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The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Hour 1: Dave Almost Fought Wayne Gretzky

10 Apr 2026

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Chapter 1: What recent NBA news is discussed regarding the Miami Heat?

0.031 - 3.863 Dan Le Batard

This is the Dan Lebitard Show with the Stugatz Podcast.

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8.177 - 30.338 Unknown

This episode of the Dan Lebitard Show is presented by DraftKings. DraftKings, the crown is yours. It's a record. It's a record.

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30.558 - 31.72 Stugotz

Incredible composure.

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32.321 - 32.821 Unknown

Unbelievable.

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33.322 - 33.863 Stugotz

Incredible.

34.264 - 37.108 Dave Dameshek

We cracked back here. We got to be better next time.

37.128 - 38.75 Unknown

Yeah, that's on us.

38.771 - 54.895 Stugotz

So I wouldn't normally reference something from Draymond Green's show, Draymond Green's podcast. And yes, Draymond Green, of course, has a podcast because if you don't have a podcast, you're a huge loser. Everybody's got a podcast. And Draymond Green had Anthony Davis on.

Chapter 2: What are the favorite sports teams that never won a championship?

54.875 - 79.482 Stugotz

on his podcast recently, and among other things, like talking about when he found out he was traded and how all of that went down, I thought maybe the most interesting thing that I heard from Anthony Davis that came from that was Anthony Davis talking about how winning the championship in the bubble, he's not even sure, like you hear people say, oh, it doesn't count, it's not a real championship.

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80.123 - 84.848 Stugotz

You've never heard one of the players who were on the Lakers say that until now.

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88.439 - 114.623 Anthony Davis

about that, right? Like, man, did I really win a championship? And you hear the noise, which to me is probably the hardest championship to ever accomplish. But for me, I also feel like I know I'm a champion, but I don't really... I want the real experience, right? So, which is why it's like, I want to compete so bad. I want to compete for a championship so bad because I want to go on the road.

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114.963 - 130.347 Anthony Davis

I want to go into, you know, now I'm Eastern Conference, now Western Conference team, you know, arena and got to win on the road. You know, I want that. I remember the playoff times in New Orleans and after COVID the playoff environments in L.A.

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130.828 - 143.931 Anthony Davis

where, you know, I mean, we played y'all in New Orleans and it's all red in there and the crowd is loud and they're cheering for you and everything like that. So, like, I want that. And I've never had a chance to experience that in a final situation.

Chapter 3: What does Anthony Davis say about the legitimacy of his championship?

144.452 - 161.116 Anthony Davis

Right. And for me, you know, it's like, man, did I win? Did I not win? Like, I know I'm listed as a champion, but it's like, I'm not sure. So it motivates me more now to like, you know what? I gotta, I gotta have that opportunity again.

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161.657 - 168.126 Stugotz

By the way, the heat face Anthony Davis and the wizards tonight. Uh, I've never heard a, a player, uh,

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169.068 - 189 Stugotz

reference that champion a player who's on the lakers player who was awesome yeah that entire post they don't they don't especially in the finals in the finals he was incredible yeah i've never heard a player on that laker team talk like that that's pretty like he's doubting if he's even a real champion it had to be weird it has to be weird

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189.875 - 214.981 Unknown

It definitely, listen, appreciation during the COVID run there that we had the distraction and that they went forward with the playoffs in hockey as well as basketball. It counts for half. It is meaningful. It is listed on the resume. But let's not jive ourselves. Let's not jive the men in the mirror looking back at us.

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Chapter 4: How do fans perceive the importance of championships in sports?

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It only counts for half. It was a different event. It is asterisked. It's almost like, not exactly, but a little World Baseball Classic kind of vibe. Like, yeah, that goes on the resume. Yeah, you won that title. But it's not the same as winning a regular NBA or Stanley Cup championship.

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234.188 - 252.366 Dave Dameshek

Are we going to do a sports show right now? I disagree because it was the same rules as everyone. In fact, I think a more bastardized version of sports was won the following year when they were playing in half-empty arenas and guys kept missing games, which is why I think that Suns-Bucks NBA Finals is what actually set the sport back. We move on. We have some breaking NBA news.

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According to Sham Sharani, the Miami Heat are waving guard Terry Rozier today. According to ESPN, Rozier has been placed on leave by the NBA since October after federal indictments into sports gambling activity. Miami will open up a roster spot just in time to be the 10th seed and get bounced from the playoffs.

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Chapter 5: What is the story behind Dave Dameshek almost fighting Wayne Gretzky?

270.331 - 273.055 Unknown

Wow, he included that last part? Yeah, it's crazy. Sorry.

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273.102 - 284.018 Stugotz

What is the timing of that? Is it because they're going to pull one of those moves where you sign one of the G League players at the end of the season and it's some weird contract detail? Is that the timing of it?

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284.098 - 287.022 Dave Dameshek

I think they just realized, man, we're not really getting anything for this guy.

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287.043 - 288.044 Stugotz

He's not going to be back in time.

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288.084 - 294.874 Dave Dameshek

This guy's not helping us at all. Zazz, this might be performance-based.

294.854 - 303.943 Stugotz

So, Dave, I'm going to give you your chance here. I know you started the show. You mentioned it. You're on cloud nine. Tell everybody why you're so happy today.

Chapter 6: What are the cultural implications of clapping in movie theaters?

303.963 - 304.244 Stugotz

Go ahead.

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304.364 - 322.866 Unknown

Well, it's because my favorite football team is hasn't been in the championship game in 16 years. So they've resolved to chase a 43 year old man whose last championship appearance was 16 years ago. So, oh, wait, no, no, no, that's not what we're talking about.

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322.886 - 344.989 Unknown

I'm talking about the improbable run of old man Kid Crosby and all of his pals making it into the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in three or four years. Roy and I are over the moon. The greatest player of the millennium proving what... Yeah, I get it. 97 is a talented hockey player, McJesus, but he's never won a Stanley Cup.

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The most significant player of this century and his friends are back where they belong, playing in springtime. And everybody, including the hockey fans in South Florida, are going to gather around the screens to see if he has one more Stanley Cup run in him. Let's go, 87. These are the good times.

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364.479 - 369.163 Stugotz

I don't... I have... you know, through his career, not liked Sidney Crosby.

Chapter 7: What experiences do guests share about walking out of movies?

369.443 - 369.744 Stugotz

All right.

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369.864 - 376.857 Unknown

I don't like, I never get that. I never get it. I'll tell you why people dislike the, the, the, except that he's great.

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376.957 - 386.714 Stugotz

Of course, of course he's incredible, but I will tell you why, like the behavior on the ice, some of the antics he's, he's got a little bit of that. Uh, he's got, he's, he's a pest. Yeah.

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386.734 - 390.1 Dave Dameshek

Yeah. We like guys that play the game the right way. Like Matthew could chuck.

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390.08 - 404.223 Stugotz

Yeah, he's a little bit dirty. I was just going to say. I don't like Sidney Crosby, but I will tell you, I would not mind seeing the Penguins and Sidney Crosby make a run. I think it's a cool story.

Chapter 8: What are the reactions to the Cannes Film Festival's standing ovations?

404.363 - 406.045 Stugotz

I would. Why is it, Roy?

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406.085 - 415.018 Unknown

Let's dig in here. What is the psychological background here? Why do people dislike number eight? I think it's similar reasons that I just laid out.

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415.038 - 424.28 Mike Ryan Ruiz

Yes, exactly. It's exactly what Zaslow said. I mean, this man shot the finger off of another player. Did he? Yes, he did. Wow. Was that legal? It was a slash, so no.

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I'm sorry he doesn't behave himself like a debutante who needs to be defended by burly friends of his like Wayne Ogretzky used to. Did I ever tell you about the time that I had the occasion to cross paths with the alleged great one? No. Back at Jimmy Kimmel Live. Go ahead. In the early days of the late night show, Wayne Gretzky was booked as a guest.

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And in the afternoon before he made his appearance, I was talking with the host of the show. And I said, please ask him. I don't like his passive aggressive way when 66 Mario Lemieux, the greatest player in the game's name, is invoked. You know, it's weird. It must be like asking Babe Ruth, what do you think about Willie Mays? Is that true? He's weird about it? In my book, yes.

476.037 - 491.392 Unknown

And 66 is always classy. He's a gentleman. Oh, to share the ice with 99. What a thrill. And I mean, by the way, they're only four or five years apart in age. So it was always a little bit weird. 99 felt probably like, who's this newcomer?

491.432 - 502.403 Stugotz

Does any sport, by the way, if I could interject real quick, does any sport, by the way, get referenced by its fans the way hockey does with just the numbers? Like what Dave is doing right now, 66 and 99.

502.383 - 529.133 Unknown

feel like it's a very hockey they also have like cuckoo numbers so right it's they have numbers that you don't often see right right imagine the pressure imagine the pressure on this 18 year old french canadian kid who's supposed to be the next gretzky who's only like i say four or five years older than him and they say you're gonna be the next 99 and what does he do he flips the 99 upside down and makes it 66

529.113 - 548.536 Unknown

to say, I'm ready to win. I'm not going to hide from this thing. And whenever asked about Mario Lemieux, Gretzky, I always found him, like I say, passive aggressive. So Jimmy Kimmel, sure enough, he's sitting next to him on panel. And he says, who in your book, one of our writers wants to know, who do you think is the greatest player of all time?

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