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This is the Dane Laboratory Show with this TugatSpotCas.

Michelle Beetle will be here shortly.

We've wandered around a lot today.

Jeremy, can you do some cleaning up for me on some of the answered questions that we have

not yet answered on some of the wandering we've done today?

Yeah, you got it.

So with the Spanish radio broadcast for the Marlins, we have found out that the rooster

began as a sounder last year, as indeed a rally rooster.

So this is year two of that.

Olaf from Frozen, worth mentioning voiced by Josh Gad, who is a South Florida guy, Chris

Patek, who you said made his debut for the Marlins this year, he was the primary prospect

traded for Fernando Rodney after being drafted by the Marlins.

We all remember that trade.

Take me out to the ballgame, came out 20 years after Casey at the bat.

The origin of Hardass, while it's colloquially tied to the early 1960s in American language,

old Hardass was the nickname for General George Custer of the Civil War.

And so that's sort of the first known use.

Doctors are an organ normally with two to four mammary glands, and there can be a pair,

so you could have anywhere from two to four to eight.

And Agate, the word that was used by Greg, just in case anyone was concerned, is a stone.

Not in journalism though.

He was not using Agate as a stone, Agate is small type in newspaper.

Like microscopically small.

So even microscopically smaller of a reference.

That is correct.

Thank you.

Chris Patek, you mentioned him.

I'd like to mention that entrance again to you guys just because we don't see a lot of cowboys

in South Florida.

But I not only want to point out to you that upon this entrance, theatrical and dramatic,

getting out of a SUV cowboy boots first, a cowboy boots on the pavement, gets his jacket

out of his car, struts in with the, you know, they put not in Agate.

They put in the type that the Marlins sent out.

There's a new sheriff in town.

And he gave up eight runs and four innings, but the part that I had not mentioned is he's

coming into this game at this hour.

That game had an attendance of 6,515.

And they were entertained by me for the entire nine innings.

Boy, we had a great time together.

You could have just let that number sit there for just a second before you and so did your

self.

You didn't have to speak that quickly after the number.

The number could have just sat there before you told us about your triumphant entertainment

stylings.

Dan, I'd like to describe the jacket that this guy wore on the way into the building as

a very David Simpson-esque selection.

It's true.

And you can't do all of that and be performing in front of 6,000 people and give up eight

runs in four innings.

Well, David Simpson did for a few years, right?

He wore jackets like that while entertaining 6,000 people.

I guess so.

Yeah.

I don't know that he declared himself a new sheriff in town or the organization had declared

him a new sheriff in town.

He did wear that cowboy hat that one time.

That's why he was flirting.

That's when he was flirting with San Antonio.

We'll get to Michelle Beedle in a second, but it was nice to see Radco Goodas in the news.

I hadn't thought of him in a while.

I love when the Panthers have or had in this case somebody who is a notorious thug.

And for sir.

Goon.

Goon.

No, no, no.

Captain.

He's a gooner.

He's a good guy.

Yeah, Captain.

Man, we're in the NBA.

There's all sorts of discourse about guys taking time off to make sure they don't get

too fatigued.

In the NHL, Radco Goodas shed a walking boot to catch and ass kicking.

That's because several weeks ago, he had a dirty hit.

I think he would admit.

Through his actions, I think he admitted it.

He had a dirty hit on Austin Matthews.

that ended up costing Austin Matthews a rest of his season tore up that MCL and everyone's

eyes then went to the calendar to see the next time these two teams wouldn't match up

again.

Gouda served a five game suspension, which in hockey circles, people criticize as being

a little light because of the nature of this hit.

Radco, as I mentioned, was in a walking boot, but he was not avoiding what was coming

to him.

He damn well knew what was coming to him and he was proven right.

The second the puck dropped in Anaheim, Max Dome lowers his gloves.

Son of the famous son of the famous enforcer, Ty Domey, it was Max Domey.

Max Domey drops the gloves and heads over to Radco, Gouda, who also responds in kind.

However, here's the interesting part about it.

Radco absorbs all the punches, doesn't throw a single punch because he's basically admitting,

yeah, I did you dirty there, I'm literally going to take my lumps.

I think Radco had seven minutes of ice time and nine penalty minutes last night.

Everybody was gunning for him.

The leaves end up winning it over time, but Radco, credit to him, he took his ass kicking

literally.

They not only won it over time, weren't they down, they didn't, they scored three or four

goals in the third period in order to win that game.

Did he motivate them to victory by taking his ass kicking?

I don't get it.

So he did the pull up with me coach, like is that what he did?

He basically did, but with his face and he didn't fight back.

The leaves were the one that were the team that ended up winning that game and over time.

But credit to the captain of the Anaheim Ducks, playing for old school, hard ass coach Q,

he came back.

He was hurt.

He was not healthy enough to play in that game, probably wouldn't have played, but he

didn't want the optics of avoiding the maple leaves.

He didn't want the optics of him avoiding an ass kicking.

And like I said, he didn't throw a single punch.

If you watch a fight, Radco is a decent fighter.

He could land a few on Max Domey.

He decided against it.

I don't get this at all.

I don't get this at all.

My dear brother Noomsie, I've wronged you.

I should be purged.

That's what he did.

Look, either you, either you come back from injury to fight back, or yeah, we'll just

wait till you're healthy.

But I'm not going to give you brownie points like I went out there and I got my ass

whip because I am a man of honor.

Shut up.

Shut the hell up.

Keep in mind, this is mere hours.

The Toronto Maple is fired to GM hours before the game.

That's an important note.

Yeah.

It is an important note because like basically, this is just showed a new GM.

Yeah.

I need to be honest.

This was this Toronto's season somehow more of a disaster than Florida's because they

were supposed to have this whole culture change.

They blamed all their issues on Mitch Mariner.

They get Mariner out and they just totally tank it.

They have one of these other hard-ass coaches come in who was going to change the culture

and they fell on their face.

This was the only game they had to play for.

They were playing for their captain, awesome, Matthews.

And they did take vengeance upon those that wronged awesome Matthews, but still whack

asses.

I'm going to, I'm going to again point out what Jeremy did at the start of this segment

that those of you longing for a hard-ass coach for the Vegas Knights to have, uh,

Torturella or any other hard-ass, hit it in the United States of Torturella.

You are referencing a general from the Civil War and whatever his behavior was during

the Civil War that made other people look at him and say that, that general is unreasonable

in wartime.

But he won it and he was on the good side.

Dan, Custer's last stand.

They're a real book.

What ended up having a Custer?

I think he invented a dessert.

I love Custer.

Michelle Beetle is with us now and she's the host of the NBA show, run it back with Chandler

Parsons and Lou Williams.

She brings out the best in those two as former players and broadcasters.

We will start with her with the, uh, lightest of subject matter, uh, the, uh, the Jayden

Ivy Bulls story, uh, your, yes, let's bring you in.

Let's just welcome you in and throw you some of the good stuff right off of the top.

Uh, you, you, you woke messenger for the woke mob, uh, your, your thoughts are what on

the idea that the Bulls, uh, ran Jayden Ivy out of town for, uh, you know, saying that

basically a group of people are guilty of unrighteousness and welcome, Michelle, nice

to see you.

Well, I'm glad you brought the atheist on for the unrighteous conversation.

Uh, I definitely feel like this is my domain.

Look, he crashed out and I missed the days when we didn't have to crash out on the internet

and it lives forever.

I don't, I don't know what's going on that young man's mind.

Um, it was tough to watch.

I didn't, I only watched about four or five minutes of it.

I did not realize there were a couple hours at least worth of this and then into yesterday

and Steph Curry's name gets invoked and get a little abroad love in there.

Um, it kind of makes you wonder though if there's a little more to it.

I also feel like if this kid is having some sort of a, of a mental break, um, that's also

tough that he just got cut as well.

And so you're, you're kind of like, I don't think this is going to get better before it,

anything.

I think it's going to get worse.

So I, yeah, I hate it.

I, as far as his actual thoughts and feelings, the, I put no stock in it.

Um, we live in a time of complete and total lack of rules, morals, uh, laws, if you're

worried about what people do in their bedroom, my goodness.

Do I have a list of people you should go after before that?

So here we are, uh, the crash outs continue.

Ladies and gentlemen, well, when you say, uh, what's going on in that young man's mind,

are we equipped as a sports media to correctly, uh, diagnose, uh, uh, mania, bipolar,

mental illness, any of it, any of it when it makes, because it's, it seems dangerous on unfair

for us to be doctors and diagnose this stuff, but it also seems ignorant to see a number of

different things happen in the media where people aren't talking about treatment for mental

illness.

I know.

I agree with you 100%.

I think we treat some of these words, you know, bipolar, she's crazy.

Like we say these things very lightly and flippantly in normal conversation with our friends

when we're talking about people, what have you, um, and I think especially in the male

community, in the male athlete community that this, that's why it's a big deal when like

a DeMar de Rosin sort of takes this as his cause, mental health, because I think a lot

of young boys who grew up to be men are not taught to address this.

They're, they're told to repress it, to push it down.

It's no big deal.

Um, you know, I, look, I love my dad to death, but even he, when I'm dealing with like

depression and anxiety, I think for the longest time growing up, it was like mind over

matter.

It really isn't unfortunately.

I think there's a lot of chemistry involved that the, the civilian is probably not supposed

to diagnose.

Um, and we're getting better about treating mental health with a, a little more sensitivity

and realism.

But yeah, in this particular case, I think we all can clearly see there's something going

on here.

None of us are really equipped to say exactly what it is.

The only one that would be able to do that is if, if J. Nivey himself were to go talk

to someone and, and sort of work through whatever it is that's happening, unfortunately,

I don't, I don't know what his current situation is.

I don't know who his close friends and family are or, or what they're saying to him or

doing.

So yeah, it's a bummer.

And I think we also have this sort of morbid desire and hunger to like, oh, let's

watch another person crash out on the internet.

Like it's, we may not want to say that, but it's there.

We watch it.

And so yeah, he's in a bad place.

I hope he's got good folks around him that'll sort of drag him if they have to.

To get a little help.

Michelle, do you think this should be or will be a career ender?

A mean says he's done playing in the United States.

I, I, I 100% agree.

It's so funny.

You should say, by the way, a means on here, I never get to be on here when a mean all

hasons around.

Wow.

My friend.

Stop lying.

I know.

I hate you.

I actually hate him.

Um, but that being said, no, I, Lou, both Lou Williams and Boogie this morning said the

same thing.

His channel was like, is he done?

And they didn't even hesitate.

They're like, he's done.

So yeah, 24 years old, it was the number five pick, like that's a crazy, quick fall.

We've seen falls before, but completely self-inflicted, which is a bummer.

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Dan Lebatard.

This guy comes in as the next Wayne Gretzky.

His nicknames include the chosen one and Mac Jesus, okay?

He's a great player.

He scores a lot of goals.

He scores a ton of assists, but it hasn't translated to making Edmonton a powerhouse in the league.

They're in the finals.

Two guts.

What's your nickname for him?

Macover rated.

I mean, I suspect I know what Michelle's answer to this is, but I was mentioning earlier

that J.J.

Reddick says, look is the MVP.

You're, if you had to vote right now, who would you vote for?

I mean, shake it.

It's Alexander.

Are you going to be biased here?

Are you going to separate your emotion from this?

Did you ask Michelle Denise Beater, if she's going to be, but you see her background?

Is there anything behind you there in that bookcase that is not spurs related?

What do you mean?

It's just a candle for luck, things that I like to keep behind me for good vibes.

You know, I'll say this, I don't feel the pressure to sort of go out and be super passionate

about when being the MVP, because I truly feel calmly that he will have several of those

when it's all said and done.

I'm okay with SGA getting it.

Like if you really wanted to break down the numbers, I know there's a bunch of nerdy stats

where you can, you can support Wembee to win it as far as what happens when he's there,

what happens.

The best part about this, honestly, is that we're getting a hell of a run with six, seven

games left where you get one due drop in 47.

The other guy drops 41 and one's campaigning for himself and the other one's very diplomatic

and sweet and Canadian and he's just like, well, there's lots of good players.

They're both gone in for it.

And both teams are excellent.

I feel calm.

Wembee makes me feel very calm.

Like I don't feel like I need to be in rage and maybe that's also age, but he'll be fine.

He's going to win all of the awards multiple times.

And to say that with such certainty is it's a lovely place to live.

I wish all sports fans could be a spur.

Can you, can you give me though, you know how we get hardened by some of the things in

sports, but there are certain people who sometimes remind us of all the things that we

love about sports and childhood.

Is there any one thing where Wembee has most made you fall in love with him, whether

he's just speaking to the public, whether he's crying, you know, during a regular season

game, whatever the things are that build the mythology and the fandom and the connection

that is for you, the most Wembee of lovable things.

Oh, man.

I mean, he has a different dude.

I think we all can see that.

I think showing up in Washington Square Park in the rain to play chess with strangers

in Manhattan was like the visual of that for me.

I mean, I was in the city that day.

It was a, it was a crappy, weather day.

And I thought for sure, nah, this isn't going to happen.

And he did it.

He went and he played, that's just different, especially at that age, like what, you

know, at the time was he 21, who does that?

Michelle, at all, if it was anyone else, you would have called them a fraud.

Like that, that's it.

Like that's the kind of thing.

Do they love chess?

Yes.

Yes.

If it was any, if she gives us Alexander, did that, you'd be like, oh, this guy, he's so

corny, can't stand him.

I look, but is that not part of fandom?

I mean, there are people that Dremel and Green is their favorite player.

Well, the rest of us don't feel that way.

That's just how you love yours.

Like that, it's, he's on my team.

He is my team.

He's going to be for hopefully his entire career.

Are there things that, let's put it this way, are there things Victor Wimbanyama could

do in his life that I would say, oh, of course, he could kick a dog.

He could, you know, there are all kinds of things, but he hasn't done that.

He's perfect so far.

So what do you want for me?

What about self campaigning for MVP?

Love it.

You know what?

When I was in high school running for treasurer, they said, if you don't vote for yourself,

who will?

And that's how we love everything about it.

He has to.

He's different.

He's just different.

I'll say this.

Is that not better than the alternative where you act like you're too cool for school and

awards?

Of course, awards mean something who doesn't want to be the best at something or win everything.

I love that he's very in tune with who he is and not ashamed to sort of put on heirs.

Like, we should embrace this America, embrace that.

For all of the arguments about the MVP, how in good conscience can, uh, Yokech be having

the best season he's ever had when he was already the MVP several times over and we're

just going to skip right past that and give it to anybody else.

Yeah.

Well, that's my second favorite player in the league for all the same reasons he is who

he is.

Yeah, it is crazy that statistically what he's doing, it's, it's weird to say it's quiet

because those numbers are gaudy and he's doing it on a consistent basis.

I think he is playing at his peak in a time where there are a lot of dudes that are absolutely

fantastic.

And I think what it'll boil down to really in his case is going to be the team itself.

I think they're just not as good as O.K.C. and not quite as good as San Antonio.

And when it's all said and done, these are all players that I think will look back on

when their careers are over and say, oh, yeah, he easily could have won a few more MVP's.

Like the same thing we do with LeBron, honestly, like, if you think about it, depending on

who's voting and how they're voting, you could make that argument as well.

It's just the only one, only one guy can win, although wouldn't it be crazy and I've

heard this a couple times now, what if we got a tie?

Can we even have a tie in MVP?

Like the Oscars.

There was a tie in one of the categories.

They should give a, you can't, you can't not give it to Yokehitch when he's your reigning

MVP several times over is having a better season than he's ever had.

And those other guys haven't closed that gap.

Like it's not, you already gave it to him the last two or three seasons.

It's not like Luca and Shay Gilges Alexander are that much better than they were before.

Yokehitch for two.

Who is saying Luca?

Well, there's no Luca.

J.J.

Okay, well, there you go, that's, that's like my dad saying I'm the greatest.

Like, that doesn't matter.

And like, no, Luca's not in this.

Luca's never going to be in this fight.

Nick Wright also, Nick Wright is also saying it says that he's the MVP flat out.

That's what Nick said.

Well, Nick, I don't know what kind of robotusson he takes in the morning before he goes through.

I don't know what his schedule is, but no, Luca's not it.

There are way better players on way better teams.

Sorry.

And see, I said robotusson, so it's not slander.

I don't know anything.

When we talk about the MVP, Michelle, it's not the MVP, right?

We talk about the teams, but this is like a, a, a person.

The most valuable player, not the most valuable team.

Yeah, SGA's got an incredible team.

Wembe and the Spurs are great.

If you take Yokehitch off Denver, what are they?

Yeah, so that, to me is, I think the best argument is because I think we do get a little bit,

a, I think we get brainwashed into all right, it's Yokehitch and SGA.

I just have, I have to pick between those two.

That's it.

That's sort of when Bees inserted himself in the conversation.

Luca kind of always has hovered, but when it all came down to it, it was always sort of

two guys left in the race.

This is the first time that in a long time where I feel like there are arguments to be made

for multiple people.

But you're right.

Like if you do some of the stats for some of these guys, like SGA is not there, that team

still won.

We took Wembe off the Spurs, they still won.

So it's, it is an interesting conversation.

And if you were to take it at face value with the words are, I do believe in that argument

that Yokehitch has to be, but it's, that has, that's quieted.

I haven't heard anyone say Yokehitch MVP in a minute, which is insane to me.

For me, for 25 months.

God, I love that, see?

That is commitment.

Michelle, did you win the Treasury race?

The what?

The Treasury race.

Did you win it?

You said you ran for Treasury.

I don't think I did.

You don't think you did not, sure?

Well, I think about how I've been with money since and I'm going to say no, I did not

win the Treasury.

Yokehitch, Yokehitch is 81, 81 to win the MVP, which seems crazy.

But go ahead and give me an over-under on this statement.

Yes or, I'm sorry, over under Wembe to win more championships than Tim Duncan.

Oh snap, that's tough.

I mean, we are currently in a race for say, but that's getting that first one is going

to be tough.

You know what?

I'm going to say under, that hurts.

Oh, finally.

Tim Duncan is.

I broke her.

Tim Duncan got five and I broke her.

I finally, something that doesn't pass for just over the moon positive about Wembe.

You messed up.

You should have said over under LeBron James.

Oh.

Now you put it in a way that she's not conflicted anymore.

Different numbers.

Thank you, I mean, for producing Michelle better than I did.

He does know me well and I don't like it.

That's very interesting.

What is the accusation you were trying to file at Nick Wright by accusing him of taking

cough medicine in the morning, in the morning?

Well, those are the rantings of what can only be described as sort of swayed thought processes.

And usually that's from outside source.

So robotus.

Oh, so you're accusing him of just, what did you do, you just, just swinging, swinging

robotus in a way that impairs his judgment.

Okay.

Yeah.

You should do that way.

I know you, Nick.

I know what you're up to.

You say crazy things out loud for an effect.

And I get it.

It works.

It's not a great show.

It's working.

Purple drink.

Is that what she's accusing him of, robotus in what, what the robot, I cough syrup.

Very word.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Robotus is just fun to say.

It is.

It sounds like robot spear.

And then you get to go down that road.

So that's fun.

Put it on the pole at LeBotard show.

Is it more fun to say robotus in than it is any other medicine?

Thank you, Michelle.

Nice seeing you.

She's the host of the NBA show.

Run it back with Chandler Parsons and Louis Williams.

And she does bring out the best in them.

Thank you, Michelle.

Oh, thanks, guys.

I did not even get to with her Anthony Edwards missing the tip yesterday after returning

to work because he just had to go to the bathroom and the timing was a little bit unfortunate.

So his big return last night as they beat the Mavericks by 30 points was delayed slightly

because at the moment of tip he was still in the bathroom.

Wow, sitting down or standing up?

I've got to assume it's sitting down, Greg.

I've got to assume it's going to take a minute now.

Wouldn't you assume that?

I don't assume anything.

Roger Bell, that's happened in one time in Phoenix.

He's supposed to start and then he went back to the bathroom and got to put someone else

in there.

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Don Lebertard.

Greg, how's your birthday going so far?

It's going fantastic.

My wife and I are staying home tonight.

We're watching the debate on TV.

We're going to do some special for Dave.

It's a nice day for me so far.

Two guts.

It sounds like not a super nice night.

The debate.

Old people love that shit.

Yeah.

That's exactly right.

Yeah.

That's exactly right.

Old people do love that shit.

And I'm old now.

I can't tell you anymore.

Now?

Now?

Now?

This season on Lebertard Show with its two guts.

Greg Cody, can you explain to me after we have talked about the rooster, the rally rooster

of the Spanish broadcast of the Miami Marlins, why it is that you believe that Bill Lawrence,

who created the Steve Carell HBO Max show rooster, why are you claiming that Bill Lawrence

named that after you?

Yeah.

My wife and I watched rooster for the first time a couple of nights ago.

We watched the first two episodes of the inaugural season.

And I didn't know a whole lot about it.

And I was surprised that the Steve Carell character is named Greg.

And it struck me that we don't, nobody knows a lot of Gregs.

Okay.

Greg's one of those names from a generation ago.

I am betting.

I am believing that Bill Lawrence in naming the Steve Carell character thought of me.

As a Greg, he peripherally knows through this show.

And so I'll go a step further.

I think the Steve Carell character may have been patterned after me.

Because the Steve Carell character, I was like looking at a mirror watching those episodes,

you know?

The Steve Carell character is a couple of things that I have been called in my life in terms

of personality and demeanor.

And coincidence?

Coinky Dink?

I don't know about that.

What things are you talking about?

There was that one scene where he said, you never know.

There you go.

He's a kind of guy that.

He is a kind of guy that.

And also at one point, he's going very good, which I thought was a mind-blower.

I'm just saying, I think Bill Lawrence was influenced by me in the making of that series,

in the writing of that series, in the casting of Steve Carell in naming Steve Carell, Greg.

Am I positive?

I'm right?

No.

But that's my story.

And then the poll, please, at Levitard Show, is Greg one of those names from a generation

ago.

Greg, I'll back you up on this.

I think we got a case for copyright infringement.

Whoa.

This guy just basically ripped off your life in your name.

No permission?

No heads up?

No nod?

Like, hey, special thanks to, at the end of the episode.

Yeah, that's true.

You know what?

I didn't scrutinize the credits.

Does he not credit me after all?

He didn't.

I look.

Okay.

Okay.

I'll have an eagle eye out for that.

Roy's friend, by the way, Roy, what's up with your boy, man?

Well, in episode, I believe it was episode three, Steve Carell's character was in Florida.

He was wearing a, he's a hockey fan.

He was, he was Florida Panthers T-shirt.

There you go.

Watching a Boston Bruins.

So maybe he's patterned this show after several people on this show.

Yeah, like Dan, right?

Because he's the one who banged the drum.

Greg would never do that.

Where Florida Panthers shirt, Dan's the fan here.

Yeah, I'm an independent journalist.

Well, you know, the evidence grows, you know, got to get B-Law on the phone and, you

know, get to the bottom of this as far as I'm concerned.

One of my favorite things is when you laugh at yourself until you start coughing, that

you're just amused by yourself and you start laughing.

And then I can feel the coughs creeping up and you become, you know.

I spontaneously invented the next name B-Law, which ought to be adapted and adopted and

encouraged because he looks like a guy who would have a nickname like B-Law.

I mean, what are your thoughts here on the Atlanta Hawks winning by 20 at home last night

against the Boston Celtics?

It ran out of gas.

I think we're all agreeing that the absurdity of what it is that he was saying.

I stayed with it.

I'm going to let him cook a little bit more.

He just starts me and then he's like, B-Law, I'm going to make that, you didn't seize

on that.

I'm going to go ahead.

And so I just want to dig a grip on a back jacket and pull it over.

Okay.

To the Atlanta Hawks.

Did Jalen Brown play last night?

He did.

So the Celtics looked like that when Tatum and Brown played together and they score 80,

but they've had a couple of these games where they score 80 points.

The Hawks are, to me, the more interesting dilemma at the moment, the way that they've

been playing since getting rid of Porzingus.

Yeah.

No Tatum last night.

He did not play.

Obviously, Boosevich still out as well.

So they were down two starters.

The Hawks, I wouldn't say since they got rid of Porzingus because Porzingus barely played

for them.

I said, there's another guy they got rid of around the trade deadline that's kind of

things have changed since he's been gone.

Yeah.

It's been a little chilly out there.

By the way, speaking high straight in the Washington Wizards, did you guys notice Anthony

Davis on the bench for the Wizards the other night against last night against the Lakers?

So was it like a Super Bowl party where he approached Sal from impractical jokers and

was like, we have got to find a way to work together?

Dude, I saw the promo and it's like, and LeBron James is here.

It's so very long green.

And I'm like, what is this show?

Is it impractical jokers without the impractical jokers?

I got to have the third eye open.

This had to be like somehow attached to the Luka trade.

I don't know how.

So I'm so working on it.

So I told you guys, I told you guys, I saw this on HBO Max and you helped me with how

it is that things are changing, okay?

I mentioned to you guys when Anthony Davis had a prank show.

I saw only one episode and it existed on HBO Max.

It is now moved over to TNT or whatever it is that things on this front are changing.

And I was confused because I thought that was an HBO Max show.

And now it is a series and a season Anthony Davis is hosting a prank show.

It was always on TBS, Dan.

Because TBS, TNT and HBR are all owned by the same umbrella organization, Warner Brothers

media, which may or may not belong to Paramount now or Netflix.

I don't know anymore.

The whole timeline is forget about antitrust.

Let's just have the same three companies own everything.

But as a result, Dan, yes, you might have caught it on HBO Max because HBO Max is the

official streaming platform for all the Warner media properties.

So how many of these shows have there been and who has he pranked?

Because Anthony Davis was a really strange choice.

And I simply assume that that came to be because of all of the clutch management stuff.

I thought it was before he got traded to Dallas or Wash.

You don't think Anthony Davis, when you think of pranksters?

Would you say he said, in fact, the joke is to show this built up on people don't recognize

these guys so they're able to do these pranks in public.

Maybe he'll wear glasses and be totally inconspicuous.

Maybe he'll put shoes on his knees.

Like Gary, open and tiptoes, it just kind of like, I am a regular size person.

Guys, know about that tiptoes?

Do know about that tiptoes.

I'm sorry.

You were getting to a point with Anthony Davis on the bench, but I just, I'm so fascinated

by him having a prank.

Okay.

You should be fascinated by that, but I want you as we do no shortage of meandering around

here.

I just want to remind all of you where we were a few minutes ago when B law and Greg

Cody being done with having anything of substance on his contrivance that he thinks rooster

is named after.

He had led me to the panicked transition of asking a mean about the hawks.

And now I'm on an Anthony Davis prank show and I got nothing in the way of analysis on

the hawks who I would think everyone in the East is coming, that's coming.

But we have to talk about Anthony Davis and Sal wanting to build together.

Sal, we have two huge brands in practical jokers, Anthony Davis, how do we bring these

worlds together?

Let's build.

I can tell you the history of the prank show.

It began as a black and white TV show called Candid Camera hosted by Alan Font.

Oh, I love it.

Yeah.

Font.

Font.

That began the prank show.

You could look it up.

We could.

I'm going to just leave it there as a turd to steam by itself in the summer heat.

Font.

Now I'm just going to leave the Alan Font right there.

Greg Cody wanders in.

Well, fresh office B law triumph, accusing Bill Lawrence of I'm not accusing Bill Lawrence

of not being able to come up with creative ideas and just that needing character motivation

and so, of course, making Steve Carrell into a Greg Cody character.

Thank you.

Name Greg.

Right.

Which is a name from a generation ago.

Imagine that.

Yeah.

What a coincidence.

Are they going to give Mike Trout a singing competition?

Candid Camera debuted 70 years after Casey at the back.

The hawks.

I mean, the hawks.

They were saying this is not coming.

This is not addition by.

This is nothing but addition by subtraction.

They got rid of Tray Young's 40 foot jumpers and him being the worst defender in the league

and all of a sudden now nobody can beat them.

Yeah.

I mean, it's a combination of things.

It's Tray Young's defense.

The offense runs a lot more egalitarian, which happened a lot earlier during the season

when Tray Young was was unhealthy earlier than with that they started running through things

through Jalen Johnson.

And he's been the revelation obviously is an all-star for the first time this year.

Nikhil Alexander Walker has been a huge, huge addition as a vet, as a guy who's a great

defensive player and coming into his own as a scorer as well.

And then you trade Tray Young, you get CJ McCullum back.

He's everyone's favorite vet in the locker room.

He's a very accomplished scorer as well.

Dyson Daniel, one of the best wing defenders in the NBA also.

He came Vincent as your backup point guard.

He's playing.

I know.

But when you talk about these Pacer type of teams getting to the finals or the length,

I mean, the mixed fans love Anonobi.

They love him.

It feels like second only to Brunson because of the doing of the dirty things that defenders

can do.

I don't know if you guys saw it last year.

I don't think of Davey on Mitchell this way, but he bothered Maxi and no one bothers Maxi.

And he is a perimeter defender who is wildly athletic.

This is what the hawks are doing, right?

The hawks have all of these guys who just have an incredible wingspan and incredible athleticism.

Right.

So they have an incredible amount of options on the defensive end in terms of guys who are

not only long, but also tall so they can switch against fours and even maybe some fives

as well.

Second of all, they're a great three point shooting team.

And third, I know you didn't want you want to fight back on this the other day for some

reason.

Quinn Snyder, pretty good coach, man.

You didn't want a good coach, you didn't want to say it, you didn't want to say it.

Quinn Snyder, I think of losing early in the playoffs every single year.

Oh, come on, Dan.

That's not saying he's a good coach, saying he's a good coach.

It's a good coach.

500 career wins.

Admit it.

And I think of playoff experience.

I don't think of Quinn Snyder.

Don't let go of the rope.

Quinn Snyder's a good coach.

He's a good coach.

He's a damn good coach.

I'm a good coach.

One of the best queens ever.

Transition.

So is McGillicott fired?

He is one of the better queens ever.

I think I do think I can agree with that.

As far as Quinn's go, he's not Snyder's one of them.

He's the best.

He's a good queen.

What?

He's a good queen.

Not that many.

One of the better queens.

Say it.

He's a good queen.

He's a good queen.

Yeah.

He has.

He ranks right up there with Quinn, the Eskimo, and the Quinn from Jaws.

He can't say that.

And then Quinn Snyder.

That's the three queens.