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In this Thursday Dan and The Dan Net's Dan Patrick Show. I got caught up in something else, another story at the end of last hour, and I forgot to tell you the story when I got punked on Sports Center with Steve Bartman, and somebody who worked for The Howard Stern Show, Captain Jenks, called up and said that he was Steve Bartman. This was an exclusive. I was doing the six o'clock Sports Center and I quickly realized that I had been had by one of Howard Stern's friends of the show, callers of the show, prankster Captain Jenks. So I'll have that for you coming up. I'll recap. Paul goes up. We're going to talk about it. We got to play the prank call and I go it's painful to hear it.

In this Thursday Dan and The Dan Net's Dan Patrick Show. I got caught up in something else, another story at the end of last hour, and I forgot to tell you the story when I got punked on Sports Center with Steve Bartman, and somebody who worked for The Howard Stern Show, Captain Jenks, called up and said that he was Steve Bartman. This was an exclusive. I was doing the six o'clock Sports Center and I quickly realized that I had been had by one of Howard Stern's friends of the show, callers of the show, prankster Captain Jenks. So I'll have that for you coming up. I'll recap. Paul goes up. We're going to talk about it. We got to play the prank call and I go it's painful to hear it.

You did nothing wrong.

You did nothing wrong.

It was still painful to hear it's live on live TV. I was watching Thank You, Thank You stat of the Day. It brought to you by Panini America, the official trading cards of The Danatrick Show. The uh My Oilers One Last Night in Overtime with Leon Dry Sidle and this is how it sounded. No, that's not the actual sound. This is out of the part who sharp Hopkins?

It was still painful to hear it's live on live TV. I was watching Thank You, Thank You stat of the Day. It brought to you by Panini America, the official trading cards of The Danatrick Show. The uh My Oilers One Last Night in Overtime with Leon Dry Sidle and this is how it sounded. No, that's not the actual sound. This is out of the part who sharp Hopkins?

Whither?

Whither?

Where's the cam?

Where's the cam?

Game on?

Game on?

All right? Yours might be better than Kenny Alberts call there, you know, just saying yeah, Paul.

All right? Yours might be better than Kenny Alberts call there, you know, just saying yeah, Paul.

Just to clarify, See, on these calls you have to have zibbity Bob.

Just to clarify, See, on these calls you have to have zibbity Bob.

I've a rehearse, usually just before he's about the score. For some reason, I say zibit because it happened so quickly. I don't know how you get all the names in there. And then Seaton just.

I've a rehearse, usually just before he's about the score. For some reason, I say zibit because it happened so quickly. I don't know how you get all the names in there. And then Seaton just.

It's like a jazz.

It's like a jazz.

Dry.

Dry.

Some of these dudes are speaking so quickly, so fast. I mean, they're doing such a great job. But to me, I'm like, I can't make out anything until you hear.

Some of these dudes are speaking so quickly, so fast. I mean, they're doing such a great job. But to me, I'm like, I can't make out anything until you hear.

Se.

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Good morning if you're watching on Peacock that's our streaming partner, download the app if you haven't done so, and we say good morning to our radio affiliates around the country. iHeartRadio Fox Sports Radio. Not to be confused with the Stanley Cup Final. It's the NBA Finals tonight. Pacers at the Thunder and the Thunder are nine and a half point favorites. Tim McMahon ESPN reporter and he's the author of The Wonder Boy, Luka Doncic and The Curse of Greatness. But he'll be covering the NBA Finals. Why is it the Stanley Cup Final and the NBA Finals?

Good morning if you're watching on Peacock that's our streaming partner, download the app if you haven't done so, and we say good morning to our radio affiliates around the country. iHeartRadio Fox Sports Radio. Not to be confused with the Stanley Cup Final. It's the NBA Finals tonight. Pacers at the Thunder and the Thunder are nine and a half point favorites. Tim McMahon ESPN reporter and he's the author of The Wonder Boy, Luka Doncic and The Curse of Greatness. But he'll be covering the NBA Finals. Why is it the Stanley Cup Final and the NBA Finals?

Tim, Howdy, Dan, I am not qualified for any discus.

Tim, Howdy, Dan, I am not qualified for any discus.

I'm just gonna focus purely on basketball.

I'm just gonna focus purely on basketball.

And wait, this is just grammar, Tim, this isn't just as a writer. You're not qualified to talk about grammar.

And wait, this is just grammar, Tim, this isn't just as a writer. You're not qualified to talk about grammar.

Those editors.

Those editors.

Okay, Pacers are overwhelming underdogs, historically large underdogs.

Okay, Pacers are overwhelming underdogs, historically large underdogs.

Why, I mean, the simple reason is because the thunder are really really good. You know, the thunder are a team that won sixty eight games this regular season with the best point differential in NBA history. You know, obviously they were challenged by the Nuggets in the second round, but other than that, they've cruised through the playoffs. And I mean this is they've had four thirty plus point wins during the playoffs, something that's never happened in a single postseason run. I don't think it's it's a disrespect thing toward the Pacers. Obviously, the Pacers weren't a team that people expected to see in the finals.

Why, I mean, the simple reason is because the thunder are really really good. You know, the thunder are a team that won sixty eight games this regular season with the best point differential in NBA history. You know, obviously they were challenged by the Nuggets in the second round, but other than that, they've cruised through the playoffs. And I mean this is they've had four thirty plus point wins during the playoffs, something that's never happened in a single postseason run. I don't think it's it's a disrespect thing toward the Pacers. Obviously, the Pacers weren't a team that people expected to see in the finals.

Got off to a slow start, they're four seed, they earned their way here.

Got off to a slow start, they're four seed, they earned their way here.

But I look at the odds more as a nod to just have dominant the Thunder have been in any kind of knock against the Pacers.

But I look at the odds more as a nod to just have dominant the Thunder have been in any kind of knock against the Pacers.

I think a lot of this, though, is brand awareness that we look at the Pacers. People didn't watch the Pacers. People are just you know, being introduced to the Pacers. And really the same thing for OKC, because if I, let's say I put the Knicks in there against OKAC, would it be you know, would the odds to win a championship be this large of a margin here? Would we factor in the Knicks that somehow they're the Knicks, they'd have a better chance than the Pacers.

I think a lot of this, though, is brand awareness that we look at the Pacers. People didn't watch the Pacers. People are just you know, being introduced to the Pacers. And really the same thing for OKC, because if I, let's say I put the Knicks in there against OKAC, would it be you know, would the odds to win a championship be this large of a margin here? Would we factor in the Knicks that somehow they're the Knicks, they'd have a better chance than the Pacers.

I mean, honestly, I.

I mean, honestly, I.

Maybe only because of the way the money works in Vegas, but I don't think the Knicks would have had a better chance to beat the Thunder.

Maybe only because of the way the money works in Vegas, but I don't think the Knicks would have had a better chance to beat the Thunder.

I mean, the best team won that series in Indiana versus New York.

I mean, the best team won that series in Indiana versus New York.

That Knicks defense, that transition defense, it was getting just obliterated by Tiers Haliburt and Pascal Siakam was not going to stand up very well against the Thunder. You know, sloppiest Knicks row with the ball that was going to be a pretty big problem against the thunder, So maybe the odds would have been better in the sense of gambling. Yeah, in this sense of actually having a chance to win the series, I would say absolutely not.

That Knicks defense, that transition defense, it was getting just obliterated by Tiers Haliburt and Pascal Siakam was not going to stand up very well against the Thunder. You know, sloppiest Knicks row with the ball that was going to be a pretty big problem against the thunder, So maybe the odds would have been better in the sense of gambling. Yeah, in this sense of actually having a chance to win the series, I would say absolutely not.

Tom Thibodeau was fired because.

Tom Thibodeau was fired because.

Because he is a polarizing figure internally, there was a pretty large faction within that front office that wanted to get him fired a while ago and finally got its way. You know, if you're gonna fire a coach out for a conference finals run, if you're going to fire a coach who has made the playoffs four straight years and you know, has had the success that the Thibodeau's had four franchise, it's gone a quarter century without sniffing any kind of real success, you better get the next hire right.

Because he is a polarizing figure internally, there was a pretty large faction within that front office that wanted to get him fired a while ago and finally got its way. You know, if you're gonna fire a coach out for a conference finals run, if you're going to fire a coach who has made the playoffs four straight years and you know, has had the success that the Thibodeau's had four franchise, it's gone a quarter century without sniffing any kind of real success, you better get the next hire right.

It's an off the high bar that you're trying to clear with your next hire here.

It's an off the high bar that you're trying to clear with your next hire here.

But you know, TIB's got fired because TIBs tends to wear people out, and he wore out a certain amount of people who were able to get their way.

But you know, TIB's got fired because TIBs tends to wear people out, and he wore out a certain amount of people who were able to get their way.

Do you think they know who they're hiring? I don't.

Do you think they know who they're hiring? I don't.

I don't.

I don't.

I think they certainly have some strong ideas whether their targets are going to be at Tamable remains to be seen. But you know, this is the kind of deal, honestly, where if you're going to fire Tibbs, it would make sense that you know who the next tire is, you know, a boom boom type of thing. I certainly don't get that sense, you know, But of course the Knicks keep you guess him, because why would you possibly consider having a press conference after making this kind.

I think they certainly have some strong ideas whether their targets are going to be at Tamable remains to be seen. But you know, this is the kind of deal, honestly, where if you're going to fire Tibbs, it would make sense that you know who the next tire is, you know, a boom boom type of thing. I certainly don't get that sense, you know, But of course the Knicks keep you guess him, because why would you possibly consider having a press conference after making this kind.

Of major franchise decision.

Of major franchise decision.

You know, just you know, just just hide in your little ivory tower and don't speak to the unwashed media masks. Is this the last thing that you would want to do when you're going to make a decision to fire a coach and awake of a conference final drum?

You know, just you know, just just hide in your little ivory tower and don't speak to the unwashed media masks. Is this the last thing that you would want to do when you're going to make a decision to fire a coach and awake of a conference final drum?

Yeah, and I'd gotten a win yesterday that yeah, I didn't know the acrimony inside, but then I was in. I was enlightened yesterday. And it's wild that you have. It's almost like he was he was winning his way into keeping his job. I don't would he have been fired if they went to the NBA finals?

Yeah, and I'd gotten a win yesterday that yeah, I didn't know the acrimony inside, but then I was in. I was enlightened yesterday. And it's wild that you have. It's almost like he was he was winning his way into keeping his job. I don't would he have been fired if they went to the NBA finals?

Who knows?

Who knows?

But you know, it's funny that Tips makes an adjustment during the conference finals to use Delon Wright to use Landry Shamman to kind of extend the rotation and it works, and then it's used against him because it was like, see, you should have been playing these guys the whole season. See, you're so stubborn, you refuse to do what we were trying to get you to do. And it was the right thing all along. So I don't know if he would have been fired if they'd have made the finals. Obviously, we'll never know. I just do know that it's not like this was out of nowhere. There had certainly been people who were trying to get TIBs out of there for a while now, going back before the season even started.

But you know, it's funny that Tips makes an adjustment during the conference finals to use Delon Wright to use Landry Shamman to kind of extend the rotation and it works, and then it's used against him because it was like, see, you should have been playing these guys the whole season. See, you're so stubborn, you refuse to do what we were trying to get you to do. And it was the right thing all along. So I don't know if he would have been fired if they'd have made the finals. Obviously, we'll never know. I just do know that it's not like this was out of nowhere. There had certainly been people who were trying to get TIBs out of there for a while now, going back before the season even started.

Yeah, and you give him a contract extension last July. It's almost as if, now, okay, this may sound crazy, and I was told this yesterday. What if Leon Rose, who was Tibbs's former agent who's now his boss, wanted to take care of Tibbs if in fact he got fired, that you get him this contract extension, because why else would you give him a contract extension if there's already people in the building who do not like him in his style.

Yeah, and you give him a contract extension last July. It's almost as if, now, okay, this may sound crazy, and I was told this yesterday. What if Leon Rose, who was Tibbs's former agent who's now his boss, wanted to take care of Tibbs if in fact he got fired, that you get him this contract extension, because why else would you give him a contract extension if there's already people in the building who do not like him in his style.

Yeah, and it is also one of those things where you know when a coach is going into the last.

Yeah, and it is also one of those things where you know when a coach is going into the last.

Year of his contract. You either extend him or fire him. That's just kind of the way it is THEBA.

Year of his contract. You either extend him or fire him. That's just kind of the way it is THEBA.

You can't have or you can.

You can't have or you can.

But it's a really bad idea to have a guy that everybody knows is Elaine Duck as the head coach. But I see where you're going at. I don't think it's a terrible conspiracy theory. I'm listen.

But it's a really bad idea to have a guy that everybody knows is Elaine Duck as the head coach. But I see where you're going at. I don't think it's a terrible conspiracy theory. I'm listen.

I don't know that this was Leon Rose's decision.

I don't know that this was Leon Rose's decision.

I know that publicly in the little short statement that they sent out that he accepted the responsibility for the decision. I think this was more a dole In decision, and you know, people working around Leon Rose. I do know that Leon Rose has held off the angry mob within the within the Knicks front office before. But again, they can say what they want a statement, they don't have to have a press conference, they don't.

I know that publicly in the little short statement that they sent out that he accepted the responsibility for the decision. I think this was more a dole In decision, and you know, people working around Leon Rose. I do know that Leon Rose has held off the angry mob within the within the Knicks front office before. But again, they can say what they want a statement, they don't have to have a press conference, they don't.

Have to explain their decision.

Have to explain their decision.

I just don't understand how that benefits the Knicks whatsoever, to just leave people wonder what the hell is going on.

I just don't understand how that benefits the Knicks whatsoever, to just leave people wonder what the hell is going on.

Tim mcmahony, ESPN NBA reporter, He'll be there tonight for a Sports Center. Also the book The Wonder Boy, Luka Doncic and the Curse of Greatness. The commissioner said yesterday on Fox Sports that he is entertaining the world versus the All Stars from the United States. I'm wondering, you know, we saw how important the Olympics were to Joker, and you, of course wrote the book on Luca playing for the rest of the world as opposed to playing for your country in the Olympics. I'm curious about the pride you think that the team World would have against the United States.

Tim mcmahony, ESPN NBA reporter, He'll be there tonight for a Sports Center. Also the book The Wonder Boy, Luka Doncic and the Curse of Greatness. The commissioner said yesterday on Fox Sports that he is entertaining the world versus the All Stars from the United States. I'm wondering, you know, we saw how important the Olympics were to Joker, and you, of course wrote the book on Luca playing for the rest of the world as opposed to playing for your country in the Olympics. I'm curious about the pride you think that the team World would have against the United States.

Yeah, and this is certainly a way that there trying to make the All Star Game more competitive. I can see that, But look at the All Star rosters from last year.

Yeah, and this is certainly a way that there trying to make the All Star Game more competitive. I can see that, But look at the All Star rosters from last year.

Is it going to be eighteen on six or you're just gonna say, hey, sorry Americans, but there's going to be twelve international All Stars regardless of qualifications.

Is it going to be eighteen on six or you're just gonna say, hey, sorry Americans, but there's going to be twelve international All Stars regardless of qualifications.

You get twelve starts for the Americans, twelve for the World. And look, obviously the top end talent.

You get twelve starts for the Americans, twelve for the World. And look, obviously the top end talent.

You know, you know how many straight MVPs have been won by international players. There's no question that there are you know, a handful of international superstars. But I think this idea is half baked. If it's got to be even international versus World, regardless of who actually earns a trip.

You know, you know how many straight MVPs have been won by international players. There's no question that there are you know, a handful of international superstars. But I think this idea is half baked. If it's got to be even international versus World, regardless of who actually earns a trip.

To the All Star Game.

To the All Star Game.

Well, it might be half baked, but I know that the current format isn't baked at all. It doesn't even get in the oven, like, well, I'm heating up the I'm preheating here for something.

Well, it might be half baked, but I know that the current format isn't baked at all. It doesn't even get in the oven, like, well, I'm heating up the I'm preheating here for something.

Yeah, and then you get into the discussion of Okay, is the All.

Yeah, and then you get into the discussion of Okay, is the All.

Star Game to honor the best players in the league that season or is it an an entertainment showcase? You know, it's funny. I feel like the NBA All Star Game is the only one that people really whine and cry about the competitive mate, Like what, I don't even know what they're doing in the Pro Bowl now? Is it like flag football or something like that. Seriously, I don't know, but nobody cares, right this idea that is some kind of a crisis because you know, guys aren't diving on the floor for loose balls during the All Star Game. I don't really understand it. Then again, I'm a guy who I cash in my airline miles and Hotel points to take my wife on vacation every All Star weekends.

Star Game to honor the best players in the league that season or is it an an entertainment showcase? You know, it's funny. I feel like the NBA All Star Game is the only one that people really whine and cry about the competitive mate, Like what, I don't even know what they're doing in the Pro Bowl now? Is it like flag football or something like that. Seriously, I don't know, but nobody cares, right this idea that is some kind of a crisis because you know, guys aren't diving on the floor for loose balls during the All Star Game. I don't really understand it. Then again, I'm a guy who I cash in my airline miles and Hotel points to take my wife on vacation every All Star weekends.

What do I care?

What do I care?

Okay, but do you think that if Kobe was playing, or Mike was playing, or Larry Magic playing today. What the All Star Game look the way the All Star Game looks.

Okay, but do you think that if Kobe was playing, or Mike was playing, or Larry Magic playing today. What the All Star Game look the way the All Star Game looks.

I mean, it's a fair it's a fair point. I just think it's gets way too much like attention and concern, like there's bigger problems in the NBA than Hey, the Altar game is just guys like dunking a ball and jacking up forty footers like they're to me forward about the competitive nature of the NBA. Let's start with the fact that even though you've.

I mean, it's a fair it's a fair point. I just think it's gets way too much like attention and concern, like there's bigger problems in the NBA than Hey, the Altar game is just guys like dunking a ball and jacking up forty footers like they're to me forward about the competitive nature of the NBA. Let's start with the fact that even though you've.

Flattened the lottery odds and it blew up and some teams' faces, that you've still got tank a Palooza down the stretch of a regular season. I'm much more worried about the competitive nature of March and early April basketball than I am.

Flattened the lottery odds and it blew up and some teams' faces, that you've still got tank a Palooza down the stretch of a regular season. I'm much more worried about the competitive nature of March and early April basketball than I am.

Some weekend in a random city in February.

Some weekend in a random city in February.

I was watching you guys on the podcast Yesterday and the Hoop Collective, and you guys were talking about Utah where Danny Aingel's son is now going to run the Utah Jazz. And you know, he spent whatever fourteen years with the Celtics, but he was asked about basically, are you going to tank you know this upcoming season? He said, no, not this season, as if it probably happened last season and it just didn't work out. So he's kind of admitting, I think they tanked last year, but we're not going to tank this year.

I was watching you guys on the podcast Yesterday and the Hoop Collective, and you guys were talking about Utah where Danny Aingel's son is now going to run the Utah Jazz. And you know, he spent whatever fourteen years with the Celtics, but he was asked about basically, are you going to tank you know this upcoming season? He said, no, not this season, as if it probably happened last season and it just didn't work out. So he's kind of admitting, I think they tanked last year, but we're not going to tank this year.

Well, I mean, I think it's gonna be hot Texas this summer. I'm gonna go ahead and admit that. Yeah, some things are just playing as day. They absolutely tanked last year. And what Austin Names said, I don't have the exact quote in front of me, but basically what he said is we're not going to be manipulating minutes to lose games this year. They're not going to be inventing injuries. I mean, they're injured report. If you opened it up on your phone, you had to scroll down a few screens on a regular basis, you know, like it was ridiculous, and they were fine for tanking, like they blatantly tanked, got the worst record league and ended up in the most likely scenario, which was the fifth overall pick, which was both the worst case to and most likely scenario, and then you get into I know, within that franchise there's discussions about, hey, the way we approached this season, like tanking, you know, you hear the euphemism for player development, but what they did, it's done the growth of young players on the roster.

Well, I mean, I think it's gonna be hot Texas this summer. I'm gonna go ahead and admit that. Yeah, some things are just playing as day. They absolutely tanked last year. And what Austin Names said, I don't have the exact quote in front of me, but basically what he said is we're not going to be manipulating minutes to lose games this year. They're not going to be inventing injuries. I mean, they're injured report. If you opened it up on your phone, you had to scroll down a few screens on a regular basis, you know, like it was ridiculous, and they were fine for tanking, like they blatantly tanked, got the worst record league and ended up in the most likely scenario, which was the fifth overall pick, which was both the worst case to and most likely scenario, and then you get into I know, within that franchise there's discussions about, hey, the way we approached this season, like tanking, you know, you hear the euphemism for player development, but what they did, it's done the growth of young players on the roster.

These guys need to be put in situations where they're playing to win the game.

These guys need to be put in situations where they're playing to win the game.

If you're trying to develops, so you're just punning on the growth of like they had like seven guys under twenty three years old, and then then you know, your odds aren't that much better for the number one pick.

If you're trying to develops, so you're just punning on the growth of like they had like seven guys under twenty three years old, and then then you know, your odds aren't that much better for the number one pick.

Then if you finish six or seventh or with the sixth or seventh worst record.

Then if you finish six or seventh or with the sixth or seventh worst record.

Now the wigger room that he left is they're not gonna do that, but let's see what their transactions look like. You know, they just very well could have a roster next year going into it where look, they're gonna play as hard as they can, they're gonna try to win games, and they're gonna end up, you know, twenty two and sixty or whatever be pretty close to the same situation that. My guess is it probably ends up looking something like that.

Now the wigger room that he left is they're not gonna do that, but let's see what their transactions look like. You know, they just very well could have a roster next year going into it where look, they're gonna play as hard as they can, they're gonna try to win games, and they're gonna end up, you know, twenty two and sixty or whatever be pretty close to the same situation that. My guess is it probably ends up looking something like that.

More likely the series goes four games or seven games.

More likely the series goes four games or seven games.

I mean, I think that the data would tell you four games.

I mean, I think that the data would tell you four games.

I'm just going to say, I don't think a Rick Carlile team's getting swept and you know, Rick Carlisle has out coached a legendary coach in the finals before a legendary young coach, right, a guy who became a legend, Eric Spolster's uh. You know that that Miami Super Team's first finals, that the Dallas Mantis did not have the better team, they were playing better at the time. But Rick Carlisle cooked up some magic during that series, you know, and his coaching staff. But I'm just saying, I know that Mark Dagnall expects to have his hands full with the coaching matchup, and I think that is the PACER's best chance to make this a real series.

I'm just going to say, I don't think a Rick Carlile team's getting swept and you know, Rick Carlisle has out coached a legendary coach in the finals before a legendary young coach, right, a guy who became a legend, Eric Spolster's uh. You know that that Miami Super Team's first finals, that the Dallas Mantis did not have the better team, they were playing better at the time. But Rick Carlisle cooked up some magic during that series, you know, and his coaching staff. But I'm just saying, I know that Mark Dagnall expects to have his hands full with the coaching matchup, and I think that is the PACER's best chance to make this a real series.

Man.

Man.

I say out of a lot with a ton of respect for Dagnall, who's been a Coach of the Year, who's done an unbelievable job in Oklahoma City. But Rick Carlisle is as good as it gets in terms of.

I say out of a lot with a ton of respect for Dagnall, who's been a Coach of the Year, who's done an unbelievable job in Oklahoma City. But Rick Carlisle is as good as it gets in terms of.

Game to game, you know, even even half to half in game adjustments during the playoff series.

Game to game, you know, even even half to half in game adjustments during the playoff series.

How many Air Jordans did you pack?

How many Air Jordans did you pack?

Let's see, I think.

Let's see, I think.

There are eight Jordans, some Air Force ones, a pair of Blazers, and some good old trustee Stan Smiths just for the every day kick run shees also have some Sabrina Wednesday, and you'll appreciate this. We've got a uh, we've got to pick up run here in Okay see a Friday night pick up run, and I'm told there will be another one in Indy. So I packed my Sabrina ones.

There are eight Jordans, some Air Force ones, a pair of Blazers, and some good old trustee Stan Smiths just for the every day kick run shees also have some Sabrina Wednesday, and you'll appreciate this. We've got a uh, we've got to pick up run here in Okay see a Friday night pick up run, and I'm told there will be another one in Indy. So I packed my Sabrina ones.

You know, I can't wear current NBA signature shoes, but I could certainly support the w n B A.

You know, I can't wear current NBA signature shoes, but I could certainly support the w n B A.

We didn't play against each other, did I don't think you were covering the NBA when the when the Bulls in the nineties.

We didn't play against each other, did I don't think you were covering the NBA when the when the Bulls in the nineties.

No, I was playing high school basketball back then.

No, I was playing high school basketball back then.

Oh, because we used to play pick up and uh with the media. So I remember Jackie McMullen was on my team, and remember playing against Rick Buker and uh.

Oh, because we used to play pick up and uh with the media. So I remember Jackie McMullen was on my team, and remember playing against Rick Buker and uh.

So we pick up run. I packed also packed some icy hots.

So we pick up run. I packed also packed some icy hots.

So who is the best media basketball player?

So who is the best media basketball player?

You're talking to him? No, I'm just kidding.

You're talking to him? No, I'm just kidding.

There's Are you a joker?

There's Are you a joker?

Are you?

Are you?

It's a wide spectrum.

It's a wide spectrum.

There's the pick and watch is certainly a big part of Okay.

There's the pick and watch is certainly a big part of Okay.

All right? Where would Steven A. Smith be picked if there was a media pickup game? I don't know.

All right? Where would Steven A. Smith be picked if there was a media pickup game? I don't know.

He's welcome to show up on Friday night and find out though, you know, I've never I've seen the man take some jumpers in in dress shirts, but I've never seen him play.

He's welcome to show up on Friday night and find out though, you know, I've never I've seen the man take some jumpers in in dress shirts, but I've never seen him play.

He might not get picked.

He might not get picked.

Oh yeah, he get picked. You think it he get picked. Yeah, I'll say you have the best.

Oh yeah, he get picked. You think it he get picked. Yeah, I'll say you have the best.

The best media guy, it's Chris Haynes is in that conversation. He played colleball.

The best media guy, it's Chris Haynes is in that conversation. He played colleball.

But the thing about Haynes is his version of a pass is a miss jump guy.

But the thing about Haynes is his version of a pass is a miss jump guy.

I've got the feeling that Steven A would be similar in that reg hard yeah.

I've got the feeling that Steven A would be similar in that reg hard yeah.

Uh, and Peter Vessy's too old to play anymore.

Uh, and Peter Vessy's too old to play anymore.

We've got some dudes though. I'll give a shout out. There's a dude, Daniel Bell, who's a local radio guy here in Okay See about six two to twenty, a decade and a half younger than me. It's he's been my match up during the conference finals. This dude hit like because Dirk one from the mid range in my row. Listen, I am not like I've always said, the most joke rating thing about sports is sportsmanship. And if you watch me play old man pick up with my two inch vertical, you can it's reflected in my performance.

We've got some dudes though. I'll give a shout out. There's a dude, Daniel Bell, who's a local radio guy here in Okay See about six two to twenty, a decade and a half younger than me. It's he's been my match up during the conference finals. This dude hit like because Dirk one from the mid range in my row. Listen, I am not like I've always said, the most joke rating thing about sports is sportsmanship. And if you watch me play old man pick up with my two inch vertical, you can it's reflected in my performance.

In in my in my uh, you know, disposition.

In in my in my uh, you know, disposition.

Can Brian wind Horse play.

Can Brian wind Horse play.

Wind Horse? I think he's gonna have a movie night on Friday night at Tim's claims he is going to get out there, But you know he's one of those guys. When a dude shows up and running shoes for the pickup run, you know he's.

Wind Horse? I think he's gonna have a movie night on Friday night at Tim's claims he is going to get out there, But you know he's one of those guys. When a dude shows up and running shoes for the pickup run, you know he's.

Got no game.

Got no game.

Yeah, thank you, Tim, have fun tonight, Appreciate it. That's Tim McMahon ESPN, NBA reporter, Band McMahon podcast on the Hoop Collective and the author of The Wonder Boy, Luka Doncic and The Cursive Greatness. We'll take a break, We'll get the phone calls. I'll uh, I'll retell the Howard Stern getting pranked story on Sports Center after this as well.

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We had a caller said that he was listening to a I guess a replay of a Howard Stern show and it was back in two thousand, two thousand and three, and it was when I won an Fmmy from the Howard Stern Show. Because captain Jenks, who is a prank phone call expert. This is after the Chicago Cubs, Steve Bartman, the foul ball, the whole thing, and then everybody's trying to track down Steve Bartman. Do an interview. I'm doing the six o'clock Sports Center. Do I have to play this, PAULI?

We had a caller said that he was listening to a I guess a replay of a Howard Stern show and it was back in two thousand, two thousand and three, and it was when I won an Fmmy from the Howard Stern Show. Because captain Jenks, who is a prank phone call expert. This is after the Chicago Cubs, Steve Bartman, the foul ball, the whole thing, and then everybody's trying to track down Steve Bartman. Do an interview. I'm doing the six o'clock Sports Center. Do I have to play this, PAULI?

Yes, Well, I think the big part of it is that, like you said, everyone was trying to get a hold of this guy. Man, You're in the middle of a live show. You didn't have time to tape it or vet it out, and a call comes into ESPN a person pretending to be Steve Bartman, and the person was so prepared that they knew where Barton went to college in high school. So as the producers tried to vet it, as they say, he answered all the right questions and got through to you on Sports Center.

Yes, Well, I think the big part of it is that, like you said, everyone was trying to get a hold of this guy. Man, You're in the middle of a live show. You didn't have time to tape it or vet it out, and a call comes into ESPN a person pretending to be Steve Bartman, and the person was so prepared that they knew where Barton went to college in high school. So as the producers tried to vet it, as they say, he answered all the right questions and got through to you on Sports Center.

Actually, I don't think they vetted him with his college. It was something yeah, because that was the that was the only thing I thought of. So I'm we just started Sports Center and I probably tend to twelve minutes in and my producer says, Hey, Bartman called in, We're going to put him on the air. Let's go to commercial break, and I'm thinking, okay, so during the commercial break, I'm actually talking to who I think is Steve Bartman. To this day, the only thing that I I didn't know Bartman obviously, and I would have asked him about where he went to college. I think he went to Notre Dame, and that would That was the only thing that I thought of, is how do I know this is Steve Bartman. There was no zoom call back then, and that was To this day, it still bothers me. I mean, we have three minutes in between, uh, segment one and segment two, and oh my gosh, we got this exclusive Steve Bartman called in. I'm smelling sports, Emmy, and uh it sounded like this.

Actually, I don't think they vetted him with his college. It was something yeah, because that was the that was the only thing I thought of. So I'm we just started Sports Center and I probably tend to twelve minutes in and my producer says, Hey, Bartman called in, We're going to put him on the air. Let's go to commercial break, and I'm thinking, okay, so during the commercial break, I'm actually talking to who I think is Steve Bartman. To this day, the only thing that I I didn't know Bartman obviously, and I would have asked him about where he went to college. I think he went to Notre Dame, and that would That was the only thing that I thought of, is how do I know this is Steve Bartman. There was no zoom call back then, and that was To this day, it still bothers me. I mean, we have three minutes in between, uh, segment one and segment two, and oh my gosh, we got this exclusive Steve Bartman called in. I'm smelling sports, Emmy, and uh it sounded like this.

We're throwing things at me, bottles, glass, plastic, and you know, and you know, it was very scary because I could have got hurt, you know, hit with something and seriously injured.

We're throwing things at me, bottles, glass, plastic, and you know, and you know, it was very scary because I could have got hurt, you know, hit with something and seriously injured.

Have you received death threats?

Have you received death threats?

Yes, I have received at least five death threats calling my parents' house. And and you know, people get you know, especially from the news. They've been calling and and I and I'm pretty much right now, you know, hiding out right now.

Yes, I have received at least five death threats calling my parents' house. And and you know, people get you know, especially from the news. They've been calling and and I and I'm pretty much right now, you know, hiding out right now.

Can you stay in the Chicago area.

Can you stay in the Chicago area.

Do you like Howard Stearn's but cheese?

Do you like Howard Stearn's but cheese?

Hello, we've been had. That was not Steve Bartman. We'll be back any who. Oh, and I'm a fan of Howard Stern show. I should have known. I should have you know, once again, I mean hindsight, but hearing his voice, he doesn't sound like somebody in distress. He sounds like somebody trying to sound like he's in distress. If I listen to it back right now, I just hear him and he's kind of telling me what I want to hear, and then all of a sudden he loads up and then he gets me. And it was the biggest get in sports. I mean, we had Bartman, and I thought and we had been trying to get Barton and everybody had been and all of a sudden, Howard Stern's but cheese. I was embarrassed, But you know, my producer felt than I did. And I don't know if he got I mean, we were always a two source network. I mean back then when they used to care about that stuff, and you know, we didn't have two sources on it. We just thought we had Bartman calling in. Well, of course it's Bartman. We're Sports Center. Of course he's calling in. And then I won an fmmy by Howard and Robin, and I joined them and accepted my fmy proudly accepted. And I had been listening to Howard since nineteen eighty six and I was well versed in I just never thought that Captain Jenks but we had Captain Jenks on after that on the radio show, and I said, hey, just promise me that you'll never prank me again. And he promised that he would never prank me again. But he got me, got me good. And I remember I went to Gary Delabate Baba Booie invited me on. I had a day off or I was off for a week, and he said, why don't you come in to the show. I said, all right, I'll go into New York and I went to the Howard Stern show. Well, Gary is trying to tell Howard who I am because Howard doesn't really know sports. And he goes, Howard, this is Dan Patrick. He's the Dan rather of sports. And I don't know if Howard cared, but he was like, oh okay. And I think that was when they did Gary Roast maybe, and I went in for that and then I was on the wrap up show with Gary and John Hine hit him with the hint and I've done some things with the show periodically. Howard has reached out a couple of times to do a couple of things for the show. But yeah, they got me. And then when Howard's sixtieth birthday party, I was invited and I introduced Dave Grohl and I didn't want to do it because I don't want to be part of the show that I like. And then everybody's like, you got to do Howard, And I mean, I'm glad I did, but still I was not in my world. It wasn't a hey, there's this sportscaster Dan Patrick. You know, I'm backstage with Dave Grohl and Slash. No sports guys, nobody's Dave Grohl goes, uh, so I hear you're introducing me. I go yeah. He goes, yeah, I don't know anything about sports. My daughter's play lacrosse. That's about all I know. And then he said, hey, when you introduced me, just say that. I grew up listening to Howard on a Ham radio and I thought okay, and I walk out and I see Howard and Robin and I go over and acknowledge them, and then somebody from the back goes, who are you? And totally threw me off my game because I wanted to say something, you know, in Howard's world, you could you know, say something back to them, but I didn't want to take away from the birthday party. And then I introduced Dave Grohl. I got to meet John Fogerty, the legendary leader of Creeden's Clearwater Revival, which found out that he listens to the show every morning on his morning walk, and that was wonderful. And uh, I get there and all of a sudden, Gary dellabaatee Baba Buy goes, hey, uh, somebody wants to meet you, and I go, oh, okay. So all of a sudden, I'm led through this labyrinth and it's like all these different halls in you know, trying to find John. All of a sudden, you know, I told John Fogerty of Creedence, I go, John Fogerty does not want to meet me. Knock on the door and his wife answers, and I said, uh, I think John wants to meet me, And his wife goes, hold on, who are you? Dan Patrick Dan Patrick's here opens the door. You're like, come on in, I listen every morning. I'm like, I'll be damn John Fogerty. Yeah, yes, Marvin.

Hello, we've been had. That was not Steve Bartman. We'll be back any who. Oh, and I'm a fan of Howard Stern show. I should have known. I should have you know, once again, I mean hindsight, but hearing his voice, he doesn't sound like somebody in distress. He sounds like somebody trying to sound like he's in distress. If I listen to it back right now, I just hear him and he's kind of telling me what I want to hear, and then all of a sudden he loads up and then he gets me. And it was the biggest get in sports. I mean, we had Bartman, and I thought and we had been trying to get Barton and everybody had been and all of a sudden, Howard Stern's but cheese. I was embarrassed, But you know, my producer felt than I did. And I don't know if he got I mean, we were always a two source network. I mean back then when they used to care about that stuff, and you know, we didn't have two sources on it. We just thought we had Bartman calling in. Well, of course it's Bartman. We're Sports Center. Of course he's calling in. And then I won an fmmy by Howard and Robin, and I joined them and accepted my fmy proudly accepted. And I had been listening to Howard since nineteen eighty six and I was well versed in I just never thought that Captain Jenks but we had Captain Jenks on after that on the radio show, and I said, hey, just promise me that you'll never prank me again. And he promised that he would never prank me again. But he got me, got me good. And I remember I went to Gary Delabate Baba Booie invited me on. I had a day off or I was off for a week, and he said, why don't you come in to the show. I said, all right, I'll go into New York and I went to the Howard Stern show. Well, Gary is trying to tell Howard who I am because Howard doesn't really know sports. And he goes, Howard, this is Dan Patrick. He's the Dan rather of sports. And I don't know if Howard cared, but he was like, oh okay. And I think that was when they did Gary Roast maybe, and I went in for that and then I was on the wrap up show with Gary and John Hine hit him with the hint and I've done some things with the show periodically. Howard has reached out a couple of times to do a couple of things for the show. But yeah, they got me. And then when Howard's sixtieth birthday party, I was invited and I introduced Dave Grohl and I didn't want to do it because I don't want to be part of the show that I like. And then everybody's like, you got to do Howard, And I mean, I'm glad I did, but still I was not in my world. It wasn't a hey, there's this sportscaster Dan Patrick. You know, I'm backstage with Dave Grohl and Slash. No sports guys, nobody's Dave Grohl goes, uh, so I hear you're introducing me. I go yeah. He goes, yeah, I don't know anything about sports. My daughter's play lacrosse. That's about all I know. And then he said, hey, when you introduced me, just say that. I grew up listening to Howard on a Ham radio and I thought okay, and I walk out and I see Howard and Robin and I go over and acknowledge them, and then somebody from the back goes, who are you? And totally threw me off my game because I wanted to say something, you know, in Howard's world, you could you know, say something back to them, but I didn't want to take away from the birthday party. And then I introduced Dave Grohl. I got to meet John Fogerty, the legendary leader of Creeden's Clearwater Revival, which found out that he listens to the show every morning on his morning walk, and that was wonderful. And uh, I get there and all of a sudden, Gary dellabaatee Baba Buy goes, hey, uh, somebody wants to meet you, and I go, oh, okay. So all of a sudden, I'm led through this labyrinth and it's like all these different halls in you know, trying to find John. All of a sudden, you know, I told John Fogerty of Creedence, I go, John Fogerty does not want to meet me. Knock on the door and his wife answers, and I said, uh, I think John wants to meet me, And his wife goes, hold on, who are you? Dan Patrick Dan Patrick's here opens the door. You're like, come on in, I listen every morning. I'm like, I'll be damn John Fogerty. Yeah, yes, Marvin.

Is that the one seed of celebrity shocked you that they knew who you were?

Is that the one seed of celebrity shocked you that they knew who you were?

No, because there's presidents, you know. I mean, I'm sure that Beyonce knows who I am.

No, because there's presidents, you know. I mean, I'm sure that Beyonce knows who I am.

Uh yes, Wait, you're shocked that president's I think, oh no, and I was.

Uh yes, Wait, you're shocked that president's I think, oh no, and I was.

I'm saying that the presidents. Okay, who would surprise me? Who knows me? I don't know. Maybe Beyonce.

I'm saying that the presidents. Okay, who would surprise me? Who knows me? I don't know. Maybe Beyonce.

I'm saying that you've met, like oh Dan, Okay, No, it wasn't that.

I'm saying that you've met, like oh Dan, Okay, No, it wasn't that.

But jay Z was with her, and so I you know, by proxy, I'm going to say that maybe she because I was hosting these sports Illustrated Sportsmen of the Year and then they were the last to arrive and they show up in the front two seats and I go, oh, hey, jay I hi b I think I did say, hibe, I want to be part of the Beehive.

But jay Z was with her, and so I you know, by proxy, I'm going to say that maybe she because I was hosting these sports Illustrated Sportsmen of the Year and then they were the last to arrive and they show up in the front two seats and I go, oh, hey, jay I hi b I think I did say, hibe, I want to be part of the Beehive.

I think years ago, I hope I remember this right. You were at the Olympics and what's his name, Nile Horan from One Direction? Oh yeah, he walked up to you and he's British, right, Yeah, you wouldn't think he might know you.

I think years ago, I hope I remember this right. You were at the Olympics and what's his name, Nile Horan from One Direction? Oh yeah, he walked up to you and he's British, right, Yeah, you wouldn't think he might know you.

He called me the sports guy. So here's one of the kids at the time. He's eighteen in one direction and he's a So I'm with two of my daughters and my wife and I just got through anchoring the Olympics for NBC and we went over to the river and we were going to have dinner and all of a sudden, Nile comes up and he's got a mug of beer and he's in his cups and he's spilling. He's talking to me and gesturing with his hands, but he's spilling beer all over the place. And then he said, you know you're the sports guy. I said, yeah, I'm a sports guy, and he wanted to They start asking me questions and it could not he We had to walk away from him, like he didn't get the hint that we were going to go have dinner. And then we thought he was going to come over and sit down and have dinner with us, and then he said, uh, I'm gonna go I'm you're gonna hear about this guy. His name's ed Shearon.

He called me the sports guy. So here's one of the kids at the time. He's eighteen in one direction and he's a So I'm with two of my daughters and my wife and I just got through anchoring the Olympics for NBC and we went over to the river and we were going to have dinner and all of a sudden, Nile comes up and he's got a mug of beer and he's in his cups and he's spilling. He's talking to me and gesturing with his hands, but he's spilling beer all over the place. And then he said, you know you're the sports guy. I said, yeah, I'm a sports guy, and he wanted to They start asking me questions and it could not he We had to walk away from him, like he didn't get the hint that we were going to go have dinner. And then we thought he was going to come over and sit down and have dinner with us, and then he said, uh, I'm gonna go I'm you're gonna hear about this guy. His name's ed Shearon.

I'm going to his flat we're gonna play music, ed and Shearon is going to be huge. You wait, and I always remember, like, who's ed Shearon? And then all of a sudden, Ed Sheeron became Ed Shearon. But I was surprised at that.

I'm going to his flat we're gonna play music, ed and Shearon is going to be huge. You wait, and I always remember, like, who's ed Shearon? And then all of a sudden, Ed Sheeron became Ed Shearon. But I was surprised at that.

Even when I met Harry from one direction, he did not know me, but he was very nice when he took a picture. But Harry styles he was coming out of a bathroom. I was going in and then we froze and then I said, I got to get a picture with you. Oh no, yes I did in or outside the bathroom. Yes, outside the bathroom, I know. And I like, if I saw him from Afar, I wouldn't have walked over to him to get it. But it was like open the door, open the door. I got to get a picture. And he could not have been nicer. He was like, I said, I got three daughters. I said, this is a big deal. And he said, oh, hey, all right, and I said, uh and uh. I knew that he was with somebody that I knew from the record label, but I didn't want to bother and I was like I don't want to be hey, you know, blah blah, buh you know. But he was very nice, very pleasant, and took the picture and then I sent it to my daughters. My one daughter said, where is he? And I go, he I don't know, Go find him, Dad, I go, no, no, I'm going to leave him alone. It was in Miami at the super Bowl. Okay, now there's story time there anything else I need to add to. I was hoping Adele might know who I was. You know, that'd be nice. I love Adele, Yes, Martin.

Even when I met Harry from one direction, he did not know me, but he was very nice when he took a picture. But Harry styles he was coming out of a bathroom. I was going in and then we froze and then I said, I got to get a picture with you. Oh no, yes I did in or outside the bathroom. Yes, outside the bathroom, I know. And I like, if I saw him from Afar, I wouldn't have walked over to him to get it. But it was like open the door, open the door. I got to get a picture. And he could not have been nicer. He was like, I said, I got three daughters. I said, this is a big deal. And he said, oh, hey, all right, and I said, uh and uh. I knew that he was with somebody that I knew from the record label, but I didn't want to bother and I was like I don't want to be hey, you know, blah blah, buh you know. But he was very nice, very pleasant, and took the picture and then I sent it to my daughters. My one daughter said, where is he? And I go, he I don't know, Go find him, Dad, I go, no, no, I'm going to leave him alone. It was in Miami at the super Bowl. Okay, now there's story time there anything else I need to add to. I was hoping Adele might know who I was. You know, that'd be nice. I love Adele, Yes, Martin.

If she was American, maybe, oh yeah she would. But wait, yeah, he's with Rich Paul now, so biproxy.

If she was American, maybe, oh yeah she would. But wait, yeah, he's with Rich Paul now, so biproxy.

She might know which guy? And maybe, like Jennifer Anderston didn't know me, I was the sports guy. Katie Holmes might have known who I was. She was just playing cute.

She might know which guy? And maybe, like Jennifer Anderston didn't know me, I was the sports guy. Katie Holmes might have known who I was. She was just playing cute.

She who you were?

She who you were?

But she was like, you know, was she with Tom at the time? She was with him one day, right and then Tom left. Now, when Tom was on set and she was in a movie with me, in a scene with me, she was very quiet, and their daughter Surrey was there. And you know, Sandler thinks everybody knows everybody. Hey Cruise, you know Danny and then Tom. But Tom Cruise knew who I was. And then the next day Katie brings in cookies. She had made cookies, and she could not have been Now I don't want to say flirting, don't want to say I don't, but damn it was close. And I was like, She said, hey, so I'm in a scene with her, a scene that got cut from the movie. But she said, hey, I made some cookies. Would you like one? I go sure, And so we just were chatting it up and Tom's not there. I'm thinking, Okay, we're in a scene. This is how it happens on movie sets. Yeah, that's not how it happened on that movie set. But she was very, very sweet. And then I went to see her. She was in a play, and I ask for I went backstage see Jim Parsons. So, Jim Parsons in a play and Katie Holmes is in the play. And I see Jim backstage and I said, hey, could you see if Katie will come out? You go sure? Does she know who you are? I said yeah. She comes out, walks over, gives me a big hug, and I'm going in front of my wife. And then I said Katie is my wife and she goes, oh, hi, she said disappointedly.

But she was like, you know, was she with Tom at the time? She was with him one day, right and then Tom left. Now, when Tom was on set and she was in a movie with me, in a scene with me, she was very quiet, and their daughter Surrey was there. And you know, Sandler thinks everybody knows everybody. Hey Cruise, you know Danny and then Tom. But Tom Cruise knew who I was. And then the next day Katie brings in cookies. She had made cookies, and she could not have been Now I don't want to say flirting, don't want to say I don't, but damn it was close. And I was like, She said, hey, so I'm in a scene with her, a scene that got cut from the movie. But she said, hey, I made some cookies. Would you like one? I go sure, And so we just were chatting it up and Tom's not there. I'm thinking, Okay, we're in a scene. This is how it happens on movie sets. Yeah, that's not how it happened on that movie set. But she was very, very sweet. And then I went to see her. She was in a play, and I ask for I went backstage see Jim Parsons. So, Jim Parsons in a play and Katie Holmes is in the play. And I see Jim backstage and I said, hey, could you see if Katie will come out? You go sure? Does she know who you are? I said yeah. She comes out, walks over, gives me a big hug, and I'm going in front of my wife. And then I said Katie is my wife and she goes, oh, hi, she said disappointedly.

Imperson oh nice to me.

Imperson oh nice to me.

Oh, I was gonna make you more cookies. Oh she's here, Yeah, okay, there it is, yes.

Oh, I was gonna make you more cookies. Oh she's here, Yeah, okay, there it is, yes.

Marm Sorry, one more thing going back to now sing that that was your wife. Have you ever had a woman flirt with you or talk to you and they look down at your hand and their facial expression changes.

Marm Sorry, one more thing going back to now sing that that was your wife. Have you ever had a woman flirt with you or talk to you and they look down at your hand and their facial expression changes.

You know, we're up against the commercial break, smart move, Yeah, we're up against back after this. Yeah, yeah, yeah, we'll take a break. We're back after this.

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Be sure to catch the live edition of The Dan Patrick Show weekdays at nine am Eastern six am Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio WAPP.

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Last call for phone calls, What we learned, what's in store tomorrow, all of that coming up. Oh so this day in sports history. Have that for you as well. Jack and Phoenix, Hi, Jack, w on your mind today?

Last call for phone calls, What we learned, what's in store tomorrow, all of that coming up. Oh so this day in sports history. Have that for you as well. Jack and Phoenix, Hi, Jack, w on your mind today?

Hey?

Hey?

Dan?

Dan?

How are you doing? Guys?

How are you doing? Guys?

Great? What's on your mind?

Great? What's on your mind?

Okay?

Okay?

So I got two things. So my sister's sixtieth birthday today, and I'm stuck here in Phoenix and they're all at LBI back East, and the boys could give her a shout out, that would be fantastic.

So I got two things. So my sister's sixtieth birthday today, and I'm stuck here in Phoenix and they're all at LBI back East, and the boys could give her a shout out, that would be fantastic.

And her name is Cindy. Cindy you guys are the.

And her name is Cindy. Cindy you guys are the.

Absolute best love y'all. And the other is I own a small wine shop out here. When I was wondering if I sent you guys a bottle of sea smoke, which you sign it, so I could bring it back to my shop and proudly display it.

Absolute best love y'all. And the other is I own a small wine shop out here. When I was wondering if I sent you guys a bottle of sea smoke, which you sign it, so I could bring it back to my shop and proudly display it.

Wait, what do I get out of it? Jack?

Wait, what do I get out of it? Jack?

There will be two bottles of sea smoke?

There will be two bottles of sea smoke?

There you go.

There you go.

You got it, Jack, You got a lead with two and send me one back?

You got it, Jack, You got a lead with two and send me one back?

All right?

All right?

If you do self addressed, you know, packaging postage, then then I'll do that.

If you do self addressed, you know, packaging postage, then then I'll do that.

And you'll be the only non Winemaker bottle signed displayed in my shop.

And you'll be the only non Winemaker bottle signed displayed in my shop.

I'll be super proud of that.

I'll be super proud of that.

All right, Thank you, Jack. Yeah, I enjoy sea smoke Pino noir. By the way, the sea smoke is the fog. Fog, got it, Honor. That's the that's the smoke. It looks like smoke, but it's fog. I learned that. Let me see Alan in Charleston. Alan, what do you have for me?

All right, Thank you, Jack. Yeah, I enjoy sea smoke Pino noir. By the way, the sea smoke is the fog. Fog, got it, Honor. That's the that's the smoke. It looks like smoke, but it's fog. I learned that. Let me see Alan in Charleston. Alan, what do you have for me?

Oh? Damn? How are you?

Oh? Damn? How are you?

Great?

Great?

Great?

Great?

Good?

Good?

Before I asked my quick question here, I just like to thank Wendy's brother for getting back to me as soon as he did the question that I have for you is one that you ask your guests every once in a while. I'm going to assume that if I've walked in your house, I would not know what you do for a living, because I don't think your family would allow that. But if I went down to your smoking drinking room, would I know what you do for a living?

Before I asked my quick question here, I just like to thank Wendy's brother for getting back to me as soon as he did the question that I have for you is one that you ask your guests every once in a while. I'm going to assume that if I've walked in your house, I would not know what you do for a living, because I don't think your family would allow that. But if I went down to your smoking drinking room, would I know what you do for a living?

Yes? Yes, that's the one room that is where I have cigars. That's the one room that is mine. And got a lot of things down there, a lot of fun things down there. But yeah, it's a it's a whole lot of me down there. Bob in Seattle, Hi, Bob, what's on your mind today?

Yes? Yes, that's the one room that is where I have cigars. That's the one room that is mine. And got a lot of things down there, a lot of fun things down there. But yeah, it's a it's a whole lot of me down there. Bob in Seattle, Hi, Bob, what's on your mind today?

Maybe as a lifelong Supersonic fan, I just have to say what the whole city is thinking.

Maybe as a lifelong Supersonic fan, I just have to say what the whole city is thinking.

Go go.

Go go.

Okay, all right, Hey, I'd still love to have basketball in Seattle. Maybe they maybe they come back. But it feels like if you have a team in Vegas, then hopefully you have a team in Seattle. But it feels like that that we're definitely going to have a team in Vegas. That feels like and I don't know if that's where the If I'm the commissioner, do I talk to Lebron and Steph Curry and say, I want you two guys to be involved in this franchise. I wonder if if he would do that. Well, he'll join us next Wednesday. The commissioner, Steven California. Hi, Steve, what's on your mind today? Guys? Thanks for taking my call a long time.

Okay, all right, Hey, I'd still love to have basketball in Seattle. Maybe they maybe they come back. But it feels like if you have a team in Vegas, then hopefully you have a team in Seattle. But it feels like that that we're definitely going to have a team in Vegas. That feels like and I don't know if that's where the If I'm the commissioner, do I talk to Lebron and Steph Curry and say, I want you two guys to be involved in this franchise. I wonder if if he would do that. Well, he'll join us next Wednesday. The commissioner, Steven California. Hi, Steve, what's on your mind today? Guys? Thanks for taking my call a long time.

Second time, you guys were talking about the Oilers jerseys earlier in the show, and I just want to mention that at one point in the I think it was a mid nineties, for about fifteen years, they switched the jersey. They changed the color to like a dark navy blue, they removed some.

Second time, you guys were talking about the Oilers jerseys earlier in the show, and I just want to mention that at one point in the I think it was a mid nineties, for about fifteen years, they switched the jersey. They changed the color to like a dark navy blue, they removed some.

Of the orange. They actually had like a muted orange.

Of the orange. They actually had like a muted orange.

They were awful, and so luckily about ten years ago they reverted back full.

They were awful, and so luckily about ten years ago they reverted back full.

Time to what you see now.

Time to what you see now.

So I think we're all happy for that second thing.

So I think we're all happy for that second thing.

I have a quick Connor McDavid fun fact, and last year we know that he won the Cosmife for a playoff MVP and a losing.

I have a quick Connor McDavid fun fact, and last year we know that he won the Cosmife for a playoff MVP and a losing.

Out for a very very rare for any sport. That's actually the.

Out for a very very rare for any sport. That's actually the.

Second time that's happened to him because last year in juniors, before he got drafted by the Oilers, he was playing for my hometown Area Otters made the finals in twenty fifteen. He lost the final five games, but was voted playoff MVP that time as well.

Second time that's happened to him because last year in juniors, before he got drafted by the Oilers, he was playing for my hometown Area Otters made the finals in twenty fifteen. He lost the final five games, but was voted playoff MVP that time as well.

That's awesome, thank you, Steve. Let's play the NBA Finals game.

That's awesome, thank you, Steve. Let's play the NBA Finals game.

It's a quick game dance, okay, because the game starts tonight. We can't pick the series tomorrow. You got how many games?

It's a quick game dance, okay, because the game starts tonight. We can't pick the series tomorrow. You got how many games?

Who wins?

Who wins?

Who's the MVP? All right? Todd thunder and six SGA all right, going out on a limb uh Seaton thunder and five I'll say, SGA all right, Marvin thunder.

Who's the MVP? All right? Todd thunder and six SGA all right, going out on a limb uh Seaton thunder and five I'll say, SGA all right, Marvin thunder.

And five SGA all right, Paul thunder and seven SGA Pacers in six whoa Tyrese Halibert and mvping gots the yeah?