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Speaker 1: Pain, Good morning, swe Welcome to the Nodongks podcast on

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Speaker 1: the Athletic Network. It's Tuesday, January twenty eighth, twenty twenty five.

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Speaker 1: I'm Jady Skeets here in the Classic Factory and alongside

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Speaker 3: Tasmelo podcast listeners, this is for you.

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Speaker 1: Apologies for starting a little late here. We were busy

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Speaker 1: watching Craig Smith. You know, the Rhino Highlights.

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Speaker 5: an underwhelming mixtape. Stay tuned to my Twitter. I'm gonna

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Speaker 5: put it out late. Okay, that's kind of the tweet

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Speaker 5: we'll read. This is the worst mixtape I've ever watched.

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Speaker 1: I mean I watched most of it over your shoulder.

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Speaker 4: They're better, clarity got better.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, keep your eye out on Trey Kirby's social media

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Speaker 1: channels for Craig the Rhinos Smith mixtape that actually exists

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Speaker 1: and reason why we're late. Okay, so lots of talk

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Speaker 1: about some incredible games on last night. We'll have some

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Speaker 1: fun with a new segment called rank them. We'll get

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Speaker 1: to pick them. But first Jimmy Butler was back from

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Speaker 1: suspension again, and then Jimmy Butler got suspended by the

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Speaker 1: Miami Heat again. Yesterday Jimmy suspended for the third time

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Speaker 1: this month by the Heat. The team said the Butler

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Speaker 3: over me. This is unprecedented, and I'm not speaking specifically

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Speaker 3: We got to suspend you a third time. This is unprecedented.

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Speaker 1: And I'm not and I'm not saying this is like

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Speaker 1: We've said this for so long. And that part's not unprecedented.

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Speaker 5: for future production. Right, same things happening with Jimmy Butler.

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Speaker 5: But it ain't happening with Jimmy Butler. He's not gonna

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Speaker 5: Point, maybe a scenario you could liken it too is

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Speaker 5: He's really grown here. Kalil Ware looks like he's going

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Speaker 5: to be a player in this league. There are things

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Speaker 5: I hate to see him go, but I love to

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Speaker 1: Well, I mean you bring up the similarity to similarities

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Speaker 1: because in that one in July twenty eighteen, after a

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Speaker 3: But they gave him the opportunity. He was at practice yesterday.

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Speaker 4: He's not trying.

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Speaker 5: He's not trying for the Heat. He's trying to get

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Speaker 5: they say we're gonna send you to the bench. Jimmy

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Speaker 5: he's starting. They did this to piss him off. It worked,

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Speaker 3: So look great, that's hitting those free throws for.

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Speaker 5: Is there another team that's even interested in Jimmy Butler. No,

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Speaker 5: That's why I feel it's only the Suns right now.

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Speaker 3: But yeah, I don't think it's I think it isn't

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Speaker 1: You would take Andrew Wiggins over Jimmy Butler right now

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Speaker 1: for the twenty twenty five postseason, like as like you

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Speaker 1: I can't go that far.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we know who Jimmy is. I know's Yeah, he's

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it would seem it would seems to make sense

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Speaker 3: We're gonna go get Kevin Drant. Oh you're not trading

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Speaker 1: Yeah, like, can you tuck yourself into Milwaukee Bucks making

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Speaker 6: He spends some time there in college.

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Speaker 1: That's right, that's true. That's true.

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Speaker 4: You're not gonna believe this.

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Speaker 5: I don't think he gets along with Marquette University anymore,

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Speaker 3: I would love to see all this money that Jimmy

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Speaker 3: that's a lot more than I think anybody is willing

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Speaker 4: He is ready.

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Speaker 3: He was ready to sign another check for a team

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Speaker 1: Do you see this playing this week like before the deadline? Obviously,

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Speaker 3: This scenario, I would think it's gonna happen with Phoenix.

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Speaker 5: I mean, does that make the most powerful player in

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Speaker 5: and take his money. That's amazing, Literally, that's amazing. Yeah,

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Speaker 5: And I'm with you, task that's probably what's gonna happen.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it just works out that Bradley Beal

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Speaker 6: Players take getting benched, they sure do. They do.

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Speaker 5: But Williams on the broadcast last night sideways shot at

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Speaker 1: That's part of it, right, I mean he's just his

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Speaker 3: He's got to call other people and say I'm tired

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Speaker 1: in the fourth, went on a fifteen to three run

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Speaker 1: and they were down I believe in the first overtime,

437
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Speaker 1: like six points, it looked like that was a wrap

438
00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:20,200
Speaker 1: got back into it. That was sort of Bam doing

439
00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:23,320
Speaker 1: work there and they got the victory. So takeaways from

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Speaker 1: the Heat improving to ten and ten without Butler this season, Wow,

441
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Speaker 1: thirteen and twelve when he plays.

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Speaker 6: Oh, they're so they're better with Jimmy.

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Speaker 1: They're just better with Jimmy for at least another game

444
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Speaker 1: or two.

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Speaker 5: But what do you think the key sequence to me

446
00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:38,800
Speaker 5: was in overtime Magic were up six with about a

447
00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:41,760
Speaker 5: minute forty five left. Bam Adebaio then on the other

448
00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:44,640
Speaker 5: end for the Heat, gets a real easy layup on

449
00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:48,480
Speaker 5: Polo Boncaro. Tough call against Polo, I thought. On the

450
00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:51,720
Speaker 5: other end, he gets called for basically a holding penalty

451
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Speaker 5: on an offensive foul. But that's kind of how it

452
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Speaker 5: was for the Magic last night. They could not get

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Speaker 5: the ball inside the three point arc for like minutes

454
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Speaker 5: at a time, just passing it around. I had to

455
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Speaker 5: get post entries, so they get the turnover there. Then

456
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Speaker 5: Ban gets an and one on the pick and roll.

457
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Speaker 5: He misses the free throw, though unfortunately rebound gets knocked

458
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Speaker 5: out of bounds by Yovic and Duncan Robinson I think

459
00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:14,080
Speaker 5: came over and they knocked it off of Anthony Black

460
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Speaker 5: and Paula Yovic then hits a tough leaner in Blaine

461
00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:19,159
Speaker 5: to tie it. Hero chucks at three pointer, but then

462
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Speaker 5: Polo had no plan at the end of overt or

463
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Speaker 5: end of first overtime, took too long to get into

464
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Speaker 5: his play. I was impressed with the winning plays that

465
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Speaker 5: Nikola Yovich was making in this one. Duncan Robinson I

466
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Speaker 5: thought was really solid, just making little contributions to the

467
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Speaker 5: Miami Heat. And then Bam hit a whole bunch of

468
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Speaker 5: shots in overtime, and Tyler Hero continues his awesome season.

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Speaker 5: I'll say this, he's got one of the best pump

470
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Speaker 5: fakes in the entire league. Oh, he goes all the

471
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Speaker 5: way up, looks super fundamental. Guys are jumping, and he's

472
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Speaker 5: figured out how to weaponize it, like Steph Curry with

473
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Speaker 5: the side steps or attacking the clothes out. Otherwise, he's

474
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Speaker 5: had a really, really good year. So nice stuff from

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Speaker 5: the Heat. They look like a team that likes playing together.

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Speaker 5: When Jimmy's not a run.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I wonder how much all this Jimmy serkis factors

478
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Speaker 3: into the coaches picking a reserve and saying Tyler Hero

479
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Speaker 3: should be there or not.

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Speaker 4: I don't know.

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Speaker 3: As they sit around five hundred, there's a billion teams

482
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Speaker 3: around five hundred that could send anybody, you know, a

483
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Speaker 3: Kide Trey Young to the All Star Game.

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Speaker 4: On the other.

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Speaker 3: Side, from the guard perspective, it was good to see

486
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Speaker 3: Anthony Black play really well with Jalen Suggs out of

487
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Speaker 3: this game. He was playing extremely well and they were

488
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Speaker 3: up double digits in that fourth quarter when the miment,

489
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Speaker 3: he just stuck with it. Khalilware making his fourth start,

490
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Speaker 3: rook getting that role, doing some great things, playing every

491
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Speaker 3: single fourth quarter minute out there, splashed a three, then

492
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Speaker 3: two alley oops in the last three minutes, that huge

493
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Speaker 3: one with forty seconds left, the side pick and roll.

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Speaker 3: Nikolay Jovich, you had a great game with a few

495
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Speaker 3: minutes left. Yovich played forty six minutes off the bench.

496
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Speaker 3: So the heater moving on into a different era, a

497
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Speaker 3: different time, and bamit, Hero came through second overtime. Did

498
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Speaker 3: they win because Jimmy.

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Speaker 4: Was not there?

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Speaker 3: No, they just came through late in this game when unfortunately,

501
00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:10,359
Speaker 3: as I mentioned, Anthony back playing forty two minutes subbing

502
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Speaker 3: in for Jail Sugs. The twenty year old is not

503
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Speaker 3: ready ready for a starting role like that. They need

504
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Speaker 3: Suggs back. They may go get a guard, as Tray

505
00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:20,040
Speaker 3: was talking about ah yesterday.

506
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Speaker 4: Just to help out.

507
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Speaker 3: They just they do need some ball handling.

508
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Speaker 4: Period.

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Speaker 1: That was a rough game from Paolo Is His hands

510
00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:30,199
Speaker 1: were like stones man either like trying to get that

511
00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:31,959
Speaker 1: one rebound, he said that sort of ultimately went off

512
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Speaker 1: him and he was like, oh God, and he had

513
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Speaker 1: possess where he just like, yeah, lost it. It was like, ooh,

514
00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:38,679
Speaker 1: just didn't have that feel, that touch last night. And

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Speaker 1: despite all that, they had looks. I mean, Wagner had

516
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Speaker 1: a couple of looks at the end of I guess

517
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Speaker 1: regulation and overtimes to put it away to get the victory.

518
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Speaker 1: But man, yeah, bam where Kiro hitting that huge three

519
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Speaker 1: off of a really nice play. I think Jovic came

520
00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:54,240
Speaker 1: from behind on Powlow on that one too, so he

521
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Speaker 1: wasn't strong enough with the ball and sort of popped

522
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Speaker 1: it out. It went to Bam, bam, found Tyler. Hero.

523
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Speaker 1: When you get an offensive rebound like that, the three

524
00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:03,280
Speaker 1: pointer almost always goes in. So that was huge. But

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Speaker 1: good win from the heat there and if we don't

526
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Speaker 1: think we're gonna see Jimmy Butler ever in a in

527
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Speaker 1: a Heat jersey again, a Vice City jersey or not

528
00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:13,800
Speaker 1: so good.

529
00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:18,680
Speaker 5: Start with Man, which decided to start wearing new uniforms

530
00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:21,120
Speaker 5: halfway through the season. Yeah, and they canceled the Heat

531
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Speaker 5: Culture ones with Everybody, which everybody hated. I think that's

532
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Speaker 5: all it was was that they said we're gonna wear

533
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Speaker 5: the ones people love and get rid of the ones

534
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Speaker 5: people hate, and the NBA is like, not okay, but

535
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Speaker 5: do it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, Yeah, it's true. They're going with they.

537
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Speaker 5: Wouldn't let Lebron switch numbers for a year because they're like, sorry,

538
00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:42,119
Speaker 5: we already made the jersey. Yes, but they're probably like

539
00:23:42,520 --> 00:23:45,920
Speaker 5: nobody's buying these Heat Culture ones. Everybody will buy the

540
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Speaker 5: Vice ones.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, they're coming back with the exact same City edition

542
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Speaker 3: next year. Like just this Vice is attle over hair

543
00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:56,760
Speaker 3: touching over there. Boncaro is interesting. You'll see a great game,

544
00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:59,679
Speaker 3: then the bad game. He's alternating four sixteen, then ten

545
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Speaker 3: of nine, team one of fourteen, then eleven to twenty two,

546
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Speaker 3: then seven to twenty one. Yesterday, there's he hasn't found

547
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Speaker 3: his flow.

548
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Speaker 1: Since come back. Yeah, all right, let's move to probably

549
00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:07,280
Speaker 1: the game of the night.

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Speaker 6: I N.

551
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Speaker 1: Thompson hitting the game winning shot as the Rockets rally

552
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Speaker 1: past the Celtics one fourteen one twelve man, hallelujah. I'm

553
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Speaker 1: n Thompson here it is, getting into the paint, little

554
00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:21,119
Speaker 1: bump on Jalen Brown hits the game winning floater. I

555
00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:23,240
Speaker 1: guess you want to call it that point seven seconds left.

556
00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:26,400
Speaker 1: Pritchard tried to get like sort of a full court

557
00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:30,000
Speaker 1: shot up, didn't go thirty three points for a men. Thompson,

558
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Speaker 1: he's the star in this one set after I feel

559
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Speaker 1: like Kobe his first game winning shot, Dylan Brooks hitting

560
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Speaker 1: ten threes against the Celtics just on fire, turning into

561
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Speaker 1: Foba Brooks there, or turning into like, I guess Caleb

562
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Speaker 1: Martin against the Celtics. We've sort of seen that before.

563
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Speaker 1: They were awesome. But Thompson is the story. We talked

564
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Speaker 1: about him on yesterday's podcast, and he follows it up

565
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Speaker 1: with this performance, and he is putting up awesome numbers

566
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Speaker 1: since starting for this team. He's averaging nineteen points, nearly

567
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Speaker 1: twelve boards, four and a half assists, and two point

568
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Speaker 1: two steals and the team despite him not being able

569
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Speaker 1: to shoot, like you can't shoot obviously from distance. You know,

570
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Speaker 1: they've jumped in the top ten offensive ratings since he

571
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Speaker 1: become a full time starter. He just like makes everything

572
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Speaker 1: happen and she's down the clutch.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we were watching this live and it was a movie.

574
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Speaker 3: What was The Celtics took over in that fourth court

575
00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,920
Speaker 3: trying to put the kids away. They were up twelve

576
00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:26,600
Speaker 3: hit ten of twelve shots, but the Rockets responded. The

577
00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:28,840
Speaker 3: kids came back with a thirteen old run of themselves.

578
00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:33,400
Speaker 3: Aman Thompson was Mantros. He blocked Drew Holiday and then

579
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Speaker 3: he finished a great movie scene as he went down

580
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Speaker 3: the other side of the floor and cut through the

581
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Speaker 3: lane and Shangoon passed it to him and he finished

582
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Speaker 3: it off.

583
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Speaker 4: He can't shoot.

584
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Speaker 3: It's Simmons, embad esh, you know, ask esh.

585
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Speaker 1: I'm not gonna sho awake.

586
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Speaker 4: Yeah, but it is. It is like Ben Simmons in his.

587
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Speaker 3: Prime that was not now, but in his prime where

588
00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:57,960
Speaker 3: he was able to drive and do everything. I mean,

589
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Speaker 3: he looks better than Ben Simmons in his in these

590
00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:04,080
Speaker 3: good days. But getting it from Shanngun, who is able

591
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Speaker 3: to pass. They're able to make that work over and

592
00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:09,000
Speaker 3: over and over again. Uh and yeah, Dylan Brooks kept

593
00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:13,680
Speaker 3: splashing three and three and yeah his his coach who laughed.

594
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Speaker 4: He made Doka.

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Speaker 3: I mean, this was a movie to me, like how

596
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Speaker 3: he bumped into his coach and Udoka just had a

597
00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:21,280
Speaker 3: giggle as he had ten threes. And he went on

598
00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:23,400
Speaker 3: that one on one battle with Jalen Brown. Jalen Brown

599
00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:25,400
Speaker 3: was literally going one on one with Yeah.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, hn won the game by getting in Jalen Brown's head.

601
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Speaker 4: He did.

602
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Speaker 5: Jalen Brown was what one for six in the fourth quarter,

603
00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:34,159
Speaker 5: taking bad shots toom Brooks was hitting them. Got the

604
00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:36,359
Speaker 5: Celtics completely out of the flow of their offense. He

605
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Speaker 5: was going one on one way too much and that's

606
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Speaker 5: why the Rockets were able to make the comeback. Their

607
00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:44,240
Speaker 5: resilience is super impressive here. They responded against the Calves twice.

608
00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:46,760
Speaker 5: That first game. The Calves went out on nineteen to

609
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Speaker 5: zero run and the Rockets answered it right back. They

610
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Speaker 5: did it twice against the Grizzlies, including coming down back

611
00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:54,920
Speaker 5: from down thirteen at the start of the fourth quarter.

612
00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:57,600
Speaker 5: In this one, it was the run in about three

613
00:26:57,640 --> 00:26:59,800
Speaker 5: minutes thirteen to zero. And this team is not very

614
00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:02,840
Speaker 5: good offensively, but the defense is the offense. It's a

615
00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:05,560
Speaker 5: steal by Thompson for a layup. They forced the shot

616
00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:08,240
Speaker 5: clock violation, they got some run of the male boring

617
00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:10,639
Speaker 5: where just playing defense stops, and then, like Tass said,

618
00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:13,480
Speaker 5: the block three pointer which turned into a layup as well.

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Speaker 5: I think, Amen, Thompson is everybody's favorite player right now.

620
00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:19,320
Speaker 5: The guy never gets tired. Have you seen a drop

621
00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:21,479
Speaker 5: of sweat on his face ever? Have you seen him

622
00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:24,160
Speaker 5: take a deep breath? No, you're calling him Ben Simmons.

623
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Speaker 5: I think he is a combination of Scottie Pippen and

624
00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:29,480
Speaker 5: Shawn Marion. He's better than Ben Simmons ever was.

625
00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:32,479
Speaker 4: He has.

626
00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:34,600
Speaker 1: I mean, I guess Betty was better at the rim

627
00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:36,840
Speaker 1: and back in the day. But I love his touch

628
00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:39,639
Speaker 1: on men. Thompson's touch for a guy again can't shoot

629
00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:41,879
Speaker 1: and nose, He can't shoot threes right now. He is

630
00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:44,360
Speaker 1: really crafty and just has nice little floater and touch

631
00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:45,680
Speaker 1: and angles and stuff around the rim.

632
00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:48,600
Speaker 6: He takes three man well, they don't go in, but

633
00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:49,239
Speaker 6: he takes them.

634
00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:51,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, and I guess you sort of have to a

635
00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:53,639
Speaker 1: little bit, yeah, but not huge high volume. I mean,

636
00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:55,280
Speaker 1: how many threes is he shot? Like fifty threes on

637
00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:55,520
Speaker 1: the air.

638
00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:57,520
Speaker 6: That's probably more than Ben Simmons shot.

639
00:27:57,840 --> 00:28:00,440
Speaker 1: Right, Yeah, I mean you can't even make of Ben

640
00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:04,920
Speaker 1: Simmons comparison because unfortunately he's complete garbage and has been

641
00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:05,240
Speaker 1: for years.

642
00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:09,840
Speaker 3: But I'm I'm able to see the previous times and yes,

643
00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:12,879
Speaker 3: I mean I think I think this is assuming a

644
00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:15,960
Speaker 3: lot of men Thompson that he will have a better career,

645
00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:19,040
Speaker 3: better peak than Ben Simmons. But Ben Simmons was a

646
00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:21,720
Speaker 3: damn good player. Yeah, three time All Star All NBA,

647
00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:22,879
Speaker 3: you know he did all that.

648
00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:25,639
Speaker 1: Yeah, all teams likes basketball, big part of it.

649
00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:26,840
Speaker 6: Yeah, I think that's a huge difference.

650
00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:28,639
Speaker 5: Remember they had that great video of those two like

651
00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:30,320
Speaker 5: listing the number one picks back and forth.

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Speaker 6: These guys are sick of.

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00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:31,640
Speaker 1: Yeah.

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00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:34,040
Speaker 5: Yeah, he made two jump shots to win the game

655
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Speaker 5: here because he had that little fall away as well

656
00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:39,160
Speaker 5: after nothing was happening for the Rockets offensively, and then

657
00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:41,200
Speaker 5: had the floater. So you like you're saying, I mean,

658
00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:42,600
Speaker 5: there are they jump shots. I don't know, but it's

659
00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:46,040
Speaker 5: nice touch. It's great, such a road, such a good playmaker.

660
00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:48,560
Speaker 5: The Rockets needed it. Jalen Green wasn't doing much. He

661
00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:51,240
Speaker 5: had his eye basically closed up with a Nelly patch

662
00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:54,360
Speaker 5: on it. Shan Gun was really struggling to get anywhere

663
00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:56,960
Speaker 5: on Drew Holliday, but they got points from Dylan Brooks

664
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Speaker 5: and Amen Thompson, guys who aren't known as scorers.

665
00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:03,080
Speaker 3: Yeah, and hopefully he's friends with Shangoon. It sure seems

666
00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:05,480
Speaker 3: that way, because Ben Simmons wasn't friends with Joel Embiid.

667
00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:06,959
Speaker 4: I just mean more on the floor.

668
00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:10,040
Speaker 3: It looks like em beat and Simmons out there, but

669
00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:14,280
Speaker 3: he looks so so happy. It was great hearing that interview,

670
00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:16,520
Speaker 3: and that's what made it a movie for me to

671
00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:18,840
Speaker 3: get that postgame interview where where he was talking with

672
00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:20,160
Speaker 3: Dylan Brooks and said that was.

673
00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:21,120
Speaker 4: My first game winner.

674
00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:25,200
Speaker 3: I feel like Kobe, and then Dylan Brooks hearing that

675
00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:26,280
Speaker 3: he hit ten threes.

676
00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:29,720
Speaker 4: I hit ten. But then franchise record.

677
00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:33,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, James Harden, he took it down sort of like

678
00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:35,760
Speaker 3: what Fred van Vliet does with this team. He just

679
00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:38,680
Speaker 3: plays it cool in those postgame interviews because he's supposed

680
00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:41,560
Speaker 3: to act like a vet with you know, his young

681
00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:44,520
Speaker 3: actor teammates. But that's who, that's who.

682
00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:44,840
Speaker 4: They are.

683
00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:47,240
Speaker 3: I mean they have to be the vets for Jalen

684
00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:50,240
Speaker 3: Green and for a Men Thompson, and for Tarisan for

685
00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:52,320
Speaker 3: all of them. So it's a fun team to watch

686
00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:56,120
Speaker 3: because it's, yeah, Men Thompson is definitely everyone's favorite player,

687
00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:58,880
Speaker 3: but this Rocket team is turning to everyone's favorite teams.

688
00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:02,560
Speaker 1: Well, they're fun and they're play entertaining games. Fun stat

689
00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:05,680
Speaker 1: here from Owen Phillips at F five great substach Amen

690
00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:09,480
Speaker 1: is one of the most prolific opportunistic scores in the NBA.

691
00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:10,640
Speaker 1: Now what does that mean? I was like, Oh, that's

692
00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:12,640
Speaker 1: an interesting way to say it. Thompson is one of

693
00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:14,960
Speaker 1: six players this season that has scored one hundred or

694
00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:18,360
Speaker 1: more points off of turnovers, off of second chance points,

695
00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:21,800
Speaker 1: and off of fast breaks. And it's guys like Jannis,

696
00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:25,800
Speaker 1: It's SGA, Michale Bridges is there, Michael Porter Junior, and

697
00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:28,360
Speaker 1: Julius Randall was like a little bit surprising as that

698
00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:30,560
Speaker 1: fifth one. But then Amen Thompson so just doing it,

699
00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:32,720
Speaker 1: like you said, TK, that's what he said. It's like, Yeah,

700
00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:35,360
Speaker 1: he's scoring in all of the crazy plays, like it's

701
00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:38,360
Speaker 1: fast breaks, it's turnovers, the second chance because he's everywhere

702
00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:42,040
Speaker 1: because he doesn't tire. And I've always got asked because

703
00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:43,800
Speaker 1: I'm sort of the runner of this group, like which

704
00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:47,440
Speaker 1: NBA player could run a marathon. I'm starting convinced it's

705
00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:50,160
Speaker 1: this guy. They could put down like a three h five.

706
00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:54,560
Speaker 1: I think in sleep he just never tires. He's so athletic.

707
00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:56,880
Speaker 1: In a league full of athletes, he just seems like

708
00:30:56,960 --> 00:30:58,880
Speaker 1: leveled up on That's a really fun game. Make sure

709
00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:02,360
Speaker 1: you go check out the highlights anything else from this one.

710
00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:04,320
Speaker 6: I just like this game. This is one of the

711
00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:05,160
Speaker 6: games of the year for me.

712
00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:08,320
Speaker 1: Good good stuff. People must have been hyped on playback

713
00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:09,920
Speaker 1: absolutely for this one. You must have been locked in.

714
00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:11,960
Speaker 1: You were probably jumping around once this one got close.

715
00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:14,560
Speaker 4: So that's a round great game.

716
00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:16,480
Speaker 6: Heat Magic was ending at the exact same time.

717
00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:21,280
Speaker 1: Let's go to Booker scoring twenty six as the Suns

718
00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:23,640
Speaker 1: survived a late scare to beat the Clippers one eleven

719
00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:26,480
Speaker 1: one oh nine. I think it was a ten oh

720
00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:28,960
Speaker 1: run there from Lac down the stret like. It never

721
00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:31,840
Speaker 1: really feels easy for the Suns, but they did get

722
00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:33,840
Speaker 1: this victory as the team they're chasing in the standing,

723
00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:36,560
Speaker 1: so good win. And they've put together a decent stretch here.

724
00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:39,360
Speaker 1: Anything jump out to you from this one for a

725
00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:39,760
Speaker 1: mother you.

726
00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:44,640
Speaker 3: Guys, Yeah, I'm not as enthusiastic about this game as

727
00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:45,200
Speaker 3: you are.

728
00:31:45,240 --> 00:31:47,600
Speaker 4: As I can tell. Yeah, they got a good game.

729
00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:50,000
Speaker 3: They finished it off. It is their best win in

730
00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:53,360
Speaker 3: a while because they got it done to end this game.

731
00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:55,760
Speaker 3: Because yes, the Clippers made that beautiful run to make

732
00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:58,800
Speaker 3: it super close. So I played in the fourth too, No, great, Yeah,

733
00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:02,239
Speaker 3: that is good news. But yeah, Grayson Allen, who had

734
00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:03,760
Speaker 3: a really good game, finished it with a couple free

735
00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:05,880
Speaker 3: throws there. It was great to see their role player.

736
00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:08,560
Speaker 3: Speaking of Grayson Allen, timely three is eighteen off the

737
00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:11,360
Speaker 3: bench for that guy. Tyus Jones had a huge first quarter.

738
00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:14,360
Speaker 3: It was nice to see the guys beside Durant and Booker,

739
00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:17,680
Speaker 3: who have been extremely good together when they play. They've

740
00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:19,600
Speaker 3: got a great record when those two guys play together.

741
00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:21,680
Speaker 3: But they needed some other guys to come through, and

742
00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:23,959
Speaker 3: that's really all I have to say about it. It

743
00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:26,560
Speaker 3: was disappointing for the Clippers not to be able to shoot,

744
00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:30,120
Speaker 3: but you can tell where the weaknesses I think for

745
00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:32,560
Speaker 3: the Suns are still. I mean, Nick Richards was played

746
00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:35,840
Speaker 3: off the floor essentially by Beats the Zubats big boy,

747
00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:39,640
Speaker 3: he's huge, and you could see when Nick Richards is

748
00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:42,080
Speaker 3: in space as a center, he's going to get played

749
00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:44,560
Speaker 3: off the floor. Guys are just able to go by him,

750
00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:46,880
Speaker 3: they're going to pick on him. And yeah, he can

751
00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:49,680
Speaker 3: get big bodied by a guy like Zubots, who is

752
00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:53,160
Speaker 3: monstrous in this game. So there's that weakness. But yeah, Goodwin.

753
00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:56,680
Speaker 5: Yeah, I don't have many takes on this either, except

754
00:32:56,680 --> 00:32:59,000
Speaker 5: for Nick Richards definitely had a stinker the two teams

755
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:00,840
Speaker 5: they played with real center since he got traded. He

756
00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:02,760
Speaker 5: was a minus twenty six against the Cabs and a

757
00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:05,560
Speaker 5: minus sixteen benched for Plumbley. It's not like the Sons

758
00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:07,880
Speaker 5: went small. They played plumbly in the fourth quarter, and

759
00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:09,440
Speaker 5: you know, they just did the trade so that they

760
00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:11,040
Speaker 5: didn't have to play plumbly in the fourth quarter. But

761
00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:13,440
Speaker 5: there he was, and there was Kevin Durant and Devin

762
00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:14,920
Speaker 5: Booker hitting clutch jumpers.

763
00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,200
Speaker 1: Yes, yes, and sense to me are.

764
00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:20,280
Speaker 6: The same team, Like if Booker and Durant hit jumpers, here're.

765
00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:22,200
Speaker 1: Going you got a chance. Yeah yeah, And you said

766
00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:24,160
Speaker 1: Grayson Allen, I mean he was a huge difference maker

767
00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:25,640
Speaker 1: in a game where there wasn't on a bench scoring.

768
00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:28,040
Speaker 1: I mean, the Clippers got nothing from their betch like

769
00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:31,680
Speaker 1: under ten points, where Grayson Allen hit four threes gave

770
00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:34,680
Speaker 1: him eighteen Like you said, task, So huge difference maker

771
00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:37,400
Speaker 1: in a very close game. But Sons get it done. Uh,

772
00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:40,600
Speaker 1: Nicks crushed the Grizzlies, snapped their six game win streak,

773
00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:44,080
Speaker 1: beat him one forty three, one oh six. Second game

774
00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:45,880
Speaker 1: in a row. I believe the Knicks have eclipsed one

775
00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:49,600
Speaker 1: hundred and forty points TK. So a yawner here, but

776
00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:51,000
Speaker 1: Knicks fans pumped with this one.

777
00:33:51,040 --> 00:33:54,000
Speaker 5: This was actually a close game at halftime. Jalen Brunson

778
00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:55,760
Speaker 5: had four fouls in the first half. You're like, ooh,

779
00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:57,160
Speaker 5: this could be bad from New York.

780
00:33:57,200 --> 00:33:57,840
Speaker 4: But turnovers.

781
00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:01,160
Speaker 5: Turnovers had been a problem for the Grizzlies all season.

782
00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:03,920
Speaker 5: They turned the ball over twenty six times last night

783
00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:06,160
Speaker 5: against the Knicks. That turned into thirty one fast break

784
00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:08,440
Speaker 5: points for New York and seventy points in the paint.

785
00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:11,080
Speaker 5: This is a dominant victory, and it just looked like

786
00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:14,040
Speaker 5: Memphis didn't have it. They weren't making shots early on,

787
00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:15,719
Speaker 5: and that can kind of affect a guy like John

788
00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:18,000
Speaker 5: Moran if their offense looks bad. They don't give it

789
00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:20,040
Speaker 5: as much on defense. And I also think Karl Anthony

790
00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:22,800
Speaker 5: Towns is a particularly bad matchup for the Grizzlies.

791
00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:25,520
Speaker 4: He's much too fast for Zachi ed He kind of surprising.

792
00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:27,440
Speaker 5: He even got the start minus nineteen for him in

793
00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:30,680
Speaker 5: nineteen minutes and it was either not quick enough to

794
00:34:30,719 --> 00:34:33,239
Speaker 5: close for the threes or if he was pump fake

795
00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:35,800
Speaker 5: see you later. So then they tried Jaron Jackson Junior

796
00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:38,520
Speaker 5: Brandon Clark. Those guys are too small for Karl Anthony Towns.

797
00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:40,360
Speaker 5: He's good, so nice.

798
00:34:40,680 --> 00:34:43,080
Speaker 3: Yeah, and John Morant was played by Michael Bridges, who

799
00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:47,919
Speaker 3: I thought played probably his best game defensively leading his team,

800
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:50,920
Speaker 3: leading that unit, which was a fantastic defensive effort on

801
00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:54,360
Speaker 3: their end. You saw great plays by og Ananobi just

802
00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:58,600
Speaker 3: fighting overscreens. So the Knicks defense has been lacking and

803
00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:01,880
Speaker 3: this one as Karl Anthony Town's too fast for the team.

804
00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:05,080
Speaker 3: They're a bad matchup for the Memphis Grizzlies, and I

805
00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:07,040
Speaker 3: think this was probably their best win of the season.

806
00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:12,799
Speaker 3: The Knicks haven't beat anybody that great. Denver, Orlando, Minnesota, Milwaukee, Sacramento,

807
00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:13,520
Speaker 3: and Phoenix.

808
00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:14,920
Speaker 4: Those are the best wins.

809
00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:19,200
Speaker 3: And this was a dominating, dominating second half where they

810
00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:22,839
Speaker 3: look like that defensive team. And again because of how

811
00:35:22,840 --> 00:35:25,000
Speaker 3: good they are in the perimeter. They took away John Rant,

812
00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:27,239
Speaker 3: they took away Desmond Baine. This is a really good

813
00:35:27,239 --> 00:35:27,960
Speaker 3: matchup for them.

814
00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:31,720
Speaker 1: And then Carl Anthony Towns gifted Timothy Chalomey his jersey

815
00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:35,600
Speaker 1: after the game. Chala May was pumped. Man. He dapped

816
00:35:35,640 --> 00:35:38,160
Speaker 1: cat up like eight times in that little exchange.

817
00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:38,919
Speaker 6: This guy's a fan.

818
00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:41,640
Speaker 1: He's an absolute sick of This guy loves sports. He

819
00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:42,560
Speaker 1: does for sure.

820
00:35:42,719 --> 00:35:44,799
Speaker 6: I saw a picture of him meeting who do you

821
00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:47,759
Speaker 6: meet Landry Fields and Andy Routins when he was.

822
00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:48,399
Speaker 4: Like a boy.

823
00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:50,920
Speaker 5: Wow, he like waited outside of an opera to meet

824
00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:52,439
Speaker 5: Amari Staudemeyer when he was a boy.

825
00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:53,399
Speaker 6: Chalam is awesome.

826
00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:54,719
Speaker 4: He's the best movie star we got going.

827
00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:55,200
Speaker 1: Damn.

828
00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:56,160
Speaker 4: He's a great dude.

829
00:35:56,880 --> 00:35:59,279
Speaker 1: All right, let's hear any other takeaways from any of

830
00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:01,440
Speaker 1: the other games. Was obviously still a ton to pick from.

831
00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:03,760
Speaker 1: Is there anything you want to note their TK nicolea.

832
00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:07,239
Speaker 5: Jokic started eleven for eleven against the Chicago Bulls, but

833
00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:09,120
Speaker 5: they put the clamps on him in the second half.

834
00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:11,600
Speaker 5: I think the Nuggets scored literally eighty four points in

835
00:36:11,640 --> 00:36:13,640
Speaker 5: the paint in this one, and they lost because they

836
00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:15,839
Speaker 5: made six three pointers and the Bulls made twenty four.

837
00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:20,879
Speaker 5: A little thing called math. There, here's some more math

838
00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:22,920
Speaker 5: for you. The Bulls bench really won in this game.

839
00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:25,440
Speaker 5: Bozell has had nine points off the bench, Patrick Williams

840
00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:28,239
Speaker 5: eleven points off the bench, Dale and Terry had thirteen.

841
00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:32,120
Speaker 5: The Nuggets in total scored ten points off their bench. Yes,

842
00:36:32,239 --> 00:36:36,160
Speaker 5: they didn't really seem very into giving much effort in

843
00:36:36,239 --> 00:36:39,400
Speaker 5: this game. The Bulls were generating some easy, wide open looks.

844
00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:42,400
Speaker 1: They were just like that, they're going to start missing

845
00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:43,680
Speaker 1: at some point, we'll maybe get this.

846
00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:45,560
Speaker 6: And yeah, and it was serbian knight.

847
00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:51,399
Speaker 1: Wow, huh damn, okay, just respect getting Yeah, for sure,

848
00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:51,799
Speaker 1: for sure.

849
00:36:52,120 --> 00:36:54,799
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, serbians do that. I thought you were doing

850
00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:57,879
Speaker 3: a Serbian in Freshon. That was the Slovenian thing. That's

851
00:36:57,960 --> 00:37:01,239
Speaker 3: also Serbian. Luka Doncicch did like year remember he did that,

852
00:37:02,080 --> 00:37:06,160
Speaker 3: like the spitting thing. Yeah, anyway, I don't Okay, we

853
00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:08,520
Speaker 3: do it too, The Greeks do too. How about DeAndre

854
00:37:08,680 --> 00:37:12,560
Speaker 3: Hunter thirty five? He came back and had thirty five

855
00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:14,960
Speaker 3: freaking points off the bench that he was needed against

856
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:18,520
Speaker 3: the Minnesota Timberwolves because they had no Trey, no Janlen Johnson,

857
00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:20,600
Speaker 3: no Dixon Daniels, no bog Down Boy Downa. She needed

858
00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:22,279
Speaker 3: to come off the bench and help out. It was

859
00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:25,160
Speaker 3: a weird game that ended the last five minutes. It

860
00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:26,920
Speaker 3: was a five four score.

861
00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:30,120
Speaker 1: Yeah, nobody scored rose fourth quarter. It was like twenty

862
00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:31,719
Speaker 1: to eighteen in the fourth yeah.

863
00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:32,120
Speaker 4: Yeah.

864
00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:34,640
Speaker 3: And so I was waiting to see if we got

865
00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:37,439
Speaker 3: that Rudy Gobert that we got in their previous game

866
00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:39,200
Speaker 3: that was passing the ball, and there was some more

867
00:37:39,239 --> 00:37:40,880
Speaker 3: of that and there was a little bit more inspired.

868
00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:44,400
Speaker 3: Rudy got into it with anyakakong Wu, a little battle battle.

869
00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:47,480
Speaker 3: I'm looking forward to see on Yaka kong Wu and

870
00:37:47,520 --> 00:37:49,800
Speaker 3: if he gets dealt or what happens with the Hawk's

871
00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:52,640
Speaker 3: front office, because Landry Fields is there and they put

872
00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:55,360
Speaker 3: on Yaka Kongou just now into the starting lineup for

873
00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:58,080
Speaker 3: Clint Capella. He's undersized and there's some problems. Although he's

874
00:37:58,080 --> 00:38:00,839
Speaker 3: a great player. I just wantonder if they're putting him

875
00:38:00,840 --> 00:38:03,360
Speaker 3: into the starting lineup so they can deal Clint Capella

876
00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:06,160
Speaker 3: or what they're going to do and how can we

877
00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:06,560
Speaker 3: not talk.

878
00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:08,000
Speaker 4: About the Raptors just a little bit?

879
00:38:08,239 --> 00:38:11,319
Speaker 1: Go, oh my god, for the tank has stalled. I

880
00:38:11,360 --> 00:38:14,000
Speaker 1: saw hello and welcome put it. The tank is just

881
00:38:14,040 --> 00:38:16,440
Speaker 1: it doesn't rain out of gas. It's not moving anymore.

882
00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:19,560
Speaker 4: The tank wasn't supposed to be here, man.

883
00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:23,319
Speaker 3: This is the team that they is supposed to be

884
00:38:23,560 --> 00:38:25,839
Speaker 3: on the floor when they acquired all those guys twelve

885
00:38:25,880 --> 00:38:28,160
Speaker 3: months ago. This isn't supposed to be the team. They

886
00:38:28,160 --> 00:38:31,640
Speaker 3: have been great, four straight wins, six of their last seven.

887
00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:34,640
Speaker 1: Yeah, what their defense is like elite right now? They're

888
00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:37,000
Speaker 1: not playing amazing teams. No, there's that part of it.

889
00:38:37,080 --> 00:38:38,759
Speaker 1: But the defense was good right now.

890
00:38:38,680 --> 00:38:39,360
Speaker 4: During the stretch.

891
00:38:40,080 --> 00:38:42,960
Speaker 3: They have the top ten defense in the last three weeks.

892
00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:45,480
Speaker 3: Even when you look a little longer, they're middle of

893
00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:49,000
Speaker 3: the pack since January first. Again, that's all you wanted

894
00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:51,399
Speaker 3: from the Toronto Raptors when they signed all of these

895
00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:55,080
Speaker 3: guys like Bruce Brown, or they acquired them, I should say,

896
00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:57,839
Speaker 3: Bruce Brown telp points nine sis three steels, Chris Bouche

897
00:38:57,920 --> 00:39:00,000
Speaker 3: fourteen points in eighteen minutes. I don't know how much

898
00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:02,600
Speaker 3: much longer that lasts, because these are the guys. If

899
00:39:03,360 --> 00:39:05,960
Speaker 3: the tank commander is saying, we got to trade these

900
00:39:05,960 --> 00:39:09,120
Speaker 3: guys then they could be and picks for Chris Brucht.

901
00:39:09,120 --> 00:39:11,200
Speaker 1: The way he's playing right now keeps going up, up up.

902
00:39:11,560 --> 00:39:12,080
Speaker 1: It's amazing.

903
00:39:12,120 --> 00:39:15,120
Speaker 3: He is amazing. And one note on Scotty Barnes. To

904
00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:18,840
Speaker 3: watch this guy on offense is just fun because he operates.

905
00:39:18,840 --> 00:39:22,719
Speaker 3: He's like the tank general or just like the commander,

906
00:39:22,760 --> 00:39:26,280
Speaker 3: and how he runs things from the elbow, not from

907
00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:28,839
Speaker 3: up at the three point line. He just gets in

908
00:39:28,880 --> 00:39:33,760
Speaker 3: there and he is so effective. Last year he shot

909
00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:37,200
Speaker 3: twenty nine point seven percent from ten to sixteen feet.

910
00:39:37,239 --> 00:39:40,320
Speaker 3: This year he's fifty four point four percent. He's grown

911
00:39:40,560 --> 00:39:43,239
Speaker 3: and he doesn't try and demand everything and try and

912
00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:45,439
Speaker 3: take every shot. He likes to dish it out from there.

913
00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:48,359
Speaker 3: And if only there was a guard to really help

914
00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:51,640
Speaker 3: out instead of what they're running out with. Davion Mitchell,

915
00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:55,520
Speaker 3: no disrespect, Jamal Shd, no disrespect. Emmanuel Quickly just needs

916
00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:59,600
Speaker 3: to be out there dribbling after Scotty passes it to

917
00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:02,680
Speaker 3: a guard. Air Cream gave me those numbers and it

918
00:40:02,760 --> 00:40:05,320
Speaker 3: is impressive to watch Scottie Barnes make that happen.

919
00:40:05,360 --> 00:40:06,000
Speaker 4: He looks great.

920
00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:07,880
Speaker 1: The only other game I wanted to touch on was

921
00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:11,480
Speaker 1: Ad scoring forty two, grabbing twenty three rebounds. That's a

922
00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:14,760
Speaker 1: lot of roles as the Lakers beating the Hornets by five,

923
00:40:14,920 --> 00:40:18,640
Speaker 1: four straight victory for them, LaMelo leaving the game unfortunate

924
00:40:18,719 --> 00:40:22,040
Speaker 1: for the Hornets. Here weird injury, yes, very weird injury.

925
00:40:22,080 --> 00:40:25,399
Speaker 1: But I wanted to bring up something that I don't

926
00:40:25,400 --> 00:40:27,880
Speaker 1: know it might be a controversy at least in our world.

927
00:40:27,920 --> 00:40:30,680
Speaker 1: We've been talking a lot about the dunk score this season,

928
00:40:30,840 --> 00:40:34,239
Speaker 1: keeping our eye on it, thinking it's broken. What's going

929
00:40:34,280 --> 00:40:37,800
Speaker 1: on with this? Well, last night a lot of great dunks,

930
00:40:38,120 --> 00:40:40,640
Speaker 1: like really good dunks cross the association. I think the

931
00:40:40,880 --> 00:40:44,600
Speaker 1: highest dunk score was Derek Jones Junior's huge put back

932
00:40:45,120 --> 00:40:48,080
Speaker 1: off a miss. That guy can soar. Big dunk there was.

933
00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:52,040
Speaker 1: The Knicks had a couple great dunks. Boozellos dropped Aaron Gordon,

934
00:40:52,120 --> 00:40:56,080
Speaker 1: you know, dunked during the lane, some fun highlights. But

935
00:40:56,200 --> 00:40:59,040
Speaker 1: Dorian Phinney Smith late in this game threw it down

936
00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:02,319
Speaker 1: a hammer on Miles Bridges. It was big, he took

937
00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:05,840
Speaker 1: off far, it was contested, it was challenged, It looked powerful,

938
00:41:06,560 --> 00:41:09,160
Speaker 1: and I was like, okay, Derek Jones junior. I could

939
00:41:09,200 --> 00:41:11,400
Speaker 1: see that I got ninety, but I wonder where DFS

940
00:41:11,440 --> 00:41:12,080
Speaker 1: is dunk fell.

941
00:41:12,800 --> 00:41:13,520
Speaker 4: So I went to look.

942
00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:14,880
Speaker 1: You know, I gave you a little top five when

943
00:41:14,920 --> 00:41:17,439
Speaker 1: you go to stats on NBA dot com. It wasn't there.

944
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:18,640
Speaker 6: What the hell?

945
00:41:18,840 --> 00:41:20,640
Speaker 1: It wasn't a top five dunk from last night? Okay,

946
00:41:20,640 --> 00:41:22,000
Speaker 1: there were a lot of good dunks. Maybe it's like

947
00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:24,560
Speaker 1: top ten, you know, so you can go dive deep

948
00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:31,360
Speaker 1: into it. It's not there. It's not tracked. So now

949
00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:34,400
Speaker 1: you have to wonder how many of these dunks that

950
00:41:34,440 --> 00:41:37,360
Speaker 1: we've seen on a ninety night basis are not being counted, and.

951
00:41:37,200 --> 00:41:39,799
Speaker 4: Why they're hiding dunks from us?

952
00:41:39,880 --> 00:41:43,319
Speaker 1: What's going on? Yeah, it's not there. Someone find it,

953
00:41:43,440 --> 00:41:45,479
Speaker 1: let me know. But I could not find it. TK.

954
00:41:45,560 --> 00:41:47,720
Speaker 5: You were looking before we went live, Yeah, it appears

955
00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:50,000
Speaker 5: not to be there. Haven't updated it yet either.

956
00:41:50,080 --> 00:41:50,279
Speaker 1: Yeah.

957
00:41:50,280 --> 00:41:52,120
Speaker 6: I went down and play by play as a dunk.

958
00:41:53,080 --> 00:41:56,279
Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, Like, what's what's going on here?

959
00:41:56,320 --> 00:41:58,719
Speaker 1: Why wasn't it calculated? I think it was a very

960
00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:01,440
Speaker 1: high dunk. My gut says it was like an eighty

961
00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:05,200
Speaker 1: plus all right, out of a one twenty scale, of course,

962
00:42:05,320 --> 00:42:08,560
Speaker 1: but uh, yeah, what's going on? You know, they don't

963
00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:10,960
Speaker 1: think anybody's watching this stuff. But we're on it.

964
00:42:11,040 --> 00:42:14,080
Speaker 6: We're on it, manah on it. Whether you want us

965
00:42:14,080 --> 00:42:14,239
Speaker 6: to be.

966
00:42:15,920 --> 00:42:17,759
Speaker 5: All right, Well, let's talk more about some I got.

967
00:42:17,840 --> 00:42:20,719
Speaker 5: I got two other little things today. Thompson seven three

968
00:42:20,719 --> 00:42:21,840
Speaker 5: pointers in the first quarter.

969
00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:22,439
Speaker 4: That's cool.

970
00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:25,960
Speaker 5: He finished with seven three pointers. I also appreciate Damian

971
00:42:26,040 --> 00:42:30,200
Speaker 5: Lillard's All Star push right here. Starters were announced on Thursday.

972
00:42:30,320 --> 00:42:34,359
Speaker 5: Obviously Dame not starting. It's Brunson, it's Mitchell. They kind

973
00:42:34,360 --> 00:42:36,800
Speaker 5: of leapt up over him. So that night against Miami,

974
00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:39,440
Speaker 5: had twenty nine points, ten rebounds, and eleven assists in

975
00:42:39,480 --> 00:42:42,799
Speaker 5: a win against the Heat. Saturday against the Clippers they lost,

976
00:42:42,840 --> 00:42:45,239
Speaker 5: but twenty nine points, ten rebounds, ten assists, and then

977
00:42:45,320 --> 00:42:48,120
Speaker 5: last night against the Jazz thirty five points, five rebounds,

978
00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:49,279
Speaker 5: eight assists in a win.

979
00:42:49,360 --> 00:42:50,239
Speaker 4: Don't forget about Dan.

980
00:42:50,400 --> 00:42:53,839
Speaker 1: Don't forget about Dame. Yes, we're gonna actually make our

981
00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:57,120
Speaker 1: All Star selections on tomorrow's podcast. We find out the

982
00:42:57,160 --> 00:43:01,160
Speaker 1: reserves on Thursday, will react to those actual picks on Friday,

983
00:43:01,160 --> 00:43:03,920
Speaker 1: maybe even draft our teams. Who wants to be Chuck?

984
00:43:03,960 --> 00:43:05,840
Speaker 1: Who wants to be Shack? Who wants to be Kenny?

985
00:43:06,480 --> 00:43:12,240
Speaker 1: Not Kenny called it. But anyway, that's what we're gonna do. Tomorrow,

986
00:43:12,280 --> 00:43:14,680
Speaker 1: we'll make our selections, like, we'll do it together. We'll

987
00:43:14,680 --> 00:43:17,399
Speaker 1: talk it out and fill out our rosters, and then

988
00:43:17,480 --> 00:43:19,320
Speaker 1: again Friday, maybe we'll draft the actual teams.

989
00:43:19,320 --> 00:43:22,400
Speaker 3: But just a note there on Damian Lillard. The players

990
00:43:22,400 --> 00:43:28,600
Speaker 3: had him eighth among Eastern Conference guards. Pretty yeah, yeah,

991
00:43:28,800 --> 00:43:31,880
Speaker 3: very low. I wonder, you know, just as you think

992
00:43:31,920 --> 00:43:34,640
Speaker 3: about these dunk scores and that I don't know.

993
00:43:34,760 --> 00:43:37,400
Speaker 4: Whether there's a conspiracy or something going on. I just

994
00:43:37,440 --> 00:43:37,759
Speaker 4: wanted to know.

995
00:43:37,760 --> 00:43:41,640
Speaker 3: I'm more curious when the players get their votes in

996
00:43:41,719 --> 00:43:43,120
Speaker 3: because I think it's super early.

997
00:43:43,400 --> 00:43:46,080
Speaker 4: I think they get their ballots like three weeks into

998
00:43:46,120 --> 00:43:46,600
Speaker 4: the season.

999
00:43:47,480 --> 00:43:50,200
Speaker 3: Just by the looks of it, Lamellow up extremely high

1000
00:43:50,280 --> 00:43:54,440
Speaker 3: among players. Don't necessarily care too much about the Charlotte

1001
00:43:54,440 --> 00:43:57,719
Speaker 3: Horns poor record or just seeing all those highlights because

1002
00:43:57,760 --> 00:43:59,560
Speaker 3: LaMelo peaked at the first first.

1003
00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:01,799
Speaker 4: Few weeks of this. Just curious. I'm just wondering how

1004
00:44:01,880 --> 00:44:02,480
Speaker 4: it all works.

1005
00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:05,759
Speaker 1: Details that part doesn't matter now, I guess right, it's

1006
00:44:05,800 --> 00:44:06,760
Speaker 1: just up to the coaches.

1007
00:44:07,080 --> 00:44:08,880
Speaker 4: Oh yeah, that does not matter.

1008
00:44:09,239 --> 00:44:13,600
Speaker 1: So we'll see. Let's talk some more about dunks. Chumps

1009
00:44:14,080 --> 00:44:18,920
Speaker 1: tweeting yesterday that Orlando Magic's Mac McClung has committed to

1010
00:44:19,000 --> 00:44:22,960
Speaker 1: the NBA Slam Dunk Contest at All Star Weekend in

1011
00:44:23,000 --> 00:44:27,400
Speaker 1: San Francisco. He's gonna aim for a dunk contest three pete.

1012
00:44:27,800 --> 00:44:30,160
Speaker 1: And here's the four man field. Just got the photos

1013
00:44:30,200 --> 00:44:33,359
Speaker 1: up here. It's McClung on the far left. I swear man,

1014
00:44:33,400 --> 00:44:35,279
Speaker 1: that looks like j D's sun to me so much.

1015
00:44:35,840 --> 00:44:39,319
Speaker 1: It really looks like Jack. We got Stephen Castle there

1016
00:44:39,360 --> 00:44:43,000
Speaker 1: of the Spurs, rookie Bulls, rookie Mantes Bozzellis, and then

1017
00:44:43,120 --> 00:44:45,760
Speaker 1: second year player. I think I have that right, Andre

1018
00:44:45,880 --> 00:44:52,760
Speaker 1: Jackson Junior. Yeah, so McClung, Castle, Boozellis and Andre Jackson Junior.

1019
00:44:52,880 --> 00:44:56,480
Speaker 1: I want you to rank him okay TK in terms of,

1020
00:44:56,600 --> 00:44:59,879
Speaker 1: like your favorite to win the whole thing in twenty twenty.

1021
00:45:00,080 --> 00:45:02,000
Speaker 1: I have a feeling I know who you're gonna start with,

1022
00:45:02,040 --> 00:45:04,080
Speaker 1: but I'm interested to hear how you do the rest

1023
00:45:04,160 --> 00:45:07,120
Speaker 1: of the field in terms of the chances. So rank them.

1024
00:45:07,280 --> 00:45:08,040
Speaker 6: Mac is back.

1025
00:45:09,200 --> 00:45:12,759
Speaker 5: We're looking at history here, skeets. A dunk contest three

1026
00:45:12,760 --> 00:45:15,960
Speaker 5: peat never been done before. Only Nate Robinson has three

1027
00:45:16,040 --> 00:45:17,879
Speaker 5: dunk contest championships.

1028
00:45:17,360 --> 00:45:19,640
Speaker 1: Right, yeah? And how over how many years did he

1029
00:45:20,040 --> 00:45:20,200
Speaker 1: was it?

1030
00:45:20,239 --> 00:45:20,399
Speaker 5: Four?

1031
00:45:20,520 --> 00:45:21,560
Speaker 4: Three and four years? Interesting?

1032
00:45:21,640 --> 00:45:21,839
Speaker 1: Yeah?

1033
00:45:21,840 --> 00:45:22,160
Speaker 6: Interesting.

1034
00:45:22,160 --> 00:45:23,680
Speaker 1: I think a lot of people think he did three

1035
00:45:23,680 --> 00:45:24,279
Speaker 1: pt in a row.

1036
00:45:24,320 --> 00:45:26,640
Speaker 6: It's like sort of Dwight got one in the mix.

1037
00:45:26,760 --> 00:45:28,480
Speaker 4: Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, Okay.

1038
00:45:30,040 --> 00:45:34,279
Speaker 5: I honestly can't keep straight what dunks Mac did last

1039
00:45:34,320 --> 00:45:35,520
Speaker 5: year versus what he did the first.

1040
00:45:35,800 --> 00:45:37,319
Speaker 6: I know, I wonder what he's gonna have. But the

1041
00:45:37,360 --> 00:45:38,160
Speaker 6: dude's the favorite.

1042
00:45:38,160 --> 00:45:40,239
Speaker 5: They literally dust them off every year and say, can

1043
00:45:40,280 --> 00:45:42,880
Speaker 5: anybody beat this guy in the entire league? The answer

1044
00:45:42,920 --> 00:45:44,640
Speaker 5: so far has been, Now, do you remember who was

1045
00:45:44,640 --> 00:45:45,799
Speaker 5: in the dunk contest last year?

1046
00:45:45,920 --> 00:45:46,839
Speaker 1: Jalen Brown for sure?

1047
00:45:46,920 --> 00:45:50,359
Speaker 5: Yes, because we had an all stack Jalen Brown, Ye two,

1048
00:45:51,160 --> 00:45:54,040
Speaker 5: Toppin was not not Obi Jacob Yep.

1049
00:45:56,040 --> 00:45:56,959
Speaker 1: Who's the fourth guy?

1050
00:45:57,440 --> 00:45:57,560
Speaker 6: Uh?

1051
00:45:58,160 --> 00:45:59,520
Speaker 1: I assume it's a rookie, but he.

1052
00:45:59,560 --> 00:46:04,680
Speaker 5: Was a rookie, an older rookie. We saw him at.

1053
00:46:04,120 --> 00:46:08,320
Speaker 1: Oh Highman hawkas junior. He had the Mexican Yeah he did, Okay,

1054
00:46:09,640 --> 00:46:13,239
Speaker 1: yeah those Wasn't there a controversy with Jillan Brown? Am

1055
00:46:13,239 --> 00:46:15,440
Speaker 1: I crazy? Like didn't you feel like he got he

1056
00:46:15,480 --> 00:46:17,640
Speaker 1: got hosed on a call or something like that or

1057
00:46:17,880 --> 00:46:20,040
Speaker 1: was it flipped the other way that he was sort

1058
00:46:20,040 --> 00:46:21,760
Speaker 1: of like in they gave him a good score.

1059
00:46:22,080 --> 00:46:24,080
Speaker 5: I think the controversy was that they bumped him to

1060
00:46:24,120 --> 00:46:25,279
Speaker 5: the fist pretty much.

1061
00:46:25,320 --> 00:46:25,880
Speaker 1: That's what it was.

1062
00:46:25,920 --> 00:46:27,280
Speaker 6: I don't remember, probably Jacob.

1063
00:46:27,320 --> 00:46:33,120
Speaker 1: It was Jacobs otherwise, Yeah, okay, so I'm sticking with Max.

1064
00:46:33,160 --> 00:46:35,160
Speaker 1: So Mack is back. A lot of people saying return

1065
00:46:35,200 --> 00:46:39,439
Speaker 1: of the Mac. That's right, yeah, cool, Okay, So he's

1066
00:46:39,440 --> 00:46:41,600
Speaker 1: your favorite, now my favorite? Now where do you go? Like,

1067
00:46:41,640 --> 00:46:42,600
Speaker 1: how do you put him in order?

1068
00:46:42,600 --> 00:46:42,799
Speaker 6: Here?

1069
00:46:42,800 --> 00:46:44,560
Speaker 5: Well, I'm a homer here, ye, I'm wearing a Bulls

1070
00:46:44,560 --> 00:46:46,640
Speaker 5: hat and Bold shoes and a Bulls sweatshirt.

1071
00:46:46,680 --> 00:46:48,759
Speaker 6: So I'm gonna pick Matas Buzzellas.

1072
00:46:48,760 --> 00:46:52,760
Speaker 5: Thirty one inch standing vert, thirty eight inch max vert,

1073
00:46:54,800 --> 00:46:56,120
Speaker 5: twenty three dunks on the season.

1074
00:46:56,120 --> 00:46:58,800
Speaker 6: Andre Jackson Junior. He actually probably will finish second.

1075
00:46:59,160 --> 00:47:02,000
Speaker 5: I think this one they got an absolutely live But

1076
00:47:02,040 --> 00:47:04,680
Speaker 5: I saw Matas Buzzellas beat stepone Castle and the McDonald's

1077
00:47:04,680 --> 00:47:06,520
Speaker 5: All American Dunk contest in high school.

1078
00:47:06,560 --> 00:47:09,759
Speaker 1: So got his number. Okay, got his number, So you're

1079
00:47:09,800 --> 00:47:10,440
Speaker 1: going McClung.

1080
00:47:10,800 --> 00:47:13,440
Speaker 6: I'm going mclung, and I'm pulling for Bouzillis.

1081
00:47:13,560 --> 00:47:17,040
Speaker 1: And then probably and then probably Jackson Junior and then Castle. Yeah, yeah, okay,

1082
00:47:17,960 --> 00:47:18,640
Speaker 1: you're fine with that?

1083
00:47:19,000 --> 00:47:20,080
Speaker 4: No, I'm not flying?

1084
00:47:20,960 --> 00:47:22,520
Speaker 1: Are you fine with this field? Are you fine with

1085
00:47:22,600 --> 00:47:24,880
Speaker 1: McClung trying to repeat? Like, what's your take on all this?

1086
00:47:25,360 --> 00:47:27,920
Speaker 3: Well, I think we'd all want more of a star.

1087
00:47:29,040 --> 00:47:31,279
Speaker 4: I don't think. I'm just we've given up.

1088
00:47:31,360 --> 00:47:35,279
Speaker 1: That's what's happened to us, Like I'm saying about us collectively. Yeah,

1089
00:47:35,400 --> 00:47:37,920
Speaker 1: like we years ago, of course, like we had more gusta,

1090
00:47:38,080 --> 00:47:40,960
Speaker 1: come on, what's going on here? Get the star? We

1091
00:47:41,080 --> 00:47:41,839
Speaker 1: literally just like.

1092
00:47:42,400 --> 00:47:45,040
Speaker 4: Give up on the fore.

1093
00:47:45,640 --> 00:47:47,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, they won, they got it.

1094
00:47:48,800 --> 00:47:49,359
Speaker 4: We don't care.

1095
00:47:49,480 --> 00:47:53,600
Speaker 5: I miss Jalen Brown wearing a glittering left handed glove man.

1096
00:47:53,680 --> 00:47:55,440
Speaker 4: That was so cool. Yeah.

1097
00:47:55,520 --> 00:47:57,879
Speaker 6: We had an All Star in the Dunk Contest last year.

1098
00:47:58,080 --> 00:48:01,920
Speaker 1: Yeah, and guess what, like had no actual effect on

1099
00:48:02,000 --> 00:48:04,640
Speaker 1: him at all. In fact, he went on to win

1100
00:48:04,800 --> 00:48:08,600
Speaker 1: Eastern Conference Finals MVP and Finals MVP and the championship.

1101
00:48:09,080 --> 00:48:10,000
Speaker 4: Sounds like you do care.

1102
00:48:10,120 --> 00:48:13,600
Speaker 1: I do care because I can't stand the like, well,

1103
00:48:13,680 --> 00:48:16,520
Speaker 1: what I mean, what's the here's the pushback? Always? Why

1104
00:48:16,560 --> 00:48:19,600
Speaker 1: wouldn't all star go in it? They can't win, there's

1105
00:48:19,640 --> 00:48:26,000
Speaker 1: no incentive that's complete bullshit. It is because we've had

1106
00:48:26,239 --> 00:48:29,920
Speaker 1: like decades of history that show when stars or guys

1107
00:48:29,920 --> 00:48:32,239
Speaker 1: that are like turning into stars or wanting to make

1108
00:48:32,239 --> 00:48:34,319
Speaker 1: the leap to stars, when they go in and they

1109
00:48:34,320 --> 00:48:36,640
Speaker 1: put on a show and they do well, let's say

1110
00:48:36,760 --> 00:48:42,440
Speaker 1: their popularity freaking sores Kobe's and Jordan's whatever, you can

1111
00:48:42,440 --> 00:48:44,359
Speaker 1: go on and on and on. That's so that part

1112
00:48:44,520 --> 00:48:47,279
Speaker 1: drives me nuts. And then the other part is like, oh, well,

1113
00:48:47,320 --> 00:48:50,759
Speaker 1: they could get injured, I guess, or like, what has

1114
00:48:50,880 --> 00:48:53,840
Speaker 1: anyone gotten injured in the dunk contest? Was my first question.

1115
00:48:54,160 --> 00:48:56,120
Speaker 1: You're way more likely to be injured in the All

1116
00:48:56,120 --> 00:48:56,640
Speaker 1: Star game.

1117
00:48:57,080 --> 00:48:58,400
Speaker 4: Collins got hit by an airplane.

1118
00:48:58,480 --> 00:49:02,920
Speaker 1: Yeah right, and he took it like a chip. And

1119
00:49:03,400 --> 00:49:05,840
Speaker 1: again like nothing happened to jay Len Brown. Okay, he

1120
00:49:05,840 --> 00:49:07,799
Speaker 1: didn't win. We all all with the glove all that.

1121
00:49:07,880 --> 00:49:09,720
Speaker 1: Oh maybe you got boosted a bit, but like nothing.

1122
00:49:09,840 --> 00:49:12,120
Speaker 1: We moved on right away and we were like if anything,

1123
00:49:12,120 --> 00:49:14,960
Speaker 1: we were like respect man, like you went in it

1124
00:49:15,040 --> 00:49:18,200
Speaker 1: and gave it a go, buddy. Yeah, okay, you're right,

1125
00:49:18,239 --> 00:49:19,640
Speaker 1: I do care well.

1126
00:49:19,680 --> 00:49:22,479
Speaker 3: The disappointing thing is that all stars and the great

1127
00:49:22,480 --> 00:49:25,799
Speaker 3: players in this game don't necessarily care enough to I

1128
00:49:25,920 --> 00:49:28,759
Speaker 3: just dunk a few times asking.

1129
00:49:28,480 --> 00:49:29,279
Speaker 6: Them we're not.

1130
00:49:29,440 --> 00:49:33,080
Speaker 1: It's it's pretty sad that, especially when he's been compared

1131
00:49:33,080 --> 00:49:34,759
Speaker 1: to Michael Jordan for the last couple of years, that

1132
00:49:34,800 --> 00:49:37,680
Speaker 1: Anthony Edwards hasn't gone in it. John Moran, of course,

1133
00:49:37,719 --> 00:49:39,360
Speaker 1: as one of the best duncans in the game, hasn't

1134
00:49:39,360 --> 00:49:42,279
Speaker 1: gone in it. Yeah, you know, and and maybe the

1135
00:49:42,320 --> 00:49:45,680
Speaker 1: precedent was set when Lebron decided to never do it.

1136
00:49:45,840 --> 00:49:50,320
Speaker 5: I mean yeah, yeah, that's when it became there's nothing

1137
00:49:50,360 --> 00:49:53,439
Speaker 5: to win and only something to guess what Michael Jordan

1138
00:49:53,480 --> 00:49:54,200
Speaker 5: lost down contest.

1139
00:49:54,640 --> 00:49:57,439
Speaker 1: That's exactly right, exactly. Yeah.

1140
00:49:57,560 --> 00:50:00,759
Speaker 6: It has changed changed in two thousand and four.

1141
00:50:01,239 --> 00:50:03,279
Speaker 1: So macam especially it really changed when he said he

1142
00:50:03,320 --> 00:50:11,200
Speaker 1: was going to go into remember that we remember the Yeah. Anyway,

1143
00:50:11,880 --> 00:50:13,680
Speaker 1: Mac McClung, you got him as a favorite.

1144
00:50:14,400 --> 00:50:17,640
Speaker 3: I mean, he looks great. I went back and watched

1145
00:50:17,640 --> 00:50:20,960
Speaker 3: both contests. I watched every dunk from Stefan Castle and

1146
00:50:21,040 --> 00:50:23,320
Speaker 3: Mantus Buzzellis and Andre Jackson Jr.

1147
00:50:24,440 --> 00:50:25,920
Speaker 4: Mac mclung is their best dunker.

1148
00:50:26,520 --> 00:50:28,719
Speaker 3: But I don't know, doing it three times in a

1149
00:50:28,760 --> 00:50:31,320
Speaker 3: row is hard. Yeah, yeah, you know, there was a

1150
00:50:31,320 --> 00:50:33,239
Speaker 3: little bit of a drop off last year and so

1151
00:50:33,360 --> 00:50:35,080
Speaker 3: that's why no one's ever won three in a row.

1152
00:50:35,120 --> 00:50:37,000
Speaker 3: And that's why Nate rob took a year off and said,

1153
00:50:37,200 --> 00:50:38,640
Speaker 3: I'm not going to do it, but then I'll come

1154
00:50:38,640 --> 00:50:42,000
Speaker 3: back and win it. And so, yeah, you need that

1155
00:50:42,040 --> 00:50:45,839
Speaker 3: little palate cleanse. But I think Stefan Castle is good.

1156
00:50:45,880 --> 00:50:47,480
Speaker 3: I think of all the dunks I watched, you know,

1157
00:50:47,560 --> 00:50:49,480
Speaker 3: besides macclung who had the best ones, the best in

1158
00:50:49,600 --> 00:50:51,960
Speaker 3: game dunks were from Stefan Castle.

1159
00:50:52,200 --> 00:50:53,040
Speaker 4: He had a windmill dunk.

1160
00:50:53,080 --> 00:50:55,080
Speaker 3: He was the only one who had flair this year.

1161
00:50:55,160 --> 00:50:57,319
Speaker 5: He had a nice one the Pacers that was like

1162
00:50:57,440 --> 00:50:59,959
Speaker 5: a drive in traffic there in France.

1163
00:51:00,000 --> 00:51:00,720
Speaker 4: It's a two hander.

1164
00:51:00,920 --> 00:51:03,040
Speaker 1: Andre Jackson Junior was it this year. Last year he

1165
00:51:03,080 --> 00:51:05,560
Speaker 1: had that one dunk where he like almost Tom Chambers

1166
00:51:06,200 --> 00:51:08,800
Speaker 1: up off of Mark Jackson, like he bounced off somebody

1167
00:51:08,840 --> 00:51:11,080
Speaker 1: and he went his head was like above the rim

1168
00:51:11,120 --> 00:51:11,800
Speaker 1: by this much.

1169
00:51:11,800 --> 00:51:12,480
Speaker 6: And he catched fly.

1170
00:51:12,880 --> 00:51:15,040
Speaker 1: I think he's working with the uh you know, the

1171
00:51:15,120 --> 00:51:17,680
Speaker 1: dunk coaches as well, you know Team Flight Brothers and

1172
00:51:17,680 --> 00:51:21,080
Speaker 1: all that. So I'm with you. I do think maybe

1173
00:51:21,080 --> 00:51:23,560
Speaker 1: there might be a little tiring of McClung and that,

1174
00:51:23,680 --> 00:51:25,279
Speaker 1: like maybe one of these other young guys can get it,

1175
00:51:25,280 --> 00:51:26,759
Speaker 1: so put me down for Andre Jackson junior.

1176
00:51:27,239 --> 00:51:27,759
Speaker 6: Switch it up.

1177
00:51:27,800 --> 00:51:29,800
Speaker 3: I think it's cool that it'll say mac McClung of

1178
00:51:29,880 --> 00:51:32,480
Speaker 3: the Orlando Magic this year because he's played one game

1179
00:51:32,520 --> 00:51:36,080
Speaker 3: for them to set of the Osceola Magic. Because that's

1180
00:51:36,120 --> 00:51:38,200
Speaker 3: what it said last year, and that's what makes it

1181
00:51:38,880 --> 00:51:42,400
Speaker 3: a little bit. It's not as fun to see G

1182
00:51:42,520 --> 00:51:45,000
Speaker 3: League players, although much respect to the G League players

1183
00:51:45,080 --> 00:51:46,640
Speaker 3: last year, he hadn't played in the NBA before he

1184
00:51:46,680 --> 00:51:50,760
Speaker 3: won it. Either way, it should be fun. It should

1185
00:51:50,800 --> 00:51:51,080
Speaker 3: be fun.

1186
00:51:51,400 --> 00:51:53,840
Speaker 1: Do you think they'll incorporate dunk score into the Dunk Contest?

1187
00:51:55,320 --> 00:51:56,319
Speaker 1: Do you think it comes up?

1188
00:51:56,320 --> 00:51:56,759
Speaker 6: I actually do.

1189
00:51:56,960 --> 00:52:00,319
Speaker 5: Yeah. I think somehow they will like measure the power

1190
00:52:00,520 --> 00:52:01,680
Speaker 5: and behind I.

1191
00:52:01,600 --> 00:52:03,319
Speaker 1: Guess they've sort of done that in the past.

1192
00:52:03,320 --> 00:52:06,360
Speaker 5: You're right, yeah, I remember one time Harrison Barnes plugged

1193
00:52:06,400 --> 00:52:09,080
Speaker 5: himself into a PlayStation during the dunk contest.

1194
00:52:09,200 --> 00:52:17,920
Speaker 6: Watts the dunk gunness really is.

1195
00:52:17,960 --> 00:52:19,480
Speaker 1: When I think about it, it's sort of like a

1196
00:52:19,880 --> 00:52:22,200
Speaker 1: like a wrestling event, like a Royal Rumble. I guess

1197
00:52:22,239 --> 00:52:24,120
Speaker 1: it is the best comparison where it's like there's some

1198
00:52:24,160 --> 00:52:26,239
Speaker 1: great moments within it and then there's like these like

1199
00:52:26,800 --> 00:52:29,760
Speaker 1: comedic like, oh my god, what the hell was that moment?

1200
00:52:29,880 --> 00:52:30,400
Speaker 2: Yeah?

1201
00:52:30,400 --> 00:52:32,239
Speaker 1: All right, next one here in rankum test. You get

1202
00:52:32,320 --> 00:52:35,719
Speaker 1: it started here best in the West. I want you

1203
00:52:35,800 --> 00:52:38,520
Speaker 1: to rank the top four teams right now, and this

1204
00:52:38,560 --> 00:52:42,000
Speaker 1: is coming off the really strong quality Rockets win Grizzlies,

1205
00:52:42,120 --> 00:52:44,760
Speaker 1: you know, getting wax and MSG Nuggets losing to the Bulls.

1206
00:52:44,800 --> 00:52:48,200
Speaker 1: But rank them Thunder Rockets, Grizzlies, Nuggets in terms of

1207
00:52:48,280 --> 00:52:49,800
Speaker 1: like win a title.

1208
00:52:50,520 --> 00:52:50,759
Speaker 4: Yeah.

1209
00:52:50,840 --> 00:52:54,719
Speaker 3: Even even before yesterday, I was going back and forth.

1210
00:52:54,719 --> 00:52:57,040
Speaker 3: I don't know who is number two, three, four besides

1211
00:52:57,239 --> 00:52:59,560
Speaker 3: okay see, okay see deserves to be number one. They

1212
00:52:59,600 --> 00:53:02,200
Speaker 3: still have played with CHET for a good part of

1213
00:53:02,200 --> 00:53:05,000
Speaker 3: this season, and CHET hasn't played with Isaiah Hartenschein.

1214
00:53:05,560 --> 00:53:08,600
Speaker 4: Their one lack or the one issue is defense.

1215
00:53:08,640 --> 00:53:11,200
Speaker 3: And when those two guys come back and Chet arguably

1216
00:53:11,200 --> 00:53:14,000
Speaker 3: their second best score, no disrespect to Jalen Williams, who's

1217
00:53:14,000 --> 00:53:18,120
Speaker 3: been awesome, they're number one still. Still, They're a young

1218
00:53:18,120 --> 00:53:20,040
Speaker 3: team that's only made the second round. So I'm sure

1219
00:53:20,040 --> 00:53:23,200
Speaker 3: a team like Denver would look at them and say,

1220
00:53:23,640 --> 00:53:24,920
Speaker 3: we won the championship two years.

1221
00:53:24,760 --> 00:53:25,839
Speaker 4: Ago, we can do this.

1222
00:53:26,920 --> 00:53:29,160
Speaker 3: That being said, I wouldn't put Denver second. I think

1223
00:53:29,280 --> 00:53:32,560
Speaker 3: Houston deserves to be second because in a matchup with Denver,

1224
00:53:32,960 --> 00:53:37,760
Speaker 3: who is definitely one of the better competitors for okay see,

1225
00:53:37,840 --> 00:53:41,520
Speaker 3: I think they would play into Houston's game of athleticism

1226
00:53:41,560 --> 00:53:43,719
Speaker 3: because Denver likes to push it. Russ likes to push it.

1227
00:53:43,960 --> 00:53:45,879
Speaker 3: They are number one fast break points. But you were

1228
00:53:45,920 --> 00:53:50,239
Speaker 3: just playing into their strength and Houston is able to

1229
00:53:51,560 --> 00:53:54,560
Speaker 3: out athletic the Denver Nuggets. I do think they win

1230
00:53:54,840 --> 00:53:57,160
Speaker 3: offensive boards, that they'll be able to do that against Denver.

1231
00:53:57,200 --> 00:53:59,880
Speaker 3: Their first and offensive boards, they won't turn it over

1232
00:54:00,320 --> 00:54:04,120
Speaker 3: to allow Russ to get on his run. They're up

1233
00:54:04,280 --> 00:54:08,319
Speaker 3: pretty high in their top ten, and they're able to

1234
00:54:08,600 --> 00:54:11,040
Speaker 3: when they want to just continue to push it. They

1235
00:54:11,040 --> 00:54:12,960
Speaker 3: do get to the free throw line. So even though

1236
00:54:12,960 --> 00:54:17,040
Speaker 3: they don't have a fourth quarter clutch, a really good

1237
00:54:17,040 --> 00:54:20,480
Speaker 3: clutch record, they do not at this point, I think

1238
00:54:20,480 --> 00:54:23,759
Speaker 3: they're getting better. I think you look at a men

1239
00:54:23,800 --> 00:54:27,000
Speaker 3: Thompson growing and you look at what Jalen Green is

1240
00:54:27,040 --> 00:54:28,960
Speaker 3: able to do, who would be their fourth quarter type

1241
00:54:28,960 --> 00:54:31,719
Speaker 3: of guy. He has gotten so good in January you

1242
00:54:31,800 --> 00:54:34,440
Speaker 3: can argue that his January this year is better than

1243
00:54:34,440 --> 00:54:39,440
Speaker 3: his March last year. It's literally super super good. Twenty

1244
00:54:39,480 --> 00:54:41,640
Speaker 3: six points, forty seven and a half from the floor,

1245
00:54:41,680 --> 00:54:44,839
Speaker 3: forty four and a half from three. And I say

1246
00:54:44,880 --> 00:54:47,120
Speaker 3: that in that order because I do think men Thompson

1247
00:54:47,160 --> 00:54:50,359
Speaker 3: has taken just a little bit of the pressure off

1248
00:54:50,400 --> 00:54:52,640
Speaker 3: a guy like Jalen Green where he doesn't have to

1249
00:54:52,640 --> 00:54:55,520
Speaker 3: do everything all the time. And are they old and

1250
00:54:55,680 --> 00:54:58,240
Speaker 3: are they experienced enough to beat Denver?

1251
00:54:58,440 --> 00:55:00,600
Speaker 4: I don't know. I have really don't know. I think

1252
00:55:00,640 --> 00:55:02,120
Speaker 4: it's sort of up in the air.

1253
00:55:02,160 --> 00:55:06,120
Speaker 3: Besides Okay, see, so I would rank Okay, See Houston, Denver,

1254
00:55:06,640 --> 00:55:13,359
Speaker 3: and then Memphis fourth. Unfortunately in this I look at

1255
00:55:13,400 --> 00:55:15,640
Speaker 3: them as sort of the playoff matchups. That's what I'm

1256
00:55:15,640 --> 00:55:18,200
Speaker 3: looking at. I think Denver is a damn good team

1257
00:55:18,239 --> 00:55:19,320
Speaker 3: and better than Memphis.

1258
00:55:19,640 --> 00:55:22,280
Speaker 5: You agree with that order, No, I've got the Thunder

1259
00:55:22,280 --> 00:55:25,279
Speaker 5: and Nuggets as title contenders, and the Rockets and Grizzlies

1260
00:55:25,360 --> 00:55:30,160
Speaker 5: as potential contenders with some question marks. The Grizzlies, we've

1261
00:55:30,200 --> 00:55:32,200
Speaker 5: seen them have some playoff stinkers. I got them fourth

1262
00:55:32,280 --> 00:55:34,760
Speaker 5: because they've lost to the Rockets three times this season.

1263
00:55:34,760 --> 00:55:37,960
Speaker 5: They played basically the same style of basketball, and the

1264
00:55:38,040 --> 00:55:40,200
Speaker 5: Rockets have just been a little bit better so far

1265
00:55:40,400 --> 00:55:43,040
Speaker 5: this season. I do think the Thunder are the best team.

1266
00:55:43,040 --> 00:55:45,080
Speaker 5: I got my questions about them, like is Dort and

1267
00:55:45,120 --> 00:55:46,840
Speaker 5: Cruso really going to be able to shoot in the playoffs?

1268
00:55:46,880 --> 00:55:49,319
Speaker 5: We're going to get a good Jalen Williams performance for

1269
00:55:49,360 --> 00:55:51,360
Speaker 5: the entirety. I think there could be question marks for

1270
00:55:51,400 --> 00:55:55,239
Speaker 5: them offensively, but they're number one clearly to me, and

1271
00:55:55,280 --> 00:55:57,239
Speaker 5: then I think the Nuggets should be number two. They

1272
00:55:57,320 --> 00:55:59,640
Speaker 5: got the best player in the world in Nikola Jokic,

1273
00:55:59,680 --> 00:56:02,320
Speaker 5: They've got the most experience of any of these four teams.

1274
00:56:02,320 --> 00:56:04,480
Speaker 5: They were a fourth quarter away from going to the

1275
00:56:04,520 --> 00:56:07,440
Speaker 5: conference finals again last year. Still crazy, they blew it

1276
00:56:07,640 --> 00:56:09,960
Speaker 5: against the timber Wolves. It will all come down to

1277
00:56:10,040 --> 00:56:12,839
Speaker 5: matchups in which teams are playing each other in these

1278
00:56:12,960 --> 00:56:14,920
Speaker 5: rounds and who advances in that kind of stuff. But

1279
00:56:14,960 --> 00:56:17,040
Speaker 5: I think that either the Thunder or the Nuggets could

1280
00:56:17,040 --> 00:56:19,080
Speaker 5: win the title this year. And I think that's a

1281
00:56:19,120 --> 00:56:20,960
Speaker 5: little bit longer down the road for the Rockets.

1282
00:56:20,920 --> 00:56:24,040
Speaker 1: Sais please okay final one here? Okay, final one in

1283
00:56:24,120 --> 00:56:25,880
Speaker 1: rancom We'll call it after this and then move to

1284
00:56:25,880 --> 00:56:28,799
Speaker 1: Pickham after a very strong January Miami Heat seven foot

1285
00:56:28,840 --> 00:56:31,759
Speaker 1: or Khalil where has become the favorite to win this

1286
00:56:31,840 --> 00:56:35,000
Speaker 1: season's Rookie of the Year. If he does take home

1287
00:56:35,040 --> 00:56:36,760
Speaker 1: the honor, the twenty year old would be the first

1288
00:56:36,840 --> 00:56:39,120
Speaker 1: Heat player to ever win the award. That sort of

1289
00:56:39,480 --> 00:56:42,680
Speaker 1: shocked me a little bit. Kendrick Nunn finished second in

1290
00:56:42,719 --> 00:56:46,440
Speaker 1: twenty nineteen, Wade finished third back in his year, and

1291
00:56:46,480 --> 00:56:49,040
Speaker 1: then Kron Butler finished third the year before that. So

1292
00:56:49,080 --> 00:56:51,480
Speaker 1: those guys have the highest voting finishes in franchise history.

1293
00:56:51,600 --> 00:56:54,120
Speaker 1: So this is funny because it's been almost a running

1294
00:56:54,160 --> 00:56:57,800
Speaker 1: bit for you all season, TK, how the Rookie of

1295
00:56:57,840 --> 00:57:01,080
Speaker 1: the Year front runner changes at least week to week,

1296
00:57:01,440 --> 00:57:03,800
Speaker 1: and it has you know where I guess plus two hundred,

1297
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Speaker 1: Castle plus two seventy five, Sar plus three to fifty

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00:57:06,840 --> 00:57:10,799
Speaker 1: and Wells plus three point fifty. Do you rank him

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Speaker 1: as the way Vegas has him to win Rookie of

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Speaker 1: the Year.

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00:57:15,080 --> 00:57:15,759
Speaker 4: They're straight up.

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Speaker 5: Hating on Jalen Wells right now, Yeah, they are. I

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00:57:17,560 --> 00:57:20,440
Speaker 5: think he's the guy, But everybody's looking for somebody who

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00:57:20,520 --> 00:57:24,000
Speaker 5: is gonna probably have a more exciting NBA career, somebody

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00:57:24,040 --> 00:57:27,200
Speaker 5: who's a better prospect. Khalil Ware has scored in double

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00:57:27,240 --> 00:57:30,400
Speaker 5: digits eight games this season. Jalen Wells averages twelve and

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Speaker 5: a half a game. He scored in double digits twenty

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Speaker 5: nine games this season. He's played twelve hundred minutes to

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Speaker 5: five hundred for Khalil Whare. I think Where is a

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Speaker 5: better prospect long term. He's probably going to be the

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Speaker 5: better player as time goes on. But through the first

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Speaker 5: fifty games of the season, Jalen Wells has been the

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Speaker 5: rookie of the year for me. For the entirety of

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Speaker 5: the season. Though there have been higher moments for a

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Speaker 5: whole bunch of guys, Wells has been.

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Speaker 4: Really, really steady.

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Speaker 6: So I would go Wells.

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Speaker 5: That would probably I'll go where right now because I

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00:57:57,560 --> 00:57:59,200
Speaker 5: think he's going to have a good second half of

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Speaker 5: the season here, followed by Castle and then Alex Sar.

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00:58:02,080 --> 00:58:05,160
Speaker 5: He is just kind of toiling in obscurity right now,

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Speaker 5: putting up points for a Wizard's team that isn't very watchable.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it is unfortunate for him.

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Speaker 3: I do think Where getting put into the starting lineup

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Speaker 3: gives him, Yeah, the favorite, and I think he'll do it.

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Speaker 3: The last four games that he has started, the numbers

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00:58:19,600 --> 00:58:22,840
Speaker 3: are good seventeen points per game, fifty three percent from

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Speaker 3: the field from three. I think he is the sexiest

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Speaker 3: pick because he will have the best second half in

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Speaker 3: terms of score. Because Jollen Wells is a very complimentary player.

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Speaker 3: He's an incredible defender, there's no doubt about that, and

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Speaker 3: has had the better first half. But I think he

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Speaker 3: comes second in stefan Castle as much as he's getting

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Speaker 3: the starting job in San Antonio. He just has on

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Speaker 3: games and off games. But he can score right, is

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00:58:46,960 --> 00:58:49,520
Speaker 3: for sure. So you know, that's a one two three

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00:58:49,640 --> 00:58:52,800
Speaker 3: with three good players that will have good careers. And yes,

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Speaker 3: Sorr should have a good career as well. You've got

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00:58:55,560 --> 00:58:57,840
Speaker 3: got better and then dropped off a little bit. He's

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Speaker 3: just he's just doing his thing. Seven first year here

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00:59:02,320 --> 00:59:05,919
Speaker 3: in Washington. They got they have so many guys doing

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00:59:05,960 --> 00:59:09,520
Speaker 3: their thing. They got a bubb in Washington. They got

1343
00:59:09,520 --> 00:59:13,880
Speaker 3: blow who looks great at times. So they got I

1344
00:59:13,920 --> 00:59:15,640
Speaker 3: can't believe how bad they are.

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Speaker 1: Especially in the league right now where there are some

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00:59:19,360 --> 00:59:20,760
Speaker 1: other pretty bad teams.

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Speaker 4: The Jazz have ten wins.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I know, I know.

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Speaker 4: The other day.

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Speaker 1: It's pretty crazy. The gap, the gap that is happening

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00:59:26,480 --> 00:59:28,800
Speaker 1: here between the Wizards and the rest of the bottom dwellers.

1352
00:59:28,880 --> 00:59:33,080
Speaker 1: Like it's it's growing for sure. All right, let's hear

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Speaker 1: from you guys. That's a fun news segment. Here, rank them,

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00:59:35,520 --> 00:59:41,240
Speaker 1: put them in order there pick them tonight tasks Tuesday night.

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Speaker 1: You know you had twelve games on last night, only

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00:59:42,920 --> 00:59:44,840
Speaker 1: four on tonight. What's our game? And do I even

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00:59:44,880 --> 00:59:47,520
Speaker 1: have a chance to not lose this month?

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Speaker 3: Well, the Lakers are visiting Philadelphia. Philadelphia is a four

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00:59:51,640 --> 00:59:54,160
Speaker 3: and a half point dog. But the Lakers haven't won

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00:59:54,200 --> 00:59:57,880
Speaker 3: in Philadelphia since the twenty seventeen twenty eighteen season.

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00:59:58,880 --> 01:00:00,439
Speaker 4: It's been a minute.

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01:00:01,200 --> 01:00:04,680
Speaker 3: So that's why I'm comfortable taking the points. Sixers can

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01:00:04,760 --> 01:00:07,960
Speaker 3: lose by four or less, you take them. Esh, Also

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01:00:08,040 --> 01:00:11,800
Speaker 3: with me, Skeets and Trey are taking the Lakers. You're

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01:00:11,880 --> 01:00:15,640
Speaker 3: four games back of ESHT, so you gotta win out.

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01:00:16,000 --> 01:00:16,880
Speaker 4: Yeh, run the table.

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01:00:16,880 --> 01:00:18,400
Speaker 1: I gotta run the table to tie them.

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01:00:18,400 --> 01:00:20,120
Speaker 4: You gotta go four for four here in the last

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01:00:20,160 --> 01:00:20,720
Speaker 4: four days.

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01:00:20,760 --> 01:00:25,480
Speaker 1: Here we go. Starts tonight, Lakers winning by five in Philly.

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Speaker 1: Let's go.

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Speaker 4: So you just waited for to see what ashes pick?

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01:00:29,360 --> 01:00:29,640
Speaker 4: Wasn't it?

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01:00:30,160 --> 01:00:30,240
Speaker 2: No?

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01:00:30,320 --> 01:00:33,800
Speaker 1: It was no? It was even more pathetic than that. Actually, tasks,

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01:00:34,800 --> 01:00:37,320
Speaker 1: Now I did get to the docks somewhat early this morning,

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01:00:37,320 --> 01:00:39,080
Speaker 1: because I'm still on a weird time difference from the

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01:00:39,120 --> 01:00:43,160
Speaker 1: Paris trip. I put in the Lakers, and then a

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01:00:43,160 --> 01:00:45,360
Speaker 1: little bit later I saw that our guy Esh also

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01:00:45,400 --> 01:00:48,400
Speaker 1: put the Lakers. So I had to slide into Ash's

1381
01:00:48,440 --> 01:00:50,880
Speaker 1: DMS and say, my man, my man, can you take

1382
01:00:50,920 --> 01:00:53,120
Speaker 1: Philly tonight? Can you throw me a bone? Make this

1383
01:00:53,200 --> 01:00:56,560
Speaker 1: a little interesting? And he's a team player, said, no problem,

1384
01:00:56,640 --> 01:00:58,960
Speaker 1: I got you. You suck at this anyway, I'll probably win,

1385
01:00:59,240 --> 01:01:02,280
Speaker 1: so thank you. So yeah, so it was gonna be

1386
01:01:02,520 --> 01:01:04,480
Speaker 1: like it was gonna be overall no matter what happened,

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01:01:04,520 --> 01:01:07,320
Speaker 1: but at least we have some intrigue tonight in the

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01:01:07,360 --> 01:01:12,000
Speaker 1: Lakers Sixers. So go Lakers to continue this, otherwise I

1389
01:01:12,040 --> 01:01:14,800
Speaker 1: will be paying off January's pick them loss. It's looking

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01:01:14,880 --> 01:01:16,560
Speaker 1: like I will be. It's gonna be one of the

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01:01:16,560 --> 01:01:18,360
Speaker 1: weirder ones we've ever done, but we're gonna have some

1392
01:01:18,400 --> 01:01:21,480
Speaker 1: fun with it. Four games on tonight, Lakers six Ers

1393
01:01:21,480 --> 01:01:26,080
Speaker 1: on TNT Bucks, Blazers, Oh, Damian Lillard in Portland. Then

1394
01:01:26,080 --> 01:01:29,720
Speaker 1: we got Rocket Talks Jazz Warriors. So late night again,

1395
01:01:29,760 --> 01:01:33,560
Speaker 1: probably the perfect time tomorrow to make our All Star selections.

1396
01:01:34,400 --> 01:01:36,880
Speaker 1: The ten starters they're announced. We'll go over those you

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01:01:37,000 --> 01:01:41,320
Speaker 1: know them, but then we'll pick the other fourteen reserves.

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01:01:41,960 --> 01:01:43,320
Speaker 1: It took me a second and do them at there.

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01:01:43,600 --> 01:01:47,120
Speaker 1: All right, Yeah, that's right, but I wasn't confident about

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01:01:47,120 --> 01:01:50,480
Speaker 1: it when I said it. Still figuring, all right, So

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Speaker 1: join us tomorrow and hey, if you enjoy today's show,

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Speaker 4: Thanks for joining us.

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01:02:05,520 --> 01:02:09,360
Speaker 3: And remember Atlanta Hawks, they're playing the rescheduled game because

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01:02:09,360 --> 01:02:13,240
Speaker 3: of the snowstorm here in Atlanta hosting the Houston Rockets.

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01:02:13,880 --> 01:02:17,040
Speaker 3: You want to play all your players Atlanta, Trey Young's

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01:02:17,120 --> 01:02:20,400
Speaker 3: day to day, Dyson Daniels day to day, Jayleen Johnson

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01:02:20,720 --> 01:02:24,880
Speaker 3: probably play Jellen Green has a head injury.

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01:02:25,080 --> 01:02:27,840
Speaker 1: From both that's gonna be a weird game to night. Yeah, Houston,

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01:02:27,920 --> 01:02:32,200
Speaker 1: coming from Boston, Atlanta coming from Minnesota right back that

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01:02:33,320 --> 01:02:36,560
Speaker 1: this might be a Yeah, baby, are you going Fortress?

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01:02:36,680 --> 01:02:37,000
Speaker 4: I am.

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01:02:37,040 --> 01:02:40,520
Speaker 3: I've seen Daiquon Plowden hit shots in person and two

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01:02:40,600 --> 01:02:43,640
Speaker 3: different arenas. It might happen again because I've seen him

1419
01:02:43,640 --> 01:02:46,720
Speaker 3: play for the league team, I've seen him play for

1420
01:02:46,760 --> 01:02:50,440
Speaker 3: the big club. Might happen again, but let me know.

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01:02:50,480 --> 01:02:51,280
Speaker 3: Atlanta will be down.

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01:02:51,240 --> 01:02:53,840
Speaker 1: There, you know, keep an eye for tasking the fortress

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Speaker 1: to night. Everybody embrace the day.