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Speaker 3: The Athletic Intheathletic dot Com. Will the Vikings trade Jonathan Grenard?

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Speaker 3: Everything we need to know? What do we need to know?

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Speaker 3: And I mean, is this gonna happen?

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Speaker 4: Yeah?

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Speaker 2: I I don't know.

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Speaker 5: I would say, like, I don't think there's it's clear

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Speaker 5: one way or another. It depends on a lot of

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Speaker 5: different factors. The couple things. I will say the Vikings

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Speaker 5: have not wanted to trade Jonathan Gernard like that's been

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Speaker 5: They don't want to trade Jonathan Gernard. Part of the

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Speaker 5: reason it's a conversation is because his contract currently.

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Speaker 2: Puts him around.

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Speaker 5: The fifteenth highest paid ed rusher in the NFL, and

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Speaker 5: he's had production, specifically advanced metric production that would lead

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Speaker 5: you to believe that he would, you know, be deserving

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Speaker 5: a more money. The Vikings, with their cap situation and

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Speaker 5: haven't wanted to pay him what he and Drew rosenounced

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Speaker 5: his agent feel like he is deserving, and so the

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Speaker 5: Vikings wanted to work with the player, have been malleable

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Speaker 5: to the idea, if you can get that money from

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Speaker 5: somewhere else, and that team is willing to pay us

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Speaker 5: in draft capital what we feel like we deserve, then

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Speaker 5: we'll listen. I think what I've talked to people around

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Speaker 5: the league, the biggest hurdle for other teams has been

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Speaker 5: the contract.

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Speaker 2: That has been the hurdle for the Vikings.

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Speaker 1: So there's anybody who trades with him know as well

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Speaker 1: they have to pay him.

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Speaker 2: Pump that thing up, right, pump it up.

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Speaker 5: And with the structure that according to someone who's a

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Speaker 5: high ranking person in another building of a team that

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Speaker 5: talked about the idea, They're.

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Speaker 2: Like, how is Ted Thompson?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I wish, but what doesn't that also then water

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Speaker 1: down the trade equity. So if you think about it,

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Speaker 1: like Vikings fans out there, it's like, well, man, I

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Speaker 1: don't want to lose Grenard, but if we got a

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Speaker 2: I mean, now I'm listening, it's like, well, the team's not.

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Speaker 1: Gonna give you a first round pick if I got

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Speaker 1: to double the dude's salary the minute he walks in

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Speaker 2: And then all the other.

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Speaker 5: Teams know what the Vikings know, which is this is

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Speaker 5: a guy who just played twelve games. He had a

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Speaker 5: serious shoulder injury. He's navigated injuries in the past. Yes,

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Speaker 5: his sack number was just three and twenty twenty five,

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Speaker 5: but again, the advanced production has been there.

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Speaker 2: So it's a difficult one with a lot of lay.

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Speaker 5: And that's why when you ask me, do I think

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Speaker 5: that's gonna happen, it's really hard to Like, if you

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Speaker 5: it could be possible.

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Speaker 2: If it's not, then it might not be possible.

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Speaker 3: Orlovski ty Simpson, Fernando Mendoza and splashing three two.

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Speaker 4: I think ty Simpson is QB one. I think ty

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Speaker 4: not close between those two quarterbacks who took more games

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Speaker 2: It's not even close.

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Speaker 4: And if we're asking, like, okay, we're trying to see

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Speaker 4: there's moments when he immediately drops his eyes and becomes

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Speaker 4: a runner. Ty Simpson more consistent than that. What guy

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Speaker 4: was asked to do more NFL throws. When I say

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Speaker 3: Okay, that really the only question I have here, Ardo

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Speaker 3: anybody but this individual would fix a conversational race because

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Speaker 3: he and ty Simpson are represented by the same agency.

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Speaker 2: No, I mean, I can't imagine you.

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Speaker 5: I cannot fathom you'd put your credibility on the line

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Speaker 5: And there's a couple of things and we in order

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Speaker 5: of all, for me, I don't think it is the

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Speaker 5: craziest conversation in the world to suggest that it's probably

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Speaker 5: I also think that there are a lot of variables

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Speaker 5: talk about the size of Ty Simpson, which is a

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Speaker 5: major concern as we've seen of guys of his size

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Speaker 5: He e's like two hundred pounds, soaking wet. He's I

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Speaker 2: He didn't talk about the spray misses. Like I'm an

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Speaker 5: You'd watch these games and like, holy cow, he just

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Speaker 5: a lot of layers to the conversation. I do think Fernando,

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Speaker 2: To be well.

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Speaker 1: I was talking off air with with Ben Lieber about

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Speaker 1: It's almost like, I think in Dan's case, he made

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Speaker 1: the mistake of he's pumping up Ty Simpson. He watches

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Speaker 1: in that process he also so in some ways disparaged

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Speaker 1: Fernando Mendoza. Where if Simpson's is QB one, that's terrific,

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Speaker 5: And then he went on Pat McAfee and Pat was like,

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Speaker 2: And he's like, well, talk about the big games.

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Speaker 5: And I don't know if that argument is the is

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Speaker 2: But again, the draft process makes me laugh.

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Speaker 5: Because everyone talks about these guys so confidently, and a

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Speaker 5: So you're talking about major, like bold probability bets that

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Speaker 3: to discuss a big event tonight and the Timberwolves. So uh,

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Speaker 3: the Athletic I mean, I got some some things here

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Speaker 2: Yeah we are.

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Speaker 3: Idina's Nate Tice, whose football opinion is respected. He recently

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Speaker 3: was on the Alex Lewish podcast. What resonates from Nate's

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Speaker 2: What? What do you remember? What he said?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I had Nate on my podcast, the Alex Lewis Show.

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Speaker 5: Wherever you get your podcast, I'm one of three million

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Speaker 5: billion people have a podcast, and uh, Nate was on

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Speaker 5: to talk about Kyler Murray. I think he he believes

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Speaker 5: The offense and the way Kyler plays is better than

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Speaker 5: some people probably originally thought. He has questions about two areas.

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Speaker 5: be It will be interesting, fascinating and curious to watch

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Speaker 5: of that, over the course of the spring and summer.

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Speaker 5: But I will say this, Pa, because I've spent the

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Speaker 2: It's been part of my curiosity and fascination and how

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Speaker 5: Pretty Much everybody you talked to spent time with Kyler

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Speaker 5: of the standard that Kevin O'Connell and the Vikings offense

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Speaker 2: So people believe it will work in that regard.

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Speaker 5: Now, how high does it go from a success standpoint,

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Speaker 5: We'll all find out together, But I think I think

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Speaker 3: With the Alex Lewis Show podcast with Nate Tice, what

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Speaker 5: I mean, Nate was just rattling off the quarterback cycle

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Speaker 5: Quarterback room, which is what Kevin O'Connell said the Vikings

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Speaker 3: We got these two and you know as well as anybody,

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I don't know why that is the assumption that

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Speaker 5: I think the assumption that JJ is the three is

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Speaker 2: And that's for all of this.

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Speaker 5: They have established an infrastructure where it is a competitive,

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Speaker 3: Lastly, are you heading to? Are you heading to? I

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Speaker 2: We I've been. It's so funny.

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Speaker 5: John's mother works at Lounson Byerley's, where I grocery shop in.

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Speaker 5: And I really felt bad telling John's mother that I'm

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Speaker 3: Sure tournament watching that, but they got TVs there, might

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Speaker 2: I don't know. I don't know.

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Speaker 5: We're trying to figure it out. But John's John will

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Speaker 3: It'll be great when we follow your stories and your

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm not going in with any I mean and

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Speaker 5: Roster wise, what are the biggest needs? Like I think

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Speaker 3: You're telling me if that Oregon guy Sadek is available

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Speaker 1: I haven't watched him close enough, and I haven't totinson

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Speaker 2: You're ever gonna do a mock three?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I'll do another mock, But I'm I'm gonna give

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Speaker 5: John John just tweeted, by the way, Alec no better

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Speaker 5: he get all his groceries one day?

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Speaker 2: But I'm in It's true, It's absolutely correct.

443
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Speaker 3: You are fantastic, and I hope you have a wonderful

444
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Speaker 3: weekend and we look forward to either contacting you in

445
00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:16,720
Speaker 3: Arizona or seeing you relatively.

446
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Speaker 2: So I'll be by the pool. Just let me know.

447
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Speaker 3: Alick Lewis the Athletic the Athletic dot Com and his

448
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Speaker 3: cohort Johnny Athletic, joins nine to noon around the corner.

449
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Speaker 3: This is KM. Hey Johnny, what's going on?

450
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Speaker 2: What's up?

451
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Speaker 6: Pa?

452
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Speaker 2: How are you doing pretty well? Thank you? Do you

453
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Speaker 2: perchance have zell.

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Speaker 6: Zell?

455
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Speaker 2: I don't okay? Well, I'll need to get in order.

456
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Speaker 3: I wanted to zell or Venmo U two hundred dollars

457
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Speaker 3: so we can get Venmo okay, we can get Alec over.

458
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Speaker 3: So we're gonna need we might need a side table

459
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Speaker 3: or a booth at Headflyer. I'll send you two hundred

460
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Speaker 3: dollars to take care of their food and their drinks.

461
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Speaker 3: To get him to come to the event tonight, because

462
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Speaker 3: he's on the fence, and I'm like, why are you

463
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Speaker 3: on the fence. This is your dog. It's but Johnny's

464
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Speaker 3: your dog, a man's best friend. And it sounds like

465
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Speaker 3: a wonderful date night.

466
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Speaker 6: It'd be an unbelievable date night, Mike and Nori, myself,

467
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Speaker 6: little Wolf's talk. A crowd of thousands. You know, Alec

468
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Speaker 6: would get some of the warmth because there's plenty of

469
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Speaker 6: Vikings fans that are going to be there. They'd love

470
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Speaker 6: to see him. Would impress the you know, the young

471
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Speaker 6: lady that that we both know very well, and so

472
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Speaker 6: I don't see how he can miss it. I'm a

473
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Speaker 6: little offended that he needs to be bribed to come out,

474
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Speaker 6: after all I've done for him over the years, but

475
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Speaker 6: I guess that's the way it is for these young guys.

476
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Speaker 3: Very very fair point. Big night tonight for Johnny Kay.

477
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Speaker 3: John Krazinski covers the Wolves for The Athletic and Theeathletic

478
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Speaker 3: dot Com Headflyer Brewery seven o'clock, loquacious and funny Wolves,

479
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Speaker 3: lead assistant and fill in head coach Mike and Norry.

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Speaker 2: He's going to be on the scene.

481
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Speaker 3: What what can people expect tonight and like, like how

482
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Speaker 3: early should people arrive?

483
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Speaker 6: Yeah, I would say it fills up quickly, so we

484
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Speaker 6: start at seven pm. If you want a place close

485
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Speaker 6: to the front of the stage area, you're probably gonna

486
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Speaker 6: want to get there five ish, I would guess, because

487
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Speaker 6: it does. It does pack in pretty good. It's got

488
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Speaker 6: a great open tap room. There's plenty of room. We'll

489
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Speaker 6: have speakers everywhere so you can hear things. So if

490
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Speaker 6: you want to be up close and you want to

491
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Speaker 6: hear Mike and Norry Waxine philosophic, poetic and comedic about

492
00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:48,960
Speaker 6: the Timberwolves, get there early, have a beer, get loosened up.

493
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Speaker 6: There's a pizza truck out front, and so there'll be

494
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Speaker 6: plenty of time just hang out with with your people.

495
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Speaker 6: But it's gonna be great. We're gonna have a nice

496
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Speaker 6: conversation with Micah about this season, about his pathway up

497
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Speaker 6: from you know, from from nowhere to where he is

498
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Speaker 6: now and and probably a future head coach in this league.

499
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Speaker 6: Will you know, share some stories about about the wolves,

500
00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:12,639
Speaker 6: about ants about Finchy and all that, and and then

501
00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:14,720
Speaker 6: we're gonna have some tickets to give away. We'll have

502
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Speaker 6: some Q and A with myself and the audience. And

503
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Speaker 6: so it's always a really good time so people can

504
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Speaker 6: make it out there. We'll we'll do the best to

505
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Speaker 6: make it worth their while.

506
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Speaker 2: Uh, is Sue Hand going to be there?

507
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Speaker 3: And if so, is Sue Dog going to bring his

508
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Speaker 3: guitar and like do something instrumental and or acoustic.

509
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Speaker 6: So he he will be there. He'll be he's kind

510
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Speaker 6: of the quarterback of the show and I and kind

511
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Speaker 6: of you know, direct traffic a little bit, and and

512
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Speaker 6: so he will be there. I don't think he'll be

513
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Speaker 6: singing or playing today, but if that's what's going to

514
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Speaker 6: bring in more more of the crowd, Uh, we'll, we'll

515
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Speaker 6: do what we need to do. He is he is

516
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Speaker 6: an artist, as you know, And I don't think it

517
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Speaker 6: would take much to say, hey, Hey, Jim want you

518
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Speaker 6: want you to play a little diddy here and we

519
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Speaker 6: won't have to twist his arm too much.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Jim's a terrific columnist.

521
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Speaker 3: I've gotten closer with him over the years and I've

522
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Speaker 3: got a lot of respect for him. So he's going

523
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Speaker 3: to be part of it tonight. And you know, for

524
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Speaker 3: those who are looking for information, we just gave out

525
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Speaker 3: a lot lastly Headflyer.

526
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Speaker 2: Where is Headflyer.

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Speaker 6: Headflier Bruings in northeast Minneapolis. It's right off of Hennepin

528
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Speaker 6: Avenue and thirty five W. Very close. There's a bunch

529
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Speaker 6: of parking right near it, which is which is good,

530
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Speaker 6: and and it's been a brewery that's been around for

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Speaker 6: quite a while. It doesn't it's not that far from

532
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Speaker 6: my house, so I've been going to it for years

533
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Speaker 6: and years. Great beers and and just a really great venue,

534
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Speaker 6: cool venue for Wolfs fans uh to to just come

535
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Speaker 6: watch games, hang out. But a thirty five W and

536
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Speaker 6: and Hennepin Avenue in Northeast Minneapolis.

537
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Speaker 3: And people can get more information via John's x feed

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Speaker 3: that's at j O n k.

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Speaker 2: What what's your Twitter handle?

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Speaker 6: At j O n k R a w c z

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Speaker 6: y n s K.

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Speaker 2: I can you repeat the part of this stuff where

543
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Speaker 2: you said all about the things I.

544
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Speaker 3: Would imagine you plan to talk a fair amount about

545
00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:15,080
Speaker 3: that history making win against the Rockets.

546
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Speaker 2: What what'd you think?

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Speaker 6: It was unbelievable? Pa, I mean, when you look at

548
00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:22,800
Speaker 6: it was kind of this season in a nutshell, just

549
00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:26,840
Speaker 6: the wild twists and turns all in one game. I mean,

550
00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:29,720
Speaker 6: they're up big in the fourth and it gets away

551
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Speaker 6: from them. Then they're down big and down thirteen and

552
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Speaker 6: in overtime, and I'm just getting ready to figure out,

553
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Speaker 6: you know, just to ask all the questions about the

554
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Speaker 6: officiating and everything. I know they're gonna be mad at.

555
00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:43,280
Speaker 6: And then all of a sudden they storm back and

556
00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:47,920
Speaker 6: start hitting shots, start getting stopped, Julius Randall's unbelievable, Devincenzo

557
00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:51,040
Speaker 6: hitting the big three, Mike Conley hitting a three in

558
00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:53,800
Speaker 6: the corner to get things started. And it was really

559
00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:56,640
Speaker 6: a cool kind of thing for this team because we've

560
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Speaker 6: watched them all season try and figure out a cohe

561
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Speaker 6: in a chemistry, and then you have ant out, you

562
00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:06,479
Speaker 6: have ioed asum Wu out, Nazrid Is out, Rudy Gobert

563
00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:09,680
Speaker 6: is out and this kind of ragtag group of Wolves

564
00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:14,760
Speaker 6: banded together to go in and steal a huge game

565
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Speaker 6: when it comes to playoff into implications. So definitely the biggest,

566
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Speaker 6: kind of most rowdy win of the season and one

567
00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:25,320
Speaker 6: that they desperately needed. So it was a super fun

568
00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:26,199
Speaker 6: environment to be in.

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Speaker 3: I loved your take about Kyle Anderson in that he

570
00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:35,320
Speaker 3: can guard a teams five, a team center, then play

571
00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:38,280
Speaker 3: point for the Wolves as they embark on offense, which

572
00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:40,480
Speaker 3: which we remember from the last time he was here,

573
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Speaker 3: but with this individual group, just how valuable is slow Mo.

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Speaker 6: And why, Yeah, it's a it's just incredible what they

575
00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:55,000
Speaker 6: what he gives them in checks every box that they need. So,

576
00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:57,560
Speaker 6: you know, you look at what he's done since he

577
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Speaker 6: left here Pa the first time, and he went to

578
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Speaker 6: gold State and didn't get a whole lot of run,

579
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Speaker 6: and went to Miami and played some but wasn't you know,

580
00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:07,040
Speaker 6: wasn't a major part of what they were doing. And

581
00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:09,360
Speaker 6: then in Utah they were tanking and so he really

582
00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:12,520
Speaker 6: didn't get on the floor. But he comes to the

583
00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:15,360
Speaker 6: Timberwolves again and you look at it and say, well,

584
00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:18,280
Speaker 6: he doesn't make many shots and so and he's not

585
00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:20,600
Speaker 6: super athletics, So how's he going to fit in? But

586
00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:24,960
Speaker 6: Chris Finch appreciates his game, but mostly he appreciates his

587
00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:28,520
Speaker 6: basketball iq I think more than any coach that Kyle

588
00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:32,359
Speaker 6: Anderson has played for, including Greg Popovich, and and so

589
00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:36,920
Speaker 6: what Finch he does is put him in position to

590
00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:40,920
Speaker 6: really trust that intelligence. And this is a team that

591
00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:45,719
Speaker 6: needs basketball IQPA, that needs a thinker out there, and

592
00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:50,360
Speaker 6: they need ball handling, they need versatility defensively, and you're

593
00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:54,440
Speaker 6: already seeing he's only been here for a minute, but

594
00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:59,160
Speaker 6: he settled right back into basically pointing out to everyone

595
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Speaker 6: on the court, Hey, I need you here, Hey, I

596
00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:03,920
Speaker 6: need you over here. Watch this guy coming on the

597
00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:07,480
Speaker 6: back door. And he's such a great communicator and connector

598
00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:10,160
Speaker 6: that it doesn't really matter that he's not a super

599
00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:14,520
Speaker 6: big scoring threat. He just does so many other things

600
00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:18,240
Speaker 6: that this team needs. He's just essential for what they're

601
00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:19,840
Speaker 6: doing here down the stretch. He's going to be a

602
00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:23,000
Speaker 6: major part of their playoff rotation and deservedly so.

603
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Speaker 3: And with what you just said, he does it naturally.

604
00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:29,920
Speaker 3: When the proverbial bullets are flying, which means things are

605
00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:33,800
Speaker 3: hot and they're tense and they're fast, the example that

606
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Speaker 3: I think you may have shared, but like when he

607
00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:39,440
Speaker 3: pointed to de Vincenzo to go to the right spot

608
00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:42,440
Speaker 3: and then it was off a pick and Dante gets

609
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Speaker 3: that straight away.

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Speaker 2: Three. It's stuff like that.

611
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Speaker 3: I mean, the quarterback on the floor, man, he's just

612
00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:50,440
Speaker 3: so naturally good at that is Kyle Anderson.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 6: And it's not only on offense, Pa, but also on

615
00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:59,640
Speaker 6: defense because later in that game, at the end of overtime,

616
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Speaker 6: when the Rockets are trying to inbound for one last shot,

617
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Speaker 6: Devincenzo's guarding the ball the inbounder and Kyle Anderson is

618
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Speaker 6: guarding Kevin Durant, the only guy that can score on Houston,

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Speaker 6: and he tells Dante, hey, come over here and double

620
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Speaker 6: right now. Just get off of the inbounder. So Dante

621
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Speaker 6: comes over to double Durant with Kyle. That forces the

622
00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:26,479
Speaker 6: inbounder to pass it somewhere else where. TJ. Shannon tips

623
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Speaker 6: the ball and they never even get a shot off.

624
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Speaker 6: So that's the kind of things that he sees in

625
00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:35,720
Speaker 6: real time. And he already has the credibility to where

626
00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:38,360
Speaker 6: if he tells someone to do something, they do it

627
00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:42,960
Speaker 6: and it works out. And so just all of those

628
00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:45,120
Speaker 6: little things. You're just never going to see that when

629
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Speaker 6: you look at his box score an eye he went

630
00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:49,320
Speaker 6: one for six. What did he really do well? He

631
00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:52,360
Speaker 6: did so many important things to stir the drinks down

632
00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:54,920
Speaker 6: the stretch to make sure that it turned out the

633
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Speaker 6: way that it did, and is just exactly what they

634
00:30:58,840 --> 00:30:59,520
Speaker 6: need right now.

635
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Speaker 2: Do you think think Ant returns tomorrow.

636
00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:05,760
Speaker 6: I think there's a chance he returns tomorrow. I think

637
00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:08,840
Speaker 6: it might be a little more likely that Monday is

638
00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:11,280
Speaker 6: the case. Today is a big DAYPA. They have practice

639
00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:15,800
Speaker 6: about to go into into the practice facility and check out,

640
00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:19,680
Speaker 6: you know, what he's doing. But he's just started this

641
00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:23,440
Speaker 6: week kind of doing individual stuff on the court and

642
00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:25,480
Speaker 6: and and kind of trying to go through some agility

643
00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:29,040
Speaker 6: drills and test that knee out, And so I think that,

644
00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:32,560
Speaker 6: you know, if today goes really well, then yes, I

645
00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:35,960
Speaker 6: could see him playing tomorrow against Detroit. But I think

646
00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:38,400
Speaker 6: that it might make even a little more sense to

647
00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:41,400
Speaker 6: just give that meee a couple of extra days, let

648
00:31:41,480 --> 00:31:43,800
Speaker 6: him get one more workout in on Sunday and then

649
00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:46,200
Speaker 6: play Monday in Dallas. We'll have to just see how

650
00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:46,880
Speaker 6: that all works out.

651
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Speaker 1: So in the meantime, what is the team learning Johnny

652
00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:52,080
Speaker 1: without aunt in the mix, and where we're celebrating the

653
00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:54,560
Speaker 1: OT win, where we're finding some new faces and just

654
00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:57,240
Speaker 1: grinding three things. What are they learning about this team

655
00:31:57,360 --> 00:32:01,320
Speaker 1: now that that will inform them or instruct them moving

656
00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:02,760
Speaker 1: forward when ant does return.

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00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:06,000
Speaker 6: Yeah, it's been big Nordo in terms of their four

658
00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:09,800
Speaker 6: and one without him, which is outstanding. They're playing great

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Speaker 6: defense right now. Uh with without Ann I think they're

660
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Speaker 6: number one in the league. In these five games, it's

661
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Speaker 6: like the defensive rating of right around one hundred, which

662
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Speaker 6: is minuscule in today's game. And what you have seen,

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Speaker 6: I think without Edwards out there, everyone else has sort

664
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Speaker 6: of a heightened awareness and a heightened attention to detail.

665
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Speaker 6: They know that Ant isn't going to be there to

666
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Speaker 6: bail them out offensively, and so they have to really

667
00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:41,840
Speaker 6: just adhere to the game plan, you know, really dig

668
00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:45,360
Speaker 6: deep and be very good in their execution and covering

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Speaker 6: for each other. And so defensively it's been great. Offensively,

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Speaker 6: I think the benefit right now for Anthony Edwards taking

671
00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:56,000
Speaker 6: a few games off is I do think it's allowed

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Speaker 6: Jaden McDaniels to find a rhythm that was eluding him.

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Speaker 6: Julius Rando is being a bit more involved and finding

674
00:33:04,240 --> 00:33:07,920
Speaker 6: a little bit better of a flow. You're seeing Dante DiVincenzo,

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Speaker 6: a lot of these guys that are role players around

676
00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:14,920
Speaker 6: and just get a few more touches, get a few

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00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:17,960
Speaker 6: more shots, and build some confidence. And so I think

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Speaker 6: that the ideal scenario is that Anthony Edwards returns and

679
00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:25,800
Speaker 6: all of these guys are playing with more confidence and

680
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Speaker 6: so everything is going to just click in a little

681
00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:30,840
Speaker 6: bit better around him, and he's not going to have

682
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Speaker 6: to carry the load just as much, but they desperately

683
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Speaker 6: need Ant for all of the shot making, for the

684
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Speaker 6: one on one defense that he can provide in big moments.

685
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Speaker 6: But it's been really impressive to see the depths of

686
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Speaker 6: the team kind of shine through over these last five

687
00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:52,520
Speaker 6: games and just playing a style of basketball that is

688
00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:55,360
Speaker 6: a lot more connected and cohesive than they have been

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Speaker 6: for much of the year.

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Speaker 3: Okay, is it important to make sure Jayden may Daniels

691
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Speaker 3: gets an abundance of touches with Edward's, Julius and de

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Speaker 3: Vincenzo on the floor, like more than he was getting

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Speaker 3: on average.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I really believe it is. And Chris Finch has

695
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Speaker 6: talked about this pa where they have a baseline of

696
00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:17,960
Speaker 6: ten shots for him every game, but I think that

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Speaker 6: they need to go higher than that. I'd love it

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Speaker 6: to see around fourteen shots a game because he is

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00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:27,960
Speaker 6: so capable of really kind of taking over, especially in

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Speaker 6: the half court, using his size and his length to

701
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Speaker 6: just shoot over people. And when he is engaged offensively PA,

702
00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:40,000
Speaker 6: he's so much better defensively as well. And so he

703
00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:44,040
Speaker 6: is the one kind of guy on their team that

704
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Speaker 6: is a little bit of a cheap code in terms of,

705
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Speaker 6: you know, he can do whatever, and a lot of

706
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Speaker 6: times the opponents defense tries to put one of their

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Speaker 6: weaker defenders on him and load up on Randall and

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Speaker 6: Edwards and force those guys into isolation basketball. And that's

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Speaker 6: what the Wolves are at their worst when it's just

710
00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:06,799
Speaker 6: Julius or Aunt dribble dribble, dribble dribble taking a contested shot.

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Speaker 6: But when Jaden is involved, that does mean that the

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Speaker 6: ball is moving a lot more, and this team is

713
00:35:13,719 --> 00:35:17,480
Speaker 6: a lot harder to guard when everyone is moving kind

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Speaker 6: of moving off of the ball, getting things going, and

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Speaker 6: then you're finding Jaden for in the flow for the

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Speaker 6: three point shots, going to the basket, pull up jumpers

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Speaker 6: in the lane. It's a real weapon that they do

718
00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:32,239
Speaker 6: need to continue to exploit PA and they cannot let

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Speaker 6: Jaden get lost in the Saucier when Ant gets.

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Speaker 3: Back, Johnny athletic, John Krazinski, jettison your elite journalistic mind

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Speaker 3: and play the fan for a moment. How would you

722
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Speaker 3: feel if the Timberwolves get the Lakers in the first

723
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Speaker 3: round and Sam's home court advantage.

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Speaker 6: I mean, I'm sure they would be nervous, rightfully so,

725
00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:56,680
Speaker 6: because Luca is playing out of his mind right now.

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Speaker 6: It did not go well for them in the regular

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00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:02,920
Speaker 6: season again the Lakers. But I do think that fans

728
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Speaker 6: should go into any series in the first round with

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Speaker 6: real confidence because one thing that this team has shown

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Speaker 6: over the last two years is when you give Chris

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Speaker 6: Finch and this coaching staff a full week to prepare

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00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:20,800
Speaker 6: for a series as they will get assuming that disaster

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Speaker 6: doesn't strike and they fall into the plan, which they

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Speaker 6: I don't think they will. But if you give them

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Speaker 6: a full week to drill down on an opponent, to

736
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Speaker 6: really focus and and and Jaden and Nas and everyone

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Speaker 6: on the game plan, they come out firing in that

738
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Speaker 6: first series. They really do play well, they're coached well,

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Speaker 6: they match up well, and so it would be a

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Speaker 6: bigger challenge than beating the Lakers last year in the

741
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Speaker 6: same series, which is exactly what they did in the

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Speaker 6: three to six, and they owned the Lakers in that series.

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Speaker 6: I don't think it would be that easy, especially with

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Speaker 6: Luca playing as well as he is and with eight

745
00:36:56,640 --> 00:37:00,239
Speaker 6: and giving them some presents around the rim. But I

746
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Speaker 6: think it's still a It's a absolutely a winnable series

747
00:37:03,520 --> 00:37:07,480
Speaker 6: and and something that that they should go into confident

748
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Speaker 6: that that they can come out on top of that.

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Speaker 3: Lastly from me, dare we say Rudy is catching it

750
00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:16,960
Speaker 3: better than ever when running to the basket, especially off

751
00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:17,520
Speaker 3: the bounce.

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Speaker 2: Dare we say that?

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Speaker 6: Yeah? I mean I will say it this way. Yes,

754
00:37:23,719 --> 00:37:27,200
Speaker 6: there have been pockets of the season and especially lately

755
00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:30,359
Speaker 6: where he is catching it better. There's still times like

756
00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:32,879
Speaker 6: in the Oklahoma City game just a few weeks ago,

757
00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:35,480
Speaker 6: where it looked like he was yet, you know, just

758
00:37:35,640 --> 00:37:39,120
Speaker 6: grease on his hands and couldn't hold the ball. But

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00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:42,400
Speaker 6: I do think that I would as soon move and

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00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:46,680
Speaker 6: Kyle Anderson in particular PA their additions have been clutched

761
00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:49,319
Speaker 6: in that regard, because both of them seem to have

762
00:37:49,360 --> 00:37:52,720
Speaker 6: a good handle on how to pass it to Rudy

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00:37:53,239 --> 00:37:56,919
Speaker 6: so that it is as catchable as possible for him.

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Speaker 6: And uh, and that's a that's an art, it's not

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Speaker 6: a it's not a skill that you learn. And and

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00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:06,960
Speaker 6: so I think that they are more equipped to utilize

767
00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:10,080
Speaker 6: Rudy in the offense that way than they have been

768
00:38:10,239 --> 00:38:13,200
Speaker 6: ever before in his four years that he's been here.

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Speaker 6: We'll still see how it goes in the pressure of

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00:38:16,320 --> 00:38:19,440
Speaker 6: a playoffs, but there's been progress in that regard for sure.

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Speaker 1: Most important question you're gonna get all morning as part

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Speaker 1: of this And thanks again for the time. Which beer

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Speaker 1: should we be getting tonight at headfly or brewing when

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Speaker 1: we're there to see you and Micah and everybody involved.

775
00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:34,960
Speaker 2: Am I getting the it was all a dream?

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Speaker 1: Juicy style say, feels like an atmosphere reference.

777
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Speaker 2: Love it.

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00:38:40,239 --> 00:38:43,279
Speaker 1: Maybe some crunch time for that citrus wheat ale, Like

779
00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:45,840
Speaker 1: what kind of beer should I be getting when I

780
00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:47,640
Speaker 1: sit down and watch you guys do the show?

781
00:38:47,920 --> 00:38:48,719
Speaker 2: I always love that.

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00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:52,400
Speaker 6: Yeah, there's so many great options. Nordo. Crunch time is

783
00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:56,560
Speaker 6: the collaboration that I have with them personally and my

784
00:38:56,680 --> 00:38:58,920
Speaker 6: name's on the can and stuff. It's the coolest thing

785
00:38:58,960 --> 00:39:02,520
Speaker 6: I've ever done in journalism is to be with the

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00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:06,160
Speaker 6: Headflyer and have my own beer. So recommend that one.

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00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:08,719
Speaker 6: I also recommend if you're a basketball fan and you

788
00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:11,680
Speaker 6: want to get into the basketball tidings of the event.

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00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:14,160
Speaker 6: They have one called Wicked jump Shot, which is great

790
00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:17,359
Speaker 6: and it Was All a Dream is really really good.

791
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Speaker 6: I'm not pandering and I'm not just saying this because

792
00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:22,640
Speaker 6: we have a partnership, but they have great beers, they

793
00:39:22,680 --> 00:39:25,680
Speaker 6: are great people to support. It's one of the last

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00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:27,680
Speaker 6: live events. They are actually going to close the tap

795
00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:30,719
Speaker 6: room and I think another brewery is taking over there.

796
00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:34,080
Speaker 6: But these guys have been awesome through the whole way

797
00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:35,759
Speaker 6: and they really do a good job with it. You

798
00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:40,560
Speaker 6: can still buy the beer in stores, and so yeah,

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Speaker 6: I would say crunch Time, Wicked jump Shot or it

800
00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:44,160
Speaker 6: was All a Dream. You can't go along with any

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Speaker 6: of those Ed.

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Speaker 3: Flyer Brewing Tonight Northeast the Johnny Grazinski Show with Mike

803
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Speaker 3: and Norri the lead assistant to Chris Finch.

804
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Speaker 2: Also Jim Suhn will be there.

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00:39:54,520 --> 00:39:57,120
Speaker 3: Tell Sue Dog I said high likewise for Micah and

806
00:39:57,360 --> 00:39:58,800
Speaker 3: thank you very much for the conversation.

807
00:39:58,960 --> 00:39:59,840
Speaker 2: Like Nordos said, it was to.

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Speaker 6: Awesome. Thanks for having me. Guys appreciate it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure. Johnny Athletic nine to New back after

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Speaker 2: this locket. Speaking of kfan, thanks for listening.

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Speaker 1: Kfan, welcome some great shows to not just our favorite

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Speaker 1: June twenty fourth. Tickets are on sale now, I gotta

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Speaker 3: Heyword calendar, Any earth Wind and Fire in June? Any

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00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:44,960
Speaker 3: idea why Travis Hunter was in town and went to

821
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Speaker 3: the Timberwolves game, Like, like, was there some kind of

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00:40:47,719 --> 00:40:51,719
Speaker 3: story or something that I missed? Travis Hunter, Colorado, Dion Colorado,

823
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Speaker 3: Buffalo's Jacksonville Jaguars.

824
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Speaker 2: I mean here here.

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Speaker 3: The Timberwolves posted a picture on X Travis and Anthony

826
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Speaker 3: Edwards together, and when I was watching the game, you know,

827
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Speaker 3: I noticed that they said, Hey, there's Travis Hunter. I

828
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Speaker 3: just I have no idea why he was here.

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Speaker 1: Well, let me see here trevid So Hunter, I'm seeing

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Speaker 1: this via I'm just going off a headlines. He linked

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Speaker 1: up with Kevin Durant and Jade McDaniels and Anthony Edwards

832
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Speaker 1: gave him gave him a pair of his unreleased AE

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Speaker 1: two's in a green colorway.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, a lot of these.

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Speaker 1: Guys probably what are the connections?

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Speaker 2: Let me see k D. Then this is Colorado. I

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Speaker 2: don't know.

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Speaker 1: These guys all love to hang out, Travis Hunter. Maybe

839
00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:46,600
Speaker 1: you know sneaky future Wide Receiver three? What about that?

840
00:41:46,680 --> 00:41:50,120
Speaker 1: Maybe we're trying to make moves or CB three. I'm

841
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Speaker 1: Thomas Hunter.

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Speaker 2: I'm glad. You know.

843
00:41:52,360 --> 00:41:56,320
Speaker 3: I'm glad that that you just you know, talked for

844
00:41:56,800 --> 00:41:59,000
Speaker 3: a minute and seven seconds filled some space.

845
00:41:59,120 --> 00:42:00,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, because I'm continue to scroll.

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Speaker 1: I found I found this deal is and it was

847
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Speaker 1: as I was signing out of X and then I'm like, damn, no,

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Speaker 1: I want to look at that. I mean, I felt

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Speaker 1: it was perfect for you and I and and if

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00:42:16,719 --> 00:42:21,759
Speaker 1: I'm misrepresenting your take on birthdays, okay, I apologize. But

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00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:24,759
Speaker 1: it was like men who don't care about it was

852
00:42:24,800 --> 00:42:27,920
Speaker 1: like facts about and it was it was an average

853
00:42:27,960 --> 00:42:30,400
Speaker 1: deals like you know, it wasn't just somebody spouting off

854
00:42:30,400 --> 00:42:36,160
Speaker 1: an opinion. There was corroboration, but it was facts about

855
00:42:36,360 --> 00:42:40,400
Speaker 1: men who don't necessarily care about their birthday.

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Speaker 3: Okay, Okay, did did I represent you fairly in that?

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Speaker 6: Yeah?

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00:42:44,040 --> 00:42:46,319
Speaker 1: It's cool to have a birthday, you know, but I

859
00:42:46,320 --> 00:42:47,880
Speaker 1: mean I don't need the fanfare.

860
00:42:48,080 --> 00:42:48,360
Speaker 2: Yeah.

861
00:42:48,560 --> 00:42:52,799
Speaker 3: Like there's a reason the flight attendant, my son and

862
00:42:52,840 --> 00:42:56,480
Speaker 3: a handful of others kept my sixtieth birthday party on

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Speaker 3: the third floor of Canterbury Park quiet because I mean,

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Speaker 3: I'm not saying and I would erect it, but I

865
00:43:01,640 --> 00:43:05,279
Speaker 3: mean it's just like something that I, generally speaking wouldn't.

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Speaker 2: Plan, you know what I mean.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, No, I totally am And that was big and

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Speaker 1: it was bally Hood but it was age sixty you know.

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Speaker 2: So so was it an article?

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Speaker 1: Because I did find I found this post facts about

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Speaker 1: men that don't like birthdays.

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00:43:18,760 --> 00:43:21,759
Speaker 3: Oh, give it to me because they are low maintenance. Okay,

873
00:43:21,760 --> 00:43:24,120
Speaker 3: now hold on someth you found it well done? Yeah,

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Speaker 3: they all are me. I can't speak for you, but

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Speaker 3: they all are me until you get to the last one.

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Speaker 2: Okay. Okay, So I think I'm relatively low maintenance. I'm

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Speaker 2: I'm I'm pretty low maintenance.

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Speaker 1: Okay, keep going. They like being alone, thank you. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: only child syndrome over here. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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Speaker 1: They're used to making themselves happy. Okay, yes, no problem

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Speaker 1: with that. They measure life and progress and not dates.

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Speaker 2: Yep. Yeah, I'm not a goal oriented person because so

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Speaker 2: many things change, Like you set a goal for June first,

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Speaker 2: and so many things change up to it that, like

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Speaker 2: the gold doesn't matter anymore.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, they pour into others more than they receive.

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Speaker 3: I mean, I would agree with that. I can't say

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Speaker 3: that I'm that person. Other people are supposed to say

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Speaker 3: you're that person. But I'll roll the dice.

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Speaker 1: They don't like drama, thriving it, thrive, craving it.

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Speaker 3: Not on Fridays, but craving it, craving it.

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Speaker 2: Not quite comfortable in Drama's quite.

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Speaker 3: Let's go all right, Thank you very much for listening

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Speaker 3: to a drama free version of Nine to Noon four.

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Speaker 2: Eric Nordquist the producer. I'm Paul Allen.

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Speaker 3: God bless all of you and to make God bless

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Speaker 3: your families have wonderful weekends. And thanks for listening to

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Speaker 3: kfa in and nine to noon, Bye nine to noon.

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