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Speaker 1: Welcome to this League Uncut in the rule of twenty

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Speaker 1: four hour NBA News. This's you, Chris Haynes. It's so time,

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Speaker 1: work's time, it's so time. This League Uncut is underway

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Speaker 1: and on fire. This should be a good one.

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Speaker 2: Hey, everybody, it will be a good one. Thanks for

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Speaker 2: joining us again. Mark Stein here with Chris Haynes, another

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Speaker 2: edition of this League Uncut. We're actually recording on Monday night,

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Speaker 2: a night later than usual. But in the playoffs you

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Speaker 2: gotta make adjustments. And Chris Haynes, unlike me, is going

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Speaker 2: to be doing tons of traveling, moving all up and

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Speaker 2: down the NBA map to fill his various TNT sideline assignments.

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Speaker 2: Me I'm happily, happily consuming all of this from home.

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Speaker 2: The opening weekend of the NBA Playoffs. It was at

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Speaker 2: the same time, on one hand, really absorbing many good games,

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Speaker 2: not all, but many good games. But then there was

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Speaker 2: the dispiriting slash depressing side of things with the injuries

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Speaker 2: we saw on Sunday. To see Janna Santetokumpo and John

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Speaker 2: Morant and Tyler Hero all sustain concerning injuries in two cases,

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Speaker 2: then you know a downright crisis for the Miami Heat

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Speaker 2: to lose Tyler Hero for at least a month. So

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Speaker 2: we're going to get into all that here. But it's

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Speaker 2: great to reconnect with Chris because on my list on Monday,

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Speaker 2: I did my list of superlatives from the opening weekend

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Speaker 2: of the playoffs, and Chris Haynes he earned a spot

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Speaker 2: on that list because the man looked absolutely resplendent Friday

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Speaker 2: night in his South Beach clean white suit, impeccably tailored.

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Speaker 2: It was still the playing round, then the play It

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Speaker 2: was the night before the playoffs actually started, but I

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Speaker 2: counted it as part of the weekend. And Chris Haynes,

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Speaker 2: you are the first recipient on my sub stack of

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Speaker 2: the Look of the Weekend Award. You won it in

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Speaker 2: a route in a runaway.

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Speaker 3: I've officially made it. I've officially arrived. I have officially arrived.

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Speaker 3: I got to Actually I didn't see that start. I

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Speaker 3: didn't see that.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, the tweet, the tweet misfired. I thought the tweet

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Speaker 2: actually was funny because I thought people because what I did.

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Speaker 2: I had the picture of you with Max Struse and

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Speaker 2: Jimmy Butler your postgame interview, and I put the tweet

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Speaker 2: out thinking everyone's gonna know I'm talking about his suit.

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Speaker 2: But instead I'm gonna say, please rate and review dot

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Speaker 2: dot dot dramatic pause are podcast. And I thought that

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Speaker 2: would be funny, but man I I it was. It

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Speaker 2: was a swing in the swing and miss it did

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Speaker 2: nothing on Twitter?

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Speaker 3: What else? Why you're a sports writer and not a

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Speaker 2: Well, I do, but I do have a story to you,

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Speaker 2: know how you always say you want to hear personal stories.

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Speaker 2: You want to hear a humorous personal story.

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Speaker 3: A dude, I don't.

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Speaker 2: In high school, I was so much more daring than

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Speaker 2: I was than I am in adulthood, Like you know

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Speaker 2: me in adulthood. I know, I frustrate you because I'm

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Speaker 2: so I'm always worried. I'm so safe. I'm like ultra safe,

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Speaker 2: and you love to like ask me for advice, hear

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Speaker 2: my safe advice and then just do what you're gonna

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Speaker 2: do anyway, But you love to you love to do

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Speaker 2: that to me. But in high school, I can't believe

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Speaker 2: I had the guts to do this. High school graduation,

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Speaker 2: we go on a cruise. You know, my ten or

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Speaker 2: celebrate our graduation from high school, and they had a

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Speaker 2: talent show on the ship. And this is nineteen eighty seven,

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Speaker 2: so Jerry Seinfeld is not super well known at this point.

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Speaker 2: Obviously he he was, you know, comedy fans knew him,

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Speaker 2: And I actually, for the rest of the cruise had

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Speaker 2: like they obviously didn't know who Jerry Seinfeld was at

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Speaker 2: that point. No absolutely criminal offense for you know, comedy

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Speaker 2: I'm guilty, But that part's not the importan part. The

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Speaker 2: I don't know. I don't know where I got that.

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Speaker 3: Which leads me to my next question. What got you

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Speaker 2: Honestly I don't know, but something early in college, something

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Speaker 2: To cry too late though, because it's been a long

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Speaker 2: of you know, not going up there with my own material.

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Speaker 2: But I'm just still more like, how did I actually

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Speaker 3: Yeah? No, chest no, chick definitely impressed.

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Speaker 2: All right, So that's that's we start. I didn't see

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Speaker 2: we all I we always have a plan and then

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Speaker 2: somehow we diverged from the plan. But yes, let's let's

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Speaker 2: get back to the point. The point here was you

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Speaker 2: looked fantastic. You look fantastic, game on, you came out strong.

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Speaker 3: You definitely I was in Miami style. You feel you

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Speaker 3: you how you feel. Maybe looking at all these beautiful

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Speaker 3: and you look at everybody looking fit, looking good. Skin

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Speaker 3: a certain way, so you put you know, you put

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Speaker 3: take an extra button out, you know. Man. Jeff Yeah,

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Speaker 3: well they was doing that way before, Richard Jefferson. That's

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Speaker 3: just Miami, baby, that's just Miami. So you feel yourself

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Speaker 3: a little bit. So I'm like, let me But Eric

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Speaker 2: Huh have you ever warned?

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Speaker 3: Have you ever come out.

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Speaker 2: In all white suit before?

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Speaker 3: Yeah? Once? That was high school, my high school prom,

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Speaker 3: It's not white anymore. By the way, it wasn't white

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Speaker 2: Okay, but I was confused. I thought we were talking

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Speaker 2: about your new Miami suit. Did your new Miami suit.

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Speaker 2: Make it past one day.

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Speaker 3: The new Miami suit. Okay, yeah, let's get this. Let's

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Speaker 3: I was talking about the seventeen year old Shenanigus back

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Speaker 3: in the day, not a couple of days ago. No,

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Speaker 3: this suit is okay. I learned.

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Speaker 2: I learned how to shirt this time. That was good.

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Speaker 2: You didn't have to buy a shirt. You didn't have

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Speaker 3: I did bring a shirt. But if I chose not

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Speaker 3: I would have fit right in in Miami. Now on

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Speaker 3: the broadcast, that would have been a different story.

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Speaker 2: That's right. I think Russ didn't Russ walk into Game

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Speaker 3: He's in Phoenix. You can do that, stiin the weather

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Speaker 2: Ally, you did not do You did not do too

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Speaker 3: And that's why you don't hear not one complaint from me.

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Speaker 2: So was there anything notable that happened on your Miami

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Speaker 3: No? You know, listen, I'll say this. You know, we

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Speaker 3: talk about how all Stars run the league and how

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Speaker 3: But I'm telling you something people disagree. Patrick Beverley has

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Speaker 3: that appeal. And what I would say about that is

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Speaker 3: that you never know what the guy is going to say.

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Speaker 3: He's just so in Miami, my seat is right there, courtside,

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Speaker 3: for listening and eavesdropping. So and I'm surprised video hasn't

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Speaker 3: surfaced of this moment that I'm about about to say.

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Speaker 3: So it's the first half and Pat Beav and Tyler

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Speaker 3: Later on in the game, Pat foul Tyler again, and

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Speaker 3: Pat walks to where ma max Strus is inbound to

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Speaker 3: and remember Pat had just fouled Tyler hero I believe,

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Speaker 3: That don't make sense. He kept like saying that, saying

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Speaker 3: make out what Max said, but he said something to Pat,

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Speaker 3: and Pat said, shut up. I don't even know who

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Speaker 3: And then you know, Max goes and have one of

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Speaker 2: Look, man, you know we've talked about this before. I really,

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Speaker 2: He went to Chicago, his hometown team, and he clearly

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Speaker 2: made a difference. They played with an undeniable edge after

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Speaker 2: adding Pat Bev. Gotta give him his props.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, props, you know, We've had some things me and him, uh,

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Speaker 3: love for the dude to do his funny. He's a competitor.

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Speaker 2: No, he never switches it off. It'll be interesting to

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Speaker 2: see do the do the Bulls bring him back. He

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Speaker 2: know Minnesota fans were devastated that when Pat became available

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Speaker 2: to see if the Bulls say, you know what we need,

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Speaker 2: We need that edge back for one more year. You

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Speaker 2: were the first to report about Tyler heroes injury. The

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Speaker 2: severity of it, I mean four to six weeks.

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Speaker 4: Man.

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Speaker 2: It's like with the state that the Bucks are in

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Speaker 2: the heat, actually have a chance to win this series,

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Speaker 2: which nobody would have thought. Milwaukee's surely thinking that they're

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Speaker 2: gonna get get Atlanta in the play in, or maybe

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Speaker 2: even a lower seed like the Bulls or the Raptors,

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Speaker 2: and instead the Bucks end up with a first round

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Speaker 2: How does your game look objective?

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Speaker 3: How do you you know what I'm I'm playing the

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Speaker 2: Why now, so.

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Speaker 3: I'm smarter my athletic. You know, there's there's video of style.

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Speaker 2: That's why we're so excited. That's why we're so excited.

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Speaker 3: Oh you're serious. Yeah, there's video out there me playing

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Speaker 2: But and this is probably not the basketball we should

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Speaker 3: All the time, all the time. And you know what

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Speaker 3: I say, bring it, bring it on, Oh that stile,

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Speaker 2: Actually, you just reminded me because you know I'm so

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Speaker 2: There's nothing that makes there's nothing in life that makes

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Speaker 4: Oh man, you put that on I g.

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Speaker 3: I'm good? You froze froze Ryan did Stein freeze? Yeah?

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Speaker 3: The curse is broken. Gave me a hug right there

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Speaker 3: russ tine russ Man again, what do you call that?

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Speaker 3: The most inspiration.

431
00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:34,080
Speaker 2: Inspirational three for nineteen game in league history? And I'm

432
00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:37,359
Speaker 2: happy for him because like he's he I mean, even

433
00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:41,119
Speaker 2: when things go well, he's still taking all kinds of

434
00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:44,840
Speaker 2: heat and criticism. And I mean that fourth quarter belonged

435
00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:46,840
Speaker 2: to him. You know, I put it on Twitter. Give

436
00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:49,200
Speaker 2: Russ the game ball now, then you have to take

437
00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:51,879
Speaker 2: a step back and say, okay, Kawhi Leonard did score

438
00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:55,919
Speaker 2: thirty eight points and looked really, really, really good. So

439
00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:58,000
Speaker 2: maybe we have to split that game ball in half.

440
00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:02,240
Speaker 2: But I mean, Russ, everyone second guess the Clippers when

441
00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:05,560
Speaker 2: they made this move. And you know, to this point,

442
00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:09,719
Speaker 2: for now, you have to say he's making a difference there.

443
00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:12,840
Speaker 2: He's fitting in they you know, he's he's definitely helping

444
00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:16,200
Speaker 2: fill the Paul George woyd which is really unfillable. And

445
00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:19,400
Speaker 2: I mean it sounds like from your convote from PG thirteen,

446
00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:22,560
Speaker 2: I mean, that's that's Russ's number one fan.

447
00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:27,200
Speaker 3: Yeah, he said, you know what are people saying now

448
00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:30,000
Speaker 3: as a remember because Paul George is the one who

449
00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:35,040
Speaker 3: voiced publicly vouching for Russell Westbrook at the time when

450
00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:38,600
Speaker 3: Russ got traded to the Utah Jazz, and so this

451
00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:41,440
Speaker 3: is something he's seen. And he said, you know, Russ

452
00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:46,639
Speaker 3: and his other stop. If he wasn't making shots, he

453
00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:49,199
Speaker 3: would have got the quick hook. And he said, you

454
00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:52,040
Speaker 3: have to allow Russ to play through it, because he's

455
00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:54,840
Speaker 3: going to find a way to impact the game. And

456
00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:57,359
Speaker 3: then on Russ gave me some time after the game

457
00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:00,320
Speaker 3: as well. That's my guy. Russ has become my over

458
00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:02,240
Speaker 3: the last few years start. I don't know why, but

459
00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:04,000
Speaker 3: he's become my guy. But he gave me some time

460
00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:06,880
Speaker 3: after the game as well, and I told him about

461
00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:10,159
Speaker 3: what Paul George here. He said, yeah, it means. It

462
00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:13,520
Speaker 3: means the world to him to have the coaching staff

463
00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:17,639
Speaker 3: talking about Tyron lu in particular, believe in him and

464
00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:20,919
Speaker 3: trusting him that win his shots when one aspect of

465
00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:24,760
Speaker 3: his game is not being effective, that they know that

466
00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:28,320
Speaker 3: he can do other things in the court. And he's

467
00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:30,920
Speaker 3: not looking over his shoulders. That's one thing he said.

468
00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:34,879
Speaker 3: He's not looking over his shoulder after a mistake, so

469
00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:37,040
Speaker 3: he doesn't have to hesitate when he's playing. He can

470
00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:39,280
Speaker 3: still go out there and play relentlessly. And that's what

471
00:26:39,359 --> 00:26:43,560
Speaker 3: he did. Stein from offense clutch offense to rebounds, multiple

472
00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:46,240
Speaker 3: clutch offense rebounds down the stretch to hit in two

473
00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:50,639
Speaker 3: big free throws to get in that isolation on isolation

474
00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:55,159
Speaker 3: isolation island with Devin Booker, which is not easy to do.

475
00:26:56,080 --> 00:26:59,680
Speaker 3: Got the block but still was able to get to

476
00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:04,080
Speaker 3: keep ball in bounds and Clippers ball. He just did

477
00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:07,440
Speaker 3: an unbelievable job on the defensive end all night keeping

478
00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:11,159
Speaker 3: guard and Kevin Durant he you know, you had to

479
00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:14,119
Speaker 3: be happy for the guy man to have to have

480
00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:19,920
Speaker 3: that feeling while going while missing sixteen of his nineteen shots. Man,

481
00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:23,160
Speaker 3: he was really he was really, he really didn't.

482
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Speaker 2: I don't know if we'll ever get the full candor

483
00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:28,000
Speaker 2: on this, but you know, the vibe I got really

484
00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:31,239
Speaker 2: was that I don't think the Clippers front office was

485
00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:34,920
Speaker 2: completely sold on the idea of going after Russell Westbrook.

486
00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:36,879
Speaker 2: I mean, it really looked.

487
00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:40,280
Speaker 3: I thought about writing that STN. I thought about right now,

488
00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:43,320
Speaker 3: but I'm like, you know what, it ain't time for that.

489
00:27:43,359 --> 00:27:45,960
Speaker 2: But it really looks it. I mean, you know, from

490
00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:49,560
Speaker 2: the outside, it certainly came off as Paul George is

491
00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:51,840
Speaker 2: the one who had the lobby to get this thing done.

492
00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:55,080
Speaker 2: And I think right now they're obviously glad that they listened,

493
00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:57,440
Speaker 2: because you know, as you said, Paul George, in a

494
00:27:57,520 --> 00:28:01,760
Speaker 2: best case scenario, realistically, the soonest we see him is

495
00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:05,560
Speaker 2: probably the next round. And this was pg's quote to

496
00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:09,000
Speaker 2: you and your piece quote. This is the reason why

497
00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:11,840
Speaker 2: Russ was such huge pickup for us. They just see

498
00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:14,000
Speaker 2: Russ for the shots that he misses. They don't see

499
00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:16,159
Speaker 2: him for the rebounding the defense. Look at the block

500
00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:19,520
Speaker 2: on KD to start this series off and the block

501
00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:21,920
Speaker 2: on d Book to finish the game. They don't see

502
00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:24,680
Speaker 2: the intangibles, and they look past everything else that he does.

503
00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:27,480
Speaker 2: They solely look into whether he make or misshots and

504
00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:30,760
Speaker 2: judge him off that. Please don't judge him off who

505
00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:34,919
Speaker 2: he is as a basketball player. And you know what,

506
00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:38,080
Speaker 2: I'm glad you relayed that story about Batoomb because again,

507
00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:40,520
Speaker 2: like I said, I said the last time this came up,

508
00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:43,640
Speaker 2: Batoomb doesn't know it yet, but he is. He is

509
00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:46,320
Speaker 2: going to be a huge part of our NBA draft coverage.

510
00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:49,320
Speaker 2: When when when, when we get closer to the draft

511
00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:52,160
Speaker 2: time we are bringing we are gonna lobby him. We're

512
00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:54,640
Speaker 2: gonna work on him to come on this show and

513
00:28:54,760 --> 00:29:00,960
Speaker 2: give us the Parisian view of Victor Wembinnyam. The more

514
00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:03,800
Speaker 2: than presumptive number one pick in the draft, the obvious,

515
00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:09,320
Speaker 2: the automatic number one pick looming in the June draft.

516
00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:13,240
Speaker 2: So what do you see from the Suns? You know

517
00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:18,640
Speaker 2: this this playoffs is so weird because it was a

518
00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:22,440
Speaker 2: weird season in the West with only two fifty win

519
00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:26,000
Speaker 2: teams and so many teams clumped together, and then the

520
00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:29,480
Speaker 2: playoffs start, and really, has there ever been a postseason

521
00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:33,720
Speaker 2: where the number six Warriors, who of course are the

522
00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:37,560
Speaker 2: defending champions, or the number seven Lakers, or you know,

523
00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:40,360
Speaker 2: the number five Clippers would be in this conversation if

524
00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:43,600
Speaker 2: Paul George were healthy right now. The number four Sons,

525
00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:46,040
Speaker 2: they're another team that, like all of these middle to

526
00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:52,000
Speaker 2: the middle, middle to lower seeds in the West, they

527
00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:56,360
Speaker 2: all generate more public belief than the one, two or

528
00:29:56,440 --> 00:29:58,480
Speaker 2: three seeds that they can win the West. I mean,

529
00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:02,680
Speaker 2: you just outside of Denver, outside of Memphis, outside of Sacramento,

530
00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:06,200
Speaker 2: outside of the city limits, you don't see anyone saying

531
00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:11,040
Speaker 2: that those teams are capable of winning this supposedly wide

532
00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:14,000
Speaker 2: open conference. So it's just been a strange year. But

533
00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:17,800
Speaker 2: you know, I think the Suns, again, I don't want

534
00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:20,560
Speaker 2: to overreact to a Game one, but they're immediately under

535
00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:23,600
Speaker 2: pressure because you know, yeah, they were eight to o

536
00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:25,840
Speaker 2: in the regular season without Kevin Durant, but right now

537
00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:28,600
Speaker 2: they're owen one with Kevin Durant. When it matters, and

538
00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:32,880
Speaker 2: they did not look like a team that really knew

539
00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:34,040
Speaker 2: each other in that game one.

540
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Speaker 3: That's that's why I say the playoffs are a different ballgame.

541
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Speaker 3: When everybody was talking about the eight to no regular

542
00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:50,760
Speaker 3: season start KD Sons, I'm gonna tell you what I

543
00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:54,640
Speaker 3: think happened with the Phoenix Sons is what I kind

544
00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:57,520
Speaker 3: of talked about doing the broadcast. Uh. You know, I

545
00:30:57,560 --> 00:31:02,600
Speaker 3: spoke with Chris Paul night before the game and I

546
00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:05,800
Speaker 3: was asking him. I said, hey, like, where is KD

547
00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:09,680
Speaker 3: at with, you know, finding his way, learning the concepts,

548
00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:13,400
Speaker 3: learning the schemes, you know, having it all in his head.

549
00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:16,680
Speaker 3: And he said, we're still getting to that point. And

550
00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:18,560
Speaker 3: I was like, okay, so if you still getting to

551
00:31:18,560 --> 00:31:21,280
Speaker 3: that point, that means you're still learning on the fly

552
00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:24,080
Speaker 3: in the playoffs. He was like, yeah, it is. It

553
00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:26,360
Speaker 3: is what it is. He says, really impressed in it,

554
00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:29,880
Speaker 3: but that's the task we have. And he said, I'm

555
00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:32,880
Speaker 3: not making any excuses, but it is what it is.

556
00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:36,680
Speaker 3: And so think about that, stiin, has there ever been

557
00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:42,000
Speaker 3: a scenario where a player of that magnitude comes over

558
00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:45,840
Speaker 3: to a new team and he's learning, still learning things,

559
00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:51,040
Speaker 3: learning concepts and nuances of his team in the playoffs,

560
00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:55,600
Speaker 3: like this is really unpressed. Like usually you know, trade

561
00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:59,960
Speaker 3: that line you got them in for months before the playoffs.

562
00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:02,760
Speaker 3: I mean, you know KD got injured so that that,

563
00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:06,120
Speaker 3: you know, put it different things. But they're still learning him.

564
00:32:06,160 --> 00:32:11,400
Speaker 3: And the thing and one thing that showed me why

565
00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:16,240
Speaker 3: they still are learning on the fly, KD was under

566
00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:20,800
Speaker 3: utilized in the second half. He was he was, Yeah,

567
00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:21,080
Speaker 3: I'm not.

568
00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:24,800
Speaker 2: I think Kg's adjusted. It's everybody else adjusting to him.

569
00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:28,240
Speaker 2: I mean, they like whatever you throw a KD, he's

570
00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:30,120
Speaker 2: going to figure out. Like again going back to that

571
00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:33,840
Speaker 2: third quarter, that he could manufacture six assists in this situation,

572
00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:38,040
Speaker 2: first playoff game with these guys, and you know, he's

573
00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:40,960
Speaker 2: so adaptable. I think it's the other guys finding their

574
00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:44,800
Speaker 2: spots around him that I mean. And the other thing,

575
00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:47,400
Speaker 2: I mean, they only took nineteen threes. I mean that

576
00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:50,560
Speaker 2: that's not enough. They're gonna have to They're gonna have

577
00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:55,440
Speaker 2: to in game two, increase, increase the attempts and makes

578
00:32:55,480 --> 00:32:57,400
Speaker 2: from the three point line. I mean, it's just into

579
00:32:57,680 --> 00:33:00,000
Speaker 2: in the modern NBA, you're not gonna win shooting only

580
00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:03,160
Speaker 2: nineteen threes. But yeah, like you said it is unprecedented.

581
00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:06,480
Speaker 2: I mean, really the when we talk about you know,

582
00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:12,160
Speaker 2: mid season trades that lead to a championship, there are

583
00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:15,400
Speaker 2: three prime examples in NBA history that everyone points to.

584
00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:19,760
Speaker 2: Clyde drex Are going to Houston in ninety five, but

585
00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:24,480
Speaker 2: they had a Keem Rashid Wallace, that's really the one

586
00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:27,240
Speaker 2: two thousand and four. He went to first, he went

587
00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:29,920
Speaker 2: to Atlanta for one game, then went to Detroit, and

588
00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:33,760
Speaker 2: he was like the last puzzle piece in a perfect puzzle.

589
00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:36,640
Speaker 2: I mean, the Pistons were just such a unique team

590
00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:40,480
Speaker 2: because they didn't really have they didn't have anyone in

591
00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:44,520
Speaker 2: the durant role, you know, Chauncey and Rashid and Rip

592
00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:46,880
Speaker 2: and Ben Wallace all in a way. I mean, you

593
00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:49,640
Speaker 2: could make the case that all of them were the

594
00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:53,000
Speaker 2: best Piston if you if you narrow it down to

595
00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:56,040
Speaker 2: a certain skill or two. And then obviously Tayshawn was

596
00:33:56,040 --> 00:33:59,320
Speaker 2: was another great, you know engine to help make things

597
00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:02,360
Speaker 2: happen there. But and then Marc Gasol going to the Raptors.

598
00:34:02,360 --> 00:34:04,360
Speaker 2: But I mean you had Kawhi Leonard. I mean Mark

599
00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:09,600
Speaker 2: Marcasol was a great you know center and defensive play

600
00:34:09,680 --> 00:34:12,439
Speaker 2: anchor and all that stuff, but you know, a complimentary

601
00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:15,319
Speaker 2: piece to a championship team. And you know, Durant is

602
00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:19,279
Speaker 2: he is the universe now with you know, or at

603
00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:22,959
Speaker 2: least he shares it with Devin Booker. So I mean, yeah,

604
00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:25,480
Speaker 2: this is this to me, was why as good as

605
00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:28,040
Speaker 2: the Sons looked in the regular season, like we had

606
00:34:28,120 --> 00:34:30,319
Speaker 2: no idea what the Sons would look like on the

607
00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:36,520
Speaker 2: playoff stage, and and the first look was not was

608
00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:37,399
Speaker 2: not a work of art.

609
00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:42,400
Speaker 3: I know, kdstuy he's still trying to I.

610
00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:44,239
Speaker 2: Mean, you're you got a better feel to me, you

611
00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:44,600
Speaker 2: were there.

612
00:34:44,680 --> 00:34:49,720
Speaker 3: Doesn't want to nah, he doesn't want to infringe upon

613
00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:53,200
Speaker 3: what the Sons have done to this point. And so yeah,

614
00:34:53,239 --> 00:34:56,759
Speaker 3: you talk. You mentioned that how the Sons have to

615
00:34:56,800 --> 00:35:00,839
Speaker 3: get used to him, and yeah, they they they do.

616
00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:03,400
Speaker 3: But I'm telling you right now, like there's going to

617
00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:05,359
Speaker 3: have to be there's going to have to They're going

618
00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:08,839
Speaker 3: to have to get to a point where they give

619
00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:11,400
Speaker 3: it to KD. Get out the way, let them go,

620
00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:13,560
Speaker 3: force feed them. And it's going to have to get

621
00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:15,960
Speaker 3: to a point where KD is demanding the ball because

622
00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:18,120
Speaker 3: Chris Paul, Devin Booker, everybody else, they're used to playing

623
00:35:18,160 --> 00:35:19,799
Speaker 3: with each other used to playing and doing their thing,

624
00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:23,319
Speaker 3: and they haven't. They haven't really adapted. KD is just

625
00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:26,640
Speaker 3: so good where he's coming in and he's just fitting.

626
00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:29,080
Speaker 3: And he did that in the regular season. If you

627
00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:31,279
Speaker 3: look at like, he's still not he's not taking more

628
00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:33,759
Speaker 3: shots than Devin Booker. And not to say that, it's

629
00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:35,720
Speaker 3: not saying that he needs to take more than Devon,

630
00:35:36,239 --> 00:35:39,200
Speaker 3: but I'm just I'm using that as an illustration of

631
00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:42,360
Speaker 3: how he's just coming in and trying to blend. Because

632
00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:44,319
Speaker 3: KD he always talks about, I can go with any

633
00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:46,920
Speaker 3: system and play with Yeah, you can do that, but

634
00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:50,520
Speaker 3: in order for the Sons to go to the distance,

635
00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:52,959
Speaker 3: KD is going to have to be the best player,

636
00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:54,719
Speaker 3: and he is the best player on the team, and

637
00:35:54,719 --> 00:35:56,719
Speaker 3: so they're eventually they gonna have to treat him like that.

638
00:35:56,800 --> 00:35:58,600
Speaker 3: So it's going to be an adjustment, and that's what

639
00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:03,040
Speaker 3: I'm saying. Is so uncommon to have an adjustment period

640
00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:06,200
Speaker 3: in the first round of the playoffs, So they're trying

641
00:36:06,239 --> 00:36:08,640
Speaker 3: to figure all all these things out on the fly,

642
00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:11,120
Speaker 3: and they will. You don't want to overreact to one game,

643
00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:15,040
Speaker 3: but that was one game that damn Like, if you're

644
00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:17,520
Speaker 3: gonna win a game with Russ going three for nineteen.

645
00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:19,680
Speaker 3: If you can't get that one, it's gonna be tough

646
00:36:19,840 --> 00:36:24,200
Speaker 3: and sty The Suns don't get much production from the bench.

647
00:36:24,680 --> 00:36:27,919
Speaker 2: Yeah, no, they're incredibly thin now after this trade. I mean,

648
00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:32,280
Speaker 2: their four best players are you know, it's a great

649
00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:36,880
Speaker 2: top four. But behind that, I mean there's no question

650
00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:40,759
Speaker 2: they've been weakened severely. I mean, look, I mean, I

651
00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:42,720
Speaker 2: don't think we're I don't think we're taking a huge

652
00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:47,480
Speaker 2: leap to say the Clippers are gonna take a lot

653
00:36:47,520 --> 00:36:50,239
Speaker 2: from that Game one win and really believe now that

654
00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:52,799
Speaker 2: they can win this series even without Paul George. I mean,

655
00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:57,760
Speaker 2: they they clearly have that belief. I'm curious, from your seat,

656
00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:01,360
Speaker 2: how rattled are the Suns? What's the panic level after

657
00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:02,560
Speaker 2: one loss?

658
00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:05,919
Speaker 3: They're They're fine, They're fine right now. They're fine right now.

659
00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:12,440
Speaker 3: But look, I'm gonna say this it the Clippers took

660
00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:17,359
Speaker 3: Game one, they took Game one. They were they are

661
00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:21,040
Speaker 3: not the favorites. Sons were heavily favorite, the heavily favorites,

662
00:37:22,080 --> 00:37:24,680
Speaker 3: and they went in there and took it that that

663
00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:27,000
Speaker 3: has to do something, that has to do something to

664
00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:31,280
Speaker 3: a team psyche And again it's not like the Suns

665
00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:35,360
Speaker 3: are used to being in this situation as constructed, you know,

666
00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:38,560
Speaker 3: So it's not like they can lean on past experiences

667
00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:41,440
Speaker 3: to say we've been knocked down before we got up.

668
00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:47,080
Speaker 3: Well you haven't. With this group, it's different. So that's

669
00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:50,400
Speaker 3: why it's a little bit alarming. Now, if I was

670
00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:54,280
Speaker 3: to say who's still gonna come out victorious in this series,

671
00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:56,920
Speaker 3: I still would have to lean towards the Suns just

672
00:37:56,960 --> 00:38:01,120
Speaker 3: because damn they got you know, they arguably, yeah, well

673
00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:03,879
Speaker 3: they got great players. They got great players over there.

674
00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:09,359
Speaker 3: So but Clippers are deep, they're deep. Anybody can contribute,

675
00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:13,920
Speaker 3: somebody different could contribute, you know, each night, and the

676
00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:17,160
Speaker 3: Sons don't have that. Their main three guys have to

677
00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:20,200
Speaker 3: be on or close to beyond close to being on

678
00:38:20,760 --> 00:38:23,520
Speaker 3: to get to have a chance. So it's gonna be tough.

679
00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:26,000
Speaker 3: So I wouldn't say they're a rattle, but it definitely

680
00:38:26,080 --> 00:38:31,280
Speaker 3: is alarming. And look stein my my my first quarter interview,

681
00:38:31,280 --> 00:38:33,480
Speaker 3: after the first quarter interview with Tyler lou you know,

682
00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:35,120
Speaker 3: I asked him about what was his message to the

683
00:38:35,160 --> 00:38:38,719
Speaker 3: team before they took the court, and he said that

684
00:38:38,760 --> 00:38:42,200
Speaker 3: we're here to win, We're here to win like they

685
00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:44,399
Speaker 3: believe they can win. That was in the first quarter

686
00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:47,040
Speaker 3: when he said that they believe they can win. And

687
00:38:47,080 --> 00:38:49,560
Speaker 3: you know, ty Lou, once he gets the playoffs, he started,

688
00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:53,000
Speaker 3: he started, the lineup, he started. He had zuke box

689
00:38:53,080 --> 00:38:58,600
Speaker 3: guarding some perimeter. It was a perimeter player, I can't remember.

690
00:38:58,680 --> 00:39:02,960
Speaker 3: Like he just switches up the defensive NEPs like he

691
00:39:02,960 --> 00:39:04,719
Speaker 3: he's like a wizard when it comes to this time

692
00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:08,120
Speaker 3: of year. Man, So it has to be alarming. I'm

693
00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:09,000
Speaker 3: not saying it in trouble.

694
00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:13,280
Speaker 2: Tylou is an excellent coach, still an underrated coach after

695
00:39:13,400 --> 00:39:18,719
Speaker 2: his championship with the Calves, and I'm guessing you've probably

696
00:39:19,239 --> 00:39:21,680
Speaker 2: experienced this in the sideline role. But you know, I

697
00:39:21,760 --> 00:39:25,600
Speaker 2: have to say, you know I've said this before. In

698
00:39:25,640 --> 00:39:28,840
Speaker 2: fifteen years at ESPN, there is no assignment I loved

699
00:39:28,880 --> 00:39:32,480
Speaker 2: better than being the sideline guy for ESPN Radio during

700
00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:37,200
Speaker 2: the NBA finals. And I got to do that four times.

701
00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:40,400
Speaker 2: I believe it was twenty thirteen through twenty seventeen. So

702
00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:44,239
Speaker 2: I got the Calves in the finals. The first year

703
00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:47,319
Speaker 2: was blat but the second two years that I did it,

704
00:39:47,880 --> 00:39:53,600
Speaker 2: ty Lou was there, and Tylu he'll talk to you

705
00:39:53,719 --> 00:39:57,280
Speaker 2: during the game. I don't get those seats very often

706
00:39:57,320 --> 00:39:59,840
Speaker 2: anymore to know how many coaches would be willing to

707
00:39:59,880 --> 00:40:03,520
Speaker 2: do that, but there have not. In my four years

708
00:40:03,520 --> 00:40:06,680
Speaker 2: of doing sideline for ESPN Radio, there were not many

709
00:40:06,760 --> 00:40:10,839
Speaker 2: coaches at this point who would stroll over to where

710
00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:13,279
Speaker 2: you're sitting and actually ask you stuff during the game.

711
00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:15,960
Speaker 2: But but Ty would always do it. I mean he

712
00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:18,239
Speaker 2: would throw questions that, you know, do you see that?

713
00:40:18,280 --> 00:40:20,560
Speaker 2: What'd you think of that call? Just you know, he's

714
00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:24,839
Speaker 2: he is, uh, he's very entertaining to watch during a game.

715
00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:26,960
Speaker 2: And and I would have to you know, have you

716
00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:30,360
Speaker 2: know I remember his calves huddles like he you know,

717
00:40:31,600 --> 00:40:34,879
Speaker 2: he had Lebron tuned in. Not every coach who's coach

718
00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:37,760
Speaker 2: Lebron can say that, but when he was coaching the Calves,

719
00:40:38,239 --> 00:40:39,239
Speaker 2: Lebron was dialed in.

720
00:40:41,120 --> 00:40:43,480
Speaker 3: Well, I could definitely say he's much more cordial to

721
00:40:43,520 --> 00:40:45,880
Speaker 3: you than he is to me when he when he

722
00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:48,000
Speaker 3: walks over to me when I'm on the sideline.

723
00:40:48,440 --> 00:40:50,799
Speaker 4: What But that's what I mean.

724
00:40:50,840 --> 00:40:54,640
Speaker 5: But that's even that is like he's he's loose, like

725
00:40:54,760 --> 00:41:00,360
Speaker 5: he's he's he's loose, like he's chatty during game games,

726
00:41:00,920 --> 00:41:01,960
Speaker 5: all right, everybody.

727
00:41:02,200 --> 00:41:04,839
Speaker 2: I think that does it for this edition of this

728
00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:08,160
Speaker 2: league uncut. You got Game two clips at SUNS. What

729
00:41:08,239 --> 00:41:10,000
Speaker 2: do you have next? Is it top se? Are you

730
00:41:10,080 --> 00:41:12,080
Speaker 2: allowed to reveal your sideline assignments?

731
00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:16,360
Speaker 3: Yeah? Bullshit. I believe it may be out out to

732
00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:19,400
Speaker 3: the public already. If it's not, then hey, I'm revealing it.

733
00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:22,560
Speaker 3: But yeah, I got Game two. He'll still here Phoenix

734
00:41:23,200 --> 00:41:27,359
Speaker 3: and the Clippers. Then i transitioned to San Francisco on

735
00:41:27,440 --> 00:41:30,160
Speaker 3: Thursday for Game three of The King's Wars. So I'm

736
00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:33,360
Speaker 3: looking forward to seeing what that action is like, seeing

737
00:41:33,360 --> 00:41:35,960
Speaker 3: what the atmosphere is like, and then I believe then I, yeah,

738
00:41:35,960 --> 00:41:39,080
Speaker 3: I do. Then I come back to this series, but

739
00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:42,440
Speaker 3: it would be Game four in La Clippers Sons and

740
00:41:42,480 --> 00:41:45,240
Speaker 3: if I don't know the rest throughout, but I wouldn't

741
00:41:45,239 --> 00:41:48,239
Speaker 3: be surprised if I if I stuck on the look.

742
00:41:48,239 --> 00:41:50,840
Speaker 2: I should have said this earlier, and I'm glad you

743
00:41:50,840 --> 00:41:53,200
Speaker 2: you doing your schedule kind of reminding me to say this,

744
00:41:53,239 --> 00:41:56,560
Speaker 2: because there is an undeniable flaw in this show that

745
00:41:56,600 --> 00:41:59,840
Speaker 2: we're that we're recording Monday night for a Tuesday release

746
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:04,440
Speaker 2: because we're recording it during six ers nets, so we

747
00:42:04,560 --> 00:42:08,560
Speaker 2: obviously do not know at this point as we're recording

748
00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:11,879
Speaker 2: what the results are of Game two in Sacramento, which

749
00:42:11,920 --> 00:42:15,359
Speaker 2: is a massive game. Obviously, if the Kings, I mean,

750
00:42:15,400 --> 00:42:18,720
Speaker 2: Sacramento is already lit to the max. If the Kings

751
00:42:18,760 --> 00:42:22,799
Speaker 2: go up to zip I get to defending champs, not

752
00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:27,440
Speaker 2: only is that an absolute party in Sacramento, but you

753
00:42:27,440 --> 00:42:30,800
Speaker 2: know how much pressure that would heap upon the Warriors,

754
00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:33,719
Speaker 2: who looked the Warriors were eleven and thirty on the

755
00:42:33,800 --> 00:42:36,799
Speaker 2: road during the regular season. I believed it, and if

756
00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:39,279
Speaker 2: I believed it, I know they believed at times ten

757
00:42:39,840 --> 00:42:42,200
Speaker 2: that they're gonna win one of these first two games

758
00:42:42,239 --> 00:42:45,280
Speaker 2: on the road. The Warriors, of course, have that streak,

759
00:42:45,320 --> 00:42:50,440
Speaker 2: that NBA record streak twenty seven consecutive playoff series with

760
00:42:50,560 --> 00:42:54,640
Speaker 2: at least one road win. Stephen Curry, Clay Thompson, Draymond Green,

761
00:42:54,760 --> 00:42:57,399
Speaker 2: Andre Gudalad they have been part all four of them

762
00:42:57,400 --> 00:43:00,680
Speaker 2: have been part of all twenty seven of those series.

763
00:43:00,680 --> 00:43:04,319
Speaker 2: If I'm not mistaken, maybe Andre, I'm throwing him in

764
00:43:04,320 --> 00:43:07,640
Speaker 2: there and I shouldn't, but definitely, Steph, Clay and Draymond

765
00:43:07,680 --> 00:43:10,120
Speaker 2: have been part of all twenty seven in a row

766
00:43:10,239 --> 00:43:14,239
Speaker 2: of those series. That Golden State has managed at least

767
00:43:14,400 --> 00:43:17,520
Speaker 2: one road wind. So obviously by the time this podcast drops,

768
00:43:17,560 --> 00:43:19,680
Speaker 2: everyone will know if that series is two to ozho

769
00:43:19,840 --> 00:43:22,800
Speaker 2: or one to one. But either way, you've got yourself

770
00:43:22,840 --> 00:43:25,360
Speaker 2: quite an assignment for game three at Chasin.

771
00:43:25,920 --> 00:43:30,120
Speaker 3: And I want to leave by saying this, free E forty,

772
00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:33,840
Speaker 3: Free my boy forty one, Free him Stace. I know

773
00:43:33,880 --> 00:43:34,879
Speaker 3: you're a big E forty fan.

774
00:43:34,920 --> 00:43:36,960
Speaker 2: What's the fact that I cannot even pretend that I

775
00:43:37,040 --> 00:43:43,600
Speaker 2: could name a favorite song? But but I uh, I

776
00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:46,000
Speaker 2: did take note of the fact that the Warriors were

777
00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:49,239
Speaker 2: playing his music at their practice today, So this is

778
00:43:49,280 --> 00:43:52,600
Speaker 2: clearly so this is clearly something that mattered to shoot around.

779
00:43:52,680 --> 00:43:57,000
Speaker 2: This is clearly something that matters to them, like they're

780
00:43:57,040 --> 00:43:59,919
Speaker 2: you know, is it going to be motivation that puts

781
00:44:00,080 --> 00:44:02,040
Speaker 2: I'm over the top in a game they need to win.

782
00:44:02,120 --> 00:44:04,680
Speaker 2: I don't know about that. But this is definitely not

783
00:44:04,760 --> 00:44:07,120
Speaker 2: a small story. This is something that is on the Warriors'

784
00:44:07,200 --> 00:44:07,680
Speaker 2: minds too.

785
00:44:08,920 --> 00:44:10,640
Speaker 3: I can't wait to get over there forget all.

786
00:44:10,560 --> 00:44:12,480
Speaker 2: Right, everybody, And I actually want to sign off with

787
00:44:12,640 --> 00:44:15,640
Speaker 2: a small message because on this Monday night, it is

788
00:44:15,880 --> 00:44:19,200
Speaker 2: Yoma Shoah, which is Holocaust Remembrance Day, and I just

789
00:44:19,320 --> 00:44:24,000
Speaker 2: want to pay tribute to my father, Rubinstein, who was

790
00:44:24,040 --> 00:44:28,680
Speaker 2: a Holocaust survivor. And you know, I've written about this

791
00:44:29,480 --> 00:44:32,680
Speaker 2: a few times, but I can't say it enough. If

792
00:44:32,719 --> 00:44:36,160
Speaker 2: it wasn't for him and everything he did and the

793
00:44:36,200 --> 00:44:40,839
Speaker 2: fight he waged to survive the atrocities of the Holocaust

794
00:44:40,920 --> 00:44:44,600
Speaker 2: and then make it to communist Romania, and then make

795
00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:47,480
Speaker 2: it to Israel, and then make it to the United States,

796
00:44:48,080 --> 00:44:52,719
Speaker 2: all to set up his spoiled kids to you know,

797
00:44:52,760 --> 00:44:55,680
Speaker 2: grow up in the shadow of Disneyland. And and for me,

798
00:44:56,680 --> 00:44:59,960
Speaker 2: you know, to basically live out this pinch me life

799
00:45:00,080 --> 00:45:03,960
Speaker 2: as a sportswriter. None of that is possible without everything

800
00:45:04,280 --> 00:45:08,080
Speaker 2: my dad did. And I just on this Yoma show

801
00:45:08,280 --> 00:45:11,359
Speaker 2: wanted to pay tribute to him and talk about him

802
00:45:11,680 --> 00:45:13,840
Speaker 2: and remember him. And if I can mix a couple

803
00:45:13,800 --> 00:45:17,840
Speaker 2: of languages here, Abba tell you best. I think about

804
00:45:17,840 --> 00:45:23,440
Speaker 2: you every day. And that's all I had to say. Everybody,

805
00:45:23,560 --> 00:45:27,880
Speaker 2: Thanks Samil for listening to another edition of This League Uncut.

806
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Speaker 2: Take care of.

807
00:45:29,440 --> 00:45:39,320
Speaker 4: Him and that'll do it for us. See you next time.

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