Dan Patrick (3:08)

Well, I went something that I would like, but that everyone would like, hopefully, because I watched those menus years and years. And I went with bacon wrapped scallops as my opener. I think it's a luxury item. Caprese salad, Dan, A little refresher.

Paul Pabst (3:21)

Okay.

Dan Patrick (3:21)

Palate cleanser.

Paul Pabst (3:22)

Heirloom tomatoes, of course.

Dan Patrick (3:24)

Okay, lovely. And then polish sausage, straight up. Polar sausage, mustard, onions, whatever you want to put on them. And then blueberry pie. An underrated pie. Blueberry pie from Maine.

Paul Pabst (3:36)

The blueberries are from Maine or the pie is from Maine? Yep. Okay. Who has it better than we do? Nobody. Yeah. Champions. That's. That's who we are. What time?

Dan Patrick (3:48)

And there's like a little fine print under the blueberry pie. Something about a la mode situation. Little vanilla ice cream with the pie to wrap things up. That's nice.

Paul Pabst (3:57)

Okay. It's Paul's dinner. Okay.

Dan Patrick (4:00)

That was included in Paul's.

Paul Pabst (4:01)

He's a champion. Paul's a champion.

Dan Patrick (4:03)

Paul's dinner. But we all win.

Paul Pabst (4:05)

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Dan Patrick (5:23)

Oh, no, no. I legit felt bad. If I didn't feel bad, oh, you would know. I didn't feel bad. I felt bad about it.

Paul Pabst (5:29)

Okay. But I ask Weeks, our cameraman, our Mr. Do It All. He's the glue guy for the show. He's literally the glue guy. And if you're watching on Peacock, I brought Bill back to life. Well, Weeks did. So we got the arm back together. The legs are secure. Is. And the Bill Walton bobblehead doll is back in business.

Dan Patrick (5:57)

Yeah.

Paul Pabst (6:00)

I sent Marvin a picture last night because I came in, I said, I got to get this thing glued. It's. It's. It's going to be coming back to life. I sent Marvin just a picture of the Bill Walton bobblehead doll. I had no response to it. There was nothing other than the picture there, and I sent it. Message sent loud and clear. Marvin.

Dan Patrick (6:19)

Hey, I'm really. I'm legit.

Paul Pabst (6:21)

Sorry about it.

Dan Patrick (6:22)

I really felt bad about it.

Paul Pabst (6:24)

Okay. I think there's sincerity there. Yes. Todd.

Dan Patrick (6:29)

Wouldn't it be more realistic not to fix it? Because he always had bad feet, so maybe should have just kind of left it as.

Paul Pabst (6:33)

Oh, man. As it was way too soon. Way too soon.

Dan Patrick (6:38)

Not a terrible thing.

Paul Pabst (6:39)

And I'm gonna run you today because I got tired of you. Like, 20 minutes in, I got a.

Dan Patrick (6:44)

Warning, and I kick him out right now.

Paul Pabst (6:46)

I'm gonna. I'm gonna give you a warning. All right? Next time, I'm gonna tee you up.

Dan Patrick (6:51)

Two days in a row.

Paul Pabst (6:52)

That way I'm gonna warn both Ben, because you were Friday, Fritzi. Way too early for me. But we've recovered. We rebounded. That's what we do. We come back, we rally. Yes, we do. Yes, we do. The Knicks close out the Pistons. Pistons rallied, kept it close. And then Jalen Brunson did this at the end of the game, backing down a Sar Thompson at the logo. Plenty of time left. We're tied at 113 here in game six. Brunson between the legs. Dribble gets rid of Thomps. Walk up. Three pointer.

Dan Patrick (7:28)

He got it.

Paul Pabst (7:30)

The clutch player of the year will not be denied. Jalen Brunson with 4.3 puts the Knicks in front 116. A 113. He ended up with 40. Now I'll praise Jalen Brunson, he's a wonderful player. We know what he does in the playoffs. He's averaged 30 points per game in 30 playoff games with the Knicks. The only player in the history of the franchise who's averaged more is Bernard King, and it was just a tick more. The Pistons did a really good job with Brunson, but how many times do I have to say this? The best player is not going to beat me. He's labeled the most clutch player in the NBA. They gave him an award that says, that's the most clutch guy in the NBA. No, there was an award I get. This might be the first year, but he certainly earned it. The problem I have is you must make somebody else beat you. And Thompson did a wonderful job. He did for the most of the night. For most of the series. He did a wonderful job. The game is on the line. He was forcing him to go left, and maybe he was going to get a double team there, but he went back. I. I got to send two people at him and Brunson gives up the ball. That's it. Can somebody try this, please? That's all. That guy can beat me. I don't want him to beat me. How about I send two guys? If OG And Anobi beats me, okay. If Cat beats me, okay? Jalen Brunson, the most clutch player in the NBA, is not going to beat me. That's all. And Cat had just found out. Found out. So what are we doing? Send two players at him, make sure he gives up the ball, and have somebody who may not be used to being in that situation take the shot. That's all. I'll go back to when Michael Jordan pushed off against Brian Russell. I gotta have another guy coming at Mike. If Steve Kerr, John Paxton situation happens again in a situation like that, I can live with that. I'm not letting the greatest player in the history of the game go one on one. I don't get it. The best player will not beat me. I can guarantee that. That's what we should have said in the huddle. Brunson will not beat us. Make sure that we're going to send a double team that way now, maybe outsmarts you, maybe breaks the double team. Maybe he makes his move before you get there. But I'm watching and I go, they got single coverage on him. I don't care how good you are. If the guy is labeled the most clutch player in the NBA and they give you a damn award, don't let him be clutch. That's all. Congratulations to The Pistons, though, they had a late run there and made it interesting. But the Knicks, they were able to hit the shot when they needed to. Rockets at the Warriors. Game six coming up. That'll be tonight. The Rockets are a slight underdog. I think they're around a four or five point underdog. And Clippers and the Nuggets, the Clippers are a slight favorite in that game. That'll be on Saturday. 8, 7, 7, 3, DP show email address dp@danpatrick.com Twitter handle @DP Show JJ Redick had his exit interview with the media, and, boy, he. He gave them a gift yesterday. I don't know if he intended to give them a gift, but when he said this, I certainly had a reaction.

Dan Patrick (11:15)

I'll start with the off season and the work that's required in an off season to be in championship shape. And, you know, we, we have a ways to go as a roster, and certainly there are individuals that were in phenomenal shape. There's certainly other ones that could have been in better shape. That's where my mind goes immediately, is, you know, we have to get in championship shape.

Paul Pabst (11:43)

Okay? We use the word work and shape, and then we used shape, championship shape. Again, that's your opener. And I went, okay, who's not in shape? Who wasn't in championship shape? Not LeBron. He's in shape. I'm guessing Austin Reeves in shape. Rui Hachimura in shape. Who's not in shape here? Oh, that's right. Luca wasn't in shape. Is this calculated? Was this a good thing to do? If you're Luca, how are you taking this? You've, you know, spent the first, whatever, five years of your career listening to somebody or people say you're out of shape. Even though you go to an NBA Finals, you play in the Olympics, you go to a Western Conference finals, but then you get traded because you had a GM who didn't want to invest in you that kind of money because he thought defense wins championships and you weren't going to be in shape. Here we are. Now, this is where I think if LeBron wants to win a championship, he can help win a championship in the off season by being a big brother, mentoring Luca, and say, I want you working out with me a couple, couple of days a week. Now, he might go kicking and screaming and say, I don't want to. Off season is just that it's the off season. But if you want LeBron in, LeBron wants to win another championship. The only way it's going to Happen is if Luca truly wants to get in shape and wants to play defense because they went after him in that series, they targeted him, they went by him for layups. And I thought that J.J. redick. Now the first thing I thought of, does J.J. say that to Luca, what he said yesterday, I want you to be in championship shape. I don't like when a coach goes to a press conference to say something about his team unless he's told his team that. Now, if he says to Luca, I'm going to say something. I'm not going to mention your name, but I want you to be in championship shape. I've seen that. I know what championship shape is. I need you to be ready to go start to finish. I can't have you out of shape or not in great shape and have these nagging injuries. I can't have that because that's how they come up. That's how they surface when you're not in shape. And Luca has nagging injuries. But Luca's been spoiled. Luca doesn't want to hear negative things. I mean, look how he reacts to officials when they make a call. Fans get into it with him. I, I guess JJ knows what he's doing, but I don't know if message is sent, how it's received by Luca, because he might be. If I'm Luke, I'd be like, everybody knows you're talking about me. Like, do you have to say that? Because it's implied. He didn't have to say Luca. Everybody knew what he was talking about. But that's the message that he sends his team into the off season. At least having in the back of their minds, or at least Luca is certainly. But I, if I'm LeBron, I'd say, hey, work out with me. Work out with me and Bronnie and give me a couple of days a week. Yes, Ton, I think passive aggressive is.

Dan Patrick (15:12)

The way to go. Why have the confrontation enough to talk to him one on one, man to man, when you can just kind of throw it out there in the media, let them figure out who he's talking about.

Paul Pabst (15:18)

Thank you, Tom.

Dan Patrick (15:19)

Got it.

Paul Pabst (15:19)

All right, what's poll question today? Seat, no counter.

Dan Patrick (15:22)

I'm glad you asked.

Paul Pabst (15:23)

We might as well start with the.

Dan Patrick (15:24)

Overwhelmingly, you know, biggest story of the night.

Paul Pabst (15:27)

Okay.

Dan Patrick (15:28)

The New York Knicks winning their third NBA championship. Congratulations. Yeah, yeah, that parade last night.

Paul Pabst (15:34)

There's going to be a parade, right?

Dan Patrick (15:36)

So the New York Knicks winning their third NBA championship last night is a remarkable achievement.

Paul Pabst (15:41)

Crazy, since they just advanced out of the first round.

Dan Patrick (15:43)

Or just another symptom of Knicks fans being insane?

Paul Pabst (15:47)

Well, there's a celebration outside the Garden, I guess. And I mean, you did beat the Pistons. Pistons had a good year. They did. But the Knicks were celebrating like it's 1969. You know, they are celebrating. So congratulations on another championship there. That. That would be their third championship. They've won 1970 champions. Yeah. 1970. 1973. Congratulations. Yes.

Dan Patrick (16:18)

Todd, didn't they learn their lesson? They had that big celebration when they beat Trey Young and the Hawkins.

Paul Pabst (16:23)

Who is dressed in Knicks gear today?

Dan Patrick (16:25)

I am. Knicks are my favorite team. Not as much as Rob is in the back, but I like the Knicks. But I will say that the Knick fans got a little crazy obnoxious when they knocked out the Hawks in the first round. And they're having like a ticker tape parade with their shirts off and in the middle of Manhattan. You don't do that. And that jinxes things.

Paul Pabst (16:40)

I don't. Okay. You have your Jalen Brunson T shirt on.

Dan Patrick (16:43)

I do. I'm dressed as if I'm going to the parade. And they won the whole thing. But they're going to. They're going to have a tough time with Boston. I think we all can agree.

Paul Pabst (16:49)

Oh, thank you, John.

Dan Patrick (16:49)

That's my NBA.

Paul Pabst (16:50)

Nobody knows who Rob in the back is. Okay.

Dan Patrick (16:53)

He's one of the back.

Paul Pabst (16:55)

I know, but if you have to explain it to the audience, I mean, this is about you, not somebody else. Todd. Yes.

Dan Patrick (17:01)

Marvin Fritz. He's dressed like one of the guys who does the T shirt guns. Like, you know, like. All right, time out. All right, come on, guys.

Paul Pabst (17:09)

You guys ready for this? Come on, New York.

Dan Patrick (17:14)

Come on. Nick's fans get up. And Todd comes out there. All right? He goes on a trampoline, dunks the ball. Or at least not. But somebody else. Planter fasciation.

Paul Pabst (17:22)

Yeah, that's true. Are you all ready for this? Yeah. So this is we. Not they.

Dan Patrick (17:28)

We, the New York Knickerbockers. We got to settle down a little bit. We got to touch. He's wearing tearaway Knicks pants.

Paul Pabst (17:33)

And.

Dan Patrick (17:34)

But they're crazy.

Paul Pabst (17:35)

Do not tear those away because I.

Dan Patrick (17:38)

May or may not have an undergarment.

Paul Pabst (17:39)

On, so I'm definitely not going to do that. Yeah. Pantaloons on. But congratulations to the New York Knick fans. You did it in a. Been a long battle there, but you did. 8773 DP show email address dpdanpatrick.com Twitter handle @dpshow and once again, good morning if you're watching on Peacock, thank you for downloading the app. David Cohn, Yankee broadcaster, will recap what Aaron Judge did in the first month of the season. Historical. And it's one of those where you go, wait a minute, he's batting.427. He's not even using a torpedo bat. By the way, where did the torpedo bat controversy go? That didn't last long, did it? They didn't outlaw this, did they? Remember, oh, my God, it's ruining the sport. And I'm like, not everybody's using the torpedo bat. Rebecca Lowe will join us, the host of the Premier League on NBC. She's at the Kentucky Derby. So we'll talk to her a little bit later on. Just getting started. We'll settle on a poll question and we'll take a break. We're back after this Dan Patrick show.

Dan Patrick (18:48)

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Paul Pabst (19:00)

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Dan Patrick (19:05)

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Paul Pabst (19:07)

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Dan Patrick (19:09)

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Paul Pabst (19:12)

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Dan Patrick (19:17)

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Paul Pabst (19:18)

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Dan Patrick (19:28)

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Paul Pabst (19:29)

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Dan Patrick (19:37)

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Paul Pabst (19:41)

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And of course, on social media, That's Covino and Rich.

Dan Patrick (19:56)

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Paul Pabst (22:25)

And the dream season is now complete. The Golden State warriors are the 2015.

Dan Patrick (22:30)

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Paul Pabst (22:58)

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

Dan Patrick (23:00)

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Paul Pabst (23:57)

You know, as a child, as a young person, he gave credence to my audacity. There's no debate that this is the greatest global sports figure of our lifetime.

Dan Patrick (24:09)

Listen to Ali and me now on audible.

Paul Pabst (24:13)

The Oilers, Maple Leafs and Golden Knights advanced. Will have a Game 7 with the Avalanche and the Stars that Saturday and the Clippers and the Nuggets. That will be Saturday as well. So two Denver teams will have game sevens. One in Denver and one in Los Angeles, I believe. Or are they both on the road there? Todd, is it in Dallas and in la? Got to put your headphones on.

Dan Patrick (24:42)

I had my headphones off for a minute. I was writing something down.

Paul Pabst (24:48)

Okay, that's your first technical. Okay. The next one I run you. Okay, fair enough. Okay. Okay. So you pointed this out to me, so I thought I would follow up with you. That is, there's two Colorado teams that have game sevens on Saturday.

Dan Patrick (25:05)

There's an Avalanche, game seven. There's a Nuggets game seven and they're a half hour apart.

Paul Pabst (25:09)

Okay. And what could happen on that same night is maybe the Colorado Rockies will win their seventh game of the season.

Dan Patrick (25:19)

Oh, I didn't even see that.

Paul Pabst (25:21)

Yeah, see, Todd, that's taking it. Next. Next level. Yes, numerology.

Dan Patrick (25:24)

Got me.

Paul Pabst (25:25)

All right, you can take your headphones off now if you need to. All right, Seaton, what's the poll question? We're going to go with first hour. We got a couple options here for you. Marvin sent one over.

Dan Patrick (25:37)

That's a little personal.

Paul Pabst (25:38)

Oh, more sincere apology.

Dan Patrick (25:40)

Marvin to Dan or Dan to Rudy.

Paul Pabst (25:42)

Gobert, I would say Marvin to me.

Dan Patrick (25:46)

Wow. That's correct.

Paul Pabst (25:48)

Yes. I would say Marvin was. You genuinely felt bad that you. You broke Bill Walton?

Dan Patrick (25:53)

Yeah, I ruined Bill Walton.

Paul Pabst (25:55)

But he's back, you know, And Fritz, he did point out something accurate, though. Bill had a lot of surgeries, and I just didn't want to leave Bill in pieces. I didn't think that that was right. But we got him glued back together and he's as. He's as good as new. He. Yeah, I think so. He's as good as new. Let me see. We'll get a couple of phone calls. By the way, three years ago this week, the Mavericks had Luca Jalen Brunson and Kristaps Porzingis on that roster, and they managed to get rid of all of them. Congratulations. Now, in fairness, the Jalen Brunson situation, I think even the Knicks wanted Donovan Mitchell because he was a proven scorer in Utah. And then he goes to Cleveland, and then all of a sudden the Knicks get Jalen Brunson. You're going, all right, great. We got a guy who gets 18 points a game. Now all of a sudden you realize what maybe was missing or Dallas didn't take advantage of when he was there. Porzingis was expendable. You know, he. He's bounced around injury prone, and maybe he's found his home in Boston. But, you know, for Brunson to do this and, you know, getting 30 a night average in the playoffs, pretty remarkable. But the Mavericks had those guys three years ago. Let's see. Buddha in San Francisco. Hi, Buddha. What's on your mind?

Dan Patrick (27:15)

No, buddy. Happy me Friday, boys. Stay strong, Fritzy. Let's go.

Paul Pabst (27:22)

Okay, real quick, Dan, I've been thinking.

Dan Patrick (27:26)

About the Manu ball pants and how to showcase them. How about setting them up next to the Don Mattingly mannequin? Like just the Manu ball pants. Like just sitting right next to him, standing tall. I think that would be kind of cool and different. Just a thought. And dp. As a die hard Lakers fan, I'm glad I had a day to take to myself yesterday. And I mean, I was channeling my inner Shane Irving, but I am so over this iteration of the LeBron era and the Lakers. I mean, also, I would have loved to see AD's reaction while watching Rudy Gobert dominate in Game 5. I mean, my guess is he would have been giggling his ass off. I mean, that was terrible. And I couldn't agree more with Dave McNeniman yesterday and his word for the Lakers this year of underwhelming.

Paul Pabst (28:22)

The only thing I would have added.

Dan Patrick (28:23)

Is the two words being not good.

Paul Pabst (28:29)

Thank you, Buddha. I'm going to be a little more patient than most people. Let me see what Luca does in the off season. Let's see what they do with the full season together. And it's easy to say, boy, they kind of need to add pieces like Dallas did around Luca. Well, if it was that easy, everybody would be adding those kind of players. It's not that easy. And trying to find a couple of bigs. Young, don't need to score. Gonna help you. You know, Luke is. One of his favorite moves is driving into the lane and having the alley oop. And that's why he wanted a big man. He wanted to be able to have that option. Now you find somebody, I guess, in the off season. But I want to see J.J. redick another year. I thought he did a really good job, but then all of a sudden I'm watching the mothership, and some of the analysts use the word immature when it came to the postseason. That's a strong word to throw on him. How about inexperienced? Inexperienced. And I think it caught up with him. But, you know, he'll learn. He's a smart guy, and I'm sure he's calculated in calling out Luca without calling out Luca and saying, we got to get in championship shape. And there's only one person that's directed at. It's Luca. Dustin in Alabama. Hi, Dustin. What's on your mind? Morning. Roll Tide hit. Hey. So I'm an avid listener. I've called in a few times, but I'm an audio guy. I really don't get an opportunity to check you guys out on Peacock. But, you know, my thoughts and prayers go out to the Bill Walton dollars. Maybe again. And I see the desk, maybe it's sitting a little too close to like the Anthony Davis doll or something. And then I got a little invitation, maybe in the next few years for your retirement tour. This weekend here on the beautiful Gulf.

Dan Patrick (30:25)

Shores beaches, we have the women's NCAA beach Volleyball championship.

Paul Pabst (30:31)

So maybe since it's kind of an off week in sports, not a lot.

Dan Patrick (30:35)

Going on, maybe sometime in the near.

Paul Pabst (30:37)

Future y'all can come down here and check it out. Well, thank you for the invitation there, Dustin. Probably not going to happen, but thank you for the invitation. Doug in North Carolina. Good morning, Doug. Welcome back.

Dan Patrick (30:51)

Well, then I have a question, a two part question for you and the boys. The this is all about the family feud. When you stand up at that podium, you have to look someone else in the eye. Across from You. So I wanted to know from the boys who they want to face off against. And then for you, Dan, before I wager my life savings, you're coming off of a shoulder surgery, and I want to know if you think you can beat Rich Eisen on the buzzer game.

Paul Pabst (31:19)

Yeah, I think so. I think I'll be healthy. I mean, I'm listed as probable, but yeah, it should be good. I don't know who else Eisen is going to have on his show. You have to have five people, and I think Rich has two other people on the show. I don't know who he's going to fill his roster now. Now, if all of a sudden he goes and he gets somebody else who's not always on his show, then I might have to throw the BS flag there.

Dan Patrick (31:45)

Yes, Paulie, he's not going to bring in a ringer, is he?

Paul Pabst (31:48)

I don't know.

Dan Patrick (31:49)

Like Malcolm Gladwell.

Paul Pabst (31:51)

Exactly. Exactly. Like. I don't know.

Dan Patrick (31:54)

You don't know.

Paul Pabst (31:55)

I don't know right now. But I would like to find out before we go because I don't want to walk into that and all of a sudden go, I'll be damned. Rich eyes and goddess. It's a trap. Yes. And then we walk off in unison.

Dan Patrick (32:08)

We'll walk off the set.

Paul Pabst (32:09)

Yes, we will. We will. We will stage a walk off. Like a Falk off.

Dan Patrick (32:16)

You know what Steve Harvey will do?

Paul Pabst (32:19)

He'll just stare at the camera. He does have that look. It feels like every episode of Celebrity Family just stares off into space looking around. Yeah, he knows the question is goofy and it's going to get a goofy answer. But then he acts surprised that it's a goofy answer to a goofy question. David in Phoenix. Hi, David. What's on your mind today?

Dan Patrick (32:40)

Sticking with Family Feud? Well, there'll be a wager of possibly pies to the face.

Paul Pabst (32:48)

And also, do you see this as a rivalry starting bigger than Michigan, Ohio State? Well, I'm not a cheerleader like Rich is from Michigan with Ohio State. I grew up, you know, loved watching Ohio State. Grew up watching Notre Dame as well, so it didn't matter to me. I don't have a loyalty there. Rich has a loyalty, but I don't. So I don't know if it's a legitimate simmering feud, an ongoing feud. I think it's just a one off. That's it. It's just a family feud, that's all. John in Michigan. Hi, John. What's on your mind today? Morning, Dan. Dan Epps.

Dan Patrick (33:32)

I was just going Back to a few weeks ago, I know you guys.

Paul Pabst (33:36)

Were on vacation and whatnot, and then we had the draft and everything, but.

Dan Patrick (33:39)

I just seemed to me you guys.

Paul Pabst (33:41)

Forgot about the most important thing about the Masters. And what really entertained me the last day, what I was waiting to hear, was our friend Jim Nance saying, glory for Rory. And I was so proud to hear our friend be doing that. Yes, Paulie.

Dan Patrick (33:56)

Yeah. Jim Nance did come through. He did drop glory for Rory, I think, at the 9th or 10th hole as he was setting up the back nine. Will it be a comeback of the ages or will be glory for Rory? And I think it was smart of Jim to do that, to pull the band aid and make sure he got it in as opposed to not getting in at the end.

Paul Pabst (34:15)

I think Jim may have doubted Rory's chances of winning, and maybe that's why he said, how about a preemptive glory for Rory so I can give a shout out to the DP show. I'm just saying because, I mean, it could have. I waited at the very end, I thought maybe when, you know, Rory wins and Jim says, and it's glory for Rory, he has completed the career Grand Slam. But he had already used glory for Roy. But I. I appreciate Jim doing that. I just think maybe he thought if I don't say it now, I might not be able to say it later. Just a thought there. Update the poll results if you can. Seaton. I'm not sure which one we went with in the first hour of the program.

Dan Patrick (35:01)

Well, we got a fun one that we're gonna throw up there.

Paul Pabst (35:04)

Paul suggested this one.

Dan Patrick (35:06)

Would you rather own a Triple Crown winning horse or a small UK soccer club?

Paul Pabst (35:12)

Can I say, would I rather own a Triple Crown horse or Wrexham?

Dan Patrick (35:18)

You can.

Paul Pabst (35:18)

Okay.

Dan Patrick (35:19)

You can.

Paul Pabst (35:19)

Okay. Yeah, yeah. I'm gonna say Wrexham.

Dan Patrick (35:23)

Yeah.

Paul Pabst (35:24)

Now, the horse is going to be very profitable, but I think I'm going to have a whole lot more fun going to soccer matches where we're being elevated maybe to the Champions League. And maybe, maybe we get it into the Premier League and we. So Ryan Reynolds, he spent what they had two and a half million dollars, him robbing McElhenney. So I'm going to guess that Ryan put up most of the money. So let's say you have an investment of two and a half million dollars. You go up, is the club worth 100 million now?

Dan Patrick (36:01)

Estimated, yeah. There's some people that say it's north of 100 million now.

Paul Pabst (36:05)

Okay. If they continue to move up, they could be worth $2 billion.

Dan Patrick (36:11)

They just got promoted to the Championship.

Paul Pabst (36:14)

Which is the second tier. Okay. The next level above that is the.

Dan Patrick (36:18)

Premier League, which is the one that everybody here knows that as a. Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United, Manch.

Paul Pabst (36:24)

If you finish in the top of that league, they then go to the Champions League, which is the biggest you could possibly be in.

Dan Patrick (36:33)

It's basically one gigantic tournament of every team, every winning team in the, in Europe.

Paul Pabst (36:39)

Okay. So they're, they're two years removed from that if they keep winning. So you would turn an investment of two and a half million dollars into maybe two billion. Maybe, maybe, maybe. Well, even if you stop at 100 million, that's still a pretty good return. 2 million is still a lot.

Dan Patrick (36:58)

That's a real lot. But it, but the value of it is definitely multiplying by tens, if not hundreds.

Paul Pabst (37:05)

Yes.

Dan Patrick (37:05)

Paul and Fortune magazine ranked it in worldwide brand awareness and it's above a lot of teams that are in the Premier League because of Ryan Reynolds. They also said that there's plans in place if Rexam makes the Premier league for a 55,000 seat stadium.

Paul Pabst (37:21)

Yeah. Because you have to have a stadium that is like there's a, a minimum of seats that you have to have. I guess if you get into the Premier League.

Dan Patrick (37:30)

Yeah.

Paul Pabst (37:31)

A lot of times if a team as, as you jump up and level, part of the thing is you have to have.

Dan Patrick (37:36)

A lot of times you'll see the team, whatever money they got for jumping up, they put that right into stadium renovations.

Paul Pabst (37:42)

Okay. Or new players too. A lot. Todd, you had some perspective poll questions, didn't you today?

Dan Patrick (37:49)

I did have a few.

Paul Pabst (37:50)

Okay.

Dan Patrick (37:52)

My desire to attend the Kentucky Derby someday is very high. Bucket list moderate. Would be fun. We'll try to get to Churchill Downs at some point. Can take it or leave it or no thanks. You can keep your fancy hats and minted juleps.

Paul Pabst (38:08)

Okay. I think it's, it's on the bucket list for everybody. Should be. It's. And it, and it's not just one race, obviously. It's an entire day. It's, it's really three or four days kind of a weekend. I mean everybody's leaving on Sunday, but you still have that Thursday, Friday, Saturday. And it lives up to the hype. It's, it's, it's quite an event. And those two minutes when they, you know, the horses leave the gate, you're hard pressed to find something more exciting than those two minutes. What else do you have, Todd?

Dan Patrick (38:44)

When J.J. redick says the Lakers must get in championship shape, he's referring to Luca, LeBron, Austin, Reeves, the bench, players, his own rookie coach. Inadequacies.

Paul Pabst (38:56)

Okay. No, it's, it's Luca. It's only Luca. It'd be funny if he was saying that about Bronnie, you know? No, no, this wasn't about Lucas. About Bronnie. Any other questions that you're thinking about, Todd?

Dan Patrick (39:10)

Where should Tyrese Halliburton's dad watch the rest of the playoffs?

Paul Pabst (39:14)

At home.

Dan Patrick (39:15)

At home would be the first choice. But what about sports bar, friends house right outside the arena, watching on the big screen in the street, sneak past security somehow and grab an available seat?

Paul Pabst (39:26)

I would say stay at home. And I guess they're telling him in the for, you know, the near future that that's what you're going to do. You're not allowed in home or road game to see your son. Yes, Paul.

Dan Patrick (39:38)

Yeah. The news came out yesterday that for the foreseeable future, his presence will not be needed at the arena.

Paul Pabst (39:44)

Oh, it won't be needed.

Dan Patrick (39:45)

It was very polite.

Paul Pabst (39:46)

Very. Yeah.

Dan Patrick (39:47)

It's a mutual decision.

Paul Pabst (39:48)

Dad, we don't need you. Okay.

Dan Patrick (39:50)

Not a mutual.

Paul Pabst (39:51)

We're good. And certainly not a mutual decision. Yes, Todd.

Dan Patrick (39:55)

Yeah, but that is interesting. What does foreseeable future really mean? When are they going to decide that he's paid his penance and, okay, it's time to bring him back.

Paul Pabst (40:02)

What if they keep winning and he can't go? What if they happen to beat the Cavaliers? Now, I know they're big underdogs, but what if they happen to win? What if they, you know, they go to the Eastern Conference finals and Dad's got to be sitting at home?

Dan Patrick (40:15)

Yes, Paul, not only home games, road games.

Paul Pabst (40:18)

Yeah. Yeah.

Dan Patrick (40:19)

All right.

Paul Pabst (40:19)

We'll take a break. Will settle on a poll question, more phone calls as well. And top of the hour, Dave Cone, David Cohn will join us on the greatness of Aaron Judge, and I do mean greatness. This season so far has been off the charts. And Rebecca Lowe will join us from Churchill Downs a little bit later on as well. But our play of the day is up next. Be sure to catch the live edition.

Dan Patrick (40:43)

Of the Dan Patrick show, weekdays at 9am Eastern, 6am Pacific on Fox Sports.

Paul Pabst (40:48)

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Paul Pabst (43:12)

Dream season is now complete. The Golden State warriors are the 2015.

Dan Patrick (43:16)

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Paul Pabst (43:44)

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Paul Pabst (45:00)

The play of the day.

Dan Patrick (45:06)

This is the play of the day.

Paul Pabst (45:09)

Check this out. Brunson holding.

Dan Patrick (45:11)

Nick's trying to wait till the end.

Paul Pabst (45:13)

Brunson puts up a three.

Dan Patrick (45:15)

Bang bang. Galen Brunson hits the three with 4.3.

Paul Pabst (45:21)

Remaining and the Pistons call timeout. Mike Breen on the call MSG Network. The Knicks advance to the second round for the third consecutive season. That is your play of the day. Play of the Day brought to you by Simply Safe home security. Visit simplisafedan.com you'll claim 50 off the new system with a professional monitoring plan. There is no safe like simply safe. In the other series last night. The Clippers beating the Nuggets. Since they won the title in 2023, the Nuggets are 1 in 4 in potential series clinching games. Harden showed up last night. I don't want to jinx Kawhi, but Kawhi is playing really well. It's fun to see him be able to play. And I mean that's the problem. He just isn't available when he plays. He usually plays great. Yes, Marv, yeah, absolutely.

Dan Patrick (46:15)

And with Kawhi we can't forget how great he is because he doesn't play. But I think this was the, the goal when he first got to la. Hey, load management and saving for the playoffs. This was the goal even when he Got to Los Angeles.

Paul Pabst (46:28)

Yeah, he's going to have a Hall of Fame career, but I think you're going to look at it, and the numbers aren't going to be explosive. They're not going to jump off the page. But the accomplishments and I think the testimonials you'll get from players who played against him will resonate. He is a great player when healthy. Great, great player. And he'll be a Hall of Famer as well. 8, 7, 7, 3 DP show. We'll get to more your phone calls. Got the Rockets and The Warriors, Game 6 and the Clippers and the Nuggets. So the Thompson Twins. You got one who's guarding Jalen Brunson last night. The other one is going to be guarding Steph Curry. They're only 22 years of age, and they are going to make a lot of money. They play defense. They're. They're three and D guys. I don't know if they're great threes, but they're really good defenders, and they're only 22 years of age. You imagine this summer when they get together and they start talking about, yeah, I. I guarded staff and I guarded Brunson. Although if I'm, you know, amen, Tom Thompson, I'm making fun of his brother because Brunson hit the game winner over him. Yeah. I mean, maybe some light banter there. Nothing like a little defensive humor there when the brothers get together. But you're guarding Steph Curry, and he's held his own, more than held his own with Steph Curry. Yeah.

Dan Patrick (47:48)

Paulie, this is the most obvious statement of all time. But they're probably great defenders because they grew up covering each other in the backyard.

Paul Pabst (47:54)

You imagine the backyard battles those two must have had.

Dan Patrick (47:57)

Most good players have to find comp. Find players to play against on a weekday, not an AAU game. These guys could go by themselves and battle each other.

Paul Pabst (48:06)

I'll bet. I'll bet mom had to come out. Hey. Hey. Break it. Hey, break it up. He started it. No, you started it. Back and forth. But it's the Rockets tonight against the Golden State Warriors. Let me see. Fabian in Indiana. Hi, Fabian. Good morning. What's on your mind today? Hello, Dan.

Dan Patrick (48:26)

Good morning.

Paul Pabst (48:26)

Good morning.

Dan Patrick (48:28)

First time, long time and working on it. Five eleven and three Bills. Hey, Dan, I wanted. On Family Feud topic, I wanted to test you, give you a little test run and try my best Harvey, Steve impression on you for fast money. Okay, I can get 20 seconds on the clock.

Paul Pabst (48:49)

Okay, here we go.

Dan Patrick (48:51)

Okay. Name a Halloween costume. That could also be a real job.

Paul Pabst (48:57)

A fireman.

Dan Patrick (49:00)

Name something you give mom on Mother's Day.

Paul Pabst (49:02)

Flowers.

Dan Patrick (49:04)

Name something people might only do once a week.

Paul Pabst (49:08)

Have sex.

Dan Patrick (49:12)

Name something people drink with their meals.

Paul Pabst (49:14)

Water.

Dan Patrick (49:17)

Ding, ding. You got first answer was fireman.

Paul Pabst (49:22)

Yeah. Flowers. Yeah. Laundry.

Dan Patrick (49:26)

Once a week. Laundry was topping.

Paul Pabst (49:28)

Oh, okay. I thought that it would be a little racy with. With Steve Harvey. I thought that I was playing to Steve with that.

Dan Patrick (49:36)

That was like a friction answer there.

Paul Pabst (49:38)

But yeah. And then last one. Wine.

Dan Patrick (49:41)

People drink wine with their meals was the number one answer.

Paul Pabst (49:44)

Oh, okay. Seaton, are you going to do your Steve Harvey impersonation to Steve Harvey on Family Feud? Definitely. Okay, good. When you look at the. You look at the camera and don't say anything. You've been practicing that.

Dan Patrick (49:57)

Yes, Paulie, I think your answers were pretty good there. I think fireman's going to get a big number. I think once a week, the sex thing, even though it's more of a joke, I think that's going to get a decent number. I think you would have put up over 100 on that one.

Paul Pabst (50:09)

That. But it could have gotten a laugh as well because content is king. We're trying to have some fun as well. Ron in Vegas. Hi, Ron. What's on your mind today, Dan? Good morning.

Dan Patrick (50:21)

I just wanted to let you guys.

Paul Pabst (50:22)

Know that in anticipation of the feud, Rich, about a year and a half ago posted who his group was going to be if he ever got on the show. And it would have been Rich Brockman, Mike Del Tufa, their audio guy, and T.J. and they had an off camera tech that we're gonna bring. My only ringer if Rich was gonna come on would be Susie because she would be the only female in that group. Yeah, I thought, you know, Rich's wife fills in for him occasionally. I thought that. That he might go there, you know, this unknown tech behind the scenes. I don't know. I mean, we're talking about celebrity jeopardy here or a celebrity family feud. Just saying. Probably get some guy who went to mit. Aiden in Utah. Hi, Aiden. Welcome back. What's on your mind?

Dan Patrick (51:21)

Hey, how's it going, Dan?

Paul Pabst (51:22)

Great, tritzy.

Dan Patrick (51:24)

You've been in a slump ever since Green Bay, okay? And you just keep shooting for the best shooters. Keep shooting. And that's the only way out for it to just keep shooting.

Paul Pabst (51:34)

But Dan, I want to know, what.

Dan Patrick (51:36)

Would your reaction have been if Fritzi.

Paul Pabst (51:39)

Had broken the bobblehead?

Dan Patrick (51:42)

Because I feel like it would be a little more. There'd be more consequences than what you gave.

Paul Pabst (51:48)

Well, here's. Here's what would have happened. You know, Marvin knocked off the Bill Walton bobblehead doll and I know he was very sincere right away. Fritzi would have blamed somebody, guaranteed. Or blame the desk or blame the bobblehead. Blame me that I put the bobblehead in a position where you could have knocked.

Dan Patrick (52:05)

That's fair. There's too much stuff on your desk. You had it half out anyway. It was bound to happen to me.

Paul Pabst (52:10)

The one that knocked it over. So that's why it would have been a bigger deal. Marvin, right away, I knew, felt terrible and I of course, milked that for all it was worth yesterday. Yes, Marvin.

Dan Patrick (52:20)

Yeah, I couldn't blame it on the desk because I do the same thing every single day. I put a piece of paper on your desk every single day. So I can't say, oh, where was that from? It's been there.

Paul Pabst (52:29)

Yeah, I know, but you felt bad we put Bill Walton back together. But yeah, Fritzi would still be blaming somebody else.

Dan Patrick (52:37)

I would have felt bad that it broke, but I would have definitely blamed somebody with something.

Paul Pabst (52:40)

I know you would have. One hour in the books on this Meat Friday champions meet Friday, hour two on the way.

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Paul Pabst (53:52)

And the dream season is now complete. The Golden State warriors are the 2015 NBA championship.

Dan Patrick (53:58)

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