WEBVTT - BONUS: Toronto Raptors Fire Head Coach Nick Nurse

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<v Speaker 1>You're tuned into Heat Check with Trystal Quick.

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<v Speaker 2>On this emergency episode of the Heat Check. We're doing

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<v Speaker 2>it again because the first take wasn't recording. You're welcome.

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<v Speaker 2>We convene on this Friday. Not because of the Kings

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<v Speaker 2>versus the Warriors. That game was trash buckets, but because

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<v Speaker 2>of the seismic news from North of the Border alert Alert.

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<v Speaker 2>The Raptors have fired Nick Nurse. They have fired him.

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<v Speaker 2>He is fired. He is fired. My god, last too unpacked.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's get into it, folks. Nick dropped that generic gas

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<v Speaker 2>beat that should be Rihanna. What a way to wake

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<v Speaker 2>up in the morning after a late night game. Guys,

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my god. So I was in San Francisco, super

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<v Speaker 2>excited game, our dubs came to play, doesn't matter how

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<v Speaker 2>they dogwalk the Kings, it happened, uh, And I went

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<v Speaker 2>to the postgame presser, got back super late, made some tiktoks,

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<v Speaker 2>talked to some friends, and I crashed out. And then

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<v Speaker 2>at like six thirty in the morning, my time, my

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<v Speaker 2>phone's blown up. My phone's blown up. Nick Nurse, trista.

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<v Speaker 2>Nick Nurse has been fired by the Raptors. Let's get

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<v Speaker 2>on it. And we speculated about it, right, we did.

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<v Speaker 2>We thought maybe he would quit though, like we really did.

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<v Speaker 2>We thought. We talked about it multiple times on the podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought he would leave and go maybe to a

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<v Speaker 2>place like, I don't know, Philly or Houston or Washington

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<v Speaker 2>if they fire Wes Unsel Junior, I don't know. I

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<v Speaker 2>just thought maybe it would be in his own hands.

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<v Speaker 2>And it kind of seems strange because the Raptors, you

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<v Speaker 2>could say they had a disappointing season at forty one

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<v Speaker 2>and forty one, but they did still make the play

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<v Speaker 2>in They squandered a game against the Bulls where they

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<v Speaker 2>were up big. They could be in the playoffs right now.

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<v Speaker 2>You could argue that this season really had very little

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<v Speaker 2>to do with Nick Nurse. Right. You look at last

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<v Speaker 2>season the Raptors went forty eight and thirty before they

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<v Speaker 2>finished fifth in the East. The year before that, of course,

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<v Speaker 2>it was horrible, but that was post COVID and they

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<v Speaker 2>were in Tampa Bay. They were twenty seven and forty five,

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<v Speaker 2>but again, they were not with their families, they were

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<v Speaker 2>not in a city that was familiar. There were no fans.

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<v Speaker 2>Every game was a road game. During the COVID season itself,

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<v Speaker 2>they were fifty three and nineteen, and before the league

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<v Speaker 2>shut down they were the I think they were the

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<v Speaker 2>best team in the East. And the year before COVID,

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<v Speaker 2>of course, they won the title. So I'm not really

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<v Speaker 2>sure why he's gone, but he's gone as a Raptor

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<v Speaker 2>head coach. He finishes three ninety and two, twenty seven

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<v Speaker 2>and twenty five and sixteen in the playoff. That's really tough.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a really good winning percentage, sixty three percent winning percentage.

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<v Speaker 2>How many fucking head coaches are doing that? Who who's

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<v Speaker 2>doing that? Not many? So what happened, Well, the truth

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<v Speaker 2>is the roster was weird. We know that I talked

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<v Speaker 2>to him at summer league. He gave me this spiel

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<v Speaker 2>that he loved six seven to six nine guys that

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<v Speaker 2>were all athletic, positive wingspan, could set screens, could be

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<v Speaker 2>the roller, could be the screen setter, could be the

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<v Speaker 2>guy coming off ball passing, and that, by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>check that out on the fee if you want to

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<v Speaker 2>know more about how he sees basketball. But he also

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<v Speaker 2>said that he wanted a rim protector and that was

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<v Speaker 2>supposed to be Christian Colloco, right, And Christian Colloco really

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<v Speaker 2>didn't see the court at all, and they didn't have

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<v Speaker 2>rim protection pretty much all year until they acquired slow,

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<v Speaker 2>non nimble Yaka Perl at the deadline. So, okay, I

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<v Speaker 2>get it, but how much of that roster was really

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<v Speaker 2>on Nick Nurse? And the hard truth I think that

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<v Speaker 2>most people in the Raptors front office don't want to

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<v Speaker 2>face is that their roster philosophy might not be correct. Right,

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<v Speaker 2>you want a zig while everybody else is zagging. Sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>you got a zig back because whatever you're doing isn't working.

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<v Speaker 2>You've got a roster that overlaps way too much. We

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<v Speaker 2>know that, right. You got og and and Obi, you

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<v Speaker 2>got Scottie Barnes, you got Chris Bouchet. All of them

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<v Speaker 2>are playing a similar style of basketball, and you can't

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<v Speaker 2>really play them all at the same time. One guy's

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<v Speaker 2>making nine million, one guy's making eighteen million, one guy's

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<v Speaker 2>making twelve million. None of them are elite shooters. None,

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<v Speaker 2>As a Lebron would say, none of them are exactly lasers.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's the Achilles heel for this team, because if

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<v Speaker 2>you look at their three point shooting, you look at

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<v Speaker 2>their field goal percentage, they were third worse than the

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<v Speaker 2>NBA of both those things. That's not good. That's yo,

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<v Speaker 2>straight up trash bucket. You don't want that, not in

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<v Speaker 2>this league. They sacrifice shooting because they're like, oh yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>all of our length, we're gonna be this amazing defense,

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<v Speaker 2>and we're gonna shut guys down. Doesn't matter if we score,

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<v Speaker 2>because we're gonna be so good at shutting other teams down.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, you finish tenth in defensive rating. That's not

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<v Speaker 2>good enough, not when you can't shoot, not when you

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<v Speaker 2>can't score. And that got them exactly what you would expect,

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<v Speaker 2>a five hundred record. So knowing just how bad they shoot,

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<v Speaker 2>and knowing that they struggled on defense for long stretches

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<v Speaker 2>of time, it's kind of incredible. Actually they won forty

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<v Speaker 2>one games. You could actually say Nick Nurse did some

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<v Speaker 2>of his best coaching this year. And of course there's

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<v Speaker 2>a disparity between the old players on the roster and

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<v Speaker 2>the young players the timeline. As they would say, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not talking about thirty year olds and twenty year olds.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm talking like first and second year players and dudes

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<v Speaker 2>on like their second contracts, Guys that are in their

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<v Speaker 2>mid thirties. Take a guy like delanno'banon Nick gave him

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<v Speaker 2>run in the beginning of the season. He bawled. He

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<v Speaker 2>was averaging eleven minutes per game for fourteen out of

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<v Speaker 2>fifteen first games of the year. Ask me why I

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<v Speaker 2>know that?

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<v Speaker 1>Do not?

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<v Speaker 2>I was interested in Delano Benton earlier on in the year.

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<v Speaker 2>He put off twenty seven to four and four, three steals,

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<v Speaker 2>two blocks in the fourteenth game, and I was like this,

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<v Speaker 2>de lonal' Benton guy is good. Then happened he got

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<v Speaker 2>sent to the fucking G League. Okay, Sham's reported, Uh yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>that was an issue. Nurse in the front office did

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<v Speaker 2>not see eye to eye on player usage this year,

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<v Speaker 2>especially when it came to some of the younger, less

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<v Speaker 2>proven players on the roster. Rare is the executive coaching

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<v Speaker 2>pair that is perfectly aligned. But it was notable. When

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<v Speaker 2>someone says it was notable, that means there was friction

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<v Speaker 2>a lot. That means that people made comments. Hence the

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<v Speaker 2>notable part. They were noting it. The results were below

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<v Speaker 2>everybody's expectations. Banton had a hip injury. He slowed him down,

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<v Speaker 2>but then he was getting DMPs fully healthy, so did

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<v Speaker 2>MASSI shut him down because he wanted to keep his

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<v Speaker 2>value low so that he could sign him for less

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<v Speaker 2>money and hide him from other teams. Or did Nick

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<v Speaker 2>Nurse not want to play a young guy and he

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<v Speaker 2>wanted to focus on playing the existing older guys that

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<v Speaker 2>he could trust hard to know. So this was a problem.

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<v Speaker 2>And then another problem was that the Raptors vibes were horrible.

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<v Speaker 2>They've been horrible for a couple of years for a

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<v Speaker 2>team that everybody thought was the standard for blueprinting and

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<v Speaker 2>NBA team that the Raptors were the team you wanted

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<v Speaker 2>to replicate. In terms of vibes, everybody was unhappy with

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<v Speaker 2>Nick Nurse. O G was unhappy with Nick Nurse, Pascal Siakam, unhappy,

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<v Speaker 2>Fred van Fleet, Gary Trent Junior. The list goes on

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<v Speaker 2>and on. I've got I've got examples. Of course, the

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<v Speaker 2>list is long. The list of pissed off players is long.

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<v Speaker 2>Pascal Siakam, but it heads with Nick Nurse. When Nick

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<v Speaker 2>Nurse especially called him out in the bubble for being

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<v Speaker 2>quote out of rhythm and playing terribly, it could be.

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<v Speaker 3>Part of it. I just I don't know. He's already

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<v Speaker 3>kind of been through deep playoff run and had spectacular games.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not sure why he's been so out of rhythm

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<v Speaker 3>since the restart in the bubble here he hasn't had

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of games, and I think that's more of

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<v Speaker 3>another other than here. We are in the playoffs and

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<v Speaker 3>he's supposed to be our leading guy. I'm just I'm

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<v Speaker 3>not sure he's been in great rhythm since the restart.

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<v Speaker 3>It's too bad because he was spectacular in last year's

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<v Speaker 3>playoffs and he was spectacular all season long, so we

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<v Speaker 3>still got some games to play. Hopefully he can get

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<v Speaker 3>his rhythm.

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<v Speaker 2>So it has nothing to do with the fact that

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<v Speaker 2>Kawhi Leonard has gone and Pascal Siakam has to do

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<v Speaker 2>all of the scoring. Now. No, he's just not playing well,

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<v Speaker 2>that's it. He's just not and he needs to play better, okay.

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<v Speaker 2>And their relationship deteriorated to the point where they were

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<v Speaker 2>fighting on the sideline, so a ViBe's they're not great.

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<v Speaker 2>Then you have the Gary Trent Junior issue, and again

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<v Speaker 2>this has become a pattern where Nick Nurse flames people

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<v Speaker 2>out in public. So he does he airs amount to dry.

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<v Speaker 2>That's his style. I guess you can't knock it because

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<v Speaker 2>he won a title, but Gary Trent Junior does not

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<v Speaker 2>like that. Has made mention, Hey, if you're gonna call

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<v Speaker 2>me out, why don't you take me aside and not

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<v Speaker 2>air me out in the media. This is what he

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<v Speaker 2>said about Gary Trent Junior in November. We'd like to

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<v Speaker 2>get him a lot more aggressive on defense this year.

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<v Speaker 2>It's disappointing. I will say that it's been I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know what the word is, it's been a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>of a negative. He's capable of really getting after the

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<v Speaker 2>ball and getting his hands on the ball a lot,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's what we want him to do. We're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>get him his shots, we're gonna get him his points,

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<v Speaker 2>but we want him to be a disruptor. He kind

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<v Speaker 2>of fits us if he does that. Remember Gary Trent

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<v Speaker 2>Junior's like six three, not six seven, And if he doesn't,

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<v Speaker 2>he doesn't fit us at all. And I think some

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<v Speaker 2>of that is that he hasn't felt great physically for

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of games this year. So hopefully he's getting

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<v Speaker 2>to where he feels good starting tomorrow. Jesus Christ. Trent

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<v Speaker 2>was not in on that. He did not like that,

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<v Speaker 2>and of course og In Andobi was unhappy too. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>happy with his role, unhappy with the relationship between Fred

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<v Speaker 2>Van Fleet, Pascal Siakam and him. He wanted to leave

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<v Speaker 2>town for two years. Nick Nurse said, well, we're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>fix your role. We're gonna give you a bigger role,

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<v Speaker 2>and then he didn't. And then there's Fred van Fleet.

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<v Speaker 2>Fred van Fleet of course is unhappy about his contract situation.

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<v Speaker 2>Why because there was rumors that he turned down a

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<v Speaker 2>big extension for four years, one hundred and fourteen million

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<v Speaker 2>dollars and that made him look like he was being salty,

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<v Speaker 2>being somewhat greedy. Apparently that contract extension was never offered.

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<v Speaker 2>So then he followed the Toronto raptors and followed them

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<v Speaker 2>on Instagram. I'm telling you, the vibes are bad. Their

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<v Speaker 2>vibes are bad. He wants his money money they're not

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<v Speaker 2>gonna give him. And then, of course the public reason

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<v Speaker 2>for the firing is, oh, we're not succeeding. The success

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<v Speaker 2>isn't there. Oh we're gonna refocus, resets, we're gonna put

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<v Speaker 2>the place the personnel to help us reach our Like,

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<v Speaker 2>let's be real, the success wasn't there, but the success

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<v Speaker 2>used to be there, not that long ago. Who fires

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<v Speaker 2>a coach four years removed from winning the title. Who

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<v Speaker 2>unless you can't fucking stand that guy. Nick was a

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<v Speaker 2>pioneer of this pace in space offense and that's now

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<v Speaker 2>the standard in the NBA. He's worked with Massi since

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<v Speaker 2>twenty thirteen. He must have been getting on Massi's nerds,

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<v Speaker 2>and Massi must have been getting on his nerves. And

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<v Speaker 2>of course Nick didn't help himself when he talked about

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<v Speaker 2>his future maybe leaving the Raptors before his season even ended.

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<v Speaker 2>It was the end of season exit interview, while the

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<v Speaker 2>season had not concluded yet they were still in the

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<v Speaker 2>playing tournament. He said, oh, I love it here. We've

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<v Speaker 2>built this strong culture. We need to all evaluate how

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<v Speaker 2>he can get back to the culture of winning and

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<v Speaker 2>being back to a playoff team and getting to the

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<v Speaker 2>level of winning at all. And Massi was like, cool,

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<v Speaker 2>you want to figure out how to get back to

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<v Speaker 2>that culture. I have an idea. You're fucking fired. Get

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<v Speaker 2>your shit. And they were upset about Nick's comments, of course,

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<v Speaker 2>because it's like, yo, why are you telling people that

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<v Speaker 2>you're thinking about leaving? Why are you evaluating your place here?

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<v Speaker 2>Why are you telling no one's asked you about this?

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<v Speaker 2>What does this mean for Toronto? It all depends on

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<v Speaker 2>who they hire. Really, if they hire Patrick Mtumbo who

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<v Speaker 2>came from the G League, or Jerry Stackhouse who used

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<v Speaker 2>to coach the G League, they're probably rebuilding. If they

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<v Speaker 2>hire email Udoka, who the rumored to hire, they're probably retooling.

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<v Speaker 2>And those players will stick around. He'll try to get

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<v Speaker 2>the most out of him that he can, and we'll see.

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<v Speaker 2>But the truth is now the scapegoat is gone, and Messiah,

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<v Speaker 2>all eyes are on you, brother, because the guy that

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<v Speaker 2>you said was helping you stay backwards and limiting you

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<v Speaker 2>from getting to the promised Land after you've already gone

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<v Speaker 2>to the promised land four years ago, he's now gone.

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<v Speaker 2>The cloak of invisibility on you is gone. Now you

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<v Speaker 2>only get one chance to fire your head coach. You won,

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<v Speaker 2>you a chip to wash away your sins, and now

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<v Speaker 2>everything that happens next is on you. Let's move forward.

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<v Speaker 2>What the fuck happened in that Philly Brooklyn game. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>mine in my business. I'm at Chase Center. I'm eating

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<v Speaker 2>some Golden State ice cream with the blue and yellow

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<v Speaker 2>sprinkles on it. I'm getting ready for my hit with

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<v Speaker 2>my show on the radio, and all of a sudden,

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<v Speaker 2>I see James Harden get ejected. Claxton ejected, Embiid kick

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<v Speaker 2>some guy in the nuts, Nick Claxon, let's break it down.

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<v Speaker 2>So the Sixers roll into Brooklyn. They're up to to zero.

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<v Speaker 2>You knew Brooklyn was gonna be desperate, That's what they do.

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<v Speaker 2>Things got out of hand. It began in the first half.

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<v Speaker 2>Embiid was issued a flagrant one foul. Why because he

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<v Speaker 2>he was upset. Embiid hit the floor when Nick Claxton

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<v Speaker 2>dunked on him. Nick Claxton gave him the good old

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<v Speaker 2>AI step over. Em Beid was pissed quite obviously because

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<v Speaker 2>he kicked him in the deck. And then Embiid, one

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<v Speaker 2>of the first players I've ever seen to do that,

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<v Speaker 2>not get ejected, only got hit with the flavor one

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<v Speaker 2>and Claxton got hit with the technical for taunting. Then,

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<v Speaker 2>end of the third quarter, James Harden ejected on a

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<v Speaker 2>truly bizarre call where they thought he punched somebody. Royce

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<v Speaker 2>O'Neill in the dick as well. It was so ridiculous

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<v Speaker 2>that Stephen A. Smith said, this big perk, I completely

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<v Speaker 2>agree with you. That might be the worst dejection I've

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<v Speaker 2>ever seen. That pretty much sums it up. Yeah, worst

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<v Speaker 2>dejection I have ever seen. Predictably, of course, the Zebras

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<v Speaker 2>continued to get in the way. Nick Claxon, who only

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<v Speaker 2>got the technical after dunking on Embiid and getting kicked

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<v Speaker 2>in the dick. He gets a second technical which ejects him.

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<v Speaker 2>Embiid not ejected. Nick Claxton ejected should not have been

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<v Speaker 2>hard and ejected should not have been so to recap

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<v Speaker 2>em bead In kicking in the dick, Harden out punch possibly,

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<v Speaker 2>and then Claxton ejected for pounding his chest and stepping

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<v Speaker 2>over Embeat. And then Jock Vaughn after the game because

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<v Speaker 2>the Nets lost that game, as you might expect, was upset.

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<v Speaker 2>He was very upset. What did he have to say

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<v Speaker 2>this shot going off that first tech?

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<v Speaker 1>What did you make of how that all ended with

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<v Speaker 1>Nick and the tech and Eumbeids staying in the game.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think I've ever seen that in my career before, Alex.

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<v Speaker 1>For a guy to intentionally kick someone in an area

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<v Speaker 1>that none of us want to be kicked at or towards,

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<v Speaker 1>and for him to continue to play, I've never seen

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<v Speaker 1>that before in a game, and a guy continues to

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<v Speaker 1>be able to play intentional.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and wild wild. It's crazy. The refs are already

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<v Speaker 2>a problem and it's only the first round of the playoffs.

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<v Speaker 2>It's here, it's going to get nuts. Strap up, put

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<v Speaker 2>your he belt on. Let's move real quick to this

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<v Speaker 2>because I have to talk about it because we're here.

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<v Speaker 2>I wouldn't have talked about it until Monday, but here

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<v Speaker 2>we are.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh.

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<v Speaker 2>Game three, Kings Warriors. It was awful. It was one

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<v Speaker 2>of the worst games I've ever seen in person. It

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<v Speaker 2>was not beautiful basketball in the least the Zebras it

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<v Speaker 2>looks like maybe they didn't do anything when you look

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<v Speaker 2>at the box score between fouls of the Warriors and

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<v Speaker 2>files of the Kings. But what I've realized is this,

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<v Speaker 2>it doesn't matter how many fouls you call. It matters

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<v Speaker 2>when you call them, it matters how you call them,

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<v Speaker 2>and it matters who you call them on. I think

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<v Speaker 2>Kevin Hender had three fouls in the first quarter. Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>Demonisa Bonus was agitated from the beginning. He was getting

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<v Speaker 2>punched in the face, elbowed in the face, in the jaw,

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<v Speaker 2>He's getting the ball slapped down, somebody's hitting his hand.

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<v Speaker 2>By the way, he's playing with a broken thumb Looney,

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<v Speaker 2>of course was great. He was putting Draymond out of

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<v Speaker 2>business four points twenty rebounds. Steph was hunting threes. He

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<v Speaker 2>was amping the crowd, up, amping the crowd. That was

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<v Speaker 2>pumping crowd noise in that chase in or they think

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<v Speaker 2>they're sneaky, they're pumping music in, they're pumping crowd noise in.

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<v Speaker 2>But that's not why the King's lost. The reason that

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<v Speaker 2>the King's lost is because they can't shoot threes anymore.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know what's going on, but they were eight

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<v Speaker 2>for forty at one point from three after fitting like

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<v Speaker 2>a couple from the scrubs in the last few minutes,

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<v Speaker 2>twenty percent from three. You can't do that. You can't

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<v Speaker 2>do that against our dubs and expect to win. They

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<v Speaker 2>were shooting three. Kevin Herder three for twenty from three

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<v Speaker 2>in this series. I think it's just because he's out

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<v Speaker 2>of shape. I think he's running around chasing clay, chasing.

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<v Speaker 2>Steph didn't understand that playing for the Sacramento Kings was

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<v Speaker 2>going to be more work than it was in Atlanta. Shocking,

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<v Speaker 2>I know, but it was Keegan Murray. He's a rookie.

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<v Speaker 2>He's not ready for this moment. I think you gotta

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<v Speaker 2>start Daveyon Mitchell for the rest of the series. And

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<v Speaker 2>now I talked to Harrison Barnes. I'm asking them, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>why didn't you guys push the pace like Mike Brown

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<v Speaker 2>said that you should and said that you want to

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<v Speaker 2>and he said, well, they were putting the ball in

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<v Speaker 2>the basket too much. That's an unacceptable answer to me. No,

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<v Speaker 2>you push the pace off of missus. You push the

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<v Speaker 2>pace off of makes. That's what you do. That's how

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<v Speaker 2>you get easier buckets. Otherwise you're letting them set out

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<v Speaker 2>their defense and it makes it more difficult for you

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<v Speaker 2>to get a make, and then they get out and

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<v Speaker 2>transition on you. And now it's in Melee. Now it's

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<v Speaker 2>night Night sleep Mask. Game four is at Chase on Sunday.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know what to make of it. They better

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<v Speaker 2>make their shots or they're going to go back to

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<v Speaker 2>too and then Game five is going to be a

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<v Speaker 2>pressure cooker, and I don't know what I'll do because

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<v Speaker 2>I won't be in the building and I'll have to

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<v Speaker 2>watch it on TV live doing a live gamely show,

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<v Speaker 2>and I think I might just lose my mind. That's

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