WEBVTT - NBA Opening Night Breakdown

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<v Speaker 1>You're tuned into Heat Check with Triste Quick.

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<v Speaker 2>On this episode of The Heat Check, It's here baby.

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<v Speaker 2>The NBA season popped off last night with a pair

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<v Speaker 2>of games that were absolutely electric. Neither one, for different reasons,

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<v Speaker 2>did not disappoint. We will be breaking down both games,

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<v Speaker 2>as well as covering a little news that's popping around

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<v Speaker 2>the league. Of course, I talked about Draymond Green's idiotic

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<v Speaker 2>documentary that he decided to drop right before a ring night,

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<v Speaker 2>just when the team's try to get over the fact

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<v Speaker 2>that I don't know you touched your fucking teammate in

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<v Speaker 2>the mouth. Anyway, lot's to go over, Nick, So just

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<v Speaker 2>go ahead and drop that motherfucking bea. We are so back, baby,

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my god, we are back. And boy did opening

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<v Speaker 2>night deliver. As an aside, why the fuck were the

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<v Speaker 2>Lakers playing on Opening Night? I try to tell y'all

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<v Speaker 2>and the Sixers, that's fine, But where were the Milwaukee

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<v Speaker 2>Bucks in all of this? The disrespect to Yannis is

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<v Speaker 2>getting egregious. The disrespect till Milwaukee is getting egregious.

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<v Speaker 1>Me.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't even like the Bucks, and I'm feeling like

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<v Speaker 2>they should have some sort of cause for concern a

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<v Speaker 2>petition Adam Silver clearly slighting the Bucks, but I digress.

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<v Speaker 2>I was just so excited to watch Ring night for

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<v Speaker 2>dub Nation, of course, and and boy did that ceremony

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<v Speaker 2>push this game late? Goodness, gracious, I'm on the East

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<v Speaker 2>Coast and I'm like, yo, can we get this shit

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<v Speaker 2>started or what? Ugh? I was falling asleep around halftime,

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<v Speaker 2>but the Ring ceremony pitched push tip off around eleven pm.

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<v Speaker 2>We had all wait about what seven minutes? Eight minutes,

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<v Speaker 2>be honest, like one minute before the world knew what

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<v Speaker 2>I already knew and was shouting from the highest rooftops

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<v Speaker 2>for the last I don't know two years now, what

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<v Speaker 2>are the Lakers doing? What are they up to? What

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<v Speaker 2>is this team? It don't make no damn sense? And

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<v Speaker 2>the delusional fan base hate to see it on Twitter

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<v Speaker 2>kept me from my sleep. I was enjoying the timeline

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<v Speaker 2>so much. The Twitter fan base for the Lakers is

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<v Speaker 2>currently in shambles. Shambles at night Shamble's first thing. In

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<v Speaker 2>the morning, reality came crashing hard, folks. It just I've

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<v Speaker 2>literally never seen any fan base come to terms that

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<v Speaker 2>the season was over as fast as this Laker fan

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<v Speaker 2>base has. It was not even halftime, folks, and they

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<v Speaker 2>were like, all right, that's enough for me, SpongeBob emoji,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a head out. And for everybody waking up on

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<v Speaker 2>the East coast at nine am, people were already cooking

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<v Speaker 2>the Lakers barbecued chicken. Just you have the East Coast

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<v Speaker 2>cooking them up on the grill, and then you wake

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<v Speaker 2>up on the West coast just in time for those

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<v Speaker 2>barbecued Laker thighs to just be ready for your plate

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<v Speaker 2>to consume them. This team's fucking bad. This team is trash.

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<v Speaker 2>They won thirty three games last year, and I tell

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<v Speaker 2>you what, they're worse than then. I actually don't hate

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<v Speaker 2>to see it. They did nothing to improve this team's weaknesses.

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<v Speaker 2>They can't defend, which they couldn't do last year. Why'd

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<v Speaker 2>they give up Alex Crusoe. Why why'd they give up

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<v Speaker 2>Kyle Kuzma? Why why'd they give up KCP? Why? Oh yeah, yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>Russell Westbrook. I forgot he was supposed to be the panacea.

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<v Speaker 2>But they can't defend, they cannot shoot, they cannot score.

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<v Speaker 2>Those are all the most integral things for a basketball

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<v Speaker 2>team to be able to do. But hey, we had

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<v Speaker 2>to see it for our own two eyes before we

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<v Speaker 2>understood what was going on, what time it was. This

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<v Speaker 2>is not a title contender. This is not a playoff team.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me say it again, this is not a playoff team.

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<v Speaker 2>This team won thirty three games last year, and I

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<v Speaker 2>think they might win thirty one or thirty two this year.

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<v Speaker 2>Because why even with teams trying to tank like Sacramento,

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<v Speaker 2>or even with teams trying to tank like excuse me,

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<v Speaker 2>san Antonio, not Sacramento. Even with teams trying to tank

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<v Speaker 2>like Utah, you think they're gonna try to tank against

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<v Speaker 2>the Lakers. Fuck No, everyone hates the Lakers anyway, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>getting too excited. I'm getting ahead of myself. I've got

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<v Speaker 2>a full on breakdown of why the Lakers snink. Just

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<v Speaker 2>hold on a second. Let's talk about Ring Knight for

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<v Speaker 2>a second. Bowling shirts that I tried to buy on

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<v Speaker 2>eBay or NBA dot com. Those are sick. I want that.

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<v Speaker 2>I want that white and gold bowling shirt. They should

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<v Speaker 2>wear those all the time. That should be the Warriors

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<v Speaker 2>warm up suit the entire year. Just show that you've won,

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<v Speaker 2>you're the chance as you've got the Laryo on the

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<v Speaker 2>side of your shirt, like, yeah, we're the fucking men

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<v Speaker 2>right now. Emotions, tears running down. Everyone's there. They're bringing

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<v Speaker 2>out the director of Player Finance Operations, who knows who

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<v Speaker 2>she was, but she got some shine. Adam Silver's there,

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<v Speaker 2>Peter Gruber is there. All the peeps, even people who

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<v Speaker 2>aren't even on rosters are there, like Quin Dairy Witherspoon

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<v Speaker 2>showing up in street clothes, getting his popcorn ready, collecting

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<v Speaker 2>his hardware, you know, sitting down and enjoying the fact

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<v Speaker 2>that he can only watch basketball. I digress. It was

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<v Speaker 2>a whole thing, whole thing, and so I was thinking

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<v Speaker 2>about it, and I was like, what did Jalen Rose say?

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<v Speaker 2>Jalen Rose said, the fact that the Warriors did not

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<v Speaker 2>suspend Draymond Green meant that they were soft and that

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<v Speaker 2>they weren't gonna win the title and that things were

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<v Speaker 2>gonna come crashing down. I actually posit this, If the

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<v Speaker 2>Warriors would have suspended Draymond Green for Ring night, that

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<v Speaker 2>would have been the end. That would have been the

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<v Speaker 2>end of the chapter of this dynasty. That would have

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<v Speaker 2>been the thing that broke the fabric of this Warrior's

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<v Speaker 2>team down. Because if you stole that moment from Draymond

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<v Speaker 2>one of the key pieces of this franchise and dynasty

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<v Speaker 2>for the last god knows how long, And you took

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<v Speaker 2>that away for a good reason, but not a good

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<v Speaker 2>enough reason enough, right, he can't really move on and

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<v Speaker 2>heal if a key piece of your team is sitting

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<v Speaker 2>watching the rest of his brothers aka Quin Darry Witherspoon

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<v Speaker 2>get his fucking ring and Draymond Green has to have

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<v Speaker 2>his FedEx to him, sir, No, no, no, we can't

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<v Speaker 2>have that. That would have been a disaster. So I'm

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<v Speaker 2>glad they didn't suspend him, But we got to talk

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<v Speaker 2>about this fucking documentary he produced. What were we doing? Baby?

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<v Speaker 2>I love Draymond Green. I'm like the only Draymond Green

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<v Speaker 2>fan left on Earth. I think he's a good dude.

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<v Speaker 2>I like him. Has obviously a little anger issues he's

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<v Speaker 2>sorting through, but I like him. I'm a fan of Draymond.

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<v Speaker 2>I think he's worthwhile to this team and keeping him

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<v Speaker 2>around is very important. But god damn, that documentary was

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<v Speaker 2>just so tone deaf. For a guy who knows all

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<v Speaker 2>about media and how narratives are created and shaped, he

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<v Speaker 2>was so off to try to put out what was that?

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<v Speaker 2>Did you? If you haven't seen it, pause, pause this podcast,

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<v Speaker 2>go click watch the seven minute come back. If you're

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<v Speaker 2>back now you know what I'm talking about. That narrator?

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<v Speaker 2>Who was that all state narrator? Welcome to Welcome to

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<v Speaker 2>Draymond Green's universe. Like, what was that? The way that

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<v Speaker 2>it was all dramatic in the back and in the

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<v Speaker 2>front lighting and the ring light and Draymond's eyes, like,

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<v Speaker 2>the whole thing was so I hate to say the

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<v Speaker 2>word because makes me feel icky, but it was cringe.

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<v Speaker 2>It was cringe. It was something. First of all, this

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<v Speaker 2>is what Draymond said by addressing the punch. I never

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<v Speaker 2>really knew how much it blew up. I was just

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<v Speaker 2>at home chilling with my children. And then he had

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<v Speaker 2>the b roll in the biz. That's what we call

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<v Speaker 2>the video that he puts on top of his audio

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<v Speaker 2>and it's him and his kids playing, Oh cute, Draymond.

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<v Speaker 2>Draymond's a father. Oh, let's all circle around. He's a

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<v Speaker 2>sweet man. Be serious, Draymond said he was watching the

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<v Speaker 2>tape fifteen times. You don't know how much it blew up?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh serious, talking to me. Nobody knows what's going on

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<v Speaker 2>more than Draymond Green. That is just flat out bullshit propaganda.

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<v Speaker 2>And I mean that sincerely, with no shade. Draymond is

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<v Speaker 2>trying to control the narrative and he is failing. Everyone

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<v Speaker 2>has turned against him except for me. Draymond. He check

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<v Speaker 2>is a safe space for you to get your feelings out.

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<v Speaker 2>If you ever want to come on to the I

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<v Speaker 2>don't even know. If I'm old media or new media,

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<v Speaker 2>I can't tell. But if you ever want to come

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<v Speaker 2>on medium media, that's what I am, sort of nouveau media,

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<v Speaker 2>come on in. He has friends that would alert him.

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<v Speaker 2>By the way, Hey, shit's go a viral. Draymond Layer,

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<v Speaker 2>shit low, lay low. The filmmakers even made this dramatic

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<v Speaker 2>account of Draymond Green on a peloton, probably in his apartment,

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<v Speaker 2>gym or condo, Jim with his towels and his weights

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<v Speaker 2>and a water bottle and Draymond Green has no time

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<v Speaker 2>to waste four days until opening nights and you see

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<v Speaker 2>him on his I don't even know if he took

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<v Speaker 2>the peloton class. He wasn't sweating that badly. But anyway,

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<v Speaker 2>why was he away from the team, I don't know,

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<v Speaker 2>Because he punched his fucking team in the face. They

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<v Speaker 2>even said he was exiled. He was exiled, folks, stop it.

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<v Speaker 2>I should they should hire me. I always wonder when

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<v Speaker 2>people make decisions, like, did you guys have anyone who

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<v Speaker 2>could tell you, no, this is not a good idea.

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<v Speaker 2>Did anybody in the room have any kajones to say, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>this is gonna be worse as a result of you

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<v Speaker 2>putting this out. Also, the whole team's trying to move on.

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<v Speaker 2>They said, all of them have said this. Steve Kerr

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<v Speaker 2>has said this, Draymond h Jordan Poole has said this,

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<v Speaker 2>Clay has said this, Steph has said this. We're all

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<v Speaker 2>just trying to move on. We all want to stop

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<v Speaker 2>thinking about this punch, talking about this punch. We all

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<v Speaker 2>just want to just get our rings fucking move past us.

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<v Speaker 2>So what does Draymond Green do? Put out a documentary

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<v Speaker 2>explaining the whole thing, how he thinks it's actually a

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<v Speaker 2>good thing that we saw him in his worst moments,

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<v Speaker 2>because there's an upside to that, Draymond Green, No one

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<v Speaker 2>wants to do this. Right now, we're trying to watch

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<v Speaker 2>Steph Curry work on his new dream Shape post move,

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<v Speaker 2>which he executed to perfection. Steph's dreamshake absolutely electric. If

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<v Speaker 2>you haven't seen that, go google that. The entire video

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<v Speaker 2>was a debacle. Jordan Pool. After the game, they asked them, Hey,

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<v Speaker 2>was there any healing that's taking place between you and Draymond?

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<v Speaker 2>His quote fairy telling we went out there. We had

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<v Speaker 2>a job to do to win a game. Sounds like

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<v Speaker 2>it's still fresh, sounds like the wounds haven't healed. I

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<v Speaker 2>got bit by a a Viishla about three days ago

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<v Speaker 2>on my arm. That wound has healed faster and I

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<v Speaker 2>can still see it on my arm right now. That

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<v Speaker 2>wound has healed faster than Draymond Green and Jordan Pool's wounds.

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<v Speaker 2>They also played a basketball game, so let's talk about that.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a game. It was a game. The Warriors

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<v Speaker 2>put the league on notice. Dub Nation where we at

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<v Speaker 2>had gold blooded. The Warriors gonna win it again, folks.

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<v Speaker 2>I hate to tell people who are not lifelong Dub

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<v Speaker 2>fans like me, they are gonna win it all again.

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<v Speaker 2>Unfortunately for the rest of the league it is scary hours.

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<v Speaker 2>They put on a clinic, a defensive clinic against a team.

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<v Speaker 2>Truthfully that it's not really mattering because they can't score

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<v Speaker 2>or shoot, but it was it was something they swarmed,

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<v Speaker 2>They switched. They suplexed the Lakers into submission. They sagged

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<v Speaker 2>off them because they know let them shoot. Let them shoot.

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<v Speaker 2>These boys can't shoot the three feet off the three

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<v Speaker 2>point line. They're packing the paint offensively. They looked amazing.

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<v Speaker 2>They just felt like they were already in regular season four.

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<v Speaker 2>None of the russ that we would expect from a

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<v Speaker 2>team happened. They felt like we had just seen them

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<v Speaker 2>win the championship, and then two days later the season

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<v Speaker 2>began for the Lakers. It's just more of the same.

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<v Speaker 2>It showed two major things. One announced in big bold Lakers,

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<v Speaker 2>big bold letters, excuse me that the Warriors are going

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<v Speaker 2>to be They're gonna win it all. They're gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>hard out. You gotta come with your best shit. That

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<v Speaker 2>team should be the West favorites than they are. This

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<v Speaker 2>is the best defense in the West. And they showed

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<v Speaker 2>that Wiggins was a monster. Looney was the rock in

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<v Speaker 2>which the defense was built on. Wiseman is disciplined. Now

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<v Speaker 2>on defense, I saw a defensive possession with him where

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<v Speaker 2>he stayed straight up. He was completely locked in. He

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<v Speaker 2>didn't do anything too crazy, and you know what possession

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<v Speaker 2>over for the Lakers. Out into transition, we go sprinting

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<v Speaker 2>like thoroughbreds. Steph was out there showing why he is

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<v Speaker 2>the only player ever to lead the NBA in steels

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<v Speaker 2>and not make the team First Team All Defense, and

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<v Speaker 2>it was sick. And you can say, well, Trista, this

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<v Speaker 2>is the Lakers, So what does it matter really, how

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<v Speaker 2>can we really gauge how good the Warriors defense really is?

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<v Speaker 2>Have a point. It was the Lakers and we will

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<v Speaker 2>get to that. But now it's still a team that

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<v Speaker 2>has shown they have no rust. They showed off all

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<v Speaker 2>the things that you need to do to win a championship,

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<v Speaker 2>all the things they did lash Well, yes it was

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<v Speaker 2>the Lakers, but they've also just won a title, hence

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<v Speaker 2>the ring night. Here's the scary part. I think they're better.

0:14:21.560 --> 0:14:23.600
<v Speaker 2>I think this team is actually better than last year.

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<v Speaker 2>Moses Moody didn't see a ton of him, but I

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<v Speaker 2>think he's gonna take a step. James Wiseman looked good.

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<v Speaker 2>Kaminga look meh, but I think he'll progress. They have

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<v Speaker 2>Dante DiVincenzo looked amazing. This second unit is going to

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<v Speaker 2>be ridiculous. If you hate the Warriors. I guess you're

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<v Speaker 2>only solace is you don't really have one. Honestly, other

0:14:45.360 --> 0:14:48.480
<v Speaker 2>teams have gotten better, but they've they other team to

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<v Speaker 2>beat as good as the Warriors were, Let's be honest.

0:14:53.720 --> 0:14:58.200
<v Speaker 2>The thing that was most most impressive, most exciting, most

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<v Speaker 2>delicious was how bad the Lakers were. People. It was fucking,

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<v Speaker 2>absolutely priceless. Rob Palinka creating the masterpiece, the Mona Lisa

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<v Speaker 2>of how bad can you fuck up? One of the

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<v Speaker 2>greatest player players in our generation? The greatest player since

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<v Speaker 2>Michael Jordan? How bad can you fuck up? His legacy?

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<v Speaker 2>If he tried? It gets pretty bad. It's really bad.

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<v Speaker 2>This is a Titanic and it's already started to sink,

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<v Speaker 2>but somehow everybody's just still playing the banjo fingerprints all

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<v Speaker 2>over this thing. And yet yet, yet he gets an

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<v Speaker 2>extension in this offseason after the offseason he had which

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<v Speaker 2>was pretty much signing Patrick Beverley or trading for Patrick Beverly.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't even recall what the terms were, but it's terrible.

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<v Speaker 2>The Lakers are so much worse, and you know what,

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<v Speaker 2>I love it, but by a far margin. The thing

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<v Speaker 2>that makes me sad is that Lebron James is getting wasted.

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<v Speaker 2>Even healthy ish, this team is getting their doors blown

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<v Speaker 2>off by any good team in the NBA. They signed

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<v Speaker 2>a bunch of youngsters after signing every player thirty five

0:16:14.680 --> 0:16:20.360
<v Speaker 2>and older. Polinka's bold offseason decision. All the thirty five

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<v Speaker 2>year olds that we hated, like Carmelo Anthony, Let's replace

0:16:23.360 --> 0:16:26.960
<v Speaker 2>him with undrafted rookies like Scottie Pippen Jr. Austin Reeves.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's add Patrick Beverly into the mix. For some you're

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<v Speaker 2>just like a little spicy. Just put a little spicy

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<v Speaker 2>on top of these rookies. Kendrick Nunn. He's back healthy again,

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<v Speaker 2>So now we can really evaluate these Lakers guys, like,

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<v Speaker 2>what did you expect to happen? I don't know. Westbrook

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<v Speaker 2>came off the bench for the first time in his

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<v Speaker 2>career in the preseason. He ends up getting the start tonight,

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<v Speaker 2>and yet that didn't make no sense. It was Russell Westbrook,

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<v Speaker 2>Patrick Beverly, Lonnie Walker, Braun at the and ad at

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<v Speaker 2>the five. And then of course he's nursing a hamstring injury.

0:17:06.600 --> 0:17:09.800
<v Speaker 2>Russell Westbrook and says to the world with a dead

0:17:09.800 --> 0:17:13.520
<v Speaker 2>straight face that Darvin Ham's decision to bring him off

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<v Speaker 2>the bench in the last preseason game probably is what

0:17:17.000 --> 0:17:22.520
<v Speaker 2>hurt his hamstring. That is absolute lunacy. If you're hoping

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<v Speaker 2>though that the Lakers are getting a reprieve after this,

0:17:26.160 --> 0:17:29.639
<v Speaker 2>I don't know, like play the Pistons or the Thunderspurs

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<v Speaker 2>or the Utah Jazz. Like who do they get next?

0:17:33.440 --> 0:17:37.760
<v Speaker 2>Checks notes? Oh a Clippers, Clippers next. Where there are

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<v Speaker 2>wings Lonnie Walker and Austin Reeves. That is their wings

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<v Speaker 2>that I just hate to tell you. They're gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>saddled with the task of trying to defend Kawhi Leonard

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<v Speaker 2>and Paul George. That is going to be a blood bath.

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<v Speaker 2>Shooting wise in this game, one for ten from three

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<v Speaker 2>in the first half is that bad? I feel like

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<v Speaker 2>that's bad. Way though ageless Lebron James kept them within

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<v Speaker 2>ten and then the third quarter that was the one

0:18:06.200 --> 0:18:09.000
<v Speaker 2>that was really telling for me. Wheels of course fall off,

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<v Speaker 2>as we might expect, the inevitable occurs. The Warriors outscore

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<v Speaker 2>the Lakers by twenty by twenty thirty two twelve, and

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<v Speaker 2>before you know it, Lebron James has on his hands

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<v Speaker 2>a full on fire, looks at his head, puts his

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<v Speaker 2>hands on it. Staring up at a twenty seven point deficit.

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<v Speaker 2>They are two for twenty from three. This team sucks.

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<v Speaker 2>At one point they were two for twenty. That's probably

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<v Speaker 2>what they'll shoot moving forward, maybe three for twenty. Good job.

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<v Speaker 2>When asked about it after the game, Lebron James said.

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<v Speaker 1>This, I think we're getting great looks. I think, but

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<v Speaker 1>it also could be teams given us great looks to

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<v Speaker 1>me in of you be completely honest, We're not a

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<v Speaker 1>team that's constructed of great shooting. And that's just the

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<v Speaker 1>truth of the matter is it's not like, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we're sitting here with a lot of lasers on our team,

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<v Speaker 1>so you know, but that doesn't deter us. I'm still

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<v Speaker 1>trying to get great shots, and we get those opportunities,

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<v Speaker 1>you take them. But we're not sitting here with a

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<v Speaker 1>bunch of forty plus career three point shooting guys. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>it looked like a football team, you know, if like,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, you had a football analogy and you had

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<v Speaker 1>a bunch of guys that was underneath route runners and

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<v Speaker 1>you're wondering why the quarterback is not throwing twenty plus

0:19:29.640 --> 0:19:33.239
<v Speaker 1>it passes down the field. Okay, you know that's that's

0:19:33.280 --> 0:19:36.159
<v Speaker 1>how the team was constructed. So that don't mean you

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<v Speaker 1>can't win. Brady did it?

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<v Speaker 2>You can't win like that? Actually, no, Lebron. Maybe in

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<v Speaker 2>football you can win with Tom Brady and Bill Belichick,

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<v Speaker 2>but you're sitting here with checks notes. Rob Polinka, her

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<v Speaker 2>first time head coach in Darvinham, I'm sorry. You know

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<v Speaker 2>a league driven by threes. If you don't have snipers,

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<v Speaker 2>if you don't have lasers, as you called it, no,

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<v Speaker 2>you can't win games. Also, just amount of passive aggressiveness

0:20:02.240 --> 0:20:06.399
<v Speaker 2>towards this roster construction is amazing. I can't wait. I

0:20:06.400 --> 0:20:09.720
<v Speaker 2>think I'm gonna set alarms. Little Hey, Siri, let me

0:20:09.800 --> 0:20:13.000
<v Speaker 2>know when Lebron James goes and gives another press conference.

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<v Speaker 2>I am not shocked that this team is bad, but why.

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<v Speaker 2>What I am shocked about is that not enough people

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<v Speaker 2>are asking why Polenka got an extension, like he is

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<v Speaker 2>responsible for his dumpster fire. First, he replaced seventy five

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<v Speaker 2>percent of a roster that no one wanted last year

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<v Speaker 2>with a bunch of players that no one wants this year.

0:20:36.880 --> 0:20:40.000
<v Speaker 2>How bad was last year's roster? Oh? I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>They're currently nine players nine count them nine players who

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<v Speaker 2>were on the Laker roster last year who have yet

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<v Speaker 2>to have a team right now. That is absurd. Might

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<v Speaker 2>I remind you this season has started, it is now

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<v Speaker 2>in motion. Look at this year's team. We have guys

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<v Speaker 2>like Wenyan Gabriel and he actually played solid five six

0:21:06.880 --> 0:21:10.240
<v Speaker 2>minutes last night Whenyan Gabriel got It's not rocket science, folks.

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<v Speaker 2>If Wenyan Gabriel is getting real minutes on your team,

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<v Speaker 2>you've got problems. You've got a guy named Matt Ryan

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<v Speaker 2>on your team, and I'm not talking about the washed Colts.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm talking about a guy that even Celtics fans forgot about,

0:21:22.760 --> 0:21:25.399
<v Speaker 2>and he was a Celtic. You've got Scottie Pippen junior,

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<v Speaker 2>who's a nice player, fine young player. He is not

0:21:29.359 --> 0:21:33.479
<v Speaker 2>getting you anywhere. You got Cole Swider. Is it Sweiter

0:21:33.600 --> 0:21:35.760
<v Speaker 2>or Sweeter? I think it's Swider. But the fact that

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know his last name tells you everything you

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<v Speaker 2>need to know. Right This isn't like knowing Ben Mathern.

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<v Speaker 2>If you don't know his last name, I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>what to tell you. And secondly, how are people not

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<v Speaker 2>outraged that Rob Polenka is literally destroying Lebron James's career.

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<v Speaker 2>The last part of Lebron's career, he has been just

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<v Speaker 2>on the brink. He hasn't made the playoffs. Now what

0:22:06.240 --> 0:22:11.000
<v Speaker 2>three out of the five years that Lebron James has played. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>so you won a title once, you missed the playoffs

0:22:14.440 --> 0:22:17.400
<v Speaker 2>your first year, you missed last year, You're not gonna

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<v Speaker 2>make it this year? And what you were a playing

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<v Speaker 2>team and somehow snuck your way into playing the Phoenix

0:22:22.920 --> 0:22:25.960
<v Speaker 2>Suns and losing in the first round in twenty twenty one.

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<v Speaker 2>That is a disaster. We could legitimately see a scenario,

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<v Speaker 2>and we'll talk about this more. We could legitimately see

0:22:32.800 --> 0:22:35.320
<v Speaker 2>a scenario where Lebron James never makes it to the

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<v Speaker 2>playoffs again in his career. Think about that, after everything

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<v Speaker 2>that he did for Cleveland with that dogshit roster, and

0:22:43.800 --> 0:22:47.480
<v Speaker 2>then the sort of rain that he had in Miami,

0:22:48.560 --> 0:22:51.479
<v Speaker 2>then what he did in Cleveland again to then go

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<v Speaker 2>to La, Man, the sun in La will get you

0:22:53.720 --> 0:22:56.600
<v Speaker 2>forgetting everything about your life. The sun in La will

0:22:56.600 --> 0:23:01.040
<v Speaker 2>get you figuring like ambition doesn't matter anymore. Strive for greatness.

0:23:01.080 --> 0:23:03.560
<v Speaker 2>What I'm striving for? Vitamin D, Baby, I don't need

0:23:03.560 --> 0:23:06.280
<v Speaker 2>to go to the playoffs like I am a multi billionaire.

0:23:07.000 --> 0:23:12.679
<v Speaker 2>This is absolutely insane. Lebron is a time machine and

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<v Speaker 2>I really mean it. He wore the homage to his

0:23:16.720 --> 0:23:20.159
<v Speaker 2>draft day white suit and made it look better than

0:23:20.200 --> 0:23:25.560
<v Speaker 2>it did two decades ago. Oh my god. He was

0:23:25.600 --> 0:23:27.960
<v Speaker 2>the best player on the floor last night against the

0:23:28.000 --> 0:23:31.439
<v Speaker 2>defending NBA champions and he's not even gonna go to

0:23:31.480 --> 0:23:34.399
<v Speaker 2>the playoffs. They might not even be a play in

0:23:34.920 --> 0:23:38.080
<v Speaker 2>team this year. Think about that, and why is Rob

0:23:38.119 --> 0:23:43.199
<v Speaker 2>Polinka extended? Why is his job security on lock? Braun

0:23:43.240 --> 0:23:47.680
<v Speaker 2>deserves better than this man. They don't have any first

0:23:47.720 --> 0:23:52.400
<v Speaker 2>round draft picks because of the Ad trade, and much

0:23:52.520 --> 0:23:54.960
<v Speaker 2>like the Puff Daddy Tour of nineteen ninety eight, there

0:23:55.040 --> 0:23:57.720
<v Speaker 2>is no way out, folks, There is no way out.

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<v Speaker 2>Moving on, because I could do this all day talk

0:24:02.440 --> 0:24:04.879
<v Speaker 2>about the Lakers and how sad it is. Let's talk

0:24:04.920 --> 0:24:08.480
<v Speaker 2>about the Sixers and the Celtics, because that game was elite,

0:24:08.680 --> 0:24:11.760
<v Speaker 2>like the product on the floor, elite. The Sixers and

0:24:11.800 --> 0:24:15.240
<v Speaker 2>the Celtics squared off, and what was Joe Mizula's first

0:24:15.320 --> 0:24:19.800
<v Speaker 2>game coaching since e May got deep sixth. The game

0:24:20.680 --> 0:24:25.639
<v Speaker 2>was phenomenal. Both teams showing at points why people are

0:24:25.720 --> 0:24:27.920
<v Speaker 2>tapping them to lead the East. Who is going to

0:24:27.960 --> 0:24:31.360
<v Speaker 2>get the most regular seasons wins. I was very shocked

0:24:31.600 --> 0:24:33.879
<v Speaker 2>how good the Celtics looked, and at times I was like, Okay,

0:24:33.920 --> 0:24:36.800
<v Speaker 2>I get why they're still considered the best team in

0:24:36.840 --> 0:24:40.080
<v Speaker 2>all of basketball. From Las Vegas perspective, here's the good.

0:24:40.119 --> 0:24:42.440
<v Speaker 2>Starting in Boston, the team didn't look like they missed

0:24:42.440 --> 0:24:47.840
<v Speaker 2>debate whoo the fact, despite the fact the emy Udoka

0:24:47.880 --> 0:24:50.440
<v Speaker 2>got shit canned, Let's be honest, he's not coming back.

0:24:51.560 --> 0:24:55.879
<v Speaker 2>Before the preseason started, Jason Tatum looks like he's on

0:24:55.920 --> 0:24:59.600
<v Speaker 2>a mission, declaring to the athletic that his sole goal

0:24:59.840 --> 0:25:02.760
<v Speaker 2>is to win a championship. Then he goes out puts

0:25:02.840 --> 0:25:07.080
<v Speaker 2>up seventy fantasy points thirty five points real life in

0:25:07.200 --> 0:25:13.639
<v Speaker 2>opening night, blocks, steals, transition buckets, tough and ones, tough,

0:25:13.720 --> 0:25:18.800
<v Speaker 2>lays jump shot after jump shot, and here's what should

0:25:18.800 --> 0:25:23.320
<v Speaker 2>send shiffs down the spine of other teams. Even without

0:25:23.440 --> 0:25:28.879
<v Speaker 2>Rob Williams, their best defensive player, this team played really

0:25:28.880 --> 0:25:32.880
<v Speaker 2>good defense against Joel Embiid and a very potent offense

0:25:33.040 --> 0:25:37.159
<v Speaker 2>team called the Sixers. Looked offense like just looked awesome

0:25:37.200 --> 0:25:41.720
<v Speaker 2>for long stretches, they have swarming, deflecting passes, they can

0:25:41.760 --> 0:25:44.959
<v Speaker 2>switch everything on defense. Still, they're very long. They can

0:25:45.000 --> 0:25:47.960
<v Speaker 2>disrupt a very good Sixers team that makes tough shot

0:25:48.000 --> 0:25:50.760
<v Speaker 2>after tough shot, and I think we can expect this

0:25:50.840 --> 0:25:54.960
<v Speaker 2>defensive intensity moving forward. But to me, where it was

0:25:55.160 --> 0:25:59.200
<v Speaker 2>very exciting was the offense, especially when you're point guard

0:25:59.200 --> 0:26:03.800
<v Speaker 2>as Marcus mart Boston shot fifty percent in their first half,

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<v Speaker 2>then came out of the break and shot fifty seven

0:26:07.280 --> 0:26:10.200
<v Speaker 2>percent in the second half to take a tight game

0:26:10.440 --> 0:26:14.119
<v Speaker 2>and make it a very comfortable win. The thing that

0:26:14.200 --> 0:26:17.320
<v Speaker 2>impresses me the most this team doesn't have Danella Gallinari

0:26:17.440 --> 0:26:20.120
<v Speaker 2>for the year. This team is missing Rob Williams. They've

0:26:20.160 --> 0:26:23.199
<v Speaker 2>got issues, and they still look pretty deep. They can

0:26:23.280 --> 0:26:25.000
<v Speaker 2>run out a second unit. They can put the ball

0:26:25.040 --> 0:26:28.479
<v Speaker 2>in the hole, unlike last year. I like Malcolm Brogden

0:26:28.520 --> 0:26:30.919
<v Speaker 2>if he can stay healthy. He needs some seasoning, but

0:26:31.000 --> 0:26:33.919
<v Speaker 2>with Tatum making a big leap forward Brown being underrated,

0:26:34.040 --> 0:26:35.600
<v Speaker 2>you can kind of flex him in and out with

0:26:35.640 --> 0:26:37.679
<v Speaker 2>the second unit. I think this team can score with

0:26:37.760 --> 0:26:42.000
<v Speaker 2>just about anybody and with a very long, stingy defense.

0:26:42.040 --> 0:26:45.080
<v Speaker 2>When Rob Williams comes back, my lord, they don't seem

0:26:45.119 --> 0:26:49.040
<v Speaker 2>to care about Emai Udoka's suspension. They look very very good.

0:26:49.920 --> 0:26:52.159
<v Speaker 2>Philly's very good too, just not as good as Boston.

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<v Speaker 2>That's pretty much it. I don't know how that changes.

0:26:55.760 --> 0:26:58.200
<v Speaker 2>The good for the Sixers was the offense really? James

0:26:58.200 --> 0:27:03.840
<v Speaker 2>Harden looks good, very good. He put on a masterpiece.

0:27:03.960 --> 0:27:07.880
<v Speaker 2>He looked like Houston Harden again, Big nights from big,

0:27:08.200 --> 0:27:12.119
<v Speaker 2>big game James. He is going to be aggressive all

0:27:12.400 --> 0:27:15.720
<v Speaker 2>year long. The assists will come, of course, but he's

0:27:15.760 --> 0:27:19.480
<v Speaker 2>going to score thirty again, and that's exciting for Sixers fans.

0:27:19.760 --> 0:27:22.800
<v Speaker 2>He's aggressive, he looks lean, he's shooting the lights out,

0:27:22.880 --> 0:27:26.600
<v Speaker 2>he's getting the free throw line, vintage James Harden, and

0:27:26.720 --> 0:27:28.600
<v Speaker 2>Bed looked like he was in mid season for him.

0:27:28.680 --> 0:27:31.080
<v Speaker 2>I'm not talking about him falling on every possession. I'm

0:27:31.119 --> 0:27:36.600
<v Speaker 2>just talking about him consistently being that guy, double digit rebounds,

0:27:36.680 --> 0:27:39.320
<v Speaker 2>double digit points, being able to do whatever he wants

0:27:39.359 --> 0:27:43.280
<v Speaker 2>on the floor. So there was a lot to like

0:27:43.280 --> 0:27:49.920
<v Speaker 2>about Philly's offense, which cooked an elite Boston defense. But defensively,

0:27:50.640 --> 0:27:53.880
<v Speaker 2>they've got a lot that is leaving to be desired.

0:27:54.520 --> 0:27:59.320
<v Speaker 2>Philly is just something else defensively, and if PJ Tucker

0:27:59.359 --> 0:28:03.040
<v Speaker 2>can't defend because he looks like he's a bit I

0:28:03.040 --> 0:28:04.760
<v Speaker 2>don't want to say wash, but he looks like a

0:28:04.800 --> 0:28:09.639
<v Speaker 2>bit like some is lost on his step. They took

0:28:09.840 --> 0:28:13.120
<v Speaker 2>advantage of the Sixers. The Celtics did. They shot over

0:28:13.200 --> 0:28:15.879
<v Speaker 2>fifty percent from the field for the entire game. The

0:28:15.920 --> 0:28:18.600
<v Speaker 2>Celtics put up one hundred and twenty seven points on

0:28:18.640 --> 0:28:21.480
<v Speaker 2>the Sixers, and a lot of it, you have to

0:28:21.520 --> 0:28:24.600
<v Speaker 2>say is on PJ. Tucker, who I love. He cannot

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<v Speaker 2>be expected to be the type of perimeter defender that

0:28:27.280 --> 0:28:32.680
<v Speaker 2>Ben Simmons was. An AVI wolfman arrant. I think that's

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<v Speaker 2>how you say it. He said it best on Twitter.

0:28:34.480 --> 0:28:37.000
<v Speaker 2>This game was begging for a switchable center to take

0:28:37.000 --> 0:28:39.720
<v Speaker 2>the Celtics out of their rhythm. Sixers have two options

0:28:39.720 --> 0:28:42.120
<v Speaker 2>on the roster. Neither played a minute at the five.

0:28:42.400 --> 0:28:44.720
<v Speaker 2>That can't happen in the playoffs. This is gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>a very good regular season team. How good they're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>be in the playoffs? I think that depends. Do they

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<v Speaker 2>have to face the six Do they have to face

0:28:52.360 --> 0:28:54.520
<v Speaker 2>the Celtics, do they have to face I don't know,

0:28:54.560 --> 0:28:58.000
<v Speaker 2>a team like the Bucks. Well, I have to see

0:28:58.120 --> 0:29:02.320
<v Speaker 2>they were getting abs so loutly cooked, and it was

0:29:02.360 --> 0:29:04.880
<v Speaker 2>a great game. The scary thing about the Celtics is

0:29:05.000 --> 0:29:07.080
<v Speaker 2>they were getting cooked by the Sixers and you look

0:29:07.160 --> 0:29:09.480
<v Speaker 2>up and a lead that was four turns out to

0:29:09.520 --> 0:29:11.840
<v Speaker 2>be twenty and you don't know how it's happening, because

0:29:11.920 --> 0:29:14.760
<v Speaker 2>James Harden just put up six quick buckets and somehow

0:29:14.760 --> 0:29:18.560
<v Speaker 2>the lead got extended. That's what they're gonna do this year, folks.

0:29:18.920 --> 0:29:21.440
<v Speaker 2>Four point leads will turn into twenty point leads before

0:29:21.480 --> 0:29:23.560
<v Speaker 2>you know it, because that's what happens when you have

0:29:23.600 --> 0:29:26.240
<v Speaker 2>a team that can put their clamps on whenever they want.

0:29:26.680 --> 0:29:29.200
<v Speaker 2>You got guys like Tatum and Brown who can get

0:29:29.200 --> 0:29:31.440
<v Speaker 2>out in the block, They can block you, they can

0:29:31.480 --> 0:29:34.560
<v Speaker 2>get out into the transition. They can make tough lays.

0:29:36.000 --> 0:29:37.560
<v Speaker 2>There's also a little tussle I don't know if you

0:29:37.560 --> 0:29:40.720
<v Speaker 2>guys saw this between Embiid and Marcus Smart, and Bid

0:29:40.800 --> 0:29:44.200
<v Speaker 2>grabbed Marcus of Smart's arm. The two fell to the ground,

0:29:44.400 --> 0:29:48.960
<v Speaker 2>and then Smart grabbed Joel and Bead's leg. Joel Embiid

0:29:49.000 --> 0:29:51.400
<v Speaker 2>flops to the ground like he was playing, you know,

0:29:51.680 --> 0:29:54.280
<v Speaker 2>for his favorite team. Man you. Smart was not happy

0:29:54.760 --> 0:29:59.440
<v Speaker 2>after the game, though, Marcus Smart said publicly I could

0:29:59.440 --> 0:30:03.280
<v Speaker 2>have cracked his head open if I wanted to. What

0:30:03.400 --> 0:30:05.640
<v Speaker 2>does that mean that? I mean it feels like something

0:30:05.680 --> 0:30:09.840
<v Speaker 2>that would receive a you know, Marcus Smart documentary after

0:30:10.120 --> 0:30:14.080
<v Speaker 2>and just a four day exile. I think there's a

0:30:14.080 --> 0:30:16.960
<v Speaker 2>real deal rivalry bruin here though, between Marcus Smart and

0:30:17.040 --> 0:30:20.800
<v Speaker 2>Joel embiid things I would love to see. So yeah,

0:30:20.960 --> 0:30:24.720
<v Speaker 2>Opening night massive success. Both games delivered for different reasons.

0:30:25.200 --> 0:30:27.080
<v Speaker 2>We'll get into a ton of lead of news from

0:30:27.120 --> 0:30:28.800
<v Speaker 2>around the league tomorrow, but I do want to cover

0:30:29.080 --> 0:30:32.800
<v Speaker 2>just a couple of quick stories. One Grant Williams absolutely

0:30:32.840 --> 0:30:36.239
<v Speaker 2>bald last night after not getting his contract extension from

0:30:36.280 --> 0:30:38.720
<v Speaker 2>the Celtics. He went five or five for fifteen points

0:30:38.720 --> 0:30:41.720
<v Speaker 2>in just twenty four minutes. He was not offered the

0:30:41.760 --> 0:30:45.240
<v Speaker 2>rookie scale contract extension, which is a little odd considering

0:30:45.280 --> 0:30:47.800
<v Speaker 2>that he was a pretty important piece for the Celtics

0:30:47.880 --> 0:30:50.400
<v Speaker 2>last year. Other players who were not extended by their

0:30:50.440 --> 0:30:54.760
<v Speaker 2>teams include you'll probably guess some of these, Kobe White

0:30:55.160 --> 0:30:58.320
<v Speaker 2>number seventh pick in the twenty nineteen draft, Jackson Hayes,

0:30:58.360 --> 0:31:00.560
<v Speaker 2>the number eight pick in the twenty nine teen draft,

0:31:00.800 --> 0:31:04.040
<v Speaker 2>Ruey Yacchi Murrow number nine pick in the twenty nineteen draft.

0:31:04.560 --> 0:31:07.400
<v Speaker 2>Cam Reddish the number ten pick. I mean, we're starting

0:31:07.440 --> 0:31:08.800
<v Speaker 2>to get We're starting to get a little bit of

0:31:08.800 --> 0:31:11.360
<v Speaker 2>a pattern. Are we not? Ten pick in twenty nineteen?

0:31:11.640 --> 0:31:15.160
<v Speaker 2>Cam Johnson the eleventh pick in twenty nineteen. PJ. Washington

0:31:15.200 --> 0:31:18.800
<v Speaker 2>the twelve pick in the twenty nineteen draft. Matis Thible,

0:31:18.960 --> 0:31:22.080
<v Speaker 2>number twenty in the twenty nineteen draft. Holy shit, number

0:31:22.200 --> 0:31:26.160
<v Speaker 2>seven through number twelve. What a disaster. All of these

0:31:26.200 --> 0:31:28.920
<v Speaker 2>teams are feeling like maybe we made the wrong decisions.

0:31:29.120 --> 0:31:31.440
<v Speaker 2>A lot of good players, young good players on that list.

0:31:32.000 --> 0:31:34.000
<v Speaker 2>I'll put up a TikTok asking who surprised you the

0:31:34.040 --> 0:31:36.800
<v Speaker 2>most on this list? But also moving forward, a little

0:31:36.840 --> 0:31:40.000
<v Speaker 2>news out of TNT. Good news in terms of extensions.

0:31:40.240 --> 0:31:43.320
<v Speaker 2>Charles Barkley looks like he's gonna get extension. He's gonna

0:31:43.320 --> 0:31:46.680
<v Speaker 2>get paid ten years, one hundred million dollars. No more

0:31:46.720 --> 0:31:48.640
<v Speaker 2>talk about him leaving the Live Tour. Thought it was

0:31:48.720 --> 0:31:51.240
<v Speaker 2>hilarious though. He came on and said pretty sure, I'm

0:31:51.240 --> 0:31:53.760
<v Speaker 2>not going to fulfill the entire length of that contract. Like,

0:31:53.800 --> 0:31:56.480
<v Speaker 2>I don't think I'm putting in ten more years. That's exciting,

0:31:56.600 --> 0:31:58.320
<v Speaker 2>very fun. They've got me locked down. I can't do

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<v Speaker 2>anything else. But I don't think I'm gonna stother ten.

0:32:00.920 --> 0:32:02.840
<v Speaker 2>He as old as fuck love him, wish he does

0:32:02.880 --> 0:32:05.760
<v Speaker 2>stay another ten and greed does lead the way. Charles

0:32:05.760 --> 0:32:08.400
<v Speaker 2>Barkley takes every opportunity that he can get if they

0:32:08.440 --> 0:32:11.160
<v Speaker 2>pay enough, so we'll have to see. I love Chuck

0:32:11.200 --> 0:32:16.360
<v Speaker 2>Barkley being involved in TNT for the foreseeable future. This

0:32:16.400 --> 0:32:18.280
<v Speaker 2>is a good stuff. This is good stuff. Keeping the

0:32:18.320 --> 0:32:21.720
<v Speaker 2>band together is important, So hats off to Ernie and

0:32:21.760 --> 0:32:23.760
<v Speaker 2>Shaq and Kenny and Chuck for all getting in the

0:32:23.800 --> 0:32:26.440
<v Speaker 2>bag continuing to have the best product in the NBA

0:32:26.520 --> 0:32:29.320
<v Speaker 2>in terms of a show. But we have to go.

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<v Speaker 2>That is all the time that we have for the

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<v Speaker 2>Heat Check. We'll be back tomorrow with a new episode.

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<v Speaker 2>Will we recap the opener and more news ton of

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<v Speaker 2>teams as well as getting deep into this tee that's brewing.

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