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<v Speaker 1>On this episode of The Heat Jack without the Olympics.

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<v Speaker 1>This may be vacation season, but here we are an

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<v Speaker 1>off season show for you. We will talk Olympics, then

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<v Speaker 1>we get into some recent signings, and finally it's more

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<v Speaker 1>Zach Lavine talk. I fucking love these bulls. Bro, you

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<v Speaker 1>heard it right, Anthony drop that fucking beat. This should

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<v Speaker 1>be Rihanna, but odyst he's too cheap to pay for

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<v Speaker 1>the rights. But so what, We're just gonna keep it rolling.

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<v Speaker 1>Am I vacation? Yes? Am I recording a podcast from

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<v Speaker 1>my childhood home in a bedroom. Bit I continue to

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<v Speaker 1>sneeze in because I think I'm allergic to it. Also, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>Team USA now two to zero in Olympic play. Things

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<v Speaker 1>are looking pretty damn good. Actually, KD is cooking. He

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<v Speaker 1>was eight for nine from the field and the win

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<v Speaker 1>over Serbia. He put up fourteen against South Sudan. Lebron

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<v Speaker 1>is lebroning to the surprise of many but not me.

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<v Speaker 1>Derek White is getting a ton of minutes, balling the

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<v Speaker 1>fuck out on both ends of the floor. But according

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<v Speaker 1>to some, there is drama bruining because it turns out

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<v Speaker 1>some people are upset that Steve Kerr is using the

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<v Speaker 1>Olympics to continue his policy of load management, and the

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<v Speaker 1>first player to get benched was Jason Tatum. Jason Tatum,

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<v Speaker 1>the dude cannot catch a break, and of course the

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<v Speaker 1>internet went crazy with memes with shots of him glowering

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<v Speaker 1>on the bench, leading to a million This is the

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<v Speaker 1>beginning of Tatum's villain arc posts on my feed and

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<v Speaker 1>everybody's saying Tatum's gonna be coming back with a vengeance

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<v Speaker 1>in Boston, and obviously Tatum wasn't particularly excited about it.

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<v Speaker 1>When asked how he feel, he said, you win a title,

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<v Speaker 1>you get a new contract, NBA two K cover Sports

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<v Speaker 1>Illustrated cover. So after all of this, it was definitely

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<v Speaker 1>a humbling experience. A humbling experience is buying your first

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<v Speaker 1>knife car, thinking that you're hot shit and then parking

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<v Speaker 1>next to a McLaren. This this is beyond a humbling experience.

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<v Speaker 1>This is being named prom king, getting a Porsche for

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<v Speaker 1>your birthday, then getting d one offer and still not

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<v Speaker 1>being able to get the waitress's number at the local

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<v Speaker 1>waffle house. So then there's backlash. They askedte Kerr, what's up,

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<v Speaker 1>what happened? He was, uh, like, I'm sorry, I fucked up.

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<v Speaker 1>I felt so bad. I was a it was a

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<v Speaker 1>I felt like an idiot. But I told him it

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<v Speaker 1>was gonna happen before the game started. But he'll he'll

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<v Speaker 1>be starting next game. And he did start the next

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<v Speaker 1>game against Sal Sudan, and he played seventeen minutes, went

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<v Speaker 1>two for four, scoring just four points and one shot

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<v Speaker 1>off the side of the backboard. My Man Tatum did

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<v Speaker 1>not look engaged. He did not look confident. He looked

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<v Speaker 1>shooketh Hopefully, I mean, I don't really care, but for him,

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<v Speaker 1>hopefully he'll get over this. Tatum's got a lot and

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<v Speaker 1>by the way, the twenty twenty Olympics he was a

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<v Speaker 1>second leading scorer. He does have a lot going on

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<v Speaker 1>right now. Uh. The second latest victim of kerz Low

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<v Speaker 1>management was Joel Embii, who did not see the floor

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<v Speaker 1>at all against Sal Sudan. But to be fair, Joel

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<v Speaker 1>Embiid seemed quite engaged during the game. He didn't have

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<v Speaker 1>a ton of bad body language, and after the game,

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<v Speaker 1>Kurr announced that he would start in their third game

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<v Speaker 1>against Puerto Rico. The question really is, who is Steve

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<v Speaker 1>kerrgan a bench in game three? Is it gonna be

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<v Speaker 1>Devin Booker, is it gonna be Steph Curry? Who knows?

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<v Speaker 1>One guy who we know won't be benched is Kawhi

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<v Speaker 1>and a baby. And we'll have to get into the

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<v Speaker 1>new tea that's spilled about him soon later next week

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<v Speaker 1>in the Metal Round. We'll be back for an episode

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<v Speaker 1>to talk about that. But for now, Team USA is

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<v Speaker 1>humming and they'll look very very tough to beat. Not

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<v Speaker 1>that much popping, by the way, besides the Olympics tournament,

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<v Speaker 1>but we can get into it anyway. The biggest news

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<v Speaker 1>is coming out of Cleveland, which has been busy as

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<v Speaker 1>a beaver in this offseason. Not only did they resigned

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<v Speaker 1>Donovan Mitchell to a three year, one hundred and fifty

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<v Speaker 1>million dollar extension, they then fall up with giving Evan

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<v Speaker 1>Mopley a rookie max five years two hundred and twenty

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<v Speaker 1>four million that can balloon up to two hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>sixty nine million with incentives. And now, despite all the

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<v Speaker 1>rumors that he might not actually be a player on

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<v Speaker 1>this team that is here for the long haul, Jared

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<v Speaker 1>Allen gets his money. He was the subject of trade

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<v Speaker 1>rumors and now he's getting three years ninety one million

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<v Speaker 1>max extension. Good on my guy, d Pal for getting

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<v Speaker 1>the job done. Solid work, Solid work for a guy

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<v Speaker 1>that a lot of people thought, I don't know if

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<v Speaker 1>he's gonna stick around, and a lot of teams thought

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<v Speaker 1>maybe we could go get him. All of this begs

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<v Speaker 1>the question, though, where's Darius Garland and all this? Is

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<v Speaker 1>he gonna get paid? Is he gonna get traded? Does

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<v Speaker 1>Donovan Mitchell want to play with him? Is it gonna work?

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<v Speaker 1>Because I don't know if running it back makes a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of sense considering that Boston's a wagon. The Knicks

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<v Speaker 1>got better, the Calves almost got swept to the Magic.

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<v Speaker 1>The Magic got better, the Pacers are good, the Sixers

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<v Speaker 1>got better. I don't know. Dog training Garland would at

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<v Speaker 1>least shake things up. You could probably get something good back.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not sure though, that there's enough basketball to go

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<v Speaker 1>around in Cleveland. Things looked good with Evan Mobley once

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<v Speaker 1>Jared Allen got injured. Things got good with Jared Allen

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<v Speaker 1>when Evan Moby got injured. So I don't know, two

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<v Speaker 1>undersized guards not feeling it, not feeling it, especially once

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<v Speaker 1>they don't play great defense and do pretty much the

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<v Speaker 1>same thing. And also Darius Garland's playoff. I don't even

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<v Speaker 1>know if I would call it performance, playoff mediocrity bad

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<v Speaker 1>sign to me. I like Cleveland as a team, I do.

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<v Speaker 1>I think they're building something. I like Kenny Atkinson, but

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<v Speaker 1>they are like a boring apparel brand, like Champion. It's

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<v Speaker 1>like the quality's good and like it lasts and it's

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<v Speaker 1>like fine, good value. But you know, you go to

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<v Speaker 1>the stories. I don't know. I guess that's like Cleveland.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. I guess they went on in eighteen

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<v Speaker 1>and where they were in eighteen one or twenty and

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<v Speaker 1>three in midway through the season and no one gave

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<v Speaker 1>a fuck, No one cares. It's Cleveland. This team I

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<v Speaker 1>think needs a make over. And with now they're big

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<v Speaker 1>three signed, it feels like Darius Garland's on the outside

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<v Speaker 1>and it feels like a Coreo might be two. Apparently

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<v Speaker 1>a KORL is looking for a sign sign in trade,

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<v Speaker 1>so that might bring in a little new blood as well.

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<v Speaker 1>One thing is for sure, Cleveland now, I guess, is

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<v Speaker 1>now gonna be built around Jared Allen, Evan Mobley, and

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<v Speaker 1>Donovan Mitchell for the next two to possibly three years

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<v Speaker 1>and less Jared Allen as a bonafie trade chip like

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<v Speaker 1>Bruce Brown was for Indiana. Moving on, lots of other signings,

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<v Speaker 1>mostly minor to report. Some are more interesting than others.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's one that I cannot understand. My Trailblazers sign Devonte

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<v Speaker 1>grahams had to pause the sneeze because I'm allergic to

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<v Speaker 1>this room. Devonte Graham to a one year deal, which

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<v Speaker 1>is fascinating because all of the teams that need a

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<v Speaker 1>backup guard. I didn't know that Portland was at the

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<v Speaker 1>top of that list. I thought that actually were the

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<v Speaker 1>bottom of that list. No idea why they signed him,

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<v Speaker 1>but I do like Davante Graham. I remember there was

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<v Speaker 1>a time a bunch of teams wanted Davonte Graham. He

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<v Speaker 1>was a solid backup NBA guard, but he's only played

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<v Speaker 1>forty six games in the last two years. Played it

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<v Speaker 1>for the Spurs, he averaged five to two and two

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<v Speaker 1>on fourteen minut it's per game, mostly in mop up,

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<v Speaker 1>garbage time roles. But remember dude, twenty eighteen twenty nineteen,

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<v Speaker 1>he was averaging eighteen points and eight assists and three rebounds.

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<v Speaker 1>He was a top contender for most Improved Player. What

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<v Speaker 1>the fuck happened. Maybe he's gonna like be a Malcolm

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<v Speaker 1>Brogden type. Maybe he gets moved at the deadline to

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<v Speaker 1>a team like the Lakers. I don't know. But moving

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<v Speaker 1>on another signing, precious to Chewa goes back to New York.

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<v Speaker 1>He waved his no trade clause resigned with the Knicks,

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<v Speaker 1>who were desperate for their backup center as we know

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<v Speaker 1>after Isaiah Harten's seign ended up going to OK Steve.

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<v Speaker 1>He signed a one year, six million deal to back

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<v Speaker 1>up Mitchell Robinson. And we know that center is the

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<v Speaker 1>weakest position on the Knicks, which is like largely a

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<v Speaker 1>very strong roster because Robinson is a walking hospital wing

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<v Speaker 1>like he is a walking boot ready to happen. Hopefully

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<v Speaker 1>Mitchell Robinson is healthy, hopefully, but Precious to Chutia might

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<v Speaker 1>just fuck around and get some minutes, which maybe ends

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<v Speaker 1>up landing him in the exact same spot as Isaiah Hartenstein,

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<v Speaker 1>which is a bigger deal on a different team that

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<v Speaker 1>pays him for a role that he actually wants to

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<v Speaker 1>be in. Another interesting pickup was in Phoenix where Tias

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<v Speaker 1>Jones another guy who says, listen, I'll take a one

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<v Speaker 1>year deal and I'll take it for a little minimum

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<v Speaker 1>money because I want a role that showcases everything that

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<v Speaker 1>I can do. So Tias was one of the more

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<v Speaker 1>in demand players and I thought maybe he would sign

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<v Speaker 1>a multi year deal, but the money just wasn't right.

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<v Speaker 1>So he says, Okay, fine, I'll go to Phoenix. I'll

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<v Speaker 1>be the starting point guard. I'll be better than Chris

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<v Speaker 1>Paul was in that role. I'm making the minimum. I

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<v Speaker 1>have the highest assistant ternal ratio in the entire NBA.

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<v Speaker 1>We know that Phoenix needs a real point guard. This

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<v Speaker 1>is an awesome fit, just an awesome, awesome fit for Phoenix.

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<v Speaker 1>This automatically propels them to a place that they just

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<v Speaker 1>were not at. Now you got Devin Booker able to

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<v Speaker 1>play the two, you got Kevin Durant being able to

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<v Speaker 1>play the three or the four. Maybe Bradley Beal is

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<v Speaker 1>like a six man, which is a great spot for him.

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<v Speaker 1>Tias is a very serviceable guard. Rumors were that he

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<v Speaker 1>was going to go back to Minnesota, but then the

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<v Speaker 1>Wolves drafted Rob Dillingham and that made that unlikely. I

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<v Speaker 1>love this. Also sightings of notes Grizzlies makeup cap space

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<v Speaker 1>to sign Luke Canard on a one year eleven million

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<v Speaker 1>dollar deal. It was thought that they were targeting him

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<v Speaker 1>on a multi year deal, but I think they settled

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<v Speaker 1>on like a placeholder contract. They were hoping that their

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<v Speaker 1>cap space might open up and they maybe get him

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<v Speaker 1>for a longer term deal, or potentially they trade him

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<v Speaker 1>at the deadline, using that amount of money to get

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<v Speaker 1>a player that they actually find to be a game

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<v Speaker 1>changer for them when healthy. Though, Luke Canard is a

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<v Speaker 1>sniper forty four percent career from three and this absolutely

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<v Speaker 1>continues to help melt Memphis in a spot that they

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<v Speaker 1>need which you shoot, opening up the floor for John

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<v Speaker 1>Morant like Titus Jones. Another victim of the second Apron

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<v Speaker 1>was Gary Trent Junior, who apparently turned down bigger offers,

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<v Speaker 1>including multi season deals at five point two million dollars

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<v Speaker 1>a year, to sign with Milwaukee Dame time remember Dame

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<v Speaker 1>and Gary Trent Junior played for Portland at one point

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<v Speaker 1>when Gary Trent Junior got drafted there. So he is

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<v Speaker 1>now gonna make a shockingly low one year, two point

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<v Speaker 1>six million dollar deal in hopes that he will play

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<v Speaker 1>his way into a larger contract next year. In Indiana,

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<v Speaker 1>they continue to make all the right moves they lock

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<v Speaker 1>up Andrew Nemhard to a three year, fifty nine million

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<v Speaker 1>dollars deal, and then in Indiana, being Indiana, Nemhard was

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<v Speaker 1>immediately rumored to be on the trade block. Remember he

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<v Speaker 1>got real be really hot in the playoffs and they said,

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<v Speaker 1>fuck no, Pacers decided we're gonna treat him however he

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<v Speaker 1>wants to be treated. Andrew Nemmart actually turned down a

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<v Speaker 1>four year, eighty one million dollar deal because he knows

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<v Speaker 1>what his value looks like. But he is now gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be on the books for a while now. Baller move

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<v Speaker 1>for the Pacers front office, who, like the g in Lasagna,

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<v Speaker 1>is silently moving well, tastily and with purpose. All right,

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<v Speaker 1>move forward. Clippers signed Chris Dunn with a three years,

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<v Speaker 1>sixteen million dollar deal. The last two years or the

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<v Speaker 1>first two years are guaranteed. The last year is not guaranteed.

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<v Speaker 1>Remember done, really fascinating. Done resurrected his botty career last

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<v Speaker 1>two years in Utah. I think he played in Portland

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<v Speaker 1>as well. He now gets played pretty damn well from

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<v Speaker 1>the Clippers who are in need of a big defensive

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<v Speaker 1>presence to fulfill, you know, to fill the Russell Westbrook role.

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<v Speaker 1>I like the signing a lot. I like the fact

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<v Speaker 1>that Dunn was able to figure out a way to

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<v Speaker 1>be basically out the league to getting a three year,

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<v Speaker 1>sixteen million dollar deal. Good for you, Chris Dunn. And finally,

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<v Speaker 1>the Sixers signed Reggie Jackson on a one year deal.

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<v Speaker 1>Thirteen year vet. He's a thirteen year VET. That's crazy.

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<v Speaker 1>He's averaged ten or more points over the last decade.

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<v Speaker 1>He's gonna give them a bunch of flexibility at the

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<v Speaker 1>guard position from a proven winner and an NBA champion.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like Darryl Mory is having a really really

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<v Speaker 1>good summer. Daryl Mourry's probably his best summer in a while.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of minor deals have been signed. Wizards inked

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<v Speaker 1>Anthony gil to a two year, four point seven million

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<v Speaker 1>dollar deal. Sons traded David Roddy the Hawks for EJ. Ladell, who,

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<v Speaker 1>for his part, got waived immediately. ORB Roddy got a

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<v Speaker 1>bunch of run in Memphis last year when the team

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<v Speaker 1>went down with a bunch of injuries. It's been really,

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<v Speaker 1>really tough sledding for Memphis the last couple of years

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<v Speaker 1>in terms of injuries and suspensions. He's gonna move to Atlanta.

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<v Speaker 1>I think he's probably gonna get some playing time. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>the Hawks are probably not gonna be very good. The

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<v Speaker 1>MAVs signed Kessler Edwards, remember former King who averaged three

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<v Speaker 1>and a half points and twelve minutes the last three years.

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<v Speaker 1>He's another like veteran backup, big sort of wing presence.

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<v Speaker 1>Keon Johnson returned to Brooklyn Wow on a two year deal.

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<v Speaker 1>Roumber they drafted him. He averaged sixteen, six and four

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<v Speaker 1>in the Summer League. The Pelicans inc Carlo I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know Matchovich to a three year, five point six million

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<v Speaker 1>dollar deal. There's a bunch of other ones that you

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<v Speaker 1>don't really care care about. I do like this Knicks

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<v Speaker 1>pick up Chuma a Kiki the sixteenth pick in the

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<v Speaker 1>twenty nineteen draft. I really like Chuma Akiki on this team.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like Worldwide West and Leon Rose are just

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<v Speaker 1>making moves, continuing to make moves. He played really well

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<v Speaker 1>on the Magic Like. He wasn't huge in terms of production,

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<v Speaker 1>but I just like what I saw out of him

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<v Speaker 1>minutes a game player. Just as to the depth of

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<v Speaker 1>what the Knicks want to do, we know that if

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<v Speaker 1>they get injured, they need to find that depth. They

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<v Speaker 1>need to find guys who can play a bunch of

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<v Speaker 1>different positions and revers it all. So I really like

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<v Speaker 1>that for New York. And finally, a lot of familiar

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<v Speaker 1>and kind of familiar NBA names are moving to Europe.

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<v Speaker 1>Not just Patrick Beverley, who's going to be the Israeli League.

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<v Speaker 1>Sergia Baca goes to Real Madrid after a year at

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<v Speaker 1>Bayern Munich. He is going to join Chimezi Metu in

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<v Speaker 1>the Spanish League Metu. By the way, he signed an

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<v Speaker 1>overseas contract with FC Barcelona. Former Kings guard Jordan Ford

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<v Speaker 1>signed with the Italian league Aquila Basket Trento. What a name.

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<v Speaker 1>Trey Burke headed to Puerto Rico. Former Thunder player Isaiah

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<v Speaker 1>Roby is off to the German League. Dwayne Washington Junior

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<v Speaker 1>signed with the Serbian squad KK partisan. Bruno Fernando was

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<v Speaker 1>waived by the Hawks and it's probably going to go

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<v Speaker 1>to Europe as well. But the most fascinate was former

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<v Speaker 1>EuroLeague MVP Sashevazenkov, who remember Sacramento goat last offseason and

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<v Speaker 1>everybody was super excited, but he could not crack the lineup.

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<v Speaker 1>No one knew what was going on. It was super weird.

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<v Speaker 1>He ends up getting traded. He's like, I'm not staying

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<v Speaker 1>in the NBA. They're like, you have to. Anyway, he

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<v Speaker 1>ended up not taking any money on a buyout just

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<v Speaker 1>to get out of his contract in Toronto. He's now

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<v Speaker 1>rumored to be headed back to Greece into Olympiakos. His

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<v Speaker 1>five year, eighteen million dollar a year deal is one

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<v Speaker 1>of the largest in European history. Fascinating. A couple of

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<v Speaker 1>moves that have not been made yet. We do not

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<v Speaker 1>know what's going on with the Utah Jazz. They haven't

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<v Speaker 1>signed their rookies yet. They haven't done anything with Lori

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<v Speaker 1>Markina yet. Some say they're looking to get into the

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<v Speaker 1>buying market and get Brandon Ingram who knows. But the

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<v Speaker 1>Warriors want Louri Markina. The Jess say, we're only doing

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<v Speaker 1>it if we can get Pajemski. Golden State is like,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think so. So market is probably gonna sign

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<v Speaker 1>an extension to stick around in Utah until they move

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<v Speaker 1>him a year from now. Moving on, a couple of

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<v Speaker 1>other things popping in the league. We have to talk

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<v Speaker 1>about Zach Lavine. Uh. Last time we checked, we noted

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<v Speaker 1>that NBA execs consider Zach Levine an untradeable asset. They

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<v Speaker 1>don't want 'em. One of the worst contracts in the league.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of people are very mad about that. Agents

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<v Speaker 1>are mad about that. Other players are mad about that.

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<v Speaker 1>Mark Stein reports that the Bulls are resigned to have

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<v Speaker 1>to play him a bunch of minutes because they feel

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<v Speaker 1>like they can't build up his trade value any other way. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>when vouch is an easier contract to move than Zach Levine,

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<v Speaker 1>you know it's really bad. How do you feel? Zach

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<v Speaker 1>not great as it turns out. So, there was a

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<v Speaker 1>big article written in ESPN this week just kind of

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<v Speaker 1>like how the Bulls decided they needed to like really

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<v Speaker 1>lean into the fact they fuck and sucked and they

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<v Speaker 1>had to rebuild anyway. According to that article, Lavine feels

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<v Speaker 1>like he's a skapegoat. He feels like he's been singled

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<v Speaker 1>out too much for the Bulls sucking. This is what

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<v Speaker 1>he said or this is what the article said. Lavine

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<v Speaker 1>has also felt singled out during film sessions and feels

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<v Speaker 1>like he has taken on too much blame for the

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<v Speaker 1>team's losing during his tenure, which has produced one playoff

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<v Speaker 1>appearance in seven years despite other roster failings. Donovan meanwhile,

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<v Speaker 1>believes he's trying to get Leavin to buy and no

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<v Speaker 1>more team friendly playing style, emphasizing the way the Bulls

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<v Speaker 1>competed in Lavine's absence as evidence for the team's potential

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<v Speaker 1>if Lavine just fits within the system. Damn when the

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<v Speaker 1>coaches out there showing film of how the team looks

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<v Speaker 1>better with you not on the court to illustrate how

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<v Speaker 1>the offense and defense should be run. God, you gotta

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<v Speaker 1>feel some fucking on a way about that. Get out

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<v Speaker 1>of there, Get out Vooch, Get out Levine, Get out, guys.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll have an eye on Levine and the Bulls and

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<v Speaker 1>the rest of them a lot this year because it

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<v Speaker 1>could be very well in implosion of epic epic proportions.

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