WEBVTT - Bonus Episode- Chasity Melvin Breaks It Down

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<v Speaker 1>This is cut to It with Steve Smith Senior at

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<v Speaker 1>production of The Black Effect and I Heart Radio. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>Steve Smith Senior and I and this is a cut

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<v Speaker 1>to it bonus episode. Good do It, Good do It.

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<v Speaker 1>They're getting down to do it, good do it? All right,

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<v Speaker 1>so we have to breakdown and so Chastie, what we uh,

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<v Speaker 1>what we're gonna talk about is bubble ball. And in

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<v Speaker 1>bubble ball is we want your coach. You also balled,

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<v Speaker 1>So we want you to break down the finals right

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<v Speaker 1>now and also breakdown the w n B A and

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<v Speaker 1>what has gone on inside the bubble and why has

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<v Speaker 1>it been so successful with everything and unless So let's

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<v Speaker 1>start off with what I'm trying to figure out because

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<v Speaker 1>I'm baffled. I'm a football guy through and through. I

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<v Speaker 1>watched basketball from the couch. I'm coach. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>if that's a good picking roll. I just he either

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<v Speaker 1>made it or he didn't not that's all. I let

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<v Speaker 1>the ball go in the basket. My son gets on

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<v Speaker 1>my nerves with this bull crap talking about pandemic p

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<v Speaker 1>oh man. I can't stand because I'm a Clippers fan too,

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<v Speaker 1>so I gets on my nerves. So please explain to me,

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<v Speaker 1>where are all these young all stars coming from that peak?

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<v Speaker 1>Like the heat they got, all these guys shooting threes

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<v Speaker 1>four months ago, these dudes where nobody's then all of

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<v Speaker 1>a sudden dancing they they shooting threes. Please help a

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<v Speaker 1>couch basketball fan like myself. Okay, all right, I'm just

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<v Speaker 1>gonna cut to it. Preston Steph Curry, who we all love,

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<v Speaker 1>changed the game with three point shot, and um, I

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<v Speaker 1>watched the NFL feel the same way you watch basketball, Steve.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm on the couch, like did he catch it? Like, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>that's it. I don't know the like why did he

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<v Speaker 1>run outside? Why? I'm asking people, why did he just

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<v Speaker 1>rush straight up the middle? Like? I don't get it?

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<v Speaker 1>You know what I'm saying. So Um, basically, the game

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<v Speaker 1>has changed so much that it's a game made for

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<v Speaker 1>just and I know people hate for me to say

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<v Speaker 1>that for three point shooters. Um, back in the day,

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<v Speaker 1>if you watch the game you had, and I guess

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<v Speaker 1>the San Antonio's first obviously showed this the best you

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<v Speaker 1>had inside outside like the three point I hate people

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<v Speaker 1>say the three point shot wasn't always a part of

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<v Speaker 1>the game because it's always been a part of the game,

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<v Speaker 1>but now for me watching the game, it seems like

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<v Speaker 1>it's the only part. And so a lot of players

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<v Speaker 1>that are out there now knocking down threes and playing

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<v Speaker 1>in the NBA ten years ago wouldn't have made it

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<v Speaker 1>to the league. But also now be guys you know,

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<v Speaker 1>like Bam shows he can still score. Those types of

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<v Speaker 1>players and I'm glad that Miami Heat you do lines

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<v Speaker 1>as him. But those types of players are overseas, so

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<v Speaker 1>you don't really have those bigs and people that can

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<v Speaker 1>score inside or people that can get the old fashioned

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<v Speaker 1>end ones. They're pretty much shipped overseas and not in

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<v Speaker 1>the NBA anymore. So that's why you have this talent

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<v Speaker 1>pool where people are like, who is this dude? But

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<v Speaker 1>if he's knocking down threes and um in the NBA system,

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<v Speaker 1>then he's going to be successful. So that's kind of

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<v Speaker 1>like where the game is going to now. Do you think,

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<v Speaker 1>with that being said, do you think that teams are

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<v Speaker 1>now depending on three point shot more than they used

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<v Speaker 1>to be. It seems almost as if it is predicated

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<v Speaker 1>you run your offense. So you look at like the

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<v Speaker 1>Houston Rockets, it's it's almost as if it's predicated with

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<v Speaker 1>the three point shot. Yeah, it's it definitely is, And

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<v Speaker 1>that part of me bothered me coaching with the Greensboro Swarm.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I'm I'm trying to get guys like inside

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<v Speaker 1>to do just an up and under. You know, there

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<v Speaker 1>are guys six nine, six ten that could easily average

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<v Speaker 1>ten and twelve by just making basic moves inside. But

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<v Speaker 1>they're getting the ball and dribbling to kick it out

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<v Speaker 1>to it for a three point shot. I mean, you

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<v Speaker 1>can see it when you watch the game, and then

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<v Speaker 1>you'll have guys that can go in and get an

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<v Speaker 1>N one like I love. I used to love how

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<v Speaker 1>Stephan Mary Marbury would cut the ball when he drove

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<v Speaker 1>to the basket against all those big dudes and finish

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<v Speaker 1>with the A one. You don't see guys do that anymore. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>Miami Heat has shown it something, but they've just kind

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<v Speaker 1>of gone away from that. It's like you drive to

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<v Speaker 1>pitch and that's kind of like the NBA game right now.

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<v Speaker 1>But I always say it's a game. It's it's just trendy.

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<v Speaker 1>So we're gonna it's not anything to hate on. You

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<v Speaker 1>enjoy it. Some people like it, some people want the

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<v Speaker 1>old school basketball. But I think it'll trend back to,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, at least having post score inside and do

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<v Speaker 1>different things. Or maybe it won't. I don't know, but

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<v Speaker 1>I missed. I missed the big scorner inside. So I

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<v Speaker 1>enjoyed watching BAM with the Miami Heat. What has the

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<v Speaker 1>bubble done for basketball in regards to the restart, I

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<v Speaker 1>think it's just made it more neutral. I think once

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<v Speaker 1>you get the fans out of it and the home

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<v Speaker 1>court advantage it brings it, it brings back a sense

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<v Speaker 1>of purity to the game of just you know, we're

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<v Speaker 1>in the bubble. The guys are in the bubble, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's just basketball, and it's um. If you played AU

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<v Speaker 1>or you've played in any kind of tournament like a

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<v Speaker 1>Thanksgiving turn or whatever, you know, it's just you guys

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<v Speaker 1>are there, the women are there at tournaments and it's

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<v Speaker 1>just the play. Um, you don't know who you don't.

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<v Speaker 1>You may not have a lot of fans. Everyone can't

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<v Speaker 1>fit in the GM. At the end of the day,

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<v Speaker 1>it's just all about basketball and bragging, right. So I

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<v Speaker 1>think that's what we saw in the bubble, and the

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<v Speaker 1>bubble is just game in game out. There's no home

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<v Speaker 1>court advantage. It's just we all slept pretty much in

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<v Speaker 1>the same bed as the same hotel, eating the same food,

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<v Speaker 1>and um, you gotta go out and play. Yeah, A

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<v Speaker 1>lot of a lot of the players wanted to call

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<v Speaker 1>the w B A bubble the bubble, so they were

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<v Speaker 1>getting on me because I still called it the bubble

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<v Speaker 1>there because I like, I don't like saying wobble. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>because I'm old school. I'm like, I'm staying the entertaining.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a grown woman. You always say wobble. What's what's

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<v Speaker 1>been your take so far? I know the w n

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<v Speaker 1>B A is is still in the wobbo and the

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<v Speaker 1>Phoenix Merker you guys, UM, you know you you guys

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<v Speaker 1>are are now out of the playoffs. But what's been

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<v Speaker 1>your take, UM, on that whole experience so far? You

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<v Speaker 1>kind of tol us a little bit. What's been your

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<v Speaker 1>take on the experience so far and now previewing the

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<v Speaker 1>rest of the playoffs with the w n B A UM.

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<v Speaker 1>Just as the girls are extremely talented, like UM, shout

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<v Speaker 1>out to all the w B athletes athletes. They were

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<v Speaker 1>there with their families, with their kids, UM. Some of

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<v Speaker 1>their husbands were there, some of their partners were there.

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<v Speaker 1>So for me to see the ladies on all different

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<v Speaker 1>levels UM, day in and day out. UM, just kudos

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<v Speaker 1>to them. And also the fact they took on their

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<v Speaker 1>activism role. They started to say her name campaign UM

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<v Speaker 1>And obviously from a black female's perspective, we felt the

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<v Speaker 1>Brianna Taylor situation, We felt some of the other things

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<v Speaker 1>that are going on, UM as far as our concern

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<v Speaker 1>for not just ourselves but our family and black men.

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<v Speaker 1>So for them to carry on that role and be

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<v Speaker 1>consistent with it as and and also be inside of

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<v Speaker 1>a bubble away from family and trying to raise a

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<v Speaker 1>kid or you know, trying to keep a relationship in

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<v Speaker 1>the bubble as well as UM, give your best effort

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<v Speaker 1>on the court says a lot about the females Right now.

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<v Speaker 1>The Connecticut Son and uh, the Aces are battling it out.

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<v Speaker 1>They will have Game five tonight and the Aces aren't

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<v Speaker 1>gonna win without Angel mccatry being a superstar. So she

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<v Speaker 1>has to be a superstar again tonight or I think

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<v Speaker 1>the Connecticut Son will win, but no one's gonna beat

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<v Speaker 1>that well oiled machine. UM. In the Seattle Storm led

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<v Speaker 1>by Sue Bird and Brianna Stewart and jul Lloyd Um

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<v Speaker 1>the young Kobe of the w n B A. But

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<v Speaker 1>at the end of the day, I don't see anyone

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<v Speaker 1>beaten the Seattle store. Mhm okay, old predictions. Last question, un,

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<v Speaker 1>let's bounce back to the man. When no one saw,

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<v Speaker 1>no one saw that Jimmy Butler in the Miami Heat

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<v Speaker 1>going until they started playing, and all of a sudden,

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<v Speaker 1>now we have it. Who do you have Lebron James

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<v Speaker 1>led Lakers or Jimmy Butler led Miami and y I

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<v Speaker 1>have Lebron James. Listen, I like I said, I you

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<v Speaker 1>are smiler. I have a Lebron James fan. Um on

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<v Speaker 1>so many levels. Um, just because I mean and Steve,

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<v Speaker 1>you probably could attest this like he just created a

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<v Speaker 1>blueprint for athletes that I think maybe a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>guys are. I don't know that he created. I watched them,

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<v Speaker 1>but I ain't familiar with that one. You don't think

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<v Speaker 1>you don't think he created it as far as like

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<v Speaker 1>getting instead of making his crew like just his crew,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, he fired his agent, made them hire just guys,

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<v Speaker 1>teach them the whole teaching the ropes about you know,

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<v Speaker 1>becomeing agents and the behind the scenes and then just

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<v Speaker 1>forming a partnership with them and bringing them along as

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<v Speaker 1>far as like, I had never seen an NBA guy

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<v Speaker 1>do that before. You know, Just think about if Alan

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<v Speaker 1>Iverson would took some of his guys and kind of

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<v Speaker 1>help them evolve to that point, just what his legacy

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<v Speaker 1>would have. It would have been double what it is already. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's I would say this. Yeah, one, I've

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<v Speaker 1>seen it in football. It's called nepotism where the coaches, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, their kids are around and all of a

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<v Speaker 1>shodding like a great example of a really good coach

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<v Speaker 1>right now with the s for Niners, Kyle Shannah and

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<v Speaker 1>his dad at you know, did that, so he was

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<v Speaker 1>around football. So one, you have to have a desire

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<v Speaker 1>and you also have to be teachable. Yeah, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know Alan's people, so I'm not gonna I don't think

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<v Speaker 1>it's fair for me to say that they weren't. But

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<v Speaker 1>obviously Lebron's guys wanted and desire to be teachable and

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<v Speaker 1>learn to become who they are today. Right, So you

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<v Speaker 1>can always write because how many people, how many players

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<v Speaker 1>have you been around and now you're a coach, how

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<v Speaker 1>many coaches, how many male and females have you coached?

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<v Speaker 1>And you realize at some point this player is only

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<v Speaker 1>gonna go this far because they're in their own way.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah no, but and I no, I agree to a

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<v Speaker 1>certain extent, like you do have to be teachable, but

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<v Speaker 1>at the same time, like Lebron is an eighteen year

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<v Speaker 1>old kid, Like I'm trying to I'm thinking back to

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<v Speaker 1>when I first went pro, and obviously I was never

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<v Speaker 1>on the level of an NBA player or NFL player,

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<v Speaker 1>But I wasn't thinking that whether I would have had

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<v Speaker 1>those those those people in my life. Now. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>as I look back now, I'm like, you know, I

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<v Speaker 1>have friends that went on to become lawyers and financial advisors. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm just thinking, like an eighteen right when I

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<v Speaker 1>went pro, or like at twenty one, if I would

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<v Speaker 1>have just created my own team, like, how much more

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<v Speaker 1>powerful I would have been as a professional athlete. So

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<v Speaker 1>that's why I just I follow a lot. I think

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of stuff that Lebron has done since an

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<v Speaker 1>eighteen year old kid. Um, it just speaks volumes. Like

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<v Speaker 1>That's why I say I think he's someone I'm sure

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<v Speaker 1>other people have done it to a certain extent, but

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<v Speaker 1>he didn't know, not today the revolutionary and what you

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<v Speaker 1>know his team has been able to do, and how

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<v Speaker 1>he's been able to put other people on. For sure,

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<v Speaker 1>I just would have loved if I had, like, if

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<v Speaker 1>I could go back, I would have done that the

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<v Speaker 1>same way. But I wasn't thinking that way. Um. But

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<v Speaker 1>I don't have any regrets about my pro career or

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<v Speaker 1>what I did because I did the best that I

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<v Speaker 1>knew how. I think every athlete could pretty much say that. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, you don't know what you don't know at

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<v Speaker 1>the end of the day. But yeah, I think moving

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<v Speaker 1>on though, I think the Lakers for sure are gonna

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<v Speaker 1>you know, Lebron will get his four three. UM, I

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<v Speaker 1>just don't see the Miami Heat beating them in seven games. UM.

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<v Speaker 1>I would hope they would make it a series because

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<v Speaker 1>it's just fun to watch and then you know it's

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<v Speaker 1>competitive and h for athletes who are super competitive, and um,

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<v Speaker 1>you know you want to make it. You want you

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<v Speaker 1>want to seem like, Okay, Lebron may not get this,

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<v Speaker 1>but I don't think how many how many games? What's

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<v Speaker 1>your prediction? I do. I do think the Miami Heat

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<v Speaker 1>will win one game, so Lakers and five sept I

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<v Speaker 1>just what I just feel like this. I do feel

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<v Speaker 1>like the Lakers don't shoot the three ball as well

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<v Speaker 1>as some other teams, and UM, as a former player

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<v Speaker 1>and as a coach, that zone just does something to you.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, it is what it is. Um. Everyone hates

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<v Speaker 1>the zone, especially if you don't have great shooters who

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<v Speaker 1>can bust it wide open. So UM, if they can

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<v Speaker 1>have a great defensive game and then their shooters can

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<v Speaker 1>hit for one game, I feel like and it gets

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<v Speaker 1>it's close, and it comes out to the fourth quarter.

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<v Speaker 1>I really haven't been other than Lebron's last game against

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<v Speaker 1>the Nuggets, I haven't been a hundred percent behind the

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<v Speaker 1>Lakers in the fourth quarter when it's closed. They have

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<v Speaker 1>terrible turnovers, they can't hit shots, and so they I

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<v Speaker 1>don't think they've been the greatest in the fourth quarters.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's why I feel like Miami maybe able to

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<v Speaker 1>still one, but there has there has to be a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of things that go right for them. Jimmy's gotta

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<v Speaker 1>be getting and one's the old fashioned way. Uh. The

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<v Speaker 1>shooters Hero Robinson have to knock down shots and Bam

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<v Speaker 1>has to be unstoppable and get to the free throw line,

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<v Speaker 1>and then their zone has to create make them stand

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<v Speaker 1>um still three point shooters and they have to knock

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<v Speaker 1>them and they have to miss. So that's why I

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<v Speaker 1>can kind of see it maybe happen in one game. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>but obviously all those things have to fall in place. Well,

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