WEBVTT - The Opening Of Free Agency Was Largely Disappointing

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<v Speaker 1>So free agency has come and basically gone, and it

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<v Speaker 1>was it wasn't It wasn't great. Let's be real, like

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<v Speaker 1>it was a little underwhelming.

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<v Speaker 2>All of the Dame news kind of dominated the trade

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<v Speaker 2>deadline or the free agency moratorium. We all remember twenty

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<v Speaker 2>nineteen only the glory days. Seven All Stars in twenty

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<v Speaker 2>nineteen changed teams via free agency. Many of them changed

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<v Speaker 2>teams in the middle of summer league this year just

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<v Speaker 2>won a fringe All Star in Fred van Fleet, who

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<v Speaker 2>got an egregious.

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<v Speaker 1>Amount of money in Houston.

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<v Speaker 2>I want everyone to get overpaid, but boy, oh boy,

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<v Speaker 2>is forty something million dollars a year for Fred van

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<v Speaker 2>Fleet a lot of money. No less than eight teams

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<v Speaker 2>had max or near max money to spend. Three others

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<v Speaker 2>could have made up and got into a max money

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<v Speaker 2>to spend by not resigning their players. A full third

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<v Speaker 2>of the league had MAX money available for free agents.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know what they did. They did absolutely nothing nothing.

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<v Speaker 1>What's going on.

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<v Speaker 2>Free agency is dead, long lived trade season, long live tampering.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what's going on. The athletics. John Hollinger, who I

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<v Speaker 1>really like a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>He's brilliant. He wrote an equally brilliant article that summed

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<v Speaker 2>up pretty much my thoughts on the death of free agency.

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<v Speaker 2>He pointed out that everyone is pointing out the new

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<v Speaker 2>CBA as a reason that there aren't flashy free agent.

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<v Speaker 1>Moves like there once was, and.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, though it was the last CBA that we

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<v Speaker 2>are reaping the terrible benefits from CBA loosen restrictions on

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<v Speaker 2>expiring contracts and brought us into the era of the

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<v Speaker 2>Supermax extension, and as a result, no one wants to

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<v Speaker 2>leave because the extension is too big, which is why

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<v Speaker 2>going back, I don't give a fuck how they treat

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<v Speaker 2>the Damian Lillard trade, because if we have two hundred

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<v Speaker 2>and ninety million dollars to pay over five years to Shaden,

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<v Speaker 2>it'll probably be like three hundred and eighty million dollars

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<v Speaker 2>by the time he's a free agent. You're like, well,

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<v Speaker 2>it's either three eighty or one twenty. I guess I'll stay.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll guess I stay. So that was how that CBA works,

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<v Speaker 2>is that you get the Supermax extension only from the

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<v Speaker 2>team that drafts you, and they can't trade you for

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<v Speaker 2>another full twelve months, and as a result, no superstars

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<v Speaker 2>even reach free agency anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>They say, well, you know what I'll do, I'll just

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<v Speaker 1>sign the Supermax and then and a.

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<v Speaker 2>Year I'll ask out, look at Dame sixty million a

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<v Speaker 2>year asks out literally one year later.

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<v Speaker 1>Twenty nineteen was the last gasp of the old free

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<v Speaker 1>agent world. This season, the only teams to.

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<v Speaker 2>Not adjust to the new reality were Houston, who signed

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<v Speaker 2>Van Fleet and Dylan Brooks to big contracts but listen,

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<v Speaker 2>they're desperate, and Toronto, who bizarrely acts like losing free

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<v Speaker 2>agency for nothing is like what they're supposed to do.

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<v Speaker 1>That's like, well, that's what it is.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, this is like we just don't trade them when

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<v Speaker 2>they're on an expiring and then they leave for nothing.

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<v Speaker 1>That's like, that's it, that's how it goes.

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<v Speaker 2>Instead, though, we got teams like Indiana who used a

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<v Speaker 2>ton of cap space to buy and purchase or sign

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<v Speaker 2>Bruce Brown, the bello of the ball, and everybody was like,

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<v Speaker 2>why why is Bruce Brown getting over twenty million dollars

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<v Speaker 2>per year from the Indiana Pacers.

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<v Speaker 1>But here's where it gets really interesting.

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<v Speaker 2>Cap space rules and the new CBA is how we

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<v Speaker 2>got to that signing. Got to give a little love

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<v Speaker 2>to Chad Buchanan GM for the Indiana Pacers.

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<v Speaker 1>Very smart guy makes very shrewd moves.

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<v Speaker 2>So he signs Bruce Brown on a two year deal,

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<v Speaker 2>but get this team option in the second year, Babe,

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<v Speaker 2>which means that Bruce Brown is only on a one year,

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<v Speaker 2>which means he's on an expiring which means what he's

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<v Speaker 2>a trade chip.

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<v Speaker 1>He's a twenty million dollar trade.

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<v Speaker 2>Chip, which gets you either multiple pieces back, or it

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<v Speaker 2>gets you another valuable piece that you actually.

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<v Speaker 1>Think is worth twenty million in return.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe you send him to a contender at the deadline

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<v Speaker 2>and thinks that Bruce Brown's the final piece.

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<v Speaker 1>For them to win a chip.

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<v Speaker 2>Orlando did a similar thing with Joe ingles very smart,

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<v Speaker 2>very enticing moves. They're basically just racking up and using

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<v Speaker 2>their cap space to create a little war chest. Hollinger

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<v Speaker 2>said it best. Cap space isn't cool anymore. The dream

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<v Speaker 2>of an all star free agent signing is impossible if

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<v Speaker 2>none of them ever become free agents in the first place.

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<v Speaker 2>As a result, teams will need to think a lot

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<v Speaker 2>more strategically about what max type cap room even means anymore,

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<v Speaker 2>and what options are truly viable for franchises in that position.

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<v Speaker 2>Many of them got fifty cents on their cap room

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<v Speaker 2>dollar this year, and with so few genuine stars hitting

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<v Speaker 2>free agency, I'm not sure the ROI is even gonna

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<v Speaker 2>improve in coming seasons. I agree that being said, this

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<v Speaker 2>new free agency was kind of fun, nonetheless, because.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a lot more strategic.

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<v Speaker 2>When you got guys signing Bruce Brown a twenty million dollars,

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<v Speaker 2>you're like, who are they targeting? Like, who do you

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<v Speaker 2>want that's getting paid twenty million dollars? Do you want

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<v Speaker 2>a traded player exception for.

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<v Speaker 1>Next off season? What are you up to? Because you're

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<v Speaker 1>up to something.

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<v Speaker 2>When it was just free agents getting paid max money

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<v Speaker 2>and you knew that they wanted them and then they

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<v Speaker 2>sign them, that's kind of boring.

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<v Speaker 1>This is like Game of Thrones.

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<v Speaker 2>That being said, I think that's gonna make parody and

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<v Speaker 2>strategy and brilliance even.

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<v Speaker 1>More paramount moving forward.

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<v Speaker 2>So what I want to do is go over to

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<v Speaker 2>who I think make good moves, who I think made

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<v Speaker 2>moves that I'm not so sure are good, but they

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<v Speaker 2>were moves, and then strange.

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<v Speaker 1>Moves that I think are pretty bad.

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<v Speaker 2>I think they're pretty bad moves, but I could be wrong,

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<v Speaker 2>and then like can't judge it moves, Let's start with

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<v Speaker 2>the good moves. We gave a little shine to him.

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<v Speaker 2>The Indiana Pacers, they lead the list.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know how my guy buck chab you can

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<v Speaker 1>and keeps flying under the radar.

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<v Speaker 2>But what he's doing in Indiana is really, really interesting.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll do a full segment on the full ways that

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<v Speaker 2>he's revamped this roster with just a few different trades

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<v Speaker 2>and in the draft. But Pacers won free agency and

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<v Speaker 2>the draft in a huge way for starters. They give

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<v Speaker 2>Tyrese Haliburt in the absolute bag five years, fun max

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<v Speaker 2>two hundred and nine million. I think he deserves every cent.

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<v Speaker 2>He might be the best passing point guard in the NBA.

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<v Speaker 2>He is electric. He's the kind of superstar that you

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<v Speaker 2>want to build your franchise around. A loyal one cough cough,

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<v Speaker 2>alert to dame. Love him for this team. Seems like

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<v Speaker 2>he loves the Midwest, and I think you building around

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<v Speaker 2>a true point guard who, even though his shot is

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<v Speaker 2>a little funny to look at, it's still pure and

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<v Speaker 2>he can make his teammates better. That's very rare these days.

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<v Speaker 2>But the Pacers were not done. They signed Bruce Brown

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<v Speaker 2>two years, forty five million dollars. I explained why they

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<v Speaker 2>did this second year is a team option. This is

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<v Speaker 2>super strategic. It's a hell of a payday for a

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<v Speaker 2>guy who was just making six million, but they are

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<v Speaker 2>up to something Bruce Brown as a as a whole,

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<v Speaker 2>and also on top of that, the Pacers needed to

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<v Speaker 2>sign someone for that amount because of the luck, because

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<v Speaker 2>of the cap floor. Otherwise than you end up losing money.

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<v Speaker 2>Back to Bruce Brown that he can shoot, he can rebound,

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<v Speaker 2>he can pass. It's not uncommon for him for him

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<v Speaker 2>to have nine rebounds and ten assists or eighteen points,

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<v Speaker 2>seven rebounds, seven assists.

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<v Speaker 1>He can do a little bit of everything.

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<v Speaker 2>He can play one through five, he can defend one

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<v Speaker 2>through five.

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<v Speaker 1>Legit six' four, guy the guy that played small.

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<v Speaker 2>Five that's What brooklyn did with, them played him in

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<v Speaker 2>the playoffs as a small ball five or as a.

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<v Speaker 1>Four just one of the Best swiss army knives in the.

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<v Speaker 1>LEAGUE i really like.

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<v Speaker 2>Him and then The pacers go out and get another athletic,

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<v Speaker 2>Guy Obi. Toppin oh B toppin' a no Stopping Obi.

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<v Speaker 2>Toppin so they end up getting him for two second

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<v Speaker 2>round picks from The. Knicks by the, Way Obi topen

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<v Speaker 2>was a lottery. Player he can hit, threes athletic as,

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<v Speaker 2>Hell he's versatile on offense and on, defense and he.

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<v Speaker 1>Never really got a real role In New. York we

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<v Speaker 1>don't even know what he can.

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<v Speaker 2>Do we have no, idea and now he has a

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<v Speaker 2>shot to be in the rotation in a major. Way

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<v Speaker 2>he gets to play Alongside Miles turner in the front,

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<v Speaker 2>court which helps him a, lot helps his ability to

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<v Speaker 2>get to the rim while also helping Out Obi toppin's defensive.

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<v Speaker 2>Deficiencies The pacers are gonna be a. Problem The pacers

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<v Speaker 2>will be this. Year Sacramento. Kings i'm not saying they're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be the third team in The, east so pump your.

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<v Speaker 2>Brakes BUT i think they're a playoff, team AND i

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<v Speaker 2>think in the first round they make things difficult for

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<v Speaker 2>whoever they, play and they're fun and they're, young and

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<v Speaker 2>they're building something. Real and next year they're gonna even

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<v Speaker 2>have more cap, space so maybe.

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<v Speaker 1>They'll sign.

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<v Speaker 2>Some other role player for two years and forty five million.

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<v Speaker 2>DOLLARS i think the draft picks With Shepard Jeris walker

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<v Speaker 2>on top Of Ben matherin And Andrew nemhard from last.

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<v Speaker 2>Year is gonna be a fun ass watch this team's

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<v Speaker 2>super Young hallagu's twenty, Three mattherin's twenty, One nemhar twenty,

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<v Speaker 2>three top and twenty, Five Jeris walker, Nineteen Jordan noara twenty,

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<v Speaker 2>four Aaron Ne smith twenty, Three Jalen smith twenty, Three

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<v Speaker 2>Isaiah jackson twenty.

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<v Speaker 1>ONE i, mean they only have a.

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<v Speaker 2>Couple of guys with any age on the, roster and

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<v Speaker 2>they're just kind of. CHILLING tj, McConnell Buddy, healed And Daniel.

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<v Speaker 2>Thics we know what they. Are don't worry about. Them

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<v Speaker 2>they're gonna be gone at some point. SOON i need

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<v Speaker 2>to think about just just trade. Pieces trade, pieces some

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<v Speaker 2>kind of expensive ones. Too you Package Daniel, TICE tj

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<v Speaker 2>McConnell And Bruce brown and all of a, sudden you

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<v Speaker 2>got yourself forty million in a.

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<v Speaker 1>Trade see What i'm. Saying, anyway let's move forward With.

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<v Speaker 2>SACRAMENTO i think they had one of the best free

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<v Speaker 2>agent seasons as. WELL i know that a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>fans that are very sad that this team did not

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<v Speaker 2>Get Kyle. Kuzma do not Trip Harrison barnes at eighteen

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<v Speaker 2>million is a. Steal you Give Dea sabonis two hundred

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<v Speaker 2>and seventeen million dollar, extension and now you know you've

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<v Speaker 2>locked down your center for the. Future you've made him,

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<v Speaker 2>Happy you've kept him. Comfortable and speaking of keeping him,

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<v Speaker 2>comfortable you do a deal with The Indiana pacers to

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<v Speaker 2>bring his homie, In Chris, warte one of the guys

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<v Speaker 2>who SHOT i think forty percent on catching shoot threes

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<v Speaker 2>From Demona.

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<v Speaker 1>Sabonis that is.

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<v Speaker 2>A ton of. Stability that is a ton of respect

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<v Speaker 2>for your star. Player on top of, that there are

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<v Speaker 2>people who are, saying, well you didn't need to Pay

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<v Speaker 2>sabonis that much.

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<v Speaker 1>Money you. Didn't you can't even to take. It it,

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<v Speaker 1>like get out of. Here this Is.

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<v Speaker 2>Sacramento don't you understand how small markets. Are you must

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<v Speaker 2>overpay your. Superstars that's how it. Is, then on top of,

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<v Speaker 2>that the big free agent Signing Sasha. Vzenkov he signs

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<v Speaker 2>a three, year twenty million dollar deal to bring him

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<v Speaker 2>over From, europe where he was the Reigning EuroLeague, mvp

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<v Speaker 2>the Raining European player of The year this past season

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<v Speaker 2>eighteen seven and two forty percent from Three that doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>that make your whistle wet?

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<v Speaker 1>Pause six' nine? Forward?

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<v Speaker 2>Pause nice he's only, twenty eight he's in the prime of.

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<v Speaker 1>His career adds depth to a team that could.

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<v Speaker 2>Use it, they ALSO like, i Said Get harrison, Barnes

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<v Speaker 2>Back trey, Lyles back alex lenn, comes back gives them

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<v Speaker 2>dempth at the center position they Move Or sean holmes

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<v Speaker 2>so that they can do the Deal, for SABONUS which

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<v Speaker 2>i like.

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<v Speaker 1>AS well i like the draft picks that.

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<v Speaker 2>They've add this has just been, very exciting, very exciting,

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<v Speaker 2>very INTRIGUING and I think minni McNair's. NOT done i

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<v Speaker 2>think there's even more.

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<v Speaker 1>To do you just have to. Stay tuned HE'S the

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<v Speaker 1>gm Of the year for.

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<v Speaker 2>A reason up next Is The. MEMPHIS grizzlies i think

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<v Speaker 2>they Also did.

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<v Speaker 1>Tremenda's job it's not easy.

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<v Speaker 2>When you've got issues in the clubhouse to try to,

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<v Speaker 2>make moves but they Bring In marcus smart first and

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<v Speaker 2>foremost before free agency even.

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<v Speaker 1>Really begins in, the trade.

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<v Speaker 2>Which is to bring veteran leadership, and tough gritty persona

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<v Speaker 2>to really be the, big dog big Og To. John

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<v Speaker 2>moran They Signed desmond bane to a five year two

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<v Speaker 2>hundred and seven million, dollar EXTENSION which i. Absolutely like

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<v Speaker 2>if you Don't Like, desmond bane you Don't. KNOW hoops

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<v Speaker 2>i do not care about his negative wingspand he is

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<v Speaker 2>a very. Tough defender he shoots from he shoots well

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<v Speaker 2>from three.

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<v Speaker 1>Pull ups he can do a little bit.

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<v Speaker 2>Of everything he, can slash he, Can rebound he's a pretty,

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<v Speaker 2>good playmaker and he's. The backbone he's a very very good.

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<v Speaker 2>Culture guy they also.

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<v Speaker 1>Add another veteran voice in the locker Room In. Derek Rose.

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<v Speaker 2>Derreck rose is not the player that he once was after,

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<v Speaker 2>the surgery but he can still give you ten to

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<v Speaker 2>fifteen minutes of. Decent play he's a good presence for

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<v Speaker 2>the team that has. Lacked leadership rose returning home is a,

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<v Speaker 2>great story a good symmetry. FOR him i think it's

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<v Speaker 2>a very underrated signing during the free. Agency period and

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<v Speaker 2>they Also Add josh christopher in a deal that was

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<v Speaker 2>part Of the chucker brigade that was In. H town

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<v Speaker 2>I Like josh christopher coming off. The bench he's a

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<v Speaker 2>buck getter and he's also a Friend Of. John morant's

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<v Speaker 2>but the TEAM that i think made wine out of

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<v Speaker 2>water really like more like wine out of urine Is The.

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<v Speaker 2>PHOENIX suns i did not know how it was gonna

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<v Speaker 2>be possible for them to fill this, roster out but.

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<v Speaker 1>They did this is a team that add absolutely no.

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<v Speaker 2>Wiggle room it was just vet minimum after, vet minimum

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<v Speaker 2>AND so i, was like who are you really gonna?

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<v Speaker 1>Get though what are you? Gonna?

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<v Speaker 2>Do okay and what do? They do they put their

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<v Speaker 2>hard hats on and they got. To Work matt ishbia

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<v Speaker 2>put the team over the second apron with only six guys,

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<v Speaker 2>under contract and they needed to figure, it.

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<v Speaker 1>Out how do we pull the rabbit out of?

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<v Speaker 2>Our Hat And james jones absolutely found. A way They

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<v Speaker 2>Add Utah, Watton Nabe, Chimezi Metu, Kita Bates Dop drew

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<v Speaker 2>Eubegs and Eric.

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<v Speaker 1>Fucking gordon.

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<v Speaker 2>Four of those five guys tall, as hell, have upsides,

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<v Speaker 2>aren't pricey all can shoot and space. The Floor eric

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<v Speaker 2>gordon is a three. POINT sniper i love the fact

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<v Speaker 2>that they. Did This Utah watt nabe would have gotten

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<v Speaker 2>so much more money if he didn't love Playing With.

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<v Speaker 1>Kevin durant he is six'.

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<v Speaker 2>Eight versatile wing he led the league last year in

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<v Speaker 2>three point percentage and affective. Field goal percentage.

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<v Speaker 1>Katie loves him. He loves kd he can play.

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<v Speaker 2>Defense on and. Off the ball, he can rebound he

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<v Speaker 2>can do all. The little things one. Out of player

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<v Speaker 2>he's a. Good ass dude. People love him he comes

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<v Speaker 2>to the team on a vetmin. On a vetmin do

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<v Speaker 2>You Think Anyone utah watt nabi Included comes to portland

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<v Speaker 2>on A Vetmin.

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<v Speaker 1>For, damian lillard no the. Answer is no Speaking, Of

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<v Speaker 1>The blazers drew.

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<v Speaker 2>EUBANKS dips out i think he saw the, plane crash

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<v Speaker 2>coming ended up getting his little parachute And. Flying to,

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<v Speaker 2>phoenix six', ten another undervalue. Player legit backup center he can.

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<v Speaker 2>Start center if, needed he can. Score he can rebound,

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<v Speaker 2>he's very. Fucking tough very gritty he can. Shoot for

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<v Speaker 2>a center he can shoot thirty. Eight percent from three.

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<v Speaker 2>He's an intense dude he's gonna bring. Fire to the

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<v Speaker 2>team he's gonna. Show up every Day Maybe he'll muscle

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<v Speaker 2>DeAndre ayton a. Little bit in practice he was on

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<v Speaker 2>multiple ten days and got a legit spot on The.

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<v Speaker 2>Rotation For The blazers even eric gordon is a great

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<v Speaker 2>veteran to. Lead the second unit he's gonna probably get

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<v Speaker 2>some closing. Minutes in the playoff he's gonna be the

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<v Speaker 2>guy that can get you a bunch of. Threes in

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<v Speaker 2>the corner. That's what he Does, He's big shot Bob.

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<v Speaker 1>He's big.

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<v Speaker 2>SHOT gordon that's him i don't even know, why they

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<v Speaker 2>did it.

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<v Speaker 1>But they did it