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Speaker 1: Good morning, Sweir, and welcome to the No Dunks Podcast

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Speaker 1: on the Athletic Network. It's Tuesday, January twenty fourth, twenty

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Speaker 2: I'm j. E.

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Speaker 1: Skeets here in the Classic Factory and alongside me as

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Speaker 2: the No Dunks Live show was front page news in

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Speaker 2: Salt Lake City. We saw that. Very very cool. So

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Speaker 1: It's the only one we read. And yeah, very cool.

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Speaker 1: Were it appears that we're the only Friday night NBA

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Speaker 1: podcast a few others on the Saturday, which is great.

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Speaker 1: But Friday Night, come hanging with no dunks there in SLC.

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Speaker 1: And hey, a few things from yesterday. We did an

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Speaker 1: emergency podcast about the Ruey hatcha Murray trade to the Lakers.

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Speaker 1: We'll get into that a little bit more here on

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Speaker 1: today's show too, but check that out. And is This Good?

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Speaker 1: Dropped with a man named Sam who has known Matteo

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Speaker 1: to it on my ride Hope. I don't know about

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Speaker 1: So if you want to hear them debate the idea

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Speaker 1: It's available wherever you download and listen to podcasts, and

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Speaker 1: We're doing another NBA watch party. We're gonna start with

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Speaker 1: the Celtics heat on playback around seven thirty pm Eastern,

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Speaker 1: both Pacers, Nuggets, Pelicans. So task Melis is a maestro

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I love it. I love it. You've been doing

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Speaker 1: big story was Jonathan Isaac returning. Scored ten points in

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Speaker 3: a few weeks, I thought Jonathan Isaac looked like a

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Speaker 3: There's three and one against this team, own their ass.

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Speaker 1: And they snapped the Celtics nine game win streak and

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Speaker 2: T K I kind of feel like the Shaquille O'Neil meme.

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Speaker 2: I have to apologize to you. I'm not familiar with

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Speaker 2: recently with regards to turnovers. Their first seven wins of

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Speaker 2: a really good job recently, this past week not so much,

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Speaker 1: Orlando Magic will be a part of the NBA Happiness Index.

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Speaker 1: That's right, that's right. Yes, even the Magic, despite not

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Speaker 3: I think they missed Marcus Smart out there too. He

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Speaker 2: Bulls controlled that game for the most part. The third

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Speaker 2: Tons of turnovers for the Hawks, especially in the first half,

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Speaker 2: DeRozan and Levine had good games, I thought, not great games.

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Speaker 2: to Vouche and Patrick Williams. Eighteen and ten for Williams

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Speaker 2: huge on the glass in the fourth quarter. He's been

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Speaker 2: in double digits eight of his last ten games. Fair

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Speaker 2: fair enough, and then Vouch he really ate the Hawks

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Speaker 2: alive inside. I thought fourteen points, seventeen boards.

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Speaker 2: He was a part of two nice Bulls runs in

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Speaker 1: A big win against the Hawks, the team they're chasing

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Speaker 3: The fourth quarter was horrible for the Hawks going into it.

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Speaker 1: Not a good night for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Jalen Green

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Speaker 1: Jalen Green went off. There were some moments you know,

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Speaker 1: Despite Edwards and Russell scoring. It's just this is just

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Speaker 3: It's true, but I wouldn't mind talking about the Rockets

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Speaker 3: a little bit, sure, because I think they had the

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Speaker 3: a little bit more. Tarr Easan looked like a young

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Speaker 3: stealing a compliment. Yeah, so three steals and two blocks

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Speaker 3: he does this, he can do that. I think he

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Speaker 3: get your bucket. S sheng Gun can be your your

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Speaker 3: the Wolves just couldn't execute down the stretch. It was

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Speaker 3: the D'Angel Russell Show, and that show was not a

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Speaker 1: Yeah, last night, I mean, the Rockets had twenty turnovers, right,

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Speaker 1: it's not like they you know, Green hit a couple

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Speaker 1: eleven threes. It's not like they had a night where

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Speaker 1: I'm sorry, I'm not really fine giving a little credit

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Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly right. I think the I think the rock

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Speaker 2: feel like such a jerk because I gave Anthony Edwards

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Speaker 2: a Winner of the Weekend yesterday for dragging the Wolves

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Speaker 2: to win forty four points. But now I look at

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Speaker 2: but Chris Finch nailed it after the game. He said,

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Speaker 2: the ability to lose to anybody, and that's been on

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Speaker 2: display all season. Yeah, well that's exactly right. But I

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Speaker 2: Anthony Edwards in that game on Saturday, Like both of

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Speaker 2: those dunks on scheng Gun were at least fifty percent

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Speaker 2: Jalen Green's fault because he got completely blown by He

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Speaker 2: he was giving it back, making play after play in

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Speaker 2: the fourth quarter. I don't know if you would call

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Speaker 2: that an epic duel between him and.

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Speaker 1: Of them were like us garbage time, but a little

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Speaker 1: too late. Yeah, I think a cycle.

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Speaker 2: Time, cycle time. Yeah, it's kind of like garbage time,

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Speaker 2: Green looked good. And I don't know the Rockets offense,

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Speaker 2: it just looks bettering. Kevin Porter Junior ain't out there.

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Speaker 2: I don't know another way to say it. Shanguon is

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Speaker 2: the guy to lead the show for them. He's been

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Speaker 2: assisting a ton in January. Porters missed the last few

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I feel like Silas or the Rockets coaching staff

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Speaker 1: that's like, run through shangun like, let him operate, Like, okay,

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Speaker 2: I was a chunky, that's all.

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Speaker 1: That's a lot of uses in this NBA parody league. Now,

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Speaker 1: that's a lot of l's in a row. But they

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Speaker 1: In regulation, Lillard scored thirty seven. Blazers beat the Spurs

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Speaker 1: I don't know if you have any notes on on

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we didn't include the Utah Jazz in there taking

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Speaker 3: I don't care about the Jazz getting back to five.

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Speaker 1: That's my bad. I forgot to put that.

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Speaker 3: And then there, and I know Danny's just gonna break

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Speaker 1: Yes, they beat the Hornets by eighteen things a lot.

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Speaker 3: They smacked him. Gordon Hayward trying his revenge game in

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Speaker 1: I had never really thought about this as a kid,

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Speaker 1: a trade skill and became a barber.

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Speaker 2: Weird.

433
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Speaker 1: I never thought about it. Sessions blew my mind saying.

434
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Speaker 3: That, but has some good I don't think he would

435
00:19:57,480 --> 00:19:58,600
Speaker 3: have made it as an escort.

436
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Speaker 1: I don't think so it was sexy, it was yeah.

437
00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:06,000
Speaker 3: You're right, he did have holes in his I thought

438
00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:09,080
Speaker 3: that was just uh, someone who wrestled with him, one

439
00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:10,600
Speaker 3: of my friends who'd wrestled with him a lot, and

440
00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:12,880
Speaker 3: there was just enough. There's holes that had come off

441
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Speaker 3: on the.

442
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Speaker 1: Paint scissors in his pocket. Your mom, we always tell

443
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Speaker 1: you never to do that.

444
00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:18,840
Speaker 3: Yeah. And he had his whole set where he where

445
00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:19,880
Speaker 3: do you cut people's hair?

446
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Speaker 2: Yeah?

447
00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:22,280
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, Yeah, that was his That was his thing.

448
00:20:22,320 --> 00:20:23,840
Speaker 1: I mean a lot of matches where the hair was

449
00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:26,360
Speaker 1: on the line and he would always like, yeah, take

450
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Speaker 1: a piece of the loser's hair, the jobbers hair. He's

451
00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:35,280
Speaker 1: got like jars of just old wrestler's hair. Serial killer stuff.

452
00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:39,400
Speaker 2: Weird anyway, anyway, Oh yeah, had an exciting life.

453
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Speaker 1: The other blowouts. Any thoughts on the Bucks, the Blazers

454
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Speaker 1: of the King's dominant victories the Kings. Wow, that's a

455
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Speaker 1: happy fan base.

456
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Speaker 3: That was a domination. That was Harrison Barnes. I think

457
00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:56,320
Speaker 3: he had five threes in the first six minutes. Keegan

458
00:20:56,359 --> 00:20:58,320
Speaker 3: Murray I think had three threes in the first six minutes.

459
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Speaker 3: That was a domination. I know the Grizzlies didn't have.

460
00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:05,560
Speaker 1: No jaw, no Steven Adams.

461
00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:09,439
Speaker 3: But still, but still, we're talking about the Jazz and

462
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Speaker 3: I've been high on them. They're gonna peak at about

463
00:21:12,119 --> 00:21:15,399
Speaker 3: a five hundred team. This King's team, I don't know

464
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Speaker 3: what they're seeing. Oh boy, I mean it is around

465
00:21:18,280 --> 00:21:20,359
Speaker 3: the three fourth seed. Obviously they're not going higher in that.

466
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Speaker 3: But to be there and to stay there and to

467
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Speaker 3: win games like this where I think their offense is

468
00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:30,359
Speaker 3: looking better, and I mean it can't really look better,

469
00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:33,679
Speaker 3: but the guy they've just got these rocks and in

470
00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:37,440
Speaker 3: Harrison Barnes and Kevin Hurder that ain't going anywhere. And

471
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Speaker 3: so when you have those and you can rely on them.

472
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Speaker 3: With Sabonas and Fox playing another level at Keegan Murray

473
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Speaker 3: can I think can only get better because he's been

474
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Speaker 3: in and out of the lineup. Malik Monk has to

475
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Speaker 3: get a little bit better.

476
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Speaker 2: But anyways, that.

477
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Speaker 1: Went cold, yes, but don't worry, he'll catch on fire again.

478
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Speaker 3: Dominating, dominate anyway.

479
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Speaker 1: Yeah, they hit the Kings, did I read tied an

480
00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:01,320
Speaker 1: NBA record by making twelve three pointers in just thirteen

481
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Speaker 1: attempts in the first quarter. What are we to start

482
00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:08,280
Speaker 1: the game? Hit twelve of thirteen from deep and Grizzlies

483
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Speaker 1: to their credit, you know, like we're hanging around enough

484
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Speaker 1: after getting sort of blown out there, but in the

485
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Speaker 1: end it turned into a thirty three point victory. And

486
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Speaker 1: Trey Lyles, yeah, I mean got the opportunity. He's been

487
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Speaker 1: playing well and then it turns into a blow out,

488
00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:23,800
Speaker 1: so he gets even more more minutes at the end

489
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Speaker 1: and put up a really great box score. Tk Any

490
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Speaker 1: thoughts on anither of those games, any of those four

491
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Speaker 1: or Brutus the Barber Beefcake.

492
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Speaker 2: My main thought on Brus Beefcakes. I thought all the

493
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Speaker 2: holes were from the scissors. I know.

494
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Speaker 1: Yeah, but he was I'm like a like not he

495
00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:43,400
Speaker 1: wasn't a prostitute. He was like like a jiggle Yeah, yeah,

496
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Speaker 1: I think difference Well, no, I know, yeah, like a

497
00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:49,480
Speaker 1: magic Yeah.

498
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Speaker 3: Chippendale.

499
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Speaker 1: Chippendale, that's the word I'm looking for. Yeah, that's cool.

500
00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:59,600
Speaker 1: I should I call them the Snippindale because he was

501
00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:06,760
Speaker 1: circum of course by himself that you don't remember that angle. Yeah,

502
00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:14,240
Speaker 1: that was imagine a storyline that sounds like a real storyline.

503
00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:17,879
Speaker 1: Sound like a real storyline back in the day. Anyway, Sorry,

504
00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:18,520
Speaker 1: I don't know if.

505
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Speaker 3: I got you.

506
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Speaker 2: This game sucked if you hit eight threes in the

507
00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:24,439
Speaker 2: first six minutes of a game. I don't know the stats,

508
00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:26,360
Speaker 2: but I think NBA teams are probably undefeated.

509
00:23:26,359 --> 00:23:26,760
Speaker 1: I think so.

510
00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:27,639
Speaker 2: I'm just guessing.

511
00:23:28,359 --> 00:23:30,240
Speaker 3: Sometimes first quarter leads matter.

512
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Speaker 1: Sometimes sometimes they do, sometimes they do. Uh, do you

513
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Speaker 1: guys have any more thoughts? I know we did an

514
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Speaker 1: emergency podcast on the Lakers agreeing to a deal for

515
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Speaker 1: the Wizards Rui Hachimura. We can show you the board here, Uh,

516
00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:44,680
Speaker 1: just for you guys to see. It was Ruy going

517
00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:47,040
Speaker 1: to the Lakers, Kendrick Nunn going back to the Wizards,

518
00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:50,560
Speaker 1: and three count three second round picks going back to

519
00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:54,280
Speaker 1: Washington again. We did an emergency podcast on this yesterday.

520
00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:58,640
Speaker 1: A lot of people almost concerned why we were doing

521
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Speaker 1: an emergency podcast about a trade of this nature. That's fair,

522
00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:05,520
Speaker 1: But any other thoughts after having some time to think

523
00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:06,520
Speaker 1: about this blockbuster?

524
00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:10,600
Speaker 2: You know, a Lebron James team can make a move

525
00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:15,720
Speaker 2: at any point, any deadline, any offseason, and I'm gonna

526
00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:16,120
Speaker 2: think it.

527
00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:18,600
Speaker 3: Works, right Mura.

528
00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:21,199
Speaker 2: Sure, he hasn't been very impressive for the Wizards, but

529
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Speaker 2: alongside Lebron James, that very well might work. I saw

530
00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:28,800
Speaker 2: Yovan Buja was reporting that the Lakers think of Ruey, Lebron,

531
00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:31,320
Speaker 2: and Ad as potentially their front court of the future.

532
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Speaker 2: So I'm excited to see his debut and if he's

533
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Speaker 2: able to be an efficient player playing alongside the best

534
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Speaker 2: players that he's ever been alongside of.

535
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Speaker 1: So we'll see.

536
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Speaker 2: I'm maybe it'll turn out to be another little of

537
00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:46,960
Speaker 2: the Lebron James halo effect sort of thing, you know

538
00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:51,639
Speaker 2: where I remember getting hyped that the Cavs got Larry Sanders.

539
00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:53,200
Speaker 2: At one point I was like, oh man, this guy's

540
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Speaker 2: gonna be the next Chris Anderson. He wasn't. I saw

541
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Speaker 2: somebody commented on the show yesterday that the Lakers getting

542
00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:03,600
Speaker 2: ruly is like when the Raptors got Kawhi Leonard.

543
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Speaker 1: They're just one piece away.

544
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Speaker 3: Oh wow.

545
00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:09,680
Speaker 2: I think that's a bit of an overreach. That's Clayton,

546
00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:14,000
Speaker 2: but I mean, none has been in the rotation for

547
00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:16,439
Speaker 2: the Lakers lately, and it's been mostly due to injuries.

548
00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:18,800
Speaker 2: So with guys getting a little bit more healthy, he's

549
00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:20,480
Speaker 2: going to be out of the rotation. So the Lakers

550
00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:23,159
Speaker 2: basically gave up nothing to get a guy with some

551
00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:25,720
Speaker 2: talent in ruly hochmur So, I think at the very

552
00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:28,800
Speaker 2: least a smart move by LA to get a position

553
00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:32,720
Speaker 2: of need, clear out a contract that they didn't really need,

554
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Speaker 2: and still be able to do something going forward.

555
00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:37,800
Speaker 1: Yeah, as many people have pointed out, I saw Pelton

556
00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:39,560
Speaker 1: write it. I saw a couple other people write it.

557
00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:43,600
Speaker 1: The idea of Ruy Hotchemurra's game has always been better

558
00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:46,800
Speaker 1: than the results game, and that's fair. And he was

559
00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:49,080
Speaker 1: on fire from three last year. That's you know, falling

560
00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:51,919
Speaker 1: off completely this year. He's not a great defensive player.

561
00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:55,000
Speaker 1: But yeah, I'm with TK. You can talk yourself into

562
00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:58,760
Speaker 1: it because of his size, because of flashes that he's shown.

563
00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:01,560
Speaker 1: You put him beside a Lebron. I think there's reports

564
00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:04,680
Speaker 1: that he's gonna, yeah, start with them as a possibility

565
00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:07,160
Speaker 1: that maybe it works out better for him. So then again,

566
00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:09,560
Speaker 1: you're under the bright lights of LA where there's expectations

567
00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:12,840
Speaker 1: and players can melt under the weight of that.

568
00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:15,720
Speaker 3: So we'll see the Lakers couldn't have gotten more for

569
00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:18,040
Speaker 3: Kendrick Nine in three second round picks, right, Okay, I

570
00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:20,879
Speaker 3: think they did. They did very well there. And I

571
00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:24,639
Speaker 3: don't regret doing an emergency podcast whatsoever with Riacha mur

572
00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:28,200
Speaker 3: because he is on the up and up. The fact

573
00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:30,399
Speaker 3: is he's like a Larry Sanders or somebody like that,

574
00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:33,800
Speaker 3: where there is lots of potential. He's not even twenty

575
00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:38,600
Speaker 3: five years old yet, so it's not like acquiring Alec

576
00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:41,639
Speaker 3: Burks for the Calves. With Lebron, you know, it's not.

577
00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:48,000
Speaker 3: There's a difference. There's hope, yes, there. He hasn't met expectations,

578
00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:50,199
Speaker 3: but the Wizards were absolutely done with him, started him

579
00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:52,000
Speaker 3: for two years, then put him to the bench, and

580
00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:56,200
Speaker 3: his numbers not as good as last year, but they're

581
00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:58,919
Speaker 3: going to be way different with Lebron passing in the

582
00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:02,240
Speaker 3: ball versus the Wizards bench passing him the ball. And

583
00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:04,040
Speaker 3: he's got an offensive game. He's got a bit of

584
00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:07,879
Speaker 3: a tunnel vision game, yes, but but that's what Lebron needs.

585
00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:10,119
Speaker 3: So I'm not sure if he starts, that would be

586
00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:14,680
Speaker 3: a little surprising to me. But you got to you

587
00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:16,480
Speaker 3: gotta be excited if you're the Lakers, you've got a

588
00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:20,200
Speaker 3: young player, and that's and that's that. It's not an oldie.

589
00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:22,359
Speaker 3: You didn't inquire Emon shumperd at the end of his

590
00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:24,840
Speaker 3: career or something like that, love him on shrumper. But

591
00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:27,199
Speaker 3: it's you know, it's it's not It's not one of

592
00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:32,159
Speaker 3: those little move around the margins. It's a guy, at

593
00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:34,440
Speaker 3: least a young guy who could grow with this team.

594
00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:37,080
Speaker 3: And I think he'll be fine under the lights. He'll

595
00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:39,440
Speaker 3: be great with Russell Westbrook. Fred Katz of The Athletic

596
00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:42,640
Speaker 3: told the story on the Athletic NBA YouTube channel about

597
00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:46,399
Speaker 3: Russell Westbrook getting on Ruya Chamora in practice, getting on

598
00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:48,800
Speaker 3: and said you're a bad mother. You're a bad mother,

599
00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:50,720
Speaker 3: over and over and over and over again until he

600
00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:53,040
Speaker 3: dunked on somebody and then he jumped on his back

601
00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:56,719
Speaker 3: and said, yes, you are a bad mother. Because he

602
00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:59,920
Speaker 3: has so much potential and yeah, now they're gonna be open.

603
00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:03,040
Speaker 3: And as Trade pointed out, the catch and shoot numbers

604
00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:05,440
Speaker 3: are great if he doesn't have to be a creator.

605
00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:08,040
Speaker 3: He was what forty percent this year as a three

606
00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:09,760
Speaker 3: point shooter this year when he has a terrible three

607
00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:12,280
Speaker 3: point percentage. Yeah, the catch and shoot numbers are good

608
00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:14,719
Speaker 3: and that's all they're going to ask him. So I'm

609
00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:16,120
Speaker 3: pretty excited about it for them.

610
00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:19,320
Speaker 1: It's also I'm interested to see what this trade, what

611
00:28:19,359 --> 00:28:21,280
Speaker 1: effect it has on both of these teams, and what

612
00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:23,119
Speaker 1: they do as we get closer to the deadline. Right,

613
00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:25,480
Speaker 1: A lot of people think now the Wizard's more likely

614
00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:28,280
Speaker 1: to sign Kyle Kuzmo Kuzmo or try to at least

615
00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:30,560
Speaker 1: in the off season. But are they done moving? Is

616
00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:32,199
Speaker 1: there a Will Barton move that they're going to get

617
00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:34,200
Speaker 1: off of? And then the same for the Lakers, are

618
00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:36,480
Speaker 1: they done? Do they have one of those first round

619
00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:39,560
Speaker 1: picks in a trade? Is it Beverly? Is it Lonnie Walker?

620
00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:42,480
Speaker 1: You know, I think Buja reporting that they still really

621
00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:45,520
Speaker 1: want Bogdanovitch from the Pistons. Can they make that happen?

622
00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:47,960
Speaker 1: So I think I think I wouldn't be shocked if

623
00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:50,920
Speaker 1: both of these teams still do another trade here as

624
00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:53,360
Speaker 1: we get closer to the deadline. And then finally got

625
00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:56,720
Speaker 1: a rumor here from Spurs Talk dot com. And before

626
00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:59,440
Speaker 1: you roll your eyes at that, Spurs Talk dot Com,

627
00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:02,720
Speaker 1: absolutely we're dead on in calling the de Jonte Murray

628
00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:07,560
Speaker 1: trade back in the summer there, So you know, maybe

629
00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:09,720
Speaker 1: maybe listen up here, because they are saying that the

630
00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:13,880
Speaker 1: Raptors and Spurs are currently engaged in talks that could

631
00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:18,640
Speaker 1: bring Yaka Pearl back to Toronto. There are reportedly multiple

632
00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:22,000
Speaker 1: offers on the table, uh and the one with the

633
00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:25,320
Speaker 1: most traction is a three team trade. We don't know

634
00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:27,640
Speaker 1: the third team, We don't really know the other pieces,

635
00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:30,280
Speaker 1: but it would involve Gary Trent Junior leaving the Raptors,

636
00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:36,600
Speaker 1: Pearl coming back in theory to Toronto. Any thoughts on this?

637
00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:39,520
Speaker 1: You know, rumor here a three team deal involving the

638
00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:40,640
Speaker 1: Raps and the Spurs.

639
00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:42,760
Speaker 3: The Spurs are going to trade Yaka Pearl.

640
00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:43,760
Speaker 1: You believe this is happening.

641
00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:48,360
Speaker 3: Yes, we are are going to be doing an emergency podcast,

642
00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:50,600
Speaker 3: and I'm totally fine with that.

643
00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:55,040
Speaker 1: Hey, look, we're fine with every emergency podcast. We are

644
00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:55,360
Speaker 1: the sick.

645
00:29:55,640 --> 00:29:58,120
Speaker 3: We would not have done one for Noah von Ley

646
00:29:58,240 --> 00:29:59,560
Speaker 3: for cash consideration.

647
00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:03,200
Speaker 1: We did happen to be on a street talking about

648
00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:03,440
Speaker 1: a lot.

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Speaker 3: But Yakapurtle will be dealt because it is a seller's

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Speaker 3: market and the Spurs will never have this type of

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Speaker 3: opportunity again, I don't think because because right now there's

652
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Speaker 3: only a handful of teams that are out of it,

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Speaker 3: and so that's why I'm calling a seller's market. Maybe

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Speaker 3: in sixteen days when the trade deadline hits, there will

655
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Speaker 3: be more teams that enter the fray. But I think

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Speaker 3: Yak trade value can never be higher. And yeah, they

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Speaker 3: have an opportunity here to deal him, so I think

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Speaker 3: they will. He'd look great back in a Raptor's uniform.

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Speaker 3: I think he'd help.

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Speaker 1: What do you think, Well, yeah, I mean both of

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Speaker 1: these guys, Gary Tree Junior and Yaka Pearl are going

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Speaker 1: to be looking at a quite a pay increase in

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Speaker 1: the summer because they're both expiring deals here. I mean,

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Speaker 1: Purdle makes like ten million, Trent's going to be looking

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Speaker 1: at way more in his next deal, and so that

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Speaker 1: has to, you know, come into the equation here.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Look, the Raptors could absolutely use a player like Pearl,

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Speaker 1: but they also can't shoot where the shit and Gary

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Speaker 1: Trent Junior can actually do that, and so it's like, well,

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Speaker 1: we help out one thing with our interior presence, you

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Speaker 1: know at the rim, and Pearl is really good at that,

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Speaker 1: but we lose our best three point shooter and Gary

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Speaker 1: Trent Junior. If this were to happen, and who knows

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Speaker 1: what the other pieces are. Oh yeah, any thoughts on

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Speaker 1: this TK in this rumor?

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Speaker 2: Hey yeah, I mean the Raptors need a center. I

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Speaker 2: agree with that, and Perle is, I think being a

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Speaker 2: little overrated quite honestly as a rim protector. If he

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Speaker 2: was that good of a rim protector, the Spurs would

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Speaker 2: not be the worst defense in the league, right, Like,

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Speaker 2: I mean, surely they're getting roasted on the perimeter. He

683
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Speaker 2: can't do everything, but it's not like he's Walker Kessler

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Speaker 2: out there, Walker Kesler out there. So do you want

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Speaker 2: to trade at least one first round pick and pay

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Speaker 2: twenty million dollars to Yakam Perl as your starting center?

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Speaker 2: The Raptors Maybe so, just because they need somebody in

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Speaker 2: there because Coloco ain't the guy, I don't think, at

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Speaker 2: least not at this point in his career, and they

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Speaker 2: need somebody who's going to be over six foot ten.

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Speaker 2: So I don't know that's it seems like a deal

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Speaker 2: to me, But I think there are more useful places

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Speaker 2: for Yaqua Perdle.

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Speaker 1: But who knows.

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Speaker 2: The Raptors had them at one point, they've wanted them back.

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Speaker 1: Ever, some precious and Pertle as they're two bigs.

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Speaker 2: Sounds good, It sounds good market. You're not striking fear

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Speaker 2: in anybody's hard so Precious and Pertle.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think there's some connection to Brutus the barber

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Speaker 3: beef cake there, like they could advertise in Bruce and

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Speaker 3: Brutus's hair salon. I don't know what I'm saying anyway,

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Speaker 3: Precious and Perdle, because Perdle did turn down four for

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Speaker 3: fifty eight reportedly earlier this year. So that's seventeen Oh no,

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Speaker 3: it's not. I'm way off there, you know, fourteen and

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Speaker 3: a half per year, so I assume, Yeah, the twenty

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Speaker 3: million dollar market somewhere around there. Today's NBA.

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Speaker 1: I feel like that's what that guy's going to be

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Speaker 1: looking at. And Gary Will, I think expects more. Even so,

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Speaker 1: all right, just a room in there from Spurs Talk

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Speaker 1: dot Com. Hey, look, we'll keep our eye on it.

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Speaker 1: Maybe news will break during this break. I'll open you

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Speaker 1: better have Twitter. We have to have Twitter open twenty

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Speaker 1: four to seven during these shows because anything whoa.

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Speaker 2: The Washington Wizards have shown interest in sergea back WHOA. Wow.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna talk about that when we come back don't

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Speaker 1: go anywhere, all right, back with no Dunk's here in

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Speaker 1: the classic Factory. I saw tweet going around yesterday and

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Speaker 1: I forgot to bookmarkt so apologies to whoever tweeted it,

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Speaker 1: but it was something along the lines that there are

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Speaker 1: only like three or four happy fan bases right now

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Speaker 1: in the NBA, and I was like, hold on, there's

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Speaker 1: got to be more, and there is. I think there's ten.

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Speaker 1: There's maybe even nine, could be eleven, but it's close

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Speaker 1: to ten. And I thought it would be fun if

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Speaker 1: we rank them the happiest NBA fan bases, because we

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Speaker 1: did the Happiness Index like back in mid to seven,

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Speaker 1: but you know that's a good month and change from

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Speaker 1: from then, so things change here in the NBA. So

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Speaker 1: let's let's do it, guys. I thought the best way

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Speaker 1: to do this is in alphabetical order. I'll give you

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Speaker 1: the team why I think their fan base is generally happy.

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Speaker 1: You can agree or disagree if they should even be

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Speaker 1: on the list. I think you'll agree with most of them.

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Speaker 1: And then as we keep adding teams, you guys could

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Speaker 1: maybe like rank them the happiest of the happy teams

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Speaker 1: to the you know, still happy teams. But Billy, all right,

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Speaker 1: how was that for a setup to this weird segment? Okay,

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Speaker 1: first one in the Boston Celtics, we're going alphabetical city name. Okay,

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Speaker 1: Boston b best record in the NBA. That's a good

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Speaker 1: reason to be happy. Thirty five and thirteen. They got

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Speaker 1: the best net rating in the league plus five point eight. Tatum,

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Speaker 1: he's been at the MVP table all season long. Jalen

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Speaker 1: Brown might be the best, you know, second banana in

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00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:59,040
Speaker 1: the league, second star, the best Robin to the Tatum batman.

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00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,279
Speaker 1: They're hungry for a title. I mean they lost in

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Speaker 1: the finals. They got all these vets they're playing for.

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00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:06,480
Speaker 1: I like that part two. You got Horford, you got

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Speaker 1: Blake Brogden. Remember Gallinari's on this team, and especially when

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Speaker 1: you consider the start of the season and like the

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Speaker 1: cloud of like, oh they got a new coach here,

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00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:19,640
Speaker 1: Oh the Udoka situation. How's Missoula gonna do this? And

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00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:22,160
Speaker 1: I mean that's not a concern at all. He might

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Speaker 1: win Coach with the Year for crying out loud. So

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00:35:24,719 --> 00:35:31,520
Speaker 1: Boston Celtics, their fan base deservedly and rightfully happy agree. Yeah, man,

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Speaker 1: I think you'll have a tough time knocking a team

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Speaker 1: off number one. This team off number one?

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Speaker 2: Wow?

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00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:40,879
Speaker 3: Wow? Yes, okay, interesting cream of the crop. They had

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Speaker 3: a couple off season signings. One didn't work out because

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Speaker 3: Neil Gallinari got injured, and they're still great. A lot

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Speaker 3: of teams can't can't ride that.

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Speaker 1: And they didn't have time Lord at the start of

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Speaker 1: the season. Like I said, the Udoka.

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Speaker 3: Situation question powered through it and their superstars like even

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Speaker 3: went to another level in Tatum and Jill and Brown.

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Speaker 2: So okay, and they're twenty five and twenty six. Tatum

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Speaker 2: and Brown are age wise, that's crazy.

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Speaker 3: You meant their record there for a second, No, no, no, Yeah,

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Speaker 3: they're young. So I agree with Trey. It might be hard.

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Speaker 1: To think it's gonna be hard.

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Speaker 3: Okay, This might just be an alphabetical list in the end.

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Speaker 1: They did just lose to the Orlando Matters. They've lost

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Speaker 1: three times. Sad boys, they might be awful list now yeah, okay, okay.

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Speaker 1: Our next team then to compare with the Celtics is

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Speaker 1: the Cleveland Cavaliers. They made probably the most surprising trade

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Speaker 1: of the offseason. It looks like a grand Slam. I

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Speaker 1: had home run, home run in my notes, and I said, no,

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Speaker 1: this is a Grand Slam. Donovan Mitchell averaging twenty eight,

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Speaker 1: five and four, He's going to start the All Star Game.

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Speaker 1: He's a bona fide closer for them. They have the

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Speaker 1: second best defense in the league. You talk about a

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Speaker 1: young core in Tatum and Brown. How about their four Mitchell,

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00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:57,680
Speaker 1: Garland Mobley, and Jared Allen. They're all under twenty six,

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Speaker 1: twenty six or under. That's a young, y, solid core.

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00:37:01,760 --> 00:37:05,319
Speaker 1: Kevin Love still contributing off the bench, Ricky Rubio is back.

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Speaker 1: Rob Lopez is a lovable goof Okay, happy for sure.

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Speaker 3: I love the Grand Slam reference. You said Donovan Mitchell

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Speaker 3: is a closer. You said, therefore that would make for

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Speaker 3: a nice infield.

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Speaker 1: Is I just chucking garlic?

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00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:21,960
Speaker 3: Though? You are chucking garlic? Carlos Beltran's getting in the Hall?

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Speaker 3: Are you thinking about the Hall of Fame? Is that

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Speaker 3: why you're making all these baseball references?

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Speaker 1: No, I'm not.

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Speaker 3: Do you fill out your ballot?

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00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:27,719
Speaker 1: No?

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00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:28,440
Speaker 3: Okay?

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00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:30,680
Speaker 1: Should I have in Bell Tran?

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Speaker 3: He's not a cheat, he's good. What about Bobby I

800
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Speaker 3: Bray You don't cut it? No, No, you don't like

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00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:40,280
Speaker 3: the longevity? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: What about chrisbo anyway goggles in at least Cavaliers. You

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Speaker 1: guys agree they are a happy fan base. They should be,

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00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:51,240
Speaker 1: but you think they are still below the bus and Celtics.

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00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:54,920
Speaker 1: That's a tough call. Who's happier. Who's happier right now,

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00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:57,880
Speaker 1: this very moment, this very moment.

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Speaker 2: The Celtics are happier because Donovan Mitchell is the last

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Speaker 2: three games with I think he has a groin strain.

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00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:06,200
Speaker 2: Is that right? When your best player is on the shelf,

810
00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:07,399
Speaker 2: you gotta be a little sad.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, agreed. And they're not the Celtics.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, the Celtics like they are like title or

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Speaker 1: bust Calves. I think we agree they're probably win a

814
00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:22,240
Speaker 1: playoff series or bust, right, Oh yeah, and maybe maybe

815
00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:24,399
Speaker 1: not even that. Yeah, you know, I don't think it's like, oh,

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Speaker 1: what a horrible season. They have plans to win a

817
00:38:26,520 --> 00:38:28,799
Speaker 1: playoff series for sure. Now after seeing them through fifty

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Speaker 1: games there, Okay.

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Speaker 3: I did see Rubio comeback, as you said, from injury.

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Speaker 3: He was wearing number thirteen. I thought that's weird, and

821
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Speaker 3: then I took a look. He wore three last year

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Speaker 3: with the Cavs. He went out with the season ending injury.

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Speaker 3: Then Karris Lavert was dealt there in the middle of

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Speaker 3: the season. He took Ricky Rubio's number and he hasn't

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Speaker 3: gave it back. I guess because Rubyo is the nicest

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Speaker 3: guy in the league. He said, that's fine.

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Speaker 1: Didn't they trade Rubio away?

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, Karis Lavert Yeah, to the Pacers, but never

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Speaker 2: played because he was hurt. Yeah, he just took his number,

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Speaker 2: came back. He said, throw on on that boy.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, okay, yeah, I forgot he was dealt because he

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Speaker 3: never played anywhere.

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Speaker 1: Yes, okay, So Boston Cleveland right now. In terms of

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Speaker 1: the rankings, the happiness skill, okay, Denver Nuggets, come on, guys,

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Speaker 1: let's talk about it. Oka Happy, put a smile on

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Speaker 1: your face. Number one record in the West, best offense

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Speaker 1: in the league. Jokich incredibly a very realistic shot at

838
00:39:20,760 --> 00:39:25,239
Speaker 1: his third consecutive MVP. They've looked basically invincible at home.

839
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Speaker 1: They're twenty two and four. Jamal Murray is starting to

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00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:32,200
Speaker 1: round into Jamal Murray bubble form here. He's starting to

841
00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:34,080
Speaker 1: get it going. He's talking a little shit now too.

842
00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:36,399
Speaker 1: He's like, I know I'm not making the All Star team,

843
00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:38,000
Speaker 1: but I'm better than half these guys that are about

844
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Speaker 1: to I like that, Aaron Gordon getting that, like that,

845
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Speaker 1: Andrew Wiggins like All Star buzz.

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00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:44,560
Speaker 3: You know.

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Speaker 1: I think he might still come up a little short

848
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Speaker 1: when we make our teams. But he's had a great,

849
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Speaker 1: great season, lots of lights out three point shooters in MPJ.

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00:39:53,840 --> 00:39:57,000
Speaker 1: Bruce Brown KCP is shooting forty seven percent from three

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00:39:57,680 --> 00:40:01,600
Speaker 1: Denver Nuggets very happy. Where do you put them in

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00:40:01,640 --> 00:40:05,680
Speaker 1: comparison to the to the Celtics and Calves though, that's

853
00:40:05,719 --> 00:40:06,319
Speaker 1: a tough one.

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Speaker 2: I hear from Celtics fans and Nuggets fans regularly and

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Speaker 2: they're both elated. Yea. But Celtics fans can watch their

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00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:15,920
Speaker 2: team when they play at home, so I think they're happier.

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Speaker 2: Denver Nuggets still got to figure out their local TV.

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Speaker 1: That's still happening. This is the best team.

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Speaker 2: They have ever had, the best player they have ever

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Speaker 2: had in the prime of his career.

861
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Speaker 1: But Altitude Sports won't.

862
00:40:27,640 --> 00:40:28,200
Speaker 2: Let you watch it.

863
00:40:28,239 --> 00:40:28,960
Speaker 1: That is insane.

864
00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:32,040
Speaker 2: It's honestly a kick in the face to Nuggets fans.

865
00:40:32,040 --> 00:40:35,640
Speaker 2: So they should be angry, yeah with their TV provider,

866
00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:36,960
Speaker 2: but happy with their team.

867
00:40:37,880 --> 00:40:41,200
Speaker 3: Burn it down. Let the NBA just show the games.

868
00:40:41,239 --> 00:40:44,000
Speaker 3: That is nuts. It is nuts. It's a it's an

869
00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:48,800
Speaker 3: underreported story. It's it's frankly, it's wild. It just doesn't

870
00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:51,800
Speaker 3: make any sense. What also doesn't make any sense that

871
00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:53,520
Speaker 3: this kind of flew under the radar. Aaron Gordon said

872
00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:56,600
Speaker 3: last week on side dot com that if he made

873
00:40:56,600 --> 00:40:58,760
Speaker 3: the All Star Game that he would go into Duncant.

874
00:40:58,800 --> 00:41:00,239
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, no, I'm talking about that.

875
00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:03,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, maybe that's why they haven't announced the fourth competitive.

876
00:41:04,239 --> 00:41:07,160
Speaker 1: Put him in just for that, Yeah, put him absolute,

877
00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:09,520
Speaker 1: let him win, it doesn't even matter the contest.

878
00:41:09,560 --> 00:41:10,440
Speaker 2: Give him the wine.

879
00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:12,160
Speaker 3: Put in five guys, it doesn't matter.

880
00:41:12,239 --> 00:41:12,719
Speaker 1: That's good.

881
00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:15,680
Speaker 3: He has to go in if he's an All Star, well,

882
00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:16,840
Speaker 3: if he wants to go in.

883
00:41:17,320 --> 00:41:17,520
Speaker 1: Right.

884
00:41:17,560 --> 00:41:21,320
Speaker 3: The contestants again are g leaguer right now, Mac McClung.

885
00:41:22,239 --> 00:41:23,920
Speaker 3: They're Shade Sharp, who.

886
00:41:23,800 --> 00:41:26,840
Speaker 1: Had a beautiful dunk last night. That guy's head gets

887
00:41:26,880 --> 00:41:27,839
Speaker 1: like above the room.

888
00:41:27,920 --> 00:41:30,600
Speaker 3: The guy can't throw down. Who's the other one? I'm missing?

889
00:41:31,160 --> 00:41:34,040
Speaker 3: kJ Martin, kJ Martin. So those are the three locked in.

890
00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:37,800
Speaker 3: Obi Toppin could be returning as the returning champ the fourth,

891
00:41:38,760 --> 00:41:40,800
Speaker 3: but the biggest name by far would be Aeron Gordon

892
00:41:41,480 --> 00:41:44,480
Speaker 3: if he wants to, if he wants to rectify that

893
00:41:44,719 --> 00:41:46,680
Speaker 3: drone mishap, get him in.

894
00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:49,359
Speaker 1: Jeezs why wasn't he He should have been saying this

895
00:41:49,440 --> 00:41:52,360
Speaker 1: right from the first day of voting. You vote me

896
00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:54,120
Speaker 1: into the All Star Game, I'll go in the dunk

897
00:41:54,120 --> 00:41:58,400
Speaker 1: contst gain. People are like, yeah's that triple vote? Okay,

898
00:41:58,440 --> 00:42:01,240
Speaker 1: So you have where do you have den verultimate above

899
00:42:01,320 --> 00:42:04,879
Speaker 1: Cleveland below? I know this is raw.

900
00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:08,239
Speaker 3: I'm sticking alphabetical. I think they're just below.

901
00:42:07,960 --> 00:42:13,279
Speaker 1: Cleveland right now. Chicken dip go to the Indiana Pacers

902
00:42:13,560 --> 00:42:17,960
Speaker 1: as a happy team. The Pacers over under for total

903
00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:22,279
Speaker 1: wins this season was twenty three and a half, one

904
00:42:22,360 --> 00:42:25,879
Speaker 1: more win, and they basically hit the over. I think

905
00:42:25,880 --> 00:42:29,480
Speaker 1: they're at twenty three wins right now, despite ranking twenty

906
00:42:29,560 --> 00:42:35,640
Speaker 1: second and twenty first overall in offensive and defensive ratings respectively.

907
00:42:35,719 --> 00:42:38,600
Speaker 1: That it was just a weird little twist to this

908
00:42:38,640 --> 00:42:40,640
Speaker 1: that they have a really good record, really solid record,

909
00:42:40,680 --> 00:42:42,600
Speaker 1: but you know, ranking the bottom third up both sides

910
00:42:42,640 --> 00:42:44,359
Speaker 1: of the ball. But you have a twenty two year

911
00:42:44,400 --> 00:42:47,080
Speaker 1: old point guard in Tyre's Teliburton where they gave him

912
00:42:47,080 --> 00:42:49,400
Speaker 1: the keys, and he looks like an All star. He

913
00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:51,760
Speaker 1: looks like a stud like, he looks like a blast

914
00:42:51,760 --> 00:42:53,640
Speaker 1: to play with, which is I think an important part

915
00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:56,200
Speaker 1: as a point guard that he'd be fun to go

916
00:42:56,239 --> 00:42:59,440
Speaker 1: out there with. So that's huge mathin he might win

917
00:42:59,520 --> 00:43:02,760
Speaker 1: sixth man as a rookie. He you know, he started

918
00:43:02,840 --> 00:43:05,120
Speaker 1: really really hot. He cooled off, but he is still

919
00:43:05,160 --> 00:43:08,040
Speaker 1: really good as as their draft pick. There, They've somehow

920
00:43:08,080 --> 00:43:12,400
Speaker 1: managed to stay afloat here despite the Buddy Heeld and

921
00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:16,200
Speaker 1: Miles Turner rumors like hanging above this team for the

922
00:43:16,360 --> 00:43:19,520
Speaker 1: entirety of the season. They got four Canadians on their roster,

923
00:43:20,480 --> 00:43:22,480
Speaker 1: They got Rick Carlos, who's a great coach. This is

924
00:43:22,480 --> 00:43:24,880
Speaker 1: a happy fan base. I would think they should be,

925
00:43:25,280 --> 00:43:25,600
Speaker 1: in my.

926
00:43:25,560 --> 00:43:29,879
Speaker 3: Opinion, absolutely happy. Yeah. The big question is if they

927
00:43:29,920 --> 00:43:33,760
Speaker 3: make a deal for you said Miles Turner or Buddy Healed,

928
00:43:34,400 --> 00:43:36,560
Speaker 3: do they get a tad younger, do they take take

929
00:43:36,560 --> 00:43:40,560
Speaker 3: a tad step back because they aren't the Cats. They aren't.

930
00:43:41,280 --> 00:43:44,920
Speaker 1: They're clearly in this in the second ish, third ish

931
00:43:45,000 --> 00:43:47,719
Speaker 1: even maybe tier right in the East. They could it

932
00:43:47,719 --> 00:43:49,000
Speaker 1: comes to going in the playoffs.

933
00:43:48,719 --> 00:43:50,879
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, they It would be disappointing if they fall

934
00:43:50,920 --> 00:43:53,080
Speaker 3: out of the play in tournament. With the way they started.

935
00:43:53,560 --> 00:43:57,040
Speaker 3: But yeah, I wonder if they do take a step back. Otherwise,

936
00:43:57,640 --> 00:43:59,480
Speaker 3: extremely happy, but I wouldn't put them on the level

937
00:43:59,520 --> 00:44:01,799
Speaker 3: of the bc D. I think they I think they're

938
00:44:01,880 --> 00:44:04,320
Speaker 3: fourth there. They're happy with the deal. Obviously, Sabonis for

939
00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:07,439
Speaker 3: Haliburn has worked out incredibly well. Y Catherine has worked

940
00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:08,359
Speaker 3: out incredibly well.

941
00:44:08,920 --> 00:44:10,239
Speaker 1: And they thought and we thought, they might be the

942
00:44:10,280 --> 00:44:12,919
Speaker 1: worst team in the league. There is that part of it, right,

943
00:44:14,239 --> 00:44:15,840
Speaker 1: maybe not you I did.

944
00:44:16,000 --> 00:44:17,120
Speaker 2: And I was over.

945
00:44:17,239 --> 00:44:20,840
Speaker 1: I was over the you're gonna hit it tomorrow tonight.

946
00:44:21,239 --> 00:44:23,920
Speaker 2: Tonight, they ain't gonna hit and they are going to

947
00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:26,760
Speaker 2: drop out of the play in tournament. They've lost seven straight.

948
00:44:27,160 --> 00:44:29,360
Speaker 2: But that's perfect. I think that's actually happiness for the

949
00:44:29,400 --> 00:44:31,719
Speaker 2: Indiana Pacers because it's becoming quite obvious they're going to

950
00:44:31,800 --> 00:44:33,759
Speaker 2: be sellers they need to be, and that makes for

951
00:44:33,800 --> 00:44:36,680
Speaker 2: a perfect season. You found out Tyre's Halliburton is a star,

952
00:44:36,800 --> 00:44:40,000
Speaker 2: you found another guy in Mathrin, you had some fun times,

953
00:44:40,040 --> 00:44:42,239
Speaker 2: You're likely getting an All Star and the pick will

954
00:44:42,239 --> 00:44:44,040
Speaker 2: be okay, yeah, okay, happiness.

955
00:44:44,040 --> 00:44:45,600
Speaker 1: So you still have you got them on the scale,

956
00:44:45,600 --> 00:44:47,040
Speaker 1: of course, but you have them fourth.

957
00:44:47,040 --> 00:44:47,360
Speaker 3: Okay.

958
00:44:48,040 --> 00:44:50,400
Speaker 1: Uh, another young team I think I believe the youngest

959
00:44:50,400 --> 00:44:53,840
Speaker 1: in the league actually the Oklahoma City Thunder. They're happy

960
00:44:54,600 --> 00:44:57,279
Speaker 1: flirting with a five hundred record. As we get close

961
00:44:57,320 --> 00:44:59,640
Speaker 1: here to the fifty game mark of the season, s

962
00:44:59,719 --> 00:45:02,400
Speaker 1: Ga not only turned into the All Star that I

963
00:45:02,440 --> 00:45:04,200
Speaker 1: said he was gonna be for the last three years.

964
00:45:04,400 --> 00:45:06,600
Speaker 1: Guy looks like a future MVP at this point. Just

965
00:45:06,760 --> 00:45:10,080
Speaker 1: unbelievable that he's maintained this level of scoring efficiency at

966
00:45:10,160 --> 00:45:14,000
Speaker 1: thirty a game and clutch after clutch after clutch shot.

967
00:45:14,320 --> 00:45:17,080
Speaker 1: Is he gonna win the first NBA Clutch Award?

968
00:45:18,120 --> 00:45:21,080
Speaker 3: Him Foxed Rosen Clutch the mask Man.

969
00:45:21,120 --> 00:45:23,000
Speaker 1: SGA is in the running for it. Yeah, this team

970
00:45:23,040 --> 00:45:26,080
Speaker 1: started slowly offensively, but they've blossomed here into a top

971
00:45:26,239 --> 00:45:29,920
Speaker 1: five offense in the new calendar year. Giddy looks like

972
00:45:29,960 --> 00:45:32,680
Speaker 1: he's made a leap. Lou Dort is back to playing

973
00:45:33,200 --> 00:45:35,920
Speaker 1: like a guy that deserves, you know, fifteen million dollars

974
00:45:36,239 --> 00:45:38,760
Speaker 1: a year in that contract that he signed. Jealen Williams

975
00:45:38,760 --> 00:45:41,160
Speaker 1: their rook That guy to me already looks like the

976
00:45:41,239 --> 00:45:44,439
Speaker 1: ultimate glue guy. Like it's like plug him on any

977
00:45:44,480 --> 00:45:47,239
Speaker 1: team and you're like, you're so happy. They still have

978
00:45:47,320 --> 00:45:50,560
Speaker 1: chet Holmgen to add to this roster. They have a

979
00:45:50,600 --> 00:45:53,920
Speaker 1: zillion pick still Isaiah Joe Camp missed from deep Where

980
00:45:53,920 --> 00:45:56,040
Speaker 1: did you come from? Where did you go? I mean

981
00:45:56,280 --> 00:45:59,720
Speaker 1: they got the down to Dunk podcast. They're happy.

982
00:45:59,760 --> 00:46:02,280
Speaker 3: Man, they do have an arena called the pay Com Center.

983
00:46:02,520 --> 00:46:03,080
Speaker 2: That sucks.

984
00:46:04,800 --> 00:46:07,799
Speaker 3: I am sam impressed with this roster. I do have

985
00:46:07,840 --> 00:46:10,280
Speaker 3: a question, though, where's Memphis?

986
00:46:11,440 --> 00:46:14,480
Speaker 1: Where's Memphis? I just put them in the wrong order.

987
00:46:14,560 --> 00:46:18,320
Speaker 3: Okay, I don't know.

988
00:46:18,600 --> 00:46:19,960
Speaker 1: I do not know the alphabet.

989
00:46:20,040 --> 00:46:20,920
Speaker 3: I don't know my alphabet.

990
00:46:21,760 --> 00:46:26,200
Speaker 1: G H I j K l O.

991
00:46:25,719 --> 00:46:35,120
Speaker 3: Ump them together, okay, see very happy fan base thrilled. Yeah,

992
00:46:35,320 --> 00:46:35,880
Speaker 3: it's hard.

993
00:46:35,680 --> 00:46:38,799
Speaker 1: To rank these it is, that's not really the point

994
00:46:38,800 --> 00:46:41,360
Speaker 1: is ridiculously for exercise.

995
00:46:41,440 --> 00:46:44,320
Speaker 3: But I think it'd be disappointing if they missed the playing,

996
00:46:44,560 --> 00:46:46,040
Speaker 3: even though you probably want them to miss.

997
00:46:46,520 --> 00:46:48,560
Speaker 1: No, no, it doesn't matter.

998
00:46:48,920 --> 00:46:51,040
Speaker 3: Yeah, get them wraps for ship, get reps for all

999
00:46:51,080 --> 00:46:54,200
Speaker 3: these guys. I guess that the shade taking another level.

1000
00:46:54,239 --> 00:46:55,319
Speaker 3: And Josh Kitty take another.

1001
00:46:56,719 --> 00:46:59,480
Speaker 1: Angel Williams looking like one of the best picks of

1002
00:46:59,520 --> 00:47:03,040
Speaker 1: the draft. Like, that's good, that's great. And Chet, I

1003
00:47:03,080 --> 00:47:05,440
Speaker 1: mean this is I mean, you keep adding it up here.

1004
00:47:05,520 --> 00:47:07,759
Speaker 2: I keep forgetting about Chet. I'm like, this is gonna

1005
00:47:07,760 --> 00:47:09,840
Speaker 2: be sick with this guy actually plays in the league.

1006
00:47:10,040 --> 00:47:13,360
Speaker 2: Walker Kessler's like dominating as a rookie, and chet Holmgren's

1007
00:47:13,360 --> 00:47:15,320
Speaker 2: a better shot blocker than he was. Plus he plays outside,

1008
00:47:15,360 --> 00:47:17,839
Speaker 2: plusy can choot threes. That will be an exciting team

1009
00:47:17,840 --> 00:47:20,120
Speaker 2: to see. But that is next season. That being said,

1010
00:47:20,880 --> 00:47:23,839
Speaker 2: I follow Andrew and alex Those guys are thrilled every

1011
00:47:23,840 --> 00:47:25,520
Speaker 2: single night. The team is going out and has a

1012
00:47:25,600 --> 00:47:27,840
Speaker 2: chance to win and is one of the coolest teams

1013
00:47:27,840 --> 00:47:31,080
Speaker 2: in the league. I'm putting this team pretty high on

1014
00:47:31,120 --> 00:47:32,440
Speaker 2: my happiness scale.

1015
00:47:33,360 --> 00:47:34,840
Speaker 1: I think we're gonna have to break out.

1016
00:47:34,719 --> 00:47:39,080
Speaker 2: Of the alphabetical order here. They already screwed up. Yeah,

1017
00:47:39,120 --> 00:47:42,120
Speaker 2: they could be up there, happy happy as Denver almost

1018
00:47:42,239 --> 00:47:44,520
Speaker 2: to me, Okay, very happy, very very happy.

1019
00:47:44,600 --> 00:47:45,759
Speaker 1: Okay, well as we all know.

1020
00:47:45,880 --> 00:47:48,560
Speaker 2: Wait a second, here, here's one thing that could possibly

1021
00:47:48,920 --> 00:47:51,759
Speaker 2: mess with the happiness of Oklahoma City thunder fans. Like

1022
00:47:51,760 --> 00:47:55,000
Speaker 2: I said, I follow Andrew Schlecht on Twitter. He posted

1023
00:47:55,080 --> 00:47:58,839
Speaker 2: a screenshot from Shake Kill just Alexander's Instagram story last night,

1024
00:48:00,080 --> 00:48:02,720
Speaker 2: and Shade now says his first name is pronounced shy.

1025
00:48:03,360 --> 00:48:04,600
Speaker 3: He was joking.

1026
00:48:06,880 --> 00:48:11,279
Speaker 1: Shy Guilders Alexander. I hope he was joking because that

1027
00:48:11,320 --> 00:48:12,440
Speaker 1: will throw me off.

1028
00:48:12,320 --> 00:48:17,000
Speaker 3: Bad because the screenshot was of three kids the meme, yeah, the.

1029
00:48:16,960 --> 00:48:23,279
Speaker 1: Three white kids. Basically this seven years ago up and

1030
00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:25,359
Speaker 1: became those kids.

1031
00:48:25,239 --> 00:48:29,000
Speaker 3: So that meme. The other way is that is that

1032
00:48:29,040 --> 00:48:32,320
Speaker 3: an actual video? Like that's are they filming something?

1033
00:48:32,400 --> 00:48:35,520
Speaker 1: I believe it's from an actual Yeah. That then was

1034
00:48:35,560 --> 00:48:36,520
Speaker 1: turned into the meme.

1035
00:48:36,600 --> 00:48:40,520
Speaker 2: Yeaheah, he's saying it's Shay now again.

1036
00:48:40,640 --> 00:48:48,480
Speaker 1: Yeah, it was a joke. They're so damn happy. They're

1037
00:48:48,520 --> 00:48:50,560
Speaker 1: superstars making bad jokes on Instagram.

1038
00:48:50,600 --> 00:48:50,880
Speaker 2: I love it.

1039
00:48:50,920 --> 00:48:52,360
Speaker 1: But changing his name, they're happy.

1040
00:48:52,719 --> 00:48:53,799
Speaker 2: It does look like us.

1041
00:48:56,480 --> 00:48:57,399
Speaker 3: You're the guy with the hat.

1042
00:48:58,320 --> 00:48:59,040
Speaker 2: That was us.

1043
00:48:59,160 --> 00:49:00,480
Speaker 1: That's when we started podcast.

1044
00:49:00,480 --> 00:49:02,040
Speaker 3: That was the basketball drugs really is.

1045
00:49:05,320 --> 00:49:06,320
Speaker 2: Alright? Get the photo?

1046
00:49:06,400 --> 00:49:08,759
Speaker 1: Yeah, while we go through this next team because as

1047
00:49:08,800 --> 00:49:11,400
Speaker 1: everybody knows, the alphabet goes oh and then m so

1048
00:49:11,480 --> 00:49:14,680
Speaker 1: the Orlando Magic is still the next team there and

1049
00:49:14,920 --> 00:49:16,840
Speaker 1: uh yeah the Magic.

1050
00:49:16,880 --> 00:49:17,000
Speaker 2: Now.

1051
00:49:17,040 --> 00:49:18,919
Speaker 1: I thought you guys might push back on this because

1052
00:49:19,080 --> 00:49:22,160
Speaker 1: or some people listening or watching the Happiness Index. The

1053
00:49:22,160 --> 00:49:25,520
Speaker 1: Magic they do only have twenty wins. They're the only

1054
00:49:25,600 --> 00:49:28,279
Speaker 1: sub twenty win team I have on the list. But

1055
00:49:29,160 --> 00:49:34,320
Speaker 1: they're two best players were born in after two thousand, Okay,

1056
00:49:34,520 --> 00:49:37,279
Speaker 1: and we're talking Pallo Bancaro, who locked up Rookie of

1057
00:49:37,320 --> 00:49:39,680
Speaker 1: the Year honors in like the first week of the season,

1058
00:49:40,080 --> 00:49:45,440
Speaker 1: and Franz Wagner, who might be selected first overall if

1059
00:49:45,440 --> 00:49:47,399
Speaker 1: we were to redo the draft. He's going top three

1060
00:49:47,440 --> 00:49:50,279
Speaker 1: for sure on the twenty one draft Bull Bull a

1061
00:49:50,360 --> 00:49:53,840
Speaker 1: revelation highlights machine. Jonathan Isaac just came back. As we

1062
00:49:53,840 --> 00:49:57,000
Speaker 1: talked about earlier, Markel Foltz has found his shot and

1063
00:49:57,000 --> 00:49:59,840
Speaker 1: has played actually pretty well. Whynell Curter Junior very very solid.

1064
00:50:00,200 --> 00:50:03,000
Speaker 1: That guy and Trey hate to do it, but they

1065
00:50:03,040 --> 00:50:05,879
Speaker 1: could have two very solid first round picks here, their

1066
00:50:05,920 --> 00:50:09,200
Speaker 1: own and the Bulls pick if it's not top four.

1067
00:50:09,719 --> 00:50:11,920
Speaker 1: I think the Magic, despite not having a lot of wins,

1068
00:50:13,280 --> 00:50:15,600
Speaker 1: their fan base is somewhat happy with how it's gone

1069
00:50:15,640 --> 00:50:18,720
Speaker 1: and how they're stars in Palo and obviously Franz Wagner

1070
00:50:18,840 --> 00:50:20,000
Speaker 1: flok Do you agree.

1071
00:50:19,719 --> 00:50:23,040
Speaker 2: Oh, one hundred percent, it's a Palo's awesome. Franz is awesome.

1072
00:50:23,080 --> 00:50:25,359
Speaker 2: That's a great start for happiness right there. You throw

1073
00:50:25,400 --> 00:50:30,000
Speaker 2: in the Bowl Bowl rejuvenation factory. That's awesome. So yeah,

1074
00:50:30,000 --> 00:50:32,680
Speaker 2: they're not winning a whole bunch of games, but it's

1075
00:50:32,719 --> 00:50:34,640
Speaker 2: a little bit the point and you see the vision,

1076
00:50:34,680 --> 00:50:39,040
Speaker 2: which is very important. So yeah, Orlando quite happy, not

1077
00:50:39,160 --> 00:50:39,680
Speaker 2: much sad.

1078
00:50:40,239 --> 00:50:43,560
Speaker 3: I think redoing the twenty twenty one draft people getting

1079
00:50:43,560 --> 00:50:46,080
Speaker 3: a little ahead of them. So that's fun. Because Kaide's

1080
00:50:46,160 --> 00:50:49,640
Speaker 3: not playing Scott he's having a subpar year.

1081
00:50:49,960 --> 00:50:53,840
Speaker 1: He doesn't go eighth f No, Like I said, I

1082
00:50:53,840 --> 00:50:54,400
Speaker 1: think he's.

1083
00:50:54,360 --> 00:50:56,680
Speaker 3: No even last year he was. Last year he was

1084
00:50:56,760 --> 00:50:58,640
Speaker 3: up there as well, but this year he's taking another level.

1085
00:50:58,719 --> 00:51:01,480
Speaker 3: Josh Giddies also in that draft left Evan Mobley probably

1086
00:51:01,520 --> 00:51:06,359
Speaker 3: goes one two. Anyway, Franz has been incredible. Franz has

1087
00:51:06,400 --> 00:51:09,759
Speaker 3: really grown. Yeah, yeah, I can't wait to see what

1088
00:51:09,960 --> 00:51:13,000
Speaker 3: happens with their picks and all that kind of overshadows

1089
00:51:13,000 --> 00:51:16,239
Speaker 3: that Jalen sucks has not been has not been awesome. No,

1090
00:51:16,320 --> 00:51:19,359
Speaker 3: he was also in that draft, so they are. They're

1091
00:51:19,400 --> 00:51:22,759
Speaker 3: kicking ass. No, they're for an eighteen and twenty nine team.

1092
00:51:23,320 --> 00:51:24,480
Speaker 3: You gotta be pretty they're.

1093
00:51:24,320 --> 00:51:27,960
Speaker 1: The happiest bad team, right yeah, Sun with that, Yeah,

1094
00:51:28,000 --> 00:51:31,560
Speaker 1: all right, Memphis Grizzlies there it is. I forgot Milwaukee too.

1095
00:51:31,560 --> 00:51:35,839
Speaker 1: Who I'm gonna sneak in Memphis Grizzlies right there at

1096
00:51:35,880 --> 00:51:39,040
Speaker 1: the top of the West standings, number one defense. They

1097
00:51:39,040 --> 00:51:41,840
Speaker 1: have a better home record than the Nuggets. They're twenty

1098
00:51:41,840 --> 00:51:45,200
Speaker 1: and three at their place there in Memphis, which we

1099
00:51:45,200 --> 00:51:48,960
Speaker 1: went and saw last year. Beautiful arena, small arena, college

1100
00:51:49,000 --> 00:51:52,359
Speaker 1: atmosphere right there. Everyone is back healthy for the most part.

1101
00:51:52,680 --> 00:51:55,520
Speaker 1: With Desmond Bean, Jared Jackson Junior, who wasn't the at

1102
00:51:55,520 --> 00:51:58,160
Speaker 1: the start of the year, he's been incredible. They're doing

1103
00:51:58,200 --> 00:52:01,560
Speaker 1: that rare thing where they're actually they are. They're living

1104
00:52:01,640 --> 00:52:04,640
Speaker 1: up to expectations and like growth, which is not easy

1105
00:52:04,640 --> 00:52:07,440
Speaker 1: to do this in the NBA, as we've seen multiple

1106
00:52:07,480 --> 00:52:09,839
Speaker 1: times with teams who like, oh, yeah, there they go,

1107
00:52:09,880 --> 00:52:11,759
Speaker 1: look at the trajectory, and then a lot of teams like,

1108
00:52:11,800 --> 00:52:14,160
Speaker 1: oh they fall off for whatever reason. I think they're

1109
00:52:14,200 --> 00:52:17,120
Speaker 1: staying on that trajectory. John Moran is the most entertaining

1110
00:52:17,120 --> 00:52:19,759
Speaker 1: player in the league. I mean, I think a lot

1111
00:52:19,760 --> 00:52:21,960
Speaker 1: of people you would want to get a ticket to

1112
00:52:21,960 --> 00:52:25,200
Speaker 1: see him live. Yeah, they got the feu attitude, but

1113
00:52:25,239 --> 00:52:27,680
Speaker 1: it's nice to have heels, you know, it can not

1114
00:52:27,719 --> 00:52:29,319
Speaker 1: everybody can be a baby face to bring it back

1115
00:52:29,320 --> 00:52:32,120
Speaker 1: to wrestling, and uh yeah, that just goes with Dylan

1116
00:52:32,160 --> 00:52:35,320
Speaker 1: Brooks's insane. Steven Adams is the strongest student in the league.

1117
00:52:35,719 --> 00:52:37,640
Speaker 1: Tyas Jones is the best backup point guard in the league.

1118
00:52:38,120 --> 00:52:41,320
Speaker 1: Grizzlies are happy despite everybody else hating them. Grizzlies.

1119
00:52:43,880 --> 00:52:47,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I guess so, okay, they're happy. They're happy

1120
00:52:47,920 --> 00:52:50,960
Speaker 2: because their team is good, and you know, they've taken

1121
00:52:51,040 --> 00:52:54,880
Speaker 2: like the smallest percentage step back wins wise compared to

1122
00:52:54,960 --> 00:52:57,600
Speaker 2: last year. It's because they were incredible with John Morant

1123
00:52:57,800 --> 00:53:00,440
Speaker 2: out last season and they're just a little bit more credible

1124
00:53:00,480 --> 00:53:02,480
Speaker 2: this year with him out. But I feel like they

1125
00:53:02,560 --> 00:53:03,960
Speaker 2: got their dander up at all times.

1126
00:53:04,320 --> 00:53:04,680
Speaker 1: They do.

1127
00:53:04,800 --> 00:53:07,279
Speaker 2: Yeah, they absolutely do. The Grizzlies as a team do,

1128
00:53:07,920 --> 00:53:09,920
Speaker 2: and their fans do as well. So like me right

1129
00:53:09,960 --> 00:53:11,680
Speaker 2: now saying that their fans aren't happy, They're going to

1130
00:53:11,719 --> 00:53:13,480
Speaker 2: be in this in the comments and we're happy.

1131
00:53:13,880 --> 00:53:16,240
Speaker 1: Come at you, We're happy. You're underrating our happiness.

1132
00:53:16,360 --> 00:53:17,240
Speaker 3: We're so happy.

1133
00:53:17,440 --> 00:53:19,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, But that's the thing. It's like the Grizzlies and

1134
00:53:19,560 --> 00:53:21,640
Speaker 2: their fans need to have that chip on their shoulder.

1135
00:53:21,760 --> 00:53:24,560
Speaker 2: Like we were talking about the Grizzlies small ball lineups

1136
00:53:24,600 --> 00:53:26,640
Speaker 2: not too long ago, and I said, I think that

1137
00:53:26,680 --> 00:53:28,719
Speaker 2: their small ball lineups are a little bit lacking because

1138
00:53:28,760 --> 00:53:30,719
Speaker 2: I don't think Steven Adams will probably be able to

1139
00:53:30,760 --> 00:53:32,439
Speaker 2: stay on the court in the playoffs like he wasn't

1140
00:53:32,480 --> 00:53:34,799
Speaker 2: last year. They're like, what about what about Brandon clark Man?

1141
00:53:35,880 --> 00:53:37,920
Speaker 2: Fair enough, Brandon Clark is a really really good player.

1142
00:53:37,960 --> 00:53:41,000
Speaker 2: Maybe maybe our generation's Jason Max Seal. He's a big guy.

1143
00:53:41,239 --> 00:53:43,560
Speaker 2: They're also like, what about Santi al Dama. That guy's

1144
00:53:43,600 --> 00:53:45,600
Speaker 2: been lighting it up as a small ball five. Fair enough,

1145
00:53:45,640 --> 00:53:48,160
Speaker 2: Yes he has. Playoffs are a different game. You gotta

1146
00:53:48,160 --> 00:53:51,040
Speaker 2: shoot some three pointers. What I'm saying is the Grizzlies

1147
00:53:51,520 --> 00:53:53,839
Speaker 2: are happy, their fans are happy, but they don't want

1148
00:53:53,880 --> 00:53:55,760
Speaker 2: to let you know it. No, they gotta stay angry.

1149
00:53:55,800 --> 00:53:57,240
Speaker 2: We need the heels, Yeah.

1150
00:53:57,080 --> 00:54:00,000
Speaker 1: We do. I like it that they're pissing everybody off,

1151
00:54:00,680 --> 00:54:03,000
Speaker 1: But I think you think you ultimately agree that they'd

1152
00:54:03,000 --> 00:54:03,799
Speaker 1: be on the scale here.

1153
00:54:04,280 --> 00:54:07,960
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm not sure where M is slotted in the alphabet,

1154
00:54:08,040 --> 00:54:13,000
Speaker 3: but absolutely they are up there. They're basically have the

1155
00:54:13,040 --> 00:54:16,319
Speaker 3: same record as last year. They may end up with

1156
00:54:16,360 --> 00:54:19,040
Speaker 3: fifty five wins instead of fifty six wins, but they've

1157
00:54:19,120 --> 00:54:22,480
Speaker 3: navigated these injuries really well. Yeah. I can't wait to

1158
00:54:22,480 --> 00:54:25,719
Speaker 3: see what happens in the playoffs, because anything but at

1159
00:54:25,840 --> 00:54:29,480
Speaker 3: least the series win will be disappointing. Probably two. Yeah,

1160
00:54:29,520 --> 00:54:32,279
Speaker 3: they probably want to get to the conference finals, all right.

1161
00:54:32,600 --> 00:54:36,000
Speaker 1: Our next team here, also in m Milwaukee Bucks. I

1162
00:54:36,000 --> 00:54:39,880
Speaker 1: think this is the most controversial selection here to the

1163
00:54:39,880 --> 00:54:42,799
Speaker 1: happiness index, being one of the happier stand bases. Now

1164
00:54:42,800 --> 00:54:45,600
Speaker 1: here's why. Here's my reason why. Yes, the offense has struggled.

1165
00:54:45,640 --> 00:54:49,480
Speaker 1: It looks quite frankly brutal at times. And yes, Chris

1166
00:54:49,480 --> 00:54:52,560
Speaker 1: Middleton is after last night only played eight games and

1167
00:54:52,719 --> 00:54:57,840
Speaker 1: that's a concern. But defense still top five thanks to

1168
00:54:57,880 --> 00:55:00,440
Speaker 1: having three of the better defensive players at the positions

1169
00:55:00,480 --> 00:55:02,840
Speaker 1: in the league and Drew Holiday, Johannis and Brook Lopez.

1170
00:55:03,960 --> 00:55:06,600
Speaker 1: They have a been here, done it attitude to them.

1171
00:55:07,000 --> 00:55:09,879
Speaker 1: They're a roster full of veterans, even to the point

1172
00:55:09,880 --> 00:55:13,600
Speaker 1: where they added Joe Ingles, who's look good. And the

1173
00:55:13,719 --> 00:55:16,239
Speaker 1: number one reason Bucks fans should still be happy, in

1174
00:55:16,280 --> 00:55:20,120
Speaker 1: my opinion, is you have Giannis in his prime. Uh

1175
00:55:20,239 --> 00:55:24,480
Speaker 1: that's enough for me. And again, it hasn't been a

1176
00:55:24,560 --> 00:55:27,000
Speaker 1: lights out year. They're near the top still of the

1177
00:55:27,040 --> 00:55:29,840
Speaker 1: East and all that, but I think they're still sneaking

1178
00:55:29,880 --> 00:55:33,800
Speaker 1: into the to the happiness index, probably lower than a

1179
00:55:33,800 --> 00:55:35,960
Speaker 1: lot of these teams that I've mentioned, But do you

1180
00:55:36,040 --> 00:55:39,040
Speaker 1: agree or disagree that they should even be considered? Are

1181
00:55:39,080 --> 00:55:44,799
Speaker 1: the Bucks fan base? Is the Bucks fan base happy? Yeah? Yeah? Okay, okay, good.

1182
00:55:44,719 --> 00:55:47,520
Speaker 3: They're still ride in the championship and why shouldn't they have? Yes,

1183
00:55:47,600 --> 00:55:49,920
Speaker 3: it's goopo. He's a real, change your face, be happy

1184
00:55:50,000 --> 00:55:52,279
Speaker 3: kind of guy. Exactly. I think he's got a He

1185
00:55:53,080 --> 00:55:56,960
Speaker 3: makes the locker room smile. And you're getting to the playoffs,

1186
00:55:57,040 --> 00:56:00,000
Speaker 3: you'd have a legitimate shot to win the whole thing. Yeah,

1187
00:56:00,080 --> 00:56:01,640
Speaker 3: feels like they are a little older.

1188
00:56:02,320 --> 00:56:02,640
Speaker 1: They are.

1189
00:56:03,600 --> 00:56:06,879
Speaker 3: Yeah, they've got Yeah. That's the worst part is if

1190
00:56:06,880 --> 00:56:08,759
Speaker 3: all these guys are going to hold up in the postseason.

1191
00:56:09,800 --> 00:56:12,799
Speaker 3: But yeah, we saw what happened with Brook Lopez last year.

1192
00:56:12,840 --> 00:56:16,120
Speaker 3: He comes back, he's a player into the playoffs, so

1193
00:56:16,360 --> 00:56:18,200
Speaker 3: hopefully the same thing can happen for Chris Midleton. And

1194
00:56:18,200 --> 00:56:20,759
Speaker 3: then you see what happens last night. Oh yeah, they

1195
00:56:20,840 --> 00:56:23,120
Speaker 3: decided to play and they smack a team. It should

1196
00:56:23,160 --> 00:56:25,280
Speaker 3: have been a forty point blow out against the Pistons.

1197
00:56:25,320 --> 00:56:27,200
Speaker 3: So one hundred and fifty points they put up. That's

1198
00:56:27,200 --> 00:56:28,560
Speaker 3: a lot of points. Ye should be happy.

1199
00:56:28,600 --> 00:56:31,120
Speaker 1: I wanted ten teams in this exercise, so I debated

1200
00:56:31,120 --> 00:56:34,160
Speaker 1: between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Philadelphia seventy six Ers

1201
00:56:34,200 --> 00:56:36,759
Speaker 1: as the last team I included. So I ultimately went

1202
00:56:36,800 --> 00:56:40,279
Speaker 1: with Milwaukee just because they've won a title and you've

1203
00:56:40,280 --> 00:56:43,759
Speaker 1: got the honest factor, and you know the Sixers they

1204
00:56:43,800 --> 00:56:46,080
Speaker 1: are in Unfortunately, they're in that state of like no

1205
00:56:46,120 --> 00:56:48,480
Speaker 1: one cares about the regular season shows in the playoffs.

1206
00:56:48,840 --> 00:56:51,080
Speaker 1: So it's like, how happy can you be when you're

1207
00:56:51,120 --> 00:56:52,640
Speaker 1: one of those teams. That's why I kept them off,

1208
00:56:52,680 --> 00:56:54,280
Speaker 1: but they were under consideration.

1209
00:56:54,800 --> 00:56:56,600
Speaker 2: I think I would have seventy six Ers fans as

1210
00:56:56,600 --> 00:56:59,279
Speaker 2: happier than Bucks fans right now because their team is

1211
00:56:59,320 --> 00:57:02,120
Speaker 2: playing a lot better better. Philadelphia has been incredible in

1212
00:57:02,120 --> 00:57:04,680
Speaker 2: the second quarter of the season here, whereas the Bucks,

1213
00:57:04,680 --> 00:57:07,480
Speaker 2: I'm like, they are still happy because they got one

1214
00:57:07,480 --> 00:57:09,760
Speaker 2: of the top three players in the league in his prime,

1215
00:57:09,920 --> 00:57:13,000
Speaker 2: still young. But this is probably the least happy that

1216
00:57:13,040 --> 00:57:14,960
Speaker 2: the Bucks fan base has been since they lost to

1217
00:57:15,000 --> 00:57:17,640
Speaker 2: the Heat in the twenty twenty bubble. You know, they

1218
00:57:17,720 --> 00:57:21,000
Speaker 2: won the championship the next year playoffs against the Celtics.

1219
00:57:21,040 --> 00:57:23,720
Speaker 2: The following season, they were down Chris Middleton still took

1220
00:57:23,720 --> 00:57:26,080
Speaker 2: it to seven games, seemed like they had a chance.

1221
00:57:26,120 --> 00:57:29,040
Speaker 2: But they've been playing basically five hundred basketball for two months.

1222
00:57:29,040 --> 00:57:31,720
Speaker 2: The Bucks have and their offense doesn't look good. They're

1223
00:57:31,720 --> 00:57:35,600
Speaker 2: looking old. There's a lot of talk about adjustments and

1224
00:57:35,840 --> 00:57:38,560
Speaker 2: trades that they need to make and personnel moves that

1225
00:57:38,600 --> 00:57:40,960
Speaker 2: they're gonna be looking at here at the trade deadline,

1226
00:57:40,960 --> 00:57:43,840
Speaker 2: which I don't think you usually hear from the Milwaukee Bucks.

1227
00:57:43,840 --> 00:57:46,280
Speaker 2: It feels like they know that something needs to change.

1228
00:57:46,320 --> 00:57:49,840
Speaker 2: It's likely just giving Bucks like effort for the second

1229
00:57:49,880 --> 00:57:52,520
Speaker 2: half of the season. But I will say there is

1230
00:57:52,560 --> 00:57:55,000
Speaker 2: a little bit more consternation now around the Bucks than

1231
00:57:55,000 --> 00:57:56,760
Speaker 2: there has been in the past couple of seasons.

1232
00:57:57,320 --> 00:58:00,000
Speaker 3: It hasn't been perfect, but they are basically the same

1233
00:58:00,040 --> 00:58:01,720
Speaker 3: team is last year. Like they can get to that

1234
00:58:01,760 --> 00:58:04,960
Speaker 3: same level, they can get to the conference finals. It's

1235
00:58:05,000 --> 00:58:07,640
Speaker 3: the same win rate as last year. Yeah, they I

1236
00:58:07,680 --> 00:58:10,360
Speaker 3: don't think they really care. I think they're they're in

1237
00:58:10,440 --> 00:58:13,320
Speaker 3: cruise control. But yeah, it's it's not like on top

1238
00:58:13,320 --> 00:58:15,520
Speaker 3: of the world. I think I think the choice to

1239
00:58:15,560 --> 00:58:17,440
Speaker 3: put the Bucks over the Sixers was the right one.

1240
00:58:17,440 --> 00:58:19,840
Speaker 1: Okay, both both have thirty wins, and you're right Philly's

1241
00:58:19,840 --> 00:58:22,640
Speaker 1: playing better than the Bucks as of late, but they

1242
00:58:22,640 --> 00:58:26,040
Speaker 1: have the whole added pressure of, like your star guys

1243
00:58:26,720 --> 00:58:29,280
Speaker 1: usually crap out in playoff series or don't even play

1244
00:58:29,280 --> 00:58:30,800
Speaker 1: in half the games and stuff like that, so they've

1245
00:58:30,800 --> 00:58:31,400
Speaker 1: got that to overcome.

1246
00:58:31,440 --> 00:58:34,000
Speaker 3: They're on a high though. People are trying to get

1247
00:58:34,000 --> 00:58:36,920
Speaker 3: George and Yang in the three point content. Oh, exactly,

1248
00:58:37,040 --> 00:58:37,520
Speaker 3: get them in.

1249
00:58:37,720 --> 00:58:40,960
Speaker 1: Pull up in a minivan, exactly, the sliding door. Shoot

1250
00:58:41,000 --> 00:58:44,120
Speaker 1: us from the sliding door. All right, Well, you guys

1251
00:58:44,120 --> 00:58:46,400
Speaker 1: had the Celtics, you had the Thunder, A couple other

1252
00:58:46,440 --> 00:58:49,320
Speaker 1: teams maybe at the top of the happiness index scale.

1253
00:58:49,440 --> 00:58:51,240
Speaker 1: I think this team could make a run for the

1254
00:58:51,320 --> 00:58:56,040
Speaker 1: number one spot, the Sacramento Kinks. That's a happy fan, Bay.

1255
00:58:56,560 --> 00:58:59,440
Speaker 1: Let's go through why third in the West. They're one

1256
00:58:59,440 --> 00:59:00,959
Speaker 1: of the few teams in the league with a winning

1257
00:59:01,080 --> 00:59:04,000
Speaker 1: road record. They've been really good on the road. They're

1258
00:59:04,080 --> 00:59:07,560
Speaker 1: led by two potential All stars here in Sabonis and Fox,

1259
00:59:07,760 --> 00:59:10,240
Speaker 1: one that they took a giant risk in trading for

1260
00:59:10,880 --> 00:59:14,120
Speaker 1: in Sibonis. The other like a homegrown draft pick who's

1261
00:59:14,120 --> 00:59:16,800
Speaker 1: had his upsince downs there in Fox as a as

1262
00:59:16,800 --> 00:59:20,360
Speaker 1: a Sacramento Kings player. They made two a plus offseason

1263
00:59:20,400 --> 00:59:23,920
Speaker 1: acquisitions in Herder and Monk. Those have worked out. Harrison Barnes,

1264
00:59:24,680 --> 00:59:28,720
Speaker 1: the old guy still got it. Keigan Murray, he is

1265
00:59:28,760 --> 00:59:30,320
Speaker 1: starting to figure it out. I don't know if you've

1266
00:59:30,360 --> 00:59:32,360
Speaker 1: checked him lately and what he's been doing in terms

1267
00:59:32,400 --> 00:59:35,160
Speaker 1: of shooting the ball. He's on fire. Hashtag like the

1268
00:59:35,200 --> 00:59:39,600
Speaker 1: beam probably the best sports gimmick going right now. They

1269
00:59:39,600 --> 00:59:42,480
Speaker 1: have the longest active playoff drought at sixteen years and

1270
00:59:42,480 --> 00:59:45,400
Speaker 1: that's ending this year. How Deuce and Mode are back

1271
00:59:45,440 --> 00:59:50,280
Speaker 1: on radio and Sacramento. This is a happy, happy fan

1272
00:59:50,360 --> 00:59:52,720
Speaker 1: base and I think maybe at the top of the

1273
00:59:52,960 --> 00:59:54,000
Speaker 1: happiness in Dick Skille.

1274
00:59:54,400 --> 00:59:57,280
Speaker 2: What do you think, Trey, I mean, this has got

1275
00:59:57,320 --> 00:59:59,440
Speaker 2: to be the happiest the Kings fans have been since

1276
00:59:59,480 --> 01:00:00,840
Speaker 2: Brad Miller was in town.

1277
01:00:01,400 --> 01:00:03,800
Speaker 1: What's that? Oh? Five? Six?

1278
01:00:03,880 --> 01:00:07,240
Speaker 2: I mean, it's crazy when every stat about the Kings

1279
01:00:07,280 --> 01:00:10,320
Speaker 2: goes back sixteen or seventeen years to this being the

1280
01:00:10,320 --> 01:00:14,720
Speaker 2: most successful. So yeah, I think this is definitely. Man,

1281
01:00:15,160 --> 01:00:16,880
Speaker 2: I don't know, Boston has been the best team in

1282
01:00:16,880 --> 01:00:18,720
Speaker 2: the league for the entire year after going to the final,

1283
01:00:18,760 --> 01:00:21,080
Speaker 2: so I think they're definitely up there. But it's hard

1284
01:00:21,080 --> 01:00:24,200
Speaker 2: to argue against the Kings. They look like they are

1285
01:00:24,240 --> 01:00:26,800
Speaker 2: playing exactly how they want to play. And they've got

1286
01:00:26,800 --> 01:00:29,880
Speaker 2: the beam, the beam. The beam might push it over

1287
01:00:29,920 --> 01:00:30,200
Speaker 2: the top.

1288
01:00:30,200 --> 01:00:31,960
Speaker 1: They got they got Mike Brown and the beam, Big

1289
01:00:32,000 --> 01:00:34,640
Speaker 1: Brown and Beam, And yeah, they play an entertaining brand basketball.

1290
01:00:34,680 --> 01:00:36,960
Speaker 1: I think that's important too, Like this is a high

1291
01:00:37,160 --> 01:00:40,160
Speaker 1: scoring team, one of the best offenses in the league

1292
01:00:40,600 --> 01:00:41,920
Speaker 1: task the top.

1293
01:00:41,800 --> 01:00:44,520
Speaker 3: And I guess they could get better defensively because there

1294
01:00:44,560 --> 01:00:46,840
Speaker 3: is room to grow and they're not going to fall

1295
01:00:46,880 --> 01:00:50,280
Speaker 3: off offensively. Yeah, they get Mike Brown this year, and

1296
01:00:50,520 --> 01:00:53,040
Speaker 3: really he is the image of the season, that million

1297
01:00:53,120 --> 01:00:57,040
Speaker 3: dollar Mike Brown smile. Yeah, so he's up there. They're

1298
01:00:57,080 --> 01:01:00,200
Speaker 3: up there. They could be first, especially just because where

1299
01:01:00,240 --> 01:01:03,400
Speaker 3: they've come from a lot of sad years. It was

1300
01:01:03,440 --> 01:01:05,959
Speaker 3: sad Romento for a lot of years.

1301
01:01:06,080 --> 01:01:07,920
Speaker 1: And the best part about the Sacramento Kings two is

1302
01:01:07,960 --> 01:01:11,000
Speaker 1: they have, despite not making the playoffs for sixteen years,

1303
01:01:11,440 --> 01:01:14,720
Speaker 1: have a very rabid fan base like that those fans

1304
01:01:14,720 --> 01:01:18,760
Speaker 1: have still you know, followed that team, you know obviously

1305
01:01:18,800 --> 01:01:20,920
Speaker 1: podcast blogging with that team, like there is like I

1306
01:01:20,960 --> 01:01:23,560
Speaker 1: don't know how big the contingent is or was. Of

1307
01:01:23,560 --> 01:01:25,440
Speaker 1: course it's grown now that they're a winning team, and hey,

1308
01:01:25,560 --> 01:01:27,960
Speaker 1: jump on the bandwagon. But that's cool too, So I

1309
01:01:27,960 --> 01:01:29,760
Speaker 1: think they gotta be one of the happiest teams in

1310
01:01:29,800 --> 01:01:30,840
Speaker 1: the league. Final team here.

1311
01:01:30,880 --> 01:01:32,040
Speaker 3: Can't wait to see who it is.

1312
01:01:32,200 --> 01:01:37,600
Speaker 1: You touch us? Yeah, Danny Ainge pulled off arguably the

1313
01:01:37,640 --> 01:01:41,280
Speaker 1: greatest blow it up in sports history. He traded away

1314
01:01:41,480 --> 01:01:44,600
Speaker 1: Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert for a boatload of first

1315
01:01:44,680 --> 01:01:48,000
Speaker 1: round picks. So you're happy there, but then you're like, oh,

1316
01:01:48,160 --> 01:01:51,200
Speaker 1: the players might be the real steal coming back. Obviously

1317
01:01:51,240 --> 01:01:54,320
Speaker 1: Larry Markinen, who's gonna likely be an All Star in

1318
01:01:54,400 --> 01:01:57,400
Speaker 1: Salt Lake City. That's huge. He does appear to be

1319
01:01:57,440 --> 01:01:59,600
Speaker 1: like a legit building block because he's not old. And

1320
01:01:59,600 --> 01:02:02,640
Speaker 1: then you got rookie Walker Kessler. You got guys that

1321
01:02:02,720 --> 01:02:04,400
Speaker 1: might be moved here. Don't get me wrong, but Molie

1322
01:02:04,400 --> 01:02:08,040
Speaker 1: Easiley's played well, Jared Vanderbilt, Will Hardy still has the

1323
01:02:08,080 --> 01:02:11,040
Speaker 1: Jazz as a top five offense. They're five hundred after

1324
01:02:11,080 --> 01:02:14,240
Speaker 1: the win last night, so like they're set up for

1325
01:02:14,280 --> 01:02:19,280
Speaker 1: the future, of course, and they're winning, Like, now, that's

1326
01:02:19,280 --> 01:02:22,120
Speaker 1: a how could it go any better than after trading

1327
01:02:22,160 --> 01:02:24,160
Speaker 1: two of your best players in your franchise history?

1328
01:02:24,720 --> 01:02:28,240
Speaker 3: It could not have right. No, it was a steal, Danny,

1329
01:02:28,720 --> 01:02:32,400
Speaker 3: it was a steal. Yeah, it's remarkable that they're five hundred.

1330
01:02:32,520 --> 01:02:38,720
Speaker 3: They have surpassed. They're over underwin total. They are. Yeah,

1331
01:02:38,720 --> 01:02:40,040
Speaker 3: there was twenty four and a half coming in. They've

1332
01:02:40,040 --> 01:02:43,880
Speaker 3: already hit twenty five wins and they are being run

1333
01:02:44,000 --> 01:02:46,160
Speaker 3: ragged by the NBA. They play the most games in

1334
01:02:46,200 --> 01:02:49,200
Speaker 3: the NBA this year. They just keep playing games.

1335
01:02:49,200 --> 01:02:50,360
Speaker 1: So they're the first to fifth year.

1336
01:02:50,400 --> 01:02:52,960
Speaker 3: They are the first to fifty. They they they're forced

1337
01:02:53,000 --> 01:02:55,919
Speaker 3: to play every night, it feels like but they're yeah,

1338
01:02:55,960 --> 01:02:59,440
Speaker 3: they they have overachieved in a way. But yeah, they

1339
01:02:59,560 --> 01:03:02,360
Speaker 3: just have good players. Larry Marking is definitely a building block,

1340
01:03:02,480 --> 01:03:04,520
Speaker 3: a number one on a championship team. Let's not go

1341
01:03:04,680 --> 01:03:07,400
Speaker 3: that far. But but but I don't think he's going

1342
01:03:07,480 --> 01:03:10,080
Speaker 3: to fade at all. I watched him last night. I mean,

1343
01:03:10,280 --> 01:03:13,680
Speaker 3: he just brings it every every play offensively. So I

1344
01:03:14,040 --> 01:03:17,480
Speaker 3: believe in him. And we'll see what the Jazz do.

1345
01:03:17,600 --> 01:03:21,760
Speaker 3: They're a seller, as we talked about earlier sixteen days.

1346
01:03:21,760 --> 01:03:24,400
Speaker 3: I wonder what Danny does. But they have the lowry

1347
01:03:24,440 --> 01:03:28,720
Speaker 3: building block Kessler, as you said, and then beyond that,

1348
01:03:29,560 --> 01:03:32,640
Speaker 3: they're probably willing to trade anybody. I would guess nice.

1349
01:03:32,480 --> 01:03:34,400
Speaker 1: Timing too, to have a season like this when you

1350
01:03:34,440 --> 01:03:36,840
Speaker 1: are going to host the All Star weekend. That's like

1351
01:03:36,880 --> 01:03:39,400
Speaker 1: a small little that's nice check there for them, especially

1352
01:03:39,400 --> 01:03:41,080
Speaker 1: if Market is in the game, and he should be.

1353
01:03:41,120 --> 01:03:43,600
Speaker 1: I believe he'll be selected by the coaches. Okay. So

1354
01:03:43,640 --> 01:03:45,760
Speaker 1: those are the ten. The Celtics, the Calves, the Nuggets,

1355
01:03:45,800 --> 01:03:48,160
Speaker 1: the Pacers, the Thunder, the Magic, the Grizzlies, the Bucks,

1356
01:03:48,200 --> 01:03:51,720
Speaker 1: the Kings, and the Jazz. I think they're all fairly

1357
01:03:51,760 --> 01:03:53,360
Speaker 1: happy fan bases.

1358
01:03:53,760 --> 01:03:55,880
Speaker 3: I thought the Pelicans would be on there, but I

1359
01:03:55,920 --> 01:03:57,479
Speaker 3: know they're struggling a little in Zion.

1360
01:03:57,520 --> 01:03:59,600
Speaker 1: They're struggling too much with Zion out in no way

1361
01:03:59,680 --> 01:04:03,280
Speaker 1: with Brandon ingram in a long time, I couldn't get there.

1362
01:04:03,360 --> 01:04:06,000
Speaker 3: Okay, Okay, there they're still fourth in the West.

1363
01:04:06,360 --> 01:04:11,120
Speaker 1: Okay, yeah, okay, So you tell us who's the happiest

1364
01:04:11,160 --> 01:04:12,880
Speaker 1: of the bunch. I'll hear your top three. At the

1365
01:04:13,000 --> 01:04:15,560
Speaker 1: very lest least of those ten. There we are the

1366
01:04:15,880 --> 01:04:20,120
Speaker 1: basketball Jaws. So what do you guys think about Kobe

1367
01:04:20,360 --> 01:04:25,680
Speaker 1: Uh going eighty one against our team? Oh my god?

1368
01:04:25,840 --> 01:04:32,120
Speaker 3: So those are Dave Grisham's Uh drawings in the background, yeah,

1369
01:04:32,280 --> 01:04:37,640
Speaker 3: ol buddys, he loves the so.

1370
01:04:36,400 --> 01:04:38,400
Speaker 1: So traising the hat for sure.

1371
01:04:38,440 --> 01:04:40,160
Speaker 3: I think I'm undoubtedly tracing that hat.

1372
01:04:40,200 --> 01:04:43,439
Speaker 1: And then that's you in the middle. Yeah, the left

1373
01:04:43,440 --> 01:04:48,200
Speaker 1: looking the angriest temper. Boy boys started that is perfect.

1374
01:04:49,360 --> 01:04:52,400
Speaker 1: Seventeen years ago. We plopped down on a brown couch

1375
01:04:52,480 --> 01:04:56,360
Speaker 1: and started talking hoops. Look at us now got beards.

1376
01:04:58,080 --> 01:04:59,560
Speaker 1: They'll get beards to some day.

1377
01:04:59,680 --> 01:04:59,960
Speaker 2: Kids.

1378
01:05:02,120 --> 01:05:04,920
Speaker 1: Follow your dreams Everyboddy, Uh and you two could be

1379
01:05:05,000 --> 01:05:07,280
Speaker 1: happy like those teams, unlike us to your final break

1380
01:05:07,280 --> 01:05:09,240
Speaker 1: when we come back pick them results and tweeted the

1381
01:05:09,320 --> 01:05:13,600
Speaker 1: night all right, shout out to Swish here in the stream,

1382
01:05:13,600 --> 01:05:16,680
Speaker 1: team to UH for reminding us that NBA Rivals Week

1383
01:05:17,760 --> 01:05:25,600
Speaker 1: starts tonight. Hence the Pacers Bulls totally Central Division rivalry,

1384
01:05:25,640 --> 01:05:27,840
Speaker 1: baby Central Division rivalry.

1385
01:05:27,840 --> 01:05:31,040
Speaker 2: They called this the Eric Gordon game. Why he didn't

1386
01:05:31,040 --> 01:05:35,000
Speaker 2: play for Indiana. He didn't play for Chicago, but he

1387
01:05:35,160 --> 01:05:38,560
Speaker 2: signed with the University of Illinois to play college basketball

1388
01:05:38,600 --> 01:05:42,120
Speaker 2: and then renigged and ended up playing for Indiana University.

1389
01:05:42,200 --> 01:05:47,960
Speaker 1: Wow. Who else could it be who played for both franchises?

1390
01:05:48,000 --> 01:05:48,400
Speaker 2: Jalen J.

1391
01:05:48,680 --> 01:05:48,919
Speaker 1: Rose.

1392
01:05:49,000 --> 01:05:52,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm just gonna say, run our test, good Brad Miller.

1393
01:05:52,640 --> 01:05:57,120
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, they did trade Travis Best nice Uh okay

1394
01:05:57,200 --> 01:06:00,240
Speaker 1: pick them results from last night. It was the Fox

1395
01:06:00,320 --> 01:06:03,840
Speaker 1: Bulls game. Trey and I went with Chicago and they

1396
01:06:03,840 --> 01:06:06,160
Speaker 1: got it done. They covered that very small spread. So

1397
01:06:06,200 --> 01:06:09,000
Speaker 1: that's an L for Task. I'm five and ten. Task

1398
01:06:09,080 --> 01:06:11,880
Speaker 1: is seven and eight. TK still hot in the month

1399
01:06:11,920 --> 01:06:13,680
Speaker 1: of January eleven and four.

1400
01:06:14,440 --> 01:06:20,919
Speaker 3: Tonight's game Rivalry Week Boston Miami also part of Rivalry Week.

1401
01:06:20,920 --> 01:06:25,680
Speaker 3: If I'm not mistaken, they do play their conference finals

1402
01:06:25,680 --> 01:06:28,720
Speaker 3: against each other. The Heat, oh so close to getting

1403
01:06:28,720 --> 01:06:32,960
Speaker 3: to the NBA Finals last year, that's forgettable almost. But

1404
01:06:33,520 --> 01:06:37,800
Speaker 3: they played tonight in Miami and Skeetz and I think

1405
01:06:37,800 --> 01:06:40,320
Speaker 3: that the Celtics will win. I don't know why the Heat.

1406
01:06:40,200 --> 01:06:46,400
Speaker 1: Guys Rivalry Week. They We're going to roll over and

1407
01:06:46,440 --> 01:06:51,520
Speaker 1: die at home. Yes, no way. He heap by eight,

1408
01:06:51,640 --> 01:06:52,240
Speaker 1: he by eight.

1409
01:06:52,640 --> 01:06:54,960
Speaker 2: I'll be at the Beantown bounce back.

1410
01:06:55,160 --> 01:06:59,440
Speaker 1: Oh wow, three after that disappointing lost there in Orlando.

1411
01:07:00,120 --> 01:07:02,600
Speaker 1: Back to back though, don't Marcus smart.

1412
01:07:02,800 --> 01:07:04,760
Speaker 3: It is surprising the Heat to me, they're favored by

1413
01:07:04,760 --> 01:07:07,120
Speaker 3: one and a half at home. Obviously, the Celtics are

1414
01:07:07,520 --> 01:07:09,840
Speaker 3: on a back to back. I guess that's the reason

1415
01:07:09,920 --> 01:07:11,479
Speaker 3: short trip.

1416
01:07:11,480 --> 01:07:12,520
Speaker 1: They just took a bus. O.

1417
01:07:12,680 --> 01:07:16,560
Speaker 3: That's a tough trip though, and back to back in Florida.

1418
01:07:16,840 --> 01:07:19,200
Speaker 1: They don't take them. They were no way.

1419
01:07:19,240 --> 01:07:23,000
Speaker 2: Well, they read with their parents, some of them. You

1420
01:07:23,080 --> 01:07:25,080
Speaker 2: gotta get that cleared with the A D before you go.

1421
01:07:25,240 --> 01:07:27,680
Speaker 1: How do you feel about this rivalry week? Every game

1422
01:07:28,480 --> 01:07:31,520
Speaker 1: there should be at least one fight, sort of like

1423
01:07:31,560 --> 01:07:34,440
Speaker 1: hockey drop the gloves, like you get to like select

1424
01:07:34,520 --> 01:07:37,600
Speaker 1: one guy from your team to go out to center

1425
01:07:37,680 --> 01:07:39,760
Speaker 1: court just throw down.

1426
01:07:39,760 --> 01:07:40,920
Speaker 2: All right, So you got in this game?

1427
01:07:41,360 --> 01:07:51,240
Speaker 1: Heat versus Celtics probably has them. Yeah, okay, Celtics, I mean,

1428
01:07:51,320 --> 01:07:55,000
Speaker 1: I mean Marcus Smart if he was playing fun. Oh,

1429
01:07:55,040 --> 01:07:57,360
Speaker 1: Grant Williams maybe he talks a lot.

1430
01:07:57,440 --> 01:08:04,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, Okay, Grant Williams versus Donna's has the undercard.

1431
01:08:05,040 --> 01:08:11,240
Speaker 1: Rivalry week is why will we weak? Okay, let's get

1432
01:08:11,280 --> 01:08:11,920
Speaker 1: to tweeted the night.

1433
01:08:12,320 --> 01:08:12,840
Speaker 2: Let's do it.

1434
01:08:16,439 --> 01:08:17,479
Speaker 3: Tweet out the night.

1435
01:08:18,240 --> 01:08:27,679
Speaker 4: Wow, tweeted the Night comes from Front Office Sports at

1436
01:08:27,960 --> 01:08:29,120
Speaker 4: f o S on Twitter.

1437
01:08:29,200 --> 01:08:32,360
Speaker 2: That's a nice one, they tweeted. Tonight, the NBA will

1438
01:08:32,439 --> 01:08:36,320
Speaker 2: launch Throw it Down with Bill Walton, an alternate game

1439
01:08:36,320 --> 01:08:40,400
Speaker 2: at telecast hosted by Walton on League Pass. The first

1440
01:08:40,479 --> 01:08:46,400
Speaker 2: telecast will debut last night during Spurs Trailblazers. It did

1441
01:08:46,479 --> 01:08:50,920
Speaker 2: debut last night. Had a very grateful, deady look at

1442
01:08:51,040 --> 01:08:55,640
Speaker 2: Bill Jason Bennetti from Bill's own home.

1443
01:08:56,760 --> 01:08:58,520
Speaker 1: Incredible, indible.

1444
01:08:58,720 --> 01:09:01,320
Speaker 2: We're gonna be putting up YouTube short and not too

1445
01:09:01,320 --> 01:09:05,200
Speaker 2: long of some of our favorite lines and moments from

1446
01:09:05,240 --> 01:09:08,320
Speaker 2: Throw It Down. But it literally started with Bill Walton

1447
01:09:08,400 --> 01:09:13,559
Speaker 2: laying on a bed, getting up in a yurt. Don't

1448
01:09:13,560 --> 01:09:18,880
Speaker 2: forget that, walking through his backyard, just listing players and yelling.

1449
01:09:18,880 --> 01:09:23,000
Speaker 1: Throw it down, send it back. He walked for a while,

1450
01:09:23,520 --> 01:09:26,559
Speaker 1: He walked for a while. It was a long walking talk,

1451
01:09:26,640 --> 01:09:27,120
Speaker 1: big yarn.

1452
01:09:27,360 --> 01:09:29,599
Speaker 2: At one point he said, Damian Lillard is the size

1453
01:09:29,640 --> 01:09:36,600
Speaker 2: of his wife Jason, but Nutty's like he's six foot two.

1454
01:09:36,920 --> 01:09:39,160
Speaker 2: Everybody under six ten looks the same. To be fair enough,

1455
01:09:39,240 --> 01:09:43,759
Speaker 2: that tall guy had Doctor jay On at Nike's philm

1456
01:09:43,880 --> 01:09:48,000
Speaker 2: night On didn't talk a ton about the game, not

1457
01:09:48,200 --> 01:09:51,200
Speaker 2: a time. It was like us on playback, basically exactly

1458
01:09:51,320 --> 01:09:53,320
Speaker 2: right if you're going for the analysis.

1459
01:09:53,800 --> 01:09:56,280
Speaker 1: There was a little, but there was a lot more stories.

1460
01:09:56,600 --> 01:10:00,040
Speaker 2: Doctor j told one about losing to Walton in the

1461
01:10:00,080 --> 01:10:02,599
Speaker 2: seventy seven finals. I do believe, and how They always

1462
01:10:02,640 --> 01:10:06,760
Speaker 2: show Doctor J dunking on Bill Walton, but Bill's like, yeah,

1463
01:10:06,800 --> 01:10:08,479
Speaker 2: but we won the series, so in your face, and

1464
01:10:08,600 --> 01:10:10,880
Speaker 2: you know, he brings it up. I guess forty five

1465
01:10:10,960 --> 01:10:14,280
Speaker 2: years later every time they see each other. But this

1466
01:10:14,560 --> 01:10:17,240
Speaker 2: was really fun. It was good to good to watch.

1467
01:10:17,280 --> 01:10:19,760
Speaker 2: I watched the first half basically, and then you know,

1468
01:10:20,080 --> 01:10:23,360
Speaker 2: I'm just ready to throw it down in bed.

1469
01:10:23,520 --> 01:10:26,519
Speaker 1: It's uh, it is difficult to watch Bill Walton. Uh,

1470
01:10:27,439 --> 01:10:31,559
Speaker 1: for the entirety of the game. It's it's it's it's

1471
01:10:31,640 --> 01:10:34,360
Speaker 1: small dose, you know, a micro doves when it comes

1472
01:10:34,320 --> 01:10:38,479
Speaker 1: to that's the key. Good one, good one.

1473
01:10:38,600 --> 01:10:41,200
Speaker 2: He also did say Damian Lillard is very much like

1474
01:10:41,240 --> 01:10:44,280
Speaker 2: a Grateful Dead song. He's taken the unexpected and made

1475
01:10:44,320 --> 01:10:45,080
Speaker 2: it familiar.

1476
01:10:45,240 --> 01:10:46,000
Speaker 1: Okay, that's good.

1477
01:10:46,760 --> 01:10:47,200
Speaker 3: That was good.

1478
01:10:47,479 --> 01:10:49,160
Speaker 2: I got some good stuff. We all want to spoil

1479
01:10:49,200 --> 01:10:51,719
Speaker 2: all the lines. We got them all coming out here chopping.

1480
01:10:51,960 --> 01:10:55,679
Speaker 1: Yeah, very fun YouTube short about Bill Walton's best moments

1481
01:10:55,680 --> 01:10:58,360
Speaker 1: from that throw it down. So there's more coming. Is

1482
01:10:58,360 --> 01:10:59,160
Speaker 1: what he's saying is that.

1483
01:10:59,280 --> 01:11:01,439
Speaker 2: It's at least what they makes it seem weekly.

1484
01:11:01,520 --> 01:11:03,719
Speaker 3: I think it's weekly for like six or seven weeks.

1485
01:11:03,800 --> 01:11:04,160
Speaker 1: Geez.

1486
01:11:04,320 --> 01:11:06,720
Speaker 2: It was like a manning cast. I guess that's they're

1487
01:11:06,760 --> 01:11:08,000
Speaker 2: pretty regular with those.

1488
01:11:08,400 --> 01:11:10,400
Speaker 3: If you're going to set up the production truck outside

1489
01:11:10,439 --> 01:11:11,200
Speaker 3: Bill's homes and.

1490
01:11:11,120 --> 01:11:13,639
Speaker 1: That's just on the app, right on the NBA app. Yeah,

1491
01:11:13,640 --> 01:11:16,160
Speaker 1: I watched on past Yeah, okay, okay, all right, check

1492
01:11:16,200 --> 01:11:19,479
Speaker 1: it out. And like we said, I can't guarantee that

1493
01:11:19,479 --> 01:11:21,840
Speaker 1: one of us will be lying down at the start

1494
01:11:21,840 --> 01:11:25,400
Speaker 1: of it, but we do have a watch party tonight

1495
01:11:25,920 --> 01:11:29,240
Speaker 1: on Playback. We're going to start with that that rivalry game.

1496
01:11:29,240 --> 01:11:31,720
Speaker 1: We'll start with Haslam and Grant Williams going head to

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01:11:31,800 --> 01:11:33,639
Speaker 1: head for three rounds.

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Speaker 3: I think Luke Cornett he's got an angry he's got

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Speaker 3: an angry, angry face. He can get mad.

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Speaker 1: He's just gonna try and block him like this.

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Speaker 2: Just keep.

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Speaker 3: We'll discuss it anyway.

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Speaker 1: That's Playback seven and will bounce around the games. If

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Speaker 1: you want to come hang with us. That's it for

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01:11:50,160 --> 01:11:52,479
Speaker 1: today's show. It was a lot of fun. Get your

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01:11:52,479 --> 01:11:55,280
Speaker 1: tickets to No Dump's Live. Of course, there's a link

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01:11:56,080 --> 01:11:58,120
Speaker 1: in the description to this show right there in the

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01:11:58,120 --> 01:12:01,200
Speaker 1: show notes either the podcast for YouTube. So if you're

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01:12:01,240 --> 01:12:03,800
Speaker 1: in Salt Lake City on Friday, February seventeenth.

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Speaker 2: Come hang with us.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna have a blast, and yeah, check out is

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Speaker 1: this good? And check out our emergency podcast on the

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01:12:09,840 --> 01:12:12,479
Speaker 1: Really Trade from yesterday and check out that YouTube shore

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Speaker 1: and then we'll see you later tonight. I'll play back

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Speaker 1: and if you don't join us tonight, we'll see you

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Speaker 1: tomorrow morning here from the Classic Factory live at ten

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Speaker 1: am Eastern till then Clipper Rose you heard it here first,

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Speaker 1: have a great time, turn up.

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Speaker 2: Love you guys, awesome.

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Speaker 3: Thanks for joining us. And remember some great players have

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Speaker 3: played for both the Bulls and the Pacers. We're talking

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Speaker 3: about Jalen Rose, Brad Miller, Antonio Davis, Ron Mercer. But

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Speaker 3: I don't know if any have played within the last

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01:12:36,560 --> 01:12:39,840
Speaker 3: two years for both franchises except for one man, not

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Speaker 3: this year, but the two prior years, last year and

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Speaker 3: the year before. This is tough justin holiday maybe, but

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Speaker 3: that's not the one I had. Maybe Maybe he's Canadian.

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Speaker 3: He's a big Canadian. He barely played for the Pacers,

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Speaker 3: so it's easy to forget big, big, big Canadian came

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Speaker 3: in to save the day with the Bulls last year.

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Speaker 1: Last year.

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Speaker 2: A Canadian on the ball.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Tom McCullough wasn't in the league. Todd McCullough, I'm kidding.

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Speaker 1: You're right about Justin Holliday, wasn't it nice.

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Speaker 3: Kristen Thompson, Oh, I forget just like Justin he was

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Speaker 3: a pacer.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't think I don't remember him on the Pacers.

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Speaker 3: That's a quick time.

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Speaker 2: Wow.

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Speaker 1: Wow, Prace the day people