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Speaker 1: This is straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What is a

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Speaker 1: great fire fan. It's me Jason McIntyre, Straight Fire for Wednesday,

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Speaker 1: February eight. It's a melancholy Wednesday hump day, if you

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Speaker 1: will in the McIntyre household. Because Lebron said a record

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Speaker 1: last night for the Lakers historic moment. I had my

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Speaker 1: I was. I was proud. I was impressed. They were

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Speaker 1: freaking OKAC thunder. Uh. I gotta stay calm. I have

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Speaker 1: to that. I don't know how Lebron stays calm. I

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Speaker 1: was trying to stay commons and be a fan. How

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Speaker 1: is Lebron staying calm. We'll get to that boat in

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Speaker 1: a moment. First got to mention good guests coming up today.

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Speaker 1: His name is Rick Buker. He's covered the NBA forever,

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Speaker 1: was the ESPN, now was at FS one, does Fox

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Speaker 1: Sports Radio. He's gonna start doing UM a lot of

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Speaker 1: the shows here as the NBA heats up. Good guy.

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Speaker 1: I've known Rick. I like to spar with him. One

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Speaker 1: of the most fun sparring moments we had UM was

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Speaker 1: doing some digital stuff during the pandemic. It was fun

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Speaker 1: because you know, he's a lot of these and like

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Speaker 1: Brussard likes to mix it up, Buker likes to mix

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Speaker 1: it up, and I get along well with those guys.

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Speaker 1: We disagree greatly on a lot of stuff. And we

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Speaker 1: recorded it yesterday afternoon before Lebron broke the record, so

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Speaker 1: there's not really much Lebron talk. That being said, I

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Speaker 1: guess I need to spend a few moments on Lebron

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Speaker 1: or the Lakers, which one which is more important? Like,

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Speaker 1: let's be real, we knew Lebron was gonna set the record,

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Speaker 1: that was a given. I personally didn't think he'd go

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Speaker 1: postal like he did last night. Lebron, finishing with thirty

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Speaker 1: eight points, passed his kareem Aldo Jabar, leading score in

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Speaker 1: the history of the sport. Lebron was fantastic thirty eight seven,

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Speaker 1: I mean, I'm not gonna wax poetic about Lebron James. Guys,

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Speaker 1: We've done this a lot. It's weird. The Internet has

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Speaker 1: gotten people so entrenched that nobody wants to come off

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Speaker 1: a position, no matter what information is presented to them.

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Speaker 1: Nobody wants to come off a position. And if you

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Speaker 1: don't want to come off the position that Jordan was

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Speaker 1: the greatest ever in Lebron has now passed him. That's fine,

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Speaker 1: I get it. We disagree. It's okay, Like reasonable humans

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Speaker 1: can disagree. If you want to stack resumes, we could

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Speaker 1: do that too. Because Lebron's wins, it does. That's the fact.

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Speaker 1: Like Lebron played a lot longer the Michael Jordan. Lebron

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Speaker 1: didn't go to college. He came right out of high school.

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Speaker 1: It was an instant hit, major factor right out of

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Speaker 1: stands historically in like every category, practically he's gonna beat

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Speaker 1: Michael Jordan's and it's not really a competition. It's a

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Speaker 1: There was a moment where I thought Lebron, Lebron could

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Speaker 1: we know, very insecure. Michael Jordan's at that point green

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Speaker 1: lights his ten part documentary, which was great Last Dance.

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Speaker 1: so you know. It wasn't like actual journalism. This was

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Speaker 1: I understand. Michael Jordan he wants to do that. Why

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Speaker 1: in a ten part documentary that he greenlit. That's foolish.

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Speaker 1: So Lebron beat the Warriors. Then goes to the Lakers.

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Speaker 1: Everyone's like, there's no way he's winning. Well, baby can

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Speaker 1: where it got ugly. Russell Westbrook comes down. I'm talking

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Speaker 1: what is thirty six hours, seventy whatever, the number is

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Speaker 1: you know Lebron cares about this loss. He's probably super

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Speaker 1: ticked off. If I'm the Lakers, I really have to

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Speaker 1: then they got Damar and he had to figure out

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Speaker 1: how to play off of Damar. And he did a

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Speaker 1: decent job last year. He's been injured this year. He's

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Speaker 1: got an issue with I believe, a finger on his

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Speaker 1: shooting hand. And when you're a spot up guy, when

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Speaker 1: you're suddenly a spot up guy and you haven't been

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Speaker 1: a spot up guy before and now you can't shoot

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Speaker 1: a three, that's going to seriously undermine your abilities. The

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Speaker 1: other problem is that Vussovic isn't really a he's not

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Speaker 1: a roller and so, and he's not a great I mean,

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Speaker 1: he's a good he's a good pick and pop guy,

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Speaker 1: but he's not a pick and roller. And what he

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Speaker 1: does is he takes up a lot of space inside.

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Speaker 1: So now those driving lanes, you've got Demarda Rosen, You've

435
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Speaker 1: got Vossovich in the paint. For the most part, where

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Speaker 1: where is zach Levin is supposed to go, he now becomes.

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Speaker 1: He now becomes kind of rustle, the way Russell Westbrook

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Speaker 1: was when he was starting with the Lakers. Like now

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Speaker 1: I have to depend on the least effective part of

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Speaker 1: my job to be a contributor here. So I'm not

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Speaker 1: that down on Zak. I just feel like, and maybe

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Speaker 1: they do move him, but I feel like it's the

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Speaker 1: combination of those those three that that doesn't quite that

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Speaker 1: the pieces just don't fit. The talent is good. I

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Speaker 1: like each one of those guys individually, I just don't

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Speaker 1: like the way they are collectively because to your point,

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Speaker 1: they're expensive and those names are big enough that you

448
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Speaker 1: expect more than ninth in the East. Yeah, So, uh

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Speaker 1: so your gut is Levin probably doesn't go anywhere, so

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Speaker 1: I guess we'll just go right to it. Kevin Durant

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Speaker 1: the big name in Brooklyn. The latest reports, depending on

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Speaker 1: who you want to believe, Woes, Shams, Christians, whoever, is

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Speaker 1: that the Nets are talking to Kevin Durant and trying

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Speaker 1: to I don't know if talking off the ledge is accurate,

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Speaker 1: but they're talking to him about, you know, maybe adding

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Speaker 1: to the roster. They go grab somebody from Toronto. Um,

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Speaker 1: maybe they go get John Collins. I don't know what

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Speaker 1: that would even do, but bottom line that it doesn't

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Speaker 1: sound like they want to trade Kevin Durant. Is that

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Speaker 1: the right move? I mean, he's thirty thirty five in September.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if he's still a top three player

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Speaker 1: in the league. Maybe you extend that the top five,

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Speaker 1: like given his age, the rees an injury history. I

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Speaker 1: don't know, Rick, shouldn't they try to move him while

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Speaker 1: they can now and get whatever asse that you can. Boy,

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Speaker 1: he looked pretty good at the beginning of the year.

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Speaker 1: That's my reluctance. I hear with you on the I

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Speaker 1: I hear you on the age, and I'm not opposed

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Speaker 1: to moving him. I wouldn't be opposed to moving him

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Speaker 1: to the Toronto Raptors for Fred van Vleet and Antonobi

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Speaker 1: or postick them. I wouldn't. I wouldn't. I wouldn't turn

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Speaker 1: down like a nice starter kit uh and and and

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Speaker 1: but you know, and I'd love to get off of

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Speaker 1: Ben Simmons too if I'm going, But I don't know

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Speaker 1: that I can. You know, I would try. I would,

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Speaker 1: I would definitely try. I'm not opposed to moving Kevin Durant,

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Speaker 1: but I'm also not opposed to keeping him because he's

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Speaker 1: still pretty damn good. And you are in Brooklyn and

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Speaker 1: it does give you the biggest star in that market.

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Speaker 1: And as is as is, Brooklyn is struggling at the gate.

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Speaker 1: They're not They're they're not mayking a ton of revenue.

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Speaker 1: It's why they want to still maintain this team and

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Speaker 1: try to go for a you know, and make the playoffs,

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Speaker 1: because you know, rather than tear it down now they're

485
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Speaker 1: they're still trying to make money, and they're still trying

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Speaker 1: to pay They're still paying Steve Nash. Obviously I would assume, um, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I just who and and you know, I we've never

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Speaker 1: seen the numbers. I mean the whole Kyrie Irving anti

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Speaker 1: Semitic de debacle. You can't tell me that didn't cost

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Speaker 1: the money of course in Brooklyn. In Brooklyn, I mean

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Speaker 1: this is this is where the people who say Kyrie

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Speaker 1: is playing chess and we're all playing se checkers. He's

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Speaker 1: he's got this celestial knowledge that none of us have,

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Speaker 1: and he's just he's and he's leveraging the nets like

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Speaker 1: he just left. He left the biggest media market where

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Speaker 1: uh he could get a max extension to go to

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Speaker 1: the Dallas Mavericks, who I mean the Nets were guaranteed

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Speaker 1: to make the playoffs, the twelve games over five dred.

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Speaker 1: He went to a team that is what two games

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Speaker 1: over five I think three after the out, Yeah, two

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Speaker 1: or three one of them. But that's a good point.

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Speaker 1: I hadn't thought of. Um, he took a step back.

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Speaker 1: But I would argue he has a better chance in

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Speaker 1: Dallas to make a run in the West than he

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Speaker 1: would have at Brooklyn to make a run against Boston

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Speaker 1: and Milwaukee, who I think are probably the two best

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Speaker 1: teams in the league right now. Right I don't who

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Speaker 1: do you fear more play? Boston? Boston and Milwaukee. Yeah,

509
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Speaker 1: Boston Milwaukee or a tougher road I think than Memphis

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Speaker 1: or I would agree, I would agree that I don't

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Speaker 1: I wouldn't anticipate them getting past either one of them.

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Speaker 1: But where's he going with the Dallas? Like? What why

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Speaker 1: is your why? Why do you have so much faith

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Speaker 1: in the Dallas Mavericks. I have faith in Luca, in

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Speaker 1: Luca don Ch I trust. I believe he's the best

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Speaker 1: player in the league around him, around him, yeah, exactly.

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Speaker 1: He had nothing around him last year and they went

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Speaker 1: to the conference finals. Um, I think this guy is incredible.

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Speaker 1: I would not be act if they were in the

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Speaker 1: finals at all. Guys who could defend? I mean he

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Speaker 1: basically like, Okay, Brunson is a little bit of a

522
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Speaker 1: better defender than Kyrie, but neither of them. It's negligible. Um,

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Speaker 1: they lose significantly. Well, Brunson doesn't defend now, he defended

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Speaker 1: more last year. I'll give you that. But nobody defends

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Speaker 1: in the NBA nobody. Well they don't now, they don't now.

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Speaker 1: But in the playoffs, in the playoff, I don't know.

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Speaker 1: The Memphis Grizzlies getting half court stops in the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: That's why, that's why the Warriors. That's why I don't

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Speaker 1: have the Warriors going anywhere. They can't defend, which is

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Speaker 1: weird because Draymond Green is supposed to be the best

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Speaker 1: defensive player in the league the last ten years. Like

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00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:40,880
Speaker 1: he can't do it alone. Right, It's not his problem,

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00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:44,160
Speaker 1: it's Clay can't defend anymore. Clay can still score, it

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Speaker 1: can't defend. Remember Clay used to be arguably the best

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Speaker 1: defensive to Garden the league. Well that was before the

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Speaker 1: double with the double al. But my point is he's

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Speaker 1: not that. Jordan Poole, without question, doesn't even make an

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Speaker 1: attempt to defend. So you've got your two main perimeter guys.

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Speaker 1: Steph Curry now is arguably your best perimeter defender outside

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Speaker 1: of Andrew Wiggins. That's not a good place for you

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Speaker 1: to be defensively. And by the way, you don't have

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Speaker 1: rim protection that you're hoping to get at some point

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Speaker 1: from James Wiseman. Yeah, James Wiseman is in a bus here.

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Speaker 1: How about this. If I'm Bob Meyers, who I guess

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Speaker 1: his contract, he's kind of up or whatever, but he's

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Speaker 1: in limbo in Golden State. But Bob Meyers calls up

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Speaker 1: Brooklyn says, hey, I give you Wiseman, I'll give you Moody,

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Speaker 1: and I'll give you another future. First, give me Kevin

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Speaker 1: Duran or or whatever it is to make the salaries match.

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Speaker 1: Is that something? I mean? Are you ready to get

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Speaker 1: off Wiseman? Because he has been a colossal disappointment and

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Speaker 1: I don't see him suddenly turning around next year. He's

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Speaker 1: not happening fast enough for the Warriors. So why wouldn't

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Speaker 1: they move them? I believe that they would for a

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Speaker 1: deal that would like If i'm them, I would move Wiseman,

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Speaker 1: Wiseman and Moody, and I might even throw in a

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Speaker 1: pick to get Anna Obi. Oh my gosh, that's a

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Speaker 1: lot for O g N And I know he leads

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Speaker 1: the league of deflections and he's a winning player. I

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Speaker 1: like him. That's a lot. What how's it? A lot? Moody,

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Speaker 1: Wiseman has been a colossal disappointment. Wiseman, Moody and a

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Speaker 1: future number one pick for O g Na Obi for

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Speaker 1: O g Na. Let's see here. Let me just look

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Speaker 1: at look at what his contract looks like. Um, because

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Speaker 1: I mean Dad will start eighteen. Oh that's that's pretty awesome.

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Speaker 1: I think that actually works, and then he has a

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Speaker 1: player option for nine team, which I'll probably decline. So

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Speaker 1: you definitely get him this year and next year, and

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Speaker 1: then he'll decline it and ask for a huge pay day.

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Speaker 1: Clay Draymond Wiggins and O G. No. I would still

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Speaker 1: I would still start Cavan Looney, but now I have

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Speaker 1: then Annaby and now I have Anna Nobi and Cominga

577
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Speaker 1: coming off the bench defensively. And you need somebody for Luca,

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00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:32,160
Speaker 1: you need somebody for Kauai. Um I know I have.

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Speaker 1: Now I have multiple wing defenders that I can this

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Speaker 1: Wiseman and Moody. The problem is the problem is that

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Speaker 1: Massa is gonna ask for Comina and that's where it

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Speaker 1: gets tough. No, I'm not giving up. I'm not putting

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Speaker 1: Cominga in there. I would give a Moody um hm.

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Speaker 1: But but here's the thing. Wiseman's not like exactly a

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Speaker 1: high seller right now, He's not. He's not. Yeah, you're

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Speaker 1: selling which isn't you are selling low on Wiseman. So

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Speaker 1: that's why you've got to throw a pick in there.

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00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:09,040
Speaker 1: You've got to throw something else in there to have

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Speaker 1: a chance of it working. And Massig may. What it

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Speaker 1: sounds like is Massia has a chance at DeAndre Aytan.

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Speaker 1: So if he needs a big do you go DeAndre

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Speaker 1: Ayton or do you go that's gross? I would go Wiseman.

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Speaker 1: Toronto is not close to anything, and you've gotta be honest.

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Speaker 1: Wiseman was a colossal bust. And now you're like, oh no, no,

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Speaker 1: I would take Wiseman over eight. Do you know what

596
00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:34,960
Speaker 1: automatic that guy? He's a proven starter, starting center in

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00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:39,880
Speaker 1: this league. It's awful. He's playing video games all the time.

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00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:41,760
Speaker 1: He wanted to get paid. Then he got an argument

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Speaker 1: his coach like, I'm out on wisen Let me look

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Speaker 1: at this Toronto. Does Massia have any leverage? They have

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Speaker 1: a massive payroll and by the way, almost everybody's up

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Speaker 1: next year. Uh, Trenton has a player option, Van Fleet

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00:33:55,320 --> 00:33:58,640
Speaker 1: has a player option. Siaka, they gotta do something. I

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Speaker 1: don't know how he did it, but Messi has created

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00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:05,080
Speaker 1: all the leverage. Like everybody's calling him. Everybody is calling

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Speaker 1: him on his players. Um, so what what I mean?

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Speaker 1: You said all these guys like, where are these where

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Speaker 1: are these guys going that that that they're going to

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Speaker 1: get the money that they're making right now? Who's gonna

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Speaker 1: sign Fred van Lee Who's gonna sign who else? Did

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Speaker 1: you say was up? So? Van Vleet has this year

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00:34:29,120 --> 00:34:31,800
Speaker 1: than a player option. Uh Siakam has this year and

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Speaker 1: next year, Trent as a player option after this year.

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Speaker 1: O g has two in the player option. Chris Boucher

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Speaker 1: has two and then another one. Scotty Barns. By the way,

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Speaker 1: Scotty Barnes, how overhyped was he coming into this season?

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Speaker 1: Everybody's Oh Scotty Barnes untouchable for Kevin Durant, He's still

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Speaker 1: and I would and I would, well, he's still untouchable

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Speaker 1: for Toronto. I I like him, but untouchable. Well, he's

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Speaker 1: young and his on his on his rookie salary scale.

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Speaker 1: And again that maybe just MASSI creating, creating market value. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he I mean, look you think about it. Look at Toronto,

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Speaker 1: Look at Toronto, look at their record, look at who

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Speaker 1: they have, And yet everybody is looking at Toronto and saying,

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Speaker 1: can we make a deal for o g is Fred

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Speaker 1: VanVleet available, Like, I mean, that's it's what about Pascal,

627
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Speaker 1: Like that's that's happening. That's the mind that's the thought,

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Speaker 1: the mindset in the in the NBA right now. And

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Speaker 1: and to your I agree with you. It feels like

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Speaker 1: it's seven galley trick that that that Messiah has pulled

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Speaker 1: on everybody because I look at that team and I

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Speaker 1: thought that team was gonna be much better this year.

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Speaker 1: They spent they the entire team was at the u

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Speaker 1: C l A Jim during the summer play and pick

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Speaker 1: up together. I mean, the whole team was out there.

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Speaker 1: I walked in one time. Scottie Barnes, Fred Vanvlee, Pascal Siakam,

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Speaker 1: O g Bouche, all of them were out there and

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Speaker 1: there was every like assistant coach in personnel person from

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Speaker 1: the Raptors on the sideline watching. And that's those are

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Speaker 1: the days where Scotty Barnes was acting like he was

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Speaker 1: the God's gift to basketball. Hunh. And Scotty Barnes is there, yeah,

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Speaker 1: Scott Well, Scotty Barnes was letting everyone knows. Scotty Barnes

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Speaker 1: was there. Apparently the ego really got to him quickly.

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Speaker 1: And again, I'm sure he's a great kid, but the

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Speaker 1: stuff that you heard is like he really thinks he's

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Speaker 1: like the alpha on that team, and it's something's clearly

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Speaker 1: going on. How about this, Why are they a five

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Speaker 1: hutter team? What's going on? Because well, what one because

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Speaker 1: of what I said in terms of the um, in

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Speaker 1: terms of the offense, like this has become an offensive league.

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Speaker 1: They're they're calling card was their defense, the fact that

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Speaker 1: they could switch. Scotty Barnes good defensive good young defensive player,

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Speaker 1: o g good defensive player, Scott like all of them

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Speaker 1: played defense. But what we've seen is like you can't defend.

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Speaker 1: If you touch somebody, they're going to the free throw line.

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Speaker 1: So now it's become an offensive game. And and teams

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Speaker 1: are become really good at structuring their offense. So the

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Speaker 1: ball may not be in their best players hands all

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Speaker 1: the time, but it's going to be in their hands

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Speaker 1: to shoot the ball. Who's your best player, by the way,

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Speaker 1: they're best player. That's a good question that you don't

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Speaker 1: even know who your best player is. I will go

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Speaker 1: see m um. So we'll wrap up Rick last year

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Speaker 1: at the trade deadline there were There was one kind

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Speaker 1: of quiet move that I thought was valuable and helped

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Speaker 1: down the stretch, and I think it was Derek White.

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Speaker 1: Wasn't he a trade deadline guy? Yeah? That was kind

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Speaker 1: of a good, sneaky move and it was like, huh,

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Speaker 1: they end up going in the finals. Derek White and

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Speaker 1: not instrumental, but he was an integral part off the bench.

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Speaker 1: I think integrals a fair worded there. Can you see

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Speaker 1: an under the radar move helping somebody a a John

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Speaker 1: Collins in Atlanta if you will? Um, I don't know

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Speaker 1: if Washington's got anyone else they want to dump. Are

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Speaker 1: the Utah Jazz finally ready to part with Bogdanovich? Um?

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Speaker 1: It feels like the Jazz that story was great early

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Speaker 1: in the season and now it's they're under fire headed

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Speaker 1: towards the lottery. UM, give me a name or two.

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Speaker 1: I think that depending on the team, Mike Conley and

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Speaker 1: Jared Vanderbilt could do a lot for a team. Vanderbilt

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Speaker 1: is a wing defender like he's um or Jordan Clarkson

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Speaker 1: and Jared Vanderbilt like I would feel completely different again

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Speaker 1: with the Warriors if they were able to make a

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Speaker 1: deal taking some of their young guys and they got

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Speaker 1: Jordan Clarkson and Jared Vanderbilt. I just like, I just

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Speaker 1: the Warriors have no bench. They have no bench, and

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Speaker 1: they have guys they're just too young. They're too young. Yeah, exactly, exactly,

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Speaker 1: But your timeline is now, like this idea that I mean,

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Speaker 1: steps playing out of his mind? How many years can

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Speaker 1: he play out of his mind or avoid the injuries

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Speaker 1: that are now quietly piling up. He missed almost the

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Speaker 1: entire season what three years ago, Two years ago he

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Speaker 1: was injured. Last year he was injured. This year he's injured.

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Speaker 1: It's like, at some point you got to realize that

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Speaker 1: this is what happens. I think Lebron has kind of

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Speaker 1: fooled everybody into thinking, oh, yeah, everybody can play until

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Speaker 1: they're thirty eight or thirty nine if they say they

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Speaker 1: want to, and it's by and large that's just not

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Speaker 1: the case. Yeah. The final name and again casuals, well,

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Speaker 1: we'll just scoff at this. But Yaka Peurdle of San Antonio.

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Speaker 1: We know Popovich wants to be the worst record in

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Speaker 1: the league and have a best shot at one ban Yama,

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Speaker 1: who's getting Yaka Purdle. I originally thought the Nets would

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Speaker 1: be a place that he could potentially go because they

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Speaker 1: desperately need size. Um Laxton has been excellent. He is,

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Speaker 1: but he's just he's not He's just not big enough.

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Speaker 1: You know, Warriors. If you see how the Nets have

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Speaker 1: played again the Boston Celtics, the Boston Celtics are only

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Speaker 1: Al Horford and Robert Williams. Claxton can't get anything done.

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Speaker 1: You've got You've got Brook Lopez, You've got You've got

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Speaker 1: Joe l m b. You've got Al Horfor like, if

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Speaker 1: Nick Claxton is your big man. There's nothing against Nick Claxton.

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Speaker 1: It's just you need like a legitimate body at that

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Speaker 1: position if you're going to compete in postseason. Alright, but

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Speaker 1: Rick will wrap up. It's early February, your NBA Finals

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Speaker 1: two teams. Prediction is And to give you a couple

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Speaker 1: of seconds, I will go gold Golden Day Warriors. Oh

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Speaker 1: my god, Boston Celtics rematch. That's not bad. I like rematches.

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Speaker 1: It's crazy. I'm gonna go Bucks Clippers. It's what I

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Speaker 1: said at the beginning of the year. I will stay

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Speaker 1: with it. I don't have I don't have reason to

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Speaker 1: change at this point, I really like I do like Boston. Um.

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Speaker 1: Jayson Tatum still scares me every time you need, like

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Speaker 1: a really big game somehow I love at the worst

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Speaker 1: time and then he comes back and he makes up

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Speaker 1: for it. But it's like, if that's your guy, if

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Speaker 1: that's your difference, maker's the slander. You know, we didn't

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Speaker 1: even talk about the Sixers on this podcast. I'm sure

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Speaker 1: you know. Philly fans are very sensitive, right, UM, so

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Speaker 1: they're gonna be upset. Don't worry, We'll We'll have plenty

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Speaker 1: of time to talk Kings. Next time you stop by, Rick,

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Speaker 1: I knew that's your new that's your new Finals. There

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Speaker 1: you go, alright, man, enjoy the trade deadline A sea soon. Thanks,