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It's the final hour on this Monday. More of your phone calls. Best and worst of the weekend. One of our favorites. Great storyteller Gilbert Arenas will stop by in a little bit. 8773 DP Show. Good morning. If you're watching on Peacock. Thank you. Downloading the app, that's our streaming partner. You can watch all three hours. If you can get through that, all the different camera angles. You get to see Fritzi, you get to see Seaton, Marv Polyures Truly and crate occasionally a backroom guy as well. Stat of the day brought to you by Panini America. And we'll get a new poll question for the final hour. The odds for the final four has Florida favored by two and a half against Auburn and Duke favored by four and a half against Houston. We say good morning TO radio affiliates iHeartradio, Fox Sports Radio and Seaton. If you want to do the honors for the poll question for the final hour. Yeah, we just put one up there from Paulie. Torpedo bats look illegal, should be illegal or anyone can use them. So no big deal. You want to guess where that one's falling? I'm gonna think that the audience is gonna side with anybody can use it. Anybody can use them. So it's no big deal. That's 56 of the audience right there. Yeah. Yeah. By the way, Stanford has a new football coach. Stanford is hiring Frank Reich, the interim football coach. According to espn. It's a one year deal. They had some issues with Troy Taylor. He was there for a couple of years and had been accused of bullying and belittling female athletic staffers. And that was one of the first things that Andrew Luck did as their general manager as he fires him and brings in Frank Reich as the interim head football coach. All right, was it worth interrupting me?
Dan Patrick
Definitely not.
Gilbert Arenas
Thank you. We'll get to more of your phone calls coming up. It was a busy weekend in basketball, obviously with Florida surviving. Texas Tech. Duke rolls, Houston rolls and Auburn over Michigan State as well. Villanova, no surprise, they got Kevin Willard from Maryland. The NFL competition committee voting on Tuesday. And one of the items is Going to be the tush push. And it feels like there's a groundswell here. There's momentum of getting rid of that. Tonight It's Connecticut and USC. What could have been with Juju Watkins against Paige Beckers. UConn is the favorite to win the national title according to DraftKings. TCU in Texas in the other game, Mike in Wisconsin. Hi, Mike. What's on your mind today?
Dan Patrick
Morning, Dan. Just with Duke, they had a couple losses in the regular season, but they also had 10, 30 point, you know, 30 point plus wins and then they just beat Alabama by 20. Are they in the conversation with one of the best teams ever if they go on to win the championship by 20, 30, or is it competition is lesser?
Gilbert Arenas
No, you're going against number one seeds now, if they knock off a number one seed and another number one seed, what Connecticut did the previous two years, pretty impressive. I saw where the running Rebels of UNLV are going to put out their own documentary with Larry Johnson and Stacey Ogman. So I think Anderson Hunt and Greg Anthony. So I think they're going to put out their own documentary.
Dan Patrick
Yes, Paul, if that documentary really dives deep and is honest, people will love it. What they were doing back there in.
Gilbert Arenas
The day, they're not. I don't think they're going to spill. I don't think they'll spill.
Dan Patrick
And it's not a documentary.
Gilbert Arenas
Right. And then. Well, it's like a reality show. Isn't reality. It's. It's scripted to make it look like it's reality. You know, if you get stories, great. You know, Tark's no longer with us. Unlike Nolan Richardson, Tark is no longer with us. When I was listening to Stephen A. Telling, you know, God rest his soul, the late great. And then you can't tell me you knew he was alive. When you say the late great, you know, God rest his soul. Sometimes you just take the L. You just go, yeah, my bad. Sorry about that, Nolan. It's okay. It's worse when you go, no, I didn't make a mistake. I know he's alive. Okay. The late great Nolan Richardson. I have to be honest, I. I didn't know he was still alive, but I didn't know he was dead either.
Dan Patrick
You'd rather lean towards alive on air and then you can. That's easier to clean up. Nolan Richardson, 83 years old and counting.
Gilbert Arenas
Oh, good, good. I hope he's still counting. Yes, yes, Todd, maybe. He was often not punctual.
Dan Patrick
So he was the late great Nolan Richardson. He Was never on time and not even dying well.
Gilbert Arenas
But I think he also said, God rest his soul.
Dan Patrick
Yeah, usually don't say that about someone still with us.
Gilbert Arenas
Yeah, I knew he was still alive. You did not made a mistake. Big deal. You can't know everything. You can't. John in Minnesota. Hi John. What's on your mind today?
Dan Patrick
Hey, so this Cooper Flag stuff, it, it just drives me nuts so early because there's so many can't miss prospects and you just don't know until they actually play. And I remember so I'm the same.
Gilbert Arenas
Exact age in Minnesota.
Dan Patrick
Right here in Minnesota I played against Joe Maurer and Larry Fitzgerald in high school sports and I remember playing summer basketball and by the way, I was the worst player in this room. But Joe Maurer was two time all state. Larry Fitzgerald was all conference. There was a guy that used to come back and play with us, Nick Horvath who played at Duke.
Gilbert Arenas
But in Minnesota he was legendary.
Dan Patrick
My point is they would come back from these summer camps.
Gilbert Arenas
All anyone talked about was a guy named Darius Miles.
Dan Patrick
That's all anyone talked about. He's the next Jordan. He's amazing. He's going to the league, he's going to dominate. And then he averaged like I think nine points a game and then had a pretty lackluster career over there in la.
Gilbert Arenas
I think he was at a basketball camp. Didn't he block Jordan shot when they were playing one on one? If I have the right player, I, I think there's video of that where Mike was going one on one with a camper and Darius Miles might have blocked his shot going to the hoop. But yeah, things change. And that's why when the expectation level for Cooper Flag is going to be at an all time high. But look at the number one picks that we've had in the last 15 years. I mean some have lived up to the expectations, some exceeded and some didn't even come close to that. Cooper Flag is really good, really talented player. I'm going to see where he goes, the coach that develops him. Like this is a whole process here. You just don't show up and then all of a sudden you're great. I mean, Shaq took time to develop. If you look at him at lsu, he was raw. If he came out after his freshman year and the expectation, he wouldn't have lived up to the expectations immediately, but he got time to develop. Leitner dominated him in college and Shaq realized that he had to get better and understand the game. And then of course became one of the all time greats. Yes, Mark.
Dan Patrick
The crazy thing is when I was a kid leaving early. Was leaving after your junior year, like now. It used to be maybe like Stephon Marbury and Tim Thomas were the only guys I could remember when I was a kid that left after. They're leaving after one year. They must be crazy nice. But now it's. You're staying two years. What's wrong with you?
Gilbert Arenas
Yeah. Yes. But you know, there's certain players that need to get that extra year. They. They want to. Steph Curry did. Steph realized he wasn't ready yet. He needed to develop his handle, which sounds crazy, but yes, he needed to develop his handle. By the way, I was watching videos over the weekend. I was watching Jamal Crawford videos when he's playing pickup games. I have to apologize to him. His handle was spectacular. Now, I didn't see that in the pros, and maybe not at Michigan, but. And I'm watching a Peyton Pritchard compilation video. And Marvin and I talk about this all the time. You know, we look at Peyton Pritchard of the Celtics, he played at Oregon. We go, oh, yeah, nice little guy there. Yeah, it's a nice little career there. And watch watches like G League or high school, you know, compilation highlight. Holy smokes. There is so much of a. Like, the level of that guy is really good. That guy's great to where it is with the regular guy who may have been a good basketball player in high school or even college. And you start to look at these videos and it's just, you don't look at Peyton, you won't look at Peyton Pritchard the same way. If you look at this, he is just dominating. He's just taking people off the dribble, deep three, everything coast to coast. All of this Jamal Crawford dribbling, guys falling down. It's. It's almost like white chocolate. Jason Williams, when he was doing those pickup games, when he's like 40 years of age, he's just dominating guy, dominating and, and having fun. But yeah, you can tell what kind of weekend I had. I'm watching Peyton Pritchard and Jamal Crawford videos.
Dan Patrick
Yes, Marvin, Yeah, you sent those to me. And I'm sitting there going, first of all, you live a full life.
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I do.
Dan Patrick
Second of all, I've been telling people.
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I was like, guys, yeah, right.
Dan Patrick
Somebody told me this once, you know how good you have to be to be a scrub in the NBA. And obviously Payton, pitcher and Jamal, they're not scrubs. But that last guy on the bench, he's killing everybody at your local ymca, your local pro am because he was a legend wherever he's from.
Gilbert Arenas
Well, you look at these videos and I, I was just like, first of all, I saw the video and I go, who is this guy? And then I realized it. Peyton Pritchard of the Boston Celtics. Now, I loved him at Oregon, but I didn't know if that translate to the NBA. You just watch a guy and he is all over the place. Energetic deep shooter. Took a little while, but he's had a couple of moments here. What did he have? 39 the other night, a couple of weeks ago. A couple more phone calls in here. Nick and Irvine. Hi, Nick. What's on your mind today?
Dan Patrick
Hey, Dan, you know, you know those movies where some like an asteroid comes and hits the water and a giant wave comes and you see all the people in New York City looking up and it's like taller than all the buildings. That's what it's like to be a Dodger fan right now. And the Dodgers are that wave. And every game we just sit there and watch and we, we were that wave. And it's. I've been a fan for so long of the L A teams and it happened in the 80s with the Lakers, but that's been it. But it's happening again.
Gilbert Arenas
The, the Mookie walk off in extra.
Dan Patrick
Innings and then the Dodgers sweep of the Tigers. That's my best of the weekend. And it's fun to be on top of that wave. The Lakers, who are also like that wave, but just not as big. Their waves a little smaller right now.
Gilbert Arenas
I don't know if I would say that they're on a wave right now, Nick.
Dan Patrick
No, no, no. They, they're getting healthy and they had this dagger game at the end of a four game trip. They were just, they suffered in that game where they lost in the half court shot and then they had a tough game. Last of a four game Chip. Everyone's dying to get home and oh, it was just LeBron 28, 8 and 6, Luka 29, 9 and 8. And my favorite Laker, Austin Reese 31, 8 and 7. If that happens. If that happens consistently, which it has barely consistently since the Luca trade. But there was a health thing. But if that happens, they're not. No one's going to be.
Gilbert Arenas
Yeah, they will if they don't play defense and they barely beat Indiana. So you got to factor that in as well. But thank you for the phone call and enjoy the Dodgers success. As I've said, I'll take the field only because I know how this works. You can be unbelievable and poster child the Seattle Mariners when they won 200116 games. You better be ready and have everything ready for the postseason because you're going to run into somebody who matches your strengths in some areas and then it's going to come down to can you get consistent pitching, timely hitting. It. It's, it's a foolproof format of what I'm blueprint. I've seen it too many times. Oh, my God, that team got bounced house now. No, it's not one and done like it is in most sports or some sports. But four of seven? Yes. Would that be difficult? Absolutely. But you're going to run into somebody or some team and they're going to be on a burner and you might be coasting to the end of the regular season. You might be, hey, do we get another win or not? Let's rest some people here, hey, we clinched a long time ago. Then you get into competition and you got to try to ratchet that back up. So enjoy it while you can. And Laker fans, your team has to play defense, has to play. And if they do, then as I said, they can go to the Western Conference finals. I really believe that. Yeah.
Dan Patrick
Paul, the Dodgers have made the playoffs 13 seasons in a row. They're a powerhouse. They've only didn't finish first one time is by one game. Of those 13 playoff appearances, they won two. Yeah, they were 2 for 13, which any team, any franchise would kill for. 2 for 13.
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We'll take a break. Gilbert Arenas will tell some stories coming up. We'll get to more phone calls as well. We're back after this. In the Dan Patrick Show, Fox Sports.
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When we're five years into prohibition, the government is starting to go, okay, this isn't working.
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Gilbert Arenas
More phone calls coming up. See? Would you update the poll results? Final hour on this program? Yeah, we got a couple of them going right now. NFL wants to change the tush push because of jealousy. The final four right now 76% have the best teams are there rather than it be disappointing. And we got one more up there about the Yankees bats. They look illegal, should be illegal or anyone can use them. So it's no big deal right now. Anyone can use them. Running away with that one. All right. He's the host of Gill's arena podcast. Three time all star with the Wizards and his show, his underdog hit show just surpassed 1 million subscribers. Look at you. You're making moves, man. You're making moves. Trying to this time of the year. I think back to March Madness when you guys played for the national championship and you played against Duke. What do you remember about that moment?
Dan Patrick
That's funny because of Richard Jefferson. I remember the final four against Michigan State where I was doing a lot of gambling for steals and tried to get through a pin down screen. And Troy, it was Hudson and Zach Randolph closed that door on me and I tore soft tissue muscle in my chest. I finished the game. But you know, I was hurt going into the championship game.
Gilbert Arenas
Or you would have beaten Duke. Is that what you're saying?
Dan Patrick
Of course. I was a man on fire back then.
Gilbert Arenas
Was that Mike Dunleavy's Duke team?
Dan Patrick
Yes, that was Mike Dunleavy's breakout game, you know, but they had a loaded roster. Also that Jason Will more Jay Will boozer. You had Duhan Young Dohan, Shane Batty was the best player on the team. So they were. They were. They were also loaded.
Gilbert Arenas
Did you hate Duke?
Dan Patrick
I did, I did because I thought, you know, even though I was hurt, we still had a chance to win that game. And I think There was like 22 missed calls in that game. Which we felt we was.
Gilbert Arenas
Wait, wait, wait. Who decided there were 22 missed calls?
Dan Patrick
You know, you know, the ESPN after, you know. You know, when you watch after, you know, there was a pivotal play where Jason Gardner was dribbling and he stopped, and J. Will fell on him, which would have been his third foul in the first. And they didn't even call him. He's just sitting there. Jay Wills fell all on him. He's just sitting there, just bouncing the ball. And they never actually called that foul.
Gilbert Arenas
So you think Duke getting preferential treatment?
Dan Patrick
It felt that way. It felt that. It did feel that way. But, you know, it's the championship game. You know, they can't call everything.
Gilbert Arenas
I'm curious, with Nil, with your son and your daughter, you do have the financial means that you know, but do you still. How are they taking advantage? Will they take advantage of name, image, and likeness, your son and daughter? Very, very highly rated recruits?
Dan Patrick
Yes. You know, I. I told them, you know, there's Nil and then there's collective. Right. Most, you know, parents are mixing the two, and they don't understand the difference. Nil is your name and likeness, so you have to be a popular player and personality. The collective is what everyone's getting from the school themselves. Right. So, you know, the school money is very different from the Nil Nio. You have to earn through your performance, your social media presence. So, you know, they're understanding, you know, that. That. That situation.
Gilbert Arenas
Okay, but are you their agent? Are you negotiating?
Dan Patrick
No, no. I'll talk to agents. Right now, you know, my son is thinking about going with Clutch Sports, you know, and, you know, working on the Nil side of it. You know, my daughter's still trying to figure out, you know, what she wants to go with. I think she might go with Aaron Goodwin for her Nil and Collective deals.
Gilbert Arenas
Yeah. And then your son reclassified.
Dan Patrick
Yes. He went from being a junior to a senior, so he can, you know, get into college early because the collective money will be cut off April 8, and then there would be a cap in college.
Gilbert Arenas
But do you look at Cooper Flagg at 18 being successful as any kind of blueprint or, hey, my son can do the same thing at the same age.
Dan Patrick
You know, you can't. You can't. You can't compare, you know, your kids to these unicorn type of kids where. That's where a lot of parents mess up. You know, Cooper Flagg is one of those rare, you know, kids where, you know, you can't build the blueprint off of, you know, Those type of kids, the LeBron James, the Cooper Flags, the Paulo Bencheros, the Zion Williams, those are one offs, right. Cooper Flag will be successful. He's, I mean, what can you say about him, right? He's the number one pick. He will be the number one pick. And people say if AJ Was in this draft, he would be the number one pick. Yeah, right. I'm sorry. This Cooper Flag has an engine you can't teach. Right. You can teach him skill, you can teach him the game, you can't teach how hard he plays this game. And 17, you know, now 18, I'm drafting him number one every single time.
Gilbert Arenas
Yeah, it's tricky. Now who's the best player who couldn't miss that you played against or with like everybody thought that guy's going to be a star. And just for whatever reason wasn't that.
Dan Patrick
I played with or seen coming into the league. Yeah, we'll probably been in my draft where we had all the high school kids, you know, the Eddie Curry's, the Tyson Chandler. We knew he was just a defensive player. The Kwame Browns.
Gilbert Arenas
How does Mike, Michael Jordan take Kwame Brown?
Dan Patrick
How does he. Upside.
Gilbert Arenas
What? Oh, okay, so your upside, you know.
Dan Patrick
So what you're looking at is you're looking at the age, you're looking at the body style and you're looking at the raw potential of the player where what's his ceiling, what's his, his floor. And you know, it's, it's not the kids that are the bust, it's the organization because you're taking this kid with the idea that you're going to build something great. So if you don't build something greater, if you don't have the infrastructure of building, you know, a player, then it's your, it's your fault because the 18 year old doesn't know what to do. He's coming in from high school straight into the NBA. He doesn't know the landscape. So you have to teach him, teach him that.
Gilbert Arenas
But Jordan, you know, takes a chance on Kwame and then Adam Morrison was the other end. He had been in college and both of these guys turned out to be bust. So you know, Mike and a lot of great players, former players, have a hard time, you know, assessing other players because their standards are so high.
Dan Patrick
It's, it's, it's the standard, but it's also the, the delusion of what makes you great. Right. So someone like Jordan, he thinks he's great or he was great because of his fundamentals of the game. Right. He doesn't consider the raw athleticism that he had, the big hands, the 40 something inch vertical, the fast twitch. He doesn't consider that. So he looks at, you know, what made him the greatest of all time, not what he came into the environment with. You already had a Bugatti engine and then you tweaked it for, you know, every terrain. He's buying Hondas and drafting Honda, thinking he could turn them into Bugatti's. Like, no. Right. So it's, it's, it's a little bit of the delusion that he came into the world with the Bugatti already.
Gilbert Arenas
We're talking to Gilbert Arenas, co host of Gill's arena podcast. But you had Jordan, Washington Wizards version.
Dan Patrick
No, I played against that. I was the person that came in after he left.
Gilbert Arenas
Oh, okay.
Dan Patrick
Yeah.
Gilbert Arenas
So did you play against him as a rookie?
Dan Patrick
I played against him those first two years when he was in Washington.
Gilbert Arenas
Okay, and how was that as a.
Dan Patrick
You know, I played him in, I played against him in 99, right. When he retired at Jordan camp, when I played against him in the NBA, it's Jordan. So, you know, for the most part, you're admiring as a young fan, but you're also trying to show him that you belong to. So, you know, I dropped 41 on him.
Gilbert Arenas
Do you think he remembers that as well as, you know?
Dan Patrick
Yeah, he remembers it because, you know, you know, I was a Jordan camp kid. I was a counselor, so I was performing very well then too. So when I got to the NBA, I used to talk a bunch of trash of how I did him. He said, this is the big leagues and nothing changed.
Gilbert Arenas
Do you ever have a situation where, like Stephen a did with LeBron James, where a reporter or broadcaster that you have an incident on the court?
Dan Patrick
No, I understood media early. You know, I usually beat them to the punch, right. So if I had a bad game, I, I, I brung it up first. You know, I didn't let anyone hit me with, you know, you're 4 for 17 performance. I was like, I know why you guys are here. I was 4 for 17. So let's just get right to it. So, you know, already lightened the room, but, you know, this is uncharted territory. You know, no one ever played with their kid. No one ever had, you know, this type of situation where you can have this blended gray area conversations.
Gilbert Arenas
But what if you were in the league and your son was able to go into the NBA and you had that wealth of power that you said, I, hey, I'm gonna navigate this. So we draft my son to be able to play with me at the end of my career, I would have.
Dan Patrick
Did the same thing. Okay, listen, let's just be honest. Every parent would have did the same thing across the landscape. Most of, you know, America, kids that go into the business is not ready. They're not ready to take over the business or get into the situations they get into. But, you know, as a parent, as a father, as a mother, that is your job, to prep your kid and get them ready for this level. So, you know, what LeBron did, every parent would have. Right. But if you. If you rewind and go back to, you know, the 55th pick, who did they. Who was available? That's showing you right now. They should have been that pick. No. 1, right? So being 19 years old, athletic for a point guard, six two, fast, right, strong, can shoot, can dribble, right. That was the right pick. And, you know, people have to remember that Clutch said, if you pick him earlier than we're trying to, we're going to go overseas. So there was teams interested before 55th.
Gilbert Arenas
How have you assessed Bronnie? Have you been critical?
Dan Patrick
Yes, I'm. I live in reality, right?
Gilbert Arenas
Wait, don't you live in LA?
Dan Patrick
Yeah, true, but from the 40, from the 40th pick to the 60th pick, what. What am I expecting from these guys, right? A bench filler. Someone is going to go to the G League. They'll probably be out of the league by two years, right? Maybe they might get you to third year, but most of these guys are not getting to a second contract. So where Bronny is, I figured, okay, by the time his third year comes around, he will be usable in the NBA. You know, come in, you know, last two minutes of the game, last three minutes, you know, he'd be one of those type of players. I did not expect him to be dominated in the G League right now. I thought he had to learn how to be aggressive. The bones of his game was already there, right? Fast can jump. You can't teach that. Being aggressive in the shell shock of Curry, John Moran. Yeah, that was going to. That gets everyone number one pick to the sixth pick, right? So I'm impressed with how fast he actually turned his game around. And you can see the confidence in him.
Gilbert Arenas
Who were the best offensive players in your career that you faced?
Dan Patrick
That I faced Kobe Bryant, Tracy McGrady, Allen Iverson.
Gilbert Arenas
That's a pretty good list.
Dan Patrick
Yeah. Kevin Durant, LeBron James, I can even. I can put Tim Duncan up there. Vince Carter, Right. So I, I came in Dwayne Wade, like Carmelo Anthony. Right. So the, the era I came in is basically, if you look at the top five shooting guards of all time, I actually played against all of them.
Gilbert Arenas
Who's the best shooter of all time?
Dan Patrick
Best shooter? Steph Curry.
Gilbert Arenas
Okay, not even close.
Dan Patrick
Not even close.
Gilbert Arenas
How would you do in a shooting contest.
Dan Patrick
If we, if we had to shoot a hundred times? I'll probably win 10, 10 to 15 of those games. It's, it's, it's when you, when you're talking about that elite, the Reggie Millers, the Birds, the Craig Hodges, the Clays, even, you know, Kevin Durant, Kawhi is a great shooter. It's about who can empty their brain the longest. Meaning there's no thought, right? There's not, oh, did I leave the stove on? Is anybody watching? Right. It's just, it's just Homer Simpson, It's Homer Simpson moment. Who can be Homer Simpson the longest?
Gilbert Arenas
No, right.
Dan Patrick
And I, and I think that, you know, Curry and Clay seems like they can sustain it longer than, you know, everybody else I've ever seen.
Gilbert Arenas
But it feels like there's a really wide margin, Gilbert, between the greatest shooter of all time and then whoever is the second greatest shooter of all time.
Dan Patrick
It's the longevity.
Gilbert Arenas
And what is Ray Allen like? Who's the second greatest shooter of all time?
Dan Patrick
Probably Clay.
Gilbert Arenas
Second.
Dan Patrick
I'm sorry to say, I really believe it's Klay Thompson because the shots he's had to take, the volume, the microscope of it, the 60 points with less than 11 dribbles, those guys didn't do that. I mean, the shot ability wasn't in the ERA then. But just to see he's doing that with two hall of Famers first ballot on his, on his roster. If you remove those guys, I mean, Jesus Christ. Clay would have been first ballot. He still might be a first ballot, but you would be saying he is the greatest shooter of all time. It's just the ways he did it. Now, if I'm going to take clutch, I'm going with Reggie Miller, right? Reggie Miller's clutch shooting is above, you know those guys. Ray Allen is an in between of a guy who was a, I call it like a perfect, perfect player shooter where he was very athletic, he can shoot, he can play make, right? So he was, he was like above Reggie and just the player themselves. And then Steph actually combined everyone into one. Someone who can shoot off the dribble, fast break shooting off the screen shooting. His ability to just put them all in one. That's what Steph Curry is.
Gilbert Arenas
How bothered are you that Richard Jefferson went 13th in the draft and you went 31st?
Dan Patrick
Oh, not gonna lie. Every time I see his face, I'm like, ah. Cause it's the, it's. It's the one thing he, he can always bring up that actually gets to me, Right? You know, me being an all star, all NBA, getting paid more than him. Something about the draft where he was, he was the fourth best player on our team. Like from his freshman year to his junior year, he didn't improve in nothing. Right? 11 points freshman year, 11 points. Sophomore year, 11 points to junior year, like, but really did open up my eye to understand what the next level is. Right. It's not about your college performance. It's about your upside. And then when you step back out of our team, he had the best upside. Right. You know, you're talking about a 6, 7, 6, 8 small forward, shooting guard, today's power forward, today's center who can run, jump, defend, put the ball in the basket if need be. That's. That's who you're going to go with every single time.
Gilbert Arenas
He looks like he was a star player when you see him on tv.
Dan Patrick
Yes, yes. Like, he was a very, very good mixture of if you need me to dominate, I can. Or I can be your second option, your third option, I can be your bridge player. Right? So he was like the perfect guy that if you do not know what to pick, you're safe picking him because he can fill in a lot of voice.
Gilbert Arenas
I'm just saying, watching him on espn, he. The older he gets, the better he was like, he looks like he used to be a first team all NBA guy.
Dan Patrick
No, right where he speaks and he. Yeah, he got the look and he's like, you know, if he said, yeah, you know, I used to average, you know, 25, you can believe it just by looking at it.
Gilbert Arenas
Yeah, he's, he's. Senator Jefferson is who he looks like. He looks like he could, you know, run for political office.
Dan Patrick
Listen, we had the best personalities on that team. I mean, Luke Walton was with us, right? So we had some, some guys that, you know, that really pushed a button and it's, it's no, it's no mistake that we're both in the same field.
Gilbert Arenas
Hey, congrats on the success of the show. Always great to catch up with you. Thank you, Gil.
Dan Patrick
Thank you. Appreciate it. Appreciate it.
Gilbert Arenas
That's Gil's arena podcast and it's Underdogs hit show. They went over 1 million subscribers. Stream it Monday through Thursday on YouTube. Also available on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcast. He's great at telling stories. Love that. Take a break. Last call for phone calls. What we learn what's in store tomorrow after this, be sure to catch the live edition of the Dan Patrick show, weekdays at 9am Eastern, 6am Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app.
Dan Patrick
There's a type of soil in Mississippi called Yazoo Clay. It's thick, burnt orange, and it's got a reputation.
Gilbert Arenas
It's terrible, terrible dirt.
Dan Patrick
Yazoo clay eats everything, so things that get buried there tend to stay buried until they're not in 2012, construction crews at Mississippi's biggest hospital made a shocking discovery.
Gilbert Arenas
7,000 bodies out there or more, all.
Dan Patrick
Former patients of the old state asylum, and nobody knew they were there. It was my family's mystery. But in this corner of the south.
Gilbert Arenas
It'S not just the soil that keeps secrets. Nobody talks about it. Nobody has any information.
Dan Patrick
When you peel back the layers of Mississippi's Yazoo Clay, nothing's ever as simple as you think. The story is much more complicated and nuanced than that. I'm Larison Campbell. Listen to Under Yazu Clay on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. Prohibition it's no secret that banning alcohol didn't stop people from living it up in the 1920s.
Gilbert Arenas
When we're five years into prohibition, the government is starting to go, okay, this isn't working.
Dan Patrick
In fact, you might even say it backfired spectacularly. I'm Ed Helms, and on season three of my podcast, SNAFU, we're taking you back to the 1920s and the tale of Formula Six. Because what you probably don't know about Prohibition is that American citizens were dying in massive numbers due to poisoned liquor. And all along, an unlikely duo was trying desperately to stop the corruption behind it. They were like superhero crusaders turning the page on a system that didn't work, wasn't fair, and was corrupt. So how did Prohibition's war on alcohol go so off the rails that the government wound up poisoning its own people? To find out, listen and subscribe to snafu 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. 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. 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. This should be illegal, but what is this? 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. Have you ever wondered, if your pet is lying to you, why is my cat not here and I go in and she's eating my lunch? Or if hypnotism is real, you will use the suggestion in order to enhance your cognitive control. But what's inside a black hole? Black holes could be a consequence of the way that we understand the universe. Well, we have answers for you in the new I Heart original podcast, Science Stuff. Join me, Jorge Cham, as we tackle questions you've always wanted to know the answer to about animals, space, our brains and our bodies. Questions like, can you survive being cryogenically frozen? This is experimental. This may never work for you. What's a quantum computer? It's not just a faster computer.
Gilbert Arenas
It performs in a fundamentally different way.
Dan Patrick
Do you really have to wait 30 minutes after eating before you can go swimming? It's not really a safety issue. It's more of a comfort issue. We'll talk to experts, break it down, and give you easy to understand explanations to fascinating scientific questions. So give yourself permission to be a science geek and listen to science stuff on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Gilbert Arenas
Hi, I'm Bob Pippman, chairman and CEO of iHeartMedia. I'm excited to introduce a brand new season of my podcast Math and Mag Stories from the frontiers of Marketing. I'm having conversations with some interesting folks across a wide range of industries to hear how they reach the top of their fields and the lessons they learned along the way that everyone can use. I'll be joined by innovative leaders like chairman and CEO of Health Beauty, Tarang Amin.
Dan Patrick
The way I approach risk is constantly try things and actually make it okay to fail.
Gilbert Arenas
I'm sitting down with legendary singer, songwriter and philanthropist.
Dan Patrick
I wanted a way to do something that I loved for the rest of my life.
Gilbert Arenas
We're also hearing how leaders brought their businesses out of unprecedented times.
Dan Patrick
Like Stephane Bonsell, CEO of Moderna.
Gilbert Arenas
It becomes a human decision to decide to throw by the window your business strategy and to do what you think.
Dan Patrick
Is the right thing for the world.
Gilbert Arenas
Join me as we uncover innovations in data and analytics, the math and the ever important creative spark.
Dan Patrick
The Magic.
Gilbert Arenas
Listen to math and magic stories from the frontiers of Marketing on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast or wherever you get your podcast. Last call for phone calls. What we learn what's in store tomorrow. Todd McShay, formerly of the mothership NFL draft analyst on the Todd McShay show talking about what the Titans are going to do with the number one overall pick.
Dan Patrick
It's not a coincidence that Russell Wilson was signed within hours, not days, hours, that they're all there in South Florida for the the, the workout for Cam Ward and for Miami's pro day. It means that they know that the Tennessee Titans aren't moving out of that number one spot.
Gilbert Arenas
Okay, I didn't think they were. I think they're committed now. You should be listening anyway to all offers. You're the Titans. It feels like the Will Levis era didn't last that long, but I guess you'll keep him as a backup quarterback to Cam Ward. Baker and Bozeman is back. That's Baker and Bozeman is back. Hi Baker. That's right. Good morning, Danny. So best of the weekend is the start that my Yankees have gotten off to. I recognize it's a darn long season, but this is an encouraging start. But my worst of the weekend is more important.
Dan Patrick
I worship the weekend.
Gilbert Arenas
Is any Astros fan that could possibly be crying foul about the fairness of using Torpedo bats by the Yankees. I don't know who I'm talking about.
Dan Patrick
Ritzy.
Gilbert Arenas
Come on. Thank you, Baker. Yeah. You of all people shouldn't be complaining about what the Yankees are doing, Todd.
Dan Patrick
I just don't like the whole bat thing for any team. It's just very weird looking bat and even with the diameter and it's within the specifications, just something seems questionable there.
Gilbert Arenas
I don't know if you really railed on the Astros when they were using a garbage can stealing signs.
Dan Patrick
There was definitely some stuff there that would make you raise an eyebrow. It was a proven cheating scandal that won them a World Series.
Gilbert Arenas
Yes.
Dan Patrick
I still immediately bought a 2017 Astros Champions hoodie though.
Gilbert Arenas
Fresh in Milwaukee. Hi Fresh. Welcome back.
Dan Patrick
What's up DP and Dan X? First of all, I'd like to give a shout out to Gilbert Arenas with one of the greatest nicknames ever. Agent 0. But the question is, even though we know he brought a small gun with big bullets to the locker room, does Gilbert have a chance to go to the hall of Fame? We know he was a great scorer.
Gilbert Arenas
I don't think so. I think he was three time all star. He could have been. He could have been great. All time great because he could score. He's score on anybody. Yeah.
Dan Patrick
Mark, I think for Gilbert if he had made maybe five or six all star games, he'd have a much better. Better chance.
Gilbert Arenas
Yeah.
Dan Patrick
Derrick Rose is different. He's got three all star games, but he's got an mvp. If Gilbert had mvp, it'd be different.
Gilbert Arenas
And he got injured. Got injured as well. Dave in Bridgeport. Hi, Dave. What's on your mind today? First time.
Dan Patrick
A long time.
Gilbert Arenas
Five six one six. And things that are being banned by the NFL it start. Some of them started back in the 2000s.
Dan Patrick
I believe it was Ron Landry for the Redskins. He did the arrow pole and shot.
Gilbert Arenas
It in the air and they thought that was defaming and banned them and gave him a 15 yard personal foul. Yeah. I didn't know about this CD Lamb celebration and that it had gang overtones. Undertones. But they have outlawed that this day in sports history. Paul, got a couple for you.
Dan Patrick
1906 the International Athletic association became the NCAA.
Gilbert Arenas
Yay.
Dan Patrick
What a run. 1931 Knute Rockne of Notre Dame died in a plane crash in Kansas. 1968 Seattle chose the nickname pilots for the new Al baseball franchise. Martina Hingis at 16, number one player of the world. Youngest ever in 97. And in 1998 the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Arizona Diamondbacks debuted in Major League Baseball.
Gilbert Arenas
1998 Milwaukee became the first team since the beginning of the American League in 1901. Just switch leagues. The the Brewers. They went to the National League after that. I remember watching this fight. Muhammad Ali suffered a broken jaw. Split decision loss to Ken Norton. 12 rounds in 1973. Final results of the poll question. Seaton O'Connor. Yeah, we got a few of them. Let's see the most recent. The NFL wants to change the Tush push because of jealousy. That's at 60% of the vote. Player safety. Just a paltry 6%. Yeah, there's nobody cares. Safety. I don't even know if paltry is the right word there but it seemed to fit. Right now the final four is. It's the best four teams. Not as much disappointing. Only 23% of the audience find it disappointing. Yeah, feels a bit. Feels like there's not enough madness or chaos there that we've come to expect and I get it. But I do think this is start of the start of a pattern where these big time schools are going to pick off players to prevent the mid majors from having these Cinderella stories. It's a Cinderella story. And the thing that's got Todd up in arms today, Torpedo bets they look illegal, should be illegal or any them. No big deal right now. Anyone can use them. No big deal is up to 70% of the audience. Jim Pass. Jim. Jeff Passon of the mothership. I almost said Jim Paxton who went to the University of Dayton. He might even have an opinion on this. Jeff Passon from the mothership will stop by and the popular host with March Madness, Adam Lefkoe, will join us as well. Let's go around the room. Todd, what did you learn today?
Dan Patrick
Gilbert arena says there were 22 missed calls in the 2001 national title game lost to Duke, but who's counting?
Gilbert Arenas
Seaton, what did you learn today? Richard Jefferson has something he can get under Gilbert Arenas's skin. Yes, Marvin, what did you learn today?
Dan Patrick
Gilbert said Jordan drafted Hondas but expected Bugattis.
Gilbert Arenas
Paul, what did you learn?
Dan Patrick
Shire still has his jumper.
Gilbert Arenas
Todd, what did I learn?
Dan Patrick
John Shire believes you have to boost a player's confidence, but sometimes you got to hit him with the truth. Right between the eyes.
Gilbert Arenas
Hit him with the hind. Have a great day everybody. We look forward to doing this tomorrow for Fritzi, Seaton, Marv, Paulie, yours truly. We'll talk to you on Tuesday.
Dan Patrick
In 2020, a group of young women found themselves in an AI fueled nightmare. Someone was posting photos. It was just me naked. Well, not me, but me with someone else's body parts. This is Levittown, a new podcast from iHeart podcasts Bloomberg and Kaleidoscope about the rise of deep fake pornography and the battle to stop it. Listen to Levittown on Bloomberg Big Take podcast. Find it on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Have you ever wondered, if your pet is lying to you, why is my cat not here and I go in and she's eating my lunch? Or if hypnotism is real, you will use the suggestion in order to enhance your cognitive controls. But what's inside? A black hole? Black holes could be a consequence of the way that we understand the universe. Well, we have answers for you in the new I heart original podcast Science stuff. Join me Jorge Ham as we answer questions about animals, space, our brains and our bodies. So give yourself permission to be a science geek and listen to science stuff on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. In Mississippi, Yazoo clay keeps secrets.
Gilbert Arenas
7,000 bodies out there or more.
Dan Patrick
A forgotten asylum cemetery it was by families Mystery, shame, guilt, propriety. Something keeps it all buried deep until it's not. I'm Larison Campbell and this is under Yazoo Clay. Listen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Prohibition is synonymous with speakeasies, jazz flappers, and, of course, failure. I'm Ed Helms, and on season three of my podcast Snafu, there's a story I couldn't wait to tell you. It's about an unlikely duo in the 1920s who tried to warn the public that prohibition was going to backfire so badly it just might leave thousands dead from poison. Listen and subscribe to snafu on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. What's up, y'all? I'm A.J. andrews, pro softball player, sports analyst, and.
Gilbert Arenas
The first woman to win a Rawlings.
Dan Patrick
Gold Glove on my new podcast, Dropping Diamonds. We dive headfirst into the world of softball by sharing powerful stories, insights and conversations that inspire and empower. It's time to drop bombs and diamonds.
Gilbert Arenas
Dropping diamonds with AJ Andrews is an.
Dan Patrick
Iheart women's sports production in partnership with Athletes Unlimited Softball League and Deep Blue Sports and Entertainment. Listen to dropping diamonds with AJ Andrews on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.
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Summary of "The Dan Patrick Show" Episode: Hour 3 – Gilbert Arenas, Torpedo Bats
Release Date: March 31, 2025
In this dynamic episode of "The Dan Patrick Show," host Dan Patrick teams up with former NBA star Gilbert Arenas to delve into a wide array of sports topics. From college football coaching changes to NBA draft strategies, and from memorable basketball encounters to baseball controversies, the duo provides listeners with insightful analysis, personal anecdotes, and engaging discussions. The episode is punctuated with notable listener calls, enriching the conversation with diverse perspectives.
As the show transitions into its final hour, Dan and Gilbert invite listeners to share their thoughts on the best and worst moments of the weekend in sports. This segment emphasizes audience engagement, setting the stage for an interactive discussion.
The conversation kicks off with the latest developments in college football. Stanford University has appointed Frank Reich as the interim head football coach after the dismissal of Troy Taylor amid allegations of bullying female athletic staffers.
Gilbert Arenas [04:37]: "Stanford is hiring Frank Reich as the interim head football coach following issues with Troy Taylor."
This change underscores the ongoing challenges schools face in maintaining positive team environments and the impact of leadership on athletic programs.
A significant portion of the discussion centers around the NBA draft, specifically focusing on high-profile prospects like Cooper Flagg. Listener John from Minnesota expresses enthusiasm about Flagg's potential, drawing comparisons to past high school stars like Joe Maurer and Larry Fitzgerald.
Dan Patrick [08:09]: "Cooper Flagg is really a good, really talented player. I'm going to see where he goes, the coach that develops him."
Dan and Gilbert explore the complexities of drafting young talent, emphasizing the importance of organizational support and player development in realizing a prospect's potential.
Dan Patrick [10:29]: "Shaq took time to develop. If he came out after his freshman year and the expectation, he wouldn't have lived up to the expectations immediately, but he got time to develop."
Dan Patrick shares personal experiences from his NBA career, including memorable games and encounters with legends like Michael Jordan. Recalling the 2001 National Championship game against Duke, Dan highlights controversial refereeing moments that left lasting impressions.
Dan Patrick [25:00]: "There was a pivotal play where Jason Gardner was dribbling and he stopped, and J. Will fell on him, which would have been his third foul in the first. And they didn't even call him."
This anecdote underscores the intense competitiveness of championship games and the nuances of officiating in high-stakes scenarios.
The duo delves into a discussion about the greatest shooters in NBA history, placing Steph Curry at the pinnacle due to his unparalleled shooting consistency and versatility.
Dan Patrick [37:25]: "Steph Curry is the best shooter of all time. Ray Allen is second, Klay Thompson follows closely due to his shot efficiency."
They also touch upon the challenges of evaluating young talent, referencing players like Peyton Pritchard and Jamal Crawford to illustrate the difference between potential and actual performance.
Transitioning to baseball, Dan praises the Los Angeles Dodgers for their remarkable streak of 13 consecutive playoff appearances, attributing their success to consistent performance rather than frequent championships.
Dan Patrick [16:46]: "The Dodgers have made the playoffs 13 seasons in a row. They're a powerhouse. They've only didn't finish first one time by one game."
The conversation then shifts to the New York Yankees' controversial use of Torpedo Bats, sparking debate about their legality and impact on the game.
Dan Patrick [49:49]: "I just don't like the whole bat thing for any team. It's just very weird looking bat and even with the diameter and it's within the specifications, just something seems questionable there."
Gilbert Arenas celebrates the success of his podcast, which has recently surpassed one million subscribers. The discussion naturally leads to Gilbert's own NBA career and his prospects for induction into the Hall of Fame.
Gilbert Arenas [50:41]: "I don't think so. I think he was three-time All-Star. He could have been an all-time great because he could score on anybody."
They critically assess Gilbert's career achievements, contemplating what additional accolades might be necessary for Hall of Fame consideration.
In the concluding segments, Dan and Gilbert review the results of their poll questions posed to the audience. Topics include the NFL's consideration to change the Tush Push play and opinions on the Yankees' Torpedo Bats.
Gilbert Arenas [51:47]: "Final results of the poll question. Seaton O'Connor: NFL wants to change the Tush Push because of jealousy. That's at 60% of the vote. Player safety got 6%."
These results highlight the audience's priorities and perceptions regarding rule changes and equipment controversies in sports.
Dan Patrick [08:09]: "Cooper Flagg is really a good, really talented player. I'm going to see where he goes, the coach that develops him."
Dan Patrick [10:29]: "Shaq took time to develop. If he came out after his freshman year and the expectation, he wouldn't have lived up to the expectations immediately, but he got time to develop."
Dan Patrick [25:00]: "There was a pivotal play where Jason Gardner was dribbling and he stopped, and J. Will fell on him, which would have been his third foul in the first. And they didn't even call him."
Dan Patrick [37:25]: "Steph Curry is the best shooter of all time. Ray Allen is second, Klay Thompson follows closely due to his shot efficiency."
Dan Patrick [49:49]: "I just don't like the whole bat thing for any team. It's just very weird looking bat and even with the diameter and it's within the specifications, just something seems questionable there."
Gilbert Arenas [50:41]: "I don't think Gilbert has a chance to go to the Hall of Fame. He was a three-time All-Star. He could have been an all-time great because he could score on anybody."
Gilbert Arenas [51:47]: "Final results of the poll question. Seaton O'Connor: NFL wants to change the Tush Push because of jealousy. That's at 60% of the vote. Player safety got 6%."
This episode of "The Dan Patrick Show" offers a rich blend of personal insights, critical analysis, and interactive discussions, making it a must-listen for sports enthusiasts interested in in-depth conversations about their favorite games and players.