WEBVTT - Zach LaVine Will NOT Get a Max Deal With Chicago

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<v Speaker 1>Let me say something.

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<v Speaker 2>You are drunk, completely high if you think that the

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<v Speaker 2>Bulls are going to pay zach Lavine.

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<v Speaker 1>A MAX contract. He is a MAX player. But riddle

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<v Speaker 1>me this.

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<v Speaker 2>If Jimmy Butler couldn't get the max from Chicago, how

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<v Speaker 2>do you think that the Chicago Bulls are going to

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<v Speaker 2>pay zach Lavine that money not even close to the

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<v Speaker 2>same caliber of player, especially now that they're playing they're

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<v Speaker 2>paying Derozen and they're paying a Lonzo, and they're playing

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<v Speaker 2>paying Vouch And somehow, some way, fans in my fucking

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<v Speaker 2>comments section think that I am the one that's insane

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<v Speaker 2>by saying zach Lavine has either got to take less

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<v Speaker 2>or he's got to get gone.

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<v Speaker 1>You think they're gonna go deep into the luxury tax

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<v Speaker 1>for zachly. I like zach Levine too.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, he is a bucket, But forty million dollars for

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<v Speaker 2>zach Lavine.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that's not the guy you opened the checkbook for.

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<v Speaker 2>Come on. Yeah, they're already floating fake rumors about zach

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<v Speaker 2>Lavine being quote unquote open to take less. If right

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<v Speaker 2>now this article came out very mysteriously now after they've

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<v Speaker 2>signed to Rosen and Lonzo, that he would be open

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<v Speaker 2>to taking less if they surrounded him with better role players,

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<v Speaker 2>and he never said that. He's never said anything close.

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<v Speaker 1>To that this.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, he said the exact opposite at the end

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<v Speaker 2>of the season presser, and actually even in Tokyo he's.

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<v Speaker 1>Talking about it.

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<v Speaker 2>I let my performance on the court dictate what I

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<v Speaker 2>get paid. I think that's what everybody wants to get paid,

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<v Speaker 2>what they're worth. When my time comes, I'm definitely gonna

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<v Speaker 2>get that. I think with different situations, different people taking

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<v Speaker 2>less money or taking the max.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a business.

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<v Speaker 2>At the end of the day, I definitely want what

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<v Speaker 2>I deserve, and whatever that.

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<v Speaker 1>Is, I'll have it coming to me.

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<v Speaker 2>Does that sound like a guy who's planning to take

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<v Speaker 2>less money if they surround him with good role players.

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<v Speaker 1>It does not. It does not. It does not.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's the thing that I think fans miss. They just

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<v Speaker 2>say a guy is worth max money. That's just a

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<v Speaker 2>fun thing to say. He's max guy, max player, got

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<v Speaker 2>a max mount, love him, love Zachalleean, He's a bucket

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<v Speaker 2>max money.

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<v Speaker 1>Max money is forty million dollars a year.

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<v Speaker 2>Max money is over one third of your salary cap

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<v Speaker 2>on one guy fifteen teen fifteen guys plus some and

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<v Speaker 2>that's one guy thirty five percent of your roster.

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<v Speaker 1>That is a commitment.

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<v Speaker 2>That is Damian Lillard money. And I promise you I

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<v Speaker 2>love Zach Vieen. He's not Damian Lillard even even fun

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<v Speaker 2>close to Damian Lillard caliber player.

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<v Speaker 1>He's probably the best debate right now. Is he a

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<v Speaker 1>MAX guy?

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<v Speaker 2>He is? Probably He's what Devin Booker used to be,

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<v Speaker 2>only is not the same caliber of player as Devin Booker. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean I always knew Booker was going to get

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<v Speaker 2>the MAX, but yeah, yeah, Booker's probably the most recent

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<v Speaker 2>one like that. Yeah, And Sarvar was much more interested

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<v Speaker 2>in keeping Devin Booker then Chicago is paying zachlab They've

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<v Speaker 2>been very clear we had Oh yeah, he's all you had.

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<v Speaker 2>And you have three other guys making more than twenty million,

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<v Speaker 2>So you got sixty million plus forty million. That's nine

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<v Speaker 2>million for like twelve guys. And you remember who owns

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<v Speaker 2>the bulls, right, Jerry fucking Rhymes Dwarf.

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<v Speaker 1>I do need to remind folks on TikTok who were

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<v Speaker 1>not born when this happened.

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<v Speaker 2>But that is the same guy who ran Michael Jordan

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<v Speaker 2>out of Town, Michael fucking Jordan when he had at

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<v Speaker 2>least one more title run left in him and admitted

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<v Speaker 2>he was too cheap to keep the team together. That's

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<v Speaker 2>the set is the same human, same guy. You think

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<v Speaker 2>he's changed, you think he's gotten more generous over time

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<v Speaker 2>or less. Like Scrooge wasn't a twenty five year old.

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<v Speaker 2>Scrooge was a seventy five year old. That's the same

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<v Speaker 2>guy who tried to build a winner on a budget

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<v Speaker 2>for two decades and failed miserably. The same very guy

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<v Speaker 2>that had the opportunity to max Jimmy the fuck Butler

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<v Speaker 2>out and he was like he did not think Jimmy

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<v Speaker 2>was worth a MAX deal. Jimmy Butler has received two

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<v Speaker 2>Max deals since then. Two. You do not see rim

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<v Speaker 2>checked Washington Wizard Michael Jordan ever exist if Jerry Rhines

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<v Speaker 2>Dwarf was the owner. So forgive me if I'm a

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<v Speaker 2>little skeptical of the bulls pang Zach Lavine, just a

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<v Speaker 2>student of the game, student of history, trying to spit

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<v Speaker 2>facts for the young uns.

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<v Speaker 1>Come back to me, Come back to me. Eight months

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<v Speaker 1>from now. We'll see