WEBVTT - Dame Lillard Channeling His Inner Wilt Chamberlain

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<v Speaker 1>All right, let's start the podcast by saying this, and

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<v Speaker 1>this is a message for all the NBA haters out there,

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<v Speaker 1>people who are saying that the NBA product isn't good,

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<v Speaker 1>people are saying that it's lame that the NFL is

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<v Speaker 1>still king, YadA, YadA, YadA. In the last three days, folks,

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<v Speaker 1>we've had one of the greatest regular season performances of

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<v Speaker 1>all time, with Damian Lillard going off for seventy one points.

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<v Speaker 1>You've got one of the largest comebacks in NBA history,

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<v Speaker 1>the Lakers claw back against Luca and the MAVs after

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<v Speaker 1>being down twenty seven points. And then you add, my opinion,

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<v Speaker 1>the best game of them all, the second highest scoring

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<v Speaker 1>game of all time would have been possibly the highest

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<v Speaker 1>scoring game of all time if their legs didn't give

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<v Speaker 1>out in the second overtime when the Kings beat the

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<v Speaker 1>Clippers won seventy six till one seventy five in double

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<v Speaker 1>ot which is, in my opinion, the greatest regular season

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<v Speaker 1>game I've ever seen in my life. That we was

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<v Speaker 1>that good. All of that happened in seventy two hours.

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<v Speaker 1>So let's start out in my hometown Portland, Oregon, because, folks,

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<v Speaker 1>we've got to talk about something that's not being discussed.

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<v Speaker 1>People are talking about Dame. They are Dame Lamont Lillard.

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<v Speaker 1>But in my view, I do not think they are

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<v Speaker 1>talking about Dame in the right context. We know Dame

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<v Speaker 1>is special, We know that Dame time seems to be

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<v Speaker 1>all four quarters now. But what if I told you

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<v Speaker 1>that Dame is actually closer to a unicorn, to a

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<v Speaker 1>mythical figure that we only know in history and in

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<v Speaker 1>the record books and just by his name alone. What

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<v Speaker 1>if I told you Dame Lollard is actually closer to

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<v Speaker 1>Wilt Chamberlain, then we think we are seeing something right

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<v Speaker 1>now we have not seen since the nineteen sixties, since

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<v Speaker 1>the age of Wilt Chamberlain, when he was putting up

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<v Speaker 1>fifty with ease. Wilt has always been, and I think

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<v Speaker 1>always will be, some sort of creature that we are

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<v Speaker 1>not sure is of this planet. We are not sure

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<v Speaker 1>if any NBA player will ever do anything close to

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<v Speaker 1>what he has done. He has the most fifty point

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<v Speaker 1>games in NBA history, the highest point scored in NBA history.

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<v Speaker 1>The list goes on and on. Right, he was too

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<v Speaker 1>big for the era, you know, six eleven with a

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<v Speaker 1>fifty inch vertical right, and Dame right now is putting

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<v Speaker 1>himself in Wilt territory in the Wilt stratosphere. The level

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<v Speaker 1>of sustained excellence we are seeing from Dame is absolutely unparalleled.

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<v Speaker 1>He's averaging in his last ten games, Dames forty three

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<v Speaker 1>points per game, forty three in his last ten. In

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<v Speaker 1>his last twenty, he's averaging almost forty thirty nine point

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<v Speaker 1>four points per game, seven and a half assists and

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<v Speaker 1>five and a half rebounds, and to steal a game

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<v Speaker 1>and less than three turnovers per game, which when you

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<v Speaker 1>think about his usage rate, which is pretty much only

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<v Speaker 1>it's like you could just say only usage only Dame

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<v Speaker 1>on the Blazers. Uh for only three turnovers, folks, that's absurd.

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<v Speaker 1>Since he came back from injury, which is even longer

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<v Speaker 1>than twenty games, he's averaging just under thirty five points

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<v Speaker 1>per game. So the level of dominance and excellence and

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<v Speaker 1>scoring and unstoppability and infallibility and like lightning, thunder, crash boom,

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<v Speaker 1>just things you don't even have words for, is absurd.

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<v Speaker 1>And if you want to hear something crazy, will only

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<v Speaker 1>average thirty nine points in his career twice season. Only

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<v Speaker 1>one of these players is six' eleven with a fifty inch,

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<v Speaker 1>vertical and the other is just a shade over six

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<v Speaker 1>to one In Damon lollard with not a fifty inch.

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<v Speaker 1>Vertical for an undersized guard to be doing What dame

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<v Speaker 1>is doing right now is. Crazy he's. Absurd and it's

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<v Speaker 1>not just because he's My Portland trailbazers, guard the Greatest

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<v Speaker 1>blazer in. History but if he continues to do this

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<v Speaker 1>for the rest of the, season the word's gonna get.

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<v Speaker 1>Around just, remember, FOLKS tk said at, First, wilt we

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<v Speaker 1>will not have seen a back half of a season

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<v Speaker 1>like this since well for. Sure let's break Down sunday.

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<v Speaker 1>Night seventy one points for our Guy, dame a career

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<v Speaker 1>high seventy, one twenty two for thirty eight from the,

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<v Speaker 1>field fifty eight, percent fifty nine percent from, three six

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<v Speaker 1>rebound six. Sisters he was so. Good how good Was?

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<v Speaker 1>Dame he was so good that he comes off the

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<v Speaker 1>floor and is feeling the highest of the, highs and

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<v Speaker 1>THE nba, says we think you're in the highest of

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<v Speaker 1>the highs. Too we're gonna blood test your ass FOR

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<v Speaker 1>hgh or super serum or, something because this is not fucking.

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<v Speaker 1>Normal he had a urine test FOR hgh the day

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<v Speaker 1>before and pasted it and they're, Like, Noah, noah, no

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<v Speaker 1>we're gonna need to have some of that blood in.

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<v Speaker 1>Us we're gonna need to test this. Again you could

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<v Speaker 1>have some horse pee in there that you're hiding underneath

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<v Speaker 1>your thigh bone and like just using. It, No like

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<v Speaker 1>they're Like Adam siler's, like, LISTEN i Think Dave Dame

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<v Speaker 1>lillard has taking that super, serum that Super soldier. Serum

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<v Speaker 1>he's stopping hydra bombs by day and is bombing from

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<v Speaker 1>the logo by. Night that's What dame is on right,

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<v Speaker 1>now Some Marvel universe type shit like this guy is

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<v Speaker 1>in THE. Mcu we gotta make, sure uh that we

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<v Speaker 1>get some of that blood to figure out what's going.

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<v Speaker 1>On this is what he said direct after the game.

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<v Speaker 2>Day we're, alma thank. You we're starting off this interview

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<v Speaker 2>with a.

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<v Speaker 1>Splash literally an absolutely legendary.

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<v Speaker 2>Performance career high seventy one, points thirteen to three.

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<v Speaker 1>Pointers can you.

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<v Speaker 2>Try to, describe but we just witnessed from you. TONIGHT i,

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<v Speaker 2>mean we GOT i think twenty three twenty two games

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<v Speaker 2>left after, this and we need to win as many as,

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<v Speaker 2>possible and you, know obviously being short, HANDED i know

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<v Speaker 2>that it's gonna be a team, effort BUT i feel

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<v Speaker 2>LIKE i, gotta you, know do my best to be

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<v Speaker 2>aggressive and just try to do WHAT i can to

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<v Speaker 2>make sure that we get some. Wins and you know

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<v Speaker 2>that's all the case was last. TONIGHT i wanted to

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<v Speaker 2>be in attack. MODE i got it going AND i

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<v Speaker 2>just stayed.

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<v Speaker 1>Aggressive, YEAH i, mean this team's not. Good we Need

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<v Speaker 1>dame time all the. Time it's basically. Right if you

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<v Speaker 1>haven't seen the, Video dame is just mobbed by his.

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<v Speaker 1>Team they're just pouring everything on, them probably some sort

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<v Speaker 1>of neutralizer for the super sierrum he's been taking to

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<v Speaker 1>Prevent Adam silver from finding out with the blood. Test

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<v Speaker 1>nobody was more excited For dame than the rest of the, team,

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<v Speaker 1>Right and the reason why is the first words out

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<v Speaker 1>of his mouth was, like, listen this team has to.

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<v Speaker 1>Win we only got twenty something games left in the.

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<v Speaker 1>Season we are in squarely and play in tournament. Zone

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<v Speaker 1>we are outside the play in tournament and so Thus

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<v Speaker 1>i've got to carry the. Load and we should have

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<v Speaker 1>probably seen it coming this, performance BECAUSE i don't know

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<v Speaker 1>if you saw it happen during the. Weekend it got went.

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<v Speaker 1>VIRAL a little bit is That Dame luller joined Andre

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<v Speaker 1>iguodala And Evan, turner who's maybe got the worst voice

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<v Speaker 1>IN nba, history joined them on their, podcast and this

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<v Speaker 1>is what he had to say about the, critics the

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<v Speaker 1>people who are basically sleeping On dame no matter what he, does.

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<v Speaker 2>They never they'll never give me credit for What i've

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<v Speaker 2>actually done UNLESS i just come out here and win

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<v Speaker 2>the championship In, portland and they better HOPE i don't.

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<v Speaker 2>Have they better pray THAT i don't win the championship

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<v Speaker 2>for The. Blazers and that's very. True don't pray because

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<v Speaker 2>the same way you, like they don't know that.

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<v Speaker 1>Side, yeah, no that's that's big. Facts and following that,

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<v Speaker 1>Game lillard now has more sixty point, games which is

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<v Speaker 1>Five he has five in his, career or more Then Steph,

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<v Speaker 1>Curry Lebron, James shaquille, O'Neill Larry, Bird Magic, Johnson Tim,

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<v Speaker 1>Duncan Bill, russell And Kevin durants. Combined dame has more

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<v Speaker 1>sixty point games than those legends. Combined of, course we

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<v Speaker 1>Know will has thirty two games where he scored sixty or,

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<v Speaker 1>more which sort of drives home my earlier, Point Like

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<v Speaker 1>dame is on in another level right. Now he is

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<v Speaker 1>the oldest sixty point scorer IN nba history at thirty.

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<v Speaker 1>Two AND i guess the nice thing About dame getting

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<v Speaker 1>injured for three or four years where he had an

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<v Speaker 1>abdominal injury he didn't tell anybody about that was keeping

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<v Speaker 1>him from doing all activities pain. Free he said that

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<v Speaker 1>he's fully healthy now he feels like he's twenty six.

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<v Speaker 1>Again SO i feel LIKE i turned back the tape

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<v Speaker 1>a little. Bit twenty six year Old dame in the,

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<v Speaker 1>body thirty two year old mind Of. Dame that is

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<v Speaker 1>trouble for the rest of the. League AND i said it,

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<v Speaker 1>earlier maybe a few episodes, ago And i'll say it.

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<v Speaker 1>AGAIN i don't care if The blazers win. GAMES i

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<v Speaker 1>do not. Care this Is Dame lillard on the, Map

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<v Speaker 1>this Is Dame lillard in rarefied. Air blazers are gonna

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<v Speaker 1>win games If dame keeps doing, this don't you worry about.

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<v Speaker 1>It dame keeps scoring seventy, Sixty dude is on fire

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<v Speaker 1>forty three point two points per game in his last.

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<v Speaker 1>Ten LIKE i said this is. Ridiculous he should be

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<v Speaker 1>in THE mvp. Category if The blazers were doing anything

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<v Speaker 1>but sitting there at the bottom of the, standings he

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<v Speaker 1>would be top, five top THREE. Mvp, again these Are wilt, numbers,

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<v Speaker 1>folks and not SOMETHING i THOUGHT i would ever. SAY

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<v Speaker 1>i never THOUGHT i would Put dame And wilt in

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<v Speaker 1>the same, Sentence but here we. Are we have twenty

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<v Speaker 1>games left for The. Blazers dame is now can't MISS.

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<v Speaker 1>TV i don't care if you're on The East, COAST

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<v Speaker 1>i don't care if you're IN BALI i think you

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<v Speaker 1>need to just set your fucking alarm clock Because dame

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<v Speaker 1>time is now all the. Time and as a Lifelong blazer,

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<v Speaker 1>fan that's all that we can hope, for is being

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<v Speaker 1>relevant and exciting and something That NATIONAL tv wants to

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<v Speaker 1>discuss on a daily. Basis