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Speaker 1: There's nothing more obnoxious than Kevin Falness's hall monitor tweeting

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Speaker 1: out respect the clock, Respect the clock. We're close enough.

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Speaker 1: It's three minutes past five on the pre show text

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Speaker 1: or tweet I send out, I said, Russo Radio five

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Speaker 1: oh two, so we're two minutes late. Russo sue me.

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Speaker 1: I'm sorry? What is with Falness Man?

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Speaker 2: Especially because this guy starts pregame shows like the other

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Speaker 2: day it was a Wild Wild game and the pregame

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Speaker 2: show start right at the time of the game, Like,

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Speaker 2: what's he doing?

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Speaker 1: I don't know what he's doing. And here's the thing,

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Speaker 1: this is going to be an interesting litmus test for

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Speaker 1: Fallness because if things go according to what obviously Wild

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Speaker 1: fans want and the team wants, this is going to

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Speaker 1: be a deep run through the playoffsing ourselves and he,

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Speaker 1: by all accounts, is he up to it? Because that

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Speaker 1: postgame shows, and I'm I guess I'm questioning whether he

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Speaker 1: really is up to that challenge because that's gonna be

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Speaker 1: doing a lot of shows that, guess what, he's not

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Speaker 1: experienced in doing. Because of the range track record, you

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Speaker 1: got no idea how he has to, you know, basically

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Speaker 1: this stuff. Is he ready for that? Do you think? Yeah?

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Speaker 2: This especially once the eight thirty am start, he said,

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Speaker 2: he's back here and we're on the road and he's

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Speaker 2: gonna have to be Oh my good driving home at

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Speaker 2: one am, two am, kind of like thea.

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Speaker 1: Writer at night.

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Speaker 2: We we we blamed it on Brett though, like we

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Speaker 2: think guards he would have had you out on time,

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Speaker 2: and Brett didn't let you know, So he blamed it

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Speaker 1: Well, by the way, I already I do have a

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Speaker 1: gripe with you. Sure, go ahead, Like, are you a

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Speaker 1: Seinfeld guy? I'm I'm a How do I explain this?

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Speaker 1: I would I would liken it to Springsteen. I have

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Speaker 1: I have respect for Seinfeld. I've chuckled it some of it,

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Speaker 2: I would say that I'm a huge, huge SEIGENTISTKA the

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Speaker 2: TV show right, the TV show and one of the

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Speaker 2: great I was listening to your interview with Andy Lueger,

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Speaker 2: and he was talking about H Bagels. And one of

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Speaker 2: the great episodes of Seinfeld ever was the H and

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Speaker 2: had no idea that H and H has has like

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Speaker 1: The other thing I heard you guys talking about was.

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Speaker 2: Pickles, and I am a pickle fanatic, and especially half

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Speaker 2: Actually, I do not like tongue, though I can't. My

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Speaker 1: And then the last two days.

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Speaker 2: Not only did they do a lot of things that

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Speaker 2: There's a lot of teams right now that are playing really,

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Speaker 2: And it just seems like we just pay attention to

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Speaker 2: they know these games are basically exhibitions for the season,

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Speaker 2: for the postseason. The problem is is that you don't

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Speaker 1: Russo Radio, if you have questions or observations for him

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Speaker 1: hit the bratsh on Brian Caffean text line at six

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Speaker 1: boar's head whole dill pickles are fantastic. I don't have

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Speaker 1: I would prefer more boar's head meat and bagels would

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Speaker 2: you a bunch of really nice meats.

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Speaker 1: That's yeah, that's okay. Although if he orders tongue though,

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Speaker 1: I got to meet Andy. I think that he and

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Speaker 1: all that type of stuff. So that's quite everything. That

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Speaker 1: That's very true. So let me ask you the leash

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Speaker 1: what do you think on that? Well, how do you

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Speaker 1: do you have any sense of how long the leash

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, the one thing I will say to

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Speaker 2: gust has performed really well for the Wild in the playoffs.

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Speaker 2: So you know, if you actually look at the way

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Speaker 2: that he's played, none of their losses have had to

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Speaker 2: he have been better on, absolutely, But I think that

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Speaker 2: couple of years back was the bigger issue in terms

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Speaker 2: talked him about that for that thousand game story. So

433
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Speaker 2: they've got a lot of decisions to make for a

434
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Speaker 2: lot of their players, obviously Bobby brinkst an RFA, So

435
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Speaker 2: there's gonna be a lot of it's gonna be a

436
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Speaker 2: busy offseason for the Wild.

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Speaker 1: Defensive pairs are back tonight, Yeah correct.

438
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Speaker 2: Yeah, so, uh so, Spurgeon will be back with brodein

439
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Speaker 2: favor with Hughes.

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Speaker 1: And then Middleton and Bogosian.

441
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Speaker 2: And that's the way I would assume the top six

442
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Speaker 2: are going to be come playoff times, assuming they're they're

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Speaker 2: completely healthy.

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Speaker 1: The Luigi theory on how to finish up this regular season,

445
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Speaker 1: given how funky it's been, kind of locked in, et cetera,

446
00:20:20,359 --> 00:20:25,639
Speaker 1: is he has no fear about the team meandering, and

447
00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:30,520
Speaker 1: he says rest people, rest people, rest people. Then, in

448
00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:34,439
Speaker 1: his approach, the last two games is all you need

449
00:20:34,840 --> 00:20:38,680
Speaker 1: to get everybody back on schedule and hopefully get something going.

450
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Speaker 1: I don't know if there's any reasona believe that's the

451
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Speaker 1: approach the Wild are going to take. But what do

452
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Speaker 1: you make of of how we pay this?

453
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Speaker 2: I mean, I've asked Bill Garrin that load management and

454
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Speaker 2: things like that and that not that that's the same thing,

455
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Speaker 2: right he just he does He's that is definitely not

456
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Speaker 2: something he buys in. He even pointed out to me that,

457
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Speaker 2: like when I said, you know, why don't you start

458
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Speaker 2: lowering Quinn's sistimmer maybe even take him out of lineup,

459
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Speaker 2: that Quinn wouldn't even accept it, I mean, obviously, but

460
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Speaker 2: but I do think, look there, they've got a lot

461
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Speaker 2: of guys in the press bous right now, like they're

462
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Speaker 2: they're they're bag skates after practices. Now it's like an

463
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Speaker 2: NHL skate. They got so many players out there, you

464
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Speaker 2: know they they you know, they're they're probably gonna at

465
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Speaker 2: some point here signed stram Ol. But he's he's hurt

466
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Speaker 2: right now. But the question is, you know when that

467
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Speaker 2: happens and when he can get better, and all of

468
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Speaker 2: a sudden they add that then I was obviously not

469
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Speaker 2: making the playoffs. I hope he's could go on a run,

470
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Speaker 2: and now you're gonna have a lot of black cases

471
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Speaker 2: up here as well. So they got a lot of

472
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Speaker 2: guys to try to start to get in the lineup

473
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Speaker 2: to just keep them a little sharp. The fobbery is

474
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Speaker 2: the you know, maybe they bring a Hunter hate back.

475
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Speaker 2: Obviously they got Damon Hunt, who hasn't played forever, Petrie,

476
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Speaker 2: you know, players like that tonight, Nick Felino. So I

477
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Speaker 2: do think that they are gonna at least do that is,

478
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Speaker 2: start taking guys out every now and then to just

479
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Speaker 2: get guys in the lineup to that that haven't been out.

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Speaker 2: But I do think that I agree with you, like

481
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Speaker 2: I I remember one year they were playing Saint Louis.

482
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Speaker 2: The Wild played that game where they just you know,

483
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Speaker 2: sat three or four guys Game eighty one and three

484
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Speaker 2: or four games Game eighty in game one of the playoffs.

485
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Speaker 2: They didn't look like they'd ever played it played before.

486
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Speaker 2: So I think the way to do it is is

487
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Speaker 2: once they clinch, you know, hopefully for them tonight, you know,

488
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Speaker 2: now maybe the next four or five games start putting

489
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Speaker 2: guys in and out of lineup, and then game eighty

490
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Speaker 2: one and eighty two, try to go with.

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Speaker 1: Your playoff lineup. Yeah, to me, that makes the most sense.

492
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Speaker 1: Which sport is more demanding, Pro basketball or pro hockey.

493
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Speaker 2: I'm always gonna say hockey. Yeah, everything, because how Krasinsky

494
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Speaker 2: that to his face, Well, Krasinsky loves this.

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Speaker 1: I mean, that's the thing I'm actually playing to absolutely Now.

496
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Speaker 1: On the other hand, I did ask the question that

497
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Speaker 1: had come in. I didn't. I could have ignored the question.

498
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Speaker 1: So I am a co conspirator.

499
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Speaker 2: I guess to a certain Extendestally, I covered the NBA

500
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Speaker 2: for a little bit.

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Speaker 1: I respect all these guys, you know. I obviously I've spent.

502
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Speaker 2: My entire career around hockey players and what they do

503
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Speaker 2: behind the scenes to get ready for games, and how

504
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Speaker 2: how crazy practices are their training.

505
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Speaker 1: All that is tremendous.

506
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Speaker 2: But I'm sure, you know, being around basketball could say

507
00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:03,440
Speaker 2: the absolute same thing. These guys are physical specimens and

508
00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:07,159
Speaker 2: all that stuff. But you know, the one thing I

509
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Speaker 2: will say is like, I don't think that the average

510
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Speaker 2: person understands what it takes to, you know, play twenty

511
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Speaker 2: five forty second shifts in a game that really is

512
00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:20,919
Speaker 2: a tough, tough, tough task where there everything starts burning

513
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Speaker 2: and all that and That's why I'm just always amazed

514
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Speaker 2: at watching Quinn Hughes play the sport, because that guy

515
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Speaker 2: just seems to never get tired. He plays thirty thirty

516
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Speaker 2: minutes a game, and then you hear about his workout

517
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Speaker 2: regimen behind.

518
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Speaker 1: The scenes and things like that. It's it's impressive stuff.

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Speaker 1: Enjoy this evening, thank you for the time, and we'll

520
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Speaker 1: let you out next week, all right. See it by

521
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Speaker 1: bet Russo Radio the Wild back in action tonight. That's

522
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Speaker 1: where Russo is the of a Vancouver Knucks the opponent tonight,

523
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Speaker 1: So pregame six forty five, yes, sir, seven o'clock face off,

524
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Speaker 1: that's correct, give or take. And then the Wolves are

525
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Speaker 1: on in action tonight against the Pistons. I think that's

526
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Speaker 1: because that's an East Coast, well East time game. You

527
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Speaker 1: can hear that via the Timberwolves channel this evening as well,

528
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Speaker 1: so we have you covered both ways either way however

529
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Speaker 1: you want to look at it as well. Let's get

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Speaker 1: a bottom of the hour pause in let's get to

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Speaker 1: something controversial when we come back.

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Speaker 1: We're a little behind on this story, but it is

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Speaker 1: definitely worthy of a minute or two, I think. On

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Speaker 1: the program as we attempt to follow the story, the

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Speaker 1: International Olympic Committee said, I think it was a week ago.

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Speaker 1: Today's Thursday. Right, it was a week ago today. I

541
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Speaker 1: think that it is implementing a one time genetic screening

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Speaker 1: for the twenty twenty eight Olympic Games. Here's the quote

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Speaker 1: from the IOC president. This was via a video. The

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Speaker 1: scientific evidence is very clear male chromosomes give performance advantages

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Speaker 1: in sports that rely on strength, power, or endurance. It's

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Speaker 1: absolutely clear that it would not be fair for biological

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Speaker 1: males to compete in the female category. In addition, in

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Speaker 1: some sports it would simply not be safe. I don't

549
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Speaker 1: find that particularly controversial. I tease this as a potentially

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Speaker 1: controversial segment because for a lot of people it is

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Speaker 1: for reasons we have discussed frank quite frankly, over and

552
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Speaker 1: over again. The game becomes if you agree with that position,

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Speaker 1: you are, at least the eyes of some by definition, transphobic.

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Speaker 1: My answer all along has been you could be it's

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Speaker 1: possible you are, but it doesn't have to be that

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Speaker 1: you are. I have felt for a long time that

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Speaker 1: there's a common sense aspect to this story based on

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Speaker 1: science that should not make this all that controversial and

559
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Speaker 1: should make itself evident for reasons that we have forever

560
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Speaker 1: had these particular dividing lines. It is interesting to read

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Speaker 1: that the longtime Olympic broadcaster Bob Costas was on CNN.

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Speaker 1: I guess they were asking report. The anchors were asking

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Speaker 1: him for his reaction to the news. The quote from Costas,

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Speaker 1: there is a reason why there are men's and women sports.

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Speaker 1: He brought up as an example the transgender college swimmer

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Speaker 1: Leah Thomas, saying it makes no sense to have an

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Speaker 1: athlete rocket up the rankings soon after challenge changing sex categories.

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Speaker 1: Here's the quote. If that's what the person wants to do,

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Speaker 1: that person should be treated with dignity and respect. But

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Speaker 1: there ought to be common sense, and common sense is

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Speaker 1: not transphobic. He in his mind believes that Coventry, the

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Speaker 1: IOC president, laid it out in his words exactly correct.

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Speaker 1: And I can't agree more with the costas reaction to it.

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Speaker 1: But it quickly like pretty much everything becomes a political issue.

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Speaker 1: And part of the allegation is that if you endorse

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Speaker 1: this position, you are opening the door. You are enabling

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Speaker 1: those who are transphobic to celebrate, to dance on the

578
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Speaker 1: proverbial graves of would be athletes who just want the

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Speaker 1: opportunity to be what they want to be or who

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Speaker 1: they want to be, and to still participate. And the

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Speaker 1: percentages of individuals who do this is so microscopic that

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Speaker 1: why is this battle worth fighting at all? That logic

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Speaker 1: never has made a bit of sense to me. It

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Speaker 1: wouldn't matter if it was a single individual who fell

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Speaker 1: into this category, and by the way, there's quite more

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Speaker 1: than a single around the world. At this point, it

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Speaker 1: is about the fairness and integrity of the competition. Does it,

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Speaker 1: in a sense then run the risk of excluding certain individuals?

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Speaker 1: The answer is yes, that's where it gets tricky, and

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Speaker 1: that's where it gets difficult with costas the person should

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Speaker 1: be treated with dignity and respect. But that's a separate

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Speaker 1: subject from in this case, athletic competition. And again, I

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Speaker 1: think I believe almost any poll that has been done

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Speaker 1: suggests that the vast majority of individuals in this case

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Speaker 1: will say Americans agree with the costs position, agree with

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Speaker 1: the IOC position, but in many cases I think they're

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Speaker 1: afraid to say so. They have been made afraid to

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Speaker 1: say so. I think that's starting to change. I think

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Speaker 1: there's more of a belief that taking this position. If

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Speaker 1: we back up and say it this way, If the

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Speaker 1: only reason you don't endorse this position is concerned that

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Speaker 1: you're then going to be called transphobic, you're being dishonest

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Speaker 1: on the issue. That can't be the reason you don't

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Speaker 1: speak up on it. That silences a point of view

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Speaker 1: that I think in this case reflects reality. That's a

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Speaker 1: long way from saying that individuals should be discriminated against,

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Speaker 1: should be in any way in a larger sense, and

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Speaker 1: you could say, well, you are discriminating against so if

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Speaker 1: you're not aligning them to participate. But the comeback to

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Speaker 1: that is participation is separated for a reason in this case,

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Speaker 1: always has been. And I know there's a million asterisks

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Speaker 1: about what kinds of drugs that can be taken to

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Speaker 1: lessen some of the for example, testasterone aspects of that advantage.

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Speaker 1: But the evidence speaks for itself, and I think it's

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Speaker 1: fairly irrefutable. At this point my definition, does that mean

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Speaker 1: some individuals are going to be excluded? Say not, really,

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Speaker 1: they are included based again on the tests that are

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Speaker 1: going to be offered. It's it should be as simple

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Speaker 1: as that. And what's really rather frightening is you'll see

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Speaker 1: this occasionally offered up in evidence, allegedly as evidence. We'll

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Speaker 1: have individuals with a straight face say, who's to say

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Speaker 1: that there is any advantage on the male side. Who

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Speaker 1: is to say, isn't that limiting of of of of

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Speaker 1: what we think of with women? Is there is there?

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Speaker 1: Really we think that's true, But is it really true?

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Speaker 1: And the reason that becomes an approach is because we allow,

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Speaker 1: in this case, ideology to overtake reality. And in this case,

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Speaker 1: I would say science the ideology of allowing these individuals

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Speaker 1: to live with dignity, which is certainly my position, and

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Speaker 1: I think the position I'm guessing, I know, based on

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Speaker 1: what he has said, Bob Costas and many others, that

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Speaker 1: alone is enough to say, well, we're going to pretend

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Speaker 1: on the basis of making sure those individuals are respected.

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Speaker 1: What's left out is that respect comes at the expense

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Speaker 1: of women who are attempting to participate in these sports

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Speaker 1: in what might be classified as a level playing field.

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Speaker 1: And as long as this is not a Rubik's cube,

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Speaker 1: as long as you allow your ideology to trump science.

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Speaker 1: For that larger reason, I might respect it if you

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Speaker 1: acknowledge it and say, well, no, I deep down I

641
00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:08,880
Speaker 1: understand there's an advantage involved, but I think there's so

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Speaker 1: much to lose in enabling the transphobes to win that

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Speaker 1: That's why I'm pretending there are no advantages for males

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Speaker 1: in sports, and there's no reason we have ever separated

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Speaker 1: them the way we have tended to do so. I

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Speaker 1: wouldn't agree with that, but at least say, well, least

647
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Speaker 1: that's at least more honest than pretending that we don't

648
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Speaker 1: really know their advantages there who's to say? Who are

649
00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:37,880
Speaker 1: we to put limitations on those individuals? Does not make

650
00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:40,520
Speaker 1: a lot of sense to me. And it's a big story,

651
00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:46,640
Speaker 1: and frankly, I think it has been underreported and underplayed

652
00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:49,440
Speaker 1: for the reasons I just laid out. People don't know

653
00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:52,760
Speaker 1: what to do with it, or they're afraid if they

654
00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:57,880
Speaker 1: do anything with it, they run the risk of being

655
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Speaker 1: accused of being transphobic, which is an entirely different subject.

656
00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:07,080
Speaker 1: Should be an entirely different subject. I'll say again, you can't.

657
00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:11,080
Speaker 1: It's very possible that you're celebrating this announcement because you

658
00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:16,799
Speaker 1: are transphobic. Very possible. But it's not mandatory, it's not required.

659
00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:19,919
Speaker 1: You can come to this conclusion for a very very

660
00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:24,160
Speaker 1: different reason, one that once upon a time was understood

661
00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:28,200
Speaker 1: but got sort of eaten away and diminished over a

662
00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:32,240
Speaker 1: period of time because of the ideology issue as well.

663
00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:34,640
Speaker 1: Let's get caught up and come back. We'll get to

664
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Speaker 1: a couple of texts as well. I've got a couple

665
00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:40,239
Speaker 1: of NBA items to discuss. We didn't have a top

666
00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:42,799
Speaker 1: five at five, but maybe we'll do a top five

667
00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:46,680
Speaker 1: at many five in which Blake Moore can weigh in

668
00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:49,960
Speaker 1: on the Wilds game tonight against the Canucks, and I

669
00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:52,000
Speaker 1: can weigh in on the breaking news that we had

670
00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:56,600
Speaker 1: earlier regarding your Minnesota Timberwolves in action against the Detroit

671
00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:57,200
Speaker 1: Piston State.

672
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Speaker 4: Just in case you missed it, it's the top five

673
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Speaker 4: sports taggers of the day. Now it's time for Dan

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Speaker 1: Well, we'll say better late than never, and I have

678
00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:21,359
Speaker 1: a hunch that I know where you're going to begin this.

679
00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:28,719
Speaker 1: Shall we say maybe truncated version of the top five

680
00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:32,000
Speaker 1: at five five twenty Sports Fix twenty five minutes later

681
00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:32,399
Speaker 1: than that.

682
00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:37,920
Speaker 4: Time, Now for the obligatory Kevin Fawlness Minnesota wildmnshit.

683
00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:40,000
Speaker 3: Although Wild did get a lot of shine during the

684
00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:42,880
Speaker 3: five o'clock segment with Michael Russo, so we love that.

685
00:35:43,239 --> 00:35:47,359
Speaker 3: But yes, Wild Canucks pregame six forty five puck drop

686
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:51,680
Speaker 3: shortly around seven right here on the fan if I

687
00:35:51,719 --> 00:35:54,680
Speaker 3: get the Wild can clinch the playoffs, and we're happy

688
00:35:54,680 --> 00:35:56,600
Speaker 3: for that, even though we really know that we're already

689
00:35:56,880 --> 00:35:59,120
Speaker 3: in it's only a matter of time.

690
00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:01,520
Speaker 1: But there is ready. Let me ask you this question. Yes,

691
00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:07,719
Speaker 1: in the history of of playoff clinchings in hockey, has

692
00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:12,719
Speaker 1: any fan base ever attempted to storm the ice? Probably

693
00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:16,480
Speaker 1: not because it's Is it because it's a physical impossibility

694
00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:20,879
Speaker 1: because you'd have to climb the boards, or is it

695
00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:23,200
Speaker 1: that we just have too much dignity and we're not

696
00:36:23,239 --> 00:36:24,080
Speaker 1: interested in doing it.

697
00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:26,400
Speaker 3: I feel like it would probably be I think if

698
00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:28,640
Speaker 3: they won the Cup, we could talk.

699
00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:30,920
Speaker 1: God, Yes, if they won the copy, You're kidding me,

700
00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:34,040
Speaker 1: they should take the boards down all the people. Yeah,

701
00:36:34,160 --> 00:36:36,040
Speaker 1: take all the glass down for sure.

702
00:36:37,040 --> 00:36:39,320
Speaker 3: But no, that has not been attempted to find knowledge,

703
00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:41,680
Speaker 3: but there is, so I guess it's not the most

704
00:36:41,719 --> 00:36:44,239
Speaker 3: exciting game. We're kind of slogging along until the playoffs.

705
00:36:44,239 --> 00:36:46,640
Speaker 3: But there's a ton of storylines going into it. Mainly

706
00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:50,680
Speaker 3: that's Quinn Hughes old team against three former wild players

707
00:36:50,680 --> 00:36:53,480
Speaker 3: from this year, Marco Rossi, Liam Ogrin and of course

708
00:36:53,520 --> 00:36:56,279
Speaker 3: Eeve Buyam as well. So uh, there's also going to

709
00:36:56,320 --> 00:36:58,320
Speaker 3: be a moment to sign for Jesse Pierce. What's the

710
00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:02,560
Speaker 3: stuff going on with this game? And I'm sure first

711
00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:06,359
Speaker 3: TV timeout, first period we're gonna get the welcome back

712
00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:10,120
Speaker 3: to the Santa Hockey Zeve Buoy, Yeah for sure, and

713
00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:11,120
Speaker 3: Marco Rossi in etc.

714
00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:14,399
Speaker 1: So it sounds like of all of them coming back,

715
00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:18,080
Speaker 1: Rossi is acting like the most aggrieved or most bitter.

716
00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:21,279
Speaker 3: Correct in my opinion, he's justified and he should feel

717
00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:23,640
Speaker 3: that way, as we've talked about with Russo it actually

718
00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:26,239
Speaker 3: makes sense because I think there's more meat on the

719
00:37:26,239 --> 00:37:27,320
Speaker 3: bone in that regard.

720
00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:30,719
Speaker 1: So it'll be an interesting sidebar to pay attention to.

721
00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:33,080
Speaker 1: Although I think we feel about what feel good about

722
00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:34,160
Speaker 1: still what we got in return?

723
00:37:34,280 --> 00:37:37,240
Speaker 3: I mean that was I said that during the playoff series,

724
00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:38,400
Speaker 3: Like why did they.

725
00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:40,200
Speaker 1: Just all doubt? Yeah, you were not on a limb there.

726
00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:41,960
Speaker 1: I mean, we were all talking about that that it

727
00:37:42,239 --> 00:37:45,600
Speaker 1: did not make any Well, you could say to them

728
00:37:45,640 --> 00:37:49,480
Speaker 1: it made sense, but it didn't really make any sense whatsoever.

729
00:37:49,560 --> 00:37:53,480
Speaker 1: It was too quick a change and too quick of

730
00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:54,399
Speaker 1: a departure for sure.

731
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Speaker 3: And in my opinion, if you're not going to play him,

732
00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:58,759
Speaker 3: then don't draft him. The Wild drafted him, so don't

733
00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:02,239
Speaker 3: even bother draft panyone under six foot your Wolves. Here's

734
00:38:02,239 --> 00:38:05,320
Speaker 3: the starting lineup for your Timberwolves who start shortly on

735
00:38:05,360 --> 00:38:10,760
Speaker 3: the iHeartRadio app. Conley, the Vincenzo, Io, Randall and Gobert.

736
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Speaker 3: That is your starting lineup. Anthony Edwards out. Now, it's funny,

737
00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:17,960
Speaker 3: it's doubly listed as out.

738
00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:20,000
Speaker 1: On the injury report on Timberwolves PR.

739
00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:24,880
Speaker 3: So it's listed right knee payne syndrome both and semi

740
00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:26,719
Speaker 3: call in illness.

741
00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:30,520
Speaker 1: Well, he's struggled. The larger, more important issue regarding this

742
00:38:30,760 --> 00:38:32,680
Speaker 1: is if he does not play tonight, he will not

743
00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:38,040
Speaker 1: be eligible for post season honors. He's he's lost all

744
00:38:38,080 --> 00:38:41,400
Speaker 1: of his wiggle room in that regard. And by the way,

745
00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:44,320
Speaker 1: if he's if he's hurt and or ill, you can't

746
00:38:44,360 --> 00:38:47,400
Speaker 1: worry about that. But we're seeing it happen around the

747
00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:50,840
Speaker 1: league where because I mean, you do not associate I

748
00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:55,719
Speaker 1: don't associate Anthony Edwards with load management. It's never been

749
00:38:55,719 --> 00:38:59,160
Speaker 1: an approach that this team, to its credit, has embraced.

750
00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:04,440
Speaker 1: He I think the most he missed I'll double check here,

751
00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:06,560
Speaker 1: but I think the most number of games he missed

752
00:39:06,560 --> 00:39:09,640
Speaker 1: going into this season was like three, but this year

753
00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:15,520
Speaker 1: he's missed more. And but again he's being penalized because

754
00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:19,560
Speaker 1: of other players. He's not in that group that I

755
00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:23,680
Speaker 1: think was ever trying to take advantage of load management.

756
00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:27,360
Speaker 1: But I still I would say that there was a

757
00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:29,480
Speaker 1: reason the rule was put in place, and people in

758
00:39:29,480 --> 00:39:33,000
Speaker 1: this league who know what they're talking about, they understand that,

759
00:39:33,080 --> 00:39:37,600
Speaker 1: and unfortunately, some players who are not load management players

760
00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:40,560
Speaker 1: are paying the price for it. And I put this

761
00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:43,719
Speaker 1: under the classification of the way it goes. It's unfortunate

762
00:39:44,080 --> 00:39:47,680
Speaker 1: because there can be some financial implications with that as well,

763
00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:51,440
Speaker 1: But that's the reality. If indeed he does not play tonight.

764
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Speaker 3: Are you familiar with a club called the Washington Wizards. Indeed,

765
00:39:56,360 --> 00:39:57,719
Speaker 3: they did a in the generals.

766
00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:01,680
Speaker 1: They haven't renamed the Washing in general's more recently because

767
00:40:01,719 --> 00:40:05,799
Speaker 1: of the Harlem globetrotter nature of being the joke team.

768
00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:08,120
Speaker 3: Yeah, well they're in the news again, and not for

769
00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:09,120
Speaker 3: giving up eighty some.

770
00:40:09,239 --> 00:40:13,080
Speaker 1: Points to or bam. Excuse me, but no.

771
00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:16,400
Speaker 3: There are April Fools skits that they did, which is

772
00:40:16,719 --> 00:40:21,080
Speaker 3: classic basketball halftime show half court shot for X amount

773
00:40:21,120 --> 00:40:21,399
Speaker 3: of dollars.

774
00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:22,840
Speaker 1: I think it was ten thousand dollars.

775
00:40:23,120 --> 00:40:27,000
Speaker 3: But the April Fools joke, how wacky is that they

776
00:40:27,080 --> 00:40:31,680
Speaker 3: blindfolded a fan, made him think that he hit the shot,

777
00:40:31,719 --> 00:40:38,480
Speaker 3: and then pulled an So then today is well today

778
00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:42,160
Speaker 3: the Wizards tweet out, apparently from getting backlash. Yeah, that

779
00:40:42,239 --> 00:40:44,680
Speaker 3: the whole thing was scripted, and the whole thing it

780
00:40:44,719 --> 00:40:47,840
Speaker 3: was a planted fan and there it was all a

781
00:40:47,880 --> 00:40:51,359
Speaker 3: big ruse on top of the ruse. It was all

782
00:40:51,480 --> 00:40:56,080
Speaker 3: just a scripted bit sketch almost. I don't know how

783
00:40:56,120 --> 00:40:58,799
Speaker 3: I feel about this. Mostly in my head, I'm like,

784
00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:00,440
Speaker 3: why can't we have fun anymore?

785
00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:02,560
Speaker 1: We can't do anything whacky? We got to always be.

786
00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:04,520
Speaker 3: There's a little part of me like, if that is

787
00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:07,279
Speaker 3: pretty cruel if it were real, but it wasn't real,

788
00:41:07,320 --> 00:41:07,759
Speaker 3: I don't know.

789
00:41:07,719 --> 00:41:10,520
Speaker 1: Where to Here's where I would land. Although I've not

790
00:41:10,640 --> 00:41:13,120
Speaker 1: heard about this story until you brought it up. I

791
00:41:13,160 --> 00:41:15,920
Speaker 1: would say, you're right, we've lost our sense of humor

792
00:41:15,960 --> 00:41:19,120
Speaker 1: in general. But I'd also add that the Wizards might

793
00:41:19,120 --> 00:41:22,000
Speaker 1: be the one team that shouldn't be messing with this

794
00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:26,000
Speaker 1: stuff because they have no equity. They are an embarrassment.

795
00:41:26,080 --> 00:41:28,000
Speaker 1: We talked about them earlier. You mentioned they gave up

796
00:41:28,040 --> 00:41:31,560
Speaker 1: the eighty three points. They made a They've made a

797
00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:35,439
Speaker 1: farce out of the season, not just that one game

798
00:41:35,480 --> 00:41:37,960
Speaker 1: where they gave up eighty three. And as a result,

799
00:41:38,040 --> 00:41:40,719
Speaker 1: you might say, in the board meetings where we're thinking

800
00:41:40,760 --> 00:41:42,840
Speaker 1: about doing this, we go, you know, this is actually

801
00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:45,480
Speaker 1: kind of clever, but I'm not sure this is the

802
00:41:45,560 --> 00:41:47,439
Speaker 1: year we should be doing it. I'm not sure where

803
00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:50,080
Speaker 1: the franchise that can get away with doing it, so

804
00:41:50,200 --> 00:41:53,440
Speaker 1: maybe we don't even bother. On the other hand, they

805
00:41:53,480 --> 00:41:55,719
Speaker 1: may say, well, nothing else has worked for us, let's

806
00:41:55,760 --> 00:41:57,600
Speaker 1: have some fun with this. I have absolutely no idea.

807
00:41:57,680 --> 00:42:00,760
Speaker 3: Here was the statement we apologize for Las Night's April

808
00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:03,160
Speaker 3: Fool's joke that left many wondering if we had missled

809
00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:06,080
Speaker 3: a fan let's get involving our mascot and other members

810
00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:08,760
Speaker 3: of the performance team, was scripted and intended to celebrate

811
00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:11,719
Speaker 3: the day. All participants were in on the joke, but.

812
00:42:11,760 --> 00:42:13,759
Speaker 1: We missed the mark. Yeah, that's what I said. That's

813
00:42:13,840 --> 00:42:15,959
Speaker 1: they probably were left with. No I mean, I'm sure

814
00:42:15,960 --> 00:42:20,040
Speaker 1: they they're getting pounded more because of the quality of

815
00:42:20,080 --> 00:42:23,600
Speaker 1: the franchise and that and my guess is a better

816
00:42:23,640 --> 00:42:26,640
Speaker 1: franchise might get a little bit more of the benefit

817
00:42:26,680 --> 00:42:28,719
Speaker 1: of the doubt. But because it's the Wizards, now, maybe

818
00:42:28,760 --> 00:42:31,200
Speaker 1: I'm not, maybe I'm wrong, because we again have no

819
00:42:31,239 --> 00:42:35,120
Speaker 1: sense of humor anymore. It would seem fairly evident and

820
00:42:35,239 --> 00:42:37,520
Speaker 1: obvious that if you're going to do this as a bit,

821
00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:40,160
Speaker 1: that's the bit that, in other words, you've got the mascot,

822
00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:42,120
Speaker 1: and you've got people who also work for the team

823
00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:45,160
Speaker 1: with the mascot that are all in on this same thing,

824
00:42:45,280 --> 00:42:48,400
Speaker 1: and it's just basically to provide some entertainment. But the

825
00:42:48,440 --> 00:42:50,560
Speaker 1: Wizards are not in a very good position, I think

826
00:42:50,600 --> 00:42:52,920
Speaker 1: to be taken seriously on anything.

827
00:42:53,040 --> 00:42:55,080
Speaker 3: I mean, the amount of times that you've seen someone

828
00:42:55,120 --> 00:42:57,520
Speaker 3: in an opposing team jersey that gets yeah yeah, they

829
00:42:57,520 --> 00:43:01,000
Speaker 3: get the yes or something and you're like, okay, that's

830
00:43:01,120 --> 00:43:05,120
Speaker 3: a plan. But anyways, lastly, I have any excuse to

831
00:43:05,320 --> 00:43:07,160
Speaker 3: bring up golf. I know you're not a golf guy,

832
00:43:07,200 --> 00:43:09,640
Speaker 3: but I kind of want to ask you about this. Okay,

833
00:43:09,800 --> 00:43:12,520
Speaker 3: So we already know Tiger for obvious reasons, not going

834
00:43:12,560 --> 00:43:14,840
Speaker 3: to be playing in the Masters next week. The Masters

835
00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:17,879
Speaker 3: is even for non golf people, is something that maybe

836
00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:21,400
Speaker 3: you do check out. But now another big name, Phil Mickelson,

837
00:43:21,520 --> 00:43:24,880
Speaker 3: is out. So as a non golf guy, if you

838
00:43:24,920 --> 00:43:27,360
Speaker 3: were going to watch anything or check in on anything,

839
00:43:27,400 --> 00:43:28,480
Speaker 3: it would be the Masters.

840
00:43:28,800 --> 00:43:31,160
Speaker 1: But these two big names for the first time in forever,

841
00:43:31,280 --> 00:43:32,200
Speaker 1: right that they both been out?

842
00:43:32,360 --> 00:43:36,759
Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, so this first time it's two household names

843
00:43:36,760 --> 00:43:37,920
Speaker 3: that are not playing the Masters.

844
00:43:37,960 --> 00:43:41,560
Speaker 1: That affect a non golf guy at all or you

845
00:43:41,680 --> 00:43:46,360
Speaker 1: not even tune in. It wouldn't matter whether he participates

846
00:43:46,440 --> 00:43:48,720
Speaker 1: or not. For some casual fans that might make a difference.

847
00:43:48,719 --> 00:43:51,520
Speaker 1: But can you also make the argument that there are

848
00:43:51,600 --> 00:43:55,439
Speaker 1: enough other golfers who have emerged that in the event

849
00:43:55,480 --> 00:44:01,319
Speaker 1: itself is big enough that the connection through those two

850
00:44:03,680 --> 00:44:05,719
Speaker 1: unless you haven't even bothered to watch golf for the

851
00:44:05,800 --> 00:44:08,000
Speaker 1: last twenty years is not what it once was. Yeah,

852
00:44:08,040 --> 00:44:11,799
Speaker 1: I don't know. I would lean that way for me realistically,

853
00:44:11,880 --> 00:44:16,360
Speaker 1: I don't want I'm in the maybe ten percent of

854
00:44:16,440 --> 00:44:19,200
Speaker 1: casual fans that just don't really care that much about

855
00:44:19,239 --> 00:44:21,360
Speaker 1: golf or even the Masters. I think it's pretty I

856
00:44:21,440 --> 00:44:23,600
Speaker 1: understand why it's as big as it is. I understand

857
00:44:23,600 --> 00:44:26,239
Speaker 1: why it's a great tradition. It just has not been

858
00:44:26,239 --> 00:44:28,239
Speaker 1: in my wheelhouse. So that's what I would look at it. Now,

859
00:44:28,239 --> 00:44:29,560
Speaker 1: Why is he not participating?

860
00:44:29,840 --> 00:44:33,440
Speaker 3: He's a family health private family health power. Okay, was

861
00:44:33,440 --> 00:44:34,960
Speaker 3: in a statement, So I don't know what that means.

862
00:44:35,000 --> 00:44:35,600
Speaker 1: I don't want to know.

863
00:44:35,640 --> 00:44:38,480
Speaker 3: It's his business. Yeah, but so he'll not be playing.

864
00:44:38,480 --> 00:44:40,160
Speaker 3: But yeah, I knew you weren't a golf guy. But

865
00:44:40,560 --> 00:44:43,640
Speaker 3: if there would be a situation where you would, he

866
00:44:43,680 --> 00:44:44,720
Speaker 3: would probably be this weekend.

867
00:44:44,760 --> 00:44:46,239
Speaker 1: But it sounds like not even the case, not even

868
00:44:46,280 --> 00:44:49,000
Speaker 1: the case exactly it. Let's make this the top of

869
00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:53,279
Speaker 1: the hour pause. Better top five and five late than

870
00:44:53,360 --> 00:44:55,680
Speaker 1: not at all. We got a half hour yet to come.

871
00:44:56,520 --> 00:44:58,760
Speaker 1: Give me get to some texts and perhaps a couple

872
00:44:58,800 --> 00:45:02,920
Speaker 1: of other controversial subjects before we wrap things. Up. One

873
00:45:02,960 --> 00:45:06,200
Speaker 1: myth is very it feels like it's very sad to me,

874
00:45:06,680 --> 00:45:09,799
Speaker 1: but I don't I'm looking for more information regarding this

875
00:45:09,840 --> 00:45:23,239
Speaker 1: particular story. Stay tuned, Yeah, the.

876
00:45:23,200 --> 00:45:26,439
Speaker 3: Tournament is underway. Don't miss a second of the action.

877
00:45:26,560 --> 00:45:28,719
Speaker 3: You can tune into one hundred point three KFN and

878
00:45:28,840 --> 00:45:31,479
Speaker 3: on the free iHeartRadio app for a hoops coverage again

879
00:45:31,560 --> 00:45:32,239
Speaker 3: this Saturday.

880
00:45:32,440 --> 00:45:41,879
Speaker 1: It's all driven by Dave Smith Motors. For the last

881
00:45:41,920 --> 00:45:45,680
Speaker 1: several days, I've had texters ask me for an opinion

882
00:45:45,760 --> 00:45:48,760
Speaker 1: or a reaction to the news that the Bulls cut

883
00:45:48,920 --> 00:45:53,680
Speaker 1: a player named Jordan Ivy, And largely the reason I'm

884
00:45:53,719 --> 00:45:57,319
Speaker 1: being asked is a belief in the part of some

885
00:45:57,360 --> 00:46:05,160
Speaker 1: of those texters that he was cut for making statements

886
00:46:05,239 --> 00:46:07,520
Speaker 1: that you might not agree with, but that he should

887
00:46:07,560 --> 00:46:10,680
Speaker 1: have every right to make. And I think the latest

888
00:46:10,760 --> 00:46:14,319
Speaker 1: rant had to do with the celebration of Pride Month

889
00:46:15,640 --> 00:46:18,960
Speaker 1: or a Pride Night, whatever the case may be. And

890
00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:23,560
Speaker 1: I knew very little about this story beyond the headlines.

891
00:46:24,600 --> 00:46:28,920
Speaker 1: But I will defer in this case to a guest,

892
00:46:29,160 --> 00:46:33,040
Speaker 1: a frequent guest over the years on this program, regarding

893
00:46:33,040 --> 00:46:37,319
Speaker 1: this story. Joe Colly has covered the Bulls for a

894
00:46:37,360 --> 00:46:40,880
Speaker 1: long time, and Joe Colly, this is a background that

895
00:46:40,960 --> 00:46:43,680
Speaker 1: might or might matter, might or might not matter to you.

896
00:46:44,200 --> 00:46:49,400
Speaker 1: Is about as politically incorrect a guy as one can imagine.

897
00:46:49,440 --> 00:46:54,920
Speaker 1: He tends to push back against that whole notion and

898
00:46:55,040 --> 00:46:59,320
Speaker 1: cancelations and et cetera, to the point in some cases

899
00:46:59,360 --> 00:47:04,520
Speaker 1: where I think it is hurt him. And here's what

900
00:47:04,600 --> 00:47:08,040
Speaker 1: Cowley has tweeted. He's written a lot about it, but

901
00:47:08,080 --> 00:47:10,680
Speaker 1: I'll give you a tweet as a guy who covers

902
00:47:10,719 --> 00:47:16,400
Speaker 1: the team daily, I know the Ivy dismissal is a

903
00:47:16,440 --> 00:47:18,840
Speaker 1: soapbox moment for a lot of people on the outside,

904
00:47:19,680 --> 00:47:23,400
Speaker 1: but here's my perspective. I'm all for free speech and

905
00:47:23,560 --> 00:47:28,080
Speaker 1: religious expression, but my guy was bizarre and a distraction.

906
00:47:29,120 --> 00:47:36,000
Speaker 1: In a young locker room, reporters are there to ask questions,

907
00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:37,520
Speaker 1: not to be asked. If they've been saved from a

908
00:47:37,560 --> 00:47:40,200
Speaker 1: twenty something kid who went from Silverspoon au circuit to

909
00:47:40,560 --> 00:47:43,399
Speaker 1: a BMOC at Purdue, get some life experience as kid,

910
00:47:43,400 --> 00:47:49,080
Speaker 1: then you can preach to me. He's saying that. In fact,

911
00:47:49,120 --> 00:47:51,640
Speaker 1: I think he viewed. Let me see if I can

912
00:47:51,640 --> 00:47:57,040
Speaker 1: find the other tweet I was looking for that there

913
00:47:57,120 --> 00:47:58,560
Speaker 1: was more than this going on, because a lot of

914
00:47:58,600 --> 00:48:00,520
Speaker 1: people have said, just please let me know what position

915
00:48:00,520 --> 00:48:04,600
Speaker 1: on the bulls, letting him go over his position on this,

916
00:48:05,200 --> 00:48:08,040
Speaker 1: and Collie has written, there was more than this going on.

917
00:48:08,200 --> 00:48:11,439
Speaker 1: This was the final straw, and the locker room will

918
00:48:11,440 --> 00:48:14,440
Speaker 1: not shed a tear. So I don't pretend to know

919
00:48:14,480 --> 00:48:17,160
Speaker 1: the whole story. I don't know if we'll ever know

920
00:48:17,280 --> 00:48:20,600
Speaker 1: the whole story, but I will say that it's never

921
00:48:21,080 --> 00:48:24,880
Speaker 1: Joe Colli has never had difficulty pushing back on political

922
00:48:24,920 --> 00:48:29,120
Speaker 1: correctness or cancelation when he believes that's what's going on,

923
00:48:29,600 --> 00:48:34,200
Speaker 1: and he is suggesting that there's more to the story.

924
00:48:34,239 --> 00:48:36,959
Speaker 1: Because if you want to turn this into a free

925
00:48:36,960 --> 00:48:40,520
Speaker 1: speech issue and you want to present Ivy as some

926
00:48:40,800 --> 00:48:44,800
Speaker 1: kind of a martyr, you're going to concentrate on only

927
00:48:44,920 --> 00:48:48,320
Speaker 1: this part of the story and the timing because that's

928
00:48:48,719 --> 00:48:52,919
Speaker 1: more convenient. There's no gray area there. It seems more

929
00:48:53,000 --> 00:48:56,280
Speaker 1: black and white, and you think you've got a team boxed,

930
00:48:57,040 --> 00:48:59,520
Speaker 1: that they are canceling, and that they're doing it for

931
00:48:59,560 --> 00:49:04,120
Speaker 1: all the wrong reasons. But the story on Ivy seems

932
00:49:04,160 --> 00:49:09,200
Speaker 1: to be more complicated than any one declaration on his part. Again,

933
00:49:10,000 --> 00:49:12,680
Speaker 1: it's not convenient that way because it's not as easy

934
00:49:12,719 --> 00:49:15,880
Speaker 1: to just savage it and to say, well the wolves

935
00:49:15,920 --> 00:49:18,719
Speaker 1: really are the bulls in this case, really blew it.

936
00:49:19,200 --> 00:49:22,960
Speaker 1: But I trust Colley as a guy who's in that

937
00:49:23,040 --> 00:49:26,520
Speaker 1: locker room every day and and and covers this team,

938
00:49:26,840 --> 00:49:30,040
Speaker 1: that there is more to the story. It may well

939
00:49:30,080 --> 00:49:33,200
Speaker 1: have been a piece of it, but apparently was not

940
00:49:34,320 --> 00:49:39,959
Speaker 1: the piece of it as well. So for whatever worth

941
00:49:40,280 --> 00:49:43,480
Speaker 1: for people who've asked me for several days, that's uh,

942
00:49:43,920 --> 00:49:46,160
Speaker 1: did I call him? Or it's Jade and Ivory Ivy

943
00:49:46,239 --> 00:49:47,839
Speaker 1: by the way, I don't know if I miss if

944
00:49:47,840 --> 00:49:49,560
Speaker 1: I use the wrong name of Jade and Ivy is

945
00:49:49,600 --> 00:49:53,800
Speaker 1: the player that we are talking about, the former Bulls guard,

946
00:49:54,360 --> 00:50:00,839
Speaker 1: And it's another one of those subjects. I think you're

947
00:50:00,840 --> 00:50:06,760
Speaker 1: going to tend to believe whatever fits your pre conceptions

948
00:50:07,680 --> 00:50:12,880
Speaker 1: on this political issue, the volatility of this issue, rather

949
00:50:12,960 --> 00:50:18,520
Speaker 1: than allowing the story itself and the real details within

950
00:50:18,680 --> 00:50:23,040
Speaker 1: this story to dictate how you feel about it. We

951
00:50:23,239 --> 00:50:25,399
Speaker 1: rarely allow that, or a lot of people I think

952
00:50:25,520 --> 00:50:33,040
Speaker 1: rarely allow that. And that's exactly why I tend to

953
00:50:33,280 --> 00:50:37,319
Speaker 1: follow what the Collige viewpoint is on this. I mean,

954
00:50:37,360 --> 00:50:43,239
Speaker 1: he believe me, he's a fairly fearless guy sometimes to

955
00:50:43,320 --> 00:50:47,480
Speaker 1: his own detriment. That's been true, and to that extent,

956
00:50:48,040 --> 00:50:51,440
Speaker 1: he's saying, you can make it about that one rant,

957
00:50:51,640 --> 00:50:54,399
Speaker 1: but it's actually about more than that. Now. He's very

958
00:50:54,400 --> 00:50:57,239
Speaker 1: critical of the way the team has handled a lot

959
00:50:57,239 --> 00:51:02,480
Speaker 1: of things, the way it is run. I mean, again,

960
00:51:02,680 --> 00:51:07,640
Speaker 1: you look at the what the guy the Wolves got

961
00:51:07,640 --> 00:51:10,319
Speaker 1: for the Bulls thus far Io Disumo has done, and

962
00:51:10,360 --> 00:51:17,279
Speaker 1: you go why they trade him, and the Bulls can say, well,

963
00:51:17,280 --> 00:51:18,920
Speaker 1: because we had other people who kind of did some

964
00:51:19,000 --> 00:51:21,239
Speaker 1: of the same stuff, and we can't keep everybody, whatever

965
00:51:21,280 --> 00:51:23,839
Speaker 1: the case may be. They're a train wreck. That whole

966
00:51:23,840 --> 00:51:27,960
Speaker 1: franchise is a train wreck. And thank god, from a

967
00:51:27,960 --> 00:51:32,280
Speaker 1: Wolf standpoint, they were willing to trade off these pieces

968
00:51:32,320 --> 00:51:35,240
Speaker 1: in their minds as excess pieces where they didn't intend

969
00:51:35,280 --> 00:51:36,920
Speaker 1: to re sign them, and they said, well, we'll just

970
00:51:36,960 --> 00:51:41,480
Speaker 1: try to get something for them. Because Desumo has been

971
00:51:41,640 --> 00:51:44,480
Speaker 1: obviously a revelation since he's been here, and I don't

972
00:51:44,520 --> 00:51:49,319
Speaker 1: even think we fully understand how important he can come

973
00:51:49,320 --> 00:51:51,800
Speaker 1: to become to this team in the future. I really don't.

974
00:51:52,320 --> 00:51:54,839
Speaker 1: I'll be shocked if they do not find a way

975
00:51:54,880 --> 00:51:57,680
Speaker 1: to keep them. I'll be shocked that he doesn't just

976
00:51:57,719 --> 00:51:59,680
Speaker 1: become a part of the present for this team, but

977
00:52:00,280 --> 00:52:04,640
Speaker 1: a part of the future for this team as as well. Uh.

978
00:52:04,800 --> 00:52:08,759
Speaker 1: Seven sixth three Guy is very very unhappy with us,

979
00:52:09,719 --> 00:52:15,560
Speaker 1: very happy unhappy. Why because to this point in the show,

980
00:52:17,239 --> 00:52:19,800
Speaker 1: there has been no mention of a Twins pitcher throwing

981
00:52:19,840 --> 00:52:23,040
Speaker 1: six shutout innings and the Twins hitting three home runs

982
00:52:23,560 --> 00:52:26,879
Speaker 1: in the ninth seven sixth three, Guy, I plead one

983
00:52:26,960 --> 00:52:32,560
Speaker 1: hundred guilty, And I will tell you, quite honestly, I

984
00:52:32,600 --> 00:52:37,160
Speaker 1: am giving the Minnesota Twins and this one game exactly

985
00:52:37,280 --> 00:52:42,400
Speaker 1: as much coverage as it deserves, no more, no less.

986
00:52:44,480 --> 00:52:48,440
Speaker 1: I can't play the game. Seven sixth three, Guy, I'm sorry,

987
00:52:48,480 --> 00:52:51,640
Speaker 1: and I won't play the game. It happened, so it's

988
00:52:51,680 --> 00:52:57,360
Speaker 1: it's fair to talk about it. It's news because it

989
00:52:57,440 --> 00:53:03,719
Speaker 1: did take place. It's confirmed. But I'm not going to

990
00:53:03,800 --> 00:53:10,600
Speaker 1: pretend that one nice victory in any way, shape or form,

991
00:53:10,680 --> 00:53:16,960
Speaker 1: proves that this team is suddenly everything is much more

992
00:53:17,040 --> 00:53:21,040
Speaker 1: than we thought it was going to be. The level

993
00:53:21,040 --> 00:53:24,440
Speaker 1: of interest in this team is low. If they have

994
00:53:24,480 --> 00:53:27,319
Speaker 1: a bunch of games in a row or two out

995
00:53:27,320 --> 00:53:31,080
Speaker 1: of three for two months that go kind of like this,

996
00:53:32,080 --> 00:53:37,239
Speaker 1: they'll be people who will pay attention to it. But

997
00:53:37,680 --> 00:53:43,600
Speaker 1: the larger issue remains the larger issue. The Twins have

998
00:53:43,640 --> 00:53:46,680
Speaker 1: every right to run the team however they want to

999
00:53:46,719 --> 00:53:50,000
Speaker 1: run it, every right. If they say we want to

1000
00:53:50,040 --> 00:53:53,440
Speaker 1: cut sixty five million dollars or so from the payroll

1001
00:53:54,040 --> 00:53:55,960
Speaker 1: over the course of the last two and a half seasons,

1002
00:53:56,560 --> 00:53:59,640
Speaker 1: they have every right to do it. They have every

1003
00:53:59,680 --> 00:54:02,920
Speaker 1: right to decide to sell the team and then change

1004
00:54:02,920 --> 00:54:06,600
Speaker 1: their minds about selling the team. They have every right

1005
00:54:06,800 --> 00:54:11,560
Speaker 1: to complain about reporters asking about payroll. They can do

1006
00:54:11,680 --> 00:54:16,279
Speaker 1: as many of those things as they want. But we

1007
00:54:16,320 --> 00:54:19,160
Speaker 1: all have a right then to process what they've done

1008
00:54:20,000 --> 00:54:23,160
Speaker 1: and to then make our own decisions, decisions about how

1009
00:54:23,239 --> 00:54:27,439
Speaker 1: much weight we're going to give any single outcome. As

1010
00:54:27,520 --> 00:54:32,240
Speaker 1: long as they choose their right to go down this path,

1011
00:54:32,760 --> 00:54:36,040
Speaker 1: everybody has a right to do so. Now, if maybe

1012
00:54:36,040 --> 00:54:39,919
Speaker 1: you're a hardcore en ballfan that you get aroused by

1013
00:54:40,000 --> 00:54:43,200
Speaker 1: one victory in a row and one well pitched game

1014
00:54:43,560 --> 00:54:47,520
Speaker 1: and a game where the dong showed took over late,

1015
00:54:47,920 --> 00:54:50,839
Speaker 1: that's fair. I'm not here to tell you can't, but

1016
00:54:50,880 --> 00:54:53,239
Speaker 1: you've got to be smart enough to understand why it

1017
00:54:53,280 --> 00:54:55,759
Speaker 1: ain't going to be the lead story and it ain't

1018
00:54:55,800 --> 00:54:58,720
Speaker 1: going to be at least on this show, a story

1019
00:54:58,719 --> 00:55:01,160
Speaker 1: that we're going to give an end less amount of coverage.

1020
00:55:01,560 --> 00:55:04,000
Speaker 1: Two And by the way, we gave actually the Twins

1021
00:55:04,040 --> 00:55:07,480
Speaker 1: a decent amount of coverage yesterday and got complaints there

1022
00:55:07,520 --> 00:55:10,799
Speaker 1: too that we were talking too much Twins yesterday when

1023
00:55:10,840 --> 00:55:14,880
Speaker 1: the subject was broader about the team, the state of

1024
00:55:14,920 --> 00:55:21,440
Speaker 1: the franchise ownership, et cetera. With Aaron Gleeman as well,

1025
00:55:22,160 --> 00:55:25,920
Speaker 1: Let's get one more break in a couple of texts,

1026
00:55:26,239 --> 00:55:29,000
Speaker 1: remind you what we have coming up tonight both on

1027
00:55:29,200 --> 00:55:32,440
Speaker 1: the fan and on the Timberwolves channel, and what we

1028
00:55:32,520 --> 00:55:35,600
Speaker 1: have coming up on tomorrow's show, which now I think

1029
00:55:35,640 --> 00:55:41,440
Speaker 1: confirmed return signals the return of JG for the Friday

1030
00:55:41,440 --> 00:55:48,000
Speaker 1: Football Beast state. It's the bumper to bumper shows by

1031
00:55:48,040 --> 00:55:54,160
Speaker 1: American pressure. Is Debbie Downer your new name, No Danny Downer,

1032
00:55:55,040 --> 00:55:59,560
Speaker 1: not to be confused with poly Danna, which I've been

1033
00:55:59,560 --> 00:56:03,280
Speaker 1: accused from time to time as well. Now Texter Guy's

1034
00:56:03,320 --> 00:56:06,160
Speaker 1: back saying it was meant to be sarcastic, which I

1035
00:56:06,160 --> 00:56:08,919
Speaker 1: guess I should be better prepared for given the level

1036
00:56:08,960 --> 00:56:12,759
Speaker 1: of sarcasm that's that fuels this program. Or is he

1037
00:56:12,920 --> 00:56:18,839
Speaker 1: just saying that now because he gets beaten down. I'm

1038
00:56:18,840 --> 00:56:24,040
Speaker 1: not exactly sure how that indeed will will work. Yeah,

1039
00:56:24,160 --> 00:56:27,680
Speaker 1: it's it's interesting because there's gonna be an ongoing battle

1040
00:56:28,080 --> 00:56:31,960
Speaker 1: on In the enough Set program. Lluri Fisher is excited

1041
00:56:32,520 --> 00:56:36,400
Speaker 1: that there's some Twins games on Fox nine. I endorse

1042
00:56:36,440 --> 00:56:39,480
Speaker 1: it because I endorse anything that can be on local

1043
00:56:39,600 --> 00:56:44,200
Speaker 1: TV over the air TV period. But I think she thinks,

1044
00:56:44,280 --> 00:56:48,359
Speaker 1: because of that affiliation, that she wants to like lead

1045
00:56:48,440 --> 00:56:52,759
Speaker 1: with the Twins every week, and I think we did

1046
00:56:52,840 --> 00:56:54,680
Speaker 1: last week, and then I think she was disappointed on

1047
00:56:54,680 --> 00:56:58,200
Speaker 1: the basis of what I said. The truth cannot be controversial.

1048
00:56:58,640 --> 00:57:00,759
Speaker 1: We can't and we're not gonna be able to lead

1049
00:57:00,760 --> 00:57:03,960
Speaker 1: with the Minnesota Twins every week, even though this Friday

1050
00:57:04,440 --> 00:57:08,800
Speaker 1: is the home opener as well. Look, I got to

1051
00:57:08,840 --> 00:57:11,280
Speaker 1: deal with what's in front of me, right, I didn't

1052
00:57:11,320 --> 00:57:16,120
Speaker 1: make up the Twins history. They've made the decisions they

1053
00:57:16,120 --> 00:57:19,520
Speaker 1: have made, and I'll say again it's their team. They

1054
00:57:19,520 --> 00:57:20,960
Speaker 1: have a right to do it. But then we have

1055
00:57:21,040 --> 00:57:24,120
Speaker 1: a right to respond. I think to all of that

1056
00:57:24,200 --> 00:57:28,120
Speaker 1: as well. I did not get to the sad story

1057
00:57:28,280 --> 00:57:31,000
Speaker 1: that I wanted to this segment. I'll save that for

1058
00:57:31,720 --> 00:57:37,440
Speaker 1: tomorrow's program, which will include visits not only with Guardgie,

1059
00:57:37,440 --> 00:57:41,760
Speaker 1: the regular producer of the show, but with Lavelle. Maybe

1060
00:57:41,800 --> 00:57:43,800
Speaker 1: we give Ben Gestling the week off. We'll see how

1061
00:57:43,840 --> 00:57:45,880
Speaker 1: he feels about that. I don't know what his schedule is.

1062
00:57:46,880 --> 00:57:49,480
Speaker 1: I do want to thank outstanding array of guests today

1063
00:57:49,520 --> 00:57:53,320
Speaker 1: that included Kevin Seffert at three point thirty, Andy Lueger

1064
00:57:53,520 --> 00:57:56,640
Speaker 1: as you've never heard him before in studio between four

1065
00:57:56,720 --> 00:57:59,600
Speaker 1: and five today we lightened it up a little bit.

1066
00:57:59,640 --> 00:57:59,720
Speaker 4: Now.

1067
00:57:59,760 --> 00:58:02,360
Speaker 1: We got into some heavy subjects because you almost have to,

1068
00:58:02,840 --> 00:58:04,560
Speaker 1: but every once in a while we mixed that up.

1069
00:58:04,600 --> 00:58:07,760
Speaker 1: There was some toy department stuff, there was some bagel stuff,

1070
00:58:08,080 --> 00:58:11,840
Speaker 1: there was some lunch meat stuff. And we've also were

1071
00:58:11,880 --> 00:58:16,760
Speaker 1: reminded of Andy's own athletic endeavors at Amherst as an

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Speaker 1: offensive guard. So all that should be available later via

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Speaker 1: the podcast. Four to five. Russo joined from the Arena

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Speaker 1: formerly known as the X at five oh two. Good

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Speaker 1: primer on not just tonight's game, but the wild efforts

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Speaker 1: what they intend to do to best prepare for the postseason,

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Speaker 1: which is now not all that far off as as well,

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Speaker 1: so all that will be podcastable downloadable. A lot of

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Speaker 1: talk early about what defined sportsmanship in twenty twenty six,

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Speaker 1: and my own evolving views on that related to a

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Speaker 1: couple of stories, one of them very fresh in the news.

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Speaker 1: You were about to say, Oh, I thought you were

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Speaker 1: about to say something. You'd lift the microphone. I thought

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Speaker 1: your mic Yeah, it kind of droops. Yeah, yeah, I

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Speaker 1: was trying to stand up. I would. I've said this

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Speaker 1: many times before. In my fantasy world, we have a

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Speaker 1: headset mike remote that that would allow me to pace

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Speaker 1: all the way around the studio. I would do that

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Speaker 1: the entire show. I actually would. Now occasionally I would

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Speaker 1: try to look up for eye contact because that's helpful,

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Speaker 1: but I would absolutely It's how I talk on the phone.

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Speaker 1: I don't sit. I'm usually pacing. I'm usually moving around.

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Speaker 1: I would absolutely love to do that. There's an old

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Speaker 1: movie called talk Radio, in which my recollection is, I

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Speaker 1: can't remember the name of the actor who plays the

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Speaker 1: lead role. That's what he does. He's got a remote

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Speaker 1: mike and he's allowed to just move around, gesture the

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Speaker 1: whole bit.

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Speaker 3: I wouldn't, would you like like a I was thinking

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Speaker 3: like a little stand up treadmill here, but I'd have

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Speaker 3: to breath the whole time.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that'd be the problem there. But yeah, they all

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Speaker 1: say it's healthier to stand, and a lot of people

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Speaker 1: have done that in the offices that they work, right,

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Speaker 1: that they that they have the kinds of desks where

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Speaker 1: they can they can, you know, raise them up and

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Speaker 1: stand for a while, they can bring it back down

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Speaker 1: and sit again, the whole bit. That does make some

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Speaker 1: sense easier not to doze off at at that point,

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Speaker 1: for sure, And I just like standing.

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Speaker 3: But then when I let go of the mic, then

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Speaker 3: it just falls down and then yeah I even do.

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Speaker 1: It, then it doesn't even yet, it does not even

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Speaker 1: hold up. That's unfortunately true. So we're back together. I'm

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Speaker 1: assuming are you on sermons this week? Are you off

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Speaker 1: this week? No, I'm on sermons. I think I'm on

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Speaker 1: probably late in the week for me to try to

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Speaker 1: take off, although I'm overdue for one. We'll see how

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Speaker 1: that goes. But I look forward, as I said, to

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Speaker 1: the return of Guardsy tomorrow and maybe even we might

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Speaker 1: even add a guest tomorrow. I'm working on a couple

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Speaker 1: of other things as well. Remember tonight on the flagship,

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Speaker 1: it's MINSOT A while in hockey hosting the Vancouver Canucks.

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Speaker 1: So a lot of good story angles there, obviously, including

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Speaker 1: the number of players traded away are back. And in addition,

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Speaker 1: if you're more of a basketball guy or gal, the

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01:01:07,800 --> 01:01:11,200
Speaker 1: Timberwolves channel will provide you. That's an iHeartRadio channel as well.

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Speaker 1: Wolves and Pistons Without the Wolves without Anthony Edwards, Pistons

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Speaker 1: are still without Cade their best player. But Anthony Edwards

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Speaker 1: out tonight. That's official correct, Yes.

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Speaker 3: In case you're wondering, Pistons up early eighteen to twelve

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Speaker 3: and already start.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Pistons have been playing pretty well even without Kad Cunningham.

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Speaker 1: And as I said, the Wolf situation is, I think

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Speaker 1: it's going to be hard to avoid five or six

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Speaker 1: based on their schedule. I think, in fact, Houston won

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Speaker 1: again yesterday, so we'll keep an eye on that and

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Speaker 1: I'm sure react to all of the action tomorrow, so

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Speaker 1: you're covered either way. For the record, Andy Lueger thinks

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Speaker 1: basketball is more taxing, more requires more than hockey. He

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Speaker 1: admits he's more of a basketball guy than a high

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Speaker 1: hockey guy, but I think he's actually more a football

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Speaker 1: guy than either. Is this basically coming down to if

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Speaker 1: you favor basketball, you say basketball. If you favor hockey.

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Speaker 1: You say hockey so far, that's kind of how it's gone. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: almost across the board, right, I mean yeah, I'd like

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Speaker 1: to see a couple of people rise above their their biases.

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Speaker 1: We did have a text who says you a big

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Speaker 1: hockey guy thinks basketball is more, more exacting. That's insanity,

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Speaker 1: very taxing.

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Speaker 3: But to say that it's more than hockey is the preposterousness,

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Speaker 3: not saying the basketball is easy.

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Speaker 1: Well, we'll take up that more detail tomorrow, maybe even

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Speaker 1: get the guards you to weigh in on the A

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Speaker 1: controversy that has lasted all week long and is not

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Speaker 1: going away anytime soon. Let's wrap things up now. Thanks

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Speaker 1: again for watching, thank you for listening, and we will

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Speaker 1: talk to you tomorrow. Three