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Speaker 1: On this edition of Magic Pod Squad, Dante Arcitelli, George Galante,

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Speaker 1: Jake Chapman, catch up with Magic Guard, Markel Folts, and

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Speaker 1: of course Magic fans. The Florida Department of Transportation reminds

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Speaker 1: Instead, find a sober driver for catch your ride service. Remember,

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Speaker 1: drive sober or get pulled over. Have a great night,

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Speaker 1: and drive safe. Wad's to go over with Markel Fults,

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Speaker 1: including his outlook on this Magic season that he is

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Speaker 1: incredibly excited about. He contends this is the most talented,

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Speaker 1: the deepest group of players that he's ever met a

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Speaker 1: part of. So he's excited about the start of the season,

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Speaker 1: one that he thinks can get past the first round,

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Speaker 1: so he's excited about that. And what else has Markel

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Speaker 1: Fult's been working on here this summer. He's got a

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Speaker 1: new look, the reason why he cut his hair, and

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Speaker 1: why does he have a quiet confidence about himself and

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Speaker 1: his team this year?

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Speaker 2: So much good stuff with Markel Fults. This edition of

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Speaker 2: Magic Pod Squad.

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Speaker 3: Does fons long enough to Orlando Magic. This is Cole Anthony.

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Speaker 3: This is Jennon Suggs.

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Speaker 4: This is Paulo Man Carroll the Orlando Magic and you're

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Speaker 4: listening to the Pod Squad.

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Speaker 1: And welcome everyone to another installment of Magic Pod Squad.

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Speaker 1: Dante Marcitelli, George Galante, Jake Chapman, who does a great

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Speaker 1: job on the Magic Audio Network kind.

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Speaker 2: Enough to join join us now as our guest, Markel.

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Speaker 1: Foltz and Markel I couldn't believe this when I looked

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Speaker 1: at and of course I know this. You're seven.

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Speaker 2: You got to be kidding me.

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Speaker 1: Twenty five years old and you're seven.

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Speaker 2: That can't be right, can it.

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Speaker 3: I know, it's crazy.

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Speaker 4: It seemed like it flew by, and it's kind of

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Speaker 4: weirdy when everyone's walking around calling you a vet and

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Speaker 4: you're you're still twenty five years old, you know so.

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Speaker 3: But I'll take it. I'll take it for sure. I've

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Speaker 3: had my years.

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Speaker 4: Up, I've done my new diligence of you know, going

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Speaker 2: What's worse?

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Speaker 1: Is it doing preseason games? Or is it when your

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Speaker 1: PR guy says you got to do a podcast with him?

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Speaker 2: What is more difficult?

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Speaker 3: I'll say preseason games, and this is the easy This

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Speaker 3: is the easy part. That's why re.

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Speaker 1: Bet though going into year seven, those preseason get you know,

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Speaker 1: can you believe we used to do eight of these?

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Speaker 1: How great is it now that it's four? And then

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Speaker 1: this preseason could be a grind?

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Speaker 3: Can say?

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Speaker 4: Look, I was actually excited for this preseason because as

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Speaker 4: you know, you know, I've had my my amount of injury,

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Speaker 3: Never really been able to do a full preseason.

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Speaker 4: So this was kind of like my first full preseason,

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Speaker 4: so I kind of have my nerves going, just excited

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Speaker 4: with these guys and our new guys sou and definitely

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Speaker 4: the one thing I will say, being a year seven

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Speaker 4: but I feel like it flew by, you know, And

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Speaker 4: I can't believe that we did play eight is a lot?

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Speaker 3: Eight Eight games is a lot?

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Speaker 2: Eight's a lot. You're exactly right.

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Speaker 1: That fourth game happened four times, so when we played eight, Hey,

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Speaker 1: is it?

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Speaker 2: Mark?

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Speaker 1: I want to ask you this, and then I know

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Speaker 1: that one I open it up to these guys too.

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Speaker 1: But as far as this, and you guys, tell me

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Speaker 1: if I'm wrong. This media day, this training camp, there

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Speaker 1: a different quiet, sneaky confidence about Markel Foltz.

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Speaker 2: And I don't know what it is. Am I wrong? Markell?

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Speaker 2: That you seem to be in a really good place,

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Speaker 2: Not that you were before.

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Speaker 1: But you seem very you almost seem like everybody's about

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Speaker 3: What is that?

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Speaker 2: Am I right to tell me what that is?

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Speaker 3: I think you're absolutely right.

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Speaker 4: I think that just again being able to have a full,

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Speaker 4: And just like I said, being available, you know, I

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Speaker 5: Markell, not only is this your seventh year in the league,

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Speaker 5: it's now going to be your fifth year Orlando, which

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Speaker 5: which also blows my mind. Is is it part of

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Absolutely, I think you know, I call this place

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Speaker 3: the people are even better. And it's funny you say that.

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Speaker 4: You know, I was going through, you know, getting ready

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Speaker 4: It ain't nothing too much new that I'm going to

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Speaker 3: But it kind of kind of comes easy. You know,

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Speaker 4: I don't have to I know it was exactly what

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Speaker 3: So it's very dope.

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Speaker 6: I'll tell at twenty five, how old did Jet and

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Speaker 3: Man, it's just crazy.

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Speaker 4: I think it just it gives me a different perspective

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Speaker 3: But I just try to make those guys comfortable.

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Speaker 4: And also being young, you know, I can really relate,

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Speaker 1: Think about when you came into the league and some

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Speaker 2: Things that you've seen.

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Speaker 1: Do you kind of get to these young guys first

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Speaker 5: And do you make them call you mister folks?

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Speaker 4: I don't think I'll do that just yet, not just yet,

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Speaker 4: I feel like this game is bigger than basketball, and

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Speaker 4: I think a lot of people have missed that and

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Speaker 1: You know.

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Speaker 4: I want to be able to be able to feel

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Speaker 4: You know, feel like my mom. You know, my mom

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Speaker 4: my mom is like their mom. They ever need a home, cook,

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Speaker 4: I'm always trying to help them. Like you know, I

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Speaker 3: Whatever we need to do to win it. In order

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Speaker 3: to do that, we're gonna need everybody from this from

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Speaker 4: So I just try to be there in any any way,

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Speaker 3: So that's great.

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Speaker 5: So do you feel how do I phrase this one? Yeah,

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Speaker 5: maybe I'll just go to the I'll just go to

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Speaker 5: the next question.

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Speaker 3: I don't want the decision this.

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Speaker 5: Year when you can't, when we can't, when you came

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Mark Hel, Mark Hel.

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Speaker 5: And I said to Dante right away, I go, that's

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Speaker 3: So I want everyone to win. I want everyone to see.

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Speaker 4: Like I said, I don't take anything for granted, So

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Speaker 1: Well, and you know this, Markel, but I want people

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Speaker 4: I think that last year, you know, especially coming missing

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Speaker 3: We're gonna do really good.

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Speaker 3: And I think that we're all ready for that challenge.

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Speaker 4: I feel like you guys can see what everybody is

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Speaker 4: through until we get to the playoffs.

442
00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:19,600
Speaker 3: And keep going.

443
00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:23,520
Speaker 6: Markel, tell me about Arnie Candor, the new vice vice

444
00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:25,920
Speaker 6: president of player Performance. He could be a big sort

445
00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:26,760
Speaker 6: of secret weapon. A.

446
00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:29,560
Speaker 4: Yeah, I don't want to tell too much about him now,

447
00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:32,880
Speaker 4: but Arnie is Annie is unbelievable man. Just his dods,

448
00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:34,880
Speaker 4: you know, his energy that he brings to the team,

449
00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:38,800
Speaker 4: his experience, you know with his championship teams that he's

450
00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:41,480
Speaker 4: been a part of, but also just his knowledge of

451
00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:44,840
Speaker 4: being basketball minded. You know, I think that that's one

452
00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:46,480
Speaker 4: of the biggest changes that we made this year. And

453
00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:48,960
Speaker 4: you can talk to almost any guy from top to bottle,

454
00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:51,680
Speaker 4: I guarantee that's one of the best, the best guys

455
00:16:51,680 --> 00:16:54,120
Speaker 4: they've been around. And not just the stuff that he knows,

456
00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:57,360
Speaker 4: but just the person he is year around Arnie automatically

457
00:16:57,400 --> 00:16:59,640
Speaker 4: he makes everyone feel love. He makes everyone feel like

458
00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:02,720
Speaker 4: they're someone and that's something that I carry myself that

459
00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:04,960
Speaker 4: I try to do walk around. But they have someone

460
00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:07,520
Speaker 4: who's been through, you know, the ups and down and

461
00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:09,320
Speaker 4: actually been on successful teams.

462
00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:12,520
Speaker 3: You know, that's always a plus. That's always a plus

463
00:17:12,520 --> 00:17:12,680
Speaker 3: to have.

464
00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:16,159
Speaker 4: And he's done a great, unbelievable job of helping us

465
00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:20,840
Speaker 4: with recovery, helping us with managing our bodies, making sure

466
00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:23,320
Speaker 4: that we have the proper energy and things that we

467
00:17:23,320 --> 00:17:26,359
Speaker 4: need resources, whether that's having games in the room and

468
00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:28,439
Speaker 4: the recovery room so we can be together and have

469
00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:32,439
Speaker 4: that you know, chemistry off the court to giving you

470
00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:34,919
Speaker 4: medicine that you never even thought of or a remedy

471
00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:36,680
Speaker 4: that you never even could think of that.

472
00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:37,919
Speaker 3: That can help you with the sickness, you know.

473
00:17:38,119 --> 00:17:40,320
Speaker 4: And I think that's it's just a small thing that's

474
00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:41,880
Speaker 4: going to help you get over, you know, once you're

475
00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:44,000
Speaker 4: a really good team. Is really paying attention to the

476
00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:46,560
Speaker 4: small details, and that's something that he prods himself on.

477
00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:48,600
Speaker 3: He told me a lot this. He told me about

478
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Speaker 3: the recovery pool. Sorry, he told me about the.

479
00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:54,480
Speaker 6: Recovery pool, Smoothie salt, and then the sprinklers and the

480
00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:56,440
Speaker 6: why and now he's hitting you guys with water while

481
00:17:56,440 --> 00:17:57,720
Speaker 6: you're floating around.

482
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Speaker 3: I mean, that's just like next level stuff. No, man,

483
00:18:01,119 --> 00:18:03,679
Speaker 3: he's insane. He makes it fun. It's not like something

484
00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:05,240
Speaker 3: where you're like, oh, I got to do recovery.

485
00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:05,439
Speaker 2: You know.

486
00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:08,159
Speaker 4: He brings an aspect to it where you never know

487
00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:10,440
Speaker 4: what's going to happen. Here's some some stuff that I've

488
00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:12,320
Speaker 4: never seen before, that I never even thought of doing.

489
00:18:12,359 --> 00:18:14,560
Speaker 4: But it's something that's very little that's like, oh wow,

490
00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:16,200
Speaker 4: like I can just do this every day and it's

491
00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:17,440
Speaker 4: gonna help me feel and you.

492
00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:18,159
Speaker 3: Can feel it, you know.

493
00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:19,679
Speaker 4: It's not something that like most of the time when

494
00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:21,600
Speaker 4: we try something, you might not feel it. Like most

495
00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:23,520
Speaker 4: of the stuff that he's giving you you feel right away,

496
00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:25,399
Speaker 4: and it's like it makes you want to keep doing it.

497
00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:26,280
Speaker 3: You get addicted to it.

498
00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:27,159
Speaker 2: That's awesome.

499
00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:28,959
Speaker 5: Are you feeling with the music in the back there

500
00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:31,880
Speaker 5: of mar Kelvick CA's years now for years? I want

501
00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:35,560
Speaker 5: it's it's mostly popular, you know, like whatever you tring

502
00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:38,840
Speaker 5: you at the time, right, like a lot of current stuff. Yeah,

503
00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:41,240
Speaker 5: walk by the other night for the first time. I

504
00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:46,879
Speaker 5: got a little Lionel Richie. I got some El Deball.

505
00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:49,360
Speaker 4: He gonna he going to keep the throachers. That's one

506
00:18:49,359 --> 00:18:52,040
Speaker 4: thing about Arnie. He you gonna here throwback and that's

507
00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:54,480
Speaker 4: how you there. But it also gives you a sense

508
00:18:54,480 --> 00:18:58,280
Speaker 4: of like calmness, like you almost like wow, because whether

509
00:18:58,320 --> 00:18:59,760
Speaker 4: you like I know it a little bit like a

510
00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:01,960
Speaker 4: lot of songs that we hear today in rap or whatever,

511
00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:04,840
Speaker 4: it's usually samples from Oh. So when you start hearing,

512
00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:06,240
Speaker 4: you think it's going to be a song that you know,

513
00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:08,520
Speaker 4: and then you're like, oh, this is the original, the

514
00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:11,320
Speaker 4: original b or the original you know a song to it.

515
00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:13,680
Speaker 4: So that's one thing that Arnie is. I love them

516
00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:15,520
Speaker 4: for it. You know, it's something that's really dope. You know,

517
00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:19,520
Speaker 4: he gets the vies going, whether it's when we're calming down,

518
00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:21,400
Speaker 4: you know, off the court and it's it's really dope.

519
00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:23,399
Speaker 4: It's something that you know sometimes everyone once in a

520
00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:25,159
Speaker 4: while you might laugh like what the what are we

521
00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:28,040
Speaker 4: listening to? But then you realize it just everybody just

522
00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:31,280
Speaker 4: ends up bopping their heads blowing and just moving smooth.

523
00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:32,919
Speaker 4: So those one of the things, like I said, the

524
00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:34,680
Speaker 4: small thing that that makes a big difference.

525
00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:37,040
Speaker 5: Are you getting educated, Like is there any song that's

526
00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:38,840
Speaker 5: come on and you're like, wait, a second that.

527
00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:40,840
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, it's been a it's been a few with eight.

528
00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:43,640
Speaker 3: I'm like, who is this? And I'm like, I didn't.

529
00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:45,640
Speaker 4: Even know that, you know, it's been I got to see.

530
00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:47,480
Speaker 4: I got one on my phone the other phone that

531
00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:49,960
Speaker 4: he sent me that I really like, and then it

532
00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:50,639
Speaker 4: just stuck with me.

533
00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:52,280
Speaker 3: I was singing it after I'm like, I don't even

534
00:19:52,320 --> 00:19:53,639
Speaker 3: know who this is. I'm just singing it.

535
00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:55,960
Speaker 4: But that's that's my girl. I'm actually gonna try to

536
00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:57,800
Speaker 4: learn at least three songs before the years over.

537
00:19:58,200 --> 00:19:58,440
Speaker 3: Nice.

538
00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:00,600
Speaker 2: Hey, how glad are you that you're doing so young?

539
00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:02,720
Speaker 1: You don't have to spend that all that money on

540
00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:04,920
Speaker 1: Taylor Swift tickets those things out right.

541
00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:06,280
Speaker 2: It's a great show.

542
00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:08,320
Speaker 1: He'll get me wrong, it's a great show, but you'd

543
00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:09,560
Speaker 1: be out a lot of money right now.

544
00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:11,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'll be bed down back.

545
00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:12,320
Speaker 4: I don't have to tell her, you know, we're gonna

546
00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:15,240
Speaker 4: have to stream it on on something YouTube or something.

547
00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:17,399
Speaker 3: Luckily he likes Malana right now, so we can just

548
00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:18,320
Speaker 3: keep that good people.

549
00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:20,760
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's how that's how it works.

550
00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:23,520
Speaker 1: Hey, tell us about there's so much interest obviously in

551
00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:25,440
Speaker 1: this entire team, and you mentioned it, there's a buzz

552
00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:27,159
Speaker 1: in town. I know you feel it. I know everybody

553
00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:29,119
Speaker 1: feels that they're excited for this thing to start. And

554
00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:30,960
Speaker 1: I think it starts with all of you guys being healthy,

555
00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:33,600
Speaker 1: which is fantastic. But uh, you know, we saw Polo

556
00:20:33,760 --> 00:20:35,240
Speaker 1: for a year. He wins Rookie of the Year, we

557
00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:37,480
Speaker 1: saw him a Team USA, right, we're following him Franz

558
00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:40,800
Speaker 1: as well, playing overseas. But what you know, Polo seems

559
00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:42,760
Speaker 1: to be all about business too, you know, he does

560
00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:45,440
Speaker 1: what's the Is there a lighter side of Polo? Tell

561
00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:49,040
Speaker 1: us kind of about the pollow, the pollow that you've gotten.

562
00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:49,840
Speaker 2: To know here over the list.

563
00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:52,520
Speaker 3: Man, Polo is just really mature. Man.

564
00:20:52,560 --> 00:20:54,920
Speaker 4: That's another guy I say. I think he's twenty about

565
00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:57,640
Speaker 4: to turn twenty one. Hey, you would never think that,

566
00:20:57,720 --> 00:21:00,959
Speaker 4: just about the way he cares himself. But he's on

567
00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:02,960
Speaker 4: the court and off the court. But he definitely has

568
00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:06,239
Speaker 4: a playful and the joyful side. You know, he jokes around. Uh,

569
00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:08,359
Speaker 4: he spends a lot of time with his friend. He's

570
00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:11,040
Speaker 4: actually really good at two K. My doubt they giving

571
00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:14,159
Speaker 4: his credit where is due. That's why I also realized

572
00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:15,920
Speaker 4: I was getting old. You know, I played it in

573
00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:18,239
Speaker 4: two k I think New Orleans preseason in the row.

574
00:21:18,359 --> 00:21:20,119
Speaker 4: You know, I felt like I played the game a

575
00:21:20,119 --> 00:21:22,280
Speaker 4: lot before my kids, and I felt like I was

576
00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:22,760
Speaker 4: a gamer.

577
00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:25,840
Speaker 3: And this dude, when I tell you, he beat me bad.

578
00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:27,800
Speaker 4: I was trying not to get beat by twenty one

579
00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:30,000
Speaker 4: the whole game, and he was making every shot.

580
00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:31,639
Speaker 3: I realized that I'm getting a little old, and I

581
00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:32,160
Speaker 3: gotta work.

582
00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:34,160
Speaker 4: I gotta either give up the game or I gotta

583
00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:36,200
Speaker 4: work a little hard, And so I got maybe that

584
00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:37,080
Speaker 4: business decision.

585
00:21:37,119 --> 00:21:39,160
Speaker 3: But yeah, he's just a good dude.

586
00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:39,280
Speaker 8: Man.

587
00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:41,760
Speaker 3: It's very He's easy to be around. You know. He's

588
00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:43,880
Speaker 3: not one of those guys that's like, oh, I'm a pick,

589
00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:47,040
Speaker 3: you know, you can't kick it with me. And for

590
00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:49,160
Speaker 3: him to be like that at such a young age

591
00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:50,400
Speaker 3: and to feel.

592
00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:52,719
Speaker 4: Like, you know, you can talk to him and almost

593
00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:56,720
Speaker 4: be relatable, Uh, it's dope. And it's honestly a very

594
00:21:56,760 --> 00:21:59,359
Speaker 4: dope thing to see a guy that once in a

595
00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:00,000
Speaker 4: lifetime talent.

596
00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:02,840
Speaker 3: Dude, this guy's shoe long is at twenty years old

597
00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:04,160
Speaker 3: going on right one, and.

598
00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:06,520
Speaker 4: I only can think about how he's gonna be when

599
00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:08,480
Speaker 4: he's twenty five, when he's twenty four. That's all That's

600
00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:10,119
Speaker 4: what I think about, Like when he continues to grow,

601
00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:12,720
Speaker 4: continue figure out more about his body, continued to come

602
00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:13,600
Speaker 4: into his manhood.

603
00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:15,960
Speaker 3: And I'm just dope. I got it. Like I said,

604
00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,040
Speaker 3: I got experience, a chance to be able to play

605
00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:18,760
Speaker 3: with someone like that.

606
00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:21,600
Speaker 5: Now you're talking about all these guys that are making

607
00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:24,680
Speaker 5: you feel old. Does Joe Ingles make you fall?

608
00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:28,159
Speaker 3: Man? Oh Joe, It's just go back to Joe and

609
00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:28,800
Speaker 3: feel okay.

610
00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:30,080
Speaker 5: But I'm twenty five again.

611
00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:31,760
Speaker 2: That's yeah, that's right, Joe.

612
00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:34,760
Speaker 3: I think Joe just turned thirty six, and I appreciate it.

613
00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:35,800
Speaker 3: And I would just sit there.

614
00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:39,040
Speaker 4: They said, like thirty six. One, that's amazing for him

615
00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:42,760
Speaker 4: to still be hooping. But two, I'm just like thirty six,

616
00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:44,560
Speaker 4: he's gonna be kicking with the coaches more than us,

617
00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:47,639
Speaker 4: you know. Yeah, But but it's I'm.

618
00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:48,080
Speaker 3: Not gonna lie to you.

619
00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:49,760
Speaker 2: For nine years I thought he was thirty six.

620
00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:53,080
Speaker 3: I'm not gonna lie. I'm not gonna bring it.

621
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Speaker 1: Joe.

622
00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:56,359
Speaker 4: Joe is amazing man. He brings a different type to

623
00:22:56,359 --> 00:22:59,960
Speaker 4: the team, trash talking to everyone. I think the product

624
00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:02,840
Speaker 4: this is been the most chippy that they've been since

625
00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:04,639
Speaker 4: I've been in Rolandao and the good way. You know,

626
00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:08,160
Speaker 4: it's been like we're really competing, We're really talking snack

627
00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:10,000
Speaker 4: to each other. It's like we almost want to get

628
00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,879
Speaker 4: in fights in practice, but at the same time, we

629
00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:15,199
Speaker 4: need that. We need that in order for us to

630
00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:17,199
Speaker 4: grow and get better, you know. And I think that

631
00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:20,320
Speaker 4: it's it's the perfect amount where we're pushing each other

632
00:23:20,359 --> 00:23:22,159
Speaker 4: every day, but we also know that we have each

633
00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:25,760
Speaker 4: other's back, you know, which which each person is capable

634
00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:28,520
Speaker 4: of when we get in those situations. So I love

635
00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:30,560
Speaker 4: Joe and I I know I'm gonna get a lot

636
00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:32,080
Speaker 4: of syste off member. I can't wait to play with

637
00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:32,640
Speaker 4: him as well.

638
00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:34,600
Speaker 1: All right, I think Mark Kel tell us tell us

639
00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:37,200
Speaker 1: about your YouTube channel. I noticed something on social media

640
00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:37,800
Speaker 1: the other day.

641
00:23:38,359 --> 00:23:39,560
Speaker 2: I haven't seen a ton of.

642
00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:42,320
Speaker 1: Mixtapes and highlight reels and you interacting with people. But

643
00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:44,680
Speaker 1: what's what's going on with the YouTube.

644
00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:46,760
Speaker 2: Channel and what can we expect? We'd love to follow along.

645
00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:50,320
Speaker 4: Yeah, I just started, uh decided that it was time

646
00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:53,159
Speaker 4: for me to create a YouTube channel. And it's just

647
00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:55,760
Speaker 4: my name at Markel Fulkes and I really just want

648
00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:57,000
Speaker 4: to be able to motivate people.

649
00:23:57,080 --> 00:23:59,000
Speaker 3: I also want to create a platform for.

650
00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:01,480
Speaker 4: You know, of fans and people all over the world

651
00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:03,800
Speaker 4: to know that you can, you know, do anything that's possible.

652
00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:03,960
Speaker 1: You know.

653
00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:05,919
Speaker 4: I just want to really show a little bit more

654
00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:07,560
Speaker 4: about my life, show a little bit more about what

655
00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:11,280
Speaker 4: I do daily, and just hopefully, you know, reach anyone

656
00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:12,720
Speaker 4: who's looking to look forward to.

657
00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:14,760
Speaker 3: You know, I'm gonna have concent on you know, road trips,

658
00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:16,920
Speaker 3: I'm concent on my.

659
00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:18,600
Speaker 4: Shoes that I wear, you know, a whole bunch of

660
00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:20,560
Speaker 4: different stuff, and I just really want to show a

661
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Speaker 4: little bit behind the scenes.

662
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Speaker 3: Of what I do.

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Speaker 4: You know, I'm I'm private, but I'm not you know,

664
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Speaker 4: I do a lot of stuff in the communitator Orlando's

665
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Speaker 4: just all over and I think that I just want

666
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Speaker 4: to shine a little light on, you know, more stuff

667
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Speaker 4: that I'm doing.

668
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Speaker 3: And I think it's a dope way to access this,

669
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Speaker 3: but it's something new that I'm trying. So it's I

670
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Speaker 3: just hope everybody goes and subscribe and really likes it.

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Speaker 1: What's the feedback then, I think people would be firing up,

672
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Speaker 1: but all fired up to see that.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's been amazing.

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Speaker 4: I think my first video in there was from my

675
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Speaker 4: camp from the summer and my third a old camp

676
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Speaker 4: and we had a great turnout, and I think that

677
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Speaker 4: the it's been pretty good. I think I've been getting

678
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Speaker 4: a lot of subscriber a lot of videos, and I

679
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Speaker 4: know a lot of people are excited, you know, again

680
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Speaker 4: just to see more about, you know, what goes on

681
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Speaker 4: in my life and what I go through everything that

682
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Speaker 4: I've been doing.

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Speaker 3: So I think that it's been dope.

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Speaker 4: I bring him a lot of good you know, good comments,

685
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Speaker 4: are good you know, good return.

686
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Speaker 3: So yeah, I'm gonna keep it going. It's gonna be

687
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Speaker 3: something that I gotta get.

688
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Speaker 4: Comfortable with, but I definitely want to, you know, get

689
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Speaker 4: access to my fans and let them be able to

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Speaker 4: see a little bit more about me.

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Speaker 6: No, I always find it funny we know players improve

692
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Speaker 6: year after year and right up until the end of

693
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Speaker 6: their career, but we never seem to give credit to

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Speaker 6: coaches and in front off us personnel for improving. And

695
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Speaker 6: coach Mosley now headed end the year three, I'm sure

696
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Speaker 6: he's a little bit different than he was in year one.

697
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Speaker 6: Now obviously him kind of grow as a leader, especially

698
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Speaker 6: of this group in particular.

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Speaker 3: Man, he's been great.

700
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Speaker 4: I mean he's been great since the start, but I

701
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Speaker 4: think he's just gaining more confidence as far as in

702
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Speaker 4: his players, he builds more confidence than us.

703
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Speaker 3: He's letting us really.

704
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Speaker 4: Run the show in the sense of out we're the

705
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Speaker 4: ones out there in the time of what's going on,

706
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Speaker 4: and he wants us to take that torch because he

707
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Speaker 4: knows that at the end of the day when we

708
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Speaker 4: get in no situations, he doesn't want to be the

709
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Speaker 4: guy that's.

710
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Speaker 3: Called him the places.

711
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Speaker 4: He wants us to feel comfortable enough and know what's

712
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Speaker 4: going on so we can make adjustments on the fly.

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Speaker 4: And I think that's one thing that he's really keeping

714
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Speaker 4: this on. But like I said in the beginning, the

715
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Speaker 4: accountability part, I think that he's really really owning in.

716
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Speaker 3: Or old that's accountable, even if it's the smallest details.

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Speaker 4: Like you, I'm pretty sure a lot of people are

718
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Speaker 4: seen like in training can when he's talking about in

719
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Speaker 4: the locker room, in the training room, and he's really in.

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Speaker 3: The small details. It's something as small as that, you know,

721
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Speaker 3: making sure we clean up after each other. But I

722
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Speaker 3: think that.

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Speaker 4: He's really holding it on accountability part and holding everyone

724
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Speaker 4: to steep to the fire, and that's what we really

725
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Speaker 4: need as a coach.

726
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Speaker 3: From like I said, from the top to bottom. And

727
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Speaker 3: it's not only him, he got assistant.

728
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Speaker 2: Coach doing it as well.

729
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Speaker 4: But more importantly, we're starting to have each other being

730
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Speaker 4: able to talk to each other, pull each other aside,

731
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Speaker 4: and then also feel comfortable enough to be able to

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Speaker 4: go to him and feel comfortable enough to talk to

733
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Speaker 4: him about any bit anything. He has an open door

734
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Speaker 4: policy where we can go talk to him by anything,

735
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Speaker 4: and he makes it easy for us to talk. I

736
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Speaker 4: know me personally, you know I have conversations. He always

737
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Speaker 4: checks on me, and I talk to him all the time.

738
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Speaker 3: We joke around sometime, but I.

739
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Speaker 4: Know that he has you know, the best interest, not

740
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Speaker 4: only as you know basketball player, but as young men

741
00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:07,040
Speaker 4: they have grown in in this business in life. So

742
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Speaker 4: that means a lot to me, and I know it

743
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Speaker 4: means a lot to everyone else. I know the young

744
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Speaker 4: guys might not see it right now, but it's something

745
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Speaker 4: that they I know they will appreciate. Like I said,

746
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Speaker 4: it's very rare to come pass a team like this,

747
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Speaker 4: and it starts from the coaching.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I want to see and listen, we're hearing that

749
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Speaker 1: word accountability a couple of times from you.

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Speaker 2: We heard it from coach.

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Speaker 1: We've heard it through through training camp and and media

752
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Speaker 1: day from everybody, and it's not to it's not to

753
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Speaker 1: make light of the last couple of years because the

754
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Speaker 1: last two years you've been trying to build and try

755
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Speaker 1: to know what you had right. You got to give

756
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Speaker 1: guys an opportunity. But it seems like maybe some of

757
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Speaker 1: the things that were okay the last couple of years,

758
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Speaker 1: some of the mistakes that we write, tell us, tell

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Speaker 1: us what what's changed as far as that goes, what

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Speaker 1: what are we asking of you guys this year?

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Speaker 2: That's different.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's just it's just like you said, the mistakes

763
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Speaker 4: that we made last year, we can't make this year.

764
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Speaker 4: It can be that and not even really that just

765
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Speaker 4: as we're go into the season, we can't keep making

766
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Speaker 4: the same mistakes. It's just like as you get older,

767
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Speaker 4: you can't keep making the same mistakes and say.

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Speaker 3: You're growing and mature.

769
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Speaker 4: You know as you get older, once you make one mistake,

770
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Speaker 4: you learn from it and you know moving forward, you can't.

771
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Speaker 4: We can't beat ourselves at the end of the day.

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Speaker 4: And I feel like a lot of times we beat

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Speaker 4: ourselves by whether it's turnovers, whether it's not boxing out,

774
00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:19,080
Speaker 4: whether it's missing free throws, whether it's doing.

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Speaker 3: The things that we can control and not doing those

776
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Speaker 3: each night.

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Speaker 4: And that's something that if we want to be the

778
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Speaker 4: team that we all believe that we can beat, we

779
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Speaker 4: can't have it.

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Speaker 3: Happen this year.

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Speaker 4: Whether it's like I said, turnovers, whether that's coming late

782
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Speaker 4: to practice, whether that's not telling your buddy when he

783
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Speaker 4: mixed the assignment, you know, and those are things that

784
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Speaker 4: we need in order to grow. And I think that

785
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Speaker 4: we all are ready to be held to those standards

786
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Speaker 4: and be held accountable for those things.

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Speaker 3: And it's just.

788
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Speaker 4: What's going to need to happen in order for us

789
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Speaker 4: to reach where we need to reach. Because we have

790
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Speaker 4: the talent, we have everything that we need.

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Speaker 3: I feel like that's the last thing, all.

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Speaker 1: Right, listen, last thing, and that got if you guys

793
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Speaker 1: got if you guys got something, but last for me, Nationally,

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Speaker 1: there seems to be some love coming to Orlando, right.

795
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Speaker 1: There's something I don't want to say expectations, right that

796
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Speaker 1: I think there's a lot of people that feel that

797
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Speaker 1: you are a playoff team, and I'd love to know

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Speaker 1: how you feel about that and and and what kind

799
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Speaker 1: of what what do you think this team can do

800
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Speaker 1: this year?

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Speaker 2: I think it's great.

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Speaker 5: Do you hear him on you heard him on media Day?

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Speaker 3: I did.

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Speaker 1: He's embracing it. He's embracing it.

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Speaker 3: Uh.

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Speaker 4: I mean I think that for the people that are

807
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Speaker 4: believe in us, I think that, you know, it's about time,

808
00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:26,040
Speaker 4: you know. I think that, Uh, we've been believing even

809
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Speaker 4: last year. You know, we we believe we were we

810
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Speaker 4: were high. I think that like injuries hurt us a lot,

811
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Speaker 4: but we believe we can be any team. It's not

812
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Speaker 4: once he in the NBA. We don't believe that we

813
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Speaker 4: go in and we are our guys can match up

814
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Speaker 4: against their guys. You know, we're not saying it's going

815
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Speaker 4: to be easy, but we believe in the work that

816
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Speaker 4: we put in. We believe that the chemistry that we

817
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Speaker 4: have and col lottery that we have is going to

818
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Speaker 4: get us there. And like I said, the maturity and

819
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Speaker 4: the hunger and the chipped on the shoulder that we

820
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Speaker 4: have for all the people that didn't say or don't

821
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Speaker 4: count us in and don't that's that's that's what drives us,

822
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Speaker 4: you know, And I think that's what keeps us going.

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Speaker 3: Keep it's just locked in. I think we're gonna be

824
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Speaker 3: We're gonna be going far. You know, I don't.

825
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Speaker 4: I don't think this is over, you know, big expectations.

826
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Speaker 4: I think that this is something that we're capable of.

827
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Speaker 4: I don't think that is something that I don't see

828
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Speaker 4: why we were not in the playoffs and maybe getting

829
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Speaker 4: a way out the playoffs. You know, it's not just

830
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Speaker 4: a nagative Clayer. I think we can win the playoffs

831
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Speaker 4: and go far, and man, we got I've never been

832
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Speaker 4: on the team it's talented, you know, with with with

833
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Speaker 4: Disney guys, I play with a lot of talented guys,

834
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Speaker 4: but they have this many interchangeable.

835
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Speaker 3: Guys from from top to bottom. I don't think I've

836
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Speaker 3: ever been on the versatile team with this. That's awesome.

837
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Speaker 2: That's how I praise.

838
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Speaker 3: Now. I'm ready, let's go.

839
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Speaker 2: Let's let's go right now.

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Speaker 1: What Jake, you're gonna Jake, you gotta get some rest, Jake. So,

841
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Speaker 1: Jake's got a five five month old girl, five month

842
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Speaker 1: old early? You gotta get nice for hell that in

843
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Speaker 1: that five month range.

844
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Speaker 4: Hey, just be ready to change the diapers. You gotta

845
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Speaker 4: fire your ways for the naps. But it's tough man,

846
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Speaker 4: it's tough. And when they say enjoy, really enjoyed, because

847
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Speaker 4: once they start moving, you know, you always wish. I

848
00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:02,400
Speaker 4: feel like for myself, you know you wish, you like,

849
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Speaker 4: I can't wait till they can walk, when they can

850
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Speaker 4: do it on their own.

851
00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:05,480
Speaker 3: But once they.

852
00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:07,680
Speaker 4: Start walking, then they don't stop, and then they start running,

853
00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:09,680
Speaker 4: and then you're like, hey, don't jump off of that,

854
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Speaker 4: don't do.

855
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Speaker 3: That, but just enjoy it. I think it's really dope.

856
00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:15,800
Speaker 4: It's a dope experis and my kids have been truly

857
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Speaker 4: a blessing.

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Speaker 3: You know.

859
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Speaker 4: Every time I come home, it's just they feel like

860
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Speaker 4: I've been gone for two years, you know, the way

861
00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:22,240
Speaker 4: that that's so excited to see me.

862
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Speaker 3: And I just cherished those moments, especially with the schedule

863
00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:26,840
Speaker 3: that we have and how much we're gone. You know,

864
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Speaker 3: it's truly a blessing.

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Speaker 4: But and I know you have a girl, right yeah, yeah,

866
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Speaker 4: she's gonna have your hurt.

867
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Speaker 3: My daughter has. My son he's rough, but my daughter

868
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Speaker 3: she is. I can't say no, I say yes to everything.

869
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Speaker 3: She's wrong. I'm just like fitting there, smiling and can't

870
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Speaker 3: help it. I mean, she I'm a puddle around her.

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Speaker 1: But that's good.

872
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Speaker 8: That's good veteran advice because I keep saying that same thing.

873
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Speaker 8: I can't wait till she can talk. I can't wait

874
00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:55,440
Speaker 8: till she can I'm so funny and this and that

875
00:31:55,520 --> 00:31:58,760
Speaker 8: and everybody, everybody who knows keeps telling me, appreciate this,

876
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Speaker 8: while I.

877
00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:02,720
Speaker 4: Appreciate it because when you when you when they started

878
00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:04,400
Speaker 4: is it's gonna start being a lot of talk back.

879
00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:06,280
Speaker 3: There's gonna be a lot of running, and you're gonna.

880
00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:08,720
Speaker 4: Be like, I don't know if I wanted them to

881
00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:11,640
Speaker 4: go this fast, but it's it's a it's a dope process.

882
00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:14,000
Speaker 5: Listen, all three you need to slow down because I

883
00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:15,560
Speaker 5: got one getting to the house.

884
00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:18,360
Speaker 3: I gotta do that. One just got in the call. Listen.

885
00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:20,640
Speaker 3: I would kill to be back where you guys are

886
00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:23,520
Speaker 3: right now. I'll tell you that. That's what I already know.

887
00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:23,880
Speaker 3: I can't.

888
00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:25,720
Speaker 4: That's all I think about now too. It's just like

889
00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:28,600
Speaker 4: they're not gonna want to kick it with me. I

890
00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:31,080
Speaker 4: they're not gonna want to chill with daddy and just

891
00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:32,760
Speaker 4: sit here and watch give me kisses.

892
00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:34,920
Speaker 3: Because my son is kind of already like that. He

893
00:32:35,280 --> 00:32:36,640
Speaker 3: all independent on its iPad.

894
00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:38,120
Speaker 4: I'm like, dang, you don't want to lay up with

895
00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:41,120
Speaker 4: men always, But it's like it happens fast.

896
00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:43,920
Speaker 3: They get their own personality goes, it goes.

897
00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:46,960
Speaker 1: Well, now my my my oldest, just my oldest just

898
00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:49,120
Speaker 1: turned ten, and now I get a fist pump when

899
00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:51,640
Speaker 1: I drop her off at school. I used to get

900
00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:54,080
Speaker 1: hugs and kisses and all that. But you know what

901
00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:55,760
Speaker 1: I do. You know what I threaten her with. I'll

902
00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:59,560
Speaker 1: take away this jersey. He wears this thing everywhere. I

903
00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:00,720
Speaker 1: will take this away.

904
00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:05,840
Speaker 3: You don't hang out with that. I like that verage.

905
00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:06,920
Speaker 2: I got some leverage.

906
00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:07,600
Speaker 3: She loves that.

907
00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:08,240
Speaker 2: That's awesome.

908
00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:10,800
Speaker 1: Well, you're you're all of our favorite player, Markel.

909
00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:12,320
Speaker 2: We can't wait for you to have a great season.

910
00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:15,280
Speaker 1: Listen, this is gonna be a fun team. Uh go

911
00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:17,800
Speaker 1: go go have fun with it and surprise everybody and

912
00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:18,760
Speaker 1: and all of us will.

913
00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:19,880
Speaker 2: Be here cheering, cheering you on.

914
00:33:19,960 --> 00:33:20,320
Speaker 3: I think it is.

915
00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:22,160
Speaker 1: I think you're gonna do something extraordinary this year.

916
00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:22,960
Speaker 2: We can't wait to see it.

917
00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:25,800
Speaker 3: No, it's amazing. It's always a pleasure coming on the podcast.

918
00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:28,280
Speaker 4: I appreciate you guys having me and you know it's

919
00:33:28,280 --> 00:33:29,080
Speaker 4: gonna be a great season.

920
00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:30,920
Speaker 3: I'll see you during the year, all.

921
00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:33,600
Speaker 1: Right, Look, forward to it. Markel folds for Dante, Marc Telly,

922
00:33:33,640 --> 00:33:35,160
Speaker 1: George Galante, and Jake Chapman.

923
00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:37,040
Speaker 2: Let's have a great season. We'll see you next week

924
00:33:37,080 --> 00:34:00,120
Speaker 2: on Magic Pod Squad a