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Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio. Hello, Welcome in Side hour two the

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Speaker 1: Jason Smith Show with my best friend Mike Harmon. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: what a day it is, as Night one of NBA

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Speaker 1: Free agency is here. Get in there and sell, sell, sell,

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Speaker 1: And I want to say this right. We'll have the

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Speaker 1: big story on Lebron coming up in a second. Like

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Speaker 1: I like all the stories so far. Well the signings

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Speaker 1: we're gonna get to, right, Michael Porter Junior was the

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Speaker 1: big move, big trade today, fun trade. Very excited for

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Speaker 1: Cam Johnson. Yeah, there's lots of fun stuff. We talked

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Speaker 1: a little last hour. We talked about two teams that

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Speaker 1: made moves today. I think we're gonna be in the

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Speaker 1: top three in each of their conference next year. It's

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Speaker 1: all great, but like this whole like I'm kind of

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Speaker 1: done with shams, and people say, what a big night? Wait, wait,

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Speaker 1: do you see what happens night when okay, well it

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Speaker 1: still is early enough, we may get something. It's eleven

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Speaker 1: o'clock in the east. I told you what's gonna happen.

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Speaker 2: Giannie's yard sale will be wrapped up and whatever's left

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Speaker 2: will be thrown.

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Speaker 1: Lucas couch eight seven seven night when I'm hanging out there,

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Speaker 1: or they're you know, just dieting together, you know whatever,

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Speaker 1: it is, just eating vegetables. Yeah, that's all we're doing.

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Speaker 1: Look how Sin Lucas hanging out together. But I feel like, okay, snap,

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Speaker 1: I get it that you know, in the NBA world,

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Speaker 1: this has been a really really big day in NBA. Okay,

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Speaker 1: free game's first day. But you said, don't sit here

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Speaker 1: and tell me what an unbelievable day it's going to be.

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Speaker 1: I'm like, okay, you're you're talking about deals that don't

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Speaker 1: have the cross entirely cross country promotional appeal. You're not

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Speaker 1: talking about superstars that are changing, but they are changing teams.

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Speaker 1: We're talking about moves that that teams have made that hey,

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Speaker 1: this can vault them up. That's really what it is.

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Speaker 1: But I mean, come on, Michael Porter Junior is the

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Speaker 1: biggest name you know, don't don't see her? Tell me

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Speaker 1: what an unbelievable day it's gonna be. Okay, I get it,

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Speaker 1: but I think you know what the world of the

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Speaker 1: NBA versus what it is to everybody that that's two

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Speaker 1: different things, right, It's it's kind of we're kind of

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Speaker 1: not quite seeing what we've been promised over and now

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Speaker 1: it could change. Yeah, Giannis could go to the Knicks,

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Speaker 1: you know, any minute now, Jannis and Doc could wind

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Speaker 1: up going to the Knicks as a package deal. Ho

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Speaker 1: don't we go together? Not at all? That could act.

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Speaker 1: But so far, I'm like, okay, this is this has

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Speaker 1: been a day for the big NBA fan who is

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Speaker 1: watching what his team is doing and seeing, hey, is

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Speaker 1: this gonna make us better? Like there's there's that kind

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Speaker 1: what he's gonna have left. He hasn't led a team.

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Speaker 1: He's a getting paid a lot of money for for

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Speaker 1: what he's gonna take it for the salary cap. He's

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Speaker 1: always been that guy. But he's a big name that

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Speaker 1: everybody cares about. Like, yeah, I'm like, okay, you got

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Speaker 1: If you're gonna tell me a night's gonna be big,

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Speaker 1: you gotta you gotta, you gotta give me some big names.

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Speaker 1: You're gonna wind up moving places. Not that Hey, this

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Speaker 1: getting Jordan Clarkson. You know, I love that move, and

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Speaker 1: any it's not anything else. It's okay, yeah, not even

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Speaker 1: the Knicks, of the Southern It's okay. Well, we've got

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Speaker 1: the Hawks, make big moves Hawks and the magic right

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Speaker 2: I mean, you got a lot of money changing hands,

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Speaker 2: sell sell. Everybody else has been vanquished. Wendy's kind of

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Speaker 2: All that guy did was give you love and adoration

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Speaker 1: Now, Shams is that guy. Sharani is now the.

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Speaker 2: Torch carrier for Lebron James Enterprises and Rich Paul and

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Speaker 2: Clutch Sports.

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Speaker 1: I get it.

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Speaker 2: It's all there, but it's all on him and he's

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Speaker 2: got to try to sell it as best he can.

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Speaker 2: The groundbreaking move might come through on this next text

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Speaker 2: message I got. Oh, no, it's someone asking me to

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Speaker 2: vote in a local election.

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Speaker 1: Damn it. No, I thought it was gonna be the

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Speaker 1: big one. Hello and welcome to movie vote now. Speaking

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Speaker 1: of guys taking up too much money from the Cellar

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Speaker 1: team salary cap, Lebron James over the weekend decided to

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Speaker 1: opt in to his fifty two million dollar option with

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Speaker 1: the Lakers for this year. Part of this announcement was

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Speaker 1: that he is also going to be watching to make

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Speaker 1: sure the Lakers make moves to stay competitive. He understands

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Speaker 1: the Lakers are going. I know, I'm trying to do

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Speaker 1: this with a straight faith. It's very difficult. It's very difficult.

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Speaker 1: You know, I understand the Lakers. They was handpicked Towel,

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Speaker 1: He understands the Lakers are going in a direction where

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Speaker 1: it's you know, behind Luca that they're building around him.

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Speaker 1: But you know, I still want to win and be

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Speaker 1: competitive and all this stuff. And I'm watching the Lakers

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Speaker 1: to see like the threat of him demanding a trade

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Speaker 1: is actually going to happen. Okay, let me tightly strip

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Speaker 1: it all the way. Here's what Lebron is doing because

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Speaker 1: what this whole I'm watching the Lakers to see what

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Speaker 1: they do. It is what I call a loak, which

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Speaker 1: is a load of crap. This is a load of

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Speaker 1: to make it seem like Lebron is still controlling the

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Speaker 1: narrative with the Lakers. Right. He did for a long time,

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Speaker 1: right did for a long time. The zenith of Lebron's

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Speaker 1: control was the Lakers saying, we can get Buddy healed.

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Speaker 1: This guy no, no, no, we want Westbrook. I don't know,

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Speaker 1: let's go get Westbrook. And they're still up until but

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Speaker 1: maybe now they'll kind of get out of it. But

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Speaker 1: we went out and got Westbrook. Right, Yes, he used

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Speaker 1: being kept at shoulders length. And I told you this

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Speaker 1: is his last year with the Lakers and he's not

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Speaker 1: gonna take less money. And again, now this hamstrings the

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Speaker 1: is not worth thirty five to thirty seven percent of

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Speaker 1: fun like that's what he is. Like, he's a really

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Speaker 1: good player still, but he's not worth campaign fifty two

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Speaker 1: million dollars. But this is where the Lakers are stuck with.

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Speaker 1: They're stuck with each other for this year. No one's

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Speaker 1: trading for Lebron James with that kind of salary, and

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Speaker 1: that's not happening. But this will be his last year

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Speaker 1: in Los Angeles because the Lakers will spend this year again,

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Speaker 1: and I understand because it's gonna be well, Luke and

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Speaker 1: Lebron really only had a couple of months. We want

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Speaker 1: to get Luca in the right place. And now Luca,

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Speaker 1: every video you see of Luca, he looks so skinny

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Speaker 1: in his new short sleeve shirts and everything else. Maybe

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Speaker 1: now he's listening to the Lakers and getting in shape. Okay,

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Speaker 1: that's great, and we want to give him a chance

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Speaker 1: with Lebron to see what they can do. And this

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Speaker 1: to say, Okay, maybe we catch lightning in a bottle

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Speaker 1: and Lebron understands his basketball mortality in La is going

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Speaker 1: then maybe something changes. But this is gonna be a

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Speaker 1: year the Lakers are going to say, Okay, what do

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Speaker 1: we do over this year and how to we build

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Speaker 1: make next off season? Like this offseason for the Lakers

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Speaker 1: is gonna be if they can do one big thing,

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Speaker 1: I'd be happy. If they can do one big thing,

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Speaker 1: I'd be happy and it doesn't need to be something

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Speaker 1: un like Yiannis. But if they can do one big

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Speaker 1: can allow us to trade Austin Reeves if we need

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Speaker 1: that's great. But other than that, this is gonna be

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Speaker 1: a year where it's where it's going to be. All right,

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Speaker 1: how to the next eighty two games and playoffs go?

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Speaker 1: What do we need behind Luca, We're gonna be have

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Speaker 1: that fifty million dollars worth. Good. Now you don't have

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Speaker 1: worry about Pandoran Phinney Smith because he opted out and

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Speaker 1: now he's gone to the rockets. So you're gonna have money.

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Speaker 1: You're gonna be flush with more cash next year. So

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Speaker 1: that's what's gonna happen. This is just Lebron wanting the

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Speaker 1: optic of I'm in control. Dude, you're not. You're not

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Speaker 1: in control. Don't tell me you're monitoring like the Lakers

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Speaker 1: aren't tank. You're not gonna suddenly suck. We'll go get

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Speaker 1: Cooper flag again. We'll just call Nico for Cooper flagging.

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Speaker 1: A couple of years will tradehim? Do it? Let me

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Speaker 1: be worried about like he's. All he's doing is trying

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Speaker 1: to control the narrative that I'm still because because that's

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Speaker 1: been who his whole career has been about finals, his

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Speaker 1: impact on the game. But I am still the biggest

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Speaker 1: of the big dogs, right And I'm gonna try to

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Speaker 1: put this out to the Hey, I'm kind of above

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Speaker 1: the team, and I want to look and see you're

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Speaker 1: doing the right thing. If I'm Mark Walter, if I'm

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Speaker 1: Gee but Ron, probably I'm gonna say, what are you

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Speaker 1: gonna do? I get very public, I go, what are

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Speaker 1: you gonna do? What are you gonna do? You're gonna

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Speaker 1: opt what? What do you do? You can't you opt

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Speaker 1: it in? What are you gonna do? Sit out? What

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Speaker 1: do we go trade you? We can't trade you because

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Speaker 1: you said no, I'm gonna take fifty two million dollars

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Speaker 1: because I'm never gonna take less money. So I'm taking

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Speaker 1: fifty two million dollars. What are you gonna do? Lebron? Yeah? Again,

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Speaker 1: but what are you gonna do? That's what I would say,

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Speaker 1: very outloud, very chesty, like I wanna fight. Hey, what

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Speaker 1: are you gonna do? What are you gonna what do

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Speaker 1: you really He's not gonna do anything. He's not gonna

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Speaker 1: do anything. He is here until the season ends and

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Speaker 1: the Lakers say thank you, and he's calling Cleveland saying, hey, guys,

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Speaker 1: you know I started here, I came back. We won

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Speaker 1: love to finish here. I think you guys need a

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Speaker 2: He could have had a lot more fun this offseason

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Speaker 2: Theater exit, how about a Fresca exit swollen dome? Jason

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Speaker 2: Smith Mike Harmon Live from the Fox Sports Radio Studios.

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Speaker 1: instead of penalties. You borrow from the NHL. Hey, we're

429
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Speaker 1: gonna play five on five in the overtime. It's go okay,

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Speaker 1: all right, we'll go up and do We're gonna play

431
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Speaker 1: five on five. All right. Maybe that's good. Maybe maybe

432
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Speaker 1: that's how you do it. You still settle it on

433
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Speaker 1: the field, but you play five on five, or you

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Speaker 1: go from eleven v eleven and after the first minute

435
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Speaker 1: you go to ten v ten. Then you go nine

436
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Speaker 1: v nine, run off eight v eight. Yeah, here's your order.

437
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Speaker 1: You gotta come off two minutes, gonna come off blows,

438
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Speaker 1: and you just play until until somebody scores. We're down

439
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Speaker 1: a one on one. Now, boy, these guys are It's

440
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Speaker 1: better than penalty kicks. That's the way to do it.

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Speaker 1: I wouldn't mind seeing that I'm in I like that. Uh,

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Speaker 1: I love that story. That's a good story, you know,

443
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Speaker 1: anytime the coaches have to now eat it. Yeah, oh yeah,

444
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Speaker 1: I know. Hey, we're missing we're missing half far guns.

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Speaker 1: Oh oh that's what okay should have held up graphics.

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Speaker 2: See all these guys injured, injured, stung by a bee.

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Speaker 1: Uh but everybody wanted to be there. Oh yeah yeah yeah,

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Speaker 1: but we're missing half. Oh he got the wrong protein shake.

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Speaker 2: He's lactose intolerant, so he was unavailable to us.

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Speaker 1: Wait this doesn't have way and it does it? Yes?

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Speaker 1: No way? Whoa no way. I kept saying no way. No.

452
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Speaker 1: I thought you said, like, dude, do you want something?

453
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Speaker 1: And I said no way? And I said yeah, so

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Speaker 1: I got it for you. I didn't know you meant,

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Speaker 1: oh you couldn't have way. W h e y oh

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Speaker 1: I didn't that oh so way he said no way?

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Speaker 1: Oh not tim weigh No, no, no, no, no, completely

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Speaker 1: different thing. Oh okay, way, okay.

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Speaker 2: Wa see there it is. There's your buddy eat comedy.

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Speaker 2: You could do kicking and screaming two and that's the

461
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Speaker 2: way they sabotage the opponents, like one thing after another.

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Speaker 1: Kicking and screaming one any good. I don't even think

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Speaker 1: I saw it. I enjoyed it, really, Okay it did.

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Speaker 1: Merits A Part two? Will Ferrell, Yeah, no, I know,

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Speaker 1: Will Ferrell Yeah, Merits A Part two. Robert Duvall, Okay,

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Speaker 1: dit get juice box? Okay, all right, okay Harris, oh

467
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Speaker 1: Rachel Harris. Yeah, but still a second movie. I could

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Speaker 1: go for a second move. Whole second movie. Ok. Pretty good? Uh? Now,

469
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Speaker 1: big trade in the NFL today we talked about little

470
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Speaker 1: bit last hour from the Dolphins perspective. Dolphins and Steelers

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Speaker 1: finally make a trade that we thought was going to

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Speaker 1: be made about a month ago. John new Smith for

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Speaker 1: some reason, the Dolphins didn't want to pay him. We

474
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Speaker 1: thought he was going to get traded to the Steelers.

475
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Speaker 1: The deal kind of fell through. You keep your all pros.

476
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Speaker 1: But now it's back when all pros get involved because

477
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Speaker 1: Jalen Ramsey was enough to sweeten the pot with John

478
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Speaker 1: hu Smith to the Steelers, who parted with Minka Fitzpatrick.

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Speaker 1: So you have an all pro cornerback and all pro

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Speaker 1: safety as part of this trade. So it's Jalen Ramsey

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Speaker 1: and John new Smith for Mika Fitzpatrick and a pickswap,

482
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Speaker 1: and it's a late round PICKSWAP. So we talked about

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Speaker 1: the Dolphins side of it. It's hard to understand. I

484
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Speaker 1: can't understand, and this is a league that has the

485
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Speaker 1: Jets in it. I can't understand what the Dolphins are doing.

486
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Speaker 1: But for the Steelers, I know they're gonna get a

487
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Speaker 1: lot of criticism because you're bringing in older players and

488
00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:27,280
Speaker 1: is another, you know, another example of here's you know,

489
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Speaker 1: Jalen Ramsey's over thirty and John new Smith is twenty nine.

490
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Speaker 1: But I'm happy because I feel like the Steelers are

491
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Speaker 1: now finally behaving like a modern day NFL team. They

492
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Speaker 1: generally don't sign guys in free agency or don't go

493
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Speaker 1: for big trades, but now look what they've done in

494
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Speaker 1: the last few months. DK metcalf is in all right,

495
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Speaker 1: we made that move, right. We've send out George Pickens,

496
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Speaker 1: and we brought in a new quarterback and Aaron Rodgers.

497
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Speaker 1: Now we make a big trade with and we send

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Speaker 1: out Minka Fitzpatrick, who's been great for us. But we're

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Speaker 1: getting to all pro type players coming back in. It

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Speaker 1: makes me happy that maybe the Steelers aren't lost, right,

501
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Speaker 1: maybe all hope isn't lost. When I say things like

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Speaker 1: omar Kanum, Mike Tomlin, how are you running this team?

503
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Speaker 1: It's not nineteen eighty five. You're not gonna win by

504
00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:16,719
Speaker 1: going a value meal at the quarterback position, right, You're

505
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Speaker 1: not gonna do that. But but now this hope that, Okay,

506
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Speaker 1: they're acting like a real NFL team that has a

507
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Speaker 1: win now kind of window in that, Hey, we're going

508
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Speaker 1: for it with Aaron Rodgers, so we're okay, bringing in

509
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Speaker 1: John Husmith and bringing in Jalen Ramsey and to go

510
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Speaker 1: along with the other guys that we've traded for. Hey,

511
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Speaker 1: I kind of like that again so much that I've

512
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Speaker 1: been critical of the steel I don't know the last

513
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Speaker 1: time I said something about the Steelers. Okay, I really

514
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Speaker 1: like what they did here. It's not many things except

515
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Speaker 1: this I like because now I feel like, in the

516
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Speaker 1: last couple of months, they've decided, Okay, at least we're

517
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Speaker 1: gonna be bold. Right. I don't like the Rogers move.

518
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Speaker 1: It's going to backfire on them, But I don't want

519
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Speaker 1: to add let's not talk about that. Let's talk about

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Speaker 1: the right strategy. And maybe this is Omarcana Mike Tomlin's

521
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Speaker 1: seeing that, Hey, we could be on our way out

522
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Speaker 1: if we don't start winning, right, like, we're how much

523
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Speaker 1: of a of a of a mode of winning that

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Speaker 1: were we put on by ownership saying hey, if you

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Speaker 1: don't win, I know, we just signed you again, gave

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Speaker 1: you an extension, Mike Tomlin, but boy, you guys gotta

527
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Speaker 1: do something because generally, again, the Steelers don't do things

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Speaker 1: like this. So whether it was a bit of an

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Speaker 1: impetus that hey, you guys got to win now, let's

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Speaker 1: get a little bit more aggressive, I feel like the

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Speaker 1: Steelers have joined the you know, modern day NFL in

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty five by making these big moves, and it

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Speaker 1: makes me happy that, Okay, maybe maybe it's not all

534
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Speaker 1: lost for them, because hey, the NFL is good when

535
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Speaker 1: the Steelers are good. It's better when the Steelers and

536
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Speaker 1: the Cowboys and the Dolphins and all those teams are good.

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Speaker 1: And this is a good thing. So I'm happy about this.

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Speaker 2: Always in the mix, you know, we talk about the

539
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Speaker 2: streak and eight and a half the over under on

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Speaker 2: wins for the years, so night in the nice and

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Speaker 2: the meaty part of the curve, they do have a

542
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Speaker 2: more depth at cornerback than perhaps any other team.

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Speaker 1: They go eight or nine deep at cornerback now because

544
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Speaker 1: you got.

545
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Speaker 2: Darius Elliott, Thornhill, Porter, Junior Ramsey. Forget about Bishop. They

546
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Speaker 2: drafted Dante Kent. Yeah, I know he might do for

547
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Speaker 2: a couple of reps. Just keep on going there. So

548
00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:20,479
Speaker 2: in the AFC, you're you're ready for battle. In that regard,

549
00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:22,679
Speaker 2: you got a bunch of guys that can play, and

550
00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:25,919
Speaker 2: even if they are a little older, still the the

551
00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:28,159
Speaker 2: depth comes into play for you.

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Speaker 1: Here. You did draft Derek Harmon. I'd be remiss if

553
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Speaker 1: you didn't say, you know, armand dress the front arm,

554
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Speaker 1: but shuffle up and do something right even if it's wrong.

555
00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:42,359
Speaker 1: That was seemingly the message from the Rooneys, who normally

556
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Speaker 1: don't do a lot of talking coming off of this

557
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Speaker 1: last season, a disappointment with another early exit. So for

558
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Speaker 1: Mike Tomlin, you and I, you know, in our media circles,

559
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Speaker 1: I don't know how secure his job really is.

560
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Speaker 2: I'm assuming it's a life until they agree to shake

561
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Speaker 2: hands and walk away.

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Speaker 1: Maybe he's got to be the guy that starts.

563
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Speaker 2: That conversation because it just seems like at some point

564
00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:13,600
Speaker 2: you're running in place. Now with this change, you've got

565
00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:17,159
Speaker 2: a more dynamic, more stable quarterback, even if he is

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Speaker 2: longer in the tooth. He can't tell me. Rogers isn't

567
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Speaker 2: the best they've seen at the position since Roethlisberger's third

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Speaker 2: to final year.

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Speaker 1: Because that limp to a terrible end. Oh yea where

570
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Speaker 1: he couldn't move and he no longer could do the

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Speaker 1: incredible hulk of six guys trying and terrible. Now he

572
00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:36,280
Speaker 1: even just crumble and that was the end of him.

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00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:39,960
Speaker 1: Extending plays didn't exist. Metcalf's going to be an interesting

574
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Speaker 1: experiment offensively, trying to figure out how to push forward

575
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Speaker 1: Arthur Smith's offense when really it'll become Aaron Rodgers offense

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Speaker 1: before long. Is a curiosity in a stack division because Cleveland,

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Speaker 1: even if they can't get their quarterback right, they're still

578
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Speaker 1: a pretty good roster.

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Speaker 2: But I like that they're at least being bold. John

580
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Speaker 2: new Smith and Friarmooth team together. They got Smith to

581
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Speaker 2: sign a one year deal for twelve million, which is

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Speaker 2: nothing if you can come anywhere near replicating the production

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Speaker 2: he had a year ago. And now this helps where

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Speaker 2: you have a little bit of a thinner wide receiving

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Speaker 2: corps alongside Metcalf that you do have the dual tight

586
00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:21,800
Speaker 2: end that can run the seams for you. No, I

587
00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:24,840
Speaker 2: mean it's it's amazing that it took the Steelers this long.

588
00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:29,520
Speaker 1: You go, oh the Steelers way really is who? Not

589
00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:32,960
Speaker 1: what it was? Man? We got no but we do something.

590
00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:37,480
Speaker 1: But it's good versus great, right, consistently good both our teams.

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00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:40,440
Speaker 2: We'd kill to have a three year stretch that looks

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00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:43,760
Speaker 2: like white Mike and Tomblin is done. Oh, Jory, you're

593
00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:47,120
Speaker 2: fighting in December for something meaningful, but.

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Speaker 1: They'll be fighting for Will Howard to start in December.

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Speaker 1: But again, I don't want let's be positive about want

596
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Speaker 1: to be positive to my positive about this. I positive

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Speaker 1: about this, not that Will Howard's gonna be. Why do

598
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Speaker 1: you have to take Aaron Rodgers out at the knee?

599
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Speaker 1: Not that suddenly and it's a third snaf I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: be getting emails going, hey, in my Dynasty draft, should

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Speaker 1: I take Will Howard as a late flyer? Yes? Take

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Speaker 1: Will Howard is a late flyer? Yes, go ahead, take

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Speaker 1: him in the fourth round of your Dynasty draft. Cut Uh, No,

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Speaker 1: I this is it's good and it's not like they're

605
00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:17,640
Speaker 1: suddenly on the hook bad contracts. It's oh they traded

606
00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:19,280
Speaker 1: for a guy who's still in this prime in DK

607
00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:21,560
Speaker 1: metcalf Right, and they've been some other moves that worked

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00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:23,520
Speaker 1: out as well, and now here John Wi Smith can

609
00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:25,880
Speaker 1: be a really good tight end for a couple of years.

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00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:27,680
Speaker 1: Tight ends, you know, you don't just hit thirty is

611
00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:29,600
Speaker 1: a tight end and suddenly fall off the cliff. You

612
00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:31,160
Speaker 1: can be a really good you know, you see guys

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Speaker 1: at thirty three, thirty four, even thirty five having big

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Speaker 1: years a tight end in the NFL, especially when if

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00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:38,320
Speaker 1: you can team up Smith with Pat Fryer, move where

616
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Speaker 1: you're not playing all the time and you're you're fresher

617
00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:44,360
Speaker 1: like this was a really good move. Honestly, John Smith

618
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Speaker 1: probably comes their number two target, probably their number two

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Speaker 1: guy in the offense now in the passing game. Right,

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Speaker 1: So again, welcome to the modern era. In the end,

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Speaker 1: took just took you a while, took you twenty five

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Speaker 1: or thirty years, but welcome Steelers. You're here, about time,

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Speaker 1: Thank you, you're all here. Can we get our teams there?

624
00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:03,840
Speaker 1: Time not to find out what's what one problem at

625
00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:05,800
Speaker 1: the time, like in Fight Club, one fight at a time.

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Speaker 1: By at the time, Yeah, let's find out what's trending

627
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Speaker 1: in the wide world of sports. Someone who's been called

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Speaker 1: Steve de Saga because his name is Steve de Saga,

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Speaker 1: he's got what's trending. Oh, I've been called worse.

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Speaker 3: We've got great baseball in Texas tonight and great soccer

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Speaker 3: and Orlando going on first off programming. Note, US Men's

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Speaker 3: soccer plays its Gold Cup semi final Wednesday on FS

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Speaker 3: one from Saint Louis against Guatemala. Guatemala just upset Canada

634
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Speaker 3: and to shootout Sunday the Americans one on Sunday on

635
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Speaker 3: penalty kicks.

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Speaker 1: You didn't have half their guys, Steve, they didn't have

637
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Speaker 1: half their.

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Speaker 3: So give him some slack. It sounded okay, you know,

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Speaker 3: the roster was okay, if I guess. We went through

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Speaker 3: today the Americans against Costa Rica yesterday and you mentioned

641
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Speaker 3: the US goalie Matt Frees making three late saves out

642
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Speaker 3: of the six penalty kicks he faced. And then in

643
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Speaker 3: the second semifinal late Wednesday. This week, Mexico will play

644
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Speaker 3: in the bay Are against Honduras. The tournament final is

645
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Speaker 3: Sunday in Houston. Also, the FIFA Club World Cup is

646
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Speaker 3: going on in the round of sixteen. Inter Milan lost

647
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Speaker 3: today in Charlotte to nothing to Flumenensea, and tonight still

648
00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:16,920
Speaker 3: going on in Orlando. Manchester City might be eliminated shortly.

649
00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:20,560
Speaker 3: Now they were trailing second half. Their Superstar early high

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Speaker 3: on it in the fifty fifth minute score to tie

651
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Speaker 3: it at two. He was substituted out for overtime. They

652
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Speaker 3: fell behind. Phil Foden of England tied it, and now

653
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Speaker 3: they've fallen behind again late in the ot al hell

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Speaker 3: all four Manchester City three, two minutes to go here

655
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Speaker 3: after eleven thirty in Orlando, and a great crowd there

656
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Speaker 3: as well. Tuesday, Real Madrid plays Juventus in Miami. As

657
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Speaker 3: for that baseball game in Texas, the Orioles in the

658
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Speaker 3: top of the tenth inning homer twice for a six

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Speaker 3: to three lead over the Rangers. Bottom of the tenth

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Speaker 3: Odllas Garcia a three run homer to even the game.

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Speaker 3: And now in the top of the eleventh, the Orioles

662
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Speaker 3: with four runs and a ten to six lead. Now

663
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Speaker 3: bottom of the eleventh Texas batting at Seattle, we have

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Speaker 3: a Cal Raley homer, his thirty third of the season.

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Speaker 1: You get it a home run every day. Cal Raley

666
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Speaker 1: take every day he literally could from both sides of

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Speaker 1: the plate, except one night when I take him in

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Speaker 1: the MLB the streak game and he goes over four. Well,

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Speaker 1: here's the kiss of death there point. Did they check

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Speaker 1: his bat earlier?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's one of those torpedo bats that nobody's talking

672
00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:32,480
Speaker 3: about anymore. How about that sack fly earlier for cal Raley.

673
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Speaker 3: That was his seventieth RBI. It's Seattle six to one

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Speaker 3: over the Royals, top of the eighth Rosarina with two

675
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Speaker 3: long balls. There were at least three team shutouts on

676
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Speaker 3: each of the last five days in the Major's longest

677
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Speaker 3: set streak in Major League history. Philadelphia Tonight shut out

678
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Speaker 3: San Diego for nothing. Pittsburgh Tonight shutout Saint Louis seven

679
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Speaker 3: to nothing. The late game on FS one did have

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Speaker 3: Arizona shutting out the Giants two nothing.

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Speaker 1: In the seventh, Giants tied it up.

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Speaker 3: Arizona has just gone back in front. It's now three

683
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Speaker 3: two diamondbacks. In the top of the eighth inning, Toronto

684
00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:07,959
Speaker 3: beat the Yankees five to four, Vladimir Guerrero Junior with

685
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Speaker 3: three RBIs. Toronto shortstop Bobachet was out with a sore knee.

686
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Speaker 3: The A's with two runs in the top of the

687
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Speaker 3: ninth one at Tampa Bay six to four. The lost

688
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Speaker 3: to closer Pete Fairbanks. Boston's win was thirteen to six

689
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Speaker 3: over Cincinnati, as the Red Sox scored seven times in

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Speaker 3: the first inning. Houston shortstop Jeremy Pania was placed on

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Speaker 3: the injured list with a small rib fracture. He had

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Speaker 3: been hit by a pitch. The Rockies host Houston on Tuesday.

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Speaker 3: Colorado off tonight. That team's record nineteen and sixty five.

694
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Speaker 3: The Steelers acquired All Pro defensive back Jalen Ramsey from

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Speaker 3: the Dolphins. Denver Nuggets traded Michael Porter in a first

696
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Speaker 3: rounder to the Nets for Cam Johnson, and the Memphis

697
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Speaker 3: Grizzlies are giving Jaron Jackson a Max extension.

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Speaker 1: Back to you, Thank you, Steve. Jason Smith Show with

699
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Speaker 1: my best friend Mike Harmon coming up next, we break

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Speaker 1: down the biggest trade of the day in the NBA

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Speaker 1: and boy for one team, it was fantastic for him.

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Speaker 1: That's next, Jason to Mike. Be sure to catch live

703
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Speaker 1: editions of The Jason Smith Show with Mike Harmon weekdays

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Speaker 1: at ten pm Eastern. Seven pm Pacific, Fox Sports Radio

705
00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:15,560
Speaker 1: The Jason Smith Show with my best friend Mike Harmon.

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Speaker 1: Find a song that makes you smile faster? So long,

707
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Speaker 1: dare you to them that season? It's so long. You're losing.

708
00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:29,480
Speaker 1: We're losing. We're losing, We're losing, We're losing pictures and games.

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Speaker 2: Well, but I mean, look at it this way. You

710
00:34:32,280 --> 00:34:35,640
Speaker 2: were at the best team ERA through the end of May.

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Speaker 2: For the month of Junior had the worst.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, the worst. Yeah, experiencing everything. I'm right up to

713
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Speaker 1: the baby. I could wear my metskar today, wear met shirts.

714
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Speaker 1: Say I know we're not gonna lose if for wrong

715
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Speaker 1: ago dirt Bags have lost twelve out of the last thirteen. Yeah, okay,

716
00:34:50,640 --> 00:34:53,919
Speaker 1: it's hurts swept by the pirates. Okay, here, well, here's

717
00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:55,440
Speaker 1: the legal to wear that. I know. Here's the thing

718
00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:58,680
Speaker 1: because now sitting where we are near the end of June,

719
00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:02,959
Speaker 1: twelve games under five hundred, last place, and oh wait,

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Speaker 1: I'm sorry, we're two games out of first and in

721
00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:08,879
Speaker 1: the first wild card. Oh okay, just ma just making sure,

722
00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:13,719
Speaker 1: just making sure, making sure slipping. No, it hasn't been great. No,

723
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Speaker 1: I'm not great, Bob. I guess use the word great,

724
00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:19,439
Speaker 1: but it's not. But it's not like last where hey,

725
00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:23,880
Speaker 1: we're twelve games or five hundred. I dude, and I

726
00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:26,440
Speaker 1: can't sugarcoat that. I can't. I can't find she's just

727
00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:30,359
Speaker 1: going we have scored like thirty to four. I should say,

728
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Speaker 1: do the Jesse marrish. We just missing half our guys,

729
00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:35,239
Speaker 1: so it's go missing. That's not a bad way to go,

730
00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:39,879
Speaker 1: missing half our guys. Uh. But look, this night one

731
00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:42,480
Speaker 1: of NBA free agency. We've had a lot of moves

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Speaker 1: from teams, a lot of big moves that that contenders

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Speaker 1: have made, teams that want be contenders. But the biggest

734
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Speaker 1: trade that we saw today the Nuggets trading Michael Porter

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Speaker 1: Junior to the Nets for Cam Johnson. Right now, this

736
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Speaker 1: is a deal that we we thought was coming. We

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Speaker 1: had heard for a while, all all the whispers that

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Speaker 1: Denver's got to move on from Michael Porter junior. They

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00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:05,080
Speaker 1: got to they got to do something else. They got

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Speaker 1: to move on to Michael Porter junior. And I love

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Speaker 1: this trade for Denver because it frees up money and

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Speaker 1: Cam Johnson is much more of a an athletic scorer

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Speaker 1: and a guy that's going to be good on the wing.

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00:36:15,320 --> 00:36:18,520
Speaker 1: And he's a good defender, which is healthy. Yeah, which

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00:36:18,560 --> 00:36:21,719
Speaker 1: is also what Nikola Jokic wants. Hey, I need some

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Speaker 1: guys that I don't need. I don't need guys you know,

747
00:36:25,040 --> 00:36:27,960
Speaker 1: you know, gumming up my area here. I need and

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Speaker 1: we need to score on the wing a little bit more.

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Speaker 1: And they're more athletic. This is a really good move.

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Speaker 1: I get it for the Nets because they want to

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00:36:34,239 --> 00:36:36,040
Speaker 1: keep Michael Porter Junior because he could be one of

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Speaker 1: those franchise players as he continues to develop. Right, he's

753
00:36:39,760 --> 00:36:43,480
Speaker 1: got a great skill set, but the Nuggets needed something else.

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00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:45,600
Speaker 1: They needed They needed a guy that can hit some shots,

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Speaker 1: that can play defense, that's more athletic. Because and I

756
00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:50,800
Speaker 1: love this because yes, you can sit here and say, oh,

757
00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:53,680
Speaker 1: it's just keeping Yokich happy, which okay, it's very important. Yes,

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00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:55,879
Speaker 1: you want to keep your star happy. But the most

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00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:58,440
Speaker 1: important thing, and this is what the Nuggets realized that

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Speaker 1: a lot of compay and I wish the Knicks would

761
00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:04,040
Speaker 1: realize this, but okay, but that a lot of contenders

762
00:37:04,640 --> 00:37:08,239
Speaker 1: don't is that. Okay, we won the title. Here we

763
00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:11,920
Speaker 1: are now two years later, and it hasn't gotten better.

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Speaker 1: It is time to move on. From this group, it's

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00:37:15,640 --> 00:37:18,000
Speaker 1: time to move on. I know that everybody still has

766
00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:19,960
Speaker 1: Champagne in their rise from two years ago we won

767
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Speaker 1: the title and Michael Porter Junior part of this, but

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00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:26,279
Speaker 1: in two years it hasn't gotten better, right, So you

769
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Speaker 1: have to move on. You have to retool around who

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00:37:29,719 --> 00:37:32,319
Speaker 1: is your players going forward? Obviously it's going to be

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Speaker 1: continue to build around Yokic for the night, for the

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Speaker 1: foreseeable future. What's the best way we go forward because

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Speaker 1: teams not everybody sees that something. Look, we've talked about

774
00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:43,160
Speaker 1: the Knicks and they're seeing a strategy of Hey, the

775
00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:47,320
Speaker 1: Celtics best players out for the year already and the Pacers'

776
00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:49,520
Speaker 1: best players out for the year already. Hey, we're gonna

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00:37:49,520 --> 00:37:51,640
Speaker 1: be the favorites in these Let's not do anything stupid. No,

778
00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:55,959
Speaker 1: you were really shown the door that you really had

779
00:37:56,280 --> 00:37:59,000
Speaker 1: a lot of warts and you need to make something

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00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:02,120
Speaker 1: big happen. But none, no, no, we don't think. We still

781
00:38:02,160 --> 00:38:05,960
Speaker 1: think this nucleus is really good. Okay, I get it,

782
00:38:06,120 --> 00:38:09,279
Speaker 1: but I'd rather be the nuggets where they understand that. Okay, hey,

783
00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:11,160
Speaker 1: we kept this window open for a couple of years,

784
00:38:11,239 --> 00:38:12,920
Speaker 1: but we had to fire our head coach. Now we're

785
00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:15,960
Speaker 1: making moves and they understand that. Okay, we won, we

786
00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:18,040
Speaker 1: got to get back up there. We need some change,

787
00:38:18,120 --> 00:38:19,600
Speaker 1: We need to do things a little bit differently. We

788
00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:21,760
Speaker 1: have a new head coach now that's now our official

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00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:24,480
Speaker 1: head coach or permanent head coach. And now we make

790
00:38:24,520 --> 00:38:26,520
Speaker 1: a big move in free agency that's gonna make us better,

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00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:29,719
Speaker 1: more athletic, better on the wing. Like I love it

792
00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:32,759
Speaker 1: when teams understand, hey, I love these players too. They

793
00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:34,520
Speaker 1: have a special place in our heart because we want

794
00:38:34,520 --> 00:38:36,920
Speaker 1: a championship together. We'll always have those memories, but it's

795
00:38:36,920 --> 00:38:38,799
Speaker 1: time to move on. It's like you know, hey, your

796
00:38:38,840 --> 00:38:41,080
Speaker 1: high school boyfriend girlfriend, Hey, we have great memory, but

797
00:38:41,120 --> 00:38:43,000
Speaker 1: you're going to this school and I'm going to this schooler.

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Speaker 1: We really gonna make it work for the first We're

799
00:38:44,640 --> 00:38:46,879
Speaker 1: gonna be miserable the first two years. When when you're

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00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:49,040
Speaker 1: two thousand miles away and we're calling each other on

801
00:38:49,080 --> 00:38:51,640
Speaker 1: a Friday night and I'm wondering where you are on Saturday. No,

802
00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:53,480
Speaker 1: you got to move on right. High school was great,

803
00:38:53,520 --> 00:38:55,840
Speaker 1: you had great tons, awesome, but your life is changing

804
00:38:55,880 --> 00:38:58,560
Speaker 1: in college. Now. This is the Nuggets saying, hey, we

805
00:38:58,600 --> 00:39:01,000
Speaker 1: had our high school championship. Now it's time to move on.

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00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:03,680
Speaker 2: You look like you're getting a little wistful thinking of,

807
00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:06,440
Speaker 2: oh no, no, what was that girl's name sophomore year?

808
00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:08,880
Speaker 1: I never had it. No, I never had that. I

809
00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:12,520
Speaker 1: was not. I knew long distance relationships were never gonna happen,

810
00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:14,080
Speaker 1: so I never even even thought about.

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Speaker 2: Okay, well, so we'll bury that one for now. But

812
00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:19,560
Speaker 2: when we look at Michael Porter junior last couple of years,

813
00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:22,840
Speaker 2: he's stayed fairly healthy. He at least appeared in games,

814
00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:28,480
Speaker 2: but oftentimes had the giant red medical designation alongside his name,

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00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:33,239
Speaker 2: wondering about his back. Guy with an extended history, no

816
00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:36,040
Speaker 2: question about it. For Cam Johnson gets to go to

817
00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:39,440
Speaker 2: a game a team that will be competitive. And for

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00:39:39,520 --> 00:39:42,840
Speaker 2: Nicola Jokic, you know, folks can dismiss the keep the

819
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Speaker 2: superstar happy. We've talked about how unique he is in

820
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Speaker 2: terms of not just his playing style and how good

821
00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:51,959
Speaker 2: he is and dominant on the court. Is that he's

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Speaker 2: a guy that's just a bit different in terms of

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00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:56,799
Speaker 2: he could just turn and walk away, and I don't

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Speaker 2: think anybody would be shocked. So in the interim, you

825
00:39:59,520 --> 00:40:01,600
Speaker 2: do everything you can as a front office to keep

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Speaker 2: him happy. Oh and you had to give up an

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Speaker 2: unprotected twenty thirty two pick.

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Speaker 1: And you say it, what is it? Seventeen million dollars

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Speaker 1: a year.

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Speaker 2: Different discrepancy gives you an extra chip to go into

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Speaker 2: the marketplace.

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Speaker 1: I mean great, I'm a great move all around by

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Speaker 1: the Nuggets. This is the biggest trade, best move so far.

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Speaker 1: They've done it. They've reopened that championship window. Now because

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Speaker 1: now you know they're not done, they have more money

836
00:40:25,960 --> 00:40:28,080
Speaker 1: to spend. They will do something else base they saw it.

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Speaker 1: I don't know how to top that in thirty seconds exit.

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Speaker 1: How about a Fresco exit swollen dome. Speaking of big decisions,

839
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Speaker 1: one NBA title contender could be nearer to the biggest decision.

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Speaker 1: They'll make the