True story. The finals in 1992 were in Minneapolis/St. Paul & the St. Paul Insurance Company was a major sponsor. The St. Paul assigned an agent to each of the 64 teams based on territory and volume of business with them. The final 4 agents would win an all expenses, first class trip for the weekend. When Laettner made "the shot", my young boys and I were on our knees wearing our Duke hats & shirts. What a memory.
Watching those Duke games in the early 90s are some of my most memorable moments as a basketball fan. He was def one of the top college players I ever remember seeing. Miss those days.
I am not a Duke fan - A FATHER OF UNC CHAPEL HILL STUDENT - so cannot pull for Christian all these years ... however, HIS BEING HATED by others in College is absurd ..... he was a great player and owes no one an apology for being better than his adversaries ! Good for you, Christian - God bless, jj
I was a fan when you hit the shot and an even bigger fan today. Love your honesty about your playing days and how you feel about the college game today.
Want to hate him, but all the interviews and willingness to laugh about the hate from Kentucky fans won’t let me. When he came to Lexington and participated in a charity game, then sat at a table and signed every “I still hate Laettner” shirt until the last fan was gone, that’s when the tide turned for me. I just can’t hate him anymore
He wasn't a bust in the NBA but a bit of a disappointment considering his legendary status in college. Having said that, he definitely still should be in the HoF.
I hated Christian every year. He was a big shot maker and he played for Duke. That's just how it was then. If he was on UCONN I would of loved him. What a great, great player who played the best when the tension was the highest..
I only started watching NBA basketball in '92 and never college so I only know Laetrner from the dream team and then in NBA a little bit. What I great guy when I see him now in these interviews. I get his point about not having the NIL in college. Apart from the obvious point for lhese kids to be able to monetize there skills there is a lot to be said for installing the hard work ethic that comes from grinding every single day. It really sets you up for life.
Duke fan here. Loved how coach K carried himself. Wasn’t a fan of some of the players though😂 (Grayson Allen, JJ reddick, sometimes Laettner😬). But boy was basketball as a whole a better overall team game. Those days were just amazing. Great great great basketball. Players stayed 3-4 years in college. So most of the teams were extremely established and had incredibly high chemistry. I can vividly see that shot against Kentucky. Hands was sweating. Christian will always be an absolute LEGEND in college basketball history. Arguably the 2nd greatest college player behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Miss those days maaaan🙏🏼❤️😔
He's exactly right, don't expand the tournament and get rid of NIL and the transfer portal. I couldn't stand this guy back in the day, but love him now!
@@20Schmidt not all that many people watch the tourney compared to the past. Honestly, I can go without it. I have no idea who any of these players are. When Laettner played, you knew virtually the whole team, and when they lost to UNLV in 1990, you knew they'd get their chance again in 1991. Nowadays, who the f/k cares? I don't know one player on UConn's team.
Laettner should be in the HoF by merit : Olympics achievements, career at Duke, longevity in the NBA, & had ice in his veins when he played. (I'm not gonna say he was a good guy on the court.)
5 or 10 best college players? I'm a die hard UNC fan and i will admit he is easlly top 1 to 3 in college. Lets not also forget, he would be a straight problem in todays game.
The poise to do that pivot and fake before one of the all-time memorable shots in NCAA history is out of this world. Crazy how the guy from Kentucky made a heroic shot seconds earlier that would have gone down in history, but as it goes, I cannot remember the guy's name.
Best college player of my lifetime. 4 final 4’s. 2 elite 8 buzzer beaters to go to the final four. 2 championships. The perfect game against Kentucky. Kicking the fab 5’s asses twice in one season. Dominating Shaq in 2 games. Being the most hated player in college and rising above it all.
GOD I wish more sports talkers (Jim Rome: attention please!) were as good at doing an interview as Dan is! Sports interviews are inherently boring as hell because they’re all the same! Dan actually comes up with interesting questions, like asking Michael Phelps if he could beat him in a lap if he gave Dan a head start, or asking Coach K how long it took him as a kid to learn how to spell his own name. I LOVE stuff like that! And I’m sure the sports figures he interviews love it too.
You can't take away NIL man. It came too late as it is. Kyle Field expanded to over 100k seats when Johnny Manziel was there and the guy was selling autographs to make money. Schools are making hundreds of millions now.
@@markd.5471 I'm all for better rules but it will never be a universal system where Michigan will have the same limit as coastal Carolina. SEC BIG10 make the most and they'll pay the most.
@@007ndc He doesn't drink beer. He's a Muslim. He can hold Laettner's beer because he was the greater college player. Kareem had the great NBA career.
There’s a reason you’re seeing every former Duke player right now mentioning how much they enjoy hard coaching.. **cough cough** take notes Jon Scheyer **cough cough**
They should have at least used their resources to interview more candidates. Hiring a guy with no experience that isnt proven as anything other than a recruiter just because he's a Coach K disciple was an act of pure hubris. Brad Stevens has an executive job in the NBA. Aint no way he's leaving that job to get back into the wonderful world of recruiting and traveling that is coaching college basketball in 2024. I personally would have liked if they reached out to Quinn Snyder.
I'm with Christian. This new transfer portal and NIL is awful. It's killing college basketball 😞. Most college age kids can't handle that kind of pressure and money involved too.
He's not in because he's white! He is without argument one of the greatest college players ever and he schooled Shaq when Duke beat LSU. He deserved to be on the Dream Team because he was the best college player in the country but the dreamers wanted their bro Shaq.
Sorry for the double post but I didn’t want to sound negative towards Christian personally. While I didn’t like him when he played and thought he was arrogant etc he was nonetheless one of thee great college players ever. And post career his honesty and mature perspective he adds a lot to any discussion or event he’s involved with. Respect. And on NIL and transfer portal totally agree. Some things shouldn’t be about greed/money. NBA and NCAA charge obscene prices for tickets and too much to watch on tv. Working Americans should have these enjoyments without being gouged. Then NBA and NCAA would be making small millions and not mega millions and billions. Then there’s no hypocrisy with NIL etc. ultra high money does corrupt as it was once said Money(greed) is the root of all evil. Truth.
Arnold Schwarzenegger discusses detainment with awkward jokes about sex, prostitution. Arnold Schwarzenegger has shocked his fans with his bastard son from his Spanish housemade .😊
CL seems likable but he's f.o.s. if he was a Freshman and someone said you can take 2 million ... please. maybe he's from a wealthy family, but it's absurd to suggest universities can make millions without giving anything but an 'education' give me a break.
That's right that's why he was so hated, his rich kid perception. The opposite is in fact the truth, pretty sure his family was blue collar. I remember watching a story specifically about this
For the record and into perpetuity and like the documentary suggests, I hate Christian Laettner....but, he seems like a good guy. Otherwise, fv¢# Duke basketball.
Why should players who had so so NBA careers be in the (NBA)Basketball HOF? Shouldn’t the NCAA have their own basketball HOF? I mean it’s all about money the inclusiveness of sentimental favorites and bringing everybody in but it just dilutes the whole meaning of the HOF and kind of makes it meaningless. I’ll give you a recent example Toni Kukoc. Now Toni was a tremendous player when it comes competitiveness, clutch shooting and unique skills. But you look at his numbers and personal accomplishments I’d say no not a HOFer. And more and more guys are going in that are like just no. We can enjoy you and your career without having to stamp HOF on you.
@@4frmhat If you want a combined HOF that's you. I don't. I never used to hear about NCAA players in the HOF for their college careers only pros. I just like them separate because they are separate. Same with "tributes" to Euros like Toni K who were good but don't have the numbers or accolades to be pros. But whatever things change and times change. I really don't care that much either way just a preference.
Easy for the Silver Spoon Dukie to criticize college kids from poor backgrounds making money and having the opportunity to move to another school. This guy is a jerk and always has been a jerk. Easily the worst player on the Dream Team as well.
It’s nauseating how much simping Dan does for Caitlin Clark. She’s not even better than Breanna Stewart or Candace Parker and he’s comparing her to Redick and Curry 😂
Man Christian was so wrong, bc his rant is showing how privileged he still is.. There is not a single player in the history of the game who has ever made $50M per year. The kids who go to Duke are so well off they wouldn’t NEED NIL. Christian can say it’s wrong because his family wasn’t ever going to need the money. I love Duke basketball but that’s such a tone-deaf answer. The way he gets excited about verbally abusing kids is scary. I know he was that way in college but get real man, that’s not how you motivate KIDS. What an awful interview. Other than the comment about being on the Dream Team.
You are misinformed. Christian wasn’t referring to NIL when he mentioned 50 million dollars. He was referring to the dozens of NBA players that earn that amount. Secondly, it’s a common misconception that he grew up wealthy. He’s from Buffalo, his parents were lower class and he needed a scholarship to attend a private high school.
Your view is morally depraved. NIL should exist because free people should be able to voluntarily trade with each other and a quasi-government monopoly like the NCAA shouldn't restrict voluntary trade. Need and privilege should have no impact whatsoever on the discussion either for against its existence. This isn't Cuba.
Great interview. Laettner is open, honest and insightful.
This guy is hilarious! His talent and record speaks for itself.
Loved Laettner even though I was a Carolina fan. He now seems so content.
“Such a patient man. I love the way my Dad coached.”
Since the basketball HOF factors in college. He's absolutely a HOFer. His college career is among the best
My man Laettner luv the interview
well said...enough said
True story. The finals in 1992 were in Minneapolis/St. Paul & the St. Paul Insurance Company was a major sponsor. The St. Paul assigned an agent to each of the 64 teams based on territory and volume of business with them. The final 4 agents would win an all expenses, first class trip for the weekend. When Laettner made "the shot", my young boys and I were on our knees wearing our Duke
hats & shirts. What a memory.
"I might have said the F-word to a ref." 😆
Way to go Laettner - well said!!!
I Love Christian Laettner. What a class act!
Great interview!!!
This guy would be the top analyst in college ball today if he wanted it.
If you haven’t watched “I Hate Christian Laettner” 30:30 ESPN, definitely do so. Great documentary.
Watching those Duke games in the early 90s are some of my most memorable moments as a basketball fan. He was def one of the top college players I ever remember seeing. Miss those days.
Great interview, huge kudos to Christian for being so self-aware!
Respect to anybody who is as centered in life as christian is. Also loved the way christian came into the interview
I am not a Duke fan - A FATHER OF UNC CHAPEL HILL STUDENT - so cannot pull for Christian all these years ... however, HIS BEING HATED by others in College is absurd ..... he was a great player and owes no one an apology for being better than his adversaries ! Good for you, Christian - God bless, jj
I was a fan when you hit the shot and an even bigger fan today. Love your honesty about your playing days and how you feel about the college game today.
Want to hate him, but all the interviews and willingness to laugh about the hate from Kentucky fans won’t let me. When he came to Lexington and participated in a charity game, then sat at a table and signed every “I still hate Laettner” shirt until the last fan was gone, that’s when the tide turned for me. I just can’t hate him anymore
The best end to a basketball game ever at any level.
He wasn't a bust in the NBA but a bit of a disappointment considering his legendary status in college. Having said that, he definitely still should be in the HoF.
I hated Christian every year. He was a big shot maker and he played for Duke. That's just how it was then. If he was on UCONN I would of loved him. What a great, great player who played the best when the tension was the highest..
I only started watching NBA basketball in '92 and never college so I only know Laetrner from the dream team and then in NBA a little bit. What I great guy when I see him now in these interviews. I get his point about not having the NIL in college. Apart from the obvious point for lhese kids to be able to monetize there skills there is a lot to be said for installing the hard work ethic that comes from grinding every single day. It really sets you up for life.
Duke fan here. Loved how coach K carried himself. Wasn’t a fan of some of the players though😂 (Grayson Allen, JJ reddick, sometimes Laettner😬). But boy was basketball as a whole a better overall team game. Those days were just amazing. Great great great basketball. Players stayed 3-4 years in college. So most of the teams were extremely established and had incredibly high chemistry. I can vividly see that shot against Kentucky. Hands was sweating. Christian will always be an absolute LEGEND in college basketball history. Arguably the 2nd greatest college player behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Miss those days maaaan🙏🏼❤️😔
You mean Lew Alcindor
So likable
Greatest college player that I've seen.
He's exactly right, don't expand the tournament and get rid of NIL and the transfer portal. I couldn't stand this guy back in the day, but love him now!
NIL/portal are here to stay..(they will make changes to portal, for sure).
Tourney expansion is inevitable.
@@20Schmidt not all that many people watch the tourney compared to the past. Honestly, I can go without it. I have no idea who any of these players are. When Laettner played, you knew virtually the whole team, and when they lost to UNLV in 1990, you knew they'd get their chance again in 1991.
Nowadays, who the f/k cares? I don't know one player on UConn's team.
He was hard to like if you were not a Duke fan. A big time winner! Very likeable now! Pretty sure he likes his weed.
Hell yeah! He probably took a bong hit before the interview.
Laettner should be in the HoF by merit : Olympics achievements, career at Duke, longevity in the NBA, & had ice in his veins when he played.
(I'm not gonna say he was a good guy on the court.)
You gotta be kidding. He was only a good NBA player for about six years.
5 or 10 best college players? I'm a die hard UNC fan and i will admit he is easlly top 1 to 3 in college. Lets not also forget, he would be a straight problem in todays game.
Dude he's not even one of the top ten college players of all time. 😊😂
please name @@007ndc
Those Duke teams were phenomenal
Just finally figured out who Laettner talks like after all these years. He is Mitch Hedberg i swear.
I used to like Mitch Hedberg. I still do, but I used to, too.
Hahaha
I was thinking Norm MacDonald
@@erikrichards5072 😂🤝
The poise to do that pivot and fake before one of the all-time memorable shots in NCAA history is out of this world. Crazy how the guy from Kentucky made a heroic shot seconds earlier that would have gone down in history, but as it goes, I cannot remember the guy's name.
Sean Woods: He was 2.1 seconds away from immortality.
Hate or love him great interview $$$$man
Best college player of my lifetime. 4 final 4’s. 2 elite 8 buzzer beaters to go to the final four. 2 championships. The perfect game against Kentucky. Kicking the fab 5’s asses twice in one season. Dominating Shaq in 2 games. Being the most hated player in college and rising above it all.
As a MD fan, hated Duke and esp Hurley and Laettner. Christian has definitely grown on me, good dude, great great player.
Love the show, thank you for killing the limo cut scenes at the beginning of your content.
I hated him at Duke - love him now. He's old school!
The greatest college player I ever seen
You haven't seen much. Better than Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Patrick Ewing, Bill Walton? Not even close.
GOD I wish more sports talkers (Jim Rome: attention please!) were as good at doing an interview as Dan is! Sports interviews are inherently boring as hell because they’re all the same! Dan actually comes up with interesting questions, like asking Michael Phelps if he could beat him in a lap if he gave Dan a head start, or asking Coach K how long it took him as a kid to learn how to spell his own name. I LOVE stuff like that! And I’m sure the sports figures he interviews love it too.
I'm still the favourite in Lebanon and Palestine and even the king of Jordan is my cousin seriously .😅
You can't take away NIL man. It came too late as it is. Kyle Field expanded to over 100k seats when Johnny Manziel was there and the guy was selling autographs to make money. Schools are making hundreds of millions now.
Yep but it should be controlled more
Only a few schools actually make a profit after funding all sports. NIL is a disaster for the sport. Free college is enough
It needs rules! We can’t let college sports turn into pro sports.
@@markd.5471 yep I'm all for guys getting endorsements, but it should be regulated more
@@markd.5471 I'm all for better rules but it will never be a universal system where Michigan will have the same limit as coastal Carolina. SEC BIG10 make the most and they'll pay the most.
👍🏀👍
Am I the only one who thinks Laettner sounds like Matthew Modines character in Vision Quest?
he also sounded like norm macdonald at the beginning
this is what a cool dude is
Laettner is the single greatest college player of all time. He had no fear. An honor to get to watch him play.
Agreed
Kareem Abdul Jabbar says "hold my beer".
@@007ndc Laettner was better. He beat everyone. Shaq, The Fab-5, UNLV. Inside outside and non stop clutch. He was the best
@@007ndc He doesn't drink beer. He's a Muslim. He can hold Laettner's beer because he was the greater college player. Kareem had the great NBA career.
Laettnet is great. Probably pains ol Dem dan to interview him. In more ways than 1
laettner!
Christian mentioning how good Jordan was on defense was great to hear.
Why?
Ridiculous. He literally played with Jordan, in 1992 and twenty years ago.
There’s a reason you’re seeing every former Duke player right now mentioning how much they enjoy hard coaching..
**cough cough** take notes Jon Scheyer **cough cough**
Should have gone with brad Stevens
They should have at least used their resources to interview more candidates. Hiring a guy with no experience that isnt proven as anything other than a recruiter just because he's a Coach K disciple was an act of pure hubris.
Brad Stevens has an executive job in the NBA. Aint no way he's leaving that job to get back into the wonderful world of recruiting and traveling that is coaching college basketball in 2024. I personally would have liked if they reached out to Quinn Snyder.
Big win for Scheyer tonight!
@@matthie15 yeah because the Houston star got hurt
I'm with Christian. This new transfer portal and NIL is awful. It's killing college basketball 😞. Most college age kids can't handle that kind of pressure and money involved too.
Kenny Anderson put Bobby Hurley on roller skates defensively with shake and bake moves.
Who cares, Duke probably won.. Kenny Anderson never got burned
lol why does Christian sound like the late Norm Macdonald?
100% correct. Take all the crap away. Money and selfishness has ruined our society. I wouldn’t pay a nickel to see the NBA today.
He's not in because he's white! He is without argument one of the greatest college players ever and he schooled Shaq when Duke beat LSU. He deserved to be on the Dream Team because he was the best college player in the country but the dreamers wanted their bro Shaq.
What the hell laettner talking about, he was supposed to describe Jordan on the dream team and he's talking about coaching girl's basketball!! Lol
I always turn my steak over just once when grilling, too.
I am a Kentucky. I hate him. Just kidding. But he did rip my heart out. 😢
But Webber is in the hall of fame?
He was a better player, certainly in the NBA he was
technically he is a hall of famer. just because he isnt in individually doesnt mean he isnt a hall of famer.
Cool sophistry bro.
Sorry for the double post but I didn’t want to sound negative towards Christian personally. While I didn’t like him when he played and thought he was arrogant etc he was nonetheless one of thee great college players ever. And post career his honesty and mature perspective he adds a lot to any discussion or event he’s involved with. Respect. And on NIL and transfer portal totally agree. Some things shouldn’t be about greed/money. NBA and NCAA charge obscene prices for tickets and too much to watch on tv. Working Americans should have these enjoyments without being gouged. Then NBA and NCAA would be making small millions and not mega millions and billions. Then there’s no hypocrisy with NIL etc. ultra high money does corrupt as it was once said Money(greed) is the root of all evil. Truth.
What's with all the ads lately? DP struggling?
I was wondering about that too.....
Christian needs to reinstall the smoke detector. Wonder if he needs a ladder?
Hall of fame for stomping a player without technical foul maybe
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I used to hate Laettner when he was at Duke. Just hated him. Now I like him , no Diddy.
Christian was not good enough to be in the basketball HOF. He definitely should be in the college HOF.
CL seems likable but he's f.o.s. if he was a Freshman and someone said you can take 2 million ... please. maybe he's from a wealthy family, but it's absurd to suggest universities can make millions without giving anything but an 'education' give me a break.
Not just from the university but preventing players from independently profiting off their name. The previous system was evil
He was from a blue collar family.
@@kendallandrews8691 indeed
NIL needs to stay!!!! He is silly...I bet he had money growing up!!!
That's right that's why he was so hated, his rich kid perception. The opposite is in fact the truth, pretty sure his family was blue collar. I remember watching a story specifically about this
NIL is literally destroying the sport
I wasn’t a fan but respect him. But he is not all top 10.
Thank the GSW for ruining the game.
For the record and into perpetuity and like the documentary suggests, I hate Christian Laettner....but, he seems like a good guy. Otherwise, fv¢# Duke basketball.
Why should players who had so so NBA careers be in the (NBA)Basketball HOF? Shouldn’t the NCAA have their own basketball HOF? I mean it’s all about money the inclusiveness of sentimental favorites and bringing everybody in but it just dilutes the whole meaning of the HOF and kind of makes it meaningless. I’ll give you a recent example Toni Kukoc. Now Toni was a tremendous player when it comes competitiveness, clutch shooting and unique skills. But you look at his numbers and personal accomplishments I’d say no not a HOFer. And more and more guys are going in that are like just no. We can enjoy you and your career without having to stamp HOF on you.
Because it is not the NBA HOF. It is Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
@@4frmhat If you want a combined HOF that's you. I don't. I never used to hear about NCAA players in the HOF for their college careers only pros. I just like them separate because they are separate. Same with "tributes" to Euros like Toni K who were good but don't have the numbers or accolades to be pros. But whatever things change and times change. I really don't care that much either way just a preference.
The HOF pre dates the NBA you dolt
Easy for the Silver Spoon Dukie to criticize college kids from poor backgrounds making money and having the opportunity to move to another school. This guy is a jerk and always has been a jerk. Easily the worst player on the Dream Team as well.
Get a grip.
Cmon Dan…you know why Christian Laettner isn’t in the Basketball HOF. Great college player but that’s about it.
It’s nauseating how much simping Dan does for Caitlin Clark. She’s not even better than Breanna Stewart or Candace Parker and he’s comparing her to Redick and Curry 😂
Who? Shes way better than your no names.. stop being jealous
I HATE Christen Laettner . . . ;-)
Man Christian was so wrong, bc his rant is showing how privileged he still is.. There is not a single player in the history of the game who has ever made $50M per year.
The kids who go to Duke are so well off they wouldn’t NEED NIL. Christian can say it’s wrong because his family wasn’t ever going to need the money.
I love Duke basketball but that’s such a tone-deaf answer.
The way he gets excited about verbally abusing kids is scary. I know he was that way in college but get real man, that’s not how you motivate KIDS.
What an awful interview. Other than the comment about being on the Dream Team.
You are misinformed. Christian wasn’t referring to NIL when he mentioned 50 million dollars. He was referring to the dozens of NBA players that earn that amount. Secondly, it’s a common misconception that he grew up wealthy. He’s from Buffalo, his parents were lower class and he needed a scholarship to attend a private high school.
Your view is morally depraved. NIL should exist because free people should be able to voluntarily trade with each other and a quasi-government monopoly like the NCAA shouldn't restrict voluntary trade. Need and privilege should have no impact whatsoever on the discussion either for against its existence. This isn't Cuba.
He wasnt rich and some players in the NBA make 50 million per year
11:58 LAWTTNER acting like DUKE DIDNT PAY THEIR PLAYERS 😂😂😂
An all time comedian. And a lying Dookie to the core.
He's not in HOF because he wasn't that good in the pros. He was outstanding in college. One of the greatest ever.
Way too many adds. NOT worth the content