Hour 2: Make Saturday Nights Great Again

Summary

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz – Hour 2: Make Saturday Nights Great Again Release Date: February 19, 2025

Hosts: Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, Chris Cote, Mike Ryan, Billy, and Jessica
Location: Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami

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1. Introduction and Weekend Observations

The episode kicks off with the hosts discussing the cancellation of a planned segment involving David Sampson and Darren Ravel. Chris Cote explains, “[…] we’ve got to cancel it because Stu Gotz is fired up about his weekend observations” (01:21). This sets the stage for Stugotz to deliver his eagerly anticipated Weekend Observations segment.

Stugotz’s Weekend Observations Highlights:

• Hockey Triumphs: Mike Ryan reminisces about the excitement in Lake Placid when a scrappy American team defeated the Soviets, drawing parallels to recent victories against Canada. He states, “[…] Make no mistake about it, USA Hockey is back” (05:18).
• St. John’s Victory: The team celebrates St. John’s top 10 win over Creighton, highlighting the team's tenacity and senior leadership. “[…] March is coming” (07:51).
• All-Star Game Critique: The hosts express disappointment over the NBA All-Star Game’s shift away from the traditional East vs. West format. Chris Cote remarks, “What was wrong with east versus west, huh?” (08:44), criticizing the inclusion of players like Kevin Hart in the festivities.

2. The Decline of Saturday Night Television

A significant portion of the discussion centers on the nostalgia for classic Saturday night TV shows versus the current state of late-night programming.

• Nostalgia for the 80s: Mike Ryan nostalgically recalls shows like Fantasy Island, Love Boat, and Saturday Night Live, saying, “[…] Saturdays meant something back in the 80s” (02:07).
• Decline of SNL’s Popularity: Dan Le Batard laments the current state of Saturday Night Live, stating, “[…] Sick, we haven't been funny in 25 years” (18:21), emphasizing a perceived decline in the show's humor and relevance.
• Impact of Streaming: Chris Cote and the team discuss how the advent of streaming services has altered television consumption, making live viewing less appealing as content becomes available on-demand. “[…] You can get it whenever you want to” (04:33).

3. Sports Management and Agent Necessity

The conversation shifts to the role of agents in an athlete's career, particularly focusing on Shay Gilgeous Alexander (SGA).

• SGA Without an Agent: Chris Cote questions, “Can you answer that question for me?” regarding why SGA would part ways with his agent, considering the lucrative opportunities in Oklahoma City (30:37).
• Financial Implications: Mike Ryan highlights the financial aspect, noting that with the high salaries in sports, giving up a percentage to an agent might be unnecessary: “Agents normally take home 4 to 10% of a player's annual salary” (35:14).
• Business Management Needs: The hosts debate whether an athlete like SGA still needs an agent or if a business manager would suffice, considering his potential to secure supermax contracts without extensive representation (31:36).

4. The Ubiquity of Kevin Hart in Media

A humorous segment delves into Kevin Hart’s pervasive presence across various media platforms.

• Mocking by WNBA Players: Dan Le Batard introduces a video featuring Kevin Hart being mocked by WNBA players for his height. He comments, “[…] It's just toxic masculinity and it’s just terrible” (26:22).
• Hart’s Marketability: The hosts discuss Hart’s mastery in comedy and business, with Chris Cote stating, “He’s mastered popularity” (28:48), while Jessica criticizes the overexposure, saying, “[…] there are certain places where the joke does not correlate” (29:25).
• Personal Reflections: Jessica shares her annoyance with Hart’s constant presence, contrasting it with her appreciation for his early indie work: “[…] I remember Kevin Hart when he was doing indie films and he was hilarious” (29:25).

5. The Bowling Ball Gift Mystery

In a lighthearted and mysterious segment, Stugotz reveals a surprise gift sent to Greg Cody—a personalized bowling ball adorned with Dolphins and Miller Lite logos.

• Gift Details: The bowling ball lacks drilled holes, prompting playful confusion among the hosts. Chris Cote questions, “Is it a bowling ball if it doesn't have holes?” (41:07).
• Speculations and Anticipation: The team speculates on Greg’s reaction and the purpose behind the gift, with Stugotz mentioning, “[…] use this bowling ball moving forward should he want to” (40:31). The segment ends with humorous banter about the functionality of the gift.

6. The Debate Over the Face of Basketball

A heated discussion ensues about who deserves to be recognized as the face of basketball, comparing figures like LeBron James, Anthony Edwards, and emerging stars.

• Current Standings: Mike Ryan asserts, “The face of basketball has always been basketball’s pretty much best player… LeBron” (35:42), positioning LeBron at the pinnacle.
• Emerging Stars: Jessica advocates for Anthony Edwards, arguing his potential to become the face due to his performance and leadership: “Why can't Anthony Edwards be the face of basketball? I know he said he doesn't want to” (36:53).
• Critique of Current Management: The hosts critique Stephen A. Smith’s comments on SGA’s potential, with Jessica emphasizing SGA’s dedication over popularity: “[…] Someone that cares about it” (37:22).
• Future Projections: Billy supports Victor Wembanyama as the next face of basketball, suggesting, “Victor’s going to be that” (35:55), while Mike Ryan remains loyal to LeBron.

Notable Quote:

“The face of basketball has always been basketball’s pretty much best player… LeBron.”
— Mike Ryan (35:42)

7. Closing Remarks and Teasers

As the episode nears its end, the hosts tease upcoming surprises and reflect humorously on the week’s discussions.

• Teasing Future Content: Stugotz hints at a big surprise involving Greg Cody’s gift, maintaining suspense: “[…] That’s what I was looking at” (40:27).
• Final Banter: The team continues their playful interactions about the bowling ball and the day’s topics, ensuring listeners are left entertained and eager for the next episode.

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Conclusion

In "Make Saturday Nights Great Again," The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz delves deep into the evolution of Saturday night television, the intricacies of sports management, the omnipresence of Kevin Hart in media, and the ongoing debate over the true face of basketball. Through a blend of nostalgia, critical analysis, and humorous banter, the hosts provide insightful commentary on the current state of sports and entertainment, keeping listeners engaged and informed.

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Timestamps Notable Quotes:

• Chris Cote on Stugotz's Prime: “But he just said under his breath in a way that Andrew Hawkins agreed with that made me feel like that is Stugots in his prime.” (01:41)
• Mike Ryan on USA Hockey: “[…] Make no mistake about it, USA Hockey is back.” (05:18)
• Dan Le Batard on SNL: “[…] We haven't been funny in 25 years.” (18:21)
• Jessica on Anthony Edwards: “Why can't Anthony Edwards be the face of basketball? I know he said he doesn't want to.” (36:53)

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Transcript

[Dan Le Batard]

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[Stugotz]

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[Chris Cote]

Thanks.

[Stugotz]

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[Chris Cote]

David Sampson is pissed at us because he was supposed to be on today and we've flown in Darren Ravel to do that business off with him. But now we've got to cancel it because Stu Gotz is fired up about his weekend observations. He hasn't had a chance to do his weekend observations and he is coming in roaring. You have to understand.

[Mike Ryan]

All right?

[Chris Cote]

Stug has not been able to get off his takes here in a couple of days cuz it's gotten crowded around here and he wasn't here in the beginning of the week.

[Mike Ryan]

Well, that's the reason.

[Chris Cote]

But he just said under his breath in a way that Andrew Hawkins agreed with that made me feel like that is Stugots in his prime. That is the best Stug can do in the giving of takes. He just said Saturday nights used to mean something.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, yeah, different time. And you had such great television on Saturday night. You had Fantasy island, you had Love Boat. And then if your parents were nice enough or if you could sneak away into doing it, you would stay up until 11:30 to see Saturday Night Live. You would actually see it live. That's when Saturdays meant something back in the 80s.

[Jessica]

I mean you are 138 years old. The Love Boat. You get a show.

[Mike Ryan]

It's a good job.

[Jessica]

When did the Love Boat air? I've only ever, like, heard, like, jokes referenced by my grandparents about the love.

[Dan Le Batard]

Or, like, on south park or something. I feel like, though, you've captured the essence of why SNL feels different now, because it's not cool to stay up late and watch it. You're an adult.

[Jessica]

Yes. You just.

[Dan Le Batard]

I agree with you. Like, when I was a younger person and I stayed up late and watched Dick in a Box, it was the funniest thing I'd ever seen in my entire life.

[Jessica]

Goat sketch.

[Dan Le Batard]

Someone's dick in the box happened last month on snl, and I just wasn't watching.

[Jessica]

That is a great sketch. Lonely. I can sing Chronicles of Narnia word for word.

[Billy]

The. The performance that the Lonely island had.

[Jessica]

Wake up in the late afternoon. Call Parnell just to see how he's doing. Yo, Sam. What up, Parn? Yo, Sandberg. What's cracking? You thinking what I'm thinking? Narnia shit is happening. The whole thing.

[Chris Cote]

That's in the last 25 years.

[Jessica]

That's in the last 25, bro.

[Mike Ryan]

Take it from there, Dan.

[Billy]

The concert did like, a whole Lonely island, mon.

[Jessica]

It was so good.

[Billy]

It was really good. They had Eddie Vedder play the Michael Bolton role.

[Jessica]

That's amazing. Love Boat. So SNL shouldn't be Saturdays, right? It shouldn't be at night.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[Jessica]

And it shouldn't be live. It should be, what, Thursday evening. Taped, perhaps?

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah. The last episode of the Love Boat, by the way, was 1987.

[Jessica]

I was born in 1986.

[Billy]

The first episode was 1977.

[Jessica]

Are you. Are you kidding me, man?

[Mike Ryan]

Captain Stubing to get to the point.

[Chris Cote]

That Stugatz is making there, though, because he does come from a time, as do I. Three channels. Saturday night is the Love Boat and Fantasy island and then Saturday Night Live. That. That and Saturday Night Live was a treat. But the Narnia skit is like the. It's the original. It's. It's almost at the. It's the original point of this stuff goes viral. You have to. You no longer have to be somebody who watches it when it happens. It's where late night television got destroyed, is you can get it whenever you want to. You don't have to wait to get it live.

[Jessica]

And that's an amazing development. I appreciate that. 1977, the Love Boat. Alabama's first black football player was 1971. This is how. How long ago is how long ago it was. There was nothing but Cooper de Jeans back then. You understand what I'm saying times change.

[Chris Cote]

America belongs for that time.

[Jessica]

You're over here trying to make America great again.

[Mike Ryan]

I'm just trying to make Saturdays.

[Jessica]

We're just trying to get somebody love.

[Dan Le Batard]

There should be a boat.

[Jessica]

There you go.

[Chris Cote]

Time now for Stugatz's weekend Observations. It is time for Stugats to share his game notes. No one in the media will tell you what happened better than my boy Stu.

[Mike Ryan]

Weekend Observations brought to you by Miller lite D. In 1980, in a little town I like to call Lake Placid, they captivated the country's heart when a team of scrappy college kids went and shocked the world and toppled these Soviet juggernauts. Sure, there's an occasional TJ Oshe moment here and there, but they really haven't had another moment that could pair since. But Saturday, that all changed, really? When they beat our neighbors from the north.

[Chris Cote]

Do you believe in miracles?

[Mike Ryan]

And now this time, it's their tournament to lose. And they're taking the ice with a chip on their shoulder. And Dan, just like that. Make no mistake about it, USA Hockey is back.

[Chris Cote]

Jessica rolling her eyes at this.

[Dan Le Batard]

I thought the Yukon Huskies would be back this week. I'm not gonna lie. But that's a good one.

[Billy]

Do you have that as the second biggest American hockey moment? Them beating Canada in a made up tournament?

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, I do.

[Jessica]

Yes.

[Mike Ryan]

You don't.

[Billy]

No. So give me some more moments. The gold medal game.

[Mike Ryan]

I have Lake Placid, a little town I like to call Lake Placid.

[Billy]

The 96 World cup of Hockey.

[Mike Ryan]

Right. An Oshi goal here and Oshi goal there.

[Billy]

Or a couple TJ Sochi.

[Chris Cote]

The stars didn't play in the last two Olympics. Right? Like, this is patriotism. Patriotism is back. Patriotism.

[Stugotz]

Yeah, but they have to win because if they lose the championship, then it was all for nothing.

[Mike Ryan]

Terrible.

[Chris Cote]

Yeah, but we're also fighting Canada.

[Billy]

I mean, they did beat Canada.

[Mike Ryan]

No, they beat Canada at their sport. That's what I'm saying.

[Billy]

They won, like in Montreal.

[Mike Ryan]

Thank you. You got to do it.

[Stugotz]

Championship game.

[Jessica]

Then you guys brought PK Saban on that same week.

[Dan Le Batard]

And we didn't talk about the Trump stuff at all.

[Chris Cote]

At all. At all.

[Jessica]

I lived in Montreal in the height of PK Saban. You talk about a superstar, bro. Yeah, you talk about a superstar in the city. He was rich, I was poor.

[Chris Cote]

Look at me, Louie.

[Mike Ryan]

I lived with a roommate from Craigslist.

[Chris Cote]

We've cheapened it. I need a look at me, Louise. I need a look at. I need more. Look at me.

[Mike Ryan]

All right. Speaking of back. St. John's the Johnny's top 10 big win over Creighton over the weekend. You watch it, Dan.

[Chris Cote]

I did not.

[Mike Ryan]

Great team, tenacious defense, senior guard play, experience coaching. Don't be surprised if the Red Storm find themselves in the Elite Eights. March is coming. March is coming.

[Chris Cote]

We played some Patino sound yesterday from the locker room. Patino's back.

[Mike Ryan]

He is back.

[Chris Cote]

So back.

[Mike Ryan]

I like him now.

[Chris Cote]

So back. You've been making fun of him. Having sex.

[Mike Ryan]

Not anymore.

[Chris Cote]

Yeah. For 10 years you've been doing it. I don't know how pitino got back.

[Mike Ryan]

St. John's top 10 win over Creighton. Congratulations to Adam Silver. He somehow replaced one bad All Star game with three bad All Star games. What are we doing? What was wrong with east versus west, huh?

[Chris Cote]

Put it on the poll. What was wrong with east versus west, huh?

[Mike Ryan]

If Dalton Connect is playing in your All Star game, guess what? Not an All Star Game.

[Chris Cote]

Put that on the poll as well. Is it an All Star is? If Dalton Connect is playing in your All Star game, is it an All Star Game?

[Mike Ryan]

If you want to see change. Commissioners should be up for election every four years. They're skating by. Dan.

[Chris Cote]

That's a good take.

[Jessica]

I don't like. I don't mind that at all.

[Mike Ryan]

I like the new commission.

[Chris Cote]

That is a good take.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, but who votes?

[Mike Ryan]

I don't know.

[Billy]

The players.

[Dan Le Batard]

Because we'll just keep voting for the guy that does.

[Chris Cote]

What?

[Mike Ryan]

That's how.

[Stugotz]

That's exactly how it works.

[Jessica]

Yeah, exactly.

[Mike Ryan]

Credit to Victor Wembanyama, the rare player giving effort in an All Star Game. Wemby. He'll stop giving effort in like two or three years. Right? It's just a newness for him. Like he thinks he has to go out there and try. He doesn't. I'm glad he did. But he doesn't. Who is asking for this much? Kevin Hart.

[Chris Cote]

That was a take from the weekend, right? Did we all arrive there at the same time? At the same time.

[Dan Le Batard]

Now put it on the poll. Kevin Hart or Mr.

[Chris Cote]

Beast.

[Mike Ryan]

Number one, Auburn. Visiting number two, Alabama. The Iron Bowl. That's a put the kids to bed game, 4pm Tip off. But I was serious.

[Chris Cote]

I think Jessica's feelings just got hurt from how. How little effort you put into that fake laugh for her mrbeast joke.

[Billy]

There's no way he knows.

[Dan Le Batard]

Do you know who Mr. Beast is?

[Mike Ryan]

No. No? No.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's what I thought.

[Mike Ryan]

But I supported you.

[Jessica]

You did?

[Mike Ryan]

Marshawn Lynch.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

Valid Beast mode.

[Jessica]

To me, it's my Mr. Beast.

[Mike Ryan]

I called Emma in Australia and I told her to go to bed. It was 11am no show on President's.

[Chris Cote]

Day, but put it on the poll. Have you ever put the kids to bed at 11am because you thought you didn't know it was in Australia?

[Mike Ryan]

I forgot she was in Australia. I thought she was in Syracuse. I called her, I told her to go to bed. She said, dad, it's 11. No show on President's Day. The Ellen LeBatard stands for loves himself. A long weekend. Dan LeBatard taking President's Day off despite hating the current president. Dan, the Stugatsu strong in you.

[Chris Cote]

It's a federal holiday.

[Mike Ryan]

Oh, is it?

[Jessica]

He's the president of the company.

[Billy]

You took a week off.

[Stugotz]

You took an extra Tuesday after the Monday off.

[Mike Ryan]

Friday and Monday. That's it.

[Stugotz]

I mean, what was yesterday?

[Mike Ryan]

I don't know.

[Billy]

I mean, he's a Tuesday, doesn't know time zones in Australia.

[Mike Ryan]

President's Day. Dan said, we're all taking it off. Tuesday lacrosse game.

[Chris Cote]

I didn't say anything. I didn't mean. It's a federal holiday.

[Mike Ryan]

I showed up, you wouldn't have been here. I mean, but it's. I was here. You were.

[Chris Cote]

It's a federal holiday. I didn't choose.

[Billy]

Literally, not here. The next day.

[Chris Cote]

You weren't here. Or the day before any of the days before it.

[Jessica]

Interesting.

[Mike Ryan]

If you need someone. I was here Thursday. I mean, thank you. If you need someone to play a flamboyant man from the south, your first call is to Walter Goggins, and your second call is to Walton Goggins to offer him even more money. Ah, you know, I got mixed up. Walter Walton. It should be Walter. It's Walton. Walton Goggins is the guy you call, and if he says no, you call him again and you offer more.

[Billy]

I'm starting to think that you're not writing these.

[Mike Ryan]

Draymond Green because he's watching so much. White Lotus saying, I love White Lotus. Are you kidding me? Draymond Green saying, the warriors will win the title. Ha. That's all I got. Draymond, don't write any checks that Steph Curry can't cash. Draymond should thank Steph Curry every day for making his career. Draymond Green in Detroit is Rodney Magruder. Rodney.

[Chris Cote]

Hey, is that would be good for Roy to have there?

[Billy]

It would be, but I'm doing too much stuff right now.

[Mike Ryan]

Leave Roy alone.

[Chris Cote]

I mean, the Rodney. You wanted the Rodney there, didn't you?

[Mike Ryan]

I Said it would have been nice.

[Billy]

Really nice for a producer. Yeah, yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

I mean he has the script. Taylor script. It's there. It's right there.

[Billy]

I don't have it.

[Jessica]

Are you manually pushing the beeps?

[Billy]

Yes.

[Mike Ryan]

Yes.

[Jessica]

That's great timing.

[Mike Ryan]

William Byron won back to back Daytona 500s. The great American race. You know what the B in Byron stands for?

[Chris Cote]

No, back to back.

[Mike Ryan]

You know what the W and William Byron stands for? Who the is William Byron?

[Chris Cote]

I thought Logano was back to back. Billy.

[Stugotz]

No, it's end of the year.

[Mike Ryan]

That's the whole championship.

[Stugotz]

Exactly. Whole kid and caboodle.

[Mike Ryan]

William Byron do it at Talladega Daga. Buzz Peterson is advising UNC on who to hire as their basketball gm. And his first move was to tell them to interview Buzz Peterson. Buzz, the Joe Bailey and Stugatz is strong in you.

[Chris Cote]

That's a good story, Hawkins. Just real quick. Joe Bailey, Dolphins CEO didn't hire Mike Tomlin. Went with Cam Cameron instead. Because Mike Tomlin was too hip hop, too black. He was hired by the Dolphins to do a national and international search for the next Dolphin CEO. And he found him in the mirror and he named himself CEO of the Dolphins. That is the joke that he's making there.

[Jessica]

Well, he knew that candidate the best.

[Chris Cote]

He interviewed well.

[Jessica]

Yeah.

[Chris Cote]

Killed the interview.

[Jessica]

Wow. Exactly what I would have said.

[Mike Ryan]

Stash this away in these something the Ponder file. Biggest star in their respective sport. Jimmy Johnson the football coach or Jimmie Johnson the NASCAR driver. No need to discuss now. Just stash it away for a rainy day. The only Kyle Busch you'll get after a race is a frustrated Kyle Busch. That's all he's got.

[Jessica]

Take your word for it.

[Mike Ryan]

I mean, win a race once in a while, even then he'd be frustrated.

[Chris Cote]

Which Bush is the one that hung up on us?

[Mike Ryan]

Kyle George.

[Billy]

I mean that was a good guess. 50% shot. I don't recall Kyle. They were both kind of surly.

[Mike Ryan]

It was Kyle, I think.

[Chris Cote]

I don't think you're right.

[Billy]

It feels more like Kyle. But Kurt was also.

[Mike Ryan]

It was Kurt.

[Chris Cote]

I think it was.

[Billy]

Did you just hear that?

[Chris Cote]

I think it was Kurt. Well, he didn't know who the second Bush was. Yeah, I was pretty sure it didn't sound like Kyle. I was like, I think it's good. But I wasn't sure it was Kurt either.

[Mike Ryan]

It was Kurt Royal.

[Chris Cote]

Find it.

[Mike Ryan]

Hey, other sports, watching the four nations tournament. Take notes. That's how you all star break. Dan, you know what you say if you have four Nations. I do not they say you have a great tournament.

[Chris Cote]

They do?

[Mike Ryan]

They don't say you don't have one nation. They just say you have a great tournament. This four nations thing is the greatest thing to ever happen to hockey and All Star Games.

[Chris Cote]

Jessica's skeptical. I don't think she thinks you believe in anything you're saying right now.

[Mike Ryan]

I haven't watched the second.

[Chris Cote]

I just. You can't get.

[Mike Ryan]

When you start a game with a fight, you've got a good one.

[Billy]

It was Kyle Busch.

[Mike Ryan]

Told you.

[Chris Cote]

Do you have the sound?

[Billy]

I do.

[Jessica]

Spit the two seconds.

[Chris Cote]

All right, we'll do it at the end.

[Mike Ryan]

Okay, Dan. This Thursday, usa, Canada. The best three words in sports. Winner takes all. Top five, best three words in sports.

[Chris Cote]

Oh, wow. It's an important list.

[Mike Ryan]

Number five. Touch them all. Number four for the win.

[Billy]

Stunning development here on the Kyle Busch front.

[Mike Ryan]

What happened?

[Billy]

We hung up on him. The. The Vegas blackjack dealer thing. He's like, all right, we're done here.

[Jessica]

That's crazy. You go from I, we, Kurt Bush hung up on us to we hung up Kyle.

[Chris Cote]

We hung up on Kyle Busch. That's how we just did it.

[Jessica]

That's right. Now I see why you don't respect Black History Talker. You like to change it.

[Mike Ryan]

Number three, first and goal. Number two. Defense wins championships. Wouldn't it be fourth and goal and number one, Michael Jeffrey Jordan. Why would it be fourth and goal?

[Chris Cote]

Because it's.

[Mike Ryan]

You love first and goal. No one likes fourth and goal.

[Chris Cote]

No, but it's steak.

[Mike Ryan]

No, but if you have first and goal and you get yourself to fourth and goal, there's a big problem.

[Jessica]

I mean, there's stakes.

[Chris Cote]

All right, put it on the poll. Better. Three words. First and goal or fourth and goal.

[Mike Ryan]

First and goal makes me happy. Fourth and goal makes me nervous.

[Chris Cote]

Why are you only thinking offensively?

[Mike Ryan]

I don't know.

[Jessica]

4Th and long is probably even better than 4th and goal. But whatever.

[Mike Ryan]

It's my list. Facts to everybody that does mock drafts. We don't need your mock trades. Enough.

[Dan Le Batard]

But when the mock draft comes out, that's all trades. That one is electrifying. Every spring.

[Mike Ryan]

Saturday Night Live. Oh, get over yourselves. The only anniversary you should have been celebrating is the 25th anniversary of since the last time that show was funny. You know what the S in Saturday Night Live stands for? Sorry, we haven't been funny in 25 years. SNL. Do it on a Saturday. Lorne, Michael. Do it this century.

[Billy]

Michaels.

[Mike Ryan]

I don't care.

[Chris Cote]

It's got an snl.

[Mike Ryan]

Make me laugh.

[Chris Cote]

Okay, but I mean, lazy Sunday is fun. Last 25 years.

[Mike Ryan]

Nobody loves a chirp like Dan Hurley loves a chirp.

[Chris Cote]

It's true.

[Mike Ryan]

What happened to him?

[Chris Cote]

He's really seriously arrogant. They won twice. Back to back like Logano.

[Stugotz]

Lazy Sunday was 16 years ago.

[Jessica]

Okay, they made it.

[Mike Ryan]

Dan Hurley calling a fan baldy while being bald himself. Hurley, this dugazu strong in you. Bald on bald crime. I thought they stuck together. No, you don't call another bald guy baldy.

[Jessica]

Sure you do, man.

[Mike Ryan]

No, you don't.

[Jessica]

Absolutely. I call Kevin Hart short.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, but it's not an insult to say hey, baldy if you're bald yourself.

[Jessica]

That sounds like a bald person's take.

[Chris Cote]

Jessica's got some Kevin hard takes like Jessica speaks for the Internet. I don't know how it happened. Kevin Hart has been overexposed for a long time. I'm surprised that this is the moment that people are objecting to it.

[Jessica]

Not wrong. It's Black History Month, though. I can't.

[Chris Cote]

He sells underwear with his face on it doesn't.

[Jessica]

He does. He's a short king. It's hard for me to face.

[Chris Cote]

He wants to be a billionaire. That he simply. That's why he works that way. He wishes to be a billionaire.

[Jessica]

I'm not saying people haven't mistaken me for Kevin Hart in airports more frequently than I'd like to admit. Okay. I think it's the style too. It's very similar. I don't know, man. I agree. Maybe not at the All Star game, right? We're in agreeance, Jessica. Don't you worry.

[Mike Ryan]

Rick Pitino says you need a PhD to play at St. John's a passion, a hunger. And to drive gooseies Patino.

[Billy]

I'm back in on him.

[Mike Ryan]

Yes.

[Chris Cote]

I mean, you got to societal vampire.

[Billy]

You have societal shift.

[Chris Cote]

Fine.

[Billy]

We're good.

[Chris Cote]

I think you want to read some of the details of his past. But also some of it is just like. Ah, the FBI got there before the nil.

[Mike Ryan]

I've read them all.

[Jessica]

Passion, hunger and drive. Pretty redundant though, right? Yeah. Okay. Just making sure.

[Mike Ryan]

Goosebumps, though.

[Jessica]

I mean, seriously, is it dead drive or drive? Like which was the drive? Just.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[Jessica]

Gotcha.

[Chris Cote]

That pro choice was surgical, Jessica.

[Dan Le Batard]

I didn't say that.

[Billy]

I don't doubt it. It has to be almost. Well, most countries.

[Mike Ryan]

Mac McClung. The best dunker ever. Please. The hell are we talking about? Speaking of hell, Art Bryles. Dan. Those are the weekend observations. He's not the greatest. Okay.

[Chris Cote]

Does he have the most. Does he have the most trophies, though?

[Mike Ryan]

I don't care how many trophies he has. Do it against John Moran.

[Jessica]

Do it against Jordan.

[Billy]

The slam dunk contest happens in the forest.

[Chris Cote]

No, but I'm simply asking. I'm asking more. I'm not objecting to his take here.

[Billy]

I'm no bad ideas. Write that down for that would be interesting. Slam dunk contest in the forest.

[Mike Ryan]

I like it.

[Billy]

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[Mike Ryan]

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[Jessica]

Yep.

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[Billy]

Common thread was stumbling it up with Aaron Rodgers.

[Mike Ryan]

Yep. I mean I met my quarterback.

[Jessica]

Yeah.

[Billy]

As you know, as you know, Scots didn't talk to Aaron Rodgers.

[Mike Ryan]

Nope.

[Billy]

Scots thought country music superstar Jake Owen was Aaron Rodgers. They had a 20 minute conversation.

[Mike Ryan]

Identical twins. I mean, Jesus Stugats. Listen, I will never have the relationship with Aaron Rodgers that I have with a guy that I thought was Eric. So the way that I mean that is the greatest conversation I've ever had with my quarterback.

[Stugotz]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stugats.

[Dan Le Batard]

Can we watch the Kevin Hart video now? Because as a self proclaimed short king, I I do want to know what your reaction would be if you were in a situation where there are several extremely tall women sort of like mocking you for Being much shorter than they are and trying to take self with.

[Jessica]

Let's do it. Let's take. Who are the women short?

[Dan Le Batard]

Rakia Jackson is one of them. Dej Carrington is one of them.

[Mike Ryan]

It was.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's a bunch of WNBA players.

[Jessica]

Okay, that makes sense.

[Billy]

That is not fair.

[Jessica]

Funny, man. Come on. Don't hold the phone. From that angle, Kevin. Doesn't help to see a toddler grabbing a phone. They're so tall. And they have on heels, too, which I'm sure makes them even that much taller.

[Mike Ryan]

Heels do that.

[Jessica]

Yeah, they do, man.

[Chris Cote]

But when you say toddler, I mean, he. He. He looked like Brad Williams. Like, I have a. So much smaller than them.

[Jessica]

They. I have. A number of. Some of my best friends are former women's basketball players, and they are super tall and we hang out and they put on heels and we are walking around. Me at 5, 8 with my heels on and them at 6, 4. And it. It is a sight to see. I have pictures. Maybe we could put that on the poll.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, we need to normalize this, by the way, because this whole thing of, like, women can't be taller than their husbands or men or whatever, just. It's just wrapped up toxic masculinity and it's. It's just terrible. It's a terrible mindset to have. You should be able to date or be with whoever you want to be with, regardless of who's taller or shorter. However, it is very funny in this video seeing how tiny Kevin Hart.

[Jessica]

It's funny watching Kevin Hart get bullied by women's basketball players. And then I. I didn't see that video. But now his post on Instagram makes more sense where he has a picture and he's cut off all their heads purposely. I did not know he was getting bullied.

[Chris Cote]

He is very. He is very likable. Kevin Hart, I don't know, has mastered anything quite as much as he has mastered that. He can sell all things because you like him like it is. I don't know that a lot of people would say to him that you're one of. I mean, I don't know. People would put him in the highest of the high classes of comedians respecting other comedians. But as a businessman, you can make the argument he's the best there's ever been at making money through comedy.

[Jessica]

If you ask me, would I trade the injuries for the money that I've made as a professional football player, I would tell you no. And I would ask you, would you trade being five foot three for a billion Dollars. I would probably tell you no if I was that too. I mean, that's a big. Yes. Solid trade off. It's life.

[Mike Ryan]

You just take it two inches off. You're giving me a billion dollars. Yeah, man.

[Chris Cote]

Was he the first to sell out football stadiums as a comedian, like, he has absolutely mastered popularity. But I was surprised to see it turn this weekend. He's been this for a long time and has masked whatever is the greed of capitalism with enormous charm.

[Jessica]

I think that's his gift. The issue is he's become the easy button for everybody. And it's like, just throw a little Kevin Hart on it. And I remember Kevin Hart when he was doing indie films and he was hilarious. But to Jessica's point, he shouldn't be in on everything. There are certain places where the joke does not coraling.

[Chris Cote]

Wait.

[Dan Le Batard]

I don't even remember saying that. Was that my take?

[Jessica]

I don't know. I don't. Oh, I thought the sentence was we didn't want. We had too much Kevin Hart a part of the weekend of the NBA.

[Chris Cote]

I mean, she has voiced like a lot of people this weekend objected to Kevin Hart having to be a part of everything.

[Jessica]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, maybe Lucy said it. I don't.

[Jessica]

Jessica's like, do not put that on my name. I would still like to be in a Kevin Hart movie one day if the opportunity presents itself.

[Dan Le Batard]

There is a lot of Kevin Hart. He's just one of those actors that, like, you always see.

[Jessica]

Oh, yeah, he.

[Mike Ryan]

He's everywhere.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yes, he's everywhere.

[Jessica]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

Too much.

[Jessica]

His resume says I'll do it.

[Chris Cote]

I wanted to ask you, Hawk, about some. A news item here that came across on a very, very slow sports week. Shay Gilgeous Alexander has let go of his agent.

[Billy]

Well, he's hosting SNL next week, so that's a weird time for him to be doing it.

[Chris Cote]

So he's let go of his agent and this is the team in the sport. Best point differential in the sport. This is the mo. The worthiest challenger to the Boston Celtics. And he's let go of his agent. And when he did that, I thought to myself, well, he doesn't need to give an agent a percentage of what will be a supermax contract because Oklahoma. Oklahoma City has rigged the game so that they got the draft picks and they can lock them up and you can pay them more. And it's going to be hard to get any free agents to ever do what, you know, Durant, Harden and Westbrook escaped from okc. This guy could stay there for life and be Paid supermax after Supermax, what does he need an agent for? Can you answer that question for me?

[Jessica]

I can't. I cannot sit here and explain why you need an agent if he is like, hey, I'm going to be here and we're just going to supermax this thing out until we can't supermax it out anymore. There is a point in time for athletes, in my opinion, where you don't.

[Mike Ryan]

Need an agent and this is the time for him. Because the Max deal is a slam dunk. Right. Like he's going to get that. Why give up 15 to 20% of that money to an agent?

[Chris Cote]

Well, it's not 15 or 20%, but why give up 1%?

[Mike Ryan]

Why give up any of it?

[Jessica]

I wouldn't want to be a part of your agency for sure with those prices. But also if, if he knows that he's going to stay there and it's going to be a supermax. Yeah. And if you need to eventually be like, hey, I got to get the hell out of okc, I'm going to need an agent to do so, then you'll sign it there. But you don't have to give up the 3, the 4, the 5%, whatever the hell it is.

[Chris Cote]

But think about what the money is we're talking about because we've arrived at a place in sports where the numbers are so astronomical that what he's giving is, what is it, tens of millions of dollars that you'd be giving an agent.

[Dan Le Batard]

So like more than 30 million bucks if he signs like a 300, jeez, yes.

[Chris Cote]

I don't think it's 10%, but even if it's 5%, it's more than. It's 1% guaranteed deal. He needs a business manager though. He needs, he needs people because. Because right now I saw the other day Stephen A. Smith, they were discussing during a slow time face of basketball stuff and making the argument on behalf of Anthony Edwards and then talking about how a foreign player can't be the face of basketball.

[Jessica]

Kevin Hart.

[Chris Cote]

But if this, if this player wins the championship this year, toppling the Celtics, he will catapult and that's the best team in the league and they're young and they're going to lock him up and he doesn't need an agent. If he does not get hurt, they can be running the sport soon and it's going to feel a bit like it came out of nowhere. Not to basketball people, obviously, but his stardom has not yet arrived. He's basketball famous. He's not any other Kind of famous.

[Jessica]

Not yet. I mean, he's like. He has the potential to take probably the spot that they were. You know, it felt like John Morant was ascending into as kind of the face of basketball. And like. But Shea has continued to play really well. Doesn't get into a lot of trouble. Doesn't have some of the headlines that you saw from John in that moment. And if he wins the championship, it validates him in that way. I'm kind of with him and like, I don't think he needs an agent.

[Mike Ryan]

Agents Normally take home 4 to 10% of a player's annual salary. Just so we all. We're all clear on that. But you're right with Shay Dan. He has not crossed over yet. Like, I. This is how I gauge it. When I ask my wife, do you know who SGA is? And she says no, then he has. He's not a massive superstar. She knows John Moran maybe perhaps because he got into trouble, but she is aware of who John Morant is. She has no idea who SGA is. Zero.

[Chris Cote]

I will say in terms of how, however these things matter. On who presents well. Right. Because Jaylen Brown is saying some form of. What do you mean? Criticizing me that I'm not interesting enough to be face of the league.

[Jessica]

League.

[Chris Cote]

This is generally what it looks like if it plays in the right market in terms of style of play. Dominating a team. Young person. But does not have some of the imprint that you might want for AI Style. Like when we talk about John Morant, when we talk about a pro.

[Billy]

Once didn't do it for you.

[Chris Cote]

When we talk about what it is. Gets to inherit the league. I would be curious how Shea Gilgis Alexander is being managed because he's an entire economy. LeBron's passing this league over to the young people. Going to fight for whatever remains of the stardom and the money and the sneaker power. And he's in line like he's. If he wins a championship, what has to happen next for you guys to be able to anoint him as something better than Anthony Edwards, something better than Luka, something better than the young stars in the league.

[Billy]

He doesn't have it. For me. I. I don't know what it is. Probably a championship and probably a really good performance in a championship. If I'm watching that change, there's no it factor. Yeah.

[Chris Cote]

And that team is fun and they fool around in interviews. They're purposely young. They connect with a different audience.

[Mike Ryan]

But that kind of guy has to win like five championships, I think.

[Billy]

So he does Yeah, I think so. It's kind of SGA's vibe is a lot like turn of the century spurs vibe to me. Like, I'll take it word for it. He's a great player. No doubt.

[Stugotz]

Okay.

[Billy]

I'm just not that invested. If I were Canadian, I'd get it.

[Chris Cote]

All right, but who. Who gets to decide this, though? Where, Where, Where? Mike. Where it relates to young people.

[Billy]

I'm not. Well, thank you very much.

[Jessica]

Put it on the poll. Does Mike get to decide to face the basketball?

[Chris Cote]

I think Mike gets. Mike thinks he gets to decide.

[Billy]

I don't get to decide the face of basketball. I'm with you on this, Victor, because I think Victor's going to be that.

[Mike Ryan]

Oh, I'm still LeBron.

[Billy]

You know where I'm at with basketball. I read KD's tweets and I'm like, I don't think he's being sarcastic or an a hole. I think he's being serious. And I'm like, okay, I. I agree wholeheartedly with every single thing that KD is saying. I think he's genuinely saying, hey, man, we don't have the passion that you're looking for. Go watch hockey. I know his reputation is such. I know this is hard to believe, but I think he's coming from a pretty genuine place. And if you're questioning our effort, it's a different sport. Please, go watch hockey. You will like that. I don't think he's saying, like a jerk, like, well, it's more fun to complain about our sport than watch it. I think he's kind of being serious. Yeah, he knows the game right now. You turn on first take. They're talking more about, like, the drama around the game than the actual game itself. And the NF and the NBA has benefited from that for a long time. But now that the games aren't as compelling, there's more blowouts to the games because of the style of play. It's hard to work myself up for a game.

[Jessica]

Why can't Anthony Edwards be the face of basketball? I know he said he doesn't want to be.

[Mike Ryan]

That team's not good enough.

[Jessica]

That's what he is. That's what his. That would. That's what his take was. My team isn't good enough for me to be the face of basketball.

[Chris Cote]

No, it wasn't. No, he wasn't saying. I. I'm not sure wants that. He just sort of said, wemby's got that handled. Like, yeah, I think he's saying that Wemby cares more about how all of that is marketed as well. I don't think Anthony Edwards is so interested in some of these trappings.

[Jessica]

I think he will be the face of the basketball.

[Mike Ryan]

I get a pressure that comes with that.

[Jessica]

I know there's a pressure. I don't think he cares about it. And I think in today's day and age of what the face of basketball is, is going to feel a lot different going forward than it has in the past. And almost him saying that kind of puts him directly in line for it. Because when you watch them in the playoffs last year. Tell me you didn't feel something, Stu. Tell me you didn't watch Anthony Edwards talk to kd, his idol, in those moments.

[Mike Ryan]

Oh, I did.

[Jessica]

And you'd be like, man, this is someone who does not care about his friendships. He doesn't care about LeBron. He doesn't care about any of these people. And that's what you want from the face of basketball, Someone that cares about it. Like the way Mike is saying that. KD admitted that most players don't, but.

[Mike Ryan]

The face of basketball has always been basketball's pretty much basketball best player. It's been Magic, it's been Michael, it's been LeBron. Right? That's. Those are the faces of basketball. Correct. Anthony Edwards is not there, man.

[Chris Cote]

Well, but it's. It's. No one's allowed to be where we've been for 20 years. They've kind of hogged it, right? LeBron and Steph have hogged it for. NKD have hogged it for.

[Mike Ryan]

For.

[Chris Cote]

For 20 years, all of it. And now it's time for the. For the youth, for the young people.

[Dan Le Batard]

I kind of feel like it's Caitlin Clark right now.

[Chris Cote]

Yeah. Wrong space.

[Billy]

Good shout. Good shout.

[Jessica]

American whites, man, you're so right about that. It's tough. Crazy Cooper flag coming up. That's. I do think that's what they're making the way for, man.

[Billy]

I do think that there might be a correlation between the general lack of, like, look what's happening with tennis now. Tennis, it's starting to get a little bit more attention because American males are starting to be better at tennis. And you see what's happening in basketball. That's why everyone got behind John Moran so much. Like, okay, finally, like a marquee American star player here. MVPs throughout this decade. European trailing back to the end of the last decade. I think that there's something there, marketable US superstar in his prime, the way that LeBron was. I think that that's the disconnect right now with the audience in part, probably.

[Jessica]

And you got Dan saying Jokic is better than Michael Jordan. Like, that doesn't help what we're trying.

[Mike Ryan]

To do here in America during Black History Month.

[Jessica]

During Black History Month. Something he said he's been on record saying he does not have respect for.

[Billy]

I know, man. Nine days left.

[Chris Cote]

Billy. I saw during this segment on the face of basketball that we somehow stumbled into accidentally. I saw that you seemed distracted by a. Was that a bowling ball? What has. What has happened?

[Mike Ryan]

Not just any bowling ball.

[Stugotz]

It's a big surprise for tomorrow.

[Chris Cote]

What do you mean? Like, what do you mean what has happened here?

[Mike Ryan]

We don't want to give too much away here.

[Stugotz]

Someone decided to mail Greg Cody a present that appears to be a bowling ball that was made just for him years ago as a promotional tool with a Dolphins logo on one side and a Miller Lite logo on the other side. And there are no holes drilled into said bowling ball. So Greg, when he comes tomorrow, if he's coming tomorrow, whenever he comes again, can have this bowling ball seemingly personalized for him and use this bowling ball moving forward should he want to.

[Mike Ryan]

Wow.

[Jessica]

Solid.

[Stugotz]

And that's what I was looking at.

[Chris Cote]

Is. Is. Is it something that has holes in it?

[Stugotz]

No, it has no holes drilled in it.

[Jessica]

Yeah.

[Stugotz]

And he can customize. Exactly.

[Mike Ryan]

Right.

[Jessica]

Have you opened it?

[Billy]

I kind of want to open it.

[Stugotz]

I. That's the thing is I'm concerned.

[Jessica]

Do we open it or.

[Chris Cote]

If it's not gift wrapping.

[Mike Ryan]

It's a gift.

[Billy]

It's got the old school Dolphins logo, which probably means it's got an old school Miller Light logo.

[Jessica]

You gotta make sure it does. Make sure it's not something that'll put you in jail. Because you can't just be opening random.

[Billy]

You know, I can see. I can see the logos through it. There's a Miller Light logo.

[Jessica]

All right, you know, we're good.

[Dan Le Batard]

We've been mean to basketball this week. Can we all go around the room and say our favorite basketball player? Mine is Josh Hart. Who's yours? Dugats.

[Jessica]

My day.

[Mike Ryan]

Jordan.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Jessica]

All time or today?

[Dan Le Batard]

Right now?

[Mike Ryan]

Right.

[Billy]

Okay.

[Jessica]

I was gonna say all time. Josh Hart. Favorite basketball player is a crazy take. Not all time, but I wanted you to drill down.

[Dan Le Batard]

I love him so much.

[Jessica]

All right.

[Billy]

I'd like to run my time at Chelsea 2.

[Jessica]

Got you. Right.

[Chris Cote]

Brunson, I've got a legitimate question. Is it. And can it be a bowling ball if it doesn't have holes?

[Jessica]

That's legitimate.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, but he's gonna get it fitted for his finger.

[Stugotz]

But the car could have no wheels.

[Chris Cote]

But is it a bowling ball if it doesn't have holes?

[Mike Ryan]

Oh, wow.

[Billy]

This is pretty dope.

[Jessica]

Yeah.

[Stugotz]

What would you call it? A marble. Big marble.

[Jessica]

They sent him a big marble.

[Dan Le Batard]

I still have to make bowling marbles.

[Mike Ryan]

That is beautiful.

[Billy]

It is beautiful.

[Chris Cote]

Wow.

[Mike Ryan]

He's gonna be so happy.

[Chris Cote]

But it's not a bowling ball. It's just.

[Billy]

Where do you finger it?

[Chris Cote]

It's just an orb. I will not respect Black History.

[Billy]

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