Timothee Chalamet's New York Knicks | Hour 1

Summary

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Episode: "Timothée Chalamet’s New York Knicks | Hour 1"

Date: May 5, 2026

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Episode Overview

Live from the Elser Hotel in Downtown Miami, Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, and the crew deliver their trademark blend of sports analysis, pop-culture commentary, and comedic banter. This hour focuses on the New York Knicks’ electric playoff run, celebrity fandom (with a particular look at Timothée Chalamet and Ben Stiller), Met Gala cross-currents, and the dynamics of NBA and NHL playoffs. The gang also reflects on personal achievements, including their team’s recent Pulitzer Prize win, and playfully debates life’s priorities when great sports moments intersect with high-profile social events.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Knicks Playoff Euphoria and New York Celebrities

• The Knicks Dominate: The crew recaps the Knicks’ decisive victory over the Sixers, highlighting the wild celebratory scenes outside Madison Square Garden on 7th Avenue (04:20).

  • Mike Ryan: “The Knicks beat the Sixers last night by a thousand points. The game was not close. … 7th Avenue is packed, and they were so excited…” (04:20)

• Knicks Fans' Intensity: Discussion of fans literally trampling former Knick J.R. Smith and hassling a lone Sixers fan outside MSG.

  • Dan LeBatard: “J.R. Smith, maybe don’t go on 7th Ave … He wanted the people’s love and attention. Guess what? You found it, J.R. Smith.” (04:47)

• Celebrity Fandom—Met Gala vs. Playoffs:

  • Ben Stiller skips the playoff game for the Met Gala, challenging his “superfan” status.
    • Mike Ryan: “The Met Gala is every year. The Knicks in the playoffs with their best chance to win a finals in the last quarter century. Never happens.” (07:28)
  • Timothée Chalamet, in contrast, again picks a Knicks game over the Met Gala, sending “the Jenner girl” in his stead and cementing his status as the top celebrity Knicks fan.
    • Mike Ryan: “Chalamet might be number one Knicks fan two years running.” (10:54)

Memorable Quote

• Amin Elhassan (on celebrity priorities): “What do you prioritize more, sports or your relationship?” (08:16)
• Mike Ryan: “Sports. How do you think I got here? Look how great I’m doing. Clearly I’m making the right choices.” (08:18)

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2. Met Gala: Crossover with Sports

• Top 5 Met Gala Looks (15:37)

  • Jeremy Woo spotlights standout outfits, including Sabrina Carpenter’s “film dress,” Rachel Zegler’s Lady Jane Grey tribute, Bad Bunny’s “ageless” black suit, Heidi Klum’s marble statue look, and—humorously—Chalamet’s “tribute to basketball as art” (by simply going to the Knicks game).

• The Celebrity Superfan Rankings:

  • Mike Ryan: “Where’s sweet Spike Lee in this conversation about greatest living [Knicks fan]? … He [Spike] went to the Met Gala last year instead of a Knicks game. That’s a big strike against Spike.” (19:47)
  • The consensus: Chalamet is now “Number one” (19:57).

Memorable Quote

• Jeremy Woo: “The number one outfit … wearing a blue and black striped shirt at Madison Square Garden. Not white and gold. It’s Timothée Chalamet, a tribute to basketball being its own art form…” (18:57)

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3. NBA & NHL Playoff Analysis

• Knicks' Playoff Momentum:

  • Knicks are “kicking the shit out of teams” (20:14). Only Knicks postseason losses are by one point each, sparking speculation they may be the most dangerous team in the playoffs.
  • Dan LeBatard: “The Thunder are playing the best of anyone. But the Knicks have been very, very impressive as well, as I foretold months ago.” (20:49)
  • Discussion of Joe Mazzulla’s coaching missteps with Boston.

• Anthony Edwards Grit:

  • Praised for playing hurt and coming off the bench as a star.
    • Mike Ryan: “Anthony Edwards plays, man. … This is an injury supposed to keep him out … That dude plays.” (27:37)

• Victor Wembanyama’s Historic Game:

  • Wemby’s 12-block playoff game; debates over uncalled goaltending.
  • Amin Elhassan: “Why didn't they call Wembanyama for those goaltens last night? … He's goaltending all over the place.” (25:11)

• NHL Playoffs & McDavid/Drysdale/Oilers:

  • Humorous debates about the state of the Oilers, longing for a Buffalo Sabres title, and whether McDavid should request a trade.

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4. Pulitzer Prize Reflections

• Crew’s Recent Win (36:42)
  • Playful speculation on whether every show member deserves a trophy or coin, what the physical award actually is, and the pride in being recognized for long-form investigative audio journalism.
  • Dan LeBatard: “I’ll be honest with you, Zaz. It’s happened to me about maybe three times in the last 24 hours. I stop and I think and I get emotional, dude, like weird. Like I have feelings like a 14 year old.” (42:01)

Memorable Quote

• Jeremy Woo: “I’m just happy for you guys that you had an opportunity to, like, take a moment like this, take a program like this and run with it. … I take a lot of pride in what you’re doing.” (43:39)

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5. Lighthearted Banter and Show Lore

• “Back in My Day”—Ice Machines & Domestic Debates:

  • Extended riff on the merits and hazards of different types of refrigerator ice and drink dispensers sparking a uniquely “shipping container” argument. (01:01–03:41)
  • Amin Elhassan: “No one who goes, crushed. That’s monster.” (02:08)

• “Sports or Your Relationship?”:

  • The panel’s humorous, often exaggerated takes on how to navigate sports fandom versus relationship obligations.

• Mad Dog Russo “Deer without a Head” Clip:

  • The crew roasts a convoluted Mad Dog Russo cliche about the Orlando Magic, invoking deer “discombobulated offensively, running around without a head.” (33:31)

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Timestamps & Segment Highlights

| Timestamp | Segment/Topic | Notable Quotes | |-----------|--------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| | 04:20 | Knicks fans celebrate playoff win | "7th Avenue is packed..." | | 07:28 | Ben Stiller chooses Met Gala over Knicks | "The Met Gala is every year..." | | 10:54 | Chalamet as No. 1 Knicks Celebrity Fan | "Chalamet might be number one Knicks fan two years running." | | 15:37 | Jeremy’s Top 5 Met Gala Looks | — | | 19:57 | Chalamet officially "#1 Knicks fan" declaration | "Chalamet is number one." | | 20:14 | Knicks’ dominance in the playoffs | "Are the Sixers in big trouble?" | | 25:11 | Wembanyama’s blocks & rules confusion | "Why didn't they call Wembanyama for those goaltens..." | | 27:37 | Praising Anthony Edwards' toughness | "...that dude plays." | | 36:42 | Oilers/Edmonton playoff failures | "You saw the wolf in sheep's clothing..."| | 38:21 | Pulitzer reflections and crew pride | — | | 42:01 | Dan gets emotional about show’s achievements | "I stop and I think and I get emotional..." |

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Notable/Memorable Quotes

• “Sports. How do you think I got here? Look how great I’m doing. Clearly I'm making the right choices.”
  – Mike Ryan (08:18)

• “The number one outfit from last night, wearing a blue and black striped shirt at Madison Square Garden … It’s Timothée Chalamet, a tribute to basketball being its own art form as he cements himself as the number one living Knicks fan.”
  – Jeremy Woo (18:57)

• “Chalamet is number one [Knicks fan].”
  – Amin Elhassan (19:57)

• “I’ve been canvassing media for days now. NBA Radio, ESPN, all the different shows. … No, they’re talking about, ‘Oh, Jaylen Brown. Does he complain too much?’ … Missoula should be getting crushed every single day.”
  – Dan LeBatard (21:17)

• “I’ll be honest with you, Zaz. It’s happened to me about maybe three times in the last 24 hours. I stop and I think and I get emotional, dude, like weird.”
  – Dan LeBatard (42:01)

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Flow & Tone

The hour buzzes with insider sports analysis and quintessential Le Batard wittiness. The crew leaps from serious NBA playoff breakdowns to comedic diatribes about celebrity priorities and show in-jokes. Their ongoing debates about what truly makes a “real fan” and the hierarchy of famed Knicks supporters add a simultaneously light and meta-critical spirit to the discussion. The self-aware pride in their journalistic achievements, culminating in Pulitzer recognition, brings a unique, heartfelt note to the usual chaos.

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For New Listeners: Why Listen?

If you want an hour where sports analysis meets sidesplitting banter, celebrity gossip fuses with fan culture, and shout-outs to personal and professional milestones coexist with debates over fridge ice settings—this episode is for you. It’s a must-hear for Knicks fans, pop-culture obsessives, and anyone who loves to see the lines between sports, media, and everyday life blurred with humor and intelligence.

Transcript

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[Greg Cody]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stugach Spotcast.

[David Samson]

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

[Greg Cody]

Put it on the poll. Does the MLS stand again? If Leo Messi took 10 minutes every week to chat with the big dog.

[Mike Ryan]

Oh, that's a good poll question. That's a good poll question.

[Amin Elhassan]

I don't know if this is a poll question, but I mentioned to Zaz and to Greg.

[Mike Ryan]

What do you say that I think

[Amin Elhassan]

that we're inside of 10 years at this point, from every American home, having what the Lebatard Studio has, which is one of them fancy drink dispensers, carbonated, whatever your pleasure, any flavor. Oh, yes. Any of your favorite sodas available? A soda water, a seltzer, a flat water.

[Mike Ryan]

I got one of those in my house.

[Amin Elhassan]

You do?

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, yeah. But it's just water. But I got one of those in my house.

[Amin Elhassan]

Well, that's what I was curious about is. So I mentioned this, and Zaslow said, I have one of those machines in my house. Is it a machine? A water dispenser doesn't count as a machine. And then he said, no, the dispenser is mansion, by the way.

[Mike Ryan]

But go ahead.

[Amin Elhassan]

Right. Your mansion. But he said, no, the dispenser is just what you have in your refrigerator.

[Mike Ryan]

Right.

[Amin Elhassan]

And I say, no, no, that's a machine. That's the machine. That's a part of a. That's a small part of a larger mechanism. A machine.

[Mike Ryan]

No, I have a water machine now.

[Amin Elhassan]

You have a dispenser?

[Mike Ryan]

No, the dispenser is in the fridge. Okay. The fridge has an ice and a water dispenser, which I don't use.

[Amin Elhassan]

You got that? Crushed ice.

[Mike Ryan]

I could do crushed. Or I could do the big cube.

[Amin Elhassan]

No one who goes, crush. That's monster.

[Mike Ryan]

I don't. Yeah, I don't do crush. Because when I'm. When I'm drinking. I don't like to get with my beverage. I got these little. Little ice chips. I might choke because I'm not expecting that. I just want the liquid.

[Amin Elhassan]

Sometimes with my fridge, it'll be set to big cubes, but I get crushed.

[Mike Ryan]

Oh, you got to get a new fridge.

[Jeremy Woo]

I don't know what's going on.

[Mike Ryan]

Okay, that's not good. No, no. I could do either setting I want. But, Dave, I never put the crushed for the exact reason I said I don't want. It makes me feel weird when I'm drinking something and then I get part of an ice cube in my mouth. I'm not trying to chew. I'm trying to sell you the people.

[Amin Elhassan]

You're not. You're not precious. Eating the crushed ice, requiring crushed ice. Has any human being ever died on ice, though you don't want to choke on it. Nobody's ever lost their life in a battle against a large ice.

[David Samson]

Knock on wood.

[Mike Ryan]

I mean, I don't know. You swallow that big cube that they put in my whiske, if that goes down my throat, I could die.

[David Samson]

I feel like. You could Heimlich get out of there.

[Mike Ryan]

Really?

[David Samson]

Yeah, I think so.

[Amin Elhassan]

Could you Heimlich with the fancy bar?

[David Samson]

Yeah.

[Amin Elhassan]

The smart cocktail, the big square, the big thing?

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[Amin Elhassan]

If that got lodged in your throat, you're screwed. Greg Cody, you submit you. Somebody could purge that from you with

[David Samson]

the Heimlich before you pass, they could Heimlich it out. And you also have to consider that the ice is melting by degrees.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yes.

[David Samson]

If you hold your breath and it's

[Amin Elhassan]

warm in your body.

[David Samson]

If you hold your breath for 20 seconds, the ice cube in your warm throat, all of a sudden you think

[Mike Ryan]

you could just wait and that big cube is going to. Is going to dislodge from melting.

[Amin Elhassan]

What a gamble to take with your life. Like, no, I don't need the Heimlich. I just need 20 seconds.

[Mike Ryan]

I can feel it melting.

[David Samson]

Now, the key is to stay calm as you're. As you're dying with a giant cube in your mouth.

[Jeremy Woo]

I love all ice.

[Mike Ryan]

So last night, pulling them nice. No, The NBA playoffs. Round two got started for a couple of series. And the first game, the Knicks. The Knicks blow out, everybody. Now. The Knicks beat the Sixers last night by a thousand points. The game was not close. And. And if. And if I could show you here how excited Knicks fans are, all right, because after every Knicks game, they. You got to go outside and you got to celebrate like you won the finals.

[Dan LeBatard]

7th Avenue, baby.

[Mike Ryan]

Every single game. 7th Avenue is packed, and they were so excited that it doesn't even matter that it's J.R. smith, former. Nick. I'm not going to say Nick, great. We have to have some standards here. But he gets trampled by Knicks fans. Look at these Knicks fans. They're trampling him. He can't even get up. He fell down here. He's on top of other people who have fallen over.

[Amin Elhassan]

Scary.

[Mike Ryan]

It does look scary.

[Dan LeBatard]

You know what? J.R. smith, maybe don't go on 7th Ave. Because they got a separate celebrity

[Amin Elhassan]

cigarette in his hand.

[Dan LeBatard]

They have a celebrity entrance. Probably not a cigarette. There's a separate celebrity entrance on the corner of, I want to say, 33rd and 8th. That's where all the celebs go in. You'll see a lot of, like, you know, viral video shot of, like, people, hey, Ben Stiller was. Say something cool or whatever. They all come in through there and you get picked up and you go out. So. So for him to go to 7th Ave. Where that is right where the marquee is, he wanted the smoke. He wanted the people's love and attention. Guess what? You found it. J.R. smith.

[Mike Ryan]

And then you also have. All right, so look, you're being a little bit daring if you're a Sixer fan. You know, you're a Sixer fan. You're going to the game at msg and you're wearing your Sixer jersey. So you're asking for a little bit of trouble, potentially, especially if after the game, you're walking outside on 7th Avenue and there was a. I don't know if you guys saw this clip, but there was a Sixer fan who's walking by himself. That. That's also a brave move by himself. And. And he. He was attacked by Knicks fans. They were. They're trying to rip the jersey off of him after the game. That's a dangerous scenario outside their 7th Avenue msg. What are you doing? These Knicks fans, man.

[Amin Elhassan]

I don't see Ben Stiller in the mix there. Where was I? I did see photos of him. He had Knicks colors on. Where is he in this?

[Dan LeBatard]

He was at the Met gala, wasn't he?

[Mike Ryan]

I don't think he was.

[Amin Elhassan]

That's. Oh, wait a minute. What?

[Greg Cody]

Why did he.

[David Samson]

Wait, Nick.

[Amin Elhassan]

Nick's super fan who tweets after every game, gets into. Gets into rows with. With White House officials about what the meaning of his Knicks supporting tweets really mean. He wasn't at this, this pivotal game. That's a married man right there.

[Dan LeBatard]

I'm beginning to think that Dave knew that all along. That whole setup was just conjecture.

[Amin Elhassan]

Well, a lot of people are very upset about this, but I get it. Chris Cody just said it, right? This is a guy who almost, I think, because, because, you know, I, I, I, I enjoy reading. If I see an Us Weekly, I love to grab it and see what's going down in, in show biz. Ben Stiller and his wife, I think, were at minimum separated at one point, but then they reconciled, and I suspect that this was a Put the foot down. We're going to the Met gal. I don't care about the Knicks now.

[Mike Ryan]

He's usually at the Knicks games with his wife. What's her name? I don't want to say.

[Dan LeBatard]

She's a very incredible actress. She's, she's, she's got her, she's very accomplished.

[Amin Elhassan]

Marcia in the Brady.

[Dan LeBatard]

That's right.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, that's right.

[Amin Elhassan]

She's great.

[Mike Ryan]

He's usually at Knicks games on Celebrity Row with Christine Taylor right there at the games.

[Amin Elhassan]

Dazzlo has a review of her physical appearance. Go ahead.

[Mike Ryan]

I do not. Oh, she's very pretty. I gotta tell you something.

[Jeremy Woo]

Look good.

[Mike Ryan]

This is a terrible job by Ben Stiller. The Met Gala is every year. The Knicks in the playoffs with a, with their best chance to win a finals in the last quarter century. Never happens. And he's at the Met Gala trying to tell you what a massive Knick fan he is. Why are you shaking your head, Roy?

[Greg Cody]

I'm just saying, if you put a

[David Samson]

lot of money for a seat at the table at the Met Gala, knowing

[Greg Cody]

what date that is and not knowing when the Knicks game is going to happen beforehand, I would go to the Met Gala.

[Mike Ryan]

It's a fundraiser.

[Jeremy Woo]

He's been.

[Greg Cody]

Stiller still paid money for this.

[Mike Ryan]

It's a fundraiser. So you donated to the fundraiser. Go to the Knicks game.

[David Samson]

Right.

[Mike Ryan]

I think Ben Stiller is going to get a second. You have to drive Uber to make up for the money they lost.

[Amin Elhassan]

What do you prioritize more, sports or your relationship?

[Mike Ryan]

Sports. How do you think I got here? Look how great I'm doing. Clearly I'm making the right choices.

[Amin Elhassan]

Remember when Uncle Jew said, said he couldn't sell it? He wanted Tony to get whacked. Richie April wanted that. He went to visit Uncle Jew.

[Mike Ryan]

And why do you call him Uncle Jew? It's Uncle June. It's Uncle Jew.

[Dan LeBatard]

It isn't a damish like house.

[Greg Cody]

It's Uncle Uncle June.

[Amin Elhassan]

Yeah. I like to imagine he's Jewish. I'd like to imagine he's on my side. Yeah. Richie April tries to just. He tries to get Uncle June's sign off. I'm gonna go kill Tony. And he doesn't. And then he leaves. Richie April leaves, and he says, like, he couldn't sell it. He couldn't sell it. Ben Stiller can't sell it.

[Dan LeBatard]

Come on.

[Mike Ryan]

What are we doing?

[Amin Elhassan]

This is troubling to me. He can't sell the importance. We have the 76ers at MSG. I'm sorry. We'll go to the Met Gala. You can go. That's really the thing.

[Greg Cody]

When it comes down to it, I

[Amin Elhassan]

don't want to be too. Guys versus women.

[Greg Cody]

Whatever.

[Amin Elhassan]

But why do I have to go to the Met Gala if it's important to you? I want you to go there, and I want you to be happy, and I want to be there and support your interests if that is your interest, and it's my interest, too. And it's a charitable event, and so I want to be there for all of it. But come on. We're playing the 76ers. It's the second round. This is a special season for my beloved Knickerbockers. Surely you understand and want me to be happy and be courtside in my seats watching this special event.

[Dan LeBatard]

So, Greg, I'm curious. Europe, and you're the sage elder in the room right now. What would you do? You had courtside tickets to a playoff game or the Met Gala with your lovely wife. What would you do in which you

[Jeremy Woo]

made an expensive donation to attend, Right?

[David Samson]

Well, theoretically, you make a donation for the cause, not so you can dress up and be photographed by paparazzi. And the paparazzi are thinking, what has become of my life? I could be in Africa taking photographs of wildlife and doing stuff that's great.

[Mike Ryan]

Instead of why is it an either or?

[Dan LeBatard]

I would imagine every paparazzi.

[Amin Elhassan]

I would imagine the paparazzi is celebrating on Met Gala night. That's like, their night to make money.

[David Samson]

Yeah. Look at this. Look at. Look at. What is that person?

[Mike Ryan]

It's an.

[David Samson]

Right. Exactly. I would. No, I wouldn't go to the Met Gala.

[Greg Cody]

It's up to the Met today.

[David Samson]

It's up to the Met Gala to switch their date. Interesting time to go gala. You know, the FBI gala. You know, that kind of thing.

[Mike Ryan]

I got. I'm down on this Ben Stiller you saw. I'll tell you what. Chalamet might be number one Knicks fan two years running.

[Greg Cody]

He's made the choice.

[David Samson]

Yep.

[Mike Ryan]

Chalamet.

[Dan LeBatard]

So the word was he needed to go this year to Met Gala to kind of make up for all the missteps in Oscar season. So this is his way to kind of re. Ingratiate himself with the establishment. So him doubling down and saying, no, I'm going to the game again.

[Mike Ryan]

Yup.

[Dan LeBatard]

Might be bad for his career, man. Let me just tell you.

[Mike Ryan]

And you saw, he sent the Jenner girl to the Met Gala and he went to the next game. Oh, the Jenner girl, Man, what a great chance show today.

[Amin Elhassan]

He sent her. He sent the Jenner girl. He dispatched her.

[Mike Ryan]

No, no.

[Amin Elhassan]

What are we going to the. Is it time to go to the game, Tim? No, no, we're not going anywhere.

[Greg Cody]

There is that one hit, the gala lady. Oh, no, there's not.

[Jeremy Woo]

She's a billionaire.

[Greg Cody]

Hey, Roy, buddy.

[David Samson]

Yo.

[Greg Cody]

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.

[David Samson]

Yeah.

[Greg Cody]

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[Dan LeBatard]

Oh, delicious.

[Greg Cody]

It's the signal that says, we're not checking the time anymore, pal. It's when small talk turns into stories. Cuervo, man. It's that high five, a random stranger effect. That's right. The game is popping. You're hugging people you never met before. That's the kind of energy that Cuervo brings. It's so smooth, so delicious. That's the Cuervo effect. Keep it Cuervo.

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[Greg Cody]

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[Mike Ryan]

Don LeBatard is there.

[Amin Elhassan]

Back in my day.

[David Samson]

There is actually.

[Dan LeBatard]

What?

[Greg Cody]

Were you not gonna tell anyone?

[Mike Ryan]

Wait a minute, you guys?

[Greg Cody]

Guys, it's a Tuesday. Stugats.

[Mike Ryan]

Here's your guy, Greg Cody with Back in My Day. Shit.

[David Samson]

Okay, here it is. Sorry, Adultery.

[Greg Cody]

We're waiting for this one.

[Mike Ryan]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the two gods. Jeremy, even things out for us here. You have a top five from the Met Gala.

[Amin Elhassan]

Oh, I do.

[Jeremy Woo]

The top five looks that stood out to me from the Met gala. You guys want to hear about them? I can give you the background it's really exciting. So number five, Sabrina Carpenter. Yeah. Sabrina Carpenter wearing Dior by Jonathan Anderson. This was made out of film from the 1995 movie Sabrina. So if you. If you check it out, there's literal film that makes up this dress, and it has all of the different scenes from Sabrina for Sabrina Carpenter. Now, what's really interesting about that is she also said that her favorite movie while on the Met gala was Shrek 2. So she's a woman after my own heart.

[Dan LeBatard]

Can we zoom in a little bit more on that film dress?

[Jeremy Woo]

Let's see. Let's see if we can get that back up on the screen.

[Dan LeBatard]

A little closer. A little closer. Get a little tighter. Just a little tighter, please.

[Amin Elhassan]

We should move on.

[Jeremy Woo]

All right, let's move on here. Yeah, there's. There's film there. You can see it's from Sabrina. So it's a great look. Number four, Rachel Zegler using the art piece the Execution of Lady Jane Grey. Now, if you look at that piece, what Lady Jane Grey was all about, I saw this. I saw this recently. I saw this recently at the National Gallery in London when I was there. And this is a really spectacular piece of artwork because what this depicts is a moment where Lady Jane Grey, who was the Queen of England as a 17 year old for just nine days before Mary Tudor, one of her cousins basically created a faction that went after her because they said there was going to be a death of capital of Catholicism if she remained the Queen. They end up executing her just nine days into being Queen as a teenager. And the reason Rachel Zegler has this, of course, a wrongfully scapegoated executed teen, which works for Zegler, if you know

[Amin Elhassan]

her wrongfully executed teen, but tarred it up a little.

[Dan LeBatard]

She looks like Sandra Bullock in Bird Box.

[Jeremy Woo]

You have the blindfold on Zegler with a gown akin to what's going on in the Execution of Lady Jane Grey. It's a really beautiful tribute. And using fashion as art. It was costume art. Fashion is art. That is the theme of this gallery.

[Greg Cody]

I think we didn't notice you almost saying death of capital.

[Jeremy Woo]

Well, I wish. Bad Bunny. Bad Bunny dressing as an old man.

[Mike Ryan]

That's Bad Bunny.

[Jeremy Woo]

That's Bad Bunny. And the reason he did it, his publicist put out the choice of an all black, timeless silhouette is intentional. The suit doesn't age. He does. This is Bad Bunny's most conceptually ambitious Met Gala appearance to date and one of the most thoughtful responses to a Met theme in recent memory.

[Greg Cody]

He looks like he's going to a funeral on a plantation.

[Dan LeBatard]

He was one of the best ones we had. I'm gonna miss

[Jeremy Woo]

Heidi Klum.

[Amin Elhassan]

Heidi Klum.

[Jeremy Woo]

Now, she was dressed as a real life marble statue. This looks wild if you find the pictures of it. If you're just in the audio audience picture, Heidi Klum, but as a marble statue. Now, this included draped robes, facial prosthetics, and a floral wreath. It was inspired by the Italian artist Raffaelli Monti's veiled vestal sculpture.

[Dan LeBatard]

Fun fact about marble statues, when they were made, they were painted. They had lipstick and eyeshadow and colorful hair and stuff. Over time, the paint erodes, and so we get the marble statues, but people are. We've learned to say, oh, that is nice and tasteful art. It's a marble statue. It's all white. But it wasn't white when they made it.

[Jeremy Woo]

How fascinating. And specifically for Heidi Klum, this is an example of someone who really took this to heart because she walked around the Met and said that this is ultimately what inspired her. And she went with the outfit. But the number one outfit from last night, wearing a blue and black striped shirt at Madison Square Garden. Not white and gold. It's Timothee Chalamet, A tribute to basketball being its own art form as he cements himself as the number one living Knicks fan. Timothy Chalamet.

[Mike Ryan]

No.

[Greg Cody]

Thought I was going to be Carson Hosvar, first NASCAR driver since 2010 to attend the Met Gala.

[Jeremy Woo]

Also an Oli. One that made me really happy was Nicole Kidman. Just wore, like, a pretty normal red dress, and her quote about it was, fashion is art. And I wanted something red because I wanted to embrace the way in which red has been used in art throughout the years. Super thoughtful.

[Amin Elhassan]

All right, where's sweet Spike Lee in this conversation about greatest living? He went to the Met Gala last.

[Mike Ryan]

He went last year instead of a Nick game. That's a big strike against Spike.

[Amin Elhassan]

Chalamet is number one.

[Jeremy Woo]

Number one.

[Mike Ryan]

He might be him or Woody Allen gonna go Chalamet.

[Greg Cody]

It's back to back days with a Woody Allen reference.

[Jeremy Woo]

Oh, man, what a show this is.

[Mike Ryan]

So the Knicks crushed the Sixers. Carson Hosvar last night.

[Greg Cody]

He's gonna be a star.

[Mike Ryan]

Like, I mean, are the Sixers in big trouble? Because the Knicks here, like, it's, what, four straight games now that the Knicks are just kicking the shit out of teams? And if we want to actually give it some more context, the only games the Knicks lost this postseason, they lost by one point. Each of those games, they lost by

[Dan LeBatard]

a CJ McCollum jumper.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, it may not be a stretch to. I mean, I know what Oklahoma City is doing. They've only lost one game so far this playoff.

[Dan LeBatard]

No, they haven't.

[Mike Ryan]

Oh, I'm sorry. That's right. They swept. Of course. So the Thunder have not lost a game yet. But I don't know, is it crazy to say the Knicks are playing the best of anyone in the postseason so far?

[Dan LeBatard]

No, the Thunder are playing the best of anyone. But the Knicks have been very, very impressive as well, as I foretold months ago. But the big thing you said. Oh, they crushed the Sixers. You know, the last time a team lost by 30 plus and still won the series?

[Mike Ryan]

I don't know.

[Dan LeBatard]

It was the Sixers in the 2026 NBA Playoffs First Round against the Bum Ass Celtics because Captain Creative decided I want to start three of my scrubs.

[Mike Ryan]

Let's take a different look.

[Dan LeBatard]

I cannot believe I've been canvassing media for days now. NBA Radio, espn, all the different shows, all the podcasts. No, they're talking about, oh, Jaylen Brown. Does he complain too much? They're making his. Oh, is Jason Tatum getting hurt?

[Mike Ryan]

Right. Jaylen Brown really bailed out Missoula.

[Dan LeBatard]

Absolutely. Missoula should be getting crushed every single day. So I'm making. There's two things about me zaz that I will not let go. Number one is George Sedano's ridiculous commercial that we showed yesterday and I hope we show again today. Him in a bathrobe. That was wild. And number two is that Joe Missoula ruined the Celtics season by trying to be some smart guy instead of just doing the obvious.

[Amin Elhassan]

Now you have to update that. Those are not the two things to know about Amin. Now you have at least three. You're a Pulitzer Prize winner. This is something that you need to involve in every conversation for the rest of your life. Now the other thing you deserve credit for, and I gave it to you yesterday, and I want to do it again more properly. You said about what, two and a half, three months ago in this very space. I said, oh, come on, Jayson Tatum's going to come back. That team is going to represent the East. When I'm wrong, I say I'm wrong. The Knicks appear destined to do that, and you deserve your flowers for that. What doesn't happen? When was the last time? Historic history. 30 points down and coming back and winning this year. This is every NBA series. Now, this is what I was talking about yesterday. Every game is a blowout one way or the Other, except for last night. Wemby with 12 blocks. That's the exception that proves the rule. And I would be sick in my balls were I a Spurs fan today that Wemby had 12 blocks and my team lost.

[Dan LeBatard]

How about, Anthony, where would you be sick?

[Mike Ryan]

And it's balls.

[David Samson]

Basketballs.

[Dan LeBatard]

You know about that? Ball sickness.

[Mike Ryan]

No.

[Jeremy Woo]

You know about that? Anthony Edwards, you ever.

[Amin Elhassan]

You ever catch a graze? You know, we get the grays and you know that. That sickness.

[Mike Ryan]

Oh, like the stomachache you get after

[Amin Elhassan]

it feels like, in your throat.

[Mike Ryan]

Oh, yeah, of course.

[Dan LeBatard]

I thought you meant, like, graze down there. And I did find one yesterday. I was kind of freaked out by it. It's just there, it's like, hey, guy, what's up?

[Amin Elhassan]

And I said, this is a Pulitzer Prize winner, dude.

[Dan LeBatard]

I've been thinking about this the whole time. I've been thinking about this the entire time. The idea that, like, wait. So we were joking around, saying, wait, you mean Cortez is a Pulitzer Prize winner? And it was like, yeah. Then I was like, are other Pulitzer Prize winning, like, journalism teams, do they have a Cortez? Do they have an amino? Like, this guy gets to walk around and say he's won one. It has to be right. They can't all be serious people.

[Mike Ryan]

Is Cortez the most sus. Pulitzer Prize winner?

[Dan LeBatard]

I'm standing right here, sir.

[Amin Elhassan]

Well, I mean, you know, as far as that goes, if, as I have long said, have I ever gotten into the Pro Football hall of Fame, which I may or may not. I don't know. Time will tell. But if I do get a gold jacket, I will wear the gold jacket at least once a week. Out to dinner.

[David Samson]

Yeah.

[Amin Elhassan]

The idea that people get Spartan with the use of their gold jacket. Oh, that would be. That would be untoward to wear the green jacket out if I won the Masters. Not. Not. Not for Dave. Dave would be out and about wearing the. Oh, oh, this old. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Did I not. Yeah, I won the Masters last spring. Did you not say that?

[Jeremy Woo]

Yeah.

[Dan LeBatard]

Shane Battier used to wear a green jacket during the Masters all the time. This is back in when the NBA had the dress code. Like, if he showed up to the game, he would be wearing a green jacket. And no one knew. He was like, a handful of writers were like, oh, yeah, that's for the Masters or whatever. And I just kept thinking to myself, what do you think? You think someone's gonna stop? He's like, did you win the Masters? Like, no, I just kind of am a big fan So I would imagine the same thing, Dave, if you won the Masters and you wore that green jacket out past a month after the Masters, people would just say, oh, look at this jackass with a green jacket. They wouldn't think like, oh, my God, you're such an incredible golfer.

[David Samson]

I don't know about that.

[Amin Elhassan]

So cynical.

[David Samson]

Yeah.

[Amin Elhassan]

And by the way, I don't give a good God damn. I'm wearing it anyway because it's my great achievement. As would be a gold jacket, of course, as low gets that right, he in his backwards hat would. Would. Would dress it up with a gold jacket. Right.

[Mike Ryan]

Why didn't they call Wembanyama for those goaltens last night? He was goaltending all over the place. He's hitting the ball off the backboard, and it's a block.

[Dan LeBatard]

It's on the way up.

[David Samson]

He's wimby.

[Mike Ryan]

That's not a rule in the NBA is. That's only college.

[Dan LeBatard]

It's on the way up. That's an NBA rule.

[Mike Ryan]

Even off the backboard. That's an NBA rule.

[Dan LeBatard]

Only has to if it touches the backboard first.

[Mike Ryan]

Yes.

[Dan LeBatard]

Then it's a goal 10.

[Mike Ryan]

Okay, so what are we talking about?

[Dan LeBatard]

Well, he pinned it.

[Mike Ryan]

And now that, you know, there were a couple that were clean off the backboard that he goaltended, why do they call it.

[Dan LeBatard]

It's fun. It's fun to let him do this.

[Mike Ryan]

That's really what's happening. Let him do what he wants.

[Dan LeBatard]

Seven, eight.

[Mike Ryan]

Man, it's amazing. Twelve blocks. NBA playoff record. Triple double. Nobody else doing it with blocks, but, like. And Chris Finch was frustrated after the game, too. He's like, yeah, you know, a couple goal tens, like, those points, but it is what it is.

[Dan LeBatard]

Do you guys like the not calling a timeout down the stretch, just letting them play?

[Mike Ryan]

It's a. I mean, it depends, like, you know, the. The way, you know that. I certainly wouldn't want to do that after. After the ball goes through the net. After the ball goes through the net, I want to time out, but they got to stop. So you get to try and sprint up the core. Like, I'm okay with them not calling it last night.

[Dan LeBatard]

I don't know, man. I'm a. I'm. Look, I think coach people say, oh, he's a good coach. He's bad coach. The reality is, the only thing you can see on the court that's like actual coaching is substitutions, lineups, and ATOs, like, the plays. We drop out outside of timeout after a timeout. So if Your team is better off just playing, oh, let him go loosey goosey. What could go wrong then? That's the kind of thing where I'm like, yeah, you're probably not really confident in your ato. I don't know. Or maybe you're just supremely confident in your players. But to me, it's always, hey, let's get a good one here, as opposed to just go. Instead of Julian Champagne taking a three like, you tell me my best player doesn't get to touch the ball.

[Greg Cody]

Well, I think it all depends on, for me, when I'm watching, it depends on who has the ball, who's bringing it up court if they're building ahead of Steam.

[Mike Ryan]

Got to be careful though, because if you don't call immediately puts that ball down one dribble, you don't get to advance the ball right. Careful.

[Greg Cody]

With Wade, it was. You always knew the shot that Wade was going to take coming out of a timeout. So it all kind of depended on whether or not he was building up ahead of see him. And most of the time I just wanted him to go because I just hated the shot that SPO would call out of a timeout.

[Mike Ryan]

I mean, Heat's general philosophy is to go and not call the timeout in that spot.

[Amin Elhassan]

I definitely, to answer a means question, I say go, don't call the timeout. The pressure is on the defense to adjust. They're the ones on their heels. You're the one with the ball.

[Mike Ryan]

Edwards came off the bench. Man, I love watching Anthony Edwards, like, Anthony Edwards, like, last night was a really cool reminder of all the things that I think, all the really good things that he represents with the NBA, where I don't think there are very many star players that are just willing to come off the bench in a playoff game. And Anthony Edwards came off the bench last night. Who cares? And even post game last night, he was like, instead of taking credit, what have you, like, he was bemoaning the turnover he had late in the game and that he didn't play well the last couple of minutes. Anthony Edwards plays, man. And no one expected him to play last night. This is an injury. I was supposed to keep him out for a little bit. That dude plays like you think he's one of the guys in the league that you look at. Like, wish there were more guys like that.

[Dan LeBatard]

And he, by the way, he clearly was not 100%. Like, he went out there less than what, his normal self?

[Mike Ryan]

He's awesome.

[Dan LeBatard]

But he found a way to make an impact and they had to. Part of it was it's not just like a pride thing. The Timberwolves, obviously DiVincenzo's gone for a long time. But then Ayodu Sumo has been hurt, too. Remember, he didn't play after he had that huge Game five.

[David Samson]

Yep.

[Dan LeBatard]

Game. Game six, he didn't play. They finished off the Nuggets without him, without really any backcourt presence out there other than like Terence Shannon Jr. Or whatever. So it's almost like a necessity, like, hey, we really need you out there. And so he went out there and. And he was a difference maker for sure.

[Amin Elhassan]

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[Mike Ryan]

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[Dan LeBatard]

If Daniel Day Lewis did it, you'd be jerking off all over yourself.

[Greg Cody]

Oh, come on. Yeah, I would be aggressive.

[Dan LeBatard]

Description. I mean, what is it? What is that? I'm just saying that's me. Saying what?

[Greg Cody]

That's me. I see that photo of Daniel Day Lewis looking like Lincoln before he's about to start filming Lincoln, and you know what I do? I mean, stugats. I jerk off all over myself. That's what I do.

[Dan LeBatard]

Lincoln, who you outed the other.

[Greg Cody]

Don't make this a rejoin.

[Mike Ryan]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stugach.

[Amin Elhassan]

Guys.

[Greg Cody]

I pride myself on being emotionally mature enough to admit when I'm wrong. This one hurts. I don't want to have to admit I was wrong about Rudy Colbert.

[Mike Ryan]

No.

[Jeremy Woo]

Yeah.

[Greg Cody]

He's been unbelievable. Did you see that box score from Wemby? Like, he is being bothered.

[Mike Ryan]

And it's Jokic Wembanyama.

[Greg Cody]

This is nuts.

[David Samson]

Yep.

[Jeremy Woo]

It's why they traded for him. Like, when they made that trade with all those picks, it was originally for Jokic. Now it's for Wemby. And it puts them in a position where they can defend these transcendent offensive players and gives Anthony Edwards an opportunity to be that guy.

[Dan LeBatard]

I have a theory that if Victor Wembanyama was literally any other nationality, he would have bust Go Bear's ass. But because he's French.

[Mike Ryan]

Rudy.

[Dan LeBatard]

Rudy is big brother, Right? He's played together. That's the guy. This is OG and stuff. And so there's a little element. And also, Rudy is a big guy who's very long. If you're Victor Wa and you're at practice, like, I need to go against someone who can give me a challenge, it'd be Rudy, right? So it's like, maybe Rudy has been stunning him this whole time. Rudy, who we don't think of as a guy who can play mind games, this is the one opportunity he has in his life. There's no other player in the league. It could be like, I own you. Like, oh, he's right. I remember that time in practice where he bust my ass and he dunked on me. Oh, how can I ever do It. It's like Alonzo and Patrick Ewing, right? If Alonzo Morning went to any other college than Georgetown, he would have bust Patrick Ewing's ass. But because it's big brother, he's like, I can't. I can't disrespect. I must bend the knee.

[Mike Ryan]

Magic head coach Jamal Mosley was fired yesterday. Some people were very fired up about it, but maybe none other than Christopher Mad Dog Russo. Christopher Mad Dog Russo on his radio show yesterday on Mad Dog Radio on Sirius xm. He may have gotten a couple of cliche sayings mixed up together when. When talking about the Magic firing Jamal Mosley.

[Amin Elhassan]

And you're up 6238 and you can't throw the ball in the ocean. Your team looks discombobulated offensively. Deer running around without his head. You're gonna sit there and now moaning, got fired.

[Mike Ryan]

Doesn't work that way. Why does the deer not have a head? Where did the deer's head go?

[Dan LeBatard]

Well, it got. It got discomboated.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah.

[Amin Elhassan]

Discombodulated. Offensively, deer running around without his head.

[Mike Ryan]

That'd be crazy to see a deer

[Dan LeBatard]

running around without his head, especially after it was discombodulated.

[Amin Elhassan]

Discombodulated.

[Mike Ryan]

Offensively, he is the greatest.

[Amin Elhassan]

Amin Co. I, as an NHL, as an NHL fan and Roy gets this, I feel like we must champion our sport a little bit more than anyone must champion their other. The other major leagues a little bit.

[Dan LeBatard]

A lot more.

[Amin Elhassan]

And so there's a conversation always about what would be best for the league, what matchups in the Stanley Cup Final would be best. Amin and company. What is the dream for the NBA right now? Obviously, the Knicks, New York City from the East. But who's the best Republic? The Los Angeles Lakers with LeBron and Luka and company. Is it WEMBY who then sets up the next decade at least, of the star of the NBA? His first chip, potentially? Or is it the reigning champs? Because, as I always say, whether people acknowledge it or not, dynasties are good for leagues. I know people think parody is. Trust me, over the long bend of time, dynasties are what will win out. In terms of fan support, I 100%

[Dan LeBatard]

agree with you on dynasties. Dynasties is always good for business. But if you ask me what the dream for the NBA is, I must quote the late, great David Stern, the former commissioner of the league, when asked, is Lakers, Celtics like the dream matchup for you? And he said, no, the dream matchup is Lakers versus Lakers. If we're talking about the number one profit driver. If you have Lakers versus Lakers. You can't get better than that.

[Mike Ryan]

It's a great.

[Amin Elhassan]

Unfortunately, there's 0.0% chance of that happening. Would you say or would you give them a puncher's chance?

[Mike Ryan]

You don't want to say 0%. Anything could happen. You give like 1%. Greg. I want to make sure. I don't know if you heard the show at the end of last week on Friday. Last week. Because Thursday last week the Edmonton Oilers were eliminated from the playoffs. And on Friday we celebrated you. You all right. We celebrated you on Friday with the Oilers season ending. You didn't face Kachu then.

[David Samson]

You couldn't beat the Ducks. Yeah. You're still mc Overrated to me.

[Mike Ryan]

And then you got dry. Seidle and McDavid speaking like guys who really don't know what the future holds. Did you do a victory lap in your home?

[David Samson]

I did, yeah. Yeah. We. We had Anaheim Ducks fan Brad Williams, the renowned stand up comic on our show because Anaheim, of course eliminated Edmonton and made me look even more right than I've looked for the past three years. Being ahead of that. Yeah. I mean, the best matchup in the NHL is Buffalo against anybody. I'm so rooting for the Sabres right

[Dan LeBatard]

now in the final.

[David Samson]

Yes.

[Mike Ryan]

No, it's Montreal.

[David Samson]

No. Well, I think Buffalo is. Buffalo's never won in 55.

[Amin Elhassan]

I'm with Greg. You're thinking fan interest more than what the league wants?

[David Samson]

Yes, I am.

[Mike Ryan]

You're going to go with Buffalo.

[David Samson]

You're going to go to Buffalo with Bernie Parmelee? No, I love getting behind the Sabres in the NBA. It's simple. You want the Knicks and the Lakers. You want the team that hasn't won since 1973 in New York versus LeBron James, 1,000 years old, getting back to the final without arguably their best player. You can't do better than Knicks against Lakers as a dream match.

[Mike Ryan]

Do you hope that McDavid requests out?

[David Samson]

He almost has to. Right. Because they have two of the top five best players in the league and they're not winning.

[Mike Ryan]

They're going backwards. As Drei Seidel said, we've taken steps backwards as an organization.

[David Samson]

Right.

[Dan LeBatard]

Greg, I feel like you're being a little too modest here. You were the first one to let everyone know, hey, your golden boy is just spray painted with gold. He's actually lead underneath. And you said it. And you were ridiculed by some people, some of the hockey elite. Greg the intelligentia tried to make it seem like Greg Cody's just an old man who doesn't know what he's talking about. But you were first at it. You called him out. You saw it. You saw the wolf in sheep's clothing. He said, that one right there is a sheep in wolf's clothing.

[David Samson]

Thank you, Amin. I didn't win a Pulitzer for that, but maybe I should have. I don't know. I'm not saying that. That's what people are saying. You know what many are saying, right?

[Dan LeBatard]

I'm going to give my Pulitzer. Right? It's his official, I just want it. I've only had it for a day. I am bequeathing it to Greg Cody.

[Mike Ryan]

You know, I don't believe you.

[David Samson]

Now, he said that aloud, so now

[Greg Cody]

legally it's on tape.

[David Samson]

I think he's obligated. Do you? Actually, I was going to ask you this. I mean, it's almost as good as a Peace Prize in a situation like this. Does the show get one Pulitzer, which winds up on Pablo's dining room table, or do you and Samson and everybody affiliated with the show also get a Pulitzer?

[Dan LeBatard]

I don't know what it looks like. I mean, I know that's the, like, the logo we have in the background over there, but I don't know. Is there, like, a trophy? Is it a certificate? I have no idea. Again, Greg, up until I was told I won a Pulitzer, I'd never in my life imagined that I won a Pulitzer. It's like when people say, oh, man, how did you get into, like, media? Like, did you, like, want to do this? I never thought about it until the day ESPN said, do you want to work in the media? I'm like, I guess it's like someone coming from NASA said, do you want to be an astronaut? I'm like, I'm not doing anything better. I'll go. So I know precious little about the Pulitzer itself, other than I know the long list of illustrious people who want it.

[Mike Ryan]

I'll tell you what, very similar to, you know, when a sports team wins a championship, you know, the owner, and in this case it would be the founder, gets championship rings made for the winners. I mean, do we not believe that Dan should not have a ring made for the Pulitzer Prize winners?

[Jeremy Woo]

I like this.

[Greg Cody]

I should spend more money on that show. In all seriousness, I do want to give Dan Lebatard his flowers here because there was, like, a blurb last week that I found funny from Colin Coward that said, you know, we tried to get Pablo Torre, but he was too expensive. As if the volume hasn't spent loads of money on talent. But it was kind of good for us that that was out because Dan, who's always said repeatedly how important journalism is, literally put his money where his mouth is. He bet on Pablo Etore, he bet on Amin Elhassan, he bet on David Sampson, he bet on Pablo's entire team. And Pablo Torre finds out to basically invent this whole new audio, investigative, sports, investigative journalism genre. And it paid off in a big way.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah, I mean, I think the important thing. And we're gonna talk to Pablo in the next hour or so, but the important thing to realize is I've been asked this question before, this about people, hey, do you think the other basketball journalists are jealous that you guys got this story and they didn't? I said, well, no, because their jobs are so different. Their jobs are so chasing after the.

[Mike Ryan]

Wouldn't someone else have gotten the story?

[Dan LeBatard]

No, that's the point. Because in order to get this story, you had to do. He had to do seven months of digging and FOIA requests and like getting people to talk on the record, even sometimes modulated or whatever. And getting those documents, those internal emails. Like, this is a long term process that takes way more actual reporting than, hey, the Giants are trading a second round pick for, you know, a kicker or whatever. You know, stupid transaction.

[Mike Ryan]

That's a terrible trade.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah, depends on the kicker.

[Mike Ryan]

A two for a kicker.

[Dan LeBatard]

Depends on the kicker. So you know what Mike is saying? Hey, he bet on Pablo and he bet on me and all that. Like, it's not the talent. It's also investing large amounts of money for a staff to do this research and to go after the staff.

[Mike Ryan]

You're very proud.

[Dan LeBatard]

I'll be honest with you, Zaz. It's happened to me about maybe three times in the last 24 hours. I stop and I think and I get emotional, dude, like weird. Like I have feelings like a 14 year old. Like, you guys get those.

[Mike Ryan]

I take my feelings, feelings sometimes way down. For them to never come up.

[Amin Elhassan]

I get hungry. Yeah, listen, you should be legitimately proud, obviously. Let's say it were warded though, like Academy Award style. You just won Best Picture. Pablo, I think, would speak first. Or maybe Dan would speak and then be like, okay, get off the stage already. It means like, I just wanna wait. I just want to say something real fast.

[Dan LeBatard]

What?

[Amin Elhassan]

Would you jump up at the mic and say, you have 15 seconds?

[Dan LeBatard]

Absolutely.

[Mike Ryan]

They're playing you off.

[Dan LeBatard]

I would see a thing. I would be in the background.

[Amin Elhassan]

This is your playoff.

[Dan LeBatard]

I'll be in the background just mouthing what the. The whole time. I'd have sunglasses on. I'd be hugging everyone else on the stage. Like, Pablo would be talking. Let's say Mike's Pablo. I'd just be over. Over his shoulder, like, this guy, the absolute biggest clown. I would want it to be in imminently.

[Greg Cody]

I've done my own journalism here. You apparently get a coin. It's a singular coin. However, I can report trophies need to be made on their own and perhaps will be.

[David Samson]

Whoa.

[Dan LeBatard]

I get a trophy. I get to walk around. You know what, Dave? I'll go around New York City with that trophy. Put it on the table with me. Like, hey, a table for two. Me and my good friend.

[Amin Elhassan]

Or like, two face. Just go around flipping your coin everywhere.

[Jeremy Woo]

I'm just happy for you guys that you had an opportunity to, like, take a moment like this, take a program like this and run with it. And as one of the people that was one of the original journalists on this show, finding the origins of the phrase, let's go. I take a lot of pride in what you're doing.

[Dan LeBatard]

Sedona wore a bathrobe

[Greg Cody]

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