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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox
Sports Radio Final Hour. On this Tuesday, Reggie Miller will
join us. Coming up a little bit. Was Reggie taking
a shot at Lebron James the other night during the
Minnesota Denver series. We'll talk to him about that. Also,
what's practice like for the Dallas Mavericks today? After shooting
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fifty two percent from the line in a loss to
OKC last night, Jason Kidd made it seem like, yeah,
you know, we'll fix it. Here he is after the
loss of the Dallas head coach.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Jason from the free throw free throw a lot tonight?
Speaker 3 (00:37):
Just what are you attribute that too? That's you know,
one is probably unacceptable. You know, we got to do better.
We've talked about it as a group. We can't shoot
fifty percent if we want to win, you know. So
we'll talk about tomorrow and we'll get better and we'll
have opportunity on Wednesday.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
Okay, how do you get better?
Speaker 4 (00:59):
What happens?
Speaker 1 (01:00):
You're gonna shoot more free throws? Gonna make you better?
Probably not. Feels like this might be a little bigger
problem there. Dallas is not a good free throw shooting team,
you know. Denver during the regular season, not a good
free throw shooting team. During the postseason, they're pretty good. Okay,
see good free throw shooting team. Twenty three of twenty
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four from the line. This is the youngest team in
the NBA, making ninety six percent of their free throws
and that was the difference. They won the game because
they made their free throws and Dallas did not. Luca
missed a free throw with ten seconds to go that
would have tied it. All right, So we'll talk to
reg a few things. Talked to him. Got basketball coming
up tonight, Pacers a slight underdog against the Knicks. Timberwolf'say,
(01:43):
slight underdog against the Nuggets. Also the debut of Kitlyn
Clark the regular season. It'll be the Indiana Fever versus
the Connecticut Sun. I thought I would have an over
under with points for Kitlyn Clark. Do we have over
under for tonight? Because I think I said it at
twenty and a half. I found one with twenty one
(02:05):
and a half. Oh, okay, if wants a piece, I'm
going to go under. I'm gonna go under. I think
she's going to start her career out as a facilitator
and get everybody involved, and then all of a sudden,
she won't feel as bad if she's firing off twenty
five shots. Get everybody involved, spread the wealth there, Yes, Hunt.
Speaker 5 (02:26):
Assuming she's still wearing number twenty two, I'm gonna go
with the old.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
Okay, get bloop bloop all right. Stat of the day
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at the La Grand Prix coming up this weekend. Poll
(02:50):
question for the final hour is going to be what
see O'Connor? Yeah, we put up there last hour. Of
these four quarterbacks who are all due to get paid next,
which one are you paying most? Trevor Lawrence, Jordan love
brock Purdy and Tua Tungue of Iloa? Do you want
to guess one of them is at the very very bottom?
Not even close, not even close, Jordan love brock Purdy
(03:13):
to a Trevor, I'm gonna say the bottom is trev Trevor,
did you just say too? True to.
Speaker 6 (03:27):
Only about eight percent of the vote right now, Trevor
is currently in tied for second place with Brock Purdy
Jordan Love.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
People super high on forty percent of the vote. Oh okay,
not a big sample size there, but what you did
see was pretty impressive. Yeah, I all I needed was
the game against Dallas that you do that on the road,
and you you had some other teams that were nervous,
uh forty nine ers nervous. That's the Twitter result.
Speaker 6 (03:57):
By the way, if you go to the website Danpatrick
dot com Rock Perry, he's leading that one. Jordan Love
and Trevor Lawrence are tied for second on that one
to us still way at the.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
Bottom, and you'll have the Jets and the Niners. That'll
be the opener for both of those teams. That's Monday night,
I believe that's in San Francisco and Aaron Rodgers in Company.
Get ready for the onslaught of Aaron Rodgers coverage here.
It's good. You know, it never starts too early. It
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feels like it feels like every year we start earlier
with coverage. Kirk Cousin's going to join us on the
show on Thursday. We talk about off season, going to Atlanta,
them drafting, you know, a quarterback there, you know, and Also,
when you think about this, he was going to be
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in the same situation in Minnesota. They told him they
were going to draft a quarterback. I want to ask Kirk,
cause if I gave you a do over, you knew
Minnesota was going to draft JJ McCarthy, but you knew
Atlanta was drafting Michael Pennix junior. The third money's the same.
But you've stayed in Minnesota. Would you have gone to Atlanta?
Speaker 5 (05:08):
Now?
Speaker 1 (05:08):
I know your wife's family, she's from Georgia, and maybe
going back there for her. But I wonder both places.
Minnesota at least told you they were going to take
a quarterback. Atlanta a little bit of a surprise. By
the way, Reggie Miller will be on the call for
Game five the Nuggets and the Timberwolves coming up tonight
eight seven to seven to three DP. Show operator Tyler
(05:30):
standing by with your phone calls in the final hour
of the program. Good morning if you're watching on Peacock.
The stat of the day is always brought to you
by Paenaian America, the official trading cards of the Dan
Patrick Show. There are a couple of situations that are
worth watching. Now. These are teams that aren't in the playoffs.
One is the Atlanta Hawks. Is Trey Young going to
(05:52):
be the future of the Atlanta Hawks? Could you see
him maybe relocating Orlando San Antonio. Kevin Durant in Phoenix
bears watching because nobody's gonna want Bradley Beals d Devin Booker.
You're gonna have to give up a lot to get
Devin Booker, if you know, does Phoenix want to give
(06:14):
away Devin Booker? Not giveaway? But so that leads you
with Kevin Durant. They've already said that those three didn't
work well together. Does Mike Budenholzer somehow come up with
a scheme. The report is Kevin Durant did not talk
to Frank Vogel for a month. Frank Vogel was his coach,
so that they had to do something about that situation.
(06:37):
Mike Budenholzer comes in. Is he changing something where somebody's
going to be a leader on this team? They're all shooters,
and I just wonder, you know, if you're Kevin Durant,
can you ask out can he ask to be traded?
Would they want to trade him? What could you get
for him? Who's gonna want Kevin Durant maybe as that
(07:00):
missing piece. I still maintained the Miami Heat, but I
haven't heard anything either way on something like that. But
that's another story to keep an eye on. Can Donovan
Mitchell play in this game coming up Wednesday? Or is
that injury that calf injury far more serious? And is
he staying in Cleveland? And then you throw in Lebron
and his wife show up at the Cabs game court
(07:22):
side last night, and Lebron doesn't do anything accidentally. I
don't know if it's a leverage play where all of
a sudden he's like, all right, Lakers, just letting the
letting you know him in Cleveland. Last time I did this,
I went back to Cleveland when I was with the
Miami Heat. And then I start to think about this.
(07:45):
If you're Lebron, he's going he wants to get the
most money. Wherever he's going to go, He's always gotten.
He's not taking a team discount here. They once to
get paid, probably get three years at you know, one
hundred and sixty million dollars whatever they can pay, and
are you going to be involved in the coach But
then the Lakers are probably saying, well, how long are
(08:06):
you gonna play. You don't play two years, But we
got to think about three years and four years and
five years down the road. Do we want Lebron's coach
or do we want our coach? That has to factor
in JJ Reddick. I don't know if he's ready for
the be a head coach. He's been friends with Lebron
and they do a podcast. Okay, I mean I stayed
(08:30):
at a holiday in but I don't I don't like
you're you're trying to figure out Lebron's motives, what he wants,
and what the what the Lakers want, and who you're
going to bring in and can you trade those draft picks?
Who who are you going to bring in? That helps you?
Because the West is going to get even better next year?
(08:51):
The East? The East, you know you can you can
slice and dice through the East and maybe get to
the Eastern Conference finals against the Celtics. So those are
the things that I thought of when I saw Lebron
last night.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
Yes, Mark, can you imagine the text between Rob Linka
and Jeanie bus last night?
Speaker 5 (09:06):
Oh Rob, did you see did you see Lebron in
Cleveland last night? I did not.
Speaker 1 (09:12):
Yeah, I don't know it just might not be, just
might be no big deal. Yeah, I don't know if
it is a big deal. It was for me because
once again, when Lebron does something, there's something attached to it.
He doesn't. It's not happenstance, it's just oh my god. Okay,
he got my attention here. What could be going on? Yes,
(09:34):
mar Rich Paul was also with him. Yeah, that's true.
His agent. So a couple of phone calls in here.
Rob in Orlando, Good morning Rob, what's on your mind today?
Speaker 7 (09:43):
And Dan and the guys man. First off, I just
wanted to thank Woody for calling in yesterday. Woody from
Ohio calling in yesterday and submitting his verbal application for
at least valid valuable caller this year. I mean, you
come after you start banging off seating. I like that.
You're you're playing with fire scarecrow. I'm not I'm not
a Lions fan, but I will tell you I think
(10:05):
that signing a golf is good. The shower CAP's going
to blow up next year. They've got all their or
all their veteran stud players signed long term. They've got
a lot of young talent on the team. That doesn't
cause them a whole lot. I think it's a good
move for them. They're gonna be forced to be recruited
for a few years.
Speaker 4 (10:23):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
Yeah, just Jared didn't have any leverage here. I was
just surprised that it was that much. Yeah, and it
felt like maybe a Baker Mayfield type deal. I think
that's what we speculated. You know, maybe he gets a
four year deal and it averages you know, thirty five
million dollars or something like that. But he had one
more year left, and I don't think there was any
(10:44):
leverage there, although Mike Florio from Pro Football Talk told
me that maybe he was hinting at holding out or
could have held out for leverage, But I don't know.
They paid a lot, but I guess that's the going
rate here. Phil, North Carolina, I fail, what's on your mind?
Speaker 8 (11:03):
Oh?
Speaker 9 (11:03):
I came in late on the Fritzy talking with the ses. Yeah,
so I thought it'd be fun to have him say
she sells seashells by the sea shore.
Speaker 1 (11:14):
All right, once again, to re indoctrinate, educate our audience.
Fritzy said this about two years ago on the show.
Speaker 5 (11:22):
He wasn't even sure if he should have shown up.
Speaker 1 (11:24):
Okay, then Fritzy said that we doctored that, which we didn't,
and then we thought Fritzy should go and see a doctor.
Speaker 5 (11:33):
Or multiple doctors.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
Yes, you've said that these seashells.
Speaker 5 (11:38):
I think I've done that before.
Speaker 1 (11:39):
I mean, try it if you want.
Speaker 5 (11:42):
She sells seashells by the sea shore. Yeah, but I'm
not saying it fast. That's the kind of thing like, well,
try to say it ten times fast.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
No, no, no, no, you did it. You shut him up?
Tout Mike Ford did Michael and fort Wayne? Hi, Mike,
what's on your mind today?
Speaker 2 (11:58):
Hey?
Speaker 10 (11:58):
Dan, thanks for taking my call. Quick question for you.
Speaker 1 (12:00):
You mentioned Ronnie James had.
Speaker 10 (12:02):
A couple of good days at the NBA Draft combine.
So it begs the question who if you were a
betting man for entertainment purposes only, of course, and if
you were to pick who gets drafted first, is it
Bronnie James, who for the last two days has been
a good shooter, or Zach Edy, for the last two
years has been the national player of the year.
Speaker 1 (12:25):
I'm going to go Zach Edy goes before Bronnie. I
think the over under for Bronnie is thirty nine and
a half pick, So I'd say Zach Edy, and yes,
that sounded like somebody was a little frosty that Zach
Edy two time National Player of the Year. A little
snarky there in Indiana Fort Wayne, Yeah, I could see
(12:47):
Zach Edy going before Bronnie h. I'm not sure how
you use it.
Speaker 5 (12:54):
It's just so crazy that the National Player of the
Year is a second round pick.
Speaker 1 (13:00):
Probably, Yeah, but Luke Garza was Was he a two
time player of the Year or at least Big Ten
Player of the Year, Yeah, Paul, I.
Speaker 11 (13:07):
Think Draymond Green was back to back Big Ten Player
of the Year. Was he high second round Draphick?
Speaker 1 (13:11):
Yeah, he was fantastic in college. Yeah, Jimmy and Chicago, Hi, Jimmy.
Speaker 4 (13:17):
Hey.
Speaker 1 (13:18):
Dan wanted some of.
Speaker 12 (13:19):
Your thoughts on the Dolphins backfield this coming season with
Raheem Mostert He's one of my favorite backs and Devona Kane.
What do you think of their production this comming season.
I know both of them had really great years last I'm.
Speaker 1 (13:32):
Gonna I'm gonna wait to break down the Dolphins backfield
another day. Come on, Yeah, gonna gonna gonna wait. You're
gonna wait? But should you? But should I? I shouldn't
I should do it right now. I just I want
to give it the full amount of time that it deserves.
I wish.
Speaker 11 (13:50):
I'll put it on the calendar for you.
Speaker 1 (13:51):
Yeah, yeah, maybe Thursday. How about Thursday at this time,
maybe we break down the Dolphins running game. Yes, Paul,
they're running back. It's it's my committee, Devon Chan. Yeah,
it's Devon Chan. Yeah.
Speaker 11 (14:07):
Very tough to pronounce.
Speaker 1 (14:09):
Okay, I don't know if I needed that you. Let's
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Speaker 1 (14:58):
Reginald Aloysius Miller Junior the third he'll be on the
call with Kevin Harlan, Jamal Crawford, Ali Lefores. Tip off
ten thirty Eastern on TNT tonight, game five in Denver.
Before we talk about that, help me understand the Dallas
Mavericks shooting fifty two percent from the free throw line
last night, and Jason Kidd says, hey, you know what, well,
(15:21):
we'll address that coming up. They haven't been good all year.
So how do you address bad free throw shooting at
this time of the year.
Speaker 4 (15:30):
I don't think you can address it.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
It's all about your mental approach to the free throw line.
They are called free throws for a reason.
Speaker 4 (15:41):
And it's all about your approach.
Speaker 2 (15:44):
And you can practice them all you want, become game time,
you've got to go up there and knock them down.
There's no excuse for shooting fifty two percent at home.
You could make a case on the road, the nerves,
you know, the hostile environment maybe maybe, but at home
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there's no excuse. With a chance for your team to
take a stranglehold of a series and go up three
to one. It's sad that it came down to basically
free throws, you know, because that was the difference. Both
teams didn't shoot the ball particularly well. It felt like
it was, you know, a nineties type game, all about defense,
(16:28):
low scoring, and it came down to some of the
most simple things, and that is free throws.
Speaker 1 (16:33):
Yeah, okay, she was twenty three to twenty four. Dallas
was twelve of twenty three. But how do you put
yourself in the mindset of practicing a game like situation.
How did you do it? Because you're one of the
great three throw shooters of all time.
Speaker 2 (16:47):
Well, you prepare and you put yourself in the same
environment of when you're going through your usual game.
Speaker 4 (16:55):
Time prep and you're taking your normal shots.
Speaker 2 (16:59):
I think a lot of youeople neglect freak throws because
they think it's just a simple task.
Speaker 4 (17:06):
But I always like.
Speaker 2 (17:07):
To put pressure on myself assuming that the game is
on the line, and you you know, the same way
you're doing the three to two to one for a
last minute shots, You've got to put yourself in that
same environment when you're shooting free throws.
Speaker 4 (17:20):
Especially for me on the road in a hostile environment.
Speaker 2 (17:25):
I assume at home, because it's almost like you see
in football when it's you know, fourth and inches on
the goal line and the quarterback comes up. At home,
everyone's quiet, you know, on the road, it's a little
bit more voiceous and a hostile environment, and you've got
to prepare your mind for that.
Speaker 1 (17:43):
Yeah, I'm just surprised. You know, Denver's not a good
free throw shooting team, but in the playoffs they've been
a good free throw shooting team. So that says something
about sort of the mentality of when games are on
the line, and that's what, you know, great teams do
they step up? What do you I.
Speaker 4 (17:59):
Think you have to address the elephant in the room
as well.
Speaker 2 (18:02):
And if Jason Kidd knows they're not a great tree
throw shooting team, you do have to address that in
your pregame speech.
Speaker 4 (18:09):
Guys, go to the line, concentrate.
Speaker 2 (18:11):
My pacer team's Dale Davis wasn't a great free throw shooter,
worked tiresly on his free throws during practice and you know,
I even heard Shacks say this too. He made them
when they counted, And that's what kind of what you
kind of fall back on. You can practice, practice them
all you want. Become game time in a real time
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setting when there's consequences to be had, you know, you
see who has it and who doesn't.
Speaker 1 (18:40):
Speaking of the elephant in the room, here is Reggie
during the game last game, possibly taking a shot at
Lebron James.
Speaker 2 (18:49):
Oh, come on, we've got a certain guy veteran status
in our game. A lot of people from out lusmore
the lack of deflect it and point figures that other
here's a twenty two are all saying this is all.
Speaker 1 (19:01):
Mean, it's my fault. Who are you taking a shot at?
Speaker 2 (19:06):
I'm talking to taking a shot in general, I'm trying
to give credit and creed to a twenty year old,
twenty two year old because I want to put myself
in his shoots, right, And I remember when I was
twenty one twenty two. I don't know if I could
have gotten in front of a camera with the world
watching and said this is on me. And I know
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a lot of people want to think and assume it's
Lebron I'm taking shots at because look, I've been in
those locker rooms when certain veterans shy away from that
and it's quick to always.
Speaker 4 (19:39):
Pile on Lebron. If it was Lebron, I would have
said Lebron James.
Speaker 1 (19:44):
But you said current players Mount Rushmore. So you just
assume if Lebron, well, who else is it going to be?
It could only be Katie or Steph. Those are the
only possible guys who could be on the current Mount
Kerr Mount Rushmore.
Speaker 4 (20:02):
It's more so.
Speaker 1 (20:03):
But you gave ant Man credit, which I'm fine with.
You just brought in another portion when you said the
current Mount Rushmore.
Speaker 2 (20:12):
Well, I've seen a lot of guys deflect those criticisms
when here's a twenty two year old step it up,
taking responsibility.
Speaker 4 (20:24):
So you could take it either way you want.
Speaker 2 (20:28):
Is it a shot at Lebron, Absolutely not, because I've
seen him do the same thing at Man has done too.
Speaker 1 (20:34):
Okay, is there a player in your head then if
you say it's not Lebron, because you know what you
did say this about the coaches got fired, but the
players either last week or the week before, So you
were saying that you got coaches fired in Phoenix and
Los Angeles where players maybe didn't take a look.
Speaker 2 (20:56):
What I said was the coaches, unfortunately, are always the
first to go because the players have guaranteed contracts. Yes,
so coaches are always the first to go, which is unfortunate.
I said, we need to look more so at the
players and more so who's putting the rosters together.
Speaker 4 (21:13):
Theodore.
Speaker 1 (21:13):
Okay, but do you have a player in mind, because
you said current Mount Rushmore. If it's not Lebron, I
will leave it up to interpretation. Yeah, but that's part
of the problem. Now we bring in all these other people.
So you took it. You took a shot at maybe
Lebron or Katie because they didn't take ownership or blame
(21:37):
for the coaches getting How about you just nod your head?
Was it Lebron?
Speaker 4 (21:43):
No, stop that.
Speaker 1 (21:46):
I thought that.
Speaker 2 (21:47):
I thought everyone things that everything evolves around Lebron.
Speaker 4 (21:53):
It's not. Everything does not evolve around Lebron, guys.
Speaker 1 (21:58):
It does it. I felt that. I felt that you
were saying Lebron because the only other player current on
the Mount Rushmore would have been Durant because Steph has
had Steve Kerr as his coach and.
Speaker 4 (22:11):
Steph. No, Steph, Lebron, Katie, whomever. I'll leave it up
to your interpretation, or I'll.
Speaker 11 (22:21):
Just do this.
Speaker 1 (22:24):
Nod your head. Okay to whoever you're you're thinking of
in your hit, Okay, tell me what was happening with
Lebron showing up in Cleveland last night? Because he doesn't
accidentally do things he does that.
Speaker 2 (22:37):
No, he's from Akron. He he's won a championship for
the Cleveland Cavaliers. A guy can't go out and enjoy
a playoff game.
Speaker 1 (22:48):
You're not reading anything into that.
Speaker 2 (22:52):
No, I'm not.
Speaker 4 (22:54):
Not at all. He's from Acrid. He won a championship there,
their only championship.
Speaker 1 (23:01):
He came in halfway through the first quarter.
Speaker 4 (23:04):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (23:04):
The bottle of wine.
Speaker 8 (23:06):
I don't know.
Speaker 4 (23:09):
Maybe it was in one of the streets.
Speaker 1 (23:11):
I don't know when he Why would you show up
to see the Cavaliers play the Celtics.
Speaker 4 (23:17):
He's from the area he wants.
Speaker 1 (23:20):
He lives in LA.
Speaker 4 (23:23):
For the season.
Speaker 1 (23:25):
He's not vacationing in Cleveland.
Speaker 4 (23:27):
I'm not saying. I guarantee he still has a home there.
Speaker 1 (23:31):
You don't think that there was more to that?
Speaker 4 (23:34):
Okay, Now let me ask you, what do you think
there's more too?
Speaker 1 (23:39):
I just think there is because it's Lebron. Lebron is past,
so I don't come back to maybe if you were
gonna if you were gonna get to the Eastern Conference
to let's say you're gonna play uh for another championship,
you got a better chance in l A or Cleveland.
(24:01):
That's why he was courtside last night.
Speaker 2 (24:06):
Right. Well, I don't know, because I think Cleveland has
a lot of questions they need to answer too, with
Donovan Mitchell going forward to is Mitchell still in the
mix here? They do have a nice young core. There's
a lot of things that play here. Why can't a
guy just go out and enjoy a playoff game? Why
does everything have to be so controversial with Lebron?
Speaker 1 (24:29):
It's not it's not, it's he doesn't do things without thought. Now,
if he says, hey, I just I was in the neighborhood,
and why not take in the neighborhood is right down
the road, he's in Beverly Hills.
Speaker 2 (24:46):
Oh. During the season, they've been out, they've been going.
He let him go enjoy a game.
Speaker 4 (24:57):
See, everyone always wants to pile on Lebron.
Speaker 1 (25:00):
I'm calling on I'm saying I'm I'm looking at this
and going is there something more at play? Keep in mind,
would this be the only.
Speaker 4 (25:10):
This would be the place you would think he would
want to come back to you.
Speaker 1 (25:13):
Well, you could bookend your career. Maybe you know, they'll
they'll think he.
Speaker 4 (25:17):
Booked ended by winning them a championship. I think everything
going forward.
Speaker 1 (25:23):
For Lebron, he's playing house money if he goes back there.
Speaker 4 (25:27):
Everything going forward for him is in LA. He's in
the entertainment business. Now, he's making movies. I know he's producing.
Everything going forward for Lebron is in LA.
Speaker 1 (25:41):
I don't but not a title, but not a title.
Everything's in LA, but a title.
Speaker 4 (25:49):
Didn't you win a title there?
Speaker 1 (25:51):
Well, they won in Orlando and that's a few years ago.
Speaker 4 (25:55):
As well as Cleveland a few years ago.
Speaker 1 (25:57):
Yes, okay, do you remember when Lebron was with the Heat.
They were they were retiring zudrunas Olgaskis Jersey, and he
flew to Cleveland and pat Riley was not pleased. And
then what happened. Lebron went back to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
So maybe maybe there's nothing here, Maybe there's nothing to see.
Speaker 2 (26:19):
I can if this does come happen, we've got to
read this conversation you and I had, because this is
breaking news. I would just thinking a guy was coming
out to a place that he loves, had a lot
of great memories. Want a championed their only championship, and
I'm sure he's still cool with a lot of people
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in the front office. I think that was a cool
gesture to have the greatest player of their generation at
their game.
Speaker 1 (26:47):
The last thing you would want to do is go
watch a basketball game after you just went through this
season you did with the Lakers, Like you don't go
You know what, Hun, I'm really jones in for some
more basket ball here, all right. Reggie Miller will be
on the call tonight in Denver Game five with Kevin
Harlan and Ali LaForce and also Jamal Crawford. What do
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you expect now? I got Minnesota a slight underdog going
into Game five, which will hinge on what or whom
for Minnesota, either one with the game hinges on what
or whom.
Speaker 2 (27:24):
Minnesota Carl Anthony Towns has to play at an elite level.
I think he's forcing things, But I give Denver a
lot of credit because they're playing him with smaller defenders
and they are baiting him to try to play bullyball
down low, and it's just not working, and if he
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continues to shoot how he's been shooting, this series will
be over in the next two games.
Speaker 4 (27:54):
So he's got to find a way to be more efficient.
Speaker 2 (27:58):
Right. We saw the response from Anthony Edwards with his
forty three, forty four points here in Game four. But
Karl Anthony Towns has to be much better for Minnesota
and for Denver. I've been saying this all along. As
great as the MVP is Jokic and Murray his shooting,
when Aaron Gordon plays like this, they're a different team
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at both ends of the floor because he can play.
He can defend multiple positions guarding Karl Anthony Towns and
he's guarding Anthony Edwards. But when he's shooting the ball
like this, now he's shooting threes. Now he's making threes.
He gives them that X factor. So when Gordon plays
like this, really Denver is unbeatable in my opinion.
Speaker 1 (28:45):
Should Shaq have told the Joker that he voted for
Shay gilgis Alexander for MVP.
Speaker 2 (28:51):
You know, this is a tough one because Shaq, for one,
he wears his heart on his sleeve. But when a
guy is waiting on a call like this and you
have your family around, and this is supposed to be
a moment of you know, to celebrate a winter three
times in four years. Maybe it's not the right time,
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but Shack should. This is what makes our show unique.
Our guys tell the truth.
Speaker 4 (29:21):
They have no filter. But let me say this.
Speaker 2 (29:27):
If there's a there's no bigger supporter of Jolkic than
Shaq and it's that big man alliance and Shack is
he said it. He said it so many times that
Nikola Jokic is his favorite player. Was it the right
time to say that she should have on it? Maybe not,
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but Shaq's not going to hold that. And that's what's
made him great. That's what made him great as a player,
and certainly that's what made him great for television.
Speaker 1 (29:56):
Well, Shannon Sharps said it was jealousy.
Speaker 4 (30:00):
I don't I don't think so.
Speaker 1 (30:01):
Sha Shack had one MVP, which is still amazing it is.
Speaker 4 (30:07):
And I thought he certainly should have had three himself.
Speaker 1 (30:10):
Well, he should have had one of Steve Nash's.
Speaker 4 (30:14):
Look, that's that's people voting. That's out of his control.
Speaker 2 (30:17):
Yeah know this, Shack, you are, and trust me, I
know very well because I've had to go through you
so many years. Trust me, the most dominant player at
his position maybe ever, and I'm including Wilt in that.
So I mean, come on now, I mean Shannon could
say jealousy all he wants. Shack is arguably one of
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the most dominant men basketball players ever ever.
Speaker 1 (30:46):
Uh, before I let you go, it feels like Tom
Thibodeau is getting credit and getting criticized because of the
minutes that his players were playing in the playoffs, given
that they had already had injuries, they have to play
now they're breaking down. So where do you stand on
Tibbs and the minute his players play and how he's
(31:07):
gotten to this point where he's got a pretty banged
up team going into tonight theater.
Speaker 2 (31:13):
You've been around this game a long time, and you
know how playoff basketball goes, and you know how coaches operate.
Speaker 4 (31:20):
They shorten the rotation. It's always been like that.
Speaker 2 (31:24):
Is this a little bit to the extreme, maybe, but
it's no different than what any other coach is doing.
Right now, he has shortened his rotation to the extreme.
Now the injuries kind of highlight the issues of doing that.
But you know, now Burks is back into the rotation.
(31:44):
Now and he played well those two games in Indiana
and they're going to need his shot making.
Speaker 4 (31:51):
But you can't criticize him.
Speaker 2 (31:54):
You know, for something that was working, you know against Philadelphia, Right,
that's short, that's shorten rotation won them that series.
Speaker 4 (32:04):
It's just unfortunate. The injuries are starting to come out.
Speaker 2 (32:08):
But last time I checked, Marvel loved Pacers have to
win a road game for them to win the series.
So they can lose all the the road games they
want in this series and still win it. So this
is a pivotal game tonight. Game fives are always fun
when it's two two, and it's always it's even funner
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when the two teams really don't like one another.
Speaker 1 (32:33):
Well, got a great rivalry. Tonight, Reg will be on
the call Game five. It'll be Kevin Harlan, Jamal Crawford
and Ali de Force. Tip Off is at ten thirty
Eastern on TNT. Thanks for fighting the good fight, Reg,
have fun tonight. Thanks John.
Speaker 4 (32:47):
Not wait to revisit this. If you know something that
we don't.
Speaker 1 (32:50):
Know anything, and talk to you so talk to you soon.
Talk to you soon. Reggie Alius Miller Junior the third,
we'll take a break last golf of phone calls, what
we learn what's in store tomorrow? The more we've talked
about it during the commercial break, maybe Reggie was talking
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about Kevin Durant and not Lebron James. We may never know,
but he did say the current Mount Rushmore, and he
was pretty adamant that it wasn't Lebron, but maybe not
as adamant that it could have been Kevin Durant not
taking any blame. Coach gets fired. So maybe maybe shading
(33:34):
Kat a little bit there? Yeah, Ray, Okay, you have
to at least think something with Lebron courtside with his
wife with a bottle. He needed a bottle of wine
to sit through that game. Come on, it's too obvious
for it not to mean something in there. Simply Safe
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Final results of the poll questions, We'll get to those
coming up. Uh, Chris in La, Hi Chris, what's on
your mind today?
Speaker 7 (34:13):
Hi?
Speaker 8 (34:13):
Chris?
Speaker 1 (34:14):
Turned down your turn down your radio And this is
for f This is for Fritzy.
Speaker 14 (34:20):
Yes, thank you, Fritzy, because I love Reggie Miller and
I love the banter that you guys have, and I
appreciate whenever he's on, and I just wish he was
on more during the season instead of having to wait
for the playoffs.
Speaker 1 (34:35):
Okay, why are you thanking Fritzy?
Speaker 14 (34:37):
Okay, because he books the talent.
Speaker 1 (34:42):
All he does is call a phone number. Thank you, Chris,
Thank you Chris. You get now? Do you deserve credit
for regiment? I do not, Okay, thank you.
Speaker 5 (34:51):
I don't know what I'm just saying.
Speaker 1 (34:53):
I just I was waiting to see if you really
felt that.
Speaker 5 (34:56):
I do feel that. Okay, then usually say something like
and the other guests just line up and fall for
the Scott. I got to add, waiting for you to
add like that part just find their way accident.
Speaker 1 (35:07):
What other guests? Okay, Joe and Orlando, Hi Joe, what's
on your money?
Speaker 8 (35:14):
As far as it goes as Lebron, I completely agree
with you.
Speaker 15 (35:17):
I think it's funny that Trey Young just switched his
agent company from a Clutch Sport. I think he's with
CAA now. And I also think that it's weird that
the rumors of him going to san Antonio increased and
the Lakers decreased. But I do know that Darius Garland
is a clutch agent. Now he is a clutch representative
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because Lebron's been scouting to try to get Darius Garland
to LA.
Speaker 1 (35:42):
All right, well they need a point guard. That makes sense.
I really like Darius Garland before Donovan Mitchell got there,
and then we forgot about Darius Garland. But Donovan Mitchell
didn't play last night, Alan California, Hey, Ali for you,
how are you.
Speaker 8 (36:02):
Jp G a DP? Before I get started about these showers?
Speaker 16 (36:06):
Same question I have.
Speaker 8 (36:09):
I called in regarding Mayor to play in relegation last week,
and you know what, I'm listening this week to Prinzy
and he's primed for a comeback right now. I see
a dote in his future. Danette of the Year of course,
oh DP, he ain't the lies looking.
Speaker 1 (36:29):
Oh a Dody, Wow, that's great, that's great, Dody.
Speaker 6 (36:36):
Might do we add Dodie to m v D or
is it like is it like m v P and
then Offensive Player of the Year.
Speaker 17 (36:45):
Yes, that's what it is, you know, MVP Most Valuable
But then dan out of the Year that you know,
like Christian McCaffrey wins that Todd could easily win m
v D, H l v D and Dody Yes every year.
Speaker 1 (37:01):
What is your shower of shame?
Speaker 11 (37:02):
Al?
Speaker 8 (37:04):
During the Live Looking, we were watching a clip of
seat and getting hammered with a Sunday Yeah, shower of shame,
and I was just curious, what is your favorite or
least favorite shower of shame that you all have, Doug,
because there's been so many.
Speaker 1 (37:26):
Let's see best one we ever did? What was the
most painful one? Paulie? There was one I recall.
Speaker 11 (37:35):
I thought there was honey and sand involved.
Speaker 1 (37:37):
Oh, but that's one of our listeners on the GUS
in La Okay. Yes. And then he took off his clothes.
We were at the beach. We're in Santa Monica. Took
off his clothes and then came back later and it
was filled with ants because it was all he had
poured honey on himself and then sand. That one was bad.
(37:59):
Seaton had a chocolate Sunday on his head. What else
was poored? Did mcglevin have a bad one too?
Speaker 11 (38:07):
Feels like yogurts or something someone did, like a thing
of yogurt has smelled really bad.
Speaker 6 (38:13):
Yeah, some of them stick with you all day. Like
even when you go home, you take a shower and
it's like you're out of your ear. You still smell
like spoiled milk or something. Yeah, roast this day in
sports history point just to.
Speaker 11 (38:24):
Ask you, there's a ton I'll try to scale it down.
George Stein runner suspended by baseball in nineteen ninety seven.
Let's see Willie Mays hit a home run in his
first game as a New York met and McGill University
and Harvard University met in Cambridge, mass for the first
ever college football game to charge admission.
Speaker 5 (38:43):
No idea what that was?
Speaker 10 (38:45):
Uh?
Speaker 1 (38:46):
Dwight goodin No hit the Mariners to nothing at Yankee Stadium.
Doc Brian in Minnesota, Hi, Brian Wood's on your mind?
Speaker 16 (38:56):
Are you doing band? Third time?
Speaker 7 (38:57):
Collar?
Speaker 16 (38:58):
When do I get to be kill a rage regular
or whatever? I don't know. I picked two two hundred
and twelve pounds. So anyway, just wanted to say a
couple of things. First of all, you talked about bucket
list concert yesterday. Ac DC is going back on the road,
so I would say that that would have to be
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a bucket list concert. And number two a few weeks ago.
A few weeks ago, we had UFC three hundred and
I promised Tyler I wouldn't saying the word, so I won't.
Dana White in the press conference after the BMF title
UFC Justin DT and Matt Colloy, Dana White said, I
sell holy bleep moments, and that was a holy bleat moment.
Speaker 1 (39:40):
All right, Well, thank you, Brian, thank you slipping in
Dana White and UFC. I've already seen ac DC. I
saw when bon Scott was still the original singer. What
a show we accomplished a lot. I think today. I
think we learned a lot about each other. Today.
Speaker 5 (39:58):
I tracked down Reggie Millers.
Speaker 1 (39:59):
That's good, thank you. I couldn't have done it without you.
We got Reggie. Let's go around the room. What we
learned on the program, Todd, would you learn today?
Speaker 5 (40:07):
Justin Timberlick brought Sexy back, Shake Gildess, Alexander's bringing the
mid range jumper back.
Speaker 1 (40:12):
Hey Seaton.
Speaker 6 (40:15):
He's not talking about anybody specific.
Speaker 1 (40:17):
No, I guess not current on the Mount Rushmore, Marvin.
You don't love Seinfeld, no, I but I didn't watch
it when it was actually happening. I mean it's a
great show. It just I got in late Paulie.
Speaker 11 (40:33):
You can bring your own drinks and cabs games yep.
Speaker 1 (40:35):
Wait, Lebron can bring his own one. Todd would I
learned Eric in Virginia.
Speaker 5 (40:39):
Think Seinfeld is one of the most overrated comedians and
shows ever.
Speaker 1 (40:43):
Oh, that's what we learned.
Speaker 14 (40:44):
What we learned.
Speaker 1 (40:45):
I don't know what it's brought to you by Seaton.
What's what I learned? Brought to me by Does anybody
you have a sponsor? Here?
Speaker 2 (40:52):
Meg?
Speaker 1 (40:56):
Loug Washington acts in the bucket and foam Can and
yours