WEBVTT - 02/22/21 DPS Hour 3 Chris Mannix

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<v Speaker 1>Dan and the Danets Dan Patrick Show will check in

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<v Speaker 1>with Chris Mannox covers the NBA. Laker's got a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of issues here, Anthony Davis out for maybe a month

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<v Speaker 1>and you're asking Lebron to play a lot of minutes here.

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<v Speaker 1>Not a good combination. So we'll talk to Mannix about that.

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<v Speaker 1>And is the Championship the Brooklyn Nets to lose? We

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<v Speaker 1>all ready to go out on a limb like them.

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<v Speaker 1>and worst of the weekend. Lebron James is back in

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<v Speaker 1>a familiar spot with a d out for four weeks

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<v Speaker 1>because of calf and achilles issues. The Lakers roster probably

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<v Speaker 1>compares to the Cavs teams that you know Lebron was

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<v Speaker 1>saddled with. He took a team that might have been

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<v Speaker 1>the worst team to go to an NBA Finals back

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<v Speaker 1>in two thou seven. With Davis out, Lebron's going to

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<v Speaker 1>have to carry a bigger load. He's thirty six. Now

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<v Speaker 1>you would think that at some point, like right now,

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<v Speaker 1>you would want him to get rest. You want to

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<v Speaker 1>make sure that he's ready to go in May and June.

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<v Speaker 1>He's played in every game and you had a short

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<v Speaker 1>offseason All Star game coming up. You know, players aren't

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<v Speaker 1>wired for load management. Now say this about Lebron. He

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<v Speaker 1>does want to play, but he does want another mvpick.

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<v Speaker 1>And this is going to be a difficult situation here

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<v Speaker 1>to monitor. If you're Frank Vogel and the Lakers, you

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<v Speaker 1>want Lebron to be rested, like you have to protect

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<v Speaker 1>Lebron from Lebron in a situation like this. You know

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<v Speaker 1>the Lakers don't want to lose over the next month

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<v Speaker 1>without Anthony Davis. But you know the regular season only

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<v Speaker 1>means so much. A February March losing streak isn't going

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<v Speaker 1>to impact the Lakers as much as Lebron being tired

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<v Speaker 1>for the playoffs or Anthony Davis not able to play

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<v Speaker 1>in May or June. But we'll talk to Chris Mannix

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<v Speaker 1>about this coming up. Here is Lebron James talking about

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<v Speaker 1>adjusting to playing without Anthony Davis. Right now, with another

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<v Speaker 1>another challenge for me to be able to adjust, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>not hav an ad for a long period of time

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<v Speaker 1>is something that we haven't had over the last year

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<v Speaker 1>and a half. And now it's time for me to

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<v Speaker 1>adjust again and see ways I could be even more

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<v Speaker 1>effective to help the team win ball games, because that's

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<v Speaker 1>that is the sport that we're in. We're in the

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<v Speaker 1>winning business, and it's time to a clicking today. I

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<v Speaker 1>thought they had all this depth. Now it's time for

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<v Speaker 1>all this depth to come to the surface here and

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<v Speaker 1>help out Lebron James because I know they're a top

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<v Speaker 1>heavy team, but I got to have some contributions here

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<v Speaker 1>right now, more than ever with the Lakers. All right,

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<v Speaker 1>mclev and poll question, update the results so far? Where

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<v Speaker 1>will JJ Watt land? There is a runaway winner, the

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<v Speaker 1>Green Bay Packers sixty four percent, with the Steelers a

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<v Speaker 1>distant second. Well, it's obvious and it's probably wishful thinking

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<v Speaker 1>with those you know, with our fan base in Wisconsin

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<v Speaker 1>that getting JJ Watt in a Packers uniform coming back

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<v Speaker 1>to Wisconsin makes a lot of sense. The Browns situation

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<v Speaker 1>is the one that's tricky because other than hey, you

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<v Speaker 1>get to play opposite Miles Garrett. Is that enough to

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<v Speaker 1>play for the Cleveland Browns? Yeah, Paul or Seaton jj

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<v Speaker 1>Watt going to the Packers. It'll be awesome to follow

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<v Speaker 1>that up with Still didn't do anything to help Aaron, though,

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<v Speaker 1>And it's trying to twist that into like leaving Aaron

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<v Speaker 1>Rodgers hanging again. Unless he's playing tight end, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know how that helps the Packers. Yeah. Yeah, it didn't

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<v Speaker 1>get Aaron anymore weapons. Yeah, hey, Aaron, we got your

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<v Speaker 1>jj Watt. Yeah, I'd like to have maybe an offensive weapon.

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<v Speaker 1>There is he blocking for me or any way? He

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<v Speaker 1>can't play tight end? Yes? If I give you jj

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<v Speaker 1>Watt to Buffalo, are they the favorites then or they?

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<v Speaker 1>Is that the missing super Bowl piece? No, he's a

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<v Speaker 1>good defensive player. He's not a missing ingredient. I do

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<v Speaker 1>think that the Kansas City Chiefs. If I'm Kansas City,

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<v Speaker 1>I would at least explore that with jj Watt. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know what he's gonna cost you, but you can

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<v Speaker 1>say to him, we're going back to the super Bowl.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you want to be part of the You want

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<v Speaker 1>to join us for the ride? You already got money,

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<v Speaker 1>you want to ring and if if I'm JJ Watt,

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<v Speaker 1>do I wait for Kansas City to reach out to

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<v Speaker 1>me or do I reach out to them? And I

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<v Speaker 1>would certainly reach out to Kansas City, absolutely, And I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know if they're on the list, Paulie. The odds

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<v Speaker 1>for JJ Watt my list or the ESPN list, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>your list is different because you and JJ have something

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<v Speaker 1>going on there. Let me see if Kansas Okay, these

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<v Speaker 1>are the odds for Las Vegas Browns, then the Packers, Steelers, Bills, Bucks, Ravens, Patriots, Cowboys, Colts, Rams, Niners,

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<v Speaker 1>Chiefs aren't even on here. That's gonna be money, right,

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<v Speaker 1>they're saying they have like that. Dave was signed to

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<v Speaker 1>everybody cap wise. Yeah, but if he is true to

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<v Speaker 1>his word, he just wants to win. Where's your best

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<v Speaker 1>chance of winning? Unless you think if you think Tampa

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<v Speaker 1>can do it again, I would rather go to the

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<v Speaker 1>Kansas City Chiefs. What about the Patriots on this list? Man?

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<v Speaker 1>That doesn't seem I don't. I don't see if I'm

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<v Speaker 1>J J Watt unless you go, boy, I want to

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<v Speaker 1>say that I got to play for Bill Belichick. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't see that at all. All Right, we'll get

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<v Speaker 1>some phone calls here. PAULI has a is it a

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<v Speaker 1>is it a Tim Tebow question? Or a game a

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<v Speaker 1>Tim Tebow question? Tim Tebow has retired. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>if he chose to retire from football and now he's

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<v Speaker 1>retired from baseball. He played football, so he's twenty five

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<v Speaker 1>at the quarterback position. If you gave it's almost a

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<v Speaker 1>two part question. If you gave him Tebow ado over

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<v Speaker 1>at age twenty five with football, would he be open

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<v Speaker 1>to go playing a different position and being more of

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<v Speaker 1>an emergency quarterback? And if he did that would have

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<v Speaker 1>it extended his career another five years? If he played

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<v Speaker 1>a different position, he was open to changing positions and

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<v Speaker 1>not being a quarterback anymore, because that's the reason he's

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<v Speaker 1>not in the league, isn't it or was it the

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<v Speaker 1>too much coverage? No, I just don't think he could

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<v Speaker 1>play the position in the NFL. Right. So, if he

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<v Speaker 1>would have said to all teams through his agent, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>willing to help the team in any way like a

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<v Speaker 1>Taysom Hill or like Eric Crouch did not do when

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<v Speaker 1>he came out of Nebraska, would he be still playing

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<v Speaker 1>in the NFL? Yes, if you gave him a duover.

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<v Speaker 1>Would he do that? No, man, but I do. It's

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<v Speaker 1>it's so easy to dump on Tim Tebow. You know

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<v Speaker 1>that he was a disappointment in the NFL. What I

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<v Speaker 1>admire about him is he chose to play the most

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<v Speaker 1>difficult sport and and it's you know, his games were shown,

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<v Speaker 1>his at bats were shown. You know, if he did

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<v Speaker 1>something well, you know it was trumpeted by the Mothership.

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<v Speaker 1>But it's a humbling sport, as Michael Jordan showed us,

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<v Speaker 1>It's a humbling sport. And he didn't give up. He

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<v Speaker 1>kept trying to make the roster, major league roster with

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<v Speaker 1>the Mets. And I commend him on that. This is

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<v Speaker 1>somebody who's been successful all of his life and he

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<v Speaker 1>put himself in a position where seven out of ten

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<v Speaker 1>times you fail and you're still considered a very good player.

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<v Speaker 1>He wasn't a great player. He wasn't even a good player.

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<v Speaker 1>And I batted two twenty three in the minors. Now

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<v Speaker 1>they're a lot worse. But I give him credit that

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<v Speaker 1>he tried. And when he first you know, he had

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<v Speaker 1>that hey, I'm going to work out for the scouts,

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<v Speaker 1>and I thought it felt like it was more attached

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<v Speaker 1>to a shoe company. I think it was Adidas, and

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<v Speaker 1>I thought it was he's going to be sort of

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<v Speaker 1>wearing the gear and it felt it felt promotional, and

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<v Speaker 1>then I realized that he truly was committed to trying

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<v Speaker 1>to be a major league baseball player. It's the same

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<v Speaker 1>with Jordan. For whatever reason he decided to interrupt his

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<v Speaker 1>career to go play baseball, he still was going to

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<v Speaker 1>be embarrassed because that's what baseball does to you. And

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<v Speaker 1>Jordan had the athleticism, but he didn't have I truly

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<v Speaker 1>believe if you said to Michael Jordan, you're gonna just

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<v Speaker 1>play baseball, not basketball, and he spent five years preparing

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<v Speaker 1>for that moment, Michael Jordan would have been in the

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<v Speaker 1>major leagues and contributed in the major leagues because he

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<v Speaker 1>had athleticism. He had a long swing, like he tried

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<v Speaker 1>to have a pretty swing instead of, you know, a

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<v Speaker 1>smart swing. But you know, Jordan could play or at

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<v Speaker 1>least showed signs and tebow occasionally. Did I think that

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<v Speaker 1>bat that he sent me after he hit a home

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<v Speaker 1>run last year, that's the last that baton was used

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<v Speaker 1>for the last home run he hit in baseball. Yeah, Paully,

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<v Speaker 1>Tim Tebow in twenty eighteen played double A in Binghamton.

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<v Speaker 1>That's pretty high level double A. Yeah. He hit two

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<v Speaker 1>seventy three for the season where he had three hundred

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<v Speaker 1>plate appearances. There are five guys on the team whose

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<v Speaker 1>batting averages were worse than Tim Tebow, who had three

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<v Speaker 1>hundred plate appearances. He was an average player on his team.

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<v Speaker 1>He was solid. Two seventy three is nothing not embarrassing. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and I thought the Mets used him, you know, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>for promotional vehicle, you know, but I thought he truly

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<v Speaker 1>was going to get on the major league roster, like

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<v Speaker 1>a September call up. I just thought that, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the Mets weren't any good. Hey, let's bring up Tim Tebow. Yeah. See,

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<v Speaker 1>you know it's sort of taken for get granted, just

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<v Speaker 1>to go back to the football thing that if Tim

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<v Speaker 1>Tebo had switched to another position, he would have been

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<v Speaker 1>more successful. But you really don't know that, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I don't know how interested he is and

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<v Speaker 1>blocking for a running back or something like that. No,

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<v Speaker 1>but if he's all in, which I feel like, if

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<v Speaker 1>he committed to it, then he could have been an

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<v Speaker 1>h back. He could have been a tight end. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>he's not Taysom Hill, but I do think that he

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<v Speaker 1>could have he he could have played a different position.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel that way. Yeah, club see, I was I

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<v Speaker 1>was thinking the same thing as seeing he's slow, though,

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<v Speaker 1>unlike Eric Crouch and Taysom Hill, like I think Tebow's

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<v Speaker 1>forty he was in the four seventh where and Taysom

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<v Speaker 1>Hill's famously at four point four. Well, Taysom Hill's freak athlete.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean Tim Tebow could have fit in with a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of tight ends. Oh yeah, yeah, I mean that

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<v Speaker 1>that's you know, Taysom Hill's a wide receiver and a

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<v Speaker 1>quarterback and a running back. Tebow would have just been

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<v Speaker 1>a tight end. I think Eric Crouch was going to

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<v Speaker 1>move to safety right, which also happens wide receiver, a

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<v Speaker 1>wide receiver. Okay, and he passed. I kept thinking, oh boy,

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<v Speaker 1>orc remember Antoine Rand. A lot of receiver, A lot

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<v Speaker 1>of quarterbacks have done that move. Yes, but you have

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<v Speaker 1>to be really fast. Yeah, Trelle Pryor did it. Logan Thomas,

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<v Speaker 1>my guy, Logan Thomas became a tight end. He's great too. Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>he's good. He's good. A couple of phone calls here,

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<v Speaker 1>Tyler and Michigan. Hey, ty what's on your mind? Hey Dan,

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<v Speaker 1>I got a that's and worse for the weekend. As

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<v Speaker 1>I'm packing to go to Florida, I realized I had

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<v Speaker 1>a fresh Dan Patrick Shill had to play hit the

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<v Speaker 1>Links with and worst is having the conversation with my

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<v Speaker 1>fiance to most likely cancel our wedding again for the

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<v Speaker 1>second time due to COVID. Here in Michigan, we're shut down,

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<v Speaker 1>So everybody go get your vaccine. Well, Tyler, Tyler, don't

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<v Speaker 1>say cancel, say postpone. Yeah, I probably shouldn't show this

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<v Speaker 1>video to Yeah, it's a it's a postpone, but it's

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<v Speaker 1>not a cancelation. I guess this time, it looks like

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<v Speaker 1>beach is the answer. So I was doing a good

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<v Speaker 1>job sounding disappointed, though, Well, looks like we're gonna have

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<v Speaker 1>to cancel it again. Oh well, yeah, I am disappointed

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<v Speaker 1>in that. A wedding is a day. Marriage is a lifetime.

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<v Speaker 1>You want to get married, get married. That's all, go

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<v Speaker 1>down the courthouse, just get married, all right. If I

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<v Speaker 1>had to do it all over now, I had a

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<v Speaker 1>great wedding. I had a great wedding, great reception. It

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<v Speaker 1>was great. It but I this destination wedding stuff. I

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<v Speaker 1>would totally go, Hey, who wants to join us in

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<v Speaker 1>Hawaii at the beach and that's it. No I have

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<v Speaker 1>to worry about anything. You know, we can have uh,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't care hamburgers, hot dogs, taco bar something, um,

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<v Speaker 1>you know margharita that I'd just make it so simple

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<v Speaker 1>and then bank all that cash instead of no. But

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<v Speaker 1>that's I say that to my son who's getting married.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, you don't have to, you know, do a

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<v Speaker 1>big deal, and he goes, yeah, I know. I said, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>but if I had to do it all over again,

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<v Speaker 1>I'd bank some cash. And instead of because you invite

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<v Speaker 1>people you're never gonna see again, you do you invite people,

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<v Speaker 1>it'd be better to just invite brothers and sisters, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>some aunt's uncles like that, and be it. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>need to, like you invite people that you were working

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<v Speaker 1>with at the time, and I did that and I

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<v Speaker 1>haven't seen them since. And I've been married thirty three years.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't even get a Christmas card from those people. No. Yeah, Paul,

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<v Speaker 1>I went to a wedding a couple of years ago

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<v Speaker 1>Buddy in Vermont and he had in his backyard, beautiful,

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<v Speaker 1>lovely backyard, nothing you know, high end, a pig roast

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<v Speaker 1>and two guys with acoustic guitars. My wife turns to

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<v Speaker 1>me at the end of the wedding. We had a

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<v Speaker 1>great time. It's a very low key wedding. You know what,

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<v Speaker 1>We should have done something like this, And I was

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<v Speaker 1>lost it because we spent a year discussing flowers and

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<v Speaker 1>center pieces whatever that means. Don't we know what a

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<v Speaker 1>centerpiece is, but we did like three days on it.

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<v Speaker 1>We decorated everything, and you gotta be all into it.

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<v Speaker 1>Let me give you a couple of tips here. Guys,

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<v Speaker 1>you may not know a damn thing about flowers, invitations,

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<v Speaker 1>what they look like, calligraphy, whatever it is. You have

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<v Speaker 1>to just be all in because if if you're not,

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<v Speaker 1>it will come up twenty years later, thirty three years later.

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<v Speaker 1>But always be there. How do I help? How do

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<v Speaker 1>I help? Because it's really about your wife's mother, like

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<v Speaker 1>she's gonna be all involved in this. I am picking

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<v Speaker 1>words carefully, but you can't have a couple of things

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<v Speaker 1>for yourself if you're the groom, like let's have ribs

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<v Speaker 1>or let's have a ice cream Sunday barsn't have a cake. Nope,

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<v Speaker 1>you can't do it. Nope. But if she does ask you,

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<v Speaker 1>even if she asks you, you know you can't tell

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<v Speaker 1>her what you really want. You have to go, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. Maybe ice cream Sunday bar would be great,

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<v Speaker 1>but but it maybe it doesn't make sense, like you

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<v Speaker 1>have to kind of maybe she picks up on it

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<v Speaker 1>and she doesn't, then you just move on, yes me, clem. Also,

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<v Speaker 1>I think as a rule you should be able to

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<v Speaker 1>edit your best man speech. Well, no, you just give

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<v Speaker 1>them that you get this amount of time you and

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<v Speaker 1>they have free U the wedding. They can't. I've been

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<v Speaker 1>at one where I was just a guest and it

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<v Speaker 1>was somebody that my wife knew, and I wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>go up and just grab this guy around the neck

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<v Speaker 1>and just say get the hell out of here, because

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<v Speaker 1>he was trying to be funny. Like you get up

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<v Speaker 1>there and you think it's live at the improv, you

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<v Speaker 1>get a couple of pops in you and you think

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<v Speaker 1>you're the funniest guy in the world, and you are

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<v Speaker 1>not funny at all, not at all. This would have

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<v Speaker 1>happened to you twice if you had actually attended my

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<v Speaker 1>wedding because I remember my best patch. I've talked about it. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it was R rated NC seventeen in a crowd that

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<v Speaker 1>didn't want that. Was your wife upset with you with

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<v Speaker 1>what your best man's speech was? You have the rong

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<v Speaker 1>verb you said was she's still yes, she's yeah. Of

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<v Speaker 1>course she was upset with me. She wasn't as upset

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<v Speaker 1>with him. Yes. Boy. The best piece of advice I

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<v Speaker 1>would give is you need someone close to you as

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<v Speaker 1>your enforcer, the wolf like in pulp fiction. Yeah, my sister,

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<v Speaker 1>who is way less emotional than me and I'm emotionless,

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<v Speaker 1>was my wolf, my hammer when anyone else got out

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<v Speaker 1>of line of my wedding, I looked at my sister

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<v Speaker 1>and gave her like I was calling into the bullpen.

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<v Speaker 1>I just gave her a little tip, and she gave

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<v Speaker 1>me the head nod. She dispatched a few people from

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<v Speaker 1>my wedding at certain points that we're getting out of line,

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<v Speaker 1>and it was fantastic. She's awesome. You gotta have one

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<v Speaker 1>person that's your hammer, and it can spiral out of

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<v Speaker 1>control quickly. Yeah. I like I got married on a Saturday,

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<v Speaker 1>but on a Friday night rehearsal dinner, and then I

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<v Speaker 1>lost somebody who was in the wedding party and he

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<v Speaker 1>was off with somebody. And then the next morning, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to the church, I can't find him. And then

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<v Speaker 1>he shows up and he had no shoes on, and

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<v Speaker 1>I said, dude, you're on your own, like I got

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<v Speaker 1>to go to the church, and I gave him the

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<v Speaker 1>key to my apartment. I said, show up all right

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<v Speaker 1>if you can. And he was the life of the reception.

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<v Speaker 1>Like we had our cumber around our faces and like

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<v Speaker 1>we were bandidos or something like bank rubbers, and and

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<v Speaker 1>that play with them missus. Oh oh, my wife loved it.

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<v Speaker 1>We were sliding down the steps on our chest. Now

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<v Speaker 1>I wouldn't advise this because at one point we broke

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<v Speaker 1>a guy's nose like he was lifting me up and

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<v Speaker 1>my foot came down and broke his nose. And as

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<v Speaker 1>long as it wasn't my nose, I didn't care. But

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<v Speaker 1>you know, blood all over the place. Yeah, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we had a lively time. Yes time. The other thing

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<v Speaker 1>you can't do is, though sometimes the women your wife

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<v Speaker 1>is showing you your wife to be different things, whether

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<v Speaker 1>it's flowers or photo photographers or whatever, and if you

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<v Speaker 1>give them too quick a yes, it shows that you're

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<v Speaker 1>absolutely not interested. You have to at least fame, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>make a choice, even if it's not her choice, you'd

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<v Speaker 1>make it look like, you know, you gave it some thought.

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<v Speaker 1>You're like, yeah, yeah, whatever you want, honey, is not

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<v Speaker 1>the way to go. Yeah, yeah, that's I mean. You

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<v Speaker 1>you learn to say, oh, I agree, honey, Oh I

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<v Speaker 1>love that, and you can't go I don't know. Got

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<v Speaker 1>you just want an opinion. They want to hear. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>they want you involved. Yes, you rub your chin a

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<v Speaker 1>lot and squint when you're looking at the pictures of flowers.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, what kind of are those? What do you think?

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<v Speaker 1>But you give a little opinion, but not those are

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<v Speaker 1>the ones I want? Because could you imagine if you

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<v Speaker 1>had to tell Todd as if he was ever a

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<v Speaker 1>best man that you've got to limit him to three minutes?

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<v Speaker 1>That would be awful. Have you food for like ninety seconds?

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<v Speaker 1>And now I'm something I'm left with him and I

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<v Speaker 1>have to actually say something, have you ever been a

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<v Speaker 1>best man? Uh? My brother's wedding? Yeah, And I probably

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<v Speaker 1>went longer than I should have, and I did one

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<v Speaker 1>of those cheesy rhymes where everything has to be a poem,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's that's kind of my thing. Did you do

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<v Speaker 1>mock headlines at your brother iris? We did not do

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<v Speaker 1>mockheads that I wasn't inappropriate, that I didn't call anybody out.

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<v Speaker 1>That that's some kind of inappropriate behavior that was done

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<v Speaker 1>to this one's cousins. Can you find the speech? I

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<v Speaker 1>will have to look for that I find it. I

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<v Speaker 1>will definitely on the teas and bump unit. You were

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<v Speaker 1>in love. We all knew it was for you and

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<v Speaker 1>your bride. We're all just wondering why. But we're all

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<v Speaker 1>on your side. Yeah, everything that goes out for seven

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<v Speaker 1>more minutes. You didn't do one. You didn't do sports names,

0:20:21.040 --> 0:20:22.720
<v Speaker 1>didn't do Sports Day. I should have, now that I

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<v Speaker 1>think about it, that might have been actually play judge.

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<v Speaker 1>But I feel compelled to challenge myself to have everything

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<v Speaker 1>to be a priest Holmes, Stanley, Cup, pre Nup, Todd,

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<v Speaker 1>what are you doing? Sports names? What's that got to

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<v Speaker 1>do with my big day? What are you doing? Oh?

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<v Speaker 1>That would have been a disaster, and especially now, because

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<v Speaker 1>then you'd have to get up and you have to

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<v Speaker 1>do expected. No, you have to do some humor, and

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<v Speaker 1>there would be section row seat and I'd get the

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<v Speaker 1>same kind of silence that I experienced in a few

0:20:55.080 --> 0:20:58.840
<v Speaker 1>other cases. Crickets. Let me take a break. Chris Mannix

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<v Speaker 1>covers the NBA for Sports Illustrated. We'll talk about the

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<v Speaker 1>Lakers situation. Also, are the Nets the team to beat

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<v Speaker 1>in the NBA? That's coming up next twenty two after

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<v Speaker 1>the hour here on the Dan Patrick Show. And I

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<v Speaker 1>gotta hit the ground running because you've got to get

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<v Speaker 1>fired up. Three hours it's live. You know what are

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<v Speaker 1>an NFL insider? How do we make the show great today? Well?

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<v Speaker 1>You know, you've got to have drive and you want

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<v Speaker 1>to be the best, and no plans to slow down.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know how you feel every morning. You feel tired,

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<v Speaker 1>gaining weight, losing your drive. Take a shot at me.

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<v Speaker 1>You in prentices and the copy and served three. I

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<v Speaker 1>accidentally looked up and you were accident. Paulie moved his

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<v Speaker 1>Chris Mannox, senior writer for Sports Illustrated, set to Jonas

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<v Speaker 1>on the program. By the Way, age seven to seven

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<v Speaker 1>three d P Show Email address DP at dan Patrick

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<v Speaker 1>dot com, Twitter handle at DP show Chris Mannox. I

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<v Speaker 1>believe set to Jonas here. I've been talking about this

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<v Speaker 1>this morning, Chris, that you have Lebron and the Lakers,

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<v Speaker 1>that you know, the Lakers without Anthony Davis. Lebron is

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<v Speaker 1>still playing a lot of minutes. I know he wants

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<v Speaker 1>to win the MVP, but I want him rested for

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<v Speaker 1>May and June. What do the Lakers do now with

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<v Speaker 1>this situation, at least over the next month. I think

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<v Speaker 1>the key for the Lakers is going to be maintaining

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<v Speaker 1>Lebron's minutes in that low thirty ish range, even if

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<v Speaker 1>it comes at the cost of wins. I mean, you

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<v Speaker 1>know they're going to stumble without Anthony Davis over the

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<v Speaker 1>next few weeks. It's inevitable. But you really can't concern

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<v Speaker 1>yourself with your place in the standings if you're the Lakers,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, under optimal circumstances, home court advantage didn't mean

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<v Speaker 1>anything to them anyway. I mean, we've seen Lebron's teams

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<v Speaker 1>in Cleveland go from what like the fourth seed to

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<v Speaker 1>the finals in the past. It's the same situation in

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<v Speaker 1>Los Angeles. So you've got to treat the regular season

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<v Speaker 1>as just something you get through and resist the temptation

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<v Speaker 1>to burn Lebron out for thirty nine forty plus minutes

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<v Speaker 1>just to get wins. And look, I think Frank Vogel

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<v Speaker 1>understands that, and I think even if you know Lebron

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<v Speaker 1>to resists, you'll see Lebron's minutes, you know, start to

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<v Speaker 1>hover around those mid to Lowe thirty range. Yeah, but

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<v Speaker 1>you know that it just feels like he's obsessed with

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<v Speaker 1>proving to everybody he should be the MVP, should have

0:24:12.359 --> 0:24:16.280
<v Speaker 1>been the MVP, And you know it's a delicate balance

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<v Speaker 1>there of he wants to win an MVP. You can

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<v Speaker 1>you get that feeling, Chris, He look, he's I do

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<v Speaker 1>get that feeling, and I think he's probably the front

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<v Speaker 1>runner right now. We should dispel the notion Dan that

0:24:32.600 --> 0:24:35.240
<v Speaker 1>he should have won MVP last year. He should not

0:24:35.320 --> 0:24:38.760
<v Speaker 1>have won MVP last year. It is a regular season award,

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<v Speaker 1>and Jannis put up one of the greatest regular seasons

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<v Speaker 1>we've seen since Shack in the early two thousands. His

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<v Speaker 1>numbers were outstanding, the bucks were outstanding. They phizzled out

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<v Speaker 1>in the playoffs, but that's not what the award is for.

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<v Speaker 1>So we did not get robbed by any stretch last year.

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<v Speaker 1>This year, if he doesn't win, I think he'll have

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<v Speaker 1>a stronger case because you can look at Joel him

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<v Speaker 1>Bead and NICOLEI Yokich and a handful of others, including,

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<v Speaker 1>by the way, James Harden, who I thought thrust himself

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<v Speaker 1>back into the conversation. You know, during this five and

0:25:09.720 --> 0:25:12.040
<v Speaker 1>old road trip. The Nets are on, but I think

0:25:12.160 --> 0:25:15.600
<v Speaker 1>Lebron will have a stronger case this year by far

0:25:15.680 --> 0:25:17.399
<v Speaker 1>than what he did last year. I know you have

0:25:17.440 --> 0:25:20.800
<v Speaker 1>a column coming out tomorrow on the Nets. Where do

0:25:20.840 --> 0:25:24.040
<v Speaker 1>you stand with, Well, they're not even fully assembled. But

0:25:24.680 --> 0:25:27.560
<v Speaker 1>are the nets of the team to be clearly in

0:25:27.640 --> 0:25:31.520
<v Speaker 1>the east, They are, no question. You know what's scary

0:25:31.560 --> 0:25:33.640
<v Speaker 1>about the Nets right now is that they've figured out

0:25:33.640 --> 0:25:37.040
<v Speaker 1>a way to be competent defensively. You know that flop

0:25:37.119 --> 0:25:40.160
<v Speaker 1>from James Harden last night. Notwithstanding, they've been a really

0:25:40.240 --> 0:25:44.359
<v Speaker 1>good defensive team over these last five six games two weeks.

0:25:44.640 --> 0:25:48.359
<v Speaker 1>I thought DeAndre Jordan last night played one of not

0:25:48.480 --> 0:25:51.240
<v Speaker 1>his best game of the season on both ends of

0:25:51.280 --> 0:25:54.959
<v Speaker 1>the floor. And it just seems like they're getting comfortable

0:25:55.440 --> 0:25:58.680
<v Speaker 1>playing off of each other that you know, the switches

0:25:58.840 --> 0:26:02.440
<v Speaker 1>are making more sense. Their chemistry is a lot better.

0:26:02.480 --> 0:26:05.359
<v Speaker 1>And look, they don't need to be a top ten

0:26:05.520 --> 0:26:08.199
<v Speaker 1>defensive team to be a champion. They just need to

0:26:08.200 --> 0:26:10.320
<v Speaker 1>be like, you know, better than like the twenty eighth

0:26:10.400 --> 0:26:12.560
<v Speaker 1>or twenty ninth that they were in the first couple

0:26:12.560 --> 0:26:15.880
<v Speaker 1>of weeks after the trade. They've hovered. I haven't seen

0:26:15.920 --> 0:26:18.560
<v Speaker 1>the updated stat this morning. But they've hovered right around

0:26:18.560 --> 0:26:20.000
<v Speaker 1>the middle of the pack, and that's all they need

0:26:20.040 --> 0:26:21.960
<v Speaker 1>to be. That's the only place they need to be

0:26:21.960 --> 0:26:26.360
<v Speaker 1>because offensively, they're dynamic right now. I mean, you see

0:26:26.440 --> 0:26:29.520
<v Speaker 1>Joe Harris making shots. Harden and Irving clearly have good

0:26:29.600 --> 0:26:32.040
<v Speaker 1>chemistry out there on the floor. And when Durant comes back,

0:26:32.080 --> 0:26:35.480
<v Speaker 1>they'll have three snipers out there in the fourth quarter.

0:26:35.600 --> 0:26:39.240
<v Speaker 1>So as long as they're capable defensively, they're the team

0:26:39.280 --> 0:26:41.119
<v Speaker 1>to beat in Eastern Conference, no question. And they have

0:26:41.240 --> 0:26:44.800
<v Speaker 1>proven on this recent trip that they're better than capable. Yeah,

0:26:44.880 --> 0:26:47.040
<v Speaker 1>but I start to wonder because I always say this,

0:26:47.119 --> 0:26:49.240
<v Speaker 1>it feels like every year, no matter what the sport is,

0:26:49.280 --> 0:26:52.000
<v Speaker 1>that it will come down to a defensive play. Football,

0:26:52.040 --> 0:26:54.400
<v Speaker 1>it's going to be a defensive play that you made

0:26:54.400 --> 0:26:56.880
<v Speaker 1>it or you didn't make it. I'm starting to think

0:26:56.920 --> 0:26:59.840
<v Speaker 1>with the Nets, it doesn't matter that they could just

0:27:00.240 --> 0:27:03.159
<v Speaker 1>be so good offensively, it doesn't matter what kind of

0:27:03.200 --> 0:27:06.159
<v Speaker 1>defensive performance they put out there. Yeah. Yeah, but I

0:27:06.400 --> 0:27:09.760
<v Speaker 1>don't agree because I mean, you remember those first couple

0:27:09.800 --> 0:27:11.879
<v Speaker 1>of games they played against Cleveland, when they were in

0:27:11.920 --> 0:27:14.200
<v Speaker 1>Cleveland for that two game set, when they I mean,

0:27:14.200 --> 0:27:16.080
<v Speaker 1>they scored all they wanted, but they gave up like

0:27:16.119 --> 0:27:18.840
<v Speaker 1>one hundred and forty five. On the other end, I mean,

0:27:19.200 --> 0:27:20.600
<v Speaker 1>I like to say there's no such thing as a

0:27:20.600 --> 0:27:22.680
<v Speaker 1>ten point shot. So when no matter who you got

0:27:22.720 --> 0:27:25.000
<v Speaker 1>on the floor, if you're down by seven, eight, nine,

0:27:25.040 --> 0:27:27.800
<v Speaker 1>ten points, you're going to find yourself in a world

0:27:27.840 --> 0:27:30.840
<v Speaker 1>of trouble. They're a lot better defensively since that point,

0:27:30.880 --> 0:27:32.919
<v Speaker 1>which I think is all they need to be. But

0:27:33.240 --> 0:27:35.639
<v Speaker 1>I do think it matters what they do defensively. It

0:27:35.760 --> 0:27:39.720
<v Speaker 1>might it might matter Dan how Kyrie Irving defends, frankly,

0:27:39.760 --> 0:27:42.040
<v Speaker 1>because if you watch the game last night, you know

0:27:42.040 --> 0:27:44.240
<v Speaker 1>the Clippers were switching everything to get on Irving. You know,

0:27:44.240 --> 0:27:46.880
<v Speaker 1>whoever it was, Paul, George Kawhi, Lenap didn't matter as

0:27:46.880 --> 0:27:48.719
<v Speaker 1>long as they got Kyrie Irving and to switch they

0:27:48.760 --> 0:27:51.919
<v Speaker 1>were going at him. That's going to continue throughout the season.

0:27:51.960 --> 0:27:55.160
<v Speaker 1>So whether it's Irving improving defensively, which is a lot

0:27:55.200 --> 0:27:57.639
<v Speaker 1>to ask, or Steve Nash coming up with ways to

0:27:58.000 --> 0:28:01.560
<v Speaker 1>cover for him, that's probably something you want to watch

0:28:01.640 --> 0:28:06.480
<v Speaker 1>most closely defensively. And I don't know if Kyrie Irving

0:28:06.560 --> 0:28:09.320
<v Speaker 1>deserves to be commended the fact that he said basically

0:28:09.359 --> 0:28:11.960
<v Speaker 1>to James Harden. You are a point guard, like James

0:28:11.960 --> 0:28:15.879
<v Speaker 1>Harden should be your point guard. So I don't know.

0:28:16.040 --> 0:28:18.520
<v Speaker 1>Kyrie is always tricky, and I just feel like he

0:28:19.400 --> 0:28:21.520
<v Speaker 1>can win a game for you, but then he might

0:28:21.600 --> 0:28:23.360
<v Speaker 1>be the guy who's going to lose a game for you.

0:28:23.600 --> 0:28:25.119
<v Speaker 1>Where do you think he fits in with all of

0:28:25.160 --> 0:28:28.320
<v Speaker 1>this when it's all said and done. It's really surprised

0:28:28.359 --> 0:28:33.240
<v Speaker 1>me how seamless the transition has been for Kyrie and

0:28:33.320 --> 0:28:37.680
<v Speaker 1>James Harden, because I was legitimately concerned how that would

0:28:37.720 --> 0:28:40.360
<v Speaker 1>work out over the first you know, a few weeks

0:28:40.360 --> 0:28:43.400
<v Speaker 1>of this partnership, mean, James Harden is used to having

0:28:43.440 --> 0:28:45.320
<v Speaker 1>the ball in his hands. Kyrie Irving has used to

0:28:45.320 --> 0:28:46.720
<v Speaker 1>having the ball in his hands. But I think we

0:28:46.760 --> 0:28:49.160
<v Speaker 1>do have to give Kyrie credit for, you know, saying

0:28:49.160 --> 0:28:52.000
<v Speaker 1>to Harden, you be the playmaker, I'll play off the ball.

0:28:52.040 --> 0:28:54.320
<v Speaker 1>You and I Dan could sit here and say it's

0:28:54.360 --> 0:28:57.120
<v Speaker 1>the right move, and it is. But for Kyrie Irving,

0:28:57.160 --> 0:28:59.840
<v Speaker 1>who has been a point guard his whole career, who

0:29:00.120 --> 0:29:04.160
<v Speaker 1>signed on to play point guard alongside Kevin Durant, to

0:29:04.240 --> 0:29:06.920
<v Speaker 1>have everything change on him, you know, a couple of

0:29:06.920 --> 0:29:11.360
<v Speaker 1>weeks into their first full season together, I could have

0:29:11.480 --> 0:29:14.000
<v Speaker 1>envisioned a scenario where Kyrie kind of threw a nutty

0:29:14.320 --> 0:29:16.600
<v Speaker 1>and said, I don't want to kind of be any

0:29:16.640 --> 0:29:19.040
<v Speaker 1>part of this. But he has it, he has embraced it,

0:29:19.280 --> 0:29:23.280
<v Speaker 1>and it's been enormously successful Harden, you know, when Durant's

0:29:23.320 --> 0:29:25.840
<v Speaker 1>in there, especially, but Harden has looked to be a

0:29:25.880 --> 0:29:28.880
<v Speaker 1>passer first, not look to be the same guy we

0:29:28.920 --> 0:29:31.720
<v Speaker 1>saw in Houston. Kyrie has benefited from Again, if you

0:29:31.760 --> 0:29:34.320
<v Speaker 1>asked me two weeks ago if Kyrie was an All Star,

0:29:34.320 --> 0:29:35.600
<v Speaker 1>I would have said no. I would have said, look,

0:29:35.640 --> 0:29:37.720
<v Speaker 1>there's a bunch of other guys, whether it's Julius Randall

0:29:37.840 --> 0:29:40.760
<v Speaker 1>or Tobias Harris or others who deserved that last spot.

0:29:40.920 --> 0:29:42.400
<v Speaker 1>It's gonna be hard to keep him off the team

0:29:42.400 --> 0:29:45.320
<v Speaker 1>with the numbers he's putting up. He's Chris Mannix, He's

0:29:45.360 --> 0:29:49.520
<v Speaker 1>an NBA senior writer. The Pelicans are an interesting watch.

0:29:49.800 --> 0:29:53.640
<v Speaker 1>I don't think they're a good team, but Zion is

0:29:53.640 --> 0:29:57.920
<v Speaker 1>still fascinating here. I guess, you know, do they make

0:29:58.000 --> 0:30:01.040
<v Speaker 1>moves here? What stan Van Gundy gonna do with this

0:30:01.120 --> 0:30:04.760
<v Speaker 1>team down the stretch? Well, I think if they make moves,

0:30:05.120 --> 0:30:08.800
<v Speaker 1>it's going to be to deconstruct pieces of the roster

0:30:09.080 --> 0:30:12.120
<v Speaker 1>and not add to it for the playoff run. It's

0:30:12.120 --> 0:30:16.239
<v Speaker 1>pretty clear they don't envision a long term scenario with

0:30:16.400 --> 0:30:20.360
<v Speaker 1>Lonzo Ball. He's available before the March twenty fifth trade deadline.

0:30:20.400 --> 0:30:23.080
<v Speaker 1>Has been well known around the league that JJ Reddick

0:30:23.120 --> 0:30:26.680
<v Speaker 1>is available before the deadline. JJ his shooting numbers have

0:30:26.840 --> 0:30:28.680
<v Speaker 1>gone up in the month of February. I remember he

0:30:28.680 --> 0:30:30.880
<v Speaker 1>was off to that just dismal start that made people

0:30:30.880 --> 0:30:33.560
<v Speaker 1>wonder if he was completely washed. But I think he's

0:30:33.880 --> 0:30:36.840
<v Speaker 1>right around fifty percent from three in the month of February,

0:30:36.920 --> 0:30:39.280
<v Speaker 1>which is going to make him more appealing to teams

0:30:39.280 --> 0:30:42.920
<v Speaker 1>bore the deadline, but look, it's Zion, it's brandon Ingram.

0:30:42.960 --> 0:30:46.800
<v Speaker 1>They're building around those two guys long term, but short term.

0:30:46.800 --> 0:30:49.520
<v Speaker 1>My belief is David Griffin his prioritizing draft picks. I

0:30:49.520 --> 0:30:51.880
<v Speaker 1>mean they traded Drew Holiday to get those three first

0:30:51.960 --> 0:30:54.240
<v Speaker 1>round picks from Milwaukee. I think if there's a first

0:30:54.320 --> 0:30:57.400
<v Speaker 1>round pick out there for either Lonzo Ball or JJ Reddick,

0:30:57.480 --> 0:30:59.920
<v Speaker 1>or even in the case of JJ, you multiple second

0:31:00.040 --> 0:31:02.400
<v Speaker 1>round picks something like that, I think you could see

0:31:02.400 --> 0:31:05.240
<v Speaker 1>those two moved off before the March twenty fifth deadline.

0:31:05.280 --> 0:31:08.160
<v Speaker 1>You and I have been on the LaMelo ball bandwagon,

0:31:08.360 --> 0:31:11.160
<v Speaker 1>and he's better than what people thought, a lot better

0:31:11.200 --> 0:31:13.720
<v Speaker 1>than what people thought. But I wonder if he's going

0:31:13.800 --> 0:31:17.120
<v Speaker 1>to end up like Kemba Walker did in Charlotte, where

0:31:17.560 --> 0:31:20.600
<v Speaker 1>hey tune in to watch the Hornets with Kemba Walker

0:31:20.600 --> 0:31:23.680
<v Speaker 1>but there was nothing else to see. What kind of

0:31:23.680 --> 0:31:26.560
<v Speaker 1>confidence do you have that they're going to build something

0:31:26.960 --> 0:31:30.120
<v Speaker 1>there in Charlotte with Lamello. I think you can have

0:31:30.280 --> 0:31:35.080
<v Speaker 1>some cautious optimism in the same way you had cautious

0:31:35.120 --> 0:31:39.240
<v Speaker 1>optimism early in the Kemba Walker run with the Horns.

0:31:39.240 --> 0:31:42.840
<v Speaker 1>Remember Kemba wasn't always kind of mired in mediocrity there

0:31:42.880 --> 0:31:44.719
<v Speaker 1>in Charlotte, had a couple of playoff appearance. I think

0:31:44.720 --> 0:31:47.080
<v Speaker 1>they went to a couple of Games sevens in Kemba's

0:31:47.120 --> 0:31:50.360
<v Speaker 1>time in Charlotte in the first round. You're kind of

0:31:50.400 --> 0:31:53.080
<v Speaker 1>at that beginning stage with Lamello, and I really like

0:31:53.240 --> 0:31:56.680
<v Speaker 1>what they've put around him early on. I mean, remember Dan,

0:31:56.720 --> 0:31:58.960
<v Speaker 1>there was a time when people laughed at the Terror

0:31:59.000 --> 0:32:01.640
<v Speaker 1>Rose year contract. I mean, Terry Rozier is averaging twenty

0:32:01.680 --> 0:32:04.840
<v Speaker 1>one points per game and shooting forty six percent from three,

0:32:04.880 --> 0:32:08.640
<v Speaker 1>and he's taking eight threes per game, the Davante Graham,

0:32:08.840 --> 0:32:11.920
<v Speaker 1>you know, Terry Rozier, LaMelo ball backcourt that seems to

0:32:11.960 --> 0:32:15.160
<v Speaker 1>make some sense. Gordon Hayward has clicked there. He's got

0:32:15.160 --> 0:32:17.320
<v Speaker 1>a case to be an All Star this year. They

0:32:17.320 --> 0:32:19.000
<v Speaker 1>don't have anything in the front court right now. I

0:32:19.000 --> 0:32:21.920
<v Speaker 1>mean Bismac Beyambo, Cody Zell. That doesn't do anything for anybody,

0:32:22.120 --> 0:32:24.200
<v Speaker 1>at least when it comes to the playoffs. But if

0:32:24.200 --> 0:32:28.480
<v Speaker 1>you've got a good foundation there one through three, you've

0:32:28.520 --> 0:32:32.080
<v Speaker 1>got reason to be cautiously optimistic. So now it's on

0:32:32.160 --> 0:32:34.600
<v Speaker 1>Mitch cup Jack, it's on Buzz Peterson's on the front

0:32:34.640 --> 0:32:38.760
<v Speaker 1>office to add pieces that makes sense around LaMelo. But look,

0:32:38.960 --> 0:32:42.760
<v Speaker 1>let's praise us both here then Dan, because LaMelo can play.

0:32:42.920 --> 0:32:46.040
<v Speaker 1>I still think that they're going to try to change

0:32:46.080 --> 0:32:49.400
<v Speaker 1>his shot this offseason. You know, James Burrego comes from

0:32:49.440 --> 0:32:53.000
<v Speaker 1>that San Antonio system where they changed Kawhi Leonard shot

0:32:53.080 --> 0:32:56.240
<v Speaker 1>and they changed Richard Jefferson shot for the better for

0:32:56.280 --> 0:32:58.840
<v Speaker 1>their long term of their careers. I think this summer

0:32:59.080 --> 0:33:01.280
<v Speaker 1>they're gonna sit with LaMelo ball and trying to change

0:33:01.320 --> 0:33:03.880
<v Speaker 1>that shot. But for right now, I think he is

0:33:04.080 --> 0:33:07.400
<v Speaker 1>the runaway rookie of the year, and that's that's something,

0:33:07.560 --> 0:33:09.800
<v Speaker 1>you know, pretty big to build on. Yeah, I'd like

0:33:09.880 --> 0:33:12.520
<v Speaker 1>to see that shot start a little bit higher because

0:33:12.560 --> 0:33:15.400
<v Speaker 1>he does have it lower. But you know what his

0:33:15.880 --> 0:33:17.600
<v Speaker 1>argument though, dan As he makes it like I think

0:33:17.640 --> 0:33:19.960
<v Speaker 1>he's shooting mid thirties from three point range. He's like,

0:33:20.120 --> 0:33:21.680
<v Speaker 1>why are you trying to change my shot when it's

0:33:21.680 --> 0:33:24.600
<v Speaker 1>going in? So it's well, the one thing about you know,

0:33:24.680 --> 0:33:26.640
<v Speaker 1>LaMelo said this the thing about two weeks ago. He said,

0:33:26.680 --> 0:33:31.120
<v Speaker 1>everybody tried to change my shot, including Charlotte. You have

0:33:31.320 --> 0:33:35.400
<v Speaker 1>to embrace it. The reason that Kawhi Leonard you know,

0:33:35.880 --> 0:33:38.840
<v Speaker 1>was successful with the change of his shot and people

0:33:38.880 --> 0:33:42.080
<v Speaker 1>forget he was a terrible three point shooter in college.

0:33:42.240 --> 0:33:44.960
<v Speaker 1>He went to San Antonio. When he got there, Chip

0:33:45.000 --> 0:33:48.840
<v Speaker 1>England showed him, you know, photos and video of Richard

0:33:48.880 --> 0:33:51.680
<v Speaker 1>Jefferson and changing it into a Kobe Bryant like shot,

0:33:51.920 --> 0:33:54.520
<v Speaker 1>and Kawhi embraced it. Kawhi said, look, I'll do it.

0:33:54.560 --> 0:33:56.920
<v Speaker 1>I'm all in. LaMelo has to be all in. If

0:33:56.920 --> 0:33:59.640
<v Speaker 1>he just is doing it because Charlotte says you need

0:33:59.680 --> 0:34:02.440
<v Speaker 1>to do it's not gonna work. If he says, all right,

0:34:02.480 --> 0:34:04.960
<v Speaker 1>I'm going to become a better shooter. This way, then

0:34:05.000 --> 0:34:07.880
<v Speaker 1>I think you can become just as dangerous. Good to

0:34:07.920 --> 0:34:09.920
<v Speaker 1>talk to you, Chris has always thanks for joining us.

0:34:10.440 --> 0:34:14.200
<v Speaker 1>You got a Dan. That's Chris Mannoxe, senior NBA writer

0:34:14.320 --> 0:34:18.600
<v Speaker 1>for Sports Illustrated. If you get a chance watch LaMelo Ball,

0:34:18.640 --> 0:34:20.040
<v Speaker 1>you got to go out of your way to find

0:34:20.120 --> 0:34:22.080
<v Speaker 1>him because it's Charlotte and they're not going to be

0:34:22.320 --> 0:34:25.080
<v Speaker 1>musty TV. But if you want to come to my

0:34:25.160 --> 0:34:30.000
<v Speaker 1>house and watch, try to. Now maybe I shouldn't offer

0:34:30.040 --> 0:34:33.960
<v Speaker 1>that invitation. He's fun to watch, it really is. It's

0:34:34.040 --> 0:34:38.960
<v Speaker 1>fun to watch, and I love they're players that have

0:34:39.080 --> 0:34:43.279
<v Speaker 1>the ability to see the floor differently, and it's not

0:34:43.719 --> 0:34:45.960
<v Speaker 1>once in every generation. I mean, there are a lot

0:34:45.960 --> 0:34:49.640
<v Speaker 1>of players who see the floor, play the angles. LaMelo

0:34:49.719 --> 0:34:55.359
<v Speaker 1>Ball has the ability to find somebody open or he

0:34:55.400 --> 0:34:58.520
<v Speaker 1>can throw somebody open. We talk about this a lot

0:34:58.600 --> 0:35:01.520
<v Speaker 1>with quarterbacks in the NFL, and the difference of college

0:35:01.520 --> 0:35:03.680
<v Speaker 1>to the NFL is you have to throw players open.

0:35:04.280 --> 0:35:08.360
<v Speaker 1>In college, they're open. LaMelo Ball will throw you open

0:35:09.880 --> 0:35:13.719
<v Speaker 1>somehow he sees something that's not there. And look, he's

0:35:13.760 --> 0:35:16.839
<v Speaker 1>not polished by a long shot, but who is at

0:35:16.880 --> 0:35:20.040
<v Speaker 1>that age. He's just a lot of fun. And I

0:35:20.480 --> 0:35:22.680
<v Speaker 1>was concerned that he wasn't even going to be starting

0:35:22.719 --> 0:35:25.320
<v Speaker 1>because I thought he'd be Rookie of the Year. And

0:35:25.880 --> 0:35:30.640
<v Speaker 1>he's that good. And Charlotte is a sneaky competitive team.

0:35:31.640 --> 0:35:35.520
<v Speaker 1>They are Rogier has been good. They have some players there.

0:35:36.320 --> 0:35:40.239
<v Speaker 1>But you will tune in to watch LaMelo ball. Yeah,

0:35:40.280 --> 0:35:43.400
<v Speaker 1>can someone have a good shot if it's not good looking?

0:35:43.680 --> 0:35:46.040
<v Speaker 1>Like Sean Marrion I think made up five All Star

0:35:46.080 --> 0:35:48.560
<v Speaker 1>teams and his shot was weird? Well what he ever?

0:35:48.520 --> 0:35:52.040
<v Speaker 1>It's like twenty two game. Reggie Miller's shot is unorthodox.

0:35:52.480 --> 0:35:57.239
<v Speaker 1>There are guys who you still have to It's like

0:35:57.280 --> 0:36:00.640
<v Speaker 1>a golf swing. Where are you an impact? You know?

0:36:00.960 --> 0:36:05.640
<v Speaker 1>Jim Purik swing has been described as a variety of things,

0:36:05.960 --> 0:36:08.320
<v Speaker 1>you know, like an octopus fell out of a window.

0:36:09.360 --> 0:36:13.120
<v Speaker 1>But when he gets to the ball, it's the same

0:36:13.160 --> 0:36:17.799
<v Speaker 1>as all the other golfers. But that as long as

0:36:17.840 --> 0:36:21.680
<v Speaker 1>it's repeatable. You know, guys will tinker with their shots.

0:36:23.040 --> 0:36:25.000
<v Speaker 1>They'll be at the free throw line. You could see

0:36:25.000 --> 0:36:28.000
<v Speaker 1>their thinking, like you get to the free throw line,

0:36:28.560 --> 0:36:31.560
<v Speaker 1>boom boom boom, couple dribbles and then shoot it follow through.

0:36:31.640 --> 0:36:36.840
<v Speaker 1>That's it. But guys, they that's not natural and you

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<v Speaker 1>start to Lebron tinkered with his free throw. He's still

0:36:40.239 --> 0:36:44.360
<v Speaker 1>tinkering with his free throw, and it's the one knock

0:36:44.400 --> 0:36:47.120
<v Speaker 1>on Lebron. Not a great free throat, not even a

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<v Speaker 1>really good, even good free throw shooter. Yeah, McLellan, don't

0:36:50.719 --> 0:36:57.000
<v Speaker 1>forget Ray Allen was doing it wrong as well. Imagine

0:36:57.160 --> 0:36:58.880
<v Speaker 1>if you I would have been able to help him

0:36:58.880 --> 0:37:01.160
<v Speaker 1>with his shot, you know, earlier in his career, what

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<v Speaker 1>a shooter he would have been. Yeah, weney, Okay, I

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<v Speaker 1>got a question though, Okay, LaMelo ball. You still say

0:37:07.040 --> 0:37:11.520
<v Speaker 1>his shot is jankie? Should he restart it like Ben

0:37:11.600 --> 0:37:14.439
<v Speaker 1>Simmons try to restart? Well, no, no, Ben is that's

0:37:14.480 --> 0:37:19.480
<v Speaker 1>on a different planet. That's that's LaMelo brother Alonzo and

0:37:19.640 --> 0:37:21.600
<v Speaker 1>Ben's I'd love to see those two have a shooting

0:37:21.600 --> 0:37:25.200
<v Speaker 1>contest from three point range like All Star Weekend. He'll

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<v Speaker 1>be great, Like, can I get the worst three point

0:37:27.719 --> 0:37:33.200
<v Speaker 1>shooters out there? I don't like LaMelo's release is a

0:37:33.239 --> 0:37:36.920
<v Speaker 1>little lower, But I just want to know if you

0:37:36.920 --> 0:37:40.480
<v Speaker 1>have rhythm and you follow through and you have confidence, Yeah, club,

0:37:40.640 --> 0:37:42.279
<v Speaker 1>does he have time to fix it before he goes

0:37:42.320 --> 0:37:45.799
<v Speaker 1>to the Lakers and three years we'll take a break.

0:37:45.880 --> 0:37:48.080
<v Speaker 1>Last call for phone calls right up to this. Thanks

0:37:48.120 --> 0:37:50.600
<v Speaker 1>for listening to The Dan Patrick Show podcast. Be sure

0:37:50.600 --> 0:37:53.200
<v Speaker 1>to catch us live every weekday morning nine until noon

0:37:53.320 --> 0:37:56.360
<v Speaker 1>eastern six to nine Pacific on Fox Sports Radio, and

0:37:56.440 --> 0:37:59.839
<v Speaker 1>you can find us on the iHeartRadio app at FSR

0:38:00.280 --> 0:38:03.720
<v Speaker 1>or stream us live on the Peacock app. Last ten games,

0:38:04.160 --> 0:38:08.760
<v Speaker 1>LaMelo Ball shooting forty three percent on three pointers, averaging

0:38:08.800 --> 0:38:11.520
<v Speaker 1>twenty points a game, six and a half assists per game.

0:38:12.080 --> 0:38:14.359
<v Speaker 1>If you're not on the bandwagon, then you can't come on.

0:38:14.719 --> 0:38:17.640
<v Speaker 1>That's it, the bandwagon, there's no more. They're not gonna

0:38:17.680 --> 0:38:21.319
<v Speaker 1>be any more. Seats me and Mellow. Who would have thought,

0:38:21.760 --> 0:38:24.440
<v Speaker 1>because I don't like his dad, but I have to

0:38:24.440 --> 0:38:25.960
<v Speaker 1>give up his you know, his dad a lot of

0:38:25.960 --> 0:38:28.759
<v Speaker 1>credit because you know, these kids have turned out to

0:38:28.800 --> 0:38:32.719
<v Speaker 1>be good players and make it to the NBA. Li

0:38:32.880 --> 0:38:37.680
<v Speaker 1>Angelo hasn't, but you know, and Lonzo is probably going

0:38:37.719 --> 0:38:39.920
<v Speaker 1>to be a work in progress. There was a moment

0:38:40.000 --> 0:38:45.160
<v Speaker 1>yesterday and the Pelicans overtime win where Lonzo was running

0:38:45.239 --> 0:38:49.200
<v Speaker 1>away so he wouldn't get fouled at the end of

0:38:49.239 --> 0:38:54.200
<v Speaker 1>the game. If you've ever seen somebody be chased by bees,

0:38:54.480 --> 0:38:57.279
<v Speaker 1>that's what it looks like like he's he's running, but

0:38:57.400 --> 0:38:59.880
<v Speaker 1>you're going why is he running? He couldn't afford to

0:38:59.880 --> 0:39:02.200
<v Speaker 1>be He fouled because he didn't want to go to

0:39:02.239 --> 0:39:05.440
<v Speaker 1>the line. It looked like he was being chased by bees,

0:39:05.480 --> 0:39:08.239
<v Speaker 1>and he was like, don't touch me, don't found me.

0:39:08.280 --> 0:39:10.279
<v Speaker 1>I don't want to go to the line. Here all right,

0:39:10.360 --> 0:39:12.000
<v Speaker 1>let me get a couple of phone calls in here

0:39:12.080 --> 0:39:17.720
<v Speaker 1>Mo in Arizona, Hey Mo, what's on your mind? Hey? Mom?

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<v Speaker 1>For the record, Jeff mornerstay had a horrible looking shot,

0:39:20.880 --> 0:39:24.440
<v Speaker 1>but it works, So uh hadn't said that? Uh lad

0:39:24.480 --> 0:39:27.600
<v Speaker 1>a slide on humanas my wife and my wife's to

0:39:27.680 --> 0:39:30.080
<v Speaker 1>live up your anniversary. She watched this show. It works,

0:39:30.480 --> 0:39:32.600
<v Speaker 1>you got she could give her a shout out and

0:39:32.719 --> 0:39:35.040
<v Speaker 1>get a lot of brownie points from my best and worst.

0:39:35.840 --> 0:39:37.360
<v Speaker 1>Do you want me to do it? Or do you

0:39:37.360 --> 0:39:40.799
<v Speaker 1>want to do it? Sounds better coming from you? Better better?

0:39:41.920 --> 0:39:47.000
<v Speaker 1>All right? What's her name? Mo? Wonder? Oh? Hey Wanda?

0:39:47.400 --> 0:39:53.000
<v Speaker 1>Oh are you? Oh sorry? Sorry but perfect? Thank you? Mo? Um,

0:39:53.000 --> 0:39:58.200
<v Speaker 1>hey Wanda, take care moo all right. I can't spell

0:39:58.360 --> 0:40:09.479
<v Speaker 1>momentum without m you know, I mean, all right, moll

0:40:09.480 --> 0:40:16.040
<v Speaker 1>ask I delivered Stephen Denver, Steve, what's on your mind? ADP?

0:40:16.360 --> 0:40:19.360
<v Speaker 1>I was calling him because your guys talk about the wedding.

0:40:19.800 --> 0:40:23.880
<v Speaker 1>My fiance and I are getting married Labor Day weekend

0:40:24.120 --> 0:40:27.960
<v Speaker 1>and first marriage for both, and she's a physician. We're

0:40:27.960 --> 0:40:30.239
<v Speaker 1>both in our forties, and it has been a lot

0:40:30.280 --> 0:40:33.719
<v Speaker 1>of whatever you want, dear. Anytime I've tried to put

0:40:33.800 --> 0:40:35.800
<v Speaker 1>my foot down, she's like, no, we're doing that, and

0:40:35.840 --> 0:40:38.200
<v Speaker 1>I'm like, yeah, I have at it, no problem. So

0:40:38.760 --> 0:40:40.680
<v Speaker 1>it's really at home with what you guys were talking.

0:40:40.760 --> 0:40:44.440
<v Speaker 1>But Steve, this is your only marriage. It's it's not

0:40:44.480 --> 0:40:47.839
<v Speaker 1>your first, it's not first for both like you, this

0:40:47.960 --> 0:40:51.440
<v Speaker 1>is your only one. This is the only marriage. Solid,

0:40:51.520 --> 0:40:54.120
<v Speaker 1>solid point, Okay, all right, all right, see I got

0:40:54.120 --> 0:40:58.279
<v Speaker 1>it these little things. Man, I'm just trying to All

0:40:58.280 --> 0:41:01.600
<v Speaker 1>I'm trying to do is cut everything. I'm troubleshooter. That's

0:41:01.600 --> 0:41:06.399
<v Speaker 1>what I am. Santo and Maine. Hey, Santo, Hey, Dan,

0:41:06.440 --> 0:41:10.760
<v Speaker 1>I was doing, man, good, what's on your mind? A wedding? Wedding,

0:41:10.960 --> 0:41:13.759
<v Speaker 1>wedding suggestion for your son. My wife and I got

0:41:13.880 --> 0:41:17.280
<v Speaker 1>married about seven years ago. We were into a small

0:41:17.360 --> 0:41:22.120
<v Speaker 1>hall and Kennebuntport, Maine, had dinner for the immediate family,

0:41:22.200 --> 0:41:24.680
<v Speaker 1>and then we invited it, invited all our friends in.

0:41:24.719 --> 0:41:27.000
<v Speaker 1>We had a keg, a bunch of the cases of

0:41:27.080 --> 0:41:30.640
<v Speaker 1>two buck chuck. Everybody did a byob. They said it

0:41:30.680 --> 0:41:33.360
<v Speaker 1>was the best wedding they've ever been to. I love it. Yeah,

0:41:33.400 --> 0:41:36.040
<v Speaker 1>And Betton, look, my son's getting married in April, so

0:41:36.160 --> 0:41:38.680
<v Speaker 1>it's they've already got everything planned. One of the more

0:41:38.760 --> 0:41:42.480
<v Speaker 1>interesting weddings I ever went to was downtown Hartford and

0:41:42.760 --> 0:41:48.400
<v Speaker 1>the couple got married outside where there were Christmas ornaments

0:41:48.440 --> 0:41:51.280
<v Speaker 1>already up, and then they timed it. They got married

0:41:51.480 --> 0:41:54.640
<v Speaker 1>at around four forty five, and then we went into

0:41:54.719 --> 0:41:57.320
<v Speaker 1>happy hour where they were serving the many hot dogs,

0:41:57.480 --> 0:42:01.960
<v Speaker 1>pigs in a blanket, and went into a bar and

0:42:02.520 --> 0:42:04.960
<v Speaker 1>it was basically, you know, you were buying your own

0:42:05.040 --> 0:42:08.000
<v Speaker 1>drinks and then they had food or dervs because it

0:42:08.120 --> 0:42:13.280
<v Speaker 1>was happier. It was nice. Todd's got wedding day sports names.

0:42:13.560 --> 0:42:15.440
<v Speaker 1>I just happened to see that someone was tweeting that

0:42:15.719 --> 0:42:17.920
<v Speaker 1>they were suggesting that maybe we do a few wedding

0:42:17.960 --> 0:42:19.960
<v Speaker 1>day sports names. Okay, what do you have for me?

0:42:20.080 --> 0:42:24.640
<v Speaker 1>I had Travis best Man, Jacob the groom Bath McBride,

0:42:24.840 --> 0:42:30.520
<v Speaker 1>Larry Center's piece Derek Favors and Marry Decker Slaney. Okay,

0:42:30.760 --> 0:42:32.839
<v Speaker 1>that's just the ones that just came to mind, all right?

0:42:33.400 --> 0:42:36.760
<v Speaker 1>Did you come up with those? I came up with those? Okay?

0:42:37.920 --> 0:42:40.080
<v Speaker 1>There was an Andy Groom, There was a Dick McBride,

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<v Speaker 1>There was a Warren Honeymoon. There was were a few

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<v Speaker 1>that would again, all right, suggested, um, what did I

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