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Dan Patrick
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Greg Anthony
Of cancer, almost any disease under the sun. This week on Dope Labs, Titi and.
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Dan Patrick
I dive into the world of probiotics. The hype, the science, and what your gut bacteria are really doing behind the scenes. From drinks and gummies to probiotic pillows. Yes, really probiotic pillows. We're breaking down what's legit and what's just brilliant marketing with expert Insight from gastroenterologist Dr. Roshi Raj. Listen to Dope Labs on the iHeartRadio.
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Greg Anthony
App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. The best things in life are on the other side of difficult conversations.
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Dan Patrick
But if we're honest, most people run from them, staying silent, missing chances and holding themselves back. I know this is true because I used to be like that until I realized that negotiation isn't a talent. It's a skill that anyone can learn. And once I did, everything changed.
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Greg Anthony
I went from people pleaser to confident communicator.
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Dan Patrick
And Now I teach Fortune 500 leaders and top executives how to do the same. Listen to negotiate Anything on the iHeartrade Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast. You are listening to the Dan Patrick show on Fox Sports Radio. It's the final hour on this Tuesday. Dan and the Danettes Dan Patrick Show Greg Anthony, former NBA player, now an analyst for NBA tv, will look back on what happened last night. And out of these teams, Golden State or the Celtics, who has the best chance to come back Here you also have The Nuggets are 10 point underdogs at the Thunder, Pacers at the Cavs. The Pacers are 7 1/2 point underdogs, but the Knicks beat the Celtics up three games to one. Still waiting word on an update on Jason Tatum's health. Whether it's an ankle or an Achilles, either way doesn't look promising for him to be able to play Dallas Mavericks, win the NBA lottery and let the conspiracy theorists have their day. It's rigged fresh gasoline on the it's rigged fire generational talent, going to a good franchise. And maybe it seems a little too perfect, but I always say, why would the NBA do this? Because since 2010, the NBA has done a really bad job if they're going to fix their lotteries. The number one pick has landed in a true big market city four times. So since 2010, Washington in 2010, Philly 2016, 2017, Atlanta last year. The rest places like Minnesota and Cleveland, Orlando, New Orleans, not exactly prime time destinations. But Zion Williamson is supposed to go to New York. He ends up in New Orleans. And I know some lottery results feel suspicious. You can go to LeBron going to Cleveland. You can also go Derrick Rose going to his hometown in Chicago. You know, somehow Tim Duncan ends up with the San Antonio spurs instead of the Celtics. But then I always say, wouldn't you want him with the Celtics, not the San Antonio Spurs. But I, we, we have that feeling, you know, occasionally when there is that marquee talent. When you go, hmm, things that make you go, hmm, yes, Marvin.
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Greg Anthony
But the thing with the LeBron draft going to the Cavaliers, the Cavaliers were awful that season. They won maybe 17 or 18 games. So it wasn't like they won 39 games and got the number one pick.
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Dan Patrick
No, but he went to his. They. They allowed the NBA, allowed the Cavaliers to openly tank. And. And they've acknowledged that they were tanking. John Lucas was the head coach. I believe back then, they tanked to get LeBron. I understand. If you can do it, then I would do it. If I can tank. I know that everybody's like, well, what about the integrity of the game? The integrity of my franchise is what I care about. And if that's the case, then you can't complain about anybody else if they happen to tank as well. I don't know if there is a great solution that it's going to appease everybody. You know, we've come up with different scenarios. I still like that the more games you win once you're eliminated from the playoffs, maybe that's how we should do the draft lottery. Encourage teams to continue to play hard even if they're not that good. Or you could have a, you know, final four, bottom four teams that they play for. The number one pick. I'm waiting to see. And Paulie brought this up, and I. I didn't even think of it. If you're the NFL, wouldn't you love to have four teams and you're going to have one night to see who's going to have the number one pick in the NFL draft? I mean, imagine the programming. Here's another week that you'll own leading up to this. Four teams gonna be there. Now, the problem is It'll go from 4 to 6 to 8 and then go to 10 and 12. But if you did it, I'm surprised. The NFL, and I'm sure they've thought of that. Stat of the day brought to you by Panini America. The official trading cards of the program, by the way, for 150 years, greatness has been crowned here. The oldest tradition, or one of the oldest ones in sports. The Preakness Stakes, live on NBC. Peacock coming up this weekend. All right, so Pacers, Cavs, Game 5, Nuggets, Thunder, Game 5 as well. And watching last night, Golden State trying to put up a good fight. They didn't steal either one of these games, and they'll be pretty much done, I think, after the next game. Here's Steve Kerr, the Warriors head coach, on playing without Steph Curry. The series changed with. With Steph's injury. So they. So everybody's shots are going to be more difficult. There's just, you know, Steph's. The gu. Breaks the defense down for us and. And creates that offensive flow. And I think the end result is that shots are more difficult for every. Every single guy. Yeah. And you can see it, you know, Jimmy Butler, you're. You're hoping you're getting playoff Jimmy, and you didn't. I wonder, is Jimmy on the team next year? Is Draymond Green on the team next year? How is Steph Curry's career going to end? This one felt like this is the last gasp because they have young talent. I just don't think they've developed that young talent. Remember James Wiseman? They had the number two pick in the draft. I don't even know if he's on a roster anymore. And they really whiffed on that. That's where, you know, go back to the Celtics in the 80s. They had Len Bias and Reggie Lewis. They were ready for those guys to help an older roster. With Bird, McHale and Parish, Danny Ainge and Dennis Johnson, they would. They had done a great job. Well, both of those players die, but they were set up to carry that dynasty for another 10 years. And therefore, you could have bird, mchale and parrish an older roster, but you had these younger guys coming in. That's what you're trying to get, that. That mix that allows established stars, younger players who eventually, you know, take the baton. It didn't happen with Golden State. All right, we'll get some phone calls in here. 877-3DP Show Joe in Utah. Good morning, Joe. What's on your mind today? Morning, Dan. Thanks for taking my call. I'm a 145 and a sneaky 5 foot 4. So long, long time Jazz fan. I hate conspiracy theories and getting caught up in this one, you know, it would just be pointless. What's done is done. I'm just furious and sick about the process because the Jazz rebuild story, it's painful. And now because the NBA's cute little draft process, a hopeful paying fan base gets pushed back into the bottom dwelling. 82 game black hole. Want to hear your thoughts. Love you guys. Love what you do.
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Greg Anthony
Thank you.
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Dan Patrick
Thank you, Joe. Yeah, you know, Utah's going. All right, Come on. We'd love to have Cooper flag here, put him with Laurie marketing. All right. It's a start. Or if you're Washington, D.C. you're like, Ah, we finally are going to get Our guy. Nobody's going to be laughing at us now, Charlotte. Yeah, we don't need Michael Jordan. We're going to get Cooper Flag. We're going to keep him in Carolina. Yes, Martin.
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Greg Anthony
The Wizards were already ready to make a, like a big poster of Cooper Flag around all the American flags at the, at the mall down in D.C. they were already the American flag.
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Dan Patrick
He is the true American flag. He would have been. They could have changed their uniforms. Like Cooper Flag would look like the flag pole. And then they would have the flag on the uniform. The flag pole. Yes, yes. I just checked. Cooper flag won't be 19 until midway through the season. A month into the NBA season. Yeah, he's going to be. Let's say he is a really good player. He's all of really good or just really good. Really good player. Really good player. He is going to make a billion dollars being really good. Not great, but let's say he's great. Okay. Just for, just for argument's sake. He's. He's great. My mind is still in parsing, you know, Great. Good. Really good. Pretty good. Yeah. Yeah. And that's on me. But you're 19. You get your rookie deal done and what are you going to be? 23, 22. 23. And then you get your next deal and that'll be. You'll be 27, 28. And then you'll get your next deal and then that'll be. You'll be around 33. And then if you get another deal after that, you're gonna make a billion dollars. Yeah. Paulie Front Office Sports has an article projecting the NBA salary cap, max contracts, and in his second contract at age 23, Cooper Flag could make five years, $398 million. Yeah. I could round up to 400 million. Yeah. So you get two of those. Now we're knocking on the door at 800 million. Second one's going to be bigger. It's not. We're not that far away from somebody getting a hundred million dollars in a season. Marvin in la. Hi, Marvin. Thanks for holding. What's on your mind?
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Greg Anthony
Hey guys. How you doing? Marvin? 510, 207. So I have a suggestion that that'll help the integrity of their.
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Dan Patrick
The draft.
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Greg Anthony
So what I suggest is that the team that makes it to the NBA Conference finals, the team, the losing team with the best record gets the first pick. The other team gets a second pick. And then you go into order from.
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Dan Patrick
The teams in the playoff and then.
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Greg Anthony
A team that won the championship maybe.
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Dan Patrick
Get the last pick.
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Greg Anthony
And then the losing team will get.
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Dan Patrick
The second to last pick. Did you, did you follow that? He's rewarding the better bad teams. Oh, which kind of happened last night. Yeah, but you want all the other teams in there because you want all that publicity in all of those cities of the chances of, you know, winning the lottery. You don't want just three or four. I mean, tuning in to watch Utah, Washington, D.C. or Charlotte. I think that's not, it's not big numbers there. You got all these teams now that everybody has a chance who's representing this team there. And, and having covered the lottery before, hosting the lottery before, man, there's a lot of build up, a lot of fun, and that's what they want. They want the excitement of that. Zach and Knoxville. Hi, Zach. What's on your mind? Hey, dp, thanks for taking my call. Seaton yesterday said he wanted to be an NBA insider and he should have just channeled his inner Jimmy Jimmerson and said. I'm hearing. Because I'm hearing that Copper Flag might not have as much of an impression on the game as Stephen Curry, but Nico Harrison thinks he's a generational talent. I'm just. That's just what I'm hearing. But to ask a question to you, how much of Steph's injury do you think is diminishing what Anthony Edwards is doing right now? Because he was the. He was the star killer, knocking off KD, knocking off LeBron this year, and he's playing really well, and we don't seem to be talking about him enough. Well, I mean, he did this last year as well. I just said that. He's got star power. He's on the short list. There's probably 10 players in the NBA that have star power. And there's a difference in your. Your talent or, you know, what those numbers are and people coming out to see you. Anthony Edwards, wonderful player to watch. You know, we were talking about this. You can be a great actor. That doesn't mean you're, you know, gonna have a big box office number. Paul Giamatti's a great actor. You're not putting his. There's no movie poster on your wall with Paul Giamatti. Whereas Tom Cruise, not nearly the actor that Paul Giamatti is, but when it comes to the box office, nobody's bigger than him. You know, Denzel has both, Leonardo DiCaprio has both. I mean, there, there's only a couple of these actors and, and that's what I was bringing up with Jason Tatum. He's A great player. First battle hall of Famer, hope he comes back in the series. I was rooting for Boston to be able to go to the Finals again. I don't want the Celtics to look like the Atlanta braves of the 90s. Where you go, how many titles did they win? You know, 15 years from now, we got how many titles they win? 1. Because we look at the Braves, even though they won their division every year, they one were. We looked at them as a disappointment, like they only won one. With three hall of Fame pitchers and a Hall of Fame third baseman, I mean, that's hard to do, hard to win that much, but then hard to not win at least a couple more World Series titles. And I love to see dynasties, I love to see a great team, you know, pay that off. Like, I'm disappointed with the Cavs because of the injuries we're not able to see. And now it's easy to say, well, they're, you know, as Chris Russo said last hour, yeah, they're just built for the regular season. Well, they got all these injuries. Like Boston has an injury with Jason Tatum, Donovan Mitchell's been banged up. Evan Mobley, Darius Garland. I. So, I mean, let's be fair here. Let's not pick and choose when it comes to these injuries. Golden State without Steph Curry, that's a headless horse right there. And they don't have a chance or very little chance here. And I thought the previous game, not last night, previous one. If they stole it, then maybe you could extend this to seven games, but that doesn't look like that's going to happen. Jimmy in Chicago. Hi, Jimmy. What's on your mind? Morning, Dan. My take on what debunks the NBA draft conspiracy theory. 93C Web going number one to Golden State instead of Orlando. Imagine if, you know, if he teamed with Shaq, that'd be one of the best front courts ever. And also, 2018 NBA Draft, the Bulls drafted Wendell Carter at seven. They passed on Shay Gilgis at 11.
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Greg Anthony
As well as in 2020.
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Dan Patrick
This is. And this is crazy. They took Patrick Williams number four instead of Tyrese Halliburton at number 12. Out of those two guys, who would you rather have? And also, a quick bonus question. Does Tom Cruise ever win best actor for best actor? Best Oscar. That's Oscar for Oscar. No, he doesn't. And Chris Weber went to Orlando. They traded him. And then, you know, they. They picked up Penny Hardaway. So C. Webb went to. Was going to Orlando, but Pat Williams, the gm, was like, you know, I Want Penny. Penny Hardaway. And then C. Webb went to Golden State. All right, we'll take a break. See more Phone calls coming up. 877-3-DP show. Still working on our celebrity family feud. Just make sure we have the lineup ready. We're going to have some practice sessions. I think we should get here really early. I think there should be some yoga. I think there should. I think we should get in a right frame of mind. And then Thursday night, my birthday, I think we get after it a little bit in Atlanta city. Is that a good thing? I think. I think we need to find a restaurant and we celebrate. Celebrate my birthday. Yes, Marv.
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Greg Anthony
Kind of like the place we went to in New Orleans.
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Dan Patrick
What's the one we went to in New Orleans? Oh, no, no.
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Greg Anthony
You sure?
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Dan Patrick
There was a lot going on in there.
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Greg Anthony
I know the BRG is like, Marvin, I've never seen you turn your head that fast in my life.
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Dan Patrick
There was a whole lot going on with the waitresses in that place. I think the food was good. I don't really remember. I just know Todd did his let me ask 15 questions to this woman as she kept leaning down with cleavage spilling out all over the table.
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Greg Anthony
I was very clumsy.
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Dan Patrick
I started dropping stuff left and right. I'm usually not that clumsy. Greg Anthony will join us. Coming up on loan from NBA tv. We're back after this. Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our shows@foxsportsradio.com and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to listen live. Hey, Steve Covino. And I'm Rich Davis. And together we're Covino and Rich on Fox Sports Radio. You can catch us weekdays from 5 to 7pm Eastern, 2 to 4 Pacific on Fox Sports Radio. And of course, the iHeartRadio app. Why should you listen to Covino and Rich? We talk about everything. Life, sports, relationships, what's. What's going on in the world. We have a lot of fun talking about the stories behind the stories in the world of sports and pop culture. Stories that, well, other shows don't seem to have the time to discuss. And the fact that we've been friends for the last 20 years and still work together, I mean, that says something, right? So check us out. We like to get you involved, too. Take your phone calls, chop it up, as they say. I'd say the most interactive show on Fox Sports Radio, maybe the most interactive show on planet Earth. Be sure to check out Covino and Rich live on Fox Sports radio and the iHeartradio app from 5 to 7pm Eastern, 2 to 4 Pacific and if you miss any of the live show, just search Covino and Rich wherever you get your podcast. And of course on social media, that's Covino and Rich Man. If you're ready to reclaim your edge, listen up. I used to be held back by constant bathroom trips with multiple wake ups during my sleep and looking for restrooms whenever I was out. Then I discovered Better Man. After just two months I started experiencing fewer trips to the bathroom, less urge to go, and I even slept through some nights. I feel a noticeable boost in my overall well being, even sexual stamina. It gives me the freedom and confidence to live life on my terms. Better man is clinically tested and trusted by thousands of men over 25 years, ready to take back control. Go to be betternow.com to order your supply today. That's be better now.com these statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Use as directed. Individual results may vary Made for this Mountain is a podcast that exists to empower listeners to rise above their struggles, break free from the chains of trauma and silence the negative voices that have kept them small. Through raw conversations, real stories, and actionable guidance, you can learn to face the mountain that is in front of you. You will never be able to change or grow through the thing that you refuse to identify. The thing that you refuse to say.
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Greg Anthony
Hey, this is my mountain.
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Dan Patrick
This is the struggle.
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Greg Anthony
This is the thing that's in front of me.
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Dan Patrick
You can. You can't make that mountain move without.
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Greg Anthony
Actually diving into that.
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Dan Patrick
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to conquer the things that once felt impossible and step boldly into the best version of yourself to awaken the unstoppable strength that's inside of us all. So tune into the podcast, focus on your emotional well being and climb your personal mountain.
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Greg Anthony
Because it's impossible for you to be.
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Dan Patrick
The most authentic you. It's impossible for you to love you fully if all you're doing is living to please people. Your mountain is that. Listen to Made for this mountain on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. The American west with Dan Flores is the latest show from the Meat Eater Podcast Network. Hosted by me, writer and historian Dan Flores and brought to you by Velvet Buck, this podcast looks at a West available nowhere else. Each episode I'll be diving into some of the lesser known histories of the West. I'll then be Joined in conversation by.
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Greg Anthony
Guests such as Western historian, Dr. Randall.
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Dan Patrick
Williams and best selling author and meat eater founder, Steven Rinella. I'll correct my kids now and then where they'll say, when cave people were here. And I'll say, it seems like the ice age people that were here didn't have a real affinity for caves. So join me starting Tuesday, May 6, where we'll delve into stories of the west and come to understand how it helps inform the ways in which we.
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Greg Anthony
Experience the region today.
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Dan Patrick
Listen to the American west with Dan Flores on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. In 2020, a group of young women in a tidy suburb of New York City found themselves in an AI fueled nightmare.
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Greg Anthony
Someone was posting photos. It was just me naked. Well, not me, but me with someone else's body parts on my body parts that looked exactly like my own.
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Dan Patrick
I wanted to throw up. I wanted to scream. It happened in Levittown, New York. But reporting the series took us through the darkest corners of the Internet and to the front lines of a global battle against deepfake pornography.
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Greg Anthony
This should be illegal, but what is this?
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Dan Patrick
This is a story about a technology that's moving faster than the law and about vigilantes trying to stem the tide. I'm Margie Murphy. And I'm Olivia Carville. This is Levittown, a new podcast from iHeart podcasts Bloomberg and Kaleidoscope. Listen to Levittown on Bloomberg's Big Take podcast. Find it on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. On November 5, 2018 at 6:33am, a red Volkswagen Golf was found abandoned in a ditch out in Sleep Hole Valley. The driver's seat door was open. No traces of footsteps leaving the vehicle. No belongings were found except for a cassette tape. Lodged in the player. On that tape were 10 vile.
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Greg Anthony
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Dan Patrick
Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Horrific stories that to this day have been kept restricted from the public. Until now. You feeling this too? A horror anthology podcast. Listen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Update the poll results. More phone calls coming up. Greg Anthony, part of the broadcast team Cabs Pacers semifinal series. And he'll be there with Jared Greenberg. Spiro Dedes game five tips off tonight, Cleveland at 7 Eastern on TNT, TruTV. And Max, good to see you again. Greg. How are you?
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Greg Anthony
Good morning, Dan. How are you, man? Happy birthday. I hear it's coming up.
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Dan Patrick
Yeah.
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Greg Anthony
55. You're gonna be 55. What's going on?
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Dan Patrick
You know, the, the game is lim now I'm just free throw in. Not, not free throw extended anymore. But don't leave me open. I'll hit a free throw. That's about it.
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Greg Anthony
I love it.
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Dan Patrick
All right, all right. So I had some things to say about Jason Tatum, and we probably had 10 minutes, 15 minutes on the show. We were talking about him, and then you put out a tweet, kind of asking me how could I come up with this or come to this conclusion about Jason Tatum. I feel bad talking about him where his season could be over. So I just want paraphrase something here. I think he's a first ballot hall of Famer. I think he's a great player. I just don't think he's a star. Is the point that I've been trying to make. Like, Trey Young is a star. Anthony Edwards a star. Lucas a star. Steph Curry's a star. I'm talking about. I'm going to go out of my way to watch Shea Gilgamesh is not a star. I think he's a, a great player and will be the mvp. You can make a case. Joker is not a star that you tune in to watch him play. That was the point that I've tried to make with Jason Tatum. He's a first ballot hall of Famer and a great, great player. I just, I think you tune in or you would go out of your way to see the Celtics, not Jason Tatum.
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Greg Anthony
That's a fair assessment from, from your perspective. Because I do think, in essence, you're saying he's not box office.
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Dan Patrick
No, there.
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Greg Anthony
And there have been a lot of the greatest players who've ever played who weren't box office. So I listen. Tim Duncan was not box office.
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Dan Patrick
Yes.
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Greg Anthony
Fair. Right. Like, so we get that. And I don't have an issue with that. And sometimes that's the difficult part. Oftentimes with sound bites and tidbits because I didn't have the opportunity to kind of listen to your context.
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Dan Patrick
Yeah.
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Greg Anthony
And so from what I heard, I was like, wow. Now I would push back a little because I actually do think Jason Tatum is a star. I do think he's somewhat underappreciated. And I think part of it is just the dynamic of the culture we live in is that we've got to push the envelope on all these guys. And then we're having this conversation after what just transpired last night when he was having a monster game. Although they were probably still going to lose that game based on how things are trending at the end. And you just hate to see it happen to him. Because I also think the irony of that is he's one of the highest character guys we have in our league. He's one of the most accountable guys we have in our league. And he's been one of the most successful. I mean, if you go look at perspective, since he came into the league, he's played at more conference finals, he's won a championship, He's. This will be his fourth consecutive first team all NBA. So I would tend to say I think Joker's a star, like so that's just in a disagreement. That's more semantics, right? That's not necessarily saying they're not great players. But again, as a basketball nut, I would pay to see both of them play. But then again, you know, I go pay to see two lottery teams play if I had to. I'm just a fan of the game, so I could definitely appreciate where you're coming from.
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Dan Patrick
Speaking of the lottery, you okay with it, the format?
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Greg Anthony
Yeah. So you know what, Dan? This is my philosophy on life. No matter what we have in place, what the system is, people are gonna complain. Because just like human beings, nobody's perfect. There is no such thing. We struggle with it all the time. So I try to focus more on the end result than just the minutia of the process, like too many people want to. Because you can nitpick any process. And I'll give you a perfect example. Let's look at the national championship game we just had with the final four in basketball and then with the championship in the NCAA for football. I was really happy with the end result. I thought the final Four you had the four best teams, right? You didn't have in the championship game. You had no five star kids. You had no one and done kids. The ratings were through the roof. And we'll. Instead of us focusing on man, we got ultimately what we wanted. We want to get caught up in the drugs of the process. There is no perfect process. How many remember? You're old enough to remember when there was 32 teams in the NCAA tournament. You're old enough, we're all old enough to remember when you didn't have a playoff for college football. And with each process that they changed it, the complaints never diminished. That's what we do in America, man. We just want to complain. It doesn't matter what the system is, how well it's functioning. So I look, I Have no problem with it. It creates excitement. I was against the playing when they first introduced it. I think it was one of the best things ever happened to our league because it does. It's helped to eliminate tanking. That's one of those words that's taboo in sports, right? We don't talk about tanking that much anymore in the NBA. And there was a time, as you know, where we discussed it ad nauseam. So I'm fine with it. I mean, how about the irony with the Mavericks getting the pick? And I sent Nico a text last night congratulating him because he's caught a lot of hell. And listen, you had to assume you're going to catch a lot of hell when you trade a star of the magnitude of a Luka Doncic who took you to the finals a year prior. So, yeah, I'm a fan of it. I think you want to try to make the game as healthy as possible and not turn your fan base collectively off. And this is one way that I think it's been a positive.
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Dan Patrick
Talking to Greg Anthony, NBA on TNT analyst spent 11 seasons in the NBA and won a title UNLV back in 1990. Let me go back to Luca. I just don't know why Nico wouldn't leak it that there is the possibility Luca could be available because it feels like you could have gotten a little bit more, maybe a lot more. Like I would have insisted Austin Reeves was in that trade. Like, I just, I. And I don't know why Dallas, you know, wouldn't ask for that, but you could have gotten other teams who probably would have come up with a lot better trade proposal, don't you think?
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Greg Anthony
Well, there's two. Two things you got to consider. One, think about the backlash he's faced since the trade went down. If you leaked that and it gets out, I think you create more problems than solutions. That's just the reality and that's my perspective. I don't think you can leak that. And it's easy to Monday morning quarterback for all of us to say what they could or could not have got. I think what you got to focus in on, okay, what is the objective? Because case in point, you could have gotten four first or five first round picks, but their objective was to win. Now Kyrie Irving's best basketball, hopefully he's going to recover and he can still play at his heights, but he's not going to be better for the moving forward. Right. You've got a small window to win now. So he wanted to match the timeline when after the trade was made of his two best players. And so that's why I think he went the route he did. We all, everybody can second guess it after the fact, but ultimately, listen, if they're healthy, that team would have been a better team than the Lakers just because of how they were built. Health plays a big role in it. It didn't materialize. Now you got the first pick and now they're going to have more concerns and questions because I'm a huge Cooper Flag fan. But does he fit their timeline?
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Dan Patrick
No.
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Greg Anthony
You know, can you win like this is. This is a better situation, but there's some similarity. If you go back to when the warriors drafted James Wiseman with the second pick, there was a lot of talk about, hey, should we move off the pick? And in that case probably would have made more sense because I think there was a lack of consensus on just how good James Wiseman was. You know, that was more of a Kwame Brown scenario from the standpoint that, you know, you took him based on the potential, but he wasn't as certain. He wasn't the proven commodity that I think Cooper Flag is. And so there's going to be some concern or consideration. I would assume you're at least going to listen to see ultimately what can transpire because again, you want to have a chance to compete at the highest level now. And getting that first pick creates a lot more leverage for Nico Harrison and the Mavs than they had going into that lottery.
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Dan Patrick
Yeah, I think you got a two year window with Kyrie and A.D. it feels like in their prime. Hopefully both are going to be healthy or ish. Yeah, Cooper Flag's not going to be 19 until in the season. And what can you expect from him? You got some big guys. Christie's good. You know, he's a good addition for them. I agree with you. You know, the timeline there maybe not syncing up, but would you trade Anthony Davis and Cooper Flag for Luca?
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Greg Anthony
Would I trade Anthony, Dave? That's a tough question. Luca for Luca. Well, I think a lot of it's relative to who, who I am, what I have when I make that deal.
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Dan Patrick
I'm just, I'm joking that if Dallas.
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Greg Anthony
But like in essence, you're saying that's basically what happened.
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Dan Patrick
Yeah.
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Greg Anthony
Now I would say that there's a lot of certainty with Luca. Listen, you know, you're. You got to build the right way around him. He's got to make a commitment to his body. You know, the Denver Nuggets were in a similar situation with the Joker. A Few years ago, they went to him and said, look, we need you to commit to your body. That's how you commit to us. And he transformed his body. He's became in much better shape. And I think there was maybe some conversations like that with Luca. Maybe it didn't go over well. I guarantee you the Lakers just had this conversation with him when they had their meeting with JJ and their front office with Palinka when they had that dinner the other night, you know, because I do think physically he's got to get in better shape. I think. I think it's going to behoove him to, and it is hard to do, but he's got to make that commitment to that organization if they want to have a chance to ultimately win a championship. There's a reason why Dallas, like, people can poo poo and get mad all they wanted, Nico. But the reality is, physically, and we saw it defensively, he was a liability in that series. And. And while they had other issues with the roster, as great a talent as he is, and I'm a huge Luthor Doncic fan, I love the guy's skill set. You still need him to have to not at least be a liability. You don't have to be a plus defender, but you can't be a liability defensively, especially with his size. You know, it's one thing if you got a small guard, but when you've got his size and physicality, he can have a much more impactful place on the defense.
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Dan Patrick
For the Lakers, who, let's say they win their series, their respective series, who is more dangerous? The Pacers of the Knicks.
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Greg Anthony
As you get later in the playoffs, your best player's ability to play against great team, great defense becomes more relevant. So I would say, and let me say the. Preface it by saying this, Dan. This is the first time since I've been in broadcasting, maybe even since I've been associated with the game, where I really felt like the final eight teams could all win it. I'd never had that feeling because generally, you know, you get an upset, you get a team or two in there, you look like they don't really have a chance. But I really felt like all things being equal, everybody healthy, everybody playing their best, that they all had a chance. Having said that, I love Indiana's team. I think they're really hard to defend because what they do is the hardest thing to do, which is defend the pass. They play fast, they put a lot of pressure on you, and they're a much improved defensive team. They were a Top four team in the league since the first of the year. Having said that, you want a guy. We saw it last night with Brunson. You need a guy that can score against great defense. When you play a seven game series, you can't trick anybody. You're not bringing in new concepts, you're not going to recreate how you play. We know what you do, you know what we do. And as you get later in the series, you got to have guys that can go beat their man. They can win matchups and compromise your defense. And Jalen Brunson has consistently in the postseason shown you he can do that. And they built that team to play the Celtics. They've got great positional size on the wing. Those guys are great two way players with an obi and bridges. And while they don't have the depth, it hasn't been an issue for them as of yet. And so I would. If those two teams end up meeting, and right now the odds are it's looking that way, they're both up 3:1. I would give a slight edge to the Knicks because of that. Now, having said that, this Pacers team, they are really good. I, I thought they were the most underrated team in the postseason. They've proven that to be the case. They've been dominant in this series. Now, you've missed some injuries this and the other, but they have dominated a team that had been dominant over the entire regular season. So you got to tip your hat to Rick Carlisle and his group.
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Dan Patrick
How do you think NBC is going to use Michael Jordan with their NBA coverage?
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Greg Anthony
Oh, man, I'm, I was pumped to hear that. Right. You know, in a lot of ways he became Michael Jordan at NBC. Right. They, they both really benefited from that. That's where the game had its greatest growth, to the likes of which we've never seen it. I've been really impressed with what they've done thus far. If you've seen the promo they put out not too long ago where they incorporated all of their broadcast talent and people involved with the network of Peacock. I thought that was brilliant. It'll be. I gotta believe that he's gonna, they're gonna have to be able to go back to who he was as a player. I hope they do that. I don't think he's going to be in the studio show. I don't think he's going to be doing games. But I would like to hear his perspective and how he looks at today's crop of stars and juxtapose that to what he dealt with. So I'm not sure how they're going to use it, but I'll be tuning in obviously, as we all are because of what he's meant to our game. And it's awesome that after all these years he's at least going to let us, the viewing public, have a little insight into his mindset and who he is. I think the last dance help with that and I think this could be a further furtherance of that.
- [40:45]
Dan Patrick
Has Reggie Miller ever admitted that he pushed off?
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Greg Anthony
Yes, yes. Multiple times he's admitted it.
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Dan Patrick
Okay.
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Greg Anthony
But yeah, he did. But we listen, we gave. That gave away and that was. That game cost us. I think we lost that series. I mean we beat him for the most part when we played against him. But yeah, that, that one, that was haunting. I'm just glad I got to work. The Bucks Pacers game when the Pacers did it to the Bucks, you know, that kind of allowed me to purge some demons a little bit now because that was an amazing game and I can. It's funny in the moment, you know, you're such, there's such shock when you actually go through it. You have no real perspective historically right until well after. So now on the outside looking in, watching that materialize, man, that is just. It's still hard to imagine something like that could happen. And unfortunately it happened to me. But. But. Or to my Nick. But yeah, I'm glad that we now have something else to reference when it comes to historical comebacks, that's for sure.
- [41:52]
Dan Patrick
Great to talk to you. Hope you're doing well. Thanks for joining us.
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Greg Anthony
All right, thank you, Dan.
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Dan Patrick
Greg Anthony, part of the broadcast team Cavs Pacers Game five tonight. That'll be on tnt. True TV and Max, take a break. Last call for phone calls. What we learn what's in store tomorrow. Right after this, be sure to catch the live edition of the Dan Patrick show, weekdays at 9am Eastern, 6am Pacific on Fox Sports Radio in the iHeartRadio app. Men, if you're ready to reclaim your edge, listen up. I used to be held back by constant bathroom trips with multiple wake ups during my sleep and looking for restrooms whenever I was out. Then I discovered Better Man. After just two months, I started experiencing fewer trips to the bathroom, less urge to go, and I even slept through some nights. I feel a noticeable boost in my overall, well, being, even sexual stamina. It gives me the freedom and confidence to live life on my terms. Better man is clinically tested and trusted by thousands of men over 25 years, ready to take back control. Go to be better now.com to order your supply today. That's be better now.com these statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Use as directed. Individual results may vary Made for this Mountain is a podcast that exists to empower listeners to rise above their struggles, break free from the chains of trauma and silence the negative voices that that have kept them small. Through raw conversations, real stories, and actionable guidance, you can learn to face the mountain that is in front of you. You will never be able to change.
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Greg Anthony
Or grow through the thing that you refuse to identify.
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Dan Patrick
The thing that you refuse to say.
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Greg Anthony
Hey, this is my mountain.
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Dan Patrick
This is the struggle.
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Greg Anthony
This is the thing that's in front of me.
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Dan Patrick
You can't make that mountain move without actually diving into that. May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to conquer the things that once felt impossible and step boldly into the best version of yourself to awaken the unstoppable strength that's inside of us all. So tune into the podcast, focus on your emotional well being and climb your personal mountain.
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Greg Anthony
Because it's impossible for you to be.
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Dan Patrick
The most authentic you. It's impossible for you to love you fully if all you're doing is living to please people. Your mountain is that. Listen to Made for this mountain on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. The American west with Dan Flores is the latest show from the Meat Eater Podcast Network. Hosted by me, writer and historian Dan Flores and brought to you by Velvet Buck. This podcast looks at a West available nowhere else. Each episode I'll be diving into some of the lesser known histories of the West. I'll then be joined in conversation by guests such as Western historians, Dr. Randall Williams and best selling author and meat eater founder Stephen Rinella. I'll correct my kids now and then where they'll say when cave people were here. And I'll say, it seems like the Ice Age people that were here didn't have a real affinity for caves. So join me starting Tuesday, May 6th where we'll delve into stories of the west and come to understand how it helps inform the ways in which we.
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Greg Anthony
Experience the region today.
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Dan Patrick
Listen to the American west with Dan Flores on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. On November 5, 2018 at 6:33am, a red Volkswagen Golf was found abandoned in a ditch out in Sleep Hole Valley. The driver's seat door was Open. No traces of. Of footsteps leaving the vehicle. No belongings were found, except for a cassette tape lodged in the player. On that tape were 10. Vile. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Grotesque. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Horrific stories that to this day have been kept restrained, restricted from the public. Until now, you feel in this too, a horror anthology podcast. Listen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. In 2020, a group of young women in a tidy suburb of New York City found themselves in an AI fueled nightmare.
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Greg Anthony
Someone was posting photos. It was just me naked. Well, not me, but me with someone else's body parts on my body. Parts that looked exactly like my own.
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Dan Patrick
I wanted to throw up. I wanted to scream. It happened in Levittown, New York. But reporting the series took us through the darkest corners of the Internet and to the front lines of a global battle against deepfake pornography.
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Greg Anthony
This should be illegal, but what is this?
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Dan Patrick
This is a story about a technology that's moving faster than the law and about vigilantes trying to stem the tide. I'm Margie Murphy. And I'm Olivia Carville. This is Levittown, a new podcast from iHeart podcasts Bloomberg and Kaleidoscope. Listen to Levittown on Bloomberg's Big Take podcast. Find it on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your your podcasts. Last call for phone calls. What we learn what's in store tomorrow. This day in sports history. All of that forthcoming 877 3dp show. Brent in Georgia. Hi, Brent. What's on your mind today? Hey, dp, what's going on? Hey, man, listen, I wanted to bring something to your attention. A little food for thought. I feel like I've discovered a huge oversight in your strategy for celebrity family feud that could be particularly detrimental to your team. Okay, so I know. I know you guys were trying to figure out the lineup, and the elephant in the room is trying to hide Fritzi as best as possible. And that has been brought up that he needed to be on the end so that he wouldn't have to face the podium. But the caveat to that is if by chance you guys were tied at the very end, then Fritz, he's going to go to a sudden death situation where he's a one and done. He has one answer, and it's all your whole game is relying on. Do you want to put all your eggs in that one basket at that very moment? How would you manage my lineup? I think I would go you first. Cause you're the. You're the All Star. I think I'm gonna go Marvin next, then Fritzi and then Paulie at the end. All right, well, thank you, Brent. Once again, still shuffling the lineup. I got to look at the analytics here. Not quite sure you know, what I'm going to do, but I could be comfortable with that. I could be Maggie in Minneapolis. Hi, Maggie. What's on your mind today? What's going on? DP Yeah, I just had to take on, you know, the Michael Jordan bit about his role with NBC. I know Mad Dog kind of mentioned how he, you know, they may have just signed him and figure it out later. I would just say, man, MJ is.
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Greg Anthony
So crafted with what he wants to.
- [49:10]
Dan Patrick
Do with his image and his public words. And so I would say he had to sign that deal knowing what his role was going to be, and I'm excited to find out.
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Greg Anthony
And also love, love Ant.
- [49:23]
Dan Patrick
He's a star, and everybody in Minnesota loves him. And so Wolf. All right, thank you, Maggie. Yeah, I don't know what Jordan's role is, and I did reach out to people who may have made that decision and didn't get an answer, but I respect the time frame that you're announcing. He's part of it. I don't know if you're kind of working out the details of that. The fine, fine print. Jason in Atlanta. Hi, Jason. What's on your mind today? Hey, Jase. Thank you, Jace. This day in sports history, Paul, I got a few for you. Mickey Mantle in 1955, hit four consecutive home runs in a game. Reggie Jackson, 1983, became the first MLB player to strike out 2,000 times in a career. Wayne Gretzky, 1989. He hosted Saturday Night Live. And at Yankee Stadium in 1991, fans sang Madonna's song Like a Virgin to Jose Canseco. Random. He was dating. Dating Mag at the time. Yeah, he was. Yeah. Yeah. I think Madge took down a couple of Yankees. Alex Rodriguez. Oh, and Josie Canseco. Jose Canseco. I found more on this story. He was caught by a tabloid photographer walking out of her apartment at 2am who hasn't been caught doing that? I mean, come on. Come on. Central park west, if memory serves me correctly, in the 60s, not 1960s. All right. Saying some of us don't kiss and tell. Let's see. Curtis in Illinois. Hi, Curtis. What's on your mind today? Morning, dp thanks for squeezing me in. Yeah. Just wanted to chime in on yesterday. You were talking how you'd take Cousins over Carr's career. Yeah, I would disagree with that. My main reason behind it is Kirk Cousins has to be in the luckiest quarterback in terms of the coaches he's had. I feel like they squeezed every ounce of talent from being coached by the Shanahans to having McVay and then Matt LaFleur as his quarterback coach. And then even on the Minnesota, Zimmer was a defensive guy, but he had Stefanski and then o' Connell with the Kubiaks. Okay. I mean I've, it's, it's not going to come down to a decision anytime soon for anybody, but I don't know if any other show is doing the Derek Carr, Kirk Cousins. Who would you rather have? But we've kind of cornered the market on that. Strong though. I mean, yeah, I like when a topic bleeds over the next day or the day after that, like, hey, I didn't get in on Monday. I just want to bring this up and, and be like, all right. It's still, still thinking on this one though. I can't shake it still bothers me. I, I guess some Braves fans are upset because I said you, you, you don't. If you're Boston, the Celtics, you don't want to come away from this era with one title because I, I would love to see them get another title. Just so it is a dynasty of sorts because they've certainly given the appearance of that, of being the best team in the NBA for a little while here. The Braves won one title. They were unbelievable in the 90s. But three hall of Famers in your pitching staff, a Hall of Famer at third base and one World Series title, that'd be a disappointment. Yes. Marvin. Yeah.
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Greg Anthony
The Marlins and the Braves had the same amount of titles in the 1990s.
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Dan Patrick
Wow. Wow. Yeah. But the Marlins won two titles.
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Greg Anthony
Oh, three, you're right.
- [53:07]
Dan Patrick
Yes.
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Greg Anthony
But I just met during that entire run of the 90s.
- [53:10]
Dan Patrick
Yeah. Yeah.
- [53:11]
Greg Anthony
The Marlon's like, okay, I guess we'll win one.
- [53:13]
Dan Patrick
Yeah. The Marlins philosophy was every five years you'd go, man, Marlin's pretty good. And then they would win and then all of a sudden we wouldn't, we wouldn't hear from them for the next four years. Yes. Marshall.
- [53:23]
Greg Anthony
They have two World Series titles and I'm almost certain they have no division titles.
- [53:30]
Dan Patrick
Jeff. Jeff Conan. Mr. Marlin. Yeah. Yes, Paul. The Florida Marlins. Now, Miami Marlins have made the playoffs four times in 33 years. Two of those times they won the World Series. Yeah. How about that? Nice. How about that stat of the day has been brought to you by Panini America, the official trading cards of the program. Let's go around the room. What we learned on the program. Back left. Fritzi, Chris Mad Dog Russo doesn't think there's a conspiracy with the NBA lottery result, but it's a very bad look and raises eyebrows. Very bad look out of you, Seaton Daddy. A bad look out of that. He's not really. He is a little bit of a conspiracy guy. He's dipping his toes in a little bit. Marvin, how about you?
- [54:11]
Greg Anthony
Greg Anthony says Reggie Miller admitted to pushing him.
- [54:14]
Dan Patrick
Yeah, you watch that video? Reg knocks him down. Paulie, what did you learn? The Braves caught a stray today. Todd, what did I learn on today's program? Greg Anthony loves how the Pacers play fast and improve their D, but he still gives a slight edge to Brunson.
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Greg Anthony
And the Knicks if they meet in.
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Dan Patrick
The Eastern Conference finals. Our pleasure to serve you. Hope you have a great day, everybody. Thanks for allowing us into your life. For Fritzi, Seaton, Marv, Paulie, yours truly, we'll talk to you tomorrow. Men, if you're ready to reclaim your edge, listen up. I used to be held back by constant bathroom trips with multiple wake ups during my sleep and looking for restrooms whenever I was out. Then I discovered Better Man. After just two months, I started experiencing fewer trips to the bathroom, less urge to go, and I even slept through some nights. I feel a noticeable boost in my overall well being, even sexual stamina. It gives me the freedom and confidence to live life on my terms. Better man is clinically tested and trusted by thousands of men over 25 years ready to take back control. Go to be better now.com to order your supply today. That's be better now.com these statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Use this directed individual. Results may vary.
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Greg Anthony
Your gut microbiome and those healthy bacteria.
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Dan Patrick
Can actually have positive effects. Your mental health, your immunity, your risk.
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Greg Anthony
Of cancer, almost any disease under the sun. This week on Dope Labs, Titi and.
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Dan Patrick
I dive into the world of probiotics. The hype, the science, and what your gut bacteria are really doing behind the scenes. From drinks and gummies to probiotic pillows. Yes, really probiotic pillows. We're breaking down what's legit and what's just brilliant marketing with expert Insight from gastroenterologist Dr. Roshi Raj. Listen to Dope Labs on the iHeartRadio.
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Greg Anthony
App, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get.
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Dan Patrick
Your podcasts.
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Greg Anthony
The best things in life are on the other side of difficult conversations.
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Dan Patrick
But if we're honest, most people run from them, staying silent, missing chances and holding themselves back. I know this is true because I used to be like that until I realized that negotiation isn't a talent, it's a skill that anyone can learn. And once I did, everything changed. I went from people pleaser to confident.
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Greg Anthony
Communication, and Now I teach Fortune 500.
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Dan Patrick
Leaders and top executives how to do the same. Listen to Negotiate anything on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast. My name is Brendan Patrick Hughes, host of Divine Intervention. This is a story about radical nuns in combat boots and wild haired priests trading blows with J. Edgar Hoover in a hell bent effort to sabotage a war.
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Greg Anthony
J. Edgar Hoover was furious.
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Dan Patrick
He was out of his mind and he wanted to to bring the Catholic left to its knees. You can now binge all 10 episodes of Divine Intervention on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Why is a soap opera western like Yellowstone so wildly successful? The American west with Dan Flores is the latest show from the Meat Eater Podcast Network. So join me starting Tuesday, May 6th where we'll delve into stories of the west and come to understand how it helps inform the ways in which we.
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Greg Anthony
Experience the region today.
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Dan Patrick
Listen to the American west with Dan Flores on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. You're listening to an iHeart podcast.