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Speaker 1: This is straight fire with Jason McIntyre. Ladies and gentlemen,

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Speaker 1: it's me Jason McIntyre. It's straight fire. Friday, August one,

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Speaker 1: it was a good night in the NBA. If you

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Speaker 1: couldn't tell already, how about your boy two and oh

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Speaker 1: on the best bets, Miami Heat cover easily and the

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Speaker 1: Lakers in an absolute blood bath, destroyed Portland's We will

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Speaker 1: get to that game shortly. Quick reminder, Hey, thanks for

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Speaker 1: the subscribe rate and review I saw we were up

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Speaker 1: to I think seventy two reviews, which is nice. I'm

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Speaker 1: hoping next week we can kick that to a hundred.

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Speaker 1: Let's get it up to one and I think next

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Speaker 1: week Rob G and I will kick off something interesting

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Speaker 1: dealing with uh comments that you guys leave. We're gonna

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Speaker 1: get make it a little interactive with the audience. We're

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Speaker 1: having a lot of fun. Listen, this is week two.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna be a long, long run here. I'm I

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Speaker 1: love doing this. I hope you guys are enjoying it.

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Speaker 1: Shout out to all your nice comments on social media,

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Speaker 1: Facebook messages, all that fun stuff. All right, let's get

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Speaker 1: to the games. We have to start with the Lakers,

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Speaker 1: who I think there was some concern, maybe a little

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Speaker 1: pretty strong. I think there was. I mean, I think

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Speaker 1: I called it one of my like locks of the century.

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Speaker 1: If you go back to yesterday's show and Lakers roll

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Speaker 1: the Blazers, they win by twenty three, they live by

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Speaker 1: like thirty in the third quarter. The big news coming

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Speaker 1: out of the game bad news for Portland's Damian Lillard

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Speaker 1: dislocated his left index finger. It is not obviously the

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Speaker 1: find the video on social media and it definitely bent.

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Speaker 1: They said X rays were negative, so that's good, but

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Speaker 1: that doesn't rule out any ligament damage or other injury

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Speaker 1: to it. And as of now, they don't know if

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Speaker 1: he's playing a game three. I would assume Dame Lillard

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Speaker 1: No disrespect to c J. McCollum and Carmelo Anthony, but

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Speaker 1: you know, this is a really good Laker team that

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Speaker 1: the Lakers. Anthony Davis was phenomenal. He did not fade away,

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Speaker 1: He did not settle for threes. He had thirty one points,

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Speaker 1: wasn't like settling. I mean, it was a great performance

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Speaker 1: know it was inspired performance from the Lakers. And another guy,

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Speaker 1: Rob g was hammering and listen, I'm right with him

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Speaker 1: and I don't really know how to handle Lebron's Game

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Speaker 1: And I it's a dangerous game to play with Lebron

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Speaker 1: I was impressed with Lebron. And again, this is a marathon,

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Speaker 1: So they show a montage of highlights and it's Anthony

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Speaker 1: there's a reason, right and and uh Athony Davis was

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Speaker 1: So the Blazers were down thirty I think maybe thirty

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Speaker 1: for Portland's So this was their eleventh game since the restart.

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Speaker 1: This was the first one where it wasn't a five

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Speaker 1: it almost felt like Portland was coming back to reality, right.

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Speaker 1: instructions and adhere structure. He's never had that. His dad

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Speaker 1: coached him in high school for a little bit. He

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Speaker 1: played the A A U circuit. He's just been a chucker.

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Speaker 1: Now he's a really damn good chucker. He's got Damian

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Speaker 1: Lillard range. I mean, he's six six, he can handle.

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Speaker 1: He's like a highlight wheel. But again, is he gonna

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Speaker 1: play defense? Is he gonna listen to the Steve Kerr system?

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Speaker 1: I just don't know if he's a fit there. So

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Speaker 1: I have the big kid from USC Onyeka okong Wu,

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Speaker 1: and you know, I've probably butchered his name a little bit,

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Speaker 1: but I'm telling you, physically, this dude is a monster.

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Speaker 1: To me, He's Draymond Green without a jump shot. I

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Speaker 1: think he could end up winning a Defensive Player of

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Speaker 1: the Year down the road. This guy has a tireless motor.

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Speaker 1: He's a great defender on the perimeter, and he's like

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Speaker 1: six nine. You know, he's gonna guard wings. He's gonna

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Speaker 1: guard bigs. You put Draymond and okong Wu out there,

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Speaker 1: and that is a menacing front line. I like this

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Speaker 1: kid a lot, probably more than some of the other

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Speaker 1: draft pundits. And the other pick will talk about his

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Speaker 1: number three, Michael Jordan's Charlotte Hornets, and I don't think

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Speaker 1: there's any way they pass on LaMelo Ball. As I said,

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Speaker 1: he's got a built in audience. This guy has more

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Speaker 1: Instagram followers, I'm pretty sure than any professional Major League

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Speaker 1: Baseball player, and he's like a nineteen year old kid

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Speaker 1: who's never played in the NBA yet. LaMelo Ball will

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Speaker 1: sell tickets in Charlotte. He will drive Michael Jordan's up

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Speaker 1: the walls with frustration. And I think he's gonna have

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Speaker 1: some issues with some teammates there because DeVante Graham uh

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Speaker 1: and um, I don't think he's just gonna take anything.

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Speaker 1: You know, He's not gonna say, hey, you can have

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Speaker 1: the starting job, No way. DeVante Graham fought his way

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Speaker 1: into the league and the other garden the backcourt is

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Speaker 1: Terry Rozier, a k A scary Terry from the Boston Celtics,

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Speaker 1: and you know he doesn't back down from anybody, so

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Speaker 1: there there's gonna be some friction there in the backcourt.

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Speaker 1: But I don't know. I just think for for LaMelo Ball,

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Speaker 1: that is a good fit in Charlotte, playing for Michael

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Speaker 1: Jordan's learning from the greatest player in NBA history. Um,

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Speaker 1: we won't go through the rest my mock draft again

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Speaker 1: it's online, but rob G, do you have any thoughts

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Speaker 1: on players teams? Um? You know, the Phoenix Suns are

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Speaker 1: a team that a lot of people like. Their drafting tenth.

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Speaker 1: The Celtics didn't move up. They have a pick at fourteen.

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Speaker 1: The Lakers have a pick at twenty eight. I had

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Speaker 1: them taken Isaiah Joe a bucket getting wing from Arkansas.

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Speaker 1: But we know Lebron doesn't play with rookies, right, he

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Speaker 1: just does it. He's never done that in his career. Um,

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Speaker 1: so they'll probably move him. But I've now done in

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Speaker 1: like six minutes on the NBA Draft lottery and Rob G,

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Speaker 1: what do you got? Well, I've avehemiently disagree with your

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Speaker 1: LaMelo Ball to to Charlotte. There is zero chance that

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Speaker 1: Michael Jordans selects him. You saw in the last dance

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Speaker 1: documentary when someone said, hey, George, Carl didn't say hid

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Speaker 1: to him in a restaurant. So I took that personally

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Speaker 1: and I had to drop fifty on him. You know,

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Speaker 1: LaVar Ball has talked so much trash about Michael Jordan.

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Speaker 1: You could beat him one on one. And my boys

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Speaker 1: are better than his boys, and they're they're better than

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Speaker 1: Michael Jordan and blah blah. You really think that Michael

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Speaker 1: Jordan's gonna be like, you know what, that was just

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Speaker 1: your dad talking. I think we'll take the best player available. Interesting,

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Speaker 1: Hell no, that ain't gonna happen. He'll he'll trade out

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Speaker 1: of it before he'll take LaMelo Ball. The risk you

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Speaker 1: run of passing on this kid is what if he

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Speaker 1: grows up in matures. I was a late maturing kid.

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Speaker 1: I was a big goof off. Hopefully my parents aren't

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Speaker 1: listening this deep into the podcast. They do listen every

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Speaker 1: day and they usually text me or call me. But

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Speaker 1: I was a goof off. I was a bit of

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Speaker 1: a screw up. I wanted to have fun and chase girls.

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Speaker 1: You know, I didn't get a tattoo, but I did

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Speaker 1: get both my ears pierced during beach week after high

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Speaker 1: school with a couple of other buddies, and I was

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Speaker 1: a little bit of a rebellious team. You know, my

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Speaker 1: dad had was something of a rebellious team. My mom

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Speaker 1: was a little rebellious and it rubbed off on me.

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Speaker 1: Um And I think LaMelo Ball is kind of like, Yo,

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Speaker 1: I'm a big deal. I don't need to listen to anybody.

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Speaker 1: Maybe Rob G. Michael Jordan's the structure he needs. I mean,

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Speaker 1: everybody on some level looks up in the NBA to

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Speaker 1: Michael Jordan. Everybody has to. I mean, he's the greatest

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Speaker 1: player ever. If you're in the league, you love basketball,

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Speaker 1: and you know this, this guy's the best to ever

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Speaker 1: do it six and O in the finals. So maybe

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Speaker 1: that's exactly what he needs. I think Steve kerr And

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Speaker 1: and the Warriors is a bit too much for him.

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Speaker 1: You know, Curry and Clay, these are professionals. Curry's married,

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Speaker 1: He's got two kids. He was part of the Democratic

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Speaker 1: National Convention tonight, like Draymond Green is married. I think

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Speaker 1: Clay Thompson is finally locked up. An Instagram model like

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Speaker 1: LaMelo Ball won't have anything in common with any of

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Speaker 1: those Warriors. He's just too young. Charlotte a bit of

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Speaker 1: a younger team. I don't know. I think LaMelo Ball

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Speaker 1: is obviously gonna be the story of the draft. I

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Speaker 1: can't see him going one to Minnesota. D'Angelo Russell will

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Speaker 1: fight him. They will go to blows if you go

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Speaker 1: to Minnesota because danegel Russell is already on his third

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Speaker 1: team right draft abou Lakers, Warriors and now the Timber

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Speaker 1: this guy Carltte so four wait Lakers about the Nets, Lakers,

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Speaker 1: Nets Warriors, four teams already. And remember Karl Anthony Towns, Uh,

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Speaker 1: him and Jimmy Butler were supposedly fighting over a girl.

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Speaker 1: I'm sure you remember that story. Um, Karl Anthony Towns

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Speaker 1: and D'Angel Russell, I think don't think that's a good

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Speaker 1: fit at all in min No. And I totally agree

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Speaker 1: with everything you said about LaMelo Ball. I'm sure he's

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Speaker 1: gonna mature, and I'm sure I agree with you. I

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Speaker 1: don't think Golden State's going to take him because I

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Speaker 1: think they're gonna trade it because they're more in a

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Speaker 1: win now mode. My concern has nothing to do with him,

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Speaker 1: has everything to do with Michael Jordan's and the petty

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Speaker 1: guy that he is, so you don't think he's gonna

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Speaker 1: pull the magic Johnson and say, I hope Lonzo says

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Speaker 1: some of his records, some of my he remember that.

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Speaker 1: Hell no, he's gonna be like at the press conference,

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Speaker 1: well we what about taking LaMelo, but LaVar once said that,

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Speaker 1: uh he could score me and I took that personally

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Speaker 1: a billionaire carrying what a nonentity like lave our Ball

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Speaker 1: thinks about him? All right, we'll get so so very

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Speaker 1: excited about the draft lottery. Um coming up next, best

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Speaker 1: bet to and no on Thursday. I've got some winners

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Speaker 1: on your couch watching the game. He's making money while

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Speaker 1: you do it. Here's your best bet. And to wrap

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Speaker 1: up another week of straight fire, thanks again for listening.

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Speaker 1: Let me get to my best bet. Remember subscribe, rate

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Speaker 1: and review. The reviews have been kind. I like it.

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Speaker 1: I hope you guys like what you're hearing. Um, I'm

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Speaker 1: this is my baby, so I've given him my all,

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Speaker 1: especially my best bet picks. We are now four and

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Speaker 1: two after the heat and Lakers with pretty much to

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Speaker 1: no sweat covers. I'm looking Friday at the Slate and

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Speaker 1: my first thought is, does Philly just mail it in?

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Speaker 1: Are they toast? You know they're not going home where

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Speaker 1: they're awesome. They know the coaching changes coming. You know.

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Speaker 1: You just look at the body language of Shake Milton

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Speaker 1: and Tobias Harris and Al Horford. They look and feel defeated.

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Speaker 1: The confidence coming off Jayson Tatum. Every dribble he is

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Speaker 1: just middle fingering them. You guys passed on me every

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Speaker 1: single crossover and three facial I'm gonna ride the Boston Celtics,

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Speaker 1: favored by five to take down the seventies sixers. I

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Speaker 1: want to double up and take the Mavericks. But something

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Speaker 1: tells me that Kauai Kauai is going to take it

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Speaker 1: on himself to listen. I'm I've heard enough Luca, and

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna try to lock him down. It just feels

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Speaker 1: like this, this is a This is I think a

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Speaker 1: bigger game than Lakers game too. I you don't want

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Speaker 1: to see the Clippers fall down to us, So I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna punt on the MAVs. It's a close play, but um,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna pass. I really want Dallas. I've seen it.

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Speaker 1: It's going down four and a half somewhere else. So

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Speaker 1: there is some influence show money in the market coming

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Speaker 1: in on Dallas. But I'm just gonna stick with the

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Speaker 1: Celtics favor by five and m and that'll be it

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Speaker 1: for Friday. Everybody, have a great weekend. We'll be back

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Speaker 1: next week bright and early. Monday morning, five am. I'm out.

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