The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Postgame Show: The Days Off-Off

Episode Date: December 10, 2025

"We do this all the time." It's time to update the polls, but first, a complaint about the NBA Cup schedule. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Me and the Lord Start Time Time Time. I'm watching that game. And I'm like, why did they start so early? And I was like, oh, it's because Knicks Raptors also in Eastern Time Zone game. So they have to do them. I'm like, what's tomorrow's games? Two Western Conference games? Hey, Amazon.

I know you're new to this, but typically this is what we do. The East Coast game is the early game. The West Coast game is a late game. And then you do it again the next day. So why'd they do that? I think it's the first time at the rodeo. Make it fair. They have the same amount of days of rest.

Teams are going to be playing a couple days later. They're all playing on Saturday. They did it yesterday. We started at six heat and then there was two East games. You can stagger this way easier. They're both like the semifinals, the next game, is on Saturday. So basically, Oklahoma City and Phoenix and the Spurs and Lakers. they're playing on Saturday anyway.

Right, but they'll play each other, right? So both Western conference teams will have the same amount of rest. Both Eastern conference teams will have the same amount of rest. It's one day. It's basketball. If the Pistons and Nix played tonight on Saturday, they would have one less day of rest than the Magic Heat game. This is the playoffs, okay?

They're not going to have playoff teams play against each other with different amounts of rest. Imagine if between games two and three of a first round playoff series between the, what, it's the Knicks and. And the magic here, if they just had the Knicks play another game in between. No, we do this all the time. What are you guys talking about? There are sometimes in the playoffs where teams are playing game three before the other series is even got a game two.

Like, this is not new the idea that, oh, they had one extra day of rest before we had to play them in the next playoff game. That happens all the time. You know, I'll tell you really for the first time, because it was the heat playing, I was dialed into the NBA on Prime pregame show, the studio show. I think it's pretty good show. Good show. Good show. I think it's pretty good. I saw a clip of U.D. and Halliburton talking about wrestling. Oh, yeah, that's right. And, you know, Blake Griffin, Blake Griffin asked good questions. Like, he's good on that show. They're all really good. Again, I have to point this out. U.D., before he retired,

I remember asking him, do you think you're going to get into media? And he looked like I spat in his face. And now this guy's everywhere. And he's good at it, of course. Yep. But I'm just a little like, hold on now. Why'd you play me like that? Yeah, like, oh, I would never do that. So tonight, Sun's Thunder, Spurs, Lakers, I don't think we got Wemba Nama, right? I think he's out.

No, Wembe. Yeah, so you've got to figure Lakers there. Well, Spurs have been playing one without Wembe. They have. Thunder, though, right? It was last year where the, now look, the Thunder weren't 23 and one going into the NBA Cup last year. But the Thunder were cruising last year, too. And remember, they had that dud of a game in the NBA Cup, and they lost.

They were cruising for a bruising, some might say. All right. No! Okay, maybe not. I thought it was a play on. Jeremy, you got some polls for us today? What do we got? Let's catch up on all the polls.

All right, pick that white phase. Is Fontechio going to make a shot? 69.3% of the audience says no. No. Y'all turned on him so fast. But what is he? Seriously, what is he? Like eight for 90 from three?

Yeah, you know what? A guy who makes zero shots, I turn on him. I'm pretty sure he's Italian. Is being too open? A thing in basketball. 73% of the audience says, yes. It is a thing. It is.

It is. Did you know that Philip Rivers was a starter in college football when Bill Clinton was president? 63% of the audience. It says to no. Pre-9-11, folks. Whoa. So when 9-11 happened, Philip Rivers was well into his sophomore season. He was in his dorm room like, oh, shit.

Yeah. I remember that game again. It's Chris Winky. Who was like 35. Yeah. He's a coach now, right? Isn't Chris Winkie a coach somewhere? Sure.

No, he's like a quarterback coach. I think he's one of the guys who trains the college quarterback. I think he does that because when I was guest booking for this show, he was like working for a financial advisor, like a brokerage firm. As his look would kind of require in life. Yeah. All right. He literally coaches your team. He is the assistant head coach, co-offensive coordinator and QB coach at Georgia Tech.

Told y'all. It's more of a full-time. gig. He wasn't at all locked in. You can admit it now. I knew he was a code somewhere. You weren't at all locked in on the rambling wreck. What?

I'm teaching you guys things.