WEBVTT - Hoops Talk with Frank Michael Smith!

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<v Speaker 1>Break was breaking down all the biggest NBA storylines.

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<v Speaker 2>So the heat Check.

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<v Speaker 1>The Heat Check was just a cry the best podcast

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<v Speaker 1>covering all the drama around the association. Let's move on

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<v Speaker 1>to some hoop stuff because I know that so Pittsburgh,

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<v Speaker 1>So what's the NBA team?

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<v Speaker 3>Which? What was the NBA team for you growing up?

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<v Speaker 4>You know, it's so unfortunate we don't have an NBA team.

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<v Speaker 4>Pittsburgh loves basketball. No one talks about this, and people

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<v Speaker 4>laugh when we get mentioned for an expansion team, but

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<v Speaker 4>Pittsburgh loves its sports so much. We would do so

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<v Speaker 4>well with an NBA team.

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<v Speaker 2>We have the arena.

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<v Speaker 4>It's relatively new PPG where the Penns play. They host

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<v Speaker 4>March Badness. There's plenty big enough, but I've never had

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<v Speaker 4>a team there.

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<v Speaker 2>And as a kid, I always was just a fan

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<v Speaker 2>of the league.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, the closest I came to becoming a fan

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<v Speaker 4>of an actual team was as a kid, we'd always

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<v Speaker 4>go visit my grandparents in Cleveland, and you know, as

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<v Speaker 4>a young kid, it was tied up perfectly with Lebron's

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<v Speaker 4>first stint in Cleveland, So it was the coolest thing

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<v Speaker 4>my grandparents would get as tickets once a year to

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<v Speaker 4>go see Lebron, and I got to see you know,

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<v Speaker 4>the other team too, Like I saw Ming in person.

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<v Speaker 4>We saw young t Mac and we went to a

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<v Speaker 4>couple games versus the Bulls, and you know, young Lebron.

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<v Speaker 4>People kind of forget this now, but was like the

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<v Speaker 4>most electric player ever to watch, like just crazy athletic,

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<v Speaker 4>worth the price of admission every single time. So I

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<v Speaker 4>like the Calves back then, but I never really built

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<v Speaker 4>like such a connection with them.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't. I can't explain it. But like I'm wearing

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<v Speaker 2>like a PSG shirt right now, hoodie.

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<v Speaker 4>I bought this and I was like, maybe I'll become

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<v Speaker 4>a PSG fan, you know, like that'd be nice, right

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<v Speaker 4>like they got that, they got Naymar, like Neymar Trista.

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<v Speaker 4>It never works for me. I can only be fans

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<v Speaker 4>of the teams that are in Pittsburgh. I tried to

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<v Speaker 4>become a Cavs fan. I tried to be a PSG fan.

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<v Speaker 4>It doesn't work. It just doesn't work. I try to

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<v Speaker 4>be a Warrior too.

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<v Speaker 3>Dubs, Yeah, hard Doubs.

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<v Speaker 4>They're my favorite team to watch, but I can't really

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<v Speaker 4>have that connection with them.

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<v Speaker 2>I need the team to be in Pittsburgh.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, there's something about the local vibe.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm an Oregon Duck fan, went to Oregon Blazer span

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<v Speaker 1>through and through. There's just but I'm also a Cowboys

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<v Speaker 1>fan because you know, there's no NFL team there, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's just a different feeling.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, there's just a when they lose, you're upset, but.

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<v Speaker 1>Not really as much as when it's like, oh okay, it's

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<v Speaker 1>Washington Oregon. Last few seconds that that heart is in

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<v Speaker 1>your chest. So I get that with the local flavor.

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<v Speaker 1>So in terms of like the news, we talked about

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<v Speaker 1>this when I come on your podcast, what is the

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<v Speaker 1>most like you caught me off guard? So I decided

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<v Speaker 1>not to catch you off guard. Most she under the

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<v Speaker 1>radar signing pick up in the NBA.

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<v Speaker 4>I think this season, okay, I think a lot of

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<v Speaker 4>people forgot about the Christops move. That was a big

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<v Speaker 4>deal when it happened, and now that the Celtics have

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<v Speaker 4>made another move, it's like totally forgotten. I haven't heard

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<v Speaker 4>any articles or any talk about it, but I think

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<v Speaker 4>it's important here, and you know, we're talking about a

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<v Speaker 4>team that's a title favorite, so I'm kind of surprised.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, me too.

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<v Speaker 1>I think a lot of that's because he's just not

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<v Speaker 1>been healthy.

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<v Speaker 3>Right, and so we're wondering, is he a five?

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<v Speaker 4>Is he a four?

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<v Speaker 3>How's the fit? And then the Drew thing came in.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I mean he's always an injury risk and you

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<v Speaker 4>know whatever, But that's that's gonna make the team look

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<v Speaker 4>so much different. I'm not particularly a huge Christops fan.

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<v Speaker 4>I think his game has always been kind of weird

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<v Speaker 4>ever since he got the first injury in New York. Unfortunately,

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<v Speaker 4>he definitely didn't work in Dallas. That was ugly watching

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<v Speaker 4>him alongside with Luca. So I'm not saying this is

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<v Speaker 4>gonna be a good move, but it's definitely one worth

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<v Speaker 4>keeping tabs on.

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<v Speaker 2>That's not getting any balls.

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<v Speaker 1>Favorite off the court plot line or plot lines this season.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, it's gotta be James Harden right, Like we talked

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<v Speaker 4>about this when you came on. He had another quote

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<v Speaker 4>the other day where he was like, all right, so update,

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<v Speaker 4>he's at camp, and then they ask him again He's like, situation,

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<v Speaker 4>relationship is beyond repair.

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<v Speaker 2>He compares it to a marriage being done.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm like, okay, so what so what like you're gonna

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<v Speaker 4>like be on the team still, or how are we

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<v Speaker 4>doing this here?

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<v Speaker 2>Because you're still at war with the team.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like when you live with your boyfriend or girlfriend

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<v Speaker 1>and you guys are broken up, but you're still like

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<v Speaker 1>you still have a one bedroom and you're just sleeping

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<v Speaker 1>in this like twin band together. You like look over,

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<v Speaker 1>You're like, yeah, I don't want to be here, but

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<v Speaker 1>I have nowhere else.

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<v Speaker 3>That I can go.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean pretty much.

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<v Speaker 4>It's like, so if Daryl Morey was the woman here,

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<v Speaker 4>she's like bringing back other dudes to the apartment. He's like, oy,

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<v Speaker 4>he has to just like sit through it. It's like

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<v Speaker 4>I need to find a different place to live.

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<v Speaker 1>He needs to go. He's gotta go soon. I saw

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<v Speaker 1>this that Zach Low.

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<v Speaker 3>I like Zach Low a lot, but.

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<v Speaker 1>This is maybe the most disrespectful league past list I've

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<v Speaker 1>ever seen.

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<v Speaker 3>Where you've got like Toronto's got to be the hardest

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<v Speaker 3>watch this year.

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<v Speaker 1>So who are your top league pass teams and who

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<v Speaker 1>are your like absolutely switching away from the TV when

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<v Speaker 1>this team is on.

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<v Speaker 4>Let's start with the team I want to watch. I

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<v Speaker 4>still think the Kings were a League pass team.

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely.

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<v Speaker 4>They were so fun to watch last year, and I

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<v Speaker 4>know how many games are they on national TV list

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<v Speaker 4>always comes out, but I didn't review it. I'm guessing

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<v Speaker 4>they don't have very many. They're still in Sacramento, so

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<v Speaker 4>it's going to be a lot of league pass for

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<v Speaker 4>me for the Kings. And it's the West Coast, so

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<v Speaker 4>those games are they're usually like a sneaky late night watch.

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<v Speaker 4>That was always the Blazers for me. They're in the

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<v Speaker 4>Blazers spot now. So I like the Kings. I mean,

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<v Speaker 4>they're just exciting.

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<v Speaker 2>They run it up.

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<v Speaker 4>I think they scored like one hundred and twenty five

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<v Speaker 4>points a game last year.

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<v Speaker 3>And then worst team to watch. You can't use the Raptors.

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<v Speaker 3>They're really bad.

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<v Speaker 2>They're really bad.

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<v Speaker 4>I want to go with Charlotte. There was just news

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<v Speaker 4>again the other day about Miles Bridges.

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<v Speaker 2>Can anything go right in Charlotte?

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<v Speaker 4>Like they made I saw someone make a list of

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<v Speaker 4>like the police reports on their team. It is so bad.

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<v Speaker 4>And then you add in LaMelo, who doesn't have a

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<v Speaker 4>police report. I don't want to, you know, misreport anything here,

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<v Speaker 4>but it doesn't seem super interested in being like an

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<v Speaker 4>NBA player.

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<v Speaker 2>I think everything goes wrong for them.

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<v Speaker 4>I have almost no hope for this team, and I

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<v Speaker 4>think it's going to be a lot of selfish me

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<v Speaker 4>first basketball, which I hate seeing.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, what team do you think has the biggest drop

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<v Speaker 3>off this year?

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<v Speaker 4>The biggest drop off? Unfortunately? I think it might be

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<v Speaker 4>the Warriors.

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<v Speaker 2>They're still and I really like the Warriors.

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<v Speaker 4>I love watching them play basketball, but I think a

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<v Speaker 4>lot of things can go wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>In a lot of different directions for them.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, we talk about on your pod that Chris Paul

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<v Speaker 1>fit will have to see.

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<v Speaker 4>It wouldn't totally surprise me if they end up being

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<v Speaker 4>like a nine or a ten seed in missing the playoffs,

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<v Speaker 4>up being a playing team.

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<v Speaker 2>They're just really old at this point. I don't think

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<v Speaker 2>there's any way around that.

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<v Speaker 4>They're probably going to be some injuries there, They're going

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<v Speaker 4>to be short on depth. Don't love it, but you know,

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<v Speaker 4>Steph is He's gonna find a way. If Steph remains

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<v Speaker 4>healthy the whole year, he's still gonna be Steph Curry.

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<v Speaker 4>But yeah, I don't want to I don't want to

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<v Speaker 4>redo the whole thing about Chris Paul.

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<v Speaker 2>I just don't see how he fits in.

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<v Speaker 1>You'd still think Nuggets win the whole thing or who's

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<v Speaker 1>your title favorite as of now October seventeenth.

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<v Speaker 4>I think it's Boston. It's hard to pick against the

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<v Speaker 4>Nuggets in the West though, really it's really hard. Remember

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<v Speaker 4>when those Jokic retirement rumors came out. I think that's

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<v Speaker 4>I think that's the only thing that can stop them

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<v Speaker 4>is if he just like becomes disinterested in playing basketball,

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<v Speaker 4>which I think it's a I think it's a lie.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it could be like the greatest bit ever in history.

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<v Speaker 1>But you have been Thank you so much for making

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<v Speaker 1>the time. We're gonna have to do it again. I

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<v Speaker 1>am coming out to Pittsburgh. I'm gonna see a game

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<v Speaker 1>with you again. Like you guys, If you guys don't

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<v Speaker 1>follow Frank Michael Smith on every platform and you're not

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<v Speaker 1>getting storytelling from him on a daily basis, you must

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<v Speaker 1>do it again. TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter. His Twitter thread's

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<v Speaker 1>low key, very insightful as well the hook at the end.

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<v Speaker 1>If you like this thread, please follow, just like Nuggets

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<v Speaker 1>after Nuggets and he doesn't care about divulging him because

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<v Speaker 1>he knows you're not gonna do him because you're way

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<v Speaker 1>too fucking lazy. So thank you so much to Frank

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<v Speaker 1>Michael Smith for coming on the podcast.

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<v Speaker 3>We'll have to do it again soon.

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<v Speaker 4>Trista, it's been a pleasure. I'm excited for Pittsburgh and

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<v Speaker 4>everyone out there. Definitely follow the Twitter. I'm trying to

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<v Speaker 4>grow on there, so good stuff coming on there.

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely, thanks so much,