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Speaker 1: Welcome in to what's burning here with DeMarcus Cousins back back,

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Speaker 1: ladies and gentlemen braved airplane issues. You are in a

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Speaker 1: pick somewhere else. But you're here now. Friends. We got

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Speaker 1: to talk about the Warriors because the Splash Brothers they're back.

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Speaker 1: The boys are back. Right Saturday, Steph Powers that emotional

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Speaker 1: overtime win Clay on Monday night, and I'll get these

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Speaker 1: numbers right, thirty eight points in thirty four minutes. He's

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Speaker 1: averaging a career high and scoring great. Right, everything's there.

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Speaker 1: They're getting back in a form. The road record still

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Speaker 1: not what anyone would hope, but you know, it seems

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Speaker 1: like they're getting back into playoff form right at the

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Speaker 1: right time. Except for Andrew Wiggins still out. He out

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Speaker 1: for personal reasons. Everyone's been very respectful in a great way.

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Speaker 1: I've even seen I was a little worried about online

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Speaker 1: people of Warriors fans have been great. I want to

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Speaker 1: give them a lot of credit. They have been respectful

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Speaker 1: about Andrew Wiggins and the fact that he's going through

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Speaker 1: some shit personally. But there has been a little bit

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Speaker 1: of a question of when he is coming back, because

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Speaker 1: for a while the Warriors were like, when Andrew gets back,

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Speaker 1: when Wiggs gets back. The other night, this is what

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Speaker 1: Steve Kerr said. He noticeably shifted his language. He said, quote,

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Speaker 1: the hope is that we get Wiggins back, and the

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Speaker 1: quote was if he's able to come back, that would

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Speaker 1: be great, and if not, we will handle it accordingly.

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Speaker 1: He was the second best player during the finals at

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Speaker 1: times last year. Not through every game, but certainly at times.

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Speaker 1: How does what you think Golden State can do in

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Speaker 1: postseason change if Wiggs does not come back. Well, obviously,

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Speaker 1: you know Wiggs is a huge part to that team,

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Speaker 1: but you know, this is a team that's been there,

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Speaker 1: They've they've seen every season that could happen throughout a

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Speaker 1: playoff rude. So as far as them preparing or adjustin

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Speaker 1: I think that's more than capable. But obviously Wiggins is

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Speaker 1: a huge piece, but they're still the Wards, They're still

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Speaker 1: the Warriors. I just worry because, I mean, he's a

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Speaker 1: big body who does a lot of things for them,

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Speaker 1: and just they're thin after him there at that position.

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Speaker 1: But I can still say, even if I'm in the

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Speaker 1: top of the West, right, I don't want to see

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Speaker 1: the awards no matter what, No matter what, I don't

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Speaker 1: care who's missing. Yeah you have an issue. Yeah, so

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Speaker 1: did you see that game the other night. I mean,

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Speaker 1: he's incredible, ridiculous. He's turning thirty five. I think today

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Speaker 1: he's got about another ten years to play if he

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Speaker 1: wanted to, right, he really wants Yeah, No, I mean

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Speaker 1: he certainly thinks he can. That's a good point about

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Speaker 1: the fact that they've adjusted to so much over the years,

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Speaker 1: they can adjust to this. Also, absolutely, I get that

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Speaker 1: they do have a really big five game road road

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Speaker 1: possible to have that bad I think the fourth worst

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Speaker 1: that possible. Explain how that works. It can happen, It

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Speaker 1: can really happen. One thing about playing at home, it

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Speaker 1: covers up a lot of your mistakes because of the

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Speaker 1: energy and the building. Okay, so you can overcome a

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Speaker 1: lot of mistakes just by the momentum. On the road,

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Speaker 1: it's not the same thing. Those mistakes they start adding

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Speaker 1: ten point run. Does it really make that much of

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Speaker 1: the difference. It's that much over the difference, It's that much.

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Speaker 1: So it's understandable. But this is you know, the Warriors

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Speaker 1: have been inconsistent. Oh yeah, inconsistent with health. Right, So

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Speaker 1: with that being said, it's hard to find that chemistry

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Speaker 1: that up and down of where they're playing, and if

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Speaker 1: history of the franchise. Are they the most reliable team

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Speaker 1: in the West? They are, right, they are were there,

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Speaker 1: but the Nuggets have been healthy on here. But you

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Speaker 1: and obviously the biggest surprise. Yeah, but health played such

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Speaker 1: the regular season, you have a great chance of being

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Speaker 1: I don't know Nay has the numbers, producer, Nate, can

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Speaker 1: you put the numbers up there for me? Right? So, okay,

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Speaker 1: here's the here's the health right, So Fox has played

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Speaker 1: sixty out of sixty seven games, sabonas sixty five out

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Speaker 1: Murray's sixty five, Kevin Hurder sixty four. Right, that's impressive. So,

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Speaker 1: I mean, yes, regular season shout out to their training. Seriously,

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Speaker 1: say that's definitely a regular season thing. Okay, the playoffs

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Speaker 1: it's TPD in my opinion, playoffs is a whole another monster.

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Speaker 1: It's adjustments his schemes, it's attacking weakness, is an entire game.

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Speaker 1: I don't know. I just don't think regular season carries out.

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Speaker 1: And we've seen it before. Obviously. It's teams that like

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Speaker 1: the Warriors, who've dominated the entire season, they can come

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Speaker 1: out and dominating in the playoffs. That's why they are franchise,

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Speaker 1: know what the guy acrossing you without even saying anything.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if that matters if you've also got

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Speaker 1: I mean, even the Kings were battling the Lakers in

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Speaker 1: There was so much drama with that team. There was

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Speaker 1: just sort of very steady. Everything's going. Does that matter

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Speaker 1: when you get into the playoffs or again, it's just talent,

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Speaker 1: a single game, right. So, like I said, this is

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Speaker 1: it's a lot of schemes and play it's everything is skin.

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Speaker 1: we speak about the bench. They don't they haven't had

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Speaker 1: pick on the big Fela. Yeah, it does matter. They're

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Speaker 1: it's different in the playoffs. Yeah, I'm interested. I mean, well,

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Speaker 1: what was it like at halftime of your first playoff game? Man,

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Speaker 1: me through this. Man, what's going on? Yeah, So it's

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Speaker 1: I want to go to the East because of the

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Speaker 1: Sixers have been hot, hot, hot. Joel Embiid insanity right

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Speaker 1: his last twenty games thirty three, ten and four fifty

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Speaker 1: Six Ers have won five straight. As we sit here today,

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Speaker 1: of just, hey, this is a young man who obviously

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Speaker 1: has had a series of issues, who there are a

425
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Speaker 1: lot of people invested in, not just monetarily but emotionally,

426
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Speaker 1: and just I think we all want Jot to succeed.

427
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Speaker 1: And so the idea that he is now getting some help.

428
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Speaker 1: It came out I think yesterday that he is in

429
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Speaker 1: some program in Florida and um, just you know, get

430
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Speaker 1: himself in a place where he can make the best decisions.

431
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Speaker 1: And that's that's what we all want, right, is that

432
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Speaker 1: that him having autonomy over his own life and not

433
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Speaker 1: having circumstances and other stuff he's getting into making those

434
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Speaker 1: decisions for And we got to also realize this is

435
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Speaker 1: a key. Yes, he's twenty three. Right, this is a

436
00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:55,160
Speaker 1: baby I was doing so much stupid yeah now of me, right,

437
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Speaker 1: but I mean, my stars, I can't imagine. I know,

438
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Speaker 1: I know people my age still make it dumb. Super

439
00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:05,560
Speaker 1: So it's like like, obviously he has to and this

440
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Speaker 1: is the this is the part of the business where

441
00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:10,160
Speaker 1: it's tricky and it sucks for that endividually. You got

442
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Speaker 1: to grow quicker than you really want. Yeah, maybe should

443
00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:15,920
Speaker 1: have to, yeah, or or then you have to. And

444
00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:18,000
Speaker 1: this is just a lesson for him to come to

445
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Speaker 1: that realization. I have to grow up. Not a bad thing,

446
00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:24,439
Speaker 1: not a knock to him. You go through your you

447
00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:26,920
Speaker 1: know your obstacles in life. You got plenty of life

448
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Speaker 1: to live. Next year, we won't even remember this. I mean, like,

449
00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:34,280
Speaker 1: I just think there's a big investment in the game

450
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Speaker 1: on him getting back on track. I think we see

451
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Speaker 1: him in the playoffs, get back. I think that he'll

452
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Speaker 1: be everyone will be welcoming him back. There's no like,

453
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Speaker 1: oh he's a thug. Like I mean, I've seen a

454
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Speaker 1: little bit of that, but not within the game, not

455
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Speaker 1: within the sport, right, And like I just think people

456
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Speaker 1: want I want him to succeed, People want him to succeed.

457
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Speaker 1: This is just a grow up. Yeah, just grow up.

458
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Speaker 1: That's all it is and nothing more. Yeah, but still

459
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Speaker 1: creates a question. I don't know what what kind of

460
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Speaker 1: team they're going to be. Steven Adams is still out

461
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Speaker 1: by the way that you know, we'll see Yeah, all right,

462
00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:10,359
Speaker 1: legendary moments presented to you. Buy top shot. We're gonna

463
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Speaker 1: talk big man because I got a big man sitting

464
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Speaker 1: right next to me. Um, the best highlights in today's NBA.

465
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Speaker 1: I want to look at a few highlight driven centers.

466
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Speaker 1: Who's got the best highlights you think in today's game? Yeah,

467
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Speaker 1: that's a big, It's a big. I might have a

468
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Speaker 1: goal with zi. Yeah. What's your favorite on moment? Do

469
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Speaker 1: you think of man? His energy at the end of

470
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Speaker 1: the game where you did three sixty women? Yeah, I

471
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Speaker 1: loved it, Yeah, yeah, I loved it. I was. I

472
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Speaker 1: was a fan of that moment, So probably I will

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Speaker 1: roll with that. He's I'm time of a likable He's

474
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Speaker 1: so likable, Like when he smiles, you just want to like,

475
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Speaker 1: go room great, wherever he wants to do. You're like,

476
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Speaker 1: all right, I'm on board, let's go, let's go. I

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Speaker 1: like Yok's passing highlights obviously or there for me. I

478
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Speaker 1: mean he does some shit where you're just like, come on, yeah,

479
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Speaker 1: great highlights, Yeah, the highlight real as well. But anyone else,

480
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Speaker 1: no one else. You're just like as big who You're

481
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Speaker 1: just like, yeah, he's doing it right, you like watching

482
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Speaker 1: Oh Joe. I think Joel is that the evolutionary player, right,

483
00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:17,240
Speaker 1: and obviously yes too, But I'm talking about this like

484
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Speaker 1: the evolution of a big man score. Yes. I mean

485
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Speaker 1: we've seen big that can pass, not that Yoka is right, yeah,

486
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Speaker 1: so don't I know he has a cold too, don't

487
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Speaker 1: jump Yeah, not a hist rate, but we've seen passing

488
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Speaker 1: big before. We've never seen a big score away Joel does.

489
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Speaker 1: Closest thing was probably dream yes, no, well, I get

490
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Speaker 1: even that that part of his game has evolved, although

491
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Speaker 1: you were one of the guys. I mean, I don't

492
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Speaker 1: want to toot my own horn. I'm sitting here to

493
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Speaker 1: do that for you. And the way Joel is doing

494
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Speaker 1: it too with the outside game also, I mean I

495
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Speaker 1: would like to say I'm the dumb but he definitely

496
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Speaker 1: evolved the game. Well, but I mean he can't do

497
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Speaker 1: that without you having done what you did first and

498
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Speaker 1: you know, I do think it's interesting when you were

499
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Speaker 1: doing it, like, how many how many coaches do you

500
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Speaker 1: have him on the way? Who told you like, don't

501
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Speaker 1: shoot from there? Oh? My god? I mean I would

502
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Speaker 1: love to speak on that. I mean, my first coach

503
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Speaker 1: in the league told me not to shoot. I just

504
00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:23,240
Speaker 1: wanted me to be a screen, a screener. Who who

505
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Speaker 1: are we talking about? Paul Westfall. He didn't want me

506
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Speaker 1: to He didn't want me to shoot at all, Right,

507
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Speaker 1: you just wanted me to be a screen. Well he

508
00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:33,159
Speaker 1: actually didn't even want to draft me, but that's a

509
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Speaker 1: different situation either here nor there. Yeah, but yeah, he

510
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Speaker 1: didn't believe in me as a score, so he just

511
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Speaker 1: wanted me to be And you know, I've I've always

512
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Speaker 1: had this stigma of, you know, not being a coachable guy.

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Speaker 1: In that moment, I'm glad I wasn't coachable because I

514
00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:52,800
Speaker 1: probably wouldn't done in my career. So yeah, uh, was

515
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Speaker 1: there anyone coach you had along the way that really

516
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Speaker 1: encouraged you to shoot, especially from out the three? Surprisingly? So,

517
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Speaker 1: And I'm sure I'll get a tweet or something from

518
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Speaker 1: later on mister Carl my guy, congrats on the Hall

519
00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:14,040
Speaker 1: of fame, you old brumpy man. Look, but uh it

520
00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:16,800
Speaker 1: was it was actually George, and it was more so

521
00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:19,560
Speaker 1: the fitted scheme of the offense. He didn't believe him

522
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Speaker 1: feeding the post, so he just told me to shoot threes.

523
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Speaker 1: He knew I would like, oh, okay, yeah, I shoot

524
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Speaker 1: three to the point where it was, yeah, just stand

525
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Speaker 1: on the outside. So it's been fun to have someone

526
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Speaker 1: tell you could do that. Well, it was. It was

527
00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:40,120
Speaker 1: a little manipulation behind you. I just know the guy.

528
00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:43,439
Speaker 1: I just know the guy. I'm sorry, but um, you know,

529
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Speaker 1: like I said, congrats on this Hall of fame, like,

530
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Speaker 1: well deserved. Do you think there's any room for the

531
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Speaker 1: two of you to have a peaceful moment down the road.

532
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Speaker 1: It's no beef. I'm I can't be for him, like

533
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Speaker 1: I got respect for him. He's yeah, I can't beat

534
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Speaker 1: for him. Okay, but no, he got it. I want

535
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Speaker 1: when he got all the things right. So it's no bees. Well,

536
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Speaker 1: I just didn't know if I gaged in my mind

537
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Speaker 1: as you're talking, like maybe I could get George and

538
00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:11,800
Speaker 1: Bog in the room one day. No, that's unnecessary, No,

539
00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:16,480
Speaker 1: it's not really, it's not where we're going. Yeah, just

540
00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:20,679
Speaker 1: just leave things be. How long have you known me?

541
00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:29,399
Speaker 1: You know me many never. I'm sure George is sitting

542
00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:32,280
Speaker 1: on his porch in this rocking chair sipping lemonade. Leave

543
00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:37,600
Speaker 1: them lemonade, that's what he's possibly lemonade was splendid or something.

544
00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:40,639
Speaker 1: Who knows the shoe from the outside though, And I

545
00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:43,000
Speaker 1: do think like we saw in like Porzingo's Joel, and

546
00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:47,160
Speaker 1: we've seen the evolution of that um all the way through.

547
00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:50,480
Speaker 1: I mean, Kadi obviously is a different, different position, but

548
00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:53,080
Speaker 1: you know the idea that he can play inside and

549
00:27:53,119 --> 00:27:55,400
Speaker 1: outside of the way. Kagi was the first big run

550
00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:59,520
Speaker 1: point yep. So I remember those playoffs. And when a

551
00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:02,000
Speaker 1: young man named Victor comes over from France next year,

552
00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:03,600
Speaker 1: I think we're going to see another leap, right. Have

553
00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:05,720
Speaker 1: you watched him? I saw him in person. I saw

554
00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:08,840
Speaker 1: him in the showcase in Vegas. Yeah, all right, so

555
00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:12,639
Speaker 1: what rundown? What the fuck? I mean, that's what it

556
00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:15,400
Speaker 1: feels like, right when you're I saw this seven foot

557
00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:20,560
Speaker 1: six dude do a one foot three pointer like like

558
00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:23,240
Speaker 1: he was just shooting around in the gym. Yeah, that's

559
00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:29,600
Speaker 1: he man, Not my problem, well right now, that's not

560
00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:34,399
Speaker 1: my problem till next year. Ye, we'll see, we'll see,

561
00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:37,080
Speaker 1: maybe they'll let me back in, who knows. But I

562
00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:39,640
Speaker 1: mean in those years, this when he when he starts playing,

563
00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:41,560
Speaker 1: and maybe not in the first two months, but I

564
00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:44,000
Speaker 1: expect him to evolve the game. And right now it's

565
00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:47,240
Speaker 1: what the fuck? But five years, ten years after him,

566
00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:49,720
Speaker 1: some others there will be there will be kids coming.

567
00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:51,719
Speaker 1: I mean, because we looked at Steph Curry in twenty

568
00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:54,560
Speaker 1: fifteen and we were like, come on, never, nobody else could,

569
00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:56,360
Speaker 1: no one could ever do that whatever, And now we

570
00:28:56,400 --> 00:29:00,200
Speaker 1: got a whole fleet of Steph Curries. I mean, let

571
00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:08,400
Speaker 1: me right, that is a proper check one. That doesn't

572
00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:10,840
Speaker 1: mean that like the idea of shooting. I mean, look,

573
00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:15,840
Speaker 1: even Damian Lillard, who whe a different player, but I

574
00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:17,680
Speaker 1: mean the idea that you can shoot from back there.

575
00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:20,520
Speaker 1: I mean I would trust Damian Lillard to shoot from

576
00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:23,680
Speaker 1: that logos every single time he wants to launch them,

577
00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:28,120
Speaker 1: and well and Staff maybe and Stef yeah, But but

578
00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:31,640
Speaker 1: I just mean that you've got for every impossible player,

579
00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:34,120
Speaker 1: and I think Victor Webanjama is going to be another

580
00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:38,240
Speaker 1: impossible player. Ten fifteen years later, there's a whole bunch

581
00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:40,240
Speaker 1: of guys at least trying to play that spacial game.

582
00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:42,440
Speaker 1: So that's true. Well, see, we also have to see

583
00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:45,600
Speaker 1: where this ends up. Well that's true because we can

584
00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:52,080
Speaker 1: see here. Yeah, where you get drafting matters. So I

585
00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:54,120
Speaker 1: hope that goes well, phone, because I would love I

586
00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:56,120
Speaker 1: want to see him with the Spires. That would be

587
00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:57,560
Speaker 1: I think that's a great fan. I want to see

588
00:29:57,600 --> 00:30:00,640
Speaker 1: him with the Spires, the person I think will turn

589
00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:04,320
Speaker 1: this dude into something crazy. Ye, So I want to

590
00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:09,240
Speaker 1: see him with the Spurs me personally, the Rockets. Hell, no,

591
00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:15,920
Speaker 1: god no, please don't do it. No, I think that's

592
00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:19,080
Speaker 1: the spectrum of the possible team. Yeah, please, sirs would

593
00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:24,080
Speaker 1: be amazing the Rockets. No, god no, no, it matters, right,

594
00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:26,719
Speaker 1: it matters where you really matters. It really matters if

595
00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:30,800
Speaker 1: they're playoff team and you know they their whole goal

596
00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:32,960
Speaker 1: is to winning. Yeah, I can see it happening in

597
00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:36,160
Speaker 1: a positive way for him. But going to a bad

598
00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:41,200
Speaker 1: team and developing Spurs, well, I don't know. You can

599
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Speaker 1: start your NBA top shot collection today at NBA top

600
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Speaker 1: shot dot com. Look for the big Man's top shots. Right. Look,

601
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Speaker 1: don't don't just go to the guard ones. Don't just

602
00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:52,920
Speaker 1: go to the guard moments, go to the big man moments,

603
00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:55,320
Speaker 1: get closer to the game and players you love sign

604
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Speaker 1: up today. All right, let's get to draft Kings because

605
00:30:58,680 --> 00:31:01,080
Speaker 1: we found this prop bed that was pretty cool. Will

606
00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:04,200
Speaker 1: there be a first time NBA champ crowned this season?

607
00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:06,160
Speaker 1: Here are the nominees? All right, so I'm gonna go

608
00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:09,320
Speaker 1: through each team. You tell me Nuggets, Clippers, Grizzlies, Sons.

609
00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:11,200
Speaker 1: This list was longer when you first gave it to me,

610
00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:16,760
Speaker 1: Producer Nate. He gave me a long list. Can you

611
00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:18,280
Speaker 1: say some of the other teams that were on there?

612
00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:20,120
Speaker 1: He gave me a list this morning that was like

613
00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:22,320
Speaker 1: eleven teams and there were some teams on There was

614
00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:24,400
Speaker 1: a magic on there? Am I correct that the Magic

615
00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:26,560
Speaker 1: were on there? I was like, what are you smoking? Which,

616
00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:29,800
Speaker 1: by the way, at showtime is a completely legit question,

617
00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:34,160
Speaker 1: but unlike some of the other places I've worked. But

618
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Speaker 1: the point is, the point is the nominees that are realistic,

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Speaker 1: the Nuggets, Clippers, Grizzlies, and Sons. Yes is plus one

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Speaker 1: forty five, I'm repeating, and no is minus one eighty.

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Speaker 1: All right, so what where would you would you put

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00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:52,440
Speaker 1: your money on? Yes or no? Yes? Camp is Nuggets, Clippers,

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Speaker 1: Grizzlies and Sons one of those teams. No, camp is

624
00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:58,520
Speaker 1: everyone else? Sis? But would you say yes or no

625
00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:00,200
Speaker 1: that that any of them could even do it? Say,

626
00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:02,560
Speaker 1: I would say no. If I'm placing this bad, I

627
00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:04,960
Speaker 1: would say say yes. You would say yes. So you

628
00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:06,640
Speaker 1: think the Suns. You have enough faith in the Suns

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Speaker 1: that you would say yes, yes, over the Books or

630
00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:23,840
Speaker 1: the Celtics or the Sixers. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.

631
00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:29,360
Speaker 1: You're not worried about the health? No, I mean health

632
00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:33,240
Speaker 1: is that's everybody's issue? Yeah, so you can't. That can

633
00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:35,960
Speaker 1: never be a factor. You've got Katie and Chris Paul, though,

634
00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:38,960
Speaker 1: who are more prone to injury? Well, some of these

635
00:32:39,280 --> 00:32:42,640
Speaker 1: Chris Paul can really just you know, do his job.

636
00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:46,560
Speaker 1: I'm not, no, shade, it's not as much pressure on

637
00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:49,120
Speaker 1: him being older. No, it's true. You got two good No. No,

638
00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:51,040
Speaker 1: this is a great position for Chris to being Yeah,

639
00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:53,560
Speaker 1: it is because so I don't think his body has

640
00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:55,320
Speaker 1: taken as much of a beating as it has in

641
00:32:55,400 --> 00:33:02,200
Speaker 1: the past. So yeah, okay, waiter coach. Money's a great coat. Yeah,

642
00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:04,640
Speaker 1: Money's great. I can see the signs pulling out. I

643
00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:06,720
Speaker 1: can see them pulling this out. So go on DK

644
00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:09,120
Speaker 1: sports Book and I guess push your money, yes on that,

645
00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:14,680
Speaker 1: let me let me borrow yes, because you need That's

646
00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:18,360
Speaker 1: that's true of the people in this room. You need

647
00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:27,080
Speaker 1: to borrow money. Yeah, we're gonna Bohu Manu NBA and

648
00:33:27,080 --> 00:33:29,000
Speaker 1: the wait, we know what. Before we leave this topic,

649
00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:31,400
Speaker 1: I do want to an injuries in the suns. I

650
00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:33,800
Speaker 1: gotta ask this question. I did ask you a little

651
00:33:33,840 --> 00:33:38,160
Speaker 1: bit before we started. But Kadi and the lows, the clue,

652
00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:41,280
Speaker 1: the lowtops is where he hurt himself, and he's born

653
00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:43,480
Speaker 1: lows forever. And by the way, half the week, half

654
00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:47,000
Speaker 1: the league wears lowtops and anyone who pretends otherwise isn't

655
00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:51,720
Speaker 1: paying attention. Kobe wore the lows, was like, you know, so, yes,

656
00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:53,560
Speaker 1: that is part of basketball, But do you think it

657
00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:55,680
Speaker 1: has anything to do with because there's been They've done

658
00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:58,520
Speaker 1: in depth studies and frankly, they've gone different directions. They

659
00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:00,760
Speaker 1: did a huge in depth studies matter and they did

660
00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:02,480
Speaker 1: a big in depth study and it said it didn't matter.

661
00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:04,400
Speaker 1: So I don't know what to believe. I mean, I've

662
00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:07,600
Speaker 1: been rolling my ankles my whole entire basketball career. When

663
00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:09,960
Speaker 1: I was in high Tops and then I don't think

664
00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:12,160
Speaker 1: that matters at all. I don't think it matters at all.

665
00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:16,600
Speaker 1: But I just know somebody was fired for that west

666
00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:18,960
Speaker 1: But the ball, the ball? Can you fire a ball kid?

667
00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:22,520
Speaker 1: Don't they work for free? Well, you're working for free

668
00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:31,000
Speaker 1: somewhere else. It won't be in that arena. So I'm

669
00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:33,160
Speaker 1: more concerned about the guy getting a new job the

670
00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:37,800
Speaker 1: low Tops. Someone someone slipped. Was it a Komengo Jonathan

671
00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:40,080
Speaker 1: comingo like the next two nights later or something the

672
00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:43,480
Speaker 1: same exact thing. I just want we gotta find some

673
00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:48,759
Speaker 1: guys passionate about keeping that flu works. You want to

674
00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:54,760
Speaker 1: Kissing Garnette level passion. We were dealing with world class

675
00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:58,680
Speaker 1: athletes and they're slipping. More important than the shoes. I

676
00:34:58,719 --> 00:35:00,759
Speaker 1: just need a little more passion for your job, That's

677
00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:03,120
Speaker 1: all I'm asking. I mean, people just got really, I

678
00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:07,360
Speaker 1: think I feel like taller lank your athlete's roller ankles

679
00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:11,240
Speaker 1: and Lebron Ros's ankle every five minutes. I literally wrote

680
00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:13,200
Speaker 1: at one point in my crew, I roll my ankle

681
00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:16,560
Speaker 1: every game, really every game. It became like a rubber

682
00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:20,560
Speaker 1: man r. I'm so serious. Yeah, literally every game. Sometimes

683
00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:22,839
Speaker 1: twice a game. I don't know. I think it might

684
00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:25,000
Speaker 1: have something to do with, you know, the lankiness or whatever.

685
00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:28,080
Speaker 1: But you'll be fine, all right, Well, yeah, you better

686
00:35:28,120 --> 00:35:29,640
Speaker 1: be fine. You're betting on him to win the title.

687
00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:34,120
Speaker 1: The NBA and the Players Association are in talks to

688
00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:38,399
Speaker 1: add game a game's minimum for the major awards. Are

689
00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:42,000
Speaker 1: you here for that? Absolutely? All right? Tell me why? Uh?

690
00:35:42,280 --> 00:35:44,879
Speaker 1: It cuts out some of the politics. Yeah, that goes

691
00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:48,600
Speaker 1: into these awards yearly. Um, sometimes a guy can play

692
00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:51,560
Speaker 1: noneimum amount of games and still be a candidate, and

693
00:35:51,719 --> 00:35:55,080
Speaker 1: other times it's held against them. Right, just cuts out

694
00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:59,160
Speaker 1: another politics. In my opinion, I like, I would say

695
00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:01,640
Speaker 1: I would be against this only in that I like

696
00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:04,040
Speaker 1: the fact that it's one more thing that a voter

697
00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:06,719
Speaker 1: can take into account, not in the terms of like,

698
00:36:06,719 --> 00:36:08,759
Speaker 1: oh did he play enough games? But I actually look

699
00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:11,479
Speaker 1: at it even at a different level. So when Joel

700
00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:14,000
Speaker 1: Embiad was a rookie, I voted for him for Rookie

701
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:16,200
Speaker 1: of the Year, even though I think he only played

702
00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:18,840
Speaker 1: thirty something games. I don't know off the top of

703
00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:22,560
Speaker 1: my head, thirty one producer name it says because in

704
00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:25,040
Speaker 1: my mind, and by the way, this is no disrespect

705
00:36:25,040 --> 00:36:26,920
Speaker 1: to Malcolm Brogden who won that year, who I think

706
00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:30,399
Speaker 1: is an excellent player and I really enjoy watching. I

707
00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:32,719
Speaker 1: still would have rather that year. I would have rather

708
00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:37,200
Speaker 1: had Joel for thirty something games than rookie Malcolm Brogden,

709
00:36:37,239 --> 00:36:40,240
Speaker 1: who was not the player he is today for however

710
00:36:40,239 --> 00:36:42,480
Speaker 1: many he played seventy something games or whatever it was.

711
00:36:42,719 --> 00:36:44,359
Speaker 1: I did that because in my head, if I had

712
00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:45,920
Speaker 1: to pick, and that's what it is, right, then that's

713
00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:48,440
Speaker 1: the decision you're making. I'm taken into account the games play.

714
00:36:48,560 --> 00:36:50,600
Speaker 1: But I would rather have had rookie joe El Embiid

715
00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:52,719
Speaker 1: for thirty something games than the other two guys who

716
00:36:52,719 --> 00:36:55,240
Speaker 1: were ahead of him finished ahead of him in the voting.

717
00:36:55,280 --> 00:36:58,160
Speaker 1: So but then it takes away from what Malcolm did

718
00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:01,160
Speaker 1: in that scause. Yeah, I mean arless of what happened

719
00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:04,239
Speaker 1: with joe El. Malcolm had clearly no he absolute it.

720
00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:06,000
Speaker 1: By the way, and that's another thing, you were just

721
00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:09,120
Speaker 1: talking about one guy winning doesn't mean the other guy's trash, right,

722
00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:11,360
Speaker 1: So yes, yes he did, and by the way, he

723
00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:13,560
Speaker 1: would Molcol that year. Malcolm was second on my ballot

724
00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:15,960
Speaker 1: because by the way, after all, out of all the rookies.

725
00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:18,200
Speaker 1: I thought he was the second most guy for the

726
00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:19,840
Speaker 1: number of games he played that I would have wanted

727
00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:21,640
Speaker 1: on my team if I was a gam But for me,

728
00:37:22,239 --> 00:37:24,920
Speaker 1: Joel was such a force that I would rather have

729
00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:26,920
Speaker 1: him for a third of the season than a guy

730
00:37:26,960 --> 00:37:29,879
Speaker 1: who was less of a force for you know, five six.

731
00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:32,520
Speaker 1: I mean, but I think that I was in the

732
00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:35,280
Speaker 1: minority by the way. I could see that also coming

733
00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:38,600
Speaker 1: from who Joe El is now in today's game. So

734
00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:40,799
Speaker 1: that's easy to speak back on him and be like, yeah,

735
00:37:40,840 --> 00:37:42,880
Speaker 1: well this should have been Joe speaking back on I

736
00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:48,880
Speaker 1: did it at the time. Thank you, thank you, get it. Okay.

737
00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:52,880
Speaker 1: I'm just saying, so this is track it through history.

738
00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:54,239
Speaker 1: I did at the time. You could look it up.

739
00:37:55,080 --> 00:37:56,520
Speaker 1: I mean, but at the end, at the end of

740
00:37:56,520 --> 00:38:00,239
Speaker 1: the day, adding this new layer to you know, make

741
00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:02,800
Speaker 1: it it does make it simpler. It makes it simple.

742
00:38:02,880 --> 00:38:07,000
Speaker 1: It does make it simpler. Test well, that's the other

743
00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:08,720
Speaker 1: so okay, so that's the second part of the question.

744
00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:10,920
Speaker 1: Do you think there are guys and by the way,

745
00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:12,640
Speaker 1: not just because their ego wants to win some of

746
00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:15,360
Speaker 1: these awards, but there's contract incentives with money involved to

747
00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:17,680
Speaker 1: win some of these awards. Do you think guys who

748
00:38:17,680 --> 00:38:19,160
Speaker 1: may be on the fence of do I play these

749
00:38:19,160 --> 00:38:23,120
Speaker 1: five extra games or whatever it is, would actually go

750
00:38:23,160 --> 00:38:25,399
Speaker 1: play and push themselves a little harder if they put

751
00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:28,960
Speaker 1: this rule in. Absolutely, yeah, because you don't want to

752
00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:32,759
Speaker 1: miss that award. If let's say it's sixty five game requirement,

753
00:38:33,880 --> 00:38:37,320
Speaker 1: you play sixty four. You having a career year, Man,

754
00:38:37,560 --> 00:38:41,520
Speaker 1: I'm gonna play these last five or the season. Yeah. Absolutely,

755
00:38:41,560 --> 00:38:43,880
Speaker 1: you know it's not gonna be sixty five though that minimum.

756
00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:47,400
Speaker 1: If they like forty exactly, we're gonna try to get

757
00:38:47,440 --> 00:38:50,560
Speaker 1: him in. We're gonna squeeze them in. Everyone's like, oh,

758
00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:55,160
Speaker 1: this is gonna five. Once this new story came out,

759
00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:57,000
Speaker 1: I saw this stuff like a ha, this is what's

760
00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:59,400
Speaker 1: gonna fix load management. And I'm like, no one's putting

761
00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:02,120
Speaker 1: it up. No one putting in a seventy game requirement. Friends,

762
00:39:02,239 --> 00:39:05,799
Speaker 1: that's not happening. So just gonna be a disagreement, right,

763
00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:08,920
Speaker 1: I want to tell you. So I don't know. I

764
00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:11,840
Speaker 1: get it. I get all the reasons we're trying to

765
00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:14,480
Speaker 1: get superstars to play. I know that. I mean even

766
00:39:14,680 --> 00:39:16,719
Speaker 1: there's media people I know who are jaded and seeing

767
00:39:16,760 --> 00:39:19,799
Speaker 1: a million games and they're still you know, you know,

768
00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:21,560
Speaker 1: someone doesn't show up for a big game, you're kind

769
00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:24,520
Speaker 1: of disappointed. Right. It's kind of weird though, because it's

770
00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:27,080
Speaker 1: like what the league is kind of asking for. They're

771
00:39:27,120 --> 00:39:30,000
Speaker 1: taking away the competitive edge of the game. Yeah, but

772
00:39:30,080 --> 00:39:32,279
Speaker 1: they want guys to still be competitive. So what do

773
00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:34,440
Speaker 1: you mean they're taking away the competitive EDGI game? You

774
00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:38,879
Speaker 1: can't even stareing god down. You can't touch anyone. If

775
00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:41,000
Speaker 1: a God dunks me and they steer me down, right,

776
00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:43,319
Speaker 1: you get called. In my head, I'm like, oh, I'm

777
00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:47,400
Speaker 1: about to go dunk this motherfucker back right now. I

778
00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:49,239
Speaker 1: was like, I'm just waiting for him to get his take.

779
00:39:49,719 --> 00:39:51,960
Speaker 1: I got you back like it. It's like, so the

780
00:39:52,040 --> 00:39:56,759
Speaker 1: whole competitive nature is it's almost like a contradiction, Like

781
00:39:56,800 --> 00:40:01,400
Speaker 1: you want us to compete, but you know, the fiery

782
00:40:01,440 --> 00:40:04,360
Speaker 1: side of the game we don't want. So it's like,

783
00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:06,480
Speaker 1: how do you what are you really asking for? You?

784
00:40:07,239 --> 00:40:11,640
Speaker 1: I don't know, I don't know. I mean in every sport,

785
00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:13,360
Speaker 1: that's what it feels like now. I mean I'm watching

786
00:40:13,520 --> 00:40:16,799
Speaker 1: in the NFL. I mean the NFL, we're talking longevity,

787
00:40:16,840 --> 00:40:19,000
Speaker 1: We're talking these guys going back home to that family,

788
00:40:19,080 --> 00:40:24,240
Speaker 1: So there's just a little more understandable. Yeah, the NBA,

789
00:40:24,280 --> 00:40:25,880
Speaker 1: I thought that. I mean I thought we were in

790
00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:30,200
Speaker 1: a great place. Competition, Yes, obviously, it's a business, and

791
00:40:30,280 --> 00:40:32,319
Speaker 1: you know you're gonna tweak things here and there to

792
00:40:32,360 --> 00:40:34,520
Speaker 1: make sure the business flourishes. But as far as the

793
00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:38,239
Speaker 1: game in itself, I thought it was in a great place. Well,

794
00:40:38,239 --> 00:40:41,239
Speaker 1: those text around it's hard to watch a game. Well,

795
00:40:41,280 --> 00:40:44,360
Speaker 1: you get back to the text question. You've got Luca.

796
00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:47,640
Speaker 1: I think he's what two away from again, I'm like,

797
00:40:47,640 --> 00:40:49,000
Speaker 1: I have the number in front of me, but he's

798
00:40:49,040 --> 00:40:51,520
Speaker 1: just a couple of texts away from starting to miss

799
00:40:51,520 --> 00:40:54,600
Speaker 1: every other game. I mean, starting to miss a game

800
00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:57,759
Speaker 1: with every other tech you can get up to. I mean,

801
00:40:57,800 --> 00:41:04,600
Speaker 1: I know, okay, Anna talking about tax here, So what

802
00:41:04,760 --> 00:41:06,560
Speaker 1: is it? It's the sixteenth game? You start to get

803
00:41:07,080 --> 00:41:13,840
Speaker 1: some around that nature. I can recall summer so long ago.

804
00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:18,239
Speaker 1: Who could possibly say, but Luca's close? Was it Dylan

805
00:41:18,280 --> 00:41:22,000
Speaker 1: Brooks the other day? Who now was hit across that threshold? Yeah,

806
00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:25,239
Speaker 1: I don't really understand him. Yeah, well he was going

807
00:41:25,320 --> 00:41:26,879
Speaker 1: to dream on the other day. But he's going out

808
00:41:26,880 --> 00:41:29,000
Speaker 1: a lot of guys. He's going out a lot of

809
00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:32,120
Speaker 1: guys don't. I don't really understand it. Like it's and

810
00:41:32,239 --> 00:41:35,560
Speaker 1: like I have no issue with the confidence. I have

811
00:41:35,600 --> 00:41:39,319
Speaker 1: no issue with the competitive nature. But it's once it

812
00:41:39,400 --> 00:41:44,120
Speaker 1: begins to become where you're knocking down guys that did

813
00:41:44,160 --> 00:41:47,200
Speaker 1: this before you or and we're talking about hall of

814
00:41:47,239 --> 00:41:49,160
Speaker 1: fame game. This isn't just something guy at the end

815
00:41:49,160 --> 00:41:51,680
Speaker 1: of the day, his last three targets have been hall

816
00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:56,240
Speaker 1: of Fame, right, which is mind blowing to me. Relax,

817
00:41:57,000 --> 00:41:59,840
Speaker 1: that's my advice. Just relax, Go be yourself on the

818
00:42:00,120 --> 00:42:04,719
Speaker 1: or be that fiery competitive guy. But just relax. We's

819
00:42:04,719 --> 00:42:06,319
Speaker 1: got to stay on the court to be Yeah you're

820
00:42:06,360 --> 00:42:11,839
Speaker 1: not you're not quite there yet. Relax, relax, you know,

821
00:42:12,080 --> 00:42:15,359
Speaker 1: be you know, be the sidekick to you know, jaw

822
00:42:15,520 --> 00:42:19,680
Speaker 1: and great piece of the team. We'll just relax. The

823
00:42:19,680 --> 00:42:23,319
Speaker 1: extras aren't necessary. Yeah, alright, that's just my advice to

824
00:42:24,040 --> 00:42:27,560
Speaker 1: I met the guy and it's it's not quite the same.

825
00:42:28,800 --> 00:42:31,600
Speaker 1: It's not quite this. Just relax. Well, again, he's got

826
00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:34,320
Speaker 1: to stay on the court with the text him, Luca

827
00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:36,799
Speaker 1: has to stay on the court with the text. And

828
00:42:36,920 --> 00:42:38,680
Speaker 1: you you do. You brought it up. You have a

829
00:42:38,680 --> 00:42:41,160
Speaker 1: little bit of experience with hitting that threshold. I mean,

830
00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:43,040
Speaker 1: we'll go back to Rashid who had forty four tex

831
00:42:43,080 --> 00:42:45,200
Speaker 1: in one year, but that was before they they hit

832
00:42:45,239 --> 00:42:48,239
Speaker 1: the one game every other suspension one game sort of

833
00:42:48,320 --> 00:42:59,480
Speaker 1: rule suppressive. She's that's a number, that's a god level

834
00:42:59,600 --> 00:43:05,719
Speaker 1: of right now give and on that note, no, I

835
00:43:05,719 --> 00:43:07,480
Speaker 1: I you are right when if a guy stares a

836
00:43:07,520 --> 00:43:09,520
Speaker 1: guy down, he gets a tech and then she changes

837
00:43:09,560 --> 00:43:11,160
Speaker 1: the tenor of the game. But you know, we'll see,

838
00:43:11,160 --> 00:43:13,240
Speaker 1: maybe things will get a little spice, Maybe they'll they'll

839
00:43:13,280 --> 00:43:14,759
Speaker 1: have a little more room. Things can get a little

840
00:43:14,760 --> 00:43:16,799
Speaker 1: spicer in the playoffs as we can rene toward it.

841
00:43:17,280 --> 00:43:18,839
Speaker 1: I love that we get to talk hoop for these

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Speaker 1: next few months. Buggy, thank you for your circling flight.

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Speaker 1: I appreciate it. Y'all can catch What's burning available every

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Speaker 1: week on Showtime Basketball YouTube. It's on Twitter, Instagram, and

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Speaker 1: TikTok at show Basketball. There you go, see yah,