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Speaker 1: Welcome in What's Driving the Great Episode four fifty four.

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Speaker 1: After a historic night on a couple of fronts in

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Speaker 1: the NBA, after an awesome weekend in the NBA playoffs,

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Speaker 1: awesome week and by the way, in sports overall, Kentucky

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Speaker 1: Derby was sick. I went to just an unbelievable boxing match.

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Speaker 1: David Benavidez. It was spectacular. You guys don't care as

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Speaker 1: morning demanse So at the you know, good seats at

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Speaker 1: a boxing match, it is an eclectic crowd, particularly depending

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Speaker 1: on who the fighters are. Like, you know, boxing brings

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Speaker 1: out a wide spectrum of you know, the rich, you know,

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Speaker 1: cultures around the world. And I am at the match

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Speaker 1: happened to end up in line next to the guy

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Speaker 1: and he and I are chatting and he's like, hey man,

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Speaker 1: He's like, you know where your show is huge. I'm

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Speaker 1: like tell me. He's like prison, bro. I'm like yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'm like yeah, and he's like yeah. He was uh,

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Speaker 1: and he was like every day man, it was you

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Speaker 1: He was like, it was like the real it was

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Speaker 1: he's like, he said, one of the few things. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: one of the few things we could look forward to. So,

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Speaker 1: estate now, so you know what, his second chances go

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Speaker 1: kill and so that was fun. Last night was great.

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Speaker 1: So we'll get into all of that. Also, maybe most notably,

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Speaker 1: one of our best staff members on the Blue Duck team, Victor,

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Speaker 1: back from paternity leave h just had a beautiful baby

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Speaker 1: girl and in one of the most unique coincidences ever,

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Speaker 1: Demonse in November had a baby girl named Mila, and

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Speaker 1: Victor a few months later had a baby girl named

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Speaker 1: I want to say it right, Mila, Mila not spelled

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Speaker 1: the exact same, but Mila and Mila, who are damn

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Speaker 1: near the same age. The What Right family continue to

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Speaker 1: expand so congrats to everyone involved. All right, a ton

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Speaker 1: to do because here's the other thing. And again, I'm

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Speaker 1: a Weirdoh I get that, But I ten days ago,

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Speaker 1: I'm watching Game three Lakers Rockets, Lebron get the steal

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Speaker 1: and shot to tie the game, force overtime, basically win

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Speaker 1: there was a little part of me that's like, god,

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Speaker 1: dog it, this is happening on a Friday night. So

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Speaker 1: by the time Monday Sports TV is on, they will

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Speaker 1: have played again. Things will have changed. It won't be

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Speaker 1: like the lead story.

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Speaker 1: Then three days ago, four days ago, after you know,

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Speaker 1: I'm watching the Lakers dismantle the Rockets, when everyone said,

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Speaker 1: Did they get reverse swept? And Lebron just masterpiece twenty eight,

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Speaker 1: the time Monday rolls around, they'll have been game sevens.

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Speaker 1: all that to say this, at some point in today's show,

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Speaker 1: I might do a little game six recap because somebody's

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Speaker 1: Demon's let's get to one of the games of the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: Last night Timberwolve Spurs.

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Speaker 2: Wimby what could have possibly gotten a quadruple double last night,

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Speaker 1: Listen, Ifvan's healthy, they can win the time, and he's

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Speaker 1: clearly not fully healthy. But Saturday morning, the Minnesota Timberwolves,

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Speaker 1: The Timberwolves Saturday morning were two hundred to one to

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Speaker 1: And I looked at it and I said, how are

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Speaker 1: And I just stared at that. Minnesota too, and drum

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Speaker 1: like Ant's gonna come back at some point. The Spurs

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Speaker 2: They will never lose off of not trying. It will

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Speaker 1: I think the so I think the Spurs should wake

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Speaker 1: I don't know if anybody does, but if anybody does,

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Speaker 1: It's really wild that you might have, you know, a

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Speaker 1: Keeams record for playoff shot blocks in a game. Again,

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Speaker 1: Julius Randall can shoot, Nasrid can shoot, and it forced

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Speaker 1: so it'll be very interesting to see which and what

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Speaker 1: Chris Finch leans into. But this Minnesota seems not messing around.

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Speaker 1: And Julius Randall, if he it's matched up with Wimby

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Speaker 1: And Rudy Gobert has sharp elbows and is gonna make

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Speaker 1: what you saw yesterday was and this is this is

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Speaker 1: What I have said time and again nights when his

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Speaker 1: And you saw that play out in real time yesterday. Again,

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Speaker 1: And he had trouble on that end of the court

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Speaker 1: yesterday and then and again. Not to relitigate old debates,

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Speaker 1: but when people were arguing with me, no, Whimby's right.

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Speaker 1: I imagine, Oh that's it, you know what. I didn't

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Speaker 3: I am wait, well, way more experience, And I just think,

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Speaker 1: All right, demanse, let's go to Nick Sixers.

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Speaker 2: The nixt dominance continues. They spanked the Sixers last night.

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Speaker 2: You announced the Sixers as your new pick in the East.

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Speaker 2: If embeat is healthy, do you still stand there?

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Speaker 1: Listen? So here's the deal. I picked the Sixers and

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Speaker 1: said I thought they'd lose Game one. Yeah, I just

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Speaker 1: thought that the Knicks chilling while the Sixers have a

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Speaker 1: Knicks just keep annihilating people. I could not believe this

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Speaker 1: Think about what that means, But that that means like

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Speaker 2: The Knicks just did it and they figured out.

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Speaker 1: I mean, well, the last two of the last three games,

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Speaker 1: And I mean the thought process was it would be Edgecomb.

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Speaker 1: So here's the thing I am. I'm not panicked because

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Speaker 1: but I still think Philly win fully healthy demons, which

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Speaker 1: they are right now.

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Speaker 2: Dudes, Yeah, they really do. Got some dudes on the squad.

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Speaker 1: Now they they don't have depth, but they have eight.

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Speaker 2: It's a problem.

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Speaker 1: The no, the I mean the former Tobias Harris cooking

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Speaker 1: with the pistols. Yeah, uh, he used to be cooking

434
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Speaker 1: with the sixers back in the day. No, but they've

435
00:31:10,560 --> 00:31:18,680
Speaker 1: got I mean they're big, Maxie, Embiid, Paul George, Edgecombe

436
00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:28,720
Speaker 1: is a strong top four, and then Oubray, Grimes, Drummond.

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Speaker 1: I mean that's the end. But the problem thing is this,

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Speaker 1: I think I said eight, it's seven. That's the end

439
00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:39,200
Speaker 1: of their rotation. They are gonna play seven guys, and

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00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:42,240
Speaker 1: one of them's Andre Drummond, and so you know he

441
00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:46,880
Speaker 1: has you know, limited utility. So they are those guys.

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Speaker 1: The only bright side for Philly is this was such

443
00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:52,240
Speaker 1: a laugher. They didn't have to put real minutes on

444
00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:56,080
Speaker 1: their guys and they you know, they can just get

445
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Speaker 1: ready for Game two. But that top four for can

446
00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:04,000
Speaker 1: go toe to toe with anyone's top four if they're healthy.

447
00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:07,160
Speaker 1: Paul George is playing the best basketball he's played in

448
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Speaker 1: a couple of years. Maxie is a legit superstar Embiid

449
00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:17,560
Speaker 1: was unreal in the Celtics series and Edgecomb talk, by

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Speaker 1: the way, talk about a top four of a draft. Cooper,

451
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Speaker 1: Dylan Harper, Edgecombe, con Kinipple like, Yeah, all those guys

452
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Speaker 1: look like future, if not already stars. So I'm not

453
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Speaker 1: I am not going to overreact to Game one. But

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Speaker 1: if you're a Knicks fan, I do think that right

455
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Speaker 1: now you are feeling as good as you have felt

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Speaker 1: about your team. Well you you know what, let me,

457
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Speaker 1: I don't want to Probably the best Knicks fans have

458
00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:03,400
Speaker 1: felt about their team in the last twenty years was

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Speaker 1: after they beat Boston in Round two last year. But

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00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:09,760
Speaker 1: this is because you thought you were gonna beat the

461
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Speaker 1: Pacers and go to the finals. This is creeping up

462
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Speaker 1: on that and listen and you should, all right, demanse,

463
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Speaker 1: let's go to the Lakers and OKC and other Lakers stuff.

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Speaker 2: Chances are if you had Houston over Lakers, you probably

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Speaker 2: have OKC over Lakers. JJ Reddick called them one of

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Speaker 2: the greatest teams ever. To make things worse, it sounds

467
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Speaker 2: like they're gonna bet without Luca, at least in the

468
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Speaker 2: early part of the series. What chance are you giving

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Speaker 2: Lebron and the Lakers to go up against the Thunder.

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Speaker 1: Listen, if Luca doesn't come back in short order, They

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Speaker 1: they it would be one of the most stunning upsets

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Speaker 1: in the history of the NBA if they were to

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Speaker 1: do this. They looked like it looked like it'd be

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Speaker 1: a stunning up set if they had Luca. I mean,

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Speaker 1: they got annihilated by the Thunder every time they played

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Speaker 1: them this year. I mean, Lebron is the Lakers are

477
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Speaker 1: fifteen and a half point dogs tonight. It's the biggest

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Speaker 1: underdog Lebron's ever been in the history of not just

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Speaker 1: playoff history, in his whole career. So I'll talk more

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Speaker 1: about this series in a moment, but I do want

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Speaker 1: to spend a few minutes here and a reminder everybody,

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Speaker 1: by the way, like rate subscribe review. I guess we

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Speaker 1: have a poll in the chat couple of them who

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Speaker 1: will win the West Thunder forty six percent, Timberwolves thirty

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Speaker 1: four percent, Lakers ten percent, Spurs ten percent. That feels Listen,

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Speaker 1: that feels a little low on the Spurs. I'll be

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Speaker 1: totally honest with you, even though I like the Timberwlves

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Speaker 1: chances in this round. And who will win the East

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Speaker 1: the Knicks with a resounding seventy one percent, six ors

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Speaker 1: fourteen percent, of the Pistons Cabs the Forgotten Series ten

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Speaker 1: and five percent, respectively. But yeah, it helps U out.

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Speaker 1: You like rate subscribe with you, so please do that.

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Speaker 1: So I want to talk a little Lakers Rockets, and

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Speaker 1: I want to tell you guys something that I haven't

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Speaker 1: I haven't told anybody. I haven't well, I haven't said

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Speaker 1: it on this and I haven't said it on the air.

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Speaker 1: So last week, when I kept saying, there is simply

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Speaker 1: no chance that Lebron allows what could be the final

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Speaker 1: any playoff series Lebron plays, could be the final playoff

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Speaker 1: series of his career, and I said, there is simply

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Speaker 1: no chance that Lebron allows what might be his final

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Speaker 1: time in the playoffs to end with the first ever

503
00:35:58,520 --> 00:36:02,600
Speaker 1: blown three to zero lead. And I really made it

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Speaker 1: as simple as that. I gave no equivocation. I gave

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Speaker 1: no But if it happens, keep in mind they were

506
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Speaker 1: huge dogs, or you know, had they just not stolen

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Speaker 1: Game three and they were only up to one, no

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Speaker 1: one would have killed him for it. I really put

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Speaker 1: all the chips in that part of the table. It's

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Speaker 1: not happening. Lebron won't allow it. And I had folks

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Speaker 1: reach out to me, not folks, not like folks close

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00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:46,160
Speaker 1: to Lebron, not like Lebron's people, but just athletes that

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00:36:46,239 --> 00:36:55,680
Speaker 1: are Lebron fans and colleagues, saying, Nick, I can't believe

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Speaker 1: you are butchering this strategically. I can't believe you are

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00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:11,160
Speaker 1: setting yourself and by proxy, Lebron up that if they

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Speaker 1: were to do it. You are saying it's impossible. You

517
00:37:16,040 --> 00:37:19,000
Speaker 1: are basically saying it would be a huge blemish on

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Speaker 1: the resume. You are giving real ammo to the folks

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00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:27,640
Speaker 1: that if the Lakers blow this, will use that to

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00:37:27,719 --> 00:37:32,560
Speaker 1: try to disqualify him from any goat discussions. They'll bring

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00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:36,000
Speaker 1: this up, you know, first and foremost, or in short order.

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00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:42,319
Speaker 1: And my response across the board was I don't care

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Speaker 1: that I am because it's impossible that it happens. And

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Speaker 1: that is the part that made Game six so fun

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00:37:55,920 --> 00:38:04,680
Speaker 1: to watch was it was a little reminder that even

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Speaker 1: at age forty one in year twenty three, unless he

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Speaker 1: is up against a truly great team, Lebron is still

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Speaker 1: one of the only athletes in the world who can

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Speaker 1: say not today, maybe tomorrow, but not fucking today. And

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Speaker 1: for him to put up twenty eight, seven to eight

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Speaker 1: while controlling every aspect of the game, being the defensive

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Speaker 1: coordinator essentially, and the Rockets score seventy eight points, and

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Speaker 1: Lebron is in such control and such a flow state

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Speaker 1: of the series that he led both teams in points,

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Speaker 1: both teams and assists. And he is right now by

536
00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:14,760
Speaker 1: a mile leading all playoff players in mimeable on court moments.

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00:39:15,640 --> 00:39:21,360
Speaker 1: Whether it's telling shingoon everyone's allowed to complain about, flopping

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00:39:21,440 --> 00:39:25,640
Speaker 1: butt you not you, Whether it's the moment with the kid,

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00:39:26,719 --> 00:39:32,000
Speaker 1: all of it, he just whether the clip of right

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00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:37,360
Speaker 1: before he got these series, flipping steel and then three

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Speaker 1: to tie it in Game three, telling his teammates lock

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Speaker 1: the fuck in, I'm locked in. I know it sounds corny.

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00:39:47,520 --> 00:39:55,640
Speaker 1: I don't care. You are watching the last moments of

544
00:39:55,840 --> 00:39:59,879
Speaker 1: all time greatness from the greatest athlete to ever live.

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00:40:01,480 --> 00:40:04,160
Speaker 1: You want to argue about who the greatest NBA player is.

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00:40:04,239 --> 00:40:07,120
Speaker 1: It's a dumb argument. People won't believe it was an argument.

547
00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:10,200
Speaker 1: In thirty years. People will think it's laughable that this

548
00:40:10,360 --> 00:40:13,239
Speaker 1: was such a hot button issue. But go ahead and

549
00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:17,360
Speaker 1: argue it. So not argue about who the greatest athlete is.

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00:40:18,840 --> 00:40:22,160
Speaker 1: This guy's still as fast as anybody on the court,

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00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:25,439
Speaker 1: as strong as anybody on the court, and has more

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Speaker 1: athletic stamina than just about anybody on the court. Oh

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Speaker 1: but Nick, he's wearing down all the games every other day. Now,

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Speaker 1: who looked more tired? Himmer Shingoon? Tell me who looked

555
00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:43,360
Speaker 1: more locked in him? Or with respect? And I like

556
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Speaker 1: the player Jabari Smith Junior who couldn't stop talking about

557
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Speaker 1: how much better his.

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Speaker 2: Team was always looks tired.

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Speaker 1: Well, he's not supposed to. And I'm gonna say one

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00:40:56,120 --> 00:41:01,360
Speaker 1: other thing here, Demons about that series. I'm really bummed

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00:41:01,440 --> 00:41:04,959
Speaker 1: Luca's hurt, and I do think the Lakers at full

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00:41:05,040 --> 00:41:10,840
Speaker 1: strength could have been interesting. But I always say I

563
00:41:10,880 --> 00:41:13,640
Speaker 1: owe the audience honesty, and so I will give them honesty.

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00:41:15,640 --> 00:41:21,840
Speaker 1: Watching that Lakers Rocket series, I did find myself a

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Speaker 1: little grateful that we got to see at least one

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Speaker 1: more time because I don't know where Lebron's playing next year.

567
00:41:30,640 --> 00:41:33,359
Speaker 1: I don't know what the circumstances will be, and at

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00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:38,120
Speaker 1: forty one years old and year twenty three, anything can happen.

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Speaker 1: Injury wise where you don't play again. And I found

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Speaker 1: myself so grateful that for one more playoff series we

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Speaker 1: got to see Alfa Lebron. It's my team, it's my show.

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00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:03,680
Speaker 1: I will dictate every repossession and it's win or lose.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna flow through me. Because if it wasn't for

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Speaker 1: the Austin and certainly the Luca injuries, what we would

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Speaker 1: have seen this playoff run, and maybe it would have

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Speaker 1: been a longer run, and maybe it would have been

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Speaker 1: cooler in a different way to see him take on,

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Speaker 1: you know, really embrace that Swiss army knife role. It

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Speaker 1: would have been that way over qualified third option Lebron,

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Speaker 1: which was cool to watch, and I give him credit

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Speaker 1: for accepting. But seeing one more series where it was

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Speaker 1: all all run, everything on offense, guys, follow me. Something

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00:42:50,440 --> 00:42:54,560
Speaker 1: we've been watching in the playoffs for nearly a quarter

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Speaker 1: century now, just as a sports fan, was absolutely and

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Speaker 1: I loved it, and I you know, there are little

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00:43:09,600 --> 00:43:22,480
Speaker 1: moments where the what does Wendy always say? Gosh darn it.

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00:43:23,640 --> 00:43:26,520
Speaker 1: Brian Windhors has a great line. It's not actions speak

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00:43:26,600 --> 00:43:29,719
Speaker 1: louder than words, but it's a it's a better line.

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00:43:29,719 --> 00:43:32,360
Speaker 1: It's one that I heard from him, But it means

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Speaker 1: the same thing. It means actions speak louder than words,

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Speaker 1: and there are a little actions over words, is what

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Speaker 1: he says. Like the teams can say, players can say things,

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Speaker 1: but then see what they actually do and just like

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Speaker 1: folks can you know, try to convince themselves. Oh, Jordan's

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Speaker 1: not worried about Lebron. Jordan's not worried about this that

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Speaker 1: we all know that Jordan agreed to them making the

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Speaker 1: last dance the day of the Cavs Championship parade in

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Speaker 1: twenty sixteen. It's like, yeah, there's a little something there.

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00:44:10,960 --> 00:44:15,480
Speaker 1: I also get a little warm and fuzzy. I'm not

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Speaker 1: gonna lie over the fact that this playoff run and

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Speaker 1: Lebron throwing alley oops to his son and hitting series

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Speaker 1: ending essentially threes has been the thing where Skip just

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00:44:35,680 --> 00:44:37,960
Speaker 1: couldn't take it anymore. He's like, fuck that, I'm back

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Speaker 1: on TV Friday. Me and Steve like me, like, you

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Speaker 1: know what, you know what? What's that after game two,

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Speaker 1: Game two of thunder Lakers, Lebron's gonna be down two. Oh,

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Speaker 1: somebody get me to Bristol. I gotta do it. It's

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Speaker 1: so funny it's so good. I mean, and watching watching

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Speaker 1: these folks when they thought the Lakers had no hot

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Speaker 1: shot in round one, you know, saying, oh, yeah, if

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Speaker 1: Lebron does that, then finally maybe I'll consider him the

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Speaker 1: go and then while he was doing it, then being like, actually,

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Speaker 1: change of heart, not that impressive. The Rockets are just

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Speaker 1: a travesty. And then another change of heart when they

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Speaker 1: thought he might lose the series, like, you know what,

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Speaker 1: new Lean, Lebron must win and if he doesn't, disqualified.

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Speaker 1: And then when he does win, it all right, how

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Speaker 1: about this? That was more about Kevin Durant and the

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Speaker 1: Rockets and whatever. Go beat the thunder. Let's see you.

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Speaker 1: Let's see you go beat the thunder, big fella. It's

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Speaker 1: just so. And then and then in as an added bonus,

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Speaker 1: when asked for some okay, well let's just say somehow

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Speaker 1: they do beat the thunder, the response is no. Even then,

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Speaker 1: still not the goat. It's it's inconceivable.

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Speaker 2: This one would be impeachable. You can't.

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Speaker 1: No, this is impossible. I don't want to call it impossible,

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Speaker 1: but it would be. This would be in line with

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Speaker 1: anything uh he's ever done in his career, not just

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Speaker 1: any non championship, any championship as far as the impressiveness

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Speaker 1: of it.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, this would be Would this be greater than

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Speaker 2: the three you want to come back to the Warriors?

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Speaker 1: It was, it would be in line with it, it'd be,

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Speaker 1: I mean, just because the Thunder are such a great

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Speaker 1: team and Luca is not there. Now. Listen, this is

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Speaker 1: the Lakers path if they have one, is winning tonight,

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Speaker 1: winning tonight and then Luca being backed by game four.

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Speaker 1: To me, those are both prerequisites to anything that there

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00:47:43,200 --> 00:47:47,799
Speaker 1: is a bit of. The Lakers are rested, but not

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00:47:48,320 --> 00:47:50,920
Speaker 1: you know, but they they played Friday the Thunder, I

641
00:47:50,920 --> 00:47:53,640
Speaker 1: haven't played in a week that you know, they may

642
00:47:53,640 --> 00:47:59,800
Speaker 1: be it's that would be the path, But Luca doesn't

643
00:47:59,800 --> 00:48:02,799
Speaker 1: look like he's anywhere close to being back. If I

644
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Speaker 1: were the Minister of Spanish medicine, I'd be considering suing

645
00:48:06,719 --> 00:48:10,960
Speaker 1: Luca for how much he's hurt our country's reputation. Everybody

646
00:48:10,960 --> 00:48:13,080
Speaker 1: thought he was going over there to just you know,

647
00:48:13,200 --> 00:48:16,920
Speaker 1: be quick back. Instead, Boston Reeves stayed local. He's playing

648
00:48:17,160 --> 00:48:20,759
Speaker 1: Anthony Edwards. We watched his nego backwards. He just hung out.

649
00:48:20,800 --> 00:48:29,319
Speaker 1: He's playing, and so I'm just I think that this

650
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Speaker 1: is probably it's probably OKAYC in five, that's probably what

651
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652
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Speaker 1: And I'm excited to see how JJ. This is a

653
00:48:49,280 --> 00:48:53,719
Speaker 1: great JJ Reddick moment as well, like, hey, you are

654
00:48:53,960 --> 00:48:58,680
Speaker 1: outmanned and out gone, bro, Let's see how it goes.

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Speaker 1: you here your actual team, my adopted team for the year,

671
00:49:48,800 --> 00:49:54,080
Speaker 1: the Boston Celtics. Yep, they blew a three to one lead. Yeah,

672
00:49:54,440 --> 00:49:58,680
Speaker 1: your thoughts on how it happened, why it happened, and who,

673
00:49:58,719 --> 00:50:00,440
Speaker 1: if anyone your most ag agree with.

674
00:50:03,320 --> 00:50:05,440
Speaker 2: I guess it was just I'm most angry with. It

675
00:50:05,480 --> 00:50:08,040
Speaker 2: would have to be Miszoulla, I imagine, because it's like,

676
00:50:08,080 --> 00:50:11,080
Speaker 2: we got to change up the game plan. Maybe not

677
00:50:11,200 --> 00:50:12,920
Speaker 2: the line up, just change up what it is that

678
00:50:12,960 --> 00:50:17,280
Speaker 2: we're doing the players. It's a little frustrating too, because

679
00:50:17,400 --> 00:50:19,880
Speaker 2: I mean, you could have just go to the bucket.

680
00:50:20,160 --> 00:50:23,279
Speaker 2: Three to one to Philly is bad. But with the

681
00:50:23,280 --> 00:50:27,160
Speaker 2: full team that they have, the seventy six ers, I

682
00:50:27,160 --> 00:50:30,120
Speaker 2: think it's it's I'm not sick about it. It's going

683
00:50:30,200 --> 00:50:32,000
Speaker 2: to force them to change something. They got to make

684
00:50:32,040 --> 00:50:34,080
Speaker 2: some changes. I think the system will change up. We'll

685
00:50:34,080 --> 00:50:39,719
Speaker 2: come back next year. But but Jalen Brown, I'm just

686
00:50:39,760 --> 00:50:42,640
Speaker 2: gonna go ahead and get to like that. I a man.

687
00:50:43,840 --> 00:50:45,799
Speaker 2: I don't know about that guy, and I don't know

688
00:50:45,800 --> 00:50:47,840
Speaker 2: if I wanted to be on the Celtics moving forward.

689
00:50:47,880 --> 00:50:50,719
Speaker 2: It's just like no offense, dude. But you just say

690
00:50:50,760 --> 00:50:52,720
Speaker 2: too much stuff and it's like, what are you talking about?

691
00:50:53,120 --> 00:50:57,399
Speaker 2: How was this year possibly your favorite year? You guys

692
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Speaker 2: won the finals A couple of years ago and you're

693
00:50:59,560 --> 00:51:03,279
Speaker 2: running was recovering from his torn achilles. How could this

694
00:51:03,320 --> 00:51:07,080
Speaker 2: possibly be your favorite year? But yeah, I think that

695
00:51:07,160 --> 00:51:08,879
Speaker 2: something needs to change, and I think that we get

696
00:51:08,880 --> 00:51:10,360
Speaker 2: some stuff for Jayleen Brown. I don't know how the

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00:51:10,400 --> 00:51:11,640
Speaker 2: contracts and all that stuff works.

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Speaker 1: Like I said before, Well you I'll tell you. I'll

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Speaker 1: tell you one a trade that let me just tell

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Speaker 1: you a very very simple one that I set on

701
00:51:19,920 --> 00:51:25,239
Speaker 1: TV yesterday. No picks, no extra players, one for one.

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00:51:25,480 --> 00:51:29,600
Speaker 1: Tell me if you'd be interested. Jalen Brown for Giannis.

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Speaker 2: Oh what what? Yes?

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Speaker 1: Awesome? Okay, all right, I mean that's the So here's

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00:51:42,040 --> 00:51:46,480
Speaker 1: another another trade that for the Celtics effectively works the

706
00:51:46,520 --> 00:51:51,719
Speaker 1: exact same, because there's a possibility that the Bucks are like, yeah,

707
00:51:51,719 --> 00:51:55,920
Speaker 1: we don't We're actually not trying to, you know, be mediocre.

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00:51:56,000 --> 00:52:01,560
Speaker 1: We need to bottom out and rebuild. Yep, Jalen Brown

709
00:52:02,200 --> 00:52:05,400
Speaker 1: to Atlanta, who I think would he would be a

710
00:52:05,600 --> 00:52:12,960
Speaker 1: perfect fit there and they'd be really good. Atlanta sends Dyson, Daniels,

711
00:52:13,280 --> 00:52:19,160
Speaker 1: Ree Sachet a bunch of picks to Milwaukee, including Atlanta

712
00:52:19,239 --> 00:52:24,480
Speaker 1: controls Milwaukee's pick next year, so Milwaukee gets their own pickback,

713
00:52:24,520 --> 00:52:29,480
Speaker 1: which is valuable, and then Jannis to Boston. That to

714
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Speaker 1: me is a really interesting setup. And I so I

715
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Speaker 1: want to talk about all of this for a minute.

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Speaker 1: Will do Brown, then we'll do Missoula, then we'll do Tatum.

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Speaker 1: I Jalen Brown is like such an interesting NBA character

718
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Speaker 1: because he is an incredibly right guy. He is an

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Speaker 1: incredibly thoughtful guy. The off court causes that he cares

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Speaker 1: about I think are hugely important, and I think he

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00:53:14,960 --> 00:53:20,200
Speaker 1: does really like impactful, smart things. I think all of

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Speaker 1: that's true. I also think he says some of the

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00:53:25,719 --> 00:53:33,960
Speaker 1: goofiest stuff I've ever heard, Like in that stream he

724
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Speaker 1: talked about how it's just very clear to him the

725
00:53:38,080 --> 00:53:43,640
Speaker 1: NBA has an agenda out to get him personally with

726
00:53:43,760 --> 00:53:48,920
Speaker 1: the pushoffs because he's criticized the refs in the past

727
00:53:49,920 --> 00:53:53,680
Speaker 1: like that. Obviously there's not a big conspiracy against Jalen Brown.

728
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Speaker 1: So I thought that was weird. I thought the decision

729
00:54:01,320 --> 00:54:06,000
Speaker 1: to do that Twitch stream with those dudes just standing

730
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Speaker 1: silently behind you for a lot of it all where

731
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Speaker 1: like who, no, I mean just who it was just

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Speaker 1: one of them is like a Celtics Twitter guy. That

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Speaker 1: was that was odd, And your point about him saying

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Speaker 1: it was his favorite year ever. All year long, he

735
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Speaker 1: really leaned into how much Funny was having. It felt

736
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Speaker 1: like maybe he was leaning into it a touch too

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Speaker 1: much given the circumstances.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's like, dude, the guy tore his a kid, Like,

739
00:54:40,239 --> 00:54:41,200
Speaker 2: what's going on? Man?

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Speaker 1: So like even if deep down you did feel like

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Speaker 1: you know what, I knew I could be the number

742
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Speaker 1: one option, even if deep down he's like, man, I'm

743
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Speaker 1: better than Tatum. I was here first. I've sacrificed for

744
00:54:55,600 --> 00:54:59,040
Speaker 1: such a smart guy. You've got to know, don't say

745
00:54:59,040 --> 00:55:01,000
Speaker 1: that shit, don't do that.

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Speaker 2: Like the it kind of seems like it seems like

747
00:55:05,440 --> 00:55:08,279
Speaker 2: he wants Hew, like he he might want some change

748
00:55:08,360 --> 00:55:10,759
Speaker 2: himself on his own team. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I think it's absolutely on the board. I think it

750
00:55:13,440 --> 00:55:15,760
Speaker 1: is absolutely on the board. He wants his own team.

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Speaker 1: And by the way that I wouldn't I wouldn't blame

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Speaker 1: him for that. Like some day he's like, uh, I'm on,

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Speaker 1: you know, I've made all the money. I'm gonna keep

754
00:55:25,120 --> 00:55:27,520
Speaker 1: making the money. I've won a championship, I've won a

755
00:55:27,520 --> 00:55:31,120
Speaker 1: finals MVP. Like I'd like to go try to But

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Speaker 1: it's just I think the way he's handled it is odd.

757
00:55:34,520 --> 00:55:41,200
Speaker 1: I also don't I don't think he is quite as

758
00:55:41,239 --> 00:55:45,040
Speaker 1: good as he thinks he is. Does that make sense?

759
00:55:45,120 --> 00:55:51,200
Speaker 1: Like I think he is. Again, don't put this, don't

760
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Speaker 1: do one of like our list things on Twitter here

761
00:55:53,239 --> 00:55:55,520
Speaker 1: because I'm really doing this top of my head. But

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Speaker 1: if I were like ranking players in the league, you

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00:56:00,080 --> 00:56:10,640
Speaker 1: have your big five foreign guys in Shaye, Jokic, Luca, Wimby, Yannis,

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Speaker 1: that are the five best guys. And then again not

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Speaker 1: the order, but Aunt Tatum, I think Cade, Brunson, Maxie

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Speaker 1: you know, are in that next group mix. And then

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Speaker 1: after that is when I would start to consider Jalen

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Speaker 1: Brown in the Steph and bid Lebron.

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Speaker 2: Is he better than Stephen Curry right now?

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Speaker 1: Yes, just and it's tough like but in that Kawhi

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Speaker 1: in that mix of guys, so you know, somewhere from

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Speaker 1: eleventh to seventeenth or something again, a great player. I'm

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Speaker 1: saying you might be able to trade him straight up

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Speaker 1: for Giannis. But I you know, he said he's the

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00:57:01,160 --> 00:57:04,640
Speaker 1: best two way player in the league other than Wimby,

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Speaker 1: and I think that's too much. I think that's too much.

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Speaker 1: I just don't think that's true.

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Speaker 2: On the stream. I hear that part.

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Speaker 1: No, he said that back in January.

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00:57:14,200 --> 00:57:17,120
Speaker 2: Okay, I think.

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Speaker 1: He said I'm the best two way human being, which

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00:57:20,320 --> 00:57:24,280
Speaker 1: was because he was calling Wimby an alien. Yeah, and

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00:57:24,360 --> 00:57:30,400
Speaker 1: so I so there's that. Now. I want to do

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00:57:30,480 --> 00:57:37,320
Speaker 1: Missoula because there's two pieces. First one was this, There

785
00:57:37,400 --> 00:57:42,720
Speaker 1: is simply no no explanation whatsoever for starting Ron Harper junior.

786
00:57:42,800 --> 00:57:46,280
Speaker 1: And I'm not picking on him, but starting him in

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00:57:46,400 --> 00:57:51,520
Speaker 1: Game seven of a series. He started a lineup that

788
00:57:51,640 --> 00:57:57,720
Speaker 1: had played zero minutes together all year. That's bizarre, especially

789
00:57:57,760 --> 00:58:01,040
Speaker 1: to Mon's A. One could argue there might not have

790
00:58:01,080 --> 00:58:05,160
Speaker 1: been a team in NBA history that should have been

791
00:58:05,200 --> 00:58:09,440
Speaker 1: more prepared for a Game seven without their best player

792
00:58:09,480 --> 00:58:12,400
Speaker 1: than this year Celtics, who played the whole damn year

793
00:58:12,440 --> 00:58:16,280
Speaker 1: without their best player. They had plenty of reps of

794
00:58:16,400 --> 00:58:21,720
Speaker 1: not having the best guy. And then the stylistic three

795
00:58:21,800 --> 00:58:27,760
Speaker 1: is worth more than two stuff. I I just if

796
00:58:27,800 --> 00:58:33,520
Speaker 1: you are running the Celtics, you do have to ask yourself,

797
00:58:34,600 --> 00:58:42,120
Speaker 1: are we doing our team a disservice by adding this

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00:58:42,480 --> 00:58:51,320
Speaker 1: much variance to how we play in the playoffs? Because

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00:58:51,360 --> 00:59:00,680
Speaker 1: this team had been living in the conference finals seventeen

800
00:59:00,840 --> 00:59:06,280
Speaker 1: conference finals twenty eighteen Conference Finals, twenty twenty Conference Finals,

801
00:59:06,560 --> 00:59:11,760
Speaker 1: twenty twenty one or twenty twenty two, pardon me, NBA Finals,

802
00:59:12,040 --> 00:59:18,360
Speaker 1: twenty twenty three Conference Finals, twenty twenty four Conference Finals,

803
00:59:19,360 --> 00:59:21,560
Speaker 1: and last year they lose in round two. This year

804
00:59:21,560 --> 00:59:26,560
Speaker 1: they lose in round one. Under Missoula, they have a

805
00:59:26,680 --> 00:59:31,600
Speaker 1: championship where they kicked everyone's ass and they deserve huge,

806
00:59:31,720 --> 00:59:40,840
Speaker 1: huge credit for it. They also have the first year

807
00:59:40,920 --> 00:59:47,280
Speaker 1: under Missoula, struggling round one with Atlanta, are down three

808
00:59:47,320 --> 00:59:50,760
Speaker 1: to two in round two to Philly, and then lose

809
00:59:51,440 --> 00:59:54,360
Speaker 1: the conference finals to and eight seed where they're down

810
00:59:54,440 --> 01:00:00,720
Speaker 1: three to zero. Last year shockingly upset by the Knicks

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Speaker 1: after leading games one and two by twenty points each

812
01:00:04,320 --> 01:00:08,480
Speaker 1: and never stopping shooting threes, and now this year blowing

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Speaker 1: a three to one lead. That's on the resume, And

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Speaker 1: so that part has to be I think, looked at.

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Speaker 1: And then I want to say the Tatum piece. So

816
01:00:31,760 --> 01:00:37,720
Speaker 1: so I'm very fond of Jason Tatum, and I have

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Speaker 1: found myself, particularly with how he has handled this injury

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Speaker 1: and the vulnerability he has shown in being totally transparent

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Speaker 1: about the process and all of that, to be incredibly

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Speaker 1: endearing and very unique, and I have found myself really

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Speaker 1: really rooting for him. It's probably one of the reasons

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01:00:59,680 --> 01:01:04,120
Speaker 1: I picked Selics win the title was I I thought

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01:01:04,120 --> 01:01:06,520
Speaker 1: it would be an unbelievable story, and I obviously thought

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Speaker 1: they could. During that game seven Demanse, I realized while

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Speaker 1: I was watching it, even though I had bet Boston

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Speaker 1: to win the championship, I had picked him. I was

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Speaker 1: kind of rooting for Philly because I didn't. Once I

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Speaker 1: heard Tatum's other calf was sore, I got very nervous

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Speaker 1: on his behalf. Yeah, that something truly catastrophic was gonna

830
01:01:48,280 --> 01:01:53,840
Speaker 1: happen if the Celtics advanced that he would, you know,

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Speaker 1: be back in the playoffs. It's the other leg. And

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01:01:59,000 --> 01:02:02,640
Speaker 1: then it that to me was confirmed somewhat when he

833
01:02:02,760 --> 01:02:05,439
Speaker 1: said afterwards He's like, yeah, one leg is only eighty

834
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Speaker 1: percent as big as the other and all of that,

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Speaker 1: And so I do think there is if you're a

836
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Speaker 1: Celtics fan, a you know again that Cormack McCarthy quote

837
01:02:18,680 --> 01:02:22,360
Speaker 1: that I bring up all the time, never underestimate the

838
01:02:22,520 --> 01:02:25,800
Speaker 1: awful luck that your bad luck saved you from. It

839
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Speaker 1: feels like bad luck that, Oh my god, Tatum misses

840
01:02:31,680 --> 01:02:36,680
Speaker 1: Game seven, Prichard misses that open corner three, we blow it,

841
01:02:37,000 --> 01:02:42,400
Speaker 1: and our season's over. Maybe it's not. Maybe now, getting

842
01:02:42,440 --> 01:02:46,480
Speaker 1: your best player and your franchise player five months to

843
01:02:46,880 --> 01:02:50,600
Speaker 1: get to true full strength and get all the way

844
01:02:50,640 --> 01:02:52,959
Speaker 1: back to where he is seeing with.

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Speaker 2: That play style'll get you. I don't know. Yeah, the

846
01:02:56,160 --> 01:02:59,360
Speaker 2: bound to do something different, I imagine I would.

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01:02:59,440 --> 01:03:02,840
Speaker 1: I think that that's right. And I also and then

848
01:03:02,920 --> 01:03:07,160
Speaker 1: here's one other critique of Missoula. I didn't you know,

849
01:03:07,320 --> 01:03:10,920
Speaker 1: I didn't visually clock the difference in the look on

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Speaker 1: Tatum's you know, size of his legs. But obviously the

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Speaker 1: Celtics knew every step of the way where he was

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Speaker 1: rehab wise, and he was playing great. But if you

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Speaker 1: know he's he's like, he's literally not far enough along

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Speaker 1: to where his you know, his leg has regained its

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Speaker 1: full size. The fact that since April first, he's fifth

856
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Speaker 1: in the NBA in minutes per game, it's pretty wild.

857
01:03:43,400 --> 01:03:47,360
Speaker 1: And that he was playing forty minute games, you know

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Speaker 1: that they didn't ease him in more. To me, it

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Speaker 1: was stunning how good he was and how much close

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Speaker 1: to one hundred percent he looked. But that was probably

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Speaker 1: a mistake as well. All right, Demanse, let's talk about

862
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Speaker 1: some of the teams that lost and what their paths are.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so these teams got some big decisions to make

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Speaker 2: after their first round exits. So my Celtics have the

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Speaker 2: problems that we just discuss with keeping the Jalen Brown

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Speaker 2: Jason Tatum together. Shams has reported that Jokic is the

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Speaker 2: only untouchable player in Denver. Houston has a Kevin Durant

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Speaker 2: decision to make. In Orlando obviously just fired their head coach.

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Speaker 2: Who do you think should blow it up? And who's

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Speaker 2: running back?

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Speaker 1: All right, Orlando, they played the single worst half of

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Speaker 1: basketball I've ever seen, the four for thirty seven in

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Speaker 1: a closeout game. I also think that they are just

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Speaker 1: you know, they're gonna run it back with a new

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Speaker 1: head coach and hope guys evolve offensively, that Franz gets healthy,

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01:04:47,680 --> 01:04:51,280
Speaker 1: that Pallo, who's good, gets a little better. So Orlando

877
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Speaker 1: is just gonna run back with a new head coach.

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Speaker 1: I think Boston's gonna make major changes, And I to

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01:04:56,680 --> 01:04:59,160
Speaker 1: your point what we were just discussing. I think a

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01:04:59,280 --> 01:05:07,480
Speaker 1: Jalen Brown t is very on the board. Houston cannot

881
01:05:07,560 --> 01:05:11,280
Speaker 1: run it back, and I don't know what they do

882
01:05:12,280 --> 01:05:18,560
Speaker 1: because here's the tricky thing. Who is like, you know

883
01:05:18,640 --> 01:05:23,040
Speaker 1: what sounds fun? You know what I want to do?

884
01:05:24,720 --> 01:05:27,440
Speaker 1: Take my ride on the Kevin Durant roller coaster.

885
01:05:28,040 --> 01:05:28,800
Speaker 2: Yeah.

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01:05:29,200 --> 01:05:33,400
Speaker 1: Still a great player and a player I like, but

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01:05:36,320 --> 01:05:47,000
Speaker 1: the fact that he is just so unhappy everywhere and

888
01:05:47,040 --> 01:05:51,160
Speaker 1: it does create a bit of a toxic work environment.

889
01:05:52,320 --> 01:05:55,640
Speaker 1: I don't know who's going to convince themselves we can

890
01:05:55,720 --> 01:06:04,960
Speaker 1: change him. And so if he doesn't have huge trade value,

891
01:06:05,320 --> 01:06:08,840
Speaker 1: then do you just punt on the young guys and

892
01:06:08,880 --> 01:06:11,440
Speaker 1: flip shingoon and go do that. I don't know. I'm

893
01:06:11,480 --> 01:06:15,520
Speaker 1: sure they will consider trading for Yannis, but I just

894
01:06:17,000 --> 01:06:19,480
Speaker 1: I and maybe Yannis is such a good leader that

895
01:06:19,560 --> 01:06:22,680
Speaker 1: would you know, that would be enough and KD can

896
01:06:22,760 --> 01:06:26,200
Speaker 1: take on maybe his ultimate role, which is the most

897
01:06:26,400 --> 01:06:30,600
Speaker 1: overqualified number two of all time, and that's where he's

898
01:06:30,640 --> 01:06:35,080
Speaker 1: been his best. But I think they're in a tricky spot.

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Speaker 1: And Denver might be in the trickiest because they had

900
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Speaker 1: a seven year championship window and they only came close

901
01:06:48,240 --> 01:06:51,840
Speaker 1: the one time they won it. Twenty twenty. They're in

902
01:06:51,880 --> 01:06:56,720
Speaker 1: the conference finals. They are not, but they're the windows

903
01:06:56,760 --> 01:07:00,160
Speaker 1: open with the Lakers, you know, kill him in that series.

904
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Speaker 1: Twenty one playoffs, Jamal Murray blows his ACL so that

905
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Speaker 1: playoffs is dead and twenty two is dead. Twenty three

906
01:07:07,560 --> 01:07:11,960
Speaker 1: you win the title, twenty four you probably should have

907
01:07:12,040 --> 01:07:16,760
Speaker 1: defended your title, and the Timberwolves absolutely stun you at

908
01:07:16,760 --> 01:07:19,840
Speaker 1: a home game seven. Twenty twenty five, you're not as

909
01:07:19,880 --> 01:07:22,080
Speaker 1: good as the thunder and twenty twenty six you go

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01:07:22,160 --> 01:07:27,760
Speaker 1: out sad, and so they need to retool it. They'll

911
01:07:27,760 --> 01:07:36,480
Speaker 1: also I bet Demon's call. I bet there is a

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Speaker 1: Jamal Murray Jalen Brown discussion. But I don't think the

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Speaker 1: Celtics take that. I don't think the I don't know.

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Speaker 2: I don't think that necessarily honestly, but I wouldn't hate it,

915
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Speaker 2: just not the fact that I don't think Jalen Brown

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Speaker 2: wants to play on the team. So it's like, whoever

917
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Speaker 2: we get over there, it's like, I'll.

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Speaker 1: Take it again as long as right, as long as

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01:07:56,960 --> 01:08:00,120
Speaker 1: there's a But I just don't think Jalen Brown. I

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01:08:00,200 --> 01:08:03,800
Speaker 1: do think is he's certainly more available, and he's more

921
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Speaker 1: you know, as far as injury wise. But I think

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Speaker 1: the sorry Daniel, I think the Nuggets are in a

923
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Speaker 1: very precarious spot. They are the best player in the world,

924
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Speaker 1: but they're in a very precarious spot, all right. The

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Speaker 1: oh they're reminding me so oh. The hard Rock's got

926
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Speaker 1: the Laker odds, Lakers thunder and a gentleman's sweep is

927
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Speaker 1: plus two ten. I will not be betting against the Lakers, guys.

928
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Speaker 1: I can tell you what I think is gonna happen,

929
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Speaker 1: and I will be rooting like hell every single night

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Speaker 1: to be wrong. Uh, And so I appreciate that. I

931
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Speaker 1: mean that is again, if I was a soulless better

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Speaker 1: that was just trying like that's probably the direction I

933
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Speaker 1: would take on it. But no, all right, so tonight

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Speaker 1: we've got calvs. Pistons. Very interested in if both of

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Speaker 1: these teams look more like their regular season selves than

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Speaker 1: their playoffs selves, because neither of these teams has looked

937
01:09:14,040 --> 01:09:20,160
Speaker 1: inspiring this postseason. And then Lakers Thunder, where you see

938
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Speaker 1: if lebron can pull off a miracle. Austin did look

939
01:09:23,280 --> 01:09:28,200
Speaker 1: a little more spry in that game six, which is

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Speaker 1: something to watch for. All right, great job demands great.

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much to hard Rock Bet and to Boost.

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much to Blue Duck and volume. I

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Speaker 1: gotta go do Coward Show. Also, by the way, not

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Speaker 1: to promote other podcasts on this podcast, but I'm on

945
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Speaker 1: Simmons tonight and so that'll be all that'll be on

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Speaker 1: tomorrow morning. And I am again. I don't know if

947
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Speaker 1: Bill's listening or watching right now. It's early out West,

948
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Speaker 1: but I am going to demand that he reconvenes the

949
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Speaker 1: Ringer one hundred and makes them keep voting until they

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Speaker 1: have Lebron ahead of all the old guys who are

951
01:10:07,000 --> 01:10:11,040
Speaker 1: not still playing in the playoffs. Seeing Lebron behind Durant,

952
01:10:11,280 --> 01:10:15,240
Speaker 1: Kawhi and staff all year long, enough is enough. I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna demand Bill fix that, so you guys can check

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Speaker 1: that out tomorrow morning. All right, talk to you guys later.

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Speaker 2: What's right,