WEBVTT - Gaslight Season is in Full Swing

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to the Hottest the Hottest podcast out here.

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<v Speaker 1>I said what I said.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the Heat Check, The Heat Check, Heat Check. It's

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<v Speaker 2>just a critic on this episode of The Heat Check Today,

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<v Speaker 2>amidst training can't beginning in the wake of all of

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<v Speaker 2>the media days, we talk about four teams in various

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<v Speaker 2>stages of chaos, beginning with Phoenix, who has some serious

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<v Speaker 2>issues to deal with uh with in the wake of

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<v Speaker 2>owner Robert Sarver being forced to sell the team. It

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't really forced, but it kind of was forced. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>it was his own decision, but it wasn't. We then

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<v Speaker 2>move on to Boston, where the fallout from ema Udoka

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<v Speaker 2>getting suspended continues. We move on to the Nets, who

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<v Speaker 2>are in the midst of probably one of the most

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<v Speaker 2>dysfunctional family reunions NBA history, and then my favorite Los

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<v Speaker 2>Angeles Lakers, as per usual, continue to be an absolute

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<v Speaker 2>dumpster fire despite them telling us that everything is fine,

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<v Speaker 2>we are all best friends when we know that shit

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<v Speaker 2>is not true at all. Plus, we also do a

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<v Speaker 2>little around the league stuff, including the beginning of gas

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<v Speaker 2>Light Season, which is a training camp. The NBA is

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<v Speaker 2>officially back, and so is the heat check. So do

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<v Speaker 2>me a favor and drop that beat. A girl can't

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<v Speaker 2>go on vacation, can't choose like I've been. I've been

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<v Speaker 2>trying to get away for months. I was like, can't

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<v Speaker 2>get away post Summer League because Kevin Durant still hasn't

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<v Speaker 2>been traded. Then Kevin Durant decides he's staying in Brooklyn,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's like, all right, well everything's done. The season

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<v Speaker 2>has come, the off season. Really, all the news has

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<v Speaker 2>come to a conclusion, right, No, I go on one

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<v Speaker 2>little trippy trip. I leave my phone in my drawer,

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<v Speaker 2>I turn all, I delete Twitter, I delete Instagram. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>little me time, Little Tree Tree time, and maybe the

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<v Speaker 2>biggest scandal upon scandal. I had to come back and

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<v Speaker 2>figure out what was going on with Adam Levine. I

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<v Speaker 2>had to come back and figure out what was going

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<v Speaker 2>on with Harry Styles and why he spit on Chris

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<v Speaker 2>Pine emy Udoka suspended for the year, hold up what?

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<v Speaker 2>I had to read TMZ and figure out what Neil

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<v Speaker 2>Long is saying. I'm deep into Reddit. Not exactly the

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<v Speaker 2>vacation that I was hoping for. I was hoping for

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<v Speaker 2>the most dead time on Earth. Two weeks before training

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<v Speaker 2>camp to just get away. But we are here and

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<v Speaker 2>we are now processing. And oh yeah, by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>Robert Sarver decides to sell the team. That happened while

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<v Speaker 2>I was on vacation as well. And now we have

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<v Speaker 2>training camp, which you know what that means. I've been

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<v Speaker 2>thinking about training camp a lot, which is where every

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<v Speaker 2>bit of the future is ahead of us. So what

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<v Speaker 2>does that mean? That means gaslight season. That means the

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<v Speaker 2>teams will lie to us about their goals. It means

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<v Speaker 2>teams will lie to us about their relationships with one another.

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<v Speaker 2>It means teams will lie to us about what happened

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<v Speaker 2>in the off season, and what that means going forward.

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<v Speaker 2>It is now fully the machine, the propaganda machine is

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<v Speaker 2>now fully on humb mode. It is fully humming alone,

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<v Speaker 2>generating all sorts of nonsense designed to hype up the

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<v Speaker 2>fan base to sell ticket they get excitement for the

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<v Speaker 2>upcoming season. I am wise to it, and I am

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<v Speaker 2>here to peel back the onion on what is true

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<v Speaker 2>and what is not true, except for which I actually

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<v Speaker 2>fucking respect people who are not immersed in the propaganda machine. Phoenix,

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<v Speaker 2>Boston to some degree, Brooklyn, and let me be honest, LA,

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<v Speaker 2>They're trying real hard, but they know it's a thinly

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<v Speaker 2>veiled propaganda machine for them. We'll get into all that

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<v Speaker 2>in due time, but let's look at some news that's

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<v Speaker 2>popping from around the league. So we begin with a

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<v Speaker 2>really sad day in Chicago, And by sad, I mean

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<v Speaker 2>just like legit really awful. I loved watching Lonzo ball

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<v Speaker 2>at UCLA. He's one of the most unique playmakers. I

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<v Speaker 2>think Magic Johnson drafted him for a reason because he

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<v Speaker 2>had some of those characteristics that Magic saw in himself.

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<v Speaker 2>And he now undergoes another knee surgery, and let's be honest, like,

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<v Speaker 2>if he sees the court at all this year, it

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<v Speaker 2>will be a celebration, because there were troubling reports that

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<v Speaker 2>the dude may never recover and may never play another

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<v Speaker 2>game of basketball in his life. This is what he

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<v Speaker 2>told Clutch Sports quote. I really can't run. I can't

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<v Speaker 2>run or jump. There's like a range from like thirty

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<v Speaker 2>degrees to like sixty degrees. Trying to do the angles

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<v Speaker 2>with my hands right now, I don't know what thirty

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<v Speaker 2>degrees is pretty small, thirty degrees to sixty degrees when

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<v Speaker 2>my knee is bent, I have no force and I

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<v Speaker 2>can't catch myself. Wait, wobble, wobble. He's wobbling when he's

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<v Speaker 2>standing up and his knees are bent. Fortunately, though, Sham's

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<v Speaker 2>reported today that the second knee surgery has repaired the

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<v Speaker 2>things that they missed or fucked up on. I believe

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<v Speaker 2>it was a botched surgery where things were still loading

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<v Speaker 2>inside the kneecap, and there is a chance that he

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<v Speaker 2>can come back this year. Really good news. Lonzo not

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<v Speaker 2>just a good guy, but I think he was a

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<v Speaker 2>major piece of what the Bulls decided to do last offseason,

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<v Speaker 2>and they were not the same after he came back.

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<v Speaker 2>And when it got injured last year, right their whole

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<v Speaker 2>identity spiraled into an abyss. It was him, and then

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<v Speaker 2>it was Caruso, and then it was Levine, just like

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<v Speaker 2>I predicted. I mean, I don't want to take a

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<v Speaker 2>victory lap on someone's grave, but it was a proper

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<v Speaker 2>and correct prediction. Lots of speculation online about whether he

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<v Speaker 2>was misdiagnosed, whether the surgery didn't go as planned, or

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<v Speaker 2>they messed up the surgery. He went to rehab, the

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<v Speaker 2>rehab did not work. The bottom line is that he's

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<v Speaker 2>finally back on track, hopefully getting on court in the future.

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<v Speaker 2>He's young too. If he was to cut his career

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<v Speaker 2>short based on a bot surgery, Oh boy, oh boy.

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<v Speaker 2>That's good news, though, Need them, need them, need them,

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<v Speaker 2>need them. Down in Miami, there is lots of news

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<v Speaker 2>popping on as well, not just subtle jabs about Jimmy

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<v Speaker 2>Butler's non extension extensions. I mean, I don't know what

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<v Speaker 2>he was thinking to try to pedal again. Gaslight season

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<v Speaker 2>is fully here. When Jimmy Butler tells you that his

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<v Speaker 2>hair grew faster than like like uh, like faster than

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<v Speaker 2>I don't even know what, faster than a thirteen year

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<v Speaker 2>old in a gross spurt on a summer he said,

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<v Speaker 2>those were not extensions. If you have not seen Jimmy

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<v Speaker 2>Butler's haircut right now, I don't It's not even a haircut,

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<v Speaker 2>it's more of a hairstyle. The man has extensions. He

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<v Speaker 2>shaved his face. I don't even want to say the

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<v Speaker 2>things that go through my head all the like the

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<v Speaker 2>worst parts of me that come out when you're workshopping

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<v Speaker 2>joke Like, I don't need to workshop jokes on this

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<v Speaker 2>because I just might get canceled. But listen, we don't

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<v Speaker 2>judge Jimmy for whatever he's going through right now. We

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<v Speaker 2>don't judge Jimmy for whatever experimentation he's up to in

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<v Speaker 2>the midst of this career. That jump shot, that misjump shot,

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<v Speaker 2>must have really started to make him start to think

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<v Speaker 2>about some new alternative decisions. Kyle Lowry's apparently in shape.

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<v Speaker 2>I doubt it. Like I've seen him from the clavical up.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know what he looks like. Really, we'll see

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<v Speaker 2>what he gets on the court. I don't mean to

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<v Speaker 2>be mean. I got back from a monastery. I'm trying

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<v Speaker 2>to be nice. I really am. I'm trying to not

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<v Speaker 2>they told me. I asked him. I said, hey, do

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<v Speaker 2>you think I'll lose my light if I get more enlightened?

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<v Speaker 2>And they said, well, I said, you know, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>want to lose my sense of humor. And they said, well,

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<v Speaker 2>do you make fun of a lot of people? And

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<v Speaker 2>I said, I decline a comment. I decline to comment anyway.

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<v Speaker 2>Tyler Hero here comes. Tyler Hero wants his extension after

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<v Speaker 2>not getting traded in this very weird offseason where they

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<v Speaker 2>thought Donovan Mitchell might go to Miami. Whether you think

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<v Speaker 2>he deserves the extension or not, that's a different question.

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<v Speaker 2>What isn't is that he is an All Star and

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<v Speaker 2>the Ranning sixth Man of the Year whose absence due

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<v Speaker 2>to injury in the Eastern Conference Finals hurt the Heat

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<v Speaker 2>in a big way. I think without him they were

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<v Speaker 2>barbecue chicken. If he's healthy, maybe they go to the finals.

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<v Speaker 2>This is what he said on media day. Very interesting.

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<v Speaker 2>There are players across the league that have gotten paid

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<v Speaker 2>this offseason who I know I'm better than, So it's

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<v Speaker 2>gotta be the right number for me to sign it.

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<v Speaker 2>Who is he talking about, you might order I did

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<v Speaker 2>a little digging, did a little go to a spoke

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<v Speaker 2>track see some of these extent some of these new deals.

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<v Speaker 2>Jalen Brunson almost certainly who he's talking about getting paid

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<v Speaker 2>over one hundred million dollars for four years, Zach Clovine

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<v Speaker 2>getting paid forty something, and change Man's got one knee,

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<v Speaker 2>one usable knee, Anthony Simon's he's had a moment like

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<v Speaker 2>he's had one moment Dame got shut down. He shot

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<v Speaker 2>fifty times a game, and of course his stats look good.

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<v Speaker 2>The man had the usage rate of a professional in

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<v Speaker 2>Las Vegas. You know what I'm saying, high usage guard.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're Tyler Hero, you're wondering when that payday and

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<v Speaker 2>what that payday looks like when it is coming. Doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>seem any reason to trade him Now that Kevin Durant

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<v Speaker 2>is staying there, Donovan Mitchell is now in Cleveland, which

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<v Speaker 2>still is baffling to the mind. So we will see,

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<v Speaker 2>we will see if we will call him Historically frugal.

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<v Speaker 2>Pat Riley very quick to cut ties with players who

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<v Speaker 2>are either not worth the value that they think they

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<v Speaker 2>are or their body starts to break down. Except for

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<v Speaker 2>you Donnis Haslam, So who knows he's MAX eligible for

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<v Speaker 2>five years one hundred and eighty eight million dollars. Little

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<v Speaker 2>quick tidbit pat Riley sees himself in Tyler Hero. Both

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<v Speaker 2>went to Kentucky. Both sort of skinny, how would I

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<v Speaker 2>put it? Sharp jaw lines, slick back, pretty boys. Moving

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<v Speaker 2>on though, Moving on. News from the Pelicans camp probably

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<v Speaker 2>the complete opposite of what it was this time last year.

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<v Speaker 2>Remember when we came to Media Day, Well I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>actually go, but someone went to Media Day and David

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<v Speaker 2>Griffin got to the podium. He's like, Hey, we're so

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<v Speaker 2>excited about this season. Also just want to quickly. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't even think he really put his stamp on it

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<v Speaker 2>like that. He was just like, Yeah, we're looking forward

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<v Speaker 2>to the season. Everything's good. Excited to have Willy Green here.

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<v Speaker 2>Zion Williamson had a foot surgery in the middle of

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<v Speaker 2>the off season, so we're not sure when he's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>be back. Also really looking forward to Herb Jones. He's like, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait,

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<v Speaker 2>wait wait, Zion had foot surgery. You're just gonna like

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<v Speaker 2>sort of like squeeze that in there between Willie Green's

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<v Speaker 2>announcement and the excitement of Herb Jones. Yes he did.

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<v Speaker 2>He tried to. He tried to fool us this year.

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<v Speaker 2>None of that. Zion looks great after one of the

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<v Speaker 2>great Houdini acts of all time last year because they

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<v Speaker 2>were dead. Let's be honest, the Pelicans looked like they

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<v Speaker 2>could be the worst team in all of the NBA.

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<v Speaker 2>They were what three and eighteen. Something crazy ended with

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<v Speaker 2>the Pels, team that actually took Phoenix to the brink

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<v Speaker 2>in the first round, started incredibly bad, riding the ship,

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<v Speaker 2>putting a scare in the number one seed Suns. If

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<v Speaker 2>you're Willie Green, you gotta be feeling like pat yourself

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<v Speaker 2>on the back a little bit. There early reports on

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<v Speaker 2>Zion one healthy, two thin, as Zion can be back

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<v Speaker 2>like cow back, very back. Here are the words from

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<v Speaker 2>various sources, and we'll call them unbiased sources, not people

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<v Speaker 2>inside the team, to describe Zion's first practice lean. I

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<v Speaker 2>liked that that was the first word lean, fast, in shape, dominating,

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<v Speaker 2>an all star, a bully, a wrecking ball. This is

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<v Speaker 2>one scrimmage. I have to remind you, very skeptical media

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<v Speaker 2>jumping on the Zion bandwagon kind of rare. A scrimmage

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<v Speaker 2>where Zion apparently did not miss one shot, not one.

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<v Speaker 2>Larry Nat said this about Zion.

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<v Speaker 3>I gotta be honest with you. I didn't know how

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<v Speaker 3>much we were letting go. But yeah, dude, look, I

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<v Speaker 3>mean again, yeah, I would say dominate is a good word.

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<v Speaker 3>Dominated is a good word. I you know, he didn't

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<v Speaker 3>even realize it, but in the locker room, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>talking about it afterwards, I was like, did you know, like,

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<v Speaker 3>you didn't miss a shot? And you know it was

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<v Speaker 3>the first time. He didn't realize it until I pointed out.

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<v Speaker 3>But now he he didn't miss a shot. He looks

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<v Speaker 3>like the same wrecking ball we all know and love,

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<v Speaker 3>so very pleased to say the least.

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<v Speaker 2>By the way, Larry Nance, you don't know Zion like that.

0:14:29.880 --> 0:14:34.040
<v Speaker 2>Zion wasn't playing basketball when we Portland Trailbasers traded your

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<v Speaker 2>ass with CJ. McCollums. So he's not the same Zion

0:14:38.280 --> 0:14:40.800
<v Speaker 2>that we know in love. Like this version of Zion

0:14:40.960 --> 0:14:44.640
<v Speaker 2>I don't even think we collectively have seen yet. Coach

0:14:44.680 --> 0:14:48.920
<v Speaker 2>Willie Green said z looked amazing his strength, his speed,

0:14:49.160 --> 0:14:51.600
<v Speaker 2>He dominated the scrimmage pretty much, and then he did

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<v Speaker 2>a good job looking for his teammates. What stood out

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<v Speaker 2>the most was his force. More than anything, force on hardwood.

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<v Speaker 2>Just want to say, makes me a tiny bit worried. Listen,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think that there's any team I'm more excited

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<v Speaker 2>to see than the New Orleans Pelicans. I think that

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<v Speaker 2>they are quite easily the most intriguing team in the NBA. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>we're excited to see all of the depth and versatility

0:15:19.120 --> 0:15:21.640
<v Speaker 2>and health of Kawhi Leonard and the LA Clippers. For sure.

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<v Speaker 2>We want to see that. Of course, we want to

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<v Speaker 2>be the Rubbernecker people watching the train wrecks that are

0:15:28.760 --> 0:15:34.280
<v Speaker 2>the Boston Celtics, the LA Lakers, the Phoenix Suns, of course,

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<v Speaker 2>but in terms of Wow, this team could be really good,

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<v Speaker 2>they could make a jump. I think it's between them

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<v Speaker 2>and the Minnesota Timberwolves in terms of what this team

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<v Speaker 2>can be. If they're fully jelled, if Zion is healthy

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<v Speaker 2>and in shape and committed to playing defense, Oh my goodness,

0:15:50.240 --> 0:15:52.920
<v Speaker 2>they could be the Memphis Grizzlies this year. They could

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<v Speaker 2>be a legit two seed in the West. That is

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<v Speaker 2>no joke. That is absolutely no joke. Like this, this

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<v Speaker 2>team could come out of nowhere. They are twenty to

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<v Speaker 2>one to come out of the West right now. Might

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<v Speaker 2>sprinkle little Pepperoni money on it now, I'm just saying. Finally.

0:16:10.120 --> 0:16:15.400
<v Speaker 2>Also moving forward down to OKC, the rookie that everyone

0:16:15.440 --> 0:16:18.680
<v Speaker 2>wanted to see. Chet Holmgren, like I said before, hurt

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<v Speaker 2>himself in the Pro Am, will miss his entire rookie

0:16:21.160 --> 0:16:25.080
<v Speaker 2>year list Frank surgery very tragic stuff. He was amazing

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<v Speaker 2>in Summer League and would have been mussy TV for OKAC.

0:16:28.280 --> 0:16:31.200
<v Speaker 2>I think they would have become a league pass Mussy

0:16:31.280 --> 0:16:34.440
<v Speaker 2>Team of the Year. Obviously, career or not, and it's

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<v Speaker 2>not a career ending injury players like Joel Embiid have

0:16:37.560 --> 0:16:40.840
<v Speaker 2>missed a rookie year. Ben Simmons has missed his rookie year.

0:16:41.120 --> 0:16:43.800
<v Speaker 2>A lot of Philadelphia Sixers missing their rookie year. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not just saying uh, and they come back without missing

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<v Speaker 2>a step. I expect the same for Chet as well. However,

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of people wanted to know what about these

0:16:53.400 --> 0:16:56.440
<v Speaker 2>pro ams? Should they be doing this? Should they not?

0:16:57.240 --> 0:17:00.240
<v Speaker 2>People are pointing fingers at the Drew League, pointing finger

0:17:00.360 --> 0:17:04.560
<v Speaker 2>at the Seattle proram they have exploded on the scene.

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<v Speaker 2>This is what Chet had to say and weighed in

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<v Speaker 2>on the situation. There's freedom of speech. Pause, he just

0:17:13.040 --> 0:17:16.480
<v Speaker 2>goes right there. For freedom of speech, there's freedom of

0:17:16.520 --> 0:17:20.760
<v Speaker 2>speech and criticism that comes along with anything basketball. Players

0:17:20.800 --> 0:17:24.439
<v Speaker 2>are going to play basketball. You have to feed the

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<v Speaker 2>love of the game. I don't want an injury like

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<v Speaker 2>this to take away from that. Yes, too many of

0:17:31.840 --> 0:17:35.240
<v Speaker 2>these players are playing basketball and the love and the

0:17:35.400 --> 0:17:38.760
<v Speaker 2>joy get sucked out of their soul because it's a business.

0:17:38.840 --> 0:17:40.800
<v Speaker 2>So when you go playing these programs and you play

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<v Speaker 2>in front of people who have never seen maybe an

0:17:43.040 --> 0:17:48.000
<v Speaker 2>NBA game up close in their lifeh that just maybe

0:17:48.040 --> 0:17:51.040
<v Speaker 2>injects a little life back into You could not love

0:17:51.119 --> 0:17:54.199
<v Speaker 2>this more from Chet. The truth of the matter is

0:17:54.600 --> 0:17:57.920
<v Speaker 2>these NBA players are playing regardless. They're gonna play in

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<v Speaker 2>the offseason at Lifetime Fitness and whatever little open runs

0:18:03.240 --> 0:18:06.920
<v Speaker 2>at UCLA that they play without cameras. So the fact

0:18:06.920 --> 0:18:10.199
<v Speaker 2>that they're playing in front of people means nothing. Prorams.

0:18:10.640 --> 0:18:12.720
<v Speaker 2>Like I've said a million times, I will say it again,

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<v Speaker 2>they serve a very important role in growing the game

0:18:16.240 --> 0:18:19.879
<v Speaker 2>and providing a product to underserved communities who cannot afford

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<v Speaker 2>tickets to the game. Could you imagine being an eight

0:18:22.440 --> 0:18:25.200
<v Speaker 2>year old boy and seeing Polo ban Carrol up close

0:18:26.440 --> 0:18:31.400
<v Speaker 2>an eight year old boy in some outskirt of Seattle.

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<v Speaker 2>They have no NBA team, You've got no process. You

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<v Speaker 2>got to go and see dogshit Portland. If you want

0:18:36.480 --> 0:18:39.560
<v Speaker 2>to see a game. I'm not gonna call him dogshit.

0:18:39.840 --> 0:18:43.760
<v Speaker 2>We'll move forward. Last year they were bad. That's what

0:18:43.800 --> 0:18:45.480
<v Speaker 2>they would have to do. So for him to say

0:18:45.520 --> 0:18:48.880
<v Speaker 2>he doesn't want his injury to impact the pro am circuit,

0:18:49.600 --> 0:18:52.679
<v Speaker 2>huge move. I think that could have swayed how we

0:18:52.720 --> 0:18:54.600
<v Speaker 2>felt about it if he said, yeah, I kind of

0:18:54.640 --> 0:18:59.480
<v Speaker 2>regret playing in it. Chet another check mark that he's

0:18:59.520 --> 0:19:16.520
<v Speaker 2>for the culture. Probably no bigger news in an off

0:19:16.560 --> 0:19:21.399
<v Speaker 2>season that saw Kevin Durant, with four years left on

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<v Speaker 2>his entire contract, tell the entire front office for the

0:19:26.520 --> 0:19:30.320
<v Speaker 2>Nets to fuck right off and to provide an ultimatum

0:19:30.720 --> 0:19:33.120
<v Speaker 2>to Josi, the owner of the Nets, to say it's

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<v Speaker 2>either me or pretty much everybody below you. And then

0:19:37.880 --> 0:19:41.200
<v Speaker 2>that standoff, and that standoff not be the biggest thing.

0:19:42.160 --> 0:19:46.720
<v Speaker 2>The biggest news, by far was not Kevin Durant, was

0:19:46.760 --> 0:19:55.080
<v Speaker 2>not Kyrie was not the Lakers. Boston Celtics suspending head

0:19:55.080 --> 0:20:02.160
<v Speaker 2>coach Eme Udoka for the entire season for things we

0:20:02.200 --> 0:20:06.000
<v Speaker 2>are not really clear about yet. To say that this

0:20:06.240 --> 0:20:12.040
<v Speaker 2>news came out of nowhere would be an understatement. I

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<v Speaker 2>saw Emi Udoka at summer League, asked him to come

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<v Speaker 2>on the pod. He agreed to come on the pod

0:20:19.400 --> 0:20:25.040
<v Speaker 2>in July mid July, midway through this investigation, and no

0:20:25.040 --> 0:20:29.320
<v Speaker 2>one knew he was walking around there, Freeman. No one

0:20:29.400 --> 0:20:33.080
<v Speaker 2>knew what was going on. I saw Damon Stodamer, no

0:20:33.280 --> 0:20:37.000
<v Speaker 2>hint anything was going on. I saw his assistant, Aaron Miles,

0:20:37.400 --> 0:20:40.680
<v Speaker 2>no hint anything was going on. I met with multiple

0:20:40.720 --> 0:20:48.760
<v Speaker 2>people from the Boston TV cast. Nothing. That was two

0:20:48.800 --> 0:20:53.360
<v Speaker 2>months ago. It was a beautiful September, full of tranquility.

0:20:53.960 --> 0:20:59.959
<v Speaker 2>Boston looked great. They had added pieces Daniella Gallinari, Malcolm Broggen,

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<v Speaker 2>and they've got their entire rest of their team that

0:21:03.160 --> 0:21:11.040
<v Speaker 2>they love coming back. Ema Udoka reinvigorated. And then this

0:21:11.119 --> 0:21:13.720
<v Speaker 2>is the bomb. This is the sound of the Wojes bomb,

0:21:16.080 --> 0:21:18.280
<v Speaker 2>and it's just like that, he was gone, Just like that,

0:21:19.119 --> 0:21:23.600
<v Speaker 2>it's over. You saw the report. You saw the Boston

0:21:23.600 --> 0:21:26.760
<v Speaker 2>Celtics come out with some random news conferences about how

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<v Speaker 2>mad they were that random women were being accused of

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<v Speaker 2>being a part of this salacious scandal. And there are

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<v Speaker 2>many details that have come out and rumors that I

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<v Speaker 2>will not get into because I have no clue. I

0:21:42.640 --> 0:21:45.119
<v Speaker 2>have done a little digging, but I don't know. I

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<v Speaker 2>have no idea. I have like three people who have

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<v Speaker 2>kind of clued me in on the general sort of

0:21:50.280 --> 0:21:54.200
<v Speaker 2>scope and framework of how this went down, why it

0:21:54.320 --> 0:21:58.240
<v Speaker 2>went down, why now. But I don't care to comment

0:21:58.320 --> 0:22:02.560
<v Speaker 2>on that because it's a sad situation. And truthfully, I

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<v Speaker 2>ride for my people from Portland and I am not

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<v Speaker 2>here to spread any dirty rumors about Emi Udoka because truthfully,

0:22:08.720 --> 0:22:11.320
<v Speaker 2>their second third hand and I don't know what is true.

0:22:11.400 --> 0:22:13.399
<v Speaker 2>All I know is that Nei Long is very messy,

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<v Speaker 2>going on TMZ saying that she was absolutely shocked and

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<v Speaker 2>stunned and whatever other adjectives, going on and doing full

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<v Speaker 2>on one on one interviews with TMZ in the middle

0:22:27.560 --> 0:22:30.800
<v Speaker 2>of your husband or no, your fiance of seven years

0:22:32.000 --> 0:22:34.959
<v Speaker 2>getting suspended for the year, probably his career getting just

0:22:35.119 --> 0:22:40.760
<v Speaker 2>absolutely obliterated. So the whole situation is messy, but particularly

0:22:40.840 --> 0:22:44.280
<v Speaker 2>Neolong getting involved very messy as well. What we do

0:22:44.440 --> 0:22:48.280
<v Speaker 2>know though, is this Boston Celtics. I don't know that

0:22:48.280 --> 0:22:50.400
<v Speaker 2>that many people are framing it like this, but they

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<v Speaker 2>are on their third coach in three years. They become

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<v Speaker 2>the first coach the first team since the Showtime Lakers

0:23:00.800 --> 0:23:05.320
<v Speaker 2>who fired Jack McKinney after going to the finals when

0:23:05.320 --> 0:23:09.920
<v Speaker 2>he had his bike accident, and then Paul Westead got

0:23:10.000 --> 0:23:13.400
<v Speaker 2>It was bad back then to not have the head

0:23:13.400 --> 0:23:16.920
<v Speaker 2>coach that took them to the finals there to start

0:23:16.960 --> 0:23:20.399
<v Speaker 2>the next season. Add that, and you add that to

0:23:20.400 --> 0:23:23.760
<v Speaker 2>the fact Rob Williams, who probably would have won Defensive

0:23:23.760 --> 0:23:25.720
<v Speaker 2>Player of the Year last year if he was completely healthy,

0:23:25.920 --> 0:23:30.320
<v Speaker 2>He's now out three months at the very least before

0:23:30.359 --> 0:23:33.920
<v Speaker 2>he can return to basketball activities. Rob had another knee

0:23:33.920 --> 0:23:35.879
<v Speaker 2>surgery on the same knee that kept him out of

0:23:35.960 --> 0:23:38.439
<v Speaker 2>some of the playoffs. He didn't like the way that

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<v Speaker 2>his knee felt. Had to get another knee surgery, just

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<v Speaker 2>like a couple of weeks ago. I think maybe last week.

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<v Speaker 2>Add that to Danela Gallinari, one of their pickups who

0:23:47.560 --> 0:23:50.639
<v Speaker 2>they were very excited about, He's out for the entire season.

0:23:50.720 --> 0:23:55.359
<v Speaker 2>Acl taar just like that, add insult to injury. So

0:23:55.440 --> 0:23:58.600
<v Speaker 2>Brad Stevens he gets asked to come back and coach,

0:23:58.680 --> 0:24:01.280
<v Speaker 2>which would have been an absolute disaster, by the way,

0:24:01.560 --> 0:24:04.679
<v Speaker 2>unmitigated disaster. I hear Jason Tatum asden to come back

0:24:04.720 --> 0:24:09.120
<v Speaker 2>and he was like, mmm, no. Tries to get laren Naga,

0:24:09.400 --> 0:24:14.360
<v Speaker 2>Jay Larenega to come back. This is how toxic things

0:24:14.359 --> 0:24:19.360
<v Speaker 2>are being perceived. Brad Stevens personally reaches out to Jay Larenega,

0:24:19.680 --> 0:24:22.840
<v Speaker 2>the former assistant who is the runner up to get

0:24:22.920 --> 0:24:26.520
<v Speaker 2>Udoka's job, to come in be the interim head coach.

0:24:26.600 --> 0:24:30.280
<v Speaker 2>I would imagine ask them, hey, would you leave the

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<v Speaker 2>Clippers to be the interim head coach and return back

0:24:34.080 --> 0:24:36.439
<v Speaker 2>to Boston to settle some of the shit down and

0:24:36.560 --> 0:24:43.960
<v Speaker 2>his answer, I quote, I prefer to stay in La Nah.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm good. That's like when it really reminds me, because

0:24:49.960 --> 0:24:52.520
<v Speaker 2>I would prefer to stay in La is about as

0:24:52.560 --> 0:24:55.160
<v Speaker 2>classy as of an answer as you're gonna get, as

0:24:55.280 --> 0:24:59.959
<v Speaker 2>gentle and like, you know, I would prefer means that

0:25:00.040 --> 0:25:03.080
<v Speaker 2>there's some sort of ambiguity about whether you have control

0:25:03.119 --> 0:25:06.320
<v Speaker 2>of your decision. Right. It's like when the TSA agent

0:25:06.680 --> 0:25:09.919
<v Speaker 2>I've got my little dog in her carrier and they

0:25:09.960 --> 0:25:12.359
<v Speaker 2>want to see whether there's enough space inside the carrier

0:25:12.400 --> 0:25:15.359
<v Speaker 2>for her. And they see her and they're like, she's

0:25:15.520 --> 0:25:19.520
<v Speaker 2>growling at the TSA agent. She's snapping at the actual

0:25:20.080 --> 0:25:23.240
<v Speaker 2>at her through the material and she's like, hey, could

0:25:23.280 --> 0:25:26.159
<v Speaker 2>you open up the zipper and let her out so

0:25:26.240 --> 0:25:29.680
<v Speaker 2>I could see her. I'm like, bitch, she will bite

0:25:29.720 --> 0:25:31.639
<v Speaker 2>your face off. And I'm like, you know, I really

0:25:31.680 --> 0:25:35.679
<v Speaker 2>prefer not to. I'd rather not. I'd honestly rather not,

0:25:36.840 --> 0:25:39.600
<v Speaker 2>And for you, I think you should rather not too,

0:25:40.000 --> 0:25:43.199
<v Speaker 2>Like that's the kind of I'd rather not. That was

0:25:44.480 --> 0:25:48.840
<v Speaker 2>at another telling detail, interim head coach to take e

0:25:48.880 --> 0:25:53.640
<v Speaker 2>May Spot Joe Missoula A Brad Steven hold Over, one

0:25:53.680 --> 0:25:57.840
<v Speaker 2>of the only ones left from his regime, not Damon Stodomayer,

0:25:58.440 --> 0:26:01.960
<v Speaker 2>not Aaron Miles, not any of Udokah's asistants that he's

0:26:02.000 --> 0:26:05.600
<v Speaker 2>known his entire life who has come over to help

0:26:05.680 --> 0:26:12.000
<v Speaker 2>him build a championship caliber team in two seconds flat, No, no,

0:26:13.080 --> 0:26:16.640
<v Speaker 2>both were passed up in favor of a Brad Stevens holdover.

0:26:17.040 --> 0:26:20.399
<v Speaker 2>That about tells you everything, folks, that you need to

0:26:20.400 --> 0:26:23.560
<v Speaker 2>know about what's about to happen to emy Udoka and

0:26:23.600 --> 0:26:26.240
<v Speaker 2>the rest of his fucking crew. And I hate to

0:26:26.280 --> 0:26:28.160
<v Speaker 2>say that, I don't want to make light of it.

0:26:28.200 --> 0:26:30.840
<v Speaker 2>I mean, these are my guys. I am fucking heartsick

0:26:30.880 --> 0:26:33.680
<v Speaker 2>over it. Just when we get some good things in Portland,

0:26:35.119 --> 0:26:37.720
<v Speaker 2>just like twelve months, I could only get one season

0:26:37.760 --> 0:26:40.920
<v Speaker 2>of Portland Pride. I was gonna get some Boston Celtics gear.

0:26:41.359 --> 0:26:45.800
<v Speaker 2>Good thing I didn't. Good thing I didn't. Rumors are

0:26:45.800 --> 0:26:50.439
<v Speaker 2>that obviously Emay Udoka's done done coaching, probably for a

0:26:50.480 --> 0:26:53.840
<v Speaker 2>long time. Missoula has promised to keep the schematic stuff

0:26:53.880 --> 0:26:57.000
<v Speaker 2>the same, to try to instill some level of consistency

0:26:57.520 --> 0:26:59.040
<v Speaker 2>for a team that was one of the best defensive

0:26:59.040 --> 0:27:02.280
<v Speaker 2>groups in the league. Jalen Brown said this after his

0:27:02.320 --> 0:27:06.080
<v Speaker 2>first practice with Missoula. I think from day one, Joe

0:27:06.080 --> 0:27:08.560
<v Speaker 2>has set a standard. All of our guys are setting

0:27:08.600 --> 0:27:11.080
<v Speaker 2>the standard, taking care of the ball, getting to our spots,

0:27:11.119 --> 0:27:13.879
<v Speaker 2>playing the right way, just setting an expectation level that

0:27:13.880 --> 0:27:18.600
<v Speaker 2>we've got to be accountable every single day. Truth is,

0:27:18.600 --> 0:27:20.800
<v Speaker 2>the Celtics still need to add a coach and are

0:27:20.840 --> 0:27:23.720
<v Speaker 2>scouring the woods for an experienced assistant to help take

0:27:23.760 --> 0:27:26.680
<v Speaker 2>the burden off this brand new, I don't know thirty

0:27:26.960 --> 0:27:31.040
<v Speaker 2>four year old head coach. I mean he's he's literally

0:27:31.880 --> 0:27:35.200
<v Speaker 2>younger than Al Horford. This guy, I mean, Al Horford's

0:27:35.240 --> 0:27:38.840
<v Speaker 2>fucking old, but he's very young too. All a work

0:27:38.880 --> 0:27:43.159
<v Speaker 2>in progress, and still with all of this drama, the

0:27:43.200 --> 0:27:46.879
<v Speaker 2>Celtics are the odds on favorite to win the title.

0:27:47.600 --> 0:27:50.600
<v Speaker 2>Can you believe that? Plus five hundred? Do they not

0:27:50.800 --> 0:27:56.120
<v Speaker 2>know all this stuff? All the players were shocked. They

0:27:56.160 --> 0:27:59.359
<v Speaker 2>heard the news when we did on social media. So

0:27:59.480 --> 0:28:03.280
<v Speaker 2>to recap, a top center out for the out for

0:28:03.320 --> 0:28:06.840
<v Speaker 2>half the season, a guy who is critical for the

0:28:06.880 --> 0:28:10.879
<v Speaker 2>defensive identity of this team, another key rotation player out

0:28:10.920 --> 0:28:14.560
<v Speaker 2>for the year. A new point guard who has a

0:28:14.640 --> 0:28:18.119
<v Speaker 2>history of always being injured and kind of feeling like

0:28:18.200 --> 0:28:20.320
<v Speaker 2>if he hurts a toenail, he's going to sit out

0:28:20.320 --> 0:28:25.200
<v Speaker 2>a few games. A starting power forward who's just shy

0:28:25.280 --> 0:28:30.040
<v Speaker 2>of forty so a lack of depth hurts him quite

0:28:30.040 --> 0:28:35.800
<v Speaker 2>a bit. A scandal and controversy looming over a franchise

0:28:37.320 --> 0:28:40.560
<v Speaker 2>over a head coach having a sexual relationship with a

0:28:40.600 --> 0:28:45.000
<v Speaker 2>member of the team who has gone for at least

0:28:45.040 --> 0:28:48.880
<v Speaker 2>the entire year, but probably more. And a new head

0:28:48.880 --> 0:28:55.080
<v Speaker 2>coach interim who has his own little stuff that isn't great.

0:28:56.680 --> 0:28:59.120
<v Speaker 2>Sounds right to me plus five hundred. Yeah, willing to

0:28:59.120 --> 0:29:01.600
<v Speaker 2>put my money on this team to win it all, folks,

0:29:02.120 --> 0:29:04.960
<v Speaker 2>I would totally do that. That makes all the sense

0:29:04.960 --> 0:29:07.760
<v Speaker 2>in the world. Is it not Start getting ring sizes

0:29:07.880 --> 0:29:11.120
<v Speaker 2>for Rob Williams, Like figure it out, Malcolm Brogden, get

0:29:11.120 --> 0:29:17.720
<v Speaker 2>your banner, get your championship party entourage ready. In all seriousness,

0:29:18.000 --> 0:29:19.880
<v Speaker 2>I think it's gonna take a while for this team

0:29:19.920 --> 0:29:23.160
<v Speaker 2>to get things together. I think that's saying a lot

0:29:23.200 --> 0:29:25.720
<v Speaker 2>that they will get things together. Things couldn't have gone

0:29:25.800 --> 0:29:28.800
<v Speaker 2>much worse than last year towards the until the All

0:29:28.840 --> 0:29:31.280
<v Speaker 2>Star break when they were one game shy of five

0:29:31.400 --> 0:29:36.160
<v Speaker 2>hundred in January, But boy, is there gonna be tumult

0:29:36.400 --> 0:29:39.240
<v Speaker 2>and a lot of questions, and as more news reports

0:29:39.280 --> 0:29:44.000
<v Speaker 2>come out, who knows what kind of shit continues to brew.

0:29:56.680 --> 0:30:01.600
<v Speaker 2>If anyone rivals the Celtics for off season drama and

0:30:01.760 --> 0:30:07.600
<v Speaker 2>organizational dysfunction, probably the Phoenix Suns, right, they set a

0:30:07.680 --> 0:30:10.040
<v Speaker 2>record in the off season for a most amount of

0:30:10.040 --> 0:30:13.800
<v Speaker 2>tweets by their fan base that just sent gifts of

0:30:14.200 --> 0:30:19.360
<v Speaker 2>flaming dumpster fire at them. Let's face it, like you

0:30:19.400 --> 0:30:23.920
<v Speaker 2>look up dumpster fire in the dictionary and Robert Sarver's

0:30:23.960 --> 0:30:29.000
<v Speaker 2>photo will be staring right at you. The NBA suspends

0:30:29.320 --> 0:30:36.480
<v Speaker 2>Phoenix Son's owner Robert Sarver one year after he gets

0:30:36.520 --> 0:30:40.400
<v Speaker 2>accused by dozens of employees and former employees for every

0:30:40.680 --> 0:30:44.880
<v Speaker 2>ism under the sun, every racial slur, every bit of

0:30:44.960 --> 0:30:48.440
<v Speaker 2>sexual misconduct, every bit about hey, how about you see

0:30:48.520 --> 0:30:55.400
<v Speaker 2>my Michael Pennox junior. And he gets the same level

0:30:55.680 --> 0:31:01.959
<v Speaker 2>of suspension as e may Udoka. Does that feel weird

0:31:02.280 --> 0:31:06.760
<v Speaker 2>to anyone? Because it does. Every ism under the sun

0:31:07.760 --> 0:31:12.640
<v Speaker 2>under the sun's get it? And I don't know. My

0:31:12.720 --> 0:31:19.560
<v Speaker 2>first thought is shit, that's that's wild. That is not

0:31:19.600 --> 0:31:23.240
<v Speaker 2>gonna fly though, folks in today's day and age, Adam Silver,

0:31:23.680 --> 0:31:26.960
<v Speaker 2>what you doing, baby, what you're doing? I reached out

0:31:27.000 --> 0:31:30.280
<v Speaker 2>to some friends, like, hey, uh, what's going on in Phoenix?

0:31:31.680 --> 0:31:34.800
<v Speaker 2>You heard anything about this Sarver suspension? How are people

0:31:34.840 --> 0:31:38.320
<v Speaker 2>taking it? Had some very trusted media members, and they said, oh,

0:31:38.400 --> 0:31:41.000
<v Speaker 2>and they live in Phoenix. Oh no, this is not

0:31:41.160 --> 0:31:45.120
<v Speaker 2>the end. There's not even close to the end. And

0:31:45.120 --> 0:31:47.840
<v Speaker 2>and yet and they said, oh, yeah, Sarvar's not gonna

0:31:47.840 --> 0:31:50.640
<v Speaker 2>survive this. And I'm like, really, it feels like he's

0:31:50.640 --> 0:31:55.320
<v Speaker 2>got this audacity to stay put, even after Braun came

0:31:55.320 --> 0:31:57.720
<v Speaker 2>out against him, even after Chris Paul came after again

0:31:58.160 --> 0:32:01.440
<v Speaker 2>out against him, even Draymond Green, who had an amazing

0:32:02.000 --> 0:32:06.960
<v Speaker 2>soliloquy about forcing the owners to take a vote. Hey, y'all,

0:32:07.080 --> 0:32:09.680
<v Speaker 2>let's see where you guys are at on it. Let's

0:32:09.720 --> 0:32:12.160
<v Speaker 2>take a vote, see how you guys feel about Robert

0:32:12.160 --> 0:32:15.840
<v Speaker 2>Sarver continuing to be an owner of this league. But

0:32:16.640 --> 0:32:20.200
<v Speaker 2>then sponsors start pulling their dollars. Then other owners of

0:32:20.280 --> 0:32:23.600
<v Speaker 2>the Suns start coming forward. Then you've got the head,

0:32:23.680 --> 0:32:27.160
<v Speaker 2>the new head of the NBPA, the union saying I

0:32:27.240 --> 0:32:30.200
<v Speaker 2>speak for all players that this man cannot stay around

0:32:30.200 --> 0:32:34.200
<v Speaker 2>this league, and in a few short days could put

0:32:34.720 --> 0:32:39.680
<v Speaker 2>Robert Sarver capitulates and he announces he's selling the team

0:32:40.120 --> 0:32:46.040
<v Speaker 2>since it's pr season. Here is Robert Sarver's statement, and

0:32:46.080 --> 0:32:50.160
<v Speaker 2>we'll decide whether it gets any comment. As a man

0:32:50.200 --> 0:32:56.160
<v Speaker 2>of faith, oh God, let me just let's start again.

0:32:56.840 --> 0:33:02.680
<v Speaker 2>As a man of faith, I believe in atonement and

0:33:02.720 --> 0:33:08.520
<v Speaker 2>the path to forgiveness. I expected that the commissioner's one

0:33:08.600 --> 0:33:13.800
<v Speaker 2>year suspension would provide the time for me to focus,

0:33:14.720 --> 0:33:19.800
<v Speaker 2>make amends and remove my personal controversy from the teams

0:33:19.840 --> 0:33:26.320
<v Speaker 2>that I and so many fans love. Really, but in

0:33:26.360 --> 0:33:34.120
<v Speaker 2>our current unforgiving climate, oh it's cancel culture, it has

0:33:34.240 --> 0:33:39.760
<v Speaker 2>become painfully clear that that is no longer possible. That

0:33:39.920 --> 0:33:44.680
<v Speaker 2>for whatever good I have done, Oh baby, Oh you

0:33:44.760 --> 0:33:48.920
<v Speaker 2>think this is like a like a balance sheet, like, oh,

0:33:48.960 --> 0:33:52.840
<v Speaker 2>I'd have done, so we'll continue. Whatever good I have

0:33:53.080 --> 0:33:58.720
<v Speaker 2>done or could still do is outweighed by the things

0:33:59.000 --> 0:34:03.760
<v Speaker 2>I have said in the past. For those reasons, I

0:34:03.760 --> 0:34:06.440
<v Speaker 2>am beginning the process of seeking buyers for the sun

0:34:07.040 --> 0:34:12.680
<v Speaker 2>Sons and Mercury. This is a man who seems riddled

0:34:12.680 --> 0:34:16.360
<v Speaker 2>with contrition, doesn't he? He seems broken up about the

0:34:16.400 --> 0:34:20.120
<v Speaker 2>whole thing. He seems ready to do the work, doesn't he?

0:34:20.120 --> 0:34:22.800
<v Speaker 2>He seem like he was ready to take the next

0:34:22.960 --> 0:34:26.319
<v Speaker 2>year to really peel back the layers of why he's

0:34:26.320 --> 0:34:30.920
<v Speaker 2>so racist, why he feels he can speak to women

0:34:31.120 --> 0:34:34.560
<v Speaker 2>however he wants. But he's not gonna do that now.

0:34:34.640 --> 0:34:41.000
<v Speaker 2>He's just gonna sell the team. So it's us that lose.

0:34:41.360 --> 0:34:44.520
<v Speaker 2>It's us that lose because we try to cancel Robert

0:34:44.640 --> 0:34:49.719
<v Speaker 2>Sarver and instead he will not be canceled. He's not

0:34:49.800 --> 0:34:53.600
<v Speaker 2>gonna do the work. He's just gonna sell the team.

0:34:54.080 --> 0:34:56.960
<v Speaker 2>By the way, he's gonna sell a team for like

0:34:57.040 --> 0:35:00.719
<v Speaker 2>three billion dollars, so he'll be fine. Sure, he'll put

0:35:00.760 --> 0:35:04.279
<v Speaker 2>all those dollars to work on himself and bettering the

0:35:04.280 --> 0:35:08.520
<v Speaker 2>communities that he has harmed. This is the third team

0:35:08.680 --> 0:35:10.640
<v Speaker 2>in the last eight years, by the way, due to

0:35:10.760 --> 0:35:13.760
<v Speaker 2>some sort of racial issues, have had to be sold.

0:35:15.040 --> 0:35:21.520
<v Speaker 2>It's almost like there's a it's like the problem, like

0:35:21.520 --> 0:35:27.000
<v Speaker 2>there's a systemic thing. It feels like maybe we should

0:35:27.480 --> 0:35:30.680
<v Speaker 2>start peeling back the onion, start lifting up the hood

0:35:30.719 --> 0:35:33.319
<v Speaker 2>on the rest of these guys. See if anything else

0:35:33.360 --> 0:35:36.680
<v Speaker 2>shakes out, See if any rats come open. If you

0:35:37.320 --> 0:35:39.480
<v Speaker 2>pick up those two by fours and see what starts

0:35:39.480 --> 0:35:43.920
<v Speaker 2>scurrying out. I think it's the best thing for everyone. Honestly,

0:35:44.320 --> 0:35:47.759
<v Speaker 2>you cannot tell me that this investigation didn't have a

0:35:47.800 --> 0:35:49.799
<v Speaker 2>cloud over the Suns. I don't care that they were

0:35:49.800 --> 0:35:53.120
<v Speaker 2>the number one seed. They started out slow, they went

0:35:53.200 --> 0:35:56.760
<v Speaker 2>out with a bang to this Dallas Mavericks the beginning

0:35:56.800 --> 0:36:00.040
<v Speaker 2>of their season had that cloud of Baxter Homes this

0:36:00.760 --> 0:36:05.120
<v Speaker 2>article looming over them and his problematic behavior of Robert Sarver.

0:36:05.280 --> 0:36:10.440
<v Speaker 2>So turns out Sarver also still reaping the benefits or

0:36:10.560 --> 0:36:13.440
<v Speaker 2>we are still reaping the benefits of him and DeAndre Ayton.

0:36:13.640 --> 0:36:16.520
<v Speaker 2>Apparently Robert Sarver is the reason that DeAndre Ayton didn't

0:36:16.520 --> 0:36:20.840
<v Speaker 2>get his MAX deal. Remember, the Suns did everything but

0:36:21.000 --> 0:36:25.080
<v Speaker 2>kick eight and out out the door until just snatching

0:36:25.160 --> 0:36:29.000
<v Speaker 2>him back by matching the extension sheet by the NBA

0:36:29.080 --> 0:36:34.400
<v Speaker 2>and Pacers eight, and of course was outraged, as you

0:36:34.480 --> 0:36:38.440
<v Speaker 2>might imagine. A report dropped though today from Mark Spears

0:36:38.480 --> 0:36:41.600
<v Speaker 2>and Ramona Shelburne that said the following I was told

0:36:41.600 --> 0:36:43.719
<v Speaker 2>that it was Robert Sarver who didn't want to give

0:36:43.760 --> 0:36:49.080
<v Speaker 2>him that fifth year. He wanted to save money. Oh baby.

0:36:49.719 --> 0:36:53.600
<v Speaker 2>My understanding from talking to people close to DeAndre is

0:36:53.640 --> 0:36:57.120
<v Speaker 2>he thinks that this was Robert Sarver's decision, as well

0:36:57.480 --> 0:37:01.640
<v Speaker 2>the whole bizarre situation rounding the team's treatment of Aton.

0:37:02.280 --> 0:37:03.920
<v Speaker 2>It feels like it's starting to make a little more

0:37:03.960 --> 0:37:07.680
<v Speaker 2>sense now. Cheap owner who's probably gonna be forced to

0:37:07.719 --> 0:37:10.400
<v Speaker 2>sell the team, doesn't want to make any big moves,

0:37:12.080 --> 0:37:14.879
<v Speaker 2>so they decide we'll just see what everybody else wants

0:37:14.920 --> 0:37:17.600
<v Speaker 2>to pay him. Add this to the fact that Ayton

0:37:17.960 --> 0:37:23.319
<v Speaker 2>has not, according to him, spoken to Monty Williams, the

0:37:23.320 --> 0:37:26.960
<v Speaker 2>head coach, since Game seven. If you don't think that's weird,

0:37:28.080 --> 0:37:29.759
<v Speaker 2>and I know people are trying to tell us this

0:37:29.800 --> 0:37:31.680
<v Speaker 2>is the part of the gas lighting that exists. Like

0:37:31.760 --> 0:37:34.680
<v Speaker 2>people are trying to tell us that's not weird. Oh yeah,

0:37:34.680 --> 0:37:37.880
<v Speaker 2>it's like totally normal. As soon as you end the season,

0:37:38.680 --> 0:37:42.799
<v Speaker 2>we just never speak again, not like hey buddy, how

0:37:42.840 --> 0:37:45.600
<v Speaker 2>you hold it up? How is your summer going? I

0:37:45.640 --> 0:37:48.880
<v Speaker 2>don't know, like when summer league is happening, Hey, you

0:37:48.880 --> 0:37:51.960
<v Speaker 2>want to grab dinner? None of that. They're trying to

0:37:51.960 --> 0:37:55.560
<v Speaker 2>tell us that's not weird. That I have to tell you.

0:37:56.360 --> 0:38:00.880
<v Speaker 2>If that's normal, then the entire league is a little weird.

0:38:03.239 --> 0:38:06.760
<v Speaker 2>Here's what Ayton said. You can just hear it for yourself.

0:38:07.040 --> 0:38:08.640
<v Speaker 2>How you and Monni has kind of been able to

0:38:08.840 --> 0:38:12.799
<v Speaker 2>have spoken. Mom Oh boss, have you and MONI been

0:38:12.840 --> 0:38:15.960
<v Speaker 2>able to move? Cuts him off. I haven't spoke to

0:38:16.000 --> 0:38:23.000
<v Speaker 2>MONI looks at him dead in his face. Nope, continue you, No,

0:38:23.120 --> 0:38:25.560
<v Speaker 2>I haven't spoken it all ever.

0:38:25.440 --> 0:38:25.920
<v Speaker 1>Since the game.

0:38:26.440 --> 0:38:29.359
<v Speaker 2>Nope, haven't spoke to him at all ever since that game.

0:38:30.560 --> 0:38:35.600
<v Speaker 2>So not even no hope that gang. You're very good.

0:38:38.200 --> 0:38:38.640
<v Speaker 1>I'm here.

0:38:39.080 --> 0:38:42.480
<v Speaker 2>Are you hoping that that changes? I'm here?

0:38:42.480 --> 0:38:48.120
<v Speaker 1>You happy to Yeah, I'm all right. I'm living between

0:38:48.200 --> 0:38:48.680
<v Speaker 1>those lines.

0:38:48.680 --> 0:38:50.680
<v Speaker 2>And now I just works. You know, I'm not playing

0:38:50.680 --> 0:38:53.959
<v Speaker 2>for myself. You know I'm a hoganization across my chest.

0:38:54.320 --> 0:38:57.360
<v Speaker 1>I need't go back a half a minute. You just

0:38:57.400 --> 0:38:57.839
<v Speaker 1>hear it work.

0:38:58.520 --> 0:39:01.480
<v Speaker 2>I'm just here to work. And this sounds like a

0:39:01.520 --> 0:39:05.160
<v Speaker 2>guy who's like, listen, I've got generational wealth come in

0:39:05.200 --> 0:39:08.640
<v Speaker 2>my way. Life's not that bad. I grew up in Phoenix,

0:39:08.960 --> 0:39:12.040
<v Speaker 2>but I can't stand these motherfuckers truthfully. And I know

0:39:12.239 --> 0:39:15.200
<v Speaker 2>in January, when I get to choose whether I want

0:39:15.200 --> 0:39:17.440
<v Speaker 2>to be traded or not, I can ask them to

0:39:17.440 --> 0:39:19.319
<v Speaker 2>get me the fuck out of here if I want to.

0:39:21.480 --> 0:39:24.640
<v Speaker 2>We'll see if Chris Paul wants to grind me. Down

0:39:24.680 --> 0:39:27.680
<v Speaker 2>to dust between now and January, maybe I get my

0:39:27.800 --> 0:39:31.399
<v Speaker 2>dipset ass out of here. You know what, I get

0:39:31.440 --> 0:39:34.840
<v Speaker 2>that Sometimes you work for someplace and you get paid well,

0:39:35.400 --> 0:39:39.000
<v Speaker 2>and you're like, they're so lucky. I get paid well

0:39:39.239 --> 0:39:43.080
<v Speaker 2>because I can't stand it here. I can't stand my teammates.

0:39:43.520 --> 0:39:47.600
<v Speaker 2>I can't stand my bosses. I can't stand being having

0:39:47.600 --> 0:39:51.880
<v Speaker 2>them on top of me all day long. Yeah, I

0:39:51.880 --> 0:39:55.680
<v Speaker 2>mean run down the full video. Look on Ayton's face.

0:39:56.719 --> 0:40:00.000
<v Speaker 2>It just comes off so much worse. His body language,

0:40:00.239 --> 0:40:05.040
<v Speaker 2>his facial expressions, his energy. In other words, the season

0:40:05.040 --> 0:40:08.720
<v Speaker 2>could not have started worse for the Phoenix Suns. Lots

0:40:08.719 --> 0:40:12.959
<v Speaker 2>of teams with talent have had their seasons go down

0:40:13.000 --> 0:40:17.400
<v Speaker 2>like the Titanic due to chemistry issues and with the

0:40:17.400 --> 0:40:22.120
<v Speaker 2>locker room overflowing with frustration about the cyber situation, an

0:40:22.200 --> 0:40:25.680
<v Speaker 2>unhappy big man. And now you've got Jay Crowder, the

0:40:25.680 --> 0:40:29.759
<v Speaker 2>glue of this team, sitting out of training camp until

0:40:29.800 --> 0:40:32.560
<v Speaker 2>he is traded because his starting role was in jeopardy.

0:40:33.840 --> 0:40:37.720
<v Speaker 2>Safe to say there is a ton of murkiness about

0:40:37.719 --> 0:40:40.360
<v Speaker 2>how good this Phoenix team can actually be the season,

0:40:40.760 --> 0:40:43.520
<v Speaker 2>especially early on in said season. So now we have

0:40:43.600 --> 0:40:50.000
<v Speaker 2>two playoff teams with serious dysfunction and serious ambiguity about

0:40:50.040 --> 0:41:07.680
<v Speaker 2>what happens next. Have you ever known a couple maybe

0:41:07.680 --> 0:41:10.719
<v Speaker 2>they got married a little too early, you know, right

0:41:10.760 --> 0:41:16.839
<v Speaker 2>out of college, and you kind of knew when they

0:41:16.840 --> 0:41:20.200
<v Speaker 2>were together, like, I'm not sure how long this is

0:41:20.200 --> 0:41:25.279
<v Speaker 2>gonna last. And you start finding out hearing whispers right

0:41:25.800 --> 0:41:29.920
<v Speaker 2>that they're on the verge of divorce and maybe even

0:41:29.960 --> 0:41:33.320
<v Speaker 2>one of them moved out. You're like, oh, yeah, Cheryl's

0:41:33.360 --> 0:41:38.239
<v Speaker 2>living with her sister right now. Oh yeah, what's John doing?

0:41:38.520 --> 0:41:41.080
<v Speaker 2>I think eating a lot of potato chips, just kind

0:41:41.080 --> 0:41:46.760
<v Speaker 2>of just kind of hanging out, building this fantasy team,

0:41:46.800 --> 0:41:51.080
<v Speaker 2>just on the waiver wire. He seems okay, but he

0:41:51.080 --> 0:41:55.080
<v Speaker 2>doesn't look okay. And then so it's like done right,

0:41:55.120 --> 0:41:58.480
<v Speaker 2>You're just like done. And then, for some reason, some

0:41:58.800 --> 0:42:03.880
<v Speaker 2>unforeseened circumstance dance, they get back together and they declare

0:42:04.239 --> 0:42:08.640
<v Speaker 2>on social media everything's fine. They've got they're holding hands,

0:42:08.920 --> 0:42:13.759
<v Speaker 2>they're making posts. They're kissy, kissy. But when you look

0:42:13.880 --> 0:42:15.959
<v Speaker 2>and you zoom in, because I'm a zoom in girl,

0:42:16.320 --> 0:42:18.560
<v Speaker 2>like you take the photo, you screen capet. This is

0:42:18.600 --> 0:42:21.319
<v Speaker 2>what you do, screen capet, and then you zoom right in,

0:42:22.160 --> 0:42:25.080
<v Speaker 2>zoom into their eyes. See what's going on back there,

0:42:25.719 --> 0:42:29.880
<v Speaker 2>the eyes of the windows to the soul. And you

0:42:29.920 --> 0:42:34.480
<v Speaker 2>look and you're like, Cheryl's still hurting. She's not happy.

0:42:35.480 --> 0:42:39.000
<v Speaker 2>John looks like he's ready to cry. This is bad.

0:42:39.120 --> 0:42:42.560
<v Speaker 2>He's gray, He's gained ten pounds. This is not gonna

0:42:42.560 --> 0:42:47.719
<v Speaker 2>work out. That's Katie and Nash right now. That's who

0:42:47.719 --> 0:42:53.680
<v Speaker 2>that is. Here's what Nash said when literally everyone was like, Hey,

0:42:53.719 --> 0:42:58.200
<v Speaker 2>how are you dealing with the aftermath of a star player,

0:42:58.880 --> 0:43:03.320
<v Speaker 2>the one that can his Yoda not only asking out

0:43:03.640 --> 0:43:07.640
<v Speaker 2>to not be with you anymore, but the only way

0:43:07.640 --> 0:43:10.680
<v Speaker 2>that he would stay is if you were fired, like

0:43:10.760 --> 0:43:13.399
<v Speaker 2>actually fired. You had to go in order for him

0:43:13.440 --> 0:43:19.640
<v Speaker 2>to be happy. He said, We're good. Yeah, there's nothing's changed. Yeh.

0:43:20.760 --> 0:43:23.839
<v Speaker 2>I have a long history with Kevin. I love the guy.

0:43:24.600 --> 0:43:29.400
<v Speaker 2>Families have issues. We had a moment and it's behind us.

0:43:30.080 --> 0:43:32.959
<v Speaker 2>That's what happens. It's a common situation in the league.

0:43:34.080 --> 0:43:37.799
<v Speaker 2>Pause is it is that a common situation in the

0:43:37.880 --> 0:43:44.120
<v Speaker 2>league is I don't recall many instances of this occurring

0:43:44.400 --> 0:43:49.279
<v Speaker 2>in this manner. I can't remember another player saying he

0:43:49.360 --> 0:43:53.320
<v Speaker 2>would only stay the duration of his brand new contract

0:43:53.680 --> 0:43:58.560
<v Speaker 2>if his head coach was fired. Not only his head

0:43:58.560 --> 0:44:03.279
<v Speaker 2>coach was fired, but his GM was fired. Which do

0:44:03.360 --> 0:44:06.240
<v Speaker 2>not make any mistake about it. Is what Kevin Durant

0:44:06.280 --> 0:44:09.240
<v Speaker 2>said to Josi when they had a meeting in Paris

0:44:09.320 --> 0:44:13.239
<v Speaker 2>or London or wherever that meeting occurred. Nash must go,

0:44:14.440 --> 0:44:18.799
<v Speaker 2>Sean Marks must go. These dudes are chaos and I'm

0:44:18.800 --> 0:44:23.000
<v Speaker 2>not trying to have all that. Of course, though the

0:44:23.120 --> 0:44:27.200
<v Speaker 2>unforeseen circumstances take place. Trader Danny does Trader Danny things.

0:44:28.040 --> 0:44:31.439
<v Speaker 2>He quote unquote fleeces the Minnesota Timberwolves in the deal

0:44:31.480 --> 0:44:35.719
<v Speaker 2>for Rudy Gobert, making it impossible to get back anything

0:44:35.800 --> 0:44:42.239
<v Speaker 2>reasonable because no team is going to give you what

0:44:42.360 --> 0:44:46.000
<v Speaker 2>Rudy Gobert commanded. And that's for Kevin Durant. These are

0:44:46.120 --> 0:44:49.520
<v Speaker 2>crazy prices. So if Rudy Gobert gets five first round picks,

0:44:49.560 --> 0:44:51.759
<v Speaker 2>what's Kevin get ten? We're not giving you. We don't

0:44:51.760 --> 0:44:54.719
<v Speaker 2>even think the CBA allows ten first round picks. So

0:44:54.760 --> 0:44:57.480
<v Speaker 2>it blew up the trade market, and then it made

0:44:57.560 --> 0:45:01.640
<v Speaker 2>Katy impossible to trade make the best things. So like

0:45:01.680 --> 0:45:05.960
<v Speaker 2>these divorces, it's always money. It's always money. So Cheryl

0:45:06.000 --> 0:45:09.160
<v Speaker 2>and John they reunite and now we get to see

0:45:09.160 --> 0:45:13.560
<v Speaker 2>their asses on Twitter and social media, trying to tell

0:45:13.640 --> 0:45:17.160
<v Speaker 2>us and convince us that everything is fine. Durant said

0:45:17.480 --> 0:45:20.719
<v Speaker 2>he wanted out because of a quote uncertainty around last

0:45:20.760 --> 0:45:24.560
<v Speaker 2>year's team and all the drama surrounding Kyrie Irving and

0:45:24.680 --> 0:45:30.279
<v Speaker 2>James Harden caused the situation where we were quote all hurt.

0:45:31.040 --> 0:45:34.040
<v Speaker 2>What he didn't point out, though, much more important to me,

0:45:34.600 --> 0:45:36.719
<v Speaker 2>is that the fact that Steve Nash played them, I

0:45:36.719 --> 0:45:39.239
<v Speaker 2>don't know, forty five to forty eight minutes per game,

0:45:39.600 --> 0:45:43.280
<v Speaker 2>just draining his batteries to the brink, to the point

0:45:43.280 --> 0:45:46.120
<v Speaker 2>where in Game seven of the Milwaukee Bucks series he

0:45:46.640 --> 0:45:50.080
<v Speaker 2>chucked up an air ball in overtime. You never seen that.

0:45:50.200 --> 0:45:52.680
<v Speaker 2>Have you ever seen a wide open three air ball

0:45:52.800 --> 0:45:55.520
<v Speaker 2>by Kevin Durant in a clutch moment? Not me, he

0:45:55.680 --> 0:45:59.440
<v Speaker 2>was absolutely gassed. Or the fact that Steve Nash had

0:45:59.480 --> 0:46:03.600
<v Speaker 2>trouble figuring out what his lineups really were, who was

0:46:03.640 --> 0:46:07.840
<v Speaker 2>on this roster, basically getting out coached multiple times in

0:46:07.880 --> 0:46:12.879
<v Speaker 2>his very short career. He's basically, let's be honest, he's

0:46:12.920 --> 0:46:16.680
<v Speaker 2>a Stepford coach. He says, all a little Teddy ruckspin doll.

0:46:17.040 --> 0:46:19.479
<v Speaker 2>You just pull the string and all the right little

0:46:19.520 --> 0:46:24.560
<v Speaker 2>things come out of I'm okay. I love Kevin kids like, no,

0:46:25.440 --> 0:46:28.319
<v Speaker 2>are you a human being? Because there's no chance that

0:46:28.360 --> 0:46:33.080
<v Speaker 2>a real human being would feel like everything's fine. He's

0:46:33.120 --> 0:46:36.919
<v Speaker 2>just programmed. He's just programmed with like little soundbites. We're

0:46:36.920 --> 0:46:41.160
<v Speaker 2>not trading James Harden. We're committed to James. It's like, dude,

0:46:41.760 --> 0:46:45.120
<v Speaker 2>you're a liar, you're lying to everyone. You're really good

0:46:45.160 --> 0:46:48.319
<v Speaker 2>at it. Of course he's gonna say everything's all right

0:46:49.920 --> 0:46:53.000
<v Speaker 2>moving forward. Ben Simmons. Steve Nash very high on him

0:46:53.000 --> 0:46:55.359
<v Speaker 2>as well. He's coming into the camp in the best

0:46:55.360 --> 0:46:59.160
<v Speaker 2>shape of his career, proclaiming he is happy to play

0:46:59.200 --> 0:47:04.719
<v Speaker 2>the what the center position? Yeah, Ben Simmons gonna play

0:47:04.760 --> 0:47:09.120
<v Speaker 2>center for the Brooklyn Nets. One. I told the world

0:47:09.160 --> 0:47:11.719
<v Speaker 2>he wasn't a point guard. He's so far from a

0:47:11.760 --> 0:47:14.520
<v Speaker 2>point guard. He's actually a center. Folks, Like, that's how

0:47:14.600 --> 0:47:16.840
<v Speaker 2>much of a point guard he's not, Like, you don't

0:47:16.880 --> 0:47:19.160
<v Speaker 2>just go ahead and play center or point guard. That's

0:47:19.160 --> 0:47:21.640
<v Speaker 2>not where we're at, and even in position in this

0:47:21.719 --> 0:47:24.759
<v Speaker 2>basketball that's not where we're at right now. And of course,

0:47:24.880 --> 0:47:27.240
<v Speaker 2>right now, Ben Simmons is being told by Teddy Ruckspin

0:47:27.360 --> 0:47:31.879
<v Speaker 2>aka Steve Nash. Hey, you don't have to shoot at all.

0:47:32.160 --> 0:47:33.560
<v Speaker 2>You don't have to shoot. Not only do you have

0:47:33.600 --> 0:47:35.160
<v Speaker 2>to shoot any threes, you don't have to shoot any

0:47:35.239 --> 0:47:38.600
<v Speaker 2>jump shots at all, not one. Just be you just

0:47:38.880 --> 0:47:41.360
<v Speaker 2>lean in to the things you do. Well, we're fine.

0:47:41.840 --> 0:47:44.680
<v Speaker 2>And you know who else said that. Brett Brown said

0:47:44.680 --> 0:47:48.759
<v Speaker 2>that right before he was fired. Brett Brown said that

0:47:48.920 --> 0:47:51.960
<v Speaker 2>for the Philadelphia seventy six ers, and those chickens came

0:47:52.000 --> 0:47:55.239
<v Speaker 2>home to roost. Nash said on media he does not

0:47:55.400 --> 0:47:57.640
<v Speaker 2>Media day, he does not give a flying fuck if

0:47:57.680 --> 0:48:01.760
<v Speaker 2>Ben Simmons ever shoots a jumper, because I Ben Simmons'

0:48:01.920 --> 0:48:06.799
<v Speaker 2>versatility is so unique. That's what makes Ben great. I

0:48:06.840 --> 0:48:09.839
<v Speaker 2>don't care if he ever shoots a jump shot. He's

0:48:09.880 --> 0:48:12.960
<v Speaker 2>welcome to, but that's not what makes him special, and

0:48:13.000 --> 0:48:15.719
<v Speaker 2>that's not what we need. He's a great compliment to

0:48:15.760 --> 0:48:19.719
<v Speaker 2>our team. Are you serious, Steve Nash, He's got to

0:48:19.719 --> 0:48:22.719
<v Speaker 2>shoot jump shots. We've got fives like Brook Lopez out

0:48:22.719 --> 0:48:26.799
<v Speaker 2>here shooting threes. Yanna shoots threes. You're telling me he's

0:48:26.800 --> 0:48:30.400
<v Speaker 2>not gonna shoot one jump shot if he's playing the

0:48:30.440 --> 0:48:32.960
<v Speaker 2>four or the five. Okay, you can get away with

0:48:33.040 --> 0:48:35.640
<v Speaker 2>not shooting many jumpers, I guess, but Nash says he

0:48:35.680 --> 0:48:40.320
<v Speaker 2>could still also play the point guard position. Also, Kyrie

0:48:40.680 --> 0:48:43.479
<v Speaker 2>quickly said he willingly gave up over one hundred million

0:48:43.480 --> 0:48:46.960
<v Speaker 2>dollars to not be vaccinated. So congratulations to him for

0:48:47.560 --> 0:48:52.520
<v Speaker 2>whatever that means in terms of whatever ethos that he's

0:48:52.600 --> 0:48:55.759
<v Speaker 2>living by. I'm happy for Kyrie that he stood by

0:48:55.760 --> 0:48:59.520
<v Speaker 2>his guns. Also, TJ. Warren will not be out, will

0:48:59.520 --> 0:49:03.400
<v Speaker 2>not be back until at least November. I don't know

0:49:03.440 --> 0:49:06.680
<v Speaker 2>which franchise is the most dysfunctional. I can't tell it.

0:49:06.719 --> 0:49:09.360
<v Speaker 2>Is it Phoenix, is it Boston? If you want to

0:49:09.360 --> 0:49:12.239
<v Speaker 2>say Brooklyn's Number one, wouldn't blame you. I mean their

0:49:12.239 --> 0:49:14.960
<v Speaker 2>former owner was a part of the fucking kremlin. I

0:49:15.000 --> 0:49:19.719
<v Speaker 2>don't know. I won't argue with anyone dealer's choice. Choose

0:49:19.760 --> 0:49:22.720
<v Speaker 2>whoever you want. They all have their own little, unique,

0:49:22.719 --> 0:49:27.839
<v Speaker 2>special wrinkles that make them some variation of completely dysfunctional.

0:49:40.320 --> 0:49:46.839
<v Speaker 2>Lots of shit popping out in Lakerland. Number one really

0:49:46.960 --> 0:49:49.160
<v Speaker 2>number one, just the first one on the list. Lebron

0:49:49.239 --> 0:49:59.080
<v Speaker 2>James is investing in professional pickleball leagues. Cool if I

0:49:59.200 --> 0:50:03.200
<v Speaker 2>have to, If I have to start betting on pickleball

0:50:04.080 --> 0:50:07.759
<v Speaker 2>or thinking about a new sport because it comes to

0:50:07.800 --> 0:50:11.640
<v Speaker 2>this like boiling point, where the world somehow gives a

0:50:11.680 --> 0:50:15.040
<v Speaker 2>shit about something we didn't care about a decade ago.

0:50:15.400 --> 0:50:17.480
<v Speaker 2>I don't. I think that's it for me. I think

0:50:17.480 --> 0:50:19.640
<v Speaker 2>I'm hanging up my shoes. I think I'm hanging up

0:50:19.640 --> 0:50:24.720
<v Speaker 2>my microphone. I think that's it. Patrick Beverly is saying

0:50:24.719 --> 0:50:26.800
<v Speaker 2>that he's as good as of a three point shooter

0:50:26.960 --> 0:50:32.480
<v Speaker 2>as Steph Curry. Let me say that again. Patrick Beverly

0:50:33.200 --> 0:50:36.080
<v Speaker 2>is claiming he's as good of a catch and shoot

0:50:36.320 --> 0:50:42.200
<v Speaker 2>three point shooter as Steph Curry. Check the stats, he says,

0:50:42.400 --> 0:50:45.759
<v Speaker 2>and Kendrick Nunn seems to become the spokesperson for the

0:50:45.920 --> 0:50:48.880
<v Speaker 2>entire team. My joke, I will continue to say until

0:50:48.920 --> 0:50:51.920
<v Speaker 2>it becomes until Kendrick Dunn gets healthy. You can't really

0:50:52.040 --> 0:50:55.480
<v Speaker 2>judge the Slaker team until Kendrick Nunn is fully healthy.

0:50:56.040 --> 0:50:58.680
<v Speaker 2>It's been twelve months. We still haven't seen it. Until

0:50:58.680 --> 0:51:00.480
<v Speaker 2>he's fully integrated back in the line, we don't know

0:51:00.520 --> 0:51:03.000
<v Speaker 2>what they could be. Who knows. Maybe they're a contender.

0:51:03.520 --> 0:51:05.880
<v Speaker 2>And right now, though, there's two stories I want to

0:51:05.960 --> 0:51:09.040
<v Speaker 2>highlight because the propaganda machine is fully humming in Lakerland.

0:51:09.239 --> 0:51:13.319
<v Speaker 2>One Ad is trying to pitch us that he's gonna

0:51:13.320 --> 0:51:18.200
<v Speaker 2>play eighty two games this year. They call him a

0:51:18.239 --> 0:51:24.760
<v Speaker 2>paper skin and bones of glass. They call him a disney,

0:51:24.760 --> 0:51:30.560
<v Speaker 2>they call him street clothes. Anthony Davis eighty two games

0:51:30.719 --> 0:51:33.479
<v Speaker 2>for someone who has a reputation of not playing any

0:51:33.560 --> 0:51:37.880
<v Speaker 2>games is rich. Here's where I remind you that the

0:51:37.920 --> 0:51:40.960
<v Speaker 2>last time Anthony Davis played anywhere close to eighty two

0:51:41.000 --> 0:51:43.280
<v Speaker 2>games was his last year for the New Orleans Pelicans

0:51:43.360 --> 0:51:48.840
<v Speaker 2>twenty seventeen, twenty eighteen. It's been five years. That's four

0:51:48.880 --> 0:51:53.279
<v Speaker 2>major five major surgeries and injuries ago. This is what

0:51:53.320 --> 0:51:56.760
<v Speaker 2>he said. I'm so excited. I've got goosebumps just thinking

0:51:56.760 --> 0:52:00.040
<v Speaker 2>about this year. Me too, Ad, I can't wait to

0:52:00.080 --> 0:52:03.440
<v Speaker 2>watch this doves a fire. I can't wait. I'm looking

0:52:03.480 --> 0:52:05.600
<v Speaker 2>forward to a healthy year and doing what I know

0:52:05.719 --> 0:52:08.600
<v Speaker 2>we can do. I went into this summer focusing on

0:52:08.760 --> 0:52:13.680
<v Speaker 2>strengthening my body. Pause. Remember in the offseason when he

0:52:13.719 --> 0:52:16.960
<v Speaker 2>hadn't touched a basketball for like three and a half months,

0:52:17.160 --> 0:52:19.319
<v Speaker 2>and then he got bullied by the internet to touch

0:52:19.320 --> 0:52:24.200
<v Speaker 2>a basketball. Also, every summer, when you're as injury prone

0:52:24.239 --> 0:52:26.880
<v Speaker 2>as you are, should be focusing on strengthening your body,

0:52:28.200 --> 0:52:29.880
<v Speaker 2>So this is a new one for him. I have

0:52:30.000 --> 0:52:32.800
<v Speaker 2>to be on the court and be at my best

0:52:32.840 --> 0:52:34.960
<v Speaker 2>to put us in position to be our best. I'm

0:52:35.000 --> 0:52:37.400
<v Speaker 2>ready to do that just now. Huh, just after you

0:52:37.400 --> 0:52:42.120
<v Speaker 2>miss the playoffs, he says. He says, I'm ready to

0:52:42.160 --> 0:52:45.800
<v Speaker 2>do it now. I'm glad that, finally, five years later,

0:52:46.480 --> 0:52:49.920
<v Speaker 2>you're committed to being healthy. I want him to be healthy,

0:52:49.920 --> 0:52:53.000
<v Speaker 2>I really do, because I want to be able to

0:52:53.040 --> 0:52:57.120
<v Speaker 2>say that the Lakers aren't good even when Anthony Davis

0:52:57.200 --> 0:52:59.520
<v Speaker 2>is fully healthy. That's all I want. I want to

0:52:59.560 --> 0:53:03.400
<v Speaker 2>be able to say, point blank period. I have the data.

0:53:03.560 --> 0:53:07.960
<v Speaker 2>Ad played sixty five games, bron played seventy five games,

0:53:09.000 --> 0:53:11.920
<v Speaker 2>Russ was traded for who, I don't care, Buddy healed,

0:53:12.760 --> 0:53:15.439
<v Speaker 2>and this team was still an eight seed. I still

0:53:15.480 --> 0:53:17.520
<v Speaker 2>want to be able to do that because everybody's like, oh,

0:53:17.600 --> 0:53:20.880
<v Speaker 2>we can't really can't really judge him, can't really fully

0:53:21.320 --> 0:53:25.600
<v Speaker 2>know what Rob Plink was envisioning. Because injuries unforeseen. They're

0:53:25.640 --> 0:53:29.880
<v Speaker 2>not unforeseen. They happen every year with street clothes. Anthony Davis.

0:53:30.680 --> 0:53:33.120
<v Speaker 2>Now I know why clutch sports hates me. I'm always

0:53:33.120 --> 0:53:37.080
<v Speaker 2>saying he's hurt. It is what it is. He is

0:53:39.920 --> 0:53:43.080
<v Speaker 2>a lot of people. Uh, this is what Ad says.

0:53:43.400 --> 0:53:45.120
<v Speaker 2>He says the reason he played so poorly because I

0:53:45.120 --> 0:53:47.680
<v Speaker 2>remember he couldn't shoot last year either when he was healthy.

0:53:47.760 --> 0:53:50.279
<v Speaker 2>He was a bad jump shooter. So there's now a

0:53:50.400 --> 0:53:53.319
<v Speaker 2>new reason that he was shooting poorly. This is what

0:53:53.320 --> 0:53:55.520
<v Speaker 2>he has to say. A lot of people don't know this,

0:53:56.680 --> 0:54:00.960
<v Speaker 2>but since January, I was battling a wrist injury. It

0:54:01.040 --> 0:54:03.600
<v Speaker 2>was tough for me to shoot how I wanted to shoot.

0:54:03.760 --> 0:54:07.760
<v Speaker 2>So on top of all of the other injuries ankles, knees,

0:54:09.000 --> 0:54:12.880
<v Speaker 2>lower extremity issues, we now have a wrist issue to

0:54:12.960 --> 0:54:16.560
<v Speaker 2>start thinking about as a possible re injury as well.

0:54:16.680 --> 0:54:19.200
<v Speaker 2>Is that what you're saying, Ad and Matt stopped you

0:54:19.280 --> 0:54:22.640
<v Speaker 2>from shooting, which is probably one of the things that

0:54:22.719 --> 0:54:27.279
<v Speaker 2>makes you very unique as a big man. Thanks for

0:54:27.480 --> 0:54:32.360
<v Speaker 2>disclosing that eight months later. Appreciate that, of course. He

0:54:32.440 --> 0:54:34.960
<v Speaker 2>says that injury is now fixed and Ad is looking

0:54:35.000 --> 0:54:38.520
<v Speaker 2>forward to being the Lakers number one option. They said

0:54:38.560 --> 0:54:41.319
<v Speaker 2>this last year. I have this in my notes from

0:54:41.400 --> 0:54:44.759
<v Speaker 2>last year. Ads willing to take the ball bull by

0:54:44.800 --> 0:54:48.160
<v Speaker 2>the horns. AD's ready to be the number one option.

0:54:48.440 --> 0:54:51.320
<v Speaker 2>Lebron James is saying, take the Reins take the reins.

0:54:53.760 --> 0:54:55.560
<v Speaker 2>Don't call me a cynic, but I'll believe it when

0:54:55.560 --> 0:54:58.560
<v Speaker 2>I see it. I believe it when I see it.

0:54:58.680 --> 0:55:04.520
<v Speaker 2>Second Laker story really quickly relates with Russell Westbrook. Very

0:55:04.560 --> 0:55:09.680
<v Speaker 2>strange offseason with Russ. He fires Thad Bouchet, his agent,

0:55:09.840 --> 0:55:12.400
<v Speaker 2>because Thad says, listen, you got to be able to

0:55:12.400 --> 0:55:15.479
<v Speaker 2>do whatever you need to do, and Russ wants out

0:55:15.640 --> 0:55:18.800
<v Speaker 2>and he's telling them, listen, you should just stay the course.

0:55:19.120 --> 0:55:22.720
<v Speaker 2>You can't be switching teams and getting buyouts and taking

0:55:22.760 --> 0:55:25.799
<v Speaker 2>the minimum because at that point you're now a minimum player. Right,

0:55:26.280 --> 0:55:31.360
<v Speaker 2>everyone thinks he's getting traded. We're speculating all the places

0:55:31.400 --> 0:55:34.000
<v Speaker 2>that Russell Westbrook could end up. Is it Indiana to

0:55:34.040 --> 0:55:37.120
<v Speaker 2>take a buyout, which would have been hilarious. Is it

0:55:37.160 --> 0:55:39.720
<v Speaker 2>going to be a place like Oklahoma City where old

0:55:39.760 --> 0:55:44.520
<v Speaker 2>stars come to be rejuvenated for multiple multiple picks. But

0:55:46.000 --> 0:55:48.919
<v Speaker 2>no one has had their career and their skills besmirched

0:55:48.960 --> 0:55:52.200
<v Speaker 2>more in the last year than Russell Westbrook, by the way,

0:55:52.239 --> 0:55:55.919
<v Speaker 2>an MVP, And you could never hold it against him

0:55:56.160 --> 0:56:00.359
<v Speaker 2>if people if he was salty when people basically said, hey,

0:56:00.760 --> 0:56:04.200
<v Speaker 2>how do you feel about everyone thinking you're trash, but

0:56:04.280 --> 0:56:06.359
<v Speaker 2>this is what he did. He has been doing what

0:56:06.480 --> 0:56:09.440
<v Speaker 2>Robert Starr should do, which is looking inward and fixing

0:56:09.520 --> 0:56:13.960
<v Speaker 2>himself after Russell Westbrook has been i would say, very

0:56:13.960 --> 0:56:16.920
<v Speaker 2>difficult to deal with from a media perspective. This is

0:56:16.960 --> 0:56:19.920
<v Speaker 2>what he had to say when they asked him a

0:56:20.080 --> 0:56:23.919
<v Speaker 2>very disrespectful but also relevant question. H Russ, you said

0:56:23.960 --> 0:56:25.000
<v Speaker 2>you've bought it.

0:56:25.000 --> 0:56:26.000
<v Speaker 3>You're buying into the Lakers.

0:56:26.040 --> 0:56:27.600
<v Speaker 2>Do you think the Lakers are buying into you? Do

0:56:27.640 --> 0:56:29.719
<v Speaker 2>you think the Lakers? Once you hear when you look

0:56:29.719 --> 0:56:32.720
<v Speaker 2>at Russell Westbrook's eyes when he's looking at that media member,

0:56:33.080 --> 0:56:36.720
<v Speaker 2>he's about to rip his head off, and then he realizes, Russ,

0:56:37.719 --> 0:56:40.200
<v Speaker 2>everything you do right now is going to be evaluated

0:56:40.680 --> 0:56:44.400
<v Speaker 2>and scrutinize. Chill the fuck out, don't kill him, go

0:56:44.560 --> 0:56:47.000
<v Speaker 2>back into personal development mode.

0:56:47.440 --> 0:56:50.960
<v Speaker 1>I mean, whether that they want me here or not now,

0:56:50.960 --> 0:56:53.440
<v Speaker 1>it doesn't really matter. Honestly. My job is to be

0:56:53.440 --> 0:56:55.839
<v Speaker 1>a professional, show up to work like I've always done

0:56:57.800 --> 0:57:00.160
<v Speaker 1>thus far, do my job the best way on know

0:57:00.200 --> 0:57:03.160
<v Speaker 1>how to, and that's it. I mean, we all have

0:57:03.239 --> 0:57:05.400
<v Speaker 1>jobs that sometimes people at our jobs don't like us

0:57:05.440 --> 0:57:07.319
<v Speaker 1>so don't want us there as you guys probably can

0:57:07.320 --> 0:57:09.960
<v Speaker 1>attest to in any other job across the world, and

0:57:10.000 --> 0:57:13.600
<v Speaker 1>as a professional and as a working man, I have

0:57:13.640 --> 0:57:15.040
<v Speaker 1>to do my job and do it the best way

0:57:15.040 --> 0:57:15.480
<v Speaker 1>I know how.

0:57:16.920 --> 0:57:20.560
<v Speaker 2>Pr class what that? I can't believe that. I saw

0:57:20.560 --> 0:57:24.800
<v Speaker 2>that and I was like, that's Russell Westbrook. Classy move.

0:57:25.840 --> 0:57:27.960
<v Speaker 2>He's now said he's willing to come off the bench.

0:57:28.120 --> 0:57:31.479
<v Speaker 2>He's willing to do whatever Darwnham wants from him. He's saying,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't care whether you want me here or not.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm making my forty something million dollars and you guys

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<v Speaker 2>will like that and take it. And considering how he's

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<v Speaker 2>been depicted I think as a very salty, sort of sharp,

0:57:46.040 --> 0:57:49.920
<v Speaker 2>prickly human, think that's pretty awesome. Whether things work out

0:57:49.920 --> 0:57:52.680
<v Speaker 2>with him or l in La, it get's not. They're

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<v Speaker 2>already Rob polink is already saying he's willing to We

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<v Speaker 2>didn't even talk about the fact that that Lebron James

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<v Speaker 2>basically forced the Lakers to trade those first round picks

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<v Speaker 2>in order to sign his extension. It was a tit

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<v Speaker 2>for tat move. If you don't get rid of those

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<v Speaker 2>two first round picks, I'm not signing with you. And

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<v Speaker 2>Rob Plinkett came out during media day and said, listen,

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<v Speaker 2>we're getting rid of it. We're trading those picks. We're

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<v Speaker 2>trading them. Why why are we trading them now? Why

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<v Speaker 2>are we committed? Because Lebron is committed to us and

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<v Speaker 2>we owe that to him. So if those picks aren't

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<v Speaker 2>getting Russell Westbrook out the door for some sort of peace,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know what that is. I don't know what

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<v Speaker 2>it is, but we'll have to see if he's happy

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<v Speaker 2>living in the end of the bench making forty million

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<v Speaker 2>dollars and they keep those two first round picks and

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<v Speaker 2>they go out and get Kyrie Irving in free agency.

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<v Speaker 2>I tell you what, as much as I hate the Lakers,

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<v Speaker 2>they could get good real fast. They're just not gonna

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<v Speaker 2>be good now. Somebody tried to say, oh, if the

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<v Speaker 2>Lakers are fully healthy, are they a five seed? No,

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<v Speaker 2>they're not. They are a bad team. And I hope

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<v Speaker 2>that Anthony Davis is healthy enough for us to find out.

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<v Speaker 2>That's all the time that we afer the heat check.

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0:59:09.800 --> 0:59:13.520
<v Speaker 2>Jerry west all different, all interesting. I love the last

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<v Speaker 2>one where he was basically Rainman just giving me player names,

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<v Speaker 2>and I just give him player names and he just

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<v Speaker 2>gives me a full evaluation and breakdown. We also have

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<v Speaker 2>an interview with Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse, which

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