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Speaker 2: Hey there, welcome in for the first time in a while.

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Speaker 2: What's right with Nick? Great episode two forty seven. Few

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Speaker 2: programming notes, Uh, little intermittent last week. We were out

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Speaker 2: because of the World Series of Poker fourth of July

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Speaker 2: and then post family vacation will be back, kind of

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Speaker 2: turning the page to all things NFL. But I had

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Speaker 2: a great week in Vegas, and we will discuss that

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Speaker 2: on the show. There was also a lot of a

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Speaker 2: lot of the Internet thinks that Tom Haberstrow's article unmasking

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Speaker 2: was a Tom Habershrow and Nick Wright article. And while

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Speaker 2: I appreciate the credit, and I think Tom did a

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Speaker 2: great job, he deserves all the credit. I just did

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Speaker 2: a little bit of media consultation about how to kind

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Speaker 2: that article didn't exist. You know, shows that will spend

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Speaker 2: not to dedicate a single word to you know, you know,

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Speaker 2: was one of the pillars of Michael Jordan's goat case

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Speaker 2: love getting credit for other people's work, that was Tom

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Speaker 2: Haberstrow's Blood, Sweat and Tears, And I'm gonna go ahead.

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Speaker 2: I was thinking about this, but I'm gonna go ahead

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Speaker 2: and do this real quick. I was thinking about this

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Speaker 2: actors on the internet to clip this and distribute it

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Speaker 2: however you want. This is a verbal contract, because folks

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Speaker 2: then took Tom's article and they were like, what about

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Speaker 2: this game from Lebron? Okay, here is not even a

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Speaker 2: If anyone out there can find a mutually agreed upon

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Speaker 2: and find anything as statistically outlandish as what Tom found

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Speaker 2: draw the similar line to this specific award Lebron won

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Speaker 2: if there is a again, you guys can pick them

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Speaker 2: as long whoever wants to do it, as long as

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Speaker 2: they are credentials pass muster to me. Let them do

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Speaker 2: their study. If you can find that person to do

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Speaker 2: I'll give you ten thousand dollars. So that is a

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Speaker 2: Anyone can apply. I just laid out the parameters, hand

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Speaker 2: by the way, there's no risk. It's not a bet.

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Speaker 2: If you can't, you owe me zero. So that that

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Speaker 4: So A lot of events if unfolded while we've taken

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Speaker 2: So I don't so I think half is an overstatement.

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Speaker 2: The hope is twofold demands. A one is with Paul George.

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Speaker 2: So I think for the Sixers it's actually about Maxie

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Speaker 4: I don't want to say, like the torches Maxi's because

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Speaker 3: Do you think that Paul George made a mistake going

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Speaker 2: Well, I just don't think he had a lot of options.

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Speaker 4: Next, all right, so Klay Thompson's heading over to Dallas

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Speaker 4: to play with your large Slovenian son the Warriors. No,

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Speaker 2: A couple things. First, of all, NBA players pay tax

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Speaker 2: like that and the Mavericks have been striking out on

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Speaker 4: The slightest step back defensively definitely isn't gonna help with

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Speaker 2: And Clay. So Quinton will defend, Quentin will defend and

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Speaker 4: I guarantee, if he's on a different team, he's probably

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Speaker 4: not throwing up the force on the sideline. I think

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Speaker 4: that was like a weird psychological thing with him.

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Speaker 2: I think you're exactly right. I think that is exactly right.

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Speaker 2: So I'm happy for Clay. Now, what does this mean

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Speaker 2: for the Warriors? I am going to keep so what

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Speaker 2: it means for them this year? In the short term,

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Speaker 2: with or without Clay, they're not contenders. They will be

436
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Speaker 2: lucky to make the playoffs. Okay, that's just where they're at.

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Speaker 2: What does it mean for Steph? And what does it

438
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Speaker 2: mean for Steph's ability to contend with what's left of

439
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Speaker 2: the end of his prime and be a lifelong Warrior?

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Speaker 2: Because I think those two things are now contradictory, and

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Speaker 2: I think that, but it had the Warriors a year

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00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:55,320
Speaker 2: ago when they re signed Raymond also resigned Clay, that

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Speaker 2: to me would have guaranteed that Steph chose loyalty over contention,

444
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Speaker 2: because it's like, all right, we came in together, we're

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Speaker 2: all going to retire together. But the Warriors organization broke

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Speaker 2: the band up. So don't then be upset if the

447
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Speaker 2: lead singer says I want to go elsewhere. The label

448
00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:24,120
Speaker 2: broke up the band. You can't then ask the front

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Speaker 2: man to stay loyal to the label. Well, what about

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Speaker 2: my partner, Well, what about my splash brother? So it's

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Speaker 2: not a story right now, but a bubbling NBA story,

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Speaker 2: in my opinion, is when the Warriors this year missed

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Speaker 2: the play in entirely and Steph has another very good

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Speaker 2: year this offseason, does Steph say, hmm hmmm. Do I

455
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Speaker 2: want to spend the end of my career playing basketball

456
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Speaker 2: with a part time player, full time podcaster, a bunch

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Speaker 2: of kids, and not playing in games that matter? I

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Speaker 2: don't know. I think that is a I think that

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Speaker 2: is a real question and something to monitor. All right,

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Speaker 2: let's get to the Lakers side of it to.

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Speaker 3: Mort stuck with you.

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Speaker 4: All right, Yeah, so the Lakers may not have landed Clay,

463
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Speaker 4: but they did land JJ Reddick, and they got they

464
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Speaker 4: drafted Bronnie. I didn't think they were going to do that,

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Speaker 4: but they ended up doing it. Lebron even opted out

466
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Speaker 4: of some open to open up some money for a

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Speaker 4: I think it was about twenty million to make a move,

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Speaker 4: and it doesn't seem like they've made that move yet.

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Speaker 2: So, oh, we have a phone. Oh that's Zach Morris.

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Speaker 4: Finn, it's Janie Buss calling, and she wants you to

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Speaker 4: give an honest State of the Lakers report.

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Speaker 2: Oh okay, why is it still ringing? Guys? That's not

473
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Speaker 2: Demands's fault, the tech side. The tech side had it

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Speaker 2: still ring after Demansia answered it the honest take. Thank you,

475
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Speaker 2: Demanse Genie can listen on the on the YouTube stream. Uh.

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Speaker 2: The Lakers are just a good brand, that's it. They're

477
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Speaker 2: not well run. They they have so many built in

478
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Speaker 2: advantages and they consistently squander them. Whether it's because of ownership, frugality,

479
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Speaker 2: or front office incompetence, I don't really care. The fact

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Speaker 2: of the matter is that the only thing standing between

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Speaker 2: the Los Angeles Lakers and fifteen years in the Wilderness

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Speaker 2: is the fact that Lebron James decided, you know what,

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Speaker 2: I want to play for that franchise and I have

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Speaker 2: the juice to get Anthony Davis to come along. What significant? Wow,

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Speaker 2: What a move move have they made since Paulenka's been

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Speaker 2: there that was not done by either Lebron picking them

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Speaker 2: or Lebron and Rich helping them get Anthony Davis. There

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Speaker 2: is none. Now, I did like the kid they drafted,

489
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Speaker 2: Dalton Connect. I do like that pick, and I will

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Speaker 2: give credit for that pick. But you openly target Danny Hurley,

491
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Speaker 2: you can't land him. You openly target Klay Thompson, you

492
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Speaker 2: can't land him. They're going to Lebron says, I'll take

493
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Speaker 2: a pay cut if you can land any of these guys.

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Speaker 2: They're gonna whiff on all of those guys, and Lebron's

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Speaker 2: gonna end up being taking the max, would be my guess.

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Speaker 2: Maybe they get Tomarto Rosen, but I doubt it. Also,

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Speaker 2: there's not a lot of basketball consistency to we want

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Speaker 2: to add spot up three point shooter Klay Thompson, Oh,

499
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Speaker 2: we missed him. Let's add pull up two point shooter

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Speaker 2: Demarta Rosen. They are very drastically different players. Luckily, I'm

501
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Speaker 2: sure JJ Reddick has a plan for all of this.

502
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Speaker 2: So I find the whole thing to be an embarrassing

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Speaker 2: way to run a franchise. I've talked about this plenty,

504
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Speaker 2: and I wish Lebron would leave, but he's not going to.

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Speaker 2: All right, let's talk Celtics before we move on.

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Speaker 4: So fresh off the title, my Celtics are looking to

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Speaker 4: sell the team. I got to play for those players somehow,

508
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Speaker 4: So first the Mavericks and now this with the expansion

509
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Speaker 4: on the horizon and owners being paid money for doing nothing.

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Speaker 4: Why would they be backing out and trying to sell

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Speaker 4: the team at this point?

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Speaker 2: So I think this listen. Chris Mannix tweeted that he

513
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Speaker 2: thinks there's a lot of concern amongst NBA ownership about

514
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Speaker 2: the future of RSN deals, the Regional Sports network money.

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Speaker 2: I also think if you're the like, if you're the Celtics,

516
00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:15,840
Speaker 2: the Clippers go for two billion, then Jordan sells the

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Speaker 2: Hornets for three billion, allegedly as he got short squeezed

518
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Speaker 2: in game stop and needed the cash. But god knows,

519
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Speaker 2: Michael Jordan never make a bad, you know, multi billion

520
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Speaker 2: dollar bet. And then what team just sold for four?

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00:34:29,960 --> 00:34:32,799
Speaker 2: The Sun's just sold for four? So what are the

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00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:38,400
Speaker 2: Celtics worth six? You know? So I understand it. The

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Speaker 2: other piece of it that I find fascinating is this demanse.

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Speaker 2: The Nuggets won the title and then because of all

525
00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:53,440
Speaker 2: the punitive luxury tax stuff started losing guys. Jeff Green gone, okay,

526
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Speaker 2: you'll do with it. Bruce Brown gone, oh that hurts,

527
00:34:55,920 --> 00:34:58,359
Speaker 2: but we should be okay, Actually no, you weren't, and

528
00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:03,120
Speaker 2: then cacp out the door. The Celtics win the title,

529
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Speaker 2: re sign everyone, but then are gonna leave the bill

530
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Speaker 2: with somebody else the owners. It was like, no, no, no,

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Speaker 2: We're not gonna lose everybody, but we're actually not gonna

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Speaker 2: have to pay this check either someone else's. The the

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Speaker 2: the the refusal to pay, not refusal, but the hesitancy

534
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Speaker 2: to pay, the luxury tax in the new NBA and

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Speaker 2: the second Apron stuff is going to make keeping some

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Speaker 2: of these teams long term together so incredibly expensive. Bobby

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00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:38,439
Speaker 2: Martz wrote that not this coming year, but the year

538
00:35:38,640 --> 00:35:41,839
Speaker 2: after this, the Celtics are slated to have a two

539
00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:47,160
Speaker 2: hundred and twenty five million dollar payroll with an additional

540
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Speaker 2: two hundred and twenty five million dollar tax bill, so

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Speaker 2: four hundred and fifty million dollars to field a roster,

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Speaker 2: which the previous record was three to eighty by the

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Speaker 2: Warriors a few years ago. Yeah, so I think that

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Speaker 2: I do find it fascinating though, Cuban selling, now the

545
00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:09,600
Speaker 2: Celtics selling. The guy who was owned the Timbrels was

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Speaker 2: trying to sell them, trying.

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Speaker 4: To back out, says the Hornets were sold for like

548
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Speaker 4: three billion, The Commanders sold for six billion. So could

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Speaker 4: you see the Celtics or an NBA team going higher

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Speaker 4: than in ANFL team.

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Speaker 2: Well, I think, listen, if the Suns are worth four

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Speaker 2: what are the Celtics worth? I mean, I feel like

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Speaker 2: I'm just basing it on that, like the new TV deal,

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Speaker 2: Like what who the Lakers, Nicks, Warriors, Celtics, those are

555
00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:47,000
Speaker 2: your foremost valuable franchises. If the Suns are worth four billion,

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Speaker 2: is there a team worth fifty percent more than Phoenix?

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Speaker 2: I think. Now some of this has to do like

558
00:36:56,520 --> 00:36:59,600
Speaker 2: do you own your own arena and stuff that admittedly

559
00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:05,080
Speaker 2: I don't understand, but the Celtics are, without a doubt

560
00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:07,960
Speaker 2: one of the foremost valuable brands in the league. And

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00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:14,239
Speaker 2: that was before they just won this title. Also, by

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Speaker 2: the way, don't forget oh go ahead de monse.

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Speaker 3: No.

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Speaker 4: I mean, so with all the money stuff with Boston,

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00:37:21,719 --> 00:37:24,520
Speaker 4: Tatum is now the highest played NBA player, do you

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Speaker 4: think that he will get a boost and you know,

567
00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:29,800
Speaker 4: his stats or whatever want to play harder like Jalen

568
00:37:29,840 --> 00:37:32,240
Speaker 4: Brown did when he got his highest played player.

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Speaker 2: So I think it'll be less about the money and

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00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:38,160
Speaker 2: more about that he now has the monkey off his

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Speaker 2: back of being a champion and now that didn't. It

572
00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:44,120
Speaker 2: went the other way for Anthony Davis. A lot of

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00:37:44,160 --> 00:37:46,479
Speaker 2: people thought that would happen with Ad and the best

574
00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:48,680
Speaker 2: AD's ever played was on that title run and he

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00:37:48,719 --> 00:37:52,759
Speaker 2: hasn't really recaptured that. For Tatum, it's like, I think

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00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:54,880
Speaker 2: maybe it's the best of both worlds, which is he

577
00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:58,319
Speaker 2: is the monkey office back of being a champion, but

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00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:03,359
Speaker 2: he also at the same time has something to prove

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Speaker 2: because he wasn't Finals MVP. All right, reminder for the

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Speaker 2: live audience, you can ask your questions in the chat.

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Speaker 2: I spent last week playing poker. We'll discuss that and

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Speaker 2: play a game of writings. That's all next. What's Right?

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Speaker 2: All right? Welcome back in What's Right? With Nick Wright?

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Speaker 2: All right, Demon's so I was off last week. We

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Speaker 2: had some shows off of TV because of the Euros,

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00:38:31,080 --> 00:38:33,040
Speaker 2: and I went out to Vegas. So go ahead and

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Speaker 2: set us up and we'll get into all of it.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, so you were in Vegas last week for the

589
00:38:37,560 --> 00:38:40,840
Speaker 4: World Series of Poker and you stop by the Poker

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00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:45,000
Speaker 4: Go booth apparently, and you made some new fans. Well,

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00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:47,480
Speaker 4: we spent a lot of time talking about football and basketball.

592
00:38:47,520 --> 00:38:50,080
Speaker 4: We know you're not about both of those your nerdiness

593
00:38:50,080 --> 00:38:52,360
Speaker 4: for poker might take the cake. So you want to

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Speaker 4: tell us about your week in Vegas?

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Speaker 2: Sure? And do we have a SoundBite we want to play?

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Speaker 2: Tell me my ear, Daniel, we got a SoundBite we

597
00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:04,000
Speaker 2: can play? All right, So let's play this. This is

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Speaker 2: me calling the final table of the two hundred and

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Speaker 2: fifty thousand dollars buy in World Series of Poker event.

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Speaker 2: Will play this and then I'll explain my week.

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Speaker 3: Go ahead.

602
00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:17,360
Speaker 2: I'm so numb to meeting athletes. But I was walking

603
00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:19,640
Speaker 2: through the lobby and I saw Brian Rast and I

604
00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:22,759
Speaker 2: was like, oh my god. I was like, oh my god,

605
00:39:23,080 --> 00:39:27,520
Speaker 2: this is amazing. I walked over to Rin Lynn and

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Speaker 2: I and I was like, why are you playing Halem

607
00:39:30,120 --> 00:39:34,120
Speaker 2: when everyone knows you're the world's greatest Rast? I am

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Speaker 2: such a poker nerd, and so yeah, this is thrilling

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Speaker 2: to me. So all right, So here's the deal. The

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Speaker 2: actual tournaments, I didn't play well, well, that's not fair

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Speaker 2: to myself. I played very poorly in one. I played

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Speaker 2: in three tournaments. I didn't cash any of them. I

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Speaker 2: played very poorly in one of them. One of them,

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Speaker 2: I it was just the old the old cl classic

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Speaker 2: poker flip ace king versus queens for heaps of chips,

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Speaker 2: and I was on the wrong side of it. And

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Speaker 2: the other one the Omaha eighth Stud eight Tournament mixed game.

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Speaker 2: I actually think I played really well. I was really

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Speaker 2: happy with how I played and made Day two and thought,

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Speaker 2: I again thought I played really well, but kind of

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Speaker 2: got unlucky a couple of times cold decked a bit

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Speaker 2: and didn't cash. But that is not really the story here.

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Speaker 2: To me. The story is twofold. One is about what's

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Speaker 2: happening at the World Series of Poker right now, and

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Speaker 2: the other is the broadcasting stuff. So let's start with

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Speaker 2: what's having the World Series of Poker. So that tweet

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Speaker 2: we showed you was Daniel Nogranu shouting me out for

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Speaker 2: the commentary in the booth. Granu shortly after sending this tweet. One,

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Speaker 2: in my opinion, and I think many people's opinion, the

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Speaker 2: most prestigious bracelet at the World Series two thousand dollars

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Speaker 2: buy in Poker Players Championship, and it's called that because

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00:41:05,120 --> 00:41:09,360
Speaker 2: it's nine separate variants of poker that you play in

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Speaker 2: a rotation. The setup is to minimize luck as much

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Speaker 2: as possible. It is real. It is the crowning jewel

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Speaker 2: of the world series. And for Daniel, who's been either

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Speaker 2: the biggest, second or third biggest face in poker, Ham

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Speaker 2: Ivy and Helm Youth obviously are the three kind of

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Speaker 2: royalties of poker, along with my dear departed friend Doyle Brunton,

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Speaker 2: that would be the poker mount Rushmore. From a fame

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00:41:34,719 --> 00:41:39,160
Speaker 2: and notoriety standpoint, Daniel hadn't won a bracelet in a decade.

641
00:41:40,080 --> 00:41:43,520
Speaker 2: And again, if you're not a poker person, give me

642
00:41:43,560 --> 00:41:46,080
Speaker 2: another five minutes here. If you're listening to it on

643
00:41:46,239 --> 00:41:48,759
Speaker 2: the pod, you can skip forward like five minutes because

644
00:41:48,760 --> 00:41:51,799
Speaker 2: I'm not going to explain this is for poker people.

645
00:41:51,840 --> 00:41:55,200
Speaker 2: I understand people like want to bracelet different variants. I'm

646
00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:58,879
Speaker 2: just I'm talking to the poker audience right now. So

647
00:41:59,040 --> 00:42:02,200
Speaker 2: for Daniel to win and get that monkey off his

648
00:42:02,320 --> 00:42:07,400
Speaker 2: back was exceptional, absolutely exceptional, and it goes in line

649
00:42:08,080 --> 00:42:12,799
Speaker 2: with what has been arguably the greatest world series of

650
00:42:12,840 --> 00:42:17,600
Speaker 2: poker up to this point. Ever so, in no particular order,

651
00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:25,759
Speaker 2: Scott sever who has a legitimate claim as one not

652
00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:29,239
Speaker 2: just a legitimate claim, he definitively is one of the

653
00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:32,160
Speaker 2: best all around players in the world. Some would argue

654
00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:34,240
Speaker 2: he is the best all around player in the world.

655
00:42:34,560 --> 00:42:39,000
Speaker 2: Scott sever said before this year's World Series of Poker,

656
00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:42,200
Speaker 2: I'm calling my shot. I'm doing bracelet bets on the side.

657
00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:46,960
Speaker 2: I'm basically gonna go run this tournament. He just became

658
00:42:47,160 --> 00:42:51,640
Speaker 2: the second or the first person in nearly twenty years

659
00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:57,880
Speaker 2: to win not one, not two, but three bracelets in

660
00:42:57,960 --> 00:43:01,400
Speaker 2: one World Series of Poker. And I was up to

661
00:43:01,560 --> 00:43:03,800
Speaker 2: one in the morning a couple of nights ago watching

662
00:43:04,280 --> 00:43:08,440
Speaker 2: his deuced to seven single draw final table, and even

663
00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:11,160
Speaker 2: for poker folks, now we're getting really in the weeds.

664
00:43:11,600 --> 00:43:15,800
Speaker 2: But he made two of the most brilliant plays one

665
00:43:16,200 --> 00:43:20,160
Speaker 2: can possibly make in that game to win this tournament.

666
00:43:20,719 --> 00:43:24,920
Speaker 2: He removed any luck one can remove from the the

667
00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:30,160
Speaker 2: event and just made great play after great play to

668
00:43:30,200 --> 00:43:34,760
Speaker 2: win his third bracelet. So that is happening. Phil Ivy,

669
00:43:35,320 --> 00:43:38,759
Speaker 2: playing a full series, seemingly for the first time in forever,

670
00:43:39,800 --> 00:43:43,799
Speaker 2: is back. Bubbled the final table of the two hundred

671
00:43:43,800 --> 00:43:45,880
Speaker 2: and fifty K that I was supposed to call, or

672
00:43:45,880 --> 00:43:47,360
Speaker 2: that I did call, but I was supposed to call

673
00:43:47,960 --> 00:43:52,239
Speaker 2: his performance there, but he had already won a different bracelet.

674
00:43:52,920 --> 00:43:56,719
Speaker 2: My good friend Nick Showman, who I do think is

675
00:43:56,760 --> 00:43:59,640
Speaker 2: the best all around player in the world. He want

676
00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:04,879
Speaker 2: to break Chris Honiken won the hundred k and then

677
00:44:04,960 --> 00:44:07,640
Speaker 2: came in third in the two hundred and fifty k.

678
00:44:08,640 --> 00:44:14,920
Speaker 2: That this has been just a historic world series. Oh,

679
00:44:15,239 --> 00:44:24,160
Speaker 2: Jeremy Austmas has I think final tabled six events. He

680
00:44:24,200 --> 00:44:27,239
Speaker 2: has a seventh, a fifth, a fifth, a fourth, a third,

681
00:44:27,400 --> 00:44:32,320
Speaker 2: a second, and Severs probably run away with the Player

682
00:44:32,360 --> 00:44:35,480
Speaker 2: of the Year because of his third bracelet. But we'll

683
00:44:35,520 --> 00:44:38,600
Speaker 2: see if someone else can run him down. And so

684
00:44:38,920 --> 00:44:42,600
Speaker 2: it has just been an all and I'm leaving people out.

685
00:44:42,640 --> 00:44:46,319
Speaker 2: I'm sure an all time world series of poker. The

686
00:44:46,440 --> 00:44:50,640
Speaker 2: only downside now I will tell an embarrassing anecdote. So

687
00:44:51,120 --> 00:44:53,520
Speaker 2: the cool thing for me is these guys know me

688
00:44:53,600 --> 00:44:57,080
Speaker 2: because so many of them bet sports and are into sports.

689
00:44:57,400 --> 00:45:01,719
Speaker 2: So like Scott sever I'm not gonna yeah, I'll reveal this.

690
00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:07,120
Speaker 2: I guess Scott Sever DMed me, uh, I DMed him

691
00:45:07,160 --> 00:45:10,759
Speaker 2: congratulations about his third bracelet. He DM me like, hey,

692
00:45:10,800 --> 00:45:12,640
Speaker 2: I saw you at the eight table and I didn't

693
00:45:12,640 --> 00:45:14,680
Speaker 2: want to bother you, and I was like, oh man,

694
00:45:14,840 --> 00:45:16,520
Speaker 2: I wrote him back. I was like, man, I saw

695
00:45:16,560 --> 00:45:18,400
Speaker 2: you at the other eight table. I didn't want to

696
00:45:18,440 --> 00:45:22,160
Speaker 2: bother you. So it's really cool to me that these

697
00:45:22,200 --> 00:45:24,839
Speaker 2: guys who are the best in the world, that I'm

698
00:45:24,880 --> 00:45:30,920
Speaker 2: able to have like a relationship with them. And Ivy

699
00:45:31,120 --> 00:45:35,960
Speaker 2: is kind of in this world by himself. He's almost

700
00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:41,520
Speaker 2: a mythical figure in that everyone acknowledges he's the greatest

701
00:45:41,560 --> 00:45:45,080
Speaker 2: ever do it. He took some time away, he's back now,

702
00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:49,360
Speaker 2: and he still just carries himself with this this historic presence.

703
00:45:51,600 --> 00:45:54,399
Speaker 2: And I when I was doing some research getting ready

704
00:45:54,440 --> 00:45:56,560
Speaker 2: for the two hundred and fifty K, when it looked

705
00:45:56,600 --> 00:45:58,360
Speaker 2: like he was going to be on the final table,

706
00:45:58,920 --> 00:46:01,800
Speaker 2: I realized I'm like, oh, oh my god, phil Ivy

707
00:46:01,960 --> 00:46:06,360
Speaker 2: follows me on Twitter. I'm like, so, phil Ivy Demanse

708
00:46:06,760 --> 00:46:11,160
Speaker 2: knows me, and this is this is as thrilling as

709
00:46:11,160 --> 00:46:14,160
Speaker 2: it gets. I'm like, oh my god, he follows me

710
00:46:14,200 --> 00:46:17,640
Speaker 2: on Twitter, Like we're gonna like he knows me. So

711
00:46:17,680 --> 00:46:19,680
Speaker 2: if I get to see him, like, it's not gonna

712
00:46:19,680 --> 00:46:21,719
Speaker 2: be like, oh, I'm like some fan, Like we're gonna

713
00:46:21,719 --> 00:46:26,520
Speaker 2: have some commonality. Two days later, I'm walking into the

714
00:46:26,760 --> 00:46:30,360
Speaker 2: tournament area and walking right next to me is phil

715
00:46:32,160 --> 00:46:35,160
Speaker 2: and I'm like, oh, this is perfect. So I turned

716
00:46:35,239 --> 00:46:37,799
Speaker 2: him like, hey, Phil, how's it going? Stick my hand

717
00:46:37,840 --> 00:46:42,920
Speaker 2: out man? When I tell you he Stone did not

718
00:46:43,280 --> 00:46:46,560
Speaker 2: know me. For anyone, I would be under selling it.

719
00:46:47,280 --> 00:46:51,320
Speaker 2: And I was so thrown off and tilted by Demanse

720
00:46:52,080 --> 00:46:56,440
Speaker 2: that I started like spitting my resume at him. I

721
00:46:56,480 --> 00:46:58,959
Speaker 2: was like, oh, Phil, I broadcast the two hundred fifty

722
00:46:59,000 --> 00:47:02,880
Speaker 2: K last night, Like no, like no, We're supposed to

723
00:47:02,880 --> 00:47:05,880
Speaker 2: be friends. It was so embarrassing and.

724
00:47:07,760 --> 00:47:10,560
Speaker 3: Around No.

725
00:47:10,600 --> 00:47:12,640
Speaker 2: I mean there was one other guy walking with him

726
00:47:13,520 --> 00:47:15,399
Speaker 2: that I couldn't I couldn't tell if that guy who's

727
00:47:15,520 --> 00:47:18,600
Speaker 2: like security or another player doesn't matter. But someone else

728
00:47:18,640 --> 00:47:22,520
Speaker 2: saw it and it was mortified. So but everything else

729
00:47:22,560 --> 00:47:27,560
Speaker 2: went great. Now. I will say one other thing, the

730
00:47:27,760 --> 00:47:31,760
Speaker 2: Poker Hall of Fame as of right now in ducks

731
00:47:31,840 --> 00:47:36,399
Speaker 2: one person a year, one player a year, and you're

732
00:47:36,440 --> 00:47:41,279
Speaker 2: not eligible until you're forty a year from now. They

733
00:47:41,320 --> 00:47:45,680
Speaker 2: have a problem on their hands, which yours that arguably

734
00:47:47,400 --> 00:47:51,680
Speaker 2: in their prime right now that you could make the

735
00:47:51,800 --> 00:47:54,680
Speaker 2: argument the two best all around poker players in the

736
00:47:54,719 --> 00:47:57,680
Speaker 2: world right now are Nick Shulman and Scott sever I

737
00:47:57,760 --> 00:48:00,200
Speaker 2: mentioned them both as far as what they've done this

738
00:48:00,239 --> 00:48:04,680
Speaker 2: World Series. They both won bracelet Scott's one three. Nick

739
00:48:04,800 --> 00:48:11,879
Speaker 2: keeps crushing. They both turn forty this year, and they

740
00:48:11,960 --> 00:48:17,400
Speaker 2: both are first time eligible next year. It would be

741
00:48:19,280 --> 00:48:22,800
Speaker 2: shameful for either one of them to have to wait

742
00:48:24,080 --> 00:48:28,600
Speaker 2: and if the the Poker Hall of Fame has a

743
00:48:28,719 --> 00:48:32,319
Speaker 2: year to prepare for what they need to do. But

744
00:48:32,680 --> 00:48:37,080
Speaker 2: both of them must be first ballot guys, both of

745
00:48:37,120 --> 00:48:43,600
Speaker 2: those players, it would be disrespectful to either one of

746
00:48:43,600 --> 00:48:46,640
Speaker 2: them for them not to get in on the first ballot.

747
00:48:47,040 --> 00:48:49,879
Speaker 2: They are two of the all time greatest who right

748
00:48:49,920 --> 00:48:53,000
Speaker 2: now appear to both be at the peaks of their powers.

749
00:48:53,880 --> 00:48:56,440
Speaker 2: Nick has the added bonus of he is the best

750
00:48:56,440 --> 00:49:00,000
Speaker 2: poker broadcaster in the world. Scott has the added bone

751
00:49:00,600 --> 00:49:04,480
Speaker 2: he's in the midst of maybe the greatest World Series run,

752
00:49:06,520 --> 00:49:10,000
Speaker 2: maybe of all time, certainly of the last fifteen years.

753
00:49:10,680 --> 00:49:13,919
Speaker 2: They both must be first ballot a year from now,

754
00:49:14,440 --> 00:49:15,880
Speaker 2: and the Poker Hall of Fame is a year to

755
00:49:15,880 --> 00:49:18,520
Speaker 2: figure it out, all right, Demanse, you can ask me

756
00:49:18,560 --> 00:49:21,640
Speaker 2: a follow up and then we'll move on to right ends.

757
00:49:22,239 --> 00:49:25,200
Speaker 3: Uh so, Yeah, where is poker commentator on your list

758
00:49:25,239 --> 00:49:27,879
Speaker 3: of dream jobs?

759
00:49:28,840 --> 00:49:31,000
Speaker 2: Oh? I don't this is gonna make you laugh. I

760
00:49:31,000 --> 00:49:33,120
Speaker 2: don't look at it as a dream job. It's it's

761
00:49:33,200 --> 00:49:35,840
Speaker 2: just gonna be a job that I have. I'm going

762
00:49:35,920 --> 00:49:38,760
Speaker 2: to do that. It's it won't be my full time job,

763
00:49:39,239 --> 00:49:41,680
Speaker 2: but I'm going to do it like. That's not a

764
00:49:42,280 --> 00:49:44,840
Speaker 2: that's a non negotiable thing for me. There are certain

765
00:49:44,880 --> 00:49:47,880
Speaker 2: things like I would like to be the third guy

766
00:49:48,040 --> 00:49:52,080
Speaker 2: in an NFL booth, like the way they have the

767
00:49:52,080 --> 00:49:57,400
Speaker 2: the referee expert come in the like fourth down analytics expert.

768
00:49:57,800 --> 00:50:01,960
Speaker 2: That's like a fuzzy dream. Like dreams might be too strong.

769
00:50:02,000 --> 00:50:03,480
Speaker 2: But I don't know if I will be able to

770
00:50:03,719 --> 00:50:08,719
Speaker 2: land that plane. Poker commentator I can do. I've done it.

771
00:50:09,320 --> 00:50:14,640
Speaker 2: I've had a lot of how do I put this properly?

772
00:50:14,840 --> 00:50:18,520
Speaker 2: I've had opportunities to do it more consistently. I will

773
00:50:18,560 --> 00:50:22,839
Speaker 2: continue that. My problem right now is it's hard to

774
00:50:22,840 --> 00:50:26,759
Speaker 2: get to and from Vegas, New York to Vegas, you

775
00:50:26,800 --> 00:50:28,920
Speaker 2: know what I mean, And you want to be on

776
00:50:28,960 --> 00:50:32,360
Speaker 2: the ground there to do it. But I'm going to

777
00:50:32,520 --> 00:50:36,279
Speaker 2: find a way to have that be a bigger part

778
00:50:36,320 --> 00:50:39,000
Speaker 2: of what I do because I love it so much.

779
00:50:40,080 --> 00:50:44,239
Speaker 2: I get so much enjoyment out of it, and there

780
00:50:44,400 --> 00:50:50,080
Speaker 2: is a part of my brain that is just activated

781
00:50:50,719 --> 00:50:56,759
Speaker 2: in thinking about poker and games and the strategy of

782
00:50:56,840 --> 00:50:59,800
Speaker 2: it that it's like an itch that has to be scratched.

783
00:51:00,120 --> 00:51:03,040
Speaker 2: So that's why I like playing, because of the competition

784
00:51:03,160 --> 00:51:05,560
Speaker 2: of it. But I also like watching the best in

785
00:51:05,600 --> 00:51:09,200
Speaker 2: the world play to think about what they were thinking

786
00:51:09,239 --> 00:51:13,239
Speaker 2: about and why moves are made. And so yeah, so

787
00:51:13,320 --> 00:51:15,600
Speaker 2: I'm going to do it, and I'll do it more.

788
00:51:15,680 --> 00:51:18,760
Speaker 2: And shout out to Brent Hanks and Jeff Platt for

789
00:51:19,040 --> 00:51:23,680
Speaker 2: allowing me, giving me the platform to share with them

790
00:51:23,719 --> 00:51:25,440
Speaker 2: for the two hundred and fifty K, which was just

791
00:51:25,560 --> 00:51:28,879
Speaker 2: a remarkable final table to watch and the whole thing

792
00:51:28,960 --> 00:51:31,080
Speaker 2: was great. All right, let's play the game. Let's play

793
00:51:31,120 --> 00:51:31,560
Speaker 2: right INDs.

794
00:51:33,239 --> 00:51:35,960
Speaker 4: So yeah, So the Spurs made some noise and they

795
00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:39,239
Speaker 4: finally got wmba point guard he's a little outside of

796
00:51:39,239 --> 00:51:43,960
Speaker 4: his prime, and Chris Paul. They also drafted Stefan Castle

797
00:51:44,000 --> 00:51:46,800
Speaker 4: at number four. The reports are that they are interested

798
00:51:46,800 --> 00:51:50,560
Speaker 4: in Laurie markten, but are they ready to compete.

799
00:51:50,880 --> 00:51:52,359
Speaker 3: The Spurs ceiling is.

800
00:51:52,400 --> 00:51:56,920
Speaker 2: Now, oh, be a five hundred team this year. Now

801
00:51:56,960 --> 00:51:59,880
Speaker 2: if they get marketing, maybe a touch higher. I like

802
00:52:00,120 --> 00:52:02,799
Speaker 2: marking in a ton, but their ceiling is be a

803
00:52:02,840 --> 00:52:05,600
Speaker 2: five hundred team. Compete for the playoffs in year three.

804
00:52:06,680 --> 00:52:08,879
Speaker 2: I didn't love the Chris Paul to the Spurs thing.

805
00:52:08,880 --> 00:52:12,399
Speaker 2: I didn't totally understand. Brew then mentioned kind of being

806
00:52:12,400 --> 00:52:14,600
Speaker 2: a mentor to Castle, which made a lot of sense.

807
00:52:14,920 --> 00:52:16,600
Speaker 2: But be a five hundred team, all right.

808
00:52:16,680 --> 00:52:20,960
Speaker 4: Next, Donovan Mitchell agreed to an extension with the Cast

809
00:52:21,000 --> 00:52:24,040
Speaker 4: for three years, one hundred and fifty million. However, that

810
00:52:24,040 --> 00:52:25,880
Speaker 4: doesn't mean he can't ask out in a year. Like

811
00:52:25,920 --> 00:52:28,960
Speaker 4: you just said, Donovan Mitchell will be in Cleveland for

812
00:52:29,400 --> 00:52:31,120
Speaker 4: a blank more years.

813
00:52:31,520 --> 00:52:35,839
Speaker 2: I think one more year. I listen, Calves fans might

814
00:52:35,880 --> 00:52:37,880
Speaker 2: be mad at me. I don't want that to happen.

815
00:52:38,040 --> 00:52:41,680
Speaker 2: I understand if they're frustrated. It's like, man, he just

816
00:52:41,800 --> 00:52:44,760
Speaker 2: re signed, and you guys are already you're you're already

817
00:52:44,800 --> 00:52:48,880
Speaker 2: talking about when he could leave. But to me, it

818
00:52:49,000 --> 00:52:52,560
Speaker 2: just felt like a grab the money and worry about

819
00:52:52,600 --> 00:52:55,799
Speaker 2: the rest later. So I so I think one more

820
00:52:55,920 --> 00:52:58,719
Speaker 2: year is probably what makes the most sense, all right.

821
00:52:58,800 --> 00:53:02,360
Speaker 3: Next, The Thunder have been busy this offseason.

822
00:53:02,719 --> 00:53:05,960
Speaker 4: First they traded for Alix Cruso, and now they've signed

823
00:53:06,000 --> 00:53:09,680
Speaker 4: Isaiah Hartenstein to shore up their biggest weakness, the Thunder's

824
00:53:09,719 --> 00:53:10,400
Speaker 4: title chances.

825
00:53:10,440 --> 00:53:11,800
Speaker 3: Are now blank percent.

826
00:53:13,320 --> 00:53:19,520
Speaker 2: Oh well, gosh, I don't know what are they one

827
00:53:19,600 --> 00:53:25,319
Speaker 2: in five, twenty percent? Like the Thunder in real good shape, man.

828
00:53:25,960 --> 00:53:29,600
Speaker 2: I think Hartenstein feels a real need for them. Shay's excellent.

829
00:53:29,920 --> 00:53:33,920
Speaker 2: They have a smart coach, well built roster. They also

830
00:53:34,520 --> 00:53:38,120
Speaker 2: still have all those draft picks in store, so they

831
00:53:38,160 --> 00:53:41,080
Speaker 2: can make a trade at the deadline more easily than

832
00:53:41,080 --> 00:53:44,719
Speaker 2: most teams. So I think the Thunder, if you were

833
00:53:44,719 --> 00:53:46,319
Speaker 2: to come to me and be like the Thunder of

834
00:53:46,360 --> 00:53:48,839
Speaker 2: the favorites in the West, I got at least listen

835
00:53:48,920 --> 00:53:53,440
Speaker 2: to it. Dallas obviously right there, Denver. I think the

836
00:53:53,520 --> 00:53:58,719
Speaker 2: KCP loss is significant. Minnesota can't be forgotten. I'm just

837
00:53:58,800 --> 00:54:01,000
Speaker 2: listing the top four teams. I know that's kind of silly,

838
00:54:01,719 --> 00:54:05,360
Speaker 2: but OKC is positioned incredibly well.

839
00:54:06,120 --> 00:54:09,719
Speaker 4: All right, next, Yeah, it wasn't the most stacked NBA

840
00:54:09,840 --> 00:54:13,320
Speaker 4: draft ever, but that doesn't mean the excitement was lacking.

841
00:54:14,000 --> 00:54:16,399
Speaker 3: Your favorite pick in the NBA draft this year was.

842
00:54:17,920 --> 00:54:22,080
Speaker 2: Well, the excitement actually was lacking. I did really listen.

843
00:54:22,520 --> 00:54:24,680
Speaker 2: I was. I think I said it on this show

844
00:54:25,160 --> 00:54:27,800
Speaker 2: a couple months ago, how much I like Dalton Connect

845
00:54:28,200 --> 00:54:30,160
Speaker 2: For him to fall to seventeen to the Lakers. That

846
00:54:30,280 --> 00:54:32,240
Speaker 2: is a really good pick. I give the front office

847
00:54:32,280 --> 00:54:34,759
Speaker 2: credit where it's due. They had something fall into their

848
00:54:34,840 --> 00:54:36,480
Speaker 2: lap and they were smart enough to pick it up.

849
00:54:37,400 --> 00:54:42,440
Speaker 2: But so I guess that. But I'm interested to see

850
00:54:42,480 --> 00:54:46,080
Speaker 2: Castle with Wimby over the years, and I didn't Red

851
00:54:46,160 --> 00:54:49,560
Speaker 2: Shepherd's really good. But I don't know much about the

852
00:54:49,560 --> 00:54:51,680
Speaker 2: foreign guys. I'm just not gonna lie to you about

853
00:54:51,719 --> 00:54:55,440
Speaker 2: the number one pick. And sorry, I wasn't scouring that film.

854
00:54:55,520 --> 00:54:59,880
Speaker 4: Next there's no there's no time for a full soccer

855
00:55:00,040 --> 00:55:02,560
Speaker 4: corner today, but catch us up on the Euros in

856
00:55:02,560 --> 00:55:06,000
Speaker 4: Copa America and make your predictions. The Euros in Copo

857
00:55:06,000 --> 00:55:07,279
Speaker 4: America champions will be.

858
00:55:09,000 --> 00:55:15,360
Speaker 2: Oh listen, Spain's got a brutal quarterfinal match against Germany,

859
00:55:15,960 --> 00:55:19,480
Speaker 2: but I like Spain in that spot, and so I'm

860
00:55:19,520 --> 00:55:23,040
Speaker 2: gonna go with Spain. Is I think they've been the

861
00:55:23,080 --> 00:55:25,960
Speaker 2: best team thus far this tournament. So I'll go with

862
00:55:26,120 --> 00:55:30,600
Speaker 2: Spain in the Euros and in Copa I'm just gonna

863
00:55:30,600 --> 00:55:33,319
Speaker 2: go with Chalk and I'll just go with Argentina. You

864
00:55:33,360 --> 00:55:35,960
Speaker 2: guys know, I tend to always root for Brazil, but

865
00:55:36,040 --> 00:55:39,200
Speaker 2: I think it's going to be Argentina. And I know

866
00:55:39,320 --> 00:55:42,080
Speaker 2: that there right now is a fourth of July and

867
00:55:42,200 --> 00:55:49,120
Speaker 2: Joey Chestnut question. However, I just don't you know, I'm

868
00:55:49,160 --> 00:55:53,800
Speaker 2: not feeling the last twenty four hours or so quite

869
00:55:53,840 --> 00:55:56,640
Speaker 2: as patriotic as I normally do on the fourth of July.

870
00:55:56,960 --> 00:55:59,319
Speaker 2: So we're gonna skip that one. Quick break right back,

871
00:55:59,360 --> 00:56:07,520
Speaker 2: What's right? Welcome back in What's right with Nick? Right? Demanse,

872
00:56:07,680 --> 00:56:09,759
Speaker 2: Let's get some listener questions where we move on.

873
00:56:11,200 --> 00:56:14,840
Speaker 4: Austin Tapp asked, what were the better experience? What was

874
00:56:14,880 --> 00:56:17,560
Speaker 4: the better experience beating fell Helme Youth and poker on

875
00:56:17,640 --> 00:56:19,720
Speaker 4: TV or Chief Super Bowl party?

876
00:56:20,840 --> 00:56:23,719
Speaker 2: Oh, listen, winning that sit and go tournament where ended

877
00:56:23,760 --> 00:56:25,680
Speaker 2: up being me and Helm Youth heads up and then

878
00:56:25,719 --> 00:56:29,319
Speaker 2: winning is like that, I actually did that the Chief

879
00:56:29,400 --> 00:56:31,840
Speaker 2: super Bowl. While I'm an unofficial member of the team,

880
00:56:32,440 --> 00:56:35,000
Speaker 2: I don't actually get to really claim much credit for that.

881
00:56:35,080 --> 00:56:36,640
Speaker 2: So it's the Helme Youth thing definitely.

882
00:56:36,760 --> 00:56:40,520
Speaker 3: Next, Jacob Bim said, Nick, if you had to bet

883
00:56:40,560 --> 00:56:43,520
Speaker 3: the Warriors or Spurs to make the playoffs, who do

884
00:56:43,600 --> 00:56:43,960
Speaker 3: you take?

885
00:56:45,160 --> 00:56:47,640
Speaker 2: Oh? I would take the Warriors. I mean, the Warriors

886
00:56:47,680 --> 00:56:50,359
Speaker 2: won forty six games last year. The Spurs won twenty two.

887
00:56:50,960 --> 00:56:54,080
Speaker 2: I understand Whimby will be better. I get that, I might.

888
00:56:54,640 --> 00:56:57,400
Speaker 2: I don't think either will make it, but the better

889
00:56:57,480 --> 00:56:59,160
Speaker 2: bet is definitely the Warriors.

890
00:56:59,239 --> 00:57:05,279
Speaker 3: Next, uh a Vetus Bodakian asked Nick, where do you

891
00:57:05,280 --> 00:57:07,560
Speaker 3: think Wimby will rank by the end of the season.

892
00:57:11,600 --> 00:57:16,640
Speaker 2: Twelve thirteen? Somewhere like that all NBA level but not

893
00:57:16,640 --> 00:57:20,600
Speaker 2: not MVP level, like not yet. But he was way

894
00:57:21,400 --> 00:57:24,440
Speaker 2: way better offensively last year than I thought he'd be

895
00:57:24,480 --> 00:57:28,919
Speaker 2: as a rookie. The defense I think everybody saw coming. Offensively,

896
00:57:29,000 --> 00:57:32,080
Speaker 2: he was more refined, So I think twelve thirteenth is

897
00:57:32,080 --> 00:57:34,280
Speaker 2: a legitimate landing spot for him.

898
00:57:34,280 --> 00:57:38,240
Speaker 3: Next, Tyler asked Nick, who is your Wimbledon pick?

899
00:57:39,440 --> 00:57:41,360
Speaker 2: Oh? That's a great So what are the I'm gonna

900
00:57:41,360 --> 00:57:46,520
Speaker 2: look at the odds real quick, just to oh my god,

901
00:57:46,600 --> 00:57:53,560
Speaker 2: I have a major announcement. Did I? I forgot to

902
00:57:53,680 --> 00:57:59,840
Speaker 2: tell you guys this hold on producers. Do you guys

903
00:57:59,880 --> 00:58:01,880
Speaker 2: know what I'm about to tell you here?

904
00:58:03,400 --> 00:58:03,680
Speaker 4: Have I?

905
00:58:03,840 --> 00:58:05,560
Speaker 2: Yeah? Okay, so I I did share it in the

906
00:58:05,560 --> 00:58:11,080
Speaker 2: group chat. All right. In a couple of weeks, I

907
00:58:11,120 --> 00:58:18,920
Speaker 2: am going to be auditioning to be an official US

908
00:58:19,080 --> 00:58:25,280
Speaker 2: Open ball boy. That's happening. I this is this is

909
00:58:25,640 --> 00:58:29,800
Speaker 2: my buddy Mark Carmon, who this is his lifelong dream,

910
00:58:30,000 --> 00:58:34,800
Speaker 2: is flying in from Chicago to Allsoul audition. They're gonna

911
00:58:34,800 --> 00:58:37,680
Speaker 2: put me through all the drills, all of it. I'm

912
00:58:37,680 --> 00:58:39,840
Speaker 2: gonna be wearing the whole outfit. I'm a little old,

913
00:58:39,880 --> 00:58:46,120
Speaker 2: I will admit, but I I well, that's the that's

914
00:58:46,160 --> 00:58:49,440
Speaker 2: the concern, I'll be honest. The concern is you know

915
00:58:49,840 --> 00:58:52,800
Speaker 2: that we're gonna be the father son Popped Achilles duo.

916
00:58:53,200 --> 00:58:56,440
Speaker 2: I'm not gonna lie that is that. That's that's the concern.

917
00:58:58,120 --> 00:59:01,600
Speaker 2: But I yeah, so, I I'm so. I might be

918
00:59:02,640 --> 00:59:05,200
Speaker 2: a ball boy at the US Open. I'm gonna be

919
00:59:05,240 --> 00:59:12,080
Speaker 2: wearing the full polo regalia out there, crushing. I was

920
00:59:12,200 --> 00:59:16,040
Speaker 2: just checking to see if there were any crazy odds

921
00:59:16,080 --> 00:59:18,320
Speaker 2: but for the win for Wimbledon real quick. But it's

922
00:59:18,720 --> 00:59:22,040
Speaker 2: Center is the slight favorite, which is interesting. He's two

923
00:59:22,080 --> 00:59:26,680
Speaker 2: to one. Alcarez plus two, ten, Joker plus three twenty,

924
00:59:26,760 --> 00:59:29,800
Speaker 2: nobody else better than fifteen to one. I told you guys,

925
00:59:30,040 --> 00:59:32,800
Speaker 2: I'm gonna pick Alcaz to win every major for probably

926
00:59:32,800 --> 00:59:35,160
Speaker 2: the next five years, and I'll be right more often

927
00:59:35,200 --> 00:59:37,920
Speaker 2: than I'm wrong. It's just I'm just gonna pick Alcarez

928
00:59:38,040 --> 00:59:40,400
Speaker 2: every time he's healthy, and I'll be right more often

929
00:59:40,440 --> 00:59:41,000
Speaker 2: than I'm wrong.

930
00:59:41,600 --> 00:59:44,600
Speaker 4: Uh, quickly back here, your ball boy, at your ball

931
00:59:44,640 --> 00:59:46,760
Speaker 4: boy antics will you be Will you be doing any

932
00:59:46,800 --> 00:59:49,240
Speaker 4: training between now and then to get into shape or

933
00:59:50,000 --> 00:59:52,800
Speaker 4: you're just gonna no, no wing it.

934
00:59:53,640 --> 00:59:59,280
Speaker 2: I'm a natural athlete the and for short bursts like

935
00:59:59,400 --> 01:00:03,200
Speaker 2: and so I'm not worried about that. Uh and so no, yeah,

936
01:00:03,200 --> 01:00:05,680
Speaker 2: I'm just gonna wing it. I mean I watched Wimbledon

937
01:00:06,000 --> 01:00:08,280
Speaker 2: and maybe try to pick up on, you know, some

938
01:00:08,440 --> 01:00:11,400
Speaker 2: tendencies of the ball boys. But no, I'm not going

939
01:00:11,480 --> 01:00:15,760
Speaker 2: to train. All right, Demonse, Let's go to Curtis Matthew's

940
01:00:15,840 --> 01:00:17,200
Speaker 2: question is the last question.

941
01:00:18,160 --> 01:00:21,120
Speaker 3: Curtis Matthews said, question for Demonse, will you be picking

942
01:00:21,200 --> 01:00:25,320
Speaker 3: up the n C Double A football game in July? Yeah,

943
01:00:25,560 --> 01:00:26,480
Speaker 3: I'll probably get it.

944
01:00:27,680 --> 01:00:29,920
Speaker 2: But you've never played the n C Double A.

945
01:00:29,960 --> 01:00:34,640
Speaker 3: For Hey, don't. I've been alive for long enough. I played.

946
01:00:35,080 --> 01:00:38,280
Speaker 4: I definitely I played NCAA football game like a long

947
01:00:38,360 --> 01:00:40,080
Speaker 4: long time ago, long.

948
01:00:44,000 --> 01:00:47,120
Speaker 2: Decade ago. Maybe no, but I just my point was

949
01:00:47,400 --> 01:00:50,120
Speaker 2: I wasn't taking a shot. My point was like, as

950
01:00:50,160 --> 01:00:53,480
Speaker 2: an adult, the game hasn't for you. The game hasn't existed.

951
01:00:55,320 --> 01:00:57,600
Speaker 3: I have not played it recently at all. It's been

952
01:00:57,680 --> 01:00:59,400
Speaker 3: like years and years, but I've played it.

953
01:00:59,480 --> 01:01:03,400
Speaker 2: But it was when I was your age man, like

954
01:01:03,560 --> 01:01:08,600
Speaker 2: you and like you know me, like seven buddies would

955
01:01:08,640 --> 01:01:14,120
Speaker 2: have an online dynasty, all trying to recruit the same kids,

956
01:01:14,160 --> 01:01:19,760
Speaker 2: scheduled games like it was. The NCAA thing. Is a

957
01:01:20,080 --> 01:01:22,600
Speaker 2: question for Demon's a question for Nick. Yes, I'll be

958
01:01:22,680 --> 01:01:26,560
Speaker 2: playing it, and I might. I might try to set

959
01:01:26,680 --> 01:01:34,400
Speaker 2: up a invite only sports media league with publicly posted

960
01:01:34,440 --> 01:01:38,800
Speaker 2: results where everybody picks the school, we're all recruiting the kids,

961
01:01:38,800 --> 01:01:41,280
Speaker 2: and then we play a full season. I've already talked

962
01:01:41,280 --> 01:01:45,120
Speaker 2: with Kevin Clark about the potential viability of setting this up.

963
01:01:45,720 --> 01:01:49,320
Speaker 3: So, uh, that's not locked.

964
01:01:51,640 --> 01:01:54,760
Speaker 2: Sports media, of course, But you can't listen the problem

965
01:01:54,800 --> 01:01:58,640
Speaker 2: with these these these leagues is people. It's like, Hey,

966
01:01:59,120 --> 01:02:03,320
Speaker 2: our game is scheduled Tuesday at eight pm. You better

967
01:02:03,400 --> 01:02:05,960
Speaker 2: be there. You can't have everybody waiting. But yeah, I'm

968
01:02:05,960 --> 01:02:09,760
Speaker 2: gonna try to set that up. All right, Uh, great show.

969
01:02:10,080 --> 01:02:12,520
Speaker 2: I gotta get to work because we got it potentially

970
01:02:12,560 --> 01:02:15,920
Speaker 2: an early show, maybe a two o'clock start for first

971
01:02:15,960 --> 01:02:20,800
Speaker 2: things first, and I'll see you guys there, what's right? Hey,

972
01:02:21,200 --> 01:02:23,840
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973
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977
01:02:37,040 --> 01:02:41,040
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981
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983
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