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Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What is up,

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Speaker 1: Straight Fire Family? It's me Rob G sitting in for

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Speaker 1: Jason McIntyre here on Straight Fire for Thursday, August eleventh,

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Speaker 1: exactly one week until my birthday. I haven't decided exactly

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Speaker 1: I might take it off, who knows. All I do

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Speaker 1: as soon as we wrap things up on Friday, I'm

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Speaker 1: jumping on a plane and flying out to Vegas, baby,

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Speaker 1: where I will be spending the weekend with my beautiful

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Speaker 1: wife at the Aria Hotel and Casino, which, as you

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Speaker 1: know if you've been paying attention, is the hotel from

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Speaker 1: Las Vegas, the greatest movie of all time. Once again, Yes,

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Speaker 1: it comes full circle. My life revolves around last Vegas. Uh.

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Speaker 1: We got fammail coming up later in the show. Again,

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Speaker 1: it's been a really big hit. I'm really happy with

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Speaker 1: that once Jason does return next week and moving forward,

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Speaker 1: that maybe we don't do it every single day the

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Speaker 1: way I've been doing it this week, but maybe we

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Speaker 1: just because I think, um, it adds a little something

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Speaker 1: who are first and foremost in our minds anytime we

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Speaker 1: do a show, a chance to be included in the production.

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Speaker 1: Really quickly here before I get into the story that

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Speaker 1: I'm hottest on involving my beloved Los Angeles Lakers, I

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Speaker 1: did see some of the d M, some of the tweets,

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Speaker 1: some of the comments regarding the shot that I took

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Speaker 1: at the Detroit Lions and Hard Knocks, and I called

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Speaker 1: him a poverty franchise or something like that. I don't

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Speaker 1: remember exactly what I said, but I do I did

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Speaker 1: take a little it took a little jab at him,

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Speaker 1: and um, people didn't like what I said about it.

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Speaker 1: And let me just say this, I do not care. Okay, look, man,

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Speaker 1: I don't. I don't regret anything I may have said

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Speaker 1: about their Hard Knocks season. And here's another thing. Came

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Speaker 1: out Wednesday morning. Their rookie wide receiver Jamison and Williams

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Speaker 1: he can do in the NFL. It was reported that

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Speaker 1: he had to ask Matthew Stafford for permission to where

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Speaker 1: the number nine with the Detroit Lions. Look, I know,

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Speaker 1: Matthew Staverage just want a Super Bowl. I'm sure his

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Speaker 1: trajectory in the all time Pantheono quarterbacks is changing now

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Speaker 1: that he's with the Rams, a competent NFL franchise, by

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Speaker 1: the way, But what in the hell did Matthew Stafford

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Speaker 1: have to ask is permission to wear their jersey. I

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Speaker 1: don't get it. I don't understand it. It is why

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Speaker 1: the Detroit Lions to me are a joke, and they

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Speaker 1: will forever remain a joke until they become even consistently mediocre.

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Speaker 1: They don't have to be good. But can you string

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Speaker 1: together a couple of five above seasons? Just a couple?

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Speaker 1: That's all I ask for. Cheez Louise, write any event,

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Speaker 1: the story that I did want to get to and

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Speaker 1: I should have got to a yesterday, you know, full disclosure.

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Speaker 1: That's that's my bad as a producer. I got to

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Speaker 1: know better when I see a story break late on

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Speaker 1: Tuesday night, and I didn't see it when I recorded

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Speaker 1: on Wednesday morning. That's my fault. So I'm getting to

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Speaker 1: it here today. On Thursday, according to Yahoo Sports NBA

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Speaker 1: insider Chris Haynes, he detailed the meeting that Lebron James

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Speaker 1: took with the Lakers brass last week to discuss his

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Speaker 1: contract extension. According to the report, it was Lebron, it

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Speaker 1: new head coach Darvin Ham and, according to Chris Haynes,

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Speaker 1: one of the best in the business. There were four

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Speaker 1: key points that came out of that meeting, none of which,

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Speaker 1: they have a strong dialogue, the majority of the conversation

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Speaker 1: here were the key things that they discussed. According to

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Speaker 1: Chris Haynes, Lebron least, according to sources, drilled home the

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Speaker 1: importance of consistent competitiveness and cohesion, noting that last season's

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Speaker 1: I would agree with that. Number two Darvin Ham agreed

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Speaker 1: I'm on board with that as well. Two for two.

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Speaker 1: Number three Darvin Ham warned that players would have to

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Speaker 1: listed in this article. I think it's a strong plan.

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Speaker 1: I like the direction of the franchise. My only caveat, though,

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Speaker 1: is this Having read this, and I don't doubt Chris

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Speaker 1: upcoming documentary and exchange for good information. At least that's

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Speaker 1: the way I see it. That's my opinion. I could

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Speaker 1: be wrong, but that's how I see it. Again. My

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Speaker 1: only caveat with all of this is, after having read it,

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Speaker 1: it's clear that the Lakers have been lying to us

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Speaker 1: this entire offseason. They have been telling any reporter who

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Speaker 1: would listen that the Los Angeles Lakers are flat out

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Speaker 1: unwilling to include both their first round picks to get

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Speaker 1: is committed to making Russell Westbrook work alongside Lebron James

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Speaker 1: and Anthony Davis, that he's excited to work with him again.

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Speaker 1: If you read the Chris Haynes report, none of those

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Speaker 1: Like that's what I would do. I would look to

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Speaker 1: The Lakers have maintained that's not their stance, but in

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Speaker 1: this article, the way things break down Number one the

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Speaker 1: importance of consistent petitiveness and cohesion. I watched every single

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Speaker 1: if he wasn't so ball dominant, if you didn't let

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Speaker 1: Russ be Russ, as they say. But Russell Westbrook, according

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Speaker 1: be one of the most selfless things you can do

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Speaker 1: Russell Westbrook flat out does not do that. When Russell

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Speaker 1: Darvin ham warrens that players will have to play new

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Speaker 1: Darvin Ham Rob Polinka have been lying to you for

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Speaker 1: I'm at with Tom Brady. Fox Sports Radio has the

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Speaker 1: Who is the best TV or film quarterback of all time?

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Speaker 1: Steven Willie Beamon? Come on and he even send Dave,

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Speaker 1: gimme Fox. For a number of reasons. Number one, he's

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Speaker 1: one of the few guys in UM film history who

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Speaker 1: is a professional quarterback. Um, you know, otherwise they'd be

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Speaker 1: like Lauds Harbor from Varsity Blues, So can't name him.

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Speaker 1: And just visually, it's much more believable to see Jamie

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Speaker 1: Burt Reynolds. So of course, Steve Willey Beaman is the

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Speaker 1: greatest film or movie quarterback of all time. Uh. Next one,

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Speaker 1: who is the best player in the NBA right now?

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Speaker 1: Honest Like again, it's not that difficult. Fifty point performance

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Speaker 1: a two time uh you know, m v P for

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Speaker 1: All Defense. Like the fact that people go out of

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Speaker 1: their way. It feels like to to discredit Janice is

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Speaker 1: you know JJ Reddick can not have him in his

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Speaker 1: top three. He had an interview with Joel and be

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Speaker 1: don't you remember that about a year ago or earlier

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Speaker 1: this year, and he says that, you know, I think

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Speaker 1: and he looked at him. He's like, oh so no, Joannice,

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Speaker 1: Oh no, Joannie is right below them, and it's like wow,

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Speaker 1: really after what he just did in the finals, like

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Speaker 1: come on, And then he had Andrea Goudala says that

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Speaker 1: Rashid Wallace would be better than Janice if they played

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Speaker 1: in today's NBA, It's like, look, Rashid Wallace was great.

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Speaker 1: He was I'm gonna say agree, he was very good.

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Speaker 1: He was a fun player to watch. He had some

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Speaker 1: skills that were before his time. But no, he's nowhere

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Speaker 1: close to Janice. And and and I just don't understand

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Speaker 1: the people who like to slander Janice as a basketball

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Speaker 1: He doesn't have the Kyrie handles or the shoot like staff,

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Speaker 1: put it through this way. In certain situations around the house,

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Speaker 1: point of having a Swiss army knife. I can do

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Speaker 1: a bunch of different things when a sledge hammer will do.

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Speaker 1: And Janice offensively is like a sledge hammer. I don't

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Speaker 1: get to the rim almost that will, he can power

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Speaker 1: through contact, he can dunk on everybody, and he's arguably

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Speaker 1: the best defender in the NBA. So yes, Janice is

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Speaker 1: of course the best player in the NBA. Last one

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Speaker 1: very quickly, Oh god, okay, uh who is the most

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Speaker 1: you serious? Are you? Are you trying to get me

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Speaker 1: killed here in the streets of Los Angeles, Like, are

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Speaker 1: you you're asking me to offend somebody? Oh gosh, um, Chickern.

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Speaker 1: And yes, Chickern, because I just said a few minutes ago,

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Speaker 1: Vince Scully is the most iconic l A broadcaster when

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Speaker 1: just said. And whoever said that question it is an asshole,

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Speaker 1: because that's not cool to make you choose between Chickherne

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Speaker 1: tomorrow because I said something so all right about the

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Speaker 1: great rest of your day, and we will finish the

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Speaker 1: week strong tomorrow