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Speaker 1: today with the Cleveland Cavaliers off season recap. They kind

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Speaker 1: of sort of just decided to run it back, which

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Speaker 1: is a plan that I agree with, but let's dig

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Speaker 1: into it a little bit. They lost Ti Jerome as

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Speaker 1: a free agent to Memphis. They lost Isaacaccorro in a

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Speaker 1: trade for Lonzo Ball and Tristan Thompson. They added Lonzo Ball,

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Speaker 1: who is a very different player than Ti Jerome. Ti

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Speaker 1: Jerome has a higher ceiling, but it doesn't matter if

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Speaker 1: Ti Jerome is going to flame out as spectacularly as

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Speaker 1: he did in the postseason in the Indiana Series. Like,

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Speaker 1: the ceiling doesn't matter if you can't get there when

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Speaker 1: it matters, right, So, like, Lonzo's a different type of player,

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Speaker 1: but I think he has a much higher floor. Why

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Speaker 1: because he brings competence Defensively, He's not the target that

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Speaker 1: I think will help continue to drive the transition opportunities.

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Speaker 1: Like Cleveland was a top ten team scoring points off

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Speaker 1: Tyre's Halliburton in his ability to just throw kickhead passes

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Speaker 1: Just a good connective like rising tide that lifts all

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Speaker 1: going to be able to just dissect teams in the

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Speaker 1: clutch the way that Ty Jerome did and hit four

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Speaker 1: That just rips the heart out of a team. But again,

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Speaker 1: Ty wasn't able to do that when it mattered. What

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Speaker 1: Lonzo brings to the table is something that should translate

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Speaker 1: to the postseason. It's a higher floor option. Larry Nance

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Speaker 1: Junior is a small ball five that I actually really like.

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Speaker 1: You can shoot the ball well, he runs the floor well,

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Speaker 1: you do some switching on defense. I think he fits

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Speaker 1: Cleveland's basketball identity really well. Thomas Bryant, if you've ever

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Speaker 1: have seen him around the rest of the league. He's

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Speaker 1: But he's just an incompetent defender, which keeps him from

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Speaker 1: think Cleveland's playoff flameout was mostly just a product of injuries,

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Speaker 1: So the Calves are running it back and giving this

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Speaker 1: it can have devastating effects. Darius Garland dribble penetration was

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Speaker 1: my opinion. Now many of you will say Darius Garland

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Speaker 1: But I think it makes sense to give them one

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Speaker 1: in twenty twenty seven will almost certainly bounce back in

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Speaker 1: Milwaukee Bucks offseason recap. They lost Pat Connaton, Damian Lillard,

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Speaker 1: Harris and Miles turn Everything's got to be greater on

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Speaker 1: a curve here, did the Bucks successfully pivot into becoming

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Speaker 1: Prince two for seven point one. That's an awesome deal.

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Speaker 1: Turner did a lot of mismatch hunting with Indiana and

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Speaker 1: Gary Harrison a Mere Coffee are perfectly fine bench role

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Speaker 1: want to see the Bucks at least double Jannis's pick

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Speaker 1: or Virginia. Next to the Detroit Pistons, another impressive offseason.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna go quicker on these last two. The Indiana Pacers,

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Speaker 1: Tony Bradley, James Wiseman, and James Huff. We'll see I

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Speaker 1: would imagine we'll see all of them at various points

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Speaker 1: in the season. He specifically mentioned the twenty fourteen Dallas

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Speaker 1: Mavericks is kind of an example of a three center

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Speaker 1: rotation that he used for an entire year. He talks

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Speaker 1: about how Andrew Nemhart and Nemhar is going to be

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Speaker 1: his primary initiator throughout the season, but he's also going

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Speaker 1: to be the primary guy to guard the opposing best

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Speaker 1: perimeter player, which is obviously a lot to ask, but

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Speaker 1: it speaks very highly of Andrew and Emharden. I don't

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Speaker 1: year or make any real noise, but I do have

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Speaker 1: way too much respect for Rick Carlisle and for the

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Speaker 1: guys in that locker room, how hard they play, the

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Speaker 1: overall basketball culture of the team to think that they

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Speaker 1: won't be a pain in the ass and probably find

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Speaker 1: a way to make the playoffs. Anyway, They're probably still

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Speaker 1: gonna pick up full court. Rick correctly stated that it's

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Speaker 1: basically impossible to replicate Tyrese's pace, but I'm sure that

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Speaker 1: they're gonna try nemhard, Nie Smith and Siakam are all

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Speaker 1: still really good players, and the East isn't exactly full

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Speaker 1: of awesome teams, right, So I think it's absolutely possible

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Speaker 1: that the Pacers will win some games, be a pain

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Speaker 1: in the ass, and if we see them playing in

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Speaker 1: April in a playoff series, I wouldn't be the least

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Speaker 1: bit surprised. Lastly, today the Chicago Bulls quick offseason recap.

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Speaker 1: They lost Lonzo Ball and Taylor Horton Tucker. They addn't

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Speaker 1: know us say, and the lottery, basically a super raw,

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Speaker 1: a high upside wing type of prospect. Isaac Accorro is

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Speaker 1: basically a D and three wing. You Bols fans have

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Speaker 1: had plenty of experience with that type of player over

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Speaker 1: the years. They were feisty to end last season. They

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Speaker 1: went fifteen to five down the stretch. That was the

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Speaker 1: fifth best record in the league. From March sixth on,

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Speaker 1: they were top ten in both offense and defense in

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Speaker 1: that span. Their schedule was kind of weak, but there

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Speaker 1: was also a handful of really nice wins in there,

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Speaker 1: Like they beat the Lakers twice, they beat the Pacers,

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Speaker 1: they beat the Denver Nuggets. Kobe White and Josh Getty

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Speaker 1: hit a really nice level offensively. Kobe averaged an efficient

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Speaker 1: twenty six points per game in that span, Josh Gitty

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Speaker 1: basically averaged a twenty one point triple double in that span,

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Speaker 1: and they had an insane stretch of clutch shooting. They

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Speaker 1: hit fifty five percent of their clutch threes in that

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Speaker 1: span of games, which is by far the best in

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Speaker 1: the league. And they even hit a half court buzzer

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Speaker 1: beater against my Lakers in this wild finish of a game.

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Speaker 1: One of Lebron's worst moments in the regular season season

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Speaker 1: in his career. It was a fun stretch, but I

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Speaker 1: don't expect the Bulls to be like hosting a home

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Speaker 1: court playoff series this year or anything like that. Let's

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Speaker 1: just put it that way. And it kind of feels

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Speaker 1: like they're a team headed towards a lot of turnover,

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Speaker 1: either this year or next. They extended Josh Giddy, and like,

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Speaker 1: I think Josh is good. I think he's a nice

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Speaker 1: shot creator. He's really good to end last season, but

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Speaker 1: I think he's basically incapable of being good enough at

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Speaker 1: what he does to build your team around. Like his

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Speaker 1: primary trait is shot creation, and I just don't think

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Speaker 1: he's nearly as good at it as the best players

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Speaker 1: in the league. And so it's it's tough. There's a

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Speaker 1: place in the league for guys like this, But I

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Speaker 1: just if he's on your team and he's making twenty

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Speaker 1: five plus million, I just think the handcuffs you to

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Speaker 1: a certain extent. They have Patrick Williams locked up. Madis

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Speaker 1: Buzzellis is an exciting and talented young player. We'll see

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Speaker 1: what Noah Senga is, but basically everyone else is an

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Speaker 1: expiring contract. Kobe White will be unrestricted next summer. They

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Speaker 1: haven't extended Idea the Soon Moon. Apparently they were shopping

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Speaker 1: him around a bunch this summer, so they seem kind

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Speaker 1: of destined for another full Rebut I soon this year

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Speaker 1: will be about seeing if Josh Giddy is worth building

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Speaker 1: around again. I wouldn't personally, but he's gonna get another

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Speaker 1: opportunity this year. We're gonna see what ceilings guys like

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Speaker 1: Modus and Noah are actually headed towards what they're trending

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Speaker 1: towards this point, and we're gonna see what you can

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Speaker 1: get by trading some of these expirings. There are a

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Speaker 1: lot of guys in that lineup. Whether it's Ayahasumo, or

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Speaker 1: it's Kevin hurd Er, it's Nikola Vucevich or any of

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Speaker 1: these guys, There are gonna be guys in there that

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Speaker 1: I think teams are gonna make calls on throughout the

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Speaker 1: season to anchor their lineups as they attempt to make

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Speaker 1: a run at the championship. And those are vehicles with

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Speaker 1: which to give yourself more runs at the draft to

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Speaker 1: try to find who your foundational stars are. All right, guys,

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Speaker 1: this is all I have for today is always to

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Speaker 1: sincerely appreciate you guys for supporting me and supporting the show.

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Speaker 1: We'll be back on Wednesday with six sports excuse me,

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Speaker 1: five more teams. I will see you guys then