Klay Thompson Doesn’t Rank Himself A Top 5 NBA Shooter?! With Dude Perfect

Reggie was fearless, and he was, I'd say, the first real player to really use the three-point line as his main weapon. And for a guy who got into scuffles with Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant, I have so much respect for him and his competitive nature. Getting a scrap with two of the greats of all time, you know you're doing something right. So say Reggie, and then four or five, it gets so hard. There's been so many great shooters. You're going to play the humble card? You're going to throw yourself in there because you're in my top five. Thank you, brother. What a twerk. I'm going to say number four, just purely three-point shooting. Man, it's really hard. It's hard not to say. Welcome to Almost Athletes with Dude Perfect, a Wave original. This episode is presented by Toyota. Let's go places. Follow the show on all social media at Almost Athletes. Like and subscribe to us on YouTube or listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. We're your host. I'm T. I'm G. And I'm Sparky. Well done, Ty. Thank you. That was my first podcast intro. I felt good about it. It's hard to come out from the bullpen in the first inning, too. Garrett leaned on you and you stepped up and delivered some good innings. Thank you, brother. Yeah, no problem. Yeah, good to have you, man. Yeah, glad to be here. Coming up on today's app, Clay Thompson from the Dallas Mavericks stops by. We're going to get ready for the NBA trade deadline with an NBA spelling bee. We're going to respond to voicemails. But first, the Super Bowl is Sunday. Let's talk about it. Actually, let's start. Y'all's trip this weekend. That was sick. Yes. Great trip. I had some FOMO this weekend. Yeah. Keep it real with y'all. That was a great trip. Is Punta Brava, does that in Spanish mean like drop dead gorgeous? Is that the translation? Because the scenes, man. I think it's brave. Brave. Yeah. Brave point. Punta and then brava. It means brave. In like honor of? Brave points. I don't know. I don't know. I didn't name it. You need to get the backstory of that. You need to get the backstory of that. You're going to spend a lot of time out there. This point needs to be brave because those swells smoke that thing. Yeah. And I almost drowned. Not really, but it felt like it at times. Yeah. Water's powerful, dude. Yeah. It is. It was a heck of a trip, though, dude. Cannot wait for that episode to come out. um me and gare went to mexico caught some lobsters well you caught some i caught some lobsters night diving gare caught a fish we had a great dinner uh just a special place we'll be spending a lot more time out there as it gets opened up it's still brand new but yeah will i be spending i hate doing that no i hate to but after the fomo this week and just want to make sure sometimes i'm slated for an outdoor i'm slated for an outdoor one which one are you doing cliff diving you are yeah we did cliff jump in while we were out there wait a minute so you're telling me the pettit brothers have been just blowing smoke you you might have to go back i don't think i caught it on camera i will wasn't recording okay that's what he told me okay well i'll tell you what uh i'll be going back if this groundhog day reaction that phil saw a shadow if we have six more weeks of winter that's what he said that's what he said remind you though phil is a groundhog. He's wrong. He is a groundhog. He's wrong more times than not. So is that true? Yes. Oh, I broke it. So why are we still listening to what I'm saying? So winter's over predicting six more weeks of winter. But since he's traditionally wrong, then, yeah, you should be seeing spring like weather in the next couple of weeks. I'm saying if he's right, I'm going back to Punta Brava and enjoying the sun. I guess maybe I'm not as up to date on this groundhog stuff. sure how do we know that he saw his shadow or did we see his shadow he sees his own shadow but i don't know how he verbalizes that to the people how does he tell us that he saw he just raises a hand that's a good question like looks back and is it a real groundhog it is they say it's the same one since they originally did this i know i know it's folklore yeah we're gonna have to dive into that another least on their like eighth iteration of of phil wow but you know again And maybe I was a little hard on Phil seeing the fact that if he is 36 percent correct for a meteorologist, that's not bad in that work field. Yeah. So that's how he's keeping his day job. Yeah. So congratulations, Phil. Sister's birthday to get out of the way. Oh, nice. Birthday, Kara. This isn't Aaron on her birthday. I should still text her, shouldn't I? Poor girl's having surgery on her birthday. Why? The dog, the dog bite on the hand. Fourth surgery. Thinking about you, sis. That's a tough birthday. Yeah, it is. But she's actually looking at it from a positive spin that this is the last one. And she's thankful it's on her birthday. So I'm proud of her. Hopefully the last dog bite. Last surgery, I think, is where he was going. I did something. My Monday got off to a horrid start. Jared, do you have that picture? Oh, no. Look at what happened this morning. This is true, too. What happened? So, long story short, I actually went to decompress at the car wash last night. Because that's what I do. Get the salt off the car. That's this morning, boys. What did you do? You ran into a yellow pole? I was at the gas station and I went to go car wash last night because of all the ice and stuff. I can't see out of my backup cam. The H-E-B drive-thru car wash closed. I was like, I'll get to it tomorrow. This morning stopped at the gas station, get a little gas backing up. So my sensor, I can't see my little first time I've ever backed into anything. Wow. And if you've ever wondered if we are authentic hosts, another almost athlete moment brought to you by Sparky today. Backing into a yellow stationary pole. That's not me. That's why I'm calling myself out publicly, so I'm better going forward. I do like that. I do like the public call out. Yeah, I didn't get the beep, beep, beep, beep. Is it bad? It looks not great. I was just hoping you'd say, oh, that's not that bad. You can buff it out. You can buff it out, dude. I have confidence in you. It looks like a pretty good, like, indention. Okay. Well, I did get a new Best Buy TV, so if there's any. Nice. Toyota, let's go places. Just saying. Oh. Oh, yeah. I get what you get. Yeah. No pressure, Toyota. No pressure. What size TV did you get? 85. 85. Oh, the thing is like it's like I'm at the sphere every night. Your Octobox is going to be insane. It's as big as a one of their, you know, what is like a Corolla Toyota Corolla? How big your TV is? Yeah. Somebody could do the math on that. But your Octobox, that's like that's like 25 inches each. I grew up on a 25 inch. So now I'm getting like eight times that. That's crazy. Congrats, dude. Thank you for you. You know, it's going to be fun on that TV. Well, yeah, Super Bowl Sunday. Are you throwing a party? Well, I was about to ask y'all the same thing. My invite list has been just silent. I don't think I'm throwing a party. Are you? Yeah. Dude, I'm not. Did you not invite us? I'm not throwing a party. This feels like the New Year's thing where you invited a couple. No, no, no. I am not. I got invited to Super Bowl party and I just, man, I think I'm going to sit home. Really? Maybe it's just because I'm very tired right now. And the Super Bowl is not for another week, but I feel like I just want to sleep. Yeah, when you work a weekend internationally, it can come back to bite you. But I am looking forward to it. Should be a good game. Yeah, let's just recap real quick for the viewers and listeners. Me, Sparky, and Cody on last week's pod kind of threw in our predictions. I had Seattle, 34-17. Sparky had Seattle, 27-17. Cody had the Pats, 24-21. We did get the twins. Kobe. That's the most Kobe answer ever. Patriots 17-17. They tied? Oh, that's the most Kobe thing ever. That's my bad. That's my bad. Okay. All right. 17-14. Okay. Drake may MVP. Corey Seahawks 21-17. Sam Darnold. So, Ty, we need your prediction. Super Bowl winner, score, MVP. See, I don't like going after everybody already threw theirs in, because no matter what, it feels like I'm copying somebody. Although I will say, boys, who called Pat Seahawks when we first did this at the beginning of the NFL playoffs? That was your boy. I guess that was Tyler Toney. That was me. Okay. Well, now call the score. Dude, now, yeah. You've seen the script. That's what this is. I did. I did. I got a sneak peek of the script. I don't. I think y'all may be a little high on the scores. I don't want to be where Kobe's at is the problem, but he picked Pat. So I'm going to say it's a lower scoring game. I'm calling for a Seattle safety as well. So give me. Golly. Give me 1917 Seahawks. Wow. What a funky score. I like it. Yeah, I like it. I don't know how we get there. Is it a defensive player MVP? That's the thing is it's probably not going to be a QB if it's that low of scoring. So I guess it's got to be JSN. Yeah, I think JSN is going to get it. Okay, so yeah, give me 1917 Seahawks and the two tutties come from JSN. Whoa, and the safety just blows all the scores away. Left side. Yeah. Okay. It's kind of like the cereal, the OJ with the Fruity Pebs. Yeah, it's kind of weird combo you're going with, but it might actually work. Could work. Could work. You know, back when I was growing up, Super Bowls meant a lot more to me. Because the Cowboys were in them. I'm just watching the Cowboys every year. The games nowadays are just kind of like, you know, talking to the people that you're at the party with. Do you have any all-time favorite Super Bowls other than the boys? Yeah. Which ones? Let me think here. All-time favorite Super Bowls. Do you have any off the top of your head that were really cool? One of my favorites, like originally when I was young, was the greatest show on turf and Kevin Dyson falling a yard short, the Tennessee St. Louis. That's like one of my first recollections of the Super Bowl. I remember watching that Super Bowl in my parents' bedroom. They were having a party, and he goes down at like the two, and he's like crawling into the end zone still. He was trying to be still with a holy roller. I don't think the Titans have ever been close to them. I remember watching that. It's hard to beat the Pats when they came back. The 28-3 rally, unless you're an Atlanta Falcon fan. But that was just an exciting game. You're like, are they going to actually do this? It was a boring game at first. And you're like, are they? New York beating the Pats was pretty electric. That was in a tough spot right there because I wanted the underdog to win. But at the same time, the New York football Giants, not too fond of them. But one of my favorite all time is just watching Elway get it done. Sure. When he went airborne. I don't remember that. And then I actually enjoyed when it was at Jerry World in the ice storm, you know, kind of through a little Packers pit. That's right. Yep. One of the best ones that just came to my mind was the Arizona-Pittsburgh game, the Kurt Warner game, and the Santonio Holmes caught the game-winner, the toe-touch in the back of the end zone. That was a phenomenal football game. And then the brothers, the Harbaugh brothers, 49ers and Ravens. Power outage. Power outage. Oh, yeah. Remember that one? Third quarter power outage. Yeah. That was wild. That was a wild one. How does that happen? I don't know. I mean, dude, the NFL just can script right a good game, man. I mean, the power outage, they were in their bag that game. I mean, the most shocking Super Bowl finish, the not handing it to Marshawn. Yeah, how did he not mention that? And that's where they get their revenge. Yeah. This Saturday. Yep. Maybe sometimes full circle for them. That was a whale of a game. The cursed catch down in the end. You think they're going to win? It really wasn't even a bad ball. Butler. And Wilson should have had back-to-back Super Bowls. I mean, that was a heck of a defensive player. Oh, it was one of the best plays I've ever seen. In these films, he credited to film study, jumped that. I've never seen a corner jump on a ball like that. One year before, right? Seattle? Won against Denver in 14 and lost to the Patriots in 15. Well done, Gare. Yeah. Wow. Yeah. They were going for the back-to-backer. And probably all you had to do was hand it to 24. Hand it off, and it was like boom, boom. That's all you had to do. That was crazy. 43-8 Super Bowl 2014. That was the game. What a snooze fest. That's the one that started with the bad snap over Peyton Manning's head for a safety. That's why I thought you might have brought it up because Seattle's already had a little safety in a Super Bowl. Subliminal. That's special. They've had a good 20 years, dude. Another one that I just remembered, Super Bowl, undervalued. The Sean Payton surprise onside kick out of halftime, which you can't do anymore. But when the Saints won it. Not really an option at this point. Yeah. That was a fun one. Old-time football was just a little more fun to watch. I think the game is just getting, you know, with the defenseless receivers and this. If you go back and watch one of those bruising games, it's just like, that's fun to watch. Definitely a different sport. Life or death kind of vibe to it. Yeah, it was the good old days, wasn't it? So are we looking more forward to, like, the game? Do you want your prediction to work out? Are you just looking for a good night, good halftime show, commercials? What would make for a good quality Super Bowl Sunday this Sunday? Yeah, it looks like it's going to be a quality halftime show. I mean, Bad Bunny just raked in the Grammys last night. Album of the year. Yeah, Bad Bunny, he loaded up. And just to clarify, that is not the girl on Dr. Phil that's cashed me outside. How about that? That's Bad Bobby. Got it. There's a difference. They sound the exact same to me. But nowadays, you never know who's hosting the Super Bowl. That's not what I got. I could have been that. You're probably on the short list, dude. I'm not kidding. Maybe. Maybe he'd be top 20. He's Puerto Rican, I believe. Okay. It should be a good halftime show. I need a good George Strait halftime show. I'll be honest. I need something. I feel like we've really gone the opposite end of my musical taste in recent years, and I could really use just a King George. A King George appearance? A King George halftime show. That would be great. I actually wouldn't mind a Justin Bieber halftime show, to be completely honest with you. An Aerosmith. What are they doing? Are they still out there? See, I don't think Aerosmith would be that good right now. Steven Tyler can still rip it, dude. You think so? He's still got the pipes. I'm telling you. Him and Youngblood. See, I know that guy. Retired. You know Youngblood? Yeah, I know Youngblood. He won an award. He did win him last night. And he did something with Steven Tyler. That's crazy, man. You can't put you in a box, man. You can't put me in a box. uh aerosmith vocal cord injury in 23 retired touring as of august 24 you think he's got a couple more snaps in the pipes dude he was singing with young blood steven tyler still got it i'm telling you or just go back straight to early 2000s with a little bit of emo and like just get like the slew of newfound glory and just all those guys just uh just sing one song each people would Love it. Yeah, that's pretty cool. I mean, call me crazy. I like that idea. I would do a T-Swift halftime show. That thing would bang. Yeah. And I'm sure they've asked. I'm sure they've sent an email. Yeah. We had a voicemail about the halftime shows. Let's hear it. Play that. Let's play the voicemail. Play that funky music. 8-5-5. Wait, is that our number? Hey, dudes, hope you're doing well. I just first wanted to say that I love this podcast. And second, I had a question for you guys. A ranking, actually. With the Super Bowl coming soon, I was wondering if you guys could rate your top three. for top five NFL halftime shows. Sure. And yeah. Sure, I absolutely can do that for you. Take it away, Gary. Number one is going to go to Michael Jackson. Yeah. I'm pretty sure that was the one in Los Angeles. 95, 93 or 90. I can't remember. I think it was 95. 93, Heal the World. It was 93. Okay. What were you, five? I remember that one. How? How do you remember that? How does that one stick with you? My parents went to that one. Oh. So it was right, you know, in California. Yeah. 2001, dude. Aerosmith, NSYNC, Britney Spears. That is got to be up there for you. I mean, I don't remember that, but I bet it was great. So that was my number one. My number two was definitely the one we went to. And another one in L.A., Eminem, Dr. Dre. Yeah. That was electric. I actually really enjoyed. Give me Katy Perry 2015. No, the Sharks. No, that was pretty good. Can't handle that. She's got bangers. She is. Yeah. And that had really good like production level to it. I remember that. They did really well with that one. I do like the old school. Like when you when you say like you were like Aerosmith or whatever. I really liked Bruce. Bruce Springsteen. Yeah. Nine. It's a good year. Yeah. Nine. Good stuff. And then they all kind of blend together. Coldplay actually was a good one. I like Coldplay. Was Bruno in Red Hot Chili Peppers good in 2014? I don't really remember that. but I feel like it should be good. Bruno had to be good. I feel like there's an obvious one missing from this list. The Prince halftime show. Yes. Greatest of all time. The Prince was good. Yeah. I'm not a huge fan of this guy. The Prince was good. The Prince one was good, but he sang, did he sing Purple Rain? Yeah, in the rain. Wow. And, and then all the conspiracy theories with Kendrick Lamar last year and his beef with Drake and all the minor things of like Serena doing her little, that was kind of fascinating. That was a little too deep for me. I didn't catch any of those. It was. And then this year, Bad Bunny. Next year, Ty Tony. Predict it, dude. I'd like to pick next year's Super Bowl performer. And you would go T-Swift. Yeah. I don't think there'd be a lot of disagreement with that. Shania Twain, no doubt, and Sting. See, I bet that was awesome. I bet that was incredible. And I don't remember it. No. I remember 04, though. Yeah. Yeah. I do remember that. Yeah, you do. JT and Janet. I mean, they had some. Like The Who, Tom Petty. yeah yeah tom petty great one all those were were good any any absolute least favorites yeah me too yeah who's yours i thought the weekend was pretty weak yeah like the blinding lights when he was that was the the yeah that big uh a big set i remember that he was like it was like a man one of those carnival things it's like the mirror house you know and he was like going through it it's just not me i don't know your vibe i don't know i do agree with you it's just you just want a raw concert it's turned into a production yeah and you all you all you're really looking for is people go up there and just sing their sing their tunes like you don't need sharks dancing in the background dancing sharks i just want banger songs i did like the sharks though did you like lady gaga jumping in uh i actually thought lady gaga's was pretty good she's got some bangers yeah so top five i'd go michael jackson eminem yeah let's move prince up to three bruce springsteen and then Give me Coldplay. Finish it off. That's a solid list. And I would love, I would say, I mean, I would love a Bieber. I would love an NSYNC. I would love a Backstreet Boy. I mean, give me some old tunes. Get the Eagles up there. Like, I mean, dude, just something. North Texas, guys. Yeah. Or some Texas country, dude. King George, the Eagles, and Aerosmith, maybe. Yeah, dude. And see what ACDC's doing. Get them back together. I don't know if they're still alive, and I don't know if they can sing, But, man, that would be an absolute just show and a half. ACDC still touring? No way that's their original guys. Well, Power Up Tour in 26. Scott hasn't been with us for some time. I mean, guys, look, here we are, and we're talking about when are we hanging up tour. ACDC is still going strong, dude. That guy looks like he is so tired. Oh, man. And you're complaining about a Punta Brava weekend. Yeah. That guy's Nolan Ryan at the age of 45. He loves the grind. What's his name again? I forget the lead guy for ACDC. They're all Australian, I believe. The guy's a maniac. Angus Young. Angus Young is a great name, too. Yeah. Wow. Good for him, dude. Yeah, Brian Johnson, lead vocalist. Angus Young, guitarist. That's my pick for 2027. Give me ACDC. ACDC. Party like it's 1990 again. God, it'll rip. I'm there for the game. I'm going to be 100% honest with you. I'm thinking about second half adjustments. I'd rather them just go into the locker room and have a full live stream of what's being said. I'd rather be one heck of a halftime show. You just know you're about to just be in a drought of football, too. That's the other thing I was going to say about the Super Bowl parties, is that's maybe one of my least favorite parties to go to, because not only do you not really get to watch the football game, but then the whole other piece of it, the commercials, you can never hear what the commercials are. And it's like there's too many people talking. I thought you were going to say you're with people you don't want to be with. No, it's not. That can happen. I'm with people I like, but it's like, I'm about to have no football for so long, and I want to enjoy my last football. And then if there are funny commercials, I want to hear them. Yeah. No, I'm with you. You really have to, like, put a good number. Or you've got to go, like, hey, media room is for people that actually want to watch what's going on. Living room, girls go talk and do your Mahjong. Go play your Mahjong games. Go play Mahjong. Before we wrap it up, I do just want to, speaking to you, Roger, I think Roger listens to the pod. I think he is. I think he's an avid listener. Oh, your father-in-law? Goodell. Goodell. Oh, okay. Yeah. And I will say I'm going to put in my ask for next year, and that is Jack White. Fun. Yes. That would be cool. That performance he had in Detroit, unreal. You saw something. I saw something, and I think the world needs to be united by Jack White's music. Really? Yeah. Yeah. Give me Jack White next year. Halftime Super Bowl halftime performer. That's pretty good. Boys, FYI, the 2027 Super Bowl on V-Day. That's why I've been staying single. Really? Got to keep that free. Boys, Super Bowl next year. Guess who doesn't have to ask a significant other if I can go? You Oh I thought you were going to say you going to ask a significant other to get married Well that going to be one of the questions I ask It like hey by the way Valentine Day of 27 We keeping that clean In Los Angeles Is it Los Angeles Yes Do they just stay West Coast I guess. Yeah. It's like Cleveland going to get one. You know? Never. I don't think they're on the short list, but I think the NFL might need one of those. Actually, trivia question. What two cities have hosted the most Super Bowls? Give me. You had to guess. Pasadena or L.A.? Surprisingly, no. That was the one I got wrong. I said L.A. as well. I got the other one right. South Beach. Indy? Miami. And New Orleans. New Orleans. New Orleans. New Orleans. New Orleans. New Orleans. Yeah. I thought that was interesting. I didn't realize New Orleans said that. It is mid-country. Easy to get to from both. You kind of want to get. But that's why all the West Coast. It's really tough for like an East Coast team. You know, like if the Giants are playing in it. When do we see the first overseas Super Bowl? Soon. I don't think we're too far away, brother. I don't think we're far away either. Really? I think it's going super global. Well, I actually think we're on the precipice. Jacksonville should be in it automatically just for the amount of games they've had to play overseas. Yeah, they've really got the short end of the stick there. I think you very well could see in our lifetime even international teams. We don't know how to game on space. Like a German-based team. Really? Yeah. I don't think that's out of the realm. It's Valentine's Day. You already have plans with the significant other to go to the game? Or what do you mean by, like, just holding the date? Because the Cowboys are playing mainly. Okay. And you want to take the girl? if there's a girl or you just don't want to be locked down yeah correct i want my options to be open okay that's all i'm saying v-day 2027 already looking forward to it it'd be tough i i will say that's going to cost some that's going to cost some tough conversations for married guys is it though i actually feel like that's kind of a free pass that year because it's like oh well babe i thought we were doing super bowl party not if your girl loves valentine's day um that's not us It's not me either. It's not me either. It's not me either. It's not me either. It's not me either. It's not me either. It's not me either. It's not me either. It's not me either. It's not me either. It's not me either. But I do know, I do know some that some couples that are hardcore. That's like their holiday. Yeah. I think Cody is about a 10 grand per Valentine's Day. He rolls out the red carpet. And I think he set that expectation a couple of years ago. And that's on him. And now it's expected. That's on him. Yeah. I'm like order the flowers on the last day, like maybe morning of type guy. Oh, even morning of. Oh, sometimes I have to like. she always tells me she doesn't care and it's like but if i get to the end of the day and don't is she gonna care yeah there's gonna be some care levels no i always have to give her something i can't i don't i don't have that in me that's how you keep that tone of oh we don't really care thank you yeah yeah i feel like you'll mess around and find out yeah if you come i want to do that how much is it now just predicated on like making the special for the kids oh my daughter i i definitely want to you know he has boys though yeah i got three boys they don't they don't even know it's valentine's day okay that's how it should be well easy i mean remember you know you gotta for the boys for the boys yeah yeah i don't need to be given a valentine's day fourth grade 200 bucks per person that's the expected spend inflation man i'm gonna box your Chocolates is going to cost you 75. Dozen roses is 80. Heck, a candle nowadays, 10 bucks. Boys, I got to be honest. I think I'm on the under there. I'm usually stopped by Market Street on the way home. Valentine's Day is a $27 billion holiday. That didn't surprise me, actually. You guys think we could create our own holiday and get some traction behind it? There's got to be some kind of sentimental attachment to that holiday. I feel like we're running out of days, dude. Find a day on the calendar that's not already something, you know? Yeah, it's true. It's true. As our team has expanded, too. I want to know, what is the least just nothing day of the year? It has nothing. No, nothing going on whatsoever. Least important day of the year. That's what we got to shoot for. What day of the year is like furthest away from any holiday? Yeah, it's got nothing going on. When's our offseason? January 16th. National Nothing Day. Isn't that? Created in 72. That is a thing. That's a thing. Now he made it a thing because it was nothing. Yeah. So June 25th is generally considered the day furthest from major holidays. Okay. So there really is nothing. Every day is taken. Yeah. I think we're going to be tough to come up with a holiday that gets nationally celebrated. Promoted to D1. Like you got holidays at D2, St. Paddy's. That's a great one. What should go to D1? So what would you say that's in the beat? President's Day, Indigenous People, St. Paddy's, Valentine's? Is that D2? That's like high D2. That's high D2. They win a lot of – Valentine's is borderline small school D1. I think they're North Dakota State, a powerhouse FCS. You've got to determine your conference size first. Are there 12 teams? Because if it's 12 teams, Valentine's is D1. Well, there's not 12. I think there's four. I think it's Halloween, Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Fourth of July. Those are your power four. I would put Easter up there. New Year's? Easter, yeah. New Year's? Yeah. Okay, so there's six. Valentine's is like right there. Order line seven. I'll tell you which one that has absolutely rubbed me the wrong way for many years, and I'm sick and tired of it, especially nowadays, and that's April Fool's Day. I think it's time for that. In the AI gen, in the AI era, watch out on April Fool's Day. You know what April Fool's Day needs to be? That's a dangerous game. It needs to switch every year. You determine the day beginning of the year. So it needs to switch in April, day in April. So like it comes out and it's like, all right, this year's April Fool's Day. People actually forget about April 17th. And no one knows. But the people that want to do it and you will get that's a real better. Because now, you know, April Fool's. I mean, you don't even bother pulling up Instagram because it's just like it's just fake, fake, fake, fake. They changed. You're every year. You're going to you're going to get good. What if you went on a rotation one year? It's April Fool's next year. It's like you only tell the truth all day. I think we could use that. I think the youth could use that. We could use a truth day. Yeah. April truth day. Is that the next day we're doing? Yeah, maybe. That's our holiday. May truth. May truth. It's May 1. Hey, Cinco de Mayo is a team that can move up. That is a D2. It's an international thing. Cinco de Mayo is a sleeper D2 school. It's in a good, fertile position on the calendar, too. It's like being in recruiting rounds. It's like a school being in DFW. You have everything you need. We just missed National Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day. Oh, dude, we did a video during that. I'm going to go ahead and put my vote in for the one for Graham's question of D2 moving up, and I'm going to say Sinko to Mile deserves a nod over Valentine's Day. I'm going to go with the one Graham loaded up pre-hand, and that's St. Paddy's Day. And I'm Irish. I come from a family that was a McGee last night. You're Indian and Irish. We're concoction. Wow. Isn't it? It's kind of like the cereal we had last week. Yeah. Like a little apple juice with honey nut cherry. It's a weird combo. It's a weird combo, but it works. It works, isn't it weird? How about that? Yeah. There's a lot of weird holidays out there. Half. Half. I mean, look at the record of a sneeze. National Wear Red. I see those are in extraterrestrial. That's JUCO and NAIA. I can't even say that word. Thumb appreciation. Yeah. Thumb appreciation. That's a community college. It's coming up February. Yeah, I'm not celebrating that, though. Tile? Do they have a donut day? Yes. There's a day for everything. There's 100% of national. I think there's multiple donut days. There's like eat a donut, get a free donut, celebrate donuts. I'm looking forward to June 5th. Two donut holidays. See, that's where we're getting out of line. Donuts don't need two holidays. No, no. I love donuts. I'm donut's biggest proponent. You want to do a brand deal donut, I'll do it for free. but they don't need two donut days amen and yeah i love don't ask a question anybody in your lifetime from when you were younger to till now you think they deserve their own holiday anybody you can think of that we personally met no no just like just anybody could be anyone how do you gotta be do something pretty significant i would say mother theresa or Dirk or the two. That's good. Or the two I'm going with deserve a holiday. Deserves a holiday as well. That's like somebody who deserves to be on money. The dollar bill, you know? Yeah. It's kind of the same question. Really? Who's next up? I think Dirk. That would be wild. Or Mother Teresa. She was great. OK, I've had enough holidays. NBA deadline deadline's coming Thursday. Yeah, it is right around the corner. There's going to be a lot of movement this year. Who's the biggest that you're going to predict? you think ad gets traded yeah or yannis it sounds like is finally ready to bow out of milwaukee the bucks aren't nearly as competitive this year i don't know if they can make the money make sense but i do expect a wild because there's a lot of teams who feel like they're in it and we're going to make a run try to buy poor dennis schroeder dude yeah he's turned down the 81 million dollar whatever deal and now he's played for eight nba teams since tough dude that's a good thing to remind the kids. If you ever get offered $81 million, just say they take it. Yeah, take it. Okay. You guys heard it here first from Spark. Not that I've experienced in accepting 81 mil. I do think AD gets traded. The big names are Giannis, Ja Morant. There's been whispers of that. Him heading out of Memphis. Oh, Kaminga. Kaminga as well. So it'll be interesting. It should be fun. Keep your eye on Thursday's deadline. And just a couple of Spark notes from the college game. I watched a lot of college basketball this weekend. Miami of Ohio, best story in college basketball. Undefeated. I believe they're 22-0. I don't feel like they should be ranked, though. Maybe not, but it's still a great story. Really cool. It is. Program that hasn't had much success. And if you're a young basketball player, especially at the guard position, you need to check out Iowa guard Sturts. The Bennett Sturts kid is a stud. Dropped like 34 last night, which is cool. And then the Atlantic 10 is really good. George Mason. And then UCF got that big win over Tech for the Aggies. That was one of our losses. It's time. It's never too early to start your bracketology as March approaches. But that's hoop season, boys. It's time to dive into that in hockey with a little bit of soccer coming up for the World Cup. It's a perfect segue into voicemail sparks. Is it time? It's time. I'm ready for some emails. This segment is brought to you by DoorDash. When life gets crazy, DoorDash helps bring a little order to it. I like what they did there. Oh, so good. Thank gosh. Yeah. I got good. You got to work on your tagline. Yeah, that's taglines are important. I'm starting to realize that. Toyota, go places. That's sick. We love being a show that you can watch as a family or listen to as a family. and we would love to settle your family arguments, answer your parenting questions. That is probably questionable or hear your family's hot takes. So send us a voicemail, 972-805-8866. Also find a number at almostathletes.com. Shoot us a voicemail and we might check them out. So let's listen to a few. Here we are. I do feel like it's stolen valor if I'm giving any parental advice. I agree. I'll do it. I'll do the parental advice. Because that's just, I'd be lying. Hey, it's Heather from Paris, Texas. Hey, Heather. Tyler, please clarify that you really do not use soap. I think it's a joke. My teenage son says you're completely honest and real about this, but it is undoing everything I have taught him about hygiene. Well, may I, before Ty answers, I just want to reiterate what she said. I've never heard a false word come out of Ty's mouth. In my life. So I think he's pretty serious, but I'll let Ty speak for it. Yes. Heather, first of all, appreciate you calling in. I do think there I think this is a case by case. Yeah, it is. Is it a child by child? I think it could be. And some kids I've been around them. Some kids are the stinky kid in class. And you got soap on and you got then then you have no choice but to use soap. OK, I you know, who knows what actually makes it onto the Internet? But I will reiterate my situation. I I have used soap. I do use soap occasionally. Now that I have long hair, I use more shampoo and conditioner. I would say once a week is an average for shampoo and conditioner. Soap is going to be a little bit less than that outside of hunting season, in which case I use soap that takes any scent I do have that normal people can't smell, but that deer can smell. And if the deer can't smell me, people sure as heck can't smell me. And until I show up to the office and, you know, if some of the guys were to start saying, And, you know, T, hey, you know, I'm catching a whiff. You're is that that's you there. Then maybe I would reconsider my stance on soap. But being known as a guy who always smells delightful. I have a hard time believing I do. I do. I do always smell delightful. Proclaim. No, this is this is from other people around me. Just saying I'm playing devil's advocate here. I don't think you're a smelly individual, but you ever don on you that maybe in class growing up. I was never thought you were. I'm just saying I will never think you're the stinky. Smell me right now. Just go ahead. So there's a passerby. I don't want to get in here. Wow. That's good. Yeah. I know. No, I'm not kidding. That was like sniffing a Febreze. Yeah, that actually does smell delightful. But what's crazy about you is it doesn't feel like the fabric. Heather, Heather, I want to give you a real time. I want to give you a real story here just so you understand the power of Ty's smells. The power of poo. You know, we were in Mexico. We were in Mexico these last couple days, and we were lobster diving. Great video. We're in the Pacific Ocean, you know, so because of that, we have to wear wetsuits. Yep. And these things took far too long to put on. I can't tell you how long these things took on. Where is this story going? I'm not interested. And that means they would take that much effort to take off. Yeah. And sometimes the urge to go to the restroom happens. Yeah. And, you know, I remember we're sitting in the ocean and Ty's like, dude, I got to, I got to go to the bathroom. Number one. Number one. You're talking shampoo. No. So, you know, Ty in his wetsuit. And, you know, we get out and it's like, we're going to dinner and I'm like, Ty, dude, you shower. He's like, why would I shower? I mean, I was in the ocean. didn't smell bad. I don't know. I'm telling you. I don't know if it's just a me thing, Heather. I don't. I'm not going to say that this is for everyone out there. I'm just talking about my experience. Soap doesn't do a lot for me, and I am a pretty clean person, all things considered. That you are. I'll give you that. Teenage son of Heather. You might need soap. Do with that as you will. I would need to smell your son in a normal, a very normal way. That's why. Or if Heather, if you think that your son needs soap, then I think you should you should listen to mom and you should use soap. It's a case dependent, though, your point. Case to case. I appreciate it. Well, that is why we are here to solve your problems, your family arguments, your family needs. We're here for you. Yeah. Thank you. Mom says you so we're using. So she's yeah. Mom's usually has a good nose to sniff, sniff those things out. Just obey your mom and dad. Yeah. And if you grow up in Paris, Texas, you kind of need to use soap. It can get kind of nasty over there. With all due respect. Thank you, Heather, for the call. Next question. That was a good one. We need more like that. What's up, dudes? This is Ross from Indiana. I'm giving you a call because I wanted you to know Big Soap has gotten you all. Ty is on something. Are these all soap-related questions? I started, got rid of soap. I haven't been using Big Soap, any soap, except for hand washing. That one I can't get behind. But I haven't been using soap for at least two weeks now. And I tell you, I haven't even noticed a difference. Ty is on to something. You all need to get on board. I'm a little worried. You know, you created a little worried that I might have started a national crisis. I think we need to get protection for Ty, dude. I think if this catches on, they're coming after me. They're coming after Ty, dude. You've created a monster. I have. And again, I just feel like I need to reiterate for me and my. I love the honesty, the self-evaluation there. Two weeks, he hasn't noticed a difference. My question is, has other people around you noticed a difference? Sure. And who are those people around you? I noticed. You need inner circle to really give you the honest feedback. Yes. When I don't shower with soap, dude, I notice a difference. I don't feel great. See, there you go. When you pull an all-nighter, I can also tell a difference. This guy, he's tired. He can't even talk, dude. I mean, he's barely alive on set. But I it is what happens when you, you know, you travel as a 38 year old and you use soap, dude. I think soap drains you of energy. You know, it's always energetic, man. I don't know if it's the eight monsters or if it's the non soap. Yeah. Again, case by case, do some soul searching. Listen to your inner circle. Have them be honest with you. But if we go to the last voicemail and it's a soap question, I'm going to lose my mind. I didn't know we started something with the last question. It's going to be Barry from Switzerland with a soap take. Hey, guys. This is Evan. I was just wondering. You guys talk a lot about clothes and stuff like that and all that big soap stuff. No way. But I was wondering, how often do you guys, like, wash your pants? Because, like, that's a big debate. I don't know. Dude, this is. I barely wash mine. And do you dry your pants? Because I don't. Because I don't like them to shrink. Okay. Hold on, guys. This is out of hand. This is out of hand. He's back. firing him up he's back all right look i yeah you have got to wash your clothes dude i don't know what to tell you well i will say if you're wearing jeans you don't have to wash them every time yeah it's it's i'm an over washer you are like if i wear socks for two hours take them off socks you need to wash everywhere every every time i wear them i put them in the dirt you recognize these pants care this is good yeah you wore them yesterday yesterday and i didn't wash them I didn't wash them. And I just passed the smell test so you don't have to wash your pants every day. That's insane. I was on an airplane, dude. I was on an airplane. I was on an airplane. Because guess what? If you got clean undies, clean cheeks, you're fine. That's what the undies are for, to protect you. Your pants, as long as you weren't sweaty, as long as you didn't go play basketball, you're generally good. Jeans, I could go a week easy on jeans. I agree with the pant. I agree with that. Shirts, though. Shirts, I think, maybe need a more frequent washing schedule because I still get sweaty pants. I really thought when I embarked on this podcast journey that we were just going to be really nailing the hard hitters like, who's better, Kobe or MJ? And instead, it's like, how often do you wash your pants? And here we are. Should my kid use soap? Yeah. I don't know. Should I brush my teeth? Okay. Brush your teeth. Now, I will say you don't have to brush as often as you think. This is nice. I'm just saying. Dude, my uncle was a dentist, okay? You're about to start telling him, text while you drive. That's cool. No, no, no. Absolutely not. I'm not a psychopath. Oh, Lee. You're approaching that territory. We should dive into the teeth brushing later, at a later date. How often should you brush? Twice a day. No, you don't need to brush twice a day. Actually heard it's bad for you. It ruins the enamel if you do it twice a day. No, no, no. I've never had a cavity in my life, which that doesn't matter about brushing your teeth. it's genetic based. Raise your hand if you've never had a cavity. Raise your hand if you only brush your teeth once a day. Raise your hand if you never floss ever in your life unless you go to the dentist and then it hurts. And I tell them don't floss. It's pointless or use fluoride. Pointless. Don't use fluoride. Wow. We are solving the world's issues on this podcast. But if you're going to do it once a day, brush in the morning. Yes. Everybody a favor. Don't don't be the I didn't brush my teeth. I'm going to brush them tonight. Well, then you got stinky breath all day and you better be loaded up on some gum if you're around me sure yeah anything else you want to share kids well i think that's enough for today for them to chew on we don't want to overwhelm the audience right now i just gotta know though are you pro wiping rear dude i have the i have just answer just answer yeah yes but okay there's a but i have the cleanest cheeks in the office. It was not by my doing. We moved into a house with a bidet. Absolute game changer. Europeans are on to something. If you are just wiping with dry TP, you're dirty. I'm sorry. You need to wash your pants maybe multiple times a day. You self-proclaimed you're not the stinky kid. You self-proclaimed this. Yeah, it's crazy. You're this close to losing any chance at a national holiday yourself. All right. Enough of soap talk. I'm ready to get back to sports. The Dallas Mavs are stopping by and a sharpshooter might be stopping by our set Klay Thompson coming up next Let get to it Almost Hey almost that week Almost. Well, the Super Bowl is this Sunday, Sparky. Don't I know it. I've been practicing all week. Gee, I'm already up to five plates of nachos in three hours without needing a bathroom break. It's been a great season, and I'm glad we got one more week left to fund. And there's still one more week to get in on Toyota's game day giveaways. Toyota is the official automotive partner of the NFL, and they've been rewarding fans all season long with epic giveaways every week of the season. Every week, fans have been predicting big plays in the second half of every Sunday night football game for a chance to win NFL merch and other amazing prizes. It's been 21 weeks of fun, and the good news, Gare, still one more left. 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When life gets crazy, DoorDash helps bring a little order to it. Almost. Hey, almost. Almost. Sitting with us is one of the greatest three-point shooters of all time, a four-time NBA champ, five-time All-Star, two-time All-NBA third-team honoree, an Olympic and World Cup gold medalist and a member of our beloved Dallas Mavericks. Welcome, Clay Thompson. What an intro. I want one of those one day. I just want one of those. I just want one of those. I just want one of those. I just want one of those. It would have been cool. Clay, how are you doing? Doing very well. Yeah? Approaching the all-star break, man? Oh, yeah. And that was a fun day. Felt like a birthday party. That's it. That birthday party. That's good. What's your favorite part of the office? The football field. So versatile. Got soccer goalposts, a field goal, a real field goal. And it was just fun to run routes with the guys. I told one of the twins the hands I saw on you. Did you ever play any football back in the day? I did. I played through my freshman year of high school. And then I hated getting hit. And I had the happiest feet in the pocket. I would never step up in the pocket. You were queuing. I was QB1. That a baby. Yeah. It was fun. It's easy to step away from football when you're a lead at basketball. too you know yeah a nice backup plan a good backup plan but it's such a yeah i did miss the glory of friday night lights though isn't it the best yeah you should have been from texas man around here i'm telling you i hear like a marching band nowadays i feel like i could still run down on the kickoff team really oh you played in high school too yeah seriously i can see by the frame bro i was okay yeah i didn't have happy feet yeah that's all right good news is i heard jay kidd taking notes out there he was like he said you know you got to see what the players gravitate towards you. It's like, I think this field would be really nice. Different surface. Do warm-ups on. Get the guys out there. He's paying attention. You may have a new facility coming your way. That'd be sweet. What would be cool is a batting cage. What other sports did you play growing up? Baseball, football, basketball. You never played soccer? I did actually. I played, but then you know how it is in the United States. Once it blends into football season, it's like... Soccer's gone. I saw y'all out there doing a keepy-uppy with the headers. You saw that? That was fun. That was impressive, dude. Have you seen Steve Nash play soccer? Yeah. It's not fair. That's another level. I used to play his charity game. This guy's nutmegging everybody. Sure. Cody's throwing oops with his feet back on NBA Saturday back in the day. That's good knowledge right there. Yeah, he's special. I was wearing the mic. Spartan, give him a little inside baseball into why the Mavs are here for Cody's upcoming quest. Yeah, so Cody is heading down an adventure that I don't know if he's capable of pulling off. I don't know if he's ready for it. I don't know if he's ready for it. He is headed to the NBA All-Star Game. Not to play in the big game, Sunday. Okay. But Saturday. That's still a big game. Celebrity. Still a big game. Yeah. And the goal is to get a double-double. You saw Cody. You can get a double-double. You think so? Well. Not in and out. The only time I've ever seen Cody hoop. Yeah. He can do that. I've seen him do that. He's done that many times. He's done that many times. He's done that many times. Yeah. The only time I've seen him hoop is on you guys' basketball stereotypes video. Yeah. So does he really play like that? Is he just allergic to the paint? I think he's allergic to basketball. No. Yeah. He is the prime example of where Dirk obviously revolutionized the game, stepping out, European seven-footer shooting. He watched way too much Dirk growing up, man. He just thinks he's supposed to be 20 feet out, letting it fly. And then you showed him the staff, confident, swaggy, turn away. Yeah. He's got to do that once. I don't know if he should, brother. I told him I would double his points if he does it. He's going to do it. If he makes it, turns around, and it goes, I told him we'd double that. He's going to do it. That'll give him a chance. That's exciting. I'm going to tune in now that Cody's playing. You have to. I think he's going to do it. You guys are over here real pessimistic about it, but I believe it. It just depends. I don't know the final roster, but I heard like Amon Ross, St. Brown. Oh, yeah, it's going to be tough. There's athletes playing it. He's not hitting the jump shot on Taco. That's what I'm saying. It's going to be a matchup. He's getting dunked on. Yeah, I know. Which, honestly, if it goes bad, I hope he does get dunked on. You know what I mean? Absolutely. If it goes well, it goes well. All right, man. So our podcast is called Almost Athletes. You played other sports. Was there a moment in your life that you had an almost athlete moment? Could be basketball. Could be something else. Where you're just like, dude, this game ain't for me. Yeah, plenty. Especially growing up when you play up all the time with your friends. Just playing with my brother and his friends. He's two years older than me. I would go watch his eighth grade practice. It's just like now, AU. You get all the best kids from around the state or whatever. And you're seeing 14-year-olds dunk the basketball and stuff. It was intimidating. So I was like, this is not for me. I'm going to go down and play with these 12-year-olds. And I'm very grateful for my brother because anyone who grew up with brothers knows how competitive it gets and how serious the backyard games get. There's nothing like wanting to beat your brother. And I think that's what the foundation of my competitiveness came from is competing against those two. Throwing in like a sink or swim situation with the older brother. It's either you either. and trace is bigger than was bigger than me growing up so even though i was a middle child trace would beat up on me because he was diesel and my bigger brother so i was just getting just thrown around and that kind of made me tough to this day though yeah did you have to watch a lot of baseball games i did but i played baseball yeah i love baseball i played baseball all the way up to high school and i still watch a lot of baseball games i mean i would i traveled with him throughout his whole career through single a all the way up to the majors and it was so much fun And minor league baseball is fun, man. You get to see different parts of the country, and they always give you a show. The mascot is great, and the fireworks are great. That's a true baseball fan. When you're bragging on minor league ball, that's a baseball fan. I loved it. He's still balling. Who's better at their respective sport? Are you better at baseball, or are your brother better at basketball? That's a good question. Trey's a pretty good basketball player. We won state together in high school. So he can say he's a state champion. Cody also can say he's a state champion. Really? He didn't play any minute. He was on the team, though. He was on the team. He was there. He was there. He was there. Keeping the bench warm. What team was that? I got to check this. Plano Wildcats. It was top division 2006. Wow. Yeah. We have a photo of that dude. Oh, it's somewhere in the archives? You're not going to recognize him, but we got a photo. Yeah. Dang. Did Cody throw down back then? He can't throw down still. Wow. They had a squad, though, man. One of the better teams to come out of Texas. That's exciting. Had a couple guys go to Texas Tech, and they were a good team. Nobody go to the league from that team? I don't know. Definitely not Cody. It's probably the closest anybody from that team is going to be in the league. What Cody's doing. Clay, known wildly as one of the best three-point shooters of all time. I get that a lot, too. Thanks, man. Top five shooters for you all time. All time? Yeah, from the arc. From the arc? obviously you gotta say Steph 4,200 makes at like a 42% clip is ridiculous especially all the volume so Steph's up there and then for me Ray Allen because he was the all-time leader for so long until Steph took over and James obviously but just Ray's ability to shoot off the move with the ball in his hands and that shot he had in the 2014 NBA Finals. Yeah, that was one of the greatest shots in league history. So for me, he was a huge inspiration growing up. Gosh, this is where it gets really hard. Three-point shooters? Yeah, three-point. I mean, you got to say Reggie. Reggie's so great. I love watching Reggie's highlight tape, especially his game-winning highlight tape. Reggie was fearless, and he was, I'd say, the first real player to really use the three-point line as his main weapon. And for a guy who got into scuffles with Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant, I have so much respect for him and his competitive nature. Getting a scrap with two of the greats of all time, you know you're doing something right. So say Reggie. And then four or five, it gets so hard. There's been so many great shooters. You're going to play the humble card or throw yourself in there? Because you're in my top five. Thank you, brother. What about a twerk? I'm going to say number four, just purely three-point shooting. Man, it's really hard. It's hard not to say Larry Bird because although he didn't shoot the volume of threes, he was so efficient in his shooting. He was a 50-40-90 guy, and he just won, I think, like three three-point contests and did one with his warm-up on. Yeah, with the point out of his corner before he even goes in. That's good. You guys know your history. But then you got a guy like Steve Nash who might not have the volume. He's up there in efficiency. Dirk, there's so many greats. I'm glad you went there. I'm also a 50-40-90 guy. Yeah, and then even his 2011 run, look at his shooting numbers. They're insane. He shot 45% for three the whole playoffs. I'm going to go those five. I'm not going to put myself in there. I respect it. I respect it. Thank you. You have niche guys like Kyle Korver who could absolutely fill it up too. Love Kyle. That's a tough question. It really is hard. Because it's hard to compare errors, too, because we obviously shoot way more volume of threes. And who's to say they wouldn't do the same with the amount of attempts. So it's just a tough question. Yeah. Yeah, the error. You mentioned that, man. Just how much the game has changed since you entered the league. And now it's all, like, predicated on the three-pointed tip and stuff. But you love that. Love it. It's been fun to. Love it. Suits my game. Sure. And, yeah, just the pace and space of the new NBA is insane. like the court is covered like cross half court line you won't watch a game from 20 years ago to now it's crazy the spacing it's uh you got to be all-around athlete to thrive in today's nba 100 i always like to think that like across generations if you were elite in your generation like a wilt oh yeah do you also agree that say they were in today's time like a babe ruth even do you think they'd acclimate and be just as elite. Absolutely. Yeah, I agree. I agree. Like Will Chamberlain, like you said, he was a three-sport athlete. He played – he ran track and field. He was an incredible beach volleyball player. He benched like over three bills at seven feet. It's ridiculous. He said 500, which is hard to believe. I think he's really on video saying that. I just love the old heads because, like, the stories just grow. The stories grow. The number keeps going out. He did this in Chuck Taylor's. Imagine if he had some real sneakers on his feet. customary to add about 75 pounds to your bench. You have to. Each decade goes by. Clay, chiming in from the studio over here. I've seen this question going around viral right now. Should the NBA, and I don't mean this actually, switch to first to 100 points in games? I think it's happened in an All-Star game before. I don't actually mean should they, but what do you think would change from a vibe standpoint if y'all were racing to 100 points versus have four full quarters? That'd be so funny. make things a lot different too i remember in 2019 we scored 91 points and a half so yeah let's say you didn't get your money's worth and then as soon as the third quarter starts and game's over yeah you hit three straight threes like oh honey we're going home early that night though was the 91.5 was that part of your ridiculous quarter no that was uh when most threes in the game. Was that 34 in one quarter? Is that what it was? 37. Don't short it. I'm sorry. It's an astronomical number. I haven't scored 37 points in my life. I didn't say 37. When you're hot like that, is it like shooting in an ocean? Best feeling in the world as a basketball player. Get the crowd on their feet. And the ball coming off your fingertips just feels like a feather. You actually, in the mind, think you're never going to miss again. at one point yeah greatest feeling yeah you've gotten to watch coop rookie year man it's exciting 19 years old man that's hard to believe it is hard to believe i've seen y'all come in and stuff i always think of like top level athletes older than me i'm about to be 35 though and i look at that kid how is he 19 that well put together it's incredible how fun has it been to watch him kind of it's been it's been great especially uh just each week his uh ability with the ball in his hands gets better and better. And, I mean, how lucky for the Mavericks fan base to inherit a guy like Coop. And he reminds me of, like, a young Tracy McGrady. Okay. Similar in size. They were very similar at the same age, at 19, too. Like, Tracy was doing these crazy dunks just like Coop. Like, stuff you can't teach. And I think he's on that similar trajectory as far as being a great scorer. and he's a great two-way player. I mean, I've seen him block his ability to protect the rim. So it's been awesome to be his vet, and I'm just – when I hang it up, I'm going to keep tabs on him for the rest of his career, and I expect him to become one of the greats one day. Yeah, that ceiling's pretty darn high. Oh, it's very high. All right, I got one more, Clay, and then we'll let you get out of here. So we just launched Dude Perfect Outdoors channel recently. I saw the bass boat. Yeah, yeah, we got the boat out there. We know you're a boater. I know you like to do some fishing. Yes, I do. What's a fishing trip that you either have not done that you've always wanted to do or something that you have done you want to run back that we could do an episode of DP Outdoors with you on? Ooh, I got y'all. What do you got? We should hit the Channel Islands off the coast of Los Angeles. Okay. And just anchor down and fish for some tuna, sea bass. But I take fishing seriously, fellas. We got to go first light. I'm in. We're in. We're in. We're in. You ever done spearfishing? That's my thing. I love to dive. Okay. So now we're going somewhere. Love diving. I got some buddies we can go with. They'll take us out. They'll put us on fish. And it's like the best, most in-tune experience you can have because you're just out there with the elements. Yep. You don't have great service on your phone. So you're literally just like so in tune with what's around you. And it's such a cool flow state to be in. even if you don't spear a fish yeah it's like i've seen the world i've been in a different environment and it's like it's just so fulfilling for the soul and it's like my favorite hobby besides being on the court i love it i'd love to take you guys out yeah we just got back from mexico we did lobster diving at night yeah at night you guys are real it was fishermen it was sweet don't put me in that category but uh he is he was there but i was there i was like it my guys diving i love it dive lobster serious it was fun man especially at night i haven't done a ton of spearfishing i did it on uh the great barrier reef in australia we were doing a fishing video out there so cool and that was the first time i did it fell in love with it yeah i mean you're truly in their element and it's like you're in an aquarium yeah it's really really cool great you've been in the great barrier reef yeah how was that see you could have said that and then we could have gone on that trip yeah i got some awesome you got some time to think about it yeah we got time all right clay be thinking about what trip you want to go on we'll give you some time and then uh dp outdoors fishing trip with clay thompson coming in the future appreciate you stopping by you guys the best we're cheering for you appreciate you it's officially february gary how are we doing with those resolutions well i've only yelled at one ref so far so i'd say doing pretty well unfortunately for a lot of people february is when the resolutions fail one year i resolved to eat more vegetables but didn't make it past january 2nd writing down resolutions is the easy part following through with them is the tough part But if your resolution was starting your own online store, it's easy to follow through thanks to Shopify. 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That's Z-A-P-I-E-R dot com slash A. welcome back to the pod jackson graham thank you boys looking good today thank you good news um hey i do want to i do think we should just tell the peeps now let's get it over with had a little snafu filming a little deep dude perfect video yesterday want to tell them wait oh what what first of all what's a snap snafu a little just problem a little hiccup okay well i like that word you know i've been out of the game recently yeah you have i haven't been super active but we we were filming you know long day we're filming mini games which is it out is it out by now it's not out february 6th on the app february 7th on youtube yeah but we're doing a new minigame and Cody was supposed to do it It was supposed to be how long until you get to 165 BPM on your heart rate when you sprinting They like full exertion sprinting And Cody was gone And so they like, Graham, you want to do it? I was like, all right, I'll hop in. I was supposed to be filming right before that though. Full pot belly lunch, like grow chicken sandwich. Did you have two or one? I had once. I had one. It's only a four incher. The roast beef? Grow chicken, grow chicken and cheese and a cookie well and a full bottle he had one he doesn't anymore yeah yes after what puppy came straight back up 15 seconds of sprint and you darted off to the bathroom and i was like okay boy i thought it was a joke i really did so then i felt bad because i was like yeah he's gonna go throw up and you literally hear an audible and i was like okay yeah he's buying buicks in there that's yeah well y'all were like go go like full sprint so i you know i was giving at my all i was i looked down it said i was doing like a two second mile that's how fast i was going you were using both there for a second and then like i finished we calmed down it didn't work so we're gonna go do it again got back on the treadmill kobe looks me dead in the eyes and he's like are you okay i actually don't feel very good i actually might need to go to the bathroom real quick oh yeah it's right there brother see i don't know now because no i'm not falling for it Does that matter? Yeah, let's listen. Listen. Listen, pros and cons of being an intern around here. Was that? That was a flush. That was a flush. We're losing people in minigames, guys. All right, let's go. Oh, hey, proud of you. You good? Do we put too much pressure on our employees? I know. Like, what is? I was not okay. Tough. Good to know that the most athletic intern can't do a 40-yard dash without throwing out. Yeah, that's true. Hey, that's acceptable. But this is nothing new, supposedly, to Graham. No. Also, boys, I wanted to fit in the vibe here. I pulled out the vintage DP hoodie. That is vintage. Oh, no, you didn't. I mean, dude, you find this stuff at Goodwill these days. Or in one of our 18 storages throughout Frisco. This thing is absolutely vintage DP right here. I feel like I overdressed today. I didn't get the memo. Why are you dressed in golf? It's golf season, man. I took last year off, and my handicap failed. It's like frigid outside. I know. I'm getting ahead of it, Gare. You ever heard of summer school? Those are the kids who are already getting ahead. They're for the smart kids. That's the craziest. Also, look. Oh, shoot. He's ready. He's got his feathers. You're wearing a glove in the back pocket? Well, I'm not wearing it. I'm just ready. Just in case the first C-Box calls my name. You're like Batman with the bat. That's crazy. Something like that. Well, I hope you were one of the summer school kids, Sparks, because we're going to enter into a little NBA spelling bee. Oh. I don't even know how to pronounce a lot of these names. Okay. But I'm going to give it my all. I need a good showing out of you boys. This is a sports podcast. We need to know how to spell these things. There's a video we did out here where I hosted the spelling bee. Yeah. And that was horrendous. I feel like I can speak pretty well, but when it comes to spelling, I struggle. Yeah, it's like – I have a little dyslexia too. It's like a Jackson. Could you spell quiet? Q-U-I-T. That's quiet. There you go. Oh, maybe you're speaking to yourself there. Quit. Yeah, you were. OK, so I was quit. No, you spoke quit quite. And you didn't spell quiet. Oh, it's Q. You. I. E. T. Graham cat. C. A. T. Rhetorical. But yeah. Good. No. So that's kind of the game, guys. I'm going to read a name. You're just going to you're just going to spell it. I'm going to try to pronounce these names right. Gotcha. As long as I don't. tough dude hey victor wet bananas i'm good yeah yeah well the europeans i let me see let me see i do not have true victor womenana win banana pants i don't have that but how do you spell it oh w-e-t-b-a-n-n-a-n-a-s wet bananas it is he all right so here's the deal i'm gonna read the names if you get it right they get a point if they get it wrong the next dude gets a crack at it uh for the people listening in the car feel free to play along and uh let's get to it shall we let's go let's start with jackson so sparks is going to come all the way to you on this first name demar derozan demar derozan are we ready are you okay d-e-m-a-r beautiful D-A-R-O-Z-A-N Let me get there. D-A-R-O-Z-A-N Can we play steals? Well, if you read the rules, it's if they get it wrong, the next dude gets a crack at it. Oh, alright. That's you, Graham. Oh, that's me, okay. D-E-M-A-R D-E-U-R-O-Z-A-N z-a-n oh let's take that one step further is the r capitalized in his last name the r is capitalized in the last name and the m in the first name you need to watch some demar de rosa and throwback man he is one of the best mid-range games of all time it's a dying art i was scared he was gonna sneak a second z in there that's what i was he's eating on you know i could feel the what did you just say i guess he's a little he's eating yeah i was like i hit that has the craziest You ever see someone has you the food? So they have like a burger here and a cookie here and they're like. As he might to be completely honest with you, dude, I've never seen that. And if I did see that, I'd go slap both of those things out of that guy's hand and be like, what are you doing? You got a hell of a guy who like bite your animal crackers before eating them. I saw that tweet about it. That was a great tweet. And actually, I was sparks. I did. I had a good battle back in the day with those suckers. I haven't fought the goldfish sometimes. Oh, wow. Same fish. Different attitude. Yeah, I didn't fight my food. I usually just left my retainer on the thing, threw it away. All right, Sparks. Kawaii Leonard is the name. K-A-W-H-I-L-E-O-N-A-R-D. Very nice. Yes. Gotta work. Kawaii. Have you ever seen the hands on that man? Dude, it's insane. It's a big one. um i it's on my head he could have been to me he is a he's like a first round could have been a first round hall of famer if he stayed out of injury yeah one of those ones who just fell victim to the injury like he is so good and he also has that tweet goes right with him because his attitude is just like mendoza i mean just pure as day like i always love his laugh it's a great sound like it's a great time but uh all right back to back to my guy who probably won't get a point his name's jackson lock in jeremy sohan jeremy sohan i'm cut all right dude um jeremy that feels pretty normal j e r m e y jeremy and then sorry hold on hold on sorry what say that one more time jeremy j j e r m e y jeremy i'm not saying jeremy dude wait what'd you say jeremy jeremy you ever had a friend named jeremy what's the difference jeremy jeremy jeremy pillow and pillow it's not bro it's not we're gonna go ahead and stop you there i'm not going to give any more hints because my boy gram has got to know how to spell jeremy well guys jeremy jeremy uh j-e-r-e-r-e-r-e-m-y thank you there you go okay we got jeremy yeah yeah took me a second sohan sohan there's a lot of ways you could go with this there is a bunch and i gotta say you should ask for the origin of this guy's name origin please ask i have no idea but it looks like maybe maybe russia oh goodness uh i mean for that spelling of that name has got to be that's european i'm gonna go bold here is it an soe wait wait for the origin so it's polish american polish i mean it was close yeah so it's polish so it's not so when i say so han there are some weird letters in there so han s o yep cool uh han oh okay okay h a u g n very close it's wrong it's not the spelling of han there's a silent letter in there Is there like a P or a Z? I don't know. It's like a G in lasagna. Yeah, boy. So we know how to spell Jeremy, of course. Sohan. Oh. I thought it was just S-O-H-A-N. There's a letter missing in the Sohan. It's a G. It's a G. It's not a G. Give it to us. Oh, gosh. I'm drawing a blank. Jack, you got a stack? You can steal. What's back to me? It's an I. Oh, no. No, it's definitely not an I. Wait, wait, wait. A sign of an I? W? Sohan. s o h a w n is it a c it's a c oh gosh what how do they sneak a c in there yeah yeah that's it's the you know they do that so what that answer would be s o c c h a c h a no point toward it on that round tough name i would have got it wrong too you got negative oh i was hoping that the polish kind of gave that away with the you know the poland the polish man they like to throw some some extra letters in there they do so maxi kleber maxi kleber for the dallas yeah mavericks formerly m a x i great i honestly want to give you a half point there okay and then it's kleber kleber uh k l e b e r yeah good nice good my guy jackson clawing out of the depth i need fair uh fun fact about maxi from the same hometown as dirt which is not that big of a city in germany um all right this next one gram look at me this one is tough okay i'll take it tough's my middle name don't listen to the way i say anything just think of how you would spell it okay yakup yep you're cooked oh my goodness you're cooked don't even say the rest yakup hurdle yuck okay go ahead uh i'm i'm guessing this is like you know some guy from like yugoslavia or something over there formerly there's no yugoslavia anymore czech republic like czechoslavlava however you say it i'm gonna go j-a-k-o-b for the yako and then what's his last name hurdle i don't think there's an r in there p o e l t l p o e l t l that that's impressive correct that's really good yeah no i did not think you're gonna get a family friend of yours no did you pull that out no it's the it's the r you have to you have to flip it around the ltl is a thing cheat cheating i'm so proud of you dude that was unbelievable that was a and that is just going to be a disappointment as we go to Sparky. I really was expecting to get that one. Y'all wouldn't. Did you know him? DeMontis Sabonis is a tough, tough. DeMontis Sabonis? Yep. Arvidas, his dad, was a great Portland Trailblazer. DeMontis Sabonis, Gonzaga product. D-O-M-A-N-T-A-S. That's correct. D-O-M-A-N-T-A-S. Yep. Sabonis, S-A-B-O-N-I-S. nice what is going on here demontis sabonis got your maxi kleber and they said yakup pertle and demontis sabonis wow we're actually kind of doing well here boys dude i feel so bad for i feel so bad for jacks yannis the legend otto the cupo i'm so cooked yeah you're cooked boy and uh go ahead i will give you a full point if you just spelled his first name right oh shoot not you graham is there an i got excited there's some hidden r's and q's and w's can i ask if there's an i before the n no but you can ask these in a sentence i was just asking the letter start with a g yes it does can you use it in a sentence uh yeah yannis antik how do you say it atentacumpo dunked or posterized jackson yesterday at the office i'd love to see that did that help you yeah that actually did i'm there all right cool g a really yeah okay i got hang on g dang it no i'll give you one more g i a n n yannis is great good job dude good job dude keep going on that combo on to to cumbo on to to on so a and today jr it's a great movie it's a and to on to to t speaking in morse code yeah uh tent so e on to on to make a guess dude is that am i right so far yes okay another t no okay yes sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry i'm looking at the pronunciation to on to another e maybe no no okay you gram a-n-t-e-t a-n-t-e-t yes n no oh golly this is tough auntie the compo a-n-t-e-a-n-t-e-t-t-n no i already said we just said no you no can we boomerang back man it's tough i'll give you one to show that i can spell greek on tet is good jackson so what's after the t on tetacumpo i'm trying to remember his jersey on to the kumpo on to to so that e is not there correct uh correct i'm gonna go you was just guessed yep you're running out of vowels yeah come on dude it has to be a vowel though it's an i it's an i no whoa it's an a it's an a this is gonna be a-n-t-e you go it's not an a no no it's an e no i already said what we're forgetting an o oh it's an o oh k-o-u-n-p-o k-o-u-n-m-p-o oh my goodness yeah so the people listening at home a n t e t o k o u n m p o that's i should say that's about five too many letters i feel like the college physics was tougher that's how my last name is spelled it's not h i l b e r t it's h i l p h b e r t yeah that's sick a lot of people don't know that a lot of people don't know there's p a silent ph in there dude sick i feel like the origins have to be from another language yeah that's it you got some motion all right so we got gram with two sparky with two jackson i did say he could have the want you know i did say a full point for that but you did technically get it wrong yeah you did you said one i'm gonna keep you at one it's anybody's game back it's back to sparky yeah i believe so okay uh ruy hachimura okay japanese rui hachimura r-u-i bang hachimura h-a-c bang h-a-c-h bang i m-u-r-a and sparky with the correct spelling of come on baby hachimura come on baby is that the dagger oh that might be the dagger because right now we're going with oh don marionovich print of the show no oh oh oh bog donovich bog donovich bog donovich bog don bog don yeah bog don i think yeah bog dog bog don sounds like a outcast song yeah it sounds like you're trying to like warm up your glee vocals right now yeah you should hear me dude I would get I wouldn't have a point right now you guys are great Bogdan is what I heard dude Bogdan that Bogdan okay so it's B-O-G and if it's spelled differently they're wrong it's Bogdan B-O-G-D-A-N bang okay we're on Bogdan and then the last name Bogdanovich okay so I'm just gonna go it's if it's Bogdanovich it's B-O-G-D-A Bogda yeah and then he's gonna use the n again in bogdan evich uh i evich no gosh you're doing so well you're doing so good dude so well gram are you stealing it bogdanovich oh my goodness you didn't say that i did d a n o bogdano v i trying to debate if there's a t in there or not v-i-c-h no v-i-c and sparky with the inaugural win of the spelling wait but did he say the little entendre or whatever what is that thing that i don't know that's an asterisk win I will say I did not expect Sparky to come out victorious, but he is your spelling bee champion. Thank you. Sparky. Brutal. That's a brutal performance. Yes. Wow. That's incredible, dude. Way to go, man. Yeah. Well, I think it was maybe due to the lack of competition. Not so much me, but them. Well, you know, whatever it was, I'm proud of you, bro. Thank you, dude. Thank you. That was sick. Got work. Oh, baby. That's our two-minute warning. Gary, you got anything today? Dude, I, you know, not really. I, I'm really trying to do better at ranting, you know. I'm really trying to just. Well, that's a good problem to have, right? Listen to people's opinions and realize that they probably are right and I'm wrong. Look at that. Look at the awareness, the self-growth, the self-reflection. I low-key have, it's not a huge rant, but just a little rant. And it's between me and you. So whenever the Chicago Bears were playing. Hell yeah. We all everyone wants Chicago Bears to play because Caleb Williams is cold. Like that boy is tough. And I was like, yo, like I wanted the Chicago Bears one. And you were like, bro, no one wants the Chicago Bears to win. Like, I'm gonna just put my hand on your shoulder when I say this. You're in the wrong. Well, I'm going to talk to you and I guess the rest of the world who's a Chicago Bear fan. Just like I told the Texas Longhorns, have fun at home, boys. Yeah. And I don't know, man. I don't love the example the coach is setting right now. I just don't, man. Really? That's gritty. That's passion. That's a rivalry. If I see Mike Elko doing that to Sarkeesian, I'm like, that's my guy. Yeah, but there's also a level of sportsmanship that clearly feels like Gen Z doesn't have. That actually brings me to my rant today. The good game lines. They need to do away with them. You can exercise sportsmanship without the good game line at the end. i think it just causes things especially like at the college level and stuff emotions are extremely high you have some vulnerable kids who you know the chirp chirp well hey look at that dude turned into a pretty good end of the show dude yeah i appreciate you bringing that up of course uh i guess have fun with the bears next year man maybe yeah have a good off season to see the ice man edits when i get back you need to work on your spelling yeah uh but look our time's up we'll be back next wednesday with an all new episode follow the show on all social media at almost athletes like and subscribe to us on youtube or listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcast rate us five stars and share your favorite episode with a friend as always almost athletes with dude perfect is a wave original sparky's getting ready to go tee off thanks for tuning in pound it noggin see ya see you on the first t-box garrett Almost, almost. 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