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Speaker 1: Well, well, well, the NBA is back in business kind

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Speaker 1: of because teams have conducted media days. Although media Day

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Speaker 1: We were really really counting on some kind of dynamic

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Speaker 1: have officially opened and we're still getting ready for the

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Speaker 1: twenty three twenty four season. As we break down our

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Speaker 1: Central Division expectations and more with writer EP hosts Josiah

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Speaker 1: Johnson on today's episode, I'm Miles.

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Speaker 3: Gray and I'm Jack O'Brien and this is my mother

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Speaker 3: Jack Boostrach. Sorry, get it. Look at the chit chitst Okay, there's.

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Speaker 1: Your NB driving spinning jab.

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Speaker 3: Better number that's been secured.

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Speaker 4: The Celticer NBA champions over the Couple team.

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Speaker 5: To be honest, hut time.

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Speaker 1: Okay, we have the King of NBA. Twitter reactions, I

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Speaker 5: Uh.

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Speaker 1: Josiah Johnson, welcome back to the pod Man. It's been

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Speaker 1: too long, but it's great.

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Speaker 2: To have you back.

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Speaker 6: It has been a minute since we've gotten up in it,

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Speaker 6: but happy to be back on here. With you guys,

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Speaker 6: and hope everything's been well with y'all.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so well, just so well. As a Sixer fan,

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Speaker 3: so well, man.

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Speaker 6: You know, I was in Philly recently, uh, talked to

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Speaker 6: a lot of Uber drivers. That's where I get a

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Speaker 6: lot of my perspective from from general fans. Yeah, we're

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Speaker 6: about the sixer squad, but hopefully, uh that changes.

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Speaker 1: That seems like a Philly sports fan thing generally.

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Speaker 6: Right, It's like they were they were down a little bit.

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Speaker 6: I'm like, damn, you got all these people and be

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Speaker 6: has always heard finished. I'm like, all right, well, okay, wow,

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Speaker 2: Be it could be worse.

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Speaker 5: Could be that they're already on the PG can't finish.

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Speaker 5: We haven't even watched him playing in there, Like he

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Speaker 5: could be stronger around the rim, taking like.

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Speaker 6: Three photos in his new uniform already. It's like, all right,

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Speaker 6: let him let him shoot our jumper, okay.

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Speaker 2: Right right, yeah exactly.

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Speaker 1: But I guess before we get into the Central Division stuff,

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Speaker 1: a lot of so much movement. Just from the last

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Speaker 1: time we recorded, we were like, oh yeah, the Nickson

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Speaker 1: in exchange for Julius Randall, Dante DiVincenzo and a first

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Speaker 1: now Kat seems like something to get even more excited about.

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Speaker 1: But did the Timberwolves make a mistake here? What are

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Speaker 6: The interesting thing to me is we had heard this

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Speaker 6: Anybody heard that the Knicks and the Timberwolves were in

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Speaker 6: So for me to hear that Kat didn't know it

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Speaker 5: I didn't believe this or I needed it sourced by more.

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Speaker 5: I personally called woj the first can't be true?

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Speaker 6: Right?

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Speaker 2: Can show voicemailed or.

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Speaker 6: Did he respond? It seems like he's retired his thumbs

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Speaker 3: Yeah, your text went green.

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Speaker 1: You're like, oh he changed phones?

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Speaker 2: Huh?

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Speaker 6: I think look the thing that we had talked about

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Speaker 2: You know, Randall was kind of that that wild card.

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Speaker 6: In addition to Josh Hart not getting the type of

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Speaker 6: So he gets an opportunity. I don't think it's gonna

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Speaker 6: this Timberwolf squad world likely be the sixth man coming

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Speaker 6: So both those guys move, Kat gets to come to

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Speaker 2: Curious to see how he comes back often.

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Speaker 6: Winning that fourth Defensive Player of the Year award, and

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Speaker 2: But look, at the end of the day, we'll see

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Speaker 6: These guys have a little bit of time now in

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Speaker 5: I personally love this trend of teams just serving up

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Speaker 5: all star players to Atlantic Division teams that address a

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Speaker 5: the Knicks just like kind of mind boggling trades that

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Speaker 3: Way way better. I would take one. As a Sixers fan,

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Speaker 3: I think I think you.

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Speaker 2: Guys got enough.

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Speaker 6: Man, you guys, you guys creeped up on a come

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Speaker 6: more than likely prove to be extremely valuable in this

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Speaker 6: it's confusing to me. It's like I never understood NFL trades,

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Speaker 6: and this is one of those trades where like I

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Speaker 6: a fourth round pick, and I'm just always how does

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Speaker 2: But what do I know?

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Speaker 1: It's like the kind of stuff if this was finance,

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Speaker 1: it makeup? But I don't know how, but it's something.

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Speaker 3: Something else must be going on.

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Speaker 5: Cat and TIBs are also a fun subplot, like how

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Speaker 5: Something's gotta give here because they're not a perfect fit,

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Speaker 2: You're a fan of quality cinema, so I respect.

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, we also got to see Spurs media Day.

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Speaker 1: It was nice to see Wemby. I guess put on

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Speaker 1: that's what it's going to look like.

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Speaker 3: It truly looks like a child.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I know right, it looks like someone was like, oh,

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Speaker 1: who won the sweepstake to be able to meet Wemby

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Speaker 1: and it's like, oh no, that's Chris Paul. Lakers Media

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Speaker 1: I mean, ruly, Hachimur was saying, look, JJ wants him,

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Speaker 2: And I'm like, oh, okay, very scary.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's potential music to my ears. We had Dangela

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Speaker 1: Russell also saying like, you know, I'm a little more

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Speaker 1: which I think could be something new for me and

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Speaker 1: I always welcome that. And then obviously, like, yeah, Polink

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Speaker 1: to go a little bit further this year. But yeah, Jack,

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Speaker 3: Any all of these stories from media Day.

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Speaker 2: But I don't know.

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Speaker 5: I'm getting the way I'm getting because the Lakers are

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Speaker 2: So I'm agree with you. Super supportive of this Lakers squad. Obviously.

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Speaker 6: What's concerning is Lebron entering year twenty two coming off

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Speaker 6: You know, the Western Conference is obviously extremely tough, hard

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Speaker 6: He doesn't want to play bad in front of his son,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's so so.

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Speaker 1: You know the right now, the odds have the Lakers

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Speaker 6: I'm always taking the over, never doubt Lebron Raymond James senr.

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Speaker 6: He's going to make sure that Broni's rookie season the

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Speaker 6: I think this squad is going to be locked in,

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Speaker 5: One note, JJ needs to either start developing male pattern

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Speaker 5: because his hair remains too good. Yeah, it remains too

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Speaker 2: Project pack to the back.

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Speaker 1: I hope that Bronni is what inspires Lebron to do

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Speaker 1: good luck that got us a chip. That's what Bronny

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Speaker 6: I need him to both dunk on Gobert, give me

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Speaker 1: back to take a look at the Central Division right

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Speaker 6: For me, I think it's really where Damon's headspace is

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Speaker 2: Just how they'll be able to handle that.

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Speaker 6: You know, there should be quite as much optimism as

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Speaker 2: So you know, I'm excited about the Bucks season.

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Speaker 6: Jaylen Brown and Tatum are coming in with chips on

438
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Speaker 6: their shoulder, so I may be curtains for the rest

439
00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:28,720
Speaker 6: of the Eastern Conference.

440
00:19:29,359 --> 00:19:31,720
Speaker 3: Chips on their hands and their shoulders.

441
00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:33,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, chips in more ways than one.

442
00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:35,040
Speaker 3: Exactly has it.

443
00:19:35,119 --> 00:19:38,800
Speaker 5: Ever happened before where like two players the chemistry is

444
00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:41,080
Speaker 5: not quite there, and then they spend the off season

445
00:19:41,119 --> 00:19:45,800
Speaker 5: together and like have like a friends shop montage and

446
00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:48,480
Speaker 5: then yeah, like it happens in movies, and I feel

447
00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:52,080
Speaker 5: like that's the only place that that narrative. Actually, it's

448
00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:55,080
Speaker 5: just a thing that like sports writers want to be

449
00:19:55,119 --> 00:19:57,800
Speaker 5: able to talk about. But right, like Dirk Novitski with

450
00:19:57,880 --> 00:20:00,000
Speaker 5: his like skills coach, it's like we in the offseat

451
00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:02,520
Speaker 5: and we learned how to canoe and play saxophone. Yeah,

452
00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:05,480
Speaker 5: that's actually that was was foundational to this turnaround we've

453
00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:08,560
Speaker 5: we've had. Yeah, super producer Jabari mentioned Rocky three. I

454
00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:11,040
Speaker 5: think that's where the only place we've seen it happen

455
00:20:11,119 --> 00:20:12,520
Speaker 5: in athletics.

456
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Speaker 1: With that wonderful as you pointed out, wonderful flingered in our.

457
00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:17,000
Speaker 2: Minds, so we expect it from everybody.

458
00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:20,200
Speaker 1: Yeah, right, right, right, Yeah, Between Giannis and Dame, who's

459
00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:21,880
Speaker 1: the one running like Rocky on the beach?

460
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Speaker 3: I hope neither of. I mean maybe Chris Middleton with

461
00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:29,159
Speaker 3: the double ankles, well hopefully not.

462
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Speaker 1: Fifteen and a half wins, who's taking the over, who's

463
00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:34,800
Speaker 1: taken under? How are we feeling here? Fifteen and a

464
00:20:34,840 --> 00:20:36,679
Speaker 1: half forty nine last year?

465
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Speaker 6: So a game and a half better, I think I'll

466
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Speaker 6: take the over, but I wouldn't be super excited about it.

467
00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:42,800
Speaker 6: But yeah, I think, yeah, I take the over barely,

468
00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:45,600
Speaker 6: just if really Obviously, like you know, as the season

469
00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:47,480
Speaker 6: goes on, health is going to be a factor. But

470
00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:50,600
Speaker 6: sure like Giannis is coming in looking for revenge. You

471
00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:53,960
Speaker 6: got you know, two first round exits, both you know,

472
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Speaker 6: largely due to his injury concerns him also making question

473
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Speaker 6: comments I think last summer about you know, you know,

474
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Speaker 6: whether or not he would want to stay in Milwaukee.

475
00:21:02,480 --> 00:21:05,000
Speaker 6: You hear the rumblings about Golden State, he's their dream

476
00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:05,920
Speaker 6: player and all those things.

477
00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:07,240
Speaker 2: But I think Giannis is gonna lock in.

478
00:21:07,359 --> 00:21:09,600
Speaker 6: And you mentioned the NASA's being out, and look, I know,

479
00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:11,240
Speaker 6: you know, the NASA's kind of but a lot of

480
00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:14,040
Speaker 6: jokes in the NBA Twitter world, but this is a

481
00:21:14,119 --> 00:21:15,959
Speaker 6: guy who always brings it, a guy who you can

482
00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:19,080
Speaker 6: tell is excited, loves to play basketball, loves to watch

483
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Speaker 6: his little brother shine and do those things, and an

484
00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:23,760
Speaker 6: important guy in the locker room for a team. You know,

485
00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:26,080
Speaker 6: when you're talking about high level athletes making a lot

486
00:21:26,119 --> 00:21:29,040
Speaker 6: of money when things aren't going well, there's a tension

487
00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:30,560
Speaker 6: for dissension and fracture.

488
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Speaker 2: Amongst the unit.

489
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Speaker 6: Where is the guy that's bringing everybody there, A guy

490
00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:36,360
Speaker 6: that's just so excited, so motivated, so happy to be there,

491
00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:38,320
Speaker 6: that I think his loss. You know, people are kind

492
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Speaker 6: of making jokes about it, but I think it's going

493
00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:42,159
Speaker 6: to be interesting to see just how that team. You

494
00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:44,159
Speaker 6: need those strong, reliable bench guys at the end of

495
00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:46,280
Speaker 6: the bench that are really happy to be there, because

496
00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:47,800
Speaker 6: sometimes you get those teams with guys the end of

497
00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:49,520
Speaker 6: the bench who are pissed off, bitter.

498
00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:52,359
Speaker 2: Playing war. Yeah, and they lower the energy of the

499
00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:53,760
Speaker 2: entire squad with the NASAs.

500
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Speaker 6: He knows, damn well, he don't belong in this league,

501
00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:58,840
Speaker 6: and obviously he's he's getting in the club on little

502
00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:02,760
Speaker 6: brokes back. He's more Johnny Drama type, obviously letting Vince

503
00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:05,159
Speaker 6: do do his thing. But it's gonna be interesting to

504
00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:06,920
Speaker 6: see just how the team now responds.

505
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Speaker 1: Yeah, i'd take the over too. I think I just

506
00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:12,760
Speaker 1: I for just my love of Dame and like Giannis,

507
00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:15,560
Speaker 1: I really want to see this work in the best

508
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Speaker 1: way possible.

509
00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:19,400
Speaker 5: But yeah, conduct's a great regular season coach, But yeah,

510
00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:20,320
Speaker 5: I'd take the over two.

511
00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:22,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, let's take a look over at the

512
00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:25,639
Speaker 1: Pacers forty seven wins last year. They were predicted to

513
00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:28,960
Speaker 1: reach forty seven and the half wins, so a half

514
00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:32,879
Speaker 1: game better. Lost Doug McDermott and Jalen Smith, but added

515
00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:35,880
Speaker 1: James Wiseman Cole Swider. I mean, this is pretty much

516
00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:39,480
Speaker 1: the same team they really kept that team that went

517
00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:43,160
Speaker 1: that went pretty far last season pretty much intact. Seemingly

518
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Speaker 1: an advantage going into the season because you don't really

519
00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:47,400
Speaker 1: hopefully you can just kind of carry that right into

520
00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:50,200
Speaker 1: the beginning of the season. But is it sustainable? And

521
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Speaker 1: the other I think a lot of the people who's

522
00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:54,040
Speaker 1: thinking that the improvement's going to come is because you

523
00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:56,320
Speaker 1: have a lot of guys who are yet hopefully yet

524
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Speaker 1: to hit their prime, and that maybe that's where the

525
00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:01,320
Speaker 1: boots comes from.

526
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Speaker 2: Jack.

527
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Speaker 1: You you looking at the Pacers, do you? What do

528
00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:07,520
Speaker 1: you think? Over under here? What the forty seven and

529
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Speaker 1: a half games?

530
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Speaker 3: I mean, it's all about health. But if they if

531
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Speaker 3: they stay healthy, I think over I like them to

532
00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:15,160
Speaker 3: continue to progress.

533
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Speaker 1: Right right, Josiah, what about you?

534
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Speaker 6: I think with this crew, Halliburn obviously not getting the

535
00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:22,320
Speaker 6: love on the Olympic squad again, another guy's going to

536
00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:24,320
Speaker 6: come in with a chip on his shoulder, looking to

537
00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:27,000
Speaker 6: elevate and approve off of a tremendous season last year.

538
00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:30,560
Speaker 6: But keeping that crew together, Siakam guy like Miles Turner,

539
00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:33,400
Speaker 6: Guys like Obi Topping, you know, Nie Smith, TJ McConnell,

540
00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:36,119
Speaker 6: guys who showed up big in the postseason. And then

541
00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:38,800
Speaker 6: you got got like Ben Matheren, who's coming in who's

542
00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:40,840
Speaker 6: hurt last year. But I think a guy who's ready

543
00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:42,600
Speaker 6: to come in and take that next step, next leap

544
00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:45,119
Speaker 6: in his game. And for me, you know, Draymond made

545
00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:47,639
Speaker 6: this point last year that they are an eighty two

546
00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:50,560
Speaker 6: game team, not necessarily a sixteen game team. But this

547
00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:52,800
Speaker 6: is a team in the regular season that I feel

548
00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:55,560
Speaker 6: like we'll bring it, you know, night in and night out.

549
00:23:55,880 --> 00:23:58,440
Speaker 6: Playing now in the shadow of Kaitlyn Clark, they know

550
00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:01,040
Speaker 6: that they need to do something to distinct themselves and

551
00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:02,919
Speaker 6: really kind of you know, get some of that attention

552
00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:05,280
Speaker 6: back on their team and away from the fever. But yeah,

553
00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:06,240
Speaker 6: this is a team. I think it will be a

554
00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:08,480
Speaker 6: great regular season team. Don't think they'll have the same

555
00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:12,200
Speaker 6: postseason success that they had last season, but this is

556
00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:14,040
Speaker 6: definitely a fifty win ball club, So I would I

557
00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:15,119
Speaker 6: would take the over on that.

558
00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:19,200
Speaker 5: Okay, all right, Well then the Calves now, yeah, I

559
00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:22,520
Speaker 5: feel like very similar here. Calves are basically projected to

560
00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:25,680
Speaker 5: do the exact sent there plus point five wins over

561
00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:29,760
Speaker 5: where they were last season. A lot of similarities to

562
00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:34,280
Speaker 5: last year's team. I'll probably take the under just because

563
00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:35,920
Speaker 5: I don't have a reason to take the over.

564
00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:39,200
Speaker 3: But what do you guys think, I mean.

565
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Speaker 1: It seems like, you know, the like locking down Mitchell

566
00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:45,359
Speaker 1: and Mobley and and and Jared Allen stuff, seems like

567
00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:48,920
Speaker 1: that's that's precisely what you need. I think, you know,

568
00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:51,159
Speaker 1: based on what I've heard my you know, I have

569
00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:53,119
Speaker 1: like a friend who's a die hard Calves fan. He's like,

570
00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:55,800
Speaker 1: it's the forward depth I'm worried about. I don't care

571
00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:58,440
Speaker 1: about anything else with the forward depth. But I think

572
00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:01,760
Speaker 1: at the same time, maintaining that core is I think

573
00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:05,760
Speaker 1: the biggest advantage they got. So I feel, you know,

574
00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:08,600
Speaker 1: they're sure there are concerns, but I think that's this

575
00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:10,640
Speaker 1: is just you know, I think they're right about where

576
00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:12,960
Speaker 1: they're going to be, so I would just take I'll

577
00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:15,560
Speaker 1: take the over, but just barely, or maybe I'll take

578
00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:17,480
Speaker 1: the under because every I don't know everything is getting

579
00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:19,840
Speaker 1: so so tight now, but no, yeah.

580
00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:22,800
Speaker 6: Well, I'm too positive of an individual, so you know,

581
00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:26,440
Speaker 6: I believe in guys unwaveringly, especially a professional athlete. So

582
00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:29,440
Speaker 6: I'm I'm probably go over with the squad. But for

583
00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:31,960
Speaker 6: you know, you got a healthy Jared Allen hopefully coming back.

584
00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:34,399
Speaker 6: You know, you got guys like Evan Mobley, you got

585
00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:36,720
Speaker 6: guys like Strus who stepped up big time in their

586
00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:40,120
Speaker 6: role were traditionally he guys when they go onward don't

587
00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:43,560
Speaker 6: necessarily show that same level of production in their next destination.

588
00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:45,960
Speaker 6: Maybe that's just a Lakers thing, but you know, I

589
00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:47,920
Speaker 6: like this crew, like the squad bringing in a guy

590
00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:49,240
Speaker 6: like Kenny Atkins. And I was a fan of j

591
00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:51,440
Speaker 6: B Bigger staff, was sad to see him let go.

592
00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:53,960
Speaker 6: But then you see the reports and stories about some

593
00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:57,400
Speaker 6: some dissension amongst the ranks, especially at the star player level,

594
00:25:57,440 --> 00:25:59,320
Speaker 6: and some of his coaching strategies. But I think guy

595
00:25:59,359 --> 00:26:02,040
Speaker 6: like Kenny Atkins, and you know, a guy who comes

596
00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:05,520
Speaker 6: from a championship lineage as an assistant coach, really will

597
00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:08,119
Speaker 6: help revitalize the squad, get them where they need to be.

598
00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:10,200
Speaker 6: And look, I know, for all the talk we talk

599
00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:12,480
Speaker 6: about the Western Conference being as tough as it is.

600
00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:15,000
Speaker 6: The East has made a lot of noise this offseting

601
00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:17,120
Speaker 6: you got a lot of young teams that are ready

602
00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:19,000
Speaker 6: to think about like the Orlando Magic, teams like that

603
00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:21,840
Speaker 6: that are primed to, you know, make some big moves

604
00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:24,080
Speaker 6: on this side. But a team like the Cavs is

605
00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:26,320
Speaker 6: kind of always consistently in that fourth or fifth spot,

606
00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:29,240
Speaker 6: kind of not necessarily under the radar, but not a

607
00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:31,280
Speaker 6: team you really care about in terms of you talk

608
00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:34,720
Speaker 6: about championship contenders. But again, another good regular season team

609
00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:38,359
Speaker 6: and if they can stay healthy. You know, I feel

610
00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:40,399
Speaker 6: like Cleveland's destination. When you go play there, you're not

611
00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:42,080
Speaker 6: going to put your best foot forward just because you

612
00:26:42,119 --> 00:26:43,960
Speaker 6: really don't have a reason to. So they're gonna be

613
00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:45,240
Speaker 6: able to get a lot of wins at home, and

614
00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:47,840
Speaker 6: I think that this team could could mess around and

615
00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:48,400
Speaker 6: make some noise.

616
00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:51,520
Speaker 1: All Right, Well, I guess let's just we'll keep moving

617
00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:53,919
Speaker 1: on before we take a break. But yeah, the Bulls

618
00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:56,880
Speaker 1: are the next squad. We're talking about thirty nine wins

619
00:26:56,960 --> 00:26:59,520
Speaker 1: last year, they are taking a tumble. They're expected to

620
00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:02,199
Speaker 1: win twenty seven and a half games. Makes sense. They

621
00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:06,960
Speaker 1: lost Caruso via trade. Obviously Damar and Andre Drummond are out,

622
00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:12,480
Speaker 1: but they picked up Josh Giddy, christ WARDI Talent, Horton Tucker,

623
00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:15,960
Speaker 1: I have like I forgot about you, Sir, Jalen Smith,

624
00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:17,560
Speaker 1: and Kenny Lofton Junior.

625
00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:22,080
Speaker 3: Via the draft. Also, yeah, one of my favorite names

626
00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:24,840
Speaker 3: my top yeah, was my favorite names to say.

627
00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:27,720
Speaker 1: But yeah, I mean they're they're saying we're not taking

628
00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:30,720
Speaker 1: this season. Man, They're They're looking to be competitive with

629
00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:31,399
Speaker 1: their new additions.

630
00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:32,000
Speaker 2: I'm also worried.

631
00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:34,719
Speaker 1: I'm like, what's the Delonzo of it all?

632
00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:34,919
Speaker 2: Too?

633
00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:37,680
Speaker 1: I have a lot of questions about this Bulls team. So,

634
00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:40,960
Speaker 1: I mean there's thirty nine going down to twenty seven

635
00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:44,320
Speaker 1: and a half. Feel about right that?

636
00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:47,239
Speaker 6: Hurst, Man, I think I think I would probably now

637
00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:49,000
Speaker 6: because I know Bulls fans listening to this, I'm gonna

638
00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:51,480
Speaker 6: be optimistic for them. In Chicago is a dangerous place

639
00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:53,360
Speaker 6: as it is, so if I do have to step

640
00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:55,400
Speaker 6: foot in the Windy City, I want to be respectful.

641
00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:56,480
Speaker 2: I would go higher.

642
00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:58,880
Speaker 6: But I think getting a guy like Josh Giddy who

643
00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:01,480
Speaker 6: had to reduced rolling Okay, it was kind of getting

644
00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:04,080
Speaker 6: pushed out last season. Getting a fresh star in Chicago.

645
00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:06,560
Speaker 6: I think Bozellis is a guy. You know, I worked

646
00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:09,720
Speaker 6: with Norris Cole on Gills Arena, and Bozellis was a

647
00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:12,480
Speaker 6: guy that Norris was extremely high on. Norris extremely smart,

648
00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:14,600
Speaker 6: intelligent player, but had opportunity to work with him in

649
00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:17,040
Speaker 6: G League Ignite and just the dog in them. You know,

650
00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:19,879
Speaker 6: even coming into this draft, I'm not ducking any phase.

651
00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:21,760
Speaker 6: These guys don't want to play me one on one

652
00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:23,760
Speaker 6: because they know I'm embarrass them. I think he had

653
00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:25,720
Speaker 6: a solid summer league and he's a guy he's like

654
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Speaker 6: a year or two away, but if he can, you know,

655
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Speaker 6: lock in and be surprising in this rookie season, I

656
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Speaker 6: think there's a potential there. And Lonzo for me, you know,

657
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Speaker 6: being an LA guy, shout out to Chino Hills, a

658
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Speaker 6: stones throwaway, just for everything that he's been through. You

659
00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:41,000
Speaker 6: know how much he loves the game and where that

660
00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:42,840
Speaker 6: team was at. And obviously it's a different new look

661
00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:45,480
Speaker 6: Bulls team then that squad, but you know, before he

662
00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:47,600
Speaker 6: got hurt a few years ago, it was one of

663
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Speaker 6: the top teams in the East and was trending in

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Speaker 6: the right direction.

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Speaker 2: No telling how Lonzo's game is gonna look, how much time.

666
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Speaker 6: He's going to need to get back or if he

667
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Speaker 6: can't even return to the level of player that he

668
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Speaker 6: was before he got hurt. But the real thing for

669
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Speaker 6: me is Zach Levine just depending on how that situation goes.

670
00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:06,960
Speaker 6: Obviously mentioned in tons of trade rumors, UH this past season,

671
00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:09,960
Speaker 6: it was really you know, media day, just just listen

672
00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:12,480
Speaker 6: to him talk obviously a three minute clip of him

673
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Speaker 6: just just talking about how he's coming and inspired, and

674
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Speaker 6: you know, you listen to the other reports that he

675
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Speaker 6: had to convince the team that he's not going to

676
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Speaker 6: be a detriment to the development of some of these

677
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Speaker 6: young guys. But that's one of those things you know,

678
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Speaker 6: you really don't want to say because if you have

679
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Speaker 6: to say it, then that means that it's on their

680
00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:28,520
Speaker 6: mind already, right, that's you know, so you know, if

681
00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:30,960
Speaker 6: you know, it's just so for me with Zach, though

682
00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:33,560
Speaker 6: he's a UCLA guy, looks different man. It looks like

683
00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:36,600
Speaker 6: he's motivated, looks like he wants to prove some of

684
00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:38,360
Speaker 6: the haters wrong, and just to be real, like, you know,

685
00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:40,600
Speaker 6: he's up for an extension in the near future. So

686
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Speaker 6: this is the guy that's playing for another contract, so

687
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Speaker 6: I think he's going to want to pick up the

688
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Speaker 6: slack of losing a guy of the magnitude of a

689
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Speaker 6: Damar de Rosen. But I don't necessarily I'm not like

690
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Speaker 6: down on this team per se, Like I know, you know,

691
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Speaker 6: obviously people in Vegas are.

692
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Speaker 2: But I think this squad, if they can lock in

693
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Speaker 2: and get it together.

694
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Speaker 6: They got a nice mix of young guys who are

695
00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:01,120
Speaker 6: kind of creep on the come up in addition to

696
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Speaker 6: some old vets. So really, for me, it's gonna be

697
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Speaker 6: Lonzo zach Lavine. But I look at a guy like

698
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Speaker 6: Kobe White and what he was able to do last season.

699
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Speaker 6: They've got some guys here that can play again. Like,

700
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Speaker 6: not a playoff caliber team I expect to make a run,

701
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Speaker 6: but in the regular season I could see them sneaking

702
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Speaker 6: in to that play especially in the Eastern Conference where

703
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Speaker 6: it's a little bit more wide open than the West.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, like twenty seven and a half feels a little harsh,

705
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Speaker 1: but I get with some of the out meat spirit

706
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Speaker 1: that way.

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Speaker 5: But yeah, someone's gonna need to take all these l's,

708
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Speaker 5: you know, with the teams of the top getting better, Like,

709
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Speaker 5: someone's gonna need to lose some of the games that

710
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Speaker 5: the other teams are winning the Central Division.

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Speaker 2: You do have a team you have not mentioned yet.

712
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Speaker 1: So yeah, but here's the thing. So the Detroit Pistons, right,

713
00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:47,080
Speaker 1: fourteen wins last season. Now Fandel has them up eleven

714
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Speaker 1: and a half games, one of the biggest rise or wins.

715
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Speaker 1: That's a huge eleven and a half win game. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: your favorite Tobias Harris Toby.

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Speaker 5: Hey, I'm happy. I feel like he's gonna look great

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Speaker 5: Pistons Jersey. Personally, I just like, I like that look

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Speaker 5: for him. I don't know if it equates to wins, sure, sure, sure,

720
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Speaker 5: but yeah, this is definitely a hard reset.

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Speaker 1: So I'm not sure how much there is to say here,

722
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Speaker 1: but for me, Dog, I think it's an under for me, Dog,

723
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Speaker 1: as well as Randy Jackson would say when he talks

724
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Speaker 1: about overs and unders. Okay, let's take a quick break.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna come back with the fourth quarter rapid fire

726
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Speaker 1: round of questioning with Josiah Johnson right after.

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Speaker 3: This, and we're back.

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Speaker 1: It does like, Man, it's so great to have you

729
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Speaker 1: here as a fellow Bruin Angelino.

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Speaker 2: I love having you on.

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Speaker 1: But unfortunately this is the rapid fire round of questions.

732
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Speaker 1: So you are in the hot seat and you've already

733
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Speaker 1: played this game before, we're gonna ask you a question.

734
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Speaker 1: Just respond quickly, your fastest response, because we've got to

735
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Speaker 1: keep the questions moving. And that's just that's how this

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Speaker 1: segment is known all across the land. So I hope

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Speaker 1: you are ready for that.

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Speaker 2: I'm long winded.

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Speaker 6: So and I don't like following rules or directions, but

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Speaker 6: in this particular case, I'll abandon.

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Speaker 2: I will abandon all those things. Indeed, to your advice.

742
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Speaker 2: Thank you, thank you.

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00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:13,960
Speaker 1: You look you always understand the assignment. That's what we

744
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Speaker 1: always appreciate about you.

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Speaker 3: So, Brian, start the clock.

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Speaker 1: Oh man, this is gonna be quinn Jack.

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Speaker 3: You want to go first?

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Speaker 2: Should I go first?

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Speaker 3: I can go first, Myles, thanks for asking.

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Speaker 2: Let's do it? Does I?

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Speaker 5: You can sit courtside at either of the opening night games.

752
00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:35,840
Speaker 5: Are you heading to Boston having some legal seafood in

753
00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:38,520
Speaker 5: a bread ball to see them take on the new

754
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Speaker 5: look Nick? Or are you heading to Los Angeles to

755
00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:47,200
Speaker 5: see the Los Angeles Lakers face the new look Wolves

756
00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:49,800
Speaker 5: while presumably munching on an in and out burger.

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00:32:50,560 --> 00:32:53,440
Speaker 6: Well, I'm a bigger gentleman, bigger gentleman. So I hate

758
00:32:53,440 --> 00:32:56,640
Speaker 6: cross country travel do like Lobster Rolls was down on

759
00:32:56,720 --> 00:32:57,920
Speaker 6: Boston until I got to hang out there.

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00:32:58,000 --> 00:32:59,959
Speaker 2: Got to go to a wedding in Cape Cod last year.

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Speaker 6: So fan of the area again, like I said, fan

762
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Speaker 6: of the lobs Rolls in the price point comparatively to LA.

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Speaker 6: But I'm keeping my black behind in Los Angeles and

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Speaker 6: I am going to the Lakers game against the Timberwolves.

765
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Speaker 6: Obviously Minnesota Lakers now the LA Lakers. But looking at

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Speaker 6: this new like Timberwolves squad, the squad with Lebron and Brownie,

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Speaker 6: I would not miss opportunity to see Lebron and BRONI

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Speaker 6: opening night Brinnie throwing a lob to Lebron d Wade style.

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Speaker 2: I think we've set that whole building on fire and

770
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Speaker 2: we own that crypto dot com arena.

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Speaker 6: Now the Clippers have now since moved on to the

772
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Speaker 6: into It Dome, So I would show my love and

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Speaker 6: support to Lebron and the Lakers.

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Speaker 1: Exactly exactly, That was the right answer, correct. Next question,

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Speaker 1: you get to pick the next three locations for the

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Speaker 1: All Star Game, and they could be anywhere, like truly

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Speaker 1: literally anywhere.

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Speaker 2: So where are you going.

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Speaker 6: So, if I'm traveling to these games, I would say

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Speaker 6: Hawaii Abiza Commony all Star weekend in the visa, and

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Speaker 6: it's a nice enough price one where you could price

782
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Speaker 6: out some of the riff. Yeah, dealing with poor weather,

783
00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:04,080
Speaker 6: but I would go Hawaii dies, and then I would

784
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Speaker 6: go obviously La, which I think we have it here

785
00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:09,960
Speaker 6: next year. A little concerning though, traffic is already an

786
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:12,239
Speaker 6: issue in a bad stance, and they're getting ready for

787
00:34:12,239 --> 00:34:14,880
Speaker 6: the Olympics too. But I think, you know, having the

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Speaker 6: All Star Game back to back in California will be

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Speaker 6: good news for all of us who had to go

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Speaker 6: to Chicago, for all of us who had to go

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Speaker 6: to Utah.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, those would be my three.

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Speaker 3: Picks, all right.

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Speaker 5: And finally, we're playing pick up basketball with presidents. These

795
00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:34,280
Speaker 5: presidents are at the peak of their physical abilities. Unfortunately

796
00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:37,320
Speaker 5: for you, we had the first pick and just took Obama.

797
00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:40,319
Speaker 5: Who are you taking with the second pick?

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Speaker 2: Who had their peak of their physical powers and abilities?

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I'll probably go George Washington, just because you know,

800
00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:48,720
Speaker 6: crossing Delaware doing all the things.

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Speaker 2: He did, he was about he was a tough guy,

802
00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:51,160
Speaker 2: you know, ready to get in it.

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00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:54,160
Speaker 6: Abraham Lincoln looked like, you know, he could be a

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Speaker 6: room protector, you know, really really help on on the

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Speaker 6: post side.

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Speaker 2: And how many presidents do I need to name? Or

807
00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:02,640
Speaker 2: you just one? Yeah between those two.

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Speaker 6: But if you took Obama and then I would maybe

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00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:07,879
Speaker 6: Trump too, just because I know he's trash, so it'd

810
00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:09,440
Speaker 6: really helped my game flourish and shine.

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Speaker 5: But yeah, like I'm passing out the way you actually

812
00:35:12,239 --> 00:35:15,040
Speaker 5: get better when someone's game is terrible.

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00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:16,960
Speaker 2: He's wider, you can set a nice screen like there

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00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:18,400
Speaker 2: you go face.

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Speaker 1: Oh man, Well, Joe, sorry, Johnathon, thank you so much.

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Speaker 1: You have completed the rapid fire around and that was

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Speaker 1: exactly correct. Those are all the right answers that we

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Speaker 1: had written down. I think he's looking at the dock

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Speaker 1: or something, but no more, he's just one of our

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Speaker 1: more intelligent guests, which I think that's the case. Where

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Speaker 1: can people find you, follow you, support you and all

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Speaker 1: that good stuff?

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Speaker 6: Honestly, I'm going to point in my life in my

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Speaker 6: career why I don't want to be found or supported,

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Speaker 6: So feel free to hate on me all you want.

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Speaker 6: You know, you can find me at my local target

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Speaker 6: here Willyn Hills. Usually trying to find some some deep

828
00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:49,960
Speaker 6: discounts at Costco looking at the different price points to see,

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Speaker 6: you know, what kind of deals I can secure. But

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Speaker 6: now in all Sinceario, you can check out gills Arena

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Speaker 6: on YouTube. You know, been a tremendous opportunity for me

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Speaker 6: to be able to work with good with Arenas build

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Speaker 6: that show. We started back in February of twenty twenty three.

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Speaker 6: Last eighteen months we've gained somewhere in the neighborhood like

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Speaker 6: six seven hundred thousand subscribers. So just to see the

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Speaker 6: support of the basketball community. And yes it's a wild,

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00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:16,799
Speaker 6: reckless show, but there's a lot of thought put into

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Speaker 6: a lot of the answers that sometimes you have to

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Speaker 6: take a step back and really analyze exactly what's being said.

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Speaker 6: Look at the detailing wording behind how Gilbert Worse thinks.

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Speaker 6: He's extremely intelligent, a master troll. But a lot of

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Speaker 6: times he'll say something that people get all pissed off,

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Speaker 6: and then he'll say, we'll prove me wrong, and then

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Speaker 6: they think about it and like, damn, actually he was right.

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Speaker 2: Damn.

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Speaker 6: So shout out to the Gilsarina, our entire crew. We're

847
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Speaker 6: on a little bit of a break right now, but

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Speaker 6: we'll be back October fourteenth with the launch of season three.

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Speaker 6: So make sure y'all pull up support us, you know,

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00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:48,200
Speaker 6: love it or hate it, just watch it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, look, and I only support a fellow San Fernando

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Speaker 1: Valley creature like him, although I know he's born in Florida,

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Speaker 1: but look, we'll story.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, he's San Fernando Valley to his call Iran look

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Speaker 4: and high school to go see him play when he

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Speaker 4: was at Grand High School because everybody was talking about

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Speaker 4: him at the time. Before we go, we do we

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Speaker 4: just do have to mention, you know, rest in peace

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Speaker 4: to the Kimbe Matumbo passed away at our gate following

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Speaker 4: a battle with brain cancer.

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Speaker 1: Yes, just wild, wild losses for the NBA between you know,

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Speaker 1: Jerry West, Bill Walton and Chat Walker's name a few,

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Speaker 1: so we are just thinking about you. To Kimbe and

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Speaker 1: your family. Make sure you give us a follow on Twitter.

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Speaker 1: I'm at Miles of.

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Speaker 3: Gray, I'm at Jack Underscore O'Brien and.

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Speaker 1: Follow the hashtag mad boostis BA st i e s

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Speaker 1: for show links and updates, and be sure to join

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Speaker 1: the conversation on our discord and you can also find

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Speaker 1: that link for that when you search hashtag mad Boosties.

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Speaker 2: All right, that's gonna do it for us.

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Speaker 1: And we're getting so close to the actual tip off

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Speaker 1: of the season and we'll talk to you next week.

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Speaker 3: Bye bye,