WEBVTT - Hour 1 - NBA Finals 0:00:00.680 --> 0:00:03.520 You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox 0:00:03.560 --> 0:00:09.600 Sports Radio. It is a Meat Friday. Come on in 0:00:09.680 --> 0:00:11.799 and stay a while. Reggie Miller will join us to 0:00:11.920 --> 0:00:16.079 wrap up the NBA season. Chris Mannix, former Celtics ball boy, 0:00:16.200 --> 0:00:18.799 will join us, of course, a senior basketball writer for 0:00:18.840 --> 0:00:22.600 Sports Illustrated. Your phone calls are welcome, emails, tweets, all 0:00:22.640 --> 0:00:26.840 the above. Operator Tyler standing by. Tyler also doing the 0:00:26.880 --> 0:00:31.840 Meat Friday duties. In case you're wondering smoking tie curry 0:00:31.920 --> 0:00:37.440 chicken curry. Yes, he said, Hey, can I do a 0:00:37.479 --> 0:00:42.440 Steph curry dish? And I go Yeah. Also sweet potato 0:00:43.120 --> 0:00:48.280 Tatum Tots, so he wants to have wants some sweet 0:00:48.320 --> 0:00:55.840 potato Jason Tatum Tots, Draymond Greenbeans, no Blue Blue, But 0:00:56.760 --> 0:00:59.319 we're doing meat Friday today. Who has it better than 0:00:59.360 --> 0:01:03.880 we do? No Golden State does. They won the championship 0:01:04.000 --> 0:01:06.600 last night. Warriors have had their ups and downs over 0:01:06.600 --> 0:01:09.720 the last three years. You go back to twenty twenty. 0:01:09.840 --> 0:01:11.920 They were so bad they had the second overall pick 0:01:11.959 --> 0:01:14.440 in the draft. They took James Wiseman, who was injured 0:01:14.480 --> 0:01:16.959 didn't even play for the team in the playoffs. The 0:01:17.040 --> 0:01:20.240 scouting department is top notch. That's what I'll give them 0:01:20.280 --> 0:01:24.679 credit for is finding these players, developing these players, keeping 0:01:24.720 --> 0:01:28.080 these players because you have ownership the roster. Keep in mind, 0:01:28.120 --> 0:01:31.600 the salary cap is one hundred twenty million dollars. The 0:01:31.640 --> 0:01:36.160 Warriors roster this year due to repeat luxury tax offenses, 0:01:36.560 --> 0:01:40.520 three hundred forty six million dollars. That's a massive advantage. 0:01:40.920 --> 0:01:44.120 By comparison, the Clippers had the second highest payroll, around 0:01:44.120 --> 0:01:48.400 two hundred and fifty million dollars. The Warriors an elite roster, 0:01:48.560 --> 0:01:52.080 Hall of Fame, coach, hall of fame, front office Suspending 0:01:52.160 --> 0:01:55.000 isn't the only reason the team is taking home the trophy, 0:01:55.320 --> 0:01:57.400 but it's a perfect blend. You got star power, you 0:01:57.480 --> 0:02:00.000 got depth, and the Warriors set to contend for years 0:02:00.240 --> 0:02:02.720 to come. In fact, I was looking at the Draft 0:02:02.800 --> 0:02:07.800 Kings odds for next year. There are three co favorites 0:02:07.960 --> 0:02:10.520 or is it three try favorites? You can't have co 0:02:10.680 --> 0:02:16.040 favorites if it's three, can you the Clippers, Warriors and Celtics. No, 0:02:16.160 --> 0:02:21.120 there's four teams in here. Clippers, Warriors, Celtics Nets plus 0:02:21.120 --> 0:02:24.760 six hundred, followed by the Bucks and the Phoenix Suns. 0:02:25.160 --> 0:02:28.840 That's next year. The NBA Finals odds according to the 0:02:28.919 --> 0:02:31.840 Draft Kings eight seven seven three d P Show email 0:02:31.880 --> 0:02:35.160 address DP at dan Patrick dot com. Oh, Fritzie had 0:02:35.240 --> 0:02:38.400 reason to hate Steph Curry even more last night. Had 0:02:38.480 --> 0:02:42.960 some shimmies, chewing on the mouthpiece, and he's the MVP. 0:02:43.320 --> 0:02:45.320 And I got past those first two things you mentioned 0:02:45.320 --> 0:02:47.760 because he added another two things to his repertoire that 0:02:47.840 --> 0:02:50.200 bothered me even more than the mouthpiece and the shimmying. 0:02:50.800 --> 0:02:52.600 You didn't you didn't like to sleep and killing the 0:02:52.720 --> 0:02:56.360 Celtics sleeps and pointing to his finger like another rings 0:02:56.400 --> 0:02:58.200 come into my hand. Come on you better than that? 0:02:58.760 --> 0:03:02.680 Him pointing to his ring fingers. Was this lethal? Lethal? 0:03:02.760 --> 0:03:05.200 That's Aaron Donald. Aaron Donald did it in the Super Bowl. 0:03:05.280 --> 0:03:10.280 Absolute le I love the sleep. It was so subtle 0:03:10.440 --> 0:03:15.000 night night. Yeah, yeah, put him to bed and it 0:03:15.120 --> 0:03:18.000 happened five minutes. It was five minutes into the game 0:03:18.000 --> 0:03:20.839 and they were reading them a bedtime story and I'm like, oh, oh, 0:03:21.400 --> 0:03:23.800 this isn't good. Stat of the Day brought to you 0:03:23.840 --> 0:03:26.520 by Panini America, the official trading cards of The Dan 0:03:26.560 --> 0:03:29.800 Patrick Show. Sometimes you think, Okay, that team's at home, 0:03:29.880 --> 0:03:31.679 you gotta win. They're gonna come out, They're gonna be 0:03:31.720 --> 0:03:35.040 so aggressive, and then all of a sudden, it's like, wait, 0:03:35.080 --> 0:03:40.240 what happened up twelve two? And then all of a sudden, 0:03:40.280 --> 0:03:41.760 I think at the end of the first quarter, if 0:03:41.760 --> 0:03:45.320 you're a Celtic fan, you went, we're in trouble. We 0:03:45.400 --> 0:03:50.640 are in trouble. Here is Steve Kerr talking about Steph 0:03:50.840 --> 0:03:56.480 Curry finally winning the finals MVP. Honestly, that the whole 0:03:56.480 --> 0:04:01.520 finals MVP thing. It's like, I mean, are we really 0:04:01.600 --> 0:04:05.280 you know, I guess his career has been so impeccable 0:04:05.320 --> 0:04:09.120 that that's the only thing we could actually find. So 0:04:09.280 --> 0:04:13.040 it's great to check that box for him, But it's 0:04:13.480 --> 0:04:17.560 it's been really hard for me to think that that's 0:04:18.320 --> 0:04:22.919 actually been held against him. Yeah, I'm surprised, but it is. 0:04:23.400 --> 0:04:26.600 And you know, we're very in the moment, and it's 0:04:26.960 --> 0:04:30.520 we don't look back and go how many finals MVPs 0:04:30.680 --> 0:04:34.240 did certain players win or not win? But this is 0:04:34.320 --> 0:04:38.440 the best story. What you have to understand, Steve Kerr 0:04:38.480 --> 0:04:41.320 should understand he was in the media. What can we 0:04:41.400 --> 0:04:46.040 talk about every single day Steph Curry's legacy. He's never 0:04:46.080 --> 0:04:49.080 won a finals MVP. He can't be a top ten player. 0:04:49.080 --> 0:04:52.000 If he doesn't have a Finals MVP, that's what he 0:04:52.000 --> 0:04:55.800 has to understand. What else do you want? Is Jason 0:04:55.920 --> 0:05:02.360 Tatum a superstar? Okay? Is Draymond being overrated? By the way. 0:05:02.520 --> 0:05:07.080 When Draymond decided to just play basketball, played really well. 0:05:07.720 --> 0:05:11.640 That's all. That's all I ask you. Go twelve, twelve 0:05:11.680 --> 0:05:14.320 and eight. That's it. That's all you have to do. 0:05:14.360 --> 0:05:16.640 You don't have to be stupid out there, be silly, 0:05:16.800 --> 0:05:20.680 be a character. Just play that got to you to 0:05:20.760 --> 0:05:22.720 this point, and we'll get you to the Hall of Fame. 0:05:23.480 --> 0:05:28.240 Because you played well, you win rings. That shuts people up. 0:05:28.680 --> 0:05:32.840 First time in NBA Finals history, all the games were 0:05:32.880 --> 0:05:37.000 decided by at least ten points, and the Warriors, joining 0:05:37.000 --> 0:05:41.200 the twenty fourteen Spurs the nineteen sixty Celtics as the 0:05:41.240 --> 0:05:44.160 only team since nineteen fifty seven to win four NBA 0:05:44.240 --> 0:05:48.480 Finals by ten points or more. Stat of your day, 0:05:48.720 --> 0:05:52.440 stat of the day, stat of the day, stat of 0:05:52.440 --> 0:05:57.280 the day. Here comes that? What stat of the day? 0:05:59.240 --> 0:06:01.960 Seaton's going to make some pies? He lost the bed. 0:06:02.000 --> 0:06:04.960 It was Steph Curry would have at least ten made 0:06:05.120 --> 0:06:10.400 three pointers. Oh boy, you were a disappointed little guy 0:06:10.440 --> 0:06:13.760 in that first half, It's like, he's not shooting three? 0:06:13.839 --> 0:06:16.640 What are you doing? Shoot the ball? I thought Steph 0:06:16.680 --> 0:06:19.919 would have had six by a halftime. Shoot it. What 0:06:20.000 --> 0:06:22.680 are you doing? Shoot the ball? You're Steph Curry. I 0:06:22.720 --> 0:06:25.640 don't think he realized what was at stake clearly, but 0:06:26.040 --> 0:06:29.480 Seton has four pies coming. And then the Warriors got 0:06:29.520 --> 0:06:31.360 up so big that I was like, Oh crap, they're 0:06:31.360 --> 0:06:33.200 gonna sub amount. He's not even gonna play the end 0:06:33.200 --> 0:06:35.960 of the game. Yes, this is terrible. Now I'm not 0:06:36.120 --> 0:06:39.960 giving you all the pies at once. You only get 0:06:40.040 --> 0:06:43.920 one today. You don't know when you're getting the other ones. 0:06:44.839 --> 0:06:47.239 Oh you're going back to the surprise thing. Ah damn. 0:06:47.360 --> 0:06:51.880 I know. I love that because it because Seton Seaton 0:06:52.000 --> 0:06:53.560 had to have eyes in the back of his head 0:06:53.720 --> 0:06:56.880 because he kept thinking, am I right around the corner 0:06:57.000 --> 0:06:58.720 And then right at the minute I would just let 0:06:58.800 --> 0:07:00.560 it go out of my mind paying it's smashed me 0:07:00.640 --> 0:07:03.279 right in the face. That was funny. Here is Steph 0:07:03.320 --> 0:07:07.520 Curry talking about the experts. When we started this season. 0:07:07.920 --> 0:07:09.800 You know a lot of conversations about who we were 0:07:09.840 --> 0:07:12.080 as a team and what we were capable of, And 0:07:12.600 --> 0:07:17.120 clearly remember some experts and talking heads putting up the 0:07:17.440 --> 0:07:20.160 big zero of how many championships we would have going 0:07:20.200 --> 0:07:22.760 forward because everything that we went through. So we hear 0:07:22.800 --> 0:07:25.400 all that and you carry it all and try to 0:07:25.440 --> 0:07:28.760 maintain your purpose, not let it distract you, but you 0:07:28.840 --> 0:07:32.120 carry that weight and to get here. It all comes out, 0:07:32.200 --> 0:07:38.960 so it's it's special. Steph, Steph. This expert said you 0:07:39.000 --> 0:07:42.680 guys were winning it this year. Okay, at least give 0:07:42.720 --> 0:07:45.840 me a shout out, just say, hey, I don't know. 0:07:45.880 --> 0:07:47.960 There's one guy said that we were gonna win it 0:07:48.040 --> 0:07:50.880 all and that's that's he's a shooter as well as 0:07:51.040 --> 0:07:55.320 Dan Patrick. That would have been nice. Yeah. See, you 0:07:55.400 --> 0:07:57.480 can't be the Warriors and be it Nobody thought we'd 0:07:57.520 --> 0:08:00.640 be here. I know you can't do that, can't. You 0:08:00.680 --> 0:08:03.720 can't be a dynasty and also have nobody believing. But 0:08:03.760 --> 0:08:06.560 do you know what the odds were for the Warriors 0:08:06.760 --> 0:08:12.960 at this time last year to win it all? Fourth favorite? 0:08:14.440 --> 0:08:17.800 Come on, he's out there. Nobody thought he'd be here. 0:08:18.600 --> 0:08:24.000 I mean, wow, this isn't Leicester City winning the Premier League. Alright? 0:08:24.760 --> 0:08:29.360 Oh yeah, alright. Reference By the way, merchandise, we have 0:08:29.680 --> 0:08:33.760 the Warriors Dynasty T shirts we have a Celtic Dynasty 0:08:33.800 --> 0:08:36.000 T shirts, probably not as much of a run on 0:08:36.080 --> 0:08:39.080 those as Golden State and Fuego T shirt as well. 0:08:39.360 --> 0:08:43.160 All available at dan Patrick dot com. This program award 0:08:43.200 --> 0:08:45.600 nominated brought to you by Discover has your Back with 0:08:45.679 --> 0:08:49.120 cash back. Used discovered to earn five percent cash back 0:08:49.400 --> 0:08:52.400 at gas stations and target now through June on up 0:08:52.400 --> 0:08:55.319 to fifteen hundred dollars in purchases when you activate. Learn 0:08:55.400 --> 0:09:00.320 more at discover dot com. Slash rewards limitations apply. I'm 0:09:00.360 --> 0:09:03.520 so exhausted from taking my victory laps with the Golden 0:09:03.520 --> 0:09:08.679 State Warriors. I'm tired today. Whence the parade, Paulie, We're 0:09:08.679 --> 0:09:11.840 gonna get you all the day? Fly out there. Yeah, 0:09:11.920 --> 0:09:15.559 because I picked them to wind it all. It's exhausting 0:09:15.600 --> 0:09:19.199 being it is it is. I sent a text to 0:09:19.320 --> 0:09:23.320 Nick Wright. I go, I'm so exhausted today taking a 0:09:23.400 --> 0:09:26.720 victory lap and he goes, I can't believe I changed 0:09:26.800 --> 0:09:31.160 my pick because he changed from the Golden State Warriors 0:09:31.840 --> 0:09:35.960 through the Celtics. All right, poll question today, what do 0:09:36.000 --> 0:09:39.679 we have seton? Well, this one's a little bit of 0:09:39.720 --> 0:09:43.160 a can of worms, but I need your help populating it. 0:09:44.520 --> 0:09:46.960 If Steph Curry is a top ten all time player. 0:09:47.000 --> 0:09:49.760 Who are you taking out here? We go? Yep, that 0:09:49.880 --> 0:09:56.320 time of day legacy, legacy. Let me save that one 0:09:56.640 --> 0:10:01.960 because are we in voting Bill Russell and Will Chamberlain 0:10:02.200 --> 0:10:07.079 in this conversation? Do we start with the the advent 0:10:07.160 --> 0:10:10.440 of the three point shot? Like? Where is there a 0:10:10.480 --> 0:10:13.679 line of demarcation with that line of demarcation being a 0:10:13.760 --> 0:10:15.600 three point shot? Do we do we start with the 0:10:15.679 --> 0:10:19.640 modern NBA? Or do we include Will? Will does Babe 0:10:19.720 --> 0:10:26.120 Ruth like those numbers will never be touched? Freakish um, 0:10:26.360 --> 0:10:31.720 Bill Russell winning eleven titles will never be touched. Yeah, pull, 0:10:31.880 --> 0:10:33.560 I got an idea. We'll do this next hour. Okay, 0:10:33.720 --> 0:10:36.520 you're gonna need some time. I will read the consensus 0:10:36.600 --> 0:10:40.600 top fifteen players in NBA history, and you guys, will 0:10:40.679 --> 0:10:43.160 y'all stop when you want to put Stephan Uri crazy. 0:10:44.679 --> 0:10:48.199 So I'll start reading and you'll stop, like the no 0:10:48.360 --> 0:10:55.280 wammy's whatever that does? Stop? Oh God, you love lists. 0:10:55.760 --> 0:10:59.600 I hate List. In fact, I don't even like Luke List. 0:10:59.679 --> 0:11:03.920 He's a golfer on the PGA tour. Yes, Marv, we're 0:11:03.960 --> 0:11:07.520 gonna need younger people because look, if you're maybe twenty 0:11:07.559 --> 0:11:10.160 and younger. They're gonna say, Paul is gonna start reading. 0:11:10.160 --> 0:11:14.760 You can say Michael Jordan, Steph Curry. You think it'll 0:11:14.760 --> 0:11:17.600 be down quick, generational, but it's gonna be hard if 0:11:17.600 --> 0:11:21.400 somebody says magic bird. You know, the list goes on. 0:11:21.520 --> 0:11:24.560 Kobe Duncan. Yeah, but this is where you know, you 0:11:24.679 --> 0:11:28.520 tend to diminish somebody's resume because you have to to 0:11:28.559 --> 0:11:30.640 put somebody in above them, and we're just the guys 0:11:30.640 --> 0:11:35.160 to do it. That's one of my favorite things, diminishing resume. Yeah, 0:11:35.880 --> 0:11:38.480 one of my favorite bands. But I love them Ladies 0:11:38.480 --> 0:11:43.640 and gentlemen, diminishing resumes. Tim Robbins, wasn't that the Talking 0:11:43.679 --> 0:11:47.920 Head Store? All Right? What other pole question you got? 0:11:48.120 --> 0:11:49.840 You know what, this isn't really a poll question, but 0:11:50.360 --> 0:11:54.560 Steve Kerr is sneaking up on unarguably one of like 0:11:54.640 --> 0:11:58.120 the best careers NBA wise. Ever. If you have five 0:11:58.200 --> 0:12:00.280 rings as a player for as a coach, I know 0:12:00.320 --> 0:12:02.480 that there's other people who have more, but that's getting 0:12:02.559 --> 0:12:06.080 up there into some pretty crazy territory, isn't it. Well, 0:12:06.160 --> 0:12:08.560 getting the rings as a player is not the same 0:12:08.559 --> 0:12:12.680 as Robert or getting rings as a player Steve hit 0:12:12.760 --> 0:12:18.079 one great shot, one big shot. But okay, you were 0:12:18.080 --> 0:12:21.280 on the teams that you did that did win championships. 0:12:21.640 --> 0:12:24.719 That's a little different than Robert or or Oh, so 0:12:25.000 --> 0:12:27.200 that almost feels two then that, like getting all of 0:12:27.200 --> 0:12:29.640 these rings when you have that team that you have 0:12:30.240 --> 0:12:33.440 is also a little different. Yeah. Well, I didn't mean 0:12:33.440 --> 0:12:35.400 to diminish his resume. I was trying to prop it up, 0:12:35.400 --> 0:12:37.760 and man, we tour that down. Yeah quickly, that was 0:12:37.800 --> 0:12:41.440 easy creepers. But as far as a coach, then you 0:12:41.520 --> 0:12:44.560 might have people saying, well, but you got Kevin Durant 0:12:44.559 --> 0:12:48.240 for two of those titles. I thought he did a 0:12:48.240 --> 0:12:51.720 great job. I thought Kurd did a wonderful job. I 0:12:51.800 --> 0:12:54.960 know it's hard to say somebody out coached somebody. I 0:12:55.040 --> 0:12:59.360 think there. I think that Steve Kerr out experienced Udoka. 0:12:59.760 --> 0:13:03.320 I think I think he did just because he sort 0:13:03.320 --> 0:13:05.040 of knew what to do and when to do it. 0:13:05.080 --> 0:13:07.600 And I thought he did a really good job. Now, 0:13:07.600 --> 0:13:09.840 I did criticize him that he kept Steph Curry on 0:13:09.880 --> 0:13:12.560 the bench in a loss when Curry was going off, 0:13:13.240 --> 0:13:15.800 But you know, you go back. There were a couple 0:13:15.840 --> 0:13:19.480 of moments where if Boston does the right thing. Boston 0:13:19.559 --> 0:13:26.439 wins and just a couple of you know, a fewer turnovers. 0:13:27.480 --> 0:13:30.400 But you just saw in maturity. I saw Boston. I 0:13:30.400 --> 0:13:33.920 saw talent, but I saw him maturity and that as 0:13:33.960 --> 0:13:36.360 they move forward, you could say, well they're young, Well 0:13:36.400 --> 0:13:40.120 they'll get back here. It doesn't work that way. They don't. 0:13:40.200 --> 0:13:43.000 You know, the basketball gods don't go. You know, he 0:13:43.120 --> 0:13:45.240 got there to the finals, and you know it's a 0:13:45.320 --> 0:13:49.240 nice little run. You guys had great turnaround January one, 0:13:49.400 --> 0:13:53.720 and we'll get you back there. Really, Nets are gonna 0:13:53.760 --> 0:13:56.400 be good. Bucks are going to be good. You know, 0:13:56.600 --> 0:13:59.440 Miami Heat, if they pick up somebody, they're gonna be good. 0:14:01.559 --> 0:14:03.520 There's gonna be teams in the East they're gonna make 0:14:03.559 --> 0:14:08.240 it tougher for them to get back. And I said 0:14:08.280 --> 0:14:12.000 all along about Jason Tatum, he's a wonderful player. I 0:14:12.040 --> 0:14:14.360 think the timing of him being first team All NBA, 0:14:14.720 --> 0:14:18.880 now there was added expectations. If he's third team All NBA, 0:14:19.120 --> 0:14:21.760 it feels like it's different. Then it's like, man, that 0:14:21.800 --> 0:14:25.240 guy's moving up. Now, No, you're there, let's go. That's 0:14:25.280 --> 0:14:29.120 what great players do. He wasn't ready for the moment. 0:14:30.920 --> 0:14:33.160 He's gonna have to have an educated eye, sit down 0:14:33.160 --> 0:14:35.360 with him and say these are the things that you 0:14:35.480 --> 0:14:37.560 did and didn't do. This is what you do in 0:14:37.600 --> 0:14:39.920 that situation. You know you want to you want to 0:14:40.000 --> 0:14:42.800 channel Kobe and you want to give tribute to Kobe, 0:14:43.360 --> 0:14:45.560 then you gotta go out there and play like Kobe. 0:14:46.280 --> 0:14:50.880 Jaylen Brown played better. Jaylen Brown felt like new what 0:14:50.960 --> 0:14:54.400 he was supposed to do. Jaylen Brown felt like his 0:14:54.560 --> 0:14:58.440 reputation certainly got a big boost with the NBA Finals. 0:14:58.480 --> 0:15:01.240 Yes and Jason Tatum, he couldn't even get an open 0:15:01.280 --> 0:15:04.000 shot on like the switches they were trying to force 0:15:04.240 --> 0:15:06.840 on the defense, he still couldn't get around the mismatch 0:15:06.920 --> 0:15:09.120 that they created. We'll take a break, we'll get to 0:15:09.200 --> 0:15:12.360 phone calls coming up, and we'll settle on our poll 0:15:12.440 --> 0:15:14.520 question as well in this Meet Friday. We're back after 0:15:14.560 --> 0:15:18.640 this and the Dan Patrick Show. We all have different 0:15:18.680 --> 0:15:21.160 ideas about success. We achieve it at different times in 0:15:21.200 --> 0:15:25.600 different ways. 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Thanks for listening to The Dan Patrick Show podcast. 0:16:24.880 --> 0:16:27.280 Be sure to catch us live every weekday morning nine 0:16:27.320 --> 0:16:30.800 until noon eastern six to nine Pacific on Fox Sports Radio, 0:16:30.880 --> 0:16:33.800 and you can find us on the iHeartRadio app at 0:16:33.840 --> 0:16:37.960 FSR or stream us live on the Peacock app. Play 0:16:37.960 --> 0:16:40.360 of the Day coming up, settle on a pole question. 0:16:40.520 --> 0:16:42.840 Make sure you check out all the great merchandise we 0:16:42.920 --> 0:16:46.600 have dan Patrick dot com. I've mentioned this a couple 0:16:46.600 --> 0:16:49.200 of times during the NBA finals that we tend to 0:16:49.200 --> 0:16:52.440 focus on the starting five, and rightfully so that's where 0:16:52.440 --> 0:16:56.200 your star power is. Sometimes these championships are won by 0:16:56.200 --> 0:17:01.920 the bench. Golden State outscored Boston's bench thirty one ten. 0:17:02.080 --> 0:17:06.240 Game five outscored Boston's bench last night twenty one five. 0:17:06.840 --> 0:17:11.359 It felt like just about every game that when Golden 0:17:11.440 --> 0:17:13.800 State was going to do some real damage, it came 0:17:13.840 --> 0:17:16.919 from their bench. And you had a real big disparity 0:17:16.920 --> 0:17:21.000 between those tools, those two and you know, you just 0:17:21.080 --> 0:17:23.440 had players who came off the bench. Jordan Poole knew 0:17:23.560 --> 0:17:25.280 what he was supposed to do when he came off 0:17:25.320 --> 0:17:29.520 the bench. You had role players who filled that title 0:17:29.800 --> 0:17:33.040 quite admirably here. And as much as we give credit 0:17:33.080 --> 0:17:35.639 to the starters, you still have to have that second 0:17:35.680 --> 0:17:37.680 wave that comes in here. And you got a young 0:17:37.760 --> 0:17:41.280 nucleus here, I mean, you do have older players and 0:17:41.320 --> 0:17:45.240 you can make that transition a little smoother. This is 0:17:45.280 --> 0:17:47.520 what the Celtics thought they had when you had Bird, 0:17:47.600 --> 0:17:51.000 McHale and Parish, when they drafted Lenny Bias, they had 0:17:51.040 --> 0:17:55.200 Reggie Lewis Well, they tragically lost two of those, both 0:17:55.240 --> 0:17:58.480 those players Bird got hurt. They were hoping that they 0:17:58.520 --> 0:18:01.240 had younger players at players who are going to be 0:18:01.280 --> 0:18:04.280 able to come in and make that transition. I don't 0:18:04.280 --> 0:18:06.639 know how long Steph Curry can play at this level. 0:18:07.480 --> 0:18:09.359 Is he going to be a role player towards the 0:18:09.440 --> 0:18:11.320 end of his career? Is he going to be what 0:18:11.400 --> 0:18:14.280 Ray Allen was at the end of his career? Does 0:18:14.320 --> 0:18:19.440 Steph continue to play? Does he retire? But when you 0:18:19.480 --> 0:18:23.480 think about what he does to create separation, he has 0:18:23.520 --> 0:18:28.720 to have quickness. His ball handling is underrated. The ability 0:18:28.760 --> 0:18:31.520 to shoot will always be there. What's Clay going to 0:18:31.560 --> 0:18:34.040 be like next year? Will he be better next year? 0:18:34.560 --> 0:18:38.320 Is James Wiseman going to contribute? Draymond Greene with what 0:18:38.359 --> 0:18:41.040 he does and how he does it, can probably play 0:18:41.080 --> 0:18:44.080 another three or four more years, it feels like, but 0:18:44.760 --> 0:18:48.159 you have an ownership that spends money and you have 0:18:48.200 --> 0:18:51.720 a great scouting department. Does Steve Kerr stay as the 0:18:51.840 --> 0:18:54.199 head coach? How much longer does he want to do it? 0:18:54.240 --> 0:18:56.960 Does he stay as a partnership with Steph Curry and 0:18:57.000 --> 0:19:01.000 Clay Thompson? Yeah? Set how different switching teams real quick? 0:19:01.040 --> 0:19:03.360 How different do you think the Celtics look next year? 0:19:04.720 --> 0:19:07.679 I don't know if they look that different. Because I 0:19:07.720 --> 0:19:11.600 wouldn't overreact as much as I would just reassess, like, 0:19:12.359 --> 0:19:15.199 this is successful. This is what we did do and 0:19:15.240 --> 0:19:18.760 didn't do. You got a first year head coach. This 0:19:18.960 --> 0:19:22.280 is it's hard when you lose like this, when you 0:19:22.359 --> 0:19:24.439 go you know, we're so bummed out. But if I 0:19:24.480 --> 0:19:26.080 said at the beginning of the year, if I told 0:19:26.080 --> 0:19:29.080 you in January, if you're a Celtics fan, you're gonna 0:19:29.119 --> 0:19:31.760 go to the Finals, You're gonna lose in six games. 0:19:31.760 --> 0:19:34.000 It's like the Bengals. If I said to Joe Burrow, Hey, 0:19:34.359 --> 0:19:37.160 you're gonna go to the super Bowl. You're gonna lose 0:19:37.160 --> 0:19:41.119 in dramatic fashion. You're gonna sign up for that. Absolutely, 0:19:41.840 --> 0:19:45.520 And I think Boston had a successful year. It's not 0:19:45.560 --> 0:19:49.480 going to feel that way for a while, but they did. Yeah, Mard. 0:19:50.600 --> 0:19:52.640 The only difference I would say is maybe the fan 0:19:52.720 --> 0:19:56.640 base the Bengals, I'm sure they're happy to get to anything, yep. 0:19:56.920 --> 0:19:59.920 But if you're the Celtics thing, you're there like, let's 0:20:00.520 --> 0:20:04.320 let's win it. So I'm not sure, but I mean 0:20:04.560 --> 0:20:08.320 I think that's fair. I agree, but they haven't been 0:20:08.320 --> 0:20:10.680 there in a long time. Like the last time they 0:20:10.680 --> 0:20:15.280 won was zoh eight. Okay, you do have that expectation 0:20:15.359 --> 0:20:18.840 in Boston that when we play for championships, we win championships, 0:20:18.840 --> 0:20:21.120 no matter what this sport is. This is a young 0:20:21.200 --> 0:20:26.040 team going against a veteran team, and it showed there 0:20:26.160 --> 0:20:30.240 was a real big disparity between those two when you 0:20:30.359 --> 0:20:33.640 needed to do something. I thought what Golden State did 0:20:33.760 --> 0:20:38.760 in answering hitting threes was remarkable because you felt like 0:20:38.840 --> 0:20:43.080 Boston they did something. Golden State comes back. It's crushing 0:20:43.480 --> 0:20:45.760 you missed a three. Golden State comes back. And I 0:20:45.800 --> 0:20:49.840 thought Clay Thompson had some deadly threes, like those threes 0:20:49.920 --> 0:20:53.440 that feel like they they're worth more than three points. Yeah, 0:20:53.520 --> 0:20:57.520 seton Yeah, keeping with that sort of Bengals analogy, right 0:20:57.560 --> 0:20:59.040 where you go, you're going to go to the Super 0:20:59.040 --> 0:21:01.440 Bowl that lose and you would take that, which is 0:21:01.480 --> 0:21:03.439 absolutely true. And then the first thing they did was 0:21:03.440 --> 0:21:06.080 signed three offensive linemen to beef up, right. So it 0:21:06.119 --> 0:21:09.560 feels like the Celtics there needs to be more there. 0:21:09.640 --> 0:21:11.159 And I don't know who the odd man ow it is, 0:21:11.200 --> 0:21:13.880 if it's Marcus Smart or like Jalen Brown or something, 0:21:13.880 --> 0:21:17.000 I don't know, but there needs to be more pieces there. Well, 0:21:17.040 --> 0:21:20.159 Marcus Smart makes me nervous because I don't look at 0:21:20.240 --> 0:21:22.879 him as let me put the ball in his hands 0:21:22.880 --> 0:21:25.679 and he'll make the right decision, because it feels like 0:21:25.760 --> 0:21:30.280 it's Jason Tatum as the point forward here or Jalen Brown. 0:21:30.320 --> 0:21:33.960 It doesn't feel like Marcus Smart. Al Horford is more 0:21:34.000 --> 0:21:36.800 of a point forward as well. And I think that 0:21:36.800 --> 0:21:39.840 that's concerning. Is Marcus Smart as your point guard? But 0:21:39.920 --> 0:21:42.240 I don't look at him that way. Yes, And it 0:21:42.280 --> 0:21:44.800 seemed pretty clear towards I don't know, somewhere in the 0:21:45.280 --> 0:21:48.640 second quarter, maybe that the Marcus Smart flopping thing wasn't 0:21:48.680 --> 0:21:51.679 working anymore and you got you gotta stop doing that. 0:21:51.680 --> 0:21:53.560 Then if you're not getting the calls, you've gotta stop. 0:21:53.720 --> 0:21:55.679 And I don't know if he can. It felt like 0:21:55.720 --> 0:21:59.440 the Celtics were hunting for fouls. Jason Tatum was hunting 0:21:59.440 --> 0:22:03.760 for foul. Well, you might get those as you have 0:22:03.840 --> 0:22:06.560 a little more status in the NBA. You're not going 0:22:06.600 --> 0:22:09.959 to get that now, not at that age, not against 0:22:10.000 --> 0:22:13.560 Golden State, And it felt like he was trying to 0:22:13.640 --> 0:22:16.800 do that. It just felt like he made it tougher 0:22:16.800 --> 0:22:20.360 on himself. He had a wide open three, didn't take 0:22:20.400 --> 0:22:23.600 the three, like he started to lose confidence right in 0:22:23.640 --> 0:22:26.240 front of you. Yes, and that I said it after 0:22:26.440 --> 0:22:29.000 a couple of games in this series. But the Warrior's 0:22:29.080 --> 0:22:33.000 ability to strip the ball and never make any contact 0:22:33.000 --> 0:22:36.720 with the Celtics is unbelievable because there might have been 0:22:36.720 --> 0:22:39.119 what twenty three turnovers just something. I bet fifteen of 0:22:39.160 --> 0:22:42.119 them were not bad passes. They were somehow stripped and 0:22:42.320 --> 0:22:46.040 all ball every single time. Amazing. Well, they have Draymond Green, 0:22:46.080 --> 0:22:50.000 one of the great defensive players the whole time. Remarkable. Yes, 0:22:52.480 --> 0:22:56.000 get some phone calls in here RJ and Colorado RJ. 0:22:56.240 --> 0:23:00.920 Welcome to the program. Good morning, DP, Happy Steph Day 0:23:00.920 --> 0:23:04.679 to you. Yeah, I've got a question I'd like you 0:23:04.720 --> 0:23:06.560 to ask all Reggie Miller, and also I want to 0:23:06.560 --> 0:23:10.120 get your guys opinion on it. I've got a little 0:23:10.119 --> 0:23:12.320 bit of a bet with some buddies that Steph Curry 0:23:12.359 --> 0:23:15.520 finishes with at least six I don't know if he 0:23:15.560 --> 0:23:18.320 gets more, but like probably in the face kind of 0:23:18.320 --> 0:23:20.000 a bet. I'd be a win because it means you'd 0:23:20.000 --> 0:23:22.359 still work until Steph retires. And I like to have 0:23:22.400 --> 0:23:24.800 you on the radio. But what do you guys think 0:23:24.800 --> 0:23:27.960 about the chances of Steph getting to six, what has 0:23:28.000 --> 0:23:31.840 to happen? Well, I think he has to win two 0:23:31.880 --> 0:23:34.359