WEBVTT - Lakers @ Nuggets Preview, Warriors Dynasty Over & Moving The Needle

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

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<v Speaker 2>could be a two hour show and we don't have

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<v Speaker 2>two hours to do it, so we got to get

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<v Speaker 2>right into it. There's too much to get to. Here's

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<v Speaker 2>what did not make the cut. Jontay Porter receives a

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<v Speaker 2>potential lifetime ban from the NBA Bulls Hawks. Happened last night?

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<v Speaker 2>The Bulls won. It doesn't really seem like that relevant

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<v Speaker 2>of a basketball game, to be totally honest with you,

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<v Speaker 2>and maybe as a reason, the NBA should tweak the

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<v Speaker 2>nine to ten part of the play in where you

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<v Speaker 2>don't have eligibility for it if you're X amount of

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<v Speaker 2>games away from the seven eight part of the play

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<v Speaker 2>in and news to me Taylor Swift new album dropping

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<v Speaker 2>at midnight. I did not know any of that, Demanse,

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<v Speaker 2>how are you doing?

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<v Speaker 3>I'm doing great? How are you doing?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm doing great? This I love this time of year.

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<v Speaker 2>These next two months are probably my favorite two months

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<v Speaker 2>on the sports calendar. The NBA Playoffs just starting Saturday.

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<v Speaker 2>We have six straight weeks where every single night saved

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

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<v Speaker 2>and a series that I've been waiting eleven months for.

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<v Speaker 2>We're gonna get right off the bat, and I think

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<v Speaker 2>my excitement showed by what I did the night slash

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<v Speaker 2>early morning of the first playing game, which is where

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<v Speaker 2>we're gonna start today's show. Go ahead, DEMANSA.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, and I see you to join us, mister right,

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<v Speaker 4>you don't have a Twitter space to go in terrorized

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<v Speaker 4>this morning?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, so we got a sound bite to play in

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

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<v Speaker 2>play the sound bite and then I'll give some context.

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<v Speaker 2>Go ahead, And then I keep saying I have to go.

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<v Speaker 2>I really do have to go. My wife is texting me.

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

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<v Speaker 5>Talking Nick, t you talking.

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<v Speaker 2>Game? It will make a ton of sense. Okay. So

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<v Speaker 2>if any of those folks are up early on the

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<v Speaker 2>West coast, or maybe there were listening not from the

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<v Speaker 2>West Coast and want to leave comments, you can do

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<v Speaker 2>that live on the YouTube feed now and I'll try

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<v Speaker 2>to get to them. But Demonse, I know you have

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<v Speaker 2>a bunch of questions, So start with whatever you want

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<v Speaker 2>to start with him, then we'll discuss.

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<v Speaker 4>All right, Well, we'll start off with the how did

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<v Speaker 4>you end up in the Warriors Twitter space? The Warriors?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, so I have never I've only participated in a

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<v Speaker 2>Twitter space once before, and I didn't really participate, but

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<v Speaker 2>made an intention to log in and listen. And it

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<v Speaker 2>was actually this same guy's Twitter space when Kevin Durant

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<v Speaker 2>had jumped on defending himself against these maniacs. And there

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<v Speaker 2>are I'm familiar with Warriors Twitter and Lakers Twitter and

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<v Speaker 2>Nuggets Twitter and a little bit of Nick's Twitter, and

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<v Speaker 2>all of them have what I would consider postgame call

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<v Speaker 2>in shows via Twitter spaces right after the game. They

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<v Speaker 2>have built communities and people you know, listen and chime in.

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<v Speaker 2>And I had never been a speaker on it. I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't realize how easy it was. You just request to

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<v Speaker 2>speak and whomever is running the space can then just

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<v Speaker 2>they call it put you on stage, and you're running

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<v Speaker 2>the right Well, so that is that is true? Right? So?

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<v Speaker 2>I think because there were once I started rolling, there

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<v Speaker 2>were almost ten thousand people listening to this thing, and

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<v Speaker 2>so everyone listening, whoever's hosting, would have to scroll through it.

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<v Speaker 2>But I think the algorithm populates to the top of

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<v Speaker 2>the listeners. Is someone either with a check mark or

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<v Speaker 2>prioritizes by number of followers or something. I'm not sure,

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<v Speaker 2>but they instantly knew I was there and then let

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<v Speaker 2>me talk. And so why did I do it? Well,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean there's a lot of reasons. One was these

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<v Speaker 2>guys have been trolling me for years. These guys also

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<v Speaker 2>have been trolling a fan base that I have become

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<v Speaker 2>somewhat I don't know if protective is the right word,

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<v Speaker 2>but a defender of in the Lakers over the last

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<v Speaker 2>five years, and these guys have essentially sworn a blood

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<v Speaker 2>oath to attempt to destroy my favorite athlete ever who

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<v Speaker 2>also happened to be the greatest athlete ever in Lebron.

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<v Speaker 2>So there was some bad blood, I would say, and

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<v Speaker 2>you know, this was them at their lowest, So I

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<v Speaker 2>wanted to hear it.

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<v Speaker 3>I was wanted.

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<v Speaker 4>There was little less wholesome reasons in there.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, there was. There was some shawdenfreud of I want

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<v Speaker 2>to hear how down bad these guys are, because these

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<v Speaker 2>were the These folks thought the Warriors were gonna win

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<v Speaker 2>the championship. They thought all year long, this was the

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<v Speaker 2>best team in basketball, that this was the deepest team

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<v Speaker 2>in basketball, that this team had still the best player

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<v Speaker 2>in basketball. Those are all these things that this group

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<v Speaker 2>of people thought, which is why I ended up actually speaking.

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<v Speaker 2>Because when you think all of those things right, and

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<v Speaker 2>then you get beat by two dozen points by your

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<v Speaker 2>little brother from across the bay in Sacramento, who doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>even have its fourth and fifth best players, and a

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<v Speaker 2>guy named Kean Ellis outperforms Klay Thompson massively, you've got

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<v Speaker 2>to find someone to blame. And they laid it all

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<v Speaker 2>not all of them, but some of the most vocal

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<v Speaker 2>ones at the feet of Steve Kerr, who they clearly

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<v Speaker 2>thought was out of his mind, and they thought, they

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<v Speaker 2>think is one of the worst coaches in basketball. And

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<v Speaker 2>I think that shows a fascile, juvenile and low basketball

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<v Speaker 2>IQ understanding of what Steve Kerr's job actually is. Because

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<v Speaker 2>maybe and the guy that I got into it the

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<v Speaker 2>most with was adamant that if the Warriors had simply

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<v Speaker 2>played Trace Jackson Davis Moore, the whole season's different. And

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<v Speaker 2>I know what you're thinking, is Trace Jackson Davis fair question?

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<v Speaker 2>The answer is he's the fifty seventh pick of this

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<v Speaker 2>past year's draft. Probably not the difference between being the

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<v Speaker 2>ten seed rocked, the first team officially eliminated from this

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<v Speaker 2>year's playoffs that made the play in and a championship.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's neither here nor there. The Steve Kerr stuff

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<v Speaker 2>was a fundamental misunderstanding that Steve Kerr's job. The reason

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<v Speaker 2>he's great at it is because he has kept this

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<v Speaker 2>team together for a decade, because he has this live

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<v Speaker 2>grenade of a key player in Draymond Green that he

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<v Speaker 2>has to navigate. The reason Steve Kerr great at his

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<v Speaker 2>job is because it is not as simple as Jonathan

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<v Speaker 2>Kaminga gives us more value in certain spots than Klay

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<v Speaker 2>Thompson and he should take his minutes. It's recognizing this

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<v Speaker 2>isn't NBA two K or Football Manager, where you can

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<v Speaker 2>just where the emotions of it don't have any factor.

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<v Speaker 2>How will staph react to Clay's minimization? How will it

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<v Speaker 2>hurt the overall morale? Enjoy the team plays with? All

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<v Speaker 2>of these things are things Steve Kerr learned when he

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<v Speaker 2>was part of a dynasty with the Bulls, part of

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<v Speaker 2>the beginning of a dynasty, with the Spurs, part of

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<v Speaker 2>a dynasty with the Warriors, navigating all those things, and

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<v Speaker 2>these folks wanted him fired for Mike Brown and whomever else,

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<v Speaker 2>and they're just out of their minds. And so I

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<v Speaker 2>jumped in and I gotta tell you to Monsey man,

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<v Speaker 2>oh man, did I have fun? That was? That was?

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<v Speaker 2>Go ahead? You can ask your next follow up question.

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<v Speaker 2>Go ahead.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, what a sick man?

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<v Speaker 2>Uh?

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<v Speaker 4>Do you are you have any teams? Do you have

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<v Speaker 4>any other teams that you're going to go to next?

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<v Speaker 2>No, I'm not listening. I'm I'm open to it. But uh,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, if the Lakers end up beating the Nuggets,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe I'll stop by, you know, the Nuggets fans space space.

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<v Speaker 2>The thing is, I hope I don't have bad blood

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<v Speaker 2>with Knicks fans. I know some Knicks fans are mad

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<v Speaker 2>at me because I underestimated Jalen Brunton right when he

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<v Speaker 2>got there, but so did everyone's I don't think you

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<v Speaker 2>know what I mean that I that there is a key,

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

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<v Speaker 2>what's your next follow up question, because that's yeah for

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<v Speaker 2>you into what I want to talk about.

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<v Speaker 4>Were you just trying to prove that you still have

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<v Speaker 4>the ability to chop it up with chop up sports

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<v Speaker 4>with the fans?

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<v Speaker 3>Did it feel good to have that back?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I'd love to say it was as innocent as that,

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<v Speaker 2>but I really really like arguing and having an opportunity

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<v Speaker 2>to And this is where I'm gonna sound a little,

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<v Speaker 2>not a little, I'm gonna sound arrogant, but it's okay

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<v Speaker 2>because I'm right. I truly believe I'm the best in

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<v Speaker 2>the world at this specific thing, this specific thing. I

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<v Speaker 2>think I am the overall number one draft pick of

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<v Speaker 2>the world. Take a sports topic. To take a sports topic,

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<v Speaker 2>develop an opinion, gather evidence, and then defend it against

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<v Speaker 2>possible weaknesses.

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<v Speaker 4>Naysay, Yeah, and to have it be one on nine

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<v Speaker 4>thousand and whomever got the mic got to be like, well,

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<v Speaker 4>what about this?

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<v Speaker 2>And I just swatted it down and said next man up.

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<v Speaker 2>It felt like an old WWF royal rumble where whoever

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<v Speaker 2>the best in the like Andre the Giants, like, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>who's next? And I felt like Andre the Giant.

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<v Speaker 5>It was this is going on, okay, so this is.

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<v Speaker 2>The funniest part of it. And this actually worked to

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<v Speaker 2>my benefit, I think, and it was a good reminder

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<v Speaker 2>for me because right after the shooting at the Chiefs Parade,

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<v Speaker 2>I went on uh conservative radio in Kansas City and

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<v Speaker 2>had a one on one debate with a total fool

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<v Speaker 2>uh for about as long as this lasted about an hour,

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<v Speaker 2>and I ofviscerated that guy as well, but I lost

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<v Speaker 2>some standing because I got so angry that I kept

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<v Speaker 2>raising my voice and I have trouble at times modulating

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<v Speaker 2>the volume of my voice when I'm passionate about something.

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<v Speaker 2>But it was demands understands how our house works. So

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<v Speaker 2>we live in a brownstone in New York City. But

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<v Speaker 2>let me just describe it to the audience. Like brownstones

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<v Speaker 2>in the city, they're very skinny houses with a bunch

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<v Speaker 2>of floors. And because of that, from the bottom floor

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<v Speaker 2>to the fourth floor, it's open air at the stairwell,

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<v Speaker 2>you know what I mean. It's like a column of

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<v Speaker 2>open air if you will. So if doors are open,

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<v Speaker 2>you can hear anyone in any room. And on the

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<v Speaker 2>kitchen level of the house and the living room level

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<v Speaker 2>of the house, there are no doors except for bathrooms. Right,

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<v Speaker 2>So it's I logged in it twelve thirty this winter

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<v Speaker 2>or twelve, you know, I got on at like twelve

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<v Speaker 2>forty am. This was still going at one thirty in

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<v Speaker 2>the morning. I had left the bet in my bedroom

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<v Speaker 2>where your mom was sleeping, hadn't closed the door. Your

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<v Speaker 2>sister's sleeping as well, and Dexter are doll is the

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<v Speaker 2>floor beneath us. So I am in the living room,

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<v Speaker 2>sitting on the couch trying to talk to people at

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<v Speaker 2>this level because I didn't want to wake anybody up,

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<v Speaker 2>and so this entire time I appear to be whispering,

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<v Speaker 2>so I don't wake up the house. But it gave me,

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<v Speaker 2>I think, because I'm not gonna lie to you, guys,

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<v Speaker 2>I've listened back to it when I told you, like

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<v Speaker 2>I listened back to it this guy first time today

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<v Speaker 2>before the podcast, because I knew we were going to

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<v Speaker 2>talk about it.

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<v Speaker 3>It gave me a uh batman.

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<v Speaker 2>Really well, No, I felt like a patronizing parent, which

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<v Speaker 2>is exactly the tone I was going for, Like, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>I know you think you're right, but yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>I guess I do recognize that tone.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, they like it's one thing to be like god,

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<v Speaker 2>dog it what, it's another thing to be like okay,

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<v Speaker 2>but here's what you don't understand because actually you're a

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<v Speaker 2>moron and so the and that's not to you, that's

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<v Speaker 2>to them. And so uh so I had I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I just honestly had a grand time, a grand time

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<v Speaker 2>and all right, you got one more follow up. Pal.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm glad you. I'm glad you enjoyed yourself.

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<v Speaker 4>But yeah, I mean you came at them one versus

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<v Speaker 4>nine ten thousand, and it seemed like it ended up

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<v Speaker 4>and everybody respecting you.

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<v Speaker 5>So that's well, so that was the risk. So the

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<v Speaker 5>risk was.

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<v Speaker 2>Most folks would say, don't do this. You're punching down

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<v Speaker 2>and there's no wins, only losses. Right, what are you

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<v Speaker 2>going to win from this? What? And what you have

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<v Speaker 2>to lose is look like an idiot, you know, kind

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<v Speaker 2>of make yourself seem less important to all these things.

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<v Speaker 2>Turns out what I won was the massive respect of

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<v Speaker 2>the Internet, because folks, evidently a lot of people don't

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<v Speaker 2>like love it. This Warrior spaces crew and you know what,

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<v Speaker 2>to sound like a bit of a jerk again, I

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<v Speaker 2>helped him out because this morning, when I was looking

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<v Speaker 2>for the recording so I could re listen to it,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like, oh, they've done a lot of spaces and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like, let me see if I can find which

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<v Speaker 2>one was the one I was on. Well, this one

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<v Speaker 2>here had two hundred and eighty six listeners, this one

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<v Speaker 2>had ninety six, this one had one point eleven hundred,

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<v Speaker 2>this one had twenty one hundred, this one had sixty

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<v Speaker 2>three thousand, six hundred. Oh that was mine. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>it was kind of mutually beneficial, Like I brought a

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<v Speaker 2>wider audience to your crew that thinks, if only you

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<v Speaker 2>were lucky enough to have Chris Finch and Trait as

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<v Speaker 2>your coach and Trace Jackson Davis and that your starting rotation,

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<v Speaker 2>you to win a championship. And I got to exercise

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of old uh you know, warriors, demons and last,

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<v Speaker 2>but not least, I gotta kind of, you know, prove

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<v Speaker 2>to myself still got it, man, Like I don't one

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<v Speaker 2>of the things like that. This was similar to when

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<v Speaker 2>I used to I used to get a haircut twice

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<v Speaker 2>a week, when I used to have the skin fade,

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<v Speaker 2>I'd get a haircut, well, I guess I got a

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<v Speaker 2>haircut once a week and with my beard lined up,

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<v Speaker 2>and then my beard lined up another time. And so

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<v Speaker 2>there was a barbershop element of I'd go to the

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<v Speaker 2>barbershop and everyone just want to argue with me, and

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<v Speaker 2>I just you know, like kind of take turns of

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<v Speaker 2>like this why you're wrong, This is why you're wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>That's actually disappoint keep going. So yeah, so for all

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<v Speaker 2>those things is pretty good. Uh So, I'm glad we

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<v Speaker 2>did it. Dusty says, be Less Humbled twenty twenty three

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<v Speaker 2>is bleeding over into twenty twenty four. I think be

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<v Speaker 2>Less Humble might be the next tattoo. I think never

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<v Speaker 2>a doubt this arm, be less humble. This arm just

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<v Speaker 2>three just three words each. By the way, I haven't

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<v Speaker 2>shown the audience this from when I broke my arm

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<v Speaker 2>and I had the plate put in. Shout out to

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<v Speaker 2>the surgeons at NYU langone. I gotta do this upside down,

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<v Speaker 2>you guys, probably you can't see. I still don't know

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<v Speaker 2>how to show my arm to the camera, but regardless,

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<v Speaker 2>the scar is right over the never a doubt it

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<v Speaker 2>didn't ruin the tattoo, So very fortunate in that regard.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe alright, you want to read a few of these

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<v Speaker 2>chap responses, demanse, and then we'll get you to the basketball.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, Duke de Duct said, bro is absolutely ethering these

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<v Speaker 4>Warriors fans a bunch of laughing umojis. TMP from the

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<v Speaker 4>MAVs Pod said, thought Nick was extremely gracious while also

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<v Speaker 4>shooting facts.

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<v Speaker 3>Doves fans just couldn't cope.

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<v Speaker 2>So oh, by the way, So that's uh, that's just

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if I think they do. Because the

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<v Speaker 2>Mavericks online community likes me because I've been a Luca

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<v Speaker 2>guy forever. Uh so I might the I might hop

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<v Speaker 2>because I have a hard time. Here's the other thing.

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<v Speaker 2>I have a hard time, uh falling asleep right after

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<v Speaker 2>great sporting events, like sporting events that I'm super into.

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<v Speaker 2>So the for the MAVs folks, I might join after

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<v Speaker 2>one of the you know games in Los Angeles when

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<v Speaker 2>Luca drops forty two, sixteen and eight on the Clippers,

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<v Speaker 2>I might join one of theirs as well. Go ahead,

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<v Speaker 2>let's read a cup more than we get to the basketball.

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<v Speaker 4>Sam Davidson when the Lakers. Oh, so, I guess when

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<v Speaker 4>the Lakers go up to to one, are you start?

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<v Speaker 3>You're gonna start? Are you gonna start a space?

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<v Speaker 4>Then?

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<v Speaker 2>So that's I guess, Like it's kind of like the

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<v Speaker 2>Instagram live thing. Now I'm thinking about it, just not

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<v Speaker 2>on video. It's the same idea behind it. I said

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<v Speaker 2>to these guys that I'll do one when the Lakers

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<v Speaker 2>are up to one on the Nuggets. I might just

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<v Speaker 2>be too busy facetiming Daniel making him answer Daniel, I

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<v Speaker 2>will not forget those brooms you sent in the group

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<v Speaker 2>chat last year.

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<v Speaker 4>A So somebody said, no hate, I guess you really

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<v Speaker 4>did win the Internet.

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<v Speaker 2>Well I got it. It was I the Oh, I

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<v Speaker 2>do have to hold on. I'll tell you what I did,

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<v Speaker 2>what did happen, and then we'll move on. So the

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<v Speaker 2>next morning after this, I I woke up and I

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<v Speaker 2>saw I was trending. Okay, so when I saw I

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<v Speaker 2>was trending, I clicked on the trend and I guess

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<v Speaker 2>on Twitter now they've got an AI tool. So this

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<v Speaker 2>is not written by a person. This is by Grock

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<v Speaker 2>or yeah Groke Croc. I know, I saw like an

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<v Speaker 2>old man when I don't know these things. So this

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<v Speaker 2>was four hours after the space ended. There had been

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<v Speaker 2>enough commentary from people's tweets on the Internet that this

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<v Speaker 2>is how the Twitter AI tool described it in its

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<v Speaker 2>trending session. Nick Wright quote schools Warriors fans in epic

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<v Speaker 2>online showdown, this is from again a robot or a computer.

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<v Speaker 2>In a lively online exchange, sports analyst Nick Wright engaged

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<v Speaker 2>in a spirited debate with Golden State Warriors fans, showcasing

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<v Speaker 2>his expertise and knowledge in a Warriors space. The discussion,

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<v Speaker 2>which took place in an online forum, highlighted rights master

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<v Speaker 2>class in sports analysis, leaving fans both impressed and entertained.

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<v Speaker 2>Just fight the intensity of the debate, Wright maintained his composure,

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<v Speaker 2>providing a testament to the power of respectful debate even

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<v Speaker 2>in the face of different opinions. The interaction was marked

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<v Speaker 2>by playful banter and humorous remarks, with fans and right

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<v Speaker 2>exchanging arguments and facts about the team.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean sounds like that a lot to learn.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, how about that. Look at that the AI

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<v Speaker 2>overlords when AI takes over. I really I'm gonna I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be like, hey man, your people like me. They say,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a good part of respectful, lively debate. That you

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<v Speaker 2>got you AI folks wrote this, all right, let's talk

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<v Speaker 2>actual hoops.

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<v Speaker 4>Go ahead, all right, So every dynasty must come to

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<v Speaker 4>an end eventually.

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<v Speaker 3>Uh, some men in war and some in corruption.

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<v Speaker 4>But the Golden State dynasty ended with you whispering on

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<v Speaker 4>Twitter spaces to disgruntled fans.

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<v Speaker 3>Uh, you called it on Tuesday Show. So where did

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<v Speaker 3>the Golden State war do? Now? Where do they go?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, So let's let's be honest about how. And I

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<v Speaker 2>made this point before. How dynasties actually end? They they'd

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<v Speaker 2>don't end like this and Russell's Celtics. I think I

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<v Speaker 2>might have done this on the pod and here, so

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<v Speaker 2>I'll do it quickly. The original dynasty, they ended with

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<v Speaker 2>an eleventh championship game seven win and Bill Russell retiring.

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<v Speaker 2>There were no Dynasties in the seventies. In the eighties,

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<v Speaker 2>Magic's Lakers five rings, four other finals appearances from nineteen

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<v Speaker 2>eighty to nineteen eighty nine that ended in a finals loss,

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<v Speaker 2>going for a three peat with Kareem retiring, Michaels, Bulls

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<v Speaker 2>ended with a third straight championship, sixth overall, and Michael retiring.

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<v Speaker 2>Shaq and Kobe's Lakers won three in a row, lost

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<v Speaker 2>in round two, got back to the finals, lost in

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<v Speaker 2>the finals, and Shaq was traded. You want to talk,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, like many dynasties, what with the Heat lost

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<v Speaker 2>in the finals and Lebron left, the Pistons lost in

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<v Speaker 2>the finals, or the I'm sorry the Pistons lost in

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<v Speaker 2>the conference finals. But that's not really a dynasty. Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>those are the dynasties. The Warriors lost in the playing

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<v Speaker 2>game to Sacramento. So it's odd for it to end

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<v Speaker 2>quite like this. Now, another way to look at it

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<v Speaker 2>would be that the dynasty actually ended when kd left, right,

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<v Speaker 2>six straight finals appearances. You could make that argument, right

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<v Speaker 2>with that, No, that would have.

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<v Speaker 3>Been Warriors fan probably hate that arguing.

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<v Speaker 2>Huh, exactly right, So I'm sorry, not six to st

0:25:06.040 --> 0:25:09.520
<v Speaker 2>eight finals appear. It was fifteen, sixteen, seventeen eights, five

0:25:09.560 --> 0:25:14.399
<v Speaker 2>straight finals appearances, three rings and a loss in the finals,

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<v Speaker 2>and that you know, that's when the dynasty ended, and

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<v Speaker 2>then from twenty twenty to now, because from twenty twenty

0:25:21.080 --> 0:25:24.359
<v Speaker 2>to now, what they've done is missed the playoffs, missed

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<v Speaker 2>the playoffs, win a championship out in round two, missed

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<v Speaker 2>the playoffs. So that's kind of weird. But if you

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<v Speaker 2>consider this whole thing, the dynasty this ten years, then

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<v Speaker 2>it ended with a whimper. I believe and I sat

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<v Speaker 2>on Tuesday Show that that was going to be Clay's

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<v Speaker 2>last game with the Warriors. I think it's his last

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<v Speaker 2>game with the Warriors. What I am the only person

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<v Speaker 2>discussing is this, Well, Steph want to.

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<v Speaker 5>Stay and.

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<v Speaker 2>The Warriors are in a weird spot because Steph wants

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<v Speaker 2>Clay back. But Joe Lacob has said, they've got to

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<v Speaker 2>get under the salary this luxury tax, pardon me, not

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<v Speaker 2>just under the second apron. They don't have enough assets

0:26:11.640 --> 0:26:17.840
<v Speaker 2>to acquire another star. They need to shed salary. So

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<v Speaker 2>my point is this, if Steph is like, I want

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<v Speaker 2>you to pay Clay whatever it takes to keep it,

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<v Speaker 2>and they don't, does that open the door for Steph

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<v Speaker 2>Curry to consider his options. Because as I set a

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<v Speaker 2>month ago. What is my my Nick Wright's dream retirement

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<v Speaker 2>to retire in Kansas City and live on the ocean.

0:26:43.000 --> 0:26:47.720
<v Speaker 2>Can't do both. What is Steph Curry's dream end of

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<v Speaker 2>career scenario to retire a warrior competing for championships? Can't

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<v Speaker 2>do both? So I will have to make a choice

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<v Speaker 2>one day. Do I want to retire in my home

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<v Speaker 2>town or do I want to live on the ocean.

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<v Speaker 2>Steph Curry is going to have to make a choice

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<v Speaker 2>either this summer or next summer. Do I want to

0:27:10.280 --> 0:27:13.800
<v Speaker 2>retire a warrior or do I want to compete for championships?

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<v Speaker 2>Because he can't do both. And there is a unique

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<v Speaker 2>thing that is happening this summer de Monsey the Olympics,

0:27:23.840 --> 0:27:27.840
<v Speaker 2>where all these guys hang out together and people talk

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<v Speaker 2>about plans and off seasons and free agencies and trades

0:27:34.320 --> 0:27:38.679
<v Speaker 2>and the heat Big Three was plotted at in the Olympics.

0:27:38.920 --> 0:27:43.360
<v Speaker 2>Legend tells it. The Katie joining the Warriors was plotted

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<v Speaker 2>at in Olympics. They tell us the Olympics are, and

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<v Speaker 2>who's at the Olympics, Old man, Steph, old Man Lebron,

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<v Speaker 2>all these guys that maybe have just watched, you know,

0:27:57.600 --> 0:28:03.679
<v Speaker 2>the the inner National Crew when all the MVPs and

0:28:03.840 --> 0:28:08.919
<v Speaker 2>all the championships as of late, something just something to

0:28:09.000 --> 0:28:12.840
<v Speaker 2>watch for. So yes, the Warriors as we know them

0:28:12.880 --> 0:28:16.359
<v Speaker 2>are done. I am gonna continue to be the one

0:28:16.359 --> 0:28:20.240
<v Speaker 2>person that says, I think demand's a I think it

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<v Speaker 2>is better than seventy five percent. That Tuesday night was

0:28:26.000 --> 0:28:28.960
<v Speaker 2>Clay's last game as a Warrior, and that sucks that

0:28:29.040 --> 0:28:31.040
<v Speaker 2>he went out that way. By the way, that's a

0:28:31.040 --> 0:28:35.200
<v Speaker 2>big reminder, man, stuff just ain't always fair. You don't

0:28:35.280 --> 0:28:38.760
<v Speaker 2>get the ending you want, like it it almost always

0:28:38.920 --> 0:28:40.880
<v Speaker 2>ends in a loss, but to end in the war

0:28:41.080 --> 0:28:43.160
<v Speaker 2>that is. We were talking about this on the show.

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<v Speaker 2>That's almost assuredly the worst basketball game of his entire life.

0:28:48.120 --> 0:28:50.320
<v Speaker 2>Wild said on the air, He's like, he probably hasn't

0:28:50.320 --> 0:28:52.240
<v Speaker 2>gone over for ten since he was nine years old.

0:28:52.240 --> 0:28:53.640
<v Speaker 2>And I said to him, I was like, you know what,

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<v Speaker 2>I bet at nine years old, Klay Thompson was busting ass.

0:28:57.280 --> 0:29:00.000
<v Speaker 2>I'm guessing he's never like I bet nine year old

0:29:00.040 --> 0:29:03.680
<v Speaker 2>old Clay was cooking up the fellow nine year old

0:29:04.080 --> 0:29:08.880
<v Speaker 2>Like that was almost assuredly the worst game of his life.

0:29:10.200 --> 0:29:13.840
<v Speaker 2>And that sucks. And I hate that because everybody likes

0:29:13.880 --> 0:29:18.880
<v Speaker 2>Clay and I think that he was the only unlike done.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what I was gonna say. But I see I

0:29:21.720 --> 0:29:25.080
<v Speaker 2>was that. I don't think that was arrogance, Tomansey. I

0:29:25.120 --> 0:29:31.480
<v Speaker 2>think that was yes, yeah, you know what I mean.

0:29:31.560 --> 0:29:34.920
<v Speaker 2>I think over compensation exactly right. I think it was

0:29:36.040 --> 0:29:40.280
<v Speaker 2>I'm not the same guy. This is kind of unfair,

0:29:40.840 --> 0:29:42.920
<v Speaker 2>and I don't you know what I mean. So, and

0:29:43.000 --> 0:29:46.480
<v Speaker 2>everybody has those moments because that is like the only

0:29:46.640 --> 0:29:53.000
<v Speaker 2>unlikable thing he's ever done. He's got everybody loves Clay.

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<v Speaker 2>No the the your your mom said to me yesterday,

0:29:58.440 --> 0:30:02.200
<v Speaker 2>she's gonna get mad at me. Uh. She was like,

0:30:02.240 --> 0:30:05.560
<v Speaker 2>I'm kind of sad the Warriors are you know, gonna

0:30:05.600 --> 0:30:07.360
<v Speaker 2>break up. I was like, you're not a Warriors fan.

0:30:07.840 --> 0:30:11.160
<v Speaker 2>She's like no, but you know I love Clay Thomas.

0:30:11.240 --> 0:30:18.120
<v Speaker 2>I'm like, okay, yeah, I know you love it. But uh.

0:30:18.520 --> 0:30:23.680
<v Speaker 2>And so I think Clay's gone. And then this is

0:30:23.720 --> 0:30:27.520
<v Speaker 2>the thing nobody thinks but me. If someone were to

0:30:27.560 --> 0:30:29.720
<v Speaker 2>offer me ten to one, let me put it like this,

0:30:31.200 --> 0:30:35.440
<v Speaker 2>a ten to one bet that Tuesday night was STEP's

0:30:35.520 --> 0:30:39.160
<v Speaker 2>last game with the Warriors. I would take that bet.

0:30:40.200 --> 0:30:43.080
<v Speaker 2>If you offered me five to one, I wouldn't. I

0:30:43.120 --> 0:30:45.600
<v Speaker 2>don't think there's a one in five chance. Do I

0:30:45.640 --> 0:30:49.920
<v Speaker 2>think there's a one in ten chance? I do? All right,

0:30:50.000 --> 0:30:53.600
<v Speaker 2>let's go on to the series that you know everyone's

0:30:53.640 --> 0:30:56.800
<v Speaker 2>excited for, most notably me. But go ahead.

0:30:58.040 --> 0:31:01.520
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, despite a late comeback effort by the Publicans, the

0:31:01.600 --> 0:31:05.400
<v Speaker 4>Lakers held on and clinched that seventh seed. So now

0:31:05.680 --> 0:31:08.040
<v Speaker 4>they've got a date with the Nuggets in the first round.

0:31:08.480 --> 0:31:11.600
<v Speaker 4>You're a believer in bulletin board material, and boy did

0:31:11.640 --> 0:31:15.360
<v Speaker 4>Denver and Daniel give La that bulletin board material. Is

0:31:15.360 --> 0:31:18.240
<v Speaker 4>that the Lakers best Is that their best weapon head

0:31:18.240 --> 0:31:19.360
<v Speaker 4>into the series.

0:31:21.600 --> 0:31:25.920
<v Speaker 2>No, the best weapon that they have headed in this

0:31:26.120 --> 0:31:30.840
<v Speaker 2>series compared to last year's series. The first and foremost

0:31:30.920 --> 0:31:36.520
<v Speaker 2>is this, Lebron's healthy and Lebron's shot isn't broken right now.

0:31:37.320 --> 0:31:42.680
<v Speaker 2>So that is a fundamental change from last year. Okay,

0:31:43.800 --> 0:31:49.600
<v Speaker 2>so last year, Lebron in that series shot twenty seven

0:31:49.680 --> 0:31:53.760
<v Speaker 2>percent from three, which was an improvement from how he

0:31:53.800 --> 0:31:58.360
<v Speaker 2>had been shooting in the playoffs. And Lebron couldn't drive

0:31:58.440 --> 0:32:01.120
<v Speaker 2>to the basket repeatedly because he was dealing with the

0:32:01.120 --> 0:32:03.960
<v Speaker 2>broken foot or plan or fascio, whatever it is, right,

0:32:06.120 --> 0:32:11.840
<v Speaker 2>that's the biggest change. But I went on TV yesterday

0:32:11.840 --> 0:32:15.760
<v Speaker 2>and I picked the Lakers to win the series. Lakers

0:32:15.760 --> 0:32:19.080
<v Speaker 2>have lost the Nuggets eight straight times. The Nuggets have

0:32:19.080 --> 0:32:22.800
<v Speaker 2>been the best team in basketball. Why would I do that?

0:32:24.080 --> 0:32:31.720
<v Speaker 2>Here is the argument for why this series can go

0:32:31.920 --> 0:32:35.800
<v Speaker 2>differently than last year's series. What are you laughing about, Demons?

0:32:36.360 --> 0:32:38.560
<v Speaker 2>Before I go, go ahead, tell me what you're like?

0:32:39.200 --> 0:32:42.200
<v Speaker 3>The follow up here is just hilarious.

0:32:42.960 --> 0:32:49.760
<v Speaker 2>Okay, but all right, you're fine. So in last years

0:32:50.560 --> 0:32:57.920
<v Speaker 2>Western Conference Finals, the following things happened. Jamal Murray, who

0:32:57.960 --> 0:33:01.000
<v Speaker 2>is a great player, Okay, I want to make this clear,

0:33:01.560 --> 0:33:09.239
<v Speaker 2>a great playoff player, even by his playoff standards. What

0:33:09.600 --> 0:33:14.560
<v Speaker 2>series of his career was the best one by a mile?

0:33:16.520 --> 0:33:21.160
<v Speaker 2>The one last year against the Lakers. The only one

0:33:21.200 --> 0:33:25.520
<v Speaker 2>that comes close is the seven game series against the

0:33:25.640 --> 0:33:30.320
<v Speaker 2>Jazz four years ago. But he was thirty two and

0:33:30.400 --> 0:33:36.280
<v Speaker 2>a half points, six rebounds, five assists on fifty three

0:33:37.000 --> 0:33:43.960
<v Speaker 2>forty splits. Just for a context to that, Jamal Murray

0:33:44.040 --> 0:33:48.920
<v Speaker 2>he averaged more points in the series against the Lakers

0:33:49.800 --> 0:33:57.040
<v Speaker 2>than any guy other than any guard, pardon me, other

0:33:57.120 --> 0:34:02.720
<v Speaker 2>than Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant have ever averaged in

0:34:02.760 --> 0:34:08.200
<v Speaker 2>a conference finals or NBA finals. Okay, so is if

0:34:08.400 --> 0:34:12.320
<v Speaker 2>let's just say Jamal Murray instead of being thirty three

0:34:12.400 --> 0:34:17.799
<v Speaker 2>a game on fifty three forty ninety five splits, is

0:34:19.120 --> 0:34:24.080
<v Speaker 2>twenty seven a game. Okay, So there's one thing. What

0:34:24.239 --> 0:34:28.279
<v Speaker 2>about the guy across from Jamal Murray, the Lakers' best

0:34:28.320 --> 0:34:33.360
<v Speaker 2>perimeter player. Well, that's D'Angelo Russell. How did he do

0:34:33.480 --> 0:34:39.160
<v Speaker 2>in that series? Well, he avered six points on thirty

0:34:39.239 --> 0:34:44.399
<v Speaker 2>two percent from the field and thirteen percent from three. Well,

0:34:44.440 --> 0:34:50.240
<v Speaker 2>he'll be better than that. Okay. What about the key

0:34:50.360 --> 0:34:55.680
<v Speaker 2>rotation piece that both teams lost, Well, the Lakers lost

0:34:55.719 --> 0:35:00.200
<v Speaker 2>Dennis Shrewder. How did he play in that series? He

0:35:00.280 --> 0:35:04.040
<v Speaker 2>averaged seven points on thirty seven percent from the field.

0:35:05.160 --> 0:35:10.719
<v Speaker 2>The Nuggets lost Bruce Brown, who averaged twelve points on

0:35:10.960 --> 0:35:15.080
<v Speaker 2>fifty three percent from the field. Oh, so the Nuggets

0:35:15.160 --> 0:35:19.800
<v Speaker 2>lost a player who helped them. The Lakers lost a

0:35:19.840 --> 0:35:24.600
<v Speaker 2>guy who hurt them. All right, that's noteworthy. Were there

0:35:24.640 --> 0:35:29.839
<v Speaker 2>any aberrant team level events? Well, the Nuggets shot a

0:35:29.880 --> 0:35:36.040
<v Speaker 2>better percentage from three in that series than any team

0:35:36.080 --> 0:35:38.719
<v Speaker 2>that has played Lebron in the playoffs in a decade,

0:35:39.640 --> 0:35:44.240
<v Speaker 2>which means better than the Warriors ever did in any

0:35:44.280 --> 0:35:48.600
<v Speaker 2>of their series against the Lakers, including the Katie Steph

0:35:48.760 --> 0:35:56.800
<v Speaker 2>Clay Peak Warriors. Oh well, that's noteworthy, a little intangible factor. Hey, Demonse,

0:35:58.200 --> 0:36:02.840
<v Speaker 2>is there a huge scandal going around the NBA right now?

0:36:03.920 --> 0:36:07.200
<v Speaker 2>Did somebody just get banned for a bunch of like

0:36:07.280 --> 0:36:09.279
<v Speaker 2>the first player band? Who was that?

0:36:10.320 --> 0:36:11.920
<v Speaker 3>Michael Porter Junior's little brother.

0:36:12.880 --> 0:36:17.040
<v Speaker 2>Oh okay, I don't know. It distracted me, It's all

0:36:17.080 --> 0:36:18.960
<v Speaker 2>I'm saying. I don't know, like the it would be,

0:36:19.000 --> 0:36:22.839
<v Speaker 2>it would at least be on my mind. And if

0:36:22.880 --> 0:36:27.040
<v Speaker 2>I it would, it would It's not a nothing if

0:36:27.120 --> 0:36:32.840
<v Speaker 2>the if? And so I am old enough to remember

0:36:33.600 --> 0:36:40.600
<v Speaker 2>they're once being early in Lebron's career, alleged scandal and

0:36:40.680 --> 0:36:45.080
<v Speaker 2>certainly rumors swirling around about a family member of his

0:36:46.400 --> 0:36:50.160
<v Speaker 2>going into a playoff series he didn't quite look like himself.

0:36:50.840 --> 0:36:55.320
<v Speaker 2>So all of that is layered into this analysis, right,

0:36:56.800 --> 0:37:01.200
<v Speaker 2>and then you ask yourself this question. Okay, but even

0:37:01.239 --> 0:37:04.839
<v Speaker 2>if all those things go differently, this series was a

0:37:04.880 --> 0:37:10.920
<v Speaker 2>blowout last year, yes, and no it was four to Zho.

0:37:12.120 --> 0:37:14.920
<v Speaker 2>But what were the games?

0:37:14.960 --> 0:37:15.320
<v Speaker 3>Well?

0:37:16.400 --> 0:37:21.520
<v Speaker 2>Game one, where, according to the broadcast, nikal Ijokic had

0:37:21.560 --> 0:37:24.839
<v Speaker 2>the best first half of basketball Jeff BEng Gundy had

0:37:24.920 --> 0:37:30.640
<v Speaker 2>ever seen was a three point game with the ball

0:37:30.640 --> 0:37:35.200
<v Speaker 2>in Lebron James's hands with forty five seconds left. Oh,

0:37:35.239 --> 0:37:39.160
<v Speaker 2>so that game could have gone either direction. What about

0:37:39.239 --> 0:37:45.399
<v Speaker 2>Game two, Game two, when Jamal Murray had literally one

0:37:45.400 --> 0:37:48.480
<v Speaker 2>of the greatest fourth quarters in Finals history when he

0:37:48.560 --> 0:37:54.080
<v Speaker 2>scored twenty three fourth quarter points? What was that situation?

0:37:55.280 --> 0:37:58.719
<v Speaker 2>That game was a I want to get this exactly right,

0:37:59.800 --> 0:38:04.080
<v Speaker 2>a three point A two point game, pardon me, A

0:38:04.200 --> 0:38:07.800
<v Speaker 2>two point game with one minute left?

0:38:08.080 --> 0:38:08.719
<v Speaker 3>Oh?

0:38:09.000 --> 0:38:15.400
<v Speaker 2>Okay? So what about Game three, Game three, which was uh,

0:38:16.160 --> 0:38:20.239
<v Speaker 2>Jamal Murray had another monster game, thirty seven points. Meanwhile,

0:38:20.520 --> 0:38:24.200
<v Speaker 2>D'Angelo Russell in that game played twenty minutes and had

0:38:24.280 --> 0:38:27.479
<v Speaker 2>three points, so he was outscored thirty seven to three.

0:38:27.960 --> 0:38:29.080
<v Speaker 2>Was that game a blowout?

0:38:29.680 --> 0:38:29.879
<v Speaker 3>No?

0:38:30.440 --> 0:38:33.839
<v Speaker 2>That game was tied halfway through the fourth And then

0:38:33.960 --> 0:38:39.200
<v Speaker 2>Game four, of course two point game with Lebron either

0:38:39.239 --> 0:38:41.200
<v Speaker 2>taking the three for the win or going for the tie,

0:38:41.239 --> 0:38:45.960
<v Speaker 2>go to the basket and misses it. So do I

0:38:46.160 --> 0:38:49.680
<v Speaker 2>think Jamal Murray average? Again?

0:38:49.760 --> 0:38:53.200
<v Speaker 4>The Warriors music guy did put up a whole paragraph

0:38:53.280 --> 0:38:57.080
<v Speaker 4>about how Clay Thompson just owns the Kings and like

0:38:57.480 --> 0:38:59.480
<v Speaker 4>the history that he has with him, and then he

0:38:59.520 --> 0:39:00.839
<v Speaker 4>went out there and went off for Ted.

0:39:01.800 --> 0:39:03.760
<v Speaker 5>Maybe listen, maybe I did.

0:39:04.360 --> 0:39:06.759
<v Speaker 2>I'm opening The easy pick here is to go with

0:39:06.840 --> 0:39:09.040
<v Speaker 2>the defending champion, the guy who's about to win his

0:39:09.040 --> 0:39:11.799
<v Speaker 2>third MVP in four years, a guy who the team

0:39:11.840 --> 0:39:16.880
<v Speaker 2>that's won eight straight games. I don't think Lebron is

0:39:16.920 --> 0:39:18.759
<v Speaker 2>going to be worn out in the fourth quarters of

0:39:18.800 --> 0:39:26.920
<v Speaker 2>these games. I don't think that the there is going

0:39:26.960 --> 0:39:33.360
<v Speaker 2>to be a twenty six point differential per game between

0:39:33.440 --> 0:39:38.080
<v Speaker 2>Jamal Murray and D'Angelo Russell this time around. I don't

0:39:38.200 --> 0:39:44.319
<v Speaker 2>think Jokic, on four separate occasions, is going to find

0:39:44.400 --> 0:39:47.880
<v Speaker 2>himself with the ball with the shot clock expiring and

0:39:48.000 --> 0:39:51.560
<v Speaker 2>throw a one handed hook shot towards the rim or

0:39:51.680 --> 0:39:54.879
<v Speaker 2>over the head like he's firing a pass from out

0:39:54.880 --> 0:39:56.000
<v Speaker 2>of bounds in soccer.

0:39:56.320 --> 0:39:59.560
<v Speaker 4>There was a lot of magic involved in some of those.

0:40:00.000 --> 0:40:03.600
<v Speaker 2>So and by the way, even if those things don't happen,

0:40:04.120 --> 0:40:08.160
<v Speaker 2>the Nuggets win the series last year the Lakers were

0:40:08.200 --> 0:40:08.880
<v Speaker 2>out of gas.

0:40:09.280 --> 0:40:10.800
<v Speaker 5>But how much.

0:40:10.600 --> 0:40:14.680
<v Speaker 2>Would people's analysis right now be different if that series

0:40:14.719 --> 0:40:16.799
<v Speaker 2>were four to two last year instead of four to up.

0:40:18.120 --> 0:40:23.560
<v Speaker 2>Maybe a little so instead of being every other day

0:40:24.000 --> 0:40:29.000
<v Speaker 2>after a month of the playoff gauntlet. We're talking every

0:40:29.120 --> 0:40:32.439
<v Speaker 2>you know, three days between the playing in game one

0:40:33.239 --> 0:40:35.680
<v Speaker 2>and then the schedule. Let me give you the exact schedule,

0:40:35.680 --> 0:40:40.840
<v Speaker 2>because there are some every other days built in here obviously,

0:40:41.560 --> 0:40:44.160
<v Speaker 2>but here is the rest Lebron is going to have

0:40:44.200 --> 0:40:48.560
<v Speaker 2>and the Lakers are going to have between games. They

0:40:48.600 --> 0:40:55.600
<v Speaker 2>played on Tuesday, the next play Saturday. So Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,

0:40:56.640 --> 0:41:01.520
<v Speaker 2>three days off, Saturday then Monday. Okay, but no travel.

0:41:02.160 --> 0:41:07.399
<v Speaker 2>So that's just one day off Monday, then Thursday, two

0:41:07.480 --> 0:41:13.239
<v Speaker 2>days off, Thursday, then Saturday two days off, and then

0:41:13.760 --> 0:41:17.160
<v Speaker 2>Saturday to Monday, just one day off with travel. That's

0:41:17.200 --> 0:41:21.840
<v Speaker 2>a tough one. And then Monday to Thursday two days off,

0:41:22.800 --> 0:41:26.399
<v Speaker 2>and then Thursday to what is now listed is Saturday night,

0:41:26.440 --> 0:41:29.000
<v Speaker 2>but I don't. I guess that's locked in. I thought

0:41:29.080 --> 0:41:31.279
<v Speaker 2>that could potentially be Sunday, but I guess I'm wrong.

0:41:31.560 --> 0:41:36.120
<v Speaker 2>That would be just one day off. So yeah, I'll

0:41:36.120 --> 0:41:39.480
<v Speaker 2>go ahead and you know, play the fool again. We'll

0:41:39.480 --> 0:41:42.239
<v Speaker 2>see how it works out. I think the Lakers win.

0:41:43.160 --> 0:41:47.799
<v Speaker 2>Now I don't know that that means at all they

0:41:47.880 --> 0:41:52.200
<v Speaker 2>even win the next round, but I think, and I'm

0:41:52.200 --> 0:41:56.200
<v Speaker 2>gonna add one other thing and Daniel knows this. I'm

0:41:56.239 --> 0:42:00.960
<v Speaker 2>sure who is the last team to beat the Denver

0:42:01.040 --> 0:42:05.600
<v Speaker 2>Nuggets in a playoff series that Nikolajokic and Jamal Murray

0:42:05.640 --> 0:42:14.400
<v Speaker 2>played in That is, of course, Okay, the Lakers were

0:42:14.440 --> 0:42:18.319
<v Speaker 2>the one seed, guys, that is of course the Los

0:42:18.360 --> 0:42:24.040
<v Speaker 2>Angeles Lakers, same top two on both teams, so we'll see.

0:42:24.640 --> 0:42:27.920
<v Speaker 2>I'm excited for it. And I'm gonna add one other

0:42:27.960 --> 0:42:33.840
<v Speaker 2>piece to this if the Nuggets lose Demonse or even

0:42:33.920 --> 0:42:37.480
<v Speaker 2>if they win, but it's a long, hard series and

0:42:37.520 --> 0:42:41.000
<v Speaker 2>they then lose in the next round to either Phoenix,

0:42:41.120 --> 0:42:43.960
<v Speaker 2>who's beat them twice in the last month, or Minnesota

0:42:44.120 --> 0:42:46.120
<v Speaker 2>who played them. Both those teams played them tough in

0:42:46.200 --> 0:42:49.880
<v Speaker 2>last year's playoffs and have real answers for him. Uh,

0:42:50.040 --> 0:42:52.279
<v Speaker 2>both I think have winning records against them this year.

0:42:53.560 --> 0:42:58.120
<v Speaker 2>You know who's sneaky gets a weird legacy boost if

0:42:58.120 --> 0:43:01.040
<v Speaker 2>the Nuggets either lose this round or next, like it's

0:43:01.040 --> 0:43:06.880
<v Speaker 2>his first real relevant NBA moment, Wimby, because the Nuggets

0:43:06.880 --> 0:43:10.200
<v Speaker 2>were gonna be the one seed and they were blowing

0:43:10.239 --> 0:43:15.719
<v Speaker 2>out the Spurs, and he scored seventeen straight points and

0:43:15.880 --> 0:43:19.680
<v Speaker 2>brought the Spurs back in Game eighty one, to knock

0:43:19.719 --> 0:43:22.800
<v Speaker 2>the Nuggets down from instead of being the one seed

0:43:23.080 --> 0:43:25.719
<v Speaker 2>to dealing with the Lakers in round one and the

0:43:25.800 --> 0:43:28.839
<v Speaker 2>need of the sunder Timberwolves in round two. It's an

0:43:28.840 --> 0:43:36.120
<v Speaker 2>interesting little sliding doors moment if Wimby ends up altering

0:43:36.600 --> 0:43:40.239
<v Speaker 2>Jokicic's path to defend his title. All right, that was

0:43:40.280 --> 0:43:43.080
<v Speaker 2>a good thirty five minute a block. We'll get to

0:43:43.120 --> 0:43:46.480
<v Speaker 2>the news from last night, Jimmy Butler's injury, Philly advancing

0:43:46.560 --> 0:43:48.919
<v Speaker 2>all of that. Next quick break, right back, what's right?

0:43:54.760 --> 0:43:56.719
<v Speaker 2>All right? Welcome back in what's right with Nick?

0:43:56.800 --> 0:43:56.960
<v Speaker 3>Right?

0:43:57.400 --> 0:44:00.440
<v Speaker 2>Uh, let's get to the games and news from night

0:44:00.480 --> 0:44:01.960
<v Speaker 2>demanse Uh.

0:44:02.040 --> 0:44:04.240
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, So the seventy six Ers pulled off the comeback

0:44:04.320 --> 0:44:06.880
<v Speaker 4>versus the Heat who will be endure di mode against

0:44:06.920 --> 0:44:10.120
<v Speaker 4>Chicago now? But Philly fans can't feel too good about

0:44:10.160 --> 0:44:12.840
<v Speaker 4>it because Embiide looks sluggish all night and the Sixers

0:44:12.840 --> 0:44:16.359
<v Speaker 4>were bailed out by Nick Batoon, of all people, what

0:44:16.360 --> 0:44:19.120
<v Speaker 4>do you expect when they face the grittier Nixon round one?

0:44:20.640 --> 0:44:24.520
<v Speaker 2>Well, so a few things. It's okay to be bailed

0:44:24.520 --> 0:44:27.680
<v Speaker 2>out by Nick batoum. And this is where and I

0:44:27.800 --> 0:44:31.720
<v Speaker 2>will admit my bias here because he's a personal friend

0:44:31.719 --> 0:44:35.160
<v Speaker 2>of mine, but I like being friends with smart people

0:44:35.200 --> 0:44:37.520
<v Speaker 2>and people who are good at their jobs. This is

0:44:37.560 --> 0:44:39.680
<v Speaker 2>why I think Darryl Morey's as good of a GM

0:44:39.719 --> 0:44:42.719
<v Speaker 2>as there is in the NBA. He filled out this

0:44:42.960 --> 0:44:47.799
<v Speaker 2>roster to where you can all of a sudden have

0:44:47.960 --> 0:44:52.279
<v Speaker 2>either Buddy Healed or Nick Batoum or Kelly Oubre come

0:44:52.360 --> 0:44:55.560
<v Speaker 2>through with big in big spots for you. You know

0:44:55.600 --> 0:44:59.680
<v Speaker 2>what I mean. They have, in my opinion, a legitimate

0:45:00.040 --> 0:45:04.759
<v Speaker 2>even and a half guys they trust because you've got

0:45:04.800 --> 0:45:09.920
<v Speaker 2>your You've got obviously Embiid, maxi Ubre, Tobias and Lowry

0:45:10.280 --> 0:45:12.799
<v Speaker 2>and then Batoom and Buddy coming off the bench with

0:45:12.840 --> 0:45:15.319
<v Speaker 2>a little b ball, Paul if you need it. So

0:45:15.400 --> 0:45:18.080
<v Speaker 2>shout out to Daryl on that. I think that's that's

0:45:18.320 --> 0:45:23.880
<v Speaker 2>good roster building. I am gonna a spoiler alert, sorry,

0:45:24.160 --> 0:45:27.560
<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna pick Philly to beat the Knicks. I think

0:45:27.640 --> 0:45:32.120
<v Speaker 2>the Knicks are a regular season team that has a

0:45:32.200 --> 0:45:36.359
<v Speaker 2>Round two ceiling under its current health, and I don't

0:45:36.440 --> 0:45:39.680
<v Speaker 2>I think this Philly's a bad matchup for him and Embiid,

0:45:40.640 --> 0:45:44.120
<v Speaker 2>even when he's far from one hundred percent, can have

0:45:44.239 --> 0:45:47.680
<v Speaker 2>real impacts on games. And you saw it in the

0:45:47.760 --> 0:45:53.040
<v Speaker 2>fourth quarter yesterday. Uh so, I understand Philly fans being frustrated,

0:45:53.320 --> 0:45:56.960
<v Speaker 2>but I'm gonna pick Philly to beat the Knicks the now,

0:45:57.360 --> 0:46:01.239
<v Speaker 2>if we may demands get to what he's maybe the

0:46:01.320 --> 0:46:04.399
<v Speaker 2>bigger news or just as big of a news from

0:46:04.480 --> 0:46:05.319
<v Speaker 2>yesterday's game.

0:46:05.960 --> 0:46:08.120
<v Speaker 4>Yes, so the reports are Jimmy Butler's dealing with a

0:46:08.200 --> 0:46:11.080
<v Speaker 4>knee injury, so it seems like he's going to be

0:46:11.080 --> 0:46:13.600
<v Speaker 4>out multiple weeks. Do you think the heat will make

0:46:13.719 --> 0:46:15.560
<v Speaker 4>light of Chicago? Will they be able to still do

0:46:15.600 --> 0:46:17.880
<v Speaker 4>it without him?

0:46:18.440 --> 0:46:22.120
<v Speaker 2>Well, I don't really actually think the Chicago game matters

0:46:22.800 --> 0:46:27.600
<v Speaker 2>with Jimmy Butler out. Yeah, And this is where I'm

0:46:27.640 --> 0:46:33.680
<v Speaker 2>going to turn the screws on you a bit. If

0:46:33.719 --> 0:46:39.920
<v Speaker 2>the Boston Celtics don't make the NBA Finals this year,

0:46:40.800 --> 0:46:46.400
<v Speaker 2>it is one of the biggest choke jobs in modern

0:46:46.680 --> 0:46:47.560
<v Speaker 2>NBA history.

0:46:47.600 --> 0:46:49.399
<v Speaker 4>And even if they do, they're gonna say that they

0:46:49.400 --> 0:46:50.880
<v Speaker 4>didn't have to face Jimmy Butler.

0:46:51.880 --> 0:46:59.720
<v Speaker 2>Well, well, hold on, maybe so Jannis Embeid, Jimmy Butler,

0:47:01.080 --> 0:47:04.920
<v Speaker 2>all Giannis is out for the time being. Embiid is

0:47:05.000 --> 0:47:09.479
<v Speaker 2>not one hundred. Jimmy Butler is you know, not going

0:47:09.520 --> 0:47:12.640
<v Speaker 2>to be ready for if they get to the Celtics.

0:47:12.719 --> 0:47:17.520
<v Speaker 2>The Celtics. So my point is the path could not

0:47:17.800 --> 0:47:22.000
<v Speaker 2>be clearer for Boston's. And this is a weird spot.

0:47:22.480 --> 0:47:30.040
<v Speaker 2>Boston's season begins in the NBA finals. It starts in

0:47:30.080 --> 0:47:34.520
<v Speaker 2>the NBA Finals. They are the healthiest team, the best

0:47:34.520 --> 0:47:39.279
<v Speaker 2>record by a mile, top five point differential, everything. If

0:47:39.400 --> 0:47:46.560
<v Speaker 2>somehow they don't make the finals, it's inexcusable, absolutely utterly.

0:47:46.640 --> 0:47:50.280
<v Speaker 3>In team as well. Huh. I feel like they're.

0:47:50.080 --> 0:47:55.720
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well the I mean they they're they're starting five,

0:47:56.560 --> 0:48:00.239
<v Speaker 2>is the is the best and then you will So

0:48:00.600 --> 0:48:03.719
<v Speaker 2>I'm just trying to think of I don't love because

0:48:03.760 --> 0:48:06.719
<v Speaker 2>I remember talking about on the show, I don't love

0:48:06.800 --> 0:48:10.759
<v Speaker 2>the bench that much, but you have five awesome starters

0:48:11.320 --> 0:48:14.240
<v Speaker 2>because coming off the bench, your first guy's probably Al Horford,

0:48:14.480 --> 0:48:17.239
<v Speaker 2>who's old, and then after that you're talking to either

0:48:17.239 --> 0:48:20.759
<v Speaker 2>Peyton Pritchard or Sam Hauser. So I don't know if

0:48:20.800 --> 0:48:23.719
<v Speaker 2>I agree with you on you know, guys six, seven, eight,

0:48:23.920 --> 0:48:27.960
<v Speaker 2>but that doesn't matter. Like you're one through five, every

0:48:28.040 --> 0:48:32.319
<v Speaker 2>single guy and you're starting five. The Ringer does the

0:48:32.360 --> 0:48:35.919
<v Speaker 2>top one hundred players in the league. Every single guy

0:48:35.920 --> 0:48:39.920
<v Speaker 2>and you're starting five should be on that list. Like

0:48:40.080 --> 0:48:43.320
<v Speaker 2>every single guy and you're starting five has had moments

0:48:43.400 --> 0:48:46.640
<v Speaker 2>this year where they look like their top fifty players

0:48:46.640 --> 0:48:49.399
<v Speaker 2>in the league. And obviously Tatum's one of the very

0:48:49.440 --> 0:48:53.799
<v Speaker 2>best Browns one. You know that next tier. So I

0:48:55.080 --> 0:48:58.680
<v Speaker 2>you've got to make the finals. You absolutely have to

0:48:58.719 --> 0:49:04.239
<v Speaker 2>make the finals, rested and ready to go the right now,

0:49:04.280 --> 0:49:08.640
<v Speaker 2>demands Let me check again. Hold on. Whoops? Uh, you

0:49:08.719 --> 0:49:14.520
<v Speaker 2>guys are like a minus two hundred favorite against the

0:49:14.600 --> 0:49:20.000
<v Speaker 2>field to make the NBA Finals, to be the gosh

0:49:20.040 --> 0:49:22.520
<v Speaker 2>darn it, this is the I can't pull up. Let

0:49:22.520 --> 0:49:24.080
<v Speaker 2>me try it on my phone. I'm trying to.

0:49:24.040 --> 0:49:27.080
<v Speaker 3>Pull up back in another three days. Last game was.

0:49:28.800 --> 0:49:32.120
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. I mean, you've been able to rest for weeks essentially,

0:49:32.560 --> 0:49:34.680
<v Speaker 2>and now you're not gonna have to deal with Jimmy.

0:49:35.080 --> 0:49:41.120
<v Speaker 2>So conferences right now they are minus two twenty. The

0:49:41.160 --> 0:49:45.600
<v Speaker 2>next best odds are is Milwaukee at eight to one.

0:49:46.920 --> 0:49:50.759
<v Speaker 2>So just little context here. If you bet on the

0:49:50.960 --> 0:49:54.719
<v Speaker 2>favorite in the Eastern Conference to win the title, the

0:49:54.760 --> 0:49:59.320
<v Speaker 2>Boston Celtics one hundred dollars, you win forty five dollars.

0:50:00.120 --> 0:50:02.880
<v Speaker 2>If you bet on the second favorite to win the

0:50:02.920 --> 0:50:05.960
<v Speaker 2>title for one hundred bucks, you win eight hundred dollars.

0:50:06.960 --> 0:50:13.640
<v Speaker 2>So they are overwhelming favorites to make the NBA Finals.

0:50:13.800 --> 0:50:17.719
<v Speaker 2>They absolutely have to finish it off. And for Miami,

0:50:18.880 --> 0:50:24.400
<v Speaker 2>this is listen, this is I have massive respect for

0:50:24.480 --> 0:50:29.360
<v Speaker 2>playoff Jimmy, massive respect. But this is one of the

0:50:29.400 --> 0:50:32.560
<v Speaker 2>problems of kind of puttsing around during the regular season

0:50:32.560 --> 0:50:35.560
<v Speaker 2>as a team. Yeah, all of a sudden you find

0:50:35.600 --> 0:50:37.440
<v Speaker 2>yourself in the play in when you shouldn't have been.

0:50:37.480 --> 0:50:39.840
<v Speaker 2>In the East this year, there's no reason the Orlando

0:50:39.920 --> 0:50:42.080
<v Speaker 2>Magic should have finished higher than the Miami Heat and

0:50:42.120 --> 0:50:45.719
<v Speaker 2>the standings for Philly. You had an excuse, you know,

0:50:45.760 --> 0:50:48.239
<v Speaker 2>Philly's excuse was our best guy missed half the year.

0:50:48.840 --> 0:50:51.040
<v Speaker 2>And now all of a sudden he's hurting. Your season

0:50:51.080 --> 0:50:53.120
<v Speaker 2>could end Friday, if not at all, end in a week.

0:50:53.160 --> 0:50:55.239
<v Speaker 2>All right, next, all right?

0:50:55.280 --> 0:50:58.200
<v Speaker 4>So Zion Williamson has had a career plagued by injuries.

0:50:58.840 --> 0:51:00.799
<v Speaker 3>He probably had his best post season.

0:51:00.520 --> 0:51:03.040
<v Speaker 4>Game earlier, he had forty points, and then he got

0:51:03.160 --> 0:51:06.200
<v Speaker 4>ended up getting injured again. So he's already been ruled

0:51:06.200 --> 0:51:09.759
<v Speaker 4>out for the game Friday versus Sacramento. So for the Pelicans,

0:51:09.880 --> 0:51:12.480
<v Speaker 4>is it worth keeping Zion around or is it too

0:51:12.480 --> 0:51:14.600
<v Speaker 4>big of a risk considering his injury history.

0:51:15.520 --> 0:51:17.439
<v Speaker 2>Well, no, you're not going to move on from Zion,

0:51:17.560 --> 0:51:20.759
<v Speaker 2>especially after he played his best game ever in his

0:51:20.800 --> 0:51:26.480
<v Speaker 2>biggest game ever. And I want to be very careful

0:51:26.520 --> 0:51:32.200
<v Speaker 2>with how I say this. That was a weird injury, right,

0:51:33.120 --> 0:51:38.640
<v Speaker 2>I said the same thing. That was really strange. He

0:51:38.680 --> 0:51:42.960
<v Speaker 2>didn't even really seem to right, I want to I'm not,

0:51:43.800 --> 0:51:47.240
<v Speaker 2>And I mean, the audience is smart and understands why

0:51:47.760 --> 0:51:50.759
<v Speaker 2>I'm trying to be very judicious with my words. It

0:51:51.080 --> 0:51:55.640
<v Speaker 2>just looked weird. It you didn't see and I understand

0:51:55.680 --> 0:51:59.359
<v Speaker 2>with muscle injuries you don't see it. But even his

0:52:01.160 --> 0:52:05.360
<v Speaker 2>the pace at which he left the court and his

0:52:05.440 --> 0:52:09.239
<v Speaker 2>ability to jog into the tunnel. For it to then

0:52:09.320 --> 0:52:13.799
<v Speaker 2>be a hamstring injury, it was just weird. And for

0:52:13.880 --> 0:52:20.480
<v Speaker 2>them to immediately rule him out it was bizarre. And

0:52:22.320 --> 0:52:26.320
<v Speaker 2>I'm not it wouldn't you know, any like conspiracy theory

0:52:26.680 --> 0:52:29.840
<v Speaker 2>doesn't make sense. He was having the best game of

0:52:29.880 --> 0:52:33.560
<v Speaker 2>his career. He had just tied the game. There, you

0:52:33.600 --> 0:52:37.920
<v Speaker 2>know the the I it looked so weird to meet

0:52:37.960 --> 0:52:41.400
<v Speaker 2>himnse that I honestly thought in real time, because it

0:52:41.440 --> 0:52:44.120
<v Speaker 2>also looked like he pointed to his stomach. I was like, oh, man,

0:52:45.120 --> 0:52:47.919
<v Speaker 2>was he dealing with like a stomach bug throughout the day.

0:52:48.480 --> 0:52:51.680
<v Speaker 2>I was like, geez, there's worst time possible. I have

0:52:51.760 --> 0:52:55.560
<v Speaker 2>to run to the bathroom. I honestly thought that, like

0:52:56.000 --> 0:52:58.840
<v Speaker 2>which I that would be The timing would suck, but

0:52:58.880 --> 0:53:01.560
<v Speaker 2>that would be understandable. But then he's not ruled out

0:53:01.600 --> 0:53:07.960
<v Speaker 2>for the next game. So it is an odd microcosm

0:53:08.160 --> 0:53:11.279
<v Speaker 2>of what his career has been so far, which is

0:53:11.360 --> 0:53:17.680
<v Speaker 2>these unbelievable highs, tantalizing talent, and then head scratching like

0:53:18.520 --> 0:53:24.800
<v Speaker 2>injury stuff that doesn't totally make sense. I'm also really

0:53:24.800 --> 0:53:28.320
<v Speaker 2>interested to see how Brandon Ingram looks Friday, because Brandon

0:53:28.440 --> 0:53:30.680
<v Speaker 2>Ingram got benched by Willy Green for that fourth quarter.

0:53:30.760 --> 0:53:33.440
<v Speaker 2>Now he's been out, he's been injured. I understand that,

0:53:33.760 --> 0:53:35.640
<v Speaker 2>but he's the highest paid guy or second highest paid

0:53:35.640 --> 0:53:38.560
<v Speaker 2>guy on your team. He was the piece from the

0:53:38.560 --> 0:53:42.080
<v Speaker 2>Anthony Davis trade. You know that was a huge moment

0:53:42.120 --> 0:53:44.200
<v Speaker 2>for him and Willie Green, even after Zion got hurt

0:53:44.280 --> 0:53:48.440
<v Speaker 2>left him on the bench. But also, Okac's got to

0:53:48.440 --> 0:53:51.680
<v Speaker 2>be like, this is perfect. This is why you fight

0:53:51.760 --> 0:53:56.040
<v Speaker 2>for the one seed. We're out here chilling with the

0:53:56.280 --> 0:53:58.319
<v Speaker 2>We're not gonna have to deal with the Champion. What

0:53:58.440 --> 0:54:02.560
<v Speaker 2>you know, last vestiges of the Champion Warriors, Phoenix moved

0:54:02.640 --> 0:54:05.600
<v Speaker 2>up to six, LA moved up to seven. Now we

0:54:05.680 --> 0:54:08.239
<v Speaker 2>either get a Kings team that kind of just won

0:54:08.440 --> 0:54:13.480
<v Speaker 2>its own championship right by beating the Warriors and is injured,

0:54:13.960 --> 0:54:16.319
<v Speaker 2>or we get a Pelican's team where it looks like

0:54:16.440 --> 0:54:19.920
<v Speaker 2>Zion is not going to be available. All right, I

0:54:19.960 --> 0:54:21.480
<v Speaker 2>know we're supposed to do it, maybe in the next

0:54:21.480 --> 0:54:23.640
<v Speaker 2>segment or whatever. I want to Sorry for the graphics

0:54:23.640 --> 0:54:26.840
<v Speaker 2>on the side. Let's do the Bill Belichick combo here quickly,

0:54:26.880 --> 0:54:29.719
<v Speaker 2>because this show's gone too long already and we've got

0:54:29.719 --> 0:54:30.279
<v Speaker 2>more to get to.

0:54:31.280 --> 0:54:35.360
<v Speaker 4>So reports of the Patriots owner Robert Kraft Warren Falcons

0:54:35.400 --> 0:54:39.080
<v Speaker 4>owner Arthur Blink about hiring Bill Belichick says, do not

0:54:39.239 --> 0:54:43.480
<v Speaker 4>trust Bill. What could have possibly happened there for Robert

0:54:43.520 --> 0:54:45.280
<v Speaker 4>Kraft to be saying that about Belichick?

0:54:46.560 --> 0:54:48.319
<v Speaker 2>So I think this is one of the worst I

0:54:48.320 --> 0:54:50.600
<v Speaker 2>think this is one of the slimiest things I've ever seen,

0:54:51.880 --> 0:54:57.560
<v Speaker 2>unless it comes out that Belichick was like embezzling from

0:54:57.600 --> 0:55:04.040
<v Speaker 2>the Patriots, was stealing money for Robert Kraft to knife

0:55:04.600 --> 0:55:09.319
<v Speaker 2>Bill Belichick like this right after producing a documentary that

0:55:09.400 --> 0:55:15.680
<v Speaker 2>painted Bill Belichick as a villain is so beyond the pale.

0:55:15.680 --> 0:55:19.240
<v Speaker 2>To go out of your way to submarine this guy's

0:55:19.360 --> 0:55:27.520
<v Speaker 2>job prospects when your franchise is worth billions more dollars

0:55:28.120 --> 0:55:31.160
<v Speaker 2>than when you bought it thanks to him. Now you

0:55:31.200 --> 0:55:35.600
<v Speaker 2>can say thanks to Brady primarily fine, but Belichick also

0:55:35.719 --> 0:55:39.640
<v Speaker 2>is the guy who drafted Brady and the guy who

0:55:39.719 --> 0:55:44.799
<v Speaker 2>put Brady in the game, and to go out of

0:55:44.840 --> 0:55:48.840
<v Speaker 2>your way to cost him a job he thought he had.

0:55:49.840 --> 0:55:53.719
<v Speaker 2>And also there were so many good things in that

0:55:54.000 --> 0:55:57.280
<v Speaker 2>ESPN story. And credit to those great reporters for acting.

0:55:57.400 --> 0:56:04.240
<v Speaker 2>You know, we could use some of the great NFL

0:56:04.400 --> 0:56:08.239
<v Speaker 2>reporters that get actual stories on the NBA beat, by

0:56:08.280 --> 0:56:12.799
<v Speaker 2>the way, that would be nice every NBA All our

0:56:12.920 --> 0:56:17.000
<v Speaker 2>NBA stories are just transactions. Like all the breaking NBA

0:56:17.160 --> 0:56:22.080
<v Speaker 2>news is actually things that if reporters did not exist,

0:56:22.400 --> 0:56:27.560
<v Speaker 2>we would find out anyway eventually, like trades, draft picks, signings,

0:56:27.800 --> 0:56:31.520
<v Speaker 2>That news would come to light anyway. But what the

0:56:31.560 --> 0:56:35.279
<v Speaker 2>heck actually happen with em Udoka? Where's Andrew Wiggins been?

0:56:35.600 --> 0:56:38.759
<v Speaker 2>Who leaked the Draymond Green tape? What is going on

0:56:38.800 --> 0:56:41.640
<v Speaker 2>with Zion? Those things just out in the ether like

0:56:41.719 --> 0:56:46.440
<v Speaker 2>nobody can. Nobody can damage any pre existing relationship. They

0:56:46.480 --> 0:56:49.960
<v Speaker 2>have to actually report on those things, because then they

0:56:50.000 --> 0:56:53.440
<v Speaker 2>won't be able to tweet out one second before somebody

0:56:53.440 --> 0:56:57.680
<v Speaker 2>else that this guy got an extension. But the Don

0:56:57.760 --> 0:57:02.000
<v Speaker 2>Van NATting Company, they get real stories. And this was

0:57:02.040 --> 0:57:08.080
<v Speaker 2>a treasure trove of stories there about the Eagles, the Bills,

0:57:08.080 --> 0:57:12.360
<v Speaker 2>so many things. Right, one of the underrated parts of

0:57:12.400 --> 0:57:19.360
<v Speaker 2>it is this. I think this likely torches Belichick's relationship

0:57:19.400 --> 0:57:23.320
<v Speaker 2>with the Patriots organization. They had that press conversation, is like,

0:57:23.320 --> 0:57:26.200
<v Speaker 2>I'll always be a Patriot, I'll come back. No, I

0:57:26.880 --> 0:57:30.720
<v Speaker 2>do not think that is happening. I think Belichick reads

0:57:30.760 --> 0:57:35.760
<v Speaker 2>this and is like, I had a job. You used

0:57:35.800 --> 0:57:40.480
<v Speaker 2>your relationship with Arthur Blank to cost me my job,

0:57:41.800 --> 0:57:47.439
<v Speaker 2>Like I brought you six super Bowls. So I think

0:57:47.440 --> 0:57:52.520
<v Speaker 2>that was wild, absolutely wild. And I also and also,

0:57:52.560 --> 0:58:00.080
<v Speaker 2>if you're Robert Kraft, buddy, you don't have exactly a

0:57:59.840 --> 0:58:05.680
<v Speaker 2>spotless reputation during the I understand Bill Beljack's been accused

0:58:05.720 --> 0:58:08.240
<v Speaker 2>of cheating, he hasn't ever had to show up to

0:58:08.320 --> 0:58:16.040
<v Speaker 2>court for it. You like, let's maybe glass houses my man,

0:58:16.960 --> 0:58:27.240
<v Speaker 2>quick break right back? What's right? All right? Welcome back

0:58:27.280 --> 0:58:29.680
<v Speaker 2>in What's right with Nick? Right demands that were playing

0:58:29.720 --> 0:58:32.360
<v Speaker 2>a new game here Before we get to the listener questions.

0:58:32.000 --> 0:58:35.120
<v Speaker 3>Go ahead, Uh yeah, so weird. It's time for moving

0:58:35.160 --> 0:58:35.560
<v Speaker 3>the needle.

0:58:36.360 --> 0:58:39.240
<v Speaker 4>I will ask you about a team, and you'll determine

0:58:39.240 --> 0:58:41.480
<v Speaker 4>how far, how far a run they can go in

0:58:41.480 --> 0:58:43.960
<v Speaker 4>the playoffs, and where their season will end. For those

0:58:44.000 --> 0:58:46.680
<v Speaker 4>watching on YouTube, there will be a small graphic, but

0:58:47.280 --> 0:58:51.479
<v Speaker 4>your options are in round one, sweep later in Round one,

0:58:52.000 --> 0:58:58.040
<v Speaker 4>the conference, the semis, the semi conference, or the finals sorry,

0:58:58.360 --> 0:59:02.120
<v Speaker 4>or NBA Finals. First, we've got the Bucks here. You

0:59:02.200 --> 0:59:04.360
<v Speaker 4>had the Bucks as your finals favorite at one point,

0:59:04.400 --> 0:59:06.720
<v Speaker 4>but now it seems like Giannis will miss multiple games

0:59:06.720 --> 0:59:09.720
<v Speaker 4>in Round one versus the Pacers, and that scenario didn't

0:59:09.760 --> 0:59:11.080
<v Speaker 4>go well for the Bucks last year.

0:59:11.560 --> 0:59:15.880
<v Speaker 3>How far did the Bucks go? All right?

0:59:16.120 --> 0:59:20.880
<v Speaker 2>Right now, right now? My pick is the Bucks go

0:59:20.960 --> 0:59:24.360
<v Speaker 2>to round two. I do think they can beat the

0:59:24.360 --> 0:59:29.800
<v Speaker 2>Pacers if Giannis only plays a couple games in that series,

0:59:30.240 --> 0:59:33.280
<v Speaker 2>I think that it could be two to one Indiana.

0:59:34.080 --> 0:59:37.080
<v Speaker 2>But that is a coin that is I don't want

0:59:37.080 --> 0:59:40.160
<v Speaker 2>to say a coin flip, but close to it. The

0:59:40.240 --> 0:59:45.600
<v Speaker 2>thing is, Halliburton's not fully healthy either, and hasn't looked

0:59:45.600 --> 0:59:48.840
<v Speaker 2>the same. They haven't been able to guard him. Can

0:59:48.960 --> 0:59:51.440
<v Speaker 2>Dame be awesome for a week and a half? I

0:59:51.560 --> 0:59:55.440
<v Speaker 2>think so? So I'm gonna go round two for Milwaukee

0:59:55.560 --> 0:59:57.360
<v Speaker 2>given Giannis's injury status.

0:59:58.960 --> 1:00:01.200
<v Speaker 3>So no, no finals at all.

1:00:02.200 --> 1:00:04.040
<v Speaker 2>No fine, No, I mean that they were they were

1:00:04.080 --> 1:00:07.960
<v Speaker 2>my pick to win the whole thing, but the Jannas

1:00:08.280 --> 1:00:11.600
<v Speaker 2>the Janni's dealing with a calf, which could mean dealing

1:00:11.640 --> 1:00:14.640
<v Speaker 2>with an achilles, obviously changes things massively. Next.

1:00:15.680 --> 1:00:18.240
<v Speaker 4>Uh, the Sons went all in on Kadie Booker and

1:00:18.360 --> 1:00:21.920
<v Speaker 4>Beal and they've had mixed results throughout the season, but

1:00:22.040 --> 1:00:23.800
<v Speaker 4>the postseason is a whole different story.

1:00:24.000 --> 1:00:26.040
<v Speaker 3>So how far do the Suns go?

1:00:27.680 --> 1:00:30.600
<v Speaker 2>Same thing? Round two? I do think they can beat Minnesota,

1:00:31.160 --> 1:00:34.760
<v Speaker 2>go barn the playoffs not great history, trying to work

1:00:34.800 --> 1:00:37.600
<v Speaker 2>Carl Anthony Towns back in. But then in round two

1:00:37.680 --> 1:00:41.040
<v Speaker 2>they're playing either Denver or the Lakers. And so round

1:00:41.040 --> 1:00:43.600
<v Speaker 2>two to me is where the Suns where the Sons go.

1:00:43.600 --> 1:00:44.880
<v Speaker 2>All right, let's go on to the next one.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, go ahead? Uh yeah, how far up? How far

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<v Speaker 4>of a star or a rising star do you think

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<v Speaker 4>Anthony Anthony Edwards will go?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, if you lose one, not far, you know what

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, Like if they if he carries them to

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<v Speaker 2>the conference finals. Yeah, but with a round one exit,

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<v Speaker 2>he probably stays where he is. All right.

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<v Speaker 4>Next, Despite the Knicks facing injuries all year, they claimed

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<v Speaker 4>they climbed to the two seed Brunton and this team

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<v Speaker 4>has exceeded expectations to this point.

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<v Speaker 3>But do you see the trend continuing? How far do

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<v Speaker 3>the Knicks go?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, unfortunately it's round one. I think it is

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<v Speaker 2>a you know, a six or seven game war against Philly,

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<v Speaker 2>But I think they I could.

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<v Speaker 3>See the Knicks beating Philly for some reason, but that's

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<v Speaker 3>just no.

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<v Speaker 2>I listen, I don't think that's just you. I wonder

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<v Speaker 2>are they the favorites? Hold on, I'm gonna check real quick.

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<v Speaker 2>They might be the favorites, demanse underdogs even as the

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<v Speaker 2>even as the home team they got it. Yeah, I

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<v Speaker 2>mean it's minus one thing even money, so they're close

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<v Speaker 2>to a coin flip. But I'm gonna go Philly in

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<v Speaker 2>a close series, all right?

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<v Speaker 3>Next?

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<v Speaker 4>All right, So, after a year off from the playoffs,

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<v Speaker 4>your lard slovignion my son is gearing up for another run.

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<v Speaker 4>This time he's got Kyrie in the passenger seat. How

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<v Speaker 4>far do you think the MAVs will.

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<v Speaker 2>Go the NBA Finals. I think the MAVs are gonna

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<v Speaker 2>right now the Maps we might pick to win the

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<v Speaker 2>Western Conference. Uh now, I reserve the right to change

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<v Speaker 2>that pick if it's MAVs Lakers in the conference finals,

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<v Speaker 2>because I all, obviously, I mean, that's kind of a

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<v Speaker 2>can't lose for me. It's kind of the opposite of

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<v Speaker 2>when it was uh, who was it Warrior Celtics in

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<v Speaker 2>the NBA Finals, which was a can't win. But I am, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I think the MAVs. I think the oh yeah, that's true.

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<v Speaker 2>Sorry about that, buddy. I think they're going to annihilate

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<v Speaker 2>the Clippers and then beat okayc and then be waiting

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<v Speaker 2>for whomever just got through a gauntlet on the other

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<v Speaker 2>side of the bracket. All right, next, all.

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<v Speaker 4>Right, So my Celtics ran through the league this year

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<v Speaker 4>on their way to the one seed and are now

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<v Speaker 4>minus two hundred to make the finals. But as Vegas

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<v Speaker 4>just begging to make make that a square bet, how

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<v Speaker 4>far do my Celtics go?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, they're gonna be in the finals at a

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<v Speaker 2>mini Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, like we said, the question or who they're

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<v Speaker 3>seeing there?

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<v Speaker 2>Correct? Who are they seeing there? And any of those teams?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I think the Celtics are probably rooting to

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<v Speaker 2>see the other one Seed. I think that they are

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<v Speaker 2>probably rooting to see Oklahoma City because the Celtics have

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<v Speaker 2>so much playoff experience in Oklahoma City has none, and

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<v Speaker 2>the Celtics can throw so many people at Shay that

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<v Speaker 2>it's weird to say they're hoping to face the other

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<v Speaker 2>one Seed, But I think they are. But they'll be there.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, let's get I'm gonna run through some of

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<v Speaker 2>these listener questions. What's the read the one in bold demonse?

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<v Speaker 2>The first one?

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<v Speaker 4>We found your award for being the best in the

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<v Speaker 4>world at one specific thing.

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<v Speaker 3>Let me see it.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me see what what I'm the best in the

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<v Speaker 2>world at. Oh, that's great. That's a coach?

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<v Speaker 3>Is that so?

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<v Speaker 2>I that's a Coach of the Year award? Maybe that's

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<v Speaker 2>Greg Popovich holding it. I'm not sure who that is

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<v Speaker 2>that they photoshop.

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<v Speaker 5>All right, we have a bunch of questions.

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<v Speaker 2>We have a bunch of questions about the same thing,

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<v Speaker 2>which is Nick, why didn't you Essentially the question is

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<v Speaker 2>why didn't you include the Spurs on your list of dynasties.

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<v Speaker 2>So the Spurs are a tough one.

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<v Speaker 4>We got some technical difficulties over there in New York.

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<v Speaker 4>We got you, we got you back, we got you,

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<v Speaker 4>okay back.

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<v Speaker 2>And so the Spurs dynasty question is because they never

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<v Speaker 2>won back to back. They did win three and five years.

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<v Speaker 2>They won in ninety nine three to five oh seven,

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<v Speaker 2>and then the really unbelievable one in fourteen, and they

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<v Speaker 2>also went to the finals in thirteen, So I do

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<v Speaker 2>consider them a dynastic run. What's weird is if you're

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<v Speaker 2>saying it started in ninety nine, then in the middle

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<v Speaker 2>of their dynasty, another team three peat and had their

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<v Speaker 2>own dynasty from and if you're like, no, it goes

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<v Speaker 2>from three to fourteen, will still in the middle of

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<v Speaker 2>their run, two separate teams went back to back, the

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<v Speaker 2>Lakers and then the Heat. So it's just a weird one.

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<v Speaker 2>So it is an unbelievable run of excellence, but it's

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<v Speaker 2>a dynasty, and so yeah, I would probably have it sixth.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's weird.

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<v Speaker 5>Does that make sense?

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<v Speaker 4>Kind of feel funny saying say the Spurs are on

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<v Speaker 4>a dynasty. Definitely the most likable if they were a dynasty,

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<v Speaker 4>I think they'd probably be the most likable dynasty.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Yeah, and I and I and I think that. No,

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<v Speaker 2>I I'm fine with including them on the Dynasties. It's

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<v Speaker 2>just it's all you just say Pop and Duncan. That's fine,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's just hard. It's just weird and all the

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<v Speaker 2>other like dynasties you know, did win back to back

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<v Speaker 2>the Spurs didn't. I don't know, just a weird one.

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<v Speaker 2>Eric Allen Demonse has a question we can get too quickly.

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<v Speaker 4>Eric Allen, I know you skipped over Porter, but if

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<v Speaker 4>he was an A level or even B level star

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<v Speaker 4>in the league, do you still think he gets a

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<v Speaker 4>lifetime ban.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh. I think if he was an A level or

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<v Speaker 2>B level star accused of doing these things, it's a

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<v Speaker 2>way bigger story. And yeah, an A level or B

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<v Speaker 2>level star in the league was betting on his own

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<v Speaker 2>team to lose and clearly giving out tips on you know,

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<v Speaker 2>bet his under it's on it's on sixty minutes instead

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<v Speaker 2>of on first things for h go to Scott Murphy.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, we got Scott Murphy.

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<v Speaker 4>Nick, what's most likely Katie wins a ring with the

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<v Speaker 4>Suns wins a ring as a veteran role player on

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<v Speaker 4>a young team like Okay See, or spends his final

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<v Speaker 4>years ringless with a revived Seattle franchise.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, I mean, I think none. I think Katie's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>be retired by the time Seattle comes into the league.

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<v Speaker 2>I was actually at Demons the final game ever played

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<v Speaker 2>in Seattle twenty years ago or whenever it was. Was

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<v Speaker 2>it twenty years ago, No, it was eighteen years ago,

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<v Speaker 2>something like that. I was seventeen years ago. I was

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<v Speaker 2>there when they did save Barsonics and Katie did the

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<v Speaker 2>thing rookie Kevin Durant. Oh, I got yeah, it was

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<v Speaker 2>pretty cool. Uh. I had a friend that was living

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<v Speaker 2>in Seattle at the time. I went to go see

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<v Speaker 2>her and I, you know, I was doing radio in

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<v Speaker 2>Kansas City. I got us two press passes because my

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<v Speaker 2>producer at the time his name was had the same

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<v Speaker 2>last name as my friend in Seattle. We got there

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<v Speaker 2>and then it just went down to the Great Seats

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<v Speaker 2>where her it was totally unprofessional and against the rules,

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<v Speaker 2>went down to Great Seats to baby. Yeah, Rookie kad

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<v Speaker 2>as a Seattle Supersonic in the final game they ever

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<v Speaker 2>played at Key Arena. I was there for that. It

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<v Speaker 2>was unbelievable.

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<v Speaker 4>You're taking any like anything from the game now.

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<v Speaker 2>And the person who I went with, if they have pictures,

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<v Speaker 2>I can't ask them for it, all right, and so

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<v Speaker 2>uh so the yeah, but I was it's cool memory

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<v Speaker 2>to be there. Uh I think I don't think Katie

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<v Speaker 2>wintering with the Suns. I think he's kind of an

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<v Speaker 2>NBA nomad. So I'm going to go none of the above.

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<v Speaker 2>And then last question is I got to get to work.

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<v Speaker 2>JD has a very important question, demonse Y.

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<v Speaker 3>So, JD. I realized that as we were wrapping up

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<v Speaker 3>the show. But here about two minutes ago.

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<v Speaker 4>I tell the audience what the question is, Oh, j

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<v Speaker 4>the sunglasses? Sorry guys, Yeah, so I just I didn't

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<v Speaker 4>put them on came in. I forgot about the I'm sorry, guys,

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<v Speaker 4>but also.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, go ahead.

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<v Speaker 3>Right.

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<v Speaker 4>We also were saying that I was gonna get the

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<v Speaker 4>shades this whole time when I went out to Kansas

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<v Speaker 4>City for the vow renewal, and that that didn't get wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>Forgot to Yeah, I forgot to give it to you

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<v Speaker 2>so bad, Joe.

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<v Speaker 3>I saw you had them, so they were there.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, they're in my backpack. They were in that room

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<v Speaker 2>at them where we were watching the Masters, and I

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<v Speaker 2>just forgot to give them to you. All right, great show,

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<v Speaker 2>fun show. I'll see you guys on first things. First,

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<v Speaker 2>good job de mont A, good job Blue Duck Crew. Daniel,

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