WEBVTT - Play-In Tournament Delivering Once Again

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<v Speaker 1>You're tuned into Heat Check with Trista Quick.

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<v Speaker 2>On this episode of the Heat Check, the playing tournament

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<v Speaker 2>is almost done, babe, and we are this close to

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<v Speaker 2>having a very full playoff schedule. Four teams already headed home,

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<v Speaker 2>two more are on their way. We also get into

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<v Speaker 2>some news from around the league, including the Kuzma Dinwitty beat. Actually,

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's only two teams that have headed home,

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<v Speaker 2>and then two more are headed home. Owaiianis almost retired

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<v Speaker 2>early and the latest on Damian Lillard. It's more of

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<v Speaker 2>the same bullshit, but we're gonna get into it because

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<v Speaker 2>it's the news. Happy the playoffs are here, Nick my man,

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<v Speaker 2>so do me a favor. Drop that generic gas beat.

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<v Speaker 2>You should be Rihanna. It is the end of the

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<v Speaker 2>season and at this point we're all pretty much playing hurt.

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<v Speaker 2>Someone I met today, an insider friend of show, Jake Fisher,

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<v Speaker 2>told me, I sound like I have been smoking two

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<v Speaker 2>packs of cigarettes for the last two weeks at night,

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<v Speaker 2>so sounds like my voice is starting to go on me.

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<v Speaker 2>But the show continues. The show continues because we got

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<v Speaker 2>some things to do. Let's start first before we break

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<v Speaker 2>down on what happened the first playing games. I have

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<v Speaker 2>a gripe to get off my chest. Hey Adam Silver,

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<v Speaker 2>can you use your hammer of justice to officially make

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<v Speaker 2>the playing games count as playoff games? Can we get

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<v Speaker 2>some stats? Can those stats count for something? Because what

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<v Speaker 2>most people don't know that stats from playing games don't

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<v Speaker 2>count towards the regular season. They don't count towards the playoffs.

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<v Speaker 2>They're just lost. They're just gone. They count for nothing,

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<v Speaker 2>They're gone forever. Even Basketball Reference, which I couldn't live

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<v Speaker 2>one day without, doesn't even have play in stats when

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<v Speaker 2>you call up a player's season game log. So what

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<v Speaker 2>do you have to do? You have to go into

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<v Speaker 2>the individual games themselves. Do you remember when Jason Tatum

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<v Speaker 2>put up fifty on the Wizards in the twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 2>Playing Game? Good luck finding that, good luck seeing that

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<v Speaker 2>it was real. Jason Tatum's gonna tell his son that

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<v Speaker 2>Duce Tatum when Duce Tatum's like ten years old, and

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<v Speaker 2>then Duce Tatum's gonna be like, prove it to me.

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<v Speaker 2>You can't do those stats count towards his career totals?

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<v Speaker 2>Who the fuck knows? I don't know. Fix this. Otherwise

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<v Speaker 2>people are gonna think that the playing game is an

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<v Speaker 2>exhibition game because finding summer league stats I think is

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<v Speaker 2>easier than find stats for the play in games. I digress.

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<v Speaker 2>Fascinating things happened in the first playing games. Mostly they

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<v Speaker 2>have to do with the teams that lost though, So okay, Miami,

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<v Speaker 2>they were the number one seed in the East last year,

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<v Speaker 2>might not make the playoffs this year. The Pelicans one

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<v Speaker 2>of the most exciting teams coming into the season this year.

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<v Speaker 2>They were at one point this season the best team

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<v Speaker 2>in the West. They were number one in the West

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<v Speaker 2>before if a Zion got hurt, we were all excited

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<v Speaker 2>about what they would do. They took Phoenix to the

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<v Speaker 2>brink last year. And you know what, They're gonna watch

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<v Speaker 2>the playoffs from the couch. Three two one can coon,

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<v Speaker 2>so it goes. The Wolves were considered to be one

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<v Speaker 2>of the best young hot teams. They made the move

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<v Speaker 2>for Rudy Gobert so that they could win right now.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know what they're doing. They are hoping upon

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<v Speaker 2>all hope that they can they can beat the OKC

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<v Speaker 2>thunder tomorrow or tonight. And the Raptors. The Raptors were

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<v Speaker 2>so exciting. The Raptors. Everyone had these huge expectations for them.

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<v Speaker 2>You have multiple players to play defense, and you know

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<v Speaker 2>what you do, You get cooked by DeMar DeRozan and

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<v Speaker 2>Zach Lavine. You don't make the playoffs, and now you're rebuilding.

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<v Speaker 2>All of these teams have had success recently, had high expectations,

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<v Speaker 2>and now they're at the crossroads. You're gonna probably either

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<v Speaker 2>see roster rebuilds or coaching changes in all of those scenarios.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the thing. That's the thing about expectations. If you

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<v Speaker 2>perform ahead of schedule and then you take a step back,

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<v Speaker 2>oftentimes you pay a price. People are like, what are

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<v Speaker 2>we doing? What's wrong with Toronto? What's wrong with the Pelicans.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like, I don't know, like CJ McCollum, Torres Labram,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. His thumb also torn, like Brandon Ingram

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<v Speaker 2>was insane, Like Herb Jones can't shoot threes, Like have

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<v Speaker 2>you seen a three point shot? It's a push shot.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a ten year old girls push shot. And probably

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<v Speaker 2>even worse than that, What are we doing? And now

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<v Speaker 2>we've got issues. Right onto the games and their implications.

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<v Speaker 2>Hawks won sixteen one oh five to the Heat. I

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<v Speaker 2>thought there was no chance for the Atlanta Hawks. None

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<v Speaker 2>Hawks pulled a major upset to the fact that all

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<v Speaker 2>seventeen ESPN commentars picked the Heat to beat them. Dejon

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<v Speaker 2>Tay Murray tweeted the jokes on you when he heard this,

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<v Speaker 2>because the reality is, the joke is on all of us.

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<v Speaker 2>It wasn't because we underestimated the Hawks. It was because

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<v Speaker 2>we overestimated the Heat. The Heat fucking suck. Okay, we're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna talk a little bit later about how Brian Windhorst

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<v Speaker 2>thinks that Damian Lillard's going to the Heat. And to

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<v Speaker 2>that end, I say, for who for who do we want?

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<v Speaker 1>Who?

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<v Speaker 2>The Blazers want? No one, no one on that god

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<v Speaker 2>forsaken team. There is real trouble brewing in Miami, and

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<v Speaker 2>it might end up that the roster all together just disintegrates.

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<v Speaker 2>Eric Spolstra might end up having to find a new job.

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<v Speaker 2>I was asked before the BETMGM show, my betting show,

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<v Speaker 2>on a scale of one to ten, one being zero

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<v Speaker 2>and ten being very confident, how confident are you that

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<v Speaker 2>the Hawks can pull up an upset against the Heat,

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<v Speaker 2>And I said one. I said one. There is no

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<v Speaker 2>chance the Hawks suck. The Heat missed fifteen layups I

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<v Speaker 2>think it was like saran wrap was around the rim.

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<v Speaker 2>You had Quinn Snyder coaching his little ass off out there.

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<v Speaker 2>You spoe, look and shook. They out rebounded the Miami

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<v Speaker 2>Heat by a gajillion. I think Capella had twenty one rebounds.

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<v Speaker 2>The high low action between Bam on Bam and Lowry

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<v Speaker 2>it was like mouse and the house, Mouse in the house.

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<v Speaker 2>It was one of those scenarios where you're like, oh, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>like it's never really close. He can make a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of runs and Atlanta just keeps extending said lead. You

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<v Speaker 2>could see the riding on the wall as it went on.

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<v Speaker 2>You can see almost the future of the two teams

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<v Speaker 2>in front of you playing right. You're like, oh, like, actually,

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<v Speaker 2>the future is kind of bright for the Hawks. I

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<v Speaker 2>can see what they're trying to do, Like, oh, I

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<v Speaker 2>see guys moving without the basketball. I see it, and

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<v Speaker 2>you see Miami and you're like, oh god, Miami, I

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<v Speaker 2>think is done. Kyle Lowry, where's he been? Came out

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<v Speaker 2>of retirement for this game. He played. I think he

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<v Speaker 2>played all the minutes. I think he went on a

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<v Speaker 2>fast for the he had over thirty. It did not matter.

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<v Speaker 2>Trey played well. Dejonte played well on Yeka Akongu was

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<v Speaker 2>incredible five for six, twelve points twenty minutes plus seven.

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<v Speaker 2>Sidik Bay was everywhere. That team looked good. It was

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<v Speaker 2>really cool too to see how the Hawks moved without

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<v Speaker 2>the ball. It's exactly the type of offense that Quinn

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<v Speaker 2>Snyder wanted to run in Utah. It's just like so

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<v Speaker 2>simple a change. I don't know, is it weird to

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<v Speaker 2>say that, Like when you move without the basketball, when

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<v Speaker 2>and just continue to do it and pass to those

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<v Speaker 2>people who are moving that it's like hard to get

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<v Speaker 2>open shots. It's weird that people just don't do that.

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<v Speaker 2>They just stand around the perimeter and hope that they're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna get open. It's like very obvious and simple that, Hey,

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<v Speaker 2>when you don't have the ball, why don't you cut,

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<v Speaker 2>cut to the lane, cut away from the lane, literally

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<v Speaker 2>instruments some sort of motion offense, and then pass to

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<v Speaker 2>the guys that are moving like that. That's what it was.

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<v Speaker 2>Bay was everywhere looking like Gary Payton the second cut

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<v Speaker 2>into the basket, deflecting balls, hitting timely three. He's like,

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<v Speaker 2>oh wow, like Cideique Bay, get him out of Detroit,

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<v Speaker 2>get him with a real coach and Jesus Christ sidek

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<v Speaker 2>ba's pretty good. Now, the Hawks take on the Celtics,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'll just say this, the Hawks already have dismantled

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<v Speaker 2>one franchise in the East. You better watch out or

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<v Speaker 2>Jalen Brown's gonna go somewhere else. I'm not saying that

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<v Speaker 2>the Hawks have a chance to beat the Celtics. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>just saying that they're not going to roll over. And

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<v Speaker 2>Quinn Snyder's for real. Quinn Snyder is coaching this team

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<v Speaker 2>much better than Lloyd Pierce or Nate McMillan ever did.

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<v Speaker 2>This is what a real coach looks like. Let's see

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<v Speaker 2>how Rob Williams looks, because Capella and a Coongwu are

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<v Speaker 2>coming for him. If his knee isn't right, we'll have

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<v Speaker 2>to see. I'm really excited too to see Trey Young

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<v Speaker 2>versus Marcus Smart. Trey averages twenty six, eight and three

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<v Speaker 2>against Boston in his career. He's already had thirty one,

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<v Speaker 2>four and eleven this year. And then outside that in Miami,

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<v Speaker 2>the nails in the coffin, they're already dead. The bulls

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<v Speaker 2>are gonna slice them and dice them and eat them

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<v Speaker 2>for breakfast. No chance. It's time for South Beach to

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<v Speaker 2>go on vacation. It's been an incredible year, an incredibly

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<v Speaker 2>bad one, and it's time for them to make some

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<v Speaker 2>choices moving forward. Lakers won o eight Wolves one oh two.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my god, what was that game? The game stunk.

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<v Speaker 2>It was the most It was the most dramatic and

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<v Speaker 2>bad fourth quarter I think I've ever seen. I think

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<v Speaker 2>that the Wolves put up twelve points in the fourth quarter.

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<v Speaker 2>Lebron James was a freak. He played forty five out

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<v Speaker 2>of the fifty three minutes, including all of overtime. AD

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<v Speaker 2>chipped in. Oh yeah, by the way, Lebron had thirty

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<v Speaker 2>ten and six with the steal and two blocks. Anthony

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<v Speaker 2>Davis was really good twenty four, fifteen and five. He

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<v Speaker 2>had two steals, three blocks. And listen, the problem for

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<v Speaker 2>Minnesota and for Karl Anthony town is that Karl Anthony

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<v Speaker 2>Towns is just not that guy. You can't have him

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<v Speaker 2>be the tone setter. You just can't because when he's

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<v Speaker 2>setting the tone, he's fouling guys and getting into trouble.

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<v Speaker 2>He had I think two fouls in like two minutes.

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<v Speaker 2>All of a sudden, he's sitting on the bench because

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<v Speaker 2>he's got three fouls in the first half or something

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<v Speaker 2>like that. You have to figure out a way to

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<v Speaker 2>stay on the floor, Karl Anthony Towns, that's the point.

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<v Speaker 2>You have no center. Rudy Gobert is nowhere to be found.

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<v Speaker 2>He's been sent away from the team jettison, and that's

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<v Speaker 2>all you have is you. It's crazy. The Wolves still

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<v Speaker 2>had a chance to win. Even with all that, they

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<v Speaker 2>still had a chance to win. Mike Conley is really good.

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<v Speaker 2>You see why they brought him in. Anthony Edwards was

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<v Speaker 2>again nothing. He was dealing with the shoulder issue. I

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<v Speaker 2>think he was zero for nine from three, continued to chuck.

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<v Speaker 2>Wasn't aggressive, It didn't use his athleticism at all. It

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<v Speaker 2>was just one of those scenarios where you're wondering, where

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<v Speaker 2>is the guy that shows up in these big moments.

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<v Speaker 2>Will the fighting frenchman o huh, Rudy Goldbert, oh monjour Rudy.

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<v Speaker 2>Will he be a factor in this next game? We'll

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<v Speaker 2>have to see. As for the Lakers, man, you gotta

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<v Speaker 2>give him a gritty win for that. They look like

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<v Speaker 2>they were on the ropes, They look like they were dead,

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<v Speaker 2>and now they take on a Memphis team without Steven Adams,

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<v Speaker 2>without Brandon Clark, and a Jaron Jackson who's just basically

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<v Speaker 2>like Karl Anthony town is a guy who's a undersized

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<v Speaker 2>five who should really play four, who's always in foul trouble,

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<v Speaker 2>and the backup is Xavier Tillman. So it's not really

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<v Speaker 2>a great scenario. Is Anthony Davis going to eat these

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<v Speaker 2>boys for lunch? Probably as long as Anthony Davis is healthy,

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<v Speaker 2>the Lakers should win this series. A d Loo was

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<v Speaker 2>a massive disappointment against the Grizzlies last year in the playoffs.

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<v Speaker 2>How will he redeem himself. We're gonna have to see.

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<v Speaker 2>But he's up for a contract, and if he doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>play well in the playoffs, I don't know that the

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<v Speaker 2>Lakers want to extend him. To me, the X factor

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<v Speaker 2>has been a shooter. He was incredible in that game

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<v Speaker 2>against the Tea Wolves. Everywhere he was pretty much the

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<v Speaker 2>only guy that you could rely on to hit timely shots.

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<v Speaker 2>He was deflecting balls, he was defensively everywhere. It's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>be interesting. It's probably the best matchup for the Lakers

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<v Speaker 2>that they could ask for, because why because the Grizzlies

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<v Speaker 2>can't shoot threes and neither can the Lakers. That's pretty

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<v Speaker 2>much it. You saw Darvin ham go away from all

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<v Speaker 2>the guys that he traded for, which I thought was hilarious.

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<v Speaker 2>They were all sitting their asses on the bench and

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<v Speaker 2>it was just the normies. Austin reeves, we need to

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<v Speaker 2>have a big series for them. If there is an

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<v Speaker 2>upset in the first round that happens, I think that

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<v Speaker 2>this is it right here moving forward, Bulls won on

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<v Speaker 2>nine Raptors one O five. What a fucking game that was.

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<v Speaker 2>Raptors get out to a massive lead. Credit to the Bulls.

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<v Speaker 2>They do not give up. They turn their season around.

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<v Speaker 2>Everyone thought that they were dead. All they did was

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<v Speaker 2>pick up. It was just Pat Beverly, wasn't it. It

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<v Speaker 2>was just him. All of a sudden, there are one

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<v Speaker 2>of the better teams in the East since the trade deadline.

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<v Speaker 2>This team is now dangerous. They upset a Raptors team

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<v Speaker 2>that most people thought would have very little problem winning

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<v Speaker 2>this game. I think the Raptors closed as six and

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<v Speaker 2>a half point favorites. Midway through the third, the Raptors

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<v Speaker 2>were up fifteen points and then the Bulls just locked in.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my god, you can't let Zach Lavine slice you

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<v Speaker 2>like a hot knife through butter. I think he had

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<v Speaker 2>what fourteen fourteen in the third quarter. Can't you You

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<v Speaker 2>can't do that. You cannot do that. That's the problem

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<v Speaker 2>with fucking around with a team with a couple of

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<v Speaker 2>superstars and a couple of gritty defensive dudes. Levine had

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<v Speaker 2>almost forty, had thirty nine points, DeRozan had twenty three.

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<v Speaker 2>You had those two things together, and that's hard to

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<v Speaker 2>compete with. They missed eighteen of thirty six free dos.

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<v Speaker 2>Why what happened? Well, Demart de Rosen brought his nine

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<v Speaker 2>year old daughter there and she screamed blood curdling, bloody

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<v Speaker 2>murder in the six in Toronto. He brought her to

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<v Speaker 2>Toronto so that she could scream murder every time that

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<v Speaker 2>a Raptor went to the free throw line. Now, it's

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<v Speaker 2>a long offseason for the Raptors. Just like Kylie Anderson said,

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<v Speaker 2>you've got a lot of decisions to make during the summer.

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<v Speaker 2>Nick Nurse probably gone, Pascal may be gone, Og may

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<v Speaker 2>be gone, Fred van Fleet for sure gone, Gary Trent

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<v Speaker 2>probably gone. So we could have just the Scottie Barn

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<v Speaker 2>summer and that's it. It might just be a rebuilding

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<v Speaker 2>team and a bunch of draft picks. OKAC one twenty three.

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<v Speaker 2>New Orleans Pelicans won eighteen. Man, man, oh man, was

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<v Speaker 2>that a good one? Okase He's a gritty, little fun team,

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<v Speaker 2>aren't they. Lou Dort was incredible. He was hitting threes

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<v Speaker 2>upon threes. He was making your reign. The Pelicans were

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<v Speaker 2>containing Shay and you had to say to yourself, at

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<v Speaker 2>some point, he's going to be able to break through.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know what, Giddy and Dort went off thirty

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<v Speaker 2>one for Giddy, twenty seven for Dort, and then Shay

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<v Speaker 2>still figured out a way to get thirty, a quiet thirty.

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<v Speaker 2>But man, he didn't have a free throw in the

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<v Speaker 2>first half. Starting five for OKC, all under the age

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<v Speaker 2>of twenty three, all five played thirty two minutes or more,

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<v Speaker 2>with Shay, Giddy, Dort all playing an average of forty minutes,

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<v Speaker 2>scoring eighty eight points combined. Look Out, OKAC now moves

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<v Speaker 2>to play the Wolves, and this is a matchup nightmare

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<v Speaker 2>for the Wolves. Denver waits. Both Okasee and Minnesota could

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<v Speaker 2>be trouble for that team in different ways. We're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>find out how good Denver is soon. Enough, we got

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<v Speaker 2>some tea, some news popping from around the league, and

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<v Speaker 2>it is some hot hot tea. Spencer Dinwity. This it's

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<v Speaker 2>just so great. I just love it so much. It

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<v Speaker 2>was just I have been thinking about it and talking

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<v Speaker 2>about it to friends all day. Guard for the Brooklyn Nets,

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<v Speaker 2>Spencer Dinwittie who also used to be a guard for

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<v Speaker 2>the Brooklyn Nets and was traded. So Kyle Kuzma, former

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<v Speaker 2>Laker wing champion, currently exiled in Washington with the Wizards,

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<v Speaker 2>have officially reignited their beef. Did you see this? There

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<v Speaker 2>is there's a lot to get into, right, I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>give you my thoughts. I'm gonna explain it. But for

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<v Speaker 2>those who don't remember, let's give you a little backstory. So,

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<v Speaker 2>Dinwitty and Kus were teammates right for a hot second, well,

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<v Speaker 2>because Dinwitty was added to the Wizards when Russell Westbrook

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<v Speaker 2>asked to be traded, right he was included in that

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<v Speaker 2>like fifteen person trade and then moves to Washington. Dinwitty

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<v Speaker 2>was just coming off of ACL surgery and the Wizards

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<v Speaker 2>needed a point guard and during his very short tenure,

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<v Speaker 2>because he was traded from the Wizards to Dallas for

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<v Speaker 2>Kristavs Porzingis. It was the Kristaps Porzingis trade, so he

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<v Speaker 2>was there for like a few months. And apparently in

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<v Speaker 2>those few months, Dinwitty and Kus fucking hated each other

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<v Speaker 2>pretty much did not vibe at all. Dinwitty was traded

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<v Speaker 2>before the season finished. Uh. And then when the MAVs

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<v Speaker 2>played the Wizards before Spence was later included in the

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<v Speaker 2>Kyrie trade back to Brooklyn, Spencer decided he was going

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<v Speaker 2>to take a low key shot at the Wizards franchise,

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<v Speaker 2>and if you're in the know, took an under the

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<v Speaker 2>radar shot at Kuzma. This is what he said. They're

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<v Speaker 2>not playing for nothing for real. For them, it's just

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<v Speaker 2>a showcase. They're over there just trying to get paid,

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<v Speaker 2>not trying to play winning basketball. Oh my god. Kuzma

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<v Speaker 2>took to Twitter and then said, funny thing is they

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<v Speaker 2>the MAVs don't play winning basketball either. Game on. Remember,

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<v Speaker 2>Kuzma thinks he's like different because he already won a ring.

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<v Speaker 2>He thinks that whatever he's going through and doing does

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<v Speaker 2>not apply because he's already won. So he feels like

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<v Speaker 2>he sealed his legacy. So then Spencer Dimwittie goes on

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<v Speaker 2>fandual TV and they're like, hey, did you see that

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<v Speaker 2>Kuzma's comments about you? How come he didn't like clap back?

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<v Speaker 2>And he's like, yeah, I wanted to respond to that

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<v Speaker 2>Kuzma tweet, but my agent told me to stand down,

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<v Speaker 2>that we had bigger fish to fry things to do

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<v Speaker 2>get to the playoffs. You know now that I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>in that environment. I'm in the playoffs and he's not.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh boy. This, of course was after the Nets made

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<v Speaker 2>the six seed the Wizards failed to make the play

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<v Speaker 2>in tournament. So then Spence took it even further and

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<v Speaker 2>decided to say the quiet part out loud, life.

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<v Speaker 3>Fame, all that stuff that we could see that you know,

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<v Speaker 3>his priorities tend to vary, right, Like, that's why dressed

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<v Speaker 3>the way he does. He you know, approach basketball the

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<v Speaker 3>way he does, the comments he makes, and like I

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<v Speaker 3>said with the Draymond quote, insecurity is loud, like you

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<v Speaker 3>know that you're there, you know, shooting shots to try

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<v Speaker 3>to get a contract. You're probably not even a third

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<v Speaker 3>star really on a good team, because if you were,

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<v Speaker 3>the Lakers would have kept you. Right, part of the

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<v Speaker 3>reason you left was to try to make more money,

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<v Speaker 3>Like these are all things that are facts, and so

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<v Speaker 3>at the end of my career, one thing that I

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<v Speaker 3>want to be known besides a guy that did whatever

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<v Speaker 3>it took to win in whatever spot he was at,

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<v Speaker 3>is a guy that was also very honest. And so

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<v Speaker 3>like my complete response to you know, coups and all

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<v Speaker 3>the other stuff to address it directly, I mean, I

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<v Speaker 3>played with the guy, you know what I mean, we

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<v Speaker 3>know what the priorities were, and you know a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of times people thought I was talking about Brad or

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<v Speaker 3>whatever anything like that. I look at Brad in the

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<v Speaker 3>same night as like a Dame. I think he's Lord

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<v Speaker 3>of d C. I think, you know, probably on a

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<v Speaker 3>championship team, he's probably got to be paired with like

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<v Speaker 3>a Yiannis. He's probably one B, which is no shot.

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<v Speaker 3>I know, on a championship team, you know, I'm probably

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<v Speaker 3>the third guy, kind of like a Drew Holliday with

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<v Speaker 3>a Chris Middleton and you know, Jannis or whatever. I'm

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<v Speaker 3>very scared with who I am in my career. I'm

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<v Speaker 3>I knowing a really good team, I can be a

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<v Speaker 3>number two kind of like we are right here with

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<v Speaker 3>the Brooklyn Nets. We got Micheale, We got me. We're

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<v Speaker 3>still a playoff team. We're able to keep the ship right.

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<v Speaker 3>But in DC, if you got three Max dudes for

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<v Speaker 3>Zengis Brad and KU's like, how you missed the playoff? Like,

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<v Speaker 3>he doesn't. None of these things make sense, you know

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<v Speaker 3>what I'm saying. Unless your priorities.

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<v Speaker 2>Aren't in order, Unless your priorities aren't in order. Oh

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<v Speaker 2>my god, Oh my god. He he absolutely ethers Kyle

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<v Speaker 2>Kuzma in the span of three minutes with straight facts.

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<v Speaker 2>So then, of course, because Kyle Kuzma didn't have a

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<v Speaker 2>place to talk on FanDuel TV, which would have been incredible,

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<v Speaker 2>he goes ape shit on Twitter and he says, the

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<v Speaker 2>Wizards and I have so much real estate on din

0:20:51.080 --> 0:20:56.080
<v Speaker 2>shitty Island. This guy got signed by a team for

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<v Speaker 2>sixty mills and was traded before the season. Over, what

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<v Speaker 2>in the world have you won in this league? You've

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<v Speaker 2>been bounced around like a basketball, My boy, Kuzma, you

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<v Speaker 2>can thank Kyrie and KD for spearheading the thirty four

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<v Speaker 2>wins before the All Star break. You're eleven and thirteen

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<v Speaker 2>after the break for your playoffs. Oh, you think you're

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<v Speaker 2>a second option? More like a second point guard. My man,

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<v Speaker 2>I watched you for two months at the end of

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<v Speaker 2>your wizard's tenure, being the second option averaging eight four

0:21:28.280 --> 0:21:33.399
<v Speaker 2>and four sounds good, but I'm glad you're hooping now. Last,

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<v Speaker 2>but not least, The only way you'll ever be worth

0:21:35.720 --> 0:21:38.600
<v Speaker 2>your contract is if the NBA finally gives you your

0:21:38.640 --> 0:21:43.119
<v Speaker 2>wish of being paid in crypto. Check the markets downward arrow,

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<v Speaker 2>my lord? Did that escalate quickly? So? Of course today

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<v Speaker 2>Spence responded and he said, did you see Kuzma's tweet?

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<v Speaker 2>The funny part about it is that there are a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of contradictions. He resorted to name calling dinshitty things

0:21:58.880 --> 0:22:01.080
<v Speaker 2>like that, which I haven't heard since I was probably

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<v Speaker 2>ten years old, things of that nature. I think at

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<v Speaker 2>the end of the day, the biggest piece here was

0:22:05.600 --> 0:22:08.520
<v Speaker 2>like a theory from eight Mile, the way Eminem approached

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<v Speaker 2>the final battle. If you approach it with the truth,

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<v Speaker 2>what do you have to hide? There's nothing there, right,

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<v Speaker 2>So that's probably the last time I'll address because I

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<v Speaker 2>want to focus on Philly, the team and what we're doing.

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<v Speaker 2>But at the end of the day, I spoke truth

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<v Speaker 2>and I got rebutted with a ten year old insult.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, what have you done in this league? If

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<v Speaker 2>we're gonna talk about my career and the things that

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<v Speaker 2>I've done that are unique and possibly different. I led

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<v Speaker 2>a team to the playoffs when their max players were

0:22:33.600 --> 0:22:37.359
<v Speaker 2>hurt back in twenty twenty, averaging over twenty a game,

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<v Speaker 2>So I won a lot of games there. I've been

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<v Speaker 2>to the Western Conference finals with Luca and the MAVs

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<v Speaker 2>been to the playoffs every year for the last five

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<v Speaker 2>or six years. And then on top of that, I

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<v Speaker 2>would say people are blessed to be in situations. We

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<v Speaker 2>don't get mad at Rick Fox for winning a championship

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<v Speaker 2>with Kobe and Shack like some people are blessed and

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<v Speaker 2>that's great, but we can't act like Rick Fox led

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<v Speaker 2>them to a championship. Let's not do that, goddamn real quick.

0:23:09.480 --> 0:23:12.520
<v Speaker 2>Rick Fox and Kyle Kuzma averaged the same amount of

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<v Speaker 2>points ten in the playoffs on those championship teams for

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<v Speaker 2>the Lakers. That's incredible. So now that you're caught up,

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<v Speaker 2>why is it like this between them? Here's what I've

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<v Speaker 2>gathered and here's what I believe. Spencer Dinwoodie is what

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<v Speaker 2>I call a tree shaker. He comes to situations and

0:23:29.960 --> 0:23:34.160
<v Speaker 2>he assesses, he asks questions when things are not operating properly.

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<v Speaker 2>The Washington Wizards do not, as you guys can see,

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<v Speaker 2>operate properly. They don't make the playoffs. They're not a

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<v Speaker 2>very good franchise, and they've kind of been sitting there

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<v Speaker 2>in the middle of the doldrums for a very long time.

0:23:46.880 --> 0:23:49.520
<v Speaker 2>The Wizards are not the most organized, winning franchise in

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<v Speaker 2>the NBA. Spence got there with I think Baby Holiday.

0:23:53.640 --> 0:23:55.560
<v Speaker 2>I believe it was justin or Aaron. I think it

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<v Speaker 2>was Aaron Holiday, and they were like, Yo, this place

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<v Speaker 2>is fucked up. Can we all get some roles? Can

0:24:00.720 --> 0:24:03.000
<v Speaker 2>we figure out what our roles are? Hey, like, I

0:24:03.000 --> 0:24:05.000
<v Speaker 2>don't even care what my role is, just can we

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<v Speaker 2>get one? And not in Washington, my boys, No, we

0:24:08.320 --> 0:24:10.320
<v Speaker 2>don't have a winning culture here. You don't get roles,

0:24:10.359 --> 0:24:12.560
<v Speaker 2>you don't get an organization, you don't get direction. You

0:24:12.640 --> 0:24:14.520
<v Speaker 2>just go out there and hoop. We're gonna win thirty

0:24:14.560 --> 0:24:16.439
<v Speaker 2>two games this year and we're gonna be in the

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<v Speaker 2>lottery and we're gonna pick up I don't know, some

0:24:19.240 --> 0:24:22.600
<v Speaker 2>random kid, Johnny Davers from Wisconsin. Kuzman didn't want roles,

0:24:22.640 --> 0:24:25.000
<v Speaker 2>what did he want? Kyle Kusman wanted to hit shots.

0:24:25.119 --> 0:24:27.240
<v Speaker 2>Kyle Kuzma wanted to take shots to the tune of

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<v Speaker 2>twenty five of them a game, first to be a

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<v Speaker 2>fashion icon and second to chuck so much that Beale

0:24:33.920 --> 0:24:37.080
<v Speaker 2>and his other teammates were regularly pissed at him for

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<v Speaker 2>ball hogging, and Ruey Hachimurray was supposed to be the guy,

0:24:40.240 --> 0:24:42.639
<v Speaker 2>but Ruey Hachimura had his own mental health issues and

0:24:42.680 --> 0:24:44.760
<v Speaker 2>they couldn't build around RUI. So what do they do?

0:24:44.840 --> 0:24:47.480
<v Speaker 2>They said, I guess we'll take this cous guy. KU's

0:24:47.520 --> 0:24:50.120
<v Speaker 2>got mad at Spencer Dinwoodie, from what I can gather,

0:24:50.440 --> 0:24:54.879
<v Speaker 2>did some snake stuff started spreading rumors to the media

0:24:55.000 --> 0:24:59.560
<v Speaker 2>like Kevin O'Connor, and before you knew it, Kevin O'Connor wrote,

0:24:59.600 --> 0:25:02.520
<v Speaker 2>the Wiz want to move in Wittie because he looks

0:25:02.560 --> 0:25:06.800
<v Speaker 2>like a shell of himself and his teammates don't want

0:25:06.840 --> 0:25:12.119
<v Speaker 2>him here. Holy shit, shell of himself. I am no sleuth,

0:25:12.440 --> 0:25:14.879
<v Speaker 2>I am no inspector gadget, but it does feel like

0:25:14.920 --> 0:25:17.600
<v Speaker 2>the organization and the people who were at a deficit

0:25:17.880 --> 0:25:23.040
<v Speaker 2>by accountability wanted to basically get the tree shaker gone.

0:25:23.200 --> 0:25:26.520
<v Speaker 2>So they besmirched his name. So the comments made from

0:25:26.520 --> 0:25:31.240
<v Speaker 2>the Wizards pretty bad, pretty bad, could have damaged his

0:25:31.440 --> 0:25:35.000
<v Speaker 2>entire reputation, could have cost him his career, damn near

0:25:35.080 --> 0:25:37.119
<v Speaker 2>ruined his career. If it wasn't for his time for

0:25:37.560 --> 0:25:40.159
<v Speaker 2>with the Dallas Mavericks, he might not have gotten a

0:25:40.160 --> 0:25:43.960
<v Speaker 2>real opportunity. And I get that Spencer can sometimes say

0:25:43.960 --> 0:25:45.879
<v Speaker 2>some crazy shit, and I get that he can be

0:25:45.960 --> 0:25:48.520
<v Speaker 2>his own worst enemy. Sometimes we all can be. He

0:25:48.560 --> 0:25:51.560
<v Speaker 2>recently said he has the petty side. He takes joy

0:25:51.560 --> 0:25:54.120
<v Speaker 2>in the Mavericks collapsing because he has friends on the team.

0:25:54.119 --> 0:25:55.640
<v Speaker 2>And you know what, they traded him and he didn't

0:25:55.640 --> 0:25:58.560
<v Speaker 2>want to be traded back to COO's. I'm not sure though,

0:25:58.560 --> 0:26:01.280
<v Speaker 2>that Kus is an honest guy. This Kus want to win.

0:26:02.119 --> 0:26:04.000
<v Speaker 2>Who's want to get paid? This KU's want to be

0:26:04.040 --> 0:26:07.040
<v Speaker 2>the man. Well. He recently discussed this when he was

0:26:07.040 --> 0:26:10.080
<v Speaker 2>talking about free agency. Here's what he said. It's not

0:26:10.119 --> 0:26:13.200
<v Speaker 2>about the money I'm gonna get paid regardless of where

0:26:13.200 --> 0:26:16.120
<v Speaker 2>I go here in DC too, but it's about where

0:26:16.160 --> 0:26:18.439
<v Speaker 2>I work every day and where I can be the

0:26:18.440 --> 0:26:22.679
<v Speaker 2>best version of myself aka, where I can chuck the

0:26:22.720 --> 0:26:25.760
<v Speaker 2>most amount of shots that I possibly can. I can

0:26:25.800 --> 0:26:29.399
<v Speaker 2>wear crazy outfits in the tunnel and I can be

0:26:29.480 --> 0:26:32.120
<v Speaker 2>the guy. So good luck Cou's, good luck in Detroit,

0:26:32.280 --> 0:26:34.960
<v Speaker 2>good luck in Indiana, good luck in DC, good luck

0:26:35.000 --> 0:26:37.479
<v Speaker 2>on a place where winning is not the first and

0:26:37.520 --> 0:26:41.840
<v Speaker 2>foremost issue or priority. You'll make your money, you'll chill,

0:26:42.040 --> 0:26:44.560
<v Speaker 2>you'll look good, and you'll take eighteen shots a game.

0:26:45.040 --> 0:26:47.439
<v Speaker 2>And here's the thing that people won't talk about is

0:26:47.480 --> 0:26:50.000
<v Speaker 2>that these rivalries have two sides, right, one with the

0:26:50.000 --> 0:26:52.680
<v Speaker 2>most social clout Coups and Spencer Dimwidie, who's kind of

0:26:52.680 --> 0:26:55.680
<v Speaker 2>a weirdo. Everybody wants to take KU's side because Kus

0:26:55.680 --> 0:26:58.159
<v Speaker 2>has a huge following, YadA, YadA, YadA. But eventually the

0:26:58.160 --> 0:27:00.560
<v Speaker 2>truth comes out. And the question than I have is

0:27:00.760 --> 0:27:02.960
<v Speaker 2>if Dinwiddie was such a bad teammate and such as

0:27:03.000 --> 0:27:05.840
<v Speaker 2>shell of himself, like, why would Brooklyn want him back?

0:27:06.440 --> 0:27:08.760
<v Speaker 2>Why would they trade for him again? Why would they

0:27:08.800 --> 0:27:10.920
<v Speaker 2>ask for him to come back in that trade? Why

0:27:10.920 --> 0:27:15.720
<v Speaker 2>would coach Vaughn speak so highly and reverently about Dinwiddie's leadership.

0:27:15.800 --> 0:27:17.760
<v Speaker 2>Why can't you find anyone in Dallas who will say

0:27:17.760 --> 0:27:21.000
<v Speaker 2>anything but good things about Spencer Dinwidie. Why is it

0:27:21.080 --> 0:27:24.159
<v Speaker 2>the only place that has labeled him some sort of malcontent,

0:27:24.240 --> 0:27:26.280
<v Speaker 2>some sort of cancer, some sort of shell of himself.

0:27:26.440 --> 0:27:28.240
<v Speaker 2>Is the one of the worst franchises of modern NBA.

0:27:28.280 --> 0:27:32.840
<v Speaker 2>Mint Memory Why like, think about it, think about who's

0:27:32.880 --> 0:27:36.280
<v Speaker 2>really at fault, think about what's really going on. I'm

0:27:36.280 --> 0:27:38.680
<v Speaker 2>telling you, if it was like San Antonio who came

0:27:38.680 --> 0:27:40.399
<v Speaker 2>out and said Spencer Dinwiddy he was a cancer and

0:27:40.480 --> 0:27:43.600
<v Speaker 2>he's a shell of himself, or like Miami, he'd be like, Okay,

0:27:44.000 --> 0:27:46.600
<v Speaker 2>I get it. When Sam prest he's out here saying, yeah,

0:27:46.640 --> 0:27:48.920
<v Speaker 2>we had trouble communicating with this guy, I would sit

0:27:49.000 --> 0:27:52.159
<v Speaker 2>up and listen. But when it's the Wizards, the Wizards

0:27:52.680 --> 0:27:58.320
<v Speaker 2>and it's Kuzma, come on now, side I'm giving you

0:27:58.520 --> 0:28:01.760
<v Speaker 2>the side eye. I am skeptical. People see through it.

0:28:01.840 --> 0:28:04.000
<v Speaker 2>As Barkley said, there's a reason most of the same

0:28:04.000 --> 0:28:05.760
<v Speaker 2>teams are in the lottery. You're in and you're out.

0:28:05.880 --> 0:28:09.000
<v Speaker 2>It's a culture thing. And when someone comes in and

0:28:09.040 --> 0:28:12.040
<v Speaker 2>tries to shake the branches and try to change the culture,

0:28:13.640 --> 0:28:17.240
<v Speaker 2>that toxic culture comes for you because they don't want

0:28:17.240 --> 0:28:20.000
<v Speaker 2>people who point out problems. If you point out problems,

0:28:20.160 --> 0:28:23.080
<v Speaker 2>you're the problem. And now Spencer Dinwood, he gets that

0:28:23.440 --> 0:28:44.000
<v Speaker 2>and hopefully has learned from that too. So like everybody's

0:28:44.040 --> 0:28:46.800
<v Speaker 2>got stressful lives, I've got stressful life, You've got stressful life.

0:28:48.320 --> 0:28:51.479
<v Speaker 2>Then you realize that your favorite NBA player probably feels

0:28:51.480 --> 0:28:57.040
<v Speaker 2>and has that same stress right, only multiplied by ten thousand,

0:28:57.240 --> 0:29:01.720
<v Speaker 2>two thousand. The pressure of being or being a pro

0:29:01.760 --> 0:29:06.360
<v Speaker 2>basketball player got so bad that Yannis onto Takupo, one

0:29:06.400 --> 0:29:09.120
<v Speaker 2>of the nicest guys in the NBA, recently told Laurie

0:29:09.200 --> 0:29:14.160
<v Speaker 2>Nicol of the Milwaukee Sentinel Journal that he nearly gave

0:29:14.200 --> 0:29:18.720
<v Speaker 2>it all up. Then he nearly retired. Excuse me, what

0:29:18.800 --> 0:29:22.480
<v Speaker 2>did you say, he retired? Yes. The article explains it

0:29:22.560 --> 0:29:26.959
<v Speaker 2>like this, Being Yannis means something he never envisioned when

0:29:27.000 --> 0:29:29.560
<v Speaker 2>he became the best player in the NBA. Beingy honest

0:29:29.600 --> 0:29:32.880
<v Speaker 2>is a spectacle. It's noisy. It's an approach, a wave,

0:29:33.160 --> 0:29:36.080
<v Speaker 2>a hello, a camera in his face. It's someone on

0:29:36.120 --> 0:29:37.920
<v Speaker 2>the side asking for a moment of his time when

0:29:37.960 --> 0:29:40.720
<v Speaker 2>he doesn't have a moment to spare. He's always courteous

0:29:40.760 --> 0:29:47.120
<v Speaker 2>and polite and still wildly approachable. Jannis himself was more succinct. Everybody.

0:29:47.160 --> 0:29:50.160
<v Speaker 2>No matter where I am, everybody is watching me. I

0:29:50.200 --> 0:29:51.880
<v Speaker 2>don't think I have the time to turn it off

0:29:51.880 --> 0:29:55.320
<v Speaker 2>and be myself, kind of just be me and all

0:29:55.360 --> 0:29:59.640
<v Speaker 2>of that. The stress of being Yannis led him to

0:29:59.640 --> 0:30:03.240
<v Speaker 2>almost quit the game in twenty twenty during the bubble. Yeah,

0:30:03.480 --> 0:30:07.880
<v Speaker 2>Johannis almost retired before he got started in twenty twenty.

0:30:07.960 --> 0:30:10.040
<v Speaker 2>I was ready to walk away from the game. I

0:30:10.120 --> 0:30:14.000
<v Speaker 2>had that conversation with the front office, he says. Can

0:30:14.040 --> 0:30:17.480
<v Speaker 2>you imagine that conversation with GM John Hurst. It's like

0:30:17.640 --> 0:30:23.240
<v Speaker 2>fring ring ring ring, Hey John Jannis online one, Oh hey,

0:30:23.280 --> 0:30:26.160
<v Speaker 2>y honest, Hey, what's going on? Yeah, hey, John, love you.

0:30:27.120 --> 0:30:29.520
<v Speaker 2>I really love the Bucks. It's so great to be

0:30:29.600 --> 0:30:34.160
<v Speaker 2>here in Milwaukee. But I am retiring. My father has

0:30:34.160 --> 0:30:37.640
<v Speaker 2>passed away, and I am hanging up my sneakers. I

0:30:37.800 --> 0:30:42.720
<v Speaker 2>think I'm going to retire. Jannis Onto Takoumpo MVP. Jannis

0:30:43.160 --> 0:30:46.040
<v Speaker 2>almost retired has to be maybe one of the most

0:30:46.120 --> 0:30:48.560
<v Speaker 2>terrifying conversations that a GM could have. It would be

0:30:48.600 --> 0:30:50.600
<v Speaker 2>like if Lebron in the middle of his prime retired,

0:30:50.920 --> 0:30:55.000
<v Speaker 2>MBID retired. Probably even worse than that, if you pulled

0:30:55.000 --> 0:30:57.640
<v Speaker 2>one hundred NBA executives and ask him to name one

0:30:57.680 --> 0:30:59.480
<v Speaker 2>guy that would actually retire in the middle of their prime,

0:30:59.480 --> 0:31:01.680
<v Speaker 2>probably on it. I bet they would all say him

0:31:02.760 --> 0:31:13.240
<v Speaker 2>and get this. He had the conversation after signing his extension. Naturally,

0:31:13.240 --> 0:31:15.160
<v Speaker 2>the Bucks were like, hey, you know that, like you

0:31:15.320 --> 0:31:18.240
<v Speaker 2>just signed one of the largest contracts in NBA history, right,

0:31:18.600 --> 0:31:21.560
<v Speaker 2>And he was like, yeah, but you can just take

0:31:21.560 --> 0:31:23.520
<v Speaker 2>that money and shove it in your ass. I don't

0:31:23.520 --> 0:31:26.280
<v Speaker 2>care about that. I care about joy. I'm a joyful person.

0:31:26.480 --> 0:31:29.080
<v Speaker 2>My father didn't have nothing. He had us. He was

0:31:29.120 --> 0:31:31.280
<v Speaker 2>the richest person on earth because he had his kids,

0:31:31.400 --> 0:31:34.120
<v Speaker 2>He had this beautiful family. He had nothing. This to

0:31:34.200 --> 0:31:38.600
<v Speaker 2>me doesn't mean nothing. Also, Jannis counts hiss oreos. I

0:31:38.600 --> 0:31:40.520
<v Speaker 2>bet he doesn't spend any of his money. All he

0:31:40.600 --> 0:31:42.840
<v Speaker 2>needed was one contract and he's good. If he doesn't

0:31:42.840 --> 0:31:45.200
<v Speaker 2>have joy for the game anymore, he's gonna hang it up.

0:31:46.560 --> 0:31:48.680
<v Speaker 2>The level of panic this must have caused the Bucks

0:31:48.800 --> 0:31:52.600
<v Speaker 2>would have been immense. You just signed him to a

0:31:52.600 --> 0:31:56.400
<v Speaker 2>supermax deal and he's already ready to retire. What are

0:31:56.400 --> 0:32:01.240
<v Speaker 2>we talking about here? Are we serious? What's happened? So?

0:32:01.280 --> 0:32:03.560
<v Speaker 2>How did we end up with Jannis actually winning a

0:32:03.600 --> 0:32:07.680
<v Speaker 2>title and staying in Milwaukee? One word therapy? Jannis went

0:32:07.720 --> 0:32:11.400
<v Speaker 2>to therapy. How did he get to therapy. Apparently he's

0:32:11.440 --> 0:32:15.120
<v Speaker 2>this self admitted stubborn, proud guy. Well, he got the

0:32:15.160 --> 0:32:20.640
<v Speaker 2>idea from checks notes Kevin Love. Kevin Love, who came

0:32:20.680 --> 0:32:23.160
<v Speaker 2>out in twenty eighteen with his own mental health struggles

0:32:24.600 --> 0:32:28.920
<v Speaker 2>and helped to destigmatize mental health struggles for the entire league,

0:32:29.000 --> 0:32:32.560
<v Speaker 2>including Jannis, was so inspired by Kevin that he decided

0:32:32.560 --> 0:32:36.040
<v Speaker 2>to seek help himself. With the encouragement of his family,

0:32:36.240 --> 0:32:38.880
<v Speaker 2>he started talking to someone. Apparently it helped a lot.

0:32:39.040 --> 0:32:42.240
<v Speaker 2>He found someone who, he says, put me in a

0:32:42.320 --> 0:32:44.880
<v Speaker 2>place to appreciate all of the things that I have

0:32:45.440 --> 0:32:47.640
<v Speaker 2>that comes with being who I am. To be okay

0:32:47.680 --> 0:32:50.840
<v Speaker 2>with myself no matter what the outcome of the game.

0:32:51.120 --> 0:32:54.440
<v Speaker 2>I understand that I can't control that. I can only

0:32:54.440 --> 0:32:57.680
<v Speaker 2>control my effort, how hard I work, how I try

0:32:57.680 --> 0:33:03.920
<v Speaker 2>to inspire people from what I do. Michael Phelps, Naomi Osaka,

0:33:04.000 --> 0:33:07.880
<v Speaker 2>DeMar DeRozan, Brandon Marshall, A lot of great athletes have

0:33:08.360 --> 0:33:12.520
<v Speaker 2>sought help for their mental health, so Jannis Yannis knew

0:33:12.560 --> 0:33:14.720
<v Speaker 2>he wasn't alone. But the best part of it is

0:33:14.720 --> 0:33:18.200
<v Speaker 2>that he sought out Kevin Love to tell him that

0:33:18.280 --> 0:33:22.880
<v Speaker 2>Kevin Love was so impactful about going out into the

0:33:22.880 --> 0:33:26.640
<v Speaker 2>public sphere and telling everyone how important mental health was.

0:33:27.120 --> 0:33:29.200
<v Speaker 2>He said, I talked to Kevin and I told him

0:33:29.240 --> 0:33:31.880
<v Speaker 2>how he inspired me to open up and help me

0:33:31.960 --> 0:33:34.160
<v Speaker 2>to the kind of better myself. And he was literally

0:33:34.160 --> 0:33:36.960
<v Speaker 2>tearing up when I told him that that's crazy. The

0:33:37.000 --> 0:33:40.360
<v Speaker 2>Milwaukee Bucks should probably give Kevin Love a ring. If

0:33:40.360 --> 0:33:42.320
<v Speaker 2>it wasn't for Kevin Love, Giannis would probably be on

0:33:42.360 --> 0:33:46.240
<v Speaker 2>a beach somewhere in Greece etn French fries or Chick

0:33:46.240 --> 0:33:48.840
<v Speaker 2>fil A or whatever it is. Like, that's crazy. And

0:33:48.880 --> 0:33:51.880
<v Speaker 2>now Jannis has his own foundation that gives access to

0:33:51.880 --> 0:33:54.800
<v Speaker 2>mental health counseling for people who don't or not able

0:33:54.880 --> 0:33:57.880
<v Speaker 2>to afford it. From walking away from one of the

0:33:57.880 --> 0:34:00.720
<v Speaker 2>biggest contracts in NBA history to now leading the charge

0:34:00.720 --> 0:34:03.000
<v Speaker 2>for getting people who can't afford mental health care that

0:34:03.040 --> 0:34:06.360
<v Speaker 2>they need while still playing basketball. Wow, what a winding

0:34:06.440 --> 0:34:12.920
<v Speaker 2>road for your honis. On a personal note, uh, I

0:34:13.040 --> 0:34:15.360
<v Speaker 2>know what it's like to be a little overwhelmed myself,

0:34:15.560 --> 0:34:18.879
<v Speaker 2>so I would encourage everyone to go to therapy. It's

0:34:18.880 --> 0:34:21.200
<v Speaker 2>done wonders for me so many others that I know.

0:34:21.560 --> 0:34:24.319
<v Speaker 2>So you don't have to face your stress alone. If

0:34:24.360 --> 0:34:26.759
<v Speaker 2>you have the ability to do it, do it and

0:34:26.800 --> 0:34:29.160
<v Speaker 2>if you don't go to Jannis's foundation because he uh,

0:34:29.440 --> 0:34:34.680
<v Speaker 2>he's helping folks out again. Moving on, man, here we

0:34:34.719 --> 0:34:38.160
<v Speaker 2>go again. Dame, Dame, Dame, Dame Dame, Why do you

0:34:38.239 --> 0:34:39.040
<v Speaker 2>do it to us?

0:34:39.160 --> 0:34:39.399
<v Speaker 3>Dame?

0:34:40.360 --> 0:34:44.160
<v Speaker 2>Why does Dame continue to toy with the Portland Trailblazer fans?

0:34:44.320 --> 0:34:47.120
<v Speaker 2>I don't know. I'm tired of it. I'm getting texts

0:34:47.120 --> 0:34:50.800
<v Speaker 2>from Sham's people because Sham thinks he's right that Dame's

0:34:50.840 --> 0:34:53.840
<v Speaker 2>not playing in a Portland Trailblazer's uniform again. I'm so

0:34:54.080 --> 0:34:57.640
<v Speaker 2>tired of my guys, Sham's rubbing my face and the

0:34:57.680 --> 0:35:00.600
<v Speaker 2>fact that Damian Lillard might be leading the his team.

0:35:00.640 --> 0:35:04.200
<v Speaker 2>So he went on steven A's World last night, which

0:35:04.239 --> 0:35:07.440
<v Speaker 2>you should not have done because Stephen A put the

0:35:07.440 --> 0:35:10.279
<v Speaker 2>screws to him and he asked them the questions that

0:35:10.360 --> 0:35:11.279
<v Speaker 2>everyone wants to know.

0:35:12.000 --> 0:35:14.360
<v Speaker 1>They know how important it is to just you know,

0:35:14.480 --> 0:35:16.600
<v Speaker 1>be on a competitive team on a on the level

0:35:16.600 --> 0:35:18.840
<v Speaker 1>where we can you know, make a run in the playoffs,

0:35:19.760 --> 0:35:22.200
<v Speaker 1>and uh, you know that just that just has to happen,

0:35:22.280 --> 0:35:24.080
<v Speaker 1>you know, I think we all know that. Is that

0:35:24.239 --> 0:35:27.440
<v Speaker 1>your way of saying the Portland Trailblazers are on the clock.

0:35:27.600 --> 0:35:29.760
<v Speaker 3>They got to show a level of urgency or else.

0:35:30.800 --> 0:35:32.719
<v Speaker 1>I mean, I ain't gonna I'm not even gonna it

0:35:32.760 --> 0:35:34.560
<v Speaker 1>ain't a thread. I'm not you know, I ain't gonna

0:35:34.560 --> 0:35:36.200
<v Speaker 1>say I'm putting them on a clock. I'm just saying,

0:35:36.360 --> 0:35:38.880
<v Speaker 1>you know, if those things can't be done, you know,

0:35:39.000 --> 0:35:42.160
<v Speaker 1>we can't do something significant like that, then you know

0:35:42.280 --> 0:35:45.600
<v Speaker 1>we won't We won't have a chance to to you know,

0:35:45.680 --> 0:35:48.080
<v Speaker 1>compete on that level. And then not only will I

0:35:48.160 --> 0:35:50.480
<v Speaker 1>have a decision to make, but I think the organization

0:35:50.560 --> 0:35:53.840
<v Speaker 1>will too, because at that point it's like, you know,

0:35:54.719 --> 0:35:56.319
<v Speaker 1>are you going to go young or are we going

0:35:56.400 --> 0:35:58.120
<v Speaker 1>to get something done. I think we just kind of

0:35:58.120 --> 0:36:03.120
<v Speaker 1>been on the with, you know, fully committing to either one.

0:36:03.280 --> 0:36:05.359
<v Speaker 1>And I just think, you know, we at that point

0:36:05.440 --> 0:36:08.360
<v Speaker 1>down where everybody, everybody wants to win it. You know,

0:36:08.480 --> 0:36:10.680
<v Speaker 1>they like they believe that I deserve that opportunity.

0:36:11.360 --> 0:36:18.400
<v Speaker 2>Wow, Yes, swing for the fences, Portland, because otherwise it's like,

0:36:18.640 --> 0:36:21.840
<v Speaker 2>what are we doing? Damian Lillard needs a chance to compete.

0:36:22.160 --> 0:36:24.000
<v Speaker 2>In order to do that, You're gonna need to swing.

0:36:24.320 --> 0:36:27.120
<v Speaker 2>You need to make sure we get pieces that make sense.

0:36:27.400 --> 0:36:30.239
<v Speaker 2>Otherwise he's gonna go somewhere else. I get it. That's

0:36:30.280 --> 0:36:33.160
<v Speaker 2>been the approach. It's really hard to get stars though.

0:36:33.280 --> 0:36:35.400
<v Speaker 2>It's really hard for stars to go to Portland. You

0:36:35.440 --> 0:36:37.200
<v Speaker 2>only have so many pieces that you can trade. You

0:36:37.239 --> 0:36:38.960
<v Speaker 2>only have so many draft picks that you can trade.

0:36:39.040 --> 0:36:42.080
<v Speaker 2>So unless it's Victor Wambiama or Scoot Henderson, it's gonna

0:36:42.080 --> 0:36:43.800
<v Speaker 2>be really hard to get Jalen Brown. It's gonna be

0:36:43.880 --> 0:36:46.000
<v Speaker 2>really hard to get Pascal Siakam. It's gonna be really

0:36:46.040 --> 0:36:48.320
<v Speaker 2>hard to surround Dame with guys who can play defense

0:36:48.360 --> 0:36:50.399
<v Speaker 2>on the wing. I am so officially tired of talking

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<v Speaker 2>about this. I'm so official, Like, just leave, Can you

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<v Speaker 2>just leave? This feels like when you're with somebody for

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<v Speaker 2>a really long time and it's like, hey, I know

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<v Speaker 2>that I've said I've wanted kids, and like you've said

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<v Speaker 2>you'll think about it, but I'm thirty four and like,

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<v Speaker 2>at some point I'm not gonna be able to have

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<v Speaker 2>kids anymore. So if you don't want them, we gotta

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<v Speaker 2>kind of figure out whether it makes sense for me

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<v Speaker 2>or you, because neither one of us are gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>happy if we're not on the same page. And now

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<v Speaker 2>Brian Windhorst is pitching that Dame is gonna go to

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<v Speaker 2>Miami and that trash ass roster has enough trash ass

0:37:30.719 --> 0:37:35.440
<v Speaker 2>pieces for Portland to trade Dame. They don't, they don't like.

0:37:35.760 --> 0:37:37.839
<v Speaker 2>In order to get Dame, you're gonna have to give

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<v Speaker 2>me Bam out of Bio. You're gonna have to give

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<v Speaker 2>me Tyler Hero or you're gonna have to give me

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<v Speaker 2>Jimmy Butler and Bam. And then Dame's not gonna go

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<v Speaker 2>to Miami for no state income tax just to go

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<v Speaker 2>to the same whack ass situation he's been in. No chance.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm out on that. Dame's either going or he's not.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm tired. He's not going anywhere. Just lock it, book it,

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<v Speaker 2>write it down. I'm done with this, not talking about

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<v Speaker 2>it ever again until he gets traded. Let's move on.

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<v Speaker 2>John Morant has countersued the teenage hooper he got into

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<v Speaker 2>an altercation with this past summer. The reason Josh Holloway,

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<v Speaker 2>the teenager who sued him due to the fight, has

0:38:17.920 --> 0:38:21.799
<v Speaker 2>damaged his reputation and the teen throwing a basketball at

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<v Speaker 2>him could have been career ending pause pause pause pause,

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<v Speaker 2>career ending A basketball thrown at Jahn Morant's head could

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<v Speaker 2>have been career ending, a ball check, literally a ball check,

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<v Speaker 2>an air inflated rubber ball at Jaw could have been

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<v Speaker 2>what are we doing here? What are we doing? Jaw? Jaw, Jaw.

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<v Speaker 2>The deeper substance of the suit is that Jaw claims

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<v Speaker 2>the Holloway lied to the cops about Jaw bringing a

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<v Speaker 2>gun into the altercation, and that Holloway leaked details and

0:38:59.600 --> 0:39:02.360
<v Speaker 2>violation of a court order. It's all too much for me.

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<v Speaker 2>All of this Jaw stuff needs to go away. I

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<v Speaker 2>want one month to go without a Jaw drama. Even

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<v Speaker 2>the Washington Post just recently dropped something that I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>even talk about about Jaws Summer of discontent, and they

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<v Speaker 2>discovered that, in addition to the multiple incidents being reported,

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<v Speaker 2>that the local police buried all of these accounts. They

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<v Speaker 2>didn't interview any of the people. They concluded that multiple

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<v Speaker 2>departments failed to ask basic questions, interview key witnesses, didn't

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<v Speaker 2>follow up with alleged victims. Like it's bad stuff. It's

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<v Speaker 2>bad stuff with Jaw. Hopefully Adam Silver put the fear

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<v Speaker 2>of God into them, but let's face facts, Jaw needs

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<v Speaker 2>a good long playoff run for no other reason than

0:39:48.360 --> 0:39:51.080
<v Speaker 2>it will shorten his off season and all the time

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<v Speaker 2>that he has to get into Shenanigans. What do they say,

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<v Speaker 2>idle hands are the Devil's workshop. We gotta get Jaw

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<v Speaker 2>out of trouble. That's all the time that we have

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<v Speaker 2>for the episode of the Heat Check. Check back Monday.

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<v Speaker 2>We are going to be on the road. Do not

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<v Speaker 2>forget to check the feed. As an aside, I will

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<v Speaker 2>be from the West Coast. We will be out there

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<v Speaker 2>for the first four games of our Dubs versus the Kings.

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