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Speaker 1: I don't think they haven't anywhere he has to go.

425
00:23:40,080 --> 00:23:44,560
Speaker 1: They have to get the right deal, that's all that matters.

426
00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:48,240
Speaker 1: And plus you don't want to see him Kyrie over

427
00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:52,040
Speaker 1: to a team media conference. Sure, you don't want you know,

428
00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:57,240
Speaker 1: they don't want to. Yeah, and they've already done that

429
00:23:57,359 --> 00:24:01,240
Speaker 1: with Philly and the James had he see Yeah, and

430
00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:06,920
Speaker 1: so they I'm trying to do that. Yeah, and I

431
00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:09,239
Speaker 1: think he would be sent back west. And that that's why,

432
00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:12,000
Speaker 1: you know, look at the Dallas mavericks Um, you look

433
00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:14,560
Speaker 1: at the phoenix size of Los Angeles lers. For sure,

434
00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:16,680
Speaker 1: the Lakers have been a team that's been talking with

435
00:24:17,119 --> 00:24:18,720
Speaker 1: the brook that that doesn't feel like for about a

436
00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:22,880
Speaker 1: year already about this about Kyrie. So it just seems

437
00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:27,920
Speaker 1: like this is the closest, the closest we've been chest

438
00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:32,399
Speaker 1: seeing the potential, you know, seeing potentially Tyree Dot in

439
00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:37,080
Speaker 1: a liquor's uniform. So here's my thought process. The reason

440
00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:38,639
Speaker 1: why they wouldn't want to do it because perhaps in

441
00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:40,240
Speaker 1: their mind they don't want to meet him in the finals,

442
00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:42,360
Speaker 1: but they would have to beat they'd have to beat

443
00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:46,840
Speaker 1: a long way away look at me with Dreamy. But

444
00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:52,560
Speaker 1: but that's why, that's why the contract offer being tied

445
00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:56,160
Speaker 1: to a chair hap ship. That's why it's so insulting

446
00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:58,399
Speaker 1: because you know, you know, I talked to a lot

447
00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:00,840
Speaker 1: of players, you know, in that in that locker room.

448
00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:04,520
Speaker 1: They don't believe that right now, how they're a symbol

449
00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:09,639
Speaker 1: that they're a championship. You know, there's some pieces that

450
00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:13,480
Speaker 1: need to be out Ben Simmons, namely, what's his usual

451
00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:17,040
Speaker 1: question mark? Ye, they'd have to get past other teams

452
00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:18,760
Speaker 1: in the East to even get to that level. And

453
00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:20,600
Speaker 1: are they better than other teams in the East? Are

454
00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:23,280
Speaker 1: they better than the Celtics? Are they better than exactly?

455
00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:25,879
Speaker 1: So that's what that's why, that's why it makes it

456
00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:29,719
Speaker 1: soul insulting that that the Ads an a layer to it. Okay,

457
00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:33,600
Speaker 1: so before Kyrie came in and blew up a free

458
00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:36,399
Speaker 1: agency or excuse me, NBAH trade deadline, I would like

459
00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:39,879
Speaker 1: to talk about what the Lakers were thinking they were

460
00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:41,760
Speaker 1: going to do. What are the reports of this Zach

461
00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:45,159
Speaker 1: Levine and sin Lonzo light skin regime? Coming back to

462
00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:48,800
Speaker 1: what is the report? I didn't want the light skins,

463
00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:51,560
Speaker 1: but I was that a fair deal in your in

464
00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:53,760
Speaker 1: your opinion when they were saying this could be what

465
00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:58,680
Speaker 1: it looks like? Uh with the team like as constructor

466
00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:02,119
Speaker 1: right now? Yeah, with the Lakers, No, So I was

467
00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:04,080
Speaker 1: always told they were going to make a letter move

468
00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:07,240
Speaker 1: and the you know what we spt hearing is you

469
00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:10,760
Speaker 1: know they're knocking on the Detroit Pistons door about um Bogdanovitch,

470
00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:14,840
Speaker 1: you know that sniper shooter, you know parents and with

471
00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:18,320
Speaker 1: the Pistons right now, adding a quality shooter is a

472
00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:22,480
Speaker 1: premium right now. The Detroit Yeah, we're we're hearing that.

473
00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:25,280
Speaker 1: Then you know they won't let him go for at

474
00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:29,960
Speaker 1: least a unprotected first round pick. But the Lakers have

475
00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:32,639
Speaker 1: just been trying to hold steady. Rob polgo was called man.

476
00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:37,400
Speaker 1: I've talked to pretty much every single Simulinity and Rob

477
00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:41,159
Speaker 1: Polikas has called them at least once, just trying to

478
00:26:41,359 --> 00:26:45,359
Speaker 1: figure out what they're trying to do. Who's available. So

479
00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:47,600
Speaker 1: he's doing his job. I know Plinkett gets a lot

480
00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:50,119
Speaker 1: of flak. People said he's just sitting on and shipping

481
00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:53,120
Speaker 1: on his ass, But he's doing his job. I think

482
00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:56,359
Speaker 1: right now, you know, I would have thought if this

483
00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:59,200
Speaker 1: Kyrie didn't come into play, you know, I think you're

484
00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:01,879
Speaker 1: looking at potential Malik Beasley move, you know, bringing it

485
00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:04,960
Speaker 1: because they need to shoot Malik Beasley. But Danovitch, you

486
00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:07,639
Speaker 1: know guys like that, So I know a guy I

487
00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:11,520
Speaker 1: know players like that probably wouldn't have made the splash

488
00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:14,800
Speaker 1: that Laker fans are hoping for. But it definitely would

489
00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:17,000
Speaker 1: have been a good complimentary piece. And I like the

490
00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:20,520
Speaker 1: addition to I think he's, you know, a really good

491
00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:22,800
Speaker 1: key special. I think he could see he can fit

492
00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:25,120
Speaker 1: right in. I don't know you, but what I've seen

493
00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:28,400
Speaker 1: this car makes sense. We need some we need fundamentals,

494
00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:31,280
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. He's looking good and he's

495
00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:35,879
Speaker 1: you need we need some. And I act like I'm

496
00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:37,760
Speaker 1: in the front office. I everyone knows I am a

497
00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:39,600
Speaker 1: dire like your fan. I do not care. I will

498
00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:41,280
Speaker 1: talk about it till I'm blow in the face, but

499
00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:43,879
Speaker 1: I am reasonable. I didn't see us doing much, and

500
00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:45,680
Speaker 1: I didn't like the struggle against the Knicks, but I

501
00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:47,399
Speaker 1: know the Knicks got up to play. Is when I'm like,

502
00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:53,000
Speaker 1: this is ridiculous. Whatever is happening out there is ridiculous.

503
00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:57,320
Speaker 1: Um So, so you what you have said twice, maybe

504
00:27:57,359 --> 00:28:00,080
Speaker 1: even three times. We don't like Roberlika. He's trending the

505
00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:03,080
Speaker 1: other day, but you say he's doing his due diligence.

506
00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:05,920
Speaker 1: You believe that he has been doing the work. Yeah

507
00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:09,560
Speaker 1: your name, Yeah, yeah, I mean the results that doesn't

508
00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:12,640
Speaker 1: always tell the you know, the truth, the whole truth.

509
00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:15,560
Speaker 1: You know it takes it always takes two teams to

510
00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:20,240
Speaker 1: get a deal done, but he's definitely Cavis And yeah,

511
00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:22,639
Speaker 1: that's why you hear. That's why you hear. You know

512
00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:26,439
Speaker 1: a lot of Laker rumors are reports getting out because

513
00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:28,600
Speaker 1: you know, he's making a lot of calls and talking

514
00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:30,800
Speaker 1: to a lot of people, and so a lot of times,

515
00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:33,199
Speaker 1: a lot of teams kind of know a little bit

516
00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:35,680
Speaker 1: of what the Lakers are trying to do, and that's

517
00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:39,240
Speaker 1: how that stuff leads. Well, then here's my other question,

518
00:28:39,280 --> 00:28:42,320
Speaker 1: because I don't believe everyone's off of him right. The

519
00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:47,440
Speaker 1: whole tar the Rosen Russell Westbrook situation just made everybody upset.

520
00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:49,480
Speaker 1: It was like, what is going on? How dare you

521
00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:53,560
Speaker 1: want to get that? It was? And and and everyone's

522
00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:56,120
Speaker 1: like I wanted tomar that was and everyone's blaming Rob.

523
00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:58,560
Speaker 1: I don't believe that that it was just Rob's decision.

524
00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:00,280
Speaker 1: But I think Rob made a huge mistake and I

525
00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:03,040
Speaker 1: don't Also, I will say this, I don't think Tomorrow

526
00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:05,440
Speaker 1: would have played as well home for whatever reasons. I

527
00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:06,920
Speaker 1: just don't believe he would have. I think it would

528
00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:09,320
Speaker 1: have been a different scenario. Well, who knows, I could

529
00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:14,760
Speaker 1: be wrong. Um, I just feel like playing at home.

530
00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:17,080
Speaker 1: There are a lot of different things that come into play,

531
00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:20,280
Speaker 1: and when you play free, um, it's it's good. And

532
00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:22,680
Speaker 1: he fit into assistant that really works for him. I

533
00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:24,880
Speaker 1: think Kyrie has played with Lebron before. He knows what

534
00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:27,720
Speaker 1: it comes to, what it takes. I think he appreciates

535
00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:30,000
Speaker 1: it more than anybody he ever played with before. I

536
00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:32,480
Speaker 1: do believe that after spending his time looking to hang

537
00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:35,120
Speaker 1: out with others, he realized, come back home because it

538
00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:36,760
Speaker 1: feels good, you know what I mean? Like you, you

539
00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:39,360
Speaker 1: don't know what's going, what's missing until it's gone. Right. Then,

540
00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:44,760
Speaker 1: what did he say? What did he say? He said

541
00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:47,000
Speaker 1: he made a mistake and requesting to trade out of Cleveland.

542
00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:50,200
Speaker 1: He said that he was y'all and he didn't appreciate

543
00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:54,000
Speaker 1: what he had at that time. And you know, can

544
00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:59,480
Speaker 1: we trust so material? Can we trust that a pot

545
00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:02,640
Speaker 1: of some some stage on in crypto because he's mad

546
00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:04,920
Speaker 1: at Lebron one day, Like, can't we trust that? I

547
00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:09,280
Speaker 1: want Kyrie, but I don't trust his mood swings. I

548
00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:11,959
Speaker 1: don't trust his mood swings that I heal one day

549
00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:13,800
Speaker 1: it's like it's a summer soulstice and he doesn't want

550
00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:17,200
Speaker 1: to play now. Mind you, this was before I was

551
00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:18,880
Speaker 1: talking so bad about him, and I'm standing on the

552
00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:21,440
Speaker 1: record on this same very podcast saying I don't want him.

553
00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:23,120
Speaker 1: I don't want him. Here here I am a year later,

554
00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:29,320
Speaker 1: Like looks good to me, That's all I'm this. Yeah, yeah,

555
00:30:29,320 --> 00:30:33,360
Speaker 1: I'm just as smecial. Yeah. I think you can not

556
00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:36,480
Speaker 1: trust them but still want him. And I think that's

557
00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:38,920
Speaker 1: a lot of liquor fans find themselves in, Like, IM

558
00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:41,640
Speaker 1: don't trust I don't trust Kyrie. Bring him over? Wait

559
00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:44,840
Speaker 1: a second, bring him over? Who who's single? Who has

560
00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:46,560
Speaker 1: not dealt with that? If not tweeve hours a day,

561
00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:49,200
Speaker 1: seven days a week. You're like, trust her, but I'm

562
00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:53,840
Speaker 1: a data still her, but I don't trust her? Ask him?

563
00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:59,520
Speaker 1: But yeah, it's the same relationship that he's not. How dude,

564
00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:01,200
Speaker 1: you like, you ready to risk it all for but

565
00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:02,840
Speaker 1: you know it's gonna be a disaster, but you're still

566
00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:06,760
Speaker 1: gonna do it. Yeah, it doesn't make sense, but it

567
00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:10,960
Speaker 1: makes complete sense, okay in your opinion, And not that

568
00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:12,960
Speaker 1: you can predict or that you know, But do you

569
00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:15,560
Speaker 1: think the Lakers in and the next can get a

570
00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:17,760
Speaker 1: deal done? And Russell goes over there and plays and

571
00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:22,320
Speaker 1: reunites with Russell, plays with Kevin Durant. They hate each other,

572
00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:24,680
Speaker 1: So there's that doesn't even seem like a feasibility right there.

573
00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:28,080
Speaker 1: Not friends anymore. I think they know they're they're cool.

574
00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:31,400
Speaker 1: I think they can I think they can't say it

575
00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:34,800
Speaker 1: together like God, sure I would need I wouldn't need

576
00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:37,960
Speaker 1: another day or tune that, just like check in with

577
00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:42,600
Speaker 1: these teams to see, like how serious this is, how

578
00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:46,000
Speaker 1: close it is before I determine if I think the

579
00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:50,320
Speaker 1: Lakers have a shot of getting Kyrie. I know they

580
00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:53,280
Speaker 1: have a shot because they've been talking for you know,

581
00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:56,800
Speaker 1: ever since June of last year. I would just say

582
00:31:56,880 --> 00:31:58,920
Speaker 1: things like, if you're a Laker fan, I would just say,

583
00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:02,920
Speaker 1: this is be this this latest development that Kyrie has

584
00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:05,800
Speaker 1: done a request and trade. I would say, it's definitely

585
00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:07,920
Speaker 1: good news for the Lakers. But I just don't know

586
00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:10,560
Speaker 1: how close that it is right now? Yeah, how close

587
00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:13,120
Speaker 1: it is, how it's feasible. But can we get there?

588
00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:17,200
Speaker 1: It's a question, um I I I ask you, where

589
00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:20,160
Speaker 1: else does he go? What other what other possibility, what

590
00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:24,320
Speaker 1: other team in the league? Perhaps out West has enough assets, uh,

591
00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:26,920
Speaker 1: and it's more attractive for the Brooklyn Nets. What's the

592
00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:30,320
Speaker 1: competition for the Lakers because you said there are only

593
00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:34,400
Speaker 1: a few teams ready to Yeah, there there, there's the

594
00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:38,040
Speaker 1: asset part and then there it's just like the teams

595
00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:42,680
Speaker 1: that have the foundation in place to bring on Kyrie.

596
00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:46,080
Speaker 1: When I mean foundation, just have the leadership, you know,

597
00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:52,120
Speaker 1: in the organization. So Dallas Mavericks, the Phoenix Suze, I'm

598
00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:55,760
Speaker 1: one team that I'm kind to I'm kind of I

599
00:32:55,840 --> 00:32:58,040
Speaker 1: need to check in on. Is the Miami Heat. I

600
00:32:58,080 --> 00:33:00,720
Speaker 1: know that's in the East, but they were a rumored

601
00:33:00,760 --> 00:33:06,000
Speaker 1: to have some level of interest back in June with Kyrie.

602
00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:09,000
Speaker 1: I want to see have have things changed since then?

603
00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:11,520
Speaker 1: It and Carl Lowry has not not been playing well

604
00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:13,520
Speaker 1: over there in Miami. I know they're trying to look

605
00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:17,560
Speaker 1: at ways of upgrading that point guard position. But as

606
00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:23,960
Speaker 1: a right now concrete all we know is the Lakers, Mavericks,

607
00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:28,800
Speaker 1: and the Phoenix Suns. But I definitely expect not to change.

608
00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:30,640
Speaker 1: I expect a few more teams to get out of

609
00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:32,800
Speaker 1: in and that's where I got it, you know, I

610
00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:34,400
Speaker 1: have to get on those phones and make those calls

611
00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:36,800
Speaker 1: and see what's real. And that's another team that you

612
00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:39,600
Speaker 1: point out good point by Chris Haynes Here, Miami is

613
00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:42,200
Speaker 1: always trying to be in the conversation. They really are.

614
00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:45,680
Speaker 1: It's such a he's such a competitor. He's not like

615
00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:47,800
Speaker 1: let's just wait, He's like, let's just do it, let's go.

616
00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:50,440
Speaker 1: But Jordan tells the best stories of how that man

617
00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:53,160
Speaker 1: hawked him and chased him down on a Hawaiian vacation

618
00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:54,680
Speaker 1: talking about do you want to come play for us?

619
00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:59,320
Speaker 1: And that right said, the right of my sad boy

620
00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:02,600
Speaker 1: stopped believing me. Note under my door bind me and

621
00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:06,080
Speaker 1: my wife are on deac, you know what I mean. Um,

622
00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:08,680
Speaker 1: So a lot of times, a lot of times Pat

623
00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:12,680
Speaker 1: does things out of spite, just to make sure, for sure,

624
00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:15,239
Speaker 1: for sure. And that's how I feel like a lot

625
00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:16,719
Speaker 1: of the people in the league are with the Lakers,

626
00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:18,840
Speaker 1: like they love to see us not doing well. But

627
00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:20,640
Speaker 1: also at the same time, it's good for the league

628
00:34:20,680 --> 00:34:22,120
Speaker 1: to have the Lakers doing well. It's good for the

629
00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:24,840
Speaker 1: league to have Lebron doing well. Like this is a business.

630
00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:28,200
Speaker 1: Um but who knows. With that being said, if you

631
00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:30,400
Speaker 1: had to make a prediction, we're fast forwarding to the

632
00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:34,640
Speaker 1: trade deadline is February seventh. That's Tuesday, correct, February the

633
00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:38,279
Speaker 1: night February night, Thursday. So we have a lot of time,

634
00:34:38,360 --> 00:34:40,600
Speaker 1: we have we have a lot of time. Kyrie could

635
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Speaker 1: change his mind. Kyrie could be like, never mind, I

636
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Speaker 1: like it here, we got the right work. Well, hold

637
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:48,120
Speaker 1: on one thing about Kyrie. He sticks to his guns.

638
00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:50,440
Speaker 1: So you don't think he'll change his mind. This is

639
00:34:50,560 --> 00:34:56,160
Speaker 1: his decision. I don't see Kyrie no good of good

640
00:34:56,200 --> 00:35:00,759
Speaker 1: of worse. Kylie sticks to his guns. And so this

641
00:35:01,080 --> 00:35:04,200
Speaker 1: was a moment. This was a move that they had planned, like,

642
00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:07,960
Speaker 1: they had steps in place. If the Nets didn't come

643
00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:10,279
Speaker 1: back with an extension, or if they didn't come back

644
00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:12,960
Speaker 1: with a reasonable extension, this was their next play. They

645
00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:15,040
Speaker 1: were prepared for this this, So this is not something

646
00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:20,040
Speaker 1: like off the whim like. This was a premeditated plan

647
00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:23,839
Speaker 1: of attack. And there by the Nets they said, we're

648
00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:26,200
Speaker 1: gonna offer him this. We know how he is nine

649
00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:28,279
Speaker 1: times out of ten, or maybe eight times out of ten,

650
00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:30,440
Speaker 1: he's not going to accept this. We'll move on to

651
00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:36,640
Speaker 1: the next phase. Well, i'm speaking on kyrie step plan.

652
00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:39,600
Speaker 1: His plan was. If they didn't do this, you know,

653
00:35:39,640 --> 00:35:42,200
Speaker 1: I don't I'm not speaking on the nets um, but

654
00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:47,600
Speaker 1: I think the Nets obviously knew that Kyrie would act

655
00:35:47,640 --> 00:35:50,440
Speaker 1: a certain way when they presented the offer the way

656
00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:53,719
Speaker 1: that they did, with the stipulations that they had. I

657
00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:57,040
Speaker 1: don't know that they expected a trade request. I can't.

658
00:35:57,320 --> 00:36:00,440
Speaker 1: I can't tell you that, but they definitely knew that

659
00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:03,200
Speaker 1: he was He wasn't going up, he wasn't gonna like it.

660
00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:06,160
Speaker 1: And maybe they also thought here and maybe they also

661
00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:10,480
Speaker 1: thought that with everything that Kyrie has been through, that

662
00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:14,160
Speaker 1: he will feel obbergated to play the season out to

663
00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:18,120
Speaker 1: show everybody he can go off, you know, the majority

664
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Speaker 1: of season without any controversy. Maybe I felt that, but

665
00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:26,080
Speaker 1: this is you know, and he he said, sorry, God,

666
00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:30,080
Speaker 1: damn it, he's my friend. He's sorry times trying to

667
00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:32,200
Speaker 1: take that man's dignity. I'm not with it. And this

668
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:35,720
Speaker 1: is why he's more. I'm much more empathetic towards Kyrie

669
00:36:35,840 --> 00:36:38,080
Speaker 1: after what he went through. First I was like, Kyrie,

670
00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:40,600
Speaker 1: chill out, don't dig in your heels. But we are

671
00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:43,680
Speaker 1: also allowed to change our opinions, much like Kyrie. And

672
00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:46,120
Speaker 1: then after I saw him apollo and then apologize again,

673
00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:48,759
Speaker 1: I was like, enough with it, the stipulations, you know

674
00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:52,520
Speaker 1: what I'm saying. And this is separate. This is separate

675
00:36:52,560 --> 00:36:54,759
Speaker 1: from all of that. This is business. This is this

676
00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:58,360
Speaker 1: is business. Don't don't conflate the two issues. This is business.

677
00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:00,480
Speaker 1: And people are like, oh, I don't want Kyrie's toxic,

678
00:37:00,560 --> 00:37:02,439
Speaker 1: and I'm like, shut up, we want to win something.

679
00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:05,200
Speaker 1: Pass me to rock. You might want to hear that

680
00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:11,600
Speaker 1: right now, your friends ridiculous. Other people's telling you. We're

681
00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:15,200
Speaker 1: still the other people telling y'all never just draft, don't talent.

682
00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:23,280
Speaker 1: We drafted Kobe, we drafted Magic. But yes, you drafted.

683
00:37:25,360 --> 00:37:30,080
Speaker 1: We built. He belonged to us. And by the way,

684
00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:33,239
Speaker 1: players don't stay with teams anymore. We tried to do

685
00:37:33,360 --> 00:37:37,080
Speaker 1: that with Alonso. He wasn't ready, his father, his head, mentally,

686
00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:38,960
Speaker 1: he wasn't ready. That's why I said playing at home

687
00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:41,960
Speaker 1: is a huge responsibility. This is my thought process on

688
00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:43,879
Speaker 1: these players who come from l A and they play here.

689
00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:46,720
Speaker 1: You look at Russ Russe is already on the clip anyway,

690
00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:49,440
Speaker 1: but on the cliff anyway. But playing in front of

691
00:37:49,520 --> 00:37:52,200
Speaker 1: your hometown and not doing well really does and something

692
00:37:52,280 --> 00:37:53,840
Speaker 1: in your mind that you wouldn't even know, like I

693
00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:56,839
Speaker 1: could even imagine, right and dealing with what he was having,

694
00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:58,680
Speaker 1: what he has to deal with or what he had

695
00:37:58,920 --> 00:38:02,680
Speaker 1: to deal with, saying on top of on top of

696
00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:07,360
Speaker 1: player at home and player with Lebron like that brings

697
00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:09,839
Speaker 1: it play it out. Nope, not just playing at home,

698
00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:14,320
Speaker 1: playing at home, playing for the Lakers and playing with Lebron.

699
00:38:14,719 --> 00:38:17,520
Speaker 1: Every champion and carry Champion is to be a Champion

700
00:38:17,680 --> 00:38:20,960
Speaker 1: of Champion and carry Chappion and carry Chapion the Champion

701
00:38:21,040 --> 00:38:24,239
Speaker 1: and carry Chappion and carry Chappion and sports, and then

702
00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:32,680
Speaker 1: the taming connect it. Every Champion, they carry chappions to

703
00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:37,080
Speaker 1: be a champion, the Champion, they carry Champion, Champion, they

704
00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:40,680
Speaker 1: carry Champion, they carry Chappion Sports, and then the taming

705
00:38:40,719 --> 00:38:45,160
Speaker 1: can make it war. It's a pressure, It's an expectation.

706
00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:48,520
Speaker 1: It is it is h it is a responsibility that

707
00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:51,080
Speaker 1: you putting yourself. If not an obligation, and if you

708
00:38:51,239 --> 00:38:53,680
Speaker 1: aren't mentally built for this, or if your game isn't right,

709
00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:56,279
Speaker 1: if you can't if you want to be dug in

710
00:38:56,719 --> 00:38:59,040
Speaker 1: like a lot of these players are, and I don't

711
00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:01,360
Speaker 1: need to change my game or fine, you see what happens,

712
00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:04,680
Speaker 1: and so I I don't. I don't believe it. It

713
00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:08,160
Speaker 1: sounds crazy. I'm not a believer of people who are

714
00:39:08,239 --> 00:39:10,239
Speaker 1: born and raised here playing here, Like I just I

715
00:39:10,280 --> 00:39:12,560
Speaker 1: feel there's something about it. I just I just I

716
00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:15,799
Speaker 1: the track record. I can't think of a player born

717
00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:17,880
Speaker 1: and raised here in Los Angeles playing for the Lakers

718
00:39:17,960 --> 00:39:19,719
Speaker 1: that has done well, Which is why I believe Paul

719
00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:21,360
Speaker 1: George didn't go to the Lakers, which is why I

720
00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:24,520
Speaker 1: believe Kyrie, like Kauai didn't go to the Lakers of

721
00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:27,200
Speaker 1: not wanting to play with Lebron. I under I think

722
00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:30,160
Speaker 1: they understand it, and they've been able to sit there.

723
00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:32,360
Speaker 1: If they were with the Lakers, they couldn't sit under that.

724
00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:36,560
Speaker 1: No pressure, no chip guideline. Right, there is not any

725
00:39:36,680 --> 00:39:39,200
Speaker 1: pressure on the Clippers. No pressure on Kauai. He already

726
00:39:39,239 --> 00:39:41,120
Speaker 1: did it for Toronto. He didn't need it, No pressure

727
00:39:41,200 --> 00:39:43,400
Speaker 1: on Paul. The billboards that they put up, all the

728
00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:46,560
Speaker 1: expectations great, but there's still no real pressure. Am I wrong?

729
00:39:47,040 --> 00:39:49,440
Speaker 1: Like the Clippers is not like y'all gotta win now,

730
00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:52,040
Speaker 1: y'all got these guys, y'all gotta Do you feel that way?

731
00:39:52,840 --> 00:39:55,840
Speaker 1: That's an interesting observation, Carrec I don't. I don't know.

732
00:39:56,320 --> 00:39:59,520
Speaker 1: I don't. I don't know that because now you're asking

733
00:39:59,560 --> 00:40:04,880
Speaker 1: me the say, if you're asking me if Kauai or

734
00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:09,560
Speaker 1: Paul yours we're too intimidated to play under the bright

735
00:40:09,800 --> 00:40:12,120
Speaker 1: light for the Los Angeles Lakers. I don't know that

736
00:40:12,200 --> 00:40:14,040
Speaker 1: I can say that. I can't. I can't say that

737
00:40:15,280 --> 00:40:19,680
Speaker 1: Kauai of all people like I definitely I don't think

738
00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:23,080
Speaker 1: Kauai cares about the pressure. But there is a reason

739
00:40:23,719 --> 00:40:26,880
Speaker 1: why he didn't choose the Lakers. There's something more to

740
00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:30,279
Speaker 1: it than what we're exploring. Why wouldn't he go to

741
00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:32,520
Speaker 1: the Lakers? He didn't want to play with one? Perhaps

742
00:40:32,680 --> 00:40:34,640
Speaker 1: hold on, hold on, hold on, don't you know? But

743
00:40:34,760 --> 00:40:37,319
Speaker 1: you okay, Let's let's flip this on another side. Why

744
00:40:37,440 --> 00:40:41,000
Speaker 1: not go play for the Clippers because it's j V

745
00:40:42,239 --> 00:40:47,640
Speaker 1: because because there is that's the problem with you, Laker. Yeah,

746
00:40:47,640 --> 00:40:52,040
Speaker 1: I think the Lakers on the one out there we

747
00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:54,960
Speaker 1: are Why do you Why would why the Clippers need

748
00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:58,000
Speaker 1: to be in Orange County, perhaps in San Diego, just

749
00:40:58,120 --> 00:41:00,239
Speaker 1: like the Chargers can't even make any headway. It's like

750
00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:02,440
Speaker 1: that you still call them the San Diego Chargers when

751
00:41:02,480 --> 00:41:05,239
Speaker 1: they really are the Los Angeles Chargers. The Rams thing

752
00:41:06,080 --> 00:41:08,520
Speaker 1: and this is really Raiders territory. If we're keeping in

753
00:41:08,600 --> 00:41:10,640
Speaker 1: a bug like it was the Raiders house. It was

754
00:41:10,719 --> 00:41:13,600
Speaker 1: the Raiders Airbnb when they came to play the Rams.

755
00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:16,840
Speaker 1: If we're being on and so my point being is

756
00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:19,000
Speaker 1: that go find a solid fan base where you can

757
00:41:19,080 --> 00:41:22,520
Speaker 1: build up elsewhere and people believe in you. It doesn't

758
00:41:22,560 --> 00:41:25,160
Speaker 1: make any sense to me, like why are you sharing

759
00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:29,360
Speaker 1: an arena with a team that has seventeen chips and

760
00:41:29,480 --> 00:41:35,080
Speaker 1: you don't have any area they're building. That's great, Go

761
00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:38,520
Speaker 1: ahead and take all your regular seats and wins. Go

762
00:41:38,560 --> 00:41:40,839
Speaker 1: ahead and take all your regular season wins, and y'all

763
00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:45,000
Speaker 1: be y'all being the house that tech bo right. Rather,

764
00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:52,239
Speaker 1: you're gonna have me strange, just just me. No, no, no, no, no.

765
00:41:52,440 --> 00:41:56,080
Speaker 1: No one's listening. You're friends. No one's listening. By the way,

766
00:41:56,320 --> 00:41:59,120
Speaker 1: I'm tagging this part especially no one's listening, but I haven't.

767
00:41:59,360 --> 00:42:01,560
Speaker 1: This is where your fans. If you die are a

768
00:42:01,640 --> 00:42:03,560
Speaker 1: Laker fan, you need to listen because I'm roasting the

769
00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:10,120
Speaker 1: covers left and right. Know they Oh my god, I

770
00:42:10,160 --> 00:42:14,000
Speaker 1: say hate me. They already know I don't. That's my dog,

771
00:42:16,120 --> 00:42:18,040
Speaker 1: that's my dude. I got his back all the way,

772
00:42:18,160 --> 00:42:21,160
Speaker 1: Like excellent coach when he's Randy to coach a realty

773
00:42:21,160 --> 00:42:24,320
Speaker 1: team were waiting for him. We should I like Darvin,

774
00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:26,920
Speaker 1: that's my dog. Darn's my dog too. He got it.

775
00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:29,360
Speaker 1: But you know, you know Time wanted that. Don't stop it,

776
00:42:29,560 --> 00:42:31,880
Speaker 1: stop it. You know Ti wanted the job with the Lakers.

777
00:42:31,880 --> 00:42:35,480
Speaker 1: Stop it. They didn't know, they didn't respect him, and

778
00:42:35,520 --> 00:42:38,759
Speaker 1: they didn't handle it, which makes me nervous about this

779
00:42:39,160 --> 00:42:42,160
Speaker 1: whole kide redal. I'm like, well, they handled this right, well, well,

780
00:42:42,239 --> 00:42:44,160
Speaker 1: Kurt Rambas jump in the front office and do something

781
00:42:44,200 --> 00:42:47,440
Speaker 1: that don't make sense. These people, certain people making the decisions,

782
00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:49,520
Speaker 1: should be making the decisions. You and I both know that,

783
00:42:49,680 --> 00:42:53,759
Speaker 1: and that's theer. They offered ty Lou the same contract

784
00:42:53,960 --> 00:43:00,680
Speaker 1: terms as Luke Walton, which is ridiculous. Which is ridic

785
00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:04,200
Speaker 1: you list, he is one of the rightest coaches we

786
00:43:04,360 --> 00:43:09,799
Speaker 1: have in the game NBA Championships. The players respect him.

787
00:43:09,880 --> 00:43:12,360
Speaker 1: He's not afraid of anybody. It's about winning. At the

788
00:43:12,440 --> 00:43:14,080
Speaker 1: end of the day. You're not gonna bring that diva

789
00:43:14,120 --> 00:43:17,319
Speaker 1: nonsense to me. I have nothing but mad respect for him,

790
00:43:17,360 --> 00:43:19,360
Speaker 1: which is why the Popers do so well. But you

791
00:43:19,520 --> 00:43:22,960
Speaker 1: can't change a mentality, like there is something about that

792
00:43:23,160 --> 00:43:26,480
Speaker 1: organization mentally. I believe is stuck and I don't know

793
00:43:26,560 --> 00:43:28,719
Speaker 1: what it is, but they can't get over the hump.

794
00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:30,920
Speaker 1: Now I think I think TI is going to put

795
00:43:30,960 --> 00:43:35,120
Speaker 1: them in the best position to win, but need to

796
00:43:35,200 --> 00:43:42,319
Speaker 1: fund don't funny, Okay, fine, these are my thoughts. These

797
00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:46,560
Speaker 1: are not They're not Christians thoughts. He's just trying to

798
00:43:46,640 --> 00:43:51,160
Speaker 1: tell me the facts behind the Kyrie jumping into trade deadline.

799
00:43:51,680 --> 00:43:58,239
Speaker 1: My thoughts do not stand clip. It's the title of

800
00:43:58,320 --> 00:44:01,920
Speaker 1: this podcast is NBA uh Inside the NBA tread deadline?

801
00:44:02,160 --> 00:44:10,040
Speaker 1: Clipper slander and the Lakers. Yeah, yeah, And I love

802
00:44:10,120 --> 00:44:12,600
Speaker 1: you very much. I appreciate you. Do you have anything

803
00:44:12,640 --> 00:44:14,480
Speaker 1: else you want to add? You've been you or you

804
00:44:14,560 --> 00:44:17,920
Speaker 1: do a fantastic job. And just to see you win

805
00:44:18,080 --> 00:44:20,440
Speaker 1: as a black man makes me so very happy. I

806
00:44:20,520 --> 00:44:22,880
Speaker 1: always root for you. I have nothing but great respect

807
00:44:22,960 --> 00:44:25,960
Speaker 1: for you. Um and whatever you need for me ever

808
00:44:26,040 --> 00:44:28,879
Speaker 1: in any capacity, I'm always here. Mine is to say

809
00:44:28,920 --> 00:44:32,560
Speaker 1: something nice about the Clippers. First of all, man, you

810
00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:34,399
Speaker 1: know I had nothing but love for you ever since

811
00:44:34,520 --> 00:44:37,880
Speaker 1: you know our days. Man, You've always been You've always

812
00:44:37,920 --> 00:44:40,759
Speaker 1: been a real one. And yeah, you called me this morning.

813
00:44:40,760 --> 00:44:44,200
Speaker 1: I don't do many you know, I know solid you

814
00:44:44,280 --> 00:44:49,000
Speaker 1: did me. It's it's not it's not a solid you

815
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Speaker 1: take take take care of people. But I wanted I

816
00:44:51,520 --> 00:44:55,840
Speaker 1: want to promote a podcast as we just started this

817
00:44:55,960 --> 00:45:00,359
Speaker 1: past week, actually this week with my co host Mark

818
00:45:00,400 --> 00:45:07,239
Speaker 1: star ESPN. The podcast is called This Lead Uncut, and

819
00:45:07,400 --> 00:45:10,400
Speaker 1: we just dropped three episodes this week. I'm very excited

820
00:45:10,760 --> 00:45:14,200
Speaker 1: about it. I hope everybody goes subscribe, combent, go check

821
00:45:14,239 --> 00:45:16,320
Speaker 1: it out. It's really great stuff. You got two of

822
00:45:16,400 --> 00:45:20,640
Speaker 1: the the best NBA insiders you know together a duo.

823
00:45:20,840 --> 00:45:23,200
Speaker 1: We're back together from our time with ESPN as well,

824
00:45:23,320 --> 00:45:26,000
Speaker 1: so we're knocking it out the part. Uh you know,

825
00:45:26,080 --> 00:45:28,200
Speaker 1: I urge everybody please go over there and check us out,

826
00:45:28,880 --> 00:45:35,319
Speaker 1: Mark Stein and Chris Haynes This League Uncut correct? All right?

827
00:45:35,360 --> 00:45:38,040
Speaker 1: You dropped three episodes. People can find them wherever they

828
00:45:38,120 --> 00:45:42,360
Speaker 1: get their podcasts. I'm writing this. I'm promoting this like

829
00:45:42,440 --> 00:45:44,439
Speaker 1: I'm gonna promote this on my Amazon show You Gotta.

830
00:45:44,840 --> 00:45:46,960
Speaker 1: If all works out well with Turner, they say, you

831
00:45:47,040 --> 00:45:48,600
Speaker 1: can come on You Gotta. When you're in the l A.

832
00:45:48,640 --> 00:45:50,400
Speaker 1: You gotta sit in the studio and just shoot. We

833
00:45:50,400 --> 00:45:52,120
Speaker 1: don't have to talk about the Clippers. We can just talk.

834
00:45:53,040 --> 00:45:55,440
Speaker 1: You can talk for the crazy NBA season. I'll take

835
00:45:55,480 --> 00:45:58,239
Speaker 1: you up on that, alright, I'll get into that. Have

836
00:45:58,360 --> 00:46:00,839
Speaker 1: a good game, covering the game I'm watching, you keep

837
00:46:00,880 --> 00:46:03,319
Speaker 1: me abreast on what's happening, and let's go Lakers. That's

838
00:46:03,360 --> 00:46:07,680
Speaker 1: Carrie Champion talking, not Christ's a neutral reporter and he

839
00:46:07,840 --> 00:46:09,920
Speaker 1: just fools with me because I'm his home girl and

840
00:46:09,960 --> 00:46:16,000
Speaker 1: I appreciate so. Again, by the time this podcast airs,

841
00:46:16,160 --> 00:46:18,239
Speaker 1: my hope would be that Kyrie is a Laker. I

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Speaker 1: doubt it. I think it's going to take a long

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Speaker 1: time to make that deal happen. But Kyrie has been

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00:46:21,960 --> 00:46:24,520
Speaker 1: very clear he does want a trade from the Brooklyn Nets.

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Speaker 1: And you heard Chris Haynes say Kyrie is dug in

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Speaker 1: once he's made up his mind. He made up his mind.

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Speaker 1: He felt as if the talks were um insulting. He

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00:46:34,680 --> 00:46:38,400
Speaker 1: is a max player and to tie a bulk of

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Speaker 1: his money to whether or not they can get a

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00:46:40,480 --> 00:46:43,280
Speaker 1: chip is unfair. At least that is according to Chris Haynes.

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Speaker 1: I agree. Um. I also know that Kyrie is a

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00:46:48,160 --> 00:46:51,839
Speaker 1: high risk, high reward player and that wherever he goes,

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Speaker 1: you do not know what his temperament will be. You

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00:46:55,440 --> 00:46:58,440
Speaker 1: just don't you have to deal with that when it

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00:46:58,600 --> 00:47:02,360
Speaker 1: comes and it happens. He is very much like I

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00:47:02,400 --> 00:47:04,960
Speaker 1: said in the podcast, he's he's the person you date

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Speaker 1: when you know you shouldn't date him. You're like, man,

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Speaker 1: this is going all bad, but I still won't you.

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Speaker 1: And that's how most of Laker Nation feels. If this

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Speaker 1: is what we have to do to win a chip,

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Speaker 1: what then coming in and do all the sage you

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Speaker 1: need to do what? I don't know. If the Summer

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00:47:20,560 --> 00:47:23,239
Speaker 1: Solstice says you only play on Tuesdays and Thursdays, only

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Speaker 1: play on Tuesdays and Thursdays as long as you there

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Speaker 1: so we can win a chip, I don't know. Whatever

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00:47:27,360 --> 00:47:31,080
Speaker 1: it takes, whatever it takes, we're desperate. These names that

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Speaker 1: you guys are giving us don't sound worthy, and by

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00:47:33,680 --> 00:47:38,400
Speaker 1: you names were here flirting around for the Lakers. Meanwhile, meanwhile,

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Speaker 1: I'm okay with dating somebody who might give me a headache,

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Speaker 1: but the immediate result is a championship. By Candy, Kyrie's candy.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I would love for him to be sustenance.

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00:47:50,280 --> 00:47:51,960
Speaker 1: I'd love for him to be a vegetable, good for

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00:47:52,040 --> 00:47:54,239
Speaker 1: your body, good to eat, good for everything, good for

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Speaker 1: your skin, but right now he's candy because we can't

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Speaker 1: determine what he feels and think he's just a different dude.

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Speaker 1: And it's so funny because a true Laker fan, a

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00:48:04,640 --> 00:48:06,000
Speaker 1: year and a half ago, I was like, I don't

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00:48:06,040 --> 00:48:08,040
Speaker 1: want him. He's too moody, he's this, he's at. We

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00:48:08,160 --> 00:48:11,279
Speaker 1: were so so particular about what we would have, but

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00:48:11,360 --> 00:48:14,560
Speaker 1: now it's been some dark days and make the playoff

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Speaker 1: one season, to make the play in one season, and

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Speaker 1: now we're seen here struggling, watching us struggle against the

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Speaker 1: NIXT What what is happening? So Kyrie high, come babe.

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Speaker 1: We got a place for you here in l A

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Speaker 1: and the Hills. I know a good shot where you

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00:48:31,600 --> 00:48:34,640
Speaker 1: can get some herbal, some some herbal festivities if you

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Speaker 1: need them. Uh what else? What else? What else do

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00:48:38,719 --> 00:48:42,920
Speaker 1: you need? Um? You know whatever you need, whatever you need. Um,

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Speaker 1: We're ready for you, Kyrie. We want you here. So anyway,

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Speaker 1: thank you so very much for listening to this podcast.

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Speaker 1: I don't know what else to tell you, but we

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Speaker 1: hope for Kyrie. I'll update you next week. I hope

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Speaker 1: you've enjoyed this version of the podcast. I