WEBVTT - How the Nets Became the Mess they Are

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<v Speaker 1>Come on, you're listening to heat Check from Tristan crick

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<v Speaker 1>Odyssey's official NBA podcast. Find that wherever you get your

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<v Speaker 1>podcasts and live all throughout free agency, Summer League, and beyond.

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<v Speaker 1>If you can't get passed a live forth without huge moves,

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<v Speaker 1>huge signings going on, I need them. I need them

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<v Speaker 1>like air, and I need them yesterday. That's all that's

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<v Speaker 1>all there that I need to say about that. So

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<v Speaker 1>let's move over forward to the Kevin Durant saga, because

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<v Speaker 1>we have to talk about it, even though it's everywhere.

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<v Speaker 1>It's pretty surreal to think that Kevin Durant has finally

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<v Speaker 1>asked to be traded officially, that he said, Hey, I'm sorry, guys,

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<v Speaker 1>this thing's not working out. Is this the most monumental

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<v Speaker 1>trade in NBA history? Trade request in NBA history? This

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<v Speaker 1>would be like if Kobe Bryant asked out publicly, because

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<v Speaker 1>we know we tried to leave LA, but nobody knew

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<v Speaker 1>until after the fact. Right. It's bigger than Harden, It's

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<v Speaker 1>bigger than Paul George, It's bigger than Kawhi. To me,

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<v Speaker 1>the only thing on that level would be if you're

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<v Speaker 1>honest or Steph asked out right now, and that would

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<v Speaker 1>be absolutely insane. And what's nuts is that the people

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<v Speaker 1>in Brooklyn and fans of the Nets just don't seem

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<v Speaker 1>to care whatsoever. It's like they're so scarred of bad

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<v Speaker 1>things happening to them that it's just like another Tuesday.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just really like nothing is going on. You glipped.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like you blink your eye. You have three All

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<v Speaker 1>Stars and the top fifteen players of our current day,

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<v Speaker 1>and now you have zero zero them, and then you've

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<v Speaker 1>got Ben Simmons and you're hopefully going to get some

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<v Speaker 1>picks back that makes sense for you. For Kevin Durant.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, this is so unprecedented. It literally hijacked all

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<v Speaker 1>a free agency to the point where I think moves

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<v Speaker 1>aren't even being made for DeAndre Ayton because we know

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<v Speaker 1>that they're attached or connected to Kevin Durant, right, And

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<v Speaker 1>what should have been a discussion about like Bradley Beal

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<v Speaker 1>or Levine or Ayton turned into just chaos, mass chaos.

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<v Speaker 1>Wendy reported that over half the NBA has been looking

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<v Speaker 1>to get Kevin Durant, and that was before free agency

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<v Speaker 1>actually began. We discussed this as a possibility about two

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<v Speaker 1>weeks ago, and rather than give you lots of speculation,

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<v Speaker 1>I think I'm gonna do something that we haven't seen yet.

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<v Speaker 1>Outline really quickly how we got here, going back to

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<v Speaker 1>twenty thirteen, really when all of this began. What began

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<v Speaker 1>you might ask the same thing that's happening right now,

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<v Speaker 1>the demise and crumbling of the Nets franchise as we

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<v Speaker 1>know it. And it's not that very long after they

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<v Speaker 1>made that, the same disastrous trade that they do it again. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>It was KG, it was Paul Pierce, it was Williams,

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<v Speaker 1>it was Brook Lopez, it was Joe Johnson. And if

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<v Speaker 1>you look back onto how that went down, it's pretty

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<v Speaker 1>informative because history happens once as a tragedy and twice

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<v Speaker 1>as farce. Because the second Big three of Kyrie Katie

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<v Speaker 1>Harden is connected actually the first big three in my opinion,

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<v Speaker 1>of KG, Pierce and Williams. So okay, so set your

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<v Speaker 1>time machine back to twenty thirteen. Bron the first attempt

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<v Speaker 1>by this franchise to build a big three. They wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to counter the heat. Stupid, stupid. You should have known

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<v Speaker 1>that Lebron James would go somewhere else, because that's what

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<v Speaker 1>he does, he runs from the grind switches teams. So

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<v Speaker 1>Nett receive Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, DJ White, Jason Terry.

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<v Speaker 1>Celtics received scrubs and a bunch of picks twenty fourteen,

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<v Speaker 1>twenty sixteen, writes to swap twenty seventeen, and twenty eighteen.

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<v Speaker 1>In twenty sixteen, that pick becomes Jalen Brown. In twenty seventeen,

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<v Speaker 1>that pick becomes Jason Tatum. In twenty eighteen, the Celtics

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<v Speaker 1>had the number eight pick in the draft. That pick

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<v Speaker 1>gets rerouted to Cleveland as a part of the trade,

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<v Speaker 1>that becomes Kyrie Irving. I cannot articulate to you how

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<v Speaker 1>bad that trade was for the Nets, and how bad

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<v Speaker 1>this trade is for the Nets. What looked like, well

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<v Speaker 1>the hardened trade mostly what looked like it was going

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<v Speaker 1>to be Kyrie and Katie and a bunch of young

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<v Speaker 1>players right with a great culture turn into no players

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<v Speaker 1>besides what they get for Kevin Durant, no draft picks

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<v Speaker 1>besides what they get for KD, and a whole lot

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<v Speaker 1>of chaos. Everyone wants to give their take on who

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<v Speaker 1>to blame. Is it Kevin, is it Kai? Is it Hardened?

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<v Speaker 1>Is it all three of them, and to me, I

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<v Speaker 1>think you got to look back to how this all began,

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<v Speaker 1>which is the mentality of getting superstars to win titles.

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<v Speaker 1>If you look at it as a family, I think

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<v Speaker 1>Josai is essentially the father. He's made his billions because

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<v Speaker 1>of Ali Baba, a Chinese company, the Chinese Amazon and

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<v Speaker 1>Jack ma currently who started Ali Baba, has a net

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<v Speaker 1>worth of nine billion. Josi. He bought the nets from

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<v Speaker 1>a Russian oligarch named Mikhail Prokrooff in twenty nineteen. You

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<v Speaker 1>probably remember proker Off because he was the one who

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<v Speaker 1>did the Josi thing and crashed the nets the first

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<v Speaker 1>time around. And he did this by not only throwing

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<v Speaker 1>out huge contracts, but by making sure those star players

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<v Speaker 1>get taken care of in every way possible. That's what

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<v Speaker 1>Josai decided he wanted to do, is to make a

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<v Speaker 1>very concerted effort into turning the franchise into a funhouse

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<v Speaker 1>of NBA teams to attract star players don't want to

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<v Speaker 1>be there. Cyan Heritage Sean Marks as GM. Sean Marks

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<v Speaker 1>was hired in twenty sixteen and told pro Kraft he

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<v Speaker 1>was an idiot. Yo, you're an idiot. For trying to

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<v Speaker 1>do this win now thing. He saw the franchise implode

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<v Speaker 1>and hit just twenty one wins, and he said, I

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<v Speaker 1>was clear in our meeting that if you're looking for

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<v Speaker 1>a quick fixed guy like you did before, that I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not the guy for you. Hired Kenny Atkinson. Sean Marks.

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<v Speaker 1>He had this slow, methodical mentality about how to build

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<v Speaker 1>a team. The Nets became a succeed. They had Jared Allen,

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<v Speaker 1>they had Spencer Dinwiddie, they had Joe Harris, they had

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<v Speaker 1>Caris LeVert. He turned Joe Harris into something Torrian Prince

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<v Speaker 1>D'Angelo Russell. This team was an absolute blast to watch.

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<v Speaker 1>And then when Joe Side bought the team from broker Off,

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<v Speaker 1>win Now baby was back on the table. So where

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<v Speaker 1>do you think this mandate came from? Given the fact

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<v Speaker 1>that Sean Marks told proker Off, I'm not all about

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<v Speaker 1>win now for sure. Joe Side right, and from the

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<v Speaker 1>beginning it was like, let's go out and get big

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<v Speaker 1>free agents. Kyrie KD came in twenty nineteen, even though

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<v Speaker 1>Durant was out the full year. He gets his full salary.

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<v Speaker 1>Kyrie played twenty games and then went to the bubble

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<v Speaker 1>and was like, Yeah, I can't play in the bubble.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's start our own league. Let's not even go to

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<v Speaker 1>the bubble. Kyrie had Atkinson and kd had Atkinson. They

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<v Speaker 1>pushed him out the door because they didn't want to

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<v Speaker 1>run wind sprints right. Just four days before coronavirus, four

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<v Speaker 1>days before Adam Silver shut down the league. They fired

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<v Speaker 1>Atkinson four days Coach David Fizdale said this about the firing.

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<v Speaker 1>When it comes to players with power, your front office

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<v Speaker 1>has to be really strong. Your culture has to be

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<v Speaker 1>strong to whether disgruntled players tell them kids to fuck off,

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<v Speaker 1>settle down. Their little hot heads can go sit in

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<v Speaker 1>a corner somewhere. We're staying with Kenny Atkinson. He got

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<v Speaker 1>us to that place. He also says this, you have

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<v Speaker 1>to be a certain amount of support for your coach

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<v Speaker 1>when things get turbulent. They wanted to appease those star players,

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<v Speaker 1>so they allowed Kenny Atkinson to go out the door,

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<v Speaker 1>and then to choose the coach. They chose their teacher

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<v Speaker 1>in Steve Nash. Star players didn't want a hard, driving,

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<v Speaker 1>developmentally focused coach when things weren't smooth from day one,

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<v Speaker 1>How could they be smooth? Rock Kevin Durant out a

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<v Speaker 1>full year, KD played twenty games a pandemic kit. What

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<v Speaker 1>are we talking about? No gelling time? As as Kevin

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<v Speaker 1>Durant and Kyrie Irving said, we just didn't have enough

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<v Speaker 1>time to gel Give us some time. By the way,

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<v Speaker 1>fast forward, Papa Joe decides to do the same thing

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<v Speaker 1>Prokaroff had done in twenty thirteen as an aside, Like

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<v Speaker 1>I said, Prokarov said, the Paul Pierce Kevin Garnett deal

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<v Speaker 1>was one of the biggest business regrets he's ever had

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<v Speaker 1>in his whole life. Pro Karoff a Russian oligarch. When

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<v Speaker 1>he says a trade is so bad that it's one

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<v Speaker 1>of the biggest things that haunts him at night. A

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<v Speaker 1>Russian billionaire, that's his biggest regret. Do you know what

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<v Speaker 1>type of moves you need and deals you need to

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<v Speaker 1>make in order to become a billionaire in Russia? As

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<v Speaker 1>my mom would say, slit their mother's throat for a

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<v Speaker 1>loaf of bread? Do you know what you need to

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<v Speaker 1>do to be a billionaire? That's the thing he regrets most,

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<v Speaker 1>not all of the things that you need to do

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<v Speaker 1>in order to acquire the billions in Russia. Nope, those

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<v Speaker 1>five first round picks or whatever it was that they

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<v Speaker 1>had to give to the Boston Celtics. It was that.

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<v Speaker 1>But this is not as bad as the move that

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<v Speaker 1>Joe Side demanded. So he lets the kids choose the teacher,

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<v Speaker 1>a guy who is great, a guy who's a two

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<v Speaker 1>time MVP, never coached a fucking second in his life,

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<v Speaker 1>not once. They went from the strongest player development coach

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<v Speaker 1>in the league to a guy who's never developed anything

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<v Speaker 1>outside of a soccer ball, a guy who could be

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<v Speaker 1>commentating in Edmonton Oilers game tomorrow. No shape, that's facts.

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<v Speaker 1>How much respect did Steve Nash get when he entered

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<v Speaker 1>the league? None? Zero. Immediately, Kyrie Irving told the world

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<v Speaker 1>I could be coached. I could be coached one day,

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<v Speaker 1>KD could be coach. We all pretty much coaches like

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<v Speaker 1>we're all players, former players. Who cares d'An Toni's here.

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<v Speaker 1>He lets us run everything we want. It's all good.

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<v Speaker 1>Turns out it wasn't all good. Maybe you don't need

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<v Speaker 1>a coach for a seven time All Star, but a

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<v Speaker 1>guy right out of the sec in Cam Johnson, Cam Smith,

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<v Speaker 1>Cam Smith get all the cams confused. He needs to

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<v Speaker 1>be told what to do. And there's nobody there to

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<v Speaker 1>shepherd him. Guys like old Andre Drummonds of the world,

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<v Speaker 1>the LaMarcus Audiers of the world, the Blake Griffins of

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<v Speaker 1>the world, they need coaching to figure out their place

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<v Speaker 1>in the ecosystem. If they didn't need coaches to figure

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<v Speaker 1>out their place in the ecosystem, and they could consistently

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<v Speaker 1>be good, they wouldn't be role players. They'd be stars.

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<v Speaker 1>Role players and veterans need coaching. If Gary Payton, let

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<v Speaker 1>me ask you this, if Gary Payton is second could

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<v Speaker 1>be and was who he turned out to with Kenny

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<v Speaker 1>Atkinson and Golden State, he wouldn't have been sitting on

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<v Speaker 1>any ten day contracts. He would have been Gary Payton Second,

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<v Speaker 1>making ten million dollars a year as a role player

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<v Speaker 1>in this league. Without that, he'd be still on his couch.

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<v Speaker 1>In other words, the kids need rules. The kids need structure.

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<v Speaker 1>We saw it when Russell Westbrook went to LA and

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<v Speaker 1>there was no rules. Disaster, chaos, And we know star

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<v Speaker 1>players make terrible GMS. Case in point. Early on the

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty season, James Harden Kevin Durant in the summer

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<v Speaker 1>start plotting. Harden decides he wants out of Houston. Kevin

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<v Speaker 1>Durant knows Harden from days in Okay, see as you know,

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<v Speaker 1>and you might think hardens to blame too, but I

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<v Speaker 1>actually think Carden was the first one to us out

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<v Speaker 1>the things were bad in Brooklyn, like I need to

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<v Speaker 1>get out of here. This is a dumpster fire, like

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<v Speaker 1>the Titanic is ready to go. So in our Brooklyn

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<v Speaker 1>Nuts family analogy, do you think of James Harden's like

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<v Speaker 1>the cousin who came to live there for the summer

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<v Speaker 1>and thought maybe he'd stay for the school year and realized,

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<v Speaker 1>like no, I got to go back home. And we

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<v Speaker 1>know how the hard and trade went and how it

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<v Speaker 1>all evolved, because we've talked about it a lot. But

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<v Speaker 1>Kyrie went on walk about and Nash had zero explanation.

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<v Speaker 1>He had not spoken to Kyrie. He didn't say there

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<v Speaker 1>was anything wrong with it. He was so afraid to

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<v Speaker 1>talk smack about his star player that we all knew

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<v Speaker 1>that Steve Nash had no idea what the right moves were.

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<v Speaker 1>Kevin Durant was hurt in that season. He played only

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<v Speaker 1>thirty five regular season games, which is exactly how many

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<v Speaker 1>games Harden played. As well. Kyrie sprained his ankle, as

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<v Speaker 1>we know, and they were one shoeprint away from going

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<v Speaker 1>to the Eastern Conference finals, probably the finals. And that

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<v Speaker 1>was the amazing thing, right because the fact that Kevin

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<v Speaker 1>Durant played fifty three minutes in that finals game is

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<v Speaker 1>all you need to know about how Steve Nash manages

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<v Speaker 1>his rotations, how close they came with those three at

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<v Speaker 1>least somewhat in jail, a lot of quick fixes trying

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<v Speaker 1>to get Harden a fix that turned out to not

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<v Speaker 1>be so quick after all. Right, fast forward to this season.

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<v Speaker 1>Because Kyrie doesn't get the vaccination and the state mandates,

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<v Speaker 1>and we don't really need to go into that, he

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<v Speaker 1>only plays. Also, Kevin Durant signs the max deal thinking

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<v Speaker 1>Kyrie Irving's gonna get it. He signed it thinking that

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<v Speaker 1>same summer Kyrie and him were going to be lined

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<v Speaker 1>up with that extensions and that Harden was going to

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<v Speaker 1>be lined up with an extension. No, no, baby, no no.

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<v Speaker 1>Kyrie's offer gets rescinded. Harden pushes it off and says,

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<v Speaker 1>I need to wait to see if I'm gonna stay

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<v Speaker 1>for the school year. Summertime still here, folks, I need

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<v Speaker 1>to just sit back and wait and I think Harden

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<v Speaker 1>was the only one who saw what the fuck was happening,

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<v Speaker 1>because multiple times that presser is Hardened saying to the world,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to force Kyrie Irving to get vaccinated in myself.

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<v Speaker 1>Kyrie Irving comes back halftime and hard and is like,

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<v Speaker 1>this is fucking outrageous, Like I don't know what's going on.

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<v Speaker 1>Andrew Wiggins, the Canadian, he's getting vaccinated. Why can't Kyrie,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what is going on. Get me out

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<v Speaker 1>of here. I need my hookah, I need a new jersey,

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<v Speaker 1>and I need to go up the street to Philadelphia.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's the thing. You can't put all your eggs

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<v Speaker 1>in one basket with no supporting cast. You can't hire

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<v Speaker 1>an inexperienced coach and expect him not only to navigate egos,

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<v Speaker 1>which he did, okay, but also coach a bug vevia

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<v Speaker 1>young players and veteran minimum retreads, and then also be

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<v Speaker 1>lying to the media simultaneous about all the crazy chaos

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<v Speaker 1>that was happening behind the scenes. So then they trade

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<v Speaker 1>Harden for Ben Simmons, who's not played a game in

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know twelve over twelve months now. Then, of

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<v Speaker 1>course the next flame out in the first round. And

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<v Speaker 1>now Jo sighs done with Kyrie? Why are you done

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<v Speaker 1>with Kyrie e? Right now? You did everything to put

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<v Speaker 1>him in a place to enable him to think that

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<v Speaker 1>he could be the GM, that he could be the coach,

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<v Speaker 1>that he cannot play games, that he could sit out,

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<v Speaker 1>that he can go on talk about he can wear

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<v Speaker 1>no master his sister's birthday party and get suspended, all

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<v Speaker 1>of these things that you gave him the power to do.

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<v Speaker 1>And now you're like, he's fucking around with my money.

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<v Speaker 1>And after that, it's clear that things need to be

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<v Speaker 1>changed and you need to put in some rules into place,

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<v Speaker 1>and Kyrie Irving's not really wanting those rules to be

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<v Speaker 1>in place. Daddy wants the kids now to have a curfew,

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<v Speaker 1>can they now? Can you really blame them for saying,

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<v Speaker 1>we haven't had a curfew this whole time? Fuck off,

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<v Speaker 1>We'll come home when we want to come home. So

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<v Speaker 1>who's to blame everyone? But mostly Joe side, Mostly Joe side,

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<v Speaker 1>because Kevin lobby to get rid of Kenny right, Kevin

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<v Speaker 1>lobby to bring in Steve nash Right, he lobbied to

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<v Speaker 1>trade the whole roster and a bunch of first round

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<v Speaker 1>picks for an out of shape former superstar who you

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<v Speaker 1>don't know if he can actually perform, and then when

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<v Speaker 1>it goes south, he then lobbies to be traded. But

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<v Speaker 1>you can say no every step of the way to

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<v Speaker 1>those things. You can say no to getting rid of Atkinson,

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<v Speaker 1>you can say no to Nash, you can say no

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<v Speaker 1>to trading for Harden, and you can still have this

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<v Speaker 1>roster in place. But what we miss in this all

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<v Speaker 1>is that Kevin can't actually make those decisions count. Kenny.

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<v Speaker 1>That's it's like when a kid gets fat like a

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<v Speaker 1>like you see childhood obesity. Do we blame the kid. No,

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<v Speaker 1>it's the parents giving the kid the food. It's the

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<v Speaker 1>people in place making sure that the kid is supposed

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<v Speaker 1>to get nutrition or not. You can't have cake before breakfast, Kevin.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry. No, you cannot, absolutely not. I don't care

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<v Speaker 1>that you really want it. No, you cannot trade Jared

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<v Speaker 1>Allen for first and for four first round picks for

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<v Speaker 1>James Harden. I don't care that Kyrie Irving's on walk about.

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<v Speaker 1>We did not need another point guard. We need a

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<v Speaker 1>rim protector. No, we can't put on We can't put

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<v Speaker 1>on DeAndre Jordan on our roster for ten million dollars

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<v Speaker 1>a year. That's when I knew things were fucked up.

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<v Speaker 1>Right then, I was like, they get to bring their

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<v Speaker 1>walk trend for ten million dollars a year? Wow, do

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<v Speaker 1>they run the team? Sith? So to me, this soft

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<v Speaker 1>falls on Joe Side. Kyrie's made bad decisions, Kd's made

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<v Speaker 1>bad decisions. Sean Marks is the GM, but Joe Side's

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<v Speaker 1>one of the most active decision makers in all of

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<v Speaker 1>basketball ownership. And Joe said should take every single bit

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<v Speaker 1>of blame. And you know what, Joe Sige's the one

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<v Speaker 1>telling everyone who has season tickets, you're not getting any refunds.

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<v Speaker 1>Joe Side is the one who is saying, I have

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<v Speaker 1>to keep some semblance of my money for this dog

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<v Speaker 1>shit franchise that I ran into the ground. Then nobody

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<v Speaker 1>even cares about in their own city. And at the

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<v Speaker 1>end of the day, He's going to do whatever it

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<v Speaker 1>takes to preserve the value of his franchise and keep

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<v Speaker 1>the money flowing. And maybe that means not trading Kevin

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<v Speaker 1>Durant at all, and maybe that means finally saying, fuck you,

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<v Speaker 1>where does this all go? Somehow, I think Kyrie makes

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<v Speaker 1>his way to the Lakers, and somehow I think they

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<v Speaker 1>still don't make the playoffs. And third, I think the

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<v Speaker 1>Brooklyn Nets will be a lottery team for a very

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<v Speaker 1>long time and they'll won't have their picks until the

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<v Speaker 1>next two administrations. From now two administrations for now twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty eight. Rock That's when I can hear Tillman Fertita,

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<v Speaker 1>the Houston Rockets owner, laughing in Houston, all the way

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<v Speaker 1>from District of Columbia. And you know what, turns out

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<v Speaker 1>the man with the shrimp forks pretty smart. They didn't

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<v Speaker 1>want any He didn't didn't want any players. He just

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<v Speaker 1>wanted all those picks and all those pick swaps. That's

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