speaker 1: best thing is the time difference. Hey babe, I think yeah. 76 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:27,479 Speaker 1: Let's take that two o'clock map. Perfect game starts at three. 77 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 1: It was it was amazing. Um, all right, where do 78 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 1: you want to start with the next where you just 79 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:38,200 Speaker 1: were a Bootenholzer? What the heck is he doing? I 80 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:41,720 Speaker 1: mean that dude that can you imagine the pressure on 81 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:45,520 Speaker 1: him right now heading back to Milwaukee down two when 82 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:49,920 Speaker 1: everyone couldn't believe that they kept him anyway, it's more 83 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 1: of the same, Dan, and that's what's incredible to be 84 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:57,040 Speaker 1: they were this season. They allowed the most threes per 85 00:04:57,080 --> 00:05:00,839 Speaker 1: game of any team in the NBA, second three point 86 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:03,559 Speaker 1: percentage in terms of allowed. This is what they've done 87 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:08,160 Speaker 1: every single year, and yet were not. Everybody. We all 88 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 1: looked at each other and said, are we gonna do 89 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:11,760 Speaker 1: this again? Are we gonna go to the playoffs and 90 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:15,280 Speaker 1: we're gonna let teams hit threes and Yannis and explicably, 91 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 1: inexplicably is going to be at the top of the three, 92 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 1: and they're going to create a wall, and we're gonna go. Man, 93 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:24,920 Speaker 1: Chris Middleton, really good NBA player in the regular season, 94 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:28,080 Speaker 1: kind of a three when it comes to the playoffs, 95 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 1: We're gonna do this again. I just don't understand. I'm 96 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:33,760 Speaker 1: sitting there, I'm texting with kandice partner last night and 97 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:36,560 Speaker 1: I'm going, didn't you stay all season long that they 98 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:39,720 Speaker 1: were running Yannis on the block and that it opened 99 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:42,320 Speaker 1: up everything else because of his ability to pass and 100 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:45,359 Speaker 1: it gets him closer the basket. And she's like, I 101 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 1: don't get it. She's like it's like it's like they 102 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:51,599 Speaker 1: didn't work on any of this all year and I 103 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:55,440 Speaker 1: just it's it's crazy to me, man, because we're gonna 104 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:57,920 Speaker 1: blame Yannis and he's gonna he's gonna get this one 105 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:00,479 Speaker 1: more pass because if it doesn't work out, they're gonna 106 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 1: get rid of Bodenholzer and then they're gonna go Maybe 107 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:05,600 Speaker 1: it's the coach. I just how much more of this 108 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 1: kid's time can we waste? And if it's if it's him, 109 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:11,120 Speaker 1: then that's an issue too. Yeah. Well, I was just 110 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 1: going to ask you, is this coaching or is it personnel? 111 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,920 Speaker 1: I think Game three, we're gonna learn a lot if 112 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 1: they need to play through Drew Holiday on offense and 113 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:23,839 Speaker 1: they need to figure out a way to slow this 114 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 1: down because they're going up again the next team that 115 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:29,600 Speaker 1: doesn't even have Jeff Green a lot alone James Harden 116 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:35,160 Speaker 1: and like, I know, what's an unstoppable force. But the 117 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:38,320 Speaker 1: big storyline that I saw kind of developing last night 118 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:43,520 Speaker 1: was Oh, we are getting the Devin Booker hero's journey 119 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:48,600 Speaker 1: where he becomes the young Padawan that goes on to 120 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:53,320 Speaker 1: face the Evil Nets in the finals led by Obi 121 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:57,000 Speaker 1: one Kenobi in Chris Paul, Like, you could just see 122 00:06:57,040 --> 00:07:01,719 Speaker 1: the NBA storyline being developed last night. But yeah, interprets 123 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:04,239 Speaker 1: of the bucks Man play through true holiday. Get Jani's 124 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:08,479 Speaker 1: on the block, stop allowing all these threes and do something. 125 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 1: I'm like poking them with a stick on the ground 126 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:15,440 Speaker 1: right now. Is there a better starting five when they 127 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:20,200 Speaker 1: start than the nets? When you think about offensive efficiency 128 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:25,200 Speaker 1: in NBA history, I just how quickly we forget those 129 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 1: Warriors teams. I don't know. I just remember sitting there 130 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:31,680 Speaker 1: when Clay had that Game six against the Thunder where 131 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:35,080 Speaker 1: it didn't seem like the ball ever touch the ground. 132 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:38,520 Speaker 1: You know, there's a difference in style of this offense. 133 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 1: I get amazed at the individual talents. When Kyrie takes 134 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:46,080 Speaker 1: someone off the drivel, it's a Monday. When Kevin Durant 135 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:48,640 Speaker 1: just steps back and shoots and there's nothing you can 136 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:52,760 Speaker 1: do it, it's just unstappable. It's like fanos. And then 137 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:56,360 Speaker 1: when you watch James Harden, you know it's it's maybe 138 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 1: the greatest one on one player ever. But the Warriors, 139 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:02,080 Speaker 1: the ball never touched the ground. You know. It was 140 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 1: the passing, it was the efficiency, it was it was 141 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 1: this gravitational force that was Stephen Curry. So I think 142 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:11,680 Speaker 1: that one. I mean, look, I don't know the numbers 143 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 1: on it, but it felt more efficient just because it 144 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:20,160 Speaker 1: felt more artistic. This feels more like singular attacking. Yeah, 145 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:23,000 Speaker 1: I would agree with you what Golden State did and 146 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:25,560 Speaker 1: how they did it. Uh, to me, I had not 147 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:28,480 Speaker 1: seen before. You know, you had the Celtics with the 148 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:32,880 Speaker 1: Big Three with Bird Mchalin Parish, but offensive efficiency wasn't 149 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:34,719 Speaker 1: close to this, even if you threw an ange in 150 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:38,640 Speaker 1: DJ Bill Walton off the bench. Uh. You know, we've 151 00:08:38,679 --> 00:08:42,120 Speaker 1: seen the seventy sixers with doctor Jay. They had it. 152 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:46,840 Speaker 1: They had a lot of talent at every position there chiefs, yeah, 153 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 1: Daryl talk is everybody Yeah yeah. And then you throw 154 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:56,440 Speaker 1: in the showtime Lakers if you have Magic, Kareem and Worthy. Uh. 155 00:08:56,760 --> 00:08:58,840 Speaker 1: I mean there there have been There have been teams 156 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:03,320 Speaker 1: that rival this. What about the Miami Heat with Bosh, 157 00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:10,120 Speaker 1: Wade and Lebron see that it didn't feel as offensively 158 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:13,640 Speaker 1: impressive as these teams too. Like that felt more as 159 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:18,040 Speaker 1: like a complete dominant team performance because Lebron and Wade 160 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:21,440 Speaker 1: had that mindmeld going on, and then Chris Bosh was 161 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:24,240 Speaker 1: always in the right spot defensively. And I do it 162 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:26,280 Speaker 1: like when I think of that, oh Man Ray Allen 163 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:28,480 Speaker 1: out there as well, who will go down as one 164 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:32,600 Speaker 1: of the greatest shooters of all time. This though, it 165 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:37,720 Speaker 1: feels because lebron offense isn't as artistic as these guys. 166 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 1: It is brute force, whereas Durant. They just did an 167 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:43,280 Speaker 1: incredible article I think it was are the New York 168 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:46,679 Speaker 1: Times where it talked about how effortless his motion it is. 169 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:50,800 Speaker 1: And when James Naysmith invented the game, his fourth rule 170 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:53,920 Speaker 1: may have been, trust me when you see Kevin Durant, 171 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 1: this is how it's supposed to be played. These guys 172 00:09:57,320 --> 00:10:01,800 Speaker 1: just it feels more artistic, where Lebron and even my 173 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:04,520 Speaker 1: guy Wade it was just a lot more physical and 174 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:07,560 Speaker 1: spacing and putting a guy on your hip. Can the 175 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:12,360 Speaker 1: Nets win a title without Harden shoot? After last night? 176 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:14,559 Speaker 1: It kind of makes you think. So, I think that 177 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:18,199 Speaker 1: the stars are aligning in terms of the competition. My 178 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:21,560 Speaker 1: dummy head just made a bet with a friend that 179 00:10:21,640 --> 00:10:23,520 Speaker 1: the Sixers are going to come back and beat the Hawks, 180 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 1: and I don't even feel confident about that. But if 181 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:29,680 Speaker 1: mb with his knee, with Mbid going down, I always 182 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:33,439 Speaker 1: looked at Embad as the one fourth to the east 183 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:37,520 Speaker 1: that if he's able to do his forty fifteen and whatever, 184 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:40,360 Speaker 1: he could be that, and it doesn't seem like he's 185 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:43,120 Speaker 1: going to be. I know we're getting all hopped up 186 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:45,760 Speaker 1: on the Hawks, but it's a game. It's kind of 187 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 1: a games one fools gold. I still think they're great 188 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:51,720 Speaker 1: and Trey Young has figured it out. And in the West, Okay, 189 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:56,040 Speaker 1: you got the Suns. I look, Kawi went terminator mode 190 00:10:56,920 --> 00:10:59,720 Speaker 1: and I'm texting with Wade and he's just going out. 191 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:01,680 Speaker 1: You know, when he does that, you just sit back 192 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:03,680 Speaker 1: and go, what do we do? Because you can't stop it? 193 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:07,960 Speaker 1: And I just don't see any other team and maybe 194 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:10,400 Speaker 1: you talk, but no, I think the Nets can win 195 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:13,400 Speaker 1: without Harden. I think it'll be a lot more dominant 196 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:16,240 Speaker 1: with him. But after last night, I think all my 197 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:19,040 Speaker 1: fears kind of went away. Are you all in on 198 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:24,240 Speaker 1: the Clippers? No? Are you kidding? Are you No? No? 199 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:28,240 Speaker 1: It's I can't guarantee what I'm gonna get any nights, 200 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:32,040 Speaker 1: Because now, are you all in on the Clippers? If 201 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:35,600 Speaker 1: you get Kawhi Game six in Game seven against the Mavericks, 202 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:44,319 Speaker 1: every game, yeah, I guess, But see I don't. I'm 203 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:46,320 Speaker 1: not worried about Kawai. He had one bad game in 204 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:49,880 Speaker 1: the series. It's the other guys that I just remember Beverly, 205 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:53,760 Speaker 1: Oh hey, he'll be great against Luca and a playoff Rondo, 206 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:57,640 Speaker 1: and I go, okay. I mean it comes down to 207 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:03,920 Speaker 1: if Paul George's consistent good and Kauai all right, But 208 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:07,080 Speaker 1: I think Utah is a better team. We don't want 209 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:10,400 Speaker 1: to embrace Utah because we go, well, they don't really 210 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:14,680 Speaker 1: have stars there, but they play good team defense and 211 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:17,880 Speaker 1: they shoot the three, and that feels like that's, you know, 212 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:21,280 Speaker 1: a pretty good formula to advance here. Hey, Dan, you 213 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 1: know how this whole year with Russell Westlock, everyone was 214 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:27,640 Speaker 1: debating the meaningfulness of a triple double. I would like 215 00:12:27,679 --> 00:12:31,840 Speaker 1: to draw up the meaningfulness of a regular season fifty 216 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:34,840 Speaker 1: forty ninety because I think it's time we talk about it. 217 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:38,199 Speaker 1: Fifty percent from the field, forty percent from three nine 218 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:41,080 Speaker 1: from three point. You know three guys that have that 219 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:43,600 Speaker 1: were either at that marks or passed it are always 220 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:48,720 Speaker 1: around it. Tobias Harris, Paul George, and Chris Middleton. All 221 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:51,280 Speaker 1: three of them were either going to the All Star 222 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:54,080 Speaker 1: Game or getting really closed because of those numbers, And 223 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:57,679 Speaker 1: all three of those guys. Those numbers become meaningless when 224 00:12:57,679 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 1: the playoffs started, meaningless all three of those guys. I'm going, Okay, Tobias, 225 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:05,640 Speaker 1: you got one hundred and eighty million dollars, Paul George, 226 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:08,160 Speaker 1: I mean you complain at the rest don't treat you 227 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:10,520 Speaker 1: like a superstar, and you say that you are. And 228 00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:13,040 Speaker 1: Chris Middleton, I mean, here we are talking about he's 229 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:15,559 Speaker 1: a modern day score and all that, and then with 230 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:18,640 Speaker 1: a playoff star, I don't see him. And so fifty 231 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:21,360 Speaker 1: forty ninety is supposed to be this all time test 232 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:24,240 Speaker 1: because Steve Nash did it and Steph Curry did it, 233 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:28,319 Speaker 1: But these guys from the playoffs start absolute no show. 234 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:32,240 Speaker 1: And look, the stories can still be written differently, but 235 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:34,720 Speaker 1: I just all three of those guys need to be 236 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:36,720 Speaker 1: great for their teams to win, and I just can't 237 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:40,680 Speaker 1: bet on that more likely to play for a championship first, 238 00:13:41,679 --> 00:13:46,079 Speaker 1: the Greek Freak or Luca Wow. I think that the 239 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:48,840 Speaker 1: main reason I'm going to say the Greek Freak is 240 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:51,040 Speaker 1: because I don't know how the Mavericks are going to 241 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:54,280 Speaker 1: get rid of that Perconcis contract, and until they do, 242 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:57,640 Speaker 1: I don't know what they do. He's making over thirty 243 00:13:57,640 --> 00:14:00,840 Speaker 1: million for the next three seasons, and I thought last night, 244 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:04,640 Speaker 1: I went, Wow, how great would it be if Cuban 245 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:07,280 Speaker 1: could dump that contract and then make or run at 246 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 1: Kawai after the season when he's a free agent. Could 247 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:13,920 Speaker 1: you imagine Luca and Kawai next to each other? And 248 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:16,000 Speaker 1: then I went, wait, who were the teams that are 249 00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:19,040 Speaker 1: even built to take on that salary? And there's two 250 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:21,400 Speaker 1: right now that have over thirty million in cap space, 251 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:25,480 Speaker 1: the Spurs and the Nix, And there's no ways the 252 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:28,720 Speaker 1: knick they're taken Porzingis. And I thought, is there any 253 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:32,360 Speaker 1: way that this Spurs franchise, with their love of foreign 254 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:35,400 Speaker 1: born players, would fall in love with the lot Vian 255 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:38,760 Speaker 1: freak named Porzingis and think we could be the ones 256 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:41,400 Speaker 1: that turn it around? And then I smacked myself in 257 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:44,360 Speaker 1: the face and went, there is no player less San 258 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:48,600 Speaker 1: Antonio than Christaps Porzingis, who, after a season which he 259 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:51,400 Speaker 1: does nothing and he sat on the bench for most 260 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:53,960 Speaker 1: of it, goes out there and complains that he is 261 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:58,480 Speaker 1: not treated like a number two. So I until they 262 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:01,200 Speaker 1: get rid of that contract, I'm gonna go Greek freak, 263 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:03,800 Speaker 1: because at least I know that they may get a 264 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:08,520 Speaker 1: new coach that can turn it around. Um, but yeah, 265 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:11,000 Speaker 1: with porzingis is contract. I just can't bet on Luca 266 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:16,400 Speaker 1: right now. You're still marry man. It's good at Dan. 267 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:19,160 Speaker 1: I like it. The only thing is that I got 268 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:20,960 Speaker 1: my ring is too small. I have a lot of 269 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:23,160 Speaker 1: pizza last night and now I can't get it off. 270 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:25,520 Speaker 1: She likes, Well, you're not supposed to take it off, 271 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:28,400 Speaker 1: That's what she keeps saying. But like, you know, I 272 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:29,920 Speaker 1: want to play with it, you know, I want to 273 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:31,880 Speaker 1: I want to act like I'm in the matrix or something. 274 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:38,080 Speaker 1: Got you gotta married? All advice for me, it's too 275 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:44,200 Speaker 1: late for that. Just be a good listener, remember everything, 276 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:49,560 Speaker 1: she says. Just just concentrate on everything, because she probably 277 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:51,560 Speaker 1: at some point going are you Are you even listening 278 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:54,200 Speaker 1: to me? And you can't want to. I just want 279 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:56,920 Speaker 1: to ask the Dan. That's really quick shout out to Fritzie. 280 00:15:57,600 --> 00:15:59,520 Speaker 1: I just want to ask them. Every time I ask 281 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 1: Dan for advice, he just tells me to listen. You know, Hey, 282 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 1: how do I do a really good job hosting NBA 283 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:07,200 Speaker 1: and T and T? Just listen, don't talk? Hey, how 284 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:09,000 Speaker 1: do I have a good marriage? Just listen? Does he 285 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:11,440 Speaker 1: listen to you guys, or does he just talk the 286 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:13,800 Speaker 1: entire time? Because does this man follow what he preaches? 287 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:16,480 Speaker 1: I'm just seeing it trends here. Does anybody want to 288 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:18,720 Speaker 1: be a spokesperson for the dannats you po when you 289 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:22,120 Speaker 1: think Dan's not listening? Four months later, hobbyack, remember that 290 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:28,000 Speaker 1: thing you said on Tuesday in May and you're oh man, okay, 291 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:31,800 Speaker 1: I'm listening. I'm listening. Left goo Yeah, Seton, I love 292 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:35,600 Speaker 1: that Adam. One time, about thirteen years ago, I made 293 00:16:35,640 --> 00:16:37,480 Speaker 1: a joke about how Dan's not a good singer, and 294 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:41,680 Speaker 1: he's never forgotten that. So I can speak. I love 295 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:44,760 Speaker 1: to sing here in the studio during commercial breaks, and 296 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:48,280 Speaker 1: and you know, I'll just start singing. I'll see Seton 297 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:50,240 Speaker 1: and then I'll go, yeah, I know I can't sing, 298 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:53,200 Speaker 1: And then I just keep walking and still singing. Do 299 00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:56,240 Speaker 1: you sing or do you croon? Because I feel like 300 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:59,200 Speaker 1: you're much more of a crooner. I'm a lounge singer. 301 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:06,360 Speaker 1: Bobby Goulay, Yeah, yeah, I'm bringing it. You snap when 302 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:11,600 Speaker 1: you sing, too, don't you a little? Vin? Yeah? Oh man, Yeah, 303 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:14,720 Speaker 1: I think I'm sort of like Verry White, you know. 304 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:20,639 Speaker 1: I I'm very extremely white and when I bring the 305 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:23,960 Speaker 1: voice down like this, the brother Barry Wayne. I mean, 306 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:29,080 Speaker 1: that's when you start to melt some hearts. I got, 307 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:31,399 Speaker 1: I got. I just said to get a little steamy. 308 00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:35,400 Speaker 1: Had to take a paper towel before it. Oh, don't 309 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:41,280 Speaker 1: let your wife hear this. You're right, yeah, ut putting 310 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:44,600 Speaker 1: you on mute. Yeah, Hey, great to talk to you again. Congratulations, 311 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:47,800 Speaker 1: Thank you. I'm gonna take the I'm gonna take the 312 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:50,520 Speaker 1: over on the wedding and the marriage. I'm gonna take 313 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:54,240 Speaker 1: the over. Okay. See, I knew I loved you. I 314 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:57,399 Speaker 1: knew I'm the over. Is only five and a half 315 00:17:57,640 --> 00:18:02,040 Speaker 1: so I'm going five and a half decades left. Go 316 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:06,800 Speaker 1: my man. That's how you turn it around. I love it. 317 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:11,040 Speaker 1: Thank you, Budd. That's Adam Leftco Tuesday, NBA on TNT 318 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:13,960 Speaker 1: host Leftco Show on Bleacher Report. Thanks for listening to 319 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:16,359 Speaker 1: The Dan Patrick Show podcast. Be sure to catch us 320 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:19,880 Speaker 1: live every weekday morning nine to noon Eastern or six 321 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:22,879 Speaker 1: to nine Pacific on Fox Sports Radio. 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And explain to me if 329 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:50,680 Speaker 1: this is big news that Aaron Rodgers is not at 330 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:54,159 Speaker 1: the mandatory camp starting today, Albert, No, I mean, I 331 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:57,239 Speaker 1: think that the real and flection point for all this 332 00:18:57,320 --> 00:18:59,160 Speaker 1: is really always going to be the start of training camp, 333 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:01,720 Speaker 1: and that it relates back to the fact that he 334 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:04,520 Speaker 1: hasn't been at the off season program in general, you know, 335 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:07,800 Speaker 1: and so his willingness to walk away from a half 336 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:12,320 Speaker 1: million dollar workout bonus, I think tells you if the 337 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:15,440 Speaker 1: Packers were going to find him ninety three thousand dollars 338 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:17,680 Speaker 1: which they can for missing the three day mini camp 339 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:20,320 Speaker 1: this week, and he'd be willing to do that too. 340 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:23,280 Speaker 1: You know. Really, I think you know, all along where 341 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:25,800 Speaker 1: the Rubbers met the road here has been the beginning 342 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:28,280 Speaker 1: of training camp, and I think the Packers know it. 343 00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:30,760 Speaker 1: The packers were aware that he wasn't going to show 344 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:34,760 Speaker 1: up today, and you know, now going forward they have 345 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:37,640 Speaker 1: five six weeks to come to some sort of resolution. 346 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 1: Upside here I guess is that you get to see 347 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:43,440 Speaker 1: Jordan Love for another couple of days, you know, next week. 348 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:47,080 Speaker 1: Matt Lafloor's actually made the last part of the off 349 00:19:47,119 --> 00:19:50,480 Speaker 1: season program for guys who have workout bonuses, you know, 350 00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:54,639 Speaker 1: optional where they can you know, attend things virtually. So really, 351 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:57,920 Speaker 1: the next big thing coming down the road to coming 352 00:19:57,960 --> 00:19:59,960 Speaker 1: down the road for Rodgers is to start of training camp. 353 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:02,040 Speaker 1: I'm still trying to understand the timing of all of this. 354 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:04,840 Speaker 1: Let's say Aaron Rodgers doesn't want to stay in Green Bay, 355 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:08,600 Speaker 1: then at some point he has to be concerned about 356 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:10,840 Speaker 1: where am I going and when am I getting there? 357 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:12,960 Speaker 1: And what is that team going to have to get 358 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:15,960 Speaker 1: give up to get me there? And if I really 359 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:20,479 Speaker 1: improved my position here or if he's staying in Green Bay, 360 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:23,880 Speaker 1: what has to happen other than firing the GM that 361 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:27,080 Speaker 1: he's willing to go back. I just keep waiting for 362 00:20:27,119 --> 00:20:29,640 Speaker 1: some kind of information here that moves is in one 363 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:34,440 Speaker 1: direction or another. Yeah, And I honestly like, like I 364 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:37,320 Speaker 1: think we talked about last week, you know, like Julio 365 00:20:37,359 --> 00:20:40,119 Speaker 1: would have been an olive branch to me. You know, 366 00:20:40,119 --> 00:20:42,480 Speaker 1: I don't know how you fix the fact that you 367 00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:45,600 Speaker 1: haven't been as aggressive as he'd like with free agency 368 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:48,480 Speaker 1: and the draft gone, and now with a trade opportunity 369 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:53,040 Speaker 1: like Julio presented off the table as well. So you know, 370 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:55,920 Speaker 1: I I think you'd almost have to make some sort 371 00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:58,200 Speaker 1: of promise that, you know, Aaron, we're going to pay 372 00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:02,840 Speaker 1: you now and we are going to either a change 373 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:06,240 Speaker 1: the way we do business or be traded to wherever 374 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:08,160 Speaker 1: you want to be traded to after this season. I mean, 375 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:10,600 Speaker 1: that's really it. And you know, I think what you're 376 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:12,960 Speaker 1: talking about, the way you laid that out, Dan is 377 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:17,800 Speaker 1: sort of like where Russell Wilson was and where you know, 378 00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:20,000 Speaker 1: I think he kind of came to the realization that 379 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 1: the best situation, the only situation really for him in 380 00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:25,439 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one, was going to be Seattle. And that 381 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:27,359 Speaker 1: doesn't mean that Russell Wilson's not going to be back 382 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:29,359 Speaker 1: in the same spot in January twenty two that he 383 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:31,160 Speaker 1: was in January twenty one. I think there's a good 384 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:34,000 Speaker 1: likelihood he is, but he just sort of came to 385 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:36,359 Speaker 1: the realization they're not trading me, so I might as 386 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:39,840 Speaker 1: well go in and try to put myself in position. 387 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:42,840 Speaker 1: After the best season I can right now. Aaron Rodgers 388 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:45,680 Speaker 1: isn't that point yet. We'll see if he gets there 389 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:47,960 Speaker 1: over the next few weeks. I mean, I guess he 390 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:51,320 Speaker 1: can't totally rule out retirement, but that'd be a pretty 391 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:53,280 Speaker 1: crazy option for a guy who's still at the top 392 00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:55,960 Speaker 1: of his game, and obviously the reigning MVP of the 393 00:21:56,000 --> 00:22:00,199 Speaker 1: league is we haven't even heard trade rumors, right I know. Well, 394 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:02,360 Speaker 1: I can tell you the other teams are monitoring, like 395 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:05,439 Speaker 1: the Broncos are monitoring what's going on here, you know, 396 00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:08,159 Speaker 1: and they've kept an eye on it, you know. I 397 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:10,920 Speaker 1: know other teams have kind of you know, asked around, 398 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:14,239 Speaker 1: like what's going on with Aaron Rodgers. The interesting thing 399 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 1: about it, you know, Dan is a lot of times 400 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:21,399 Speaker 1: like these sorts of situations like Julio for example, I 401 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:24,000 Speaker 1: feel like other teams had a lot of information over 402 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:26,080 Speaker 1: the last five or six weeks on where the Julio 403 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:29,320 Speaker 1: thing was, right Like, so, yeah, the Titans got him, 404 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:32,119 Speaker 1: but you know, the Niners and the Rams and the 405 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:35,919 Speaker 1: Cardinals and the Patriots and the Raiders, they all knew 406 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:38,040 Speaker 1: what was going on, right like, so they were at 407 00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:40,760 Speaker 1: least informed to a certain level of where things were 408 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:44,400 Speaker 1: at I think with the Rogers situation is completely different, 409 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:47,800 Speaker 1: like where other teams are keeping an eye on it, 410 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:50,000 Speaker 1: but they're really just as in the dark as the 411 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:52,680 Speaker 1: Packers are on where this is going to go over 412 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:55,760 Speaker 1: the next five or six weeks. And so that makes 413 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:57,840 Speaker 1: it a little bit of a unique situation, you know. 414 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:01,600 Speaker 1: And you know, at some point, obviously, everybody's gonna have 415 00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:03,560 Speaker 1: to decide how they how they move forward. And that's 416 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 1: why I think training camp is an important day because 417 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:09,040 Speaker 1: they can that the Packers can excuse his app since 418 00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 1: this week and not find him, and I would think 419 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:13,520 Speaker 1: they would do that if they want to have any 420 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:17,119 Speaker 1: shot of repairing the relationship. You know. I just feel 421 00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:19,720 Speaker 1: like that would be like almost a declaration of war 422 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:22,120 Speaker 1: to not excuse him and to find him this week. 423 00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:24,200 Speaker 1: They can't do that when they get to trading camp. 424 00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:26,800 Speaker 1: Under the new CBA, they are required to find him 425 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:29,360 Speaker 1: fifty thousand dollars a day, and they can't forgive those 426 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:32,440 Speaker 1: fines after their assess So that to me is really 427 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:35,320 Speaker 1: kind of the point where some sort of decisions going 428 00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:37,359 Speaker 1: to have to come. I need Shannon Sharpe to call 429 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:39,719 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers and not let him know he's on the 430 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:43,320 Speaker 1: air and then just say, hey, what's up dude, Well 431 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:46,360 Speaker 1: you want out of there hanging out? Man? What's going on? 432 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:51,800 Speaker 1: How did they confirm that story that you you said 433 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:53,720 Speaker 1: that Julio Jones did not know he was on the 434 00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:57,440 Speaker 1: air with Shannon Sharpe. I've talked to some people. I've 435 00:23:57,440 --> 00:24:01,800 Speaker 1: talked to people on all ends of this, and you know, 436 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:05,480 Speaker 1: like over the last few weeks, I've sort of been 437 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:07,200 Speaker 1: able to nail that down. Now it happened to be 438 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:10,480 Speaker 1: in my column on Monday, but you know, through a 439 00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:13,080 Speaker 1: number of different people, m I, you know, I've been 440 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:15,320 Speaker 1: able to sort of nail down the fact that Julio 441 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:18,399 Speaker 1: didn't know what was going on there. And I don't 442 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:21,240 Speaker 1: think Julio it's of his nature to make a big 443 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:22,520 Speaker 1: deal out of it, because he doesn't make a big 444 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:24,520 Speaker 1: deal out of anything. But I think anybody who was 445 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:28,040 Speaker 1: watching that in the moment, if you saw the way 446 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:32,880 Speaker 1: that Julio spoke and kind of the tone, and then 447 00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:35,480 Speaker 1: you add that to Julio's ultra private nature, like he 448 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:37,840 Speaker 1: would never do something like like he's got We had 449 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:40,119 Speaker 1: a ten year track record with the guy Dan Well, 450 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:43,159 Speaker 1: has he ever done anything like that? Remotely. I mean 451 00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:44,800 Speaker 1: how much, Like do you even know what his voice 452 00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:48,280 Speaker 1: sounds like? And we've had him on once seven years ago, 453 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:51,000 Speaker 1: I had him on once. I mean, like that's the thing, 454 00:24:51,119 --> 00:24:53,640 Speaker 1: like I think most football fans, like if Julio talked 455 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:56,119 Speaker 1: into a microphone, wouldn't know it was him, you know. 456 00:24:56,680 --> 00:25:00,480 Speaker 1: So he's so private and that's the thing. So you know, 457 00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:02,199 Speaker 1: not only was I able to confirm it, but it's 458 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:04,880 Speaker 1: also way out of his nature that like he would 459 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:10,680 Speaker 1: come and just fire this cannon like Memorial Memorial Day week, 460 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:13,040 Speaker 1: you know, and like I want out of there. That's 461 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:15,920 Speaker 1: not Julio's nature to begin with. So did Fox here 462 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:19,280 Speaker 1: from the NFL? Huh? Did Fox here from the NFL? 463 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:22,800 Speaker 1: I don't think that. I know the Falcons weren't happy 464 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:24,880 Speaker 1: about it, like the fact now I don't know about 465 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:28,240 Speaker 1: league office itself, but I know the Falcons really weren't 466 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:31,520 Speaker 1: happy about it. And one of the reasons why was 467 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:35,520 Speaker 1: because they had worked really hard to keep the trade 468 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:40,320 Speaker 1: request under wraps. And they've always like, even as the 469 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:43,840 Speaker 1: relationships been up and down over the years, the Falcons 470 00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:47,560 Speaker 1: have always really respected Julio's nature and his desire to 471 00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:50,600 Speaker 1: keep things private and the first trade request went in 472 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:53,880 Speaker 1: two years ago, you know, and when that that contract 473 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:57,240 Speaker 1: negotiation got rocky in twenty nineteen, Ulias said, you know, 474 00:25:57,240 --> 00:26:00,000 Speaker 1: if you don't if we can't get a contract done, 475 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:03,800 Speaker 1: and like, I'm totally cool with being traded, and that 476 00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:07,000 Speaker 1: never got out right, and then, you know, I think 477 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:09,560 Speaker 1: it was obvious to everybody in the building. You know, 478 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:11,920 Speaker 1: when they got there in January February, all the new 479 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:14,240 Speaker 1: guys like, all right, like, I don't know if he's 480 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:15,600 Speaker 1: going to be around this year. I don't know if 481 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:17,399 Speaker 1: he's gonna want to be here. And when it was 482 00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:20,240 Speaker 1: confirmed by Julio actually through his agent putting in the 483 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:23,239 Speaker 1: trade request like that, the head coach, Arthur Smith came 484 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:25,680 Speaker 1: to an agreement with Julio, we're going to keep this quiet. 485 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:27,520 Speaker 1: And so they worked really hard to keep that thing 486 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:31,520 Speaker 1: quiet for almost three months. And the way it became public, 487 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:34,520 Speaker 1: I think it really angered the Falcons, I'll put it 488 00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:37,199 Speaker 1: that way. And so I'm sure the Falcons talked with 489 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:39,280 Speaker 1: the League office. I don't know if the League office 490 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:42,159 Speaker 1: lodged a complaint with Fox or anything like that, but 491 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:44,080 Speaker 1: I know the Falcons weren't happy. Let me go back 492 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:46,600 Speaker 1: to Aaron Rodgers before I let you go, and in 493 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:49,879 Speaker 1: particular Mark Murphy, their CEO, when he came out and 494 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:52,240 Speaker 1: said what he said that you know, Aaron is really 495 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:56,800 Speaker 1: you know, he's dividing our fan base. That felt like 496 00:26:57,040 --> 00:27:00,919 Speaker 1: that was strategic in what he was saying. And I 497 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:03,439 Speaker 1: don't know if he's saying to Aaron, look, you're hurting 498 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:06,119 Speaker 1: your image here. You talked about the fan base, you 499 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:09,520 Speaker 1: talked about the legacy, you talked about tradition. All these 500 00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:15,000 Speaker 1: great players don't jeopardize that. And maybe I'm reading yea 501 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:17,960 Speaker 1: more into it, but I was just surprised that he 502 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:21,720 Speaker 1: would say that out loud. I don't think. I mean, Dan, 503 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:23,200 Speaker 1: how often do we see things like that on a 504 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:26,520 Speaker 1: team website too? No, like that was the other part 505 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:28,000 Speaker 1: of it. It It wasn't an interview. It wasn't like he 506 00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:29,800 Speaker 1: was sitting there with you and just kind of let 507 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:32,520 Speaker 1: it go. It was on a team website like and 508 00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:35,560 Speaker 1: and and not like on camera. It was I mean 509 00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:38,199 Speaker 1: like edited, you know, like so yeah, they had an 510 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:41,399 Speaker 1: opportunity to edit that and everything else, and so you know, 511 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:43,320 Speaker 1: I took it. I just took it two ways. I think, 512 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:47,440 Speaker 1: you know, more often than not in situations like this, 513 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:51,119 Speaker 1: the reality is fans side with the laundry, right like, 514 00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:53,840 Speaker 1: and the reality is that most times fans aren't gonna 515 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:56,880 Speaker 1: side with the athlete. And so I think one way 516 00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:58,639 Speaker 1: you could take it, as you could say, Mark Murphy 517 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:02,240 Speaker 1: is acknowledging but this isn't popular, right, and that the 518 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:04,879 Speaker 1: way that they're handling this, some people are going to 519 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:07,560 Speaker 1: side with Aaron Rodgers. So I think there's an acknowledgment 520 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:10,600 Speaker 1: from the team there that we understand that people are 521 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:12,440 Speaker 1: going to be some people are going to be behind 522 00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:15,080 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers on this thing. And so that was one 523 00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:18,840 Speaker 1: piece of it that I thought was notable. And yeah, 524 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:20,800 Speaker 1: I think the other piece of it's exactly what you're 525 00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:23,600 Speaker 1: talking about, which is we really don't want to make 526 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:26,040 Speaker 1: this ugly like and I can tell you from my 527 00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:29,000 Speaker 1: own experience having covered this the last two or three months, 528 00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:32,240 Speaker 1: and I'll give you a little background on this, Like, 529 00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:35,280 Speaker 1: you know, you have people you talk to regularly in 530 00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:39,800 Speaker 1: the league and everything else. When things blew up during 531 00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:43,480 Speaker 1: draft week the way they did and covering that in 532 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:46,720 Speaker 1: the aftermath, the Packers asked to go on the record 533 00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:48,960 Speaker 1: on that. The Packers wanted to go on the record 534 00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:50,840 Speaker 1: on that, and Brian Couducus wanted to go on the 535 00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:52,960 Speaker 1: record on that, and I think part of it is 536 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:58,280 Speaker 1: they want to. They were so concerned about the relationship, 537 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:01,160 Speaker 1: you know, with Aaron like that, they went out of 538 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:03,800 Speaker 1: their way to make sure anything we say is going 539 00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:05,800 Speaker 1: to be public, Like, we don't want to be hiding 540 00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:08,160 Speaker 1: behind it, We don't want to be sourcing it like 541 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:10,200 Speaker 1: we want like we want to we want to have 542 00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:12,280 Speaker 1: a unified front on this, and we want to say 543 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:15,880 Speaker 1: what we're going to say publicly. And so this, to 544 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:17,400 Speaker 1: me will be the other side of that, which is 545 00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:20,680 Speaker 1: exactly what you what you're saying, which is like, let's 546 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:23,080 Speaker 1: not make this ugly one way or another. Let's just 547 00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:26,880 Speaker 1: work together. Let's not make this ugly. And whatever resolution 548 00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:29,960 Speaker 1: we come to, if that means you're out of here 549 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:33,200 Speaker 1: in a year, fine, but let's do it in a 550 00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:37,160 Speaker 1: better way than maybe the Packers handled the Brett Farve thing. 551 00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:40,240 Speaker 1: What was it fourteen years ago? Now? The most interesting 552 00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:47,600 Speaker 1: quarterback situation is where I think Chicago now, New England's interesting, 553 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:51,320 Speaker 1: um San Francisco's interesting. But I think in both of 554 00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:57,440 Speaker 1: those places, if those teams are contending and and and 555 00:29:57,640 --> 00:29:59,480 Speaker 1: you know, obviously both those teams have been in the 556 00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:02,880 Speaker 1: Super Bowl relatively recently. I think there's a good chance 557 00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:06,000 Speaker 1: the rookies sit. I think the difference in Chicago and 558 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:07,800 Speaker 1: the Bears have been good the last few years is 559 00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:11,040 Speaker 1: the people's jobs are on the line. And I can 560 00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:13,960 Speaker 1: tell you like, to this point, Andy Dalton has taken 561 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:16,040 Speaker 1: all the first team reps, Justin Fields has taken all 562 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:19,560 Speaker 1: the second team reps. To this point, Justin Fields has 563 00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:21,760 Speaker 1: blended in And what I was told is he's playing 564 00:30:21,760 --> 00:30:24,560 Speaker 1: the rookie role in that building really really well, like 565 00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:28,640 Speaker 1: like has like a little leader by example trait to him, 566 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:31,840 Speaker 1: but isn't trying to assert himself or anything like that. 567 00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:33,840 Speaker 1: He knows his place, which is a good sign for 568 00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:36,560 Speaker 1: his self awareness and all of that. I'm also told 569 00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:39,640 Speaker 1: that they're planning on continuing with this into camp and 570 00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:42,080 Speaker 1: Justin Fields is going to be the second team quarterback 571 00:30:42,120 --> 00:30:44,080 Speaker 1: in camp and work with the twos and Andy Dalton's 572 00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:45,680 Speaker 1: gonna work with the ones. That makes it tough for 573 00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:47,960 Speaker 1: Fields to win the job. But Fields is going to 574 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:51,200 Speaker 1: play a lot in the preseason ton of snaps. But 575 00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:54,120 Speaker 1: now I'm looking at the situation in Chicago and if 576 00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:56,360 Speaker 1: I'm trying to hold onto my job, don't I go 577 00:30:56,440 --> 00:30:59,520 Speaker 1: to the rookie to say that's the thing. I mean, 578 00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:02,840 Speaker 1: the pack deal, this is our future, right and so 579 00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:04,800 Speaker 1: like that's the thing is like you know you hear 580 00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:08,120 Speaker 1: about like, well is that like Kenna be Kansas City 581 00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:10,040 Speaker 1: And Matt Nagee, the coach there, was in Kansas City 582 00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:13,200 Speaker 1: for the Mahomes redshirt year, so he's got credibility when 583 00:31:13,240 --> 00:31:16,120 Speaker 1: he's talking about it that way. I just think this 584 00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:18,280 Speaker 1: is different and that Andy Reid at that point was 585 00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:20,680 Speaker 1: in his fifth year and Alex Smith was so established 586 00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:23,360 Speaker 1: in Kansas City and Patrick Mahomes was more of a 587 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:26,040 Speaker 1: curiosity than anything else at that point, Like we didn't 588 00:31:26,040 --> 00:31:29,800 Speaker 1: know Patrick Mahomes was Patrick Mahomes, you know what I mean, 589 00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:32,520 Speaker 1: Like and so like it was a little easier for 590 00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:35,480 Speaker 1: them there. I just I think this is interesting because 591 00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:38,520 Speaker 1: at the first sign of trouble, and it's not like 592 00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:42,120 Speaker 1: a star studded offense around dy Dalton. You're gonna hear 593 00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:44,880 Speaker 1: from a fan base, You're gonna hear on local radio, 594 00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:48,200 Speaker 1: it's gonna be everywhere. Put justin fields in and I'm 595 00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:51,560 Speaker 1: with you in that, Like, what's really interesting about this 596 00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:54,600 Speaker 1: is it can be a mechanism to save your job 597 00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:58,040 Speaker 1: if you're Ryan Pacer Matt Nagee. Where it's if we 598 00:31:58,080 --> 00:32:00,280 Speaker 1: can at least show ownership that we got the right 599 00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:03,720 Speaker 1: quarterback A and that B, we're developing him properly and 600 00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:07,000 Speaker 1: we're building momentum going into twenty twenty two. It's going 601 00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:08,920 Speaker 1: to be harder for an owner to pull the plug 602 00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:11,360 Speaker 1: on that than if we just sat him the whole year. 603 00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:14,760 Speaker 1: Nobody knows what he is. Great to talk to us always, Albert, 604 00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:17,360 Speaker 1: thank you, all right, Thanks, Dan, appreciate it. That's Albert Breyer, 605 00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:21,360 Speaker 1: senior NFL reporter and lead content strategist for the Monday 606 00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:25,240 Speaker 1: Morning Quarterback. We'll take break phone calls coming up, and 607 00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:28,720 Speaker 1: at the top of the hour, we will talk to 608 00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:32,400 Speaker 1: the sideline reporter who ran into Kevin Durant last night 609 00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:36,160 Speaker 1: and it didn't go well. Jared Greenberg will join us. 610 00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:40,080 Speaker 1: We'll ask him about that awkward encounter with Kevin Durant. 611 00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:42,080 Speaker 1: Take a break back after this. Thanks for listening to 612 00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:44,600 Speaker 1: The Dan Patrick Show podcast. Be sure to catch us 613 00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:47,520 Speaker 1: live every weekday morning nine until noon eastern six to 614 00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:50,400 Speaker 1: nine Pacific on Fox Sports Radio, and you can find 615 00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:54,520 Speaker 1: us on the iHeartRadio app at FSR or stream us 616 00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:58,920 Speaker 1: live on the Peacock app. Hey, I'm Doug gottlie The 617 00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:02,560 Speaker 1: podcast is called All Ball. We usually talk all basketball 618 00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:05,480 Speaker 1: all the time, but it's more about the stories about 619 00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:08,680 Speaker 1: what made these people love their sport and all the 620 00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:12,120 Speaker 1: interesting interactions along the way. We talked to coaches, we 621 00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:15,440 Speaker 1: talked to players, We tell you stories. You download it, 622 00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:18,800 Speaker 1: you listen to it. I think you like it. Listen 623 00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:21,680 Speaker 1: to All Ball with Doug Gotlieb on the iHeartRadio app, 624 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:27,480 Speaker 1: Apple Podcasts, or ever you get your podcast. We talked 625 00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:29,320 Speaker 1: a little bit about what happened with the Nets and 626 00:33:30,040 --> 00:33:33,680 Speaker 1: my Milwaukee Bucks last night, those bums, and then after 627 00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:37,080 Speaker 1: the game there was an exchange that caught my eye 628 00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:41,360 Speaker 1: my ear and it went like this. Jared Greenberg is 629 00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:44,720 Speaker 1: the sideline reporter NBA on TNT, And after the game 630 00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:47,160 Speaker 1: you got a chance to talk to Kevin Durant and 631 00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:51,040 Speaker 1: it went like this. Tomorrow we'll mark two years since 632 00:33:51,080 --> 00:33:55,640 Speaker 1: you initially injured your calf. I know you worked your 633 00:33:55,680 --> 00:33:57,280 Speaker 1: butt off to get to this point, but did you 634 00:33:57,320 --> 00:34:01,040 Speaker 1: ever think you'd be this good? Is that a real question? 635 00:34:02,360 --> 00:34:04,560 Speaker 1: Of course? Would you want me to say to that. 636 00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:06,959 Speaker 1: Of course, I think it's pretty impressive what you've been 637 00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:08,799 Speaker 1: able to do. Thank you. I appreciate that, but I 638 00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:10,480 Speaker 1: mean that was two years ago. I'm looking forward to 639 00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:13,959 Speaker 1: just getting up tomorrow, going to practice, watching family and uh, 640 00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:16,200 Speaker 1: let's see how we can get better. But you know, 641 00:34:16,239 --> 00:34:17,960 Speaker 1: I appreciate that, but you know that was that was 642 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:19,799 Speaker 1: so long ago. All right, well, I'll come up with 643 00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:24,080 Speaker 1: some more real questions for you next time. Thanks Kevin Love. Hey, 644 00:34:24,160 --> 00:34:27,840 Speaker 1: let's bring in Jared Greenberg, the NBA on TNT sideline reporter. 645 00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:31,120 Speaker 1: All right, in the moment, what are you thinking when 646 00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:35,120 Speaker 1: it starts to go south? The Emmys are tomorrow night. 647 00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:39,200 Speaker 1: I'm probably not going to win. This is not going 648 00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:43,520 Speaker 1: to be nominated for anything. Um No, you know, Dan, 649 00:34:44,160 --> 00:34:47,520 Speaker 1: you know this. Appreciate you having me on Those end 650 00:34:47,560 --> 00:34:50,080 Speaker 1: of game scenarios that you did for so long are 651 00:34:50,160 --> 00:34:53,880 Speaker 1: absolute fire drills. And not to make any excuses for it, 652 00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:56,839 Speaker 1: but you know you got ten different things going on. 653 00:34:57,239 --> 00:34:59,400 Speaker 1: You got producers screaming in your ear. We've got another 654 00:34:59,440 --> 00:35:02,279 Speaker 1: game to get to tip off. I know I only 655 00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:05,920 Speaker 1: have a limited amount of time with Kevin Durant, and honestly, 656 00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:08,160 Speaker 1: I wanted to get his take on the fact that 657 00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:10,920 Speaker 1: you know, there were people out there that didn't know 658 00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:13,279 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant would be able to play, let alone play 659 00:35:13,360 --> 00:35:16,719 Speaker 1: at a time this year he was in the MVP conversation, 660 00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:19,120 Speaker 1: and for him to put up, you know, more than 661 00:35:19,160 --> 00:35:21,080 Speaker 1: thirty points against what was supposed to be one of 662 00:35:21,080 --> 00:35:24,560 Speaker 1: the best defenses in basketball this year. I just wanted 663 00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:26,879 Speaker 1: to get his mindset. Probably didn't word it the best 664 00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:31,000 Speaker 1: I could have worded it, but I don't know. I 665 00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:33,239 Speaker 1: was taken aback by him, not think he was a 666 00:35:33,239 --> 00:35:35,239 Speaker 1: real question because I wasn't putting him down. I was 667 00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:38,399 Speaker 1: I was trying to get his thoughts. Do you think 668 00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:41,200 Speaker 1: that he thought that you I think he goes into 669 00:35:41,239 --> 00:35:43,600 Speaker 1: these interviews that there's a chip on his shoulder, like 670 00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:46,279 Speaker 1: he's a little defensive here. And I don't know if 671 00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:49,920 Speaker 1: he felt that way with that question. Initially, no question, 672 00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:52,080 Speaker 1: but I don't know that he thought that I was 673 00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:56,480 Speaker 1: being disrespectful to him. I think he thought, how dare you? 674 00:35:56,920 --> 00:35:59,560 Speaker 1: How dare you question whether I could have been great again, 675 00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:02,720 Speaker 1: which you know, as you know, as the great basketball 676 00:36:02,719 --> 00:36:08,560 Speaker 1: player you are, Dan and Achilles is a devastating injury. Yeah, 677 00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:11,520 Speaker 1: I just wondered when I could feel the wind up 678 00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:14,080 Speaker 1: and then there was the pitch, and then I could 679 00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:17,919 Speaker 1: just tell it was like, oh god, you know, just 680 00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:20,759 Speaker 1: kind of indulge him a little bit, let him off 681 00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:23,279 Speaker 1: the hook here, because you were trying to be complimentary. 682 00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:26,480 Speaker 1: But I could see where Durant's like, oh yeah, another 683 00:36:26,680 --> 00:36:28,799 Speaker 1: member of the media who didn't believe in me, or 684 00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:31,920 Speaker 1: something like that. What kind of relationship do you have 685 00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:36,120 Speaker 1: with Durant? I you know, I've interviewed him going back 686 00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:39,279 Speaker 1: to his days in Oklahoma City. My first year at 687 00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:42,920 Speaker 1: Turner was the year that they went to the finals 688 00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:45,640 Speaker 1: against Lebron and the Miami Heat. So that's when I 689 00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:47,799 Speaker 1: first started, you know, doing one on one interviews with him. 690 00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:49,560 Speaker 1: I don't I don't know that he knows my name 691 00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:52,360 Speaker 1: or whatever, but I know he watches a lot of basketball, 692 00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:54,239 Speaker 1: you know. I'm sure he watches us on NBA TV 693 00:36:54,360 --> 00:36:58,960 Speaker 1: and on TNT, and you know, I've always had great 694 00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:01,319 Speaker 1: relationship with him. But there's no question he is He 695 00:37:01,360 --> 00:37:04,400 Speaker 1: definitely comes in with his uh, with his gloves up, 696 00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:07,760 Speaker 1: if you will. Who did you hear from after that interview? 697 00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:11,600 Speaker 1: Eric Um? So the funny part about it is that 698 00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:15,240 Speaker 1: you know, you always wonder when you're doing these games, 699 00:37:15,239 --> 00:37:17,399 Speaker 1: are people watching? And then you know, at one point 700 00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:19,479 Speaker 1: in the game, the Nets were up by forty nine, 701 00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:22,759 Speaker 1: So I'm like, all right, nobody's watching this game. And 702 00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:24,839 Speaker 1: then as soon as I lift up my phone, you know, 703 00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:28,560 Speaker 1: the phone's blow it up, and you know, I'm like, 704 00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:31,000 Speaker 1: why why are you people still watching this game? It was? 705 00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:33,200 Speaker 1: It was disgusting, It was it was a terrible game. 706 00:37:33,239 --> 00:37:34,680 Speaker 1: Don't you guys have something else to do? It wasn't 707 00:37:34,719 --> 00:37:37,960 Speaker 1: like the Bachelorette or something last night. If you interview 708 00:37:38,080 --> 00:37:43,600 Speaker 1: Durant after game three, oh yeah, Can you have fun 709 00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:47,760 Speaker 1: at all with what happened after game two? Yeah? Oh absolutely? 710 00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:50,840 Speaker 1: And and so we unfortunately do not have the series 711 00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:54,440 Speaker 1: unless it goes to game five. ESPN ABC has the 712 00:37:54,440 --> 00:37:57,520 Speaker 1: next two, but if it goes game five, I'm i'm 713 00:37:57,800 --> 00:37:59,560 Speaker 1: I'm a matter of fact, as soon as we hang 714 00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:02,040 Speaker 1: up here to day, I'm texting the NETSPR staff saying, 715 00:38:02,640 --> 00:38:04,640 Speaker 1: if the Nets win game five, I want to rant. 716 00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:08,640 Speaker 1: I don't care whether he got held scoreless. What have 717 00:38:08,719 --> 00:38:12,319 Speaker 1: we learned about James Harden's status? So the Nets are 718 00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:16,360 Speaker 1: being incredibly vague about the whole thing. They're just saying 719 00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:21,319 Speaker 1: that it's hamstring tightness. And what's scary is that it's 720 00:38:21,320 --> 00:38:24,279 Speaker 1: the same hamstring tightness that costs him twenty one games 721 00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:27,360 Speaker 1: in the regular season. But what I have kind of 722 00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:30,040 Speaker 1: surmised here from talking with people around the nets is 723 00:38:30,080 --> 00:38:33,920 Speaker 1: that those twenty one games, sure it was a serious 724 00:38:33,960 --> 00:38:36,360 Speaker 1: injury that they were monitoring, but it was the regular 725 00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:38,880 Speaker 1: season and they knew what their ultimate goal was, so 726 00:38:38,920 --> 00:38:42,440 Speaker 1: they were being ultra cautious. If it comes down to it, 727 00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:44,919 Speaker 1: they certainly don't want to compromise or jeopardize his short 728 00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:47,400 Speaker 1: term or long term future, especially with the Nets. They 729 00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:50,680 Speaker 1: hope they have a long runway here, but they'd be 730 00:38:50,719 --> 00:38:55,600 Speaker 1: more willing to play him in a game right now 731 00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:57,399 Speaker 1: than they were in the regular season because of what's 732 00:38:57,440 --> 00:39:02,359 Speaker 1: at stake. Well, good luck, get ready for that next question? Uh, 733 00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:07,600 Speaker 1: maybe suggestions an open ended question. Yeah, don't don't give 734 00:39:07,719 --> 00:39:09,719 Speaker 1: don't give him a chance to say yes or no, 735 00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:13,240 Speaker 1: right because I thought he was going to do that. 736 00:39:13,239 --> 00:39:16,280 Speaker 1: That's happened to me with Tiger Woods. There's a couple 737 00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:19,040 Speaker 1: of athletes who will they'll they'll give you a yes 738 00:39:19,120 --> 00:39:21,080 Speaker 1: or no if you give them the opportunity for a 739 00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:25,920 Speaker 1: yes or no open ended Get him talking um. That 740 00:39:25,960 --> 00:39:28,680 Speaker 1: would probably be my advice in a situation like that, 741 00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:31,760 Speaker 1: Maybe I just actually start with an actual fake question 742 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:34,600 Speaker 1: this time. This way, he's wondering if it is that 743 00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:40,239 Speaker 1: a real question. No, it's a fake one, the real one. Yeah, 744 00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:43,440 Speaker 1: don't ask him about that, damn Achilles anymore. All Right, 745 00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:46,040 Speaker 1: that's such a long and don't ask about his dating 746 00:39:46,080 --> 00:39:49,640 Speaker 1: life either. Just he just wants to be a hooper. 747 00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:51,960 Speaker 1: He just wants to talk about That's all he wants 748 00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:56,560 Speaker 1: to do. Thanks for being a good sport. Charediate. That's 749 00:39:56,760 --> 00:39:58,960 Speaker 1: Jared Greenberg. He covers the NBA on T and T 750 00:39:59,120 --> 00:39:59,920 Speaker 1: Sideline Reporter