1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:03,520 Speaker 1: You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:09,000 Speaker 1: Sports Radio. Welcome, Welcome, Welcome Hour two on this Wednesday. 3 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:10,719 Speaker 1: Come on in, stay a while. We'll check in with 4 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:13,840 Speaker 1: Jeff Van Gundi. He'll be on the call Nets and 5 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:17,800 Speaker 1: the Lakers. That'll be Christmas Night if the Nets are 6 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:22,200 Speaker 1: able to have the league required eight players available. Because 7 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:25,639 Speaker 1: the NBA just announced the Nets at the Blazers game 8 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 1: scheduled for Thursday's been postponed, the Nets do not have 9 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:33,320 Speaker 1: the league required eight available players to proceed with the 10 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:38,479 Speaker 1: game against the Trailblazers. Merry Christmas eight seven seven three 11 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:41,480 Speaker 1: d P Show email address dpat dan Patrick dot com, 12 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:44,839 Speaker 1: Twitter handle a DP show Rams handled the Seahawks. We 13 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:48,800 Speaker 1: say goodbye to Seattle and their playoff hopes and the 14 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 1: possibility for having a winning season. Eagles over Washington. They 15 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:56,160 Speaker 1: win it by ten as well. You have Missouri and 16 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 1: Army the Armed Forces Bowl that'll be coming up a 17 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:01,440 Speaker 1: little bit later on pull question mc lovin, what are 18 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 1: we going with? Okay, if you could vote, would you 19 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:08,840 Speaker 1: have Tuesday night football become a regular thing? Early? Say? No? Okay, yeah, pall, 20 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:11,640 Speaker 1: So it seems like not even a possible thing, but 21 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:14,319 Speaker 1: sometimes the great things that happen are things you stumble in. 22 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:17,040 Speaker 1: And the NFL the past couple of years has flexed 23 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:20,000 Speaker 1: a couple of games to Tuesday Night. And while people 24 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 1: say there's too much football, it seems like we say 25 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 1: that every decade. Oh, you can't be too gluttonous, you 26 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:28,760 Speaker 1: can't do too much. I'm sure the ratings last night 27 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 1: were pretty good. Would anyone really be bothered bothered that 28 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:34,280 Speaker 1: they added Tuesday football if if somehow the players got 29 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:36,319 Speaker 1: more money out of it, Add a week to the season, 30 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 1: add three roster spots, do it all together. Yeah, I'm 31 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 1: not big on Thursday Night. It's just because you don't 32 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 1: give them ample time to recover and then prepare. You 33 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 1: put in Tuesday as long as you give them at 34 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 1: least five days to get ready for their next game. 35 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:56,919 Speaker 1: I think you've got to be fair to these players. 36 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 1: We've added one more game. I know money is the 37 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:02,920 Speaker 1: bottom line here. I don't know if the NFL would go. 38 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 1: You know, they can't do Fridays because of high school football. 39 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:09,400 Speaker 1: Saturday is kind of a dead time. But if you 40 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 1: do Tuesday and you're going against college on Saturday, Tuesday, 41 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 1: you could do it. But I don't. I don't know. 42 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:21,520 Speaker 1: I feel like at some point it's too much, but 43 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:25,079 Speaker 1: I don't know if we're there yet, Yeah, Soudan. One 44 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 1: of the things though, that I think the NFL has 45 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 1: that's great is that you plan. You could plan your 46 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 1: whole Sunday around it. You know that starting at one, 47 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 1: you're gonna you could pretty much lock in and watch 48 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:37,040 Speaker 1: football straight up until you go to bed, which I 49 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:39,800 Speaker 1: think is part of the not charm. That's the wrong word, 50 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 1: but I kind of like that set schedule a piece 51 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 1: of it, and maybe the more that you spread it 52 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 1: out through the week, there is a little bit of 53 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:49,800 Speaker 1: maybe it's watered down a bit. Well, It's like when 54 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:51,920 Speaker 1: we were going to have a seventeen game schedule. Now 55 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 1: did it take longer than I told you it was 56 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:56,120 Speaker 1: going to? Yes, But then I said there's going to 57 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 1: be an eighteen game added to the schedule as well. 58 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 1: I don't know when, but that is happening. And they've 59 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 1: talked about this for years. We finally implemented it this year. 60 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:08,079 Speaker 1: Now you're gonna have eighteen games. Now, what are you 61 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 1: going to do with that eighteenth game? Could you make 62 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 1: it a specialized this week? Will have you know, two 63 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:18,919 Speaker 1: games on a Tuesday, or every month you have one 64 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:21,639 Speaker 1: Tuesday night. I don't know. But if they can make 65 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 1: more money off of this with primetime football, the NFL 66 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 1: is all in on how do we make more money. 67 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 1: It's just we need revenue streams and now you know 68 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 1: they got the golden goose with gambling. I don't know 69 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 1: if they'll do a Tuesday night. Have not heard anything 70 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 1: about doing something like that. There could be language in 71 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 1: the collective bargaining agreement that prevents that on a permanent basis. 72 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:47,440 Speaker 1: But it is entertaining to have football on a Tuesday night, Yes, ton, 73 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 1: I think it's something to be said for having something 74 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 1: to look forward to. I think it makes it less special. 75 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 1: I agree with seating the waterdown. Mark Cuban had spoken 76 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:57,000 Speaker 1: about that recently with you're getting too many games. Every 77 00:03:57,040 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 1: game is on. It's not you know, it's less special 78 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 1: because you can just see all these games whatever you want. 79 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 1: It's I think it's a little much because beyond the 80 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 1: revenue and having a certain number of days to heal 81 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:07,920 Speaker 1: between games, I like to look forward to it like 82 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 1: a week of Sunday games. Thank you, Jodd Paul. The 83 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 1: NBA has game seven nights a week. The NBA games 84 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:16,280 Speaker 1: scattered all over, but it's not special, right, and look 85 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 1: at their ratings, but it's not special. Yeah, but I'm 86 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:23,680 Speaker 1: just saying that as great as the Sunday spaceball, baseball's 87 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:27,840 Speaker 1: every night, there's nothing special about it. Football is standalone 88 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:31,839 Speaker 1: special and you know, you'll watch an NBA game. Used 89 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 1: to be that you would get that Sunday afternoon game 90 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 1: NBA game and to be on CBS, and it was 91 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:40,360 Speaker 1: you know, tune in factor. Now you get every game 92 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:44,360 Speaker 1: in and you know whatever market you're in, but there's 93 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:47,479 Speaker 1: no specialization. They're going to try to do this on Christmas. 94 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:50,599 Speaker 1: That's their stand alone that. We're kind of like the NFL. 95 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:57,240 Speaker 1: Don't we have football games on Saturday. So that's going 96 00:04:57,279 --> 00:05:00,280 Speaker 1: to dilute some of this you know, NBA cover that 97 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:02,239 Speaker 1: we're going to have. You know, it's just the NFL 98 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 1: as king and these these games. If there were more 99 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:10,320 Speaker 1: standalone games, then maybe there would be a specialization to it. 100 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:12,480 Speaker 1: But it feels like, uh, yeah, I can tune in 101 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 1: any night to get just about any team that I 102 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 1: want to watch. Yeah, I'm the club. I think you 103 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:17,720 Speaker 1: have to know too these games because of COVID have 104 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:20,039 Speaker 1: had a lot of weird backups playing too, so last 105 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 1: night it was Garrett Gilbert. Yeah, but people still watch. 106 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 1: I don't know if people. I don't know if the 107 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:27,880 Speaker 1: ratings were huge last night. Were they Well? Probably because 108 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 1: it's an NFC East game, But but I have to 109 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:31,919 Speaker 1: combine the two games because they were on at the 110 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:34,479 Speaker 1: same time. Yeah, and I'd be curious what kind of 111 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 1: number they got. But let's put it this way, they 112 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:40,240 Speaker 1: probably won the night in TV. Yeah. Po The Bears 113 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 1: Vikings Monday Night game this week was not at all juicy, 114 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:45,919 Speaker 1: not a good game, not two teams that are national 115 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 1: at all. Was the best Monday and Night Football Week 116 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 1: fifteen ratings in two decades. It crushed and that's a 117 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:56,119 Speaker 1: dead dog of a game. The Buccaneers have lost another player, 118 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 1: Leonard Fournette done for the regular season. I don't know 119 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:02,359 Speaker 1: about the postseason. We already have Chris Godwin, he's injured. 120 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:05,960 Speaker 1: They have some injuries on their defense as well. This 121 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:08,240 Speaker 1: is what the Bucks had going for them last year, 122 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:10,520 Speaker 1: that they were healthy. They were healthier than just about 123 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:13,320 Speaker 1: any other team, and certainly healthier than the Kansas City 124 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:16,559 Speaker 1: Chiefs in the Super Bowl. But this is different this year. 125 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:20,159 Speaker 1: Rams with a win last night, they've been sneaky good. 126 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:23,040 Speaker 1: I find them a dangerous team. I don't know if 127 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 1: i'd classify them as a really good team, you know, 128 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 1: but I would put Dallas in there as well. A 129 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 1: little inconsistent Arizona's in there as well, a little inconsistent. 130 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:37,080 Speaker 1: Green Bay is your front runner right now, and it 131 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:39,279 Speaker 1: feels like you're going to get a showdown of what 132 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 1: I thought we were going to get start the year, 133 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:44,680 Speaker 1: Kansas City and Green Bay. That was the first Super 134 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 1: Bowl we had and that was in Los Angeles, and 135 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 1: we could be headed back for that. And I think 136 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:52,480 Speaker 1: that Aaron Rodgers is right now the leading candidate for 137 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 1: the MVP as well. Some basketball will talk to Jeff 138 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:59,160 Speaker 1: Van Gundi watching the Lakers last night they lost to 139 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:03,520 Speaker 1: the Phoenix Sun. Lebron played well. Now there's a couple 140 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 1: of storylines here because once again, Russell Westbrook can put 141 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:10,080 Speaker 1: up numbers. If I said, hey, you know, Russ had 142 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:13,040 Speaker 1: a double double, and you go, all right, he's playing okay. 143 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 1: If you watch him play, you know, sometimes you'll get 144 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:21,760 Speaker 1: somebody who's just out of control when they play basketball 145 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:25,320 Speaker 1: that they can hurt their team and hurt your team. 146 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:28,080 Speaker 1: And Russ is that guy. Russ is just out of 147 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:32,400 Speaker 1: control sometimes he's off balance his passing. He leads the 148 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 1: league in turnovers, and you just this is a veteran. 149 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:38,640 Speaker 1: Now he's not going to change. He can't change. This 150 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:41,119 Speaker 1: is who he is. But when you're watching him play, 151 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:45,840 Speaker 1: I always think, what's Lebron thinking while watching Russ play? 152 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 1: Because Russ can play. Russ could play every minute of 153 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 1: every game, but you don't want him to do that 154 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 1: because he's not very good holding onto the ball. And 155 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:00,200 Speaker 1: that's you know, that's a problem when you're a guy 156 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:03,240 Speaker 1: who's always got the ball and he leads the league 157 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 1: in turnovers by a healthy margin. By the way, Lebron 158 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:10,239 Speaker 1: played well, and then you throw the subplot in there 159 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 1: that I think Kenny Smith the TNT guys were bothered 160 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:20,600 Speaker 1: by Lebron prior to the game walking in with a cigar, 161 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:27,880 Speaker 1: that he was he being disrespectful. I'm going wait, seriously, 162 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:32,000 Speaker 1: I think they were a little surprised by what they 163 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:36,120 Speaker 1: saw with Lebron. But it's here's a headline Lakers star 164 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:41,319 Speaker 1: Lebron James disrespectful act right before Suns game goes viral 165 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:46,960 Speaker 1: I don't know who he disrespected here, maybe the game 166 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:51,240 Speaker 1: or the Suns. Kenny Smith on TNT said that Lebron 167 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 1: was being disrespectful with his cigar bearing ways Kenny, Kenny, Kenny, 168 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:04,440 Speaker 1: I hope you're kidding. I hope you're kidding. Smith, not 169 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:10,600 Speaker 1: Kenny Smith. Come on, Kenny Smith played at the same 170 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:14,199 Speaker 1: time Michael Jordan did. When Jordan prior to a playoff 171 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:18,400 Speaker 1: game getting out of his Ferrari, wouldn't be smoking a 172 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:21,240 Speaker 1: cigar right in front of the team bus the other 173 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 1: team then, ain't was he be in this way? He 174 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:27,200 Speaker 1: might have been, he might have been being disrespectful to them, 175 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:32,560 Speaker 1: But oh my god, nobody was covering that back in 176 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:35,560 Speaker 1: the day when Mike showed up and you know, in 177 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:38,320 Speaker 1: his Lamborghini or whatever it was. You know, now it's 178 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:40,920 Speaker 1: the walk in and Lebron. Okay, Do I have a 179 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:44,920 Speaker 1: problem when Lebron brought his wine on the bench when 180 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:46,840 Speaker 1: he was in street closed, Yes, I do. And I 181 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:51,520 Speaker 1: think his tequila, Now that's disrespectful marketing. It's great marketing. 182 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:54,320 Speaker 1: By the way. Now, if I could only get a 183 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:57,880 Speaker 1: del to have a shot on the bench with Lebron's agent, 184 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:00,920 Speaker 1: then I could really move some product there. But this 185 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:05,120 Speaker 1: is disrespectful because he had a cigar. Guys used to 186 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:09,680 Speaker 1: smoke cigarettes in the dugout in baseball. What the hell 187 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:16,920 Speaker 1: is Kenny talking about? Damn he's being disputing. Okay, if 188 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:23,560 Speaker 1: this is anybody else, is he being disrespectful? No, and 189 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 1: Lebron went out and played. You know what's disrespectful The 190 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:32,160 Speaker 1: way the Lakers played, that's disrespectful. Maybe they should all 191 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:36,440 Speaker 1: be smoking something. Maybe they were, but Lebron coming in 192 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:39,400 Speaker 1: with his cigar, it's like, oh, he is being disrespectful. 193 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:42,360 Speaker 1: What did he think he was gonna have an easy night? 194 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:45,240 Speaker 1: And he was taking the suns lightly, I don't think 195 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:48,000 Speaker 1: so he looks at his roster and he probably goes, wait, 196 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:52,040 Speaker 1: who are you Okay, just pass me the ball and 197 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:55,600 Speaker 1: he played well, and he's played well this year when 198 00:10:55,640 --> 00:11:00,240 Speaker 1: he's played, he's played Lebron like, yes, he is that 199 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:04,040 Speaker 1: Chris Webber who tells us the story about the getting 200 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:06,800 Speaker 1: off the team bus and Michael Jordan's sitting there on 201 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:09,240 Speaker 1: the hood of his Ferrari, Yeah, smoking a cigar and 202 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:11,080 Speaker 1: he goes, which one are you guys is covering me tonight? 203 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:13,160 Speaker 1: And they looked and pointing back to their teammate, like 204 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:19,720 Speaker 1: that guy. It's not which one of you m efforts 205 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:23,679 Speaker 1: guard so like that guy. But but it's okay if 206 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:27,680 Speaker 1: he does it. It's just if Lebron does Oh my god, 207 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:31,199 Speaker 1: it's he's being disrespectful to the game. He's not smoking 208 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:38,440 Speaker 1: on the court. Well, yeah, Paul, it's a cigar. It's 209 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:39,720 Speaker 1: not like he came out of the thing of Marlboro 210 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:41,920 Speaker 1: Reds and was packing him you know, fired one up 211 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:44,600 Speaker 1: in the hallway. He's just flauded all the rules. It's 212 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:48,200 Speaker 1: a cigar, that cigarette like dark. What about his health? 213 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:54,360 Speaker 1: His health, he's a perfect health. Is it because cigar 214 00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:56,319 Speaker 1: means like celebration or he didn't walk in with the 215 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 1: Larry O'Brien trophy and champagne, or if like what if 216 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:00,559 Speaker 1: he had like a big slice of pieces in his hand, 217 00:12:00,679 --> 00:12:02,439 Speaker 1: then we would have still Oh, he thinks that it's 218 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:03,959 Speaker 1: gonna be such an easy game. He can eat a 219 00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:06,240 Speaker 1: slice of Pepperoni pizza right before the game. It's gonna 220 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 1: be an easy win. I have a cigar, Thank you 221 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:10,000 Speaker 1: to it. I have a cigar every night. I'm not 222 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:13,280 Speaker 1: celebrating anything other than it's the end of the day 223 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:16,120 Speaker 1: and I got through another day without COVID. Yes, Paul 224 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:19,439 Speaker 1: Lebron shoes smoked cigar day he won life. What is 225 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:24,080 Speaker 1: he thirty nine? He's worth a billion and a half. Oh, 226 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:27,679 Speaker 1: it's just it's it's he should double down if he 227 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:31,600 Speaker 1: should pass him out. It's tiring. Yes, what about the 228 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:35,319 Speaker 1: secondhand smoke? I think that explains talent Horton Tucker going 229 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:39,880 Speaker 1: one for thirteen possible second Isaiah Thomas won one for eleven. 230 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:43,319 Speaker 1: That's two guys who shot two for twenty five. Yeah, 231 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:46,880 Speaker 1: they just got Isaiah Thomas back and brought him up 232 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:49,640 Speaker 1: from the G League. And it's like, oh man, Yeah, 233 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:52,760 Speaker 1: Lebron was thirteen for nineteen on the night, not too bad. 234 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:57,040 Speaker 1: And here they are. They're sixteen and sixteen. The Suns 235 00:12:57,040 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 1: are twenty five and five. And there's a big difference 236 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 1: between these two right now. Uh, you know, you start 237 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:09,800 Speaker 1: to wonder bigger picture here. Anthony Davis is who he is. 238 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:13,240 Speaker 1: It's not like he's gonna have you know, you know, 239 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:15,719 Speaker 1: one of those body double movies and you go, oh 240 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:18,720 Speaker 1: my god, have you seen him. He's a madman out there, 241 00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:22,840 Speaker 1: he's playing through. This is who Anthony Davis is, for 242 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:26,600 Speaker 1: good or bad. Because he can be unbelievable, but he's 243 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:29,640 Speaker 1: he's gonna get nicked up this time it's a little 244 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:33,920 Speaker 1: bit more severe injury. But Lebron can't be Lebron with 245 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:38,120 Speaker 1: the Heat, certainly can't be Lebron with the Calves. You know, 246 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:40,439 Speaker 1: the Calves are probably a better team than the Lakers, 247 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:46,640 Speaker 1: And having watched the Calves two games this year, they're 248 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:51,520 Speaker 1: pretty good. But the Lakers are just you know, it's 249 00:13:51,520 --> 00:13:54,400 Speaker 1: hard to assess how good they are. Do we have 250 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:57,920 Speaker 1: Lebron talking about this? Uh? After the game Seaton? Here's 251 00:13:57,960 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 1: here's Lebron after the loss of the Suns. Have you 252 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:03,439 Speaker 1: seen enough from from this group when it's been as 253 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 1: together as it has been to be like we can 254 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:08,280 Speaker 1: get to this level? Or is it still more an 255 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:11,920 Speaker 1: on paper thing? Um? Where do you think that if 256 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:13,520 Speaker 1: things go right, we can get to this point? I mean, 257 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:14,840 Speaker 1: I feel like that's a question you asked me out 258 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:17,280 Speaker 1: there every game. You don't know, we have no idea 259 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:19,560 Speaker 1: what this team can be of and when you have, 260 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:22,280 Speaker 1: you know, you know, traf who's his first just a 261 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:27,240 Speaker 1: second game back? No k none I missed. You know, 262 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:30,640 Speaker 1: a bunch of games now eighties out, you know, and 263 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:32,800 Speaker 1: a bunch of guys in protocol or head coaches out. 264 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:35,520 Speaker 1: So how can we really fully assess what we have? 265 00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:37,360 Speaker 1: I can't remember the last time, you know, you know, 266 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:39,280 Speaker 1: play the same summer lineup. I had the same rotation 267 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:42,280 Speaker 1: coming off the bench, spent a long time. Nobody has 268 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:45,440 Speaker 1: had more different starting lineims than the Lakers have. Yeah, 269 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:48,280 Speaker 1: he sounds a little hoarse from the cigar from the 270 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:51,040 Speaker 1: small No, that's from the whiskey. He was probably drinking 271 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:54,320 Speaker 1: or is tequila when he was coming in there. Yes, well, 272 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:56,360 Speaker 1: Lebron was not the problem last night. He was two 273 00:14:56,360 --> 00:14:58,200 Speaker 1: for five from three and six for six from the 274 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:02,160 Speaker 1: free throw line. His teammates shot seventeen from three and 275 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:06,600 Speaker 1: fifty seven percent from the free throw line. They're fascinating 276 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:10,960 Speaker 1: to watch, but for all the wrong reasons. And as 277 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:13,880 Speaker 1: much as I've loved watching Russell Westbrook, I don't want 278 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:16,960 Speaker 1: him on my team. But I do really enjoy watching him. 279 00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:21,720 Speaker 1: But it's too late now. If you're the Lakers and 280 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:24,640 Speaker 1: you know they've talked about, oh could you trade him? 281 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:26,880 Speaker 1: Oh you know the nick people always say, oh wow, 282 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:30,960 Speaker 1: the Knicks would be that. Yeah, the old Knicks would 283 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:32,760 Speaker 1: have done him. I don't don't know about the new Knicks. 284 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:37,160 Speaker 1: But you know there's talk. This just talk that maybe 285 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:40,720 Speaker 1: like Ben Simmons could go to the Lakers and Russ 286 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:43,480 Speaker 1: could go to the Knicks, but then Philadelphia would have 287 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:46,240 Speaker 1: to get something from the Knicks and or the Lakers. 288 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:50,680 Speaker 1: And it's just talk. There's speculation because we think at 289 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:53,280 Speaker 1: some point Ben Simmons does end up with another team. 290 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:56,840 Speaker 1: The question is when and who we'll take a break. 291 00:15:57,080 --> 00:16:00,520 Speaker 1: Phone calls coming up. A lot of people want to 292 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:03,880 Speaker 1: say goodbye to you, mclovin. But yeah, but are any 293 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:05,760 Speaker 1: of them just setting me up? I feel like, you 294 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:08,120 Speaker 1: know how our callers are. They lie to Marvin sometimes 295 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:11,080 Speaker 1: oh that they say, hey, I just want to say 296 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:13,040 Speaker 1: goodbye to mclove and he's meant so much to me, 297 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:17,080 Speaker 1: you know, while rehabbing from a broken foot. You know, 298 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:20,800 Speaker 1: like we get we must be big in rehab centers 299 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:24,560 Speaker 1: because it feels like somebody stumbles upon this show when 300 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:29,000 Speaker 1: they're going through something. If you have knee surgery, any 301 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 1: kind of surgery, full ankle restruction, reconstruction, today, replacement, yeah, yeah, 302 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:36,440 Speaker 1: we're here for you. Yes, Ton, has it become an 303 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:38,440 Speaker 1: actual prescription? My doctors like just like you give the 304 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:40,840 Speaker 1: medication three times a week. Do this and watch the 305 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:43,920 Speaker 1: Den Patrick to take two aspirin and watch this. Uh 306 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:47,400 Speaker 1: you know healing process. You should. 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Be sure to catch us live every 328 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:03,280 Speaker 1: weekday morning nine until noon eastern six to nine Pacific 329 00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:05,720 Speaker 1: on Fox Sports Radio and you can find us on 330 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:09,960 Speaker 1: the iHeartRadio app at FSR or stream us live on 331 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:13,520 Speaker 1: the Peacock app. Just looking at the numbers for Cooper Cup, 332 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 1: he is closing in on Michael Thomas's record that he's 333 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:20,400 Speaker 1: said in twenty nineteen of one hundred forty nine catches 334 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:25,920 Speaker 1: and Calvin Johnson's receiving yards record that was in twenty 335 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:30,639 Speaker 1: twelve of nineteen sixty four is within striking range for 336 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:35,280 Speaker 1: Cooper Cup. Also factoring in a seventeenth game. There'll be 337 00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:37,600 Speaker 1: games on Christmas Night, or at least we think there 338 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:41,200 Speaker 1: will be, because the NBA just announced that the Brooklyn 339 00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:44,760 Speaker 1: Nets at Portland Trailblazers game scheduled for tomorrow night has 340 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:48,080 Speaker 1: been postponed. The Nets do not have the League required 341 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:51,800 Speaker 1: eight available players to proceed with the game against the Blazers. 342 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:55,000 Speaker 1: Jeff Van Gundi scheduled to be on the call on 343 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 1: Christmas Night with the Lakers and the Nets. How do 344 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 1: you prepare for a game like this, Jeff? You don't 345 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:06,760 Speaker 1: worry about it. You just show up and whoever is 346 00:19:06,800 --> 00:19:10,520 Speaker 1: there is there. And I don't know if it'll be 347 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:13,560 Speaker 1: the Nets, it'll be the Nets G League team, or 348 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:18,440 Speaker 1: it'll be a totally different NBA team. It's really a 349 00:19:19,320 --> 00:19:22,040 Speaker 1: tough time in the NBA right now for the fan 350 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:26,520 Speaker 1: because the fan is the one that ultimately bears the 351 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:31,000 Speaker 1: burden of, you know, buying tickets to what they think 352 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:34,040 Speaker 1: they're going to see, and then you know they're not 353 00:19:34,119 --> 00:19:37,560 Speaker 1: seeing some of these star players. And then you wonder 354 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:42,159 Speaker 1: going into this game, how much of a topic is 355 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:44,560 Speaker 1: going to be Kyrie Irving coming back for the Nets 356 00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:48,680 Speaker 1: and what role he plays the rest of the season. Well, 357 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:53,119 Speaker 1: I think on most broadcasts, initially you talked about Kyrie Irving, 358 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:58,760 Speaker 1: and then that talk diminished quite quite often or for 359 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:02,000 Speaker 1: quite a period of time. But now that he's coming 360 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:08,520 Speaker 1: back in some form, at some point, I think it's 361 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:10,280 Speaker 1: going to ramp up again because I think it is 362 00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:14,920 Speaker 1: an important topic. I think he goes directly to their 363 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:18,800 Speaker 1: ability to win a championship. I think what's even more 364 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:24,280 Speaker 1: interesting is not the regular season schedule that he'll undertake. 365 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:27,800 Speaker 1: It's the playoff schedule. So if they're gonna get what 366 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:31,040 Speaker 1: if they get into a series that's two two, he's 367 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:33,639 Speaker 1: not playing on the road, and you know he's not 368 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:36,120 Speaker 1: playing in game five at home. I mean, that's it's 369 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:40,440 Speaker 1: really a challenging decision that they made. I know a 370 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:45,919 Speaker 1: lot of people have had opinions on their decision to 371 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:50,120 Speaker 1: change their minds, but I think that's man's greatest right, 372 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:52,440 Speaker 1: is the right to change your mind. All of them 373 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:55,840 Speaker 1: have decided this course of action as prudent, So I 374 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:58,360 Speaker 1: think you know the team will benefit and the fans 375 00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:01,199 Speaker 1: will benefit. Would you want him if you were coaching 376 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:06,960 Speaker 1: the nets. No, Nope, not not him either. It's not him. 377 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:11,399 Speaker 1: It's not even his decision. It's just I'd want to 378 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:15,880 Speaker 1: play with an every night lineup that I could count on, 379 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:22,080 Speaker 1: and particularly going into the playoffs. Now if he was 380 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:25,119 Speaker 1: or any player was still up in the air, that 381 00:21:25,119 --> 00:21:27,000 Speaker 1: I'm going to think about it more. I may do 382 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:30,720 Speaker 1: it for the playoffs. That might change my mind, certainly, 383 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:33,840 Speaker 1: but I just wouldn't want the up and down situation. 384 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:37,040 Speaker 1: Now that being said, Dan, I understand they're trying to 385 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 1: get talent on the floor. You know, these like the 386 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:42,639 Speaker 1: Lakers you saw last night, they don't have enough talent 387 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:45,520 Speaker 1: on the floor right now to play at the highest 388 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:50,200 Speaker 1: level the nets. If they're down either hardened or durrant, 389 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,520 Speaker 1: they may not have enough talent on the floor to 390 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:57,560 Speaker 1: play against the very best. So I understand why they're 391 00:21:57,560 --> 00:22:00,960 Speaker 1: doing it. I watched the Lakers last night, at least 392 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:04,240 Speaker 1: a little bit of the first half or most of 393 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:08,120 Speaker 1: the first half, and Russell Westbrook is not changing. He 394 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:12,560 Speaker 1: is who he is. He's fascinating, but man, can he 395 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:15,120 Speaker 1: be detrimental to a team. He just doesn't take care 396 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:18,840 Speaker 1: of the ball. Jeff, So what do you don't? I 397 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:20,919 Speaker 1: don't know what you do with a guy who is 398 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:25,040 Speaker 1: supposed to be one of your stars. You can't change 399 00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:27,720 Speaker 1: him at this point in his career, so you just 400 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 1: sort of live and die with the highs and lows 401 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:33,360 Speaker 1: you're going to get with him. Yes, And I think 402 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:37,080 Speaker 1: you have to have known that when you traded for Westbrook. 403 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:41,679 Speaker 1: People of his at his age, they're not going to 404 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:46,000 Speaker 1: change greatly. So whatever issues you might have with him, 405 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:50,359 Speaker 1: whether it's the turnovers or sometimes the defensive end of 406 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 1: the floor, or the lack of rain shooting, whatever it 407 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:56,720 Speaker 1: is that you had a problem with as you were 408 00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:59,800 Speaker 1: thinking about trading for him, you have to understand that 409 00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:02,480 Speaker 1: you have to take the whole package with somebody and 410 00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:04,399 Speaker 1: not just be able to pick and choose what you 411 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:07,520 Speaker 1: like and try to separate it from what you don't like. 412 00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:12,720 Speaker 1: And I think what you just said the most astute 413 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:16,240 Speaker 1: general managers understand is that you have to accept the 414 00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:19,159 Speaker 1: whole package and you have to think that that package 415 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:21,360 Speaker 1: in the playoffs give you a better chance to win 416 00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:25,400 Speaker 1: than the players you had. Now. At the core of it, 417 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:27,880 Speaker 1: it has nothing to do with whether they're better with 418 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:33,400 Speaker 1: Westbrook or without him. It comes down to with their 419 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:37,440 Speaker 1: reduced depth that they had to strip their team down 420 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:39,960 Speaker 1: to get him. Did that benefit them? And I would 421 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:45,879 Speaker 1: say so far this year that lack of depth, particularly 422 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:50,240 Speaker 1: in the COVID era, in the Anthony Davis, Lebron James 423 00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:54,359 Speaker 1: not being as available as a you know, particularly for 424 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:57,800 Speaker 1: Lebron James, I think that depth problem has shown up 425 00:23:58,119 --> 00:24:01,199 Speaker 1: to be a significant one. Talking to Jeff Van Gundy. 426 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:03,400 Speaker 1: He'll be on the call the Nets and the Lakers 427 00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:07,040 Speaker 1: eight Eastern on Christmas Day, first meeting of the season 428 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:10,680 Speaker 1: and the NBA Finals broadcast team of Mike Breen, Jeff 429 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 1: and Mark Jackson, along with Sideline reporter Lisa's Solters. There 430 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:18,720 Speaker 1: was reaction reaction that went viral last night. As they 431 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:23,400 Speaker 1: like to say, Kenny Smith said that Lebron Lebron James 432 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:27,800 Speaker 1: was being disrespectful by smoking a cigar coming in prior 433 00:24:27,840 --> 00:24:31,760 Speaker 1: to last night's game. And I mentioned that Michael Jordan 434 00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:36,920 Speaker 1: would smoke a cigar on the loading dock at Chicago 435 00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:39,600 Speaker 1: Stadium and wait for the team bus to come in. 436 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:43,800 Speaker 1: I don't know if he was being disrespectful, but feels 437 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:49,560 Speaker 1: like Lebron was being disrespectful by smoking a cigar prior 438 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:55,399 Speaker 1: to the game. Your thoughts, Jeff, Well, I didn't know that. Again, 439 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:59,959 Speaker 1: this is a totally different era from Sensitivities are different 440 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:07,320 Speaker 1: now and the whole social media outrage, you know, it's 441 00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:11,320 Speaker 1: a it's an era of outrage, and so I'm not 442 00:25:11,359 --> 00:25:14,720 Speaker 1: sure what the standard is for viral. I could care 443 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:20,640 Speaker 1: less about the closed people where to the game. Do 444 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:22,800 Speaker 1: I think it was a great choice. Now, I wouldn't 445 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:25,800 Speaker 1: say it was a great choice, But do I actually care? No, 446 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:29,320 Speaker 1: I don't like. What I love about the NBA is 447 00:25:29,359 --> 00:25:32,679 Speaker 1: watching Lebron James play. Like that's what I love watching 448 00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:37,840 Speaker 1: about Lebron James. I could really care less how he 449 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,760 Speaker 1: walks into the arena, even though I think, you know, 450 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:42,520 Speaker 1: I don't know if he would say it was a 451 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:45,400 Speaker 1: poor choice. I'm just saying I don't think it's the 452 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:49,960 Speaker 1: wisest choice. But that's a big who cares for me? 453 00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:54,199 Speaker 1: Was Jordan ever waiting for the Knicks bus on the 454 00:25:54,240 --> 00:26:00,159 Speaker 1: loading dock when you were there? No, but you know 455 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:06,679 Speaker 1: the legend of Jordan. Obviously, these stories, particularly as we 456 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:11,439 Speaker 1: all get older, they grow. But I would say this, 457 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:14,280 Speaker 1: if he was there, we would have had some guys 458 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:20,520 Speaker 1: that would be interested in that conversation, you know. So yeah, actually, 459 00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:25,040 Speaker 1: you know what I missed the confrontational NBA, like some 460 00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:28,040 Speaker 1: of the things, you know, the whole le Bradford Smith's story. 461 00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:33,280 Speaker 1: When you know, Bradford Smith lit him up in Chicago 462 00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:35,200 Speaker 1: Stadium and then they were playing it back to back 463 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:37,840 Speaker 1: the next night in Washington, And I guess Leb Bradford 464 00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:41,320 Speaker 1: Smith either said something or perceived to said something and 465 00:26:41,359 --> 00:26:46,280 Speaker 1: then Jordan I missed those stories like, um, I like 466 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:50,359 Speaker 1: the rivalries and a little bit of the Yeah, because 467 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:55,119 Speaker 1: Chris Webber tells the story the Bullets were going to 468 00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:59,520 Speaker 1: play the Bulls in the playoffs and Jordan is leaning 469 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:03,399 Speaker 1: on his Lamborghini or Ferrari and the team bus comes 470 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:07,240 Speaker 1: in and he says, which one of you, m effors 471 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:09,800 Speaker 1: is going to be covering me? And it was poor 472 00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:12,919 Speaker 1: Calbert Cheney and he, you know, he put up fifty 473 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:17,040 Speaker 1: or something. But Weber said, Mike is there smoking a 474 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:21,919 Speaker 1: cigar waiting for the Bullets Bullets team bus to show up. 475 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:24,879 Speaker 1: Nice job by the Bullets, by the way of pointing 476 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:28,159 Speaker 1: to the back, really having having Calbert changing back. I 477 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:30,920 Speaker 1: gotta I gotta talk to my man Juwan Howard about 478 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:37,600 Speaker 1: that too. Who wasn't afraid of Jordan on your team? Um? 479 00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:41,760 Speaker 1: I don't think, you know, and maybe afraid is not 480 00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:46,120 Speaker 1: a fair word, but yeah, here's the thing. We all 481 00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:50,640 Speaker 1: had an incredible respect for him. Um, you know, from 482 00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:56,400 Speaker 1: coaches all the way through the players, and I think, uh, sometimes, 483 00:27:57,040 --> 00:27:59,119 Speaker 1: you know, when you respect somebody so much, you have 484 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:01,760 Speaker 1: to ask yourself, am I willing to go as hard 485 00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:06,920 Speaker 1: at him as I would, you know someone else, Am 486 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:09,800 Speaker 1: I willing to put him down on the floor with 487 00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:13,560 Speaker 1: a hard foul as I would some other random NBA guy? 488 00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:16,240 Speaker 1: And I think, you know, as an NBA player back then, 489 00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:18,920 Speaker 1: you had to ask yourself that because he held such 490 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:23,760 Speaker 1: sway and was you know, obviously beloved throughout the basketball 491 00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:26,720 Speaker 1: world as a player, a competitor, and like things that 492 00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:32,119 Speaker 1: would be looked up down upon today, he would you know, 493 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:36,359 Speaker 1: be marveled at four back then. So I think you 494 00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:38,440 Speaker 1: had to check. But I think we had. I think 495 00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:40,600 Speaker 1: the one thing that Nicks did a good job of 496 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:44,880 Speaker 1: is they they brought in players that, while having an 497 00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:49,240 Speaker 1: appropriate respect for players, you know, we had some guys 498 00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:54,680 Speaker 1: with some irrational confidence, like I'm gonna bust his ass tonight, 499 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:57,680 Speaker 1: you know. Like and that's why, like I liked our 500 00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:01,560 Speaker 1: team because you know, um, you know they were they 501 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:05,680 Speaker 1: weren't a back down group of guys. But you know, 502 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:07,719 Speaker 1: you got to be careful what you asked for too. 503 00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:10,080 Speaker 1: So as the coach, do you ever try to, you know, 504 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:13,880 Speaker 1: tamp it down a little bit, like you know, hey, 505 00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:17,080 Speaker 1: Anthony Mason, he's up there. You know you're not You're 506 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:20,320 Speaker 1: not the one who's going to be guarding Mike. Well, no, 507 00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:23,200 Speaker 1: actually it was just yeah, I think you have to 508 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:27,920 Speaker 1: like you have to try to combine the humility with 509 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:32,320 Speaker 1: you know, appropriate levels of confidence. And if you can't 510 00:29:32,360 --> 00:29:36,160 Speaker 1: be in the NBA. Think about it, Anthony Mason, if 511 00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:39,200 Speaker 1: he would have had, you know, if you would have 512 00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:42,320 Speaker 1: gone by what everybody else's evaluation, he might not have 513 00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:45,320 Speaker 1: ever made the NBA if he didn't have that healthy 514 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:49,600 Speaker 1: or irrational confidence. And he truly when he went on 515 00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:53,240 Speaker 1: the floor every night, he thought like, well, I'm the 516 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:56,960 Speaker 1: best player on the floor. I don't know who's number two, three, four, five, 517 00:29:57,320 --> 00:29:59,560 Speaker 1: but I'm I'm the dude. And you know what, I 518 00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:02,240 Speaker 1: think you have to have some of that irrational confidence 519 00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:07,040 Speaker 1: to survive all the critiques and criticisms. And it's just 520 00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:10,000 Speaker 1: so hard to stay there. Uh you think about it. 521 00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:15,280 Speaker 1: This guy was like Tennessee State couldn't shoot with range um, 522 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:20,720 Speaker 1: but he developed into a terrific NBA player, an All 523 00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:25,480 Speaker 1: Star because of work and self belief. It's always great 524 00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:27,840 Speaker 1: to catch up with you. You look like a mob 525 00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:31,240 Speaker 1: boss there with the background, the way you know you're 526 00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:35,719 Speaker 1: you're seated there like a Sopranos episode. Well, I know 527 00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:40,840 Speaker 1: where the bodies are buried. Okay, that's what the Mothership teaches. 528 00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:44,240 Speaker 1: You bury the bodies, but don't talk about where you 529 00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:48,000 Speaker 1: bury the bodies. No, not at all, not at all. 530 00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:51,840 Speaker 1: Have fun on Christmas night. Marry Christmas. Thank you for 531 00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:55,880 Speaker 1: joining us. Jeff is always Merry Christmas. That's Jeff van Gundhi. 532 00:30:56,200 --> 00:30:58,680 Speaker 1: He'll be part of the broadcast team eight Eastern on 533 00:30:58,800 --> 00:31:02,840 Speaker 1: Christmas Day NBA Finals team Mike Breen, Jeff Van Gundy, 534 00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:06,120 Speaker 1: Mark Jackson, and Lisa Solters. He was sitting in a 535 00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:09,640 Speaker 1: big chair and had you know, had the fireplace with 536 00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:13,120 Speaker 1: the big columns, and just look like he was there 537 00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:15,840 Speaker 1: to tell somebody they were going to get whacked. It 538 00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:17,400 Speaker 1: was just a touch darker. It looked like one of 539 00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:20,360 Speaker 1: those Witness protection interviews where they don't show the kind 540 00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:25,840 Speaker 1: of blur out the face. Yeah you tell him, Yeah 541 00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:32,000 Speaker 1: you whack that told him? Michael Jordan. I would I 542 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:36,560 Speaker 1: would want my players to be really humble if Mike 543 00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:39,040 Speaker 1: was coming to town, any of those players where you 544 00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:42,440 Speaker 1: just go just you know, I have have quiet confidence, 545 00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:51,680 Speaker 1: had irrational confidence. Uh uh. Dakota in Indiana, Hey Dakota, 546 00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:56,760 Speaker 1: what's on your mind today? Hey, what's up, Danum? I 547 00:31:56,840 --> 00:31:59,600 Speaker 1: was I was wondering, possibly, could there be a chance 548 00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:02,520 Speaker 1: that maybe Westbrook does go to the neck, but maybe 549 00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:07,680 Speaker 1: they send Kimba to him that could fit that style more. 550 00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:11,360 Speaker 1: I know the contracts are both high, but maybe it's 551 00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:17,120 Speaker 1: it's probably a long stretch, but yeah, you know, you've 552 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:19,160 Speaker 1: got to have somebody who can take care of the ball. 553 00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:22,440 Speaker 1: And that's the problem. You're trying to take a little 554 00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:25,920 Speaker 1: bit off of Lebron's plate, his workload during the regular season. 555 00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:28,840 Speaker 1: At least, this is my thought process with the logic 556 00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:33,080 Speaker 1: of bringing in Russ. He makes me nervous, but if 557 00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:36,360 Speaker 1: you know, he plays with so much passion and energy 558 00:32:37,320 --> 00:32:40,040 Speaker 1: that he can do that the entire regular season. I 559 00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:42,640 Speaker 1: need Lebron and Ad to be great in the postseason, 560 00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:46,160 Speaker 1: and I need Russ to sort of get us through 561 00:32:46,160 --> 00:32:50,440 Speaker 1: the regular season. It's tough to watch, it really is, 562 00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:53,560 Speaker 1: because he can have stretches where you go wow, and 563 00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:57,920 Speaker 1: then there's other ones where you go wow, and you 564 00:32:58,040 --> 00:33:01,200 Speaker 1: had that last night. He just he giveth and he 565 00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:04,600 Speaker 1: taketh away, And I think that that's you just have 566 00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:07,720 Speaker 1: to brace yourself for that. You don't know when it's 567 00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:10,200 Speaker 1: going to happen, but you do know it's going to 568 00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:14,640 Speaker 1: happen eventually. Tom and Ohio. Hey Tom, what's on your mind? 569 00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:21,680 Speaker 1: Good morning DP. Excuse me, I'm just a little emotional here. 570 00:33:22,080 --> 00:33:25,480 Speaker 1: I'm I think I can speak for the whole DP 571 00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:32,440 Speaker 1: nation when I say suck at Nicelovan. Thank you Tom? 572 00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:37,120 Speaker 1: Who saw that coming? Yeah, there's a big wind up there, Yes, 573 00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:39,800 Speaker 1: Tome I got tricked. I really thought it was about 574 00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:42,120 Speaker 1: to say something really emotional and thoughtful and kind, and 575 00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:48,320 Speaker 1: then he dropped that Our listeners, Yeah, I thought he 576 00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:49,959 Speaker 1: sounded like he was choking up a little bit. We're 577 00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:51,920 Speaker 1: quite an actor there, It's not like he was tearing up. 578 00:33:52,320 --> 00:33:57,360 Speaker 1: Let's try Greg and Indiana. Hi, Greg, Hey Dan, I 579 00:33:57,400 --> 00:34:01,200 Speaker 1: love the show first time a long time, five pen 580 00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:06,680 Speaker 1: and too much okay. I had a couple of questions. 581 00:34:07,440 --> 00:34:10,720 Speaker 1: Can you see the cult maybe trying to get Russell 582 00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:15,040 Speaker 1: Wilson or someone else a QB in the off Lason 583 00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:20,839 Speaker 1: no um? And are the pictures of mclovin Are they 584 00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:23,759 Speaker 1: going straight to the dumpster after he leaves or will 585 00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:27,919 Speaker 1: there be a tiny shrine in a closet somewhere. That's 586 00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:31,320 Speaker 1: a great, great question, Greg, thanks for the phone call. Um, 587 00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:35,000 Speaker 1: I was gonna leave mclovin's desk just kind of the 588 00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:38,839 Speaker 1: way it is for a little while, you know, here 589 00:34:38,880 --> 00:34:43,279 Speaker 1: in the Dansonian, I'm just gonna leave mclovin's desk sort 590 00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:45,520 Speaker 1: of untough. You know this happens. You know, I went 591 00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:47,920 Speaker 1: to London and I got to see where Churchill was 592 00:34:48,200 --> 00:34:51,319 Speaker 1: during you know, the bombing, and they left it the 593 00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:53,880 Speaker 1: way it was. And that's sort of what this is. 594 00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:58,239 Speaker 1: It's an app comparison. I think mclovin, I'm looking at 595 00:34:58,239 --> 00:35:01,480 Speaker 1: my desk you bombed quite a few times, exactly. Yeah, 596 00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:03,640 Speaker 1: I'd be like, at my desso, it's mostly your stuff. 597 00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:06,240 Speaker 1: I have that chicken that you tortured us with for years, 598 00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:08,920 Speaker 1: that that toy. You have a no name helmet at 599 00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:12,320 Speaker 1: e a sports helmet. There's very very little me on 600 00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:17,000 Speaker 1: the pictures of you. There's there's some stuff there. Yeah. 601 00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:19,680 Speaker 1: Pulling Fritzie's side is even funnier. When Fritzie leaves, We've 602 00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:22,040 Speaker 1: talked about it before. Every day he brings everything he 603 00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:25,080 Speaker 1: owns to and from work every day. When Fritzie leaves 604 00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:27,239 Speaker 1: at let's say two o'clock in the afternoon, you would 605 00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:29,440 Speaker 1: never know a human being worked at that desk. Yeah, 606 00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:31,200 Speaker 1: I do. I like to collect everybody. I'd like to 607 00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:34,319 Speaker 1: have everything next to me. I like to Yeah, I'm 608 00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:38,680 Speaker 1: an interior decorator and I like to display. That's all 609 00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:41,239 Speaker 1: I do. You know, just put little knick knacks. If 610 00:35:41,239 --> 00:35:42,719 Speaker 1: you watch, then you can see in front of me. 611 00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:45,120 Speaker 1: I've got a lot of different things here, insane with 612 00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:48,759 Speaker 1: mclovin and h and Fritzie. Yes. McLevin somehow has like 613 00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:51,239 Speaker 1: a thing of sticky notes like in a Broncos case. Yeah, 614 00:35:51,239 --> 00:35:53,040 Speaker 1: I don't know what that is, and somehow it ended 615 00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:55,440 Speaker 1: up on his side of the COVID glass over there. 616 00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:57,960 Speaker 1: I don't know if he's when you set up this 617 00:35:58,040 --> 00:36:01,399 Speaker 1: man cave you got so detailed or yes I did. Yes, 618 00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:05,360 Speaker 1: it was interesting. Yes it worked, Yes it did. But 619 00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:09,920 Speaker 1: elevating the back row so you guys are up a 620 00:36:09,960 --> 00:36:15,640 Speaker 1: little bit higher and just physically elevating you guys, no 621 00:36:15,719 --> 00:36:18,840 Speaker 1: other no other elevation going on there. Just I needed 622 00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:21,480 Speaker 1: to raise you up so I can see Fritzie over 623 00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:23,880 Speaker 1: Pauli's head and I have a straight shot for you. 624 00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:28,040 Speaker 1: Mclov do you remember my first desk? Yeah, it was 625 00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:32,000 Speaker 1: a spool, wouldn't It was like three tires and like 626 00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:36,239 Speaker 1: some Yeah. Yeah, well we didn't know if you were 627 00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:37,960 Speaker 1: there for the long haul, so I didn't want to 628 00:36:37,960 --> 00:36:40,600 Speaker 1: invest in a desk. Yes, Todd, it was a good 629 00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:42,439 Speaker 1: sport with that. I remember that he could barely put 630 00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:44,520 Speaker 1: half of the laptop on that thing. It was hanging 631 00:36:44,520 --> 00:36:46,800 Speaker 1: over the side. He couldn't reach the plug underneath. It 632 00:36:46,920 --> 00:36:49,560 Speaker 1: was a disaster. Thank you, Todd. Let's take a break. 633 00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:54,040 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to The Dan Patrick Show podcast. Be 634 00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:56,640 Speaker 1: sure to catch us live every weekday morning nine until 635 00:36:56,680 --> 00:36:59,680 Speaker 1: noon eastern six to nine Pacific on Fox Sports Radio, 636 00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:02,880 Speaker 1: and you can find us on the iHeartRadio app at 637 00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:09,120 Speaker 1: FSR or stream us live on the Peacock app. Hey, 638 00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:12,520 Speaker 1: I'm Doug Gottlieb. The podcast is called All Ball. We 639 00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:14,839 Speaker 1: usually talk all basketball all the time, but it's more 640 00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:18,600 Speaker 1: about the stories about what made these people love their 641 00:37:18,680 --> 00:37:22,239 Speaker 1: sport and all the interesting interactions along the way. We 642 00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:25,360 Speaker 1: talked to coaches, we talked to players, We tell you stories. 643 00:37:25,880 --> 00:37:28,600 Speaker 1: They download it, you listen to it. I think you 644 00:37:28,719 --> 00:37:31,560 Speaker 1: like it. Listen to All Ball with Doug Gotlieb on 645 00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:36,400 Speaker 1: the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, orherever you get your podcast. 646 00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:41,120 Speaker 1: More phone calls coming up once again, the Nets don't 647 00:37:41,160 --> 00:37:45,080 Speaker 1: have The league required eight available players to proceed with 648 00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:49,239 Speaker 1: their game against the Blazers Thursday night. And then you 649 00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:55,640 Speaker 1: have the Nets Lakers Christmas Night in Los Angeles. Uh yeah, 650 00:37:55,760 --> 00:37:58,360 Speaker 1: G League, you got any guys can come up and 651 00:37:58,480 --> 00:38:04,160 Speaker 1: help us? Yeah, we're good. Whoever doesn't matter? All right, 652 00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:07,719 Speaker 1: some phone calls Andrew and Washington, Hi Andrew, what's on 653 00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:11,799 Speaker 1: your mind? Good morning, Dan and Dan? That's the celebration 654 00:38:11,880 --> 00:38:14,759 Speaker 1: starts tomorrow at noon Eastern, So no need to talk 655 00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:18,600 Speaker 1: about anything. Okay, all right, but hey, I do have 656 00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:20,879 Speaker 1: a stat of the day if I can try one 657 00:38:20,960 --> 00:38:34,800 Speaker 1: more time? Okay, Uh, here we go, Die Die. Lebron 658 00:38:34,920 --> 00:38:37,520 Speaker 1: James was born December thirtieth, nineteen eighty four in turn 659 00:38:37,560 --> 00:38:39,759 Speaker 1: Pro on June twenty six, two thousand and three, when 660 00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:42,000 Speaker 1: he was tix thousand, seven hundred and fifty two days old. 661 00:38:42,239 --> 00:38:44,520 Speaker 1: As of today, Lebron James has spent more than half 662 00:38:44,560 --> 00:38:47,000 Speaker 1: his life as a pro basketball player, at six thousand, 663 00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:49,360 Speaker 1: seven hundred and fifty four days as a pro. And 664 00:38:49,480 --> 00:39:00,360 Speaker 1: that's your stat of the day, alrighty? Die? Like that? 665 00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:05,280 Speaker 1: I like that Tom is calling? Where's Tom calling? From America? 666 00:39:05,600 --> 00:39:11,399 Speaker 1: Tom is calling? From America. Hey Tom, good morning, Dan. 667 00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:15,400 Speaker 1: This is Tom in Nebraska. Actually, by Tom, that's America. 668 00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:20,960 Speaker 1: That's America. Well sometimes we'll see anyway. Well, first of all, 669 00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:24,279 Speaker 1: him back row, McLevin, we're going to mission out. I 670 00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:27,160 Speaker 1: have an athleticism observation for you, and then a follow 671 00:39:27,239 --> 00:39:29,759 Speaker 1: up question. Okay, So in the front row you have 672 00:39:29,880 --> 00:39:33,479 Speaker 1: Seaton Pauli with their dad bought energies. In one quarter, 673 00:39:33,680 --> 00:39:37,000 Speaker 1: you have Todd Fritz with his arms only curls and 674 00:39:37,080 --> 00:39:41,200 Speaker 1: his open mouth breathing while watching women's sports. Seriously, Fritzie, 675 00:39:41,239 --> 00:39:43,960 Speaker 1: I can hear your reason from thirteen hundred miles away 676 00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:47,480 Speaker 1: while watching the National Championship Volleyball game Saturday night. Wow. 677 00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:50,759 Speaker 1: In the other corner, however, you have Andrew Gurla, a 678 00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:54,640 Speaker 1: six foot four silver fox who can shoot. So, Dan, 679 00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:58,120 Speaker 1: my question for you is this, with McLevin leaving tomorrow, 680 00:39:58,440 --> 00:40:01,640 Speaker 1: do you think you're losing your most athletic Stan It not, 681 00:40:01,680 --> 00:40:05,000 Speaker 1: you're most valuable, You're most athletic. But world wants to 682 00:40:05,239 --> 00:40:11,280 Speaker 1: thank you, all right, Thank you, Tom, Tom calling from America. UM, 683 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:16,280 Speaker 1: I'm trying to like I could say mclovin's the most athletic. 684 00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:21,200 Speaker 1: That doesn't make make him athletic, you know by comparison here. Yes, 685 00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:25,120 Speaker 1: there was one moment that changes this entire narrative. Was 686 00:40:25,120 --> 00:40:29,200 Speaker 1: that the weightlifting. No, when Mario missed the shot and 687 00:40:29,320 --> 00:40:32,360 Speaker 1: Seaton's team got knocked out of the AUAA finals, the 688 00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:35,440 Speaker 1: Seton's team. There was a very small point spread on 689 00:40:35,640 --> 00:40:39,640 Speaker 1: my AUA team versus his AUAA team. So if Seaton 690 00:40:39,719 --> 00:40:42,279 Speaker 1: had won the AUAA tournament, we might be talking a 691 00:40:42,320 --> 00:40:49,200 Speaker 1: completely different story. No, you're a better basketball player. You're stronger, Um, 692 00:40:50,120 --> 00:40:54,640 Speaker 1: you're faster. No you're not. I think you are. Or 693 00:40:54,680 --> 00:40:58,600 Speaker 1: didn't you win the race? Yeah? That eight years ago? 694 00:40:59,200 --> 00:41:03,120 Speaker 1: Did you win the race when we did the mascots? Yes, okay, 695 00:41:05,160 --> 00:41:07,040 Speaker 1: you guys also did one hundred meter dash and you 696 00:41:07,120 --> 00:41:10,600 Speaker 1: lost a Paulie. Wait, I did you got d C 697 00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:18,560 Speaker 1: a team of lawyers who when I'm not otherwise, Um, yeah, 698 00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:22,879 Speaker 1: McLevin is our most athletic Dan. Yes, I don't even 699 00:41:22,880 --> 00:41:25,160 Speaker 1: really think it's a question. Yeah, of course he is. No. 700 00:41:25,360 --> 00:41:27,680 Speaker 1: Seedon is the most naturally gifted athlete of the four 701 00:41:27,680 --> 00:41:31,560 Speaker 1: of us. I think, well he played even remotely athletic. 702 00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:34,360 Speaker 1: Did you play like big varsity soccer in baseball? No? 703 00:41:34,719 --> 00:41:38,000 Speaker 1: I played sports growing up. Yeah, I mean high school sports. 704 00:41:38,040 --> 00:41:43,120 Speaker 1: Like when you say naturally gifted, that's a little bit 705 00:41:43,120 --> 00:41:46,920 Speaker 1: of a stretch. Well, I'm playing he's he's naturally athletic. 706 00:41:47,040 --> 00:41:51,640 Speaker 1: But I don't know if they're the gift gifts, right, jeffs. 707 00:41:52,440 --> 00:41:55,279 Speaker 1: Maybe that's what they are. You're naturally jifted. If only 708 00:41:55,320 --> 00:41:58,919 Speaker 1: I had applied myself, was every parent teacher conference ever? 709 00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:01,160 Speaker 1: Oh well, you know, if only he applied himself. That 710 00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:04,080 Speaker 1: goes the same thing with fitness. If only I applied myself, 711 00:42:04,080 --> 00:42:06,640 Speaker 1: I could probably be in pretty good shape. Yeah, yeah, Polly, 712 00:42:06,680 --> 00:42:09,040 Speaker 1: I could comfortably say I'm the least athletic person here. 713 00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:12,200 Speaker 1: Fritzie is not what you'd say is in great shame. No, no, no, 714 00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:15,919 Speaker 1: but I think than Fritzie. It's possible. But I'm saying, 715 00:42:15,960 --> 00:42:17,640 Speaker 1: like when we let's say Fritzie and I were in 716 00:42:17,680 --> 00:42:19,480 Speaker 1: the same exact shape, I think he would be better 717 00:42:19,520 --> 00:42:22,600 Speaker 1: athletically at events than me. I'm competitive. I have no 718 00:42:22,760 --> 00:42:25,040 Speaker 1: athletic ability at any space. No, you make up for 719 00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:28,279 Speaker 1: your lack of athleticism with your competitiveness. That's the only 720 00:42:28,320 --> 00:42:31,279 Speaker 1: way to do it. Yes, yeah, and Todd doesn't have 721 00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:33,560 Speaker 1: I was a two time Little League All star age 722 00:42:33,560 --> 00:42:35,799 Speaker 1: eleven and twelve. But that is, you know, forty years so, 723 00:42:35,960 --> 00:42:38,759 Speaker 1: forty years ago, I was quite the player. I was 724 00:42:38,840 --> 00:42:43,200 Speaker 1: left the pitcher. Yeah, hit for power, for getting on bases. Yeah, 725 00:42:43,239 --> 00:42:45,799 Speaker 1: you also complained that the kids were making fun of you. 726 00:42:46,080 --> 00:42:47,759 Speaker 1: I did when I was eight years old. I called 727 00:42:47,760 --> 00:42:49,960 Speaker 1: timeout and I complained to the coach, and the manager 728 00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:51,960 Speaker 1: told me to tell the home plate umpire what my 729 00:42:51,960 --> 00:42:53,600 Speaker 1: problem was. Like, Oh, can tell him to stop making 730 00:42:53,719 --> 00:42:56,440 Speaker 1: so much noise. I'm trying to concentrate son, Get back 731 00:42:56,440 --> 00:43:00,120 Speaker 1: out on the mountain pitch. Thank you, Todd. Yes, mclen all, 732 00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:02,400 Speaker 1: he's a good like at shooting sports, at race car driving. 733 00:43:02,400 --> 00:43:06,439 Speaker 1: Are those sports like archery and rifle? Yan, I don't 734 00:43:06,440 --> 00:43:08,600 Speaker 1: want to go down this road because no matter what 735 00:43:08,719 --> 00:43:11,480 Speaker 1: I say, I'm going to get deluged with phone calls. 736 00:43:11,800 --> 00:43:15,600 Speaker 1: PAULI is good at unique sports. How's that? Yes? If 737 00:43:15,600 --> 00:43:17,400 Speaker 1: I can be good at it, it can't be that 738 00:43:17,560 --> 00:43:20,799 Speaker 1: taxing of a sport. Archery, you, basire, is trying to 739 00:43:20,840 --> 00:43:23,399 Speaker 1: stand as motionless as you can mission accomplished. I could 740 00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:25,839 Speaker 1: do that driving a car. 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