May 13, 2024 • 41 mins
Dan and the Danettes discuss the reality of the home court advantage in the NBA Playoffs. And Dan weighs in on the Atlanta Hawks winning the NBA Draft Lottery and lack of excitement surrounding this upcoming draft class. And former NBA legend Wally Szczerbiak stops by to weigh in on the NBA Playoffs.
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Rumor has it there were two basketball games yesterday. I
remember seeing one. Welcome to the program. I hope you
had a great weekend. Everybody, gangs all here, ready to go.
The Nuggets had won back to back games in Minnesota.
After Minnesota one back to back games in Denver. That
series tied to two games apiece, and the Pacers won
two in a row over the Knicks. That series tied
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All of that forthcoming. Wally Zerbiak, former NBA player now
an analyst for the Knicks, will analyze exactly what happened
yesterday in Indianapolis. Not much so maybe Wally only joins
us for a couple of minutes, other than to say,
you know what, I'm going to rest up as well
for Game five because the Knicks did as well. So
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Wally will join us coming up, Seaton, what's poll question
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Speaker 3 (01:39):
Yes, Seaton O'Connor, is home court advantage real?
Speaker 4 (01:42):
Yes?
Speaker 5 (01:42):
Or no?
Speaker 3 (01:43):
Oh didn't?
Speaker 2 (01:44):
We have a professor and I don't know what his
professor degree or whatever is doctor it was in, but
I think it had to do with the psychological aspect
of a.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
Home court advantage. Yes, point, yeah, we discussed this long
time ago.
Speaker 6 (02:00):
I think we're discussing football, and we had a professor
at a big college send us a note that said,
there are some studies that say the facts say it's real.
Where like the results of the game, say it's real,
but how do you get there? And it says like
it's almost like a placebo effect if you believe something's
going to happen at will. We're so conditioned, at least
in American sports, to believe that it's going to be
easier because we're at home. You play looser, and vice
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versa hostile environment, you play tighter, and thus perception becomes
reality with the results of those games. Also, there's a
professor at Yale University who went step by step, sport
by sport and found out which sports had the most
home field.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Advantage and which sports do Who wants to guess the
best home court advantage.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
And think of all sports, not just maybe NFL, and
be a little hint there. I'm going to go hockey, soccer.
I'm going to go sock. Soccer is correct, Dan, I'm
gonna go saki. Saki is correct. That's soccer and hockey combine.
Speaker 6 (03:00):
In basketball, NBA teams win sixty two point seven percent
of their home games. In baseball it's only fifty four percent.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
Big difference.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Okay, that sounds like a stat of the day, Marvin.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
Stat of the day. Stat of the day. Come on,
let's go now, come on day, not the weekend anymore.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Bub here it comes that what stat of the day?
Speaker 7 (03:25):
Alrighty, yes, is that real or is it a mental thing?
Like Paul is saying, well.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
I think there's a mental aspect, but there still has
to be the physical aspect of actually going out and
playing performing. You know, you got players like Minnesota's at
home and they lost both of those games. You had
the defending shams came in there and almost amped up
even more because on the road they have to win.
Speaker 4 (03:51):
Well.
Speaker 7 (03:51):
It is interesting, though, to say that it is mental,
because so much of sports is mindset and is mental,
you know, right, yes, aside from the physical part of it,
which is obviously a big one, but the mental part
of his massive.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Well, I think you have to be at a certain
level talent wise to get to be a professional. Then
you factor in the other things of your approach, you know,
the mental aspect of this. We're on the road or
you're playing against certain players a certain team. So yes,
there's a lot of thinking that goes in before you
start to perform, because usually when you start to perform,
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you're not thinking as much the preparation going into a game.
Do you prepare more because you're on the road. Do
you prepare more you're at home?
Speaker 8 (04:33):
You know.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
I always liked, you know, just the backdrop when you're shooting.
When I was at home playing a home game, just
the backdrop, it was comfortable. A lot of times you'll
go to an arena or a gym and you'll go
depth perception wise, or if you're playing in a big
arena or a dome, in just that background. You know,
football field, certain fields feel different, look different. I remember
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going to Green Bay the first time and I was
amaz that they painted grass on the dirt, you know,
towards the end zone, and you know, just location of stands,
the fans, you know. So I guess there's a lot
of things that you could factor into this. Indiana going home,
I'm not surprised they won both of those games. Minnesota
going staying at home, and Denver comes there and they
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lose both of those. I was surprised at that. Denver,
you know, this is what we expect out of Denver.
You're supposed to win games, big games, and they prove that.
Dallas going to Oklahoma City, I'm not surprised they've won.
An Oka see Oka see still understanding learning how to
play in these big games. And I also think you
have to factor in the experience that players have, coaches
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have when you go into these games. How many times
have you been in this, you know, the number of
times that you're you know, involved in something and then
you do it again, and then you do it again.
It's like the first time we did our Super Bowl
show in Miami, I'm like, oh my god. You know,
we're on the road. I have no idea what's going
to happen. It's rain in Miami, we're outside, what guests
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are showing up? You know, just the comfort level now
when we go to the Super Bowl, like you know Vegas. Now,
you know what you're doing, what to expect, and everybody
else does. So even though you're on the road, you
try to create that kind of home feel there.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
Yeah, Pauline.
Speaker 6 (06:18):
This Yale study was from a few years ago, goes
step by step through the conditions for home field advantage
and they said, surprisingly weather teams don't do better, like
Green Bay has no statistical advantage by playing at home
over other teams.
Speaker 3 (06:32):
They this is good, they used.
Speaker 6 (06:35):
They said the biggest factor for home field advantage is
wants to guess it the biggest factor where they could
prove it with statistics referees. They said it's a fact
and it's a proven fact that you get more calls
at home, you also get more calls in tight situations
at end of games. They said this was pervasive in
all sports soccer, hockey, basketball, football.
Speaker 2 (06:56):
Any coach complaining about the officiating over the weekend felt
like that's what everybody was doing prior to the weekend.
Rint Carlyle Okay, I did, Now, if I'm Rick Carlile,
I say hey, you know, we won those games, but
we noticed there were twenty nine calls that we want
the league to see, like, don't stop. Like you won,
don't stop. I would go wire to wire and just say, hey,
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we're going to single out. You know you're going to
get more calls. As I said, they'll go home and
we won't hear anything about this. Maybe hear something about
it from the Knicks and you know, Thibodeau, I think
after game three did say something. Yesterday had no room
to say anything. By the way, eight seven seven three
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I hope it was a spectacular one, and those who
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better Mother's Day, as we always do every Monday, best
and worst of the weekend. What you saw that you
liked you didn't like? Eight seven seven three DP show
what other pole questudents do you have? Their seaton?
Speaker 7 (08:01):
Which two two series in the NBA is really tied? Meta,
it's not all of those losses feel the same.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
Well, the Knicks can't keep this up. We've said this before,
even when they're winning, that you don't have six players.
Now they don't even have that. I mean they basically
raise the white flag at halftime. I mean, you just
got that feeling. Indiana was up. Indiana is a better team.
That doesn't mean the better team always wins. But now
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you know, just the injuries and the attrition here for
the nixt it'll be really difficult to beat this team
in seven games. It will be and the fact that
og A Nanobi not able to play in these games.
Really they don't have any depth. Minnesota. Now you go
to Denver, Denver wins that game. I think most of
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us are going to think that Denver is going to
win this series, and this was, you know, coronation.
Speaker 3 (09:01):
Steven A.
Speaker 2 (09:01):
Smith said he wouldn't be surprised that Minnesota sweeps Denver
like slowed down. He's been covering the NBA long enough
to know it's really hard to beat somebody four consecutive games,
especially a team that's not in the playoffs very often
in you're facing the defending champs, like defending champ. When's
the last time a defending champ was swept in a
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series the following year? But yes, stephen A was quick
to proclaim, you know that all of a sudden, Minnesota
they're here.
Speaker 3 (09:32):
Yes they are.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
That doesn't mean they're ready to win, or that doesn't
mean that Denver is ready to lose. Like you got
a factor that in as well, and Joker played well.
Murray played well. In fact, Murray right before halftime, and
here's the call.
Speaker 9 (09:49):
Edwards tossed the ball with a turnover most Denberty cover
at the other road other times, and he kits it
to go in the clock Courtland.
Speaker 1 (09:59):
That's inter.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
Shot Kevin Harlan and Reggie Miller on the call as
Jamal Murray right before the buzzer, and give credit to
the Nuggets played well start to finish. And if you're Minnesota,
Anthony Edwards gave you forty four. This series isn't about
Anthony Edwards. It's about everybody else. When everybody else plays
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well offensively, defensively, then they can beat Denver. Anthony Edwards
by himself will not beat Denver, but give credit to Denver.
You go to Minnesota and you win an impressive fashion there.
Now you go back home, supposed to take care of
business in game five? All right, any other poll questions there,
I'm gonna start hour one with those. We'll keep it
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in the NBA.
Speaker 7 (10:54):
We also have which team up to one makes you
most nervous. The MAVs are the celt.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
All the maps they do, Yeah, yeah, because I don't
know how a healthy Luca is. And you know, maybe
OKC starts to figure this out a little bit, what
they're supposed to do when they're supposed to do it.
But I mean Boston, Boston has one of these games,
sometimes two of these games, and they've had their bad game,
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they've had their embarrassing moment there. I would be surprised
if Cleveland wins another game.
Speaker 5 (11:27):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (11:27):
But Dallas, Yeah, that's going to be a little bit
more challenging. It will be.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
We'll get phone calls best and worst of the weekend
and while he Zerbiak will join us coming up. I
gave you the points spreads for tonight. Congratulations to the
Detroit Pistons. You're bad, but you're not good enough to
be bad enough to win the number one overall pick.
And in a year where the WNBA had an unbelievable draft,
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the NBA looks like on paper it's going to be
very boring. And you're Atlanta Hawks. Come on down, you
got the nonumber one pick. Yeah, yeah, what.
Speaker 3 (12:03):
Are you going to do with that? Say hello to
Anthony Sar.
Speaker 2 (12:08):
He is the odds on favored according to DraftKings, to
be the number one pick. Leave it to the Hawks
that they get the French guy after the French guy
from last year. Hey, we got our French guy. Oh
he's not like Victor Wembayana.
Speaker 3 (12:21):
No he's not.
Speaker 2 (12:22):
But Anthony Sar expected to be number one the first
American player, Reed Shepherd out of Kentucky. Also Donovan Klingen
from Yukon also thrown in there as well. I don't
know if the now this is what happens. This could
be one of those drafts where the best player is
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taking tenth overall. Maybe your early picks aren't great players,
but there's gonna be a couple of players where you go, God,
they could have gotten him with the thirteenth pick. That's
going to be a guy. Yeah, for sure, at least one.
There will be one of those guys. But the Pistons,
they had the worst record. You know, one of these
years the Lions are going to have more wins than
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the Pistons, feels like. But when they have fourteen wins
and then you don't have the number one overall pick,
you're picking number five here and Atlanta had like a
three percent chance of winning the lottery.
Speaker 6 (13:17):
Yes, Paul, you're saying this draft doesn't have a lot
of star power. Oh okay, okay, yeah, nice single.
Speaker 3 (13:24):
Early it's early baseednot base not.
Speaker 2 (13:28):
I was also curious over unders in case you're curious,
Sga over under and uh Luca over under for the
big game coming up tonight, have that for you as
well as Donovan Mitchell. Donovan Mitchell, you can pretty much
pencil him in for thirty plus. So we'll take a
break while the Zerbiak will join us, a former player
(13:49):
and a Nicks analyst, and your phone calls are always welcome.
Best and worst of the weekend. We will get to
those coming up shortly back after this Dan Patrick show.
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Speaker 2 (14:39):
We'll talk to former Minnesota Timberwolve while he's Zerbiak, he's
a Knicks analyst and he'll join us. Coming up here
momentarily as the Knicks didn't put up a fight yesterday,
and it was one of those damned if you do,
damned if you don't. Social media was saying, I can't
believe Timbs is giving up already, and then the other
part was, Hey, now's the time to take out your
(15:01):
starters and let them rest. And I'm thinking their starters
are their bench, and their bench is their starters, So
just get Brunson out of there for the most part
and hopefully no more injuries.
Speaker 6 (15:11):
Yeah, Pauline, you know, I saw a couple of people
on sports media said the Nicks quit at one point yesterday,
And we're really hesitant about saying stuff like that with
pro players, But is there dis quit and realizing today's
not your day? Because that's what it felt like at
some point. I think they realized this is not happening.
Speaker 2 (15:27):
Yeah, this wasn't the example I would use and say
they quit. I just don't know if they ever got started.
Speaker 7 (15:34):
Yeah that, Yeah, I don't have any problem with that
kind of thing, Like are we going to really try
to climb this mountain of a comeback right now? Or
should we just call this one a loss? See again
Game four?
Speaker 3 (15:44):
Yeah, they need to rest. Game five.
Speaker 2 (15:46):
Yes, they need to rest Game five. Wally Zurbiank, the
Knicks color analyst, former Timberwolf great, joining us on the program.
All right, how would you describe the Knicks effort yesterday?
Speaker 11 (15:57):
Wally Well Josh Sharts said, you know, they didn't have
the energy required to compete yesterday. And this team, you know,
they don't make excuses. Tom Thibodeau doesn't make excuses. Obviously,
they're decimated with injuries for three starters and four impact
front court players not in the lineup. When you look
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at Bogdanovich, Julius Randall, Mitchell Robinson, and now Ognanobi, who
is a key piece obviously this team on both ends
of the floor, especially defensively guarding Pascal Siakam. At the
same time, the team realizes that's to two. They had
a big time opportunity to pull off that win in
Game three, and that slipped out of their hands. They
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missed a couple layups and transition, they missed a couple
free throws, and then them hard hit a thirty five
footer to ice that game away, and they had an
opportunity to go up three to zero, and then on
the quick turnaround in afternoon game. You know, with all
the minutes those guys have been playing, I think it
kind of caught up to him yesterday and they didn't
have the adrenaline and the emotional energy to compete. At
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the same time, it's a three game series and two
out of three are at the world's most famous arena,
MSG where the Knicks are playing great basketball.
Speaker 2 (17:09):
Who has the advantage, Well, it looks like the momentum
has definitely swung in the PACER's way.
Speaker 11 (17:18):
The Knicks are going to have to show early on
in that game that they're there to compete. I think
the next still at the advantage because home court is
huge and Indiana hasn't proven that they can win in
that building in this series. But at the same time,
with the way the Knicks are dealing with the injuries
they're dealing with, they're gonna have to come up with
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a heroic effort to win Game five.
Speaker 3 (17:40):
His home court advantage real in the NBA.
Speaker 5 (17:44):
Absolutely, especially in the playoffs.
Speaker 11 (17:47):
We're not seeing it in the Denver series in the
Minnesota series, But at the same time, it's tough to
win on the road in the regular season, and then
it carries over even more in the playoffs, like that
crowd at Indianapolis yesterday was electric. I mean the emotion,
the energy, the momentum that they gave their players, especially
early on in that game. That's what home court advantage
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can do. And the Knicks fans have been crazy, you know,
they've been awesome. They actually going to need that emotional
support and that lift. They're going to need that adrenaline push.
But quite honestly, if Jalen Brunston doesn't play well, then
the Knicks are not going to win. You know, he
struggled the last two games. He's dealing with that foot injury.
When he plays well, that's when all the role players
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fall into place. If he doesn't play well, the Knicks
just don't have enough creative scoring to create good shots
on the offensive end of the floor to compete with
the high octane offense of the Pacers.
Speaker 3 (18:43):
But then you have to factor in officials.
Speaker 2 (18:45):
Why is it it feels like officials favor the home team.
It's a fact that you're going to get more calls
when you're at home.
Speaker 5 (18:53):
Yeah, that's the case.
Speaker 11 (18:55):
I always found the best officials that ever I ever
worked with were the ones that didn't let the crowd
affect their calls.
Speaker 5 (19:01):
Guys like Steve.
Speaker 11 (19:02):
Javvy, you know, Minnie McCutcheon, guys like that, they just
were solids.
Speaker 5 (19:07):
You know.
Speaker 11 (19:08):
Scott Foster is another one that comes to mind, where
he makes the right call no matter what. He's not
influenced by the fans. He's not influenced by the momentum
and the emotion of the game.
Speaker 5 (19:17):
Uh.
Speaker 11 (19:18):
They just make the call, and they make the call
when they see it. So you know, that's what the
NBA is trying to get to. At the same time,
you know, sometimes you can't hear yourself think in certain
moments in those games. It's so loud in those arenas.
So maybe officials, you know, they see things one way,
but the noise and the and the and the and
the crowd is making things their mind's foggy. Then they
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might get it calls wrong. Listen, their jobs are tough.
You know, those l two m's when they come out,
you know, you see those blades in real time and
then once you dissect them over and over and over.
I think that's the only reason maybe they get some
of those calls wrong. I think the officials are doing
as much as they can to get the calls. Right,
They're the best official in the business that I've seen
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in any sport, at any you know, level of basketball.
So there is some element of human error and you
have to just go by with what they say.
Speaker 2 (20:09):
Okay, you're not to mention any names. I mean you can,
but an official where you go, you know what, he's
favoring this player for this team.
Speaker 11 (20:20):
There's not in my experience, there's never been any officials
that are like that.
Speaker 2 (20:25):
Wait, you never thought like Jordan was getting too many calls,
Kobe never, No, honestly phantom phantom calls where you're going,
Wait a minute, nobody touched him.
Speaker 11 (20:39):
No, Like you know, I played ten years in the NBA.
I think I got five technical fouls. I just believed
that the officials the NBA, you know, gets the best
in the business.
Speaker 5 (20:50):
You know, they're trained, you know, to the highest of level.
Speaker 11 (20:54):
I will say one thing about when I played compared
to now, I think there are a lot of there's
a lot of turnover and officials. So some of the
officials are not as experienced, so they haven't been in
big moments like some of the more experience, Like experience
is the most important thing an official.
Speaker 5 (21:10):
In my opinion.
Speaker 11 (21:12):
But I used to go out there and trust their judgment.
I used to play the game, you know. I used
to you know, not be a flopper. I used to
believe that. You know, you go out there and you
just play your game. You know those guys that complain
all the time to the officials. If I put myself
in an official shoes, I would be like, just leave
me alone, let me do my job, Like, you're not
going to influence me one way or another by just
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every time I blow the whistle running over to me
and needing to have a conversation with me.
Speaker 5 (21:38):
I don't need that.
Speaker 3 (21:39):
Were you trying to get cacorated by being a nice guys?
What you're saying?
Speaker 2 (21:43):
So you you took the opposite approach, like I'm going
to suck up to these guys, Hey, Scott, nice call
there and you pat them on the rear end.
Speaker 11 (21:52):
Yeah, you like if you notice a lot of European players,
this is one thing. My dad played for Real Madrid
in Europe, So when he got called for a foul,
he would raise his hand.
Speaker 5 (22:01):
He'd be like that that fouls on me.
Speaker 11 (22:03):
You look over the scorers table and try to help
out the scorers table. That was his his his attitude, like,
these guys have a really tough job.
Speaker 5 (22:11):
Okay, obviously these calls, some of them can go fifty
to fifty.
Speaker 11 (22:15):
There's a reason why we have replaying challenges, which I
think is a great addition to the NBA.
Speaker 5 (22:21):
I think we should.
Speaker 11 (22:22):
Add more challenges for the coaching staff because it's so
tough to get those calls right, and you have to
get those calls right in a close game with so
much on the line in these playoff games. So my
attitude was that, you know, I think officiating has been
you know, suspected times, but for the most part, it's
as good as you're going to get. It an an
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emotional game, in a physical game like that, and you
got to live with the decisions of those officials.
Speaker 2 (22:48):
We're talking a while. The Zerbiyank, he's the next color analyst.
Former Minnesota Timberwolf sixth pick overall, I believe in the
nineteen ninety nine draft, Explain to me who has the
advantage with the Nuggets and the Timberwolf.
Speaker 5 (23:00):
Now, it's definitely the Nuggets.
Speaker 11 (23:03):
They just stomped their foot on the timber Wolves and
said we're the reigning champs for a reason you came
in our building. You stole two wins, but we are
not going anywhere. And I've said I think they're the
favorites to win back to back and win the NBA Championship.
I've said that all season long. I think Michael Malone
is the best coach in the NBA. And I'm not
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going to say it's not even close, but that guy's
just a flat out great coach. He knows how to
motivate his guys. He's got the best player on the
planet in my opinion, in Nicola Jokic on that roster,
and then he's got great pieces around that around him.
The way Aaron Gordon shooting the basketball, the way Iron
Gordon's playing, the athleticism that he has. This team looks
pretty focused to go back to back and they're not
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going to go out by you know, losing their first
two games at home. They came back and showed what
they're made of championship medal.
Speaker 2 (23:57):
Are you okay with the comparisons with Anthony Edwards and
Michael Jordan.
Speaker 11 (24:02):
I am, Listen, He's not you know, in that conversation yet,
but as far as his attitude, his killer instinct, you know,
it's all about winning for him.
Speaker 5 (24:13):
He's only twenty two years old.
Speaker 11 (24:14):
The athleticism, you know, just the durability that he's showing
at an early age. There's a lot of comparisons that
you can make, very similar to Kobe Bryant, like in
order to be in that conversation. Listen, nobody's maybe ever
going to reach you know, Michael Jordan's the greatest of
all time in my opinion, and it's you know, a
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big number two is way behind him. It's just because
of the mental aspect his mind. It's just he never
lost when he he never lost in the biggest moments.
And you know, Anthony Edwards is trying to get to
that point where it's just all about winning when it
matters at the most crucial moments. And the way he
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played last night, he was outstanding. And you know his
teammates got a kind of follow that lead and help
him out because his theories is going to be interesting
the way it's.
Speaker 5 (25:03):
Going to end up.
Speaker 2 (25:04):
And you were a rookie in nineteen ninety nine, what
was your welcome to the league moment? Who who welcomed
you to the NBA.
Speaker 5 (25:12):
Welcome to the league moment? I would say.
Speaker 11 (25:15):
It was the first time we played the Utah Jazz
and I tried to take a charge and call him alone,
and he brought his knee right into my solo plexism
I sternam and it was the charge.
Speaker 5 (25:27):
I got the charge, but it did not feel good.
Speaker 11 (25:31):
And he stood over me just laughing like, welcome to
the NBA.
Speaker 5 (25:37):
I'll never forget that.
Speaker 3 (25:39):
Did you ever posterize somebody on a dunk?
Speaker 8 (25:43):
Yeah?
Speaker 11 (25:43):
You know when I was younger, you know, I used
to catch a few dunks here and there. I'm trying
to I caught Tim Duncan once late in my career.
I caught tjerk Nobitski once. A few highlights rolling around
on YouTube if you want to check them out. You know,
I had a few sneaky dunk moments when I got
that one handed Stef Liberty going. So there's a few
out there back in the day.
Speaker 2 (26:04):
That's pretty good. Hey, great to talk to you again.
As always, Thank you, Wally.
Speaker 11 (26:09):
My pleasure. It's always great to come on and let's
go next. Let's see if think a bounce back.
Speaker 2 (26:12):
That's Wally Zerbiak. He's the nixt color analyst and he
remember the all rookie team. He was an All Star
in two thousand and two. It's always nice, you know,
when YouTube can bring back some of those highlights, because
I wouldn't think that Wally Zerbiak would be a guy
who would be dunking on Tim Duncan of all people,
and Dirk Novitsky. But you also have those moments where
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somebody will say, oh, man, I dunked on that guy,
and it's basically a guy wasn't guarding you, and then
he went over to try to help and got over
there too late, and then you dunked on him. But
as far as I'm dunking on you, the best in well,
there's two best in game dunkers. Doctor j was spectacular,
and I remember watching him in the ABA against the
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Kentucky Colonels who had a big front line, and he
would just kind of pick up a rebound and go
right back up and throw it down in dan Issel's
face or Bobby Jones. And then Dominique Wilkins was as
good of an in game in traffic dunker that I've
ever seen. And Mike of course is always going to
be in that conversation, but Dominique usually didn't dunk one
(27:19):
handed he dun'k He did a tomahawk dunk, and he
was going to hurt people if you were gonna go
up and try to get it. But Doctor Jay had
that big paw that he would just grab the ball
and he'd go up and he'd throw it down. But
in game, it's a whole lot different. A lot of
guys can dunk, a lot of guys can dunk, and
you're a second late getting over.
Speaker 3 (27:37):
But when it's you and it's.
Speaker 2 (27:39):
Me and I'm coming and you know it and then
you dunk, that's when you get people's attention.
Speaker 6 (27:43):
Yeah, PAULI a couple more in game dunkers. They only
did it really the first half of their career. Blake Griffin,
young Blake Griffin went at everybody you know you kind
of forget, and young Sean Kemp they were going for
the dunk before everything else.
Speaker 3 (27:58):
I'd say those two. Yeah, Sean Camp.
Speaker 2 (27:59):
I remember the NBA Finals against the Bulls, and I've
said it before and even a couple of Bulls acknowledged this.
Michael did not that Sean camp was the best player
on the floor in a couple of those games, Like
you're watching me, you're going damn yeah.
Speaker 12 (28:13):
Mark, there's one big omission that we're missing. Vince Carter.
Speaker 3 (28:18):
Yeah yeah. I mean his biggest dunk was in the Olympics.
Speaker 12 (28:23):
I mean he didn't dunk on someone. He dunked over
some eyes. Yeah, he jumped over someone.
Speaker 3 (28:28):
In the game. Yeah yeah, but it was Frederick Weiss and.
Speaker 12 (28:31):
He dunked on the Tumble's rookie year. Oh, he's got
some in my house.
Speaker 2 (28:36):
By the way, defending NBA champs swept in a series
the following year. This happened in twenty twelve. If you
said the Dallas Mavericks, you would be correct. They got
swept by OKCO.
Speaker 10 (28:52):
Stand the day Stan Dayta day outa day.
Speaker 3 (28:59):
This is stat on the Nest, just out of the day.
Speaker 2 (29:02):
Brought to you by a Panini American. The official trading
cards for the Dan Patrick Show. Happened to the Lakers
in twenty eleven. The Mavericks swept them. Happened to the
Miami Heat. That was in two thousand and seven. The
Bulls swept them in the first round. Go back to
the Rockets nineteen ninety six, Seattle swept them. The Pistons
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in nineteen ninety one, the Bulls swept them the Lakers.
That was the NBA Finals nineteen eighty nine. Pistons swept them.
Speaker 3 (29:32):
The Lakers.
Speaker 2 (29:33):
They were swept by the Sixers in the nineteen eighty
three NBA Finals. So it's happened. It's not going to
happen with the Denver Nuggets this year. But Stephen A
saying that Minnesota was going to sweep Denver, it certainly
looked like that. But he's been around long enough to
know it's really really difficult to pull something like that off.
(29:56):
How about a couple of phone calls here, Best and
worst of the weekend, Doug in North Carol is back, Doug,
welcome back, Best and worst?
Speaker 4 (30:04):
Well, my best is your friends at Pro Football Talk,
perhaps inspired by your show this on Friday, they dropped
an article on former NFL receiver Devin Funches. Do you
remember Devin?
Speaker 3 (30:15):
Yes? Yes?
Speaker 4 (30:16):
Do you have any clue what he's doing now?
Speaker 3 (30:19):
No?
Speaker 5 (30:20):
He is the first.
Speaker 4 (30:21):
Former football player to sign a professional basketball contract. This
was a big part of your conversation. He's playing with
some team in Columbia. And I think if your argument
is that more NBA players can make it into the NFL,
I agree with that, but it's not because necessarily they're
better athletes. I think it's just because there's more places
they could plug into. Any NBA player could play a
(30:45):
role on special teams. But for the first time, you
have Devin Funches, who is playing with some team in Columbia,
South America, who is the first time trying it the
other way.
Speaker 3 (30:54):
Thank you, Doug. Yeah, I think I saw the article.
Speaker 2 (30:57):
I didn't read the article, and it was somebody who
was going to play basketball overseas who had played in
the NFL.
Speaker 3 (31:02):
So thank you for giving me details.
Speaker 6 (31:05):
Yes, yeah, fun just had a nice pro career in
the NFL. He, according to the article, made a promise
to his grandfather that he would play win a Super Bowl,
play professional basketball, and then become a farmer. So he's
on leg two of this and it's the Caribbean Storm
of the Professional Columbia Basketball League. Good squad. Yeah, Oh there,
(31:25):
Juggernaut Cariban Storm. Yes, that will run punch you in
the face. Oh, okay, I'm gonna go with that. I'm
gonna I'm gonna go tours.
Speaker 2 (31:35):
Yeah, tourism. Uh Kevin in Lake Tahoe, keV. How's the
snow out there?
Speaker 8 (31:45):
Oh, it's finally melting. A little bit, but you know,
a little two foot storm two weeks ago, gotten a
nice little potter day to end the year. So but
thank you for taking it. Guys, Good morning. My beast
of the week is Roy McElroy h double game number
eighteen to seventy second hole yet still winning by five
after starting from behind to start the day. Pretty impressive
(32:07):
and means to say there. And then my worst of
the week is the NBA and just generally the parody
me planning my evenings to go watch these games and
I flip them on and they're they're they're near unwatchable.
So may have to keep the playoffs off except for
the Timberwolves Minnesota, maybe this week could look pretty fun,
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but the rest of the series are are almost unwatchable
until he gets to the finals or at least the
seventy five.
Speaker 2 (32:35):
Well, I think you're being a little rough on the
NBA there. I thought that there was still some pretty
good basketball. You know, the next game wasn't good at all.
Just the fact that Minnesota goes home and Denver goes
in there and takes both of those games, and you
got to see Aaron Gordon was great. He made his
first ten shots, he didn't miss until three and a
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half minutes left in the game. When you have that
Jamal Murray and then you have the joker, that's gonna
be a CounterPunch to anything Minnesota puts up there. If
Anthony Edwards is the only guy really putting up any
scoring and he had forty four, all right, we'll take
a break. Got our play of the day coming up.
More phone calls. We know the first game of the
NFL the regular season that Thursday night. I think they
(33:20):
could have picked a better opponent for the Chiefs. We'll
talk about that coming up next.
Speaker 1 (33:24):
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Speaker 6 (33:33):
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Speaker 3 (33:37):
Of the day, God play. This is the play of
the day.
Speaker 5 (33:44):
Check this out.
Speaker 10 (33:44):
Blues Paul Jokis crock court quarter two heads Devers drops
sixty one on Minnesota.
Speaker 1 (33:52):
They throw it.
Speaker 3 (33:52):
Away very great.
Speaker 8 (33:55):
Oh my God, from behind the.
Speaker 3 (33:58):
Half court line.
Speaker 4 (34:00):
Any buddies foll the slate except for being Jamobury hendc Ding.
Speaker 2 (34:05):
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up the season. Defending champs always open up the season
at home. It's on a Thursday night. We just got
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word that it'll be the Baltimore Ravens, so you'll have
the defending MVP against the defending champs. I thought there
was a better opponent. Now.
Speaker 3 (35:01):
I think the Ravens are a really good team. I do.
Speaker 2 (35:04):
I don't think they're an exciting team, the Baltimore Ravens. Yeah,
I don't find them exciting. I find them really good,
not exciting.
Speaker 5 (35:14):
I don't.
Speaker 2 (35:15):
I mean, Lamar can be exciting, but I mean they
never have any running backs.
Speaker 7 (35:20):
Is there a more exciting player in the NFL than
Lamar Jackson? Or how many more are there?
Speaker 3 (35:25):
Not many?
Speaker 2 (35:26):
Yeah, you're right, but I just don't find them exciting.
Speaker 3 (35:33):
I don't.
Speaker 2 (35:35):
Really good. Don't find them exciting. He's really exciting the team,
no thin, got a couple of you know, your tight
end is really good, Flowers really good. Okay, and they
play really good defense. But I thought there was a
better opponent for the Chiefs to open up the season,
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PAULI who Now you got to take? Who their home
games are going to be?
Speaker 1 (36:01):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (36:01):
Yeah, you have to have the because they do play
the Niners, but they play the Niners on the road.
I think I got it, Okay.
Speaker 6 (36:07):
I think you would like to see the Chiefs versus
the Houston.
Speaker 2 (36:11):
Texas I ain't. You're wrong, Paulie is wrong. Seatan Miami Dolphins,
You're wrong, Marvin.
Speaker 12 (36:21):
The dever Broncos, you're wrong. Todd Harbaugh's debut at Division.
Speaker 2 (36:27):
Yes, yes, the Chargers. So you get Jim against John
you got him. And with the Chargers you got Justin Herbert,
you got you got some star power there.
Speaker 3 (36:37):
I mean it's no brainer. The Chargers.
Speaker 6 (36:39):
Yes, Yes, So it's a it's a storyline play, not
a gameplay. I see where you're going, because the storyline
sells the game. Yes, the game itself may not be great, Yes, which.
Speaker 3 (36:50):
Is Okay, yes that's my pick. I'm standing by then.
But you got it.
Speaker 2 (36:58):
You know, they play the Steelers, Lions, Texans.
Speaker 6 (37:03):
Chiefs are established. Whether they won the Super Bowl or not,
there's such a draw nationally that they would have probably
been in.
Speaker 3 (37:09):
The game anyway.
Speaker 6 (37:09):
Yeah, I mean, honestly, I think they would have lost.
They would have put him in.
Speaker 5 (37:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (37:13):
If the Niners had won, that game would have been
in San Francisco, then the Niners would have maybe you
could have had the Kansas City Chiefs to open up
on Thursday night.
Speaker 6 (37:22):
The NFL is gonna do whatever to keep the Chiefs
in there.
Speaker 2 (37:25):
Yeah, yeah, So I would say the Chargers just because
the harball aspect of this, Herbert Mahomes, Yes.
Speaker 12 (37:33):
Marvin, rather put the Bengals in there. Joe Burrow coming back,
you could do that too. I just the Ravens, I
don't know.
Speaker 2 (37:40):
Feels like they're going to score nineteen points, be like,
you know, hey, you're going to get a few field goals,
justin Tucker field goals. Mahomes will win twenty four to nineteen.
Travis Kelce, you know, I'm gonna get a touchdown or two.
Speaker 3 (37:56):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (37:57):
Isaiah Pacheco from a yard out, Mahomes will throw another
touchdown or something left handed. I think I already got
it scripted out. I already got season scripted out. By
the way, Yeah, I already know who's going to win
it long unbelievable, never thought that they would be winning,
But yep, I got him all figured out here.
Speaker 3 (38:16):
Yes, I saw a.
Speaker 6 (38:17):
Story about Lamar Jackson that he's down to two hundred
and five pounds this so offseason new and that's what
he's going to play at next year. That would be
twenty five pounds less, fewer less than two years ago.
Speaker 3 (38:28):
Is this a good thing?
Speaker 2 (38:29):
I don't know, because I thought, if I'm going to
run the ball, I would like for my quarterback to
be able to be a little bit bigger to absorb
those hits. But maybe if he's a little quicker than
he will probably sidestep a lot of these hits. So
maybe that's the philosophy here. Hey, how about you speed
up so they can't catch you as opposed to beef
(38:51):
up so when they do hit you.
Speaker 3 (38:53):
But yeah, I guess that's a good thing. Yeah.
Speaker 12 (38:57):
Mark Derek Carry's debut as a raving.
Speaker 3 (39:01):
Boring I don't know three years ago you'd be excited
about Dereck Love Derek Henry.
Speaker 7 (39:07):
Do you know how many times last season the Ravens
put in nineteen.
Speaker 3 (39:11):
Or fewer points? Ten times?
Speaker 12 (39:15):
Let's see, I have it?
Speaker 3 (39:18):
He was asking you, actually if you knew?
Speaker 7 (39:19):
Oh no, I'm just I'm double checking, and I have
it as two times.
Speaker 3 (39:25):
Possibly, So you.
Speaker 7 (39:26):
Just debunked me that they're not going to get nineteen
three times they put in nineteen?
Speaker 3 (39:30):
How many? How many times did they have nineteen against
the Chiefs? You know, I have it as zero times?
Speaker 5 (39:37):
Okay?
Speaker 3 (39:39):
How many points did they score against the Chiefs in
the playoffs? Old?
Speaker 7 (39:44):
Please, I don't have every game in front of me,
so it'll be the last game of the season because
they lost that game.
Speaker 2 (39:52):
Would you just you're debunking me? And I'm bringing it
back and I'm bringing some heat.
Speaker 7 (39:57):
Today, well, saying that the raven our boring team is
definitely bringing heat.
Speaker 2 (40:01):
Yeah sure, yeah, no, I said they're just not exciting.
They're really good and their quarterback is exciting. What was
the final score seventeen?
Speaker 3 (40:12):
Ten? Oh? Oh, I'm sorry, did you just rebunk yourself?
Speaker 7 (40:17):
I I well, it definitely wasn't ten games, but maybe
if you get the player.
Speaker 2 (40:21):
I think I put I had ten in my mind,
so they scored ten points.
Speaker 3 (40:25):
It wasn't ten.
Speaker 2 (40:26):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I I bunked you. I'm I'm rambunctious.
Speaker 12 (40:34):
Yes, Marvin Well, if the Ravens are exciting, who do
you have is the most exciting team in the NFL
besides Kansas City?
Speaker 3 (40:42):
Well, I just gave you Kansas City.
Speaker 7 (40:45):
Other than that, Dolphin's Eagles forty nine ers.
Speaker 2 (40:48):
Yes, they're exciting. Cowboys. I just tried to work the
cowboys in the show, did it?
Speaker 3 (40:56):
Yeah? All right?
Speaker 2 (40:58):
More phone calls coming up. Best and worst of the weekend.
What you saw that you liked you didn't like? Eight
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Speaker 2 (00:04):
Rumor has it there were two basketball games yesterday. I
remember seeing one. Welcome to the program. I hope you
had a great weekend. Everybody, gangs all here, ready to go.
The Nuggets had won back to back games in Minnesota.
After Minnesota one back to back games in Denver. That
series tied to two games apiece, and the Pacers won
two in a row over the Knicks. That series tied
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it two games apiece. Tonight, Calves and the Celtics. With
the Celtics up two games to one, the Celtics are
getting eight and a half against the Caves. Oklahoma City
is getting one and a half against the MAVs. The
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you know what, I'm going to rest up as well
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Speaker 3 (01:39):
Yes, Seaton O'Connor, is home court advantage real?
Speaker 4 (01:42):
Yes?
Speaker 5 (01:42):
Or no?
Speaker 3 (01:43):
Oh didn't?
Speaker 2 (01:44):
We have a professor and I don't know what his
professor degree or whatever is doctor it was in, but
I think it had to do with the psychological aspect
of a.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
Home court advantage. Yes, point, yeah, we discussed this long
time ago.
Speaker 6 (02:00):
I think we're discussing football, and we had a professor
at a big college send us a note that said,
there are some studies that say the facts say it's real.
Where like the results of the game, say it's real,
but how do you get there? And it says like
it's almost like a placebo effect if you believe something's
going to happen at will. We're so conditioned, at least
in American sports, to believe that it's going to be
easier because we're at home. You play looser, and vice
(02:24):
versa hostile environment, you play tighter, and thus perception becomes
reality with the results of those games. Also, there's a
professor at Yale University who went step by step, sport
by sport and found out which sports had the most
home field.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Advantage and which sports do Who wants to guess the
best home court advantage.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
And think of all sports, not just maybe NFL, and
be a little hint there. I'm going to go hockey, soccer.
I'm going to go sock. Soccer is correct, Dan, I'm
gonna go saki. Saki is correct. That's soccer and hockey combine.
Speaker 6 (03:00):
In basketball, NBA teams win sixty two point seven percent
of their home games. In baseball it's only fifty four percent.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
Big difference.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Okay, that sounds like a stat of the day, Marvin.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
Stat of the day. Stat of the day. Come on,
let's go now, come on day, not the weekend anymore.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Bub here it comes that what stat of the day?
Speaker 7 (03:25):
Alrighty, yes, is that real or is it a mental thing?
Like Paul is saying, well.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
I think there's a mental aspect, but there still has
to be the physical aspect of actually going out and
playing performing. You know, you got players like Minnesota's at
home and they lost both of those games. You had
the defending shams came in there and almost amped up
even more because on the road they have to win.
Speaker 4 (03:51):
Well.
Speaker 7 (03:51):
It is interesting, though, to say that it is mental,
because so much of sports is mindset and is mental,
you know, right, yes, aside from the physical part of it,
which is obviously a big one, but the mental part
of his massive.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Well, I think you have to be at a certain
level talent wise to get to be a professional. Then
you factor in the other things of your approach, you know,
the mental aspect of this. We're on the road or
you're playing against certain players a certain team. So yes,
there's a lot of thinking that goes in before you
start to perform, because usually when you start to perform,
(04:24):
you're not thinking as much the preparation going into a game.
Do you prepare more because you're on the road. Do
you prepare more you're at home?
Speaker 8 (04:33):
You know.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
I always liked, you know, just the backdrop when you're shooting.
When I was at home playing a home game, just
the backdrop, it was comfortable. A lot of times you'll
go to an arena or a gym and you'll go
depth perception wise, or if you're playing in a big
arena or a dome, in just that background. You know,
football field, certain fields feel different, look different. I remember
(04:57):
going to Green Bay the first time and I was
amaz that they painted grass on the dirt, you know,
towards the end zone, and you know, just location of stands,
the fans, you know. So I guess there's a lot
of things that you could factor into this. Indiana going home,
I'm not surprised they won both of those games. Minnesota
going staying at home, and Denver comes there and they
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lose both of those. I was surprised at that. Denver,
you know, this is what we expect out of Denver.
You're supposed to win games, big games, and they prove that.
Dallas going to Oklahoma City, I'm not surprised they've won.
An Oka see Oka see still understanding learning how to
play in these big games. And I also think you
have to factor in the experience that players have, coaches
(05:42):
have when you go into these games. How many times
have you been in this, you know, the number of
times that you're you know, involved in something and then
you do it again, and then you do it again.
It's like the first time we did our Super Bowl
show in Miami, I'm like, oh my god. You know,
we're on the road. I have no idea what's going
to happen. It's rain in Miami, we're outside, what guests
(06:03):
are showing up? You know, just the comfort level now
when we go to the Super Bowl, like you know Vegas. Now,
you know what you're doing, what to expect, and everybody
else does. So even though you're on the road, you
try to create that kind of home feel there.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
Yeah, Pauline.
Speaker 6 (06:18):
This Yale study was from a few years ago, goes
step by step through the conditions for home field advantage
and they said, surprisingly weather teams don't do better, like
Green Bay has no statistical advantage by playing at home
over other teams.
Speaker 3 (06:32):
They this is good, they used.
Speaker 6 (06:35):
They said the biggest factor for home field advantage is
wants to guess it the biggest factor where they could
prove it with statistics referees. They said it's a fact
and it's a proven fact that you get more calls
at home, you also get more calls in tight situations
at end of games. They said this was pervasive in
all sports soccer, hockey, basketball, football.
Speaker 2 (06:56):
Any coach complaining about the officiating over the weekend felt
like that's what everybody was doing prior to the weekend.
Rint Carlyle Okay, I did, Now, if I'm Rick Carlile,
I say hey, you know, we won those games, but
we noticed there were twenty nine calls that we want
the league to see, like, don't stop. Like you won,
don't stop. I would go wire to wire and just say, hey,
(07:18):
we're going to single out. You know you're going to
get more calls. As I said, they'll go home and
we won't hear anything about this. Maybe hear something about
it from the Knicks and you know, Thibodeau, I think
after game three did say something. Yesterday had no room
to say anything. By the way, eight seven seven three
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Speaker 7 (08:01):
Which two two series in the NBA is really tied? Meta,
it's not all of those losses feel the same.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
Well, the Knicks can't keep this up. We've said this before,
even when they're winning, that you don't have six players.
Now they don't even have that. I mean they basically
raise the white flag at halftime. I mean, you just
got that feeling. Indiana was up. Indiana is a better team.
That doesn't mean the better team always wins. But now
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you know, just the injuries and the attrition here for
the nixt it'll be really difficult to beat this team
in seven games. It will be and the fact that
og A Nanobi not able to play in these games.
Really they don't have any depth. Minnesota. Now you go
to Denver, Denver wins that game. I think most of
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us are going to think that Denver is going to
win this series, and this was, you know, coronation.
Speaker 3 (09:01):
Steven A.
Speaker 2 (09:01):
Smith said he wouldn't be surprised that Minnesota sweeps Denver
like slowed down. He's been covering the NBA long enough
to know it's really hard to beat somebody four consecutive games,
especially a team that's not in the playoffs very often
in you're facing the defending champs, like defending champ. When's
the last time a defending champ was swept in a
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series the following year? But yes, stephen A was quick
to proclaim, you know that all of a sudden, Minnesota
they're here.
Speaker 3 (09:32):
Yes they are.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
That doesn't mean they're ready to win, or that doesn't
mean that Denver is ready to lose. Like you got
a factor that in as well, and Joker played well.
Murray played well. In fact, Murray right before halftime, and
here's the call.
Speaker 9 (09:49):
Edwards tossed the ball with a turnover most Denberty cover
at the other road other times, and he kits it
to go in the clock Courtland.
Speaker 1 (09:59):
That's inter.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
Shot Kevin Harlan and Reggie Miller on the call as
Jamal Murray right before the buzzer, and give credit to
the Nuggets played well start to finish. And if you're Minnesota,
Anthony Edwards gave you forty four. This series isn't about
Anthony Edwards. It's about everybody else. When everybody else plays
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well offensively, defensively, then they can beat Denver. Anthony Edwards
by himself will not beat Denver, but give credit to Denver.
You go to Minnesota and you win an impressive fashion there.
Now you go back home, supposed to take care of
business in game five? All right, any other poll questions there,
I'm gonna start hour one with those. We'll keep it
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in the NBA.
Speaker 7 (10:54):
We also have which team up to one makes you
most nervous. The MAVs are the celt.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
All the maps they do, Yeah, yeah, because I don't
know how a healthy Luca is. And you know, maybe
OKC starts to figure this out a little bit, what
they're supposed to do when they're supposed to do it.
But I mean Boston, Boston has one of these games,
sometimes two of these games, and they've had their bad game,
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they've had their embarrassing moment there. I would be surprised
if Cleveland wins another game.
Speaker 5 (11:27):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (11:27):
But Dallas, Yeah, that's going to be a little bit
more challenging. It will be.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
We'll get phone calls best and worst of the weekend
and while he Zerbiak will join us coming up. I
gave you the points spreads for tonight. Congratulations to the
Detroit Pistons. You're bad, but you're not good enough to
be bad enough to win the number one overall pick.
And in a year where the WNBA had an unbelievable draft,
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the NBA looks like on paper it's going to be
very boring. And you're Atlanta Hawks. Come on down, you
got the nonumber one pick. Yeah, yeah, what.
Speaker 3 (12:03):
Are you going to do with that? Say hello to
Anthony Sar.
Speaker 2 (12:08):
He is the odds on favored according to DraftKings, to
be the number one pick. Leave it to the Hawks
that they get the French guy after the French guy
from last year. Hey, we got our French guy. Oh
he's not like Victor Wembayana.
Speaker 3 (12:21):
No he's not.
Speaker 2 (12:22):
But Anthony Sar expected to be number one the first
American player, Reed Shepherd out of Kentucky. Also Donovan Klingen
from Yukon also thrown in there as well. I don't
know if the now this is what happens. This could
be one of those drafts where the best player is
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taking tenth overall. Maybe your early picks aren't great players,
but there's gonna be a couple of players where you go, God,
they could have gotten him with the thirteenth pick. That's
going to be a guy. Yeah, for sure, at least one.
There will be one of those guys. But the Pistons,
they had the worst record. You know, one of these
years the Lions are going to have more wins than
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the Pistons, feels like. But when they have fourteen wins
and then you don't have the number one overall pick,
you're picking number five here and Atlanta had like a
three percent chance of winning the lottery.
Speaker 6 (13:17):
Yes, Paul, you're saying this draft doesn't have a lot
of star power. Oh okay, okay, yeah, nice single.
Speaker 3 (13:24):
Early it's early baseednot base not.
Speaker 2 (13:28):
I was also curious over unders in case you're curious,
Sga over under and uh Luca over under for the
big game coming up tonight, have that for you as
well as Donovan Mitchell. Donovan Mitchell, you can pretty much
pencil him in for thirty plus. So we'll take a
break while the Zerbiak will join us, a former player
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and a Nicks analyst, and your phone calls are always welcome.
Best and worst of the weekend. We will get to
those coming up shortly back after this Dan Patrick show.
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Speaker 2 (14:39):
We'll talk to former Minnesota Timberwolve while he's Zerbiak, he's
a Knicks analyst and he'll join us. Coming up here
momentarily as the Knicks didn't put up a fight yesterday,
and it was one of those damned if you do,
damned if you don't. Social media was saying, I can't
believe Timbs is giving up already, and then the other
part was, Hey, now's the time to take out your
(15:01):
starters and let them rest. And I'm thinking their starters
are their bench, and their bench is their starters, So
just get Brunson out of there for the most part
and hopefully no more injuries.
Speaker 6 (15:11):
Yeah, Pauline, you know, I saw a couple of people
on sports media said the Nicks quit at one point yesterday,
And we're really hesitant about saying stuff like that with
pro players, But is there dis quit and realizing today's
not your day? Because that's what it felt like at
some point. I think they realized this is not happening.
Speaker 2 (15:27):
Yeah, this wasn't the example I would use and say
they quit. I just don't know if they ever got started.
Speaker 7 (15:34):
Yeah that, Yeah, I don't have any problem with that
kind of thing, Like are we going to really try
to climb this mountain of a comeback right now? Or
should we just call this one a loss? See again
Game four?
Speaker 3 (15:44):
Yeah, they need to rest. Game five.
Speaker 2 (15:46):
Yes, they need to rest Game five. Wally Zurbiank, the
Knicks color analyst, former Timberwolf great, joining us on the program.
All right, how would you describe the Knicks effort yesterday?
Speaker 11 (15:57):
Wally Well Josh Sharts said, you know, they didn't have
the energy required to compete yesterday. And this team, you know,
they don't make excuses. Tom Thibodeau doesn't make excuses. Obviously,
they're decimated with injuries for three starters and four impact
front court players not in the lineup. When you look
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at Bogdanovich, Julius Randall, Mitchell Robinson, and now Ognanobi, who
is a key piece obviously this team on both ends
of the floor, especially defensively guarding Pascal Siakam. At the
same time, the team realizes that's to two. They had
a big time opportunity to pull off that win in
Game three, and that slipped out of their hands. They
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missed a couple layups and transition, they missed a couple
free throws, and then them hard hit a thirty five
footer to ice that game away, and they had an
opportunity to go up three to zero, and then on
the quick turnaround in afternoon game. You know, with all
the minutes those guys have been playing, I think it
kind of caught up to him yesterday and they didn't
have the adrenaline and the emotional energy to compete. At
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the same time, it's a three game series and two
out of three are at the world's most famous arena,
MSG where the Knicks are playing great basketball.
Speaker 2 (17:09):
Who has the advantage, Well, it looks like the momentum
has definitely swung in the PACER's way.
Speaker 11 (17:18):
The Knicks are going to have to show early on
in that game that they're there to compete. I think
the next still at the advantage because home court is
huge and Indiana hasn't proven that they can win in
that building in this series. But at the same time,
with the way the Knicks are dealing with the injuries
they're dealing with, they're gonna have to come up with
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a heroic effort to win Game five.
Speaker 3 (17:40):
His home court advantage real in the NBA.
Speaker 5 (17:44):
Absolutely, especially in the playoffs.
Speaker 11 (17:47):
We're not seeing it in the Denver series in the
Minnesota series, But at the same time, it's tough to
win on the road in the regular season, and then
it carries over even more in the playoffs, like that
crowd at Indianapolis yesterday was electric. I mean the emotion,
the energy, the momentum that they gave their players, especially
early on in that game. That's what home court advantage
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can do. And the Knicks fans have been crazy, you know,
they've been awesome. They actually going to need that emotional
support and that lift. They're going to need that adrenaline push.
But quite honestly, if Jalen Brunston doesn't play well, then
the Knicks are not going to win. You know, he
struggled the last two games. He's dealing with that foot injury.
When he plays well, that's when all the role players
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fall into place. If he doesn't play well, the Knicks
just don't have enough creative scoring to create good shots
on the offensive end of the floor to compete with
the high octane offense of the Pacers.
Speaker 3 (18:43):
But then you have to factor in officials.
Speaker 2 (18:45):
Why is it it feels like officials favor the home team.
It's a fact that you're going to get more calls
when you're at home.
Speaker 5 (18:53):
Yeah, that's the case.
Speaker 11 (18:55):
I always found the best officials that ever I ever
worked with were the ones that didn't let the crowd
affect their calls.
Speaker 5 (19:01):
Guys like Steve.
Speaker 11 (19:02):
Javvy, you know, Minnie McCutcheon, guys like that, they just
were solids.
Speaker 5 (19:07):
You know.
Speaker 11 (19:08):
Scott Foster is another one that comes to mind, where
he makes the right call no matter what. He's not
influenced by the fans. He's not influenced by the momentum
and the emotion of the game.
Speaker 5 (19:17):
Uh.
Speaker 11 (19:18):
They just make the call, and they make the call
when they see it. So you know, that's what the
NBA is trying to get to. At the same time,
you know, sometimes you can't hear yourself think in certain
moments in those games. It's so loud in those arenas.
So maybe officials, you know, they see things one way,
but the noise and the and the and the and
the crowd is making things their mind's foggy. Then they
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might get it calls wrong. Listen, their jobs are tough.
You know, those l two m's when they come out,
you know, you see those blades in real time and
then once you dissect them over and over and over.
I think that's the only reason maybe they get some
of those calls wrong. I think the officials are doing
as much as they can to get the calls. Right,
They're the best official in the business that I've seen
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in any sport, at any you know, level of basketball.
So there is some element of human error and you
have to just go by with what they say.
Speaker 2 (20:09):
Okay, you're not to mention any names. I mean you can,
but an official where you go, you know what, he's
favoring this player for this team.
Speaker 11 (20:20):
There's not in my experience, there's never been any officials
that are like that.
Speaker 2 (20:25):
Wait, you never thought like Jordan was getting too many calls,
Kobe never, No, honestly phantom phantom calls where you're going,
Wait a minute, nobody touched him.
Speaker 11 (20:39):
No, Like you know, I played ten years in the NBA.
I think I got five technical fouls. I just believed
that the officials the NBA, you know, gets the best
in the business.
Speaker 5 (20:50):
You know, they're trained, you know, to the highest of level.
Speaker 11 (20:54):
I will say one thing about when I played compared
to now, I think there are a lot of there's
a lot of turnover and officials. So some of the
officials are not as experienced, so they haven't been in
big moments like some of the more experience, Like experience
is the most important thing an official.
Speaker 5 (21:10):
In my opinion.
Speaker 11 (21:12):
But I used to go out there and trust their judgment.
I used to play the game, you know. I used
to you know, not be a flopper. I used to
believe that. You know, you go out there and you
just play your game. You know those guys that complain
all the time to the officials. If I put myself
in an official shoes, I would be like, just leave
me alone, let me do my job, Like, you're not
going to influence me one way or another by just
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every time I blow the whistle running over to me
and needing to have a conversation with me.
Speaker 5 (21:38):
I don't need that.
Speaker 3 (21:39):
Were you trying to get cacorated by being a nice guys?
What you're saying?
Speaker 2 (21:43):
So you you took the opposite approach, like I'm going
to suck up to these guys, Hey, Scott, nice call
there and you pat them on the rear end.
Speaker 11 (21:52):
Yeah, you like if you notice a lot of European players,
this is one thing. My dad played for Real Madrid
in Europe, So when he got called for a foul,
he would raise his hand.
Speaker 5 (22:01):
He'd be like that that fouls on me.
Speaker 11 (22:03):
You look over the scorers table and try to help
out the scorers table. That was his his his attitude, like,
these guys have a really tough job.
Speaker 5 (22:11):
Okay, obviously these calls, some of them can go fifty
to fifty.
Speaker 11 (22:15):
There's a reason why we have replaying challenges, which I
think is a great addition to the NBA.
Speaker 5 (22:21):
I think we should.
Speaker 11 (22:22):
Add more challenges for the coaching staff because it's so
tough to get those calls right, and you have to
get those calls right in a close game with so
much on the line in these playoff games. So my
attitude was that, you know, I think officiating has been
you know, suspected times, but for the most part, it's
as good as you're going to get. It an an
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emotional game, in a physical game like that, and you
got to live with the decisions of those officials.
Speaker 2 (22:48):
We're talking a while. The Zerbiyank, he's the next color analyst.
Former Minnesota Timberwolf sixth pick overall, I believe in the
nineteen ninety nine draft, Explain to me who has the
advantage with the Nuggets and the Timberwolf.
Speaker 5 (23:00):
Now, it's definitely the Nuggets.
Speaker 11 (23:03):
They just stomped their foot on the timber Wolves and
said we're the reigning champs for a reason you came
in our building. You stole two wins, but we are
not going anywhere. And I've said I think they're the
favorites to win back to back and win the NBA Championship.
I've said that all season long. I think Michael Malone
is the best coach in the NBA. And I'm not
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going to say it's not even close, but that guy's
just a flat out great coach. He knows how to
motivate his guys. He's got the best player on the
planet in my opinion, in Nicola Jokic on that roster,
and then he's got great pieces around that around him.
The way Aaron Gordon shooting the basketball, the way Iron
Gordon's playing, the athleticism that he has. This team looks
pretty focused to go back to back and they're not
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going to go out by you know, losing their first
two games at home. They came back and showed what
they're made of championship medal.
Speaker 2 (23:57):
Are you okay with the comparisons with Anthony Edwards and
Michael Jordan.
Speaker 11 (24:02):
I am, Listen, He's not you know, in that conversation yet,
but as far as his attitude, his killer instinct, you know,
it's all about winning for him.
Speaker 5 (24:13):
He's only twenty two years old.
Speaker 11 (24:14):
The athleticism, you know, just the durability that he's showing
at an early age. There's a lot of comparisons that
you can make, very similar to Kobe Bryant, like in
order to be in that conversation. Listen, nobody's maybe ever
going to reach you know, Michael Jordan's the greatest of
all time in my opinion, and it's you know, a
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big number two is way behind him. It's just because
of the mental aspect his mind. It's just he never
lost when he he never lost in the biggest moments.
And you know, Anthony Edwards is trying to get to
that point where it's just all about winning when it
matters at the most crucial moments. And the way he
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played last night, he was outstanding. And you know his
teammates got a kind of follow that lead and help
him out because his theories is going to be interesting
the way it's.
Speaker 5 (25:03):
Going to end up.
Speaker 2 (25:04):
And you were a rookie in nineteen ninety nine, what
was your welcome to the league moment? Who who welcomed
you to the NBA.
Speaker 5 (25:12):
Welcome to the league moment? I would say.
Speaker 11 (25:15):
It was the first time we played the Utah Jazz
and I tried to take a charge and call him alone,
and he brought his knee right into my solo plexism
I sternam and it was the charge.
Speaker 5 (25:27):
I got the charge, but it did not feel good.
Speaker 11 (25:31):
And he stood over me just laughing like, welcome to
the NBA.
Speaker 5 (25:37):
I'll never forget that.
Speaker 3 (25:39):
Did you ever posterize somebody on a dunk?
Speaker 8 (25:43):
Yeah?
Speaker 11 (25:43):
You know when I was younger, you know, I used
to catch a few dunks here and there. I'm trying
to I caught Tim Duncan once late in my career.
I caught tjerk Nobitski once. A few highlights rolling around
on YouTube if you want to check them out. You know,
I had a few sneaky dunk moments when I got
that one handed Stef Liberty going. So there's a few
out there back in the day.
Speaker 2 (26:04):
That's pretty good. Hey, great to talk to you again.
As always, Thank you, Wally.
Speaker 11 (26:09):
My pleasure. It's always great to come on and let's
go next. Let's see if think a bounce back.
Speaker 2 (26:12):
That's Wally Zerbiak. He's the nixt color analyst and he
remember the all rookie team. He was an All Star
in two thousand and two. It's always nice, you know,
when YouTube can bring back some of those highlights, because
I wouldn't think that Wally Zerbiak would be a guy
who would be dunking on Tim Duncan of all people,
and Dirk Novitsky. But you also have those moments where
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somebody will say, oh, man, I dunked on that guy,
and it's basically a guy wasn't guarding you, and then
he went over to try to help and got over
there too late, and then you dunked on him. But
as far as I'm dunking on you, the best in well,
there's two best in game dunkers. Doctor j was spectacular,
and I remember watching him in the ABA against the
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Kentucky Colonels who had a big front line, and he
would just kind of pick up a rebound and go
right back up and throw it down in dan Issel's
face or Bobby Jones. And then Dominique Wilkins was as
good of an in game in traffic dunker that I've
ever seen. And Mike of course is always going to
be in that conversation, but Dominique usually didn't dunk one
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handed he dun'k He did a tomahawk dunk, and he
was going to hurt people if you were gonna go
up and try to get it. But Doctor Jay had
that big paw that he would just grab the ball
and he'd go up and he'd throw it down. But
in game, it's a whole lot different. A lot of
guys can dunk, a lot of guys can dunk, and
you're a second late getting over.
Speaker 3 (27:37):
But when it's you and it's.
Speaker 2 (27:39):
Me and I'm coming and you know it and then
you dunk, that's when you get people's attention.
Speaker 6 (27:43):
Yeah, PAULI a couple more in game dunkers. They only
did it really the first half of their career. Blake Griffin,
young Blake Griffin went at everybody you know you kind
of forget, and young Sean Kemp they were going for
the dunk before everything else.
Speaker 3 (27:58):
I'd say those two. Yeah, Sean Camp.
Speaker 2 (27:59):
I remember the NBA Finals against the Bulls, and I've
said it before and even a couple of Bulls acknowledged this.
Michael did not that Sean camp was the best player
on the floor in a couple of those games, Like
you're watching me, you're going damn yeah.
Speaker 12 (28:13):
Mark, there's one big omission that we're missing. Vince Carter.
Speaker 3 (28:18):
Yeah yeah. I mean his biggest dunk was in the Olympics.
Speaker 12 (28:23):
I mean he didn't dunk on someone. He dunked over
some eyes. Yeah, he jumped over someone.
Speaker 3 (28:28):
In the game. Yeah yeah, but it was Frederick Weiss and.
Speaker 12 (28:31):
He dunked on the Tumble's rookie year. Oh, he's got
some in my house.
Speaker 2 (28:36):
By the way, defending NBA champs swept in a series
the following year. This happened in twenty twelve. If you
said the Dallas Mavericks, you would be correct. They got
swept by OKCO.
Speaker 10 (28:52):
Stand the day Stan Dayta day outa day.
Speaker 3 (28:59):
This is stat on the Nest, just out of the day.
Speaker 2 (29:02):
Brought to you by a Panini American. The official trading
cards for the Dan Patrick Show. Happened to the Lakers
in twenty eleven. The Mavericks swept them. Happened to the
Miami Heat. That was in two thousand and seven. The
Bulls swept them in the first round. Go back to
the Rockets nineteen ninety six, Seattle swept them. The Pistons
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in nineteen ninety one, the Bulls swept them the Lakers.
That was the NBA Finals nineteen eighty nine. Pistons swept them.
Speaker 3 (29:32):
The Lakers.
Speaker 2 (29:33):
They were swept by the Sixers in the nineteen eighty
three NBA Finals. So it's happened. It's not going to
happen with the Denver Nuggets this year. But Stephen A
saying that Minnesota was going to sweep Denver, it certainly
looked like that. But he's been around long enough to
know it's really really difficult to pull something like that off.
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How about a couple of phone calls here, Best and
worst of the weekend, Doug in North Carol is back, Doug,
welcome back, Best and worst?
Speaker 4 (30:04):
Well, my best is your friends at Pro Football Talk,
perhaps inspired by your show this on Friday, they dropped
an article on former NFL receiver Devin Funches. Do you
remember Devin?
Speaker 3 (30:15):
Yes? Yes?
Speaker 4 (30:16):
Do you have any clue what he's doing now?
Speaker 3 (30:19):
No?
Speaker 5 (30:20):
He is the first.
Speaker 4 (30:21):
Former football player to sign a professional basketball contract. This
was a big part of your conversation. He's playing with
some team in Columbia. And I think if your argument
is that more NBA players can make it into the NFL,
I agree with that, but it's not because necessarily they're
better athletes. I think it's just because there's more places
they could plug into. Any NBA player could play a
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role on special teams. But for the first time, you
have Devin Funches, who is playing with some team in Columbia,
South America, who is the first time trying it the
other way.
Speaker 3 (30:54):
Thank you, Doug. Yeah, I think I saw the article.
Speaker 2 (30:57):
I didn't read the article, and it was somebody who
was going to play basketball overseas who had played in
the NFL.
Speaker 3 (31:02):
So thank you for giving me details.
Speaker 6 (31:05):
Yes, yeah, fun just had a nice pro career in
the NFL. He, according to the article, made a promise
to his grandfather that he would play win a Super Bowl,
play professional basketball, and then become a farmer. So he's
on leg two of this and it's the Caribbean Storm
of the Professional Columbia Basketball League. Good squad. Yeah, Oh there,
(31:25):
Juggernaut Cariban Storm. Yes, that will run punch you in
the face. Oh, okay, I'm gonna go with that. I'm
gonna I'm gonna go tours.
Speaker 2 (31:35):
Yeah, tourism. Uh Kevin in Lake Tahoe, keV. How's the
snow out there?
Speaker 8 (31:45):
Oh, it's finally melting. A little bit, but you know,
a little two foot storm two weeks ago, gotten a
nice little potter day to end the year. So but
thank you for taking it. Guys, Good morning. My beast
of the week is Roy McElroy h double game number
eighteen to seventy second hole yet still winning by five
after starting from behind to start the day. Pretty impressive
(32:07):
and means to say there. And then my worst of
the week is the NBA and just generally the parody
me planning my evenings to go watch these games and
I flip them on and they're they're they're near unwatchable.
So may have to keep the playoffs off except for
the Timberwolves Minnesota, maybe this week could look pretty fun,
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but the rest of the series are are almost unwatchable
until he gets to the finals or at least the
seventy five.
Speaker 2 (32:35):
Well, I think you're being a little rough on the
NBA there. I thought that there was still some pretty
good basketball. You know, the next game wasn't good at all.
Just the fact that Minnesota goes home and Denver goes
in there and takes both of those games, and you
got to see Aaron Gordon was great. He made his
first ten shots, he didn't miss until three and a
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half minutes left in the game. When you have that
Jamal Murray and then you have the joker, that's gonna
be a CounterPunch to anything Minnesota puts up there. If
Anthony Edwards is the only guy really putting up any
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More phone calls. We know the first game of the
NFL the regular season that Thursday night. I think they
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up the season. Defending champs always open up the season
at home. It's on a Thursday night. We just got
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word that it'll be the Baltimore Ravens, so you'll have
the defending MVP against the defending champs. I thought there
was a better opponent. Now.
Speaker 3 (35:01):
I think the Ravens are a really good team. I do.
Speaker 2 (35:04):
I don't think they're an exciting team, the Baltimore Ravens. Yeah,
I don't find them exciting. I find them really good,
not exciting.
Speaker 5 (35:14):
I don't.
Speaker 2 (35:15):
I mean, Lamar can be exciting, but I mean they
never have any running backs.
Speaker 7 (35:20):
Is there a more exciting player in the NFL than
Lamar Jackson? Or how many more are there?
Speaker 3 (35:25):
Not many?
Speaker 2 (35:26):
Yeah, you're right, but I just don't find them exciting.
Speaker 3 (35:33):
I don't.
Speaker 2 (35:35):
Really good. Don't find them exciting. He's really exciting the team,
no thin, got a couple of you know, your tight
end is really good, Flowers really good. Okay, and they
play really good defense. But I thought there was a
better opponent for the Chiefs to open up the season,
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PAULI who Now you got to take? Who their home
games are going to be?
Speaker 1 (36:01):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (36:01):
Yeah, you have to have the because they do play
the Niners, but they play the Niners on the road.
I think I got it, Okay.
Speaker 6 (36:07):
I think you would like to see the Chiefs versus
the Houston.
Speaker 2 (36:11):
Texas I ain't. You're wrong, Paulie is wrong. Seatan Miami Dolphins,
You're wrong, Marvin.
Speaker 12 (36:21):
The dever Broncos, you're wrong. Todd Harbaugh's debut at Division.
Speaker 2 (36:27):
Yes, yes, the Chargers. So you get Jim against John
you got him. And with the Chargers you got Justin Herbert,
you got you got some star power there.
Speaker 3 (36:37):
I mean it's no brainer. The Chargers.
Speaker 6 (36:39):
Yes, Yes, So it's a it's a storyline play, not
a gameplay. I see where you're going, because the storyline
sells the game. Yes, the game itself may not be great, Yes, which.
Speaker 3 (36:50):
Is Okay, yes that's my pick. I'm standing by then.
But you got it.
Speaker 2 (36:58):
You know, they play the Steelers, Lions, Texans.
Speaker 6 (37:03):
Chiefs are established. Whether they won the Super Bowl or not,
there's such a draw nationally that they would have probably
been in.
Speaker 3 (37:09):
The game anyway.
Speaker 6 (37:09):
Yeah, I mean, honestly, I think they would have lost.
They would have put him in.
Speaker 5 (37:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (37:13):
If the Niners had won, that game would have been
in San Francisco, then the Niners would have maybe you
could have had the Kansas City Chiefs to open up
on Thursday night.
Speaker 6 (37:22):
The NFL is gonna do whatever to keep the Chiefs
in there.
Speaker 2 (37:25):
Yeah, yeah, So I would say the Chargers just because
the harball aspect of this, Herbert Mahomes, Yes.
Speaker 12 (37:33):
Marvin, rather put the Bengals in there. Joe Burrow coming back,
you could do that too. I just the Ravens, I
don't know.
Speaker 2 (37:40):
Feels like they're going to score nineteen points, be like,
you know, hey, you're going to get a few field goals,
justin Tucker field goals. Mahomes will win twenty four to nineteen.
Travis Kelce, you know, I'm gonna get a touchdown or two.
Speaker 3 (37:56):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (37:57):
Isaiah Pacheco from a yard out, Mahomes will throw another
touchdown or something left handed. I think I already got
it scripted out. I already got season scripted out. By
the way, Yeah, I already know who's going to win
it long unbelievable, never thought that they would be winning,
But yep, I got him all figured out here.
Speaker 3 (38:16):
Yes, I saw a.
Speaker 6 (38:17):
Story about Lamar Jackson that he's down to two hundred
and five pounds this so offseason new and that's what
he's going to play at next year. That would be
twenty five pounds less, fewer less than two years ago.
Speaker 3 (38:28):
Is this a good thing?
Speaker 2 (38:29):
I don't know, because I thought, if I'm going to
run the ball, I would like for my quarterback to
be able to be a little bit bigger to absorb
those hits. But maybe if he's a little quicker than
he will probably sidestep a lot of these hits. So
maybe that's the philosophy here. Hey, how about you speed
up so they can't catch you as opposed to beef
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up so when they do hit you.
Speaker 3 (38:53):
But yeah, I guess that's a good thing. Yeah.
Speaker 12 (38:57):
Mark Derek Carry's debut as a raving.
Speaker 3 (39:01):
Boring I don't know three years ago you'd be excited
about Dereck Love Derek Henry.
Speaker 7 (39:07):
Do you know how many times last season the Ravens
put in nineteen.
Speaker 3 (39:11):
Or fewer points? Ten times?
Speaker 12 (39:15):
Let's see, I have it?
Speaker 3 (39:18):
He was asking you, actually if you knew?
Speaker 7 (39:19):
Oh no, I'm just I'm double checking, and I have
it as two times.
Speaker 3 (39:25):
Possibly, So you.
Speaker 7 (39:26):
Just debunked me that they're not going to get nineteen
three times they put in nineteen?
Speaker 3 (39:30):
How many? How many times did they have nineteen against
the Chiefs? You know, I have it as zero times?
Speaker 5 (39:37):
Okay?
Speaker 3 (39:39):
How many points did they score against the Chiefs in
the playoffs? Old?
Speaker 7 (39:44):
Please, I don't have every game in front of me,
so it'll be the last game of the season because
they lost that game.
Speaker 2 (39:52):
Would you just you're debunking me? And I'm bringing it
back and I'm bringing some heat.
Speaker 7 (39:57):
Today, well, saying that the raven our boring team is
definitely bringing heat.
Speaker 2 (40:01):
Yeah sure, yeah, no, I said they're just not exciting.
They're really good and their quarterback is exciting. What was
the final score seventeen?
Speaker 3 (40:12):
Ten? Oh? Oh, I'm sorry, did you just rebunk yourself?
Speaker 7 (40:17):
I I well, it definitely wasn't ten games, but maybe
if you get the player.
Speaker 2 (40:21):
I think I put I had ten in my mind,
so they scored ten points.
Speaker 3 (40:25):
It wasn't ten.
Speaker 2 (40:26):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I I bunked you. I'm I'm rambunctious.
Speaker 12 (40:34):
Yes, Marvin Well, if the Ravens are exciting, who do
you have is the most exciting team in the NFL
besides Kansas City?
Speaker 3 (40:42):
Well, I just gave you Kansas City.
Speaker 7 (40:45):
Other than that, Dolphin's Eagles forty nine ers.
Speaker 2 (40:48):
Yes, they're exciting. Cowboys. I just tried to work the
cowboys in the show, did it?
Speaker 3 (40:56):
Yeah? All right?
Speaker 2 (40:58):
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