Hour 1 – Is OKC in the Conversation?, The Future of LeBron and the Lakers

Summary

The Dan Patrick Show – Hour 1

Episode Air Date: May 12, 2026
Main Themes: OKC’s Dominance & Playoff Run, LeBron and Lakers’ Uncertain Future

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Episode Overview

In this lively episode, Dan Patrick and the Danettes dissect the Thunder’s emphatic playoff sweep over the Lakers, muse on the historic context of OKC’s run, and delve into pressing questions about LeBron James’ next moves and the future trajectory of the Los Angeles Lakers. The conversation weaves in sharp analysis, signature humor, and honest takes on basketball’s ongoing narratives. Other topics—such as NBA title odds, undrafted NBA stars, and playful banter about hockey nicknames—round out a thoroughly engaging hour.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. OKC Thunder Sweep the Lakers: Historical Context and Analysis

• Thunder’s Dominance in the Playoffs
  • OKC starts the postseason 8-0, becoming the 11th team in NBA history to start with such a streak.
  • Reference to past dominant runs: “Last time we saw this, the 2017 Golden State Warriors… Lakers in ’01, Cavs in 2017.”
    (Dan Patrick, 07:55)
  • OKC’s average margin of victory over the Lakers: 22 points. (23:24)
  • Depth and hunger emphasized: “OKC has so much depth … these guys are coming at you in waves.” (Dan Patrick, 08:45)
  • Their style reminiscent of the ’00s Spurs: “Not exciting, not big market … just methodical. They know what to do, they know how to do it.” (Dan Patrick, 10:38)
• Comparative Team Building
  • “OKC will be talked about as one of the best teams if they keep up this pace.” (Marvin, 11:14)
  • Depth highlighted, with bench players pushing starters and providing ‘load management’ via sheer quality.

2. What’s Next for LeBron and Lakers?

• LeBron’s Future: Stay or Go?
  • Dan’s focus: “What do the Lakers want LeBron to do? Does LeBron want to play another year, two years?” (Dan Patrick, 05:05)
  • LeBron’s postgame comments: “I don’t know what the future holds for me, obviously, as it stands right now, tonight … I got a lot of time. I’ll sit back … talk with [my family] … when the time comes, you guys will know what I decide to do.” (LeBron James, 23:53)
  • Panel predicts mostly a one-year or “one plus one” deal with the Lakers, with Dylan offering the lone bold pick: “Two year deal with the Golden State Warriors.” (34:10–34:17)
  • Retirement considered “not happening.” (Dan Patrick, 34:42)
• Roster Uncertainties and Challenges
  • “Can you make any moves before or after LeBron makes a decision?” (Dan Patrick, 06:27)
  • Austin Reaves’ future as a key piece: “May depend on what you do with Austin Reeves.” (Dan Patrick, 27:40)
  • “Do you want to pay $50 million a year for Austin Reeves? … What are you going to do at the center position?” (Dan Patrick, 06:00)
  • On title contention: “At best… you’d be the fourth-best team, maybe, in the West.” (Dan Patrick, 07:02)
  • Potential big swings: “Is Giannis in play here? And if so, does that mean Austin Reeves isn’t in play?” (Dan Patrick, 07:42)

3. NBA Title Picture

• Current Title Odds (via DraftKings):
  • Thunder: -175 (favorites)
  • Spurs: +390
  • Knicks: +600
  • Pistons: +2500
    (Paulie & Dan, 14:25–14:55)
  • “They’re expecting the NBA Championship to be decided by San Antonio and OKC.” (Dan Patrick, 14:59)

4. Debate: Jalen Brunson vs. Donovan Mitchell

• Who Would You Rather Have?
  • unanimous preference for Jalen Brunson, especially in a Knicks context: “Brunson is not afraid of any of these moments.” (Dan Patrick, 12:56)
  • “His stats are almost equal scoring wise to Donovan Mitchell.” (Paulie, 13:38)
  • “I don’t think anyone expected the Brunson deal to work out this well for the Knicks.” (Dylan, 13:01)
  • Poll results: 69% favor Jalen Brunson. (Dylan, 45:49)

5. Lakers’ Post-Kobe, Post-LeBron Dilemma

• Historical Parallels: Kobe’s Farewell vs. LeBron’s Possible Exit
  • On Kobe’s last seasons: “It was almost as if come out and see Kobe … kind of a farewell tour that lasted two years.” (Dan Patrick, 24:18)
  • “I don’t think Laker fans are anywhere near as in love with LeBron as… the other Laker greats. … Lakers raised Kobe.” (Dan Patrick, 26:30)
  • On business decisions outweighing sentiment: “It gets tough when you say goodbye, but you have to do that for the betterment of the franchise.” (Dan Patrick, 26:55)

6. Austin Reaves and the Value of Undrafted Players

• Austin Reaves’ Ascension
  • Discussion of his rise from relative anonymity to potential highest-paid undrafted free agent:
    “Nobody knew this kid in college. … Once you kind of get anointed by LeBron, everybody goes, ‘Yes, he can play.’” (Dan Patrick, 30:30–30:53)
  • Contract details: “With the Lakers he could get five years, 241 [million].” (Paulie, 30:14)
• All-Undrafted NBA Team (Paulie’s List):
  • Ben Wallace, Udonis Haslem, Avery Johnson, Bruce Bowen, Fred VanVleet, Brad Miller, John Starks, David Wesley, Raja Bell, Jose Calderon.
  • “Austin Reaves could be first team [all-time], if he continues this trajectory…” (Dan Patrick, 33:11)

7. Lighter Moments, Quick Hits, and Miscellaneous

• Hockey Nicknames Debate
  • Banter about whether “Lanch” is a cool nickname for the Avalanche (Paulie) or not.
  • Analogy to “Frisco” and “San Fran” for San Francisco. (16:16–16:59)
• National Limerick Day
  • Todd’s enthusiasm for writing show limericks. (17:30–18:45)
• Heartfelt Parenting Moment
  • Callers and the Danettes reflect on parenting, with the quote: “The days are long, but the years are short.” (Marvin, 50:47)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

On OKC’s Depth and Run:

• “I don’t need Shai Gilgeous to play 36 minutes, I don’t need Chet Holmgren to play 35 minutes. I got guys who are coming in and want to shine.”
  — Dan Patrick (09:36)

• “We will be talking about the Oklahoma City Thunder as one of the best teams of all time if they hadn’t slowed down in the regular season … they’re kind of showing you what they would’ve been had they stayed healthy all regular season.”
  — Marvin (11:14)

On LeBron’s Future:

• “How important is maybe going someplace to win another title, going back to Cleveland? You bookend your career. You’ve already mission accomplished with your son being able to play with you.”
  — Dan Patrick (05:14)

• “I don’t know what the future holds for me … I'll sit back, recalibrate with my family, and then when the time comes, you’ll know what I decided to do.”
  — LeBron James (23:53)

On Lakers Transition and Fans:

• “I don’t think Laker fans … are anywhere near as in love with LeBron as the other Laker greats. Because the Lakers raised Kobe. … LeBron’s been there what, coming up, nine years, eight years. … I care about what makes us better.”
  — Dan Patrick (26:30)

On Austin Reaves’ Journey:

• “He doesn’t look like he can play, but he can play. … Once you kind of get anointed by LeBron that you can play, then everybody else goes, ‘Yes, he can play.’”
  — Dan Patrick (30:33)

On LeBron’s “Decision” Special:

• “After the decision … Once the show started, oh, this is the awful idea, cause it was an hour long at the Boys and Girls Club of Greenwich.”
  — Marvin (36:02)

• “I don’t think he had a real say in when LeBron would make the decision, but it got to the point where you’re like, we’re dragging it out to drag it out.”
  — Dan Patrick (36:54)

On Life and Parenting:

• “The days are long, but the years are short.”
  — Marvin (50:47)

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Important Timestamps

| Time (MM:SS) | Segment | |------------------|--------------------------------------------------------| | 02:17 | Show opens—Dan & Danettes warm up | | 03:13 | Night’s NBA results recap: Cavaliers, Thunder | | 04:49 | Poll question: More interested in LeBron’s or Lakers’ next move?| | 05:57 | LeBron’s season and possible future | | 07:55 | OKC’s historic 8-0 start; context in NBA history | | 09:36 | OKC’s depth and bench discussed | | 12:14 | Jalen Brunson vs. Donovan Mitchell debate | | 14:25 | NBA title odds rundown | | 24:18 | LeBron’s future; comparing to Kobe’s Lakers exit | | 30:30 | The rise of Austin Reaves | | 33:44 | “LeBron James game:” Where will he be next season? | | 36:02 | “The Decision” LeBron special: What actually happened | | 45:49 | Poll results: Brunson vs. Mitchell; Lakers/LeBron interest| | 50:47 | “The days are long but the years are short”: Parenting |

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Poll Results

• Which interests you more: What LeBron does next or what the Lakers do next?
  • LeBron: 54%
  • Lakers: 46%
• Who would you rather have, Donovan Mitchell or Jalen Brunson?
  • Brunson: 69%

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Closing Thoughts

Hour 1 of The Dan Patrick Show delivers a masterclass in sports radio: immediate playoff reaction, shrewd speculation about player futures, respect for the nuances of team-building, backed by history, stats, and just the right amount of playful banter. Dan and crew keep it real, never shying from tough questions—about the business side of the NBA, the limits of sentimentality for aging stars, and the next phase for basketball’s biggest brands.

Key Takeaway:
OKC’s rise is no longer a surprise—it’s the new standard. And as the Lakers face a crossroads with LeBron, the league, front offices, and fans alike are watching with anticipation for what’s next.

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Guests Teased for Next Hour:

• Nick Wright (First Things First, Fox Sports)
• Reggie Miller (NBA Analyst)

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This summary captures all substantive sports content from Hour 1, omitting advertisements and transitions.

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will stop by as well.

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8773 DP show operator Tyler sitting by. He'll take your phone calls. The Cavaliers over the Pistons last night and Donovan Mitchell had 43. Now you could look at the this way. This would be a fun headline. Cavaliers overcome subpar first half performance by Donovan Mitchell because he scored four points in the first half and then 39

[Paulie]

in the second half.

[Dan Patrick]

That would be just the cynic in me. You know, maybe he had four in the first and then 39. Like what happens? You only get four and then you

[Paulie]

get 39 and he goes for 43.

[Dan Patrick]

The Thunder say goodbye to the Lakers. AJ Mitchell, come on down.

[Paulie]

He had 28 and Thunder sweep the Lakers. And the questions begin or continue as

[Dan Patrick]

the Lakers move forward. Will that be with LeBron? Without LeBron, Austin, Reeves, you know a variety of ways that you could probably

[Paulie]

look at this as the Lakers move forward.

[Dan Patrick]

Timberwolves in the spurs. No further suspension or fines for Wemby. Spurs are big favorites in the game coming up tonight. I have them favored by 10 and a half Wednesday. The Cavaliers they will be getting three

[Paulie]

and a half against the Pistons.

[Dan Patrick]

That's been the point spread each game.

[Paulie]

If it's in Detroit or Cleveland, it's been three and a half for the road team getting three and a half points.

[Dan Patrick]

All right, Dylan, what's poll question for the first hour of the program?

[Dylan]

Well, we can do a little Lakers talk, Dan, all right, into that sort of thing. What are you more interested in what LeBron does next or what the Lakers do next?

[Dan Patrick]

I would say the Lakers because I would want to know like what do

[Paulie]

the Lakers want LeBron to do? Does LeBron want to play another year, two years?

[Dan Patrick]

How important is maybe going someplace to win another title going back to Cleveland? You bookend your career. You've already mission accomplished with your son being able to play with you. The money aspect of it, you know, the Lakers with Austin Reeves, you know, it's Lucas team. How do you surround him? What do you surround him with? I thought LeBron did a pretty admirable job. You know, when you. Oh, by the way, go for 21 points, six or seven rebounds and six assists and, and that's like a down year. I mean, you're 41 and I know not all points stats are created equal

[Paulie]

here because you're the third option there,

[Dan Patrick]

but in the playoffs, I thought he played pretty well. Now there are times when he looks like he's 41, which is understandable, but I can't. He's not my lead dog, but I gotta have Luca out there. Do I want to pay $50 million a year for Austin Reeves? What are you going to do at the center position?

[Paulie]

Marcus Smart, who played well this year, Rui Hachimura.

[Dan Patrick]

So there's a lot of questions there, but it feels like can you make any moves before or after LeBron makes a decision? Can you make any moves now? Or do you have to wait until LeBron and, and hopefully it's not an Aaron Rodgers situation where you're kind of

[Paulie]

just waiting and waiting and waiting because

[Dan Patrick]

the draft will be coming up. I don't know where they are financially. Free agency, not a lot of great names out there. The draft, you know, it's top heavy, probably six, seven, eight players deep. So I think, and as I've said many times, you know, at best, at best, you would be the fourth best team maybe in the West. I mean, Denver still has Joker, but, you know, the spurs are great and

[Paulie]

OKC is obviously great.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, those are the two best teams in the NBA are in the West. And if you're going to start making moves, can you make a move? What are you doing with the money you would save with LeBron, who's out there? You're going to be able to get. Can you, can you take a chance? Can you make a big swing? Is, is Giannis in play here? And, and if so, does that mean

[Paulie]

Austin Reeves isn't in play?

[Dan Patrick]

Like, there's a lot of different things that I, I think moving forward are going to be tricky for the Lakers, but we'll talk to Reggie Miller. Nick Wright will have a thought or

[Paulie]

two about that as well.

[Dan Patrick]

As for OKC, here they go. Eight no. In the playoffs, the 11th team to ever start eight. No. The last time we saw this, the 2017 Golden State warriors, they went, they went out to 15 and 0. Lakers in 01, 11 and 0 Cavs in 2017, 100 Cavs in 2016. Started out 10, 0 Spurs in 2012, 10 and oh, and 1982, the Lakers started out nine and oh, but it's Just a reminder of how great golden

[Paulie]

state was in 2017, starting out 15 and 0.

[Dan Patrick]

And you know, I start to wonder about this with OKC because I know

[Paulie]

the focus was on the Lakers because

[Dan Patrick]

we knew that they weren't going to win this series. Could they get a win or two? I thought that they would get at

[Paulie]

least one win out of this.

[Dan Patrick]

And you know what? They were competitive against okc. When you think about it, they played about as well as you can play against okc. It's just OKC has so much depth and I don't, you know, when people say, oh, it's a quality loss or a moral victory, I never bought into that. But you did put up a fight. Unlike the 76ers in their closeout game. It's like, you know what? I got some nice parting gifts for you. Enjoy Cancun. The Lakers Lakers played hard. You know, they get, they did as well as you could possibly do against Shay, Gilgis, Alexander. It's just these guys are coming at you in waves and these guys all are hungry. I mean they're, they have load management, but it's only because their second unit is as good as some starting lineups.

[Paulie]

It feels like on some nights, therefore

[Dan Patrick]

I don't need Shea gilgis to play 36 minutes, I don't need Chad Holmgren

[Paulie]

to play 35 minutes. I got guys who were coming in

[Dan Patrick]

and when they come in, they want

[Paulie]

to shine, they want the spot.

[Dan Patrick]

I mean these guys off the bench and you're going, who's, who's this guy? Where did he come from? Wait, was he like Santa Cruz? Close.

[Marvin]

Santa Clara.

[Dan Patrick]

Santa Clara, Santa Barbara. One of those A.J. mitchell, huh? Is it the initials A and J or is it A and then J? A what? Wait, who are the. And it's another Jaylen Williams and they don't even have their second best player.

[Paulie]

Jaylen. The other Jaylen Williams.

[Dan Patrick]

It's remarkable. And I started to wonder, okay, how do we. I don't want to say shoehorn, that's not fair. But to kind of put them in the conversation of this two year run

[Paulie]

for okc and if they do win

[Dan Patrick]

back to back titles and they do it in impressive manner of not losing many games, we might begrudgingly put them in there. And they're going to have a San Antonio spurs feel to them because not exciting, not big market. Even their best player is great, but not exciting. Not a highlight, but still they are just methodical. They know what to do, they know how to do it.

[Paulie]

And it doesn't Feel like there's any ebbs and flows, like it's just a

[Dan Patrick]

straight line of greatness here.

[Paulie]

Yes, Marvin, we will be talking about

[Marvin]

the Oklahoma City Thunder as one of the best teams of all time. If they hadn't slowed down in the regular season. Remember, I think they started out like 25, 26 and three. And we were talking about can the Thunder win 75 games? And they're kind of showing you what they would have been had they stayed healthy all regular season.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, yeah, I think that was the,

[Paulie]

oh my gosh, they're going to set the all time record.

[Dan Patrick]

That got our attention.

[Paulie]

Then they cooled off and then it felt like we moved on to, you know, other big ticket items that we care more about or they make headlines here.

[Dan Patrick]

But OKC doing what they're supposed to do, don't let the Lakers get one.

[Paulie]

Don't let them get back in the series and they end up winning it by five. All right, we'll get to your phone calls. Coming up. What other poll questions, Dylan, are you thinking about today?

[Dylan]

Well, we, you brought up Donovan Mitchell earlier and something we had talked about was when he was potentially going to be a Nick at one point and then obviously they ended up with Brunson. That's worked out pretty well. But who would you rather have on your squad, Donovan Mitchell or Jalen Brunson?

[Dan Patrick]

Brunson.

[Dylan]

That's probably evolved over time.

[Dan Patrick]

But it's also who would be the right guy for the Knicks? Like Brunson's the right guy for the Knicks. Donovan Mitchell's great player, but I remember

[Paulie]

that, like, who would you rather have? And they're similar size, but I would take Brunson.

[Dan Patrick]

I think Mitchell has these moments. Like some of his best moments were

[Paulie]

in Utah where people didn't even get to see him.

[Dan Patrick]

And then Jalen Brunson was sort of the, oh yeah, look at the sidekick Luca has. He seems like a nice player. But when Mitchell went to Cleveland, I felt better about him being a number one star than Brunson going to the

[Paulie]

Knicks and being a number one star.

[Dan Patrick]

But Brunson is not afraid of any

[Paulie]

of these moments here. Yeah, Dylan?

[Dylan]

Yeah, I don't think. I mean, I'm sure there's going to be some revisionist history. I don't think anyone expected the Brunson deal to work out this well for the Knicks.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, when he took less money, too,

[Paulie]

that was when Pablo Torre probably found out.

[Dan Patrick]

Ears perked up a little bit. Remember when he said that?

[Paulie]

Oh, by the way, you know, and

[Dan Patrick]

like my Next story is Jalen Brunson

[Paulie]

taking less to go to the Knicks, and then he immediately regretted saying that. Yes, Paulie.

Yeah. Four years ago with Dallas, Jalen Brunson was averaging 16 the past four years. 24 points, 29. 26. 26.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Paulie]

His stats are almost equal scoring wise to Donovan Mitchell. Scoring wise.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Paulie]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, it'd be fun if they go

[Paulie]

head to head here the next next round. Detroit did really well against the Knicks. Dominated the Knicks during the regular season.

[Dan Patrick]

It just. Cleveland wins at home.

[Paulie]

Cleveland loses on the road. That's what's happened in the playoffs.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes.

[Paulie]

Yes, Dylan, it does feel like whoever

[Dylan]

the Knicks face in the next round is like, all right, whatever. And then you just have to walk into the finals into a buzz saw. So.

[Paulie]

Yeah, yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

I mean, I think everybody is kind

[Paulie]

of given the green light to the Knicks that they're going to the finals, no matter who is waiting for them.

[Dylan]

Correct.

[Paulie]

And I'm looking at the title odds. DraftKings sent this over this morning.

[Dan Patrick]

The Thunder are still the big favorites.

[Paulie]

Then it's the Spurs. Then it's the Knicks.

[Dan Patrick]

Then it drops down. So Thunder are minus 175. Spurs are plus 3, 390. The Knicks are plus 600. Then the Pistons are plus 2500.

[Paulie]

So really, really top heavy here with three teams that can win it all.

[Dan Patrick]

Then it's the Cavaliers.

[Paulie]

Then it's the Timberwolves.

[Dan Patrick]

So they're. They're expecting the NBA Championship to be

[Paulie]

decided by San Antonio in okc.

[Dan Patrick]

We've had that before. Didn't we have that in March Madness

[Paulie]

where we go, oh, this.

[Dan Patrick]

This is going to be for the title. Was that the Arizona.

[Marvin]

Michigan.

[Paulie]

Yeah. And then all of a sudden, it wasn't. And Michigan dominated. But yes, sometimes you have that. But in a situation like this, I don't think I would just rubber stamp. The Knicks are going to the finals here. Yes.

[Dylan]

Dill, if you look at the Stanley cup finals right now, too, there's a similar situation where it's the Avalanche and the Hurricanes are heavily favored in their respective divisions to make it to the. To win the title.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, you got Avalanche plus 140.

[Paulie]

Hurricanes plus 155. And then it goes down to the Golden Knights, plus 900. 800. Canadiens plus 1000. Sabers plus 2000. Ducks plus 2800. The Wild plus 4500. For entertainment purposes only.

[Caller]

All right.

[Dan Patrick]

We say good morning if you're watching on Peacock.

[Paulie]

That's our streaming partner. Download the app if you haven't done so. And our radio affiliates, including iHeartradio and Fox Sports Radio.

Guess Paul, I got scolded lightly, hockey wise on social media last night. I said, hey, you know, the Lance are looking great.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, no, you can't do that. I thought it was that they started

[Paulie]

out as the lanch and then they went to the ams.

Right. But I think the Lanch is funny like the lightning. I call them the Ning.

Well, yeah, they go by the name. They do, I think. Yeah.

I'm trying to stay in my lane. Stay in my crease. As you.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, okay.

[Paulie]

The Lanch is fun.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Paulie]

But they don't want the latch.

I think they'd be a cool local nickname for the Avalanche.

[Dan Patrick]

It's like people where it was, they

[Paulie]

don't, they did it and then they

[Dan Patrick]

switched to the apps, I believe so.

[Paulie]

Was there a referendum?

I don't know. Not quite sure.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, but like, people in San Francisco

[Paulie]

don't want to have it called Frisco.

So like Chi Town. No one who lives there calls it.

[Dylan]

Yeah, San Fran, we got, we got a lot of blowback for San Fran.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. But then I talked to some locals

[Paulie]

and they said, no, we're fine with that.

[Dylan]

Who cares?

[Dan Patrick]

You know, Todd calls Houston Hugh Town instead of H Town.

[Todd]

If you have the cabs and the habs, why would you want to be the ABs? It sounds very, you know, you already have things that sound very similar. Ritzy's got always trying to, you know, swing it around to the, to the suffix.

[Paulie]

The Lance.

The suffix.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, maybe we should call themselves the Suffix. The Suffix. By the way, it's National Limerick Day and you know what that means. Yeah, yeah.

[Todd]

National Limerick.

[Dan Patrick]

Sorry, Paul, I, I, I begged the

[Paulie]

guys in back not to tell you.

Todd told me. Oh, man, Todd told me.

[Todd]

We got two of them, actually.

[Paulie]

Yeah, Todd goes, hey, National Limerick Day. And then I said, and he goes, could I do a limerick? And I said, yeah, it's a leaker one.

[Todd]

And there's one about someone on our staff.

[Dan Patrick]

And then he said, this is what he does.

[Paulie]

Okay.

[Dan Patrick]

He says, can I do one?

[Paulie]

I said, yeah, you can do one.

[Dan Patrick]

He goes, what if I have two? I said, you just said you had one.

[Todd]

Oh, it's like the Darius Rucker two Hole Notes song thing.

[Dan Patrick]

How about you pick your best.

[Todd]

I actually like them both because one is because it's someone's birthday today on the staff. So I did a limerick for him and one is LeBron Lakers related. So I really think it's only five lines. It's only going to take like 45 seconds to do it.

[Dan Patrick]

Whose birthday is it? Weeks or a cameraman?

[Paulie]

Yeah. Okay. Yes.

[Dylan]

Dylan Paulie. Did you really not think Todd was going to find out it was National Limerick Day on his own? He's like a truffle pig. He's just going to sniff it out.

[Paulie]

Ritzy, lacks awareness.

I thought.

[Todd]

Yeah, I, I saw it. Someone tweeted that like that Tuesday, March 12, is a national Limerick Day. So I'm like, I just started writing limericks as soon as I saw that. Guest for the show. I'm writing limerick.

[Paulie]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

All right, we'll take a break. We'll hear from LeBron James when we return.

[Paulie]

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[Dan Patrick]

Shay Gilgis scored 35 and the Thunder rallied again. This is their first fourth quarter deficit

[Paulie]

of the postseason as they sweep the second round series.

[Dan Patrick]

OKC went 8 and O against the

[Paulie]

Lakers with an average margin of victory of 22 points.

[Play-by-Play Announcer]

This is the start of the day,

[Dan Patrick]

Brought to you by Panini America. Here's LeBron James talking about his future

[Paulie]

after last night's defeat.

[LeBron James]

I don't know. I mean, I don't know what the future holds for me, obviously, as it stands right now, tonight, you know, I got a lot of time. I'll sit back, like I think I said it last year after we lost, I think to Minnesota there, go back and recalibrate with my family and talk with them and spend some time with them. And then when the time comes, obviously you guys know what I decided to do.

[Paulie]

I can't seem with another team.

[Dan Patrick]

It's tricky because if you go back to Kobe's last two years, they weren't

[Paulie]

a good team, but it was almost

[Dan Patrick]

as if come out and see Kobe

[Paulie]

and, you know, kind of say goodbye, farewell tour that lasted two years.

[Dan Patrick]

That last year. Didn't they win 15 games? Marvin, does that sound right? 17 games? Yep.

[Paulie]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

So Kobe had that big night, the farewell game, and that was like their 17th win of the season. They weren't competitive, but you got a chance to see Kobe. Golden State warriors are kind of in this situation with Steph Curry now. They're better than those Lakers were. I don't know if Jimmy Butler is

[Paulie]

going to be with them.

[Dan Patrick]

There's probably, you know, if there's an opportunity to move him, they might do that.

[Paulie]

You got Draymond Green, Steve Kerr coming

[Dan Patrick]

back for two years, but you got Steph Curry. And Steph Curry is going to retire a Golden State Warrior. But is that the best thing? Like Milwaukee with Giannis now, they finally admitted, you know, they said the quiet thing out loud, that they are now shopping Giannis. They should have been. Big draft coming up here. Now, Milwaukee did at least try. They had a couple of swings there. You know, the Dame Littler trade where they're still paying that, that's over a hundred million Miles. Turner, remember, brought him in. So they tried. It just didn't work out. And I said last year, you got to move Giannis. I said I would never sign Joel Embiid up to an extension. Just I. I gotta look at this. And as much as, you know, Joe Ellen Bead's gone through an awful lot in Philly and all the injuries and, you know, he MVP Giannis with a couple MVPs winning a title. I mean, it's nice to have a scrapbook with a player. But you. This is business. It gets tough when you say goodbye, but you have to do that for the betterment of the franchise. It's not about the player. Because you say to the Lakers, hey, what is. What is the best business decision? That might not be the best basketball fan decision, but, you know, I don't think Laker fans, you know, anywhere near as in love with LeBron as, you know, any of the other Laker greats. Because the Lakers raised Kobe. They drafted him. He's 18. LeBron, not. LeBron's been there, what, coming up, nine years, eight years. I mean, that's the longest stretch of any place for him. But I don't know if you're saying, hey, we don't know how good we're going to be. We don't want LeBron to go and

[Paulie]

play for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

[Dan Patrick]

I. I don't care about that. I care about what makes us better. Can we make a move or not make a move that makes us better? I mean, if he wants a statue, we can give him a statue. Do you want to give him $60

[Paulie]

million or is it a one plus one type of contract here?

[Dan Patrick]

So I think there's. There's some interesting decisions or potential decisions, but the direction. Where are you going? If it's Lucas team, I'm just curious about Austin Reaves. That would be the guy that. Okay, what direction are you going in?

[Paulie]

May depend on what you do with Austin Reeves.

[Dan Patrick]

The guy that I would probably pick up and have somebody actually play like

[Paulie]

a center is Isaiah Hartenstein, who plays with okc. I think he's going to be a free agent.

[Dan Patrick]

I definitely bring him in instead of deandre Ayton. Like, Hardenstein plays hard. I just want somebody who acts like

[Paulie]

a center, and that would be in

[Dan Patrick]

Marcus Smart played really well. You have to have those role players. You have to have them. Here is JJ Redick after the game.

[JJ Redick]

You've seen these three. Oh games before, and I thought there were two different times during the game where our team could have gave in, could let go of the rope. We didn't. I thought the crowd was awesome tonight, and I've been part of these on both sides where it's a 30 and you're playing on the road or you're playing at home. And the crowd can just not be. And the crowd was awesome tonight. Our fans are awesome. Yeah. Gratitude.

[Dan Patrick]

I think JJ Redick did okay this year, and I know this kind of

[Paulie]

gets lost in the shuffle, but if

[Dan Patrick]

you look at previous coaches. Darvin Ham, although Darvin Ham had success in the postseason, but, you know, JJ came in tough situation going into the

[Paulie]

playoffs, but they played hard.

[Dan Patrick]

Like, you can really tell, I think, the impact a coach has on a team when you see how hard they play in a situation where maybe you

[Paulie]

wouldn't expect them to play as hard.

[Dan Patrick]

And look, I know this sounds like

[Paulie]

an indictment on Nick Nurse in Philadelphia, but that team mailed it in like there was.

[Dan Patrick]

There was nothing there on your home floor with, you know, the Knicks fans taking up three quarters of the building. Like, show some survival instincts here. And the Lakers had that. Like, they did play hard. I did question, can you be a

[Paulie]

good enough defensive team to be able

[Dan Patrick]

to compete with okc? And they gave them everything they had. I think OKC would probably be honest and say that was a little bit tougher than we thought, especially with no Luca in there. But I still look at Austin Reeves because he's got the opportunity if he stays with. And it might be a sign and trade, but it's.

[Paulie]

What is it?

[Dan Patrick]

Five years, 280 million.

[Paulie]

Paulie with the Lakers, he could get five years, 241.

Oh, okay.

There's yell. You're like, I could have done that shooting.

[Dan Patrick]

And nobody knew this kid in college. Nobody knew him. When he got to the Lakers, I remember talking to somebody who watched a

[Paulie]

practice session, and he said to me,

[Dan Patrick]

he goes, this kid doesn't look like he can play, but he can play. And he said, once you kind of get anointed by LeBron that you can play, then everybody else goes, yes, he can play. Like, they're waiting for somebody to say, hey, can he play? Can he get a shot off? Can he get to the hoop? And, you know, my friend goes, he

[Paulie]

can do all of those things.

[Dan Patrick]

He said, he won't get many shots, but he might be better when he leaves the Lakers. And I go, now, this is two years ago. Yeah, Paulie.

[Paulie]

Austin Reeves averaged 19 a game his last year at Oklahoma. Did not get drafted.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, like you. Oh, who's this kid? Yeah, I remember talking to Doug Gottlieb

[Paulie]

about Austin Reeves, and Doug was saying,

[Dan Patrick]

you know, how good a player he was, but he just wasn't a star. Like, nobody knew him. Nobody. You know, it wasn't like, oh, that guy's getting 6 million nil.

[Paulie]

Where we focus in on that kind of player.

[Dan Patrick]

He just was a really good player. Like, Kate Cunningham was a really good player, and he goes number one overall, so he should be really good. Like, we're just getting to the point where we're acknowledging, yeah, Cade Cunningham is

[Paulie]

a star in the league. He is, yes, Dylan, but he had

[Dylan]

some, some run in the public coming out of Oklahoma State too. I mean, that whole last season they were like, this guy's going to be legit.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, Kate Cunningham. No, I'm talking. Yeah, but Austin Reeves.

[Dylan]

Oh, no.

[Dan Patrick]

You were like, really? Like, did he go to Oklahoma or Oklahoma State or, you know, you're kind of. I, I didn't remember him. Yeah.

[Paulie]

Paulie, I've got the all undrafted players in NBA history team if you'd like it.

[Dan Patrick]

Wow.

[Paulie]

I know you love this.

[Dan Patrick]

Didn't expect that.

[Paulie]

Austin Reeves not on there yet.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Paulie]

Ben Wallace, low post.

Okay.

Defensive purposes.

Okay.

I know you don't love him.

[Dan Patrick]

He's a rim protector.

[Paulie]

Udonis Haslam. Avery Johnson. Bruce Bowen. Got a tough squad there. Fred Van Vliet should be Fleet.

[Dan Patrick]

It should be.

[Paulie]

Van Fleet would flow so much.

It would be.

Brad Miller, serviceable big man out of Purdue.

[Dan Patrick]

He could shoot.

[Paulie]

John Starks, undrafted.

Okay.

There's a few more, but like David Wesley, Raja Bell.

Oh, Raja.

Jose Calderon.

[Caller]

Okay.

[Paulie]

Some good squad. You're deep.

[Marvin]

That's a lot of grit and a

[Dan Patrick]

lot of yeah right there. Yeah, that's, that's first in, last out, coach's son type players.

[Paulie]

It's a good squad.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. I think Austin Reeves could be first team. You know, if he continues this trajectory,

[Paulie]

he'd be the highest paid undrafted free agent ever.

Yeah.

By far.

[Dan Patrick]

All of those guys salaries together aren't

[Paulie]

going to compete with what Austin Reeves is going to make. Yes, Dylan.

[Dylan]

Well, unless he decides to take his player option next year for 14.9 million and not sign the massive super mega contract.

[Paulie]

Basketball.

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

I had a couple of phone calls in here. Do we want to play the LeBron James game? Like, do we want to get it out of the way early?

[Paulie]

Yeah. Okay.

[Dan Patrick]

Do we have any theme music for

[Paulie]

the LeBron James game?

Oh, yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

All right, Paul, I'm going to start with you. LeBron James will be where next year.

[Paulie]

A one year deal with the Lakers.

[Dan Patrick]

All right.

[Todd]

Todd, still with the Lakers.

[Dylan]

Dylan, a two year deal with the Golden State Warriors.

[Dan Patrick]

Gutsy, gritty. How good would that be?

[Dylan]

So good.

[Dan Patrick]

Like, whoa, whoa.

[Paulie]

All right, Marvin.

[Marvin]

One year deal with the Lakers.

[Paulie]

Yeah, I'm gonna say one plus one with the Lakers for him.

[Dan Patrick]

And I think there are a lot of people, maybe at the all star break they weren't sure if LeBron was

[Paulie]

going to retire at the end of the Year.

[Dan Patrick]

I don't see that happening.

[Paulie]

Nobody pick retirement here.

[Dan Patrick]

I do think that he'll do a last dance documentary.

[Paulie]

He'll.

[Dan Patrick]

He'll have NBA entertainment or his film crew follow him around from training camp

[Paulie]

till the playoffs, and then they'll eventually put something together for Netflix or, you know, Amazon Prime. Yes.

[Todd]

Todd, will there be a decision? I'm keeping my talents in la.

[Dan Patrick]

Go back to that thing. Yeah, that's kind of where it started,

[Paulie]

right when America was like, wait a minute, Gonna spend an hour and you're gonna give us your decision, and you're taking your talents to south beach. Yes, Marv.

[Marvin]

LeBron James learned his lesson because it got less and less, like, big, you know, big ticket item type of deal. He went from the decision. He did an article with Lee Jenkins saying, I'm coming home, and then there was a press release saying, I'm going to the Los Angeles Lakers. It was literally just a press release.

[Paulie]

What's less than that? Nothing. He just shows up at training camp.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, well, kind of like when Kevin Durant had the contract extension in okc

[Paulie]

and he came in with his book

[Dan Patrick]

bag, and he had a little book bag, and he just kind of sat

[Paulie]

down, he goes, yeah, I'm. Yeah, I'm going to stay.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Paulie]

It was a Tuesday.

[Dan Patrick]

You're like, whoa, okay.

[Paulie]

Yes, Marvin.

[Marvin]

Yeah. After the. After the decision. I was at the mothership at the time, and everyone thought it was just, man, this is amazing. Yeah. And once the show started, oh, this is the awful idea, because it was an hour long at the Boys and

[Paulie]

Girls Club of Greenwich, you know, and

[Dan Patrick]

I had a couple of friends who

[Paulie]

worked on that show. And I remember saying, why did you drag it out so much?

[Dan Patrick]

And they were told that, you know,

[Paulie]

you got to have all the commercial inventory.

[Dan Patrick]

And I. I just thought, let's. Let's make the decision now, get through the first 15 minutes, do the buildup.

[Paulie]

When we come back, LeBron makes his decision.

[Dan Patrick]

Now, this is just me as a host, if I would. And look, I know Jim Gray was

[Paulie]

the host, and I've talked to Jim about this.

[Dan Patrick]

I don't think he had a real

[Paulie]

say in when LeBron would make the

[Dan Patrick]

decision, but it got to the point where you're like, we're dragging it out to drag it out, which I. I think infuriated even more people watching where make the decision at, like, 17 or 18 minutes after the hour. Now, you get all your analysts there, your experts. You go live to Cleveland, you go live to the Knicks. You know, you. You go Live to these places where we weren't sure if he was going to go, might go, you know, you find out, you know it's going to be in Miami. Have LeBron tell you where it's going to be. So you can do a live shot with somebody in Miami with the Miami Heat, somebody with Cleveland and they're burning jerseys, somebody with the Knicks. Then I think you could. You could move it forward instead of the very end where you make the decision now what? So that would have been my approach to it. Let's tease it, then announce it. Now we get our roundtable discussion. What this means for the Miami Heat, for, you know, the Eastern Conference, for D. Wade, Chris Bosh, what's it mean for the Cavaliers, the Knicks miss out on him? That would have been my approach. Yeah.

[Paulie]

Paulie, I'm looking back at this. This was July of 2010. The show, the decision was 75 minutes long. He made his announcement 28 minutes into the show. I can remember doing the show, this show the next day, and we actually had a different take on it. LeBron didn't go to college. He didn't have the three hats in the gym type thing. And this was his maybe one time in his career to do that. That's kind of how we looked at it that next day.

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, I want to be fair, then,

[Paulie]

28 minutes in, it felt like it was 48 minutes in.

[Dan Patrick]

It just.

[Paulie]

It lacked movement there. And then Lebron, you know, biting his nails and, you know, then you had.

[Dan Patrick]

Was Kanye west in the crowd that day?

[Paulie]

He was. He was neither invited nor kept out, but he just showed up as part

[Dan Patrick]

of the Boys and Girls club.

[Paulie]

We actually emailed the producer of the show and they had no idea Kanye west was showing up.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes.

[Paulie]

Lastly, 13 year old Donovan Mitchell.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, yeah, that's okay. Yeah, that's who I was gonna say. And I was like, wait, was Kanye there? And then I realized, yes, he was.

[Paulie]

Yes.

[Dylan]

Dylan, you guys are forgetting that he did a decision last year also. Remember that big run up to that and he announced that he's partnering with Tennessee vsop.

[Paulie]

Forgot that one.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, see that?

[Paulie]

That's not good. That's not good.

[Dylan]

Miss the mark.

[Dan Patrick]

Don't remind.

[Paulie]

Yeah, don't remind us of the decision

[Dan Patrick]

and the fact that it was the

[Paulie]

Boys and Girls Club of Greenwich, which

[Dan Patrick]

I didn't know they had one tough times.

[Paulie]

And I just remember.

[Dan Patrick]

Who was it? Dudley who came out and Jared Dudley, and he was saying, oh, he's hearing

[Paulie]

LeBron's going to the Knicks and I

[Dan Patrick]

was like, well, he's in Greenwich, Connecticut.

[Paulie]

Yeah, Paulie, a lot of people speculate on that. I'm looking at the article from that morning once it was announced that it was in Greenwich, Connecticut. That's 10 miles from the Knicks practice facility.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Paulie]

And everyone was leaning Knicks.

[Dan Patrick]

And I remember Stephen A. Smith, he got it right. He's going to the Heat. It was like, wait a minute. He's not going to the Next. Yeah.

[Paulie]

Paul LeBron's agent called the Cavaliers three minutes before the show started in the hallway.

Boy, that fallout was bad. That was bad.

[Dan Patrick]

All right, get to your phone calls. Coming up, Nick Wright, first things first,

[Paulie]

will join us next hour.

[Dan Patrick]

Reggie Miller will stop by as well. We're back with our play of the day.

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Hello, this is Malcolm Glabel from Smart Talks with IBM. Today, we're diving into a fascinating conversation with with Stefano Pallard, head of fan development for Scuderia Ferrari hp.

[Stefano Pallard]

Your pronunciation is strongly American. It's more Scuderia Ferrari.

[Malcolm Glabel]

I'm still working on rolling my R's, but what I was able to learn from Stefano was the importance of engaging the Tifosi, the Ferrari superfans. In the digital age.

[Stefano Pallard]

Ferrari fans and super fans want to be part of something, want to belong to something. So they want to be part of a community and ultimately they want to be part of a winning team.

[Malcolm Glabel]

You've got Ferrari, which has a long history, design history, and now you're interacting in a kind of digital space. I'm curious how you balance those two traditions.

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When it comes to fan engagement, it's really digital technology. And digital channels, are they enabled to create a deeper connection with our fans?

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The play of the day.

[Paulie]

This is the play of the day.

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[Paulie]

Sign [e-mail] sit back and relax. Would you update the poll results, Dylan?

[Dylan]

I would, Dan. For starters, we had what are you more interested in, what the Lakers do Next or what LeBron does next? Surprisingly, 54% say what LeBron does next. All right, another decision underway perhaps. And then we had who would you rather have, Donovan Mitchell or Jalen Brunson? 69% say Jalen Brunson.

[Dan Patrick]

Andrew in Washington. Hi, Andrew.

[Paulie]

What's on your mind today?

[Caller]

Good morning, Dan. Dan it. Thanks for taking my call. Yeah, it was good to see the Lakers fight last night. They almost, you know, got back into that game. If LeBron would have made that late running, running shot, they would have been up late. Maybe that would have turned at least to a gentleman sweep. But yeah, I think that LeBron and Bronny, no joke, this is not one of those, hey, I'll give you this guy for that guy radio trade calls, but I think they might end up in the land. I think he might end his career there, especially if they get close this year with Donovan Mitchell. James Harden is just a rental piece anyways. And I could see something where Giannis and maybe Jared Allen come to the Lakers, maybe Harden, Ayton and another player go to the Bucks, and LeBron, Bronnie and like Jackson Hayes go to the Cleveland Cavaliers. I don't know about aprons and caps and contract situations. That's just something I thought about. And my stat of the day is this, is that the Lakers got swept this year, but the last two times they got swept out of the playoffs in the 2023 conference finals, in the 2011 conference semis, both of those teams that swept them, Denver Nuggets and Dallas Mavericks, went on to win the championship. So I think the Thunder will do the same.

[Stat of the Day]

Stat of the day. Stat of the day. Stat of the day. Stat of the day.

[Dan Patrick]

Here comes, here comes that one.

[Stat of the Day]

Stat of the day.

[Dan Patrick]

David in Ohio. Hi, David.

[Paulie]

What's on your mind today?

[David]

Hey, what's going on, Dan? The NFL just announced that the Giants would be hosting the Dallas Cowboys opening weekend Sunday Night Football. Danny cast with Shake, question mark. And then my other comment is, don't worry, Cowboys fans. You can watch it next day on VHS tape next to the Cowboys super bowl highlights.

[Paulie]

David with another Shot at the Cowboys.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. I'm going to talk to Shay and

[Paulie]

maybe we do a Danny cast where Shay, Dylan, myself, we sit out on the patio here, have some beers, cigars, and we watch the Cowboys against the Giant. So you can watch us watch the Cowboys and the Giants. Yes, Dylan.

[Dylan]

Last time we did that, the Cowboys tied the packers, which is about as sweet of a result as you could ask for.

[Dan Patrick]

But I tell Shea, I said, you

[Paulie]

know, I can't stay up till 11:30, 12:00'. Clock.

[Dan Patrick]

So it's kind of hard to do

[Paulie]

a Danny cast if I'm not part of the second half.

[Dylan]

We need that west coast time zone.

[Paulie]

Oh, we do. Yes, we do.

[Dan Patrick]

Alex in Utah. Hi, Alex.

[Paulie]

What's on your mind today?

[Alex]

Good morning, General, and thanks for. Thanks for getting me on. So, Dan, I'm. I'm curious. I saw after, you know, the. The loss yesterday, and it was, you know, tough to watch LeBron go out like that. But, I mean, he played a great game. But I was seeing some stuff on the Internet, and I don't know if you've heard this or if it's even true, but I thought Steve Kerr made comments about wanting to see Kevin, Steph, and LeBron all win one more championship, kind of like winking at the proposition of getting them together in Golden State. I like. I don't know how much to read into that post if that's just made up. But then the other thing I wanted to bring up was so yesterday, I'm having a great time listening to the Dan Patrick show, and I'm laughing with everyone having a great time. And then you bring up the speech to your daughter. Now, I welcomed my first child late last year and a baby girl. And you're talking about not getting it, being able to get through the speech. And I think Paulie brought up the Darius Rucker song. And then I looked it up and looked at the lyrics, and I'm, like, seeing lyrics of, like, putting her to bed at night and, like, tearing up because you realize it's not going to last for very long. And I am just destroyed. I get puffy, the eyes start. I'm like. I haven't even. Like, she's. She's not even a year old, and I'm already thinking about this. And so I work from home. So I run upstairs, she's playing on the ground, and she's just having the time of her life. I pick her up, I'm like, bawling, and I'm holding her so tight, and my wife is freaking out. Like, what's wrong? What happened?

[Caller]

I'm like, no.

[Alex]

And I just love her so much, and I don't want to let her go.

[Stat of the Day]

Oh.

[Paulie]

Everybody tells you this when you have kids. It's going to go by so quickly,

[Dan Patrick]

but you're in the throes of chaos, and you can't wait for your child to get older, get out of diapers, go to daycare. And then all of a sudden, you look up and you're like, paulie's daughter is going to go to college next year. And you're like, wow. And I haven't seen her in a while. All of a sudden, we see Peyton in Pittsburgh. I said, paul, you're in trouble.

[Paulie]

You put your arm on my shoulder.

[Dan Patrick]

I said, you're in trouble. You are in trouble. It happens.

[Paulie]

It's quick, man. Yes.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes.

[Paulie]

Marvy.

[Marvin]

A quote I heard when I first had my son. The days are long, but the years are short.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Did I just call you Marvy?

[Paulie]

Marvy.

[Dan Patrick]

I think I just called you Marvy.

[Marvin]

New name, Marvy.

[Dylan]

Add it to the list.

[Dan Patrick]

Short for marvelous.

[Paulie]

Hour two on the way after this.

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