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Speaker 1: Welcome to this league uncut in the world of twenty

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Speaker 1: four hour NBA.

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Speaker 2: News, This news you lo.

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Speaker 1: Chris Haynes. It's so time, Mark Stein, It's so time.

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Speaker 1: This league uncut is underway and on fire. This should

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Speaker 1: be a good one.

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Speaker 2: Yes it will be a good one. And yes, it

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Speaker 2: is the long awaited return of this league uncut. Mark

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Speaker 2: Stein here with Chris Haynes. We have been separated for

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Speaker 2: more than a week. I left the country. I went

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Speaker 2: to London right when the NBA Finals started, got to

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Speaker 2: London on the day of Game one, had my own

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Speaker 2: slew of travel adventures. But I am back in the

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Speaker 2: States now. Chris Haynes, the star of our show, is

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Speaker 2: in Miami at the fire, so we can all experience

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Speaker 2: this vicariously through him, and we will get to finals.

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Speaker 2: Talk of course, the Denver Nuggets take a two to

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Speaker 2: one lead into Game four Friday night. Chris and I

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Speaker 2: recording this on a Thursday night. We will get to

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Speaker 2: the finals because obviously pivotal Game three result. History tells

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Speaker 2: us when it's one to one, the team that wins

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Speaker 2: Game three goes on to win it all eighty percent

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Speaker 2: of the time, thirty two times out of forty in

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Speaker 2: league history, so that was a huge win for Denver.

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Speaker 2: We'll get into whether Miami can win Game four and

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Speaker 2: get this thing back on track and still make it

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Speaker 2: a long series, but we've got to start with some

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Speaker 2: matters away from the NBA Finals, because it has been

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Speaker 2: a crazy Newsy week. Man was I throwing things when

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Speaker 2: Chris Haynes posted a Dallas Maverick story on Monday when

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Speaker 2: I'm in London, Man was I upset? But we'll get

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Speaker 2: to that in a minute. We're going to start with

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Speaker 2: the Wednesday bombshell from mister Haynes that Chris Paul has

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Speaker 2: been informed by the Phoenix Suns that they intend to

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Speaker 2: waive him later this month. Of course, the Suns have

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Speaker 2: a June twenty eighth deadline to either guarantee Paul's contract

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Speaker 2: fully for next season at thirty point eight million, or

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Speaker 2: by waiving him on June twenty eighth, they would only

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Speaker 2: owe him fifteen point eight million in that deal. Obviously,

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Speaker 2: that story generating a lot of discussion. Again away from

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Speaker 2: the finals. Do not want to detract from the championship series,

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Speaker 2: but this is a massive story. Chris Haynes, First of all,

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Speaker 2: how are you sir, it's been a while since we hung.

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Speaker 3: Out, man stought. I am in my favorite city in

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Speaker 3: the country, Miami. I have an ocean view. I went

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Speaker 3: out there. There was some sun out today this afternoon.

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Speaker 3: I went out to the beach, and I said, you know,

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Speaker 3: a severe rainstorm just hit, which led me to running

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Speaker 3: probably ninety five percent speed running back to my hotel room,

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Speaker 3: drenched in rain, soaking wet. And so that was that

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Speaker 3: the five minutes of which I saw sunlight out there.

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Speaker 3: So I'll try again tomorrow. It'll be my last day.

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Speaker 3: Tried again tomorrow before the game. What I have yet

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Speaker 2: So, actually, you just dropped a couple of items. There

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Speaker 2: are multiple items that I want to now interrupt our

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Speaker 2: Chris Paul discussion before I get to So it is

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Speaker 2: Miami is your number one city on the NBA map.

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Speaker 3: Number one was one A one. That's what you said, Miami, Yeah,

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Speaker 2: Okay, I'm a little surprised by that, but I guess

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Speaker 2: you like what you How can I love Miami? I

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Speaker 3: But that's just me something something's wrong with you. Stop.

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Speaker 3: But let's get back to Chris Paul. That's what everybody

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Speaker 2: Last thing before we get to Chris Paul. Is there

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Speaker 3: The reason it was ninety five percent opposed to one

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Speaker 3: But yeah, it was ninety five percent because I didn't

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Speaker 2: A lot of flexing going on. You got a hotel

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Speaker 3: Well, I'm still you know, this is still PG. Thirteen.

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Speaker 3: This is not like my man Stephen A. Smith now

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Speaker 2: We're not going to get too far into I was

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Speaker 3: Know, Stephen is letting loose.

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Speaker 2: All right, you're right, we need to get let's let's

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Speaker 2: get let's let's uh, let's elegantly move to Chris Paul Okay,

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Speaker 2: just go to it, lay it out for us.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. So I received word yesterday, which was Wednesday, Wednesday night.

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Speaker 3: So I go into the readA. You have to go

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Speaker 3: so as I put my phone down, I see that

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Speaker 2: This is usually good news for a reporter, by the way,

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Speaker 3: That is Yeah, this is usually good news. When you

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Speaker 3: and I will told that it were informed that they

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Speaker 3: So when I reported that, I did receive a call

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Speaker 3: There are options out there where they can still trade

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Speaker 3: Chris Paul. But the likely scenario, yes, is a wave.

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Speaker 3: But what I can say is this, I can't say this.

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Speaker 3: Chris paul Is representative left that initial phone call with

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Speaker 2: That's yes, because they may have options, but let's be

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Speaker 2: going to waive him. That's basically my interpretation as a

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Speaker 2: I think, i'll say, seasoned spectator of a story like this.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, it's always funny seeing other people how

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Speaker 3: pretty good about my sourcing on this, and that's why

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Speaker 3: I stood it. So I had the opportunity to include

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Speaker 3: we could look into trading, but I'm standing by by report.

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Speaker 3: I'm standing by the people who I've spoke with. Got

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Speaker 2: Yeah, because look, it totally makes sense that they would

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Speaker 2: try to trade him because that contract perhaps could be

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Speaker 2: they're moving on from Chris Paul. Now. It's interesting because

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Speaker 2: It is technically an option. But if you're Chris Paul

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Speaker 2: he I don't think he's in this huge rush to

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Speaker 2: if they wave and stretch him, which is that's the

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Speaker 2: to try to make another move. If they wave and

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Speaker 2: the mid level exception of twelve plus million. But if

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Speaker 2: So they would just have to outright wave him. If

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Speaker 2: And at that point, why wouldn't Chris Paul sign with

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Speaker 2: just wave him two three days before?

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Speaker 3: And I think that's an option when they wave him,

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Speaker 3: not to wave a stress for vision. I think that

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Speaker 3: he'll be willing to resign back at a lower number.

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Speaker 3: I just don't know. I haven't spoken to Chris yet,

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Speaker 3: but I don't know if he would be willing to

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Speaker 3: a championship. So with that being Phoenix, I don't know,

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Speaker 3: and you know, I don't know if this process rubs

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Speaker 3: him the wrong way. You know, I can't wait till

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Speaker 3: when he gets to speak on it. But one thing

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Speaker 3: I do know, Stein Chris Paul did tell me a

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Speaker 3: few days ago that he will come on the podcast.

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Speaker 3: So we will have Chris Paul at some point this offseason,

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Speaker 3: so there will be a lot to talk about. But uh,

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Speaker 3: I thought you were asleep. I knew you were out

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Speaker 2: My reaction, honestly, is very cynical to the intentions here,

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Speaker 3: As the author of the story. My reaction was, and

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Speaker 3: Those were months months ago. I don't know where that

432
00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:43,199
Speaker 3: stands now.

433
00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:49,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, because they've got they to me that you've got

434
00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:53,600
Speaker 2: Durant and Booker as your duo, who are just two

435
00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:57,480
Speaker 2: supreme scorers. And that's another thing, like there's so much

436
00:26:57,560 --> 00:26:59,439
Speaker 2: talk right now. I'm hearing so much talk, you know,

437
00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:02,080
Speaker 2: send Dame to Miami so we can be with Jimmy

438
00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:08,280
Speaker 2: and Aebio. We gotta remember, in this new CBA, you

439
00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:11,600
Speaker 2: gotta get the twosome right because you're most likely not

440
00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:15,160
Speaker 2: gonna be able to afford three Max guys. And if

441
00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:18,359
Speaker 2: you have three Max guys, you are not gonna be

442
00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:21,200
Speaker 2: able to put a lot of depth around him. And

443
00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:25,840
Speaker 2: that's what just killed Phoenix in the playoffs. They didn't

444
00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:30,159
Speaker 2: have enough around Durant and Booker. So do the Sons

445
00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:33,840
Speaker 2: really want to now bring in Kyrie and you have

446
00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:37,119
Speaker 2: Durant and Booker and Kyrie, three guys who can score

447
00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:40,640
Speaker 2: all night long, but then you have nothing else. I mean,

448
00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:43,879
Speaker 2: I don't know that that's really the best team building

449
00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:47,280
Speaker 2: path to versus. So, like I said, maybe maybe everything

450
00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:49,119
Speaker 2: I'm saying here, I'm gonna look like an idiot and

451
00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:52,560
Speaker 2: it's gonna come out that, Hey, the Sons are you know,

452
00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:56,240
Speaker 2: the Sons are after Kyrie Irving. But to this point,

453
00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:58,960
Speaker 2: I'm just saying, to this point, as we record this,

454
00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:02,800
Speaker 2: I haven't heard of that team that's trying to get him.

455
00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:07,600
Speaker 2: And if that happens, if a suitor emerges, then obviously

456
00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:12,000
Speaker 2: a lot changes and that puts Dallas under all kinds

457
00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:12,760
Speaker 2: of new pressure.

458
00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:16,879
Speaker 3: Yeah, and that's why it's still like again that the

459
00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:20,280
Speaker 3: whole revelation of him trying to get Lebron and one

460
00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:25,400
Speaker 3: in the front office to pursue it, avenue to get Lebron. Yeah,

461
00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:29,320
Speaker 3: that's what I basically got that he's leaning towards resigning

462
00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:32,240
Speaker 3: with the DAAs matters. But to your point, there's still

463
00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:36,960
Speaker 3: a lot that has to get worked out between now

464
00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:44,000
Speaker 3: and free agency to make that a reality.

465
00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:51,600
Speaker 2: All right, So look, Kyrie Irving, Chris Paul, free agency matters.

466
00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:54,520
Speaker 2: We will be talking about these at length. We will

467
00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:58,640
Speaker 2: be talking about these topics with increasing frequency as we

468
00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:01,040
Speaker 2: get closer to free agency. See something tells me that,

469
00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:04,600
Speaker 2: very very soon, once this series is over, this pod

470
00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:08,520
Speaker 2: will become nothing else but discussions about Chris Paul's future,

471
00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:12,560
Speaker 2: Kyrie Irving's future, and all the major free agent and

472
00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:16,640
Speaker 2: trade and draft topics. But Chris is at the finals.

473
00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:20,120
Speaker 2: It's been a very good series so far. I do

474
00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:24,959
Speaker 2: want to talk some NBA Finals before we go. What

475
00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:28,920
Speaker 2: was the mood after Game three? What did you encounter

476
00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:35,480
Speaker 2: on your postgame visits to the locker rooms and catching

477
00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:38,920
Speaker 2: up with people. I mean, Yokich and Murray were just man.

478
00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:44,320
Speaker 2: I mean, that was next level two man game. The

479
00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:47,160
Speaker 2: way they started the game, the way they got inside

480
00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:53,400
Speaker 2: and just repeatedly did damage in the paint. You know,

481
00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:57,240
Speaker 2: you started this pod by talking about the South Beach sand.

482
00:29:58,040 --> 00:30:03,479
Speaker 2: Those guys, so they gave Denver a foothold in the

483
00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:06,880
Speaker 2: South Beach sand, and that that thing was. I mean,

484
00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:12,320
Speaker 2: I know you are not a soccer guy, but yesterday,

485
00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:15,040
Speaker 2: yesterday you were in Miami for one of the greatest

486
00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:19,920
Speaker 2: days in the history of South Florida sports. When Leonel Messi,

487
00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:25,240
Speaker 2: arguably the greatest footballer of all time, says he's coming

488
00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:29,040
Speaker 2: to play for Inner Miami. That was not the ending

489
00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:32,440
Speaker 2: to the evening that the locals were looking for. Down

490
00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:36,320
Speaker 2: by twenty one in the fourth quarter, down by so

491
00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:39,400
Speaker 2: much that that's when the game ops in Miami through

492
00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:43,080
Speaker 2: the welcome welcome to Leonel Messi sign went up when

493
00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:46,320
Speaker 2: they're down ninety three seventy two in the fourth not

494
00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:50,200
Speaker 2: the way the heat expected that game three to go.

495
00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:55,360
Speaker 2: But I mean, that was absolutely historic masterpiece from Jokic

496
00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:58,040
Speaker 2: and Murray last night. So paint a picture for us

497
00:30:58,080 --> 00:30:59,440
Speaker 2: what was what was postgame like?

498
00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:04,880
Speaker 3: So I decided, you know, I focused on I focused

499
00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:07,360
Speaker 3: on the different nuggets obviously. So I went and I

500
00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:11,040
Speaker 3: went to their locker room. I spoke with Jeff Green.

501
00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:14,400
Speaker 3: I had a conversation with Jeff Green, have conversation with

502
00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:18,320
Speaker 3: Contagious codwoll Pope. I had a conversation with DeAndre Jordan.

503
00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:21,719
Speaker 3: I had a conversation, little conversation with Jamal Murray, and

504
00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:25,240
Speaker 3: I had a little walk and talk with the Joker

505
00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:28,120
Speaker 3: last Night starn.

506
00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:30,320
Speaker 2: I read that and I was like, wait a minute,

507
00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:33,560
Speaker 2: did he sidle the Joker? I didn't know. The Joker

508
00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:36,440
Speaker 2: goes for the Joker go he allows a sidle.

509
00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:41,080
Speaker 3: Hey, hey, he was very accommodating to Last Night Man.

510
00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:43,640
Speaker 3: But check check it out. And this is why I

511
00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:46,760
Speaker 3: wish he'd I hope he does more in the interviews

512
00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:51,560
Speaker 3: because his his personality is it is great. So I

513
00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:54,920
Speaker 3: go into the locker room and I have got word

514
00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:59,080
Speaker 3: this is what happened. I got word that Joker had

515
00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:03,440
Speaker 3: like some type the speech after that Game two loss

516
00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:08,080
Speaker 3: that pretty much stunned everybody. So that was my plan

517
00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:13,240
Speaker 3: after the game to start asking around. So I pulled

518
00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:15,880
Speaker 3: guys to the side in the locker room, got KCP,

519
00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:19,840
Speaker 3: DeAndre Jordan, Jeff Green, and they were all were like yeah,

520
00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:22,280
Speaker 3: like usually So the way the way it works in

521
00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:25,680
Speaker 3: their locker room, the guys who are the most vocal

522
00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:29,840
Speaker 3: is Jeff Green, DeAndre Jordan, and KCP. Those are the three.

523
00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:34,440
Speaker 3: So after losses or wins, those are the ones that

524
00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:37,400
Speaker 3: or those are the players who addressed the team, whether

525
00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:40,240
Speaker 3: it's in a good way a bad way, calling people out,

526
00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:44,840
Speaker 3: it's those guys. But I was I was told Joker

527
00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:48,840
Speaker 3: actually joined in and said something, and DeAndre Jordan said,

528
00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:50,840
Speaker 3: that's rare, you know, he told me that's rare. Like

529
00:32:51,040 --> 00:32:53,000
Speaker 3: k CP was like, yeah, when he says something, you

530
00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:55,720
Speaker 3: gotta listen, like because he's not gonna say he doesn't

531
00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:59,200
Speaker 3: say much. And he said it was just him doing

532
00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:02,200
Speaker 3: that and talking about just how they didn't come with

533
00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:04,800
Speaker 3: a proper mindset and they can't do this at the finals,

534
00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:07,440
Speaker 3: and you know, he said he had more to say

535
00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:11,520
Speaker 3: and addressing the team. But KCP told me that set

536
00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:14,680
Speaker 3: the tone for them practice the next day, shoe around

537
00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:18,480
Speaker 3: the next day is set the tone for them to

538
00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:20,880
Speaker 3: go into Game three. And you know, it's hard to

539
00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:23,760
Speaker 3: play in Miami. And so anyways, I get all these

540
00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:27,560
Speaker 3: good quotes from these players talking about just how great

541
00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:30,840
Speaker 3: of a speech Joker had, and then I go to

542
00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:34,200
Speaker 3: the Joker and I, you know, I was able to

543
00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:37,120
Speaker 3: walk and talk with him leaving the arita and I

544
00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:40,880
Speaker 3: asked him, I said, hey, all these these all your

545
00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:43,400
Speaker 3: most of your teammates were talking about just this great

546
00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:46,600
Speaker 3: speech you gave and how it resonated with them, and

547
00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:49,080
Speaker 3: they were just caught off guard because you never say anything,

548
00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:51,560
Speaker 3: do you know what lared you to say something at

549
00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:55,160
Speaker 3: that point, and he said, honestly, I don't even remember,

550
00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:58,120
Speaker 3: he said, I don't even remember. He said, I don't

551
00:33:58,120 --> 00:34:01,200
Speaker 3: remember me even saying anything he's he said, so they

552
00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:03,600
Speaker 3: must be crazy. I don't I don't remember. He said, Hey,

553
00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:05,560
Speaker 3: if I got something to say, I would say it.

554
00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:08,439
Speaker 3: But I don't know. I don't remember. Man, he said,

555
00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:10,920
Speaker 3: if it worked good, I'm glad it worked. It was

556
00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:13,680
Speaker 3: just so. But he was like genuine, he was genuine

557
00:34:13,680 --> 00:34:17,080
Speaker 3: about it, like he forgot that he said something. You know,

558
00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:20,160
Speaker 3: you got all these guys pumping them up and talking

559
00:34:20,200 --> 00:34:25,040
Speaker 3: about how how motivated he was to speak up, and uh,

560
00:34:25,160 --> 00:34:28,080
Speaker 3: he forgot about it. He didn't remember what he said.

561
00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:31,840
Speaker 3: So he has a great personality that I hope he

562
00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:33,040
Speaker 3: shows more.

563
00:34:33,200 --> 00:34:36,240
Speaker 2: But uh, I'm actually quote, I'm gonna read the quote

564
00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:40,640
Speaker 2: I've called up your story. Quote. Honestly, I don't remember

565
00:34:40,680 --> 00:34:43,440
Speaker 2: that I was talking. So if I was saying something,

566
00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:46,200
Speaker 2: I don't remember what I was saying, Jokic told b

567
00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:50,560
Speaker 2: R with a snicker. But in all sincerity. Quote, maybe

568
00:34:50,560 --> 00:34:53,360
Speaker 2: it was just my emotions at the time. I don't remember.

569
00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:56,319
Speaker 2: To be honest, maybe they're all just crazy. But I

570
00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:59,560
Speaker 2: think I'm normal When I say something. It's not that

571
00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:02,080
Speaker 2: I'm trying to be vocal. There's a purpose when I

572
00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:05,040
Speaker 2: see something, I'm going to say it. I'm never going

573
00:35:05,080 --> 00:35:09,080
Speaker 2: to talk just to talk. End quote. I'm gonna give you.

574
00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:12,840
Speaker 2: When I read this story, hey, I mean it's the

575
00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:16,680
Speaker 2: longest paragraph in here. That shocked me. Like it's not

576
00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:21,920
Speaker 2: even about it's not even what he said. You gotta

577
00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:25,880
Speaker 2: I thought Joker hated doing interviews so much like maybe

578
00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:29,160
Speaker 2: he's done sidles and I just missed him. But a

579
00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:31,919
Speaker 2: sidle of the Joker at the finals, that's pretty good.

580
00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:35,680
Speaker 3: Yeah, he was very he was accommodating. He gave me

581
00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:37,879
Speaker 3: a you know, handshake, Hey, Chris, come on, let's talk,

582
00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:41,200
Speaker 3: let's talk, walked on. You know, he was it was cool.

583
00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:45,640
Speaker 3: But he doesn't I know, there were there were I

584
00:35:45,680 --> 00:35:49,200
Speaker 3: thought there were others that requested it, request to try

585
00:35:49,239 --> 00:35:51,439
Speaker 3: to get some time with them in and he didn't

586
00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:56,759
Speaker 3: get it. But but he was. He was great man.

587
00:35:56,800 --> 00:36:00,279
Speaker 3: He has a great personality and uh again, I just

588
00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:01,200
Speaker 3: hope that you know.

589
00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:02,719
Speaker 2: He showed it today at the off day and when

590
00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:05,520
Speaker 2: the press conference started today at the podium. One of

591
00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:07,560
Speaker 2: the first you know, he got a good X and

592
00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:11,680
Speaker 2: L question, and he called out Mike Singer and he

593
00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:15,759
Speaker 2: was like, take notes, Mike have to say, as if

594
00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:18,640
Speaker 2: to say to the Denver Post beat man, do step

595
00:36:18,719 --> 00:36:21,480
Speaker 2: up your questions. That was good. He does have he's

596
00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:22,520
Speaker 2: got some jokes.

597
00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:26,200
Speaker 3: No, he's good. The joker got some jokes. But no,

598
00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:29,759
Speaker 3: it was so the scene. You know, I look at it.

599
00:36:30,719 --> 00:36:35,319
Speaker 3: I look at it like the Denver Nuggets. It's hard

600
00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:37,560
Speaker 3: for a lot of reasons to play in Miami. A

601
00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:38,919
Speaker 3: lot of a lot of a lot of a lot

602
00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:39,319
Speaker 3: going on.

603
00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:41,480
Speaker 2: In my it sounds like it's hard for you to focus.

604
00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:43,520
Speaker 2: It sounds like it's hard for you to focus with.

605
00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:46,640
Speaker 3: Well, let me tell you this. That's that's one reason

606
00:36:46,680 --> 00:36:49,439
Speaker 3: I got my hotel right by the beach. I don't

607
00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:52,160
Speaker 3: want to focus that much. But I will say this, Stean,

608
00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:55,759
Speaker 3: I didn't know I found this out last year. I

609
00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:57,440
Speaker 3: think I told you. I might have said this before.

610
00:36:58,640 --> 00:37:03,600
Speaker 3: The Miami he Arena has a nightclub inside the arena

611
00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:08,600
Speaker 3: that's going, that's popping off during the game. Now you

612
00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:12,080
Speaker 3: wonder why fans show up late to Miami Heat games.

613
00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:14,719
Speaker 3: It's an actual like you go, It's a club. It

614
00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:21,839
Speaker 3: has VIP section, VIP sections, all around, bottle service, nice views,

615
00:37:22,239 --> 00:37:25,040
Speaker 3: I caddy, any type of I caddy, you like all

616
00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:28,839
Speaker 3: of it. It's crazy, It's crazy, it is happening during

617
00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:32,799
Speaker 3: the game. Miami's a different place, though. I don't like

618
00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:33,439
Speaker 3: different places.

619
00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:38,759
Speaker 2: I don't like it. Can we just focus on basketball

620
00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:39,959
Speaker 2: for three hours ahead?

621
00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:42,000
Speaker 3: They don't There's no.

622
00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:43,960
Speaker 2: But no, I'm just saying there's not enough clubbing in

623
00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:47,200
Speaker 2: Miami after the game. I mean, can we just have

624
00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:53,600
Speaker 2: three hours, two hours where we focus on basketball? I mean,

625
00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:56,919
Speaker 2: the Heat are in the finals as an eighth seed. Yes,

626
00:37:57,719 --> 00:38:00,799
Speaker 2: that was a rough Game three, but still the run

627
00:38:00,840 --> 00:38:04,680
Speaker 2: that this team is on is incredible. I picked Denver

628
00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:07,640
Speaker 2: in six because just there's no way to I mean

629
00:38:07,640 --> 00:38:13,479
Speaker 2: the Heat, the Heat are limited. They're missing Tyler Hero

630
00:38:13,719 --> 00:38:17,560
Speaker 2: so they're not even at full strength. Denver has a

631
00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:24,279
Speaker 2: more well rounded team, better balance, length, more depth. The

632
00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:27,600
Speaker 2: Nuggets should win this series, but Miami is the toughest

633
00:38:27,640 --> 00:38:30,400
Speaker 2: team on Earth, and I couldn't. I couldn't say that

634
00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:34,320
Speaker 2: the series would end in anything less than six because

635
00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:38,880
Speaker 2: I just think no matter what strikes Miami has against them,

636
00:38:38,880 --> 00:38:41,640
Speaker 2: they're gonna find a way to win at least two games.

637
00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:46,640
Speaker 2: So Denver looked incredible in Game three, as we've all said,

638
00:38:46,760 --> 00:38:50,400
Speaker 2: as Michael Malone said, it's the best Yokichen Murray have

639
00:38:50,440 --> 00:38:54,439
Speaker 2: ever looked like. As a duo, They're making everyone wonder now,

640
00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:57,120
Speaker 2: is this the best one to two punch in the NBA?

641
00:38:57,239 --> 00:39:01,120
Speaker 2: Even though Jamal Murray still has no never sniffed an

642
00:39:01,160 --> 00:39:05,279
Speaker 2: All Star game. But it will not shock me if

643
00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:09,120
Speaker 2: Miami wins Game four, if Denver goes up three to one,

644
00:39:09,160 --> 00:39:11,160
Speaker 2: it won't shock me if Miami finds a way to

645
00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:15,799
Speaker 2: win Game five. I still think somehow the Heat drag

646
00:39:15,880 --> 00:39:20,160
Speaker 2: this thing to six. Hmm.

647
00:39:21,480 --> 00:39:24,440
Speaker 3: They could. This is a scrappy team. But the thing

648
00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:28,680
Speaker 3: about the Miami Heat stein they have to play so

649
00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:34,160
Speaker 3: perfect because their skill level is not on par with Nuggets.

650
00:39:34,160 --> 00:39:38,759
Speaker 3: From top to bottom. They gotta play so man, they

651
00:39:38,800 --> 00:39:42,120
Speaker 3: gotta play so perfect. Guys have to really step up.

652
00:39:43,080 --> 00:39:46,120
Speaker 3: It's tough, man, It's tough. Yes, I guess I can

653
00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:51,160
Speaker 3: see them getting Game four. I don't know, but Denver

654
00:39:51,239 --> 00:39:54,800
Speaker 3: looks like they figured something out. I think the Heat

655
00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:58,600
Speaker 3: felt like they might have found something and switching Jimmy

656
00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:02,239
Speaker 3: Butler onto Jamal Murray in Game two. Jamal didn't have

657
00:40:02,560 --> 00:40:05,440
Speaker 3: that type of breakout game that he's been having in

658
00:40:05,480 --> 00:40:08,440
Speaker 3: these playoffs, and then he comes in and does it

659
00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:13,120
Speaker 3: on Jimmy in game three. So I don't I don't know.

660
00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:18,399
Speaker 3: It's like Miami. The thing with Miami, they need guys

661
00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:24,880
Speaker 3: to have big games who aren't star players, Like you

662
00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:28,600
Speaker 3: need a gay Vincent to give you fifteen plus, you

663
00:40:28,680 --> 00:40:31,040
Speaker 3: need Strews to give you fifteen plus.

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Speaker 2: You need.

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00:40:33,440 --> 00:40:36,960
Speaker 3: Even Bam, you need Bam to give you more than

666
00:40:37,120 --> 00:40:40,839
Speaker 3: what he's given you offensively and to be more efficient offensively.

667
00:40:42,080 --> 00:40:46,719
Speaker 3: So it's just tough, man, It's tough. They again, they

668
00:40:46,719 --> 00:40:50,440
Speaker 3: gotta play so perfect. And then Tyler Hero does Tyler

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Speaker 3: Hero come back for Game four. I know weeks ago

670
00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:58,239
Speaker 3: he was aiming for Game three. So I don't know.

671
00:40:59,120 --> 00:41:03,759
Speaker 3: It's a tough situation. I wouldn't be surprised if the

672
00:41:03,840 --> 00:41:06,840
Speaker 3: Nuggets close it out in five. I wouldn't be surprised.

673
00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:10,399
Speaker 2: Really. I mean, look, you're there, you have a better

674
00:41:10,440 --> 00:41:16,040
Speaker 2: feel for it, and I mean it's it's hard not

675
00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:19,200
Speaker 2: to be impressed by the show that Denver put on

676
00:41:19,600 --> 00:41:23,000
Speaker 2: in Game three. I mean, they only made five threes.

677
00:41:23,719 --> 00:41:27,560
Speaker 2: They're the only team in the playoffs, these whole playoffs

678
00:41:28,040 --> 00:41:31,840
Speaker 2: to win a game when making as few as five threes.

679
00:41:31,920 --> 00:41:35,080
Speaker 2: That's how good they were. Everywhere else on the court

680
00:41:35,360 --> 00:41:41,799
Speaker 2: dominated the glass. Christian Brown played the game of his

681
00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:45,440
Speaker 2: life off the bench, So Michael Porter Junior, who's just

682
00:41:45,560 --> 00:41:49,320
Speaker 2: really slumping and struggling, and it doesn't even hurt Denver

683
00:41:49,440 --> 00:41:53,279
Speaker 2: because Brown steps right in and attacks the rim and

684
00:41:54,440 --> 00:41:59,000
Speaker 2: provides that third scoring boost that as if, as if

685
00:41:59,080 --> 00:42:02,919
Speaker 2: Joker and Murray need it, he provided it. I mean,

686
00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:08,759
Speaker 2: that was that was just an incredibly impressive road wind

687
00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:11,640
Speaker 2: from Denver, and it was really I mean, they were

688
00:42:11,680 --> 00:42:14,279
Speaker 2: facing adversity for the first time in these playoffs. If

689
00:42:14,320 --> 00:42:18,080
Speaker 2: they lose that Game three, the noise really starts. All

690
00:42:18,160 --> 00:42:21,719
Speaker 2: the doubts about the Denver Nuggets get dredged up and

691
00:42:22,360 --> 00:42:24,839
Speaker 2: they shut it all down. So you know, they now

692
00:42:24,840 --> 00:42:28,279
Speaker 2: get to play with house money in game four, and

693
00:42:28,360 --> 00:42:31,000
Speaker 2: I guess we will see. I guess we will see.

694
00:42:31,280 --> 00:42:35,000
Speaker 2: Don't go to the club watch the game. That's my

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00:42:35,120 --> 00:42:36,120
Speaker 2: professional advice.

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00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:38,239
Speaker 3: Well, I'm gonna tell you right I'm gonna tell you

697
00:42:38,360 --> 00:42:41,680
Speaker 3: right now, if any team is up twenty five or

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00:42:41,680 --> 00:42:45,719
Speaker 3: more points, I'm going to the club and writing it.

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00:42:45,760 --> 00:42:47,080
Speaker 2: Are you gonna write it for? Are you gonna write

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00:42:47,080 --> 00:42:47,640
Speaker 2: a scene piece.

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00:42:48,160 --> 00:42:51,120
Speaker 3: I might have my I don't know if you want

702
00:42:51,120 --> 00:42:53,479
Speaker 3: to see piece in there. I don't know if that'll

703
00:42:53,520 --> 00:42:56,240
Speaker 3: be appropriate. I'm pretty sure it get a lot of clicks.

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00:42:57,960 --> 00:42:59,080
Speaker 3: It'll get a lot of clicks.

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00:42:59,160 --> 00:43:01,160
Speaker 2: Well, you at least have NBA player do that. You

706
00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:03,719
Speaker 2: at least have to give the scene piece in audio

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00:43:03,719 --> 00:43:06,000
Speaker 2: fashion on this pod.

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00:43:07,360 --> 00:43:10,239
Speaker 3: I can do that. I probably couldn't mention names. They're

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00:43:10,280 --> 00:43:14,880
Speaker 3: they're there are NBA players in these VIP sections in

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00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:18,759
Speaker 3: this club. That might be that might be fun to do.

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00:43:18,920 --> 00:43:22,120
Speaker 3: Right there, give you a scene of Miami's Club.

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00:43:23,760 --> 00:43:25,920
Speaker 2: I guess I'm just surprised because it's not the newest

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00:43:25,960 --> 00:43:28,280
Speaker 2: arena in the world, So it's like, is the club

714
00:43:28,400 --> 00:43:34,640
Speaker 2: really that the in arena club? Is that fancy? You

715
00:43:34,719 --> 00:43:36,240
Speaker 2: actually went in there took a look.

716
00:43:37,040 --> 00:43:39,080
Speaker 3: I went in there and took a look, and it

717
00:43:39,160 --> 00:43:39,520
Speaker 3: was as.

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00:43:39,440 --> 00:43:41,319
Speaker 2: Good as a normal Miami club would be.

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00:43:42,160 --> 00:43:45,040
Speaker 3: Regular Miami club has a bar right in the middle

720
00:43:45,200 --> 00:43:50,920
Speaker 3: of the club. Bar, nice looking women giving you bar service.

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00:43:51,840 --> 00:43:58,160
Speaker 3: Nice looking women's time. I reiterate, nice looking women giving you,

722
00:43:58,160 --> 00:44:01,600
Speaker 3: you know, giving bar service, alcohol or whatever. And you

723
00:44:01,680 --> 00:44:04,239
Speaker 3: got VIP sections and it's just people in the middle

724
00:44:04,440 --> 00:44:08,160
Speaker 3: dancing club they didn't come for. Again, it doesn't sound that.

725
00:44:08,480 --> 00:44:12,480
Speaker 2: It doesn't sound but again for two and a half hours,

726
00:44:12,480 --> 00:44:18,080
Speaker 2: can we just focus on hoops? Well, Miami was clubbing

727
00:44:18,200 --> 00:44:21,120
Speaker 2: all night long, that's what they.

728
00:44:21,000 --> 00:44:24,920
Speaker 3: Say, different saying there in Miami. And you know what,

729
00:44:25,040 --> 00:44:27,120
Speaker 3: star I for one love it.

730
00:44:31,400 --> 00:44:33,600
Speaker 2: Man. The night that the Mavericks won it all in

731
00:44:33,640 --> 00:44:38,319
Speaker 2: twenty eleven, of course they went to Live and took

732
00:44:38,400 --> 00:44:40,759
Speaker 2: it over for the whole night. What did I do?

733
00:44:41,320 --> 00:44:43,960
Speaker 2: I was writing in that arena so long that when

734
00:44:43,960 --> 00:44:49,520
Speaker 2: I left the arena, it was it was six or seven.

735
00:44:50,239 --> 00:44:55,359
Speaker 2: It was blinding daylight when I left that arena and

736
00:44:55,480 --> 00:44:59,040
Speaker 2: just walked back to my hotel for more. That was

737
00:44:59,040 --> 00:45:01,360
Speaker 2: my morning brunch walking back to the hotel. Because I

738
00:45:01,400 --> 00:45:05,320
Speaker 2: took so damn long. I felt so much pressure writing

739
00:45:05,360 --> 00:45:08,960
Speaker 2: that piece after the MAVs won it all took forever.

740
00:45:09,480 --> 00:45:13,560
Speaker 2: Brian Winhurst still, Brian Winhurst still heckles me for how

741
00:45:13,600 --> 00:45:17,240
Speaker 2: slow I was writing that thing. Oh what a nightmare.

742
00:45:20,200 --> 00:45:22,600
Speaker 2: No clubbing for me, I guess was the No clubbing

743
00:45:22,640 --> 00:45:24,080
Speaker 2: for me was the point of that story.

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00:45:24,880 --> 00:45:27,319
Speaker 3: I get it, and I wouldn't expect anything less when

745
00:45:27,360 --> 00:45:29,560
Speaker 3: you start, I get it. Hey to each his own.

746
00:45:29,719 --> 00:45:32,440
Speaker 3: I don't judge. You, don't judge me, and don't judge.

747
00:45:32,880 --> 00:45:33,640
Speaker 2: I'm not judging it.

748
00:45:33,880 --> 00:45:41,239
Speaker 3: Don't judge, don't judge. Prefer to partake in club activities

749
00:45:41,480 --> 00:45:42,160
Speaker 3: during the game.

750
00:45:44,000 --> 00:45:46,920
Speaker 2: But we're there for the game.

751
00:45:47,960 --> 00:45:51,000
Speaker 3: Oh well, some people are. It's a game within the game,

752
00:45:51,840 --> 00:45:53,560
Speaker 3: you know. I'm about to I'm about I'm about have

753
00:45:53,640 --> 00:45:56,239
Speaker 3: to do a scene setting in that club right there.

754
00:45:57,960 --> 00:46:01,200
Speaker 2: I don't think anyone's ever written that one. The scene

755
00:46:01,239 --> 00:46:03,640
Speaker 2: piece from the Miami club during the game.

756
00:46:05,000 --> 00:46:07,399
Speaker 3: Unbelievable. I'm a believable start.

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00:46:09,520 --> 00:46:12,000
Speaker 2: Hopefully, hopefully they at least have TVs in there so

758
00:46:12,040 --> 00:46:16,080
Speaker 2: you can watch the game in case something amazing happens.

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00:46:16,080 --> 00:46:18,480
Speaker 3: Again, that is a good question. Yeah, I believe they

760
00:46:18,560 --> 00:46:20,880
Speaker 3: got TVs. I believe they have TVs.

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00:46:22,239 --> 00:46:27,040
Speaker 2: Nobody Actually, all right, I look forward to your full report.

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00:46:27,200 --> 00:46:31,719
Speaker 2: That is going to do it for the latest reunion

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00:46:31,960 --> 00:46:35,399
Speaker 2: edition of This League Uncut. It had been a week

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00:46:36,320 --> 00:46:39,280
Speaker 2: a week and change since Chris and I got together

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00:46:39,320 --> 00:46:42,440
Speaker 2: for a podcast. The good news is tons happened in

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00:46:42,520 --> 00:46:45,080
Speaker 2: that week and change, so we had no shortage of

767
00:46:45,160 --> 00:46:47,719
Speaker 2: stuff to talk about. We will be back with you

768
00:46:48,120 --> 00:46:52,160
Speaker 2: very soon again to talk about where these Finals are

769
00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:58,160
Speaker 2: where they're going. Can Miami pull even before the series

770
00:46:58,239 --> 00:47:02,160
Speaker 2: moves back to Denver for Game five Monday night? And yes,

771
00:47:02,320 --> 00:47:06,800
Speaker 2: I think we will continue to hear dribbles of trade,

772
00:47:06,960 --> 00:47:09,840
Speaker 2: free agency, and draft news because this is going to

773
00:47:09,880 --> 00:47:14,720
Speaker 2: be an eventful few weeks here, with the new CBA

774
00:47:14,840 --> 00:47:21,160
Speaker 2: coming in, teams looking to balance their books make moves.

775
00:47:20,680 --> 00:47:23,439
Speaker 2: There are going to be trades. I don't think there's

776
00:47:23,480 --> 00:47:28,960
Speaker 2: any question about it. And you know, again, not even

777
00:47:29,000 --> 00:47:33,080
Speaker 2: mid June yet, and the free agencies, free agency of

778
00:47:33,160 --> 00:47:38,080
Speaker 2: Kyrie Irving, Chris Paul's future, they've been huge headlines all week,

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00:47:38,480 --> 00:47:43,719
Speaker 2: right alongside these NBA Finals. As always, please friends, rate

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Speaker 2: review and subscribe to this league Uncut, Apple Podcasts or

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Speaker 2: wherever else you get your pods. Chris Haynes, good to

782
00:47:56,160 --> 00:47:58,839
Speaker 2: be with you again. My friend missed you. Like I said,

783
00:47:58,840 --> 00:48:01,319
Speaker 2: mad at you Monday, very mad at you Monday. But

784
00:48:01,400 --> 00:48:05,680
Speaker 2: I'm past it, I'm over it. We're good. Great to

785
00:48:05,719 --> 00:48:06,279
Speaker 2: reconnect me.

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00:48:06,680 --> 00:48:08,279
Speaker 3: I'm glad we could do this again. I thought you

787
00:48:08,400 --> 00:48:09,000
Speaker 3: left me hanging.

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00:48:10,080 --> 00:48:13,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, that's that's how it was. All right, everybody

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Speaker 2: that does it, We'll connect with you soon, be good.

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Speaker 1: And that'll do it. For us. See you next time.

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