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Speaker 1: You're listening to the best of the Fan Morning Show

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Speaker 1: on ninety three five and one oh seven five The Fan.

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Speaker 2: Good morning, everyone, Welcome into the Fan Morning Show. A

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Speaker 2: little bit of a three day weekend for all of

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Speaker 2: us here at ninety three five and one o seventy

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Speaker 2: five the Fans something we almost never get, but we

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Speaker 2: were able to do that.

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Speaker 1: Mark.

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Speaker 2: Did you get to spend some quality time with the

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Speaker 2: girls coming off the top rope and taking you out

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Speaker 2: at the knees over the weekend?

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Speaker 3: Boy, oh boy, they were turns this weekend. I don't

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Speaker 3: know if wow, moon or what.

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Speaker 4: I was like, what's happening here?

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Speaker 5: Yeah?

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Speaker 3: They were in rare form, Like what in the world.

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Speaker 3: It was like, come on school, get here Tuesday.

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Speaker 2: Well, we're here now and everybody is in one piece,

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Speaker 2: or so, I think. One of things we do know

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Speaker 2: here in the world of sports, certainly in our neck

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Speaker 2: of the woods, the National Football League and football season

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Speaker 2: happens three hundred and sixty five days a year, and

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Speaker 2: certainly is the case. And Kevin, we saw yesterday the

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Speaker 2: Miami Dolphins cut loose a couple of guys as they

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Speaker 2: start to get ready for what will be a complete

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Speaker 2: makeover for that team, I think over the offseason, but

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Speaker 2: there are a few teams that will be releasing guys

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Speaker 2: that maybe the Colts have eyes for or at least

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Speaker 2: want to check out. A guy like Bradley Chubb who

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Speaker 2: was released by the Dolphins yesterday, who's had a ton

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Speaker 2: of sacks and pressures over the last couple of years,

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Speaker 2: even though he's a little bit older and has had

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Speaker 2: some injuries in the past, has been very productive. Is

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Speaker 2: that a guy that Colts would be really interested in

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Speaker 2: going to check out.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I think I'm with James on it. You know,

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Speaker 6: you're not going to find absolutely perfect in free agency.

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Speaker 6: There will be flaws, uh, with every single player that

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Speaker 6: is out there. That's just the reality of the situation.

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Speaker 6: But sometimes you've got away whatever looks one way, personality

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Speaker 6: the other way, family one way, you.

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Speaker 7: Know, etc.

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Speaker 8: Etc.

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Speaker 6: When it comes to finding that match there and what

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Speaker 6: do we end up having.

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Speaker 7: Was it ten head coach openings in the NFL?

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Speaker 8: I believe so.

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Speaker 6: So you know, that's theoretically ten different systems, different you know, operations,

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Speaker 6: different leaderships. Everyone to define it. I know there wasn't

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Speaker 6: ten GM openings. Miami was one of the g openings

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Speaker 6: but you're going to see some of this, maybe not

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Speaker 6: to the magnitude of Tyreek Hill and Bradley Chubb and

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Speaker 6: James Daniels and Westbrook a key day the IU wide out, Like,

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Speaker 6: maybe you're not going to see all of it, but yeah,

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Speaker 6: this kind of gets back to the conversation we had

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Speaker 6: late in the season when people were like, hey, you know,

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Speaker 6: if the Colts move on from Chris Ballard, you know,

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Speaker 6: what could next year's roster look like? And I felt

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Speaker 6: like every time I was met with that question, I said,

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Speaker 6: it might look like a total one to eighty from

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Speaker 6: the previous year, just because when you know, people walk

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Speaker 6: inclined by some of the financial situations that they see,

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Speaker 6: particularly with aging guys there. So you know, it's very reminiscent,

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Speaker 6: not to the magnitude, but it is reminiscent of you know,

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Speaker 6: the old Black Monday the Colts had when Ryan Grigson

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Speaker 6: took over in whatever that was twenty twelve, of you know.

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Speaker 7: All of the veteran veteran cults.

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Speaker 6: That you know he parted ways with from a financial situation.

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Speaker 6: So I'm curious if we see any of this other

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Speaker 6: stuff along with obviously from the franchise tag window being

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Speaker 9: What do you think the perfect offseason looks like, James

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Speaker 9: for the Indianapolis Colts, the perfect offseason, Yeah, like when

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Speaker 9: they go to camp in late July early August, what

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Speaker 10: Boy.

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Speaker 8: I think, in a realistic world, trade.

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Speaker 4: For Patrick Mahomes.

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Speaker 11: I mean, in the realistic world, yes, in a realistic world,

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Speaker 11: you're hoping that Daniel Jones is I had a schedule

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Speaker 11: moving forward. I would say you probably moved on from

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Speaker 11: it comes to the edge rusher position and also linebacker.

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Speaker 11: I mean, there's a lot of different directions you could

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Speaker 11: take that question. It's a problem for sure, but in short,

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Speaker 11: you want to revamp your defense and you want to

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Speaker 11: hope that the main guy who's driving in the ship

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Speaker 11: Jones is looking like the Daniel Jones that we saw

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Speaker 11: through the first ten weeks of the season, though that

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Speaker 2: I asked that because obviously every general manager they've got

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Speaker 2: those kinds of things. And I know it's a broad question,

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Speaker 2: but Kevin, I'll kind of pose it to you too.

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Speaker 2: In a perfect Colts offseason world, I know they want

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Speaker 2: to add edge rusher. I know that they there's a

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Speaker 2: to do with their wide receiver corps. But when we

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Speaker 2: do get to say August first or the end of July,

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Speaker 2: what does that look like to you?

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean definitely edge rusher.

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Speaker 6: I would say linebacker needs a starter, and then I

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Speaker 6: think one more in the front, probably.

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Speaker 7: Another edge rusher.

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Speaker 6: To be totally honest with you, I would have no

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Speaker 6: then came back and spent a day through Day two

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Speaker 8: At that position.

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Speaker 7: Again, I just think it means that much. And you know,

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Speaker 7: I feel like I'm listening to my dad, you know,

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Speaker 7: coach me in baseball.

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Speaker 6: Hey, you know, back in the day, just because you

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Speaker 6: strike out doesn't mean you continue to leave the bat

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Speaker 7: You got to continue to swing.

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Speaker 6: Even you know Chris Boward has struck out a lot

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Speaker 6: at pass rusher, particularly edge. Well, he's still the man

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Speaker 6: calling the shots, so he's got to continue to swing

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Speaker 6: at it. You can't just sit there and act like

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Speaker 6: all of a sudden it's going to happen. And they

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Speaker 6: do have three just purely free agent defensive ends. So

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Speaker 6: even if, like whatever, even if you don't feel the

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Speaker 6: those three. I mean, Quitty pay, Taekwon, Lewis, Sampson, Ebacom

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Speaker 6: who James mentioned earlier. You know, if all of them

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Speaker 6: quality of playing time that is there, so and then

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Speaker 6: we'll see how the franchise tag works. I guess just

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Speaker 6: to update everybody on that again. Today, the franchise tag

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Speaker 6: window is open. It is open for a two week period, James.

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Speaker 6: If I remember correctly, I want to say Michael Pittman JUNR.

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Speaker 6: When he was tagged, it was very late in that

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Speaker 6: fourteen day window. I want to say it might even

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Speaker 6: been the final day of the franchise tag period. So

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Speaker 6: you'll have two weeks from today. Obviously a week of

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Speaker 6: that will include the NFL Combine when typically a lot

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Speaker 6: of these meetings happened between personnel and agents. And I'll

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Speaker 6: continue to reiterate what I've said for the last month

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Speaker 6: or so. To me, the more viable candidate for the

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Speaker 6: Colts to use that on is Alec Pierce, more.

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Speaker 7: So than Daniel Jones.

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Speaker 6: Yes, Daniel Jones's franchise tag would be forty six million.

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Speaker 7: I believe it is.

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Speaker 6: That is a full one year guarantee for a man

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Speaker 6: coming off of torn Achilles in less than ten months. No,

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Speaker 6: thank you, Alec Pearce twenty eight ish million. I believe

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Speaker 6: it is for a wide out that to me is

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Speaker 6: a little bit more realistic, and I think the competitive

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Speaker 6: pretty robust for Alec Pierce. And so that's why I

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Speaker 6: think you have a better chance of getting kind of

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Speaker 6: a two year deal, maybe a three year deal done

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Speaker 6: for Daniel Jones Alec Pearce who slapped the tag on him,

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Speaker 6: and then see, obviously you can get a long term

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Speaker 6: a reason, and be prepared to use it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, And does it feel like a foregone conclusion that

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Speaker 2: Michael Pittman Junior is not a member of the Colts

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Speaker 2: next year.

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Speaker 11: I wouldn't say that, but if I have to put

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Speaker 11: a percentage on it, Jeff, I probably go like seventy

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Speaker 11: you have to restructure his contract significantly and he has

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Speaker 11: to agree to that to come back. And on top

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Speaker 11: of that, you might just want to look at other

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Speaker 11: I mean, we're talking about a guy who's I think

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Speaker 11: he's due to make over twenty million this year coming up.

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Speaker 11: So if you cut him then or if you restructure

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Speaker 11: with him, how low is he going to make his salary? Essentially,

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Speaker 11: take or will he or will Pittman himself say, you

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Speaker 11: know what, you know, as much as I love playing

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Speaker 11: with Daniel Jones and in Indianapolis, he is coming off

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Speaker 11: in Achilles, tear, I could go somewhere else, I lie

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Speaker 11: Green Bay or I don't know, Buffalo or somewhere where

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Speaker 11: they have an established quarterback, maybe wide receiver help and

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Speaker 11: you know, kind of revitalize my career a little bit,

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Speaker 11: get money, and play somewhere with the quote unquote contender.

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Speaker 8: So we'll see all it shakes out.

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Speaker 11: But I'm leaning towards him not being back this year,

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Speaker 11: and he was very candid about that even after the

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Speaker 11: final game of the season. I mean, we're in the

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Speaker 11: locker room and he's saying, if this was my last

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Speaker 11: game as an Indianapolis Colt, I've enjoyed my time here.

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Speaker 1: And we'll keep an eye on all of that.

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Speaker 2: For it and anything else that happens is the National

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Speaker 2: Football League, we will keep you up to date on

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Speaker 2: We got the Combine coming up obviously very soon we'll

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Speaker 2: be broadcasting live from there. And well, I would imagine

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Speaker 2: we get a chance to talk to Chris Ballard again

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Speaker 2: usually comes over and spends a good amount of time

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Speaker 2: with us and kind of see what he's thinking where

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Speaker 2: the Colts.

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Speaker 1: Might be heading. But again no first round draft picks.

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Speaker 2: So that's do we think that once draft day gets here,

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Speaker 2: we see the Chris ballad where you start to trade

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Speaker 2: away a third round pick for a couple of fifths,

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Speaker 2: and you just start to try and pick as many

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Speaker 2: extra selections up as you can.

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Speaker 11: James, No, I think you really can't afford to do

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Speaker 11: with the bullet and go because you already gave up

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Speaker 11: a first round pick for a Sauce Gardner. I think

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Speaker 11: this year you cannot really mess around with trading back

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Speaker 11: because you need immediate help. And so when we're looking

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Speaker 7: Do you want to drive up sixty five a little

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Speaker 11: I don't think it'll have that much of an influence Kevin,

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Speaker 1: I'll fly you in to see me, or I'll fly

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Speaker 11: I mean, how about that on the resume, you get

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Speaker 11: Ye I've always asked Alec why didn't he go to

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Speaker 11: Got some decent I don't act like Alec is like

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Speaker 2: Well, later on tonight, Purdue will be at home at

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Speaker 1: Just for fun, I was looking this up this morning.

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Speaker 2: What do you think the cheapest ticket right now you

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Speaker 8: James gotta be over a thousand, one.

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Speaker 1: Hundred and seventy three dollars. I mean, there's a regular

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Speaker 8: Wait, where are we sitting at just to get in.

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Speaker 1: Just to get in. Oh, tickets as low as one

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Speaker 1: But there's really not a terrible seat in mackew though

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Speaker 8: Went for a practice years ago.

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Speaker 6: No, it's an awesome, awesome college basketball atmosphere. And again

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Speaker 6: I feel like I'm so sick and tired of debating

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Speaker 7: It's just like, oh my gosh, can we.

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Speaker 6: Tonight's it. I mean, this is exactly why Raydon Smith

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Speaker 6: And Friday night'll be similar. I mean, it's not the

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Speaker 7: So can't wait. And again, Michigan has been.

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Speaker 6: They've been incredible this season. I don't know if people

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Speaker 7: Again, this is on the road. I mean, it's incredibly impressive.

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Speaker 6: They're already lined up outside of whatever it is called

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Speaker 6: They thought about us.

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Speaker 1: Appreciate I like that a lot.

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Speaker 2: By the way, James most expensive ticket right now, not

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Speaker 8: Set it up, boss. He's got jump change for James.

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Speaker 2: I know, man, he just take that out of the

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Speaker 8: You know what is it showedntel show?

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Speaker 1: Don't tell. But anyway, there are you can still get

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Speaker 1: Looks like it's gotten even more expensive since we started talking.

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Speaker 8: But it would be a great environment though.

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Speaker 2: No, it'll be a lot of fun and I'm looking

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Speaker 2: That's what I'm looking forward to. We talked a little bit.

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Speaker 2: And they started last week, as we know by now,

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Speaker 2: which I don't know.

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Speaker 1: Was that just the wrong place, wrong time.

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Speaker 2: More than anything, the NBA was going to make a

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Speaker 6: If you add five tickets to remaining Pacers home games,

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Speaker 8: The split of fans who are going to the game go.

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Speaker 11: I'm not gonna lie if I pay my money. I

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Speaker 11: Understand from a big picture of standpoint, I wouldn't go

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Speaker 7: But if you didn't buy the ticket for Mike Potter,

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Speaker 8: To see all.

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Speaker 11: Hey, I'm a paying customer. I want the product that

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Speaker 11: I didn't pay to see Quinn Jackson and no direspect

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Speaker 11: to those guys. They're part of the team. But you

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Speaker 11: You pay to see the players that will be franchised.

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Speaker 11: I don't want to say pillars, but like big pieces

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 8: And I want to see a Visa Zubo Yeah.

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Speaker 6: Which again Chad Buchanan did say on the record to

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Speaker 7: Second, Oh, I got so.

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Speaker 6: Pacers have a practice late today, hopefully Rick Carlisle tomorrow

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Speaker 5: To do with it.

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Speaker 6: I think the fact that you have what three or

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Speaker 2: The guys you put on the floor, James, They're going

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Speaker 2: to show up and compete. They're not just going to say, oh,

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Speaker 2: I'm going to play at eighty percent tonight.

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Speaker 5: That's just not going to happen.

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Speaker 11: Yeah, But his overall point is, hey, we see right

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Speaker 11: through what the Jazz and the Pacers are trying to do,

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Speaker 11: and we want to figure out a remedy how to

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Speaker 11: fix that. And I think he kind of put the

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Speaker 11: whole league on notice. Now what that looks like moving

447
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Speaker 11: forward for other teams remains to be seeing. I still

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Speaker 11: think there's a lot of great area within all of that.

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Speaker 11: But one thing I am against is the whole like,

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Speaker 11: let's get rid of the draft thing that's been a

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Speaker 11: hot topic debate over the weekend. I am not in

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Speaker 11: that camp. I understand like the theory behind mind it.

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Speaker 11: But boy, I'll league without a draft. I can't really

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Speaker 11: rock with that.

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Speaker 2: We'll be talking about the NBA draft with Kevin Sweeney,

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Speaker 2: a draft expert.

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Speaker 1: A little bit later on today nine thirty.

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Speaker 2: Rob Blackman joins us at nine talk about tonight's perdue

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Speaker 2: basketball game against Michigan, and we'll talk a little bit

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Speaker 2: more about the Colts and the weekend that was in

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Speaker 2: a moment as we continue at ninety three five and.

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Speaker 1: Who is the goat?

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Speaker 12: I'd go with you all that I was the greatest

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Speaker 12: of all time, Georgy.

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Speaker 1: Here's Michael at the filine. I shot on e.

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Speaker 7: Little goat.

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Speaker 1: Or goat? This guy sucks of the week.

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Speaker 2: All right, Time to look at the best and the

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Speaker 2: worst of the past seven days or so. We are

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Speaker 2: doing it a little bit late this week on a Tuesday,

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Speaker 2: but we will start with you, Kevin Bowen, who's your

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Speaker 2: good go to the week?

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Speaker 1: Let's start positively.

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Speaker 7: Tell shout out to the legend that is Chris Paul.

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Speaker 6: I don't know if we'll have many point guards moving

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Speaker 6: forward stylistically play like Chris Paul and have a career

477
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Speaker 6: as long as he's had. I know people nitpick some

478
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Speaker 6: of it. Maybe he's not the most beloved star player,

479
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Speaker 6: certainly not. But you talk about second all time and

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Speaker 6: assists behind Jason Kidd. What second all time and steals behind?

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Speaker 6: John Stockton. I remember being.

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Speaker 7: This shows you how old Chris Paul is.

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Speaker 6: I remember being I guess I would have been a

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Speaker 6: junior I think in junior high and watching an ESPN

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Speaker 6: segment where Chris Paul scored sixty one points in high

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Speaker 6: school in honor of his grandfather who had tragically been

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Speaker 6: murdered earlier that year, and I was always struck by

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Speaker 6: him going to Wake Forest. You know, they was kind

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Speaker 6: of you know, it wasn't the big school necessarily to

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Speaker 6: go to there, So hell of a career for point god,

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Speaker 6: as I would people call Chris Paul there, so shout

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Speaker 6: out to him. I know, again, not a very glove star,

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Speaker 6: but I think him.

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Speaker 8: One quick thing.

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Speaker 11: John Stockton, I know you said Jason Kidd, he's first

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Speaker 11: and assists by a moth then yeah, and then on

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Speaker 11: top of that that specially you're talking about that ESPN

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Speaker 11: ranal Chris Paul. He got to sixty one, but it

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Speaker 11: was an and one and then he could have made

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Speaker 11: the free throw and he missed it on purpose to

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Speaker 11: his grandfather, Yeah, and got so out of the game.

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Speaker 11: So yeah, think about the sixty one points in a

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Speaker 11: high school game. High school games are thirty two minutes.

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Speaker 11: As an NBA player in the making. If you ever

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Speaker 11: see somebody do.

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Speaker 1: That, Does this mean we've seen the last of Cliff Paul?

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Speaker 8: Perhaps? I don't know.

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Speaker 11: A little longer, you know, career runway if you're an

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Speaker 11: actor versus being I guess an athlete.

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Speaker 1: All right, Mark Dyton, who is your good goat of

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Speaker 1: the week?

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Speaker 3: Robert Devall actor we lost the other day. Just an

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Speaker 3: all time generational talent, such legendary roles as the Godfather movies,

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Speaker 3: Apocalypse Now, so many great roles. So he passed away

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Speaker 3: at the age of ninety five, So a hat tip

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Speaker 3: to Robert Devall.

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Speaker 4: Lots of iconic roles that he played.

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Speaker 2: Particular favorite that you had probably the Godfather movies.

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Speaker 4: I mean, I'm assuming that has to be one of

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Speaker 4: the top ones for me.

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Speaker 5: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: He was so good in each and everything you ever did.

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Speaker 2: Apocalypse Now, he was amazing in and even when he

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Speaker 2: was working with Tom Cruise on that Days of Thunder,

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Speaker 2: I thought.

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Speaker 1: He was great in that too.

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Speaker 2: He's good at anything, all right, James Boyd, good go

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Speaker 2: to the week.

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Speaker 11: I'll roll with Lola Lampley, the star player at Lawrence

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Speaker 11: Central McDonald's all American. I made the drive to Greencastle

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Speaker 11: New Gym for me to check her out against Pike,

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Speaker 11: and they get the dub. They're headed to semi State,

533
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Speaker 11: and they'd actually lost and got blown out by Pike

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Speaker 11: earlier in the season, so to bounce back and get the.

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Speaker 8: Victory and regionals is a big deal.

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Speaker 11: And boy, she looked like someone who is obviously a

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Speaker 11: very good player and gonna be playing college basketball next year.

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Speaker 11: But in those died in moments, I thought she was

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Speaker 11: a difference a lot of you know, nice offensive moves,

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Speaker 11: great defensive plays as well, and that gym was rocking.

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Speaker 8: I love high school basketball.

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Speaker 1: I was gonna say, what did you think of the

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Speaker 1: gym and all?

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Speaker 7: It was cool.

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Speaker 8: They have a nice like. I guess they have like

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Speaker 8: a little like. It's not attached to the high school.

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Speaker 11: I don't think it's like their own little arena, and

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Speaker 11: it's very nice. I was very impressed. But goes to

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Speaker 11: show how much they love basketball in Indiana. Because I've been

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Speaker 11: to a lot of gyms, and a lot of them

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Speaker 11: are really cool to have stories and stuff like that.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna stay with my theme today.

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Speaker 2: I'm very excited because we got the knockout round of

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Speaker 2: the Olympic Hockey Tournament starting today.

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Speaker 1: You win or go home. They got some qualifying.

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Speaker 2: I know the USA has a buye Canada's got a

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Speaker 2: buy today. But when you see Canada again, have you

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Speaker 2: guys heard of Macklin Celebrini at all?

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Speaker 7: I have not.

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Speaker 2: Macklan Celebrini is a member of the Canadian hockey team.

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Speaker 2: Mark any idea what makes Mackland Celebriny a little bit special? No,

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Speaker 2: He's nineteen years old and he currently is tied for

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Speaker 2: the lead in goals at this Olympic Hockey tournaments.

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Speaker 1: Just nineteen. He's from North Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Speaker 2: Uh, he's the youngest player to have scored a goal

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Speaker 2: for Team Canada.

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Speaker 1: Did that right out of the gate. But nineteen, he's

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Speaker 1: not even twenty. He won't even be twenty for a

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Speaker 1: while yet.

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Speaker 2: And he's tied for the lead in goals scoring at

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Speaker 2: the Olympics with the greatest players on the planet playing.

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Speaker 2: I find that fascinating.

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Speaker 6: I find it sacrilegious, so you'd go with a goat

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Speaker 6: for the Canadians when we're supposed to hate them. Here

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Speaker 6: coming up in a hockey match in the.

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Speaker 8: Game, USA, say Jersey.

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Speaker 4: For God's sake, I just I've.

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Speaker 1: Been watching, I've been what you got to give credit?

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Speaker 1: Where credits due? Respect?

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Speaker 2: Man, he's nineteen and he's playing with all the big

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Speaker 2: boys right now.

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Speaker 3: Citizenship test for Jeffricker. Please zero maple syrup in your backpack.

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Speaker 6: Zero credit from me. The negative goat of the week

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Speaker 6: is a Canadian. Because I am an American. I'm gonna

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Speaker 6: address that. Mark Kennedy, the man who cheated in curling,

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Speaker 6: Did you guys see this?

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Speaker 1: Yes, with the little finger touch, that was a.

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Speaker 6: Lot of finger touch, you know, I must say so myself,

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Speaker 6: all of a sudden, touching the rock aka the curling

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Speaker 6: rock there.

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Speaker 7: First off, stone, isn't the stone believe forty pounds? That

592
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Speaker 7: cannot believe.

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Speaker 6: We don't have cameras up there at the starting line

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Speaker 6: to officiate this better. Our officials are at the end

595
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Speaker 6: of the whatever shuffle board that you call there. And

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Speaker 6: then he turned to the Swedish guy and got into

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Speaker 6: it a little bit with him chirping at him, and

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Speaker 6: yet the cheaters the Canadians moved on. And if the

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Speaker 6: playoffs started this morning, this was before these matches, the

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Speaker 6: United States would be playing the Canadians. JEF would probably

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Speaker 6: cheer for Canada, and.

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Speaker 1: I'm not sure Canada.

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Speaker 2: I will not be cheering for any Canadian when they

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Speaker 2: played the United So.

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Speaker 6: Mark Kennedy can kiss my ass the Canadian curler that

606
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Speaker 6: touched the stone, You.

607
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Speaker 4: Say, kiss my ass, A don't you double touch?

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Speaker 7: Thank you?

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Speaker 5: Mark?

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Speaker 1: I love it. Mark Dyton, What do you got All

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Speaker 1: Star Saturday Night?

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Speaker 3: I used to look very forward to that on NBA

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Speaker 3: All Star Weekend. Didn't watch a second of it. Woke

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Speaker 3: up the next morning like, let me see what the

615
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Speaker 3: slam Dunk contest was. Oh boy, that was not very

616
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Speaker 3: good at all. From what I saw. Kashaw Johnson of

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Speaker 3: the Miami Heat ended up winning. It was not impressive.

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Speaker 3: I feel like we say this every year, we need

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Speaker 3: that the Slam dunk contest has jumped the shark.

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Speaker 4: That might be the case these days.

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Speaker 3: Because my nephew, who's younger, I was like, what's your

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Speaker 3: favorite dunk contest? And he said it's when Dwight Howard

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Speaker 3: and Blake Griffin were playing, and I'm like, that's probably

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Speaker 3: the last big stars that were in the Slam Dunk

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Speaker 3: Contest and he's like fifteen right now.

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Speaker 2: Is that when Blake Griffin like jumped over the keys

627
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Speaker 2: or something like that.

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Speaker 3: Dwight Howard did the Superman did the Giant Rim and

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Speaker 3: all that stuff. I'm like, we have jumped the shark

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Speaker 3: on the Slam Dunk Contest. So the highlights were not

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Speaker 3: very there were low lights. Quite honestly, didn't care for it,

632
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Speaker 3: and I was disappointed because I used to look forward

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Speaker 3: to Saturday Night with dv Arts. I could watch it

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Speaker 3: again and it is just falling off the cliff lately.

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Speaker 1: Do you see all the empty seats in there too?

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Speaker 1: It's crazy.

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Speaker 5: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: They had the same issue where they have like the

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Speaker 3: LED lighting going on and stuff, so it looks like

640
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Speaker 3: a lot of people are there. But then because the

641
00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:08,840
Speaker 3: Royal Rumble did that as well, and then it was like, oh, actually,

642
00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:10,480
Speaker 3: like yeah, no, those are empty seats.

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Speaker 4: You just can't tell because of the LED lighting.

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Speaker 1: Who you met at this week, James?

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Speaker 11: Yeah, I think Mark. We were on the same page.

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Speaker 11: I was initially going to go with my bad go

647
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Speaker 11: being Jason Richardson, the son of Jason Richardson having a

648
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Speaker 11: horrific fall in the slam Dune contest. He's fine, by

649
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Speaker 11: the way, which is why the one reason I brought

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Speaker 11: it up, But that was pretty bad. But to a pivot,

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Speaker 11: I'll go with Adam Silver. I thought his like kind

652
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Speaker 11: of the State of the Union address overall Star weekend

653
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Speaker 11: fell flat. He was talking about using AI technology in

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Speaker 11: the NBA and how to hyper personalize the viewing experience,

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Speaker 11: and I'm.

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Speaker 8: Like, wait, wait a second. You are a basketball league.

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Speaker 8: Can you make sure that basketball is good in fair or.

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Speaker 11: You know, the tanking stuff that we talk about and

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Speaker 11: rest and just the quality of the games this time

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Speaker 11: of the year.

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Speaker 8: Focus on that.

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Speaker 11: I feel like sometimes when I hear him speak, it's

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Speaker 11: in the business world, in the tech world, more so

664
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Speaker 11: than the actual game. And I'm like, it's like going

665
00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:04,160
Speaker 11: to a hot dog stand. They're trying to sell you

666
00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:06,240
Speaker 11: a salmon, and it's like, wait a second, I didn't

667
00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:07,000
Speaker 11: even ask for all that.

668
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Speaker 8: Just make the games matter. Figure that out.

669
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Speaker 11: So I'm a little annoyed with a lot of the

670
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Speaker 11: updates that he's given as of late, and and the

671
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Speaker 11: last thing I'll say, is even asking him, hey, do

672
00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:21,360
Speaker 11: you have an update on the Kawhi Leonard investigation? They

673
00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:24,480
Speaker 11: circumvent the cap or not. When it comes to La Clippers,

674
00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:27,680
Speaker 11: He's got nothing. I'm like, all right, man, like, what

675
00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:30,320
Speaker 11: are you guys doing besides just fighting teams for tanking?

676
00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:32,760
Speaker 11: What else are you doing? And it seems like nothing

677
00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:34,160
Speaker 11: or things that we don't want?

678
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Speaker 1: All right?

679
00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:38,600
Speaker 2: You want a cheating scandal from the Olympics, Kevin, You

680
00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:40,920
Speaker 2: want something that will raise the eyebrows.

681
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Speaker 7: Yead, what do you got?

682
00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:42,400
Speaker 1: I got that.

683
00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:45,560
Speaker 2: There are reports now that there are some men in

684
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Speaker 2: the ski jumping competition that are always looking for an

685
00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:52,360
Speaker 2: advantage to help, you, you know, create more drag, more friction,

686
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Speaker 2: to stay.

687
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Speaker 1: Up in the air a little bit longer.

688
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Speaker 2: I don't know if you guys heard about this, but

689
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Speaker 2: some male ski jumpers may have used some high ironic

690
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Speaker 2: acid injections to temporarily enlarge certain parts of their body

691
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Speaker 2: that only men have.

692
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Speaker 7: So it's like a JMV endorsement to gain.

693
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Speaker 1: A suit size advantage.

694
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Speaker 2: Although officials call it a wild rumor, but this was

695
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Speaker 2: a big story over the last couple of days.

696
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Speaker 1: Whether or not there are guys actually.

697
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Speaker 2: Injecting themselves there to create more drag and stay up

698
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Speaker 2: in the air just a fraction of a second longer.

699
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Speaker 6: I think staying up in the air is a dream

700
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Speaker 6: for a lot of people. So I don't know if

701
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Speaker 6: I'm gonna go judge them too hard here.

702
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Speaker 1: It was deep and why people excited. That's Ellie d

703
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Speaker 1: la Cruz we're talking about, right, lack.

704
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Speaker 7: Marx moved on from the daddy comments.

705
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Speaker 2: This is apparently a common medical and cosmetic filler used

706
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Speaker 2: for skin, joints and lips. They said it's generally safe

707
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Speaker 2: when used properly temporarily. It lasts about eight weeks to

708
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Speaker 2: six months, can be dissolved later on if needed. Can

709
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Speaker 2: you agin wanting to win a metal so bad that

710
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Speaker 2: you'd have an injection there?

711
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Speaker 4: No?

712
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Speaker 8: I can't.

713
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Speaker 11: Not an Olympic athlete, and I don't know the lengths

714
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Speaker 11: I will go to go through to you know, be

715
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Speaker 11: an Olympics every four years?

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Speaker 7: Come on?

717
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Speaker 8: Is that what they tell you?

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Speaker 10: Uh?

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Speaker 2: The athletes US ski jumpers have dismissed the practice, citing

720
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Speaker 2: the risks and minimal performance game.

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Speaker 1: But it's apparently out there right there. It can be done.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it can be doesn't mean, I want it to happen.

723
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Speaker 2: There you go, just when you think you've seen it all.

724
00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:34,560
Speaker 2: People will do anything for an edge.

725
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Speaker 7: And they walk in the Olympic Village and they get

726
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Speaker 7: the last laugh.

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Speaker 4: That's probably true, bolls empty?

728
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Speaker 8: What am I supposed to do?

729
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Speaker 5: Now? All right?

730
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Speaker 2: Coming up a little bit later on top of the hour,

731
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Speaker 2: we'll talk to Rob Blackman. We've got a big Purdue

732
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Speaker 2: mission game a little bit later on tonight we'll talk

733
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Speaker 2: a little bit more about the week ahead in the

734
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Speaker 2: National Football League. We could see a lot of names

735
00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:54,960
Speaker 2: out there on the open market. Who could we be

736
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Speaker 2: looking at? That's next ninety three, five and seven.

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Speaker 1: It's always game day in ninety three five one o seven.

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Speaker 2: Five to the fan, but a particularly intriguing game day

739
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Speaker 2: or game night tonight Purdue at home Makia at six

740
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Speaker 2: point thirty. They'll be taking on number one ranked Michigan.

741
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Speaker 2: Looking forward to that one and the voice of the

742
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Speaker 2: Purdue Boilermakers joins us now in the pay Less Liquers hotline.

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Speaker 1: Good morning, Rob Blackman.

744
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Speaker 2: How much fun is it to wake up in a

745
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Speaker 2: morning and have a game like that to look forward

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Speaker 2: to tonight?

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Speaker 10: Yeah, and we had a nice little run here for

748
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Speaker 10: Purdue with at Nebraska, who was number seven last week,

749
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Speaker 10: and then you get to play number one tonight at home,

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Speaker 10: so then you have Indiana coming in on Friday. So

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Speaker 10: it is it has been a nice little stretch of

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Speaker 10: games that they certainly peaked one's interests, that's for sure. Rob.

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Speaker 6: As always, we thank you for the time. The one

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Speaker 6: team to beat Michigan this year was Wisconsin. They hit

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Speaker 6: fifteen threes in that game. You think the number tonight

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Speaker 6: for Purdue has got to be north of a dozen.

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Speaker 10: I certainly think if it's not, you're gonna put yourself

758
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Speaker 10: in a really difficult situation. Although I do feel a

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Speaker 10: little bit more comfortable. I mentioned that Nebraska game from

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Speaker 10: last week. You know, Purdue shot forty six threes in

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Speaker 10: that game. Uh, not only was that a school record,

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Speaker 10: it was a school record by a mile. The previous

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Speaker 10: high had been thirty six. I did joke with coach

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Speaker 10: Painter the next pregame show preparing for Iowa if that

765
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Speaker 10: was the new look for the Makers, and he said, no, no,

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Speaker 10: that was just a matter of circumstance. So but that

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Speaker 10: being said, certainly appears as if and then we saw

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Speaker 10: the same thing against Iowa Saturday that you know, you

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Speaker 10: got to have time, and Purdue it attempted more threes

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Speaker 10: than two. So I guess what I'm saying is it

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Speaker 10: appears that Purdue is not going to be bashful about

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Speaker 10: shooting the three down, you know, through the through the

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Speaker 10: rest of this season from here to the finish line.

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Speaker 10: So hopefully that's a good sign, and more importantly, hopefully

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Speaker 10: Prue's making those three point shots. You know, Purdue has

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Speaker 10: only been thirty six percent from three in the Big

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Speaker 10: Ten game, which which is a good percentage, but certainly

778
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Speaker 10: not where I think they thought they would be. I

779
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Speaker 10: think Matt Painter would openly tell you that this team

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Speaker 10: is probably a thirty nine to forty three point shooting

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Speaker 10: team across the board. So I know this is a

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Speaker 10: long winded way of saying that I agree with you,

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Speaker 10: but yeah, I think a dozen or more probably is

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Speaker 10: what it will take against a team like Michigan, who's

785
00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:25,440
Speaker 10: looked they're so good. You know, the great irony, I think,

786
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Speaker 10: and the reason why the ranked number one. You look

787
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Speaker 10: at their offensive numbers, you know, fifth in the country

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Speaker 10: and scoring I think six or seventh in the country,

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Speaker 10: field goal percentage, top ten, in the country rebound margin,

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Speaker 10: which are all great numbers offensively, but it's defensively actually

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Speaker 10: where they're at their best.

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Speaker 5: They're number one in the.

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Speaker 10: Nation and adjusted defensive defensive efficiency. So it will be

794
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Speaker 10: very difficult if you are not making three point shots tonight.

795
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Speaker 10: Maybe I should just put it that way and leave.

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Speaker 5: It at that.

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Speaker 11: Rob when you look at Purdue overall, and it's kind

798
00:34:57,400 --> 00:35:00,239
Speaker 11: of crazy because you know, a couple of weeks ago,

799
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Speaker 11: the sky's falling. You felt like a little bit with

800
00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:05,680
Speaker 11: Purdue at least some of the you know, narratives I

801
00:35:05,680 --> 00:35:07,640
Speaker 11: saw when it came from the national media. But there

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Speaker 11: are twenty one and four. So I don't want to

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Speaker 11: dismiss the great season they're having. But throughout this four

804
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Speaker 11: game winning streak, how have you seen Brad Smith help

805
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Speaker 11: right the ship? And I say that because I think

806
00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:20,479
Speaker 11: he's done it in a couple of different ways, whether

807
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Speaker 11: it be you know, scoring or the last few games

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00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:26,480
Speaker 11: in particular, really assisting and setting other guys up.

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Speaker 10: Yeah, look at the just you know case in point,

810
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Speaker 10: he only took five shots in that game Saturday against Iowa,

811
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Speaker 10: played thirty six minutes thirty six minutes plus only took

812
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Speaker 10: five shots but still had seven rebounds, and you mentioned

813
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Speaker 10: the assist James had the twelve assists. Literally, it's just

814
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Speaker 10: been a matter of, Hey, I'm going to have to

815
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Speaker 10: do what it takes to help this team win, which

816
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Speaker 10: is what you would expect from an All American point guard. Yes,

817
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Speaker 10: I mean, that's that's what you would hope you get

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Speaker 10: from the guy that was preseason Big Ten Player of

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Speaker 10: the Year. And it's been interesting because, you know, even

820
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Speaker 10: though he's still I think eight point eight or eight

821
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Speaker 10: point nine assists per game, the assist numbers have actually

822
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Speaker 10: come down a little bit, not a major, not majorly,

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Speaker 10: maybe by you know, two to three tenths of a

824
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Speaker 10: percentage point, but they have come down because he's been

825
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Speaker 10: asked to score a little bit more to help his

826
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Speaker 10: team win. In this four game winning streak, with the

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Speaker 10: exception of Saturday, where the scoring wasn't needed because Purdue

828
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Speaker 10: was getting contributions from everyone else. The Saturday back box

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Speaker 10: score Gentleman really had me intrigued because when I went

830
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Speaker 10: back and looked at it, and I didn't really pick

831
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Speaker 10: up on it during the game, and I wish I

832
00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:37,280
Speaker 10: should have, But everyone on the team except Roscar Cluff

833
00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:40,720
Speaker 10: attempted at least five shots in the game, and CJ.

834
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Speaker 10: Cox took the most field goal attempts at ten. Everyone

835
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Speaker 10: that played scored. It was a very balanced offensive attack, right.

836
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Speaker 10: It wasn't like one guy took twenty three shots and

837
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Speaker 10: everyone else just kind of stood around and watched. Purdue

838
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Speaker 10: was very balanced. And that's when Purdue's at its best, certainly,

839
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Speaker 10: and that's when Brayden Smith, I think, just simply understands that, hey,

840
00:36:59,160 --> 00:37:01,000
Speaker 10: this is a game where frankly, I have a number

841
00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:02,520
Speaker 10: of guys around me that.

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00:37:02,560 --> 00:37:03,359
Speaker 5: Can score the ball.

843
00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:05,880
Speaker 10: You know, this is their day, so I can be

844
00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:08,840
Speaker 10: more of a facilitator. And that's and that's certainly what

845
00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:11,359
Speaker 10: he did Saturday. But again, across the board, you look

846
00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:14,839
Speaker 10: at his numbers, scoring has come up a little bit

847
00:37:14,880 --> 00:37:17,879
Speaker 10: as system gone down ever so slightly, only because during

848
00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:20,520
Speaker 10: this streak scoring has been needed more from him, with

849
00:37:20,640 --> 00:37:23,600
Speaker 10: the exception again of that game Saturday. So a tip

850
00:37:23,600 --> 00:37:25,920
Speaker 10: of the cap to him for understanding the situation game

851
00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:28,120
Speaker 10: by game and knowing what Purdue needs from him to

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00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:29,080
Speaker 10: help them win.

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Speaker 11: We have Rob Blackman here on these AIRWB Thomas brad

854
00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:33,759
Speaker 11: Smith is washed, you know, there assist numbers are down

855
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Speaker 11: this year, and I'm joking. I appreciate the analysis there

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Speaker 11: and any insight. I do want to follow up really

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Speaker 11: quickly though. We talked earlier last time time, we spoke

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Speaker 11: to you Rob about Trey Kaufman ran in the season

859
00:37:47,719 --> 00:37:49,440
Speaker 11: eight he's having and I think sometimes you look at

860
00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:52,080
Speaker 11: a player statistically and say, oh, he's not having the

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00:37:52,440 --> 00:37:54,160
Speaker 11: same year as he had last year. Well, yeah, Oscar

862
00:37:54,160 --> 00:37:56,919
Speaker 11: Cluff is a big dude literally and figuratively to add

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00:37:56,960 --> 00:37:59,920
Speaker 11: to this team. But how have you seen him navigate

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00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:03,000
Speaker 11: this season and his role, especially as of late, because

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Speaker 11: I think that the rebounding has really stuck out to me,

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Speaker 11: and you talked about getting to do or having to

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Speaker 11: do whatever it takes to win. I think that he's

868
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Speaker 11: embraced at with that role. Just crushing the glass.

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Speaker 10: Yeah, I mean thirty one rebounds over the last two games.

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Speaker 10: We jokingly said on the radio in that Nebraska game

871
00:38:21,280 --> 00:38:23,960
Speaker 10: that he was very Dennis Rodman like, and then of

872
00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:26,120
Speaker 10: course told everyone who's under the age of thirty five

873
00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:30,279
Speaker 10: to go look up who Dennis Rodman is. I mean,

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Speaker 10: And I know I told you this last time, so

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00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:35,640
Speaker 10: I apologize for repeating myself, but The one thing Trey

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00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:38,040
Speaker 10: has been pretty adamant about all season is that this

877
00:38:38,080 --> 00:38:40,040
Speaker 10: is his fourth year playing for Purdue and he's played

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00:38:40,080 --> 00:38:42,200
Speaker 10: in four different roles. His role has never been the

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00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:45,160
Speaker 10: same in any of the four years, and that includes

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00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:48,720
Speaker 10: this year trying to learn to play alongside Oscar Cluff.

881
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Speaker 10: And while I have not asked him this, so I'm

882
00:38:52,640 --> 00:38:54,719
Speaker 10: speaking for him, which is not fair to him, but

883
00:38:55,040 --> 00:38:58,080
Speaker 10: it certainly appears to me that he is, at least

884
00:38:58,120 --> 00:38:59,880
Speaker 10: here in the last I don't know, two weeks or so,

885
00:39:00,560 --> 00:39:02,720
Speaker 10: has just made up his mind that he is literally

886
00:39:02,719 --> 00:39:06,200
Speaker 10: going to get every rebound humanly possible and if the

887
00:39:06,239 --> 00:39:09,040
Speaker 10: scoring comes along with that, great, But he's going to

888
00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:11,040
Speaker 10: dominate the boards and that can be the role where

889
00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:13,120
Speaker 10: he can really flourish it. You know, he had twelve

890
00:39:13,160 --> 00:39:15,880
Speaker 10: points against Iowa on Saturday on eight shots. You know,

891
00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:18,960
Speaker 10: it's not like he's out there hunting shots, which is

892
00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:22,200
Speaker 10: again a real testament to him. This is a guy

893
00:39:22,239 --> 00:39:26,799
Speaker 10: that last year had nineteen nineteen twenty point games. This

894
00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:29,719
Speaker 10: year he's had one twenty point game. So one would think,

895
00:39:30,080 --> 00:39:33,040
Speaker 10: you know, your natural reaction to be would be frustrated

896
00:39:33,080 --> 00:39:34,640
Speaker 10: that you're not scoring as much as you did a

897
00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:36,960
Speaker 10: year ago, and that you would want to be a

898
00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:38,719
Speaker 10: guy that, for lack of a better term, would be

899
00:39:38,719 --> 00:39:40,840
Speaker 10: a bit of a ball hal and would hunt shots

900
00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:43,120
Speaker 10: when maybe it wouldn't be best for the team. That

901
00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:45,440
Speaker 10: has not been the case for Trey. The Nebraska game,

902
00:39:45,480 --> 00:39:48,839
Speaker 10: he had six points. I think he took four shots.

903
00:39:49,239 --> 00:39:51,959
Speaker 10: So it's not as if he's made it all about him,

904
00:39:52,080 --> 00:39:55,160
Speaker 10: especially offensively, but he has made it all about him

905
00:39:55,160 --> 00:39:58,040
Speaker 10: when it comes to rebounding. And man, what a shot

906
00:39:58,040 --> 00:39:59,880
Speaker 10: in the arm that has been because even you know,

907
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:03,000
Speaker 10: go on into the Nebraska game. During the pregame interview

908
00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:06,120
Speaker 10: with the coach Painter, one thing he talked about was

909
00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:08,680
Speaker 10: this team has to be better rebounding. They just do.

910
00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:11,879
Speaker 10: You can't. You know. That's the reason you went out

911
00:40:11,920 --> 00:40:14,320
Speaker 10: and got an Oscar club. That's the reason you're excited

912
00:40:14,360 --> 00:40:17,279
Speaker 10: about you. You finally have a healthy Daniel Jacobson. But

913
00:40:17,320 --> 00:40:19,759
Speaker 10: the numbers weren't reflecting that. Purdue at the time was

914
00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:25,759
Speaker 10: like plus five in the Big Ten in rebounding. The

915
00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:28,360
Speaker 10: numbers have started to go up now. Granted it's just

916
00:40:28,400 --> 00:40:30,640
Speaker 10: a two game thing here, right, I mean it, Purdue

917
00:40:30,680 --> 00:40:32,760
Speaker 10: is dominated on the glass in the last two games,

918
00:40:32,760 --> 00:40:35,400
Speaker 10: two games is not a season make. But if this

919
00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:39,000
Speaker 10: is the trend for Purdue as far as rebounding wise,

920
00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:41,799
Speaker 10: they can take them to the finish line, then this

921
00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:44,000
Speaker 10: is the team that Matt Paynter envisioned when he put

922
00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:47,440
Speaker 10: it together back in August, and Purdue can still do

923
00:40:47,440 --> 00:40:48,640
Speaker 10: do some really good things here.

924
00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:52,719
Speaker 2: Rob Obviously, Perdue's to be successful against Michigan and night,

925
00:40:52,719 --> 00:40:55,640
Speaker 2: everybody's got to play pretty well. But if we just

926
00:40:55,800 --> 00:40:58,840
Speaker 2: figure that Braiden Smith is going to be Braden Smith

927
00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:02,600
Speaker 2: and that that Trey Kaufman Wren plays his best game,

928
00:41:02,880 --> 00:41:06,279
Speaker 2: who's the one guy that just has to show out

929
00:41:06,320 --> 00:41:08,040
Speaker 2: tonight for them to have a chance.

930
00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:11,960
Speaker 10: Yeah, Well, I'm gonna'm sorry, Jeff, I'm not gonna I'm

931
00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:14,120
Speaker 10: not going to answer directly with one guy, because I

932
00:41:14,160 --> 00:41:16,400
Speaker 10: do feel like it's the entire Purdue bench.

933
00:41:17,280 --> 00:41:18,680
Speaker 5: I I don't I think.

934
00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:20,759
Speaker 10: If you could clump, if you could just clump them

935
00:41:20,760 --> 00:41:23,560
Speaker 10: all together as one, I do think the Purdue bench

936
00:41:23,640 --> 00:41:26,160
Speaker 10: is going to have to outplay Michigan's bench, uh and

937
00:41:26,239 --> 00:41:28,399
Speaker 10: quite frankly, give Purdue a real punch in the arm,

938
00:41:28,840 --> 00:41:30,799
Speaker 10: you know you Look, Look, I'm going to be as

939
00:41:30,840 --> 00:41:33,560
Speaker 10: objective as I can here Yeah, I look at this

940
00:41:33,680 --> 00:41:37,400
Speaker 10: Michigan starting five, and I have a hard time believing

941
00:41:37,400 --> 00:41:40,440
Speaker 10: that produce starting five is better. Matter of fact, I

942
00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:42,160
Speaker 10: have a hard time believing there's anyone in the country

943
00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:45,040
Speaker 10: that has a better starting envirement Michigan. It's not a

944
00:41:45,080 --> 00:41:50,239
Speaker 10: knocking puce, it's not a knocking necessarily, But when you

945
00:41:50,280 --> 00:41:52,640
Speaker 10: do go to the bench tonight, which obviously both teams

946
00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:54,600
Speaker 10: are going to have to get some some bench production,

947
00:41:55,640 --> 00:41:57,200
Speaker 10: I do think that's where Purdue is going to have

948
00:41:57,280 --> 00:41:59,399
Speaker 10: to UH is going to have to make some hay.

949
00:41:59,480 --> 00:42:01,359
Speaker 10: You know, l J. Case has been playing really well

950
00:42:01,400 --> 00:42:04,880
Speaker 10: for them off the bench. I saw somewhere where they

951
00:42:04,880 --> 00:42:08,080
Speaker 10: were touting Trey McKinney as you know, possible six man

952
00:42:08,160 --> 00:42:10,799
Speaker 10: of the Year, two really good guards for them that'll

953
00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:14,520
Speaker 10: play off the bench tonight. That's where Purdue really has

954
00:42:14,560 --> 00:42:17,960
Speaker 10: to find an advantage. Purdue had that certainly had that

955
00:42:18,040 --> 00:42:21,000
Speaker 10: at Iowa on Saturday, when you especially when you look

956
00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:23,320
Speaker 10: at what Jakari Harris did coming off the bench, and

957
00:42:23,400 --> 00:42:26,239
Speaker 10: he and Daniel Jacobson were outstanding as bench players, and

958
00:42:26,320 --> 00:42:28,080
Speaker 10: quite frankly, everyone that played off the bench in that

959
00:42:28,120 --> 00:42:29,400
Speaker 10: game played.

960
00:42:29,120 --> 00:42:29,839
Speaker 5: At a high level.

961
00:42:30,239 --> 00:42:32,760
Speaker 10: To me, that's it's more about the bench play tonight

962
00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:34,800
Speaker 10: for Purdue. I do feel like produced starters will be

963
00:42:34,840 --> 00:42:37,600
Speaker 10: able to hold their own, but when you do get

964
00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:41,920
Speaker 10: into the bench, can can't produce in As you guys know,

965
00:42:42,040 --> 00:42:45,640
Speaker 10: typically your bench players play better at home. So hopefully

966
00:42:45,680 --> 00:42:49,240
Speaker 10: that's that's something that can aid Purdue today. But yeah,

967
00:42:49,239 --> 00:42:52,440
Speaker 10: with that question, if produce bench can be better than Michigan's,

968
00:42:52,520 --> 00:42:54,680
Speaker 10: I do feel like Purdue will have a real chance tonight.

969
00:42:55,280 --> 00:42:58,439
Speaker 6: Purdue Global Radio Network, Rob Blackman, of course, Boby Ornell,

970
00:42:58,480 --> 00:43:01,920
Speaker 6: They've got you covered here sixty early tip time tonight,

971
00:43:02,440 --> 00:43:03,880
Speaker 6: and Rob I was kind of saying, to lead off

972
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Speaker 6: the show, tonight's one of these nights of while of

973
00:43:06,239 --> 00:43:07,120
Speaker 6: college basketball.

974
00:43:07,239 --> 00:43:08,560
Speaker 7: You know, it's a.

975
00:43:08,239 --> 00:43:11,680
Speaker 6: Tuesday night on campus. Our NBA team here in town

976
00:43:11,840 --> 00:43:16,200
Speaker 6: is whatever stuck in some tanking resting scandal, he said.

977
00:43:16,280 --> 00:43:19,360
Speaker 6: She said, the NFL teams in the bottom quartile. But

978
00:43:19,520 --> 00:43:21,920
Speaker 6: yet we get this matchup. And I was struck by this.

979
00:43:22,040 --> 00:43:24,600
Speaker 6: I didn't realize it. The last time the number one

980
00:43:24,600 --> 00:43:27,439
Speaker 6: team has played inside of Mackie was Gene Katie's final year.

981
00:43:29,200 --> 00:43:31,759
Speaker 10: Yeah, two thousand and five, does that sound right?

982
00:43:31,840 --> 00:43:33,080
Speaker 5: Yeah? Easy?

983
00:43:33,400 --> 00:43:35,120
Speaker 7: I mean, I guess I don't know.

984
00:43:35,120 --> 00:43:37,080
Speaker 6: I would have thought maybe one of those Ohio State teams,

985
00:43:37,200 --> 00:43:40,160
Speaker 6: or if Michigan State would have ever climbed to number one.

986
00:43:40,320 --> 00:43:42,319
Speaker 7: But yeah, that was kind of struck by that.

987
00:43:43,520 --> 00:43:45,600
Speaker 10: No, it is crazy. And the only time Number one

988
00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:48,960
Speaker 10: has ever lost in Mackie was Magic Johnson in the

989
00:43:49,000 --> 00:43:52,520
Speaker 10: seventy nine Michigan State Spartans. You have to go way

990
00:43:52,560 --> 00:43:54,920
Speaker 10: back for that. Now, granted, there haven't been a lot

991
00:43:54,920 --> 00:43:57,880
Speaker 10: of opportunities. As you were saluting to number one rarely

992
00:43:57,880 --> 00:44:01,120
Speaker 10: plays has rarely played at mac Arena. But hey, I'm

993
00:44:01,160 --> 00:44:03,479
Speaker 10: with you. What but I mean, Kevin, what a great

994
00:44:03,480 --> 00:44:05,120
Speaker 10: week for college basketball? Oh?

995
00:44:05,160 --> 00:44:05,520
Speaker 1: For sure?

996
00:44:05,880 --> 00:44:08,560
Speaker 10: You know it started last night with Iowa State Houston.

997
00:44:09,200 --> 00:44:11,560
Speaker 10: We still have Purdue Indiana coming on Friday, and then

998
00:44:11,600 --> 00:44:13,800
Speaker 10: you have the huge you know, the two games Saturday,

999
00:44:13,840 --> 00:44:16,719
Speaker 10: which have the top four teams in the country going

1000
00:44:16,719 --> 00:44:17,480
Speaker 10: against one another.

1001
00:44:17,600 --> 00:44:19,759
Speaker 5: So yeah, I'm with you, man.

1002
00:44:20,640 --> 00:44:24,160
Speaker 10: If you can't love college basketball this week, I don't

1003
00:44:24,160 --> 00:44:26,279
Speaker 10: have anything for you, man, because there's something wrong with you.

1004
00:44:26,440 --> 00:44:28,279
Speaker 10: If you can't love it this week, ain't none of.

1005
00:44:28,200 --> 00:44:29,480
Speaker 1: That have fun?

1006
00:44:29,520 --> 00:44:32,840
Speaker 2: Ton, Rob, It's these As a broadcaster, these are the

1007
00:44:32,920 --> 00:44:35,399
Speaker 2: kinds of games you do everything for, so I hope

1008
00:44:35,440 --> 00:44:36,320
Speaker 2: you enjoy yourself.

1009
00:44:36,400 --> 00:44:38,640
Speaker 1: We certainly hope that Purdue plays its best tonight.

1010
00:44:39,800 --> 00:44:42,240
Speaker 10: All right, gentlemen, thanks for having me appreciate.

1011
00:44:41,840 --> 00:44:46,080
Speaker 2: Here Tuesday, here at ninety seven five the Fame. We've

1012
00:44:46,080 --> 00:44:49,520
Speaker 2: been talking about college basketball, with Purdue going up against

1013
00:44:49,600 --> 00:44:51,960
Speaker 2: number one Michigan later on tonight. Also been talking a

1014
00:44:51,960 --> 00:44:54,799
Speaker 2: lot about the Pacers. They returned to play Thursday and

1015
00:44:54,880 --> 00:44:58,400
Speaker 2: Friday at Washington, both teams I don't know, James, you

1016
00:44:58,440 --> 00:45:01,719
Speaker 2: say vying to try and getting to the bottom four

1017
00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:04,640
Speaker 2: for the upcoming NBA lottery, How would you even say that?

1018
00:45:04,920 --> 00:45:07,760
Speaker 8: For sure, they're tanking, as.

1019
00:45:07,640 --> 00:45:09,200
Speaker 1: The NBA seems to have noticed.

1020
00:45:09,239 --> 00:45:11,759
Speaker 2: But to tell us a little bit more about what

1021
00:45:11,920 --> 00:45:14,560
Speaker 2: could be at stake in that upcoming NBA draft this year,

1022
00:45:14,640 --> 00:45:17,560
Speaker 2: Kevin Sweeney joined us on the Payless Liquers Hotline. He

1023
00:45:17,600 --> 00:45:20,719
Speaker 2: writes about the NBA and the NBA Draft that Sports illustrated,

1024
00:45:20,719 --> 00:45:22,880
Speaker 2: and he's kind enough to spend some time with us

1025
00:45:22,880 --> 00:45:26,560
Speaker 2: this morning on the Payless Liquors Hotline. Good morning, Kevin Sweeney.

1026
00:45:26,719 --> 00:45:28,560
Speaker 2: I hope you haven't gotten fined for anything from the

1027
00:45:28,640 --> 00:45:29,600
Speaker 2: NBA this week, have you.

1028
00:45:30,480 --> 00:45:33,719
Speaker 5: I'm working on avoiding that. I appreciated guess I like.

1029
00:45:33,719 --> 00:45:35,000
Speaker 1: That stay away from that.

1030
00:45:35,600 --> 00:45:37,960
Speaker 8: Well, Kevin, this is James Boyd here. Thanks so much

1031
00:45:37,960 --> 00:45:38,399
Speaker 8: for the time.

1032
00:45:38,440 --> 00:45:41,080
Speaker 11: I know it's leading the DMS, I believe yesterday and

1033
00:45:41,080 --> 00:45:43,680
Speaker 11: you responded pretty quickly, So thanks so much for the

1034
00:45:43,760 --> 00:45:46,000
Speaker 11: time and join us here on the show. But I

1035
00:45:46,040 --> 00:45:47,759
Speaker 11: wanted to reach out to you because I was reading

1036
00:45:47,760 --> 00:45:50,160
Speaker 11: a bunch of NBA draft stuff over the weekend and

1037
00:45:50,200 --> 00:45:54,839
Speaker 11: the piece you put out yesterday, in particular ranking the

1038
00:45:54,880 --> 00:45:57,680
Speaker 11: top fifty players in this year's class was interesting to

1039
00:45:57,680 --> 00:45:59,799
Speaker 11: me because of where the Pacers are positioned. They're trying

1040
00:45:59,840 --> 00:46:03,520
Speaker 11: to get a top four pick, and I'll start with

1041
00:46:03,560 --> 00:46:07,520
Speaker 11: the top Why do you think Darren Peterson is number

1042
00:46:07,560 --> 00:46:08,919
Speaker 11: one still on this list?

1043
00:46:08,960 --> 00:46:12,080
Speaker 8: Considering how weird of a season he has had.

1044
00:46:12,120 --> 00:46:14,200
Speaker 11: There's been some high highs, but then there's been some

1045
00:46:14,239 --> 00:46:19,080
Speaker 11: absences that I think have you know, put perhaps Pacers fans,

1046
00:46:19,120 --> 00:46:21,640
Speaker 11: other fan bases of NBA teams on notice, like, hey,

1047
00:46:21,640 --> 00:46:23,120
Speaker 11: can we trust has got to be a franchise?

1048
00:46:23,200 --> 00:46:24,759
Speaker 5: Do Yeah?

1049
00:46:24,800 --> 00:46:28,000
Speaker 12: Look, I think there's probably a level of apprehension that's

1050
00:46:28,120 --> 00:46:32,200
Speaker 12: reasonable given the absences. You know, I have no reason

1051
00:46:32,280 --> 00:46:35,160
Speaker 12: to believe in you know, all the digging I have

1052
00:46:35,280 --> 00:46:39,480
Speaker 12: done that there's you anything untoward there. Obviously, teams will

1053
00:46:39,480 --> 00:46:41,480
Speaker 12: want to see his medicals and try to get a

1054
00:46:41,520 --> 00:46:45,400
Speaker 12: better sense at the combine of where things stand with

1055
00:46:45,680 --> 00:46:47,680
Speaker 12: his hamstring, some of the cramping issues that.

1056
00:46:47,719 --> 00:46:49,160
Speaker 5: Have cropped up.

1057
00:46:49,200 --> 00:46:52,959
Speaker 12: But by all accounts, I mean, Darren Peterson is as

1058
00:46:53,000 --> 00:46:55,439
Speaker 12: competitive as you will find. That has been the track

1059
00:46:55,480 --> 00:46:58,640
Speaker 12: record since early in high school when he first popped

1060
00:46:58,680 --> 00:47:01,960
Speaker 12: up on the radar. The idea that this is a

1061
00:47:01,960 --> 00:47:06,160
Speaker 12: guy who doesn't want to compete just doesn't jive with

1062
00:47:06,400 --> 00:47:10,239
Speaker 12: everything you've ever heard about him, But before there was

1063
00:47:10,280 --> 00:47:12,200
Speaker 12: a narrative to create, I guess would be the best

1064
00:47:12,239 --> 00:47:14,799
Speaker 12: way of putting it. So I still think he's an

1065
00:47:14,880 --> 00:47:17,520
Speaker 12: unbelievable talent. Offensively, I think he's someone that you can

1066
00:47:17,520 --> 00:47:18,680
Speaker 12: build an offense around.

1067
00:47:18,480 --> 00:47:21,040
Speaker 5: In the modern NBA, maybe a little bit.

1068
00:47:20,920 --> 00:47:24,839
Speaker 12: Easier than you can with Aj Debonsa. They're obviously both

1069
00:47:24,960 --> 00:47:28,359
Speaker 12: terrific prospects and some really good players below them as well.

1070
00:47:28,440 --> 00:47:32,200
Speaker 12: But I think Darren has that, you know, Devin Booker,

1071
00:47:32,920 --> 00:47:38,480
Speaker 12: maybe up to Anthony Edwards level offensive package, and it

1072
00:47:38,680 --> 00:47:42,240
Speaker 12: is certainly a viable candidate that one, assuming the medicals checkout.

1073
00:47:42,880 --> 00:47:46,480
Speaker 11: Again, we're talking to Kevin Sweeney college basketball NBA draft

1074
00:47:46,520 --> 00:47:50,920
Speaker 11: writer for Sports Illustrated also hosts the Scout Team Pods,

1075
00:47:50,920 --> 00:47:52,560
Speaker 11: So check that out when you get a chance, hopefully

1076
00:47:52,600 --> 00:47:52,959
Speaker 11: at ten.

1077
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Speaker 8: Oh one here after our show.

1078
00:47:54,880 --> 00:47:57,719
Speaker 11: But so follow up to that, Kevin and I tend

1079
00:47:57,719 --> 00:48:00,360
Speaker 11: to agree with where you stand, and you've obviously at

1080
00:48:00,360 --> 00:48:02,600
Speaker 11: these guys and watch these guys a lot more than

1081
00:48:02,680 --> 00:48:05,800
Speaker 11: we have. But my follow up to that is, Okay,

1082
00:48:06,239 --> 00:48:08,479
Speaker 11: if Darren Peterson's number one, how big of a gap

1083
00:48:08,480 --> 00:48:10,680
Speaker 11: do you think it is between one and two on

1084
00:48:10,719 --> 00:48:11,160
Speaker 11: your list?

1085
00:48:11,160 --> 00:48:12,799
Speaker 8: With AJ demands a being number two?

1086
00:48:13,360 --> 00:48:15,480
Speaker 11: And then do you the last thing throw in there

1087
00:48:15,520 --> 00:48:18,160
Speaker 11: is do you think there's a gap after that between

1088
00:48:18,360 --> 00:48:21,520
Speaker 11: those two and the rest of the lottery type of guys?

1089
00:48:22,960 --> 00:48:23,200
Speaker 5: Yeah?

1090
00:48:23,239 --> 00:48:25,359
Speaker 12: I think there is a gap between those two just

1091
00:48:25,440 --> 00:48:28,520
Speaker 12: talent wise, like when we're talking about like guys who

1092
00:48:28,520 --> 00:48:31,240
Speaker 12: could potentially be the best player on a championship team.

1093
00:48:31,640 --> 00:48:33,400
Speaker 5: I think those are the two that you circle in

1094
00:48:33,400 --> 00:48:36,240
Speaker 5: this draft. I think the Flemings and.

1095
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Speaker 12: Caleb Wilson and you know Boozer are certainly phenomenal, but

1096
00:48:40,800 --> 00:48:42,239
Speaker 12: you know, I think they're they're guys who will need

1097
00:48:42,280 --> 00:48:45,640
Speaker 12: to be around other other great players. I think AJ

1098
00:48:45,800 --> 00:48:48,000
Speaker 12: and Darren have maybe a different level of star power.

1099
00:48:48,719 --> 00:48:52,040
Speaker 12: To me, it's not that close between Darren and AJ

1100
00:48:52,200 --> 00:48:53,840
Speaker 12: but I think you would probably group them in the

1101
00:48:53,880 --> 00:48:58,839
Speaker 12: same tier of like truly elite prospects and others. Will

1102
00:48:58,960 --> 00:49:01,600
Speaker 12: you know, either maybe have a larger gap depending on

1103
00:49:01,640 --> 00:49:03,960
Speaker 12: if they've truly love Darren or a smaller one.

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Speaker 5: Some people will have ag number one.

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Speaker 12: I don't think that will be an unpopular opinion around

1106
00:49:08,880 --> 00:49:10,799
Speaker 12: the NBA, although I think Darren certainly has the edge

1107
00:49:10,840 --> 00:49:14,080
Speaker 12: when when you talk to scouts and folks around the league, and.

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00:49:14,239 --> 00:49:17,040
Speaker 6: Kevin Sweeney with us here on the Payloffslookers Hotline some

1109
00:49:17,160 --> 00:49:21,279
Speaker 6: great great draft coverage over on SI Kevin, I want

1110
00:49:21,280 --> 00:49:23,520
Speaker 6: to ask you about a couple of local prospects for US.

1111
00:49:23,560 --> 00:49:27,239
Speaker 6: We'll start with Braylan Mullins. I believe you had him

1112
00:49:27,440 --> 00:49:32,080
Speaker 6: twelve on that big board, so you definitely see him

1113
00:49:32,080 --> 00:49:34,040
Speaker 6: as a late lottery type of pick here.

1114
00:49:35,080 --> 00:49:38,440
Speaker 12: Yeah, I'm a huge believer. I just think the shooting

1115
00:49:38,440 --> 00:49:40,279
Speaker 12: shooting translates at such an elite level.

1116
00:49:42,000 --> 00:49:43,200
Speaker 5: He's so dynamic as a.

1117
00:49:43,160 --> 00:49:47,560
Speaker 12: Movement shooter, and I think NBA teams will value the

1118
00:49:47,560 --> 00:49:50,360
Speaker 12: fact that he comes from a winning situation at Yukon,

1119
00:49:50,800 --> 00:49:54,240
Speaker 12: where he's been forced to play within the structure.

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Speaker 5: Of an offense.

1121
00:49:55,840 --> 00:49:58,680
Speaker 12: You know, has learned how to take NBA shots right,

1122
00:49:58,800 --> 00:50:01,800
Speaker 12: like flying off pinned downs, flying off the screens. Like

1123
00:50:02,160 --> 00:50:04,359
Speaker 12: his role when he steps in the NBA will look

1124
00:50:04,520 --> 00:50:07,399
Speaker 12: very similar to the role that he's playing at Ukon

1125
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Speaker 12: al Right, So yeah, I think certainly in play in

1126
00:50:10,040 --> 00:50:12,239
Speaker 12: the late lottery, could maybe fall into the teams. But

1127
00:50:13,120 --> 00:50:15,040
Speaker 12: I think that ten to twenty range looks pretty solid

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Speaker 12: for Brown.

1129
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Speaker 6: And then Braden Smith at thirty one. Obviously we'll see

1130
00:50:18,920 --> 00:50:22,040
Speaker 6: him tonight in a huge one. Last week, I mean,

1131
00:50:22,080 --> 00:50:25,080
Speaker 6: he quarterbacked about as well as you could in two

1132
00:50:25,239 --> 00:50:30,480
Speaker 6: Road Winds for Purdue. Anything he can show over the

1133
00:50:30,520 --> 00:50:33,799
Speaker 6: final month and a half of this season to push him,

1134
00:50:34,160 --> 00:50:37,440
Speaker 6: you know, I guess maybe into round one, or do

1135
00:50:37,440 --> 00:50:38,800
Speaker 6: you kind of see him right in the fringe of

1136
00:50:38,880 --> 00:50:39,759
Speaker 6: round one and round two?

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00:50:41,160 --> 00:50:43,840
Speaker 12: You know, Look, I think he's someone that could obviously

1138
00:50:43,880 --> 00:50:46,960
Speaker 12: get a March bump. Every year one or two kind

1139
00:50:47,000 --> 00:50:50,080
Speaker 12: of veteran stars of March Madness tended to get drafted

1140
00:50:50,520 --> 00:50:53,680
Speaker 12: ten twenty spots higher maybe than their their talent would indicate,

1141
00:50:53,760 --> 00:50:57,880
Speaker 12: because they're just so overwhelmingly impressive in the NAA tournament

1142
00:50:57,920 --> 00:51:01,640
Speaker 12: and organizations fall in love with the winning the competitiveness.

1143
00:51:01,800 --> 00:51:03,799
Speaker 12: I think Brayden could do that, especially if he could

1144
00:51:03,800 --> 00:51:07,200
Speaker 12: delivered Purdue another Final four or potentially even a national championship,

1145
00:51:08,000 --> 00:51:09,680
Speaker 12: you know, in the same way like Walter Clayton did

1146
00:51:09,760 --> 00:51:12,160
Speaker 12: last year. I do think it's gonna be very fringe.

1147
00:51:12,200 --> 00:51:14,880
Speaker 12: It's not going to be for everybody. He's obviously small,

1148
00:51:14,960 --> 00:51:16,640
Speaker 12: He's not going to measure well at the combine. He

1149
00:51:16,680 --> 00:51:19,760
Speaker 12: will measure under six feet. That will scare some people off.

1150
00:51:20,040 --> 00:51:23,000
Speaker 12: But he's he's a basketball savant, like he's an incredible

1151
00:51:23,000 --> 00:51:26,240
Speaker 12: pick and roll playmaker who raises your level in practice.

1152
00:51:26,280 --> 00:51:29,520
Speaker 12: He raises your level as an end of bench point guard.

1153
00:51:29,640 --> 00:51:31,839
Speaker 12: And I'm a true believer that he'll find a way

1154
00:51:31,880 --> 00:51:35,320
Speaker 12: to stick. Whether he's drafted late first, early second, mid second,

1155
00:51:35,400 --> 00:51:36,399
Speaker 12: that he's gonna find a way.

1156
00:51:36,600 --> 00:51:38,960
Speaker 1: What about a guy like Lamar Wilkerson of Indiana, Where

1157
00:51:38,960 --> 00:51:39,520
Speaker 1: does he fit in?

1158
00:51:40,680 --> 00:51:40,919
Speaker 5: Yeah?

1159
00:51:41,120 --> 00:51:44,160
Speaker 12: I actually got a text from somebody I really trust

1160
00:51:45,160 --> 00:51:48,040
Speaker 12: who compared him to Chas Lanier, who got drafted with

1161
00:51:48,120 --> 00:51:51,120
Speaker 12: the Pistons last year and was great at Tennessee, and

1162
00:51:51,120 --> 00:51:53,160
Speaker 12: said he thinks he's actually a better prospect than Chaz

1163
00:51:53,160 --> 00:51:56,560
Speaker 12: and I believe Chatz was a top forty pick, so

1164
00:51:56,920 --> 00:51:59,960
Speaker 12: right now didn't quite crack my top fifty. But part

1165
00:51:59,960 --> 00:52:02,120
Speaker 12: of that is that there's obviously a lot of guys

1166
00:52:02,520 --> 00:52:04,680
Speaker 12: on the fringes who won't stay in the draft. They'll

1167
00:52:04,680 --> 00:52:07,160
Speaker 12: stay in college, they'll get paid. Lamar has had a

1168
00:52:07,200 --> 00:52:09,640
Speaker 12: phenomenal year and made himself a lot of money just

1169
00:52:09,680 --> 00:52:13,080
Speaker 12: with the shooting ability and the feel for the game.

1170
00:52:13,160 --> 00:52:16,000
Speaker 12: I think I think teams will really appreciate that. So

1171
00:52:17,120 --> 00:52:19,600
Speaker 12: certainly a guy that will get second round attention and

1172
00:52:20,320 --> 00:52:22,799
Speaker 12: could play his way into a guaranteed contract.

1173
00:52:22,520 --> 00:52:25,080
Speaker 5: Right out of the gates, which would be a pretty remarkable.

1174
00:52:24,560 --> 00:52:27,440
Speaker 12: Story for a guy that I believe was working in

1175
00:52:27,520 --> 00:52:30,960
Speaker 12: a chainsaw making factory before starting to play college basketball.

1176
00:52:31,000 --> 00:52:34,120
Speaker 12: It's been a remarkable rise from that to Indiana.

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Speaker 5: Kevin.

1178
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Speaker 11: One more from me, just from an overall, like big

1179
00:52:37,880 --> 00:52:41,000
Speaker 11: tim perspective, that's usually what we focus on here on

1180
00:52:41,040 --> 00:52:43,560
Speaker 11: our show. What do you look at or how do

1181
00:52:43,600 --> 00:52:46,520
Speaker 11: you kind of view this conference this year? With so

1182
00:52:46,640 --> 00:52:48,719
Speaker 11: much talent from top to bottom, it seems like whether

1183
00:52:48,719 --> 00:52:51,080
Speaker 11: you're talking about individual talent or the overall team talent

1184
00:52:51,160 --> 00:52:54,360
Speaker 11: like we have with Purdue and Michigan, slated to go

1185
00:52:54,400 --> 00:52:55,160
Speaker 11: at each other tonight.

1186
00:52:56,200 --> 00:52:57,440
Speaker 5: Yeah. I mean, it's gonna be a great game.

1187
00:52:57,480 --> 00:52:59,520
Speaker 12: I can't wait to drive down from Chicago for it.

1188
00:53:00,080 --> 00:53:01,919
Speaker 12: I think the thing that's different maybe about the Big

1189
00:53:01,960 --> 00:53:07,880
Speaker 12: Ten this year is the league has been has always

1190
00:53:07,880 --> 00:53:08,400
Speaker 12: had a lot.

1191
00:53:08,239 --> 00:53:11,359
Speaker 5: Of good and its strength has always been its depth.

1192
00:53:11,520 --> 00:53:14,000
Speaker 12: And I think this year maybe the depth is not

1193
00:53:14,080 --> 00:53:16,000
Speaker 12: as good as it's been, but the top of the

1194
00:53:16,040 --> 00:53:21,360
Speaker 12: league is great. I mean the Michigan, Illinois, Purdue, Nebraska,

1195
00:53:21,400 --> 00:53:23,800
Speaker 12: Michigan State, and now Wisconsin. Kind of entering that conversation

1196
00:53:23,840 --> 00:53:26,680
Speaker 12: with how they played lately, that's a monster of a

1197
00:53:26,760 --> 00:53:29,839
Speaker 12: top six, and you've seen those teams kind of beat

1198
00:53:29,880 --> 00:53:33,080
Speaker 12: each other up. I think all of those have certainly

1199
00:53:33,080 --> 00:53:35,200
Speaker 12: Second Weekend and Saw tournament potential. I think most of

1200
00:53:35,239 --> 00:53:38,160
Speaker 12: them have Final Four potential. And I really believe that

1201
00:53:38,520 --> 00:53:41,239
Speaker 12: Michigan and Illinois in particular are right at the top

1202
00:53:41,280 --> 00:53:43,319
Speaker 12: of the list of teams you would predict to win

1203
00:53:43,320 --> 00:53:44,400
Speaker 12: a national championship.

1204
00:53:44,600 --> 00:53:47,040
Speaker 5: So obviously, the drought is what it is.

1205
00:53:47,600 --> 00:53:50,239
Speaker 12: People will we'll talk about that, but there's there's some

1206
00:53:50,320 --> 00:53:53,000
Speaker 12: incredible star power in this league, especially in the back courts,

1207
00:53:53,239 --> 00:53:55,960
Speaker 12: and you know, I think that that does win in

1208
00:53:55,960 --> 00:53:58,560
Speaker 12: the NCAA tournament when you talk about Braden Smith and

1209
00:53:58,640 --> 00:54:02,480
Speaker 12: Jeremy Fears and Keen who's been an absolute revelation, and

1210
00:54:02,719 --> 00:54:02,920
Speaker 12: you know.

1211
00:54:03,000 --> 00:54:05,200
Speaker 5: Top ten pick on my my big.

1212
00:54:05,000 --> 00:54:07,840
Speaker 12: Board, like it's it's a lot of fun to watch

1213
00:54:07,880 --> 00:54:10,880
Speaker 12: what these guys do and I think it changes this

1214
00:54:10,880 --> 00:54:12,279
Speaker 12: this conference of ceiling in March.

1215
00:54:12,680 --> 00:54:14,759
Speaker 11: Kevin, I just just real quick, I'm sorry to cut

1216
00:54:14,800 --> 00:54:17,120
Speaker 11: you off. I really appreciate your your you know, your

1217
00:54:17,200 --> 00:54:20,440
Speaker 11: love of Chloe as the Illinois along with the Illinois

1218
00:54:20,440 --> 00:54:23,360
Speaker 11: hoodie on. I needed some give back after Indiana smashed

1219
00:54:23,400 --> 00:54:25,839
Speaker 11: Illinois and basketball, So thank you so much for mentioning him.

1220
00:54:25,880 --> 00:54:26,080
Speaker 5: Jeff.

1221
00:54:26,120 --> 00:54:28,640
Speaker 2: I'm surrounded by Illinois and Notre Dame all day long.

1222
00:54:28,719 --> 00:54:30,200
Speaker 2: Just so you know, that's what I'm That's what I'm

1223
00:54:30,200 --> 00:54:32,839
Speaker 2: dealing with here, Kevin. But real quickly, it's just take

1224
00:54:32,880 --> 00:54:35,200
Speaker 2: your NBA Draft analyst hat off, and just as a

1225
00:54:35,760 --> 00:54:38,280
Speaker 2: fan of college basketball, like, what are you looking forward

1226
00:54:38,320 --> 00:54:40,960
Speaker 2: to most in the matchup tonight between Purdue and Michigan.

1227
00:54:42,640 --> 00:54:46,799
Speaker 12: You know, obviously the crowd will be incredible. I mean

1228
00:54:46,840 --> 00:54:49,280
Speaker 12: that's always the best part of a trip to Mackie.

1229
00:54:49,360 --> 00:54:54,319
Speaker 12: But I would say I just love watching Purdue in

1230
00:54:54,360 --> 00:54:56,799
Speaker 12: a game where they don't have a size advantage, like

1231
00:54:56,840 --> 00:54:59,520
Speaker 12: they can't lean on people physically, and so watching this

1232
00:54:59,680 --> 00:55:03,800
Speaker 12: like luff and tough and ren physical battle with Mara

1233
00:55:04,320 --> 00:55:07,160
Speaker 12: and Mares Johnson and the actual endeborg I mean that

1234
00:55:07,200 --> 00:55:10,600
Speaker 12: will be an absolute war on the inside. Looking forward

1235
00:55:10,600 --> 00:55:13,440
Speaker 12: to seeing what Purdue can do to handle that Michigan

1236
00:55:13,520 --> 00:55:15,080
Speaker 12: size and keep them out of transition.

1237
00:55:15,480 --> 00:55:17,600
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a lot of fun. We'll stay in touch.

1238
00:55:17,640 --> 00:55:21,200
Speaker 2: It's gonna be an interesting NBA season as these teams

1239
00:55:21,280 --> 00:55:24,880
Speaker 2: jockey for position down the stretch here with the watchful

1240
00:55:24,920 --> 00:55:28,160
Speaker 2: eye of Adam Silver on them too. Thanks as always, Kevin.

1241
00:55:28,160 --> 00:55:29,040
Speaker 2: We'll talk to you again soon.

1242
00:55:29,640 --> 00:55:30,360
Speaker 5: Thanks guy, Talk to