Hour 2 – Cade Cunningham Collapsed Lung, Tracy McGrady

Summary

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The Dan Patrick Show – Hour 2: Cade Cunningham Collapsed Lung, Tracy McGrady

Podcast: The Dan Patrick Show
Host: Dan Patrick & The Danettes
Date: March 19, 2026
Guests: Tracy McGrady

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Episode Overview

This episode of The Dan Patrick Show features a fast-paced, humorous, and wide-ranging discussion of the hottest stories in sports, including NBA MVP eligibility rules in light of Cade Cunningham’s injury, the impact of superstar absences, the legend of Nikola Jokić, favorite sports “days” of the year, and a lively interview with Hall of Famer Tracy McGrady. The group also debates sport culture phenomena, including jersey retirements, the legacy of Steph Curry, and experiments with alternative basketball leagues.

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Key Topics & Discussions

1. Celebrity Bracket Challenge & Star Power in Sports Media

Timestamp: 02:56–06:00

• Dan and the crew joke about Todd’s efforts to recruit celebrities—often beautiful women with tenuous show connections—into their NCAA bracket contest.
  • "Fritzi was reaching out to people. Basically, women in Hollywood ... Jessica Alba has no attachment to the show." (Dan, 03:04)
  • Todd defends his methods, referencing old show connections and movies (Rachel McAdams, Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Garner).
• Celebrity and athlete participants in the bracket challenge include Dale Earnhardt Jr., Alex Ovechkin, Reggie Miller, and more.

2. Cade Cunningham’s Collapsed Lung & NBA MVP Implications

Timestamp: 06:00–08:00

• Breaking news: Cade Cunningham (Pistons) diagnosed with a collapsed lung.
• Dan explores how this affects Cunningham’s eligibility for the MVP, noting recent rule changes (must play at least 65 games).
  • "If Cade Cunningham is out three weeks, will he...not be eligible?" (Dan, 06:33)
  • SGA (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander) is the clear MVP favorite if he keeps playing.
• Joke about "WEMVP" if Wembanyama sneaks into contention.

3. Nikola Jokić’s Apathy for Awards & Legendary Quotes

Timestamp: 07:50–08:54

• Reminiscing on Jokić’s humorous indifference to NBA honors.
  • "Somebody did ask Joker who was his GOAT. And he goes, 'I don't have goats. I have horses.'" (Dan, 07:50)
  • Story about Jokić’s confusion over the parade after winning the title:
    • "'What is this parade?' ... 'I'm out of here.'" (Dan, 08:27)
  • Paulie and Dan tell stories of Jokić being brought to tears over horse racing victories—a true "horse guy."

4. Best Sports Day of the Year Debate

Timestamp: 09:00–15:16

• Dan and the Danettes launch into a passionate poll discussion: Which is the best sports day of the calendar year?
  • Candidates: March Madness opening, Masters Sunday, Super Bowl Sunday, NFL Draft, College Football New Year’s bowls, NBA Christmas, Olympics Opening Ceremony, Thanksgiving NFL Games.
  • "I'm going to take that [MLB opening day] off the board." (Dan, 10:36)
  • Consensus leans to March Madness Day 1, Masters Sunday, and NFL Draft for universal excitement.
  • "The NFL draft is the right answer... everybody's involved in this." (Dan, 13:58)

5. Jersey Number Battles & Recruits’ Demands

Timestamp: 15:29–16:33

• Dan shares a listener’s story about USC football allowing coveted recruits to wear retired jerseys to sign them, and tales of DeSean Jackson picking Cal over USC because he couldn’t have jersey #1.
  • "That doesn't seem crazy to you?...I'm going to transfer because I want to wear number one." (Dan, 16:21)

6. Will Robots Replace Football Players? (AI in Sports)

Timestamp: 16:49–18:03

• Caller proposes a wild scenario: Would teams ever spend on AI 'robot' players instead of stars like Max Crosby?
  • Dan: "Will we have an NFL AI league? ... You could see that." (Dan, 17:38)
  • The group jokes about robot fighting leagues and Jake Paul fighting a robot. "He could unplug them, I guess." (Paulie, 18:24)

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INTERVIEW HIGHLIGHT: Tracy McGrady

Timestamp: 26:15–38:26

Topline Subjects

• Did Steph Curry "ruin" the NBA?
• NBA expansion and talent dilution
• Individual scoring feats in the NBA
• Launching and relaunching the 'ONES' 1-on-1 basketball league
• Sports fandom, athlete ownership, and the Cowboys
• Football skills and past
• Pitching 1-on-1 to NBA All-Star events

Did Steph Curry Ruin the NBA?

• Dan: "Did Steph Curry ruin the NBA?" (26:51)
  • Tracy McGrady: "No. How he ruined the NBA, he actually can shoot the ball." (26:51)
• Both lament there are too many imitators, and bad coaching/GMs seeking “the next Curry” leads to poor basketball.

NBA Expansion Talent Pool

• Dan questions whether expansion franchises will spread NBA talent too thin.
  • Tracy: "The talent... there's a lot of talent... But where is, like, the Steph Curry, the Dame Lillard that can carry the franchises?" (27:31)

Scoring Feats: Bam Adebayo & Personal Records

• On Bam scoring 83 in a game:
  • "If it was me in that position, to make history, I'm going for it." (28:45)
  • Tracy feels he could have scored 70 or 80 in his prime if given the minutes.

Who Could Score 90 Today?

• Dan: "Who do you think could get to 90 in today's game?"
  • Tracy: "I think Donovan Mitchell, I think Devin Booker... [Luka] can generate that." (30:01–30:32)

Ones Basketball League (OBL) Relaunch

• Tracy details efforts to create a city-based 1-on-1 league, giving local influencers and former stars GM/ownership roles (Jadakiss for NYC, Vince Carter for Orlando, etc.)
  • "I have eight teams and eight GMs that I'm bringing on board and giving these guys 15% equity..." (31:39)
• Big goal: Give local players recognition, model ownership for others.

Childhood Fandom & Team Loyalty

• Grew up a Cowboys fan due to Florida legends (Emmitt, Deion, Michael Irvin); switched to Buccaneers with age and mediocrity of the Cowboys.
  • "If we're going to be mediocre, I might as well stick with the hometown team." (34:19)
• Now part-owner of the Buffalo Bills.

NFL Dreams and Inspirations

• Tracy played QB and receiver as a kid, idolized Randall Cunningham.
  • "My favorite player is Randall Cunningham. My first ever autograph." (35:24)

1-on-1 at NBA All-Star Weekend

• Tracy is pushing for a 1-on-1 tournament to be part of All-Star Saturday, sees it as a huge fan draw:
  • "I think that will be the draw of All-Star Weekend." (36:31)
  • Dan: “But Tracy, I gotta get stars to be in it ... nobody cares if you don’t know who they are.”
  • Tracy: “That is the point... If they get on this platform, that creates stars." (37:04)
• Both discuss the impossibility of guarding Victor Wembanyama 1-on-1.

Best One-on-One NBA Player

• "He [Wembanyama] will be a very difficult draw... Seven-five, you can't [affect his shot]." (37:57)

Notable Quotes from McGrady

• On expansion: “There’s a lot of talent...but where is the Steph Curry, the Dame Lillard that can carry the franchises?”
• On Bam’s 83: “If it was me in that position...make history, I’m going for it.”
• On All Star weekend and 1-on-1: “I think that will be the draw...these kids...will go crazy.”

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Additional Segments & Memorable Moments

Show Banter, Humor, and Listener Engagement

Rapid-fire throughout — timestamps provided:

• Broken Sammy Sosa statue skit (47:33–52:11):
  • The guys conduct a mock newsroom investigation trying to find out who broke a studio trophy; full-on “True Crime” parody.
• 'Just Go With It' movie story (40:29):
  • Dan recalls acting nerves with Jennifer Aniston and Nicole Kidman: “Kidman's a serious actress. I had my lines and I went as scripted and then I stop and then Sandler go in front of everybody: ‘Danny, Danny, ad lib.’... I felt like I was 2 feet tall” (40:29)
• Paulie’s Journalistic Ethics (48:13):
  • “As a person, I’m not a narc. As a journalist...”

Callers

Multiple segments

• Mike in Wisconsin (25:26): asks whether JJ Redick is overlooked as a three-point revolution pioneer due to "Duke hatred."
• Nathan in Virginia (16:49): triggers the AI/robot player discussion.
• Josh in Florida (39:13): heartfelt thanks to the show, brings up Dan’s movie role.

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 03:00 – Recruiting celebrities for bracket challenge
• 06:40 – Cade Cunningham injury and MVP eligibility
• 08:00 – Nikola Jokić’s humor, media coverage
• 09:10 – NCAA Tournament: chalk vs. chaos poll
• 10:13 – "Best Sports Calendar Day" debate begins
• 15:29 – Story: Jersey numbers and football recruiting
• 16:49 – Listener: AI robots and football’s future
• 26:15 – Interview: Tracy McGrady
• 36:31 – McGrady on 1-on-1 basketball league at All-Star
• 40:29 – Dan’s "Just Go With It" film story
• 47:33 – Sammy Sosa statue (comedy/news bit)

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Notable Quotes

• Dan Patrick:

  • “The NFL draft is the right answer because how many fan bases, how many people you get hope that day...”
  • “Did Steph Curry ruin the NBA?” (26:51)

• Tracy McGrady:

  • “He actually can shoot the ball. I want to see him shoot. But you got all these imitators now...” (26:51)
  • “If it was me in that position, to make history, I’m going for it.” (28:45)
  • “I think Donovan Mitchell... Devin Booker... Luca can generate that.” (30:01–30:32)

• Paulie:

  • "I’m not a narc. As a journalist..." (48:13)
  • “That bothers me...Not watching the Sunday of the Masters—that’s a six, seven hour noon to six. It’s lovely.” (13:48)

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Tone & Style

• Dan Patrick: Dry wit, self-deprecating, quick to needle his crew and himself with humor.
• The Danettes: Comfortable banter, occasionally playful debate, blend stats with storytelling and inside jokes.
• Tracy McGrady Interview: Direct, candid, insightful about modern basketball culture and business.

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Summary Takeaways

• NBA MVP race is being shaped by injury (Cade Cunningham’s collapsed lung) and new eligibility minimums.
• Nikola Jokić’s legendary nonchalance remains a source of amusement and admiration.
• Best ‘day’ in sports produces passionate debate, with March Madness, Masters Sunday, and NFL Draft topping the list.
• Tracy McGrady’s interview covers Steph Curry’s legacy, perils of NBA expansion, one-on-one basketball, and his journey in sports fandom and ownership.
• Show remains a mix of sports insight, pop culture, comedy, and interactive storytelling—embodied by the in-house Sammy Sosa statue saga and movie tales.
• Tracy McGrady’s push for 1-on-1 basketball at All-Star weekend highlights the appetite for new stars and alternative formats.

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For listeners who missed the episode, this hour offers classic DP Show energy: in-depth sports takes, inside stories, and comedic chemistry, all punctuated by strong guest perspectives and community engagement.

Transcript

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[Seaton]

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[Dan Patrick]

You are listening to the Dan Patrick show on Fox Sports Radio, hour two on this Thursday, brackets have to be in for the celebrity bracket challenge. We will unveil our picks for the final four that'll be coming up. And you could join the luminaries. Fritz, he's done a great job. Well, you know what? I'm not giving you credit for doing a great job and reaching out to celebrities. Celebrities. Because what happens is Fritzi was reaching out to people. Basically, women in Hollywood that he thought were. Well, they are beautiful. And I mean, Jessica Alba has no, you know, attachment to the show.

[Todd]

Not that I'm aware of. No.

[Dan Patrick]

And they're not calling you back.

[Todd]

Garner was on the show once, so that wasn't that much of a region. She was fun and she loved being on with you.

[Dan Patrick]

She was promoting a movie.

[Todd]

Yeah, but you. You guys hit it off really well. It was enough to put her on my list to a call.

[Dan Patrick]

But you and her didn't hit it all.

[Todd]

We did not. Had nothing to do with it.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes, but Todd, reaching out to all the Rachel McAdams, like they. Nicole Kidman, they don't. They don't have any attachment to the show.

[Todd]

Kidman. Well, Nicole Kidman, you were in a movie with her. Rachel McAdams. We were recently talking about Wedding Crashers. There's a method to the Met. It's a little bit.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. Nicole Kidman had no idea who I was when I did that. Just go with it.

[Todd]

Movie doesn't matter when you're on stage with her. Jennifer, that's a huge thing.

[Dan Patrick]

I think she forgot about me as soon as our scene was over.

[Todd]

That's unfortunate.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes, it is. But she's on the rebound now, and maybe she'll remember that magic that we had.

[MLB/NBA Advertiser]

She's smart.

[Dan Patrick]

She'll remember you. That chemistry that we had on. On stage there in that scene. Rebecca Low, Roger Bennett, Men and blazers. Guy Fieri, Diners Drive ins and dives. Philip River. I like that. I don't even know if we invited Philip Rivers.

[Todd]

We did. The funny thing is about half of the people that are. That are involved with this, they never responded. They just out of the blue sent it. We invited them, but they usually someone, they'll say, yeah, I'll take care of that. Thanks for inviting me, but I'd say a third to a half or just. I thought they weren't going to participate. And then all of a sudden, bang. Philip Rivers sends it in.

[Dan Patrick]

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Alex Ovechkin, of course, you would expect him to fill out a bracket. Frank Caliendo, Connor Hellebuck, the goaltender, Josh Du Mel, Darius Rucker, Jason Garrett, Reggie Miller, Melissa Stark, and Chris Maddox in there as well. So we'll tell you our picks for the Final Four coming up. Your phone calls always welcome. 877-3-DP show email address dpdanpatrick.com Twitter handle @DP Show Tracy McGrady will join us. Coming up here in a little bit, the news from the first hour. Cade Cunningham of the Pistons has a collapsed lung. And if you're Looking for comparison, CJ McCollum had a collapsed lung a couple of years ago, I think, and he was out for three weeks. You know, once again, I don't have any information other than what Shams tweeted out that he has a collapsed lung. But the one thing that I was curious about, and Dylan, by the way, is sitting in Seaton's chair. Seaton is in for Marvin. Marvin out for a one game. I mean, Marvin is out for one day and he'll be back tomorrow on the show. But I, I asked Dylan, I said, will you look at the numbers here? Because it almost felt like Kate Cunningham could be the default MVP if Shea Gilgis had missed or misses a couple more games. I think Joker could only miss one more game there. Or maybe Wemby, maybe Wemby can sneak in and win the MVP. That would be the WEP MVP. WEMB. So if Cade Cunningham is out three weeks, will he not be? He had to have 65 games. We not be eligible.

[Dylan]

Dylan, he will not. Cade Cunningham right now sitting at plus 7,500 for the MVP. Okay, from the top, SGA is minus a thousand.

[Dan Patrick]

No, but I'm looking at the games.

[Dylan]

Oh, the game.

[Dan Patrick]

Like, how many games is Shea Gilgis missed that? That's what we're talking about.

[Dylan]

So he's played 58 and there's 12 games left. So he has to play seven of 12 to be eligible SGA. Yes.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, he'll do that.

[Dylan]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Cade Cunningham is not going to be eligible. I don't think Joker, I think, can miss one more game. Maybe. Has he missed 15 games? And then Wemby. Wemby's been healthy after the blood clot last year. Yes.

[Paulie]

Paulie, Cade Cunningham of the Pistons is sitting at 61 games played.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. Ooh.

So if he's out, they might just keep mount for the regular seat, you know, collapse long. Yeah.

[Paulie]

Paulie Jokic had 54 games played so far with 12 to go. Snug.

[Dan Patrick]

Gotta play all of them. He's not going to win it. SGA is going to win it, but I don't really, I don't think SGA or I don't think Joker cares. I really don't. You know, I think the media cares, but I don't, I don't think Joker cares. It's like, okay, you know, I go back to my horses. Somebody did ask Joker who was his goat. And he goes, I don't have goats. I have horses. That crazy sense of humor. Yes.

[Paulie]

Paul, One of his all time favorite clips is after he wins the title, one of the great moments of his life, they start talking about the parade. He goes, what is this parade?

[Dan Patrick]

I know. Tuesday. I know. That's where he was like, I'm out of here.

[Caller/Guest]

I'm out.

[Dan Patrick]

What is this parade?

[Paulie]

It's like Schwarzenegger.

[Seaton]

Schwarzenegger, yes.

[Paulie]

I'm butchering that accent. But we got the clip.

[Dan Patrick]

He goes, parade Tuesday.

[Paulie]

I'm out of here.

[Dan Patrick]

I'm on a jet parade.

[Dylan]

And he was brought to tears when he won a horse race. Legitimately, inconsolably happy.

[Dan Patrick]

And when he won a bronze medal as well. All right, so we'll get phone calls. What's the poll question? Update. And when are we going to go with hour two? Seton, I can update you from hour

[Seaton]

one here if you'd like. This year's NCAA tournament will. Will be mostly chalk or non. Not chalk. 87% of the say it's going to be chalk.

[Dan Patrick]

All right.

[Seaton]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Which poll question for hour two?

[Seaton]

Yeah, Dylan, what do you think?

[Dylan]

I'll field this one. Seon. The best sports day of the calendar. Round one, March Madness. You know, today.

[Dan Patrick]

Wait, are, are we saying one day? So if it's the final day of the Masters, that's one day. So you're. I think you got to do. Hey, what are you doing?

[Paulie]

I'm sorry, was that, was that on air?

[Dan Patrick]

Yes. When you said first you might not be here tomorrow.

[Todd]

I'm Catholic.

[Paulie]

I could say that. When you said the Masters, that was an honest reaction to having to pick or treat.

[Dan Patrick]

But that's one day. I gotta say two days for March Madness. Thursday and Friday. I gotta go two days. Now if I did, you can't push the back.

[Seaton]

You can't do the best two days because it's a one day.

[Dan Patrick]

All right, all right, so, all right. Opening day and night of March Madness. Sunday at the Masters.

[Dylan]

Super Bowl Sunday.

[Dan Patrick]

Draft. NFL draft.

[Dylan]

NFL draft. Opening day baseball.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Seaton]

The fact that the NFL draft is something mentioned and we can't find one day for like the NBA or really Major League Baseball. I mean, opening day kind of, but, man, it's crazy.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. But opening day is an opening day anymore.

[Seaton]

It's not anymore. It is.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. You know, I'm going to take that off the board.

[Seaton]

Dang.

[Dan Patrick]

And the NFL season starts on Thursday and that's one game that's not a standalone that I would take over the Masters or the draft.

[Seaton]

And even, you know, the, say the opening round of the NCAA tournament, that really shouldn't be compared to the Sunday at the Masters.

[Dan Patrick]

No, no. Sunday at the Masters. Yeah. Doesn't matter. Who's in contention. Doesn't matter. The. The golf course is the star. Yes, Dylan.

[Dylan]

Well, it matters to some, you know, if you might have some action on a golfer and he cards four over on Sunday, all of a sudden it's not as magical.

[Dan Patrick]

By the way, the new episode of the gambling podcast, it's [e-mail] the Todd cast. Either way, the reaction that I got from a couple of people yesterday saying must listen Todcast, where Fritzi is basically all alone with his thoughts. Dylan sort of guides him through and keeps him kind of in his lane. But the Todd cast [e-mail] and it might be approaching Joe Rogan type numbers, I'm guessing. I think it's. That's the kind of popularity that I'm hearing.

[Seaton]

Is Spotify going to steal him away? Is that.

[Dan Patrick]

They may.

[Seaton]

Okay.

[Dan Patrick]

Hopefully. I mean, they might. Yes.

[Paulie]

Paulie, back to the poll question. January 1st bowl games. There's three playoff games on January 1st. College football. I would absolutely have that in the mix.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, that's fine. Yeah.

[Seaton]

See, my only problem with that is college football is constantly changing and shifting. So we don't know if that's actually going to hold for.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Seaton]

Indefinitely.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Dylan]

Yes, Dylan, Thanksgiving Day games. That one's pretty tried and true.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, but the games usually aren't good.

[Dylan]

Yeah, but you're like tired and like, the draft is.

[Dan Patrick]

NFL draft is a big deal. That first round. That's a big deal. And the, then the build up to the draft and maybe somebody's making a trade there. I, you know, Sunday at the Masters, though, on cbs. Hello, friends. Yes, Dylan.

[Dylan]

What about Olympics opening ceremonies? That's only once every four years, too.

[Dan Patrick]

That's just a bunch of people parading, you know, carrying the flags and you know, I mean, respectfully. Respectfully.

Yeah.

[Seaton]

Magic.

[Dan Patrick]

But it's just a parade. Yes.

[Seaton]

So if we're trying to narrow this down a little bit. March Madness, day one, Super Bowl Sunday. What about NBA Christmas Day? Did we say Christmas Day?

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, but nobody cares.

[Seaton]

I love that day.

[Dan Patrick]

The NFL came in and basically blew that up.

[Seaton]

Yeah, but it's. Man, I, I still think about watching basketball all day on Christmas.

[Dan Patrick]

But if you have NFL on Christmas Day, then you're probably not much in the NBA.

[Seaton]

I hate that. I do. I hate that.

[Dan Patrick]

They Bigfoot. They Bigfoot everything.

[Seaton]

I know. Like, can't you guys just.

[Dan Patrick]

They don't leave scraps for anybody. Yeah.

[Seaton]

They gotta come in every room swinging it around. Like, just. All right, guys, we get it. We get it. Okay?

[Dylan]

We're the.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes.

[Paulie]

The idea of not watching the Sunday of the Masters is. That bothers me. That's. That's a six, seven hour noon to six. It's lovely.

[Dan Patrick]

But the NFL draft is the right answer because how many fan bases, how many people you get hope that day your team is going to do on Super Bowl Sunday, if your team's not in it, you're going to go, okay, I'll sit around and drink and then I'll maybe place a bet. But you're not. And if. And if you're not a golf fan or your favorite golfer is not playing on that Sunday, the NFL draft, everybody's involved in this. Yes, I do.

[Seaton]

I think, I do feel like there's a strong case to be made that the options should be the first day of the tournament, Super Bowl Sunday, the New Year's Day bowl games. That is a great day. That's a great day. Especially because you could just lay around all day and just watch football. And Sunday at the Masters.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, those are.

[Seaton]

Those are three or four equally awesome days.

[Dan Patrick]

All right. I'm fine with that. Yes, Dylan.

[Dylan]

I think, I mean, Thursday, March Madness. It's like whether you're betting or not is pretty awesome.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Dylan]

Betting. If you're going off betting holidays, it's definitely number one.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Dylan]

Hands down.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. But I don't bet.

[Dylan]

Not anymore. No Sunday Masters, though, because you get the Saturday Masters where you kind of nap on and off, have a few drinks, and then you sort of feel rested and ready to go for Sunday.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, Paulie.

[Paulie]

We used to go to Vegas, high school friends, for the first four days of the tournament, and that was paradise. Because you can make all levels of bets right there, catch them right there, and then free drinks the entire time. When you're Watching the games.

[Dan Patrick]

You know this story about Matt Leinert saying no to usc, unretiring his jersey. It's got legs. I mean, they're every. There's so many opinions here of people. And then I have a friend who is a big USC fan. He says USC has a history of allowing recruits to wear retired numbers. To close the recruit Darnell Bing and Jordan Addison, they allowed them to wear the jersey numbers 20 and 3. Those are numbers retired for Mike Garrett and Carson Palmer, who won Heisman trophies. He goes on to say DeSean Jackson chose USC over Cal, but insisted that the current wide receiver Mike Williams give him his jersey. The number one to wear. Williams said no, desean Jackson went to Cal so he could wear jersey number one.

[Seaton]

Wow, that doesn't seem crazy to you?

[Dan Patrick]

Yes, that does that. I'm going to transfer because I want to wear number one.

[Seaton]

Just I'm going to this school instead because I want, I need to wear this number. That seems crazy.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. But they have allowed recruits or to close them to wear, you know, two jerseys and one by Heisman Trophy winners at usc. Nathan in Virginia. Hi, Nate. What's on your mind today?

[Caller/Guest]

Feet. And about one meet Friday away from 200 pounds. I have a fun thought for you in the Dan that's regarding the jersey retirements and obviously tying in the Max Crosby deal here. Do you guys ever see the human element getting pulled out of sports? For instance, instead, instead of spending 200 million on Max Crosby. You ever see someone spending 200,000 on a robot that looks and tackles like Max Crosby?

[Dan Patrick]

I didn't think I was going to get that question today, but, you know, I know AI is, is coming. AI is here. Yes, Polly.

[Paulie]

His question was really good up to a point. Like, I was like, well, they have TGL where the golfers are on a, you know, simulated environment. Then he went, robots instead of Max Crosby.

[Dan Patrick]

Will we have an NFL AI league?

[Paulie]

No doubt.

[Dan Patrick]

Right? You could see that where they, they say, hey, we're going to have off season simulation. Yeah.

[Seaton]

See, do they have like robot boxing now?

[Dan Patrick]

They have the rock em sock em

[Seaton]

robot where like you people make robots and it's like, all right, let's see whose robot beats up the other robot.

[Paulie]

They absolutely do. It's called the National Havoc Robot League. It's based 20 minutes from here and they have inventors and engineers put together different robots and it's like they get into the ring against each other. It's called the National HAVOC Robot League. I've seen it in person.

[Dan Patrick]

It's.

[Paulie]

We Gotta go. I can get us tickets.

[Dan Patrick]

But how would Jake Paul do against one of those robots?

[Paulie]

He could unplug them, I guess. But some of the robots are like,

[Dan Patrick]

he'll fight anybody as long as he's making money. Be like, I'm gonna fight a robot here.

[Paulie]

The robot will know the. But the robots are sometimes like small little things like cars and different types of robots.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes.

[Seaton]

If the over under on Jake Paul and a robot was 30 seconds, he would survive.

[Dan Patrick]

Who is the one that is still, like, sipping his dinner out of a. Like a straw with a broken jaw? Yeah. Is that Jake?

[Seaton]

Yeah. What's the other one?

[Dan Patrick]

Logan. Noah.

[Paulie]

Noah Logan.

[Dan Patrick]

I was like, paul, Chris, Paul, Paul, Paul. Yeah. What. Who's. Who got his jaw broken? Jake. Yeah. But he did make a lot of money.

[Paulie]

Yes. Totally worth it.

[Dylan]

He ate that punch, too. He was smiling on the ground. I was like, that hurt for sure.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, yeah, that's when you want to be kind of a fake tough boxer. And then all of a sudden you get hit by a real fighter and you could see when his eyes. Because he knew it was coming. And it's one of those where you go, oh, my God, this isn't in the script. And then boom. And then like, that probably will affect his jaw the rest of his life. Like, he kind of moved over. You know when they do when somebody died and they show the skull, you know, you're like, damn, what happened to that guy?

[Paulie]

Picasso baby.

[Dan Patrick]

He got great. Yes. His eyes are over here and his ears over here. And remember Mr. Potato Head? Yeah. Where you would. That's. That's kind of Jake Paul when he got punched, it's like, damn, look at that.

[Dylan]

The Daffy Duck where his bill spins

[Dan Patrick]

around to the back of his head. All right, let's take a break here. Tracy McGrady, he'll join us coming up here momentarily. We're back after this. Be sure to catch the live edition of the Dan Patrick show, weekdays at 9:00am Eastern, 6:00am Pacific on Fox Sports Radio in the iHeartRadio app. Hey, this is Jason McIntyre. Join me every weekday morning on my podcast Straight fire with Jason McIntyre. This isn't your typical sports pod, pushing the same tired narratives down your throat every day. Straight Fire gives you honest opinions on all the biggest sports headlines, accurate stats to help you win big at the sportsbook, and all the best guesses. Do yourself a favor and listen to Straight fire with Jason McIntyre on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Waiting for Tracy McGrady to join us. Hall of Famer, seven time NBA All Star Mike in Wisconsin joins us now. Good morning Mike. What's on your mind today?

[Caller/Guest]

Hey, good morning fellas. Happy March Madness. So my Badgers have to face the three point assassin Chase Johnson. So I did some digging on some three point stats. So everybody knows Steph Curry is attributed with kind of launching the the three point revolution. But I thought it was interesting JJ Redick's last year at Duke, which was before anybody knew who Steph Curry was. He was he shot 42% on 330 attempts which is almost 10 a game. And it just makes me wonder is it the Duke hatred factor that he doesn't give any credit for that.

[Dan Patrick]

Well I think because JJ was a good pro, not a great pro. And then Barkley came out the other day and said that Steph Curry ruined the NBA. Well, he didn't ruin it, it's all the other players who think they're Steph Curry who might have ruined it. Tracy McGrady, hall of Famer, NBC Sports NBA studio analyst and relaunching one's basketball league, the premier one on one basketball league in the world. Good to see you, T. Mac. Did Steph Curry ruin the NBA? No.

How he ruined the NBA, he actually can shoot the ball. I want to see him shoot.

But you got all these imitators now and, and I've talked about this before. He probably had more of an impact on how people play the game than anybody else in the history of the sport.

Yeah, that's just bad coaches and, and GMs going out trying, thinking they could find the next Steph Curry and have all these guys shoot threes.

We talked about Vegas and Seattle getting franchises, expansion franchises. And I saw where you talked about this. Do we have enough quality basketball players to add two more NBA teams?

You seen the Washington Wizards play? Bam did to them the other night. Like, do we need more of that? I'm just saying I see bad basketball around the NBA. I know some players are hurt, like Tyrese Hallan Burton is hurting Indiana. But that product that we're seeing is bad Seth Curry and those guys are hurting Golden State. We just had a boss, a Golden State. New York Knicks game in the Garden. No, man. The talent. Don't get me wrong, there's a lot of talent coming out of college. There's a lot of talent in the NBA. But when I'm saying you're trying to start a franchise, where is like the, the Steph Curry, the Dame Lillard that can carry the franchises. I just don't see that type of talent out there. Can these guys play? Absolutely. But it's more than just going out scoring buckets. Like there's a lot that comes with having to be a franchise guy if you're trying to start new franchises.

Got a problem with bam Adebayo scoring 83?

Not at all. If it was me in that position into, you know, make history, I'm going for it. Dan, you're going for that too. Regardless of how you get it, you're going to try to make history. So now I have no problem with that. I have the problem with how the defense was played on him and how the strategy was that was played on him to stop him. I have a problem with that. But not him going out and get it. No.

Would you go for 62?

Yes.

But if you wanted to, how many could you get or have gotten?

Well, there, there were times in my career where I didn't even play the fourth quarter and I finished like with over 50 points. So yeah, if I wanted to, I had an opportunity to hit 70, 80 points. That 62 point game. I missed nine free throws. Oh, my free throws. And I missed eight of my last, like 10 shots. I just got tired. And that wasn't a game where I actually felt like I was in a rhythm and felt great. My 52 points and three quarters against the Bulls, I felt extremely in rhythm and felt like I could go for, you know, 70 that night, but I didn't play the fourth quarter.

Who do you think could get to

90 in today's game? Yeah, I think Donovan Mitchell. I think Devin Booker. Those who come to mind right now, I think those two can. Can really do it.

Well. You got to be ball dominant. You got to be able to hit threes. You got to be able to get to the free throw line. Like, Luca would be the guy who would come to mind for me. Yes.

My apologies. And throw Luca in there as well.

There's not many of them.

It's guys that can generate files at a high rate, knock those free throws down, and also add in about, you know, seven, eight threes makes and just a ton of free throws and field goals. So if you get to about 18 to 20 field goals and you're shooting like 30 free throws and you add some threes with that. Yeah, and Luca can generate that.

How do you think Kobe would have reacted if he were still alive to Bam's 83?

He would have been professional amongst, you know,

But privately.

Yeah, a conversation

Talking to Tracy McGrady, hall of Famer, NBC Sports, NBA studio analyst and one's basketball league is back one on one. Explain the relaunch and who is involved in this.

Yeah, so the relaunch, if you look at, like, alternative sports, they're doing extremely well. And I just think over the years, me finding what my passion is, and that's sports. I love sports. So a year ago, I invested into the Buffalo Bills and got some ownership in that. And when you look around the landscape, ownership in our professional sports, there's not a lot of, you know, people look like me that, you know, have ownership in these franchises. So with me, I wanted to revamp and pivot with my league and start something to where I actually can give out equity and ownership in teams. So I'm starting OBL with the battle of the cities. And I have eight cities that, you know, that is a part of obl and in these respective Cities I identify like influencers or people that have heavy influence. And it's from these cities like New York. Jadakiss, my, My, my. My guy in the hip hop community, he's going to be the owner and the GM of the New York team. Of course, my cousin, Vince Carter from the Florida area, I gave him the Orlando team. John Wall, my. My guy from Raleigh, North Carolina, he's the owner for the. The Raleigh team. Tim Hardaway, senior, has the Miami team, so on and so forth. And I have eight teams and eight GMs that I'm bringing on board and giving these guys 15% equity. So. And with that, there's. When you look at sports, there's not a lot of guys that are actually from that city that they play in. And I wanted to bring that to sports. I wanted a community to back and support a kid that they probably seen from, you know, elementary and middle school playing basketball. So I have these guys that are going to be from these respective cities getting the support and the backing from the community is what I wanted. And that's what we created, along with having opening up, you know, some equity for some of these guys to own franchise.

What was your favorite football team growing up?

It was the Cowboys. And reason being, Emmett Smith is a Florida guy, Deion Sanders is a Florida guy, and Michael Urban, all Florida guys. And I grew up watching those guys. So that's why I was a Cowboys fan. Many, many, many, many years ago in my career, I decided I'm not going to be a Cowboys fan.

Wait a minute. If they were good, Tracy, would you still be a Cowboy fan?

Yes, but we're not that. I said, if we're going to be mediocre, I might as well stick with the hometown team. So now I've been a Bucks fan for well over, you know, 15 years, so I'm a Bucks fan, not a Cowboys fan. I'm riding with my home team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

But wait a minute. You're part of the ownership group of the Buffalo Bills?

Yeah, of course. But you. Yes, that's obvious that I'm a Buffalo Bill.

Okay. All right. Just want to throw that out there.

[Caller/Guest]

Oh.

[Dan Patrick]

What kind of football player do you think he would have made?

I was a quarterback. I was quarterback and receiver. I played football. Well, I was.

Were you Allen Iverson?

[Paulie]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes.

Okay.

Even now, if you. If you find that note about me throwing a football. I was throwing a football. 60 yards, easy.

Who plays the position the way you used to play it?

Cunningham Randall. That's where my inspiration came From Randall Cunningham. My first autograph. I remember my mom working at Wild World of Sports, working at Disney, and I was a kid, man, and she came home one day because she used to tell me she used to see all these pro football players when they, I think they had, like, the Pro bowl down there. They had something down there when I was a kid and see all these guys. So she came back, she came home one day and told me she's seen all these guys. I was like, mom, give me an autograph. My favorite player is Randall Cunningham. So she came back one day and had a. I got an autograph from Randall Cunningham. My first ever autograph. That was my guy.

Could you see one on one being somehow put into the All Star Weekend?

I can't. You seen the same dub contest? You saw a slam dunk contest then?

I didn't see much of a slam dunk contest, but there were guys jumping.

Yeah, yeah, there you go. You know who I work for?

[Caller/Guest]

Dan?

[Dan Patrick]

You know what network I'm on? Yeah, what is that?

NBC.

And we covered All Star Weekend. I'm fighting like hell to get one on one basketball. And so All Star Weekend, because I, I, I think that will be the draw of All Star Weekend. Like, these kids that are watching the NBA, they will go crazy. We will get more younger people and Saturday night to watch that event.

Yeah, but Tracy, I got to get stars to be in it.

Why?

Well, it's like the slam dunk contest. Nobody cares if you don't know who these guys are.

It's competitive. But that's the point. That is the point. If we're trying to expand teams in the NBA and we don't have a lot of stars, couldn't we make stars in that? Couldn't we, you know, identify who these guys are? If they get on this platform, that creates stars. So now a guy that you don't know about, you haven't heard, he get in this one on one game, and you realize, I'm gonna be checking for this guy. He's really good. Like, you would take a liking to some of these guys that you don't know in this type of setting.

You know, you imagine Wemby out there trying to. Somebody trying to guard Wemby one on one.

Hey, man, give him the trophy.

Who is the best one on one player in the NBA?

You're not. He will be a very difficult draw. Oh, man. Because you, like, how would you affect his shot? Seven, five. You can't. I see some of these guys, like my height, my length, trying to Guard him and contest this shot. And they are so far away from affecting it. It is, he's, he's amazing.

Well, good luck with the league. The relaunch of one's basketball league one on one and he's Tracy McGrady. Good.

Pleasure. Keep doing your thing.

Thank you, bud. That's TMac there. Hall of Famer, works for NBC with the NBA studio analyst. I remember there used to be a one on one contest and I, Mike Newland of the Houston Rockets might have been the guy who won the one on one competition. And I think Maravich was in it. I think Ice Girl, I think they had some names in it. Yeah, Seaton.

[Seaton]

I think Tracy is spot on about something too because I know in my social media feed one on one videos, I get a hundred of them and the reaction to them is massive versus a dunk or something like that. Like watching that battle one on one is, is way more compelling than say like a dunk contest.

[Dan Patrick]

Let's see. Josh in Florida. Hi, Josh. What's on your mind today?

[Caller/Guest]

Hey, Dan, how are you?

[Dan Patrick]

Great.

[Caller/Guest]

571 98. Thank you. Couple things real quick. First of all, I wanted to thank you guys. Most importantly, I don't think you guys really realize what you guys do for a lot of people like myself. The way you entertain, the way that, you know, you can't retire. There's no way you're gonna have to do this thing all the way to you die. I'm sorry, brother. And last night, to give you a little perspective, 2:08 in the morning, I get up to, you know, use the restroom and guess what, I tune into Just go with it. And so I wanted to get your take on that because that hotel, that cast with the Sandman, you know, you're up there doing your deal with the coconut koozie deal. Can you just share a little bit? You know what fans like us that see you do that and how talented you are, where it looks so natural and it is so funny and I've seen the movie a hundred times, but I had to stay up till 3:30 in the morning just, just to finish watching it. Well, I mean, experience.

[Dan Patrick]

Thank you. Yeah, I had a, I had a great time, but it's the most nervous, one of the most nervous times ever because I'm on stage with Jennifer Aniston and Nicole Kidman and they had no idea who I was. Sandler wants me to ad lib. Dave Matthews is sitting next to Sandler in the audience making fun of me and, but I'm up there With Anderson and Kidman. Like, Kidman's a serious actress. And, you know, I, I had my lines and I went as scripted and then I stop and then Sandler go in front of everybody. You know, there's. There's a hundred people in this audience. And then on stage and you hear this in the back. Danny, Danny, ad lib. Oh, I felt like I was 2ft tall because I got Aniston and Kidman looking at me like, are you an actor? I mean, that's what they were saying with their eyes. Well, Aniston might have been saying something else with her eyes, but Kidman was like, are you an actor? And I was crushed. So the next day we reshoot the scene and I came in and I just started saying whatever came to mind. And I'm like, what are you going to do? Take away my scholarship? And Aniston and Kidman, I think, had a little bit of respect for me. Yeah, Seaton.

[Seaton]

Dave Matthews strikes me as the kind of guy too, who. I'm not saying he's rooting for a train wreck, but he might enjoy it if it was happening.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, okay, Part of the problem. The first night I met him, I went to dinner. Sandler put me across the table from Dave Matthews, went there with his wife and kids, and Sandler goes, hey, Dave, this is Danny. You two will get along. You guys are good at drinking beer. I went to shake his hand, knocked the beer over in his lap, and Dave goes, well, I prefer to drink it. And I go, extremely quick witted Dave Matthews. But yeah, he was. He was rooting probably against me that day. That's tough. Alrighty, let's take a break here. And we got phone calls coming up. We also will unveil our final four and then we have a. A snake draft. This is the disappointment draft. Dylan. Is that what we're calling this?

[Dylan]

It's been renamed from the Arizona draft to the disappointment.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Let's not put my Arizona Wildcats in there, okay?

[Dylan]

Had I known Dan, I would have never.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. All right, we'll be back after this. Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our [e-mail] and within the iHeartRadio app search FSR to listen live.

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[Seaton]

So you're saying we could host a tournament out back?

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[Paulie]

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[Caller/Guest]

Game.

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[Paulie]

Dan, the it is scrambling on this breaking story in the newsroom. There has been an incident. I'm going to hand it right off to you.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Sammy Sosa statue. Somebody knocked it off and all I saw was part of his arm on the bar. I don't know if there's a cover up going on, if somebody wants to admit that something happened this morning, but Sammy Sosa is right now in in shambles. Do we have any information? Now if I have to go back and I have to look at the cameras in here, Marvin might have company with a day off. Anybody want to admit anything?

[Paulie]

Paul, are you asking me as a person or as a journalist?

[Dan Patrick]

As.

[Paulie]

Because as a person I'm not a narc.

[Dan Patrick]

As a journalist.

[Dylan]

Yeah.

[Paulie]

Let's go.

[Dan Patrick]

All right. As a journalist, do you know how this got knocked off and broken?

[Paulie]

I can't see that well out of my left eye.

[Dan Patrick]

What about your right eye?

[Paulie]

I heard something break. While there is a lot of fixing of cords going on hours ago, I did not see who did it back to you.

[Dan Patrick]

Anybody want to admit anything?

[Todd]

Todd, I have a question. Not an admittance. What is it better that that should have been just thrown in the garbage, the piece of it or just leave it laying there?

[Dan Patrick]

Thought I would have seen it.

[Todd]

You would have known it was just missing.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes.

[Todd]

So it's almost like someone's almost taunting you. Look at the broken pieces of your Sammy Sosa thing just leaving it like that for you.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes.

[Dylan]

Dylan, do you have any working theories on suspects or.

[Dan Patrick]

I Do I do? In fairness to the Danets, I don't think anybody is guilty. Now, there could be guilty of a cover up that you don't want to tell me who did this, who might be a backroom guy. Oh, and that could affect the most valuable brg. Yes, Dylan.

[Dylan]

I mean, I like Paulie's non ratting position that he's taken.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Dylan]

Like there was a time when like a bunch of Hell's Angels got arrested and no one flipped and they all got off. It works. Yes.

[Seaton]

Yeah. But if we're following Paul's example, if one of those guys said, actually I'm not a person, I'm a journalist, I can rat now.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. What?

[Seaton]

None of the Hell's Angels.

[Todd]

How might the punishment change if it's admitted now versus you find it on a. On one of the cameras or days or weeks later someone finally comes to you. By the way, that was.

[Dan Patrick]

You have till the top of the hour. Wow.

[Todd]

That's eight minutes.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. And I can go back and look at security camera footage. And I will do that. For over 40 years, Tire Rack's been helping customers find the right tires for how and what and where they drive ship fast and free. Backed by free road hazard protection with convenient installation options like mobile tire installation. Tirek.com the way tire buying should be. Once again, I have to be a professional. Then I have to move forward. And I have another hour and eight minutes to try to do this. So just say we just had somebody who came forward. I was running a cable. I knocked over Sammy Sosa. My guilt is immeasurable. I will try to glue it back together.

[Seaton]

Okay, hold on. Can we guess who it was just based on that phrasing?

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Seaton]

There's a certain tone to it that speaks very closely to exactly one person.

[Dan Patrick]

I don't know if they really feel bad.

[Seaton]

My guilt is immeasurable.

[Paulie]

Is Paul like Larry Bird? I'm putting my finger up because I'm calling my shot based off this. I'd probably bet a finger or a Sammy Sosa ankle that there was Eric Weeks, the cameraman.

[Dan Patrick]

It is Weeks, the cameraman admitted probably two hours after the fact. Would have been nice in the moment to say, hey, I'm really sorry about this. Yes. Seaton.

[Seaton]

I'll sort of jump in there with a partial. I feel tangentially responsible cover up. No, no, no, no.

[Dan Patrick]

Were you there?

[Seaton]

No, I definitely.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, okay. You're part of the COVID No, I'm not.

[Seaton]

I'm not. I just allowed the investigation to take course content. Dan. I. It was sort of my issue that Eric Weeks was fixing. I didn't instruct him to start smashing things, but it was my thing that he was addressing. So I'll take 10% of that.

[Dan Patrick]

Is anybody else involved in this? Did anybody else know about this and covered it up?

[Dylan]

I would have guessed based on the use of the word immeasurable.

[Dan Patrick]

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