Dan Patrick Show

Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson joined the show to share his thoughts on the NBA Finals. Jackson commented on Eric Spoelstra. “He took too much blame last year,” Jackson said. “He’s done a great job from Day 1.” Jackson also expressed his admiration for Scotty Brooks. Dan asked Jackson what advice he’d give Thunder guard…

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MLB Network analyst Mitch Williams joined the show to talk about the pine tar controversy from this week. Dan asked Mitch if he respected Nationals manager Davey Johnson for alerting the umps to the Rays’ Joel Peralta. “No, I don’t,” Williams said. “I respect Davey Johnson as a manager. I don’t respect what he did.”…

Sports Illustrated’s Andy Staples joined the show to talk about the new playoff plan for college football. Staples said this means there is going to be a playoff system. It’s a time to celebrate. Dan asked if we should worry the tournament will grow and eventually become like college hoops. Staples doesn’t think that’s a…

Sports Illustrated’s Chris Mannix joined the show to break down the NBA Finals and more. Mannix doesn’t think the Thunder-Heat series is over, because the Thunder have a chance to come back. “One thing [the Thunder are] realizing is that they’ve yet to give Miami their best shot,” Mannix said. “They have not really had a…

Sports Illustrated’s Tom Verducci joined the show to talk about the latest pine tar incident and much more. Dan asked Verducci if the Nationals’ Davey Johnson was in the right to alert umpires that Rays pitcher Joel Peralta had extra pine tar in his glove. It upset Rays manager Joe Maddon. Verducci said probably not,…

TNT analyst Steve Kerr joined the show to help break down the NBA Finals. Kerr talked about what’s wrong with the Thunder: “They have to figure out a way to get LeBron [James] off [Kevin] Durant.” He said Durant isn’t getting the right shots because LeBron is crowding him. “They need to run some back…

Denver Nuggets coach George Karl joined the show to break down the NBA Finals. Karl is fired up about the matchup. “I’m excited to see the game Thursday,” Karl said.  “I don’t usually get excited to the see the NBA Finals,” Karl said. Dan asked Karl as a coach, if he was coaching against the…

Recently retired running back LaDainian Tomlinson joined the show to talk about why he’s hanging up the cleats and more. “One thing I always knew,” Tomlinson said. “I could make people miss.” Dan asked Tomlinson if he could have played this year. “Absolutely,” Tomlinson said, “and I had opportunities. But Tomlinson said he wasn’t interested…