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Speaker 1: So you know, this series got a little bit hairrier

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Speaker 2: That's super impressive.

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Speaker 1: And what's crazy is like, like most young players, he

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Speaker 1: Like I talk about with young basketball players, there's a

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Speaker 1: of your game. And Palo will do that over the years.

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Speaker 1: And like he has such physical advantages, he just strikes

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Speaker 1: Palo is going to be amazing, but they need to

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Speaker 1: come up with a plan to get a legitimate skill

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Speaker 1: guard to pair next to Palo right. Obviously, I'm a

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Speaker 1: They can try to target that kind of skill guard

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Speaker 2: Again, he is not a guy that you want to

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Speaker 1: In the playoffs, but he is a real asset in

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Speaker 1: But no matter what, regardless of what they do, whether

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Speaker 1: The playoffs reveal your weaknesses. In Cleveland exposed Orlando as

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Speaker 1: a team that can't shoot, and then we knew that

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Speaker 1: single defensive scheme geared towards just baiting them into taking

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Speaker 1: jumpers that they're not gonna make. It just needs to

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Speaker 1: you don't generate openings in the defense. By dragging multiple defenders.

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Speaker 1: You're not going to do that unless you prove that

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Speaker 1: you can be a threat to score. And if you're

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Speaker 1: to knock down a jump shot, you just make yourself

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Speaker 2: And like, he just had a really bad.

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Speaker 2: It's just something he's got to address. Franz is kind

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Speaker 1: Of a wall in his development because of his lack

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Speaker 1: can't be leaning on these big forwards that can't really

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Speaker 2: And they just have a lot of really good players.

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Speaker 1: You have a lot of guys like Jalen Suggs and

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Speaker 1: And if you can put the piece those guys together

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Speaker 1: I'd be like, here's Jalen Suggs, Here's Jonathan Isaac, Here's

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Speaker 1: and Franz Wagner, and I'll find guys that can do

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Speaker 1: dominant forwards. All right, guys, that is all I have

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Speaker 1: for this particular show. Again, I'm gonna be back later

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Speaker 1: this afternoon with something I've already recorded, a film breakdown

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Speaker 1: of Timberwolves Nuggets, and then also later this evening with

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Speaker 1: Colin Cowhard that's gonna be on the Colin Cowherd podcast

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Speaker 1: YouTube feed. We're recording here in about four hours, so

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Speaker 1: this evening. All right, guys, I appreciate you, guys. I'll

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Speaker 1: see you later today.

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