WEBVTT - Denver Nuggets Win The NBA Championship

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<v Speaker 1>You're tuned into Heat Check with just a quick.

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<v Speaker 2>On this episode of the Heat Check, the Denver Nuggets

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<v Speaker 2>are the NBA Champions of twenty twenty three, doing it

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<v Speaker 2>in just five games.

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<v Speaker 1>Sinko. We break down Game five, which should have been

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<v Speaker 1>a Miami Heat win, and I really really wish it

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<v Speaker 1>would have gone to overtime because I would have won

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<v Speaker 1>a bunch of money. But Nikola Oakis is also the

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<v Speaker 1>best player in the world right now. It's not even close.

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<v Speaker 1>Remember when we were like, oh, how do we feel like,

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<v Speaker 1>will we take Joel Embiid or will we take get

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<v Speaker 1>out of here? Get out of here. We also get

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<v Speaker 1>into some other news from around the league, including how

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<v Speaker 1>Toronto and the Raptors have a new coach, new Intel,

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<v Speaker 1>and how to keep Zion healthy uh without having to

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<v Speaker 1>hire more porn stars, and how the coaching carousel actually

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<v Speaker 1>works in the NBA. So much to get into, So Nit,

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<v Speaker 1>do me a favor and drop that generic gas beat

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<v Speaker 1>the shit be Rihanna. We got a new NBA champions

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<v Speaker 1>search and their name is.

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<v Speaker 3>The Denver Nuggets.

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<v Speaker 1>Get your little baby chariot flow on, because Nikola Jokic

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<v Speaker 1>and his little infant are gonna be hopping on it

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<v Speaker 1>for the parade. Who saw this coming?

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<v Speaker 3>Who did the NBA media see this coming?

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<v Speaker 1>No? Did people outside of Denver see this coming? Largely No,

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<v Speaker 1>anyone with functioning eyes and a lack of small market

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<v Speaker 1>bias did they see this coming. Yes, from the halfway

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<v Speaker 1>point of the season until the end of the playoffs. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>here's the deal. Really, it was like the last two

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<v Speaker 1>months of the season and Denver Nuggets mailed it in

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<v Speaker 1>because they knew they could. But the playoffs were dominant

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<v Speaker 1>time for the Nuggets. The crucial month like one to

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<v Speaker 1>month four. Awesome for the Nuggets. They were not just

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<v Speaker 1>better than anyone else in the league, they were much

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<v Speaker 1>better than everyone else in the league. It really wasn't close. Miami,

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<v Speaker 1>give it to them. They were scrappy as hell. They

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<v Speaker 1>kept these finals much more interesting than they probably should

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<v Speaker 1>have been, given that Tyler Hero was injured and Gabe

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<v Speaker 1>Vincent was injured and Jimmy Butler was injured, and Game

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<v Speaker 1>five was one of the ugliest badger in a box

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<v Speaker 1>type of games you're ever gonna see. How ugly was it? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>at one point in the fourth quarter, the over the

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<v Speaker 1>total was set at one hundred and seventy nine and

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<v Speaker 1>a half points, which would be some quick math. That's

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<v Speaker 1>ninety points basically per team. That is a number that

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<v Speaker 1>you have not seen in an NBA Finals since about

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen eighty seven. That I don't even know who was

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<v Speaker 1>the best artist in nineteen eighty seven, but I don't

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<v Speaker 1>even think rap music existed when the last time we

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<v Speaker 1>had seen one seventy nine and a half the final

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<v Speaker 1>was ninety four eighty nine. But the game was much

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<v Speaker 1>closer than that. The Heat probably should have won this game,

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<v Speaker 1>but like the rest of the games, they shot nine

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<v Speaker 1>for thirty five from three. Yeah, the one thing that

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<v Speaker 1>they could count on for the entire playoff run literally

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<v Speaker 1>deserted them at the last moment. And also, let's be real,

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<v Speaker 1>what the fuck were those last ninety seconds. It was

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<v Speaker 1>almost like Miami decided, Yeah, we don't really want to

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<v Speaker 1>go back and play game six, you know, like that's

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<v Speaker 1>the point this is. We gave it the college try,

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<v Speaker 1>We were up all games, and like, let's just let's

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<v Speaker 1>just lose it. What would have if we just decided

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<v Speaker 1>we're just gonna lose. Miami played like they had never

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<v Speaker 1>seen a fourth quarter crunch time before. Down three fourteen

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<v Speaker 1>seconds left. No, let's start before that. In the thirties

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<v Speaker 1>seconds left, Jimmy Butler dribble drive penetration throws it directly

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<v Speaker 1>to cantaviious callwell, Pope, easy steal, have to foul? What

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<v Speaker 1>the fuck? Max Streus just stands there waiting to get

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<v Speaker 1>picked off. What are we talking about? So then down

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<v Speaker 1>three fourteen seconds left, Jimmy Butler decides early in the

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<v Speaker 1>shot clock he's gonna turn have a step back turn

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<v Speaker 1>around three over a six' Ten Aaron. Gordon do you

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<v Speaker 1>think he made that? Shot? No, no WHAT i would

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<v Speaker 1>CALL i hate high quality decision from a guy who's

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<v Speaker 1>been incredible in the. Playoffs as it turns out that

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<v Speaker 1>he could not keep shooting like they were shooting in

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<v Speaker 1>the rest of the. Playoffs it turns out that when

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<v Speaker 1>people said could they continue this heater of fifty percent from,

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<v Speaker 1>three turns out the answer was. No The, nuggets of,

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<v Speaker 1>course got exactly what we expect from nikoliokch was just

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<v Speaker 1>a dominant performance no matter what's.

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<v Speaker 3>Going on around.

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<v Speaker 1>Him twenty, eight sixteen, four even though he was mobbed

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<v Speaker 1>the entire. Time give it To eric spolsterra hell of a. Game.

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<v Speaker 1>Plan people need to shut up about THE mvp. Race

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<v Speaker 1>M b so clearly did not deserve to win THE. Mvp,

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<v Speaker 1>now in, Hindsight nikoliokic decided he would take his foot

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<v Speaker 1>off the gas, because let's be, real he cares about

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<v Speaker 1>nothing else besides his child and his. Horses so does

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<v Speaker 1>he give a shit about a third STRAIGHT Mvp when

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<v Speaker 1>when embiad's crying about it every day on national, Television

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<v Speaker 1>when When Nicole it just keeps taking my MVPs, AWAY

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<v Speaker 1>i deserve to win. One he's, like, fine, kid have.

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<v Speaker 1>IT i don't. CARE i really just. Don't i'd rather

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<v Speaker 1>have championship. Anyway this is What Yoker jokic twelve for

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<v Speaker 1>sixteen in a closeout? Game what?

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<v Speaker 3>What?

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<v Speaker 1>That? WOULD i Love Joel, embi but there would be

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<v Speaker 1>no scenario Where JOE lmmb would be twelve for sixteen

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<v Speaker 1>in a closeout. Game they're just like he would be

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<v Speaker 1>two for seventeen in a close out. Game let's be.

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<v Speaker 1>Honest he shot fifty eight percent for the entire. Series

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<v Speaker 1>in the, Finals jokic forty two percent from. Three these

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<v Speaker 1>are outrageous. Numbers here's what we're not gonna. Do AS

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<v Speaker 1>i take a sip of my. Drink we will never

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<v Speaker 1>say that Nicola jokic is boring. Again we will never

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<v Speaker 1>say That Nicolai okic is not an athlete ever. Again

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<v Speaker 1>we are not going to say That Nikolai okic is

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<v Speaker 1>overrated ever. Again he has earned every accolade he's going to,

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<v Speaker 1>deserve pretty much every other accolade that he hasn't. Gotten

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<v Speaker 1>and guess. What he Won FINALS Mvp Western CONFERENCE, mvp

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<v Speaker 1>and he won the BEST mvp trophy that there. IS

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<v Speaker 1>i Bet Joel embiid would trade his regular, season little

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<v Speaker 1>scrappy third BEST mvp for that FINAL'S mvp trophy every

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<v Speaker 1>day twice On, Sundays, Denver we're just A buzzsaw took

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<v Speaker 1>out The timberwolves in the first, round and five had

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<v Speaker 1>a hard FOUGHT i guess not, Really let's be. Honest

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<v Speaker 1>we never were scared of The, suns even though it was.

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<v Speaker 1>SIX i thought it was. Five they swept The lakers

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<v Speaker 1>in The Western conference finals and beat a cockroach team

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<v Speaker 1>The Miami heat in, five a gentleman's. Sweep not any

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<v Speaker 1>of those series were particularly. Close they just never felt,

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<v Speaker 1>close and people were, like, well they beat they beat

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<v Speaker 1>an eight seed and then they beat were what were

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<v Speaker 1>the sixth, seed and then they beat a seven seed

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<v Speaker 1>and then they beat an eight. Seed but let's be

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<v Speaker 1>real honest about what it. Was they Beat Karl Anthony

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<v Speaker 1>towns And, aunt they Beat Kevin durant And Devin. Booker

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<v Speaker 1>they Beat Anthony davis And Lebron, james and then they

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<v Speaker 1>Beat Jimmy butler and Bam. Adebayo that's what it really.

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<v Speaker 1>WAS i don't care about the, seeds like the duos

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<v Speaker 1>they just slayed are fucking sick scoring. Phenoms. People The

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<v Speaker 1>nuggets were fifty three and twenty nine in the regular

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<v Speaker 1>season and sixteen and four in the playoffs for sixty

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<v Speaker 1>nine nice and thirty three. Record that is a sixty

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<v Speaker 1>eight percent winning. Percentage and you, know the thing THAT

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<v Speaker 1>i didn't write, down BUT i do want to say

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<v Speaker 1>is That Michael, malone when he was still going By,

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<v Speaker 1>MIKE i feel like When mike turned Into, michael that

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<v Speaker 1>was when he stopped being. Insecure because there was a

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<v Speaker 1>time When Michael malone thought he would never coach. Again

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<v Speaker 1>he had just been jettison from The Sacramento kings for

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<v Speaker 1>no reason, really and he told, People i'm never gonna

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<v Speaker 1>get a shot as a head coach. AGAIN i worked

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<v Speaker 1>my whole life just to get, fired AND i am not.

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<v Speaker 1>Employable he got fired from The Cleveland cavaliers before that

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<v Speaker 1>as an assistant and wasn't getting any head coaching, Looks

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<v Speaker 1>Michael malone is a tremendous success, story now a, champion

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<v Speaker 1>one of the best coaches in the, league continuously gives

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<v Speaker 1>us gold from the, podium and is the perfect fit

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<v Speaker 1>for a team that has been pretty much overlooked and

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<v Speaker 1>underrated for the entire time that they have been in.

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<v Speaker 1>Existence we're gonna have a lot more to say about

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<v Speaker 1>this on OUR nba wrap up, show but for, now

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<v Speaker 1>congratulations To, Nacoleokic, Jamalmray Michael, Malone Denver, Nuggets Kentavious, Call Will,

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<v Speaker 1>Pope Aaron, gordon and you know what not to Mediocre Porter.

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<v Speaker 1>Junior twenty twenty THREE Nba champions has a nice ring

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<v Speaker 1>to it AND i cannot wait for more dominance from

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<v Speaker 1>them to.

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<v Speaker 3>Come the File donro fell in THE nba.

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<v Speaker 1>World As Mashai yuzuri and The TORONTO i don't know

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<v Speaker 1>WHY i said it like. That Massai yuzuri and The

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<v Speaker 1>Toronto raptors went in an unexpected direction and picked a

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<v Speaker 1>guy WHO i have to write out how to pronounce

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<v Speaker 1>his fucking name on my. SHEET i don't know, HIM

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<v Speaker 1>i know almost nothing about, him AND i love THE

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<v Speaker 1>Nba Darko. Ryakovich who who is? That? Exactly so The

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<v Speaker 1>raptors interviewed everyone under the, board ranging FROM Jj, Reddick

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<v Speaker 1>what a joke? Interview To Steve, Nash what a joke?

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<v Speaker 1>Interview and then they ultimately went with a young assistant

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<v Speaker 1>with a lot of a success on some. Teams he's

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<v Speaker 1>A serbian. National he's been coaching since nineteen ninety, six

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<v Speaker 1>first in his home country and then since twenty twelve

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<v Speaker 1>in the league At, okay See Phoenix. Memphis Why, darko

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<v Speaker 1>let's dig into. It kind of. Fascinating why you do

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<v Speaker 1>a little research and it all boils down to swag

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<v Speaker 1>to swag to. Swag. Okay according to friend of Show Demarcael,

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<v Speaker 1>cole who covers The, grizzlies H darko's buzzword is. Swag

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<v Speaker 1>and that's kind of, funny as he, says because every

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<v Speaker 1>time someone mentions the word swag with the, players you'll

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<v Speaker 1>get a laugh out Of Jaron Jackson, junior Or Desmond

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<v Speaker 1>bane or one of those guys and they're, like oh my.

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<v Speaker 1>God darko says this all the. Time Apparently darko loves

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<v Speaker 1>the word. Swag he is going to be taking over

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<v Speaker 1>a team That Nick nurse pretty much stripped all the

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<v Speaker 1>swag out, of so he's gonna have his work cut

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<v Speaker 1>out for. Him The raptors are not a team like

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<v Speaker 1>The grizzlies doing the. Gritty The raptors are maybe an

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<v Speaker 1>anti swag, team not with this. Roster in, Fact The

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<v Speaker 1>athletic dropped in an article today about what went wrong

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<v Speaker 1>at the end Of Nick nurse's, tenure and the problem

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<v Speaker 1>turned out to be That Massa jujeri felt That nurse

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<v Speaker 1>was not as good as developing young talent as some other,

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<v Speaker 1>people which turns out to be one Of darko's best

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<v Speaker 1>traits with draft picks at a premium in the near.

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<v Speaker 1>Future The raps currently are now losing a top six

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<v Speaker 1>protected and three second rounders in twenty twenty. Four they're

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<v Speaker 1>going to need someone who can judge talent and develop

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<v Speaker 1>talent very, quickly Especially european, talent And. Darko darko has

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<v Speaker 1>been scouting his little last off since he was seventeen years,

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<v Speaker 1>Old so what does this mean really going forward for

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<v Speaker 1>The Toronto. Raptors let's be. Real if he likes, swag

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<v Speaker 1>there's going to be a lot of roster movement Because

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<v Speaker 1>fred Van fleet's got. None he just opted, out which

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<v Speaker 1>means he's certainly. Gone the team's already all but said

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<v Speaker 1>That Gary, trent or their swaggiest, player is almost. Gone

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<v Speaker 1>siakam And og could also be on the, move leaving

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<v Speaker 1>this team with only one returning starter Aka Scottie, barnes

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<v Speaker 1>a man WHO i don't think swag is the first

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<v Speaker 1>thing that comes to mind WHEN i hear. Him so

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<v Speaker 1>we have no idea really what to expect going forward In.

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<v Speaker 1>Toronto no one has any idea what this team's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>look like on opening. Night no one has any idea

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<v Speaker 1>How darko is going to. Coach all we know is

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<v Speaker 1>that he's going to be the, coach and, that's to be,

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<v Speaker 1>fair not the most encouraging news if you're A raptors.

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<v Speaker 1>FAN i am reserving. Judgment, However Kevin, Young Charles, Lee

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<v Speaker 1>Sam cassell probably would have felt better about any one

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<v Speaker 1>of those. Three let's move. On of, course the non

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<v Speaker 1>final subject de jure in THE nba Is. Zion he's

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<v Speaker 1>been getting into some trouble. Lately the tweets just keep,

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<v Speaker 1>coming And zion just keep sending this spitch more money

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<v Speaker 1>to get her to shut the fuck, up which makes

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<v Speaker 1>her tweet even. More, zion delete your. Account Mariah mills

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<v Speaker 1>just will not, stop can't, stop won't. Stop, Rockefeller Bang,

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<v Speaker 1>bang come. On BUT i am not here to talk.

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<v Speaker 1>About THAT i want to talk about is the multitude

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<v Speaker 1>of articles that have come out About. Zion and there's

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<v Speaker 1>one anecdote THAT i want to concentrate. On that Is

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<v Speaker 1>zion's connection To stan Van, gundy his coach for one

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<v Speaker 1>season in twenty twenty In New. Orleans you would probably

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<v Speaker 1>assume That zion would have absolutely hated working With Van.

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<v Speaker 1>Gundy Van gundy if you, REMEMBER i remember it like

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<v Speaker 1>it was. YESTERDAY i was watching It twitter live video

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<v Speaker 1>press conference Of stan Van gundy where he banged his

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<v Speaker 1>fists on the, desk railing on his, players AND i

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<v Speaker 1>knew his days were. Numbered he was talking bad About,

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<v Speaker 1>lonzo he was talking bad About Eric, bledsoe AND i

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<v Speaker 1>said to, myself this is a man who's. Frustrated He's

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<v Speaker 1>Bobby knight style chair, throwing ass throwback. Coach makes your.

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<v Speaker 1>Run he's like the Meaner Tom, thibodeaux the, meaner more,

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<v Speaker 1>cantankerous like More i'm gonna throw you under the bus

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<v Speaker 1>to the, Media Tom. Thibodeau he loves all day. Practices

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<v Speaker 1>and for a guy Like zion who's not known exactly

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<v Speaker 1>for his work, ethic a guy who struggles with his

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<v Speaker 1>conditioning and, wait you, KNOW i wouldn't think that Stan

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<v Speaker 1>Van gundy's style with jive With. Zion Jackson hayes is

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<v Speaker 1>on record saying that practices that lasted forty five minutes

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<v Speaker 1>Under Alvin gentry were regularly three. Hours Understandan gundy his,

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<v Speaker 1>philosophy Stan An gundy were THE nba, players not my,

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<v Speaker 1>opinion his. Opinion So i'm just gonna make SURE i

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<v Speaker 1>say that that we're. So Stan Van gundy BELIEVED nba

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<v Speaker 1>players need to be run like thoroughbreds in order to

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<v Speaker 1>be in playing. Shape like the anti load. Management Van

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<v Speaker 1>gundy took over during THE nba pandemic. Season he got

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<v Speaker 1>pissed because the team wasn't practicing enough and often, enough

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<v Speaker 1>clashed with the head trainer who was a big proponent of, caution, caution,

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<v Speaker 1>caution and in the end, result Stan Van gundy, won

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<v Speaker 1>and this was literally the first time in his entire

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<v Speaker 1>Lifetime zion played a complete. Season Understand Van, gundy mister

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<v Speaker 1>three hour practices, himself mister, listen no more cake, bitch

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<v Speaker 1>no more wee. Bitch, no you're spending all your time

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<v Speaker 1>with me Idle hands or The devil and the cakes

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<v Speaker 1>playground sixty one of seventy two Games zion. Played he

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<v Speaker 1>was a. FORCE i Believe zion was An All star that.

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<v Speaker 1>Year and guess, what that's eight more games Than zion

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<v Speaker 1>has played in his other three seasons. Combined sir fucking.

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<v Speaker 1>Insane you might ask yourself, why But Van gundy has an,

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<v Speaker 1>answer AND i think the answer was. Fascinating fascinating to,

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<v Speaker 1>me AND i think we'll be fascinating to. You Keeping

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<v Speaker 1>zion in shape was. Paramount so this is What stan

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<v Speaker 1>Van gundy. Said WHEN i got the. JOB i called

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<v Speaker 1>coach k At. DUKE i remember him saying to me About. Zion,

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<v Speaker 1>stan the best way to Get zion in shape and

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<v Speaker 1>get him ready is he needs to. Play he needs

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<v Speaker 1>scrimmage in, practice he needs to play in. Games he

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<v Speaker 1>needs to. Play Keeping zion in shape by making him

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<v Speaker 1>practice hard seems to have had the only Result zion

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<v Speaker 1>has ever. Gotten let's be real in, fact, like if

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<v Speaker 1>you're practicing forty five minutes a day And zion's housing

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<v Speaker 1>five thousand calories at, breakfast what you think is about to?

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<v Speaker 1>Happen Although Van gundy got shit canned in the end

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<v Speaker 1>of that season and he's held a grudge over since

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<v Speaker 1>Over New. Orleans on a broadcast this, Year stance, said

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<v Speaker 1>The pelicans have to figure out what they're doing wrong

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<v Speaker 1>that they can't keep their players. Healthy, stan what would you?

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<v Speaker 1>SUGGEST i bet you all of my coke zeros in

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<v Speaker 1>my fridge and all of the plethora of color full

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<v Speaker 1>socks in my cabinet. DRAWER i bet. Anything he says

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<v Speaker 1>three hour, practices five days a. Week and the wild

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<v Speaker 1>thing is That Van gundy's probably not even. Wrong the

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<v Speaker 1>only way to Save zion from, Himself the only way

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<v Speaker 1>to make Sure zion is in good enough shape not

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<v Speaker 1>to injure himself while playing is to have him. Playing

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<v Speaker 1>always something to think about moving, Forward As shams dropped

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<v Speaker 1>the bomb today and announced that The New Orleans pelicans

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<v Speaker 1>are going to aggressively pursue a trade to get either

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<v Speaker 1>the number two or number three pick so they can

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<v Speaker 1>Get Scoot. Henderson they are very interested in moving up

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<v Speaker 1>Because scoot fits. Perfectly so what does that? Mean it

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<v Speaker 1>could mean major, changes right BECAUSE cj McCollum would have

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<v Speaker 1>to take on a two guard, rule which, means now

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<v Speaker 1>you have issues WITH cg might be on the move

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<v Speaker 1>BECAUSE cj can't play, two can't play defense as a,

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<v Speaker 1>two and he will need to be a two in

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<v Speaker 1>order For scoop to be a one and get those,

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<v Speaker 1>minutes and then they can't play them both at the same.

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<v Speaker 1>Time AND cj just got an. Extension and what it

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<v Speaker 1>really might mean is that it could mean That zion

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<v Speaker 1>is on his way. Out. Now it seems crazy to

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<v Speaker 1>think that that could be the, case but that's been

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<v Speaker 1>in the rumor mill for a while. Now the front

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<v Speaker 1>office is a little frustrated With zion and The pelicans

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<v Speaker 1>can't count on them to be healthy with all the

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<v Speaker 1>negative press surrounding. Him with The Mariah mills thing that

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<v Speaker 1>might be the thing sends them, over might be the

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<v Speaker 1>thing that sends them. Over we could see some major

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<v Speaker 1>changes In New orleans moving. Forward we're gonna be On

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<v Speaker 1>pelican watch for the entire. Offseason it would appear that's

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<v Speaker 1>all the time that we have for the Heat. Check

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<v Speaker 1>THE nba season is, over but the league is going

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<v Speaker 1>to keep popping because now we got, draft got free,

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<v Speaker 1>agency we got the summer league right around the. Corner

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