WEBVTT - HIMMY Award!

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<v Speaker 1>All right, let's move on. He is I and I

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<v Speaker 1>am him slim with the tilted brim a dizzle. All right, ad,

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<v Speaker 1>you've been living under a rock. Let me break the

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<v Speaker 1>news to you. The Los Angeles Lakers are the inaugural

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<v Speaker 1>IST champions. They choke out the Indiana Pacers and the

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<v Speaker 1>finals on Saturday in Las Vegas. It was a spectacle

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<v Speaker 1>and Austin Reeves, who was a game time decision because

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<v Speaker 1>he had his own little flu game, came out scored

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<v Speaker 1>twenty two in the first half. Braun said, who's the

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<v Speaker 1>better flu game guy, mj or ar. That's cute for

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<v Speaker 1>team building, but Michael Jordan's got a problem with that

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<v Speaker 1>fucking statement. I promise you that Braun, of course, was

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<v Speaker 1>MVP of the IST because you couldn't, not no one

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<v Speaker 1>else could be. He averaged twenty six, eight and seven.

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<v Speaker 1>He shot sixty percent from the field, well, actually fifty

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<v Speaker 1>seven percent from the field, but sixty percent actually from three.

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<v Speaker 1>During tournament play, Lebron James averaged sixty percent from three.

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<v Speaker 1>Lakers went seven to zero in the IST. Bron was

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<v Speaker 1>a plus one eighteen in those seven games, so he

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<v Speaker 1>should be the hmmy no, sir, no, sir, We'll talk

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<v Speaker 1>about the n season tournament later. It was a massive success.

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<v Speaker 1>But even Braun is not the Hemmie of the week

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<v Speaker 1>because the man of the match in the finals was

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<v Speaker 1>Anthony Davis. He was an absolute hard rock. We give

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<v Speaker 1>him a hard time for how soft he is, but no, no, sir, pause,

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<v Speaker 1>he was harder the rock. How good was Ad put up?

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<v Speaker 1>Put up forty one points, twenty boards, five assists, four

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<v Speaker 1>blocks against the pacers. Nobody could figure out a way

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<v Speaker 1>to stop him whatsoever. They threw everyone out, Myles Turner,

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<v Speaker 1>Obi top and nobody for the For one night, he

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<v Speaker 1>was the best player on the planet Earth. He had

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<v Speaker 1>bad calls go against him all night, but his numbers,

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<v Speaker 1>if they wouldn't have he could have had fifty and thirty.

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<v Speaker 1>It was disgusting. Christian Wood had this to say, I

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<v Speaker 1>think Ad was at level one and then took it

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<v Speaker 1>to level three. He told me before the game, this

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<v Speaker 1>is a game seven for me. I wish I would

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<v Speaker 1>have known that. I wish I would have known. He

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<v Speaker 1>said that I'm gonna show you what a game seven

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<v Speaker 1>is like. I've never been in one before. I said,

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<v Speaker 1>all right, show me, and then Ad went out there

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<v Speaker 1>and he got forty and twenty. Oh my god, he

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<v Speaker 1>is I and I am him. It was a lesson

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<v Speaker 1>to everyone that when Ad plays like that, top five

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<v Speaker 1>player in the league, not even close. We will see

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<v Speaker 1>when that happens consistently. It will it ever happen the

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<v Speaker 1>way that Lebron happens Lebron probably not, But that's why

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<v Speaker 1>Lebron is one of the greatest players, if not the

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<v Speaker 1>greatest player ever. At one point, though, Ad, in his

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<v Speaker 1>soft we'll call it reputation, has gone down a little bit.

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<v Speaker 1>This year, He's been really good. At one point he

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<v Speaker 1>was leading the NBA in minutes played. He's only missed

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<v Speaker 1>one game this season. He leads the NBA in blocks

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<v Speaker 1>per game two point seven, which along with twenty two,

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<v Speaker 1>thirteen and three, probably gonna get him on the All

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<v Speaker 1>Star team. Probably gonna be an All NBA guy, Definitely

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be an All defensive guy. Playing thirty minutes per

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<v Speaker 1>game a quarterway through the season. If we can get

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<v Speaker 1>not skin of paper, glass of bones, what you know,

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<v Speaker 1>skin of paper, bones of glass, he's gonna make. He's

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<v Speaker 1>gonna make All first team, All Defense, probably second or

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<v Speaker 1>third All NBA. The Lakers won the is T just

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<v Speaker 1>like Adam Silver drew it up, and now we won't

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<v Speaker 1>have a similar type of intensity until the playoffs, and

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<v Speaker 1>we won't have a similar break until All Star weekend.

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<v Speaker 1>I will miss the ist, I will think of it fondly.

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<v Speaker 1>But I'm happy for Braun, happy for ad and not

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<v Speaker 1>very happy for the Lakers. I'm about as happy for

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<v Speaker 1>them as a Blazers fan can ever be, which is

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<v Speaker 1>rooting for their demise day by day. That's all the

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