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

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<v Speaker 2>after one of the best nights of basketball in recent

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<v Speaker 2>NBA history. Also, you know, not shockingly, probably I was,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, feel in some type of way this morning.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a gut wrenching law. There are two teams in

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<v Speaker 2>the NBA that I have a personal connection to, the

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<v Speaker 2>Sixers and the Lakers, where I have a real personal

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<v Speaker 2>relationship to either people on the team or running the

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<v Speaker 2>team or involved in the team. And they both lost

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<v Speaker 2>last night in excruciating fashion. So not shockingly, if you

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<v Speaker 2>know me, little trouble sleeping. Had those those dreams that

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<v Speaker 2>you have typically when like you're kind of at least

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<v Speaker 2>for me, when you're you know you're making bad decisions

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<v Speaker 2>in life, or your life is like spiraling out of control,

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<v Speaker 2>or you're worried. It might be like you're driving a

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<v Speaker 2>car and you don't have control of the car and

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<v Speaker 2>it just keeps accelerating. I used to have those dreams

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<v Speaker 2>all the time when I was a maniac. I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>have those exact dreams. Instead, I had like the adult

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<v Speaker 2>version of like super angsty, hard to sleep dreams. Because

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<v Speaker 2>I love sports, there are a couple of teams I

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<v Speaker 2>really root for on a personal and professional level, and

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<v Speaker 2>they both had their gut ripped out last night. So

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<v Speaker 2>we'll get into all of that, but I want to

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<v Speaker 2>say something to you, the listeners, because I got a

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<v Speaker 2>smile this morning when I walked in to Trentage where

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<v Speaker 2>we do the podcast, and someone had slipped through the

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<v Speaker 2>grate of the you know the gate a letter. I

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<v Speaker 2>thought it was a letter. It says I'll hold it

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<v Speaker 2>up right here. It says Nick Wright, Trentage with the

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<v Speaker 2>address of the store, and it's a letter from Dallas

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<v Speaker 2>from I guess I'm not going to give their last name,

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<v Speaker 2>but Trey and Dalon or Dylan, I apologize. I think

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<v Speaker 2>it's Daylan and what it is, and I'll cover up.

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<v Speaker 2>The important info is a wedding in vatation to a

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<v Speaker 2>wedding in Dallas that is in a few weeks that

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<v Speaker 2>they know I can't go to because I said months

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<v Speaker 2>ago I'm the best type of person to invite to

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

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<v Speaker 2>Trey and Dalen, when you get those air tags that

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<v Speaker 2>were on your registry, they're from your buddy Nick, right.

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<v Speaker 2>I saw the nice little four pack of air tags.

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<v Speaker 2>They actually I even did same day delivery they're getting.

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

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<v Speaker 2>if I don't know Trey and Dalen, because I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know you people, if you have a dog or a pet,

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<v Speaker 2>get for their collar an air tag holder and put

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<v Speaker 2>the air tag on it. Because micro chipping dogs is

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

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<v Speaker 2>got to find the dog, so you don't ever afterwards.

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<v Speaker 2>So if you ever years from now, your dog away

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<v Speaker 2>and you're able to find him, it'll be because you

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<v Speaker 2>listen to my advice for months ago, which was, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>invite me to a wedding if I'm you know, in

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<v Speaker 2>a good mood, or even just you know, feeling like

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<v Speaker 2>I want to do something nice, or lost enough money

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<v Speaker 2>betting on the Lakers money line last night, my first

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<v Speaker 2>bet since the Super Bowl. Then I'm like, ah, what's

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<v Speaker 2>another one hundred bucks, Go ahead and do it. I

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<v Speaker 2>was so confident the Lakers are gonna win. I'm out

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<v Speaker 2>here buying demand's great seats to tonight's Clippers MAVs game.

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<v Speaker 2>Wish I could rescind that transaction. I'm feeling they're up twenty.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like, I got this at plus two eighty. Oh

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

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<v Speaker 2>and it was all going according to plan, until, of

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<v Speaker 2>course it wasn't. So we'll get to that. We'll get

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<v Speaker 2>to the sixers, and we'll get to what is a

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<v Speaker 2>legitimate changing of the guard in the NBA, which I

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<v Speaker 2>think is actually the most interesting thing happening in this postseason,

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<v Speaker 2>and I don't think anyone has quite explained how stark

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<v Speaker 2>it is. We'll do that here in the next twenty minutes.

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<v Speaker 3>Or so.

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<v Speaker 2>But first, here's what missed the cut Ben Stiller dresses

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<v Speaker 2>is Kelly Hubray, Tom Brady's getting roasted on Netflix, and

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<v Speaker 2>Travis Kelcey evidently has two songs on the new Taylor

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<v Speaker 2>Swift album I'm not Fit Listen. I love Travis. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>happy for him and Taylor. I don't know enough about

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<v Speaker 2>music to know anything about Taylor Swift's new album. But

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<v Speaker 2>that's fine, demons. Let's get to the actual, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>events that matter here.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, the Lakers threw everything that they had at the Nuggets.

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<v Speaker 4>He got great minutes from Anthony Davis and Lebron James

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<v Speaker 4>D'Angelo Russell started off the game five for five from

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<v Speaker 4>the three point but still came down to a final

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<v Speaker 4>shot from Jamal Murray. Unfortunately, with all the premature gloating

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<v Speaker 4>that you did, do you think you feel partly responsible

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<v Speaker 4>for their loss?

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<v Speaker 2>No, So before we get to anything else, let's talk

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<v Speaker 2>about why the Lakers lost. So let me on the

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<v Speaker 2>front end say the biggest reason the Lakers lost. The

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<v Speaker 2>biggest reason the Lakers lost is because and I understand

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<v Speaker 2>some folks now get get no, listen, Ruey had a

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<v Speaker 2>rough game. That's not it though I'm not gonna do that,

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<v Speaker 2>and I know some folks feel like I'm not even

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<v Speaker 2>like allowed to have this opinion because of my previous opinions.

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<v Speaker 2>But if you can't be presented with mountains of new

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<v Speaker 2>evidence and then change how you feel about things, then

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<v Speaker 2>why exist in the world? Then why you know to

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<v Speaker 2>watch things, read things, learn things whatever. The biggest reason

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<v Speaker 2>the Lakers lost.

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<v Speaker 3>That game.

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<v Speaker 2>Is because Jokich is that dude.

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<v Speaker 3>Man.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought Anthony Davis played an awesome game and Joker

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<v Speaker 2>damn near had a thirty twenty and ten. Uh, you

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<v Speaker 2>look disconcerted by what I said, demanse the org.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean definitely, he definitely is, and he just does

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<v Speaker 4>some some stuff that that you've never seen before.

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<v Speaker 2>There's just no and right because I was like, oh, ads.

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<v Speaker 4>Threw off the glass like to his teammate, and I

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<v Speaker 4>think it was totally planned.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know, So I don't that part. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>think was planned, but I think he was smart enough

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<v Speaker 2>to know I've got to just get it up and

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<v Speaker 2>then see what happens. Like nothing worse is gonna happen.

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<v Speaker 2>So there are so the A one reason is right now,

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<v Speaker 2>the like the Nuggets have the guy. And when you

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<v Speaker 2>have the guy, even when Jamal Murray going into that

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<v Speaker 2>final shot is eight of twenty three, even when d

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<v Speaker 2>lo is cooking, even when Ad is having a great

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<v Speaker 2>game and Lebron is having an old school Uh, an

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<v Speaker 2>old school. And by the way, I evidently texted, I

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<v Speaker 2>sent the wrong text to I sent a text to

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<v Speaker 2>the group chat, uh that I didn't oh the oh

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<v Speaker 2>never mind, I didn't send her text to the group chat.

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<v Speaker 2>A group chat found the wedding website for the people

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<v Speaker 2>I sent the but we'll keep that private. The so

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<v Speaker 2>as I was saying, even when Lebron I thought had

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<v Speaker 2>a great game and paced himself well, like to where

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<v Speaker 2>he was just distributing early so he had more in

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<v Speaker 2>the tank late, Uh did all of that? When the

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<v Speaker 2>Nuggets cut it to two, Lebron hit back to back threes,

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<v Speaker 2>then had those big time drives at the end of

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<v Speaker 2>the game, and it wasn't enough because Yo Kitch's greatness

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<v Speaker 2>kept in the game. And then this So the first

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<v Speaker 2>reason is something the Nuggets did employ Nikolejokic. The second

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<v Speaker 2>reason is, and this is this is when if you

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<v Speaker 2>had bet on the Lakers, if you're rooting for the Lakers.

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<v Speaker 2>If you were being honest, you were nervous. That's second

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<v Speaker 2>half of the third quarter was utterly disastrous again, second

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<v Speaker 2>straight game. They got annihilated in the second half of

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<v Speaker 2>the third quarter, stopped running offense after it seemed like

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<v Speaker 2>that Lebron a d high pick and roll, there was

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<v Speaker 2>no answer for it. They went away from it, and

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<v Speaker 2>after the Lakers went up seventy four to sixty five

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<v Speaker 2>at the seven point fifteen mark, here are the Lakers

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<v Speaker 2>offensive possessions. Ruey missed three, a D missed three, a

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<v Speaker 2>D turnover, Ruey missed dunk, AD missed putback, d Lo

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<v Speaker 2>missed three, Lebron missed two, AD turnover, gab Vincent missed three,

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<v Speaker 2>AD missed jumper, AD offensive foul turnover, which was the

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<v Speaker 2>key moment. So from that seven minute mark to two

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<v Speaker 2>forty mark, the Lakers had eight possessions maybe nine. There

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<v Speaker 2>got zero points, and at the end of it, Anthony

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<v Speaker 2>Davis picked up his fourth foul, which then made Ad

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<v Speaker 2>have to go to the bench, and then Jokic did

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<v Speaker 2>literally whatever he wanted, and so even then the Lakers

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<v Speaker 2>were able to score at the end of that quarter

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<v Speaker 2>because Lebron came back in Delo hit a three, Lebron

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<v Speaker 2>made some free throws every possession, Nuggets had their scoring

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<v Speaker 2>because when Ad went to the bench, Joker was unstoppable.

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<v Speaker 2>So instead of it being a sixteen or eighteen point

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<v Speaker 2>lead at the end of the third, it's only ten.

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<v Speaker 2>And then one other sequence and then we'll get to

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<v Speaker 2>Lebron's complaints about the officiating. One other sequence that is,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, it's just what basketball is, but man, oh man,

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<v Speaker 2>it can be painful. Lebron has the steel burst dunk,

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<v Speaker 2>which is one of the dopest plays and old guy

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<v Speaker 2>in sports has ever made a guy his age at

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<v Speaker 2>that point in the game, one point game, minute and

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<v Speaker 2>a half left, sniff out the pass, have the burst

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<v Speaker 2>get there. I thought he might be gonna be get

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<v Speaker 2>hung on the rim. Guy's thirty nine year twenty one

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<v Speaker 2>and was on fumes.

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<v Speaker 3>Got it.

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<v Speaker 2>And then and I tweeted out this clip Joker. Then

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<v Speaker 2>the the game footage doesn't get you right back in

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<v Speaker 2>the play. But by the time you see back in

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<v Speaker 2>the play, Joker is trying to draw a three point

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<v Speaker 2>three shot foul and just kind of chucks it at

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<v Speaker 2>the rim, doesn't get the call, and the ball is

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<v Speaker 2>careening out of bounds, and Aaron Gordon saves it falling

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<v Speaker 2>out of bounds and hits MPJ, and MPJ hits the three,

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<v Speaker 2>and all of a sudden it's a tie game. So

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<v Speaker 2>that you know, those those that sequence right there.

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<v Speaker 3>If just.

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<v Speaker 2>That ball goes out of bounds, the Lakers win the game.

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<v Speaker 2>If they only get a two instead of a three,

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

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<v Speaker 2>to go up three. If anybody on television, radio, podcast,

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<v Speaker 2>anything is taking anything away from that game in relation

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<v Speaker 2>to Lebron's play, we can talk about his comments in

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

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<v Speaker 2>you either don't understand the game of basketball or you're

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<v Speaker 2>actively trolling. You can pick which side you want to

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<v Speaker 2>be on, but that's that's not a viable opinion. You

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

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<v Speaker 2>Lebron was great in the fourth. Thing is the Nuggets

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

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<v Speaker 2>you pick the Lakers win. I picked the Lakers to

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<v Speaker 2>win the series because a lot of my series analysis

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<v Speaker 2>actually was correct, and it just hasn't mattered yet. I

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<v Speaker 2>said that Lebron would be better in fourth quarters than

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<v Speaker 2>he was in the first series. Just that one fourth

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<v Speaker 2>quarter last night alone was better than all his fourth

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<v Speaker 2>quarters combined. I said Jamal Murray was not going to

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<v Speaker 2>average thirty to a night on fifty five forty splits.

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<v Speaker 2>Jamal has had his struggles. I said that d Lo

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<v Speaker 2>was not going to be thirteen percent from three. He

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<v Speaker 2>hit seven last night and it didn't matter. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>it mattered, but it didn't matter. And so it is.

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<v Speaker 2>It is a painful loss for the Lakers, and it

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<v Speaker 2>is really interesting to see what their mind frame is

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<v Speaker 2>going back to La because had they won it, they're

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<v Speaker 2>now like, don't have to win there again. Win er

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<v Speaker 2>two at home, punt game five, go win game six.

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<v Speaker 2>Now the path is either, and it is a winnowing path.

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<v Speaker 2>Beat the Nuggets, who have beaten you ten times in

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<v Speaker 2>a row, four straight games. Or beat the Nuggets four

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<v Speaker 2>out of five, including a game seven in Denver. Win

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<v Speaker 2>games five, six, and seven. I'm sorry, Game six and

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<v Speaker 2>seven are one day apart. That's a very very thin path. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>do I think that were the Lakers to get past Denver,

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<v Speaker 2>they could win the title. I actually do. If Denver

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<v Speaker 2>is the best team, the Lakers are going blow for

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<v Speaker 2>blow with them. But sometimes that happens, man, and I

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<v Speaker 2>I was incredibly and I still am retroactively as a

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<v Speaker 2>sports fan, incredibly frustrated by the existence of the KD

0:15:55.080 --> 0:16:00.200
<v Speaker 2>Warriors because there were a lot of things I thought

0:16:00.240 --> 0:16:04.960
<v Speaker 2>that kind of robbed from sports fans. I think Lebron

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<v Speaker 2>versus Steph going toe to toe in those finals year

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<v Speaker 2>after year should have been kind of the story of

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<v Speaker 2>that little mini basketball era, and there's a lot of

0:16:18.760 --> 0:16:21.560
<v Speaker 2>part of it. And I also think Steph versus Durant.

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<v Speaker 2>I think, like those three guys, an aging Lebron, a

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<v Speaker 2>peaking Steph and at his Apex Durant, those three superheroes,

0:16:31.440 --> 0:16:34.920
<v Speaker 2>all kind of leading their own crews should have been

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<v Speaker 2>the story of the NBA. It didn't en it to me,

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<v Speaker 2>made the league less exciting for a few years. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't feel that way at all about Denver because Denver

0:16:48.000 --> 0:16:53.040
<v Speaker 2>doesn't feel unfair. Denver doesn't feel like, Ah, you had

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<v Speaker 2>a salary cap spike and you gained the system, and no,

0:16:59.160 --> 0:17:04.159
<v Speaker 2>Denver did it the way it's been done in NBA history,

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<v Speaker 2>which is guess what we got. We were fortunate enough

0:17:09.680 --> 0:17:12.240
<v Speaker 2>to either win a draft lottery or in their case,

0:17:12.960 --> 0:17:16.720
<v Speaker 2>have one of the greatest developmental stories in sports history,

0:17:17.760 --> 0:17:22.120
<v Speaker 2>this mid second round pick turn into this goliath. We

0:17:22.119 --> 0:17:25.080
<v Speaker 2>were smart in how we filled the team out around him,

0:17:26.440 --> 0:17:28.920
<v Speaker 2>and he's the apex predator of the league right now.

0:17:30.000 --> 0:17:33.719
<v Speaker 2>Come get him, and I the and folks can say

0:17:34.240 --> 0:17:39.200
<v Speaker 2>that I make too many things or focus too much

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<v Speaker 2>on Lebron. I I think that what Lebron is doing

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<v Speaker 2>right now is one of the most remarkable things any

0:17:48.200 --> 0:17:51.320
<v Speaker 2>of us will ever see in sports. And we'll talk

0:17:51.359 --> 0:17:54.320
<v Speaker 2>about why that is when we get into the passing

0:17:54.320 --> 0:17:59.359
<v Speaker 2>of the torch. But this guy at this age, in

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<v Speaker 2>the biggest game of the year, saying all right, I'm

0:18:04.160 --> 0:18:09.320
<v Speaker 2>gonna go vintage Lebron, run, point, control every aspect of

0:18:09.359 --> 0:18:14.080
<v Speaker 2>the game, play great defense in the There was a

0:18:14.160 --> 0:18:17.160
<v Speaker 2>spot at the end of the first half when Ad

0:18:17.280 --> 0:18:20.160
<v Speaker 2>had two fouls and the Lakers didn't want to risk

0:18:20.680 --> 0:18:24.480
<v Speaker 2>Ad picking up his third, and Lebron for four straight

0:18:24.520 --> 0:18:28.560
<v Speaker 2>possessions just said, all guard joker. The fact that that

0:18:28.720 --> 0:18:32.240
<v Speaker 2>guy is guarding that guy at this stage of his career,

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<v Speaker 2>We've never seen anything like it. We won't ever see

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<v Speaker 2>anything like it again. And yeah, I would have liked

0:18:38.040 --> 0:18:40.720
<v Speaker 2>if they had gotten the win last night, but it's

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<v Speaker 2>sports man, it doesn't always like there's the storyline you

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<v Speaker 2>think you deserve and then there's the one you get,

0:18:49.680 --> 0:18:54.399
<v Speaker 2>and such is life. And Ties typically go to the

0:18:54.480 --> 0:18:58.520
<v Speaker 2>team with that dude. For a long time, that meant

0:18:58.520 --> 0:19:02.919
<v Speaker 2>they went to Lebron's team. Not anymore. Ties now go

0:19:02.920 --> 0:19:05.479
<v Speaker 2>to jokers team because he's that guy and he's just

0:19:05.600 --> 0:19:08.760
<v Speaker 2>he deserves it all right. Now, demon's we can get

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<v Speaker 2>to the officiating.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, so yesterday, no, Lebron basically said that he didn't

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<v Speaker 4>like the officiating in this game or the last one

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<v Speaker 4>that they played in.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you think he's being a sore loser? Is there

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<v Speaker 3>actually something there?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, so let's listen to Lebron's SoundBite, and he also

0:19:24.880 --> 0:19:27.480
<v Speaker 2>talks about the Philly game, I think, not his last game,

0:19:27.520 --> 0:19:30.280
<v Speaker 2>but the previous the game earlier in the night. Let's

0:19:30.320 --> 0:19:30.600
<v Speaker 2>hear it.

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<v Speaker 5>Delo clearly gets hit in the face on a drive.

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<v Speaker 5>Do we have a replay centered this? This is going

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<v Speaker 5>to go that doesn't It doesn't make sense to me,

0:19:41.480 --> 0:19:43.480
<v Speaker 5>makes no sense to me. And then I just saw

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<v Speaker 5>what happened with the Sixers nickname too.

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<v Speaker 3>What are we? What are we doing?

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

0:19:56.600 --> 0:20:01.680
<v Speaker 2>of tweets about, oh my gosh, the Lebron complaining about

0:20:01.720 --> 0:20:05.440
<v Speaker 2>the officiating. Here's a graph that shows you free throw

0:20:05.520 --> 0:20:09.240
<v Speaker 2>differential the last two years and the Laker. Okay, just

0:20:09.320 --> 0:20:14.040
<v Speaker 2>some pure facts. The Lakers did not lead the NBA

0:20:14.160 --> 0:20:19.440
<v Speaker 2>in free throw attempts this year. They didn't. Okay, Orlando did,

0:20:19.480 --> 0:20:22.480
<v Speaker 2>I think? Let me check to make sure, Yeah, Orlando did.

0:20:23.760 --> 0:20:26.879
<v Speaker 2>The reason the Lakers have a massive free throw differential

0:20:27.040 --> 0:20:30.520
<v Speaker 2>is they defend without fouling better than any team in

0:20:30.560 --> 0:20:34.600
<v Speaker 2>the league but Boston. Okay, So they they get a

0:20:34.600 --> 0:20:36.600
<v Speaker 2>bunch of free throws because they don't shoot a ton

0:20:36.600 --> 0:20:40.719
<v Speaker 2>of threes, they don't foul a lot, because of their

0:20:41.359 --> 0:20:44.800
<v Speaker 2>style of defense, and because to be honest, Lebron is

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<v Speaker 2>as still to this day, either really not defending or

0:20:48.720 --> 0:20:51.280
<v Speaker 2>just a smart defender, and ad in my opinion's the

0:20:51.280 --> 0:20:53.600
<v Speaker 2>best defensive player in the league. So that leads to

0:20:53.640 --> 0:20:57.399
<v Speaker 2>the discrepancy when you actually look at Lebron, when you

0:20:57.440 --> 0:21:01.439
<v Speaker 2>look at the facts on players who get you know,

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<v Speaker 2>x amount of points in the paint or have x

0:21:04.359 --> 0:21:08.639
<v Speaker 2>amount of drives per game. Lebron, by that metric, gets

0:21:08.680 --> 0:21:11.480
<v Speaker 2>one of the worst whistles in the league. Now, was

0:21:11.520 --> 0:21:14.040
<v Speaker 2>Austin Reeves a bit of a foul merchant? Do the

0:21:14.119 --> 0:21:16.160
<v Speaker 2>Lakers have guys that are not a game? It's sure,

0:21:17.520 --> 0:21:21.120
<v Speaker 2>but Lebron has not gotten the benefit of a whistle,

0:21:21.680 --> 0:21:25.640
<v Speaker 2>at least according to the data, ever since he's been

0:21:25.640 --> 0:21:32.199
<v Speaker 2>with the Lakers. So what is Lebron's frustration? So I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna give you the Micro and then I'm gonna give

0:21:34.160 --> 0:21:37.240
<v Speaker 2>you the Macro, and I promise you no one else

0:21:37.280 --> 0:21:39.800
<v Speaker 2>in the world is gonna bring up the macro thing.

0:21:40.440 --> 0:21:46.920
<v Speaker 2>But I have should I say this, Yeah, okay, I'll

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<v Speaker 2>say this. I have in the last six months talked

0:21:55.920 --> 0:22:01.720
<v Speaker 2>with Lebron personally about this scific play that I'm gonna

0:22:01.720 --> 0:22:05.119
<v Speaker 2>bring up here in a moment. That's the Macro, But

0:22:05.240 --> 0:22:08.960
<v Speaker 2>the Micro is this. I didn't understand those reviews either,

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<v Speaker 2>to be totally clear, I when I the first review,

0:22:13.320 --> 0:22:16.480
<v Speaker 2>Lebron was daring them to review it. He's like, yeah,

0:22:16.560 --> 0:22:19.359
<v Speaker 2>review it, and I tweeted like, well, okay, you're gonna

0:22:19.359 --> 0:22:22.040
<v Speaker 2>lose this review. I was shocked they won it. The

0:22:22.160 --> 0:22:25.439
<v Speaker 2>second review, D'Angelo Russell does get hit in the face.

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<v Speaker 2>That's undeniable. Now what they said is he got hit

0:22:29.080 --> 0:22:31.719
<v Speaker 2>in the face after the shot had been released. That

0:22:31.960 --> 0:22:37.000
<v Speaker 2>is flatly right or wrong an adjustment, and how they

0:22:37.040 --> 0:22:40.200
<v Speaker 2>have been calling that. Then over the course of the year,

0:22:40.840 --> 0:22:43.280
<v Speaker 2>the and mate, you can argue.

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<v Speaker 3>That should be the right that's after the shot.

0:22:48.240 --> 0:22:51.040
<v Speaker 2>That's after the shot. But that's like to protect your ankles.

0:22:51.080 --> 0:22:54.280
<v Speaker 2>But the point that I'm making is this Demanse, neither

0:22:54.359 --> 0:22:58.160
<v Speaker 2>of those reviews have any chance of being successful during

0:22:58.160 --> 0:23:02.280
<v Speaker 2>the regular season. Neither now during the playoffs. They are

0:23:02.320 --> 0:23:06.240
<v Speaker 2>like the re so be it Lebron's real frustration and

0:23:06.280 --> 0:23:09.879
<v Speaker 2>he didn't mention it was on not on the dunk,

0:23:10.440 --> 0:23:13.760
<v Speaker 2>but on the layup he hit to give the Lakers

0:23:14.119 --> 0:23:16.280
<v Speaker 2>the final basket of the game for the Lakers, I

0:23:16.320 --> 0:23:19.840
<v Speaker 2>think then, or was that let me look at it.

0:23:20.320 --> 0:23:22.840
<v Speaker 2>What was the final basket of the game for the Lakers.

0:23:23.280 --> 0:23:27.600
<v Speaker 2>Was it the DiAngelo bucket or was it Lebron's layup? No,

0:23:27.640 --> 0:23:30.640
<v Speaker 2>it was yeah, it was the Lebron's layer. He gets

0:23:30.680 --> 0:23:34.280
<v Speaker 2>hit in the head and he is screaming, demanding an

0:23:34.280 --> 0:23:37.080
<v Speaker 2>and one. He gets hit in the head and doesn't

0:23:37.080 --> 0:23:41.560
<v Speaker 2>get it, so he's pissed, and yet all of that matters.

0:23:42.000 --> 0:23:44.840
<v Speaker 2>All of it matters because if going into the final possession,

0:23:45.280 --> 0:23:47.640
<v Speaker 2>instead of it being tied, the Lakers are up one,

0:23:48.000 --> 0:23:52.120
<v Speaker 2>they do everything different. So I understand the general frustration,

0:23:52.680 --> 0:23:57.400
<v Speaker 2>but calls do tend to even out right. The Sixers

0:23:57.440 --> 0:23:59.720
<v Speaker 2>are gonna say they don't because of how the game ended.

0:23:59.720 --> 0:24:03.320
<v Speaker 2>I stand that, But let me talk to you about

0:24:03.359 --> 0:24:06.640
<v Speaker 2>the replay center thing for a moment. This is the macro.

0:24:08.800 --> 0:24:11.480
<v Speaker 2>What is Let me ask the room. I don't want

0:24:11.480 --> 0:24:15.919
<v Speaker 2>to put I want to ask the production room. Not

0:24:16.119 --> 0:24:20.800
<v Speaker 2>the most important. The most important game Lebron's ever played

0:24:22.240 --> 0:24:25.399
<v Speaker 2>is the forty five to fifteen and five game six

0:24:25.720 --> 0:24:28.240
<v Speaker 2>before he'd won a title. Down three to two, the

0:24:28.280 --> 0:24:31.960
<v Speaker 2>Blueprint game in Boston, he had thirty in the first half.

0:24:32.320 --> 0:24:34.520
<v Speaker 2>They had just lost three straight. It was coming off

0:24:34.560 --> 0:24:38.760
<v Speaker 2>the MAVs series. From that moment, that is the line

0:24:38.760 --> 0:24:42.280
<v Speaker 2>of demarcation of Lebron's career. It could have gone one way.

0:24:42.560 --> 0:24:45.760
<v Speaker 2>He played one of the greatest games ever played, and

0:24:46.480 --> 0:24:49.159
<v Speaker 2>the most important game of his career came through. And

0:24:49.200 --> 0:24:52.880
<v Speaker 2>from that moment forward he went title title thirty six,

0:24:53.000 --> 0:24:55.840
<v Speaker 2>thirteen and ar I'm sorry. Title Title Finals loss to

0:24:55.880 --> 0:24:58.640
<v Speaker 2>the Spurs thirty six, thirteen and nine in the finals,

0:24:58.680 --> 0:25:03.399
<v Speaker 2>loss three to one co back Finals finals against Katie's Warriors,

0:25:03.400 --> 0:25:05.919
<v Speaker 2>injured title. That's what he did after the forty five

0:25:05.960 --> 0:25:12.600
<v Speaker 2>to fifteen A nine. What is the best game Lebron

0:25:12.640 --> 0:25:15.440
<v Speaker 2>has ever played in his career? Anyone want to grab

0:25:15.440 --> 0:25:18.320
<v Speaker 2>a mic and say what it is, because one game

0:25:18.359 --> 0:25:21.760
<v Speaker 2>should stand out above all else. Any if anyone wants

0:25:21.800 --> 0:25:24.400
<v Speaker 2>to guess, and I'll give context on why I'm saying

0:25:24.440 --> 0:25:28.000
<v Speaker 2>this in a moment. Daniel, You're I know you're reveling

0:25:28.000 --> 0:25:29.959
<v Speaker 2>in the Nuggets fandom. I'm putting you on the spot.

0:25:30.320 --> 0:25:31.639
<v Speaker 2>Do you have a guess?

0:25:33.160 --> 0:25:36.040
<v Speaker 4>Honestly, I'm hearing different things in here, but Game four,

0:25:36.080 --> 0:25:38.840
<v Speaker 4>when he had forty points last year as old man,

0:25:38.920 --> 0:25:40.760
<v Speaker 4>Lebron is the most impressive I've seen.

0:25:40.920 --> 0:25:42.160
<v Speaker 3>I know that's not what you're looking for, though.

0:25:42.119 --> 0:25:45.399
<v Speaker 2>Okay, that's not what I'm looking for. It was, go, Matt,

0:25:45.440 --> 0:25:48.240
<v Speaker 2>do you have a guess? Go ahead? Game one of

0:25:48.280 --> 0:25:52.959
<v Speaker 2>the eighteen finals fifty points. That is correct. It's not

0:25:53.040 --> 0:25:55.840
<v Speaker 2>only the greatest game Lebron's ever played, It's arguably the

0:25:55.840 --> 0:25:59.240
<v Speaker 2>greatest game anyone's ever played in NBA history. It was

0:25:59.320 --> 0:26:07.280
<v Speaker 2>Lebron Jr. Smith injured Kevin Love against the APEX Golden

0:26:07.320 --> 0:26:13.119
<v Speaker 2>State Warriors. Lebron in that playoffs prior to that game,

0:26:13.400 --> 0:26:17.440
<v Speaker 2>had seven forty point games in the playoff run, had

0:26:17.600 --> 0:26:21.399
<v Speaker 2>just come off back to back forty eight minute games

0:26:21.400 --> 0:26:25.760
<v Speaker 2>against Boston down three to two. He had two buzzer

0:26:25.800 --> 0:26:29.800
<v Speaker 2>beaters in that postseason to one to beat the Pacers,

0:26:29.840 --> 0:26:34.639
<v Speaker 2>one to beat the Raptors. It was a Pex somehow

0:26:34.760 --> 0:26:41.640
<v Speaker 2>Lebron at in twenty eighteen, so in year fourteen or fifteen,

0:26:41.880 --> 0:26:45.959
<v Speaker 2>whatever it was, had channeled something he had never channeled before.

0:26:46.680 --> 0:26:50.480
<v Speaker 2>And that game against Golden State, which is forever remembered

0:26:50.480 --> 0:26:55.760
<v Speaker 2>as what the Jr. Smith game? He had controlled every

0:26:55.800 --> 0:26:59.520
<v Speaker 2>aspect of the game. So why am I bringing it up?

0:27:00.520 --> 0:27:03.960
<v Speaker 2>And again, I'm not trying to betray confidences, but this

0:27:04.000 --> 0:27:08.240
<v Speaker 2>is something and I never talk about this on the show.

0:27:08.480 --> 0:27:10.560
<v Speaker 2>I think it's the first time I've ever even acknowledged this,

0:27:10.880 --> 0:27:14.200
<v Speaker 2>But it is something that I actually discussed this play

0:27:14.600 --> 0:27:18.880
<v Speaker 2>with Lebron personally. And don't by the way, social media

0:27:18.920 --> 0:27:22.440
<v Speaker 2>folks don't clip out this certain moment. If somebody else

0:27:22.480 --> 0:27:24.800
<v Speaker 2>aggregates it, that's fine. I'm not trying to like clout

0:27:24.840 --> 0:27:26.960
<v Speaker 2>Chase off that I just want to give you. I

0:27:27.000 --> 0:27:29.920
<v Speaker 2>want to give the audience contract Chase and the play,

0:27:30.040 --> 0:27:36.320
<v Speaker 2>and the play is this, Okay, there is, and I'm

0:27:36.359 --> 0:27:41.680
<v Speaker 2>trying to find the exact moment in it. But anyone

0:27:41.720 --> 0:27:49.280
<v Speaker 2>that saw the game, the situation is this that Warriors

0:27:49.320 --> 0:27:54.119
<v Speaker 2>are up one with a minute left. Lebron drives to

0:27:54.160 --> 0:27:59.880
<v Speaker 2>the basket, gets fouled by two people, makes the layup,

0:28:00.359 --> 0:28:05.320
<v Speaker 2>makes the free throw, and all of a sudden, the

0:28:05.400 --> 0:28:11.520
<v Speaker 2>Calves have the lead with thirty with forty five seconds left,

0:28:12.600 --> 0:28:17.719
<v Speaker 2>and they just got a hold on and Lebron takes

0:28:17.760 --> 0:28:22.639
<v Speaker 2>a charge on Kevin Durant. They call it a charge

0:28:23.760 --> 0:28:26.720
<v Speaker 2>and it is going to be Calves ball thirty six

0:28:26.760 --> 0:28:31.159
<v Speaker 2>seconds left, up one, the best game of Lebron's career,

0:28:31.800 --> 0:28:35.679
<v Speaker 2>the best playoff run of Lebron's career against arguably the

0:28:35.720 --> 0:28:41.560
<v Speaker 2>greatest team ever. He's going to steal home court. And

0:28:41.640 --> 0:28:47.280
<v Speaker 2>the referees go to the review center to see if

0:28:47.400 --> 0:28:53.480
<v Speaker 2>Lebron was in the restricted area. He was not, and

0:28:53.520 --> 0:28:58.680
<v Speaker 2>they verify that he was not. But because they went

0:28:58.840 --> 0:29:04.320
<v Speaker 2>to the review center to review that, they then opened

0:29:04.400 --> 0:29:11.120
<v Speaker 2>up the Pandora's box to review anything, and they said, oh,

0:29:11.680 --> 0:29:16.440
<v Speaker 2>he was moving slightly, which was not a challengeable play

0:29:16.800 --> 0:29:19.960
<v Speaker 2>and was not an auto review. But because they went

0:29:20.000 --> 0:29:24.640
<v Speaker 2>to review something erroneously, they then were like, well, let's

0:29:24.720 --> 0:29:30.120
<v Speaker 2>look at this, and they switched charge to block, and

0:29:30.240 --> 0:29:33.640
<v Speaker 2>Katie hits both free throws, and then by the way

0:29:34.080 --> 0:29:37.040
<v Speaker 2>you know it, then Lebron makes a layup steph hit,

0:29:37.120 --> 0:29:39.560
<v Speaker 2>gets an hand one, George Hill makes a free throw

0:29:39.600 --> 0:29:44.600
<v Speaker 2>miss free throw Jr. Time out, whatever overtime loss. That

0:29:44.840 --> 0:29:49.880
<v Speaker 2>was right when the NBA was really embracing replay. And

0:29:49.920 --> 0:29:54.760
<v Speaker 2>that is a six year burr in this guy's saddle.

0:29:56.000 --> 0:30:03.640
<v Speaker 2>So now once again he plays being he feels used improperly.

0:30:03.960 --> 0:30:08.840
<v Speaker 2>It's driving him crazy. And so say what you will

0:30:08.920 --> 0:30:12.000
<v Speaker 2>about that game. I don't think I'm blaming the refs.

0:30:12.120 --> 0:30:15.560
<v Speaker 2>I actually don't think Lebron is specifically blaming the refs.

0:30:15.760 --> 0:30:20.520
<v Speaker 2>Embiid was very mad at the refs and was obviously uh,

0:30:20.880 --> 0:30:29.320
<v Speaker 2>but that is the context for that conversation there. And

0:30:29.440 --> 0:30:33.400
<v Speaker 2>so you know the short version of this, demonse I said,

0:30:33.480 --> 0:30:36.400
<v Speaker 2>Lakers in six, and in order for the Lakers and six,

0:30:36.480 --> 0:30:39.120
<v Speaker 2>they gotta lose twice. So I'm halfway to a correct prediction.

0:30:39.440 --> 0:30:40.200
<v Speaker 2>Let's get to the.

0:30:40.120 --> 0:30:42.040
<v Speaker 3>Next game, all right.

0:30:42.080 --> 0:30:44.200
<v Speaker 4>So, any other day that the Lakers weren't playing the

0:30:44.280 --> 0:30:46.160
<v Speaker 4>Nuggets in their first round of the playoffs, this would

0:30:46.200 --> 0:30:46.480
<v Speaker 4>have been.

0:30:46.360 --> 0:30:50.080
<v Speaker 3>The first topic. But here we are. The Sixers are

0:30:50.080 --> 0:30:51.320
<v Speaker 3>struggling with the Knicks.

0:30:52.040 --> 0:30:54.920
<v Speaker 4>It came down to a final shot by Brunson or

0:30:54.960 --> 0:30:58.480
<v Speaker 4>a final shot by DiVincenzo, and they obviously have been

0:30:58.480 --> 0:31:02.080
<v Speaker 4>dealing with injuries. So is it time to finally listen

0:31:02.080 --> 0:31:04.880
<v Speaker 4>to the Bodega man and believe in this scrappy Knicks team?

0:31:04.960 --> 0:31:06.560
<v Speaker 4>Or is this more of a six Ers album?

0:31:08.720 --> 0:31:13.720
<v Speaker 2>Listen? That was a that's a great photoshop this way

0:31:13.840 --> 0:31:19.360
<v Speaker 2>people should watch on YouTube. That was Actually I'm more

0:31:19.400 --> 0:31:22.760
<v Speaker 2>worried about the Sixers recovering emotionally than I am the

0:31:22.840 --> 0:31:30.080
<v Speaker 2>Lakers for two reasons. One is the Lakers. At no

0:31:30.360 --> 0:31:34.720
<v Speaker 2>point did it feel like that Lakers game was over.

0:31:35.200 --> 0:31:38.200
<v Speaker 2>Even up twenty. It was too early, you know what

0:31:38.280 --> 0:31:41.240
<v Speaker 2>I mean for any NBA game these days, up twenty,

0:31:41.280 --> 0:31:43.520
<v Speaker 2>you know, is up twenty in the fourth, you know

0:31:43.600 --> 0:31:47.760
<v Speaker 2>it's over. But up twenty with a quarter, you know

0:31:47.800 --> 0:31:51.120
<v Speaker 2>with early in the third that game is not over.

0:31:51.840 --> 0:31:54.320
<v Speaker 2>And at the end of the Lakers game, it was

0:31:54.440 --> 0:31:56.960
<v Speaker 2>clearly in the balance, right. It was back and forth,

0:31:57.000 --> 0:31:59.760
<v Speaker 2>back and forth. I did think when Lebron hit those

0:31:59.760 --> 0:32:02.240
<v Speaker 2>back back threes to go up eight that they were

0:32:02.240 --> 0:32:04.640
<v Speaker 2>in real good shape, but at no point where the

0:32:04.720 --> 0:32:09.240
<v Speaker 2>Lakers certainly won. When you're Philly and you're up five

0:32:10.320 --> 0:32:12.720
<v Speaker 2>and the ball is loose on the ground and there's

0:32:12.840 --> 0:32:15.840
<v Speaker 2>less than thirty seconds remaining, you feel like you've won

0:32:15.880 --> 0:32:21.240
<v Speaker 2>the game. And then the confluence of events of Brunson

0:32:21.880 --> 0:32:26.800
<v Speaker 2>front rims of three and it goes in that you know,

0:32:26.880 --> 0:32:29.160
<v Speaker 2>and this is where sports can be cruel, and this

0:32:29.200 --> 0:32:32.560
<v Speaker 2>is where I feel sick for my pal Daryl Morey.

0:32:33.320 --> 0:32:37.520
<v Speaker 2>The last big time playoff shot that I saw get

0:32:37.640 --> 0:32:43.400
<v Speaker 2>front rimmed and bounce in was Kawhy's game winner against

0:32:43.480 --> 0:32:47.600
<v Speaker 2>the Sixers and Darryl and now Brunton hits that. But

0:32:47.800 --> 0:32:55.240
<v Speaker 2>even there, okay, you're up two, You're okay, And I

0:32:55.240 --> 0:32:58.160
<v Speaker 2>I know Nick Nurse was like, I called time out, man,

0:32:58.200 --> 0:33:01.920
<v Speaker 2>I've watched the tape. Nick Nurse does this thing, the

0:33:02.000 --> 0:33:04.360
<v Speaker 2>old do I want it? Do I want it? And

0:33:04.400 --> 0:33:07.719
<v Speaker 2>then pulls it back when he thinks it's getting inbounded,

0:33:08.120 --> 0:33:11.120
<v Speaker 2>and then when he does start definitely calling time out,

0:33:11.400 --> 0:33:15.240
<v Speaker 2>the ball's loose. Now, did MAXI get his jersey pulled?

0:33:15.240 --> 0:33:18.479
<v Speaker 2>Did he get held? Should there have been a foul? Sure,

0:33:19.240 --> 0:33:23.600
<v Speaker 2>but that happens, and it was.

0:33:25.400 --> 0:33:25.600
<v Speaker 3>Right.

0:33:26.240 --> 0:33:28.360
<v Speaker 4>You gotta not let the foul and get the ball

0:33:28.440 --> 0:33:30.840
<v Speaker 4>to your teammate instead of looking for the foul there.

0:33:30.920 --> 0:33:31.880
<v Speaker 3>Huh.

0:33:32.320 --> 0:33:34.640
<v Speaker 2>So here's the thing he was trying to He didn't.

0:33:35.240 --> 0:33:39.120
<v Speaker 2>I'm done out before they inbounded it. When they're passing

0:33:39.160 --> 0:33:42.400
<v Speaker 2>it to him, he gets his jersey pulled, so he's

0:33:42.440 --> 0:33:44.200
<v Speaker 2>not looking, you know what I mean, Like, he gets

0:33:44.280 --> 0:33:48.240
<v Speaker 2>his jersey pulled, which is just you know, that can't

0:33:48.240 --> 0:33:52.000
<v Speaker 2>happen though, But that's also why you probably just call

0:33:52.080 --> 0:33:55.600
<v Speaker 2>time out right after they make the shot. Calm everything down,

0:33:55.920 --> 0:34:00.320
<v Speaker 2>we're up to we can inbound from half court. We

0:34:00.960 --> 0:34:03.400
<v Speaker 2>can all you can always get it inbounded from half

0:34:03.440 --> 0:34:04.920
<v Speaker 2>court as you can go on the back court. Let's

0:34:04.960 --> 0:34:05.560
<v Speaker 2>calm down.

0:34:06.200 --> 0:34:06.320
<v Speaker 1>Uh.

0:34:07.160 --> 0:34:11.880
<v Speaker 2>And they didn't, and that is an excruciating loss. And

0:34:13.960 --> 0:34:22.000
<v Speaker 2>the Knicks man that I that was. I honestly think

0:34:23.600 --> 0:34:29.760
<v Speaker 2>that might have been the best win in the Garden

0:34:31.000 --> 0:34:35.959
<v Speaker 2>since Larry Johnson's four point play, which, by the way,

0:34:36.120 --> 0:34:39.320
<v Speaker 2>believe it or not, I had a framed Getty image

0:34:39.360 --> 0:34:44.040
<v Speaker 2>picture of that on in my house growing up and

0:34:44.120 --> 0:34:47.000
<v Speaker 2>in our first house we ever lived together. The Larry

0:34:47.040 --> 0:34:50.400
<v Speaker 2>It's like an overhead shot at MSG when Larry Johnson

0:34:50.400 --> 0:34:52.960
<v Speaker 2>has the four point play. I think that was probably

0:34:53.040 --> 0:34:57.439
<v Speaker 2>the best moment in Madison Square Garden in a big

0:34:57.480 --> 0:35:03.080
<v Speaker 2>spot since then. And and it is you feel sick

0:35:03.160 --> 0:35:07.560
<v Speaker 2>for Philly. Embiid is playing on one leg and still

0:35:08.560 --> 0:35:11.120
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I don't even know how to like put

0:35:11.120 --> 0:35:15.880
<v Speaker 2>in context what Embiid's doing because he is clearly injured,

0:35:16.560 --> 0:35:21.279
<v Speaker 2>he clearly doesn't trust his leg, and yet he has

0:35:22.239 --> 0:35:28.560
<v Speaker 2>you know, thirty four, ten and six and so and

0:35:28.640 --> 0:35:32.240
<v Speaker 2>MAXI played out of his mind the knicks man.

0:35:33.160 --> 0:35:35.200
<v Speaker 4>And would get in his head a little bit to

0:35:35.239 --> 0:35:37.520
<v Speaker 4>not take that last shot. I think given that the

0:35:38.080 --> 0:35:42.239
<v Speaker 4>turnover the block layup, I get embids the guy. But

0:35:42.320 --> 0:35:44.600
<v Speaker 4>I kind of felt like Maxie should have taken it

0:35:44.680 --> 0:35:47.520
<v Speaker 4>three there, But that's just I don't know, he gave

0:35:47.560 --> 0:35:49.839
<v Speaker 4>it to him beating the kind of nasty spot. I

0:35:49.880 --> 0:35:52.520
<v Speaker 4>think he had enough space or created space when he

0:35:52.600 --> 0:35:55.880
<v Speaker 4>drove down. But I.

0:35:57.360 --> 0:36:00.120
<v Speaker 2>Don't disagree with you, but it was also here's the

0:36:00.160 --> 0:36:05.120
<v Speaker 2>other thing on that there is a weird psychological thing

0:36:05.239 --> 0:36:09.600
<v Speaker 2>going on when you're down three and you know the

0:36:09.680 --> 0:36:15.520
<v Speaker 2>other team might want to foul down three, which is

0:36:15.640 --> 0:36:20.680
<v Speaker 2>like you all, like you, I'm not describing this properly,

0:36:21.000 --> 0:36:26.799
<v Speaker 2>but you can't run a normal frenetic offense because you

0:36:26.800 --> 0:36:31.319
<v Speaker 2>don't you're not totally just focused on let me get

0:36:31.360 --> 0:36:34.120
<v Speaker 2>to the best spot possible, because it's almost like you're

0:36:34.160 --> 0:36:36.839
<v Speaker 2>playing a game of tag. Like I need to make

0:36:36.880 --> 0:36:40.440
<v Speaker 2>sure I don't get close enough right for someone to

0:36:40.560 --> 0:36:44.080
<v Speaker 2>foul me. And so if I take time to try to,

0:36:44.120 --> 0:36:46.600
<v Speaker 2>you know, get to my spot and gather, they might

0:36:46.680 --> 0:36:49.080
<v Speaker 2>foul me. So I go and then pass it quick

0:36:49.200 --> 0:36:53.239
<v Speaker 2>like it's a weird thing. On the up three, I

0:36:53.400 --> 0:36:55.960
<v Speaker 2>don't want to get fouled. I know the other team

0:36:56.080 --> 0:37:00.640
<v Speaker 2>might want to foul, So those spots are brutal. If

0:37:00.680 --> 0:37:04.960
<v Speaker 2>those spots are absolutely brutal. Where MAXI it's hard to

0:37:04.960 --> 0:37:07.200
<v Speaker 2>say he's screwed up, but the play he wants back

0:37:08.120 --> 0:37:11.480
<v Speaker 2>is the full court layup down one. Yeah you know

0:37:11.480 --> 0:37:12.920
<v Speaker 2>what I mean. When they give it to him, he

0:37:12.920 --> 0:37:16.200
<v Speaker 2>has a full versus speed. Hartenstein, to his credit, drag

0:37:16.280 --> 0:37:20.880
<v Speaker 2>the shast down and great play. Great play by Hartenstein,

0:37:21.000 --> 0:37:27.560
<v Speaker 2>and so uh I I don't think Philly's dead. I

0:37:27.600 --> 0:37:32.480
<v Speaker 2>want to make this clear. You're never dead. The only

0:37:32.640 --> 0:37:38.439
<v Speaker 2>time game two is a must win game is if

0:37:38.480 --> 0:37:43.680
<v Speaker 2>you are the home team and you lost game one. Okay,

0:37:44.480 --> 0:37:48.440
<v Speaker 2>you can't go down O two at home. That typically,

0:37:48.560 --> 0:37:51.680
<v Speaker 2>not always, but typically is a death knell in this league,

0:37:52.440 --> 0:37:57.600
<v Speaker 2>down one on down oh two without home court. Right now,

0:37:58.080 --> 0:38:02.960
<v Speaker 2>we have had eleven in NBA playoff games held home

0:38:03.040 --> 0:38:08.319
<v Speaker 2>teams are eleven and zero. And so if you can

0:38:08.360 --> 0:38:12.839
<v Speaker 2>get over the emotion of how you lost game two,

0:38:13.280 --> 0:38:16.720
<v Speaker 2>if you're the Lakers or the Sixers, you go home

0:38:16.840 --> 0:38:22.239
<v Speaker 2>win game three. And then here's what does happen when

0:38:22.280 --> 0:38:25.080
<v Speaker 2>you fall down oh two. You then all of a

0:38:25.120 --> 0:38:29.480
<v Speaker 2>sudden have back to back must wins. Right like you are,

0:38:29.640 --> 0:38:33.480
<v Speaker 2>You have back to back must win games, which is

0:38:33.520 --> 0:38:39.320
<v Speaker 2>a tough shot to be in. And so I think

0:38:39.360 --> 0:38:43.319
<v Speaker 2>that here's what I think. I think that we are

0:38:43.360 --> 0:38:50.440
<v Speaker 2>going to know from the Sixers by the end of

0:38:50.520 --> 0:38:55.279
<v Speaker 2>the first yeah, by the end of the midway through

0:38:55.320 --> 0:38:59.239
<v Speaker 2>the second quarter in Game three, whether or not this

0:38:59.400 --> 0:39:01.400
<v Speaker 2>thing is going to be to two going back to Philly,

0:39:01.480 --> 0:39:04.520
<v Speaker 2>or whether or not they're gonna get swept if they

0:39:04.640 --> 0:39:08.320
<v Speaker 2>look like a team that is emotionally drained and the

0:39:08.400 --> 0:39:11.080
<v Speaker 2>Knicks punch him in the face early they could fold

0:39:11.120 --> 0:39:11.840
<v Speaker 2>up shot.

0:39:12.040 --> 0:39:17.360
<v Speaker 4>Embiid looks shot after that game, Hey, yeah, he's looking

0:39:17.840 --> 0:39:18.160
<v Speaker 4>he did.

0:39:19.120 --> 0:39:21.880
<v Speaker 2>And and I also listen, I think there's a level

0:39:21.920 --> 0:39:25.319
<v Speaker 2>of if you're Embiid and you're an injured player, or

0:39:25.360 --> 0:39:27.759
<v Speaker 2>if you're Lebron and you're the oldest guy in the

0:39:27.840 --> 0:39:34.560
<v Speaker 2>League of Man, I only have so many all out

0:39:34.680 --> 0:39:38.240
<v Speaker 2>effort games in me. I need to steal a game

0:39:39.000 --> 0:39:41.600
<v Speaker 2>and then give myself a margin of error, you know

0:39:41.640 --> 0:39:43.480
<v Speaker 2>what I mean, and have a I don't want to

0:39:43.480 --> 0:39:46.920
<v Speaker 2>say a coast game, but a game where hey, if

0:39:46.960 --> 0:39:49.960
<v Speaker 2>we get hot from three, awesome, but if not, I'm

0:39:50.000 --> 0:39:52.960
<v Speaker 2>gonna recharge the batteries here, you know what I mean

0:39:53.040 --> 0:39:56.480
<v Speaker 2>type of spot And now they don't have it. Like

0:39:56.640 --> 0:40:02.080
<v Speaker 2>my guess is, had the Lakers one that game, what

0:40:02.120 --> 0:40:05.000
<v Speaker 2>you would have seen is game three, because you have

0:40:05.040 --> 0:40:09.319
<v Speaker 2>two days of rest, another all out effort Game three

0:40:09.400 --> 0:40:12.239
<v Speaker 2>to go up to one if you're Los Angeles, and

0:40:12.280 --> 0:40:16.160
<v Speaker 2>then game four for Lebron. The day between a little

0:40:16.160 --> 0:40:19.359
<v Speaker 2>bit of a margin of error, a big distribution game, right,

0:40:19.800 --> 0:40:21.440
<v Speaker 2>you know what I mean? Like, Hey, if we steal it,

0:40:21.440 --> 0:40:23.399
<v Speaker 2>we steal up three to one. Amazing. If not, we'll

0:40:23.440 --> 0:40:27.600
<v Speaker 2>take two to two with Denver in Bead's a little

0:40:27.600 --> 0:40:32.399
<v Speaker 2>different because he's not orchestrating the offense. But I want

0:40:32.400 --> 0:40:37.040
<v Speaker 2>to see al embiid emotionally recovers because he was beside himself. Also,

0:40:37.080 --> 0:40:40.920
<v Speaker 2>you got to keep this in mind for Himbead. I mean,

0:40:40.960 --> 0:40:45.560
<v Speaker 2>the guy's never been passed round two, So like these are,

0:40:46.040 --> 0:40:49.040
<v Speaker 2>it is hard to putting context of, like, oh, it's

0:40:49.200 --> 0:40:52.360
<v Speaker 2>only game two of round one, Like he hasn't played

0:40:52.400 --> 0:40:55.280
<v Speaker 2>a ton of games as crazy as the sounds bigger

0:40:55.280 --> 0:40:59.480
<v Speaker 2>than the one last night. So I do worry about

0:40:59.640 --> 0:41:02.200
<v Speaker 2>a Philly a bit. All right, let's quickly get to

0:41:02.280 --> 0:41:06.560
<v Speaker 2>Luca and then we're gonna do uh the We're gonna

0:41:06.600 --> 0:41:08.080
<v Speaker 2>change torch passing stuff.

0:41:08.160 --> 0:41:09.439
<v Speaker 3>Yep. Uh yeah.

0:41:09.480 --> 0:41:11.960
<v Speaker 4>So your large Slovenian son filled up the stat sheet

0:41:12.080 --> 0:41:15.760
<v Speaker 4>but could not get the job done in game one. Also,

0:41:15.920 --> 0:41:19.480
<v Speaker 4>this is a Kohilas Clippers team. So is Luca as

0:41:19.480 --> 0:41:21.239
<v Speaker 4>good as you as you say he is or is

0:41:21.520 --> 0:41:22.560
<v Speaker 4>something going on there?

0:41:22.719 --> 0:41:24.239
<v Speaker 3>He also has carrier tea.

0:41:24.760 --> 0:41:28.239
<v Speaker 2>That was a bad game by the MAVs, There's no

0:41:28.280 --> 0:41:31.680
<v Speaker 2>doubt about it. It is amazing to me how many folks,

0:41:31.719 --> 0:41:35.160
<v Speaker 2>all of a sudden think that the Clippers are dangerous

0:41:35.239 --> 0:41:38.319
<v Speaker 2>now because they're like, oh man, if this is the

0:41:38.440 --> 0:41:41.120
<v Speaker 2>James Harden they get moving forward, it won't be guys.

0:41:42.360 --> 0:41:45.760
<v Speaker 2>It is James Harden has the playoff reputation. He has

0:41:45.760 --> 0:41:49.000
<v Speaker 2>not because he's bad in every playoff game, but because

0:41:49.080 --> 0:41:54.560
<v Speaker 2>he is unspeakably bad in the biggest spots, not because

0:41:54.920 --> 0:41:58.919
<v Speaker 2>he doesn't have a few great game ones or where

0:41:58.960 --> 0:42:01.680
<v Speaker 2>he can look great. I don't believe in the Clippers.

0:42:01.840 --> 0:42:05.080
<v Speaker 2>I do believe in the MAVs. The Clippers were the

0:42:05.120 --> 0:42:10.200
<v Speaker 2>home team. Uh Luca was fine but not great, which

0:42:10.239 --> 0:42:13.120
<v Speaker 2>considering he had thirty three, thirteen and six speaks to

0:42:13.160 --> 0:42:17.000
<v Speaker 2>the player is now. Kyrie was extraordinary and we got

0:42:17.040 --> 0:42:19.680
<v Speaker 2>to see what level Kyrie can stay at. But I'm

0:42:19.760 --> 0:42:21.320
<v Speaker 2>not worried about the MAVs.

0:42:21.480 --> 0:42:21.799
<v Speaker 3>All right.

0:42:21.840 --> 0:42:25.680
<v Speaker 2>That was a great forty five minute first block. I

0:42:26.400 --> 0:42:30.080
<v Speaker 2>there is something that might happen in the next ten

0:42:30.200 --> 0:42:33.680
<v Speaker 2>days in the NBA that I don't think folks have

0:42:33.800 --> 0:42:39.000
<v Speaker 2>fully recognized the gravity of. I will explain it. And this,

0:42:39.600 --> 0:42:42.120
<v Speaker 2>unlike the stories I told, this next thing I'm doing.

0:42:42.560 --> 0:42:44.960
<v Speaker 2>I do want us to push out on social in

0:42:45.160 --> 0:42:48.960
<v Speaker 2>long form because I think I think it could be

0:42:49.120 --> 0:42:51.600
<v Speaker 2>the story of this postseason. We'll do that next. Take

0:42:51.680 --> 0:43:00.719
<v Speaker 2>quick break, right back, What's Right? Welcome back in What's

0:43:00.800 --> 0:43:04.480
<v Speaker 2>Right with Nick Wright? All right, so demandse, let's get

0:43:04.520 --> 0:43:08.759
<v Speaker 2>to the changing of the guard part of this, because

0:43:08.800 --> 0:43:12.440
<v Speaker 2>I don't think people understand exactly what could be happening

0:43:12.440 --> 0:43:13.680
<v Speaker 2>in these NBA playoffs.

0:43:13.680 --> 0:43:16.880
<v Speaker 4>Go ahead, Yes, I mean it's still early, but the

0:43:16.920 --> 0:43:19.080
<v Speaker 4>guard is making their mark on these playoffs while the

0:43:19.120 --> 0:43:21.719
<v Speaker 4>older guys are starting to show their age and.

0:43:21.680 --> 0:43:23.680
<v Speaker 3>The younger guys are definitely letting them know about it.

0:43:24.320 --> 0:43:26.359
<v Speaker 4>Is this the final year where the debate over which

0:43:26.400 --> 0:43:28.560
<v Speaker 4>group of guys runs the NBA is still a thing?

0:43:29.880 --> 0:43:33.680
<v Speaker 2>Well, so here's the thing on that, And this is

0:43:33.719 --> 0:43:35.880
<v Speaker 2>the part that I don't think people have fully wrapped

0:43:35.920 --> 0:43:40.880
<v Speaker 2>their minds around. Demonse, what do you consider like really

0:43:41.040 --> 0:43:44.200
<v Speaker 2>old in the NBA? Like, what do you think is

0:43:44.239 --> 0:43:46.880
<v Speaker 2>like wow, like that is an old? Give me an age?

0:43:47.640 --> 0:43:48.960
<v Speaker 2>What do you think really old is?

0:43:49.560 --> 0:43:50.920
<v Speaker 3>Okay, thirty five NBA?

0:43:51.120 --> 0:43:55.600
<v Speaker 2>Really old is thirty five? That is correct? What do

0:43:55.640 --> 0:43:57.400
<v Speaker 2>you think kind of so kind of old?

0:43:57.480 --> 0:43:57.879
<v Speaker 1>You have?

0:43:58.880 --> 0:43:59.840
<v Speaker 2>You know, early.

0:43:59.640 --> 0:44:01.640
<v Speaker 3>Thirties, thirty one, thirty two, you're eight?

0:44:02.560 --> 0:44:06.160
<v Speaker 2>All right, you nailed this, So I am going to

0:44:06.239 --> 0:44:11.960
<v Speaker 2>go through every single All Star, either this year or

0:44:12.080 --> 0:44:17.719
<v Speaker 2>previous All Star in order of descending age. Okay, that

0:44:17.880 --> 0:44:20.439
<v Speaker 2>was active in the NBA this year as a real

0:44:20.480 --> 0:44:26.680
<v Speaker 2>big time player. Okay. The oldest thirty nine year old,

0:44:27.239 --> 0:44:30.600
<v Speaker 2>and I'm just gonna give you their age. Uh, this

0:44:30.719 --> 0:44:32.759
<v Speaker 2>is basketball reference, so I think they sort it by

0:44:32.800 --> 0:44:36.279
<v Speaker 2>their age on January one. Okay, so the some of

0:44:36.320 --> 0:44:39.120
<v Speaker 2>these guys maybe have since turned a year older, but

0:44:39.239 --> 0:44:45.520
<v Speaker 2>their age on January first is okay. The oldest Lebron

0:44:45.600 --> 0:44:49.680
<v Speaker 2>James thirty nine. Well, I don't want it to be true,

0:44:49.719 --> 0:44:53.959
<v Speaker 2>and it's not the pick I made. The odds say

0:44:54.239 --> 0:44:58.000
<v Speaker 2>his season ends in ten days, right or less. Okay.

0:44:59.239 --> 0:45:04.919
<v Speaker 2>The next oldest Chris Paul, He's not playing right now,

0:45:06.080 --> 0:45:12.680
<v Speaker 2>keep going. The next oldest, Kevin Durant's thirty five. He

0:45:12.800 --> 0:45:15.600
<v Speaker 2>might be thirty six now. Again, again, this is their

0:45:15.640 --> 0:45:20.800
<v Speaker 2>ages on January one. Kevin Durant thirty five. His season

0:45:20.920 --> 0:45:31.200
<v Speaker 2>could be over ten days. Steph Curry, he's not playing anymore. Russ.

0:45:31.840 --> 0:45:35.239
<v Speaker 2>Maybe his season keeps going. Maybe not. He is obviously,

0:45:35.320 --> 0:45:40.560
<v Speaker 2>you know, a different version of himself. DeMar DeRozan thirty four,

0:45:40.719 --> 0:45:44.880
<v Speaker 2>not playing. Jimmy Butler thirty four, not gonna play in

0:45:44.920 --> 0:45:49.160
<v Speaker 2>this postseason, James Harden thirty four. By the way, every

0:45:49.160 --> 0:45:51.000
<v Speaker 2>single Clipper is going to show up on this list.

0:45:51.040 --> 0:45:59.760
<v Speaker 2>We'll see Dame thirty three, Paul George thirty three, Clay

0:46:00.440 --> 0:46:12.200
<v Speaker 2>thirty three out of there, Kawhi Leonard thirty two, not healthy, CJ.

0:46:12.320 --> 0:46:19.759
<v Speaker 2>McCollum not even All Star thirty two. And that's the list. Guys.

0:46:20.200 --> 0:46:23.520
<v Speaker 2>You could include Drew Holliday who's thirty three, but Drew

0:46:23.560 --> 0:46:26.920
<v Speaker 2>Holliday is also, like, you know, the fourth or fifth

0:46:26.960 --> 0:46:30.440
<v Speaker 2>guy on that team. Here's the point I'm making. If

0:46:30.480 --> 0:46:34.440
<v Speaker 2>we want to extend it to thirty one or older

0:46:35.120 --> 0:46:39.239
<v Speaker 2>at this as of January one, Kyrie Irving would be

0:46:39.280 --> 0:46:45.400
<v Speaker 2>added to that list. Here's my point. If the Clippers

0:46:45.480 --> 0:46:51.879
<v Speaker 2>get bounced, we are going to be in a spot

0:46:52.920 --> 0:46:59.960
<v Speaker 2>where every single top level player left in the post

0:47:00.120 --> 0:47:06.839
<v Speaker 2>season is either a super young guy, prime of their

0:47:06.880 --> 0:47:12.759
<v Speaker 2>career guy, or just turned thirty guy. All of the

0:47:12.880 --> 0:47:19.120
<v Speaker 2>old guard could be gone Steph Clay, Draymond already gone.

0:47:19.640 --> 0:47:19.839
<v Speaker 3>Right.

0:47:20.280 --> 0:47:27.520
<v Speaker 2>The Clippers KG or sorry, PG, Kawhi, Russ Harden, I

0:47:27.560 --> 0:47:31.600
<v Speaker 2>think are gonna lose this round. Lebron on the brink

0:47:32.200 --> 0:47:38.280
<v Speaker 2>the Suns, Kevin Durant on the brink, right we are

0:47:38.880 --> 0:47:43.080
<v Speaker 2>it is the NBA I think has done a poor

0:47:43.239 --> 0:47:48.920
<v Speaker 2>job marketing this next wave. But this next wave is

0:47:48.920 --> 0:47:52.360
<v Speaker 2>about to hit everybody in the face. It is about

0:47:52.480 --> 0:47:59.359
<v Speaker 2>to be a Anthony Edwards Sga Niko le Jokic playoffs

0:47:59.440 --> 0:48:04.439
<v Speaker 2>where the old guys in the playoffs after round one

0:48:04.680 --> 0:48:09.440
<v Speaker 2>could be Yannis. Dame is obviously on that list, and

0:48:09.560 --> 0:48:12.279
<v Speaker 2>Dame is, you know, an older guy. He could be

0:48:12.320 --> 0:48:16.319
<v Speaker 2>the oldest relevant guy remaining would be Dame, and then

0:48:16.360 --> 0:48:18.680
<v Speaker 2>after him it would be guys a hell of a

0:48:18.680 --> 0:48:21.880
<v Speaker 2>lot younger than him, Like I don't even know if

0:48:21.920 --> 0:48:26.640
<v Speaker 2>I mentioned again age at January one, Lebron thirty nine,

0:48:26.719 --> 0:48:29.520
<v Speaker 2>down oh two, Chris Paul thirty eight didn't make the

0:48:29.520 --> 0:48:33.400
<v Speaker 2>playoffs or didn't make the real playoffs, Katie thirty five,

0:48:33.560 --> 0:48:37.400
<v Speaker 2>down oh one, Steph thirty five didn't make the playoffs.

0:48:38.000 --> 0:48:42.319
<v Speaker 2>Russ thirty five, we'll see demartros In thirty four didn't

0:48:42.320 --> 0:48:45.800
<v Speaker 2>make the playoffs, Jimmy Butler thirty four injured for the playoffs.

0:48:45.800 --> 0:48:49.359
<v Speaker 2>Harden thirty four, we'll see Dame thirty three, maybe the

0:48:49.400 --> 0:48:52.399
<v Speaker 2>one bastion of it, because he's the one guy who

0:48:52.760 --> 0:48:58.200
<v Speaker 2>got attached to right one of these younger stars, Uh

0:48:58.280 --> 0:49:01.560
<v Speaker 2>Paul George thirty three, Clay Thompson thirty three, didn't make

0:49:01.600 --> 0:49:07.600
<v Speaker 2>the playoffs, Kawhi thirty two injured, and then Kyrie Irving

0:49:08.920 --> 0:49:12.399
<v Speaker 2>thirty one on January first. So think about it like that,

0:49:12.840 --> 0:49:18.600
<v Speaker 2>the playoffs are going to be where Kyrie Irving is

0:49:18.640 --> 0:49:24.719
<v Speaker 2>the elder statesman left and Dame and that's it. A

0:49:24.880 --> 0:49:30.840
<v Speaker 2>league that has just leaned on the And I was

0:49:30.880 --> 0:49:33.520
<v Speaker 2>looking at it via draft classes, which is what's so

0:49:33.719 --> 0:49:38.440
<v Speaker 2>crazy about this, Like so on this list of old guys,

0:49:38.480 --> 0:49:44.080
<v Speaker 2>so to speak, are guys from the twenty twelve draft,

0:49:44.640 --> 0:49:47.000
<v Speaker 2>like Dame, who was the sixth pick of the twenty

0:49:47.040 --> 0:49:50.799
<v Speaker 2>twelve draft. The fact, so if you do it by

0:49:50.960 --> 0:49:54.320
<v Speaker 2>draft classes, this is what you get. Dame twenty twelve,

0:49:55.160 --> 0:50:02.200
<v Speaker 2>twenty eleven, Kyrie and Clay and Kawhi twenty ten, Uh,

0:50:02.760 --> 0:50:08.400
<v Speaker 2>Paul George two thousand and nine, Harden and Stephen Derozen

0:50:10.280 --> 0:50:18.000
<v Speaker 2>two thousand and eight, Russ two thousand and seven, kd

0:50:18.960 --> 0:50:22.480
<v Speaker 2>two thousand and six, Nobody two thousand and five, Nobody

0:50:22.719 --> 0:50:25.920
<v Speaker 2>two thousand and four, Nobody two thousand and three, Lebron

0:50:26.920 --> 0:50:32.200
<v Speaker 2>and so like there. Lebron, by the way, came into

0:50:32.200 --> 0:50:34.719
<v Speaker 2>the draft ten years it's came into the league ten

0:50:34.840 --> 0:50:38.040
<v Speaker 2>years before some of the old guys. Now, Dame's an

0:50:38.080 --> 0:50:42.120
<v Speaker 2>old guy. Lebron came in ten years before Dame. But

0:50:42.840 --> 0:50:46.879
<v Speaker 2>it is the new generation in the NBA's here, man,

0:50:47.800 --> 0:50:50.239
<v Speaker 2>and it's gonna be a weird playoffs. If all these

0:50:50.239 --> 0:50:53.200
<v Speaker 2>guys are out of there, it's gonna be fun like

0:50:53.360 --> 0:50:53.759
<v Speaker 2>it is.

0:50:53.920 --> 0:50:57.319
<v Speaker 3>Go ahead, Demanse, No, I don't think.

0:50:57.560 --> 0:50:59.600
<v Speaker 4>I don't think any of these guys will retire over

0:50:59.640 --> 0:51:02.280
<v Speaker 4>the next I think there's a conversation for two seasons

0:51:02.280 --> 0:51:02.840
<v Speaker 4>from now.

0:51:04.400 --> 0:51:05.839
<v Speaker 3>Because I don't see any of them.

0:51:05.920 --> 0:51:07.960
<v Speaker 4>I mean, you're obviously more savvy with the stuff than

0:51:08.000 --> 0:51:10.200
<v Speaker 4>I am, But I don't think this is the year.

0:51:10.680 --> 0:51:13.799
<v Speaker 4>I think not next year's playoffs. With the playoffs after that.

0:51:15.080 --> 0:51:16.640
<v Speaker 2>I don't think they're retiring.

0:51:17.400 --> 0:51:19.279
<v Speaker 3>You're saying is skill level?

0:51:19.400 --> 0:51:25.279
<v Speaker 2>My point is. My point is this, we have to

0:51:25.360 --> 0:51:33.040
<v Speaker 2>recognize where we're at right now. The Celtics have a

0:51:33.160 --> 0:51:37.040
<v Speaker 2>middle of his meaty, part of his prime, late twenties

0:51:37.280 --> 0:51:42.520
<v Speaker 2>superstar Tatum, great team around him with another late twenties wingman,

0:51:43.520 --> 0:51:48.920
<v Speaker 2>the Nuggets middle of his prime, late twenties superhero with

0:51:49.040 --> 0:51:53.160
<v Speaker 2>another middle of his prime, late twenties guy as his wingman.

0:51:54.200 --> 0:51:58.680
<v Speaker 2>The two kind of X factor teams, right, the Sixers

0:51:58.760 --> 0:52:02.240
<v Speaker 2>and the Bucks. They're X factors because they have injuries

0:52:02.239 --> 0:52:05.880
<v Speaker 2>to their superstars late twenties or in Bead's case, I

0:52:05.920 --> 0:52:13.239
<v Speaker 2>think just turned thirty, you know, prime superstars. Uh, the

0:52:13.600 --> 0:52:17.480
<v Speaker 2>I'm leaving somebody out. That's it's gonna bother me. That

0:52:17.600 --> 0:52:20.759
<v Speaker 2>I just thought of, but now I can't. The Oh,

0:52:20.960 --> 0:52:25.360
<v Speaker 2>the Knicks middle of it mid twenties entering his prime,

0:52:26.160 --> 0:52:34.000
<v Speaker 2>butting star, the Timberwolves in OKC early twenties not yet

0:52:34.080 --> 0:52:40.320
<v Speaker 2>to their prime future superstars. That's who. That's who's here now.

0:52:41.200 --> 0:52:45.680
<v Speaker 2>And it is a miracle that Lebron still being here

0:52:45.840 --> 0:52:49.800
<v Speaker 2>is insane. Take Lebron out of it. That the point

0:52:49.920 --> 0:52:52.560
<v Speaker 2>I almost wanted to make is because Lebron's thirty nine,

0:52:53.360 --> 0:52:57.440
<v Speaker 2>it skewed everyone thinking that Steph and Katie and Kawhi

0:52:57.680 --> 0:53:01.880
<v Speaker 2>and Harden and Russ are younger than they are. They aren't.

0:53:02.719 --> 0:53:05.080
<v Speaker 2>Those are the really old guys.

0:53:06.160 --> 0:53:08.239
<v Speaker 4>Is forcing those guys to stay in the league a

0:53:08.239 --> 0:53:10.200
<v Speaker 4>little bit longer than they might have intended to.

0:53:10.800 --> 0:53:13.520
<v Speaker 2>Well, it is gonna be like there is a level

0:53:13.560 --> 0:53:15.759
<v Speaker 2>of like when you look at it when I was

0:53:15.800 --> 0:53:19.719
<v Speaker 2>going through these draft classes like it is, and then

0:53:19.760 --> 0:53:21.880
<v Speaker 2>we can kind of speed run through the rest of

0:53:21.920 --> 0:53:24.680
<v Speaker 2>the show. But it is funny to think about, like

0:53:27.040 --> 0:53:31.759
<v Speaker 2>Lebron's draft class, which was an old timer, like how

0:53:31.840 --> 0:53:35.640
<v Speaker 2>long has it felt that Carmelo, Bosh, and d Wade

0:53:36.440 --> 0:53:39.319
<v Speaker 2>have been gone? Because those were picks three, four and

0:53:39.480 --> 0:53:45.520
<v Speaker 2>five from bronze class. The class after four, it was

0:53:45.680 --> 0:53:50.640
<v Speaker 2>Dwight and Iguadala were the last men standing. I mean,

0:53:50.640 --> 0:53:52.719
<v Speaker 2>but that also just to give some context, you know

0:53:52.760 --> 0:53:56.440
<v Speaker 2>who also was in that draft class, lou All Dang, Like,

0:53:56.560 --> 0:53:59.600
<v Speaker 2>how when was the last lou All Dang came into

0:53:59.600 --> 0:54:04.840
<v Speaker 2>the league one year after Lebron the five draft class,

0:54:06.400 --> 0:54:09.680
<v Speaker 2>Chris Paul still hanging on for that draft class, but

0:54:10.000 --> 0:54:13.040
<v Speaker 2>the second best player in that draft class, second and

0:54:13.080 --> 0:54:18.160
<v Speaker 2>third best players were Darren Williams and Andrew Bogant and

0:54:18.160 --> 0:54:20.839
<v Speaker 2>Andrew Bidam. Think of the last time you thought of

0:54:20.920 --> 0:54:27.560
<v Speaker 2>Bogan or Bien Williams. Oh, I mean Williams exactly. Darren Williams,

0:54:27.600 --> 0:54:29.759
<v Speaker 2>who was awesome, is been out in the league since

0:54:29.800 --> 0:54:35.240
<v Speaker 2>twenty seventeen. It's twenty twenty four. That's the five draft

0:54:35.239 --> 0:54:40.840
<v Speaker 2>class six, the best players from the six draft class.

0:54:40.880 --> 0:54:43.680
<v Speaker 2>All right, so Kyle Lowry hanging on. But you know

0:54:43.760 --> 0:54:45.920
<v Speaker 2>who else was in the six draft class, Demonte, This

0:54:45.960 --> 0:54:51.240
<v Speaker 2>will bring a smile to your face. Man, your favorite player,

0:54:52.640 --> 0:55:00.920
<v Speaker 2>one of your favorite players, Rondo or Rondo? Rondo? Rondo,

0:55:01.880 --> 0:55:08.160
<v Speaker 2>Rondo was the six. Rondo came into the league years ago. Yeah,

0:55:08.200 --> 0:55:10.360
<v Speaker 2>but he really left a while before that, you know

0:55:10.360 --> 0:55:14.440
<v Speaker 2>what I mean. Like Rondo's last Rondo technically played for

0:55:14.480 --> 0:55:17.480
<v Speaker 2>the Cavs in twenty twenty two, but his last super

0:55:17.600 --> 0:55:22.480
<v Speaker 2>relevant season was with the Celtics. I mean he did

0:55:22.520 --> 0:55:25.160
<v Speaker 2>help the Lakers. I mean, he did help the Lakers.

0:55:25.160 --> 0:55:29.719
<v Speaker 2>I give him credit, but but the he's three. Rondo's

0:55:29.719 --> 0:55:34.239
<v Speaker 2>three years after bron and one year before Durant. Like

0:55:34.480 --> 0:55:41.640
<v Speaker 2>Durant's contemporaries are Al Horford, who is an old man,

0:55:42.880 --> 0:55:45.840
<v Speaker 2>Mike Conley, who's having a nice role, you know what

0:55:45.880 --> 0:55:49.960
<v Speaker 2>I mean with the Timberwolves, and Joe kim Noah the

0:55:50.040 --> 0:55:54.319
<v Speaker 2>same draft class as Kdi Joe kim Noah. So it's

0:55:54.480 --> 0:55:58.359
<v Speaker 2>just the old guys have held on way longer than

0:55:58.360 --> 0:56:01.680
<v Speaker 2>to be expected. This is where mind everyone Michael Jordan's

0:56:01.680 --> 0:56:04.480
<v Speaker 2>final playoff game with the Chicago Bulls. He was thirty

0:56:04.480 --> 0:56:08.400
<v Speaker 2>five years old. He was younger than Steph is right now.

0:56:08.560 --> 0:56:11.560
<v Speaker 2>He's the same age Durant is right now. Kobe Bryant's

0:56:12.080 --> 0:56:16.200
<v Speaker 2>final playoff game with the Lakers, he was thirty three

0:56:16.280 --> 0:56:20.080
<v Speaker 2>years old. This is not a mid thirties league man,

0:56:20.200 --> 0:56:23.640
<v Speaker 2>never has been. All Right, real quick, Demons, let's talk

0:56:23.680 --> 0:56:26.880
<v Speaker 2>about this Athletic player pole, and then we'll try to

0:56:26.920 --> 0:56:28.759
<v Speaker 2>do a very fast NFL draft thing.

0:56:29.440 --> 0:56:29.680
<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

0:56:29.719 --> 0:56:33.760
<v Speaker 4>So the Athletic did their annual and NBA Anonymous player

0:56:33.800 --> 0:56:35.840
<v Speaker 4>poll and it was very juicy.

0:56:36.040 --> 0:56:37.160
<v Speaker 3>So a few takeaways.

0:56:37.680 --> 0:56:39.960
<v Speaker 4>The Nuggets and Celtics hold ninety percent of the votes

0:56:40.000 --> 0:56:42.600
<v Speaker 4>for the team most likely to win the title. Wimby

0:56:42.680 --> 0:56:46.200
<v Speaker 4>was voted both number one player to build by, sorry,

0:56:46.360 --> 0:56:49.560
<v Speaker 4>number one player to build around, the best defender Lebron

0:56:49.719 --> 0:56:52.800
<v Speaker 4>Inch closer to stealing the goat crown from MJ among

0:56:52.920 --> 0:56:55.680
<v Speaker 4>active players, what stood out to you the most?

0:56:57.000 --> 0:57:01.120
<v Speaker 2>Okay, so that's the answer. So this is where I

0:57:01.200 --> 0:57:07.960
<v Speaker 2>just tell everyone, uh, sorry, guys, I won. Sorry, but

0:57:08.600 --> 0:57:13.359
<v Speaker 2>I won. And by I one, I mean kind of

0:57:13.400 --> 0:57:17.840
<v Speaker 2>the face of the media side of this campaign. This

0:57:17.960 --> 0:57:23.640
<v Speaker 2>poll was done five years ago, Demonse. It was seventy

0:57:23.760 --> 0:57:30.520
<v Speaker 2>three percent, Michael eleven percent Lebron five years ago. Poll

0:57:30.640 --> 0:57:35.680
<v Speaker 2>was done last year fifty eight percent, Michael thirty three

0:57:35.760 --> 0:57:42.440
<v Speaker 2>percent Lebron. Massive gap polled on this year forty seven

0:57:42.840 --> 0:57:47.480
<v Speaker 2>to forty three. And sorry, Mike, but you know, winning

0:57:47.560 --> 0:57:51.720
<v Speaker 2>those NASCAR races ain't gonna close the ain't gonna spread

0:57:51.760 --> 0:57:58.280
<v Speaker 2>out the gap much. And so folks can say it's crazy,

0:57:59.400 --> 0:58:06.240
<v Speaker 2>count Thers. All this time marches on and as Lebron

0:58:06.400 --> 0:58:09.760
<v Speaker 2>keeps writing his story. And this is the tweet I

0:58:09.920 --> 0:58:13.520
<v Speaker 2>had this weekend which smart people understood what I was doing,

0:58:14.240 --> 0:58:20.800
<v Speaker 2>which was when Michael won his first title, it had

0:58:20.880 --> 0:58:28.240
<v Speaker 2>been twenty two years since Russell won his last title.

0:58:28.840 --> 0:58:32.240
<v Speaker 2>Think about that. When Michael won his first title, we

0:58:32.240 --> 0:58:36.360
<v Speaker 2>were twenty two years removed from Russell winning his eleventh ring.

0:58:37.880 --> 0:58:42.720
<v Speaker 2>This year we are twenty six years removed from Michael

0:58:42.760 --> 0:58:48.120
<v Speaker 2>winning his last ring. So whatever, folk, whatever, if you're

0:58:48.160 --> 0:58:52.200
<v Speaker 2>old enough to remember the nineties, whatever you as a

0:58:52.320 --> 0:58:58.840
<v Speaker 2>kid thought of the Bill Russell era of basketball, you

0:58:59.000 --> 0:59:02.960
<v Speaker 2>were closer to to that, then we are right now

0:59:03.360 --> 0:59:08.160
<v Speaker 2>to the Jordan era of basketball. And while the other

0:59:08.200 --> 0:59:13.000
<v Speaker 2>guy's still out here playing and competing, it's not going

0:59:13.040 --> 0:59:15.320
<v Speaker 2>to end here's the other thing that's going to end

0:59:15.400 --> 0:59:25.680
<v Speaker 2>up happening for the next twenty years. Every big accomplishment,

0:59:26.840 --> 0:59:33.240
<v Speaker 2>every postseason record, every time a guy has x amount

0:59:33.240 --> 0:59:37.280
<v Speaker 2>of anything, and they show the all time list on

0:59:37.720 --> 0:59:42.440
<v Speaker 2>all these categories, it's going to say number one Lebron James.

0:59:43.800 --> 0:59:46.440
<v Speaker 2>I'm sorry, but MJ's not going to be on that

0:59:46.600 --> 0:59:50.080
<v Speaker 2>those lists because he didn't play long enough. And people

0:59:50.080 --> 0:59:53.400
<v Speaker 2>are gonna see, oh wow, look at Kevin Durant. He

0:59:53.520 --> 0:59:56.040
<v Speaker 2>just moved into X place on the all time playoff

0:59:56.080 --> 0:59:59.920
<v Speaker 2>scoring list, and first will be Lebron. It's like, oh wow,

1:00:00.360 --> 1:00:02.960
<v Speaker 2>look at Chris Paul. He just moved into X place

1:00:03.000 --> 1:00:05.280
<v Speaker 2>on the all time playoffs steals list. It's gonna be

1:00:05.480 --> 1:00:08.120
<v Speaker 2>first place Lebron. It's gonna be like, oh my goodness,

1:00:08.200 --> 1:00:12.800
<v Speaker 2>look at Wimby in eighteen years. He just moved. He

1:00:12.920 --> 1:00:15.880
<v Speaker 2>just played his two hundred and fiftieth career playoff game,

1:00:16.120 --> 1:00:20.560
<v Speaker 2>and in first place is gonna be Lebron. And so yeah,

1:00:20.960 --> 1:00:23.120
<v Speaker 2>this is probably the last pole that.

1:00:23.080 --> 1:00:25.920
<v Speaker 4>We need to have parentheses like nick right on the

1:00:25.960 --> 1:00:27.520
<v Speaker 4>outside of the like the graphics.

1:00:28.800 --> 1:00:31.600
<v Speaker 2>This will probably be the last pole that is taken

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<v Speaker 2>where the Jordan has elite and them's the break show.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, I'm gonna pull call an audible all of

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<v Speaker 2>these NFL draft questions. Let's do Thursday morning. Thursday morning

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<v Speaker 2>is the draft, you know what I mean? The the

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<v Speaker 2>So keep all of this and the graphics we've built

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<v Speaker 2>for it, will do those Thursday morning. Let's take quick break,

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<v Speaker 2>come back and answer some listener questions before I get

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<v Speaker 2>out of here. What's Right? All right, welcome back in

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<v Speaker 2>What's Right with Nick Wright. Let's get to some listener

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<v Speaker 2>questions to want to day before we get out of here.

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<v Speaker 4>Connor Walterman said, why didn't Darvin Ham use a challenge

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<v Speaker 4>on the Lebron foul on Murray late?

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<v Speaker 3>And why take two timeouts? Home with you?

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<v Speaker 2>I definitely would have challenged the foul on Murray, if

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<v Speaker 2>not to win the challenge, but because you had two

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<v Speaker 2>timeouts and I thought at that point in the game

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<v Speaker 2>resting would advantage the Lakers, and I felt like it

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<v Speaker 2>was a questionable call. I also would have taken a

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<v Speaker 2>time out before that final possession just so Lebron and

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<v Speaker 2>Ad could get a breather. I'm not going to kill

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<v Speaker 2>him for it. It seemed like the Lakers were on board.

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<v Speaker 2>With it. I definitely would have challenged. So I agree

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<v Speaker 2>with that, but because because now maybe they didn't want

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<v Speaker 2>to let the Nuggets make a defensive adjustment, but I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think they were going to, So I agree with

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<v Speaker 2>that critique. All right, go ahead.

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<v Speaker 4>Caleb w asked, with the assumption that Jokic wins this

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<v Speaker 4>year's MVP, could you make an argument that he's a

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<v Speaker 4>top five center of all time?

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<v Speaker 3>Got a photoshop?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, we have a photoshop? Okay, you definitely can make

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<v Speaker 2>the argument. So the right now, let's say Yokic didn't exist.

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<v Speaker 2>The five best centers ever are Kareem Russell, Wilt, Akeem Shack,

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<v Speaker 2>and the Akeem Shack. Some people would have Shack Akeem

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<v Speaker 2>Akeem Shack if Yokics didn't exist. Number six on that

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<v Speaker 2>list is definitively Moses Malone. And then after that, it's

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<v Speaker 2>kind of a pick your poisons the wrong word, but

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<v Speaker 2>pick your favorite. You know, David Robinson has a case.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't really want to do. George Miken, but George

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<v Speaker 2>Mike and I guess you know, we want to go

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<v Speaker 2>real old time has a case. How do you can

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<v Speaker 2>what do you consider? Bill Walton? You know those are

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<v Speaker 2>the that's now the waters you're swimming in. H. Then

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<v Speaker 2>you get to ewing and those waters and things like that. Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>Jo Kich has passed Moses already. My opinion, you passed

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<v Speaker 2>him this year if I don't think winning this year's

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<v Speaker 2>MVP is enough for him to pass Shack or a

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<v Speaker 2>Keem even though they each only have one MVP. Winning

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<v Speaker 2>this year's MVP and the championship, you got to start

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<v Speaker 2>to have some real conversations about it. Now. I'm in

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<v Speaker 2>a Keem over Shack guy. I know a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>people are a Shack over a Keem guy, but Jo

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<v Speaker 2>Kich is now uh in the in the discussion. Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>here's the uh. Here, here's the Jokic photoshop. It's uh,

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<v Speaker 2>it's actually yeah, I think Jokic should do more media stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>I think he's funny, all right.

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<v Speaker 3>Next uh uh.

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<v Speaker 4>Blaurin asked what are your thoughts on late draft On

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<v Speaker 4>late drafting teams trading out of the first round of

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<v Speaker 4>the NFL Draft Thursday, an example on Iiners, Kansas City,

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<v Speaker 4>et cetera.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it depends on how it falls, but yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>there's almost always value and it's all almost always smart

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<v Speaker 2>to trade back if you can. I did my official

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<v Speaker 2>mock draft four point zero uh, yesterday on the show.

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<v Speaker 2>People can check it out on Fox Sports, uh dot com.

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<v Speaker 2>All right?

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<v Speaker 4>Last question, Austin tap asked, just having a radio background

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<v Speaker 4>instead of a print instead of a print background make

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<v Speaker 4>any difference of getting an MVP votes everyone on TV

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<v Speaker 4>who wants to have a vote. Uh, everyone on TV

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<v Speaker 4>who wants to have a vote does if they have

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<v Speaker 4>had a column?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? So yeah, the print it is greatly slanted to

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<v Speaker 2>like print. Print journalists were kind of god fathered into

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<v Speaker 2>the voting system, which is fine. Listen, I don't you know.

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<v Speaker 2>Fox is not an NBA partner, so it's gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>hard for me to get a vote. Now you know

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<v Speaker 2>they're they're the Ringer, which does great work. They're not

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<v Speaker 2>an NBA partner and they have multiple votes, you know

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<v Speaker 2>what I mean for that outlet? So do I think

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<v Speaker 2>I deserve a vote? Sure? Do I care at this

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<v Speaker 2>point anymore?

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<v Speaker 5>No?

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<v Speaker 2>Like, it just is what it is. And then what's

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<v Speaker 2>the last question? Demise?

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<v Speaker 4>We just Alaska keys, Keys, I've been married for two years.

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<v Speaker 3>Can we still get a gift?

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<v Speaker 2>Uh? I don't know. I mean you can send Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>you can send a request to the store of a

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<v Speaker 2>probably not and by like this was you just caught

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<v Speaker 2>me on the right day, Trey and Dalen. I hope

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<v Speaker 2>you enjoy those air attags. All right? I got Colin today,

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<v Speaker 2>then I have the TV show, Uh Busy Week Demons. Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>you do have really good like not how do I

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<v Speaker 2>say this?

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<v Speaker 3>You have?

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<v Speaker 2>If I were sitting in the seats you're in for

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<v Speaker 2>Clippers MAVs, I'd be pissed, but I think you're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>love it. So they're really there. So I got you

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<v Speaker 2>really good seats given I think different expectations, but your

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<v Speaker 2>your uh sideline lower level. They're good seats.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's go.

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<v Speaker 2>They haven't shown up in my inbox yet, but but

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<v Speaker 2>they're purchased. So you and I will talk, but go enjoy.

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<v Speaker 2>Who are you rooting for in Clippers MAVs tonight?

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<v Speaker 4>Honestly, I gotta say, like, I'm pretty fifty to fifty

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<v Speaker 4>on both teams I like, I don't I don't dislike

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<v Speaker 4>either team.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, root for Loca.

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<v Speaker 2>You're rooting for Luca. Okay, thank you. I appreciate that.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, talk to you guys later.

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