Chapter 1: What is the significance of Erik Spoelstra's house fire?
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Chapter 2: How does the conversation shift to Nikola Jokic's performance?
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This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast.
Let's start with the good news. That's good news. Greg Cody's alive and well. Okay, okay. I know everyone made it breath yesterday. We made a couple of jokes. People felt it was in poor taste. We didn't really get any confirmation from Greg himself yesterday. People were worried. But the good news is he's alive. He's awake. He's well. The surgery was a success.
But you said good news, so is there bad news? There is bad news, man. It is actual bad news.
It's actual legit shit news.
So last night, or early this morning, I should say, Miami Heat head coach Eric Swolstra's house burnt down.
Like for real? It's not one of those where the house caught on fire. Like a Tyreek Hill situation. Right, right, right. Eric Swolstra's house isn't there anymore.
It looked like the L.A. fires. Like, burnt. Awful. Done. And so I heard the story early this morning. I was under the impression that the team was still on the road. And I'm like, oh, that's messed up to have to find out, you know. On the news.
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Chapter 3: What insights are shared about the MVP conversation bar?
It's gone. It was a memory, and now we've got to move on.
I feel terrible for him.
Yeah.
I really do. Like, I feel like especially growing up, you all have that... Everybody thinks, if your house is on fire, what would be the thing that you grab to make sure it doesn't get burnt down? And of course, for me, it's my championship rings. But everybody's like, hey, what would be the thing that you grab? Well, you can grab anything. The whole house burnt down. It's gone.
I feel awful for him. At that point, it's more important to get your family and you out safely, right? Like, yeah, some things are irreplaceable, but also it's about being safe, right? So it's like there's things that are replaceable. Some things are not replaceable, but in the grand scheme of things, 5, 10, 20 years down the road, not going to make that big of a difference.
The most important thing is everybody's safe.
100%.
If there were kids in the house, kids are safe. Well, you do assume it was just him considering he likely got back in the middle of the night. You never know. But at least, you know, everything, humans are safe.
The news is everyone is safe. No one was hurt. You're right, Tony. That's the first thing you worry about. That's the first place your brain goes to. And you say thank God and, you know, you count your blessings. When do they play again? But then there's a thing they play tomorrow. Tomorrow, yeah. But then there's a... Oh shit, we gotta do everything all over again. 100%.
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Chapter 4: How do personal experiences influence sports discussions?
You're going to cry about it? It's gone. It's done. It ain't coming back. But when you have kids in the equation, that's a little harder. It's harder to tell them. You can't tell them to move on.
Yeah, I mean, look, not to speak out of turn, he's divorced from the kid's mother. Like, who knows how often the kids actually live with him, especially during NBA season. Sure. But for me, it's more about, like... That's all your shit. It's all your shit. And now you have no shit. And it's like, figure it out. And that to me is, man, that gives me nausea just thinking about it.
Even if the kids are there every other weekend, that's still my room. That's still my stuff. That's still the thing that I might have said. Should I take it with me back tomorrow? I'll just leave it. I'll get it next time. And I was gone. And again, it sounds like I'm talking about material things, but we're not.
No, man, this is real stuff, man. It doesn't matter.
The emotional connections that people make, and specifically that children make, that, as I said, an adult can move past it.
And now you've got to make yourself a new home. That sucks, man.
Yeah. It's a tough situation.
And again, people can be like, oh, you know, he makes a ton of money. Like, he'll be okay. Well, of course he's going to be okay. But it doesn't take away from, you know, what I'm sure is a massive emotional toll that he is dealing with right now.
So prayers out to the Spolster family.
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Chapter 5: What are the implications of player injuries on team dynamics?
Because I was watching the game, and then it was like, Bam's not there, and it's like, oh, he's hurt. And I was like, well, when did that happen? Yeah, did they ever show any kind of replay? Because it was like mid-first quarter, and Eric Reid was just all matter of fact. Bam's gone to the locker room. He's questionable return.
I saw one angle where he's just running up the floor, and then all of a sudden... I don't know, we don't have the details as far as what exactly, what part of his foot. But obviously this is a huge blow to the Heat. They're off to, despite, you know, what's a 500 record or whatever, a positive start to the season. Really tough schedule to start the season.
500 with the West Coast trip at the start of the season. That's pretty good. Jokic took full advantage. He had his seventh career game of 30, 15, and 15 plus. He's a good player. He's solid. Keep an eye out on him.
MVP?
If we're, oh, you know what?
Hold on, hold on. We'll slow down. Before we get into that talk, let me just give you guys a stat of the day. An early stat of the day.
Start of the day, start of the day. It is the start of the day. Start of the day, start of the day. It is the start of the day. Start of the day, start of the day. It is the start of the day. Start of the day, start of the day. It is the start of the day.
So last night, Nikola Jokic led the Nuggets in points, rebounds, and assists, but also he was the high man for the game, even over anyone in the heat, in points, in rebounds, and assists. That's the 78th time he's done that in his career. That's the most by any player since the 76 NBA-ABA merger. Second place, LeBron James. 68.
So hold on. Let's run that back again. So Jokic had more points, rebounds, and assists than anybody.
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Chapter 6: How does the podcast address the cultural impact of sports?
Go on. Conceptually, is this an MVP of the day, like the imaging suggests, or are we still doing King of the Mountain style, like Jokic is still trying to climb over Jaquez? This is... Who is in the MVP conversation? In the bar. Yeah, that's what this is. All right, so it's like Maxi and Jaquez. If you've been listening, those guys have been in the conversation. That's right. Oh, okay.
I thought it was King of the Mountain style. Like, you got to take them down.
Knock them out. No, the MVP conversation bar, which is adjacent to this... this segment, but still I believe we're all in the same canon, the same universe. It's a bar. There's a guy outside a bouncer. If you're not in the MVP conversation, you can't get in the bar. That's right. Right? So, for example.
It's like the Heisman Club.
Yeah, a little bit like that. Like Heisman House.
MVP of the day!
Thank you.
I'll tell you what. I'll give you an example. Were you about to do it again? Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know about those nuggets? That's right, that's right.
I'll give you an example, right? Anthony Edwards, great player, right? Has been in the MVP conversation bar the last couple of years. He's not in right now. Right now? Sorry, big dog, I can't do it. I haven't seen that fool. We're full today. We're full today. It's like, hold on. Check back with me. The bounce is doing all that stuff.
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Chapter 7: What role does humor play in sports commentary?
I don't think he's been asked to leave, but the problem is that Jokic came in with mad Serbians. Yep. So it's like, all right, we don't have that much space. So Anthony Edwards is at the velvet robe saying, you don't remember me? I spent a lot of money here.
Yes, that's exactly what he's saying. But you know what? At some point, maybe the bouncer says, all right, man, you got it.
What's your name? What's your name? I want your name. This is going to be so funny for you. I know the owner of this place. You know what?
Just wait. The other part of the MVP conversation is the guys are in there. Okay, so you're in the bar, but they're all standing in a circle, and the guy's standing in the middle of the circle. He's got a drink in his hand, and he's telling the craziest story, and everyone's silently just watching. That's the guy who's the frontrunner for MVP.
The closer you are to that guy, the more your chances of being MVP is. Maybe you're also trying to jump in. Like, hold on.
Like, SGA was there telling the story, but then Jokic came and said, no, wait.
Listen to this. Yeah, listen to this. Exactly. The farther you are out, you're in the conversation, butā But you're an earshot. Earshot. You're not really saying anything. You're just listening. You're a listener. So, Jaquez, for whatever he was in the bar, heā Yeah, he'sā He's kind of peeking over the crowd. Yeah, he's just happy to be here.
He's like, oh, my God, I can't wait to tell everybody. I was at the bar, and it was Jokic, and it was Shea, and it was Luka. And Wemby was there. Wemby was there.
He was older than everybody. I think right now the guy in the center that you're talking about thereā is Luka. Wow. Luka is the one who's doing story time, holding the drink. But I'm going to tell you something. If we're going to have a conversation about MVP, we better have a conversation about Cade Cunningham. That's right. The Pistons last night improved to 6-2. Hold on. Hold on.
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Chapter 8: How do the hosts reflect on their personal relationships with sports?
Kate Cunningham, 31 points, 10 assists last night. If we're going to talk MVP, somebody better be talking about Cade Cunningham. That somebody sounds like it's me. Buddy, you know when I was talking about Cade Cunningham? When? Last year. Okay.
Last year's last year.
Yeah, but I was on the mountain already. Are you not familiar with his very high stakes bit of getting highly touted prospects and having the gall to say this guy might be good someday? Are you not familiar with that?
That's my bit.
That's his bit. I would lose that. He identifies a couple people that he thinks have high ceilings and he says, watch out for this guy. And then when they're all pros, he pretends like he's Colin Cowherd.
Watch out for this number one overall pick. Is that what you're saying?
There was a lot of people down on him. A lot of people didn't like the Pistons. He was hurt. I know. That's what I was saying. That was my point. He's hurt. He's in the conversation right now. He's in the bar. Let me tell you something. Coach of the Year, you better be having a conversation about Tiago Splitter.
Whoa! Hey, how about career-defining win? Dude, dude. Can you have a career-defining win?
Are they putting Chauncey Billups under the jail? From what I understand, Portland Trailblazers fans were thrilled that Chauncey's not the coach anymore. I mean, it's a small sample, right? But this team has a great... one say, awesome. They just handed the defending champs their first laws. With an asterisk. You remember that game, too, in 2013? Check it out.
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