The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Local Hour: EVERYTHING IS FINE

Episode Date: June 2, 2023

Le Batard, Stugotz and crew break down Heat/Nuggets Game 1, Adam Silver's comments about Ja Morant, and Peyton Manning's lack of fashion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You're listening to Giraffe King's Network. This is the Dunluba Tarshou with the Stugat's Podcast. They smothered Yokeh into merely a triple double ha ha ha ha ha i take that game from yoke age the entire series if you promise me that he's going to be that kind of uh... quiet and dominant that's as well as you're gonna do against the denver offense is a so so game for jokitch i mean it was a triple double and he dominated the entirety of the game and they have no answers for him

and the heat will lose in four games if the nuggets get them out of bio to just double and he dominated the entirety of the game and they have no answers for him. And the heat will lose in four games if the nuggets get bam out of bio to just shoot mid-range jumpers the entire time. But the reason they lost, you can get better and smarter basketball analysis in the weeds basketball analysis from what Amin did with Charlotte Wilder and assortment, Tom Habersdrow and assortment of others last night. We will get that. We have that out for you now.

But what you saw last night was, I think you can reduce it to just what I'm about to tell you, which is if the heat missed that many threes and if the heat, don't shoot free throws, they will lose every time because the way they win is defense, threes and free throws And that was a historically terrible free throw game and then what you got from Strus, Caleb Martin and Duncan Robinson must have infuriated Celtic fans I mean they need more from Jimmy Butler as well. You have to he's your superstar He's the guy who's been compared to Kobe LeBron Michael throughout his throughout his postseason. He can't give you 13 points on the road. Game one NBA finals. And no free throws. Yeah. No free throws. It's weird because I'm obviously a heat homeer. The heat just played an NBA finals game in which they set a record

for lowest free throw attempts in an NBA finals game. And I came away thinking the officials killed it. That's right. I thought that he'd got too too many free throws. Hey, wait, high smither in that one. That's right. I thought that he'd got too, too many free throws. And that's a great game. Heismither in that one. That was a good call. Can we talk about the Heismith minutes? They wasted the Heismith game. I mean, they wasted a good game.

They wasted a solid bam game, a good Calhari game, Heismith contributing. It was so difficult about yesterday. You mentioned Shrews and Kayla Martin. They didn't just miss wide open looks. They missed premium looks. And if they just bury two of those, two of the 15 that were presented to them

in the natural flow of the offense, that game is tight at the end. Okay, but it felt like a 20 point loss. It did because I kept missing. But it also felt like if you make some more shots, like we can, like, it didn't feel, like it's not a death sentence that game I'm with Chris. I feel like if Jimmy gives you 30 points. You're right in the game

The Murray Yokeh pick and roll is one of the most insane things I've ever and high smith did the best just following Murray around He is very athletic But when you say that performances following Murray around. He is very athletic. But when you say that performances were wasted on the heat side, I would say absolutely not. What I would say to you that was wasted yesterday is that is as much as you're going to hold Denver down. That's a bad Denver game. You wasted a chance to beat them when they shoot that poorly from three. they lose. They're six and eight this season. That's how to beat them. To hold them to 104 points is exactly how to beat them.

But what you just saw offensively from the heat was the team you saw all regular season that was last in the league in shooting couldn't be trusted to shoot. You can't really beat anybody in the NBA score in 93 points. Let alone a team that just swept its way into the NBA finals in Denver. Michael Porter's a problem. Yeah, he's also an inconsistent player watching that for the first time. That guy loves shooting so much. He will shoot you out of a game. Yeah, they got. I think what's a problem is defensively. He's starting to come online a little bit. Mark Jackson made the the comment that he's really improved defensively. And the

last time I saw Michael Porter, he was not that defensively. You also can't let Aaron Gordon look like prime Carmillonne. Oh no, but it's not on Gabe Vincent. It's not on Gabe Vincent. It's on Yokech. This is what their offense does. They get people on the switch because they're trying to look down for the best big man. And what happens is they'll cook you with Aaron Gordon on your switch. The zone shit's not gonna work against Yochich. He will neutralize it. But when you mention Aaron Gordon,

then they got a ton in the paint. But the zone shit was kind of working. I mean, it was certainly working better than switching. They were picking apart that switch. In the first quarter, Aaron Gordon and the Nuggets in general were doing everything at the rim. And I will tell you, since leaving Orlando, I have watched that Aaron Gordon game, my entire time watching the Nuggets team since leaving Orlando. He is 12 points in the first quarter, end of the game, 16 points. Like that's how it happens every time with that dude.

Classic Aaron Goyne. Aaron Goyne is the reason that their championship contender is because he's their fourth best player and when he was the first, when he was the best player in our land, they were terrible. A lottery team. You remember in the final four where Miami ran into a huge Connecticut team

and they just couldn't buy a bucket from inside the paint. We're seeing that. We saw that in game one because as much we're gonna talk about Max Truce missing all these premium wide open looks. There are 522 in the paint. 5 of 22 in the paint. That was basically Connecticut bullying the Miami Hurricane. That's because Yokech was just standing very big middle. They need honestly. Chris, that's what he thought. You're gonna think I'm joking here. You gotta put, I think Kevin love isn't adjustment because it brings Yoke it's out yeah with bam he's just like I'm gonna stand here bam you can hit those mid-range jumpers I'll give you it all day if you put Kevin love in it brings Yoke it's out and there's more what about the other side of the floor though that's the problem they're like all right who do I guard that's the problem but if they're gonna go zone Kevin love has a big

body and he can bring down a board because what's frustrating is you get the stop. You're struggling from the field and then Denver gets three chances at the hoop and you're not gonna hold them at that point. So I do think if we're gonna go zone maybe do give Kevin Love because you can trust you can trust his shot. You need to bury open three as a beat Denver. Second chance rebounding has also been a problem for this team going through every single opponent right and especially against especially when they're playing zone. Right. And now you're looking at a team that has long bodies that go and crash board.

Kevin Love cannot be the key to the city. Right. Exactly. It's an just, you're putting sound everybody away. Excuse me. You just mentioned the second chance points. The second chance points does get addressed with one of the greatest rebounders in NBA history in Kevin Love out there in the zone. You're going to, you're going to give some stuff and and you're gonna take some stuff with Kevin Love out there, and I think you need an open shooter

that you can trust, Kevin Love may provide that. I love the NBA finals, look at us. Hyper analyzing, all they had to do was make two shots. All they had to do was make two shots to make that- Had to get the rattled in and out. All you had to do was score 12 more points. Well, I mean, Jimmy not going to the line is crazy.

I don't know if he still doesn't trust his legs to get people up in the air and bite on that pump fake, but this isn't the Boston Celtics. Let's at least see if Denver can keep their feet. Let's see if they can avoid that trouble. I think he got spooked by time, Lord. He was like, if I pump fake, he's not moving and then he's gonna swap my shot.

He's just by Derek White. Oof. Are you guys worried about this series? I've been worried about. Why? Here's a fact, Dan. He never won a championship and won the first game of the finals.

How about that? Oh. Fact. Right on track. Factoid. You're not a fact though. The heat of never trailed in a series in this postseason. This is the first time.

Please, and see bias. It's a stress. Can you imagine thinking and dreaming your entire life of playing in the finals and then you have the game. Struce had. It's a nightmare. That must feel so bad. I've dreamed all my life of playing in a finals game. The dream never went this way where I missed every single shot I took.

It was really bad, but I. The important thing about Struce is that it keeps shooting. Keep shooting. And I trust them to keep shooting. I mean, the reason they hit her here right now is because of how well they've shot the ball. If they're just gonna, like, I, if this series is just gonna come down to the heat needing to make these shots, because if they shoot a little better yesterday, it's a whole different game. I feel like they're gonna shoot a little better.

But it's different shooting up a mile high. You know, the ball track. Let's play this sound from Charles Barkley. Let's get to this sound because Charles Barkley heard a lot of talk about the altitude. And I would say as part of the post game extravaganza that Amina Hassan did, he tested that altitude. You can check it out on YouTube by running the stadium steps

during the post game because the altitude is supposed to gas you might care for him by him. Mike Ryan came run much. He doesn't look like he runs much. Mike Ryan came in today and he said after two or three possessions, I felt like they had Yokech winded that he was and then he just always looks like that. He just always maintains in Denver and Miami wherever he is, he looks wind wouldn't you have to understand that was my first time watching you could play so I was I wasn't aware of that two minutes in he looks exhausted but he just

maintains a level of exhaustion he has got that gritty gritty toughness that is war-torn joylessness that he carries himself with you're not gonna outtuff it you can throw you down this has look has look at seller tried into his ass crack or into his navel That's just throwing out there to bounce into yo-kiz seller is still sliding. That's my favorite thing now I get 42 tweets every time he comes in the game How would you describe to the audience that didn't see Zeller just getting bumped and sliding how far across the floor? Are you familiar with a bag raters meme

where anyone just started sliding and they were in the galaxy, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, the shooting star is me, like that's where Zeller's in the galaxy right now. He's like 17 feet. Yeah, it wasn't a foul, but I was still screaming fouls Just come on look at his shoes. He finally gets one rebound

He's super excited and then they just pick it from him. It just like slaps and soft yellow The ball goes 14 feet the other way. Damn it Cody Go ahead and play the sound of Barkley talking about the altitude The altitude they always run here. I know they've been sanded. Well, why didn't they ever make it to the finals until now? They're going to let it down. It's not good for a whole series either, Shaq. People get acclimated.

I'm just saying, man, I hate when I hear that bogus stuff. Come on, man. You're not buying it. I mean, I'm looking around. I don't see no damn nugget banners up here. That was like him doing an impression of himself. Come on man. I'm looking right now into the altitude where I see no nugget banners.

You guys, you guys did notice something. I'm sure the audience that was watching this last night noticed what I'm about to say, which is that undrafted stuff is super, super charming until you run into human beings who were drafted higher because look at them. Look at how much bigger and stronger they are. I'm not going to say faster because Yokech isn't faster than anybody. Yokech was a second round pick by the way. That's right. Forty first overall, but picked. pick by the way. That's right. 41st overall, but picked. But picked. You're right. He was selected. It does feel obvious and retrospect like, Oh, a bunch of undrafted guys aren't going to shoot 50% from three the entire time.

The measurements physically on these guys are memorable. Monty mentioned this like three or four years ago. He said the nuggets roster is the most talented that there is in the league. And I was questioning it because other teams had better players, but if you've got Gordon as your fourth as an athlete to way player, you're a really good basketball team because yes, Porter can beat you and it would be no surprise if he makes, you know, seven shots in a row. El parador puede ser chute y no es su sorpresa si se hace 7 chots en el rato. En el último día, el parador, en el punto de que se ha hecho 7 en el rato, 6 en el rato.

Pero es lo que hay que vivir. Yo te voy a dar un micro por su chute. Es que es que es que es que es que es inconsistent. Y también, se ha hecho un parador de chute, 25 x. Hola, alguien me escucha. Necesito ayuda. Estoy en Barcelona. También se ha hecho 14 de julio. Te atreves a ver. ¡Dan lebatard! Pange dear that type of stuff. Tom Brady went down with a Achilles,

the only time he got hurt in his entire career. And I was fist-pumped in my living room at home because the chance finally had a chance to win a division. I mean, I'm sorry, I'm not going to apologize for that. I'm sorry, I'm not going to apologize for that. That is one of the most amazing sentences I've ever had. career and I was fist pumped in my living room at home because the judge finally had a chance to win a division. I mean I'm sorry I'm not gonna apologize for that. I'm sorry I'm not going to apologize for that is one of the most amazing sentences you've ever uttered. Still got from the maker of trust me don't trust me. I'm sorry but I'm not going to apologize. You are amazing. Thank you.

I know. You are a flabbergasted delight. You happen upon G is comedy by accident. That's my gift. This is the Don Lebertar Show with this two gods. I hate Pam shot. You want to go. Yeah.

I hate Pam shot. You want to go. Yeah, I hate him shot even when he goes in. They never going I hate him when he plays well. He didn't play well. The ball just kept going. I mean 25 points on 26 shots or whatever it is That's not a fish. It's not it's not but first you killed Carmelo for that. No, I understand but but but this is where this is where the Expectations are with bam is where the expectations are with bam. This is where the expectations are with bam That that passes for a good game. Look. It's a difficult matchup It's Jimmy. It's Jimmy not getting to the line Yeah, it's it's Jimmy not being the best player Miami he aren't gonna go anywhere in this series without Jimmy being the best player and without trusting his legs to get somebody up in the air

He lives at the line. They got two free throws in a game that's impossible for them to win that you're in the mba finals with a lot of guys who never thought they'd be playing a significant role on an mba finals team game one on the road mba finals your superstar needs to give you more than that that simple george uh... george carl speaking of simple simple, sent out the scouting report on Yokech from 2014 when he was drafted 40, whatever, quote, an average athlete lacking great speed and leaping ability. He may struggle to stay in front of NBA athletes, despite being a younger guy, his upside appears limited by his lack of explosiveness. Half right.

I mean, I would like to see a challenge, Yokech inside. For us to win a game on the road, you're gonna need to get Yokech in foul trouble. You're gonna need to test them. You're gonna need to make the referees think about it. Jimmy Butler's that guy. You could see that bam early on was like,

I'm going to go at him, but then he would always do that thing where he'd go at him and then it would end with like a safe shot. Because he's very giant. No, but like my point is if you're trying to go at him, but then he would always do that thing where he'd go at him and then it would end with like a safe shot. Because he's very giant. No, but like my point is if you're trying to draw fouls, you almost just want to go, try to go through it. Yes, try and go through him and see if you can make your way out of his armpit. My point is if it ends up in a foul, I'll take bam just looking stupid on a few attempts.

You will take, just try to get a couple fouls. It never used to matter how big someone was inside for Jimmy Butler. It only started mattering the last series. They had been undersized in every round that they've gone up against. They've given up second challenge points against every opponent. Milwaukee's got a tunneling. They won that series in five. They got to challenge them inside.

They can't go five or twenty two inside the pain. They got to live at the line to win these games. But this team seems taller the most. I mean, well, they seem more skilled. And because, because while all those teams were long and Milwaukee, especially, this is a first team that's long and generates their offense from the inside. We will. We will have. Thank you, Tony. We will have a spelling bee. Oh, no. Yes, we're going to do the spelling bee. Later in the show today, an annual tradition

that we do semi-annually. I'm very excited about the spelling bee. You should be. You get ish smith every year. It's very popular. It's totally drawn at me. Oh, sorry. Also, if you'd like some of our other offerings,

because we have a lot of Friday stuff for you this week, we have a lot of stuff in general. The Stanley Cup final begins Saturday and God bless hockey, a new show, produced by Billy Gill interviews, Roy Bellamy, who I accused before the show today, I said his content barometer is broken. Roy Bellamy is the guest as his Kenny Albert, who was a childhood friend of Stugotsis, who Stugotsis hasn't talked to in 40 years. Yeah, so I won't speak to him for another 40 years. But here's the thing, Roy is not, we didn't interview Roy. He wasn't a guest.

He's a co-host of the show. Roy loves hockey. Roy cares about this team deeply. And I and Billy wanted to give Roy a platform to talk hockey and I have never seen Roy happier than when he was talking X's and O's. Is that what they called it hockey with Kenny Albert? Did Roy ask Kenny about Maurice giving up power to the team? So he's hit that in every interview we've been. I believe he did. Well, I'm troubled by something with Roy in that Roy has after

19 years of being influenced by the Zany circus hijinks of Zippy and the Jews Roy When anytime a panther makes an appearance here Decides to ask lame press conference question. And I'm staring at him when he does it, and I'm like, you've learned nothing here. I mean, hold on a sec, we can't have it both ways though, and talk about the death of journalism,

and then have one person aspire to do journalism work and then criticize it. But it's not like he's tackling, like the interesting parts of the nuts and bolts of the game. It's like he asked some, like just this like generic, you know Random question Well said you really Peter not I'm trying to I don't want to be a jerk Well, it's too late

You were halfway there two minutes for being a jerk Two minute penalty for being in a minute. She get a pull-up. Okay one minute a one minute penalty for being in a minute. She get a pull-dop. Okay, one minute, a one minute penalty for being a jerk. One thing we were trying to figure out is Royal Las Vegas. I don't think so. He's credentialed for the whole series. I think he may have, he's mentioned now there. Yeah, I think he may have just gone out to Las Vegas. He actually has Kenny's number.

What? Roy Bellamy, I believe, Metal Arc Media is sending him out there. You should be there. actually has Kenny's number. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, I would say it's the most unique hockey perspective anywhere in podcasting or hockey journalism coverage I don't know if he's out there this weekend. I'm going to game two because oh no, yeah, what you and Vegas What do you come guys? I'm a professional you're you're revving very high my I am a professional I don't I don't appreciate this in the least didn't you end up in the hospital for like two weeks after a trip to Vegas? It wasn't two weeks. It was one. Your headed out for game two so you will not will you be here next week or you're gonna do the show from there?

Well, I need to be in Vegas for game two on Monday, but all I'll contribute in my way. Well, no, it has to be Billy. He wants he wants he's been behind the cat the entire time. You should go. Yeah, we're all time been behind the cat. So I know for sure, Roy's a staple of of later games in the series, but you know, when they're talking about the series, and if necessary, with later games, the necessary part is that I go to Vegas. Right. But it's a Monday night game. Why don't you head it to Vegas? I have a 525 AM flight Sunday morning because I go to Vegas, right? But it's a Monday night game. Why don't you head in to Vegas? I have a 5.25 AM flight Sunday morning because I have to, unfortunately, I have to go to a funeral this weekend so I'm gonna miss game one.

In the back of our studio right now, Dirty Nick's fan Taylor, who has worked for Metal Arc Media and was hiding for a while and then emerged with a microphone as everyone does around here to get in front of a camera and show you his nicks allegiances. Part of his punishment, I guess, is now he has to serve how many grid of death punishments? Do we know six grid of death punishments and he is doing the Katie Ledecki today where

he has to dress as a swimming person? Who was supposed to be the swimmer? That was supposed to be Jess, I believe. And I'd just like to find out who it is that told you you have to do six punishments because I'm the commissioner, and I didn't approve of this. You were here that day, so I'm not necessarily

gonna say that this was wiped out of a completed punishment because it's not completed by the person who needs to do it. I believe, Billy, are you wearing a heap culture shirt? Oh yeah, man, right here, 3% chance chance 100% culture. Yeah. Shout out to the tank brewery. I believe that you have lost your shout out to the Miller-Course brewery first. Yeah well. Your powers as commissioner have been stripped. You are no longer the commissioner. You run a slip shot organization. That's not true. I mean it. I had to I had to rule with my iron fist with a cuff around them. I couldn't do with what I had to had to I had to rule with my iron fist with a cuff around them

I couldn't do with what I had to do because I had handcuffs on my iron fists. It was no longer a disaster No, no longer because you're no longer in charge of this. I'm a church. No, yes Okay, we can keep going So who's in charge? I don't know Dan your charge you have to get all the costumes when you take someone out of power You have to put someone else in you say you have to get all the costumes when you take someone out of power you have to put someone else in you say you have to get all the costumes I've been doing that well he'll be supposed to do that like that kind of either way Taylor's dress is Katie LaDeckey you do seem like a costume guy you go home with those costumes are you a furry yes the spelling bee is coming up later in the show I want to play some sound here for you, Stugat. Adam Silver

wants to kick the Jomerant or YAHZ. I like to call him down the road. And the suspension has been agreed to by the Commissioner with the players association. They have partnered to come up with the penalty, but we don't know what the penalty is. Here's Adam Silver talking about that. So in assessing what discipline is appropriate, if that's the case, we look at both the history of prior acts, but then we look at the individual players' history as well. And the seriousness, of course, of the conduct. So those are all things that get factored. It's not an exact science. It comes down to judgment at the end of the day on the part of me and my colleagues in the legal office. In terms of the timing,

we've uncovered a fair amount of additional information, I think since I was still asked about the situation. I would say we probably could have brought it to a head now, but we made the decision, and I believe the players' association agrees with us that it would be unfair to these players and these teams in the middle of the series to announce the results of that investigation.

And given that we're of course in the off season, he has now been suspended by the Memphis Grizzlies indefinitely. And so nothing is would have changed anyway in the next few weeks. It seemed better to park that at the moment, at least any public announcement. And my sense now is that shortly after the conclusion of the finals. What are your thoughts there, Stugat? I mean, I think that makes, I'm guessing you probably have an issue with it, but I think it makes sense

to just couch it, you know, until after the NBA finals, you want the story to be the NBA finals, not John Moran. That's fine, but there are many reporters who don't work for the league who need to find out what that punishment is because they don't need to respect that for the league like there are a lot of insiders out there making a living off of this right and that information is out there if it's been to agreed to by both sides and my I would say to you just but they can get it if they want right I mean let me dig deeper I would assume that insiders who he doesn't need to that's that's incumbent upon the journalists to find out

Adam silver doesn't need a volunteer that I'm silver doesn't have to volunteer but people now know and I'm telling you that This is part of the contaminations and corruptions that have when everybody is bought and paid for by relationships and agents and everything else that Information is out there Mike. You're gonna tell me that the NBA's main guys who can get every other information can't find out what this is. I'm not sure what that has to do with this, or in by the way, the NBA isn't exactly like the NFL, or it has like these insiders employed with them.

Someone may find out those details and report on it, but the people that can't desecrate the NBA finals and announce this and have this distraction can't be the NBA, is it? I get it, and that's it, but the people that can't desecrate the NBA Finals and announce this and have this distraction can't be the NBA, is it? I get it, and that's fine, but. I don't see a failure in journalism here, I really don't. I am telling you that that information is not something that journalists have to respect the wishes of the league, the information is out there.

It's an odd take then, because tip of the hat, if they can find it out, but it's's not it's not Adam Silver's job to volunteer or distraction before the NBA finals. Adam Silver cares about the NBA finals and the NBA doesn't care about a journal account. Adam Silver is in sales! Don Lebatard. We get some golf ASMR. Stugats. Oh, me. This is the Don Lebatard show with the Stugats. golf ASMR.

Ben went a direction with the Jomeran stuff that I anticipated. I think my main takeaway from what Adam Silver said was, boy, this suspension might be bad. This suspension might be lengthy. If it's something that could distract from the NBA finals, a really lengthy suspension could distract from the NBA finals. And I'm actually appreciative that they took the the approach and not distract from the important games. Maybe Carmelo Anthony could have taken a hint. I have heard and seen reported anywhere from 25 games to half a season for the nature of the repeat offense and the nature of your commissioner was in front of the cameras a week after the second incident saying I am truly shocked.

I was shocked when I saw that video. We just talked about this. And I do believe that on the other side, when the penalty comes and it will be, I believe, stern, the reaction will be silver. Yeah. It will feel like stern. It's a fine, Dano. It will be a dictator stern fine. And I believe that many people are going to react with. That's too strong. Who did he actually harm other than himself it's just a video guns are allowed in this country i'm sure the nRA will support jama rant because they always step up in these spots right somebody is going to uh... take jama rant and turn him into a political tool are we talking about the

reaction to a he penalty that we don't know exists yes it's gonna be steps the guts the reports are that is penalty that we don't know exists. Yes, it's going to be stiff. So, got the reports are, but then it's upset that we don't know yet. I do believe the journalists have a responsibility to sniff around on that one and not just respect silver. They are though. Why are you assuming no one is? Because they get all the information.

It's not silver. Silver's not the only one who knows here. If you're in bed with the agents, there are a lot of people who know this and people talk all over the place. So would you prefer him to lie and say there's been no decision or would you prefer him to in the middle of the Finals give this to spend? Why are you guys taking this as a criticism of silver? I don't get what you guys are doing. We're talking about John. It seems like you're just latching on to the journalistic, but it's like you can put that with any story that breaks any news item., the it might get to a reporter first. You're making it you're making it seem like there's some sort of obligation that they release this news right now Not the NBA if anything all right, but the journalists will have to go get the information if anything Adam Silver

Just broke a pull cue and half and said make it quick boys like the Joker did like it he it's out there. Go get it. Multiple people know about this. Have that it, Wouge. I am confused by what you are confused by. Information guys. Be information guys. There is news out there. Be information guys with the UFOs. You're saying if Wouge wanted that news,

Wouge would have it right now. Wouge probably has the news What are we saying here? I just want to be clear. Well you're all objecting to something and you don't seem to know what I'm saying but you seem to be thinking that I'm saying well what are you saying because six of us are experiencing it the exact same way there wasn't UFOs there wasn't UFOs see the other eight they're back over Ross well so let's get on that they can be a bigger deal and then disappeared in an instant. You're a great communicator, Dan.

Whatever you're trying to say is not landing in this room. And I imagine we're speaking for the audience here. It's like you're not talking about the Jomerang story at all. It's just you're saying, hey, there's a story out there. Some journalist should get that scoop. It's like, you could say that about me. You're mad that nobody's gotten the scoop. Or you're even more mad that they know the scoop. And they're not telling us we can't make more. You're mad. You're mad. You're mad that nobody's gotten the scoop or you're even more mad that they know the scoop

They're not telling us we can't make more Either way just take a breath and think about the aliens Yo, Kitch I wish someone and if I'd been there I would have done it myself had opened the Michael Malone press conference by asking him about the Lakers That would have been great. Did you see the wired for sound thing where Michael Malone was talking to his team and he was like in the locker room In the locker room and he's like this he team They won game one on the road at Milwaukee one game one on the road at New York one game one on the road at Boston

They're not gonna do it here. I'm like, damn, he's on to us. He's the whole, he's getting it. This whole post, he's the road was built up. What a scam. What a scam. We're fucked. Chris. Damn it.

This isn't going to be as easy as it was. He gets the mizzoula. He didn't know that. We stuck up on him. He should be watching the town. No. Don't get one. Brad Stevens announced yesterday, Mizzoula is coming back. I'm not sure if you're watching the town. No. Brad Stevens announced yesterday,

Mizzoula is coming back. The heat should have filled their arena, celebrating that with a standing ovation. Worth a parade. You should have respected the finals, Brad. Put it on the pole, please, Jujo Atleta Tard Show. So would he reported that?

Put it on the pole at Leta Tard Show. Should the heat have a parade because the Celtics brought back Missoula? I, uh, I was such a great idea. I don't think I've ever been more okay with losing an NBA finals game. Have you ever been more okay? I'm just good.

I'm good for life. Generally good. I'm good. I didn't even get, I've been more upset at regular season Hornets finishes. Really? Then I was with last night. Sure, I cursed at Max Truth plenty, but that not more than the usual amount. Is that because the Panthers are in the cup, the heat of Erdy exceeded your expectations?

I think it's everything. All of it, right? These are a great times. And if the heat gets swept, I'm like, okay, well, we got the Bill Simmons photo, we beat Bossin, we got the banner, we beat New York. We beat the one-seat box. Where are they gonna tell us? Where are you gonna tell us? You know the gravy vampire loves gravy games.

That felt like a gravy game last night. Yeah, whatever. My name is gonna have to win one there eventually. Three other chances. Yeah, you know what I'm talking about? You know what I told myself? This kind of feels a lot like 2006, where the heat got into the finals

and despite the names on the roster, Dwayne Wade and Shaquille O'Neal, Shaquille O'Neal started the down slide a little bit, they were not nearly as good as Dallas in that finals. They were a big underdog and it took a crooked rep for the heat to come back in that series, but they did. And it kind of has O6 vibes to me.

The series hasn't started yet. I mean, we all know when it starts. Mike, Dwayne Wade had how many averaged, how many free throws in that series? I could use some of those free throws, just like maybe a fifth of them. They he'd got two last night. That's wild. It's breathtaking. It's wild. And there isn't a single player. I'm like, there's no objections from the fan. No, nope. No running back and the boy come back You guys were great It's an excellent game plan Malone got him. He's like bam. Go ahead all the 16 free throws ahead Bam I have everything you want go ahead do a bunch of mid-range stuff. Let's see how that works

Wade average 16 a game in 06 get out of here 16 free throws a game Jesus that sounded that sounded light to me. That was low. I mean, because he had like 24 and 25 and that was before Donnegee. Like it was probably weighted in the front end. Like weight really started cooking in games three. Remember, that was a two three two format. It allowed us to build some momentum to that game six.

They're going to have to win one a mile high. And it's very hard for the Miami Heat to win up there. Always been it's it's been hard for them to win with good teams for the loan and 80 Chris Cody you noticed last night that Peyton Manning was wandering around Russell Wilson I don't I hate what's happened to me with Russell Wilson where I just see him all of a sudden and I'm like Oh, thumbs down, right? with Russell Wilson, where I just see him all of a sudden and I'm like, oh, thumbs down. Right, pretty lame court side, right? He's not even doing anything.

It's not a weird fall. He used to like it. A couple years ago. I don't like him. I don't love that this exists in me. It's a virus. I don't feel this toward athletes very often. But I'm just like, inauthentic.

It's a twilight thing. And what quarterbacks just get to sit court side? He's literally, how long's it been? A little rich. A month. Lay me think he's paying for that. No, it just, he sends an email. I'm the quarterback here now. I want to sit court side? He's literally how long is it rich? They have a month lay me think he's paying for that. No, it's just he sends an email I'm the quarterback here now. I want to sit court sides bullshit There's probably guys on the team that are Denver Broncos for like four years. They're like hey I want to say court side. Sorry Russell's got the name one. They're really

Tim Patrick court side who is the big celebrity Ken John yeah, I'm bad bad Where would Kim Jong to fan, by the way. Where would Ken John be sitting in LA? If this was a Laker game, where would Ken John be sitting? I was fucked up. You know what? I thought the same thing with poor, poor Ken John. John.

Ken John, fine. Yeah, I'm sorry. I ran next to him once at a treadmill. It's true he did. I had the same. Look at me, Bruce. I know you didn't. He was running on a treadmill. He were just next to him. Yes. Try to get his number. I had the same He was running on a treadmill. He were just next to him. Yes, try to get his number pain manning though What's up with his style? We're stylist and all of professional sports he met guys mixes and matches patterns like

I didn't what what do you want down? That's what he wears like polka dots with like with like plaid He's all over the place. I saw the interaction with him and Shaq and it made me feel good to know that celebrities when they talk to each other You know you see celebrities walk up handshake They have his awkward interactions as we do in public because I saw one that you can actually hear what they were saying And he's just like hey does the thing meet my son and then he hits him with I played golf with Barclay today Like it's just like like a random patent. I love that Chris wants Quartan Sutton. Quartside. But my point is there's got to be a Bronco

that's been with the team longer. That's like, why can't I know? Quartan Sutton's a good one. Why can't he say Quartside? K, I'm a car. Because he's Quartan Sutton. It's not great celebrities. That was a weird atmosphere.

I thought the fans here would be better. I miss you. Yeah, miss you. I'm a challenge board. Come on. I miss doing a mission. Yeah. Mission a challenge. Oh, God. Come on. They were they were they were. They were bored. Also, where you have lower dome. Okay. Like a third of the crowd can't all wear yellow. Where yellow or don't?

Oh, the colors were the colors were disaster. That's how about home team wear white, wrote team work dark color. We are brothers and sisters that are color blind had a miserable night last night. I don't know how you screw up a blue versus red color class, but you did Put it on the pole please Judeo at Levitard show did our brothers and sisters who are colorblind I have a rough night last night and also put on the pole. Hey Denver, either yellow or not. Make a choice.

I'm million colors. Yes or no? I'm million colors. None of them good or sharp. They're all dull. Terrible. Like the game, you guys say they were bored. We all were because Miami was never in it.

I'm not my losing to this team. You were feeling all right, good. I'm with Mike. I was just the whole time. I'm like, this is fine. Everything's fine. Good. Perfect. Perfect. It's like with the lights went off. You know. I like this is fine. Everything's fine

Perfect, it's like when the lights went on you know what I told myself it's what we would have prepared Honestly for being honest about it I won't listen to me. We're tired and we're up on Saturday. We could not have another one of these games Where you're watching to the end of the fourth quarter terrified of your television running around the house Scaring the pets because you're screaming. No, you know what I did this morning? I took a healthy ship. Nice. I took a healthy ship. First one's the Clinton industry.

The Clinton industry. Wow, congrats. That's how easy breezy it is. That's awesome, man. I'm so happy for you. You go. A victory you might say. It was.

Nice round. Oh, a perfect cylinder of course this barkly hurt my feelings last night on the game because he said dudes don't face time it's inappropriate he's right especially shirtless laying on their bed yeah it's creepy I felt like he was talking to me. He was the shoe fits. I Like face-timing. Yeah, forget the shoe fitting. Just find a shirt that fits. I Can't why was that an actual Actually snort I had to

I've been receiving into the shirtless, I had to adjust my wardrobe. Well, yes, I have been, but I've had to, I'm telling you, they're not making excels like they use to. They're not. It's really true. Larges are what they used to. What happened to them? Put it on the pole, Tuju, at Lebedtard show.

Are they making excels like they used to? And also put on the pole. Are you disturbed by Dan FaceTiming people's shirtless? You can just not travel a week, Stu. Like, it'd be great for you. Ha ha ha ha ha ha.