The Big Suey: Aghast and Agog (feat. Nick Wright)

Summary

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Episode: The Big Suey: Aghast and Agog (feat. Nick Wright)
Date: October 21, 2025

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Episode Overview

This episode, recorded live from the Elser Hotel in Downtown Miami, brings together Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, and their crew, joined by FS1’s Nick Wright. The central theme circles around the unpredictable world of high-stakes sports gambling, the pain of "can’t-miss" bets gone wrong, and the emotional (and sometimes comedic) fallout that follows. The crew pivots between Nick’s high-rolling gambling stories, an inside look at NBA locker room dynamics (with an emphasis on LeBron, Russell Westbrook, and the Lakers), media narratives in sports, and their fitful journey through sports culture and pop-culture drama.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Zaslow’s "First Class" Bus Trip

(02:36-03:32)

• Zaslow expects first class amenities as part of ESPN college football coverage, only to realize his connecting “first class” leg is a three-hour bus ride to South Bend.
• The crew jokes about his confusion looking for a luxury bus seat, emphasizing the humbling nature of sports media travel.

2. Nick Wright’s Gambling Lament: Near Misses & Losses

(03:32-13:13)

• Nick voices deep frustration over a big sports bet and poker losses, dramatizing the "bordering on insolvency" feelings associated with living on the ups and downs of gambling.
• He explains sitting on a lucrative futures ticket (purchased at 28-1 odds) and then using those hypothetical winnings to justify riskier behavior, with disastrous results.
  • Quote [04:01, Nick Wright]:
    "Folks think right now I'm happy as a clam...So why am I bordering on insolvency? Just follow me on a journey."
• Nick recounts playing poker at a billionaire's penthouse (not a joke), losing more than he could afford, and failing to deliver on a $5,000 promise to “the shipping container” crew.
• The pain is heightened by the public nature of his wagers, especially during a perfect Chiefs weekend parlay where only one leg fails.
  • Quote [08:01, Nick Wright]:
    "Had I mentally spent that money? Maybe. Was I aghast and agog at so many things down the stretch of that game?"

Nick’s “Market Inefficiencies” and Untraditional Bets

(08:46-11:32)

• Nick delves into complex betting markets (like Polymarket), giving an example of betting against "Stephen A. Smith doing a LeBron-bullying media tour before NBA season." A long-shot bet turns to near-certainty, only for Stephen A.’s actions to torpedo it at the last moment.
  • Quote [10:32, Nick Wright]:
    "My empire is crumbling because of one man’s inability to take an L."
• Chris Cody emphasizes Nick's clinical, analytic approach to betting—but also his willingness to trust emotion and hunches for the Chiefs.
• Lesson: Never count a bet as a win before payout.

High Stakes, Card Games, and Regret

(13:13-15:17)

• Nick shares how gambling with his heart and pride ("to roll off five grand and just give it to my buddies") is as much about spirit as finance.
  • Quote [14:54, Chris Cody]:
    "Nick Wright, in order to bet an amount of money that hurts like these stakes, he is caring deeply. He wants to be able to win. So he says. So he can say like Hellmuth, I can roll off five grand and just give it to my buddies..."

3. Material Prizes: Watches, White Corvettes, and the Psychology of Staking

(15:17-21:48)

• Nick reveals he won a luxury Rolex (presidential day date, onyx face, baguettes) in a card game.
  • Quote [15:31, Nick Wright]:
    "That's a presidential day date...with the onyx face and the baguettes. Yeah. I won. Are those factory or are those not factory?"
• Discussion of incredibly high-stakes poker games and wealth flaunted in the card scene.
• Nick details being invited to $250,000 buy-in streamed poker games, the psychology of being staked versus playing with one’s own money, and why he won't risk others' money.
  • Quote [22:05, Nick Wright]:
    "I really only play with my own money and I really wish that wasn't the case last week. I wish it was all Dan's money that have been sick. Not my problem anymore..."

4. Vindication for the Chiefs & Media Misfires

(23:37-27:06)

• Nick seizes the moment to roast media pundits who prematurely declared the Chiefs dynasty over after a slow start, and the analytics community’s sometimes comical findings (e.g., Pro Football Focus grading Geno Smith above Mahomes).
  • Quote [25:34, Nick Wright]:
    "The king of the 'we actually get football' mountain...Pro Football Focus...gave Geno Smith a higher passing grade...than Patrick Mahomes. And we're supposed to act like that's credible."
• Nick scolds “alleged experts” for overreacting to short-term data and ignoring Mahomes and Andy Reid’s sustained excellence.
• He signs off championing simplicity over faux-sophistication in football takes.

5. NBA Gossip: LeBron James, Russell Westbrook, and the "Genius Series"

(31:04-41:04)

• A highlighted ringer article gives a behind-the-scenes look at a Lakers genius leadership session with Will Smith, where LeBron initially storms out (joined by Anthony Davis), only to return and monopolize the Q&A with Smith. Westbrook is left shaking his head at the perceived phoniness.
  • Quote [36:09, Chris Cody]:
    "The same guy who was trying to leave is now quoting back movie lines and going through the guy's whole life story...Westbrook watched in disbelief, shaking his head...I hate that fake shit."
• The crew and Nick dissect Hollywood optics, power dynamics, and the authenticity—or lack thereof—of modern NBA superstars.
• The Lakers’ locker room drama is used to highlight "fakeness," pecking order, and why Westbrook chafed at LeBron’s stardom.
  • Quote [41:18, Nick Wright]:
    "I'm Mo Green. I made my bones when you were going out with cheerleaders."

6. Meta Moments: Inside Jokes, Authorship, and Power Moves

(42:03-43:50)

• Self-deprecating references abound: the power of turning a hat forward (“Corporate Chris”), the journey from outsider to executive, and playful, self-aware roasting of show hierarchies.
• There’s an ongoing riff paralleling NBA hierarchies and the show's own ecosystem.
  • Quote [43:07, Chris Cody]:
    "That is how Chris rose into the position. He took his backwards cap and put it forward..."

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Notable Quotes & Timestamped Moments

• [04:01, Nick Wright]: "Folks think right now I'm happy as a clam...So why am I bordering on insolvency? Just follow me on a journey."
• [08:01, Nick Wright]: "Had I mentally spent that money? Maybe. Was I aghast and agog at so many things down the stretch of that game?"
• [10:32, Nick Wright]: "My empire is crumbling because of one man’s inability to take an L."
• [13:16, Nick Wright]: "No, I'm sending him a screenshot of a winning hand. Listen, this is...the life we have chosen."
• [14:54, Chris Cody]: "Nick Wright, in order to bet an amount of money that hurts like these stakes, he is caring deeply. He wants to be able to win."
• [15:31, Nick Wright]: "That's a presidential day date, by the way, for those watching day date..."
• [25:34, Nick Wright]: "Pro Football Focus...gave Geno Smith a higher passing grade...than Patrick Mahomes. And we're supposed to act like that's credible."
• [36:09, Chris Cody]: "Westbrook watched in disbelief, shaking his head and rolling his eyes every time LeBron spoke. 'I hate that fake shit,' westbrook said to a teammate afterward..."
• [41:18, Nick Wright]: "I'm Mo Green. I made my bones when you were going out with cheerleaders."
• [43:07, Chris Cody]: "That is how Chris rose into the position. He took his backwards cap and put it forward."

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 02:36 – Zaslow’s bus trip / Miami to South Bend
• 03:32 – Nick Wright’s recent gambling saga
• 08:46 – Nick’s “market inefficiencies” bets story
• 13:13 – Poker loss, gifting regrets, and lessons of gambling
• 15:17 – Winning a Rolex in a card game
• 22:05 – Staking, accountability, and the tension of playing with others’ money
• 23:37 – Nick rages at Chiefs doubters & PFF analytics
• 31:04 – Lakers drama: LeBron, Westbrook, and the “Genius Series”
• 42:03 – Inside jokes on hats, persona, and rising through the show

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Memorable Moments

• Nick’s wrestling with regret: For not gifting shipping container $5k, “covered in shame.”
• Clinical gambling lessons: “Don’t call it a win until it’s paid out.”
• Showdown over NBA “phoniness”: Westbrook vs. LeBron in genius session, Hollywood vs. grit.
• Pro Football Focus’ Mahomes hot take: Crew united in comic disbelief.
• Rolex watch as a poker trophy: A status symbol of both risk and luck.

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Final Tone and Flow

The episode is a fast-moving mix of darkly comic gambling confession, real emotion over wins and losses, and all-access athlete/culture gossip, laced with friendly roasting and the show’s signature blend of earnestness and absurdity. Nick Wright’s candor—about the agony of loss, the thrill of the bet, and the small humiliations of sports culture—anchors the episode and gives it memorable, relatable stakes.

A must-listen (or must-read recap) for any fan of behind-the-scenes sports media drama, the psychology of gambling, or the intricate dance between authenticity and performance at the heart of modern sports culture.

Transcript

[Nick Wright]

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[Mike Ryan]

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[Chris Cody]

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[Mike Ryan]

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[Nick Wright]

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[Chris Cody]

Excludes Massachusetts. Welcome to the Big Suey presented by DraftKings. Why are you listening to this show?

[Nick Wright]

The podcast that seems very similar to the other Dan Lebatard podcast. I'm sorry.

[Chris Cody]

I'm not going to apologize for that. In fact, the. The only difference seems to be this imaging. I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries that if they're just there. That hasn't happened to you guys.

[Mike Ryan]

I've done it.

[Chris Cody]

And now here's the marching man to Nowhere Fat Face and the habitual Liar.

[Nick Wright]

This episode of the Dan Lebatard show is presented by DraftKings. DraftKings. The Crown is yours.

[Chris Cody]

Zaslow has just returned from South Bend. I want to get some of his reporting. He says he was overtaken a bit, was surprised by the number of young people who are fans of the show in South Bend that he bust in first class. Bust in three hours.

[Mike Ryan]

That was wild.

[Chris Cody]

Yes, first class.

[Nick Wright]

I was telling people about that all afternoon yesterday. Everyone loved that story yesterday. I'm glad no one thought it was like a bit or it was fake. People were shocked by the story, and it's completely real.

[Chris Cody]

Well, let's include Nick Wright on this conversation. The story is that Zaslow, who's gotten first class amenities as he deserves as part of college football coverage at the highest levels of espn, is expecting to fly into South Bend first class. He gets there, and it's a connecting flight because Chicago's not that close to South Bend. And the second half of his first class flight is a bus that is going three hours to South Bend. And he did not know that. And so he's looking around, where's my first class seat? And he's on a bus.

[Nick Wright]

Well, I'd love to feel badly for him, Dan, but I'm. I'm in a bad way. I'm in a bad way.

[Chris Cody]

Well, here I. Okay, so. No, so. So Nick's feeling a bit.

[Nick Wright]

I didn't really come. I didn't come on to hear about your stupid bus trip. To be totally honest. I came on. What happened? What happened to Nick?

[Chris Cody]

No, it's. Well, what happened to Nick? So thank you, Nick, for correcting this. As though Nick had a big bet he made on behalf of the shipping container and he wasn't able to cash it. He's an honorable gambler and feel so.

[Nick Wright]

Much worse than that, Dan. Oh, it's really a lot. So here's the deal. It's important, I think, from a journalistic and public responsibility standpoint that if I'm going to come on this wildly popular show, as to your point, that young, impressionable Notre Dame students are listening to and talk about, you know, swaggering big bets with you, all these things that they see the other side of it, too, because I imagine folks think right now I'm happy as a clam. Chiefs are back where they should be, the favorites across the board. Mahomes is favored to win mvp. The now iconic play known as the tackle that turned the tide flipped the entire NFL season. So why am I. Why am I bordering on insolvency? Just follow me on a journey. If you would, Dan, Because I do feel badly for the shipping container because I really wanted them to win that five. That $5,000. I won.

[Chris Cody]

Such a gangster. It's such a gangster move by you in what you believe in spiritually, to be able to just dump five grand cash here and there as you w. Big in public with big bets. Like, I was proud of you for trying to give them a roll of gangster money.

[Nick Wright]

Yeah, well, you know what? We might be. We might. We might have to, you know, drop the stakes again. I'm gonna try to get through this. So here's the full setting. Here's the full scenario. I'm. I am sitting on a futures ticket that the expiration of is today. That is a stone winner that was purchased at, like, 28 to 1 that I have. I have cashed that money in my mind, and it's a big enough winner that I am then giving myself the grace to take some bigger shots. Like, we're gonna try to run this up. And so one of the shots was the poker game right after I won the Lions bet with you. And that poker game was bigger than I can play in. I told you it was at a billionaire's penthouse. That was not a lie. I told you I thought I had an edge in the game. That was not a lie. But it was. It was bordering on irresponsible to play. But I have this, you know, this piece of equity in this futures ticket that even if I lose, will cover almost all of that night. And I did lose. And because of that, I wasn't able to give the shipping container $5,000, which.

[Chris Cody]

Again, but crushes you. Like, for people who think it crushes me. Oh, my God.

[Nick Wright]

And it crushes me even more when I knew it could have been Billy's goodbye present. I'm watching you cry. Talk about Billy Gill. I'm. What? I'm getting emotional. And I. And I. I. I almost. And thank God I didn't. I almost texted you after I saw that. Just give the whole thing to Billy or. Whoa. Be fine. Anyway. He's fine. He got paid.

[Mike Ryan]

He can go to hell.

[Nick Wright]

Okay. All right, but wait, guys. And I'm going to try to get there, but I want to do this story justice. But again, I'm. I'm okay. And then this weekend, I do as I do often. Not always, but often because I'm a reverse hedger. I don't emotional hedge. I don't hedge bets. I actually just go, Max pleasure. Max pain. So I made a perfect chiefs weekend parlay, which that Is the Chargers losing Check. The Chiefs winning? Check. And what's the last piece of that to put them in first place in the afc?

[Mike Ryan]

Broncos losing.

[Nick Wright]

The Broncos losing.

[Chris Cody]

Oh my God.

[Nick Wright]

Had I mentally spent that money? Maybe. Was I aghast and agog at so many things down the stretch of that game?

[Chris Cody]

You've got to be shitting me, Nick.

[Nick Wright]

You, I'm not. You are a God. I'm not shitting you. I, and, and here's the other piece of it that you need to understand. I take screenshots of the cash out options and send them to my gambling consortium because I'll never cash out. Never I ever, under any circumstances because it's just, it's not ev. And I'm not going to do it. But I'm, I, I'm texting my buddies. I'm texting your friend Adam Lefkoe, my friend Danny Parkins. Look at these guys thinking, I'm going to let him off the hook. I'm going to. But I was, but again, it's okay. That was more what I could win than what I lost because I have this, this ticket that again is supposed to pay out.

[Chris Cody]

Tony wants more information Tony wants more information on this ticket you can catch.

[Nick Wright]

Well, that's what I'm about to explain. That's what I'm about to explain, Dan, because listen, I know this is a DraftKings show and I, I, I, I love DraftKings. I've done great stuff with them. I, I do stuff with Hard Rock. This is. But there are certain types of wagers you can make that DraftKings and the traditional gambling outfits don't offer, which places like Cali and polymarket have started to do, which is futures contracts. You can basically be like, hey, will Joe Buck say safety on Monday Night Football? And you know, whatever it is. So I dabbled in that about nine months ago and I hit a nice, nice win on a few things to where that was a real amount of money. And there's like a sports media piece of it that there's not, it's not a very vibrant market. But like for instance the, you know, I smashed the over on Pablo Torre Peabody Award mentions post him losing it because the marketplace thought, well why he won't keep mentioning this, he didn't win the award. So that was like over under five and a half in 2025 that cash by August. So I've got a real amount of money in that account and I bet no on a bet that I will tell you what it is in just a Moment and no was trading it when I bet it at 7 cents a share. If you guys don't know how it works. A winning bet pays 100 cents, a losing bet pay zero. So it trades like a stock market. So they were saying basically at a 7% chance of happening. And as of two days ago that was at around 91% and this was how I was going to pay off the poker debt. And that bet was prior to the start of the 2025, 2026 NBA season. Will Stephen A. Smith do another media tour about how LeBron bullied him and he couldn't wait a day? Another and tour means more than one appearance. Can't just be set in passing. And the day before the start of the season I gotta watch this guy go on and say they didn't have the right camera angle. I I, I, I, I gotta, I gotta, I gotta watch. I gotta see the pivot. And then all of a sudden 7pm in Brooklyn and realize my empire is crumbling because of one man's inability to take an L. And I just. I Dano. I'm in a bad way. That's all.

[Chris Cody]

So he suffers these things. Chris. If you think that Nick Wright is fooling around. He is looking for market inefficiencies unemotionally throughout sports.

[Nick Wright]

This is a clinical made a Chiefs parlay.

[Chris Cody]

This is no but it's a clinical business to him. It's not because he believes just that the Chiefs are that thinks that he's.

[Nick Wright]

Exploiting an easy chief bet is an emotional one. That's not analytical. I'll be honest. Most of the other bets are pretty analytical. The Chiefs parlay wasn't I again guys.

[Chris Cody]

No. The Chiefs will slaughter a team and then be kneeling victory formation with four minutes left in the game. And they'll pull my homes out in the third quarter because everyone agrees. Even Pete Carroll. Yep.

[Nick Wright]

Yep.

[Chris Cody]

Let's wrap this all up. They're a great deal better than we are. Yeah. You had all that coming and I was loud wrong for three weeks in doubting that it would be back at all.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[Nick Wright]

But on the bright side of that Dan, you're not broke. So you know I get. I just Listen you we have to rebuild.

[Chris Cody]

Okay.

[Nick Wright]

So you're gonna chase.

[Mike Ryan]

All right.

[Chris Cody]

We're gonna chill. You're gonna chase it now because you're in.

[Nick Wright]

You can't not. I mean you can't not man. I mean the, I mean was, was. Here's a, here's a question. I'm gonna text this to Chris Cody. Just be and he won't even understand. And Cody, don't put this on screen because. But I just want you to see it and I don't. Let me see if the phone is. If the time is even on there because what I'm texting Chris Cody is a picture from 1:30 in the morning of me playing a game called Deuce to seven Drama hall in a crypto poker casino. Okay, I'm looking. Yeah, I mean that, by the way.

[Chris Cody]

I mean, are you sending him an amount of money? A screenshot?

[Nick Wright]

No, I'm sending him a screenshot of a winning hand. Listen, this is. This is. This is the life we have chosen. And I just felt it was important for me to apologize to the shipping container for not coming through for them. And then also important to let the audience know, don't ever consider a ticket a winning ticket until it is won. Even if all you need for it to be a winning ticket is the biggest name in sports media. To hide his utter shame and embarrassment that he got in his mind, I guess punked on national TV nine months ago. For one more day, Nick. Just one more day. Put it in perspective. Did you lose out on more or less than the cost of a human heart on the black market? Well, I don't know what that cost. That seems. Well, Tony told us it's $500,000. 500K. Oh, oh, under, Under. Did I though? Yeah, definitely under. I mean, it's not.

[Chris Cody]

But you live in a dirtier world than Tony. The heart, the human heart is more expensive to Tony. Look, look, I think Tony, you might think you're more gangster than Nick Wright. Nick Wright is travel. Nick Wright is traveling through some regions where he could find out what a human heart costs because that's how desperate the people who are gambling against.

[Nick Wright]

I lay my sword at the feet of Nick Wright. I lay my sword at the feet of Nick Wright in dirtier places than I've ever been. Or I can even.

[Chris Cody]

It's not just dirtier places.

[Nick Wright]

Dirty off.

[Chris Cody]

It's not. It's not just dirtier places. It's that Nick Wright, in order to bet an amount of money that hurts like these stakes, he is caring deeply. He wants to be able to win. So he says. So he can say like Hellmuth, I can roll off five grand and just give it to my buddies because I took these suckers over here. Like it's the whole spirit of who Nick is. Yeah.

[Nick Wright]

That it's all true. I the. Again, I can't tell this story on publicly. I can kind of Tell it. But this. This watch I won in a card game. Really?

[Mike Ryan]

That's a.

[Nick Wright]

That's a presidential day date, by the way, for those watching day date.

[Mike Ryan]

Which means it's even more money.

[Nick Wright]

Yeah. With the onyx face and the. And the baguettes. Yeah. I won. Are those factory or those not factory?

[Mike Ryan]

They.

[Nick Wright]

Are they aftermarket? No, no, no. This is this factory.

[Mike Ryan]

But. Howdy, listeners. It's Mike Ryan and Chris Cody.

[Nick Wright]

Hey, everyone.

[Mike Ryan]

Hey, Chris. We love hanging out so much. You were at my birthday the other day.

[Chris Cody]

You're old.

[Mike Ryan]

You know what I saw in your hand?

[Nick Wright]

What?

[Mike Ryan]

A can of Miller. Whether it's a can, whether it's a bottle, a draft pour of Miller light. The draft pour. You see that beautiful iconic color right away.

[Nick Wright]

The ice coldness to it.

[Chris Cody]

Oh, just so.

[Mike Ryan]

Yes, Chris. The ice coldness to it.

[Chris Cody]

Oh.

[Mike Ryan]

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[Nick Wright]

Hittin different.

[Mike Ryan]

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[Nick Wright]

That icy coldness.

[Mike Ryan]

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[Nick Wright]

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[Chris Cody]

Cards to your favorite retailers.

[Nick Wright]

Find your Zen and keep finding rewards that fit your [e-mail] rewards. Warning. This product contains nicotine. Nicotine is an addictive chemical. Thursday Night Football's on and it's only on Prime Video. This week, the Minnesota Vikings head west to face the Los Angeles chargers. Covers begin 7pm Eastern with football's best party, TNF tonight. Not a Prime member. Not a problem. Simply sign up for a 30 day free trial. It's the Vikings and the chargers Thursday at 7pm Eastern only on Prime Video restrictions apply. See Amazon.com Amazon prime for details. Don LeBatard. I've never stepped foot on that campus. I, if you told me right now, your life depends on it. Go to Santa Fe University and just, just, just take a picture.

[Mike Ryan]

Stugats.

[Nick Wright]

I would die. I don't know where it is. This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stugach.

[Chris Cody]

I'd love a top five list of Nick's top five, like things he's won.

[Nick Wright]

In a poker game.

[Chris Cody]

No. Most valuable jewels, baubles, symb. Symbolic jewels.

[Nick Wright]

This is number one. This is number one by, by a lot. And I'm glad I got to show it and tell that story because I'm about another 10 day downswing away from having to, you know, one of the, you know what they say about fancy watches. They only. You're kind of costing yourself, you're costing yourself money by not getting one because they only go up in value. And I'm about 10 days away from having to test that theory. Dan. Find out. Tony, I don't know. I, I mean you, you clocked it right there. I mean, you can on or offline make me an offer. We can sit. It's more than I can offer you.

[Mike Ryan]

I know what, I know what it's.

[Nick Wright]

Going for right now. And somebody would buy it for not the money I have.

[Chris Cody]

You saw him clock it. You saw him say 70 grand. 75 grand. How did he. Did he read it on your face or did you say.

[Nick Wright]

Oh, well, no, just the way he, the way he, I mean, the way he snapped. Knew exactly what, what I. A man that can do that knows about what the going market rate is for it. Yeah, that's about 7, about 70, 75. If you go to a dealer, they'll probably low cut you tell you 50.

[Mike Ryan]

But you don't want to do that.

[Nick Wright]

Clock that wide.

[Mike Ryan]

No.

[Nick Wright]

Yeah. I didn't even turn off phrase. How was your bus trip, Zaz? I mean, Zazlo.

[Chris Cody]

Just be quiet for a second. The story that Nick Wright brings us.

[Nick Wright]

Just as zazzle a question.

[Mike Ryan]

Just be quiet.

[Nick Wright]

No, I'd rather do what Dan's doing. Dan's right, because he might have. He might have. You know, Dan's, Dan's a genius for a lot of reasons. He might have. He might figure out the only way to make, you know, for me to feel a little bit better in this whole situation.

[Chris Cody]

Well, let's do that. That's what I wish to do. And I thank you for revealing your vulnerability and also because this I don't think. I think that they think that you casually lost five grand the other day when. I'm guessing. I don't know if I have this right, but the stakes, where Nick gambles with his heart, like, where he actually cares about stuff. I'm guessing the fact that he couldn't call and make a video in the middle of the night that says, here's the five grand I won. That was a great shame to him. A bit of a disgrace, because he.

[Nick Wright]

Thought he was gonna leave a great. It was a great shame and disgrace. And it also was only because I had lost a mini multiple of that. Like, if. Yeah, of course it was. Especially because I'm supposed to be this great card player. I believe I actually am, and I'm losing to a bunch of finance dorks. Like. Come on, man. Like the I. And so. And so, yeah, that was. It was. It was covered in shame. There is no question about it. And then the real question is, did I, as the game ended, say, hey, same time next month? Right? And the answer to that is, of course, yes.

[Chris Cody]

Well, so this is where we have.

[Nick Wright]

Spin this back, but this is where.

[Chris Cody]

We have to figure out what the stakes need to be. Because before we were going to do white Corvette. I don't know what happened with that. But now. Now we've got to start putting. If you're going to chase it and we're going to. You're so basically. All right, so. Yeah, all right.

[Nick Wright]

So, of course, Nick, what if this show, and by that I mean Dan, puts you in the game and we do a little 50.

[Chris Cody]

50.

[Mike Ryan]

We stake you.

[Nick Wright]

Yeah, we stake you. So I don't do. So here's the deal. That. That's actually a. So I got again. And then all. And then again. I hope the audience likes this. I don't know. I got invited. There's a. There's a stream. A poker stream out in LA called Hustler that they play varying size games and anywhere from, like a $5,000 buying game today have a game where everyone at the table sits with over a million dollars, like, insane wealth, right? I got invited to a game that Bait. Basically, you would have to have a quarter of a million dollars to play and to feel comfortable. And I had folks, once they saw who the lineup was, offer that exact thing to buy pieces of my action, you know, to stake me. So I put up 50, they put up 200, and then the split goes 80, 20 their way. I don't like doing that because I don't feel like I play cards. But I, if it's, if I feel accountable to someone else, I don't think I play my best. I feel like I don't make a move that I think is a smart move because if I'm wrong and it looks bad, will the person think I dusted off their money? So I try not. I really only play with my own money and I really wish that wasn't the case last week. I wish it was all Dan's money that have been sick. Not my problem anymore. This guy's trying to bet white Corvettes for a lark. I don't know. I mean, I mean, I guess he's been rich for a long time.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah, he's. He's serious about this. I want. Let's figure out how to do this. I want to continue to raise the stakes. I will no longer bet against Kansas City, though that would seem to be foolhardy at this point.

[Nick Wright]

Well, I mean there is, there is that and that is. And, and listen, I mean that I. There is some solace. There's double solace. One is for my, my, you know, child's heart of my hometown team. The only sports team I've ever truly lived and died with being back to greatness, that. That makes me feel good and pure and awesome. There is also the spiteful piece of me that wants there to be some form of accountability. And I'm not talking about you, Dan per se, but you might be lumped in with this for all the alleged experts across every form of media that stared at a team that been to seven straight conference championship games, five of the last six Super Bowls, three straight and 12 of the last three Super Bowls. And because they started 02, they were like, well that's over. Clearly they're broken people I really respect. Stephen Ruiz of the Ringer writes an article the slow boring demise of the decay of the Chief's dynasty. Bill Barnwell 3 weeks ago who I think is the single smartest person covering football did. Hey, let's look at these trades from years ago and re grade them and graded the the Tyree Kill Chiefs™ a win for Miami and a loss for the Chiefs. The Chiefs have been to every super bowl since then. The Dolphins are imploding. And then the piece de resistance, the. The. The. The king of the. We actually get football Mountain Pro Football focus at Sunday. Dan, I don't know if you know this. I swear this is true. Sunday gave Geno Smith a higher passing grade for that game than Patrick Mahomes. And we're supposed to act like that's credible.

[Chris Cody]

That can't be.

[Nick Wright]

That happened.

[Chris Cody]

That can't.

[Nick Wright]

That happened.

[Chris Cody]

You're lying to me. That did not.

[Nick Wright]

I swear to God.

[Chris Cody]

Go to pro football Focus on Sunday.

[Nick Wright]

Geno Smith, 67.2 passing grade, and they gave Patrick Mahomes a 62.2 passing grade. That is a fact. Look it up. To which I would say, a logical company would say, boys, we have to shut it all down and pause. Go click on passing grade. Scroll down just for week seven. For two quarters. For week seven. Is that on week seven.

[Chris Cody]

Lying. You are a liar.

[Nick Wright]

Swear to God.

[Chris Cody]

They took my home video.

[Nick Wright]

Just said, give me a second.

[Chris Cody]

They. They took Mahomes out in the third quarter. They were in victory formation with Minshew with four minutes left in the game.

[Nick Wright]

And the smartest people covering football allegedly said, well, when you. When you actually look at the tape, Geno Smith played slightly better. That's true. So I. The I, at some point, all of football commentary is that stupid IQ meme where the. The total, you know, like, morons and the geniuses. And by geniuses, I mean me. Agree. Have the exact same take, which is, I don't know. The team with Mahomes and Reed that always wins will probably win. And in the very middle is the people who think they're smart. They're like, well, when you look at the dvoa, the Ravens have actually been better, and it's the Lions era. And, Dan, I'm sorry, in this instance, you're the guy in the middle. I gotta go. I love you guys.

[Chris Cody]

All right. See you later. Thank you, Nick.

[Nick Wright]

I feel a little better after that. Yeah, I feel a little better. Chiefs, Colts in a month. Wow, that's a big one.

[Chris Cody]

If. I don't know if he's back tomorrow or not, but we'll figure out what the state he's not.

[Mike Ryan]

Can I ask him one question before he goes real quick? You gave us the vine at the start.

[Nick Wright]

I think he's gone.

[Mike Ryan]

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[Nick Wright]

Don LeBatard world raw three stugats. We're gonna get that off.

[Mike Ryan]

World War Three colon. Our group chat has a pretty good feeling about this one.

[Nick Wright]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the stug.

[Mike Ryan]

I mean, he was gonna share Stephen A. Smith opinions because Stephen A. Had a day yesterday.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah, well, I suppose that we should have this because, man, oh man, there are a lot of people mad at him and the black community is like, feeling he's running off toward where Whitlock is without realizing it. And so some shit is happening.

[Mike Ryan]

Wait, Roy, can you speak for the black community and not Dan?

[Nick Wright]

Yeah, Dan's right. You're good, Dan.

[Mike Ryan]

There you go. You're good.

[Chris Cody]

I mean, well, I just. For the last look, Stephen A. Smith has parlayed an amazing, a really amazing career from being fired at ESPN to getting all the power at ESPN and then negotiating a really groundbreaking deal where at ESPN they only pay him millions and millions to do first take. And now he's gonna do the same thing in politics with his own radio show and his empire and the political depths. And we're in a divisive time right now. And obviously we're in a divisive time right now. If you have the depth and stomach for politics, it can't just be fame as the currency. And you're going to be seen as well. You're gonna get to the other parts of his day. But in betraying the black community in some spaces where you're kowtowing to Donald Trump because he's in power in a way that can't be abided in the modern age. No matter how central you are. Like, this has to be fought what is presently happening. And you can't turn on your own people publicly while feeding your political ambition.

[Mike Ryan]

I was Talking about his LeBron takes and the Kyrie one, too.

[Nick Wright]

He was right about that one.

[Chris Cody]

So this article, I don't know why.

[Mike Ryan]

We'Re towing cows, this article that you've.

[Chris Cody]

Handed me here that writes about a Hollywood ending, the dreams and drama of the LeBron Lakers.

[Mike Ryan]

There's some good stuff in there, too. I had forgotten Russell Westbrook was Laker with LeBron James. I had put that out of my mind.

[Nick Wright]

Makes sense now. You saw that video, the other day where Russell Westbrook wouldn't sign the autograph for the kid holding a Westbrook Laker jersey.

[Mike Ryan]

All right, so I think, look, people can call Russell Westbrook a lot of things. I don't think fake is one of them. Russell Westbrook gives off. He's real.

[Nick Wright]

I think Westbrook looks good in this whole situation.

[Mike Ryan]

He does. And he's playing to a longstanding theory, which is as real as Russell Westbrook appears. LeBron be it, his revisionist history is his constant cappen, as Jalen Ramsey called it.

[Nick Wright]

Westbrook is saying all the things I think that a lot of players are thinking.

[Mike Ryan]

Braun is perceived as a phony.

[Nick Wright]

You ain't reading these books.

[Mike Ryan]

Well, that's part of it. There's a. The ringer.

[Nick Wright]

You can't give me a single line from the Godfather, your favorite movie ringer point. You can't give me. Fredo, I knew it was you.

[Mike Ryan]

If you like the juicy NBA locker room gossip stuff, and if you like stories about LeBron being a phony, the ringer just gave you a catnip with this incredible story that apparently all came to a head revolving around this speaker series that the Lakers had put together. They had Kendrick Lamar show up, and they had Dwayne the Rock Johnson show up. And six months after the Academy Awards controversial slap between Will Smith and Chris Rock, they brought in Will Smith to speak to the team. Dan, I have done you the service to highlight some of these incredible exchanges. The writer did such a great job with this article in the Ringer that I think we should let him paint the picture here. Can you please turn to the part where they get to this genius series that Rob Pelinka had organized for the Lakers leadership, their players as sort of like a galvanizing moment for the team as it got off to a slow start that season.

[Chris Cody]

Okay, you're going to have to help me, Mike, because you guys handed this to me.

[Mike Ryan]

I highlight. I did help you. I highlighted it. Okay, but I'll turn to that page, Dan.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah, well, but, I mean, I thought.

[Mike Ryan]

I was helping you by giving you a bridge.

[Chris Cody]

We started. Well, the impetus. I don't know where we are in the reading materials, but the impetus appeared to be recent rumors Involving Kyrie Irving, LeBron's former costar was entering the final season of his contract with The Nets, a $36.9 million player.

[Mike Ryan]

Opt the right spot. Keep turning the pages and reading only the highlighted.

[Chris Cody]

With multiple outlets reporting that the Lakers were one of Irving's preferred destinations at the LeBron want, and that LeBron wanted a reunion. Negotiations between the Lakers and the Nets went nowhere, and the Nets had no desire to take Westbrook back. For the Lakers to acquire Irving would have been by dealing Westbrook. Westbrook knew this, and he knew that LeBron did as well, meaning that no matter what LeBron said in public, the reality was clear. He was pushing for the Lakers to ship Westbrook out.

[Mike Ryan]

That's right. I remember that now. Now all of a sudden, our minds are back at this point in time. Please keep reading.

[Chris Cody]

Westbrook knew LeBron's reputation. He'd seen all the examples of LeBron seemingly misrepresenting himself. There was the time LeBron claimed that the Godfather was his favorite movie. But then he failed to recall a single line when asked during a press conference to name one. There was the time he carried the autobiography of Malcolm X into a media session, but stumbled when asked to name his biggest takeaway.

[Nick Wright]

Look what they did to my boy. They massacre my boy.

[Chris Cody]

Palinka informed the players a special guest would be coming through. He'd created a program called the Genius Series, as you mentioned, and Will Smith arrived right after months removed from the Chris Rock Slap. When Palenque and Ham left to fetch him, LeBron, seated in a middle row, stood up. Y' all got this, he said. He stormed out a back door. Shit, man, davis said. He stood and followed LeBron out, stunned. The rest of the players sat there looking at each other, unsure what to do. Westbrook rose next. So are we all? He asked. Nah, Russ said Patrick Beverly, a brash veteran point guard the Lakers had acquired. We gotta stay.

[Nick Wright]

Leave the gun. Grab the cannoli.

[Chris Cody]

Them two guys can do whatever they want, Beverly said. They want a championship. Westbrook was thinking, as a nine time All Star and former MVP and future hall of Famer, why would there be a difference between him and them? Palenque came back in. Are we ready? He asked. We're not ready, Beverly said. We need five minutes.

[Nick Wright]

He sleeps with the fishes.

[Chris Cody]

Palenque left minutes later. I'm sorry, Zaz. I wasn't quite ready to have you do Godfather while Mike Ryan ordered me to read my own show.

[Mike Ryan]

Good stuff coming. Good stuff coming.

[Chris Cody]

Ham re entered and sat silently at the front of the room as Westbrook and Beverly continued arguing.

[Mike Ryan]

That's good leadership right there.

[Chris Cody]

He then stood up and exited through the same door LeBron and Davis had used. Soon after, he returned with both stars. Next, Ham went to get Palenque and Smith. When they all returned, Smith was greeted with smiles and daps. He opened the floor for questions, LeBron was first. He had a question, he said Smith answered. Then LeBron had another question, and another after that, and another after that, and another after that. On and on he went, stretching what was supposed to be a 30 minute session into nearly an hour. The same guy who was trying to leave is now quoting back movie lines and going through the guy's whole life story, one attendee recalled thinking, seating it in the third row, picking at a bowl of fruit. Westbrook watched in disbelief, shaking his head and rolling his eyes every time LeBron spoke. I hate that fake shit, westbrook said to a teammate afterward as the Lakers gathered for a team photo. I just can't do it. The next afternoon, the Lakers posted the picture on social media. There, standing a few feet to Smith's right, was Westbrook, his face twisted in a team picture into a scowl, quoting movie line.

[Mike Ryan]

So Will Smith, after leaving the meeting. Incredible. All while Will Smith just hanging out in the offices as the Lakers clear this thing up.

[Nick Wright]

Come to me on the day of my daughter video team. Can you put that picture back up for me really quick? Because there's somebody really important standing to LeBron's right, asking me if I. That's Cole Swider.

[Chris Cody]

Swider?

[Nick Wright]

Wh.

[Chris Cody]

I thought that was Rob Lowe. Honestly, every time I see Palinka, I think the same thing. I can't help but see that it's a great Hollywood actor that's leading the bogus Lakers.

[Nick Wright]

Everyone's so happy except Westbrook.

[Chris Cody]

It's the most human thing in the world, though, for Russell Westbrook to not feel like LeBron's much of a bigger star than him. And then that Russell Westbrook at the end of his career wouldn't like being powerless in a room where LeBron can trade him him.

[Mike Ryan]

I think it's also like Anthony Davis getting up and following him.

[Chris Cody]

Right?

[Nick Wright]

Anthony Davis. I mean, what a follower. I mean, LeBron gets. All right, I gotta get up too now, dork. Roy did the same thing the first time we had Tim Kirkchin in studio. Roy was just so overly eager to talk to Tim Kirk. I'm like, your wrist is fake, Roy.

[Mike Ryan]

Wow. You turned a 30 minute meeting into a 60 minute.

[Nick Wright]

Yeah, like Jason's All Star Weekend. Roy, you remember that?

[Chris Cody]

I think Roy was genuinely excited to meet and talk to Tim Kirk.

[Nick Wright]

N. He stole all the questions. He did a Q and a. Roy got all the questions.

[Chris Cody]

Roy hogged the Tim still think about this.

[Mike Ryan]

I had gotten up early and said, y' all got this.

[Nick Wright]

Oh, what's your favorite ballpark? Seven Questions in. Let me get a question next time.

[Chris Cody]

Roy, what do you remember? How would you defend yourself on this front? Did you hog all the Tim Kirk questions?

[Nick Wright]

I. I can't. I can't defend myself. Wow. Indefensible. There's a picture out there of me, Roy, Billy and Kirchen together.

[Mike Ryan]

That was the day I got up. Tony followed me.

[Nick Wright]

So y' all got this right.

[Mike Ryan]

Bimo was like, I'll get him.

[Chris Cody]

How. How human is all of that? LeBron didn't want to stay an extra hour at the facility to be with Will Smith. And then, I mean, the. The intimacy of that is cutting on both counts because I think most people. LeBron has spent eight years with the Lakers. It's longer than any other team he's been with. Westbrook toiled in his shadows while winning an MVP and being a great player. And at the end, LeBron got eight years in LA, and Westbrook bounces around on the fringes of the league when that was an mvp. And I get how the human dynamics of all of that would make Westbrook feel like LeBron had gone full Hollywood.

[Mike Ryan]

A scowling, angry, as if there's any other kind. Russell Westbrook picking at a bowl of fruit because he is now in a meeting that has gone into 60 minutes when it was supposed to be a short thing, while LeBron is Rose in front of him after threatening to leave, saying, welcome to Earth.

[Nick Wright]

I'm Mo Green. I made my bones. When you were going out with cheerleaders.

[Mike Ryan]

That's a great point in the movie.

[Chris Cody]

How will this stick to LeBron on just adds to the lore, Hollywood phoniness at the end.

[Mike Ryan]

He needs to lean in. He needs to lean in. I think LeBron's biggest issue, even dating back to wanting to wear the black hat because everybody hated him, was he obviously cares a lot what people think. You're at the age now, you're north of 40. Aren't we supposed to let some of that stuff go? I'm not saying stop being phony. I'm saying embrace your phoniness. Make it part of your character. Work with it. Be someone that laughs at the joke too.

[Nick Wright]

There's this photo.

[Chris Cody]

Roy, I think this is advice. This is advice for you that Mike is giving wisdoms from the back row. Be the one who laughs at the joke as well. I am told that you hogged all of the Tim Kirkchen time. Desperate Billy still resents it to this day. Might have cited as one of the reasons that he left. Look at Chris Cody right in the middle there Tony.

[Mike Ryan]

Tony and Mike not pictured. And Lorenzo can talk.

[Nick Wright]

Boy. Lorenzo, I didn't let talk.

[Chris Cody]

Tony and Mike went out of the side door like LeBron.

[Mike Ryan]

And we worked at the Cleveland. I went for happy hour, got one of those umbrella drinks.

[Nick Wright]

Chris, just wanted to ask one question. When did you switch from the backwards hat to the forwards hat?

[Chris Cody]

Good question.

[Mike Ryan]

When you became ep?

[Nick Wright]

Yeah, that day.

[Chris Cody]

That is really what you did. That is. That's.

[Nick Wright]

Hat goes this way. We need that hat to go this direction.

[Chris Cody]

Yes.

[Mike Ryan]

It's time to grow up, Colin Cower.

[Nick Wright]

Be proud.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[Chris Cody]

That's the last time I remember the Dolphins feeling this way was Cam Cameron or. Yeah, we need the thumbs to go in this direction. Well, that'll fix it, Coach.

[Nick Wright]

This your version of Corporate Chris.

[Chris Cody]

That is how Chris rose into the position. He took his backwards cap and put it forward. Zaslav's on the climb. Zasla's vying for the same position.

[Nick Wright]

He is a rising star.

[Chris Cody]

He just came. Came back from South Bend and all. He came back with. You will not believe how many people listen to your show. Bend True.

[Nick Wright]

A lot of people passing by the Airstream Studio just yelling typhoon.

[Chris Cody]

It's your signature phrase. Be careful what you say. There's Corporate Chris. That's how he rose up the ranks here when he followed Corporate Mike into the abyss. And for six straight months, he decided he was going to be someone who wore his cap in this direction.

[Nick Wright]

Best I ever looked. Right there. I used that photo often.

[Mike Ryan]

I miss Christmas. What do you mean often?

[Nick Wright]

Anyone needs, like, a headshot or something. Hey, we need a photo for something. I'm like, no way. There it is.

[Chris Cody]

The LeBron thing. Soap Opera welcomes in the NBA tonight with a doubleheader where the same stars are the stars that they have always been, and they've got the stage themselves at a crowded time. Because I really am ashamed again. For the second straight day, I am publicly ashamed that I am taking this long to talk about the baseball, because it is flat amazing. And Mike, Ryan Baten switched me by text last night. He's like, best two words in sports tonight. And I'm like, they better not pitch to Vlad. They better not pitch to Vlad. And he's like, baker Mayfield, the best two words, right? I did. I felt ashamed of myself.

[Mike Ryan]

I responded, yes, I tricked you.

[Chris Cody]

Best two words in sports. And I immediately want to talk to Ron. My analysis is, they better not.

[Nick Wright]

He's supposed to be a Mariners fan.

[Mike Ryan]

I was devastated. Baker kept missing high all night.

[Nick Wright]

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