Dolphins release Tyreek Hill and the NBA revamps All-Star format

Summary

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PTI (Pardon the Interruption) – February 17, 2026

Hosts: Tony Kornheiser & Michael Wilbon

Main Topics: NBA All-Star Game format, Winter Olympics highlights, Pebble Beach golf drama, Daytona win for Michael Jordan’s team, Bryce Harper vs. Dave Dombrowski, Dolphins release Tyreek Hill

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1. Episode Overview

This episode of PTI covers a loaded sports weekend and breaking news, with Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon debating the effectiveness of the NBA’s new All-Star Game format, the adrenaline and stories from the Winter Olympics, Colin Morikawa’s stormy victory at Pebble Beach, a dramatic Daytona 500 won by Michael Jordan’s NASCAR team, burgeoning Phillies drama between Bryce Harper and Dave Dombrowski, and the Miami Dolphins’ headline-grabbing release of superstar Tyreek Hill. The tone is freewheeling, critical, and celebratory—a classic PTI blend.

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2. Key Discussion Points & Insights

NBA All-Star Game: New Format, Mixed Reviews

[00:49 – 04:49]

• NBA revamped its All-Star Game format as a three-team round robin: Young U.S. team, Old U.S. team, and a World team. The Young U.S. team won convincingly.
• Wilbon, historically harsh on the All-Star Game, begrudgingly praised aspects:

  “Did it exceed my expectations? Yes. Did I think it was pretty good? Yeah, I thought it was watchable ‘cause I watched and I didn’t think I was gonna watch.” [01:56]

• Kornheiser unimpressed, calls the format superficial:

  “If you’re going to play United States against the world, play it for 48 and make it meaningful. And this was not 48 and it was not meaningful.” [02:26]

• Both note individual exploits, highlight Kawhi Leonard’s 31-point burst (then only 1 in the next), and debate the direction of the All-Star event.
• Wilbon focuses on rising stars like Victor Wembanyama (“Ant man set the tone for this... Wembanyama said, ‘I’m going to play...’ he is the most important person in the sport of basketball” [04:07]).
• Consensus: Format is improved, but the game still lacks stakes and edge.

Winter Olympics: Danger, Drama, and New Names

[04:51 – 08:13]

• Kornheiser marvels at the physical risk in winter sports:

  “The thing that attracts me to the Winter Olympics is the ever present physical danger to the athletes... They could kill themselves for hours. They could kill me.” [05:28]

• Wilbon highlights emotional stories—Deanna “Stiletto” Dudek’s comeback at 42, and local hero Elana Meyers Taylor winning her sixth medal.
• The duo reflects on US women’s hockey’s dominance, new speed-skating phenom Jordan Stoltz, and classic Olympic thrills.

Golf: Pebble Beach Drama & Morikawa’s Comeback

[08:13 – 11:45]

• Colin Morikawa wins at Pebble Beach, his first victory in almost three years.
• Wilbon: “Morikawa...certified himself as a star on the tour, and then he hadn’t won—close a lot, but hadn’t won.”
• Kornheiser details the tense finish, with Morikawa waiting up to 40 minutes to tee off on 18 because of delays:

  “After he hits his tee shot, he has to wait 20 more minutes...It took 40 more minutes, because it did. Morikawa needing to birdie, needing to hit a second great shot, butterflies in his system, all the pressure in the world on him.” [10:37]

• Both hosts heap praise on the quality and drama of the tournament, comparing Scheffler’s excellence even in defeat to Tiger Woods.

Daytona 500: Michael Jordan’s Team Takes the Win

[14:10 – 16:41]

• Tyler Reddick wins Daytona, but focus is on Michael Jordan and Brad Daugherty as owners.
• Wilbon on Jordan:

  “Just his genuine excitement you see from him here in a sport that he challenged and said, we can be better. And he was vindicated.” [15:05]

• Kornheiser is electrified by the chaos at the finish:

  “In the last lap of that race. Twice—not once, twice—there were big wrecks right at the lead...I was thrilled by it, I loved it, I thought it was great.” [16:07]

Phillies Tension: Bryce Harper vs. Dave Dombrowski

[16:49 – 18:56]

• Kornheiser outlines the tension:

  “Dave Dombrowski said of Bryce Harper he did not have an elite season...Bryce Harper said, ‘I thought we were keeping this stuff in house.’ And a third thing he said was, ‘Yeah, I did not have an elite year’.”

• Both hosts speculate Harper could be traded:

  Wilbon: “It wouldn’t surprise me to see Bryce Harper traded before opening day.” [17:55]

• Kornheiser expresses skepticism about trading the contract but acknowledges Harper’s presence as a “dude in the clubhouse.”

NFL: Dolphins Release Tyreek Hill

[24:12 – 24:18]

• Headline buried late in the show:

  “The Dolphins released Tyreek Hill and Bradley Chubb, among others, in a salary dump. Your thoughts?”
  Wilbon: “It’s going to save them like 30 mil. I’m not sure...Not sure if either one can play anymore.”

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3. Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Wilbon on the All-Star Game:

  “I stayed. Do I think it was great? No. Did it exceed my expectations? Yes...Is this enough for me? No. But I found it interesting.” [01:56]

• Kornheiser on All-Star format:

  “I don’t like games that go 12 minutes and then you move to the next game like musical chairs...Just make it meaningful. This is not meaningful. We agree.” [02:26] & [04:49]

• On Olympic Danger:

  “You look at these people on the skeleton, on the sleds and you say they could kill themselves for hours. They could kill me.” – Kornheiser [05:28] “The daredevil nature makes me admire it.” – Wilbon [06:31]

• On Morikawa’s victory:

  “His irons were that close. But he had to wait a long time...waiting for a dude out there on the beach, some place where you and I would wander, to hit a third shot...butterflies in his system, all the pressure in the world on him.” – Kornheiser [10:37]

• On Michael Jordan’s Daytona win:

  “You should see how excited he was at the end of it...Just his genuine excitement you see from him here in a sport that he challenged and said, we can be better.” – Wilbon [15:05]

• On Bryce Harper tension:

  “I will not be surprised if by the end of the year one of these guys is gone from Philadelphia.” – Kornheiser [17:43]
  “It wouldn’t surprise me to see Bryce Harper traded before opening day.” – Wilbon [17:55]

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4. Timestamps for Major Segments

• NBA All-Star new format debate: [00:49 – 04:49]
• Winter Olympics (US Hockey, skiing, speed skating, danger): [04:51 – 08:13]
• Pebble Beach/Morikawa win: [08:13 – 11:45]
• Daytona 500/Jordan’s team: [14:10 – 16:41]
• Phillies (Bryce Harper/Dombrowski tension): [16:49 – 18:56]
• Dolphins release Tyreek Hill: [24:12 – 24:18]

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5. Additional Notes

• The episode is fast, lively, and covers a huge range of sports with classic PTI banter and mutual ribbing.
• The big breaking NFL news (Tyreek Hill’s release) is ironically given little discussion—possibly foreshadowing major follow-ups.
• The show highlights generational shifts—rising NBA stars, the fading of sports legends, and power dynamics in teams.

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Summary in a Sentence:
PTI tackles the new NBA All-Star format, winter Olympic thrill rides, dramatic golf and NASCAR finishes, baseball clubhouse friction, and the Dolphins’ bombshell move, serving it all with trademark wit, skepticism, and inside knowledge for fans who crave more than just the headlines.

Transcript

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[Mike Wilbon]

Pardon the interruption, but I'm Mike Wilbond. It's a national holiday folks, but we are here working. Tell them why to I'm Tony Kornheiser.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Because we're here for you.

[Mike Wilbon]

Yeah.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Also, it's too cold to golf.

[Mike Wilbon]

A lot of ice still out there.

[Tony Kornheiser]

And there was a slight miscommunication with our agents. That's right. And so we're here. But again, we're here for you.

[Mike Wilbon]

Are we on the deuce?

[Tony Kornheiser]

No, I don't.

[Mike Wilbon]

We're on the most. Are we? I don't know.

[Tony Kornheiser]

I don't know. Welcome to pti boys and girls. In today's episode, Colin Morikawa tops Saudi Scheffler. Michael Jordan's team Wednesday, Tona and Bryce Harper. Sounds a bit miffed, but we begin today with the NBA All Star weekend. The Friday and Saturday night stuff, it already feels like a distant memory. Yesterday's All Star game featured a new format. A round robin among three teams. A young U.S. team, an older U.S. team and a team composed of foreign born players. The ultimate winner was the young US team in a romp over the old US Team. Wilbon, you have ripped the All Star Game for years.

[Mike Wilbon]

Yeah.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Did this one exceed your expectations?

[Mike Wilbon]

It did, it did. First I want to give a shout out though to the three point shooting contest. That was real. I mean Dame, Lillard and Kanipwa. No, the guys put numbers up there that they don't put up there.

[Tony Kornheiser]

That's the only thing I've ever liked in the last 10 years.

[Mike Wilbon]

Yes, that's fair, that's fair. But Tony, I was watching Law and Order SVU marathon, my own marathon all day long and something said, eh, you gotta actually appear and talk sports tomorrow. Click on the All Star Game. At least see what it looks like.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Right?

[Mike Wilbon]

Maybe aliens have come down and we don't know, maybe Adam Silver, you know, arranged that. So I turn on for a second and I stayed. Do I think it was great? No. Do I think. Did it exceed my expectations? To answer your direct question, yes. Did I think it was pretty good? Yeah, I thought it was watchable cuz I watched and I didn't think I was gonna Watch. And you know how I've ripped it? Yeah. Is this. Is this enough for me? No. But I found it interesting. I did.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Okay, so if the question is did it exceed my expectations? The answer is no. Cuz I had no expectations because it is a made up. It exists on NBC to bridge between the Winter Olympics in the early afternoon and in the primetime situation for them. That's why it was on. I don't like games that go 12 minutes and then you move to the next game like musical chairs. I don't like that. If you're going to play the United States against the world, play it for 48 and make it meaningful. And this was not 48 and it was not meaningful. Now was there stuff that was exciting? Kawhi Leonard went for 31 points in 12 minutes. Come on, 31 points. He's not even on the original all star team. They have to put him on because he didn't make it. And they put him on because he's the only representative from that building. So that is to be applauded. 31. But he was so pooped after that that he had one point in the next game. And the old heads, as Kevin Durant referred to his team started out 0 for 9 in the championship game. And that was not watched.

[Mike Wilbon]

Let's not call it a championship.

[Tony Kornheiser]

That was not competitive at all. Ye. Did some players play hard? Yes. Was there a little bit of defense? Yes. Did it look like they were trying some of them? Yes.

[Mike Wilbon]

There were fouls, but there was defense. There were steals.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Jokic didn't play at all. Basically played five minutes. Steph Curry looked great in a sweatsuit, but he wasn't going to go out there. I believe, Mike, as you believe that there is a possibility. There's a Runway towards the United States versus the world Game. If you look at the NHL, is it called the Four Seasons.

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Yeah.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Cup or something like that? The NBA coordination.

[Mike Wilbon]

Adam won't do it. Tom, I agree with a lot of what you've said here. By the way, Let me. Every basketball conversation we have, you're going to get so tired of me doing this. Years ago it was the Lakers. You would start in January saying, are we going to talk Lakers every day? And I say, yeah, Ton, we are. Are we going to talk Winyama every day? Yeah, we are. Because when Banyama and Ant man set the tone for this, when Banyama said, I'm going to play, I don't care what you old heads do. Tony, he is the most important person in the sport of basketball.

[Tony Kornheiser]

I don't want to go on and on with this story, but I will tell you this. He wasn't in the final game, all right? In the final game. Played well, but he wasn't in it. So he's off to the side.

[Mike Wilbon]

And I said 40 minutes, not 48.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Because that is my.

[Mike Wilbon]

40 minutes, not 48. You don't want to do 48.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Just make it meaningful. This is not meaningful. We agree.

[Mike Wilbon]

We start off the show agreeing. Usually not good for the energy, but we're going to turn no matter what to the events at the Winter Olympics. The U.S. women's hockey team pounded Sweden today, 5 nil, to make the gold medal game over in the men's. Both the US And Canada rolled undefeated through the weekend. And in skiing, Mikayla Shiffrin failed to medal in her eighth straight Olympic race after placing 11th in Sunday's giant slalom. She races the slalom Wednesday. So, Tone, you take it away for as long as you want.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Yeah.

[Mike Wilbon]

Which storyline interests you the most?

[Tony Kornheiser]

I'm gonna leave the hockey to you because I know you love it and I know you watch. I want to say something in a general way about the Winter Olympics. The thing that attracts me to the Winter Olympics is the ever present physical danger to the athletes. Not in curling, not in hockey, not in figure skating, but in sliding, in skiing, in jumping. You look at these people on the skeleton, on the sleds and you say they could kill themselves for hours. They could kill me. That you look at the half pipe, which neither of us understands, but they're up in the air. If they fall badly onto the ice, they could crack their heads open. I'm not prepared for skiing in which you hit a ridge and suddenly you're doing double somersaults backwards in the air. So for me, this is not like the Summer Olympics. We understand the Summer Olympics works like this. Does Usain Bolt get to the tape first? Right. It's not a lot of judgment.

[Mike Wilbon]

No.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Does he get to the tape first? But I am, I will say, thrilled by the scary danger that I see in the Winter Olympics.

[Mike Wilbon]

The daredevil nature makes me admire it.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Yeah.

[Mike Wilbon]

I'm not quite as fascinated by it as you are. I'm just going to mention a couple of names, Tony, and I don't even have the glasses today. Deanna Stiletto Dudek, the Canadian glass skater. I'm gonna try to do it without.

[Tony Kornheiser]

I may say, because you're failing at the moment.

[Mike Wilbon]

42 years old. She was gone for 16 years and comes back at 42 and does this. I found that amazing, not Daredevil and Alaina Meyers. Taylor, who went to GW around the corner from this studio, played softball. Tony then comes back, does the women's monobob. That must be one person on the box, right? And Tony, it's her sixth medal, which puts her out there with everybody, ahead of everybody except Bonnie Blair, who you and I both covered her covered in the Winter Olympics. So those two things, I will tell.

[Tony Kornheiser]

You this, you know, and the hockey. We fixate on Vaughn, Lindsey Vaughn and Michaela Shifrin and the quad God. And as a father, and I know you feel the same way. I felt terrible for him. I felt terrible for him. But I'm learning new names. Jordan Stoltz, for example, as a speed skater. And I think it's really cool that Eric Heiden is at the event and watches this kid win in the events.

[Mike Wilbon]

That Eric has realized. Eric. Heidi.

[Tony Kornheiser]

No, I don't. But again, I'm drawn to the physical nature of it. What is the danger in the Summer Olympics that somebody heaves a javelin at you? There's no other particular.

[Mike Wilbon]

We've seen a javelin go through somebody's arm. You and I saw that.

[Tony Kornheiser]

But in these events, you have to marvel at that. I do.

[Mike Wilbon]

But you gotta start watching the hockey. It's serious now. Canada has outscored the opponents like 23, and the US is on a 16.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Everyone is expecting Canada and the United States. Let's move to golf. Let's move to golf and the great theater at pebble beach over the weekend. Colin Morikawa won for the first time in almost three years and needed a birdie on 18 to clinch it. Scottie Scheffler had three eagles yesterday. What? He's the first pro to ever do that at Pebble. There was wind, there was rain, there was drama. It was basically perfect, Will. But I know you watched. You know I watched. Let's start with Morikawa. What is the significance of his win?

[Mike Wilbon]

Well, Tony, I think for Morikawa, who won early and won a couple of majors and certified himself as a star on the tour, and then he hadn't won close a lot, but hadn't won.

[Tony Kornheiser]

In two and a half years, it's Jordan Spieth. It's the same sort of thing when Young went early.

[Mike Wilbon]

Yes, but. But. But it is important, I guess, still for the United States to have one of those guys up there. And Morikawa, for me, is a favorite just of who he is personally. This is his home state of California. This was kind to him. He's had some successes There. He's charismatic. I. I just enjoy. He's engaging. I just enjoy Colin Morikawa. And so I was happy for him, Tony. The whole thing had drama. How about when Morocco's got to wait for a total of 40 minutes for a dude out there on the beach, someplace where you and I would wander to hit a third shot? He's out there.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Let me just start with this. I knew that Scheffler was not gonna win when he ended at minus 20.

[Mike Wilbon]

And I texted you in real time, minus 22.

[Tony Kornheiser]

I said, 22 is gonna win. Maybe 21, but not 20. And this is when the last group was probably five or six holes out and there were five guys tied at 20.

[Mike Wilbon]

Yeah.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Scheffler's round was amazing, Mike. He shot 63 with three eagles. He had three bogeys. Nobody's ever shot 63 with three bogeys. That was great. It's his 18th straight PGA Tour event where he finishes in the top 10 a full year since the players last year when he didn't. Which compels us to compare him to Tiger woods, and maybe only Tiger Woods. But let's go to Morikawa, because Morikawa on 18th, shot 62 on Saturday, didn't have to make a long putt. His irons were that close.

[Mike Wilbon]

But he had to wait a long time.

[Tony Kornheiser]

So now he has to stand on the tee for 15 minutes to wait for the. The tee shot on 18. Tied with Minwu Lee. Tied. Has to wait because there's two groups out there. Then after he hits his tee shot, he has to wait 20 more minutes. That's right, Because Jacob Bridgman is. Got his feet in the Pacific Ocean and the ball on the sand waiting for a ruling. And if it felt to you and me like it took 40 more minutes, because it did. And so here is Morikawa needing to birdie, needing to hit a second great shot, butterflies in his system, all the pressure in the world on him.

[Mike Wilbon]

Forearm, and he does it holding a.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Forearm, and he does it. And I would say that if he ever asks you, can I get a reference letter from you? You say it's you on 18.

[Mike Wilbon]

Yeah, that's the reference.

[Tony Kornheiser]

And this is. Americans know two courses, you know, foot by foot, Augusta and Pebble. And Augusta had.

[Mike Wilbon]

You mean. It's not an indoor studio.

[Tony Kornheiser]

I like that. But this is. This is the real deal. And, oh, by the way, did I mention this, that Anthony Kim.

[Mike Wilbon]

Anthony Kim, who had not won since. In 15. Since 2010.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Since 2010, he won an event. So if you think about how weighted? 2010. Wow. Let's take a break. But coming up, Tyler Redick wins Daytona. But is the real headline that Michael Jordan's team did.

[Mike Wilbon]

Yeah, we know that. Things didn't sound so hunky dory between Bryce Harper and Dave Dumbroski.

[Tony Kornheiser]

It was a fabulous golf tournament day after day after day. That's just great.

[Mike Wilbon]

That's why I can't watch in a dome. I can't watch. What are you doing?

[Tony Kornheiser]

Wait. You don't like people hitting balls into a bed sheet?

[Mike Wilbon]

You don't like that you. I like that you were interviewed.

[Tony Kornheiser]

I know. I love it.

[Mike Wilbon]

You were like the sideline.

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[Tony Kornheiser]

Let's find out what's rankling the riff raff in mail time. I'll get the first one.

[Mike Wilbon]

Man, you need a riff raff.

[Tony Kornheiser]

You need glasses. I have glasses.

[Mike Wilbon]

I think not.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Should we be more focused on Tyler Redick winning Daytona or Michael Jordan winning day? Kona Daytona.

[Mike Wilbon]

Tyler Redick is great. He wouldn't even be the most famous Reddick on this show.

[Tony Kornheiser]

J.J. redick.

[Mike Wilbon]

Three or four more, at least.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Yeah.

[Mike Wilbon]

Come on. This is Michael Jordan. The two people, when they win in this sport, that we have to just bow because we know them both are Joe Gibbs and Michael Jordan. Okay? And for Jordan to do this, you should see how excited he was at the end of it. I know you turned over and you watched the end of the race. I did it late because I was streaming for Jordan doing this. Tony. I have been there when he has performed at this highest level in this new sport. But just his genuine excitement you see from him here in a sport that he challenged and said, we can be better. And he was vindicated. Right in court.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Mike Wilbon]

So at least, well through settlements. How great is this for Michael Jordan?

[Tony Kornheiser]

I'm gonna leave winning. I'm gonna leave Jordan to you. Because, as you know, I recently saw him personally drove.

[Mike Wilbon]

That's right.

[Tony Kornheiser]

You did not. And I did. You know, And I think it's great for the owner, and I think it's great for the driver. That's not my issue. I have another issue in this. I turned over to watch this. It was the endless Jacob Bridgman with his feet in the Pacific Ocean, going on and on and on. So I turned over to Daytona. I got very lucky because there were only three laps left. So I watched it in the last lap of that race. Twice. Not once. Twice. There were big wrecks right at the lead that affected the lead, that affected the order. Cars were spinning wildly around. I'm waiting for the yellow flag to drop. It doesn't happen. I've never seen this before. Without the caution flag, they just let him go. They let him maneuver their way through the wreckage and the carnage, and they let him go.

[Mike Wilbon]

Too many late yellows.

[Tony Kornheiser]

I will tell you this. I didn't know what was going on. I was thrilled by it. I loved it. I thought it was great.

[Mike Wilbon]

You watch it every year. But Daytona, the great American race, it's always on all spots.

[Tony Kornheiser]

But they drop the yellow flag and they didn't do it this time. So Tyler Redick was able to do it.

[Mike Wilbon]

That's somebody who knows how to do this and navigated. Tyler Reddick, by the way, I think Brad Dougherty. I shouldn't just credit only Michael Jeffrey Jordan wasn't Brad Dougherty. Absolutely.

[Tony Kornheiser]

They're North Carolinians.

[Mike Wilbon]

They are.

[Tony Kornheiser]

They grew up with this.

[Mike Wilbon]

They grew up with it all their lives.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Yes.

[Mike Wilbon]

Might have been their first love, even ahead of basketball.

[Tony Kornheiser]

I think so. I think so.

[Mike Wilbon]

I had this upside down, but I'm gonna go without the glasses.

[Tony Kornheiser]

You're making a.

[Mike Wilbon]

Say something.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Let's see, Randy. Let's see. America.

[Mike Wilbon]

Does everything sound okay to you between Bryce Harper, formerly your boy.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Yeah.

[Mike Wilbon]

And Dave Dombrowski?

[Tony Kornheiser]

Does it sound okay to me? Not at. Not at all. We will remember that right. At the end of the season or a little bit afterwards. Dave Dombrowski said of Bryce Harper he did not have an elite season. We're going to have to wait and see. Is he still elite or is he just a good player? Bryce Harper didn't say much. Bryce Harper said some stuff yesterday. One thing he said was, I'm not motivated by this kind of stuff. A second thing he said was, I thought we were keeping this stuff in house. And a third thing he said was, yeah, I did not have an elite year. Now, Bryce Harper is a great player with two MVPs. He's also 33 years old and probably at the end of his prime. Dave Dombrowski has had, I don't know, 6,000 jobs as an executive in major league.

[Mike Wilbon]

He's good at this one and has.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Been really good at most of them. So I'm going to say this to you, Mike. I will not be surprised if by the end of the year one of these guys is gone from Philadelphia.

[Mike Wilbon]

I'm going to beat you to it a little bit. In terms of timing, it wouldn't surprise me to see Bryce Harper traded before opening day.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Really?

[Mike Wilbon]

Why wouldn't you do it?

[Tony Kornheiser]

Would you take on the rest of that contract? At 33 years old, it depends on.

[Mike Wilbon]

What team you are close. And if we believe, as we have heard writers, former players and coaches, ball players say, Bryce Harper is a dude in the clubhouse.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Yeah, I love him.

[Mike Wilbon]

Then if you think you're close and Bryce Harper can still give you, and you hope he can give you 20 and 80.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Oh, he. Of course he can do that.

[Mike Wilbon]

25 and 80. I want 25 home runs. What do you have last year, like 17 or something like that? I want 25 home runs minimum from Bryce Harper. If he can give you that, I take him. Yeah, because the Phillies are going to be out there anyway. They kept my man, and he's got a few more homers than Bryce Harper. Schwaber like double.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Yeah, like Triple. Schwarber is the most interesting leadoff hitter in baseball other than O'.

[Mike Wilbon]

Connor. Why not place him 4th behind Harper and it may enhance.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Although I guess Trey Turner hits leadoff more than Schwaber now. No, that's a team. But with Bryce Harper there and those guys, they go to the playoffs every year. You cannot find fault specifically with Bryce Harper.

[Mike Wilbon]

He has, by the way, 27 home runs. I undercut him a little bit.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Only by 10. You know the mailbox is empty. Let's take one last break. Still to come, the Dolphins say see ya to Tyreek Hill.

[Mike Wilbon]

And the harangue from Jerome Tang gets him gone from Kansas State. Did he hit as many as my neighbor? How many did my former neighbor Schwarz hit?

[Tony Kornheiser]

He hit a lot. Yeah, but I mean, when do you go into Grove already? I mean, you should be embarrassed. He's waiting for you.

[Mike Wilbon]

Do I have to take like a gift now that he's won?

[Tony Kornheiser]

No, he'll give you a gift.

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[Tony Kornheiser]

Happy time people. Happy 24th birthday. Diego Pavia, the Vanderbilt quarterback led the commodores to their first 10 win season ever at 10 and 3 and a top 10 ranking for the first time in 78 years. Although Pavia was listed at 6ft, he's just a shade under 5' 10. Bryce Young's size. After coming in second in the Heisman voting by a wide margin to Indiana's Fernando Mendoza. Pavia had a bad moment, specifically cursing the voters on social media, for which he quickly apologized. Pavia started out at New Mexico Military Institute, leading them to the JUCO national championship. Then he went to New Mexico State and finally to Vanderbilt. Last season, Pavia had 29 touchdown passes and eight interceptions on his way to becoming SEC Player of the Year.

[Mike Wilbon]

He's wearing number two. That doesn't mean Jita. It means somebody from Boston College who was about that size who had a long career, not that impactful. Do we think he can have a Doug Flutie like existence?

[Tony Kornheiser]

Wasn't he 22 in college, two in the pros?

[Mike Wilbon]

He was two in the pros.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Okay, well, the kid's not in the pros yet. Happy anniversary, Nicole Nicola Jokic around this day eight years ago, the Denver big man set the record for the fastest triple double in NBA history, needing only 14 minutes and 33 seconds of court time to get a triple double against Milwaukee with 154 left in the second quarter. Joke. Jokic has 184 regular season triple doubles behind only Russell Westbrook's 207 in 70 games. Last year, Jokic had 34 triple doubles and he's ahead of that pace this season with 20 in 39 games despite a knee injury that kept him out of 16 games. Jokic, who turns 31 this week, is the first player in NBA history with more than 1,000 points, 475 rebounds, 250 made free throws, 75, three pointers and 30 blocks heading into the All Star Game.

[Mike Wilbon]

Now you've fallen in love with numbers. Too much. If you had to make pick a player to go into the playoffs with and you had a choice between Wimy and Joker this postseason, who would you take?

[Tony Kornheiser]

Oh, I would take Jokic. I know you would not. I would.

[Mike Wilbon]

I'm not sure I would take Joker.

[Tony Kornheiser]

The accomplishment of his career at this.

[Mike Wilbon]

Point knows how to do maybe the.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Best player in the league. Happy trails. Jerome Tang Kansas State fired its head coach on Sunday just days after Tang torched his players, saying, among other things, quote, these dudes did not disagree. Deserve to wear this uniform. There will be very few of them in it next year. Unquote. Tang also said he'd wear a bag on his head if he were a fan. The Mercury reports that the school is trying to fire Tang with cause and not pay him his $18 million buyout. Tang took Kansas State to the Elite Eight in 2023, but is just one in 11 in conference this season. I am Surprised by this. I didn't think his offense was that terrible. Now that players are basically pros.

[Mike Wilbon]

I told you that day. I know with cause this would happen. I know you can't, Tony.

[Tony Kornheiser]

You can't.

[Mike Wilbon]

Talk about optics and how bad it looks for a university community and a smaller community at that. Can't have it.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Also a melancholy trails to Robert Duvall. The Academy Award winning actor passed away yesterday at the age of 95. Wow. The natural was probably Duvall's biggest sports film credit. But he's best known for his roles in classic like To Kill a Mockingbird, Network, Apocalypse now and the TV adaptation of Lonesome Dove. And of course he was Tom Hagen in the Godfather. Kill a Mockingbird. Great.

[Mike Wilbon]

One of my top 10 movies of all time.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Quick to the big finish. The Dolphins released Tyree Kill and Bradley Chubb, among others, in a salary dump. Your thoughts?

[Mike Wilbon]

It's gonna save them like 30 mil. I'm not sure. For the new regime. Not sure if either one can play anymore. Arizona lost to Texas Tech. Kansas to Iowa State. State. Bigger deal.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Arizona at home.

[Mike Wilbon]

Yeah.

[Tony Kornheiser]

NYU loss, guard Richie Saunders to a torn acl. Big deal.

[Mike Wilbon]

Yes. He was the second best player on a team of consequence to AJ Devance. And now what? Steve Cohen says there will never be a team captain as long as he owns the Mets. Does that matter?

[Tony Kornheiser]

I don't know. I don't know if captains are important on all teams. I just don't know. Last one. Former Philly Nick Castellanos joined the Padres. Is that a good fit?

[Mike Wilbon]

I think it's a great fit.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Do you?

[Mike Wilbon]

I'm jealous.

[Tony Kornheiser]

You think he'll be able to bring beer into the dugout with the Padres?

[Mike Wilbon]

With that group of veteran guys who see beer? Come on, just bring me one.

[Tony Kornheiser]

We're out of time. We'll try and do better the next time. I'm Tony Kornheiser.

[Mike Wilbon]

I'm Mike Wilbon. Same time tomorrow, knuckleheads. And now you're a Sports Center. Even on a holiday, you got Sports Center.

[Tony Kornheiser]

Good show. We did a good show. Vote for it.

[Mike Wilbon]

Got us. Are we running pti?

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