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<v Speaker 2>Pull up, everybody. So I'm at the Yankee game and

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<v Speaker 2>Kyrie just opted in, which makes most of today's show

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<v Speaker 2>that we recorded a few hours ago absolutely So we're

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<v Speaker 2>still gonna run it because what else are we gonna run?

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<v Speaker 2>And you can hear my thoughts on what could possibly

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<v Speaker 2>happen if Kyrie didn't opt in. Plus we play a

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<v Speaker 2>game that's on. We talked some Draymond. There's some non

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<v Speaker 2>Kyrie stuff, but a lot of what we talked about

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<v Speaker 2>from today's pod is now movement is Kyrie opted in? Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>talk to you guys in a couple of days. Yesterday

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<v Speaker 2>I had lunch with Maverick. You know, Maverick owns part

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<v Speaker 2>of Liverpool, and we had like a fifteen minute discussion

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<v Speaker 2>about European soccer that I was totally locked in on

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<v Speaker 2>thanks to FIFA. I was like, oh no, Liverpool lost

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<v Speaker 2>Mayonnai it's you know, he's a great left wing but

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<v Speaker 2>they've got tads coming up behind him. Talked about composer.

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<v Speaker 2>How am I opposer because of FIFA? I know the

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<v Speaker 2>players and I know the teams. I know who's good.

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<v Speaker 3>No, fair enough, because I'm gonna play a card very

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<v Speaker 3>similar to that at some point.

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<v Speaker 4>What's that career? O my podcast career, what's the card?

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<v Speaker 4>You know it's you don't have to know the card,

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<v Speaker 4>but you.

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<v Speaker 2>Think call of duty is gonna come up. You're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>talk about gun glasses. Welcome in another episode What's Right

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<v Speaker 2>with Nick Right The podcast and YouTube show like rate

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<v Speaker 2>Subscribe Review, We continue on Sundays our countdown of the

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<v Speaker 2>fifty grades players last fifty years. We just came out

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<v Speaker 2>with players nine and eight Shaquille O'Neal and Aqueima LaJuan.

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<v Speaker 2>We actually debated that on the television show Today. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>one of the reasons we debated is because it's a

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<v Speaker 2>great debate. The other reason we debated it is not

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<v Speaker 2>a lot going on in the old sports world right now,

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<v Speaker 2>my friend, which is one of the reasons why Draymond

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<v Speaker 2>Green is already in reruns. But we will discuss him.

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<v Speaker 2>I assume at some point during today's show that is

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<v Speaker 2>my son Demonse, who was also the cost of the show.

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<v Speaker 2>We now have sixteen minutes for the first second, as

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<v Speaker 2>we're doing sixteen minute A block, ten minute B block,

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<v Speaker 2>four minute C block. That's a tight thirty minute show

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<v Speaker 2>in full and I'm going to hit the clocks now

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<v Speaker 2>that I have added it was ten minutes and twelve

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<v Speaker 2>minutes now at sixteen. But before we even start the show,

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<v Speaker 2>let's get to what we are not this discussing on

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<v Speaker 2>today's show. What did not make the cup for today's

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<v Speaker 2>show is Arch Manning going to the Texas Longhorns the

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<v Speaker 2>Thunder drafting two different Jalen Williams is what are the

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<v Speaker 2>odds of that? And Kendall Jenner and Devin Bookers splitting up. Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>that could be big news for you, my friend, if

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<v Speaker 2>she has a type. Now, let's get to the actual.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's get to the actual show them, say what are

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<v Speaker 2>we starting with today?

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<v Speaker 4>All right?

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<v Speaker 3>Man, Kyrie and the Nets are reportedly at a standstill

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<v Speaker 3>as far as negotiations. Kyrie has a list of six

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<v Speaker 3>teams that he would like to go to. Yeah, and

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<v Speaker 3>the Lakers are on that list.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>Is there a team that is a Kyrie Irving away

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<v Speaker 4>from a championship? Yeah? The Lakers. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>I feel like you are secretly praying that Kyrie goes

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<v Speaker 3>to the Lakers.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, it seems like it mrobab be the best for

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<v Speaker 2>all parties in the wall. I now, did you see this?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure I don't. I'm not trying to be rude.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm guessing you didn't. It just came out a few

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<v Speaker 2>hours ago, Okay, from Joe Varden in the Athletic quote

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<v Speaker 2>the Nets should not consider a trade with the Lakers

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<v Speaker 2>unless it is Irving and Ben Simmons for us and

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<v Speaker 2>Anthony Davis, oh, who first proposed that trade a week ago? Here,

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<v Speaker 2>guy nick Wright, that was a real trade I made.

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<v Speaker 2>And Colin Coward laughed at me. All these Chris Mannis said,

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<v Speaker 2>why do all of nick Wright's trades just work out

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<v Speaker 2>for Lebron? All these things now, all of a sudden.

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<v Speaker 2>It's on the athletic Joe Varden is promoting it. Here's

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<v Speaker 2>what I know. The Lakers need spacing, they need shooting,

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<v Speaker 2>and they need somebody who is other than Anthony Davis

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<v Speaker 2>that still theoretically should be in their prime. Kyrie checks

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<v Speaker 2>all those boxes. Now. The only way that they can

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<v Speaker 2>easily get Kyrie is if he walks and plays for

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<v Speaker 2>them for the mid level exception, which is six million dollars.

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<v Speaker 2>That wouldn't sound plausible except for it's Kyrie Irving we're

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<v Speaker 2>talking about. And what do we also know about Kyrie

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<v Speaker 2>Irving When he's with Lebron he can win at the

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<v Speaker 2>highest levels. When he's not, he's never played in a

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<v Speaker 2>game pass Round two. That's just in Boston. The one

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<v Speaker 2>year he was on the team and they made Round three.

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<v Speaker 2>He didn't play in the playoffs in Brooklyn. They haven't

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<v Speaker 2>made a pass Round two with him. And so the

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<v Speaker 2>Nets are in a tricky spot. And we're gonna talk

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<v Speaker 2>more about their future with Durant in just a moment.

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<v Speaker 2>But I understand the Nets not wanting to give Kyrie

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<v Speaker 2>Irving a five year MAX contract guaranteed, given how he's

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<v Speaker 2>conducted himself, given how little he's been available to play

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<v Speaker 2>one hundred and three of the two hundred and twenty

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<v Speaker 2>six games. But they also have Kevin Durant going into

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<v Speaker 2>year sixteen. They have this team where they don't have

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<v Speaker 2>any of their future picks. The idea of oh, we'll

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<v Speaker 2>take a step backwards, that to me is illogical. So

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<v Speaker 2>they're in this tricky place, and anybody else, any other

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<v Speaker 2>player in the league, the threat of going to the

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<v Speaker 2>Lakers for six million dollars would be simply a hollow threat.

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<v Speaker 2>Kyrie Irving, who gave up close to twenty million dollars

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<v Speaker 2>to not get a vaccine that more than one billion

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<v Speaker 2>people have gotten. Kyrie Irving, who gave up his Nike

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<v Speaker 2>contract because he trashed the shoes on Twitter. Kyrie Irving

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<v Speaker 2>has made a lot of decisions that financially don't make

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<v Speaker 2>a ton of sense. And I know he and Lebron

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<v Speaker 2>have reconciled. I know that, I know Lebron would sign

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<v Speaker 2>off on it. And you know, I've been saying for

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<v Speaker 2>a long time Kyrie for Russ. That was back when

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<v Speaker 2>Kyrie wasn't playing for the Nets and they were getting

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<v Speaker 2>nothing out of that roster spot. I don't think the

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<v Speaker 2>Nets would be interested in it. I don't think the

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<v Speaker 2>Nets would be interested in helping facilitate this. But if

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<v Speaker 2>Kyrie goes to them and says, I am leaving, I

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<v Speaker 2>am walking away, I'm going to sign for the six million.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you want to do a sign in trade? Then

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<v Speaker 2>they have real decisions to make. And then it gets

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<v Speaker 2>very common complicated with Durant, which I think we're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>talk about right here.

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<v Speaker 4>Go ahead to see Russ play with Katie again.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, you know, Kyrie and a couple of I mean

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<v Speaker 3>Russ and a couple of picks for Kyrie.

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<v Speaker 2>It would be incredibly fun, man, It would be. It

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<v Speaker 2>would be. And by the way, we have seen Russ

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<v Speaker 2>and Harden together in Houston. We have seen Harden and

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<v Speaker 2>Durant together in Brooklyn. The one we haven't seen is

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<v Speaker 2>Russ and Katie together. Now. I don't think Brooklyn would

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<v Speaker 2>want it. I don't know that k D would want it.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, Russ is not the player he was in

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<v Speaker 2>twenty sixteen, and in twenty sixteen Katie walked away from him.

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<v Speaker 2>But the Kyrie thing, one other thing on the Kyrie thing.

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<v Speaker 2>The Nets turned their entire franchise over to them. To

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<v Speaker 2>him and kat they let them. They said, we want

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<v Speaker 2>DeAndre Jordan. They did it. They were pissed Kenny Atkinson

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't starting DeAndre Jordan. They end up firing Kenny Atkinson.

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<v Speaker 2>They wanted Steve Nash. They hired Steve Nash. They wanted

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<v Speaker 2>them to trade for James hard and they traded for

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<v Speaker 2>James Harden. They said, you're not gonna be able to

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<v Speaker 2>be a part time player. They then flip flopped and

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<v Speaker 2>said you can be a part time player. Now, all

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<v Speaker 2>of a sudden, they want to get strict. That's hard, man.

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<v Speaker 2>It's hard to operate one way, make someone think you're

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<v Speaker 2>going to have carte blanche. Kyrie at the end of

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<v Speaker 2>the season says he's gonna sit down with Joe Sien

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<v Speaker 2>Sean Marks and plot the future of the franchise. And

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<v Speaker 2>now they're like, we're not even gonna give you the

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<v Speaker 2>contract you think you deserve. We're drawing a line. It

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<v Speaker 2>It's easy to do that if that's what you've been

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<v Speaker 2>doing from the beginning. It's much more difficult to change course.

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<v Speaker 2>And I do wonder what it's gonna mean for Durant,

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<v Speaker 2>which I think we're gonna talk about right here.

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<v Speaker 4>Yep.

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<v Speaker 3>Katie is also causing a stir up in Brooklyn. He's

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<v Speaker 3>upset that the front office didn't quote unquote grow to

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<v Speaker 3>understand Kyrie Irving yep, just talk that Durant could walk

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<v Speaker 3>and possibly get the biggest trade package in the NBA

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<v Speaker 3>in NBA history.

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<v Speaker 4>Will the Nets be Ben Simmons team here shortly.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, that's their concern. So this is why they are

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<v Speaker 2>playing a very dangerous game with Kyrie, because listen, if

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<v Speaker 2>Kyrie were to say I'm leaving, I don't think KD

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<v Speaker 2>would demand to trade immediately. I think kat would play

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<v Speaker 2>out this year. But I think if they lose Kyrie

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<v Speaker 2>for nothing or next to nothing, or just a minimal return,

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<v Speaker 2>that doesn't help them win. I think Katy would play

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<v Speaker 2>this year and then next year ask out, and over

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<v Speaker 2>the next five seasons, their draft pick either goes directly

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<v Speaker 2>to the Rockets or the Rockets have the ability to

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<v Speaker 2>swap picks with the Nets. So if the Nets have

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<v Speaker 2>a better pick, the Rockets say we get it and

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<v Speaker 2>you get ours. So if the Nets over the next

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<v Speaker 2>five years bottom out, they get no benefit of it.

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<v Speaker 2>They don't own their own draft rights, which is the

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<v Speaker 2>exact situation they were in after they traded for Pierson

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<v Speaker 2>Garnet and then Piers only played. Piers played two years

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<v Speaker 2>for them, Garnett only played one year for them. They

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<v Speaker 2>never made past Round two with those guys, and all

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<v Speaker 2>of a sudden they're out in the desert for a

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<v Speaker 2>half decade trying to rebuild their team while Jalen Brown

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<v Speaker 2>and Jason Tatum, who were their draft picks but Boston

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<v Speaker 2>ended up getting them because Boston had their draft owned

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<v Speaker 2>all their draft rights. They're now putting themselves to be

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<v Speaker 2>in that exact same position, which is why, as batch

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<v Speaker 2>crazy as it sounds, I might give Kyrie Irving the

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<v Speaker 2>full max because the nuclear winter is if Kevin Durant

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<v Speaker 2>asks out and you don't have your picks? Yeah, now, yes,

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<v Speaker 2>Would you get a good trade package for Kevin Durant,

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<v Speaker 2>Of course you would. Would it be the biggest package ever?

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think so, because if we're talking about Kevin

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<v Speaker 2>Durant asking out when he's in his mid to late thirties,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think you would get I think you'd get

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<v Speaker 2>unbelievable trade package, but nothing. You don't have any young

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<v Speaker 2>players on your roster as is, other than cam Thomas.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't have any draft picks, you don't have a

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<v Speaker 2>ton of financial flexibility. You've got this Ben Simmons contract.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's the other thing. If I were Kyrie Irving,

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<v Speaker 2>I'd be say, be like, guys, you don't want to

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<v Speaker 2>give me a max. You essentially gave Ben Simmons a

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<v Speaker 2>MAX when you traded for him, and he's on a

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<v Speaker 2>MAX contract. He never played for you. So the Durant

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<v Speaker 2>thing is super fascinating, and that is Kyrie's single best

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<v Speaker 2>piece of leverage, because I don't think Kyrie necessarily wants

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<v Speaker 2>to leave because he likes being at home. He lives

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<v Speaker 2>in New Jersey's from New Jersey. He likes that part

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<v Speaker 2>of it. But the idea that Durant might say, this

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<v Speaker 2>is not what I signed up for, and that there's

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<v Speaker 2>just a lot of things the Nets have done that

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<v Speaker 2>if they had to do over again, obviously they would

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<v Speaker 2>have done the opposite. The Harden trade ends up being

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<v Speaker 2>a total disaster, not only because you only got one

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<v Speaker 2>season out of hard and essentially right, and I understand

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<v Speaker 2>you got Ben Simmons back, and not only because you

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<v Speaker 2>traded Jared Allen, who made an All Star team Krislovert,

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<v Speaker 2>who can score you. You gave away your depth, but

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<v Speaker 2>you also gave away all The reason they don't have

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<v Speaker 2>those draft picks is not because of the Kyrie or

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<v Speaker 2>KD acquisitions. It's because of the Harden trade. If they

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<v Speaker 2>hadn't made the Harden trade and they had their own

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<v Speaker 2>draft picks, the idea of Kyrie walking and trading Durant

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, bottoming out temporarily wouldn't be so terrified.

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<v Speaker 5>You.

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<v Speaker 2>But you don't have those picks anymore. So the Harden

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<v Speaker 2>trade was a massive mistake. I believe hiring Nash was

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<v Speaker 2>a massive mistake. And I believe flip flopping on the

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<v Speaker 2>Kyrie part time player thing is one of the reasons

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<v Speaker 2>Harden asked out, and I think that was a massive mistake.

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<v Speaker 2>So they've made all these massive errors. And if it

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<v Speaker 2>leads to then finally drawing a line in the sand

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<v Speaker 2>on Kyrie, which then leads to Durant saying I don't

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<v Speaker 2>want to be here, talk about fumbling the bag. It'd

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<v Speaker 2>be an all time screw up from a team that

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<v Speaker 2>was the Vegas favorite in back to back years to

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<v Speaker 2>win the whole thing. All right, what's next?

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<v Speaker 5>One?

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<v Speaker 3>Ryan Windhorse says, the Cavs maybe quietly trying to clear

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<v Speaker 3>cap space. Yeah, if they don't re sign and Sexton,

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<v Speaker 3>maybe they're going for Lebron. Yeah, what do you think

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<v Speaker 3>the chances are that Lebron and Bronni end up in Cleveland?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, so listen, this we're talking about not for this

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<v Speaker 2>coming year, but for next year, because right now Lebron's

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<v Speaker 2>contract with the Lakers only goes one more season. And

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<v Speaker 2>when you survey the landscape of teams with young players

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<v Speaker 2>that are you know, on the uptick that could be

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<v Speaker 2>a championship Corps. Darius Garland was an All Star. Evan

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<v Speaker 2>Mobley is going to be awesome.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, he was.

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<v Speaker 2>In my opinion, it should have been a Rookie of

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<v Speaker 2>the Year this past year. No disprect to Scottie Barnes.

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<v Speaker 2>Evan Mobley was sensational. And so there's I'll get to

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<v Speaker 2>the Bronni part in a moment. But the questions like

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<v Speaker 2>multi layer, The first question is with what you think

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<v Speaker 2>Mobiley's gonna be in two years, what Garland's going to

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<v Speaker 2>be in two years? Is Lebron going to be good

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<v Speaker 2>enough in two years two? Well no, because they would

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<v Speaker 2>sign him out right, they would keep them those guys.

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<v Speaker 2>Is he gonna be good enough with those two guys

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<v Speaker 2>to win a title? Where if Lebron's your best guy,

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<v Speaker 2>Evan Mobley's your second best guy, and Darius Carlin's your

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<v Speaker 2>third best guy, is with is that team good enough

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<v Speaker 2>to win the title? And the answer to that is yes,

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<v Speaker 2>if Lebron stays close to the level at he was

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<v Speaker 2>this past year, especially who's thirty points, eight rebound, six

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<v Speaker 2>assists on great efficiency. But we're asking Lebron now to

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<v Speaker 2>do that in year twenty one in the league. He

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<v Speaker 2>turns thirty eight this season, So in the year he

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<v Speaker 2>turns thirty nine, that's a big ask, So a really

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<v Speaker 2>big ask. The other thing that I think every team

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<v Speaker 2>needs to understand, and this is the Bronni part of it.

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<v Speaker 2>Bronni theoretically will be draft eligible, not next year's draft,

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<v Speaker 2>but the draft after that. So we're talking about for

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<v Speaker 2>year twenty two, Lebron, So this year coming up to

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<v Speaker 2>your twenty's gonna be with the Lakers. You're twenty one,

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<v Speaker 2>we're talking about maybe gonna be with the Cavs. Your

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<v Speaker 2>twenty two is Bronni's draft eligible year if he's a

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<v Speaker 2>one and done. I believe Lebron, whatever contract he signs

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<v Speaker 2>and with whoever he signs it after this coming season,

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<v Speaker 2>is going to sign a one year deal because he

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<v Speaker 2>wants to be a free agent when Bronni comes into

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<v Speaker 2>the league, if for no other reason then to greatly

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<v Speaker 2>incentivize a team to overdraft Bronni knowing he'll be a

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<v Speaker 2>package deal with it. So there's that element of it.

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<v Speaker 2>The other element, and to me, that's an interesting question,

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<v Speaker 2>is this how much money does Lebron want to get paid?

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<v Speaker 2>So he's been a MAX guy every year of his career.

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<v Speaker 2>Obviously he's still obviously a super MAXI guy.

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<v Speaker 3>Take a lot less money for a chance at the

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<v Speaker 3>championship team and a chance.

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<v Speaker 4>To play with his son.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure he would take less for a chance to

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<v Speaker 2>play with Bronni. But I'm talking about this little small window,

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<v Speaker 2>but for not this coming year, but the year after,

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<v Speaker 2>when Bronni's going to be a freshman in college. The

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<v Speaker 2>question is, is Lebron, let's say he this year has

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<v Speaker 2>another amazing season where he's like twenty eight, seven and seven,

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<v Speaker 2>that is a MAX level player. Will he take less though,

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<v Speaker 2>in order to build the best team around him wherever

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<v Speaker 2>he goes. And maybe the most interesting part of the

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<v Speaker 2>will he take less? Is this my whole life. Guys

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<v Speaker 2>who take less gets so much plaudits and applause for it.

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<v Speaker 2>Tim Duncan took less, Team Guy, Dirk took less, Team Guy.

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<v Speaker 2>Tom Brady part of his legend, he takes less. I

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<v Speaker 2>mark this tape. I guarrant damntee it. If Lebron James

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<v Speaker 2>takes less to go somewhere, you know what the commentary

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<v Speaker 2>will be. Oh, stack in the deck, Oh yeah, Oh

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<v Speaker 2>you can't win straight up. Oh you gotta tell you

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<v Speaker 2>make it as easy as possible billionaire. Yeah, absolutely, and

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<v Speaker 2>so all of those. But the fact that Wendy is

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<v Speaker 2>saying they're clearing cap space makes it sound like Lebron's

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<v Speaker 2>plan is not to, you know, go in on the

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<v Speaker 2>veterans minimum somewhere and sign up for a team that's

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<v Speaker 2>already ready to go. All right.

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<v Speaker 3>Last, Draymond, everybody knows about your back and forth with Katie,

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<v Speaker 3>but his former teammate Draymond Green and started calling you

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<v Speaker 3>out too. He did last week, and then he doubled

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<v Speaker 3>down them this weekend.

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<v Speaker 4>What are your thoughts?

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<v Speaker 2>I think we can play it right, let's play it,

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<v Speaker 2>and then I'll respond on.

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<v Speaker 4>The old pod.

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<v Speaker 5>Nicholas, Right, how you doing a lot of hot takes?

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<v Speaker 5>You admitted the other day we make hot takes, analyzed

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<v Speaker 5>the game. My man Lebron could go one for nineteen,

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<v Speaker 5>Nick Wright gonna say he he made one shot and

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<v Speaker 5>he was the best player on the floor. What happened

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<v Speaker 5>to the days of again analyzing the game honest opinions?

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<v Speaker 4>Back to your boy, Nicholas.

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<v Speaker 5>You spoke all of that stuff about Andrew Wickins, You

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<v Speaker 5>spoke all of that stuff about how the Warriors were done,

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<v Speaker 5>and like we never win again and Stephani needs to

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<v Speaker 5>leave Golden Stadium, blah blah blah. And then once you're wrong,

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<v Speaker 5>you then try to go on TV the other day

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<v Speaker 5>or whatever you are on and saying that's what we do.

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<v Speaker 4>We make hot takes. Enough.

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<v Speaker 5>No, no, no, you're wrong, brother. You gotta stand on that.

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<v Speaker 5>Those I takes don't just get the roll off. See

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<v Speaker 5>that's what y'all accustomed to. I'd say, to make these

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<v Speaker 5>asinine statements and then once I'm done, it's just over.

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<v Speaker 5>No no, no, no, no, you got to stand on that.

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<v Speaker 5>Changing your opinion in the middle of this no, no, no, brother,

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<v Speaker 5>stand on that. Stand on your word. It's important to

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<v Speaker 5>stand on that, not just flipping and flopping and all this.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, now, so here's what what do you stand for? Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>So here's a few things. First of all, Draymond still

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<v Speaker 2>thinks I switched to the.

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<v Speaker 4>Warriors from the Yeah, which is pretty bad.

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<v Speaker 2>Raymond also is very confused on me saying we don't

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<v Speaker 2>analyze the games. I obviously never said that, and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>doing a whole the fifty parts series on NBA history.

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<v Speaker 2>But here's the other thing Draymond is learning.

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<v Speaker 4>I think we'll go ahead.

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<v Speaker 3>I think Draymond's learning that he's not gonna win another finals.

0:19:11.080 --> 0:19:13.960
<v Speaker 3>And then he's got it just sulk in this moment.

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<v Speaker 2>That's not what he's learning. And I lied. I guess

0:19:17.600 --> 0:19:21.040
<v Speaker 2>we're not going to hit the clock today. Next Draymond

0:19:21.119 --> 0:19:22.960
<v Speaker 2>ruined it. It was a longer sound by than I expected.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's what Draymond's learning.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh wow, This content creation business, it keeps going on

0:19:31.440 --> 0:19:34.960
<v Speaker 2>every day even if there's no sports going on, and

0:19:35.080 --> 0:19:40.480
<v Speaker 2>Draymond is now already in reruns the stand on it,

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<v Speaker 2>Nick writes Andrew Wiggins opinion, Oh this this got some

0:19:44.040 --> 0:19:46.399
<v Speaker 2>traction when I did it two weeks ago. Let me

0:19:46.560 --> 0:19:51.080
<v Speaker 2>run it back. Of course, it's because he's got nothing

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<v Speaker 2>to say, because Draymond, Draymond does a little basketball talk.

0:19:56.200 --> 0:19:59.160
<v Speaker 2>But what Draymond really is is not a basketball analyst.

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<v Speaker 2>He's a media critic. And Draymond is running out of

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<v Speaker 2>people and he's running out of content, and so he's like,

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<v Speaker 2>all right, let me rerack this, let me rerack the

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<v Speaker 2>nick right take. And you know what, my new shine

0:20:12.320 --> 0:20:14.440
<v Speaker 2>of paint and my new code of paint. I'm gonna

0:20:14.440 --> 0:20:18.240
<v Speaker 2>call him Nicholas. That'll throw him for a loop. So

0:20:18.640 --> 0:20:22.240
<v Speaker 2>this idea, he keeps saying, stand on it. Here's the deal.

0:20:23.160 --> 0:20:27.439
<v Speaker 2>No one has ever owned an incorrect take more than

0:20:27.440 --> 0:20:30.600
<v Speaker 2>I owned the Andrew Wiggins take. I'm the one that

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<v Speaker 2>tweeted it back out for the world the moment the

0:20:33.600 --> 0:20:36.840
<v Speaker 2>Warriors beat the Maps. I never ran from it. But

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<v Speaker 2>this idea that there is some that there should be

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<v Speaker 2>a and what's the word, an expectation that if we

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<v Speaker 2>ever be wrong, to either never be wrong or to

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<v Speaker 2>never admit you were wrong is the dumbest shit I've

0:20:50.600 --> 0:20:54.720
<v Speaker 2>ever heard. And this other idea, and Draymond doesn't he's

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<v Speaker 2>a sharp guy, but he doesn't understand the hypocrisy of

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<v Speaker 2>this because he clearly believes that folks who didn't play

0:21:02.359 --> 0:21:12.600
<v Speaker 2>that our ability to evaluate or criticize players is minimal. Okay, well, Draymond,

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<v Speaker 2>are you a professor? Were you trained broadcaster? Did you

0:21:16.560 --> 0:21:19.320
<v Speaker 2>go to broadcasting school? Have you been doing this for

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<v Speaker 2>twenty years? Did you go through all the steps of

0:21:22.880 --> 0:21:25.840
<v Speaker 2>local radio and then mid market radio, and then national

0:21:25.920 --> 0:21:29.480
<v Speaker 2>radio and then small television. And by the way, the

0:21:29.520 --> 0:21:32.800
<v Speaker 2>answer is no. Does that mean he shouldn't be able

0:21:32.840 --> 0:21:35.680
<v Speaker 2>to criticize those in the media. Of course it's not.

0:21:36.280 --> 0:21:39.520
<v Speaker 2>But it's the exact same logic. If I were to

0:21:39.560 --> 0:21:42.960
<v Speaker 2>be like Draymond Green, what do you know about my field?

0:21:43.160 --> 0:21:45.919
<v Speaker 2>You figured it out. Now you're having some missteps or

0:21:45.920 --> 0:21:48.920
<v Speaker 2>misquoting me a bit, you're getting your facts wrong. You're already,

0:21:48.960 --> 0:21:52.480
<v Speaker 2>you know, so starved for content that you're just rerunning

0:21:52.520 --> 0:21:57.040
<v Speaker 2>these same takes. But that's fine. It's hard, man, it's

0:21:57.240 --> 0:22:00.159
<v Speaker 2>And by the way, he can do what I I

0:22:00.200 --> 0:22:03.080
<v Speaker 2>do at a closer level to what I do it

0:22:03.400 --> 0:22:05.520
<v Speaker 2>than what I would be able to do what he does.

0:22:05.800 --> 0:22:08.239
<v Speaker 2>I would be a zero out of one hundred on

0:22:08.280 --> 0:22:11.960
<v Speaker 2>the court for the Warriors. Draymond, as far as you know,

0:22:12.200 --> 0:22:15.800
<v Speaker 2>media guy. At times he's good. At times he's a

0:22:15.800 --> 0:22:19.240
<v Speaker 2>little redundant and a little self congratulatory. That's fine, he'll learn.

0:22:19.520 --> 0:22:22.000
<v Speaker 2>The other thing he's going to have to learn is this,

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<v Speaker 2>at some point, the audience is going to expect some

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<v Speaker 2>criticism of guys you don't want to criticize, and that's

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<v Speaker 2>where for a lot of the guys. He's starting these

0:22:36.960 --> 0:22:40.199
<v Speaker 2>fights with Kendrick Perkins. He's mad that as a former player,

0:22:40.560 --> 0:22:44.960
<v Speaker 2>Perk attacked you know, you criticized him. That's always the

0:22:45.000 --> 0:22:49.160
<v Speaker 2>hard part in the transition from player to media member.

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<v Speaker 2>It's why Barkley a lot of people are at him,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's also why Barkley is the best in the

0:22:53.800 --> 0:22:56.920
<v Speaker 2>game at it. So listen, I'm excited for it. Draymond

0:22:56.960 --> 0:22:59.719
<v Speaker 2>and I have a lot of mutual, very close friends,

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<v Speaker 2>so at some point I think we'll sit down together

0:23:02.560 --> 0:23:05.520
<v Speaker 2>and hash this out. But I also think he's realizing,

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<v Speaker 2>oh damn, I got another podcast to do.

0:23:09.720 --> 0:23:12.159
<v Speaker 4>Oh boy, get this podcast?

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<v Speaker 5>Okay?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and I am. I'm gonna be very impressed when

0:23:16.160 --> 0:23:20.240
<v Speaker 2>he has some original content because the latest episode that

0:23:20.240 --> 0:23:22.320
<v Speaker 2>that was lacking sorely. We'll be right back.

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<v Speaker 2>Also, that was Draymon's first podcast since the championship. I

0:24:04.760 --> 0:24:08.200
<v Speaker 2>didn't know, so that's They won the championship on the sixteen,

0:24:08.920 --> 0:24:12.520
<v Speaker 2>So that's the seventeenth, so he had ten days to

0:24:12.560 --> 0:24:17.119
<v Speaker 2>come up with some material, do something. You know what

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<v Speaker 2>I would you know what I would be interested in now?

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<v Speaker 2>I like lists, but Draymond called himself the greatest defensive

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<v Speaker 2>player ever. I would like to know who he thinks

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<v Speaker 2>the greatest defensive players in league history for real? Like

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<v Speaker 2>his thoughts on a keem Olajuan on Tim Duncan ron

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<v Speaker 2>Our test Ben Wallace.

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<v Speaker 4>He said that win in the last podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>No, he said that during the regular season this past year.

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<v Speaker 2>Anything's the greatest defense.

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<v Speaker 4>J I just.

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<v Speaker 2>Would There's a lot of things. Listen, Draymond might end

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<v Speaker 2>up being awesome at media. He certainly has the pathway

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<v Speaker 2>to it. But the other question for all these guys

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<v Speaker 2>is always this. When you've made that much money, are

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<v Speaker 2>you is are you going to be motivated and incentivized?

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<v Speaker 2>I do two hundred and forty TV shows a year,

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<v Speaker 2>two hundred and forty shows a year, another one hundred

0:25:13.240 --> 0:25:16.879
<v Speaker 2>podcasts plus the podcast guest stuff I do. These are

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<v Speaker 2>the things like now, Berkley doesn't work that much, and

0:25:19.960 --> 0:25:22.359
<v Speaker 2>I think maybe Draamond, but Barkley still during the NBA

0:25:22.440 --> 0:25:25.520
<v Speaker 2>playoffs is working a lot, right, And Barkley made good

0:25:25.560 --> 0:25:28.600
<v Speaker 2>money but also gambled a ton and didn't make today's

0:25:28.680 --> 0:25:31.960
<v Speaker 2>day money. It's always I mean, one podcast in the

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<v Speaker 2>last two weeks and he's already in repeat. It's not great.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, you ready to go, let's do it all right?

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<v Speaker 2>Time now for hey, well, I hit the clock. Who

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<v Speaker 2>knows at this point I promise things. It doesn't happen

0:25:41.640 --> 0:25:44.280
<v Speaker 2>my apologies, but we're playing you guys. You guys said

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<v Speaker 2>this is a new.

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<v Speaker 4>Game, a new game. It's right or wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a new we haven't got it.

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<v Speaker 4>We have it, but we've got that.

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<v Speaker 3>We've got like two or three games at this point

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<v Speaker 3>with right in the name. Yeah, but yeah, okay, new game,

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<v Speaker 3>all right, right or wrong?

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<v Speaker 2>Let's do it.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Everyone thought Jabari Smith was going number one. A lot

0:26:02.480 --> 0:26:06.280
<v Speaker 3>of people, maybe even you, lost money betting on that. Instead,

0:26:06.760 --> 0:26:08.919
<v Speaker 3>the Magic took bon Caro, who didn't even work out

0:26:08.960 --> 0:26:12.800
<v Speaker 3>with the team, So right or wrong, Bonkiro was right

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<v Speaker 3>at the number one.

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<v Speaker 2>Big, Okay, I you're right. I thought it was going

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<v Speaker 2>to go Smith, Holmgren, Bonkaro Ivy instead that I should

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<v Speaker 2>have known the Kings would screw up the fourth pick

0:26:25.600 --> 0:26:28.240
<v Speaker 2>and they wouldn't even they wouldn't. They would have the

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<v Speaker 2>biggest reach of the first round like they seem to

0:26:31.160 --> 0:26:33.679
<v Speaker 2>always do, and Ivy would fall to five. You gotta

0:26:33.720 --> 0:26:36.800
<v Speaker 2>love what Detroit was able to do staying there, getting

0:26:36.800 --> 0:26:40.200
<v Speaker 2>Ivy Kate Cunningham kind of like what they're building there.

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<v Speaker 2>But that's not the question you asked me. I said

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<v Speaker 2>the day of the draft that I thought Paula was

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<v Speaker 2>the safest, meaning I think he's the least. I think

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<v Speaker 2>he is the surest fire thing to be a good

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<v Speaker 2>NBA player. I think the most upside was Jabbari. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>if you're the Magic, do you want to go safe

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<v Speaker 2>or do you want to go upside? Or maybe they

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<v Speaker 2>thought Paulo was had the most upside as well. I

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<v Speaker 2>know a lot of people think the most upsides chet.

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<v Speaker 2>I just I would have taken Chet fourth or fifth,

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<v Speaker 2>like I would have taken Ivy. Had a Chet, I

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<v Speaker 2>would have considered shade and sharp, just based on his

0:27:15.320 --> 0:27:18.000
<v Speaker 2>high school profile alone, and then I would have been

0:27:18.000 --> 0:27:21.399
<v Speaker 2>comfortable with Chat at five or six. But what I

0:27:21.480 --> 0:27:25.600
<v Speaker 2>find fascinating about the Magic is they never interviewed or

0:27:25.840 --> 0:27:29.959
<v Speaker 2>worked out Paula. And the only explanation of that is, oh,

0:27:30.000 --> 0:27:32.000
<v Speaker 2>it was subterfuge. But you have the number one pick.

0:27:32.480 --> 0:27:34.600
<v Speaker 2>Nobody can jump ahead of you. You have the number

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<v Speaker 2>one pick. So I don't know exactly why they went

0:27:38.320 --> 0:27:40.479
<v Speaker 2>about it the way they did. With that said, I

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<v Speaker 2>love him as a player. I don't think any of

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<v Speaker 2>these guys are superstars. I don't think any of these

0:27:45.560 --> 0:27:48.199
<v Speaker 2>guys are gonna be Anthony Edwards and I didn't think

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<v Speaker 2>anyone in last year's draft, by the way, it was

0:27:49.800 --> 0:27:52.520
<v Speaker 2>gonna be a superstar. Now maybe MOBILEI will turn into one.

0:27:52.760 --> 0:27:54.399
<v Speaker 2>I think Cage's really good. I don't think it'll be

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<v Speaker 2>a superstar. But there's the last draft pick that I

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<v Speaker 2>felt going into the draft is a franchise changing guy

0:28:04.680 --> 0:28:07.560
<v Speaker 2>was Luca. And the next one that I think coming

0:28:07.560 --> 0:28:10.560
<v Speaker 2>into the draft is a franchise changer is the French

0:28:10.640 --> 0:28:13.800
<v Speaker 2>kid Winbinyama, who was seven to with like a seven

0:28:13.880 --> 0:28:18.119
<v Speaker 2>seven wing springs, unbelievable. Uh the last what was the

0:28:18.200 --> 0:28:22.440
<v Speaker 2>last American player that I thought going into a draft

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<v Speaker 2>could absolutely change the trajectory of your franchise.

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<v Speaker 4>Dearon Fox.

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<v Speaker 2>I did love Fox just because I watched it, but

0:28:30.280 --> 0:28:32.399
<v Speaker 2>I was biased. I did think maybe that you might

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<v Speaker 2>be right that I thought that about Fox. I just

0:28:34.440 --> 0:28:37.120
<v Speaker 2>watched Fox score forty and a half in an AAU game.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh my god.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, that was the summer I was coaching you

0:28:41.880 --> 0:28:46.640
<v Speaker 2>in AAUFT and I kept watching Dearon Fox. Just cook everybody,

0:28:46.720 --> 0:28:47.760
<v Speaker 2>all right, what's next?

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<v Speaker 4>Uh? So Wolde destroyed gamblers during the draft.

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<v Speaker 3>He reported the incorrect Uh sorry, he reported the incorrect

0:28:55.520 --> 0:28:58.400
<v Speaker 3>draft order. In the morning and then spoiled every pick

0:28:58.440 --> 0:29:01.440
<v Speaker 3>at night. Others do the same in the NFL draft.

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<v Speaker 3>So right or wrong, Twitter has destroyed the draft.

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<v Speaker 2>Wrong. I never have understood this complaint. They're not scrolling

0:29:09.960 --> 0:29:15.560
<v Speaker 2>tweets on the broadcast. If you don't want it's spoiled, don't,

0:29:15.680 --> 0:29:19.640
<v Speaker 2>don't read Twitter. And by the way, you can still

0:29:19.720 --> 0:29:22.080
<v Speaker 2>tweet without reading Twitter.

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<v Speaker 4>It's so crazy.

0:29:23.000 --> 0:29:25.160
<v Speaker 3>We didn't discuss this before, but that was my exact

0:29:25.160 --> 0:29:27.520
<v Speaker 3>take on the situation. I've never I feel like it's

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<v Speaker 3>an obvious one, though, no, but.

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<v Speaker 2>I've never understood. This is one of these things people

0:29:31.880 --> 0:29:35.000
<v Speaker 2>complain about, but it is totally self inflicted.

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<v Speaker 3>It's funny you say something about this because we have

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<v Speaker 3>a conversation about this or anything.

0:29:38.480 --> 0:29:41.200
<v Speaker 4>But I had a very similar take. It's the right take.

0:29:42.000 --> 0:29:45.080
<v Speaker 2>Guess what it's like. Someone's saying, like, I like to

0:29:45.120 --> 0:29:47.880
<v Speaker 2>be surprised by what the weather is going to be

0:29:47.960 --> 0:29:51.000
<v Speaker 2>like when I walk outside, so I'm angry at the

0:29:51.040 --> 0:29:55.960
<v Speaker 2>weather channel. Don't open it, like it's still available to

0:29:56.120 --> 0:30:00.760
<v Speaker 2>you to be surprised. You can just watch the draft

0:30:00.920 --> 0:30:02.960
<v Speaker 2>if you don't want to have the pick spoiled. So

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<v Speaker 2>totally wrong. It's a ludicrous complaint. All right, what's next?

0:30:08.040 --> 0:30:12.920
<v Speaker 3>Benedict Mathurin is not moved by the NBA, says Lebron

0:30:13.000 --> 0:30:14.800
<v Speaker 3>is gonna have to prove that he's better than him.

0:30:15.080 --> 0:30:18.520
<v Speaker 3>He says, oh really, yeah, he says, quote unquote, a

0:30:18.560 --> 0:30:20.640
<v Speaker 3>lot of people say he is great. I want to

0:30:20.640 --> 0:30:23.360
<v Speaker 3>see how great he really is. I don't think anybody

0:30:23.400 --> 0:30:25.320
<v Speaker 3>is better than me. He's gonna have to show me

0:30:25.360 --> 0:30:30.160
<v Speaker 3>that he's better than me, right or wrong. Benedict's Benedict

0:30:30.200 --> 0:30:31.440
<v Speaker 3>calling out Lebron is bad.

0:30:32.080 --> 0:30:32.440
<v Speaker 4>Listen.

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<v Speaker 2>I I appreciate the moxie and the confidence. I don't

0:30:41.680 --> 0:30:45.320
<v Speaker 2>know that I would have gone with the Lebron James

0:30:45.360 --> 0:30:48.120
<v Speaker 2>has to prove he's better than me approached.

0:30:48.280 --> 0:30:50.960
<v Speaker 3>The funniest part to me is a lot of people

0:30:51.080 --> 0:30:53.320
<v Speaker 3>says that he's great, Like, what do you mean?

0:30:53.440 --> 0:30:53.760
<v Speaker 5>All right?

0:30:53.840 --> 0:30:56.320
<v Speaker 2>That's the other thing is the I mean, Lebron's been

0:30:56.360 --> 0:30:59.640
<v Speaker 2>in the league for almost every single moment. This young

0:30:59.680 --> 0:31:03.600
<v Speaker 2>man's in a lot, and so the idea that he's like, hey,

0:31:03.920 --> 0:31:07.400
<v Speaker 2>I've heard good things, but I don't know, but now

0:31:07.480 --> 0:31:10.440
<v Speaker 2>I do respect the I always think I'm the best

0:31:10.440 --> 0:31:12.800
<v Speaker 2>player type of thing. And that is what's hard for

0:31:12.920 --> 0:31:15.800
<v Speaker 2>rookies is that they you know, they come into a

0:31:15.880 --> 0:31:18.840
<v Speaker 2>league and they're not the best player on their own team,

0:31:18.920 --> 0:31:22.280
<v Speaker 2>much less better player in the whole league. But I also,

0:31:22.440 --> 0:31:25.160
<v Speaker 2>let me see, I want to check the schedule here. Oh,

0:31:25.200 --> 0:31:27.040
<v Speaker 2>we don't have the schedule, and I can't check the schedule.

0:31:27.080 --> 0:31:28.800
<v Speaker 2>I'm an idiot. I was going to say when they

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<v Speaker 2>play each other for the first.

0:31:29.920 --> 0:31:32.840
<v Speaker 3>Time, I'll be watching his first game. I don't think

0:31:32.840 --> 0:31:36.920
<v Speaker 3>that big on like, you know, oh, I want to

0:31:36.960 --> 0:31:37.760
<v Speaker 3>see this rookie.

0:31:37.840 --> 0:31:40.120
<v Speaker 4>I like now, what he has done is.

0:31:40.080 --> 0:31:42.520
<v Speaker 3>Created a buzz around himself, I believe because like I

0:31:42.960 --> 0:31:46.080
<v Speaker 3>for one, would not have been like I gotta see

0:31:46.080 --> 0:31:47.640
<v Speaker 3>Benedict Matherin's first game.

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<v Speaker 4>Sorry, no, you're fine. I'm very motivated by the way he.

0:31:51.920 --> 0:31:54.600
<v Speaker 2>Was one of a number of Canadians drafted in the

0:31:54.600 --> 0:31:58.120
<v Speaker 2>first round. Big Canadian contingent that everyone riding that Andrew

0:31:58.120 --> 0:32:01.720
<v Speaker 2>Wiggins way, he's also Canadian. Listen, I watched him in college.

0:32:02.200 --> 0:32:04.360
<v Speaker 2>I think he won Pack twelve Player of the Year,

0:32:04.760 --> 0:32:07.560
<v Speaker 2>so I give him credit, and you know, his top

0:32:07.600 --> 0:32:10.440
<v Speaker 2>ten pick of the draft. But yeah, he's on the

0:32:10.640 --> 0:32:15.200
<v Speaker 2>So he's on the Pacers. So he'll play Lebron twice

0:32:15.280 --> 0:32:18.640
<v Speaker 2>this coming years. This is the other conference. I I'm

0:32:18.680 --> 0:32:22.000
<v Speaker 2>gonna go ahead and guess Lebron will be aware of

0:32:22.040 --> 0:32:26.280
<v Speaker 2>this and will do his best to have a couple

0:32:26.400 --> 0:32:29.840
<v Speaker 2>moments with him, especially because listen that he plays wing

0:32:29.960 --> 0:32:32.040
<v Speaker 2>like Lebron, so they could match up against each other.

0:32:33.360 --> 0:32:37.320
<v Speaker 2>I don't mind him saying, you know, chet was asked

0:32:37.360 --> 0:32:39.320
<v Speaker 2>a few months ago, who's the best player in the

0:32:39.400 --> 0:32:42.720
<v Speaker 2>nbauld have said me in a few months. But the

0:32:42.800 --> 0:32:46.800
<v Speaker 2>whole he's gonna have to show me he's better than

0:32:46.800 --> 0:32:49.200
<v Speaker 2>me is maybe a bridge too far. All right, what's next?

0:32:49.360 --> 0:32:50.719
<v Speaker 4>So all right, sweet?

0:32:51.000 --> 0:32:54.480
<v Speaker 3>The Rockets are practicing with a four point line. Sorry,

0:32:54.520 --> 0:32:56.320
<v Speaker 3>the Rockets are practicing with a four point line in

0:32:56.360 --> 0:32:57.000
<v Speaker 3>their facility.

0:32:58.120 --> 0:33:00.240
<v Speaker 4>Right or wrong? The four point line should exis in

0:33:00.280 --> 0:33:00.720
<v Speaker 4>the NBA.

0:33:01.480 --> 0:33:04.800
<v Speaker 2>Absolutely should not exist. It's wrong. And I want to

0:33:04.840 --> 0:33:08.200
<v Speaker 2>show you a graphic because this, to me, is an

0:33:08.240 --> 0:33:13.000
<v Speaker 2>issue with the NBA. Is Kirk Goldsberry does all these maps?

0:33:13.400 --> 0:33:17.080
<v Speaker 2>He like he's like basically part NBA guy, part cartographer

0:33:17.400 --> 0:33:20.880
<v Speaker 2>where he shows shooting zones. And I'm trying to find

0:33:21.000 --> 0:33:24.120
<v Speaker 2>the one that I saw just the other day that

0:33:24.200 --> 0:33:28.320
<v Speaker 2>where he talked about shot distribution in the NBA. Now

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<v Speaker 2>versus a decade ago, because the I adding a four

0:33:33.600 --> 0:33:38.840
<v Speaker 2>point line would simply further make it to where long

0:33:38.960 --> 0:33:42.600
<v Speaker 2>jump shots are the only shots people take other than threes,

0:33:43.280 --> 0:33:45.520
<v Speaker 2>I'm sorry, other than layups and shots in the paint,

0:33:45.960 --> 0:33:49.280
<v Speaker 2>and I don't think that is good for the health

0:33:49.320 --> 0:33:52.560
<v Speaker 2>of the sport. I think that, if anything, the league

0:33:52.680 --> 0:33:55.960
<v Speaker 2>should go to a true arc, not flattening it out

0:33:55.960 --> 0:33:59.160
<v Speaker 2>in the corners. That way, there is no corner three

0:33:59.600 --> 0:34:02.520
<v Speaker 2>because and that way the mid range starts to have

0:34:02.600 --> 0:34:05.560
<v Speaker 2>a bit of a comeback. Because I understand the math

0:34:05.600 --> 0:34:10.560
<v Speaker 2>of it, I understand why folks don't want the why

0:34:10.600 --> 0:34:13.319
<v Speaker 2>the mid range is a bad shot, but I just

0:34:13.719 --> 0:34:18.640
<v Speaker 2>I think aesthetically speaking, the league was better when there

0:34:18.719 --> 0:34:20.400
<v Speaker 2>was more diversity of offen.

0:34:20.320 --> 0:34:23.440
<v Speaker 3>Say it wouldn't be healthy for the sport. I think

0:34:23.480 --> 0:34:25.719
<v Speaker 3>it'd be a lot healthier for the players. What do

0:34:25.760 --> 0:34:27.640
<v Speaker 3>you mean, Like, as far as I think there would

0:34:27.680 --> 0:34:31.440
<v Speaker 3>be less you know, pounding down in the paint, I

0:34:31.480 --> 0:34:33.280
<v Speaker 3>think that people are going to be taking further shots,

0:34:33.280 --> 0:34:34.759
<v Speaker 3>so there's going to be less contact.

0:34:35.080 --> 0:34:36.360
<v Speaker 4>But you know that's true.

0:34:36.400 --> 0:34:38.759
<v Speaker 2>But the flip side of that is guys have to

0:34:38.760 --> 0:34:43.120
<v Speaker 2>cover so much more ground now defensively, and that would

0:34:43.200 --> 0:34:46.960
<v Speaker 2>be exacerbated even further if they went to a four

0:34:47.000 --> 0:34:48.920
<v Speaker 2>point line. Listen, they're not going to a four point line.

0:34:48.960 --> 0:34:53.040
<v Speaker 2>There's the graphic, thank you here. It is so if

0:34:53.080 --> 0:34:55.839
<v Speaker 2>you look at the most common shot location twenty years ago,

0:34:56.320 --> 0:34:59.880
<v Speaker 2>it was all over the court. Most common shot locations

0:35:00.000 --> 0:35:04.000
<v Speaker 2>this year it is in the restricted area, in the paint,

0:35:04.120 --> 0:35:07.600
<v Speaker 2>in the dead middle, and then just threes, nothing in

0:35:07.640 --> 0:35:10.279
<v Speaker 2>the mid range. And to me, that has made the

0:35:10.320 --> 0:35:14.759
<v Speaker 2>game a little less fun to watch because everyone is

0:35:15.200 --> 0:35:17.759
<v Speaker 2>bombing threes and that seems to be the focal point

0:35:17.800 --> 0:35:20.560
<v Speaker 2>of the offense. A four point line would make it

0:35:20.600 --> 0:35:22.840
<v Speaker 2>even more so that the real way to fix it,

0:35:22.880 --> 0:35:25.800
<v Speaker 2>and I've said this before, is to switch the scoring

0:35:25.880 --> 0:35:28.680
<v Speaker 2>from threes and twos to fours and threes, but that

0:35:28.760 --> 0:35:31.319
<v Speaker 2>will never happen. The reason that would fix it is

0:35:31.360 --> 0:35:33.879
<v Speaker 2>because then the premium on the three point shot, which

0:35:33.920 --> 0:35:35.680
<v Speaker 2>will be a four point shot, will only be a

0:35:35.719 --> 0:35:38.520
<v Speaker 2>thirty three percent premium instead of a fifty percent premium.

0:35:38.560 --> 0:35:41.160
<v Speaker 2>It's the same reason why when you're playing pickup, if

0:35:41.200 --> 0:35:44.879
<v Speaker 2>you play by ones and twos, it just comes down

0:35:44.920 --> 0:35:47.280
<v Speaker 2>to who has the best shooter because it's one hundred

0:35:47.280 --> 0:35:50.080
<v Speaker 2>percent premium. But they'll never change it to fours and

0:35:50.120 --> 0:35:52.200
<v Speaker 2>threes because people don't like math, because it would ruin

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<v Speaker 2>the record books. All right, what's last?

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, well, we've got an unwritten no baseball rule on

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<v Speaker 3>this show.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh huh.

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<v Speaker 4>But this has to be seen. All right, let's see

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<v Speaker 4>right or wrong? You can do this.

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<v Speaker 7>Skeeters the only other team aside from the Patriots and

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<v Speaker 7>the Ducks with double digit wins on the young season.

0:36:10.120 --> 0:36:13.360
<v Speaker 7>The one one Cardula swings and fouls it off towards

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<v Speaker 7>the broadcast booth and I make the catch on the

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<v Speaker 7>foul ball. I am very proud of myself. I hope

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<v Speaker 7>somebody got a video of that. I caught it on

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<v Speaker 7>the fly. Oh and it's a one to two count.

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<v Speaker 7>All right, boy, am I impressive? What a play by me?

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<v Speaker 2>Great job by that guy. So a few things. First

0:36:37.800 --> 0:36:39.680
<v Speaker 2>of all, did you hear the team he mentioned? He

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<v Speaker 2>said the Skeeters are the only other team. That's the

0:36:42.120 --> 0:36:46.160
<v Speaker 2>sugar Lands Snaters. So yeah, so that's the We used

0:36:46.200 --> 0:36:48.320
<v Speaker 2>to live just a few blocks from where they play.

0:36:48.560 --> 0:36:49.920
<v Speaker 2>The Skeeters weren't in that highlight.

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<v Speaker 4>That's where I learned how to drive.

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<v Speaker 2>That is where you learned how to drive. That is

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<v Speaker 2>absolutely right. Could I do that? Unfortunately, I must admit

0:36:59.840 --> 0:37:01.840
<v Speaker 2>I've been in a position to do that when I

0:37:01.960 --> 0:37:05.120
<v Speaker 2>used to cover the Royals where a foul ball came

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<v Speaker 2>into the press box and I did not snag it.

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<v Speaker 4>What I mean, did you touch it?

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<v Speaker 2>I attempted to snag it and it went through my

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<v Speaker 2>hand and.

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<v Speaker 6>Hit the wall.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, so I know for a fact that I could

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<v Speaker 2>not do that.

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<v Speaker 4>Geez, for a fact. I mean that was one of one.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, know if it if it come on, man,

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<v Speaker 4>you gotta give it a little bit more.

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<v Speaker 2>Not a great baseball player, not a great baseball I

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<v Speaker 2>know I'm.

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<v Speaker 3>A great catcher. I don't even think that's just I'm sorry.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not trying to grill you right now or anything,

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<v Speaker 3>but you're saying you're not a great baseball player. It's

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<v Speaker 3>not catching an item like it's a it's a baseball.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not a great baseball player, and I feel like

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<v Speaker 3>I could definitely do that well with the mic on

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<v Speaker 3>and everything.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know that you could. First of all, maybe

0:37:49.640 --> 0:37:52.120
<v Speaker 2>you could. You have good coordination, You're a good athlete.

0:37:52.360 --> 0:37:54.440
<v Speaker 2>Baseball is different, though, because I have great I'm a

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<v Speaker 2>great catcher.

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<v Speaker 4>Of a basketball.

0:37:58.320 --> 0:38:01.959
<v Speaker 2>No, no, noka when it comes to football. But baseball's tough.

0:38:02.360 --> 0:38:06.000
<v Speaker 2>They're hard, they're coming fast. You gotta track it. There's

0:38:06.000 --> 0:38:07.680
<v Speaker 2>a little fear if you're not used to it. It's

0:38:07.680 --> 0:38:10.920
<v Speaker 2>a little harder. We have during the pod a little

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<v Speaker 2>breaking Kyrie Irving news. We'll do that to wrap up

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<v Speaker 2>the show. Next What's Right? All right, welcome back in

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<v Speaker 2>What's Right with Nick Wright. We have a little bit

0:38:24.160 --> 0:38:28.200
<v Speaker 2>of breaking news. While recording the pod. Christian Winfield Demonse

0:38:29.400 --> 0:38:32.000
<v Speaker 2>of the New York Daily News just wrote an article

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<v Speaker 2>says Kyrie Irving has requested and received permission from the

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<v Speaker 2>NETS to find sign and trade offers from other teams.

0:38:40.040 --> 0:38:43.400
<v Speaker 2>Kevin Durant still hasn't spoken to the NETS front office.

0:38:43.600 --> 0:38:48.560
<v Speaker 2>Russell Westbrook to Brooklyn remains unlikely. So this is where

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<v Speaker 2>I'm really a master, and this is where we break

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<v Speaker 2>out the old trade machine and we see what the

0:38:55.280 --> 0:38:59.400
<v Speaker 2>possible teams are. So we're gonna go NBA trade machine,

0:38:59.760 --> 0:39:03.160
<v Speaker 2>not the one that ESPN uses. There's a better one.

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<v Speaker 2>Fan Spoe has it, and we see which trades can work.

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<v Speaker 2>So let's start with Miami, which was on his list.

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<v Speaker 2>Miami is flatly not trading Bam or Jimmy Butler. I

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<v Speaker 2>guarantee you they're not trading either one of those guys

0:39:16.520 --> 0:39:20.400
<v Speaker 2>for Kyrie. But what they could do is trade Kyle

0:39:20.440 --> 0:39:26.000
<v Speaker 2>Lowry and they could include Tyler Hero. Kyle Lowry for

0:39:26.120 --> 0:39:29.880
<v Speaker 2>Tyler and Tyler Hero for Kyrie Irving. Does that trade

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<v Speaker 2>work against the cap? That trade works against the cap?

0:39:33.200 --> 0:39:37.960
<v Speaker 2>That's a possibility, A nice little Oh yeah, absolutely, And

0:39:38.000 --> 0:39:40.760
<v Speaker 2>we can adjust people's contracts and such. But that trade

0:39:40.760 --> 0:39:44.480
<v Speaker 2>works Kyle Lowry and Tyler Hero, That one works. The

0:39:44.520 --> 0:39:47.400
<v Speaker 2>next one that, to me, there's a real possibility of

0:39:47.800 --> 0:39:51.239
<v Speaker 2>would be the Los Angeles Clippers. So they are not

0:39:51.400 --> 0:39:56.319
<v Speaker 2>trading Kawhi or Paul George, but I'm sure they would

0:39:56.320 --> 0:39:59.960
<v Speaker 2>trade Norman Powell. I'm sure they would trade Marcus Morris,

0:40:00.680 --> 0:40:04.760
<v Speaker 2>and then you could probably get them to include Terrence Man,

0:40:05.000 --> 0:40:08.680
<v Speaker 2>who's a young player and has some value. Those two players,

0:40:09.000 --> 0:40:11.759
<v Speaker 2>they don't have any picks to include, though. Does that

0:40:11.840 --> 0:40:16.080
<v Speaker 2>trade work? That trade works, Marcus Morris, Norman Powell and

0:40:16.160 --> 0:40:19.440
<v Speaker 2>Terrence Man for Kyrie Irving, That trade works. Would the

0:40:19.520 --> 0:40:23.680
<v Speaker 2>Nets do that? Maybe? Would the Clippers do that? I

0:40:23.719 --> 0:40:26.839
<v Speaker 2>would say absolutely the Clippers would do that, and they

0:40:26.840 --> 0:40:31.120
<v Speaker 2>would have a dynamic threesome in Kawhi, Paul George and Katie.

0:40:31.320 --> 0:40:34.439
<v Speaker 2>I mean Kawhi, Paul George and Kyrie. Now the other

0:40:34.520 --> 0:40:37.840
<v Speaker 2>teams that wrero on Kyrie's list, the Knicks could trade

0:40:37.880 --> 0:40:40.480
<v Speaker 2>you picks and bad contracts. I don't know that they

0:40:40.520 --> 0:40:46.080
<v Speaker 2>want that. The MAVs could They could the MAVs make

0:40:46.160 --> 0:40:51.480
<v Speaker 2>it work, assuming let's say Jalen Brunson is gone. Could

0:40:51.520 --> 0:40:53.560
<v Speaker 2>the MAVs, because they're you're not gonna do a Jalen

0:40:53.600 --> 0:41:01.200
<v Speaker 2>Brunson sign in trade. They could send Dinwiddie back and

0:41:01.280 --> 0:41:04.759
<v Speaker 2>din Witty and Burton's are Dinwitty in Hardaway. But I

0:41:04.800 --> 0:41:06.520
<v Speaker 2>don't know that the MAVs want to get in the

0:41:06.640 --> 0:41:11.400
<v Speaker 2>Kyrie business, to be honest, honestly, I know the Lakers

0:41:11.440 --> 0:41:14.319
<v Speaker 2>would want to get involved. But the Lakers can't make

0:41:14.360 --> 0:41:18.200
<v Speaker 2>a trade work unless a it's this massive trade that

0:41:18.200 --> 0:41:20.719
<v Speaker 2>involves Anthony Davis, and then you also have to get

0:41:20.719 --> 0:41:25.320
<v Speaker 2>Ben Simmons back, or if the Nets wanted Russell Westbrook,

0:41:25.320 --> 0:41:28.840
<v Speaker 2>which I don't think they do, and so for the Lakers,

0:41:28.960 --> 0:41:32.759
<v Speaker 2>sign in trade is very unlikely. The other question is,

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<v Speaker 2>and I find this one interesting, is Kyrie willing to

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<v Speaker 2>accept a contract from another team that is the same

0:41:42.239 --> 0:41:45.400
<v Speaker 2>type of contract he turned down from the Nets, And

0:41:45.480 --> 0:41:47.759
<v Speaker 2>I think the answer to that is yes. So by that,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean Kyrie wanted the full max next NETS wouldn't

0:41:50.320 --> 0:41:53.319
<v Speaker 2>give it to him. Say, the Nets offered him two

0:41:53.440 --> 0:41:56.319
<v Speaker 2>years at max money with a team option for year

0:41:56.360 --> 0:42:00.239
<v Speaker 2>three partially guaranteed year three, and Kyrie was offended by that,

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<v Speaker 2>That doesn't necessarily mean he wouldn't accept that from another team,

0:42:05.560 --> 0:42:09.360
<v Speaker 2>so that I'll use again different levels of negotiation, of course.

0:42:09.480 --> 0:42:13.120
<v Speaker 2>But when I was leaving Kansas City radio wise, and

0:42:13.120 --> 0:42:14.480
<v Speaker 2>I wasn't sure if I was gonna leave or not,

0:42:14.560 --> 0:42:19.719
<v Speaker 2>I was wildly insulted by their initial contract offered to me.

0:42:20.200 --> 0:42:22.239
<v Speaker 2>They then made another one. I still thought it was

0:42:22.280 --> 0:42:24.919
<v Speaker 2>way out of whack. I then got the job offer

0:42:24.960 --> 0:42:29.279
<v Speaker 2>in Houston. Houston offered me the exact same amount of

0:42:29.320 --> 0:42:32.239
<v Speaker 2>money that Kansas City offered me at the end, and

0:42:32.320 --> 0:42:35.720
<v Speaker 2>I happily took Houston's because I felt like Kansas City

0:42:36.239 --> 0:42:38.759
<v Speaker 2>had taken me for granted and insulted me, even though

0:42:38.800 --> 0:42:41.080
<v Speaker 2>it was the same amount of money and Houston was

0:42:41.120 --> 0:42:44.040
<v Speaker 2>actually more expensive city. So I don't think every team

0:42:44.040 --> 0:42:47.279
<v Speaker 2>that wants to sign and trade for Kyrie necessarily has

0:42:47.320 --> 0:42:50.080
<v Speaker 2>to give him the same contract the Nets were going

0:42:50.160 --> 0:42:54.600
<v Speaker 2>to give him. But I do think that the Lakers'

0:42:54.719 --> 0:42:58.479
<v Speaker 2>only path is really that six million dollar mid level

0:42:59.040 --> 0:43:01.920
<v Speaker 2>and it's a whole lot of money for Kyrie to

0:43:01.960 --> 0:43:05.000
<v Speaker 2>leave on the table. Yeah, it's Kyrie, so it's possible,

0:43:05.400 --> 0:43:07.160
<v Speaker 2>and I do think that's where he wants to go.

0:43:07.880 --> 0:43:10.920
<v Speaker 2>And so seems like a lot of this is maneuvering

0:43:11.040 --> 0:43:14.080
<v Speaker 2>to get back with Lebron and try to win a title.

0:43:14.280 --> 0:43:15.080
<v Speaker 4>I'd love to see it.

0:43:15.560 --> 0:43:17.400
<v Speaker 2>I think it'd be a great story. I think the

0:43:17.440 --> 0:43:19.960
<v Speaker 2>Lakers would be awesome. I don't know if financially they

0:43:19.960 --> 0:43:21.400
<v Speaker 2>could do it. They could have done it if they

0:43:21.440 --> 0:43:24.080
<v Speaker 2>hadn't traded for us, But such as life. All right,

0:43:24.200 --> 0:43:26.160
<v Speaker 2>there's today's show. We'll be back.

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<v Speaker 4>Breaking news, Yeah, breaking news.

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<v Speaker 3>Colorado Avalanche has won their first Stanley Cup in twenty

0:43:31.560 --> 0:43:34.120
<v Speaker 3>one years. They get their name engraved on the Stanley Cup.

0:43:34.560 --> 0:43:36.920
<v Speaker 3>Nathan had a great game. I don't remember his last name,

0:43:36.960 --> 0:43:40.279
<v Speaker 3>but he scored two points. Okay, I just thought we'd

0:43:40.320 --> 0:43:41.279
<v Speaker 3>bring hockey in here.

0:43:41.400 --> 0:43:43.640
<v Speaker 2>Okay, it's not hockey, it's goals, goals.

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<v Speaker 4>Sorry, is this.

0:43:45.239 --> 0:43:47.640
<v Speaker 2>The thing you were supposed you supposedly knew more about

0:43:47.640 --> 0:43:47.880
<v Speaker 2>than me.

0:43:48.080 --> 0:43:49.359
<v Speaker 4>It's not supposedly I did.

0:43:49.640 --> 0:43:50.759
<v Speaker 2>What did you know more than me?

0:43:50.840 --> 0:43:52.240
<v Speaker 4>That Nathan scored two points?

0:43:52.320 --> 0:43:54.960
<v Speaker 2>You don't even know is Nathan his first or last name?

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<v Speaker 2>And there's no points.

0:43:56.040 --> 0:43:56.640
<v Speaker 4>It's ghosts.

0:43:56.800 --> 0:44:00.640
<v Speaker 2>Okay, don't listen to a new rule on the show. Guys,

0:44:00.800 --> 0:44:02.719
<v Speaker 2>prep to Mom's a better if you're gonna ask him

0:44:02.760 --> 0:44:05.160
<v Speaker 2>to talk hockey, that's first of all. Second of all,

0:44:05.320 --> 0:44:09.200
<v Speaker 2>we're not talking Coloride. Congrats Colorado Avalanche. But until Patrick

0:44:09.239 --> 0:44:11.840
<v Speaker 2>Waugh walks back through that door, it doesn't matter anything

0:44:11.880 --> 0:44:13.239
<v Speaker 2>to me. We'll talk to you guys in a couple

0:44:13.239 --> 0:46:00.600
<v Speaker 2>of days, as