WEBVTT - Hour 3 – Sam Amick, Prices Still Going Up 0:00:00.720 --> 0:00:03.560 You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox 0:00:03.600 --> 0:00:04.440 Sports Radio. 0:00:04.760 --> 0:00:07.520 Our three of the program. Chris Mannix sitting in for 0:00:07.600 --> 0:00:11.240 DP on this Friday. Good to be back with you 0:00:11.280 --> 0:00:14.560 and the boys. First two hours, flying along, a lot 0:00:14.600 --> 0:00:16.760 to get to here. In the third hour, Sam Amek 0:00:16.800 --> 0:00:18.919 the Great Rider over with the Athletic He's going to 0:00:19.000 --> 0:00:20.400 join us just a few minutes from now and talk 0:00:20.440 --> 0:00:23.799 about what's going on down in San Antonio. In Carolina. 0:00:24.320 --> 0:00:26.960 Last night we had the Hurricanes evening up their Stanley 0:00:26.960 --> 0:00:30.440 Cup Final series against the Las Vegas Golden Knights. Dan 0:00:30.480 --> 0:00:32.640 Patrick's Las Vegas Golden Knights. One of the things I 0:00:32.680 --> 0:00:35.680 first noticed is sit down and the at the jersey here. 0:00:35.920 --> 0:00:37.880 We got a lot of new things here in the Mancave. 0:00:37.920 --> 0:00:39.479 We were out there a few months ago for the 0:00:39.560 --> 0:00:42.360 F one race and the gold Knight sent over some swag, 0:00:42.400 --> 0:00:43.120 really nice stuff. 0:00:43.320 --> 0:00:46.200 Yeah, well, good jersey also got a is it a gong? 0:00:46.320 --> 0:00:46.440 Here? 0:00:46.440 --> 0:00:48.040 There's a lot of stuff in this mancave I'm just 0:00:48.159 --> 0:00:51.360 unfamiliar with, having not been here for six seven years. 0:00:51.640 --> 0:00:54.560 The Las Vegas Golden Knights and the Hurricanes even up 0:00:54.640 --> 0:00:57.640 at one great game last night. Watched the third period. 0:00:58.120 --> 0:01:00.800 Not a lot happening. First ten minutes too nothing, Golden 0:01:00.880 --> 0:01:03.720 Knights lead, Then all of a sudden, Hurricanes came to life, 0:01:03.720 --> 0:01:06.760 score three goals in the third period, wind up winning 0:01:06.760 --> 0:01:09.720 the game four minutes into overtime. Tremendous fun. It's always 0:01:09.720 --> 0:01:12.400 fun to watch Stanley Cup Final hockey just because you 0:01:12.440 --> 0:01:15.000 never know what's gonna happen. The The Hurricanes look lifeless 0:01:15.280 --> 0:01:17.800 for most of that game, they turn it around, tie 0:01:17.800 --> 0:01:20.640 the game up and regulation win it in overtime. Game 0:01:20.680 --> 0:01:23.840 two of the NBA Finals is tonight. The New York 0:01:23.880 --> 0:01:26.200 Knicks with the one nothing series lead over the San 0:01:26.200 --> 0:01:30.240 Antonio Spurs. A must win game for the San Antonio Spurs. 0:01:30.280 --> 0:01:33.080 Gotta win it this time. There have been teams in 0:01:33.280 --> 0:01:36.360 NBA history that have come back from down oh two. 0:01:36.959 --> 0:01:40.039 We saw the Milwaukee Bucks do it in twenty twenty one, 0:01:40.080 --> 0:01:43.400 came back to beat the Phoenix Suns. The Cleveland Cavaliers 0:01:43.959 --> 0:01:45.640 they came back to beat the Warriors they were down 0:01:45.640 --> 0:01:48.120 two zip. Big win for the Cavs. The common thread 0:01:48.120 --> 0:01:50.880 with both those teams, though, is they lost the first 0:01:50.880 --> 0:01:55.120 two games on the road. If the Spurs lose the 0:01:55.160 --> 0:02:00.480 first two games at home, it is improbable. If not 0:02:00.600 --> 0:02:04.080 impossible to believe that San Antoni can come back and 0:02:04.120 --> 0:02:06.360 beat the Knicks with three of those next five games 0:02:06.800 --> 0:02:09.760 potentially being played at Massive Square Garden. Big Game for 0:02:09.840 --> 0:02:12.640 Jalen Brunson gets thirty points in game one. We've been 0:02:12.639 --> 0:02:15.920 talking a lot about where he's elevated himself onto that 0:02:16.000 --> 0:02:18.280 next level. Is he the greatest nick of all time? 0:02:18.919 --> 0:02:20.920 If he wins a championship this year, does he go 0:02:21.000 --> 0:02:25.679 on the Mount rushmore of players six foot two and under. 0:02:25.720 --> 0:02:29.000 We've had some calls some comments about that over the 0:02:29.040 --> 0:02:30.920 last couple of hours. Some names that should be on 0:02:30.960 --> 0:02:33.800 that list. Isaiah Thomas on that list, we had Tiny 0:02:33.880 --> 0:02:37.919 Archibald added to that list. Alan Iverson of course belongs 0:02:38.000 --> 0:02:41.320 on that list. Chris Paul. A debate over Chris Paul 0:02:41.680 --> 0:02:43.960 being on that list, but Jalen Brunson winning a title 0:02:43.960 --> 0:02:46.800 in New York as the number one option on his 0:02:46.880 --> 0:02:51.080 team got to give him consideration to be on that list. 0:02:51.120 --> 0:02:53.519 Big Game for Victor Weiman Yaum and the Spurs as well. 0:02:53.560 --> 0:02:56.560 Wemby good stat line in game one, twenty six points, 0:02:56.600 --> 0:02:59.040 twelve rebounds, but he was six of twenty one from 0:02:59.080 --> 0:03:02.200 the floor and he was just a perimeter guy. You know, 0:03:02.280 --> 0:03:05.239 I love a seven ft four guy that can shoot threes, 0:03:05.280 --> 0:03:07.880 but you need a guy getting the paint. Two of 0:03:07.960 --> 0:03:09.520 nine of three point reigns, it's not going to get 0:03:09.520 --> 0:03:11.760 it done in Game two, must win game for the 0:03:11.760 --> 0:03:15.000 San Antonio Spurs, playing on their home floor. Eight seven 0:03:15.040 --> 0:03:17.440 to seven three DP shows the phone number email address 0:03:17.800 --> 0:03:22.160 DP at Danpatrick dot com. Sam Amick, senior writer over 0:03:22.320 --> 0:03:25.359 at the Athletic. He is down in San Antonio, Sam. 0:03:25.440 --> 0:03:28.240 Let me ask you this, Jalen Brunson leads the Knicks 0:03:28.280 --> 0:03:32.160 to the championship. Is Jalen Brunson the greatest Nick of 0:03:32.200 --> 0:03:32.640 all time? 0:03:34.160 --> 0:03:36.960 Mister Mannix, good to see you. Is he the greatest 0:03:37.080 --> 0:03:40.080 Nick of all time? It's maybe? 0:03:40.840 --> 0:03:43.920 You know? I mean? That was quick side story from 0:03:43.960 --> 0:03:44.960 the playoff Road. Here. 0:03:45.320 --> 0:03:49.200 I was at an establishment last night with the lovely 0:03:49.320 --> 0:03:52.400 daughter of one Patrick Ewing, so Randy Ewing, so she 0:03:52.520 --> 0:03:54.080 might have something to say about this debate. 0:03:55.400 --> 0:03:57.600 You know, there's a long list of great Knicks. 0:03:57.880 --> 0:04:01.240 I don't care to be honest with you where Jalen 0:04:01.320 --> 0:04:04.240 falls in that debate. I'd like the other debate better, 0:04:04.320 --> 0:04:06.960 Like this six to an under thing is is wild? 0:04:07.480 --> 0:04:09.320 Chris Paul deserves to be on that list. But but 0:04:09.480 --> 0:04:14.520 Jalen is doing the type of stuff that sparks these debates, 0:04:14.560 --> 0:04:16.800 doing the type of stuff that you know, not to 0:04:16.920 --> 0:04:19.599 have somebody catch as straight. But I keep laughing about 0:04:19.600 --> 0:04:21.920 the Becky Hammond, like the whole. 0:04:21.680 --> 0:04:24.280 Commentary where Becky you know, said so long ago. 0:04:24.120 --> 0:04:26.680 That Jalen could not be the number one guy on 0:04:26.800 --> 0:04:29.560 a championship team, and she stood on that recently, which 0:04:29.600 --> 0:04:30.839 was kind of, you know, strange. 0:04:31.080 --> 0:04:32.480 He's just been incredible. Man. 0:04:32.480 --> 0:04:35.160 He's fun to watch and you know, you know, on 0:04:35.279 --> 0:04:37.520 West Coast base, so I don't see the Knicks as much, 0:04:38.320 --> 0:04:41.680 and buddy, to watch Jalen do what he did in 0:04:41.720 --> 0:04:44.240 the fourth quarter, it was fun. It was neat to 0:04:44.240 --> 0:04:46.039 see because it was like, oh, this dude is as 0:04:46.080 --> 0:04:47.479 advertised when it matters most. 0:04:47.680 --> 0:04:49.599 What's been the vibe around the Spurs the last couple 0:04:49.640 --> 0:04:52.039 of days. 0:04:52.080 --> 0:04:54.960 Fine, they're pretty for a young group, they're they're pretty 0:04:55.000 --> 0:04:58.360 even keeled. They you know, they're mature, you know, Wenby, 0:04:58.960 --> 0:05:01.360 I'm always really interest did how he's going to handle 0:05:01.400 --> 0:05:04.360 his voice and his messaging. I did think it was 0:05:04.400 --> 0:05:07.479 interesting after Game one that you know, and you know 0:05:07.600 --> 0:05:10.560 this like he kind of wasted no time sliding in 0:05:11.160 --> 0:05:13.680 quite a few comments about your confidence, and you know, 0:05:13.839 --> 0:05:18.440 I'm not worried in the slightest, you know, just trajecting 0:05:18.520 --> 0:05:21.280 the kind of way you would expect for a confident guy. Uh, 0:05:21.640 --> 0:05:23.560 they seem fine. I mean you just hit the nail 0:05:23.560 --> 0:05:26.240 on the head when you talked about game two. Is 0:05:26.320 --> 0:05:28.840 the like, let's do a false check if they lose 0:05:28.880 --> 0:05:30.840 game two. You know they're gonna be fine if they 0:05:30.839 --> 0:05:34.160 split this thing at home, and not to put you, 0:05:34.160 --> 0:05:36.040 you know, give you a homework assignment. I did wonder 0:05:36.279 --> 0:05:39.280 because you detailed the teams that went down oh too 0:05:39.600 --> 0:05:42.120 when they were you know, on the road. Have we 0:05:42.200 --> 0:05:45.599 had a champion who lost the first two at home, 0:05:45.880 --> 0:05:46.400 so we know. 0:05:46.400 --> 0:05:48.800 I forget what the six heat did? I know they 0:05:48.839 --> 0:05:52.000 were another team that was down oh two when they 0:05:52.040 --> 0:05:54.840 came back to beat Dallas. But that's the only one 0:05:54.880 --> 0:05:56.920 that there haven't been that netty that have come back 0:05:56.960 --> 0:05:58.400 from oh to It's only been a handful. 0:05:58.480 --> 0:06:01.160 Yeah, Because when you said this was must win, I 0:06:01.200 --> 0:06:02.880 was gonna give you a hard time and say it 0:06:02.880 --> 0:06:05.039 was hyperbole, and then as you laid it out. 0:06:05.120 --> 0:06:08.200 It was like, it's pretty important. So what happens, Sam, 0:06:08.200 --> 0:06:08.839 I'm facts. 0:06:08.960 --> 0:06:12.240 He always fact. I don't think it's ever didn't have 0:06:12.360 --> 0:06:14.560 with Miami. I think they were they lost the first 0:06:14.560 --> 0:06:17.080 two on the road. Uh, and those are the teams 0:06:17.080 --> 0:06:19.080 I mentioned lost on the road as well. So adjustment 0:06:19.120 --> 0:06:22.680 for San Antonio. What do you think is the biggest 0:06:22.680 --> 0:06:24.560 adjustment they're gonna make going into game two. 0:06:26.480 --> 0:06:29.560 Well, it's the same thing they've battled throughout the playoffs, 0:06:29.600 --> 0:06:33.640 which is that as great as Wemby is, as part 0:06:33.640 --> 0:06:36.120 of this is youth and and it's him trying to 0:06:36.120 --> 0:06:37.200 figure out the chess match. 0:06:37.720 --> 0:06:38.800 He's inconsistent. 0:06:38.960 --> 0:06:42.279 He has a roller coaster, uh you know, kind of 0:06:42.320 --> 0:06:46.279 element to his game. So they've got to you already 0:06:46.279 --> 0:06:48.839 said this, They've got to get him inside more. Yes, 0:06:48.880 --> 0:06:51.400 it's it was super fun when he hit that thirty 0:06:51.400 --> 0:06:54.320 five footer in the last round in Game one. Okay, fine, 0:06:54.360 --> 0:06:59.400 but uh getting pushed out by kat getting pushed out by. 0:06:59.240 --> 0:07:01.120 Ogn No and Mitchell Robinson. 0:07:01.839 --> 0:07:05.040 The problem is, I just don't know how you know 0:07:05.160 --> 0:07:09.240 doable that is because this is literally the roster construction 0:07:09.840 --> 0:07:13.480 that you should want to have to go at Wemby 0:07:13.680 --> 0:07:15.920 and going into the series. I wrote a whole piece 0:07:16.240 --> 0:07:18.680 where I talked to some front office folks about the 0:07:18.720 --> 0:07:22.360 domino effect of what Victor was doing. And the reality is, 0:07:22.480 --> 0:07:25.560 the irony is is that like most of the people 0:07:25.600 --> 0:07:29.040 I talked to pointed to the Knicks roster construction as 0:07:29.120 --> 0:07:31.640 what you should want. A guy like Kat who's seven feet, 0:07:31.880 --> 0:07:33.120 two hundred and forty pounds. 0:07:33.160 --> 0:07:35.800 You know, Mitch big boy, a lot of halft. 0:07:36.240 --> 0:07:39.000 You know, he can bully Webby and he's athletic enough 0:07:39.000 --> 0:07:41.240 to keep up with him same you know, og and 0:07:41.280 --> 0:07:41.920 what he brings. 0:07:42.320 --> 0:07:45.040 So getting Victor going first and foremost. 0:07:45.560 --> 0:07:49.080 Secondly, you know the others in the West Finals for 0:07:49.120 --> 0:07:53.120 the Spurs, you know, Dierre Fox, Julian Champenny, Dylan Harper, 0:07:53.520 --> 0:07:54.240 all the way down line. 0:07:54.320 --> 0:07:57.160 Kell the Johnson had a fantastic finish to that series. 0:07:57.440 --> 0:08:00.000 You know, those guys have got to show up because 0:08:00.160 --> 0:08:02.800 you know, yes, Vick was sixty twenty one and struggled 0:08:02.840 --> 0:08:04.440 a bit, but but the other guys weren't. 0:08:04.440 --> 0:08:05.240 Weren't helping to either. 0:08:05.320 --> 0:08:07.720 What Kevin Johnson gain like eight minutes in this that 0:08:07.760 --> 0:08:10.080 game one that was surprising. Yeah, A thought sixth Man 0:08:10.120 --> 0:08:12.120 of the Year. I thought he'd be a natural guy 0:08:12.200 --> 0:08:15.200 to put on Towns for stretches. Uh, that surprised me 0:08:15.240 --> 0:08:17.320 our little minutes He's got we You know, I thought 0:08:17.320 --> 0:08:21.640 that the fatigue sam was a little bit overblown coming 0:08:21.720 --> 0:08:23.560 into the series, because I thought three days was a 0:08:23.560 --> 0:08:25.960 long time, and I thought think about being at home 0:08:26.640 --> 0:08:29.240 was going to be enough for San Antonio to recharge 0:08:29.280 --> 0:08:32.679 the batteries and not make fatigue as big an issue 0:08:32.800 --> 0:08:35.360 as somewhere. But I'm watching that game one. I'm sitting 0:08:35.360 --> 0:08:37.679 there and I'm looking at Victor Webbin Yama kind of 0:08:37.679 --> 0:08:40.560 grabbing his knees in the first quarter. I'm looking at 0:08:40.600 --> 0:08:43.440 some of these other guys just not look like they've 0:08:43.480 --> 0:08:46.240 had the same energy that they did early in that 0:08:46.320 --> 0:08:48.720 series in Oklahoma City. How big a fact do you 0:08:48.720 --> 0:08:51.480 think fatigue's going to be in this game too, and 0:08:51.520 --> 0:08:52.800 potentially the rest of the series. 0:08:54.160 --> 0:08:58.160 It's significant, But I'm confused, you know again, like I 0:08:58.200 --> 0:09:00.959 was not around Victor that much also long, So now 0:09:01.000 --> 0:09:02.680 you know this is we've done this a long time. 0:09:02.720 --> 0:09:04.840 You get in the gym with these guys and you 0:09:04.880 --> 0:09:07.679 try to study them and learn how they're wired, how 0:09:07.679 --> 0:09:11.040 they operate. Victor and the way that he crashes out 0:09:11.160 --> 0:09:15.240 from a fatigue standpoint is puzzling, because yes, I understand 0:09:15.280 --> 0:09:17.679 he's seven foot four, but he's not lugging around three 0:09:17.760 --> 0:09:21.480 hundred pounds, you know. But he absolutely does have these 0:09:21.520 --> 0:09:23.280 moments and you just hit on it, like early in 0:09:23.320 --> 0:09:25.800 the game when he's clutching at the knees or or 0:09:25.880 --> 0:09:28.640 you know, looking for a blow that doesn't make sense. 0:09:29.080 --> 0:09:33.240 And that's where as transcendent great, you know, and talented 0:09:33.280 --> 0:09:36.559 as he is, the inconsistency part has got to be 0:09:36.600 --> 0:09:39.520 tricky for ms Johnson, you know, from a rotation standpoint, 0:09:39.600 --> 0:09:42.920 because you know, is that tied to not having as 0:09:43.000 --> 0:09:44.679 much of a break as the Knicks coming out of 0:09:44.679 --> 0:09:46.640 the West Finals, Like that's a little hard to believe, 0:09:46.720 --> 0:09:49.160 Like you said, three days, so they. 0:09:49.080 --> 0:09:49.880 Got to fight through that. 0:09:50.000 --> 0:09:51.560 You didn't see any of that from the Knicks, and 0:09:51.559 --> 0:09:54.360 I don't really think as necessarily because of you know, 0:09:54.400 --> 0:09:58.280 that long stretch that they had to rest. But Wenby's 0:09:58.280 --> 0:10:00.320 great again. I keep kind of hitting the same point. 0:10:00.320 --> 0:10:02.000 He's great, but he comes and goes a bit. 0:10:02.520 --> 0:10:05.360 How short a leash do you think the Aaron Fox 0:10:05.640 --> 0:10:06.480 will be on tonight? 0:10:08.040 --> 0:10:11.319 Very curious to see it because there are bigger picture 0:10:11.400 --> 0:10:14.360 implications of that kind of a choice. 0:10:14.480 --> 0:10:15.760 I've been asked this a couple of times. 0:10:15.760 --> 0:10:19.280 And my thing is the Spurs from a culture standpoint, 0:10:19.400 --> 0:10:23.840 are obviously incredibly savvy, and they know that the moment 0:10:23.880 --> 0:10:27.280 you open the door to the Dylan Harper era and 0:10:27.360 --> 0:10:31.400 you put the Aaron, you know, on the bench, you know, 0:10:32.320 --> 0:10:34.480 you know, because of the stakes of what's going on 0:10:34.559 --> 0:10:37.000 right now, like he's going to be a domino effect. 0:10:37.120 --> 0:10:40.640 And that's very tricky for them from a planning standpoint, 0:10:40.760 --> 0:10:45.520 because yes, they have this historical backdrop where Montageenobli famously 0:10:45.920 --> 0:10:48.720 agrees to go to the bench with Greg Popovich's you know, 0:10:48.880 --> 0:10:50.880 kind of nudging, and the rest is history. 0:10:50.920 --> 0:10:51.760 He's a Hall of Famer. 0:10:52.040 --> 0:10:55.480 Montagenobili was not making sixty million dollars a year, which 0:10:55.480 --> 0:10:57.880 is what the Aaron is on track to make, and 0:10:57.920 --> 0:11:01.080 so the solution is not quite as even fd Aaron 0:11:01.480 --> 0:11:04.280 at some point was willing to yield to the young 0:11:04.320 --> 0:11:07.640 fella in terms of a contract, roster construction. 0:11:08.120 --> 0:11:08.840 That's an issue. 0:11:08.880 --> 0:11:11.800 So but you got a championship on the line, so 0:11:12.000 --> 0:11:14.400 you know, would I be shocked to see it, you know, 0:11:14.440 --> 0:11:17.440 I'd be surprised. I don't know how short the leash is. 0:11:18.080 --> 0:11:20.240 Dylan didn't show out though. That's the other thing. He 0:11:20.280 --> 0:11:22.760 had a good first half, but four points in the 0:11:22.800 --> 0:11:25.240 second half. You know, he faded a bit. But the 0:11:25.280 --> 0:11:27.920 more pressure that he applies with his play and then 0:11:27.960 --> 0:11:30.319 with the Aaron, you know, if he keeps doing what 0:11:30.640 --> 0:11:32.840 he did in Game one, which was having a hard time, 0:11:32.920 --> 0:11:34.160 then you know, we'll see what happens. 0:11:34.280 --> 0:11:36.360 Talking to Sam an mix Sen, you're NBA writer over 0:11:36.400 --> 0:11:39.040 at the Athletic in San Antonio for Game two of 0:11:39.080 --> 0:11:42.200 the NBA Finals tonight. Sam, we are right around three 0:11:42.240 --> 0:11:45.320 weeks away from the NBA Draft, which is three weeks 0:11:45.360 --> 0:11:49.160 away from the self imposed deadline that the Milwaukee Bucks 0:11:49.200 --> 0:11:52.880 have to trade Jannistindecompo. What have you been hearing over 0:11:52.920 --> 0:11:56.280 the last couple of days about Giannis and how likely 0:11:56.280 --> 0:11:58.880 do you think it is that Giannis has traded before 0:11:58.920 --> 0:11:59.640 the June draft? 0:12:01.360 --> 0:12:05.520 Seems very likely, Admittedly, you know that it's not often 0:12:05.559 --> 0:12:08.840 you have an owner, you know, publicly framing the timeline, 0:12:08.880 --> 0:12:09.960 and that's what Jimmy HASLM. 0:12:09.960 --> 0:12:13.280 Did you know we just saw Jimmy has them do 0:12:13.320 --> 0:12:14.360 a blockbuster. 0:12:14.000 --> 0:12:17.120 Trade with Miles Garrett in the NFL, showing he's certainly 0:12:17.440 --> 0:12:20.760 ready to pull that trigger if he needs to. I 0:12:20.840 --> 0:12:24.559 do expect it to happen. Miami, as you know, is 0:12:24.960 --> 0:12:27.560 the loudest noise. You know, you continue to hear that. 0:12:27.600 --> 0:12:29.200 But what I tried to write the other day with 0:12:29.280 --> 0:12:32.840 my colleague Eric name, and it was interesting to get into, 0:12:33.000 --> 0:12:36.240 is yes, it appears, you know, everybody you talk to 0:12:36.400 --> 0:12:40.360 says Miami at the deadline, had a deal that was closed, 0:12:40.400 --> 0:12:42.160 had a deal that they thought was going to happen. 0:12:42.480 --> 0:12:45.640 The Bucks ended up backing out, and so the noise 0:12:45.760 --> 0:12:50.319 is tied to Miami. But there's also some intel discussion, 0:12:50.480 --> 0:12:54.920 you know, kind of understanding that Giannis has questions about 0:12:55.000 --> 0:12:57.439 what that Miami roster would look like on the other 0:12:57.480 --> 0:12:59.160 side of a deal. You know, it reminds me of 0:12:59.160 --> 0:13:02.120 the Carmelo Anthony dilemma when he went from Denver to 0:13:02.160 --> 0:13:04.560 the next Like you don't want to get the roster, 0:13:04.880 --> 0:13:07.120 go to the place that you're excited to be to, 0:13:07.160 --> 0:13:09.440 you know, be in, and then have a hard time 0:13:09.480 --> 0:13:12.440 contending for a championship. And that is where you know, 0:13:12.480 --> 0:13:14.560 we'll see what happens in the next few weeks. Because 0:13:14.559 --> 0:13:17.600 in one of your backyards, I think the Celtics are 0:13:17.880 --> 0:13:21.560 are pretty intriguing options where you know, in terms of 0:13:21.600 --> 0:13:24.720 being competitive, you know, if you do something with Boston. 0:13:24.840 --> 0:13:27.320 And this is what we had heard from Ghanis's side, 0:13:27.360 --> 0:13:31.040 that the intrigue is real, you know, the respect for 0:13:31.120 --> 0:13:33.880 Joe Mizula, the way that he might see that roster. 0:13:34.080 --> 0:13:37.560 So do I think it changes things? I don't know yet, 0:13:37.640 --> 0:13:39.559 but you know, I do think that's worth watching. 0:13:39.720 --> 0:13:43.480 I could see why Giannis would want to play in Boston. 0:13:43.520 --> 0:13:47.000 I still struggle to see why Boston would give up 0:13:47.040 --> 0:13:49.079 the kind of assets it would need to give up 0:13:49.160 --> 0:13:51.280 to go and get yn. It's not that they aren't 0:13:51.320 --> 0:13:54.920 considering it, but if I'm running the Celtics, I'm not 0:13:55.000 --> 0:13:58.440 trading Jalen Brown and a couple of draft picks for Yostivakopo. 0:13:58.679 --> 0:14:03.199 Not in a real action to a bad first round 0:14:03.240 --> 0:14:06.560 loss to the Philadelphia seventy six ers. Mostly because I 0:14:06.559 --> 0:14:09.040 don't trust Giannis's health. Sam. I don't trust that he's 0:14:09.040 --> 0:14:12.240 had multiple years of soft tissue injuries and you're going 0:14:12.320 --> 0:14:15.239 to have to give this guy a multi year contract 0:14:15.320 --> 0:14:17.640 at the full max. Now you're talking about having two 0:14:18.200 --> 0:14:22.760 full max guys on your roster in Jason Tatum and Jostindecompoll, 0:14:22.840 --> 0:14:26.040 both of whom have dealt with significant injuries over the 0:14:26.120 --> 0:14:28.360 last couple of years. I know Jalen Brown is not 0:14:28.560 --> 0:14:30.480 a perfect fit. I know the Celtics want to get 0:14:30.520 --> 0:14:33.080 more pressure on the rim. Brad Stevens talked about that, 0:14:33.200 --> 0:14:36.400 but to me, the risk is just too big to 0:14:36.480 --> 0:14:38.880 go all in on a player like Giannis at this stage. 0:14:39.720 --> 0:14:42.440 Well, and it's very sensitive too, Like the Jalen Brown 0:14:42.480 --> 0:14:45.720 thing that you just hit on. It's like when the noise. 0:14:45.440 --> 0:14:49.320 Got loud a couple months ago regarding Dalen and how 0:14:49.360 --> 0:14:51.120 he saw him the season and all the chatter about 0:14:51.200 --> 0:14:52.600 what he said on the live stream that it was 0:14:52.640 --> 0:14:55.160 the most fun he'd ever had and that was confusing 0:14:55.240 --> 0:14:57.280 because you know, it just set this message that he 0:14:57.880 --> 0:15:01.560 wanted his own team. As you know the Celtics, you know, 0:15:01.600 --> 0:15:03.400 they went to great lengths to kind of massage that 0:15:03.440 --> 0:15:05.760 situation and get things back in a good place. And 0:15:05.800 --> 0:15:08.200 they're not the only team dealing with this, like Miami 0:15:08.440 --> 0:15:11.720 is and this is Giannis related. Miami is is loud 0:15:11.800 --> 0:15:14.080 with it right now. They don't care if everybody knows 0:15:14.320 --> 0:15:16.480 that they're chasing Giannis because they don't really care what 0:15:16.560 --> 0:15:20.600 Tyler Hero feels about getting traded. But like Boston's got 0:15:20.600 --> 0:15:24.800 to be sensitive, you know the Knicks are unofficially out 0:15:24.840 --> 0:15:27.040 because of what they're doing. But you remember Karl Anthony 0:15:27.080 --> 0:15:30.120 Towns was not real thrilled to have his name attached 0:15:30.120 --> 0:15:33.080 to the g honest discussion, you know previously. Like that 0:15:33.400 --> 0:15:35.720 is where I think we could see a wild card 0:15:35.720 --> 0:15:39.280 team come on strong, you know, and come out of 0:15:39.320 --> 0:15:41.520 the shadows, so to speak, because I think there's a 0:15:41.560 --> 0:15:45.000 lot of teams that are absolutely looking at this and 0:15:45.080 --> 0:15:47.800 interested here, but also have to pay attention to their 0:15:47.800 --> 0:15:49.040 own locker room dynamics. 0:15:49.360 --> 0:15:52.360 If somebody offered you one hundred thousand dollars for your 0:15:52.400 --> 0:15:56.640 press pass for Game three in New York, would you 0:15:56.680 --> 0:15:57.040 take it? 0:15:58.800 --> 0:16:02.320 I mean, journalistically, absolutely not. I would never consider such 0:16:02.360 --> 0:16:02.640 a thing. 0:16:02.760 --> 0:16:04.920 I think I think about it if you're a Nicks 0:16:04.920 --> 0:16:05.920 fan on the Capital. 0:16:06.080 --> 0:16:10.000 Journalist, if there's so, yeah, but the spirit of your question, 0:16:10.200 --> 0:16:15.240 like I mean, yeah, Hunter K's I'm good with that. 0:16:15.240 --> 0:16:19.120 That's you know, the production value on TV these days 0:16:19.160 --> 0:16:21.840 is pretty pretty high. I'll hang out with somebodies and 0:16:22.080 --> 0:16:25.120 watch this thing on a big old projector screen and you. 0:16:25.000 --> 0:16:26.320 Know, laugh all the way to the bank, and they 0:16:26.400 --> 0:16:27.880 transcribe all the quotes for you. 0:16:27.960 --> 0:16:28.200 Sam. 0:16:28.240 --> 0:16:34.160 It's all available fired out. You got kids. I got 0:16:34.200 --> 0:16:36.680 a kid now, it's like, you know, you gotta look 0:16:36.720 --> 0:16:39.040 out for number one. There, Sam, good Sam. 0:16:39.400 --> 0:16:41.600 Let me add on to this man. I'm fired up 0:16:41.640 --> 0:16:42.320 to go to New York. 0:16:42.360 --> 0:16:43.880 Man, Like I'm a West Coaster, So I don't know 0:16:43.880 --> 0:16:46.240 if I would take that money because like I don't 0:16:46.280 --> 0:16:47.840 I don't see the garden very often. 0:16:47.920 --> 0:16:49.600 I don't see the chaos. 0:16:49.680 --> 0:16:51.800 You know, I don't really Sacramento guy in New York. 0:16:51.840 --> 0:16:54.600 There we go. This is when we yea Sacramento guy text, 0:16:55.080 --> 0:16:58.200 by the way to get your take quickly on Uh yeah, 0:16:58.360 --> 0:17:01.240 question that came up, more dysfunctional, more irrelevant. Right now. 0:17:01.440 --> 0:17:03.760 The Brooklyn Nets are the Sacramento Kings. 0:17:04.560 --> 0:17:10.080 I mean, uh, the Kings have things that they're trying 0:17:10.080 --> 0:17:12.560 to work on and to get out of the ditch. 0:17:12.960 --> 0:17:15.240 I don't know what Brooklyn's doing, so I actually probably 0:17:15.280 --> 0:17:15.879 go at Brooklyn. 0:17:16.000 --> 0:17:18.119 They got young players in Brooklyn, though, Sam, like, at 0:17:18.160 --> 0:17:21.400 least you've got like some hope like Sacramento, who wants 0:17:21.480 --> 0:17:23.480 to be there right now? Like who wants to be 0:17:23.560 --> 0:17:25.520 part of that team at the moment. 0:17:26.119 --> 0:17:28.800 It is Listen, it is painful. I mean, as you know, 0:17:29.640 --> 0:17:33.320 you have Mike Brown garon Fox. In the finals. You 0:17:33.359 --> 0:17:37.439 have ogananob a guy that I've contested and contend that 0:17:37.480 --> 0:17:39.760 they should have traded for to take the Beam team 0:17:39.800 --> 0:17:42.320 to the next level. There's all kinds of six degrees 0:17:42.359 --> 0:17:45.120 of Sacramento pains in this NBA Finals right now. 0:17:45.200 --> 0:17:47.359 Yeah, you got to hate that Sacramento watching their former 0:17:47.400 --> 0:17:50.080 head coach and their former star compete for a championship. 0:17:50.119 --> 0:17:52.200 One of them is going to win it at the 0:17:52.280 --> 0:17:53.920 in the next couple of weeks. Great stuff, Sam, Good 0:17:53.920 --> 0:17:55.440 to catch up with you and I will see you 0:17:55.560 --> 0:17:57.119 in New York City. Try to, you know, keep it 0:17:57.200 --> 0:17:59.679 under control there these late nights in New York. They 0:17:59.680 --> 0:18:01.280 don't in New York City. 0:18:01.480 --> 0:18:03.600 Yeah, we know about that. I've met with you out there. 0:18:03.680 --> 0:18:05.400 You got it all right, buddy, Good stuff, Sam, Sam 0:18:05.400 --> 0:18:08.000 Annex senior writer over at the Athletic joining us here 0:18:08.359 --> 0:18:13.080 on the Dan Patrick Show. I say, Sacramento. I understand 0:18:13.080 --> 0:18:15.720 what he's saying about Brooklyn, but Brooklyn's got guys that 0:18:15.800 --> 0:18:17.879 want to be there. Nobody wants to be in Sacramento. 0:18:18.440 --> 0:18:20.440 Like I would put every Nickel I owned the Doug 0:18:20.520 --> 0:18:21.800 Christie's not going to be the head coach of the 0:18:21.800 --> 0:18:25.720 Sacramento Kings one year from today, not gonna happen. They're 0:18:25.720 --> 0:18:27.639 gonna go in a different direction. Hopefully get a good 0:18:27.680 --> 0:18:30.159 young player. See if they can win that way. 0:18:30.240 --> 0:18:33.120 Yeah, Pauli mad You're King's management thinking. You know it's quiet, 0:18:33.480 --> 0:18:35.520 the NBA Finals going on. They're not gonna talk about 0:18:35.560 --> 0:18:36.440 us in our futilities. 0:18:36.640 --> 0:18:39.920 Just out you're burying though, all right? Eight seven to 0:18:39.920 --> 0:18:42.240