Pardon the Interruption | “Mavericks are most dangerous threat in West after destroy Kings” – Wilbon

Pardon the Interruption | “Mavericks are most dangerous threat in West after destroy Kings” – Wilbon

Messi says he will not put an age on his retirement Tony how about you I’m Tony Kornheiser I retired 5 years ago I’m just doing this for kicks I’m actually reti okay all right just checking yeah you don’t have a you don’t have an A of mandatory retirement age for

Yourself about 104 I don’t know if I get that far I think that would probably be enough right welcome to PTI boys and girls in today’s episode the NFL takes on the ba on Christmas Day the Diamondbacks land Jordan Montgomery and Yukon coach Dan Hurley joins us for five

Good minutes but we begin today with a situation I predicted and feared last night we are once again leading with the Lakers we can’t quit them the Lakers who were playing without LeBron James came back from 19 down in the fourth to beat Milwaukee in Milwaukee in double

Overtime meanwhile a team we don’t discuss as much the Mavericks won their ninth game in their last 10 climbed in the sixth place in the west by beating the former sixth place team Sacramento by 36 points so wilbon which was the bigger result oh the Lakers Tony the

Lakers and I I love taunting you with this at 5 o’clock this morning Pacific time when I said oh Tony you called it what are we leading the show with we got everything in there except Steph Curry so far but I’ll work him in but Tony I’m

Going to say the Lakers I did something last night I almost never do because it’s three hours earlier out here I knew the results of Lakers Milwaukee and I knew how it happened and I was so freaked out by the Lakers being able to come back from this large amount in just

A few minutes I watched the game again Turner put the game on you know at a reasonable time out here meaning like 10 o’clock and I watched it again just so I could see it and understand it without LeBron James it’s a bad loss from Milwaukee let me start there on T night

Giannis has a triple double and 20 plus rebounds but Tony the lake look like they did last year when they got it together and they made a run of the Conference Finals I’m not saying they could beat Denver in the first round series if they go 8-1 I’m not saying

That but Tony they’re dangerous and Dallas I’m giving all the credit to Jason kid Luc is great when you get Kyrie playing that way great I’m giving that credit to Jason kid for putting that all together but the Lakers is the answer to your question I am so happy to be on this

Show today to be able to talk about the Lakers winning and to be able to talk about the Warriors winning cuz the Warriors won last night in Miami right by 21 points yes right so so we can talk about the Lakers and the Warriors because on any day that ends in why we

Get to talk about the Lakers and the Warriors and I get to ask this question which one of them do you think is going to go on a run I get to ask that question I get to be delusional about teams that are in the playin the Ninth

Place team and the 10th Place team because the Lakers and the Warriors are to PTI what Dak Prescott’s contract is to First Take a story that you cannot pound into the ground the truth of the matter is right now every night in the NBA a team blows a big lead a team beats

A team they shouldn’t beat and a team moves incrementally in the standings and none of it matters at all right now because what matters right now is not right now it’s to 2 and a half weeks from now it’s the playoff as long as you’re in the mix Mike life goes on and

You’ve got a chance that’s all I’m saying all wait wait wait you asked the question now I’m gonna make you answer it does either no I asked the question in just no I don’t care I asked it in just it’s in just I’m strangled by the Lakers and the

Warriors which one cuz you cuz here’s the dirty little truth here’s the dirty little truth you love those those two because you love LeBron and Steph Stephen LeBron so are you rooting for one harder than the other I’m rooting for you Mike I’m rooting for whatever makes you happy in

The NBA cop out what a cop out that’s your all I don’t want to hear about push anymore with that copout discussion it’s March 27 but let’s talk about Christmas Day the NFL announced yesterday it was scheduled two games Christmas Day this year even though the holiday fall falls

On a Wednesday just last year the leag said it wasn’t looking to play on Wednesdays the NBA season is traditionally kicked off for real you know starts November 1st but for real December 25 with up to five big matchups so Tony how should the NBA handle the NFL’s

Encroachment yeah how should they handle it they should get together a high level contingent of Executives they should walk over to the NFL office is on Park Avenue carrying a white flag they should say we surrender have pity on us because that look this is this is somebody in

The NFL woke up one morning and listed a whole bunch of questions that starts with this question how come the NBA owns Christmas where is that written Christmas day is at the end of December that is in the peak of our season why are we giving this over to the NBA let’s

Crush them like bugs and that’s what happened this P year the NBA had its worst ratings ever on Christmas day they were down 30% from the previous worst ratings the NFL just walked in there put on a bunch of games and that was it and

So if I’m the NBA this is what I’m going to do Mike and this going to make you happy there’s only two games the NFL is going to show on Christmas day I’m going to go before them I’m going to start at 8 in the morning Pacific time with

Breakfast with LeBron and Steph that’s what what I’m going to do no you’re not going to do that and we know the NFL is no match the NBA is no match for the NFL it’s not this is not a new story the NFL is going to get nearly 30 million people

And the NBA if it’s lucky is going to get five that’s the way it’s going to go unless the NBA decides to just appeal to its International audience it’s International audience and in China alone even though you don’t care the fact is they would crush the NFL because

They do but we’re talking about a domestic question now and the thing they have to do is Tony simply wor about their own audience they have to hold their own loyal fans that’s it they can’t compete they’re not going to get 27 million they’ve got to try to get

Back up closer to five and appeal to their group by having better matchups and maybe better times and maybe fitting it around what the NFL does but you can’t just roll over and have no content you can’t do that so how do you keep 5 million people while the NFL does its

Deal and that’s what the NBA has to worry how do we keep our loyal viewers I agree with that I’m going to put them on at noon or something like that a lot of people are going to say the NFL is just being greedy because they’re put doing

This on Wednesday what are they doing what they’re doing on Christmas Day is making America happy America wants to watch football on Christmas day it’s as simple as that they want to watch it we move to baseball Jordan Montgomery left-handed starter in the last of Scott boris’s big clients who was unsigned is

Now signed Montgomery took a one-year deal for $25 million to pitch for the Arizona Diamondbacks and try to help them get back to the World Series wellan how should Montgomery feel about the deal he took damn happy he’s getting $25 million I I’m not going to hold a

GoFundMe for Jordan mtgy or any Scott Boris clients and I’m past the point of having anxiety because somebody didn’t get a Bryce Harper $400 million I don’t give a damn I don’t as a matter of fact part of me saying good it’s fine he is getting $25 million you know what that

Used to be called and maybe is still called in most quarters in the world it’s called generational wealth so I’m not going Tony I have no thoughts at all that oh my God the market worked against Scott boy I don’t give a damn what happened he’s got a good pay day a good

Years on a team that got to did they get to the World Series the Diamondbacks so good yes good for good for good for Montgomery okay so yeah how should he feel he should feel great that he’s got an opportunity to get back to the World

Series cuz he was on the winning team in the World Series last year he was on Texas he should feel great about that he’s he’s signed he’s pitching he appears to be healthy good for him but I think what he’s going to do is sit down

In a room and basically say this how did this happen to me I just had my best year ever ER wise 3 .20 while I was with Texas in the second half of the year was 2.79 I won three playoff games and I’ve just watched Tyler glos right he got

Five years and $135 million I believe from the Dodgers while this guy’s sitting here with his thumb in the air like you got to wonder you may not care about this but Scott Boris appears to have gone over for five he wanted multi-year contracts for his players he

Wanted $100 million at least and none of them got it the two pitchers got oneyear deals exact two of the hitters got threeyear deals but there’s an opt out after one you know it looked like sh atani and maybe Aaron Nola sucked all the money out of

The room let’s take a break coming up we have a few questions for the coach of Defending Champion you defending Champion Yukon has rolled through the first two rounds of the men’s tournament now faces San Diego State on Thursday I think they beat for the national championship last year we’re pleased to

Welcome in the coach of the Huskies Dan Hurley who willbon and I remember since he’s a kid since he’s a kid let’s start with this over the last two years Yukon has won eight straight NCAA tournament games all by double digits but you often seem upset with the play of your team you

Were up 33 at the half over STS and you seemed a little bit upset how can you imagine the team being better you look so good so far yeah I think uh you know I don’t show me a great coach that’s ever really kind of happy with how things are going

Um you know I I haven’t seen them i’ I’ve seen you know Nick Sabin and and these coaches losing their minds in games when the execution just you know falls off a little bit um and obviously what we’re trying to do this year is is is something that’s that’s not been done

A lot uh trying to make history and in order to do that you know you got to be uh you got to be on point well it clearly is working for you Dan the athletic ask your players if you are more int since this year than you

Were last year when you only won something we can call the national championship and one player said oh he’s way harder on this year’s team how do you do it how do you make it work there’s no Rebellion these guys are buying into you but how and

Why yeah we we just um you know we’ve got a culture and and uh you we’re up we’re up front about it when we recruit these guys you know we’ve got you know kind of like old souls old school families uh around these players old school mentality with the players

Themselves you know they allow us to coach them hard and get the absolute most out of them you know they’re all about winning uh and and really I think you know when you play at a place like Yukon with the history with Coach Calhoun and and gin ARA and Kevin oi the

National Championship uh you know tradition and recent history done it better than anyone else uh you know in college basketball uh you know that there’s a there’s a pressure here that I think prepares you to play in March uh every time you step on the court at

Yukon it’s a big game so I think we could handle you know the spotlight well this time of year I want to zero in a little bit on sort of what happened going into this tournament you were a little tough on the selection committee for your path by the way Tony and I

Agreed with you and even on Thursday night’s early start time against San Diego State do you really think the committee was trying to make it tough on you guys did it just wind up this way or is it part of your us against the world approach I don’t know if the players

Could hear me right now uh I don’t believe I don’t really believe that they are conspiring against me uh my family my program I don’t believe that but uh I do think that uh you know that that you got to use some external things to to

Keep that edge and uh and to keep that Focus especially now where we were we were closer to being picked fourth in the Big East preseason poll than we were third um by the coaches so yeah we didn’t come into the season with the expectation that we were going to be the

Best team in the country uh and I’m just I’ve tried this whole year to root out complacency with all of my people in the organization you know to the point of risking driving people crazy um but when you’re trying to you reach crazy levels of success uh you know you you’ve got to

Be wired a little bit different you are not as old of course as Tony and I are but you’re old enough to have a sense of college basketball history to a great degree and so Dan what is what resonates with you who and what teams resonate with you going back

Whether it’s back as far as you and LV and those teams or further or of course the great Duke teams or cans who and what resonates with you in that way what does great college basketball look like I mean really all of it I mean my first memories really would be the Big

East Tour tourament Pearl Washington the late Pearl uh you know versus those Georgetown teams at MSG uh you know when the Big East was just about to take off and uh you know the the the NC State Houston Lorenzo Charles F slam Jama you know Michael Jordan George toown final

Four uh you know all the way then obviously that you know growing up intimate uh you know understanding of the you know Duke UNLV that great game in in Indiana uh after getting blown out in Denver uh so obviously when your when your dad is is Bob Hurley senior the

Exposure to basketball started you know particularly young age we’ll get you out of here on this and by the way you have just talked about wilbon’s career and my career covering college basketball all the way through so we have nothing more to say about that but we’ll get to you on this

Question all right you’ve been known to be highly superstitious but your dad a great basketball coach said he constantly messes with you you never know when he’s being serious and you got a good friend I hope I pronounce his name right Jeff Billet who just says

He’s full of bleep he’s the best we think maybe you’re pulling everybody’s leg is that true superstitions oh I I I’ve got um it’s crazy and it’s like the pressure to kind of remember like what outfit I wore two days out from a game one day out uh what

Socks I wore uh the underwear obviously you’ve got a of attention you know the dragon underwear that right now is is on this eight game you know NCA winning streak it’s also I’m wearing the same suit and dress shirt uh my my shoes too I’m wearing the same shoes that I wore

When I coached at Rhode Island in a tournament and had success they desperately need some work from a cobbler uh the Eminem I got a lot of stuff going on right now and it’s it’s it’s been a nice distraction from maybe uh you know the pressure what we’re trying to pull

Off that’s great to hear for somebody like me who carries amulets with him for good luck thank you and best of luck so much appreciate it appreciate you guys let’s take one last break still to come Coach Cal for for spee oh oh that’s you for for for for helloe spee video

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Pardon the Interruption | “Mavericks are most dangerous threat in West after destroy Kings” – Wilbon