WEBVTT - #thisleague UNCUT: Miami Nice

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to this League Uncut in new world of twenty

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<v Speaker 1>four hour NBA news.

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<v Speaker 2>This you, Chris Hans. It's time, work's time. It's so time.

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<v Speaker 2>This League Uncut is underway. It on fire. It should

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<v Speaker 2>be a good one.

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<v Speaker 1>Friends, Hello, thanks for joining us for the latest edition

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<v Speaker 1>of this League Uncut. Had to get on the mic

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<v Speaker 1>this Monday night after what we just witnessed late on

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<v Speaker 1>this Memorial Day. Gotta put a bow on the wildest

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<v Speaker 1>Eastern Conference Finals roller coaster. Anyone can remember my pal

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<v Speaker 1>Chris Haynes. He's in transit tonight as I record this,

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<v Speaker 1>So this is going to be a rare solo mission.

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<v Speaker 2>And just man, when it was over.

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<v Speaker 1>When it was finally over, Miami's Jimmy Butler handed the

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<v Speaker 1>Larry Bird MVP trophy in Larry Bird's City on the

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<v Speaker 1>Celtics floor, And it just as easily.

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<v Speaker 2>Could have been Caleb Martin.

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<v Speaker 1>That turned out to be the close call in this

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<v Speaker 1>improbable game seven Jimmy Buckets winning ECF MVP in a

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<v Speaker 1>narrow five to four vote over his undrafted teammate Caleb Martin.

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<v Speaker 1>Twenty six clutch points for Martin in this clincher, The

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<v Speaker 1>game itself not close. Jason Tatum tweaked his left ankle

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<v Speaker 1>on Boston's first possession, The Heat took control early, never

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<v Speaker 1>relinquished it, and Miami ends up winning by nineteen that

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<v Speaker 1>fourth quarter.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me humbly say, didn't feel that close.

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<v Speaker 1>Just a Game seven masterclass from Miami clinching a sixth

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<v Speaker 1>trip to the Finals under Eric Spolster as coach. Six

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<v Speaker 1>trips to the finals for Spoe have to give infinite

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<v Speaker 1>credit to the heater. Seriously, I picked them to win

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<v Speaker 1>this series in six and I remember a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>readers at the time telling me I was crazy, but

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<v Speaker 1>I ain't gonna act smart now.

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<v Speaker 2>No way.

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<v Speaker 1>I was going out on a limb and predicting them

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<v Speaker 1>to take Game seven in Boston. After the way the

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<v Speaker 1>guys from South Beach, the way they lost that absolutely

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<v Speaker 1>soul crushing Game six. What is it about number eight

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<v Speaker 1>seeds from South Florida?

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<v Speaker 2>This spring? The Boston Bruins.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a Buffalo Sabers fan, so even saying those words

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<v Speaker 1>hurt me. The Boston Bruins, they were the best regular

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<v Speaker 1>season team in NHL history. They go out in Round

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<v Speaker 1>one to the Florida Panthers the same Florida Panthers now

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<v Speaker 1>in the Stanley Cup Finals and then in the NBA

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<v Speaker 1>seated Miami Heat. They take out Mighty Milwaukee in five

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<v Speaker 1>games in Round one, and they follow that up by

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<v Speaker 1>winning three of four in Boston for the East Crown.

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<v Speaker 1>The Heat they summon this steal. They glued themselves back

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<v Speaker 1>together after losing three games in a row, and they

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<v Speaker 1>looked in serious danger. It looked like Miami was going

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<v Speaker 1>to become the first team in NBA history in one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and fifty one tries to fail to advance in

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<v Speaker 1>a best of seven NBA series after taking a three

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<v Speaker 1>to zero lead. Remember, and this was only the fourth

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<v Speaker 1>time that we got to a Game seven from three

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<v Speaker 1>to zero after a three to zero start in a

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<v Speaker 1>best of seven series, and this was the first time

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<v Speaker 1>that the team coming back from three to zero down

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<v Speaker 1>had the home court.

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<v Speaker 2>Advantage in Game seven. Not enough for Boston.

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<v Speaker 1>I have to say, though, and I really want to

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<v Speaker 1>be careful here. I do not want to diminish Miami's

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<v Speaker 1>night after a pomplishment like this, because you can't overstate

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<v Speaker 1>how huge of a win this was. But let's face it, people,

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<v Speaker 1>Monday Nights co winners, maybe the winners of the evening

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<v Speaker 1>are still the Denver Nuggets. Yes, the Nuggets are going

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<v Speaker 1>to have to chip away nine full days off without

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<v Speaker 1>a basketball game of rust when they play host to

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<v Speaker 1>Game one of the NBA Finals on Thursday night.

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<v Speaker 2>You're going to read a zillion.

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<v Speaker 1>Rest versus Rust stories on Tuesday and Wednesday into Thursday.

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<v Speaker 1>But the Nuggets now have home court advantage in the

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<v Speaker 1>championship round because it's the Heat in the finals, not

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<v Speaker 1>the Celtics. The Heat the lowest scoring team in the

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<v Speaker 1>league during the regular season, a forty four and thirty

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<v Speaker 1>eight team with a negative nightly point differential during the

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<v Speaker 1>regular season. Miami made it this far inspite of all that,

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<v Speaker 1>but the Heat al so squandered multiple chances to end

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<v Speaker 1>this season earlier. I mean, at three to zero with

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<v Speaker 1>a Game four at home, I was sitting there. I

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't stop thinking about Miami and Spoe and pat Riley

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<v Speaker 1>and plotting how soon would they get to Denver to

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<v Speaker 1>get an early jump on getting used to the famed

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<v Speaker 1>Rocky Mountain altitude.

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<v Speaker 2>Incredible opportunity. If they win in four or even finish.

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<v Speaker 1>Us off in five, the Heat, I fear they will

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<v Speaker 1>lament dearly lament missing out on that prep time. However,

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<v Speaker 1>if we are going to talk about regret, that focus

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<v Speaker 1>has to stay squarely on Boston. This is two straight

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<v Speaker 1>springs now where the Celtics were not just deep and

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<v Speaker 1>versatile and dangerous, but they looked like they had such

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<v Speaker 1>an inviting pathway to a championship.

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<v Speaker 2>And now after.

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<v Speaker 1>Failing to beat Golden State in last season's finals and

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<v Speaker 1>fumbling this golden opportunity with the Bucks out of the way, early.

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<v Speaker 2>Chances are in this new NBA world.

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<v Speaker 1>That's coming, the Celtics are not going to be this deep,

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<v Speaker 1>this versatile as we've seen these last two seasons. All

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<v Speaker 1>the questions about rookie coach Joe Missoula and Joe Maz's

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<v Speaker 1>future when the Celtics went down three to zero, it's

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<v Speaker 1>all shifted. Now it's all on the pairing of Jason

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<v Speaker 1>Tatum and Jalen Brown. Does Boston elect to keep this

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<v Speaker 1>duo together?

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<v Speaker 2>Tatum and Brown they've gotten.

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<v Speaker 1>As far as the conference finals four times in their

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<v Speaker 1>six seasons together, one trip to the NBA Finals, but

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<v Speaker 1>no championships. And now, as we've talked about on this pod,

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<v Speaker 1>as I've written about on my substack numerous times. It's

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<v Speaker 1>going to cost the Celtics six hundred million or in

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<v Speaker 1>that neighborhood to keep these guys together. Jalen Brown eligible

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<v Speaker 1>for five years and nearly three hundred million this summer.

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<v Speaker 1>The following off season, it's Tatum six hundred mili to

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<v Speaker 1>retain this tag team.

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<v Speaker 2>In the new NBA, We've.

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<v Speaker 1>Got a much more onerous labor agreement coming in. It's

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<v Speaker 1>going to be tough, much harder on the league's biggest

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<v Speaker 1>spenders to put depth around him. It's going to be

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<v Speaker 1>more important than ever once this new labor deal takes

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<v Speaker 1>hold on June thirtieth, and the most onerous restrictions will

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<v Speaker 1>be phased in over two seasons. But it's going to

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<v Speaker 1>be more important than ever for teams to get their

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<v Speaker 1>two star tandems right. Three star constructions are going to

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<v Speaker 1>be really hard to afford. Teams are going to be

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<v Speaker 1>focused on getting that twosome right and building around it smartly,

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<v Speaker 1>and the questions about the Tatum and Brown ceiling now

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<v Speaker 1>are going to be louder than ever. On one hand,

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<v Speaker 1>we're talking about two way wings, all NBA ers who

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<v Speaker 1>play at both ends, and we are in an era

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<v Speaker 1>in the NBA two way wings have never been more valued.

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<v Speaker 1>But there is just no escaping that Tatum, Yes, bad

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<v Speaker 1>ankle cannot overlook that the man was hurt on the

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<v Speaker 1>game's very first possession.

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<v Speaker 2>We can't overlook that.

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<v Speaker 1>But fourteen points in this game seven, well shy of

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<v Speaker 1>the fifty one that he put up against Philly in

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<v Speaker 1>Game seven in the last round. And you know, Brown,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a huge Jalen Brown fan, but I mean, he

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<v Speaker 1>shot a miserable sixteen point three percent from deep in

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<v Speaker 1>this series, and I do have to respect him for

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<v Speaker 1>saying after when it was over, I mean, Jalen Brown

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<v Speaker 1>took a lot of the onus, a lot of the

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<v Speaker 1>blame onto himself.

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<v Speaker 2>Quote we failed. I failed. We let the whole city

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<v Speaker 2>down end quote.

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<v Speaker 1>The Celtics as a group, they were I'm just so

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<v Speaker 1>three happy in Game six, in Game seven, sixteen for

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<v Speaker 1>seventy seven from deep in the last two games. They

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<v Speaker 1>miraculously win Game six on Saturday night because of the

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<v Speaker 1>Derek White follow basket at the buzzer.

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<v Speaker 2>That is still hard to fathom now. I was actually

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<v Speaker 2>in San.

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<v Speaker 1>Antonio on press row in nineteen ninety nine, long time ago,

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<v Speaker 1>many years and pounds ago when Shawn Elliott found a

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<v Speaker 1>way to stay in bounds sink the shot known in

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<v Speaker 1>South Texas. That's the NBA's original Memorial Day Miracle, Elliott

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<v Speaker 1>shot beating Portland, keeping the Spurs on course for the

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<v Speaker 1>first championship in franchise history. I was not in Boston

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<v Speaker 1>in person on Monday night. I was nowhere near the

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<v Speaker 1>very despondent looking Bill Simmons in the stands. I'm guessing

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<v Speaker 1>you've seen the photo by now of Bill that's already

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<v Speaker 1>all over Twitter with the Memorial Day miracle. This time

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<v Speaker 1>it belonged to Jimmy Spoe and Co.

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<v Speaker 2>And the aforementioned pat Riley Ryan.

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<v Speaker 1>I was going to the finals for a nineteenth time

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<v Speaker 1>as an executive coacher player, and doing it at the

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<v Speaker 1>Celtics expense. I'm sure Riley can hardly contain his glee

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<v Speaker 1>this league, as those of us on this podcast have

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<v Speaker 1>been known to say, I mean tonight again, we're recording

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<v Speaker 1>this right after the game. Derek White getting repeated MVP

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<v Speaker 1>chants in this Game seven as he tried to keep

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<v Speaker 1>Boston in it. Caleb Martin again, Caleb Martin almost beating

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<v Speaker 1>out Jimmy Butler, for that Larry Bird Eastern Conference MVP Trophy,

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<v Speaker 1>this league, this series, this season, this postseason.

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<v Speaker 2>I guess when you really think.

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<v Speaker 1>About it, Miami winning a Game seven on the road

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<v Speaker 1>after squandering three chances to close this thing out, it's

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<v Speaker 1>actually a fitting outcome to slam home yet again, how

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<v Speaker 1>form my seat. I can't speak for Chris, but for me,

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<v Speaker 1>this has been the strangest season of my thirty seasons

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<v Speaker 1>covering this league, the strangest results wise. If we have

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<v Speaker 1>to throw out the unprecedented COVID imposed logistics of the

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<v Speaker 1>twenty nineteen twenty twenty season that had to be completed

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<v Speaker 1>in a Walt Disney World bubble in Orlando, where Chris

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<v Speaker 1>and I were both residents of the bubble, if you

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<v Speaker 1>allow me to throw that out and the conditions, this

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<v Speaker 1>really has just been a circus of a season unlike

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<v Speaker 1>any other. All Right, everyone that will do it for

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<v Speaker 1>this solo audio dispatch, Chris and I promise we're going

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<v Speaker 1>to be back together soon, back for more later this week,

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<v Speaker 1>and I should pass along how mister Haynes reported on

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<v Speaker 1>Twitter tonight after Miami clinches its place in the NBA Finals.

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<v Speaker 1>Chris is reporting the Tyler Hero remember the broken hand

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<v Speaker 1>he sustained very early in Miami's Round one against Milwaukee.

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<v Speaker 1>Chris reports that Hero is ramping up his workouts and

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<v Speaker 1>targeting a Game three return in the finals when that

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<v Speaker 1>series with Denver shifts.

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<v Speaker 2>To South Beach.

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<v Speaker 1>Chris and I will get into all of that in

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<v Speaker 1>our next episode of This League Uncut, and I promise

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<v Speaker 1>we will also get into all the latest from the

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<v Speaker 1>coach in carousel. Since we last potted, Milwaukee has hired

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<v Speaker 1>Adrian Griffin as its new coach. Philadelphia has hired Nick

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<v Speaker 1>Nurse as its new coach. Detroit, Phoenix, and Toronto all

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<v Speaker 1>still with openings to phil On Tuesday, Warriors president of

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<v Speaker 1>basketball operations Bob Myers is meeting the media at three

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<v Speaker 1>pm Eastern noon Pacific. I wrote Monday that my prediction

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<v Speaker 1>the vibes I'm getting, I think this is it. I

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<v Speaker 1>expect Bob Myers to walk away and take a break

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<v Speaker 1>from the front office world. We'll see if I'm proven

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<v Speaker 1>correct with that prediction. In the meantime, everyone please remember

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<v Speaker 1>back in short short order NBA Finals Thursday night in Denver,

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<v Speaker 1>Game one, Jimmy Butler Nikola Jokic. Which of these guys

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<v Speaker 1>wins their first NBA Championship rank?

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<v Speaker 2>Let's hop and that'll do it for us. See you

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<v Speaker 2>next time this league. Uncut it and iHeartRadio production. Christine

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<v Speaker 2>Good march tyme