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<v Speaker 2>Hey there, welcome in for the first time in a while.

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

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<v Speaker 2>programming notes, Uh, little intermittent last week. We were out

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<v Speaker 2>because of the World Series of Poker fourth of July

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<v Speaker 2>this week, so I think we give everybody off. I

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<v Speaker 2>haven't discussed that. I don't think we have a show

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<v Speaker 2>for the j The next week family vacation, so we're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna hit you hard with a bunch of NBA free agency,

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<v Speaker 2>and then post family vacation will be back, kind of

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<v Speaker 2>turning the page to all things NFL. But I had

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<v Speaker 2>a great week in Vegas, and we will discuss that

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<v Speaker 2>on the show. There was also a lot of a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of the Internet thinks that Tom Haberstrow's article unmasking

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<v Speaker 2>Michael Jordan's fraudulent defensive Player of the Year award. It

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<v Speaker 2>was a Tom Habershrow and Nick Wright article. And while

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<v Speaker 2>I appreciate the credit, and I think Tom did a

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<v Speaker 2>great job, he deserves all the credit. I just did

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit of media consultation about how to kind

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<v Speaker 2>of position that in the marketplace as best as it

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<v Speaker 2>could be. But turns out my media consulting on that

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<v Speaker 2>was useless because the network other than mine acted like

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<v Speaker 2>that article didn't exist. You know, shows that will spend

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<v Speaker 2>thirty forty minutes on a single Lebron James Tweet decided

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<v Speaker 2>not to dedicate a single word to you know, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>was one of the pillars of Michael Jordan's goat case

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<v Speaker 2>built on a lie. Struck me as odd, it struck

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<v Speaker 2>me as interesting. But again, the as much as I

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<v Speaker 2>love getting credit for other people's work, that was Tom

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

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<v Speaker 2>I was thinking about this, but I'm gonna go ahead

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<v Speaker 2>and do this real quick. I was thinking about this

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<v Speaker 2>when I was in Vegas, and I didn't know if

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<v Speaker 2>I was gonna do it or not. And we'll bring

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<v Speaker 2>de Mon's an in a moment. But I just want

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<v Speaker 2>to get this out there now and feel free bad

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<v Speaker 2>actors on the internet to clip this and distribute it

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<v Speaker 2>however you want. This is a verbal contract, because folks

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<v Speaker 2>then took Tom's article and they were like, what about

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<v Speaker 2>this game from Lebron? Okay, here is not even a

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<v Speaker 2>wager a free role for any one person out there.

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<v Speaker 2>If anyone out there can find a mutually agreed upon

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<v Speaker 2>respected statistician to look at the Lebron James statistical record

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<v Speaker 2>and find anything as statistically outlandish as what Tom found

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<v Speaker 2>about Jordan's nineteen eighty eight season and are able to

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<v Speaker 2>draw the similar line to this specific award Lebron won

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<v Speaker 2>was based in this level of statistical anomaly or Malfe's

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<v Speaker 2>if there is a again, you guys can pick them

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<v Speaker 2>as long whoever wants to do it, as long as

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<v Speaker 2>they are credentials pass muster to me. Let them do

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<v Speaker 2>their study. If you can find that person to do

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<v Speaker 2>that study and come back and be like, hey, this

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<v Speaker 2>award has as much of an asterisk on it as

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<v Speaker 2>Jordan's nineteen eighty eight Defensive Player of the ar award.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll give you ten thousand dollars. So that is a

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<v Speaker 2>challenge to the internet, an open challenge to the Internet.

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<v Speaker 2>Anyone can apply. I just laid out the parameters, hand

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<v Speaker 2>over heart ten thousand dollars guarantee replay. Exactly what the

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<v Speaker 2>parameters were. They're very very clear. But until you and

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

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<v Speaker 2>If you can't, you owe me zero. So that that

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<v Speaker 2>is now out there in the ether for as long

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<v Speaker 2>as people want it, and it's available for as long

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<v Speaker 2>as people want it. My guess is no one's going

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<v Speaker 2>to take it because it's not going to be doable

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<v Speaker 2>because Lebron's entire career has been in the high definition

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<v Speaker 2>mostly streaming League pass era and it's not being relied

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<v Speaker 2>upon legend the way kind of some of that eighties

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<v Speaker 2>Jordan stuff is. But it's out there. Ten grand's a

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<v Speaker 2>real amount of money, so go try to do it.

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<v Speaker 2>The real question is, right now, while I'm talking, is

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<v Speaker 2>Demanse thinking could I am I eligible? Could I find

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<v Speaker 2>the statistician. That would be a hell of us plot twist.

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<v Speaker 2>I knew you were thinking. Demanse's like, hold on a second,

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<v Speaker 2>I might know some people that would love to do this.

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<v Speaker 3>How are you doing, Pal, I'm doing pretty good. How

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<v Speaker 3>are we doing? How are we doing?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm doing good. Glad to be back. Today's an interesting

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<v Speaker 2>thing on the TV show because we have the nether

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<v Speaker 2>Romania game on FS one at noon Eastern, and the

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<v Speaker 2>moment that game ends, we're live on the air, which

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<v Speaker 2>means two things. One is we should have a million

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<v Speaker 2>plus people watching at the beginning of the show. The

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<v Speaker 2>other is the show might start an hour early. The

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<v Speaker 2>show could start at two pm. If that thing goes

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<v Speaker 2>right in regulation doesn't go extra time, then we're starting

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<v Speaker 2>at two and rolling till four thirty. So we got

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<v Speaker 2>a lot to do, a lot to catch up on

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<v Speaker 2>NBA Free Agency and Demond's e It seems like, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we missed quite a bit in this week. I was gone,

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<v Speaker 2>So why don't you tell us what we're doing here

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<v Speaker 2>before we get.

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<v Speaker 4>So A lot of events if unfolded while we've taken

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<v Speaker 4>our break for your World Series of Poker and this

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<v Speaker 4>other stuff.

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<v Speaker 3>So the producers put a list.

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<v Speaker 4>Of stuff that happened over that time, and you can

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<v Speaker 4>just pick a couple of what you want to hit on.

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<v Speaker 2>So okay, so break Brandon Ayuk. It's a whole list.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're watching YouTube. Brendan aug seems to not want

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<v Speaker 2>to be with the Niners anymore, so they don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to pay him. But it looks like he's gonna stay

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<v Speaker 2>with the Niners, so that's nothing. Summer TV heating up again.

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<v Speaker 2>This is there's podcast for that US men's national team

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<v Speaker 2>eliminated from Copa America. Put a pin in that we'll

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<v Speaker 2>get to it. Uh. This kid, that NBA draft pick,

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<v Speaker 2>Jared McCain. People seem to not like his tiktoks or

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<v Speaker 2>gen z nish of him. Fact of the matter is,

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<v Speaker 2>I've got the I've got teenage kids, so or a

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<v Speaker 2>teenage kid, and I already had a teenage kid. Demanda's

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<v Speaker 2>not full on gen Z. My daughter is full on

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<v Speaker 2>gen Z and I'm around her people, so I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>I'm nonplussed by this. The w NBA's record setting weekend.

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<v Speaker 2>We will discuss that the USA track legends and gymnastics

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<v Speaker 2>legends heading to Paris. We'll get into that when the

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<v Speaker 2>Olympics actually starting in July. Don't really care again about

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<v Speaker 2>the Travis Kelsey Taylor Swift relatedtionship other than I think

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<v Speaker 2>it's going to extend his career because I think she

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<v Speaker 2>loves going to the games. And the Jaguars are building

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<v Speaker 2>the Prince of Castle, befitting his royal name, a new stadium.

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<v Speaker 2>So two things in that I want to get to.

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<v Speaker 2>One is the WNBA. The other is the US men's

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<v Speaker 2>national team. So the WNBA, this is what I'm gonna say.

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<v Speaker 2>These two rookies, Caitlyn and Angel had so much hype

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<v Speaker 2>and they're exceeding it. Caitlyn this weekend was one rebound

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<v Speaker 2>away from the first rookie triple double in the history

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<v Speaker 2>of the WNBA, and did it in the Pardon Me,

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<v Speaker 2>in the midst of beating Diana Tarazi in that and

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<v Speaker 2>the Phoenix Mercury. It was a great game. I watched

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<v Speaker 2>the whole fourth quarter of it. Caitlin continues to answer

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<v Speaker 2>the bell. The turnovers are a lot, but go.

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<v Speaker 3>Ahead about the turnovers.

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<v Speaker 4>But I saw a video or like a montage saying,

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<v Speaker 4>look at the turnovers that Caitlin Clark is getting in

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<v Speaker 4>like on half of them, there passes that our teammates

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<v Speaker 4>could catch, and it seems like they're just selling her

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<v Speaker 4>down the river.

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<v Speaker 2>So I don't so I think half is an overstatement.

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<v Speaker 2>I do think there's you know, usually I saw that

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<v Speaker 2>montage as well, but the volume is so high. Some

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<v Speaker 2>of that is it's a rookie woes being asked to do,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, everything, And right now she leads the WNBA

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<v Speaker 2>and assists and leads the WNBA in three pointers. The

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<v Speaker 2>turnovers will need to get. Yes, her teammates could help

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<v Speaker 2>out a little bit more, but it's also she was

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<v Speaker 2>a high turnover player at Iowa, and at some point

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<v Speaker 2>the job is know what passes your teammates can catch.

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<v Speaker 2>But I'm not here. I'm not trying to knock her.

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<v Speaker 2>My point is that's the only real Yeah. But about

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<v Speaker 2>the resume and then the flip side, Angel Reese, it

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<v Speaker 2>damn Dennis Rodman out there just to double double every game.

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<v Speaker 2>Not Dennis wasn't double double, but as far as the rebounding,

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<v Speaker 2>and she just set the record for ten straight double

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<v Speaker 2>doubles in WNBA rookie record. So those two rookies whose

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<v Speaker 2>teams are neck and neck in the standings for the

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<v Speaker 2>final playoff spot. Who's individually are neck and neck in

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<v Speaker 2>the Rookie of the Year standings. It has been spectacular

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<v Speaker 2>to watch and it's great for the league. And then

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<v Speaker 2>we get to the US men's national team, which I

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<v Speaker 2>am not going to act as if I am a

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<v Speaker 2>full blown US men's national team expert, but I know

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<v Speaker 2>a team that is underachieving and needs a change when

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<v Speaker 2>I see one. And the performance in Copa America by

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<v Speaker 2>the US men's national team Greg Berholter on down is

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<v Speaker 2>the type of performance that in a serious organization would

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<v Speaker 2>to the manager his job. And for Burholter to now

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<v Speaker 2>be if you were against top fifteen opponents, if you

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<v Speaker 2>remove Mexico zero wins, five losses, five draws, to be

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<v Speaker 2>hosting Copa America and not get out of the group stage,

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<v Speaker 2>and to have that performance last night, Yeah, the officiating

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<v Speaker 2>was terrible. I don't care. You were putting this position

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<v Speaker 2>because you couldn't handle your business against Panama, so you

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<v Speaker 2>have to beat Uruguay. You have seemingly no real scoring

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<v Speaker 2>chances until it's too late at the end, and then

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<v Speaker 2>this might not be popular. Don't care. Polisic, buddy, you

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<v Speaker 2>doing the whole of the ref Oh go Celegrabrate with Uruguay,

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<v Speaker 2>give me a break, man. You guys, the the level

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<v Speaker 2>of underachieving by this alleged golden generation of the US

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<v Speaker 2>men's national team is unfathomable. And the World Cup is

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<v Speaker 2>here on our soil in two years and they look

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<v Speaker 2>as far away from contending for anything as at any

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<v Speaker 2>point in my lifetime. I don't know if you can

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<v Speaker 2>fix it in two years, but I know that at

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<v Speaker 2>a minimum you must make a managerial change, and then holistically,

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<v Speaker 2>US soccer needs to decide, Hey, guys, our country produces

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<v Speaker 2>the best athletes in the world. We have three hundred

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<v Speaker 2>and fifty million people. Are we going to actually try

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<v Speaker 2>to figure out why we can't get our arms around

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<v Speaker 2>twenty awesome American soccer players when, by the way, the

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<v Speaker 2>money for these guys is there. It's not like, oh, well,

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<v Speaker 2>the best athletes don't want to play it because you

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<v Speaker 2>make more money as an elite soccer player than you

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<v Speaker 2>do anything other than NBA. And you might be like, oh, well, no,

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<v Speaker 2>you actually make more than the NBA. Well, Messi and

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<v Speaker 2>Ronaldo do, but the NBA guys still make absurd money.

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<v Speaker 2>But you make more as an elite soccer player than

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<v Speaker 2>you do an NFL player, then you do a baseball

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<v Speaker 2>player for the vast majority of these guys, and to

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<v Speaker 2>not be able to develop the pipeline of talent is

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<v Speaker 2>a long term issue. Not getting embarrassed in the World

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<v Speaker 2>Cup in two years after being embarrassed Coopa last night

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<v Speaker 2>in this past week is a short term issue. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't see how they don't fire the manager. All right, demonse,

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<v Speaker 2>Let's get to the actual show.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, So teams are trying to get it together over

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<v Speaker 4>there in the East to combat the Celtics. You got

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<v Speaker 4>the seventy six ers. They just signed Paul George the

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<v Speaker 4>big Fisher free agency, and they re signed Maxie. The

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<v Speaker 4>Knicks reunited that twenty sixteen NCAA championship Lenova.

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<v Speaker 3>Team and they held onto og.

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<v Speaker 4>Milwaukee should be finally getting healthy, but Boston already has

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<v Speaker 4>everybody locked up. So who do you think did the

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<v Speaker 4>best job of closing that gap on the Celtics in

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<v Speaker 4>the East?

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<v Speaker 2>What's your end? I mean, so Milwaukee didn't do anything,

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<v Speaker 2>so they're not really elmtible for Miami. He hasn't done anything.

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<v Speaker 2>And I know you're you feel Boston is still probably

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<v Speaker 2>heading shoulders above. But who do you think right now

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<v Speaker 2>the Knicks or the Sixers have the best claim for

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<v Speaker 2>biggest contender for Boston.

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<v Speaker 4>Between those two, I'd give it to the Knicks. I

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<v Speaker 4>don't really have too much faith in the seventy six Ers.

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<v Speaker 4>That Paul George thing doesn't really move me that much.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know if Joel Evan bid is gonna be

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<v Speaker 4>healthy come like next postseason.

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<v Speaker 3>I just.

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<v Speaker 2>The Okay, So here's the here's the reason my answer

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<v Speaker 2>would be the Sixers. I get what the Knicks are doing,

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<v Speaker 2>and I love what they've done, adding Bridges, going all

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<v Speaker 2>in on chemistry, trying to have a legitimate five person,

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<v Speaker 2>five man starting lineup where everyone is a threat a

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<v Speaker 2>lah what the Celtics did being excellent defensively, Having Og

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<v Speaker 2>and McHale Bridges as your wing defenders is going to

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<v Speaker 2>put teams in hell. Okay, So I really like what

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<v Speaker 2>the Knicks have done. However, it feels a bit to

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<v Speaker 2>me like, all right, I get it, you are duplicating

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<v Speaker 2>what the Celtics did, but you're doing it with just

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<v Speaker 2>slightly worse players. That to me is not a great path. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>Jalen Brunson might be the best player on either team.

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<v Speaker 2>Might be. I'm not saying he's definitively better than Brown

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<v Speaker 2>and Tatum, but he might be. But oh, if you

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<v Speaker 2>just go through the rest of it. The Celtics, when

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<v Speaker 2>Chris STAPs comes back from the surgery, he's at center,

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<v Speaker 2>and the Knicks now of Mitchell Robinson. Your wings are

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<v Speaker 2>McHale and og their wings are Tatum and Brown. You

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<v Speaker 2>know your backcourt again, give it to Brunson, but against

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<v Speaker 2>Drew if that's what you want to do. But then

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<v Speaker 2>Derek White against Josh Harder Dante goes to the Celtics.

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<v Speaker 2>That to me is not the cleanest path, but I

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<v Speaker 2>love what the Knicks have done. The Sixers, on the

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<v Speaker 2>other hand, are going more traditional in the know kind

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<v Speaker 2>of modern NBA, which is three stars and importantly three

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<v Speaker 2>stars who have very distinct roles athletic point guard, do

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<v Speaker 2>it all, wing, dominant big. It's not three stars where

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<v Speaker 2>there's a ton of redundancy to it. It's a point guard,

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<v Speaker 2>a wing, and a big. And Daryl will be able

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<v Speaker 2>to fill out the rest of the roster. So my

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<v Speaker 2>answer would be Philly. But my answer, yes, of course,

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<v Speaker 2>if Embiid's hurt again, then it all goes by the wayside.

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<v Speaker 2>The hope is twofold demands. A one is with Paul George.

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<v Speaker 2>There when Embiid suffers his inevitable regular season ding, you

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<v Speaker 2>can give him more time to recover and the team

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't fall off a cliff because you have Maxi and

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<v Speaker 2>Paul George. That's first point. Second point is this, and

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<v Speaker 2>this is where I want your take on it. Maxie

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<v Speaker 2>thirty a game in the playoffs this year. I think

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<v Speaker 2>in order for the Sixers to reach their full postseason potential,

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<v Speaker 2>Maxi's gotta be the postseason closer. I think that Maxy

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<v Speaker 2>has to be the guy. The ball is in his hands.

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<v Speaker 2>He's out there making the decisions. Because Paul George is

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<v Speaker 2>gonna float and knock down threes, play good defense. Embiid

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<v Speaker 2>is gonna have some monster knights, but then also some

0:18:32.160 --> 0:18:36.800
<v Speaker 2>nights where he looks a little shaken. Maxy is not scared.

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<v Speaker 2>So I think for the Sixers it's actually about Maxie

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<v Speaker 2>getting to that level we saw him scratching the surface

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<v Speaker 2>of in the postseason. That's why I like them this year.

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<v Speaker 2>Your thoughts on that before I say one other Embiid thing.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I'd say that's I'd say that's fair.

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

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<v Speaker 4>it's obviously got to share the ball, But I do

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<v Speaker 4>trust the ball and Maxi's hand at the end of

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<v Speaker 4>games the most. Yeah, No, that's that's that's true.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna so and I'm gonna add one other thing

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<v Speaker 2>about Embiid. Embiid shouldn't be playing in the Olympics. I

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<v Speaker 2>it's he's right now, the plane is he's going to

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<v Speaker 2>I think that is foolish. I think if there's anybody

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<v Speaker 2>who needs less wear and terror and more recovery time,

0:19:25.840 --> 0:19:28.600
<v Speaker 2>it's Embiid. And if I were the Sixers, I would

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<v Speaker 2>just be holding my breath the entire Olympic run. If

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<v Speaker 2>Embiid is in fact playing, all right, what are some

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<v Speaker 2>follow ups?

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<v Speaker 4>Do you see any other teams in the East climbing

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<v Speaker 4>climbing up to that top.

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<v Speaker 2>Tier right now? I mean, listen, I don't think we

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<v Speaker 2>can discount the Bucks. I think the Bucks have to

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<v Speaker 2>be included in that tier. Because of Giannis and Doc Rivers,

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<v Speaker 2>this kind of got under I don't want to say

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<v Speaker 2>he went under the radar because he said it Bill

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<v Speaker 2>Simmons podcast, and Bill's got the biggest sports podcast in

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<v Speaker 2>the world, but it didn't get a ton of pickup.

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<v Speaker 2>Doc said, And I don't by the way, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>think Doc should have said this. I thought it was

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<v Speaker 2>kind of shy. But Doc said that when he got

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<v Speaker 2>to Milwaukee, Dame told him that he was the most

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<v Speaker 2>out of shape he had ever been coming into a

0:20:28.400 --> 0:20:32.920
<v Speaker 2>year because Dame was afraid to get injured while working

0:20:32.960 --> 0:20:36.600
<v Speaker 2>out waiting for the trade. Okay, so I don't think

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<v Speaker 2>that was very nice to Dame to share publicly with

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<v Speaker 2>that said, that is oddly the reason for optimism for

0:20:46.440 --> 0:20:49.439
<v Speaker 2>the Bucks, which is because Dame didn't look like the

0:20:49.520 --> 0:20:53.800
<v Speaker 2>same player. The hope is, oh, Dame was just out

0:20:53.840 --> 0:20:57.520
<v Speaker 2>of shape and Dame never was, you know, and that

0:20:57.600 --> 0:21:00.800
<v Speaker 2>there is a bit of a Dame revenge season component,

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<v Speaker 2>plus Jannis trying to remind everyone who he is, and

0:21:05.680 --> 0:21:09.720
<v Speaker 2>in fairness to honest, back to back postseasons when Yannis

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<v Speaker 2>hasn't been healthy. Uh so, to me, they're on that

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<v Speaker 2>top tier as well. But no, Miami's not doing anything. Cleveland,

0:21:19.240 --> 0:21:22.760
<v Speaker 2>they just re signed Donovan Mitchell. By the way, I

0:21:23.200 --> 0:21:24.960
<v Speaker 2>kind of have a feeling on how that's gonna go.

0:21:25.400 --> 0:21:29.000
<v Speaker 2>Donovan got his money from Cleveland, three year, one hundred

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<v Speaker 2>and fifty million dollar extension. It's like, okay, he's not

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<v Speaker 2>going to demand a trade. Well maybe in a year go.

0:21:34.600 --> 0:21:38.040
<v Speaker 2>That's the new NBA free agency is get your contract

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<v Speaker 2>extension and then demand a trade in a year. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 2>I could see that happening and the Magic. While I

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<v Speaker 2>do like the addition of KCP, the magic or not

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<v Speaker 2>to me of that caliber at the moment. All right,

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<v Speaker 2>last follow up here before he gets to Klay Thompson.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you think that Paul George made a mistake going

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<v Speaker 3>from one injured co star to another.

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

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<v Speaker 2>I get the you know, Kawhy is never healthy and

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<v Speaker 2>now you have Embiid to deal with, But as far

0:22:08.320 --> 0:22:12.440
<v Speaker 2>as team's cap space, contending teams that could give him

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<v Speaker 2>the max, it was just Philly and so it's a risk.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's a risk that to me if I were him,

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<v Speaker 2>I think they're in better shape than the Clippers for sure,

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<v Speaker 2>So it made sense. All right.

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<v Speaker 4>Next, all right, so Klay Thompson's heading over to Dallas

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<v Speaker 4>to play with your large Slovenian son the Warriors. No,

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<v Speaker 4>so Klay Thompson even got a deal from the Lakers

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<v Speaker 4>that he turned down. I was pretty surprising.

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<v Speaker 3>What does that say the most about the Mavericks, the

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<v Speaker 3>Warriors of the Lakers.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, so we'll talk more about the Lakers in

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<v Speaker 2>a moment. It is being reported the Lakers offered Clay

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<v Speaker 2>four for eighty That's impossible. They literally did not have

0:22:58.200 --> 0:23:03.360
<v Speaker 2>the capability to offer him that. Now, maybe they were like, oh,

0:23:03.400 --> 0:23:06.840
<v Speaker 2>we'll be able to make these moves, we'll do these things,

0:23:07.040 --> 0:23:10.680
<v Speaker 2>but they were not in a position where they were

0:23:10.720 --> 0:23:14.960
<v Speaker 2>able to slide across a contract to Klay Thompson saying

0:23:15.400 --> 0:23:17.760
<v Speaker 2>sign and it's ready for it. Even though Lebron was

0:23:17.800 --> 0:23:23.080
<v Speaker 2>willing to take a pay cut. The Lakers total inability

0:23:23.480 --> 0:23:31.000
<v Speaker 2>to land their guy. It's just it's historic and all

0:23:31.040 --> 0:23:34.480
<v Speaker 2>of us and folks are like, oh the state taxes.

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<v Speaker 3>All right.

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<v Speaker 2>A couple things. First, of all, NBA players pay tax

0:23:41.119 --> 0:23:44.800
<v Speaker 2>per game. So this idea of all these Texas teams

0:23:45.119 --> 0:23:48.440
<v Speaker 2>have such a massive edge, well for half of their games, yeah,

0:23:48.440 --> 0:23:50.879
<v Speaker 2>which is a real amount of money. I understand, But

0:23:51.000 --> 0:23:54.640
<v Speaker 2>when you play a game in California, you're paying taxes,

0:23:54.720 --> 0:23:57.440
<v Speaker 2>California taxes when you play a game in Dallas playing

0:23:57.480 --> 0:23:59.679
<v Speaker 2>Texas Texas. I get that part of it. But the

0:23:59.760 --> 0:24:03.439
<v Speaker 2>other part of that media narrative that's so maddening is

0:24:03.920 --> 0:24:08.520
<v Speaker 2>Texas didn't just change their state tax law. It's been

0:24:08.640 --> 0:24:11.639
<v Speaker 2>like that and the Mavericks have been striking out on

0:24:11.760 --> 0:24:16.560
<v Speaker 2>free agents for a decade. The Lakers front office targeted

0:24:16.640 --> 0:24:20.800
<v Speaker 2>Danny Hurley, couldn't get the job done. The Lakers' front office,

0:24:21.040 --> 0:24:25.920
<v Speaker 2>who's fought, targeted Klay Thompson, whose dad is a franchise

0:24:26.040 --> 0:24:29.320
<v Speaker 2>legend and works for the team and he loves being

0:24:29.359 --> 0:24:32.720
<v Speaker 2>on the water and he lives from southern California, and

0:24:32.840 --> 0:24:36.120
<v Speaker 2>Lebron recruited him, and they couldn't get it done. It's

0:24:36.240 --> 0:24:40.040
<v Speaker 2>almost like the Lakers' front office doesn't have a god

0:24:40.119 --> 0:24:44.359
<v Speaker 2>forsake and clue what they're doing. Now for the MAVs

0:24:44.400 --> 0:24:48.320
<v Speaker 2>side of it, I like this a lot. Listen, you're

0:24:48.359 --> 0:24:51.639
<v Speaker 2>gonna take a slight step back defensively? What demands They go?

0:24:51.920 --> 0:24:55.040
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, No, definitely, like you you hit it on the nose.

0:24:55.359 --> 0:24:58.720
<v Speaker 4>The slightest step back defensively definitely isn't gonna help with

0:24:58.760 --> 0:25:02.199
<v Speaker 4>the perimeter defense. But they could have used a shooter

0:25:02.280 --> 0:25:03.640
<v Speaker 4>in that series for sure.

0:25:04.040 --> 0:25:04.359
<v Speaker 3>Right.

0:25:05.840 --> 0:25:13.280
<v Speaker 2>And like they have now added uh, Naji Marshall, Quentin Grimes.

0:25:13.320 --> 0:25:14.879
<v Speaker 2>You saw that they.

0:25:14.720 --> 0:25:24.520
<v Speaker 4>Got your yeah.

0:25:21.440 --> 0:25:27.199
<v Speaker 2>And Clay. So Quinton will defend, Quentin will defend and

0:25:27.280 --> 0:25:31.760
<v Speaker 2>hit threes. Clay is just gonna hit spot up threes

0:25:32.400 --> 0:25:36.280
<v Speaker 2>all day and and Luca is gonna spoon feed them

0:25:36.480 --> 0:25:39.960
<v Speaker 2>those spot up threes. So I yes, I do think

0:25:40.000 --> 0:25:42.760
<v Speaker 2>they take a slight step back defensively, no doubt about it.

0:25:43.080 --> 0:25:47.959
<v Speaker 2>But to lose Derek Jones Junior and Tim Hardaway and

0:25:48.000 --> 0:25:54.040
<v Speaker 2>to add Naji Marshall Quinton Grimes, who again I'm partial

0:25:54.080 --> 0:25:57.400
<v Speaker 2>too because he and Demonsee were teammates in for basketball

0:25:57.480 --> 0:26:00.800
<v Speaker 2>university in Houston, and that team to was on in

0:26:00.840 --> 0:26:06.760
<v Speaker 2>Houston had eight guys go d one. Quinton was the

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<v Speaker 2>youngest by two years, and do you think it was

0:26:09.840 --> 0:26:12.080
<v Speaker 2>fair to say he was the best then the best

0:26:12.119 --> 0:26:13.920
<v Speaker 2>when he was fifteen and the rest of you guys

0:26:13.920 --> 0:26:17.639
<v Speaker 2>were seventeen, he was the best, uh and so he

0:26:17.800 --> 0:26:20.480
<v Speaker 2>and so again I'm partial to it because I've watched

0:26:20.520 --> 0:26:22.800
<v Speaker 2>him since he was a kid, watched him play with

0:26:22.880 --> 0:26:26.040
<v Speaker 2>demonse and he's such a nice kid. So I'm really

0:26:26.400 --> 0:26:31.240
<v Speaker 2>like he's in a good basketball spot for him, and

0:26:31.720 --> 0:26:35.520
<v Speaker 2>so I like this for Clay a lot I also

0:26:35.720 --> 0:26:38.960
<v Speaker 2>find and now we'll get to the Warriors piece of it, Demonse,

0:26:39.160 --> 0:26:43.800
<v Speaker 2>three for fifty is not a lot. It's not And

0:26:44.680 --> 0:26:47.480
<v Speaker 2>I mean Malik Monk just got four for seventy eight

0:26:48.200 --> 0:26:51.439
<v Speaker 2>from the Kings. So this tell the fact that the

0:26:51.480 --> 0:26:55.240
<v Speaker 2>Warriors and Clay it'd be one thing of a team

0:26:55.520 --> 0:26:59.840
<v Speaker 2>gave him, you know, four for one twenty that it's like,

0:26:59.840 --> 0:27:03.080
<v Speaker 2>all right, this doesn't make sense for us. But the

0:27:03.119 --> 0:27:06.840
<v Speaker 2>fact that the Warriors couldn't find a way to bridge

0:27:06.880 --> 0:27:09.760
<v Speaker 2>the gap tells me they were ready to move on,

0:27:10.520 --> 0:27:13.280
<v Speaker 2>and maybe Clay was ready to move on in this regard.

0:27:13.840 --> 0:27:19.920
<v Speaker 2>Tell me if you buy this, I think that for

0:27:20.000 --> 0:27:24.400
<v Speaker 2>Clay to fully accept he's in a different place in

0:27:24.440 --> 0:27:27.840
<v Speaker 2>his career, he might literally need to be in a

0:27:27.840 --> 0:27:32.040
<v Speaker 2>different place in his career. Does that make sense? Like that,

0:27:32.880 --> 0:27:37.160
<v Speaker 2>as long as he's with Stephen dre and wearing that uniform,

0:27:37.640 --> 0:27:41.200
<v Speaker 2>it's going to be more painful for him that he's

0:27:41.240 --> 0:27:42.359
<v Speaker 2>not what he once was.

0:27:42.440 --> 0:27:45.240
<v Speaker 4>I guarantee, if he's on a different team, he's probably

0:27:45.240 --> 0:27:47.720
<v Speaker 4>not throwing up the force on the sideline. I think

0:27:47.800 --> 0:27:50.120
<v Speaker 4>that was like a weird psychological thing with him.

0:27:51.280 --> 0:27:54.600
<v Speaker 2>I think you're exactly right. I think that is exactly right.

0:27:54.680 --> 0:28:00.600
<v Speaker 2>So I'm happy for Clay. Now, what does this mean

0:28:00.760 --> 0:28:05.600
<v Speaker 2>for the Warriors? I am going to keep so what

0:28:05.600 --> 0:28:07.520
<v Speaker 2>it means for them this year? In the short term,

0:28:07.520 --> 0:28:10.720
<v Speaker 2>with or without Clay, they're not contenders. They will be

0:28:10.800 --> 0:28:16.520
<v Speaker 2>lucky to make the playoffs. Okay, that's just where they're at.

0:28:18.000 --> 0:28:22.679
<v Speaker 2>What does it mean for Steph? And what does it

0:28:22.800 --> 0:28:30.639
<v Speaker 2>mean for Steph's ability to contend with what's left of

0:28:30.800 --> 0:28:36.000
<v Speaker 2>the end of his prime and be a lifelong Warrior?

0:28:36.960 --> 0:28:43.080
<v Speaker 2>Because I think those two things are now contradictory, and

0:28:44.360 --> 0:28:48.920
<v Speaker 2>I think that, but it had the Warriors a year

0:28:48.960 --> 0:28:55.320
<v Speaker 2>ago when they re signed Raymond also resigned Clay, that

0:28:55.440 --> 0:29:02.640
<v Speaker 2>to me would have guaranteed that Steph chose loyalty over contention,

0:29:03.440 --> 0:29:06.240
<v Speaker 2>because it's like, all right, we came in together, we're

0:29:06.280 --> 0:29:11.080
<v Speaker 2>all going to retire together. But the Warriors organization broke

0:29:11.200 --> 0:29:15.560
<v Speaker 2>the band up. So don't then be upset if the

0:29:15.640 --> 0:29:20.200
<v Speaker 2>lead singer says I want to go elsewhere. The label

0:29:20.320 --> 0:29:24.120
<v Speaker 2>broke up the band. You can't then ask the front

0:29:24.200 --> 0:29:28.520
<v Speaker 2>man to stay loyal to the label. Well, what about

0:29:28.520 --> 0:29:33.320
<v Speaker 2>my partner, Well, what about my splash brother? So it's

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<v Speaker 2>not a story right now, but a bubbling NBA story,

0:29:38.480 --> 0:29:42.080
<v Speaker 2>in my opinion, is when the Warriors this year missed

0:29:42.120 --> 0:29:46.360
<v Speaker 2>the play in entirely and Steph has another very good

0:29:46.440 --> 0:29:53.720
<v Speaker 2>year this offseason, does Steph say, hmm hmmm. Do I

0:29:53.960 --> 0:29:59.200
<v Speaker 2>want to spend the end of my career playing basketball

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<v Speaker 2>with a part time player, full time podcaster, a bunch

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<v Speaker 2>of kids, and not playing in games that matter? I

0:30:06.920 --> 0:30:11.280
<v Speaker 2>don't know. I think that is a I think that

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<v Speaker 2>is a real question and something to monitor. All right,

0:30:16.200 --> 0:30:17.920
<v Speaker 2>let's get to the Lakers side of it to.

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<v Speaker 3>Mort stuck with you.

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<v Speaker 4>All right, Yeah, so the Lakers may not have landed Clay,

0:30:23.040 --> 0:30:27.000
<v Speaker 4>but they did land JJ Reddick, and they got they

0:30:27.080 --> 0:30:29.360
<v Speaker 4>drafted Bronnie. I didn't think they were going to do that,

0:30:29.400 --> 0:30:32.560
<v Speaker 4>but they ended up doing it. Lebron even opted out

0:30:32.560 --> 0:30:34.520
<v Speaker 4>of some open to open up some money for a

0:30:34.720 --> 0:30:36.880
<v Speaker 4>I think it was about twenty million to make a move,

0:30:36.920 --> 0:30:38.800
<v Speaker 4>and it doesn't seem like they've made that move yet.

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

0:30:45.440 --> 0:30:48.360
<v Speaker 4>Finn, it's Janie Buss calling, and she wants you to

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<v Speaker 4>give an honest State of the Lakers report.

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

0:30:55.240 --> 0:30:59.480
<v Speaker 2>Demands's fault, the tech side. The tech side had it

0:30:59.560 --> 0:31:03.520
<v Speaker 2>still ring after Demansia answered it the honest take. Thank you,

0:31:03.520 --> 0:31:07.920
<v Speaker 2>Demanse Genie can listen on the on the YouTube stream. Uh.

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

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<v Speaker 2>not well run. They they have so many built in

0:31:25.200 --> 0:31:33.160
<v Speaker 2>advantages and they consistently squander them. Whether it's because of ownership, frugality,

0:31:34.040 --> 0:31:38.959
<v Speaker 2>or front office incompetence, I don't really care. The fact

0:31:38.960 --> 0:31:45.520
<v Speaker 2>of the matter is that the only thing standing between

0:31:45.560 --> 0:31:51.880
<v Speaker 2>the Los Angeles Lakers and fifteen years in the Wilderness

0:31:52.720 --> 0:31:56.719
<v Speaker 2>is the fact that Lebron James decided, you know what,

0:31:57.000 --> 0:32:00.760
<v Speaker 2>I want to play for that franchise and I have

0:32:00.880 --> 0:32:08.200
<v Speaker 2>the juice to get Anthony Davis to come along. What significant? Wow,

0:32:08.400 --> 0:32:12.520
<v Speaker 2>What a move move have they made since Paulenka's been

0:32:12.600 --> 0:32:16.560
<v Speaker 2>there that was not done by either Lebron picking them

0:32:17.000 --> 0:32:20.680
<v Speaker 2>or Lebron and Rich helping them get Anthony Davis. There

0:32:20.800 --> 0:32:23.440
<v Speaker 2>is none. Now, I did like the kid they drafted,

0:32:23.480 --> 0:32:26.560
<v Speaker 2>Dalton Connect. I do like that pick, and I will

0:32:26.560 --> 0:32:32.760
<v Speaker 2>give credit for that pick. But you openly target Danny Hurley,

0:32:32.800 --> 0:32:35.960
<v Speaker 2>you can't land him. You openly target Klay Thompson, you

0:32:36.000 --> 0:32:40.680
<v Speaker 2>can't land him. They're going to Lebron says, I'll take

0:32:40.720 --> 0:32:44.120
<v Speaker 2>a pay cut if you can land any of these guys.

0:32:44.400 --> 0:32:48.520
<v Speaker 2>They're gonna whiff on all of those guys, and Lebron's

0:32:48.520 --> 0:32:51.200
<v Speaker 2>gonna end up being taking the max, would be my guess.

0:32:51.640 --> 0:32:55.240
<v Speaker 2>Maybe they get Tomarto Rosen, but I doubt it. Also,

0:32:55.600 --> 0:33:01.160
<v Speaker 2>there's not a lot of basketball consistency to we want

0:33:01.200 --> 0:33:06.880
<v Speaker 2>to add spot up three point shooter Klay Thompson, Oh,

0:33:06.920 --> 0:33:11.840
<v Speaker 2>we missed him. Let's add pull up two point shooter

0:33:12.000 --> 0:33:18.760
<v Speaker 2>Demarta Rosen. They are very drastically different players. Luckily, I'm

0:33:18.800 --> 0:33:22.080
<v Speaker 2>sure JJ Reddick has a plan for all of this.

0:33:22.840 --> 0:33:26.959
<v Speaker 2>So I find the whole thing to be an embarrassing

0:33:27.000 --> 0:33:30.040
<v Speaker 2>way to run a franchise. I've talked about this plenty,

0:33:30.560 --> 0:33:33.600
<v Speaker 2>and I wish Lebron would leave, but he's not going to.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, let's talk Celtics before we move on.

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<v Speaker 4>So fresh off the title, my Celtics are looking to

0:33:40.960 --> 0:33:43.640
<v Speaker 4>sell the team. I got to play for those players somehow,

0:33:44.720 --> 0:33:48.400
<v Speaker 4>So first the Mavericks and now this with the expansion

0:33:48.400 --> 0:33:51.680
<v Speaker 4>on the horizon and owners being paid money for doing nothing.

0:33:52.000 --> 0:33:53.720
<v Speaker 4>Why would they be backing out and trying to sell

0:33:53.760 --> 0:33:54.720
<v Speaker 4>the team at this point?

0:33:55.000 --> 0:33:59.080
<v Speaker 2>So I think this listen. Chris Mannix tweeted that he

0:33:59.240 --> 0:34:03.360
<v Speaker 2>thinks there's a lot of concern amongst NBA ownership about

0:34:03.400 --> 0:34:07.880
<v Speaker 2>the future of RSN deals, the Regional Sports network money.

0:34:08.239 --> 0:34:10.719
<v Speaker 2>I also think if you're the like, if you're the Celtics,

0:34:12.080 --> 0:34:15.840
<v Speaker 2>the Clippers go for two billion, then Jordan sells the

0:34:15.880 --> 0:34:19.880
<v Speaker 2>Hornets for three billion, allegedly as he got short squeezed

0:34:19.920 --> 0:34:22.560
<v Speaker 2>in game stop and needed the cash. But god knows,

0:34:22.560 --> 0:34:25.720
<v Speaker 2>Michael Jordan never make a bad, you know, multi billion

0:34:25.760 --> 0:34:29.879
<v Speaker 2>dollar bet. And then what team just sold for four?

0:34:29.960 --> 0:34:32.799
<v Speaker 2>The Sun's just sold for four? So what are the

0:34:32.800 --> 0:34:38.400
<v Speaker 2>Celtics worth six? You know? So I understand it. The

0:34:38.560 --> 0:34:41.719
<v Speaker 2>other piece of it that I find fascinating is this demanse.

0:34:42.680 --> 0:34:46.799
<v Speaker 2>The Nuggets won the title and then because of all

0:34:46.840 --> 0:34:53.440
<v Speaker 2>the punitive luxury tax stuff started losing guys. Jeff Green gone, okay,

0:34:53.480 --> 0:34:55.880
<v Speaker 2>you'll do with it. Bruce Brown gone, oh that hurts,

0:34:55.920 --> 0:34:58.359
<v Speaker 2>but we should be okay, Actually no, you weren't, and

0:34:58.360 --> 0:35:03.120
<v Speaker 2>then cacp out the door. The Celtics win the title,

0:35:03.600 --> 0:35:06.919
<v Speaker 2>re sign everyone, but then are gonna leave the bill

0:35:06.920 --> 0:35:09.920
<v Speaker 2>with somebody else the owners. It was like, no, no, no,

0:35:10.040 --> 0:35:13.520
<v Speaker 2>We're not gonna lose everybody, but we're actually not gonna

0:35:13.560 --> 0:35:17.040
<v Speaker 2>have to pay this check either someone else's. The the

0:35:17.640 --> 0:35:23.239
<v Speaker 2>the the refusal to pay, not refusal, but the hesitancy

0:35:23.320 --> 0:35:27.040
<v Speaker 2>to pay, the luxury tax in the new NBA and

0:35:27.120 --> 0:35:30.040
<v Speaker 2>the second Apron stuff is going to make keeping some

0:35:30.200 --> 0:35:34.560
<v Speaker 2>of these teams long term together so incredibly expensive. Bobby

0:35:34.600 --> 0:35:38.439
<v Speaker 2>Martz wrote that not this coming year, but the year

0:35:38.640 --> 0:35:41.839
<v Speaker 2>after this, the Celtics are slated to have a two

0:35:41.880 --> 0:35:47.160
<v Speaker 2>hundred and twenty five million dollar payroll with an additional

0:35:47.760 --> 0:35:51.680
<v Speaker 2>two hundred and twenty five million dollar tax bill, so

0:35:51.840 --> 0:35:54.600
<v Speaker 2>four hundred and fifty million dollars to field a roster,

0:35:55.239 --> 0:35:58.279
<v Speaker 2>which the previous record was three to eighty by the

0:35:58.280 --> 0:36:01.919
<v Speaker 2>Warriors a few years ago. Yeah, so I think that

0:36:02.600 --> 0:36:06.239
<v Speaker 2>I do find it fascinating though, Cuban selling, now the

0:36:06.280 --> 0:36:09.600
<v Speaker 2>Celtics selling. The guy who was owned the Timbrels was

0:36:09.640 --> 0:36:10.880
<v Speaker 2>trying to sell them, trying.

0:36:10.640 --> 0:36:13.239
<v Speaker 4>To back out, says the Hornets were sold for like

0:36:13.400 --> 0:36:17.200
<v Speaker 4>three billion, The Commanders sold for six billion. So could

0:36:17.200 --> 0:36:19.520
<v Speaker 4>you see the Celtics or an NBA team going higher

0:36:19.560 --> 0:36:20.479
<v Speaker 4>than in ANFL team.

0:36:22.239 --> 0:36:24.800
<v Speaker 2>Well, I think, listen, if the Suns are worth four

0:36:26.600 --> 0:36:30.640
<v Speaker 2>what are the Celtics worth? I mean, I feel like

0:36:31.239 --> 0:36:34.560
<v Speaker 2>I'm just basing it on that, like the new TV deal,

0:36:35.080 --> 0:36:41.640
<v Speaker 2>Like what who the Lakers, Nicks, Warriors, Celtics, those are

0:36:41.680 --> 0:36:47.000
<v Speaker 2>your foremost valuable franchises. If the Suns are worth four billion,

0:36:48.640 --> 0:36:53.640
<v Speaker 2>is there a team worth fifty percent more than Phoenix?

0:36:53.800 --> 0:36:56.440
<v Speaker 2>I think. Now some of this has to do like

0:36:56.520 --> 0:36:59.600
<v Speaker 2>do you own your own arena and stuff that admittedly

0:36:59.600 --> 0:37:05.080
<v Speaker 2>I don't understand, but the Celtics are, without a doubt

0:37:05.400 --> 0:37:07.960
<v Speaker 2>one of the foremost valuable brands in the league. And

0:37:08.000 --> 0:37:14.239
<v Speaker 2>that was before they just won this title. Also, by

0:37:14.280 --> 0:37:16.800
<v Speaker 2>the way, don't forget oh go ahead de monse.

0:37:18.120 --> 0:37:18.279
<v Speaker 3>No.

0:37:18.360 --> 0:37:20.920
<v Speaker 4>I mean, so with all the money stuff with Boston,

0:37:21.719 --> 0:37:24.520
<v Speaker 4>Tatum is now the highest played NBA player, do you

0:37:24.560 --> 0:37:26.840
<v Speaker 4>think that he will get a boost and you know,

0:37:27.040 --> 0:37:29.800
<v Speaker 4>his stats or whatever want to play harder like Jalen

0:37:29.840 --> 0:37:32.240
<v Speaker 4>Brown did when he got his highest played player.

0:37:33.440 --> 0:37:35.920
<v Speaker 2>So I think it'll be less about the money and

0:37:36.000 --> 0:37:38.160
<v Speaker 2>more about that he now has the monkey off his

0:37:38.320 --> 0:37:41.880
<v Speaker 2>back of being a champion and now that didn't. It

0:37:41.920 --> 0:37:44.120
<v Speaker 2>went the other way for Anthony Davis. A lot of

0:37:44.160 --> 0:37:46.479
<v Speaker 2>people thought that would happen with Ad and the best

0:37:46.520 --> 0:37:48.680
<v Speaker 2>AD's ever played was on that title run and he

0:37:48.719 --> 0:37:52.759
<v Speaker 2>hasn't really recaptured that. For Tatum, it's like, I think

0:37:52.800 --> 0:37:54.880
<v Speaker 2>maybe it's the best of both worlds, which is he

0:37:55.000 --> 0:37:58.319
<v Speaker 2>is the monkey office back of being a champion, but

0:37:58.560 --> 0:38:03.359
<v Speaker 2>he also at the same time has something to prove

0:38:03.440 --> 0:38:06.480
<v Speaker 2>because he wasn't Finals MVP. All right, reminder for the

0:38:06.520 --> 0:38:09.600
<v Speaker 2>live audience, you can ask your questions in the chat.

0:38:10.360 --> 0:38:13.600
<v Speaker 2>I spent last week playing poker. We'll discuss that and

0:38:13.640 --> 0:38:15.799
<v Speaker 2>play a game of writings. That's all next. What's Right?

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<v Speaker 2>All right? Welcome back in What's Right? With Nick Wright?

0:38:24.640 --> 0:38:27.520
<v Speaker 2>All right, Demon's so I was off last week. We

0:38:27.560 --> 0:38:30.600
<v Speaker 2>had some shows off of TV because of the Euros,

0:38:31.080 --> 0:38:33.040
<v Speaker 2>and I went out to Vegas. So go ahead and

0:38:33.080 --> 0:38:34.880
<v Speaker 2>set us up and we'll get into all of it.

0:38:35.719 --> 0:38:37.520
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, so you were in Vegas last week for the

0:38:37.560 --> 0:38:40.840
<v Speaker 4>World Series of Poker and you stop by the Poker

0:38:40.880 --> 0:38:45.000
<v Speaker 4>Go booth apparently, and you made some new fans. Well,

0:38:44.600 --> 0:38:47.480
<v Speaker 4>we spent a lot of time talking about football and basketball.

0:38:47.520 --> 0:38:50.080
<v Speaker 4>We know you're not about both of those your nerdiness

0:38:50.080 --> 0:38:52.360
<v Speaker 4>for poker might take the cake. So you want to

0:38:52.360 --> 0:38:53.680
<v Speaker 4>tell us about your week in Vegas?

0:38:54.840 --> 0:38:58.520
<v Speaker 2>Sure? And do we have a SoundBite we want to play?

0:38:58.880 --> 0:39:00.880
<v Speaker 2>Tell me my ear, Daniel, we got a SoundBite we

0:39:00.880 --> 0:39:04.000
<v Speaker 2>can play? All right, So let's play this. This is

0:39:04.080 --> 0:39:06.880
<v Speaker 2>me calling the final table of the two hundred and

0:39:06.880 --> 0:39:10.600
<v Speaker 2>fifty thousand dollars buy in World Series of Poker event.

0:39:10.640 --> 0:39:12.239
<v Speaker 2>Will play this and then I'll explain my week.

0:39:12.280 --> 0:39:12.640
<v Speaker 3>Go ahead.

0:39:13.520 --> 0:39:17.360
<v Speaker 2>I'm so numb to meeting athletes. But I was walking

0:39:17.400 --> 0:39:19.640
<v Speaker 2>through the lobby and I saw Brian Rast and I

0:39:19.680 --> 0:39:22.759
<v Speaker 2>was like, oh my god. I was like, oh my god,

0:39:23.080 --> 0:39:27.520
<v Speaker 2>this is amazing. I walked over to Rin Lynn and

0:39:27.600 --> 0:39:30.120
<v Speaker 2>I and I was like, why are you playing Halem

0:39:30.120 --> 0:39:34.120
<v Speaker 2>when everyone knows you're the world's greatest Rast? I am

0:39:34.280 --> 0:39:37.720
<v Speaker 2>such a poker nerd, and so yeah, this is thrilling

0:39:37.800 --> 0:39:42.319
<v Speaker 2>to me. So all right, So here's the deal. The

0:39:42.400 --> 0:39:45.600
<v Speaker 2>actual tournaments, I didn't play well, well, that's not fair

0:39:45.600 --> 0:39:50.680
<v Speaker 2>to myself. I played very poorly in one. I played

0:39:50.680 --> 0:39:52.799
<v Speaker 2>in three tournaments. I didn't cash any of them. I

0:39:52.840 --> 0:39:56.080
<v Speaker 2>played very poorly in one of them. One of them,

0:39:56.440 --> 0:40:00.440
<v Speaker 2>I it was just the old the old cl classic

0:40:00.800 --> 0:40:04.760
<v Speaker 2>poker flip ace king versus queens for heaps of chips,

0:40:04.960 --> 0:40:06.960
<v Speaker 2>and I was on the wrong side of it. And

0:40:07.000 --> 0:40:10.719
<v Speaker 2>the other one the Omaha eighth Stud eight Tournament mixed game.

0:40:11.320 --> 0:40:13.640
<v Speaker 2>I actually think I played really well. I was really

0:40:13.880 --> 0:40:17.560
<v Speaker 2>happy with how I played and made Day two and thought,

0:40:17.640 --> 0:40:20.600
<v Speaker 2>I again thought I played really well, but kind of

0:40:21.280 --> 0:40:24.480
<v Speaker 2>got unlucky a couple of times cold decked a bit

0:40:24.560 --> 0:40:28.680
<v Speaker 2>and didn't cash. But that is not really the story here.

0:40:29.160 --> 0:40:33.120
<v Speaker 2>To me. The story is twofold. One is about what's

0:40:33.160 --> 0:40:35.960
<v Speaker 2>happening at the World Series of Poker right now, and

0:40:36.040 --> 0:40:39.640
<v Speaker 2>the other is the broadcasting stuff. So let's start with

0:40:39.680 --> 0:40:41.800
<v Speaker 2>what's having the World Series of Poker. So that tweet

0:40:41.840 --> 0:40:46.080
<v Speaker 2>we showed you was Daniel Nogranu shouting me out for

0:40:46.160 --> 0:40:52.200
<v Speaker 2>the commentary in the booth. Granu shortly after sending this tweet. One,

0:40:52.920 --> 0:40:55.719
<v Speaker 2>in my opinion, and I think many people's opinion, the

0:40:55.800 --> 0:41:00.760
<v Speaker 2>most prestigious bracelet at the World Series two thousand dollars

0:41:00.760 --> 0:41:04.560
<v Speaker 2>buy in Poker Players Championship, and it's called that because

0:41:05.120 --> 0:41:09.360
<v Speaker 2>it's nine separate variants of poker that you play in

0:41:09.440 --> 0:41:13.680
<v Speaker 2>a rotation. The setup is to minimize luck as much

0:41:13.719 --> 0:41:18.040
<v Speaker 2>as possible. It is real. It is the crowning jewel

0:41:18.080 --> 0:41:21.920
<v Speaker 2>of the world series. And for Daniel, who's been either

0:41:21.960 --> 0:41:25.760
<v Speaker 2>the biggest, second or third biggest face in poker, Ham

0:41:25.880 --> 0:41:28.279
<v Speaker 2>Ivy and Helm Youth obviously are the three kind of

0:41:28.360 --> 0:41:32.160
<v Speaker 2>royalties of poker, along with my dear departed friend Doyle Brunton,

0:41:32.239 --> 0:41:34.680
<v Speaker 2>that would be the poker mount Rushmore. From a fame

0:41:34.719 --> 0:41:39.160
<v Speaker 2>and notoriety standpoint, Daniel hadn't won a bracelet in a decade.

0:41:40.080 --> 0:41:43.520
<v Speaker 2>And again, if you're not a poker person, give me

0:41:43.560 --> 0:41:46.080
<v Speaker 2>another five minutes here. If you're listening to it on

0:41:46.239 --> 0:41:48.759
<v Speaker 2>the pod, you can skip forward like five minutes because

0:41:48.760 --> 0:41:51.799
<v Speaker 2>I'm not going to explain this is for poker people.

0:41:51.840 --> 0:41:55.200
<v Speaker 2>I understand people like want to bracelet different variants. I'm

0:41:55.280 --> 0:41:58.879
<v Speaker 2>just I'm talking to the poker audience right now. So

0:41:59.040 --> 0:42:02.200
<v Speaker 2>for Daniel to win and get that monkey off his

0:42:02.320 --> 0:42:07.400
<v Speaker 2>back was exceptional, absolutely exceptional, and it goes in line

0:42:08.080 --> 0:42:12.799
<v Speaker 2>with what has been arguably the greatest world series of

0:42:12.840 --> 0:42:17.600
<v Speaker 2>poker up to this point. Ever so, in no particular order,

0:42:18.080 --> 0:42:25.759
<v Speaker 2>Scott sever who has a legitimate claim as one not

0:42:25.800 --> 0:42:29.239
<v Speaker 2>just a legitimate claim, he definitively is one of the

0:42:29.280 --> 0:42:32.160
<v Speaker 2>best all around players in the world. Some would argue

0:42:32.200 --> 0:42:34.240
<v Speaker 2>he is the best all around player in the world.

0:42:34.560 --> 0:42:39.000
<v Speaker 2>Scott sever said before this year's World Series of Poker,

0:42:39.040 --> 0:42:42.200
<v Speaker 2>I'm calling my shot. I'm doing bracelet bets on the side.

0:42:42.560 --> 0:42:46.960
<v Speaker 2>I'm basically gonna go run this tournament. He just became

0:42:47.160 --> 0:42:51.640
<v Speaker 2>the second or the first person in nearly twenty years

0:42:52.000 --> 0:42:57.880
<v Speaker 2>to win not one, not two, but three bracelets in

0:42:57.960 --> 0:43:01.400
<v Speaker 2>one World Series of Poker. And I was up to

0:43:01.560 --> 0:43:03.800
<v Speaker 2>one in the morning a couple of nights ago watching

0:43:04.280 --> 0:43:08.440
<v Speaker 2>his deuced to seven single draw final table, and even

0:43:08.600 --> 0:43:11.160
<v Speaker 2>for poker folks, now we're getting really in the weeds.

0:43:11.600 --> 0:43:15.800
<v Speaker 2>But he made two of the most brilliant plays one

0:43:16.200 --> 0:43:20.160
<v Speaker 2>can possibly make in that game to win this tournament.

0:43:20.719 --> 0:43:24.920
<v Speaker 2>He removed any luck one can remove from the the

0:43:26.080 --> 0:43:30.160
<v Speaker 2>event and just made great play after great play to

0:43:30.200 --> 0:43:34.760
<v Speaker 2>win his third bracelet. So that is happening. Phil Ivy,

0:43:35.320 --> 0:43:38.759
<v Speaker 2>playing a full series, seemingly for the first time in forever,

0:43:39.800 --> 0:43:43.799
<v Speaker 2>is back. Bubbled the final table of the two hundred

0:43:43.800 --> 0:43:45.880
<v Speaker 2>and fifty K that I was supposed to call, or

0:43:45.880 --> 0:43:47.360
<v Speaker 2>that I did call, but I was supposed to call

0:43:47.960 --> 0:43:52.239
<v Speaker 2>his performance there, but he had already won a different bracelet.

0:43:52.920 --> 0:43:56.719
<v Speaker 2>My good friend Nick Showman, who I do think is

0:43:56.760 --> 0:43:59.640
<v Speaker 2>the best all around player in the world. He want

0:43:59.640 --> 0:44:04.879
<v Speaker 2>to break Chris Honiken won the hundred k and then

0:44:04.960 --> 0:44:07.640
<v Speaker 2>came in third in the two hundred and fifty k.

0:44:08.640 --> 0:44:14.920
<v Speaker 2>That this has been just a historic world series. Oh,

0:44:15.239 --> 0:44:24.160
<v Speaker 2>Jeremy Austmas has I think final tabled six events. He

0:44:24.200 --> 0:44:27.239
<v Speaker 2>has a seventh, a fifth, a fifth, a fourth, a third,

0:44:27.400 --> 0:44:32.320
<v Speaker 2>a second, and Severs probably run away with the Player

0:44:32.360 --> 0:44:35.480
<v Speaker 2>of the Year because of his third bracelet. But we'll

0:44:35.520 --> 0:44:38.600
<v Speaker 2>see if someone else can run him down. And so

0:44:38.920 --> 0:44:42.600
<v Speaker 2>it has just been an all and I'm leaving people out.

0:44:42.640 --> 0:44:46.319
<v Speaker 2>I'm sure an all time world series of poker. The

0:44:46.440 --> 0:44:50.640
<v Speaker 2>only downside now I will tell an embarrassing anecdote. So

0:44:51.120 --> 0:44:53.520
<v Speaker 2>the cool thing for me is these guys know me

0:44:53.600 --> 0:44:57.080
<v Speaker 2>because so many of them bet sports and are into sports.

0:44:57.400 --> 0:45:01.719
<v Speaker 2>So like Scott sever I'm not gonna yeah, I'll reveal this.

0:45:01.800 --> 0:45:07.120
<v Speaker 2>I guess Scott Sever DMed me, uh, I DMed him

0:45:07.160 --> 0:45:10.759
<v Speaker 2>congratulations about his third bracelet. He DM me like, hey,

0:45:10.800 --> 0:45:12.640
<v Speaker 2>I saw you at the eight table and I didn't

0:45:12.640 --> 0:45:14.680
<v Speaker 2>want to bother you, and I was like, oh man,

0:45:14.840 --> 0:45:16.520
<v Speaker 2>I wrote him back. I was like, man, I saw

0:45:16.560 --> 0:45:18.400
<v Speaker 2>you at the other eight table. I didn't want to

0:45:18.440 --> 0:45:22.160
<v Speaker 2>bother you. So it's really cool to me that these

0:45:22.200 --> 0:45:24.839
<v Speaker 2>guys who are the best in the world, that I'm

0:45:24.880 --> 0:45:30.920
<v Speaker 2>able to have like a relationship with them. And Ivy

0:45:31.120 --> 0:45:35.960
<v Speaker 2>is kind of in this world by himself. He's almost

0:45:36.000 --> 0:45:41.520
<v Speaker 2>a mythical figure in that everyone acknowledges he's the greatest

0:45:41.560 --> 0:45:45.080
<v Speaker 2>ever do it. He took some time away, he's back now,

0:45:45.360 --> 0:45:49.360
<v Speaker 2>and he still just carries himself with this this historic presence.

0:45:51.600 --> 0:45:54.399
<v Speaker 2>And I when I was doing some research getting ready

0:45:54.440 --> 0:45:56.560
<v Speaker 2>for the two hundred and fifty K, when it looked

0:45:56.600 --> 0:45:58.360
<v Speaker 2>like he was going to be on the final table,

0:45:58.920 --> 0:46:01.800
<v Speaker 2>I realized I'm like, oh, oh my god, phil Ivy

0:46:01.960 --> 0:46:06.360
<v Speaker 2>follows me on Twitter. I'm like, so, phil Ivy Demanse

0:46:06.760 --> 0:46:11.160
<v Speaker 2>knows me, and this is this is as thrilling as

0:46:11.160 --> 0:46:14.160
<v Speaker 2>it gets. I'm like, oh my god, he follows me

0:46:14.200 --> 0:46:17.640
<v Speaker 2>on Twitter, Like we're gonna like he knows me. So

0:46:17.680 --> 0:46:19.680
<v Speaker 2>if I get to see him, like, it's not gonna

0:46:19.680 --> 0:46:21.719
<v Speaker 2>be like, oh, I'm like some fan, Like we're gonna

0:46:21.719 --> 0:46:26.520
<v Speaker 2>have some commonality. Two days later, I'm walking into the

0:46:26.760 --> 0:46:30.360
<v Speaker 2>tournament area and walking right next to me is phil

0:46:32.160 --> 0:46:35.160
<v Speaker 2>and I'm like, oh, this is perfect. So I turned

0:46:35.239 --> 0:46:37.799
<v Speaker 2>him like, hey, Phil, how's it going? Stick my hand

0:46:37.840 --> 0:46:42.920
<v Speaker 2>out man? When I tell you he Stone did not

0:46:43.280 --> 0:46:46.560
<v Speaker 2>know me. For anyone, I would be under selling it.

0:46:47.280 --> 0:46:51.320
<v Speaker 2>And I was so thrown off and tilted by Demanse

0:46:52.080 --> 0:46:56.440
<v Speaker 2>that I started like spitting my resume at him. I

0:46:56.480 --> 0:46:58.959
<v Speaker 2>was like, oh, Phil, I broadcast the two hundred fifty

0:46:59.000 --> 0:47:02.880
<v Speaker 2>K last night, Like no, like no, We're supposed to

0:47:02.880 --> 0:47:05.880
<v Speaker 2>be friends. It was so embarrassing and.

0:47:07.760 --> 0:47:10.560
<v Speaker 3>Around No.

0:47:10.600 --> 0:47:12.640
<v Speaker 2>I mean there was one other guy walking with him

0:47:13.520 --> 0:47:15.399
<v Speaker 2>that I couldn't I couldn't tell if that guy who's

0:47:15.520 --> 0:47:18.600
<v Speaker 2>like security or another player doesn't matter. But someone else

0:47:18.640 --> 0:47:22.520
<v Speaker 2>saw it and it was mortified. So but everything else

0:47:22.560 --> 0:47:27.560
<v Speaker 2>went great. Now. I will say one other thing, the

0:47:27.760 --> 0:47:31.760
<v Speaker 2>Poker Hall of Fame as of right now in ducks

0:47:31.840 --> 0:47:36.399
<v Speaker 2>one person a year, one player a year, and you're

0:47:36.440 --> 0:47:41.279
<v Speaker 2>not eligible until you're forty a year from now. They

0:47:41.320 --> 0:47:45.680
<v Speaker 2>have a problem on their hands, which yours that arguably

0:47:47.400 --> 0:47:51.680
<v Speaker 2>in their prime right now that you could make the

0:47:51.800 --> 0:47:54.680
<v Speaker 2>argument the two best all around poker players in the

0:47:54.719 --> 0:47:57.680
<v Speaker 2>world right now are Nick Shulman and Scott sever I

0:47:57.760 --> 0:48:00.200
<v Speaker 2>mentioned them both as far as what they've done this

0:48:00.239 --> 0:48:04.680
<v Speaker 2>World Series. They both won bracelet Scott's one three. Nick

0:48:04.800 --> 0:48:11.879
<v Speaker 2>keeps crushing. They both turn forty this year, and they

0:48:11.960 --> 0:48:17.400
<v Speaker 2>both are first time eligible next year. It would be

0:48:19.280 --> 0:48:22.800
<v Speaker 2>shameful for either one of them to have to wait

0:48:24.080 --> 0:48:28.600
<v Speaker 2>and if the the Poker Hall of Fame has a

0:48:28.719 --> 0:48:32.319
<v Speaker 2>year to prepare for what they need to do. But

0:48:32.680 --> 0:48:37.080
<v Speaker 2>both of them must be first ballot guys, both of

0:48:37.120 --> 0:48:43.600
<v Speaker 2>those players, it would be disrespectful to either one of

0:48:43.600 --> 0:48:46.640
<v Speaker 2>them for them not to get in on the first ballot.

0:48:47.040 --> 0:48:49.879
<v Speaker 2>They are two of the all time greatest who right

0:48:49.920 --> 0:48:53.000
<v Speaker 2>now appear to both be at the peaks of their powers.

0:48:53.880 --> 0:48:56.440
<v Speaker 2>Nick has the added bonus of he is the best

0:48:56.440 --> 0:49:00.000
<v Speaker 2>poker broadcaster in the world. Scott has the added bone

0:49:00.600 --> 0:49:04.480
<v Speaker 2>he's in the midst of maybe the greatest World Series run,

0:49:06.520 --> 0:49:10.000
<v Speaker 2>maybe of all time, certainly of the last fifteen years.

0:49:10.680 --> 0:49:13.919
<v Speaker 2>They both must be first ballot a year from now,

0:49:14.440 --> 0:49:15.880
<v Speaker 2>and the Poker Hall of Fame is a year to

0:49:15.880 --> 0:49:18.520
<v Speaker 2>figure it out, all right, Demanse, you can ask me

0:49:18.560 --> 0:49:21.640
<v Speaker 2>a follow up and then we'll move on to right ends.

0:49:22.239 --> 0:49:25.200
<v Speaker 3>Uh so, Yeah, where is poker commentator on your list

0:49:25.239 --> 0:49:27.879
<v Speaker 3>of dream jobs?

0:49:28.840 --> 0:49:31.000
<v Speaker 2>Oh? I don't this is gonna make you laugh. I

0:49:31.000 --> 0:49:33.120
<v Speaker 2>don't look at it as a dream job. It's it's

0:49:33.200 --> 0:49:35.840
<v Speaker 2>just gonna be a job that I have. I'm going

0:49:35.920 --> 0:49:38.760
<v Speaker 2>to do that. It's it won't be my full time job,

0:49:39.239 --> 0:49:41.680
<v Speaker 2>but I'm going to do it like. That's not a

0:49:42.280 --> 0:49:44.840
<v Speaker 2>that's a non negotiable thing for me. There are certain

0:49:44.880 --> 0:49:47.880
<v Speaker 2>things like I would like to be the third guy

0:49:48.040 --> 0:49:52.080
<v Speaker 2>in an NFL booth, like the way they have the

0:49:52.080 --> 0:49:57.400
<v Speaker 2>the referee expert come in the like fourth down analytics expert.

0:49:57.800 --> 0:50:01.960
<v Speaker 2>That's like a fuzzy dream. Like dreams might be too strong.

0:50:02.000 --> 0:50:03.480
<v Speaker 2>But I don't know if I will be able to

0:50:03.719 --> 0:50:08.719
<v Speaker 2>land that plane. Poker commentator I can do. I've done it.

0:50:09.320 --> 0:50:14.640
<v Speaker 2>I've had a lot of how do I put this properly?

0:50:14.840 --> 0:50:18.520
<v Speaker 2>I've had opportunities to do it more consistently. I will

0:50:18.560 --> 0:50:22.839
<v Speaker 2>continue that. My problem right now is it's hard to

0:50:22.840 --> 0:50:26.759
<v Speaker 2>get to and from Vegas, New York to Vegas, you

0:50:26.800 --> 0:50:28.920
<v Speaker 2>know what I mean, And you want to be on

0:50:28.960 --> 0:50:32.360
<v Speaker 2>the ground there to do it. But I'm going to

0:50:32.520 --> 0:50:36.279
<v Speaker 2>find a way to have that be a bigger part

0:50:36.320 --> 0:50:39.000
<v Speaker 2>of what I do because I love it so much.

0:50:40.080 --> 0:50:44.239
<v Speaker 2>I get so much enjoyment out of it, and there

0:50:44.400 --> 0:50:50.080
<v Speaker 2>is a part of my brain that is just activated

0:50:50.719 --> 0:50:56.759
<v Speaker 2>in thinking about poker and games and the strategy of

0:50:56.840 --> 0:50:59.800
<v Speaker 2>it that it's like an itch that has to be scratched.

0:51:00.120 --> 0:51:03.040
<v Speaker 2>So that's why I like playing, because of the competition

0:51:03.160 --> 0:51:05.560
<v Speaker 2>of it. But I also like watching the best in

0:51:05.600 --> 0:51:09.200
<v Speaker 2>the world play to think about what they were thinking

0:51:09.239 --> 0:51:13.239
<v Speaker 2>about and why moves are made. And so yeah, so

0:51:13.320 --> 0:51:15.600
<v Speaker 2>I'm going to do it, and I'll do it more.

0:51:15.680 --> 0:51:18.760
<v Speaker 2>And shout out to Brent Hanks and Jeff Platt for

0:51:19.040 --> 0:51:23.680
<v Speaker 2>allowing me, giving me the platform to share with them

0:51:23.719 --> 0:51:25.440
<v Speaker 2>for the two hundred and fifty K, which was just

0:51:25.560 --> 0:51:28.879
<v Speaker 2>a remarkable final table to watch and the whole thing

0:51:28.960 --> 0:51:31.080
<v Speaker 2>was great. All right, let's play the game. Let's play

0:51:31.120 --> 0:51:31.560
<v Speaker 2>right INDs.

0:51:33.239 --> 0:51:35.960
<v Speaker 4>So yeah, So the Spurs made some noise and they

0:51:36.000 --> 0:51:39.239
<v Speaker 4>finally got wmba point guard he's a little outside of

0:51:39.239 --> 0:51:43.960
<v Speaker 4>his prime, and Chris Paul. They also drafted Stefan Castle

0:51:44.000 --> 0:51:46.800
<v Speaker 4>at number four. The reports are that they are interested

0:51:46.800 --> 0:51:50.560
<v Speaker 4>in Laurie markten, but are they ready to compete.

0:51:50.880 --> 0:51:52.359
<v Speaker 3>The Spurs ceiling is.

0:51:52.400 --> 0:51:56.920
<v Speaker 2>Now, oh, be a five hundred team this year. Now

0:51:56.960 --> 0:51:59.880
<v Speaker 2>if they get marketing, maybe a touch higher. I like

0:52:00.120 --> 0:52:02.799
<v Speaker 2>marking in a ton, but their ceiling is be a

0:52:02.840 --> 0:52:05.600
<v Speaker 2>five hundred team. Compete for the playoffs in year three.

0:52:06.680 --> 0:52:08.879
<v Speaker 2>I didn't love the Chris Paul to the Spurs thing.

0:52:08.880 --> 0:52:12.399
<v Speaker 2>I didn't totally understand. Brew then mentioned kind of being

0:52:12.400 --> 0:52:14.600
<v Speaker 2>a mentor to Castle, which made a lot of sense.

0:52:14.920 --> 0:52:16.600
<v Speaker 2>But be a five hundred team, all right.

0:52:16.680 --> 0:52:20.960
<v Speaker 4>Next, Donovan Mitchell agreed to an extension with the Cast

0:52:21.000 --> 0:52:24.040
<v Speaker 4>for three years, one hundred and fifty million. However, that

0:52:24.040 --> 0:52:25.880
<v Speaker 4>doesn't mean he can't ask out in a year. Like

0:52:25.920 --> 0:52:28.960
<v Speaker 4>you just said, Donovan Mitchell will be in Cleveland for

0:52:29.400 --> 0:52:31.120
<v Speaker 4>a blank more years.

0:52:31.520 --> 0:52:35.839
<v Speaker 2>I think one more year. I listen, Calves fans might

0:52:35.880 --> 0:52:37.880
<v Speaker 2>be mad at me. I don't want that to happen.

0:52:38.040 --> 0:52:41.680
<v Speaker 2>I understand if they're frustrated. It's like, man, he just

0:52:41.800 --> 0:52:44.760
<v Speaker 2>re signed, and you guys are already you're you're already

0:52:44.800 --> 0:52:48.880
<v Speaker 2>talking about when he could leave. But to me, it

0:52:49.000 --> 0:52:52.560
<v Speaker 2>just felt like a grab the money and worry about

0:52:52.600 --> 0:52:55.799
<v Speaker 2>the rest later. So I so I think one more

0:52:55.920 --> 0:52:58.719
<v Speaker 2>year is probably what makes the most sense, all right.

0:52:58.800 --> 0:53:02.360
<v Speaker 3>Next, The Thunder have been busy this offseason.

0:53:02.719 --> 0:53:05.960
<v Speaker 4>First they traded for Alix Cruso, and now they've signed

0:53:06.000 --> 0:53:09.680
<v Speaker 4>Isaiah Hartenstein to shore up their biggest weakness, the Thunder's

0:53:09.719 --> 0:53:10.400
<v Speaker 4>title chances.

0:53:10.440 --> 0:53:11.800
<v Speaker 3>Are now blank percent.

0:53:13.320 --> 0:53:19.520
<v Speaker 2>Oh well, gosh, I don't know what are they one

0:53:19.600 --> 0:53:25.319
<v Speaker 2>in five, twenty percent? Like the Thunder in real good shape, man.

0:53:25.960 --> 0:53:29.600
<v Speaker 2>I think Hartenstein feels a real need for them. Shay's excellent.

0:53:29.920 --> 0:53:33.920
<v Speaker 2>They have a smart coach, well built roster. They also

0:53:34.520 --> 0:53:38.120
<v Speaker 2>still have all those draft picks in store, so they

0:53:38.160 --> 0:53:41.080
<v Speaker 2>can make a trade at the deadline more easily than

0:53:41.080 --> 0:53:44.719
<v Speaker 2>most teams. So I think the Thunder, if you were

0:53:44.719 --> 0:53:46.319
<v Speaker 2>to come to me and be like the Thunder of

0:53:46.360 --> 0:53:48.839
<v Speaker 2>the favorites in the West, I got at least listen

0:53:48.920 --> 0:53:53.440
<v Speaker 2>to it. Dallas obviously right there, Denver. I think the

0:53:53.520 --> 0:53:58.719
<v Speaker 2>KCP loss is significant. Minnesota can't be forgotten. I'm just

0:53:58.800 --> 0:54:01.000
<v Speaker 2>listing the top four teams. I know that's kind of silly,

0:54:01.719 --> 0:54:05.360
<v Speaker 2>but OKC is positioned incredibly well.

0:54:06.120 --> 0:54:09.719
<v Speaker 4>All right, next, Yeah, it wasn't the most stacked NBA

0:54:09.840 --> 0:54:13.320
<v Speaker 4>draft ever, but that doesn't mean the excitement was lacking.

0:54:14.000 --> 0:54:16.399
<v Speaker 3>Your favorite pick in the NBA draft this year was.

0:54:17.920 --> 0:54:22.080
<v Speaker 2>Well, the excitement actually was lacking. I did really listen.

0:54:22.520 --> 0:54:24.680
<v Speaker 2>I was. I think I said it on this show

0:54:25.160 --> 0:54:27.800
<v Speaker 2>a couple months ago, how much I like Dalton Connect

0:54:28.200 --> 0:54:30.160
<v Speaker 2>For him to fall to seventeen to the Lakers. That

0:54:30.280 --> 0:54:32.240
<v Speaker 2>is a really good pick. I give the front office

0:54:32.280 --> 0:54:34.759
<v Speaker 2>credit where it's due. They had something fall into their

0:54:34.840 --> 0:54:36.480
<v Speaker 2>lap and they were smart enough to pick it up.

0:54:37.400 --> 0:54:42.440
<v Speaker 2>But so I guess that. But I'm interested to see

0:54:42.480 --> 0:54:46.080
<v Speaker 2>Castle with Wimby over the years, and I didn't Red

0:54:46.160 --> 0:54:49.560
<v Speaker 2>Shepherd's really good. But I don't know much about the

0:54:49.560 --> 0:54:51.680
<v Speaker 2>foreign guys. I'm just not gonna lie to you about

0:54:51.719 --> 0:54:55.440
<v Speaker 2>the number one pick. And sorry, I wasn't scouring that film.

0:54:55.520 --> 0:54:59.880
<v Speaker 4>Next there's no there's no time for a full soccer

0:55:00.040 --> 0:55:02.560
<v Speaker 4>corner today, but catch us up on the Euros in

0:55:02.560 --> 0:55:06.000
<v Speaker 4>Copa America and make your predictions. The Euros in Copo

0:55:06.000 --> 0:55:07.279
<v Speaker 4>America champions will be.

0:55:09.000 --> 0:55:15.360
<v Speaker 2>Oh listen, Spain's got a brutal quarterfinal match against Germany,

0:55:15.960 --> 0:55:19.480
<v Speaker 2>but I like Spain in that spot, and so I'm

0:55:19.520 --> 0:55:23.040
<v Speaker 2>gonna go with Spain. Is I think they've been the

0:55:23.080 --> 0:55:25.960
<v Speaker 2>best team thus far this tournament. So I'll go with

0:55:26.120 --> 0:55:30.600
<v Speaker 2>Spain in the Euros and in Copa I'm just gonna

0:55:30.600 --> 0:55:33.319
<v Speaker 2>go with Chalk and I'll just go with Argentina. You

0:55:33.360 --> 0:55:35.960
<v Speaker 2>guys know, I tend to always root for Brazil, but

0:55:36.040 --> 0:55:39.200
<v Speaker 2>I think it's going to be Argentina. And I know

0:55:39.320 --> 0:55:42.080
<v Speaker 2>that there right now is a fourth of July and

0:55:42.200 --> 0:55:49.120
<v Speaker 2>Joey Chestnut question. However, I just don't you know, I'm

0:55:49.160 --> 0:55:53.800
<v Speaker 2>not feeling the last twenty four hours or so quite

0:55:53.840 --> 0:55:56.640
<v Speaker 2>as patriotic as I normally do on the fourth of July.

0:55:56.960 --> 0:55:59.319
<v Speaker 2>So we're gonna skip that one. Quick break right back,

0:55:59.360 --> 0:56:07.520
<v Speaker 2>What's right? Welcome back in What's right with Nick? Right? Demanse,

0:56:07.680 --> 0:56:09.759
<v Speaker 2>Let's get some listener questions where we move on.

0:56:11.200 --> 0:56:14.840
<v Speaker 4>Austin Tapp asked, what were the better experience? What was

0:56:14.880 --> 0:56:17.560
<v Speaker 4>the better experience beating fell Helme Youth and poker on

0:56:17.640 --> 0:56:19.720
<v Speaker 4>TV or Chief Super Bowl party?

0:56:20.840 --> 0:56:23.719
<v Speaker 2>Oh, listen, winning that sit and go tournament where ended

0:56:23.760 --> 0:56:25.680
<v Speaker 2>up being me and Helm Youth heads up and then

0:56:25.719 --> 0:56:29.319
<v Speaker 2>winning is like that, I actually did that the Chief

0:56:29.400 --> 0:56:31.840
<v Speaker 2>super Bowl. While I'm an unofficial member of the team,

0:56:32.440 --> 0:56:35.000
<v Speaker 2>I don't actually get to really claim much credit for that.

0:56:35.080 --> 0:56:36.640
<v Speaker 2>So it's the Helme Youth thing definitely.

0:56:36.760 --> 0:56:40.520
<v Speaker 3>Next, Jacob Bim said, Nick, if you had to bet

0:56:40.560 --> 0:56:43.520
<v Speaker 3>the Warriors or Spurs to make the playoffs, who do

0:56:43.600 --> 0:56:43.960
<v Speaker 3>you take?

0:56:45.160 --> 0:56:47.640
<v Speaker 2>Oh? I would take the Warriors. I mean, the Warriors

0:56:47.680 --> 0:56:50.359
<v Speaker 2>won forty six games last year. The Spurs won twenty two.

0:56:50.960 --> 0:56:54.080
<v Speaker 2>I understand Whimby will be better. I get that, I might.

0:56:54.640 --> 0:56:57.400
<v Speaker 2>I don't think either will make it, but the better

0:56:57.480 --> 0:56:59.160
<v Speaker 2>bet is definitely the Warriors.

0:56:59.239 --> 0:57:05.279
<v Speaker 3>Next, uh a Vetus Bodakian asked Nick, where do you

0:57:05.280 --> 0:57:07.560
<v Speaker 3>think Wimby will rank by the end of the season.

0:57:11.600 --> 0:57:16.640
<v Speaker 2>Twelve thirteen? Somewhere like that all NBA level but not

0:57:16.640 --> 0:57:20.600
<v Speaker 2>not MVP level, like not yet. But he was way

0:57:21.400 --> 0:57:24.440
<v Speaker 2>way better offensively last year than I thought he'd be

0:57:24.480 --> 0:57:28.919
<v Speaker 2>as a rookie. The defense I think everybody saw coming. Offensively,

0:57:29.000 --> 0:57:32.080
<v Speaker 2>he was more refined, So I think twelve thirteenth is

0:57:32.080 --> 0:57:34.280
<v Speaker 2>a legitimate landing spot for him.

0:57:34.280 --> 0:57:38.240
<v Speaker 3>Next, Tyler asked Nick, who is your Wimbledon pick?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh? That's a great So what are the I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>look at the odds real quick, just to oh my god,

0:57:46.600 --> 0:57:53.560
<v Speaker 2>I have a major announcement. Did I? I forgot to

0:57:53.680 --> 0:57:59.840
<v Speaker 2>tell you guys this hold on producers. Do you guys

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<v Speaker 2>know what I'm about to tell you here?

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<v Speaker 4>Have I?

0:58:03.840 --> 0:58:05.560
<v Speaker 2>Yeah? Okay, so I I did share it in the

0:58:05.560 --> 0:58:11.080
<v Speaker 2>group chat. All right. In a couple of weeks, I

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<v Speaker 2>am going to be auditioning to be an official US

0:58:19.080 --> 0:58:25.280
<v Speaker 2>Open ball boy. That's happening. I this is this is

0:58:25.640 --> 0:58:29.800
<v Speaker 2>my buddy Mark Carmon, who this is his lifelong dream,

0:58:30.000 --> 0:58:34.800
<v Speaker 2>is flying in from Chicago to Allsoul audition. They're gonna

0:58:34.800 --> 0:58:37.680
<v Speaker 2>put me through all the drills, all of it. I'm

0:58:37.680 --> 0:58:39.840
<v Speaker 2>gonna be wearing the whole outfit. I'm a little old,

0:58:39.880 --> 0:58:46.120
<v Speaker 2>I will admit, but I I well, that's the that's

0:58:46.160 --> 0:58:49.440
<v Speaker 2>the concern, I'll be honest. The concern is you know

0:58:49.840 --> 0:58:52.800
<v Speaker 2>that we're gonna be the father son Popped Achilles duo.

0:58:53.200 --> 0:58:56.440
<v Speaker 2>I'm not gonna lie that is that. That's that's the concern.

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<v Speaker 2>But I yeah, so, I I'm so. I might be

0:59:02.640 --> 0:59:05.200
<v Speaker 2>a ball boy at the US Open. I'm gonna be

0:59:05.240 --> 0:59:12.080
<v Speaker 2>wearing the full polo regalia out there, crushing. I was

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<v Speaker 2>just checking to see if there were any crazy odds

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<v Speaker 2>but for the win for Wimbledon real quick. But it's

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<v Speaker 2>Center is the slight favorite, which is interesting. He's two

0:59:22.080 --> 0:59:26.680
<v Speaker 2>to one. Alcarez plus two, ten, Joker plus three twenty,

0:59:26.760 --> 0:59:29.800
<v Speaker 2>nobody else better than fifteen to one. I told you guys,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna pick Alcaz to win every major for probably

0:59:32.800 --> 0:59:35.160
<v Speaker 2>the next five years, and I'll be right more often

0:59:35.200 --> 0:59:37.920
<v Speaker 2>than I'm wrong. It's just I'm just gonna pick Alcarez

0:59:38.040 --> 0:59:40.400
<v Speaker 2>every time he's healthy, and I'll be right more often

0:59:40.440 --> 0:59:41.000
<v Speaker 2>than I'm wrong.

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<v Speaker 4>Uh, quickly back here, your ball boy, at your ball

0:59:44.640 --> 0:59:46.760
<v Speaker 4>boy antics will you be Will you be doing any

0:59:46.800 --> 0:59:49.240
<v Speaker 4>training between now and then to get into shape or

0:59:50.000 --> 0:59:52.800
<v Speaker 4>you're just gonna no, no wing it.

0:59:53.640 --> 0:59:59.280
<v Speaker 2>I'm a natural athlete the and for short bursts like

0:59:59.400 --> 1:00:03.200
<v Speaker 2>and so I'm not worried about that. Uh and so no, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just gonna wing it. I mean I watched Wimbledon

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<v Speaker 2>and maybe try to pick up on, you know, some

1:00:08.440 --> 1:00:11.400
<v Speaker 2>tendencies of the ball boys. But no, I'm not going

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<v Speaker 2>to train. All right, Demonse, Let's go to Curtis Matthew's

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<v Speaker 2>question is the last question.

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<v Speaker 3>Curtis Matthews said, question for Demonse, will you be picking

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<v Speaker 3>up the n C Double A football game in July? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>I'll probably get it.

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<v Speaker 2>But you've never played the n C Double A.

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<v Speaker 3>For Hey, don't. I've been alive for long enough. I played.

1:00:35.080 --> 1:00:38.280
<v Speaker 4>I definitely I played NCAA football game like a long

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<v Speaker 4>long time ago, long.

1:00:44.000 --> 1:00:47.120
<v Speaker 2>Decade ago. Maybe no, but I just my point was

1:00:47.400 --> 1:00:50.120
<v Speaker 2>I wasn't taking a shot. My point was like, as

1:00:50.160 --> 1:00:53.480
<v Speaker 2>an adult, the game hasn't for you. The game hasn't existed.

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<v Speaker 3>I have not played it recently at all. It's been

1:00:57.680 --> 1:00:59.400
<v Speaker 3>like years and years, but I've played it.

1:00:59.480 --> 1:01:03.400
<v Speaker 2>But it was when I was your age man, like

1:01:03.560 --> 1:01:08.600
<v Speaker 2>you and like you know me, like seven buddies would

1:01:08.640 --> 1:01:14.120
<v Speaker 2>have an online dynasty, all trying to recruit the same kids,

1:01:14.160 --> 1:01:19.760
<v Speaker 2>scheduled games like it was. The NCAA thing. Is a

1:01:20.080 --> 1:01:22.600
<v Speaker 2>question for Demon's a question for Nick. Yes, I'll be

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<v Speaker 2>playing it, and I might. I might try to set

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<v Speaker 2>up a invite only sports media league with publicly posted

1:01:34.440 --> 1:01:38.800
<v Speaker 2>results where everybody picks the school, we're all recruiting the kids,

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<v Speaker 2>and then we play a full season. I've already talked

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<v Speaker 2>with Kevin Clark about the potential viability of setting this up.

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<v Speaker 3>So, uh, that's not locked.

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<v Speaker 2>Sports media, of course, But you can't listen the problem

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<v Speaker 2>with these these these leagues is people. It's like, Hey,

1:01:59.120 --> 1:02:03.320
<v Speaker 2>our game is scheduled Tuesday at eight pm. You better

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<v Speaker 2>be there. You can't have everybody waiting. But yeah, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna try to set that up. All right, Uh, great show.

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<v Speaker 2>I gotta get to work because we got it potentially

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<v Speaker 2>an early show, maybe a two o'clock start for first

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