1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:03,520 Speaker 1: You are listening to The Dan Patrick Show on Fox 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 1: Sports Radio. Welcome to the program final hour on this Thursday, 3 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 1: Dana The Dana at Stan Patrick Show will head of 4 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 1: the Bubble. Chris Bannocks will join us. Seems to be 5 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:37,120 Speaker 1: some positive news coming out of the bubble. Adrian Woodsonarowski 6 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:42,240 Speaker 1: reporting that last night got a little intense, a little heated, 7 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:45,120 Speaker 1: the Lakers and Clippers walking out of the meeting with 8 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 1: the players, and things are a little bit better, and 9 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 1: it looks like there will be basketball at some point, 10 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 1: because I thought that the season was in jeopardy last night, 11 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 1: or at least it could have been in jeopardy last night. 12 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:58,400 Speaker 1: And I want to be careful using that word because 13 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 1: I was corrected when I asked my worst last night, 14 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 1: is the season in jeopardy? And he said no, But 15 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:07,120 Speaker 1: it could escalate quickly to that. And I thought that 16 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:09,400 Speaker 1: if the Lakers and Clippers weren't on the same page 17 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:12,320 Speaker 1: with everybody else, then maybe they were not. If the 18 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:14,839 Speaker 1: Lakers and Clippers walked out, then they're going to shut 19 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:17,679 Speaker 1: down the postseason. But from what I'm seeing here with 20 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 1: Adrian Woodanarowski, it feels like there is some good news 21 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 1: at least so far. Players are meeting now and the 22 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 1: owners are meeting now. Those are separate, and I don't 23 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 1: know what is going to be voted on. Are they 24 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 1: going to play games today and tonight? Are they gonna 25 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:37,760 Speaker 1: From what I was told last night, this subject to change. 26 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:43,320 Speaker 1: But this is a situation where every team is going 27 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:47,480 Speaker 1: to boycott, So all teams will be boycotting a game. 28 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 1: They're not postponing or canceling. The players want this to 29 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:54,800 Speaker 1: be known that they're boycotting these games. You have the 30 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 1: games yesterday that we're boycotted, and that the players the 31 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 1: teams today that we're edule to play, they would be 32 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 1: boycotting as well. That's what I was told last night. 33 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:08,640 Speaker 1: Subject to change, but it got heated last night, and 34 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:11,360 Speaker 1: I think if you had taken a vote or people 35 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 1: had made a final decision, you might have had the 36 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:17,639 Speaker 1: season in question right now. But we'll talk to Mannocks. 37 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 1: He'll join us from the bubble. He's been great. He 38 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 1: did a great job last night. So did our guy 39 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:23,960 Speaker 1: Chris Haynes from Yahoo Sports did a great job in 40 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:27,640 Speaker 1: covering this last night, because it's all unfolding right in 41 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:31,360 Speaker 1: front of us. Because yesterday afternoon at four o'clock. I 42 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 1: had gotten the heads up that something was going on 43 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 1: with the Milwaukee Bucks, and I was driving in my car, 44 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 1: so I texted the dan Etts and I said, Hey, 45 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 1: NBA TV, like, what's going on? Bucks? And in the 46 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:45,520 Speaker 1: Magic And then all of a sudden, I got home 47 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:48,360 Speaker 1: and then I started listening to Jim Jackson and Chris Webber, 48 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:51,639 Speaker 1: and I go, oh boy, And if they were going 49 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:55,799 Speaker 1: to postpone that game, then we were all under the 50 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 1: impression that the other games were going to be postponed 51 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 1: as well. Now the question is, and you play a 52 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:03,680 Speaker 1: basketball game in five hours from now because you have 53 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 1: the Jazz Jazz in the Nuggets are scheduled to play, 54 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:09,200 Speaker 1: and I don't know how late these players were up 55 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 1: last night. Normally you'd have a shoot around today, But 56 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:15,520 Speaker 1: you got a game in five hours or at least scheduled. 57 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:18,400 Speaker 1: But I don't I'd be really surprised if that's played. 58 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 1: We don't have a poll question. I just didn't know 59 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 1: if there was one that was really appropriate today. But 60 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:25,960 Speaker 1: your phone calls are welcome. H seven seven three DP 61 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 1: show email address DP at dan Patrick dot com. You 62 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:31,800 Speaker 1: had a lot of different people, a lot of different 63 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 1: voices who shared their thoughts on this doc. Rivers was 64 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 1: really emotional on Wednesday prior to the game with the 65 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 1: Clippers and the MAVs. Chris Webber I thought was really powerful. 66 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 1: In fact, I want to bring back what Chris Webber 67 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:48,960 Speaker 1: had to say inside the NBA on TNT. This is 68 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 1: what Chris had to say yesterday. We know vote, we 69 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 1: keep there in vote. Everybody vote. But I'm here to 70 00:03:55,400 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 1: speak for those that I always marginalized, those that live 71 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 1: in these neighborhoods where we preach and tell him the 72 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 1: vote and walk away. Charles Barkley came to my high school. 73 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 1: Just seeing him in the locker room, seeing his hands 74 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:22,160 Speaker 1: and his body, that inspired me. You can't see something, 75 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 1: you can't be something until you see it. And when 76 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 1: I tell you the little kids that have called me upset. 77 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 1: I have a god son that has autism and I 78 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:38,599 Speaker 1: just had to explain to him why we aren't playing. 79 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:42,839 Speaker 1: I have young nephews I've had to talk to about 80 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:46,159 Speaker 1: death before they've even seen it in a movie. If 81 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 1: not now, when if not doing a pandemic and countless 82 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 1: lives being lost? If not now, when that's Chris Webber 83 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:04,039 Speaker 1: and you could here here in his voice there, Doc 84 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 1: rivers the same way powerful speech. On Wednesday. Prior to 85 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 1: the game August sixteen, Colin Kaepernick sat for the national 86 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:18,039 Speaker 1: anthem in a preseason game against the Green Bay Packers. 87 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 1: Four years later, the Bucks made the decision to sit 88 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 1: out their playoff game against the Orlando Magic. Of course, 89 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 1: both protests were held in the name of racial justice 90 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:34,279 Speaker 1: and the fight for equality in the country. Colin Kaepernick 91 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:37,280 Speaker 1: spoke to the Green Beret Nate Boyer, who was appreciative 92 00:05:37,279 --> 00:05:40,839 Speaker 1: of Kaepernick's right as an American to protest peacefully, and 93 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:45,839 Speaker 1: suggested the quarterback kneel rather than sit. Kaepernick took his 94 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 1: suggestion and went on kneeling, sparking a movement of their 95 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:57,280 Speaker 1: players kneeling as well as where it started? And here 96 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:01,120 Speaker 1: we are now and where are we going? That's really 97 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:03,960 Speaker 1: some big questions there, and I don't think anybody has 98 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:08,960 Speaker 1: answers here. Players are asking for more community involvement. Players 99 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:12,320 Speaker 1: are asking for the owners to be more involved. What 100 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:16,919 Speaker 1: role does the commissioner play today? What role does some 101 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:20,200 Speaker 1: of these owners play today? What role do is Lebron 102 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 1: play today? What role does Chris Paul play today? Those 103 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:29,480 Speaker 1: are all very important questions. I don't know if we 104 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:36,760 Speaker 1: get answers, but those are questions that are looming hanging. Yeah, Paul, 105 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:39,800 Speaker 1: I think I'm most curious about the owners meeting and 106 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 1: the commissioner meeting because when he walks in to talk 107 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:44,799 Speaker 1: to the players or zooms in and talks to the players, 108 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:47,719 Speaker 1: he's obviously gonna have to listen first. But how does 109 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:53,159 Speaker 1: he bring business back to not the forefront, but in 110 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 1: the mix while keeping the players happy with his response 111 00:06:57,760 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 1: and the owner's response, Because that's a juggle he has today. 112 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 1: He has a business to run while working with the 113 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:07,720 Speaker 1: players on their costs simultaneously. That's a tough gig today. 114 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 1: It is a delicate balancing act for the commissioner because 115 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 1: all of this, all of sports being back, is about money. 116 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:18,680 Speaker 1: It's about business. They can frame it however they want, 117 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:22,200 Speaker 1: explaining however they want. This is about billions of dollars 118 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:25,240 Speaker 1: at stake. That's why baseball will limp into the postseason, 119 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:28,240 Speaker 1: come hell or high water, because they know that they 120 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:30,880 Speaker 1: can make some of the money back, or they could 121 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:33,600 Speaker 1: cut into the deficits that they're going to lose. The NBA, 122 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:37,120 Speaker 1: the amount of money in the bubble the NFL, the 123 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:40,280 Speaker 1: amount of money at stake college football, the amount of 124 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:44,760 Speaker 1: money that's at stake. And you have to at least 125 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 1: be aware of the business side of this, the financial 126 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:51,920 Speaker 1: side of this, if you're the NBA, the players, the owners, everybody, 127 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 1: TV partners, because this could have lasting ramifications on the league. Yes, 128 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 1: the club a lot of jobs do people who work 129 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:05,760 Speaker 1: for teams and yeah, yeah, Glenn, and Arizona joins us. Glenn, 130 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:11,160 Speaker 1: what's on your mind today? Hey? Dan? How are you doing? Good? Sir? Well, 131 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:12,880 Speaker 1: the first time, long time. But this is not the 132 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:18,520 Speaker 1: day for height and weight. Someone said yesterday that this 133 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 1: move is not going to take legs until the older 134 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 1: white men and owners get involved, well and executives. Well, 135 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 1: I followed that classification. I'm a child of the sixties 136 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 1: and I'm really upset. I thought we did away with 137 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:38,280 Speaker 1: this back then. So the idea is all le Bronze 138 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:41,880 Speaker 1: League lead, have every one of the owners, have the 139 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:46,040 Speaker 1: players of man, that the owners make their facilities available 140 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:52,439 Speaker 1: for vote, no athletics any games on November third, and 141 00:08:52,559 --> 00:08:55,839 Speaker 1: the super can't get the vote out and make a change, right, Well, 142 00:08:55,880 --> 00:08:59,120 Speaker 1: thank you, Glenn. I think there's been talk of making 143 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:05,080 Speaker 1: stadiums of it for polling places voting. But I don't know. 144 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:09,400 Speaker 1: I know Lebron has the singular powerful voice here, but 145 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 1: I don't know what the players are going to be 146 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 1: asking for, because, as a source told me last night, 147 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:20,360 Speaker 1: if you walk away from this, then what if you stay? 148 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:23,720 Speaker 1: What happens? You're trying to get a message out? Are 149 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:27,160 Speaker 1: we numb to the message that's already out there? Black 150 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:29,600 Speaker 1: Lives Matter is on the floor? But when's the last 151 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:32,480 Speaker 1: time you really notice that Black Lives Matter was on 152 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:36,520 Speaker 1: the floor first couple of nights? Even the names on 153 00:09:36,559 --> 00:09:40,560 Speaker 1: the back of the jersey you saw it? Are you 154 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:44,440 Speaker 1: still seeing it? And if you leave, are you taking 155 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:48,439 Speaker 1: away all of this great work that you did, all 156 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:51,079 Speaker 1: these strides that you made, all the progress that you made. 157 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:57,840 Speaker 1: This from Adrian Woodsonarowski a minute ago. Conversations been ongoing 158 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:00,840 Speaker 1: throughout the morning among owners, league executives, coaches, and players 159 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:03,280 Speaker 1: about how the league can restart these playoffs. Sources tell 160 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:06,600 Speaker 1: the ESPN, players and Board of Governors have separate meetings 161 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:11,840 Speaker 1: set to start now, all right, I'm going to guess 162 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:16,800 Speaker 1: that WOJ has sources in both meetings. There. Chris Mannox 163 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:19,439 Speaker 1: just sent out a tweet. Toyota Center in Houston will 164 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:22,559 Speaker 1: become a vote center this fall. Per Rockets Arena will 165 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:26,640 Speaker 1: be open to any registered voter from October thirteenth to 166 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:34,840 Speaker 1: the thirtieth I end on election Day. So this is 167 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:38,160 Speaker 1: something to happen in real time. It's fluid. And I 168 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:41,040 Speaker 1: still go back to the summer of twenty sixteen when 169 00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:46,000 Speaker 1: Muhammad Ali passed away, and what happens when somebody dies 170 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:49,319 Speaker 1: and you see an obituary, stories are written about them, 171 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:53,280 Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, you realize, maybe you weren't 172 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:57,120 Speaker 1: alive when they were at their peak. And a lot 173 00:10:57,160 --> 00:11:00,720 Speaker 1: of these players, NBA players, I think, were he introduced 174 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:04,520 Speaker 1: or introduced to Muhammad Ali. And then you start talking 175 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:10,400 Speaker 1: about social change injustice a cause, what is your real 176 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:14,560 Speaker 1: impact legacy? You know the fact that Muhammad Ali said 177 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:17,520 Speaker 1: I don't want to fight in Vietnam. He was not 178 00:11:17,559 --> 00:11:19,640 Speaker 1: alone in doing that. But he's the one who gave 179 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:23,640 Speaker 1: up the heavyweight title for over three years and paid 180 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:29,000 Speaker 1: the price for a long time because he was he 181 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:32,560 Speaker 1: was considered a villain. He was the bad guy people. 182 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:37,079 Speaker 1: You know, people like Joe Frazier. They didn't like Muhammad Ali. 183 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:40,360 Speaker 1: And even in the black community. They were worried that 184 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:43,480 Speaker 1: Ali was gonna make it even worse in the black community, 185 00:11:43,559 --> 00:11:48,160 Speaker 1: if that was possible. And then you had John Carlos 186 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:52,360 Speaker 1: and Tommy Smith in Mexico the sixty eight Olympics. They 187 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:54,880 Speaker 1: just won a golden silver and get up on the podium. 188 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 1: They raised their right left our hands, you know, the 189 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:07,400 Speaker 1: black our salute. It cost him, cost him dearly. Kaepernick 190 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:10,320 Speaker 1: when he sat down, then when he knelt, did he 191 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:13,440 Speaker 1: realize what was at stake? And then I think he 192 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:16,760 Speaker 1: soon realized what's at stake because then he got blackball. 193 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:21,040 Speaker 1: And at the time I said, he'll never play again. 194 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:25,920 Speaker 1: To toxic for these owners. But that's where we are 195 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:31,560 Speaker 1: right now because a lot of that the SPS Lebron James, 196 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:36,360 Speaker 1: Dwayne Wade, Carmelo, Chris Paul got up there, talked about 197 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:40,880 Speaker 1: social justice. Oh, there's a lot there. There's a whole 198 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:44,400 Speaker 1: lot of pressure on a few people there. The Commissioner, Lebron, James, 199 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:50,280 Speaker 1: Chris Paul. NFL teams, there's some teams that have decided 200 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:52,560 Speaker 1: that they're not going to practice. McLevin, do you have 201 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:56,559 Speaker 1: the list of those not practicing today and show of solidarity? 202 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:59,520 Speaker 1: And there are some that are practicing but will hold 203 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:03,000 Speaker 1: team meetings after Well, the Colts canceled first, then the 204 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:05,480 Speaker 1: Jets and Washington and I have to double check this, 205 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:08,520 Speaker 1: but I think the Bears and the Packers decided not 206 00:13:08,559 --> 00:13:10,760 Speaker 1: to practice today. Then there are several teams that didn't 207 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:13,720 Speaker 1: have a practice schedule dated off day too. What about 208 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:18,000 Speaker 1: the Giants. I think the Giants were reportedly practicing, and 209 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:20,480 Speaker 1: Georgie Ranan reported that they want to give the young 210 00:13:20,559 --> 00:13:23,400 Speaker 1: guys a valuable practice to try to make the team. 211 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:26,160 Speaker 1: We're two weeks away from the start of the NFL 212 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:30,480 Speaker 1: season and obviously there's a lot of question marks on 213 00:13:30,559 --> 00:13:33,400 Speaker 1: just can we pull it off, and then you attach 214 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:39,400 Speaker 1: this to it because you know, canceling, but practice, is 215 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:42,719 Speaker 1: that enough? Do these players feel like it's enough? Is 216 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:46,040 Speaker 1: there going to be some show of solidarity once the 217 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:52,199 Speaker 1: season starts. You only have sixteen regular season games, you're 218 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:55,480 Speaker 1: gonna sit out a game? Like? I don't know. Pete 219 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:58,120 Speaker 1: Carroll said that yesterday. Look, everything's on the table right now. 220 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:02,040 Speaker 1: We don't know. But I do think what happens today 221 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:04,960 Speaker 1: with the NBA may go a long way. And what 222 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:08,080 Speaker 1: happens not only in the NBA, but these other sports 223 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:13,360 Speaker 1: moving forward with hockey, with baseball, football, Does college football 224 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:17,080 Speaker 1: follow suit? Does anybody follow suit with this? It's just 225 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:19,840 Speaker 1: a moving target right now. Yampo, you talked with Florio 226 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:21,960 Speaker 1: last hour about hard knocks and why there's no buzz 227 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:23,920 Speaker 1: around it. Mclove and I were talking in the break. 228 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:28,280 Speaker 1: It feels like we're in this unscheduled month of professional football. 229 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:30,960 Speaker 1: We'resed to August where there's preseason games, even though they're 230 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:32,640 Speaker 1: not the biggest deal in the world. You always have 231 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:36,640 Speaker 1: stories of preseason games and rookies and quarterbacks and even injuries. 232 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:39,560 Speaker 1: It feels like this NFL season is going to jump 233 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:41,880 Speaker 1: out of nowhere and hit us like a wave. We 234 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:44,200 Speaker 1: haven't had our usual ramp up to it, where you 235 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:47,960 Speaker 1: have August games and storylines and guys get mentioned. Last 236 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:50,720 Speaker 1: year this time, Antonio Brown was in trouble, and Andrew 237 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 1: Lux retiring, and there's real football stories going on. It's 238 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:55,720 Speaker 1: like the NFL has been silent for weeks, and as 239 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:58,800 Speaker 1: Mike Florio said, you know, there's not a buzz around 240 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:04,320 Speaker 1: fantasy football as there normally is. Yeah, mclub. I heard 241 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:08,960 Speaker 1: Albert Brier from MMQB said that restricting the media to 242 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:12,320 Speaker 1: all these practices hurting this badly, Yeah, because we're not 243 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:15,880 Speaker 1: getting those stories from camp. And even there was the 244 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:22,760 Speaker 1: story with Gerald McCoy, so the reporters covering the Cowboys 245 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:26,040 Speaker 1: couldn't report on the injury. So they got scooped by 246 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:29,440 Speaker 1: people who weren't in the bubble. Believe it or not, 247 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:34,200 Speaker 1: you're not allowed to The reporters weren't allowed to report 248 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:36,360 Speaker 1: on what they saw at Cowboys camp. And then all 249 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:38,640 Speaker 1: of a sudden it came out that Gerald McCoy got injured, 250 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:42,200 Speaker 1: and then people who weren't at Cowboys camp were reporting 251 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:44,280 Speaker 1: on this. Yeah, mclub. Do you think that the NFL 252 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:47,800 Speaker 1: teams will try to move this forward and restrict access? 253 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:50,120 Speaker 1: Are they going to use this? You know, there's a 254 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:51,960 Speaker 1: lot of nerves in the media that there is maybe 255 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:54,520 Speaker 1: the beginning of restriction. Yeah, but it hurts the league, 256 00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:58,680 Speaker 1: Like we want to be talking about the we want 257 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:01,680 Speaker 1: these stories. I don't. I don't want it to be 258 00:16:02,440 --> 00:16:04,680 Speaker 1: a communist state here where we're gonna shut it down 259 00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 1: and limit your access. Yeah. See well yeah, I mean 260 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:13,240 Speaker 1: on the surface, it's like limiting reporters access is for 261 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:19,000 Speaker 1: safety um or is it just an opportunity get rid 262 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:22,240 Speaker 1: of these dudes. Finally, Yeah, well, we're gonna find out 263 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:25,800 Speaker 1: here of what is permissible during the pandemic and then 264 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:30,840 Speaker 1: what happens next season, Like, hey, we're going back to normal. No, no, 265 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:36,440 Speaker 1: not so fast here, Slow down there, skippy, slow down, skippy. 266 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:40,520 Speaker 1: All right, So mannos will join us, coming up and uh, 267 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:45,000 Speaker 1: phone calls are welcome. H seven seven three DP show. Uh, 268 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:52,119 Speaker 1: let's see. Tommy Curran Bleak asked day for the Patriots 269 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:58,160 Speaker 1: offense during extensive eleven on eleven, work details upcoming? Well? 270 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:01,080 Speaker 1: Is he overselling or selling? I think he might be 271 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:04,639 Speaker 1: over selling? It was Cam four for nine. I don't know, 272 00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:08,280 Speaker 1: I don't know, Yes, mclen He put out numbers yesterday 273 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:11,080 Speaker 1: that Cam and Hoyer were eight for eighteen in practice. 274 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:13,720 Speaker 1: Worth all, how do you be eight for eighteen to 275 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:17,760 Speaker 1: practice that? Do we trust these numbers? Cares? It's practice? 276 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:23,840 Speaker 1: Who cares? I'm sure Mitchell Trubisky was probably ten for ten. 277 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:28,239 Speaker 1: He's back, Yeah, like, who cares? Oh my god? Did 278 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:31,400 Speaker 1: you see what happened in practice? Patriots gap eleven on eleven? 279 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:35,480 Speaker 1: It's over? Yes? Did they have that? Like in baseball 280 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:38,199 Speaker 1: when a pitcher's rehabbing and they go to like Bingham 281 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:40,680 Speaker 1: ten and get you know, they gave up seven runs 282 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:43,000 Speaker 1: on you know, eighteen hits, and they're like, no, it's good. 283 00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:45,440 Speaker 1: It was good because he's working on this one specific thing. 284 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:48,200 Speaker 1: You know, it's really just working on placement. It's good. 285 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:50,400 Speaker 1: It was a good outing. And you're like, how it's 286 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:52,960 Speaker 1: like when Roger Clements would go for a rehab assignment 287 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:55,840 Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, you go, you know, gave 288 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:59,440 Speaker 1: up four runs, three hits, walked four, struck out six. 289 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:03,959 Speaker 1: He's back. I go, okay, ye, I do wonder if 290 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:06,360 Speaker 1: cam Newton's looking around as receivers and say, why am 291 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:11,080 Speaker 1: I seven inches taller than all these guys. No, he's saying, God, 292 00:18:11,119 --> 00:18:14,240 Speaker 1: I know why Brady went to Tampa. I mean, you 293 00:18:14,280 --> 00:18:16,280 Speaker 1: look around, you Seattle money. You go, okay, at least 294 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:21,800 Speaker 1: I know his name. But after that, you're going, who 295 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:27,440 Speaker 1: are these guys? All of a sudden, those receivers in Carolina, 296 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:30,080 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, they look like the forty nine 297 00:18:30,119 --> 00:18:33,760 Speaker 1: years with Joe Montana. All right, we'll take a break. 298 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:36,800 Speaker 1: More phone calls coming up, and once again we were 299 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:38,840 Speaker 1: gonna have Greg Olson on from the Seahawks. I just 300 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:41,879 Speaker 1: didn't want to put him in a situation where you know, 301 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:45,160 Speaker 1: it's kind of around peg square hole here. Just didn't 302 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:49,480 Speaker 1: fit today, but we'll reschedule. Even Pat McAfee. We love Pat, 303 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:51,920 Speaker 1: but I just said it just didn't fit today because 304 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:54,960 Speaker 1: we weren't quite sure exactly what this show, you know, 305 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:57,560 Speaker 1: what shape it was going to take. Nineteen after the hour, 306 00:18:57,560 --> 00:18:59,159 Speaker 1: we'll head to the bubble. Coming up next year on 307 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:01,560 Speaker 1: The Dan Patrick Show. 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If 318 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:33,800 Speaker 1: you missed any interviews from the Mercedes AMG Man Cave, 319 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 1: go to Dan Patrick dot com watch and listen from 320 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:40,480 Speaker 1: inside the Mercedes AMG Man Cave. Mercedes AMG Driving Performance 321 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:44,080 Speaker 1: once again you had the boycott's yesterday, you had the 322 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:48,040 Speaker 1: other sports world teams react the Dodgers game with San 323 00:19:48,080 --> 00:19:51,320 Speaker 1: Francisco postpone. So were the games between the Brewers and 324 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:57,080 Speaker 1: the Reds, Podres, and Mariners. Several black baseball players, including 325 00:19:57,160 --> 00:20:01,000 Speaker 1: Jason Hayward and the Cardinals outfielder Exter Fowler, weren't in 326 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:04,080 Speaker 1: their team's lineups. And I'm not sure where we're headed 327 00:20:04,119 --> 00:20:07,399 Speaker 1: today because you have the Board of Governors, the owners meeting, 328 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:10,000 Speaker 1: and then you also have the players meeting as well. 329 00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:12,960 Speaker 1: Let's bringing Chris Mannocks from Sports Illustrated get an update 330 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:15,040 Speaker 1: from the babble. First of all, you did a great 331 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:18,080 Speaker 1: job last night. You and Chris Haynes from Yahoo Sports 332 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 1: were my lifeline to this and what was going on. 333 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:23,639 Speaker 1: So I just want to compliment you on doing what 334 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:26,200 Speaker 1: you do well being a reporter. But walk me through 335 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:30,000 Speaker 1: last night late last night, how tense to this get? 336 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:36,639 Speaker 1: It got pretty tense in that room, and the meeting 337 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:41,840 Speaker 1: was really divided into two separate meetings. You had one 338 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:46,600 Speaker 1: meeting which had the full compliments of NBA players and 339 00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:50,480 Speaker 1: coaches who were invited into the mix and everybody speaking. 340 00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:56,440 Speaker 1: Doc Rivers spoke passionately about his experiences. Maurice Lucas of 341 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:59,399 Speaker 1: the John Lucas should say have the Houston Rockets. He 342 00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:03,240 Speaker 1: spoke at this meeting. Armand Hill, an assistant coach with 343 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:06,680 Speaker 1: the Clippers. He spoke at this meeting, and coaches kind 344 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:09,520 Speaker 1: of were involved in the discussions about what to do 345 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:13,040 Speaker 1: moving forward. After about an hour, the players asked the 346 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:16,320 Speaker 1: coaches to leave and they started to hash things out. 347 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:19,000 Speaker 1: There were a lot of voices that were heard in 348 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:21,960 Speaker 1: this room. Dan The meeting was led by Chris Paul 349 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 1: and Andre Gudala, but there were dozens of players from 350 00:21:25,359 --> 00:21:28,760 Speaker 1: Jaylen Brown to Damian Lillard to Carmelo Anthony who spoke 351 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:32,080 Speaker 1: up and had had strong things to say. How it 352 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:37,639 Speaker 1: ended very much unclear. I mean, the Lakers and Clippers 353 00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:43,400 Speaker 1: said that they were ready to leave. It's unclear if 354 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:46,520 Speaker 1: them saying they're ready to leave was then saying we're 355 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:51,800 Speaker 1: done or them saying that's our position on this. So 356 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:55,919 Speaker 1: the meeting ended with a lot of ambiguity about where 357 00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:58,600 Speaker 1: this league and where these players are going to go 358 00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:03,240 Speaker 1: moving forward. They have had further meetings this morning. From 359 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:05,919 Speaker 1: what I've been told, some key players have met on 360 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:08,800 Speaker 1: these issues. The Board of Governor's meeting, as you mentioned, 361 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:11,679 Speaker 1: is happening as we speak. We're going to know a 362 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:15,840 Speaker 1: lot more about the future of the NBA when when 363 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:17,800 Speaker 1: this Board of Governor's meeting is over and we get 364 00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:19,880 Speaker 1: some clarity on where the league and the players stand. 365 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:24,119 Speaker 1: We're less than five hours away from Nuggets Jazz the 366 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:27,000 Speaker 1: first game schedule. I was told last night that there 367 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:30,840 Speaker 1: won't be basketball today. Is there any official update now? 368 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:33,360 Speaker 1: I like, five minutes ago, I asked a top rank 369 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:36,920 Speaker 1: ranking league official for any kind of update and there 370 00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:40,359 Speaker 1: was none. But it's impossible to believe they'll play today. 371 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:44,560 Speaker 1: You know. I've talked to coaches that are operating like 372 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:47,400 Speaker 1: there's no games today. Coaches that have games today are 373 00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:50,160 Speaker 1: not going through the routines that they would have if 374 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:52,840 Speaker 1: they were playing. What is the role of the commissioner today? 375 00:22:55,800 --> 00:23:02,280 Speaker 1: I think the role of Adam Silver is fully grasp 376 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:07,440 Speaker 1: and understand and narrow down what the players want from 377 00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:11,960 Speaker 1: owners and present that to owners in a way that 378 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:17,000 Speaker 1: gets this league moving again. Because one of the takeaways 379 00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:19,080 Speaker 1: from last night from some of the people I talked 380 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:22,760 Speaker 1: to in the room was that players want more done 381 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:28,040 Speaker 1: on voting issues. Players want more done on police reform. 382 00:23:28,080 --> 00:23:32,359 Speaker 1: But there really wasn't any kind of action plan that 383 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:35,480 Speaker 1: the players were ready to present to owners to that 384 00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:38,960 Speaker 1: that would satisfy their needs and all this and owners 385 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:41,880 Speaker 1: dan are some of them are kind of sitting back 386 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:44,840 Speaker 1: and saying, look, we feel like we've done a lot, 387 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:48,560 Speaker 1: you know, for this, this movement for players here, they 388 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:52,280 Speaker 1: you know, went along with the social justice messages on 389 00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:56,480 Speaker 1: the jersey. They have been extremely supportive of players taking 390 00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:59,680 Speaker 1: a knee during the national anthem. When what happened last 391 00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:03,040 Speaker 1: night with the Bucks happened, the Bucks ownership group, the 392 00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:05,720 Speaker 1: top three people came out with an immediate statement in 393 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:09,320 Speaker 1: support of all that. Owners two weeks ago committed three 394 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:12,760 Speaker 1: hundred million dollars over the next ten years to improve 395 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:17,040 Speaker 1: areas of the black community economically. You can say they're 396 00:24:17,119 --> 00:24:18,840 Speaker 1: really rich, they can do that, but three and a 397 00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:21,840 Speaker 1: million dollars is not nothing. It's just not. So owners 398 00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:24,159 Speaker 1: are kind of sitting back and saying, we've done a 399 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:26,439 Speaker 1: lot here, What more do you want us to do? 400 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:29,880 Speaker 1: I think for Adam Silver, you know, narrowing down what 401 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:34,119 Speaker 1: the players would find to be acceptable and present that 402 00:24:34,119 --> 00:24:36,080 Speaker 1: to owners in a way that makes them go along 403 00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:38,200 Speaker 1: with it. I think that's important, But I would say 404 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:40,400 Speaker 1: something Dan that's come up a lot in the last 405 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:45,200 Speaker 1: twelve hours. Adam Silver's not here, Mark Tatum is not here. 406 00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:49,080 Speaker 1: The two highest ranking league officials are not here in 407 00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:51,680 Speaker 1: the bubble. Now. There may be very good reasons for that, 408 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:55,760 Speaker 1: but one of the ways that a commissioner or a 409 00:24:55,800 --> 00:25:00,080 Speaker 1: deputy commissioner can connect with players is to understand and 410 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:02,960 Speaker 1: what they're going through right now, and the experience of 411 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:07,960 Speaker 1: the bubble has exacerbated and magnified the feelings these players 412 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:10,600 Speaker 1: are having. You know, Paul George spoke on what he 413 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:13,000 Speaker 1: was going through the other night, but he's not alone 414 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:15,960 Speaker 1: in those feelings. There are a lot of players that 415 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:18,840 Speaker 1: are feeling a mental burden as a result of being 416 00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:21,760 Speaker 1: in this bubble and Adam Silver not being here and 417 00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:25,320 Speaker 1: Mark Tatum not being here. They just can't share the 418 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:30,040 Speaker 1: same perspective that players have because they haven't experienced everything 419 00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:34,000 Speaker 1: players are experiencing. Is there a chance that the season 420 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:37,639 Speaker 1: gets shut down? I had a veteran player tell me 421 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:40,520 Speaker 1: in the immediate aftermath of what the Bucks did that 422 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:45,040 Speaker 1: the season was in jeopardy. I don't know. In the 423 00:25:45,119 --> 00:25:48,960 Speaker 1: aftermath of that meeting last night, if that feeling has 424 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:54,280 Speaker 1: been strengthened or weakened. But I do know that because 425 00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:57,160 Speaker 1: the Bucks did this, and let's remember, they did this unilaterally. 426 00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:02,480 Speaker 1: You know, the Bucks, because of this happening in their backyard, 427 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:05,040 Speaker 1: you know what happened with Jacob Blake, they decided to 428 00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:07,960 Speaker 1: do this unil latterly, you know, Orlando was on the floor, 429 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:10,560 Speaker 1: they were ready to play. About one hundred yards up 430 00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:13,879 Speaker 1: the hill. You had Chris Paul and Oklahoma City players 431 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:16,240 Speaker 1: starting to warm up for their game. So the Bucks, 432 00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:18,400 Speaker 1: I mean the Bucks in the locker room, Dan, like 433 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:21,120 Speaker 1: all the players in that locker room were wearing their jerseys. 434 00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:24,360 Speaker 1: So this happened. You know, their decision not to play 435 00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:27,800 Speaker 1: happened very quickly before the start of the game. But 436 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:30,680 Speaker 1: when the Bucks did this, in a way, they kind 437 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:34,240 Speaker 1: of put players in a tough spot because now some players, 438 00:26:34,359 --> 00:26:36,040 Speaker 1: the ones that I've talked to and people that are 439 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:39,520 Speaker 1: close to them, have said to me, well, we did this, 440 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:43,560 Speaker 1: we made a statement, But does the statement matter if 441 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:46,800 Speaker 1: we turn around and play at forty eight hours? What 442 00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:49,840 Speaker 1: do we gain if we just delay the start of 443 00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:52,399 Speaker 1: the season forty eight hours? There are players now that 444 00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:55,600 Speaker 1: are saying, you know, now that they've done this, doesn't 445 00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:59,000 Speaker 1: there have to be something tangible and real done from 446 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:01,000 Speaker 1: all this? I mean Fred Imple said this the other 447 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:04,440 Speaker 1: day and it rings true to me now, Like at 448 00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:06,280 Speaker 1: some point players of thinking we've got to put our 449 00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:08,159 Speaker 1: stuff on the line here, like we have got to 450 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:10,880 Speaker 1: put our money where our mouth is, and if we're 451 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:14,119 Speaker 1: willing to really sacrifice, we may have be willing to 452 00:27:14,119 --> 00:27:17,080 Speaker 1: walk away. Talking to Chris Mannox joining us from the bubble, 453 00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:20,679 Speaker 1: of course, senior writer for Sports illustrated a couple of 454 00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:23,520 Speaker 1: items though, basketball wise, you got some openings here. The 455 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:29,040 Speaker 1: Pacers firing Nate McMillan is great. Popovich, Is that a 456 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:32,160 Speaker 1: real possibility for the Nets that he would actually take 457 00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:35,600 Speaker 1: over as the head coach. It's the longest of long shots, 458 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:40,960 Speaker 1: because I don't get the sense that pop wants to 459 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:44,200 Speaker 1: move out of San Antonio. I think he still wants 460 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:47,840 Speaker 1: to keep coaching. I don't believe that his coaching career 461 00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:51,280 Speaker 1: ended here in the bubble. But I don't believe that 462 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:53,159 Speaker 1: he's ready to jump ship. I mean, I think the 463 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:56,800 Speaker 1: Nets Sean Marks, we know long relationship with Popovitch. They're 464 00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:58,639 Speaker 1: going to make an effort to try to lure him 465 00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:02,080 Speaker 1: out of San Antonio. But I don't believe, uh, that's 466 00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:04,680 Speaker 1: going to be successful. I think the Nets are gonna 467 00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:08,240 Speaker 1: be in the Tye lou Chase. I mean there's I mean, 468 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:10,919 Speaker 1: there's probably there's at least three teams, you know, with 469 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:14,120 Speaker 1: the Pelicans, the Sixers, and the Nets that I think 470 00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:17,119 Speaker 1: are going to be aggressively pursuing Tyron Lou. He is 471 00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:19,720 Speaker 1: going to have some great offers on the table in 472 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:22,160 Speaker 1: the next couple of weeks and months, and he may 473 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:24,760 Speaker 1: have to just decide which one he dislikes best. Yeah, 474 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:27,000 Speaker 1: just trying to figure that out. Why float that out 475 00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:30,840 Speaker 1: there with Popovich? That if it if it's not really 476 00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:33,320 Speaker 1: unless you gave him a piece of the team, Like 477 00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:37,120 Speaker 1: I don't it. Does Popovich feel like, hey, I got 478 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:41,560 Speaker 1: unfinished business here to coach again someplace? Well, I mean 479 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:46,400 Speaker 1: it's it's a possibility to take over a championship ready team, 480 00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:49,840 Speaker 1: and the players on that team, you know, really respect him. 481 00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:53,800 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving for various reasons. Uh, you know, 482 00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:56,840 Speaker 1: they have a lot of respect for for Greg Popovich. 483 00:28:57,280 --> 00:28:59,120 Speaker 1: The thing with this the late that you know, the 484 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:02,240 Speaker 1: report report on this, they came from the athletic It's 485 00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:05,959 Speaker 1: it's accurate. It's just it's not necessarily new. This has 486 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:08,880 Speaker 1: been kind of a well known sort of secret in 487 00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:10,880 Speaker 1: the NBA, so to speak, that you know, Sean Marks 488 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:13,760 Speaker 1: and the Nets wanted Greg Popovich. I'm not sure that 489 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:17,920 Speaker 1: anything changed in the last week that made it any 490 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:20,680 Speaker 1: more likely than it was three or four weeks ago 491 00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:23,160 Speaker 1: or a couple of months ago. It's just the Spur 492 00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:26,680 Speaker 1: season is over, the next season is over. They're officially 493 00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:30,400 Speaker 1: beginning their search in the coming days. Popovitch is somebody 494 00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:32,520 Speaker 1: they want. I just don't believe that. I don't believe 495 00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:35,280 Speaker 1: that there's there's mutual interest, least not strong enough to 496 00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:40,520 Speaker 1: get Popach out just quickly. On Indiana, Dan like putting aside, 497 00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:44,080 Speaker 1: like you know, giving a guy a quasi extension then 498 00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:48,080 Speaker 1: firing him. That was that was such a jerk move 499 00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:49,640 Speaker 1: on the way out the door to put out a 500 00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:52,680 Speaker 1: press release where you say his playoff record was three 501 00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:55,720 Speaker 1: and sixteen, Like I mean this is like, well, you're 502 00:29:56,120 --> 00:29:58,080 Speaker 1: like fired the guy, Okay, but is there really need 503 00:29:58,120 --> 00:30:02,360 Speaker 1: to drop Actually it was correct, it's it's correct, but 504 00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:05,120 Speaker 1: but like two weeks ago, you had a statement that 505 00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:07,520 Speaker 1: was released from a team with Kevin Pritchard on Tom saying, 506 00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:10,760 Speaker 1: we're so proud of all that Nate's accomplished. Like, is 507 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:14,320 Speaker 1: a four game sweep without you know, Sabonis in your 508 00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:18,040 Speaker 1: lineup and with Victor Oladipo still recovering from this catastrophic 509 00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:20,479 Speaker 1: leg injury. I mean, is that really? Like? I mean 510 00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:22,480 Speaker 1: that was that was a new one, Dan, that was 511 00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:24,880 Speaker 1: a new one. The team firing coach two weeks after 512 00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:28,040 Speaker 1: sort of extending him and then noting at the bottom 513 00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:31,120 Speaker 1: three and sixteen playoff record. Is Mike D'Antoni coaching for 514 00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:35,760 Speaker 1: his future in Houston. It's a little more complicated than that. Um, 515 00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:38,400 Speaker 1: I don't think win or lose this series, it will 516 00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:42,600 Speaker 1: necessarily strengthen or worse in Mike d'antoni's position there. Like 517 00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:45,880 Speaker 1: Mike wants to be respected in terms of contract length 518 00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:48,880 Speaker 1: and money. Like, if you come to Mike D'Antoni with 519 00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:52,680 Speaker 1: a real offer, uh, Mike D'Antoni would would stay in Houston, 520 00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:54,360 Speaker 1: you know. But they didn't come to him with what 521 00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:57,400 Speaker 1: he deemed to be a real offer, a multi year offer, 522 00:30:57,600 --> 00:31:00,360 Speaker 1: and and that's what put them in the physition where 523 00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:02,000 Speaker 1: he's in now as a as a lame duck type 524 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:03,720 Speaker 1: of coach. I mean, I'll be honest, and I'm not 525 00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:05,840 Speaker 1: sure who else could coach that team, Like, you know, 526 00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:08,640 Speaker 1: Mike D'Antoni has done some some really creative things with 527 00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:10,960 Speaker 1: that offense, and you know, kind of built it around 528 00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:13,680 Speaker 1: James Harden and incorporated Russell Westbrook as best as you 529 00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:16,400 Speaker 1: possibly can. I'm not sure that any other coach could 530 00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:20,360 Speaker 1: could take over that roster and and do a better job. Mcloven, 531 00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:24,000 Speaker 1: you wanted to recap Chris Mannox's playoff from the bubble. 532 00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:26,200 Speaker 1: I just I'm looking at my record here on Dan 533 00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:29,800 Speaker 1: patrick dot com. Yeah, what the title game? I think 534 00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:34,000 Speaker 1: it's Blazers and Sixers from this year? Or do you 535 00:31:34,040 --> 00:31:37,560 Speaker 1: stand by that Chris said there was twenty twenty one 536 00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:42,960 Speaker 1: right well, looking ahead like hell, I'll even give you that. 537 00:31:43,120 --> 00:31:46,200 Speaker 1: I'll even give you twenty twenty one by like the Sixers, 538 00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:48,600 Speaker 1: another one another the fire like Brett Brown was gonna 539 00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:51,080 Speaker 1: go at some point. I mean it just it's the 540 00:31:51,160 --> 00:31:53,960 Speaker 1: last couple of years he's been on the proverbial chopping block. 541 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:57,320 Speaker 1: But can we please stop with this fantasy that firing 542 00:31:57,360 --> 00:32:00,560 Speaker 1: Brett Brown uh solves any of the six or problems? 543 00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:03,320 Speaker 1: I mean they had a team, Dan, that was maybe 544 00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:06,600 Speaker 1: one bounce away a Kawhi Leonard shot from going to 545 00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:08,320 Speaker 1: a conference files and then who knows. I mean, the 546 00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:11,080 Speaker 1: Raptors want a championship. Maybe the Sixers win a championship. 547 00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:14,840 Speaker 1: Their response to that was to let their one of 548 00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:17,720 Speaker 1: their best players, Jimmy Butler go, let their best shooter go, 549 00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:21,200 Speaker 1: and reinvent their team around Al Horford, Tobias Harris and 550 00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:23,640 Speaker 1: a bunch of non shooters. I mean, Brett Brown, say 551 00:32:23,680 --> 00:32:25,480 Speaker 1: what you want about his in game coaching. I know 552 00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:27,680 Speaker 1: we'd maybe not be elite at that part of it, 553 00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:30,880 Speaker 1: but give me a break. I mean, this team screwed 554 00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:34,240 Speaker 1: up last offseason when they let Butler go. They let 555 00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:37,440 Speaker 1: Reddick walk. That's the problem, not what Brett Brown did. 556 00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:44,360 Speaker 1: Do they keep both players, yes, short term anyway. The 557 00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:47,640 Speaker 1: problem though, Dan, is they have one of the most 558 00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:50,600 Speaker 1: expensive payrolls in like the history of basketball. Like they 559 00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:54,320 Speaker 1: have like four guys making over one hundred million dollars 560 00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:58,600 Speaker 1: in Horford, Harris, Simmons, and be. Your flexibility is minimal. 561 00:32:58,840 --> 00:33:02,320 Speaker 1: So unless you unless you can find a shooter in 562 00:33:02,360 --> 00:33:05,120 Speaker 1: the draft that can play right away, unless you can 563 00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:07,600 Speaker 1: use some of your exceptions to Lurer shooter. Maybe Pat 564 00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:09,800 Speaker 1: Conadan playing with the Bucks, who is going to be 565 00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:12,880 Speaker 1: really valuable this offseason. Maybe you can make a trade 566 00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:16,320 Speaker 1: for somebody that can play. You're gonna have a tough 567 00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:18,640 Speaker 1: time getting yourself back to the level you were at 568 00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:21,920 Speaker 1: last summer. That's that's the big thing. They they had it, Dan, 569 00:33:22,080 --> 00:33:23,840 Speaker 1: they had it. I know it's a risk giving Jimmy 570 00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:26,320 Speaker 1: Butler five years and one hundred and ninety million dollars, 571 00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:28,360 Speaker 1: But looking back on it now, is any more of 572 00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:30,960 Speaker 1: a risk than giving Al Horford four years one hundred 573 00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:33,080 Speaker 1: million dollars. Is any more of a risk than giving 574 00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:35,840 Speaker 1: Tobias Harris five years one hundred and eighty million dollars. 575 00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:38,320 Speaker 1: Like Jimmy Butler is like the heart and soul of 576 00:33:38,360 --> 00:33:41,640 Speaker 1: that Miami Heat team. J J. Reddick is still shooting 577 00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:44,280 Speaker 1: like forty something percent from three point range and probably 578 00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:45,800 Speaker 1: will still be able to do that until he's like 579 00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:49,000 Speaker 1: fifty years old. Like they had the formula a year ago, 580 00:33:49,520 --> 00:33:52,000 Speaker 1: they broke it up. That's the problem. And like I 581 00:33:52,040 --> 00:33:55,520 Speaker 1: like Elton Brand, but you know, just you know, shaking 582 00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:58,800 Speaker 1: up the chairs underneath him is not going to make 583 00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:01,360 Speaker 1: that big a difference. Thank you, Chris, a great job 584 00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:04,320 Speaker 1: again last night. Good luck today, you got it. That's 585 00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:08,440 Speaker 1: Chris Manning Sports Illustrated NBA senior writer John and Alabama 586 00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:11,200 Speaker 1: joins us, Hey, John, what do you have for me today? 587 00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:14,200 Speaker 1: Hey Dan, thanks for having me. I just wanted to 588 00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:17,680 Speaker 1: just kind of share a comment in regards to the 589 00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:22,960 Speaker 1: NBA situation, and I'll breaface it by the saying they're 590 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:26,240 Speaker 1: really you know, there's not a there's a right answer 591 00:34:26,239 --> 00:34:28,720 Speaker 1: on both sides. If they if they, if the players 592 00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:31,879 Speaker 1: decide to boycott, I think that's the right answer. If 593 00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:34,719 Speaker 1: the players want to play the season out, I think 594 00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:37,440 Speaker 1: that's the right answer. But but that being said, I 595 00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:41,560 Speaker 1: think the right answer is, you know, America is a 596 00:34:42,239 --> 00:34:44,480 Speaker 1: out of sight, out of mind. I mean, we're just 597 00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:47,200 Speaker 1: that's just the way we are as as a people. 598 00:34:47,280 --> 00:34:50,880 Speaker 1: And when we don't see, when we don't hear, then 599 00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:55,120 Speaker 1: it's just not something that that we really try to understand. 600 00:34:55,160 --> 00:34:59,200 Speaker 1: And I think the players have a tremendous opportunity if 601 00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:02,640 Speaker 1: they choose to play, to have the right kind of 602 00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:05,319 Speaker 1: a platform. They're going to have a live microphone in 603 00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:09,600 Speaker 1: their mouth, you know, at halftime, free game, close the game, 604 00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:12,440 Speaker 1: and they're going to have a lot of opportunities to 605 00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:15,799 Speaker 1: bring the right kind of awareness to this issue of 606 00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:21,560 Speaker 1: social injustice. You know, I mean people that watch the news. 607 00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:24,520 Speaker 1: You know, all that does is makes it makes people angrier. 608 00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:28,200 Speaker 1: But I think when you hear it Chris Webber, and 609 00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:30,360 Speaker 1: when you hear him speak from the heart like you 610 00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:33,200 Speaker 1: just played a little while ago, I think that's the 611 00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:36,080 Speaker 1: right kind of platform for people who really truly want 612 00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:42,799 Speaker 1: to understand that don't understand the real aspects of this 613 00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:46,399 Speaker 1: social injustice issue. You and I and that it's well 614 00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:49,520 Speaker 1: put John, But it's up to these players and what 615 00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:51,759 Speaker 1: they want out of this, what they think they can 616 00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:54,600 Speaker 1: get out of this, because they might say the same 617 00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:58,399 Speaker 1: thing as we keep talking, but nothing is happening. There 618 00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:01,080 Speaker 1: are things happening, it's just might not be happening as 619 00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:03,839 Speaker 1: fast as they wanted to. But you're going to have 620 00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:07,440 Speaker 1: these players get together, probably vote, and according to Adrian 621 00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:11,279 Speaker 1: Wognarowski of The Mothership, we're probably going to have basketball 622 00:36:11,320 --> 00:36:14,840 Speaker 1: come back. I just don't know if you can go, okay, 623 00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:17,320 Speaker 1: a one game protest for all the teams in the bubble. 624 00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:21,480 Speaker 1: We've made our statement here. I don't know what they 625 00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:25,160 Speaker 1: want out of this. I can only bring you the 626 00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:28,360 Speaker 1: news of people reporting on this or the opinions of 627 00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:32,680 Speaker 1: people who are in the bubble. But as far as 628 00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:35,960 Speaker 1: what they hope to get in the next twenty four 629 00:36:36,080 --> 00:36:39,239 Speaker 1: forty eight hours, seventy two hours, I don't know, and 630 00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:42,600 Speaker 1: I don't know if they knew. We'll take a break. 631 00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:45,520 Speaker 1: Last call for phone calls back after this. Thanks for 632 00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:48,000 Speaker 1: listening to The Dan Patrick Show podcast. Be sure to 633 00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:51,000 Speaker 1: catch us live every weekday morning nine until noon eastern 634 00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:53,840 Speaker 1: six to nine Pacific on Fox Sports Radio, and you 635 00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:57,600 Speaker 1: can find us on the iHeartRadio app at FSR or 636 00:36:57,680 --> 00:37:00,720 Speaker 1: stream us live every day at YouTube dot com slash 637 00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:04,160 Speaker 1: The Dan Patrick Show. Three games are still scheduled today 638 00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:07,319 Speaker 1: in the NBA, but I don't think we got any 639 00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:10,799 Speaker 1: basketball today and tonight, don't think so. Players meeting still 640 00:37:10,840 --> 00:37:15,479 Speaker 1: going on, Owners meetings still going on. No updates right now. 641 00:37:16,040 --> 00:37:22,239 Speaker 1: Anthony and California. Hey, Aunt, how are you today? Good morning, Dan? Hey, 642 00:37:22,239 --> 00:37:24,759 Speaker 1: thanks for today's show. It's one of the reasons I 643 00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:28,960 Speaker 1: really respect you and the product you put you're putting out. Listen, 644 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:32,640 Speaker 1: several weeks ago, with the first pandemic shutdown going on, 645 00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:35,160 Speaker 1: you were saying how much we needed sports, yea, and 646 00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:40,480 Speaker 1: that sports can serve as a unifying force in this country, 647 00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:42,799 Speaker 1: and with all the tumult going on right now, it 648 00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:46,840 Speaker 1: just doesn't seem possible. So in your opinion, how do 649 00:37:46,920 --> 00:37:49,279 Speaker 1: the leagues return to that role? Will they ever be 650 00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:53,640 Speaker 1: able to? What has to happen for sports to return 651 00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:57,320 Speaker 1: as a unifying factor. Well, you do have the leagues 652 00:37:57,360 --> 00:37:59,799 Speaker 1: that came back, and thanks for their phone call, Anthony. 653 00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:05,000 Speaker 1: I mean, baseball's back, Hockey's back. Basketball we thought was back, 654 00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:09,080 Speaker 1: and we'll still come back. But as far as unifying guy, 655 00:38:09,520 --> 00:38:12,240 Speaker 1: it brings us together, it gives us something to talk about. 656 00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:15,880 Speaker 1: I I don't put it up there that you know 657 00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:19,320 Speaker 1: it's the great elixir like this solves all of our problems. 658 00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:22,440 Speaker 1: It's a distraction. I mean, that's what we try to 659 00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:25,560 Speaker 1: be on this program. There's so much going on, there's 660 00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:31,440 Speaker 1: so much real serious stuff, but you just if you 661 00:38:31,520 --> 00:38:33,480 Speaker 1: need the distraction, that's what we're here for. And the 662 00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:36,440 Speaker 1: reason why we covered this today is because you have 663 00:38:36,600 --> 00:38:42,759 Speaker 1: society in sports intersecting. Games were canceled and these are 664 00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:46,120 Speaker 1: real issues, real topics going on right in front of us. 665 00:38:46,760 --> 00:38:49,759 Speaker 1: And what I was told last night the season was 666 00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:55,880 Speaker 1: maybe on the brink. Maybe we're better today and moving 667 00:38:55,880 --> 00:38:58,719 Speaker 1: forward with this. But as far as boy, this just 668 00:38:58,840 --> 00:39:02,680 Speaker 1: makes us united. The United part of United States is 669 00:39:02,719 --> 00:39:06,560 Speaker 1: because we all get to share in sports. It's not 670 00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:10,040 Speaker 1: Pollyanna and I don't believe in that. I do believe 671 00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:18,080 Speaker 1: it provides us a lot of different emotions, outlets, distractions, entertainment, 672 00:39:18,440 --> 00:39:21,160 Speaker 1: all of those things. But looking at a big picture, 673 00:39:21,440 --> 00:39:24,720 Speaker 1: I mean, we got hurricanes, who are you know, bearing 674 00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:27,320 Speaker 1: down on us? You got an election coming up in 675 00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:29,839 Speaker 1: no I mean there's so much serious stuff. You've got 676 00:39:29,920 --> 00:39:34,080 Speaker 1: riots going on, protests going on. I would love to 677 00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:41,000 Speaker 1: watch a big sky football game. I mean, I mean, 678 00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:44,200 Speaker 1: I'm exhausted after these shows. You've got to be careful 679 00:39:44,239 --> 00:39:46,560 Speaker 1: what you say. You want to be. You want to 680 00:39:46,560 --> 00:39:50,040 Speaker 1: be correct in what you're saying, you want to be delicately. 681 00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:53,680 Speaker 1: It's like I tried to explain this to Michael Wilbon 682 00:39:53,760 --> 00:39:56,799 Speaker 1: one day. I said, what I do is I write 683 00:39:56,800 --> 00:40:00,120 Speaker 1: a column each hour. So I do three hours and 684 00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:03,759 Speaker 1: I'm writing a column and there's no editor, and there's 685 00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:06,240 Speaker 1: no spell check, there's no nothing. You write a column 686 00:40:06,239 --> 00:40:09,520 Speaker 1: each hour. That's what hosts do. You start your column 687 00:40:09,840 --> 00:40:11,520 Speaker 1: and then you hope at the end of the hour 688 00:40:11,960 --> 00:40:15,319 Speaker 1: you've summed up your column. I mean, that's that's what 689 00:40:15,360 --> 00:40:18,760 Speaker 1: we do every single day. Sometimes we have a fun column, 690 00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:21,440 Speaker 1: sometimes like we did yesterday end of the show with 691 00:40:21,560 --> 00:40:25,399 Speaker 1: pies to the face, but no two shows are the same. 692 00:40:26,440 --> 00:40:29,200 Speaker 1: That's the beauty of what we're able to do every 693 00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:31,839 Speaker 1: single day. But it is the challenge. And I know 694 00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:34,520 Speaker 1: I can't please everybody, and I don't try to. I 695 00:40:34,640 --> 00:40:37,359 Speaker 1: used to. I used to want to please everybody, didn't 696 00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:42,680 Speaker 1: want to upset anybody, but I'm well past that. We 697 00:40:42,719 --> 00:40:45,560 Speaker 1: try to do our best every single day. That's it. 698 00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:48,040 Speaker 1: We try to do our best. We hope that you 699 00:40:48,120 --> 00:40:51,160 Speaker 1: respect what our approach is. That sounds like a T shirt. 700 00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:54,800 Speaker 1: We're doing our best. We're doing our best. That's already 701 00:40:54,840 --> 00:40:56,839 Speaker 1: have one. That's Mario, right, Yeah, I'm trying my best. 702 00:40:56,880 --> 00:40:59,719 Speaker 1: I'm trying my best. So that's what I'm trying to do. 703 00:40:59,840 --> 00:41:04,920 Speaker 1: I'm trying to channel Mario. I hope I'm better than 704 00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:09,160 Speaker 1: Mario trying to do my best. But that's that's that's 705 00:41:09,160 --> 00:41:11,160 Speaker 1: what our goal is every single day. We came in 706 00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:13,400 Speaker 1: this morning and I said, let's tear up the rundown. 707 00:41:13,920 --> 00:41:16,920 Speaker 1: Can't have these guys on you. Let's see if we 708 00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:19,080 Speaker 1: can get this person and this person and this person on, 709 00:41:19,719 --> 00:41:23,239 Speaker 1: and we'll do the same thing tomorrow. Because you never 710 00:41:23,320 --> 00:41:27,040 Speaker 1: knew this day in sports history, Pauli, it's a good 711 00:41:27,040 --> 00:41:28,960 Speaker 1: one day. In nineteen twenty one, the owner the Acme 712 00:41:29,080 --> 00:41:31,680 Speaker 1: Packing Company bought a pro football team for the town 713 00:41:31,719 --> 00:41:35,160 Speaker 1: of Green Bay, Wisconsin. J E. Claire paid tribute to 714 00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:37,160 Speaker 1: his workers at the plant by naming the team the 715 00:41:37,239 --> 00:41:42,000 Speaker 1: Green Bay Packers. Today, Dann is national just because day 716 00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:46,080 Speaker 1: extremely vague. It's a day to celebrate this day anyway 717 00:41:46,080 --> 00:41:48,439 Speaker 1: you choose, just because they're saying you should do things 718 00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:50,480 Speaker 1: kind of for no reason, like if you wanted to 719 00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:52,680 Speaker 1: buy something for yourself. That not just because you want 720 00:41:52,680 --> 00:41:54,279 Speaker 1: to call someone you haven't called in a while, just 721 00:41:54,400 --> 00:42:00,239 Speaker 1: because so enjoy your day, just because just becoming Okay, Uh, 722 00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:05,080 Speaker 1: we didn't have a poll question today, mclovin. Nope, you 723 00:42:05,200 --> 00:42:08,920 Speaker 1: gotta be exhausted. Oh my god. I was going to 724 00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:10,960 Speaker 1: ask a poll question, do you think there'll be an 725 00:42:11,040 --> 00:42:12,440 Speaker 1: NBA season? But there would have been no way to 726 00:42:12,480 --> 00:42:16,440 Speaker 1: answer that, right, Does anyone know the answer? No? And 727 00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:19,960 Speaker 1: it's too real of a topic that you're kind of going, hey, 728 00:42:19,960 --> 00:42:22,200 Speaker 1: do you think there'll be a like I didn't want 729 00:42:22,239 --> 00:42:26,520 Speaker 1: to be kind of frivolous with it because there's there's 730 00:42:26,560 --> 00:42:29,560 Speaker 1: there's some big things attached to this. Let's go around 731 00:42:29,600 --> 00:42:31,279 Speaker 1: the room. What we learned on the program. I'm gonna 732 00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:34,800 Speaker 1: start with Todd Fritz back left the r NBA players 733 00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:36,600 Speaker 1: who feel it wouldn't make sense to go back and play. Now, 734 00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:38,400 Speaker 1: what is just to laying the season a few days 735 00:42:38,440 --> 00:42:42,439 Speaker 1: going to accomplish? R mclovin I actually learned from Mannix said, 736 00:42:42,440 --> 00:42:44,319 Speaker 1: Adam Silver is not in the bubble. I didn't know that. 737 00:42:46,239 --> 00:42:48,680 Speaker 1: Uh see no counter Junior, the third Kyrie irving ahead 738 00:42:48,719 --> 00:42:51,560 Speaker 1: of the curve. Yeah, who would have thought? But the 739 00:42:50,960 --> 00:42:55,640 Speaker 1: earth is not curved? Uh, Paul answer Blazers, Mannix said, 740 00:42:56,040 --> 00:42:59,200 Speaker 1: Mannox says Blazer six or twenty twenty one. What we 741 00:42:59,280 --> 00:43:01,200 Speaker 1: learned brought to you by legal Zoom. You can start 742 00:43:01,280 --> 00:43:04,319 Speaker 1: online network of independent attorneys provide advice when you need 743 00:43:04,320 --> 00:43:06,160 Speaker 1: it the most. Since legal zoom is in a law firm, 744 00:43:06,200 --> 00:43:07,919 Speaker 1: you don't have to leave your home. Visit legal zoom 745 00:43:07,920 --> 00:43:11,920 Speaker 1: dot com today for more information. Thanks for joining us. 746 00:43:12,719 --> 00:43:15,080 Speaker 1: Maybe we'll have a couple of laughs tomorrow. I know, 747 00:43:15,160 --> 00:43:19,200 Speaker 1: we got to meet Friday, that's for sure for Seaton, Paulie, 748 00:43:19,200 --> 00:43:22,000 Speaker 1: Fritzie mcloviners. Truly, this has been the Dan Patrick Show.