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Speaker 1: Next time you see yourself as a failure, remember these

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Speaker 1: wise words.

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Speaker 2: No good mornings. Swimerld and welcome to the Now Dunks

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Speaker 2: podcast on the Athletic Network. It's Wednesday, November twenty second,

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty three. Formal Friday has become Formal Wednesday or

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Speaker 2: well Dressed Wednesday, presented by Indo Chino.

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Speaker 3: I'm j E.

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Speaker 2: Skeets here in the yard, and alongside me, thanks to

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Speaker 2: the power of technology, is tas Mellis.

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Speaker 3: What's up everybody? What's up?

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Speaker 2: What's up? Tassy looking sharp looking, Craig Sager liking that this.

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Speaker 3: For Craig Sager absolutely lean season tournament vibes going on.

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Speaker 3: I felt like looking like Sager love it.

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Speaker 4: We got the beard one, my top shit hot boy,

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Speaker 4: Trey Kirby, heyl A Yallo and last but not least,

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Speaker 4: making the magic happen up in Toronto filling in.

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Speaker 2: It's Jerome Chang.

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Speaker 1: What's up Jerome, gentlemen?

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Speaker 2: Wow, you look sharp?

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Speaker 1: I did the top button situation. I felt like that's

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Speaker 1: like the most formal I could go at that point.

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Speaker 2: I like we got a different looks We've got going here.

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Speaker 2: We got Trey and the turtleneck We've got you without

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Speaker 2: the tie. I got the tie. We already said task

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Speaker 2: got the craig.

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Speaker 3: Say a soft jacket.

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Speaker 1: It's like a little linen vibe. It was really more

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Speaker 1: for the summer situation.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, hello to everybody joining us live. Shout out to

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Speaker 2: the stream team. Hit that like button, make sure you subscribe.

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Speaker 2: H Yeah, Jerome helping us out here in the yard today.

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Speaker 2: Esh our guy had a bit of a family emergency,

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Speaker 2: so we're thinking of thatsh sending him our best. Obviously,

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Speaker 2: Jad's still up in Canada as well, though he comes

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Speaker 2: back tomorrow. I believe we're gonna see him at Thanksgiving.

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Speaker 2: But Jerome's helping us out. We love to see it.

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Speaker 2: We got a fun one here. We got a bunch

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Speaker 2: of Thanksgiving themed questions. Because this is our final no

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Speaker 2: Dunks episode of the week, we are going to be

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Speaker 2: debating which players are canned cranberry, which players are Brussels sprouts. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: we got some insane questions.

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Speaker 3: I didn't realize it was canned cranberry. Yes, that might

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Speaker 3: change things.

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Speaker 2: I believe that is the specific, it's the canned variety,

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Speaker 2: but that's later. We got rapid fire because this is

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Speaker 2: the drop coming at you early here on a Wednesday.

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Speaker 2: Task has the rapid fire questions. Jerome will be in

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Speaker 2: on the fun when we answer them. But we did

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Speaker 2: have some games last night, in season tournament games. There

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Speaker 2: were only five on and the first one I was

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Speaker 2: in attendance for, and guys, wow, I got whiplash. My

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Speaker 2: neck is sore from going back and forth. Pacers outlast

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Speaker 2: the Hawks one fifty seven to one fifty two. That's

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Speaker 2: a regulation score, that's not a double, that's not a

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Speaker 2: triple overtime. One fifty seven fifty two, and in doing so,

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Speaker 2: Indiana Task clinches a spot in the in season tournament quarterfinals.

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Speaker 2: But what a wild game.

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Speaker 3: Indiana can score points, they can also allow a lot points.

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Speaker 3: They're not a good defensive team. The Hawks had eighty

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Speaker 3: six points in the first half, a franchise record, as

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Speaker 3: they ran it up and down. It came down to

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Speaker 3: was in the buildings skeets, but that Deshontey Murray offensive

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Speaker 3: l just kind of killed things. And the Hawks the

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Speaker 3: defense where they can't guard cuts is very aggravating. Like

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Speaker 3: anybody who's on the perimeter allows their guy to cut

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Speaker 3: wherever he wants. I know. Quinn Snyder was asked after

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Speaker 3: the game about Trey Young. I think the poke was, hey,

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Speaker 3: what's up with Trey Young? Why isn't he stopping people?

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Speaker 3: And Quinn Snyder went to his defense. He said, this

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Speaker 3: is the best Trey Young we have ever seen in

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Speaker 3: the NBA defensively, And he's not a great defensive player,

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Speaker 3: which is not saying a lot. Everybody just scoring like crazy.

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Speaker 3: Pacers are an interesting team. When we talk Turkey a

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Speaker 3: end of the season. I don't think they can win

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Speaker 4: I love what Ritt Carlisle said after the game. This

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Speaker 4: really fun to watch for fans. All I hear what

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Speaker 4: I read that is yikes, our team gave up one

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Speaker 4: It's the ist, Baby. This was just an awesome game

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Speaker 4: to watch. Buddy healed incandescent in the fourth quarter. It

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Speaker 4: DeAndre Hunter, sometimes it was nobody. He had thirteen points,

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Speaker 4: five of six from the field, and three threes in

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Speaker 4: Trey Young. Basically stood up to Halliburton, hung with him

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Speaker 2: Yeah, not a great decision. I also didn't understand what

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Speaker 2: the Hawks were doing defensively at the end, the way

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Speaker 2: they were playing Halliburton. I get it. Haliburt was on

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Speaker 2: funkiest looking three point release. I think in the league

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Speaker 2: and his cash. But what they were doing down the

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Speaker 2: seeing task all like those back door cuts and wide

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Speaker 2: But yeah, in same game. Really fun though, to be

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Speaker 2: I thought, and I didn't know or I hadn't thought

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Speaker 2: an in season tournament game. This is what this means.

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Speaker 2: They're showing the group stages.

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Speaker 1: And all that, so confirming that also was the case

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Speaker 1: for the Raptors game.

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Speaker 2: Yes they did that. Yeah, so they're obviously doing this

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Speaker 2: for every game, which is smart, which is smart, so fun.

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Speaker 2: All Star game though, I mean, we don't need East

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Speaker 2: need the Pacers to play somebody in Indiana this year

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Speaker 2: and we're set, because holy crap.

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Speaker 3: Tenth all time highest scoring game in the history of

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Speaker 3: they destroyed the over under number by over fifty points.

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, I thought, yeah, it was Buddy Healed. Really,

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Speaker 3: who was awesome? I thought it. You know, we poke

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Speaker 3: fun at the Hawks defense, but they did a good

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Speaker 3: fourth quarter. As Trey mentioned those numbers, He's six of

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Speaker 3: was cash. So they were trying a little bit on

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Speaker 3: the defensive end. The Hawks were as well.

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Speaker 4: They got destroyed in the third quarter. I mean, Halliburton

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Speaker 4: understand why they would want to throw a double team

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Speaker 4: score in the fourth, which is good, but they were

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Speaker 4: But honestly, I'll take my chances with a Buddy Healed

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Speaker 2: So, I don't know.

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Speaker 4: The Hawks are just bad at defense, That's what it

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Speaker 4: in saying, if you don't play defense, you don't play.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, the Pacers, you know, credits to Rick Carlo. They

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Speaker 3: Great, they were fast, you're right, just throughout the game.

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Speaker 3: How is the neck feeling because we have Obi Topping

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Speaker 3: and the Pacers team they're just running really hard. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: the Hawks just weren't up for guarding anybody. That's definitely

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Speaker 3: the case Sadik shouldn't play. Bay is probably you know,

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Speaker 3: one of their worst wing defenders. He just allows everything

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Speaker 3: Ain't good either either as their starting unit defensively.

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Speaker 2: All right, moving on here in the other group a

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Speaker 2: game there in the East. Darius Garland, he heard the podcast,

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Speaker 2: Caves get the one twenty two to one to nineteen

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Speaker 2: overtime win over Philadelphia TK and again it was a big,

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Speaker 2: Philadelphia is basically done here.

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Speaker 4: Sorry, if Philadelphia two losses at home on their three

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Speaker 4: D red and blue cord, it's just too distracting for him.

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Speaker 4: This was a big game for the Cavaliers bigs. They

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Speaker 4: out rebounded the six Ers sixty one to fifty three,

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Speaker 4: outscored him in the paint sixty eight to fifty two

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Speaker 2: Evan Mowgley and Jared Allen. The big to big passing

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Speaker 4: They must have found each other for tic tac toe

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Speaker 2: This was probably the Calves. I mean, they're missing a

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Speaker 2: it was fun. You're right. That Jared Allen shot. That's

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Speaker 2: Maxie sort of bring it up and he air balled

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well, let's show everybody here on YouTube at least

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Speaker 2: the standings in the in season Tournament Group A in

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Speaker 2: the East. As I said, the Pacers, they've clinched. I

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Speaker 2: that was a good, good win, just one of the games.

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Speaker 2: Well, they played them.

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Speaker 2: So if they're both three one and then they're they're through. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: It involved our Raptors. They got cooked tasks. We do

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Speaker 2: I doubt, but uh, you know, Ben Carro with Magic

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Speaker 2: crush them one twenty six, one oh seven for Orlando's

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Speaker 3: It was dominant. Magic were actually putting together a really, really,

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Speaker 3: He really brings it. He's got some problems offensively, but

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Speaker 3: he just goes for it. He went ninety four feet

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Speaker 3: there was that play where he was guarding Siakam and

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Speaker 3: I just like this team. They're pretty close to being

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Speaker 3: may get it from inside, but man it's it's fun

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Speaker 2: That's the ironic part from this game. The Raptors were

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Speaker 2: actually decent offensively. They shot fifty fourteen to twenty eight

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Speaker 4: Orlando took twenty five more shots. That's why their offense

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Speaker 4: can't win like that if you're in Toronto when you're

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Speaker 4: I guess at the end of this one, Chumo Kaki

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Speaker 2: This guy was swishing. Addition, last night, five point seven rebound,

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Speaker 2: five flirt from Big Goga. We're gonna see a five

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Speaker 2: by five this year. There's too many guys getting close. Yes,

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Speaker 2: We've been talking about it a lot here for one

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Speaker 2: that point differential, like this is a big win. Nineteen

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Speaker 2: you know groups the group's quarterfinals birth could come down

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Speaker 2: That's in play, and just to put a button on Orlando,

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Speaker 2: they did start five and twenty last year. I had

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Speaker 2: forgotten all about that, and then they ripped off like

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Speaker 2: they played five hundred ball for the rest of the season.

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Speaker 2: And they're showing us here early like they're rebuilding on that,

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Speaker 2: you know, that rebuilding phase. Excuse me, the rebuilding phase

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Speaker 2: considered a revenge game? If a team passed on you

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Speaker 3: Oh?

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Speaker 2: Wow, Yeah, the Raptors obviously taking Scottie Barnes over Suggs

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Speaker 2: That's a personal revenge, sure, personal revenge yeah, well key

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Speaker 3: I should have been drafted number four. Sorry Sugs.

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Speaker 2: Uh.

431
00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:51,320
Speaker 3: The you know, the Raptors were happy with Barnes, but

432
00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:57,159
Speaker 3: he's also not being Barnes after after like you know,

433
00:20:57,480 --> 00:21:00,159
Speaker 3: you guys mentioned him as as the best Raptor. His

434
00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:02,400
Speaker 3: last couple of weeks have been back to earth.

435
00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:05,200
Speaker 2: He's come back down there a little bit. Yes, I mean, well, yeah,

436
00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:09,720
Speaker 2: he couldn't miss a three pointer shooting, yeah exactly, but

437
00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:12,639
Speaker 2: he probably is still the best Raptors player, which I mean,

438
00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:14,359
Speaker 2: that's just the fact the way the other guys are

439
00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:17,520
Speaker 2: playing right now. Let's go to the West just quickly.

440
00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:21,000
Speaker 2: Two blowouts in the West. But Lebron scored is thirty

441
00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:24,119
Speaker 2: nine thousand points. You see that on the board there.

442
00:21:24,119 --> 00:21:28,359
Speaker 2: It looks crazy. As the Lakers sweep their Turney group play,

443
00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:31,399
Speaker 2: so they have clinched as well. It's Pacers and Lakers

444
00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:33,840
Speaker 2: through to the knockout. Stage one, thirty one ninety nine

445
00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:36,000
Speaker 2: over the Jazz. Task anything from this one.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, they get a home quarter fvital game. Isn't that exciting?

447
00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:43,800
Speaker 3: In Los Angeles? December fourth or fifth? Whenever the NBA

448
00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:46,080
Speaker 3: decides that the Lakers will get a home game, they

449
00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:48,879
Speaker 3: could be going to Vegas, where Lebron is going to

450
00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:51,600
Speaker 3: go eventually wants to own a team there. At some point.

451
00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:54,280
Speaker 3: They won the group and Lebron didn't even have to

452
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Speaker 3: play in this one twenty four minutes that they spanked

453
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Speaker 3: the Jazz. The only other team that could have beaten

454
00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:00,760
Speaker 3: them in this group was the Phoenix Suns, but the

455
00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:04,480
Speaker 3: Lakers got them that one time. Definitely a little bit

456
00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:08,840
Speaker 3: of worrisome with Cam Reddish, who has really helped out

457
00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:12,159
Speaker 3: being a starter on this game, coming in or starting

458
00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:14,560
Speaker 3: on this team, I should say, coming in for Austin Reeves.

459
00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:18,320
Speaker 3: He kind of walked a little hobby into this arena

460
00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:21,040
Speaker 3: and then he only played five minutes because he was

461
00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:25,560
Speaker 3: out with a growing injury, so he looked banged up,

462
00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:29,119
Speaker 3: and then he didn't play great obviously with that growing injury.

463
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Speaker 3: But he has been so good defensively. This is a

464
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Speaker 3: top ten defense and they found Reddish to be the

465
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Speaker 3: better Reeves in the starting lineup. He's really helped out.

466
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Speaker 3: We remember Reddish, remember being in that Hawks arena where

467
00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:44,800
Speaker 3: he was doing pretty good guarding Chris Middleton way back

468
00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:48,000
Speaker 3: when in a playoff series and that conference finals way

469
00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:51,359
Speaker 3: back when. In twenty twenty one, he's trying to find

470
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Speaker 3: his role and hopefully he gets back. But I guess

471
00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:56,679
Speaker 3: Max Christie will be playing for him tonight when they

472
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Speaker 3: play the Dallas Mavericks, because I doubt. I doubt our

473
00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:03,840
Speaker 3: man Cam Reddish will be playing. But Max Christie was

474
00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:06,000
Speaker 3: a good defensive player and a good ball handler in

475
00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:09,320
Speaker 3: summer League. So yeah, the Lakers are cooking right now.

476
00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:13,560
Speaker 2: Anthony Davis in limited minutes twenty six and sixteen TK,

477
00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:16,440
Speaker 2: and I was laughing so hard at his quote after

478
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Speaker 2: the game where he said, we're one step closer to

479
00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:25,560
Speaker 2: winning the cup. Isn't the Tournament Cup, NBA Cup something

480
00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:28,040
Speaker 2: like that, so one step closer. He doesn't know what

481
00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:32,000
Speaker 2: this step is, but we won. Yeah, and I think

482
00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:33,320
Speaker 2: the Lakers care about this.

483
00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:35,439
Speaker 4: You know, they want to hang at least one banner

484
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Speaker 4: from this season, So get it out of the way

485
00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:40,240
Speaker 4: early because they seem to be locked in here, and yeah,

486
00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:42,840
Speaker 4: maybe Cam Reddish going out hurts. They could also use

487
00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:46,320
Speaker 4: Jared Vanderbilt back. But Laker fans were pretty excited about

488
00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:49,120
Speaker 4: Max Christie's I'm sure it'll be nice to see him

489
00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:50,640
Speaker 4: at least get a little bit of a run here.

490
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Speaker 4: But I went to bed at halftime of this one

491
00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:54,000
Speaker 4: because you can just tell the way it was going

492
00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:57,120
Speaker 4: twenty four to eight for LA in the fast break department.

493
00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:59,080
Speaker 4: They were just flying up and down the court. Seventy

494
00:23:59,119 --> 00:24:01,679
Speaker 4: six points in the pain as well. This was an

495
00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:04,320
Speaker 4: easy one for the Lakers of Lebron.

496
00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:06,760
Speaker 2: And final game from last night also a bit of

497
00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:10,119
Speaker 2: a blowout. Kevin Durant moves into eleventh place on the

498
00:24:10,119 --> 00:24:13,040
Speaker 2: all times scoring list, which is pretty amazing. As the

499
00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:18,280
Speaker 2: Suns crush the Blazers. Tasks any thoughts on Katie rising

500
00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:20,200
Speaker 2: up the NBA's all time scoring list or anything from

501
00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:20,600
Speaker 2: this game.

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Speaker 3: I somehow have forgotten that he led the league in

503
00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:28,720
Speaker 3: scoring four times. This could be number five. There's a

504
00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:32,360
Speaker 3: chance deep in his career here. But if Bradley Beal

505
00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:35,480
Speaker 3: comes back at some time, I think he'll take some

506
00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:38,639
Speaker 3: points away when he comes back in mid December. But

507
00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:41,160
Speaker 3: the guy is cooking thirteenth straight up twenty five or more.

508
00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:45,760
Speaker 3: He's thirty one points per game because he's shooting nearly

509
00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:48,159
Speaker 3: fifty percent from three. I don't know how you fricking

510
00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:52,399
Speaker 3: guard this guy. And at some point and the next

511
00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:55,040
Speaker 3: year or so, he'll pass Moses Malone for ten, and

512
00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:58,480
Speaker 3: then he'll pass Carmel Anthony for number nine. He'll get there.

513
00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,360
Speaker 3: I wonder where he'll fit because he ain't done. He's

514
00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:04,760
Speaker 3: got several years left. But yeah, I wonder if this

515
00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:08,879
Speaker 3: will be year number five for KD. It's possible to

516
00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:13,560
Speaker 3: leave the league because Embiid is the guy who might

517
00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:18,000
Speaker 3: do it again three years straight, which would be a phenomenal.

518
00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:20,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a good point, Trey anything on this one.

519
00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:22,440
Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: I enjoyed the game within the game between DeAndre eight

521
00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:27,840
Speaker 2: and finished with eighteen points, eight boards, and of course

522
00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:31,239
Speaker 2: zero free throws and use of Nurkic former Blazer who

523
00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:33,160
Speaker 2: went for eighteen and twelve.

524
00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:35,760
Speaker 4: And I was shocked because I saw Nurkic dunk the

525
00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:37,600
Speaker 4: ball on two straight possessions.

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Speaker 2: You never see that. You could tell it was a

527
00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:40,359
Speaker 2: big game for him.

528
00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:43,639
Speaker 4: Usually he just wants to throw in a softy, rolly

529
00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:46,359
Speaker 4: kind of finger roll, but no, he was gathering himself

530
00:25:46,359 --> 00:25:48,920
Speaker 4: for a one handed slam and then a two handed slam.

531
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Speaker 4: I don't know who won that one. I guess you

532
00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:53,480
Speaker 4: give it to Nurkic since his team took down the

533
00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:56,480
Speaker 4: easy dub. But you could tell this game meant a

534
00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:59,880
Speaker 4: lots of those big guys and a minus thirty three

535
00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:01,280
Speaker 4: eight and classic stuff.

536
00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:03,880
Speaker 2: Well did you see what Booker said after the game

537
00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:06,720
Speaker 2: about Ayton? Did you see his quotes or his clip? Yeah,

538
00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:09,120
Speaker 2: I mean he was like he was talking about how

539
00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:12,040
Speaker 2: ate and played hard, like you know, against this former team,

540
00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:15,399
Speaker 2: but like he should try and do that more often.

541
00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:17,879
Speaker 2: Like it was like the like the biggest like this,

542
00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:19,879
Speaker 2: we I still hate this guy. This guy sucks. He

543
00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:22,160
Speaker 2: doesn't try hard, he's not good. Like it was. It's

544
00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:26,199
Speaker 2: so blatant that they just could stand this guy. But

545
00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:28,480
Speaker 2: it was pretty funny. So yeah, let's just throw up

546
00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:33,040
Speaker 2: the group stage there out West in the a group

547
00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:36,560
Speaker 2: Lakers three four and oh look at that plus seventy

548
00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:40,280
Speaker 2: four point differential. I mean, they took care of business.

549
00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:42,360
Speaker 2: They played all four of those other teams below them,

550
00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:45,000
Speaker 2: and you know, when you really look at this group,

551
00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:47,800
Speaker 2: it's like there's two good teams and then there are

552
00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:50,400
Speaker 2: three very very bad teams in Utah, Portland, and Memphis.

553
00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:54,800
Speaker 2: So Phoenix plus thirteen, they're they're in a good spot,

554
00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:57,240
Speaker 2: let's put it that way, to maybe be the wild card.

555
00:26:57,400 --> 00:27:00,000
Speaker 2: If they rack up a victory in their last game,

556
00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:01,959
Speaker 2: go to three and one, and you know, maybe it's

557
00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:04,600
Speaker 2: a dominant victory. I think they'll probably try and you know,

558
00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:07,119
Speaker 2: try and crush whoever they're playing to really help their

559
00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:12,240
Speaker 2: chances to get through. Any thoughts, guys on any of

560
00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:14,800
Speaker 2: those games or action last night test anything I missed.

561
00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:18,760
Speaker 3: No, Lebron will be in Vegas. I'm sure he will

562
00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:21,320
Speaker 3: have his team ready for that court. The fact that

563
00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:24,880
Speaker 3: their quarterfinal game is at home, they have that advantage

564
00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,679
Speaker 3: going into the semifinals and finals, which will be in

565
00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:32,240
Speaker 3: Las Vegas. I wonder if bronni shows up just come

566
00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:37,119
Speaker 3: sit for Lebron's games. Who knows, But I know this

567
00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:40,960
Speaker 3: team wants to be there. And I wonder it was

568
00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:44,119
Speaker 3: a lottery and how these groups were selected, and the

569
00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:47,159
Speaker 3: Sons were the only team that could really beat the

570
00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:49,040
Speaker 3: Suns or beat the Lakers, I should say, but I

571
00:27:49,119 --> 00:27:51,640
Speaker 3: wonder if they did this lottery, so Lebron could make

572
00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:56,840
Speaker 3: it to Las Vegas. I wonder the question with us.

573
00:27:58,040 --> 00:27:59,959
Speaker 2: I think we could get the Suns versus the Lake

574
00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:02,960
Speaker 2: in that matchup because they'd be the wild card team.

575
00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:05,120
Speaker 2: If the Lakers are the best team, then that would

576
00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:07,840
Speaker 2: be the matchup. Unless there's a rule that two teams

577
00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:09,240
Speaker 2: from the same group can't play each other in the

578
00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:12,119
Speaker 2: knockout stage. I'm not sure about that. Maybe Schumann's in

579
00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:14,560
Speaker 2: the stream team can tell me. But we could get

580
00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:18,000
Speaker 2: those two teams in that first game. Yeah, in La,

581
00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:20,880
Speaker 2: but we will see. Let's take a break and when

582
00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:24,560
Speaker 2: we come back, we got a bunch of Thanksgiving addition

583
00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:28,800
Speaker 2: questions to go through, So don't go anywhere, all right,

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Speaker 2: boys are in the yard. The milkshake brought us here.

585
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Speaker 2: Hit that like button. Make sure you subscribe podcast listeners.

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Speaker 2: Leave us a five star rating and review. We'd really

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Speaker 2: appreciate it. I know we're going to start talking about

588
00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:43,000
Speaker 2: teams were thankful for and a bunch of Thanksgiving questions.

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Speaker 3: Here.

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Speaker 2: One thing I'm not thankful for right now is my mouse.

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00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:49,560
Speaker 2: My bluetooth mouth has a mind of its own. Guys,

592
00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:52,440
Speaker 2: did you see like weird random lower thirds popping up

593
00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:56,440
Speaker 2: during that last segment? It's just clicking things. It's like

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00:28:56,520 --> 00:28:58,240
Speaker 2: I got a ghost like trying to run the show

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Speaker 2: over here. So I apologize for that. I want to

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00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:03,040
Speaker 2: throw this thing right now, but we'll see if we

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00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:04,240
Speaker 2: can get through the rest of the show.

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Speaker 3: I thought you were going to talk about that sound.

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00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:10,640
Speaker 3: I just heard a toilet or something. Well somebody's I

600
00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:11,560
Speaker 3: heard Nora making.

601
00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:13,240
Speaker 2: A coffee and man, I don't know if you guys

602
00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:16,440
Speaker 2: could hear that. It was like crazy sound in my cans,

603
00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:18,440
Speaker 2: but I don't know. It's you know, you get in

604
00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:21,400
Speaker 2: the yard. It's wild here in the yard. They're doing

605
00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:25,880
Speaker 2: construction next door, a lot of roof work, and they're

606
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Speaker 2: bumping that new Andre three thousand record.

607
00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:31,520
Speaker 4: Are they No, they're not bumping the Andre three thousand record.

608
00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:35,560
Speaker 4: Come on, guys, I thought maybe they're just I.

609
00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:38,960
Speaker 2: Was turning on Andre three thousand crazy. You're the only

610
00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:40,760
Speaker 2: one I know that likes it or pretends to like it.

611
00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:52,240
Speaker 2: You'll be hearing it tomorrow during dinner, buddy. No, all right,

612
00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:55,200
Speaker 2: So some fun questions here for you guys and for

613
00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:57,880
Speaker 2: everybody joining us live, and of course the podcast listeners

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Speaker 2: tweet at us at no dun Sinc. We do this

615
00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:04,040
Speaker 2: usually our last show before Thanksgiving, and the first one's

616
00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:06,200
Speaker 2: pretty straightforward and toss. You can get a started here.

617
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Speaker 2: It's what NBA team are you most thankful for this

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Speaker 2: Thanksgiving week?

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Speaker 3: Well, selfishly, I'm kind of thankful for the Magic and

620
00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:17,920
Speaker 3: the Timberwolves, who are both those young teams that are

621
00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:19,840
Speaker 3: just trying. They're just trying to be real teams, and

622
00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:23,880
Speaker 3: they are they're doing it. But just as a team

623
00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:26,160
Speaker 3: that I'm thankful for, I'm going to the original team.

624
00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:29,120
Speaker 3: I need to state it here off the top. It's

625
00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:31,880
Speaker 3: the Toronto Raptors. They got me. They got me into

626
00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:35,080
Speaker 3: this game. It's like thirty years ago where they were

627
00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:38,520
Speaker 3: talking about Jurassic Park and they were wondering if they

628
00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:42,600
Speaker 3: could be a great team, and they were a team

629
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Speaker 3: that maybe a fan when they were born. They entered

630
00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:49,080
Speaker 3: the newspapers, they got me sucked in. They explained what

631
00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:52,040
Speaker 3: basketball is in those newspapers here where you have a

632
00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:55,240
Speaker 3: rim and if you hit the ball as it's going

633
00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:57,520
Speaker 3: into the rim, it's goaltending. So I learned all about

634
00:30:57,560 --> 00:31:01,320
Speaker 3: the rules. It was funny. We back when the sixth

635
00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:04,800
Speaker 3: season around two thousand and two thousand and one, a

636
00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:08,360
Speaker 3: little over twenty years ago. They also sucked me in

637
00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:11,680
Speaker 3: to pay twenty five dollars per ticket in season seats

638
00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:14,240
Speaker 3: with my man Dave Setton. I paid two hundred and

639
00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:17,280
Speaker 3: fifty dollars. He paid two hundred and fifty dollars. We

640
00:31:17,360 --> 00:31:20,320
Speaker 3: went to ten games together. We had other settings signed

641
00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:23,400
Speaker 3: me setting, Ryan sett and mikey Andomi. We had four

642
00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:27,600
Speaker 3: people taking quarter games in two thousand and one. They

643
00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:31,880
Speaker 3: got me going. Now, my man Dave Setton is spending

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00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:34,920
Speaker 3: a lot of money on fifty percent of those seats

645
00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:38,480
Speaker 3: because nobody wants the seats like they did thirty years

646
00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:40,800
Speaker 3: ago or twenty years ago. It's just a lot different.

647
00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:43,960
Speaker 3: Gotta have them on to understand what he's doing, how

648
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:47,400
Speaker 3: he's spending it. Who is drafting? Really interested to see

649
00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:50,200
Speaker 3: that things have changed. But I don't even care if

650
00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:53,680
Speaker 3: Darko Rayakovic is putting together a forty to forty two

651
00:31:53,760 --> 00:31:56,960
Speaker 3: win team. I just like that they put forward that effort,

652
00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:58,800
Speaker 3: and I'm going to be a Raptors fan for life.

653
00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:00,600
Speaker 3: That's just the way it's going to be, even if

654
00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:04,480
Speaker 3: that team stinks like they did for so many years.

655
00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:08,560
Speaker 3: After VC left and decided he liked to lay down

656
00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:11,040
Speaker 3: in his shocks and just chill for a bit, but

657
00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:13,240
Speaker 3: it was a fun time anyway. So they're the ones

658
00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:14,120
Speaker 3: I'm most thankful, all.

659
00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:16,800
Speaker 2: Right, Thankful for the Raptors for making you a basketball fan,

660
00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:19,840
Speaker 2: for making you get season tickets and watching a lot

661
00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:23,760
Speaker 2: of crappy basketball, but then winning a championship. So yeah, TK,

662
00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:25,600
Speaker 2: are you going with your Chicuggo Bulls? Are you going

663
00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:27,719
Speaker 2: with a current team here that you're thankful for this

664
00:32:27,840 --> 00:32:28,280
Speaker 2: very week?

665
00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:31,960
Speaker 4: Well, I'm going with the current team uh half two

666
00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:34,520
Speaker 4: this year, I'm thankful for the timber Wolves ten and

667
00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:37,680
Speaker 4: three right now, I guess technically the second best defense

668
00:32:37,720 --> 00:32:40,120
Speaker 4: in the league, but I'm just thankful that they have

669
00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:43,880
Speaker 4: grown the way they have. Anthony Edwards has become a

670
00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:47,640
Speaker 4: legitimate superstar right now. If you're talking about two way

671
00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:49,920
Speaker 4: players who can turn it up to the highest level,

672
00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:53,640
Speaker 4: he's like maybe third in the league. If we're being

673
00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:56,280
Speaker 4: quite honest. Yiannis is still up there, and beat is

674
00:32:56,320 --> 00:32:59,120
Speaker 4: still a foce on both ends, But then Edwards as

675
00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:02,680
Speaker 4: a perimeter player perimeter defender, he's maybe the best. He's

676
00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:04,280
Speaker 4: gotta be the best two way perimeter guy in the

677
00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:06,560
Speaker 4: league right now. I also think it's very cool that

678
00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:10,400
Speaker 4: Karl Anthony Towns took his FOBA experiences and kind of

679
00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:13,000
Speaker 4: translated it to the NBA. He has become a number

680
00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:16,800
Speaker 4: two guy, figured out how to fit in next to

681
00:33:16,840 --> 00:33:19,080
Speaker 4: Anthony Edwards. And then there's just so much else to

682
00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:23,320
Speaker 4: like about this team. Naz Reid just being cool. People

683
00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:25,520
Speaker 4: just say NOAs read about him, and it means something

684
00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:28,360
Speaker 4: to the Timberwolves. Kyle Anderson is out there. He's wearing

685
00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:31,920
Speaker 4: goggles this season. People think the Rudy Gobert trade was

686
00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:34,800
Speaker 4: a good move now because the Timberwolves have their best

687
00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:38,040
Speaker 4: team in literally twenty years. We'll see if they're able

688
00:33:38,040 --> 00:33:40,840
Speaker 4: to win a playoff series. It's trending that way, but

689
00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:43,800
Speaker 4: they seem to be the surprise contender. It's never a

690
00:33:43,840 --> 00:33:45,880
Speaker 4: bad idea to get hyped for the Timberwolves.

691
00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:49,200
Speaker 2: That's right. I would add to that too, TK that

692
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:53,240
Speaker 2: at least we uncovered this year the Brazilian Timberwolves account

693
00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:56,959
Speaker 2: on Twitter, which wow, if you haven't seen that, go

694
00:33:57,040 --> 00:34:02,000
Speaker 2: check that out. That's something else. I'm thankful for two

695
00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:06,440
Speaker 2: teams because they were two hipster picks coming into this season,

696
00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:07,880
Speaker 2: one in the West, one in the East, to like

697
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:10,600
Speaker 2: be maybe better than we thought or we were hoping

698
00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:13,040
Speaker 2: they would be good. I'm talking about the Thunder and

699
00:34:13,080 --> 00:34:15,880
Speaker 2: the Pacers. Those were the hot teams that everybody was

700
00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:17,359
Speaker 2: on like, oh, look at all the young talent, look

701
00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:20,279
Speaker 2: the way they're gonna play, and so far they are

702
00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:22,279
Speaker 2: playing up to those standards. I mean, okay, see ten

703
00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:23,800
Speaker 2: and four, like they look like a team like that

704
00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:26,480
Speaker 2: could host obviously a first round series. The Pacers probably

705
00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:28,480
Speaker 2: won't be doing that, but eight and five, you know,

706
00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:31,440
Speaker 2: they're fun as hell to watch. Halliburton is like one

707
00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:33,520
Speaker 2: of my favorite players to actually just watch and tune

708
00:34:33,520 --> 00:34:36,440
Speaker 2: in on any given night. So those two teams, for again,

709
00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:39,919
Speaker 2: everybody was saying, well, watch out, watch out, and they're

710
00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:43,680
Speaker 2: living up to expectations through you know, close to fifteen

711
00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:45,799
Speaker 2: games or so in the season. So thank you to

712
00:34:45,840 --> 00:34:49,200
Speaker 2: the Thunder and to the Pacers. All right, our next

713
00:34:49,239 --> 00:34:52,200
Speaker 2: one here, that is where it gets really weird. Which

714
00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:57,040
Speaker 2: NBA player has been the canned Cranberry to their team's

715
00:34:57,200 --> 00:34:59,520
Speaker 2: feast this season? Now here's what we mean by that.

716
00:35:00,640 --> 00:35:07,400
Speaker 2: They are reliable. They're surprisingly still around, maybe because Cranberry

717
00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:13,680
Speaker 2: ain't going anywhere Thanksgiving meal, and they're squarely meeting expectations. Tass,

718
00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:17,040
Speaker 2: I know you were a little surprised that it's canned cranberry.

719
00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:19,600
Speaker 2: But what's your what's your take on this?

720
00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:23,279
Speaker 3: Yeah, I did some serious analysis and work here, and

721
00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:28,279
Speaker 3: I'm surprised that I skipped over the line canned. Maybe

722
00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:31,239
Speaker 3: just because I was thinking about cranberry being on that

723
00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:35,200
Speaker 3: being on that table, and probably being in some sort

724
00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:38,040
Speaker 3: of bowl. I just don't think of it as canned.

725
00:35:38,040 --> 00:35:41,720
Speaker 3: But Eric Gordon, I think you could call him canned

726
00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:44,640
Speaker 3: cranberry because he's gonna be He's gonna be thirty five

727
00:35:44,719 --> 00:35:48,840
Speaker 3: on Christmas Day, so he's a little older, but damn

728
00:35:49,160 --> 00:35:53,919
Speaker 3: he's adapted. His shooting is above average from every part

729
00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:56,720
Speaker 3: of the floor. He's taking nearly seven threes a game.

730
00:35:57,120 --> 00:35:59,960
Speaker 3: He's growing as an old man. He's gonna be thirty four,

731
00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:02,319
Speaker 3: all right, it's gonna be thirty five. This is how

732
00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:05,799
Speaker 3: you play modern basketball. Just step out, shoot threes. Seven

733
00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:08,879
Speaker 3: of them have gotten up to fourteen point three points

734
00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:11,759
Speaker 3: per game, his highest in several years. He may have

735
00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:14,400
Speaker 3: peaked a long time ago, like when he was with

736
00:36:14,440 --> 00:36:17,000
Speaker 3: the Rockets doing his thing, but this is year sixteen

737
00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:21,600
Speaker 3: for him and his career. You might think like a

738
00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:25,480
Speaker 3: can of cranberry could have ended like midway through its

739
00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:29,720
Speaker 3: life in the grocery store, but it's surviving. It's surviving.

740
00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:34,080
Speaker 3: Him and George Nyang, who I watched yesterday, you know,

741
00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:37,120
Speaker 3: with the calves. I don't know how he's surviving. I

742
00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:39,440
Speaker 3: don't know how he's surviving out there, but he's doing it, man,

743
00:36:39,560 --> 00:36:42,319
Speaker 3: he is doing it. He takes that button into the land,

744
00:36:42,360 --> 00:36:45,360
Speaker 3: he does his thing, not moving all that quickly. But

745
00:36:45,400 --> 00:36:47,800
Speaker 3: it's kind of like Eric Gordon. Eric Gordon is a

746
00:36:48,239 --> 00:36:50,280
Speaker 3: complimentary player for those Phoenix Suns.

747
00:36:50,440 --> 00:36:52,640
Speaker 2: Okay, I like that pick Who are you going with? TK?

748
00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:55,279
Speaker 2: I had Eric Gordon in my fridge as well.

749
00:36:56,080 --> 00:37:00,759
Speaker 4: He might be a handmade fresh Cranberry saw the third

750
00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:01,920
Speaker 4: on the Suns and minutes.

751
00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:05,279
Speaker 2: That's actually ridiculous for Eric Gordon, but you mentioned him

752
00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:08,160
Speaker 2: and George Niang, two guys that I think just absolutely

753
00:37:08,239 --> 00:37:15,640
Speaker 2: love Thanksgiving. As for Canberry, Yeah, those guys are comfy

754
00:37:15,680 --> 00:37:16,240
Speaker 2: on the couch.

755
00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:20,680
Speaker 4: It looks like Nick Batum is Mike can Cranberry. Guy's

756
00:37:20,719 --> 00:37:23,520
Speaker 4: almost thirty five years old. It seemed like he's been

757
00:37:23,719 --> 00:37:26,000
Speaker 4: out of the league a couple of times, but he

758
00:37:26,120 --> 00:37:28,960
Speaker 4: was good for the Clippers and he's been okay for Philadelphia.

759
00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:31,680
Speaker 4: Didn't have a great game last night, but he's not

760
00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:35,279
Speaker 4: doing a ton. He's started three games for Philadelphia, but

761
00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:38,359
Speaker 4: he's a decent playmaker. He's a pretty good shooter. He

762
00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:41,239
Speaker 4: was at over sixty percent from the field and over

763
00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:43,560
Speaker 4: sixty from three heading into last night. I think he's

764
00:37:43,560 --> 00:37:46,879
Speaker 4: now underneath fifty percent from three. But still, you'll take

765
00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:49,600
Speaker 4: the stretchiness of the court. And surprisingly he's got one

766
00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:51,960
Speaker 4: of the best on off ratings for the Sixers since

767
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:54,920
Speaker 4: coming over. In the trade for Harden, it kind of

768
00:37:55,040 --> 00:38:00,439
Speaker 4: felt at the time like Batoomb, Covington, Morris, they were

769
00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:02,440
Speaker 4: just in this trade because they added up to James

770
00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:05,200
Speaker 4: Harden's number. I think it's pretty impressive that Philadelphia is

771
00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:07,319
Speaker 4: able to been able to get something out of Nick

772
00:38:07,360 --> 00:38:08,000
Speaker 4: Patoom here.

773
00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:13,480
Speaker 2: I'm gonna go with Kyle Lowry as my canned cranberry.

774
00:38:14,200 --> 00:38:17,200
Speaker 2: Very just reliable the heat. After a very sluggish start,

775
00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:20,000
Speaker 2: everybody was panicking. Nope, they're fine. They're proving that they're

776
00:38:20,040 --> 00:38:22,600
Speaker 2: one of the best teams in the East, obviously led

777
00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:25,279
Speaker 2: by Bam and Jimmy and you know, a bunch of

778
00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:27,520
Speaker 2: other guys contributing. But Kyle, I mean, he's shooting forty

779
00:38:27,520 --> 00:38:29,839
Speaker 2: three percent from three like this is a great year

780
00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:32,160
Speaker 2: from distance for him. He's not scoring a ton, but

781
00:38:32,200 --> 00:38:34,319
Speaker 2: he's obviously not there to do that. He is just

782
00:38:34,360 --> 00:38:36,279
Speaker 2: sort of their vet point guard just to get them

783
00:38:36,320 --> 00:38:38,320
Speaker 2: running in their systems. You know, he's gonna take charges.

784
00:38:38,719 --> 00:38:40,880
Speaker 2: He's got those big old cans in his ass, so

785
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:44,879
Speaker 2: he's uh, he's McCann, Cranberry, Kyle lowry Man and the Heat.

786
00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:47,520
Speaker 2: They'll like you think they shouldn't be on the Thanksgiving

787
00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:49,640
Speaker 2: meal table, but they'll be there. They're always going to

788
00:38:49,680 --> 00:38:53,080
Speaker 2: be there there, I got lowry all right. Our next

789
00:38:53,080 --> 00:38:59,160
Speaker 2: one here, which NBA player, is Brussels Sprouts. So we're

790
00:38:59,160 --> 00:39:03,359
Speaker 2: looking at this s one that is polarizing because there

791
00:39:03,360 --> 00:39:06,640
Speaker 2: may be occasionally stinky, but they're also pretty good. So

792
00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:09,960
Speaker 2: sort of someone maybe a little up and down test.

793
00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:11,960
Speaker 2: Do you are you a are you team Russel Spruts?

794
00:39:11,960 --> 00:39:12,880
Speaker 2: Do you like Russell Spruts?

795
00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:17,120
Speaker 3: Well, like many out there, I'm polarizing. Sometimes I don't,

796
00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:20,080
Speaker 3: sometimes I do. Sometimes I'd rather have an art to choke,

797
00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:25,439
Speaker 3: but those might cause some problems at the table because

798
00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:27,719
Speaker 3: they're big. They might cast someone to art to choke

799
00:39:28,120 --> 00:39:33,520
Speaker 3: at the table. So with this guy, I think you

800
00:39:33,680 --> 00:39:35,480
Speaker 3: got to get behind him right now. As we just

801
00:39:35,520 --> 00:39:39,160
Speaker 3: talked about with the Minnesota Timberwolves, Rudy Gobert's polarizing because

802
00:39:39,160 --> 00:39:43,040
Speaker 3: in today's NBA, he doesn't create social media highlights that

803
00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:46,120
Speaker 3: every single website is creating out there. He doesn't have

804
00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:48,880
Speaker 3: a great offensive game, it's not what he does. But

805
00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:52,520
Speaker 3: on the other side, he can help a winning team.

806
00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:56,680
Speaker 3: But again, those aren't highlights for him. Boxing Mitchell Robinson

807
00:39:56,719 --> 00:39:59,759
Speaker 3: out when they're playing the Knicks this past week was phenomenal.

808
00:40:00,080 --> 00:40:02,560
Speaker 3: Great Mitch Robinson, a great first half, and then Rudy

809
00:40:02,640 --> 00:40:05,760
Speaker 3: just shut him down by putting him on his cans,

810
00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:09,000
Speaker 3: putting him on his ass and preventing him from getting

811
00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:12,120
Speaker 3: to the rim. So that he even talked about the

812
00:40:12,200 --> 00:40:16,160
Speaker 3: screens he sets, screen assists, not passing, just getting in

813
00:40:16,200 --> 00:40:20,120
Speaker 3: people's way. So those aren't going to create any highlights ever.

814
00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:23,600
Speaker 3: But for people who watch basketball who want to have

815
00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:27,600
Speaker 3: a good team, you got to have scores. Trey talked

816
00:40:27,600 --> 00:40:30,400
Speaker 3: about Anthony Edwards, talked about the cat who was with

817
00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:33,480
Speaker 3: the Dominican Republican naz Reid. I don't know how this

818
00:40:33,520 --> 00:40:36,840
Speaker 3: guy is shooting forty percent from three by far and

819
00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:39,280
Speaker 3: away his best three point percentage and he shoot ninety

820
00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:44,520
Speaker 3: six percent from free throw land. After getting his extension

821
00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:47,120
Speaker 3: and he's getting a good first contract, he's having his

822
00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:50,759
Speaker 3: greatest year. So this Rudy Gobert is perfect and that

823
00:40:50,840 --> 00:40:53,879
Speaker 3: he doesn't have to It doesn't have to be incredible

824
00:40:53,960 --> 00:40:56,759
Speaker 3: offensively because they have so many other guys. It's why

825
00:40:56,760 --> 00:40:58,760
Speaker 3: the Wolves gave up so much more because they believe

826
00:40:58,800 --> 00:41:01,840
Speaker 3: that other guys could be off. It's the second season

827
00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:06,239
Speaker 3: when the first was bad. This is so phenomenal with

828
00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:09,560
Speaker 3: him just supporting the guys that can score.

829
00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:13,360
Speaker 2: I like it, Trey, who do you got for Brussels

830
00:41:13,360 --> 00:41:19,040
Speaker 2: Sprouts a polarizing, occasionally stinky player. I was leaning James

831
00:41:19,040 --> 00:41:24,640
Speaker 2: Harden if I'm being quite honest, that guy is quite polarizing.

832
00:41:25,600 --> 00:41:27,440
Speaker 4: You know, he'll have two forty point games in the

833
00:41:27,480 --> 00:41:30,480
Speaker 4: playoffs and he'll have two complete stinkers in the playoffs,

834
00:41:30,520 --> 00:41:34,560
Speaker 4: and when he's stinky, he's Brussels Sprout stinky. But I'm

835
00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:38,960
Speaker 4: going with Demonta Sabonis. There's no doubt he's a playoff faller.

836
00:41:39,239 --> 00:41:42,440
Speaker 4: Things are different come the postseason. With Sabonis, it's been

837
00:41:42,480 --> 00:41:45,239
Speaker 4: the case in Indiana, he basically got out played by

838
00:41:45,320 --> 00:41:49,240
Speaker 4: Kevon Looney, a guy who teeters between starter and reserve,

839
00:41:50,120 --> 00:41:51,200
Speaker 4: completely took him out of.

840
00:41:51,120 --> 00:41:53,400
Speaker 2: The game against the Warriors last season.

841
00:41:53,440 --> 00:41:55,960
Speaker 4: But as you're seeing this year, as you're seeing last

842
00:41:56,040 --> 00:41:58,840
Speaker 4: year when he made All NBA Third Team, Sabonis is

843
00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:01,239
Speaker 4: great in the regular seas and he's a good distributor.

844
00:42:01,520 --> 00:42:03,480
Speaker 4: He's a tough matchup because you don't see a lot

845
00:42:03,520 --> 00:42:06,360
Speaker 4: of big men who play that physical style he does.

846
00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:09,040
Speaker 4: And when Fox is healthy, next to the bonus and

847
00:42:09,080 --> 00:42:11,919
Speaker 4: he can kind of be the number one B. He's

848
00:42:11,960 --> 00:42:14,080
Speaker 4: perfect in that role and that's why the Kings are

849
00:42:14,080 --> 00:42:16,440
Speaker 4: so good. He gives them an interior presence as well.

850
00:42:16,560 --> 00:42:19,560
Speaker 4: And then outside of Jokic, he's the best ball mover

851
00:42:19,680 --> 00:42:20,399
Speaker 4: as a big guy.

852
00:42:21,040 --> 00:42:22,320
Speaker 2: So I still think he's really good.

853
00:42:22,560 --> 00:42:24,440
Speaker 4: But I also understand that when it comes to playoff

854
00:42:24,480 --> 00:42:27,760
Speaker 4: time you're looking at instead of twenty two and twelve,

855
00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:31,040
Speaker 4: you'd be happy with fifteen and eight, twenty and ten.

856
00:42:31,120 --> 00:42:34,759
Speaker 2: Let's see it. Demontes, Yeah, that's a good pick. I'm

857
00:42:34,760 --> 00:42:38,840
Speaker 2: gonna go with Canadian boy RJ. Barrett from a Brussels Sprouts.

858
00:42:39,080 --> 00:42:42,759
Speaker 2: He is. He's polarizing man. He from forget from game

859
00:42:42,760 --> 00:42:44,959
Speaker 2: to game, sometimes within the game from quarter to quarter.

860
00:42:45,080 --> 00:42:48,160
Speaker 2: This guy, at times he looks like the best Knicks

861
00:42:48,160 --> 00:42:50,919
Speaker 2: player on a very talented team, obviously Brunson and Randall.

862
00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:53,400
Speaker 2: Now Randall's got to go in. And other times he

863
00:42:53,520 --> 00:42:56,960
Speaker 2: just has those classic RJ like he's five five of

864
00:42:57,080 --> 00:43:00,000
Speaker 2: fifteen and four to thirteen and he just has those games.

865
00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:01,880
Speaker 2: And then he has those games where he's like twenty

866
00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:03,840
Speaker 2: five to thirty points and he's like hitting the corner

867
00:43:03,880 --> 00:43:07,120
Speaker 2: three and he's getting to the rim. I think he

868
00:43:07,160 --> 00:43:10,239
Speaker 2: infuriates a lot of Knicks fans. I think they go

869
00:43:10,320 --> 00:43:13,120
Speaker 2: to bat for him because they think he's like, you know,

870
00:43:14,440 --> 00:43:18,120
Speaker 2: underestimated across the league. But then they also are like, eh,

871
00:43:18,160 --> 00:43:20,120
Speaker 2: but is he good? You know, he's not consistent. That's

872
00:43:20,120 --> 00:43:22,319
Speaker 2: his issue. We even saw it with Team Canada. At

873
00:43:22,360 --> 00:43:24,040
Speaker 2: times he looked really, really good and other times he

874
00:43:24,120 --> 00:43:26,120
Speaker 2: was sort of a disappearing act. So he's had a

875
00:43:26,280 --> 00:43:30,240
Speaker 2: decent season overall, twenty one points a game, he's shooting

876
00:43:30,280 --> 00:43:32,719
Speaker 2: three really really good forty nine percent from deep. But

877
00:43:32,760 --> 00:43:34,719
Speaker 2: it comes and goes, So I'll go RJ. Barrett Russell

878
00:43:34,760 --> 00:43:39,919
Speaker 2: sprouts polarizing I believe all right, next one here, let's

879
00:43:39,920 --> 00:43:42,120
Speaker 2: move away from the table. Let's stand up all right,

880
00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:45,200
Speaker 2: undo our belt and maybe put on a nice sweater,

881
00:43:46,040 --> 00:43:50,200
Speaker 2: because I want to know which NBA team is a

882
00:43:50,280 --> 00:43:53,680
Speaker 2: nice sweater? Good for now, but you might not need

883
00:43:53,719 --> 00:43:56,040
Speaker 2: them come the spring tasks.

884
00:43:56,520 --> 00:43:59,600
Speaker 3: Where are you going well, Trey Betch and James Harden.

885
00:43:59,680 --> 00:44:03,880
Speaker 3: I think I think that we have probably called James Harden,

886
00:44:04,719 --> 00:44:07,560
Speaker 3: you know, one of these Thanksgiving categories like five years

887
00:44:07,600 --> 00:44:11,960
Speaker 3: in a row, and I'm throwing him in because him

888
00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:15,680
Speaker 3: in the Los Angeles Clippers. I don't see them growing

889
00:44:15,680 --> 00:44:19,440
Speaker 3: into a great team this season. The West is really, really,

890
00:44:19,760 --> 00:44:21,919
Speaker 3: really good. It's just too good for this team. They're

891
00:44:21,920 --> 00:44:25,240
Speaker 3: too small, and I don't think they'll necessarily all be healthy.

892
00:44:25,320 --> 00:44:27,919
Speaker 3: James Harden is talking about playing himself into shape here

893
00:44:28,480 --> 00:44:31,440
Speaker 3: that he literally is talking about that. That ain't a

894
00:44:31,480 --> 00:44:34,879
Speaker 3: good thing. They don't have experience together, and we don't

895
00:44:34,880 --> 00:44:37,440
Speaker 3: know about the future of this team. I know Steve

896
00:44:37,800 --> 00:44:41,840
Speaker 3: Baumber wants these guys. The ownership wants these guys to

897
00:44:41,880 --> 00:44:45,000
Speaker 3: be playing the into It Dome, their new stadium. He

898
00:44:45,040 --> 00:44:48,520
Speaker 3: wants all their superstars to be just going into that

899
00:44:48,760 --> 00:44:51,000
Speaker 3: as their first season, which could be next year. But

900
00:44:51,360 --> 00:44:54,239
Speaker 3: Kawhi could be a free agent this off season. Paul

901
00:44:54,280 --> 00:44:56,239
Speaker 3: George could be a free agent if they don't take

902
00:44:56,280 --> 00:44:59,000
Speaker 3: their player options. Same with Russell Westbrook. James Harden is

903
00:44:59,040 --> 00:45:01,960
Speaker 3: a free agent. So I don't see them beating anybody

904
00:45:02,360 --> 00:45:04,880
Speaker 3: in April or May. I don't see them being a

905
00:45:04,960 --> 00:45:09,480
Speaker 3: championship type team just because of what they're lacking. And

906
00:45:09,520 --> 00:45:12,000
Speaker 3: I do like the Russell Westbrook move to the bench.

907
00:45:12,080 --> 00:45:13,640
Speaker 3: That's going to help their defense a little bit, but

908
00:45:13,680 --> 00:45:16,640
Speaker 3: this team is a little too small. I don't buy it.

909
00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:19,080
Speaker 3: I don't buy the Clippers as a playoff team.

910
00:45:19,520 --> 00:45:21,360
Speaker 2: Trey, which team is a nice sweater?

911
00:45:23,920 --> 00:45:27,000
Speaker 4: I've been gladly wearing a Magic and Pacers sweater early

912
00:45:27,040 --> 00:45:29,080
Speaker 4: in this season. They might put it away, you know,

913
00:45:29,719 --> 00:45:32,000
Speaker 4: come February, once the weather starts to.

914
00:45:31,960 --> 00:45:33,640
Speaker 2: Turn down here, maybe March.

915
00:45:33,760 --> 00:45:37,120
Speaker 4: I just think those teams are both too one sided

916
00:45:37,200 --> 00:45:41,360
Speaker 4: to really have serious top four in their conference success

917
00:45:41,360 --> 00:45:43,320
Speaker 4: once time goes on. But my official nice sweater of

918
00:45:43,360 --> 00:45:45,719
Speaker 4: the NBA, I hate to say it, but I think

919
00:45:45,719 --> 00:45:48,520
Speaker 4: it's the Dallas Mavericks. When you look at their record,

920
00:45:48,520 --> 00:45:52,359
Speaker 4: they're pretty solid so far nine to five, but when

921
00:45:52,360 --> 00:45:54,200
Speaker 4: you break it down, they're seven to one against teams

922
00:45:54,239 --> 00:45:57,399
Speaker 4: that are over five hundred and or that are five

923
00:45:57,480 --> 00:46:00,000
Speaker 4: hundred or under, and then two and four against teams

924
00:46:00,120 --> 00:46:00,920
Speaker 4: over five hundred.

925
00:46:00,920 --> 00:46:03,520
Speaker 2: They've lost to the Bucks, the Kings, and the Nuggets.

926
00:46:03,560 --> 00:46:07,240
Speaker 4: According to Basketball Reference, they've played the fourth easiest schedule

927
00:46:07,320 --> 00:46:10,120
Speaker 4: in the league so far this season. Basically, when they

928
00:46:10,120 --> 00:46:12,279
Speaker 4: play a good team, that team scores one hundred and

929
00:46:12,320 --> 00:46:13,840
Speaker 4: thirty points against the Mavericks.

930
00:46:14,440 --> 00:46:15,200
Speaker 2: When you're giving up.

931
00:46:15,120 --> 00:46:16,840
Speaker 4: One hundred and thirty, you're gonna lose a lot of

932
00:46:16,880 --> 00:46:18,920
Speaker 4: games just because it comes down to chance. It's hard

933
00:46:18,960 --> 00:46:21,480
Speaker 4: to score one hundred and thirty five every single night.

934
00:46:21,480 --> 00:46:24,720
Speaker 4: They've been great so far. They're hitting threes. Tim Hardaway

935
00:46:24,800 --> 00:46:28,280
Speaker 4: Junior has been on fire to start the season. Eventually

936
00:46:28,360 --> 00:46:29,960
Speaker 4: that will all come back down to earth and they'll

937
00:46:29,960 --> 00:46:31,960
Speaker 4: just shoot the ball like an average team. Maybe they'll

938
00:46:32,000 --> 00:46:34,200
Speaker 4: still end up as the best offense in the league,

939
00:46:34,320 --> 00:46:38,080
Speaker 4: but once it takes a tiny, tiny step back, they're

940
00:46:38,080 --> 00:46:41,640
Speaker 4: gonna be in too many shootouts to really lock down

941
00:46:41,640 --> 00:46:42,439
Speaker 4: a top four seed.

942
00:46:42,480 --> 00:46:45,120
Speaker 2: I think, yeah, I had the Mavericks for all those

943
00:46:45,160 --> 00:46:47,439
Speaker 2: reasons as well, the really good record against the bad team,

944
00:46:47,520 --> 00:46:50,280
Speaker 2: struggling against the better teams. I feel like the Dallas

945
00:46:50,280 --> 00:46:54,440
Speaker 2: Mavericks we've barely talked about this season too. I don't

946
00:46:54,480 --> 00:46:56,239
Speaker 2: know if that's just like a scheduling quirk or the

947
00:46:56,280 --> 00:46:58,400
Speaker 2: games haven't been all that entertaining. But we haven't talked

948
00:46:58,440 --> 00:47:00,920
Speaker 2: a lot about them having a nine and five record.

949
00:47:00,960 --> 00:47:03,040
Speaker 2: I mean, decent overall. But yeah, part of it I

950
00:47:03,040 --> 00:47:05,080
Speaker 2: think is, you know, they're sort of crushing these really

951
00:47:05,120 --> 00:47:07,799
Speaker 2: bad teams early on, and that's good, but not picking

952
00:47:07,880 --> 00:47:09,919
Speaker 2: up maybe some keyw's there. I like that one. They're

953
00:47:09,960 --> 00:47:12,799
Speaker 2: a nice sweater to me. Final one. We asked this

954
00:47:12,840 --> 00:47:16,200
Speaker 2: one every year. Sometimes we ask to invite four or

955
00:47:16,239 --> 00:47:18,239
Speaker 2: five people over. Not this year. There's only room for

956
00:47:18,320 --> 00:47:22,000
Speaker 2: one task. Thanksgiving dinner. Which player do you like to

957
00:47:22,480 --> 00:47:23,800
Speaker 2: or want to an extend an invite to?

958
00:47:24,400 --> 00:47:27,920
Speaker 3: I want to watch Zion eat. Zion Williamson is gonna

959
00:47:27,960 --> 00:47:31,080
Speaker 3: love Thanksgiving. He may have some secret dishes that he

960
00:47:31,120 --> 00:47:33,120
Speaker 3: doesn't talk about. I remember last year he was asked

961
00:47:33,160 --> 00:47:38,040
Speaker 3: about his favorite Thanksgiving dish. He refused to answer. He said, no,

962
00:47:38,239 --> 00:47:40,840
Speaker 3: I'm not doing it. No matter what I say, social

963
00:47:40,880 --> 00:47:44,640
Speaker 3: media is gonna clown Yeah, yeah, exactly. He knew social

964
00:47:44,719 --> 00:47:46,799
Speaker 3: media is gonna make fun of him. But this year,

965
00:47:47,360 --> 00:47:51,839
Speaker 3: Zion is having his best diet ever in his NBA career.

966
00:47:51,880 --> 00:47:54,520
Speaker 3: He looks great. He's playing out there, so I think

967
00:47:54,560 --> 00:47:57,040
Speaker 3: the holidays are his time to eat. He'll put out

968
00:47:57,040 --> 00:47:59,040
Speaker 3: the best spread. He'll want the best spread. So I

969
00:47:59,120 --> 00:48:01,440
Speaker 3: want to be I want to be beside him because

970
00:48:01,480 --> 00:48:03,200
Speaker 3: I think we'll have a good time eating together.

971
00:48:03,320 --> 00:48:04,640
Speaker 2: Okay, Zion, where are you going?

972
00:48:04,640 --> 00:48:07,640
Speaker 4: TK, I'm inviting Jimmy Butler over. Just want to see

973
00:48:07,680 --> 00:48:10,040
Speaker 4: what he wears. Does he dress up like a full Pilgrim?

974
00:48:10,160 --> 00:48:12,640
Speaker 2: Maybe? Wow?

975
00:48:13,640 --> 00:48:16,160
Speaker 4: Did you see what Jordan Clarkson wore? Yeah, he was

976
00:48:16,239 --> 00:48:21,439
Speaker 4: in Pilgrim mode Napoleon. What a crazy look.

977
00:48:21,920 --> 00:48:22,120
Speaker 1: Yeah?

978
00:48:22,160 --> 00:48:25,759
Speaker 2: Sure he could come as well. Okay, like Jimmy, Man,

979
00:48:25,760 --> 00:48:27,960
Speaker 2: that would be Yeah, it'd be fun. Jimmy's like he

980
00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:30,040
Speaker 2: feels like a fun hang. Could be intense though too.

981
00:48:30,120 --> 00:48:31,080
Speaker 2: You know, it could be.

982
00:48:31,719 --> 00:48:33,840
Speaker 4: It could go poorly. You could have an awkward Thanksgiving

983
00:48:33,840 --> 00:48:35,000
Speaker 4: with Jimmy Butler in the house.

984
00:48:35,280 --> 00:48:38,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I'm gonna go. Really the opposite of tasks.

985
00:48:38,360 --> 00:48:41,120
Speaker 2: I'm inviting. Look, I'm gonna cheat here. I'm gonna invite

986
00:48:41,120 --> 00:48:43,799
Speaker 2: two people. Give me Wemby and Chet. Let's see if

987
00:48:43,760 --> 00:48:45,759
Speaker 2: we can get some pounds on these guys. See how

988
00:48:45,760 --> 00:48:47,560
Speaker 2: we do it. See what they're grabbing for see if

989
00:48:47,560 --> 00:48:50,680
Speaker 2: they're going back for seconds. Especially Chet, he's got the

990
00:48:50,719 --> 00:48:52,840
Speaker 2: cool look. He's got Thanksgiving luck with that sort of

991
00:48:52,920 --> 00:48:57,319
Speaker 2: Abe Abe Lincoln like vibe going on. So I'll get

992
00:48:57,360 --> 00:49:00,400
Speaker 2: both those guys over and maybe more leftovers for the US.

993
00:49:00,480 --> 00:49:03,759
Speaker 2: But let's hear from everybody in the stream team, all

994
00:49:03,760 --> 00:49:06,560
Speaker 2: the podcast listeners, which players are you inviting over to

995
00:49:06,600 --> 00:49:09,759
Speaker 2: your Thanksgiving meal? We got one more break here, but

996
00:49:09,800 --> 00:49:12,080
Speaker 2: when we come back, Tass has the rapid fire questions.

997
00:49:12,120 --> 00:49:15,439
Speaker 2: Don't go anywhere all right. As I said off the top,

998
00:49:15,520 --> 00:49:18,680
Speaker 2: this is the drop podcast on a Wednesday, because it's

999
00:49:18,719 --> 00:49:22,239
Speaker 2: Thanksgiving week here in the States. No no dunks on

1000
00:49:22,320 --> 00:49:24,440
Speaker 2: Thursday or Friday, though, we will have a new No

1001
00:49:24,560 --> 00:49:27,400
Speaker 2: Buffs Survivor podcast on Friday. Join us for that. It's

1002
00:49:27,400 --> 00:49:30,319
Speaker 2: Gott's on YouTube, It's on podcast feed. But task, let's

1003
00:49:30,400 --> 00:49:33,240
Speaker 2: end this in style with some rapid fire questions. Jerome's

1004
00:49:33,280 --> 00:49:35,040
Speaker 2: gonna answer with TK and I let's.

1005
00:49:34,880 --> 00:49:38,840
Speaker 3: Do it first one Shaquille O'Neill was doing some style.

1006
00:49:38,960 --> 00:49:41,840
Speaker 3: He was at the F one race saying hi to

1007
00:49:41,920 --> 00:49:44,520
Speaker 3: David Beckham, et cetera. He also said he would like

1008
00:49:44,600 --> 00:49:48,040
Speaker 3: to own an NBA team in Las Vegas along with

1009
00:49:48,160 --> 00:49:52,160
Speaker 3: Lebron James. What's something you want to own? Skeets.

1010
00:49:52,800 --> 00:49:54,839
Speaker 2: I've been saying this for some reason for like five

1011
00:49:54,920 --> 00:49:56,640
Speaker 2: or six years now. I don't know why. I just

1012
00:49:56,680 --> 00:50:00,800
Speaker 2: don't go and buy it. But an NBA Jam arcade,

1013
00:50:01,200 --> 00:50:03,799
Speaker 2: why don't I have one? I don't know. I've been

1014
00:50:03,840 --> 00:50:06,719
Speaker 2: saying it on this show for literally five years now.

1015
00:50:07,480 --> 00:50:10,040
Speaker 2: Every time I see it, every time someone shares something

1016
00:50:10,040 --> 00:50:12,680
Speaker 2: on social, I'm my god, I want this. I want

1017
00:50:12,680 --> 00:50:14,439
Speaker 2: this in my house. I want this in this room.

1018
00:50:14,600 --> 00:50:16,600
Speaker 2: I want this behind me in that corner.

1019
00:50:16,640 --> 00:50:18,080
Speaker 1: So heels very attainable.

1020
00:50:18,480 --> 00:50:21,120
Speaker 2: I know they're not expensive. You can get him at Costco.

1021
00:50:21,320 --> 00:50:23,040
Speaker 2: You can probably order him online. I'm sure you can.

1022
00:50:23,520 --> 00:50:25,279
Speaker 2: And I just, for some reason keep putting it off

1023
00:50:25,280 --> 00:50:28,040
Speaker 2: and putting it off. So maybe I'll ask Santa this year.

1024
00:50:28,960 --> 00:50:31,040
Speaker 2: But that's my answer, mbajm arcade.

1025
00:50:31,840 --> 00:50:35,440
Speaker 3: Don't you have another game set in another party of

1026
00:50:35,440 --> 00:50:35,920
Speaker 3: your house?

1027
00:50:36,280 --> 00:50:37,360
Speaker 2: Another game set.

1028
00:50:37,160 --> 00:50:40,520
Speaker 3: With another game, another game, another game set? I'made referring

1029
00:50:40,600 --> 00:50:41,200
Speaker 3: to an arcade.

1030
00:50:41,320 --> 00:50:46,160
Speaker 2: No, I wish. Maybe maybe I have a PlayStation three

1031
00:50:46,280 --> 00:50:49,239
Speaker 2: not hooked up? You want it?

1032
00:50:49,400 --> 00:50:53,000
Speaker 3: Your kids want to No? No, I played the five

1033
00:50:53,080 --> 00:50:57,720
Speaker 3: at JD's the other day with with Esh telling telling

1034
00:50:57,719 --> 00:51:01,040
Speaker 3: me how I should be playing. He was taking me

1035
00:51:01,120 --> 00:51:05,239
Speaker 3: through the murdering of other people in a game where

1036
00:51:05,239 --> 00:51:06,560
Speaker 3: I was I was hanging out.

1037
00:51:07,200 --> 00:51:10,239
Speaker 2: Yeah, what were you played a Fortnite for?

1038
00:51:10,640 --> 00:51:14,439
Speaker 1: Okay, yeah, I've never heard murdering in Fortnite like used

1039
00:51:14,480 --> 00:51:20,359
Speaker 1: together very people doing.

1040
00:51:20,440 --> 00:51:22,680
Speaker 3: You're right, yeah, but that's what it is.

1041
00:51:22,920 --> 00:51:25,000
Speaker 1: I was thinking, like a call of duty situation when

1042
00:51:25,000 --> 00:51:25,799
Speaker 1: you're saying.

1043
00:51:25,800 --> 00:51:28,839
Speaker 2: Yeah, realistic, maybe.

1044
00:51:29,040 --> 00:51:30,040
Speaker 3: Trey, what do you got here?

1045
00:51:30,520 --> 00:51:35,719
Speaker 4: I want a new front license plate in Georgia. You

1046
00:51:35,760 --> 00:51:37,440
Speaker 4: don't have to have a front license plate, you know,

1047
00:51:37,680 --> 00:51:39,399
Speaker 4: just the rearsy. Yeah, you see that in a lot

1048
00:51:39,400 --> 00:51:42,200
Speaker 4: of places. So for me, that's a place where you

1049
00:51:42,200 --> 00:51:45,560
Speaker 4: could personalize something. I'm always jealous when I see like

1050
00:51:45,560 --> 00:51:47,279
Speaker 4: like for me, I would maybe get a grateful dead

1051
00:51:47,360 --> 00:51:49,280
Speaker 4: Steely or perhaps a Bowles logo.

1052
00:51:50,239 --> 00:51:51,839
Speaker 2: I just gonna pull the trigger. I mean, it's even

1053
00:51:51,880 --> 00:51:52,640
Speaker 2: more embarrassing than.

1054
00:51:52,600 --> 00:51:56,760
Speaker 4: Skeets, Like how much can a vanity plate costs forty

1055
00:51:56,800 --> 00:51:57,719
Speaker 4: eight dollars.

1056
00:51:57,440 --> 00:51:59,960
Speaker 2: To Yeah, I was gonna say fifty sixty bucks top

1057
00:52:00,160 --> 00:52:03,839
Speaker 2: yeah baby, yeah baby, I mean inflation of these days. Yeah,

1058
00:52:03,840 --> 00:52:05,520
Speaker 2: but I gotta do it because right now I just

1059
00:52:05,560 --> 00:52:07,440
Speaker 2: got those two points. That's ridiculous.

1060
00:52:08,880 --> 00:52:11,560
Speaker 3: Georgia is hilarious. I don't even know if if do

1061
00:52:11,640 --> 00:52:14,120
Speaker 3: you actually need a license plate up front? Like you

1062
00:52:14,120 --> 00:52:16,640
Speaker 3: obviously you don't, like you said, but do you need

1063
00:52:16,680 --> 00:52:19,400
Speaker 3: to put one up there? Could you? Just? Like I

1064
00:52:19,400 --> 00:52:21,080
Speaker 3: feel like you could just cut out a piece of

1065
00:52:21,080 --> 00:52:27,320
Speaker 3: paper and put it on. Would have to be durable.

1066
00:52:27,360 --> 00:52:30,280
Speaker 2: If you're going to do that, you can put anything

1067
00:52:30,280 --> 00:52:30,640
Speaker 2: on there.

1068
00:52:31,120 --> 00:52:34,400
Speaker 3: Yeah, exactly, all right, Jerome, something you want to own?

1069
00:52:35,320 --> 00:52:39,080
Speaker 1: I guess mine is the most ambitious, but like maybe

1070
00:52:39,120 --> 00:52:40,520
Speaker 1: a classic factory up north?

1071
00:52:41,200 --> 00:52:41,720
Speaker 3: Oh wow?

1072
00:52:43,840 --> 00:52:47,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think you know, I've been working remote ever

1073
00:52:47,440 --> 00:52:50,319
Speaker 1: since joining the Athletic, and you know, much to John

1074
00:52:50,360 --> 00:52:53,719
Speaker 1: Mulaney's display dismay, I really need a second location to

1075
00:52:53,760 --> 00:52:57,240
Speaker 1: go to sometimes, and I think a commercial space, studio

1076
00:52:57,239 --> 00:53:01,319
Speaker 1: space would be cool. Whether it's for podcasting, whether it's

1077
00:53:01,360 --> 00:53:04,160
Speaker 1: for work. Maybe it's a little coffee shop, who knows,

1078
00:53:04,280 --> 00:53:08,919
Speaker 1: maybe it's an after hours karaoke I don't know, but yeah,

1079
00:53:08,960 --> 00:53:11,279
Speaker 1: I think that would just be a cool thing to have.

1080
00:53:12,360 --> 00:53:15,000
Speaker 3: Talking it into existence. I like that. I like that,

1081
00:53:15,000 --> 00:53:17,719
Speaker 3: all right. Second one here, Klay Thompson finally did. It

1082
00:53:17,760 --> 00:53:19,600
Speaker 3: took him nearly a month, but he had his first

1083
00:53:19,640 --> 00:53:23,239
Speaker 3: twenty point game of the season. What's something you're good at,

1084
00:53:23,239 --> 00:53:26,799
Speaker 3: like Clay but have been struggling with recently, Skeets, What

1085
00:53:26,840 --> 00:53:27,200
Speaker 3: do you got.

1086
00:53:28,280 --> 00:53:31,680
Speaker 2: I think I'm a pretty good sleeper, okay, Like I

1087
00:53:31,719 --> 00:53:35,239
Speaker 2: can fall asleep quickly, I can sleep with lights on,

1088
00:53:35,440 --> 00:53:37,479
Speaker 2: I can sleep with noise like it's not an issue

1089
00:53:37,520 --> 00:53:39,360
Speaker 2: for me. And I like to sleep, like I really

1090
00:53:39,400 --> 00:53:42,319
Speaker 2: do like sleeping, but I've been struggling with sleeping in

1091
00:53:43,440 --> 00:53:46,240
Speaker 2: I am up like at I point thirty every morning.

1092
00:53:46,280 --> 00:53:46,360
Speaker 3: Now.

1093
00:53:46,400 --> 00:53:48,479
Speaker 2: I don't know what's going on. I don't really want

1094
00:53:48,480 --> 00:53:51,120
Speaker 2: to be, but I'm awake and I'm just getting up

1095
00:53:51,120 --> 00:53:53,880
Speaker 2: and obviously start working on the show. And I don't know,

1096
00:53:54,000 --> 00:53:56,840
Speaker 2: I can't do it even come weekends. I like, like

1097
00:53:56,960 --> 00:53:59,560
Speaker 2: six o'clock is like a sleeping now, which is insane.

1098
00:53:59,200 --> 00:54:06,040
Speaker 1: Exposed this Saturday morning, Uh playbackcause I'm bored.

1099
00:54:06,160 --> 00:54:07,879
Speaker 2: There's nothing to do in the morning, and I will

1100
00:54:07,920 --> 00:54:12,279
Speaker 2: jump on playback with all our fans. But yeah, I know,

1101
00:54:12,360 --> 00:54:15,080
Speaker 2: I I think so it's unfortunate.

1102
00:54:15,400 --> 00:54:20,239
Speaker 3: Yeah sleeping this year number one for that Steets, because yeah,

1103
00:54:20,280 --> 00:54:22,480
Speaker 3: I pop on there because it's not your number one

1104
00:54:22,520 --> 00:54:25,480
Speaker 3: for me unfortunately, And I see at yeah, six am,

1105
00:54:25,520 --> 00:54:26,400
Speaker 3: doing some editing.

1106
00:54:26,719 --> 00:54:28,520
Speaker 2: What's going on? I know you're right. This is the

1107
00:54:28,600 --> 00:54:30,719
Speaker 2: first year that this has really happened because I used

1108
00:54:30,719 --> 00:54:32,319
Speaker 2: to be you know, not that I would sleep until

1109
00:54:32,320 --> 00:54:33,840
Speaker 2: eight or anything like that, but yeah, more of a

1110
00:54:33,920 --> 00:54:37,080
Speaker 2: normal wake up time, I guess. But yeah, I'm beating

1111
00:54:37,080 --> 00:54:38,759
Speaker 2: tass in there in the morning now. You know. TK

1112
00:54:38,840 --> 00:54:42,440
Speaker 2: wakes up fairly early. I'm just up, man, And you

1113
00:54:42,440 --> 00:54:44,319
Speaker 2: know what, it is nice you get a lot done

1114
00:54:44,360 --> 00:54:46,359
Speaker 2: in the boarding if you want to, and nobody else

1115
00:54:46,440 --> 00:54:49,080
Speaker 2: is awake, but I also just want to sleep. Sometimes

1116
00:54:49,120 --> 00:54:51,480
Speaker 2: they just come on, man, relax, go back to bed.

1117
00:54:51,640 --> 00:54:53,120
Speaker 2: But I'll work on.

1118
00:54:53,080 --> 00:54:56,360
Speaker 3: It, uh, Trey, something you've been struggling with recently.

1119
00:54:56,840 --> 00:54:59,080
Speaker 2: I used to be good at bending hats.

1120
00:54:59,600 --> 00:55:01,359
Speaker 4: You know the bill on a hat and you can

1121
00:55:01,400 --> 00:55:04,680
Speaker 4: get it shaped real nice. I mean, late nineties, early

1122
00:55:04,800 --> 00:55:08,120
Speaker 4: two thousands, before the flat brim really took off. You

1123
00:55:08,160 --> 00:55:11,719
Speaker 4: would be getting like a full parabolic bend on some

1124
00:55:11,800 --> 00:55:15,120
Speaker 4: of these hats. But nowadays I feel like they've changed

1125
00:55:15,120 --> 00:55:16,799
Speaker 4: the material on the inside.

1126
00:55:16,840 --> 00:55:20,319
Speaker 2: I think it goes back straight. Yeah, it's ridiculous.

1127
00:55:20,600 --> 00:55:23,600
Speaker 4: Yeah, and there's a guy with a rectangle shaped head.

1128
00:55:24,560 --> 00:55:26,960
Speaker 4: It's just not good. For me to be doing flat brims,

1129
00:55:27,120 --> 00:55:30,680
Speaker 4: it just doesn't work for some marches. I need some arches.

1130
00:55:30,760 --> 00:55:33,320
Speaker 2: So yeah, you know, I gotta go back to vintage hats,

1131
00:55:33,840 --> 00:55:35,480
Speaker 2: back when they put cardboard in the brim.

1132
00:55:35,520 --> 00:55:38,200
Speaker 4: I feel like it's a it's a polymer of some sort.

1133
00:55:38,280 --> 00:55:40,040
Speaker 2: These days, dead hat.

1134
00:55:40,200 --> 00:55:41,359
Speaker 1: Dead hats are safe, Like.

1135
00:55:41,360 --> 00:55:43,680
Speaker 2: Dad, that's a bend. But yeah, you can get a bend.

1136
00:55:43,880 --> 00:55:47,600
Speaker 4: But like I'm thinking of like Boys to Men Motown

1137
00:55:47,680 --> 00:55:51,920
Speaker 4: Philly video, They've got the wildest hat bend, like angular

1138
00:55:52,120 --> 00:55:52,760
Speaker 4: up and down.

1139
00:55:52,880 --> 00:55:55,879
Speaker 2: There's a great picture of Larry Bird driving a truck.

1140
00:55:55,560 --> 00:55:58,080
Speaker 4: From back in the eighties and it's like straight across

1141
00:55:58,120 --> 00:55:59,680
Speaker 4: with two angles like a house.

1142
00:56:00,600 --> 00:56:01,880
Speaker 2: You can never do that today.

1143
00:56:02,000 --> 00:56:06,040
Speaker 3: No, it's great to hear the word polymer.

1144
00:56:06,120 --> 00:56:10,759
Speaker 1: I like that. Sure, what have you been struggling with

1145
00:56:11,480 --> 00:56:14,920
Speaker 1: very recently? And I'm the opposite of skeets. I cannot

1146
00:56:14,960 --> 00:56:19,759
Speaker 1: stay awake after daylight safety at all. Like, once I

1147
00:56:19,880 --> 00:56:23,120
Speaker 1: finish that final short of the day, I'm sitting there

1148
00:56:23,120 --> 00:56:26,160
Speaker 1: on my couch and I'm like, sure, let's the sun's

1149
00:56:26,160 --> 00:56:28,640
Speaker 1: down at five, Like we're going to pass out over

1150
00:56:28,800 --> 00:56:31,279
Speaker 1: like a couple hours or something. But I don't know.

1151
00:56:31,320 --> 00:56:33,240
Speaker 1: I think it's just a matter of time of adjusting

1152
00:56:33,320 --> 00:56:37,560
Speaker 1: to it. But boy, it's really tough these days.

1153
00:56:37,080 --> 00:56:40,400
Speaker 2: That's yes, I hate that. Yesterday here in Atlanta was

1154
00:56:40,440 --> 00:56:42,200
Speaker 2: a dark day, like it was really cloudy, in stormy,

1155
00:56:42,200 --> 00:56:44,560
Speaker 2: and it was like two thirty felt like I felt

1156
00:56:44,600 --> 00:56:46,640
Speaker 2: like seven thirty. I was like, I was like, oh, better,

1157
00:56:46,640 --> 00:56:48,160
Speaker 2: get ready to go down to the Hawks game. And

1158
00:56:48,239 --> 00:56:48,680
Speaker 2: it's like.

1159
00:56:51,080 --> 00:56:54,719
Speaker 1: And it's like also because when you leave, because it's

1160
00:56:54,719 --> 00:56:57,520
Speaker 1: been dark for so long, you think it's like eleven twelve,

1161
00:56:57,600 --> 00:56:58,400
Speaker 1: it's like nine o'clock.

1162
00:56:58,560 --> 00:57:01,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, oh yeah, yeah, it's worse.

1163
00:57:03,320 --> 00:57:06,520
Speaker 3: I like that. Both angles talk talk plenty of range

1164
00:57:06,520 --> 00:57:09,920
Speaker 3: in this podcast. All right, final one here. You may

1165
00:57:09,960 --> 00:57:12,080
Speaker 3: have seen this. This week, Snoop Dogg said he was

1166
00:57:12,080 --> 00:57:16,400
Speaker 3: giving up smoking, no more smoking anything. When he said that,

1167
00:57:16,480 --> 00:57:19,160
Speaker 3: so wondered if it was just an ad. It was.

1168
00:57:19,440 --> 00:57:22,480
Speaker 3: Four days later he revealed he was going smokeless with

1169
00:57:22,760 --> 00:57:27,880
Speaker 3: Solo stove fire pits. What's something you plan on giving up?

1170
00:57:28,040 --> 00:57:29,640
Speaker 3: Skeets a man.

1171
00:57:29,680 --> 00:57:33,440
Speaker 2: I hate to say this, but they probably have. I

1172
00:57:33,440 --> 00:57:37,320
Speaker 2: don't know, maybe two more weeks to keep me entertained

1173
00:57:37,400 --> 00:57:39,280
Speaker 2: or keep me tuning in every night. I'm talking about

1174
00:57:39,280 --> 00:57:43,840
Speaker 2: the twenty twenty three, twenty four Toronto Raptors. There's too

1175
00:57:43,880 --> 00:57:46,160
Speaker 2: many good teams, man, there's too much good basketball. I

1176
00:57:46,160 --> 00:57:48,560
Speaker 2: don't need to, like, you know, ruin my entire season

1177
00:57:48,560 --> 00:57:50,280
Speaker 2: by having to watch every single one of these Craft

1178
00:57:50,440 --> 00:57:56,600
Speaker 2: Raptors games Craft Raptor games. So I'm good, Like I'm

1179
00:57:56,640 --> 00:57:58,680
Speaker 2: not there yet. You know, there's six and eight they

1180
00:57:58,720 --> 00:58:01,200
Speaker 2: that times look okay, but other times don't. They got

1181
00:58:01,240 --> 00:58:03,200
Speaker 2: a couple more weeks, they probably have to the end

1182
00:58:03,200 --> 00:58:05,640
Speaker 2: of the you know, calendar year here to see what

1183
00:58:05,640 --> 00:58:08,200
Speaker 2: they're doing, and then we get, of course into trade

1184
00:58:08,240 --> 00:58:10,080
Speaker 2: season and whether or not they actually take a direction

1185
00:58:10,120 --> 00:58:13,040
Speaker 2: here in moving some of these guys. But yeah, it's not.

1186
00:58:13,080 --> 00:58:13,600
Speaker 3: They're gonna do.

1187
00:58:13,960 --> 00:58:16,040
Speaker 1: I'm not exciting to come back, and it's gonna pull

1188
00:58:16,080 --> 00:58:17,760
Speaker 1: you back in for like another couple of weeks.

1189
00:58:17,840 --> 00:58:20,640
Speaker 2: Like that's what is going to happen someday. I hope it.

1190
00:58:20,800 --> 00:58:22,560
Speaker 2: I hope so and all. I mean, of course, I'm

1191
00:58:22,560 --> 00:58:24,160
Speaker 2: gonna like still be like keeping up on them, but

1192
00:58:24,200 --> 00:58:25,959
Speaker 2: I just won't be like locked in forty eight minutes

1193
00:58:25,960 --> 00:58:28,080
Speaker 2: for every game if they continue to be just the

1194
00:58:28,120 --> 00:58:31,320
Speaker 2: most mediocre, mediocre team in the league. Like it's at

1195
00:58:31,320 --> 00:58:33,160
Speaker 2: a certain point, I like I'd rather watch the Pacers

1196
00:58:33,200 --> 00:58:34,640
Speaker 2: go for one hundred and fifty, you know, So that's

1197
00:58:34,640 --> 00:58:36,800
Speaker 2: where I'm at. I'm just that's a warning to the Raptors.

1198
00:58:37,800 --> 00:58:41,240
Speaker 4: Hey balls, Raptors on Friday?

1199
00:58:40,280 --> 00:58:46,520
Speaker 3: Yeah, baby baby, would they get mad if we produced

1200
00:58:46,520 --> 00:58:50,760
Speaker 3: a short that was titled something like craft Raptors or

1201
00:58:50,840 --> 00:58:52,040
Speaker 3: Toronto Crafts.

1202
00:58:52,440 --> 00:58:54,400
Speaker 1: I can ask directly if that's what we wanted to

1203
00:58:55,320 --> 00:58:57,680
Speaker 1: be happy, they would be thrilled.

1204
00:58:58,320 --> 00:59:02,120
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'll get them some hits, all right? Uh, Trey,

1205
00:59:02,120 --> 00:59:03,200
Speaker 3: what do you got?

1206
00:59:03,600 --> 00:59:06,400
Speaker 4: I'm gonna shave my beard in my head at some point.

1207
00:59:06,920 --> 00:59:11,560
Speaker 4: I'm thinking Brad Pitt in Fight Club, Tyler Jurdon sort of. Look,

1208
00:59:11,880 --> 00:59:13,800
Speaker 4: I've said for a long time it's gonna happen when

1209
00:59:13,840 --> 00:59:18,360
Speaker 4: I turned forty, which is in February. But as the

1210
00:59:18,400 --> 00:59:21,120
Speaker 4: time gets closer, more and more people are saying, you

1211
00:59:21,160 --> 00:59:23,280
Speaker 4: can't do it, Dad, you can't do it. Clus And

1212
00:59:23,360 --> 00:59:25,240
Speaker 4: you look so handsome. I don't want to actually see

1213
00:59:25,240 --> 00:59:28,720
Speaker 4: what your chin looks like now. But someday I won't.

1214
00:59:28,480 --> 00:59:32,640
Speaker 2: Be this Harry. Wow, that'd be weird. Yeah, you're telling me.

1215
00:59:33,000 --> 00:59:34,560
Speaker 2: Even I don't know what my face looks like at

1216
00:59:34,560 --> 00:59:34,959
Speaker 2: this point.

1217
00:59:35,320 --> 00:59:37,680
Speaker 1: It might be an All Star debut very like Alan.

1218
00:59:38,880 --> 00:59:40,280
Speaker 2: Whoa, yeah, that's great.

1219
00:59:40,320 --> 00:59:43,120
Speaker 4: We'll back do it in the hotel though, show up

1220
00:59:43,200 --> 00:59:46,600
Speaker 4: till the first stuff totally standard, and then talk to

1221
00:59:46,760 --> 00:59:49,120
Speaker 4: like the next practice looking like a different person.

1222
00:59:50,520 --> 00:59:54,960
Speaker 3: Takes guts, but yeah, you always get it from somebody

1223
00:59:55,280 --> 00:59:57,840
Speaker 3: that cares about you. Yeah, like, don't shave it, but

1224
00:59:57,920 --> 00:59:58,760
Speaker 3: it'll grow back.

1225
00:59:59,000 --> 01:00:01,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, Like how much how long would that take to

1226
01:00:01,840 --> 01:00:04,680
Speaker 2: grow back? I think my beard gets it. Takes like

1227
01:00:05,480 --> 01:00:06,720
Speaker 2: six months to look long.

1228
01:00:06,920 --> 01:00:07,400
Speaker 3: Probably.

1229
01:00:07,640 --> 01:00:10,760
Speaker 2: Okay, that's fine, okay, yeah, yeah, yeah.

1230
01:00:11,080 --> 01:00:15,520
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, yeah the off season as well, you get

1231
01:00:15,520 --> 01:00:16,440
Speaker 3: a few months out of that.

1232
01:00:16,600 --> 01:00:18,360
Speaker 2: Well okay, yeah, that's the thing. I gotta do it

1233
01:00:18,400 --> 01:00:22,000
Speaker 2: in the winter, otherwise I'll have crazy faced tan lines.

1234
01:00:22,880 --> 01:00:26,400
Speaker 2: Yeah then I'm nervous.

1235
01:00:26,400 --> 01:00:29,800
Speaker 3: Interesting, all right, Jerome, is something you plan on giving up.

1236
01:00:30,160 --> 01:00:32,080
Speaker 1: It's going to happen this weekend that I'm going to

1237
01:00:32,160 --> 01:00:35,080
Speaker 1: give up twenty to thirty points to whoever I'm defending

1238
01:00:35,160 --> 01:00:41,320
Speaker 1: at that sports.

1239
01:00:39,320 --> 01:00:42,080
Speaker 2: You don't think we're going to be locked in defensively, drome.

1240
01:00:42,400 --> 01:00:45,520
Speaker 1: I bet best locked in offensively, And it's an all

1241
01:00:45,600 --> 01:00:50,040
Speaker 1: star exhibition game, and I'm not trying to run after

1242
01:00:50,200 --> 01:00:54,160
Speaker 1: a professional athlete. I'm just hoping that they more lean

1243
01:00:54,240 --> 01:00:57,120
Speaker 1: into the sport that they play and not basketball.

1244
01:00:58,000 --> 01:00:59,440
Speaker 2: Okay, that's Saturday.

1245
01:01:00,080 --> 01:01:06,240
Speaker 1: That's Saturday over at Madame Athletic Center TMU, eight o'clock.

1246
01:01:06,280 --> 01:01:08,360
Speaker 1: I think tickets are still on sale, but yeah, come

1247
01:01:08,400 --> 01:01:10,280
Speaker 1: through in Toronto.

1248
01:01:09,920 --> 01:01:10,240
Speaker 3: All right.

1249
01:01:10,400 --> 01:01:11,520
Speaker 2: Just don't hurt yourself first.

1250
01:01:11,760 --> 01:01:14,560
Speaker 1: That's That's what I'm really like. Really, just not an

1251
01:01:14,600 --> 01:01:16,360
Speaker 1: injury is what I'm hoping more than anything.

1252
01:01:16,600 --> 01:01:18,960
Speaker 2: But let's be honest. You're representing for us, so I

1253
01:01:19,360 --> 01:01:20,880
Speaker 2: get some buckets, okay.

1254
01:01:20,680 --> 01:01:23,240
Speaker 1: Right, right, very much like how you guys are represented

1255
01:01:23,280 --> 01:01:24,160
Speaker 1: for the three on three.

1256
01:01:24,400 --> 01:01:27,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly, well we got buckets.

1257
01:01:26,760 --> 01:01:31,600
Speaker 4: Yeah, buggets though it's yeah, actually, I mean perfectly keeping

1258
01:01:31,640 --> 01:01:32,960
Speaker 4: with our performance.

1259
01:01:33,000 --> 01:01:35,520
Speaker 2: If you could score but then give up a lot

1260
01:01:35,520 --> 01:01:36,480
Speaker 2: more points.

1261
01:01:36,800 --> 01:01:40,200
Speaker 1: Fair enough, Yeah, no, I will be honest. Obviously I

1262
01:01:40,280 --> 01:01:42,160
Speaker 1: was rooting for you guys in ASH, but when I

1263
01:01:42,200 --> 01:01:44,240
Speaker 1: heard that it wasn't the best performance, I was a

1264
01:01:44,240 --> 01:01:47,320
Speaker 1: little bit relieved that I didn't need to show.

1265
01:01:47,200 --> 01:01:50,880
Speaker 2: Up for my uh and remind me, we can in

1266
01:01:50,960 --> 01:01:52,760
Speaker 2: theory watch we can stream this online.

1267
01:01:52,760 --> 01:01:54,880
Speaker 1: Excuse me, I don't know the exact link, but it's

1268
01:01:54,880 --> 01:01:56,720
Speaker 1: supposed to be live streams, so I don't know if

1269
01:01:56,720 --> 01:01:58,800
Speaker 1: this is the playback situation. I don't know if this

1270
01:01:58,960 --> 01:02:02,400
Speaker 1: is the low light that happened Loser of the Weekend

1271
01:02:03,000 --> 01:02:05,480
Speaker 1: on Monday, but yeah, we're gonna.

1272
01:02:05,240 --> 01:02:07,160
Speaker 2: See Okay, good luck.

1273
01:02:07,320 --> 01:02:08,200
Speaker 1: Can't thank you so much.

1274
01:02:08,240 --> 01:02:11,080
Speaker 2: You're gonna be playing with Will and Alex.

1275
01:02:10,840 --> 01:02:13,200
Speaker 1: Right, yeah, yeah, we I just got a text from

1276
01:02:13,200 --> 01:02:15,200
Speaker 1: Alex during the show. I think we're gonna join a

1277
01:02:15,280 --> 01:02:17,520
Speaker 1: run on Thursday. Get a little bit of reps into SMA.

1278
01:02:19,120 --> 01:02:21,200
Speaker 2: Guys, gonna run some plays there, all right.

1279
01:02:21,360 --> 01:02:24,680
Speaker 1: Blake Murphy emailed me last night because he wanted personal

1280
01:02:24,680 --> 01:02:27,280
Speaker 1: scouting reports that he's going to share on the Raptor

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Speaker 1: Show this Friday. Oh so yeah, he asked for my strengths,

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Speaker 1: my weaknesses.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, I can't I literally can't wait for at

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Speaker 2: least to watch some footage or to get the update

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Speaker 2: from How you Do and how It's gonna be really fine.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, that's Saturday. That's rapid Fire. That's another drop

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Speaker 2: podcast in the middle of the week. Oh, they said

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Speaker 2: it couldn't be done, but we just did it. Make

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Speaker 2: sure you joined the No Dunk's playback room. That link

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Speaker 2: is in the show notes. You never know when I'm

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Speaker 2: gonna be up at five in the morning and jumping

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Speaker 2: on to watch some highlights. But we have a blast

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Speaker 2: and we know do a happy hour at some point

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Speaker 2: over this Thanksgiving week. You never know, so just join

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Speaker 2: the room and then you can get those little notifications.

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Speaker 3: Drum you're gonna broadcast the game there because we've got

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Speaker 3: a suggestion here from a fan from GMA said, playback,

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Speaker 3: bring it on. Let's work.

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Speaker 2: We could share our screen in theory. Yeah, but you

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Speaker 2: could do live commentary on the game. I don't mind. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: well that's another reason to join the playback room. All right, guys,

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Speaker 2: Well leave us a five star rating and review on

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Speaker 2: your podcast listeners. Hit that LI button, make sure you subscribe.

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Speaker 2: Tell a friend about the show. We just hit eighty

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Speaker 2: nine thousand subs on YouTube. We love to see it.

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Speaker 2: Let's get to one hundred k by Christmas.

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Speaker 3: I don't know.

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Speaker 2: Sure, sounds cool, so yeah, get those subscriptions up until Monday,

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Speaker 2: when we should all be back together there in the

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Speaker 2: classic factory. Cliver Rose, you heard it here first, have

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Speaker 2: a great time, turn up. Love you guys awesome.

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Speaker 3: Thanks for joining us. And remember Jimmy Butler's media day

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Speaker 3: photo that is on all his pages, So damn unique

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Speaker 3: straightened hair covering that one eye and then like four

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Speaker 3: pierces on his face. So that's why I think Tray

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Speaker 3: it's a good idea to bring him to Thanksgiving dinner

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Speaker 3: because he's going to try and do something some weird

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Speaker 2: Embrace the Turkey people.