The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - A Robed Jorge Sedano On Where LeBron Will Play Next Season | Hour 1

Episode Date: May 14, 2026

"Save yourself the time, Dan. Just be a narcissist." Jorge Sedano has worn a robe many times in his life and joins us from Los Angeles to further the discussion on LeBron James and the reports that he feels underappreciated by the Los Angeles Lakers. Then, David Samson (also in a robe and with a chest like a dolphin) jumps in and tells us why he believes there isn't more funny in sports broadcasting, why Inside The NBA will continue even when Charles Barkley is gone, and what Stephen Ross is trying to get out of claiming Miami is unfit to host a Super Bowl. He also claims that one day we will get on planes without pilots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Draft Kings! The crown is yours. Chris Cody, I salute you for being authentic. You are a real one, sir. You are not wearing a shirt under that robe as opposed to all these other half-assers out here. These arrepentidos, robe, arrepentidos, todos. You can't wear a t-shirt under the robe. That's Asinine.

You got to wear the robe or don't wear the robe. You can't wear a t-shirt under the robe. You know what's Asinine? A line six deep to take off the shirt to put on the robe for a show. Sedano is with us now. He's a robe pioneer. I don't know how embarrassed he was, grabbing the money involved with wearing a robe and doing a Mother's Day special.

Welcome, Sedano. Not embarrassed at all. A proud robe wearer in public, even though you looked. fattenly ridiculous. Yes, and I loved every second of it. I knew it would go, I knew it would be something that everybody would latch on to. And you know what? The company I got paid by, got a lot of people that wanted to go to their spa.

Okay, well, you're throwing that in my face. You still looked ridiculous. And Zazlo has never worn a robe. Big reveal. Yes, there's going to be a big reveal here. Yeah, he has never worn a robe. He's going shirtless? He's doing, I doubt it.

You guys are half-assers. You guys are notorious half-assers when it comes to both Pulitzer winning and. the wearing of probes. Here it is. Yeah, he is coming in. He's coming in to find out what your thoughts are on what. Why don't you pull up a chair, Zazzo? On where it is.

Zaslo looks like Rick Flair now all of a sudden, walking out there. Somehow looks more like a cuck. Greg the Hammer Valentine. He looks like Rick no flare. He's got. Wait, so wait a second. Answer this. Zaslo is a man who carries around a soap dish when he travels,

but yet has never worn a robe. I don't understand that. You can explain yourself if you like that. Soap dish? Soap dish on the road. Yeah, I had my soap dish with me this weekend in Orlando. But why would you carry a soap dish around and then? Because I want to clean myself in the shower?

But okay, but you can do that without a soap dish. So I should just have a bar of soap just clanking around in the bag, getting everything dirty? Why would I do that? You can trust the hotel soap they provide. No, no, no, no. We're not criticizing your, not exactly criticizing. your traveling soap dish, we are pairing that against the general inconsistency of being someone who travels with a soap dish, but draws the line at, I will not wear a robe.

No, no, no. This isn't a line. It's not like I refuse. I'm wearing a robe right now. It's very nice. I had just never worn a robe before. I'm glad that we could, at all times here, pioneer. I see that David Samson just went.

I saw that he just went to get his own robe. Oh, yes. Thank you, David Samson for participating. in the game. We will let you go in a second, George, but I did want to get your thoughts on where you think LeBron is going to end up next year and what you thought of the McMeneman article

about LeBron being bothered by J.J. Reddick getting a game ball from Polinka. So look, let's start with the latter, right? I can understand his level of frustration because while that was the thing that drew everyone's attention, attention. I think it was just the culmination of what he felt were numerous lights going into that, where he felt like once they got Luca, it was like, all right, LeBron, see you later, thanks.

You know, and there was probably a number of instances where he felt that way, and it just culminated in that one. It would be the example of, you know, you guys have different shows, right, on your network, right? It would be the example of this show celebrating, I don't know, let's just say, use a number for example. It's 50. 50,000th show, right? But yet you didn't get like some sort of recognition for it. You would recognize, you know, a means basketball show for its 200th show. You know what I mean?

As opposed to your 50,000 show. He literally became the guy who played the most games in NBA history at that point. So to not even acknowledge him, I think, let alone forget about the game ball. To not have any acknowledgement, I think, pissed him off, clearly. And it was just kind of the cherry on top of the whole situation to that point. I still think he ends up with the Lakers, Dan, because I just think him going elsewhere becomes complicated. Now, the Lakers will have to come correct in the sense of I think they still have to pay him close to what his current salary is. If they're going to ask him to take a pay cut, which to my understanding he is amenable to, it has to be for a real reason.

for, hey, you've got to show me a plan as to who you're bringing in that's going to help us get over the top and try to beat these two behemoths in front of us in Oklahoma City and San Antonio potentially. So I think it's that, but I think ultimately the Lakers are in their best position if all three guys are back. I know it's a small sample size, but they were 16 and 2 in March when those three guys figured it out. and LeBron, who made sure to let us know, he became the third option and he had never become a third option, but he did it willingly as a willing participant. I think that part of it, he made sure to acknowledge, while also acknowledging that he brought them out of the doldrums and restored was the word he used this great franchise to the places they needed to be, which was win championships. So he said, you know, he could do whatever

they need him to do. I do think that's their best path. They would still have money left over as long as LeBron takes a reasonable pay cut and Austin Reeves doesn't get the max to add players to the mix that they have already. But I just don't see a real path for them to beat those teams without a little luck, to be honest with you, even if they do have all three back, or even if they remade the whole roster. There's just not teams, in my opinion, that are ready to beat OKC and potentially even San Antonio without some good fortune going their way. George, I want to credit you because you said championships plural. So thank you for attributing the proper respect to the in-season tournament.

Oh, if I said championships and that was my fault, but the end-season tournament was not what I was referring to. I was referring to the bubble championship where they beat the heat. Sorry. Singular. Can I talk about the heat? Am I only here to talk about the Lakers? What the hell? You're an L.A. guy.

We'll get to that in a second. You are an L.A. guy. But they're accusing LeBron of being petty here, and I just think he's being human and also, even though he is plenty of. overcovered, I do think he's underappreciated. I think it's fair to say that even though he's appreciated plenty, I understand how he arrives at, eh, they're not quite treating me with the respect I deserve here. So, Dan, let's put it this way. And, you know, those last couple years of Kobe were not good, okay? I mean, he was a different player. He was older. His Achilles had torn, et cetera, etc. I believe Kobe's last year might have been the worst season in L.A. Lakers history in regards

to their record. But after Kobe, prior to LeBron's arrival in 2018, the summer of 2018, they went through a stretch of where they went 43 and 121. Okay. He went there to a team that I was stunned. He went there at the time. I don't remember how you guys felt. But they had nobody. They had a bunch of rookies. They had Lanzo Ball. They had Brandon Ingram. They had, you know, Julius Randall, I believe, was still there. They had a bunch of kids at that stage. And you may recall Christmas Day, he tore his groin. And they were the four seed, even with all those kids in the Western Conference,

because he was still peak LeBron at that time. He delivered a championship for a franchise who, in their six-year stretch prior to his arrival, was the worst franchise in the NBA by record. Okay. So he deserves some level of respect there that he's never really gotten. And I think a lot of that, and we can go into a deep dive about this, is he's not Kobe, okay? He was not the homegrown talent. He was the mercenary.

But here's the thing. Is he really the mercenary still? He's been there longer than any other spot he's been in one stint. So I think it's just this weird, complicated thing with LeBron, whether it's Kobe. And I'm not talking about just the fans. I'm talking about maybe even internally within the franchise structure as well. There aren't a lot of precedence for Kobe, for anyone getting the kind of love that Kobe got from that franchise,

even though he made a giant stink at one point about wanting very loudly to be traded, and it just gets totally erased. You wanted to talk about the heat. The reports are, you'll be very excited about this, that the heat are first in line for Janus. They are first in line, and I want to play for. Sedano, what it is, the perspective that Dwayne Wade, a patient, Dwayne Wade brought. And if it's fair for Tony to say, shut up, Dwayne Wade, you're a jazz.

Whoa, I did. You said, I don't want to hear from him. You said, I didn't want to hear from him. You said, you don't want him to talk. It's the same as shut up without saying shut up. And Dwayne Wade is preaching patience here, and Tony has dismissed him as a jazz man. Man, listen, Andy, Mickey, Nick, they don't do what they're And they don't, listen, if they see an opportunity, they're going to strike, bro. That's what they do. But they're not just going to strike because you as a fan is impatient and you want them to strike. They've been in the final seven times since I was drafted.

They're fine, bro. You're right. But we want them to strike. We won't bam. We want these guys to get the help that we feel like they need to be able to compete in the East because you see it open. You see opportunity, right? You see opportunity. But they're not striking for no real.

reason just because you want them to. Not even we, you. I'm impatient. That guy is a great plant-based type man. Now, what do you have there for us, Sedona? You're right. You're right, you're right, Dan. But he's right.

But I would also say that if, yes, fans should be patient. Heat fans are spoiled. A generation of heat fans grew up, not understanding what it was like to watch Ronnie Cycally and Steve Smith and Glenn Rice make the playoffs and get blasted and us be excited about that, right? It's a different generation of fans. Mike Ryan is the poster child for them where he's always upset about everything that happens to them. They literally were in the finals three years ago and they're very upset. They're always upset. And I love you, Mike, but it is true. Like you're a bit spoiled and that's fine. That's the bar they've set. I do believe that. I do believe that,

that if they have the assets, they will find a player that they feel they can land that's better than BAM. Now, is it going to be Yonis? I don't know. You know, Dan, I happen to think that if Boston gets in the mix and they serve up Jalen Brown, Janus will probably be in Boston.

That's my guess. But if Boston doesn't serve up Jalen Brown, then I think that he'd have as good a chance as anybody. You're right. Thank you. Thank you, Sanano. though are a bit of a robe fraud here. I see the t-shirt under

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so it requires a little bit of thought. Do you have any theory as to why it is more sports content doesn't try to take? the lane of being funny. That there are very few sports broadcasters that anyone would mention that have the historical reputation of that person is funny. That's a funny person. It seems like sports would be a perfect lane for somebody to decide, you know what? The thing I'm going to try to do is be funnier than others because I'm not competing against anybody. There's no one here in this particular lane. Do you have a theory on that for me? Yeah.

shut up and dribble. It's hard to be funny. That's why I have such great respect for comedic actors from Jim Carrey on down because it's easier to be dramatic than it is to be funny. And the risk you take in sports if you try to be funny is you get embarrassed. You're not appealing to the analytic crowd. You're not appealing to the people who want you to give them information that they're going to use to their economic benefit. There's all sorts of reasons people come to those with a voice in sports and very, very way down the list is funny. And so people generally don't want to try it. I happen to agree that being funny is different than clever.

I like clever better than funny because if you're really clever, it can be funny. And if you're silly, it can be funny, but it can be taken wrong because it can then be looked at his stupidity. And I don't want that. So it's a very fine line to walk. It is. and there's some risk involved, but if I say what's harder, go to the trough and try and be smarter than everyone else who's also trying to be smarter than everyone else, or go over

here where no one's trying it and see if you can be better at that where no one's trying, no one is associated, even the names they gave me where they're like Bill Walton, Bill Walton wasn't trying to be funny. Bill Walton was just being Bill Walton. John Madden wasn't trying to be funny. He was just being John Madden. John Gruden wasn't trying to be funny. You can make the argument Bob Yucer was trying to be funny, but there aren't many in this lane, and I think it's harder to be smarter. I think it's harder to go to the trough where everyone is discussing the sports things of the day and coming up with something different than anyone else is saying. I think the degree of difficulty is harder on that than just being funny. Yeah, there's two different things.

You're talking about on-air analysts versus on-air talent and a show like yours. They're both equally difficult, and I maintain that the audience is not necessarily looking. Madden became, and John Madden, obviously, I love John Madden as a coach, a broadcaster, not even as a gamer guy, which is how people know him now. He became a caricature at the end where he'd be going the boom, whap, zop, and he'd get the tell us straighter out. And when it was just genuine John Madden, I thought it was funny. But when you try to live up to the character that you've created,

And all of a sudden you've crossed the line into, oh, that's not as funny or clever. So it really is hard to maintain and to have a long career. It's easier to have a long career when you're down the middle and you are delivering the goods for people. Look at Richard Jefferson and Tim Legler. They're not funny. They try to be clever and they're not. But they call games as the number one play-by-play with Mike Breen on Disney. So the way to get to the top, if you're an agent telling your client,

to do. It ain't to be funny. David, this conversation kind of came on the heels of Dramon Green's appearance last week on inside the NBA. What did you make of that and his future possibly in that role? He is potentially the most overrated voice on television or on podcasting. He, here's what you don't do. Don't create something because you think that you're going to have a controversial take and that all of a sudden you get attention because you're going at Charles Barkley and talking about him in Houston, you don't know the first thing about what he was like. And you're trying to act like you're on the inside

and that you know things that are going on. It's just funny because executives are looking and saying, we got to give him a shot because we think he's popular. But at the end of the day, we're going to find out that he's not going to work as hard. His demands for money are too high. And his insights are too low. And when you put those three things together,

you end up getting your microphone taken away. That's what I think of Dremont Green. Video team, please clip that so that it can arrive on Dremon Green's doorstep without any context that he's wearing a robe as he says this so that Dramon Green cannot understand why this person he's never heard of who's wearing a robe is having this strong criticism. I don't think that clip and us playing it and these takes are bad for Dremon Green. Dan had the take that's like, that guarantees that he won't get the job. No, I actually go the other way because he is making you feel something. show is kind of lacking in that department, especially this season. He's a lightning rod. I think he'll find the beats and the rhythms of the comedy over there. He's a different personality.

But Kendrick Perkins has made a nice career for himself by just being willing to say stuff, polarizing stuff. Some of the stuff is assinide. And Draymond Green has a lot more gravitas than Kendrick Perkins. I think he's going to have a long career in me. I think you say that like it's wrestling where it's okay to boo the guy out the building. If you hate him, you're going to tune in, you're going to go to the event and booing the person is good. I think you have to have people enjoying your appearance on television to be on television. Mike is paraphrasing me incorrectly, though. I think he's got a long career in sports media.

I don't think he's got a long career on that show. He's DeBore. You can't be following. You can't be following Charles Barkley and be a cheap imitation of Charles Barkley. Who's not funny? All you are is outspoken. You're not somebody that people like. Yeah, I don't think he's following Charles Barkley.

I don't believe Charles Barkley for a second every time he says he's going to retire, and I don't think he's a natural replacement for Charles Barkley. I actually don't think there's a replacement for Charles Barkley. I think that show is best served. Whatever transition that they do is to have their core for and bring somebody on like Draymond, not remove a cast member, but have them embedded there so they're more familiar to the audience. I think you underestimate how important likeability is on television because... Yes, but I also know how being unlikable. helps. Stephen A. Smith does that. Not that show. But Stephen A's entertaining. Even if he's unlikable, he's entertaining. Have you seen anything from Draymond on TV? He's like, whoa, I am entertained by this. I don't think you have to be likable to be on TV. Dane was on TV for a very long time. Dan, you know that. You said earlier in your show, it's not, it's about whether you're liked or not liked, you just can't have apathy. You called it indifference, I believe, in the first hour. So basically, you've changed from one hour to the next of what your view is. No, that show is the one I'm talking about. Draymond Green's going to have whatever

media career he wants. It's just not going to be on that show. And I think that reason highlighted it for everyone. While he'll get the reps and he'll get the chances to see if he can get better at it, one of the things he has to get better at is not taking himself so seriously. And I don't think he's ever going to get

any better at that because he's at war with everybody. Jack got better at it. I mean, it takes time. But if you're producing, sorry, Dan, you're producing that show. You've got to look for the replacements already. These guys, we've spent days criticizing the fact that they're so bad for basketball at Shaq and Kenny and Barclay. They don't like today's MBA.

They're hardly ambassadors to the product. So, of course, you don't think that the Disney people are saying, you know, we better start thinking about because these guys cost a hell of a lot of money. We're going to need someone better on that show. And of course, the show will be different, but they're always looking for the next talent. Aren't you? Yes, they're looking for the next talent, but all of those guys are over. 50. Mike's not wrong that Shaq took himself more seriously than he does now, but Shaq has a

playful side I've never seen from Draymond Green because he's always fighting with everybody. I think it takes time. Look, like we wrote off Tom Brady and then Tom Brady found his rhythm. Draymond Green still has a full-time job. He's only doing this occasionally. You're talking about a show that took Shaq, one of the biggest personalities in the history of the game, several seasons to finally catch on with the audience and with the chemistry of that show. But the thing that I would add to that is everybody there was helping

Shaq. Did it seem to you like Charles was helping Draymond there? Because he could have. He softens all of that if Charles merely laughs. Yeah, it was a bad moment and it was a moment that is probably the most talked about moment this season on that show.

And I think people will pay attention to those social metrics and I think they'll look at Draymond green and say this is a prospect worth developing. would also add in regards to Shaq, like, okay, there are definitely people who didn't like Shaq, but the grand majority of people throughout Shaq's career, he was beloved. Like, he was a beloved athlete. I don't think it's so terrible for Draymond Green. I understand the context of the conversation that we're having, but I don't think it's such a bad

thing that he is literally at the center of the most talked about moment in that show. Agreed. The distinction that I'm making will continue to make is, yes, if the currency is to be talked about, If that's the currency, yes, Draymond does that. Draymond will have a successful career in broadcasting. You can't be the guy who shows up to the best party in sports and takes a shit in the living room. But that's what Draymond does. That's who he is.

We have to stop thinking that he is the logical replacement for Charles Barkley. There is none. Dramon is a character to himself. And Draymond Green will in the NBA finals take a dump in the middle of the court. And that's what he's going to do on television. that show has a reputation unlike any in the history of sports, and it has the reputation of being a party. Draymond doesn't.

And so if you're going to make that shift, you're going to be changing that show a hell of a lot. If what you stick in the middle of it isn't a complementary piece that has to fit in and it cause occasional sparks, but has to carry it. Because once Charles Barkley is gone, you can say Drayman's not the one replacing him,

but at some point, Charles Barkley is going to, be replaced whether you believe him or not on retirement. And I don't, I don't know about you guys, but that show doesn't feel to me quite the same as it used to, even though everything, everything about it is the same as it's always been, except it's on a different network, and it doesn't feel the same as it used to. And why is that? Why? Well, it's hard to age. I'm sorry, David. I think Shaq probably slides into the natural replacement for Charles, and at least he doesn't have this direct comparison. And Draymond can be Drey.

Draymond can be the surly guy that occasionally rattles the cage and you get angry at. Maybe that show is probably missing someone to get angry at. Maybe that's the kind of energy that the show could use. I'll tell you, I also do not believe the show is what it was. I can't quite put my finger on it. But I also think, like, I'm at the place now where when Charles is done, I think the show's done. I don't think the show continues at this point past Charles. The show continues. The show always goes on, Zaz. They just change the characters. So no, they're not going to get rid of a post-game. They're in the beginning of a long media deal. Inside the NBA, as an entity continues. It will long live long past Barclay and Shack and Kenny and E.J. I'm sorry to say, because the show goes on. The reason why you don't like it as much, Zaz, I would tell you, I think, is that it comes first year, new channel. You're not exactly sure when it's

on there's no specific night. I never know what it's on. You and that's a problem and also you just there was drama associated with it. There was complaining there was questioning and so it's like it's lost its innocence and any time an entity loses its innocence it loses that charm a little bit which loses the likeability and I think that's what you're feeling. Dan Levatard. Tatas Stugats. Tateau's this is the Dan Levitar show with the Stugats We need your expertise here on something because we were discussing poorly in the local hour what happened with Levion Moss, the running back out of Texas Tech, who signed a three-year contract with the Dolphins and then a few days later retired.

How does the guaranteed signing bonus work there? Because we were enjoying thinking about the fictional hypothetical situation of Moss knowing going into the building that he was just going there to trick the people involved by signing something, getting out of his money, getting his money, waiting for the money to clear, and then keeping the money. How does the guarantee work? Yeah, there's provisions in each contract. You have to look at the guarantee provisions. You have to look at the payout of signing bonus. So, for example, I could argue that a signing bonus is earned simply for signing, not for doing anything else, but I can put language in a contract, which makes that untrue. And it's almost like an upfront payment that you earn as you

perform. So if you draft a kid out of high school, let's say, and that kid doesn't play for you because he does drugs, let's say, you don't have to keep paying the installments of the signing bonus, let's say. If you go in and sign a contract and then do not perform any services, you're not going to get paid out on any of that signing bonus or any of your salaries because you will not be performing your obligations under the contract. If Stephen Ross pays this guy his signing bonus, it will will just, it will shock me. So I don't think he's going to see a penny. Can you tell me of a time a guy tried to trick you in negotiations with something similarly silly as our hypothetical? No, because it gets negotiated. So you read it in advance. So you know, you always think about what

could happen. He's not the first guy to not be able to play because he retires or because he doesn't like the game or because he gets hurt. You can plan for all, most all eventualities when you're signing a to a contract. So I haven't been surprised by any player action. We've had players disappear from the team. We've had players retire or quit. And it just, you know, you move on to the next. Tony, can you look up for me, please, how many cars Waymo has? Because I want to know what the future feels like it's going to look like. David, would you ever use a driverless car? Is that something that you would partake in? No, I'm too controlling. I have a hard enough time not driving myself, everywhere. But no, I, I, not now. What do you think? Let me, let me change my answer, Dan. Can I

change my answer? Yeah. Yes, I'm going to have to because Waymos, that's how it's going to be. We're going to be getting into planes without pilots soon. We're going to be getting into cars. Five to ten years. Not me. I'm telling you it's going to happen. And either I'm going to choose to stay at home and be Howard Hughes, which is definitely a possibility. I've got the robe ready to roll right now. Of course, without a shirt and without pants. I don't know. you guys are wearing pants, but if you are, that's a violation. Two, I don't like it now, but I know I'm going to have to like it later. You guys understandably are afraid of this, and I get it, but I will tell you, just seeing

them sort of multiply in Miami, these driverless cars are far better drivers, far better, not a little bit better, far better drivers than all of the other drivers that we have out there. And they're saying human drivers. Super easy to cut off. and I am curious what you think the future looks like and how soon it's coming for a day where basically Uber is replaced by the company that has decided, hey, we'll be Uber,

but without having to give a percentage to the driver. Chris is so right. I see them on the road. I'm like, there's a mark. They haven't gotten the Miami driving upgrade. Like, oh, a little veer over. Oh, you stopped, you idiot. You can easily catch them slipping

when you're getting onto Golden Glades. You can cut in in the intersection, you know? They hang so far back from the car. I'm a woman. I take it to the cup. What an idiot. 3,800 worldwide right now, Dan, for Waymo. Wow, that sounds low.

Just 3,800. Concentrated Phoenix, San Francisco, L.A. with expansion in cities like Austin, Atlanta, Miami. It's going to multiply, Dan. It's going to be 100,000 within four years. Do you think it replaces Uber? Uber has basically replaced the cab in how much time? How much time did it take for Uber to make the taxi industry

something that's so irrelevant that I went into a gas station in L.A. to try and get a taxi recently because my phone had died and the person I was talking to didn't know what a taxi was. Decade. So a decade you have not just driverless cars being the majority of cars, but also airplanes being something that don't have pilots. That can't be. We can't be doing. If I'm a transport company, let's say FedEx where there's, why have a crew? If you can have a pilotless plane bring packages around the country and the world,

I'm gonna get rid of as many people as I can because I don't have to worry about HR, I don't have to worry about benefits, I don't have to worry about anything. So I think they'll be the start and because there'll be still human beings on a plane like flight attendants and people to be in charge, but in theory, there should be way fewer crashes

because the majority of crashes are human error. And so if you eliminate that and we're making fun of, the way we drive in Miami, but you cut off away, Mo. Yeah, but the number of accidents that happened in Miami are just out of control because the drivers stink. If you can eliminate that once your kids start driving, Mike, you're going to want driverless cars. So driverless cars, and we're worried about AI slop, but you're talking about jobs being taken away. You're talking about people not being able to move unless it's with autonomous vehicles. Like, it seems like the

walls are closing in on humans. Put it on the pole. Oh, I think I'm getting free, Tony. At Lebitogues show, put it on the poll. I would say the opposite. Does it seem like the walls are closing in on all humans. David, what are your thoughts? I'm fascinated by the business decision, the risk and the investment involved. I worry about liability if I'm starting a company like that. I can't imagine what the insurance is for I'm going to put these missiles on the street without drivers and take my chances that I've got the technology right, right off the bat. It's a product's liability issue, actually. If you think about what a total lawsuit would be if there's a Waymo car that gets into an accident or runs over somebody,

you're going to sue the company and then the company is going to sue the manufacturer of the parts and say, hey, this wasn't human error. There's no reason for a jury to decide where the negligence is between people, between sides. This was a machine. And so was the machine built incorrectly? Are the parts defective? That's what product liability is. So it changes the business and the legal system and the damages, which in theory is going to really help you with your costs. The reason why Uber is going to be replaced by Waymo and by driverless cars is that we're going to demand it as consumers because we're tired of paying so much for Uber because they're giving a percentage to people. We would rather keep that money for ourselves. David, I have a natural distrust of billionaires.

I don't trust Stephen Ross when he says Miami can't host any more Super Bowls because they no longer have the facilities or the amenities around the stadium to actually house a Super Bowl. I naturally assume there's some kind of tax grift here. What's happening? Yeah. So right now in New York, on Long Island, in just a couple weeks, is going to be the U.S. Open, which is a PGA major tournament. And what they do in order to host the PGA, the U.S. Open, it's insane the amount of construction. But they do it. They do it every six years, eight years when they host, and it's no problem. They figure out the infrastructure. They figure out the temporary tents like the circus coming to town. For Stephen Ross to say that we're not able to host the Super Bowl is just wrong. What he's doing

is positioning himself to get funding because there is funding available from the county and from the state in order to host world-class events. And to access it, you have to set. hey, but for the funding, we can't host world-class events. So therefore, you come out and say, we can't hold world-class events while he's holding world-class events. It's so funny to me that no one seems to pick up on it other than Greg Cody, who did a great job yesterday, saying this is absolute horse hockey, and he's right.

What do you have for us in the way of a review? I watched the movie, Dan, called You're Dating a Narcissist. It was not an autobiography. It was a movie with Marissa Tomai and Tomei. Tomé. Damn it. 4-869. Marissa Tomei, who I love.

She's an Oscar winner. Why she agreed to do this movie I'll never know. It's so bad that I watched it because I will not walk out of a movie. But I was thinking that this is where her career is, that she's forced into some sort of ridiculous vehicle that's supposed to talk to narcissists about what makes them narcissistic.

And it only made people look at it, and say, I can't be that. There's no, that's nothing that looks remotely like that. And I was expecting better. I wanted some sort of lesson in how not to be one or how to be a better one. And instead, I found that it was just crap. So save yourself the time, Dan. Just be a narcissist.

And it's okay to date one too. I was looking for tips on how to be a better one. That's a great line. I don't think you should advise people to be a narcissist or to date a narcissist. narcissist. It seems like terrible advice for you to give his punctuation on your segment. I just think that if you know, if you know you're a narcissist and you know that you can be a giving narcissist, but a selfish one as well, I think there's an opportunity to find a connection with somebody. Now, people would disagree, but listen, I've done fine.

Put it on the poll. I mean, I'm divorced. At Levitart show. Yeah, I don't know if you've done fine, actually. No, not good. Let me change. Hold on. You want a bulletin. You are a Pulitzer winner, though. So congratulations on that. Put it on the poll at Lebitard show. Do narcissists know they are narcissists? Yes or no? So self-involved and yet not so self-aware.

Thank you, David. Good talking to you. I don't think, I don't know. Do you think that bad people know they're bad people? Just generally speaking. Most of the time. Evil ones know they're evil. I don't know if bad know they're bad.

I'm not sure if self-awareness is a trait. that I associate with negative characteristics. You think that most people would raise their hand and say, yes. Most bad people you know would raise their hand, any of them and say, yes, I'm a bad person. Or more, more, the narcissist you know that you would clinically identify as narcissists, you think they would cop to it, that they would say, yes, I'm a narcissist. I'm the best. That's what a true narcissist would say.

Not only am I. I'm the best you've ever seen. I don't know how many people would be. Many are saying I'm the smartest, best, most amazing, most humble. Can you guys play for me, please, Jalen Brown entering the Jennifer Hudson show? It's literally the only thing I've seen of the Jennifer Hudson show is the dancing entrances. It's a great idea. I'd like to steal it.

Have us in bathrobes greeting. The next time we have a live guest in? Take some confidence to do that for that long. Man, I would pay a lot of money to watch Dan do this. I would pay a lot of money to not have to do it. My God, Dan. You would be... Oh, man.

That is such a great idea. Oh, my God. Sell our PR people. It's such a long walk, by the way. They're walking like 50 yards. How do they have so many people for a show that nobody knows about? Put it on the poll at Lebitard Show. Have you ever seen any part of the Jennifer Hudson show

other than the dancing entrance? entrances.