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Speaker 1: If you read my book, uh, this book has bowls

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Speaker 1: be great as the Sacramento King's coach. Get rid of

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Speaker 1: It was like eighty ninety ninety one whenever it ended.

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Speaker 1: I did hate that team more. Um. I hated the

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Speaker 1: Indiana Pacers with Reggie Miller. I hated that fucking team

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Speaker 1: with the Davis Boys. But I definitely it was probably

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Speaker 1: the Boston Celtics and the Miami Heatles that I hated

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Speaker 1: the most. But I never ever hated Dwyane Wade. Of course,

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Speaker 1: I hated Lebron James. I hated my guy Fizdale, who's

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Speaker 1: now a friend of mine and who is now the

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Speaker 1: head coach of the my UM The new York Knicks.

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Speaker 1: I hated it. I was like, who is this goofy

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Speaker 1: motherfucker four ride fuck always talking and screaming and on

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Speaker 1: the bench and making a big I hated him. I

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Speaker 1: hated pat Riley. I hated all of them, but always

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Speaker 1: respected Dwyane Wade. Always loved the way he played the game,

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Speaker 1: and my venom was always towards Lebron James. Dwyane Wade

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Speaker 1: was beloved. Classy speech last night, think every one of

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Speaker 1: his teammates on the Miami Heat roster by name. It

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Speaker 1: was genuine. He didn't make a big to do about it.

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Speaker 1: He didn't make it all about himself. He made it

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Speaker 1: all about the fans, made it all about Miami, made

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Speaker 1: it all about his teammates, and made it all about

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Speaker 1: the Miami Heat organization. Class. He stepped down. Playing his

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Speaker 1: last game tonight in Brooklyn. Miami Heat has been eliminated

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Speaker 1: from the playoffs. Dirk Nowinsky done announced his last game. Dirk,

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Speaker 1: it's time I've never been graceful. You look like me

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Speaker 1: running out there. You look like every single thing hurts

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Speaker 1: when you move. Dirk ridiculous, vicious, nasty, cold blooded killer champion,

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00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:39,160
Speaker 1: bust your ass, scoring machine, changed the game, change the game.

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Speaker 1: The best European player, best non Americans German, best non

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Speaker 1: American player to ever do it. Sorry, I mean Steve Nash,

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Speaker 1: but he's Canadian. That don't count. He's right there, don't

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Speaker 1: really count. I mean it counts, but it don't count

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Speaker 1: the same way like Dirk Nvinceky was like the fucking guy.

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Speaker 1: You know, you know what I'm saying. Let's say non

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Speaker 1: English speaking, he's gone. These guys are gone from the NBA.

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Speaker 1: They're they're done. This is it. Dirk Navinsky gone, Dwyane

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Speaker 1: Wade gone. Dwyane Wade scored thirty points last night. Dwayne

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Speaker 1: Wade can absolutely play another season. And I'll tell you this.

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Speaker 1: I will tell you this. Listen. Lebron James was destined

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Speaker 1: to go back to Cleveland. It was destined for him

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Speaker 1: to win that championship. But look it up. Dig dig

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00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:28,720
Speaker 1: look it up. Even listen to Dick Staye, Dan Lebotard,

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Speaker 1: find some old interviews, find some old articles. One of

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Speaker 1: the reasons why Lebron James left the Miami Heat is

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Speaker 1: because the Miami Heat and pat Riley were not letting

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Speaker 1: him take over that fucking franchise. I am telling you

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Speaker 1: that as a fact, that is not hating. Pat Riley

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Speaker 1: was like, no, you're fucking friends the guys that Phil

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Speaker 1: Jackson referred to as a posse. Then that was used

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Speaker 1: as some racial thing. You're not running this fucking team.

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Speaker 1: You guys are not taking over this team, trust me.

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Speaker 1: Look it up. Pat Riley wasn't having that ship. Okay,

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Speaker 1: he wanted to go to Cleveland. You can't put it

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Speaker 1: on all on pat Riley. But pat Riley was like, Nah,

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Speaker 1: you motherfucker's aren't taking over this entire franchise. You're not

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Speaker 1: running it. That's real ship. Another huge thing that happened

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Speaker 1: in the NBA last night Jamal Crawford Jay Cross, friend

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Speaker 1: of the Iron Rappors Stereo podcast. Remember he wasn't signed

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Speaker 1: to a team. Jamal Crawford wasn't signed to a team.

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Speaker 1: He had no NBA contract up until the very very

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Speaker 1: last second until the Phoenix Suns signed him. Fifty one

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Speaker 1: points last night. Fifty you know he put up fifty

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Speaker 1: one points. Okay, yes it was. It was. It was

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Speaker 1: against the Dallas Mavericks. Yes, it was kind of like

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Speaker 1: a non important game. It was Dirk's last game game. Uh,

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Speaker 1: All the attention was on it was on him. Jamal

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Speaker 1: Crawford scored fifty one points. Signed him to a legitimate contract,

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Speaker 1: a two year deal because he still gets busy. One

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00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:12,800
Speaker 1: of these things that I don't like about the NBA.

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00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:17,360
Speaker 1: They try to rush these older players out. You need

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Speaker 1: guys like Jamal Crawford in the league. You need them

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Speaker 1: to teach these young players how to be pros, how

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Speaker 1: to take care of their money, how to be a

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Speaker 1: professional basketball player. Not not the the the the technical aspects,

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Speaker 1: but like life in the NBA, he's good to have

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Speaker 1: on a roster. Why do you want to rush these

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Speaker 1: guys out of the league. Why should the they be scratching,

496
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Speaker 1: clawing at the at the at the surface to get

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Speaker 1: a contract. This is a classy guy. He's beloved, he

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00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:50,840
Speaker 1: was respected, and he scored fifty one points last night.

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Speaker 1: He will not have a contract going into next season.

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Speaker 1: It's fucking terrible. Also, the Oklahoma City Thunder, Watch out,

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00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:07,680
Speaker 1: watch out. They beat the Rockets ass last night. It

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00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:13,680
Speaker 1: was all hands on deck the Oklahoma Thunder. The Oklahoma

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Speaker 1: City Thunder. They played the Rockets. Russell Westbrook, the guy

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00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:21,520
Speaker 1: that a hundred and nine NBA players voted as the

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Speaker 1: most overrated player in the league. He's not fucking around.

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Speaker 1: If if Russell Westbrook is overrated, I don't want to

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Speaker 1: be right. To quote the great Gladys Night. If loving

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00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:38,040
Speaker 1: you is wrong, I don't want to be right. That's insane.

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Speaker 1: Everybody should be as overrated in Russell Westbrook. Uh. They

510
00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:48,240
Speaker 1: are playing the Rockets. If all things there's a couple

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Speaker 1: of games tonight, tonight is the last night in the NBA. Okay, tonight,

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00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:56,560
Speaker 1: the Rockets, the Nuggets, and the Blazers are playing for

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00:33:56,600 --> 00:34:00,800
Speaker 1: the two through fourth seed. Things could change. The thunder

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00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:04,760
Speaker 1: Spurs and Clippers are playing for the six through eighth seed.

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00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:10,239
Speaker 1: Makes sense, not really makes sense. I get it. I

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00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:14,680
Speaker 1: didn't explain it well. Donovan Mitchell also, he ain't fucking around.

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00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:17,120
Speaker 1: Remember that when they said earlier in the year he

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00:34:17,160 --> 00:34:20,320
Speaker 1: had a sophomore slump. Now the motherfucker scored forties six

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00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:25,560
Speaker 1: points last night. I love that guy. I love Donovan Mitchell.

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Speaker 1: Other things that have happened in the NBA the Hornets.

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00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:35,440
Speaker 1: The Hornets are looking like they are going to be

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Speaker 1: the eighth seed. UH in the Eastern Conference, which means

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Speaker 1: we have Kember Walker Kemba Walker and Michael Jordan's in

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Speaker 1: the NBA playoffs, which is always good. Listen, this is

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00:34:49,160 --> 00:34:52,800
Speaker 1: a This is a dress rehearsal for life after Lebron.

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Speaker 1: This is a dress rehearsal for the NBA after Lebron

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Speaker 1: j games. There's so many players, there's so many stars,

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Speaker 1: there's so many great personalities. You've got Russell Westbrook. He's overrated,

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Speaker 1: the overrated Russell rest Westbrook because he's not friends with

530
00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:14,920
Speaker 1: you guys, because he tells you to fuck yourself and

531
00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:20,080
Speaker 1: then dunk it on your head. He's overrated. No, he's underrated.

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Speaker 1: If you ask me, yes, listen. Would he be able

533
00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:25,920
Speaker 1: to get a triple double in the old NBA when

534
00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:29,080
Speaker 1: there was hand checking? Probably not, But he's the only

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00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:34,200
Speaker 1: one doing now. The guy is a tenacious savage out there.

536
00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:40,840
Speaker 1: It's an artistic expression to watch Russell Westbrook play the game.

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00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:47,200
Speaker 1: It is in an artistic expression for a guy to

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Speaker 1: play as hard as he plays every single night. We

539
00:35:52,160 --> 00:35:54,840
Speaker 1: know his flaws. We know sometimes he cannot be the

540
00:35:54,880 --> 00:35:59,160
Speaker 1: best a teammate. Sometimes he doesn't make the right passes

541
00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:02,319
Speaker 1: at the right time. It is an artistic expression, like

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00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:08,200
Speaker 1: Jackson Pollock to play that hard is a thing of beauty.

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00:36:08,239 --> 00:36:10,840
Speaker 1: That's why Paul George stayed with him and was like,

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00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:13,080
Speaker 1: I don't want to funk with Lebron. I'm not piggybacking

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00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:16,000
Speaker 1: on this guy. Both those guys are Los Angeles guys.

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00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:18,400
Speaker 1: You think they don't uh, You think they're staying in

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00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:22,600
Speaker 1: Oklahoma City for the sushi. You think that Paul George

548
00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:26,000
Speaker 1: is staying in Oklahoma City, Uh, for the Great Nights Out.

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00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:30,440
Speaker 1: He stayed in Oklahoma City to play with Russell Westbrook

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00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:33,480
Speaker 1: to say funk. The rest of these guys, fuck Lebron James.

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00:36:33,920 --> 00:36:37,280
Speaker 1: We're gonna try to do it on our own. Listen,

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00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:42,719
Speaker 1: the NBA is fantastic. The NBA always has been fantastic.

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00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:46,440
Speaker 1: Dirks Gon, Dwayne Wade is gone, Lebron James is not

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00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:51,359
Speaker 1: in the playoffs. The NBA playoffs will be fantastic. There

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00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:59,080
Speaker 1: will be drama this off season. The NBA will have drama.

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00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:03,360
Speaker 1: Who's going where, Who's gonna coach the Lakers. It's fucking

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00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:08,640
Speaker 1: ty Lou gonna bring his big, oversized suits to l

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00:37:08,719 --> 00:37:14,880
Speaker 1: A is Juwan Howard, former Fab five Michigan guy who's

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00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:17,760
Speaker 1: been to Miami on the bench for like seventeen seasons

560
00:37:17,800 --> 00:37:21,160
Speaker 1: as an assistant coach, seems like is he gonna get

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Speaker 1: a shot? Is Jerry West coming back to the Los

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Speaker 1: Angeles Lakers. All of it's going to be great. I

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00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:31,719
Speaker 1: love it all. I love the end. B A is

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00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:35,480
Speaker 1: the Greek Freak gonna take the Milwaukee Bucks. Can you

565
00:37:35,520 --> 00:37:39,200
Speaker 1: imagine the NBA Finals with the Milwaukee Bucks and the Warriors.

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Speaker 1: The NBA is gonna be freaking out. People are gonna watch.

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00:37:42,600 --> 00:37:46,240
Speaker 1: Do not worry. This is a dress rehearsal for life

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00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:52,480
Speaker 1: after Lebron. The guy can't play forever. All right, I'm upset,

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00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:56,440
Speaker 1: I'm confused. We lost Chris Mullen, we lost Magic Johnson,

570
00:37:57,280 --> 00:38:00,279
Speaker 1: we lost Dwyane Wade, and we've lost Dirk and Vince eaten.

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00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:04,520
Speaker 1: One night, They're done, okay, but we have so much

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00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:07,439
Speaker 1: to look forward to with these playoffs. We have Kyrie,

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00:38:08,040 --> 00:38:10,160
Speaker 1: we have the Greek Freak, we have Donovan Mitchell, we

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Speaker 1: have all the guys on the fucking Golden State Warriors.

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Speaker 1: We have James Harden, we have Russell Westbrook, we have

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Speaker 1: Pole George, we have Kemba Walker and Michael Jordan's and

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00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:21,440
Speaker 1: so much more to look forward to. And these NBA

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Speaker 1: Playoffs that start this Saturday. This was. This is the

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Speaker 1: I Am Rapp Reports stereo podcast. This was. This is

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00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:34,040
Speaker 1: an emergency podcast. Miles Jordan, take me out of you you

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Speaker 1: with something realized, some real proper, but most importantly something

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Speaker 1: real funky. I gotta go ice my head and fix

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Speaker 1: and help try to remove the plants, the trees in

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00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:45,759
Speaker 1: my backyard that have went down. There are trees that

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00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:49,960
Speaker 1: have fallen down in my back yard. Have a great day,

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Speaker 1: have a safe day, and enjoy the end. Be eight

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Speaker 1: tonight and all through the playoffs. You know I will

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Speaker 1: be there. Play by play, moved by emotional move don't

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Speaker 1: into luma. M m m