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 --> 00:00:07,200 Speaker 1: Sports Radio. It's our two on this Tuesday. I don't 3 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:09,319 Speaker 1: know what happened in hour one, but we're going to 4 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 1: try to be more professional. In hour two, Tim Legler 5 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:14,680 Speaker 1: the Mothership will join us. We'll get you ready for 6 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:17,840 Speaker 1: the play in games. Lakers at the Pelicans. Pelicans are 7 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:21,640 Speaker 1: favored according to DraftKings Warriors at the Kings. 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Go to Danpatrick dot com. 15 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:44,000 Speaker 2: Stat of the Day is always brought to you by 16 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:47,960 Speaker 2: Patania America, the official trading cards of The Dan Patrick Show. 17 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:51,959 Speaker 2: WNBA Draft last night, first time that they had an 18 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 2: audience there. Used to be at the Mothership in a 19 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:57,360 Speaker 2: very sterile environment, but you had a lot of fans 20 00:00:57,400 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 2: who showed up in Brooklyn last night and Caitlin Clark 21 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:03,920 Speaker 2: going to the Indiana Fever. They sold out all their jerseys. 22 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 2: Fanatics sold out, you know, extra small, to small, to medium, 23 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:14,880 Speaker 2: to large, extra large and even double XL. You uh 24 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:17,759 Speaker 2: go to Fanatics and uh you can't get your fever 25 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 2: jerseys right now? A fevered pitch is what that was 26 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:25,600 Speaker 2: last night? But Caitlin Clark going to the Indiana Fever. 27 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:29,200 Speaker 2: Pull question from our one and what are we going 28 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 2: to do for our two? There seedn O'Connor, Yeah. 29 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:31,759 Speaker 3: We got up there. 30 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:35,400 Speaker 4: I would buy stock in the w NBA, MMA, MLS 31 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:37,720 Speaker 4: or other. All right, do you want to guess what's 32 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:38,479 Speaker 4: winning right now? 33 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:43,319 Speaker 2: I don't know if it's recency bias, I would still 34 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 2: say MMA. 35 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:46,199 Speaker 4: That would be in third place. 36 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:49,919 Speaker 2: Wow, okay, yeah, third place. 37 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 4: W NBA would be in second place. Ay, other others 38 00:01:55,280 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 4: currently okay, Soccer of course remains last. 39 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:10,680 Speaker 2: MLN yeh MLS. Yeah, but MESSI scored in Kansas City? 40 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:11,600 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, Paul? 41 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:13,960 Speaker 5: Would you throw the NFL on this list? Even though 42 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,520 Speaker 5: the NFL seems like apple stock twenty years ago, it 43 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:20,000 Speaker 5: can get bigger, as it's proven the past five years. 44 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:22,320 Speaker 4: As like buying IBM, yes, like just ride it out? 45 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:25,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, I would I would invest in the NFL. The 46 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:26,240 Speaker 2: FLI stock. 47 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:28,799 Speaker 4: Slow growth every year, sure giving you ten percent? 48 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, MMA is a billion dollar industry. Would you invest 49 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 2: in baseball? Would you invest in the NBA? Get? Do 50 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:42,960 Speaker 2: you want to expand this? Because the NFL, I'm gonna 51 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 2: make money guaranteed, there's gonna be steady growth. You're gonna 52 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:51,800 Speaker 2: you're gonna make money there. NBA got a new deal 53 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:58,800 Speaker 2: coming up streaming rights. You know. I think this is 54 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 2: this is kind of one of those watershed moments for 55 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:04,799 Speaker 2: the NBA because you're gonna Steph Curry and Lebron leaving 56 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 2: the game and then okay, you got some young talent. 57 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:12,359 Speaker 2: Can they rise to that that level? I mean, that's 58 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 2: an all time level. Who do you have now that 59 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:17,200 Speaker 2: you go that they're going to be an Ald timer? 60 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:20,640 Speaker 2: I mean Victor one Byama is going to be global. 61 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:23,800 Speaker 2: In my opinion, I think what we're seeing he even said, 62 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 2: I think you saw fifty percent of what I can do. 63 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 2: And if that's the case, one hundred percent is going 64 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 2: to be downright scared. Seventy five percent would be downright scared. 65 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 2: And that's kind of a warning shot of hey, get 66 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 2: me now, because you're not going to get me here 67 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 2: once I figure out how to play the game and 68 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 2: I get the right teammates here. I mean, he's playing 69 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 2: on a team that's not any good and although you 70 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 2: do have a great coach, but Victor one BioMA is 71 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 2: going to be global. 72 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 4: Yeah, seen, yeah, I wonder if all of the international 73 00:03:57,120 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 4: stars that the NBA has right now is a good 74 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 4: thing business wise and making the world more of their 75 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 4: league more international. But what's that new to the American 76 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 4: basketball fan? Is he or she looking for somebody who 77 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:17,359 Speaker 4: played in the United States who's from the United States? 78 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:20,680 Speaker 4: Do we care that you have somebody who played in 79 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:25,480 Speaker 4: Canada or played in Serbia. I just want to see 80 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 4: the best players of the world. I didn't care that 81 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 4: Yao Ming came from China. I still wanted to see 82 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:33,360 Speaker 4: Yao Ming play. But I don't know. I don't know 83 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 4: if we went like us born is that important? 84 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 2: Now? The push is on. I said this yesterday, The 85 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 2: pushes on to somehow try to prevent the Joker from 86 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 2: winning the MVP. I heard a couple of shows yesterday 87 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 2: that were pushing the narrative that hey, Shay gilgis getting 88 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 2: thirty a night playing for Oklahoma City and the number 89 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 2: one seed, he should be MVP. Okay, they were the 90 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:09,839 Speaker 2: number one seed barely, and I don't think that the 91 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 2: Joker did something that would have him lose the MVP. 92 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:17,680 Speaker 2: It was his. Now the voting is still underway. I 93 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:20,720 Speaker 2: think you have maybe two more days and then the 94 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:24,480 Speaker 2: voting closes. But it's based on the regular season. Nothing 95 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:27,120 Speaker 2: in the postseason is supposed to factor in here with 96 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 2: these playing games. But you're getting a little bit of that. 97 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:33,919 Speaker 2: You're also getting a little bit of the Anthony Edwards 98 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:36,480 Speaker 2: that he had to do this with Karl Anthony Towns. 99 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:38,599 Speaker 2: But I said this was going to happen because it 100 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 2: happened before with Joker, and it was a late push. 101 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:44,400 Speaker 2: I think it was Kendrick Perkins on The Mothership who 102 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 2: started this, basically saying, like, you're going to give this 103 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 2: guy three MVPs in a row, it should be joellenb 104 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:56,599 Speaker 2: And Joe Ellenb was a wonderful He performed wonderfully last year, 105 00:05:56,760 --> 00:05:58,680 Speaker 2: and I have no problem with him getting it. But 106 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:02,719 Speaker 2: it became almost a campaign to make sure that the 107 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:06,239 Speaker 2: Joker did not win it, and I thought that was unfair. 108 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 2: You know, to the people who vote, you don't go 109 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:12,279 Speaker 2: into a process where you go, well, I can't give 110 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:15,720 Speaker 2: it to him. No, your job is to look and 111 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:18,840 Speaker 2: say who is the best player, most valuable player in basketball? 112 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:22,800 Speaker 2: And the knock against Joker was, well, he doesn't do 113 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:27,880 Speaker 2: anything in the playoffs. Well, embiid doesn't either. Then Joker 114 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 2: wins the title. So you would think you win the title, 115 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:34,480 Speaker 2: you should have a better chance to win the MVP 116 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:37,239 Speaker 2: again because we know what you put up was real. 117 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:39,760 Speaker 2: Not one of those hey I'm great during the regular season. 118 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:44,839 Speaker 2: Shay Gilgess is a wonderful talent. He's not more valuable 119 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:47,480 Speaker 2: than Joker. He's not a better basketball player than Joker. 120 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:51,080 Speaker 2: Joker's best player in the game right now, best player 121 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 2: in the game, unstoppable. Now, Giannis has been that way, 122 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:59,480 Speaker 2: We've seen embiide that way. Joker has been that way 123 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 2: for a few years now. It's just we don't it's 124 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:08,919 Speaker 2: hard to celebrate that kind of game that it comes 125 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 2: down to the aesthetics of this. But Jay Gilgis is 126 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:13,560 Speaker 2: not one of those guys where you go, did you 127 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 2: see the like Anthony Edwards is, did you see the 128 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:18,680 Speaker 2: guy last night? Victor Wan Bayama, did you see the 129 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:21,760 Speaker 2: guy last night? Uh? Luca a little bit of that 130 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 2: as well, like, wow, did you see that Joker? You 131 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:31,280 Speaker 2: can tune in and go he hit a jumper. Uh, well, 132 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 2: that was a great backdoor pass. You have to appreciate 133 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 2: basketball and not get caught up in degree of difficulty. 134 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 2: But Joker should be the MVP, and if not, it 135 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 2: should be Luca in my opinion, Yes, Marv. 136 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:47,960 Speaker 6: Luca kind of feels like Josh Allen to me, where 137 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:50,960 Speaker 6: they're waiting for you. So when the MVP they're waiting 138 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 6: to get like they're waiting, they're giving they're trying to 139 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 6: get a reason yes, yeah, to give you the MVP award, 140 00:07:55,960 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 6: and they're just really not giving it to us like 141 00:07:58,040 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 6: we want it. 142 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think we been waiting for him. And then 143 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 2: you get to that point where we move on from 144 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 2: you because like Jason Tatum, and Jason Tatum's great player, 145 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:12,240 Speaker 2: but we saw what happened when he was on the 146 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 2: big stage and he didn't do well, and it feels 147 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 2: like if you can cool off with the stats that 148 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:21,680 Speaker 2: he put off he did, we kind of like, we 149 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:24,600 Speaker 2: see it. Now, we want to see you win a championship. 150 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 2: Joel Embiid, Well, we saw we want to see you 151 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:29,480 Speaker 2: win a championship, Luca, we saw it. We want to 152 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 2: see you win a championship. That's sort of how we 153 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:36,199 Speaker 2: validate greatness. Now, hey, yeah, but you didn't win a championship. 154 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:40,000 Speaker 2: It's not fair, but that's that's really the scorecard, the 155 00:08:40,040 --> 00:08:41,120 Speaker 2: report card that we have. 156 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:41,320 Speaker 4: Now. 157 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, Paul, if you. 158 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:44,840 Speaker 5: Go back with n NBA MVP voters, they always go 159 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:47,320 Speaker 5: and runs. Larry Bird won three in a row. Then 160 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:49,840 Speaker 5: they tired of that. He didn't get any worse. Bird 161 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 5: didn't cool off. They gave him, Then they gave it 162 00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:54,880 Speaker 5: to Magic Johnson. Then Michael Jordan got three, and then 163 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 5: they said, well that's good for Mike. He's all set 164 00:08:57,160 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 5: in Barkley, Hakeem, David Robinson, Karl Malone and Michael Jordan's 165 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:04,000 Speaker 5: not getting any and then he gets one more. Lebron 166 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:07,960 Speaker 5: James hasn't won an MVP since twenty twelve and thirteen. Yeah, 167 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 5: he hasn't stopped being great. It's just he got his 168 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:12,440 Speaker 5: what three or four? 169 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:13,040 Speaker 7: Four? 170 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:15,880 Speaker 5: You get four, they're like, okay, we're moving on. It's 171 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:18,600 Speaker 5: like icing on a cake. They stop icing your cake. 172 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:22,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's just you want a new story, and you know, 173 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:24,840 Speaker 2: I guess you can say, well, the voters are human here, 174 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:27,600 Speaker 2: but still you have to vote for who is the 175 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:29,559 Speaker 2: best player, not who's the best story. 176 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:29,839 Speaker 7: Yeah. 177 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:30,080 Speaker 2: See. 178 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:32,080 Speaker 4: It is an interesting point though, because there are some 179 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:34,840 Speaker 4: players that you're just waiting for them to go take it. 180 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:35,320 Speaker 2: It's theirs. 181 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:37,160 Speaker 4: If they want it, they just have to go take it, 182 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 4: and they haven't been able to do that just yet 183 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:42,199 Speaker 4: while being great. They're just not grabbing it the way 184 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:42,640 Speaker 4: they should. 185 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:45,800 Speaker 2: No, but Johann it's you know, he's injured, but he's 186 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 2: he's wonderful, but you know, and he won a championship, 187 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:54,600 Speaker 2: so then you validate winning an MVP. But there's certain 188 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:59,000 Speaker 2: players where you go, okay, the media wants you to 189 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:01,520 Speaker 2: kind of put them at the head of the line, like, hey, 190 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 2: what about I mean, I'd like to know how many 191 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:08,840 Speaker 2: of these voters watched entire Oklahoma City games this year. 192 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 2: I would because what happens is and I try not 193 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:16,400 Speaker 2: to do this when I vote for the Heisman. If 194 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:19,840 Speaker 2: you just look at highlights, all of a sudden, everybody 195 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:23,400 Speaker 2: looks great. But when you watch an entire game, then 196 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:27,560 Speaker 2: you get a better perspective of that player. And I 197 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:29,320 Speaker 2: think sometimes and you got to go out of your 198 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:33,520 Speaker 2: way to find Okay, see, but to be fair to 199 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:36,440 Speaker 2: the system and who you're voting for, it shouldn't be 200 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 2: that we're tired of that story because if Joker beats 201 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:44,560 Speaker 2: the Spurs ends up with the number one seed, So 202 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:48,400 Speaker 2: then Shay Gilgess is not the MVP. Is it that 203 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:51,800 Speaker 2: fine of a line there, And it shouldn't be. The 204 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:54,600 Speaker 2: Joker is the best player in the game, the most 205 00:10:54,679 --> 00:10:56,800 Speaker 2: valuable player in the game, the guy who won a 206 00:10:56,880 --> 00:10:59,920 Speaker 2: championship last year when people had their downs. 207 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:04,040 Speaker 5: Yeah, pulling and as your team gets good and as 208 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:07,120 Speaker 5: you get notoriety, you get more national games. Three years ago, 209 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:09,040 Speaker 5: Denver had twelve national TV games. 210 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:10,200 Speaker 2: This year they have thirty. 211 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:13,840 Speaker 5: Oklahoma City last year had five. This year they have thirteen. 212 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:16,760 Speaker 5: Next year they'll have twenty. Yeah, you can go like 213 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:17,560 Speaker 5: that with any team. 214 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:17,840 Speaker 7: You know. 215 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 5: The Clippers have twenty two, the Lakers have forty. They're 216 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:23,160 Speaker 5: similar teams, but they're treated differently. 217 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 2: I thought that I remember saying Lebron should have been 218 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:29,800 Speaker 2: the MVP. I don't know what year that was, but 219 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:32,920 Speaker 2: you know, it's been over a decade, right that he's 220 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:36,280 Speaker 2: won an MVP. I mean, that's that's a long stretch 221 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:39,679 Speaker 2: and It feels like there was maybe one or two 222 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:42,000 Speaker 2: years in there that he could have been the MVP. 223 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:44,040 Speaker 2: But you have the play in game the Lakers at 224 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:46,520 Speaker 2: the Pelicans, and the Pelicans are favored by one. The 225 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:50,360 Speaker 2: Warriors are giving two and a half to Sacramento. All right, 226 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:52,760 Speaker 2: we'll talk to Jim Legler about that coming up. Whole 227 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:55,440 Speaker 2: question for hour two is what seed no O Connor. 228 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:58,520 Speaker 4: Well, we haven't really hit this one too much. We 229 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:02,960 Speaker 4: could throw out there. Replacing John Sterling is dot dot 230 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:06,240 Speaker 4: dot hmm a dream job or a tall test? 231 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:11,319 Speaker 2: All right, John Sterling, the long, long, long time Yankee announcer. 232 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:15,160 Speaker 2: I need a little bit more time with this because 233 00:12:15,160 --> 00:12:17,080 Speaker 2: we're gonna take a break and then bring in legs. 234 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:19,400 Speaker 2: But talk about John Sterling, who was in his mid 235 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:23,960 Speaker 2: eighties calling the Yankees games, and he is stepping down 236 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:28,280 Speaker 2: immediately with some health concerns. But we'll talk about that 237 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:30,760 Speaker 2: because we all, I think, have grown up with that 238 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:35,120 Speaker 2: local voice and how important that voice was for your team, 239 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:39,240 Speaker 2: whether it's baseball, football, basketball, certainly baseball. I grew up 240 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:42,640 Speaker 2: in Cincinnati with Marty Brenneman Hall of Famer. Joe Nuxall 241 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:46,319 Speaker 2: was his color analyst and they were just they was company. 242 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:49,520 Speaker 2: Although I don't know how many people are listening on 243 00:12:49,559 --> 00:12:53,080 Speaker 2: the radio the way they used to, because it was 244 00:12:53,120 --> 00:12:57,119 Speaker 2: important you were listening to your team. That was your announcer. 245 00:12:57,720 --> 00:13:02,880 Speaker 2: But we'll talk about John sterr his impact legacy there. 246 00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:07,840 Speaker 2: But stepping down immediately is the Yankee broadcaster. Let's see 247 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:10,720 Speaker 2: Chuck in Queens. Hi, Chuck, what's on your mind today? 248 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:16,920 Speaker 8: Hey? Good morning, Dan Danet's first time long time five six, 249 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:23,840 Speaker 8: two thirty six and plump and happy. So I am 250 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:27,319 Speaker 8: from Queens, New York and my son, Anthony, was born 251 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:28,480 Speaker 8: fourteen years ago. 252 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:29,720 Speaker 2: We're in the hospital. 253 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:31,160 Speaker 9: I am an. 254 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:34,000 Speaker 8: Ex Yankee bat boy, current Met fan. 255 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:37,520 Speaker 7: I grew up a Mets and Jets fan, and. 256 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:42,079 Speaker 9: I decided that I was going to raise my son 257 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:47,400 Speaker 9: under the fandom of teaching him life lessons. So we're 258 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:50,000 Speaker 9: in the hospital and my friends are all giants and 259 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:52,480 Speaker 9: Yankee fans, and they said, look, we know you were 260 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:54,040 Speaker 9: the bad boys of the Yankees for two. 261 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:56,520 Speaker 7: Years and you're also a Met fan. How are you 262 00:13:56,559 --> 00:13:57,480 Speaker 7: going to raise Anthony? 263 00:13:57,559 --> 00:14:00,800 Speaker 8: And this is when the little snotk just came out 264 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:02,600 Speaker 8: of the womb and I said, I'm going to teach 265 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:05,800 Speaker 8: my son life lessons. I'm gonna raise him as a 266 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:08,160 Speaker 8: Mets and Jets fan because I'm going to teach him, 267 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:13,040 Speaker 8: literally teach him disappointment, fortitude, perseverance. And that's literally what 268 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:16,200 Speaker 8: we do. We teach them life lessons and being Jets 269 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:18,360 Speaker 8: and Mets. And I'll take it for a stat of 270 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:20,760 Speaker 8: the day. Cueue it up music, please. 271 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:32,000 Speaker 7: Stat of the Day brought to you. 272 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:39,240 Speaker 8: According to a Maris poll on April fourteenth, twenty twenty two, 273 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:43,800 Speaker 8: a plurality of New York City residents make up forty 274 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:47,200 Speaker 8: three percent our Yankee fan, while twenty one percent our 275 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:53,240 Speaker 8: Mets fans and twenty seven percent could care less. 276 00:14:54,480 --> 00:15:00,720 Speaker 2: All right, I think you're snucking him there like he's 277 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:03,640 Speaker 2: handing it down to his child. I'm going to teach 278 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:06,040 Speaker 2: you some life lessons. You're going to be a Mets 279 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:10,240 Speaker 2: and a Jets fan, no, instead of being a Yankee 280 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:13,840 Speaker 2: and a Giant fan. Yeah, you get handed that whether 281 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:18,000 Speaker 2: you want it or not. It's handed down. All right, Well, 282 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:20,760 Speaker 2: take a break, Legs will join us. We'll talk to 283 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:24,640 Speaker 2: him about this suggestion that was made yesterday by people 284 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:27,160 Speaker 2: who do this for a living, that the Lakers should 285 00:15:27,240 --> 00:15:31,080 Speaker 2: actually lose the game. Tonight. That way they can eventually 286 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:34,520 Speaker 2: avoid the Nuggets in the next round. If they get 287 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:37,000 Speaker 2: to the next round, we'll talk to Legs about that. 288 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:39,920 Speaker 2: Maybe he put a couple of bullet holes in that 289 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:43,920 Speaker 2: theory or philosophy or opinion or back. 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All right, 308 00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 2: we've already heard from Will Ferrell who said he will 309 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:49,720 Speaker 2: not be available to sing dust in the Wind at 310 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:55,160 Speaker 2: my funeral. But you know, we're still taking suggestions for 311 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:58,080 Speaker 2: being pallbears. And I got a couple of people who 312 00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:01,040 Speaker 2: have h Paul, you have to be since your name 313 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:03,960 Speaker 2: is Paul, you have to be a pallbearer. Oh thank you. Yeah, Todd, 314 00:17:04,040 --> 00:17:05,120 Speaker 2: you will not be a pallbear. 315 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:06,200 Speaker 3: I got the hernia thing. 316 00:17:06,640 --> 00:17:09,560 Speaker 2: No, I cannot afford you to drop the casket in 317 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:11,639 Speaker 2: front of my wife and kids. Yes, yes, see a. 318 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:13,600 Speaker 4: Lot of people saying that that would be Todd stans 319 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:14,880 Speaker 4: to let you down one more time. 320 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:20,680 Speaker 11: Oh that's a great life, fantastic. 321 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:24,159 Speaker 2: Today's Mercedes Benz Interview of the Day. It's roun't you 322 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:28,600 Speaker 2: Behind Mercedes Benz ev the fully electric EQS Sadan from 323 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:33,360 Speaker 2: Mercedes Benz. It's innovation on a magnificent scale, The vehicle electric, 324 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:36,440 Speaker 2: the feeling is all Mercedes. Learn more at mbusa dot 325 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:40,280 Speaker 2: com slash e qs. He's one of the great shooters 326 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:42,720 Speaker 2: in the history of the NBA, so good that he 327 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 2: once said that he could beat me left handed from 328 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:49,600 Speaker 2: three point range. And he's right handed. It's Tim Legler, 329 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:53,040 Speaker 2: the NBA three point shooting contest champ in nineteen ninety six. 330 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:55,280 Speaker 2: Do you remember when you said that, Legs, I. 331 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:58,239 Speaker 3: Do vividly and I still feel very strongly about that. 332 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,600 Speaker 11: By the way, real quick, I love this topic about 333 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:05,640 Speaker 11: the estate planning because it's funny because I've recently had 334 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:08,560 Speaker 11: conversation not not necessarily meet with a state planner, but 335 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:11,160 Speaker 11: just kind of going through the rolodex in my head, 336 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:12,800 Speaker 11: like who I want to be a pallbearer? 337 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:15,520 Speaker 3: Who I want to speak that I think would do my. 338 00:18:15,560 --> 00:18:18,040 Speaker 11: Life justice right I you know, because because you know, 339 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:20,080 Speaker 11: my mom passed away last summer. 340 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:21,440 Speaker 3: I delivered the eulogy. 341 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:23,840 Speaker 11: It was a it was a Catholic Mass, and they 342 00:18:24,359 --> 00:18:26,160 Speaker 11: they they were kind of pretty strict on we don't 343 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:27,320 Speaker 11: want multiple speakers. 344 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:29,639 Speaker 3: So I was like the one guy that got up 345 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:31,040 Speaker 3: there and had a chance to do that. 346 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:33,080 Speaker 11: And I'm telling you right now, when I go, I 347 00:18:33,119 --> 00:18:35,119 Speaker 11: want as many people that want to speak about me 348 00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:36,080 Speaker 11: they can. 349 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:38,119 Speaker 3: I don't care if we're there for three or four days. 350 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:41,159 Speaker 11: I want anybody who's got something nice to say about 351 00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:43,359 Speaker 11: me to have a chance to do so and honor 352 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:44,040 Speaker 11: me the right way. 353 00:18:44,119 --> 00:18:47,159 Speaker 2: Dan Okay, if you could pick some people maybe that 354 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:49,719 Speaker 2: you played with or against, who could be your pallbearers. 355 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:50,840 Speaker 2: Who would you use? 356 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:54,400 Speaker 11: Oh, man, that's a great one. Well, I would definitely 357 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:57,640 Speaker 11: have Calbert Cheney on there. That name ring about, Yeah, 358 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:01,879 Speaker 11: Indiana and probably my favorite teammate I had as a pro, 359 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:06,880 Speaker 11: just consummate professional. I'd have some randos that probably you'd 360 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:10,520 Speaker 11: be surprised about. Brent Price would be in there. I'd 361 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:14,040 Speaker 11: have Brent Price in there, okay. Jim mcelvains, I'm going 362 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:18,040 Speaker 11: back to my washing seven. Yeah, absolutely, yeah, I'd have 363 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:21,200 Speaker 11: him in there. Who else would I have in there? 364 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:25,719 Speaker 11: Probably Chris Weber would probably get a call. Okay. And 365 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:28,159 Speaker 11: he's got great hands too, which is important. It's something 366 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:30,840 Speaker 11: like that softest set of hands I've ever seen. I 367 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:33,480 Speaker 11: want him kind of like running point on that operation. 368 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:36,439 Speaker 2: All right, let me start with the play in games. 369 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:39,840 Speaker 2: And this circulated yesterday. I don't know if actual NBA, 370 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:43,760 Speaker 2: former NBA players or NBA writers are suggesting this, but 371 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:47,880 Speaker 2: it came out that the Lakers should somehow tank tonight 372 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:52,159 Speaker 2: against the Pelicans to avoid then moving on and facing 373 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:56,480 Speaker 2: the Denver Nuggets. And my logic, my suggestion to this 374 00:19:56,600 --> 00:20:00,399 Speaker 2: stupid suggestion was you're gonna eventually have to run into Denver. 375 00:20:00,520 --> 00:20:04,439 Speaker 2: I'd rather face Denver now than I would later. And 376 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:08,119 Speaker 2: then let's say you lose. Now you face the Warriors 377 00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:10,800 Speaker 2: who have won ten of their last twelve and three 378 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:15,520 Speaker 2: straight against you, or Sacramento. Sacramento has beating you five 379 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:17,760 Speaker 2: times in the row. How did we get to this 380 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:21,640 Speaker 2: point that the Lakers should somehow tank tonight to avoid 381 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:23,320 Speaker 2: facing the Nuggets the next round. 382 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:27,000 Speaker 11: Yeah, and unfortunately I was put part of those conversations yesterday, 383 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:28,760 Speaker 11: and I took the opposite approach as you did. 384 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:30,119 Speaker 3: I just don't buy into it. 385 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:33,520 Speaker 11: I think competitive integrity says you go out there and 386 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:36,240 Speaker 11: you try to win. Like I understand, if it so 387 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:39,680 Speaker 11: happens that the Lakers were to lose the game, and 388 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:42,480 Speaker 11: then you know, you assume they win the next game 389 00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:45,200 Speaker 11: against the winner of the Golden State Sacramento game, which 390 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:46,880 Speaker 11: I think is a reach because what you just said 391 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:48,920 Speaker 11: the success those two teams have had against the Lakers 392 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:49,320 Speaker 11: this year. 393 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:50,919 Speaker 3: But let's just say you go ahead and make that 394 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:52,560 Speaker 3: leap and now they're in. 395 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:55,480 Speaker 11: There's no doubt that it's a better series for them 396 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:58,200 Speaker 11: to play Oklahoma City than Denver, Like, there's no denying that, 397 00:20:58,280 --> 00:21:00,960 Speaker 11: and that's where the basis of this come from. And 398 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:04,920 Speaker 11: also this dire need that some people have for the 399 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:07,000 Speaker 11: Lakers to continue to play on, Like, how are we 400 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:10,040 Speaker 11: gonna survive if the Lakers aren't continuing to play. 401 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:12,240 Speaker 3: I've actually made jokes Dan that. 402 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:15,239 Speaker 11: Once they're eliminated, whenever that may be, let's say they 403 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:18,680 Speaker 11: don't make the playoffs, they losing the play in two games. 404 00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:21,520 Speaker 11: Let's just say that happens. I said, we'd be three 405 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:24,719 Speaker 11: games into the first round of the actual playoffs, and 406 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:26,840 Speaker 11: one of the questions I would get asked on the air, 407 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:29,000 Speaker 11: I guarantee you, is how do you think the Lakers 408 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 11: would be doing right now if they were still alive? 409 00:21:31,119 --> 00:21:33,879 Speaker 3: Like, this is the mentality. I think that's what it is. 410 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:34,520 Speaker 3: More than anything. 411 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:36,520 Speaker 11: It's inconceivable to people to think we're gonna have a 412 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:39,360 Speaker 11: postseason without Lebron in it. So let's figure out the 413 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:42,399 Speaker 11: best way to ensure that they have a longer run. 414 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:44,480 Speaker 11: And that's a void Denver, as long as you can. 415 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:47,600 Speaker 11: Obviously I'm fully against it. I think number one, you 416 00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:50,119 Speaker 11: put yourself in a precarious situation because then you're in 417 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:52,719 Speaker 11: a one game situation to go home for the summer 418 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:55,320 Speaker 11: against either Golden State or Sacramento. 419 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:56,680 Speaker 3: Okay, and now. 420 00:21:56,520 --> 00:21:58,840 Speaker 11: You don't even get to participate in the postseason if 421 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:02,719 Speaker 11: you put yourself intention in that situation. A road ankle, 422 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:06,639 Speaker 11: Anthony Davis gets another backspasm, somebody has a bad shooting night, 423 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 11: foul trouble, anything can happen in a one game situation 424 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:11,840 Speaker 11: to prevent you from even getting a shot at the 425 00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:14,640 Speaker 11: Denver Nuggets. So obviously I'm fully against it. I don't 426 00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:16,000 Speaker 11: think the Lakers are going to buy into it. 427 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:17,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, but how can win? 428 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:17,800 Speaker 3: They're gonna win? 429 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:19,560 Speaker 2: Tim, you would be throwing a game. 430 00:22:20,119 --> 00:22:20,479 Speaker 3: Correct? 431 00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:23,639 Speaker 2: Cleveland did this at the end of the regular season. Yes, 432 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:26,920 Speaker 2: they polled their best players because they wanted to set 433 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:30,280 Speaker 2: up a better matchup in the postseason. If yes, I 434 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:33,199 Speaker 2: mean you can't. How do you manipulate a game like 435 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:36,919 Speaker 2: this without drawing attention from them? 436 00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:38,879 Speaker 3: The league would come down heavy. 437 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:40,480 Speaker 11: And here's the other thing, Dan, No one's raised the 438 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:43,480 Speaker 11: prospect what if New Orleans had the same idea? 439 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:45,639 Speaker 3: So what do we got tonight? 440 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:47,800 Speaker 11: We got a bunch of backups playing each other in 441 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:49,240 Speaker 11: a playoff game like. 442 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:50,360 Speaker 3: This is what we're good at the league. 443 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:53,280 Speaker 11: The league would come down with a heavy hammer if 444 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:54,960 Speaker 11: that were the case. Now, we will say this, at 445 00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:58,560 Speaker 11: the end of the regular season, if you know that 446 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:01,199 Speaker 11: you're gonna be one of those tops you're in a 447 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:01,960 Speaker 11: playoff series. 448 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:04,960 Speaker 3: You already know that. You see it all the time. 449 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:09,680 Speaker 11: It's going on for decades, manipulation of players to try 450 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:12,439 Speaker 11: to affect who you would play. But at least you 451 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:15,440 Speaker 11: know you're gonna have a seven game series against somebody. 452 00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:16,960 Speaker 3: This is totally different. 453 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:20,880 Speaker 11: This would be literally putting your season in the hands 454 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:23,000 Speaker 11: of one game one night. 455 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:24,359 Speaker 3: Do we get to move on? 456 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:27,240 Speaker 11: Because that's what you'd be left with, winner goes loser 457 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:29,440 Speaker 11: goes home if you ended up playing the winner of 458 00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:31,199 Speaker 11: the nine to ten in that situation. So, I just 459 00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:33,520 Speaker 11: don't think the Lakers want to bring themselves to the 460 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:36,080 Speaker 11: precipice of going home for the summer. Take your shot 461 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:38,400 Speaker 11: at the Nuggets. Win the game tonight, take your shot 462 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:41,160 Speaker 11: at the Denver Nuggets. You've got Lebron James and Anthony Davis. 463 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:44,600 Speaker 11: That the psyche of those two players, particularly Lebron, shouldn't 464 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:48,120 Speaker 11: be to duck anybody. Go play them, and yeah, you'll 465 00:23:48,119 --> 00:23:50,600 Speaker 11: probably lose that series. As will every team probably in 466 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:52,399 Speaker 11: the Western Conference that sees them. 467 00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:54,159 Speaker 2: Do you have an MVP vote? 468 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:56,440 Speaker 3: I don't have an official vote. 469 00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:56,560 Speaker 4: No. 470 00:23:56,800 --> 00:24:01,000 Speaker 11: I think actually years ago it kind of meant more 471 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:03,679 Speaker 11: to me. I think because I think there I believe 472 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:05,800 Speaker 11: there are a lot of people that vote Dan that 473 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:09,680 Speaker 11: I don't think are watching games, and I'm kind of going, wow, 474 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:11,640 Speaker 11: and they get a vote to affect something that important. 475 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:13,359 Speaker 11: Now I'm actually watching the age, I think it's kind 476 00:24:13,359 --> 00:24:15,760 Speaker 11: of diluted. But no, to answer your question, no, I 477 00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:17,720 Speaker 11: just give my strong opinions on it, but I don't 478 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:18,800 Speaker 11: actually cast one. 479 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:23,040 Speaker 2: And I felt that there was a push from Kendrick 480 00:24:23,119 --> 00:24:28,120 Speaker 2: Perkins to prevent Joker from winning a third MVP last year, 481 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:31,359 Speaker 2: and he said this kind of late in the game, like, 482 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:35,800 Speaker 2: oh my god, basically this guy can't join the Larry 483 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:37,760 Speaker 2: Bird and some of the other players. He won three 484 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:40,600 Speaker 2: MVPs and then he goes out and you know, they 485 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:43,840 Speaker 2: give it to Embiid, and Embiid was wonderful. Joker wins 486 00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:46,600 Speaker 2: an NBA title. Now we're getting the late push that 487 00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:51,000 Speaker 2: Shay Gilgess Alexander, they're the number one seed he should get, 488 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:54,919 Speaker 2: you know, maybe he's the MVP I keep saying, I know, 489 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:57,600 Speaker 2: we get tired of stories and nobody, you know, we 490 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:00,119 Speaker 2: run out of things to say about the Joker. He's 491 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:01,800 Speaker 2: still the best player in the game. He's still the 492 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:05,240 Speaker 2: most valuable player in the game. Why is there this 493 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:09,080 Speaker 2: late push for maybe Anthony Edwards? I mean, Luca, you 494 00:25:09,119 --> 00:25:11,399 Speaker 2: can put him in there as well. It just seems 495 00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:14,479 Speaker 2: like Joker is the MVP again. Like it or not. 496 00:25:15,119 --> 00:25:18,119 Speaker 3: Yeah, he'd get my vote. It'd be very close. 497 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:22,840 Speaker 11: I actually think if if Dallas had another ten games 498 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:25,840 Speaker 11: to play, I think Luca could have run him down 499 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:29,040 Speaker 11: in the home stretch because Dallas has been unbelievable since 500 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:32,440 Speaker 11: they made their acquisitions at the trading deadline. Lucas had 501 00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:34,440 Speaker 11: the best individual season of any player in the league. 502 00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:35,159 Speaker 3: You can't argue it. 503 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:38,040 Speaker 11: He's created more offense between scoring and facilitating any player 504 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:41,000 Speaker 11: in history. It's the best individual season in the league, 505 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:44,280 Speaker 11: no question about it. But when you have another really 506 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:47,320 Speaker 11: valuable candidate and it's close, which obviously Joker is in 507 00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:50,640 Speaker 11: that category, it's hard to dismiss. 508 00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:52,760 Speaker 3: The win gap between the two teams. 509 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:53,280 Speaker 7: It just is. 510 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:54,280 Speaker 3: It's hard to dismiss that. 511 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:56,640 Speaker 11: That's why I say, if Dallas could have played ten 512 00:25:56,680 --> 00:26:00,399 Speaker 11: more games, they may shrink that gap to two or three. 513 00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:03,000 Speaker 3: Now it's a toss up in terms of the winning. 514 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:06,359 Speaker 11: Now, I think Lucas had a better year and it 515 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:08,520 Speaker 11: would be him, but I don't think he quite was 516 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:09,720 Speaker 11: able to run him down. 517 00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:11,760 Speaker 3: So I think Jokis is gonna win his third and 518 00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:12,439 Speaker 3: four years. 519 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:16,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, I agree with you with Luca, but it's almost 520 00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:19,600 Speaker 2: And we liken Luca to Josh Allen in the NFL, 521 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:22,160 Speaker 2: like we keep waiting for him to take that next 522 00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:26,440 Speaker 2: step and maybe this is the year. But and he's 523 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:29,520 Speaker 2: relatively young, but it's quick. How we kind of move 524 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:33,359 Speaker 2: on like Jason Tatum, Like certain guys were like, let's 525 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:36,440 Speaker 2: move on to the next guy. We're waiting. Anthony Edwards 526 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:38,840 Speaker 2: is here and Shay Gilgess. Jason Tatum is still a 527 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:41,960 Speaker 2: wonderful player, but it's like, you got your window to 528 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:45,159 Speaker 2: capture our imagination and then if you don't capitalize, we're like, 529 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:47,800 Speaker 2: all right, let's talk about Victor Wumbayama. 530 00:26:49,119 --> 00:26:51,080 Speaker 11: You know there's there's less of one hundred percent, right, 531 00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:53,359 Speaker 11: there's no doubt that's what happened, And actually what happened 532 00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:56,280 Speaker 11: with Jokis if he were to win it again, there 533 00:26:56,320 --> 00:27:00,280 Speaker 11: aren't There aren't a lot of examples historically where you know, 534 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:02,440 Speaker 11: you get that hot name, you win a couple, which 535 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:05,160 Speaker 11: he did, and then they go in a different direction, 536 00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:08,320 Speaker 11: the voters, and then you come back and get another one, 537 00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:10,119 Speaker 11: like it's hard to do that once they've kind of 538 00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:13,480 Speaker 11: moved on. It's hard to do that. But I think 539 00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:17,280 Speaker 11: what helped him clearly was embiid going down. Embiide at 540 00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:20,360 Speaker 11: the time he got hurt was I think he had 541 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:23,200 Speaker 11: it in his grasp. So win back to back MVPs, 542 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:26,160 Speaker 11: and I think Philadelphia would have been within striking distance 543 00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:27,680 Speaker 11: of the Celtics. They would have been the two seed 544 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:29,800 Speaker 11: in the East. They would have been the Celtics won 545 00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:32,400 Speaker 11: what sixty four games, They would have probably been upper fifties, 546 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:34,320 Speaker 11: fifty eight to fifty nine. There wouldn't have been the 547 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:36,919 Speaker 11: gap you have now between them and the Knicks. The 548 00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:38,960 Speaker 11: Sixers would have been in there. If he didn't get hurt, 549 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:41,439 Speaker 11: and with what he was doing statistically, I think it 550 00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:43,000 Speaker 11: beat had a great chance to win it. Once he 551 00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:46,040 Speaker 11: went down, it opened it all up for everyone again. 552 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:48,280 Speaker 11: And that's when I think you got back to the 553 00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:51,840 Speaker 11: appreciation of what this guy is doing. Every single night, 554 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:54,040 Speaker 11: and so I think he's going to win it. I 555 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:56,200 Speaker 11: don't know who's going to finish second between Luca and Shay. 556 00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:57,840 Speaker 11: I think Shane's gonna get a lot of votes because 557 00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:00,280 Speaker 11: it's such a young team. No one expected them to 558 00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:02,280 Speaker 11: be the one seed in the West that deserves a 559 00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:04,280 Speaker 11: lot of credit. When you're a thirty point score, it's 560 00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:07,920 Speaker 11: driven around you. For me personally, it would be Luca two, 561 00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:10,920 Speaker 11: Shay three, and then actually my fourth guy would be Brunson. 562 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:14,240 Speaker 11: I think Brunson deserves to be on the ballot. Like 563 00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:16,680 Speaker 11: you're going to vote for five people, his name's gonna 564 00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:18,720 Speaker 11: be written in there to some extent where when you 565 00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:21,200 Speaker 11: add up to totality the points, he's got a great shot. 566 00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:23,880 Speaker 11: I think to finish fourth, he and Giannis probably four 567 00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:25,160 Speaker 11: and five round out that five. 568 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:28,720 Speaker 2: Jim Legler, the former three point shooting contest champ and 569 00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:32,639 Speaker 2: an analyst with the Mothership. Also, you know Lebron hasn't 570 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:36,800 Speaker 2: won an MVP in over a decade, right, Yeah, you 571 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:39,160 Speaker 2: know they kind of like we moved on. We take 572 00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:40,360 Speaker 2: him for granted. 573 00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:42,400 Speaker 11: At four and five years, I believe, and then that 574 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:44,720 Speaker 11: was a rap on that and you move on. I 575 00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:49,840 Speaker 11: always describe the guys that are in line as being 576 00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:53,560 Speaker 11: at like the counter, the deli counter at the grocery store, 577 00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:55,080 Speaker 11: right where you take your number and you kind of 578 00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:57,760 Speaker 11: stand there and wait for your order, because it's eventually 579 00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:01,680 Speaker 11: those guys are going to get MVY consideration or win one. 580 00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:04,200 Speaker 11: And you start checking the list. Okay, who doesn't have 581 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:06,360 Speaker 11: one yet? Okay, now he's got one. And there's this 582 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:08,440 Speaker 11: there's always like this core group of young players like 583 00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:12,160 Speaker 11: Tatum you would expect has to get one. The problem 584 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:13,840 Speaker 11: is it's so weird is he's been in the running 585 00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:16,480 Speaker 11: the last three years. Now what happened was they made 586 00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:19,040 Speaker 11: their team so good it actually hurts his chances. 587 00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:20,760 Speaker 3: That's how that's how bizarre. 588 00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:22,840 Speaker 11: The whole thing is, like, well, you have that much help, 589 00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:25,360 Speaker 11: of course you're not gonna get MVP votes when he's 590 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:28,560 Speaker 11: exactly the same player. But because of the help around 591 00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:30,880 Speaker 11: him and the emergency of Jaalen Brown is playing his best, 592 00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:32,800 Speaker 11: now they go, well, now you can't win it, Like 593 00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:35,120 Speaker 11: I don't think Tatum finishes in the top five and 594 00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:36,640 Speaker 11: they have the best record in the league, and he's 595 00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:39,760 Speaker 11: been in the top five multiple times, but this year 596 00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:42,120 Speaker 11: he won't Despite the fact that's his best team, Like, 597 00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:44,200 Speaker 11: that's that's kind of the logic behind it. 598 00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:45,120 Speaker 3: Embiid was on. 599 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:47,040 Speaker 11: That list, got his, so I don't know if he'll 600 00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:48,840 Speaker 11: get another one. I mean, with the injuries and everything else. 601 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:52,120 Speaker 11: Luca obviously it's gonna be his turn. Eventually he's going 602 00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:54,960 Speaker 11: to get one. So there's there's guys in the waiting, 603 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:56,760 Speaker 11: and once they get it, you kind of move on 604 00:29:56,880 --> 00:30:00,160 Speaker 11: from the guy that's that's the perennial winner and and 605 00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:02,280 Speaker 11: that's eventually going to happen to Jokic, but I don't 606 00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:03,400 Speaker 11: think it's going to happen this year. 607 00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:07,560 Speaker 2: Victor Wembayama, if you don't get him, if you didn't 608 00:30:07,560 --> 00:30:09,680 Speaker 2: get him now, you're not going to get him because 609 00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:13,200 Speaker 2: it just feels like they got to make that roster better. 610 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:15,560 Speaker 2: I don't think he had a great point guard, and 611 00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:19,320 Speaker 2: to get him. He's still kind of learning positioning, like 612 00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:21,959 Speaker 2: where am I supposed to be? And that's what struck 613 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:24,400 Speaker 2: me when I would watch him. There were times where 614 00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:27,920 Speaker 2: he was muscled out of the way or he got lost. 615 00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:30,440 Speaker 2: He just and then all of a sudden it started 616 00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:34,560 Speaker 2: to click with him. First of all, what's San Antonio 617 00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:38,440 Speaker 2: do to make him better next year. And do you 618 00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:40,760 Speaker 2: agree that? As he said, Hey, I've only shown you 619 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:42,680 Speaker 2: fifty percent, no. 620 00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:45,480 Speaker 11: Question about it, that the league's in trouble. The league 621 00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:47,920 Speaker 11: is in trouble, and I agree with you. And so 622 00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:50,760 Speaker 11: obviously you didn't have a reason to watch the Spurs 623 00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:54,200 Speaker 11: except for him. So as the season's going on, I've 624 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:56,440 Speaker 11: always I'm covering the whole league. I'm watching other teams 625 00:30:56,440 --> 00:30:58,600 Speaker 11: that are more relevant to the postseason, but I always 626 00:30:58,600 --> 00:31:01,360 Speaker 11: make sure I got one Spurs game week because I 627 00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:02,640 Speaker 11: wanted to see the progression. 628 00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:03,440 Speaker 3: And I agree with you. 629 00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:06,200 Speaker 11: The beginning of the year, first twenty games, at least, 630 00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:09,680 Speaker 11: he didn't really have a purpose offensively, He kind of 631 00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:11,920 Speaker 11: drifted around. He spent way more time on the perimeter 632 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:14,440 Speaker 11: than he did anywhere near the paint. They didn't run 633 00:31:14,480 --> 00:31:18,760 Speaker 11: anything for him. By design, Greg Popovich wanted to deflect 634 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:21,640 Speaker 11: all pressure away from him, that we're not gonna come 635 00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:23,520 Speaker 11: down and run ISO's for this guy when he's not 636 00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:27,320 Speaker 11: physically strong enough or has the confidence yet to operate, 637 00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:29,680 Speaker 11: because he's gonna look bad and we're gonna deflect that. 638 00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:30,960 Speaker 3: So we don't care how many games we win. 639 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:33,240 Speaker 11: And that's the approach they took and as a result, 640 00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:34,960 Speaker 11: you win, you know, fifteen games, whatever it is. 641 00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:36,560 Speaker 3: So that's the approach they took. 642 00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:39,920 Speaker 11: But as you watched him each each month, even if 643 00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:43,000 Speaker 11: you watched him once, say wow, now he's running the 644 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:44,840 Speaker 11: floor and he's getting a guy on his back, and 645 00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:46,920 Speaker 11: he's turning and sealing that guy and putting his arm 646 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:50,000 Speaker 11: up and he's holding his position and demanding the basketball. 647 00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:52,960 Speaker 11: Look at the way now he's handling the ball in traffic, 648 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:55,680 Speaker 11: which was something we saw on film against weak competition 649 00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:58,600 Speaker 11: before he came to the league. And then early on 650 00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:00,480 Speaker 11: it was like, wow, that's a steal. That's Alex and 651 00:32:00,520 --> 00:32:03,600 Speaker 11: that's a strip. Now not so much. He can operate 652 00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:06,000 Speaker 11: as a guy seven to four handling the ball like that, 653 00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:09,480 Speaker 11: and it looks amazing. He's shooting turn around jumpers into 654 00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:14,760 Speaker 11: post over people, big guys, and he's having no hesitation whatsoever. 655 00:32:15,320 --> 00:32:19,400 Speaker 11: His his defensive presence and the ground he covers is unique. 656 00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:20,160 Speaker 3: Unto him. 657 00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:23,440 Speaker 11: He makes plays every night defensively that he's the only 658 00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:26,200 Speaker 11: player in the league that can make that particular play. 659 00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:29,080 Speaker 11: So when you look at the totality of it, the 660 00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:31,560 Speaker 11: league's in trouble with a guy that does this many 661 00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:34,440 Speaker 11: things well at this size. Now to your point, what 662 00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:36,960 Speaker 11: do they need to add? You're one hundred percent right, Dan. 663 00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:40,520 Speaker 11: You've got to go out and get a veteran, accomplished 664 00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:44,320 Speaker 11: point guard, someone to set the table, put guys in position, 665 00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:47,880 Speaker 11: give him the ball, an easier places to succeed. They 666 00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:49,520 Speaker 11: didn't really have that. They got a couple of nice 667 00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:52,360 Speaker 11: young wings that I like, that can score. They don't 668 00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:55,120 Speaker 11: have that leadership at the point guard position. Everybody thought 669 00:32:55,160 --> 00:32:57,239 Speaker 11: Fred van Bliet had an opportunity to end up there 670 00:32:57,320 --> 00:32:59,880 Speaker 11: last year. That would have been a tremendous acquisition for 671 00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:02,800 Speaker 11: he ended up in Houston. So now they'll hit this 672 00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:05,160 Speaker 11: summer and they'll continue to look because that's something you 673 00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:07,840 Speaker 11: need to do to help him max out and get 674 00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:10,479 Speaker 11: where he needs to be to help you contend, sooner 675 00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:11,280 Speaker 11: rather than later. 676 00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:14,560 Speaker 2: Could you out shoot Caitlyn Clark right now? 677 00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:18,160 Speaker 11: I think I think right now, though I don't think 678 00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:20,600 Speaker 11: I could. I don't think I could. As we said, now, 679 00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:23,000 Speaker 11: you give me a month to prepare. I'll take a 680 00:33:23,040 --> 00:33:25,840 Speaker 11: run at her. I don't shoot a lot anymore. No, 681 00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:30,720 Speaker 11: she's listening, she's amazing, She's she totally captivated me. I look, 682 00:33:31,160 --> 00:33:32,760 Speaker 11: this might be I don't know if you think I'm nuts. 683 00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:36,520 Speaker 11: I have these conversations with people in terms of sheer 684 00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:42,040 Speaker 11: entertainment value for me to watch basketball players. I think 685 00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:44,040 Speaker 11: she might have cracked my top five all time, and 686 00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:44,760 Speaker 11: that's Metro. 687 00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:45,960 Speaker 2: Women all time. 688 00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:52,800 Speaker 11: Yes, I'm going MJ's in that category. Steph Curry is 689 00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:56,640 Speaker 11: in that category. Caitlyn Clark is in there. Believe it 690 00:33:56,680 --> 00:33:59,040 Speaker 11: or not, I got a random one. Russell Westbrook was 691 00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:01,160 Speaker 11: in that category for me for about a five year 692 00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:04,960 Speaker 11: stretch with Durant and then right after Durant because of 693 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:07,880 Speaker 11: his relentlessness. I just was so enamored with a guy 694 00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:10,600 Speaker 11: that played that hard, it was that productive. So Westbrook 695 00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:13,840 Speaker 11: for me, I didn't miss a Russell Westbrook game. Caitlin 696 00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:17,319 Speaker 11: Clark goes in there. Man, I just Larry Bird will 697 00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:20,800 Speaker 11: be the other guy. That's my five, And yeah, you could. 698 00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:24,000 Speaker 11: I could watch Caitlin Clark every single night play basketball. 699 00:34:24,120 --> 00:34:27,799 Speaker 11: I'm that fascinated with her mind, her toughness, obviously her 700 00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:30,560 Speaker 11: shooting ability, but it's just I think it's her her 701 00:34:30,640 --> 00:34:35,440 Speaker 11: IQ and her her mental toughness because she's a target 702 00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:38,880 Speaker 11: every night and she doesn't she doesn't allow it to 703 00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:40,840 Speaker 11: get her off her game, and I just have so 704 00:34:40,920 --> 00:34:41,759 Speaker 11: much respect for that. 705 00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:45,000 Speaker 2: It's like Jason Kidd with a jumper. No, she runs 706 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,720 Speaker 2: the floor, she knows the floor. She finds people telling 707 00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:50,360 Speaker 2: you you can't leave her open, even when you're not 708 00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:53,440 Speaker 2: leaving her open. I would probably put Magic in there 709 00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:54,120 Speaker 2: over Russell. 710 00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:56,640 Speaker 11: Magic's right there for me too. I know it's tough, 711 00:34:56,680 --> 00:34:57,560 Speaker 11: it's tough to you start. 712 00:34:57,640 --> 00:34:59,600 Speaker 2: You really never say it a lot though, that you're 713 00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:04,080 Speaker 2: putting in the top five all time basketball entertainers. 714 00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:05,279 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, sign me up. 715 00:35:05,480 --> 00:35:07,920 Speaker 11: I didn't. Now I'm at this point. I'm gonna be 716 00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:09,919 Speaker 11: catching as many of those games as I can. I'll 717 00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:12,600 Speaker 11: tape them, I'll watch them. I did her last couple 718 00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:14,160 Speaker 11: of years in Iowa. I'm gonna do the same thing 719 00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:19,080 Speaker 11: when she's a pro. Her passing ability alone guarantees her 720 00:35:19,160 --> 00:35:21,920 Speaker 11: success at the next level, even if you don't see 721 00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:24,440 Speaker 11: as many displays, and you clearly won't as you had 722 00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:26,640 Speaker 11: at Iowa when she's playing with inferior players and she 723 00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:29,120 Speaker 11: could take whatever shots she wanted whenever she wanted. Different 724 00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:31,520 Speaker 11: in the WNBA, all those girls can play, all of 725 00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:34,160 Speaker 11: them can score, and she's gonna be a target of 726 00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:37,479 Speaker 11: defenses to limit it You're not gonna see those types 727 00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:40,080 Speaker 11: of numbers at IOWA, clearly, But you know what she 728 00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:42,399 Speaker 11: is going to do make every single one of her 729 00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:46,319 Speaker 11: teammates a better basketball player because they're rewarded because she 730 00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:49,520 Speaker 11: sees things before anyone else does. And that's why even 731 00:35:49,560 --> 00:35:52,440 Speaker 11: if she's an eighteen point scorer, twenty points, whatever it 732 00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:55,200 Speaker 11: may be, she caps out at the WNBA, she's gonna 733 00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:57,799 Speaker 11: be a double a digit assist type of player. With 734 00:35:57,880 --> 00:35:59,680 Speaker 11: that dual threat is gonna make her one of the 735 00:35:59,719 --> 00:36:01,800 Speaker 11: best in the league pretty quickly. 736 00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:03,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think you bring up a great point. I 737 00:36:03,719 --> 00:36:07,040 Speaker 2: think people are gonna go while she's only scoring this amount, 738 00:36:07,719 --> 00:36:11,359 Speaker 2: but she does have talented scorers on the team, and 739 00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:14,120 Speaker 2: I think that she'll and gratiate herself by being that 740 00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:17,359 Speaker 2: pass first and death, no. 741 00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:18,000 Speaker 3: Doubt about it. 742 00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:20,600 Speaker 11: Yeah, even if there's people in that because I think 743 00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:23,000 Speaker 11: she got a lot of unfair resentment. It's really strange 744 00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:25,880 Speaker 11: what happened with her, where just by your own success 745 00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:29,160 Speaker 11: and greatness, you become a targeted resentment and jealousy. It 746 00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:31,960 Speaker 11: was a weird thing to watch, and I felt actually 747 00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:34,479 Speaker 11: some empathy for her going through that. And it's gonna 748 00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:37,000 Speaker 11: be even worse at there w NBA level. Man day one, 749 00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:41,000 Speaker 11: they're coming for her, There's no question about it. But 750 00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:45,879 Speaker 11: the difference is now every single person that's around her 751 00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:48,200 Speaker 11: is going to support her in that locker room now, 752 00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:49,840 Speaker 11: even day one. If you've got a problem with her 753 00:36:49,880 --> 00:36:51,600 Speaker 11: because you're jealous and you're lacing up for that first 754 00:36:51,680 --> 00:36:53,560 Speaker 11: day of practice and you're looking over, I go this, 755 00:36:53,719 --> 00:36:56,680 Speaker 11: this girl getting all this attentions, made all this money already. 756 00:36:56,960 --> 00:36:58,439 Speaker 11: I got news for you that will go away about 757 00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:00,239 Speaker 11: an hour into your first practice when you get hitting 758 00:37:00,239 --> 00:37:01,839 Speaker 11: the side of the face with a basketball her back 759 00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:03,960 Speaker 11: cut and you didn't even know you were open, and 760 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:06,120 Speaker 11: you go, wow, Okay, this girl's really fun to play with. 761 00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:09,600 Speaker 11: She's going to find me when I'm open. Her passing 762 00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:12,320 Speaker 11: guarantees success at the next level. 763 00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:15,440 Speaker 2: Let's talk again in the playoffs. Always great to talk 764 00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:17,839 Speaker 2: to you, Legs. Thank you, Love to day. That's Tim 765 00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:20,120 Speaker 2: Legler from the Mothership. Take a break back after this. 766 00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:23,799 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 767 00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:27,200 Speaker 1: the nation. Catch all of our shows at Foxsports Radio 768 00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:31,440 Speaker 1: dot com and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to 769 00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:32,200 Speaker 1: listen live. 770 00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:37,160 Speaker 2: A couple of email Robin sends in a note, Hey, Dan, 771 00:37:37,239 --> 00:37:40,240 Speaker 2: with your state planning later today, would you consider leaving 772 00:37:40,280 --> 00:37:43,239 Speaker 2: some of your sports memorabilia, et cetera to some of 773 00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:46,680 Speaker 2: your fans. Maybe I have a contest for some of 774 00:37:46,719 --> 00:37:51,319 Speaker 2: the recipients rest in peace. Thank you, Robin. But right 775 00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:53,960 Speaker 2: now haven't decided what I'm doing. That's not part of 776 00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:57,000 Speaker 2: the estate planning that I have later today. The man Cave, 777 00:37:57,600 --> 00:38:01,239 Speaker 2: and maybe I should factor that in. Some people have 778 00:38:01,320 --> 00:38:04,600 Speaker 2: suggested maybe that Jim nance will say goodbye friend, and 779 00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:10,120 Speaker 2: maybe he's the final voice of my funeral Birthschirving. Yeah, oh, 780 00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:13,040 Speaker 2: they'll pipe in some of those bird sounds from Augusta. 781 00:38:13,080 --> 00:38:13,680 Speaker 5: Have done it before. 782 00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:16,279 Speaker 2: Yes, remember they got busted for that. I think they 783 00:38:16,320 --> 00:38:20,600 Speaker 2: had some Autobond Society person who said that bird is 784 00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:27,399 Speaker 2: not indigenous to Augusta or something. They're piping in bird sounds. Ah, 785 00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:30,480 Speaker 2: I loved it, Jim and Ohio, Hi Jim, what's on 786 00:38:30,520 --> 00:38:30,960 Speaker 2: your mind? 787 00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:35,720 Speaker 12: Good morning, Dan Dannis. When that day of your exit 788 00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:38,480 Speaker 12: to the Great Broadcast Booths in the Sky arrives, why 789 00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:42,360 Speaker 12: not plan your memorial be a time for healing, reconciliation 790 00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:45,240 Speaker 12: and healing by inviting Steve Bartman. 791 00:38:46,440 --> 00:38:49,000 Speaker 2: Oh well, that'd be up to Steve Bartman to do 792 00:38:49,080 --> 00:38:54,480 Speaker 2: that to maybe some reconciliation. I mean, I can put 793 00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:56,600 Speaker 2: him on the guest list. But of course I had 794 00:38:56,680 --> 00:38:59,800 Speaker 2: that moment. You can google it on the Early Sports 795 00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:04,040 Speaker 2: see where we thought we had Steve Bartman. Huh oh. 796 00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:06,399 Speaker 2: And I went to commercial break and coming up, We're 797 00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:09,279 Speaker 2: going to talk to Steve Bartman, And then all of 798 00:39:09,320 --> 00:39:13,520 Speaker 2: a sudden it was somebody from the Howard Stern Show. 799 00:39:14,480 --> 00:39:19,400 Speaker 2: How does Howard Stern's butt cheese taste? And I said, awesome, 800 00:39:20,280 --> 00:39:23,400 Speaker 2: we've been had. How does his butt cheese? Yeah? 801 00:39:23,719 --> 00:39:23,959 Speaker 1: Uh? 802 00:39:24,040 --> 00:39:29,520 Speaker 2: Tom in Ohio? Hi, Tom, what's on your mind today? 803 00:39:30,239 --> 00:39:33,480 Speaker 13: Oh, Shack will be the last one to speak at 804 00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:34,960 Speaker 13: your funeral. 805 00:39:35,840 --> 00:39:37,480 Speaker 12: About time you shut the hell up? 806 00:39:37,600 --> 00:39:41,640 Speaker 2: Okay, all right, Dan Patrick, shut the hell up. You 807 00:39:41,680 --> 00:39:45,120 Speaker 2: know Shack might attend and get him in there. Chris 808 00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:46,320 Speaker 2: and Syracuse, Oh. 809 00:39:46,320 --> 00:39:51,160 Speaker 13: Chris, hey, thanks Dan State. Two comments went off of 810 00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:53,399 Speaker 13: your state planning talk. 811 00:39:53,800 --> 00:39:56,400 Speaker 2: I remember, Hey, Chris, you're invited to my funeral. 812 00:39:56,760 --> 00:40:00,480 Speaker 13: Oh well yeah, it'll be a yeah, thank you, Dan. 813 00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:04,480 Speaker 13: Ok Off, they stay planning talk. I think it was 814 00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:08,040 Speaker 13: when Michael Michael Jackson passed away the day after we 815 00:40:08,080 --> 00:40:10,719 Speaker 13: were going over what your obits would read, and I 816 00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:15,960 Speaker 13: remember one was former Western Kentucky Hilltop or finally Passes. 817 00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:19,960 Speaker 13: And I got the end of yesterday's show and you 818 00:40:20,080 --> 00:40:23,440 Speaker 13: had were talking about brevity at best man speeches, and 819 00:40:23,640 --> 00:40:25,439 Speaker 13: I just wanted to share with you the greatest best 820 00:40:25,440 --> 00:40:28,360 Speaker 13: man speech I ever heard. It was one of those weddings. 821 00:40:28,400 --> 00:40:31,200 Speaker 13: It was in a firebarn. It was just like picnic tables, 822 00:40:31,239 --> 00:40:33,879 Speaker 13: kaga beer Kolcut's the type of wedding you're in your 823 00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:37,760 Speaker 13: early twenties you love. And the guy who was getting 824 00:40:37,760 --> 00:40:40,200 Speaker 13: married had an older brother, isn't He was a I 825 00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:43,080 Speaker 13: guess a great softball player. His nickname was Tater and 826 00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:46,000 Speaker 13: he had a best buddy. He made his best buddy 827 00:40:46,080 --> 00:40:48,360 Speaker 13: best man. So he threw his brother a bone and 828 00:40:48,440 --> 00:40:50,919 Speaker 13: had him speak before the best man's speech, and Dan, 829 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:53,840 Speaker 13: this guy drone down for like fifteen minutes. It was brutal. 830 00:40:54,440 --> 00:40:56,279 Speaker 13: And then when he finally got done, we're all like, 831 00:40:56,280 --> 00:40:58,000 Speaker 13: oh my god, now we got to listen to another one. 832 00:40:58,440 --> 00:41:00,360 Speaker 13: This guy gets up there, the best man, It just 833 00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:02,560 Speaker 13: gets up there and just looks at the crowd, picks 834 00:41:02,600 --> 00:41:05,319 Speaker 13: up the mic and says, get a while with Tator said, 835 00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:07,280 Speaker 13: and the whole place erupted. It was great. 836 00:41:07,800 --> 00:41:08,520 Speaker 2: Thank you, Chris. 837 00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:09,640 Speaker 3: Yeah. 838 00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:11,759 Speaker 2: People don't know how to react when I invite them 839 00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:16,719 Speaker 2: to my funeral. Chris clearly flummixed with that. Yes, Tom, Yeah, 840 00:41:16,719 --> 00:41:18,600 Speaker 2: what you sa say? Thank you? Or I look forward 841 00:41:18,680 --> 00:41:18,880 Speaker 2: to it. 842 00:41:19,200 --> 00:41:19,960 Speaker 1: It's a thing. 843 00:41:21,680 --> 00:41:24,960 Speaker 2: Look forward to it. Can't wait. I'm gonna go out 844 00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:28,160 Speaker 2: and buy an outfit. Yeah. Going to visit the estate 845 00:41:28,200 --> 00:41:31,560 Speaker 2: planner later today. Maybe I should be divvying up the 846 00:41:31,600 --> 00:41:34,719 Speaker 2: mank Final Hour on the way this Tuesday.