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Speaker 2: Welcome in What's driving Nick Great? Episode two thirty. This

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Speaker 2: could be a two hour show and we don't have

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Speaker 2: two hours to do it, so we got to get

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Speaker 2: right into it. There's too much to get to. Here's

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Speaker 2: what did not make the cut. Jontay Porter receives a

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Speaker 2: potential lifetime ban from the NBA Bulls Hawks. Happened last night?

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Speaker 2: The Bulls won. It doesn't really seem like that relevant

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Speaker 2: of a basketball game, to be totally honest with you,

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Speaker 2: and maybe as a reason, the NBA should tweak the

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Speaker 2: nine to ten part of the play in where you

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Speaker 2: don't have eligibility for it if you're X amount of

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Speaker 2: in and news to me Taylor Swift new album dropping

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Speaker 2: at midnight. I did not know any of that, Demanse,

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Speaker 2: how are you doing?

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Speaker 3: I'm doing great? How are you doing?

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Speaker 2: I'm doing great? This I love this time of year.

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Speaker 2: These next two months are probably my favorite two months

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Speaker 2: on the sports calendar. The NBA Playoffs just starting Saturday.

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Speaker 2: We have six straight weeks where every single night saved

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Speaker 2: two or three total massive basketball games on I can't Wait,

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Speaker 2: and a series that I've been waiting eleven months for.

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Speaker 2: We're gonna get right off the bat, and I think

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Speaker 2: my excitement showed by what I did the night slash

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Speaker 2: early morning of the first playing game, which is where

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Speaker 2: we're gonna start today's show. Go ahead, DEMANSA.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and I see you to join us, mister right,

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Speaker 4: you don't have a Twitter space to go in terrorized

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Speaker 2: Okay, so we got a sound bite to play in

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Speaker 2: the morning. I'll give some context. Yeah, go ahead, Let's

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Speaker 2: play the sound bite and then I'll give some context.

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Speaker 2: Go ahead, And then I keep saying I have to go.

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Speaker 2: I really do have to go. My wife is texting me.

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Speaker 2: Who are you talking to? Its least coast, So I gotta.

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Speaker 2: Game? It will make a ton of sense. Okay. So

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Speaker 2: that live on the YouTube feed now and I'll try

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Speaker 2: to get to them. But Demonse, I know you have

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Speaker 2: a bunch of questions, So start with whatever you want

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Speaker 4: All right, Well, we'll start off with the how did

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Speaker 4: you end up in the Warriors Twitter space? The Warriors?

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Speaker 2: Okay, so I have never I've only participated in a

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Speaker 2: are I'm familiar with Warriors Twitter and Lakers Twitter and

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Speaker 2: all of them have what I would consider postgame call

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Speaker 2: And I had never been a speaker on it. I

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Speaker 2: The answer is he's the fifty seventh pick of this

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Speaker 2: But it's neither here nor there. The Steve Kerr stuff

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Speaker 2: How will staph react to Clay's minimization? How will it

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Speaker 2: was part of a dynasty with the Bulls, part of

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Speaker 2: oh man, did I have fun? That was? That was?

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Speaker 3: I mean, what a sick man?

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Speaker 4: Do you are you have any teams? Do you have

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Speaker 4: any other teams that you're going to go to next?

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Speaker 2: No, I'm not listening. I'm I'm open to it. But uh,

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Speaker 2: The thing is, I hope I don't have bad blood

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Speaker 2: at me because I underestimated Jalen Brunton right when he

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Speaker 2: so maybe i'd have fun with it. But go ahead,

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Speaker 2: what's your next follow up question, because that's yeah for

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Speaker 4: Were you just trying to prove that you still have

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Speaker 3: Did it feel good to have that back?

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Speaker 2: Well, I'd love to say it was as innocent as that,

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Speaker 2: And I just swatted it down and said next man up.

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Speaker 2: So it's I logged in it twelve thirty this winter

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Speaker 4: Yeah, Duke de Duct said, bro is absolutely ethering these

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Speaker 3: Doves fans just couldn't cope.

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Speaker 3: You're gonna start? Are you gonna start a space?

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Speaker 2: big reminder, man, stuff just ain't always fair. You don't

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Speaker 2: get the ending you want, like it it almost always

434
00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:40,880
Speaker 2: ends in a loss, but to end in the war

435
00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:43,160
Speaker 2: that is. We were talking about this on the show.

436
00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:47,080
Speaker 2: That's almost assuredly the worst basketball game of his entire life.

437
00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:50,320
Speaker 2: Wild said on the air, He's like, he probably hasn't

438
00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:52,240
Speaker 2: gone over for ten since he was nine years old.

439
00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:53,640
Speaker 2: And I said to him, I was like, you know what,

440
00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:57,080
Speaker 2: I bet at nine years old, Klay Thompson was busting ass.

441
00:28:57,280 --> 00:29:00,000
Speaker 2: I'm guessing he's never like I bet nine year old

442
00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:03,680
Speaker 2: old Clay was cooking up the fellow nine year old

443
00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:08,880
Speaker 2: Like that was almost assuredly the worst game of his life.

444
00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:13,840
Speaker 2: And that sucks. And I hate that because everybody likes

445
00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:18,880
Speaker 2: Clay and I think that he was the only unlike done.

446
00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:21,440
Speaker 2: That's what I was gonna say. But I see I

447
00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:25,080
Speaker 2: was that. I don't think that was arrogance, Tomansey. I

448
00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:31,480
Speaker 2: think that was yes, yeah, you know what I mean.

449
00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:34,920
Speaker 2: I think over compensation exactly right. I think it was

450
00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:40,280
Speaker 2: I'm not the same guy. This is kind of unfair,

451
00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:42,920
Speaker 2: and I don't you know what I mean. So, and

452
00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:46,480
Speaker 2: everybody has those moments because that is like the only

453
00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:53,000
Speaker 2: unlikable thing he's ever done. He's got everybody loves Clay.

454
00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:58,400
Speaker 2: No the the your your mom said to me yesterday,

455
00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:02,200
Speaker 2: she's gonna get mad at me. Uh. She was like,

456
00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:05,560
Speaker 2: I'm kind of sad the Warriors are you know, gonna

457
00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:07,360
Speaker 2: break up. I was like, you're not a Warriors fan.

458
00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:11,160
Speaker 2: She's like no, but you know I love Clay Thomas.

459
00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:18,120
Speaker 2: I'm like, okay, yeah, I know you love it. But uh.

460
00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:23,680
Speaker 2: And so I think Clay's gone. And then this is

461
00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:27,520
Speaker 2: the thing nobody thinks but me. If someone were to

462
00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:29,720
Speaker 2: offer me ten to one, let me put it like this,

463
00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:35,440
Speaker 2: a ten to one bet that Tuesday night was STEP's

464
00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:39,160
Speaker 2: last game with the Warriors. I would take that bet.

465
00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:43,080
Speaker 2: If you offered me five to one, I wouldn't. I

466
00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:45,600
Speaker 2: don't think there's a one in five chance. Do I

467
00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:49,920
Speaker 2: think there's a one in ten chance? I do? All right,

468
00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:53,600
Speaker 2: let's go on to the series that you know everyone's

469
00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:56,800
Speaker 2: excited for, most notably me. But go ahead.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, despite a late comeback effort by the Publicans, the

471
00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:05,400
Speaker 4: Lakers held on and clinched that seventh seed. So now

472
00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:08,040
Speaker 4: they've got a date with the Nuggets in the first round.

473
00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:11,600
Speaker 4: You're a believer in bulletin board material, and boy did

474
00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:15,360
Speaker 4: Denver and Daniel give La that bulletin board material. Is

475
00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:18,240
Speaker 4: that the Lakers best Is that their best weapon head

476
00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:19,360
Speaker 4: into the series.

477
00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:25,920
Speaker 2: No, the best weapon that they have headed in this

478
00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:30,840
Speaker 2: series compared to last year's series. The first and foremost

479
00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:36,520
Speaker 2: is this, Lebron's healthy and Lebron's shot isn't broken right now.

480
00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:42,680
Speaker 2: So that is a fundamental change from last year. Okay,

481
00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:49,600
Speaker 2: so last year, Lebron in that series shot twenty seven

482
00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:53,760
Speaker 2: percent from three, which was an improvement from how he

483
00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:58,360
Speaker 2: had been shooting in the playoffs. And Lebron couldn't drive

484
00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:01,120
Speaker 2: to the basket repeatedly because he was dealing with the

485
00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:03,960
Speaker 2: broken foot or plan or fascio, whatever it is, right,

486
00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:11,840
Speaker 2: that's the biggest change. But I went on TV yesterday

487
00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:15,760
Speaker 2: and I picked the Lakers to win the series. Lakers

488
00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:19,080
Speaker 2: have lost the Nuggets eight straight times. The Nuggets have

489
00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:22,800
Speaker 2: been the best team in basketball. Why would I do that?

490
00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:31,720
Speaker 2: Here is the argument for why this series can go

491
00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:35,800
Speaker 2: differently than last year's series. What are you laughing about, Demons?

492
00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:38,560
Speaker 2: Before I go, go ahead, tell me what you're like?

493
00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:42,200
Speaker 3: The follow up here is just hilarious.

494
00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:49,760
Speaker 2: Okay, but all right, you're fine. So in last years

495
00:32:50,560 --> 00:32:57,920
Speaker 2: Western Conference Finals, the following things happened. Jamal Murray, who

496
00:32:57,960 --> 00:33:01,000
Speaker 2: is a great player, Okay, I want to make this clear,

497
00:33:01,560 --> 00:33:09,239
Speaker 2: a great playoff player, even by his playoff standards. What

498
00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:14,560
Speaker 2: series of his career was the best one by a mile?

499
00:33:16,520 --> 00:33:21,160
Speaker 2: The one last year against the Lakers. The only one

500
00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:25,520
Speaker 2: that comes close is the seven game series against the

501
00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:30,320
Speaker 2: Jazz four years ago. But he was thirty two and

502
00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:36,280
Speaker 2: a half points, six rebounds, five assists on fifty three

503
00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:43,960
Speaker 2: forty splits. Just for a context to that, Jamal Murray

504
00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:48,920
Speaker 2: he averaged more points in the series against the Lakers

505
00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:57,040
Speaker 2: than any guy other than any guard, pardon me, other

506
00:33:57,120 --> 00:34:02,720
Speaker 2: than Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant have ever averaged in

507
00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:08,200
Speaker 2: a conference finals or NBA finals. Okay, so is if

508
00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:12,320
Speaker 2: let's just say Jamal Murray instead of being thirty three

509
00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:17,799
Speaker 2: a game on fifty three forty ninety five splits, is

510
00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:24,080
Speaker 2: twenty seven a game. Okay, So there's one thing. What

511
00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:28,279
Speaker 2: about the guy across from Jamal Murray, the Lakers' best

512
00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:33,360
Speaker 2: perimeter player. Well, that's D'Angelo Russell. How did he do

513
00:34:33,480 --> 00:34:39,160
Speaker 2: in that series? Well, he avered six points on thirty

514
00:34:39,239 --> 00:34:44,399
Speaker 2: two percent from the field and thirteen percent from three. Well,

515
00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:50,240
Speaker 2: he'll be better than that. Okay. What about the key

516
00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:55,680
Speaker 2: rotation piece that both teams lost, Well, the Lakers lost

517
00:34:55,719 --> 00:35:00,200
Speaker 2: Dennis Shrewder. How did he play in that series? He

518
00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:04,040
Speaker 2: averaged seven points on thirty seven percent from the field.

519
00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:10,719
Speaker 2: The Nuggets lost Bruce Brown, who averaged twelve points on

520
00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:15,080
Speaker 2: fifty three percent from the field. Oh, so the Nuggets

521
00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:19,800
Speaker 2: lost a player who helped them. The Lakers lost a

522
00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:24,600
Speaker 2: guy who hurt them. All right, that's noteworthy. Were there

523
00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:29,839
Speaker 2: any aberrant team level events? Well, the Nuggets shot a

524
00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:36,040
Speaker 2: better percentage from three in that series than any team

525
00:35:36,080 --> 00:35:38,719
Speaker 2: that has played Lebron in the playoffs in a decade,

526
00:35:39,640 --> 00:35:44,240
Speaker 2: which means better than the Warriors ever did in any

527
00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:48,600
Speaker 2: of their series against the Lakers, including the Katie Steph

528
00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:56,800
Speaker 2: Clay Peak Warriors. Oh well, that's noteworthy, a little intangible factor. Hey, Demonse,

529
00:35:58,200 --> 00:36:02,840
Speaker 2: is there a huge scandal going around the NBA right now?

530
00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:07,200
Speaker 2: Did somebody just get banned for a bunch of like

531
00:36:07,280 --> 00:36:09,279
Speaker 2: the first player band? Who was that?

532
00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:11,920
Speaker 3: Michael Porter Junior's little brother.

533
00:36:12,880 --> 00:36:17,040
Speaker 2: Oh okay, I don't know. It distracted me, It's all

534
00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:18,960
Speaker 2: I'm saying. I don't know, like the it would be,

535
00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:22,839
Speaker 2: it would at least be on my mind. And if

536
00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:27,040
Speaker 2: I it would, it would It's not a nothing if

537
00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:32,840
Speaker 2: the if? And so I am old enough to remember

538
00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:40,600
Speaker 2: they're once being early in Lebron's career, alleged scandal and

539
00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:45,080
Speaker 2: certainly rumors swirling around about a family member of his

540
00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:50,160
Speaker 2: going into a playoff series he didn't quite look like himself.

541
00:36:50,840 --> 00:36:55,320
Speaker 2: So all of that is layered into this analysis, right,

542
00:36:56,800 --> 00:37:01,200
Speaker 2: and then you ask yourself this question. Okay, but even

543
00:37:01,239 --> 00:37:04,839
Speaker 2: if all those things go differently, this series was a

544
00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:10,920
Speaker 2: blowout last year, yes, and no it was four to Zho.

545
00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:14,920
Speaker 2: But what were the games?

546
00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:15,320
Speaker 3: Well?

547
00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:21,520
Speaker 2: Game one, where, according to the broadcast, nikal Ijokic had

548
00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:24,839
Speaker 2: the best first half of basketball Jeff BEng Gundy had

549
00:37:24,920 --> 00:37:30,640
Speaker 2: ever seen was a three point game with the ball

550
00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:35,200
Speaker 2: in Lebron James's hands with forty five seconds left. Oh,

551
00:37:35,239 --> 00:37:39,160
Speaker 2: so that game could have gone either direction. What about

552
00:37:39,239 --> 00:37:45,399
Speaker 2: Game two, Game two, when Jamal Murray had literally one

553
00:37:45,400 --> 00:37:48,480
Speaker 2: of the greatest fourth quarters in Finals history when he

554
00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:54,080
Speaker 2: scored twenty three fourth quarter points? What was that situation?

555
00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:58,719
Speaker 2: That game was a I want to get this exactly right,

556
00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:04,080
Speaker 2: a three point A two point game, pardon me, A

557
00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:07,800
Speaker 2: two point game with one minute left?

558
00:38:08,080 --> 00:38:08,719
Speaker 3: Oh?

559
00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:15,400
Speaker 2: Okay? So what about Game three, Game three, which was uh,

560
00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:20,239
Speaker 2: Jamal Murray had another monster game, thirty seven points. Meanwhile,

561
00:38:20,520 --> 00:38:24,200
Speaker 2: D'Angelo Russell in that game played twenty minutes and had

562
00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:27,479
Speaker 2: three points, so he was outscored thirty seven to three.

563
00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:29,080
Speaker 2: Was that game a blowout?

564
00:38:29,680 --> 00:38:29,879
Speaker 3: No?

565
00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:33,839
Speaker 2: That game was tied halfway through the fourth And then

566
00:38:33,960 --> 00:38:39,200
Speaker 2: Game four, of course two point game with Lebron either

567
00:38:39,239 --> 00:38:41,200
Speaker 2: taking the three for the win or going for the tie,

568
00:38:41,239 --> 00:38:45,960
Speaker 2: go to the basket and misses it. So do I

569
00:38:46,160 --> 00:38:49,680
Speaker 2: think Jamal Murray average? Again?

570
00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:53,200
Speaker 4: The Warriors music guy did put up a whole paragraph

571
00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:57,080
Speaker 4: about how Clay Thompson just owns the Kings and like

572
00:38:57,480 --> 00:38:59,480
Speaker 4: the history that he has with him, and then he

573
00:38:59,520 --> 00:39:00,839
Speaker 4: went out there and went off for Ted.

574
00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:03,760
Speaker 5: Maybe listen, maybe I did.

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00:39:04,360 --> 00:39:06,759
Speaker 2: I'm opening The easy pick here is to go with

576
00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:09,040
Speaker 2: the defending champion, the guy who's about to win his

577
00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:11,799
Speaker 2: third MVP in four years, a guy who the team

578
00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:16,880
Speaker 2: that's won eight straight games. I don't think Lebron is

579
00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:18,759
Speaker 2: going to be worn out in the fourth quarters of

580
00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:26,920
Speaker 2: these games. I don't think that the there is going

581
00:39:26,960 --> 00:39:33,360
Speaker 2: to be a twenty six point differential per game between

582
00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:38,080
Speaker 2: Jamal Murray and D'Angelo Russell this time around. I don't

583
00:39:38,200 --> 00:39:44,319
Speaker 2: think Jokic, on four separate occasions, is going to find

584
00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:47,880
Speaker 2: himself with the ball with the shot clock expiring and

585
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:51,560
Speaker 2: throw a one handed hook shot towards the rim or

586
00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:54,879
Speaker 2: over the head like he's firing a pass from out

587
00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:56,000
Speaker 2: of bounds in soccer.

588
00:39:56,320 --> 00:39:59,560
Speaker 4: There was a lot of magic involved in some of those.

589
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:03,600
Speaker 2: So and by the way, even if those things don't happen,

590
00:40:04,120 --> 00:40:08,160
Speaker 2: the Nuggets win the series last year the Lakers were

591
00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:08,880
Speaker 2: out of gas.

592
00:40:09,280 --> 00:40:10,800
Speaker 5: But how much.

593
00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:14,680
Speaker 2: Would people's analysis right now be different if that series

594
00:40:14,719 --> 00:40:16,799
Speaker 2: were four to two last year instead of four to up.

595
00:40:18,120 --> 00:40:23,560
Speaker 2: Maybe a little so instead of being every other day

596
00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:29,000
Speaker 2: after a month of the playoff gauntlet. We're talking every

597
00:40:29,120 --> 00:40:32,439
Speaker 2: you know, three days between the playing in game one

598
00:40:33,239 --> 00:40:35,680
Speaker 2: and then the schedule. Let me give you the exact schedule,

599
00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:40,840
Speaker 2: because there are some every other days built in here obviously,

600
00:40:41,560 --> 00:40:44,160
Speaker 2: but here is the rest Lebron is going to have

601
00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:48,560
Speaker 2: and the Lakers are going to have between games. They

602
00:40:48,600 --> 00:40:55,600
Speaker 2: played on Tuesday, the next play Saturday. So Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,

603
00:40:56,640 --> 00:41:01,520
Speaker 2: three days off, Saturday then Monday. Okay, but no travel.

604
00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:07,399
Speaker 2: So that's just one day off Monday, then Thursday, two

605
00:41:07,480 --> 00:41:13,239
Speaker 2: days off, Thursday, then Saturday two days off, and then

606
00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:17,160
Speaker 2: Saturday to Monday, just one day off with travel. That's

607
00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:21,840
Speaker 2: a tough one. And then Monday to Thursday two days off,

608
00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:26,399
Speaker 2: and then Thursday to what is now listed is Saturday night,

609
00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:29,000
Speaker 2: but I don't. I guess that's locked in. I thought

610
00:41:29,080 --> 00:41:31,279
Speaker 2: that could potentially be Sunday, but I guess I'm wrong.

611
00:41:31,560 --> 00:41:36,120
Speaker 2: That would be just one day off. So yeah, I'll

612
00:41:36,120 --> 00:41:39,480
Speaker 2: go ahead and you know, play the fool again. We'll

613
00:41:39,480 --> 00:41:42,239
Speaker 2: see how it works out. I think the Lakers win.

614
00:41:43,160 --> 00:41:47,799
Speaker 2: Now I don't know that that means at all they

615
00:41:47,880 --> 00:41:52,200
Speaker 2: even win the next round, but I think, and I'm

616
00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:56,200
Speaker 2: gonna add one other thing and Daniel knows this. I'm

617
00:41:56,239 --> 00:42:00,960
Speaker 2: sure who is the last team to beat the Denver

618
00:42:01,040 --> 00:42:05,600
Speaker 2: Nuggets in a playoff series that Nikolajokic and Jamal Murray

619
00:42:05,640 --> 00:42:14,400
Speaker 2: played in That is, of course, Okay, the Lakers were

620
00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:18,319
Speaker 2: the one seed, guys, that is of course the Los

621
00:42:18,360 --> 00:42:24,040
Speaker 2: Angeles Lakers, same top two on both teams, so we'll see.

622
00:42:24,640 --> 00:42:27,920
Speaker 2: I'm excited for it. And I'm gonna add one other

623
00:42:27,960 --> 00:42:33,840
Speaker 2: piece to this if the Nuggets lose Demonse or even

624
00:42:33,920 --> 00:42:37,480
Speaker 2: if they win, but it's a long, hard series and

625
00:42:37,520 --> 00:42:41,000
Speaker 2: they then lose in the next round to either Phoenix,

626
00:42:41,120 --> 00:42:43,960
Speaker 2: who's beat them twice in the last month, or Minnesota

627
00:42:44,120 --> 00:42:46,120
Speaker 2: who played them. Both those teams played them tough in

628
00:42:46,200 --> 00:42:49,880
Speaker 2: last year's playoffs and have real answers for him. Uh,

629
00:42:50,040 --> 00:42:52,279
Speaker 2: both I think have winning records against them this year.

630
00:42:53,560 --> 00:42:58,120
Speaker 2: You know who's sneaky gets a weird legacy boost if

631
00:42:58,120 --> 00:43:01,040
Speaker 2: the Nuggets either lose this round or next, like it's

632
00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:06,880
Speaker 2: his first real relevant NBA moment, Wimby, because the Nuggets

633
00:43:06,880 --> 00:43:10,200
Speaker 2: were gonna be the one seed and they were blowing

634
00:43:10,239 --> 00:43:15,719
Speaker 2: out the Spurs, and he scored seventeen straight points and

635
00:43:15,880 --> 00:43:19,680
Speaker 2: brought the Spurs back in Game eighty one, to knock

636
00:43:19,719 --> 00:43:22,800
Speaker 2: the Nuggets down from instead of being the one seed

637
00:43:23,080 --> 00:43:25,719
Speaker 2: to dealing with the Lakers in round one and the

638
00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:28,839
Speaker 2: need of the sunder Timberwolves in round two. It's an

639
00:43:28,840 --> 00:43:36,120
Speaker 2: interesting little sliding doors moment if Wimby ends up altering

640
00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:40,239
Speaker 2: Jokicic's path to defend his title. All right, that was

641
00:43:40,280 --> 00:43:43,080
Speaker 2: a good thirty five minute a block. We'll get to

642
00:43:43,120 --> 00:43:46,480
Speaker 2: the news from last night, Jimmy Butler's injury, Philly advancing

643
00:43:46,560 --> 00:43:48,919
Speaker 2: all of that. Next quick break, right back, what's right?

644
00:43:54,760 --> 00:43:56,719
Speaker 2: All right? Welcome back in what's right with Nick?

645
00:43:56,800 --> 00:43:56,960
Speaker 3: Right?

646
00:43:57,400 --> 00:44:00,440
Speaker 2: Uh, let's get to the games and news from night

647
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Speaker 2: demanse Uh.

648
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Speaker 4: Yeah, So the seventy six Ers pulled off the comeback

649
00:44:04,320 --> 00:44:06,880
Speaker 4: versus the Heat who will be endure di mode against

650
00:44:06,920 --> 00:44:10,120
Speaker 4: Chicago now? But Philly fans can't feel too good about

651
00:44:10,160 --> 00:44:12,840
Speaker 4: it because Embiide looks sluggish all night and the Sixers

652
00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:16,359
Speaker 4: were bailed out by Nick Batoon, of all people, what

653
00:44:16,360 --> 00:44:19,120
Speaker 4: do you expect when they face the grittier Nixon round one?

654
00:44:20,640 --> 00:44:24,520
Speaker 2: Well, so a few things. It's okay to be bailed

655
00:44:24,520 --> 00:44:27,680
Speaker 2: out by Nick batoum. And this is where and I

656
00:44:27,800 --> 00:44:31,720
Speaker 2: will admit my bias here because he's a personal friend

657
00:44:31,719 --> 00:44:35,160
Speaker 2: of mine, but I like being friends with smart people

658
00:44:35,200 --> 00:44:37,520
Speaker 2: and people who are good at their jobs. This is

659
00:44:37,560 --> 00:44:39,680
Speaker 2: why I think Darryl Morey's as good of a GM

660
00:44:39,719 --> 00:44:42,719
Speaker 2: as there is in the NBA. He filled out this

661
00:44:42,960 --> 00:44:47,799
Speaker 2: roster to where you can all of a sudden have

662
00:44:47,960 --> 00:44:52,279
Speaker 2: either Buddy Healed or Nick Batoum or Kelly Oubre come

663
00:44:52,360 --> 00:44:55,560
Speaker 2: through with big in big spots for you. You know

664
00:44:55,600 --> 00:44:59,680
Speaker 2: what I mean. They have, in my opinion, a legitimate

665
00:45:00,040 --> 00:45:04,759
Speaker 2: even and a half guys they trust because you've got

666
00:45:04,800 --> 00:45:09,920
Speaker 2: your You've got obviously Embiid, maxi Ubre, Tobias and Lowry

667
00:45:10,280 --> 00:45:12,799
Speaker 2: and then Batoom and Buddy coming off the bench with

668
00:45:12,840 --> 00:45:15,319
Speaker 2: a little b ball, Paul if you need it. So

669
00:45:15,400 --> 00:45:18,080
Speaker 2: shout out to Daryl on that. I think that's that's

670
00:45:18,320 --> 00:45:23,880
Speaker 2: good roster building. I am gonna a spoiler alert, sorry,

671
00:45:24,160 --> 00:45:27,560
Speaker 2: I'm gonna pick Philly to beat the Knicks. I think

672
00:45:27,640 --> 00:45:32,120
Speaker 2: the Knicks are a regular season team that has a

673
00:45:32,200 --> 00:45:36,359
Speaker 2: Round two ceiling under its current health, and I don't

674
00:45:36,440 --> 00:45:39,680
Speaker 2: I think this Philly's a bad matchup for him and Embiid,

675
00:45:40,640 --> 00:45:44,120
Speaker 2: even when he's far from one hundred percent, can have

676
00:45:44,239 --> 00:45:47,680
Speaker 2: real impacts on games. And you saw it in the

677
00:45:47,760 --> 00:45:53,040
Speaker 2: fourth quarter yesterday. Uh so, I understand Philly fans being frustrated,

678
00:45:53,320 --> 00:45:56,960
Speaker 2: but I'm gonna pick Philly to beat the Knicks the now,

679
00:45:57,360 --> 00:46:01,239
Speaker 2: if we may demands get to what he's maybe the

680
00:46:01,320 --> 00:46:04,399
Speaker 2: bigger news or just as big of a news from

681
00:46:04,480 --> 00:46:05,319
Speaker 2: yesterday's game.

682
00:46:05,960 --> 00:46:08,120
Speaker 4: Yes, so the reports are Jimmy Butler's dealing with a

683
00:46:08,200 --> 00:46:11,080
Speaker 4: knee injury, so it seems like he's going to be

684
00:46:11,080 --> 00:46:13,600
Speaker 4: out multiple weeks. Do you think the heat will make

685
00:46:13,719 --> 00:46:15,560
Speaker 4: light of Chicago? Will they be able to still do

686
00:46:15,600 --> 00:46:17,880
Speaker 4: it without him?

687
00:46:18,440 --> 00:46:22,120
Speaker 2: Well, I don't really actually think the Chicago game matters

688
00:46:22,800 --> 00:46:27,600
Speaker 2: with Jimmy Butler out. Yeah, And this is where I'm

689
00:46:27,640 --> 00:46:33,680
Speaker 2: going to turn the screws on you a bit. If

690
00:46:33,719 --> 00:46:39,920
Speaker 2: the Boston Celtics don't make the NBA Finals this year,

691
00:46:40,800 --> 00:46:46,400
Speaker 2: it is one of the biggest choke jobs in modern

692
00:46:46,680 --> 00:46:47,560
Speaker 2: NBA history.

693
00:46:47,600 --> 00:46:49,399
Speaker 4: And even if they do, they're gonna say that they

694
00:46:49,400 --> 00:46:50,880
Speaker 4: didn't have to face Jimmy Butler.

695
00:46:51,880 --> 00:46:59,720
Speaker 2: Well, well, hold on, maybe so Jannis Embeid, Jimmy Butler,

696
00:47:01,080 --> 00:47:04,920
Speaker 2: all Giannis is out for the time being. Embiid is

697
00:47:05,000 --> 00:47:09,479
Speaker 2: not one hundred. Jimmy Butler is you know, not going

698
00:47:09,520 --> 00:47:12,640
Speaker 2: to be ready for if they get to the Celtics.

699
00:47:12,719 --> 00:47:17,520
Speaker 2: The Celtics. So my point is the path could not

700
00:47:17,800 --> 00:47:22,000
Speaker 2: be clearer for Boston's. And this is a weird spot.

701
00:47:22,480 --> 00:47:30,040
Speaker 2: Boston's season begins in the NBA finals. It starts in

702
00:47:30,080 --> 00:47:34,520
Speaker 2: the NBA Finals. They are the healthiest team, the best

703
00:47:34,520 --> 00:47:39,279
Speaker 2: record by a mile, top five point differential, everything. If

704
00:47:39,400 --> 00:47:46,560
Speaker 2: somehow they don't make the finals, it's inexcusable, absolutely utterly.

705
00:47:46,640 --> 00:47:50,280
Speaker 3: In team as well. Huh. I feel like they're.

706
00:47:50,080 --> 00:47:55,720
Speaker 2: Yeah, well the I mean they they're they're starting five,

707
00:47:56,560 --> 00:48:00,239
Speaker 2: is the is the best and then you will So

708
00:48:00,600 --> 00:48:03,719
Speaker 2: I'm just trying to think of I don't love because

709
00:48:03,760 --> 00:48:06,719
Speaker 2: I remember talking about on the show, I don't love

710
00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:10,759
Speaker 2: the bench that much, but you have five awesome starters

711
00:48:11,320 --> 00:48:14,240
Speaker 2: because coming off the bench, your first guy's probably Al Horford,

712
00:48:14,480 --> 00:48:17,239
Speaker 2: who's old, and then after that you're talking to either

713
00:48:17,239 --> 00:48:20,759
Speaker 2: Peyton Pritchard or Sam Hauser. So I don't know if

714
00:48:20,800 --> 00:48:23,719
Speaker 2: I agree with you on you know, guys six, seven, eight,

715
00:48:23,920 --> 00:48:27,960
Speaker 2: but that doesn't matter. Like you're one through five, every

716
00:48:28,040 --> 00:48:32,319
Speaker 2: single guy and you're starting five. The Ringer does the

717
00:48:32,360 --> 00:48:35,919
Speaker 2: top one hundred players in the league. Every single guy

718
00:48:35,920 --> 00:48:39,920
Speaker 2: and you're starting five should be on that list. Like

719
00:48:40,080 --> 00:48:43,320
Speaker 2: every single guy and you're starting five has had moments

720
00:48:43,400 --> 00:48:46,640
Speaker 2: this year where they look like their top fifty players

721
00:48:46,640 --> 00:48:49,399
Speaker 2: in the league. And obviously Tatum's one of the very

722
00:48:49,440 --> 00:48:53,799
Speaker 2: best Browns one. You know that next tier. So I

723
00:48:55,080 --> 00:48:58,680
Speaker 2: you've got to make the finals. You absolutely have to

724
00:48:58,719 --> 00:49:04,239
Speaker 2: make the finals, rested and ready to go the right now,

725
00:49:04,280 --> 00:49:08,640
Speaker 2: demands Let me check again. Hold on. Whoops? Uh, you

726
00:49:08,719 --> 00:49:14,520
Speaker 2: guys are like a minus two hundred favorite against the

727
00:49:14,600 --> 00:49:20,000
Speaker 2: field to make the NBA Finals, to be the gosh

728
00:49:20,040 --> 00:49:22,520
Speaker 2: darn it, this is the I can't pull up. Let

729
00:49:22,520 --> 00:49:24,080
Speaker 2: me try it on my phone. I'm trying to.

730
00:49:24,040 --> 00:49:27,080
Speaker 3: Pull up back in another three days. Last game was.

731
00:49:28,800 --> 00:49:32,120
Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, you've been able to rest for weeks essentially,

732
00:49:32,560 --> 00:49:34,680
Speaker 2: and now you're not gonna have to deal with Jimmy.

733
00:49:35,080 --> 00:49:41,120
Speaker 2: So conferences right now they are minus two twenty. The

734
00:49:41,160 --> 00:49:45,600
Speaker 2: next best odds are is Milwaukee at eight to one.

735
00:49:46,920 --> 00:49:50,759
Speaker 2: So just little context here. If you bet on the

736
00:49:50,960 --> 00:49:54,719
Speaker 2: favorite in the Eastern Conference to win the title, the

737
00:49:54,760 --> 00:49:59,320
Speaker 2: Boston Celtics one hundred dollars, you win forty five dollars.

738
00:50:00,120 --> 00:50:02,880
Speaker 2: If you bet on the second favorite to win the

739
00:50:02,920 --> 00:50:05,960
Speaker 2: title for one hundred bucks, you win eight hundred dollars.

740
00:50:06,960 --> 00:50:13,640
Speaker 2: So they are overwhelming favorites to make the NBA Finals.

741
00:50:13,800 --> 00:50:17,719
Speaker 2: They absolutely have to finish it off. And for Miami,

742
00:50:18,880 --> 00:50:24,400
Speaker 2: this is listen, this is I have massive respect for

743
00:50:24,480 --> 00:50:29,360
Speaker 2: playoff Jimmy, massive respect. But this is one of the

744
00:50:29,400 --> 00:50:32,560
Speaker 2: problems of kind of puttsing around during the regular season

745
00:50:32,560 --> 00:50:35,560
Speaker 2: as a team. Yeah, all of a sudden you find

746
00:50:35,600 --> 00:50:37,440
Speaker 2: yourself in the play in when you shouldn't have been.

747
00:50:37,480 --> 00:50:39,840
Speaker 2: In the East this year, there's no reason the Orlando

748
00:50:39,920 --> 00:50:42,080
Speaker 2: Magic should have finished higher than the Miami Heat and

749
00:50:42,120 --> 00:50:45,719
Speaker 2: the standings for Philly. You had an excuse, you know,

750
00:50:45,760 --> 00:50:48,239
Speaker 2: Philly's excuse was our best guy missed half the year.

751
00:50:48,840 --> 00:50:51,040
Speaker 2: And now all of a sudden he's hurting. Your season

752
00:50:51,080 --> 00:50:53,120
Speaker 2: could end Friday, if not at all, end in a week.

753
00:50:53,160 --> 00:50:55,239
Speaker 2: All right, next, all right?

754
00:50:55,280 --> 00:50:58,200
Speaker 4: So Zion Williamson has had a career plagued by injuries.

755
00:50:58,840 --> 00:51:00,799
Speaker 3: He probably had his best post season.

756
00:51:00,520 --> 00:51:03,040
Speaker 4: Game earlier, he had forty points, and then he got

757
00:51:03,160 --> 00:51:06,200
Speaker 4: ended up getting injured again. So he's already been ruled

758
00:51:06,200 --> 00:51:09,759
Speaker 4: out for the game Friday versus Sacramento. So for the Pelicans,

759
00:51:09,880 --> 00:51:12,480
Speaker 4: is it worth keeping Zion around or is it too

760
00:51:12,480 --> 00:51:14,600
Speaker 4: big of a risk considering his injury history.

761
00:51:15,520 --> 00:51:17,439
Speaker 2: Well, no, you're not going to move on from Zion,

762
00:51:17,560 --> 00:51:20,759
Speaker 2: especially after he played his best game ever in his

763
00:51:20,800 --> 00:51:26,480
Speaker 2: biggest game ever. And I want to be very careful

764
00:51:26,520 --> 00:51:32,200
Speaker 2: with how I say this. That was a weird injury, right,

765
00:51:33,120 --> 00:51:38,640
Speaker 2: I said the same thing. That was really strange. He

766
00:51:38,680 --> 00:51:42,960
Speaker 2: didn't even really seem to right, I want to I'm not,

767
00:51:43,800 --> 00:51:47,240
Speaker 2: And I mean, the audience is smart and understands why

768
00:51:47,760 --> 00:51:50,759
Speaker 2: I'm trying to be very judicious with my words. It

769
00:51:51,080 --> 00:51:55,640
Speaker 2: just looked weird. It you didn't see and I understand

770
00:51:55,680 --> 00:51:59,359
Speaker 2: with muscle injuries you don't see it. But even his

771
00:52:01,160 --> 00:52:05,360
Speaker 2: the pace at which he left the court and his

772
00:52:05,440 --> 00:52:09,239
Speaker 2: ability to jog into the tunnel. For it to then

773
00:52:09,320 --> 00:52:13,799
Speaker 2: be a hamstring injury, it was just weird. And for

774
00:52:13,880 --> 00:52:20,480
Speaker 2: them to immediately rule him out it was bizarre. And

775
00:52:22,320 --> 00:52:26,320
Speaker 2: I'm not it wouldn't you know, any like conspiracy theory

776
00:52:26,680 --> 00:52:29,840
Speaker 2: doesn't make sense. He was having the best game of

777
00:52:29,880 --> 00:52:33,560
Speaker 2: his career. He had just tied the game. There, you

778
00:52:33,600 --> 00:52:37,920
Speaker 2: know the the I it looked so weird to meet

779
00:52:37,960 --> 00:52:41,400
Speaker 2: himnse that I honestly thought in real time, because it

780
00:52:41,440 --> 00:52:44,120
Speaker 2: also looked like he pointed to his stomach. I was like, oh, man,

781
00:52:45,120 --> 00:52:47,919
Speaker 2: was he dealing with like a stomach bug throughout the day.

782
00:52:48,480 --> 00:52:51,680
Speaker 2: I was like, geez, there's worst time possible. I have

783
00:52:51,760 --> 00:52:55,560
Speaker 2: to run to the bathroom. I honestly thought that, like

784
00:52:56,000 --> 00:52:58,840
Speaker 2: which I that would be The timing would suck, but

785
00:52:58,880 --> 00:53:01,560
Speaker 2: that would be understandable. But then he's not ruled out

786
00:53:01,600 --> 00:53:07,960
Speaker 2: for the next game. So it is an odd microcosm

787
00:53:08,160 --> 00:53:11,279
Speaker 2: of what his career has been so far, which is

788
00:53:11,360 --> 00:53:17,680
Speaker 2: these unbelievable highs, tantalizing talent, and then head scratching like

789
00:53:18,520 --> 00:53:24,800
Speaker 2: injury stuff that doesn't totally make sense. I'm also really

790
00:53:24,800 --> 00:53:28,320
Speaker 2: interested to see how Brandon Ingram looks Friday, because Brandon

791
00:53:28,440 --> 00:53:30,680
Speaker 2: Ingram got benched by Willy Green for that fourth quarter.

792
00:53:30,760 --> 00:53:33,440
Speaker 2: Now he's been out, he's been injured. I understand that,

793
00:53:33,760 --> 00:53:35,640
Speaker 2: but he's the highest paid guy or second highest paid

794
00:53:35,640 --> 00:53:38,560
Speaker 2: guy on your team. He was the piece from the

795
00:53:38,560 --> 00:53:42,080
Speaker 2: Anthony Davis trade. You know that was a huge moment

796
00:53:42,120 --> 00:53:44,200
Speaker 2: for him and Willie Green, even after Zion got hurt

797
00:53:44,280 --> 00:53:48,440
Speaker 2: left him on the bench. But also, Okac's got to

798
00:53:48,440 --> 00:53:51,680
Speaker 2: be like, this is perfect. This is why you fight

799
00:53:51,760 --> 00:53:56,040
Speaker 2: for the one seed. We're out here chilling with the

800
00:53:56,280 --> 00:53:58,319
Speaker 2: We're not gonna have to deal with the Champion. What

801
00:53:58,440 --> 00:54:02,560
Speaker 2: you know, last vestiges of the Champion Warriors, Phoenix moved

802
00:54:02,640 --> 00:54:05,600
Speaker 2: up to six, LA moved up to seven. Now we

803
00:54:05,680 --> 00:54:08,239
Speaker 2: either get a Kings team that kind of just won

804
00:54:08,440 --> 00:54:13,480
Speaker 2: its own championship right by beating the Warriors and is injured,

805
00:54:13,960 --> 00:54:16,319
Speaker 2: or we get a Pelican's team where it looks like

806
00:54:16,440 --> 00:54:19,920
Speaker 2: Zion is not going to be available. All right, I

807
00:54:19,960 --> 00:54:21,480
Speaker 2: know we're supposed to do it, maybe in the next

808
00:54:21,480 --> 00:54:23,640
Speaker 2: segment or whatever. I want to Sorry for the graphics

809
00:54:23,640 --> 00:54:26,840
Speaker 2: on the side. Let's do the Bill Belichick combo here quickly,

810
00:54:26,880 --> 00:54:29,719
Speaker 2: because this show's gone too long already and we've got

811
00:54:29,719 --> 00:54:30,279
Speaker 2: more to get to.

812
00:54:31,280 --> 00:54:35,360
Speaker 4: So reports of the Patriots owner Robert Kraft Warren Falcons

813
00:54:35,400 --> 00:54:39,080
Speaker 4: owner Arthur Blink about hiring Bill Belichick says, do not

814
00:54:39,239 --> 00:54:43,480
Speaker 4: trust Bill. What could have possibly happened there for Robert

815
00:54:43,520 --> 00:54:45,280
Speaker 4: Kraft to be saying that about Belichick?

816
00:54:46,560 --> 00:54:48,319
Speaker 2: So I think this is one of the worst I

817
00:54:48,320 --> 00:54:50,600
Speaker 2: think this is one of the slimiest things I've ever seen,

818
00:54:51,880 --> 00:54:57,560
Speaker 2: unless it comes out that Belichick was like embezzling from

819
00:54:57,600 --> 00:55:04,040
Speaker 2: the Patriots, was stealing money for Robert Kraft to knife

820
00:55:04,600 --> 00:55:09,319
Speaker 2: Bill Belichick like this right after producing a documentary that

821
00:55:09,400 --> 00:55:15,680
Speaker 2: painted Bill Belichick as a villain is so beyond the pale.

822
00:55:15,680 --> 00:55:19,240
Speaker 2: To go out of your way to submarine this guy's

823
00:55:19,360 --> 00:55:27,520
Speaker 2: job prospects when your franchise is worth billions more dollars

824
00:55:28,120 --> 00:55:31,160
Speaker 2: than when you bought it thanks to him. Now you

825
00:55:31,200 --> 00:55:35,600
Speaker 2: can say thanks to Brady primarily fine, but Belichick also

826
00:55:35,719 --> 00:55:39,640
Speaker 2: is the guy who drafted Brady and the guy who

827
00:55:39,719 --> 00:55:44,799
Speaker 2: put Brady in the game, and to go out of

828
00:55:44,840 --> 00:55:48,840
Speaker 2: your way to cost him a job he thought he had.

829
00:55:49,840 --> 00:55:53,719
Speaker 2: And also there were so many good things in that

830
00:55:54,000 --> 00:55:57,280
Speaker 2: ESPN story. And credit to those great reporters for acting.

831
00:55:57,400 --> 00:56:04,240
Speaker 2: You know, we could use some of the great NFL

832
00:56:04,400 --> 00:56:08,239
Speaker 2: reporters that get actual stories on the NBA beat, by

833
00:56:08,280 --> 00:56:12,799
Speaker 2: the way, that would be nice every NBA All our

834
00:56:12,920 --> 00:56:17,000
Speaker 2: NBA stories are just transactions. Like all the breaking NBA

835
00:56:17,160 --> 00:56:22,080
Speaker 2: news is actually things that if reporters did not exist,

836
00:56:22,400 --> 00:56:27,560
Speaker 2: we would find out anyway eventually, like trades, draft picks, signings,

837
00:56:27,800 --> 00:56:31,520
Speaker 2: That news would come to light anyway. But what the

838
00:56:31,560 --> 00:56:35,279
Speaker 2: heck actually happen with em Udoka? Where's Andrew Wiggins been?

839
00:56:35,600 --> 00:56:38,759
Speaker 2: Who leaked the Draymond Green tape? What is going on

840
00:56:38,800 --> 00:56:41,640
Speaker 2: with Zion? Those things just out in the ether like

841
00:56:41,719 --> 00:56:46,440
Speaker 2: nobody can. Nobody can damage any pre existing relationship. They

842
00:56:46,480 --> 00:56:49,960
Speaker 2: have to actually report on those things, because then they

843
00:56:50,000 --> 00:56:53,440
Speaker 2: won't be able to tweet out one second before somebody

844
00:56:53,440 --> 00:56:57,680
Speaker 2: else that this guy got an extension. But the Don

845
00:56:57,760 --> 00:57:02,000
Speaker 2: Van NATting Company, they get real stories. And this was

846
00:57:02,040 --> 00:57:08,080
Speaker 2: a treasure trove of stories there about the Eagles, the Bills,

847
00:57:08,080 --> 00:57:12,360
Speaker 2: so many things. Right, one of the underrated parts of

848
00:57:12,400 --> 00:57:19,360
Speaker 2: it is this. I think this likely torches Belichick's relationship

849
00:57:19,400 --> 00:57:23,320
Speaker 2: with the Patriots organization. They had that press conversation, is like,

850
00:57:23,320 --> 00:57:26,200
Speaker 2: I'll always be a Patriot, I'll come back. No, I

851
00:57:26,880 --> 00:57:30,720
Speaker 2: do not think that is happening. I think Belichick reads

852
00:57:30,760 --> 00:57:35,760
Speaker 2: this and is like, I had a job. You used

853
00:57:35,800 --> 00:57:40,480
Speaker 2: your relationship with Arthur Blank to cost me my job,

854
00:57:41,800 --> 00:57:47,439
Speaker 2: Like I brought you six super Bowls. So I think

855
00:57:47,440 --> 00:57:52,520
Speaker 2: that was wild, absolutely wild. And I also and also,

856
00:57:52,560 --> 00:58:00,080
Speaker 2: if you're Robert Kraft, buddy, you don't have exactly a

857
00:57:59,840 --> 00:58:05,680
Speaker 2: spotless reputation during the I understand Bill Beljack's been accused

858
00:58:05,720 --> 00:58:08,240
Speaker 2: of cheating, he hasn't ever had to show up to

859
00:58:08,320 --> 00:58:16,040
Speaker 2: court for it. You like, let's maybe glass houses my man,

860
00:58:16,960 --> 00:58:27,240
Speaker 2: quick break right back? What's right? All right? Welcome back

861
00:58:27,280 --> 00:58:29,680
Speaker 2: in What's right with Nick? Right demands that were playing

862
00:58:29,720 --> 00:58:32,360
Speaker 2: a new game here Before we get to the listener questions.

863
00:58:32,000 --> 00:58:35,120
Speaker 3: Go ahead, Uh yeah, so weird. It's time for moving

864
00:58:35,160 --> 00:58:35,560
Speaker 3: the needle.

865
00:58:36,360 --> 00:58:39,240
Speaker 4: I will ask you about a team, and you'll determine

866
00:58:39,240 --> 00:58:41,480
Speaker 4: how far, how far a run they can go in

867
00:58:41,480 --> 00:58:43,960
Speaker 4: the playoffs, and where their season will end. For those

868
00:58:44,000 --> 00:58:46,680
Speaker 4: watching on YouTube, there will be a small graphic, but

869
00:58:47,280 --> 00:58:51,479
Speaker 4: your options are in round one, sweep later in Round one,

870
00:58:52,000 --> 00:58:58,040
Speaker 4: the conference, the semis, the semi conference, or the finals sorry,

871
00:58:58,360 --> 00:59:02,120
Speaker 4: or NBA Finals. First, we've got the Bucks here. You

872
00:59:02,200 --> 00:59:04,360
Speaker 4: had the Bucks as your finals favorite at one point,

873
00:59:04,400 --> 00:59:06,720
Speaker 4: but now it seems like Giannis will miss multiple games

874
00:59:06,720 --> 00:59:09,720
Speaker 4: in Round one versus the Pacers, and that scenario didn't

875
00:59:09,760 --> 00:59:11,080
Speaker 4: go well for the Bucks last year.

876
00:59:11,560 --> 00:59:15,880
Speaker 3: How far did the Bucks go? All right?

877
00:59:16,120 --> 00:59:20,880
Speaker 2: Right now, right now? My pick is the Bucks go

878
00:59:20,960 --> 00:59:24,360
Speaker 2: to round two. I do think they can beat the

879
00:59:24,360 --> 00:59:29,800
Speaker 2: Pacers if Giannis only plays a couple games in that series,

880
00:59:30,240 --> 00:59:33,280
Speaker 2: I think that it could be two to one Indiana.

881
00:59:34,080 --> 00:59:37,080
Speaker 2: But that is a coin that is I don't want

882
00:59:37,080 --> 00:59:40,160
Speaker 2: to say a coin flip, but close to it. The

883
00:59:40,240 --> 00:59:45,600
Speaker 2: thing is, Halliburton's not fully healthy either, and hasn't looked

884
00:59:45,600 --> 00:59:48,840
Speaker 2: the same. They haven't been able to guard him. Can

885
00:59:48,960 --> 00:59:51,440
Speaker 2: Dame be awesome for a week and a half? I

886
00:59:51,560 --> 00:59:55,440
Speaker 2: think so? So I'm gonna go round two for Milwaukee

887
00:59:55,560 --> 00:59:57,360
Speaker 2: given Giannis's injury status.

888
00:59:58,960 --> 01:00:01,200
Speaker 3: So no, no finals at all.

889
01:00:02,200 --> 01:00:04,040
Speaker 2: No fine, No, I mean that they were they were

890
01:00:04,080 --> 01:00:07,960
Speaker 2: my pick to win the whole thing, but the Jannas

891
01:00:08,280 --> 01:00:11,600
Speaker 2: the Janni's dealing with a calf, which could mean dealing

892
01:00:11,640 --> 01:00:14,640
Speaker 2: with an achilles, obviously changes things massively. Next.

893
01:00:15,680 --> 01:00:18,240
Speaker 4: Uh, the Sons went all in on Kadie Booker and

894
01:00:18,360 --> 01:00:21,920
Speaker 4: Beal and they've had mixed results throughout the season, but

895
01:00:22,040 --> 01:00:23,800
Speaker 4: the postseason is a whole different story.

896
01:00:24,000 --> 01:00:26,040
Speaker 3: So how far do the Suns go?

897
01:00:27,680 --> 01:00:30,600
Speaker 2: Same thing? Round two? I do think they can beat Minnesota,

898
01:00:31,160 --> 01:00:34,760
Speaker 2: go barn the playoffs not great history, trying to work

899
01:00:34,800 --> 01:00:37,600
Speaker 2: Carl Anthony Towns back in. But then in round two

900
01:00:37,680 --> 01:00:41,040
Speaker 2: they're playing either Denver or the Lakers. And so round

901
01:00:41,040 --> 01:00:43,600
Speaker 2: two to me is where the Suns where the Sons go.

902
01:00:43,600 --> 01:00:44,880
Speaker 2: All right, let's go on to the next one.

903
01:00:45,960 --> 01:00:48,720
Speaker 4: Okay, go ahead? Uh yeah, how far up? How far

904
01:00:48,760 --> 01:00:50,760
Speaker 4: of a star or a rising star do you think

905
01:00:50,800 --> 01:00:52,480
Speaker 4: Anthony Anthony Edwards will go?

906
01:00:53,880 --> 01:00:56,600
Speaker 2: Well, if you lose one, not far, you know what

907
01:00:56,600 --> 01:00:58,240
Speaker 2: I mean, Like if they if he carries them to

908
01:00:58,280 --> 01:01:01,360
Speaker 2: the conference finals. Yeah, but with a round one exit,

909
01:01:01,360 --> 01:01:02,840
Speaker 2: he probably stays where he is. All right.

910
01:01:02,960 --> 01:01:07,080
Speaker 4: Next, Despite the Knicks facing injuries all year, they claimed

911
01:01:07,280 --> 01:01:10,000
Speaker 4: they climbed to the two seed Brunton and this team

912
01:01:10,040 --> 01:01:12,040
Speaker 4: has exceeded expectations to this point.

913
01:01:12,360 --> 01:01:15,240
Speaker 3: But do you see the trend continuing? How far do

914
01:01:15,280 --> 01:01:15,760
Speaker 3: the Knicks go?

915
01:01:19,480 --> 01:01:22,680
Speaker 2: I mean, unfortunately it's round one. I think it is

916
01:01:22,720 --> 01:01:26,360
Speaker 2: a you know, a six or seven game war against Philly,

917
01:01:27,080 --> 01:01:28,280
Speaker 2: But I think they I could.

918
01:01:28,160 --> 01:01:30,600
Speaker 3: See the Knicks beating Philly for some reason, but that's

919
01:01:30,720 --> 01:01:32,120
Speaker 3: just no.

920
01:01:32,200 --> 01:01:36,080
Speaker 2: I listen, I don't think that's just you. I wonder

921
01:01:36,120 --> 01:01:39,000
Speaker 2: are they the favorites? Hold on, I'm gonna check real quick.

922
01:01:39,360 --> 01:01:45,640
Speaker 2: They might be the favorites, demanse underdogs even as the

923
01:01:45,880 --> 01:01:48,280
Speaker 2: even as the home team they got it. Yeah, I

924
01:01:48,280 --> 01:01:52,160
Speaker 2: mean it's minus one thing even money, so they're close

925
01:01:52,240 --> 01:01:54,320
Speaker 2: to a coin flip. But I'm gonna go Philly in

926
01:01:54,360 --> 01:01:55,560
Speaker 2: a close series, all right?

927
01:01:55,640 --> 01:01:56,000
Speaker 3: Next?

928
01:01:56,640 --> 01:01:58,960
Speaker 4: All right, So, after a year off from the playoffs,

929
01:01:59,000 --> 01:02:01,880
Speaker 4: your lard slovignion my son is gearing up for another run.

930
01:02:02,440 --> 01:02:06,000
Speaker 4: This time he's got Kyrie in the passenger seat. How

931
01:02:06,040 --> 01:02:07,600
Speaker 4: far do you think the MAVs will.

932
01:02:07,400 --> 01:02:13,160
Speaker 2: Go the NBA Finals. I think the MAVs are gonna

933
01:02:13,280 --> 01:02:15,920
Speaker 2: right now the Maps we might pick to win the

934
01:02:15,920 --> 01:02:20,680
Speaker 2: Western Conference. Uh now, I reserve the right to change

935
01:02:20,680 --> 01:02:23,240
Speaker 2: that pick if it's MAVs Lakers in the conference finals,

936
01:02:23,520 --> 01:02:25,640
Speaker 2: because I all, obviously, I mean, that's kind of a

937
01:02:25,840 --> 01:02:28,840
Speaker 2: can't lose for me. It's kind of the opposite of

938
01:02:29,280 --> 01:02:33,840
Speaker 2: when it was uh, who was it Warrior Celtics in

939
01:02:33,880 --> 01:02:37,640
Speaker 2: the NBA Finals, which was a can't win. But I am, yeah,

940
01:02:37,800 --> 01:02:43,919
Speaker 2: I think the MAVs. I think the oh yeah, that's true.

941
01:02:43,920 --> 01:02:47,840
Speaker 2: Sorry about that, buddy. I think they're going to annihilate

942
01:02:47,840 --> 01:02:51,640
Speaker 2: the Clippers and then beat okayc and then be waiting

943
01:02:51,720 --> 01:02:55,480
Speaker 2: for whomever just got through a gauntlet on the other

944
01:02:55,520 --> 01:02:58,959
Speaker 2: side of the bracket. All right, next, all.

945
01:02:58,920 --> 01:03:01,360
Speaker 4: Right, So my Celtics ran through the league this year

946
01:03:01,400 --> 01:03:03,520
Speaker 4: on their way to the one seed and are now

947
01:03:04,040 --> 01:03:07,160
Speaker 4: minus two hundred to make the finals. But as Vegas

948
01:03:07,240 --> 01:03:10,360
Speaker 4: just begging to make make that a square bet, how

949
01:03:10,400 --> 01:03:11,520
Speaker 4: far do my Celtics go?

950
01:03:12,560 --> 01:03:14,840
Speaker 2: I mean, they're gonna be in the finals at a

951
01:03:14,880 --> 01:03:16,280
Speaker 2: mini Yeah.

952
01:03:16,520 --> 01:03:18,960
Speaker 3: I mean, like we said, the question or who they're

953
01:03:19,040 --> 01:03:19,720
Speaker 3: seeing there?

954
01:03:20,520 --> 01:03:25,560
Speaker 2: Correct? Who are they seeing there? And any of those teams?

955
01:03:25,720 --> 01:03:29,360
Speaker 2: I mean, I think the Celtics are probably rooting to

956
01:03:29,440 --> 01:03:33,240
Speaker 2: see the other one Seed. I think that they are

957
01:03:33,280 --> 01:03:36,760
Speaker 2: probably rooting to see Oklahoma City because the Celtics have

958
01:03:36,920 --> 01:03:41,400
Speaker 2: so much playoff experience in Oklahoma City has none, and

959
01:03:41,440 --> 01:03:44,840
Speaker 2: the Celtics can throw so many people at Shay that

960
01:03:44,920 --> 01:03:47,320
Speaker 2: it's weird to say they're hoping to face the other

961
01:03:47,360 --> 01:03:49,480
Speaker 2: one Seed, But I think they are. But they'll be there.

962
01:03:49,480 --> 01:03:52,520
Speaker 2: All right, let's get I'm gonna run through some of

963
01:03:52,520 --> 01:03:56,080
Speaker 2: these listener questions. What's the read the one in bold demonse?

964
01:03:56,240 --> 01:03:56,880
Speaker 2: The first one?

965
01:03:58,600 --> 01:04:00,600
Speaker 4: We found your award for being the best in the

966
01:04:00,600 --> 01:04:02,280
Speaker 4: world at one specific thing.

967
01:04:03,960 --> 01:04:04,880
Speaker 3: Let me see it.

968
01:04:05,680 --> 01:04:07,320
Speaker 2: Let me see what what I'm the best in the

969
01:04:07,320 --> 01:04:10,240
Speaker 2: world at. Oh, that's great. That's a coach?

970
01:04:11,000 --> 01:04:12,680
Speaker 3: Is that so?

971
01:04:12,840 --> 01:04:16,560
Speaker 2: I that's a Coach of the Year award? Maybe that's

972
01:04:16,600 --> 01:04:19,760
Speaker 2: Greg Popovich holding it. I'm not sure who that is

973
01:04:19,760 --> 01:04:20,720
Speaker 2: that they photoshop.

974
01:04:21,080 --> 01:04:22,920
Speaker 5: All right, we have a bunch of questions.

975
01:04:23,560 --> 01:04:26,000
Speaker 2: We have a bunch of questions about the same thing,

976
01:04:26,120 --> 01:04:30,160
Speaker 2: which is Nick, why didn't you Essentially the question is

977
01:04:30,520 --> 01:04:34,480
Speaker 2: why didn't you include the Spurs on your list of dynasties.

978
01:04:35,160 --> 01:04:38,720
Speaker 2: So the Spurs are a tough one.

979
01:04:39,200 --> 01:04:42,600
Speaker 4: We got some technical difficulties over there in New York.

980
01:04:42,920 --> 01:04:44,800
Speaker 4: We got you, we got you back, we got you,

981
01:04:45,520 --> 01:04:46,320
Speaker 4: okay back.

982
01:04:47,920 --> 01:04:54,080
Speaker 2: And so the Spurs dynasty question is because they never

983
01:04:54,120 --> 01:04:57,880
Speaker 2: won back to back. They did win three and five years.

984
01:04:58,360 --> 01:05:02,920
Speaker 2: They won in ninety nine three to five oh seven,

985
01:05:03,800 --> 01:05:08,880
Speaker 2: and then the really unbelievable one in fourteen, and they

986
01:05:08,920 --> 01:05:12,080
Speaker 2: also went to the finals in thirteen, So I do

987
01:05:13,040 --> 01:05:18,320
Speaker 2: consider them a dynastic run. What's weird is if you're

988
01:05:18,360 --> 01:05:21,240
Speaker 2: saying it started in ninety nine, then in the middle

989
01:05:21,280 --> 01:05:25,640
Speaker 2: of their dynasty, another team three peat and had their

990
01:05:25,680 --> 01:05:30,680
Speaker 2: own dynasty from and if you're like, no, it goes

991
01:05:30,720 --> 01:05:35,960
Speaker 2: from three to fourteen, will still in the middle of

992
01:05:36,160 --> 01:05:42,040
Speaker 2: their run, two separate teams went back to back, the

993
01:05:42,160 --> 01:05:45,640
Speaker 2: Lakers and then the Heat. So it's just a weird one.

994
01:05:46,240 --> 01:05:49,919
Speaker 2: So it is an unbelievable run of excellence, but it's

995
01:05:49,960 --> 01:05:53,040
Speaker 2: a dynasty, and so yeah, I would probably have it sixth.

996
01:05:53,080 --> 01:05:53,840
Speaker 2: But it's weird.

997
01:05:54,480 --> 01:05:55,200
Speaker 5: Does that make sense?

998
01:05:55,360 --> 01:05:58,240
Speaker 4: Kind of feel funny saying say the Spurs are on

999
01:05:58,320 --> 01:06:01,520
Speaker 4: a dynasty. Definitely the most likable if they were a dynasty,

1000
01:06:01,560 --> 01:06:03,640
Speaker 4: I think they'd probably be the most likable dynasty.

1001
01:06:04,120 --> 01:06:10,760
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, and I and I and I think that. No,

1002
01:06:11,000 --> 01:06:13,919
Speaker 2: I I'm fine with including them on the Dynasties. It's

1003
01:06:14,040 --> 01:06:18,520
Speaker 2: just it's all you just say Pop and Duncan. That's fine,

1004
01:06:18,560 --> 01:06:21,360
Speaker 2: but it's just hard. It's just weird and all the

1005
01:06:21,400 --> 01:06:24,959
Speaker 2: other like dynasties you know, did win back to back

1006
01:06:25,040 --> 01:06:27,680
Speaker 2: the Spurs didn't. I don't know, just a weird one.

1007
01:06:29,480 --> 01:06:33,080
Speaker 2: Eric Allen Demonse has a question we can get too quickly.

1008
01:06:33,480 --> 01:06:36,200
Speaker 4: Eric Allen, I know you skipped over Porter, but if

1009
01:06:36,240 --> 01:06:38,480
Speaker 4: he was an A level or even B level star

1010
01:06:38,560 --> 01:06:40,120
Speaker 4: in the league, do you still think he gets a

1011
01:06:40,160 --> 01:06:40,840
Speaker 4: lifetime ban.

1012
01:06:41,440 --> 01:06:42,840
Speaker 2: Oh. I think if he was an A level or

1013
01:06:42,920 --> 01:06:45,200
Speaker 2: B level star accused of doing these things, it's a

1014
01:06:45,240 --> 01:06:48,480
Speaker 2: way bigger story. And yeah, an A level or B

1015
01:06:48,600 --> 01:06:50,320
Speaker 2: level star in the league was betting on his own

1016
01:06:50,360 --> 01:06:54,120
Speaker 2: team to lose and clearly giving out tips on you know,

1017
01:06:54,200 --> 01:06:58,840
Speaker 2: bet his under it's on it's on sixty minutes instead

1018
01:06:58,880 --> 01:07:03,800
Speaker 2: of on first things for h go to Scott Murphy.

1019
01:07:05,080 --> 01:07:06,920
Speaker 3: Okay, we got Scott Murphy.

1020
01:07:07,200 --> 01:07:09,760
Speaker 4: Nick, what's most likely Katie wins a ring with the

1021
01:07:09,880 --> 01:07:12,240
Speaker 4: Suns wins a ring as a veteran role player on

1022
01:07:12,280 --> 01:07:15,240
Speaker 4: a young team like Okay See, or spends his final

1023
01:07:15,360 --> 01:07:18,000
Speaker 4: years ringless with a revived Seattle franchise.

1024
01:07:19,800 --> 01:07:22,720
Speaker 2: Oh, I mean, I think none. I think Katie's gonna

1025
01:07:22,720 --> 01:07:25,960
Speaker 2: be retired by the time Seattle comes into the league.

1026
01:07:26,760 --> 01:07:31,440
Speaker 2: I was actually at Demons the final game ever played

1027
01:07:31,440 --> 01:07:36,560
Speaker 2: in Seattle twenty years ago or whenever it was. Was

1028
01:07:36,600 --> 01:07:38,440
Speaker 2: it twenty years ago, No, it was eighteen years ago,

1029
01:07:38,520 --> 01:07:40,840
Speaker 2: something like that. I was seventeen years ago. I was

1030
01:07:40,840 --> 01:07:43,600
Speaker 2: there when they did save Barsonics and Katie did the

1031
01:07:43,640 --> 01:07:47,960
Speaker 2: thing rookie Kevin Durant. Oh, I got yeah, it was

1032
01:07:47,960 --> 01:07:50,720
Speaker 2: pretty cool. Uh. I had a friend that was living

1033
01:07:50,760 --> 01:07:52,360
Speaker 2: in Seattle at the time. I went to go see

1034
01:07:52,360 --> 01:07:55,640
Speaker 2: her and I, you know, I was doing radio in

1035
01:07:55,680 --> 01:07:59,120
Speaker 2: Kansas City. I got us two press passes because my

1036
01:07:59,200 --> 01:08:01,360
Speaker 2: producer at the time his name was had the same

1037
01:08:01,440 --> 01:08:04,080
Speaker 2: last name as my friend in Seattle. We got there

1038
01:08:04,480 --> 01:08:06,840
Speaker 2: and then it just went down to the Great Seats

1039
01:08:06,840 --> 01:08:09,360
Speaker 2: where her it was totally unprofessional and against the rules,

1040
01:08:09,560 --> 01:08:14,040
Speaker 2: went down to Great Seats to baby. Yeah, Rookie kad

1041
01:08:14,320 --> 01:08:17,680
Speaker 2: as a Seattle Supersonic in the final game they ever

1042
01:08:17,720 --> 01:08:19,840
Speaker 2: played at Key Arena. I was there for that. It

1043
01:08:19,880 --> 01:08:20,640
Speaker 2: was unbelievable.

1044
01:08:21,160 --> 01:08:25,960
Speaker 4: You're taking any like anything from the game now.

1045
01:08:25,280 --> 01:08:27,799
Speaker 2: And the person who I went with, if they have pictures,

1046
01:08:27,840 --> 01:08:30,559
Speaker 2: I can't ask them for it, all right, and so

1047
01:08:30,680 --> 01:08:34,799
Speaker 2: uh so the yeah, but I was it's cool memory

1048
01:08:34,800 --> 01:08:36,840
Speaker 2: to be there. Uh I think I don't think Katie

1049
01:08:36,880 --> 01:08:39,360
Speaker 2: wintering with the Suns. I think he's kind of an

1050
01:08:39,439 --> 01:08:41,439
Speaker 2: NBA nomad. So I'm going to go none of the above.

1051
01:08:41,720 --> 01:08:43,599
Speaker 2: And then last question is I got to get to work.

1052
01:08:43,960 --> 01:08:46,920
Speaker 2: JD has a very important question, demonse Y.

1053
01:08:47,439 --> 01:08:51,400
Speaker 3: So, JD. I realized that as we were wrapping up

1054
01:08:51,400 --> 01:08:53,639
Speaker 3: the show. But here about two minutes ago.

1055
01:08:54,000 --> 01:08:59,080
Speaker 4: I tell the audience what the question is, Oh, j

1056
01:09:00,120 --> 01:09:03,719
Speaker 4: the sunglasses? Sorry guys, Yeah, so I just I didn't

1057
01:09:03,720 --> 01:09:09,719
Speaker 4: put them on came in. I forgot about the I'm sorry, guys,

1058
01:09:10,120 --> 01:09:11,000
Speaker 4: but also.

1059
01:09:11,520 --> 01:09:13,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, go ahead.

1060
01:09:13,920 --> 01:09:14,120
Speaker 3: Right.

1061
01:09:14,280 --> 01:09:16,439
Speaker 4: We also were saying that I was gonna get the

1062
01:09:16,520 --> 01:09:18,839
Speaker 4: shades this whole time when I went out to Kansas

1063
01:09:18,840 --> 01:09:22,040
Speaker 4: City for the vow renewal, and that that didn't get wrong.

1064
01:09:22,120 --> 01:09:25,200
Speaker 2: Forgot to Yeah, I forgot to give it to you

1065
01:09:25,280 --> 01:09:25,880
Speaker 2: so bad, Joe.

1066
01:09:26,080 --> 01:09:28,120
Speaker 3: I saw you had them, so they were there.

1067
01:09:29,040 --> 01:09:31,719
Speaker 2: Yeah, they're in my backpack. They were in that room

1068
01:09:32,000 --> 01:09:34,120
Speaker 2: at them where we were watching the Masters, and I

1069
01:09:34,160 --> 01:09:36,240
Speaker 2: just forgot to give them to you. All right, great show,

1070
01:09:36,360 --> 01:09:38,360
Speaker 2: fun show. I'll see you guys on first things. First,

1071
01:09:38,439 --> 01:09:41,599
Speaker 2: good job de mont A, good job Blue Duck Crew. Daniel,

1072
01:09:41,640 --> 01:09:43,680
Speaker 2: you're my sworn enemy the next two weeks. See you guys.

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