The Best of the Week on The Dan Patrick Show
The Dan Patrick Show
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4.5 • 8.5K Ratings
🗓️ 28 June 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Dan Patrick talks about the 2025 NBA Champion Oklahoma City Thunder, how they could or could not form the next great NBA dynasty, Tyrese Haliburton's unfortunate injury in Game 7. Dan weighs in on Aaron Rodgers saying this is probably his last season and wonders if it might be Steelers HC Mike Tomlin’s last as well. Dan reacts to the first round of the NBA Draft as the Dallas Mavericks select Cooper Flagg with the first overall pick. Plus, Dan and the Danettes discuss the tradition of wearing your team’s hat after being drafted and the many ways that can get awkward. And Seattle Mariners catcher and current MLB HR leader, Cal Raleigh discusses his nickname, “The Big Dumper,” and the challenges of playing the position.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:04.6 | You are listening to the Dan Patrick show on Fox Sports Radio. |
| 0:09.1 | Congratulations to the Oklahoma City Thunder, the best regular season team, the best postseason team. |
| 0:15.5 | But the Pacers held on for Dear Life. |
| 0:18.0 | They pushed it to seven games, but the Tyrese Halliburton injury was tough to |
| 0:23.1 | overcome. We talked about it when he injured his calf, and you'll see this, that the calf |
| 0:29.1 | injury and the possibility of an Achilles injury. We talked about that last week. Unfortunately, |
| 0:35.4 | it came to fruition, and you couldn't help but think of Kevin Durant when he got |
| 0:39.9 | off to a hot start, and then he blew out his Achilles a few years ago. |
| 0:44.4 | But Tyrese Halliburton will remember an incredible postseason run. |
| 0:48.8 | Also, Shea Gilgis Alexander, not many. |
| 0:52.1 | This is rarefied air when you put him in there with Michael and Shaq, |
| 0:56.6 | when you're going to be the regular season MVP, scoring champ. You're going to win an NBA title, |
| 1:01.6 | finals MVP. And he did it in an effortless way. He did it in an old school way. |
| 1:07.8 | Now, I say old school because he doesn't rely on the three-point shot. |
| 1:11.5 | He'll beach off the dribble. He's capable of scoring on three different levels, but he was |
| 1:17.1 | efficiently brilliant in the NBA finals. We'll get to your phone calls. Best and worst of the weekend. |
| 1:23.3 | What you saw that you liked, you didn't like, 8773DP show email address, DP at Danpatrick.com, Twitter handle a DP show. Chris Mannix from Sports Illustrated. We'll join us from Oklahoma City. Gilbert Arena's former NBA All-Star. We'll join us. We'll talk about the Kevin Durant trade that happened yesterday. We have a play of the day, poll question, stat of the day. Stat of the day |
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| 2:04.8 | We saw that on display last week here in the Man Cave. |
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