WEBVTT - Sixers Sent Home In Seven

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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 episode of the Heat Check, there is so

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<v Speaker 2>much popping around the league it is almost impossible to

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<v Speaker 2>keep up. The Sixers get sent home in seven, and

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<v Speaker 2>now there is absolute chaos in Philly. I think every

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<v Speaker 2>Philadelphia podcaster is hiding still underneath their bet. They haven't

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<v Speaker 2>even given their reactions yet. Suns get bounced and then

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<v Speaker 2>they fire their head coach. DeMar de Rozen is out

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<v Speaker 2>there calling a quarter of the NBA bumps. Aunt Edwards

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<v Speaker 2>is doing Aunt Edwards things, and unfortunately Jahn Morant is

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<v Speaker 2>still doing Jahn Morant things.

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<v Speaker 3>No time to.

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<v Speaker 2>Waste, Nick, drop that generic ass beat that should be Rihanna.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's talk about this Celtics Sixers series sixers were.

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<v Speaker 3>A cute story.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh they were, They really were. They made it seven games.

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<v Speaker 2>It really was never in doubt. They had the potential

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<v Speaker 2>to send the Boston Celtics home in six. They had

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<v Speaker 2>four minutes where all of a sudden they allowed Jason

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<v Speaker 2>Tatum to go nuclear and it pretty much was a.

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<v Speaker 3>Rap ever since.

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<v Speaker 2>Right like even the most diehard Philly fan, if you're

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<v Speaker 2>honest with yourself, if you're a dieard Philly fan, You're

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<v Speaker 2>probably not even listening because you probably hate my guts.

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<v Speaker 2>But were you confident heading into game seven? Like?

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<v Speaker 3>Were you?

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<v Speaker 2>Were you even like having a modicum of you know,

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<v Speaker 2>excitement about going in to TD Garden on that parquet

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<v Speaker 2>floor and thinking you were gonna beat Jason Tatum who

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<v Speaker 2>had just come alive and found his mojo again like

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<v Speaker 2>he was Angela Bassett and Stella got her groove back.

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<v Speaker 2>Like no, if you say yes, you're a liar, you are. History,

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<v Speaker 2>of course was against you. Doc Rivers record in Game

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<v Speaker 2>seven's they speak for themselves. I don't think he's won.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think he's won a Game seven in his

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<v Speaker 2>career as a head coach, which is crazy. Momentum was

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<v Speaker 2>against you.

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<v Speaker 3>Uh, you know what else?

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<v Speaker 2>The universe seemed to be against you because you had

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<v Speaker 2>not one, but two superstars both together have had well

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<v Speaker 2>documented playoff struggles. Maybe not put those two guys together right,

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<v Speaker 2>like maybe you want to balance it out. How could

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<v Speaker 2>you possibly have thought that this was gonna go any

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<v Speaker 2>other way than the way that it did?

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<v Speaker 3>Insanity? What do they say?

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<v Speaker 2>Insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting

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<v Speaker 2>a different result. It is Doc Rivers coughing up leads

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<v Speaker 2>in the playoffs. It is James Harden underperforming in the playoffs.

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<v Speaker 2>It is Joelle Embiid being injured over and over in

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<v Speaker 2>the playoffs. Wash rinse, try repeat, wash rint dry. That's that.

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<v Speaker 2>That's them. We keep trying to say, oh, maybe twenty

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<v Speaker 2>twenty three will be different, Maybe twenty twenty four will

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<v Speaker 2>be different, maybe twenty twenty five will be different.

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<v Speaker 3>At a certain point, we just got to accept reality.

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<v Speaker 3>Move on. This version of the Sixers is not working.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know what's wild is that the Sacramento Kings,

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<v Speaker 2>a team that's been regarded as a poverty franchise for

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<v Speaker 2>many years now, a team that has been you know,

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<v Speaker 2>shit on by the national media, a team that really

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<v Speaker 2>has just been like the laughing stock of the league

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<v Speaker 2>until this year, they have been to the conference finals

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<v Speaker 2>more recently than the Philadelphia seventy six Ers. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>mean that is sad and the trolling way I mean it,

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<v Speaker 2>and it is a very sad thing that a guy

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<v Speaker 2>like Joe l Embiid has not been to anywhere close

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<v Speaker 2>to the place that the Sacramento Kings have been in.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's saying something like I don't know how this

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<v Speaker 2>team stays together honestly moving forward.

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<v Speaker 3>The process.

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<v Speaker 2>I've said it once twice, I've said it three times.

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<v Speaker 2>The process is dead. The process has been dead. We're

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<v Speaker 2>trying to put it back together like operation, and it's

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<v Speaker 2>just not working. We're trying to revive it with those

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<v Speaker 2>two little paddles with the electrical concurrent on him.

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<v Speaker 3>It's no, it's dead. It is dead.

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<v Speaker 2>Fifty one points by Tatum and the Game seven route

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<v Speaker 2>a destruction, an embarrassment, or as Embiid and Yannis both

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<v Speaker 2>like to say, steps to success.

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<v Speaker 3>How bad is it? How bad is it? Right now?

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<v Speaker 2>It is so bad that you have Ben Simmons on

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<v Speaker 2>his Instagram from his living room with a glass of

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<v Speaker 2>red wine taking a photo of the Sixers getting blown

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<v Speaker 2>out by the Celtics by thirty and just posting it

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<v Speaker 2>no context, just like yeah, like they are just enjoying it,

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<v Speaker 2>you know what I mean? He that red wine, a

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<v Speaker 2>beautiful living room and a photo of the TV of

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<v Speaker 2>the Sixers getting destroyed in a Game seven. Yeah, that's

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<v Speaker 2>how bad it is. He is loving that, And that

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<v Speaker 2>is the sad truth that Philly fans woke up to today.

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<v Speaker 2>No more excuses you don't have any other scapegoat left.

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<v Speaker 2>Not even Ben Simmons can wash away the stink of

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<v Speaker 2>this epic failure of a team. It is their third

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<v Speaker 2>straight loss in the conference SEMIS. You ad Joel Embiid

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<v Speaker 2>the MVP.

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<v Speaker 3>It is the year for.

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<v Speaker 2>Him to show out the stats in this series. Twenty

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<v Speaker 2>two points, nine rebounds, and two assists. That's disgusting. That

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<v Speaker 2>is garbage efficiency numbers. Also terrible. Forty two percent from

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<v Speaker 2>the floor. He shot twenty percent from three, getting absolutely

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<v Speaker 2>locked up by a man who has his AARP card

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<v Speaker 2>in Al Horford.

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<v Speaker 3>Al Horford on Joel Embiid. Remember when PJ.

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<v Speaker 2>Tucker said no one on the planet can stop JOELMB

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<v Speaker 2>when he's aggressive. Turns out, forty year old Al Horford

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<v Speaker 2>can stop Joel MB. Harden roller coaster Ride had a

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<v Speaker 2>couple of insane vintage performances, which we've already talked about.

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<v Speaker 2>But overall during the series he's averaged twenty two points

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<v Speaker 2>per game, forty two percent from the floor and thirty

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<v Speaker 2>four percent from three. And if you want to talk

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<v Speaker 2>about comparisons to Ben Simmons, in the last three games

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<v Speaker 2>of this series, Harden had no points in the fourth

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<v Speaker 2>quarter in all of those three games combined, none zero zilch.

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<v Speaker 2>He went zero for six in the fourth quarter of

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<v Speaker 2>games seven, six, and five. In fact, Ben Simmons had

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<v Speaker 2>more points than James Harden in fourth quarter in that

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<v Speaker 2>Hawk series where he basically ended his career right then

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<v Speaker 2>and there, five points, all free throws.

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<v Speaker 3>And so now where are we at?

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<v Speaker 2>The rumors are that James Harden is itching to get

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<v Speaker 2>back to Houston. He has a house there, he's there

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<v Speaker 2>and every off day he's got a restaurant there, beautiful,

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<v Speaker 2>very luscious in one of those Fois Gras wrapped steak

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<v Speaker 2>lobster deals, you know that kind of a deal.

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<v Speaker 3>There's a lot of strip clubs there.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure he loves he loves Houston. Now, Ema Udoka

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<v Speaker 2>is there? Another rumor is also floating around that Harden

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<v Speaker 2>may be going to Phoenix. You know where the rumors

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<v Speaker 2>are not that he's coming back to Philadelphia, Like, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't hear any rumors of Harden excited to return back

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<v Speaker 2>with Darryl Moury and Doc Rivers. Harden was asked after

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<v Speaker 2>the game and a scrum Hey, what's your relationship like

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<v Speaker 2>with Doc? And what did Harden say? Did he reap

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<v Speaker 2>like praise, Oh, I love Doc. We've got a strong relationship.

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<v Speaker 2>So good He said, uh, it's okay and just left

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<v Speaker 2>it at that. Does that inspire confidence? Is that a

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<v Speaker 2>ringing endorsement for Doc? No?

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<v Speaker 3>What did Doc say about James? He said, I think.

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<v Speaker 2>Overall he enjoyed being here. When you got to add

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<v Speaker 2>an overall to it, that means there were some places

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<v Speaker 2>he did not enjoy it, he said.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, it's tough for him.

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<v Speaker 2>We asked him to play a little different than he's

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<v Speaker 2>always been accustomed to.

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<v Speaker 3>I think it made us a better team.

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<v Speaker 2>But unfortunately, I thought for James at times it wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>always best for him. But he still did it. And

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<v Speaker 2>you know, we appreciate that as a coach. You know

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<v Speaker 2>who didn't appreciate it probably James Harden. He probably didn't

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<v Speaker 2>appreciate it at all. Back to what I said before,

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<v Speaker 2>no excuses. You don't lose because Harden went to Brickville

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<v Speaker 2>in the fourth quarter. You didn't lose because Embiid settled

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<v Speaker 2>for mid range jumpers instead of attacking the rim.

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<v Speaker 3>You didn't lose because Embiid was hurt.

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<v Speaker 2>For yet another playoff series, the Sixers didn't lose because

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<v Speaker 2>Doc Rivers continued to freeze in the big moment. The

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<v Speaker 2>Sixers lost because of all these things combined. There's not

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<v Speaker 2>one person or one thing to point the finger at.

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<v Speaker 2>They lost because this team was never as good as

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<v Speaker 2>anyone thought that they were. And that goes all away

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<v Speaker 2>from Daryl Morey down to Doc Rivers, to players like

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<v Speaker 2>Embiide to Harden, to role players who are overpaid like

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<v Speaker 2>Tobias Harris and George Yang and Tyrese Maxey and PJ.

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<v Speaker 2>Tucker and all of them and everyone all of them.

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<v Speaker 2>The question is not how to tweak this roster and

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<v Speaker 2>fix it. The structure is broken. I think we now

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<v Speaker 2>know major changes need to happen in order for them

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<v Speaker 2>to figure out a path forward over and above where

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<v Speaker 2>they've continuously been and hit their ceiling on the glass

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<v Speaker 2>ceiling is obviously there.

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<v Speaker 3>They can't get to the conference finals.

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<v Speaker 2>So how do you do that? Who do you keep?

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<v Speaker 2>How do you build a team around them? Because ten

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<v Speaker 2>years in the process has told you that this team

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<v Speaker 2>is no better than a second round exit. So that's

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<v Speaker 2>if you aspire to more, you need to change it.

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<v Speaker 2>You've got to make radical changes that this franchise has

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<v Speaker 2>avoided for a decade.

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<v Speaker 3>What does that mean if you're honest, If you're honest.

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<v Speaker 2>Who's the major trade piece that you have and you

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<v Speaker 2>can get a lot for Well, you know, Harden's a

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<v Speaker 2>free agent, so it's not him. Tobias Harris is overpaid,

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<v Speaker 2>so it's not him. Tyree Macks he's very young and

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<v Speaker 2>very cheap, so you could probably get something back for him.

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<v Speaker 2>But if we're really honest, the only real trade chip

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<v Speaker 2>that this team has is Joel Embiid. That is a

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<v Speaker 2>tough pill to swallow. And do you trust Joel Embiid

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<v Speaker 2>to be healthy enough to build a winning team around him?

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<v Speaker 2>The answer is maybe not. He's one of the best

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<v Speaker 2>players in the NBA. But if you look at his numbers,

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<v Speaker 2>he's missed on average, twenty three regular season games per

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<v Speaker 2>year during his career. That is not counting the full

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<v Speaker 2>two seasons that he missed with his foot injury. When

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<v Speaker 2>you miss thirty percent of the regular season every year,

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<v Speaker 2>like just you can just like book that you can

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<v Speaker 2>just just penned in not even pencil, you can just

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<v Speaker 2>pen that in. Uh, And that's not even the full story.

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<v Speaker 2>Like when Joel Embiid's not missing thirty percent of a

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<v Speaker 2>regular season, he's also nursing injuries from missing multiple games

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<v Speaker 2>in the regular season. So, given that he's almost thirty,

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<v Speaker 2>he's had numerous health issues. Is there a greater or

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<v Speaker 2>lesser chance that he's gonna miss more or less time

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<v Speaker 2>in the future?

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<v Speaker 3>Probably more?

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<v Speaker 2>And then second, given the health concerns, do you think

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<v Speaker 2>you can build a championship team around him?

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<v Speaker 3>The answer is probably know.

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<v Speaker 2>If you can't answer yes to both of those or

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<v Speaker 2>either of those, then the sad and painful truth is

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<v Speaker 2>you probably have to move on from Joel Embiid. I

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<v Speaker 2>love empt. I think he's one of the most dominant

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<v Speaker 2>players in the NBA. I think he could be a

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<v Speaker 2>really great pairing for another player like I don't know,

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<v Speaker 2>Damian Lillard. That's just me a very unbiased fans take.

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<v Speaker 2>But in what postseason has Joel Embiid ever been healthy?

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<v Speaker 2>Can you recall one? I'll answer for you never, literally never.

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<v Speaker 2>When he got drafted multiple years he missed, remember just

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<v Speaker 2>like total seasons twenty eighteen, his first playoffs, fractured orbital

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<v Speaker 2>bone twenty nineteen, playoffs, knee injury twenty twenty, ankle injury

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty one, torn meniscus.

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<v Speaker 3>This is all playoffs.

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<v Speaker 2>Twenty twenty two, as you remember, fractured horrible bone this

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<v Speaker 2>year twenty twenty three playoffs sprained LCL.

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<v Speaker 3>That is literally insane.

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<v Speaker 2>So if he's your all NBA guy and you can't

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<v Speaker 2>rely on him, is he the star of a championship

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<v Speaker 2>team or is he a really really really really really

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<v Speaker 2>good role player who can drop forty at any time. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>with the rumors that James Harden is on his way

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<v Speaker 2>to Houston, Doc Rivers might have coached his last game

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<v Speaker 2>in Philly.

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<v Speaker 3>This team is at a crossroads.

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<v Speaker 2>It will be very fascinating to see which correction they

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<v Speaker 2>go next. So does Jah Morant like have a gun

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<v Speaker 2>on him like every time he walks out of the door,

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<v Speaker 2>because that's kind of how it feels, doesn't it Like

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<v Speaker 2>it's a it's like that that Snoop Dogg song where

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<v Speaker 2>he's like, put oil of a lay on my skin

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<v Speaker 2>because my skin gets pale, and like I put my

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<v Speaker 2>doggy underwear on and then I put my jawgun on

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<v Speaker 2>inside of myself.

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<v Speaker 3>Like, where what is happening with John Morant?

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<v Speaker 2>Like the reason I asked this is because every time

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<v Speaker 2>you hear about Jahn Morant, every time he's doing something

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<v Speaker 2>outside of a basketball court, there's a gun every time.

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<v Speaker 2>The latest is Saturday on Instagram, I don't know, cute

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<v Speaker 2>little Mother's Day, eve a stroll around.

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<v Speaker 3>The block listening to NBA.

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<v Speaker 2>Young boy and one of Jaw's friends was I on

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<v Speaker 2>ig Live with like one hundred and thirty five people

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<v Speaker 2>on it.

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<v Speaker 3>Why who knows? Dumb?

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<v Speaker 2>And so he's like doing something I don't know. He

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<v Speaker 2>pans over to Jaw, and Jaw just just I don't know, like,

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<v Speaker 2>does something twisty with the gun. The friend's like, oh shit,

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<v Speaker 2>uh fuck Jaw ig Live gun bad drops the phone

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<v Speaker 2>and somebody that was watching one of those one hundred

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<v Speaker 2>and thirty five people screenshot of that one half of

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<v Speaker 2>a second, literally a half of a second. They showed

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<v Speaker 2>Jaw with the gun in his hand near his head

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<v Speaker 2>doing whatever he was doing.

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<v Speaker 3>And now you're dead. You're done. It's a rap for you.

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<v Speaker 3>He was on ig Live with the gun for less

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<v Speaker 3>than a half a second.

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<v Speaker 2>Screenshots internets spread like wildfire, and now we got it

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<v Speaker 2>on every single ESPN, Fox, Sports, TMZ everywhere.

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<v Speaker 3>So where are we at now?

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<v Speaker 2>According to Woj, Jaw's expected to face a lengthy suspension,

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<v Speaker 2>not because if there's been some legal breach like it

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<v Speaker 2>was in Shotgun Willie's, but because it was conduct detrimental

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<v Speaker 2>to the league, meaning, hey, Jaw, you're fucking with our money.

0:14:58.120 --> 0:15:01.240
<v Speaker 2>And I think one of the most astounding things about

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<v Speaker 2>this offseason that we're still talking about Jaw around guns.

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<v Speaker 2>Like Remember he admitted to making some terrible mistake. Remember

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<v Speaker 2>he said he went to counseling for two weeks to

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<v Speaker 2>get better and like learn better coping methods, and he

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<v Speaker 2>promised us he would never be in this situation again.

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<v Speaker 2>And Adam Silver believed him like a schmunck and gave

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<v Speaker 2>him this soft penalty two games suspension plus the six

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<v Speaker 2>he had imposed on himself with that time in therapy.

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<v Speaker 2>And Jaw said this in his interview with Jalen Rose.

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<v Speaker 1>Been there.

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<v Speaker 4>You were holding a gun and we both know how

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<v Speaker 4>dangerous that can be. Who's gun were you holding? Well,

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<v Speaker 4>the gun wasn't my. It's not who I am. I

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<v Speaker 4>don't condone and you know, any type of violence, but

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<v Speaker 4>I take you know full responsibility. You know from my

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<v Speaker 4>actions made a badomsteak and I can see the image

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<v Speaker 4>you know that I painted, you know, over myself, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>with my recent mistakes. But you know, in the future,

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<v Speaker 4>I'm gonna show everybody who John really is. You know

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<v Speaker 4>what I'm about, and you know, change this narrative.

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<v Speaker 2>And narrator says he did not change the narrative at all.

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<v Speaker 2>I know how dangerous that can be. I don't condone violence.

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<v Speaker 2>That that gun wasn't mine, like and that was a lie.

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<v Speaker 2>Either Jaw has a gun on him at all times

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<v Speaker 2>and plays with it like it's a toy. Or he

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<v Speaker 2>has friends that just allow him to play with their guns,

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<v Speaker 2>whether they're loaded or not loaded, and play.

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<v Speaker 3>With their guns like toys. Either way, Uh, dumb, very

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<v Speaker 3>very dumb, extremely dumb. Can we be.

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<v Speaker 2>Honest about this for a second. The dumbest thing about

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<v Speaker 2>this is that there's a lot of smoke already around

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<v Speaker 2>Jaw at this very moment, at this very moment that

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<v Speaker 2>we sit, he is being sued by someone, a kid,

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<v Speaker 2>a miner, that he beat up because the kid threw

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<v Speaker 2>a basketball at him. That's happening right now, right now.

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<v Speaker 2>The NBA is investigating Jaw, and they have been investigating

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<v Speaker 2>Jaw for over a year for multiple incidents surrounding a gun,

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<v Speaker 2>multiple incidents.

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<v Speaker 3>Surrounding a gun. His lawyers know this, his advisors know this.

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<v Speaker 3>Jah Morant knows this.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, he got a light suspension. Just two months ago

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<v Speaker 2>the NBA the All NBA list came out.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know what was it.

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<v Speaker 2>Three days ago, Jahn Morant was left off the list

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<v Speaker 2>because of this incident with a gun at Shotgun Willie's

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<v Speaker 2>and he ends up losing out on forty million dollars And.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, so there's heat on you, Jaw. Three days later,

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<v Speaker 3>what do you do?

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<v Speaker 2>You're hanging out flashing guns with dudes who call themselves

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<v Speaker 2>double tap two double tap aka two shots to the

0:17:54.800 --> 0:17:57.800
<v Speaker 2>head double tap. The guy's name on Instagram who filmed

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<v Speaker 2>that d tap two double tap. If you can't tell

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<v Speaker 2>that the D is for tap double, it's because he

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<v Speaker 2>also put the two after it as well, d tap two.

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<v Speaker 3>So now you know.

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<v Speaker 2>So you got Jaw with his friends who are all

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<v Speaker 2>cause playing gang bangers crips, I think, and uh, this

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<v Speaker 2>is like the kind of dude who's used your name

0:18:18.680 --> 0:18:20.840
<v Speaker 2>on call of duty is like gangster for life forever

0:18:21.119 --> 0:18:24.560
<v Speaker 2>and like uses skull and crossbones emoji, like Okay, dude, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>we get it.

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<v Speaker 3>You're like you kill people. Oh, very funny ha.

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<v Speaker 2>And in doing all of this, he makes Adam Silver

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<v Speaker 2>look like an idiot. You got the commissioner who gave

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<v Speaker 2>you a light suspension, took you aside and said, okay, Jaw,

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<v Speaker 2>like I'm gonna give you a slap on the wrist

0:18:40.680 --> 0:18:42.439
<v Speaker 2>because we want to see you in the playoffs, but like,

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<v Speaker 2>you have to promise me you're not gonna do any

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<v Speaker 2>of this dumb shit again. He's like, okay, I won't

0:18:46.760 --> 0:18:48.680
<v Speaker 2>do any of this dumb shit again. And he does

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<v Speaker 2>all the same dumb shit all the way again. And

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<v Speaker 2>you know it's bad because you got real deal six

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<v Speaker 2>O Crips going on TV and being like, yes, we

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<v Speaker 2>don't claim him. He's not gang banger, he doesn't do

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<v Speaker 2>any of this. He's an idiot. When you've got six

0:19:04.520 --> 0:19:08.040
<v Speaker 2>O Crips being like, yeah, uh, this guy's dumb. We're

0:19:08.200 --> 0:19:11.879
<v Speaker 2>we're gangbangers, and we think he's also dumb, like you're dumb.

0:19:13.119 --> 0:19:15.479
<v Speaker 2>And now instead of us being like, okay, is this

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<v Speaker 2>the year that Jaw finally wins an MVP? Is this

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<v Speaker 2>the year that Memphis breaks over the breakthrough, we have

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<v Speaker 2>to say, Oh, is this the year that John Rant

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<v Speaker 2>misses an entire fucking year of basketball because he's so

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<v Speaker 2>dumb that he can't stop playing with guns on IG

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<v Speaker 2>live like a fifteen year old girl on Snapchat. That's

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<v Speaker 2>that's where we're at in the conversation with Jaw. He's

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<v Speaker 2>probably gonna lose a half a season at least, that's

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<v Speaker 2>where we're at with Jaw. He is going to miss

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<v Speaker 2>a half a season in the prime of his career

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<v Speaker 2>just because he can't stop cosplaying a six to oh

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<v Speaker 2>crip For whatever reason, he thinks that makes him cool

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<v Speaker 2>and tough and.

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<v Speaker 3>Like closer to the NBA young boy. So so very dumb.

0:19:52.680 --> 0:19:54.439
<v Speaker 2>This is gonna be the biggest story not only of

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<v Speaker 2>the offseason but this year's regular season two and there's

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<v Speaker 2>only one person to blame, and he doesn't have an

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<v Speaker 2>ig account named d tap two Alert Alert. The Phoenix

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<v Speaker 2>Suns have fired former Coach of the Year Monty Williams

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<v Speaker 2>less than a year after inking him to a lucrative extension.

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<v Speaker 2>Matt Ishbia has literally wrote written Monty Williams a twenty

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<v Speaker 2>million dollar check for him to go Bye bye.

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<v Speaker 3>Dame Wave see you later.

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<v Speaker 2>So some people are shocked, but I guess when you

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<v Speaker 2>lose two closeout games by thirty in consecutive years, the

0:20:32.720 --> 0:20:34.840
<v Speaker 2>rioting's probably on the wall.

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<v Speaker 3>So my thoughts on this are as falls.

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<v Speaker 2>I think part of the reason that Monty Williams got

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<v Speaker 2>fired is the same reason that he won Coach of

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<v Speaker 2>the Year, which is he can take a team from

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<v Speaker 2>eighteen wins to the finals, can he take him to

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<v Speaker 2>win a championship?

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<v Speaker 3>The answer very clearly is no.

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<v Speaker 2>He's reached a point where his ceiling was met when

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<v Speaker 2>the rosters were good enough to win a championship. We

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<v Speaker 2>don't know what that ceiling is for Wes Unseld Junior,

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<v Speaker 2>because he'll never have a roster that good. But we

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<v Speaker 2>now know that Monty Williams is not good enough as

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<v Speaker 2>a coach to reach a championship. We have seen Monny

0:21:09.320 --> 0:21:12.440
<v Speaker 2>Williams's problems in terms of in game adjustments. We see

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<v Speaker 2>that he shortens his rotations in the playoffs to the

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<v Speaker 2>point where it is detrimental to the team. And now

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<v Speaker 2>it is coming out that he is rubbing players the

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<v Speaker 2>wrong way. And if you believe that Atan is a

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<v Speaker 2>super talent and you think he could become a cornerstone

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<v Speaker 2>of your team moving forward, and Ayton is at a

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<v Speaker 2>crossroads and in an in pass with Monty Williams. One of

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<v Speaker 2>those two guys has to go. One guy is making

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<v Speaker 2>max money for the next five years and one guy

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<v Speaker 2>is not. So the guy that's not making max money

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<v Speaker 2>and your new owner Ishbia, you gots to go.

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<v Speaker 3>Second.

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<v Speaker 2>And then you add in matt Ishbiah, who's like, I

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<v Speaker 2>guess they said it on Twitter, and I think this

0:21:50.760 --> 0:21:51.080
<v Speaker 2>is right.

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<v Speaker 3>I think matt Is Shbia probably has main character.

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<v Speaker 2>Syndrome where he believes he is the protagonist in every

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<v Speaker 2>part of the life that he's living.

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<v Speaker 3>He is the center of the universe.

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<v Speaker 2>That's like, I don't know, it's like shocking that a

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<v Speaker 2>billionaire would be like an egomaniac, but it is.

0:22:06.840 --> 0:22:07.600
<v Speaker 3>It's possible.

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<v Speaker 2>So Joe Si vibes I'm getting from matt Ishbia wants

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<v Speaker 2>to make splashy trades, wants to get in to the

0:22:15.880 --> 0:22:18.200
<v Speaker 2>kind of like Rob Polink a little bit like, wants

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<v Speaker 2>to own the narrative. Wants to make a splash, not

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<v Speaker 2>afraid to spend money because he wants the narrative to

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<v Speaker 2>be on him. He wants Now he's running the ship.

0:22:29.320 --> 0:22:32.840
<v Speaker 2>Apparently he has taken control over all basketball operations, which, like,

0:22:32.960 --> 0:22:35.399
<v Speaker 2>that's never been bad before when an owner has like

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<v Speaker 2>taken over and not delegated to people who are smarter

0:22:39.760 --> 0:22:42.439
<v Speaker 2>or more invested in basketball than him. Like, but whatever,

0:22:42.480 --> 0:22:44.800
<v Speaker 2>it's his team, he owns it now. So there's a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of chatter about where Mani is gonna go next,

0:22:47.480 --> 0:22:49.200
<v Speaker 2>and we'll talk about that in a second. But what

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<v Speaker 2>I think is really interesting is who matt Ishbia is

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<v Speaker 2>going to hire next in the main character syndrome, Well,

0:22:55.359 --> 0:22:59.080
<v Speaker 2>matt Ishbia from Detroit. There are a couple of names

0:22:59.080 --> 0:23:00.960
<v Speaker 2>that are circulating I think would be awful.

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<v Speaker 3>One is tom Izzo. Do you think tom Izzo.

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<v Speaker 2>And DeAndre Aiden are gonna get along? Like if Monnie

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<v Speaker 2>Williams didn't get along with DeAndre Aiden? I promise you

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<v Speaker 2>a college coach who has been leading in his own

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<v Speaker 2>like control freak kind of way is not gonna vibe

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<v Speaker 2>with DeAndre Ayden. And then the second is maybe even worse,

0:23:27.400 --> 0:23:31.720
<v Speaker 2>Isaiah Thomas. Isaiah Thomas, the guy who ran the Knicks

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<v Speaker 2>into the ground as a GM and head coach combo,

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<v Speaker 2>This could get ugly fast.

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<v Speaker 3>This could get real ugly, real fast.

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<v Speaker 2>In terms of MANI, I think that MANI should go

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<v Speaker 2>to a place that is like what Phoenix was when

0:23:46.160 --> 0:23:49.800
<v Speaker 2>he took over in an eighteen win team like the

0:23:49.800 --> 0:23:52.359
<v Speaker 2>Detroit Pistons, a team that has a bunch of young

0:23:52.480 --> 0:23:57.240
<v Speaker 2>talent that needs to get a culture set. As for

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<v Speaker 2>the Sun's next coach, like I said, they're interviewing Nick Nurse,

0:24:00.400 --> 0:24:02.000
<v Speaker 2>They're interviewing Mike Budenholzer.

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<v Speaker 3>They are a rumored to also be interested in Tyleru.

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<v Speaker 2>I like all those names personally much more than I

0:24:07.600 --> 0:24:10.720
<v Speaker 2>like Isaiah Thomas or Tom Izzo. I would personally like

0:24:10.760 --> 0:24:13.440
<v Speaker 2>someone like Jordi Fernandez from the Kings, or maybe a

0:24:13.480 --> 0:24:15.960
<v Speaker 2>Becky Hammond from the Las Vegas Aces.

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<v Speaker 3>But I very very doubt.

0:24:17.560 --> 0:24:20.959
<v Speaker 2>That Ishabio will hire an unknown. The bottom line is this,

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<v Speaker 2>you now have three coaches of the Year in the

0:24:23.400 --> 0:24:26.720
<v Speaker 2>past five years who are now unemployed, four if you

0:24:26.760 --> 0:24:30.800
<v Speaker 2>count Dwayne Casey, two of whom have won NBA championships.

0:24:31.040 --> 0:24:33.480
<v Speaker 2>All I could say, it's a cool world out there.

0:24:33.520 --> 0:24:34.679
<v Speaker 2>It's a cool, cold world.

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<v Speaker 3>Whether it turns out to be the right decision or not.

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<v Speaker 2>All depends on what comes next. I think there's a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of of the NBA who believe that there are

0:25:02.720 --> 0:25:05.000
<v Speaker 2>players out there who are playing in the NBA who

0:25:05.000 --> 0:25:07.360
<v Speaker 2>are not very good. I think that there are casual

0:25:07.440 --> 0:25:11.320
<v Speaker 2>fans and hardcore fans who think to themselves, I guess

0:25:11.160 --> 0:25:14.160
<v Speaker 2>it possible that there are like a group, a pretty

0:25:14.240 --> 0:25:16.919
<v Speaker 2>large group of players who just don't actually like the

0:25:16.960 --> 0:25:19.439
<v Speaker 2>game that they're paid millions of dollars to play. And

0:25:19.520 --> 0:25:22.160
<v Speaker 2>we don't really have any evidence for that. We don't

0:25:22.160 --> 0:25:27.240
<v Speaker 2>have anything to substantiate our claims. Our beliefs are our

0:25:27.280 --> 0:25:32.199
<v Speaker 2>anecdotal evidence of just lackadaisical complacency that we see on

0:25:32.240 --> 0:25:36.560
<v Speaker 2>a night to night basis. Well, DeMar Derozen is cooking

0:25:36.800 --> 0:25:40.320
<v Speaker 2>a quarter of the NBA and is substantiating the things

0:25:40.320 --> 0:25:42.399
<v Speaker 2>that we have been thinking for a very long time.

0:25:42.640 --> 0:25:46.520
<v Speaker 2>What did he say, brace yourself. A quarter of the

0:25:46.560 --> 0:25:53.040
<v Speaker 2>players in the NBA absolutely stink. That's like one hundred players.

0:25:53.359 --> 0:25:55.919
<v Speaker 2>That's literally like one hundred out of a four hundred

0:25:55.920 --> 0:25:58.960
<v Speaker 2>and fifty players. DeMar de Rosen has put a stamp

0:25:59.000 --> 0:26:02.160
<v Speaker 2>on it. They fuck are trash, they stink, They shouldn't

0:26:02.160 --> 0:26:06.359
<v Speaker 2>even be here. I cannot tell you how many times

0:26:06.400 --> 0:26:11.320
<v Speaker 2>I've seen media members included myself, just get cooked by

0:26:11.400 --> 0:26:14.920
<v Speaker 2>fans saying, oh, I say, oh, this player stinks, X

0:26:15.040 --> 0:26:16.879
<v Speaker 2>Y or Z stinks. They are not very good, and

0:26:16.920 --> 0:26:19.720
<v Speaker 2>they're like, you don't know these players are professionals.

0:26:19.920 --> 0:26:21.359
<v Speaker 3>You don't know they're in the NBA.

0:26:21.520 --> 0:26:25.280
<v Speaker 2>How can you say that they're elite guys or elite athletes.

0:26:25.480 --> 0:26:27.120
<v Speaker 3>You're just some caring out there.

0:26:27.280 --> 0:26:31.160
<v Speaker 2>No comparatively to the other guys who don't stink, these

0:26:31.200 --> 0:26:34.320
<v Speaker 2>guys stink. There are guys who cannot play at an

0:26:34.359 --> 0:26:36.600
<v Speaker 2>elite level, which is what we're talking about. Do not

0:26:36.720 --> 0:26:39.119
<v Speaker 2>take my word for it, take Paul George and DeMar

0:26:39.840 --> 0:26:40.879
<v Speaker 2>DeRozan's word for it.

0:26:40.920 --> 0:26:43.160
<v Speaker 4>Do you feel about the tweet that lebron sent out

0:26:43.320 --> 0:26:46.200
<v Speaker 4>Bronny was better than some current NBA guys?

0:26:46.240 --> 0:26:51.880
<v Speaker 1>We do, guys, Sorry, no, cap, I'm the type of dude.

0:26:51.880 --> 0:26:54.560
<v Speaker 1>I keep my opinions myself. I chill, I play the backseat.

0:26:54.600 --> 0:26:56.760
<v Speaker 1>But being in the league so long, you realize how

0:26:56.800 --> 0:26:59.480
<v Speaker 1>many don't love the game of basketball, who take it

0:26:59.520 --> 0:27:02.640
<v Speaker 1>for granted, Who feels so entitled, who just won't everything

0:27:02.640 --> 0:27:04.159
<v Speaker 1>that come with it, but don't want to put the

0:27:04.200 --> 0:27:06.840
<v Speaker 1>work in. It's so frustrating, you know what I mean?

0:27:07.000 --> 0:27:08.879
<v Speaker 1>Like we played in an era where you had like

0:27:09.080 --> 0:27:11.159
<v Speaker 1>earn everything. So you got so many guys coming in

0:27:11.359 --> 0:27:13.840
<v Speaker 1>thinking like they just should be playing because they homeboy

0:27:13.880 --> 0:27:16.600
<v Speaker 1>told them they nice, and it's like, bro, you're not good.

0:27:16.720 --> 0:27:20.120
<v Speaker 1>So I definitely got Brian standpoint of that, because you'll

0:27:20.160 --> 0:27:22.280
<v Speaker 1>be surprised. It's a good was it four or fifty

0:27:22.320 --> 0:27:24.879
<v Speaker 1>of us, it's a good Seventy five to one hundred

0:27:25.000 --> 0:27:26.160
<v Speaker 1>stinks stinks.

0:27:26.240 --> 0:27:30.680
<v Speaker 2>Good dudes though, Good dudes though, but they stink like

0:27:30.800 --> 0:27:34.320
<v Speaker 2>they fucking suck. I can't tell you how much I

0:27:34.359 --> 0:27:37.520
<v Speaker 2>love this clip. Anytime somebody gets into my mentions and

0:27:37.560 --> 0:27:40.199
<v Speaker 2>tells me that these players don't stink, I'm sending that

0:27:40.280 --> 0:27:41.320
<v Speaker 2>clip right back to them.

0:27:41.560 --> 0:27:43.880
<v Speaker 3>Seventy five to one hundred players in the.

0:27:43.920 --> 0:27:48.960
<v Speaker 2>NBA absolutely stink at for a long time in this league.

0:27:49.000 --> 0:27:51.440
<v Speaker 2>So what do you do when everybody on the floor

0:27:51.440 --> 0:27:53.240
<v Speaker 2>was a number one option for most of their lives.

0:27:53.320 --> 0:27:56.440
<v Speaker 2>You either adapt or you're fucking gone, or I guess

0:27:56.520 --> 0:27:59.359
<v Speaker 2>you sit on the bench and throw soup at your

0:27:59.359 --> 0:28:01.080
<v Speaker 2>colleagues and get dropped.

0:28:01.119 --> 0:28:02.919
<v Speaker 3>Like Kevin Porter Junior.

0:28:02.800 --> 0:28:04.600
<v Speaker 2>The Golden State Warriors, he would probably be one of

0:28:04.640 --> 0:28:06.520
<v Speaker 2>those seventy five guys.

0:28:06.240 --> 0:28:09.000
<v Speaker 3>That's just what it is. I want to smoke weed.

0:28:09.160 --> 0:28:10.760
<v Speaker 2>They want to go to the club, they want to

0:28:10.800 --> 0:28:12.880
<v Speaker 2>hang out, they want to get paid, and you know what,

0:28:13.000 --> 0:28:16.720
<v Speaker 2>God bless them, But when it comes to playing actual basketball,

0:28:16.840 --> 0:28:20.840
<v Speaker 2>they stink. And I'm gonna tell you they stink. What

0:28:20.840 --> 0:28:23.520
<v Speaker 2>do you do when you get life changing money? Do

0:28:23.560 --> 0:28:26.679
<v Speaker 2>you continue to grind or do you chill? That's really

0:28:26.800 --> 0:28:30.000
<v Speaker 2>the deal. A lot of guys are gonna get the message.

0:28:30.040 --> 0:28:32.880
<v Speaker 2>That message is eleven for twenty five from the field,

0:28:32.920 --> 0:28:35.080
<v Speaker 2>and a plus minus of negative eighteen is not going

0:28:35.119 --> 0:28:36.879
<v Speaker 2>to get you to the place at the table for

0:28:36.920 --> 0:28:39.320
<v Speaker 2>a long line for a long time in this league.

0:28:39.360 --> 0:28:41.800
<v Speaker 2>So what do you do when everybody on the floor

0:28:41.840 --> 0:28:43.600
<v Speaker 2>was a number one option for most of their lives.

0:28:43.680 --> 0:28:46.880
<v Speaker 2>You either adapt or you're fucking gone, or I guess

0:28:46.880 --> 0:28:49.719
<v Speaker 2>you sit on the bench and throw soup at your

0:28:49.760 --> 0:28:54.760
<v Speaker 2>colleagues then get dropped like Kevin Porter Jr. So I've

0:28:54.760 --> 0:28:57.400
<v Speaker 2>thought this a lot about the NBA because it's kind

0:28:57.400 --> 0:28:59.520
<v Speaker 2>of like a little office setting. You know, you got

0:28:59.560 --> 0:29:01.959
<v Speaker 2>guys all put together, they didn't ask to be with

0:29:01.960 --> 0:29:04.480
<v Speaker 2>one another, a lot of different personalities, a lot of

0:29:04.520 --> 0:29:07.640
<v Speaker 2>different types of play. You've got coaches that come and go,

0:29:07.800 --> 0:29:09.880
<v Speaker 2>They've got different systems that they want to run.

0:29:10.080 --> 0:29:11.560
<v Speaker 3>Some of those systems.

0:29:11.120 --> 0:29:15.600
<v Speaker 2>Deprioritize you and prioritize others, other guys. You get traded

0:29:16.480 --> 0:29:18.600
<v Speaker 2>and they come to your team, they change the dynamics.

0:29:18.640 --> 0:29:19.440
<v Speaker 3>So what do you do?

0:29:20.000 --> 0:29:23.160
<v Speaker 2>How do you try to fix things when they go sideways?

0:29:23.360 --> 0:29:25.520
<v Speaker 2>And I think that's a question the teams probably have

0:29:25.560 --> 0:29:27.840
<v Speaker 2>been asking for years, and I have been asking it

0:29:28.000 --> 0:29:32.600
<v Speaker 2>very specifically about how does anybody patch things up with

0:29:32.680 --> 0:29:36.520
<v Speaker 2>Rudy Gobert? How does anybody patch things up when this

0:29:36.600 --> 0:29:42.120
<v Speaker 2>is a player that like is universally disliked. Oftentimes, over

0:29:42.160 --> 0:29:46.200
<v Speaker 2>and over again, there's infighting. Nobody tells each other what

0:29:46.240 --> 0:29:50.240
<v Speaker 2>the problem is. They get blown up, they start again,

0:29:50.640 --> 0:29:55.040
<v Speaker 2>they don't communicate. Things go bad. Guys get traded, they

0:29:55.040 --> 0:29:57.160
<v Speaker 2>blow it up again. They fire the coach again, They

0:29:57.200 --> 0:29:57.520
<v Speaker 2>trade a.

0:29:57.520 --> 0:29:59.760
<v Speaker 3>Player again, over and over and over.

0:29:59.640 --> 0:30:02.920
<v Speaker 2>Until they just have no picks, no capital, and a

0:30:02.960 --> 0:30:05.280
<v Speaker 2>bunch of fucking desimal results.

0:30:06.160 --> 0:30:07.560
<v Speaker 3>That's like the Charlotte Hornets.

0:30:07.600 --> 0:30:09.280
<v Speaker 2>That's what I'm thinking about right now. So the Minnesota

0:30:09.320 --> 0:30:11.800
<v Speaker 2>Timberwolves face that same issue right in the offseason. They

0:30:11.840 --> 0:30:15.400
<v Speaker 2>lost in five to the Nuggets, and the difference between

0:30:15.440 --> 0:30:17.280
<v Speaker 2>the Wolves and the team like the Sixers, as they've

0:30:17.320 --> 0:30:22.080
<v Speaker 2>got a star, a transcendent star, Aunt Edwards, who is

0:30:22.080 --> 0:30:26.520
<v Speaker 2>willing to put in the work, Aunt Edwards, who has

0:30:26.640 --> 0:30:33.480
<v Speaker 2>relentless I strive to be as relentlessly positive as Aunt Edwards.

0:30:33.520 --> 0:30:36.760
<v Speaker 2>He's twenty one years old and he is maybe the

0:30:37.360 --> 0:30:40.680
<v Speaker 2>greatest dude in the league. He might save this franchise

0:30:40.720 --> 0:30:44.920
<v Speaker 2>from themselves, as he could potentially save this franchise from

0:30:44.920 --> 0:30:48.120
<v Speaker 2>maybe the worst trade in NBA history. Of course, I'm

0:30:48.120 --> 0:30:52.000
<v Speaker 2>talking about Rudy Gobert, Like I said, universally disliked, came

0:30:52.040 --> 0:30:55.680
<v Speaker 2>to this team, universally disliked, punched his own teammate in

0:30:55.760 --> 0:30:59.200
<v Speaker 2>the playoffs to the point where that other player is

0:30:59.240 --> 0:31:02.200
<v Speaker 2>now gonna maybe leave the team. And instead of Aunt

0:31:02.320 --> 0:31:05.000
<v Speaker 2>Edwards being like, yeah, we agree, this guy fucking sucks,

0:31:05.760 --> 0:31:09.360
<v Speaker 2>terrible trade, we gotta move him, or whatever the case

0:31:09.720 --> 0:31:13.080
<v Speaker 2>might be, he decides what's he gonna do. He is

0:31:13.120 --> 0:31:16.240
<v Speaker 2>going to fix things with Rudy Gobert. He's gonna patch

0:31:16.280 --> 0:31:20.320
<v Speaker 2>things up mentor Rudy Gobert. He is going to get

0:31:20.440 --> 0:31:24.160
<v Speaker 2>their relationship as tight as it can be. It may

0:31:24.200 --> 0:31:28.520
<v Speaker 2>seem like a tall order, Rudy is notoriously surly, but

0:31:29.120 --> 0:31:31.600
<v Speaker 2>if anyone can do it, it is Aunt Edwards, the

0:31:31.640 --> 0:31:35.280
<v Speaker 2>twenty one year old player. Mind you, Rudy Gobert is thirty,

0:31:35.640 --> 0:31:39.480
<v Speaker 2>so that mentorship relationship is already fucking wild. So, according

0:31:39.960 --> 0:31:45.520
<v Speaker 2>to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Aunt Edwards is headed to

0:31:45.840 --> 0:31:51.400
<v Speaker 2>France this off season just to train all summer with

0:31:51.600 --> 0:31:54.440
<v Speaker 2>Rudy Gobert all summer.

0:31:55.760 --> 0:31:58.960
<v Speaker 3>Yes, you read that right. According to Wolves Beat.

0:31:58.760 --> 0:32:01.720
<v Speaker 2>Writer Chris Hine, Aunt Edwards is planning on heading to

0:32:01.760 --> 0:32:05.000
<v Speaker 2>France to work with Gobert. From the outside, Edwards and

0:32:05.040 --> 0:32:07.280
<v Speaker 2>Gobert didn't always seem to be on the same page.

0:32:07.640 --> 0:32:10.360
<v Speaker 2>Edward always seemed reluctant to pass when working with him

0:32:10.360 --> 0:32:12.880
<v Speaker 2>with the screen and roll game, and Edward says that

0:32:13.040 --> 0:32:13.800
<v Speaker 2>wasn't the case.

0:32:14.960 --> 0:32:15.760
<v Speaker 3>I am stunned.

0:32:15.840 --> 0:32:17.760
<v Speaker 2>I thought that there would be no way that this

0:32:17.840 --> 0:32:21.080
<v Speaker 2>trade could get salvage, but holy moly, Aunt said this.

0:32:21.440 --> 0:32:24.680
<v Speaker 2>I love Rudy. ME and Rudy got a great understanding.

0:32:24.880 --> 0:32:27.080
<v Speaker 2>We talk all the time. I think he can get

0:32:27.120 --> 0:32:29.600
<v Speaker 2>a lot better as far as catching the ball, jump hooking,

0:32:29.840 --> 0:32:31.480
<v Speaker 2>and I tell him all the time, like Rudy, I'm

0:32:31.480 --> 0:32:33.800
<v Speaker 2>gonna throw you the ball every time I want you

0:32:33.840 --> 0:32:36.640
<v Speaker 2>to jump hook or money dunk on someone and he's like,

0:32:36.720 --> 0:32:39.080
<v Speaker 2>I got you. So this summer we're gonna get together

0:32:39.200 --> 0:32:42.920
<v Speaker 2>to work on it in France. He's gonna go to

0:32:43.080 --> 0:32:46.560
<v Speaker 2>Aunt Edwards in France. I need this reality show. I

0:32:46.640 --> 0:32:49.440
<v Speaker 2>need it, Not like, hey, Rudy, you French fuck, you've

0:32:49.520 --> 0:32:52.080
<v Speaker 2>ruined our team. You come to my city and you

0:32:52.240 --> 0:32:55.520
<v Speaker 2>train with me. No more begets for you, bitch. You're

0:32:55.560 --> 0:32:58.640
<v Speaker 2>coming to me. No, no, no, He's like courssesant Bojiu,

0:32:58.920 --> 0:33:03.240
<v Speaker 2>I'm coming to you, Rudy Avoa. Like if anybody can

0:33:03.280 --> 0:33:05.200
<v Speaker 2>make Rudy Gobert likable, it's Aunt Edwards.

0:33:06.320 --> 0:33:08.040
<v Speaker 3>And you know who.

0:33:08.080 --> 0:33:13.240
<v Speaker 2>Aunt Edwards never said anything like this about never heaped

0:33:13.280 --> 0:33:15.640
<v Speaker 2>praise on, never went and traded with him in the

0:33:15.640 --> 0:33:19.560
<v Speaker 2>off season, never said how much he likes him Carl

0:33:19.600 --> 0:33:23.120
<v Speaker 2>Anthony Towns. This is just further evidence that Carl Anthony

0:33:23.160 --> 0:33:25.960
<v Speaker 2>Towns probably is on his way out because this team

0:33:26.160 --> 0:33:28.640
<v Speaker 2>cannot work with two seven footers, gotta choose one.

0:33:30.120 --> 0:33:32.360
<v Speaker 3>One can't defend one who can't score.

0:33:32.760 --> 0:33:34.760
<v Speaker 2>There's a reason that the rumor mill is full of

0:33:34.800 --> 0:33:38.560
<v Speaker 2>the talk about Carl Anthony Towns to the Knicks, involving

0:33:38.600 --> 0:33:41.400
<v Speaker 2>either R. J. Barrett or Julius Randall. Aunt is gonna

0:33:41.400 --> 0:33:44.720
<v Speaker 2>be first team All NBA. He is the stake and

0:33:44.840 --> 0:33:48.440
<v Speaker 2>Carl Anthony Towns also has main character syndrome, so he

0:33:48.520 --> 0:33:51.400
<v Speaker 2>might be on his way out. And Aunt Edwards is

0:33:51.440 --> 0:33:53.719
<v Speaker 2>going to fully salvage the Rudy go Beart trade and

0:33:53.800 --> 0:33:56.720
<v Speaker 2>maybe even Rudy Gobert's career as a result. If you

0:33:56.760 --> 0:34:01.680
<v Speaker 2>are a Wolves fan, Aunt Edwards croissant like that is

0:34:01.720 --> 0:34:03.960
<v Speaker 2>the best news that you could possibly ever get.

0:34:04.560 --> 0:34:06.920
<v Speaker 3>All right. Finally, a quick note on our dubs.

0:34:07.240 --> 0:34:10.120
<v Speaker 2>First and foremost, they need to figure out what's going

0:34:10.160 --> 0:34:13.560
<v Speaker 2>on with Bob Myers. The rumors around Bob Myers is

0:34:13.600 --> 0:34:16.040
<v Speaker 2>that he's getting twenty million dollars offer a year to

0:34:16.080 --> 0:34:18.000
<v Speaker 2>go to a venture capital firm. He might just leave

0:34:18.000 --> 0:34:21.080
<v Speaker 2>the NBA altogether in order for him to stay with

0:34:21.120 --> 0:34:23.320
<v Speaker 2>the Warriors. It's going to take a huge bag. So's

0:34:23.800 --> 0:34:26.680
<v Speaker 2>that's point number one, which I have no updates on.

0:34:27.360 --> 0:34:30.560
<v Speaker 2>I do have an update though, on the Big Three

0:34:30.640 --> 0:34:32.879
<v Speaker 2>and whether they're going to continue with the pool party thing.

0:34:33.440 --> 0:34:35.719
<v Speaker 2>I wanted to illustrate something before the season started that

0:34:35.800 --> 0:34:39.200
<v Speaker 2>I said. It was in the immediate aftermath when Draymond

0:34:39.280 --> 0:34:43.600
<v Speaker 2>Green turned Jordan Poole into Glass show from Mike Tyson's

0:34:43.640 --> 0:34:46.040
<v Speaker 2>knockout that I said this here on the show. The

0:34:46.080 --> 0:34:49.319
<v Speaker 2>Warriors are in turmoil and how a lot of things

0:34:49.360 --> 0:34:51.839
<v Speaker 2>progress in Golden State will revolve around whether they can

0:34:51.880 --> 0:34:56.040
<v Speaker 2>put this behind them. It turns out they did not

0:34:56.480 --> 0:34:58.600
<v Speaker 2>put that behind them. And now we don't just have

0:34:58.640 --> 0:35:01.920
<v Speaker 2>anecdotal evidence, we have early reports out of the Warriors

0:35:02.000 --> 0:35:04.880
<v Speaker 2>camp is that no are dubs.

0:35:04.960 --> 0:35:07.840
<v Speaker 3>Our dubs did not put this behind them.

0:35:08.120 --> 0:35:11.840
<v Speaker 2>According to ESPN's Ramona Shelbourne, she interviewed a ton of

0:35:11.840 --> 0:35:14.680
<v Speaker 2>Warriors staff and a ton of Warriors players and this

0:35:14.719 --> 0:35:17.719
<v Speaker 2>is what she had to say. Tension between veterans and

0:35:17.800 --> 0:35:22.800
<v Speaker 2>younger players on Warriors never went away after Draymond Green's punch.

0:35:23.120 --> 0:35:26.360
<v Speaker 2>Draymond Green's punch didn't just knock out Jordan Poole. It

0:35:26.480 --> 0:35:29.960
<v Speaker 2>laid bare the tension between the older Championship corps and

0:35:30.080 --> 0:35:34.120
<v Speaker 2>the younger players on the organization hoped would supersede them

0:35:34.160 --> 0:35:34.680
<v Speaker 2>one day.

0:35:34.920 --> 0:35:36.000
<v Speaker 3>It has never gone.

0:35:35.840 --> 0:35:40.640
<v Speaker 2>Away, despite Pool's relative silence on the matter this season.

0:35:41.360 --> 0:35:45.319
<v Speaker 2>Oh boy, yeah, it turns out hiring a whole new

0:35:45.400 --> 0:35:50.360
<v Speaker 2>staff to replace the current staff and actually branding it

0:35:50.400 --> 0:35:54.080
<v Speaker 2>with a name called two timelines, implying that one timeline

0:35:54.080 --> 0:35:56.840
<v Speaker 2>would eventually be laid out to pasture. Probably not great.

0:35:57.600 --> 0:36:00.480
<v Speaker 2>And in the second timeline, thing that think that they're

0:36:00.520 --> 0:36:04.360
<v Speaker 2>the second coming of some sort of dynasty, probably also

0:36:04.480 --> 0:36:08.439
<v Speaker 2>not great. We've heard grumblings from Pool and Kaminga about

0:36:08.440 --> 0:36:11.040
<v Speaker 2>playing time. Kaminga is said to be so angry that

0:36:11.120 --> 0:36:13.359
<v Speaker 2>he thinks he's going to be traded if he doesn't

0:36:13.360 --> 0:36:16.240
<v Speaker 2>get a full time role next season. You've got Clay

0:36:17.160 --> 0:36:19.960
<v Speaker 2>that ends up affecting him or Clay now is putting

0:36:20.000 --> 0:36:22.160
<v Speaker 2>his foot down and he's saying, well, fuck it. If

0:36:22.200 --> 0:36:24.359
<v Speaker 2>you're gonna give Jordan Pool thirty million, you better give

0:36:24.360 --> 0:36:25.160
<v Speaker 2>me forty million.

0:36:25.640 --> 0:36:27.160
<v Speaker 3>And that's just not gonna happen either.

0:36:27.560 --> 0:36:30.640
<v Speaker 2>So now there's even more traction to a Jordan Poole

0:36:30.640 --> 0:36:34.480
<v Speaker 2>trade on the horizon, most recently as part of a

0:36:34.520 --> 0:36:38.440
<v Speaker 2>package to Toronto for Ogn Andobi. Don't hate that, just

0:36:38.480 --> 0:36:42.560
<v Speaker 2>like Ognnobi and Andrew Wiggins together, Woo Pool has been

0:36:43.120 --> 0:36:47.120
<v Speaker 2>somehow not silent anymore, even though he's been ducking the

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<v Speaker 2>media up until now. He has not said really anything

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<v Speaker 2>substantive about the punch, but he did say this to

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<v Speaker 2>the ringer when they were asking him about his relationship

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<v Speaker 2>with Draymond. It pretty much says everything that you need

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<v Speaker 2>to know. We said we were just on the court teammates.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just been business. Oh boy, doesn't sound like they've

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<v Speaker 2>ever patched things up or ever will patch things up.

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<v Speaker 2>This season is going to be written about. There's going

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<v Speaker 2>to be a documentary about the death of the of

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<v Speaker 2>our Dubs. The death of our Dubs, call it that

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<v Speaker 2>right now. And the main storyline is gonna be the

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<v Speaker 2>punch that took them down, the one punch heard all

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<v Speaker 2>around the world. But whether Draymond, Cole Cocky and Jordan

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<v Speaker 2>Poole actually ended the Dubs dynasty itself, that remains to

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<v Speaker 2>be seen.

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<v Speaker 3>That is all the time that we have for the

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<v Speaker 3>Heat Check.

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<v Speaker 2>are here with the conference finals. I'm going to be

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<v Speaker 2>on the ground for the finals for the Boston element.

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<v Speaker 2>Then we're not even gonna add the heat into this,

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<v Speaker 2>like they're not come on right like we know that

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