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Speaker 1: All of it again. Haley on Assist dot Com. Speaking

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Speaker 1: of assists, We're getting one tonight in an E Cup

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Speaker 1: Championship Night. It's almost like the Super Bowl, except we're

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Speaker 1: getting it here in the middle of December. It's that

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Speaker 1: big an event, Mike Harmon, and if the Knicks lose,

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Speaker 1: it doesn't have to.

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Speaker 3: Be a big event at all.

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Speaker 1: Well, there we go. So it's kind of gotten accordion

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Speaker 1: feel to it here. No, that's good, except for the

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl.

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Speaker 4: There's a clamoring and a high price secondary market for tickets.

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Speaker 4: Here they've darkened the Upper Bowl because I don't know

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Speaker 4: that there's nobody in there.

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Speaker 1: It's almost the closest thing you guys are getting to

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Speaker 1: a real d Cup.

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Speaker 4: Well, but that's the other part, right, is that you

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Speaker 4: know it can't be a real championship because tischer'sier.

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Speaker 1: Oh that's true. Yes, it's only a.

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Speaker 4: Big because usually he's got like some events that that

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Speaker 4: he MCS or DJ's at or something.

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Speaker 1: What you tell me, it's all basketball championships at tyser

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Speaker 1: I think Tycher has an anti basketball thing because those

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Speaker 1: are the games. You you missed the National Championship in basketball,

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Speaker 1: miss NBA finals nights, but you're here for the E

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Speaker 1: Cup Championship. It's not championship. Oh so that's so it's

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Speaker 1: not in the Alex tight shirt rankings, not a championship.

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Speaker 1: It's like a championship means nothing. All right, you need

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Speaker 1: to call Adam Silver and tell him that because he

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Speaker 1: would love to hear that from you. He'd love to it. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: this doesn't really matter, Jason, That makes no dose. You know,

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Speaker 1: I know this isn't a real championship game. How do

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Speaker 1: I know the Knicks are in it?

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Speaker 2: Well?

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Speaker 1: And Ben Stiller didn't bother to come in from why

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Speaker 1: Stiller recorded, well, I would as much as I love

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Speaker 1: the Knicks, I don't know. If I a trip to Hawaii,

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Speaker 4: But this might be the only championship in his lifetime

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Speaker 4: he ever gets.

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Speaker 1: This guy that sits court side at Knicks games, I

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Speaker 4: Miss You know when they can actually have pirate Steve

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Speaker 4: come out with a war chest of booty that he

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Speaker 4: would have liked to have been court side here because

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Speaker 4: it was actually a victory.

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Speaker 1: They got a bunch of E Lifts celebrities. Oh yeah, hey,

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Speaker 1: they had a great list of people the NBA like

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Speaker 1: flew in for this championship game. You know, he thought

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Speaker 1: Chris Bosh was there and all the name Jefson, like, oh,

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Speaker 3: Hey, look at the guys that were here for this game.

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Speaker 1: I run into Richard Jefferson at the card shop every

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Speaker 1: now here he isn't vague.

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Speaker 3: How about that?

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Speaker 1: Uh? Early in the third quarter, Shalam is gonna play.

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Speaker 1: I thought he's a fan. Yeah, you know he's gonna play.

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Speaker 1: He's on his promotional tour from already Supreme sixty nine

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Speaker 1: What do we do?

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Speaker 4: It's like when the WWE was doing matches or in

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Speaker 1: No where is that now? It doesn't matter, matter, it

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Speaker 4: They had the one IOTA for the semi finals where

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Speaker 1: Not yet, we're saving that. If we get down by ten,

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Speaker 1: Tracy Morgan throws up and then that that's five minutes. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Now, a couple of things about this game, right, the

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Speaker 1: has been good, but not quite what they thought it was.

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Speaker 1: So what do we have here on Positivity Tuesday? A

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Speaker 1: way to make this even a bigger event Like you've

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Speaker 4: Well, we talked about the Jalen Brunson response to a

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Speaker 1: Right, but you still see you still see a lot

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Speaker 1: You can see both teams really want to win. It's

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Speaker 1: not just hey, it's a it's a bonus game on

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Speaker 1: the schedule. So the e Cup coming in is a

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Speaker 3: Right.

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Speaker 1: So it's good, Right, it's good.

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Speaker 3: It's good.

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Speaker 1: It's good, it's good. But but this Vegas thing is

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Speaker 1: Four is coming. They play Friday, or they play Saturday

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Speaker 1: You got to get in Friday night. So now suddenly

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Speaker 3: It's Vegas.

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Speaker 1: But you have to make it into a vacation. And

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Speaker 1: you're not making that into a vacation in the beginning

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Speaker 1: it's not the super Bowl, it's not quite that event.

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Speaker 1: But there is way to make this bigger. And there's

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Speaker 1: a couple of things that you can continue and look,

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Speaker 1: it is a work in progress, but I would say

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Speaker 1: the three biggest things you can do is this. Number One,

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Speaker 1: this is for the teams. Yes, they get the money

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Speaker 3: Make it a big deal, right.

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Speaker 1: You can avoid the play in automatically, you are you

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Speaker 1: Obviously, these two teams, they're both really good, don't have

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Speaker 1: no lower than the sixth spot in the playoffs. This

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Speaker 1: the winner knows no matter what, we're a six seed.

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Speaker 1: When if you said to every NBA team at the

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Speaker 1: regular season. Give us a sixth seed. We're fine with it.

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Speaker 4: Well, but that becomes the problem is that we already

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Speaker 4: But you're already at a watered down regular season products.

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Speaker 4: a top spot, right, if they're in the muddled mess

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Speaker 4: that is that five to ten seed. It's like, Okay,

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Speaker 4: you got a little ear, you're banged up a little bit. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: we're just sitting you down for two weeks. Why because

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Speaker 4: the risk of a little of that of down the stretch.

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Speaker 4: Little uh Johnny and Zusie in regular season final months

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Speaker 4: don't get to see their heroes on the court.

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Speaker 1: Now, the second thing for this to make it, to

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Speaker 1: make it bigger, is you have to have it as

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Speaker 1: one encompassing timeline. You can't play games up and down

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Speaker 1: is a cup night. This is not a cup night.

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Speaker 1: It's kind of ridiculous, right because this is borrowing from

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Speaker 1: all of the big European soccer leagues where they take

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Speaker 1: time away. Yeah they play once while they'll play the

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Speaker 1: FA Cup and but generally, hey, we take some time,

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Speaker 1: we're taking a break, and we have a tournament that

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Speaker 1: we're gonna play. That would be a little bit bigger deal.

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Speaker 1: You still get the at ten of the NBA. But

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Speaker 1: it's this. Everybody is in on this event right now

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Speaker 1: for x amount of time. Maybe it's two weeks, maybe

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Speaker 1: it's three weeks, but everybody is in on this event.

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Speaker 1: You're all playing the NBA E Cup. We play the

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Speaker 1: Now you would still have a bunch of games. You

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Speaker 4: Why because we keep having the thing you agreed upon

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Speaker 4: You know, that didn't really affect your body at all.

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Speaker 4: that didn't happen because those stats never didn't accrue.

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Speaker 4: The other is I think the halftime show should have

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Speaker 3: Hey, you know there's no juice. Man, you gotta play

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Speaker 1: keeping them focused and playing out the last couple of

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Speaker 1: weeks hard. Now he saved his job a bit by

438
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Speaker 1: having the big run after being one and six. Now

439
00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:33,040
Speaker 1: the playoffs are over for them, but they need to

440
00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:35,520
Speaker 1: finish strong. He can't lose the locker room. If you

441
00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:37,760
Speaker 1: are going to change quarterbacks in a short week, it

442
00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:40,439
Speaker 1: means the locker room is going to revolt if you

443
00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:42,880
Speaker 1: go back to this guy at quarterback. Maybe the next

444
00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:45,479
Speaker 1: guy's not good, but I know this guy's not working

445
00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:47,919
Speaker 1: and we need to get to that next level and

446
00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:49,600
Speaker 1: the next iteration of this team.

447
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Speaker 4: Well, the other part is that you also have to

448
00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:55,600
Speaker 4: keep this quarterback healthy, which he has been and he's

449
00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:58,800
Speaker 4: been fairly durable. And in last night's game, as we

450
00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:01,719
Speaker 4: broke it down, there were an number of unconscionable throws,

451
00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:05,720
Speaker 4: a number of misses. The interception that he threw. As

452
00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:08,840
Speaker 4: a team, they received and I think rightly so, a

453
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Speaker 4: lot of incoming for the lack of urgency early and

454
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Speaker 4: then suddenly trying to close things out in a frenzied

455
00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:20,440
Speaker 4: state in their final possessions, the on side kick, calling timeouts,

456
00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:20,840
Speaker 4: et cetera.

457
00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:22,560
Speaker 1: But we also talked about too.

458
00:20:22,760 --> 00:20:26,320
Speaker 4: Even when he didn't make a throw, he took some

459
00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:32,240
Speaker 4: unreasonably poor sacks. Right, it's one thing that you don't

460
00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:36,639
Speaker 4: you miss. The pocket collapses quickly, you've stepped up in

461
00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:40,200
Speaker 4: anticipation of a play and you get caught up in

462
00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:43,200
Speaker 4: someone gets your legs. That's fine, but we saw him

463
00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:46,760
Speaker 4: rolling out to the left, left handed thrower and instead

464
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Speaker 4: of putting the ball safely out of harm's way, you know,

465
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Speaker 4: into the third row, he's absorbing a six seven yard sack.

466
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Speaker 4: You're not a team that lives by the explosive play

467
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Speaker 4: like you did once upon a time. We've talked about it,

468
00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:02,639
Speaker 4: and the shift defense have been playing better obviously that

469
00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:07,680
Speaker 4: a four possession skid would be the nice way to

470
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Speaker 4: say it against the Steeler squad, first time they'd done

471
00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:13,720
Speaker 4: that since twenty eighteen. But overall they'd played pretty well,

472
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Speaker 4: and you'd move to where A chan was option A,

473
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Speaker 4: B and C. He got lessened a bit yesterday, which

474
00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:23,919
Speaker 4: again McDaniels should have taken some more questions about that.

475
00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:27,919
Speaker 4: But Tua didn't help things by taking the unreasonable sacks

476
00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:31,280
Speaker 4: and putting them behind the markers and putting them into

477
00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:36,960
Speaker 4: more disadvantageous situations to where his arm isn't cutting through

478
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Speaker 4: the wind at fifteen to twenty miles an hour. That

479
00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:42,920
Speaker 4: ain't happening. We had the discussion about game time temperatures

480
00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:45,239
Speaker 4: or whatever else, but what we do know is he

481
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Speaker 4: puts the ball in harm's way consistently with narrowly above

482
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Speaker 4: a one to one ratio of touchdowns and interceptions. So

483
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Speaker 4: going forward now with this being the end, right, I

484
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Speaker 4: have two solutions. I have a trade that works forever everyone.

485
00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:02,359
Speaker 4: Oh boy, Okay, we talked about a where could he go?

486
00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:06,000
Speaker 4: I got a trade that works for everyone. And I

487
00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:09,880
Speaker 4: have one solution that maybe people haven't thought about.

488
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Speaker 1: Okay, let's do. Let's do the solution people haven't thought

489
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Speaker 1: about before you get to the trade. Okay, he's got

490
00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:18,159
Speaker 1: a bad contract, we know this, right, But bad contracts

491
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Speaker 1: it doesn't mean is untradable. It just means it makes

492
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Speaker 1: it really really difficult the next couple of years. The

493
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Speaker 1: money he is due it is insane. So when you

494
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Speaker 1: think about where it's going, if you're gonna bench toua,

495
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Speaker 1: he's not coming back to start for you. There may

496
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Speaker 1: be this situation where to a tongue of iloa is

497
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Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins for next year in which the Dolphins have nothing.

498
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Speaker 1: He's got to come back. But the Dolphins next quarterback

499
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Speaker 1: is whoever they get in the draft, or somebody they

500
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Speaker 1: go in on in free agency, somebody who's a bridge starter,

501
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Speaker 1: whatever it's going to be. But the potential is out

502
00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:52,800
Speaker 1: there because we saw it this year. It hasn't worked

503
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Speaker 1: at all in Atlanta because Atlanta hasn't won, but maybe

504
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Speaker 1: mainly because Michael Pennix wasn't very good. But Cousins playing

505
00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:02,400
Speaker 1: well the last couple of weeks. If he finishes strong well,

506
00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:04,320
Speaker 1: then guess what Cousin is going to get a deal

507
00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:07,040
Speaker 1: someplace else next year? Someone will fork over money. It's

508
00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:09,320
Speaker 1: only two years left on his deal. Now he could

509
00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:11,920
Speaker 1: We talked about this last week. He has played himself

510
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Speaker 1: into being a bridge quarterback and getting a starting job

511
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Speaker 1: next year.

512
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Speaker 4: Or Pennick's coming back with another huge injury, right, Kirk

513
00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:20,480
Speaker 4: Cousins may stay right where he is, be your quarter.

514
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Speaker 1: So the possibility exists that he could be Kirk Cousins

515
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Speaker 1: next year where the money's not working, the trade, the

516
00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:29,119
Speaker 1: trade is not we wants to keep all his cash.

517
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Speaker 1: He's not gonna say no, and so it winds up

518
00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:33,800
Speaker 1: the two is on the team, but it's somebody else

519
00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:35,560
Speaker 1: is coming in, whether it's in the first round of

520
00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:38,160
Speaker 1: the draft or like I said, free agency, something else.

521
00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:40,239
Speaker 1: Somebody else is coming in to take this job. So

522
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Speaker 1: that is that is that is definitively an option, especially

523
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Speaker 1: since we've seen the Falcons do it this year and

524
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Speaker 1: while it hasn't worked, it hasn't ripped the team apart. Right,

525
00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:52,600
Speaker 1: It's not like you're hearing stuff where everybody is on

526
00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:55,800
Speaker 1: the side of of of Michael Pennix and Kirk Cousins

527
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Speaker 1: is making noise and he's being Kirk Cousins has always

528
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Speaker 1: been a pretty good pro and and we would have

529
00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:02,960
Speaker 1: heard a lot more stories about how bad this was

530
00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:07,120
Speaker 1: this year if it was bad, So clearly it was okay. Mainly,

531
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Speaker 1: they probably need a new head coach in Atlanta because

532
00:24:10,119 --> 00:24:13,600
Speaker 1: Raheem Morris with all that, all that talent. Offensively, it's

533
00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:16,520
Speaker 1: not working. But mainly Michael Pennix Junior has not been great.

534
00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:19,480
Speaker 1: So but the off the field stuff didn't rip the

535
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Speaker 1: team apart. We thought that was gonna happen. So I

536
00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:22,919
Speaker 1: think a lot of teams are looking at that. Miami's

537
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Speaker 1: gonna look at this and say, hey, you know what,

538
00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:27,760
Speaker 1: if it comes to it, we can still move on

539
00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:31,160
Speaker 1: next year. Maybe we maybe quinn Ewers starts the last

540
00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:33,520
Speaker 1: couple of games. He's really good. He's named the starter

541
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Speaker 1: for next year, and two is the backup. Two is

542
00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:37,359
Speaker 1: a pretty good pro. I think two A handles this

543
00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:40,239
Speaker 1: pretty well. He's always handled himself pretty well publicly. It's

544
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Speaker 1: kind of he kind of reminds me of Russell Wilson

545
00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:44,159
Speaker 1: light a little bit the way he approaches things. Well,

546
00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:45,240
Speaker 1: that's pretty a pro.

547
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Speaker 4: Because that's part of the equation as well, Right, is

548
00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:50,240
Speaker 4: that you Russell Wilson and then just say, hey, it's

549
00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:52,879
Speaker 4: a poison pill. We have to swallow. But we eat

550
00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:55,520
Speaker 4: all that money against the cap, right, we just have

551
00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:58,520
Speaker 4: the huge dead dead cap charge. To your point about

552
00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:02,119
Speaker 4: yours or or will or some combination thereof, you do

553
00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:05,280
Speaker 4: have Cincinnati. I mean Joe Burrow quit this last week.

554
00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:07,520
Speaker 4: I don't know if you saw that. And then week

555
00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:10,920
Speaker 4: seventeenes against Tampa their past d stinks. Yeah, so you've

556
00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:14,280
Speaker 4: got an opportunity either of those quarterbacks to at least

557
00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:16,960
Speaker 4: put up a little bit of an effort and a

558
00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:19,800
Speaker 4: show for folks, and from Mike McDaniel to show that

559
00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:22,399
Speaker 4: he can work with another quarterback for sure. And then

560
00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:24,840
Speaker 4: you have the season finale against New England that might

561
00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:26,399
Speaker 4: not be playing for anything at that point.

562
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Speaker 1: So if that happens, all right, we see. But now

563
00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:33,719
Speaker 1: here's a trade that works for everybody. Okay, taking everything

564
00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:37,280
Speaker 1: into account, here's a quarterback with a bad contract. Somebody

565
00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:40,399
Speaker 1: else would need to take on this bad contract, but

566
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Speaker 1: they would trade a bad contract of their own. Both

567
00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:47,880
Speaker 1: these guys need fresh starts to and this other quarterback

568
00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:50,760
Speaker 1: need fresh starts. I don't know anybody who says no

569
00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:54,840
Speaker 1: to this, because while the team trading their quarterback is

570
00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:58,879
Speaker 1: trading someone who is a little bit higher value and

571
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Speaker 1: then seen a little bit more of a solution. His

572
00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:04,600
Speaker 1: contract is a little bit longer, right two of the

573
00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:07,000
Speaker 1: big deal for his contracts the next couple of years.

574
00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:09,600
Speaker 1: This contract goes through twenty twenty eight. So there's a

575
00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:12,439
Speaker 1: little bit of bend, but don't break. Now. If he

576
00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:15,240
Speaker 1: was part of the solution, he would stay. But both

577
00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:17,960
Speaker 1: guys need a fresh start. It's not like you have

578
00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:20,000
Speaker 1: to worry about the money because you're still spending money.

579
00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:22,800
Speaker 1: But it's different, right, You're getting a different Maybe Tua

580
00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:25,040
Speaker 1: can work in a different offense. Maybe this guy can

581
00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:27,840
Speaker 1: work in Miami's offense. I think Miami would be excited

582
00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:30,120
Speaker 1: to have him in. I think if you are this team,

583
00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:32,160
Speaker 1: you're excited to get to it. To come in doesn't

584
00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:34,000
Speaker 1: mean you can't go out and get a different quarterback

585
00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:35,800
Speaker 1: as well. But you have seen it. Okay, it's not

586
00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:37,920
Speaker 1: working with this guy. We'll get out of his contract

587
00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:40,840
Speaker 1: a year earlier than this, which means we're not postponing

588
00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:44,520
Speaker 1: the future as much to a tongue of Iiloa to

589
00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:49,360
Speaker 1: the Cardinals. For Kyler Murray works for everyone, seeks for

590
00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:51,680
Speaker 1: everyone you know who? It doesn't work for what me?

591
00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:52,719
Speaker 1: Why does it work for you?

592
00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:55,960
Speaker 4: Because Jacoby Brissett is under contract for next year? Okay,

593
00:26:56,080 --> 00:26:58,840
Speaker 4: he signed a two year, twelve million dollar deal. Sure

594
00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:01,960
Speaker 4: I can if I and Kyler Murray being gone as

595
00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,360
Speaker 4: part of the equation. But if I can add my quarterback,

596
00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:07,720
Speaker 4: because Jacoby Brissett's played really well, right he is, sure,

597
00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:09,879
Speaker 4: he has been good. Sure, that's a lot of money

598
00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:13,280
Speaker 4: you can spend on other pieces to make this team better.

599
00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:15,960
Speaker 4: Bring in tua in doesn't help me. He's no better

600
00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:17,000
Speaker 4: than Kyler Murray is.

601
00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:17,600
Speaker 3: But here's it.

602
00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:19,280
Speaker 1: No, But here's the thing is you're getting out of

603
00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:22,360
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray's deal a little bit earlier and you are

604
00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:24,479
Speaker 1: able to move on from it. Because that's the thing.

605
00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:26,840
Speaker 4: But I'm bringing in another contract that I don't want

606
00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:27,240
Speaker 4: to have.

607
00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:29,640
Speaker 1: To but I don't want to as contact.

608
00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:29,840
Speaker 6: I know.

609
00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:32,560
Speaker 4: Listen, if I'm the Cardinals, but to get rid of

610
00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:34,640
Speaker 4: Kyler the Jets tape.

611
00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:37,640
Speaker 1: But if you're the Cardinals, if you're the Cardinals, Okay, yes,

612
00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:40,480
Speaker 1: Jacoby Brissett's playing really well this year. But is he

613
00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:42,760
Speaker 1: all of a sudden a great quarterback? Or if you

614
00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:46,320
Speaker 1: go into next year with Tuah and Jacoby Brissett they

615
00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:48,159
Speaker 1: battle it out and can't however you want to do it.

616
00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:50,440
Speaker 1: It's a new team. For two, he's got an earnest spot.

617
00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:52,920
Speaker 1: You feel a lot better about the quarterback room, then

618
00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:54,760
Speaker 1: we're really gonna hand it over to Kyler Murray and

619
00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:56,679
Speaker 1: he's gonna be the same guy, and he's gonna he's

620
00:27:56,680 --> 00:27:59,439
Speaker 1: gonna get the same kind of production. So you understand that,

621
00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:02,280
Speaker 1: you know, to lose that salary, you gotta take salary back.

622
00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:05,080
Speaker 1: But because you're giving away the quote more talented player,

623
00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:07,720
Speaker 1: you're gonna get out from under that contract a little

624
00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:09,760
Speaker 1: bit earlier if to it doesn't work out. Look, it's

625
00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:12,520
Speaker 1: it's exchanging problems for problems. And I'm always a big

626
00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:14,200
Speaker 1: fan of well, if this problem is not working for

627
00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:16,760
Speaker 1: me and that problem's not working for you, let's change

628
00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:19,080
Speaker 1: problems because maybe it'll work for both of us. It

629
00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:20,520
Speaker 1: maybe it works for me and not you. It works

630
00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:22,600
Speaker 1: for you and not me. But that's a way to

631
00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:23,399
Speaker 1: solve this problem.

632
00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:25,200
Speaker 4: I mean, on the plus side, he would be playing

633
00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:28,280
Speaker 4: in Arizona, so all of that forty degrees no sin

634
00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:31,879
Speaker 4: would be thrown out of film, so we can have

635
00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:34,440
Speaker 4: proof of concept once and for all that it's not

636
00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:37,560
Speaker 4: just the cold as to the reason that he stinks.

637
00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:40,920
Speaker 1: So I did that trade works for everybody. It works

638
00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:47,080
Speaker 1: for everyone. Yeah, I've seen I'd rather have Kyle. You

639
00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:49,320
Speaker 1: can't just you can't just but yeah, if you could

640
00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:51,720
Speaker 1: just do an I dream of Genie where you cross

641
00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:53,200
Speaker 1: your arms and blink your eyes and go blink it

642
00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:53,960
Speaker 1: and they disappear.

643
00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:55,360
Speaker 3: Okay, but you can't do that.

644
00:28:55,280 --> 00:28:56,960
Speaker 1: No cares you can do that. Give me someone else

645
00:28:57,000 --> 00:29:00,280
Speaker 1: at a different position. Bring it in. Another problem, more

646
00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:01,800
Speaker 1: potential problem at quarterback.

647
00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:04,600
Speaker 4: When I got a guy making nothing, I'll go draft

648
00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:07,760
Speaker 4: my bridge guy, my guy towards twenty seven and let.

649
00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:08,240
Speaker 3: Him in the room.

650
00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:10,640
Speaker 1: Jason, how about the trades cancel each other and they

651
00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:12,800
Speaker 1: both go away. I say, if you can find a

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Speaker 1: way to make that happen, I think both they cancel out,

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Speaker 1: just like a flag on each team.

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Speaker 4: Okay, all right, so then by sorry, we're training you

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Speaker 4: out and now we're balancing equations and we're getting rid

656
00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:26,400
Speaker 4: of burials Kaimer Murray's next franchise quarterback for the Argonauts.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, no, exactly. Yeah, I'm sorry, We're able to cancel

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Speaker 1: out your contract and get rid of you.

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Speaker 5: Uh.

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Speaker 1: Time now to find out what's trending in the wide

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Speaker 1: rule of sports. But guy, we can't get rid of

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Speaker 1: It's Isaac low and Cross.

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Speaker 8: You keep changing the lots, but I keep finding away

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Speaker 8: in Yeah, Unfortunately, there's a lot of gullible people who

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Speaker 8: will just open.

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Speaker 1: The door whenever you knock on it. And that's how

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Speaker 1: it works.

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Speaker 8: Speaking of knocking on the door, Notre Dame junior running

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Speaker 8: back Jeremiah Love knocking on the door of the National

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Speaker 8: Football League.

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Speaker 1: How about that for a segment.

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Speaker 8: By the way, I've announced on Instagram this evening that

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Speaker 8: he is declaring for the NFL Draft. In the NBA

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Speaker 8: Cup Championship game, the San Antonio Spurs led the New

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Speaker 8: York Knicks ninety four to eighty nine after three quarters.

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Speaker 1: What's the.

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Speaker 3: Break?

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Speaker 8: Reportedly, Knicks head coach of Mike Brown implored his team

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Speaker 8: to win it for Smith, Win it fort Smith. Then

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Speaker 8: the Knicks opened the fourth quarter on an eight to

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Speaker 8: nothing ron so at ten twenty seven left to play

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Speaker 8: in the fourth quarter, the Knicks now lead the Spurs

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Speaker 8: ninety seven to ninety four.

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Speaker 3: Go New York O, New York Coat, Go New York O,

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Speaker 3: New York Coat.

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Speaker 1: You know that song is what how many years a

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Speaker 1: little show like thirty years old? Yeah, just as good

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Speaker 1: as it was the first time you heard it.

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Speaker 8: It is a classic, one of the underrated sports anthems

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Speaker 8: in my estimation. Elsewhere, the NBA concluded today that officials

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Speaker 8: made three incorrect calls in the final two minutes of

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Speaker 8: Denver's overtime win on Monday against Houston, with all three

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Speaker 8: incorrect calls benefited Denver, prompting Rockets head coach Ime Udoka

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Speaker 8: to say of the officials, it's.

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Speaker 1: Poorly officiated game.

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Speaker 6: I've seen a long time to have no business being

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Speaker 6: out there, and the crew chief of the Second.

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Speaker 8: Starstruck Finally, guys. As we mentioned, this year's NBA Cup

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Speaker 8: Championship game being held in Las Vegas. However, before the game,

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Speaker 8: NBA Commissioner Adam Silver told Amazon Prime that future NBA

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Speaker 8: Cup Championship games could be held elsewhere.

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Speaker 9: We're talking about whether it makes sense to maybe go

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Speaker 9: to some unique locations for the final game, for example,

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Speaker 9: some like storied college arena. So we're just looking at

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Speaker 9: other ways we could do this.

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Speaker 3: Storied college arena, Let's go play at Syracuse the JWA Dome,

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Speaker 3: like that's gonna get people at Really, the JMA Wireless

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Speaker 3: Dome isn't Madison Square Garden technically a storied college arena.

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Speaker 1: I saw Sat John's won a lot of big games

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Speaker 1: at mess how all trying in the day. Yeah, Hey,

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Speaker 1: didn't they just run it's a new one. Basically, it's

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Speaker 1: like a new football stadium.

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Speaker 4: I mean the basketball arena's been You're right near Chicago.

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Speaker 1: I mean, come on, Bob Dylan once played there?

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Speaker 3: Sure? Did you say Jacob Dylan once played there?

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Speaker 6: No?

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Speaker 1: Oh, okay, I saw Bob as a freshman. Okay, all right, that's.

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Speaker 8: A pretty good deal for a college student to be

719
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Speaker 8: able to send thought on campus for ten bucks and

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Speaker 8: see Bob Dylan. Right, I paid thirty to hear a

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Speaker 8: boring lecture by Henry Kissinger. Back to you, guys, that's

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Speaker 8: true story. That's a boy.

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Speaker 3: I could just I could just the dusts just came

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Speaker 3: through my microphone when you said that.

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Speaker 8: And you know what, it still would have come out

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Speaker 8: if that had been said thirty years ago too.

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Speaker 1: Thank you very much. ILove Jason Smith Mike Harmon Live

728
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Speaker 1: from the Fox Sports Radio studios. It's a one hundred

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Speaker 1: and ninety five lead for the Knicks right now, nine

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Speaker 1: and a half to go in the fourth quarter. Nicks

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Speaker 1: on a thirteen to one run in the last three

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Speaker 1: plus minutes. More on this game coming up, but straight ahead,

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Speaker 1: A huge story that will rock the NFL Draft is

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Speaker 1: next Jason and Mike Fox Sports Radio, The Jason Smith

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Speaker 1: Show with my best friend Mike Harmon, live from the

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Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio studios, where the E Cup Championship is

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Speaker 1: getting tight seven and a half to go in the

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Speaker 1: fourth quarter. The Knicks have a one oh four to

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Speaker 1: ninety seven lead over the Spurs. The winner of this

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Speaker 1: game is basically the NBA champion of this year. As

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Speaker 1: long as it's the Knicks. If it's the Spurs, it

742
00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:30,320
Speaker 1: doesn't really matter and we're moving on. But that's the

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Speaker 1: stakes of this game right now.

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00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:35,400
Speaker 4: Dad has been written into the bylaws of the NBA.

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00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:38,840
Speaker 1: It's basically like, if the Knicks win, cancel the NBA

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Speaker 1: Finals and and and the Knicks of the.

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Speaker 4: Champs, well, they are automatically advanced. It's like pulling a

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00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:46,920
Speaker 4: card in a board game that you're playing.

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Speaker 1: My idea of allowing the winner of the E Cup

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Speaker 1: to be a top six seed, no worse than a

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Speaker 1: top six seed, I like just putting them in the finals.

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Speaker 4: I like that if the Knicks winners to advance, so

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Speaker 4: you just take the final three and a half.

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Speaker 1: It's just kind of like you're in the bubble.

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00:34:01,040 --> 00:34:01,360
Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: Going back to although like you get a couple of

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00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:07,000
Speaker 4: months off and then you come back play a short schedule.

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Speaker 1: You're self contained.

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00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:11,760
Speaker 4: Maybe we'll let you ride the rides of Disneyland World

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Speaker 4: late in the evening.

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Speaker 1: You know that kind of thing. I think it would

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Speaker 1: work a little bit better though, if you did, if

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Speaker 1: it was like the Thunder who won in the West

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Speaker 1: instead of the Spurs, and you would say, well, really

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Speaker 1: don't need to play the rest of the Western Conference.

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Speaker 1: That is, come on the Thunder twenty eight and two.

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Speaker 1: Come on.

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Speaker 4: The other is do you run it like Daytona to

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Speaker 4: where it's the kickoff of the season is first three weeks?

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Speaker 3: Oh, I could see it. Okay, yeah, maybe maybe.

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Speaker 4: Maybe I got that coming in on the instem Graham

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Speaker 4: from one of our followers. I appreciate you all out

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Speaker 4: there at Swallodo, man, how about a fresco? You got

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00:34:41,719 --> 00:34:44,600
Speaker 4: an idea of how to liven all right? Excuse me

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00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:45,440
Speaker 4: living this up?

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Speaker 1: Harmon? Get a drink, Get a drink. Oh, get a

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Speaker 1: time out, my carman, Oh, get a time out. Give

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Speaker 1: me do some kind of liquid.

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Speaker 4: Well, the problem is it's ninety seven degrees in here.

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Speaker 1: Oh, Harmon, I don't know. We've got like a saun

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Speaker 1: of effect going on. Rob Parker comes in here before us,

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Speaker 1: and Rob Parker likes it a little bit uh dry

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Speaker 1: form side Yeah sure. Now Harmon actually getting up right

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Speaker 1: now to go change the trips over his headphones and

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00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:16,799
Speaker 1: is getting up to change the temperature on the wall. Now,

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Speaker 1: can't wait five minutes getting up to change the temperature.

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Speaker 1: What's gonna happen in the next five minutes? So I waited.

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Speaker 3: You didn't need to do it.

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Speaker 1: You could have you break You broke your microphone. You

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00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:33,200
Speaker 1: you yes, you're breaking all kinds of stuff. You had

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Speaker 1: to turn your microphone on.

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Speaker 4: I didn't break anything. The entire mind upside down. It

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00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:42,319
Speaker 4: just came out of its housing. Yeah, well it'll go back,

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00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:44,920
Speaker 4: see kids, just so you know, it'll go back in

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Speaker 4: its hole.

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Speaker 1: The lesson that my mom taught me when I was

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Speaker 1: very young, don't touch the thermostad bad things happened. No,

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Speaker 1: that is just there usually, do not trust. Broke the

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Speaker 1: whole bunch of I broke nothing. I'll break you.

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Speaker 6: Uh.

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Speaker 1: Meanwhile, this big out of the NFL draft. If you're

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Speaker 1: picking in the top five of the NFL draft, you

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00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:08,200
Speaker 1: got another absolute superstar at the top as Notre Dame

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Speaker 1: running back and Heisman finalists Jeremiah Love has decided he

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Speaker 1: is heading to the draft. He put out a note

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Speaker 1: tonight thanking Notre Dame for every in the last few years. Look,

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Speaker 1: this year was incredible for him. He ran for thirteen

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00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:23,160
Speaker 1: hundred yards before you think, well, thirty hundred yards. Yeah,

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00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:24,960
Speaker 1: didn't even get two hundred touches. So you don't have

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Speaker 1: to worry about this guy coming out with all kinds

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Speaker 1: three three hundred plus touches the last couple of years,

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00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:33,960
Speaker 1: averaging seven yards of carry this year, eighteen touchdowns, twenty

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Speaker 1: five all purpose touchdowns overall. I know he's a running back.

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00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:39,759
Speaker 1: He's not getting out of the top five. There is

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Speaker 1: no way, especially now with the getting back in style

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Speaker 1: of the running backs following Saquon Barkley's big year last

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Speaker 1: year running the Eagles to the Super Bowl title. When

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Speaker 1: you get a special running back, yeah, people are gonna

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00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:57,239
Speaker 1: take him high. And Jeremiah Love has all the talent

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Speaker 1: in the world there is doing with the elusiveness, the power,

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00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:03,040
Speaker 1: the escape ability, he is the entire package. Yes, he's

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Speaker 1: going in the top five, and not only that, he's

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Speaker 1: someone that you're a top five team. He gives you

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Speaker 1: an identity and all of a sudden he becomes your

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Speaker 1: best player. A team like the Titans, all of a sudden,

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Speaker 1: you're teaming Jeremiah Love up with with cam Ward the

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Speaker 1: team like the Jets, who are gonna be crying out

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Speaker 1: for a player you can easily move on from Breese Hall.

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Speaker 1: Hey we got Jeremiah Love here. Like there's teams in

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Speaker 1: the top five or teams will move in the top

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Speaker 1: five to get him that are gonna say, this guy

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00:37:27,719 --> 00:37:29,640
Speaker 1: is not getting past number five. He's not.

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00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:31,480
Speaker 3: You have you can go out, you can, you can.

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Speaker 1: The quarterbacks are big question mark, right If you have

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Speaker 1: teams at the top now that have quarterbacks, are they

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00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:37,799
Speaker 1: really going to go in for it? And potentially you

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Speaker 1: get down to the three, four five spot, your first

838
00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:42,239
Speaker 1: quarterback's coming off the board there. But a guy like

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Speaker 1: Jeremiah Love, as good as he is and the pedigree

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Speaker 1: that he has, Yeah, there's no way he gets out

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00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:48,960
Speaker 1: of the top five. I don't know he gets out

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00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:51,120
Speaker 1: of the top three. Yes, it depends where the Jets

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00:37:51,120 --> 00:37:52,839
Speaker 1: and the Titans pick, But it looks like they're picking

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00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:53,080
Speaker 1: that hut.

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Speaker 4: So I want to be glib and just say does

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Speaker 4: he know that Marcus Freeman's leaving for an NFL job or.

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00:37:58,680 --> 00:38:01,960
Speaker 1: Another college job. Marcus Freeman least the Giants, and the

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00:38:01,960 --> 00:38:03,880
Speaker 1: Giants draft him number one overall and you have him

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Speaker 1: in Skataboo in the back go. Now, that would be

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00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:10,080
Speaker 1: something the Giants takes naps if Jackson Dark gets hurt

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00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:14,320
Speaker 1: and goes back into the blue tag seven. No, But legitimately,

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00:38:14,320 --> 00:38:16,960
Speaker 1: he's also a good receiver out of the backfield. And

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00:38:17,040 --> 00:38:19,520
Speaker 1: as we've watched the game evolve, you know, you talk

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00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:22,960
Speaker 1: about all purpose touchdowns, the fact that he is that

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00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:26,960
Speaker 1: much of the passing game, fifty five receptions the last

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00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:29,759
Speaker 1: two years, and what else is there left to prove

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00:38:30,280 --> 00:38:33,560
Speaker 1: at the collegiate level, Right, He'll get paid either way,

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00:38:33,719 --> 00:38:36,799
Speaker 1: And with running backs the market being what it is

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Speaker 1: and Saquon Barkley having the drop off that he did

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00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:43,080
Speaker 1: this year may not help things as much. It may

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Speaker 1: off set it.

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Speaker 7: Go.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we get that one big year, but then.

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Speaker 4: But we're also talking about about a guy who's been

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Speaker 4: in since twenty eighteen, So it's a long long run

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Speaker 4: for a running back. But for love, I mean, there's

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Speaker 4: a lot to like. Seeing a ton of interviews with him,

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Speaker 4: he does. He's got a comic book that he's been

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Speaker 4: out and promoting and whatever, and it just seems like

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00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:05,839
Speaker 4: a man of the people as well. So you get

871
00:39:05,880 --> 00:39:08,600
Speaker 4: a franchise guy that you can sell to your community

872
00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:09,640
Speaker 4: and your fan base as well.

873
00:39:09,719 --> 00:39:11,799
Speaker 1: Yeah, because that's whole thing. It's not like, well, we

874
00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:14,439
Speaker 1: can draft a guy who's really good here. Some teams

875
00:39:14,480 --> 00:39:17,240
Speaker 1: you need an identity and a team, like like the Jets,

876
00:39:17,239 --> 00:39:19,279
Speaker 1: who are in search of who's our star going to be?

877
00:39:19,480 --> 00:39:21,319
Speaker 1: You have Garrett Wilson, right, that's really the one guy

878
00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:24,120
Speaker 1: you're bringing back on your entire team you're starting over. Hey,

879
00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:26,520
Speaker 1: Jeremiah Love would be that guy. He'd be that guy

880
00:39:26,520 --> 00:39:29,440
Speaker 1: for the Titans. He would, honestly, if you're the Giants

881
00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:32,840
Speaker 1: on I know everybody loves Camskataboo, I know, but the

882
00:39:32,920 --> 00:39:35,680
Speaker 1: guy is up is is a part time running back.

883
00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:38,160
Speaker 1: He is a he's a guy in the red zone.

884
00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:41,399
Speaker 1: He's a he's a a big cult hero. But man,

885
00:39:41,440 --> 00:39:44,520
Speaker 1: can you imagine you go john there, Jackson Dart with

886
00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:46,800
Speaker 1: both those guys in the backfield and Love.

887
00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:50,160
Speaker 4: And neighbors come sack and you got theo Johnson who's

888
00:39:50,200 --> 00:39:52,480
Speaker 4: been pretty good in spots and tight end position.

889
00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:54,879
Speaker 1: He's on a nothing. How did how did the how

890
00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:56,680
Speaker 1: did the Lions build that team so great?

891
00:39:56,760 --> 00:39:56,920
Speaker 6: Yeah?

892
00:39:57,239 --> 00:39:59,400
Speaker 1: Well we have David Montgomery, he's pretty good. Go get

893
00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:02,080
Speaker 1: Jamre Gibbs who was great. Wow, that's kind of working

894
00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:03,719
Speaker 1: pretty well for them the last couple of years.

895
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Speaker 3: I was the Giants.

896
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Speaker 1: Why not number one? Yeah?

897
00:40:05,880 --> 00:40:08,520
Speaker 4: Except they didn't get over the top. You Jinkstom. You

898
00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:11,640
Speaker 4: can't go back to Detroit over the weekend. You talked

899
00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:13,920
Speaker 4: about them being dead. You can go find that entire

900
00:40:13,960 --> 00:40:15,960
Speaker 4: podcast wherever you find your podcast.

901
00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:19,480
Speaker 1: Exit about a Fresca exit swollen dome. Jason Smith Mike

902
00:40:19,480 --> 00:40:22,080
Speaker 1: Harmon Live from the Fox Sports Radio Studios. Oh, we

903
00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:23,880
Speaker 1: got more on the top of the NFL Draft come

904
00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:27,840
Speaker 1: up next, as well as the weirdest NBA story of

905
00:40:27,880 --> 00:40:30,200
Speaker 1: the week. I know it's only Tuesday. Ain't gonna get

906
00:40:30,239 --> 00:40:32,560
Speaker 1: weirder than this. That's next Jason and Mike Fox.

907
00:40:32,960 --> 00:40:35,600
Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith

908
00:40:35,640 --> 00:40:38,720
Speaker 2: Show with Mike Harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern, seven

909
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Speaker 2: pm Pacific.

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Speaker 1: For Patrick Ewing, Phil Jackson, Charles Oakley, Trent Tucker, Bernard King,

911
00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:49,560
Speaker 1: Ray Williams, and Dick Barnett. The New York Knicks are

912
00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:52,480
Speaker 1: on top of the basketball world once again, maybe the

913
00:40:52,520 --> 00:40:56,560
Speaker 1: greatest team to ever play this sport. I'm jim nantz

914
00:40:56,880 --> 00:41:02,359
Speaker 1: enjoy this rollout. I think you need to redo it.

915
00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:05,280
Speaker 1: I don't think Oakley gets I think he's X size.

916
00:41:05,360 --> 00:41:07,759
Speaker 3: We love everybody now, we love that the Knicks of

917
00:41:07,800 --> 00:41:08,400
Speaker 3: the champs.

918
00:41:08,480 --> 00:41:10,279
Speaker 4: I mean, we were not a show of hate. We're

919
00:41:10,360 --> 00:41:14,239
Speaker 4: a show about positivity and inclusion. We love everybody, right,

920
00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:18,719
Speaker 4: Josh Hart is taking pictures with fans. Now, wait, they

921
00:41:18,840 --> 00:41:20,840
Speaker 4: let all those people from the five rowsip?

922
00:41:21,080 --> 00:41:22,839
Speaker 1: I mean I really well, Yeah, I think you come

923
00:41:22,880 --> 00:41:25,719
Speaker 1: to the game, you get a picture. Is that part

924
00:41:25,719 --> 00:41:26,800
Speaker 1: of the ticket package?

925
00:41:27,200 --> 00:41:27,640
Speaker 3: Yeah?

926
00:41:27,680 --> 00:41:29,799
Speaker 1: And wait, so I sit in the first five rows,

927
00:41:29,840 --> 00:41:31,880
Speaker 1: I'm guaranteed to get a picture taken with a player,

928
00:41:32,640 --> 00:41:37,920
Speaker 1: A pin, a start to choose the player. The Knicks

929
00:41:37,960 --> 00:41:41,640
Speaker 1: are your Emirates Cup champions. They beat the Spurs one

930
00:41:41,719 --> 00:41:46,560
Speaker 1: twenty four to one thirteen. Jalen Brunson is your MVP.

931
00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:50,160
Speaker 1: I am waiting for this trophy to be here in

932
00:41:50,200 --> 00:41:52,040
Speaker 1: this studio. I got to make it happen. The e

933
00:41:52,280 --> 00:41:55,640
Speaker 1: Cup in the studio. You may as well give the

934
00:41:55,680 --> 00:41:58,120
Speaker 1: Knicks to lari O'Brian Trophy as well. It's that big

935
00:41:58,160 --> 00:42:01,560
Speaker 1: a deal. It's Jalen Brunson's first Nicks championship joining us

936
00:42:01,560 --> 00:42:04,400
Speaker 1: now in the hotline to break it all down. Nobody better.

937
00:42:04,719 --> 00:42:06,680
Speaker 1: And I say this, He's looking at his clock right now, going,

938
00:42:07,239 --> 00:42:09,520
Speaker 1: I can't believe I agreed to this after the next one.

939
00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:13,239
Speaker 1: It is one insider extraordinay. Check out the On the

940
00:42:13,280 --> 00:42:16,200
Speaker 1: Ball podcast as well. It is Rick Buker. He is

941
00:42:16,239 --> 00:42:17,960
Speaker 1: on Twitter at Rick Buker.

942
00:42:18,440 --> 00:42:21,439
Speaker 3: Rick. I mean, I know the words you can use

943
00:42:21,719 --> 00:42:25,080
Speaker 3: for the greatest achievement in basketball history, the Knicks, yep,

944
00:42:25,120 --> 00:42:26,799
Speaker 3: are your Emirates Cup champions.

945
00:42:27,080 --> 00:42:29,839
Speaker 6: Here's the question. Here's the question I have is when

946
00:42:29,840 --> 00:42:33,880
Speaker 6: they bring the Emirates Cup by the studio and they

947
00:42:33,920 --> 00:42:35,919
Speaker 6: give you your I don't know what do you get

948
00:42:35,960 --> 00:42:37,960
Speaker 6: twenty four forty eight hours with it like they do

949
00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:41,319
Speaker 6: with the Stanley Cup. Huh, where are you taking it

950
00:42:41,520 --> 00:42:43,200
Speaker 6: and what are you consuming from it?

951
00:42:44,160 --> 00:42:47,919
Speaker 1: Well, I'll take it to McDonald's. I'd have a normal

952
00:42:48,040 --> 00:42:49,920
Speaker 1: day with it, Rick. I take it to McDonald's. I'd

953
00:42:49,960 --> 00:42:53,399
Speaker 1: go get coffee. I'd take it to Burger King, I'd

954
00:42:53,400 --> 00:42:56,040
Speaker 1: go get coffee again. I would take it to my

955
00:42:56,160 --> 00:42:59,200
Speaker 1: daughter's school so she could see it and show it

956
00:42:59,200 --> 00:43:01,320
Speaker 1: off to all her class they bring into the studio.

957
00:43:01,520 --> 00:43:04,000
Speaker 1: I'm a simple guy, Rick, I'm enjoying my day. I

958
00:43:04,120 --> 00:43:05,719
Speaker 1: making a normal day like everything else.

959
00:43:06,160 --> 00:43:08,759
Speaker 6: We're drinking coffee. We're drinking bad coffee out of the

960
00:43:08,760 --> 00:43:09,439
Speaker 6: Emirates cup.

961
00:43:09,600 --> 00:43:11,040
Speaker 1: Yeah I love it. Yeah, yeah yeah.

962
00:43:11,040 --> 00:43:14,200
Speaker 3: We're making a mocha frappuccino from Mcdonald're pouring that thing

963
00:43:14,360 --> 00:43:15,600
Speaker 3: and drinking it.

964
00:43:15,800 --> 00:43:17,680
Speaker 6: Very nice, very nice. Okay. See.

965
00:43:17,719 --> 00:43:20,440
Speaker 4: I immediately trying to figure out how many Knicks fans

966
00:43:20,480 --> 00:43:23,040
Speaker 4: are in the Greater La area. Rick and I try

967
00:43:23,120 --> 00:43:25,040
Speaker 4: to see how many won't pay for a picture with

968
00:43:25,120 --> 00:43:27,680
Speaker 4: the Emirates cup to make some money for myself for

969
00:43:27,760 --> 00:43:28,760
Speaker 4: this holiday season.

970
00:43:29,520 --> 00:43:32,400
Speaker 6: Is there is there actually an Emirates cup or is

971
00:43:32,120 --> 00:43:34,000
Speaker 6: it like one of those Is it like one of

972
00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:36,359
Speaker 6: those red Dixie cups that they have, you know at

973
00:43:36,400 --> 00:43:39,200
Speaker 6: parties when you have a keg, when you have a kegger.

974
00:43:39,200 --> 00:43:41,520
Speaker 1: It's it's an Emirates. It's a cup, and it's it's

975
00:43:41,800 --> 00:43:45,160
Speaker 1: it's four poles that hold up a cup. I'm worried

976
00:43:45,160 --> 00:43:46,799
Speaker 1: that if you hold it the wrong way, like the

977
00:43:46,840 --> 00:43:48,920
Speaker 1: cup falls out and they'd have to just put it

978
00:43:48,960 --> 00:43:50,759
Speaker 1: back in so I'm kind of worried about that, but

979
00:43:51,200 --> 00:43:53,600
Speaker 1: so far that has not happened. You're nice serving book.

980
00:43:53,760 --> 00:43:55,960
Speaker 1: Karl Anthony Towns has held it up pretty well so far.

981
00:43:56,360 --> 00:43:58,800
Speaker 6: In any way, any shape or form, it's going to

982
00:43:58,840 --> 00:44:00,000
Speaker 6: hold a frappuccino for you.

983
00:44:00,400 --> 00:44:03,120
Speaker 1: Yes, good, yes, it will. Now Now to get to

984
00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:05,920
Speaker 1: this right for both of these teams tonight, it's weird

985
00:44:05,960 --> 00:44:07,520
Speaker 1: to say this right. It is an e Cup, it's

986
00:44:07,560 --> 00:44:10,280
Speaker 1: a championship night, and you can tell both sides really

987
00:44:10,320 --> 00:44:12,440
Speaker 1: wanted it. Watching the game, you could tell the Spurs

988
00:44:12,480 --> 00:44:15,320
Speaker 1: wanted the Knicks wanted it. It had a late playoff

989
00:44:15,400 --> 00:44:17,000
Speaker 1: kind of feel. I mean, maybe not in the arena

990
00:44:17,040 --> 00:44:20,040
Speaker 1: because it's in Vegas, but watching them, not that you

991
00:44:20,239 --> 00:44:23,400
Speaker 1: needed it, but I feel like the Knicks sort of

992
00:44:23,719 --> 00:44:26,720
Speaker 1: they feel a lot better about themselves that the changes

993
00:44:26,760 --> 00:44:30,359
Speaker 1: they made and what they've done so far. Now they

994
00:44:30,360 --> 00:44:33,080
Speaker 1: feel like, hey, we're building on something. What we're doing

995
00:44:33,160 --> 00:44:36,000
Speaker 1: is working. Because the validation of the Emirates Cup says,

996
00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:38,400
Speaker 1: hey getting you know, moving on from Tibbs, because that

997
00:44:38,520 --> 00:44:40,520
Speaker 1: was still hanging on and Mike Brown's way or the

998
00:44:40,520 --> 00:44:42,360
Speaker 1: Guy's going to be able to find a way to

999
00:44:42,480 --> 00:44:45,759
Speaker 1: coalesce together and the Knicks are. You know, That's why

1000
00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:47,759
Speaker 1: this is so valuable because now they can point to

1001
00:44:47,800 --> 00:44:50,000
Speaker 1: this and say, yeah, what we're doing is work and

1002
00:44:50,040 --> 00:44:50,520
Speaker 1: we can do it.

1003
00:44:51,120 --> 00:44:53,839
Speaker 6: Yeah. And I would say that a big part of

1004
00:44:53,920 --> 00:44:57,319
Speaker 6: their success in this game was their depth. I mean,

1005
00:44:57,719 --> 00:44:59,680
Speaker 6: the big turn was at the beginning of the fourth quarter.

1006
00:45:00,239 --> 00:45:04,000
Speaker 6: It was led by Mitchell Robinson and Jordan Clarkson, just

1007
00:45:04,040 --> 00:45:10,600
Speaker 6: like we all expected. But and I was thinking it

1008
00:45:10,640 --> 00:45:14,000
Speaker 6: couldn't help. But I'm watching it and I'm thinking, you know,

1009
00:45:14,360 --> 00:45:18,120
Speaker 6: probably one or both would not be playing if Tims

1010
00:45:18,200 --> 00:45:22,399
Speaker 6: was still running the show. So I think that, Yeah,

1011
00:45:22,440 --> 00:45:25,719
Speaker 6: I think it is. It's it's encouraging. I don't want

1012
00:45:25,719 --> 00:45:27,480
Speaker 6: to put too much on it, but it's.

1013
00:45:27,320 --> 00:45:30,560
Speaker 5: Certainly it gives reason reason.

1014
00:45:30,320 --> 00:45:34,040
Speaker 6: For guys to believe that maybe the changes that Mike

1015
00:45:34,080 --> 00:45:39,000
Speaker 6: Brown has has instituted and the sacrifices that he's asked

1016
00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:43,560
Speaker 6: guys to make, that they are moving them certainly in

1017
00:45:44,080 --> 00:45:44,840
Speaker 6: the right direction.

1018
00:45:45,040 --> 00:45:47,880
Speaker 5: So yeah, it's it's all positive.

1019
00:45:48,760 --> 00:45:51,439
Speaker 6: And on the flip side, I think it's a really

1020
00:45:51,440 --> 00:45:54,359
Speaker 6: great experience for the San Antonio Spurs are really young

1021
00:45:54,440 --> 00:45:59,080
Speaker 6: team to play in competition like this, which I don't know,

1022
00:45:59,120 --> 00:46:00,799
Speaker 6: as you said, I don't know that it's full on

1023
00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:05,840
Speaker 6: playoff atmosphere, being played in a neutral site and the

1024
00:46:06,000 --> 00:46:10,080
Speaker 6: NBA Cup not having all the meaning that the playoff

1025
00:46:10,120 --> 00:46:15,040
Speaker 6: games do, but but still playing in in a you know,

1026
00:46:15,160 --> 00:46:18,520
Speaker 6: a make or break sort of format, winner go home.

1027
00:46:19,000 --> 00:46:21,400
Speaker 6: I think that I think that's a it's going to

1028
00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:24,400
Speaker 6: serve the San Antonio Spurs very well down the stretch.

1029
00:46:24,480 --> 00:46:26,719
Speaker 4: Yeah, we we talked a lot about at the start

1030
00:46:26,760 --> 00:46:28,799
Speaker 4: of the show, Rick, just in terms of how do

1031
00:46:28,840 --> 00:46:31,359
Speaker 4: you make this thing a bigger deal and get some

1032
00:46:31,400 --> 00:46:33,320
Speaker 4: more juice for it. We talked about the blue lighting

1033
00:46:33,360 --> 00:46:36,880
Speaker 4: like you're in a comedy club or a dark match

1034
00:46:36,960 --> 00:46:39,319
Speaker 4: that they had during the COVID run of Hey, we

1035
00:46:39,400 --> 00:46:42,120
Speaker 4: can't show that there's nobody at this thing, so just

1036
00:46:42,120 --> 00:46:45,080
Speaker 4: trying to juice it beyond you know, Nicks fan smith

1037
00:46:45,280 --> 00:46:47,520
Speaker 4: people are already putting over unders on how much money

1038
00:46:47,600 --> 00:46:49,160
Speaker 4: he spends on E Cup.

1039
00:46:48,920 --> 00:46:54,200
Speaker 1: Merch right right right, You're gonna get to cut merch,

1040
00:46:54,280 --> 00:46:56,200
Speaker 1: right you get you get E Cup merch sent to you,

1041
00:46:56,239 --> 00:46:56,920
Speaker 1: So just send.

1042
00:46:56,719 --> 00:46:57,000
Speaker 3: It to me.

1043
00:46:57,040 --> 00:46:58,680
Speaker 6: You know, if we don't if we don't get if

1044
00:46:58,680 --> 00:47:01,200
Speaker 6: we don't get T shirts, we don't get T shirts

1045
00:47:01,200 --> 00:47:04,680
Speaker 6: out of this I'm going to be very disappointed, but

1046
00:47:04,840 --> 00:47:05,560
Speaker 6: just trying.

1047
00:47:05,520 --> 00:47:07,960
Speaker 4: To goose this a little bit Rick as we look

1048
00:47:08,000 --> 00:47:11,160
Speaker 4: at it, a good experience. Jason gets a title in

1049
00:47:11,200 --> 00:47:16,400
Speaker 4: his lifetime, so he's excited about that. But on the

1050
00:47:16,440 --> 00:47:20,400
Speaker 4: grand scale, trying to add some gravitas to this because

1051
00:47:20,440 --> 00:47:22,480
Speaker 4: I mean, this game doesn't count in the standings. It's

1052
00:47:22,480 --> 00:47:24,640
Speaker 4: gonna count and the wear and tear on their bodies,

1053
00:47:25,200 --> 00:47:28,160
Speaker 4: and yes, they got nice bonuses for it, but down

1054
00:47:28,200 --> 00:47:31,080
Speaker 4: the stretch, I mean, this is another game towards those

1055
00:47:31,120 --> 00:47:34,000
Speaker 4: sixty five for awards, but also just in terms of

1056
00:47:34,040 --> 00:47:36,120
Speaker 4: the wear and tear because this was a hotly contested

1057
00:47:36,160 --> 00:47:37,120
Speaker 4: game down the stretch.

1058
00:47:37,719 --> 00:47:39,640
Speaker 5: Yeah, So are you talking about the wear and tear

1059
00:47:39,760 --> 00:47:41,040
Speaker 5: from playing in the game.

1060
00:47:41,080 --> 00:47:42,759
Speaker 6: Are you talking about the wear and tear from being

1061
00:47:42,800 --> 00:47:43,760
Speaker 6: in Vegas for a well?

1062
00:47:43,800 --> 00:47:45,920
Speaker 1: I think I think both are going to have an effect.

1063
00:47:45,960 --> 00:47:47,759
Speaker 4: I don't know how big your pie chart, you know

1064
00:47:47,840 --> 00:47:51,760
Speaker 4: which side is bigger. I mean the media members covering

1065
00:47:51,760 --> 00:47:54,000
Speaker 4: it are even worse because they've been there for five days.

1066
00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:56,920
Speaker 4: Stan Van Gundy looked like he wanted to be released.

1067
00:47:57,560 --> 00:47:59,760
Speaker 5: Yeah yeah, yeah, Trucky.

1068
00:48:00,080 --> 00:48:02,520
Speaker 6: You see when you see guys at Summer League, like

1069
00:48:02,600 --> 00:48:05,040
Speaker 6: after the first forty eight seventy two hours.

1070
00:48:05,320 --> 00:48:06,839
Speaker 5: Everybody's begging to get out of there.

1071
00:48:06,920 --> 00:48:09,760
Speaker 6: I've always said this about Vegas. The idea of Vegas

1072
00:48:09,880 --> 00:48:13,000
Speaker 6: is so much better than the reality of Vegas. Every

1073
00:48:13,040 --> 00:48:15,279
Speaker 6: time I go to Summer League, I'm like, man, I'm

1074
00:48:15,280 --> 00:48:16,000
Speaker 6: going to go to Vegas.

1075
00:48:16,000 --> 00:48:17,640
Speaker 5: I'm going to let Vegas for the Summer League. And

1076
00:48:17,680 --> 00:48:20,520
Speaker 5: as soon as I touch down, I'm like, gosh, darn it,

1077
00:48:21,160 --> 00:48:22,440
Speaker 5: I'm in Vegas.

1078
00:48:22,080 --> 00:48:23,520
Speaker 6: For Summer League. Where can I go?

1079
00:48:24,719 --> 00:48:28,200
Speaker 5: It's almost immediate as soon as I hit hit the ground.

1080
00:48:28,239 --> 00:48:34,160
Speaker 6: It's crazy. But yeah, no, I don't even know where

1081
00:48:34,160 --> 00:48:35,160
Speaker 6: we were at this point.

1082
00:48:35,200 --> 00:48:36,440
Speaker 5: We went so far afield.

1083
00:48:36,840 --> 00:48:39,520
Speaker 1: You're in Vegas now, sunnyhow when I went to Vegas

1084
00:48:39,560 --> 00:48:43,920
Speaker 1: last time and what happened in But the thing is like,

1085
00:48:44,040 --> 00:48:46,839
Speaker 1: for this, this event as a whole, as you can

1086
00:48:46,880 --> 00:48:51,279
Speaker 1: see overall, it works, right, It's an exciting thing. It

1087
00:48:51,320 --> 00:48:54,239
Speaker 1: needs some tweaks, and you know, I think maybe if

1088
00:48:54,280 --> 00:48:57,520
Speaker 1: you took a break from the season and just played

1089
00:48:57,640 --> 00:48:59,760
Speaker 1: e Cup games for a two to three week period,

1090
00:49:00,040 --> 00:49:01,840
Speaker 1: that might help a little bit. If you, you know,

1091
00:49:01,960 --> 00:49:04,239
Speaker 1: anted up a little bit more and just said, hey,

1092
00:49:04,520 --> 00:49:06,720
Speaker 1: you know, twenty games in the regular season, we stop.

1093
00:49:06,800 --> 00:49:08,680
Speaker 1: Now we have the E Cup, then you resume it,

1094
00:49:09,000 --> 00:49:10,640
Speaker 1: like certain things you need to do. You need to

1095
00:49:10,680 --> 00:49:13,560
Speaker 1: have the games at the higher seeded team's place, because

1096
00:49:13,640 --> 00:49:15,880
Speaker 1: you're always going to get a great atmosphere. You know,

1097
00:49:15,960 --> 00:49:17,719
Speaker 1: the fans are going to show up, they're going to

1098
00:49:17,800 --> 00:49:19,560
Speaker 1: sell out the place. It's not going to be where

1099
00:49:19,960 --> 00:49:22,520
Speaker 1: you have a dim arena in Vegas where after five

1100
00:49:22,640 --> 00:49:24,319
Speaker 1: rows up, we have to turn the lights off because

1101
00:49:24,320 --> 00:49:26,160
Speaker 1: we don't want you to see who's not there. So

1102
00:49:26,400 --> 00:49:30,240
Speaker 1: it works, and it's a great idea, and now it's like, Okay,

1103
00:49:30,280 --> 00:49:31,800
Speaker 1: how do we make it even better? I kind of

1104
00:49:31,800 --> 00:49:34,520
Speaker 1: feel like that's where this whole Emirates Cup is at.

1105
00:49:34,840 --> 00:49:35,080
Speaker 6: Yeah.

1106
00:49:35,120 --> 00:49:36,200
Speaker 5: I think there's a couple of things.

1107
00:49:36,480 --> 00:49:41,640
Speaker 6: One, I love the idea of ultimately going to where

1108
00:49:42,320 --> 00:49:45,239
Speaker 6: you have basketball year round, and if you had a

1109
00:49:45,280 --> 00:49:48,440
Speaker 6: break in the season and you had this tournament and

1110
00:49:48,480 --> 00:49:51,200
Speaker 6: then you gave gave teams a little bit of rest

1111
00:49:51,320 --> 00:49:53,360
Speaker 6: at the beginning and the end of it, and it

1112
00:49:53,400 --> 00:49:58,839
Speaker 6: would really heighten what this meant within the season and

1113
00:49:58,880 --> 00:50:01,000
Speaker 6: the playoffs as a whole. And what you would just

1114
00:50:01,080 --> 00:50:03,200
Speaker 6: do is you would extend the season, so rather than

1115
00:50:03,480 --> 00:50:06,520
Speaker 6: having the playoffs in June, you have or you have

1116
00:50:06,600 --> 00:50:10,560
Speaker 6: the finals in July and the and the draft at

1117
00:50:10,600 --> 00:50:15,200
Speaker 6: the end of July, and then uh, summer league in August,

1118
00:50:15,640 --> 00:50:19,680
Speaker 6: and you know, September you start dialing up for training

1119
00:50:19,719 --> 00:50:22,960
Speaker 6: camp again. And there really is there is no break

1120
00:50:23,000 --> 00:50:24,759
Speaker 6: to the basketball. And I don't know that that would

1121
00:50:24,800 --> 00:50:28,200
Speaker 6: necessarily be a bad thing because you're talking about different elements.

1122
00:50:28,200 --> 00:50:29,760
Speaker 6: So obviously the veteran guys.

1123
00:50:29,520 --> 00:50:31,319
Speaker 5: The guys are going to be playing in the in.

1124
00:50:31,239 --> 00:50:33,200
Speaker 6: The Cup and in the regular season, in the playoffs,

1125
00:50:33,239 --> 00:50:37,360
Speaker 6: aren't going to be playing in summer league, so uh,

1126
00:50:37,400 --> 00:50:40,840
Speaker 6: and you're going to get some rest within the season.

1127
00:50:41,480 --> 00:50:42,680
Speaker 6: Uh And and with.

1128
00:50:42,719 --> 00:50:44,720
Speaker 5: Some of the injuries that we're dealing with, I think.

1129
00:50:44,520 --> 00:50:49,320
Speaker 6: That that that could potentially be.

1130
00:50:47,840 --> 00:50:50,680
Speaker 5: A positive, especially because you know, there's always to talk.

1131
00:50:50,480 --> 00:50:53,200
Speaker 6: About you got to reduce the season to you got

1132
00:50:53,200 --> 00:50:56,040
Speaker 6: to reduce games, And the reality is that's just not

1133
00:50:56,080 --> 00:50:58,280
Speaker 6: going to happen because nobody wants to give back the money.

1134
00:50:58,600 --> 00:51:01,400
Speaker 6: If you if you said, okay, we play sixty five games,

1135
00:51:01,520 --> 00:51:05,439
Speaker 6: but everybody is you're the Salarridge gonna come down ten

1136
00:51:05,480 --> 00:51:08,399
Speaker 6: percent or fifteen percent, and everybody like, whoa, whoa, whoa,

1137
00:51:08,400 --> 00:51:12,359
Speaker 6: whoa whoa, No, I'll grind through an eighty two game

1138
00:51:12,440 --> 00:51:16,040
Speaker 6: season to keep the money where it is. So I

1139
00:51:16,520 --> 00:51:16,799
Speaker 6: like the.

1140
00:51:16,800 --> 00:51:19,120
Speaker 5: Idea, and I also just I think there has.

1141
00:51:19,000 --> 00:51:21,480
Speaker 6: To be a little bit, there has to be a

1142
00:51:21,520 --> 00:51:25,160
Speaker 6: little bit more at stake in terms of and I

1143
00:51:25,160 --> 00:51:28,120
Speaker 6: don't know what you make it, you know, something attached

1144
00:51:28,120 --> 00:51:32,120
Speaker 6: to the playoffs, something attached to the postseason, something attached

1145
00:51:32,160 --> 00:51:35,959
Speaker 6: to maybe seeding in the playoffs. I haven't. I haven't

1146
00:51:35,960 --> 00:51:38,319
Speaker 6: thought it through. I have thought about, like, how do

1147
00:51:38,400 --> 00:51:40,640
Speaker 6: you make the game? How do you just make it

1148
00:51:40,719 --> 00:51:43,920
Speaker 6: overall more competitive? Because I've been I've been watching a

1149
00:51:43,960 --> 00:51:47,760
Speaker 6: lot of EuroLeague lately and like every game is huge,

1150
00:51:47,920 --> 00:51:52,440
Speaker 6: and the players play hard every game and it's meaningful.

1151
00:51:52,880 --> 00:51:55,799
Speaker 6: And it's not just because they play fewer games, but

1152
00:51:55,880 --> 00:52:00,880
Speaker 6: all of these guys are playing for contracts on a

1153
00:52:01,520 --> 00:52:05,239
Speaker 6: year to year basis. You have very short term contracts,

1154
00:52:05,239 --> 00:52:10,720
Speaker 6: And so I think a combination of peering it.

1155
00:52:10,640 --> 00:52:12,759
Speaker 5: The way that you have in soccer. I was I

1156
00:52:12,800 --> 00:52:13,759
Speaker 5: was thinking, like, how do you make.

1157
00:52:13,640 --> 00:52:15,719
Speaker 6: It, how do you make it more competitive? And how

1158
00:52:15,719 --> 00:52:19,640
Speaker 6: do you completely end the tanking? And I think if

1159
00:52:19,680 --> 00:52:23,880
Speaker 6: you tiered it and you had like you've got to

1160
00:52:23,920 --> 00:52:27,440
Speaker 6: finish in a certain seating, if you've got thirty teams,

1161
00:52:28,080 --> 00:52:32,160
Speaker 6: you've got to finish in the top twenty, or you're

1162
00:52:32,200 --> 00:52:34,319
Speaker 6: playing in a second division and you have no hope

1163
00:52:34,320 --> 00:52:37,600
Speaker 6: of playing for a championship the next year. I think

1164
00:52:37,600 --> 00:52:43,080
Speaker 6: that all of that would change the way that every

1165
00:52:43,160 --> 00:52:44,680
Speaker 6: game is approached.

1166
00:52:44,200 --> 00:52:46,120
Speaker 5: Because we are at a place.

1167
00:52:45,880 --> 00:52:50,200
Speaker 6: Now where there's just so many options. There's so many

1168
00:52:50,360 --> 00:52:54,840
Speaker 6: entertainment options that for the NBA to have games that

1169
00:52:55,000 --> 00:53:01,680
Speaker 6: don't matter is just it's it's damaging to the brand overall.

1170
00:53:02,000 --> 00:53:05,240
Speaker 3: Well, Ricky, come to the right place, because the beginning

1171
00:53:05,239 --> 00:53:07,600
Speaker 3: of the show, I had an idea, and I think

1172
00:53:07,680 --> 00:53:09,080
Speaker 3: this is gonna work, and it's gonna.

1173
00:53:08,840 --> 00:53:11,799
Speaker 1: Say tell me what you think You ready? Okay the

1174
00:53:11,840 --> 00:53:12,440
Speaker 1: two teams.

1175
00:53:13,440 --> 00:53:16,160
Speaker 6: Ready is a relative term for any time you're coming

1176
00:53:16,200 --> 00:53:16,640
Speaker 6: with an idea.

1177
00:53:16,719 --> 00:53:19,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, be about weary, but you're gonna lie.

1178
00:53:19,600 --> 00:53:21,600
Speaker 5: I'm about as ready as I could possibly be.

1179
00:53:22,920 --> 00:53:24,240
Speaker 3: You ask, I give you answers.

1180
00:53:25,160 --> 00:53:29,400
Speaker 1: You make it to the championship game in the Emirates Cup,

1181
00:53:30,000 --> 00:53:34,359
Speaker 1: the loser is guaranteed a playoff spot, the winner is

1182
00:53:34,440 --> 00:53:37,520
Speaker 1: guaranteed a top six finish. You go buy your record,

1183
00:53:37,560 --> 00:53:39,520
Speaker 1: and let's say your record is worse than six. You

1184
00:53:39,560 --> 00:53:42,240
Speaker 1: finish sixth, if you finish fourth or third, you finish

1185
00:53:42,239 --> 00:53:44,759
Speaker 1: your normal spot. But no matter what, if you win

1186
00:53:44,840 --> 00:53:48,120
Speaker 1: the Cup, you are guaranteed to be no lower than six.

1187
00:53:48,239 --> 00:53:51,840
Speaker 1: If you're the other championship team, you're guaranteed in the playoffs.

1188
00:53:51,880 --> 00:53:53,720
Speaker 1: Now you could be in the playing round as welleven

1189
00:53:53,840 --> 00:53:56,120
Speaker 1: depending on where your record is, but you're guaranteed to

1190
00:53:56,120 --> 00:53:57,719
Speaker 1: be in the playoffs. That's you do for the teams

1191
00:53:57,760 --> 00:53:58,279
Speaker 1: that make it to the.

1192
00:53:58,280 --> 00:54:02,640
Speaker 5: Championship, and it doesn't matter what your regular overall regular.

1193
00:54:02,320 --> 00:54:05,200
Speaker 6: Season record is, doesn't matter if you win the Cup.

1194
00:54:05,360 --> 00:54:09,720
Speaker 6: You win the Cup, you're essentially guaranteed a playoffs, guarantee,

1195
00:54:09,760 --> 00:54:11,600
Speaker 6: a Cuba tournament, the wind Rug.

1196
00:54:11,600 --> 00:54:14,360
Speaker 4: As you get in you can be sub five hundred anymore.

1197
00:54:14,400 --> 00:54:16,680
Speaker 4: At the back end of the bracket, winners guaranteed no

1198
00:54:16,800 --> 00:54:19,560
Speaker 4: lower than six. The losing team is guaranteed to at

1199
00:54:19,680 --> 00:54:21,200
Speaker 4: least make it into the play and round. And if

1200
00:54:21,200 --> 00:54:23,759
Speaker 4: you have a great record, obviously you're in the playoffs.

1201
00:54:23,760 --> 00:54:25,480
Speaker 4: But just you never know what could happen in the

1202
00:54:25,480 --> 00:54:27,799
Speaker 4: second half of the season with injuries and different things.

1203
00:54:27,880 --> 00:54:30,400
Speaker 4: But hey, you got to have some kind of spoils

1204
00:54:30,400 --> 00:54:32,680
Speaker 4: for winning the e Cup. It's a big deal. It's

1205
00:54:32,719 --> 00:54:34,799
Speaker 4: kind of like winning the Larry O'Brien Trophy. It's Jalen

1206
00:54:34,840 --> 00:54:37,680
Speaker 4: Brunson's first championship. So there you go.

1207
00:54:37,719 --> 00:54:39,480
Speaker 1: That's how you make it a little bit more stakes

1208
00:54:39,480 --> 00:54:40,360
Speaker 1: for everybody involved.

1209
00:54:41,440 --> 00:54:43,680
Speaker 5: It'll never happen, but it is an interesting though.

1210
00:54:44,040 --> 00:54:47,680
Speaker 1: Well you mean Jalen Brunchon's next championship or the playoff.

1211
00:54:48,640 --> 00:54:52,239
Speaker 6: The playoff thing, it's I mean, it is an interesting thought,

1212
00:54:52,239 --> 00:54:55,040
Speaker 6: and I think we're thinking along the same lines in

1213
00:54:55,120 --> 00:54:59,399
Speaker 6: terms of you want something meaning, really meaningful, where you go, oh, man,

1214
00:54:59,560 --> 00:55:03,439
Speaker 6: like we should play go try to win this, I mean,

1215
00:55:03,880 --> 00:55:10,520
Speaker 6: and that that would do it. I just what I do.

1216
00:55:10,640 --> 00:55:14,040
Speaker 5: What I don't know is what kind of impact.

1217
00:55:13,719 --> 00:55:17,240
Speaker 6: That has on the meaning of the regular season games

1218
00:55:17,280 --> 00:55:20,759
Speaker 6: for that team. Then, so in a big picture, you

1219
00:55:20,800 --> 00:55:25,120
Speaker 6: have more teams vying for the NBA Cup with everything

1220
00:55:25,200 --> 00:55:27,279
Speaker 6: that they that that that they have.

1221
00:55:27,880 --> 00:55:29,839
Speaker 5: On the other hand, the team that wins the.

1222
00:55:29,800 --> 00:55:32,440
Speaker 6: Cup like, we don't have to do anything for the

1223
00:55:32,520 --> 00:55:34,800
Speaker 6: rest of the year if we don't want Yeah.

1224
00:55:34,440 --> 00:55:37,400
Speaker 4: So I got baseball after the eighty strike, right if

1225
00:55:37,440 --> 00:55:38,520
Speaker 4: you won the first half?

1226
00:55:39,320 --> 00:55:44,440
Speaker 6: Yeah, And now I'm understanding why Jason came up with

1227
00:55:44,480 --> 00:55:45,640
Speaker 6: this and why I got that.

1228
00:55:46,400 --> 00:55:49,600
Speaker 4: Yeah, well, he kept looking at the sideline to make

1229
00:55:49,640 --> 00:55:52,840
Speaker 4: sure that they didn't give Jalen Brunson accidentally the Larry

1230
00:55:52,840 --> 00:55:54,839
Speaker 4: O'Brien right now, because he'd be like, I.

1231
00:55:54,760 --> 00:55:56,560
Speaker 1: Don't have to give this back. We're the champs.

1232
00:55:56,880 --> 00:55:57,200
Speaker 3: That's it.

1233
00:55:57,239 --> 00:55:59,319
Speaker 1: Basically the the champs. I mean basically they're already the

1234
00:55:59,360 --> 00:56:00,399
Speaker 1: champs matter.

1235
00:56:00,800 --> 00:56:04,160
Speaker 6: See. See this is why you can't give good things

1236
00:56:04,200 --> 00:56:05,200
Speaker 6: to a New York Nick fan.

1237
00:56:05,400 --> 00:56:08,239
Speaker 1: You just can't. They did actually give him.

1238
00:56:08,640 --> 00:56:11,440
Speaker 6: You give him an inch and they take forty miles.

1239
00:56:11,760 --> 00:56:16,400
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's right. Come on, man, Spike Lee is on

1240
00:56:16,480 --> 00:56:19,200
Speaker 3: the set right now. It's fantastic, Rick, this is it.

1241
00:56:19,440 --> 00:56:22,440
Speaker 3: This may be the only championship I ever get to celebrate.

1242
00:56:22,520 --> 00:56:23,840
Speaker 3: This is the only one.

1243
00:56:24,320 --> 00:56:27,879
Speaker 5: Yeah, which is fine, So relish to this, but.

1244
00:56:27,840 --> 00:56:31,560
Speaker 6: Don't like immediately go to and we're getting the Larry O'Brien.

1245
00:56:31,800 --> 00:56:36,840
Speaker 1: Oh. Two trophies for Jalen brunts in this NBA season,

1246
00:56:37,280 --> 00:56:41,840
Speaker 1: actually three, the Emirates Cup, the MVP Trophy, and the

1247
00:56:41,920 --> 00:56:46,480
Speaker 1: Larry O'Brien Trophy. Three trophies for Jalen Brunson. And he's

1248
00:56:46,520 --> 00:56:49,080
Speaker 1: on Twitter at Reck Buker, that is at Rick Buker.

1249
00:56:49,400 --> 00:56:52,279
Speaker 1: Rick is always buddy, appreciate it, my friend, We'll talk

1250
00:56:52,320 --> 00:56:53,120
Speaker 1: to you. Have a great night.

1251
00:56:53,719 --> 00:56:54,600
Speaker 6: Trappaccinos. Yo.

1252
00:56:55,920 --> 00:57:01,279
Speaker 1: See Rick spike Lee is sitting in Dirk Novinski's chair

1253
00:57:01,400 --> 00:57:03,440
Speaker 1: right now, how about that? And it looks really awkward

1254
00:57:03,480 --> 00:57:06,280
Speaker 1: because you know, everybody is really tall and he isn't.

1255
00:57:06,520 --> 00:57:09,520
Speaker 1: And Dirk is standing behind spike Lee and Dirk looks

1256
00:57:09,520 --> 00:57:12,000
Speaker 1: like he's eleven feet tall like this, That.

1257
00:57:12,400 --> 00:57:14,360
Speaker 2: Is not John Cena.

1258
00:57:15,000 --> 00:57:17,360
Speaker 1: Taylor Rooks is sitting to his right. She looks like

1259
00:57:17,400 --> 00:57:21,760
Speaker 1: she's eight feet tall. Relative It is a Knicks championship.

1260
00:57:21,760 --> 00:57:24,840
Speaker 1: And about that again, the first of three trophies for

1261
00:57:24,920 --> 00:57:27,840
Speaker 1: Jalen Brunson this season. Time now to find out what's

1262
00:57:27,840 --> 00:57:29,640
Speaker 1: trending in the wide world of sports. Who had been

1263
00:57:29,680 --> 00:57:32,680
Speaker 1: Knicks laying the points? It's Isaac Lohenkron.

1264
00:57:33,120 --> 00:57:37,440
Speaker 8: Indeed, that is our dominant story. Indeed, Jason and Mike

1265
00:57:37,520 --> 00:57:41,200
Speaker 8: and the NBA Cup Championship game in Vegas, the New

1266
00:57:41,280 --> 00:57:44,919
Speaker 8: York Knicks defeated the San Antonio Spurs one twenty four

1267
00:57:45,000 --> 00:57:47,800
Speaker 8: to one thirteen. And guys, here was the call. As

1268
00:57:47,840 --> 00:57:50,600
Speaker 8: the final seconds ticked away, the Knicks.

1269
00:57:50,320 --> 00:57:52,040
Speaker 1: Dribble out the last ten.

1270
00:57:53,680 --> 00:57:58,640
Speaker 3: The New York Knicks are key Cup champions, Give them.

1271
00:57:58,480 --> 00:58:01,640
Speaker 1: Malari O'Brien trophy, give them everything they need.

1272
00:58:01,760 --> 00:58:05,520
Speaker 3: They are the champs, making one championship for Jalen Brunchon.

1273
00:58:05,680 --> 00:58:08,439
Speaker 8: It's right up there with Marv Albert calling Willis Reed

1274
00:58:08,520 --> 00:58:10,080
Speaker 8: in Game seven, as far as i'm.

1275
00:58:10,200 --> 00:58:13,840
Speaker 3: He was standing up in the studio and the Knicks

1276
00:58:13,880 --> 00:58:18,640
Speaker 3: with yet another championship here years after the last time

1277
00:58:18,680 --> 00:58:21,200
Speaker 3: they lost to the Spurs because they couldn't win more

1278
00:58:21,240 --> 00:58:24,960
Speaker 3: than one game with Patrick ewing out with a torn achilles.

1279
00:58:25,160 --> 00:58:27,640
Speaker 1: I'm going back to nineteen ninety nine.

1280
00:58:27,680 --> 00:58:30,840
Speaker 8: Hey, Latrell Spreewell was awesome in Game five of that series,

1281
00:58:30,920 --> 00:58:35,040
Speaker 8: thirty five points, dueling with Tim Duncan. You had Charlie

1282
00:58:35,040 --> 00:58:37,520
Speaker 8: Ward throwing that last second in bounds.

1283
00:58:37,280 --> 00:58:39,600
Speaker 1: Pass, He missed that layup at the very end, latroll

1284
00:58:39,680 --> 00:58:39,960
Speaker 1: s free.

1285
00:58:40,000 --> 00:58:43,200
Speaker 8: Well, yeah, they get their revenge tonight over the Spurs.

1286
00:58:43,200 --> 00:58:46,040
Speaker 8: Spurs actually led this game ninety four eighty nine after

1287
00:58:46,160 --> 00:58:48,320
Speaker 8: three quarters, but the Knicks outscored him of the fourth

1288
00:58:48,400 --> 00:58:52,480
Speaker 8: quarter thirty five to nineteen. Og Nanobi led the Necks

1289
00:58:52,520 --> 00:58:54,880
Speaker 8: with twenty eight points. No word yet on whether New

1290
00:58:54,960 --> 00:58:57,880
Speaker 8: York City plans to have a ticker tape parade to

1291
00:58:57,960 --> 00:59:01,400
Speaker 8: celebrate the Knicks Cup triumph. However, it is expected that

1292
00:59:01,560 --> 00:59:05,160
Speaker 8: New York City Rats will be parading across subway platforms

1293
00:59:05,480 --> 00:59:06,320
Speaker 8: in celebration.

1294
00:59:06,440 --> 00:59:09,560
Speaker 1: Already out da data stop trains in every direction like

1295
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Speaker 1: it's a taking a fellow one.

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