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Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. Hello and welcome,

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Speaker 1: ladies and gentlemen. Straight Fire Jason McIntyre, Tuesday, March twenty three,

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Speaker 1: A fun Monday of college basketball. I hope you guys

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Speaker 1: did what I did. Basically PLoP down on the couch

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Speaker 1: around nine am Pacific and then plant yourself in front

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Speaker 1: of the TV the entire day, devouring what turned out

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Speaker 1: to be a lot of bad college basketball kings one

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Speaker 1: game decided by single digits will dive in a little

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Speaker 1: deeper in a moment. I do want to set it

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Speaker 1: up though, a little Later in the podcast, Rob g

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Speaker 1: keeps telling me that there are some interesting trade rumors

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Speaker 1: swirling in the NBA. Apparently Aaron Gordon is saying, get

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Speaker 1: me the hell out of Orlando. Whoever wants to get

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Speaker 1: out of Orlando? I mean, goodness, gracious, isn't Orlando the

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Speaker 1: I've got a lot of relatives in Orlando, beautiful city. Um,

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Speaker 1: just not in the summer. But we'll get to the

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Speaker 1: NBA in a minute. I have to start with the

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Speaker 1: n C A tournament. And you know, one number basically

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Speaker 1: and that number is nine and one, because that is

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Speaker 1: what the Pack twelve is. Through the first two rounds

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Speaker 1: of the tournament, a staggering number sixteen teams are left.

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Speaker 1: Four of them are from the Pack twelve. That's unheard of.

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Speaker 1: The Pack twelve is usually a laughing stock come March.

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Speaker 1: They haven't done. They rarely do damage. I don't think

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Speaker 1: a team west of the Mississippi has won a title

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Speaker 1: late nineties. Uh. You know, Gonzaga could break that streak

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Speaker 1: this year, but they're not in the Pack twelve. What

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Speaker 1: Oregon just stomping out a plodding slow Iowa team, USC

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Speaker 1: handing Kansas it's worst college basketball postseason loss ever ever, USC,

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Speaker 1: What the hell is going on here? Now? I will say,

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Speaker 1: let me take the time to pat myself on the back.

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Speaker 1: Hope I don't pull a shoulder muscle. So Fox Sports

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Speaker 1: has me picking every single game of the n c

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Speaker 1: A Tournament against the spread. Folks, your boy went seven

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Speaker 1: and one against the spread on Monday. And if you remember,

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Speaker 1: I talked last week on the podcast about I was

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Speaker 1: in a Calcutta big money and I started bidding on

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Speaker 1: a bunch of packed twelve teams. And the guy who's

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Speaker 1: hosting it, the guy Jeff Ma, who was the impetus

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Speaker 1: behind that movie twenty one, the movie where the college

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Speaker 1: kids go out to Vegas and gamble and count cards.

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Speaker 1: Blah blah blah. Jeff Ma is taking shots at me. Oh,

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Speaker 1: Jason McIntyre, little West Coast bias, now that you're in California,

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Speaker 1: because I was bidding on ore again in in USC

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Speaker 1: getting those teams because I was outbid, But I'm out

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Speaker 1: and throughout the season you could tell they were building

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Speaker 1: the Pac twelve tournament. But it finally hit me Monday night,

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Speaker 1: reigning threes. They were like Steph Curry out there. They're

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Speaker 1: dynamic on the wings. The guards. Merril couldn't stay in

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Speaker 1: and you know everything is cyclical in life. Okay, the

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Speaker 1: blue Bloods have been on top for a long time.

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Speaker 1: It feels like Coach K and Duke are at a crossroads.

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Speaker 1: How much longer does he hang around? This is a

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Speaker 1: roy has had a great run. Duke coach k is

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Speaker 1: It's time to bring in some new blood because it's

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Speaker 1: clear the Pac twelve has some of the best young

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Speaker 1: don't see Kansas take thirty four point els. Okay, Kansas,

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Speaker 1: This has shades of what Shaka Smart did at UH

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Speaker 1: And I'm super impressed with what's going on at Loyola.

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Speaker 1: They honestly, folks, Uh, they were legit Final four opportunity

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Speaker 1: that kind of wraps up opening weekend. Rob G I

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Speaker 1: am curious. I know you're not the biggest college basketball fan,

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Speaker 1: like you said, the game games weren't good. That was

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Speaker 1: because he wants. Let's humor him and just quickly, I

425
00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:48,080
Speaker 1: look at the Remember he's a point guard. If you

426
00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:51,600
Speaker 1: paid a point guard twenty mill, he's got to be starting. Okay,

427
00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:54,920
Speaker 1: you tell me. So. If you're getting twenty mill, you're

428
00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:58,480
Speaker 1: probably the number two player on a team, right, Yes,

429
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Speaker 1: Not a lot of teams are paying their third best

430
00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:03,760
Speaker 1: player twenty mill. Okay, So I'm just gonna well, this

431
00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:06,520
Speaker 1: will be quick, will not take long. Seventy sixers are

432
00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:10,040
Speaker 1: they taking on Alonzo Ball at twenty mill? No? Are

433
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Speaker 1: the Brooklyn Nets? No? Are the Milwaukee Bucks. No are

434
00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:19,879
Speaker 1: the Miami Heat? No Atlanta Hawks who have Trede Young? Yes?

435
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Speaker 1: And the reason, the reason why I say yes. The

436
00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:26,399
Speaker 1: reason why I say yes is because in the Athletic

437
00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:28,480
Speaker 1: which which had a lot of this broken down, the

438
00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:30,720
Speaker 1: Hawks were mentioned as a team that's interested in getting

439
00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:36,520
Speaker 1: it and pay John Collins. And the reason being is

440
00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:38,800
Speaker 1: because they don't think they're gonna keep John Collins because

441
00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:40,080
Speaker 1: they have a glut of big men all of a

442
00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:44,520
Speaker 1: sudden after drafting that kid from US see what yeah,

443
00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:48,720
Speaker 1: what who's their center's name? And Compella has been doing

444
00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:51,359
Speaker 1: and DeAndre Hunter might be able to play with small

445
00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:53,320
Speaker 1: ball force and they don't really need another big man,

446
00:24:53,359 --> 00:24:57,440
Speaker 1: and so they're they're thinking, allegedly, is that they could

447
00:24:57,440 --> 00:25:01,000
Speaker 1: have a Lonzo be the point at certain respects and

448
00:25:01,119 --> 00:25:02,840
Speaker 1: get Trey off the ball more, which is the whole

449
00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:04,960
Speaker 1: reason they brought in Region Rondo was to do the

450
00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:06,600
Speaker 1: kind of same kind of thing. The difference is that

451
00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:10,000
Speaker 1: Alonzo Ball can shoot. I'm like Region Rondo. Oh gosh,

452
00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:12,560
Speaker 1: he's had one good season shooting in the contract here,

453
00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:16,080
Speaker 1: good luck paying that. Um that some other guys that

454
00:25:16,119 --> 00:25:19,960
Speaker 1: you brought up, Shark, Charlotte Horn, Waite, other what well,

455
00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,800
Speaker 1: there's other the names that you brought up earlier in wait, wait,

456
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Speaker 1: I want to get through Alonzo real quickly. Charlotte Hornet's

457
00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:27,800
Speaker 1: obviously not that's that's a pipe and there's no way

458
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Speaker 1: Jordan is doing that unless you want to. Yeah, and

459
00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:35,480
Speaker 1: they've already got uh Rogier Graham, Malik Monk is playing well. Celtics,

460
00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:39,600
Speaker 1: No Chicago Bulls. I personally don't see it. The GM

461
00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:42,439
Speaker 1: is like a European dude. I would with them if

462
00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:46,120
Speaker 1: I was there. Kobe White, Kobe White's not very good.

463
00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:50,359
Speaker 1: What he's cheaper? And what's them wins? Between Kobe White

464
00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:53,880
Speaker 1: and Alonzo Ball? Oh my gosh, you are Alonzo fan

465
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Speaker 1: rob No. I don't think he's bad. I don't. I

466
00:25:56,280 --> 00:25:58,480
Speaker 1: don't think he's that great. But I don't think he's

467
00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:00,480
Speaker 1: bad either. I think he's better on a good team

468
00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:02,520
Speaker 1: than he is on a bad team. Right, but the

469
00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:06,960
Speaker 1: good teams ain't paying him twenty mill Like maybe what

470
00:26:07,119 --> 00:26:09,840
Speaker 1: his move is is take a one year deal, go

471
00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:13,000
Speaker 1: to a good team for like ten million dollars, win

472
00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:15,879
Speaker 1: a ring or get close to it, show your value

473
00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:17,399
Speaker 1: on a good team, and then somebody will pay you.

474
00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:19,840
Speaker 1: Because like the Indiana Pacers have Brogdon, they're not paying him.

475
00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:21,800
Speaker 1: The Raptors have Van Fleet, They're not paying him. The

476
00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:25,520
Speaker 1: Calves have all guards Garlands Sexton, they're not paying him.

477
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Speaker 1: The Wizards no way, they can't afford it. They have

478
00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:32,359
Speaker 1: Beal Westbrook that no Orlando Magic. I think they invested

479
00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:35,320
Speaker 1: in faults, didn't they? And the Detroit Pistons are the

480
00:26:35,359 --> 00:26:38,159
Speaker 1: only other option and they're totally rebuilding and there is

481
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Speaker 1: no way on earth of all the players are gonna give.

482
00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:43,439
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a Lonzo Ball. So then you go

483
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Speaker 1: to the West and it's like Jazz no way, Conley

484
00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:50,959
Speaker 1: Sons nope, Lakers nope, Clippers nope, Nuggets uh want him,

485
00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:52,320
Speaker 1: but they don't have the assets to get it. It's

486
00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:55,479
Speaker 1: the problem. Yeah, I'm sure Lonzo would love to come

487
00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:58,800
Speaker 1: back to l a uh, Portland Troll Blazers, ha, san

488
00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:01,920
Speaker 1: Antonio Spurs no way, would Pop if you ever take him,

489
00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:08,280
Speaker 1: Dallas Mavericks no shot. Golden State Warriors Nope what what? Yes?

490
00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:10,840
Speaker 1: You keep saying no to these teams that are reportedly

491
00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:13,080
Speaker 1: in on him. One of them is Golden State. So

492
00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:15,879
Speaker 1: Golden State did not want to draft LaMelo Ball, but

493
00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:18,760
Speaker 1: they're gonna trade for a Lonzo I'm just telling you

494
00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:21,080
Speaker 1: what's being reported. They're in on him because he's a

495
00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:24,399
Speaker 1: ball mover, he can defend, and he's interchangeable with Steph Curry.

496
00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:26,639
Speaker 1: The Steph Curry Tray Young thing is kind of the

497
00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:29,680
Speaker 1: same thing, where they're just as good, probably even better

498
00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:32,879
Speaker 1: off the ball than they are on the ball. Steph

499
00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:35,960
Speaker 1: Curry is not a Curry Tray young thing like they're

500
00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:40,399
Speaker 1: group together. There's levels, there's levels. Obviously you know Steph

501
00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:42,439
Speaker 1: is a much higher level player. But okay, even you

502
00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:44,360
Speaker 1: can admit that Steps at his best when he's coming

503
00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:47,200
Speaker 1: down pin downs and on off back screens and flaring

504
00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:48,800
Speaker 1: out to the three point line, not when he has

505
00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:50,919
Speaker 1: to do a high pick and roll and pass it

506
00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:54,239
Speaker 1: down to Draymond Green. Guess the problem is when you

507
00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:56,160
Speaker 1: have to give up assets for a guy who's gonna

508
00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:58,040
Speaker 1: want twenty mil, and you're not paying him twenty mil

509
00:27:58,119 --> 00:28:00,800
Speaker 1: next year because you got Clay coming back and you

510
00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:03,520
Speaker 1: have that Minnesota Timberwolves pick, which could be like four

511
00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:06,120
Speaker 1: or five or six or whatever. Um, yeah, I don't

512
00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:08,159
Speaker 1: see that. So then you, by the way, Rob, we

513
00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:10,120
Speaker 1: could throw all these teams like the Thunder. All they're

514
00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:12,080
Speaker 1: doing is stockpiling picks. They don't want to give anybody

515
00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:15,280
Speaker 1: twenty Mill, the Sacramento Kings have Dear and Fox, the

516
00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:17,639
Speaker 1: Rockets are doing the same thing, they're bottoming out, and

517
00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:21,040
Speaker 1: the Timberwolves have D'Angelo Russell. So I don't know who

518
00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:24,280
Speaker 1: these guys are speculating about Alonzo Ball. I would say

519
00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:27,960
Speaker 1: almost certainly he does not get traded. And let me

520
00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:30,359
Speaker 1: just make my theory here. Okay, you can laugh at me.

521
00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:35,480
Speaker 1: The media is in the game of clicks. I started

522
00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:39,240
Speaker 1: a website, Okay, I sold said website. I know that

523
00:28:39,280 --> 00:28:42,680
Speaker 1: clicks matter. At the end of the day. If the

524
00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:45,440
Speaker 1: clicks aren't there, the money's not coming in. And I'm

525
00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:48,120
Speaker 1: not just saying people are throwing up hypothetical Alonzo Ball

526
00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:51,720
Speaker 1: trades to get clicks. But for a guy who's about

527
00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:53,760
Speaker 1: to be a free agent, who has a big name

528
00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:56,040
Speaker 1: and had a brand coming into the league and people

529
00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:59,680
Speaker 1: are interested in him, Yeah, you put Alonzo's name out there,

530
00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:04,360
Speaker 1: it's gonna click. Now. I'm not saying it's untoward and

531
00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:08,240
Speaker 1: people are doing it maliciously, But who else is who?

532
00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:10,160
Speaker 1: What are the players are out there? I'm guarantee you

533
00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:13,360
Speaker 1: no bigness like John Collins. He probably would be a

534
00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:16,320
Speaker 1: bigger difference maker than a Lonzo at the trade deadline.

535
00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:21,120
Speaker 1: But nobody gives a ship about John Collins. Sorry John

536
00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:26,280
Speaker 1: Collins and player. But I took a ship on Kate

537
00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:29,040
Speaker 1: cunning And yesterday, and you followed what you said about

538
00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:32,080
Speaker 1: John Collins. People listen, good player, but again nobody cares

539
00:29:32,360 --> 00:29:34,400
Speaker 1: at any rate. Okay, go through the other guys available.

540
00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:36,280
Speaker 1: Let's see what we got. Okay, Now, most of this

541
00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:39,320
Speaker 1: is from the Athletic which is headed by Sham sharing you,

542
00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:42,680
Speaker 1: which is the most plugged in outside of Woes reporter

543
00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:45,080
Speaker 1: in basketball. So for you to kind of just assert

544
00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:46,560
Speaker 1: that maybe he's putting in for clicks, I don't know

545
00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:50,200
Speaker 1: if he's the concent who represents Shams. I don't know

546
00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:54,280
Speaker 1: who it is. Take a look into that, I see

547
00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:58,320
Speaker 1: if he's connected at all. So with a certain agency

548
00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:04,280
Speaker 1: that's connected with Navocarter's group. There are two big names

549
00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:06,000
Speaker 1: that seem like they could be on the movie, and

550
00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:07,200
Speaker 1: one of them, I'm glad that you brought it up

551
00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:09,960
Speaker 1: right in the beginning of this little segment is the

552
00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:14,200
Speaker 1: Boston Celtics, and Sam Amock was part of a group

553
00:30:14,240 --> 00:30:19,080
Speaker 1: that wrote this that Aaron Gordon wants out of Orlando,

554
00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:21,920
Speaker 1: not just because they're losing but because he wants to

555
00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:25,400
Speaker 1: go to a bigger market. Who does. He thinks that

556
00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:28,360
Speaker 1: his que rating in Orlando is suffering, so he wants

557
00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:31,959
Speaker 1: a large market with plenty of quote unquote branding opportunities.

558
00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:34,840
Speaker 1: By the way, time out. Who was the guy we

559
00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:38,760
Speaker 1: talked about yesterday, PJ Washington? Who's this woman he's dating?

560
00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:42,480
Speaker 1: This is a major celebrity, Brittany Renner. Right, Aaron Gordon

561
00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:44,520
Speaker 1: wants to go to a big market and start to

562
00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:48,120
Speaker 1: date a celebrity like Brittany Renner or like Tyler Hero

563
00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:51,200
Speaker 1: with his Instagram model. Yeah, Aaron Gordon is ready to

564
00:30:51,320 --> 00:30:53,680
Speaker 1: level up, get paid. I'll tell you now, I'll tell

565
00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:56,560
Speaker 1: you what right now? Though, on on the reel, Aaron

566
00:30:56,640 --> 00:30:59,520
Speaker 1: Gordon is could help somebody win a title this year

567
00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:02,800
Speaker 1: more than Lonzo Bowl could. Oh yeah, for sure, he's

568
00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:06,640
Speaker 1: a better great wing defender. Those are tough to come by.

569
00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:10,840
Speaker 1: And I mean, hell if if I'm the Celtics, damn

570
00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:14,360
Speaker 1: Are the Celtics linked to Aaron Gordon? Yes, And according

571
00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:17,400
Speaker 1: to the report, it's not just Aaron Gordon. It would

572
00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:21,160
Speaker 1: be Aaron Gordon and Evan Fournier. And Evan Fournier can

573
00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:23,280
Speaker 1: choose say what you will about the rest of his game,

574
00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:28,600
Speaker 1: but he can shoot. It's their trade exception and Marcus

575
00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:32,560
Speaker 1: Smart who so But if you're Boston and you just

576
00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:35,480
Speaker 1: mentioned right at the top, they're there struggling, to say

577
00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:37,560
Speaker 1: the least, so they need some kind of shakeup. And

578
00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:40,760
Speaker 1: if you can get Aaron Gordon and Evan Fournier with

579
00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:43,280
Speaker 1: only having to really give up Marcus smartens some picks

580
00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:45,800
Speaker 1: because the trade exception doesn't really even count as anything.

581
00:31:46,080 --> 00:31:48,480
Speaker 1: You know. Somebody wrote this recently and we did not.

582
00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:50,240
Speaker 1: We didn't make it a topic on here because I

583
00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:52,160
Speaker 1: think it was right before the nay. But somebody wrote

584
00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:55,520
Speaker 1: an article about how there's two distinct classes in the

585
00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:59,600
Speaker 1: NBA now, and I mean on the surface, trading Eron

586
00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:04,280
Speaker 1: Gore and Evan Fournier for money and Marcus Smart, Like,

587
00:32:04,320 --> 00:32:07,120
Speaker 1: what the hell is that? That's basically, Oh, we don't

588
00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:10,040
Speaker 1: want to end up paying the luxury tax, so um

589
00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:14,080
Speaker 1: us a billionaire owners. Yeah, we're gonna pocket the money.

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00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:16,640
Speaker 1: You know, That's basically what they're saying. Hey, Eron Gordon,

591
00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:18,239
Speaker 1: you had a good run, thanks for your service, but

592
00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:20,719
Speaker 1: good luck, right, I mean, what are they doing with that?

593
00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:23,040
Speaker 1: Would you think Marcus Smart is gonna be happy going

594
00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:26,400
Speaker 1: from contending, going what did Marcus Smart playing? Three or

595
00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:29,040
Speaker 1: four years? They've been in the Eastern Conference finals, and

596
00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:31,160
Speaker 1: I was gonna go to a bottom feeder in Orlando

597
00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:34,560
Speaker 1: Like that would be awful if I'm Marcus Smart. That

598
00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:39,720
Speaker 1: being said, um, holy hell, you're looking at Aaron Gordon,

599
00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:44,760
Speaker 1: Jason Tatum, Jalen Brown, Kemba Walker, and I guess Fournier,

600
00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:51,920
Speaker 1: Robert Robert Williams may really good against Brooklyn, Maxim good

601
00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:57,160
Speaker 1: against Brooklyn terribly. Well you put in Daniel these or

602
00:32:57,280 --> 00:32:59,480
Speaker 1: Robert Williams who's actually playing well, we picked him up

603
00:32:59,480 --> 00:33:01,840
Speaker 1: on our fantasy team. Um. I know you don't care

604
00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:05,239
Speaker 1: about that, but um yeah, that that that's a home

605
00:33:05,320 --> 00:33:07,280
Speaker 1: run if I'm the Celtics. I mean, Marcus Smart, though,

606
00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:09,240
Speaker 1: is the heart and soul of that locker room. I

607
00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:11,680
Speaker 1: don't know who the leader is now that locker rooms

608
00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:14,240
Speaker 1: gets interesting because they've gone through some leaders, right, Isaiah

609
00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:19,680
Speaker 1: Thomas shipped um, Kyrie Irving was thought to be the

610
00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:21,280
Speaker 1: heart and soul when he got traded there, he was

611
00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:24,440
Speaker 1: the leader, ran into problems with the young guys. Marcus

612
00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:28,400
Speaker 1: Smart now it's been there for a while. Um, that's

613
00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:32,600
Speaker 1: sounds like it's difficult and it's tough to quantify what

614
00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:36,840
Speaker 1: that means. But that's a spicy deal, Robgie. All right,

615
00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:39,120
Speaker 1: Aaron Gordon, what else you got? Well? The other big

616
00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:41,240
Speaker 1: one and I think this would be the most impactful

617
00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:44,800
Speaker 1: move if they can make it is Kyle Lowry. And

618
00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:48,560
Speaker 1: according to what's being reported, it's basically up to him

619
00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:50,520
Speaker 1: if he wants to get traded or not, you know,

620
00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:53,440
Speaker 1: because he's he's loyal to the soil in Toronto. He's

621
00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:56,080
Speaker 1: already come out and said, even even if I get traded,

622
00:33:56,080 --> 00:33:58,440
Speaker 1: I'm gonna retire as a raptor like he's He's one

623
00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:01,320
Speaker 1: of those kind of guys. And so the two teams

624
00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:04,360
Speaker 1: that are reportedly most interested in him are the Miami

625
00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:08,120
Speaker 1: Heat and the Philadelphia Seventies. Now, I already have the

626
00:34:08,120 --> 00:34:10,840
Speaker 1: Brooklyn Nets winning the Eastern Conference. I just think that

627
00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:13,560
Speaker 1: they're the best team. But if there was ever a

628
00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:16,920
Speaker 1: team that I think, if you add Kyle Lowry to

629
00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:20,640
Speaker 1: what they already have, that could almost tilt the balance

630
00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:23,360
Speaker 1: of power. I think if Philadelphia can get Kyle Lowry

631
00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:27,040
Speaker 1: with Ben Simmons and Joe l Embiid and keeping Seth Curry,

632
00:34:27,080 --> 00:34:29,680
Speaker 1: I think that he's the kind of guy that would

633
00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:33,160
Speaker 1: balance out their roster and give them exactly what they

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Speaker 1: do not have, which is a floor general and someone

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Speaker 1: who can make heavy plays. He's a much more consistent

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Speaker 1: shooter than Danny green I don't I think Danny Greene's

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Speaker 1: probably has a better clip because he's so streaky. But

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Speaker 1: Kyle Lowry could be the kind of guy if he

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Speaker 1: goes to Philadelphia that is the most impactful treating at

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Speaker 1: the deadline. Well, I'm just glad you didn't say the

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Speaker 1: Clippers because Kyle Lowry, who by the way, has had

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Speaker 1: a more than a handful of dirt. He fouls in

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Speaker 1: the last couple of years. Remember the Bubble He had

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00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:06,360
Speaker 1: told Aaron Gordon after a cheap shot. When Aaron Gordon's like,

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Speaker 1: what the f blah blah blah, trying to fight him,

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Speaker 1: Kyle Lowry said his room number. You could see the audio.

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Speaker 1: He's like, Yeah, come out of my room, come on.

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Speaker 1: Kyle Lowry goes to the Clippers. They're as dirty as

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Speaker 1: the eighties bad boy Pistons, Kyle Lowry, the Morris Twin Goon,

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Speaker 1: Patrick Beverley, Oh goodness, that would have been listen. That

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Speaker 1: would have been ugly for the Lakers if they could

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Speaker 1: get Kyle Lowry. But yeah, I would agree with you

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Speaker 1: if he goes to the Sixers, Simmons and Bead, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's that's a nice package now, Miami Heat. I just

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Speaker 1: I'm not coming off Tyler Hero or for Kyle Lowry.

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Speaker 1: I'm just not doing that. Um, he quietly crept up

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Speaker 1: to fourth in the in the East. And let's check

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Speaker 1: it on Tyler Hero. Um, he's having an alright season.

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Speaker 1: Fifteen a game, five boards, three assists. Um shooting, Oh,

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Speaker 1: he's struggling, shooting thirty one from three, a bit of

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Speaker 1: a softmore slump perhaps Duncan Robinson Um also not even

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Speaker 1: hitting well. The heater in a tough position. Because they're

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Speaker 1: three young guys, are all gonna have to get paid.

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Speaker 1: That's Hero, that's None, that's Duncan Robinson. And if hold

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Speaker 1: hold on, hold on, go ahead, bam out of bio

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Speaker 1: or did he already get he already got paid, he

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Speaker 1: already signed a super back or his max. You can't

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Speaker 1: keep none Robinson and Hero exactly. That's why that you

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Speaker 1: need to consolidate them at some point. Now, I'm not

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Speaker 1: saying to consultate them for Kyle Lowry or especially a

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Speaker 1: one year at a thirty plus year at thirty plus

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Speaker 1: age Kyle Lowry. But at some point you gotta make

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Speaker 1: a decision because what Joe Harris did as being a

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Speaker 1: guy who does nothing was shoot three pointers, which is

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Speaker 1: exactly what Duncan Robinson did. And I think he's getting

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Speaker 1: sixteen or eighteen million dollars a year, So that very

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Speaker 1: quickly goes from Duncan Robinson, Tyler Hero and Kendrick Nunn

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Speaker 1: all making combined fifteen million to these guys are making

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Speaker 1: combined sixty And they're good, but they're not that good.

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Speaker 1: So they got to find a way at some point

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Speaker 1: to to flip at least one of them into something else.

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Speaker 1: Mhm huh. I mean I guess if I had, I mean,

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Speaker 1: Tyler Hero could get you the most in return, but

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Speaker 1: he would also be the biggest loss because I don't

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Speaker 1: know about you. I think Tyler Hero one day. I'm

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Speaker 1: not saying he could lead the league in scoring like

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Speaker 1: Bradley Beal, but what he's been doing at what twenty

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Speaker 1: years old? Uh? I think he's twenty one this year,

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Speaker 1: Like who's to say? And rob we talked about this

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Speaker 1: and we probably don't talk about it enough. The idea

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Speaker 1: that players get better. Okay, Kawhi Leonard was like coming

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Speaker 1: off the bench in San Antonio's like a six man

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Speaker 1: and emerged as an All NBA player, a finals m

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Speaker 1: v P, a cornerstone. James Harden came into the league. Oh,

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Speaker 1: he's a six man. He's a nice player. Yeah, he's good.

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Speaker 1: I mean he's a historically great offensive player. Like everybody

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Speaker 1: gets better, the question is how much better? And we

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Speaker 1: don't nobody knows the answer. Only the people inside the

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Speaker 1: Miami Heat building. No, Tyler Heroes work ethic. How bad

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Speaker 1: does he want it? Listen, James Harden was a legendary

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Speaker 1: party animal in Houston, and he still got better and

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Speaker 1: got buckets and became an incredible m VP player. So

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Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean, you look at Hero, you

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Speaker 1: look at none Duncan Robinson. I personally think it's easier

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Speaker 1: to find a Duncan Robinson or a Kendrick Nunn than

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Speaker 1: a Tyler Hero. Tyler Hero can create his own shot. Um.

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Speaker 1: I mean we saw Tyler Hero give a lot. I

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Speaker 1: didn't he a forty in a playoff game. I mean,

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Speaker 1: this guy was incredible and I watched Buddy Beheim of

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Speaker 1: Syracuse in this tournament. He's like a Duncan Robinson clone

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Speaker 1: six seven Slender White Guy quick Release. We had Casey

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Speaker 1: Jacobson on the podcast last week. Um, who you know

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Speaker 1: would be making millions of dollars if he were in

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Speaker 1: the NBA now as opposed to the when he left Stanford,

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Speaker 1: uh twenty years ago. But yeah, like Buddy Beheim is

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Speaker 1: the new Duncan Robinson, there's no new Tyler hero I. I

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Speaker 1: I just he is a I don't want to say

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Speaker 1: he's a unicorn. I'm not going that far, like a

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Speaker 1: Luca Dontech, but Tyler Heroes. I'm not trading him. I'm sorry.

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Speaker 1: I'm not putting him in any packets for almost anybody

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Speaker 1: at this point. I mean, within reason, Um, are the

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Speaker 1: Lakers making a move? Rob g Oh, it depends. I

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Speaker 1: mean the bronze injury kind of complicates things, you know,

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Speaker 1: because they need to stay above water a little bit.

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Speaker 1: You know, they can't go two and thirteen in the

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Speaker 1: games that he's out. So the problem is they don't

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Speaker 1: really have the assets. So unless they're gonna trade Saylan

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Speaker 1: Horton Tucker, which again clutched Sports Guy so you know,

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Speaker 1: you gotta run that by Lebron first, and if Lebron

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Speaker 1: isn't want to trade it, I don't think they're I

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Speaker 1: don't think they would trade him for anything. I think

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Speaker 1: that the only guys on their roster that that have

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Speaker 1: any kind of value would be maybe Kyle Kuzma, but

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Speaker 1: he has that poison pill because he just signed his contract.

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Speaker 1: Alex Caruso, I don't think can Tavia's called well. Pope

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Speaker 1: has played well enough to have anybody. You'd have to

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Speaker 1: actually attach more stuff to him just to get rid

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Speaker 1: of him. So I think they're more likely to be

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Speaker 1: active on the bio market than they are to make

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Speaker 1: a trade. And I just don't think they have the pieces.

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Speaker 1: All right, Well that does it for today's show. A

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Speaker 1: lot of college basketball. I don't have any Sweet six

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Speaker 1: team picks for you just yet. I'm gonna let some

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Speaker 1: of these numbers marinate. Um, obviously, what when is the

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Speaker 1: NBA trade deadline? Rob Thursday? I think it's at noon

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Speaker 1: Eastern or neon Pacific. Yeah we will uh so, um yeah, well,

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Speaker 1: we'll try to line up some good guests to talk.

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Speaker 1: Maybe a little more n a tournament, but certainly NBA.

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Speaker 1: We still haven't done a post mortem on NFL free

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Speaker 1: agency yet, but that's coming. In the meantime, stay safe people,

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Speaker 1: we'll talk to you soon