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Speaker 1: it gets up we all find ladies and gentlemen. It's

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Speaker 1: me Jason McIntyre here Episode two of Straight Fire. Thank

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Speaker 1: you to everyone who listened to episode one. Y'all hit

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Speaker 1: me up on social media. I had a lot of

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Speaker 1: So thank you. Family is great obviously, and a funny story.

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Speaker 1: next to Dirk Noovitz and Steve Nash and naturally, I said, hey,

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Speaker 1: you should probably mention straight Fire. They probably listen to

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Speaker 1: But how do you avoid trouble if you're universities? And

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Speaker 1: all right, my best bet. I don't love the card today,

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Speaker 1: I'm a fan of the Sixers. You know they're one

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Speaker 1: wrap up today's podcast by telling you this. Obviously, subscribe,

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Speaker 1: give me that five stars. You've gotta give me the comment. Okay,

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Speaker 1: it takes two seconds, just do it. I just have

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Speaker 1: to get this off my chest real quick. Kawai Leonard

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Speaker 1: has not played a back to back in over three years.

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Speaker 1: If there is a play in series, and it's a

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Speaker 1: lot that there's gonna be one, there are gonna be

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Speaker 1: back to backs in the first round. So the real

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Speaker 1: test is coming for Cohen. I let her to the Clippers.

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Speaker 1: I love this. Is he gonna sit out of back

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Speaker 1: to back in the playoffs because it's gonna happen. It's

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Speaker 1: gonna happen. And I wonder if sorry to slip this

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Speaker 1: in again, load management fraud. Kawhi Leonard is gonna sit

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Speaker 1: out a playoff game because he don't do back to backs.

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Speaker 1: Hasn't played one in three years. It's gonna be fascinating

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Speaker 1: to see all right, folks, Thanks for listening Straight Fire

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Speaker 1: with Jason McIntyre. We're daily folks, every weekday. Make this

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Speaker 1: your first stop in the morning. Thanks for listening. Hit

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