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Speaker 1: the Volume. Happy Tuesday, everybody. I hope all of you

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Speaker 1: Today, June thirteenth, is the first full calendar day and

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Speaker 1: franchise history that the Denver Nuggets are NBA champions. And

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Speaker 1: so for today, we're going to entirely focus in on Denver.

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Speaker 2: I have.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna do our Chase three point segment kind of

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Speaker 1: focusing on last night's game and just a couple of

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Speaker 1: the interesting things that we didn't have a chance to

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Speaker 1: talk about last night with Colin Cowhard, So we'll hit

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Speaker 1: that at the beginning of the show. Then I want

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Speaker 1: to do a deep dive just into what this Denver

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Speaker 1: team accomplished, what Nikola Jokic accomplished, of a little bit

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Speaker 1: of a brief dip into contextualizing it all time. I

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Speaker 1: don't want to go too heavy into it because I

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Speaker 1: want to save some of that stuff for this summer.

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Speaker 1: And then I want to do a shout out of

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Speaker 1: Jamal Murray as well. You guys know the drill before

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Speaker 1: let's talk some basketball. So for our Chase three point segment,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna hit on three things that I found particularly

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Speaker 1: interesting in last night's series clinching win by the Denver Nuggets. So,

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Speaker 1: first of all, Number one, I thought it was really

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Speaker 1: interesting that Spolsra went all in on zone, so to

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Speaker 1: zone throughout the series. And you guys might remember when

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Speaker 1: I was breaking down some of the film, I was

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Speaker 1: outside of that, they were kind of getting cooked, but

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Speaker 1: With the zone, they had some success slowing Denver down,

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Speaker 1: so they ran zoned for thirty nine possessions total in

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Speaker 1: games one and two. They were well below a point

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Speaker 1: If you remember, in game two when Miami stole that game,

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Speaker 1: they got stops in their zone on ten of the

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Speaker 1: for instance, during the in the entire regular season eighty

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Speaker 1: And one of the lessons that I learned is, you know,

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Speaker 1: And that's all that matters. And that's what's funny. Golden

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Speaker 1: more or less the same impactful defense as Denver in

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Speaker 1: A couple other quick notes from last night. KCP the

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Speaker 1: net rating in that postseason run. Now, like I said earlier,

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Speaker 1: part of it was the talent they faced. Again, they

435
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Speaker 1: just by virtue of the Bucks having that Yannis injury

436
00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:49,080
Speaker 1: and just kind of being an out rhythm and falling apart,

437
00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:53,280
Speaker 1: and the Celtics regressing so much defensively, they just didn't

438
00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:55,119
Speaker 1: have to face any of the top eight records in

439
00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:58,639
Speaker 1: the league this year. That's not Denver's fault. Again, you

440
00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:01,520
Speaker 1: face who's in front of you. But I do think

441
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Speaker 1: this will probably be the most dominant playoff run that

442
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Speaker 1: this corps will face. I do think they'll face bigger

443
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Speaker 1: challenges in the future, but to me, that's exciting. That,

444
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Speaker 1: to me is what's fun about basketball. Like I talked,

445
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Speaker 1: you guys know how big of a Lebron James fan

446
00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:16,440
Speaker 1: I am. Twenty twenty was Lebron's most dominant playoff run.

447
00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:19,439
Speaker 1: They never got threatened, They never trailed in a series.

448
00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:24,400
Speaker 1: After Game two, his scoring and efficiency numbers were completely

449
00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:28,520
Speaker 1: off the charts, literally by far. His most efficient postseason

450
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Speaker 1: average thirty on something crazy like sixty seven percent true

451
00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:35,199
Speaker 1: shooting in the finals. Lebron is just ridiculous in that

452
00:22:35,359 --> 00:22:37,959
Speaker 1: entire playoff run, and they kicked everyone's ass, and they

453
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Speaker 1: went through a lot of big names, just like Jolkic

454
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Speaker 1: did right, Like went through Damian Lillard, went through James Harden,

455
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Speaker 1: went through Nikola jokicch went through Jimmy Butler. It was

456
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Speaker 1: a dominant playoff run from Lebron. But when you're looking

457
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Speaker 1: at Lebron's four best championship runs, like that's last place

458
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Speaker 1: probably in terms of just the level that he got to.

459
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Speaker 1: Because one of my favorite things about sports is when

460
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Speaker 1: things are stacked against you and there is some adversity

461
00:23:02,119 --> 00:23:05,680
Speaker 1: and your team actually isn't way better than everybody. These

462
00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:08,720
Speaker 1: superstars have to dig deep and they reach something that's

463
00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:11,600
Speaker 1: like another level of greatness that's inside of them. And

464
00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:14,040
Speaker 1: that's what's so exciting to me, is like Jokic has

465
00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:16,840
Speaker 1: another level he can get to. He saw a little

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Speaker 1: bit in clutch situations in this playoff run. So Nikola

467
00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:23,280
Speaker 1: Jokic attempted field goals at a rate of twenty eight

468
00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:26,800
Speaker 1: per thirty six minutes when the score was within five

469
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Speaker 1: with less than five minutes left. So in clutch situations,

470
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Speaker 1: Nikola Jokic attempted shots at twenty eight per thirty six minutes,

471
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Speaker 1: so he was way more aggressive when games were close.

472
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Speaker 1: Late in those situations, Jokic shot just thirty nine percent

473
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Speaker 1: from the field and seventeen percent from three. So, as

474
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Speaker 1: you know, when things get tough, when things really bog down,

475
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Speaker 1: efficiency tanks because it's harder to score in those situations.

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Speaker 1: There will be playoff runs in the future where I

477
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Speaker 1: think Denver will face better teams and Yokic will have

478
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Speaker 1: to be better. And that's what's crazy. He will be

479
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Speaker 1: I think that when we look back at Jokic's career

480
00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:04,520
Speaker 1: when it's all said and done, he will have some

481
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Speaker 1: playoff runs that are like that where he had to

482
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Speaker 1: down three to two because you know, like for instance,

483
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Speaker 1: twenty twelve, right Chris Bosh pulls an abdominal muscle misses

484
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Speaker 1: the Pacers series. They're down two to one in Indy.

485
00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:22,600
Speaker 1: Lebron drops forty in Game four to bring it back

486
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Speaker 1: to Miami, too too. Bosh comes back in the Celtics series,

487
00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:29,440
Speaker 1: coming off the bench. He's a shell of himself. Cage's

488
00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:32,439
Speaker 1: kicking his ass. They're down three to two in the series.

489
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Speaker 1: Wade's knees acting up. They don't have this overwhelming talent advantage.

490
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Speaker 1: Lebron goes on the road in Game six, down three

491
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Speaker 1: to two, it scores forty five to bring it back

492
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Speaker 1: to Miami for Game seven. Like, those are those moments

493
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Speaker 1: that I think are like there's a difference between a

494
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Speaker 1: dominant playoff run and like, you know, a truly impressive

495
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Speaker 1: playoff run in terms of individual greatness and face of adversity.

496
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Speaker 1: And so I'm not panalizing Yokic in any way, shape

497
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Speaker 1: or form there, but I do think Jokic will have

498
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Speaker 1: other playoff runs in the future where he's forced to

499
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Speaker 1: dig deeper.

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Speaker 2: And do more.

501
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Speaker 1: And I'm excited to see what level he can reach

502
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Speaker 1: when he's on that level, because you just don't know

503
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Speaker 1: what a players capable of until you see them there, right,

504
00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:17,520
Speaker 1: Like Kyrie gets traded from the And I'm just using

505
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Speaker 1: Lebron as an example because he's my favorite player, and

506
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Speaker 1: I know Jokic is your guys' his favorite player Denver

507
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Speaker 1: Nuggets fans, And this is kind of the moments that

508
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Speaker 1: I'm excited for you guys that I got to enjoy

509
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Speaker 1: rooting for Lebron James in twenty eighteen, Kyrie Irving gets traded,

510
00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:33,679
Speaker 1: they don't have a talent advantage against their opponents. Lebron

511
00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:36,520
Speaker 1: thirty four to nine to nine in the postseason, sixty

512
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Speaker 1: two percent true shooting. He hit eight forty point games,

513
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Speaker 1: a fifty point game. So you get the point, Like

514
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Speaker 1: you get to see like this other level of individual

515
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Speaker 1: greatness when the adversity goes up. And who knows, maybe

516
00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:50,879
Speaker 1: this Denver team is so damn dominant, and maybe Jokic

517
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Speaker 1: is so much better than his peers that he never

518
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Speaker 1: has those moments. And if he does that, like trust me, guys,

519
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Speaker 1: if Jokic just rips through the league for the next

520
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Speaker 1: five years and racks up three to four titles and

521
00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:05,200
Speaker 1: never looks bothered, that's where you're in MJ territory. That's

522
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Speaker 1: like Michael Jordan in the nineties where he was never threatened.

523
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Speaker 1: But it's because he was just so much better than

524
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Speaker 1: everybody for so many years. I don't think this particular

525
00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:16,720
Speaker 1: season is proof of that in concept. I think it

526
00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:19,640
Speaker 1: needs to be over several years. But I am really

527
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Speaker 1: curious to see what happens over the course of the

528
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Speaker 1: next half decade with Jokic and with this Denver team

529
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Speaker 1: so insummation, I would say that because Lebron didn't win

530
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Speaker 1: the title in twenty eighteen, I would say that this

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Speaker 1: is probably the most dominant and unstoppable offensive playoff run

532
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Speaker 1: that I can ever remember seeing in terms of inevitability,

533
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Speaker 1: complete and total unguardability and getting the trophy. I don't

534
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Speaker 1: think anyone's ever done it better than Jokic in this

535
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Speaker 1: particular run on the offensive end of the floor. I

536
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Speaker 1: also think it's one of the most dominant team runs

537
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Speaker 1: of all time. I think this Denver run is gonna

538
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Speaker 1: be remembered fondly. I said before the finals that I

539
00:26:55,119 --> 00:26:57,720
Speaker 1: think this Denver team is better than anybody since the Warriors.

540
00:26:58,040 --> 00:27:02,479
Speaker 1: The net rating data has kind of confirmed at Jokic

541
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Speaker 1: dominated several of his peers along the way, dominated Carl Towns,

542
00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:09,840
Speaker 1: Rudy Gobert, DeAndre Ayton, Anthony Davis, and bam Adebayo.

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Speaker 2: I think he's.

544
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Speaker 1: Clearly solidified himself as the best basketball player in the world,

545
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Speaker 1: and he will be number one on my list when

546
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Speaker 1: we rank players this summer. I'm just saying that when

547
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Speaker 1: we look back at his career twenty years from now,

548
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Speaker 1: I don't think this will be his best playoff run,

549
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Speaker 1: because I do think there will be playoff runs where

550
00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:26,920
Speaker 1: Denver gets threatened by better teams and Jokich has to

551
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Speaker 1: reach another level, and I do believe he'll get to

552
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Speaker 1: that level, and I want to give the proper credit.

553
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Speaker 1: Then I don't want to like pretend this is the

554
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Speaker 1: greatest thing we've ever seen when I genuinely believe Jokic

555
00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:37,600
Speaker 1: is gonna do better in the future.

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Speaker 2: Jamal Murray. What I said before the postseason.

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Speaker 1: If you guys remember I said, one of the biggest

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Speaker 1: things we have to be tracking for Denver in this

559
00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:46,880
Speaker 1: postseason is can Jamal Murray get back to the star

560
00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:49,119
Speaker 1: level he was at in the post in the bubble,

561
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Speaker 1: And that's exactly what he did. He averaged twenty six,

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Speaker 1: six and seven on fifty nine percent true shooting. He

563
00:27:54,359 --> 00:27:58,600
Speaker 1: shot forty from three on eight three point attempts per game.

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Speaker 1: That's like Splash Brothers shit right there. This is the

565
00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:03,879
Speaker 1: wild part pick and roll shot creation. Jamal Murray was

566
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Speaker 1: the very best pick and roll ball handler in the

567
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Speaker 1: entire NBA in this postseason. He scored one point one

568
00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:11,840
Speaker 1: to seven points per possession when he shot or passed

569
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Speaker 1: out of pick and roll. This year, eighteen players in

570
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Speaker 1: the postseason ran at least one hundred pick and roles

571
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Speaker 1: including passes, and Jamal Murray finished number one, better than

572
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Speaker 1: Steph better than Jalen Brunston, better than Devin Booker, better

573
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Speaker 1: than James Harder. You guys get the point. And again,

574
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Speaker 1: obviously Jokich helps, But like I was talking about earlier,

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Speaker 1: nobody cares about in a vacuum I mean, obviously in

576
00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:34,719
Speaker 1: a vacuum manners if you're ranking players and things like that.

577
00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:38,040
Speaker 1: But the bottom line is is Jamal Murray's contributions to

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Speaker 1: the Denver Nuggets, regardless of what's happening around him, are

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Speaker 1: equal to that of a star player, and so in

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Speaker 1: my opinion, that makes him a star player. And I

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Speaker 1: will be ranking Jamal Murray as such when we do

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Speaker 1: our player rankings. I understand some people see that differently,

583
00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:53,920
Speaker 1: but that's just the way that I see the game.

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00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:55,680
Speaker 1: It's kind of like what we talked about with Raymond

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Speaker 1: over the years, Like, yeah, Draymond has some limitations, but

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Speaker 1: strictly with the way he contributes to the Warriors, he

587
00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:04,480
Speaker 1: contributes at a level that goes far beyond box score

588
00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:08,200
Speaker 1: contributions and so I feel the same way about Jamal Murray.

589
00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:10,360
Speaker 1: I think he proved himself as a legitimate star. I

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Speaker 1: also think he's primed for a breakout season, and I'm

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00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:15,760
Speaker 1: gonna save that for our next topic. I look ahead

592
00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:21,920
Speaker 1: for Denver. I obviously see dynasty potential here for several reasons. One,

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Speaker 1: Yokich is the best player in the world and he's

594
00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:28,160
Speaker 1: only twenty eight years old. Two, Jokic is remarkably durable.

595
00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:31,400
Speaker 1: Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Junior have dealt with nagging

596
00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:34,360
Speaker 1: injuries over the years, but you just throw four dudes

597
00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:38,640
Speaker 1: around Nikole Jokic and you're winning fifty games. So honestly,

598
00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:41,440
Speaker 1: like there's it's very hard to imagine them slipping too

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00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:43,640
Speaker 1: far in the standings. And they can be very deliberate

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Speaker 1: with the way that they managed, you know, like load

601
00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:49,000
Speaker 1: managed guys like Jamal Murray and k and Michael Porter Junior.

602
00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:51,160
Speaker 1: So like it's just easy to see them getting out

603
00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:53,600
Speaker 1: really high seed every single year and being healthy in

604
00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:57,920
Speaker 1: time for the playoffs. Three, Jamal Murray is the perfectly

605
00:29:57,960 --> 00:30:00,640
Speaker 1: complimentary co star to Nikol Joki, and he's on the

606
00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:04,560
Speaker 1: same timeline. Four, the whole starting lineup is locked up

607
00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:07,000
Speaker 1: for two more seasons. KCP has a player option after

608
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Speaker 1: next season, but he should be retainable, especially given the

609
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Speaker 1: number that he's at right now in terms of the

610
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Speaker 1: ability to add raises as long as ownership is willing

611
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Speaker 1: to pay, and even if ownership is not willing to pay,

612
00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:21,360
Speaker 1: he's probably the most replaceable out of the five guys

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Speaker 1: in that lineup. Like, obviously, you guys know how much

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Speaker 1: I appreciate KCP, but like Michael Porter Junior is a

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Speaker 1: six to ten movement shooter that's tough to replicate anywhere

616
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Speaker 1: else in the league. Aaron Gordon is like bam At

617
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Speaker 1: a bio but on the wing that's really difficult to

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Speaker 1: to replicate. Obviously, Jokichen Murray is impossible to replicate. So

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Speaker 1: like KCP is like that one guy that, like, if

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Speaker 1: I swapped him out for a league average two guard

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Speaker 1: at some point in the next two or three years,

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Speaker 1: like Denver's still gonna be really good. So as a

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Speaker 1: result of that, like it's easy to see the core

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Speaker 1: of this group. The main basketball identity of this group

625
00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:58,440
Speaker 1: lasting for the better part of a half decade, which

626
00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:01,840
Speaker 1: is a big element to a continuity, is huge. They

627
00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:04,480
Speaker 1: already had continuity going into this particular Poseason run that's

628
00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:06,480
Speaker 1: only going to grow over the years, and they have

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00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:09,560
Speaker 1: proven playoff traits. They're huge, they score in the paint,

630
00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:11,800
Speaker 1: so pull up jumpers are not their bread and butter.

631
00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:14,320
Speaker 1: It's a supplementary thing for them. And they rebound the

632
00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:15,800
Speaker 1: hell out of the basketball. Those are all things that

633
00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:19,320
Speaker 1: are proven to win in the NBA. I think next year,

634
00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:22,360
Speaker 1: in particular, has the potential to be their most impressive

635
00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:24,240
Speaker 1: season from start to finish. There are a couple of

636
00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:26,960
Speaker 1: reasons why they have the confidence of a champion. This

637
00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:28,480
Speaker 1: is a big thing that Bill Simmons talked about in

638
00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:30,440
Speaker 1: his basketball book that I really liked the idea that

639
00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:32,440
Speaker 1: once you become a champion, it's like the weight of

640
00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:34,040
Speaker 1: the world is lifted off your shoulders.

641
00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:35,080
Speaker 2: You have a new confidence.

642
00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:37,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, there's some other stuff, like the disease of more

643
00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:39,200
Speaker 1: and all those different things, but for the most part,

644
00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:41,320
Speaker 1: you're at your peak as a basketball player when you

645
00:31:41,360 --> 00:31:43,640
Speaker 1: feel the confidence of being a champion, and there's no

646
00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:46,640
Speaker 1: moment that can scare you because you've already succeeded at

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Speaker 1: the greatest moment in basketball. So I think that'll help

648
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Speaker 1: them a lot too. Jamal Murray and his breakout season.

649
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Speaker 1: So I talked about this earlier. Jamal Murray I thought

650
00:31:56,440 --> 00:31:59,080
Speaker 1: was just dealing with coming off of the bubble in

651
00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:01,280
Speaker 1: his first season after the bubble, then he got hurt.

652
00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:04,080
Speaker 1: Then he obviously missed a season, and it's like this

653
00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:06,360
Speaker 1: season he's working his way back into rhythm as he's

654
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Speaker 1: learning how to play again after the knee injury. Next year,

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Speaker 1: I think he's going to have his best regular season

656
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Speaker 1: as a pro. I think he's gonna make an All

657
00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:15,200
Speaker 1: NBA team. I think he's gonna make an All Star team.

658
00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:18,080
Speaker 1: I think he's gonna be dominant and available throughout the season,

659
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Speaker 1: average close to twenty three, twenty four points a game.

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Speaker 1: I think Jamal Murray's gonna have his best regular season

661
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Speaker 1: as a pro next year. That's gonna help Denver a lot.

662
00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:27,760
Speaker 1: Michael Porter Junior, I think learned some valuable lessons in

663
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Speaker 1: the NBA Finals about how important it is for him

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Speaker 1: to defend and rebound, and how important it is for

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Speaker 1: him to be able to score by putting the ball

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Speaker 1: on the floor as Miami kind of chased him off

667
00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:37,680
Speaker 1: the three point line. I expect him to address that

668
00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:40,520
Speaker 1: in this offseason I think like him in particular, stands

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00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:43,160
Speaker 1: to gain the most this offseason from the struggles he

670
00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:45,360
Speaker 1: had in the finals, although he made some huge plays

671
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Speaker 1: last night Lastly, the rest of the league I think

672
00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:50,720
Speaker 1: is going to take a couple of years to catch

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Speaker 1: up to what Denver's doing. Milwaukee I think needs to

674
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Speaker 1: completely retool. Boston's best approach is to stan pat and

675
00:32:57,520 --> 00:33:00,440
Speaker 1: hope Jayson Tatum gets better, which might take a cuples.

676
00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:05,320
Speaker 1: Philly's gonna retool. Miami wasn't close out West like Lebron

677
00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:07,400
Speaker 1: is aging, so like the Lakers need to get much better.

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Speaker 1: I actually view the Lakers still as the best, the

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Speaker 1: biggest threat to Denver next year if you look at

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Speaker 1: net ratings. Yeah, I know they got swept, but every

681
00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:16,600
Speaker 1: single one of the four games was closed. The Lakers

682
00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:18,880
Speaker 1: had by far the best net rating against Denver. All

683
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Speaker 1: the other teams kind of got their ass kicked in

684
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Speaker 1: every single one of the games, aside from a couple

685
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Speaker 1: crazy Devin Booker hot shooting performances. Right, but Lebron is aging.

686
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Speaker 1: He's gonna be in his twenty first season next year.

687
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Speaker 1: Like if he makes it to the Western Conference Finals

688
00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:33,520
Speaker 1: next year against Denver, he's gonna be thirty nine years old,

689
00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:35,480
Speaker 1: like thirty nine, like are you kidding?

690
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Speaker 2: You know?

691
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Speaker 1: And so the Lakers would have to get much better

692
00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:41,480
Speaker 1: this offseason to make up for that, but like, maybe

693
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Speaker 1: Anthony Davis can make some improvements again. I see the

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Speaker 1: Lakers as probably the biggest threat to Denver next year,

695
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Speaker 1: but I don't view them as much of a threat.

696
00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:52,520
Speaker 1: Phoenix needs like four more good players, and that's really

697
00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:55,360
Speaker 1: hard to do in one offseason. Memphis I don't think

698
00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:58,760
Speaker 1: is close, Sacramento's not close, Golden State needs to retool,

699
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Speaker 1: the Clippers and Jay general. It's just a really tough

700
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Speaker 1: matchup with Denver. They really struggle with their size because

701
00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:08,160
Speaker 1: they don't have interior size and rim protection. So really,

702
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Speaker 1: aside from a massive trade, like a league altering trade,

703
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Speaker 1: I really think Denver has a chance to go sixty

704
00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:18,560
Speaker 1: plus wins and defend their title next year. Now, in

705
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Speaker 1: the long run, I don't view this team as unbeatable,

706
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Speaker 1: and I do think that. I don't view them ripping

707
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Speaker 1: off three four championships in a row or anything like that,

708
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Speaker 1: but I do think repeating is a really really good

709
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Speaker 1: chance for this Denver team. So congrats to Nuggets. Fans,

710
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Speaker 1: You guys have an awesome team. You guys have an

711
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Speaker 1: awesome player in the Kole Jokics that I've really enjoyed watching.

712
00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:40,480
Speaker 1: In the next few years are going to be a

713
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Speaker 1: ton of fun. Again, Like I think the title is sacred.

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Speaker 1: I know some of you Nuggets fans are frustrated with

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Speaker 1: some of my predictions this year. I feel like I've

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Speaker 1: tried my best to explain them to you. Like I

717
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Speaker 1: have rules. I have rules for my show. I'm always

718
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Speaker 1: going to favor champions. So, yeah, did I really think

719
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Speaker 1: Anthony Davis was going to play better than Nikole Jokic

720
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Speaker 1: in the Western Conference Finals.

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Speaker 2: No.

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Speaker 1: I was hoping he'd keep it close, which he didn't.

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Speaker 1: But going into the series eighty's a champion Yokic is not.

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Speaker 2: For me.

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Speaker 1: That meant something. I understand that for some of you guys,

726
00:35:16,160 --> 00:35:18,080
Speaker 1: you have different rules and you don't see it that way.

727
00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:20,560
Speaker 1: That's totally fair, but that's the way I see it,

728
00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:23,720
Speaker 1: and that same benefit will benefit Jokic in the long run.

729
00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:26,200
Speaker 2: When Luca next year.

730
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Speaker 1: Is having an amazing season and he's in the Western

731
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Speaker 1: Conference Finals against Denver and all these talking heads are like,

732
00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:34,600
Speaker 1: Luca's the best player in the series. I'm gonna be like, no,

733
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Speaker 1: Jokic is the best player. He's a champion, Luca's not.

734
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Speaker 1: That's just my way of kind of working these things out.

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Speaker 1: It was never it was never a hate for Yokic thing.

736
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Speaker 1: I had some Milkich fans say, or Denver fans be like, well,

737
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Speaker 1: why did you have him seven before the season? Again,

738
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Speaker 1: I told you guys, I don't typically I typically don't

739
00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:57,080
Speaker 1: value centers very much. So I had Jokic and them

740
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Speaker 1: beat very low. If you guys remember, and I had

741
00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:01,719
Speaker 1: all wings higher up on the list, Well, guess what

742
00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:04,680
Speaker 1: we've learned. Like, my big thing is, like Colin Coward

743
00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:07,160
Speaker 1: used to say this forever on a show, it's not

744
00:36:07,239 --> 00:36:10,160
Speaker 1: about getting it right, it's about being or it's not

745
00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:12,200
Speaker 1: about being right. It's about getting it right. Like, I

746
00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:15,920
Speaker 1: don't care about being right. Predictions are silly. I'll be

747
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Speaker 1: honest with you, Nuggets fans, Like, as wrong as I

748
00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:20,360
Speaker 1: was about Denver, How wrong were you guys about Miami?

749
00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:23,040
Speaker 1: Did you pick Miami to beat Milwaukee? How wrong were

750
00:36:23,080 --> 00:36:24,799
Speaker 1: you guys about the Lakers? Like I know a lot

751
00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:26,680
Speaker 1: of you guys were really down on the Lakers during

752
00:36:26,680 --> 00:36:28,320
Speaker 1: the regular season, said things like they're not going to

753
00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:31,080
Speaker 1: make the playoffs, or they're not capable of beating anybody. Well,

754
00:36:31,120 --> 00:36:33,000
Speaker 1: they made it to the Western Conference finals, you know,

755
00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:36,200
Speaker 1: So like predictions are silly, and that's fine. This is sports.

756
00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:38,920
Speaker 1: I love that sports is unpredictable. If it was predictable,

757
00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:41,239
Speaker 1: we'd all be in Vegas making bets. You guys have

758
00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:43,960
Speaker 1: heard me say that before. So like, at the end

759
00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:46,960
Speaker 1: of the day, it wasn't any insult to Denver fans.

760
00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:50,320
Speaker 1: It's just the way that I personally make these predictions.

761
00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:53,680
Speaker 1: I always have favored champions. That's why I had Milwaukee

762
00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:58,040
Speaker 1: and Golden State as teams that I thought had a

763
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Speaker 1: better chance to win a title than Denver. This year,

764
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Speaker 1: I favored those teams the Lakers in Lebron James and

765
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Speaker 1: Anthony Davis. I had seen those two guys win a

766
00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:08,840
Speaker 1: championship together with good with good role players, so I

767
00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:13,160
Speaker 1: was partial to that particular team. Even with my prediction,

768
00:37:13,520 --> 00:37:15,640
Speaker 1: I picked the Nuggets in every single round except for

769
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Speaker 1: the Lakers round. Even there, I was going with NBA history.

770
00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:22,080
Speaker 1: Every NBA champion in the last several decades has had

771
00:37:22,120 --> 00:37:25,719
Speaker 1: elite rim protection and an elite defensive front line, and

772
00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:28,520
Speaker 1: the Lakers did and Denver did not. Now I was wrong,

773
00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:31,640
Speaker 1: I learned, But what we're gonna do on this show

774
00:37:32,120 --> 00:37:34,400
Speaker 1: is we're going to adjust over the years as we

775
00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:38,160
Speaker 1: learn more information. I used to think centers weren't very valuable,

776
00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:40,919
Speaker 1: so I had Jokic at seven and then beat at eight.

777
00:37:41,160 --> 00:37:45,400
Speaker 1: But then what happened. Jokic clearly demonstrated that he's better

778
00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:47,319
Speaker 1: than all the dudes in front of him. So now

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00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:50,560
Speaker 1: I'm gonna have Yokic at number one. I'm I'm just

780
00:37:50,600 --> 00:37:53,799
Speaker 1: reacting to new information, and that's what I'm going to

781
00:37:53,840 --> 00:37:57,400
Speaker 1: continue to do over the years. And Jokic, to me,

782
00:37:57,480 --> 00:37:59,919
Speaker 1: has earned a whole lot of leeway going into next

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00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:02,359
Speaker 1: I don't care if he's averaging fifteen points a game

784
00:38:02,400 --> 00:38:05,760
Speaker 1: in March, and I don't care if Lucas kicking everyone's ass.

785
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Speaker 1: To me, the trophy is sacred. To me, everything about

786
00:38:10,560 --> 00:38:13,239
Speaker 1: what we do in sports is about winning. Now, there

787
00:38:13,239 --> 00:38:15,200
Speaker 1: are other things in the game that we should enjoy

788
00:38:15,239 --> 00:38:19,319
Speaker 1: and appreciate, but winning is always the main thing. And

789
00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:21,839
Speaker 1: if you don't make it sacred, then you cheapen it.

790
00:38:22,120 --> 00:38:25,000
Speaker 1: And I don't want that. When Yokic is sitting there,

791
00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:29,560
Speaker 1: holding the Finals MVP Trophy. To me, that moment is

792
00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:33,760
Speaker 1: so incredibly sacred that if we apply the requisite amount

793
00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:37,680
Speaker 1: of appreciation and respect to it, it makes it mean something,

794
00:38:37,840 --> 00:38:39,680
Speaker 1: which is what I always want. I always want it

795
00:38:39,719 --> 00:38:42,759
Speaker 1: to mean something. I don't want Jokic to be forgotten

796
00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:46,120
Speaker 1: next year just because he's coasting through the regular season

797
00:38:46,160 --> 00:38:48,520
Speaker 1: while other dudes are trying hard because they haven't won

798
00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:50,880
Speaker 1: the trophy yet. That's just the way that we do

799
00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:52,399
Speaker 1: things on this show. But at the end of the day,

800
00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:56,320
Speaker 1: like I always have loved this Nuggets team, I've always

801
00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:58,480
Speaker 1: known they were capable of winning. I had a list

802
00:38:58,520 --> 00:39:00,960
Speaker 1: of eight teams that could win the title going in.

803
00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:04,480
Speaker 1: The Nuggets were on that list. I just gave preferential

804
00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:07,120
Speaker 1: treatment to teams that had won. Now Denver's one of

805
00:39:07,120 --> 00:39:08,920
Speaker 1: those teams, and they're going to be one of those

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Speaker 1: teams that I favor moving forward. All right, So before

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Speaker 1: we get out of here, I wanted to just kind

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00:39:15,160 --> 00:39:19,279
Speaker 1: of shout out you guys. So this is the end

809
00:39:19,320 --> 00:39:23,720
Speaker 1: of my third full season covering the league, my second

810
00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:28,200
Speaker 1: season covering the league with the volume. I take this

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Speaker 1: shot very seriously, As you guys know, I devote a

812
00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:32,239
Speaker 1: ton of time to it. We did more than one

813
00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:36,920
Speaker 1: show per day during this postseason run. Ryan and I

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00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:38,920
Speaker 1: Ryan Brumley, and we're going to talk about some of

815
00:39:38,920 --> 00:39:42,319
Speaker 1: the staff here in just a minute, but Ryan's was

816
00:39:42,320 --> 00:39:44,120
Speaker 1: my first producer when I started with the volume. He's

817
00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:47,279
Speaker 1: become a very good friend of mine. Him and I

818
00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:50,120
Speaker 1: sat down in October and we were like, what are

819
00:39:50,120 --> 00:39:53,280
Speaker 1: our goals for this season? And we had a really

820
00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:56,600
Speaker 1: lofty one. We wanted to average over one hundred thousand

821
00:39:56,760 --> 00:40:00,439
Speaker 1: views per day on YouTube in the playoffs. The time,

822
00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:04,600
Speaker 1: it seemed insane because in the playoff run last year,

823
00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:06,440
Speaker 1: like we hit one hundred k a few times, but

824
00:40:06,640 --> 00:40:09,320
Speaker 1: it was pretty rare and we certainly weren't averaging anywhere

825
00:40:09,320 --> 00:40:14,239
Speaker 1: close to that, and it was lofty, and but we

826
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Speaker 1: worked extremely hard at it, and we ended up accomplishing

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Speaker 1: that goal. We averaged over one hundred thousand views per

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Speaker 1: day in this postseason run. And to me, I'm just

829
00:40:23,560 --> 00:40:26,839
Speaker 1: I can't believe it. I can't believe that. The way

830
00:40:26,960 --> 00:40:28,919
Speaker 1: that you guys care about the way that I want

831
00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:32,600
Speaker 1: to talk about the game, it evalidates some stuff for me, because,

832
00:40:32,640 --> 00:40:34,680
Speaker 1: like I remember when I got into this business, like

833
00:40:35,320 --> 00:40:40,080
Speaker 1: so many people were just focusing on drama and focusing

834
00:40:40,120 --> 00:40:44,680
Speaker 1: on hot takes and debate shows are ruling the business

835
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Speaker 1: right now, and like, I just wanted to come in

836
00:40:47,719 --> 00:40:49,760
Speaker 1: and talk about the game the way that I wanted

837
00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:53,040
Speaker 1: to talk about the game, and keep it about basketball

838
00:40:53,080 --> 00:40:56,120
Speaker 1: as much as possible while also sprinkling in some of

839
00:40:56,160 --> 00:40:59,200
Speaker 1: the bigger picture stuff that I've always loved as a kid,

840
00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:01,880
Speaker 1: being a fan end of the league. And to see

841
00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:06,799
Speaker 1: you guys return that to me with your support over

842
00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:09,719
Speaker 1: the course of this year has been a really humbling experience,

843
00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:12,960
Speaker 1: and honestly, it's been one of the greatest joys of

844
00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:16,040
Speaker 1: my entire life to build this show and to have

845
00:41:16,120 --> 00:41:19,719
Speaker 1: your guys' support, And I'm incredibly thankful for you. I'm

846
00:41:20,440 --> 00:41:23,960
Speaker 1: incredibly excited for what we can accomplish in the next

847
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:25,400
Speaker 1: couple of years. We got to come up with the

848
00:41:25,840 --> 00:41:28,680
Speaker 1: even loftier goal for next year when we're sitting in

849
00:41:28,760 --> 00:41:30,920
Speaker 1: the chair at this point. But I just hope you

850
00:41:30,960 --> 00:41:32,319
Speaker 1: guys know how much I appreciate you.

851
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Speaker 2: Guys.

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00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:35,960
Speaker 1: I read the YouTube comments almost every single video, so

853
00:41:36,040 --> 00:41:38,640
Speaker 1: if you've said I will say, like this, one of

854
00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:41,280
Speaker 1: the things that sucks about this job is it's sports,

855
00:41:41,440 --> 00:41:44,560
Speaker 1: right like like, let's say, for instance, you're a Denver

856
00:41:44,600 --> 00:41:46,560
Speaker 1: fan and you didn't like something I said about Jokic,

857
00:41:46,719 --> 00:41:49,600
Speaker 1: Like it's just a It's a basketball opinion, right, like

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00:41:49,680 --> 00:41:52,319
Speaker 1: it's a basketball opinion. I can't tell you how many

859
00:41:52,320 --> 00:41:56,560
Speaker 1: times I get direct messages or or mentions from people that.

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Speaker 2: Say awful, awful, awful.

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Speaker 1: Things to me about sports opinion, And every single time

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Speaker 1: it was evened out by the hundreds and hundreds of

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Speaker 1: you guys who said incredibly kind things to me and thanked,

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Speaker 1: thanked me and told stories about how you've get One

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Speaker 1: of my favorite types of comments to receive is when

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Speaker 1: you guys say that you love the game more because

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Speaker 1: of what I'm saying. That to me is the best

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Speaker 1: compliment you can possibly pay me, because I love the

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Speaker 1: game so much and I want the game to grow,

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Speaker 1: and to see it grow, even just within the context

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Speaker 1: of this show is really really cool. And so for

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Speaker 1: all of you guys who said kind things to me

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Speaker 1: over the years, over the year and sent me kind

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Speaker 1: to direct messages in nice YouTube comments, I just want

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Speaker 1: you guys to know how much I appreciate you guys,

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Speaker 1: and I look forward to continuing this journey with you.

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Speaker 1: Guys the team. So Ryan Brumley, like I said, he's

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Speaker 1: our lead producer. He's been incredibly valuable to me personally

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Speaker 1: and just helping manage the grind of the season and

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Speaker 1: help keep me with the positive attitude and obviously helps

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Speaker 1: to kind of focus and funnel my view of basketball

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Speaker 1: into a version of the show that actually works and

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Speaker 1: is successful in the in the modern media landscape. Paul Farrington,

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Speaker 1: he's our big YouTube guy. He again, if I'm working

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Speaker 1: two videos a day and three videos a day sometimes

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00:43:19,360 --> 00:43:21,560
Speaker 1: and staying up super light, He's always staying up super

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Speaker 1: late with me to make sure that that content gets

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Speaker 1: out and puts all the chapter markers in there and

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00:43:25,920 --> 00:43:27,759
Speaker 1: does all those things that make the show work. A

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Speaker 1: shout out to Paul Carson Breb He was a big

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Speaker 1: time guest on the show this year. Helps me a

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Speaker 1: lot with some of the nitty gritty stuff that I

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Speaker 1: don't get to spend as much time on, particularly like

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Speaker 1: the draft and some player development stuff. I think he's

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Speaker 1: one of the smartest basketball minds out there, one of

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Speaker 1: the best young basketball minds that we have covering the league.

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Speaker 1: And I was skiing down in Whistler for my wife's

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Speaker 1: thirtieth birthday when I got a call from one of

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Speaker 1: my bosses when he told me that Carson and Nerd

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Speaker 1: Sessh was getting picked up by the Volume and he

901
00:43:58,719 --> 00:44:00,520
Speaker 1: had a show, and I was I was so so

902
00:44:00,560 --> 00:44:04,239
Speaker 1: happy for Carson because he just deserves it and it's

903
00:44:04,280 --> 00:44:06,160
Speaker 1: really cool to see him have a show at the

904
00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:09,120
Speaker 1: Volume now as well. Shout out to Logan Camden as well,

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00:44:09,840 --> 00:44:12,000
Speaker 1: to guys are awesome and I'm excited to work with

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00:44:12,040 --> 00:44:14,919
Speaker 1: you guys covering the draft next week. Josh Rodriguez another

907
00:44:14,920 --> 00:44:17,680
Speaker 1: guy who helped a lot, especially just with filling gaps

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00:44:17,680 --> 00:44:19,360
Speaker 1: when guys were in and out of town for vacation.

909
00:44:20,280 --> 00:44:24,000
Speaker 1: And then Josh Goldman mainly an idea guy, just helping

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00:44:24,080 --> 00:44:26,160
Speaker 1: us kind of come up with things to talk about

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00:44:26,360 --> 00:44:29,239
Speaker 1: during the season. And the lastly, mister Logan Swam, the

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Speaker 1: head of content here at the Volume. And then mister

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Speaker 1: Colin Coward for making my dream come true by giving

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Speaker 1: me this opportunity and every single day I get to

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Speaker 1: talk about basketball, which is like literally I just feel

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Speaker 1: incredibly lucky and blessed to do so. And I couldn't

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Speaker 1: have done it without those two guys, So shout out

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Speaker 1: to the team again, Like, I know, it's just me

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Speaker 1: here talking on the camera, but there's a lot of

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Speaker 1: guys behind the scenes that make this whole thing work.

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Speaker 1: Off season plan. This week, we're doing a Lessons we

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Speaker 1: Learned video Probably tomorrow or the next day. We might

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Speaker 1: hit some trade free agency stuff if something interesting comes

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Speaker 1: down over the course of the next couple of days,

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Speaker 1: just quickly before I head of town. I go out

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Speaker 1: to town on Friday to Montana, and I'm gonna be

927
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Speaker 1: gone through next Wednesday, and unless there's huge breaking news.

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Speaker 2: I'm just gonna take a break.

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Speaker 1: I'm a little burnt out after how much we worked

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00:45:16,760 --> 00:45:18,279
Speaker 1: over the course of this postseason run, so I'm going

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Speaker 1: to take a break. But we will be back on

932
00:45:21,080 --> 00:45:23,799
Speaker 1: Thursday next week for a draft show that night, a

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Speaker 1: live draft show. We're gonna be doing it with the

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Speaker 1: Nerd SASH guys and callin Cowards, so that should be fun.

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Speaker 1: Then free agency on July first, and it'll be a

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Speaker 1: little weird because I'm out of town in Texas for

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00:45:34,760 --> 00:45:37,360
Speaker 1: my cousin's wedding. I had a bunch of people in

938
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Speaker 1: my mentions going like, why are you Cowboys fan? And

939
00:45:39,600 --> 00:45:42,240
Speaker 1: a Lakers fan? Well, I'm a Lakers fan because of Lebron.

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Speaker 1: I'm a Cowboys fan because my entire family is in

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Speaker 1: the Dallas Fort Worth area. Both of my older siblings

942
00:45:50,440 --> 00:45:52,640
Speaker 1: were actually born there. I was born right after we

943
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Speaker 1: moved to Tucson. But the Dallas Cowboys are a big

944
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Speaker 1: cultural thing in my family. But I'm in Texas, so

945
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Speaker 1: our free agency coverage might be a little delayed, just

946
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Speaker 1: by a few hours. Like I think July first is

947
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Speaker 1: the is when free agency starts, and the weddings that day,

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Speaker 1: so I probably won't be covering that until the following morning.

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Speaker 1: Then we're doing Summer League. We're actually going out to

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Speaker 1: Summer League. I think the Nerd Sash guys are coming to.

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Speaker 1: I think Live Moods is coming, so we're gonna do

952
00:46:17,239 --> 00:46:19,160
Speaker 1: a bunch of I think Chris Mannix is out there too.

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Speaker 1: We've got the Blue Wires Studio in the win for

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00:46:21,920 --> 00:46:23,279
Speaker 1: a couple of days, so we're gonna do a bunch

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Speaker 1: of stuff out in Vegas for summer League. Come say

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00:46:27,280 --> 00:46:30,600
Speaker 1: hi too if you see me. I'll probably be down

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Speaker 1: at the UNLV Rec Center playing some basketball. If you

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00:46:32,760 --> 00:46:35,040
Speaker 1: guys want to come play some pickup and then I'll

959
00:46:35,040 --> 00:46:37,440
Speaker 1: be always hanging out in the arena. Just follow me

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00:46:37,520 --> 00:46:39,200
Speaker 1: on Twitter, you'll get to see where i'm at. Come by,

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Speaker 1: say hi, I really want to meet some of you guys.

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Speaker 1: And then I'm going out of town for a couple

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Speaker 1: of weeks in the middle of July to San Francisco

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Speaker 1: for the final Dead and Company show. And then I'm

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Speaker 1: going to Japan with my wife for a week, so

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Speaker 1: we'll miss some time there in the middle of July.

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Speaker 1: But then I'm in town for pretty much the rest

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Speaker 1: of the summer. I got a lot of big plans.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna be doing all time player rankings, current player rankings, ranking,

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Speaker 1: Playoff run, and then once we get into that second

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Speaker 1: half of September, that's when we'll start our season preview

972
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Speaker 1: shows focusing on the top teams in the league. All right, guys,

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Speaker 1: another season in the books. The volume