Hour 1 – Bam’s Big Night Criticized, Ross Tucker

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3:02Why did you score 83? We'll talk a little bit more about that coming up. 8773DP show. Email address D.P. at DanPatrick.com. Twitter handle a D.P. show. And of course, our stat of the day brought to you by Panini America, the official trading cards of the program. First hour brought to you by NutraFull. If your hair isn't playing it like it did in the 20s, it might be time for a real comeback. Because throwing on a hat is not a strategy. You can start NutraFull today and make that hat optional. Visit NutraFull.com. Enter the promo code DanPatrick. That's a day poll question. Stat of the day. All of that forthcoming. Good morning if you're watching on Peacock. That's our streaming partner also, the NBC Sports Network. Gangs all here. The Minister of Humor, Fritzie, St. Mark, Paulie, yours truly. And of course, the backroom guys. 8773DP show. Operator Tyler, sitting by. You'll take your phone calls. Couple of things that we'll discuss. Italy helps out team USA as they stay alive in the world baseball classic.

4:04Crosby back with the Raiders, but not without some drama. We'll talk about that situation. And Bids to the big dance. McNeese, Lehigh, and Idaho. Bobby Hurley out at Arizona State. Syracuse has an opening. And I would think Jerry McNamara, former Orangeman at Siena, going to the tournament, would probably be next in line. Alrighty. So the BAM out of bio situation. We hold on for dear life to legacies. When you think about it, so BAM and Coby. So this is just second on the old time list. But, you know, the outpouring of support and love. That, hey, Coby deserves better than this. That BAM should have stopped and maybe, you know, paid tribute to one of his idols. Roger Maris and Babe Ruth. You know, people thought, well, somebody's going to break Babe Ruth's record. It should be Mickey Mantle, not Roger Maris. And he played in 162. Babe had 154 games. How about Barry Bonds and Hank Aaron?

5:06How dare they let somebody as dirty as Barry Bonds beat the ultra clean Hank Aaron? Miles Garrett, Michael Strahan to a lesser degree. I don't think anybody had a problem with that. It was when Michael Strahan moved past Mark Gastono. But Gastono wasn't a beloved guy. It was just the way that Michael Strahan was afforded that sack against him. But, those are just some examples. You'll probably have a few more for me. But, BAM out of bio with 83. And it just feels like the old school NBA fan or analyst is like, how dare you make a mockery of the game. Well, no one was there when Wilt did this, but Wilt was chasing 100 points that night. And nobody talks about that. We talk about 100 points. Wilt was chasing 100 points that night. I know the game was already out of hand. Now it was about Wilt getting 100 points. BAM out of bio still put up over 60 points through three quarters.

6:08You can talk about the fourth quarter. But let's please acknowledge the first quarter had 31. I had nothing to do with some scheming game plan to draw fouls. He put up 31. Eric Spolster, the Miami Heat Head Coach, then realized maybe there was something special. And he was going to let him have a special night. Then you go for 62 and a half time. So, 62 legitimately. 62 at the end of three, I'm sorry. So, those are all legitimate. Thank you, Paulie. There, that's legitimate there. Now, did the fourth quarter get out of hand? It did. But he still put up 83. And I think we get caught up in this vacuum of how dare he do that. And we can't speak for Kobe. I mean, I did ask the question of what do you think Kobe would think? Jason Jackson, the voice of the Miami Heat, I asked him.

7:08He said, well, that was BAM out of bio's idol. I don't know. I mean, if we have BAM on the show, I'll ask him. Did he give any thought to maybe not going for the record? But he has it as the second highest score. I don't know if we've ever been that upset about a situation where somebody didn't even break the record. They just broke Kobe's record. Yeah, Paulie. A lot of people who cover basketball, not just fans who might be angry, but serious basketball people. Robert or who played basketball were very, very bothered by the fourth quarter. They said that wasn't basketball. That was a quest to pass a certain player and get to 83, 82 points. And the heat fouling, that's not natural. The throwing the ball off the backboard on a free throw, that's not natural. They were bothered by the aesthetics of how the record was set or broken. It's hard to play defense in the NBA now. I think we can all agree. Everything feels like a foul.

8:08And BAM out of bio took advantage of that. He took advantage of a bad wizards team. But if you're still putting up at least 60 points at the end of three quarters, I have to acknowledge that you had an incredible night. And yes, was the game out of hand? Yes, were they trying to get him to 83 or 82? Yes. Did the wizards, double team, triple team, were they foul? Yes, all of these things. But it still comes down to, you had to stop him. Everybody gets to play against the wizards, at least twice a year. Now, a lot of guys get career highs or season highs against the wizards. But 83, still 83. And I was looking at the NBA scoring. In 2000, teams averaged just a little under 95 points per game. In 2026, teams are averaging 115 points per game. And I was looking to see how many teams have lost a game this season

9:09while scoring at least 130 points. At last count, I had 25 games. Team scored 130 and lost. In 2000, teams averaged 91 possessions per game. This year, 99 possessions per game. Back in 2000, teams averaged just under 14 three point attempts per game. This year, teams are averaging 37 three point attempts per game. This year, teams are averaging 37 three point attempts per game. This is the style of the day. This is the style of the day. This is the style of the day. Stad of the day. Stad of the day brought to you by Padini America, the official trading cards of the damn Patrick show. Yes, Seaton. 130 points and they lost? Yes. I had 25 games at last count. Did you think it would be more? No, I thought it'd be like 120.

10:09Maybe if you score 120 points, you should win the game 130 points and lose the game 25 times. I think somebody lost 150 to 147. Now, we've had some double overtime games, but yeah, I'm looking at the numbers here. And unless Google is failing me. But you know, I got 130, 134, 137, 134, 132, 136, 138, 130, 132, 150, 135, 133. Yeah, I got 25 games so far. That's crazy. I don't even know if I've tabulated March yet, but that's... There might be more. It might be close to 30 times. Yes, Todd. And you only have yourself to blame in the sport of basketball. You're playing offense and defense. It's not like the NFL. It's like we scored all these points. They were still losing what's going on at the other side of the ball. Yes, fully. I went back and looked at this and it all goes back to Steph Curry. Steph Curry in 2014 before he had his breakout season.

11:09NBA teams attempted 17. Actually, check that 21-3s per game. 21-3s attempted per game in 2013. Four years later, it was 32-3s attempted per game. Every other stat is the same. Generally, shots per game, fouls per game, shooting percentage. Everything else is generally the same. Well, if you're looking back in 2000, there's eight possessions more per team per game. So that's a lot. Yes, Marvin. It's kind of like the Ravens at the beginning of the last football season where they're scoring 40 points and losing. Like, come on, you can't score that many points in a professional setting and lose. But that is. Well, I feel bad for Bam out of bio. It's like, how dare you? How dare you score 83 points? But, you know, and some of the Danettes brought this up yesterday that this might be more about Kobe being beloved. If LeBron had scored 81 and Bam out of bio scored 83,

12:09I don't think people would have nearly the problem. Because LeBron's not beloved, Kobe is beloved. And I think because of that, it's like, you know, why didn't you stop at 81? I think if Kobe were alive and able to ask that question, what would you have wanted him to do? I'm going to guess Kobe would probably say, go for it. Knowing Kobe's mentality. But can't speak for him. But having, you know, the number of conversations we've had with him on this show, he was the shark. His full speed ahead. And go for it. Also, when Wildscore to 100, has anybody looked at the Nick's lineup? Has anybody looked at the Nick's big men guarding him? The Nick's were one of the worst teams. The Raptors weren't any good when they were facing Kobe. It's like, let's just be fair to the entire picture, the totality of what Bam out of bio did, what he accomplished. And yes, the Wizards are bad. The Nick's were bad back in 1962.

13:10But nobody brings that up. Nobody brings up that will was chasing 100 points. Yes, Mark. And the fact that Kobe's no longer here with us makes it even worse. If he was here, he may have been able to call off the dogs and maybe send out a tweet or even send like a personal message like they do on like the scoreboard after a game or whatever. And so now that he's no longer here, it makes it even worse. That's the thing about people passing away early, especially entertainers, where it's like, he would have wanted this. Well, we don't know what he would have wanted. And so now you're speaking for him. Yeah, Jordan sent just a congratulations to him. But he didn't say, hey, congrats. You made him mockery of, you know, the sport in the last month or last quarter. That would have been very nice to see. No, probably not. That's unnecessary. But you know how Jordan is, you know, he's surprised he didn't. He can kind of poke you a little bit. Hey, congratulations on three legitimate quarters that you played. Yes, Paul. Yes, Paul.

14:10I do wonder though, if we had Kobe Bryant on yesterday and you asked him about that fourth quarter, he'd be polite and congratulatory. But I think he may also say, did it feel like a basketball game? Did it feel like a competition? Because his was a competition. I could see him maybe taking a little line like that. Maybe. Maybe. But this is one of BAM's idols growing up. And then you surpass. It's not even the record. It's the second best scoring game of all time. Now people are saying, well, you know, if you take away free throws, how many points? You know, where would he rank all time? I like, but you can't take away free throws. You know, when Wild scored 100, he had 32 free throws. He made 28. But, you know, you shoot 43. I mean, it's embarrassing that there were that many fouls called. At some point, at some point, now I had a former official say this to me yesterday.

15:11At some point, I know they're making a mockery of it. And I am going to make a mockery of it as well. I'm not calling all of these fouls because you know what's happening here. And then you're just going to say, I'm not going to let you just keep fouling or get fouls and make this about the free throw line. Now that's a former official saying that. Yes, pulling. I do have that stat, a network posted to this yesterday. If you remove free throws, who's the had the greatest scoring night of all time? Wilt 72 points, Kobe 63 points, and then a bunch of Wilt games. Bam would have been 73rd ranked all time with 48 points in the game. You take away the free throws. You take away the three points. I mean, okay. All right. Well, congratulations, Bam. You're the second highest scoring game in NBA history. All right.

16:11Seaton, you got, yes, Marvin. It's since Kobe doesn't play anymore. I forgot how Kobe stands are. And they were out in. Oh, they were mad. Oh, they were mad. Imagine if he surpassed Michael Jordan in a game. But what? I'm sorry. You can't do that. Well, I got life at it. Yes. How's it going to be when they realize where Kobe's last 12 points of that came from? From the free throw line? I don't know. Yeah, we should look it up. I think a considerable number of those were one point baskets. Oh, I know. Who knew? Who knew that you could have this kind of accomplishment. And you could set people off. Bam. All right. So I have a whole question. Our good buddy, Ross Tucker will join us. That Max Crosby situation is shady at best. And then the GM for the Ravens, Eric DeCosta said, well, we were looking at bringing in

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23:26In terms of Tray, we came to a point probably after we lost Tyler, where as we're trying to find the best way for us to get better as a football team, Tray kind of made a lot of sense as a possible guy to look at. So we started some discussions with he and his agent, thinking that potentially we'd have two past rushers on the defensive line, both sides of the line. Again, I think it was disappointing to us and probably in a way, you know, disappointing probably to Tray as well. It's a lot of money that you're going to tie up in two guys who have been injured. I just can't imagine Max Crosby flies there, you sit down with them, all of a sudden they tell you to your face, hey, we're going to go in a different direction. What do you mean like three, four instead of four, three or four, three instead of a three? Well, no, we're going to go in a different direction at edge. Oh, here's your plane ticket and hey, we got some nice parting gifts here.

24:28Then he goes back to the Raiders, goes into the facility yesterday, his swipe card still works, apparently. Can you imagine walking around, you're going to, hey, Tommy, hey, Max, what would he been up to? Oh, not much, hey, any trips? Well, I went to Baltimore, but not for a long period of time. But hey, it's great to be back, it's great to see you, Max. Oh, man, let's bring in Ross Tucker, our good buddy. Ross, what do you make of this situation? Well, first of all, Dan, I've been in that situation before, that Max was in. So you got the right guy today. We've been the right guy yesterday too, Fritzy, but you got the right guy today. Wow, bumped him for Diana Rossini, he's kicking. Wow, I didn't know you got bumped. Oh, yeah, no, it's only been like 10 years. I thought Fritzy and I were like friends or whatever. I come on pretty much every week whenever Fritzy asks. But I guess if Diana Rossini needs to move it, I get bumped.

25:29I don't know. Okay, hold on, Ross, let me let Fritzy at least have a word here. It was less of a bump, more of a reschedule. What happens was Diana was working the phones and doing her thing. And she initially thought she had to come on earlier than something change with who she needed to speak with. And then she had to make it later. And Ross was in the final hour, and we thought it wouldn't serve the show best to have them on top of each other. As back to back NFL guests covering a lot of the same topics. So we rescheduled, not bumped, Ross to today, and we had an extra day to promote it. And that's really how I see it. And I hope Ross doesn't have a hurt feelings about that. On social media, he seems to know. Well, essentially, Dan, what happened is Diana Rossini was trahendrickson. And I was max crawlsie. And Fritzy is the Ravens. A terrible person. No, I will say this though. You guys will love this, okay? 2007, I was a free agent. The first day of free agency, I went to the Redskins and they offered me a very modest contract. Of course, modest signing bonus.

26:31Passed the physical to hold deal. Then I fly to Atlanta. I'm in a downtown Atlanta hotel. The next day we get picked up in a limo. It's just me and Joe Horn. Joe Horn is going to sign for like over $10 million a year. I guess they had the limo anyway. So they let me ride in it. And we went to the doctor's office in downtown Atlanta. You know, we get the MRI. We get the whole deal, the scan. We meet with the doctors. We get back in the limo. The limo is not moving. We're in the limo outside. The limo is not moving. All of a sudden, the limo door opens up. And some guy from the Falcon says, Ross, can you come here? I said, okay. I get out of the limo. And he's like, I'm Anthony blah, blah, blah. You failed your physical. We're going to take you back to the airport. That was it. I never even made it to flowery branch the Falcon's facility. Never talked to the coach, Bobby Patrino, or the GM or anybody.

27:32I just went right back to the airport. While I'm in this guy's car, I call my age. I'm like, tell the redskins we accept. So I actually know what it's like to fail a physical. That's evidence that one team can pass you. And another team can't. And that was my experience with it. I already been cut several times. A little different than Max Crosby. But yes, that is the, it was not much of a conversation. We're taking you back to the airport now. Do the Ravens have to tell Max Crosby what part of him? You know, why did he fail that physical? That is an amazing question. That's the best question I've heard yet. And the answer is no. Because I called the Falcon's trainer. Because listen, I already played six years. I was 28 years old. I wanted to know what they saw. Like, what, why did you guys fail me on the physical? And they started talking about things.

28:33I'm like, that's not true. Like that, that's, I don't have that. And then they got another guy on the, on the phone. Like, listen, Ross, you had disc surgery at multiple levels. We see some chronic, whatever. Like, we're not taking that chance. And I thought, okay, but that's an awesome question, Dan. Why are you the best interviewer? Because they don't have to tell you. But I wanted to know for my own edification. Like, for the rest of the, should I just not play anymore? If it's so bad, I fail physical. Maybe I shouldn't keep playing football. Yeah, I'm just trying to sort through this. And I really came to the realization yesterday that maybe this was just buyer's remorse. That the Ravens making a move, giving up two first round picks. And then going, we got to pay him that kind of money. Is he going to want a contract extension? We got to redo Lamar's contract. So it felt like they. Maybe the reality set in of, do we need to do this?

29:36Because this is an awful lot. Why don't we just sign somebody who's not as good for a little less money? And we don't have to give up two first round draft picks in Trey Henderson. Well, I would say that in talking with some people in the NFL, that's what most people believe happen. And what I think is so fascinating about it is my initial reaction was, why don't we go ahead and check the phone records? Did you, did you call Trey Henderson before Crosby got there? Was it after Crosby got there? But I think the Ravens are one step ahead of me and everybody else by saying, oh no, we were trying to get them both. Because if anybody checked and anybody did research or talked to Trey Henderson or his agent or looked at phone records, they clearly were talking with them before then. And so I don't know, I'm kind of with you and on the poll question, I would say, I don't, I mean, do I believe that the Ravens might have had a dream

30:38of having both Hendrix and NCrosby, yes? Do I think that they thought that was realistic? Absolutely not. That when there's all these other teams out there, like the bills and the bears and the cult and the Eagles or whoever, looking for an edge rusher, do I think that the Ravens thought it was realistic that they could get two and those other teams get zero? No, I don't. I think what the real question now is, is let's all just assume, okay, that they did get cold feet, they did get buyers remorse. Is that totally bogus? Is that totally BS? Or, hey, is this just business? And they realized this was a better decision and business is business. I think reasonable minds can disagree on that. Talking to Ross Tucker, CBS Sports Westwood won NFL College football analyst and host of Ross Tucker football podcast. Follow him on social media at Ross Tucker, NFL.

31:39What are the Raiders do now? Well, that's interesting. Fortunately for them, they still have the money to take Max back. You know, they're absolutely going to listen. They trade him once. I think if they get an offer that they're still comfortable with, that they would still move him. I think now, you know, whether it's Max's doctor, the Raiders doctors, there's a lot going on out there, kind of like he said, she said about what's really going on with Max's knee. This might be something where the Raiders revisited around the draft. It might be something, Dan, where they revisited in July, when they know he can pass a physical. They know he'll be cleared. And then the team that would be trading for him, number one, would be taking on less risk. And number two, the draft choices that they would trade

32:39wouldn't have to be until 2027. So on some level, you know, you can be a team where you still take your first round pick in 26, but then maybe still get Max Crosby. I don't think that this is the end of it. I'd say it's 50-50, whether Crosby plays for the Raiders or not this year. If I had the bet on flipping that coin, I would bet he still goes somewhere else for a little bit less than what the Ravens offered. Kyla Murray, it feels like all signs point towards Minnesota. Tell me why this works and why it might not work. Well, it might not work for the same reason. It's never totally worked with Kyla Murray. And that's because of his incredible inconsistency. You know, you would think after seven years that you have a pretty good idea of what you're going to get from a player on a weekend and a week out basis.

33:40That is not the case with Kyla. And that's really, really tough for any organization, any coaching staff. Even like Kurt Cousins, you kind of know what he is and what you're going to get. With Kylaur Dan, it's like a week-to-week deal. I mean, there are weeks where, and I don't know if it's his preparation, or he doesn't adjust as well if the defense is not what he was expecting, but there are weeks where he looks as good as anybody. He can play an MVP caliber level. He can put the team on his back and play awesome. There's also weeks where he's a bottom 10 quarterback. He's very rarely in the middle. He's either really hot and plays really well, or really poor. I think Kevin O'Connell believes he's seen enough of the really hot days that he can get Kylaur to play with more consistency.

34:41This whole deal, where Kylaur is reportedly talking with three to five teams today, about 20, 27, and doing zooms with them is fascinating. He's basically saying, I'm going to go do what Sam Darnal did. I'm going to have a great year for the Vikings. What would your interest level be next year after I do this? I've never heard of this before, but obviously it's a pretty big bet for the Vikings. They just fired their GM. They're already seemingly throwing the towel in on J.J. McCarthy. They got to make it work with Kylaur. Otherwise, there might be more changes in Minnesota. How often in your career would you ever question the work ethic of your quarterback? Very, very rarely. Very, rarely. And if you did, it's a major problem.

35:41I mean, that's a terrific point because the day, as soon as the Cardinals front office in a meeting said, okay, let's give them this massive deal. But we got to make sure he's preparing. I know it's 100 million guaranteed, but let's put something in there where he has to do four hours of homework a night and can't play video games. Dan, that's the exact second where you don't give them the 100 million dollars. You can't do that. People don't change that much. People kind of are what they are. You know, I play with Brady, absolute psycho when it came to preparation. You know, most of the other guys I was around, you didn't have to question them in that regard. Interestingly, you know, I've had Steelers guys tell me that early in Ben's career, he was kind of the last guy to get their first guy to leave.

36:41And they still had that much success and he still had that much success. That would seem to me to be very, very rare. And the issue for a guy like Kyler, if you've ever seen his high school highlights, it's the craziest thing you've ever seen. So when you're in 10th grade and you're basically the state player of the year in Texas at the highest level, you never lose a game for three years. In college, you win the highest, and you're number one pick, he's never really had to do it. You know, he's always been able to play at a really high level without doing it. Maybe this is the wake up call or maybe O'Connell can just put him in a situation where he can excel without maybe being as much of a student of the game as some of the other guys are. Great to see you. And great to talk to you. And I feel really bad that Fritzy did this to you. And if you'd like for me to suspend him

37:41or fire him, then you just say the word Ross. No, I think that's a little harsh. Okay. I think I'll probably feel better about it by next week. I'm just a little hurt. I'm just a little hurt. So I was not going to say no, though, because of how I feel about you and Paulie and Seaton and Marvin. Wow. But as it lays to Fritzy, I mean, within the last month, Fritzy thought I was doing the Super Bowl in London for some reason. And now he bumps me because his tech said, Diana is more attractive than you. We want to go with her. And that's the part that really hurt me. And I'm going to back Fritzy on that. Yeah. Yes, Paulie. You know, Ross, you can look at this the other way. You are the one and only featured guest on today's show. It's your own stage. I know my mom texted me and said, it's the best guest lift Fritzy has ever had. We are piling on, aren't we? Thank you, Ross. Sorry, Ross. You guys.

38:41Ross Tucker. Ross Tucker football podcast. That dude is the best. Follow him on social media at Ross Tucker NFL. Fritzy, taking some early shots here today. So he didn't do the Super Bowl from one day. He was actually in San Francisco. Yeah, he was actually out there. I thought he was out there. I thought he was in England. Thank you, Todd. Yes, he. I am impressed with your ability to be like, I had no idea what I'm sorry that Todd did that to you. I didn't have any idea. No idea. This is a shuffling. I had no idea. Todd, you're better than that. All I know is I saw that Ross Tucker was on the rundown. And then I saw that he wasn't. And then Diana Rossini was going to change places. And I didn't know kind of what the correspondence was there with you and Ross Tucker. But obviously, that's a big man who hurts today. Is your alter ego named Eric Takosta? You're like, hey, we wanted them both. We shouldn't have had that.

39:41I wanted to bring in both. Rossini and Tucker one second. Let's pair them up. Break that story. I don't get all the communication. You know, we started to change some of the responsibilities here on the Dan Patrick show. So I don't get all of the information. Big reorgas are ready. Yeah. Yes. Yes, Todd. But that's a dream. It wouldn't be realistic to have both Diana and Ross in the same hour. And that's the same line of thinking. And I already got it. And we could have. We could have. We have the cap space. What have been a little redundant, I think? No. Rich Eisen still hasn't forgiven you where you bumped him for Dan Bickley, the Arizona Republic. They all have different levels of maturity. But we have to get over it. Yeah. Wow. Staying tough. 14 years later. Especially me. We all have to go up at some point. Yeah. That's all right. If you're watching on peacock, you got to see Ross. He's listening in. And he's smiling. And it seems like he's doing a little bit better. But we hope we hope it's a good weekend for you, Ross. And again, our sympathies are apologies.

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45:46Little payback. Yes, Marvin. With the world baseball classic watching like the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico in Venezuela, I'm an image Lee baseball have this type of energy during those games because it is unlike anything I've ever seen. And it's for baseball, which is for most people are pretty boring sport. But I'm tuning in. Look at you against the grain. All right. What's it against the grain? That's pretty allowing out. You're calling out the commissioner. I think is what you just did. Sorry, Rob. I didn't mean to do that. You're calling out somebody. It's commissioner to you. It's not Rob. Rob the commissioner. Hey, Bob. Oh, is it? Hey, Bobby, I don't know what's up. Chris and Syracuse. Hi, Chris. What's on your mind? Hey, thanks. And a couple of things for you. SGA tonight goes for as 127th street game with 20 points or more, which would break a Wilts record that stood for over a half a century.

46:46And you think about all the great players, Michael Colby, LeBron Bird, and even great scorers like George Iceman, Gervant, and that record is stood for over 60 years is unreal. And off of people complaining about the amount of BAMs foul shots on Tuesday night, since SGA averages the most foul shots in the league this year, as you point out yesterday, Dan, with that somehow diminishes amazing accomplishment. I mean, if he does get the records tonight and also in those 127 games, I'm sure the thunder in some cases kept SGA and the floor a little longer than they needed to to reach 20 points. And I'm sure a lot of sports records over the years were helped along. And in BAMs case, late in the game, the witzers were going out of their way to stop them by triple team in them. And yet they aren't earned those 83. Yeah, I, you know, I think guys in my age bracket get a little more cynical, the longer that you're in this business. I'm choosing to celebrate this.

47:48If SGA gets 20 points, if you have to struggle to get 20 points, he's still got 20 points. BAM out of bio, getting 83. I don't care how you got 83, you got 83. It just, it feels like, you know, anything with social media is well, we have to tear it down. We're not building up. We're tearing down. And when it comes to sports, there aren't that many moments that we truly celebrate together. It's like, well, but I mean, I was really surprised at the, the outcry from former players and broadcasters, journalists. Wow. It was, I thought very myopic that you're just going, can we, can we at least celebrate the three quarters performance of BAM out of bio? We at least give him that. And it wasn't even for the all time record. Yeah, pulling. Taking a lot of free throws in a game isn't like a new thing. SGA is 32nd all time. He averages 7.25, 3.

48:50Uh, field goal attempts. I'm sorry, free throw attempts per game. Will Chamberlums number one all time, Bob Pettit number two, Jerry West is four. Uh, Oscar Robertson is eight. Adrian Danley is nine. Elgin Baylor is 10. Those are the guys who took the most free throws of all time. Eric and Salt Lake. Hi, Eric. What's on your mind this morning? With that Dan, long time, fourth time hard 200. So I'm a BAM supporter, definitely not a BAM hater and all this. With that said, it feels like over the past couple days, some of Wilts' accomplishments have been poo pooed because they happened a long time ago. I stayed up last night just because the algorithm showed me some of his track and field stuff. The same way that man is an athletic specimen in the capacity that Victor Wendon Yama is. If Victor ever has a hundred point game, we kind of can't celebrate it if we're not going to celebrate Wilp.

49:50The things that he was able to do with that frame, with that body. Hooping doesn't get easier that much bigger you get with that much weight and that much strength. So I think go BAM and go Kobe two recipes, but what Wilp did, it's one of one. And I don't think it should be knocked down because they weren't keeping stats back then. Yeah, but they do that to him. And I still don't know why because we celebrate Babe Ruth. There wasn't even integration back then. Wilp just played who was ever in front of him and he dominated just about everybody. It's because he didn't dominate Bill Russell when it came to winning championships. It somehow disparages or reduces his legacy. He's like a myth. It's like it didn't really happen. But I had my friend who we went to the Lakers Royal since the night of Royals game. And I got Jerry West autographed and I got everybody's autographed but Wilp.

50:55And Wilp came out because they lost the game. He got in the bus sat in the first seat. And I'm outside with two of my friends. And I said, I'll never see Wilp Chamberlain again. And so I stepped onto the bus and Wilp stood up and told me to get the F off the bus. My friends were like, what did he say? I said, he told me to get the F off the bus. Wow, that's awesome. Was it? One hour in the books, two more to go. Seaton, Fritz, Seymour, Paula, yours truly. Back after this. It's here at T-Mobile. Get the new Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra with Galaxy AI on us. Okay, we don't need the trumpets. We know it's awesome. Couldn't help yourself, could you? We'll get ready for this. At T-Mobile, you get a five-year price guarantee. A kazoo. Get the new Galaxy S26 Ultra on us. I mentioned at T-Mobile, there's no trade in needed.

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