Hour 2 – Chris Mannix, Who Cares about the NBA All-Star Game?
The Dan Patrick Show
iHeartPodcasts and Dan Patrick Podcast Network
4.5 • 8.5K Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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NBA writer Chris Mannix joins Dan and discusses the continued scourge of tanking and possible solutions, and the upcoming NBA All-Star Game that continues to change its format and struggles to get players and the fans to care about it. And the Danettes discuss why foreign players seem to have less interest in the All-Star Game.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.6 | You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox Sports Radio. |
| 0:09.1 | Hour 2 on this Thursday, Dan and the Dan Nets, Dan Patrick Show. |
| 0:13.8 | We're going to talk about the NBA All-Star weekend and tanking. |
| 0:18.1 | Chris Manix from Sports Illustrator. |
| 0:20.0 | We'll join us, 8773DP show email address address, DP at Danpatrick.com, our Twitter handle at DP show. Stat of the day is always brought to you by Panini, America, the official trading cards of the DP show. Keep your friends close, your neighbors closer. Kiki Palmer stars in The Burbs, a new original series streaming now only on Peacock, which is where you'll find this program. |
| 0:42.4 | Also, the NBC Sports Network, 877 3DP show operator Tyler is sitting by. |
| 0:49.5 | At the end of last hour, had a phone call. Rich in Chicago was basically telling me to stay in my lane talking about C.J. Stroud |
| 0:57.3 | with the Texans, and I wouldn't extend him. |
| 1:00.6 | Not now. |
| 1:01.2 | I want to see another year. |
| 1:03.0 | Because do I want to give him $60 million or do I want to bolster the offensive line? |
| 1:07.8 | Because you might not be able to do both. |
| 1:10.2 | But they've got a couple of skill position players. |
| 1:13.1 | Mixing got hurt. |
| 1:14.4 | But Tank Dell, you know, Nico Collins, Schultz, you know, they have some players. |
| 1:20.6 | And they were a playoff team. |
| 1:21.9 | And they are really good defensive team as well. |
| 1:25.1 | So they're not that far away. |
| 1:27.1 | But we had a caller who thought that I was |
| 1:30.6 | casting aspersions on C.J. Stroud as if I was making this personal. I'm just telling you what I feel |
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