WEBVTT - The Brooklyn Nets Are A Complete Mess.

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<v Speaker 1>Can anybody tell me what is happening in Brooklyn?

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<v Speaker 2>I am so serious that doesn't it feel toxic to you?

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<v Speaker 1>Is it just me?

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<v Speaker 2>Or does it feel broken? Like not quite broken broken?

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<v Speaker 1>You know when you see like a crack in the

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<v Speaker 1>glass and you're like that, like, I can't put wine

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<v Speaker 1>in that. This is gonna be a bad night if

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<v Speaker 1>I try to put some peno in that. So next GM,

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<v Speaker 1>Sean Mars just gave an interview to the press exit

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<v Speaker 1>interview of the season, and boy, oh boy, does it

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<v Speaker 1>feel like they are at a crossroads. Truthfully, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>think I've ever seen an end of season interview like this,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe ever, I guess maybe Steven Silas, but that.

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<v Speaker 2>Was a different thing.

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<v Speaker 1>That was just like pitiful, we suck. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>how we get out of this hole. Like, someone help us.

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<v Speaker 1>This is like, yo, hard decisions coming down.

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<v Speaker 2>You know they're hard.

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<v Speaker 1>We know they're hard, and we know you're gonna probably

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<v Speaker 1>have to make the wrong decision because you have no

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<v Speaker 1>other options. He talked about a few things that I

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to point out because if you're not on s

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<v Speaker 1>n Y TV on the Twitter feed, you might have

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<v Speaker 1>missed him and his accent going off about the state

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<v Speaker 1>of affairs with the Nets first and foremost question time.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, Sean, are the Nets committed to Kyrie Irving long term?

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<v Speaker 2>Chirp chirp, chirp, chure, chirp shure.

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<v Speaker 1>According to Sean Marks, does not appear that the answer

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<v Speaker 1>is an overwhelming yes.

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<v Speaker 2>The answer is we'll see. We'll see.

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<v Speaker 1>Here is what Sean Marks had to say from his

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<v Speaker 1>own mouth.

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<v Speaker 3>We have to factor all of that in.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, when when you're honestly where we are, when

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<v Speaker 4>you're giving somebody a minimum contract and it doesn't pan out,

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<v Speaker 4>it's still factors into how you're building a roster and

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<v Speaker 4>how much tax you're paying and so forth. So certainly

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<v Speaker 4>when you're looking at players that are making thirty or

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<v Speaker 4>forty million dollars so potentially making that you have to

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<v Speaker 4>factor in everything. And that's you know, that's your's.

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<v Speaker 3>That's the hard part of the business.

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<v Speaker 4>Right We can all see what they can do on

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<v Speaker 4>the court. It's one thing when you when you're evaluating players,

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<v Speaker 4>whether it's at the college level or at the pros,

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<v Speaker 4>like what makes them sick, what goes into you know,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, what drives them? Do they want to be

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<v Speaker 4>part of this, you know, are they motivated by something

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<v Speaker 4>that maybe the you know, there's not good for the

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<v Speaker 4>whole team here. So those are questions we're going to

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<v Speaker 4>have to ask ourselves and also ask the players that.

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<v Speaker 3>We want to bring back in here.

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<v Speaker 1>Now forty eight seconds, folks said a lot first and foremost,

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of obscucation, big words, just ducking and dodging

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<v Speaker 1>out of the way with saying yes, as long as

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<v Speaker 1>Kyrie wants to be here, we want Kyrie to be here.

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<v Speaker 1>Did not say that, Diddy. You also made sure to

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<v Speaker 1>point out we're looking for guys that want to be

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<v Speaker 1>a part of something bigger than themselves, not just in

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<v Speaker 1>the world Kyrie, within this basketball organization. This is very specific.

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<v Speaker 1>We're not talking about you getting on zoom calls with

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<v Speaker 1>Cynthia Nixon. We're talking about this Nett organization right here. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>play team basketball and be available and be available. Here's

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<v Speaker 1>another little clip that was definitely not supposed to be

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<v Speaker 1>about Kyrie, but it was.

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<v Speaker 4>The culture is always going to change and tweak as

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<v Speaker 4>to who comes in here.

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<v Speaker 3>Did we take a step back?

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<v Speaker 4>You know, without a doubt, without a doubt, the culture

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<v Speaker 4>isn't what it quite was, and it's going to be

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<v Speaker 4>our job, you know, to pick that up, and between

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<v Speaker 4>Steve and myself as leaders of that, we will certainly

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<v Speaker 4>be doing that. But again, we've got to find the

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<v Speaker 4>players again that are going to drive that culture. It

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<v Speaker 4>has to be driven by players. It cannot be driven

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<v Speaker 4>by one or two people. It's got to be driven

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<v Speaker 4>by the players. They've got to want it. We've got

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<v Speaker 4>to find players again that have the characteristic that support

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<v Speaker 4>that which is going to be a little bit of

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<v Speaker 4>that gret and determination and fight. I think we know

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<v Speaker 4>we're looking for, you know, we're looking for guys that

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<v Speaker 4>want to come in here and be part of something

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<v Speaker 4>bigger than themselves, play selfless, play team basketball, and be available.

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<v Speaker 4>And that goes not only for Kyrie, but for everybody here.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh oh, are they motivated by something that's not good

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<v Speaker 1>for the whole team here?

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<v Speaker 2>Do they want to be a part of this?

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<v Speaker 1>Shots fired, Kyrie, get your ass together, and they're over

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<v Speaker 1>a barrel. He can sign the player option if he chooses,

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<v Speaker 1>as Sean Marks noted, but there's a lot of bad decisions,

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<v Speaker 1>and pretty much all of them in with you signing Kyrie,

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<v Speaker 1>irving you a five year deal right now, Like they

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<v Speaker 1>pretty much all end up there, Like you try to

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<v Speaker 1>go to choose your own adventure and then you end

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<v Speaker 1>up you know, when there's like the flow chart and

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<v Speaker 1>you just end up at the same spot no matter

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<v Speaker 1>what the flow is, like, whatever part of the flow

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<v Speaker 1>chart you decide, it just ends up with signing Kyrie

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<v Speaker 1>to a max five years.

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<v Speaker 2>You're gonna do it now or you're gonna.

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<v Speaker 1>Do it a year from now, so you're even pushing

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<v Speaker 1>the timeline out another year.

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<v Speaker 4>Sheesh.

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<v Speaker 1>Also another thing that Sean Mars had to say, I

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't find the club, but it was a quote on

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<v Speaker 1>the New York Post that also gave me a little

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<v Speaker 1>perk up. They asked him about the culture, Sean Marks,

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<v Speaker 1>what do you think he said?

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<v Speaker 2>You think he said it was good? Then do you

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<v Speaker 2>think he said it was good? What do you think? Uh?

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<v Speaker 1>Did we take a step back? This culture is not

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<v Speaker 1>what it used to be. It's going to be our

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<v Speaker 1>job to pick that up. Between Steve Nash and myself

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<v Speaker 1>as the leaders of that, we'll be doing that. We've

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<v Speaker 1>gotta find players that'll drive the culture. It has to

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<v Speaker 1>be driven by players. It cannot be driven by one

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<v Speaker 1>or two people aka me and Steve Nash. It has

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<v Speaker 1>to be driven by the players. They've got to want it.

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<v Speaker 1>We've got to find players that have the characteristics to

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<v Speaker 1>support that which is going to be grit, determination and folks,

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<v Speaker 1>do they want to be part of this? Are they

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<v Speaker 1>motivated by something that's not good for the team. We

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<v Speaker 1>need to build a culture. Culture has taken a step back.

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<v Speaker 1>Can't be driven by me and Steve needs to be

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<v Speaker 1>driven by players.

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<v Speaker 2>All of these things. Do you see where we're going?

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<v Speaker 2>He also mentioned that because they have huge contracts on.

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<v Speaker 1>The books, that the roster will be and I quote,

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<v Speaker 1>a revolving door. Sir, how let me ask you truthfully,

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<v Speaker 1>and I wish I was there? How do you build

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<v Speaker 1>an elite culture if your roster is a revolving door?

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<v Speaker 1>How do guys buy into being a part of something

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<v Speaker 1>greater than themselves if they don't even know how long

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<v Speaker 1>they're going to be somewhere there for? We'll move on

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<v Speaker 1>from this so much to impact. I also want to

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<v Speaker 1>know what the happened with James Harden?

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<v Speaker 2>What's happening with him? All right? This is what he

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<v Speaker 2>has to say about Harden.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a two Way Street.

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<v Speaker 4>Whenever you bring a player in here to any organization

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<v Speaker 4>or anybody for that matter, not even a player, and

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<v Speaker 4>it's not a fit, you know, you have to look

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<v Speaker 4>in the mirror and you have to say, okay, what

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<v Speaker 4>could we have done differently? The onboarding piece is easy, right,

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<v Speaker 4>everybody can say, hey, look come here, I can sell this,

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<v Speaker 4>that and that. It's the off boarding piece. That's where

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<v Speaker 4>you've got to make sure, Well, why did I debrief

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<v Speaker 4>on this?

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<v Speaker 3>Did I really debate? Did I really do everything I could?

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<v Speaker 4>Did we as an organization do everything we could for

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<v Speaker 4>not only James, for everybody that comes through those doors.

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<v Speaker 3>So it's a good point for us to reflect on it.

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<v Speaker 4>But again, I think when players' minds are made up,

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<v Speaker 4>and James's mind is made up, you know, I think

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<v Speaker 4>it's also foolish to try and change their minds to

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<v Speaker 4>that extent too.

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<v Speaker 3>Like, you know, if it's not a fit.

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<v Speaker 4>And you're paying a guy thirty plus million dollars and

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<v Speaker 4>it doesn't work, you have to make it a decision.

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<v Speaker 4>And you know, I think that's something that we did.

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<v Speaker 4>We pivoted, quickly, moved, and we weren't stuck trying to

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<v Speaker 4>figure out decisions and what could have been and you

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<v Speaker 4>know it's time to move on from that perspective. How

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<v Speaker 4>important was it for the organization to reconnect with the

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<v Speaker 4>fan base in that way and get that support through

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<v Speaker 4>the year. Absolutely incredible. I mean, you know, you guys

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<v Speaker 4>have all been in Baclas. You know what it sounds like,

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<v Speaker 4>and you know the energy that's in that building. And

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<v Speaker 4>to have, you know, to be quite fanctive being here

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<v Speaker 4>six years and to see sort of where it's coming,

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<v Speaker 4>to see it continue to grow.

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<v Speaker 1>You pivoted fast.

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<v Speaker 2>You got rid of his ass. Is are you seeing

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<v Speaker 2>what I'm seeing here? Culture? Guys don't want to be here?

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<v Speaker 2>What are we doing to.

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<v Speaker 1>Cause guys to get turned off so much that they

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<v Speaker 1>were just here and now they're forcing their way out?

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<v Speaker 1>Then he told uh, I want to say the athletic earlier.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just a feeling. It's a feeling of when you

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<v Speaker 1>know this is not working when it's on the court,

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<v Speaker 1>off the court for a variety different circumstances. I give

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<v Speaker 1>James credit for telling us, being open.

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<v Speaker 2>Up front and on us.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to be here anymore. This motherfucker Kyrie

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<v Speaker 1>Irving is crazy. He won't get vaccinated. I have to

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<v Speaker 1>play all the minutes. My fat ass is not in

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<v Speaker 1>shape for this. The whole tenor of this presser was

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<v Speaker 1>just like.

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<v Speaker 2>We want to make people be here. James Harden didn't

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<v Speaker 2>want to be here.

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<v Speaker 1>Veil jabs at Kyrie and by the way, Ben Simmons,

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<v Speaker 1>who isn't playing basketball and making thirty million dollars, lots

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<v Speaker 1>of shots fired here.

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<v Speaker 2>Team, honestly, to me, show, this is a show. I

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<v Speaker 2>look back and I sit back in my seat, and.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm trying to be as open minded and as optimistic

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<v Speaker 1>and as pushing pe as I can. There's too many

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<v Speaker 1>things going on. There's just too many things, extra things

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<v Speaker 1>that make it roadblocks for this team to win KI

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<v Speaker 1>and then you need to figure out you can pay

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<v Speaker 1>Kyriek Max's contract.

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<v Speaker 2>He's injury prone. We don't even talk his walkabouts anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>Like the walkabouts just like an issue that just has

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<v Speaker 1>fallen off the ledger because it's a COVID thing. Like no,

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<v Speaker 1>he took a leave of absence without asking the team

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<v Speaker 1>and decided I'll come back whenever I want. He was

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<v Speaker 1>not playing when James Harden trade went down. He was

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<v Speaker 1>going to his sister's birthday party, getting suspensions.

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<v Speaker 2>Not wearing masks.

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<v Speaker 1>I love Kai I love his game. I just want

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<v Speaker 1>to say, for the record, I love Kyrie Irving. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>a big Kyrie Irving fan. Damn it does.

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<v Speaker 2>He make it hard to be in his camp.

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<v Speaker 1>And I know how bosses are, I know how employees

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<v Speaker 1>and employer relationships go down. It doesn't take much for

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<v Speaker 1>them to say, ah.

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<v Speaker 2>Should we maybe go different direction.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. It doesn't matter how talented you are,

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<v Speaker 1>but all the they'll say, like, you're a great talent

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<v Speaker 1>on the floor, but all the off the court stuff, Kyrie,

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<v Speaker 1>we just need to worry about, are you really committed

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<v Speaker 1>to being here? This conversation's gonna be on call comfortable.

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<v Speaker 1>It's going to lead to Kyrie even getting the max.

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<v Speaker 1>But I'm telling you they're not happy about it. Drama, drama, drama,

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<v Speaker 1>and I don't think they become if you take a

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<v Speaker 1>bet on the nets on them being a favorite to

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<v Speaker 1>win the title again after everything went down, You're an idiot.

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<v Speaker 2>That's all I have to say about that.