WEBVTT - Giannis Angered By “Failure” Question

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<v Speaker 1>If we're speaking about postgame pressers, let's talk about this

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<v Speaker 1>Giannis club that's gone viral. You've probably seen it, if

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<v Speaker 1>you're not living under a rock, I have thoughts. A

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<v Speaker 1>reporter asked if this season was a failure to Jannis,

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<v Speaker 1>check out this bullshit. I just asked about the exact

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<v Speaker 1>same question. But I'm curious for you. Do you view

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<v Speaker 1>this season as a failure?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my god? Okay, because I'm not that up. You

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<v Speaker 2>asked me the same question last year. Eric, Okay, uh,

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<v Speaker 2>do you get Do you get the promotion every year

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<v Speaker 2>on your job?

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<v Speaker 1>No?

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<v Speaker 2>Right? So every year you work as a failure, yes

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<v Speaker 2>or no? No, Every every year you work, you work

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<v Speaker 2>towards something, towards a goal, right, which is to get

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<v Speaker 2>a promotion, to be able, to take care of your family,

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<v Speaker 2>to be able, I don't know, provide the house them,

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<v Speaker 2>or take care of your parents. You work towards. It's

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<v Speaker 2>not a failure. It steps to success, you know. And

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<v Speaker 2>if you've never I don't know. I don't want to.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't make it personal. So he was.

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<v Speaker 3>A hold up. I just realized he was about to

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<v Speaker 3>say to.

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<v Speaker 1>The reporter, if you've never accomplished anything good, in your

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<v Speaker 1>entire fucking life.

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<v Speaker 3>You won't know what that means.

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<v Speaker 1>He almost said that that's what he was about to say,

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<v Speaker 1>and then he was like, hold on, let me not

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<v Speaker 1>make that personal.

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<v Speaker 2>There's always steps to it, you know. Michael Jordan played

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<v Speaker 2>fifteen years, one six championship. The other nine years was

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<v Speaker 2>a failure. That's what you're telling me. I'm asking you

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<v Speaker 2>a question, yes or no? Okay, exactly, So why are

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<v Speaker 2>you ask me that question. It's the wrong question. There's

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<v Speaker 2>no failure in sports. You know, there's good days, bad

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<v Speaker 2>days days. Some days you are able to be successful,

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<v Speaker 2>some days you're not. Some days it's your turn, some

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<v Speaker 2>days not your turn. And that's what sports about. You

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<v Speaker 2>don't always mean some other other people's gonna win, and

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<v Speaker 2>this year somebody else is gonna win. Similar as that

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<v Speaker 2>we're gonna come back next year. Try to be better,

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<v Speaker 2>try to build good habits, try to play better, not

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<v Speaker 2>have a ten days stretch with playing bad basketball, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>and hopefully we can win a championship. So fifty years

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<v Speaker 2>from nineteen seventy one in twenty twenty one that we

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<v Speaker 2>didn't win a championship, it was fifty years of failures.

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<v Speaker 2>No it was not. It was steps to it, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>and we were able to win one. Hopefully we're given

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<v Speaker 2>another one. You know. I sorry that I didn't want

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<v Speaker 2>to make it personal because you asked me the same

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<v Speaker 2>question last year, and last year I was in the

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<v Speaker 2>in the right mind space to answer the question back.

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<v Speaker 1>So everybody was slobbing on your honest's noob over this.

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<v Speaker 1>They thought it was like the most insightful philosophical comment

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<v Speaker 1>that any athlete has made after losing the first round.

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<v Speaker 1>That's this is insane. This is this is a team.

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<v Speaker 1>Can we just back it up here. This is a

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<v Speaker 1>team that was the number one overall set that lost

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<v Speaker 1>to an eight seed that had to scrap and caw

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<v Speaker 1>just to get into the playoffs, and you lost to

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<v Speaker 1>them in five games, giving up double digit leads in

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<v Speaker 1>games four and five. That's not a failure of a

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<v Speaker 1>season to you, folks.

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<v Speaker 3>This is exactly what if.

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<v Speaker 1>This isn't shoots in ladders, fam Like, this is pro sports.

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<v Speaker 1>There are billions of dollars on the line. That is

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<v Speaker 1>a failure. You got your ass waxed, your coach collapsed,

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<v Speaker 1>you fucked up, you missed thirteen free throws the postseason

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<v Speaker 1>the season as a whole, what you were trying to achieve.

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<v Speaker 1>You failed, you as a human being, obviously not a failure.

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<v Speaker 1>But your goal every year is to win a championship.

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<v Speaker 1>That's actually the only point of this whole thing. That's

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<v Speaker 1>the only goal. It's not like, oh, Eric nem uh

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<v Speaker 1>messed up on one article about Yannis and so it's

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<v Speaker 1>a bad season for this this writer who asked Yannis

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<v Speaker 1>about whether this season was a failure. No, it would

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<v Speaker 1>be like if the entire goal for Eric Neme was

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<v Speaker 1>to write a feature on.

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<v Speaker 3>Yannis and then he didn't do it, it would be

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<v Speaker 3>like that this is a spin job.

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<v Speaker 1>We are people collectively all going crazy being like, oh

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<v Speaker 1>my god, y honest, he's so grounded, everybody, and show

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<v Speaker 1>this to your kids.

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<v Speaker 3>What kind of participation trophy? Shit is this?

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<v Speaker 1>Like, there's no failure in sports, there's only growth. No,

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<v Speaker 1>No growth comes from admitting that you failed. That's where

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<v Speaker 1>we're at right now. This is like, there's gonna be consequences.

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<v Speaker 1>You're which is probably fired, You're not going to be

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<v Speaker 1>able to extend or pay Brook Lopez. You're probably gonna

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<v Speaker 1>let Chris Middleton go, Jew holidays on and expiring.

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<v Speaker 3>What's he gonna do?

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<v Speaker 1>All of that is a downstream effect of failure. Is

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<v Speaker 1>it a failure for the Orlando Magic that they did

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<v Speaker 1>not win a championship this year? No, because of Orlando

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<v Speaker 1>Magic or a lottery team. The Orlando Magic have been

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<v Speaker 1>a lottery team for the last decade. They've had the

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<v Speaker 1>number one pick overall last year. The fact that Orlando

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<v Speaker 1>Magic won like sixty five percent of their games at

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<v Speaker 1>after the All Star breaks, that's a success.

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<v Speaker 3>That's something to build on.

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<v Speaker 1>No, No, Jannis, there's nothing to build on for you

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<v Speaker 1>except for championships. This isn't steps to success. This is like,

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<v Speaker 1>is Jannis trying to be Ted Lasso? Are we thinking

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<v Speaker 1>like Giannis is a college football coach that decides to

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<v Speaker 1>go to England and coach and EPL team and has

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<v Speaker 1>no idea what he's doing, because that's how he sounds

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<v Speaker 1>right now.

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<v Speaker 3>The mistakes have been egregious.

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<v Speaker 1>The Bucks should have been at home in five waiting

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<v Speaker 1>for their next opponent, and instead they're home in five

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<v Speaker 1>watching their opponent move on and play the Knicks. The

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<v Speaker 1>path was there for you. You got to play the

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<v Speaker 1>Knicks in the next round. How are they gonna defend Giannis. Nope, no,

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<v Speaker 1>you failed. You fucking choked to me. This was the

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<v Speaker 1>most telling quote that Yanna said. Hey, they were playing

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<v Speaker 1>to beat us, and we were playing to win a championship.

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<v Speaker 1>We were a bit ahead of ourselves, to be honest. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>so they were playing to beat you.

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<v Speaker 3>Goal achieved.

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<v Speaker 1>You were planning to win a championship failed. Your goal

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<v Speaker 1>was only.

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<v Speaker 3>To win a championship. That was only the thing in

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<v Speaker 3>your mind.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like I'm talking crazy. I think I've taken

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<v Speaker 1>crazy pills. You got Emmanuel Aacho being like, show this

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<v Speaker 1>to your kids. What kind of gold star nonsense is this? Like?

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<v Speaker 1>This is shirking accountability, This is tr of spins on

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<v Speaker 1>your way into continuing to have the same exact thing

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<v Speaker 1>as you did before.

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<v Speaker 3>This is gonna be a storyline for the for the offseason.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what kind of decision they're gonna make,

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<v Speaker 1>but they have some them to make and I would

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<v Speaker 1>not be surprised if coach Budenholzer, with two years left

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<v Speaker 1>on his deal, is out. So Knicks close out their

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<v Speaker 1>series in what was a real shock to a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of people, five games. If you wanted to bet Nixon

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<v Speaker 1>five oh I'm sure it would have been huge value.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm sure the odds on that would have been crazy.

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<v Speaker 1>Everyone at ESPN picked the Calves or the Knicks and

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<v Speaker 1>like six or seven, and you know what, they were

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<v Speaker 1>all wrong. The Knicks out tough. The Calves, Brunson and

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<v Speaker 1>Heart were incredible. They're probably the best backcourt right now

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<v Speaker 1>in the league, consistently in the East.

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<v Speaker 3>At least.

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<v Speaker 1>They're not only dominated on the court. They were hilarious

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<v Speaker 1>and postgame presser you had Josh Hart eating chicken wings

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<v Speaker 1>and Brunson is.

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<v Speaker 3>Being like, yo, stop eating while I'm in the middle

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<v Speaker 3>of the press conference.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, and you got Josh Hart turning his back on

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<v Speaker 1>bruntson and still eating his wings.

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<v Speaker 3>I love that.

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<v Speaker 1>Heart then calls Brunson undersized, overrated, overpaid. These guys are awesome.

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<v Speaker 1>They did the best. The Calves had zero answer. They

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<v Speaker 1>had no idea what to do. Cleveland Riders are calling

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<v Speaker 1>calling out JB. Bickerstaff, but the Calves got bounced because

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<v Speaker 1>they have roster issues. We knew that two bigs does

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<v Speaker 1>it work well. The two teams that decided to go

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<v Speaker 1>with two seven footers are both sitting at home right now.

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<v Speaker 1>So you tell me Minnesota Timberwolves and the Cleveland Cavaliers.

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<v Speaker 1>So that big lineup thing isn't really working reality. You

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<v Speaker 1>have no you have zero players who are both good

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<v Speaker 1>shooters and good defenders. Isaac Acquarrel really good defender, terrible shooter.

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<v Speaker 1>At one point he was shooting seven percent from three

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<v Speaker 1>point I'll say it again, at one point he was

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<v Speaker 1>shooting seven percent from the three point line. You got

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<v Speaker 1>Alan and Mobley, who at some point, for whatever reason,

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<v Speaker 1>under the spotlight, could not score. Of offensive players like

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<v Speaker 1>Mitchell and Garland, who are like tissue paper in the playoffs,

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<v Speaker 1>can't defend a person. And also Donovan Mitchell just underperformed offensively.

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<v Speaker 1>Twenty eight points in a closeout game not enough. You

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<v Speaker 1>need fifty six, like Jimmy Butler and the Calves have

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<v Speaker 1>we known all year has been this way. They've beaten

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<v Speaker 1>teams under five hundred and teams over five hundred.

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<v Speaker 3>They just didn't. So it was kind of like something

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<v Speaker 3>that we could see coming, right.

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<v Speaker 1>They on their dream list have mckel bridges, but let's

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<v Speaker 1>be real, they're not getting mckel bridges.

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<v Speaker 3>They have no draft capital.

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<v Speaker 1>They traded it all for Donovan Mitchell and look where

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<v Speaker 1>they are at home in April again. So yeah, they're

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<v Speaker 1>in a bad spot.

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<v Speaker 3>They need to improve.

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<v Speaker 1>Isaac mccuoro and Seti Osman Chetty Osmon have both had

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<v Speaker 1>their worst seasons as Cavaliers. They're probably gonna need to

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<v Speaker 1>get moved. It's not gonna be easy to find a wing.

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<v Speaker 1>Those are really really hard positions, as you guys know.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean it's like the hardest one. It's the hardest one.

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<v Speaker 1>The fine a good win as the Portland shoilb Blazers,

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<v Speaker 1>So they're gonna probably have to trade Jared Allen as well.

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<v Speaker 1>Alan said this about his play, even for me, the

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<v Speaker 1>lights were brighter than expected.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh that is bad. That is telling.

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<v Speaker 1>Now the Knicks move on to play the Miami Heat

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<v Speaker 1>in the battle of the underdogs, the scrappy team. It's

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be incredible. The first thought probably is that the

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<v Speaker 1>Knicks should be favorites. Hero is out for the year,

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<v Speaker 1>but all of this depends on Julius Randall Is his

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<v Speaker 1>ankle okay, because he re injured it in Game five?

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<v Speaker 1>Why was he out there? I have no idea. Tim

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<v Speaker 1>said that we're hopeful that it's not that bad. Uh yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean everybody is all Knicks fans around the country

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<v Speaker 1>are worried about that as well. Without him, I think

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<v Speaker 1>the series is a toss up. I mean, there's a

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<v Speaker 1>reason Jason Tatum said that he didn't see the Heat

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<v Speaker 1>winning as an upset because the Knicks are gonna have

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<v Speaker 1>their hands full. Jimmy Buckets and their world defenders could

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<v Speaker 1>not you know, the Bucks could not stop Jimmy Butler,

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<v Speaker 1>but a bunch of all defensive guys could not stop him.

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<v Speaker 1>So I have it on good authority that Jimmy Butler

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<v Speaker 1>called a couple of Knicks executives as soon as he

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<v Speaker 1>had that fifty six point performance in Game four and said,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm coming for that ass.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm coming. You're next.

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<v Speaker 1>Nicks will fucking see you at Madison Square Garden and

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<v Speaker 1>now we will Sunday at the Guard.

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<v Speaker 3>Gonna be a doozy