Local Hour: Good Start (feat. One Wealthy Guy)

Summary

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Episode: Local Hour: Good Start (feat. One Wealthy Guy)
Date: April 13, 2026

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Episode Overview

Broadcast live from the Elser Hotel in downtown Miami, this Local Hour episode is a classic mix of sports takes, Miami nostalgia, inside humor, and offbeat banter. Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, and the crew break down South Florida sports, NBA playoff narratives, and pop culture moments while veering into playful, sometimes surreal, debates. Notably, they discuss the origins of their "Give me back my son" sound drop, revisit old show bits, weigh in on wealth and fairness in professional golf, and address the troubling news about Ruben Bain.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Remembering the "Local Hour" Beginnings & the Nostalgia Machine

• 790 The Ticket Drama: Dan and Zas debate the show’s history, specifically the moment the local hour was taken from 790 The Ticket and how that affected their various shows.
  • “[When] we got the local hour… It’s the difference between losing the local hour when we had it… You just hear little about you.” (Dan, 01:48-01:56)
• Show Traditions & Dropped Bits: The group reminisces about the origin of the show’s iconic Mel Gibson "Give me back my son!" sound drop, tracing it back to prank calls and franchise inside jokes.
  • "We were obsessed for a while with the way Mel Gibson shouted in that movie, 'Give me back my son.'" (Dan, 05:44)
  • "It started because we were taking fakes and we had a phone caller…Fake Mel Gibson in the movie Ransom said, 'Give me back my son.'" (Mike Ryan, 06:24)
  • Randy Moeller, the Panthers broadcaster, even used the line after a goal (07:06).
• Nostalgia for Miami Panthers: They relive old hockey memories (e.g., “Sawgrass Express” line and CPR line).

2. Miami Hurricanes Insider Talk: Practice, Recruiting, and Spring Ball

• Mike Ryan’s Deep Dive: Mike talks about his recent trip to Miami spring practice, describing his VIP-ish access and admiration for rising star Malachi Toney.
  • “On Saturday, your boy was on the field trailing the plays...buying the, you know, 20 yards back...watching line play.” (Mike Ryan, 03:10)
  • “Dude, it was the coolest thing to watch Malachi Toney just strolling in front of these kids…We got that kind of juice now.” (03:30)
• Practice Observations: Later, Mike details the Hurricanes’ wide receiver depth, touting new arrivals and their impact: “Jackson Cantwell…incredible. Miami looks real good. Malachi, Tony—different number…but superstar.” (Mike Ryan, 31:19-31:50)
• Change Over the Years: Discussion about the wide receiver room improving from past years where Miami struggled for depth beyond Malachi Toney and Xavier Restrepo (33:02-33:29).

3. Iconic Lines and Sound Drops: “Give Me Back My Son!”

• History and Polls: The crew playfully debates if the "Give me back my son" line is truly an iconic movie quote.
  • "Put it on the poll…Is 'Give me back my son' an iconic movie line?" (Dan, 12:29)
• Frank Caliendo’s Impressions: A sound montage is played with Frank Caliendo impersonating various voices delivering the line (11:40-12:09).
• Connecting to Current Events: The phrase re-emerges during discussions of a bizarre Masters incident where a heckler yelled it during a golf swing (12:30-13:12).

4. Golf Wealth, Unfair Advantages, and Rory McIlroy

• Rory’s Private Jet Edge: Dan raises fairness questions around Rory McIlroy’s $50 million private jet, which allowed him to practice at Augusta and return home for dinner during Masters week.
  • “Is that worth one stroke of advantage? The fact that the guy who’s won the Masters twice in a row has a $50 million plane that allows him to go back and forth like you would drive from Miami to West Palm?” (Dan, 14:15)
  • "Wealth does seem like it makes sense." (Mike Ryan, 15:23)
  • "Being wealthy would be so cool." (Zas, 15:25)
• Class & Sports: Chat shifts to how only those with means can get these advantages, prompting riffs about Spirit Airlines and relatable laughs (15:06-16:16).

5. NBA Playoff Storylines and League Narrative

• Tournament Structure & Apathy Concerns:
  • Dan points out how NBA narratives focused on “nobody trying” reached a low point as over $2.5B in salary sat on the bench during the regular season’s final day (08:50-08:59).
  • “Almost 200 players sit yesterday…But at the right at the top of the first round, LeBron’s got to go in the wayback machine…” (Dan, 08:59)
• Western Conference Excitement: Tony and the gang hype up a loaded west: "This might be the greatest Western Conference playoffs that we’ve ever seen because of all the storylines..." (Tony, 09:09)
• Eastern Conference Oddities: Orlando Magic and playoff chaos are covered at length, with the crew lampooning the Magic’s baffling loss to Boston’s deep bench:
  • "Joke franchise. An absolute joke franchise." (Tony, 40:06)

6. Defining “Choke”: Did Rory Choke at The Masters?

• Semantics Battle: The group debates whether you can “choke” and still win; Zas argues you can only “choke” if you ultimately lose.
  • “For a choke to happen, the end result has to be losing. Otherwise I didn’t choke.” (Zas, 22:36)
  • "Rory was turning purple and he couldn't breathe for 65 seconds. If I came up to him…he would [say], 'Just a little bit. I'll be fine tomorrow.'" (Dan, 22:16)
• Comparisons to Panthers' Meltdown: Mike links Rory’s struggles to Florida Panthers playoff collapses (21:53).

7. Ruben Bain Story (Draft-Season Tragedy)

• Sensitive News Breaks: Mid-episode, the tone shifts as Dan brings up the late-breaking story about Miami’s Ruben Bain being involved in a car accident as a college sophomore that eventually led to a young woman’s death.
  • “It’s awful. And it’s got the hint of suspicious because it’s been not talked about somehow.” (Dan, 24:17)
  • “If he was deemed responsible…we certainly would have known it because that would have been something that would have been through the court system and there’s no way to hide any of that.” (Mike Ryan, 28:13)
• Cover-Up Theories: The show speculates on how such a story was kept quiet until draft season; potential for NFL teams to leak negative news as a draft tactic.
  • “Is it possible that an NFL team leaks this because they want him to drop?” (Zas, 26:37)
• Clarification: Dan and Mike clarify “nothing happened” means nothing prosecutable, but acknowledge the tragedy ("something awful happened" - Dan, 29:20).
• Family Statement: Jeremy reads a statement from the victim’s family, highlighting their wish for privacy and their forgiveness (27:39).

8. Show Humor, Self-Parody, and "Hot Neck" Moment

• The crew repeatedly roasts Jeremy for awkward phrasing about Mike Ryan “breathing hot neck” on Miami prospects; this bit evolves into a recurring, laughter-filled inside joke.
  • "Do you like breathing hot neck on hot…hot air on the neck?" (Jeremy Tashay, 34:05; repeated 36:46, 37:08)
  • “Hot neck was bad.” (Tony, 35:11)
  • “Are we gonna be this show now?” (Mike Ryan, 37:15)
• Tony vows to be kinder post-Easter, leading to comic protests about his feigned niceness.

9. Final Miscellaneous Sports Updates

• Battle Court Jai Alai: Mike admits his team, the Cyclones, are struggling, drawing parallels to Rory McIlroy’s “choke and recover” narrative (38:22-39:52).
• Heat and NBA Play-In: Zas laments the Heat’s chances and the Magic’s lost opportunity to secure a higher playoff seed (40:05-42:44).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Nostalgia & Sound Bites:
  • "We were obsessed for a while with the way Mel Gibson shouted in that movie, 'Give me back my son.'" (Dan, 05:44)
• On Wealth and Golf:
  • "Being wealthy would be so cool." (Zas, 15:25)
  • “Yes, wealth is convenient, but million dollar plane wealth, that’s a whole different thing.” (Dan, 15:27)
• On NBA Playoff Apathy:
  • “The narrative the entire season is some of these guys are not trying, they don’t care. These teams are not trying, they don’t care. I’ve just never seen a sports league endure that as the narrative for the year.” (Dan, 08:59)
• On "Choking":
  • “For a choke to happen, the end result has to be losing. Otherwise I didn’t choke.” (Zas, 22:36)
• Discussing the Ruben Bain Incident:
  • “It’s awful. And it’s got the hint of suspicious because it’s been not talked about somehow.” (Dan, 24:17)
• On Housekeeping & Hot Neck:
  • “Do you like breathing hot neck on hot…hot air on the neck?” (Jeremy, 34:05)
  • “Hot neck was bad.” (Tony, 35:11)
  • “Are we gonna be this show now?” (Mike Ryan, 37:15)
• Self-Deprecation & Banter:
  • “Good start, though. Good start.” (Tony, 10:18; Mike Ryan, multiple instances)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Reminiscing on the 790 Local Hour Days: 01:30–02:10
• Origin of 'Give me back my son' Sound: 05:44–06:37
• Frank Caliendo Sound Montage: 11:40–12:09
• Discussion: Is 'Give me back my son' Iconic? 12:27–12:29
• Rory McIlroy, Wealth, and Unfair Advantages: 14:15–15:58
• NBA Playoff Talk, Apathy, and Western Conference Preview: 08:59–10:10
• Defining 'Choke' in Sports: 20:19–22:43
• Ruben Bain Story and Media Ethics: 24:39–29:20
• Miami Hurricanes Spring Practice Report: 31:11–33:52
• 'Hot Neck' Comedy Bit: 34:05–37:18
• Battle Court (Jai Alai) Update: 38:22–39:52
• Magic/Heat Playoff Fallout: 40:05–42:44

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Episode Tone

• Typical Le Batard: Self-mocking, digressive, conversational, and deeply referential.
• Inside Jokes: The “hot neck” motif, faux-personal attacks, old sounder nostalgia, playful stubbornness over “choke” semantics.
• Nuanced Handling: Shows range discussing serious events (Ruben Bain) with care and editorial skepticism.

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For New Listeners

This episode encompasses the essence of the Le Batard show: a love of Miami sports history, mischievous humor, mock-serious debates about language and legacy, and, when needed, compassionate handling of difficult news. The conversation flips from league-wide NBA debates, to the anatomy of a great sports sound drop, to sports media ethics—all punctuated by in-group razzing and the absurdity of “breathing hot neck.” If you’re looking for both chaos and candor in sports talk, this Local Hour delivers.

Transcript

[Dan Le Batard]

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[Mike Ryan]

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[Dan Le Batard]

They're calling this a battle for the fans.

[Mike Ryan]

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[Rumi]

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[Dan Le Batard]

So glad the Saja Boys could take

[Rumi]

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[Tony]

No, it's our honor.

[Jeremy Tashay]

It is our larger honor.

[Zas]

No, really, stop.

[Dan Le Batard]

You can really feel the respect in this battle.

[Mike Ryan]

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[Dan Le Batard]

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[Rumi]

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[Dan Le Batard]

I don't totally remember the details on how it is that 790 stopped the local hour. It was I got screwed. You got screwed when we stopped the local hour.

[Zas]

I don't remember what the scenario was, but remember I had an hour taken away from my show.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, that's when we got the local hour. No. Which part are you not understanding? It's the difference between losing the local hour when we had it. You just hear little about you.

[Mike Ryan]

This is about our pain.

[Zas]

How dare you.

[Dan Le Batard]

But he made it immediately about him. And it's not even about pain at all. Just. I remember it was just weeks after ESPN had been trying to get me out of doing that for some reason. I don't even know why. Maybe just because I got worse. The day got longer and they didn't want me giving the best hour to Miami when they wanted our best hours. But we had the group. The shipping container was doing the local hour for a period of time there and they went out to dolphin camp and they did the show from dolphin camp and stuff. But I could not have foreseen from there that Mike Ryan. If you told me right then Mike Ryan is going to be the guy who shows up at, um, spring practices and just mills about watching the team practice. I would not have guessed from there that Mike, in his free time, not. Not working, he doesn't have a lot of free time, would be the guy that would just go to practice to see. To get extra information on whether he thinks the receiver room is going to be better than it was last year.

[Zas]

And he, like. Does he walk around just like, you know, milling about like. Like. Like a big mocker? Is that what's going on there?

[Mike Ryan]

On Saturday, your boy was on the field trailing the plays. Yeah. Buying the, you know, 20 yards back. 20 yards back, watching line play.

[Dan Le Batard]

What did you call him? A big what?

[Zas]

Big mocker. It's. It's Yiddish. It means, like, he's a bmoc, you know?

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, that sounds like he had some VIP access. Or were you just part of how many fans are out there now? Is there?

[Mike Ryan]

It's on Saturday. It was actually really cool to see because Mario had the entire youth system of the Tri county area in there to watch practice, because recruiting starts at a very young age now. And, dude, it was the coolest thing to watch Malachi Toney just strolling in front of these kids. And to watch these kids just think he was the most famous person on the planet. And to watch him be respectful of everybody, we got that kind of juice now. We got a superstar like that to these kids.

[Zas]

Mario was at UFC on Saturday night. They showed him on the pay per view and everything.

[Mike Ryan]

He got a huge pop. I'm sure if you're listening to this right now, you guys are wondering, this is all a setup to talk about Ruby, and it is.

[Dan Le Batard]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stugats podcast. Is everyone a little slow today? I'm surprised that Tony didn't eviscerate Zsasz for his first words of the work week to be hearing the opposite of what I'd asked him. The direct opposite. Not listening at all and making the shadow show entirely about him. When I was trying to get to Ruben Bain.

[Tony]

Yeah, I'm choosing to be kinder this week. Right, Zaz? Me and Zaz were at the UFC over the weekend. We had an incredible time, met his son. We had a bunch of good conversations, and one of them, I picked up something that Zaz said to me. He's eating a pizza where me and Louis were sitting. And he said, man, I really messed up this week. Huh? And that registered in my brain. I'm like, ooh, I think Zaz feels bad in a way that I don't. So I'm going to be nicer to Zaz.

[Zas]

I couldn't let it go, Dan. It stuck with me. It was stuck in my crawl.

[Tony]

I was like, what happened? Oh, yeah, you asked a stupid question.

[Zas]

That's right.

[Dan Le Batard]

So you started this week by answering the. The opposite of the question I was asking.

[Zas]

Well, no, what happened there?

[Dan Le Batard]

I asked you, do you remember when we lost the local hour? And your answer was when we got the local hour.

[Zas]

Well, no, what happened there was. You were bringing up something from. From the OG days. From 790 the ticket. And. And that always. I get excited when you're about to start talking about 790 tickets. So I just. I'm sorry, I overstepped. I got excited. I like talking about the old.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay, but let's talk about it while also listening.

[Zas]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

And not making it about you.

[Zas]

But speaking about me is good.

[Dan Le Batard]

But speaking of the, of the OG days, though, I didn't think that I would get a chance. I don't remember. Mike, do you remember? Maybe Roy remembers. How did Give me back my son become something that we were playing around here all the time. I do remember loving the movie Ransom, but. But it's. It's a 90s movie. It feels like. Is it a 2000s movie? And we were obsessed for a while with the way Mel Gibson shout in that movie Give me back my son. And I just didn't think we'd get a chance to revisit the library of sound that we have around. Get me back. Get. Give me back my son. But I also don't remember where this whole story started.

[Mike Ryan]

It started because we were taking fakes and we had a phone caller call us. Fake Mel Gibson in the movie Ransom said, give me back my son. We all laughed. And then we added that sound to the SUI montage.

[Zas]

That's awesome.

[Dan Le Batard]

We had Randy Moeller during the Panthers days before. It is that they were winning Stanley Cups. When you can get away with doing these things with the local franchise. We had Randy Moeller shouted after a goal.

[Tony]

Booth walks up the boards, dumps it back in behind the net to Zednik. Zednik's there, double team, comes right to Nathan Horton.

[Dan Le Batard]

He fires. He shoots. He scores. Nathan Horton. Give me back my son. Panthers with a three nothing lead. Oh, pinch me, Billy.

[Mike Ryan]

Nostalgia in that sound. Richard Zednik almost died on the ice. Yeah. And I think David Booth is still playing hockey, but in Australia, and he's like Wayne Gretzky over there.

[Zas]

Remember what they called that? That Horton Booth, Weiss line? No, Sawgrass Express.

[Mike Ryan]

Oh, really? Do you remember the CPR line with Billy Pelkonen?

[Zas]

Of course.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, you guys are going to be hurting in April and May this year. You two are going to be hurt. And you can geek out.

[Mike Ryan]

What do I do with all this free time?

[Dan Le Batard]

You can watch the NBA playoffs. You can.

[Mike Ryan]

Boy, are they going to be good. The. The entire weight of the league rests on Wemby and Jokic's shoulders for that spurs nugget series.

[Dan Le Batard]

Which one are you excited about, Tony? Because we really do. I. Look, I don't know how you guys feel about basketball in general right now because, well, but you say you like it, but the narrative in the entire season and this, this, I've got to think this is something that doesn't have precedent in major American sports. The narrative the entire season is some of these guys are not trying, they don't care. These teams are not trying, they don't care. I've just never seen a sports league endure that as the narrative for the year. So that yesterday, on the last day of the season, $2.5 billion in salary is sitting. Almost 200 players sit yesterday on the last day of the season as they get you ready for these playoffs. But at the right, at the top of the first round, LeBron's got to go in the wayback machine. He's got to get them out of a first round series playing that CAS ball where it's just like, he's not that good in the half court, he's not the same player in the half court. He's great in transition, but in half court, he can't be the same player. And so now it's going to be. Can he hit canard eight times a game on passes? Because they're going to be playing something similar to that Cav style of basketball when he had to take 35 shots a game.

[Tony]

Yeah. And he's not built for that, but damn, I'm looking up and down. This might be the greatest Western Conference playoffs that we've ever seen because of all the storylines, because of all the players that are in it.

[Unknown Advertiser]

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[Tony]

You've got KD versus LeBron in the 4, 5 matchup. No Luka, no, no. Austin Reaves. They may come in later on if the series gets extended, but those two are the biggest names and they're playing each other for the 4.5seed. The Thunder could play. The Clippers could play the Warriors. We've got Nuggets and Timberwolves. The Nuggets tanked the last two games and then ended up winning. They didn't want to see the Timberwolves. They wanted to be in the 4, 5 matchup. So there's so many things happening in this Western Conference playoffs that it's like this might be the best we've ever seen.

[Zas]

Can I tell you something that I can't get past? And I don't know, maybe it's. Maybe it's not a big deal because we're talking about the number one seed and, like, they're supposed to be the best team. So Detroit, Oklahoma City, but every other team is go. You know, they. They know their playoff matchup four, five days in advance. They could practice, they could study, film, all of that. The Thunder and the Pistons, the best teams in their respective conferences, don't find out their opponent until Friday before they play on Sunday. That doesn't seem very fair.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm going to put a pin in that, because you'll remember we started with Give me back my Son and I want to get back to it, but put a pin in it we will.

[Tony]

Good start, though. Good start.

[Dan Le Batard]

To the Congress, I will allow a fun basketball conversation, but I don't want to lose the opportunity to go into the Wayback Machine and also perhaps to explain to the audience that didn't go back, way back with us why I'm talking about Gimme back my son off of the top, because I still haven't said it. Also, Frank Caliendo, as I recall, Roy had an assortment of Give me back my sons. I don't remember which characters he was doing them in, but do we have the sound of Frank Caliendo doing an assortment of characters? Go ahead and play that for me. Give me back my son. I think it's time to give me back my son. Man. I'd like to hear Jim Rome say it. Give me back my son. John Madden. Give me back my son. Boom. Yeah, a little boom in there. Really punched the way you were thinking I was gonna do it. Not the way I thought it. Sound like I like to go different ways. Give me back my son. Boom. You know what you're gonna do? Give me back my son. Gimme, gimme, gimme. My son. Gone. Give me back. Thanks, Mayor. How about Pacino? Give me back my son. How is African American? How would he do it? Give me back my son. Give Me back my son. Give me back my son. That needed some editing. There are dangers in going into the Wayback Machine. Give me the sound of Mel Gibson saying it the way that he said it in the. What year is the movie Jeremy Ransom.

[Zas]

Gotta be late. Late 90s.

[Jeremy Tashay]

96.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay.

[Mike Ryan]

Presently on Ted Knight's Wiki.

[Jeremy Tashay]

Yeah, I was a year old and this Ted Knight person died in 1986.

[Dan Le Batard]

This Ted Knight person play the sound of Mel Gibson doing it. Give me back my son.

[Zas]

It's an iconic movie line.

[Dan Le Batard]

You think?

[Zas]

Absolutely.

[Dan Le Batard]

Put it on the poll, please. Juju at lebatard show is Give me back my son. An iconic movie line. So the reason I bring all this up, this. This heckler was ejected. You can't do these things at the Masters. Right. This was a person whose swing did he interrupt? And we'll talk about Rory here in a second.

[Zas]

I think it was Rory.

[Dan Le Batard]

Was it Rory swing? Okay, so it is distracting. I don't know if Rory's a fan of the movie Ran, but it is distracting. Give me back my son. I get the lift.

[Zas]

He's keeping an eye on it. It is down the left side. Just like yesterday here at 17.

[Dan Le Batard]

Can't be distracting if it's after the shot.

[Mike Ryan]

So back swings and all that. But yeah, it was a bad drive. But the crazy thing about Rory's performance was he actually didn't drive the ball accurately really at all.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, I wanted to ask you guys something about the one advantage I don't know that a lot of people are talking about today that McElroy had. I just simply want to put it out there, the this idea because he won him back to back. And I am assuming that many of you were assuming he was going to choke when it looked like he was choking. He had the. The best two day lead that there's ever been at the Masters. And the reputation he had before winning that Masters was. That was what happened on the third day to him. But. But he was resilient, obviously on the last day. And it's gotta be scary to have Scheffler chasing you. But the thing I wanted to ask you guys is the rest of the tour is in Texas last week and Rory's in Jupiter. He's got a house in Jupiter and he's also got a $50 million private plane. So what was he doing? He was flying to Augusta to practice on the course, then flying home for dinner.

[Jeremy Tashay]

Wow.

[Dan Le Batard]

And so I ask you, is that worth a stroke?

[Lowe's Advertiser]

Yes.

[Dan Le Batard]

Is that worth one stroke of advantage? The fact that the guy who's won the Masters twice in a row, has a $50 million plane that allows him to go back and forth like you would drive from Miami to West Palm because he can make the trip in 90 minutes. And he was practicing the course the week before while all the other guys were playing in Texas.

[Tony]

You know what's better than playing in Texas? Playing on the course that you're going to play on for the Masters.

[Zas]

But it's not like you weren't allowed. Like, he clearly is. All of them are clearly allowed to practice on the course if they can find the time. Right.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, but they have another tournament. They have to be somewhere else working, right? Generally speaking, they don't have to.

[Mike Ryan]

They can choose to not. Which is what?

[Zas]

Because he has the jet. He has the means to go and

[Mike Ryan]

practice because he's made a lot of money. Not like, well, got to play the Valero.

[Zas]

It's awesome.

[Dan Le Batard]

I wonder what the rules are, though, on the Masters. Can everyone come and practice if they like?

[Mike Ryan]

Yes. Yes. Yeah, I don't think it's all that uncommon. I wouldn't be surprised if Rory wasn't the only person that did it.

[Zas]

It just sounds incredibly convenient that he has the means. Well, do that.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, wealth does seem like it makes sense.

[Zas]

Being wealthy would be so cool.

[Dan Le Batard]

Put it on the poll at Levittard Show. It is. I'm sorry. I was thinking about not making the joke because it's obnoxious. It's an obnoxious joke to make, but I thought it'd be funny. And then I'm looked at in the room. I'm like, big mock over here. And I missed my window. I missed my window. Yes, wealth is convenient, but million dollar plain wealth, that's a whole different thing. The idea that he was coming home for dinner every night. He's practicing the course, and he's having dinner with his family.

[Mike Ryan]

Still possible to do that? Flying Spirit to Augusta? Yeah. Takes a little drive.

[Dan Le Batard]

You think Augusta is going to. You think Spirit is going to get him back and forth as fast and as easy and as conveniently as a private plane?

[Mike Ryan]

No, no. I know that much about Spirit and private aviation.

[Zas]

I love the idea, friends. I love the idea of Rory. Flying Spirit. Do you think you would get one of the seats up front? You pay a little bit extra, you have more room, the big seats. Yeah, yeah. I'd have to assume he'd get one

[Tony]

of the $9 fair club and all

[Mike Ryan]

the ones that come with a seatbelt.

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[Mike Ryan]

See moneylion.com hey, Roy, buddy.

[Tony]

Yo.

[Mike Ryan]

You know that energy shift when the game gets good and everybody all together in unison knows to stand up on their feet? Oh, absolutely, Mike. Yeah? You've been at many big time sporting events. You know that moment quite well. That's what it's like when you take your first sip of Cuervo.

[Tony]

Oh, delicious.

[Mike Ryan]

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.

[Dan Le Batard]

Don Le Batard. But it's just his titties are sitting on the Shelf. That is his belly.

[Mike Ryan]

Stugats. He said titties, like, shocked me a little bit. I wasn't quite prepared for titties.

[Dan Le Batard]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the stugats. How did you feel about watching that? Were you rooting for him? Where were your rooting interests yesterday? Because the story around him is less interesting than it used to be. Conquering and excellence aren't quite as fun as wondering whether somebody is mentally frail or not.

[Mike Ryan]

I think that they're both super fun. They're both super fun and rooting for mental frail. Seeing a guy go back to back at Augusta is. That's something like. If you look back, it's like a once in a generation type of deal. So it's hugely impressed.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's happened only four times, right?

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah. Who was the last guy to do a Tiger?

[Zas]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah. That was 20 over 25 years ago. 25 years ago. It's insane. Blessed to see it. But I think everybody was kind of rooting for Rory to. Or at least for the pack to catch up to Rory. And considering the second round that he had, that was only going to be possible with a little bit of a meltdown. It's the rare time where you can probably say, yeah, he did choke some. And then he showed resilience because he lost the lead. He had to come back. He was, you know, on the same tee box as a guy that overtook him at one point, but it looked

[Zas]

like he was going to run away with it after Friday.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah. And then he started melting down again. And Rory was kind of one of those guys that you're like, this guy can fold. He can get a little nervous. It's happened to him before.

[Dan Le Batard]

I like that as a take, though, the idea that you could come out today and say, yes, Rory McIlroy, the Masters champion, did indeed choke.

[Mike Ryan]

Yes. Yeah, you can say the same thing.

[Dan Le Batard]

Then he stopped choking.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, you could say the same thing about the Panthers from, like, two years ago. They absolutely choked. But they're champions.

[Dan Le Batard]

Can you, though? Yeah, they, if you look, is blowing a 30 lead and it becoming 3. 3. Is that.

[Zas]

I don't agree. No, I disagree. And just like I disagree with the idea that Rory choked. It choke implies that, like, like, you completed the choke.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, but he did choke. He. No. On the third day. If I ask you, hey, Zaz, did. Did he choke to. No. Did he choke today?

[Zas]

Okay, but what does today matter? It's like, hey, we choked in the last three minutes. We gave up a goal.

[Dan Le Batard]

Like, no, but if If I asked you, he goes into day three with the biggest lead in the history of the Masters after two days. And you saw, you remember the one of those that tiger wanted, like -19 or whatever?

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

I thought it was surprising that the biggest lead ever after two days was on Saturday. And if I come up to you after, what was it, whole 11? If I come up to you and I say, if I say to you at the end of the day when he's no longer leading after having the biggest lead, did Rory choke today? What would your answer be?

[Zas]

My answer would be no. He had a bad third day.

[Jeremy Tashay]

No, it would just be like he

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just had to clear his throat.

[Jeremy Tashay]

Just like. All right, that's it.

[Mike Ryan]

Right pipe. Little wrong pipe. Yeah.

[Zas]

Can I get a glass of water?

[Mike Ryan]

Whereas. A little bit of water. Whereas the Panthers against the Oilers was straight up like, is there a doctor here? Is anyone a Dr. Heimlich, I think day three was.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yes, you're shouting in the restaurant. There's, there's turning purple there. There is. People are grabbed.

[Mike Ryan]

Greg Sink, he's there.

[Dan Le Batard]

Peter Burns hitting you on the.

[Mike Ryan]

Like, Greg saying, just watching him just

[Tony]

didn't even help, by the way.

[Dan Le Batard]

Just all of it is just like that. That was Rory, day three. He was turning purple and he couldn't breathe for 65 seconds. And if I came up to him and said, are you choking? And he would. Just. Just a little bit. Just, just a little bit. I'll be fine tomorrow. I won't be joking tomorrow. I'll be putting on the green jacket and I will be champion tomorrow.

[Zas]

In the meantime, for a choke to happen, the end result has to be losing. Otherwise I didn't choke.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's not.

[Mike Ryan]

I mean, that sports.

[Dan Le Batard]

I don't think, I don't think that's true. But we will move on to other subject matter because we have a story that I think I can say is weird. Okay? Weird for a handful of reasons. Okay. Out of nowhere this weekend it was reported right before the draft and weirdly not by any of the people who are investing in this. This was not a story that was known just about anywhere until it was reported. It's not. NFL teams are now aware of something that was a secret for a long time, and it's that Reuben Bain got into an accident at 4 o'cl in the morning that ended the life eventually of a 22 year old woman who at the time suffered, you know, suffered really permanent damage and then three weeks later died. And the report comes from a place that I've never Heard of the read optional is where this story starts. And I did not know what that was. I still don't know what that is. But when I read it, and I read the police reports and I read that Ruben Bain was not cited for, was not cite, was not tested for sobriety at four o' clock in the morning.

[Mike Ryan]

Holly Connolly is a person that this story originated from. He once named the Duke one of the best insiders in the NFL. He's reputable, though, and breaks a lot of stuff.

[Dan Le Batard]

I don't doubt it.

[Mike Ryan]

But the part this stuff is clearly factual.

[Dan Le Batard]

It is factual. There are no questions about it. But the part about it, to me that was surprising, or the most surprising, I guess, is that it stayed quiet. This happened when he was a sophomore and it's coming out right now before the draft. And so when I read that story, and it's impossible, I think, to read that story without feeling, it's awful. And it's got the hint of suspicious because it's been not talked about somehow. And a secret to everybody. When we can't keep any secrets anymore, it's impossible to keep any secrets. And you're telling me that someone died in a car accident that Reuben Bain was in as a sophomore and nobody knew?

[Mike Ryan]

That part is surprising. There is a reaction like, wow, Miami kept this quiet. I'm not exactly sure how one goes about doing that. There was a citation here, but the citation was dropped. And when this happened, careless driving. Yeah, and it was dropped. It should be noted that I think later in 2025, there was another time that Ruben Bane was cited for reckless driving and that was also dropped. So nothing felonious here.

[Zas]

That time was reckless because careless and reckless are different.

[Mike Ryan]

I forget. But either way, nothing happened. Like this was also not careless driving in that after it went through the process, it was dropped. So he wasn't actually. But at the time he was. He was not given a field sobriety test at 4am I seen some people questioning, like, how does that happen? I know how it stays quiet at Miami because nothing really happened here. But it wasn't possible to keep it quiet with a Darius Hayes, who killed. Who was held on three counts of vehicular man slaughter. He was dismissed from the program. People knew about that. I was surprised. Like the Andy Slaters of the world did not come out with something here. I did not know about this. I found out about it the same time everybody else did. I did know that I heard some chirps from people in the NFL like, hey, they're poking in on some off field stuff on Rubin. And I didn't think anything of it. And yeah, was shocked and sad to see this. There was a statement from the family that ended up wishing Ruben Bane the best throughout his life and his career. Yeah, this is really unfortunate. And it's one of those things that comes out right before the draft, no doubt.

[Zas]

Oh, okay. So. So with him saying that last note, can I throw out there, like, is it possible that an NFL team leaks this because they want him to drop?

[Mike Ryan]

Yes, I read the article. It seemed like this was leaked from the NFL. And if you read that article, they also allude to there might be some other things that they're looking into with Ruben Bane. But yeah, this was very clearly leaked.

[Zas]

That's so dirty.

[Mike Ryan]

By one of the teams in the process.

[Zas]

So like a team that drafts him because they want him.

[Dan Le Batard]

Him.

[Zas]

The team that drafts him may have been the one that leaked this information.

[Mike Ryan]

There's all sorts of fan theories there, but yeah, that somebody. One of the takes that's out there is somebody wants him to drop.

[Dan Le Batard]

I misspoke earlier in saying that no one knew about this. There was a lawsuit, it was settled. And so teams did know about it, but the family doesn't want to talk about it. Didn't want to talk about it, and now is being asked questions about it.

[Mike Ryan]

I didn't see anything about a lawsuit, which is why, like, we would have known about that. I think that if had there been a lawsuit, we definitely would have been known about it earlier.

[Jeremy Tashay]

He was cited at the time of the incident. Charges were dropped prior to her death. That was a few months after this crash. And the family released a statement through that same article. And what they said was destiny's passing was the result of a tragic accident that occurred several years ago. While the loss remains incredibly painful for our family, we have worked hard to find peace and move forward. At this time, we are not seeking public attention surrounding this tragedy and respectfully request that our family's privacy be honored. We also wish Mr. Bain the best as he continues his life and career.

[Mike Ryan]

I mean, it's a tragic accident. Someone lost their life. If he was deemed responsible by authorities, number one, we certainly would have known it because that would have been something that would have been through the court system and there's no way to hide any of that. This just seems like a really tragic, sad accident that he had to deal with. This happened before his sophomore season. Reuben Bain did have a rough sophomore season. Probably wait on him some.

[Dan Le Batard]

Please look up for me whether Brear Albert Breer has said that a lawsuit in Miami was settled at the time because it may have been something that was just quieter than you think, because

[Mike Ryan]

there were two teammates in the car, too, which is another aspect of this and makes it surprising that this was, you know, not something that was out there.

[Dan Le Batard]

And I will just. I will correct Mike.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah. Albert Brear does. Does say that there was a lawsuit.

[Tony]

Yep.

[Dan Le Batard]

I will just correct Mike when he. When he says. Just so that you don't think us indelicate, when he says nothing happened. Nothing illegal was found to have happened.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah. Someone lost their life.

[Dan Le Batard]

Something awful happened. That's correct. And three weeks after. After the accident, the family not wanting to talk about it is certainly understandable. But also, if there was a lawsuit, that might be part of how it is that that gets settled so that the family doesn't talk about it because they cannot talk about it. All of it sounds awful. And I will just say again that I remain surprised that something like this could happen. When he was a sophomore and it largely escaped the attention of the public at a. When secrets are just not possible to keep anymore. Like, it's just.

[Mike Ryan]

Well, the NFL draft brings all that stuff out.

[Dan Le Batard]

No doubt.

[Zas]

Kraft Mac and Cheese is better than 90s hip hop. We'll remind you of your childhood without making you feel incredibly old. Kraft Mac and Cheese. Best thing ever.

[Dan Le Batard]

Don LeBatard.

[Mike Ryan]

It sounds to me like everybody could

[Jeremy Tashay]

use a hug, because a hug is

[Mike Ryan]

always the right size. Stu, all I have put in my body today is three cups of coffee in an entire cup of honey.

[Dan Le Batard]

Don't let him fool you.

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He said in the break that he's jittery.

[Zas]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the st.

[Dan Le Batard]

So how was spring practice while you were out there? 20 yards behind the line of scrimmage, breathing hot on the neck of these teenagers that you want to win you a championship. That's how it was.

[Mike Ryan]

Hey, I believe Chase Smith is close to 30 years old, and so is Motore.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

Hey, Motore.

[Tony]

Very important.

[Mike Ryan]

Rest in peace. He died for us, everyone.

[Tony]

Exactly right. We'll never forget that. Just like we.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah. Spring games this weekend. Miami seems to be rolling with a true freshman at left tackle. You got to be a special talent to do that. Jackson Cantwell has been, as advertised, been incredible. Miami looks real good. Jordan Lyle continues to be a green tree. Hall of Famer. Malachi, Tony, different number. So at one point, I had to look at my roster sheet and be like, who's number one? He's Pretty good. That's not Jojo. And it was Malachi Toney again. Superstar. Total superstar. The wide receiver room is really impressive.

[Dan Le Batard]

So. So just to be clear, you went out to practice on your off day.

[Mike Ryan]

Can't confir Malachi Tony. Good.

[Dan Le Batard]

So. Okay, so you reconfirmed that. Roy, do you have. Thank you.

[Mike Ryan]

That's why I'm one of the proprietors of Kane's insight or insight on that. By the way. We have a new app download. It runs really smoothly.

[Dan Le Batard]

Can they get you saying that malarkey is good?

[Mike Ryan]

All sorts of observations like that. Really, really, really keen observation from practice. Mensah stretched the field a little bit more this time, which was good to see. And I got to tell you, this Josh Moore kid who played some last year, had a. Had a nice moment against USF as a true freshman. He has really leveled up. And I think Cooper Barkade's gonna have a lot of yards here. But if you're just dropping in and watching these guys like, it's a testament to how good that room is. Because wide receiver, which was something that Miami was worried about last year, that room is totally level.

[Dan Le Batard]

He was good at Duke.

[Mike Ryan]

He was a thousand yard receiver. Yeah. And he does not flash compared to the rest of that room. It is really, really good.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's a big difference over the last four years because I would say that outside of Malachi, they have been hurting there for four years. Four straight years.

[Mike Ryan]

Well, Xavier Restrepo had a thousand yard season two and set the all time school record when it came to receiving yards.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm not talking about everything around them though. I'm talking about who you trusted as a second receiver. You were talking about rooms like. I'm not. Yes. You're not wrong that they've had. They. I guess, I mean Restrepo is a college star. That can't be questioned. But man, they're number two and number three. Receivers for the last three or four years don't do anything. No way of separation.

[Mike Ryan]

No. When CJ Statistics. No. When CJ Daniels went down, Miami really felt that. And you're wondering who was going to step up. And they, they really had a magical run in the postseason. You didn't really know what you were going to get outside of Malachi, Tony. So I feel much better about the receivers now. The, the athletes are just ridiculous, dude. And the, the kids that are coming in for visits, they're. They're gigantic.

[Dan Le Batard]

Do you see the difference though? Do you see the difference between what it is that you were watching five Years ago. Jeremy, why are you laughing?

[Jeremy Tashay]

What he says the kids. And it just brought me back to your question of do you like breathing hot neck on hot. Hot air on the neck.

[Mike Ryan]

Teenagers.

[Jeremy Tashay]

Hot neck.

[Tony]

Good start. Let's. It's not a plan.

[Jeremy Tashay]

It's still a better start than Dan's question.

[Mike Ryan]

We don't have to put that on the poll.

[Jeremy Tashay]

It's all right, right? Do you like breathing hot neck on the neck of hot.

[Tony]

I'm trying to be nicer, Dan.

[Mike Ryan]

Teenagers.

[Tony]

The play on for me.

[Dan Le Batard]

Give me back my son. It was a play on for you.

[Jeremy Tashay]

That's same Mel Gibson from those tapes.

[Dan Le Batard]

Tony, you really have turned over a new leaf. That's a play.

[Tony]

It's post Easter, Dan. I'm trying to be nice.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's a play on. That's a play. How can you.

[Tony]

Play out for me?

[Dan Le Batard]

I mean, please cut that up for me. I. Did you guys hear that differently than I did? That is absolutely not a play on in any incarnation of this show. Whether it's Easter, whether you're being nice. That is never in the history of our show been a play on. Look, it says we've got to start comparing some of these because I think we've got an old. We got an old timer right there.

[Tony]

Hot neck was bad.

[Jeremy Tashay]

I've just raised the bar on what you expect from me to be so high that when I mess up, it just feels more monumental.

[Tony]

Hot neck.

[Mike Ryan]

Who cares?

[Zas]

That's not it.

[Dan Le Batard]

Jeremy, I understand why you're deflecting there. I would also argue that.

[Jeremy Tashay]

But really, the guy from the tapes, that Mel Gibson.

[Dan Le Batard]

I would also argue that you're working too much.

[Jeremy Tashay]

Me? No.

[Zas]

My wife actually said that when she saw Jeremy at the end of the Heat game last night. She was about talking talk. You're talking to somebody. I forget who. One important. And. And she goes, wow. He. How many jobs does he have?

[Dan Le Batard]

4. And you started this work week with that as the first thing that you said on the show. And it is not a play on. And Tony has fallen down on the floor laughing at the idea that he would even try and get away with saying that was a play on because it doesn't suit you. This inauthentic. Nice person.

[Tony]

Just a great start to the week.

[Dan Le Batard]

Roy, do me the favor grabbing for me some. A consortium. I was gonna say. I think it's the wrong word. Grab me a group of the worst things said on this show in the last couple of weeks. Is there gonna be anything worse than what it is that Zaslow was lamenting At UFC on Saturday. Let's stand back here. And what Jeremy is trying to say is that Mike was at practice and he was 20 yards behind some teenagers breathing hot breath on their necks.

[Jeremy Tashay]

That's it.

[Dan Le Batard]

This is how it came out.

[Jeremy Tashay]

He says the kids. And it just brought me back to your question of do you like breathing hot neck on hot. Hot air on the neck.

[Mike Ryan]

Teenagers.

[Jeremy Tashay]

Hot neck.

[Tony]

Good start.

[Jeremy Tashay]

He's admittedly not my best.

[Dan Le Batard]

He's three time Emmy winner Jeremy Tashay.

[Jeremy Tashay]

He says the kids. And it just brought me back to your question of do you like breathing hot neck on hot. Hot air on the neck.

[Mike Ryan]

Teenagers.

[Jeremy Tashay]

Hot neck.

[Tony]

Good start.

[Mike Ryan]

Are we gonna be this show now? Are we gonna be this show now?

[Dan Le Batard]

Are we gonna be this show now? We already are this show now against our will.

[Mike Ryan]

And you need to think long and hard. If this is a direction you want this show to go in, I think we should be one. That's an atmosphere that is a forgiving one.

[Tony]

Good start.

[Mike Ryan]

And allows people to power through.

[Tony]

Good start.

[Mike Ryan]

Cause if we're gonna be this show. So there's gonna be people that don't like how this plays out.

[Tony]

Good start. Dan, you were saying. Go ahead.

[Dan Le Batard]

Tony, you tried by saying it's Easter.

[Mike Ryan]

It was Easter.

[Tony]

Post. I said post Easter.

[Mike Ryan]

No, no, that's not. That's not true. Orthodox family over here. Easter was on Sunday.

[Tony]

Well, there you go.

[Dan Le Batard]

But it's Monday.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, yeah. It was Easter yesterday for many religions

[Dan Le Batard]

legend, but it's Monday. Yes.

[Mike Ryan]

And yesterday was Easter Sunday. It's Easter. It's still the Easter season.

[Tony]

Exactly.

[Dan Le Batard]

Rory was choking on day three. But it's still the master season. He stopped choking on day four. The Cyclones, Zazlo, they might be choking.

[Zas]

What's going on with them?

[Mike Ryan]

They might be choking.

[Zas]

Mike was so mad.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, bad form. Bad form. We. I haven't won a game in a month. And the playoffs are beginning next week. Final two games of the regular season. Your boy needs a point in. In both of these games against the warriors, parody has come to battle court in this new extended fronton. But also, more feet to your fronton means Manu has to run a little bit more, which has proven to be a bad thing for the Cyclones.

[Dan Le Batard]

He doesn't like.

[Mike Ryan]

Very bad.

[Dan Le Batard]

He doesn't like the new court, right?

[Mike Ryan]

No, no.

[Dan Le Batard]

That'll be a good question to ask him during south beach session.

[Mike Ryan]

During your south beach session.

[Dan Le Batard]

See if I could get something that gets aggregated.

[Mike Ryan]

He hates this court. We're really struggling right now. We need to win both these Games against Warriors. First toss tomorrow, 3 o'.

[Tony]

Clock.

[Mike Ryan]

Stream it on ESPN and on YouTube. And then Friday, the regular season finale of the spring season of Battle Court. Come on out the jam arena.

[Dan Le Batard]

You're not expecting though you're defending champion and the form you guys are showing here headed into the playoffs makes it sound like you don't. You're not enthusiastic, you're not giving off hope, you're telling people to go, but you, you feel a little bit broken.

[Mike Ryan]

I'm hopeful. I saw Art. Our team had a big time practice over the weekend. Players only, players only. Meeting the captain leading as he always does, decided to bring the troops together and see if we can turn this thing around. We're going to have to. All the teams are bunched up, but the Cyclones got off to such a great start. It's a little Rory day three action right now, so we're hoping for Rory day four.

[Dan Le Batard]

Zaz, how are you feeling? Headed into the playoffs here for the Miami Heat because you said last week they're not making the playoffs. They have to play Charlotte. Orlando choked it. Orlando choke.

[Zas]

That's a joke.

[Tony]

Joke franchise. An absolute joke franchise. Dan, did you see what happened?

[Dan Le Batard]

Yes, I did.

[Tony]

For the people that didn't know, okay, Desmond Bain, who is kind of an Ironman, played all 82 games. They check him into the game, he plays like nothing. Like five minutes, they take him out. Orlando needs this win to get out of the play in game.

[Zas]

They're playing five guys who started for Boston, you've never heard of them.

[Tony]

Baylor, Shireman, Good player. Mike. That's your boy, by the way. 37.

[Mike Ryan]

Seven. Yeah, yeah. I'm like, who's this guy? Exciting whites.

[Tony]

They have a bunch of them there. So they're losing. The Boston Celtics want a 30 to like 8 run. All of a sudden you see Desmond Bate at the end of the bench tying his shoes and stretching again. He hadn't played in 40 minutes of game time. They brought him back in. They ended up losing. Just a joke franchise. The entire thing is a clown show.

[Dan Le Batard]

Put it on the poll, please. At Lebatard show. Are the Orlando Magic a joke choke clown show.

[Tony]

Glad you added the clown show at the end.

[Dan Le Batard]

Joke choke clown show. Because they, they lost at Boston yesterday in a game that they were 13 point favorites in because they were playing their guys and Boston wasn't even playing their bench. They were playing the portion of the bench that never plays. Like it's not. It's the guys who get the last three minutes of the game when they're winning by 40. That's it. And so for Orlando to lose that game, when they came all the way back, they went. They came all the way back trailing all game and then lost it in the last 50 seconds. And now their, their path is brutal when all of us. I'm not joking when I say that's one of the most disappointing teams in that entire league.

[Zas]

Yep. Orlando, you would have guessed, especially because Indiana we knew was going to be down this year. You thought Boston would be a little bit down. Orlando probably should have been a top four team in the Eastern Conferences year and instead because they lost yesterday, they could have jumped as high as six if they won. But instead because they lost, they dropped to eight. So they have to play at Philadelphia in the play in just to make the playoffs. But the Heat are not going to make.

[Mike Ryan]

I can't believe the Hawks won this division. If you would have told me that a couple months ago over, over Orlando. That's. It's crazy. No, the good news is we get Knicks, Hawks now in an opening series. That should be really good. The bad news is we get Cavs,

[Tony]

Raptors, NBA TV series, here we come.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah. Oh, but there's more bad news than that. Bad news for the Eastern Conference. The Celtics started 5 and 7 and finished 51 and 19 and you know, played most of those games without Jason Tatum. Like that's going to be, it's going to be a problem.

[Tony]

Missoula should win coach of the year for what he did with this roster because he had guys like Luke Garza, Ron Harper Jr. And Bayer, Baylor Shireman, who all had more than 27 points.

[Dan Le Batard]

I mean, 56 wins for the Celtics this year.