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The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Dan Le Batard's Family Show (feat. Sam Morril)
Oh, my God. What a great show.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Dan Le Batard's Family Show (feat. Sam Morril)
That's why it's not sponsored.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Dan Le Batard's Family Show (feat. Sam Morril)
The most truthful thing Dan has ever said is, I don't know anything about business and every day you prove it when you want us to sponsor things like a paddle.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Dan Le Batard's Family Show (feat. Sam Morril)
By the way, the other sad thing was the broadcast kept showing Jurassic Park outside, and it was just like seven people standing around.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Dan Le Batard's Family Show (feat. Sam Morril)
Now as a non-hockeyman, I have to ask this question. I've been told the Toronto Maple Leafs are kind of like the Knicks of hockey where it's like they won some championships a long time ago and it's a huge city that lives on that history but hasn't had any success recently and they look down on everyone else kind of like, not success, I mean talking about championship success.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Dan Le Batard's Family Show (feat. Sam Morril)
No, no, no, no. Let me correct you there. You saw Sam. The Knick fan, the real Knick fans, the ones that grew up in the 90s, are all waiting for something bad to happen. Even as it gets great, it's like, oh my God, this is awesome. They're pretending like they're not. They're all worried, oh my God, here's how it goes. Here's how our heart breaks. So last night, they're up 3-1. So what?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Dan Le Batard's Family Show (feat. Sam Morril)
We lost the game. We're coming back to the Garden, whatever. No, secretly like, Jesus, this is what happens. We blow a 3-1 lead when Tatum is out. You know, in some way, some of them are upset that Tatum got hurt. Because kind of with Tatum out there, if you win, you lose, because they're like, well, the Celtics are a great team. But now with no Tatum, it's like, oh, no, this is how we blow it?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Dan Le Batard's Family Show (feat. Sam Morril)
After we had every advantage?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Dan Le Batard's Family Show (feat. Sam Morril)
Damn right.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Dan Le Batard's Family Show (feat. Sam Morril)
Every damn day.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Dan Le Batard's Family Show (feat. Sam Morril)
Well, yeah, I will testify to this as a two-time WNBA champion and an Olympic gold medalist. Go on. That, yes, the heavy is the head that wears the crown, Dan. And when you're the favorite, when you're on top, you don't have the benefit of the doubt. It's like when we talk about NFL preseason, right? If you play well in the NFL preseason, what do people say? Yeah, it's a preseason.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Dan Le Batard's Family Show (feat. Sam Morril)
It doesn't matter. But if you play poorly... Oh, my God. You're awful, right? There's no upside. It's all downside. And that's a place where Knick fans know. They've lived there for years and years where there's no upside and everything's a downside. With regard to the Minnesota Timberwolves, it is because they're immature and they don't execute now. They've been better this year.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Dan Le Batard's Family Show (feat. Sam Morril)
You've got to give them credit, Curry or no Curry. They've executed when it came time to put their foot on the throat. Anthony Edwards did it. I think everyone trusts Anthony Edwards. It's the other characters that we wonder about.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Dan Le Batard's Family Show (feat. Sam Morril)
If you blow a 3-1 lead to Luke Cornett and Derek White, that's what this is.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Dan Le Batard's Family Show (feat. Sam Morril)
It's a prison term, too, right? You're doing a bit like do it on my head. That means it doesn't matter. I've never been in prison. I don't know. What are you doing on your head in prison?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Dan Le Batard's Family Show (feat. Sam Morril)
I'm upside down.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Dan Le Batard's Family Show (feat. Sam Morril)
What, you have them paying?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Dan Le Batard's Family Show (feat. Sam Morril)
Just a revolving door. It'd be like the Bevy machine.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Dan Le Batard's Family Show (feat. Sam Morril)
Is this better than when Gary wore a gimp suit?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Dan Le Batard's Family Show (feat. Sam Morril)
Speaking of athletes, we haven't talked enough about the Luke Cornett revenge game.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Dan Le Batard's Family Show (feat. Sam Morril)
Sam, this opens the door. I want to ask you this question because yesterday a ruling came down that Spike Lee has lost his number one fandom. I don't remember making that rule. Well, you weren't here. The alternate judge was here to ask. Well, no. It's open. It's open now. Because he skipped the Knicks playoff game to go to the Met Gala.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Dan Le Batard's Family Show (feat. Sam Morril)
You just said right now you'd skip benefits, you'd skip a show if the Knicks had a finals game on that day. He skipped...
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Dan Le Batard's Family Show (feat. Sam Morril)
But I feel like he's been riding that story for years now.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Dan Le Batard's Family Show (feat. Sam Morril)
And Steve Martin was a prop commentator. No, but lean on the specifics of it. The specifics are like, hey, man, if you're going to make that choice, it sounds like you're not that big of a fan. I'm just saying, like, the Met Gala get dressed up. Met Gala's every year.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Dan Le Batard's Family Show (feat. Sam Morril)
So, Sam, are you a candidate for the number one Knicks fan?