The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
David Samson Will NOT Be At Your Championship Parade | Hour 1
18 Jun 2026
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Chapter 1: What are the hosts' views on ESPN's World Cup coverage?
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I will apologize yet again to the very punctual David Sampson, very organized David Sampson, that our show is always eight minutes late when he is a human who is exceptionally punctual. And we're always making him wait because we've always got our thumb and our foot.
uh... but i have a number of questions to ask david that don't have anything to do with sports in in the moment and one of them is this david i feel bad every single time this happens and yet i can't stop it from happening and it just won't stop happening to me David Sampson does a show with Coca by themselves. It's very hard to do what they're doing.
He's talking all the time without quite as much support as we have around here. And I'm perpetually, accidentally texting him during his show live. because I forget that he's on the air and I don't know it's 7.06 in the morning instead of 6.43 and I'm not paying attention to whether or not David Sampson's on the air and so I'm actively distracting. I am Ronaldo.
I'm getting in the way of David Sampson being able to do his job better and he has a compulsive need also to answer every single text he gets so He ends up doing a live show while texting me the guilt of live on air.
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Chapter 2: How does David Samson feel about being late to the show?
The reminder of he doesn't have to do that. He can just not answer. But he's like, live on air because he wants to make me feel bad, but I already do feel bad because I can't stop doing it.
It'd be great if this preamble lasts 25 more minutes. Just never get to him. Apologize for being late. Dan, I will be quick. We'll talk to you next time.
Nice time with you. Do that. I'll be quick with you, Dan. I don't buy your excuses anymore. It's been 7 a.m. for a year. You do it all the time. And you know that you're on my very short list of people where the alert comes through because I assume when you are texting me, there is of some meaning to it.
Chapter 3: What unusual grocery store behavior do the hosts discuss?
And I don't want to leave you hanging because you want to respond. So I'm going to respond. But you do it in the middle of a show and then apologize. So I'm over it. It's fine. I've learned to live with it. The list is very short of people who get through the barrier between 7 and 9, and you're on it, and you're never going to get off it as long as you have me at Metal Ark.
I'm interested in who's on this list. Like, who gets through at 7 in the morning? So Dan gets through, and no one else in this room, right?
Yes, one other person gets through. Jeremy.
Jeremy.
Mike Ryan.
I can't believe you and Roy have that relationship.
When Mike knows, because Mike knows. Mike is aware of the time, so if he's texting between 7 and 9, there is a critical issue that needs to be addressed, not general drivel.
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Chapter 4: What are the implications of trade discussions involving Jalen Brown?
Okay, and you're responding to Dan during your show? Like, you can't, like, you start to get agita, right, if you don't respond?
No, I'm actually, I was doing a segment when he texted.
What were you talking about? Do you remember? Do you remember what, was it difficult subject matter? Were you talking about Israel?
No, I was likely talking about the fight going on between Fox and ESPN at the moment regarding the World Cup. That's sort of been my angle. Now, this is happening now that I'm going to do. Oh, Chris, this is a joke. All right. Thank you.
Well, it's not between seven and nine. No, it's not between...
So let me tell you this story. If Cody calls while I'm on the air, the assumption is that there's a technical issue or that I need to know not to talk about something. So I'm going to answer you guys. You kill me.
I really wish, David, that you had answered the phone and then heard Chris Cody. I wish we'd heard it through the speaker in your phone. Chris Cody calling you from the other room. I want to get to the ESPN coverage because holy people are complaining about it.
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Chapter 5: How do the hosts critique ESPN's portrayal of the World Cup?
But before we do that, I want to get Zaz's answer to my question before the break. And David, I want to include you in on this conversation. in the information age and in the misinformation age. We've got a whole bunch of people reporting on Giannis and Jalen Brown.
And I'm telling you that I know that Mike Ryan's information is good because anytime he's put a story in front of people here, it's happened. So what am I to do, Zazz, before we go to Samson, on the fact that three credible reporters, including Windhorse, are saying something? I don't know if you think they're all paid propaganda for the Celtics. They're all bought in some way.
They're saying one thing and Mike Ryan is saying the opposite a day after I've told you. He says, who do you believe? It's going to get kind of important in tomorrow's America that you have people you believe on information.
Yeah, this is a tough one for me because you know the way that I lean, which is I go with the really credible guys, the guys like Wintour's who aren't afraid to tell you when they don't know. I feel like a lot of the guys out there on television and even some of them on the internet, they'll tell you something because they have to be in the game. They have to have some kind of information.
And the reason I tell you that this is hard for me to decipher now because... I trust Mike. Like, I know him, and I trust him, and he's not making things up.
But I trust his work, though. It's the body of work. It's not just trusting Mike, your friend, and you trust a friend.
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Chapter 6: What is James Dolan's role in the Knicks' recent success?
He's broken some of the biggest stories in sports the last few years.
Look, I don't like how this is being, like, positioned. They're saying that Jalen Brown isn't on the table. I'm telling you, I'm hearing something totally different. That Jalen Brown is absolutely involved in these discussions. And guys, just use your brains here.
If Boston is indeed interested in Giannis, which everyone from the Boston media is conceding, then Jalen Brown is obviously being discussed. It is not a non-starter for Boston, especially given Jalen Brown's behavior. And if he is indeed... being talked about in these discussions, that's a horse of a different color if you're a Miami Heat fan.
Here's the place where I do doubt what you're saying because, okay, Boston has Jalen Brown on the table. What are we still doing here? Like, what's the holdup then?
There's other teams.
Other teams what?
There's other teams to facilitate because this isn't a one-for-one.
But it's not hard to find any number of teams that want Jalen Brown and will give up the draft capital.
No, no. If you follow the league, there is uncertainty about one of the teams out there and what their capital may look like. Look, the Los Angeles Clippers would be an interesting destination.
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Chapter 7: What are the hosts' opinions on celebrity involvement in sports parades?
One that would suit Jalen Brown. Jalen Brown has shown you in his career he can fit in with another wing that eats first. But... What's going to happen to their draft assets? Could the league hand down punishment? I do think that there is some uncertainty with some of these teams. And remember, Tony brought up the third team for a reason.
Because ultimately, you're looking at a team in the Clippers that, yes, they have that fifth pick available. But what? If you're Milwaukee, you might get that fifth pick, maybe one other future pick, and then a bunch of expiring salary and salary filler. Yeah. Especially if the Heat were able to facilitate Hero to another team and you're getting potentially four picks. That looks different.
And the other thing, too, is Jalen Brown wants to get a trade, but then he's going to get traded to the same exact situation he just left in another all-star great wing. It doesn't make sense.
Well, David, let me throw this back to you. Let's say... Los Angeles, the Clippers are interested in facilitating this deal and certainly would be interested in a deal that helps them net Jalen Brown. In these discussions, how would Boston and Milwaukee handle the Clippers investigation right now?
Because the league may drop down a punishment and couldn't draft picks be potentially on the line here?
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Chapter 8: What humorous anecdotes emerge during the parade discussion?
They're definitely on the line. In those conversations, you call the league, actually. When you are looking at a player and you know there's an investigation around that player, around that team, you call the commissioner and look for guidance.
And the commissioner is not going to tell you exactly what the punishment is prior to the report being given to the owners, but they will certainly give you the guidance of timing. And we saw Adam Silver do that.
At PTFO, we, they, I almost said we, interesting, all of us are ready because we believe that post-parade pre-draft is when there's going to be an announcement of what the findings have been by the investigating firm Wachtell Lipton. And that would make the most sense to give certainty to all of the clubs in the NBA.
So the timing's now, but you do work prior to the announcement, but that's why there's no Giannis trade yet, because you have to know the entire circumstances surrounding every team, and there's great uncertainty with the Clippers. However, the other side is, I don't think internally there's as much uncertainty as what I'm telling you exists publicly.
I believe the Clippers are very aware of what their punishment is, Steve Ballmer will not read about it from a press release. He's going to be spoken to. There will be a discussion. Some would argue that discussion has already happened long before Wachtell Lipton even started their investigation. But the absolute finish to the Aspiration investigation is when it is publicly announced.
But in terms of teams being ready, they're getting ready right now.
I want to get to James Dolan with you, and we're going to see who joins us for the parade and how good the Wi-Fi is. We're going to check in with a New York parade that has already been shut down and closed off. And while I want an answer to the question on just generally who's credible, who do you believe? I do want to move to a different subject as well, because.
The amount of criticism ESPN is getting for not reaching this particular moment in the world's game is a delicate spot for me to be in because people are always going to assume that if I'm critical of ESPN, I'm being bitter, I'm mad about something or whatever else, okay?
So I'm simply telling you that I'm reading an enormous amount of criticism and also it's supremely jarring to me to watch ESPN and have them use pictures the way we do, stills, because they don't have the video to something and it makes it really hard to cover this particular thing if all you have is stills and you see how FIFA is very protective about, you better not be using any of their stuff, their sponsors or anything, because they get all the money.
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