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Chapter 1: Why does Dan hate the New York Knicks?
This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast. Against the Spread is presented by DraftKings. DraftKings, the crown is yours. Roy, what do we got?
Kings at Avalanche tonight. The Avalanche are one and a half goal favorites. Yeah, take them against the spread. Tony. So Lakers are going to be dogs every game in this series.
Yeah. All right. But yet they'll probably win one. You're already wrong. I don't know, man. They won a game. I mean, I didn't expect Durant not to play.
What are you saying I don't know, man, for when you apologized for this yesterday? You said they weren't going to win a game and they won the first game.
I didn't apologize. Durant not playing. You said this before you knew their opponent. Yeah. Okay, that's not true. Yes, it is.
You said it yesterday. Yes, it is. How would I know they're not going to win a game if I don't know who they're playing against? You said it. You proclaimed this. What if they were playing against Portland? You proclaimed it. What if they were playing Golden State? You proclaimed this weeks ago.
They would have never done that. It was a decree. Not only that, we knew number one, number two seeds were locked. We know the Lakers could only finish best as three.
You knew that. You've got to wait 82 games. You've got to see outstanding shakeout.
A big sign of emotional maturity is being able to admit when you had it wrong. You're an emotional baby.
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Chapter 2: What makes LeBron James a unique athlete?
You mentioned the Lakers. Per Andrew Marchand of The Athletic, Mike Tomlin is headed to NBC and Football Night in America. Oh, let me find this here. I'm sorry. Splash. I was a little slow there. Maybe he'll explain to us the first time there why he let the Steelers.
You're like a dog with a bone on this one.
I'm just curious. It really is just unending curiosity. I'd like to hear from somebody who's entertaining and has been a pillar in that sport for a long time. I'm not used to mysteries being involved with how it is that somebody who's never had a losing season leaves quietly and doesn't say anything to anybody.
Don't blink. We blink first. That's an upgrade over Dungy, right? Yes.
You mentioned blinking and don't blink first. Why did I see when I walked in today a leaf blower being blown in the face of people with terrible facial hair? And I will get to the basketball from last night in a second because that was a lot of fun, what happened to the New York Knicks last night, what the Atlanta Hawks did last night. But I don't want to get there until I show this competition.
And, Chris, you're going to have to explain to me what this is.
He doesn't know anything. I know, Dan. I saw it too, but go ahead. This is part and parcel with the basketball from last night. The Cleveland Cavaliers in the middle of the quarter breaks, they'll do little games, and this one was don't blink. The don't blink contest.
So what they do is they take a leaf blower and have you open your eyes, and then they spray you with air for as much as possible, and then you have the timer in the bottom corner, and it's like, all right, it's like riding a bull. How long can I stay on this bull? How long can I get a leaf blower blown into my face?
Right. The thing that's interesting about it is the air is blowing so hard that the eyelids are moving. Yeah, that guy looked like he blinked ten times. It's tough to tell when the actual blink happens and what's just your eyelids being pushed back. See, like right here. It's blinking. It looks like a bunch of blinks. He's blinking a lot.
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Chapter 3: How do the Knicks' recent playoff performances impact their fans?
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The thing that I had last night, Zaslow, that doesn't happen to me very often, okay? I don't think, never mind sports, I don't think there's anything in the world that does this to me. I think this is my number one problem. I'm a hater. There's nothing else to be said. I'm just being a hater here.
The way the Knicks lost last night, which hasn't happened since Reggie Miller did it to them in the playoffs, that kind of game where they're leading in the fourth quarter and then everything falls apart. They're missing their free throws. They've got a bunch of turnovers. Now everyone's questioning how it is Mike Brown is using Carl Anthony Towns and Jalen Brunson.
And there is just so much noise around the first round of C.J. McCollum took you out. C.J. McCollum is playing the Trey Young role of being the villain in Madison Square Garden when he's one of the sweetest guys in the league. And just a great trade for that team in general because they don't have any playoff experience. Not that he has that much, but he's a steady hand.
And he dusted the Knicks in that game even though he missed a couple of free throws that could have cost them. Yeah. the game. So the thing that I wanted to ask you guys is, what is your number one I'm a hater thing? I'm just a hater because I don't think I even have a second one in enjoying the shutting up of that fan base.
Now this is something that comes from the roots of South Florida where I'm just used to, it's not even the Heat-Knicks rivalry from a million years ago. I'm just so used to New Yorkers living in our city while telling us that New York is better while living in our city that those loud people, I enjoy suffering that particular loss. Have you seen some of these numbers?
They are now 53-1 when leading by 10 entering the fourth quarter.
Of a playoff game, I think, in their history, right?
Yeah, of a playoff game. And the only one there is the Reggie Miller game. Yeah, that's right. Like, that's the only one. I'm sorry. So now they're 53-2. When they lead by double figures going into the fourth quarter, they win that game at home. And now this is something that's different about the Knicks now. This has changed about the Knicks. They're the ones with the playoff experience.
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Chapter 4: What is the significance of LeBron playing with his son?
Number five is Arsenal. Number four, I told you, in the name of equality, Angel Reese. Don't look at me like that. Equality means we get to hate people unreasonably. Number three, Florida State. Number two, Florida Gators.
Number three, Florida State.
Hey, it's Mike Ryan. And I want to talk to you about the random midweek hang that you have with your friends. Maybe it's an NBA game. You get a text. Hey, come over. You want to watch the game? And maybe you're like, I don't know. I kind of just wanted to stay home. And then you think about it after your buddy hits you up.
And you know just the thing that'll make that regular hang, that regular midweek hang around the basketball game into a special time. Into basketball. A Miller time. That's right, this happened to me just last week.
I grabbed a six-pack of Miller Lite, said I was on my way, and next thing you know, we're arguing about rotations like we're on the coaching staff, yelling about a missed call, and the game's coming down to the final possession. It was one of those nights that you look around, you take a sip, and you think, yeah, this was the right call. And my friendship's stronger for it.
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Going for two when you're up by five. Switching the zone when man isn't working. Oh, and building your new stadium in a state your team actually plays in. In sports, some things just make sense. You know what else makes sense? Drinking JƤgermeister shots. Ice cold.
Drinking it any other way would be like punting on first down or letting your worst hitter bat first or like going for two when you're down three with a second to go. It wouldn't make any sense. So don't let the team down when it comes to Jagermeister. Drink it cold or don't drink it at all. Jagermeister. Damn, that's cold. Drink responsibly. Jagermeister liqueur. 35% alcohol by volume.
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Chapter 5: How does LeBron's age affect his performance in the league?
that's not hating that's hunger no that is just hey i'm gonna get my name on this list first he hates someone sitting before you guys i think the reason that sometimes i'll like walk past them fast if they happen to get out of the car and they're walking in casually i'll just speed walk in but but you're also thinking in your head oh man like like they know that i'm trying to beat them
That's in your mind.
Okay, you guys are doing competition and you're also doing, I suppose, hatred, but you're not playing the same game that I'm playing. When you're hating, textbook definition hating is you're enjoying that someone else is suffering. You're not trying to just beat someone.
It's so happy. Me and my wife high five if I beat them in there. She walks in, I'm like, fist me.
You think that person is suffering? You think that person is suffering? Knicks fans couldn't sleep last night. Knicks fans that care about this team wake up in the morning and they feel today like a sickness. Like their team's in trouble now. They don't totally trust it. What the hell was that with Carl Anthony Towns late in the game? They're the best fourth quarter team in the league.
I have a 20-minute wait. They have a 25-minute wait. Dan, these Knicks fans, they're imbeciles, all right? Like, you see these videos that are outside Madison Square Garden. After game number one, it was like they won the NBA Finals. And guess what? They did it again last night. They're out there just chanting Knicks in five now.
They just lost, and these imbeciles are out there celebrating and partying Knicks in five. Dan, they chant during the game, F. Trey Young. It was like eight years ago. He's a wizard. It was a first-round series. It was like Trae Young beat them in the finals. It was a first-round series like eight years ago. He plays for the Wizards, and they got better than him.
Like not even a minute ago, you joined me in a Paul Pierce sucks chant. It's always F. Paul Pierce. Dan, I think the real true thing of a hater is can you hate even though the person is successful? It's easy to be a hater when somebody loses. Can you be a hater when somebody wins? And that's where I'm with Wemby. Anything he does, I'm done. I'm done with Wemby. What? I'm so good.
I can dunk from here. I can do a spin move and a crossover here. Oh, I talk about societal issues. Oh, I'm so cautious. Oh, there it is. I'm done with this guy. This guy likes climate change. No, it's not about climate change. It's about I got an answer for everything. Oh, Portland's a good team. Yeah, but he talks like he's Bill Russell.
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Chapter 6: What are the implications of the Knicks losing in the playoffs?
There's nothing wrong with Victor Weminyama ever. How are the Knicks not on your list anywhere?
They're funny. Yeah. They're funny. We are so far removed from that being a rivalry. They're nothing. And they haven't meant anything to the Miami Heat since before the 21st century, really. No threat.
Okay, but the way you guys are doing that hating, though, is it's also soaked in some jealousy. That's not what I'm doing.
Yes, how do they affect you?
Mine is pure schadenfreude. Mine is simply enjoying the suffering of someone else, and I don't do it with anything else. I guess Alabama did some of this to me after Nick Saban started hogging all of the championships. Very faintly, though. It isn't anything compared. It isn't anything compared to this, but it's not from the jealousy of they beat me or they've passed me.
It's simply just loud New York arrogance seeing it punctured in a way that is just textbook choking. Because that game last night, Zaslo, what were your takeaways as you did tablet time because you're snoring too much and you're watching too much wrestling and Tamara says that you've got to watch everything under the covers hidden from her.
I liked it. I was glad that the Hawks, you know, last night, I proclaim, Dan, coming into the week, NBA playoffs have been a dud. Well, last night took a turn for the better.
You happy now?
I am very happy now. That's right. Give me some road teams. Can you win a game on the road? Minnesota did. Atlanta did. So now we're cooking. And, of course, New York, the way that they blew that game. Jalen Brunson can't defend. Carl Anthony Towns refuses to shoot. Mike L. Bridges, hey, missed another jump shot. And Mike Brown, boy, he stinks.
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Chapter 7: How do the panelists view the rivalry between the Knicks and the Heat?
They were so happy that it wasn't Thibodeau. They were so done with Thibodeau. Thibodeau's a good coach. Well, hold on a second here. So I'm not disputing that Thibodeau's a good coach, but I also don't think that this Knicks team is going to go any further or any shorter than Thibodeau's teams, even though I believe this Knicks team, and it's not, it's empirical, is better than Atlanta.
But you can't give up that game in the playoffs. Like giving up that game that way, that felt like the Halliburton game from last year. And they survived it. They survived the Halliburton game. But to lose when C.J. McCollum cuts your throat, when you're the best fourth quarter team in the league because you have Jalen Brunson.
You're not going to trust a guy who's been fired three to four times to get you over the hump. Well, I know you didn't start watching the NHL playoffs until the Panthers got good, but Paul Maurice got fired three times and effectively was fired in Winnipeg. Mmm, they gotcha. I don't think it's the same thing in that sport. What do you mean? I don't think it's the same thing.
In that sport, it's not the same thing because they fire their coaches all the time.
I mean, you know who the oldest coach in the NBA playoffs is? Well, I want to guess. Guess. Okay, I don't know. It's a fun one. Quinn Snyder. No way. The guy that for all the time we've been doing this show was always known as the young guy in the suits. That's awesome. If you had told me he's the youngest guy in the playoffs, I'd have believed you. Yeah, he's 59 years old.
He's the oldest coach in the NBA playoffs.
Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Can you believe Quinn Snyder is 59 years old? And also put on the poll, can you believe that Quinn Snyder is the oldest coach in the NBA playoffs? The losing that way, though. You're the best fourth quarter team in the league. Jalen Brunson, you've heard me say, I believe him to be the most beloved Nick there has ever been.
Over Clyde Frazier, yeah.
People disagree with me because they put Clyde Frazier up there. I think the advantage that Jalen Brunson has that Clyde Frazier didn't is he's got the novelty of being undersized. He's got the novelty of bringing them back to prominence after 20 years of awful.
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Chapter 8: What can we learn from the discussion about sports fandom and rivalry?
They added all three of those guys.
Don Libetard. You keep mentioning Lou Harris and Lou Williams and Montrell Harris. You keep mentioning. Harold. Harold, excuse me. Stugatz. Nick, thank you so much for being on with us. Really enjoy your work.
Thanks for having me. Have a great day. This is the Don Libetard Show with the Stugatz.
Nikhil Alexander Walker, before the end of that game, hadn't done much of anything in that series. And now they go back to Atlanta tied 1-1. And I'd be scared if I were the Knicks of the specifics of what that team has. Am I wrong? I don't think so.
I can't stop thinking about how much I hate Angel Reese. What was the question?
You see last year's number one overall pick, Reese O'Shea? He doesn't even play. Guy's a scrub. Doesn't even play. Literal DMP, CD, in the playoffs.
I think the important thing with McCollum is that it's the unlikely hero, especially when he's a guy...
I can't believe he's still good.
Got swept in the Western Conference by the Warriors. What was it, 2019? Was that 19? Don't look at me like I'm some expert on the Blazers. I mean, I forgot. You started watching basketball the other day. But he is the guy that you look around and say, all right, who's going to kill? It's Jalen Johnson. It's going to be Nikhil Alexander Walker. It's going to be anybody here.
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