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Stugotz and Company LIVE!

All Ball - Pt.2: Former Suns/Magic C Pat Burke on Draft Night Disappointment, Euro Transition, McGrady Magic Collapse

Stugotz and Company LIVE!

Fox Sports Radio and iHeartPodcasts

Football, Sports, Comedy

3.9625 Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Doug is joined by former Suns, Magic and EuroLeague veteran Pat Burke to discuss his pre-1998 NBA Draft process, draft night disappointment, why he chose to pass up on an NBA offer with the Knicks to play in the Spanish League, the most difficult part of the transition, why he moved to Greece, how he established his reputation as one of the best bigs in Europe, and why he decided to sign with the Tracy McGrady led Magic, and the story behind their playoff disappointment.

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.6

Guaranteed Human.

0:05.2

Stigatz here.

0:06.1

I have a podcast empire that I have brought here to Iheart, and I'm also hosting a daily live radio show from 3 to 5 p.m.

0:12.7

Eastern called Stegots & Company Live, which is available in podcast form, right when the show finishes every single day.

0:20.3

You can expect a lot of laughter, great guests, a ton of calls, and a lot of fun.

0:25.1

Listen to Stugats & Company Live and our original podcast, Stugats and Company and God Bless Football,

0:32.0

and you can check all of those out on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast.

0:45.4

Hey, what up, welcome in. I'm Doug Gottlie. This is all fall. We continue my conversation with Pat

0:52.5

Bert. Of course, Pat was a star in Fibba basketball.

0:57.2

Most notably, I would say in Spain is where he's most known for playing and being a menace.

1:03.2

Of course, played in the NBA with the Orlando Magic and with the Phoenix Suns.

1:07.3

How did he get to where he got to?

1:10.1

How did he?

1:10.6

And this is coming off of,

1:12.3

by his own accounts, a disappointing senior year. Here's part two, the beginnings of the pro

1:20.1

journey with Pat Burr. Pat, you get done playing at Auburn.

1:34.4

Okay, take me through the process of, because back then there was, right, there was,

1:40.9

there was Phoenix, which was for seniors, and then, of course, there was Chicago,

1:44.1

but there was also, what's the one in Virginia I can't

1:44.6

remember what it's called port there's portsmouth what did you attend so I went

1:50.8

to both Phoenix and Chicago okay so you go to Phoenix and as we had discussed

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