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Greetings and welcome inside final hour of today's Dan Patrick show.

Jason Smith, Jason McIntyre, in for Dan and the Dan F today from Mercedes Ben Studios.

You know, before we get into a big topic from in the NFL, you know, we were talking a few minutes ago

and we got cut short here, you know, at the top of the hour. You know, we were talking about

Luca Dons at Q and I and about his statement that, hey, I don't like this whole NBA playin' format

and that, you know, we play all year to go and finish in seventh place. I don't get why I have to play in a playin' game.

Listen, play better, don't finish in seventh. But this was kind of a, Jay, this was kind of a, a, a, a flare going up with

Luca Donset saying, I need more help here in Dallas. And you brought up a really interesting topic about, you know,

when's the next superstar player we're gonna see not get that second contract or not want to stay with that second big contract with his team.

And, you know, clearly with Luca Donset, you want to stay in Dallas and it seems like that's where he wants, he's got the owner that's gonna go spend money

and try to make the team better. But you brought up Zion and, you know, the more we, I think about this in the last few minutes,

I think there's no way that the Pelicans keep him.

You know, he wants to be a star and he understands it. Listen, I'm gonna do the thing for a few years here.

And then when it comes time to cash in, I'm gonna go someplace else. I thought he was gonna pull the big power play before the draft of,

if you pick me, I'm not going there. I want to go to the next right? We were picking third. I want to go to a bigger market team.

But I, it looked like cooler heads prevailed and he was young. And I, I'm wondering if he was told, listen,

just play here, become a star. And in four years, you can go, you'll be 23 years old and you can go anywhere you want to.

You can go to a big market and you can be a guy for the next 10 years. Look at the NBA now.

They're still on the end of LeBron James being a big star. You know, hold up for a couple of years.

And by the time you get to 23, you're the big superstar. You can go cash in anywhere you want and you will be the biggest star in the league.

Because we're going to be looking for somebody else that's going to be, who are we going to watch? Who's the most watchable guy after LeBron leaves the game?

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