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They pushed it to seven games, but the Tyrese Halliburton injury was tough to overcome. We talked about it when he injured his calf and you'll see this, that the calf injury and the possibility of an Achilles injury. We talked about that last week. Unfortunately, it came to fruition and you couldn't help but think of Kevin Durant when he got off to a hot start and then he blew out his Achilles a few years ago. But Tyrese Halliburton will remember an incredible postseason run. Also Shea, Gilgis, Alexander, not many. This is rarefied air when you put him in there with Michael and Shaq. When you're going to be the regular season MVP scoring champ, you're going to win an NBA title, finals mvp. And he did it in an effortless way. He did it in an old school way. Now I say old school because he doesn't rely on the three point shot. He'll beat you off the dribble. He's capable of scoring on three different levels, but he was efficiently brilliant in the NBA Finals. We'll get to your phone calls. Best and worst of the weekend. What you saw that you liked, you didn't like. 8773-DP-SHoVE Email address dpdanpatrick.com Twitter handle @DPoSHoVE Chris Mannix from Sports Illustrated will join us from Oklahoma City. Gilbert Arenas, former NBA all star, will join us. We'll talk about the Kevin Durant trade that happened yesterday. We have a play of the day poll question. Stat of the Day Stat of the Day is always brought to you by Panini America. The official trading cards of the Dan Patrick show. And for over 40 years, Tire Rack has been helping you find the right tires on how and what and where you drive ship fast and free, backed by free road hazard protection. Convenient installation options like mobile tire installation. We saw that on display last week here in the man cave. Tirerack.com the way tire buying should be. All right, Seton, poll question for hour one is to be what? Well, I've got something that could be considered a sign of the apocalypse or just very bad news for two people here. Okay. Paul and Todd have both submitted the same poll question. O, man, what happened to Paul? I know, right? Is, is Todd coming up or is Paul going down? I can't really tell. Paul going down. Yeah. What's the possibility of both questions being good? That's for you to decide. Alrighty. The NBA Finals was memorable for. Dot, dot, dot. Well, let's see. Paul's options were the first title of this young OKC team, SGA cementing himself as a superstar. Pacers fight, Halliburton's injury or nothing. Or nothing. Yes. Todd's suggestions were the sitter, Oklahoma City winning their first ever title, SGA being named the mvp, Halliburton's injury, or Kevin Durant getting traded to this. From the Suns to the Rockets with no local ties. I would say Tyrese Halliburton's injury. I. I think his playoff performance leading into the NBA Finals, and he gave them hope. SGA was, you know, brilliant, and he also had a, you know, a Game seven that we haven't had in a long time. You know, 29 and 12 assists. First player to reach those numbers in game seven of an NBA Finals. You have to go back to 1970, when Walt Frazier went for 36 and 19. I. I just think the injury with Halliburton, because of all the big shots that he had leading into the Finals, that he gave them hope, and hope went down and didn't get back up last night. So I would say in 10 years from now, let's. Let's put it that way. How about we put a. A window on this ten years from now, when we look back on this year's NBA Finals, it's probably going to be, Tyrese Halliburton will remember because of the injury, how they had played, they forced a game 7. OKC was the best team. But I think. I think what the Pacers did created more headline conversation than what Oklahoma City did. Yes. I think how we remember this Finals is dependent on how both of these teams do the next three years. If we go right back to after. After this year, if next year we go back to some sort of, like, return cycle of, you know, Warriors, Lakers, Celtics, you know, whoever win, then I don't know what we're going to really remember from this one. But if the Pacers go on to be great or the Thunder go on to keep being great, it's going to shape how this one is remembered. But also keep in mind, Tyrese Halliburton will probably be out all next year, so, you know, his impact is going to be felt next year because he won't be able to play. Jason Tatum not able to play for the Celtics next year, probably not. So factor those in and how that shapes the east, because the east is really, really wide open now. And we don't even know if Giannis is going to stay in Milwaukee. Like all of a sudden, Orlando, the Cavaliers, obviously Garland's having toe surgery, but they would be the favorites. The Knicks, you know, once again would be in the, in the, in the conversation there. But if you don't have Tatum and you don't have Halliburton and those are the best players on the, on the best teams right now, east is wide open. That's where Giannis might go. Maybe can you help me out a little bit here? Can you give me something here in Milwaukee? But we'll talk to Chris Mannix about this because I think Mannix gets the feeling that Giannis, if he's going anywhere, would end up in San Antonio. But Kevin Durant ending up with Houston, you know that Cleveland was in this, I'm told, at the last minute, like there were teams going, hey, we know you got to trade him. What's it going to take? And I think the Knicks made another run at it. Everybody was kind of like circling it. Was it, it was a open secret that Durant was going to be traded. And the question was, where is he going to be traded? And it was going to be this week because the draft is coming up on Wednesday night. But we'll talk about that. With Durant being traded and Houston, I thought did pretty well here. You can look at the draft picks. I don't look at the draft picks the way I used to because it just feels like. And we'll give you, I don't know how many second round picks you want. You want four, you want five? Go ahead, take, take whatever you want. And Jalen Green, it's weird to be, what is he, 23 and he averaged, you know, over. I think he might have averaged 23 points a game. He didn't do well in the postseason. And I think there was concern with Houston that maybe he is not that number one guy. Phoenix Suns are a mess. They really are. And, and they, you know, it's not just one year. I mean, they've been consistent in being a mess because you get Bradley Beal. I can only warn these owners and GMs so often, if they're not going to listen to me, then it's on them. Get a new owner. Matt Ishbia, former walk on at Michigan State and all of a Sudden, you start making decisions, you bring in Durant. You gave up a lot to get Durant. Devin Booker. I don't. Are you building around Devin Booker? Like, it feels like. Who is anybody going to pass the ball on that team? Bradley Beal, Devin Booker and Jalen Green. I don't like that. I don't like that at all. But when I saw it, I go, all right, Durant goes to Houston. I like the roster. Ima Udoka, the head coach, just got a contract extension. It's a young team, but now you have a closer. Now you got a guy who can go get you a bucket, and that's going to make them extremely dangerous. It's a young team, aggressive team, good defensive team, and now you got a guy, crunch time, who can get you a bucket. Now, granted, he's 37, but his game is not really predicated on jumping high or moving fast. It just feels like he gets to spots and he will kill you. But from the perspective of the Rockets, I like what they did because it's now. Now they're trying to win a championship where Phoenix. Phoenix is going to have to take the wrecking ball. And I can. You can't trade Bradley Beal. Imagine LeBron and Bradley Beal, the two guys who don't have no trade clauses. So, yeah, you have Bradley Beal and Devin Book her and Jaylen Green, and I don't know, the. The. The ghost of Steve Nash there. Yes, Marvin. The crazy part is the Suns were in the finals in 2021. I know. I know how things change so fast with a young Devin Booker. If you're thinking when they got to the finals, oh, we'll be back. That's the scariest part about getting to the Finals. You don't know which way it's going to go. Yeah, you know, I, I brought up this calf issue thing because Dame Lillard and Jason Tatum both told Gilbert Arenas that they had calf injuries before they told their tore their Achilles. And that's what happened with Tyrese Halliburton. And that's why I wondered, can you put him out there? I know he wants to be out there, but you have. He has to know that there is a risk that you're gonna. You're gonna tear your Achilles. Tatum and Dame Lillard both had calf injuries and then they tore their Achilles, and that's what happened with Tyrese Halliburton. Also, don't wear the number zero. Dame Lillard, zero. Jason Tatum, zero. Tyrese Halliburton, zero. Yikes. Who else is wearing zero? We got to give them a heads up. Christian Brown, be careful. Oh, well, okay. If he wears zero. Sure. Alrighty. So the poll question. What are we going to remember? Seaton. Any other poll question for the first hour of the program? Yeah, we got one more here for you. Okay. Bigger mistake. Trading sga. Trading the Sonics. Well, that owner wanted to move them to okc. Yeah. So I get that. But you go back to when Shea Gilgis was traded. Now, Sam Presti, Oklahoma City gm, insisted that SGA was going to be in the deal, and I think the Clippers were trying to hold on to him. He finished sixth in the Rookie of the Year ballot, and he averaged only 12 points a game. Anybody who said, boy, I saw this, I think he might be lying, because that felt like, all right, you take Paul George, take his contract. What are you going to give us in return? And they had accumulated so many draft picks there in Oklahoma City, and all of a sudden, you know, I want Shea Gilgis at Kentucky. I can't tell you. I remember one play that he had. Kind of like the way he plays now, where you go, all right, the guy can score. I mean, he was just another Kentucky player. All right, he can score. Okay, get to the hoop. I didn't think, oh, my God, that guy's going to be. He's going to do something that is in rarefied air with Kareem and Shaq and Michael Jordan. Imagine you're on that list. And he did it. I don't think anybody saw that coming, that he would be this great. But this, you know, this has been a process like five, six years to get to this point. Remember Chat Holmgren? Soon as they got him, he got hurt in that summer All Star Game that he was playing in. He's had a hip injury now. He's obviously injury prone here, but you're getting guys and you're going, okay, nobody wants Alex Caruso. We'll take him. Lou Dorrit. Who? Jalen Williams. Who? I mean, come on. Guy went to Santa Clara. That's where you look at scouting. That's where you look at what you do in, you know, down in the lab. And that's what. OKC has done a wonderful job. And it starts with Sam Presti. I think he took over. He was 28 years of age when he was a GM, and now, what is he, 47. Still young for that job. But, you know, this is why, when we talk about the Lakers, that you get new ownership now. You can't go out and just buy whoever you want. But they're going to help the infrastructure of the Lakers scouting. I mean, that. That's where you beef up and, you know, that's what OKC has done. It did a wonderful job and should be commended for finding those players who do fit in. Now, the key for OKC as we move forward is Shea Gilgis is probably going to get a contract that's going to pay him $80 million a year. Just start there. Now, is Chad Holmgren going to take less? Is Jalen Williams going to. Is anybody taking less to stay together to win a championship? As a former NBA champion once told me, once I got my ring, I wanted my money. That's what happens. I got my ring, now I want my money. Look at what happened with the Nuggets. Those guys bench players. They got their ring, then they wanted their money. It's a natural evolution when you're trying to keep these teams together. That's what you have to have in place. Is there a commonality that, hey, let's do that. Let's continue to do this. We're having fun. We're the best team. We're young. We. We have plenty of time to make plenty of money. It sounds altruistic, but it doesn't happen that way. Guys are going to leave. Guys are going to want their money. I understand it. Natural evolution here. 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So listen to everybody's business on the iHeartRadio app. Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Shay Gilchius Alexander joins Kareem, Michael and Shaq, the only players to lead their team. Best regular season record in the NBA. Lead the NBA in scoring. Regular season mvp. Finals mvp in the same year. Jordan did it three times. Kareem and Shaq did it once. That's the category. That's the grouping that Shea Gilgis Alexander has joined, also with Jalen Williams. And I know they're trying to make this a Jordan Pippin combo. Slow down, slow down. But Shay Gilgis and Jalen Williams combined to score 377 points, sixth most by any duo in NBA history, the most since Kyrie and LeBron combined for 398 back in 2016. Stat of the day. Stat of the day. Of the day. Stat of the day. Here comes that. What? Stat of the day. Here is Shea Gilgis Alexander on his historical season. It's hard to believe that I'm part of that group. It's hard to even fathom that I'm that type of basketball player. Sometimes as a kid, you dream and every kid dreams, but you don't ever really know if it's going to come true. And I'm just glad and happy that my dreams have been able to come true. And that's a thank you to everyone that's been in my corner that's helped me get here. I wouldn't be able to do it without them. They know exactly who they are. So, yeah, it's a win for the family. He's a very thoughtful guy. He really is. And he's what, 25, 26. And you know, he went over and checked on Tyrese Halliburton. He, he's very mature. I mean, you get that sense when, when you listen to him, you see him, how he reacts with his teammates. He has great wherewithal presence. He reads the room really well. All right, best and worst of the weekend. Gus. Gus from LA joins us, starting things off. Hi, Gus. Good morning, Mr. Patrick. Hope you and the boys had a great weekend. All right, best of the weekend. It was the birthday weekend. So anytime that, you know, you get shown a lot of love, just for you, being you is a great week. Great weekend. Worst of the weekend. You know, I'm not trying to downplay this. And congratulations to the Oklahoma City Thunder and their fan base and all the deserved people in the organization. But, but, you know, we always hear whenever the Lakers, you know, like the Miami Heat, a big market team, is in it, everyone's always like, when's the little Guy gonna get the shot, get a small market in their small market teams matter. This was the small market Finals. Viewership was down about 20% with the ratings. And it kind of seems you mentioned it last week when the Lakers sale was announced. You never want to announce big news during the NBA Finals. You don't allow that to overshadow the Finals. And we had not one, but two stories with Kevin Durant being traded before game seven. Now I get Kevin Durant towards the end of the career, but still, big story. Did the NBA itself kind of be like, eh, you know, it's small market Finals. Anyways, you boys have a great week. You guys take care. Thank you, Gus. In fact, as soon as it happened with Durant being traded and then Marvin sent me a text, he goes, how do you think David Stern would have reacted to this in previous years? He wouldn't have been happy. But somebody broke the story on the Lakers and, you know, shams, you know, broke the story. Maybe that wasn't supposed to come out until this week, but, you know, the Durant trade, we knew it was going to happen. Maybe somebody broke that ahead of schedule. But it had to happen, you know, today or tomorrow with the draft coming up. It would feel like you would want to know where you stand with your draft picks. But yeah, I was surprised. And if we have the commissioner on again anytime soon, I'll ask him about that because he was there with David Stern. He worked with David Stern. And I know for a fact that David Stern did not want any news during the NBA Finals other than the NBA Finals. He told me that point blank, one time. Patrick, no other news. I said, well, what if somebody break. Patrick, no other news. I said, all right, so lo and behold, Bulls end up winning. And I was on SportsCenter after, after the game and we had breaking news that the Orlando Magic had a new head coach. And I heard from David Stern after that. Patrick, I go, it wasn't my story. I thought I told you. I go, david Aldrich broke the news. Yes, Paulie, I do want to go counter on this a little bit. Everyone on social media saying it's, oh, the NBA, it's bad for the NBA to lose focus on the Finals. They didn't lose one ratings point because of the Lakers story or the Kevin Durant story. It's actually possible they gained ratings points because you may tune into the NBA coverage to hear about the Lakers sale or hear about the Durant trade. So maybe a casual, casual fan or a fan of the Suns may say, I'm Going to see what they say on the pregame show or whatever it may be. They didn't lose one ratings point because of these side stories. Oh, I'm sure the mothership loved this because they had something other than, you know, the Thunder and the Pacers to talk about that you had other stories that more people would be interested in. I mean, the Kevin Durant story, that felt like that was front burner for the last 10 days on ESPN. Like they were almost praying, begging, wishful reporting to get him to the Knicks. And then all of a sudden, well, it might be San Antonio, might be Houston. Well, the Knicks should still be in, in, you know, involved in that. But here is Kevin Durant yesterday about being traded when people could just hang your career in the balance like that and just choose what they want to do with your career as a nerve wrecking feeling, being able to kind of dictate what you want to do and then being with a team that values you. And I'm looking forward to it, having people are going to hold on to that, dictate what you want to do. Did you have a hand in this? Most definitely. I mean, they asked me where I wanted to go. Some of my destinations I gave to them. And here we are. That's Kay Adams asking Kevin Durant at the Fanatics fest yesterday in New York. Yes, Marvin, I was there with Mario yesterday. And as soon as the news dropped, everyone. Wait, wait, wait, wait. Do you stop this, Kevin? Kevin Hart stopped his interview. You guys see this? And he talks about Kevin Durant. It stops his interview with some other celebrity. I don't know who it was, but it, it shut everything down yesterday. Yeah. With all these celebrities. And he was there and Kevin Durant was in the building and everyone's, everyone runs over to where he's at just to kind of get the news and get. First of all, he found out with Taylor Rooks and then K does an interview with him after that just to get his reaction. And they were like, oh, did you know? He's like, yeah, I just didn't know when. But I knew I was going to get traded. Jeff in Massachusetts. Hi, Jeff. What's on your mind today? Hey, Dan. First time, long time, six three, feisty, 170. I got a fast and worst of the weekend and a quick father advice for you, if I may. So I have a newborn son. I work as a teacher, first full week off of school, so got to enjoy that. That was the best part with the newborn. We went out to get your book. We were going to Stop at two different libraries, get his card, get my card, everything signed up. They didn't have your book at one where they said, so we decided to go to a third one and on the way to the third one to get your book, the car broke down. So I was stuck in 90 degree weather on my effort to get the Dan Patrick book. So that was definitely the worst of the weekend. We did successfully get it. So hopefully this is worth the read. My expectations are very high now and the question I have is just, you know, in general, what would be a good piece of advice you think I can give for my son just moving forward, you know, for when he gets older, start sports about just focusing on, you know, the big picture of everything. I know that's a kind of a grand one, but I figure you can, you know, you're, you know, everything. By the way, Jeff, send, send the book here, self address, stamped envelope and I'll autograph that for you. As far, I mean, that's a big question. I would say just focus on being a good person, doing good things. I always tell my kids it doesn't cost anything to be nice. Wherever you go, you say something to somebody, you help somebody, you ask somebody, whatever it is, doesn't cost anything to be nice. And I would focus on that if something so simple, but it'll take you a long way. Craig in Fort Wayne. Hi, Craig. What's on your mind today? Good morning, Dan Dennett. Happy Monday. Question this morning as an NBA GM and you look at the Pacers out of the east as they beat New York, Cleveland, Boston, they all had a front five, but not a back five. And in the West, Oklahoma City beating Minnesota, Dallas and the Lakers, they all had star power. Do you invest in your front five or your second five if you truly want to win a championship in the NBA today? Thanks. Well, you, you still have to have your marquee guys. I mean, Denver could have a great bench, but if you don't have Joker there or Jamal Murray, you're not going to win a title. You still have to have Chad Holmgren and sga. Now, you might lose Lou Dort, you might lose a couple of these peripheral players, but are you able to keep those guys on the bench? The guys on the bench are the ones who want money. They're the ones that say, hey, we're not starting, but we want to go someplace where we can start. You know, Gabe Vincent wants money. Hey, I won my title, now I want my money. Yeah. And you have a finite amount of time to earn this Money, Okay, I win another championship, what does that mean? Or I win a third. Okay. But I'm not the star. I want to go where I can play. I want to go where I can make money. And if we happen to win, great. I mean, that's where players wanted to go, to New England. They wanted to go win a championship and then leave. But a lot of those guys had already made their money, but they wanted to have that chip. OKC is a young team. I'm looking at their draft picks that they have. So they have two first round picks this year, courtesy of the Heat and the Clippers. 26. They have a top four protected pick from Philadelphia. Wow. They have a top eight protected pick from Utah in 2026. They have their own pick in 2026. 2027. They have a top four protected Pick from Denver. They have another pick swap with the Clippers. They 2028. They have a swap with Dallas. They own their 2029 pick, their 2030 pick, their 20. I mean, wow. So just imagine they end up with that Philadelphia pick because Philadelphia is probably not going to be very good. And then you might be kind of reinvesting in your roster with somebody from the outside coming in. And maybe you don't keep some of these players, but you got to keep, you got to keep the core. The best you can do, keep the core. It's just, how do you fill in the rest of that gray area? Yeah, Paul. Yeah. This summer, OKC won't lose anybody from that core. The 2026 off season, Lou Dort, they have a team option. Hartenstein, a team option. The tough ones are Chet Holmgren and Jalen Williams are restricted free agents next summer. Going back to grabbing players for your bench. They grabbed Isaiah Hartenstein from the Knicks. Remember, he's that breakout all purpose player from the Knicks. They overpaid for him. They gave him three years, 87 million Hartenstein last summer. And I was like, that's a lot of money for a rotation guy. But look how it worked out. But he's a tough guy and he's, he's what you want. He doesn't care. He just sets picks, plays hard, defense, rebounds. Those are the guys that are so invaluable. Like, they go, don't worry about me. I'm fine with doing this. Like, Dennis Rodman never needed the ball, didn't care. It's like, I'll play defense and I'll rebound. You guys take care of the other stuff. Yes, Marvin and I think Hartenstein, his contract is a lesson to A lot of guys that are looking for a big contract, you could just say, hey, look at what Hartenstein's done. He's making $30 million a year just by doing this really, really well. So you don't worry about stats because we have people to do that. If you do your role really well, you'll get paid. Andy in Rhode Island. Hi, Andy. What's on your mind? Good morning. What's up, Dan? What a great week I had just in Vegas, and I only have two best for you because I can't serve you with anything worse. So, started off on my way to Vegas last Sunday, standing, lo and behold, right behind me, D Hop DeAndre Hopkins. And it was so cool, you know, I didn't fanboy him. I was now D Hop. Like I can look at it. I knew the guy and so nice, humble guy. And to my surprise, me and him both same height, and I was like, oh, okay. So I. I can, you know, shape up with these guys and my second best. Leaving Las Vegas yesterday, dan, a simple $20 play in the Frankenstein machine. I hit a jackpot of $10,000, came home a happy man, and it took me back to Ocean's Eleven when Brad Pitt purposely put coins inside the flop machine, walked away, the lady went up, put her coin in, and hit the jackpot. It was so great because the entire time, I was like, oh, what is the chance of me hitting something? And my fiance, she was over there screaming, having a great time. So I. I just had to share with y' all, and I hope you guys continue to have a great week and stay cool. All right, Andy. Sounds like Turtle from Entourage. Sounds like Jerry Farrar. He had a good weekend, man. Chris in Syracuse. Hi, Chris. Hey, thanks, Dan, as always. Hey, I wanted to weigh in on the first poll. You guys were chopping up a little bit, talking about was what I'm going to remember about yesterday. And I think for me, it's going to be the Durant trade. You know, Houston's gone down this path, like a lot of teams with. Whether it was with McGrady or Barkley, and I don't know, you mortgage your future for a one to two year window. And, you know, you look at, like, this year, all the top teams in the world. West, Oklahoma City, Denver, Minnesota, Houston, and then the east, the Knicks, Pacers, Boston, Cleveland. None of them have an 18 star on them. And I d. I just think that formula does not work. Okay. I mean, you're running a risk with Durant. This is his fifth team. B37. He did average 26. But having, I, I want him to. I kind of have a strategic 20 point score. Like, he doesn't have to give me 26, 27. I want him to be strategic. When we need you, we can go to you and let those young guys. Sometimes when you bring in somebody late in their career, you know, you stunt the growth of the younger players. I hope that that nucleus is able to continue to evolve, and then Houston's going to be formidable. But we talked about this during the postseason. Sometimes you're on a field trip when you're a young team, you're like, oh, let's go. We're going to go to the, you know, Museum of Modern Art. Okay. We're just going to walk around and look at things and go back home. And then other times you become the art. You become what other people want to come and watch. Instead of we're just doing a field trip here. You get into the playoffs, you get knocked out, you go, okay, we're going to learn from this. Okay? See? Learn from this. Now Houston has to learn from this. Houston has to go. Okay, we were really good during the regular season and we can go toe to toe. But in a seven game series, who are we? That's what you need to find out. And, and, and then you can count on people okc new certain times, certain situations, you can count on him. You know, Caruso was wonderful in his role. Lou Dort, wonderful in his role. Chad Holt, like, all of them understood their role, but they had been in these situations. Even Caruso, he won a title in the bubble. Had this to say after winning last night. The championship is a championship, but there were 70 people in the gym when you won your first one. How much better does this one feel? Yeah, now I got a real one. Now nobody can say anything. Yeah, I think just because of the way the team is constructed now versus the team I had in 2020, like, it was much harder with this team just because of the experience. Yeah, that's the key. But Caruso winning a title in the bubble now, as he said, I got a legitimate one coming up. Our play of the day after this. Thanks for listening to the Dan Patrick show podcast. Be sure to catch us live every weekday morning, 9 until noon Eastern, 6 to 9 Pacific, on Fox Sports Radio. And you can find us on the iHeartRadio app at FSR or stream us live on the Peacock app. Hi, Zoe Saldana. Welcome to T Mobile. Here's your new iPhone 16 Pro on us. Thanks. And here's my old phone to trade in. You don't need a trade in. 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Here's a random stat. Shohei Otani has 10 career games with both a triple and a home run. Among active players, only one player has more career games with a home run and a triple. I'll buy your lunch if you can guess this player, active player, no hints, nothing. Marvin, you got anybody? Jazz, Chisholm, Paul, Mike Trout. I gotta buy you lunch. Mike Trout has 14 games. I don't know if you're getting the support you should with a great poll like that. I, I, I. It was my first thought, but I was like that. It has to be Trout. So you. The way you teased it, I thought it has to be Someone deep cut. AM570LA Sports, Dodgers radio Network. That is your play of the day. Play of the day brought to you by the great folks at Rapid Radios, the official walkie talkie of the DP show. Push to talk nationwide LTE network. No subscriptions required. Business owners, stay connected with your employees anywhere. Visit rapidradios.com for up to 60% off and free shipping. We got an NBA quiz. I don't know what said quiz is because Paul is the host of the NBA quiz game. Here we go. Okay. Kevin Durant is being traded to the Houston Rockets, which will be his fifth team. We do not count Seattle and OKC as two different teams. So he'll be on his fifth team. He's going to be a Hall of Famer. Clearly the most teams an NBA hall of Famer has played for in his career. I need the name of the person and the amount of teams. I'm gonna make Marvin go last because Marvin is usually good at these NBA games. Who would like to go first? All right, Seaton. I'm gonna say Vince Carter. He played for. My official number is a gajillion teams. You're off on the number, but Vince Carter is correct. Oh, okay. Good poll. Seaton's a big Vince Carter guy. He should be. The answer to every good poll question is Vince Carter. Or when it's not him, it's Allen Iverson. He had a season where he played four games for Sacramento, which put him over the top. Oh. Among the hall of Famers who played for seven teams, Adrian Dantley, Bob McAdoo, Chauncey Billups, Dwight Howard and Moses Malone. Moses. All right, that's your NBA quiz by Seat Lunch, too. All right, now buy Seat and Lunch yes. Yes. Marshall in South Carolina. Good morning, Marshall. What's on your mind today? Hey, D.P. what's happening, man? Let's see. 5:12, 185. Guys, I. I had a traumatic brain injury in April of 2023, and I've been homebound since then. And I just want to say thank you all. Listen to y' all or watch y' all every single morning, and y' all are the best part of my day, and I really appreciate it. Well, thank you, Marshall. Glad that we can hopefully put a smile on your face. And is there. Is there a part of the show that you really like or a favorite Danette that you really like? Marshall in Fritzi, the minister of humor always has interesting things to say, but I'm a longtime listener, and I just said of the day. I mean, that's classic. I've been trying to write my own set of the day jingle, but I'm a little slow with my head injury, so. Take your time. Take your time. You got two and a half years. Okay. And thank you for the phone call, Marshall. Yes, Todd. No, That's a sweet sentiment. I'm glad he looks forward to the show. That's. It's always great when you. You hear those kind of uplifting things that something we're saying or doing makes their. Their day bed when they're going through some tough times. Okay. That always makes me feel good. Not a lot of jobs offer that in careers where you can affect people like that on a daily basis. So that's pretty awesome. Well, thank you, John. Welcome, Satan. Would you update the poll results? Sometimes Fritz is like a chat. GPT response to it. Yes. Thank. Yeah. Like, I didn't necessarily need that, but I didn't. I just. I know. I just wanted to share. I had a little emotional moment there when I hear those things. Yeah. Get a little. It just feels like that's what a computer would spit out, like, minimum kindness. It does take the sensitivity away from what I was trying to share, but it's okay. It's all right. You just were ready to say something, and I didn't know what you were going to say to add to that. For the record, I was. That was. I was heartfelt from my head. I wasn't. I didn't Google that and read, like, words from a. Oh, no. I could tell. Search thing. Yeah, I could tell Seaton. Would you update the poll results in my. I would be happy to. Dan. This NBA Finals was memorable for Oklahoma City's first title sga becoming a star. The Halliburton injury or the Durant trade. Right now Terry Halberton's injury has 54% of that vote, followed by the Thunders first title. Yeah, I, I think it's, it's Tyrese Halliburton with everything that happened in the playoffs and certainly with the injury, he had an incredible, you know, when you start to look at this, both teams come away. You know, we don't look, you know, down upon the Pacers. Like they played hard, they were good vibes. You had a great storyline, that communal atmosphere that you had in Indianapolis, and it, it was great. And they went toe to toe. You went to a seventh game, you were the biggest underdog in the last 25 years. A lot of positives there. You can only hope, though, that Tyrese Halliburton is able to come back and be the player and add to the player that we saw, but probably going to miss half the year. That's the bummer with this because you're looking at it. You would have looked at Indiana a lot differently starting next season because then they're involved in the favorites. Now. I do have favorites for DraftKings. Just sent this to me and I think you'll be surprised where the Pacers are on this list. That's called a tease. I'll tell you that coming up in about I'll buy you lunch for that teaser. Teaser. Save that's called a tease. Save it, you kids out there. Yes, kids, that that's called a tease. One hour in the books. Two more to go. Gilbert Arenas, one of our favorites, will join us. Coming up, more of your phone calls as well on this Monday Dan Patrick Show. Hey, it's Ryan Seacrest for Albertsons and Safeway, now through June 24th. Score hot summer savings and earn four times the points. Look for in store tags on items like Kraft Mac and Cheese, Celsius energy drinks, Quaker Chewy bars and sparkling ice flavored water. Then clip the offer in the app for automatic event long savings. Enjoy savings on top of savings when you shop in store or online. For easy drive up and go, pickup or delivery subject to availability restrictions apply. Visit Albertsons or Safeway.com for more details. Welcome to the you versus you podcast. I'm Lex Borrero inviting you to go beyond the titles and the accolades of the world's most successful entertainers. 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