WEBVTT - Hornets Put on Blast By Players Wife

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<v Speaker 1>Let's go around the league. There's a lot popping. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>Speaking of Luca wrapped theirs forward Juancho Herna Gomez aka

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<v Speaker 1>Bo Cruz got his first start in a long time

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<v Speaker 1>the other night, and afterwards he talked about his days

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<v Speaker 1>back in Spain playing ball with Luca. Actually, Wancho and

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<v Speaker 1>his brother Willie became friends when Luca went to Spain

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<v Speaker 1>to play as a fourteen year old. Apparently they bonded

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<v Speaker 1>over video games like most young boys do, and hoops

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<v Speaker 1>like most young boys do. Luca even got addicted, apparently

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<v Speaker 1>to their mother's home cooking. They asked him, hey, Bo Cruz,

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<v Speaker 1>did you ever see Luca being as good? And he said,

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<v Speaker 1>as soon as we knew him, he did things different

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<v Speaker 1>than other kids. I didn't know he was going to

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<v Speaker 1>be top one, top three in the world. With guys

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<v Speaker 1>like Katie Lebron young, we didn't know he was gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be that good. We thought he could be an All Star,

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<v Speaker 1>but he did get way better and I'm happy for him.

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<v Speaker 1>He worked hard, he deserves it. He's a good kid.

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<v Speaker 1>So it was clear Luca was special from the beginning.

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<v Speaker 1>But even though, like I even said this the other day,

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<v Speaker 1>I think I was wrong with Luca. I think somebody

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<v Speaker 1>put on Twitter what NBA player were you most wrong about?

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<v Speaker 1>I think it was probably Luca. I didn't think he

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<v Speaker 1>was gonna be this. Also, we'll talk about this on

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<v Speaker 1>another day, but why isn't Luca getting the same criticism

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<v Speaker 1>that James Harden got, A lot of the same attributes,

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of the same players around, a bunch of bumps, hardened,

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<v Speaker 1>selfish asshole. Luca needs more help. That'll get disgusted another day.

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<v Speaker 1>But not even people who were around before Luca was

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<v Speaker 1>Luca thought he would be Luca. Uh. There's an issue

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<v Speaker 1>though that I've been wanting to complain about from some

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<v Speaker 1>some time. It is it's it's like baseball scheduling. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't like it NBA back to back baseball schedules, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>like teams play twice or even three times in a

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<v Speaker 1>four day period. Something about that just grinds my gears.

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<v Speaker 1>It makes me feel like I live in the groundhog day,

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<v Speaker 1>makes me feel like I don't know whether today already

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<v Speaker 1>happened or not. Perhaps though to Popovich, because Greg Popovich

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<v Speaker 1>said in his postgame presser last week, what I find

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<v Speaker 1>annoying about this, According to Spurs beat reporter Tom Orsbourne

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<v Speaker 1>Pop said he dislikes immensely consecutive games versus the same

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<v Speaker 1>team because it quote thrusts you into a playoff atmosphere

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<v Speaker 1>when you are really not geared up for that. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's like a playoff game, even though it isn't. It's

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<v Speaker 1>like a playoff atmosphere, even though guys aren't really scheming

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<v Speaker 1>the same way as they would in the playoffs. And

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<v Speaker 1>except for we get load management with star players sitting

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<v Speaker 1>out because it's a back to back, it's just very dumb.

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<v Speaker 1>It's annoying. I know that it cuts down the travel,

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<v Speaker 1>but when you have to sit guys because it's a

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<v Speaker 1>back to back, then it really just accomplishes the same thing.

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<v Speaker 1>But like they can't guarantee also Embiid or Steph are

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<v Speaker 1>gonna play on the back end. So nobody really wants

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<v Speaker 1>to see the Mavericks and the Hornets play twice in

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<v Speaker 1>two days. We don't. We don't want to see that.

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<v Speaker 1>We don't want to see that once in one day.

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<v Speaker 1>So let's go back to the regular old schedule, even

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<v Speaker 1>if it means like the Celtics have a home game

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<v Speaker 1>on a Monday and play on Sacramento on a Wednesday.

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<v Speaker 1>We need to get back to that. This MLB scheduling

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<v Speaker 1>is at awful. What the fuck, by the way, is

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<v Speaker 1>going on with Gordon Hayward in Charlotte? Does anyone know?

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<v Speaker 1>Because shit has hit the fan in part? Did you

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<v Speaker 1>see this? Did anybody see this? Gordon Hayward's wife decided

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<v Speaker 1>she was going to go on social media and blow

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<v Speaker 1>up the team. Yeah. Yeah, she decided to spill the

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<v Speaker 1>tea on social media, which is why I love so.

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<v Speaker 1>Turns out Hayward has a left shoulder fracture. Gordon Hayward

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<v Speaker 1>getting hurt. It's like death taxes, Gordon Hayward being injured

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<v Speaker 1>and according to Scham's is out indefinitely. There is no

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<v Speaker 1>timetable for his return. Obviously, nobody shocked about Gordon Hayward.

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<v Speaker 1>He's been missing time, huge amounts of time pretty much

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<v Speaker 1>for the last four years. Pre pandemic. Gordon Hayward wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>even healthy. Post pandemic. Gordon Hayward just has more kids,

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<v Speaker 1>not healthy. Turns out that the Hornets reported that Hayward

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<v Speaker 1>had a left shoulder contusion, which is not obviously the

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<v Speaker 1>same as a left shoulder fracture a contusion for folks

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<v Speaker 1>who aren't doctors. Is a bruise, Yeah, it's a bruise. No, no, Gordon,

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<v Speaker 1>you should go back out there. It's just a bruise.

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<v Speaker 1>It's fucking broken. So Robin took to ig and blew

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<v Speaker 1>up the team. She said, Hey, he actually has a

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<v Speaker 1>fractured scapula and they had him play last game. That's

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<v Speaker 1>why he couldn't move his arm in the last game.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna stop here and not get into prior things. Narrator.

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<v Speaker 1>She did not stop. She followed this up with a

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<v Speaker 1>cup of delightful tea just to clarify. Since the team

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't say it's a fracture in the shoulder, which is

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<v Speaker 1>a broken bone, I'm over them not protecting players. Just

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<v Speaker 1>was talking with the young player's mom and she was

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<v Speaker 1>saying the same thing. Oh, brother, you know, there's teams

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<v Speaker 1>that we all think are not world class organizations, and

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<v Speaker 1>then you get out into the inside. You know, maybe

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<v Speaker 1>you meet someone on another team and you're like, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>this team feels like it's really bad, and then they're like, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>it's even worse than you think. That's the Charlotte Hornets

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<v Speaker 1>Charlotte isn't just the worst franchise in the NBA, I

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<v Speaker 1>think it might be the worst in all of sports.

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<v Speaker 1>And that is saying lot because we had a slumlord

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<v Speaker 1>running an NBA team. We had oh man, we've had

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<v Speaker 1>some bad ones and that's ran by Michael Jordan himself.

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<v Speaker 1>And even though Gordon Hayward is one of the most

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<v Speaker 1>injury prone players in the league, like that does not

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<v Speaker 1>excuse the Charlotte Hornets for lying and saying that his

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<v Speaker 1>fracture was a bruise to try to inflate his trade prospects,

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<v Speaker 1>even if he is seriously hurt, like they just wanted

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<v Speaker 1>him to go out there so they could move him.

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<v Speaker 1>We're gonna have to do a deep dive on Charlotte.

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<v Speaker 1>This is fucking ridiculous. News flash. They're not gonna like

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<v Speaker 1>what I have to say.