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Speaker 2: Welcome in What's Right with Nick Great Episode two thirty one,

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Speaker 2: after one of the best nights of basketball in recent

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Speaker 2: NBA history. Also, you know, not shockingly, probably I was,

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Speaker 2: you know, feel in some type of way this morning.

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Speaker 2: That's a gut wrenching law. There are two teams in

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Speaker 2: the NBA that I have a personal connection to, the

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Speaker 2: relationship to either people on the team or running the

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Speaker 2: team or involved in the team. And they both lost

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Speaker 2: last night in excruciating fashion. So not shockingly, if you

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Speaker 2: know me, little trouble sleeping. Had those those dreams that

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Speaker 2: you have typically when like you're kind of at least

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Speaker 2: for me, when you're you know you're making bad decisions

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Speaker 2: in life, or your life is like spiraling out of control,

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Speaker 2: or you're worried. It might be like you're driving a

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Speaker 2: it just keeps accelerating. I used to have those dreams

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Speaker 2: all the time when I was a maniac. I didn't

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Speaker 2: have those exact dreams. Instead, I had like the adult

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Speaker 2: version of like super angsty, hard to sleep dreams. Because

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Speaker 2: I love sports, there are a couple of teams I

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Speaker 2: they both had their gut ripped out last night. So

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Speaker 2: we'll get into all of that, but I want to

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Speaker 2: say something to you, the listeners, because I got a

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Speaker 2: smile this morning when I walked in to Trentage where

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Speaker 2: we do the podcast, and someone had slipped through the

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Speaker 2: grate of the you know the gate a letter. I

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Speaker 2: thought it was a letter. It says I'll hold it

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Speaker 2: up right here. It says Nick Wright, Trentage with the

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Speaker 2: address of the store, and it's a letter from Dallas

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Speaker 2: from I guess I'm not going to give their last name,

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Speaker 2: but Trey and Dalon or Dylan, I apologize. I think

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Speaker 2: it's Daylan and what it is, and I'll cover up.

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Speaker 2: The important info is a wedding in vatation to a

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Speaker 2: they know I can't go to because I said months

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Speaker 2: ago I'm the best type of person to invite to

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Speaker 2: your wedding because I won't go, but I'll send a gift. So,

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Speaker 2: Trey and Dalen, when you get those air tags that

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Speaker 2: were on your registry, they're from your buddy Nick, right.

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Speaker 2: I saw the nice little four pack of air tags.

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Speaker 2: They actually I even did same day delivery they're getting.

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Speaker 2: You'll get them today and it's awesome. Pro tip if

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Speaker 2: if I don't know Trey and Dalen, because I don't

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Speaker 2: know you people, if you have a dog or a pet,

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Speaker 2: get for their collar an air tag holder and put

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Speaker 2: not gpsing dogs, it's just micro chipping them. Someone still

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Speaker 2: So if you ever years from now, your dog away

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Speaker 2: listen to my advice for months ago, which was, hey,

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Speaker 2: betting on the Lakers money line last night, my first

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Speaker 2: here buying demand's great seats to tonight's Clippers MAVs game.

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Speaker 2: my god, I don't need the points. The Lakers got this,

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Speaker 2: and it was all going according to plan, until, of

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Speaker 3: Or so.

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Speaker 2: But first, here's what missed the cut Ben Stiller dresses

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Speaker 2: Travis Kelcey evidently has two songs on the new Taylor

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Speaker 4: Yes, the Lakers threw everything that they had at the Nuggets.

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Speaker 4: He got great minutes from Anthony Davis and Lebron James

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Speaker 2: No, So before we get to anything else, let's talk

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Speaker 2: some folks now get get no, listen, Ruey had a

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Speaker 2: But if you can't be presented with mountains of new

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Speaker 2: why exist in the world? Then why you know to

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Speaker 2: watch things, read things, learn things whatever. The biggest reason

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Speaker 2: I thought Anthony Davis played an awesome game and Joker

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Speaker 2: damn near had a thirty twenty and ten. Uh, you

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Speaker 4: Threw off the glass like to his teammate, and I

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Speaker 2: So there are so the A one reason is right now,

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Speaker 2: as I was saying, even when Lebron I thought had

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Speaker 2: If you were being honest, you were nervous. That's second

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Speaker 2: half of the third quarter was utterly disastrous again, second

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Speaker 2: And then and I tweeted out this clip Joker. Then

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Speaker 3: If just.

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Speaker 2: That ball goes out of bounds, the Lakers win the game.

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Speaker 2: If they only get a two instead of a three,

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Speaker 2: everything's different. So I understand, yes, Lebron missed the three

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Speaker 2: to Lebron's play, we can talk about his comments in

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Speaker 2: a moment that's like, oh, didn't come through. Then you're

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Speaker 2: you either don't understand the game of basketball or you're

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Speaker 2: actively trolling. You can pick which side you want to

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Speaker 2: can't watch that game be like, oh, Lebron blew it.

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Speaker 2: Lebron was great in the fourth. Thing is the Nuggets

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Speaker 2: are better. And what's frustrating for me is people are like, Nick,

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Speaker 3: Do you think he's being a sore loser? Is there

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Speaker 2: Well, so let's listen to Lebron's SoundBite, and he also

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Speaker 5: Delo clearly gets hit in the face on a drive.

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Speaker 5: Do we have a replay centered this? This is going

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Speaker 3: What are we? What are we doing?

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Speaker 2: Okay, so here's the deal. There's gonna be a lot

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Speaker 2: That's undeniable. Now what they said is he got hit

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Speaker 2: But the point that I'm making is this Demanse, neither

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Speaker 4: Honestly, I'm hearing different things in here, but Game four,

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Speaker 2: and it is going to be Calves ball thirty six

429
00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:31,159
Speaker 2: seconds left, up one, the best game of Lebron's career,

430
00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:35,679
Speaker 2: the best playoff run of Lebron's career against arguably the

431
00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:41,560
Speaker 2: greatest team ever. He's going to steal home court. And

432
00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:47,280
Speaker 2: the referees go to the review center to see if

433
00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:53,480
Speaker 2: Lebron was in the restricted area. He was not, and

434
00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:58,680
Speaker 2: they verify that he was not. But because they went

435
00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:04,320
Speaker 2: to the review center to review that, they then opened

436
00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:11,120
Speaker 2: up the Pandora's box to review anything, and they said, oh,

437
00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:16,440
Speaker 2: he was moving slightly, which was not a challengeable play

438
00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:19,960
Speaker 2: and was not an auto review. But because they went

439
00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:24,640
Speaker 2: to review something erroneously, they then were like, well, let's

440
00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:30,120
Speaker 2: look at this, and they switched charge to block, and

441
00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:33,640
Speaker 2: Katie hits both free throws, and then by the way

442
00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:37,040
Speaker 2: you know it, then Lebron makes a layup steph hit,

443
00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:39,560
Speaker 2: gets an hand one, George Hill makes a free throw

444
00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:44,600
Speaker 2: miss free throw Jr. Time out, whatever overtime loss. That

445
00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:49,880
Speaker 2: was right when the NBA was really embracing replay. And

446
00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:54,760
Speaker 2: that is a six year burr in this guy's saddle.

447
00:29:56,000 --> 00:30:03,640
Speaker 2: So now once again he plays being he feels used improperly.

448
00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:08,840
Speaker 2: It's driving him crazy. And so say what you will

449
00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:12,000
Speaker 2: about that game. I don't think I'm blaming the refs.

450
00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:15,560
Speaker 2: I actually don't think Lebron is specifically blaming the refs.

451
00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:20,520
Speaker 2: Embiid was very mad at the refs and was obviously uh,

452
00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:29,320
Speaker 2: but that is the context for that conversation there. And

453
00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:33,400
Speaker 2: so you know the short version of this, demonse I said,

454
00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:36,400
Speaker 2: Lakers in six, and in order for the Lakers and six,

455
00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:39,120
Speaker 2: they gotta lose twice. So I'm halfway to a correct prediction.

456
00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:40,200
Speaker 2: Let's get to the.

457
00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:42,040
Speaker 3: Next game, all right.

458
00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:44,200
Speaker 4: So, any other day that the Lakers weren't playing the

459
00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:46,160
Speaker 4: Nuggets in their first round of the playoffs, this would

460
00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:46,480
Speaker 4: have been.

461
00:30:46,360 --> 00:30:50,080
Speaker 3: The first topic. But here we are. The Sixers are

462
00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:51,320
Speaker 3: struggling with the Knicks.

463
00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:54,920
Speaker 4: It came down to a final shot by Brunson or

464
00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:58,480
Speaker 4: a final shot by DiVincenzo, and they obviously have been

465
00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:02,080
Speaker 4: dealing with injuries. So is it time to finally listen

466
00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:04,880
Speaker 4: to the Bodega man and believe in this scrappy Knicks team?

467
00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:06,560
Speaker 4: Or is this more of a six Ers album?

468
00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:13,720
Speaker 2: Listen? That was a that's a great photoshop this way

469
00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:19,360
Speaker 2: people should watch on YouTube. That was Actually I'm more

470
00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:22,760
Speaker 2: worried about the Sixers recovering emotionally than I am the

471
00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:30,080
Speaker 2: Lakers for two reasons. One is the Lakers. At no

472
00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:34,720
Speaker 2: point did it feel like that Lakers game was over.

473
00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:38,200
Speaker 2: Even up twenty. It was too early, you know what

474
00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:41,240
Speaker 2: I mean for any NBA game these days, up twenty,

475
00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:43,520
Speaker 2: you know, is up twenty in the fourth, you know

476
00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:47,760
Speaker 2: it's over. But up twenty with a quarter, you know

477
00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:51,120
Speaker 2: with early in the third that game is not over.

478
00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:54,320
Speaker 2: And at the end of the Lakers game, it was

479
00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:56,960
Speaker 2: clearly in the balance, right. It was back and forth,

480
00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:59,760
Speaker 2: back and forth. I did think when Lebron hit those

481
00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:02,240
Speaker 2: back back threes to go up eight that they were

482
00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:04,640
Speaker 2: in real good shape, but at no point where the

483
00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:09,240
Speaker 2: Lakers certainly won. When you're Philly and you're up five

484
00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:12,720
Speaker 2: and the ball is loose on the ground and there's

485
00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:15,840
Speaker 2: less than thirty seconds remaining, you feel like you've won

486
00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:21,240
Speaker 2: the game. And then the confluence of events of Brunson

487
00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:26,800
Speaker 2: front rims of three and it goes in that you know,

488
00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:29,160
Speaker 2: and this is where sports can be cruel, and this

489
00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:32,560
Speaker 2: is where I feel sick for my pal Daryl Morey.

490
00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:37,520
Speaker 2: The last big time playoff shot that I saw get

491
00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:43,400
Speaker 2: front rimmed and bounce in was Kawhy's game winner against

492
00:32:43,480 --> 00:32:47,600
Speaker 2: the Sixers and Darryl and now Brunton hits that. But

493
00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:55,240
Speaker 2: even there, okay, you're up two, You're okay, And I

494
00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:58,160
Speaker 2: I know Nick Nurse was like, I called time out, man,

495
00:32:58,200 --> 00:33:01,920
Speaker 2: I've watched the tape. Nick Nurse does this thing, the

496
00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:04,360
Speaker 2: old do I want it? Do I want it? And

497
00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:07,719
Speaker 2: then pulls it back when he thinks it's getting inbounded,

498
00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:11,120
Speaker 2: and then when he does start definitely calling time out,

499
00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:15,240
Speaker 2: the ball's loose. Now, did MAXI get his jersey pulled?

500
00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:18,479
Speaker 2: Did he get held? Should there have been a foul? Sure,

501
00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:23,600
Speaker 2: but that happens, and it was.

502
00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:25,600
Speaker 3: Right.

503
00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:28,360
Speaker 4: You gotta not let the foul and get the ball

504
00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:30,840
Speaker 4: to your teammate instead of looking for the foul there.

505
00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:31,880
Speaker 3: Huh.

506
00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:34,640
Speaker 2: So here's the thing he was trying to He didn't.

507
00:33:35,240 --> 00:33:39,120
Speaker 2: I'm done out before they inbounded it. When they're passing

508
00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:42,400
Speaker 2: it to him, he gets his jersey pulled, so he's

509
00:33:42,440 --> 00:33:44,200
Speaker 2: not looking, you know what I mean, Like, he gets

510
00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:48,240
Speaker 2: his jersey pulled, which is just you know, that can't

511
00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:52,000
Speaker 2: happen though, But that's also why you probably just call

512
00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:55,600
Speaker 2: time out right after they make the shot. Calm everything down,

513
00:33:55,920 --> 00:34:00,320
Speaker 2: we're up to we can inbound from half court. We

514
00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:03,400
Speaker 2: can all you can always get it inbounded from half

515
00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:04,920
Speaker 2: court as you can go on the back court. Let's

516
00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:05,560
Speaker 2: calm down.

517
00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:06,320
Speaker 1: Uh.

518
00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:11,880
Speaker 2: And they didn't, and that is an excruciating loss. And

519
00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:22,000
Speaker 2: the Knicks man that I that was. I honestly think

520
00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:29,760
Speaker 2: that might have been the best win in the Garden

521
00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:35,959
Speaker 2: since Larry Johnson's four point play, which, by the way,

522
00:34:36,120 --> 00:34:39,320
Speaker 2: believe it or not, I had a framed Getty image

523
00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:44,040
Speaker 2: picture of that on in my house growing up and

524
00:34:44,120 --> 00:34:47,000
Speaker 2: in our first house we ever lived together. The Larry

525
00:34:47,040 --> 00:34:50,400
Speaker 2: It's like an overhead shot at MSG when Larry Johnson

526
00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:52,960
Speaker 2: has the four point play. I think that was probably

527
00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:57,439
Speaker 2: the best moment in Madison Square Garden in a big

528
00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:03,080
Speaker 2: spot since then. And and it is you feel sick

529
00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:07,560
Speaker 2: for Philly. Embiid is playing on one leg and still

530
00:35:08,560 --> 00:35:11,120
Speaker 2: I mean, I don't even know how to like put

531
00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:15,880
Speaker 2: in context what Embiid's doing because he is clearly injured,

532
00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:21,279
Speaker 2: he clearly doesn't trust his leg, and yet he has

533
00:35:22,239 --> 00:35:28,560
Speaker 2: you know, thirty four, ten and six and so and

534
00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:32,240
Speaker 2: MAXI played out of his mind the knicks man.

535
00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:35,200
Speaker 4: And would get in his head a little bit to

536
00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:37,520
Speaker 4: not take that last shot. I think given that the

537
00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:42,239
Speaker 4: turnover the block layup, I get embids the guy. But

538
00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:44,600
Speaker 4: I kind of felt like Maxie should have taken it

539
00:35:44,680 --> 00:35:47,520
Speaker 4: three there, But that's just I don't know, he gave

540
00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:49,839
Speaker 4: it to him beating the kind of nasty spot. I

541
00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:52,520
Speaker 4: think he had enough space or created space when he

542
00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:55,880
Speaker 4: drove down. But I.

543
00:35:57,360 --> 00:36:00,120
Speaker 2: Don't disagree with you, but it was also here's the

544
00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:05,120
Speaker 2: other thing on that there is a weird psychological thing

545
00:36:05,239 --> 00:36:09,600
Speaker 2: going on when you're down three and you know the

546
00:36:09,680 --> 00:36:15,520
Speaker 2: other team might want to foul down three, which is

547
00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:20,680
Speaker 2: like you all, like you, I'm not describing this properly,

548
00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:26,799
Speaker 2: but you can't run a normal frenetic offense because you

549
00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:31,319
Speaker 2: don't you're not totally just focused on let me get

550
00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:34,120
Speaker 2: to the best spot possible, because it's almost like you're

551
00:36:34,160 --> 00:36:36,839
Speaker 2: playing a game of tag. Like I need to make

552
00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:40,440
Speaker 2: sure I don't get close enough right for someone to

553
00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:44,080
Speaker 2: foul me. And so if I take time to try to,

554
00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:46,600
Speaker 2: you know, get to my spot and gather, they might

555
00:36:46,680 --> 00:36:49,080
Speaker 2: foul me. So I go and then pass it quick

556
00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:53,239
Speaker 2: like it's a weird thing. On the up three, I

557
00:36:53,400 --> 00:36:55,960
Speaker 2: don't want to get fouled. I know the other team

558
00:36:56,080 --> 00:37:00,640
Speaker 2: might want to foul, So those spots are brutal. If

559
00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:04,960
Speaker 2: those spots are absolutely brutal. Where MAXI it's hard to

560
00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:07,200
Speaker 2: say he's screwed up, but the play he wants back

561
00:37:08,120 --> 00:37:11,480
Speaker 2: is the full court layup down one. Yeah you know

562
00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:12,920
Speaker 2: what I mean. When they give it to him, he

563
00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:16,200
Speaker 2: has a full versus speed. Hartenstein, to his credit, drag

564
00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:20,880
Speaker 2: the shast down and great play. Great play by Hartenstein,

565
00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:27,560
Speaker 2: and so uh I I don't think Philly's dead. I

566
00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:32,480
Speaker 2: want to make this clear. You're never dead. The only

567
00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:38,439
Speaker 2: time game two is a must win game is if

568
00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:43,680
Speaker 2: you are the home team and you lost game one. Okay,

569
00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:48,440
Speaker 2: you can't go down O two at home. That typically,

570
00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:51,680
Speaker 2: not always, but typically is a death knell in this league,

571
00:37:52,440 --> 00:37:57,600
Speaker 2: down one on down oh two without home court. Right now,

572
00:37:58,080 --> 00:38:02,960
Speaker 2: we have had eleven in NBA playoff games held home

573
00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:08,319
Speaker 2: teams are eleven and zero. And so if you can

574
00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:12,839
Speaker 2: get over the emotion of how you lost game two,

575
00:38:13,280 --> 00:38:16,720
Speaker 2: if you're the Lakers or the Sixers, you go home

576
00:38:16,840 --> 00:38:22,239
Speaker 2: win game three. And then here's what does happen when

577
00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:25,080
Speaker 2: you fall down oh two. You then all of a

578
00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:29,480
Speaker 2: sudden have back to back must wins. Right like you are,

579
00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:33,480
Speaker 2: You have back to back must win games, which is

580
00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:39,320
Speaker 2: a tough shot to be in. And so I think

581
00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:43,319
Speaker 2: that here's what I think. I think that we are

582
00:38:43,360 --> 00:38:50,440
Speaker 2: going to know from the Sixers by the end of

583
00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:55,279
Speaker 2: the first yeah, by the end of the midway through

584
00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:59,239
Speaker 2: the second quarter in Game three, whether or not this

585
00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:01,400
Speaker 2: thing is going to be to two going back to Philly,

586
00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:04,520
Speaker 2: or whether or not they're gonna get swept if they

587
00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:08,320
Speaker 2: look like a team that is emotionally drained and the

588
00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:11,080
Speaker 2: Knicks punch him in the face early they could fold

589
00:39:11,120 --> 00:39:11,840
Speaker 2: up shot.

590
00:39:12,040 --> 00:39:17,360
Speaker 4: Embiid looks shot after that game, Hey, yeah, he's looking

591
00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:18,160
Speaker 4: he did.

592
00:39:19,120 --> 00:39:21,880
Speaker 2: And and I also listen, I think there's a level

593
00:39:21,920 --> 00:39:25,319
Speaker 2: of if you're Embiid and you're an injured player, or

594
00:39:25,360 --> 00:39:27,759
Speaker 2: if you're Lebron and you're the oldest guy in the

595
00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:34,560
Speaker 2: League of Man, I only have so many all out

596
00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:38,240
Speaker 2: effort games in me. I need to steal a game

597
00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:41,600
Speaker 2: and then give myself a margin of error, you know

598
00:39:41,640 --> 00:39:43,480
Speaker 2: what I mean, and have a I don't want to

599
00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:46,920
Speaker 2: say a coast game, but a game where hey, if

600
00:39:46,960 --> 00:39:49,960
Speaker 2: we get hot from three, awesome, but if not, I'm

601
00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:52,960
Speaker 2: gonna recharge the batteries here, you know what I mean

602
00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:56,480
Speaker 2: type of spot And now they don't have it. Like

603
00:39:56,640 --> 00:40:02,080
Speaker 2: my guess is, had the Lakers one that game, what

604
00:40:02,120 --> 00:40:05,000
Speaker 2: you would have seen is game three, because you have

605
00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:09,319
Speaker 2: two days of rest, another all out effort Game three

606
00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:12,239
Speaker 2: to go up to one if you're Los Angeles, and

607
00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:16,160
Speaker 2: then game four for Lebron. The day between a little

608
00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:19,359
Speaker 2: bit of a margin of error, a big distribution game, right,

609
00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:21,440
Speaker 2: you know what I mean? Like, Hey, if we steal it,

610
00:40:21,440 --> 00:40:23,399
Speaker 2: we steal up three to one. Amazing. If not, we'll

611
00:40:23,440 --> 00:40:27,600
Speaker 2: take two to two with Denver in Bead's a little

612
00:40:27,600 --> 00:40:32,399
Speaker 2: different because he's not orchestrating the offense. But I want

613
00:40:32,400 --> 00:40:37,040
Speaker 2: to see al embiid emotionally recovers because he was beside himself. Also,

614
00:40:37,080 --> 00:40:40,920
Speaker 2: you got to keep this in mind for Himbead. I mean,

615
00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:45,560
Speaker 2: the guy's never been passed round two, So like these are,

616
00:40:46,040 --> 00:40:49,040
Speaker 2: it is hard to putting context of, like, oh, it's

617
00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:52,360
Speaker 2: only game two of round one, Like he hasn't played

618
00:40:52,400 --> 00:40:55,280
Speaker 2: a ton of games as crazy as the sounds bigger

619
00:40:55,280 --> 00:40:59,480
Speaker 2: than the one last night. So I do worry about

620
00:40:59,640 --> 00:41:02,200
Speaker 2: a Philly a bit. All right, let's quickly get to

621
00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:06,560
Speaker 2: Luca and then we're gonna do uh the We're gonna

622
00:41:06,600 --> 00:41:08,080
Speaker 2: change torch passing stuff.

623
00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:09,439
Speaker 3: Yep. Uh yeah.

624
00:41:09,480 --> 00:41:11,960
Speaker 4: So your large Slovenian son filled up the stat sheet

625
00:41:12,080 --> 00:41:15,760
Speaker 4: but could not get the job done in game one. Also,

626
00:41:15,920 --> 00:41:19,480
Speaker 4: this is a Kohilas Clippers team. So is Luca as

627
00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:21,239
Speaker 4: good as you as you say he is or is

628
00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:22,560
Speaker 4: something going on there?

629
00:41:22,719 --> 00:41:24,239
Speaker 3: He also has carrier tea.

630
00:41:24,760 --> 00:41:28,239
Speaker 2: That was a bad game by the MAVs, There's no

631
00:41:28,280 --> 00:41:31,680
Speaker 2: doubt about it. It is amazing to me how many folks,

632
00:41:31,719 --> 00:41:35,160
Speaker 2: all of a sudden think that the Clippers are dangerous

633
00:41:35,239 --> 00:41:38,319
Speaker 2: now because they're like, oh man, if this is the

634
00:41:38,440 --> 00:41:41,120
Speaker 2: James Harden they get moving forward, it won't be guys.

635
00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:45,760
Speaker 2: It is James Harden has the playoff reputation. He has

636
00:41:45,760 --> 00:41:49,000
Speaker 2: not because he's bad in every playoff game, but because

637
00:41:49,080 --> 00:41:54,560
Speaker 2: he is unspeakably bad in the biggest spots, not because

638
00:41:54,920 --> 00:41:58,919
Speaker 2: he doesn't have a few great game ones or where

639
00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:01,680
Speaker 2: he can look great. I don't believe in the Clippers.

640
00:42:01,840 --> 00:42:05,080
Speaker 2: I do believe in the MAVs. The Clippers were the

641
00:42:05,120 --> 00:42:10,200
Speaker 2: home team. Uh Luca was fine but not great, which

642
00:42:10,239 --> 00:42:13,120
Speaker 2: considering he had thirty three, thirteen and six speaks to

643
00:42:13,160 --> 00:42:17,000
Speaker 2: the player is now. Kyrie was extraordinary and we got

644
00:42:17,040 --> 00:42:19,680
Speaker 2: to see what level Kyrie can stay at. But I'm

645
00:42:19,760 --> 00:42:21,320
Speaker 2: not worried about the MAVs.

646
00:42:21,480 --> 00:42:21,799
Speaker 3: All right.

647
00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:25,680
Speaker 2: That was a great forty five minute first block. I

648
00:42:26,400 --> 00:42:30,080
Speaker 2: there is something that might happen in the next ten

649
00:42:30,200 --> 00:42:33,680
Speaker 2: days in the NBA that I don't think folks have

650
00:42:33,800 --> 00:42:39,000
Speaker 2: fully recognized the gravity of. I will explain it. And this,

651
00:42:39,600 --> 00:42:42,120
Speaker 2: unlike the stories I told, this next thing I'm doing.

652
00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:44,960
Speaker 2: I do want us to push out on social in

653
00:42:45,160 --> 00:42:48,960
Speaker 2: long form because I think I think it could be

654
00:42:49,120 --> 00:42:51,600
Speaker 2: the story of this postseason. We'll do that next. Take

655
00:42:51,680 --> 00:43:00,719
Speaker 2: quick break, right back, What's Right? Welcome back in What's

656
00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:04,480
Speaker 2: Right with Nick Wright? All right, so demandse, let's get

657
00:43:04,520 --> 00:43:08,759
Speaker 2: to the changing of the guard part of this, because

658
00:43:08,800 --> 00:43:12,440
Speaker 2: I don't think people understand exactly what could be happening

659
00:43:12,440 --> 00:43:13,680
Speaker 2: in these NBA playoffs.

660
00:43:13,680 --> 00:43:16,880
Speaker 4: Go ahead, Yes, I mean it's still early, but the

661
00:43:16,920 --> 00:43:19,080
Speaker 4: guard is making their mark on these playoffs while the

662
00:43:19,120 --> 00:43:21,719
Speaker 4: older guys are starting to show their age and.

663
00:43:21,680 --> 00:43:23,680
Speaker 3: The younger guys are definitely letting them know about it.

664
00:43:24,320 --> 00:43:26,359
Speaker 4: Is this the final year where the debate over which

665
00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:28,560
Speaker 4: group of guys runs the NBA is still a thing?

666
00:43:29,880 --> 00:43:33,680
Speaker 2: Well, so here's the thing on that, And this is

667
00:43:33,719 --> 00:43:35,880
Speaker 2: the part that I don't think people have fully wrapped

668
00:43:35,920 --> 00:43:40,880
Speaker 2: their minds around. Demonse, what do you consider like really

669
00:43:41,040 --> 00:43:44,200
Speaker 2: old in the NBA? Like, what do you think is

670
00:43:44,239 --> 00:43:46,880
Speaker 2: like wow, like that is an old? Give me an age?

671
00:43:47,640 --> 00:43:48,960
Speaker 2: What do you think really old is?

672
00:43:49,560 --> 00:43:50,920
Speaker 3: Okay, thirty five NBA?

673
00:43:51,120 --> 00:43:55,600
Speaker 2: Really old is thirty five? That is correct? What do

674
00:43:55,640 --> 00:43:57,400
Speaker 2: you think kind of so kind of old?

675
00:43:57,480 --> 00:43:57,879
Speaker 1: You have?

676
00:43:58,880 --> 00:43:59,840
Speaker 2: You know, early.

677
00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:01,640
Speaker 3: Thirties, thirty one, thirty two, you're eight?

678
00:44:02,560 --> 00:44:06,160
Speaker 2: All right, you nailed this, So I am going to

679
00:44:06,239 --> 00:44:11,960
Speaker 2: go through every single All Star, either this year or

680
00:44:12,080 --> 00:44:17,719
Speaker 2: previous All Star in order of descending age. Okay, that

681
00:44:17,880 --> 00:44:20,439
Speaker 2: was active in the NBA this year as a real

682
00:44:20,480 --> 00:44:26,680
Speaker 2: big time player. Okay. The oldest thirty nine year old,

683
00:44:27,239 --> 00:44:30,600
Speaker 2: and I'm just gonna give you their age. Uh, this

684
00:44:30,719 --> 00:44:32,759
Speaker 2: is basketball reference, so I think they sort it by

685
00:44:32,800 --> 00:44:36,279
Speaker 2: their age on January one. Okay, so the some of

686
00:44:36,320 --> 00:44:39,120
Speaker 2: these guys maybe have since turned a year older, but

687
00:44:39,239 --> 00:44:45,520
Speaker 2: their age on January first is okay. The oldest Lebron

688
00:44:45,600 --> 00:44:49,680
Speaker 2: James thirty nine. Well, I don't want it to be true,

689
00:44:49,719 --> 00:44:53,959
Speaker 2: and it's not the pick I made. The odds say

690
00:44:54,239 --> 00:44:58,000
Speaker 2: his season ends in ten days, right or less. Okay.

691
00:44:59,239 --> 00:45:04,919
Speaker 2: The next oldest Chris Paul, He's not playing right now,

692
00:45:06,080 --> 00:45:12,680
Speaker 2: keep going. The next oldest, Kevin Durant's thirty five. He

693
00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:15,600
Speaker 2: might be thirty six now. Again, again, this is their

694
00:45:15,640 --> 00:45:20,800
Speaker 2: ages on January one. Kevin Durant thirty five. His season

695
00:45:20,920 --> 00:45:31,200
Speaker 2: could be over ten days. Steph Curry, he's not playing anymore. Russ.

696
00:45:31,840 --> 00:45:35,239
Speaker 2: Maybe his season keeps going. Maybe not. He is obviously,

697
00:45:35,320 --> 00:45:40,560
Speaker 2: you know, a different version of himself. DeMar DeRozan thirty four,

698
00:45:40,719 --> 00:45:44,880
Speaker 2: not playing. Jimmy Butler thirty four, not gonna play in

699
00:45:44,920 --> 00:45:49,160
Speaker 2: this postseason, James Harden thirty four. By the way, every

700
00:45:49,160 --> 00:45:51,000
Speaker 2: single Clipper is going to show up on this list.

701
00:45:51,040 --> 00:45:59,760
Speaker 2: We'll see Dame thirty three, Paul George thirty three, Clay

702
00:46:00,440 --> 00:46:12,200
Speaker 2: thirty three out of there, Kawhi Leonard thirty two, not healthy, CJ.

703
00:46:12,320 --> 00:46:19,759
Speaker 2: McCollum not even All Star thirty two. And that's the list. Guys.

704
00:46:20,200 --> 00:46:23,520
Speaker 2: You could include Drew Holliday who's thirty three, but Drew

705
00:46:23,560 --> 00:46:26,920
Speaker 2: Holliday is also, like, you know, the fourth or fifth

706
00:46:26,960 --> 00:46:30,440
Speaker 2: guy on that team. Here's the point I'm making. If

707
00:46:30,480 --> 00:46:34,440
Speaker 2: we want to extend it to thirty one or older

708
00:46:35,120 --> 00:46:39,239
Speaker 2: at this as of January one, Kyrie Irving would be

709
00:46:39,280 --> 00:46:45,400
Speaker 2: added to that list. Here's my point. If the Clippers

710
00:46:45,480 --> 00:46:51,879
Speaker 2: get bounced, we are going to be in a spot

711
00:46:52,920 --> 00:46:59,960
Speaker 2: where every single top level player left in the post

712
00:47:00,120 --> 00:47:06,839
Speaker 2: season is either a super young guy, prime of their

713
00:47:06,880 --> 00:47:12,759
Speaker 2: career guy, or just turned thirty guy. All of the

714
00:47:12,880 --> 00:47:19,120
Speaker 2: old guard could be gone Steph Clay, Draymond already gone.

715
00:47:19,640 --> 00:47:19,839
Speaker 3: Right.

716
00:47:20,280 --> 00:47:27,520
Speaker 2: The Clippers KG or sorry, PG, Kawhi, Russ Harden, I

717
00:47:27,560 --> 00:47:31,600
Speaker 2: think are gonna lose this round. Lebron on the brink

718
00:47:32,200 --> 00:47:38,280
Speaker 2: the Suns, Kevin Durant on the brink, right we are

719
00:47:38,880 --> 00:47:43,080
Speaker 2: it is the NBA I think has done a poor

720
00:47:43,239 --> 00:47:48,920
Speaker 2: job marketing this next wave. But this next wave is

721
00:47:48,920 --> 00:47:52,360
Speaker 2: about to hit everybody in the face. It is about

722
00:47:52,480 --> 00:47:59,359
Speaker 2: to be a Anthony Edwards Sga Niko le Jokic playoffs

723
00:47:59,440 --> 00:48:04,439
Speaker 2: where the old guys in the playoffs after round one

724
00:48:04,680 --> 00:48:09,440
Speaker 2: could be Yannis. Dame is obviously on that list, and

725
00:48:09,560 --> 00:48:12,279
Speaker 2: Dame is, you know, an older guy. He could be

726
00:48:12,320 --> 00:48:16,319
Speaker 2: the oldest relevant guy remaining would be Dame, and then

727
00:48:16,360 --> 00:48:18,680
Speaker 2: after him it would be guys a hell of a

728
00:48:18,680 --> 00:48:21,880
Speaker 2: lot younger than him, Like I don't even know if

729
00:48:21,920 --> 00:48:26,640
Speaker 2: I mentioned again age at January one, Lebron thirty nine,

730
00:48:26,719 --> 00:48:29,520
Speaker 2: down oh two, Chris Paul thirty eight didn't make the

731
00:48:29,520 --> 00:48:33,400
Speaker 2: playoffs or didn't make the real playoffs, Katie thirty five,

732
00:48:33,560 --> 00:48:37,400
Speaker 2: down oh one, Steph thirty five didn't make the playoffs.

733
00:48:38,000 --> 00:48:42,319
Speaker 2: Russ thirty five, we'll see demartros In thirty four didn't

734
00:48:42,320 --> 00:48:45,800
Speaker 2: make the playoffs, Jimmy Butler thirty four injured for the playoffs.

735
00:48:45,800 --> 00:48:49,359
Speaker 2: Harden thirty four, we'll see Dame thirty three, maybe the

736
00:48:49,400 --> 00:48:52,399
Speaker 2: one bastion of it, because he's the one guy who

737
00:48:52,760 --> 00:48:58,200
Speaker 2: got attached to right one of these younger stars, Uh

738
00:48:58,280 --> 00:49:01,560
Speaker 2: Paul George thirty three, Clay Thompson thirty three, didn't make

739
00:49:01,600 --> 00:49:07,600
Speaker 2: the playoffs, Kawhi thirty two injured, and then Kyrie Irving

740
00:49:08,920 --> 00:49:12,399
Speaker 2: thirty one on January first. So think about it like that,

741
00:49:12,840 --> 00:49:18,600
Speaker 2: the playoffs are going to be where Kyrie Irving is

742
00:49:18,640 --> 00:49:24,719
Speaker 2: the elder statesman left and Dame and that's it. A

743
00:49:24,880 --> 00:49:30,840
Speaker 2: league that has just leaned on the And I was

744
00:49:30,880 --> 00:49:33,520
Speaker 2: looking at it via draft classes, which is what's so

745
00:49:33,719 --> 00:49:38,440
Speaker 2: crazy about this, Like so on this list of old guys,

746
00:49:38,480 --> 00:49:44,080
Speaker 2: so to speak, are guys from the twenty twelve draft,

747
00:49:44,640 --> 00:49:47,000
Speaker 2: like Dame, who was the sixth pick of the twenty

748
00:49:47,040 --> 00:49:50,799
Speaker 2: twelve draft. The fact, so if you do it by

749
00:49:50,960 --> 00:49:54,320
Speaker 2: draft classes, this is what you get. Dame twenty twelve,

750
00:49:55,160 --> 00:50:02,200
Speaker 2: twenty eleven, Kyrie and Clay and Kawhi twenty ten, Uh,

751
00:50:02,760 --> 00:50:08,400
Speaker 2: Paul George two thousand and nine, Harden and Stephen Derozen

752
00:50:10,280 --> 00:50:18,000
Speaker 2: two thousand and eight, Russ two thousand and seven, kd

753
00:50:18,960 --> 00:50:22,480
Speaker 2: two thousand and six, Nobody two thousand and five, Nobody

754
00:50:22,719 --> 00:50:25,920
Speaker 2: two thousand and four, Nobody two thousand and three, Lebron

755
00:50:26,920 --> 00:50:32,200
Speaker 2: and so like there. Lebron, by the way, came into

756
00:50:32,200 --> 00:50:34,719
Speaker 2: the draft ten years it's came into the league ten

757
00:50:34,840 --> 00:50:38,040
Speaker 2: years before some of the old guys. Now, Dame's an

758
00:50:38,080 --> 00:50:42,120
Speaker 2: old guy. Lebron came in ten years before Dame. But

759
00:50:42,840 --> 00:50:46,879
Speaker 2: it is the new generation in the NBA's here, man,

760
00:50:47,800 --> 00:50:50,239
Speaker 2: and it's gonna be a weird playoffs. If all these

761
00:50:50,239 --> 00:50:53,200
Speaker 2: guys are out of there, it's gonna be fun like

762
00:50:53,360 --> 00:50:53,759
Speaker 2: it is.

763
00:50:53,920 --> 00:50:57,319
Speaker 3: Go ahead, Demanse, No, I don't think.

764
00:50:57,560 --> 00:50:59,600
Speaker 4: I don't think any of these guys will retire over

765
00:50:59,640 --> 00:51:02,280
Speaker 4: the next I think there's a conversation for two seasons

766
00:51:02,280 --> 00:51:02,840
Speaker 4: from now.

767
00:51:04,400 --> 00:51:05,839
Speaker 3: Because I don't see any of them.

768
00:51:05,920 --> 00:51:07,960
Speaker 4: I mean, you're obviously more savvy with the stuff than

769
00:51:08,000 --> 00:51:10,200
Speaker 4: I am, But I don't think this is the year.

770
00:51:10,680 --> 00:51:13,799
Speaker 4: I think not next year's playoffs. With the playoffs after that.

771
00:51:15,080 --> 00:51:16,640
Speaker 2: I don't think they're retiring.

772
00:51:17,400 --> 00:51:19,279
Speaker 3: You're saying is skill level?

773
00:51:19,400 --> 00:51:25,279
Speaker 2: My point is. My point is this, we have to

774
00:51:25,360 --> 00:51:33,040
Speaker 2: recognize where we're at right now. The Celtics have a

775
00:51:33,160 --> 00:51:37,040
Speaker 2: middle of his meaty, part of his prime, late twenties

776
00:51:37,280 --> 00:51:42,520
Speaker 2: superstar Tatum, great team around him with another late twenties wingman,

777
00:51:43,520 --> 00:51:48,920
Speaker 2: the Nuggets middle of his prime, late twenties superhero with

778
00:51:49,040 --> 00:51:53,160
Speaker 2: another middle of his prime, late twenties guy as his wingman.

779
00:51:54,200 --> 00:51:58,680
Speaker 2: The two kind of X factor teams, right, the Sixers

780
00:51:58,760 --> 00:52:02,240
Speaker 2: and the Bucks. They're X factors because they have injuries

781
00:52:02,239 --> 00:52:05,880
Speaker 2: to their superstars late twenties or in Bead's case, I

782
00:52:05,920 --> 00:52:13,239
Speaker 2: think just turned thirty, you know, prime superstars. Uh, the

783
00:52:13,600 --> 00:52:17,480
Speaker 2: I'm leaving somebody out. That's it's gonna bother me. That

784
00:52:17,600 --> 00:52:20,759
Speaker 2: I just thought of, but now I can't. The Oh,

785
00:52:20,960 --> 00:52:25,360
Speaker 2: the Knicks middle of it mid twenties entering his prime,

786
00:52:26,160 --> 00:52:34,000
Speaker 2: butting star, the Timberwolves in OKC early twenties not yet

787
00:52:34,080 --> 00:52:40,320
Speaker 2: to their prime future superstars. That's who. That's who's here now.

788
00:52:41,200 --> 00:52:45,680
Speaker 2: And it is a miracle that Lebron still being here

789
00:52:45,840 --> 00:52:49,800
Speaker 2: is insane. Take Lebron out of it. That the point

790
00:52:49,920 --> 00:52:52,560
Speaker 2: I almost wanted to make is because Lebron's thirty nine,

791
00:52:53,360 --> 00:52:57,440
Speaker 2: it skewed everyone thinking that Steph and Katie and Kawhi

792
00:52:57,680 --> 00:53:01,880
Speaker 2: and Harden and Russ are younger than they are. They aren't.

793
00:53:02,719 --> 00:53:05,080
Speaker 2: Those are the really old guys.

794
00:53:06,160 --> 00:53:08,239
Speaker 4: Is forcing those guys to stay in the league a

795
00:53:08,239 --> 00:53:10,200
Speaker 4: little bit longer than they might have intended to.

796
00:53:10,800 --> 00:53:13,520
Speaker 2: Well, it is gonna be like there is a level

797
00:53:13,560 --> 00:53:15,759
Speaker 2: of like when you look at it when I was

798
00:53:15,800 --> 00:53:19,719
Speaker 2: going through these draft classes like it is, and then

799
00:53:19,760 --> 00:53:21,880
Speaker 2: we can kind of speed run through the rest of

800
00:53:21,920 --> 00:53:24,680
Speaker 2: the show. But it is funny to think about, like

801
00:53:27,040 --> 00:53:31,759
Speaker 2: Lebron's draft class, which was an old timer, like how

802
00:53:31,840 --> 00:53:35,640
Speaker 2: long has it felt that Carmelo, Bosh, and d Wade

803
00:53:36,440 --> 00:53:39,319
Speaker 2: have been gone? Because those were picks three, four and

804
00:53:39,480 --> 00:53:45,520
Speaker 2: five from bronze class. The class after four, it was

805
00:53:45,680 --> 00:53:50,640
Speaker 2: Dwight and Iguadala were the last men standing. I mean,

806
00:53:50,640 --> 00:53:52,719
Speaker 2: but that also just to give some context, you know

807
00:53:52,760 --> 00:53:56,440
Speaker 2: who also was in that draft class, lou All Dang, Like,

808
00:53:56,560 --> 00:53:59,600
Speaker 2: how when was the last lou All Dang came into

809
00:53:59,600 --> 00:54:04,840
Speaker 2: the league one year after Lebron the five draft class,

810
00:54:06,400 --> 00:54:09,680
Speaker 2: Chris Paul still hanging on for that draft class, but

811
00:54:10,000 --> 00:54:13,040
Speaker 2: the second best player in that draft class, second and

812
00:54:13,080 --> 00:54:18,160
Speaker 2: third best players were Darren Williams and Andrew Bogant and

813
00:54:18,160 --> 00:54:20,839
Speaker 2: Andrew Bidam. Think of the last time you thought of

814
00:54:20,920 --> 00:54:27,560
Speaker 2: Bogan or Bien Williams. Oh, I mean Williams exactly. Darren Williams,

815
00:54:27,600 --> 00:54:29,759
Speaker 2: who was awesome, is been out in the league since

816
00:54:29,800 --> 00:54:35,240
Speaker 2: twenty seventeen. It's twenty twenty four. That's the five draft

817
00:54:35,239 --> 00:54:40,840
Speaker 2: class six, the best players from the six draft class.

818
00:54:40,880 --> 00:54:43,680
Speaker 2: All right, so Kyle Lowry hanging on. But you know

819
00:54:43,760 --> 00:54:45,920
Speaker 2: who else was in the six draft class, Demonte, This

820
00:54:45,960 --> 00:54:51,240
Speaker 2: will bring a smile to your face. Man, your favorite player,

821
00:54:52,640 --> 00:55:00,920
Speaker 2: one of your favorite players, Rondo or Rondo? Rondo? Rondo,

822
00:55:01,880 --> 00:55:08,160
Speaker 2: Rondo was the six. Rondo came into the league years ago. Yeah,

823
00:55:08,200 --> 00:55:10,360
Speaker 2: but he really left a while before that, you know

824
00:55:10,360 --> 00:55:14,440
Speaker 2: what I mean. Like Rondo's last Rondo technically played for

825
00:55:14,480 --> 00:55:17,480
Speaker 2: the Cavs in twenty twenty two, but his last super

826
00:55:17,600 --> 00:55:22,480
Speaker 2: relevant season was with the Celtics. I mean he did

827
00:55:22,520 --> 00:55:25,160
Speaker 2: help the Lakers. I mean, he did help the Lakers.

828
00:55:25,160 --> 00:55:29,719
Speaker 2: I give him credit, but but the he's three. Rondo's

829
00:55:29,719 --> 00:55:34,239
Speaker 2: three years after bron and one year before Durant. Like

830
00:55:34,480 --> 00:55:41,640
Speaker 2: Durant's contemporaries are Al Horford, who is an old man,

831
00:55:42,880 --> 00:55:45,840
Speaker 2: Mike Conley, who's having a nice role, you know what

832
00:55:45,880 --> 00:55:49,960
Speaker 2: I mean with the Timberwolves, and Joe kim Noah the

833
00:55:50,040 --> 00:55:54,319
Speaker 2: same draft class as Kdi Joe kim Noah. So it's

834
00:55:54,480 --> 00:55:58,359
Speaker 2: just the old guys have held on way longer than

835
00:55:58,360 --> 00:56:01,680
Speaker 2: to be expected. This is where mind everyone Michael Jordan's

836
00:56:01,680 --> 00:56:04,480
Speaker 2: final playoff game with the Chicago Bulls. He was thirty

837
00:56:04,480 --> 00:56:08,400
Speaker 2: five years old. He was younger than Steph is right now.

838
00:56:08,560 --> 00:56:11,560
Speaker 2: He's the same age Durant is right now. Kobe Bryant's

839
00:56:12,080 --> 00:56:16,200
Speaker 2: final playoff game with the Lakers, he was thirty three

840
00:56:16,280 --> 00:56:20,080
Speaker 2: years old. This is not a mid thirties league man,

841
00:56:20,200 --> 00:56:23,640
Speaker 2: never has been. All Right, real quick, Demons, let's talk

842
00:56:23,680 --> 00:56:26,880
Speaker 2: about this Athletic player pole, and then we'll try to

843
00:56:26,920 --> 00:56:28,759
Speaker 2: do a very fast NFL draft thing.

844
00:56:29,440 --> 00:56:29,680
Speaker 3: Yeah.

845
00:56:29,719 --> 00:56:33,760
Speaker 4: So the Athletic did their annual and NBA Anonymous player

846
00:56:33,800 --> 00:56:35,840
Speaker 4: poll and it was very juicy.

847
00:56:36,040 --> 00:56:37,160
Speaker 3: So a few takeaways.

848
00:56:37,680 --> 00:56:39,960
Speaker 4: The Nuggets and Celtics hold ninety percent of the votes

849
00:56:40,000 --> 00:56:42,600
Speaker 4: for the team most likely to win the title. Wimby

850
00:56:42,680 --> 00:56:46,200
Speaker 4: was voted both number one player to build by, sorry,

851
00:56:46,360 --> 00:56:49,560
Speaker 4: number one player to build around, the best defender Lebron

852
00:56:49,719 --> 00:56:52,800
Speaker 4: Inch closer to stealing the goat crown from MJ among

853
00:56:52,920 --> 00:56:55,680
Speaker 4: active players, what stood out to you the most?

854
00:56:57,000 --> 00:57:01,120
Speaker 2: Okay, so that's the answer. So this is where I

855
00:57:01,200 --> 00:57:07,960
Speaker 2: just tell everyone, uh, sorry, guys, I won. Sorry, but

856
00:57:08,600 --> 00:57:13,359
Speaker 2: I won. And by I one, I mean kind of

857
00:57:13,400 --> 00:57:17,840
Speaker 2: the face of the media side of this campaign. This

858
00:57:17,960 --> 00:57:23,640
Speaker 2: poll was done five years ago, Demonse. It was seventy

859
00:57:23,760 --> 00:57:30,520
Speaker 2: three percent, Michael eleven percent Lebron five years ago. Poll

860
00:57:30,640 --> 00:57:35,680
Speaker 2: was done last year fifty eight percent, Michael thirty three

861
00:57:35,760 --> 00:57:42,440
Speaker 2: percent Lebron. Massive gap polled on this year forty seven

862
00:57:42,840 --> 00:57:47,480
Speaker 2: to forty three. And sorry, Mike, but you know, winning

863
00:57:47,560 --> 00:57:51,720
Speaker 2: those NASCAR races ain't gonna close the ain't gonna spread

864
00:57:51,760 --> 00:57:58,280
Speaker 2: out the gap much. And so folks can say it's crazy,

865
00:57:59,400 --> 00:58:06,240
Speaker 2: count Thers. All this time marches on and as Lebron

866
00:58:06,400 --> 00:58:09,760
Speaker 2: keeps writing his story. And this is the tweet I

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00:58:09,920 --> 00:58:13,520
Speaker 2: had this weekend which smart people understood what I was doing,

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00:58:14,240 --> 00:58:20,800
Speaker 2: which was when Michael won his first title, it had

869
00:58:20,880 --> 00:58:28,240
Speaker 2: been twenty two years since Russell won his last title.

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00:58:28,840 --> 00:58:32,240
Speaker 2: Think about that. When Michael won his first title, we

871
00:58:32,240 --> 00:58:36,360
Speaker 2: were twenty two years removed from Russell winning his eleventh ring.

872
00:58:37,880 --> 00:58:42,720
Speaker 2: This year we are twenty six years removed from Michael

873
00:58:42,760 --> 00:58:48,120
Speaker 2: winning his last ring. So whatever, folk, whatever, if you're

874
00:58:48,160 --> 00:58:52,200
Speaker 2: old enough to remember the nineties, whatever you as a

875
00:58:52,320 --> 00:58:58,840
Speaker 2: kid thought of the Bill Russell era of basketball, you

876
00:58:59,000 --> 00:59:02,960
Speaker 2: were closer to to that, then we are right now

877
00:59:03,360 --> 00:59:08,160
Speaker 2: to the Jordan era of basketball. And while the other

878
00:59:08,200 --> 00:59:13,000
Speaker 2: guy's still out here playing and competing, it's not going

879
00:59:13,040 --> 00:59:15,320
Speaker 2: to end here's the other thing that's going to end

880
00:59:15,400 --> 00:59:25,680
Speaker 2: up happening for the next twenty years. Every big accomplishment,

881
00:59:26,840 --> 00:59:33,240
Speaker 2: every postseason record, every time a guy has x amount

882
00:59:33,240 --> 00:59:37,280
Speaker 2: of anything, and they show the all time list on

883
00:59:37,720 --> 00:59:42,440
Speaker 2: all these categories, it's going to say number one Lebron James.

884
00:59:43,800 --> 00:59:46,440
Speaker 2: I'm sorry, but MJ's not going to be on that

885
00:59:46,600 --> 00:59:50,080
Speaker 2: those lists because he didn't play long enough. And people

886
00:59:50,080 --> 00:59:53,400
Speaker 2: are gonna see, oh wow, look at Kevin Durant. He

887
00:59:53,520 --> 00:59:56,040
Speaker 2: just moved into X place on the all time playoff

888
00:59:56,080 --> 00:59:59,920
Speaker 2: scoring list, and first will be Lebron. It's like, oh wow,

889
01:00:00,360 --> 01:00:02,960
Speaker 2: look at Chris Paul. He just moved into X place

890
01:00:03,000 --> 01:00:05,280
Speaker 2: on the all time playoffs steals list. It's gonna be

891
01:00:05,480 --> 01:00:08,120
Speaker 2: first place Lebron. It's gonna be like, oh my goodness,

892
01:00:08,200 --> 01:00:12,800
Speaker 2: look at Wimby in eighteen years. He just moved. He

893
01:00:12,920 --> 01:00:15,880
Speaker 2: just played his two hundred and fiftieth career playoff game,

894
01:00:16,120 --> 01:00:20,560
Speaker 2: and in first place is gonna be Lebron. And so yeah,

895
01:00:20,960 --> 01:00:23,120
Speaker 2: this is probably the last pole that.

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01:00:23,080 --> 01:00:25,920
Speaker 4: We need to have parentheses like nick right on the

897
01:00:25,960 --> 01:00:27,520
Speaker 4: outside of the like the graphics.

898
01:00:28,800 --> 01:00:31,600
Speaker 2: This will probably be the last pole that is taken

899
01:00:33,640 --> 01:00:41,760
Speaker 2: where the Jordan has elite and them's the break show.

900
01:00:42,360 --> 01:00:46,480
Speaker 2: All right, I'm gonna pull call an audible all of

901
01:00:46,520 --> 01:00:51,160
Speaker 2: these NFL draft questions. Let's do Thursday morning. Thursday morning

902
01:00:51,240 --> 01:00:53,680
Speaker 2: is the draft, you know what I mean? The the

903
01:00:54,440 --> 01:00:57,680
Speaker 2: So keep all of this and the graphics we've built

904
01:00:57,680 --> 01:01:01,160
Speaker 2: for it, will do those Thursday morning. Let's take quick break,

905
01:01:01,240 --> 01:01:04,080
Speaker 2: come back and answer some listener questions before I get

906
01:01:04,080 --> 01:01:11,800
Speaker 2: out of here. What's Right? All right, welcome back in

907
01:01:11,920 --> 01:01:15,120
Speaker 2: What's Right with Nick Wright. Let's get to some listener

908
01:01:15,200 --> 01:01:16,960
Speaker 2: questions to want to day before we get out of here.

909
01:01:17,720 --> 01:01:21,600
Speaker 4: Connor Walterman said, why didn't Darvin Ham use a challenge

910
01:01:21,600 --> 01:01:23,560
Speaker 4: on the Lebron foul on Murray late?

911
01:01:23,640 --> 01:01:25,640
Speaker 3: And why take two timeouts? Home with you?

912
01:01:27,760 --> 01:01:30,800
Speaker 2: I definitely would have challenged the foul on Murray, if

913
01:01:30,880 --> 01:01:34,280
Speaker 2: not to win the challenge, but because you had two

914
01:01:34,320 --> 01:01:37,200
Speaker 2: timeouts and I thought at that point in the game

915
01:01:38,080 --> 01:01:44,440
Speaker 2: resting would advantage the Lakers, and I felt like it

916
01:01:44,480 --> 01:01:48,760
Speaker 2: was a questionable call. I also would have taken a

917
01:01:48,840 --> 01:01:51,920
Speaker 2: time out before that final possession just so Lebron and

918
01:01:51,960 --> 01:01:54,080
Speaker 2: Ad could get a breather. I'm not going to kill

919
01:01:54,160 --> 01:01:56,200
Speaker 2: him for it. It seemed like the Lakers were on board.

920
01:01:56,200 --> 01:01:58,760
Speaker 2: With it. I definitely would have challenged. So I agree

921
01:01:58,760 --> 01:02:02,480
Speaker 2: with that, but because because now maybe they didn't want

922
01:02:02,480 --> 01:02:04,360
Speaker 2: to let the Nuggets make a defensive adjustment, but I

923
01:02:04,400 --> 01:02:07,240
Speaker 2: don't think they were going to, So I agree with

924
01:02:07,280 --> 01:02:09,320
Speaker 2: that critique. All right, go ahead.

925
01:02:09,680 --> 01:02:12,920
Speaker 4: Caleb w asked, with the assumption that Jokic wins this

926
01:02:13,000 --> 01:02:15,640
Speaker 4: year's MVP, could you make an argument that he's a

927
01:02:15,680 --> 01:02:17,080
Speaker 4: top five center of all time?

928
01:02:18,560 --> 01:02:19,400
Speaker 3: Got a photoshop?

929
01:02:20,640 --> 01:02:26,919
Speaker 2: Oh, we have a photoshop? Okay, you definitely can make

930
01:02:26,960 --> 01:02:35,040
Speaker 2: the argument. So the right now, let's say Yokic didn't exist.

931
01:02:35,520 --> 01:02:42,720
Speaker 2: The five best centers ever are Kareem Russell, Wilt, Akeem Shack,

932
01:02:43,600 --> 01:02:46,280
Speaker 2: and the Akeem Shack. Some people would have Shack Akeem

933
01:02:46,360 --> 01:02:50,280
Speaker 2: Akeem Shack if Yokics didn't exist. Number six on that

934
01:02:50,360 --> 01:02:55,400
Speaker 2: list is definitively Moses Malone. And then after that, it's

935
01:02:55,520 --> 01:02:59,160
Speaker 2: kind of a pick your poisons the wrong word, but

936
01:02:59,200 --> 01:03:02,520
Speaker 2: pick your favorite. You know, David Robinson has a case.

937
01:03:03,200 --> 01:03:06,080
Speaker 2: I don't really want to do. George Miken, but George

938
01:03:06,120 --> 01:03:07,640
Speaker 2: Mike and I guess you know, we want to go

939
01:03:07,840 --> 01:03:10,919
Speaker 2: real old time has a case. How do you can

940
01:03:11,000 --> 01:03:14,120
Speaker 2: what do you consider? Bill Walton? You know those are

941
01:03:14,240 --> 01:03:18,439
Speaker 2: the that's now the waters you're swimming in. H. Then

942
01:03:18,480 --> 01:03:22,760
Speaker 2: you get to ewing and those waters and things like that. Uh.

943
01:03:23,920 --> 01:03:28,960
Speaker 2: Jo Kich has passed Moses already. My opinion, you passed

944
01:03:29,000 --> 01:03:35,880
Speaker 2: him this year if I don't think winning this year's

945
01:03:36,120 --> 01:03:40,320
Speaker 2: MVP is enough for him to pass Shack or a

946
01:03:40,440 --> 01:03:45,040
Speaker 2: Keem even though they each only have one MVP. Winning

947
01:03:45,080 --> 01:03:49,200
Speaker 2: this year's MVP and the championship, you got to start

948
01:03:49,200 --> 01:03:52,640
Speaker 2: to have some real conversations about it. Now. I'm in

949
01:03:52,680 --> 01:03:55,960
Speaker 2: a Keem over Shack guy. I know a lot of

950
01:03:56,000 --> 01:03:59,080
Speaker 2: people are a Shack over a Keem guy, but Jo

951
01:03:59,240 --> 01:04:03,560
Speaker 2: Kich is now uh in the in the discussion. Oh,

952
01:04:03,600 --> 01:04:12,160
Speaker 2: here's the uh. Here, here's the Jokic photoshop. It's uh,

953
01:04:12,240 --> 01:04:18,760
Speaker 2: it's actually yeah, I think Jokic should do more media stuff.

954
01:04:18,800 --> 01:04:20,000
Speaker 2: I think he's funny, all right.

955
01:04:19,960 --> 01:04:22,280
Speaker 3: Next uh uh.

956
01:04:22,400 --> 01:04:25,120
Speaker 4: Blaurin asked what are your thoughts on late draft On

957
01:04:25,240 --> 01:04:27,480
Speaker 4: late drafting teams trading out of the first round of

958
01:04:27,480 --> 01:04:31,680
Speaker 4: the NFL Draft Thursday, an example on Iiners, Kansas City,

959
01:04:31,760 --> 01:04:32,240
Speaker 4: et cetera.

960
01:04:32,440 --> 01:04:34,520
Speaker 2: I think it depends on how it falls, but yeah,

961
01:04:34,600 --> 01:04:38,280
Speaker 2: there's almost always value and it's all almost always smart

962
01:04:38,320 --> 01:04:41,200
Speaker 2: to trade back if you can. I did my official

963
01:04:41,240 --> 01:04:44,560
Speaker 2: mock draft four point zero uh, yesterday on the show.

964
01:04:44,600 --> 01:04:47,560
Speaker 2: People can check it out on Fox Sports, uh dot com.

965
01:04:47,600 --> 01:04:47,880
Speaker 2: All right?

966
01:04:47,960 --> 01:04:52,240
Speaker 4: Last question, Austin tap asked, just having a radio background

967
01:04:52,280 --> 01:04:54,880
Speaker 4: instead of a print instead of a print background make

968
01:04:54,920 --> 01:04:58,680
Speaker 4: any difference of getting an MVP votes everyone on TV

969
01:04:58,760 --> 01:05:01,520
Speaker 4: who wants to have a vote. Uh, everyone on TV

970
01:05:01,600 --> 01:05:03,640
Speaker 4: who wants to have a vote does if they have

971
01:05:03,760 --> 01:05:04,440
Speaker 4: had a column?

972
01:05:05,480 --> 01:05:10,200
Speaker 2: Yeah? So yeah, the print it is greatly slanted to

973
01:05:10,480 --> 01:05:14,240
Speaker 2: like print. Print journalists were kind of god fathered into

974
01:05:14,240 --> 01:05:18,520
Speaker 2: the voting system, which is fine. Listen, I don't you know.

975
01:05:19,200 --> 01:05:21,360
Speaker 2: Fox is not an NBA partner, so it's gonna be

976
01:05:21,360 --> 01:05:24,560
Speaker 2: hard for me to get a vote. Now you know

977
01:05:24,760 --> 01:05:28,040
Speaker 2: they're they're the Ringer, which does great work. They're not

978
01:05:28,040 --> 01:05:30,560
Speaker 2: an NBA partner and they have multiple votes, you know

979
01:05:30,600 --> 01:05:32,360
Speaker 2: what I mean for that outlet? So do I think

980
01:05:32,400 --> 01:05:34,800
Speaker 2: I deserve a vote? Sure? Do I care at this

981
01:05:34,840 --> 01:05:35,480
Speaker 2: point anymore?

982
01:05:35,560 --> 01:05:35,640
Speaker 5: No?

983
01:05:36,000 --> 01:05:39,240
Speaker 2: Like, it just is what it is. And then what's

984
01:05:39,280 --> 01:05:40,480
Speaker 2: the last question? Demise?

985
01:05:41,800 --> 01:05:45,600
Speaker 4: We just Alaska keys, Keys, I've been married for two years.

986
01:05:45,640 --> 01:05:48,200
Speaker 3: Can we still get a gift?

987
01:05:48,720 --> 01:05:52,120
Speaker 2: Uh? I don't know. I mean you can send Uh,

988
01:05:52,480 --> 01:05:54,840
Speaker 2: you can send a request to the store of a

989
01:05:54,960 --> 01:05:57,959
Speaker 2: probably not and by like this was you just caught

990
01:05:58,000 --> 01:06:00,439
Speaker 2: me on the right day, Trey and Dalen. I hope

991
01:06:00,440 --> 01:06:03,680
Speaker 2: you enjoy those air attags. All right? I got Colin today,

992
01:06:03,920 --> 01:06:08,840
Speaker 2: then I have the TV show, Uh Busy Week Demons. Uh,

993
01:06:08,960 --> 01:06:12,760
Speaker 2: you do have really good like not how do I

994
01:06:12,800 --> 01:06:13,080
Speaker 2: say this?

995
01:06:13,760 --> 01:06:14,000
Speaker 3: You have?

996
01:06:15,400 --> 01:06:17,640
Speaker 2: If I were sitting in the seats you're in for

997
01:06:18,000 --> 01:06:21,440
Speaker 2: Clippers MAVs, I'd be pissed, but I think you're gonna

998
01:06:21,480 --> 01:06:26,200
Speaker 2: love it. So they're really there. So I got you

999
01:06:26,520 --> 01:06:31,640
Speaker 2: really good seats given I think different expectations, but your

1000
01:06:32,520 --> 01:06:37,680
Speaker 2: your uh sideline lower level. They're good seats.

1001
01:06:37,800 --> 01:06:38,120
Speaker 3: Let's go.

1002
01:06:39,040 --> 01:06:43,040
Speaker 2: They haven't shown up in my inbox yet, but but

1003
01:06:43,160 --> 01:06:46,280
Speaker 2: they're purchased. So you and I will talk, but go enjoy.

1004
01:06:46,440 --> 01:06:48,880
Speaker 2: Who are you rooting for in Clippers MAVs tonight?

1005
01:06:50,480 --> 01:06:54,240
Speaker 4: Honestly, I gotta say, like, I'm pretty fifty to fifty

1006
01:06:54,280 --> 01:06:57,120
Speaker 4: on both teams I like, I don't I don't dislike

1007
01:06:57,200 --> 01:06:57,640
Speaker 4: either team.

1008
01:06:59,520 --> 01:07:01,160
Speaker 3: Okay, root for Loca.

1009
01:07:01,240 --> 01:07:03,800
Speaker 2: You're rooting for Luca. Okay, thank you. I appreciate that.

1010
01:07:03,840 --> 01:07:04,960
Speaker 2: All right, talk to you guys later.

1011
01:07:05,040 --> 01:07:05,440
Speaker 3: What's right?

1012
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