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Speaker 2: Welcome to Fox Sports Saturday. Alex Curry here with Carbon Vitally.

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Speaker 2: Thank you for spending your Saturday afternoon with us. Happy

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Speaker 2: Memorial weekend feels like the official like kickoff of summer.

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Speaker 2: It's also my birthday weekend, so I'm a little biased

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Speaker 2: and a little.

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Speaker 3: Might be my favorite. It's a full vibe.

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Speaker 2: And I'm also seeing Is Martin playing guitar in the

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Speaker 2: room right now.

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Speaker 3: He literally just pulled out a guitar.

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Speaker 2: He got his wedding coming up and he's trying to

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Speaker 2: learn guitar or the wedding.

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Speaker 3: Has it happened? Are we going to?

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Speaker 4: I mean, here's the thing. I knows she's not listening

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Speaker 4: right now. Okay, but I only have so much time

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Speaker 4: to practice, not in front of her, right So if

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Speaker 4: I'm going through surprised, there's only so much sneaking around

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Speaker 4: I can do so.

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Speaker 2: Oh shit snitching r Yeah, oh I didn't.

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Speaker 5: Well, I mean that way, there's no pressure if it

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Speaker 5: doesn't happen right like.

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Speaker 6: This is like the one show she's listening to.

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Speaker 2: Remember what I said, record it so you have a

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Speaker 2: backup so you can play the recording tour like a video.

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Speaker 4: I got you, but I've said if I don't, if

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Speaker 4: I say nothing now, I leave all my options.

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Speaker 6: All your options.

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Speaker 5: You see. I had a couple of months I like.

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Speaker 3: This though, habit stacking your house.

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Speaker 5: I'm locked in. Don't work.

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Speaker 3: You're working, but you're also like you're working on top

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Speaker 3: of the work.

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Speaker 7: Exactly.

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Speaker 6: It's hard for I love it.

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, It's a great weekend though. NB playoffs have

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Speaker 2: been giving one sided both teams up two O pacers

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Speaker 2: taking both games on the road at MSG in the East.

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Speaker 3: Okay, see winning the first two.

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Speaker 6: In the West.

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Speaker 2: We'll dive into that in just a minute. We also

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Speaker 2: got some big NFL.

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Speaker 3: Updates this week.

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Speaker 2: You guys, to push is here to stay. NFL players

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Speaker 2: can play like football at the Olympics.

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Speaker 3: A new that's.

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Speaker 2: Really exciting, much deserved award is announced that I thought

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Speaker 2: about you, Carmen the moment this came out. Protector of

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Speaker 2: the Year given to the top O lineman. Your big boys,

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Speaker 2: Your big boys getting what they deserve. We're going to

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Speaker 2: dive into that a little later, along with some other

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Speaker 2: player updates.

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Speaker 3: A lot to get to today.

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Speaker 2: Do you'm really excited about We are broadcasting live from

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Speaker 3: Now we've got a great show for you guys today.

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Speaker 2: We're gonna have Vanessa Richardson, who's covering the Western Conference

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Speaker 2: Finals for ESPN tonight, joining us an hour two. Then

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Speaker 2: we have NBA insider Grant Mona from The Sporting Tribune

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Speaker 2: the bottom of this hour, Executive producer Ian with US

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Speaker 2: Today Technical producer Chris and as you heard from Martin

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Speaker 2: Wise already just rocking out guitar at the news desk.

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Speaker 2: We all kind of have like big events coming up

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Speaker 2: here really soon. Martin's getting married right around baby Girl

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Speaker 2: do date time, and then you're getting ready. We got

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Speaker 2: showers coming up too. We were talking about that coming in.

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Speaker 2: It's a really weird thing to not be involved of

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Speaker 2: a party that's being thrown for you.

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Speaker 6: I love it.

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Speaker 2: I don't at my control freak is like, I am

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Speaker 2: not okay with this. I need to plan absolutely everything

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Speaker 6: I'm planning a wedding. I don't need to be planning.

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Speaker 6: Like please, somebody takes something off my plate.

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Speaker 2: No, oh my gosh, I have like full blown like oh,

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Speaker 2: the music in the playlist that's going to be playing.

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Speaker 6: I like surprises. I love surprise. No, I love surprises.

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Speaker 3: I love that we're like totally opposite on this.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean like I like planning stuff and that's

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Speaker 6: like I don't know like people's idea of what my

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Speaker 6: only request was A was a mimosa bar. Yeah that's

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Speaker 3: I want I want a taco truck. Like how my tacos?

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Speaker 2: That's great, okay, tacos and Margarita's because I can't have

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Speaker 2: Margarita's right now, so everyone else will be drinking them

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Speaker 2: for me. All right, to dive into the NBA playoffs,

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Speaker 2: you guys, Eastern Conference Finals last night, Pacers steal two

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Speaker 2: games at Madison Square Garden. India has now won six

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Speaker 2: straight road playoff games, and teams that have led the

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Speaker 2: feel like they're a team of destiny this year, like

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Speaker 2: that bucket bounce in Game one was so iconic, but

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Speaker 2: every championship team has the talent, but they also have

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Speaker 6: I was somebody asked me, like, up before the game yesterday,

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Speaker 6: And I was like, you know, I want to say

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Speaker 6: like they've just been underrated. I feel like for most

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Speaker 6: I like I have bought into the divine intervention for

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Speaker 3: Still happen, I jumped on bandwagon too.

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Speaker 6: But I mean last night's game for the Pacers, that

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Speaker 6: first half was the Pacers worst half of the entire playoffs.

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Speaker 6: Tires Haliburton said it after the game, he was like,

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Speaker 6: that that gives you so much confidence. It showed in

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Speaker 6: the second half they came out. They didn't really leave

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Speaker 6: and I don't know. I mean the Knicks, this has

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Speaker 6: They couldn't do it in the regular season. They finally

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Speaker 6: they're coming back down to earth to the Knicks that

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Speaker 2: It's just hard because it almost feels like the Knicks

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Speaker 2: winning that Boston series was their NBA final. Yeah, Like,

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Speaker 2: if any team should know that a late comeback is possible,

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Speaker 2: it's the Knicks. They did it twice to Boston, two

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Speaker 2: twenty point comebacks against the Celtics. But I that game won,

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Speaker 2: like the moment by Haliburton to tie the game. Obviously,

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Speaker 2: why he did the choke, like doing the iconic Reggie

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Speaker 6: The only way it would have been better is if

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Speaker 6: that had actually been like he thought.

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Speaker 2: It was yeah, but like you understand the moment, like

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Speaker 6: And like this whole I think you have to be

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Speaker 2: Six threes most by any players, like in the fourth

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Speaker 6: And then Game two, yeah, it was the Pascal Siakam game. Yeah,

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Speaker 6: And so you have different guys stepping up at different

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Speaker 6: it's just I love that we are finally getting mystery

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Speaker 6: I kept talking about it.

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Speaker 2: Of us saw this coming. Nobody start of the playoffs,

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Speaker 6: Everybody thought it was like the Calves and the Celtics

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Speaker 6: There was no mystery as to what the seating was.

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Speaker 6: It was the best team at all. The order was

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Speaker 6: set almost a month in advance. And now you like,

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Speaker 6: It was one of those things where all, right, when

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Speaker 6: to get the intrigue? And sure enough, ude And.

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Speaker 2: The crazy thing is, like the Pacers have done this

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Speaker 2: in every series they've been in, like these crazy comebacks.

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Speaker 2: Game five against the Bucks down seven with forty points

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Speaker 2: and then obviously hit the buzzer beater, descended to OT

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Speaker 2: do this against kind of every caliber of team and

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Speaker 2: you believe in yourself and you see a group like

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Speaker 2: as we just mentioned, that any guy can step up

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Speaker 2: at any moment, and you have that never quit resilient

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Speaker 2: like please doubt me attitude. It's hard to bet against him.

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Speaker 2: And I feel like Pacer fans like all season have

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Speaker 2: been like we told you, we told you, and everyone

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Speaker 2: else is like, I see it. I'm sorry it took

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Speaker 6: Right, see it. I mean, it's what you get when

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Speaker 6: it's a small market. But I also, I mean between

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Speaker 6: the fact that I mean the Yokohom Sidney Thunder had

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Speaker 6: be there. So there's parody in the NBA now, yes,

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Speaker 6: And I think that's been the case for the last

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Speaker 2: Oh you've seen all their postgame interviews, like they they

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Speaker 6: They're a complete team.

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Speaker 2: We're going to talk to Vanessa Richardson next hour, who's

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Speaker 3: Think, gentlemen sweep. I'm calling gentlemen.

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Speaker 6: And that's what Minnesota has been doing. Now, you can't

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Speaker 2: here when we come back. Our NBA MVP was announced

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Speaker 3: This is what my playlist sounds like, So thank you, Like,

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Speaker 6: Doing like epic guitar reps?

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Speaker 2: I just want to say my jams honestly, it's yeah,

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Speaker 3: This is what we want today all for you, martin In,

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Speaker 2: Obviously we kicked out the show talking about the NBA Finals,

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Speaker 3: Because when you put both.

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Speaker 1: I just.

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Speaker 2: It feels like it could be a little voter fatigue.

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Speaker 3: I really go either way.

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Speaker 6: what seventy one of the one hundred votes. First place

443
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Speaker 6: votes went to SGA.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, like that's it's it's so close. So if we're

445
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Speaker 2: we're talking about the stats side by side here, let's

446
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Speaker 2: do you got Joker SGA okay points per game Joker

447
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Speaker 2: twenty nine point six, SGA thirty two point seven, he

448
00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:09,120
Speaker 2: led the league, right, and then you go rebounds per

449
00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:15,640
Speaker 2: game the Joker twelve point seven, SGA five assists per game,

450
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Speaker 2: Joker ten point two, SGA six point four, field goal

451
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Speaker 2: percentage the Joker fifty seven point six, SGA fifty one

452
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Speaker 2: point nine, and then three point percentage Joker forty one

453
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Speaker 2: point seven, SGA thirty seven point five. So statistically, Jokic

454
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Speaker 2: had better numbers. The only thing that SGA led in

455
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Speaker 2: was points per game, So I had a better team.

456
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Speaker 2: They were better all season. This is kind of where

457
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Speaker 2: it can go a lot of different directions. I again,

458
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Speaker 2: I never want to put a player down for winning

459
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Speaker 2: an award, and he had SGA had an MVP caliber

460
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Speaker 2: season any other year.

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Speaker 3: I don't know, it's me, We've seen it before. It's hard.

462
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Speaker 6: Also, SGA has probably been robbed of some awards and

463
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Speaker 6: everything else because Jokic has won so many times. Like, yeah,

464
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Speaker 6: this is the third straight season that SGA has averaged

465
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Speaker 6: at least thirty points while shooting better than fifty percent.

466
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Speaker 6: So he he's been a good player. And like as

467
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Speaker 6: much as MVPs are like you know, season by season,

468
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Speaker 6: I get it, but like, there are other factors that

469
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Speaker 6: come into this context matters. Yeah, and SGA has been

470
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Speaker 6: good for a while now.

471
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Speaker 2: He has waiting for his moment. He's been waiting for

472
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Speaker 2: his moment, and this has been.

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Speaker 6: The thundering moment there. I think that does. Yeah, that's

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Speaker 6: the biggest thing here is that the Nuggets had their

475
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Speaker 6: moment a few years ago. The thunder or the thunder

476
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Speaker 6: now burn pretty hard since and again it means so

477
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Speaker 6: much for Oklahoma City. Yeah, and the historicness of this

478
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Speaker 6: season and how dominant they've been and how they've ate

479
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Speaker 6: and left no crumbs, as the kids.

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Speaker 2: Say, Dude, that fan base I'm slowly starting to learn

481
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Speaker 2: about is insane.

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Speaker 6: Oh and right very organized. I want to shout out, actually,

483
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Speaker 6: thunder fans because every game you watch in these playoffs, Yeah,

484
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Speaker 6: they are so organized. As far as their color scheme

485
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Speaker 6: in the crowd.

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Speaker 2: Well, they put on the shirts, they leave them. Yes,

487
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Speaker 2: everyone puts on the shirt one puts on the shirt

488
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Speaker 2: on the.

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Speaker 6: Chair and they have like strength. Sometimes they have a

490
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Speaker 6: different like if anybody could be as organized as like

491
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Speaker 6: European soccer fans, I feel like it would be under fans.

492
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Speaker 6: And that's like the highest compliment I can get these guys.

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Speaker 6: So shout out to the most City Thunder fans because

494
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Speaker 6: y'all are very organized and very passionate, and I really

495
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Speaker 6: appreciate it. I hope this team goes and wins it

496
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Speaker 6: for you.

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Speaker 2: That's cute, that's fun.

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Speaker 6: All right.

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Speaker 3: Now, let's check out Martin Wise and see what's trending.

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Speaker 5: A whole lot of baseball going on right now. Top

501
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Speaker 5: for the tenth inning, five to five.

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Speaker 4: The Orioles had to lead in this game, which has

503
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Speaker 4: been the story for them a lot of this year.

504
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Speaker 4: But they're like the worst team in baseball sixteen and

505
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Speaker 4: thirty three and look like they might blow this one.

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Speaker 4: Top of the tenth inning, game one of a doubleheader.

507
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Speaker 4: The Red Sox.

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Speaker 2: Some Red Sox in their like City Connects Green, which

509
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Speaker 2: I know is the Green Monster, like being tribute to

510
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Speaker 2: It's just weird.

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Speaker 3: It's a little weird.

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Speaker 5: I would say this. I don't mind the City connect

513
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Speaker 5: in color.

514
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Speaker 3: It's a really pretty color, but not.

515
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Speaker 5: For they just wear them too much. This is weird.

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Speaker 6: It was weird. Yeah, it should be like it should

517
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Speaker 6: be one series. I mean, as someone who like the

518
00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:24,920
Speaker 6: White Sox are wearing like essentially bowl jerseys. But they

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Speaker 6: did the invert of what I would want them to

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Speaker 6: do because they did red jerseys with the black pin stripe.

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Speaker 6: I'm like, do the black jerseys with the red pinstripe.

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Speaker 6: It was my favorite. It was right there. It was

523
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Speaker 6: right there.

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Speaker 3: But they have one of the coolest city connects.

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Speaker 6: I will give them that. It's really cool. I just

526
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Speaker 6: wish the colors were inverted because that's like, that would

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Speaker 6: be the way that that would be in my closet already.

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Speaker 5: I just thought about it. It would be there, right,

529
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Speaker 5: it would be there.

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Speaker 6: That's the way it would be there. It would be

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Speaker 6: in my closet in the front. Yeah, that's all I want.

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Speaker 6: I still don't have one. I need to find my

533
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Speaker 6: My goal is to get a vintage Michael Jordan twenty

534
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Speaker 6: three pinstripe.

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Speaker 5: Jersey and the little black Yeah, the black jersey.

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Speaker 6: With the red pinstripes and the red like kind of

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Speaker 6: out you know.

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Speaker 2: Where I feel like you could find if you don't

539
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Speaker 2: mind it not being like authentic, but like kind of

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Speaker 2: close at sea, does real good.

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Speaker 6: That's the thing I'm waiting for is I'm waiting for

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Speaker 6: it to be authentic.

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Speaker 3: It was like, does really good Jersey?

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Speaker 6: It's like my bucket like that off of it. It's no,

545
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Speaker 6: it's my bucket list clothing item. I want a real one,

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Speaker 6: vintage one.

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Speaker 3: Okay, that's fair.

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Speaker 6: Top of it anyway.

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Speaker 5: Top of the ninth inning, the Royals and the Twins

550
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Speaker 5: for a piece.

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Speaker 4: Bottom of the eighth inning, the diamond Cardinals lead the

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Speaker 4: Diamondbacks six to five. They came back to this when

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Speaker 4: Diamondbacks had a five four lead. The middle of the second,

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Speaker 4: Pirates and the Brewers tied one apiece to Nationals. With

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Speaker 4: a two nothing lead over the Giants in the bottom

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Speaker 4: of the second inning. Bottom of the first, Cincinnati leads

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Speaker 4: Chicago Cubs two to nothing.

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Speaker 5: Bottom of the.

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Speaker 4: Second, Padres and Brave scoreless. Astros and marin Or Shuston

560
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Speaker 4: with a two nothing lead. In the top of the

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Speaker 4: second inning, the Rangers lead the White Sox won nothing

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Speaker 4: top of the second, and going towards the bottom of

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Speaker 4: the second, the Yankees have a one nothing lead over

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Speaker 4: the Rockies, who are actually the worst.

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Speaker 5: Team in baseball nine and two.

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Speaker 4: Goodness gracious, that's a bad batting average nine to forty two.

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Speaker 4: But Aaron Judge with his eighteenth homer of the year.

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Speaker 4: That's the Yankees one run thus far. In the w NBA, Atlanta.

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Speaker 5: Leads Dallas sixty eight to fifty.

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Speaker 4: Earlier today, we saw the New York Liberty beat the

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Speaker 4: Indiana Paver ninety to eighty eight unquil Jones at twenty

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Speaker 4: six Sabrina I Sq twenty three cap when Clark finished

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Speaker 4: with eighteen points, waiting.

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Speaker 5: On two game threes. Tonight, the NHL Game.

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Speaker 4: Three the Eastern Conference Finals sus Stanley Cup defending champion

576
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Speaker 4: Panthers leave the Carolina Hurricanes two to nothing. Panthers benching

577
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Speaker 4: their starting goaltender, Frederick Anderson Tonight will start back up

578
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Speaker 4: Peter Kotchakov Instead. The Panthers ruled out sam O'ryanhart because

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Speaker 4: on lower body injury. He was their leading goal scorer

580
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Speaker 4: during the regular season, and Tonight eight thirty Eastern from Minnesota,

581
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Speaker 4: the Timberwolves hosts Oklahom, the city trying to get back

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Speaker 4: into that series. Game three, Oklahoma City leads two games

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Speaker 4: to none.

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Speaker 3: Back to you guys, thank you Martin.

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Speaker 2: You're listening to Fox Sports Saturday and Alex Coreer Heer

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Speaker 2: with Carmen Vitali.

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Speaker 3: We were broadcasting lack in Fox Sports Studios.

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Speaker 2: And Los Angeles.

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Speaker 3: And a aside for our first.

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Speaker 2: Guest, NBA Insider for the Sparting tribute, Grant Mona, we

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Speaker 2: did it.

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Speaker 3: Thanks for joining the show.

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Speaker 10: How you doing. Yeah, good to hear from you guys. Wow,

594
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Speaker 10: we finally got we did it this year.

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Speaker 2: I know great was supposed to be on last week

596
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Speaker 2: and like moment of didn't come through. But let's get

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Speaker 2: right to it, and let's start with last night's game

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Speaker 2: in the East. The Pacers have gone up two to

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Speaker 2: oh on the next winning both games at MSG, and

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Speaker 2: they've looked great all postseason, like some incredible comebacks. Has

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Speaker 2: Indiana been a surprise team of the postseason this year

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Speaker 2: or is this something you expected to see?

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Speaker 10: You know, I didn't really expect this because I really

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Speaker 10: thought that the Bucks with a healthy honest could really

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Speaker 10: do some damage to Indiana. But I think there will

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Speaker 10: be but I think they're run right now. I'm kind

607
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Speaker 10: of going back to the regular season, and I'm looking

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Speaker 10: at what they did and in their body of work in

609
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Speaker 10: the second half of the season, guys, and you know,

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Speaker 10: I think that this Indiana Pacers team was kind of

611
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Speaker 10: they flew under the radar. We were talking about the

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Speaker 10: Knicks and the Cavaliers and the Celtics in the second

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Speaker 10: half of the season, and this Pacers team they were

614
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Speaker 10: steadily just getting better and better at post All Star Break,

615
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Speaker 10: and they carried that into the postseason. Look, this is

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Speaker 10: a team that went to the Eastern Conference Finals right

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Speaker 10: last year. They played very well against the Boston Celtics.

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Speaker 10: I know that they got swept, but they played very,

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Speaker 10: very tough in all four of those games. So they

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Speaker 10: had a chip on their shoulder. They have a superstar

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Speaker 10: in Tyres Halliburton. They have a guy that's won a

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Speaker 10: championship in Pascal Siakam, who was fantastic in Game two.

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Speaker 10: They have the recipe for a championship team. It's just

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Speaker 10: we were kind of paying attention to other teams. So

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Speaker 10: surprising in that aspect, but if you look at their

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Speaker 10: body of work, it's really not that surprising.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, why do you think they went so under the radar?

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00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:58,240
Speaker 6: Win again, they were in the playoffs last year. They've

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Speaker 6: got a couple of big name guys, guys the experience,

630
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Speaker 6: They've got a pretty complete team. So what well, we're

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Speaker 6: just kind of start like all the lights were on

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00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:08,800
Speaker 6: Boston and the Calves with their record and that was it,

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Speaker 6: because I mean I fell into that trap too. I

634
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Speaker 6: was that was the crash course that we were on,

635
00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:15,280
Speaker 6: was in Eastern Conference finals. That had that was the

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00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:17,840
Speaker 6: Celtics and the Caves. But I like it better this way.

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Speaker 10: Yeah. I think it's just because it's Indiana, and I

638
00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:23,840
Speaker 10: hate to be like this big market person. I live

639
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Speaker 10: in Los Angeles, so maybe it's the bias I have there,

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Speaker 10: But Indiana doesn't really scream big market to you. And

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Speaker 10: you think about the teams like the Cavaliers, who are

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Speaker 10: the top seed. I know that's not a huge market,

643
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Speaker 10: but they're the top seed and they had Donovan Mitchell

644
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Speaker 10: and Evan Mowgley and all those guys. And you think

645
00:28:38,360 --> 00:28:40,920
Speaker 10: of the Boston Celtics, obviously one of the better franchises

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Speaker 10: in NBA history, probably the best. Sorry Laker fans, I

647
00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:46,040
Speaker 10: had to say it, but you know, you look at

648
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Speaker 10: all these teams in the big markets, and we pay

649
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Speaker 10: attention to them. We talk about them a lot, and

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Speaker 10: you know, people that really study the game of basketball

651
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Speaker 10: and watch the game of basketball. I mean this, this

652
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Speaker 10: Pacers team, they had the offense to keep up with

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Speaker 10: those teams, they just really didn't have the defense. I

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Speaker 10: feel like that we saw they elevated that now in

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Speaker 10: the postseason, and you know, we're kind of seeing why

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Speaker 10: they're so good.

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Speaker 2: So Nick's are in a deep pull down. Oh two,

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Speaker 2: who do you think Win's East?

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Speaker 11: Oh?

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Speaker 10: I'm going to stay with the Pacers now. But before

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Speaker 10: the series, I thought it was the Nicks because I

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Speaker 10: just felt like, you know, they wanted a big market

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Speaker 10: from in there. I felt like Jalen Brunson was playing

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Speaker 10: so phenomenal og and Obi was playing so great. Karl

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Speaker 10: Anthony Towns is an awesome number two to Brunson. But

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Speaker 10: outside of that starting five, they really don't have a

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Speaker 10: lot of depth. That's why the Pacers do have that

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Speaker 10: depth and depths guys wins championships. I keep telling people

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Speaker 10: super teams are no more. It's about depth, and the

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Speaker 10: Pacers have a lot of depth. So I have them

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Speaker 10: going to the finals to play the Oklahoma City thunder,

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Speaker 10: which is not what a lot of people want to hear,

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Speaker 10: but I think that's.

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Speaker 3: The trending that way. Yeah, it's definitely well.

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Speaker 6: It's interesting now too, because the East started out not

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Speaker 6: having a whole lot of mystery. We talked a lot

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Speaker 6: about that, and the West was the one where you

678
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Speaker 6: were like, I don't know how the seating is going

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Speaker 6: to work out going into the po season. I don't

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Speaker 6: know who's gonna come out of the West, even with

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Speaker 6: Oklahoma City having the record they did. But now it's

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Speaker 6: looking increasingly like I mean, Oklahoma City has not taken

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Speaker 6: a step back at all in the postseason. They've if anything,

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Speaker 6: gotten more dominant as the postseason has gone on. So

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Speaker 6: is there any hope that the t Wolves can steal

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Speaker 6: one to make a series of this or is this

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Speaker 6: going to be just kind of the thunder rolling now?

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Speaker 10: I do want to say that there is hope because

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Speaker 10: Minnesota plays fantastic at home. I mean, Laker fans know this,

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Speaker 10: you know, Warriors fans know this, But they play very

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Speaker 10: well at home. They have an awesome home crowd, one

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Speaker 10: of the best in the league. And I just can't

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Speaker 10: count out in Anthony Edwards team. I can't count out

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Speaker 10: Julius Randall, who had a great Game one, but had

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Speaker 10: a very bad game too and was surprisingly benched in

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Speaker 10: Game two for whatever reason in the fourth quarter. I

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Speaker 10: know he had a bad game, but that's a guy

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Speaker 10: that's really gotten you to this point. So they have

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Speaker 10: the pieces, much like I was talking about Indiana with

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Speaker 10: the depth, Like they have guys that can come off

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Speaker 10: the bench and lay some great defense. But you look

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Speaker 10: at the Thunder and they're like eight nine deep. They

703
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Speaker 10: can bring Isaiah Joe off the bench and Wiggins and

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Speaker 10: you know, they have all these different guys that they

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Speaker 10: can throw at you. Their defense has just been phenomenal

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Speaker 10: in the series. I mean, it's just kind of crazy,

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Speaker 10: like for both of you. The Nuggets probably put up

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Speaker 10: a better fight than the Wolves are putting up right now.

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Speaker 10: The Nuggets were literally played six players, and that just

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Speaker 10: goes to show how good the Nuggets were with Nikola

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Speaker 10: jokicch and Jamal Murray and Aaron Gordon that they could

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Speaker 10: push this Thunder team. It looks very dominant the seven

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Speaker 10: games in the last series.

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Speaker 3: So let's talk about that.

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Speaker 2: MVPSGA one NBA MVP over Nikola Jokic despite the Joker

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Speaker 2: having probably the best statistical season of his career. Do

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Speaker 2: you think this was the right choice for the award?

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Speaker 10: I do, I do, And you know my pay I mean,

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Speaker 10: I didn't have a vote this year, but my pick

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Speaker 10: was shag Gilgess Alexander. I just feel like he was

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Speaker 10: the better defensive players than Nikole Jokic, leading the number

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Speaker 10: one defensive team in the league, the Oklahoma City Thunder,

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Speaker 10: throughout the regular season. He was the leader scorer in

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Speaker 10: the regular season. He had the most points per game.

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Speaker 10: You just look at like how that team played throughout

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Speaker 10: the course of the season. He was at the forefront

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Speaker 10: of it, right, and you know, he was the head

728
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Speaker 10: of the snake for our number one seeds here a

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Speaker 10: number one seed last year, and I just felt like

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Speaker 10: the media had their mind made up.

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Speaker 7: Now.

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Speaker 10: This is not to take away from what Nikola Jokic

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Speaker 10: did or what Jannison Tetokumpo did in Milwaukee. Both of

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Speaker 10: those guys had fantastic seasons, probably historically good offensive seasons.

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Speaker 10: My point throughout all this MVP conversation to the both

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Speaker 10: of you was, let's just appreciate all of these candidates.

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Speaker 10: I know that one is going to win, But that

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Speaker 10: does not mean that Nikola Jokic didn't deserve it. I

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Speaker 10: just felt like, in this season, the way the Thunder

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Speaker 10: played a historically good season in general defensively and offensively

741
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Speaker 10: record wise, sixty plus wins, Shay just had to win it.

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Speaker 10: I felt like the media had their mind made up there.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, and then you look at I mean, outside of

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Speaker 6: the MVP Award, like the NBA First Team that was

745
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Speaker 6: also released, and like, no real surprises there whatsoever. Because

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Speaker 6: you have SGA, you have Nikola jokicch but you have Giannis,

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Speaker 6: Jason Tatum, Donovan Mitchell. So did they do kind of

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Speaker 6: the rest of it right? I suppose?

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Speaker 10: I do think they got the first and second teams

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Speaker 10: right now the third team. Listen, I cover the Clippers,

751
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Speaker 10: so I obviously have a little bit of a bias there.

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Speaker 10: James Harden made third team All NBA. He was that

753
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Speaker 10: was very well deserved. I felt like if Vita Zubats

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Speaker 10: should have gotten one of three things most improved, maybe

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Speaker 10: just the Defensive Player of the Year nomination, like a finalist.

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Speaker 10: Now I understand the All NBA thing, because he had

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Speaker 10: Kay Cunningham Halliburton, you had a really good group of

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Speaker 10: guys in that third team All NBA. And my point

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Speaker 10: here is that there's so much talent in the NBA,

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Speaker 10: so many awesome players, that it's very hard to pick nowadays.

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Speaker 10: Because Sheng Goon could have got it from Houston, like

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Speaker 10: there's other guys that he can go to and say

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Speaker 10: that they should have deserved a spot. But I think

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Speaker 10: that with this pool of talent that we're seeing in

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Speaker 10: the NBA, it's going to be more and more difficulty

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Speaker 10: they do, you know, extend the groups of teams to

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Speaker 10: more players. I don't know about that, but right now,

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Speaker 10: I think they got it right. I think that Lebron

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Speaker 10: James getting All NBA and his year forty, I mean

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Speaker 10: forty year old self getting an All NBA, now that's

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Speaker 10: really really impressive. I think it's like twenty one in

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Speaker 10: a row for him. So yeah, I think they got

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Speaker 10: it right. But again, fans of different teams are always

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Speaker 10: going to complain about everything else.

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Speaker 2: Oh that's the point, Grant, before we let you go

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Speaker 2: real quick. NBA champion the season will.

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Speaker 10: Be the Oklahoma City thunder.

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Speaker 1: Clich there you go.

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Speaker 2: Thank you so much for coming on. We really appreciate

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Speaker 2: you making this work.

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Speaker 10: Thanks so much, appreciate it.

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Speaker 2: All right, guys, when we come back the dues and

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Speaker 2: the don'ts in sports. You're listening to Fox Sports Radio.

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Speaker 1: You're listening to Fox Sports Radio Radio.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back to Fox Sports Saturday, Am. Alex Curry here

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Speaker 2: at Carmen Vitale. We are broadcasting live from the Fox

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Speaker 2: Sports Radio viudios in Los Angeles. Thank you for spending

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Speaker 2: your Saturday afternoon with us. Who Tunes keep going, Good job,

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Speaker 2: ten out of ten. Now it's time for the dues

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Speaker 2: and don't in sports highlight.

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Speaker 7: Oh I love that putting a spotlight on the don't.

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Speaker 2: The subject brings me no joy.

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Speaker 6: That's insane.

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Speaker 1: It's time for the dues and the don'ts in sports.

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Speaker 2: All right. I'm gonna start with the dew and it's

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Speaker 2: kind of a two partner. Do troll your opponents. All right,

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Speaker 2: Let's start with the Halliburn iconic game tying shot that

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Speaker 2: he thought was the game winner, then doing the legendary

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Speaker 2: Regi Miller choking motion at MSG. Why this was so

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Speaker 2: amazing is because Reggie Miller was calling the game for TNT.

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00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:47,120
Speaker 2: He had a moment together they pointed at each other

802
00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:49,960
Speaker 2: and then just the crazy bounce of the ball off

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Speaker 2: the bucket and then perfectly back in for the swish

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Speaker 2: was like a ten at a ten moment.

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Speaker 6: I couldn't believe it. Watching I was like, because you

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Speaker 6: think that if he missed it that.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you're like, oh, bounce about higher than the back

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00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:04,560
Speaker 2: back way higher?

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Speaker 6: And then just like what what it was? That was

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Speaker 6: insane iconic?

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Speaker 2: And then the second part is the Eagles social media team.

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Speaker 2: What to work you guys once the band of the

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Speaker 2: Chush Push didn't pass. Their first was a photo playing

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Speaker 2: the packers that just said push on since the pack.

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Speaker 6: They also made it a T shirt that is now

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Speaker 6: for sale on Fanatics. They took that tweet at that

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Speaker 6: graphic and they put it on a T shirt, One

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Speaker 6: of a kind, dealing with in my whole life love it.

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Speaker 3: I love them, so.

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Speaker 6: I do too. It's wild. I'll be there. I'll be

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Speaker 6: there this summer. So my family am gonna get a

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Speaker 6: healthy dose of Eagles fans. It'd be great. Oh yeah,

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Speaker 6: all right, I have a don't. I'm sorry with the don't. Okay,

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Speaker 6: let's go in this theme of like really good music,

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Speaker 6: actually don't forget about me? Okay around the Horn ended

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Speaker 6: their twenty three year run. It's truly the end of

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Speaker 6: an era, and I think that everyone in the sports

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Speaker 6: media world makes such a big deal about it, because

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Speaker 6: like Around the Horn, it's not iperbally to say, at

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Speaker 6: least for me, is the reason I wanted to ever

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Speaker 6: be on TV, And like I didn't actually want to.

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Speaker 6: I wanted to be a writer and I wanted to

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Speaker 6: be on Around the Horn. It was like the easiest

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Speaker 6: answer to what I wanted to be when I grew up.

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Speaker 6: It was like, I want to be someone that ends

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Speaker 6: up on on the Horn Around the Horn, and I

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Speaker 6: had so many wonderful friends that got to be a

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Speaker 6: part of that. And you know, seeing all of the

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Speaker 6: stats come out the all time panelists who had the

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Speaker 6: highest winning percentage, I mean, it really was. It was

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Speaker 6: around for twenty three years, almost five thousand episodes. Wow,

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Speaker 6: just an insane run for shows that don't have that

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Speaker 6: kind of run anymore. And it's just it was such

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Speaker 6: an institution in sports media and I think allowed for

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Speaker 6: some really good conversation and some facts and really good banter, yeah,

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Speaker 6: which I.

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Speaker 3: Loved so absolute.

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Speaker 6: It was so fun, fun, and it was so many

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Speaker 6: different perspectives from all over the country, all different people

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Speaker 6: covering all different sports coming on and having really really

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Speaker 6: good discussions and raising some good questions. And Tony really,

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Speaker 6: you know, he handled He was such a perfect so

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Speaker 6: he really was. Yeah, shout around the horn.

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Speaker 2: I love that, which kind of bleeds into my do

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Speaker 2: show love to the people in your life who helped

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Speaker 2: you get there. You're showing love to a show that

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00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:19,920
Speaker 2: inspired you to want to do what you want to do.

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Speaker 2: But mine goes for SGA had a very beautiful emotional

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Speaker 2: moment after winning MVP where he thanked his wife, Hayley

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Speaker 2: Summer and her impact on his life in his presser, saying,

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Speaker 2: I wouldn't be the man that I am, I wouldn't

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Speaker 2: be the player that I am, I wouldn't be the

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Speaker 2: father that I am without you. And no great human

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Speaker 2: does anything along the way by themselves, Like it takes.

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Speaker 3: A village to support you and your people.

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Speaker 2: And when you get your flowers, I love and so

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Speaker 2: appreciate with people who shine a light on their circle,

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Speaker 2: who help support them and help get them there.

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Speaker 3: It just really reflects the kind of person that they are.

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Speaker 3: And I just thought, I thought that would.

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Speaker 6: So beautiful it was, and I'm a sucker for when

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00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:05,279
Speaker 6: you know, grown men choke up and get emotional, it's

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Speaker 6: it's fantastic. Then I get emotional, but you know.

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Speaker 3: It's fine, all right.

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Speaker 6: I have actually another one. It's not along the same lines,

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Speaker 6: but it's still a little bit more serious one. It's

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Speaker 6: do think of the future. So Jim Irsay, the Colts owner,

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00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:23,520
Speaker 6: Indianapolis Colts owner passed away this this week in his sleep, peacefully,

879
00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:26,560
Speaker 6: and the entire NFL world, you know, kind of reacted

880
00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:29,600
Speaker 6: to it. He was a polarizing figure. He was an

881
00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:32,319
Speaker 6: incredibly outspoken figure. I think somebody said it best on

882
00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:33,759
Speaker 6: I saw him, whether I think it was Easier Adam

883
00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:35,440
Speaker 6: Schefter or somebody else that said, you know, he was

884
00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:39,200
Speaker 6: his own man, and he did so many things where

885
00:39:39,640 --> 00:39:41,839
Speaker 6: he went against the grain and said what he really thought.

886
00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:44,360
Speaker 6: And that was one of them. But he's thinking, he

887
00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:46,320
Speaker 6: was thinking of the future. He has three daughters. He

888
00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:48,919
Speaker 6: has quietly been preparing them to take over the team

889
00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:51,799
Speaker 6: this entire time, so they work within the team, they

890
00:39:51,840 --> 00:39:54,560
Speaker 6: hold different roles. His daughter, Carly, I believe it is.

891
00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:58,120
Speaker 6: She has a lot, she's she's very hands on. She

892
00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:00,560
Speaker 6: was in the war room when they were drafting, and

893
00:40:00,640 --> 00:40:02,520
Speaker 6: she has been for the last few years right next

894
00:40:02,520 --> 00:40:05,160
Speaker 6: to the head coach and general manager. So he has

895
00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:09,560
Speaker 6: now prepared his three daughters to take over the Colts organization,

896
00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:10,600
Speaker 6: so it stays in the family.

897
00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:11,439
Speaker 1: I thought there was cool.

898
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Speaker 2: Hell yeah, I love that. Good one to end on.

899
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Speaker 2: We're going to take a quick break here, but when

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00:40:15,560 --> 00:40:19,280
Speaker 2: we come back, NFL check in Tush Push Olympics Awards.

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Speaker 2: Saturday afternoon with us. Happy Memorial Weekend, the kickoff to

906
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Speaker 2: summer NBA playoffs. We kind of broke all that down

907
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Speaker 2: in the first hour. It's giving one sided both teams

908
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Speaker 2: up two nothing Pacers and okase in the East in

909
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Speaker 2: the West.

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Speaker 3: Have you missed any of our first hour.

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Speaker 2: You can catch it on the podcast that will be

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Speaker 2: posted once we are off the air today.

913
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Speaker 3: I was going to give a.

914
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Speaker 2: Shout out to like indie fans this week because like

915
00:41:02,080 --> 00:41:03,839
Speaker 2: it's a pretty it's a pretty big weekend for them

916
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:08,319
Speaker 2: with got the Indy five hundred fever like looked like

917
00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:10,960
Speaker 2: maybe they were gonna beat Liberty today and then lost

918
00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:12,799
Speaker 2: it at the end of the game, but like.

919
00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:16,120
Speaker 6: Still an exciting time to be an Indiana Fever fan

920
00:41:16,239 --> 00:41:18,719
Speaker 6: and an Indiana fan in general. Indiana fan like now

921
00:41:18,840 --> 00:41:21,759
Speaker 6: and like users are coming out for great season, like

922
00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:24,040
Speaker 6: it's just it's all and I mean.

923
00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:25,720
Speaker 2: Small markets are having a moment.

924
00:41:26,200 --> 00:41:28,399
Speaker 6: Although I will say, we just talk about the Colts owner,

925
00:41:29,160 --> 00:41:32,120
Speaker 6: so but the Colts still, I mean, they did some

926
00:41:32,120 --> 00:41:34,239
Speaker 6: good things in the draft and all of that, so

927
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Speaker 6: I don't know, We'll see. We'll see how they end

928
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:39,120
Speaker 6: up being this year. They don't play in a very

929
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Speaker 6: tough division, so.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, yeah, we'll see what happens.

931
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Speaker 6: Well, guys.

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Speaker 2: Radio and iHeart Radio app. Let's start this hour, you

939
00:42:03,600 --> 00:42:07,239
Speaker 2: guys in the NFL with a little NFL check in.

940
00:42:07,280 --> 00:42:08,120
Speaker 2: We got some.

941
00:42:08,040 --> 00:42:12,200
Speaker 3: Big updates this week. Tush push here to stay.

942
00:42:12,440 --> 00:42:15,080
Speaker 2: NFL players will be allowed to participate in flag football

943
00:42:15,120 --> 00:42:15,880
Speaker 2: at the Olympics.

944
00:42:16,280 --> 00:42:18,200
Speaker 3: We got a new award, and we got some big

945
00:42:18,239 --> 00:42:19,279
Speaker 3: player updates.

946
00:42:19,320 --> 00:42:25,080
Speaker 2: So yeah, let's start with the tushbush lives.

947
00:42:24,560 --> 00:42:26,040
Speaker 3: On and I love this.

948
00:42:26,280 --> 00:42:29,640
Speaker 2: You guys, for all the little teams complaining about it,

949
00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:33,000
Speaker 2: get over it, like either learn how to defend it

950
00:42:33,600 --> 00:42:36,200
Speaker 2: or learn how to do it. But everyone else is

951
00:42:36,360 --> 00:42:40,200
Speaker 2: just butt hurt that they can't stop it punintended.

952
00:42:40,719 --> 00:42:41,319
Speaker 3: I don't have a.

953
00:42:41,280 --> 00:42:44,080
Speaker 2: Problem with it at all. Jason Kelce was the face

954
00:42:44,120 --> 00:42:46,839
Speaker 2: of keeping the tush push going. No one is really

955
00:42:46,880 --> 00:42:50,240
Speaker 2: getting hurt from it. They have the top o line

956
00:42:50,560 --> 00:42:52,560
Speaker 2: in the league. They all want to keep it. Sorry,

957
00:42:52,600 --> 00:42:55,800
Speaker 2: your quarterback isn't Jalen hurt to can squat six hundred pounds.

958
00:42:56,440 --> 00:43:00,200
Speaker 2: I just stop complaining, like just because the Eagles are

959
00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:01,360
Speaker 2: at something than you like.

960
00:43:01,840 --> 00:43:02,400
Speaker 3: Get over it.

961
00:43:02,440 --> 00:43:03,279
Speaker 6: Here's the funny thing.

962
00:43:03,400 --> 00:43:03,920
Speaker 2: Get over it.

963
00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:06,359
Speaker 6: Here's the funny thing. So the chess push is used

964
00:43:06,360 --> 00:43:09,359
Speaker 6: in obviously short yardage situations. It's used to two when

965
00:43:09,360 --> 00:43:11,880
Speaker 6: you need a yard maybe, yes, when you need a

966
00:43:11,880 --> 00:43:13,840
Speaker 6: push either just across the goal line to get you know,

967
00:43:13,880 --> 00:43:16,520
Speaker 6: fourth and one. Whatever. The Eagles are not even the

968
00:43:16,560 --> 00:43:19,400
Speaker 6: best team in short yardage, not even close. Let's go

969
00:43:19,440 --> 00:43:23,200
Speaker 6: who so short yardage success third and fourth and one, third,

970
00:43:23,320 --> 00:43:26,319
Speaker 6: third down and one and fourth on one conversions last

971
00:43:26,360 --> 00:43:30,920
Speaker 6: season is the Commanders. Well for Jayden Daniels, this is

972
00:43:30,960 --> 00:43:34,240
Speaker 6: done by quarterback Okay, Jay and Daniels twelve for twelve,

973
00:43:34,320 --> 00:43:35,640
Speaker 6: one hundred percent conversion rate.

974
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Speaker 3: Josh Allen ats insane Josh.

975
00:43:38,200 --> 00:43:41,880
Speaker 6: Allen seventeen of eighteen, ninety four percent conversion rate. Bo

976
00:43:42,120 --> 00:43:47,200
Speaker 6: Nicks in Denver, twelve of fourteen for an eighty six

977
00:43:47,200 --> 00:43:50,239
Speaker 6: percent conversion rate. Then you get Jalen Hurts who is

978
00:43:50,280 --> 00:43:52,560
Speaker 6: twenty two of twenty seven for an eighty one percent

979
00:43:52,640 --> 00:43:58,160
Speaker 6: conversion in short yardage. So it's not like this is

980
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Speaker 6: the only play that works on shortage. It's not like

981
00:44:01,640 --> 00:44:05,480
Speaker 6: this is only something that Jalen Hurts can do. Yeah,

982
00:44:05,600 --> 00:44:08,960
Speaker 6: you can do. You can address short yardage in multiple ways.

983
00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:12,160
Speaker 6: This is just one way that the Eagles figured out

984
00:44:12,600 --> 00:44:15,360
Speaker 6: uh to do so and more of it. This is

985
00:44:15,400 --> 00:44:17,920
Speaker 6: It's it's interesting too because you look at these stats

986
00:44:17,920 --> 00:44:21,240
Speaker 6: and it's honestly not surprising to me because we keep

987
00:44:21,280 --> 00:44:23,000
Speaker 6: losing the plot. When it comes to the toush push

988
00:44:23,000 --> 00:44:25,799
Speaker 6: in general, it does not have as much to do

989
00:44:25,840 --> 00:44:27,839
Speaker 6: with the quarterback as it does with the center. The

990
00:44:27,840 --> 00:44:29,960
Speaker 6: center is the one that has to move everyone out.

991
00:44:29,800 --> 00:44:34,200
Speaker 3: Of the orchestrating the entire play, no and physically.

992
00:44:33,719 --> 00:44:36,960
Speaker 6: Doing it that I'm talking physical, like, the center is

993
00:44:37,000 --> 00:44:38,480
Speaker 6: the one that has to push someone out of the

994
00:44:38,520 --> 00:44:41,080
Speaker 6: way so that the quarterback has room to move. So

995
00:44:41,600 --> 00:44:45,080
Speaker 6: it's not about the quarterback. It's about and yeah, it

996
00:44:45,160 --> 00:44:48,279
Speaker 6: helps in your quarterback that's bigger, like Josh Allen, but

997
00:44:48,400 --> 00:44:51,400
Speaker 6: like Jane Daniels, I kept having a heart attack, my

998
00:44:51,440 --> 00:44:54,279
Speaker 6: little LSU loving heart because I thought he was gonna

999
00:44:54,280 --> 00:44:56,680
Speaker 6: get snapped in half in his rookie season and he

1000
00:44:56,760 --> 00:44:59,319
Speaker 6: was fine. But he's not a big dude, no, And

1001
00:44:59,360 --> 00:45:02,120
Speaker 6: so like it has more to do when you're talking

1002
00:45:02,160 --> 00:45:04,600
Speaker 6: tush push in particular, it has way more to do

1003
00:45:04,680 --> 00:45:07,080
Speaker 6: with the center and the interior of the offensive line

1004
00:45:07,160 --> 00:45:09,120
Speaker 6: than it does even with the quarterback. It helps that

1005
00:45:09,239 --> 00:45:12,759
Speaker 6: the quarterback is big, yes, and can handle taking a hit,

1006
00:45:13,520 --> 00:45:17,200
Speaker 6: but it's the line. There's so many things that are

1007
00:45:17,320 --> 00:45:19,640
Speaker 6: like and that's what goes overlooked at all. This like

1008
00:45:20,960 --> 00:45:24,680
Speaker 6: good offensive lines, Elite offensive lines are so hard to

1009
00:45:24,680 --> 00:45:27,239
Speaker 6: come by, but if you have one, yeah, you can

1010
00:45:27,280 --> 00:45:30,160
Speaker 6: go the distance. As you saw with the Eagles, as

1011
00:45:30,200 --> 00:45:32,160
Speaker 6: you saw with the Lions, who finished with the best

1012
00:45:32,200 --> 00:45:34,279
Speaker 6: record in the NFL in the regular season last year.

1013
00:45:34,600 --> 00:45:37,400
Speaker 6: The best offensive lines are the teams and the offenses

1014
00:45:37,400 --> 00:45:40,040
Speaker 6: that score more points, that do better in these situations.

1015
00:45:40,440 --> 00:45:43,239
Speaker 6: So I yeah, it's a long winded way of saying, like,

1016
00:45:43,680 --> 00:45:44,239
Speaker 6: grow up.

1017
00:45:44,400 --> 00:45:46,520
Speaker 3: Get over it, grow up, get over it.

1018
00:45:47,280 --> 00:45:50,319
Speaker 6: And now it is an interesting call to when you

1019
00:45:50,320 --> 00:45:52,640
Speaker 6: talk about the toush push in general, because banning the

1020
00:45:52,640 --> 00:45:55,960
Speaker 6: tush push play I think is silly. I think there

1021
00:45:56,040 --> 00:45:59,440
Speaker 6: is more of an argument to ban any sort of

1022
00:45:59,480 --> 00:46:02,560
Speaker 6: play where you can push another player from behind. Okay,

1023
00:46:03,000 --> 00:46:05,279
Speaker 6: that is what is so difficult when it comes to

1024
00:46:05,280 --> 00:46:08,600
Speaker 6: like from a defensive perspective, I totally understand wanting to

1025
00:46:08,719 --> 00:46:12,000
Speaker 6: ban pushing another player from behind because that gives an

1026
00:46:12,040 --> 00:46:15,440
Speaker 6: unfair advantage. However, the toush push because you already can't

1027
00:46:15,440 --> 00:46:19,359
Speaker 6: do it with alignment. Yeah, the toush push has skill

1028
00:46:19,440 --> 00:46:24,279
Speaker 6: players so like tight ends, running backs, receivers as the pushers. Yeah,

1029
00:46:24,320 --> 00:46:27,200
Speaker 6: and like I'm like, why are we getting so up

1030
00:46:27,200 --> 00:46:29,640
Speaker 6: in arms about this. These are guys. I mean, tight

1031
00:46:29,760 --> 00:46:32,000
Speaker 6: ends can be big, full backs can be big. I

1032
00:46:32,040 --> 00:46:36,040
Speaker 6: get it, but like they're not alignment, So like, figure

1033
00:46:36,040 --> 00:46:37,920
Speaker 6: out a way to stop it. Every like there are

1034
00:46:37,960 --> 00:46:40,160
Speaker 6: always there are plays that you know happen in NFL

1035
00:46:40,239 --> 00:46:43,560
Speaker 6: history over and over again where it works for a

1036
00:46:43,560 --> 00:46:45,839
Speaker 6: period of time and then you have to figure out

1037
00:46:45,880 --> 00:46:47,560
Speaker 6: how to counter it. And it takes a while to

1038
00:46:47,560 --> 00:46:50,000
Speaker 6: do that. But just that's that's the beauty of the game.

1039
00:46:50,040 --> 00:46:53,000
Speaker 6: That's innovating, that's whatever. So I'm like, you need to

1040
00:46:53,000 --> 00:46:54,640
Speaker 6: just you just need to grow get over it.

1041
00:46:54,800 --> 00:46:55,239
Speaker 5: Get over it.

1042
00:46:55,280 --> 00:46:58,680
Speaker 2: Well that leads us into a new much deserved award.

1043
00:46:59,400 --> 00:47:02,200
Speaker 2: That was an noun this week, the protector of the year,

1044
00:47:02,600 --> 00:47:03,480
Speaker 2: going to the top, I.

1045
00:47:03,400 --> 00:47:04,759
Speaker 6: Mean, might feel good story of the week. So I'm

1046
00:47:04,760 --> 00:47:06,040
Speaker 6: gonna have to come up with something different.

1047
00:47:06,120 --> 00:47:07,880
Speaker 3: But we'll save it. We'll save it.

1048
00:47:07,880 --> 00:47:11,080
Speaker 2: Well we have enough. Okay, we have enough. We can

1049
00:47:11,120 --> 00:47:11,480
Speaker 2: save it.

1050
00:47:11,520 --> 00:47:13,320
Speaker 6: We don't have to. But all right, yeah, make me

1051
00:47:13,400 --> 00:47:14,000
Speaker 6: give me all them.

1052
00:47:14,440 --> 00:47:15,839
Speaker 3: I know, I literally is a car and your boys,

1053
00:47:15,840 --> 00:47:17,440
Speaker 3: that's reddit they deserve.

1054
00:47:17,560 --> 00:47:19,200
Speaker 6: This is literally my satory.

1055
00:47:19,600 --> 00:47:22,840
Speaker 2: We have plenty more. So let's get to the NFL

1056
00:47:22,880 --> 00:47:26,200
Speaker 2: players will be allowed to participate in flag football at

1057
00:47:26,200 --> 00:47:26,840
Speaker 2: the Olympics.

1058
00:47:26,880 --> 00:47:28,840
Speaker 6: And this is it's also feel good stories to be honest,

1059
00:47:29,200 --> 00:47:29,560
Speaker 6: so good.

1060
00:47:30,160 --> 00:47:32,880
Speaker 2: This is the first year that they've ever had flag

1061
00:47:32,920 --> 00:47:35,320
Speaker 2: football at the Olympics, so it will be the first

1062
00:47:35,360 --> 00:47:40,279
Speaker 2: time football players will have an opportunity to represent their

1063
00:47:40,280 --> 00:47:42,920
Speaker 2: countries in the Olympics. And the timing of the LA

1064
00:47:42,920 --> 00:47:46,040
Speaker 2: Olympics twenty twenty eight July fourteenth through the thirtieth. Training

1065
00:47:46,040 --> 00:47:48,760
Speaker 2: camps usually start mid to late July, so in theory,

1066
00:47:48,800 --> 00:47:50,759
Speaker 2: this should be fine. You're gonna have guys come in

1067
00:47:51,160 --> 00:47:53,880
Speaker 2: hopefully in shape, probably a little tired, and hopefully no

1068
00:47:53,960 --> 00:47:57,720
Speaker 2: big injuries. But this was voted on unanimously by every

1069
00:47:57,800 --> 00:48:01,600
Speaker 2: team in the NFL. But there are are two big

1070
00:48:01,640 --> 00:48:05,280
Speaker 2: notes for me here because they they establish some rules

1071
00:48:05,280 --> 00:48:09,040
Speaker 2: in basic structure for the NFL. And one is a

1072
00:48:09,120 --> 00:48:13,040
Speaker 2: limit of one player per NFL team on each national

1073
00:48:13,080 --> 00:48:16,000
Speaker 2: team participating. So you can't have two players from the

1074
00:48:16,040 --> 00:48:20,360
Speaker 2: same NFL team on the same national team, which is

1075
00:48:20,360 --> 00:48:21,920
Speaker 2: tough because you have a lot of good like one

1076
00:48:22,000 --> 00:48:23,880
Speaker 2: two punches, quarterback, receivers or.

1077
00:48:23,960 --> 00:48:26,799
Speaker 6: More than more than it's tough just in general, like

1078
00:48:27,400 --> 00:48:30,240
Speaker 6: you will start training people start training for the Olympics

1079
00:48:30,320 --> 00:48:34,680
Speaker 6: much sooner, like teams are announced sooner than with the

1080
00:48:34,760 --> 00:48:38,160
Speaker 6: way that with the way that people move teams in

1081
00:48:38,200 --> 00:48:40,560
Speaker 6: the NFL, I feel like this is gonna be kind

1082
00:48:40,600 --> 00:48:41,400
Speaker 6: of hard to enforce.

1083
00:48:41,480 --> 00:48:43,200
Speaker 3: It is going to be hard to enforce.

1084
00:48:42,920 --> 00:48:45,400
Speaker 6: Because you could you could put a guy on a

1085
00:48:45,480 --> 00:48:47,879
Speaker 6: national team, have them start training, and then them get

1086
00:48:47,920 --> 00:48:51,600
Speaker 6: traded or free agency hits, like you you'd have to

1087
00:48:51,680 --> 00:48:54,400
Speaker 6: assemble the teams after free agency. I'm very interested to

1088
00:48:54,400 --> 00:48:56,680
Speaker 6: know about the timeline of all of this. It's because interesting,

1089
00:48:56,760 --> 00:48:58,600
Speaker 6: it's going to be really hard with the way that

1090
00:48:58,640 --> 00:48:59,880
Speaker 6: these guys change teams.

1091
00:49:00,040 --> 00:49:03,400
Speaker 2: It's also like, and this is I think also very

1092
00:49:03,440 --> 00:49:07,280
Speaker 2: important they have a purchase of league wide insurance policies

1093
00:49:07,360 --> 00:49:10,759
Speaker 2: because like, you're gonna be playing before the season.

1094
00:49:10,480 --> 00:49:11,560
Speaker 3: So if you get injured.

1095
00:49:11,880 --> 00:49:14,000
Speaker 2: A lot of football players don't have a lot of

1096
00:49:14,080 --> 00:49:16,640
Speaker 2: guaranteed contracts. We're seeing it now obviously in the new

1097
00:49:17,200 --> 00:49:21,839
Speaker 2: big quarterback a lot of money guaranteed. But football isn't

1098
00:49:21,880 --> 00:49:26,000
Speaker 2: necessarily known for having good guaranteed money contracts. So it's

1099
00:49:26,000 --> 00:49:29,359
Speaker 2: also like you're taking a risk on your livelihood and

1100
00:49:29,440 --> 00:49:31,640
Speaker 2: your career, so you are.

1101
00:49:31,760 --> 00:49:35,719
Speaker 6: However, flag football is not as taxing as regular.

1102
00:49:35,440 --> 00:49:37,040
Speaker 3: Football, so you're still cutting.

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00:49:37,120 --> 00:49:39,120
Speaker 6: Honestly, I love it because I think it'll keep some

1104
00:49:39,160 --> 00:49:42,200
Speaker 6: guys in shape too. But at the same time, it can't.

1105
00:49:42,400 --> 00:49:44,919
Speaker 6: Like there's a really fine line I think here when

1106
00:49:44,920 --> 00:49:48,320
Speaker 6: you're talking about because guys need the entire offseason to recover.

1107
00:49:48,440 --> 00:49:51,920
Speaker 6: They do to recover from a brutal season, rude, So

1108
00:49:52,719 --> 00:49:54,319
Speaker 6: there are some guys that allow themselves to get out

1109
00:49:54,320 --> 00:49:56,040
Speaker 6: of shape, and then I think this will help that.

1110
00:49:56,160 --> 00:49:59,520
Speaker 6: But however, like you need to then once the flag

1111
00:49:59,520 --> 00:50:02,479
Speaker 6: football season is over, once the Olympics are over, though,

1112
00:50:03,280 --> 00:50:05,480
Speaker 6: you need to make sure. Yeah, like you need to

1113
00:50:05,480 --> 00:50:07,200
Speaker 6: make sure that you're doing enough to recover and then

1114
00:50:07,239 --> 00:50:10,560
Speaker 6: you're not ramping yourself up too much too soon. Olympics

1115
00:50:10,719 --> 00:50:13,279
Speaker 6: in training camp for the NFL, Yeah.

1116
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Speaker 3: The Olympics are July fourteenth through the thirtieth.

1117
00:50:16,440 --> 00:50:19,600
Speaker 6: Right, and then that's camp. Training camp open right then,

1118
00:50:19,920 --> 00:50:22,760
Speaker 6: So you're going straight If you're going straight into training camp,

1119
00:50:23,000 --> 00:50:26,880
Speaker 6: there needs there's going to have to be. It'll be

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Speaker 6: interesting if this ends up influencing how the NFL preseason

1121
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Speaker 6: is structured, because there's been.

1122
00:50:31,440 --> 00:50:33,080
Speaker 2: A lot of like why do you have so many

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00:50:33,120 --> 00:50:35,719
Speaker 2: preseason games? Yes, there's been a lot adding like more

1124
00:50:35,760 --> 00:50:36,880
Speaker 2: regular season games.

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Speaker 6: There's been a lot of talking conversation about should they

1126
00:50:39,719 --> 00:50:43,560
Speaker 6: eliminate another preseason in favor of a regular season game?

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00:50:44,120 --> 00:50:47,080
Speaker 6: Will this also push it? Should that? But I mean

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Speaker 6: is that even well.

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Speaker 2: Unders don't want to lose money because it's still make

1130
00:50:49,840 --> 00:50:51,360
Speaker 2: money by fans coming to the games.

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00:50:51,440 --> 00:50:53,000
Speaker 6: I mean, you would want you would make more money

1132
00:50:53,040 --> 00:50:55,319
Speaker 6: by having another regular season game because more people come

1133
00:50:55,320 --> 00:50:57,480
Speaker 6: to regular season games than you do, which I think

1134
00:50:57,560 --> 00:50:59,759
Speaker 6: is what would end up happier tickets. But that also

1135
00:51:00,040 --> 00:51:02,000
Speaker 6: stends the NFL season, so then you have let even

1136
00:51:02,080 --> 00:51:03,800
Speaker 6: less time to recover. It's going to be very interesting

1137
00:51:03,800 --> 00:51:06,879
Speaker 6: to see like the domino effect of this. But I

1138
00:51:06,920 --> 00:51:09,239
Speaker 6: am really excited for these guys because like you think

1139
00:51:09,280 --> 00:51:11,719
Speaker 6: about NBA players who have had the opportunity to get

1140
00:51:11,719 --> 00:51:14,360
Speaker 6: gold medals, you think about MLS players who have the

1141
00:51:14,360 --> 00:51:16,200
Speaker 6: opportunity to get gold medal. I mean I know that

1142
00:51:16,280 --> 00:51:19,440
Speaker 6: the USA national team, that's a sore subject, but that's okay.

1143
00:51:19,800 --> 00:51:24,560
Speaker 2: The women women, yes, the women so Cup jams, yeah,

1144
00:51:24,719 --> 00:51:26,480
Speaker 2: hockey medal, hockey, same thing.

1145
00:51:26,640 --> 00:51:30,200
Speaker 6: So it's like I would I love this for the NFL.

1146
00:51:30,239 --> 00:51:32,600
Speaker 6: I love this for NFL players to have an opportunity

1147
00:51:32,680 --> 00:51:35,360
Speaker 6: to add and then also play for you know, the

1148
00:51:35,440 --> 00:51:37,920
Speaker 6: NFL has done a lot to celebrate the heritage of

1149
00:51:37,920 --> 00:51:40,360
Speaker 6: a lot of its players, and with like the flags

1150
00:51:40,360 --> 00:51:41,879
Speaker 6: on their helmets and everything like that, this is another

1151
00:51:41,920 --> 00:51:43,839
Speaker 6: way for them to show, you know, show off their

1152
00:51:43,840 --> 00:51:47,560
Speaker 6: heritage and join national teams that you know with their

1153
00:51:47,640 --> 00:51:52,520
Speaker 6: Italian ancestry for instance, or Filipino for like cam By them. Like,

1154
00:51:52,719 --> 00:51:54,920
Speaker 6: it's really cool to be able to think that some

1155
00:51:54,960 --> 00:51:57,200
Speaker 6: of these guys are going to get to play for

1156
00:51:57,840 --> 00:52:00,680
Speaker 6: the countries where like Aramen Rossain Brown who's German, Like

1157
00:52:00,800 --> 00:52:02,320
Speaker 6: that's gonna be really cool. And they're also going to

1158
00:52:02,400 --> 00:52:06,279
Speaker 6: be like lining up against lining up with players that

1159
00:52:06,360 --> 00:52:08,680
Speaker 6: are complete amateurs.

1160
00:52:09,000 --> 00:52:09,919
Speaker 3: That's the wild part.

1161
00:52:09,960 --> 00:52:12,680
Speaker 2: But I will say, like I've I've been very fortunate

1162
00:52:12,680 --> 00:52:16,920
Speaker 2: to cover world events, World Cups and Olympic style games.

1163
00:52:17,239 --> 00:52:19,600
Speaker 3: Uh, it's there's.

1164
00:52:19,239 --> 00:52:25,319
Speaker 2: Nothing more magical than representing your country. And even like

1165
00:52:25,400 --> 00:52:27,680
Speaker 2: players will say that like this is the best moment

1166
00:52:27,760 --> 00:52:30,200
Speaker 2: of my career. Like when you're on the field, or

1167
00:52:30,200 --> 00:52:32,640
Speaker 2: you're on the pitch, or you're you're just on the

1168
00:52:32,680 --> 00:52:36,400
Speaker 2: diamond and you just hear like your country chance there is.

1169
00:52:37,680 --> 00:52:39,960
Speaker 6: That's why the Olympics are so cool.

1170
00:52:40,040 --> 00:52:42,719
Speaker 2: Like there's nothing that compares. So I'm so excited for

1171
00:52:42,800 --> 00:52:46,520
Speaker 2: these guys to have an opportunity to experience that.

1172
00:52:46,880 --> 00:52:49,000
Speaker 6: Yeah, I'm just I'm very interested to see, like the

1173
00:52:49,080 --> 00:52:51,960
Speaker 6: quote unquote load management then of how these guys recover.

1174
00:52:52,239 --> 00:52:56,920
Speaker 6: And it's yeah, if there's gonna be an uptake in

1175
00:52:57,000 --> 00:52:59,960
Speaker 6: injuries the year the season after they play in the Olympics,

1176
00:53:00,120 --> 00:53:04,200
Speaker 6: that's gonna be, yeah, a problem. So I'm very interested

1177
00:53:04,239 --> 00:53:06,120
Speaker 6: to see how this all goes and how NFL teams

1178
00:53:06,160 --> 00:53:06,640
Speaker 6: address it.

1179
00:53:06,680 --> 00:53:10,680
Speaker 2: And it was voted on unanimously, so it's like absolutely,

1180
00:53:10,840 --> 00:53:13,719
Speaker 2: and I'm glad it's happening. So complaining right now, Okay,

1181
00:53:13,760 --> 00:53:15,120
Speaker 2: everyone said, okay.

1182
00:53:14,920 --> 00:53:16,919
Speaker 6: No, let me let me be clear. I'm happy. Yes,

1183
00:53:16,960 --> 00:53:20,600
Speaker 6: it's happening. I just there's going to be some adjustments

1184
00:53:20,600 --> 00:53:22,640
Speaker 6: needed to the NFL schedule. Yeah because of it.

1185
00:53:23,080 --> 00:53:26,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, there will. Okay, let's move to some player updates here.

1186
00:53:27,400 --> 00:53:31,239
Speaker 2: Lions edge rusher and best defender Aiden Hutchinson will be back.

1187
00:53:31,280 --> 00:53:32,200
Speaker 6: He got fully.

1188
00:53:31,920 --> 00:53:34,160
Speaker 2: Cleared for football activities this week. He spoke to the

1189
00:53:34,200 --> 00:53:40,480
Speaker 2: media on Thursday. The Lions lost their top coordinators. They

1190
00:53:40,520 --> 00:53:43,439
Speaker 2: had another disappointing end in their season. He obviously got

1191
00:53:43,440 --> 00:53:45,840
Speaker 2: injured last year and wasn't there. They have a really

1192
00:53:45,880 --> 00:53:48,120
Speaker 2: tough start to the season. They might have one of

1193
00:53:48,120 --> 00:53:50,400
Speaker 2: the hardest schedules. According to like our best d of

1194
00:53:50,400 --> 00:53:53,120
Speaker 2: the show, Cynthia Freelin, the Lion's schedule happens to be

1195
00:53:53,160 --> 00:53:56,120
Speaker 2: the hardest in her model, like they're playing.

1196
00:53:55,840 --> 00:53:58,680
Speaker 6: A first place schedule and they're having to play the AFS,

1197
00:53:58,719 --> 00:54:00,400
Speaker 6: Like they're already having to play the AFS North and

1198
00:54:00,400 --> 00:54:02,759
Speaker 6: the NFC East this year, and then on top of that,

1199
00:54:02,800 --> 00:54:04,520
Speaker 6: they have to play the first place team of every

1200
00:54:04,560 --> 00:54:06,000
Speaker 6: other team. It is hard.

1201
00:54:06,640 --> 00:54:09,720
Speaker 2: So like even like this is big getting Aiden back

1202
00:54:09,920 --> 00:54:13,400
Speaker 2: before training camps to come in healthy, train at one

1203
00:54:13,440 --> 00:54:16,719
Speaker 2: hundred percent. Can the Lions repeat? Can they have a

1204
00:54:16,760 --> 00:54:20,480
Speaker 2: similar season or will there be a drop off? Because

1205
00:54:20,520 --> 00:54:23,560
Speaker 2: there are so many changes to this coaching staff, I.

1206
00:54:23,520 --> 00:54:25,279
Speaker 6: Think it's naive to think there won't be some sort

1207
00:54:25,320 --> 00:54:28,239
Speaker 6: of drop off. But this roster can absolutely absorb a

1208
00:54:28,320 --> 00:54:31,520
Speaker 6: learning curve while And the thing is too the coordinators

1209
00:54:31,520 --> 00:54:35,000
Speaker 6: that they got to replace Aaron Glenn and Ben Johnson

1210
00:54:35,440 --> 00:54:37,560
Speaker 6: are like, in the case of Aaron Glenn, Calvin Shepherd

1211
00:54:37,560 --> 00:54:39,560
Speaker 6: is the one that stepped up. He's been the linebackers coach,

1212
00:54:39,560 --> 00:54:41,799
Speaker 6: so he was elevated. He goes the team, has the

1213
00:54:41,840 --> 00:54:44,480
Speaker 6: locker room. And then you've got John Morton, who is

1214
00:54:44,520 --> 00:54:46,080
Speaker 6: a guy that was with the Lions I believe in

1215
00:54:46,080 --> 00:54:48,120
Speaker 6: twenty twenty two was his last season with them.

1216
00:54:48,200 --> 00:54:51,320
Speaker 3: Yeah, so there's continuity, familiar with everything.

1217
00:54:51,440 --> 00:54:55,400
Speaker 6: The roster can absorb so much of this because it

1218
00:54:55,520 --> 00:54:59,080
Speaker 6: is so talented, I think, and the Blions have done

1219
00:54:59,520 --> 00:55:02,399
Speaker 6: really good things to kind of help Aiden Hutchinson back.

1220
00:55:03,160 --> 00:55:05,960
Speaker 6: Not directly because you don't necessarily have a guy on

1221
00:55:06,000 --> 00:55:07,680
Speaker 6: the other side of eight Hutchinson that you feel good

1222
00:55:07,680 --> 00:55:11,400
Speaker 6: about taking attention away, but they added to the interior

1223
00:55:11,400 --> 00:55:14,759
Speaker 6: of their defensive line, which will help with the run

1224
00:55:14,760 --> 00:55:17,560
Speaker 6: stuffing in particular where you're getting into more of those

1225
00:55:17,600 --> 00:55:20,200
Speaker 6: third and long situations where you can allow Aiden Hutchinson

1226
00:55:20,200 --> 00:55:22,560
Speaker 6: to then pin his ears back and go for it

1227
00:55:23,120 --> 00:55:26,040
Speaker 6: and that's where he thrives too. So like even in

1228
00:55:26,080 --> 00:55:28,719
Speaker 6: the ways that if they haven't directly helped Aiden Hutchinson,

1229
00:55:29,160 --> 00:55:32,160
Speaker 6: they have indirectly helped that entire unit. And then they've

1230
00:55:32,200 --> 00:55:34,640
Speaker 6: also made the fortified the back level again, which should

1231
00:55:35,239 --> 00:55:39,040
Speaker 6: mean less stress for the front of the defense. I

1232
00:55:39,120 --> 00:55:42,440
Speaker 6: think that with all of the offensive talent that they

1233
00:55:42,440 --> 00:55:45,120
Speaker 6: have and the way that they can score points. I

1234
00:55:45,360 --> 00:55:48,120
Speaker 6: still think that they can finish atop the NFC North,

1235
00:55:48,480 --> 00:55:51,200
Speaker 6: but it's I don't think it's going to take fifteen

1236
00:55:51,239 --> 00:55:51,799
Speaker 6: wins either.

1237
00:55:51,960 --> 00:55:55,040
Speaker 2: No GM has there over under at ten and a

1238
00:55:55,080 --> 00:55:55,720
Speaker 2: half wins.

1239
00:55:55,920 --> 00:55:57,960
Speaker 6: I have them, I had them. I preticted them winning

1240
00:55:58,000 --> 00:56:00,520
Speaker 6: the NFC North with eleven wins because the rest of

1241
00:56:00,560 --> 00:56:03,279
Speaker 6: the NFC North has to also play the a f

1242
00:56:03,360 --> 00:56:06,480
Speaker 6: C North, the NFC East, and then whatever, like whatever

1243
00:56:06,520 --> 00:56:08,800
Speaker 6: place they finished in UH in the division, they have

1244
00:56:08,880 --> 00:56:11,200
Speaker 6: to play those other teams, and like, even if you're

1245
00:56:11,239 --> 00:56:14,160
Speaker 6: the Bears playing a fourth place schedule, you're still you're

1246
00:56:14,200 --> 00:56:17,359
Speaker 6: playing You're You're playing the Niners like like that that's

1247
00:56:17,360 --> 00:56:19,840
Speaker 6: your fourth place team. You're playing like it's it's a

1248
00:56:19,880 --> 00:56:22,600
Speaker 6: really tough year for the NFC North, and I do

1249
00:56:22,680 --> 00:56:25,160
Speaker 6: think that you're you're just not gonna need as many

1250
00:56:25,160 --> 00:56:27,800
Speaker 6: wins to win that division because you're gonna cannibalize yourselves

1251
00:56:28,160 --> 00:56:29,680
Speaker 6: and then you're also gonna have to play some of

1252
00:56:29,719 --> 00:56:30,840
Speaker 6: the best teams in the league.

1253
00:56:30,920 --> 00:56:34,160
Speaker 2: Regardless, I also think they can win the division again,

1254
00:56:34,200 --> 00:56:35,799
Speaker 2: but I'm gonna take I'm gonna take the under here.

1255
00:56:36,920 --> 00:56:39,960
Speaker 2: I know you love and hate this topic. Steelers are

1256
00:56:40,000 --> 00:56:42,560
Speaker 2: gonna wait a little longer for Aaron Rodgers. What are

1257
00:56:42,560 --> 00:56:46,480
Speaker 2: you waiting for at this point? You did this to yourself, Steelers.

1258
00:56:46,520 --> 00:56:48,040
Speaker 2: You needed a quarterback and you didn't.

1259
00:56:48,120 --> 00:56:49,960
Speaker 6: I can't remember. I can't remember you were they didn't

1260
00:56:49,960 --> 00:56:51,160
Speaker 6: do it. I can't remember if it was you I

1261
00:56:51,200 --> 00:56:52,600
Speaker 6: was talking to on the show, But I said this

1262
00:56:52,680 --> 00:56:55,560
Speaker 6: on the show where I was like, he's he's probably

1263
00:56:55,640 --> 00:56:59,919
Speaker 6: not gonna come back until O tas are over because

1264
00:57:00,000 --> 00:57:02,600
Speaker 6: he doesn't want to do OTA. So if he doesn't

1265
00:57:02,600 --> 00:57:04,640
Speaker 6: have to do OTAs, like he doesn't have to deal

1266
00:57:04,680 --> 00:57:06,200
Speaker 6: with the back and forth that we did last year

1267
00:57:06,200 --> 00:57:09,040
Speaker 6: of him like skipping Mini mandatory Mini camp, he's just

1268
00:57:09,080 --> 00:57:10,239
Speaker 6: he's gonna be like, well, I'm not going to join

1269
00:57:10,280 --> 00:57:13,319
Speaker 6: a team that team then until after that. So like

1270
00:57:13,440 --> 00:57:16,040
Speaker 6: I totally think he's gonna wait until the summer. And

1271
00:57:16,120 --> 00:57:17,920
Speaker 6: you didn't even wait into training camp to see if

1272
00:57:17,920 --> 00:57:20,240
Speaker 6: anybody gets hurt he can't and there's somebody, like another

1273
00:57:20,280 --> 00:57:21,440
Speaker 6: team that ends up hitting his.

1274
00:57:21,440 --> 00:57:25,920
Speaker 2: Services desperate, Like Steelers, you had options and then you

1275
00:57:25,920 --> 00:57:27,160
Speaker 2: didn't do anything about it.

1276
00:57:27,400 --> 00:57:30,680
Speaker 6: I mean, the Steelers haven't, like they haven't had a

1277
00:57:30,760 --> 00:57:34,280
Speaker 6: quarterback since Ben Roethlisberger anything, and they still had winning records.

1278
00:57:34,280 --> 00:57:35,960
Speaker 6: So like, I don't know if you had.

1279
00:57:36,360 --> 00:57:39,320
Speaker 2: Mike Tomlin's first losing season, but MGM has are over

1280
00:57:39,400 --> 00:57:40,840
Speaker 2: undered eight and a half wins.

1281
00:57:41,840 --> 00:57:44,800
Speaker 6: Honestly, Like, okay, all right, eight and a half. So

1282
00:57:44,800 --> 00:57:46,640
Speaker 6: so you finished nine and eight though, like, and that's

1283
00:57:46,640 --> 00:57:47,840
Speaker 6: a winning season that counts.

1284
00:57:47,960 --> 00:57:49,120
Speaker 2: I I don't know.

1285
00:57:49,240 --> 00:57:50,680
Speaker 6: I like, I think they could get to not I

1286
00:57:50,720 --> 00:57:51,880
Speaker 6: think the Steelers would get to Neeng.

1287
00:57:55,960 --> 00:57:57,760
Speaker 3: I don't know, Yes, I don't think so.

1288
00:57:58,520 --> 00:58:01,760
Speaker 6: This is their defense forward anyway, They're a defensive team,

1289
00:58:01,800 --> 00:58:03,960
Speaker 6: and the reason that they've gotten as far as they

1290
00:58:03,960 --> 00:58:05,560
Speaker 6: haven't been as successful as they have is because of

1291
00:58:05,560 --> 00:58:06,200
Speaker 6: their defense.

1292
00:58:06,720 --> 00:58:09,440
Speaker 2: Okay, all right, we're gonna take a quick break here

1293
00:58:09,440 --> 00:58:12,840
Speaker 2: when we come back. Seems like a little drama in Chicago.

1294
00:58:13,080 --> 00:58:15,200
Speaker 2: Can't break up this new team. You're listening to Fox

1295
00:58:15,240 --> 00:58:15,840
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00:58:17,760 --> 00:58:19,520
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1297
00:58:19,480 --> 00:58:22,040
Speaker 2: I'm Alex Curry here with Carmen Vitali Company live from

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00:58:22,080 --> 00:58:23,440
Speaker 2: the Fox Sports Radio studios.

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Speaker 6: just like go through and look at all though the Jackets.

1309
00:58:51,600 --> 00:58:55,040
Speaker 2: I have my parents' old vinyl collection.

1310
00:58:55,520 --> 00:58:56,400
Speaker 6: Yeah, which is great.

1311
00:58:56,640 --> 00:58:58,680
Speaker 2: I'm like, thank you very much. Like you you listen

1312
00:58:58,680 --> 00:59:00,959
Speaker 2: to these now, I'm like, oh yeah, he's a rat again.

1313
00:59:01,000 --> 00:59:01,320
Speaker 3: Thank you.

1314
00:59:01,640 --> 00:59:03,440
Speaker 9: This is also one of my favorite songs too, So

1315
00:59:03,480 --> 00:59:05,800
Speaker 9: I'm inheriting the Dad Rock DNA to be sure.

1316
00:59:06,000 --> 00:59:07,080
Speaker 5: I love that Out of Hell.

1317
00:59:07,480 --> 00:59:11,440
Speaker 2: There you go, all right, carmeie, Let's get to your bears.

1318
00:59:12,200 --> 00:59:16,560
Speaker 2: Because about a week ago, passages from Seth Wickersham's new

1319
00:59:16,560 --> 00:59:19,600
Speaker 2: book made headlines talking about Kayleb Williams and his dad

1320
00:59:20,320 --> 00:59:22,440
Speaker 2: trying to find ways for him not to end up

1321
00:59:22,480 --> 00:59:25,080
Speaker 2: in Chicago, and one of the quotes from his dad

1322
00:59:25,600 --> 00:59:30,480
Speaker 2: with Chicago is a place where quarterbacks go to die.

1323
00:59:30,680 --> 00:59:32,919
Speaker 3: I don't think anyone is wrong there.

1324
00:59:32,960 --> 00:59:35,800
Speaker 2: In the beginning, Chicago has not historically been a good

1325
00:59:35,840 --> 00:59:37,840
Speaker 2: spot for quarterbacks. They still haven't had a quarterback through

1326
00:59:37,840 --> 00:59:40,360
Speaker 2: over four thousand yards in a season, which is crazy.

1327
00:59:40,400 --> 00:59:44,320
Speaker 2: It might be harsh to hear, but you can't blame

1328
00:59:44,360 --> 00:59:46,040
Speaker 2: the guy. But now it's a fresh start, right You

1329
00:59:46,120 --> 00:59:50,400
Speaker 2: got a new head coach. Caleb Williams was thrilled when

1330
00:59:50,440 --> 00:59:56,200
Speaker 2: Ben Johnson was hired. New beginnings for everybody, and Bear's

1331
00:59:56,240 --> 01:00:00,080
Speaker 2: new head coach Ben Johnson had to address it at

1332
01:00:00,120 --> 01:00:01,080
Speaker 2: OTAs this week.

1333
01:00:01,360 --> 01:00:03,800
Speaker 8: It's coming to my attention that the quarterbacks have been

1334
01:00:03,840 --> 01:00:07,240
Speaker 8: out in the media over the last week, and just

1335
01:00:07,240 --> 01:00:08,520
Speaker 8: a gall out in front of that a little bit.

1336
01:00:08,560 --> 01:00:11,600
Speaker 8: I just wanted to say, I wasn't here last year,

1337
01:00:11,640 --> 01:00:14,000
Speaker 8: and so I can't speak too much in terms of

1338
01:00:14,120 --> 01:00:16,640
Speaker 8: what it was like before he got here and when

1339
01:00:16,680 --> 01:00:19,320
Speaker 8: he got here last year. But for my four months

1340
01:00:19,360 --> 01:00:21,960
Speaker 8: on the job, he's been outstanding to work with and

1341
01:00:22,000 --> 01:00:24,240
Speaker 8: we just are focusing on getting a little better.

1342
01:00:24,040 --> 01:00:27,320
Speaker 2: Every day mood in the building after all this went down,

1343
01:00:27,960 --> 01:00:33,360
Speaker 2: I think it's a non factor, especially in the building now,

1344
01:00:33,520 --> 01:00:37,080
Speaker 2: because there's the reason that you fired a head coach

1345
01:00:37,120 --> 01:00:39,960
Speaker 2: for the first time ever in season as a franchise

1346
01:00:40,400 --> 01:00:43,080
Speaker 2: was because you needed a complete overhaul, and so like

1347
01:00:43,120 --> 01:00:46,280
Speaker 2: that's what's being built now in Chicago. Everybody was on

1348
01:00:46,360 --> 01:00:50,600
Speaker 2: board with Ben Johnson's hire. This was completely against anything

1349
01:00:50,600 --> 01:00:53,400
Speaker 2: we've seen from the Chicago Bears previously, which is they

1350
01:00:53,480 --> 01:00:55,800
Speaker 2: tried to go after like the diamond in the rough

1351
01:00:55,880 --> 01:00:57,680
Speaker 2: or they tried to go on the cheap route and

1352
01:00:57,680 --> 01:01:00,760
Speaker 2: what the No, they went out spent what they had

1353
01:01:00,760 --> 01:01:03,080
Speaker 2: to spend for Ben Jonson, which is reportedly well into

1354
01:01:03,080 --> 01:01:03,720
Speaker 2: eight figures.

1355
01:01:04,240 --> 01:01:06,200
Speaker 3: And we don't have exact numbers, no, no, no.

1356
01:01:06,520 --> 01:01:10,040
Speaker 6: NFL coaching salaries are like the biggest like mystery, huss

1357
01:01:10,080 --> 01:01:13,480
Speaker 6: hush whatever. It's the last number I saw reported like

1358
01:01:13,720 --> 01:01:15,760
Speaker 6: rumored again this rumored it was like thirteen and a

1359
01:01:15,760 --> 01:01:18,320
Speaker 6: half million a year, which is a lot, and especially

1360
01:01:18,360 --> 01:01:20,800
Speaker 6: for our first time head coach. But I mean the

1361
01:01:20,800 --> 01:01:23,320
Speaker 6: Bears have gone out and done everything right and done

1362
01:01:23,400 --> 01:01:26,560
Speaker 6: everything completely opposite of the way that they've done things.

1363
01:01:26,560 --> 01:01:28,480
Speaker 6: As someone who has watched this team her entire life,

1364
01:01:28,560 --> 01:01:31,280
Speaker 6: uh huh. So there's a lot of optimism because of that,

1365
01:01:31,320 --> 01:01:33,200
Speaker 6: because if you want different results, you got to do

1366
01:01:33,240 --> 01:01:37,200
Speaker 6: different things, and that's what they're doing. So the overall

1367
01:01:37,240 --> 01:01:40,200
Speaker 6: sentiment to these things that Caleb Williams was concerned about

1368
01:01:40,320 --> 01:01:43,919
Speaker 6: when this article came out from Seth Wickersham was well, yeah,

1369
01:01:43,960 --> 01:01:46,720
Speaker 6: he's completely justified and if you saw how last season

1370
01:01:46,760 --> 01:01:49,919
Speaker 6: went where he took sixty eight sacks, he was left

1371
01:01:49,960 --> 01:01:53,640
Speaker 6: on his own at times to watch and prepare for games. Yeah,

1372
01:01:53,680 --> 01:01:56,720
Speaker 6: and he is his head coach. His coordinator and then

1373
01:01:56,760 --> 01:01:58,560
Speaker 6: head coach were fired in the middle of the season.

1374
01:01:58,840 --> 01:02:00,960
Speaker 6: All of the concerns that him and Karl Williams, his

1375
01:02:01,040 --> 01:02:06,200
Speaker 6: dad had worked justified. They were completely they were completely validated.

1376
01:02:06,280 --> 01:02:09,880
Speaker 6: So there's a tremendous amount of self awareness on Bears

1377
01:02:09,880 --> 01:02:12,440
Speaker 6: fan's part being like, yeah, this doesn't Honestly, after reading

1378
01:02:12,440 --> 01:02:15,800
Speaker 6: the stuff that came out from the Wickershams. From Wickersham's report,

1379
01:02:16,520 --> 01:02:18,800
Speaker 6: I'm more impressed with Kayla Williams because the way that

1380
01:02:18,840 --> 01:02:22,479
Speaker 6: he refused to go to every length to avoid coming

1381
01:02:22,520 --> 01:02:25,280
Speaker 6: to Chicago, and then that pre draft visit with Ryan Poles.

1382
01:02:25,320 --> 01:02:27,800
Speaker 6: I would love to know exactly what happened at that

1383
01:02:27,840 --> 01:02:30,400
Speaker 6: pre draft visit because he came out of that and said,

1384
01:02:30,720 --> 01:02:32,320
Speaker 6: I can do it for this team I want. I'm

1385
01:02:32,320 --> 01:02:35,120
Speaker 6: going to Chicago, and that's all you need to know

1386
01:02:35,160 --> 01:02:37,240
Speaker 6: at this point. And now they've done things that have

1387
01:02:37,480 --> 01:02:40,760
Speaker 6: backed up what they said they were going to do.

1388
01:02:40,800 --> 01:02:42,480
Speaker 6: They went out and they got the coach. They also

1389
01:02:42,760 --> 01:02:44,520
Speaker 6: got a bunch of guys on his staff that are

1390
01:02:44,560 --> 01:02:48,320
Speaker 6: now experienced, and they went and they overhauled the interior

1391
01:02:48,320 --> 01:02:49,960
Speaker 6: of the offensive line. They didn't even wait for free

1392
01:02:49,960 --> 01:02:51,959
Speaker 6: agency to do that. They traded for two guys before

1393
01:02:51,960 --> 01:02:54,280
Speaker 6: free agency even opened, one of which is a four

1394
01:02:54,320 --> 01:02:58,040
Speaker 6: time Super Bowl champion. And you get a good, experience,

1395
01:02:58,360 --> 01:03:02,040
Speaker 6: really intelligent center to try and take things off of

1396
01:03:02,040 --> 01:03:04,880
Speaker 6: Caleb's plate. And you have a coach now that is

1397
01:03:04,920 --> 01:03:08,919
Speaker 6: super intense. Ben Johnson. That clip we just played him

1398
01:03:08,960 --> 01:03:12,880
Speaker 6: getting out in front of this is a complete contrast

1399
01:03:12,960 --> 01:03:15,320
Speaker 6: to what they had in Maddieberflus, who did not know

1400
01:03:15,320 --> 01:03:17,040
Speaker 6: how to play the media game. That's a good leader

1401
01:03:17,280 --> 01:03:19,920
Speaker 6: like that is Ben Johnson protecting his quarterback. That is

1402
01:03:19,920 --> 01:03:21,680
Speaker 6: Ben Johnson getting out there in front of him and

1403
01:03:21,720 --> 01:03:24,440
Speaker 6: saying I have your back and showing everyone that he

1404
01:03:24,480 --> 01:03:26,200
Speaker 6: has their back. I wish, I wish the Bears would

1405
01:03:26,200 --> 01:03:28,919
Speaker 6: have put Caleb Williams out there because.

1406
01:03:29,000 --> 01:03:30,520
Speaker 2: At this point he can he can handle it. He

1407
01:03:30,560 --> 01:03:31,360
Speaker 2: can handle himself.

1408
01:03:31,400 --> 01:03:35,080
Speaker 6: He handled himself all last season. He handles himself all

1409
01:03:35,120 --> 01:03:37,280
Speaker 6: last season. Was put in some really awful situations as

1410
01:03:37,280 --> 01:03:38,480
Speaker 6: far as like having to go to the podium and

1411
01:03:38,520 --> 01:03:40,040
Speaker 6: answer for things that he shouldn't have had to answer

1412
01:03:40,120 --> 01:03:43,520
Speaker 6: for ye, and he's past all of these tests with

1413
01:03:43,560 --> 01:03:45,920
Speaker 6: flying colors. So the fact that you didn't put him

1414
01:03:45,920 --> 01:03:48,360
Speaker 6: out there, I think was like, why not, especially if

1415
01:03:48,360 --> 01:03:51,000
Speaker 6: you have your head coach going first saying he's amazing,

1416
01:03:51,120 --> 01:03:54,360
Speaker 6: he's fine, this is great, everything's going well, and getting

1417
01:03:54,360 --> 01:03:56,320
Speaker 6: out in front of it and being so direct about it.

1418
01:03:57,800 --> 01:03:59,360
Speaker 6: It's it's a new it's a new age. And that's

1419
01:03:59,400 --> 01:04:03,040
Speaker 6: why I'm I'm.

1420
01:04:02,800 --> 01:04:04,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, well, I'm proud of you.

1421
01:04:04,520 --> 01:04:04,600
Speaker 10: Now.

1422
01:04:04,600 --> 01:04:05,920
Speaker 2: I was checking with Martin Wise.

1423
01:04:05,760 --> 01:04:11,440
Speaker 5: And got a ton of Major League baseball going on

1424
01:04:11,520 --> 01:04:11,840
Speaker 5: right now.

1425
01:04:11,920 --> 01:04:14,000
Speaker 4: Top of the sixth aning, the Brewers and the Pirates

1426
01:04:14,040 --> 01:04:16,840
Speaker 4: tied one apiece. The Nationals have had a two to

1427
01:04:16,840 --> 01:04:18,720
Speaker 4: nothing lead on the Giants for most of this game.

1428
01:04:18,760 --> 01:04:21,240
Speaker 4: Bottom of the seventh inning, now the Reds adding on

1429
01:04:21,320 --> 01:04:23,840
Speaker 4: against their leads, adding on to their lead against the

1430
01:04:23,840 --> 01:04:26,160
Speaker 4: Cubs three to one. Bottom of the fifth inning, same

1431
01:04:26,240 --> 01:04:28,600
Speaker 4: with the Braves. They've tacked on another one three to

1432
01:04:28,680 --> 01:04:31,080
Speaker 4: one on the Padres. Bottom of the fifth inning, the

1433
01:04:31,160 --> 01:04:33,280
Speaker 4: Astros with a two to one lead over the Mariners

1434
01:04:33,280 --> 01:04:35,240
Speaker 4: and the bottom of the fourth. Going towards the top

1435
01:04:35,240 --> 01:04:38,000
Speaker 4: of the fifth, the White Sox making back some ground

1436
01:04:38,080 --> 01:04:40,640
Speaker 4: three to two. The Rangers lead right now going to

1437
01:04:40,720 --> 01:04:42,320
Speaker 4: the top of the fifth inning, and in the top

1438
01:04:42,360 --> 01:04:45,800
Speaker 4: of the fifth inning this escalated quickly eight to one

1439
01:04:45,880 --> 01:04:49,560
Speaker 4: now to score Rocky I mean Yankees over the Rockies.

1440
01:04:49,600 --> 01:04:51,840
Speaker 4: Aaron Judge hit a home run in this one. Let's

1441
01:04:51,880 --> 01:04:54,120
Speaker 4: see who was Aaron Judge with a home run? But

1442
01:04:54,280 --> 01:04:57,880
Speaker 4: RBIs were Judge, Bellinger fall p Wells. It's going to

1443
01:04:57,960 --> 01:04:59,520
Speaker 4: be a long day. It's only the top of the

1444
01:04:59,520 --> 01:05:02,200
Speaker 4: fifth inning for the Rockies, who have won nine games

1445
01:05:02,320 --> 01:05:07,080
Speaker 4: nine nine times thus far in Major FAY.

1446
01:05:07,160 --> 01:05:11,400
Speaker 6: There's the team that's worse than thank you, you know,

1447
01:05:11,720 --> 01:05:15,040
Speaker 6: thank you. Nobody remembers the team that was second worst.

1448
01:05:15,080 --> 01:05:16,400
Speaker 2: No, no, only the worst.

1449
01:05:16,440 --> 01:05:18,120
Speaker 4: I'm gonna come in there and make a joke off

1450
01:05:18,160 --> 01:05:19,680
Speaker 4: the air that we saw the time when I was

1451
01:05:19,720 --> 01:05:20,920
Speaker 4: kids about where I grew up.

1452
01:05:21,920 --> 01:05:24,919
Speaker 6: No, it was Detroit, by the way. No oh no,

1453
01:05:25,560 --> 01:05:26,600
Speaker 6: look about Louisiana.

1454
01:05:27,200 --> 01:05:29,840
Speaker 5: Louisiana. So me, me and Hansupatico on this one.

1455
01:05:29,880 --> 01:05:33,720
Speaker 4: The Atlanta Dream beat the Dallas Wings eighty three to

1456
01:05:33,800 --> 01:05:37,560
Speaker 4: seventy five. Arika Gumbuale only had five points to thirty

1457
01:05:37,560 --> 01:05:38,040
Speaker 4: three minutes.

1458
01:05:38,040 --> 01:05:40,600
Speaker 5: It's a tough game for her. Page Backers with eleven.

1459
01:05:41,000 --> 01:05:43,800
Speaker 4: The Atlanta Dream led in scoring by Alicia Gray with

1460
01:05:43,920 --> 01:05:46,840
Speaker 4: twenty seven. Earlier today in the w NBA, the New

1461
01:05:46,920 --> 01:05:49,520
Speaker 4: York Liberty beat the Indiana Fever ninety to eighty eight.

1462
01:05:49,600 --> 01:05:51,720
Speaker 4: John Cleel Jones with twenty six, so Brina I and

1463
01:05:51,840 --> 01:05:55,120
Speaker 4: Su twenty three. Kaitlyn Clark finished with eighteen two for

1464
01:05:55,200 --> 01:05:58,000
Speaker 4: twelve from three. Tonight, we were waiting for two different

1465
01:05:58,040 --> 01:06:01,000
Speaker 4: game threes and conference finals. The hockey side of things,

1466
01:06:01,200 --> 01:06:03,640
Speaker 4: it'll be Game three the Eastern Conference Finals, the Stanley

1467
01:06:03,640 --> 01:06:07,960
Speaker 4: Cup champion Panthers leading the Carolina Hurricanes two games to none.

1468
01:06:07,960 --> 01:06:11,600
Speaker 4: The Panthers benching starting goaltender Frederick Anderson to night, will

1469
01:06:11,640 --> 01:06:16,320
Speaker 4: start the backup Peter Kukobov instead. Earlier tonight, the Panthers

1470
01:06:16,360 --> 01:06:18,920
Speaker 4: ruled out Sam Earlier today, rather, the Panthers ruled out

1471
01:06:18,960 --> 01:06:22,000
Speaker 4: Sam Reinhart because of a lower body injury. Ryan Hart

1472
01:06:22,080 --> 01:06:25,760
Speaker 4: was Florida's leading goalscorer during the regular season. And tonight

1473
01:06:25,880 --> 01:06:29,320
Speaker 4: eight thirty Eastern from Minnesota, the Timberwolves host Oklahoma City

1474
01:06:29,400 --> 01:06:32,520
Speaker 4: Game three of the Western Conference Finals. The Thunder lead

1475
01:06:32,560 --> 01:06:35,640
Speaker 4: that series two games to none. As Minnesota tries to

1476
01:06:36,400 --> 01:06:37,960
Speaker 4: you know, they say the series as a start. So

1477
01:06:38,040 --> 01:06:40,640
Speaker 4: the road team win to game, but I'm feared the

1478
01:06:40,720 --> 01:06:43,360
Speaker 4: series may never start. It just mighte siem to end

1479
01:06:43,440 --> 01:06:46,560
Speaker 4: for the Western Western Conference Finals.

1480
01:06:46,720 --> 01:06:47,919
Speaker 5: Back to you guys, Thank you Martin.

1481
01:06:47,920 --> 01:06:48,920
Speaker 3: We're going to get it out right now.

1482
01:06:48,920 --> 01:06:51,120
Speaker 2: You're listening to Fox Sports Saturday and Alex Curry here

1483
01:06:51,160 --> 01:06:53,760
Speaker 2: with Carmen Vitally. We were broadcasting live from the Fox

1484
01:06:53,760 --> 01:06:55,880
Speaker 2: Sports Radio stuitters in Los Angeles, and it is time

1485
01:06:55,920 --> 01:06:57,760
Speaker 2: for our next guest. You see her on the Houston

1486
01:06:57,800 --> 01:07:00,200
Speaker 2: sidelines during the NBA season, but now you can watch

1487
01:07:00,240 --> 01:07:03,040
Speaker 2: to cover the Western Conference Finals for ESPN. Joining us

1488
01:07:03,080 --> 01:07:06,760
Speaker 2: live from Minnesota before Game three, please welcome Vanessa Richardson.

1489
01:07:07,960 --> 01:07:09,880
Speaker 11: Hey, oh my gosh. First of all, I love women

1490
01:07:09,920 --> 01:07:12,560
Speaker 11: in sports radio and I have a big advocate that

1491
01:07:12,600 --> 01:07:14,959
Speaker 11: there need to be more and so when I saw

1492
01:07:15,040 --> 01:07:19,040
Speaker 11: y'all were doing this show, I was ecstatic and no shocker,

1493
01:07:19,120 --> 01:07:20,080
Speaker 11: y'all have been crushing it.

1494
01:07:21,040 --> 01:07:23,160
Speaker 3: We love that, We love Bobby, love you.

1495
01:07:23,360 --> 01:07:27,640
Speaker 2: Let's get to the game tonight, Thunder. They've been running

1496
01:07:27,680 --> 01:07:29,880
Speaker 2: away with this series so far, but you're there in

1497
01:07:29,920 --> 01:07:31,240
Speaker 2: Minnesota Game three tonight.

1498
01:07:31,840 --> 01:07:34,600
Speaker 3: What's the vibe like? What are your expectations for this game.

1499
01:07:35,240 --> 01:07:38,800
Speaker 11: I mean, you know, I don't expect the Oklahoma City

1500
01:07:38,840 --> 01:07:41,640
Speaker 11: Thunder to completely sweep this thing. Like you'd like to

1501
01:07:41,720 --> 01:07:44,760
Speaker 11: think that the Timberwolves can you know, put together a

1502
01:07:44,760 --> 01:07:47,000
Speaker 11: fight and put up a fight. And let's be honest,

1503
01:07:47,080 --> 01:07:49,960
Speaker 11: we want the next we want competitive series that's just

1504
01:07:50,040 --> 01:07:53,400
Speaker 11: good for the game. But look, this is an Oklahoma

1505
01:07:53,440 --> 01:07:56,880
Speaker 11: City team that won sixteen more games than anyone else

1506
01:07:57,080 --> 01:08:00,800
Speaker 11: in the entire Western Conference. This regular season Western Conference,

1507
01:08:00,800 --> 01:08:03,280
Speaker 11: which is was and a blood bath and will be

1508
01:08:03,400 --> 01:08:06,360
Speaker 11: for the next coming years, I think. And you're just

1509
01:08:06,440 --> 01:08:09,880
Speaker 11: seeing the Oklahoma City like they've got the MVP, they've

1510
01:08:09,880 --> 01:08:12,880
Speaker 11: got the super deep roster, and they've got just a

1511
01:08:13,080 --> 01:08:16,120
Speaker 11: suffocating defense. So I think it is going to be

1512
01:08:16,320 --> 01:08:19,240
Speaker 11: very difficult for the Timberwolves to come back and win

1513
01:08:19,320 --> 01:08:23,080
Speaker 11: the series. Not impossible, but very difficult. But it would

1514
01:08:23,120 --> 01:08:25,320
Speaker 11: be you know, fun to see them put up a fight.

1515
01:08:25,360 --> 01:08:27,920
Speaker 11: And I love watching Anthony Edwards play, like I think

1516
01:08:27,920 --> 01:08:31,280
Speaker 11: he's exciting. I think he's got just this like boyish

1517
01:08:31,400 --> 01:08:34,479
Speaker 11: charm that's really fun to watch. And you know, so

1518
01:08:34,840 --> 01:08:37,080
Speaker 11: I wanted to be an entertaining series and hopefully they

1519
01:08:37,080 --> 01:08:37,920
Speaker 11: can make it that tonight.

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Speaker 6: I'm so interested to see how it goes now in Minnesota,

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01:08:42,360 --> 01:08:45,719
Speaker 6: which again I know that the Timberwolves play really well

1522
01:08:46,000 --> 01:08:50,200
Speaker 6: at home, that crowd is so so good. But Oklahoma

1523
01:08:50,240 --> 01:08:53,200
Speaker 6: City is just not only do they have the most

1524
01:08:53,240 --> 01:08:55,880
Speaker 6: complete team that we've seen I think in this in

1525
01:08:55,880 --> 01:08:59,639
Speaker 6: in this postseason, but they're having fun yeah, like yeah,

1526
01:09:00,160 --> 01:09:03,400
Speaker 6: vibes are just so good even off the court. You've

1527
01:09:03,439 --> 01:09:06,360
Speaker 6: been around them obviously more than we have, So are

1528
01:09:06,400 --> 01:09:07,960
Speaker 6: there any fun stories you can tell us, because I

1529
01:09:07,960 --> 01:09:08,400
Speaker 6: would love that.

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01:09:08,960 --> 01:09:11,560
Speaker 11: I Mean, the funny thing is, it's just like when

1531
01:09:11,640 --> 01:09:13,800
Speaker 11: you see them on like the postgame interviews during the

1532
01:09:13,880 --> 01:09:15,320
Speaker 11: regular season and they have their.

1533
01:09:15,160 --> 01:09:17,800
Speaker 3: Team reporter Nydallum, it's so good.

1534
01:09:18,000 --> 01:09:20,479
Speaker 11: They're like they're putting the talents on him, or they

1535
01:09:20,479 --> 01:09:23,920
Speaker 11: put one of one of Jadab's like funny hats on

1536
01:09:24,000 --> 01:09:26,280
Speaker 11: him when the chain and Nick is just like total

1537
01:09:26,360 --> 01:09:29,679
Speaker 11: dead Pean, like total you know, they seem to really

1538
01:09:29,800 --> 01:09:32,000
Speaker 11: like each other and they seem to have team chemistry,

1539
01:09:32,040 --> 01:09:36,000
Speaker 11: and I don't think that that can be overstated. I

1540
01:09:36,040 --> 01:09:38,120
Speaker 11: think it is really important. And look, yes, there are

1541
01:09:38,120 --> 01:09:41,320
Speaker 11: teams throughout history where you're like, oh, maybe like Michael

1542
01:09:41,360 --> 01:09:43,599
Speaker 11: Jordan and Scottie Pippen didn't get along as well as

1543
01:09:43,640 --> 01:09:45,680
Speaker 11: we thought. But I think there are teams where it's like,

1544
01:09:45,760 --> 01:09:48,400
Speaker 11: no what you see. And I'll even bring my Houston

1545
01:09:48,479 --> 01:09:50,320
Speaker 11: Rockets into it, Like, I think one of the reasons

1546
01:09:50,320 --> 01:09:52,479
Speaker 11: that the Rockets were able to have the two seat

1547
01:09:52,520 --> 01:09:55,040
Speaker 11: all year and put together for a really good season

1548
01:09:55,040 --> 01:09:57,559
Speaker 11: for a group of young guys partially is because of

1549
01:09:57,560 --> 01:10:00,160
Speaker 11: that team chemistry. So I love that you brought it up.

1550
01:10:00,200 --> 01:10:03,240
Speaker 11: I think it's a major storyline. And with all of

1551
01:10:03,280 --> 01:10:06,920
Speaker 11: that fun like it comes trust, like they trust each other,

1552
01:10:07,360 --> 01:10:09,479
Speaker 11: and so I think that that's also propelled them to

1553
01:10:09,560 --> 01:10:11,439
Speaker 11: a lot of a lot of the winning as well.

1554
01:10:11,560 --> 01:10:14,600
Speaker 2: And on top of it, the Thunder have been impressive,

1555
01:10:14,760 --> 01:10:20,599
Speaker 2: especially in the second half. But the Tea Wolves, I

1556
01:10:20,720 --> 01:10:23,320
Speaker 2: almost think the two gentlemen sweeps in the first two

1557
01:10:23,360 --> 01:10:25,840
Speaker 2: series might have hurt them. It was a little too

1558
01:10:25,960 --> 01:10:28,840
Speaker 2: easy for them. What has been their biggest downfall though

1559
01:10:28,880 --> 01:10:29,839
Speaker 2: against the Thunder.

1560
01:10:30,520 --> 01:10:32,679
Speaker 11: The Thunder are just so good and like you said,

1561
01:10:32,720 --> 01:10:35,000
Speaker 11: such a complete team. And even in Game two, like

1562
01:10:35,080 --> 01:10:38,320
Speaker 11: the bench actually like played well for the Timberwolves. Anthony

1563
01:10:38,400 --> 01:10:41,559
Speaker 11: Edwards played well, but Julius Randall kind of he didn't

1564
01:10:41,560 --> 01:10:43,920
Speaker 11: show up. He scored six points. So the thing is

1565
01:10:43,920 --> 01:10:46,040
Speaker 11: is it feels like things need to click on all

1566
01:10:46,160 --> 01:10:49,559
Speaker 11: cylinders for the Timberwolves to even have a shot to

1567
01:10:49,560 --> 01:10:52,040
Speaker 11: where Oklahoma City is so deep and they've got so

1568
01:10:52,080 --> 01:10:55,760
Speaker 11: many different guys that can produce that things don't have

1569
01:10:55,800 --> 01:10:58,720
Speaker 11: to click on all cylinders, Like one of their superstars

1570
01:10:58,720 --> 01:11:00,880
Speaker 11: can have an off night and fine, they're still going

1571
01:11:00,960 --> 01:11:03,400
Speaker 11: to win. So I just think that the Wolves have

1572
01:11:03,479 --> 01:11:06,519
Speaker 11: to have more things clicking, fun, fun team to watch,

1573
01:11:06,520 --> 01:11:07,960
Speaker 11: and I think they've got a great coach. I think

1574
01:11:08,040 --> 01:11:12,080
Speaker 11: Chris Finch is an underrated coach and that you know,

1575
01:11:12,120 --> 01:11:14,439
Speaker 11: could be a storyline for this coming game as well.

1576
01:11:14,520 --> 01:11:16,960
Speaker 11: But it'll be it'll be really fascinating to see what

1577
01:11:17,000 --> 01:11:18,760
Speaker 11: approach they take and how they adjust.

1578
01:11:18,920 --> 01:11:21,200
Speaker 6: What do the t Wolves have to do in this

1579
01:11:21,280 --> 01:11:25,120
Speaker 6: game specifically to take at least one to make this

1580
01:11:25,160 --> 01:11:25,679
Speaker 6: a series.

1581
01:11:26,439 --> 01:11:28,040
Speaker 11: Yeah, I mean, I think you're going to have to

1582
01:11:28,040 --> 01:11:30,120
Speaker 11: look at the fact that Julius Randall didn't show up

1583
01:11:30,120 --> 01:11:32,639
Speaker 11: and he was brought in, you know, to be kind

1584
01:11:32,640 --> 01:11:35,720
Speaker 11: of an enforcer, and he's done that and we've seen that.

1585
01:11:35,760 --> 01:11:38,320
Speaker 11: And when I talked to, you know, when we interviewed

1586
01:11:38,360 --> 01:11:41,200
Speaker 11: Mike Conley Junior before the previous game, he talked about

1587
01:11:41,200 --> 01:11:43,519
Speaker 11: how much Julius Randall has brought to this team. So

1588
01:11:43,840 --> 01:11:45,160
Speaker 11: I think you're going to have to see, you know,

1589
01:11:45,360 --> 01:11:48,439
Speaker 11: a bigger game from from Randall, and like I said,

1590
01:11:48,439 --> 01:11:50,200
Speaker 11: things are going to have to click on all cylinders.

1591
01:11:50,200 --> 01:11:52,559
Speaker 11: But but Anthony Edwards is so fun to watch play,

1592
01:11:52,560 --> 01:11:55,000
Speaker 11: and I think it's going to be a fascinating game

1593
01:11:55,040 --> 01:11:55,400
Speaker 11: for sure.

1594
01:11:55,920 --> 01:12:00,479
Speaker 2: I want to talk about SGA winning MVP for Nicola

1595
01:12:00,560 --> 01:12:04,160
Speaker 2: jokicch despite Joker having the best statistical season of his career.

1596
01:12:04,840 --> 01:12:07,519
Speaker 3: Do you think this was the right choice for the award?

1597
01:12:08,439 --> 01:12:08,679
Speaker 11: Yeah?

1598
01:12:08,720 --> 01:12:09,080
Speaker 8: I do.

1599
01:12:09,160 --> 01:12:11,160
Speaker 11: I mean, and and it was. It was totally like

1600
01:12:11,280 --> 01:12:14,920
Speaker 11: neck and neck, and I definitely could have seen justifications

1601
01:12:15,080 --> 01:12:17,599
Speaker 11: you know where yok, sorry, I'm in like the team

1602
01:12:17,600 --> 01:12:18,559
Speaker 11: hallway you're doing.

1603
01:12:18,320 --> 01:12:20,680
Speaker 3: It's like everything.

1604
01:12:20,080 --> 01:12:23,040
Speaker 11: You're in the like, but one of those like can

1605
01:12:23,080 --> 01:12:25,439
Speaker 11: I can I get a Chris Jenner? You're doing amazing, sweetie,

1606
01:12:25,479 --> 01:12:29,599
Speaker 11: you're doing But you know, they both just had such

1607
01:12:29,640 --> 01:12:30,080
Speaker 11: a lecture.

1608
01:12:33,760 --> 01:12:39,000
Speaker 3: Yep, do we lose her? All right?

1609
01:12:39,240 --> 01:12:41,200
Speaker 2: She kind of gave us like a little like four

1610
01:12:41,280 --> 01:12:44,920
Speaker 2: shotow four shadows. I was like full four shot. I

1611
01:12:44,960 --> 01:12:47,639
Speaker 2: mean she is literally in the building.

1612
01:12:47,760 --> 01:12:49,639
Speaker 6: Yeah, she's in the building on the hallway. There's things

1613
01:12:49,640 --> 01:12:50,559
Speaker 6: going on around her.

1614
01:12:50,600 --> 01:12:53,680
Speaker 2: You never know, but wild it really is it to

1615
01:12:53,720 --> 01:12:56,000
Speaker 2: must win tonight for the t Wolves.

1616
01:12:56,439 --> 01:12:59,559
Speaker 3: Oh we got her back. Okay, we got her back.

1617
01:13:00,400 --> 01:13:02,679
Speaker 11: I am very reporting live.

1618
01:13:02,800 --> 01:13:07,240
Speaker 6: I love it. We didn't need proof, but we got it.

1619
01:13:07,320 --> 01:13:10,360
Speaker 11: So, you know, it's like an underrated part of all

1620
01:13:10,400 --> 01:13:12,320
Speaker 11: of our jobs, and it's like, can I get a signal?

1621
01:13:12,360 --> 01:13:13,200
Speaker 11: Can I get a signal?

1622
01:13:13,280 --> 01:13:13,720
Speaker 3: Can you hear?

1623
01:13:14,160 --> 01:13:14,760
Speaker 11: Are we there yet?

1624
01:13:14,880 --> 01:13:15,400
Speaker 6: Are the commercial?

1625
01:13:15,560 --> 01:13:15,760
Speaker 2: Yeah?

1626
01:13:15,800 --> 01:13:18,120
Speaker 11: No, I think Look, it's a good The other thing

1627
01:13:18,200 --> 01:13:20,439
Speaker 11: is like it's a good problem for the league to have,

1628
01:13:20,640 --> 01:13:24,360
Speaker 11: Like you want multiple people that that can that you're saying,

1629
01:13:24,400 --> 01:13:26,280
Speaker 11: you know, are the face of the league. Yokich the

1630
01:13:26,360 --> 01:13:29,439
Speaker 11: best player in the world. It definitely added spice during

1631
01:13:29,479 --> 01:13:32,360
Speaker 11: the Olympics, you know, with SGA playing for Team Canada.

1632
01:13:32,439 --> 01:13:34,960
Speaker 11: So I think it. Look, I didn't have a really

1633
01:13:35,040 --> 01:13:38,080
Speaker 11: strong opinion on either one of them, but when you

1634
01:13:38,120 --> 01:13:41,639
Speaker 11: take inventory and you look at the playoffs and SGA's impact,

1635
01:13:41,880 --> 01:13:43,439
Speaker 11: I think it's safe to say they got it right.

1636
01:13:43,960 --> 01:13:45,840
Speaker 3: Yeah they did. Okay, So switching gears.

1637
01:13:45,840 --> 01:13:48,400
Speaker 2: Before we let you go here, you posted about Jim

1638
01:13:48,560 --> 01:13:52,320
Speaker 2: Orsay's passing this week, honor his legacy and his life.

1639
01:13:52,600 --> 01:13:55,000
Speaker 2: What was your relationship like with him and what will

1640
01:13:55,000 --> 01:13:56,519
Speaker 2: his legacy be in the NFL.

1641
01:13:57,439 --> 01:14:00,360
Speaker 11: Yeah, it's a great question. I'm originally from India, so

1642
01:14:00,400 --> 01:14:02,760
Speaker 11: I actually met him when I was in college and

1643
01:14:03,479 --> 01:14:05,519
Speaker 11: just you know, knew him throughout my time covering the

1644
01:14:05,640 --> 01:14:08,640
Speaker 11: NFL in Houston because the Texans and Colts are in

1645
01:14:08,680 --> 01:14:12,720
Speaker 11: the same division. Just a really really good person and

1646
01:14:13,400 --> 01:14:17,040
Speaker 11: very generous, genuinely wanted the best for Indiana And look,

1647
01:14:17,160 --> 01:14:20,320
Speaker 11: I mean he drafted Tate Manning over Ryan Leaf. He's

1648
01:14:20,360 --> 01:14:23,360
Speaker 11: the reason that Indianapolis has the Super Bowl, the reason

1649
01:14:23,400 --> 01:14:25,680
Speaker 11: they have Lucas Oil Stadium and they were able to

1650
01:14:25,760 --> 01:14:28,840
Speaker 11: host the Super Bowl. The impact that he had on

1651
01:14:28,880 --> 01:14:31,280
Speaker 11: the city of Indianapolis. I mean, Carmen, you're you're at

1652
01:14:31,320 --> 01:14:33,800
Speaker 11: the Combine every year like that, Like Jim made sure

1653
01:14:33,840 --> 01:14:37,519
Speaker 11: the Combine stayed in Indy and he was Yes, he

1654
01:14:37,640 --> 01:14:40,840
Speaker 11: was just a really good person. And you know his

1655
01:14:40,960 --> 01:14:43,479
Speaker 11: daughters are are more than ready to take over and

1656
01:14:44,000 --> 01:14:46,880
Speaker 11: just somebody that the world needs more spirits like the

1657
01:14:46,880 --> 01:14:47,599
Speaker 11: one that he had.

1658
01:14:47,680 --> 01:14:48,120
Speaker 6: For sure.

1659
01:14:48,400 --> 01:14:49,200
Speaker 3: I love that so much.

1660
01:14:49,280 --> 01:14:51,639
Speaker 2: Vanessa, Thank you so much for joining us on you

1661
01:14:51,640 --> 01:14:54,360
Speaker 2: moday hours before tip off.

1662
01:14:54,520 --> 01:14:57,439
Speaker 3: Have the best time tonight. Crush it. We love this.

1663
01:14:57,680 --> 01:14:59,960
Speaker 11: Thank you so much, love both of you, and love

1664
01:15:00,040 --> 01:15:02,880
Speaker 11: seeing y'all crush it talk.

1665
01:15:01,240 --> 01:15:02,760
Speaker 3: To I'm a great one.

1666
01:15:02,960 --> 01:15:04,400
Speaker 2: All right, we're gonna take one more break here you

1667
01:15:04,439 --> 01:15:06,280
Speaker 2: guys when we come back our field good stories of

1668
01:15:06,280 --> 01:15:06,519
Speaker 2: the week.

1669
01:15:06,520 --> 01:15:07,960
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1670
01:15:10,120 --> 01:15:10,840
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01:15:10,800 --> 01:15:11,799
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01:15:11,840 --> 01:15:14,480
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1674
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Speaker 6: and plus we'll probably post it. You know.

1681
01:15:36,760 --> 01:15:39,040
Speaker 2: Well, I'm playing air drums right now. It's just it's

1682
01:15:39,040 --> 01:15:42,040
Speaker 2: been a good music day here on the show. Good job, good.

1683
01:15:41,880 --> 01:15:43,679
Speaker 6: Job, my dad, my dad is a drummer.

1684
01:15:43,760 --> 01:15:45,960
Speaker 2: Oh wait, please please tell me what you told me

1685
01:15:46,000 --> 01:15:48,639
Speaker 2: during commercial break about your dad, my.

1686
01:15:48,680 --> 01:15:51,040
Speaker 6: Dad and my dad. Dad. My dad's listening to the

1687
01:15:51,040 --> 01:15:54,559
Speaker 6: show and just troll me on the last segment, He's like, no,

1688
01:15:54,640 --> 01:15:56,960
Speaker 6: I didn't troll you. I'm like my own father. He's

1689
01:15:57,000 --> 01:15:59,439
Speaker 6: like that, Jalen hurts, he matters in the touch pusch.

1690
01:15:59,439 --> 01:16:00,960
Speaker 6: My dad's an ego or like grew up an Eagles

1691
01:16:00,960 --> 01:16:03,040
Speaker 6: fan group of Philadelphia. He's like Jaylor. I'm like, I know,

1692
01:16:03,120 --> 01:16:05,800
Speaker 6: Jalen Hurts matters. I'm just trying. My life's work is

1693
01:16:05,800 --> 01:16:08,280
Speaker 6: to make people understand what the offensive line does and

1694
01:16:08,320 --> 01:16:09,200
Speaker 6: how important they are.

1695
01:16:09,240 --> 01:16:11,760
Speaker 2: These big boys are my favorite players on everything flor

1696
01:16:11,920 --> 01:16:14,600
Speaker 2: players on every team, and I just need them to

1697
01:16:14,600 --> 01:16:16,040
Speaker 2: get a little bit more recognition.

1698
01:16:16,600 --> 01:16:20,360
Speaker 6: Which is a really great segue into our next My

1699
01:16:20,360 --> 01:16:24,200
Speaker 6: my coach, I was saying, my my feel good story

1700
01:16:24,200 --> 01:16:25,559
Speaker 6: of the week is that we are getting a new

1701
01:16:25,600 --> 01:16:28,800
Speaker 6: award in the NFL Honors and it is called Protector

1702
01:16:28,960 --> 01:16:32,519
Speaker 6: of the Year. And it is a one small step

1703
01:16:32,560 --> 01:16:35,639
Speaker 6: for the NFL, one giant leap for linemankind. Yes, I

1704
01:16:36,120 --> 01:16:38,320
Speaker 6: it's a it's a it's a good start. Also because

1705
01:16:38,320 --> 01:16:40,559
Speaker 6: I think there needs to be a differentiator between centers

1706
01:16:40,640 --> 01:16:43,880
Speaker 6: or interior linemen versus tackles because they do so such

1707
01:16:43,960 --> 01:16:47,080
Speaker 6: different things and they're responsible for such different things. And

1708
01:16:47,160 --> 01:16:50,200
Speaker 6: also like tackles like, I feel like this award is

1709
01:16:50,200 --> 01:16:52,120
Speaker 6: going to probably end up going to like left tackles

1710
01:16:52,120 --> 01:16:53,200
Speaker 6: more often than not.

1711
01:16:53,240 --> 01:16:55,519
Speaker 2: The protectors. Protectors are pretty bud but.

1712
01:16:55,479 --> 01:16:58,240
Speaker 6: Like got there are other guys on the line, you

1713
01:16:58,280 --> 01:17:00,840
Speaker 6: know that, Like, but tackles are off on the island

1714
01:17:00,920 --> 01:17:03,280
Speaker 6: most often, and they they are the ones that kind

1715
01:17:03,320 --> 01:17:06,439
Speaker 6: of are if there is a flashy player on the

1716
01:17:06,520 --> 01:17:09,639
Speaker 6: offensive line, it's the left tackle, yes, going up against

1717
01:17:09,720 --> 01:17:12,760
Speaker 6: you know, some of these edge rushers and all that.

1718
01:17:12,840 --> 01:17:15,360
Speaker 6: So I do think that that's probably, you know, the

1719
01:17:15,439 --> 01:17:17,599
Speaker 6: early iterations of this award, I will be shocked if

1720
01:17:17,600 --> 01:17:20,879
Speaker 6: it goes to an interior alignment, though those are becoming

1721
01:17:20,880 --> 01:17:23,080
Speaker 6: more and more. Like, I think the value of guards

1722
01:17:23,120 --> 01:17:26,600
Speaker 6: is going up because of how many of these defensive

1723
01:17:26,640 --> 01:17:30,040
Speaker 6: tackles are so incredibly good at rushing the passer from

1724
01:17:30,040 --> 01:17:32,760
Speaker 6: the interior. It's the shortest path to the quarterback. Yes,

1725
01:17:32,840 --> 01:17:36,759
Speaker 6: it is, so these guards the center, they're going more

1726
01:17:36,840 --> 01:17:39,920
Speaker 6: unsung even than the tackles. But again, it was Dion

1727
01:17:40,000 --> 01:17:42,439
Speaker 6: Dawkins of the Bills and Andrew Whitworth who were the

1728
01:17:42,439 --> 01:17:44,840
Speaker 6: ones that were kind of pushing this agenda forward. They

1729
01:17:44,880 --> 01:17:48,519
Speaker 6: were so congrats, guys, well done, Proud of you.

1730
01:17:49,840 --> 01:17:53,519
Speaker 2: Like the VP of Football Operations with the NFL literally said,

1731
01:17:53,520 --> 01:17:56,800
Speaker 2: it's because of these two men that this award came fruition.

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01:17:56,680 --> 01:18:00,240
Speaker 6: Both incredibly like both incredible leaders. Wit is so he's

1733
01:18:00,439 --> 01:18:03,360
Speaker 6: every interaction I've had with Wit is just incredible. He's

1734
01:18:03,400 --> 01:18:07,160
Speaker 6: so great, so kind, so good at his job. And

1735
01:18:07,200 --> 01:18:09,360
Speaker 6: Deane Dakon, like, shout out both of you guys fight

1736
01:18:09,400 --> 01:18:11,000
Speaker 6: in the good fight. Who do you guys think would

1737
01:18:11,000 --> 01:18:14,479
Speaker 6: have won it if it was around last year? Really

1738
01:18:14,479 --> 01:18:18,320
Speaker 6: hard your boys, I know, I mean it would probably

1739
01:18:18,439 --> 01:18:21,360
Speaker 6: like with the Eagles as dominant.

1740
01:18:20,920 --> 01:18:22,599
Speaker 3: As they were, they had to be someone there.

1741
01:18:22,640 --> 01:18:25,360
Speaker 6: I would say, Like, it's interesting because I don't know

1742
01:18:25,439 --> 01:18:28,599
Speaker 6: if it would have been Jordan Malatta or Lane Johnson.

1743
01:18:29,320 --> 01:18:31,439
Speaker 9: I mean, Sewell did get that first team.

1744
01:18:31,280 --> 01:18:33,559
Speaker 6: Nod, Panay Suell got the first team nod, and I

1745
01:18:33,640 --> 01:18:35,760
Speaker 6: was actually campaign for him to be Offensive Player of

1746
01:18:35,760 --> 01:18:37,960
Speaker 6: the Year. But now that we have an award, Yeah,

1747
01:18:38,080 --> 01:18:39,720
Speaker 6: I think it would be either the Eagles or it

1748
01:18:39,720 --> 01:18:41,479
Speaker 6: would have been Panay Sewell because he also just does

1749
01:18:41,520 --> 01:18:44,080
Speaker 6: a bunch of other stuff besides being a tackle, being

1750
01:18:44,080 --> 01:18:47,000
Speaker 6: a right tackle, but he like goes out for a pass,

1751
01:18:47,040 --> 01:18:49,559
Speaker 6: he tries to throw a pass, He lines up as

1752
01:18:49,560 --> 01:18:51,799
Speaker 6: a full back. He does so many and he switches

1753
01:18:51,840 --> 01:18:53,760
Speaker 6: sides on the line. He does like Ben Johnson had

1754
01:18:53,800 --> 01:18:57,559
Speaker 6: him doing crazy things last year. Yeah, that's actually that's

1755
01:18:57,560 --> 01:18:58,400
Speaker 6: a better I'm gonna go.

1756
01:18:58,520 --> 01:19:02,400
Speaker 3: Okay, I like that, all right. My feel good story

1757
01:19:02,439 --> 01:19:02,800
Speaker 3: of the week.

1758
01:19:02,880 --> 01:19:05,840
Speaker 2: It's been a pretty incredible week for pacer Star Tyrese Halliburton.

1759
01:19:06,360 --> 01:19:08,240
Speaker 2: Not only did he have that iconic Game one they

1760
01:19:08,240 --> 01:19:11,439
Speaker 2: obviously sold to at MSG, but an Indian, a Pacers

1761
01:19:11,479 --> 01:19:14,880
Speaker 2: fan who was harassed and with bags of garbage while

1762
01:19:14,920 --> 01:19:18,320
Speaker 2: wearing a Halliburton jersey in New York City, received a

1763
01:19:18,320 --> 01:19:21,639
Speaker 2: special invitation from the Pacer Star to attend Game four

1764
01:19:21,760 --> 01:19:25,960
Speaker 2: of the Eastern Conference Finals in Indy. He's a firefighter,

1765
01:19:26,040 --> 01:19:29,840
Speaker 2: a lifelong Pacers supporter, shared his story Monday on the

1766
01:19:29,840 --> 01:19:33,439
Speaker 2: Pat McAfee Show, and during the appearance, Perez showed off

1767
01:19:33,479 --> 01:19:36,880
Speaker 2: a PACER's tattoo on his wrist and was surprised by

1768
01:19:36,920 --> 01:19:41,799
Speaker 2: a video call from Halliburton, who delivered the invitation personally

1769
01:19:41,800 --> 01:19:43,360
Speaker 2: and said, I want to personally bring you and a

1770
01:19:43,360 --> 01:19:46,640
Speaker 2: plus one out to Indiana for Game four. Everybody in

1771
01:19:46,680 --> 01:19:49,360
Speaker 2: our organization wants to make sure that you're taken care of.

1772
01:19:50,000 --> 01:19:52,760
Speaker 2: All the teams, the entire team is excited to meet you,

1773
01:19:52,880 --> 01:19:56,240
Speaker 2: and it's all we've been talking about, Like that's cool,

1774
01:19:56,560 --> 01:19:59,559
Speaker 2: that's what you do, given back to the fans, which

1775
01:19:59,600 --> 01:20:02,560
Speaker 2: I love. Another quick feel good story. I had the

1776
01:20:02,600 --> 01:20:04,840
Speaker 2: opportunity to interview and meet Jim Harbaugh for the first

1777
01:20:04,840 --> 01:20:07,680
Speaker 2: time this week at the Chargers Golf tournament, and I

1778
01:20:07,760 --> 01:20:12,679
Speaker 2: found out this week Ted Lasso's character was inspired by

1779
01:20:12,800 --> 01:20:16,000
Speaker 2: Jim Harbaugh, and after meeting him, I'm like.

1780
01:20:16,040 --> 01:20:17,240
Speaker 3: How did I not see it?

1781
01:20:17,320 --> 01:20:19,720
Speaker 2: This makes so much sense. It was so awesome. He

1782
01:20:19,840 --> 01:20:22,519
Speaker 2: is as advertised. Thank you so much for spending your

1783
01:20:22,520 --> 01:20:24,680
Speaker 2: Saturday afternoon with us. We'll see you guys next week,

1784
01:20:24,760 --> 01:20:26,839
Speaker 2: same time, same place. Have a fun save holiday weekend.