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Speaker 1: Welcome to this league in new world of twenty four

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Speaker 1: hour NBA news. This is you, Chris Haynes. It's time,

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Speaker 1: Marks time, it's some time. This League Uncut is underway.

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Speaker 1: You're on fire. It should be a good one.

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Speaker 2: Hey, everyone, welcome in to the latest edition of this

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Speaker 2: League Uncut. Busy week in the NBA is off to

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Speaker 2: a crazy start. We're recording this on a Monday night.

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Speaker 2: Mark Stein here in Dallas. Chris Haynes back in his

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Speaker 2: favorite Eastern conference city, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Chris Haynes, good to

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Speaker 2: have you back in the Central time zone. Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I like the Central times I don't know problems with

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Speaker 3: it whatsoever. But you know, once you start to get

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Speaker 3: closer east, the Central time zone weather over here is

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Speaker 3: not the same as your Central time zone weather. I

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Speaker 3: would guess it. What is it like over there in

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Speaker 3: Dallas right now?

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Speaker 2: It really ain't that nice right now in Dallas or Texas.

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Speaker 2: I mean it, I mean, I guess today was okay,

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Speaker 2: today was high sixties.

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Speaker 1: Maybe you know what.

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Speaker 2: It did end up being nice, But it was very

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Speaker 2: rainy last night and then into today and by the

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Speaker 2: afternoon it was pretty nice.

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Speaker 3: Actually when I think, Okay, yeah, getting.

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Speaker 2: To the point of the year where it's hard for

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Speaker 2: me to keep the day straight, too much scoreboard watching,

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Speaker 2: for me to pay too much attention to the weather.

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Speaker 1: Why what's it like in Milwaukee.

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Speaker 3: There's a chance of snow tomorrow, but it was pretty

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Speaker 3: cold and really yeah, so I actually because you know,

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Speaker 3: I'm thinking this spring break, I'm thinking again, it's going

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Speaker 3: to be good everywhere sun. You know, I'm spoiled in California,

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Speaker 3: so I'm thinking everybody is, every other state is mimicking

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Speaker 3: California weather. I just so happened, like as I was

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Speaker 3: leaving Sacramento, Damon hit me up for about something, and

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Speaker 3: I just happened to ask him before we hung up

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Speaker 3: because I was leaving, getting in my ride to the airport,

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Speaker 3: I said, Hey, do I need a coat? Do I

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Speaker 3: need a winter coat? Because I got a sweatsuit. I

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Speaker 3: got a couple of sweatsuits. Would I be good with that?

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Speaker 3: I was thinking he was going to say yeah. He

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Speaker 3: was like, nah, bring a winter coat, bro, He said, snow.

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Speaker 3: It's snow yesterday, so nah, bring your.

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Speaker 1: Coats and see.

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Speaker 2: I would love that. I would love to see some

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Speaker 2: late March snow.

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Speaker 1: Love it. So I'm jealous.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, some late March snow beautiful broad in downtown Milwaukee.

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Speaker 1: Man, you are lucky, You are lucky.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Milwaukee is it's it's growing on me. The city

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Speaker 3: is growing on me. Sten, okay't lie, it's growing on me.

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Speaker 3: All right.

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Speaker 2: Well, look, tonight has been a crazy night this league already,

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Speaker 2: and it's not finished. There are still a handful of

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Speaker 2: games going on as you and I record this on

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Speaker 2: a Monday night. Nothing, of course, crazier than the John

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Speaker 2: Tay Porter story from earlier tonight in Toronto. The league

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Speaker 2: is apparently looking at over under bets that were placed

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Speaker 2: on Porter in games played on January twenty sixth and

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Speaker 2: March twentieth, and so a story like that, especially with

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Speaker 2: everything going on in the world right now with Shoe

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Speaker 2: Hee Otani, that one obviously got everyone's attention around the league.

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Speaker 2: And then the game started and it's only been crazier tonight. Boston,

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Speaker 2: the Celtics absolutely running away with the Eastern Conference, an

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Speaker 2: eleven game lead over Milwaukee entering to Knight's play, and

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Speaker 2: the Celtics blow a thirty point lead against Atlanta, the

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Speaker 2: team in tenth in the East, the last spot that

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Speaker 2: gets you into the play in tournament, no Trey Young

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Speaker 2: and the Celtics. Look, the Celtics were missing some players

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Speaker 2: mean I expected to devote a pretty good portion of

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Speaker 2: this podcast to absolutely praising the Celtics. I felt guilty

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Speaker 2: actually this past week that I haven't been praise worthy

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Speaker 2: enough about just how dominant they've been in the regular season.

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Speaker 2: And then the Celtics somehow squander a thirty point lead.

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Speaker 2: But that wasn't even the crazy score outcome of the

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Speaker 2: evening because the Phoenix Suns.

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Speaker 1: Who are locked into this battle.

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Speaker 2: With Sacramento in Dallas for the number six seed in

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Speaker 2: the West, the Suns playing tonight in San Antonio, no

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Speaker 2: Victor Webbin Yama for the Spurs. The Suns still come

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Speaker 2: up short, lose by two, and Phoenix now has ten

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Speaker 2: games left on its scheduled. The opponent winning percentage for

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Speaker 2: those ten games six four to eight, the toughest remaining

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Speaker 2: schedule in the league for the Phoenix Suns, and both

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Speaker 2: Bradley Beal and use of Nurkic picked up injuries tonight.

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Speaker 2: We still don't know the severity of either one, so

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Speaker 2: and so again, all these wild things have been happening.

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Speaker 2: But right up there, Chris Haynes flies right into Milwaukee

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Speaker 2: from far away Sacramento.

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Speaker 1: And what does he do?

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Speaker 2: First goes straight to the studio before our podcast.

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Speaker 1: To record a podcast.

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Speaker 2: With Bucks Forward the Nasis on Telekomo, Jannis's brother.

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Speaker 1: The Analysis is that the name of his pod.

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Speaker 3: Yep Analysis.

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Speaker 1: How was it?

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Speaker 3: It was pretty good. We went for about an hour

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Speaker 3: and forty five minutes. He he did his research, he

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Speaker 3: did his research. We talked about how I got into

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Speaker 3: the industry, and he actually broke some news on the pod.

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Speaker 3: So I'll wait till I don't want to spoil it.

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Speaker 3: Spoiled the episode, so I'll wait till he releases that.

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Speaker 1: But he definitely but he's got sources.

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Speaker 3: Now, he got sources. Die shocked the mess out of me.

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Speaker 3: Shocked the mess out of me, I'm telling you. So,

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Speaker 3: he has a really good thing going on over there.

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Speaker 3: You know. He recently just did a live podcast with

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Speaker 3: his brother Giannis where they had about twelve hundred fans

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Speaker 3: in attendance with a surprise visit from Stephen A. Smith. Okay,

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Speaker 3: so now, uh the analysis is growing, is growing over there,

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Speaker 3: so it was it was cool to be a part

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Speaker 3: of that. Man. So I went over there as soon

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Speaker 3: as I got off the golf my plane. I didn't

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Speaker 3: think it was going to go that long. But the conversation,

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Speaker 3: he's really good at what he does.

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Speaker 2: I was gonna say, because I had heard about that

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Speaker 2: stephen A Live show. I can't say that I've seen

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Speaker 2: a bunch of clips from it or sound from him.

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Speaker 2: But man, that puts some pressure on you, doesn't it.

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Speaker 2: Like the first guest after stephen A. Smith comes all

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Speaker 2: the way to Milwaukee, which you know he's been adamant about.

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Speaker 2: He doesn't ever want to go to Milwaukee. It's a

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Speaker 2: huge deal for the Nazis and Yannis to get him

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Speaker 2: to come to town. And then you're the next, You're

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Speaker 2: next in line. That's it's big pressure.

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Speaker 3: So yeah, you can look at it like that. But

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Speaker 3: I think Stein I believe he has another pod already recorded,

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Speaker 3: so I don't think I'm going to go in order

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Speaker 3: and he had. He hasn't released that pod, that live session. No,

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Speaker 2: But he has a nice studio setup and everything.

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Speaker 3: Great studio. Man, he got the whole crew, like he

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Speaker 3: has a whole production crew, editing crew, like he's on point.

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Speaker 3: He's on point. And he told me, you know, he

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Speaker 3: doesn't want he doesn't want to be a player pod

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Speaker 3: that's predicated on hot takes, like he wants to actually

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Speaker 3: do this right and starin. He did his homework and

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Speaker 3: you know, I'm gonna go on again. And this time

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Speaker 3: I told him I'm going to bring you mark Stein.

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Speaker 3: You're gonna come to and he said he's all Game four.

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Speaker 2: I would love to, And like I told you, I

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Speaker 2: love going to Milwaukee. I have not been there in ages.

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Speaker 2: I'm trying to. I don't think I've been there since

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Speaker 2: the finals. Man, it's been a long time. It's one

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Speaker 2: I said, I will happily join you for that. But

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Speaker 2: let's all right, let's on this Monday night. Let's move

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Speaker 2: on the idea that I had for us, because I

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Speaker 2: mentioned this on a previous pod. And look, I'm just

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Speaker 2: trying to be as candid as I can because those

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Speaker 2: me to dig into the madness of March.

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Speaker 1: Just can't do it.

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Speaker 2: When Cal State Fullirchin season ends, my college season ends.

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Speaker 2: I have literally watched only one half of one tournament

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Speaker 2: game to this point, and that is only There were

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Speaker 2: two familial reasons why. When Purdue played Utah State on Sunday,

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Speaker 2: my son Aaron, photo editor of the Steinlein Substack. He

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Speaker 2: has a fondness for Purdue, so he wanted to watch

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Speaker 2: Zach Edy, and Zach Edy was leading the boiler Makers.

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Speaker 2: They were up against Utah State, coached by my pal

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Speaker 2: Danny Sprinkle. Danny Sprinkle got Utah State to the tournament.

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Speaker 2: He got Montana State to the tournament in his previous spot.

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Speaker 2: That's why I know him, and like I tell him,

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Speaker 2: I tell everybody you know. He's a Titan first. I

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Speaker 2: don't care where he's coaching, but Sprinkle is one of

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Speaker 2: two programs to the tournament. So Zach Edy against Danny Sprinkle.

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Speaker 2: We did watch that showdown for a half, but that's it.

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Speaker 2: That's the most that I've been able to stomach and

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Speaker 3: Did you even enjoy that half?

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Speaker 2: No? Because it turned into an absolute blowout. We should

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Speaker 2: have watched the first half. When you know, Zach Edie

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Speaker 2: The second half was a runaway and not great, not

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Speaker 2: contained in the NBA standings, and there's tons of it,

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Speaker 2: and so the way we're going to attack it, I

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Speaker 2: and I to hit on multiple teams. Here, we're gonna

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Speaker 2: turn this into like a draft, a draft of focal points,

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Speaker 2: gonna let you go first. We're gonna pick three each,

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Speaker 2: the three areas of focus for both of us in

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Speaker 2: the standings, what matters most to each of us. So,

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Speaker 2: as I said, I'm going to be gentlemanly and let

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Speaker 2: you have the floor first, East or West. You tell

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Speaker 2: me what matters most to you in the standings as

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Speaker 2: the regular season winds down from.

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Speaker 3: Here matters most well. I will say what I found

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Speaker 3: occurred months prior that has simply derailed the rest of

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Speaker 3: the season for this team. And I'm talking about the

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Speaker 3: Philadelphia seventy six ers, who were up there as high

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Speaker 3: as the number two seed at one point with Joel

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Speaker 3: einbi there. Now they there number eight, and they've been plummeting.

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Speaker 3: They are not the same team, not anywhere close, and

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Speaker 3: all signs point. I mean, they would have to have

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Speaker 3: a catastrophic ending the fall lower than eight, but they're

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Speaker 1: You think Philly cannot get to six.

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Speaker 3: No, I don't see them jumping Miami or even getting

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Speaker 3: to Indiana. No. I think Philly is a playing team,

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Speaker 3: and you know, Joel and b Canny come back and

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Speaker 2: That was You surprised me with this choice. You surprised

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Speaker 1: On your board.

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Speaker 3: Well, it's a compe like it.

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Speaker 2: No, I'm with you because because because you wrap Miami

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Speaker 1: Now Miami is so crazy.

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Speaker 2: It's going to be a huge summer in Philly. I

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Speaker 1: There's a good choice. I like that selection from you.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, And even if they do get in bed back

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Speaker 2: All right, now's my turn. That was a good opening

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Speaker 1: You know where I live.

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Speaker 2: I have to look first at this six seven to

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Speaker 2: I'm going way outside the box with my third pick. Okay,

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Speaker 3: Pistons are favored with that twelve wins on the season. Stein,

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Speaker 3: But I'm I don't want to say too much because

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Speaker 1: The Wizards have won three in a row. First of all,

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Speaker 2: I cannot believe we've gone two picks into a three

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Speaker 1: And the Milwaukee Bucks were not mentioned.

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Speaker 2: Especially when you're especially when you're sitting on a couch

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Speaker 3: Well, that's going to be a hard part. The hard

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Speaker 3: How should I say it? Sty? I'll just leave it

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Speaker 2: You're suggesting that from here, after this three game winning streak,

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Speaker 1: From here today you.

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Speaker 3: Go, There you go, Sty, there you go.

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Speaker 2: Well, look, you know what, I don't know that I

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Speaker 3: Lad, you were trying to show to some love, that's

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Speaker 1: Unbelievable. That was that was that was far off the board.

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Speaker 2: Let me see what I'm gonna go with then on

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Speaker 1: I mean, the.

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Speaker 2: Houston Rockets won again night. The Houston Rockets have won

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Speaker 2: They are playing with a better than ever Jalen Green

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Speaker 2: the Rockets have done. Ima Udoka, I don't think he's

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Speaker 1: In year one.

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Speaker 2: But all of that is the long winded way of saying, Man,

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Speaker 2: the Golden State Warriors are in serious jeopardy of not

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Speaker 3: What did Draymond say say he's not worried about the Rockets.

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Speaker 3: to set when he was about to When I knew

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00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:45,479
Speaker 3: he was about to go pro out of high school,

436
00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:49,840
Speaker 3: I tried to set up a conversation with him and Giannis.

437
00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:54,320
Speaker 3: I wanted Yiannis to to talk to him. I kind

438
00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:57,520
Speaker 3: of wanted him to, you know, see if he can

439
00:26:57,640 --> 00:27:02,000
Speaker 3: mentor him, I ever could get it really set up though,

440
00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:08,359
Speaker 3: But I'm glad Jalen is playing well he's It's definitely

441
00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:10,720
Speaker 3: a good time because you know, to you know that

442
00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:17,199
Speaker 3: report you mentioned, you know, Houston, they definitely were thinking

443
00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:20,760
Speaker 3: of making some moves, making some changes, and so you know,

444
00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:23,520
Speaker 3: this definitely probably has to give them a little bit

445
00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:28,560
Speaker 3: of a pause to evaluate further see if this is something,

446
00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:30,840
Speaker 3: if this is what they really want to do. He's

447
00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:34,919
Speaker 3: playing trim in his basketball. So my turn stun.

448
00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:38,240
Speaker 2: Well, before we last thing before we let mean, let

449
00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:40,160
Speaker 2: me just expound on this before.

450
00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:42,879
Speaker 1: We before we go to our last picks.

451
00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:45,000
Speaker 2: Is he the best player to ever come out of

452
00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:48,280
Speaker 2: Fresno or does my man Bruce Bowen still hold that

453
00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:49,520
Speaker 2: title since he was part.

454
00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:51,919
Speaker 1: Of championship teams in San Antonio.

455
00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:56,399
Speaker 2: Obviously as an individual offensive force, Yeah, Bruce did not

456
00:27:56,560 --> 00:28:01,399
Speaker 2: have the statistical firepower that Jay Green could muster. But

457
00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:05,400
Speaker 2: who is considered the foremost NBA player to come out

458
00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:05,840
Speaker 2: of Fresno?

459
00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:09,160
Speaker 3: So are we talking talent or are we talking accomplishments?

460
00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:13,600
Speaker 2: I mean it's your city, so you you yeah, well,

461
00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:18,680
Speaker 2: talent wise, for basketball, it would have to be Jalen

462
00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:22,600
Speaker 2: and Dashaun Stevenson who you who you covered as well

463
00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:30,960
Speaker 2: in Dallas accomplishments Bruce Bowen for sure, the championships, the

464
00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:34,919
Speaker 2: you know, the All defensive team like he was, you know,

465
00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:37,200
Speaker 2: one of the best perimitive defenders we had in the

466
00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:38,240
Speaker 2: league during this time.

467
00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:42,480
Speaker 3: But talent wise, like before Jalen, Dashawn was the guy

468
00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:47,960
Speaker 3: like but Dashawn didn't put up numbers like Jalen at all.

469
00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:51,520
Speaker 3: And you know, we thought Dashawn was going to be

470
00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:55,200
Speaker 3: that dynamics of a score. You know, one thing always

471
00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:59,680
Speaker 3: wondered about the Shawn and maybe maybe I could be

472
00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:02,040
Speaker 3: wrong I get in this regard, but you know, he

473
00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:04,920
Speaker 3: got drafted by the Jazz and that was more of

474
00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:08,800
Speaker 3: a system. You know, I know Utah wasn't where he

475
00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:12,120
Speaker 3: wanted to go. You know, I want to go more

476
00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:16,160
Speaker 3: of a place where more free flowing offense, a little

477
00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:20,360
Speaker 3: bit more freedom to do what you want to do

478
00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:24,640
Speaker 3: offensively career because he was DeShawn was a Deshaun was

479
00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:28,040
Speaker 3: an offensive stud man. You can make the arguments DeShawn

480
00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:35,000
Speaker 3: was better high school player than Jalen, but again, Dashawn

481
00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:37,640
Speaker 3: never put up numbers like what Jalen is doing right now.

482
00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:42,040
Speaker 3: So it'll be hard to make a case that DeShawn

483
00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:44,479
Speaker 3: is a better player than Jalen. I think you got

484
00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:46,320
Speaker 3: to get Jalen, so we have to say James is

485
00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:48,880
Speaker 3: probably the best all around player to come out of Fresno.

486
00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:52,440
Speaker 2: You know what, I don't know how to get podcast

487
00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:56,480
Speaker 2: metrics that are city specific, but I bet we crush

488
00:29:56,640 --> 00:30:00,800
Speaker 2: the Fresno podcast ratings. Between you and as a co host,

489
00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:05,400
Speaker 2: between the conversation that we just had and how often

490
00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:08,480
Speaker 2: we talk about the various rec leagues in Fresno.

491
00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:11,040
Speaker 3: You can make the same argument that we probably get

492
00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:13,440
Speaker 3: a lot of our metrics are probably high in the

493
00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:16,360
Speaker 3: LA area. When we're talking about cal State Fulletins. You

494
00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:20,960
Speaker 3: know you can, you can it's probably, Hey, we probably

495
00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:25,120
Speaker 3: wanta the top listen podcast is on the campus of

496
00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:26,760
Speaker 3: cal State Fulletin right now.

497
00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:28,800
Speaker 2: And someday we're going to do the debate on why

498
00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:31,360
Speaker 2: Fresno is always going to be the two oh nine,

499
00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:34,520
Speaker 2: No matter that you youngsters think it's the five, five.

500
00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:51,240
Speaker 4: Nine, All right, last topic, last pick back to you.

501
00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:54,200
Speaker 2: You make the selection and then I will make one more,

502
00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:58,200
Speaker 2: but you get you get selection number five. What is left?

503
00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:01,480
Speaker 2: What in the standings are you looking at? Let's recap

504
00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:07,560
Speaker 2: so far, you have pointed to the very tasty and

505
00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:12,280
Speaker 2: complicated situation that the Philadelphia seventy six ers find themselves

506
00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:16,160
Speaker 2: in at number eight in the East. As we were

507
00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:21,480
Speaker 2: recording this with Miami at number seven and Indiana trying

508
00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:24,880
Speaker 2: to get a win tonight in Clipperland, which would help

509
00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:28,440
Speaker 2: the Pacers in their bid to hang on to number six.

510
00:31:28,480 --> 00:31:32,560
Speaker 2: So you chose first and picked. You're looking at how

511
00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:37,560
Speaker 2: high Philly can get. I countered with a look at

512
00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:40,360
Speaker 2: six seven eight. In the West, you countered with a

513
00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:46,000
Speaker 2: completely off the board nomination that you cannot stop thinking about.

514
00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:48,320
Speaker 2: Who's going to end up with the worst record in

515
00:31:48,360 --> 00:31:52,480
Speaker 2: the league, Detroit or Washington. I brought us back to

516
00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:57,120
Speaker 2: a little bit of sanity by focusing on Houston's rise

517
00:31:57,440 --> 00:32:00,800
Speaker 2: and threat to Golden State for the number ten spot

518
00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:03,120
Speaker 2: in the West. And here we are back to you

519
00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:08,520
Speaker 2: selection number five. What's left in the standings that keeps

520
00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:09,200
Speaker 2: you up at night?

521
00:32:09,920 --> 00:32:12,320
Speaker 3: Keep me up at night? All right, let's see here.

522
00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:16,160
Speaker 3: Stop I'm looking at looking at the last game. You know,

523
00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:19,040
Speaker 3: I've been the East for my first two picks, and

524
00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:23,600
Speaker 3: I'm gonna stay in the East. I'll go You're the

525
00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:26,000
Speaker 3: one that said, we don't give the East enough love.

526
00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:29,000
Speaker 1: You could you whatever, you will pick anything you want.

527
00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:32,480
Speaker 2: You just went on for five minutes about about Washington Detroit.

528
00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:35,240
Speaker 1: So you know what, take it anywhere you want.

529
00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:41,680
Speaker 3: Oh, the Bucks really want to secure that number two seed.

530
00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:44,960
Speaker 3: Steve want to secure that number two seed. I was

531
00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:45,480
Speaker 3: talking with.

532
00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:48,680
Speaker 1: They've got it. They've got it.

533
00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:53,520
Speaker 2: Don't they feel good about? Don't they feel good about?

534
00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:55,200
Speaker 2: How much better they're playing? I mean, the way they

535
00:32:55,360 --> 00:32:57,600
Speaker 2: handled the thunder they do.

536
00:32:58,120 --> 00:33:00,800
Speaker 3: They're two and a half games up on Cleve. I

537
00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:06,080
Speaker 3: asked Dame a couple of days ago about hey, when

538
00:33:06,120 --> 00:33:08,880
Speaker 3: you resting in the rest day. He's like, rest, man,

539
00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:11,080
Speaker 3: I ain't doing all resting right now. We got games.

540
00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:13,880
Speaker 3: You know, it's games. Be We got games we're trying

541
00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:15,680
Speaker 3: to win. We're trying to lock in this number two seed.

542
00:33:16,280 --> 00:33:18,720
Speaker 3: So you know, usually, you know, during this time, it's

543
00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:21,600
Speaker 3: when a lot of top teams start to you know,

544
00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:25,320
Speaker 3: start the rest guys, especially on back to backs. At

545
00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:29,320
Speaker 3: some point, the Bucks aren't thinking that way. They aren't

546
00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:31,760
Speaker 3: thinking that way. If there is a rest, it's because

547
00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:34,960
Speaker 3: it's a nagging injury, you know what I mean. Giannis

548
00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:40,280
Speaker 3: was out for a game here and there, and you

549
00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:43,719
Speaker 3: know they're working Chris Middleton back, but they're they're locked in.

550
00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:47,600
Speaker 3: They are desperately locked in on trying to get that

551
00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:51,600
Speaker 3: number two seeds. So don't look for any rest or

552
00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:54,760
Speaker 3: anything of that nature or less again unless it's for

553
00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:59,680
Speaker 3: a legitimate injury concern. And they got the Lakers here tomorrow.

554
00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:01,560
Speaker 3: That's why I'm hearing and walking out the Lakers here

555
00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:06,400
Speaker 3: tomorrow on Tuesday night. Looks like Lebron James is going

556
00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:09,759
Speaker 3: to be out for that game as he deals with

557
00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:12,640
Speaker 3: that ankle injury still, and that's going to be the

558
00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:14,480
Speaker 3: first game of a back to back for the Lakers,

559
00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:17,400
Speaker 3: So sitting out the front end. I believe they play

560
00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:22,120
Speaker 3: Memphis the second game of that back to back, so

561
00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:26,160
Speaker 3: that makes sense there. But yeah, the Bucks there, they're

562
00:34:26,200 --> 00:34:29,920
Speaker 3: locked in, feeling really good at continuity, and the chemistry

563
00:34:30,040 --> 00:34:32,960
Speaker 3: right now is probably the bestest ever being in that

564
00:34:33,040 --> 00:34:35,920
Speaker 3: locker room, back with the guys that I've talked to,

565
00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:40,240
Speaker 3: talking with the NASAs just now, like they're in a

566
00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:44,680
Speaker 3: really good spirit. I think that's the way he described

567
00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:48,319
Speaker 3: it with this locker room. So he said, don't bet

568
00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:50,319
Speaker 3: against him, That's what he said. That's what he told me,

569
00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:51,840
Speaker 3: don't bet against them.

570
00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:53,600
Speaker 1: We're not betting on anything.

571
00:34:53,680 --> 00:34:55,840
Speaker 3: Now. We don't do that. We don't and we're not

572
00:34:56,120 --> 00:35:00,600
Speaker 3: asking y'all to bet anything. We're not telling you that anything.

573
00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:05,040
Speaker 3: We ain't doing that Star Star. This stuff is just

574
00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:09,680
Speaker 3: what's going on in baseball the NBA now like we've

575
00:35:09,719 --> 00:35:13,120
Speaker 3: seen it coming. We've all seen it coming. I don't

576
00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:16,200
Speaker 3: think it's done. But yeah, we're not asking to tell

577
00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:19,880
Speaker 3: you guys do anything. Please take care of you.

578
00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:22,920
Speaker 2: All we're gonna do is make this last selection and

579
00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:26,800
Speaker 2: put a bow on this edition of this League uncut.

580
00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:30,439
Speaker 2: All right, you finally brought this thing back to where

581
00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:32,640
Speaker 2: I expected you to go by bringing the Bucks up.

582
00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:35,600
Speaker 2: And look, I fully prepared to come into this podcast

583
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:39,680
Speaker 2: with just an armful of flowers for the Boston Celtics

584
00:35:39,760 --> 00:35:43,480
Speaker 2: because again their lead over Milwaukee as well as Milwaukee

585
00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:47,279
Speaker 2: has played here recently, and I think Doc Rivers has

586
00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:50,160
Speaker 2: had an impact. He is doing what the Bucks brought

587
00:35:50,239 --> 00:35:53,160
Speaker 2: him in to do. They are playing much better defensively,

588
00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:56,760
Speaker 2: they look more organized offensively, you know, as you said,

589
00:35:57,040 --> 00:36:02,640
Speaker 2: they you know, mood vibe wise there, it's a team

590
00:36:03,040 --> 00:36:07,080
Speaker 2: in a good place. But the reality is Boston had

591
00:36:07,120 --> 00:36:11,640
Speaker 2: an eleven game lead on the Bucks entering play tonight,

592
00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:14,759
Speaker 2: eleven games over the number two seed and.

593
00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:18,200
Speaker 1: Eleven game lead in the West.

594
00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:23,320
Speaker 2: That's the space between Denver at one and the Lakers

595
00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:26,480
Speaker 2: eleven and a half games back at number nine. And

596
00:36:26,520 --> 00:36:30,000
Speaker 2: that is the gap between one and two and Derek White,

597
00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:34,560
Speaker 2: named player of the Week in the East earlier on

598
00:36:34,640 --> 00:36:37,120
Speaker 2: this Monday, and then did not play in this game

599
00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:39,680
Speaker 2: against the Hawks. But you know, again, I had all

600
00:36:39,719 --> 00:36:43,040
Speaker 2: these plans to talk to talk up the Celtics, and

601
00:36:43,239 --> 00:36:46,160
Speaker 2: they somehow squander a thirty point lead. But look, they

602
00:36:46,160 --> 00:36:48,920
Speaker 2: are going to win the East. They're going to have

603
00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:51,440
Speaker 2: the best record in the East. And for the Bucks

604
00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:54,400
Speaker 2: to win the East Crown and get back to the

605
00:36:54,520 --> 00:36:57,080
Speaker 2: NBA Finals, they're going to have to do it without

606
00:36:57,120 --> 00:37:02,560
Speaker 2: home court advantage in that theoretic showdown with the Celtics

607
00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:06,600
Speaker 2: in the Eastern Conference Finals. All Right, for my last pick,

608
00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:13,040
Speaker 2: the last focal point on my mind in the standings, Look,

609
00:37:13,120 --> 00:37:16,200
Speaker 2: I could have gone with the battle at four or

610
00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:20,120
Speaker 2: five between the Clippers and the Pelicans, with New Orleans

611
00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:24,200
Speaker 2: having gotten to within a half game entering Monday's play,

612
00:37:24,239 --> 00:37:27,520
Speaker 2: and as I've been saying, the Clippers and Pacers are

613
00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:32,040
Speaker 2: playing a close game as we record this. Indie up

614
00:37:32,080 --> 00:37:34,879
Speaker 2: in the third quarter as we record this, Let's see

615
00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:37,880
Speaker 2: if the Pacers can hang on to that lead. I

616
00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:39,760
Speaker 2: could have gone with four or five in the West.

617
00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:43,800
Speaker 2: I could have gone with the battle for one two

618
00:37:43,800 --> 00:37:47,319
Speaker 2: three in the West because the Nuggets, the Thunder, the

619
00:37:47,320 --> 00:37:48,799
Speaker 2: Wolves are all still.

620
00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:51,680
Speaker 1: Tightly bunched up. But I'm gonna go back to the

621
00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:52,760
Speaker 1: Houston Rockets.

622
00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:55,719
Speaker 2: I'm gonna put the Rockets in a category of their

623
00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:59,680
Speaker 2: own because, as I mentioned, the Bulls last week got

624
00:37:59,680 --> 00:38:02,520
Speaker 2: the thirty four and thirty five. I talked them up

625
00:38:02,560 --> 00:38:05,200
Speaker 2: as having a shot at finishing with a winning record.

626
00:38:05,440 --> 00:38:08,240
Speaker 2: The Bulls immediately go out and lose three in a row.

627
00:38:08,440 --> 00:38:13,080
Speaker 2: The Rockets, however, have surged to thirty six and thirty five.

628
00:38:13,120 --> 00:38:15,920
Speaker 2: As I mentioned, the Rockets have a winning record. If

629
00:38:15,960 --> 00:38:20,720
Speaker 2: the Rockets can finish the season with a winning record,

630
00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:26,600
Speaker 2: and everyone else who has one can maintain their winning records,

631
00:38:27,239 --> 00:38:30,920
Speaker 2: we will have nineteen winning teams in the.

632
00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:31,920
Speaker 1: NBA this season.

633
00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:36,120
Speaker 2: That would set a little known NBA record. So that's

634
00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:40,120
Speaker 2: my curiosity, that's my last focal point, my promise to

635
00:38:40,160 --> 00:38:43,359
Speaker 2: go a little bit off the board, basically focusing on

636
00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:46,239
Speaker 2: how many winning teams we're gonna end up with. Eighteen

637
00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:49,880
Speaker 2: is the league record. It's happened three times this century,

638
00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:52,879
Speaker 2: and there is a real shot that we're gonna see

639
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:57,520
Speaker 2: nineteen teams with winning records this season. Let's see if

640
00:38:57,719 --> 00:39:00,600
Speaker 2: Houston and Golden State can finish with winning records and

641
00:39:00,719 --> 00:39:04,239
Speaker 2: ensure that that little known record is established.

642
00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:06,640
Speaker 1: And I know that one was not on your list.

643
00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:08,799
Speaker 3: No, not at all, not at all.

644
00:39:09,320 --> 00:39:12,480
Speaker 2: There you have it, all right, Well, look, I think

645
00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:16,360
Speaker 2: that little exercise it did enable us to hit on

646
00:39:16,680 --> 00:39:18,520
Speaker 2: many many teams, which was the goal.

647
00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:19,719
Speaker 1: All right.

648
00:39:20,040 --> 00:39:24,319
Speaker 2: As stated, you are at Milwaukee, You've got Lakers at

649
00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:27,799
Speaker 2: Bucks on Tuesday night. You're working the TNT sideline for

650
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Speaker 2: that game, which is actually going to be tonight by

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Speaker 2: the time this pod drops. And you know what I

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Speaker 2: always say, I love when you're on the road, especially

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Speaker 2: with teams like the Bucks and the Lakers that you

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Speaker 2: know well, because I know that means the next time

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Speaker 2: we connect for a pod like this, you're going to

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Speaker 2: have a good story or three to share with us.

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Speaker 2: So I hope you find a lot of chaos and

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Speaker 2: trouble tomorrow night when you are stalking the sidelines, and

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Speaker 2: who knows if Lebron is out. If Lebron misses that game,

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Speaker 2: maybe you have a chance to sidle up to him

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Speaker 2: during the game a couple times. Maybe get some in game,

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Speaker 2: get some in game whispers from the new podcast.

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, he is the new posity. That's right, he

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Speaker 3: has joined the ranks.

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Speaker 2: Of Yeah, feel free to make that same trade offer

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Speaker 2: to him. Tell Lebron come on there.

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Speaker 3: That'd be gold right there. Now. I'm looking forward to it,

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Speaker 3: looking forward to be a good game again.

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Speaker 2: I want to hear I want to hear you on

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Speaker 2: the analysis. I can't wait for that.

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, we'll see see when they when they get

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Speaker 3: to drop that. Yeah, it was cool, really good conversation.

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Speaker 3: So I'm excited. I'm excited, But I'm more excited Stein

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Speaker 3: about this dinner that I had delivered here, Stein, This

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Speaker 3: dinner that I had delivered is from let me see,

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Speaker 3: it's called JJ's Fish and Chicken. Look at this big

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Speaker 3: bag right here, Stein, JJ's.

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Speaker 1: Man, it's licked there. How late did they stay open?

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Speaker 3: Yeah? Close at two am. So apparently this is a statement.

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Speaker 3: This is a place where you go to the club

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Speaker 3: at night and then when you're home me at night

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Speaker 3: after the club, you go here and get you some food.

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Speaker 3: So I had what was Calledj's Fish and chicken.

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Speaker 2: All right, I'll give you full report, of course, you

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Speaker 2: know you know I need the full report. I'm sorry

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Speaker 2: that we kept you up late and sorry that you

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Speaker 2: have not eaten all day, but I'm glad that we

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Speaker 2: were able to get this podcast, and everybody be sure

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Speaker 2: to follow us. Give us a five star rating if

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Speaker 2: you can rate the show. Review the show wherever you

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Speaker 2: get your podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Spotify.

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Speaker 1: You know the drill.

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Speaker 2: And as I mentioned later this week, after Chris Haynes

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Speaker 2: has safely returned to the West Coast after his stay

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Speaker 2: in Milwaukee, he and I will get together again. We

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Speaker 2: will get the food report and all the stories from

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Speaker 2: his sideline work in Milwaukee. That will do it. I'll

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Speaker 2: be back with you again soon. Everyone, thanks for listening.

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Speaker 1: And that'll do it for us. See you next time.

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Speaker 1: This League un Cutter is an iHeartRadio production Loca Chris Haines,

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Speaker 1: Den Mark Stein,