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Speaker 2: Morning, Sweet World, and welcome to the Nodunks podcast on

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Speaker 2: the Athletic Network. It's Friday, June twelfth. Jay skeets alongside

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Speaker 2: me as always task Millie. Hello, Hey, Tatsy, You've got

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Speaker 2: the bearded one. Trey Kirby, he a, we got the

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Speaker 2: International man a mystery. Take it to the Max Lee

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Speaker 2: Ellis friend alas, but not least making the magic happen.

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Speaker 2: He's our very own Tony Hawk.

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Speaker 3: It's JD.

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Speaker 2: Hello, there he is, and here we are, JD. What happened?

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Speaker 2: We'll talk to us about this skateboarding accident. What a

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Speaker 2: bruise on your hip?

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Speaker 4: Oh my god? Yeah, I pulled the trigger on my longboard.

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Speaker 4: Has not arrived here. So I was practice saying on

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Speaker 4: a little penny board, Jackson's penny board. We were out

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Speaker 4: and it was one of those I wish it was

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Speaker 4: an epic fail like old guy falls down basically like

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Speaker 4: I want to say, I took eight steps, you know,

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Speaker 4: with my head between my legs, like trying to right

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Speaker 4: and luckily I was wearing a helmet because I hit

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Speaker 4: my head first, then my elbow, then my ass, so

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Speaker 4: that was like the third thing that hit the ground

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Speaker 2: So yeah, this and this was just you like cruising

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Speaker 4: What I was trying to do was because I've been

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Speaker 4: watching YouTube videos and they're like, hey, if you want

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Speaker 4: to look not like a beginner. What you want to

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Speaker 4: do is just jump on your board, you know, like

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Speaker 4: safely and putting my foot on it and then pushing

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Speaker 4: my stuff forwards. I'm like, no, no, no, I gotta

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Speaker 4: So I'm going to practice this move on this tiny skateboard.

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Speaker 4: Like I popped it down and stepped onto it. Immediately

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Speaker 4: I rolled my ankle, the skateboard got caught between my

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, well yeah, that bruise on your hip that

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Speaker 3: I'm gonna play the old Skeezee hormacot here, I really do.

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Speaker 3: do I like the Raptors. I've liked them all season long,

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Speaker 3: but the injuries, especially just before we had the suspension,

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Speaker 3: That should be all healthy. So give me the Raptors

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Speaker 2: Wow, the Raptors had the The Raptors had the longest

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Speaker 2: winning streak too in the league before the before we

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Speaker 2: got postponed. There four game win streak. That was the longest.

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Speaker 2: Well yeah, okay, yeah, that was funny. You said tasks like,

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Speaker 2: can you consider the Raptors a dark horse? I guess

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Speaker 1: Wow, they're in that next tier. I guess if you

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Speaker 1: want to, there's a few teams that are in one tier,

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Speaker 1: the Lakers, Clippers in the Bucks, and then there's a

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Speaker 1: I'll throw the Rockets name out there. They're probably going

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Speaker 2: will any of the lower seeds force the Megabowl play

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Speaker 1: I think Damian Lillard's going to force one. This is

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Speaker 1: This is what he does. He points to his wrist

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Speaker 5: Yeah. I to me, Portland is really the only team

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Speaker 2: Bowl game. So yeah, hopefully we see it in the

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Speaker 2: Eastern Conference. Nobody expects the Washington Wizards to catch either

429
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Speaker 2: the nets or the magic.

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Speaker 3: I guess I don't think. So what's the game? It

431
00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:02,200
Speaker 3: was six games? I think wasn't five and a half?

432
00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:05,080
Speaker 3: Games their back of the magic, so it would take

433
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Speaker 3: something pretty special. But what a Cinderella run it would be.

434
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Speaker 3: If the Wizards just swept the floor here and got

435
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Speaker 3: in and made it into the battle, that'd be awesome

436
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Speaker 3: to see. But yeah, you can't really see it happening

437
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Speaker 3: with the Wizards. I mean, John Will won't be back anyway,

438
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Speaker 3: and even if he was, I don't think he would

439
00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:22,680
Speaker 3: be able to have an impact straight away like that.

440
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Speaker 3: So it's gonna be tough for the Wizards.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, but if the Wizards do catch the magic, we're

442
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Speaker 5: gonna have to come up with another name for that one.

443
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Speaker 5: Mega ball I think works for Grizzlies versus Blazers, but

444
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Speaker 5: Wizards versus Magic, it's got to be something, you know,

445
00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:36,520
Speaker 5: way more magical.

446
00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:39,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, you Rain, it's got to be a Harry Potter

447
00:21:39,119 --> 00:21:44,879
Speaker 2: reference or yeah, David Copperfield. Well, we'll work on that.

448
00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:46,440
Speaker 2: I don't think it's going to happen, so don't put

449
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Speaker 2: too much, you know, you know, mental gymnastics into coming

450
00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:51,080
Speaker 2: up as a good name for that one. All right,

451
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Speaker 2: Next one, which player has the most potential to surprise us?

452
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Speaker 2: Lee on you to tackle this one?

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Speaker 3: First? Well, if we're going on physical appearance alone, it's

454
00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:06,399
Speaker 3: clearly Nikola Jokic, skinny Nikky out there. I don't know

455
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Speaker 3: if he's just been working his tail off during this

456
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Speaker 3: suspension or it just hasn't been eating. I'm a little

457
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Speaker 3: concerned because one of the things that which makes Nikolay

458
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Speaker 3: Yokich such a tough matchup for the defenders is he's

459
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Speaker 3: so slippery. You know, he's so big, and he's so

460
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Speaker 3: jelly like and he can sort of just sort of

461
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Speaker 3: slip by. Now he's just he's like, it's it's crazy.

462
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Speaker 3: I mean I could. I had to look at him

463
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Speaker 3: like several times yesterday in that cool jacket that he

464
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Speaker 3: was wearing to confirm that it was actually him. I'd

465
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Speaker 3: heard the rumors. I think it was. I think it was.

466
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Speaker 3: Jamal Murray said that he had a four pack because

467
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Speaker 3: it's really slimmed down.

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Speaker 2: I've never ever been a coach Malone. Yeah I was a.

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Speaker 3: Coach Malone, right, yeah, yeah. I've never heard anyone either

470
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Speaker 3: have like a six pack or nothing, but not a

471
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Speaker 3: four pack. So I'm really interested to see that. But

472
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Speaker 3: you know, we will be interesting to see. And James

473
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Speaker 3: Harden's another one who's really slimmed down, and you know,

474
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Speaker 3: Tass sort of mention it like some guys just need

475
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Speaker 3: to be a little bit bigger, I think, to be

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Speaker 3: their most effective.

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Speaker 5: And if nikolay Man, it's been years with both Harden

478
00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:04,119
Speaker 5: and Jokis where everybody's like they need to get in

479
00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:05,760
Speaker 5: better shape, they need to get in better shape. And

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Speaker 5: as soon as they're in looking like really good shape,

481
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Speaker 5: they're like, these guys are too skinny. How's n gonna

482
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Speaker 5: be able to push anybody around in the post now?

483
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Speaker 3: But that's what he doesn't. He doesn't push people around.

484
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Speaker 3: He slips off them, you know, And I think will be.

485
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Speaker 2: Florida.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, but it's not the same. It's not the same

487
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Speaker 3: when it's that chubby guy sweating on you and just

488
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Speaker 3: a skinny guy, it's different, you know, Like the sweaty guy,

489
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Speaker 3: the big, the big sort of chubby guy, you're like, oh,

490
00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:31,280
Speaker 3: this is gross. But when it's a skinny guy, it's

491
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Speaker 3: just kind of like normal sweat.

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Speaker 2: So let me ask you, Let me ask you, uh,

493
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Speaker 2: start bench or cut skinny Yoki, skinny Harden or skinny Gasol.

494
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Speaker 3: Oh wow, M I think I think I'm gonna cut Yoki.

495
00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:52,879
Speaker 3: I'm a little concerned about him. Yeah, I'm going with Marcasol.

496
00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:55,720
Speaker 3: I'm going with Marcasol to start and uh and so

497
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Speaker 3: that means coming off, coming off the bench. Yeah, it's wow.

498
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Speaker 3: It's something's going on. Man, it's weird that this guy

499
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Speaker 3: shouldn't be say skinny, Oh my god.

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Speaker 2: All right, Trey, you obviously disagree. So who do you

501
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Speaker 2: have for a player that could potentially surprise us?

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Speaker 5: I mean, I had Harden and Jokic as well, but

503
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Speaker 5: I'm on.

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Speaker 2: The flip side of Lee.

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Speaker 5: I'm like, this is exactly what people have been asking for,

506
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Speaker 5: for them to be completely in shape so that they

507
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Speaker 5: can have their stamina, their energy and play at their

508
00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:25,679
Speaker 5: peak performance during the playoffs. Now both of them have

509
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Speaker 5: done that, and we got people like Lee who are

510
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Speaker 5: saying they should have stayed big. I don't get it.

511
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's tough to say that without seeing him play.

512
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Speaker 2: Lee I will say that, like, what if he's better, man,

513
00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:38,800
Speaker 2: if he's quicker.

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Speaker 5: How many players get in really good shape and get worse.

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Speaker 3: Let's think about it.

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Speaker 2: Let's well, you think about it. Who's your answer for this?

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Speaker 1: Well, I think Victor Oladipo could surprise some people because

518
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Speaker 1: the pacers are a middle of a pacteam. They'll look

519
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Speaker 1: at looked like at as a defensive team. But they

520
00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:03,080
Speaker 1: do have a superstar player on the roster in Victor Oladipo,

521
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Speaker 1: but he hasn't been that in a long long time

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Speaker 1: since January twenty nineteen. It's a year and a half ago.

523
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Speaker 1: So they're like you're talking about the Celtics. Skeets good

524
00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:18,720
Speaker 1: on both ends. They're good defensively, but they're offensively and

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Speaker 1: it's probably a little too early to ask Oladipo to

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Speaker 1: be a superstar. He's only played thirteen games this season

527
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Speaker 1: coming back from that injury, you know, since he was

528
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Speaker 1: out since January twenty nineteen. But those playoffs the last

529
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Speaker 1: time he was a number one guy and feeling right,

530
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Speaker 1: he took Lebron James to seven games. Not too many

531
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Speaker 1: players can say that in Lebron James's prime here, unless

532
00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:46,920
Speaker 1: you're the Golden State Warriors. That's hard to do, and

533
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Speaker 1: they've got a special thing going on. But I don't

534
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Speaker 1: know if Victor old people can reach that. But who knows.

535
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Speaker 1: Maybe another camp in a little eight game runway can

536
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Speaker 1: can help him out. Plus some modern medicine. It would

537
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Speaker 1: take a bit of a miracle. But you know, to

538
00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:05,359
Speaker 1: to remember Victor Oldepo at his peak, he was really, really,

539
00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:09,120
Speaker 1: really good and that team they somehow had a real

540
00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:13,080
Speaker 1: chemistry and Nate McMillan had them going real hard against Lebron.

541
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Speaker 1: It was a really close series in round one. So

542
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Speaker 1: maybe maybe maybe there's a chance. But it's just he

543
00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:24,000
Speaker 1: probably needs more games, and I think the layoff probably

544
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Speaker 1: hurt him because he was starting to flow a little

545
00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:28,600
Speaker 1: bit better. But who the heck knows. I don't know.

546
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Speaker 1: Maybe he's he's got a skinny leg and that'll help

547
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Speaker 1: him now. I don't know.

548
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Speaker 2: Maybe Victor Olidiebo is huge now, added like two hundred pounds,

549
00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:39,399
Speaker 2: and Lee will love him even more now. It'll be

550
00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:43,440
Speaker 2: really good. I'll sweaty out there. I actually came I

551
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Speaker 2: came to this question a little differently. I love your answers,

552
00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:49,280
Speaker 2: by the way, but I'm more I guess, I'm more

553
00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:51,680
Speaker 2: intrigued by how this guy is going to perform in

554
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Speaker 2: the playoffs, and so he'll surprise us, either for the

555
00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:58,600
Speaker 2: good or for the worst. But Fred van Vliet, to me,

556
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Speaker 2: is fascinating to watch it in this playoffs, in the

557
00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:04,840
Speaker 2: bubble playoffs because here's one of the guys that is

558
00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:08,239
Speaker 2: entering free agency in the offseason, and he could make

559
00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:11,720
Speaker 2: himself with a let's just say he has a dominant playoffs,

560
00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:15,159
Speaker 2: he could lay himself a huge deal if the market

561
00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:17,760
Speaker 2: does break right for him. I remember Bobby Marks on

562
00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:20,280
Speaker 2: the Hoop Collective podcast a while back saying that some

563
00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:23,879
Speaker 2: gms thought Freddy could be making you know, as much

564
00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:26,080
Speaker 2: as twenty five million dollars per year, like that could

565
00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:28,040
Speaker 2: be an option, you know, a deal out there for him,

566
00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:32,159
Speaker 2: which sounds insane, But you know, how desperately do the

567
00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:34,560
Speaker 2: Knicks want like a lead point guard if you believe Freddy?

568
00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:37,719
Speaker 2: Is that about the Pistons? There are no new reports

569
00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:39,520
Speaker 2: that Casey wants a lead point guard. Ibbly has some

570
00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:42,000
Speaker 2: experience with Fred van Vleet. Would they pay for someone

571
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Speaker 2: like Fred van Vliet as their lead point guard? Maybe

572
00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:46,080
Speaker 2: the Raptors want to keep him for crying out loud

573
00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:48,160
Speaker 2: if Lowry were to leave and stuff like that. So

574
00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:52,320
Speaker 2: Van Vleid is just fascinating because he's damn good. I mean,

575
00:27:52,359 --> 00:27:55,479
Speaker 2: he really is. Eighteen points per game, seven assists, shoots

576
00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:58,320
Speaker 2: nearly forty percent from three. He just contributes to winning

577
00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:01,080
Speaker 2: basketball On both ends despite being on size. Even defensively,

578
00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:04,119
Speaker 2: he's just one hell of a pess And he's weird

579
00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:07,639
Speaker 2: because we remember he was brutal versus the Sixers in

580
00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:11,560
Speaker 2: last year's playoffs, like just garbage. He shot thirteen percent

581
00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:14,320
Speaker 2: in that series and was basically played off the floor.

582
00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:17,399
Speaker 2: Their size was obviously too much for him. At times.

583
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Speaker 2: He fared a little bit better versus the box. As

584
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Speaker 2: the series went on, he got going and started contributing offensively,

585
00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:26,480
Speaker 2: and then he was amazing versus the Warriors. This guy

586
00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:29,040
Speaker 2: constantly is betting on himself and I think he's just

587
00:28:29,119 --> 00:28:31,159
Speaker 2: again going to be a fascinating watch. And maybe that

588
00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:33,439
Speaker 2: will be dictated by matchups in terms of who the

589
00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:36,959
Speaker 2: Raptors play, what type of Fred van Vleet we see, Like,

590
00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:39,200
Speaker 2: I don't know, if you were to play the Sixers again,

591
00:28:39,280 --> 00:28:41,000
Speaker 2: maybe he is played off the floor a little bit

592
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Speaker 2: because of the length they could throw at him. So

593
00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:48,400
Speaker 2: just so much sort of riding on his wallet potentially

594
00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:51,880
Speaker 2: with obviously salary caps likely going down and stuff like

595
00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:54,160
Speaker 2: that too, But he could still earn himself one hell

596
00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:56,480
Speaker 2: of a payday again, either from the Raps or another

597
00:28:56,520 --> 00:28:58,360
Speaker 2: team that want to lead point guard if you think

598
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Speaker 2: he is, So that's my answer. Did you think of

599
00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:03,840
Speaker 2: anyone Lee while we were answering there that somehow got

600
00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:04,680
Speaker 2: worse despite.

601
00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:07,520
Speaker 3: Getting well, they got guinea. Yeah.

602
00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:09,760
Speaker 2: In any sport, is there a critic guy you can

603
00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:10,160
Speaker 2: pull out?

604
00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:13,760
Speaker 3: Yeah? Yeah, I'm trying to think of that guy. Actually,

605
00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:16,000
Speaker 3: who was that guy? There was a big Bahamian guy.

606
00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:17,560
Speaker 3: You let me see if I can dig it up

607
00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:17,800
Speaker 3: for you.

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Speaker 5: What about that's all right? Well you're while you're thinking

609
00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:22,240
Speaker 5: about that, we got to talk about Zion Wimbs and

610
00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:24,400
Speaker 5: we've made it pretty far into this podcast without bringing

611
00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:27,280
Speaker 5: them up, so potential to surprise us. The guy was

612
00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:30,720
Speaker 5: out of the NBA rehabbing for six months, came back

613
00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:32,880
Speaker 5: as a nineteen year old, and averaged twenty four points

614
00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:35,200
Speaker 5: a game while shooting nearly sixty percent from the field.

615
00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:38,520
Speaker 5: It'll be exciting even if the Pelicans aren't able to

616
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Speaker 5: force a Mega Bowl even those eight games of Zion.

617
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Speaker 5: Thankfully we get another eight games of Zion.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a good way to put it. Will it

619
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Speaker 2: be enough to catch a Ja Morant for Rookie of

620
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Speaker 2: the Year if Zion goes for thirty and fifteen over

621
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Speaker 2: eight games, But ultimately doesn't make it. Probably not, but

622
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Speaker 2: you're right. I'd rather have eight more games of Ion

623
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Speaker 2: than none with you on that, and they could. Right, Look,

624
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Speaker 2: there's no doubt, like we sort of think it's going

625
00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:06,720
Speaker 2: to be Grizzlies Blazers, but Pelicans were rolling and you

626
00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:10,640
Speaker 2: got Zion back and uh yeah, maybe they'll surprise people

627
00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:12,680
Speaker 2: and be one of those teams in the Mega Ball Lee.

628
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Speaker 2: What about David Wells? Did he get worse when he

629
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Speaker 2: got skinny? Task you speak to that, you're a expert.

630
00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:21,400
Speaker 1: No, he got better, got damn?

631
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Speaker 2: I thought? What about?

632
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Speaker 3: What about when Kyle Lowry went skinny? He was good,

633
00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:27,719
Speaker 3: but he really planted at his best when he got

634
00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:29,920
Speaker 3: a little bit chubby again. So he won a.

635
00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:31,960
Speaker 2: Championship when he got a little bit more in shape.

636
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Speaker 3: But I don't know about that, nah, But he got

637
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Speaker 3: back to soda being chubby. Kyle Larry's skinny Kyle Larry

638
00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:37,200
Speaker 3: didn't last all that long.

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Speaker 2: I have a problem with the skinny and chubbies. You know, really,

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Speaker 2: what we're talking about a lot of the times with

641
00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:46,880
Speaker 2: these guys is definition, right, That's what it is.

642
00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:47,160
Speaker 4: Like.

643
00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:51,360
Speaker 2: I'm not even one hundred percent convinced once Jokich has

644
00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:54,880
Speaker 2: a jersey on that he's gonna look all that different.

645
00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:57,320
Speaker 2: I'm not, I'm not. I want to see those arms,

646
00:30:57,360 --> 00:30:58,760
Speaker 2: is what I'm getting at. I want to see how

647
00:30:58,800 --> 00:31:02,480
Speaker 2: cut they actually are. He's still if he's you can

648
00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:04,160
Speaker 2: lose weight, don't get me wrong, but that doesn't mean

649
00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:07,080
Speaker 2: he's still like you could still appear to be a

650
00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:10,040
Speaker 2: giant man, which he also is, being nearly seven feet

651
00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:12,680
Speaker 2: tall and weighing a lot just for having heavy bones.

652
00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:15,560
Speaker 2: I'm sure, I don't know. I gotta see him in

653
00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:17,160
Speaker 2: a jersey. I guess what I'm getting that. I'm not

654
00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:18,600
Speaker 2: ready to call him skinny yo kids yet.

655
00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:18,680
Speaker 3: No.

656
00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:20,240
Speaker 2: It was crazy right, the face.

657
00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:23,360
Speaker 3: The neck, just that big jacket there. Yeah, like his

658
00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:26,560
Speaker 3: shoulders really parked out like a uh you know what

659
00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:32,360
Speaker 3: is it like a ah man, I've lost it? Clothes hanger,

660
00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:35,560
Speaker 3: a coat hanger. It looked like he was wearing one.

661
00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:43,280
Speaker 2: Next question, this one from right from the Open Floor podcast.

662
00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:46,360
Speaker 2: This was a great one from Ben. Guys, what aspect

663
00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:51,240
Speaker 2: of the television product will piss people off the most? Right?

664
00:31:51,320 --> 00:31:54,200
Speaker 2: So we're gonna get this weird environment with these games?

665
00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:58,320
Speaker 2: What will be twitter or just a casual fan Whoever,

666
00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:01,080
Speaker 2: what will like anger people the most from what we're

667
00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:02,960
Speaker 2: going to see, Well.

668
00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:04,880
Speaker 5: It's either going to be the sites or the sounds,

669
00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:07,800
Speaker 5: since that's the definition of a television product. To me,

670
00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:10,360
Speaker 5: the sites aren't going to be a big deal. It'll

671
00:32:10,360 --> 00:32:13,960
Speaker 5: be weird at first to see NBA games that actually

672
00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:17,800
Speaker 5: count for something taking place in basically empty arenas. But

673
00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:21,840
Speaker 5: I went deep into YouTube last night looking for basketball

674
00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:25,120
Speaker 5: Bundesliga highlights and it feels like you get used to

675
00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:28,760
Speaker 5: they're being empty stands pretty quickly. Who knows what the

676
00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:31,360
Speaker 5: league would even choose to do for this. Maybe they'll

677
00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:34,880
Speaker 5: put tarps or ads up covering whatever sort of bleachers

678
00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:37,040
Speaker 5: they have there. You know, in a lot of European

679
00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:39,960
Speaker 5: leagues they have kind of like the tall advertisements that

680
00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:42,840
Speaker 5: basically line the court, almost like like a hockey rink.

681
00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:44,840
Speaker 5: So I don't know. It just seems like there's a

682
00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:46,840
Speaker 5: tight focus on the court and at that point you're

683
00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:49,840
Speaker 5: just focusing on the basketball, but listening to an empty

684
00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:53,040
Speaker 5: game that sounds a lot weirder to me than watching

685
00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:56,280
Speaker 5: an empty game, and it's just going to compound, I think,

686
00:32:56,320 --> 00:32:58,920
Speaker 5: to the point where we're playing in NBA Finals and

687
00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:02,440
Speaker 5: the only real sort of emotion you're getting is which

688
00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:04,800
Speaker 5: bench can cheer the louder, which bench can lead their

689
00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:07,240
Speaker 5: own defense chant the loudest. I think that's gonna be

690
00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:09,680
Speaker 5: so strange, which is why I'm interested to see what

691
00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:14,000
Speaker 5: the league will actually do for the audio environment. Right

692
00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:17,040
Speaker 5: there's been talk that they might be using NBA two

693
00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:21,160
Speaker 5: K sounds, which seems strange, but I think you gotta

694
00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:23,640
Speaker 5: have something besides just squeaks and voices.

695
00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:26,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, I would add to that too. I think it

696
00:33:26,520 --> 00:33:30,000
Speaker 2: was Kevin Harlan that maybe broke this news. The announcers

697
00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:32,719
Speaker 2: are going to be calling these games remotely too, like

698
00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:35,160
Speaker 2: from the studio at least for the first couple of weeks.

699
00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:36,880
Speaker 2: There's talk of maybe once they get to the conference

700
00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:40,040
Speaker 2: finals that they'll they'll be in attendance. But yeah, I'm

701
00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:43,480
Speaker 2: with you, trade that makes just doing that, because we've

702
00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:47,280
Speaker 2: seen that before. Of course, with broadcasters calling the games

703
00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:49,880
Speaker 2: just from a studio not being there already, that makes

704
00:33:49,920 --> 00:33:52,840
Speaker 2: already like a sterile environment with no fans in attendance

705
00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:55,479
Speaker 2: like even more sterile, you know what I mean, Like

706
00:33:55,520 --> 00:33:59,720
Speaker 2: it's just so flat, and you're asking those broadcast crews

707
00:33:59,840 --> 00:34:04,160
Speaker 2: to do heavy, heavy, heavy lift lifting to you know,

708
00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:06,880
Speaker 2: bring some punch and some energy to it, and that's

709
00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:09,080
Speaker 2: that's just not difficult to do if they're not even there.

710
00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:12,200
Speaker 2: So yeah, I'm with you. I'm worried. I think people

711
00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:16,040
Speaker 2: will be complaining the most about the the sounds because

712
00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:18,719
Speaker 2: also then people are gonna be going, well, why can't

713
00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:21,400
Speaker 2: we just hear the players right, you know, like if

714
00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:23,400
Speaker 2: they choose not to do that, which we don't think

715
00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:26,839
Speaker 2: the players Association would want. We don't know yet, but yeah,

716
00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:29,719
Speaker 2: I'm one hundred percent on the sound being more of

717
00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:31,799
Speaker 2: an issue here than maybe even the sites task. What

718
00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:33,160
Speaker 2: do you think?

719
00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:35,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think they're gonna play around with the sounds

720
00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,520
Speaker 1: for sure, whether they're pumping it in, whether they're throwing

721
00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:44,640
Speaker 1: a defense chant in there for for the home team

722
00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:47,359
Speaker 1: when they're on defense. They're gonna play with that for sure.

723
00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:50,280
Speaker 1: I think they're also gonna play with the way it looks,

724
00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:55,680
Speaker 1: because it it will look a little bit like Summer League.

725
00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:57,480
Speaker 1: I know Trey saying, you know, zoom in a bit

726
00:34:57,520 --> 00:34:59,680
Speaker 1: and keep the fans away, But I just worry about

727
00:34:59,719 --> 00:35:03,320
Speaker 1: the core and just sort of an empty feel.

728
00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:03,880
Speaker 6: Uh.

729
00:35:04,239 --> 00:35:08,160
Speaker 1: And so I think it's gonna be hard to carry

730
00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:11,080
Speaker 1: the weight of a championship and what's on the line.

731
00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:13,680
Speaker 1: With the way it looks, they're gonna, you know, try

732
00:35:13,719 --> 00:35:16,279
Speaker 1: and gem it all up. They're gonna try and make

733
00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:19,120
Speaker 1: it look pretty with TV production and the the intros

734
00:35:19,160 --> 00:35:22,160
Speaker 1: and all that. But I think what would also help

735
00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:26,520
Speaker 1: is throwing some decals down, Like, you know, the hardcore

736
00:35:26,560 --> 00:35:28,840
Speaker 1: fan will probably look at it if there's no team

737
00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:30,520
Speaker 1: decals in the middle of the floor and be like, oh,

738
00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:33,880
Speaker 1: this is summer League. So I think I think just

739
00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:37,760
Speaker 1: even just from from the court, just don't make it generic.

740
00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:40,640
Speaker 1: Don't have a you know, Walt Disney symbol or an

741
00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:43,680
Speaker 1: NBA logo. Even if you can't bring the courts down

742
00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:47,719
Speaker 1: from each arena, which is a lot of task, to

743
00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:49,919
Speaker 1: throw the team decal in there that's the home team.

744
00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:52,080
Speaker 1: I think that would help a heck of a lot.

745
00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:54,480
Speaker 2: Oh, but then people are gonna start slipping on it,

746
00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:57,040
Speaker 2: especially because he's still sweaty.

747
00:35:57,239 --> 00:35:59,399
Speaker 1: Yeah, they can paint, and they can paint it. Yeah,

748
00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:00,760
Speaker 1: I'm sure they can make that happen.

749
00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:06,840
Speaker 4: Yeah, okay, you all yourselves basketball fans. It makes me sick.

750
00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:10,440
Speaker 4: What about the beautiful game? You need the atmosphere, You

751
00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:13,960
Speaker 4: need people telling you when to say defense and and

752
00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:18,000
Speaker 4: oh to get excited about uh a three point shot

753
00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:18,440
Speaker 4: or whatever.

754
00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:20,399
Speaker 5: Just enjoy the.

755
00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:22,480
Speaker 4: Game as it is. This is a once in a

756
00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:26,200
Speaker 4: lifetime thing, the intimate experience. Maybe we'll get to hear

757
00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:28,799
Speaker 4: some of the players. And if that doesn't work for you,

758
00:36:28,880 --> 00:36:32,160
Speaker 4: just turn off the sound and turn on Chumbawamba and

759
00:36:32,239 --> 00:36:35,520
Speaker 4: get some get some get some beer and pretend you're

760
00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:37,400
Speaker 4: at a bad sports bar or something.

761
00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:41,240
Speaker 2: Come on, they should like go, they should lean into

762
00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:44,680
Speaker 2: like go full old school play with peach baskets and

763
00:36:44,719 --> 00:36:46,879
Speaker 2: stuff like that. Have the guy popping the ball out

764
00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:51,040
Speaker 2: with the Yeah all right, So what about you, Lee?

765
00:36:51,080 --> 00:36:53,239
Speaker 2: What aspect aspect of the television product is going to

766
00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:54,120
Speaker 2: piss people off the most.

767
00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:56,040
Speaker 3: I'm a little scared to answer it now. I don't

768
00:36:56,040 --> 00:36:58,800
Speaker 3: want JD to uh him.

769
00:36:58,640 --> 00:37:01,399
Speaker 2: He won't be watching anyway. It'll be more.

770
00:37:01,520 --> 00:37:03,880
Speaker 3: It'll be more just like let's say Ray Allen's game

771
00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:05,960
Speaker 3: winner or that you know, the game there's Big three

772
00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:09,200
Speaker 3: against the Spurs happened. Now it'll just be weird, I

773
00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:12,560
Speaker 3: think to you know, not have that crazy crowd reaction.

774
00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:15,040
Speaker 3: You obviously have a bench reaction, but it'll just I

775
00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:16,759
Speaker 3: think people will look back and think, man, that was

776
00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:19,840
Speaker 3: a big shot. But without the atmosphere there and without

777
00:37:19,880 --> 00:37:22,040
Speaker 3: the you know, without the usual sort of home crowd

778
00:37:22,120 --> 00:37:24,759
Speaker 3: just going bonkers for a shot like that, it just

779
00:37:24,880 --> 00:37:28,000
Speaker 3: might not feel the same, you know. So it'll be

780
00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:30,640
Speaker 3: interesting to see because obviously after Ray hits that shot,

781
00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:32,480
Speaker 3: he that they bring out the yellow rope and he's like,

782
00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:34,279
Speaker 3: get that rope out here, Like those are the sorts

783
00:37:34,280 --> 00:37:37,240
Speaker 3: of things we remember about, you know, that particular incident.

784
00:37:37,239 --> 00:37:38,520
Speaker 3: But this one will be more like, oh, I hit

785
00:37:38,520 --> 00:37:40,359
Speaker 3: a big shot, the other team just calles a time

786
00:37:40,360 --> 00:37:42,240
Speaker 3: out and that's it. Like it won't it just won't

787
00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:45,560
Speaker 3: feel maybe as one of those most iconic moments that

788
00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:49,080
Speaker 3: we remember for forever in the NBA playoff history.

789
00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:54,560
Speaker 2: Yeah again, I think I just put myself in the

790
00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:57,000
Speaker 2: shoes of these broadcasters, you know, especially the play by

791
00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:00,879
Speaker 2: play crew, having to get hype on a big shot

792
00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:03,840
Speaker 2: even you know, like especially especially when there is no

793
00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:08,040
Speaker 2: fans and they're maybe not even there, and yeah, trying

794
00:38:08,040 --> 00:38:10,560
Speaker 2: to get the cross on the broadcast of like Game

795
00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:13,000
Speaker 2: winning three, and like, these guys are professional, so if

796
00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:15,000
Speaker 2: anybody can do it, you know, it is like your

797
00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:17,799
Speaker 2: Harlan's and stuff like that and Anderson's and everybody like I.

798
00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:22,000
Speaker 5: Gotta call up Gus Johnson for sure. Yeah, short of enthusiasm.

799
00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:25,239
Speaker 2: I don't think you can understand how important that is too,

800
00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:29,399
Speaker 2: Like the experience of watching a game, just the job

801
00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:32,200
Speaker 2: they do and calling it and just building the excitement

802
00:38:32,280 --> 00:38:35,120
Speaker 2: of it all which and of course they're when they're

803
00:38:35,120 --> 00:38:38,880
Speaker 2: there with fans, they're feeding off the crowd, right. The

804
00:38:38,880 --> 00:38:42,120
Speaker 2: broadcast broadcast crew is so very tough position. We will

805
00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:44,439
Speaker 2: see there will be a lot of complaining, but let's

806
00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:48,040
Speaker 2: just all try and remember, Jenny, you know what, You're right, Like, geez,

807
00:38:48,080 --> 00:38:50,240
Speaker 2: we're just gonna have basketball back in our lives. Okay,

808
00:38:50,239 --> 00:38:53,680
Speaker 2: It's not gonna be the sexiest maybe production here because

809
00:38:53,719 --> 00:38:55,600
Speaker 2: of the situation, but who cares.

810
00:38:55,680 --> 00:38:59,440
Speaker 4: At least sat through two hours of choppy video horse.

811
00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:02,960
Speaker 4: I mean, this is going to be broadcast quality NBA

812
00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:06,840
Speaker 4: basketball people. There's gonna be no complaining. I would be

813
00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:09,480
Speaker 4: shocked if people are upset about any of this.

814
00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:13,360
Speaker 2: Well, you have way too much faith in people.

815
00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:14,000
Speaker 5: I guess I did.

816
00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:18,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, there is going to be complaining, you can lock

817
00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:20,759
Speaker 2: that in, But you're right. I mean, maybe it'll get

818
00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:23,600
Speaker 2: super creative too, with what they can try out, and

819
00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:26,520
Speaker 2: why wouldn't they, like especially with I don't know camera

820
00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:29,400
Speaker 2: angles or where they have them, like robotic cameras located

821
00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:31,560
Speaker 2: or stuff or or like you guys were saying, with

822
00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:34,360
Speaker 2: all the sounds and stuff, try things like they definitely

823
00:39:34,400 --> 00:39:37,479
Speaker 2: should use Like they better not be afraid. I guess

824
00:39:37,480 --> 00:39:40,200
Speaker 2: what I'm getting at to, like, guys, just try stuff

825
00:39:40,239 --> 00:39:42,480
Speaker 2: during these seating games. You know, all these games are

826
00:39:42,480 --> 00:39:44,960
Speaker 2: going on during the day, Like you don't have to

827
00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:47,520
Speaker 2: lock in to like, Okay, this is what we're doing

828
00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:49,759
Speaker 2: for every game for the rest of the season. Like,

829
00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:52,160
Speaker 2: don't do that. If it doesn't work, get rid of

830
00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:54,040
Speaker 2: it and try something else. I mean, I would expect

831
00:39:54,040 --> 00:39:55,839
Speaker 2: they would do that anyway, but let's hope.

832
00:39:55,840 --> 00:39:57,640
Speaker 1: So I think they're gonna try that even for the

833
00:39:57,680 --> 00:40:01,120
Speaker 1: preseason games, because there's preseason before those seeding games. I

834
00:40:01,120 --> 00:40:04,080
Speaker 1: think that's a big reason why those are their period,

835
00:40:04,239 --> 00:40:06,560
Speaker 1: is that when they tune in on July thirtieth, not

836
00:40:06,640 --> 00:40:08,920
Speaker 1: July thirty first. I think they want all fans to

837
00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:12,520
Speaker 1: be ready and not be judging it.

838
00:40:13,719 --> 00:40:15,279
Speaker 2: But we don't know if those games are going to

839
00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:18,200
Speaker 2: be broadcast on television. Do we like the pre preseason

840
00:40:18,239 --> 00:40:20,279
Speaker 2: games no, no, but.

841
00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:23,600
Speaker 3: I guess they will be because we're just desperate for content.

842
00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:24,080
Speaker 5: Yeah.

843
00:40:24,320 --> 00:40:27,239
Speaker 3: Yeah, I just wonder if the Coaches Challenge will be

844
00:40:27,560 --> 00:40:30,399
Speaker 3: in effect for the remainder of this season. I guess

845
00:40:30,400 --> 00:40:32,600
Speaker 3: it will because it was for one season trial, so

846
00:40:32,920 --> 00:40:35,560
Speaker 3: I guess I think that was But this is probably

847
00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:37,480
Speaker 3: going away though after this season, so I wonder if

848
00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:39,680
Speaker 3: they just scrap it now or just keep it up

849
00:40:39,680 --> 00:40:40,200
Speaker 3: for the rest of them.

850
00:40:40,239 --> 00:40:44,200
Speaker 2: I heard Joe Borgia never even left the secaucas replay Center.

851
00:40:44,239 --> 00:40:46,520
Speaker 2: It's been there the entire time. That's his bubble. He

852
00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:50,600
Speaker 2: hasn't just been waiting. Yeah, I expect it'd still have

853
00:40:50,640 --> 00:40:52,160
Speaker 2: it lee and they still be able to go to

854
00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:54,719
Speaker 2: secaucas to see what the officials there say. I would think,

855
00:40:54,840 --> 00:40:56,719
Speaker 2: but don't know that for sure either. Yeah.

856
00:40:56,760 --> 00:40:59,440
Speaker 5: That was one of the suggestions for teams that wanted

857
00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:03,880
Speaker 5: to replicate a home court advantage was getting another coaches Challenge.

858
00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:08,080
Speaker 5: So hopefully we get even more God fingers crossed. Mm hmmm.

859
00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:11,600
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00:42:10,600 --> 00:42:13,480
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880
00:42:17,120 --> 00:42:17,520
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881
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884
00:42:26,719 --> 00:42:28,480
Speaker 2: so we can throw some predictions on. Got some fun

885
00:42:28,520 --> 00:42:33,240
Speaker 2: ones here. Assuming everyone stays healthy, what'll be the most

886
00:42:33,360 --> 00:42:38,160
Speaker 2: insane storyline to come out of this campus experiment? Okay,

887
00:42:38,239 --> 00:42:40,600
Speaker 2: I'll go first, and we can get you. I mean,

888
00:42:40,600 --> 00:42:42,239
Speaker 2: we can get silly with this if you want, is

889
00:42:42,280 --> 00:42:44,359
Speaker 2: what I'm getting at here. But of course we want

890
00:42:44,400 --> 00:42:45,920
Speaker 2: everybody to be healthy. So like I'm not talking like

891
00:42:45,960 --> 00:42:48,640
Speaker 2: if someone died, that would be an insane, insane storyline,

892
00:42:48,680 --> 00:42:51,719
Speaker 2: It would be devastating, but coming at it from a

893
00:42:51,760 --> 00:42:54,399
Speaker 2: silly angle, do you guys remember and I can't believe

894
00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:55,960
Speaker 2: we haven't done it yet in film session, but do

895
00:42:55,960 --> 00:42:59,040
Speaker 2: you remember the nineteen ninety six basketball comedy Celtic Pride.

896
00:43:00,400 --> 00:43:00,960
Speaker 2: You guys watch that?

897
00:43:01,160 --> 00:43:01,480
Speaker 3: Yeah?

898
00:43:01,600 --> 00:43:05,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, if you haven't, The premise is pretty simple. It's

899
00:43:05,719 --> 00:43:11,520
Speaker 2: two like over loyal Celtics fans kidnap their opponent's star player,

900
00:43:11,560 --> 00:43:14,359
Speaker 2: who is David Williams, in order to guarantee their team

901
00:43:14,400 --> 00:43:19,439
Speaker 2: the championship. So I think we could get an even

902
00:43:19,640 --> 00:43:23,040
Speaker 2: more insane version of this sort of story within the

903
00:43:23,120 --> 00:43:26,200
Speaker 2: NBA bubble. And what I mean is we're gonna get

904
00:43:26,360 --> 00:43:29,719
Speaker 2: We're gonna find out like that's some crazy fanatict. So

905
00:43:29,840 --> 00:43:32,440
Speaker 2: of like the Celtics or the Lakers, doesn't really matter

906
00:43:32,480 --> 00:43:36,200
Speaker 2: to the team, but some crazy die hard fan he

907
00:43:36,360 --> 00:43:39,799
Speaker 2: purposely it's always a guy, because they're the insane people

908
00:43:39,840 --> 00:43:43,520
Speaker 2: when it comes to sports contracts, the coronavirus and then

909
00:43:43,880 --> 00:43:46,560
Speaker 2: with hopes to help his team out, is attempting to

910
00:43:46,719 --> 00:43:50,040
Speaker 2: break into the Walt Disney Complex and try and infect

911
00:43:50,080 --> 00:43:52,200
Speaker 2: the other team's star player before a big game or

912
00:43:52,239 --> 00:43:57,120
Speaker 2: a big series. Now that's far fetched. So if that's

913
00:43:57,160 --> 00:44:01,560
Speaker 2: too far fetched, maybe like the mob is involved somehow too,

914
00:44:01,640 --> 00:44:04,359
Speaker 2: you know, like to try and get somebody on the

915
00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:08,000
Speaker 2: inside of the Walt Disney Complex to screw with a

916
00:44:08,160 --> 00:44:10,320
Speaker 2: Lebron James or a Yiannis or something screw as the

917
00:44:10,320 --> 00:44:12,240
Speaker 2: star player in order to try and win a bet

918
00:44:12,320 --> 00:44:14,160
Speaker 2: because you try and knock that person out and put

919
00:44:14,200 --> 00:44:17,319
Speaker 2: them into quarantine or something like that. That's insane, I know,

920
00:44:17,440 --> 00:44:21,799
Speaker 2: but you know, we live in a crazy time right now.

921
00:44:21,840 --> 00:44:24,799
Speaker 2: Twenty twenty is just gone and said, so maybe that

922
00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:26,920
Speaker 2: does happen. What about you, guys.

923
00:44:27,400 --> 00:44:30,480
Speaker 5: I definitely think somebody's gonna break the quarantine because I

924
00:44:30,520 --> 00:44:33,320
Speaker 5: don't think there's any way you can expect sixteen hundred

925
00:44:33,360 --> 00:44:36,120
Speaker 5: grown ups to be in the bubble for two and

926
00:44:36,160 --> 00:44:39,440
Speaker 5: a half months with zero leisure activity. But I went

927
00:44:39,480 --> 00:44:42,880
Speaker 5: to a college that had for freshmen, you had a

928
00:44:42,880 --> 00:44:46,080
Speaker 5: boy's dorm and a girl's dorm, and it wasn't always

929
00:44:46,120 --> 00:44:48,640
Speaker 5: about sneaking out at night. You gotta be sneaking in too.

930
00:44:48,680 --> 00:44:51,680
Speaker 5: So I imagine we'll see somebody at the Walt Disney

931
00:44:51,719 --> 00:44:55,960
Speaker 5: World campus that's not supposed to be inside the bubble,

932
00:44:56,040 --> 00:44:56,760
Speaker 5: inside the bubble.

933
00:44:56,760 --> 00:44:58,319
Speaker 2: Who will it be? How will they do it?

934
00:44:58,360 --> 00:45:01,520
Speaker 5: I don't know. I know I had a ground floor

935
00:45:02,120 --> 00:45:04,480
Speaker 5: dorm room my freshman year with the window that opened

936
00:45:04,840 --> 00:45:06,680
Speaker 5: right to the backside of the dorm. It's a perfect

937
00:45:06,719 --> 00:45:08,480
Speaker 5: place for sneaking, and there are ways to do it.

938
00:45:09,840 --> 00:45:11,080
Speaker 2: Okay, what are you go on tasks?

939
00:45:12,280 --> 00:45:14,440
Speaker 1: Well, I think even before it starts, I think that

940
00:45:14,640 --> 00:45:18,920
Speaker 1: players will choose not to show up, and that's just

941
00:45:18,920 --> 00:45:22,600
Speaker 1: going to be shocking to people, and some will feel like, hey,

942
00:45:22,600 --> 00:45:25,520
Speaker 1: it distracts from the bigger purpose of getting black people

943
00:45:25,600 --> 00:45:26,840
Speaker 1: on equal footing with white people.

944
00:45:26,840 --> 00:45:27,120
Speaker 3: I know it.

945
00:45:28,239 --> 00:45:31,200
Speaker 1: Carmelo Anthony, it's coming fresh off that. Talking to Ernie

946
00:45:31,280 --> 00:45:34,520
Speaker 1: Johnson on Thursday, Carmelo is saying, look this is the

947
00:45:34,600 --> 00:45:36,759
Speaker 1: way it is today. This is how I feel, and

948
00:45:36,800 --> 00:45:39,760
Speaker 1: so he's not I'm not going to say Carmelo Anthey

949
00:45:39,800 --> 00:45:42,640
Speaker 1: is not going to be there because things change, and

950
00:45:43,040 --> 00:45:44,360
Speaker 1: that's the strange thing about it.

951
00:45:44,440 --> 00:45:45,160
Speaker 3: We're talking.

952
00:45:45,239 --> 00:45:47,680
Speaker 1: Yes, I was talking yesterday to Rex Chapman about the

953
00:45:47,719 --> 00:45:51,600
Speaker 1: coronavirus cases in Orange County where Walt Disney is and

954
00:45:52,200 --> 00:45:54,560
Speaker 1: I thought they were low, and they were for a time,

955
00:45:54,600 --> 00:45:57,680
Speaker 1: and then they spiked, and things are spiking, and they're

956
00:45:57,719 --> 00:45:59,960
Speaker 1: not wearing masks in Orange County anymore. It's not required

957
00:46:00,120 --> 00:46:02,239
Speaker 1: it anymore. So things are changing big time, and I

958
00:46:02,239 --> 00:46:06,080
Speaker 1: think there will be be players. I don't know how

959
00:46:06,080 --> 00:46:08,600
Speaker 1: big these names will be because I know we like

960
00:46:08,640 --> 00:46:10,560
Speaker 1: to focus on the stars, like if there will be

961
00:46:10,600 --> 00:46:12,440
Speaker 1: a star from one of these teams to say I'm

962
00:46:12,480 --> 00:46:16,080
Speaker 1: not going. But I think there will be, uh, you know,

963
00:46:16,440 --> 00:46:18,520
Speaker 1: guys that are from at least that you know, so

964
00:46:18,640 --> 00:46:21,040
Speaker 1: the middle tier that don't show up, at least a

965
00:46:21,080 --> 00:46:22,879
Speaker 1: few of them. There's not gonna be a Maya Moore

966
00:46:23,000 --> 00:46:26,960
Speaker 1: who sits out a couple of seasons to free a

967
00:46:27,000 --> 00:46:29,360
Speaker 1: man from prison, which she did, which is amazing. But

968
00:46:29,400 --> 00:46:30,879
Speaker 1: I think there are a couple of people out there

969
00:46:30,880 --> 00:46:32,840
Speaker 1: that are gonna say, huh huh not coming.

970
00:46:33,840 --> 00:46:36,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, that'll be a huge story if it does happen.

971
00:46:36,480 --> 00:46:38,799
Speaker 2: And then so I saw, well I was reporting that

972
00:46:38,880 --> 00:46:42,240
Speaker 2: they will they would not be paid. Is that correct?

973
00:46:42,680 --> 00:46:45,000
Speaker 2: If that if that was the case, if they chose

974
00:46:45,239 --> 00:46:47,799
Speaker 2: to elect, like, you're not gonna be forced, of course

975
00:46:47,840 --> 00:46:49,640
Speaker 2: to go, but if you do not go, then you're

976
00:46:49,800 --> 00:46:51,800
Speaker 2: you will not be paid at least your full amount

977
00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:52,480
Speaker 2: I would expect.

978
00:46:52,840 --> 00:46:56,360
Speaker 1: Yeah, you wouldn't be penalized other than not getting your salaries,

979
00:46:56,360 --> 00:46:59,120
Speaker 1: but that's that's what it is.

980
00:46:59,480 --> 00:47:01,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, and then the team would have the ability to

981
00:47:01,880 --> 00:47:03,560
Speaker 2: of course replace the player I guess too.

982
00:47:03,680 --> 00:47:08,400
Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, and there's talk about being seventeen man rosters

983
00:47:08,440 --> 00:47:13,440
Speaker 1: now just because lots of stuff could happen.

984
00:47:14,040 --> 00:47:16,120
Speaker 2: Yeah. And Lee was tweeting that he's excited because he's

985
00:47:16,120 --> 00:47:17,239
Speaker 2: going to get a chance to go play.

986
00:47:18,400 --> 00:47:20,520
Speaker 3: Fine, Yeah, I mean, you know, I've got to somehow

987
00:47:20,560 --> 00:47:22,319
Speaker 3: get my way into that bubble and then maybe you're

988
00:47:22,360 --> 00:47:22,800
Speaker 3: a chance.

989
00:47:22,840 --> 00:47:23,000
Speaker 5: You know.

990
00:47:23,160 --> 00:47:27,560
Speaker 3: But my sort of wild prediction was like, you know,

991
00:47:28,080 --> 00:47:30,319
Speaker 3: maybe this thing doesn't you know, it starts and doesn't end.

992
00:47:30,360 --> 00:47:31,760
Speaker 3: But if it does and we get to the finals,

993
00:47:31,760 --> 00:47:34,279
Speaker 3: I think the NBA will figure out a way. By

994
00:47:34,360 --> 00:47:36,680
Speaker 3: then they'll feel kind of safe enough to have some

995
00:47:36,719 --> 00:47:39,680
Speaker 3: sort of fans in for the final series, and so

996
00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:41,920
Speaker 3: you know, it might only be five hundred and you're

997
00:47:41,920 --> 00:47:44,359
Speaker 3: sort of spread out a little bit, and everyone has

998
00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:46,440
Speaker 3: to attend every games because once you're in, you know,

999
00:47:46,560 --> 00:47:48,719
Speaker 3: you can't. There's no point in leaving. But as they

1000
00:47:48,760 --> 00:47:52,360
Speaker 3: get closer, maybe they'll sort of allow, you know, however

1001
00:47:52,400 --> 00:47:54,120
Speaker 3: they figure it out people to come in. They have

1002
00:47:54,160 --> 00:47:56,040
Speaker 3: to isolate for the two weeks prior to the finals,

1003
00:47:56,040 --> 00:48:00,080
Speaker 3: and then for the finals they'll be fans. Yeah, not

1004
00:48:00,160 --> 00:48:02,920
Speaker 3: a packed arena, but certainly where the TV cameras are

1005
00:48:02,960 --> 00:48:04,840
Speaker 3: and people be chairing, and they'll have the colors of

1006
00:48:04,880 --> 00:48:07,319
Speaker 3: the teams and things like that, just to create some

1007
00:48:07,360 --> 00:48:09,480
Speaker 3: sort of atmosphere because I think, as I say, if

1008
00:48:09,480 --> 00:48:12,200
Speaker 3: they get to that far into the tournament, they'll feel

1009
00:48:12,200 --> 00:48:14,960
Speaker 3: a little bit confident or pretty confident that they'll they'll

1010
00:48:14,960 --> 00:48:16,279
Speaker 3: be able to finish it off and try to make

1011
00:48:16,320 --> 00:48:18,239
Speaker 3: the finals. Just feel a little bit different to the

1012
00:48:18,280 --> 00:48:20,520
Speaker 3: rest of the games that we've seen played in there.

1013
00:48:21,120 --> 00:48:23,879
Speaker 2: I think I heard Dan Patrick this morning. I think

1014
00:48:23,920 --> 00:48:27,440
Speaker 2: it was talking about something similarly like, is there any

1015
00:48:27,480 --> 00:48:31,200
Speaker 2: possibility that later on in the summer here, I guess

1016
00:48:31,280 --> 00:48:33,279
Speaker 2: getting into the fall that, yeah, once we hit the

1017
00:48:33,280 --> 00:48:36,640
Speaker 2: conference finals, depending on which teams are there and what

1018
00:48:36,960 --> 00:48:40,279
Speaker 2: the state guidelines would be for people, that they go

1019
00:48:40,400 --> 00:48:43,960
Speaker 2: back to their arenas to play these games. Yeah, which

1020
00:48:44,000 --> 00:48:46,279
Speaker 2: is a possibility I guess that I hadn't thought of.

1021
00:48:46,400 --> 00:48:48,399
Speaker 2: But yeah, sort of goes to what you're saying, except

1022
00:48:48,440 --> 00:48:51,440
Speaker 2: you're saying, maybe they bring people there, yeah, and just

1023
00:48:51,480 --> 00:48:52,919
Speaker 2: do it health, do it seefilly enough.

1024
00:48:52,960 --> 00:48:55,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, somehow if things have gone perfectly well for basically

1025
00:48:55,960 --> 00:48:59,120
Speaker 3: two months, then then they can. And they're moving towards

1026
00:48:59,160 --> 00:49:02,279
Speaker 3: that with weeks before the finals, then maybe they're like, okay,

1027
00:49:02,360 --> 00:49:04,840
Speaker 3: we can do it like this, and these people just

1028
00:49:04,880 --> 00:49:06,400
Speaker 3: have to follow the same rules that they have to

1029
00:49:06,440 --> 00:49:09,239
Speaker 3: stay in and they have to be tested or once

1030
00:49:09,280 --> 00:49:12,000
Speaker 3: they you know, once they're they pass the test, the

1031
00:49:12,040 --> 00:49:15,239
Speaker 3: two positive tests, then they then they're okay, I don't

1032
00:49:15,280 --> 00:49:16,000
Speaker 3: know something like that.

1033
00:49:16,040 --> 00:49:19,080
Speaker 2: Anyway, anything is possible, but it seems it would be

1034
00:49:19,160 --> 00:49:21,440
Speaker 2: wild that they would take all these precautions to keep

1035
00:49:21,480 --> 00:49:23,680
Speaker 2: as many people out as possible, and then the closer

1036
00:49:23,680 --> 00:49:26,879
Speaker 2: you got to finishing it, they're like, okay, here, five

1037
00:49:26,920 --> 00:49:28,719
Speaker 2: hundred thousand people that we don't really know.

1038
00:49:28,880 --> 00:49:30,920
Speaker 3: I know the best of it all that, but but

1039
00:49:31,120 --> 00:49:34,000
Speaker 3: I mean the teams that once they're eliminated, I'm assuming

1040
00:49:34,000 --> 00:49:35,600
Speaker 3: they're allowed to leave. They don't have to, No, they are,

1041
00:49:35,680 --> 00:49:38,520
Speaker 3: for sure. Yeah. So so you know, yes, there's more,

1042
00:49:38,600 --> 00:49:41,319
Speaker 3: there's different people coming in, but overall, you're still going

1043
00:49:41,400 --> 00:49:43,759
Speaker 3: to have less people, I would think. I mean, I'm

1044
00:49:43,760 --> 00:49:46,440
Speaker 3: not thinking they would pack the arena. I'm just thinking

1045
00:49:46,480 --> 00:49:49,839
Speaker 3: maybe the lower bowl behind the TV camera section, they

1046
00:49:49,880 --> 00:49:51,520
Speaker 3: put some sort of fans in there.

1047
00:49:51,560 --> 00:49:54,040
Speaker 2: It'd be like the super fan base for each team

1048
00:49:54,120 --> 00:49:54,520
Speaker 2: or something.

1049
00:49:54,600 --> 00:49:54,799
Speaker 3: Yeah.

1050
00:49:54,920 --> 00:49:58,759
Speaker 2: Yeah, Like we sit here in Atlanta, the six man section.

1051
00:49:58,600 --> 00:50:00,959
Speaker 3: And you Seeah Laker's guy would be you know, he'd

1052
00:50:00,960 --> 00:50:01,279
Speaker 3: come in.

1053
00:50:02,920 --> 00:50:06,920
Speaker 2: Sure, sure, sure, okay, okay. Interesting. Our next question here

1054
00:50:06,960 --> 00:50:13,360
Speaker 2: is which Disney character or product will steal the show? Trey,

1055
00:50:13,560 --> 00:50:16,000
Speaker 2: Who's gonna steal the show down there in that Walt

1056
00:50:16,040 --> 00:50:17,040
Speaker 2: Disney complex.

1057
00:50:18,280 --> 00:50:20,840
Speaker 5: Well, the wide world of Disney is a lot wider

1058
00:50:20,880 --> 00:50:23,680
Speaker 5: these days, right. You got Marvel characters in the mix,

1059
00:50:23,760 --> 00:50:27,080
Speaker 5: you got the Simpsons in the mix. I suppose you

1060
00:50:27,120 --> 00:50:30,839
Speaker 5: could consider National Geographic to have some characters. Maybe some

1061
00:50:31,120 --> 00:50:34,360
Speaker 5: animals will be around. I don't know, But the character

1062
00:50:34,440 --> 00:50:36,080
Speaker 5: that I think will really steal the show. Is from

1063
00:50:36,080 --> 00:50:39,879
Speaker 5: a galaxy far far away. You know his name, It's Yoda.

1064
00:50:40,120 --> 00:50:43,759
Speaker 5: Yoda always steals the show. Yoda is always just it

1065
00:50:43,800 --> 00:50:48,080
Speaker 5: feels like a snapshot away from going viral. You know,

1066
00:50:48,120 --> 00:50:50,880
Speaker 5: the NBA has a Star Wars Night somewhere in the

1067
00:50:51,000 --> 00:50:54,080
Speaker 5: league every two weeks basically. You know, it seems like

1068
00:50:54,080 --> 00:50:55,840
Speaker 5: there's always a new Star Wars movie coming out, so

1069
00:50:55,840 --> 00:51:00,000
Speaker 5: there's always a Star Wars Night. Baby Yoda was viral

1070
00:51:00,080 --> 00:51:04,160
Speaker 5: roll last year when The Mandalorian was out. I feel

1071
00:51:04,160 --> 00:51:06,440
Speaker 5: like I didn't miss anything, not watching the entirety of

1072
00:51:06,440 --> 00:51:09,520
Speaker 5: The Mandalorian, just because I knew that Baby Yoda existed.

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00:51:10,040 --> 00:51:10,200
Speaker 6: Uh.

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00:51:10,200 --> 00:51:13,160
Speaker 5: We saw that picture from a protest in San Francisco

1075
00:51:13,280 --> 00:51:17,800
Speaker 5: of the Yoda statue that had matter Black Lives Due

1076
00:51:18,280 --> 00:51:20,800
Speaker 5: chalked onto the stand of it. We saw John Boyega

1077
00:51:20,800 --> 00:51:23,920
Speaker 5: give a very passionate speech in London. Star Wars in

1078
00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:29,279
Speaker 5: general is always in the conscience of everybody. Uh So, yeah,

1079
00:51:29,320 --> 00:51:31,920
Speaker 5: I think they'll figure out a way to get Yoda,

1080
00:51:32,000 --> 00:51:34,279
Speaker 5: one of the one of the heroes of Star Wars

1081
00:51:34,320 --> 00:51:35,280
Speaker 5: involved somehow.

1082
00:51:35,520 --> 00:51:37,080
Speaker 2: Who is the NBA's Yoda.

1083
00:51:38,280 --> 00:51:41,360
Speaker 5: Hmmm? Is it Bill Russell?

1084
00:51:42,520 --> 00:51:46,440
Speaker 2: Oh? I wasn't thinking that someone not in the currently

1085
00:51:46,520 --> 00:51:48,400
Speaker 2: in the league. That's I don't mind that. Yeah, but

1086
00:51:49,160 --> 00:51:56,520
Speaker 2: my mind went to like pop, I guess.

1087
00:51:52,239 --> 00:51:57,080
Speaker 3: A came elige one kind of trains the people. I

1088
00:51:57,080 --> 00:51:58,480
Speaker 3: don't know if he does that anymore, but you know,

1089
00:51:58,560 --> 00:51:59,920
Speaker 3: for a while, it was cool to work out with

1090
00:52:00,120 --> 00:52:01,000
Speaker 3: came a large one.

1091
00:52:01,200 --> 00:52:05,719
Speaker 2: Right right, right? Okay, j D, what do you have

1092
00:52:05,800 --> 00:52:08,040
Speaker 2: for a Disney character or product that's gonna steal the show?

1093
00:52:08,080 --> 00:52:09,440
Speaker 2: You're a big Star Wars guy.

1094
00:52:09,520 --> 00:52:11,719
Speaker 4: Yeah, I also had a Star Wars character. I think

1095
00:52:11,760 --> 00:52:15,799
Speaker 4: that Chewbacca should be at all the Raptors games. You know,

1096
00:52:15,880 --> 00:52:17,680
Speaker 4: put him in a suit of armor and he then

1097
00:52:17,719 --> 00:52:21,960
Speaker 4: he's Sir Chewbacca, right, and every time Sarah is out there,

1098
00:52:22,080 --> 00:52:25,680
Speaker 4: you know, he's doing the old the Tasmela Sir Chebacca

1099
00:52:26,120 --> 00:52:31,000
Speaker 4: right every time he gets blocks or something. But yeah,

1100
00:52:31,160 --> 00:52:33,640
Speaker 4: I think Trey's right. Bill Russell would be the Yoda.

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00:52:33,800 --> 00:52:34,200
Speaker 2: Yeah.

1102
00:52:35,080 --> 00:52:37,520
Speaker 4: They can't think of any anybody better, just.

1103
00:52:37,440 --> 00:52:45,040
Speaker 2: So wise, so comforting, you know. Yeah, team as well. Yeah,

1104
00:52:45,200 --> 00:52:47,480
Speaker 2: do you think we're gonna see like we don't know

1105
00:52:47,520 --> 00:52:50,200
Speaker 2: if we're going to see the actual mascots from these teams,

1106
00:52:50,239 --> 00:52:53,600
Speaker 2: like in attendance, running around and being silly for the broadcast.

1107
00:52:54,480 --> 00:52:58,839
Speaker 2: Will we see like Disney characters, you know, running around like, well,

1108
00:52:58,880 --> 00:53:00,000
Speaker 2: Mickey be there and.

1109
00:53:00,400 --> 00:53:06,000
Speaker 3: I heard Goofy. Yeah, I've got I've got a soft

1110
00:53:06,000 --> 00:53:08,279
Speaker 3: spot for Goofy knowing especially in Disney World. That was

1111
00:53:08,320 --> 00:53:10,440
Speaker 3: where we knew the first ever Goofy.

1112
00:53:10,480 --> 00:53:13,359
Speaker 2: Our old camera man, Rick, you love this story more.

1113
00:53:13,480 --> 00:53:14,920
Speaker 3: I love it. I love it, I love it.

1114
00:53:14,960 --> 00:53:16,719
Speaker 2: I'd love it. I mean where this comes up on

1115
00:53:16,760 --> 00:53:21,640
Speaker 2: our podcast every four somebody says this fact. Well, it

1116
00:53:21,640 --> 00:53:22,319
Speaker 2: wouldn't it be great?

1117
00:53:22,320 --> 00:53:23,839
Speaker 3: I mean Rick, I don't know if Rick's working at

1118
00:53:23,840 --> 00:53:28,040
Speaker 3: the moment, so maybe he could relive that you become

1119
00:53:28,120 --> 00:53:30,759
Speaker 3: the old Goofy again. That'd be great to see him down.

1120
00:53:30,800 --> 00:53:32,680
Speaker 3: I think he'd have a great time. You know, he'd

1121
00:53:32,680 --> 00:53:34,879
Speaker 3: be dancing, he'd be getting into it, he'd be having

1122
00:53:34,920 --> 00:53:37,480
Speaker 3: a great time during the games, even if there was

1123
00:53:37,520 --> 00:53:39,280
Speaker 3: no fans. So give me Goofy.

1124
00:53:39,719 --> 00:53:42,919
Speaker 1: Okay, I'd say, I'd say, Rick, is that risk he's

1125
00:53:42,960 --> 00:53:45,279
Speaker 1: in he's in the age category, is at risk. But

1126
00:53:45,360 --> 00:53:48,440
Speaker 1: at the same time, a mascot costume is a mask.

1127
00:53:48,560 --> 00:53:51,759
Speaker 1: So yeah, you're you're all good, Rick, you know, go

1128
00:53:52,000 --> 00:53:54,200
Speaker 1: sweat your ass off. How old how old is Rix?

1129
00:53:54,280 --> 00:53:56,360
Speaker 1: Send that sixty five year old man down there at

1130
00:53:56,400 --> 00:53:57,400
Speaker 1: a sweat his ass.

1131
00:53:57,680 --> 00:53:59,520
Speaker 3: And you know there's no risk of him getting sun

1132
00:53:59,520 --> 00:54:01,959
Speaker 3: burned either down there, Yeah, because first off, he doesn't

1133
00:54:01,960 --> 00:54:04,560
Speaker 3: wear it sunscreen, he doesn't believe in it. But he'll

1134
00:54:04,600 --> 00:54:07,759
Speaker 3: be covering up old ian doors, so if he for it.

1135
00:54:08,520 --> 00:54:11,799
Speaker 1: I don't think. I I think the NBA is going

1136
00:54:11,880 --> 00:54:14,759
Speaker 1: to put a band on mascots being around the court though,

1137
00:54:14,920 --> 00:54:18,680
Speaker 1: just so it doesn't look just to make it look

1138
00:54:18,960 --> 00:54:22,399
Speaker 1: too gimmicky. You'll see them in intros, you know, you'll

1139
00:54:22,440 --> 00:54:26,400
Speaker 1: see Robin Lopez maybe chumming it up in a little

1140
00:54:26,480 --> 00:54:30,160
Speaker 1: montage or something. But around the court, I don't know.

1141
00:54:30,520 --> 00:54:32,680
Speaker 2: You don't think. You don't think they'll be there at.

1142
00:54:32,520 --> 00:54:34,720
Speaker 1: All in the arena?

1143
00:54:35,040 --> 00:54:35,480
Speaker 3: Yeah like that?

1144
00:54:35,719 --> 00:54:36,239
Speaker 1: I don't think so.

1145
00:54:36,520 --> 00:54:36,719
Speaker 2: Yeah.

1146
00:54:36,840 --> 00:54:39,279
Speaker 1: No, I don't think Mickey's going to be adjusting the

1147
00:54:39,719 --> 00:54:42,320
Speaker 1: rim in between halves or anything.

1148
00:54:42,400 --> 00:54:42,560
Speaker 5: Nah.

1149
00:54:42,680 --> 00:54:44,759
Speaker 1: I doubt mascots. That's a good question. If there'll be

1150
00:54:44,800 --> 00:54:47,640
Speaker 1: mascots down there, team mascots.

1151
00:54:48,040 --> 00:54:49,640
Speaker 2: I don't know. So, so, who do you have a

1152
00:54:49,719 --> 00:54:50,439
Speaker 2: steal in the show?

1153
00:54:50,800 --> 00:54:54,680
Speaker 1: Well, I got a weird one. I think Captain Jack

1154
00:54:54,719 --> 00:54:58,879
Speaker 1: Sparrow actual Johnny Depp is going to be down there.

1155
00:54:59,080 --> 00:54:59,319
Speaker 2: Now.

1156
00:54:59,560 --> 00:55:02,919
Speaker 1: It might sound weird for a person to be asked, hey,

1157
00:55:02,920 --> 00:55:04,799
Speaker 1: you want to go down to Florida and hang out

1158
00:55:04,840 --> 00:55:07,640
Speaker 1: and be in a bubble for two months for someone

1159
00:55:07,640 --> 00:55:11,319
Speaker 1: to say yes. But Johnny Depp, he's an eccentric guy.

1160
00:55:11,560 --> 00:55:13,759
Speaker 1: He'll get down there and he'll be court side. He'll

1161
00:55:13,800 --> 00:55:16,240
Speaker 1: be the super fan for all teams for two months.

1162
00:55:16,719 --> 00:55:19,120
Speaker 1: Captain Jack Sparrow is going to be sitting court side

1163
00:55:19,680 --> 00:55:24,640
Speaker 1: in his costume, cheering on, doing Captain Jack Sparrow type things.

1164
00:55:25,080 --> 00:55:27,360
Speaker 1: Johnny Depp's going to be the only fan there and

1165
00:55:27,360 --> 00:55:30,120
Speaker 1: and he is going to provide the energy that fifteen

1166
00:55:30,200 --> 00:55:36,040
Speaker 1: thousand fans could because he is that eccentric. And you

1167
00:55:36,040 --> 00:55:38,919
Speaker 1: don't think Captain Jack Sparrow is a Disney but yeah,

1168
00:55:39,000 --> 00:55:40,560
Speaker 1: I don't you forget that for sure.

1169
00:55:40,640 --> 00:55:42,160
Speaker 3: Is Johnny Depp a basketball fan?

1170
00:55:43,520 --> 00:55:46,840
Speaker 1: Not not now, but for for two months.

1171
00:55:47,840 --> 00:55:49,279
Speaker 5: I don't know. He's a good JD.

1172
00:55:49,360 --> 00:55:50,520
Speaker 1: Hold on, I'll try anything.

1173
00:55:50,600 --> 00:55:53,600
Speaker 2: Johnny Depp is not a basketball fan. Captain Jack Sparrow

1174
00:55:53,800 --> 00:55:56,879
Speaker 2: a huge basketball fan. He commits to the bit. So yes,

1175
00:55:57,239 --> 00:56:00,440
Speaker 2: I guess the answer is yes, Yeah, I got a

1176
00:56:00,440 --> 00:56:04,359
Speaker 2: weird one. I think I looked it up, and I

1177
00:56:04,360 --> 00:56:06,640
Speaker 2: think that a movie that hasn't come out yet is

1178
00:56:06,640 --> 00:56:10,840
Speaker 2: actually going to steal the show here because Pixar's Fall

1179
00:56:11,000 --> 00:56:13,840
Speaker 2: animation is a movie called Soul. I don't know if

1180
00:56:13,840 --> 00:56:15,880
Speaker 2: you've guys seen the trailer for this starts the voices

1181
00:56:15,920 --> 00:56:19,919
Speaker 2: of Jamie Fox and Tina Fey. I imagine we're gonna

1182
00:56:19,920 --> 00:56:24,200
Speaker 2: see a lot of commercials for Soul and maybe like

1183
00:56:24,280 --> 00:56:27,920
Speaker 2: branded integration for the movie Soul. So I don't know

1184
00:56:27,960 --> 00:56:30,200
Speaker 2: a ton about it. It's a I guess. The protagonist

1185
00:56:30,239 --> 00:56:31,920
Speaker 2: of the movie is Joe Gardner, and he's like a

1186
00:56:32,000 --> 00:56:35,160
Speaker 2: middle school music teacher who's dreamed of like performing jazz

1187
00:56:35,239 --> 00:56:37,400
Speaker 2: music music on stage, and he sort of gets that chance,

1188
00:56:37,600 --> 00:56:40,759
Speaker 2: but then he actually there's an untimely accident. He sort

1189
00:56:40,760 --> 00:56:43,839
Speaker 2: of appears to die or gets close to death, and

1190
00:56:43,920 --> 00:56:46,759
Speaker 2: his soul is separated from his body and it goes

1191
00:56:46,800 --> 00:56:50,040
Speaker 2: to like the Great Beyond, but then he escapes to

1192
00:56:50,120 --> 00:56:53,480
Speaker 2: the Great Before, where a world like Souls are developed.

1193
00:56:53,600 --> 00:56:56,160
Speaker 2: So it's like, let's say, a really cool, of course,

1194
00:56:56,160 --> 00:56:58,680
Speaker 2: a Pixar movie here and for kids, like you can

1195
00:56:58,719 --> 00:57:01,200
Speaker 2: sort of learn about death before and all that and souls,

1196
00:57:01,239 --> 00:57:03,120
Speaker 2: And so I think We're gonna see a lot of

1197
00:57:03,120 --> 00:57:06,719
Speaker 2: commercials for this movie, and I highly recommend go check

1198
00:57:06,719 --> 00:57:09,480
Speaker 2: out the trailer. Looks good, looks like a classic Pixar.

1199
00:57:09,840 --> 00:57:12,920
Speaker 2: There's a cute little soul called twenty two. It's got

1200
00:57:12,920 --> 00:57:15,200
Speaker 2: a dim view on the concept of life. So that's

1201
00:57:15,200 --> 00:57:17,880
Speaker 2: sort of like the Little Buddy Cop here Joe Gardner

1202
00:57:17,880 --> 00:57:18,520
Speaker 2: in twenty two.

1203
00:57:18,960 --> 00:57:19,560
Speaker 3: So we'll see.

1204
00:57:19,680 --> 00:57:21,840
Speaker 2: But we're gonna I bet you Jamie Fox, Tina Fey,

1205
00:57:22,760 --> 00:57:25,120
Speaker 2: I'd be shocked if they're not involved here somehow in

1206
00:57:25,200 --> 00:57:28,160
Speaker 2: any of these ESPN broadcasts at least pitch into this

1207
00:57:28,200 --> 00:57:28,760
Speaker 2: movie in the fall.

1208
00:57:29,040 --> 00:57:32,000
Speaker 5: Oh yeah, there's gonna be some sort of product placement

1209
00:57:32,120 --> 00:57:37,120
Speaker 5: integration for Suirk because this opening and doing the games

1210
00:57:37,360 --> 00:57:40,439
Speaker 5: at Walt Disney World is basically an infommercial for Walt

1211
00:57:40,480 --> 00:57:43,960
Speaker 5: Disney World anyways, saying hey, if the NBA can come here,

1212
00:57:44,000 --> 00:57:46,720
Speaker 5: then you can come vacation here. And I remember when

1213
00:57:46,800 --> 00:57:49,240
Speaker 5: Wally came out, they had like Jeff Van Gundy hanging

1214
00:57:49,240 --> 00:57:52,760
Speaker 5: out with Wally in the fans, right, So they're gonna

1215
00:57:52,760 --> 00:57:54,240
Speaker 5: figure something out. No doubt.

1216
00:57:56,040 --> 00:57:59,920
Speaker 1: Is the character of Joe Gardner super tall. I'm just

1217
00:58:00,560 --> 00:58:02,760
Speaker 1: I did a Google yeah, or is that just like

1218
00:58:02,840 --> 00:58:05,400
Speaker 1: one time where he's super tall. He's got it's like

1219
00:58:05,480 --> 00:58:06,800
Speaker 1: he's walking on stilts here.

1220
00:58:07,320 --> 00:58:10,200
Speaker 2: Oh no, I have no idea that. In the trailer,

1221
00:58:10,240 --> 00:58:13,440
Speaker 2: he just seemed like a man, a normal.

1222
00:58:13,160 --> 00:58:15,959
Speaker 1: Man and crossing the street and he looks eight feet tall.

1223
00:58:16,040 --> 00:58:18,520
Speaker 1: So you could definitely see him do a you know,

1224
00:58:18,600 --> 00:58:21,400
Speaker 1: halftime bit with the fan or with the players or

1225
00:58:21,440 --> 00:58:24,240
Speaker 1: something like, yeah, be out there dunking for sure.

1226
00:58:24,320 --> 00:58:27,080
Speaker 2: Or maybe he'll be playing the music during the game.

1227
00:58:27,920 --> 00:58:30,480
Speaker 2: You know, he's a musician, So let's go go to

1228
00:58:30,600 --> 00:58:32,800
Speaker 2: Joe Gardner. He's like Sir Foster. He's like an animated

1229
00:58:32,880 --> 00:58:35,959
Speaker 2: Sir Foster there. Maybe for all we know, we'll see all.

1230
00:58:35,880 --> 00:58:38,680
Speaker 4: Right, we're also going to be pushing the Falcon and

1231
00:58:38,720 --> 00:58:41,280
Speaker 4: Winter Soldiers supposed to come out in August on that

1232
00:58:41,480 --> 00:58:43,920
Speaker 4: Disney Plus, so we're gonna see some Anthony Mackie and

1233
00:58:43,920 --> 00:58:45,360
Speaker 4: Sebastian Stan out there.

1234
00:58:45,560 --> 00:58:46,480
Speaker 2: Oh okay, there you go.

1235
00:58:46,680 --> 00:58:47,360
Speaker 4: That could be cool.

1236
00:58:47,720 --> 00:58:48,680
Speaker 3: Yeah, all right.

1237
00:58:48,920 --> 00:58:52,320
Speaker 2: Final one here back to basketball a little bit full circle.

1238
00:58:52,400 --> 00:58:54,959
Speaker 2: We did dark Horse title Contenders to start this NBA

1239
00:58:55,000 --> 00:58:59,240
Speaker 2: Bubbles Predictions podcast. Let's end with this who wins what

1240
00:58:59,280 --> 00:59:03,160
Speaker 2: I'm calling the COVID nineteen twenty NBA Championship and then

1241
00:59:03,200 --> 00:59:06,400
Speaker 2: who gets finals MVP task? Who do you guy? And

1242
00:59:06,440 --> 00:59:08,440
Speaker 2: if you want to throw in who they're playing against

1243
00:59:08,520 --> 00:59:10,120
Speaker 2: their opponent in the finals, go nuts.

1244
00:59:10,920 --> 00:59:13,320
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna throw in their opponent because it doesn't matter.

1245
00:59:13,400 --> 00:59:15,919
Speaker 1: The Toronto Raptors are going to take this thing. Why

1246
00:59:15,960 --> 00:59:19,120
Speaker 1: the heck not say it now in June? Change my

1247
00:59:19,160 --> 00:59:23,320
Speaker 1: mind later maybe, But hey, the Raptors are the champs

1248
00:59:23,520 --> 00:59:25,760
Speaker 1: and these are going to feel like road games for

1249
00:59:25,880 --> 00:59:28,760
Speaker 1: every team out there playing in these Disney hotels and stuff.

1250
00:59:28,760 --> 00:59:31,439
Speaker 1: The Raptors didn't let the Warriors win one home game

1251
00:59:31,440 --> 00:59:36,680
Speaker 1: in the finals. They're gonna show up. And it's actually

1252
00:59:36,840 --> 00:59:39,160
Speaker 1: strange to think of who the MVP would be on

1253
00:59:39,200 --> 00:59:42,080
Speaker 1: their team. You naturally think, well, Pascal Siakams, they're probably

1254
00:59:42,120 --> 00:59:45,280
Speaker 1: their lead guy. Maybe Lowry can chip in, But if

1255
00:59:45,280 --> 00:59:48,800
Speaker 1: they get a monumental Fred van Vliet performance, it could

1256
00:59:48,800 --> 00:59:53,280
Speaker 1: be Freddy And so this crazy, this crazy pick. I'll

1257
00:59:53,320 --> 00:59:55,160
Speaker 1: take the Raptors of Fred van Vliet.

1258
00:59:55,480 --> 01:00:02,320
Speaker 2: Oh my god, I can't believe me. Well, yeah, yeah, okay,

1259
01:00:02,360 --> 01:00:05,240
Speaker 2: what about you, Lee, I'm going with the Bucks.

1260
01:00:05,400 --> 01:00:07,800
Speaker 3: I think ultimately the Bucks have been the best team

1261
01:00:07,840 --> 01:00:10,160
Speaker 3: they've showed them to be the best team at both

1262
01:00:10,240 --> 01:00:12,280
Speaker 3: ends of the floor this season. Yannis was a little

1263
01:00:12,280 --> 01:00:14,600
Speaker 3: bit banged up just before the suspension, so he's had

1264
01:00:14,600 --> 01:00:16,800
Speaker 3: plenty of time to recover. I think he can bounce

1265
01:00:16,880 --> 01:00:20,280
Speaker 3: back to his best form pretty quickly. And again, I

1266
01:00:20,320 --> 01:00:23,960
Speaker 3: just I think they're deep, they're well coached, they're great defensively,

1267
01:00:24,120 --> 01:00:26,400
Speaker 3: they can shoot the three, They've got other guys. I mean,

1268
01:00:26,400 --> 01:00:28,360
Speaker 3: the big question mark going to be Eric Bledsoe, of course,

1269
01:00:28,360 --> 01:00:31,240
Speaker 3: but this is different circumstances. You think he should be

1270
01:00:31,280 --> 01:00:33,560
Speaker 3: okay this time, and I think Yannis, obviously, if the

1271
01:00:33,560 --> 01:00:36,680
Speaker 3: Bucks win the championship, is an absolute certainty to win

1272
01:00:36,760 --> 01:00:39,680
Speaker 3: finals MVP. The Bucks will beat the Lakers in six games.

1273
01:00:40,200 --> 01:00:42,560
Speaker 2: Okay, true, I.

1274
01:00:42,560 --> 01:00:45,440
Speaker 5: Got the Clippers over the Bucks. Lee you kind of

1275
01:00:45,440 --> 01:00:48,320
Speaker 5: made my case earlier when you said the Raptors Bucks

1276
01:00:48,360 --> 01:00:51,600
Speaker 5: series turned last year when Kawhi Leonard started guarding Yannis

1277
01:00:51,600 --> 01:00:54,760
Speaker 5: onto Tokompo. The offense is going to be weird, but

1278
01:00:54,840 --> 01:00:57,720
Speaker 5: we've seen in the past that a very valuable thing

1279
01:00:57,760 --> 01:00:59,640
Speaker 5: to have come playoff tame as a guy who can

1280
01:00:59,640 --> 01:01:03,000
Speaker 5: get you fifteen footer when there's nothing else happening. Kawhi

1281
01:01:03,120 --> 01:01:06,320
Speaker 5: is going to have had the longest stint of load

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Speaker 5: management he's had in quite some time. He's gonna be

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Speaker 5: ready to go. I got him as the MVP.

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna agree with him. Man TK. Yeah, I'm going

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Speaker 2: Clippers over Bucks as well. I thought it was interesting

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Speaker 2: despite no home court advantage. Of course, with this season's resumption,

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Speaker 2: the Lakers and Bucks remain the favorites to capture the title.

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Speaker 2: But I like the number two seed Clips right now.

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Speaker 2: They'll be fascinating to see if they can keep in

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Speaker 2: the second or third slot. You know those teams like

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Speaker 2: in the fourth and fifth and sixth place. You know

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Speaker 2: they're not that far back. Anything could happen. You would want,

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Speaker 2: I imagine, to avoid playing the Lakers until a conference finals.

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Speaker 2: So I think the Clips will be in the second

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Speaker 2: or third seed. They'll still be there after the eight games,

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Speaker 2: and I think they're gonna meet up with the Lakers

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Speaker 2: in that conference finals, and I think they're gonna get

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Speaker 2: the best Kawhi will once again maybe of Lebron, But

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Speaker 2: I'm going Clippers. I'll go in a long series two

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Speaker 2: against the Bucks some serious. So give me the Clips

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Speaker 2: in seven and Kawhi, I think that would be making history, right,

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Speaker 2: he'd be three time finals MVP for three different teams

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Speaker 2: I care about, and that's happened before. Yeah, so mark

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Speaker 2: me down for Kawhi and the Clips win in as well.

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Speaker 2: But let's hear from you guys. Who do you got?

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Speaker 2: What are your predictions for all seven of these questions?

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Speaker 2: Thanks again to the Open Floor Podcast for this fun

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Speaker 2: idea and since here, thanks to everybody who's downloaded and

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Speaker 2: listened and shared the No Dunks podcast over the last

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Speaker 2: couple of weeks. We really, really truly appreciate it. So

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Speaker 2: stay safe. We love you guys. We'll see you on Monday.

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Speaker 2: Clipper bros.

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Speaker 5: You heard it here first, have a great time, turn up,

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Speaker 5: Love you guys. Awesome.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us, and remember the Raptors are the

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Speaker 1: longest tenured NBA champion in history. Thanks Corona.

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Speaker 2: Embrace the day people.

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Speaker 3: You could stay.

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Speaker 6: Every day doggie happy. Every It's been so long, but

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Speaker 6: you're no Funa plays for It's happened already. It's gonna

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Speaker 6: be grippy.