April 10, 2025 • 5 mins
In this episode, the team delves into the emotional farewell of Luka Dončić, reflecting on his impactful moments with the Mavericks. Kevin “KT” Turner brings you the latest sports updates, including the Mavericks clinching a play-in spot and the potential playoff scenarios. The hosts share their thoughts on Luka's tearful reaction to a tribute video, highlighting the significance of his journey from a young boy to a basketball star.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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know in twenty minutes, but right now it's time for this.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
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Speaker 1 (00:16):
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Speaker 3 (00:39):
Kevin, all right, yeah, I mean I think we should
just keep going on this uh Luca thing. We have
some Luca audio here in a little bit. One thing
I thought about that entire game was very interesting and
it is the whole dynamic of the energy of the
place kind of did kind of die down a little bit,
and the Mavericks like stayed in it. And then what's
amazing through all of this is the Mavericks clutched to
(01:01):
play in Spot last night.
Speaker 4 (01:02):
It's huge.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
They were able to tweet about it this morning. Yep,
so they're playing. This game will be next Wednesday, I believe, yes,
against the Sacramento Kings. The only question is if that
game will be in Dallas or in Sacramento.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
The likelihood is I haven't seen the percentages. I'm guessing
it's about seventy eight percent that's going to be in Sacramento.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
It's not good on it being a home game now,
but you beat Toronto tomorrow night and then who is Sunday?
Speaker 4 (01:30):
Yeah, you have at Memphis.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
You basically you basically need to win out and Sacramento
needs to lose out in order. And Sacramento's final game
of the year is against Phoenix. Oh no, yeah right, yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
So I just want this season to be over and
I just want the Maps to weat the best draft
pick they can. This season has been brutal, but I
want this playoff game for one reason and one reason only,
the play in or any extended play at all. Because
when we did the podcast or take the would you
at Studio forty one, follow well really wants this, and dude,
(02:05):
it was just listening to the conviction in his voice
and I didn't realize that there was some TV things changing, so.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
This will be this was going to be our last
playoff series ever to broadcast.
Speaker 4 (02:15):
So I'm rooting for that. I want I want that.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
In order to get that, we've got to win both
play in games. So more than likely Lot We've already
broadcast our last cast the Amazon Amazon. So he's going
to become like Major League Baseball. Yeah, so, I mean, honestly,
that ship has probably sailed.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
Maybe not though, And that's the one like hearing the
conviction in his voice when he talked about that, I
was like, yeah.
Speaker 4 (02:37):
Man, I want this for you guys, for your broadcast.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Team, and hey, if they can put a positive spin
on the end of the season, that'd be great. But
I do want to talk about that game. I had
hoped that that game would help me find some closure
and it just didn't. And to see Luca start crying
watching the montage was first six and a half seasons here.
(03:02):
That gutted me, and that I know that gutted the Metroplex.
And it's one thing you part ways with a guy
and he's like, if you my life's better now looking
at me on the beach, you know whatever, But the
guy's devastated and crying on the bench.
Speaker 4 (03:18):
It just made it even harder.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
Yeah, that was intense, man, I didn't expect that. And
I think the other thing about it is that, by
the way, originally it was a three minute video.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
How long was it two minutes? Oh my god, it
was a minute cut from it too.
Speaker 3 (03:33):
You notice there's not a lot of highlights of Luca
in a mavas Jersey just dominating. I mean, it was
a lot of here's some euro ball and here's walking
into the but it was you know, it.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
Was the shot over Gobert. I mean, it was the
signature moments. It was the shot in the bubble, it
was the moment, you know, they had his celebration when
when they came back from nine points down in thirty
three seconds to and that was at the time the
only sixty point twenty rebound, ten assists triple double in
NBA history. So they they did that, but they were
(04:05):
they were trying to tell the whole story and I
think it's very and they were also trying to make
sure they ended it with the thank you Luca and Slovenian. Yeah,
and I thought it was very interesting that they leaned
in on he came here as a boy, Yeah, because
that's that's a big part of the storyline for a
lot of people. Right, They didn't they I don't think
they did anything to pull back on anything. I think
(04:28):
they leaned in on every emotional aspect of it. And
that's an important part to Luca too. Is like the
moment in the video where the little girl hugs his
arm like that. If you for the people that are
out there going well, y'all tried to censor this and
do that and do that, man, I would say watch
that video and tell me that again. If anything, that
(04:50):
just probably made people feel worse. But what they were
trying to do was honor Luca the best way possible.
And the people that made the video very much love Luca.
Speaker 4 (04:58):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
And dude, did you see the part that because said
made him tear up the most? Was this shot over Gobertt. Yeah,
it was like if we were underdogs and everything. I
love that it made him tear up that you know
we're going to the finals, right, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
And I was seriously as it was getting super emotional
then and we'll get back into the Luke audio later,
but I was seriously sitting there thinking there's no way
he's going to be able to have a good game.
Speaker 4 (05:21):
Yeah, but man, and did he have a good game?
All right?
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Coming up here in just a matter of moments, Ten
jobs that AI could eliminate.
Speaker 4 (05:29):
Is your job? On this list and buy and find
out
Is Ai coming for your job. We're gonna let you
know in twenty minutes, but right now it's time for this.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Now it's cool Around the Sports KTD, fuck wins as
all the sports ye.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
And today Around the Sports is brought to you by
our friends at Sunset at McKinny Amphitheater, where you can
own a piece of Dallas's most luxurious Amphitheater, redefining the
way you experience concerts. Go to Sunset Texas dot com
for information on how to own a fire pit suite
or join the ape Man Club. This bad Boy's coming
to McKinny in twenty twenty six. Again, that is Sunset
(00:38):
Texas dot com.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Kevin, all right, yeah, I mean I think we should
just keep going on this uh Luca thing. We have
some Luca audio here in a little bit. One thing
I thought about that entire game was very interesting and
it is the whole dynamic of the energy of the
place kind of did kind of die down a little bit,
and the Mavericks like stayed in it. And then what's
amazing through all of this is the Mavericks clutched to
(01:01):
play in Spot last night.
Speaker 4 (01:02):
It's huge.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
They were able to tweet about it this morning. Yep,
so they're playing. This game will be next Wednesday, I believe, yes,
against the Sacramento Kings. The only question is if that
game will be in Dallas or in Sacramento.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
The likelihood is I haven't seen the percentages. I'm guessing
it's about seventy eight percent that's going to be in Sacramento.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
It's not good on it being a home game now,
but you beat Toronto tomorrow night and then who is Sunday?
Speaker 4 (01:30):
Yeah, you have at Memphis.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
You basically you basically need to win out and Sacramento
needs to lose out in order. And Sacramento's final game
of the year is against Phoenix. Oh no, yeah right, yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
So I just want this season to be over and
I just want the Maps to weat the best draft
pick they can. This season has been brutal, but I
want this playoff game for one reason and one reason only,
the play in or any extended play at all. Because
when we did the podcast or take the would you
at Studio forty one, follow well really wants this, and dude,
(02:05):
it was just listening to the conviction in his voice
and I didn't realize that there was some TV things changing, so.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
This will be this was going to be our last
playoff series ever to broadcast.
Speaker 4 (02:15):
So I'm rooting for that. I want I want that.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
In order to get that, we've got to win both
play in games. So more than likely Lot We've already
broadcast our last cast the Amazon Amazon. So he's going
to become like Major League Baseball. Yeah, so, I mean, honestly,
that ship has probably sailed.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
Maybe not though, And that's the one like hearing the
conviction in his voice when he talked about that, I
was like, yeah.
Speaker 4 (02:37):
Man, I want this for you guys, for your broadcast.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Team, and hey, if they can put a positive spin
on the end of the season, that'd be great. But
I do want to talk about that game. I had
hoped that that game would help me find some closure
and it just didn't. And to see Luca start crying
watching the montage was first six and a half seasons here.
(03:02):
That gutted me, and that I know that gutted the Metroplex.
And it's one thing you part ways with a guy
and he's like, if you my life's better now looking
at me on the beach, you know whatever, But the
guy's devastated and crying on the bench.
Speaker 4 (03:18):
It just made it even harder.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
Yeah, that was intense, man, I didn't expect that. And
I think the other thing about it is that, by
the way, originally it was a three minute video.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
How long was it two minutes? Oh my god, it
was a minute cut from it too.
Speaker 3 (03:33):
You notice there's not a lot of highlights of Luca
in a mavas Jersey just dominating. I mean, it was
a lot of here's some euro ball and here's walking
into the but it was you know, it.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
Was the shot over Gobert. I mean, it was the
signature moments. It was the shot in the bubble, it
was the moment, you know, they had his celebration when
when they came back from nine points down in thirty
three seconds to and that was at the time the
only sixty point twenty rebound, ten assists triple double in
NBA history. So they they did that, but they were
(04:05):
they were trying to tell the whole story and I
think it's very and they were also trying to make
sure they ended it with the thank you Luca and Slovenian. Yeah,
and I thought it was very interesting that they leaned
in on he came here as a boy, Yeah, because
that's that's a big part of the storyline for a
lot of people. Right, They didn't they I don't think
they did anything to pull back on anything. I think
(04:28):
they leaned in on every emotional aspect of it. And
that's an important part to Luca too. Is like the
moment in the video where the little girl hugs his
arm like that. If you for the people that are
out there going well, y'all tried to censor this and
do that and do that, man, I would say watch
that video and tell me that again. If anything, that
(04:50):
just probably made people feel worse. But what they were
trying to do was honor Luca the best way possible.
And the people that made the video very much love Luca.
Speaker 4 (04:58):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
And dude, did you see the part that because said
made him tear up the most? Was this shot over Gobertt. Yeah,
it was like if we were underdogs and everything. I
love that it made him tear up that you know
we're going to the finals, right, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
And I was seriously as it was getting super emotional
then and we'll get back into the Luke audio later,
but I was seriously sitting there thinking there's no way
he's going to be able to have a good game.
Speaker 4 (05:21):
Yeah, but man, and did he have a good game?
All right?
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Coming up here in just a matter of moments, Ten
jobs that AI could eliminate.
Speaker 4 (05:29):
Is your job? On this list and buy and find
out
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