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Speaker 2: let's talk some basketball. So the full trade details. The

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Speaker 2: Knicks get og and Andobi, Malachi Flynn and Precious Atchua,

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Speaker 2: and the Raptors get RJ. Barrett, the manual quickly and

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Speaker 2: one second round pick. Not too much when you really

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Speaker 2: look at it. And that's first of all, why I

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Speaker 2: anything of real franchise altering value. Right. RJ. Barrett, in

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Speaker 2: whatever it was, this ended up being the price right.

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Speaker 2: So like first and foremost, what I love for the

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Speaker 2: in giving them high leverage assignments. You guys might remember

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Speaker 2: it basically slots guys like Quinton Grimes, Doantet Di Vincenzo,

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Speaker 2: way better shooter than RJ. Barrett. Fifty nine percent effective

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Speaker 2: So I look at him as more of a play

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Speaker 2: And that's the thing, Like, if you're the Clippers and

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Speaker 2: I've said no this season is Jalen Brunson's just better

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Speaker 2: Right now. You can in the future, you can do

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Speaker 2: in Canada is cool, Like I don't love the fit

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Speaker 2: see you guys on Tuesday. Borrowing asiakam trade.

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Speaker 1: In the next couple of days, the volume assassssssss