WEBVTT - Channing Frye Is A Proud Nerd

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<v Speaker 1>Hi, I'm Sloan, I'm fourteen, and I know the NBA.

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<v Speaker 1>On today's show, we have the first senior drafted in

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<v Speaker 1>the two thousand and five NBA draft and an avid

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<v Speaker 1>pickle hater. Lebron said he was one of the best

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<v Speaker 1>shooters he has ever played with. World Champion with the

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<v Speaker 1>Cleveland Cavaliers, Channing Frock. Let's set the scene. The cows

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<v Speaker 1>were found three to one in the NBA Finals and

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<v Speaker 1>somehow you guys win something a team has never done

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<v Speaker 1>in NBA history. I don't think anyone has ever directly

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<v Speaker 1>asked you this, And I just want to know what

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<v Speaker 1>did Braun say in the huddle that made you guys win?

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<v Speaker 2>You know what? And to be honest, it was not

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<v Speaker 2>just Braun talking. I think one guy that doesn't get

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<v Speaker 2>enough credit, who didn't play a minute, was James Jones.

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<v Speaker 2>I think, you know, obviously he's the GM of the

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<v Speaker 2>Phoenix Suns. Now he's one of the best, and even

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<v Speaker 2>Braun will tell you he's one of the best minds

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<v Speaker 2>that either one of us has ever been around. And

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<v Speaker 2>I think as a team we were like collectively had

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<v Speaker 2>watched so much film we knew what we needed, right,

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<v Speaker 2>so when you get in those crunch moments, especially versus

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<v Speaker 2>the Warriors, we're so good and we see how good

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<v Speaker 2>they are obviously in the finals. Again, you got to

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<v Speaker 2>play perfect. You have to stick to your game plan

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<v Speaker 2>and you have to believe in what you're doing and

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<v Speaker 2>not get like down on yourself when they go on

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<v Speaker 2>these nine oh runs, seven oh runs, like you know,

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<v Speaker 2>you just have to keep believing. And so I think

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<v Speaker 2>bron was more technical while the other guys. If some

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<v Speaker 2>guy goes in the game, they have to know their assignment,

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<v Speaker 2>they have to know obviously who they're guarding, what our

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<v Speaker 2>game plan is at that time. Are we in his

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<v Speaker 2>own are we in a man? Are we switching? Are

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<v Speaker 2>we then to drop an ice to show and get back?

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<v Speaker 2>Are we a show and go? Like? There are all

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<v Speaker 2>these things that go through and you know in that

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<v Speaker 2>moment it's a team thing. So I help out Kevin

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<v Speaker 2>and Richard and Tristan and Braun helped Kyrie because they're

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<v Speaker 2>doing their own thing, and so it was it was

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<v Speaker 2>pretty amazing. Our communication was was a one.

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<v Speaker 3>So what advice then would you give the Celtics.

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<v Speaker 2>Two things I would tell the Celtics. Number one, you

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<v Speaker 2>have to get layups. The technical way Golden State offense

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<v Speaker 2>is one of the greatest in the history of the game.

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<v Speaker 2>You cannot set your defense up if you take bad shots.

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<v Speaker 2>They have five guys, four guys without Looney Kevon Looney,

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<v Speaker 2>who can bring the ball up and make a play.

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<v Speaker 1>Kevin can't take the ball up. He does it a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit, and I'm like, yes, Kevin, I love when

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<v Speaker 1>he does that.

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<v Speaker 2>He can't sometimes yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I get so

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<v Speaker 2>scared because back in the day they were like, kive

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<v Speaker 2>the ball to a guard. But you know, at the

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<v Speaker 2>end of the day, Kevin has been in X many championships.

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<v Speaker 2>He's a champion. He knows how to play the jo.

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<v Speaker 3>Last game he's been practically perfect, which is crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, he just talk about understanding your role and

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<v Speaker 2>not being wavered by what people have expectations for you,

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<v Speaker 2>but what your team needs you to win. So if

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<v Speaker 2>you get layups, it gives your team a chance to

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<v Speaker 2>get back on defense, and then you can't turn the

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<v Speaker 2>ball over. And I played on Phoenix Sun's team where

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<v Speaker 2>we were shooting a lot of threes, and so you

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<v Speaker 2>have to take good threes, corner threes. Obviously, there's the

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<v Speaker 2>best shot in basketball, and you have to the ball

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<v Speaker 2>has to find energy, right, which it always does, and

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<v Speaker 2>so you can't play one on one and beat them. Klayt.

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<v Speaker 2>Thompson is too good, Draymond is too good. Steph has

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<v Speaker 2>been playing great defense, Wiggins is amazing, and so you

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<v Speaker 2>have to attack the rim and try to get layups

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<v Speaker 2>as often as possible.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and being someone who has played against Draymond Green

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<v Speaker 1>in the finals, you know we saw him practically try

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<v Speaker 1>to pull down Jim Brown's fans, right, I don't understand

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<v Speaker 1>he tried to pull down his pants, Like did you

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<v Speaker 1>have times when that happened?

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<v Speaker 2>No, no, no, I think if you really look at

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<v Speaker 2>the play, like Draymond plays with his heart on his sleeve,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know it looks like he's putting down his pasts.

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<v Speaker 2>But if somebody's standing above you, you have nothing to

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<v Speaker 2>grab at. So he just grabbed him in a NBA

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<v Speaker 2>Finals game, obviously, tempers are going to flare if you

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<v Speaker 2>look at Draymond's body language that to be getting of that.

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<v Speaker 2>He really was like, hey, sorry that my feet are

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<v Speaker 2>on you, like relax, chill out. But again, he is

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<v Speaker 2>the emotional leader of the Warriors. If you look at

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<v Speaker 2>the Warriors. They are great dudes. They are nice guys.

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<v Speaker 2>Except for Draymond. He's a great human. You know he

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<v Speaker 2>gave me his shoes, did he He's a great human. When

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<v Speaker 2>he plays, he plays nasty. You know, the private school kids,

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<v Speaker 2>you need that guy that's gonna make you uncomfortable, who's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna talk, who's gonna get you off your risk, get

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<v Speaker 2>the other team off the rhythm, and Stephan clay feet

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<v Speaker 2>off that. But for me, I thought it was just

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<v Speaker 2>at whatever, and I thought Jalen Brown should have leaned

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<v Speaker 2>in way more into that. You already know Draymond has

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<v Speaker 2>a technical. I would have leaned in there. I would

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<v Speaker 2>have took a technical. Yeah, because at the end of

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<v Speaker 2>the day, Draymond is crucial for the Warriors to win, and.

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<v Speaker 3>The rest weren't gonna see himp that would be.

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<v Speaker 2>But see that's because Jalen Brown didn't lean in on it.

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<v Speaker 2>I would have tried to fight him. I would have

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<v Speaker 2>got a technical myself.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean he did, but it wasn't. I am sick.

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<v Speaker 1>Now let's move on. So I'm fourteen years old, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>in eighth grade. Well, actually I have one more day

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<v Speaker 1>left of eighth grade.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm excited tight okay, high school, yeah exactly.

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<v Speaker 1>But I want to know who you were at fourteen,

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<v Speaker 1>because you know, we know who the world knows who

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<v Speaker 1>you are now. But I want to know things about

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<v Speaker 1>you when you were fourteen. That's what I think.

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<v Speaker 2>God, oh boy, I was still in the band. I

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<v Speaker 2>was playing the trumpet.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh you were a band kid, A big band kid.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, Vince Carter was a band kid till college, which

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<v Speaker 2>is crazy. He was the marching band leader in Florida.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know how I remember that, but I do.

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<v Speaker 1>I like those random facts.

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<v Speaker 2>Random, thank you, thank you. I think I was six

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<v Speaker 2>four six six, so I was really tall, really hadn't

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<v Speaker 2>practiced that much beast. I would play outside, wasn't on

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<v Speaker 2>an AAU team, wasn't really like passionate about basketball. Loved it,

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<v Speaker 2>loved playing, but was just kind of a big goofball,

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<v Speaker 2>like probably more interested in like power Rangers and video games.

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<v Speaker 2>And so you were a nerd playing it big. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm still a nerd.

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<v Speaker 1>I have, like I know, but you're like a little

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<v Speaker 1>cluer to the nerd. I mean, you've won an NBA championship.

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<v Speaker 1>That's pretty cool.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, but that doesn't change the fact that I'm

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<v Speaker 2>a nerd. I could be. It's you know, the duality

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<v Speaker 2>and personalities are pretty interesting. You know. I love Star

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<v Speaker 2>Wars and Star Trek and comic books and Marvel movies

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<v Speaker 2>and all those type of things. But yeah, I was

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<v Speaker 2>that guy. And then freshman year or ninth grade is

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<v Speaker 2>when I really started to kind of figure out who

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<v Speaker 2>I was. So, you know, growing two inches every year

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<v Speaker 2>was tough. I was not good. Couldn't dunk, couldn't run backwards.

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<v Speaker 2>I was just a big old goofball who is super skinny,

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<v Speaker 2>who like comic books.

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<v Speaker 1>I can definitely tell that you've done podcasting before because

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<v Speaker 1>you literally answered every single question on my list without

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<v Speaker 1>me even asking you.

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<v Speaker 3>So thank you that that made it way easier for me.

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<v Speaker 3>So if you never played, when did you start to

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<v Speaker 3>play AAU?

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<v Speaker 2>Then? So my parents made me so in a weird way,

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<v Speaker 2>it worked out well in Chandler, Arizona Junior High was

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<v Speaker 2>seven eight nine, and then you would go to a

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<v Speaker 2>feeder school adoptson you know, high school, which was ten

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<v Speaker 2>eleven twelve.

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<v Speaker 3>Then you switched to Saint Mary's.

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<v Speaker 2>I went to Saint Mary's in tenth grade, which is

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<v Speaker 2>a private school, and so I took the test. I

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<v Speaker 2>never had a you know, wear uniform. And I remember

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<v Speaker 2>I took the test to go there. And there's another

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<v Speaker 2>school called Brophy. It's all boys. And the coach from

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<v Speaker 2>Saint Mary's, the JV coach, an assistant head coach for

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<v Speaker 2>the varsity team, was like, hey, are you coming to school?

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<v Speaker 2>And I was like, maybe if I take the test,

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<v Speaker 2>and so he was like, all right, you're going to

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<v Speaker 2>come to this game and I want you to see

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<v Speaker 2>what it's like. We're playing our rivals. So as we're

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<v Speaker 2>driving back forty five minutes to where I was living

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<v Speaker 2>that time, Chandler, Arizona East Valley, I tell my dad.

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<v Speaker 2>I was like, Okay, whatever school wins, that's for school.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to. His place was packed. It was standing

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<v Speaker 2>room only, and Saint Mary's won on a free throw tip.

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<v Speaker 2>As they won, he celebrated with his team. The coach

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<v Speaker 2>Career looked at me and says, I'll see you tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 2>We have a Saint Mary's AU team and the two

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<v Speaker 2>guards that were my age freshmen were starting for the

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<v Speaker 2>varsity team, so I had to start practicing with them.

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<v Speaker 2>So I went from not really practicing to practicing with

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<v Speaker 2>guys that have been playing varsity for a whole year,

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<v Speaker 2>and I had to catch up pretty quick. I broke

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<v Speaker 2>my hand that year, and I didn't play. I think

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<v Speaker 2>I only played two games my sophomore year, and then

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<v Speaker 2>I only played junior and senior year and here we are.

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<v Speaker 3>He must or year.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh ish. I started to get confidence. I broke my wrists, right,

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<v Speaker 2>I like broke my hand, and then I just it

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<v Speaker 2>like meant something like I would wake up like how

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<v Speaker 2>can I get better today? And then it became I

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<v Speaker 2>don't obsessive isn't the right word. It just became intoxicating,

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<v Speaker 2>seeing like the work, the result of the work after

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<v Speaker 2>a week, after two weeks, after two months, like oh man,

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<v Speaker 2>I have muscles like I get donk with two hands,

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<v Speaker 2>like I'm dog. These dudes like I was starting to

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<v Speaker 2>run better and that was intoxicating, and so I think

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<v Speaker 2>that kind of fueled me to just always try to

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<v Speaker 2>work harder than everyone else.

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<v Speaker 1>So once you ended up joining that Saint Mary's AAU team,

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<v Speaker 1>who was the best player that you ever played against

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<v Speaker 1>on another AAU team.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, Tyson Chandler, not even close. What went at NBA.

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<v Speaker 2>He was seven foot just in the fastest big I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I can't even explain to you. He took three steps

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<v Speaker 2>and he was all the way down to court and

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<v Speaker 2>he would dunk and I remember his head was up

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<v Speaker 2>by the ram and I was like, oh, y'all want

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<v Speaker 2>me to play this. I was like, I could barely

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<v Speaker 2>run backwards. And I remember he played and it was

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<v Speaker 2>just like left and right and I was just I

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<v Speaker 2>couldn't shoot, I couldn't do anything. But we were younger,

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<v Speaker 2>and obviously he went at NBA, and obviously I had

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<v Speaker 2>to go four years of college. But yeah, he was

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<v Speaker 2>an absolute monster, a demon.

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<v Speaker 1>So did you ever get asked to like buke up

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<v Speaker 1>when you started?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, oh yeah, Okay, when you're asked to book up?

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<v Speaker 3>What do you eat? Like you just go to McDonald's

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<v Speaker 3>every day?

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<v Speaker 2>No, guy, I have so many funny stories. So my

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<v Speaker 2>dad was super old school and like you know, didn't

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<v Speaker 2>really he was pretty stubborn, didn't want to listen to anybody.

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<v Speaker 2>So he would wake me up at like two or

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<v Speaker 2>three in the morning. He'd make me drink a milkshake

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<v Speaker 2>out of a blender with like four raw eggs. Protein

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<v Speaker 2>shake ice cream.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, so not like an in and out like milkshake,

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<v Speaker 3>like a.

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<v Speaker 2>Protein shake milkshake. And then when I got to college,

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<v Speaker 2>there's this place called Blackjack Pizza and there were five dollars.

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<v Speaker 2>They gave me a card for like five hundred bucks

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<v Speaker 2>to say, you have to eat a whole pizza every

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<v Speaker 2>single night.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh my gosh.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's how I went from two oh five.

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<v Speaker 3>Pepperoni or cheese or pineapple or what.

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<v Speaker 2>You better not put a pineapple on a pizza.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, let's go into that now, pineapple or pizza.

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<v Speaker 2>Or no, I am karate chopping the pizza out of

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<v Speaker 2>your hand. That's disrespectful.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that's I only okay, cheese a pepperoni, like when

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<v Speaker 1>people go like it's too much like the white pizza.

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<v Speaker 2>I like white pizza. I'm a New York guy. I

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<v Speaker 2>like white pizza.

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<v Speaker 1>I like, well, like parmesan cheese on pizza. But that's

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<v Speaker 1>a good topic.

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<v Speaker 2>Cheese easy exactly. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I like everything, just

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<v Speaker 2>no olives. I'm pretty I'm pretty easy going.

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<v Speaker 1>I hate alive too, They're disgusting.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, but you like pickles.

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<v Speaker 2>I think the pickles are the devil's fruit. They're the

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<v Speaker 2>worst things on earth.

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<v Speaker 3>No way, you just said that.

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<v Speaker 2>No way, No, I promise you. Anybody that's known me

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<v Speaker 2>my whole life, I think pickles are the devil.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, if someone were to ask me if there was

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<v Speaker 1>one food you would eat for the rest of your life,

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<v Speaker 1>I would say pickles.

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<v Speaker 3>No hesitation, I'm not kidding. I love pickles.

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<v Speaker 2>I would rather eat a cactus.

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<v Speaker 3>You have no taste.

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<v Speaker 2>Disgusting.

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<v Speaker 1>So when was the first time that you sort of

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<v Speaker 1>were like, wait, I think I think you can make

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<v Speaker 1>the NBA.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh oh boy. My junior year of college.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh so it wasn't until college.

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<v Speaker 1>So nothing about like going to Arizona and like that

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<v Speaker 1>didn't make you believe anything.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I committed to Arizona my junior year. Right early

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<v Speaker 2>in my junior year high school, they were like, well, Channing,

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<v Speaker 2>you're gonna have the red shirt. And I tell this

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<v Speaker 2>story probably too much is I School was over April thirtieth.

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<v Speaker 2>I went to U of a May second. So I

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<v Speaker 2>was taking summer classes so that I could learn to lift,

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<v Speaker 2>I could run hoop and so I was there every

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<v Speaker 2>single day. And I was there with a guy named

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<v Speaker 2>Dennis Lattimorn him and I would play one on one.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh and he was six eight two forty, just yacked

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<v Speaker 2>up as a man. You know, he was tatted up

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<v Speaker 2>at you know, eighteen nineteen years old. You know, he

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<v Speaker 2>was a really good player. He was dogging me one

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<v Speaker 2>on one, and then when he would go back and

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<v Speaker 2>go to sleep, I would come to the gym and

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<v Speaker 2>work out, and the guys that were there at night

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<v Speaker 2>were like Miles Simon, Mike Baby, Jason Terry, Gilbert Arenez,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, Luke Walton, Jason Gardner, Richard. That was a

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<v Speaker 2>real competition, real but they were like helping me understand

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<v Speaker 2>the game and do workouts and really kind of like

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<v Speaker 2>teaching me. I had never been taught by somebody of

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<v Speaker 2>that caliber. And then I ended up starting half that year,

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<v Speaker 2>ended up starting the rest, and then the rest is history.

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<v Speaker 2>But I remember he was dogging me like three games

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<v Speaker 2>eleven nothing all three games, and then now I was

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<v Speaker 2>beating him at the end of the year eleven to ten,

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<v Speaker 2>eleven nine, and just keep working. I went from two

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<v Speaker 2>h five to two thirty five in one year.

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<v Speaker 1>Been saying, I feel like this is making me think

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<v Speaker 1>about I don't know if you've heard the story about

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<v Speaker 1>how Bradley Bial sort of took Jason Tatum like under

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<v Speaker 1>his wing and would take him to all the NBA practices,

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<v Speaker 1>And I was always I thought that that was so

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<v Speaker 1>interesting to now obviously see them playing against each other, right,

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<v Speaker 1>and not anything against Bradley Bial, but Jason's almost surpassed him,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's such an interesting thing to see.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you know, Bradley Beal is one of my favorite

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<v Speaker 2>players to watch, and I think Jason Tatum is in

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<v Speaker 2>a different situation where it's a little bit more stability.

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<v Speaker 2>Jason tatums first couple of years ago is the Eastern

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<v Speaker 2>Conference finals.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course, I mean Jason Tatam has a supporting cast

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<v Speaker 1>and Bradley Beial has porzingis.

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<v Speaker 2>Correct, correct? I think Bradley Beal is a really good player.

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<v Speaker 2>I think Bradley Beal will be We'll see the best

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<v Speaker 2>version of Bradley Beal if he leaves Washington and turns

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<v Speaker 2>into a Ray allen Ish type guy.

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<v Speaker 1>I have to say, I think I disagree with you

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<v Speaker 1>really because okay, you know last season he him and

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<v Speaker 1>stepf are going at it for the scoring title.

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<v Speaker 3>Two years ago, two years ago, yes, two years ago.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know, on other teams, He's not going to

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<v Speaker 1>be the guy that gets the ball. I think he'll

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<v Speaker 1>be more of if he goes to somewhere that's more

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<v Speaker 1>of a championship contender. You know, he'll be the second man,

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<v Speaker 1>and there he can't perform like he did in Washington,

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<v Speaker 1>but he'll definitely probably have more success.

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<v Speaker 2>So what's more important? So he's already paid, he's already

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<v Speaker 2>shown he can lead the league in scoring. He's not

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<v Speaker 2>been to the playoffs in a while. So I think

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<v Speaker 2>at this point, and if I'm just speaking for him,

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<v Speaker 2>do we respect Chris Middleton more now that he's a champion.

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<v Speaker 3>That's true, Chris Middleton probably wouldn't be an All Star by.

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<v Speaker 2>Himself, correct, Right, And so what I'm saying is Bradley

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<v Speaker 2>Beal will never see the best version to Bradley Beal

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<v Speaker 2>until we see him with the bright lights. There are

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<v Speaker 2>different lights, right, There's the bulbs during the regular season

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<v Speaker 2>that people put in, and then they got these real

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<v Speaker 2>fancy led lights. Yeah, during the finals, and this is

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<v Speaker 2>where we see the best version. We saw the best

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<v Speaker 2>version of Al Horford game one, we saw the best

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<v Speaker 2>version of Steph game two, and then tonight we're going

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<v Speaker 2>to see the best version of whether that's a coach,

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<v Speaker 2>whether that's Derek White Andrew Wiggots.

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<v Speaker 3>I hope we don't see the best version of Derek White.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't want to see.

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<v Speaker 1>That made me crying.

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<v Speaker 3>God, that was the best shooting fourth quote I've ever seen.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh ridiculous. They were all fire.

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<v Speaker 3>That's never gonna happen again.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh never.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, Well, knocking on wood. Now let's move on to

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<v Speaker 1>our next segment. So we've talked about you when you

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<v Speaker 1>were fourteen, but I now want to know about you,

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<v Speaker 1>not hopefully, So what is the most memorable play of

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<v Speaker 1>your career?

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<v Speaker 2>Of my career, it's when I had back to back

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<v Speaker 2>game winners in twenty ten. So the first game we're

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<v Speaker 2>playing in Indiana, I was on fire, felt really good,

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<v Speaker 2>hit the game winner in front of my old coach, right,

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<v Speaker 2>Nate McMillan, which I always you know, and I when

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<v Speaker 2>you play eighty two games, you need anything to like

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<v Speaker 2>get you going right, you know, put a little stoke

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<v Speaker 2>to fire a little bit. Yeah. And then the second game,

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<v Speaker 2>we played New Jersey, and I was getting like emotionally exhausted,

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<v Speaker 2>right because you're just living on the top of the

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<v Speaker 2>mountain and eventually you gotta come down. So I was

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<v Speaker 2>having a crappy game, like an awful game, and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>everyone else was kind of gas too. So we're down

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<v Speaker 2>three and coach was like, well, it can't get any

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<v Speaker 2>worse for you today, so we're gonna draw this player

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<v Speaker 2>for you. And I'm looking next to some of my

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<v Speaker 2>favorite players I grew up watching Steve Nash, Grant Hill,

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<v Speaker 2>and they're like, Channing, you're gonna make it. So ge

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<v Speaker 2>Hill is my guy, and I would like to say

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<v Speaker 2>it's like my mentor. He's like, Channing, I'm gonna throw

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<v Speaker 2>you open. I was like what, But I was like, well,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, my dad always said listen, one day you're

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<v Speaker 2>the front of the goat, the other day you're the

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<v Speaker 2>back right. And I like, hei, literally we're in this

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<v Speaker 2>ran this play called Memphis Twist, and I popped out

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<v Speaker 2>and he just threw the ball to my hand and

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<v Speaker 2>I just shot it and it went in, and I

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<v Speaker 2>was just like what in the world, Like how wild

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<v Speaker 2>these games are? End of winning, But that was probably

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<v Speaker 2>one of those moments where I was like, do my

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<v Speaker 2>teammates believe in me? Some people I grew up watching

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<v Speaker 2>giving me a chance, right, Obviously you could have gave

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<v Speaker 2>it to Steve or Jason Richardson or Amari or any

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<v Speaker 2>of these guys, but they chose me, and so I

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<v Speaker 2>just I don't take that for granted.

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<v Speaker 1>The season, when Steph came back after he broke his hand,

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<v Speaker 1>we were like we got blown out by the Nets.

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<v Speaker 1>We I'm saying we because I, you know, I'm basically

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<v Speaker 1>like one of the guys, but you know, I remember

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<v Speaker 1>we were we just got blown up by Brooklyn, and

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I did my emotional thing where I was

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<v Speaker 1>like sobbing and my dad was like, you need to

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<v Speaker 1>come down. It's a basketball team, and I was like, no,

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<v Speaker 1>this is not this is bad. And then I think

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<v Speaker 1>we were playing the Bulls and I was like screaming

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<v Speaker 1>at the TV, like give it to Steph, give it

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<v Speaker 1>to step give it a step and we were tied

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<v Speaker 1>up and they gave it to Damian Lee and he

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<v Speaker 1>made a buzzer beater and I was like, oh my God,

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<v Speaker 1>like wow, oh, like I just can't believe this because

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<v Speaker 1>I'd put everything on Steph. And then Damian Lee was

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<v Speaker 1>the one who like saved the day. And I feel like,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, maybe for guys like that. It's because that's

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<v Speaker 1>with Steph that happens every day, but with Damian Lee,

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<v Speaker 1>like that was his moment.

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<v Speaker 2>You know. Yeah. I think as a role player, that's

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<v Speaker 2>the thing that's the hardest part. It's like Steph knows

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<v Speaker 2>he's gonna get x amount of shots, play x amount

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<v Speaker 2>of minutes. As a role player, it's like Steph's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>get twenty shots. He just got to run around like

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<v Speaker 2>a crazy man for him. Yeah, Damian Lee, Channing Fry

0:18:34.320 --> 0:18:37.200
<v Speaker 2>role players, Derek White, we may get six or seven.

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<v Speaker 2>So like again, James Jones in practice was like, no

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<v Speaker 2>warm up shots. The minute you step on the court,

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<v Speaker 2>that's when you're shooting starts because mentally you got to

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<v Speaker 2>go I don't have a chance to warm up when

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<v Speaker 2>I come off the bench. So we would have drills,

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<v Speaker 2>you would do your you know, your lifting, and then

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<v Speaker 2>as soon as you get on the court, somebody throw

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<v Speaker 2>your ball. You got to make six out of seven

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<v Speaker 2>from seven spots. So you got to train your attitude too.

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<v Speaker 2>I stay on fire.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, Lebron did say you were one of the

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<v Speaker 3>best shooters he ever played with, so.

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<v Speaker 2>We yeah, did he did. I appreciate it. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>I appreciate my guy looking out for me, but uh,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, it means a lot. He played with a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of really good shooters.

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<v Speaker 1>You were one of the best.

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<v Speaker 2>I try. As a seven footer, I try, I try.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like when you're saying you're like a lengthy kid. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>what advice would you give to James Wiseman, Because as

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<v Speaker 1>a Warriors fan, I'm looking at him and I really

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<v Speaker 1>really want him to be good because I love Kevin Looney.

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<v Speaker 1>But we're pretty small and we I mean, when Robert

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<v Speaker 1>Williams the Third is in the paint like we see,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, I think we need a little bit of hype. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and I think watching you know, he's recovering now, but

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<v Speaker 1>when he did play in his rookie year, I saw

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<v Speaker 1>some moments where I was just like, I think he

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<v Speaker 1>just needs to grow into himself. And I feel like

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<v Speaker 1>you could relate to that. Maybe when you were a rookie.

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<v Speaker 2>He is already far and away a lot better than

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<v Speaker 2>I ever was.

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<v Speaker 1>He just well, you were first team All Rookie he wasn't.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Well he's also I'll say this, he has an

0:20:00.240 --> 0:20:03.000
<v Speaker 2>put ten thousand hours into the basketball court. No he

0:20:03.720 --> 0:20:06.280
<v Speaker 2>has not because he can't. He's always hurt, right, So

0:20:06.880 --> 0:20:09.400
<v Speaker 2>if you don't have time to make mistakes because you're

0:20:09.440 --> 0:20:10.720
<v Speaker 2>still trying to learn yourself.

0:20:10.760 --> 0:20:13.159
<v Speaker 1>Also, he did have the COVID year during college, so

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<v Speaker 1>that he can't go to the gym.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, actually I guess he could.

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<v Speaker 2>But with other people, Yeah, you can't play. You're not

0:20:19.640 --> 0:20:21.960
<v Speaker 2>under duress or under fire. You have a chance to

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<v Speaker 2>make mistakes. But I think you know, we get sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>we get prisoner at the moment, especially as fans. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>he's twenty I think twenty years old.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, exactly.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Like we didn't see Joel Ebide till his third year.

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<v Speaker 2>This is his seventh year, and he's been healthy, and

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<v Speaker 2>he's developed, and he's had serious losses. He's had been ridiculed,

0:20:42.760 --> 0:20:45.320
<v Speaker 2>he's been underneath the fire, and now we're seeing the

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<v Speaker 2>best version of himself. Big guys usually developed later. Also,

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<v Speaker 2>I think Golden State understands the value of him in

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<v Speaker 2>wanting him for the longevity. If they get him at

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<v Speaker 2>twenty one for five years, that's scary, scary.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's also important because as Stephen, Dray and

0:21:03.800 --> 0:21:06.600
<v Speaker 1>Clay get older, they start to not be able to

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<v Speaker 1>do as much so we need a young guy like

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<v Speaker 1>him to really.

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<v Speaker 2>Step up, right, totally.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, we also have Jonathan Kamingo, who right, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>he's insane, insane as athletes, and so is Moses Moody.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, we have a really good group of young guys.

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<v Speaker 2>I think, really good. The team's gonna be scary, and

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<v Speaker 2>think that's that next generation that understands the length of

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<v Speaker 2>the season, has had good culture, understand getting experienced in

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<v Speaker 2>the NBA Finals, Western Conference Finals. They that culture goes

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<v Speaker 2>into the next generation as they rise up.

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<v Speaker 1>For these guys, even though they're not getting that many minutes,

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<v Speaker 1>they know what it's like to be in the NBA Finals,

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<v Speaker 1>which is something that you know, we've seen this with

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<v Speaker 1>so many guys where then they do all the work

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<v Speaker 1>to get there, and then they get there and then

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<v Speaker 1>they don't know what to do because it's a different

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<v Speaker 1>thing than the fifth game of an eighty two game season.

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<v Speaker 2>It is its own it's its own season. Yeah, And

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<v Speaker 2>that is an honest true that anybody's been the finals

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<v Speaker 2>will tell you have been twice. It's like, once you

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<v Speaker 2>get done with the Eastern and Western Conference finals, when

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<v Speaker 2>you get to the finals, it's its own thing entirely,

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<v Speaker 2>and the play from October all the way to June

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<v Speaker 2>is crazy. I remember we wanted our championship. We want

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<v Speaker 2>it on June twenty second, So like, think about another

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<v Speaker 2>eighteen days from now. That's how long the season is.

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<v Speaker 2>So have you taken care of your body? What are

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<v Speaker 2>you doing? Are you you know that the ice tubs

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<v Speaker 2>that you were supposed to do in December are starting

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<v Speaker 2>to catch up to you? Are you mentally here if

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<v Speaker 2>somebody gets hurt? Are you ready to go? Do you

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<v Speaker 2>watch film? Do you surround yourself with people who are

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<v Speaker 2>not telling you what you should be doing, but telling you,

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<v Speaker 2>like what does your team need and how you could

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<v Speaker 2>do that?

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, so this is a little different, but I want

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<v Speaker 1>to know what was your welcome to the league moment?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Big Shack. So two thousand and five, obviously Shack

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<v Speaker 2>is in Miami. Before the game we're doing warm ups.

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<v Speaker 3>Were you playing the Garden or.

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<v Speaker 2>The Yeah, I was in the Garden Star I was

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<v Speaker 2>playing for the New York next So I got drafted

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<v Speaker 2>I know eighth. Well, thank you. You know listeners, they

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<v Speaker 2>may not know it's a long time ago. Thousand and five?

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<v Speaker 2>Is he was the eighth.

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<v Speaker 3>I appreciate it played all four years of AIRSONA.

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<v Speaker 2>Sorry, I'm just yes, I did. I appreciate dropped the knowledge.

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<v Speaker 2>I am drop it. So we're in warm ups and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like looking like, holy crap, Shack is huge and

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<v Speaker 2>I was playing a little bit of center. So I

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<v Speaker 2>was six ten, but you're the same. Hi, No, no, no, no,

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<v Speaker 2>no different. I was six ten two thirty. He's seven

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<v Speaker 2>foot two seventy to eighty.

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<v Speaker 3>But you're listed as seven feet.

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<v Speaker 2>Now I am Now I grew. I grew two inches

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<v Speaker 2>in the league.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh you grew yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>Wild? Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's wild. Yes. So I did

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<v Speaker 2>not cheat.

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<v Speaker 3>That's crazy. Do doctors understand how that happened?

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<v Speaker 2>Now? Maybe you know yoga stretching grosspurt hmm.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like that's giving yoga a little too much.

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<v Speaker 2>Great, yoga is good for stretching.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm going to have to put in some work to yoga.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, do a little bit from yoga and get your

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<v Speaker 2>spine right.

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<v Speaker 3>I still want to be able to dunk by myself.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm kidding.

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<v Speaker 2>If you could, that would be crazy. That would be

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<v Speaker 2>the craziest thing I've ever seen in my life.

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<v Speaker 1>It would maybe I could get like bouncy shoot, like

0:24:06.760 --> 0:24:08.080
<v Speaker 1>I can dunk on the trampoline.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, that's tight. I'll give you that. I'll give that.

0:24:09.800 --> 0:24:10.679
<v Speaker 2>You're a tiny person.

0:24:10.840 --> 0:24:13.040
<v Speaker 3>Oh I can do like windmills on a six foot basket.

0:24:13.240 --> 0:24:14.919
<v Speaker 2>Dunk ball's the best. You used to play that in

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<v Speaker 2>seventh grade.

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<v Speaker 3>Probably harder on a ten foot basket.

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<v Speaker 2>I am actually very impressed. Well, mails are hard to

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<v Speaker 2>So we're in warm ups and Shack grasps my arm

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<v Speaker 2>and he's like, hey, little Fry, I need your jersey

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<v Speaker 2>after the game. And I'm like what. He's like, yeah, yeah,

0:24:28.400 --> 0:24:30.400
<v Speaker 2>my son loves you. I don't know why, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know what. He likes your game at Arizona. Give me

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<v Speaker 2>a jersey after the game. And he just goes to

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<v Speaker 2>warm ups. So I'm like, oh crap, Shack. Shack likes me.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm giddy.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh so, since when are you, little Fry. You're not

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<v Speaker 1>that little, really, I.

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<v Speaker 2>Know, but I'm little to him. I'm a twig to

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<v Speaker 2>this man, this behemoth of a man to him.

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<v Speaker 3>I think everyone's little to him though.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. So we're playing a third quarter and we're winning,

0:24:53.480 --> 0:24:56.400
<v Speaker 2>and the fourth quarter comes and Larry Brown, our coach

0:24:56.440 --> 0:24:58.040
<v Speaker 2>at the time. It's like, Chang and go guard Shack.

0:24:58.480 --> 0:25:01.080
<v Speaker 2>So I'm like, Okay, Shack is my guy. You know,

0:25:01.200 --> 0:25:02.639
<v Speaker 2>take it easy on me, right here.

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<v Speaker 3>Your guy off the court.

0:25:03.600 --> 0:25:06.280
<v Speaker 2>Off the court. Yeah, Shaq looks at me, calls his

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<v Speaker 2>play and it's like it's winning time, little fry. And

0:25:09.640 --> 0:25:13.040
<v Speaker 2>I remember he elbowed me so hard and knocked me

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<v Speaker 2>into the stanchion. And next thing you know, I see

0:25:15.280 --> 0:25:18.640
<v Speaker 2>his two big Shackgnosis shoes or whatever he was wearing,

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<v Speaker 2>like I'm behind the basket, like what like what truck?

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<v Speaker 2>Does it mean?

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<v Speaker 3>Did he help you up?

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<v Speaker 2>No? No?

0:25:25.840 --> 0:25:26.960
<v Speaker 3>But did you give him the jersey?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? I had to give him a jersey. I had

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<v Speaker 2>to give him a k for the kids, for the kids.

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<v Speaker 1>Like if that would have happened to me, I would

0:25:31.640 --> 0:25:33.280
<v Speaker 1>have I don't even care if it was for his kids.

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<v Speaker 2>But it was just like I realized at that moment,

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<v Speaker 2>I have no business trying to guard centers. And then

0:25:38.720 --> 0:25:40.960
<v Speaker 2>I had the guard Like, yeah, Ming, I've had a guard,

0:25:41.560 --> 0:25:44.600
<v Speaker 2>you know, Andrew Bayam, Pogasalt, Tim Duncan, some of the

0:25:44.640 --> 0:25:47.040
<v Speaker 2>biggest guys in the league. I'm just like, what what,

0:25:47.080 --> 0:25:48.800
<v Speaker 2>why do y'all have me guarding this, dude, I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>belt like this. As I started shooting threes, yeah, I said, hey,

0:25:51.840 --> 0:25:53.680
<v Speaker 2>if you get three shots and I get three shots,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna make two at of three, I'm gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>up two points for six.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you think that you were ever part of someone's

0:25:59.600 --> 0:26:00.480
<v Speaker 3>welcome to league moment?

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<v Speaker 1>Like?

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<v Speaker 3>Do you ever remember being like, you know what, I

0:26:02.320 --> 0:26:03.879
<v Speaker 3>feel like what I did to that kid? Like I

0:26:03.880 --> 0:26:04.720
<v Speaker 3>think that that may.

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<v Speaker 2>Have been Kevin Love. I hope he sees this.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, your teammate, Yeah, kay Love watched this.

0:26:10.400 --> 0:26:13.879
<v Speaker 2>I barbecued him one time in Minnesota. They had an

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<v Speaker 2>awful scout. I don't know what their game plan was,

0:26:17.320 --> 0:26:19.840
<v Speaker 2>but I saw it and film and was just like

0:26:20.000 --> 0:26:23.600
<v Speaker 2>licking my chops. I didn't dunk on him. When I say, honest, head,

0:26:23.640 --> 0:26:26.160
<v Speaker 2>that's more like more than seven threes in a game.

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<v Speaker 3>I think I hit like nine, like you a little

0:26:28.800 --> 0:26:30.680
<v Speaker 3>Curry action, yeo, yeah.

0:26:30.440 --> 0:26:33.119
<v Speaker 2>Curry before Curry. I was more like, yeah, he's like

0:26:33.280 --> 0:26:35.240
<v Speaker 2>original Curry and more like a yellow Curry.

0:26:35.320 --> 0:26:37.800
<v Speaker 3>No, it was more like it was your Dell Curry moment, right.

0:26:37.680 --> 0:26:40.280
<v Speaker 2>Dell Curry moment? Yeah? Yeah, I mean, I mean it

0:26:40.320 --> 0:26:42.560
<v Speaker 2>was just bad defense, and then I just took advantage

0:26:42.560 --> 0:26:44.840
<v Speaker 2>of it. And then just I used to like Kevin

0:26:44.960 --> 0:26:46.320
<v Speaker 2>was so good. He is still good.

0:26:46.480 --> 0:26:48.440
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, he's moved into a different role now, I guess

0:26:48.440 --> 0:26:49.320
<v Speaker 1>it's different way.

0:26:49.400 --> 0:26:51.719
<v Speaker 2>I like this role for him as a leader, as

0:26:51.760 --> 0:26:54.960
<v Speaker 2>a champion. It's great for him and his maturity and

0:26:54.960 --> 0:26:57.639
<v Speaker 2>his personality to bestow. Like you see how good the

0:26:57.680 --> 0:26:59.040
<v Speaker 2>Cavs were without injuries.

0:26:59.320 --> 0:27:02.280
<v Speaker 1>When comes back, I'm excited to see what the Cavs

0:27:02.280 --> 0:27:02.840
<v Speaker 1>have in store.

0:27:02.920 --> 0:27:05.480
<v Speaker 2>You'll be interesting what they do with him because I

0:27:05.520 --> 0:27:08.280
<v Speaker 2>think the way the league is, especially in the Eastern Conference,

0:27:08.640 --> 0:27:11.560
<v Speaker 2>it's hard to play smaller guards. Right. As much as

0:27:11.560 --> 0:27:15.160
<v Speaker 2>I love Lamello, he's gonna take him a few years

0:27:15.560 --> 0:27:18.040
<v Speaker 2>to be Like. The smallest guard in the Eastern Conference

0:27:18.080 --> 0:27:20.639
<v Speaker 2>is Kyle Lowry. But Kyle Lowry's built like a like

0:27:20.680 --> 0:27:24.680
<v Speaker 2>a tree stump, right, But he's takes charges guard posts. Right.

0:27:25.080 --> 0:27:27.240
<v Speaker 3>I'm assuming you've seen all the Kyle Lowry memes them

0:27:27.240 --> 0:27:27.520
<v Speaker 3>by that.

0:27:28.119 --> 0:27:30.120
<v Speaker 2>I've seen all of them. I've seen all of them.

0:27:30.119 --> 0:27:31.280
<v Speaker 2>I've also played against him.

0:27:31.320 --> 0:27:33.480
<v Speaker 3>I just say the eighth grade boys like that.

0:27:33.680 --> 0:27:37.840
<v Speaker 2>I like that for sure. Yeah that's limous, but yeah,

0:27:38.119 --> 0:27:40.800
<v Speaker 2>they just got to get more physical because Jannasy is

0:27:40.800 --> 0:27:44.840
<v Speaker 2>the point guard for for Milwaukee, and so is Drew Holliday. Yeah,

0:27:44.880 --> 0:27:46.760
<v Speaker 2>and that's the smallest guy on the court, right, so

0:27:47.680 --> 0:27:49.320
<v Speaker 2>it'll be interesting to see. I think Collin's a really

0:27:49.320 --> 0:27:52.960
<v Speaker 2>good player. I like I love Darius Garland, I like

0:27:53.160 --> 0:27:53.879
<v Speaker 2>Colin Sexton.

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<v Speaker 1>I wonder if Darius Garland will be as sort of

0:27:57.000 --> 0:28:00.600
<v Speaker 1>explosive with Consexton on the court, but it's hard to

0:28:00.920 --> 0:28:02.880
<v Speaker 1>have two of them. I think maybe it works better

0:28:02.960 --> 0:28:04.480
<v Speaker 1>for Darius when he's the first option.

0:28:04.840 --> 0:28:07.520
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. I think if you look at the spacing right,

0:28:07.560 --> 0:28:10.520
<v Speaker 2>I think Collins's natural position is to have the ball.

0:28:11.560 --> 0:28:14.480
<v Speaker 2>I'd liken him to a Tony Parker style basketball player,

0:28:14.680 --> 0:28:17.199
<v Speaker 2>where they get their momentum and their feel for the

0:28:17.240 --> 0:28:19.760
<v Speaker 2>game by attacking the rim and trying to score, and

0:28:19.800 --> 0:28:22.000
<v Speaker 2>then once they get double teams, it's easy for them

0:28:22.040 --> 0:28:25.359
<v Speaker 2>to kick out. But Darius plays as more of a

0:28:25.720 --> 0:28:30.479
<v Speaker 2>I would say Chris Paulish type, crazy underrated bag and

0:28:30.520 --> 0:28:32.480
<v Speaker 2>then just tries to get his teammates open and now

0:28:32.520 --> 0:28:35.639
<v Speaker 2>as the game slows down, him and Jared Allen remind

0:28:35.680 --> 0:28:38.200
<v Speaker 2>me of a young Tyson Chandler and Chris Ball from

0:28:38.240 --> 0:28:39.720
<v Speaker 2>the New Orleans Hornets.

0:28:41.640 --> 0:28:42.240
<v Speaker 3>So Stephen A.

0:28:42.320 --> 0:28:45.440
<v Speaker 1>Smith is known for his hot takes, But have you

0:28:45.520 --> 0:28:48.440
<v Speaker 1>ever seen takes hotter than Kelly ub re Jr. I

0:28:48.480 --> 0:28:50.760
<v Speaker 1>really don't think you've ever seen takes harder than Kelly Junior.

0:28:50.800 --> 0:28:52.600
<v Speaker 1>I'm just telling you it's just not possible. Nothing is

0:28:52.600 --> 0:28:53.160
<v Speaker 1>harder than him.

0:28:53.240 --> 0:28:53.480
<v Speaker 3>Right.

0:28:53.600 --> 0:28:56.360
<v Speaker 2>Oh my god, I knew you were going there. Everybody

0:28:56.440 --> 0:28:56.680
<v Speaker 2>likes that.

0:28:56.800 --> 0:28:58.920
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you knew I was going here. Yeah, you know,

0:28:59.160 --> 0:29:01.040
<v Speaker 1>I do like him. He may or may not be

0:29:01.160 --> 0:29:03.000
<v Speaker 1>you know, my lock screen. I just I gotta be

0:29:04.160 --> 0:29:04.640
<v Speaker 1>Oh my.

0:29:04.720 --> 0:29:08.720
<v Speaker 2>Lord, have mercy. Wait he plays for Charlotte. Yeah, yeah, yeah,

0:29:08.720 --> 0:29:09.480
<v Speaker 2>I liked this role.

0:29:09.680 --> 0:29:11.680
<v Speaker 1>But I have to say I love Kelly. But when

0:29:11.720 --> 0:29:13.440
<v Speaker 1>he was on the Warriors, I was like, I'd rather

0:29:13.520 --> 0:29:17.280
<v Speaker 1>you go somewhere else. Yeah, it's great, it just wasn't really.

0:29:17.480 --> 0:29:19.040
<v Speaker 2>No, I think he needs to play more of an

0:29:19.120 --> 0:29:19.840
<v Speaker 2>upstyle game.

0:29:19.960 --> 0:29:23.240
<v Speaker 1>When he was on the Suns before, like Devin Booker

0:29:23.280 --> 0:29:25.680
<v Speaker 1>and Deandret and and Chris Paul, he was good there

0:29:25.720 --> 0:29:27.920
<v Speaker 1>and he is good now. But the Pornets are more

0:29:27.920 --> 0:29:30.800
<v Speaker 1>of a different Yes, so these takes are gonna be

0:29:30.800 --> 0:29:32.480
<v Speaker 1>hotter than Kelly. You're bridginger, So I'm gonna ask you

0:29:32.520 --> 0:29:33.800
<v Speaker 1>a question, and I just want you to give me

0:29:33.840 --> 0:29:36.200
<v Speaker 1>a really hot answer. Okay with like green eyes.

0:29:36.240 --> 0:29:38.160
<v Speaker 2>Okay, green eyes, green ice or.

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<v Speaker 3>Blue either works or like a mix.

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<v Speaker 2>A nice yes, right, my kids have hazel eyes.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you, welcome.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, So which MBA player is the best dressed?

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<v Speaker 2>My style? It's Kevin Love my style.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, so you're not like a Kyle Kuzma Giants sweater?

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<v Speaker 2>No, no, no, I think that's too much. Man, I

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<v Speaker 2>get it, but I think that's a little too much

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<v Speaker 2>for me my style.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay. Who has the best shoe game.

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<v Speaker 2>Their signature shoe or just who has the best shoes?

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<v Speaker 1>Dwight Howard. When I asked him that question, he said

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<v Speaker 1>Lebron and no I understood. I feel like that was

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<v Speaker 1>more because his own shoes. I think, just like in general,

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<v Speaker 1>who just.

0:30:14.520 --> 0:30:15.600
<v Speaker 2>Like oh PJ Chuck.

0:30:16.040 --> 0:30:17.880
<v Speaker 1>That's why I mean, he has a house shoes. That's

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<v Speaker 1>the right answer. Thank you. I'm glad we agree on

0:30:19.800 --> 0:30:21.280
<v Speaker 1>that. That's the right answer. I don't like when anyone else

0:30:21.280 --> 0:30:22.760
<v Speaker 1>gives any other answer. That's the right thing.

0:30:23.000 --> 0:30:24.520
<v Speaker 2>No, that is the only answer.

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<v Speaker 1>So who is the funniest.

0:30:27.720 --> 0:30:31.440
<v Speaker 2>MP Anthony Edwards by far not even Chris.

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<v Speaker 1>Agree his press conferences. I'm like, I don't even know

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<v Speaker 1>what you're saying.

0:30:34.680 --> 0:30:37.240
<v Speaker 2>But no, it doesn't. He never answers the question. He

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<v Speaker 2>just tells you what he wants to tell you, and

0:30:38.840 --> 0:30:40.080
<v Speaker 2>he's super honest.

0:30:40.400 --> 0:30:42.360
<v Speaker 1>The other day I saw this TikTok of him on

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<v Speaker 1>some movie, well for his new movie with Adam Sandler

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<v Speaker 1>and Hustle. Yeah, exactly, and they were like, oh, what's

0:30:48.880 --> 0:30:51.560
<v Speaker 1>your all time starting five? And he was like, oh,

0:30:51.600 --> 0:30:53.400
<v Speaker 1>myself and then that and he didn't even say like

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<v Speaker 1>Michael Jordan or Lebron And I'm like.

0:30:55.120 --> 0:30:58.520
<v Speaker 2>No, he said Alan iverson KD Lebron himself.

0:30:58.160 --> 0:31:01.480
<v Speaker 3>And Okay, I'm gotta be washer Kobe, he.

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<v Speaker 2>Said, no, Shack. Maybe it was a funny list. Awesome list,

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<v Speaker 2>but a funny list.

0:31:07.920 --> 0:31:08.960
<v Speaker 3>It was the funniest.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, that would be quite the team for sure. So

0:31:12.400 --> 0:31:14.320
<v Speaker 1>which NBA player do you think could run for president?

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<v Speaker 3>And when?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh? And when is this all time? Or is this

0:31:18.280 --> 0:31:20.600
<v Speaker 2>like right now you can do whatever? So all time

0:31:20.640 --> 0:31:25.680
<v Speaker 2>it's Grant Hill, Okay, And then I think now, uh

0:31:26.400 --> 0:31:31.160
<v Speaker 2>would be a guy like CJ. McCollum. Yeah, big time politician.

0:31:31.280 --> 0:31:33.520
<v Speaker 2>Vibes shout out here, it is ninety one.

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<v Speaker 3>I know, no, I feel you.

0:31:34.720 --> 0:31:37.000
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, he's very just calm and like I feel like

0:31:37.000 --> 0:31:37.920
<v Speaker 1>he could just go out there.

0:31:37.960 --> 0:31:40.320
<v Speaker 2>He's very intellectual, very well.

0:31:40.160 --> 0:31:42.840
<v Speaker 3>Spoken, and unfortunately he has never been an All Star.

0:31:42.880 --> 0:31:45.560
<v Speaker 2>Not fair, never been, which is you know, sucks being

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<v Speaker 2>in the West sometimes and then.

0:31:47.840 --> 0:31:49.480
<v Speaker 1>Well I feel like there's guys that he could have

0:31:49.520 --> 0:31:51.040
<v Speaker 1>gotten picked over some seasons.

0:31:51.080 --> 0:31:53.040
<v Speaker 3>But sometimes I think Lebron.

0:31:53.440 --> 0:31:54.760
<v Speaker 1>But then at the same time, like there's so many

0:31:54.840 --> 0:31:57.120
<v Speaker 1>Lebron lovers, but then there's so many Lebron haters that

0:31:57.160 --> 0:31:59.080
<v Speaker 1>people wouldn't vote for him for sure.

0:31:59.680 --> 0:32:03.200
<v Speaker 2>Right. He is very polarizing. There's no real middle ground,

0:32:03.240 --> 0:32:04.960
<v Speaker 2>and that's why it's a billionaire. When you get to

0:32:05.000 --> 0:32:09.080
<v Speaker 2>be that polarizing, whether people just hate you or support

0:32:09.120 --> 0:32:12.080
<v Speaker 2>you regardless, then that means you've done it right.

0:32:12.320 --> 0:32:14.280
<v Speaker 1>Also, the people that hate him give him the most

0:32:14.280 --> 0:32:16.480
<v Speaker 1>of his money, Like the times the amount of times

0:32:16.520 --> 0:32:19.120
<v Speaker 1>I bought Lebron jerseys to like be like you suck

0:32:19.280 --> 0:32:20.760
<v Speaker 1>and write it on it. I didn't actually do that,

0:32:20.800 --> 0:32:22.760
<v Speaker 1>but like to be like, you know, because I do

0:32:22.840 --> 0:32:24.760
<v Speaker 1>this thing where I like hang up my stuff, like

0:32:24.800 --> 0:32:27.560
<v Speaker 1>my Warrior jersey before the game, to like manifest and

0:32:27.600 --> 0:32:29.960
<v Speaker 1>you know, like I bought Lebron jerseys to be like

0:32:31.080 --> 0:32:33.520
<v Speaker 1>artists for like some competition or like I have to say,

0:32:33.560 --> 0:32:35.920
<v Speaker 1>like you know, I've I've worn Lebron's before.

0:32:36.360 --> 0:32:38.600
<v Speaker 2>Something that Kobe said for he passed away was like,

0:32:39.680 --> 0:32:42.280
<v Speaker 2>you want one hundred percent of the audience. Fifty percent

0:32:42.280 --> 0:32:44.360
<v Speaker 2>of them are going to watch to see you lose,

0:32:44.440 --> 0:32:47.000
<v Speaker 2>and fifty percent are gonna watch to see you win. Yeah,

0:32:47.040 --> 0:32:48.880
<v Speaker 2>but you get one hundred percent of the audience is

0:32:49.000 --> 0:32:52.040
<v Speaker 2>all you want, right, So take on that hate because

0:32:52.040 --> 0:32:55.120
<v Speaker 2>they're still watching when things are quiet. That means you suck.

0:32:55.480 --> 0:32:55.720
<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

0:32:55.960 --> 0:32:56.560
<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

0:32:56.600 --> 0:32:58.200
<v Speaker 3>I don't think Lebron will ever get to that point.

0:32:58.280 --> 0:33:02.880
<v Speaker 1>No, hopefully not fingers god, unless he like waits till

0:33:02.960 --> 0:33:05.000
<v Speaker 1>not just Brownie plays, but Bryce plays, and then he'll

0:33:05.040 --> 0:33:06.160
<v Speaker 1>be like a literal I.

0:33:06.120 --> 0:33:07.360
<v Speaker 2>Will get him off the court.

0:33:07.600 --> 0:33:09.760
<v Speaker 3>So ill can you driving there? Because I probably won't

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<v Speaker 3>be able to drive by then.

0:33:11.720 --> 0:33:14.120
<v Speaker 1>Well, actually that's in two years, so maybe all I can, oh,

0:33:14.120 --> 0:33:16.040
<v Speaker 1>but it depends if I pass my test. I may not.

0:33:16.480 --> 0:33:19.080
<v Speaker 3>I'm a little nervous for that. I don't know. I

0:33:19.120 --> 0:33:20.440
<v Speaker 3>just feel like I may be a bad driver.

0:33:20.800 --> 0:33:22.360
<v Speaker 2>This is La. Everyone's a bad driver.

0:33:22.480 --> 0:33:23.360
<v Speaker 3>That's true, that's good.

0:33:23.600 --> 0:33:24.480
<v Speaker 2>Just don't nothing.

0:33:24.920 --> 0:33:29.680
<v Speaker 1>I may get in a bunch of crashes, but that's okay.

0:33:30.280 --> 0:33:32.920
<v Speaker 1>So we can see this picture right here, right correct,

0:33:33.000 --> 0:33:35.040
<v Speaker 1>Manut Ball Muggsy Bugs.

0:33:35.640 --> 0:33:36.080
<v Speaker 3>That's the point.

0:33:36.080 --> 0:33:39.440
<v Speaker 1>But one time I was in Muggy Bugs's Instagram post anyway,

0:33:39.680 --> 0:33:42.960
<v Speaker 1>so basically to this or that situation, Muggsy and Manut

0:33:43.080 --> 0:33:44.480
<v Speaker 1>very different, but teammates.

0:33:45.000 --> 0:33:45.560
<v Speaker 3>Let's go on.

0:33:45.720 --> 0:33:47.560
<v Speaker 1>I just want you to answer. Last time, we did

0:33:47.560 --> 0:33:49.480
<v Speaker 1>a lot of explaining, which is fine. I love the explaining,

0:33:49.560 --> 0:33:52.280
<v Speaker 1>but now we just got to go fast. Okay, last shot,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Jered Coche. Lakers are sixers, oh Lakers, Nike or Adidas,

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<v Speaker 1>Nike All Day Gatorade or Power the.

0:34:00.440 --> 0:34:03.080
<v Speaker 2>Blue Powerade it's the only powerade I like.

0:34:03.200 --> 0:34:06.200
<v Speaker 3>I know, but cucumber Gatorade is disgusting.

0:34:06.240 --> 0:34:08.839
<v Speaker 2>That's the only type of Mountain Blue Gatorade is pretty

0:34:08.880 --> 0:34:09.120
<v Speaker 2>good too.

0:34:09.360 --> 0:34:11.600
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, actually, you know what I do, sort of like

0:34:11.640 --> 0:34:12.200
<v Speaker 3>blue Power.

0:34:12.560 --> 0:34:13.080
<v Speaker 1>But not red.

0:34:13.360 --> 0:34:14.360
<v Speaker 2>Not red is disgusting.

0:34:14.440 --> 0:34:16.160
<v Speaker 3>Great, okay, Instagram or.

0:34:16.080 --> 0:34:18.279
<v Speaker 2>TikTok oh Instagram. I don't even have a.

0:34:18.280 --> 0:34:23.000
<v Speaker 1>TikTok until we're going to make tiktoks together and go ral. Yes,

0:34:23.080 --> 0:34:25.759
<v Speaker 1>that's right. No, you cannot deny it. We're gonna do

0:34:25.800 --> 0:34:30.320
<v Speaker 1>it sweet or salty, Oh salty, interesting mj or broun

0:34:30.800 --> 0:34:34.080
<v Speaker 1>uh broun, Zion or jaw oh jaw all.

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<v Speaker 3>Day long until Zion.

0:34:35.520 --> 0:34:37.960
<v Speaker 2>It's a big what if, Steph or magic?

0:34:39.840 --> 0:34:42.880
<v Speaker 1>If you there's only one right answer in this podcast.

0:34:42.440 --> 0:34:47.360
<v Speaker 2>Booth, Oh my god, that's a hard question. I have

0:34:47.440 --> 0:34:50.799
<v Speaker 2>to go magic. I have to go magic. He transcend

0:34:51.680 --> 0:34:52.800
<v Speaker 2>that position.

0:34:52.760 --> 0:34:53.960
<v Speaker 3>Changed the ambassaball forever.

0:34:54.160 --> 0:34:59.799
<v Speaker 1>And you know, Steph is.

0:35:00.239 --> 0:35:04.320
<v Speaker 2>You're not wrong exactly, but I'm gonna that's fine.

0:35:05.120 --> 0:35:08.200
<v Speaker 3>Not said great point guard for sure, but no one

0:35:08.280 --> 0:35:09.600
<v Speaker 3>quite compares to my Steffie.

0:35:09.880 --> 0:35:12.160
<v Speaker 1>Now New York or La.

0:35:13.760 --> 0:35:16.080
<v Speaker 2>I know I feel bad saying this, but New York

0:35:16.120 --> 0:35:16.520
<v Speaker 2>all day.

0:35:16.640 --> 0:35:18.120
<v Speaker 3>I mean you were dropping to the next So that's like,

0:35:18.120 --> 0:35:18.560
<v Speaker 3>oh my god.

0:35:18.600 --> 0:35:20.120
<v Speaker 2>I know my family's from New York too.

0:35:20.200 --> 0:35:21.719
<v Speaker 1>I know you were born in White Plains. You know

0:35:21.760 --> 0:35:25.640
<v Speaker 1>my dad was born in Westchester. Okay, yeah, so basically

0:35:25.680 --> 0:35:29.640
<v Speaker 1>we both have like Westchester New York route. Yeah. Now

0:35:29.920 --> 0:35:30.880
<v Speaker 1>rinaldo or messy.

0:35:31.400 --> 0:35:38.160
<v Speaker 2>Oh, I have to say messy. I'm a messy guy.

0:35:38.520 --> 0:35:39.840
<v Speaker 3>Tom Brady or Aaron Rodgers.

0:35:40.480 --> 0:35:44.120
<v Speaker 2>Oh, I want to say I have to say Tom

0:35:44.160 --> 0:35:46.000
<v Speaker 2>Brady just because, like I think you have to say,

0:35:46.200 --> 0:35:49.840
<v Speaker 2>I respect his partying after he wins. I respect that

0:35:49.880 --> 0:35:52.239
<v Speaker 2>he threw the trophy. I expect that they had to

0:35:52.239 --> 0:35:53.000
<v Speaker 2>carry him out.

0:35:53.320 --> 0:35:56.880
<v Speaker 3>Okay, Like if it broke, I don't understand.

0:35:56.400 --> 0:35:58.600
<v Speaker 2>What was gonna go, right, somebody would have got it.

0:35:58.680 --> 0:36:00.919
<v Speaker 3>I mean, if you watched that video his daughter, who's

0:36:00.960 --> 0:36:02.000
<v Speaker 3>like seven, it's.

0:36:01.800 --> 0:36:04.560
<v Speaker 1>Like, daddy, no, don't do it like a seven year

0:36:04.560 --> 0:36:07.040
<v Speaker 1>old is like John Brady.

0:36:06.800 --> 0:36:09.719
<v Speaker 2>Was lost in the sauce. But here's my thing. I

0:36:09.760 --> 0:36:14.120
<v Speaker 2>appreciate that he still celebrates it as much as he does.

0:36:14.160 --> 0:36:14.920
<v Speaker 2>It means something.

0:36:15.040 --> 0:36:18.399
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, no, it's true. Now these are gonna get slightly problematic. Okay,

0:36:18.440 --> 0:36:23.359
<v Speaker 1>Doris Burke or me, uh, why is this taking you

0:36:23.400 --> 0:36:23.719
<v Speaker 1>so long?

0:36:24.160 --> 0:36:25.319
<v Speaker 3>Come on, give me a quick answer.

0:36:25.400 --> 0:36:31.440
<v Speaker 2>No, Doris Burke is literally the nicest, most angelic human

0:36:31.480 --> 0:36:32.600
<v Speaker 2>being of all time.

0:36:32.920 --> 0:36:34.279
<v Speaker 1>Yeah yeah, and I'm not.

0:36:34.360 --> 0:36:38.200
<v Speaker 2>But I'm gonna say you, ah, that's so nice, because

0:36:38.239 --> 0:36:40.560
<v Speaker 2>I figure I'm gonna have to do Tennandy podcasts before

0:36:40.600 --> 0:36:42.800
<v Speaker 2>I die and a bunch of TikTok yes and maybe

0:36:42.800 --> 0:36:43.839
<v Speaker 2>one TikTok Now.

0:36:43.880 --> 0:36:44.960
<v Speaker 1>I think you've been looking.

0:36:44.680 --> 0:36:46.640
<v Speaker 3>For this one. But Richard Jefferson or you.

0:36:47.200 --> 0:36:51.239
<v Speaker 2>Oh me, not even close. You could say Richard Jefferson

0:36:51.320 --> 0:36:54.239
<v Speaker 2>or a fart. I take a part Richard Jefferson or

0:36:54.280 --> 0:36:56.480
<v Speaker 2>a flat tire in the middle of a desert, flat

0:36:56.520 --> 0:36:59.239
<v Speaker 2>tire in the middle of a desert. I work with

0:36:59.320 --> 0:37:01.040
<v Speaker 2>him at a Yeah.

0:37:01.080 --> 0:37:02.440
<v Speaker 3>I feel like you guys are like frenemies.

0:37:03.160 --> 0:37:05.040
<v Speaker 2>You well, I've known since I was fourteen. We've known

0:37:05.080 --> 0:37:07.520
<v Speaker 2>each other a long time. He's like, he's like an

0:37:07.520 --> 0:37:08.640
<v Speaker 2>older brother I never.

0:37:08.520 --> 0:37:10.160
<v Speaker 3>Asked for Ah, yeah, I get it.

0:37:10.239 --> 0:37:10.960
<v Speaker 2>That's my step brother.

0:37:11.040 --> 0:37:12.840
<v Speaker 3>How I feel with my brother, except he was never.

0:37:12.719 --> 0:37:13.160
<v Speaker 1>In the NBA.

0:37:13.760 --> 0:37:16.719
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well it's different. Yeah, Richard is awesome, but he

0:37:16.760 --> 0:37:18.360
<v Speaker 2>gets on my damn nerves sometimes.

0:37:18.640 --> 0:37:20.640
<v Speaker 1>Okay, so this is why we're gonna make a TikTok

0:37:20.760 --> 0:37:24.200
<v Speaker 1>because like Richard Jefferson, like he's big on TikTok, loves TikTok,

0:37:24.320 --> 0:37:25.640
<v Speaker 1>you just got to be better than him. So we

0:37:25.680 --> 0:37:27.359
<v Speaker 1>gotta we gotta get on there.

0:37:27.400 --> 0:37:29.840
<v Speaker 2>I feel like I'm the anti Richard. So if Richard

0:37:29.880 --> 0:37:31.800
<v Speaker 2>eats steak, I'll eat a salad.

0:37:32.040 --> 0:37:33.960
<v Speaker 1>Oh okay, well not for the TikTok case, because I

0:37:33.960 --> 0:37:35.120
<v Speaker 1>really need to Okay, I could do this.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, thanks.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for listening to Sloan nose and a big thank

0:37:41.400 --> 0:37:44.719
<v Speaker 1>you to Channing Frop. Make sure to check out my

0:37:44.960 --> 0:37:45.879
<v Speaker 1>Instagram and.

0:37:45.960 --> 0:37:47.640
<v Speaker 3>TikTok at Sloan Notes.

0:37:47.760 --> 0:37:49.640
<v Speaker 1>I talk about the NBA every day.

0:37:50.160 --> 0:37:51.879
<v Speaker 3>Sloan is with a knee. By the way, make sure

0:37:51.920 --> 0:37:52.480
<v Speaker 3>to go follow this