WEBVTT - Victor Wembayana’s Breakout Performance!

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<v Speaker 1>On this episode of The Heat Check. Oh baby, you

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<v Speaker 1>know what I'm juiced up to talk about. His name

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<v Speaker 1>of Victor Webmenyama time, Victor Webbenyama time. I try to

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<v Speaker 1>tell you, I try to tell you he was Pretti.

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<v Speaker 1>He said he's a broken little stick. He's seven ft

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<v Speaker 1>five hundred and eighty pounds soaking wet. Well, guess what,

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<v Speaker 1>he's fucking transcendent. We gotta talk about him. Also, what

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<v Speaker 1>the fuck is the regional sports Networks Valley doing to

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<v Speaker 1>their local consumer? Nothing good, nothing good. Jane Harden had

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<v Speaker 1>an epic crusher which we had to break down because

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<v Speaker 1>we obviously are top sound bite of the week and

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<v Speaker 1>we gotta give out our Himmy Award. Who is Jimmy

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<v Speaker 1>Him and him? Well, he broke out on a Sunday Mattinee,

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<v Speaker 1>so we had to make him him all right, William,

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<v Speaker 1>it's time drop that motherfucker beat that shouldn't.

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<v Speaker 2>Be Rihanna breaking down the biggest NBA storylines your child,

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<v Speaker 2>So the Heat Check, The Heat Check, which just out

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<v Speaker 2>crazy the best podcast covering all the drama around the association.

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<v Speaker 1>So they ABU Dncason Tournament, all these new courts came

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<v Speaker 1>out everybody was mad about them. People were tweeting about it,

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<v Speaker 1>and do you think I give a fuck? Do you

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<v Speaker 1>think I'm juiced up about that? No? No, I am

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<v Speaker 1>juiced up. I am fired about Victor Webby, Yama Wemby,

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<v Speaker 1>Sir Wemby. He is absolutely something we've never seen before.

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<v Speaker 1>There was a ton of hype around him, right, it

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<v Speaker 1>was just as much hype as there were skeptics. And

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<v Speaker 1>guess what, Callum A got a lot bigger. Callum B

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<v Speaker 1>went to about zero skeptics population negative ten unless you're

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<v Speaker 1>a straight fucking hater, folks. He has now gone from oh,

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<v Speaker 1>can't wait to see this young guy play this French

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<v Speaker 1>to let me mark your calendar for you, let's tweet

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<v Speaker 1>about it, Let's make an appointment television, because that's what

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<v Speaker 1>it is. If you missed the big moment where he

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<v Speaker 1>decided to elevate to that appointment viewing status, let me

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<v Speaker 1>tell you all about it. It was Thursday night after

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<v Speaker 1>we recorded, of course, because why wouldn't it be, first

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<v Speaker 1>playing their second game in three days against the Suns.

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<v Speaker 1>If you don't remember the first game against the Suns,

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<v Speaker 1>they were down pretty much all but one point five seconds.

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<v Speaker 1>They won that game, and so then the Suns end

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<v Speaker 1>up getting Devin Booker back. Oh how is this gonna look?

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<v Speaker 1>It's gonna be kd It's gonna be book and these

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<v Speaker 1>little razzle dazzle scrappy Spurs in Phoenix probably going to poundtown. Right, No, wrong,

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<v Speaker 1>it was the Spurs that were doing the pounding. Yes, Spurs.

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<v Speaker 1>Spurs decided, Oh yeah, we don't give a fuck about

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<v Speaker 1>book No chance, absolutely not. Devin vessel By, the way,

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<v Speaker 1>who we highlighted last week was Election. Well, he had

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<v Speaker 1>eighteen points in the first half, he gets injured. But

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<v Speaker 1>the story, of course was Wemby. And it wasn't just

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<v Speaker 1>that Wemby was over otherworldly, because he was. It was

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<v Speaker 1>that he was doing things we can't not only that

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<v Speaker 1>we haven't seen before, but our brains can't actually process

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<v Speaker 1>or imagine, which that's never happened. Right. He put up

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<v Speaker 1>He put up almost forty in his fourth fifth game

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<v Speaker 1>of his entire NBA career. For context, Lebron James. Lebron

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<v Speaker 1>James put up almost forty in his sixty fifth career game.

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<v Speaker 1>That's insane. Lebron James took sixty games to get to

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<v Speaker 1>the place that Wemby was at in five. It really

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<v Speaker 1>does feel like Wemby is downloading software updates we haven't

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<v Speaker 1>gotten access to yet, just new things that he has

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<v Speaker 1>acquired in his skill and is now implementing. All of

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<v Speaker 1>the tools that we knew that Wendy could maybe do

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<v Speaker 1>were on display, right. The blocks were there, the steals

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<v Speaker 1>were there, the deflections were there. They're really just like,

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<v Speaker 1>you can't be here. I'm not even gonna run around

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<v Speaker 1>over here because you're there. That happened too. He had

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<v Speaker 1>ten rebounds, two blocks, one steal, and had so many

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<v Speaker 1>holy shit moments. I don't even really know what to say.

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<v Speaker 1>He's like if KD grew almost half of the foot,

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<v Speaker 1>that's what he is. He can do all the same

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<v Speaker 1>things that KD can do. Am more. He'll just grab

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<v Speaker 1>the ball out of the sky and then put it

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<v Speaker 1>underneath his armpit like it's a football and be like,

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<v Speaker 1>all right, we're going the other way. You watch him

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<v Speaker 1>in AWE dribble dribble, dribble between tween step back from

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<v Speaker 1>thirty splash, and you're like, oh my god, catch and

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<v Speaker 1>shoot three splash, call for the lob at the three, Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>let me go get it. Throw it anywhere the rim

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<v Speaker 1>you want, because I'm gonna go oh and spin around.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't even see the rim, and it's gone in

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<v Speaker 1>splash the court vision, it's there. How much ground he

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<v Speaker 1>can cover, He can get from one side of the

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<v Speaker 1>court to the other and block the shot faster than

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<v Speaker 1>Shade and Shark can. I don't understand, dude. You just

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<v Speaker 1>kind of say, what are we watching? What version of

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<v Speaker 1>basketball is this? That is how transcendent Victor wan Minyama

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<v Speaker 1>is Wemby. I watched Ogn and Obi go in for

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<v Speaker 1>a wide open layup and Victor Wamanyama tiptoed on the

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<v Speaker 1>weak side and he said, oh no, never mind, let

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<v Speaker 1>me pull back out for a second. I'm not trying

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<v Speaker 1>to get embarrassed here on my own floor. In their

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<v Speaker 1>first five games, we'll give this out for context because

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<v Speaker 1>I saw it and I was like, holy shit, So Wemby.

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<v Speaker 1>Wemby's averaging twenty one points per game, almost eight rebounds,

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<v Speaker 1>one point six assists per game, three point six blocks

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<v Speaker 1>and steals off of fifty from the three field, thirty

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<v Speaker 1>two from three, and seventy three percent from the free

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<v Speaker 1>throw line. Okay, Lebron James his first year, sixteen point

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<v Speaker 1>eight points per game in his first five games, seven

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<v Speaker 1>point six rebounds, six point six assists. Makes sense because

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<v Speaker 1>he had the ball a lot two point four blocks

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<v Speaker 1>and steals forty four, seventeen and seventy. Did I mention though,

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<v Speaker 1>that Wemby's playing like sixty percent of the minutes that

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<v Speaker 1>Lebron was playing. Wenby is averaging in insane amount in

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<v Speaker 1>his per thirty six players he goes up against are

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<v Speaker 1>so terrified of him. That is how we know the

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<v Speaker 1>man is transcend Like I said, wide open layups turned down, No, sir,

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<v Speaker 1>not doing it. Kad kind of pretended to pull up

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<v Speaker 1>when Binond came over and he was like, I think

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna dribble around him. I'm not gonna shoot this.

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<v Speaker 1>I am telling you he is changing the game. He

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<v Speaker 1>is changing what people are willing to even attempt out

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<v Speaker 1>there on the floor. Devin Booker his first game back,

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<v Speaker 1>he put up ridiculous points and even he was like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>Wemby's insane. He's unbelievable. Everybody knows that. We're just trying

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<v Speaker 1>to figure out what he is because we've never seen

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<v Speaker 1>him before. We're just trying to figure out what he is, Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>what is he?

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<v Speaker 2>So?

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<v Speaker 1>How good could Wemby be this year? Outside of obviously

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<v Speaker 1>he's obviously winning Rookie of the Year. That just goes

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<v Speaker 1>without saying. That's what's happening. We're talking about a guy

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<v Speaker 1>who could very easily win Defensive Player of the Year.

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<v Speaker 1>He's doing all the things that Yannis did when he

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<v Speaker 1>was Defensive Player of the Year. He's beating Giannis in

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<v Speaker 1>every defensive category so far this year as a rookie.

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<v Speaker 1>And I don't want to sound silly like, oh, Trista,

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<v Speaker 1>you were just speaking in hyperboles. You're just such a

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<v Speaker 1>little hype man. I think Wemby, if the Spurs could

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<v Speaker 1>win more games, if they're like a top four, top

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<v Speaker 1>five seed, if they get in Wemby at ninety to one,

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<v Speaker 1>I think if he keeps this up, could could easily,

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<v Speaker 1>not easily, he could legitimately though, win MVP. He is

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<v Speaker 1>now six games into his NBA career. The Spurs are

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<v Speaker 1>now three and three. Remember Spurs last year started four

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<v Speaker 1>and two. Was anybody excited about that four and two

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<v Speaker 1>Spurs team? No, not even Brent Berry, who works for

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<v Speaker 1>the Spurs, was excited about the Spurs. When I asked

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<v Speaker 1>him abou. I was like, ooh, you guys kind of

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<v Speaker 1>got an exciting young Corey. He goes do do we though? Yes.

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<v Speaker 1>All of the excitement though this year baby has to

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<v Speaker 1>do with Wemby. He's learning how to mess with his teammates.

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<v Speaker 1>The great thing I saw him do was Zach Collins.

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<v Speaker 1>Zach Collins bit too hard on his team, a guy

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<v Speaker 1>that he was going up against, and then he commits

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<v Speaker 1>the foul. Wemby can come over with the block, and

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<v Speaker 1>Wemby's like, Bro, you didn't have to do that. Let

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<v Speaker 1>him cook you, Let him barbecue chicken you. That's exactly

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<v Speaker 1>where I want him. I will clean up your mess

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<v Speaker 1>at Colls, do not worry. Let him go by you.

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<v Speaker 1>I will put that ship in the fifth row. Give

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<v Speaker 1>Victor women, y'all, mama check that in with me. We

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<v Speaker 1>will be firmly embedded. Skip Steven a shant Skip. We'll

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<v Speaker 1>be talking about is he the greatest player we've ever seen?

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<v Speaker 1>Believe me? Hold that and come back to me.