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Dan LeBatard
license numbers this is the Dan Levator
Zaslow
show with the ST Podcast.
Dan LeBatard
I loved watching the sad Knicks legends, although I don't know why I used quotation marks there. But the, the sad Knicks legends who were sitting like, like three, four rows up at the game last night.
Dave
Are you a legend if you're in the fourth row? Are you a legend if you never won anything?
Trista
Well, are you a legend if John Star is wearing that hat?
Dan LeBatard
Trista, your turn.
Juju
I think they covered them all well.
Dan LeBatard
They were on the road, all right. And you know, it's like Pat Riley and Alonzo Morning. They travel for the playoff games, right? And they're always like four rows, you know, like that, that's. Those are the seats like the heat. The heat seats that they give the visiting teams personnel are like eight rows up behind the visitor bench. That's just the seats that the team, you know, allots for for people like that.
Dave
Have you ever ended up sitting next to like some brass? I've been like a few seats over before from like not at a Heat game but like at a baseball game where like all of a sudden I'm like, that's the gm. It's just interesting to watch. They watch the game just like we do. They watch the game just like we do.
Juju
I went to the NBA cup, it was OKC versus the spurs. And I sat down, I couldn't find where my what row it was because it's like a. And then there's like a.
Dave
A worst.
Juju
And I'm like, excuse me. Tap, tap. Do you know if this is row A or if this is row A a Tap tap.
Dan LeBatard
Sam Presty, the goat you had given
Zaslow
me Owner's box tickets back when the Marlins were at Joe Ry.
Dan LeBatard
Oh, that's right.
Zaslow
Yeah. And David Sampson had passed by me. We had never met before.
Dan LeBatard
Yeah.
Zaslow
No idea who I was.
Dan LeBatard
I used to get those seats every now and then.
Dave
I was going to say, that's owner's box seats.
Dan LeBatard
Those are great seats. Yeah.
Trista
I was at the Atlanta Dream game one time, and a seat. Two seats were vacant next to me, like, the whole game, almost third quarter. Don Staley.
Dave
Can I. I'm out on letter rose, by the way. Can we just do row one and up? Like, what are we doing with this number? If I ever think I have no.
Dan LeBatard
No rows.
Dave
If I ever think I'm right.
Dan LeBatard
But you want the rows to be numbers and the seats to be numbers.
Dave
I want to know if I'm in row. I don't want, like, a row. L. Like, now I'm sitting there like, oh, abcd. I gotta, like, count. Do the counting in my head. And then sometimes I think I have first row and I show up and AA is front row, and A is row, like, nine. And there's like, a. A bb, cc, dd. And then, like, all of a sudden, A picks up at row nine. It makes no sense.
Dan LeBatard
I. I gotta be honest. It's a moronic opinion.
Dave
What are you talking about? What is aa? We could just have row one and then up to the top.
Dan LeBatard
It's simple.
Dave
Why don't we just start negative 9. Row. Negative 9, and then have row 10 be row 1? That's what we're doing. That's what we're doing with AA. What is AA? What is BB? Pretty sure it's like, I don't ever want to be in row cc.
Juju
And if it's gonna be A. If it's gonna be AA or bb, it should be ZZ it should be A, B, C, D, all the way to Z. And then zz you're even higher.
Roy
Alpha.
Zaslow
Listen, what we don't need are more letters in the Alphabet. In fact, let me. Let me forward this hot take. I think we could do with one less letter in our Alphabet. I don't think.
Dave
What are we?
Zaslow
26, which is 26 is unwieldy, 25 is a little bit cleaner. I think we can agree. I think we dump C. What purpose does the letter C serve? Think it through if you want to.
Dave
What is wrong with you? It starts both.
Trista
My daughter Claire serves a big purpose in Los Angeles.
Zaslow
What the. Listen, the. The. If you want to make a curse now, please, let's. Let's. Let's let's not go there. But if we want to make a. If we want to make a sound, we got. We got K's right there for you.
Dave
I was careful.
Roy
You were gonna go with.
Zaslow
No, no, no, I didn't. I. I was careful with myself.
Dan LeBatard
Doing it three times. A tough. Look, Dave.
Zaslow
I didn't do it three times, friend. I did it twice and only twice.
Dan LeBatard
Okay, Just making.
Zaslow
Because I'm a gentleman.
Trista
Like pumps after a touchdown.
Dave
And then.
Zaslow
And then. And then, if you need a sound, we have S. That's there. What are you doing? See, just living off. You just attached yourself.
Dan LeBatard
It's.
Zaslow
It's the power of being in the cool group because it's way up there. Hanging out with the fancy pants is like A and B, and so we look the other way. But C doesn't belong, has no business.
Dan LeBatard
I. Years ago, I was in Chicago to see Pearl Jam, believe it or not, and for Lollapalooza. And the Cubs were playing. The Cubs were at home, and I wanted to go see a Cubs game. I'd never been to Wrigley Field, and my pal Len Casper, former Marlins television guy back then, was the Cubs television guy. And I asked him, you know. You know, can you. Can you set me up with some seats? And so he left me seats for. For Wrigley Field. I went by myself to go see the Cubs play. And I get there nice and early. They're like box seats or, like, five rows behind home plate. And so I get there. I get to my seat early. I sit down. You know, the seats next to me are empty. The people who are occupying them are not here yet. And now, you know, walking out of the tunnel and just, like, you know, coming. Walking toward. Being shown their seats by, like, the security guard with a whole entourage as well, is the Reverend Jesse Jackson. And I go. I immediately see him. I go, oh, it's Jesse Jackson.
Zaslow
You know, rest in power.
Dan LeBatard
And he keeps walking closer and closer, like, oh, he's in my section. I'm like, that'd be funny if he's in my row. Sat immediately next to me.
Zaslow
No way.
Roy
Talk about the rainbow coalition.
Dan LeBatard
So the. The whole game, Jesse Jackson's right next to me watching the Cubs. And, like, his security guard, a big guy, obviously, was, like, throwing, you know, behind us. And, like, whoever else was. His family was next to him. Yeah, the whole game's Jesse Jackson.
Zaslow
Did you camp it with them at all?
Dan LeBatard
Maybe, like, a little bit, you know, no big. He said it was family or whatever. He's. He's Talking to them. But it was. Wow. They had the whole ballpark area sitting right next to me.
Dave
And that was at a Chicago Cubs game. Spelled S, H, I, K, A G, O, K, U, B, S. Right. That's how you spell Chicago Cubs and Dave Damask World.
Zaslow
No, my ideal. We just get rid of the C. Yeah. What. Maybe that's the. The shortcoming is that we do need to solve the C and H sound. We got to figure that because the S can't really handle that. I don't know what we're going to do about that. Zaz. That does remind me. Ballpark iconic one Dodger Stadium. I was there once, and the. Who sat directly in front of me. The. The heavyweight champ of the world one time he knocked out or he. He beat Muhammad Ali. Leon Spinks sat directly in front of me, and it gave me the opportunity. He stood up once to cheer something, and I shouted down in front the champ. It was. I was in heaven. I got. I got to shout that at a heavyweight champion. It was. It was one of the five best moments of my life.
Trista
I love baseball like the next man, but I think they should get rid of. When you strike somebody out, they put the K up. Because after three strikeouts, they get sticky up there.
Dave
Put it over the railing.
Dan LeBatard
Well, you'd like one of those strikeouts to be looking, because then at least you get the backwards.
Dave
Yeah, that does help.
Dan LeBatard
That does help.
Dave
But I think maybe just the overall morality, maybe a warning to every fan who's doing this. Just like sort of like how they don't put the 13th floor of an elevator in some place. The third one, the fourth strikeout.
Dan LeBatard
Well, yeah. Like when. When you get that third consecutive case swinging, you're, like, really rooting for the fourth one to come quick.
Dave
Do you know why they use K as the strikeout?
Dan LeBatard
I don't.
Dave
It's because the S was already taken. Sacrifice dam.
Dan LeBatard
Okay, but why do they use a K? That's why they didn't use an S.
Dave
Because I may look that part up because I just know what about.
Trista
So.
Dave
Because from the word struck. He chose the K from the word struck.
Dan LeBatard
Okay. All right.
Zaslow
I do think the letter Q. I. I do find the letter Q admirable. It's aspirational, like Q. When you think about it, you. You think it's like it hangs out with, like, W, X, Y, and Z. But look it up. It's. It's. When we weren't paying attention, it slid all the way up there past R, s, and T even. Like, it's It's. It's like. It kind of in the middle of the Alphabet. If it's ascent continues, watch yourself. See, it's going to be ABQ if you ain't careful with yourself.
Dan LeBatard
Roy, it is your time to shine. It is your moment. Now, can you tell us a little bit about Roy's video of the day?
Roy
I can't.
Dan LeBatard
All right, Roy, this is his video of the day here. Let's see what he's got cooking for us.
Dave
This is. This is right up Rose Alley here.
Dan LeBatard
Roy, why don't you tell us what we got here?
Dave
We got what looks like. I'll take.
Zaslow
Yeah, go ahead, Chris, take. Yeah.
Dave
Toe wrestling instead of, like, thumb wrestling, like a thumb war. They're gonna do it with the big toes.
Dan LeBatard
Oh, wow. Okay. All right, so there you go.
Dave
This is 1, 2, 3, 4.
Dan LeBatard
Oh, they interlock the toe. The big toes. And. Oh, my God, is it like submission? How do you. How do you win?
Trista
She got three chains on the shirt. I see that. Salute.
Dan LeBatard
All right, well, there you go.
Trista
It's right up your alley.
Dan LeBatard
Oh, no feet guy. Good choice.
Juju
White woman's feet.
Dan LeBatard
Well, she's.
Dave
She's doing a lot in the background there.
Roy
We just.
Dave
I think I just saw Donna Kelsey.
Dan LeBatard
All right, who won this?
Zaslow
Were men doing it. I would. I would throw up. And I don't mean that figuratively. I would literally throw up all over the. The thing. It's why I can't watch mma. But women, you're into, but the bare feet. I'm not into that either, but she
Dan LeBatard
should turn her hat back. Chris is, like, over the top, you know, and that. That gives you, like, an edge.
Trista
Yeah.
Dan LeBatard
All right, so let's keep that. We'll keep that in the picture. In picture. For those who would like to continue seeing. Roy's enjoying Roy's video of the day. Excellent choice today, Roy. I had nothing to do with it. Give me your thoughts here before we get back to the football from last night. So I mentioned how you got the Houston rockets in the LA Lakers playing Game 3 tonight, and Jabari Smith. All right, now I want you to hear what Jabari Smith had to say about Kevin Durant's struggles. Kevin Durant missed Game 1. Durant then returned in Game 2. He had nine turnovers. And the Lakers specifically, have been great defensively this season against Kevin Drant. But you'll also remember, and this is why people are noticing this here on Kevin Durant's burner earlier this season. And we all know now, that, like, that was Kevin Durant's Burner. Okay. Because Durant has, like, not been tweeting at all this the way that he used to. Right. Since that whole episode, he hasn't been doing the back and forth with fans. But on that burner account, Durant had some really not nice things to say about Jabari Smith. Well, here's Jabari Smith. This is yesterday talking about Kevin Durant struggles then he's trying to stop him.
Zaslow
And the other guys got to be aggressive. We got to be aggressive out of it. We got to make the right reads out of it, make the right decisions. And. And it's on him to. To. To find ways to get himself involved in and get to his spots without
Dan LeBatard
the, you know, excluding double team, just
Zaslow
because, again, double team, we still need him to, you know, be kd.
Trista
So, you know, there's still ways around
Roy
it and we got some fixes to
Zaslow
it and we go, we're going to
Dave
be better next to games.
Dan LeBatard
It's interesting. A really young player talking about a legendary player that way.
Trista
Right. And if, you know, you know what Katie's burner called my boy, so that's on par.
Dan LeBatard
He didn't think he was very smart.
Trista
Yeah, right, right. But I think bigger than that doubt. In the year of our Lord 2026, Luke Canard is averaging 25 points this playoff series in 40 minutes. Like, this is the problem. Katie can be whoever he want to be if y' all don't get back on defense and guard LeBron, which makes him one of the best. This is what makes him the best because he's facilitating and making everybody shine better and brighter on his team as well as getting his. So I think they got bigger fish to fry, especially from a aging superstar who is clear injured right now. To expect more from him is kind of nuts.
Zaslow
I mean, if I were KD or Jabari Smith, I'd be embarrassed to not be able to beat the Lakers without Luca, too. I mean, but. But you're exactly right, juju. Luke Canard is this sort of undercovered element of the springtime here in this NBA season. It's amazing that. And by the way, the weird. Like we've talked about before, in a world of actual atrocious people, the ongoing resentment of LeBron James because he has an ego and maybe has a little bit of a chip on his shoulder is very weird. If he gets this series done and can bridge the gap into Luca and maybe they go on a run. This is one of the great chapters in LeBron's all time great career.
Roy
Hey, Roy. Buddy, you know that energy shift when the game gets good and everybody all together in unison knows to stand up on their feet?
Zaslow
Oh, absolutely, Mike.
Dan LeBatard
Yeah.
Roy
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Dan LeBatard
Oh, delicious.
Roy
It's the signal that says, we're not checking the time anymore, pal. It's when small talk turns into stories. Cuervo, man. It's that high five. A random stranger effect. That's right. The game is popping. You're hugging people you never met before. That's the kind of energy that Cuervo brings. It's so smooth, so delicious. That's the Cuervo effect. Keep it Cuervo.
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Dan LeBatard
Don LeBatard.
Juju
Football,
Dan LeBatard
football, football,
Juju
Football.
Roy
Stugats.
Dan LeBatard
Football. This is the Dan Levatar show with the st. You know what, that is an excellent segue here, juju, because Dan a few days ago claimed that this would something to the effect of that this would be LeBron's greatest achievement. Now, he also did say that after claiming that LeBron doesn't leave him in awe anymore. There's nothing he does that is awe inspiring at this point in his career. But juju here, okay, so let. Let Dan just say it himself. Here's what he was talking about.
Dave
And I'm saying, if he does this, if he wins this series, it's the
Dan LeBatard
most impressive thing he's done in his career. Okay? Most impressive thing he's done in his career. Juju, you took offense to this?
Trista
Yes. That's a great offense because my boy is slaying dragons all day. Excuse me, Chris Farda, y', all, but it made me come up with a top 10 things that LeBron has done greater than this since the pandemic.
Dan LeBatard
Okay? Just since the pandemic.
Trista
Just since the pandemic.
Dave
10, usually top five, top 10.
Dan LeBatard
All right, so you're leaving out.
Zaslow
So juju, this even you're leaving out what is one of the more remarkable things any athlete's ever done, which is drag some of those Cavs roster.
Dan LeBatard
He's leaving, Dave. He's leaving out the first 16 years of LeBron's career.
Zaslow
Right? What John Elway did with those bum Broncos rosters in the 80s, LeBron did repeatedly with the Cleveland Cavs, Cavaliers. I'm sorry, Juju, back to you.
Trista
It's all good. Number 10, he reached more playoff wins, 186 than 21 NBA teams. Number nine, he was the main character in Space Jam. They don't just let anybody do that, right? Number eight, he won about with sciatica this year. Number seven, he reached 50,000 career points, man. Number six, he celebrated 12 years of marriage. That ain't easy, man. Number five, he became the NBA's all time leading scorer.
Dave
Pretty impressive.
Trista
Number four, excuse me, he and Steph Curry and the rest of the guys saved earth and won a gold medal in France. Number three, he. He won a championship and the Finals mvp.
Zaslow
Better than that only counts for half.
Trista
Number two, he's still never been arrested or involved in a rico.
Dan LeBatard
And number one, impressive.
Trista
The number one most impressive thing he's done is his son threw him an assist in an NBA game.
Dan LeBatard
All right, and again, those are just since 2020.
Juju
His sperm on the floor with him.
Dan LeBatard
Yeah, that's right.
Zaslow
Whoa.
Dave
Quite the visual.
Dan LeBatard
You know what? And now I'm going to. I'm going to piggyback Juju's top 10 there. I have a top five for you. You ready for this?
Trista
Oh, yeah.
Dan LeBatard
All right. Top five playoff performers so far. That's right. This list can be fluid. We can update it next week if we want. I have top five NBA playoff performers so far.
Dave
Is this where you're getting to Rudy Gobert or.
Dan LeBatard
We'll see. No spoilers. All right. I don't do spoilers. Knows that about me. Everybody knows two things about me.
Juju
Not a cuck.
Dan LeBatard
Not a cuck. Don't give out spoilers. All right, you ready for this? Top five NBA playoff performers. Number five, V. J Edgecomb. The rookie had 30 points in a game two road playoff win at the Boston Celtics. That's so. I would imagine there are not very many rookies that scored 30 on the road in a playoff victory. Like a really. I would imagine it's a really rare list. Rookies who are capable of scoring 30 don't even usually make the playoffs because
Zaslow
they're on bum team. Right? They're. They're. They're the new big piece of bum teams who don't go to the playoffs. Exactly. Right.
Dan LeBatard
I'll bet that's a super, super short list. So number five, VJ Edgecomb. Number four, Jonathan Kaminga. He was all over the place last night for the home team, Atlanta Hawks. You know Kaminga. He's Steve Kerr. Steve Kerr couldn't. Couldn't find any minutes for Jonathan Kaminga. Jonathan Kamingo was the best player on the floor last night that beat the New York Knicks. And Steve Kerr looks at his bench and says, you know what? All these options are better than Kaminga. You're not going to play. And then you got Dunleavy. Who doesn't? Who says there's no market? Of course there's no market. 17 straight games. DNP coach's decision. And last night, Kaminga, in a starting role for Atlanta, he's number four. Number three, Rudy Gobert. I told you I was going to get to Rudy Gobert. Dave Damagek. Rudy Gobert. Look, you got to give him credit. He's very easy to make fun of. He started Covid. He's got a lot working against him, all right? And last night, he shut down Nikola Jokic. Jokic was 7 for 26 last night. Gobert was taking his lunch money all night long. Number three, Rudy Gobert. Number two, another Atlanta Hawk, CJ McCollum. It's been amazing this series. Games one, two, and three, it's been awesome. I mean, they. It's one thing that they got better because they got rid of Trey Young, but one of the guys they got in return for him has been their best player this series.
Dave
If you're a Knicks fan, it's got to be so annoying that, like, Trey Young giving you a reason to hate him is. Is fine because he's pretty hateable to watch and he, like, leans into it. But CJ McCollum is doing it in this, like, uber professional way. He's a sweet guy, everybody likes him, and then he's killing you. And it's the same franchise. It's got to be infuriating.
Trista
You know, a fun fact about them, too. Trey Young, CJ McCollum, same birthday.
Dan LeBatard
No.
Trista
Yep. Bad to use as.
Dan LeBatard
All right, that's weird. And number one, top five playoff performers so far. LeBron James. James. And see, this is because. This is because I'm a very fair man. All right? If there's two things about me, everybody knows. One, I'm not a number two, I'm a very fair man. And LeBron James has definitely been the number one playoff performer so far. He's been incredible. I'm not going to say that it's his greatest accomplishment if they win a first round series, a first round series that they do have home court advantage in. All right? But nonetheless, the. The praise is going to be, like, pretty overwhelming if the Lakers winds up winning this series. LeBron's been the number one playoff performer. And there you have it. That's the top five playoff performers so far.
Zaslow
I love it. But that's looking in the rear view mirror. I turn now to use as and to Trista and the juju. Weigh in here. Anybody else, too?
Dan LeBatard
What will that look like?
Zaslow
Look into the crystal ball now, a fortnight from now, what will. What will that top five look like?
Dan LeBatard
Oh, I mean, give us.
Zaslow
Give us two weeks from today. What? That top five best NBA playoff performance.
Dan LeBatard
So two weeks from today, we'll be getting to, like, game four of the first round series, right?
Juju
Listen, we can't do this. Like, this list is fugazi. Whoa, Gazi. Find a way to backpedal.
Dan LeBatard
What?
Juju
Before I say who has been speciously left off this list that I feel like is direct slander, we need to just kind of call out Zaz for finding a way to somewhat backpedal. How many? It's just a way to be like, oh, well, you, you said the Lakers wouldn't win a game.
Dan LeBatard
And so that's right.
Juju
Of course LeBron has to be the top because it was something that counter, you know, dictated your take.
Dan LeBatard
Not being wrong on wrong is the worst thing you could do. I could admit that I was wrong about the Lakers.
Juju
I got to be fair, didn't admit it.
Dan LeBatard
I did admit. No, I didn't say I'm sorry. I'm not going to say I'm. So what would I be saying I'm sorry about?
Zaslow
He said he's a man of honor. And that's enough for me to say to go like that. I always live by one of. One of my codes. My creed in life is one I stole from Jerry Orbach, the late great at the end of Dirty Dancing. He says to the late great Patrick Swayze, when I'm wrong, I say I'm wrong. And that's. I feel like what Zaz did.
Dan LeBatard
Can we just talk about that?
Zaslow
He's taking the task, but you're being taken to task by mid-70s Ali McGraw and those sunglasses. That's got to be intimidating.
Dan LeBatard
Dave, can we just talk about that about Jerry Orbach for a second here? He said he's no. When he's wrong, he's wrong. He was 1000% right in dirty Dancing. You got, you got a guy who looks like Patrick Swayze. He's got to be 30 something years old and he's doing Dirty dancing with like his 15 year old daughter. Jerry Orbach was right. He was right.
Zaslow
Why? Because. Oh, wait, wait, wait. This creepo putting his mitts all over my teenage daughter. Taught her to dance good. All is fine. Then he's doing what the hell
Dan LeBatard
To America juju. Put it on the poll. Was Jerry Orbach in Dirty Dancing? Right about, baby.
Juju
Back to the fugazi. Why is Scoot Henderson not on this list? Scoot Henderson, 31 points, 11 for 17 from the field, 5 for 9 from three, one steal, one block, only two turnovers. Had his best game of his career. They slayed the team that everybody thinks is up next, that they're the next Oklahoma City Thunder. And he was at the center of that. He was a key piece of the defense. He was that guy. You need to take Jonathan Kaminga off the list. That's just because we're surprised that he's doing this. If Scoot's not on this top five, I mean this is just a foo gazy list. Love the night. Reach for Zinn After Dark, a limited cocktail inspired series for those who get up when the sun goes down, try Zinn's Mojito Spiced Cider and Espresso Martini Nicotine Pouches. Find them at select retailers. Available while supplies last. Zinn after dark, Bring on the night. This product contains nicotine. Nicotine is an addictive chemical.
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Roy
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Dave
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Roy
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Dave
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Dan LeBatard
Don LeBatard I've never stepped foot on that campus. I if you told me right now your life depends on it. Go to Santa Fe University and just, just, just take a picture.
Roy
Stugats.
Dan LeBatard
I would die. I don't know where it is. This is the Dan Levatar show with the stugats.
Dave
We got to go back. Zaz is pissing off the white people. Dwark, what do you get wrong?
Dan LeBatard
Well, you're talking about Dirty Dancing and Jerry Orbach saying, when I'm wrong, I say I'm wrong. He's not talking about Patrick, Patrick Swayze. When he says that. He's talking about the other guy that was banging his other daughter that got the other girl pregnant, that they had the whole abortion. You don't come at Zazlow about. Come on, guys, this is Dirty Dancing.
Dave
This is.
Dan LeBatard
Come on, work.
Juju
Let him beat it.
Dave
Because.
Zaslow
Because Zaslow is 100% right here. No, he's not right at all about who. He's not talking about Patrick Swayze. And they're talking about who put the baby and the lady and all of that. I get it. But that's a misdemeanor compared to like,
Dan LeBatard
think globally and act locally.
Zaslow
This is his daughter. His 15 year old little chair.
Dan LeBatard
It was the 60s. It was okay back then.
Zaslow
This creepo, this greaser in the leather jacket is such a greaser Daughter.
Dan LeBatard
Such a greaser.
Zaslow
The hockey show later today.
Juju
Wait, did you call me? I. I totally didn't even realize. Did you call me mid-70s Ally McGraw in my glass?
Zaslow
I did, I did. Yeah, I did. That's a compliment, though.
Dan LeBatard
Fighting words, fighting words.
Zaslow
She was married to McQueen. What are you talking about? What's cooler than that? I wish I had been married to Steve McQueen, even for a little.
Dave
Put it on the poll. Do you wish you had been married to Steve McQueen?
Zaslow
But Trista, actually, I think he was maybe a little. Yeah, he maybe wasn't a great guy some of the time, but either way, Trista. To try to make things right. Even though that was intended as a compliment. Go ahead. Two weeks from today, who's number one on that list? Best playoff performer in these NBA playoffs.
Dan LeBatard
So two weeks from today, we're probably late in this. In the. Late in the second round. We be in the late in the second round. Does that sound accurate?
Zaslow
Yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure.
Juju
I'm gonna go ahead and say Shay gel just Alexander will be on that list. I'm gonna go ahead and say maybe Damian Lillard's on that list.
Dan LeBatard
Get out of here.
Trista
Stay off the weed, sis.
Dave
We're getting a lot of homer accusations. You might be more blazer pilled than I'm heat pilled, scoothead.
Dan LeBatard
Damian Lillard.
Zaslow
Now, now, Dan will be proven correct if even two weeks from today, forget about getting to the finals or anything else. If LeBron still. If there's a good case to be made that he's number one on the list. Still two weeks from today. Now Dan LeBatard's onto something. This might be the greatest chapter in LeBron's career.
Dan LeBatard
I'll tell you what. So last night, the. The Wolves beat the Nuggets. They go up two games to one. Wolves, Nuggets. Like Jada McDaniels again after the game, just talking all kinds of crap about the Nuggets. I love it because it reminds me of what the NBA playoffs were like when I was growing up, where these teams all hated each other instead of kissing and hugging all the time. I love when they're hating each other, like Jada McDaniels. But after game two and then after game three, just talking about how, you know, that team, they bring out the best in us. We don't like them. We don't like the jerseys, all that stuff. This is a sneaky. Although maybe not so sneaky anymore, Dave. Sneaky. Great rivalry, the Nuggets and Wolves. And it's weird because, I don't know, it was like, a few years ago, this robbery. Like, no one would have said Nuggets, Wolves, who gives a shit?
Zaslow
Serendipity that you would bring this up. Zaz, who. Who could have seen this coming? Yes, we talk about this on football America today. Rivalries. The best rivalries that didn't exist 20 years ago. If there are two things anybody knows about Jonathan Zaslow, it's that he's not a cuck, and he loves his rivalries. Now, most rivalries started before we walked the big blue marble, but there are some good ones. Like I say, like Heat and Knickerbockers is even too old for this list. That's more like, you know, 35ish years old. But yes, Nugs and T. Wolves is way up on the list. And down in Florida in the Sunshine State, if people are still watching hockey, you've got one of. One of the probably three best of the 21st century. Right.
Dan LeBatard
I'm being told here, Dave, that this is a reheated turf turd from football America, even though I like this topic. Is this a reheated turd?
Zaslow
It is. See if you can figure out what the best one is. What's. What is the best rivalry that didn't exist 20 years ago?
Dave
He did. Rivalry.
Dan LeBatard
Is it football?
Zaslow
I think yes. Although there's a pretty good one. A. It's either NFL or us or. No, it's something that is not common to. Well, it's obviously. It's the Olympics. It's One is the Olympics, one is NFL.
Dan LeBatard
Yeah. All right, so let's do NFL. All right, so best rivalry in the NFL right now. That Wasn't a thing. What are we. How many years ago?
Zaslow
We're talking about 20 years ago.
Dan LeBatard
20 years ago.
Zaslow
Oh literally non existent. Nobody. I mean nobody else. Bill's chief. These two teams are hooking up once again. That's a great one. I feel like that's more like a three headed thing. Lamar and Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes. It is. It's the Seahawks and Niners. We've been living in it for so long that I think you just assume it's a part of. Of the last half century. But they. They barely had even played each other.
Roy
The conference switch.
Zaslow
Yeah. Right. It's because the Seattle Seahawks. Right. When the Houston Texans.
Dan LeBatard
Yeah. Well in like. Yeah. The Seahawks switch conference early 2000. Right.
Zaslow
2002 they switch over to accommodate them. And that's a fun what if to play too is who else could they have moved besides the Seattle Seahawks? But the other big one up there, Roy is Canada versus the US and hockey. It is replaced. Can't. Is replaced. The US and the Soviet Union in hockey and basketball.
Dan LeBatard
Yeah.
Trista
Knicks Hawks. You feel me? Definitely a rivalry.
Dave
Heat.
Trista
Knicks. I think could be.
Dan LeBatard
It started in 97.
Dave
More heat.
Dan LeBatard
Celtics.
Dave
Honestly. Titans, Jags on Thursday Night Football.
Dan LeBatard
Oh, that's a question.
Trista
Oh yeah. Texans.
Dan LeBatard
Colts. By the way, speaking of the Seahawks, the last Miami Dolphins road playoff win. Seattle Seahawks. That's right. Both teams AFC back then the old kingdom crap.
Zaslow
That. That's the. Wait a second. I think I knew this somewhere intellectually, but I don't think I really absorbed it the last time the Dolphins won a playoff game.
Dan LeBatard
Road playoff. Road Road.
Zaslow
Road playoff. Oh, right, right, right. Because I do remember the one the Colts game.
Dave
Lamar Smith ran for like 500 yards.
Zaslow
Lamar Smith. I was just about to say.
Dan LeBatard
Yeah, who 500 yards.
Trista
Women's basketball road one.
Zaslow
Yeah. Okay. Okay.
Trista
All right. Yeah. Well. South Carolina versus Yukon. Now big smoke.
Zaslow
Cullen Bryant had a big game for the Seahawks against the Dolphins. If memory serves.
Dan LeBatard
It was. It was Marino's last playoff victory. The very next week he lost 62 to 7 at the Jaguars.
Zaslow
All against Warren Moon. Right?
Dan LeBatard
No. Kitna.
Zaslow
All right. I don't know anything. I'm talking about. Just fill in all the blanks. So. So wait. Kitna defeated. So Marino vanquished Kitna.
Dan LeBatard
Yeah.
Zaslow
And then got housed on his way out the door.
Dan LeBatard
That's right. That's right. Now you know everything. Yep.
Zaslow
People don't talk nearly. And I mean people obsess over that. The Cowboys, America's alleged team doesn't make any hay in the Playoffs anymore. But man, like we've discussed before, and I'll say again, the Dolphins, the signature franchise, not just in pro football, but really an iconic brand in, in these United States. Yeah, being so irrelevant for so long is real weird.
Trista
Speaking of the Cowboys bit, bro, what do you make of them franchising George Pickens and not deciding to trade them last night? Is he gonna be on the move or is this like a prove it deal? Because he's known to be like a hothead and this could be one of the situations that, oh, he ain't getting his money, he gonna pout. So maybe if he don't pout this year, maybe it can set him up for a big payday next year. Is that the thinking or what do you think about that, bro?
Zaslow
Well, it's funny that the Steelers traded him away because. Because the former coach Mike Tomlin, his greatest virtue allegedly was being able to deal with any personality, getting any personality in line on Sundays to be his best version of himself playing football. But they couldn't handle them, so they traded him to Dallas. Even though they didn't have a second wide receiver. They traded for DK Metcalf and then immediately shipped out George Pickens, which was senseless in a contract year. And that's the important detail. Juju is that George Pickens, as I said one year ago around this time, whatever his behavior issues are, that he, that he gets immature, sometimes somebody around him, if not the man in the mirror, his agent or his family, would get in George Pickens ear and say one good season, one good season of behavior, set you up for the next hundred years. You and your family will be rich people for the next century if you just put out one good season. And so he did. But now the belly aching and everything else, I don't know, I wouldn't want to be the Cowboys right now. That's a tough spot because as soon as you sign him to a long term deal, there is a decent chance that, that he does revert to I want the ball, I want the ball, I want the ball. That's not a great thing on the same team as CD Lamb. I think you, you let him do what I advocated the Steelers to do, which is tag him and then let him go about his business for the rest of his life after this season.
Dan LeBatard
Such a funny way to look at it. Can you behave for one year? Your rest of your life is going to be so good. If you could behave for one year, someone would say that to me, I'll
Roy
be here for one year.
Trista
I'd be awesome.
Dan LeBatard
Be awesome, right. But last night, before the draft began, they tried to sweep it under the rug with the 12:30am News dump the night before. Mike Vrabel then had to come out and have another press conference just minutes before the draft. I, I, I do want to play this clip from the draft last night. Mike Greenberg kind of grilled Roger Goodell, like, you know, so Diana Rossini obviously lost her job. She resigned. All right, and what kind of punishment, if any, could there be for Mike Vrabel? And you could say, hey, like, why would he be punished? You know? Well, apparently, like the NFL does have a policy where it's like a conduct detrimental policy that could fall under the league's, you know, conduct rules and he could be in trouble. So here is a full on explanation from Roger Goodell last night when I
Zaslow
ask you about the situation with Mike
Dan LeBatard
Vrabel and the Patriots.
Zaslow
He has announced that he will not be with the team on Saturday. He'll be instead with his family and plans to seek counseling. The league have suggested this is not a violation of the personal conduct policy.
Dan LeBatard
I want to make sure that I'm
Zaslow
getting that exactly right. So as of this point, based upon what you know, right now, this does not feel like a situation for the league to become.
Roy
No, this is not a personal conduct policy as we know of today. It's a personal matter and we'll leave it at that.
Zaslow
Is that the kind of thing that
Dan LeBatard
typically you would talk with the team about?
Zaslow
If the Patriots seem to be handling that, I think a lot of fans
Dan LeBatard
would wonder what, if any, role the NFL would have?
Roy
I think, I think the teams handle
Zaslow
these matters when they're personal matters and they handle it, they have a lot more information that can benefit everyone involved.
Dan LeBatard
I'm not sure anyone would have have a problem with what he said there. It feels like it's a team thing. Like, is the team upset that he's, you know, potentially leaking information to reporters like that? That's a team thing. Like the NFL doesn't care if you're giving away team secrets to reporters. Maybe the team does. So, I mean, Dave, any objection to what the commissioner.
Zaslow
Oh, I did. I disagree with you as a matter, as a matter of fact. By the way, who does counseling on a Saturday? Who. That immediately is weird.
Trista
Maybe it's people who don't go to Kosley.
Zaslow
Yeah, yeah, right, exactly. I disagree. I think this is transcended the Patriots. I mean, this would seem to go back, you know, five or six years at this point. And if that's the case, then what information did Mike Vrabel get from. From an insider? Right. I mean, I, I don't think it's as simple as. It's a moral issue for a head coach, what he does when he's not at the facility. I got that explanation a week ago. If it was an ongoing relationship. What, they didn't have conversations. They didn't, they didn't talk about what else is going down in the, in the NFL? Come on.
Dan LeBatard
But is that not okay? Like, let's say the reporter in this case, Diana Rossini, was giving the head coach of the Titans or Patriots information. Is. Is that not okay?
Zaslow
You know, it seems like at least the. It feels like that you would be able to provide a little extra. Right? Yeah. You would be a little more motivated to share every detail instead of like, I know I got a bunch of little secrets about pro football going on right now. You might leave out one of those. You wouldn't, you wouldn't hide them. You wouldn't hide anything. Right?
Dan LeBatard
Right. But I guess what I'm saying is that's that right there. That scenario to me sounds like a coach who is really smart and he's fostering a relationship not necessarily as detailed as this one might be, but having good relationships with reporters. So much so that reporters are going to give you information about other teams. Like that may be like, you may think the reporters being shady and providing that kind of information, but I'm not sure how that's like conduct detrimental. Right.
Zaslow
I guess I would feel a certain way if I was talking to an insider. You know, I guess that's the whole thing about gossiping about people behind their back. You. You think you can do it about everybody, but they're not doing it to you kind of thing. But this has a professional element to it with multi. Millions of dollars on the line with all that. And I think I probably wouldn't be happy if I had spoken to a insider, a newsbreaker, and somehow I felt like that information got passed on to Mike Rabel. Sure, I'd be upset by that.
Dave
What we didn't talk about in all of this is that badlands was the 21st song played out of 27. I mean, the lyrics in that Poor
Trista
man wanna be rich, rich man wanna be king, and the king ain't satisfied
Dave
till he rules everything. That was an awkward transition.
Roy
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Hour 2: Jerry Orbach Was Right!!!!!!!
Date: April 24, 2026
Broadcasting from the Elser Hotel in Downtown Miami, Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, and the regular cast (Juju, Roy, Zaslow, Trista, Dave) deliver their signature blend of sports, pop culture, and playful argumentation. In this lively hour, they cover the peculiarities of stadium seating, alphabet hot takes, LeBron James’ greatness, bizarre foot wrestling, evolving sports rivalries, NFL gossip, and the eternal wisdom of Jerry Orbach’s line from Dirty Dancing. The discussions oscillate between comedic banter and genuine sports insight, perfect for both diehards and casual listeners.
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This episode is classic Le Batard Show: zany, irreverent, but peppered with sharp sports observation. Wild tangents about the alphabet or 1980s movies run parallel to detailed breakdowns of key NBA and NFL storylines. The cast’s chemistry drives rapid-fire debates and playful mockery, ensuring even the most inconsequential topic feels like appointment listening.
Hour 2 of "Jerry Orbach Was Right!!!!!!!" is a quintessential Dan Le Batard Show ride: equal parts sports nerd-out and pop culture free-for-all, always underpinned by smart, sly commentary. If you missed it, you’ll walk away caught up on the LeBron discourse, the emerging NBA and NFL rivalries, and—should you ever need to defend the letter C or Jerry Orbach’s moral code at a party—you’ll be covered.