WEBVTT - EPISODE 26: Personnel and personal

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to this League Uncut in the rule of twenty

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

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<v Speaker 1>work's time, it's so time. This League Uncut is underway

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<v Speaker 1>and on fire. This should be a good one.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, everybody, it will be a good one. Thanks for

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<v Speaker 2>joining us again. Mark Stein here with Chris Haynes, another

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

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<v Speaker 2>a night later than usual. But in the playoffs you

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<v Speaker 2>gotta make adjustments. And Chris Haynes, unlike me, is going

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<v Speaker 2>to be doing tons of traveling, moving all up and

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<v Speaker 2>down the NBA map to fill his various TNT sideline assignments.

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<v Speaker 2>Me I'm happily, happily consuming all of this from home.

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<v Speaker 2>The opening weekend of the NBA Playoffs. It was at

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<v Speaker 2>the same time, on one hand, really absorbing many good games,

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<v Speaker 2>not all, but many good games. But then there was

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<v Speaker 2>the dispiriting slash depressing side of things with the injuries

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<v Speaker 2>we saw on Sunday. To see Janna Santetokumpo and John

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<v Speaker 2>Morant and Tyler Hero all sustain concerning injuries in two cases,

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<v Speaker 2>then you know a downright crisis for the Miami Heat

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<v Speaker 2>to lose Tyler Hero for at least a month. So

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

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<v Speaker 2>great to reconnect with Chris because on my list on Monday,

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<v Speaker 2>I did my list of superlatives from the opening weekend

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<v Speaker 2>of the playoffs, and Chris Haynes he earned a spot

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<v Speaker 2>on that list because the man looked absolutely resplendent Friday

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<v Speaker 2>night in his South Beach clean white suit, impeccably tailored.

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<v Speaker 2>It was still the playing round, then the play It

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<v Speaker 2>was the night before the playoffs actually started, but I

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<v Speaker 2>counted it as part of the weekend. And Chris Haynes,

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<v Speaker 2>you are the first recipient on my sub stack of

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<v Speaker 2>the Look of the Weekend Award. You won it in

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<v Speaker 2>a route in a runaway.

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<v Speaker 3>I've officially made it. I've officially arrived. I have officially arrived.

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<v Speaker 3>I got to Actually I didn't see that start. I

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<v Speaker 3>didn't see that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, the tweet, the tweet misfired. I thought the tweet

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<v Speaker 2>actually was funny because I thought people because what I did.

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<v Speaker 2>I had the picture of you with Max Struse and

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<v Speaker 2>Jimmy Butler your postgame interview, and I put the tweet

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

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<v Speaker 2>But instead I'm gonna say, please rate and review dot

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<v Speaker 2>dot dot dramatic pause are podcast. And I thought that

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<v Speaker 2>would be funny, but man I I it was. It

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<v Speaker 2>was a swing in the swing and miss it did

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<v Speaker 2>nothing on Twitter?

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<v Speaker 3>What else? Why you're a sports writer and not a

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<v Speaker 3>comedic writer.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I do, but I do have a story to you,

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<v Speaker 2>know how you always say you want to hear personal stories.

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<v Speaker 2>You want to hear a humorous personal story.

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<v Speaker 3>A dude, I don't.

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<v Speaker 2>In high school, I was so much more daring than

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<v Speaker 2>I was than I am in adulthood, Like you know

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<v Speaker 2>me in adulthood. I know, I frustrate you because I'm

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<v Speaker 2>so I'm always worried. I'm so safe. I'm like ultra safe,

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<v Speaker 2>and you love to like ask me for advice, hear

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<v Speaker 2>my safe advice and then just do what you're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>do anyway, But you love to you love to do

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

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<v Speaker 2>I had the guts to do this. High school graduation,

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<v Speaker 2>we go on a cruise. You know, my ten or

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<v Speaker 2>so best friends of me. We're on a cruise to

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<v Speaker 2>celebrate our graduation from high school, and they had a

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<v Speaker 2>talent show on the ship. And this is nineteen eighty seven,

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<v Speaker 2>so Jerry Seinfeld is not super well known at this point.

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<v Speaker 2>Obviously he he was, you know, comedy fans knew him,

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<v Speaker 2>but like he was not a national sensation. I had

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<v Speaker 2>memorized his whole act, and at the talent show, I

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<v Speaker 2>basically went up there and did his whole HBO act.

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<v Speaker 2>And I actually, for the rest of the cruise had

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<v Speaker 2>people coming up to me going, wow, you got talent,

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<v Speaker 2>like they obviously didn't know who Jerry Seinfeld was at

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<v Speaker 2>that point. No absolutely criminal offense for you know, comedy

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<v Speaker 2>to just completely rip off somebody's act. But but uh completely, yeah,

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

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<v Speaker 2>important part is I can't even imagine that I actually

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<v Speaker 2>had the guts to go up there and do that

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<v Speaker 2>in front, Like, I don't know, it's like a different person.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. I don't know where I got that.

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<v Speaker 3>Which leads me to my next question. What got you

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<v Speaker 3>to this point?

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<v Speaker 2>Honestly I don't know, but something early in college, something

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<v Speaker 2>changed and I became mister worry, mister safety, mister panic.

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<v Speaker 3>I like.

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<v Speaker 2>To cry too late though, because it's been a long

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<v Speaker 2>time since I was eighteen or nineteen. It was a

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<v Speaker 2>long time ago. But yeah, thankfully there is no video

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<v Speaker 2>of that. But uh yeah, like I said, I you

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<v Speaker 2>know again, please forgive me for the horrendous comedy crimes

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<v Speaker 2>of you know, not going up there with my own material.

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<v Speaker 2>But I'm just still more like, how did I actually

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<v Speaker 2>have the guts to do that in front of a

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<v Speaker 2>whole ship?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah? No, chest no, chick definitely impressed.

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

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<v Speaker 2>we all I we always have a plan and then

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<v Speaker 2>somehow we diverged from the plan. But yes, let's let's

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<v Speaker 2>get back to the point. The point here was you

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<v Speaker 2>looked fantastic. You look fantastic, game on, you came out strong.

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<v Speaker 3>You definitely I was in Miami style. You feel you

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<v Speaker 3>feel Miami us. I'm gonna tell you. I'm gonna tell

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<v Speaker 3>you how you feel. Maybe looking at all these beautiful

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<v Speaker 3>people walking walk in the face of the earth in Miami,

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<v Speaker 3>and you look at everybody looking fit, looking good. Skin

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<v Speaker 3>is just everybody's skin is just glowing, and you feel

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<v Speaker 3>a certain way, so you put you know, you put

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<v Speaker 3>a suit on that's kind of you know, bright, So

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<v Speaker 3>I had it was a light bluish I was called

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<v Speaker 3>a light bluish, light bluish color looks it could look

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<v Speaker 3>white depending on the view. But you know, I have

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<v Speaker 3>my my shirt on, and you know, it's one of

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<v Speaker 3>those days, starn where you might you might want to

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<v Speaker 3>take an extra button out, you know. Man. Jeff Yeah,

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

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<v Speaker 3>just Miami, baby, that's just Miami. So you feel yourself

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

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<v Speaker 3>Sposer was getting who Billy Donovan? They all they was like,

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<v Speaker 3>oh you and Miami.

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<v Speaker 2>Huh have you ever warned?

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<v Speaker 3>Have you ever come out.

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<v Speaker 2>In all white suit before?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah? Once? That was high school, my high school prom,

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<v Speaker 3>last first and last time I wore all white suit.

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

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<v Speaker 3>anymore at the end of that night. What happened was

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<v Speaker 3>the last I mean, it's just white, just white. Just

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<v Speaker 3>seventeen year old getting into whatever, you know, especially that night.

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<v Speaker 3>You know.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, but I was confused. I thought we were talking

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<v Speaker 2>about your new Miami suit. Did your new Miami suit.

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<v Speaker 2>Make it past one day.

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

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<v Speaker 3>get this straight, just so aggregators will get this roll.

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<v Speaker 3>I was talking about the seventeen year old Shenanigus back

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<v Speaker 3>in the day, not a couple of days ago. No,

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<v Speaker 3>this suit is okay. I learned.

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<v Speaker 2>I learned how to shirt this time. That was good.

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<v Speaker 2>You didn't have to buy a shirt. You didn't have

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<v Speaker 2>to buy a shirt in Miami.

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<v Speaker 3>I did bring a shirt. But if I chose not

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<v Speaker 3>to buy a shirt and chose not to wear a shirt,

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<v Speaker 3>I would have fit right in in Miami. Now on

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<v Speaker 3>the broadcast, that would have been a different story.

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<v Speaker 2>That's right. I think Russ didn't Russ walk into Game

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<v Speaker 2>one with no shirt.

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

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<v Speaker 3>is so beautiful.

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<v Speaker 2>Ally, you did not do You did not do too

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<v Speaker 2>bad on the weather assignment, starting out in South Beach

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<v Speaker 2>and then heading to the desert.

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

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<v Speaker 2>So was there anything notable that happened on your Miami

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<v Speaker 2>trip besides everybody giving you a hard time about your gear?

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<v Speaker 3>No? You know, listen, I'll say this. You know, we

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<v Speaker 3>talk about how all Stars run the league and how

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<v Speaker 3>there's there's just a fascination with knowing what the stars

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<v Speaker 3>have to say, what they do, how they really are.

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<v Speaker 3>But I'm telling you something people disagree. Patrick Beverley has

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<v Speaker 3>that appeal. And what I would say about that is

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<v Speaker 3>that you never know what the guy is going to say.

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

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<v Speaker 3>right in the middle, so it's a great view, great

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<v Speaker 3>for listening and eavesdropping. So and I'm surprised video hasn't

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<v Speaker 3>surfaced of this moment that I'm about about to say.

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<v Speaker 3>So it's the first half and Pat Beav and Tyler

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<v Speaker 3>he Row got into it about something early on. Early

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<v Speaker 3>on in the game. I think Pat foul DeMar Tyler

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<v Speaker 3>got in his face, kind of roused up the crowd.

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<v Speaker 3>Later on in the game, Pat foul Tyler again, and

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<v Speaker 3>the heat gets the ball on the side out. So

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<v Speaker 3>Pat walks to where ma max Strus is inbound to

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<v Speaker 3>the bass. Tonight's guarding him, so he's by the inbounder

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<v Speaker 3>and remember Pat had just fouled Tyler hero I believe,

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<v Speaker 3>and so he comes over walking towards Max Druce, saying, man,

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<v Speaker 3>trying to somebody, try to be hard, but they flopping

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<v Speaker 3>like that. They can't take a foul. That don't make sense,

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<v Speaker 3>That don't make sense. He kept like saying that, saying

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<v Speaker 3>that repeatedly. Then Max Druce, who's I'm behind Max Sdruce,

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<v Speaker 3>who is back is towards me. So I couldn't really

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<v Speaker 3>make out what Max said, but he said something to Pat,

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

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<v Speaker 3>you are. I don't even know your name. Shut up.

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<v Speaker 3>And then you know, Max goes and have one of

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<v Speaker 3>the best by the end of the night. The night.

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

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<v Speaker 2>really really did not like that move the Lakers. I

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<v Speaker 2>never thought that he could fit into Lakerland. I just

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<v Speaker 2>thought his personality was too big on a team that

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<v Speaker 2>already has two rather large personalities in Lebron James and

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<v Speaker 2>Anthony Davis. But you have to give the man his props.

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<v Speaker 2>He went to Chicago, his hometown team, and he clearly

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<v Speaker 2>made a difference. They played with an undeniable edge after

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<v Speaker 2>adding Pat Bev. Gotta give him his props.

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

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<v Speaker 3>some issues or two before, but I got none of

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

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

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<v Speaker 2>see do the do the Bulls bring him back. He

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<v Speaker 2>had such a big impact there that you know, I

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<v Speaker 2>know Minnesota fans were devastated that when Pat became available

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<v Speaker 2>on the buyout market that the Wolves decided that they

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<v Speaker 2>weren't going to bring him back because he had such

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<v Speaker 2>a similar impact in Minnesota. So I'm gonna be curious

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<v Speaker 2>to see if the Bulls say, you know what we need,

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<v Speaker 2>We need that edge back for one more year. You

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<v Speaker 2>were the first to report about Tyler heroes injury. The

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<v Speaker 2>severity of it, I mean four to six weeks.

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<v Speaker 4>Man.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like with the state that the Bucks are in

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<v Speaker 2>the heat, actually have a chance to win this series,

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

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<v Speaker 2>gonna get get Atlanta in the play in, or maybe

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<v Speaker 2>even a lower seed like the Bulls or the Raptors,

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<v Speaker 2>and instead the Bucks end up with a first round

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<v Speaker 2>matchup against Miami. Giannis goes down. Jiannis was already playing

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<v Speaker 2>through a wrist injury. So I mean there's a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of pressure already on the Bucks, who really began these

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<v Speaker 2>playoffs as not just the Eastern Conference favorite, but a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of people's favorites to win it all. I'm sure Miami,

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<v Speaker 2>now having stolen Game one, the Heat think they can

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<v Speaker 2>win this series. I'm sure they believed it going in,

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<v Speaker 2>because that's we know, Jimmy Butler's gonna always kind of

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<v Speaker 2>carry himself that way. But what is it four to

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<v Speaker 2>six weeks?

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<v Speaker 3>Right? No?

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<v Speaker 2>No, I mean they're not getting Tyler Herro back for

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<v Speaker 2>at least a month.

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<v Speaker 3>All right, So I'm being told that it would take

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<v Speaker 3>the Heat making it to the NBA Finals for Tyler

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<v Speaker 3>to have the chance to come back. That's rough.

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<v Speaker 2>Terrible opening weekend for injuries, man, Just terrible style.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, it's behind the scenes. We give people a

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<v Speaker 3>little bit behind its pull back the curtain a little

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<v Speaker 3>bit when it comes to reporting. So I was actually

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<v Speaker 3>working the Clippers Clippers Sons game last night during the brocket.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, I was working, you know, the broadcast, and

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<v Speaker 3>I got this news about Tyler Hero. So I actually

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<v Speaker 3>broke it during that game, and you know, stoan. It's

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<v Speaker 3>one of those things where you you know, the Miami

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<v Speaker 3>Heat are not the favorites. They were not the favorites

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<v Speaker 3>going in, and then you get news of Tyler Hero

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<v Speaker 3>breaking his breaking his hand, and it's well, let me

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<v Speaker 3>let me get make sure I state what exactly he

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<v Speaker 3>broke for clarity purposes out there, he broke the middle

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<v Speaker 3>and ring finger of his shooting him. So immediately when

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<v Speaker 3>I got that news, initially, you know, I was thinking

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<v Speaker 3>about reporting Tyler Hero done for the season. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>obviously broken you know, broken middle finger, uh, middle finger

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<v Speaker 3>and ring finger, and you know, I'm thinking, like, hold on, okay,

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<v Speaker 3>And then I got like soon after, my sources hit

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<v Speaker 3>me up saying, you know, it's a four to six

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<v Speaker 3>weeks uh timetable, and so I'm still thinking, okay, he's

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<v Speaker 3>out for the year. But then I was like, hold on,

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<v Speaker 3>the NBA playoffs will still be going on. And you

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<v Speaker 3>don't want to get on the wrong side of the

0:14:51.440 --> 0:14:54.880
<v Speaker 3>fans here, you know what I'm saying. They believe they going,

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<v Speaker 3>They're going all the way. So I'm like, you know what,

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<v Speaker 3>let me just keep this conservative. Let me let me

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<v Speaker 3>keep this strictly uh to the facts of how I

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<v Speaker 3>you know what I received, uh, four to six weeks, so,

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, but definitely if you look at the Bucks

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<v Speaker 3>and Miami still in game one, Giannis's condition, sure, I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>if they get past the Bucks, I mean you can't.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's that's what That's what I'm saying. Yeah, they

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<v Speaker 2>beat the Bucks, they can win the East.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah. But I wasn't thinking that, you know, you know

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<v Speaker 3>at the time, you know, I was like, well, man,

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<v Speaker 3>I guess, I guess he's out for the year. But nah,

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<v Speaker 3>let me just you know, let's let's keep hope alive

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<v Speaker 3>out there. And and I think I'm definitely with them

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<v Speaker 3>going in there and getting Game one. They definitely feel

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<v Speaker 3>like they still have a shot, even with Tyler Hill

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<v Speaker 3>being out. Now.

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<v Speaker 2>On the Milwaukee side, it sounds like there's some some

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<v Speaker 2>hope there that they isn't a super serious injury for

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<v Speaker 2>Yannis and that even if he can't make it back

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<v Speaker 2>for Game two, that it it should be some time

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<v Speaker 2>after that. Like, this doesn't seem to be like it's

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<v Speaker 2>going to be the kind of thing that knocks him

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<v Speaker 2>out for a whole series. But I mean, look, it

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't get more alarming than losing Jannis for any amount

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<v Speaker 2>of time because the guy is so durable and we

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<v Speaker 2>know he tends to play hurt.

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<v Speaker 3>So but that back, that back is nothing to play with. Man,

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<v Speaker 3>that pas back and knees. Oh, those those are some

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<v Speaker 3>of the worst injuries to play with. You can you

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<v Speaker 3>could possibly get out there and and be of service,

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<v Speaker 3>but you don't have your lift. You know each step

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<v Speaker 3>I play, you know I play with both both those

0:16:45.360 --> 0:16:47.960
<v Speaker 3>types of injuries. Man, I'm dealing with some neat issues

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<v Speaker 3>right now as I continue to try to keep playing

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<v Speaker 3>Who three or four times a day, So.

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<v Speaker 2>Three or four times a week especially, you don't play

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<v Speaker 2>three or four times a day? Thank you for correct

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<v Speaker 2>But do you do you try to find Hoop on

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<v Speaker 2>the I mean, I'm hundreds of years past that point.

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<v Speaker 2>But on the road, do you try to find pick Up?

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<v Speaker 3>No? I don't. I don't. I just save it. I play.

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<v Speaker 3>Actually I play more than three. I play. I played

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<v Speaker 3>about five times a week when I'm at home, five

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<v Speaker 3>days a week. Yeah, when I'm at home. But when

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<v Speaker 3>I'm on the road, Nah, I don't. I don't find Who.

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<v Speaker 2>How does your game look objective?

0:17:21.720 --> 0:17:25.480
<v Speaker 3>How do you you know what I'm I'm playing the

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<v Speaker 3>best basketball of my forty one year.

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<v Speaker 2>Why now, so.

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

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<v Speaker 3>See me duncan no catch.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why we're so excited. That's why we're so excited.

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<v Speaker 2>Just when you showed me that picture of you playing

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<v Speaker 2>in the post, I had never even seen a picture

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<v Speaker 2>a still picture of you playing in college before that.

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

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<v Speaker 3>against Will Barton. It's about six years ago. He's throwing

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<v Speaker 3>me alley.

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<v Speaker 2>Oops, just like at a practice.

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<v Speaker 3>We were playing one one.

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<v Speaker 2>Will Barton the only NBA player you hold in higher

0:18:04.720 --> 0:18:07.800
<v Speaker 2>esteem than Damian Lillard. I don't know if Dame knows that.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, Will Will Barton, but no, my athleticism is not

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<v Speaker 3>where I can still dunk, but the nowhere near what

0:18:18.000 --> 0:18:20.120
<v Speaker 3>I used to be able to do. But nah, that's

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<v Speaker 3>the only way sign for me. That's the only way

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<v Speaker 3>that I can get cardio in. I'm not one of

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<v Speaker 3>these crazy people that can just go and just run

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<v Speaker 3>somewhere and just hear their own breath breathe in and out.

0:18:33.200 --> 0:18:35.760
<v Speaker 3>Like I can't do that. Like when I'm playing basketball,

0:18:36.760 --> 0:18:39.800
<v Speaker 3>I'm trying to stop my guy from scoring, or I'm

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<v Speaker 3>going at my guy to get a bucket and then

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<v Speaker 3>next thing you know, it like you're running up and

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<v Speaker 3>down the floor hundreds of times and then you're drenched

0:18:47.440 --> 0:18:49.879
<v Speaker 3>in sweat, so you're not even thinking about all the running.

0:18:50.200 --> 0:18:53.680
<v Speaker 3>So that's how I get my cardio. I can't even

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<v Speaker 3>getting on the tramp mill. I'll do it if I

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<v Speaker 3>have to, but it's nothing like playing basketball for me.

0:19:00.320 --> 0:19:03.359
<v Speaker 2>But and this is probably not the basketball we should

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<v Speaker 2>be delving into so deeply. But I'm gonna ask one

0:19:05.680 --> 0:19:07.880
<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna ask one more. I'm gonna ask one more question.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll get back to the NBA playoffs because of your

0:19:11.080 --> 0:19:13.120
<v Speaker 2>job now. So if you're just playing pick up at

0:19:13.160 --> 0:19:16.399
<v Speaker 2>whatever LA Fitness, aren't guys trying to go after you

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<v Speaker 2>because you know now that they know you.

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<v Speaker 3>All the time, all the time. And you know what

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<v Speaker 3>I say, bring it, bring it on, Oh that stile,

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<v Speaker 3>you don't go to my ig. I'm always posted, always routine, Lee,

0:19:31.880 --> 0:19:35.120
<v Speaker 3>I post about I'll post some video clips.

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<v Speaker 2>Actually, you just reminded me because you know I'm so

0:19:38.119 --> 0:19:41.720
<v Speaker 2>I like Twitter obviously is the domain that I'm familiar

0:19:41.760 --> 0:19:45.480
<v Speaker 2>with and comfortable with. I know, I'm terrible at monitoring IG.

0:19:45.640 --> 0:19:49.520
<v Speaker 2>I'm terrible at using IG, terrible at posting IG, even

0:19:49.600 --> 0:19:53.160
<v Speaker 2>worse at reading IG. But my sources say, and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna actually out this source, it's my son who follows you.

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<v Speaker 2>Now he's and he's he he said. I I asked him.

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<v Speaker 2>I was like, what, what good stuff's he been throwing

0:20:02.560 --> 0:20:05.159
<v Speaker 2>on there? And of course He's like, man, he just

0:20:05.200 --> 0:20:07.320
<v Speaker 2>got a haircut. And I'm like, of course he did.

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<v Speaker 2>There's nothing that makes there's nothing in life that makes

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<v Speaker 2>this man happier than getting a haircut.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh man, you put that on I g.

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<v Speaker 3>Stein. Listen, Man, a haircut does wonders to a mass confidence. Man,

0:20:27.240 --> 0:20:29.240
<v Speaker 3>you just feel like it's a new person. Man.

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<v Speaker 2>Or did I freeze?

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<v Speaker 3>I'm good? You froze froze Ryan did Stein freeze? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>Was that me? Or you who froze?

0:20:45.440 --> 0:20:49.760
<v Speaker 3>Okay, froze me? Or you you froze?

0:20:49.760 --> 0:20:52.480
<v Speaker 2>St So I missed it.

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<v Speaker 3>I'll I'll start, I'll start back up. Three yep three

0:20:59.359 --> 0:21:06.080
<v Speaker 3>two one Stein. Nothing makes a man feel more confident

0:21:06.480 --> 0:21:09.919
<v Speaker 3>and more prepared than having a fresh haircut. Man. When

0:21:09.960 --> 0:21:11.800
<v Speaker 3>you get a haircut, man, you feel like you can

0:21:11.840 --> 0:21:14.840
<v Speaker 3>do anything, and so before. But I gotta go on.

0:21:15.119 --> 0:21:17.479
<v Speaker 3>I gotta go on TV with a clean cut. I

0:21:17.560 --> 0:21:19.920
<v Speaker 3>have to, man, I feel good. When you feel good,

0:21:19.960 --> 0:21:22.679
<v Speaker 3>you play good. That's real. When you feel good, you

0:21:22.720 --> 0:21:25.919
<v Speaker 3>play good. It doesn't matter what type of job you have,

0:21:26.200 --> 0:21:30.639
<v Speaker 3>what type of occupation. When you look good, you perform good.

0:21:31.119 --> 0:21:37.080
<v Speaker 3>And so I believe in that. And and I don't

0:21:37.119 --> 0:21:39.280
<v Speaker 3>know how much longer I'm gonna have hair, so I

0:21:39.359 --> 0:21:41.320
<v Speaker 3>gotta keep documenting as long as I can.

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<v Speaker 2>If you say so, man, I believe you. All right, Well,

0:21:43.920 --> 0:21:46.160
<v Speaker 2>let's move on then, to you, because the next stop

0:21:46.200 --> 0:21:49.480
<v Speaker 2>of your travels was even more eventful than South Beach,

0:21:49.560 --> 0:21:52.720
<v Speaker 2>even more eventful than strutting into the arena with the

0:21:52.760 --> 0:21:57.240
<v Speaker 2>white suit, because you saw quite a game between the

0:21:57.280 --> 0:22:02.080
<v Speaker 2>Clippers and the Suns. The Clips with Russell Westbrook, the

0:22:02.080 --> 0:22:07.520
<v Speaker 2>most inspirational three for nineteen performance in league history, incredible

0:22:08.720 --> 0:22:13.600
<v Speaker 2>string of clutch plays at both ends as the Clippers

0:22:13.600 --> 0:22:19.400
<v Speaker 2>stormback and win. Bizarre game for Kevin Durant the third quarter.

0:22:19.400 --> 0:22:21.320
<v Speaker 2>I know everybody's talking about the fourth quarter, but in

0:22:21.359 --> 0:22:25.399
<v Speaker 2>the third quarter, Kevin Durant no field goal attempts but

0:22:25.560 --> 0:22:29.120
<v Speaker 2>six assists. But not only do you get to cover

0:22:29.200 --> 0:22:34.120
<v Speaker 2>this amazing game. You've got one on ones with Paul

0:22:34.240 --> 0:22:36.959
<v Speaker 2>George and Russell Westbrook. So let's start with PG. Give

0:22:37.040 --> 0:22:39.719
<v Speaker 2>us the PG update. Where is he? And I mean,

0:22:39.760 --> 0:22:42.119
<v Speaker 2>I think it's pretty well established that we're not going

0:22:42.200 --> 0:22:44.560
<v Speaker 2>to see him in this first round series, but just

0:22:44.640 --> 0:22:47.080
<v Speaker 2>kind of what were your takeaways from visiting with him?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, well, you know, he's it was tough. I wish

0:22:51.040 --> 0:22:53.960
<v Speaker 3>you could see video of why he was talking to me.

0:22:55.000 --> 0:22:57.879
<v Speaker 3>I grabbed him after the game, after Game one, and

0:22:58.720 --> 0:23:00.440
<v Speaker 3>you know you could tell it's really tough, he said.

0:23:00.440 --> 0:23:03.720
<v Speaker 3>It is a frustrating time to be sitting down watching

0:23:03.720 --> 0:23:05.960
<v Speaker 3>the guys because you know they can help, he said,

0:23:05.960 --> 0:23:09.159
<v Speaker 3>but he's doing everything he can behind the scenes to

0:23:09.240 --> 0:23:13.160
<v Speaker 3>try to get back when he can when it's possible.

0:23:13.840 --> 0:23:16.399
<v Speaker 3>And so it's looking like the Clippers they're going to

0:23:16.480 --> 0:23:18.679
<v Speaker 3>have to extend this out, when I mean extend this

0:23:18.720 --> 0:23:22.680
<v Speaker 3>out if they want to have any hope of Paul George.

0:23:22.760 --> 0:23:25.840
<v Speaker 3>I mean, you got talking Game seven, but you for

0:23:25.880 --> 0:23:28.720
<v Speaker 3>sure talking, you know, next round, and I don't know

0:23:28.760 --> 0:23:32.520
<v Speaker 3>that you would bring Paul George back for a Game seven. Anyways.

0:23:33.000 --> 0:23:37.240
<v Speaker 3>I think he's been out since March twenty third, so

0:23:37.760 --> 0:23:40.200
<v Speaker 3>that would be a tall task. But you know, he

0:23:40.600 --> 0:23:44.080
<v Speaker 3>just talked about doing everything he can to try to

0:23:44.119 --> 0:23:46.360
<v Speaker 3>get back as soon as he can. But he believes

0:23:46.359 --> 0:23:47.960
<v Speaker 3>in this team and believes they can do what it

0:23:48.000 --> 0:23:51.240
<v Speaker 3>takes to get them to that point. And you know

0:23:51.320 --> 0:23:54.800
<v Speaker 3>that that was a tremendous game. Stein. I ran across

0:23:54.840 --> 0:23:57.119
<v Speaker 3>my guy, Nicholas Patune in the locker room, who you know,

0:23:57.640 --> 0:24:00.200
<v Speaker 3>who hasn't been talking to me because he called me

0:24:00.320 --> 0:24:03.480
<v Speaker 3>the black Cat, because he said every every game that

0:24:03.560 --> 0:24:07.280
<v Speaker 3>I cover, they lose. Well they won last night. As

0:24:07.320 --> 0:24:10.440
<v Speaker 3>soon as I go in the locker room, he's there

0:24:10.480 --> 0:24:13.680
<v Speaker 3>standing up, greets me with a hug. Say bring it in.

0:24:13.880 --> 0:24:16.240
<v Speaker 3>The curse is broken. Gave me a hug right there

0:24:16.240 --> 0:24:18.120
<v Speaker 3>in the locker room. I said, I told you, I said,

0:24:18.160 --> 0:24:20.960
<v Speaker 3>now you can. You could conquer anything. Now you get

0:24:20.960 --> 0:24:24.000
<v Speaker 3>past me, You could get past anything now. So but

0:24:24.320 --> 0:24:27.560
<v Speaker 3>russ tine russ Man again, what do you call that?

0:24:27.640 --> 0:24:29.399
<v Speaker 3>The most inspiration.

0:24:29.440 --> 0:24:34.080
<v Speaker 2>Inspirational three for nineteen game in league history? And I'm

0:24:34.080 --> 0:24:37.359
<v Speaker 2>happy for him because like he's he I mean, even

0:24:37.400 --> 0:24:41.119
<v Speaker 2>when things go well, he's still taking all kinds of

0:24:41.119 --> 0:24:44.840
<v Speaker 2>heat and criticism. And I mean that fourth quarter belonged

0:24:44.840 --> 0:24:46.840
<v Speaker 2>to him. You know, I put it on Twitter. Give

0:24:46.920 --> 0:24:49.200
<v Speaker 2>Russ the game ball now, then you have to take

0:24:49.200 --> 0:24:51.879
<v Speaker 2>a step back and say, okay, Kawhi Leonard did score

0:24:51.960 --> 0:24:55.919
<v Speaker 2>thirty eight points and looked really, really, really good. So

0:24:55.960 --> 0:24:58.000
<v Speaker 2>maybe we have to split that game ball in half.

0:24:58.040 --> 0:25:02.240
<v Speaker 2>But I mean, Russ, everyone second guess the Clippers when

0:25:02.240 --> 0:25:05.560
<v Speaker 2>they made this move. And you know, to this point,

0:25:05.640 --> 0:25:09.719
<v Speaker 2>for now, you have to say he's making a difference there.

0:25:09.720 --> 0:25:12.840
<v Speaker 2>He's fitting in they you know, he's he's definitely helping

0:25:12.880 --> 0:25:16.200
<v Speaker 2>fill the Paul George woyd which is really unfillable. And

0:25:16.320 --> 0:25:19.400
<v Speaker 2>I mean it sounds like from your convote from PG thirteen,

0:25:20.280 --> 0:25:22.560
<v Speaker 2>I mean, that's that's Russ's number one fan.

0:25:24.640 --> 0:25:27.200
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, he said, you know what are people saying now

0:25:28.040 --> 0:25:30.000
<v Speaker 3>as a remember because Paul George is the one who

0:25:30.160 --> 0:25:35.040
<v Speaker 3>voiced publicly vouching for Russell Westbrook at the time when

0:25:35.240 --> 0:25:38.600
<v Speaker 3>Russ got traded to the Utah Jazz, and so this

0:25:38.680 --> 0:25:41.440
<v Speaker 3>is something he's seen. And he said, you know, Russ

0:25:41.440 --> 0:25:46.639
<v Speaker 3>and his other stop. If he wasn't making shots, he

0:25:46.680 --> 0:25:49.199
<v Speaker 3>would have got the quick hook. And he said, you

0:25:49.240 --> 0:25:52.040
<v Speaker 3>have to allow Russ to play through it, because he's

0:25:52.080 --> 0:25:54.840
<v Speaker 3>going to find a way to impact the game. And

0:25:54.880 --> 0:25:57.359
<v Speaker 3>then on Russ gave me some time after the game

0:25:57.440 --> 0:26:00.320
<v Speaker 3>as well. That's my guy. Russ has become my over

0:26:00.320 --> 0:26:02.240
<v Speaker 3>the last few years start. I don't know why, but

0:26:02.240 --> 0:26:04.000
<v Speaker 3>he's become my guy. But he gave me some time

0:26:04.560 --> 0:26:06.880
<v Speaker 3>after the game as well, and I told him about

0:26:06.880 --> 0:26:10.159
<v Speaker 3>what Paul George here. He said, yeah, it means. It

0:26:10.200 --> 0:26:13.520
<v Speaker 3>means the world to him to have the coaching staff

0:26:13.560 --> 0:26:17.639
<v Speaker 3>talking about Tyron lu in particular, believe in him and

0:26:17.680 --> 0:26:20.919
<v Speaker 3>trusting him that win his shots when one aspect of

0:26:20.960 --> 0:26:24.760
<v Speaker 3>his game is not being effective, that they know that

0:26:25.320 --> 0:26:28.320
<v Speaker 3>he can do other things in the court. And he's

0:26:28.320 --> 0:26:30.920
<v Speaker 3>not looking over his shoulders. That's one thing he said.

0:26:30.920 --> 0:26:34.879
<v Speaker 3>He's not looking over his shoulder after a mistake, so

0:26:34.920 --> 0:26:37.040
<v Speaker 3>he doesn't have to hesitate when he's playing. He can

0:26:37.080 --> 0:26:39.280
<v Speaker 3>still go out there and play relentlessly. And that's what

0:26:39.359 --> 0:26:43.560
<v Speaker 3>he did. Stein from offense clutch offense to rebounds, multiple

0:26:43.560 --> 0:26:46.240
<v Speaker 3>clutch offense rebounds down the stretch to hit in two

0:26:46.320 --> 0:26:50.639
<v Speaker 3>big free throws to get in that isolation on isolation

0:26:50.840 --> 0:26:55.159
<v Speaker 3>isolation island with Devin Booker, which is not easy to do.

0:26:56.080 --> 0:26:59.680
<v Speaker 3>Got the block but still was able to get to

0:26:59.760 --> 0:27:04.080
<v Speaker 3>keep ball in bounds and Clippers ball. He just did

0:27:04.240 --> 0:27:07.440
<v Speaker 3>an unbelievable job on the defensive end all night keeping

0:27:07.480 --> 0:27:11.159
<v Speaker 3>guard and Kevin Durant he you know, you had to

0:27:11.200 --> 0:27:14.119
<v Speaker 3>be happy for the guy man to have to have

0:27:14.280 --> 0:27:19.920
<v Speaker 3>that feeling while going while missing sixteen of his nineteen shots. Man,

0:27:20.119 --> 0:27:23.160
<v Speaker 3>he was really he was really, he really didn't.

0:27:23.240 --> 0:27:25.280
<v Speaker 2>I don't know if we'll ever get the full candor

0:27:25.320 --> 0:27:28.000
<v Speaker 2>on this, but you know, the vibe I got really

0:27:28.160 --> 0:27:31.239
<v Speaker 2>was that I don't think the Clippers front office was

0:27:31.400 --> 0:27:34.920
<v Speaker 2>completely sold on the idea of going after Russell Westbrook.

0:27:35.080 --> 0:27:36.879
<v Speaker 2>I mean, it really looked.

0:27:37.280 --> 0:27:40.280
<v Speaker 3>I thought about writing that STN. I thought about right now,

0:27:40.320 --> 0:27:43.320
<v Speaker 3>but I'm like, you know what, it ain't time for that.

0:27:43.359 --> 0:27:45.960
<v Speaker 2>But it really looks it. I mean, you know, from

0:27:46.000 --> 0:27:49.560
<v Speaker 2>the outside, it certainly came off as Paul George is

0:27:49.600 --> 0:27:51.840
<v Speaker 2>the one who had the lobby to get this thing done.

0:27:51.880 --> 0:27:55.080
<v Speaker 2>And I think right now they're obviously glad that they listened,

0:27:55.160 --> 0:27:57.440
<v Speaker 2>because you know, as you said, Paul George, in a

0:27:57.520 --> 0:28:01.760
<v Speaker 2>best case scenario, realistically, the soonest we see him is

0:28:02.240 --> 0:28:05.560
<v Speaker 2>probably the next round. And this was pg's quote to

0:28:05.600 --> 0:28:09.000
<v Speaker 2>you and your piece quote. This is the reason why

0:28:09.080 --> 0:28:11.840
<v Speaker 2>Russ was such huge pickup for us. They just see

0:28:11.880 --> 0:28:14.000
<v Speaker 2>Russ for the shots that he misses. They don't see

0:28:14.040 --> 0:28:16.159
<v Speaker 2>him for the rebounding the defense. Look at the block

0:28:16.240 --> 0:28:19.520
<v Speaker 2>on KD to start this series off and the block

0:28:19.600 --> 0:28:21.920
<v Speaker 2>on d Book to finish the game. They don't see

0:28:21.960 --> 0:28:24.680
<v Speaker 2>the intangibles, and they look past everything else that he does.

0:28:24.960 --> 0:28:27.480
<v Speaker 2>They solely look into whether he make or misshots and

0:28:27.560 --> 0:28:30.760
<v Speaker 2>judge him off that. Please don't judge him off who

0:28:30.800 --> 0:28:34.919
<v Speaker 2>he is as a basketball player. And you know what,

0:28:34.960 --> 0:28:38.080
<v Speaker 2>I'm glad you relayed that story about Batoomb because again,

0:28:38.240 --> 0:28:40.520
<v Speaker 2>like I said, I said the last time this came up,

0:28:41.280 --> 0:28:43.640
<v Speaker 2>Batoomb doesn't know it yet, but he is. He is

0:28:43.680 --> 0:28:46.320
<v Speaker 2>going to be a huge part of our NBA draft coverage.

0:28:46.600 --> 0:28:49.320
<v Speaker 2>When when when, when we get closer to the draft

0:28:49.360 --> 0:28:52.160
<v Speaker 2>time we are bringing we are gonna lobby him. We're

0:28:52.160 --> 0:28:54.640
<v Speaker 2>gonna work on him to come on this show and

0:28:54.760 --> 0:29:00.960
<v Speaker 2>give us the Parisian view of Victor Wembinnyam. The more

0:29:01.000 --> 0:29:03.800
<v Speaker 2>than presumptive number one pick in the draft, the obvious,

0:29:04.080 --> 0:29:09.320
<v Speaker 2>the automatic number one pick looming in the June draft.

0:29:09.760 --> 0:29:13.240
<v Speaker 2>So what do you see from the Suns? You know

0:29:13.320 --> 0:29:18.640
<v Speaker 2>this this playoffs is so weird because it was a

0:29:18.680 --> 0:29:22.440
<v Speaker 2>weird season in the West with only two fifty win

0:29:22.520 --> 0:29:26.000
<v Speaker 2>teams and so many teams clumped together, and then the

0:29:26.000 --> 0:29:29.480
<v Speaker 2>playoffs start, and really, has there ever been a postseason

0:29:29.560 --> 0:29:33.720
<v Speaker 2>where the number six Warriors, who of course are the

0:29:33.760 --> 0:29:37.560
<v Speaker 2>defending champions, or the number seven Lakers, or you know,

0:29:37.600 --> 0:29:40.360
<v Speaker 2>the number five Clippers would be in this conversation if

0:29:40.400 --> 0:29:43.600
<v Speaker 2>Paul George were healthy right now. The number four Sons,

0:29:43.640 --> 0:29:46.040
<v Speaker 2>they're another team that, like all of these middle to

0:29:46.080 --> 0:29:52.000
<v Speaker 2>the middle, middle to lower seeds in the West, they

0:29:52.480 --> 0:29:56.360
<v Speaker 2>all generate more public belief than the one, two or

0:29:56.440 --> 0:29:58.480
<v Speaker 2>three seeds that they can win the West. I mean,

0:29:58.560 --> 0:30:02.680
<v Speaker 2>you just outside of Denver, outside of Memphis, outside of Sacramento,

0:30:03.240 --> 0:30:06.200
<v Speaker 2>outside of the city limits, you don't see anyone saying

0:30:06.240 --> 0:30:11.040
<v Speaker 2>that those teams are capable of winning this supposedly wide

0:30:11.040 --> 0:30:14.000
<v Speaker 2>open conference. So it's just been a strange year. But

0:30:14.160 --> 0:30:17.800
<v Speaker 2>you know, I think the Suns, again, I don't want

0:30:17.800 --> 0:30:20.560
<v Speaker 2>to overreact to a Game one, but they're immediately under

0:30:20.600 --> 0:30:23.600
<v Speaker 2>pressure because you know, yeah, they were eight to o

0:30:23.720 --> 0:30:25.840
<v Speaker 2>in the regular season without Kevin Durant, but right now

0:30:25.880 --> 0:30:28.600
<v Speaker 2>they're owen one with Kevin Durant. When it matters, and

0:30:28.640 --> 0:30:32.880
<v Speaker 2>they did not look like a team that really knew

0:30:32.920 --> 0:30:34.040
<v Speaker 2>each other in that game one.

0:30:39.440 --> 0:30:42.920
<v Speaker 3>That's that's why I say the playoffs are a different ballgame.

0:30:43.400 --> 0:30:46.080
<v Speaker 3>When everybody was talking about the eight to no regular

0:30:46.080 --> 0:30:50.760
<v Speaker 3>season start KD Sons, I'm gonna tell you what I

0:30:50.800 --> 0:30:54.640
<v Speaker 3>think happened with the Phoenix Sons is what I kind

0:30:54.640 --> 0:30:57.520
<v Speaker 3>of talked about doing the broadcast. Uh. You know, I

0:30:57.560 --> 0:31:02.600
<v Speaker 3>spoke with Chris Paul night before the game and I

0:31:02.760 --> 0:31:05.800
<v Speaker 3>was asking him. I said, hey, like, where is KD

0:31:06.000 --> 0:31:09.680
<v Speaker 3>at with, you know, finding his way, learning the concepts,

0:31:09.800 --> 0:31:13.400
<v Speaker 3>learning the schemes, you know, having it all in his head.

0:31:13.800 --> 0:31:16.680
<v Speaker 3>And he said, we're still getting to that point. And

0:31:16.720 --> 0:31:18.560
<v Speaker 3>I was like, okay, so if you still getting to

0:31:18.560 --> 0:31:21.280
<v Speaker 3>that point, that means you're still learning on the fly

0:31:21.400 --> 0:31:24.080
<v Speaker 3>in the playoffs. He was like, yeah, it is. It

0:31:24.160 --> 0:31:26.360
<v Speaker 3>is what it is. He says, really impressed in it,

0:31:26.880 --> 0:31:29.880
<v Speaker 3>but that's the task we have. And he said, I'm

0:31:29.920 --> 0:31:32.880
<v Speaker 3>not making any excuses, but it is what it is.

0:31:33.400 --> 0:31:36.680
<v Speaker 3>And so think about that, stiin, has there ever been

0:31:36.760 --> 0:31:42.000
<v Speaker 3>a scenario where a player of that magnitude comes over

0:31:42.040 --> 0:31:45.840
<v Speaker 3>to a new team and he's learning, still learning things,

0:31:46.920 --> 0:31:51.040
<v Speaker 3>learning concepts and nuances of his team in the playoffs,

0:31:51.800 --> 0:31:55.600
<v Speaker 3>like this is really unpressed. Like usually you know, trade

0:31:55.640 --> 0:31:59.960
<v Speaker 3>that line you got them in for months before the playoffs.

0:32:00.640 --> 0:32:02.760
<v Speaker 3>I mean, you know KD got injured so that that,

0:32:03.080 --> 0:32:06.120
<v Speaker 3>you know, put it different things. But they're still learning him.

0:32:06.160 --> 0:32:11.400
<v Speaker 3>And the thing and one thing that showed me why

0:32:11.480 --> 0:32:16.240
<v Speaker 3>they still are learning on the fly, KD was under

0:32:16.360 --> 0:32:20.800
<v Speaker 3>utilized in the second half. He was he was, Yeah,

0:32:20.800 --> 0:32:21.080
<v Speaker 3>I'm not.

0:32:21.440 --> 0:32:24.800
<v Speaker 2>I think Kg's adjusted. It's everybody else adjusting to him.

0:32:24.800 --> 0:32:28.240
<v Speaker 2>I mean, they like whatever you throw a KD, he's

0:32:28.240 --> 0:32:30.120
<v Speaker 2>going to figure out. Like again going back to that

0:32:30.200 --> 0:32:33.840
<v Speaker 2>third quarter, that he could manufacture six assists in this situation,

0:32:34.280 --> 0:32:38.040
<v Speaker 2>first playoff game with these guys, and you know, he's

0:32:38.120 --> 0:32:40.960
<v Speaker 2>so adaptable. I think it's the other guys finding their

0:32:41.120 --> 0:32:44.800
<v Speaker 2>spots around him that I mean. And the other thing,

0:32:44.880 --> 0:32:47.400
<v Speaker 2>I mean, they only took nineteen threes. I mean that

0:32:47.400 --> 0:32:50.560
<v Speaker 2>that's not enough. They're gonna have to They're gonna have

0:32:50.720 --> 0:32:55.440
<v Speaker 2>to in game two, increase, increase the attempts and makes

0:32:55.480 --> 0:32:57.400
<v Speaker 2>from the three point line. I mean, it's just into

0:32:57.680 --> 0:33:00.000
<v Speaker 2>in the modern NBA, you're not gonna win shooting only

0:33:00.160 --> 0:33:03.160
<v Speaker 2>nineteen threes. But yeah, like you said it is unprecedented.

0:33:03.160 --> 0:33:06.480
<v Speaker 2>I mean, really the when we talk about you know,

0:33:07.400 --> 0:33:12.160
<v Speaker 2>mid season trades that lead to a championship, there are

0:33:12.280 --> 0:33:15.400
<v Speaker 2>three prime examples in NBA history that everyone points to.

0:33:16.800 --> 0:33:19.760
<v Speaker 2>Clyde drex Are going to Houston in ninety five, but

0:33:19.840 --> 0:33:24.480
<v Speaker 2>they had a Keem Rashid Wallace, that's really the one

0:33:24.560 --> 0:33:27.240
<v Speaker 2>two thousand and four. He went to first, he went

0:33:27.280 --> 0:33:29.920
<v Speaker 2>to Atlanta for one game, then went to Detroit, and

0:33:29.960 --> 0:33:33.760
<v Speaker 2>he was like the last puzzle piece in a perfect puzzle.

0:33:33.800 --> 0:33:36.640
<v Speaker 2>I mean, the Pistons were just such a unique team

0:33:36.720 --> 0:33:40.480
<v Speaker 2>because they didn't really have they didn't have anyone in

0:33:40.520 --> 0:33:44.520
<v Speaker 2>the durant role, you know, Chauncey and Rashid and Rip

0:33:45.040 --> 0:33:46.880
<v Speaker 2>and Ben Wallace all in a way. I mean, you

0:33:46.920 --> 0:33:49.640
<v Speaker 2>could make the case that all of them were the

0:33:49.640 --> 0:33:53.000
<v Speaker 2>best Piston if you if you narrow it down to

0:33:53.040 --> 0:33:56.040
<v Speaker 2>a certain skill or two. And then obviously Tayshawn was

0:33:56.040 --> 0:33:59.320
<v Speaker 2>was another great, you know engine to help make things

0:33:59.360 --> 0:34:02.360
<v Speaker 2>happen there. But and then Marc Gasol going to the Raptors.

0:34:02.360 --> 0:34:04.360
<v Speaker 2>But I mean you had Kawhi Leonard. I mean Mark

0:34:04.480 --> 0:34:09.600
<v Speaker 2>Marcasol was a great you know center and defensive play

0:34:09.680 --> 0:34:12.439
<v Speaker 2>anchor and all that stuff, but you know, a complimentary

0:34:12.480 --> 0:34:15.319
<v Speaker 2>piece to a championship team. And you know, Durant is

0:34:15.600 --> 0:34:19.279
<v Speaker 2>he is the universe now with you know, or at

0:34:19.360 --> 0:34:22.959
<v Speaker 2>least he shares it with Devin Booker. So I mean, yeah,

0:34:23.000 --> 0:34:25.480
<v Speaker 2>this is this to me, was why as good as

0:34:25.480 --> 0:34:28.040
<v Speaker 2>the Sons looked in the regular season, like we had

0:34:28.120 --> 0:34:30.319
<v Speaker 2>no idea what the Sons would look like on the

0:34:30.320 --> 0:34:36.520
<v Speaker 2>playoff stage, and and the first look was not was

0:34:36.560 --> 0:34:37.399
<v Speaker 2>not a work of art.

0:34:39.280 --> 0:34:42.400
<v Speaker 3>I know, kdstuy he's still trying to I.

0:34:42.400 --> 0:34:44.239
<v Speaker 2>Mean, you're you got a better feel to me, you

0:34:44.280 --> 0:34:44.600
<v Speaker 2>were there.

0:34:44.680 --> 0:34:49.720
<v Speaker 3>Doesn't want to nah, he doesn't want to infringe upon

0:34:50.400 --> 0:34:53.200
<v Speaker 3>what the Sons have done to this point. And so yeah,

0:34:53.239 --> 0:34:56.759
<v Speaker 3>you talk. You mentioned that how the Sons have to

0:34:56.800 --> 0:35:00.839
<v Speaker 3>get used to him, and yeah, they they they do.

0:35:00.880 --> 0:35:03.400
<v Speaker 3>But I'm telling you right now, like there's going to

0:35:03.480 --> 0:35:05.359
<v Speaker 3>have to be there's going to have to They're going

0:35:05.400 --> 0:35:08.839
<v Speaker 3>to have to get to a point where they give

0:35:08.880 --> 0:35:11.400
<v Speaker 3>it to KD. Get out the way, let them go,

0:35:11.760 --> 0:35:13.560
<v Speaker 3>force feed them. And it's going to have to get

0:35:13.560 --> 0:35:15.960
<v Speaker 3>to a point where KD is demanding the ball because

0:35:16.040 --> 0:35:18.120
<v Speaker 3>Chris Paul, Devin Booker, everybody else, they're used to playing

0:35:18.160 --> 0:35:19.799
<v Speaker 3>with each other used to playing and doing their thing,

0:35:19.880 --> 0:35:23.319
<v Speaker 3>and they haven't. They haven't really adapted. KD is just

0:35:23.400 --> 0:35:26.640
<v Speaker 3>so good where he's coming in and he's just fitting.

0:35:27.600 --> 0:35:29.080
<v Speaker 3>And he did that in the regular season. If you

0:35:29.120 --> 0:35:31.279
<v Speaker 3>look at like, he's still not he's not taking more

0:35:31.320 --> 0:35:33.759
<v Speaker 3>shots than Devin Booker. And not to say that, it's

0:35:33.760 --> 0:35:35.720
<v Speaker 3>not saying that he needs to take more than Devon,

0:35:36.239 --> 0:35:39.200
<v Speaker 3>but I'm just I'm using that as an illustration of

0:35:39.320 --> 0:35:42.360
<v Speaker 3>how he's just coming in and trying to blend. Because

0:35:42.400 --> 0:35:44.319
<v Speaker 3>KD he always talks about, I can go with any

0:35:44.360 --> 0:35:46.920
<v Speaker 3>system and play with Yeah, you can do that, but

0:35:47.200 --> 0:35:50.520
<v Speaker 3>in order for the Sons to go to the distance,

0:35:51.040 --> 0:35:52.959
<v Speaker 3>KD is going to have to be the best player,

0:35:53.000 --> 0:35:54.719
<v Speaker 3>and he is the best player on the team, and

0:35:54.719 --> 0:35:56.719
<v Speaker 3>so they're eventually they gonna have to treat him like that.

0:35:56.800 --> 0:35:58.600
<v Speaker 3>So it's going to be an adjustment, and that's what

0:35:58.640 --> 0:36:03.040
<v Speaker 3>I'm saying. Is so uncommon to have an adjustment period

0:36:03.680 --> 0:36:06.200
<v Speaker 3>in the first round of the playoffs, So they're trying

0:36:06.239 --> 0:36:08.640
<v Speaker 3>to figure all all these things out on the fly,

0:36:09.000 --> 0:36:11.120
<v Speaker 3>and they will. You don't want to overreact to one game,

0:36:11.200 --> 0:36:15.040
<v Speaker 3>but that was one game that damn Like, if you're

0:36:15.040 --> 0:36:17.520
<v Speaker 3>gonna win a game with Russ going three for nineteen.

0:36:17.560 --> 0:36:19.680
<v Speaker 3>If you can't get that one, it's gonna be tough

0:36:19.840 --> 0:36:24.200
<v Speaker 3>and sty The Suns don't get much production from the bench.

0:36:24.680 --> 0:36:27.919
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, no, they're incredibly thin now after this trade. I mean,

0:36:28.360 --> 0:36:32.280
<v Speaker 2>their four best players are you know, it's a great

0:36:32.520 --> 0:36:36.880
<v Speaker 2>top four. But behind that, I mean there's no question

0:36:37.000 --> 0:36:40.759
<v Speaker 2>they've been weakened severely. I mean, look, I mean, I

0:36:40.800 --> 0:36:42.720
<v Speaker 2>don't think we're I don't think we're taking a huge

0:36:42.800 --> 0:36:47.480
<v Speaker 2>leap to say the Clippers are gonna take a lot

0:36:47.520 --> 0:36:50.239
<v Speaker 2>from that Game one win and really believe now that

0:36:50.280 --> 0:36:52.799
<v Speaker 2>they can win this series even without Paul George. I mean,

0:36:52.800 --> 0:36:57.760
<v Speaker 2>they they clearly have that belief. I'm curious, from your seat,

0:36:58.280 --> 0:37:01.360
<v Speaker 2>how rattled are the Suns? What's the panic level after

0:37:01.480 --> 0:37:02.560
<v Speaker 2>one loss?

0:37:02.880 --> 0:37:05.919
<v Speaker 3>They're They're fine, They're fine right now. They're fine right now.

0:37:05.960 --> 0:37:12.440
<v Speaker 3>But look, I'm gonna say this it the Clippers took

0:37:12.480 --> 0:37:17.359
<v Speaker 3>Game one, they took Game one. They were they are

0:37:17.400 --> 0:37:21.040
<v Speaker 3>not the favorites. Sons were heavily favorite, the heavily favorites,

0:37:22.080 --> 0:37:24.680
<v Speaker 3>and they went in there and took it that that

0:37:24.840 --> 0:37:27.000
<v Speaker 3>has to do something, that has to do something to

0:37:27.040 --> 0:37:31.280
<v Speaker 3>a team psyche And again it's not like the Suns

0:37:31.400 --> 0:37:35.360
<v Speaker 3>are used to being in this situation as constructed, you know,

0:37:35.440 --> 0:37:38.560
<v Speaker 3>So it's not like they can lean on past experiences

0:37:38.600 --> 0:37:41.440
<v Speaker 3>to say we've been knocked down before we got up.

0:37:41.840 --> 0:37:47.080
<v Speaker 3>Well you haven't. With this group, it's different. So that's

0:37:47.120 --> 0:37:50.400
<v Speaker 3>why it's a little bit alarming. Now, if I was

0:37:50.400 --> 0:37:54.280
<v Speaker 3>to say who's still gonna come out victorious in this series,

0:37:54.640 --> 0:37:56.920
<v Speaker 3>I still would have to lean towards the Suns just

0:37:56.960 --> 0:38:01.120
<v Speaker 3>because damn they got you know, they arguably, yeah, well

0:38:01.480 --> 0:38:03.879
<v Speaker 3>they got great players. They got great players over there.

0:38:04.000 --> 0:38:09.359
<v Speaker 3>So but Clippers are deep, they're deep. Anybody can contribute,

0:38:09.640 --> 0:38:13.920
<v Speaker 3>somebody different could contribute, you know, each night, and the

0:38:14.000 --> 0:38:17.160
<v Speaker 3>Sons don't have that. Their main three guys have to

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<v Speaker 3>be on or close to beyond close to being on

0:38:20.760 --> 0:38:23.520
<v Speaker 3>to get to have a chance. So it's gonna be tough.

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<v Speaker 3>So I wouldn't say they're a rattle, but it definitely

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<v Speaker 3>is alarming. And look stein my my my first quarter interview,

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<v Speaker 3>after the first quarter interview with Tyler lou you know,

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<v Speaker 3>I asked him about what was his message to the

0:38:35.160 --> 0:38:38.719
<v Speaker 3>team before they took the court, and he said that

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<v Speaker 3>we're here to win, We're here to win like they

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<v Speaker 3>believe they can win. That was in the first quarter

0:38:44.440 --> 0:38:47.040
<v Speaker 3>when he said that they believe they can win. And

0:38:47.080 --> 0:38:49.560
<v Speaker 3>you know, ty Lou, once he gets the playoffs, he started,

0:38:49.960 --> 0:38:53.000
<v Speaker 3>he started, the lineup, he started. He had zuke box

0:38:53.080 --> 0:38:58.600
<v Speaker 3>guarding some perimeter. It was a perimeter player, I can't remember.

0:38:58.680 --> 0:39:02.960
<v Speaker 3>Like he just switches up the defensive NEPs like he

0:39:02.960 --> 0:39:04.719
<v Speaker 3>he's like a wizard when it comes to this time

0:39:04.760 --> 0:39:08.120
<v Speaker 3>of year. Man, So it has to be alarming. I'm

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<v Speaker 3>not saying it in trouble.

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<v Speaker 2>Tylou is an excellent coach, still an underrated coach after

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<v Speaker 2>his championship with the Calves, and I'm guessing you've probably

0:39:19.239 --> 0:39:21.680
<v Speaker 2>experienced this in the sideline role. But you know, I

0:39:21.760 --> 0:39:25.600
<v Speaker 2>have to say, you know I've said this before. In

0:39:25.640 --> 0:39:28.840
<v Speaker 2>fifteen years at ESPN, there is no assignment I loved

0:39:28.880 --> 0:39:32.480
<v Speaker 2>better than being the sideline guy for ESPN Radio during

0:39:32.480 --> 0:39:37.200
<v Speaker 2>the NBA finals. And I got to do that four times.

0:39:37.200 --> 0:39:40.400
<v Speaker 2>I believe it was twenty thirteen through twenty seventeen. So

0:39:40.480 --> 0:39:44.239
<v Speaker 2>I got the Calves in the finals. The first year

0:39:44.360 --> 0:39:47.319
<v Speaker 2>was blat but the second two years that I did it,

0:39:47.880 --> 0:39:53.600
<v Speaker 2>ty Lou was there, and Tylu he'll talk to you

0:39:53.719 --> 0:39:57.280
<v Speaker 2>during the game. I don't get those seats very often

0:39:57.320 --> 0:39:59.840
<v Speaker 2>anymore to know how many coaches would be willing to

0:39:59.880 --> 0:40:03.520
<v Speaker 2>do that, but there have not. In my four years

0:40:03.520 --> 0:40:06.680
<v Speaker 2>of doing sideline for ESPN Radio, there were not many

0:40:06.760 --> 0:40:10.839
<v Speaker 2>coaches at this point who would stroll over to where

0:40:10.840 --> 0:40:13.279
<v Speaker 2>you're sitting and actually ask you stuff during the game.

0:40:13.320 --> 0:40:15.960
<v Speaker 2>But but Ty would always do it. I mean he

0:40:16.000 --> 0:40:18.239
<v Speaker 2>would throw questions that, you know, do you see that?

0:40:18.280 --> 0:40:20.560
<v Speaker 2>What'd you think of that call? Just you know, he's

0:40:20.600 --> 0:40:24.839
<v Speaker 2>he is, uh, he's very entertaining to watch during a game.

0:40:24.880 --> 0:40:26.960
<v Speaker 2>And and I would have to you know, have you

0:40:27.000 --> 0:40:30.360
<v Speaker 2>know I remember his calves huddles like he you know,

0:40:31.600 --> 0:40:34.879
<v Speaker 2>he had Lebron tuned in. Not every coach who's coach

0:40:34.960 --> 0:40:37.760
<v Speaker 2>Lebron can say that, but when he was coaching the Calves,

0:40:38.239 --> 0:40:39.239
<v Speaker 2>Lebron was dialed in.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I could definitely say he's much more cordial to

0:40:43.520 --> 0:40:45.880
<v Speaker 3>you than he is to me when he when he

0:40:45.920 --> 0:40:48.000
<v Speaker 3>walks over to me when I'm on the sideline.

0:40:48.440 --> 0:40:50.799
<v Speaker 4>What But that's what I mean.

0:40:50.840 --> 0:40:54.640
<v Speaker 5>But that's even that is like he's he's loose, like

0:40:54.760 --> 0:41:00.360
<v Speaker 5>he's he's he's loose, like he's chatty during game games,

0:41:00.920 --> 0:41:01.960
<v Speaker 5>all right, everybody.

0:41:02.200 --> 0:41:04.839
<v Speaker 2>I think that does it for this edition of this

0:41:04.920 --> 0:41:08.160
<v Speaker 2>league uncut. You got Game two clips at SUNS. What

0:41:08.239 --> 0:41:10.000
<v Speaker 2>do you have next? Is it top se? Are you

0:41:10.080 --> 0:41:12.080
<v Speaker 2>allowed to reveal your sideline assignments?

0:41:13.560 --> 0:41:16.360
<v Speaker 3>Yeah? Bullshit. I believe it may be out out to

0:41:16.400 --> 0:41:19.400
<v Speaker 3>the public already. If it's not, then hey, I'm revealing it.

0:41:19.440 --> 0:41:22.560
<v Speaker 3>But yeah, I got Game two. He'll still here Phoenix

0:41:23.200 --> 0:41:27.359
<v Speaker 3>and the Clippers. Then i transitioned to San Francisco on

0:41:27.440 --> 0:41:30.160
<v Speaker 3>Thursday for Game three of The King's Wars. So I'm

0:41:30.200 --> 0:41:33.360
<v Speaker 3>looking forward to seeing what that action is like, seeing

0:41:33.360 --> 0:41:35.960
<v Speaker 3>what the atmosphere is like, and then I believe then I, yeah,

0:41:35.960 --> 0:41:39.080
<v Speaker 3>I do. Then I come back to this series, but

0:41:39.120 --> 0:41:42.440
<v Speaker 3>it would be Game four in La Clippers Sons and

0:41:42.480 --> 0:41:45.240
<v Speaker 3>if I don't know the rest throughout, but I wouldn't

0:41:45.239 --> 0:41:48.239
<v Speaker 3>be surprised if I if I stuck on the look.

0:41:48.239 --> 0:41:50.840
<v Speaker 2>I should have said this earlier, and I'm glad you

0:41:50.840 --> 0:41:53.200
<v Speaker 2>you doing your schedule kind of reminding me to say this,

0:41:53.239 --> 0:41:56.560
<v Speaker 2>because there is an undeniable flaw in this show that

0:41:56.600 --> 0:41:59.840
<v Speaker 2>we're that we're recording Monday night for a Tuesday release

0:42:00.000 --> 0:42:04.440
<v Speaker 2>because we're recording it during six ers nets, so we

0:42:04.560 --> 0:42:08.560
<v Speaker 2>obviously do not know at this point as we're recording

0:42:09.000 --> 0:42:11.879
<v Speaker 2>what the results are of Game two in Sacramento, which

0:42:11.920 --> 0:42:15.359
<v Speaker 2>is a massive game. Obviously, if the Kings, I mean,

0:42:15.400 --> 0:42:18.720
<v Speaker 2>Sacramento is already lit to the max. If the Kings

0:42:18.760 --> 0:42:22.799
<v Speaker 2>go up to zip I get to defending champs, not

0:42:22.880 --> 0:42:27.440
<v Speaker 2>only is that an absolute party in Sacramento, but you

0:42:27.440 --> 0:42:30.800
<v Speaker 2>know how much pressure that would heap upon the Warriors,

0:42:30.800 --> 0:42:33.719
<v Speaker 2>who looked the Warriors were eleven and thirty on the

0:42:33.800 --> 0:42:36.799
<v Speaker 2>road during the regular season. I believed it, and if

0:42:36.840 --> 0:42:39.279
<v Speaker 2>I believed it, I know they believed at times ten

0:42:39.840 --> 0:42:42.200
<v Speaker 2>that they're gonna win one of these first two games

0:42:42.239 --> 0:42:45.280
<v Speaker 2>on the road. The Warriors, of course, have that streak,

0:42:45.320 --> 0:42:50.440
<v Speaker 2>that NBA record streak twenty seven consecutive playoff series with

0:42:50.560 --> 0:42:54.640
<v Speaker 2>at least one road win. Stephen Curry, Clay Thompson, Draymond Green,

0:42:54.760 --> 0:42:57.399
<v Speaker 2>Andre Gudalad they have been part all four of them

0:42:57.400 --> 0:43:00.680
<v Speaker 2>have been part of all twenty seven of those series.

0:43:00.680 --> 0:43:04.319
<v Speaker 2>If I'm not mistaken, maybe Andre, I'm throwing him in

0:43:04.320 --> 0:43:07.640
<v Speaker 2>there and I shouldn't, but definitely, Steph, Clay and Draymond

0:43:07.680 --> 0:43:10.120
<v Speaker 2>have been part of all twenty seven in a row

0:43:10.239 --> 0:43:14.239
<v Speaker 2>of those series. That Golden State has managed at least

0:43:14.400 --> 0:43:17.520
<v Speaker 2>one road wind. So obviously by the time this podcast drops,

0:43:17.560 --> 0:43:19.680
<v Speaker 2>everyone will know if that series is two to ozho

0:43:19.840 --> 0:43:22.800
<v Speaker 2>or one to one. But either way, you've got yourself

0:43:22.840 --> 0:43:25.360
<v Speaker 2>quite an assignment for game three at Chasin.

0:43:25.920 --> 0:43:30.120
<v Speaker 3>And I want to leave by saying this, free E forty,

0:43:31.000 --> 0:43:33.840
<v Speaker 3>Free my boy forty one, Free him Stace. I know

0:43:33.880 --> 0:43:34.879
<v Speaker 3>you're a big E forty fan.

0:43:34.920 --> 0:43:36.960
<v Speaker 2>What's the fact that I cannot even pretend that I

0:43:37.040 --> 0:43:43.600
<v Speaker 2>could name a favorite song? But but I uh, I

0:43:43.680 --> 0:43:46.000
<v Speaker 2>did take note of the fact that the Warriors were

0:43:46.000 --> 0:43:49.239
<v Speaker 2>playing his music at their practice today, So this is

0:43:49.280 --> 0:43:52.600
<v Speaker 2>clearly so this is clearly something that mattered to shoot around.

0:43:52.680 --> 0:43:57.000
<v Speaker 2>This is clearly something that matters to them, like they're

0:43:57.040 --> 0:43:59.919
<v Speaker 2>you know, is it going to be motivation that puts

0:44:00.080 --> 0:44:02.040
<v Speaker 2>I'm over the top in a game they need to win.

0:44:02.120 --> 0:44:04.680
<v Speaker 2>I don't know about that. But this is definitely not

0:44:04.760 --> 0:44:07.120
<v Speaker 2>a small story. This is something that is on the Warriors'

0:44:07.200 --> 0:44:07.680
<v Speaker 2>minds too.

0:44:08.920 --> 0:44:10.640
<v Speaker 3>I can't wait to get over there forget all.

0:44:10.560 --> 0:44:12.480
<v Speaker 2>Right, everybody, And I actually want to sign off with

0:44:12.640 --> 0:44:15.640
<v Speaker 2>a small message because on this Monday night, it is

0:44:15.880 --> 0:44:19.200
<v Speaker 2>Yoma Shoah, which is Holocaust Remembrance Day, and I just

0:44:19.320 --> 0:44:24.000
<v Speaker 2>want to pay tribute to my father, Rubinstein, who was

0:44:24.040 --> 0:44:28.680
<v Speaker 2>a Holocaust survivor. And you know, I've written about this

0:44:29.480 --> 0:44:32.680
<v Speaker 2>a few times, but I can't say it enough. If

0:44:32.719 --> 0:44:36.160
<v Speaker 2>it wasn't for him and everything he did and the

0:44:36.200 --> 0:44:40.839
<v Speaker 2>fight he waged to survive the atrocities of the Holocaust

0:44:40.920 --> 0:44:44.600
<v Speaker 2>and then make it to communist Romania, and then make

0:44:44.640 --> 0:44:47.480
<v Speaker 2>it to Israel, and then make it to the United States,

0:44:48.080 --> 0:44:52.719
<v Speaker 2>all to set up his spoiled kids to you know,

0:44:52.760 --> 0:44:55.680
<v Speaker 2>grow up in the shadow of Disneyland. And and for me,

0:44:56.680 --> 0:44:59.960
<v Speaker 2>you know, to basically live out this pinch me life

0:45:00.080 --> 0:45:03.960
<v Speaker 2>as a sportswriter. None of that is possible without everything

0:45:04.280 --> 0:45:08.080
<v Speaker 2>my dad did. And I just on this Yoma show

0:45:08.280 --> 0:45:11.359
<v Speaker 2>wanted to pay tribute to him and talk about him

0:45:11.680 --> 0:45:13.840
<v Speaker 2>and remember him. And if I can mix a couple

0:45:13.800 --> 0:45:17.840
<v Speaker 2>of languages here, Abba tell you best. I think about

0:45:17.840 --> 0:45:23.440
<v Speaker 2>you every day. And that's all I had to say. Everybody,

0:45:23.560 --> 0:45:27.880
<v Speaker 2>Thanks Samil for listening to another edition of This League Uncut.

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<v Speaker 2>Take care of.

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<v Speaker 4>Him and that'll do it for us. See you next time.

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