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everyone who has access to computers, him singing with Michael Boudle. So let's go ahead and play that to get him in the right mood here before we start with Adnan Verk. Let's play the sound of Adnan Verk singing on air in a way that seemed to annoy Michael Boudle, who wanted him to stop and he simply would not stop singing. Yeah, is it really a birthday party? Yeah, I can't, you do with me then, call me irresponsible, call me,
“undeniable, throwing, and just movable too, I think I think yes, here is responsibly.”
Yeah, take that to my great now. I got to admit, Adnan's singing voice, that's pretty great. To hang with Boudle, I mean, not in the same category, but to not sound tone deaf around Michael Boudle, well done, Adnan. You're a good band, Tasha, as soon as you were done, Boudle, it looked me like, I kind of guess, not bad. So take that to the bank, Dan, hung with Michael Boudle, but you're right. What would I do with that at the bank?
Adnan gave me this, what are you saying with Michael Boudle, you guys, can you do something? That could dimes. But to Dan's point, anybody can be a great singer for six or seven seconds. You've got to know when to cut it. After Boudle plays a happy birthday to my colleague and friend Blake Bouldle, I kept going. I needed a giant cane to pull me back. Adnan, Furt, get out while you're ahead. Where does that rank in terms of career highlights
where you have found yourself just baffled by where it is you've arrived? Yeah, it's a great question, Dan. It's one of those, I'm sure, as you know, in the moment, you're just living it. And afterwards, you're terrified and petrified, but what just happened in shock that I didn't pee my pants. So it still feels rather surreal. It's still sinking in, but I hope I need to follow up with this. I need to somehow get a hold of Boudle's manager
backstage passes at the garden like we need to extend this relationship. This hit can't just be a one-off. It's too special. What are you, Skugat? Like if you can't just have your one moment
“with somebody you have to then marry them so that they can perpetuate. I got giving you good feeling.”
I got Adnan as a song and danceman. This guy wants a one-man show so bad. Mike is right about that. When people say, "Oh, you can sit, no, I can't." I can just do that to Mike's point, just the cruning. I mean, there's not much differentiation. There's just that one octave. I wish it could be a danceman, but a songman, absolutely, Mike, you're right. Why is the world baseball classic so much more fun than just baseball?
It's insane, Dan. I'm watching the Dominican Republic last night and they are celebrating as if they're hearing cancer. Like once, so does hold on his epic. And for no tattoos, he's had a bat flip for the ages. It was so incredible to watch that game last night and it's riveting. And it's funny how this is grown in popular. You know this as well as I do,
the Latin American countries have always gravitated to this tournament because it is truly an
expression of the world's best. It's about patriotism and celebrating a great game. But now, everybody else is in. Like before it was okay, Dominican Republic Puerto Rico Venezuela, they love it. Now, no, the USA roster has schemes in Skugat. And we'll get to USA's predicament, the reason we're in a team Canada hat for the first time Canada advances out of the group stage. We're in the quarter finals against a big bad Americans. First time in 20 years,
how about only with the long-suffering manager? And yes, Canadian icon, stubby clap. Who is the
“first base coach? It is riveting entertainment. I think Dan quite Aussies because the guys care.”
If they're into it, it blows the doors of cactus league or great fruit league or any league, quite frankly, because they're so passionate about it. Put it on the poll. Please at Levitar Show is stubby clap one of the great baseball names you have ever heard in your life. Because I would have assumed that that was a guy who took the trained games in the 1920s. Old stubby clap at a
second job as a plumber and would show up with throw the ball about 64 miles an hour and had an
e-fist pitch that stubby clap from the 1920. stubby clap could absolutely use some bomba socks. I think that is no doubt about it. If we get a picture of everybody, everybody could use some bomba socks. All of them can't have been a bomba socks.
Can we discuss Italy as well, Dan?
ancestry? How about noted Italian closer, Greg Weissert, that spelled W-E-I-S-S-E-R-T. That's the guy who struck
out Aaron Judges, Italy wins eight to six. There was a no-no along the way. He was Italian. Great. You could play for a team Italy. They've kept laughing. Lorenzo's like I'm playing against my home country. Michael Lorenzo's been the story of the world baseball classic. He's an American playing for Italy who's shoved in through forward two thirds. This is the wackiest tournament ever if Italy beats Japan and somehow makes it to the final. Vinnie Pasquintino, make it the salad. He'd three.
Three times. He'd make it the salad. The Pasquatch. What happened here? Let's play this sound here. Pasquintino's saving bailing out more than anybody in the world marked a rose up. Three espresso shots in. How are you feeling? I'm caffeinated. I'm beaned up right now.
“Yeah, we're in a good spot. So how many more boxes of those espresso pods are now on order?”
As many as we need. As many as we need will make it happen. So that was unbelievable, huh? You're welcome USA. We were thinking of you guys over at your hotel. We were thinking of you guys. So glad you guys could join us in the party. Just spiking at the five yard line. Dan and exclusive just for you and your audience at last year's spring training camp. It's me and the aforementioned Mark Dorosa and we'll be network colleague and friend at the Manage of Team USA.
And we're talking to the Royals. Deerot talked to Bobby with I interviewed Vinnie Pasquintino. At the interview, Pasquintino walked over Deerot and says, hey, I know Matt Allen, but I'm also American. You know, not just a bunch of wood twink. He walks away and Deerot looks at me. He's like, come on. Like, hey, are you? Am I going to put Vinnie Pasquintino on the TV? I say, and now there's Vinnie Pasquintino
with the first 300 home line game of his life. He was headless in 12 at Bat's going in. He's been
up and he's been the captain of this Italian team. I'm just in shock at what this team has done. It's a remarkable story and credit to Vinnie who's won the game's best personalities. The past
“watch is bringing it. You said it was an exclusive. I think it's a reheated turd from nothing”
personal. I believe that that story is recycled and you said it was an exclusive and you sold me a bag of recycled shit is what you just did. You leaned in immediately. So wait, a tiff perhaps Pasquintino throws it. Where's the story going? Oh, no, where is the story? That story? No, where for the second time that story is going, nowhere for the second time I've heard it. How dare you say that's an exclusive when it's a reheated turd from nothing personal.
I can't wait till Cody tweets the sentence. Listen, first it'll exclusive here. The Rosa Pasquintino. You said it's an exclusive. You gave it to someone else earlier. How dare you? How dare don't shake your head? How dare you reheat that turd and try to pass it off as exclusive? A full 27 hours ago at him. No, it's exclusive to this audience. But they put it on the poll at Levittard Show. Are you offended
that Ednan is a turd reheater? Ednan, hockey question for you. You do a great job covering the sport. It's been a disastrous season for the Toronto Maple Leafs. They tried to culture change. They got rid of mourner and they find themselves having a worse season without
“any injuries than the Florida Panthers. Is everybody on this team going to be shipped out?”
What's going to happen with the Maple Leafs? Great question Mike. Dead man walking. I love
Craig Ruby. Former Flyer great, eighth-thulton in telling it's second in majors, but he's done.
He was bought into bringing a culture of intensity and passion. Take this leave steam, which had been so great in the regular season and actually went into the playoffs. And they came and made the playoffs and now they're hoping to bottom out the bottom five and just tank. And some of them are going to chance of Gavin McKenna which ain't going to happen. So on fortunately, chief as he's affectionately known, will be out of a job. And Brock should live in
some trouble. The GM of this team was thought, listen, they had bread and shit in him for years. Kyle Dubus, that was the brain trust. Those guys made it perennial regular season powerhouse that couldn't win the big one. But now they've taken a big step back and cheer point. The main defection was Mitch Marner, who's a sensational player. There's no question about a 100-point guy, Selki nominee, not having a very good season with Vegas hasn't been exceptional. But you've
got asked to Matthews. You've got William Neelander, sure there's been some injuries, but nothing major of substance. You don't have any good, great, young core, Morgan Rally's been a terrible disappointment, but Charlie hasn't been great. East and Cowards expected to have some promise was a healthy scratch for a handful of games. My prediction is Ruby's that of a job. And then true living could join him, complete overall this leave's team. Nine straight years to make
in the playoffs, Mike, but this is truly bottoming out for the team that has the deepest pockets of any in the sport. admin work is an exceptional broadcast or really, really clean at almost all times. How do you feel and how much will you wear the way that you just said perennial? It will hot in for days. It will hot in for days, Dan. You know what it's like when you make a mistake, we're also neurotic in this business. And as Mike just asked me a hockey question,
Of course, my passion is also covering baseball.
Montreal Canadian's Kurt Suzuki, who was of course the manager of the LA Angels M.A. former
catcher of summer now with the Washington Nationals. And immediately the producer got my ears said, Nick, Nick, not Kurt. And I thought, God, I'm an idiot. I felt like a Tim Kurtzian type moment. God of an idiot. God of a big dope. And the reflection from mumble mentality.
“Adnan won the Stanley Cup Playoff start. Buffalo is going to be America's team, right?”
Yeah. Size. It's a great story, man. And the Eastern Conference is one great team. There's the Tampa Bay Lightning. I hate to say to the Panthers fans I know you guys are. A Carolina Hurricanes are a really good team. It only they're quite great. I think they're really good. And they're well, those teams want to like the least for years,
terrific in the regular season yet to ascend. The third best team is the Buffalo Sabers.
This is the same Sabers team that went 14 years though, making the playoffs, 14 years counselor to invoke Robert De Nero's Max Katie in Scorsese's Cape Fear, 14 years counselor. And now they're going nuts in chip watch street. They can't get enough of these chicken wings. Tage Thompson's were in a red hat like mine. It's not team Canada. It's a mega hat when he's at the White House.
And Tage tops of the Sabers right now are celebrating. This has been a team which is a juggernaut that eight seven wind the other day. It gets a light and was absolutely unbelievable. Their defensive core is remarkable. Raspis Daly and Bob Byron, Michael Samielson, even if Colton Paraco turned down a trade to go to them. America's team without
“questions as if you want to underdog that's been long-suffering bills still haven't”
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No. This is the book and I'm like, how do I, you know, because to my
Point, he's asking, "No, I run the book.
still got to. Do you ever met Mike before today? No, first me. So your thing is in the first
five minutes, let's talk about dog masturbation and joy. Because I knew he would be able to relate to the subject matter. He would know what it's like, because he's a guest on a show and the guy's trying to press him because, okay, what's going to go with? So I figured masturbating a bass at hand was definitely something he could at least appreciate. We're the assumption to make. I'm going to say, I'm going to say it was wrong. Oh, this is the lebatar show with the stogats.
I've got four things here for you, Adnan. You give me a bronze silver and gold medalist
“of things you love the most from among these four things, which means you have to exclude one of these”
four things. tennis, baseball, hockey, and movies are your choices there. And is there anything I'm missing that would make this even harder? Is there your kids? Let's throw your kids in there as well. Your four kids as well as there. tennis movies, your kids baseball and hockey. I'm hoping you do this directly. Yes, I'm hoping you do this correctly and you exclude your kids from your list. The bronze medalist on things that Adnan loves the most from among tennis movies baseball
hockey and his kids, bronze medalist. Okay, well, it's the only sport that I play and of course, you know my adoration of fetters, the tennis has to be a bronze. I mean, I love tennis like
no other. It's a once for I've never been able to cover somehow some way tennis is the bronze.
The silver medalist is the national pastime. It's baseball. And your gold medalist on things that you love the most. Do it correctly here, Adnan. Do not choose your kids. Make sure you buy my books in a file now. It's a film or ever books are so old. Number one isn't deed movies. Cinemba. So he will be a part of what it is that we're doing this Sunday, the weirdness of selection Sunday and the Oscars. I'm looking forward to that. What
“are you looking forward to finding out on Sunday? What I think is going to be great theater”
day. And it's what's happening. A best actor. The attempt to tell me is self-immolating before
our very eyes. I thought he was going to win the best actor, Oscar. I thought he was deserving
to be. So he's been a terrific young actor, call me by your name for the R-house audiences, Dune, and it's sequel for the more populous audiences. He makes the Bob Dylan film a completed know, which I had some issues with by thought his performance was excellent. He makes morning supreme, exhilarating thrill ride, two and a half hours of the real octur in Josh Saffty. Everything is a line. He wins a golden globe. Then he goes up there and crafts on ballet and opera,
Jessica Spatana takes him to task and his star is fallen. Michael B. Jordan won at the actor awards. And Xiaomi didn't win at the Baptist, the British Oscars. So I am fascinated to see if indeed, Timotech's Xiaomi has gone from being a frontmaner to an also red. It would be an epic swan dive for a guy who wouldn't care for a movie like Black Swan, which is about ballet. Let me hear, Adnan, trying to say perennial. Those guys made it perennial. Those guys made it perennial.
Those guys made it perennial. Those guys made it perennial. Those guys made it perennial. All the laborers. I can't believe he gave us a recycled turn of a story, a recycled version. How can you say it was exclusive? I've already said it 27 hours earlier and I bet you said it before that. I'm guessing that I'm guessing that I'm guessing it was reheated three times, four times. You've just given leftovers all over two countries, Canada and the United States.
If I'm going to be a riveted story, that's going to tell you how to roast a tip. Question mark. Exclusive. Adnan, when I heard you start talking, now, I was like, "Oh, wow, how interesting. There's going to be another story from that interaction because surely he won't say the exact same thing." By the way, word for word. I bet if we went to Clinton, so we saw nothing personal. I would bet word for word sentence by sentence. It was exactly the same
way it was before. It just tasted the same as the recycled turn from the day before when it wasn't any fresher. Disgusting. I'm disgusted by Adnan Virk. It will not keep me from inviting him to be a part of what it is that we are doing on Sunday. We have to give him more notice next year.
“11 days is not enough when you have four kids that's what he says. So, uh, that is what you said.”
That's a private conversation. I love you. I love you. I love you. Candid voice. I love you.
Don't recycle turrets around here.
So, as well, brought up something yesterday from the Quentin Tarantino file, Quentin Tarantino
“continues to double down no matter where the criticism comes from. I'm allowed to use the”
inward on, uh, in my voice, in my movies, in my writing, I'm allowed to do this. And he will not back off from it. In fact, he aggressively comes after anyone who will criticize. Of course, I'll put that in the club. Your thoughts are what on Quentin Tarantino. We love his movies on
him taking this criticism from, uh, is it Rosanna? Rosanna Arquette. I've always been a fan of
his movies. Dan, there's no question about his supremely talented guy. He also has an incredibly eye opinion of himself. And as you said, he pushes back in any sort of criticism. You know, when you watch his movies, it is jarring how much he uses the end word. I mean, there's certain moves you go. This does feel gratuitous. I don't think that's an unfair criticism. And I don't think Rosanna Arquette is unfair and criticizing it all these years later.
Like, Tarantino's point is like, well, you took the check. I'm like, but you can make decisions in years back be reflective and say, you know what, I had some issues with that or in retrospect,
“that wasn't a right decision. That's what life is, having regrets and living with those”
et cetera. So I think Rosanna Arquette's perfectly entailed to give her opinion. I guess QT is fine to lash back and say, well, he took the check and I have an issue with it. But it's definitely
been a blemish to some of this films. And this is not the first to be for that criticism.
Spike Lee said this years ago. Like, does this guy want to be black except to stop using the world? It's on. But then you have Jamie Foxx's and Samuel Ajaxons, you know, notable black actors as Defendant Tarantino has used the word in that vein. You know, if you're making a film called Jango and James is about slave owners, I'm allowed to use that word. I personally find it a little gratuitous at times. Um, but he has to help a filmmaker and I have loved his movies
after a bit that. Why do you think it is? I mean, I love Quentin Tarantino's movies. They are my favorite. He's my favorite director of pulp victims of my favorite movie. But, you know, you have that right there. The criticism about the end word. You also have what was likely a pretty close relationship to Harvey Weinstein. It does kind of feel like Quentin Tarantino skates a little bit, no? I completely agree with that as the Weinstein ones are great point.
I mean, when you look back at some of his movies, the 90s and it's a personal decade for me. I loved a lot of those films. But there's no doubt that Weinstein's imprint was all over it. And specifically to Tarantino, you're absolutely right, Reservoir Dogs is born at Sundance. But once Mayor Max put that stamp on it, they gave it that push in that boost and him and Harvey were thickest thieves at the Palm Door when at the Cannes Film Festival in '94 and Paul
fiction won all those films. Always have the Weinstein imprint on it. How many other people
will be supporting Jackie Brown, which is a film that I like, but wasn't a commercial success. So Tarantino definitely gets a pass. Sometimes it happens for filmmakers. Maybe eventually there will be more critical of his work. But again, I guess it's a weird thing, as when your movies are so beloved people won't give you a pass. But you're right, connection to Weinstein plus the end word, not everything about QT is golden. And who knows, his career will be over
suit anyways. He has set himself. He wants to make one more movie. Apparently he's been writing a play. That's going to be premiering in the West End and London. One more film that thank for QT anyways. I'm allowed to use the End word. Put it on the pole, please. Our thieves really that thick and look up for me, Jeremy Wy, the saying is thickest thieves. I think thieves shouldn't trust each other when they get into business together. I don't
understand quite that expression on thickest thieves. I think because if you're if you're
“working together as a thief, you have to really trust your thief partner. Well, but I've always”
thought that thieves tend to not trust other thieves, and also think that everyone else is a thief, and know that thieves can't be trusted. Tarantino said this as well, they're supposed to be a spree the core between. I love that. I did those my favorite part of the state. I finished the quote. I just want to go so excited that usage of a spree the core was unbelievable, because he wants to be a relatable guy, and he throws his eye in the loot and statement. It was so great. Go ahead.
I spree the core. How good is that? Who else is using that? That's why you get to pass. Say whatever you like. You use your spree the core. You have my vote. I'm sorry. Let's jump up now. I'll see you Sunday. It says something. I'm trying to give the audience the whole quote. I'm so excited. The quote from Tarantino is quote. They're supposed to be a spree the core between artistic
colleagues, but it would appear the objective was accomplished in response to our cat. Which totally ignores what he did to Paul dano. Like he called Paul dano a week sister. Week saws. He said he's the weakest male actor and sag. And now he's like, no, no, spree the core on me using the end word. It's like what? Spree the core is such a great term.
A feeling of pride, fellowship, and common loyalty share by the members of a ...
a plus usage of it, but you're right. Paul dano, who is incredible. There will be blood,
“which is a film that I adore. I think many of us do. And Tarantino, I remember there's a commentary”
track that will be blood on the DVD, which he says his one issue with it. This is before he really committed character assassination on Paul dano. This was years ago. He said, listen, I adore the film, but I do think day-to-day losing against Paul dano. It's kind of like all the quarry. It's just a great boxing reference for people of a certain vintage. It's a little bit scary. You're super-dated. It's so scary. Sorry, reference. I'm still laughing when he said that.
I got that pretty good. Ollie quarry. Take that to the bank. Again, we're taking that to the bank. I got Ollie quarry. I'm going to show up just to be clear. I'm going to advance. What thank is this that I'm going to. I got Tarantino over here using the end word. And I've got Ollie quarry. Can I get please a roll of penny? No, they're going to say to me, get out of here, sir. You're lunatic and they're going to have security arrest mate. What on Sunday else do you want
to see? Because you are very excited about the Oscars. And I'm hoping that you join us wearing a tuxedo and applying the appropriate formality to what it is that we're attempting to do on Sunday.
I've thrilled to always be a part of the shenanigan den. You know that. I've seen all the nominees
in 17 categories and I'm missing one nomination in a total of 19 categories. So to say, I'm well versing prep of the understatement. But I'm glad you're asking if there's one award I could see. And it's not going to happen. If there's one award, there's always one on stuff. And for it's Ethan Hawke for a film called Blue Moon. Ethan Hawke has been one of the best actors around for a long time. This is his first ever best actor, Oscar nominations. He's been nominated twice
for a supporting actor, boyhood and training day. He's nominated twice before for original screenplay with Richard Linklander and Julie Delphi probably before midnight franchise. But his first ever best actor nomination, he's got a horrible comb over. He plays five foot two Lorenz Hart, who is a Broadway composer in the film. It's about his relationship and what happened with Rogers and Hammerstein. It's a beautifully calibrated performance. He's incredible and he's
not going to win. And then Michael B. Jordan will. But God, if Ethan Hawke wins best actor, you'll see a man leaping up and down out of his tuxedo. I am looking forward to Sunday. And then thank you for everything you do for us and joining us on Sunday.
“Centerfile is the name of the podcast and the book. The podcast, you can look at and you should”
at old episodes because he does a lot of stuff that is worth reviewing there. His expert knowledge of movies is second to none. Film he would call it because he's ostentatious. But it is second to none. And the book is called Centerfile as well. It is available wherever it is you get your books.
Do the best and appreciate you guys always. Can you say WBC? Let's go Canada.
Now the brother's got it done. Adam, before you go, you said that he played five foot two Roger whatever the guy's name was. Lorenz Hart. Lorenz Hart. How does that work? Is he just like kind of crouch a little bit? Does he like go on his knees and use shoes on his knees? Like what do you say that? It's a great question totally because Ethan Hawke is an answering that. He said they built tunnels. Like the whole movie takes place in a bar. So they actually built tunnels
and then the tracking shots Ethan Hawke would be much shorter than Bobby kind of valley. Who is much taller than him in real life. He also times shrunk a little bit. He said listen, if we can make Charlie Chapel a taller, we can make me look smaller. Ethan Hawke's five foot 10 on the movies five foot two. Excellent question. He said, don't tunnels. Get him. Who's guys made it perennial? No, no, no, no, no.
“Who's guys made it perennial? Who's guys made it perennial?”
Thank you, Adnan. We appreciate it. But I enjoyed that awkward silence more than John Schneider enjoyed enjoyed the awkward silence around King Rowling. What is the worst part of the life two gods? The worst part of the life of life. This is the Dane Lebatar Show with his two gods. I've been wanting to ask Chris Cody a question for three days to stump him because he's been on vacation and I don't think he's considered at any point what I'm about to ask him.
You're not going to believe what BAM on a bio. And your dad told you a BAM had a bio that like one of the least likely players ever. Chris Cody is somebody who has become right around here and very recently our OG, original ginger on deciding whether others are allowed to be ginger or not because he did not allow Sam Darnl to be a ginger even after he won the Super Bowl.
My question to you is this, Bill Burr is he a ginger?
of hair but for me he's always fit the mold. Well he's bald now though and so you were saying that
the Sam Darnl beard made him a fake ginger even though it is a full and resplendent red beard. And I may if if Sam Darnl was bald outside of his beard maybe I would have thought he was a ginger but for me if you it's just a yes or no it's one of those like porn I've said this before Bill Burr yes full ginger that's it. Okay I'm surprised by that because I'm guessing many people
“don't even know right that Bill Burr because he's I think of Bill Burr is almost famously bald.”
That's so freckles on the forehead that's always big. Put it on the poll at Levitar Show. Can a bald guy be a ginger? Yes or no? And is Bill Burr a ginger? Yes or no? Last night the Clippers won by a lot and are now over 500. They're the first team ever I believe to go from 15 games under 500 in an NBA season to over 500 and many of you have said around here that Kawai Leonard is having his best season which is a shocking thing to hear but he scored 45 last
night and he's putting up efficiency numbers that look like Steph Curry when he won the MVP in 2015 what Kawai Leonard is doing without his two running mates who they traded at the deadline it's crazy. He's literally having the best season of his career almost 15 years into said career right like you look at the way that people age and it's like the jumpers gone you're not good on defense you have no sideways mobility and it's like he's got all of those things and we
thought he had no knees and like now he's just back and playing Michael Jordan basketball it's insane. You remember he said at like the first game availability after they traded way hard in in zoo bots that he literally said uh you know as far as them being it can taste like that ship is sailed you know they're there playing great now. He is over 25 points per game he is over 50% from the field he's over 90% from the free throw line and he's got more than two
steals a game and only uh only Steph Curry and NBA history has done that and it was when he was unanimously the MVP of the league and I will say again I don't think it's happened before in the history of the sport where in a regular season an NBA team is 15 games under 500 and then it stops being under 500 and stops being under 500 after they traded his second and third best player and
“that's why basketball's such a cool space because you have Kawai who's having the best career,”
best season of his career you have Yoke who's having the best season of his career averaging the triple double leading the NBA in assists and rebounds as a seven foot two guy and then they're not even close to winning the MVP because SGA is going to win the MVP for what he's done. Kawai's had an unbelievable season worthy of MVP consideration. I'm going to take it to a Miami hurricane here. Jordan Miller is really important to this team. There is a direct correlation
with him being on the floor more and then playing better. He's doing exactly what he did for the Miami hurricanes which is being on song hero like the fourth guy you might talk about but he's a
versatile defender. You'll never catch him, flatfooted on a switch. He can guard basically one through
you can guard one through five like he can put an elbow like one four one through four and a half but he is a really important player for what they do. Is SGA going to qualify is he going to have enough games to qualify for the MVP for sure? Yeah he's he's got I think like eight games to sell you two handful of games. Yeah he Yoke is the one that's in trouble. I think he has one more game if he misses and he's completely out. It's why SGA is such a huge favorite to win the award.
Also with Yoke it he hasn't quite been the same since his knee injury. There is some stuff happening there where his range from distance has been less good and look we're grading on a curve right and it's a curve that has very little precedent in the history of the league when you say Yoke is playing less well but he has been less efficient since the knee injury. I wanted to circle back around on something that we were talking about and we just sort of glossed over and I understand
why we glossed over it but I want to I want to bring it back up. Kenneth Walker was the Super Bowl MVP
and you guys are shrugging at him getting a three year 45 million dollar contract that is what
“Bradley Chubgott and you're shrugging and saying yeah Dan that's what's happened to the running”
back position and it has in terms of value but man that was quick. It happened pretty quick. It's over the last five years where we've decided Super Bowl MVP at running back who is somebody who
Gets more than 10 yards of carry the running back becoming disposable is some...
over the last seven years. I'm going to say are we back on like a up swing? Yeah it's always
I feel like they went down and now they're almost back. Yeah maybe it's felt like a quick thing for you
“but I think it's been like 15 years where the league's been like we can get other people to do this”
it feels like Walker's actually getting more money nowadays than he would have maybe just four years ago. 100% of James Cook signed for a similar deal for for 48 so it was like that's kind of what the range is for a top tier running back these days. I mean I get what you're saying he was Super Bowl MVP but it's been like four years he's had 2,000 yard seasons and the hype was in his rookie or we had 1,000 50 you know like he I don't know he's battled injuries too on top of
that. Yeah and they've they've been like this year he played all 17 games he had 1,000 27 yards rushing like this isn't while debating. He wasn't even like considered the starter at the start of the season he was not getting Sorter's reps at the start of the season they they favored other guys on their rock carbon A it was a guy that they loved and then he tore his ACL but Sharpen A and him was
“splitting time basically one A won't be for the last couple of years so when you look at 1,000 yards”
year if you had 1100 yards a year prior it's like he's splitting time anyway. Yeah this isn't a big thing to me like this is not someone that I would that I would have broken the bank to keep if I were Seattle. I'd imagine Seattle didn't even give this much thought you know they'll go with Sharpen A next year and they'll drop to running back in the 4th or 5th round from the video that we saw from the parade I did agree they didn't give him much that is the evidence I'm using in my favor. The point that I made
earlier though about the alterations in a worth. Jalen Phillips older than Kenneth Walker
body more broken than Kenneth Walker getting more than a hundred million dollars from Carolina again
older than Kenneth Walker and you guys are saying eh big deal four years in the league and Jalen Phillips got a hundred million and I want 20 that one I missed that's insane he's broken they got to have a Lloyd too holy all those ads says you know not a big move on a level Jalen Phillips with his body in that condition at 26 being older than Kenneth Walker and getting three times the contract that the Super Bowl MVP was I understand that you guys are now
immune to how much the running back position has been devalued I'm making my assessments on Kenneth Walker not as the Super Bowl MVP it's how good he was at Michigan State he got melt Tucker more millions than he just got from Kansas City because Michigan State was carried by Kenneth Walker and his rugged running style and I'm still a little startled by how quickly we make these guys disposable and I tell you this as someone who was wrong for several years on highly
questionable because I was willing to pay Todd Gurley I was willing to pay Ezekiel Elliot I was willing to pay Dalvin Cook I got left behind by how that sport changed all of its salaries I was making bad arguments on behalf of running backs while the league totally adjusted how we pay the running back who can forget the a blocks of Demarco Murray poor one out how much time did we spent talking about Lavy on Bell how much time did I spend talking about you got to pay Lavy on Bell
definitely 15 games he was pretty awesome yeah but almost every example that damn brought up was immediate regret Dr. Pagan which is why the market has been what it is for that position for most of the century but the money with a player like Kenneth Walker compared to the money that Jalen Phillips got the reward is so much greater than the risk from that position to the other like
if you have an incredible pass rusher incredible pass rusher is more valuable than incredible
running back it's why there's a school of thought that positionally there needs to be something collectively bargained for running backs actually Kenneth Walker in his fourth year of being able to get to that next contract that is a job extremely well done running backs don't often get that opportunity to cash in for a second contract look at what happened to Isaiah Pacheco and his running style you look it took a toll on his body and Kansas City moved on from him and
got the next durable back uh Zazlo this is what I would say though in disagreement to how it is that you just frame that because you're generally right on pass rusher but Kansas City's defense
“is going to be good no matter what because of how they do things I think that's an extraordinary”
signing for just that team just that team saying you know what we're going to do my homes we're
Going to actually get you a running back who does break 10 yard runs you have...
the last couple of years we're going to make all of this easier by getting you a running back
“I think that particular team needs pass rush less than it needs what they're presently getting”
they getting that at 45 million to me is more value than Carolina getting Jalen Phillips for 120
million and I will say it again Kenneth Walker's younger than Jalen Phillips you would argue that
“Derek Henry probably the best running back of this generation his best contract was four for 50”
so so Kenny Walker's is better from an average annual perspective and he's one of the outliers
as he's always been his entire career just nuts what he's done both on the field then
in his bank account we're paying the man actually worked out for you you're also judging it with context like if you just look at it in a vacuum what I'm saying makes more sense but in the
context where it's like on that team he's worth that yeah of course that makes sense they've also had
a young defense and their defensive coordinator spagnola does things spagnolo does things with them that very few deep coordinators are able to do let's just play again the awkwardness though between John Snyder and Kenny Walker and as I like to call him just stugots to Ken Walker being the MVP let's go whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa he tried negotiating with me five minutes ago
“anyway you know what I mean anyway you know what I mean anyway you know what I mean anyway you know what I mean?”
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