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Speaker 1: What's up, guys, It's Sloane Welcome back to another episode

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Speaker 1: of Sloane Alone. Do you get it? Do you get it? Okay,

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Speaker 1: let me know what you guys think. In the comments.

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Speaker 1: We're just trying out the name. Nothing's for sure, but

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Speaker 1: I think it's fun. In today's episode, we're gonna be

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Speaker 1: talking about the All Star Game, Cooper Flag two, Sloane

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Speaker 1: Nose alumnis making their on court debut together, and my

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Speaker 1: Star of the Week. So I think this is gonna

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Speaker 1: be a really fun episode. Let's get into it. Okay.

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Speaker 1: So what am I most excited for about All Star Weekend?

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Speaker 1: Let me tell you, guys. All Star Weekend is my

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Speaker 1: Roman Empire. I think about All Star Weekend all the time.

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Speaker 1: It's so much fun because, as you guys know, I'm

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Speaker 1: still a teenager, right. I go to school, I go

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Speaker 1: to soccer practice, I do stuff like that, and All

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Speaker 1: Star Weekend really the time where I feel like I

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Speaker 1: get to come out of my shell and really be

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Speaker 1: slow notes. I get to talk to basketball players, watch

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Speaker 1: basketball games, do all of it. It's so fun, and

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Speaker 1: it's especially exciting that it's going to be in San

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Speaker 1: Francisco at Chase Center. As you guys know, I'm a

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Speaker 1: Warriors fan, so knowing that it's going to be at

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Speaker 1: our home arena is super exciting. Chase is also one

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Speaker 1: of my favorite NBA arenas, so I think that will

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Speaker 1: be cool. Speaking of NBA arenas, I actually went into

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Speaker 1: it Dom for the first time this week. It was

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Speaker 1: for a UFC fight, So no, it wasn't for a

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Speaker 1: Clippers game, but it's a sick arena. My favorite thing

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Speaker 1: that they had was on the seats you can vote,

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Speaker 1: and so they would ask us UFC trivia stuff like

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Speaker 1: that and we got to vote on the seat and

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Speaker 1: then it would tell you who the winner was. So

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Speaker 1: I definitely need to find myself going to a Clippers

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Speaker 1: game soon because wow, into it is an incredible arena.

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Speaker 1: Props to the Clippers. Okay, let's get back on track.

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Speaker 1: So first off, who do I want to see in

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Speaker 1: the dunk Contest? So I believe so far Stefan Castle

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Speaker 1: and Matas Bouzellis have committed to playing in the dunk Contest.

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Speaker 1: No hate to either of them, but when did the

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Speaker 1: Dunk Contest become a rookie dunk contest? I thought that

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Speaker 1: the Dunk Contest was for the whole league. I mean,

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Speaker 1: in the past years, we've seen people Mac mcclun who

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Speaker 1: aren't really even in the NBA in the Dunk Contest.

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Speaker 1: We need to start getting all stars and real top

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Speaker 1: guys back in the Dunk Contest. I would like literally

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Speaker 1: sell my soul to see jaw Zion and battle it

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Speaker 1: out in the dunk contest aleticism, creativity. It would be fire.

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Speaker 1: And those are guys that are known for their dunking.

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Speaker 1: You know, Matas and Stefan are both great dunkers. They're athletic,

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Speaker 1: but it's nothing like a show that we could see

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Speaker 1: by jaw Zion in it. That'd be cool. Okay, Next up,

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Speaker 1: I want to move on to the Celebrity Game, sort

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Speaker 1: of same thing as the Dunk Contest. Some people that

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Speaker 1: have been in the Celebrity Game recently have not really

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Speaker 1: been defined necessarily as celebrities, you know, maybe more influencer

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Speaker 1: or stuff like that. So my two dream Celebrity Game

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Speaker 1: guests players would be Zendeia. I mean, she played basketball

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Speaker 1: growing up. It's Zendeia, and I feel like it would

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Speaker 1: be so cool to see her ball see Tom Holland

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Speaker 1: cheering her on in this stands that would be sick.

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Speaker 1: And my other one is Michael B. Jordan. Again, it's

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Speaker 1: Michael B. Jordan. He has the name to play in

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Speaker 1: the Celebrity Game, let's be real, and I feel like

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Speaker 1: in all his movies, I mean, think about Creed, think

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Speaker 1: about Black Panther. He's literally so unbelievably athletic, so seeing

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Speaker 1: him get up there and done. He's not that tall,

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Speaker 1: but it would still be pretty cool to see him

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Speaker 1: in the Celebrity Game. Also, you know, I'm not a

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Speaker 1: basketball player. I'm a soccer player, but seeing me in

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Speaker 1: older and hopefully I actually make it, that would be

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Speaker 1: super super cool. I want to know who you guys

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Speaker 1: want to see in the Dunk Contest and the Celebrity Game,

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Speaker 1: so make sure to comment down below. Another thing that's

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Speaker 1: very exciting about this twenty twenty five All Star Game

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Speaker 1: in San Francisco is the new format. So it's a

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Speaker 1: new mini tournament with four teams in three games, and

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Speaker 1: one of the teams isn't All Stars, it's Rising Stars.

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Speaker 1: I love to see that because here's the thing. Short

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Speaker 1: if the All Stars played the Rising Stars in ten games,

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Speaker 1: I think the All Stars would win probably nine out

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Speaker 1: you know short it's short, it's not long whatsoever, and

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Speaker 1: it's more casual. The rising Stars could really go out

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Speaker 1: there and feel like they have something to prove. A

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Speaker 1: I would love to see that, and I'm just really

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Speaker 1: excited to see this new format. I think in past years,

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Speaker 1: obviously the All Star Game has gotten a little bit boring,

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Speaker 1: and so seeing it be a tournament hopefully adds some

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Speaker 1: competitive nature to the All Star Game. Okay, now I

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Speaker 1: want to move on to Cooper Flag, who set the

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Speaker 1: conference all time scoring high from a freshman. I mean

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Speaker 1: that is big time. That is the activities of a

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Speaker 1: number one pick. Cooper Flag had forty two points, and

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Speaker 1: I'm very excited to see that. I've been a Cooper

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Speaker 1: fan for a while. I love watching his high school mixtapes.

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Speaker 1: His athleticism is unmatched. He's a nice jump or two.

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Speaker 1: I really think he's so talented, and I think the

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Speaker 1: problem is This is about how much hype there is

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Speaker 1: about high school players is before he even got to college,

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Speaker 1: we said, oh, he's gonna be the number one pick,

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Speaker 1: and so until he had a game like this one,

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Speaker 1: it was hard for us to really lock that in

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Speaker 1: because you're like, oh, Cooper Flag is fifteen points. Wait,

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Speaker 1: but he's the number one pick. That's not good enough.

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Speaker 1: So I like that he really silenced the hitters with

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Speaker 1: this one and had a nice forty two piece amazing.

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Speaker 1: I would watch the highlights if you haven't really cool

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Speaker 1: to see. Where do I want him to end up? Though,

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Speaker 1: that's the question. I mean, Cooper Flag low key gives

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Speaker 1: Utah Jazz vibes. The Jazz have an insane fandom. They're,

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Speaker 1: you know, one of the worst scenes in the league.

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Speaker 1: So it seems like that lottery may go in their favor,

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Speaker 1: and I feel like he could play well there. I

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Speaker 1: think that, you know, growing up in Maine, he's sort

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Speaker 1: of like a small town kid, and I think that

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Speaker 1: you chalk and have that vibe, and so I think

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Speaker 1: that that would be cool to see. I do also

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Speaker 1: think it would be cool to see him on the Wizards.

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Speaker 1: I mean him and Jordan Poole that could be a

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Speaker 1: pretty special duo as long as they would get along.

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Speaker 1: So I'm excited to see where that lottery pick number

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Speaker 1: one pick goes. But here's my question for you guys.

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Speaker 1: If they took away the one and done rule, you

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Speaker 1: could go straight from high school to the MBA, meaning

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Speaker 1: technically next year, after my senior year, I could go

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Speaker 1: to the MBA, just saying, just saying, Okay, if they

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Speaker 1: took that away, who would you draft first in the

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty five MBA draft, Cooper Flag or aj Debansa.

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Speaker 1: I'm curious what you guys have to say about that.

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Speaker 1: Let me know in the comments. Now, I want to

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Speaker 1: move on to a little new segment we're doing called

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Speaker 1: Sloan's Star of the Week. My star of the week

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Speaker 1: this week is Caid Cunningham. Of course, Caid's always been

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Speaker 1: that guy, but he just turned a Detroit team that

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Speaker 1: was awful into a pretty decent team, which is in

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Speaker 1: impressive to say. I mean, we all remember when there

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Speaker 1: was that whole thing with the I think it was

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Speaker 1: the free Wings or the free cookies or something like that.

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Speaker 1: It's Detroit, just one and that's how bad they are.

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Speaker 1: They literally couldn't win and now he's made them pretty decent.

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Speaker 1: So I think that that's been pretty cool to see.

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Speaker 1: And Kate is my Star of the week. I want

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Speaker 1: to try to make though my Stars of the Week

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Speaker 1: a little bit more underground because Kate's probably going to

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Speaker 1: be an All Star. So if you guys have any recommendations,

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Speaker 1: let me know. But I'm going to keep brainstorming and

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Speaker 1: I'm excited to see the next one. Okay, moving on,

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Speaker 1: I want to talk about Max and Cam Christie, two

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Speaker 1: slowan nose alumps and brothers sharing the court together. They're

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Speaker 1: both number twelve, both have the laughing Christie duh, and

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Speaker 1: they both balled out and have been balling. Max has

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Speaker 1: slayed in his starting role on the Lakers. I've been

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Speaker 1: to two Lakers games since he's been starting, and he's

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Speaker 1: such a great role player. He knows where his teammates

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Speaker 1: are at all times. He has great decision making. He's

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Speaker 1: a really fun player to watch and he's a really

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Speaker 1: cool guy. And Cam has been bawling in the G League.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if you guys follow the G League,

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Speaker 1: but I do, and he has been balling on the

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Speaker 1: Ontario Clippers and now seeing him getting the chance to

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Speaker 1: be called up to the actual Clippers. Nonetheless, playing with

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Speaker 1: his brother is super cool. I can't believe or can't

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Speaker 1: even begin to fathom, what that must be like for

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Speaker 1: their parents to see them both share the court together.

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Speaker 1: To La Teams, It's a story out of a movie. Anyways, Guys,

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Speaker 1: thanks so much for listening to this episode of Sloan Alone.

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