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Speaker 2: I'm Slow and this is Sloane nos Next. We sit

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Speaker 2: down with the future stars of tomorrow. Today's guest is

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Speaker 2: Nick Kamenya, a four star recruit who recently just committed

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Speaker 2: to Duke University. His journey of winning back to back

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Speaker 2: state titled with Harvard west Lake to winning a gold

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Speaker 2: medal with Team USA and his dreams of playing in

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Speaker 2: the NBA is a story you won't want to miss,

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Speaker 2: all right, Nick, So this is an episode of Sloane

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Speaker 2: nos Next. And for those who haven't gotten the privileged

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Speaker 2: to know a little bit about your game yet, would

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Speaker 2: you mind telling us your age, your name, where you

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Speaker 2: play basketball, and where you're going to play in college.

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Speaker 3: Uh?

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Speaker 4: I'm Nick Kmenya. I'm seventeen years old's twenty twenty five.

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Speaker 4: I go to Harvard west Lake and next year I'll

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Speaker 4: be at Duke.

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Speaker 2: Congrats that's a big time Nick just committed, very excited.

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Speaker 2: It's really cool to have him on. How old were

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Speaker 2: you when you started to play basketball?

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Speaker 4: Really ever since? I can remember just going to my

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Speaker 4: dad's practices. So shoot, I think I really started picking

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Speaker 4: it up when I was five six, okay, just dribbling

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Speaker 4: around shooting.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, were you always taller than the other kids?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, all the time, all the time.

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Speaker 1: How tall is your dad six eight and your mom

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Speaker 1: six foot? Wow? So you have tall gen didn't im

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Speaker 1: assuming you guys are a basketball family.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, both my parents played okay in college. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: my mom went to a Juco in Florida and my

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Speaker 2: Oh wow, okay, cool, so it runs it's in your

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Speaker 2: blood when you were growing up. Did you play any

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Speaker 2: other sports or it was always just basketball?

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Speaker 3: No?

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Speaker 4: Literally, it was basketball, basketball, basketball the whole time.

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Speaker 1: Oh wait, so that's in your blood.

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Speaker 4: Lockdown.

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Speaker 2: Other than your parents, who was a you know, basketball

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Speaker 4: I mean I grew up watching a lot of basketbats

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Speaker 4: It wasn't a time of Disney Channel and never Yeah,

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Speaker 4: it was none of that. I watched a lot of

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Speaker 4: the Lakers.

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Speaker 2: Uh.

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Speaker 4: But I love the Spurs a lot growing up, especially

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Speaker 4: when I first started understanding basketball. They were like the

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Speaker 1: Was no connection to San Antonio. You just like like

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Speaker 4: Yeah, they were just the best team when you grow up. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: So like I kind of hopped in that bandwagon. Kawhi

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Speaker 4: Leonard was like my favorite player.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so you still a first fan? Yeah, we Yeah.

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Speaker 2: What do you think about Chris Paul joining the Spurs?

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Speaker 4: I mean he was at he was at the JT

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Speaker 4: he's a good point guard. I mean he's already helped

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Speaker 1: So yeah, it's cool to see.

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Speaker 2: So I got the chance to interview you at Jason

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Speaker 2: Tatum camp, like you just touched on, which is pretty

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Speaker 2: cool that at seventeen, you've already had experiences where you've

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Speaker 2: gotten to meet and play with NBA players. But I'm

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Speaker 2: curious who was the first NBA player you ever met?

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Speaker 4: First NBA player I ever met? That's a good question,

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Speaker 4: thank you. Uh oh, I mean my godfather used to

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Speaker 1: Okay, that's that's one, my.

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Speaker 4: Godfather, Slava Medvedenko. Yeah, he's probably the first. But I

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Speaker 4: mean I went to Kobe's Jersey retirement and I met

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Speaker 4: Magic Johnson, James Worthy, Uh, Kareem.

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Speaker 1: Wow. Yeah, night that night was that's crazy.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, that was the best one.

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Speaker 1: Is there a specific NBA player that you model your

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Speaker 4: I wouldn't say specific, but I just take bits and pieces.

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Speaker 4: I think guys like Luka, Doncic and Jokic who kind

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I like that mentality. Are there any comps that

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Speaker 4: I mean I've heard Luca a couple of times. I mean,

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Speaker 4: I mean I like take it as a compliment that

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Speaker 1: So yeah, yeah, it's important to differentiate yourself. I feel

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Speaker 2: What has been your most memorable basketball moment so far

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Speaker 4: Most memorable? Uh, I'd probably say man won a lot

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Speaker 4: but then beating Centennial, who was like the team at

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Speaker 4: the school as an open vision was cool. That was

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Speaker 4: probably the best.

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Speaker 1: That's special.

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Speaker 2: Who have been the you know, top three best players

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Speaker 4: A top three players? Uh? Probably go Trent Perry for sure.

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Speaker 4: Oh man, I played with a lot of good ones

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Speaker 1: If you want, you can say as money as you want,

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Speaker 1: I want to hear top ten, but I'm just go

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Speaker 4: Might as well, Yeah, I probably go Trent, Robert Brady, Shoe,

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Speaker 4: Zay Johnson on my AU team, Peyton White, who else?

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Speaker 4: Who else? Was not trying to miss nobody? Robert Hinton,

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Speaker 1: Robert already, No, I don't think you said him.

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Speaker 4: Robert Hinton, Jacob Huggins was good man. Everybody I played with.

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Speaker 2: Everyone, Okay, everyone give a shout out to everyone. All right, So,

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Speaker 2: what is the biggest difference is that you've seen between

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Speaker 4: I feel like AU you kind of learned how to

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Speaker 1: How many games do you play today?

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Speaker 4: I mean like sometimes two, sometimes one, but it can

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Speaker 4: a lot. But I mean, I just say high school

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Speaker 4: I mean it's it's it's a pretty big difference. But

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Speaker 4: I've been looking lucky enough to play on AU team

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Speaker 1: Like, do you prefer A you or high school or

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Speaker 4: No, I prefer high school for sure, just because you

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Speaker 1: And I'm assuming going to school with those guys you

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and it helps a lot. Like chemistry is such

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Speaker 4: Like people bring in transfer its like it's season. It's

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: I mean you could call Harvard Westlake where you go

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Speaker 2: winning so many state championships in the past couple of years,

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Speaker 2: what do you think has been the key to your guys' success?

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Speaker 4: I mean exactly that, Like we've brought in two transfers

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Speaker 4: and I mean we have really good coaching staff.

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Speaker 4: Who uh, they don't let us just do whatever. It

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Speaker 4: And I mean we're just literally just a brotherhood, like

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Speaker 4: Like yeah, we'll be in a big circle like in

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Speaker 4: the middle of the quad just talk exactly. We're just

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Speaker 4: only so many people act like it.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, yeah, that's great. Okay.

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Speaker 2: So you know, obviously, like we said earlier, committed to

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Speaker 4: I mean it's just different. Like you grow up thinking

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Speaker 4: but you never really think it's possible. You just work

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Speaker 4: Shi are really sitting right there watch my game right now?

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Speaker 4: Like mm hmm, it really hits you, Like yeah, man,

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Speaker 4: for them, like you only dream about playing at places

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: Just I mean four years ago, I was probably watching

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Speaker 1: It is like, now that's gonna get it.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you wouldn't even think about that, but I mean

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Speaker 2: We talked about this a little bit before we started filming,

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Speaker 2: but I want to touch on it again. Whereas you know,

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Speaker 2: I'm obviously not a D one basketball player like you are,

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Speaker 2: be like, that's it, that's the one I'm going there.

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Speaker 1: What was that process like for you?

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Speaker 4: I mean, I feel like recruiting it starts like right

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Speaker 4: before I think junior, like when they can start calling

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Speaker 4: you and whatnot. Yeah, so it's a really long process

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Speaker 4: of phone calls and messages and meetings and visits. It

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Speaker 4: takes a lot out of you, but it's also fun

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Speaker 4: and it's a blessing that not a lot of people

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Speaker 4: that way more than you do the bad in the

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Speaker 4: negative side of it. But I mean, it's super fun

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Speaker 4: to be recruited. Yeah, And ultimately, like I said earlier,

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Speaker 4: So it was super cool And obviously it was a blessing,

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Speaker 4: but you can only really choose one school.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and talking about big times he wont schools. I

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Speaker 1: Brother, Yeah for sure.

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Speaker 2: And can you walk us through your official visit? I

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Speaker 4: And I mean Durham is a's a really nice place.

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Speaker 4: It's pretty quiet, but you can tell that people really

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Speaker 4: The Duke Dining Hall. Yeah, that's what a lot of people.

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Speaker 1: Nick Kmena, I.

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Speaker 4: Mean, I'm gonna come in. I'm gonna give him my hall.

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Speaker 4: I like to label myself as this guy that just

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Speaker 4: likes to win. Yeah, that's about it.

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Speaker 2: Like I think they're gonna like that they like to win.

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Speaker 2: Can you give us your Duke all time? Starting five.

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Speaker 2: I'm putting you on the spot here. I know you

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Speaker 4: Top five. I'm gonna go Shire at.

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Speaker 1: The one, Wow the coach, Okay.

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Speaker 4: JJ Ready at the two, Jason Tatum at the three,

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Speaker 4: Christian Lander at the five, just because of how good

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Speaker 4: he did at Duke. I'll actually move Jayson Tatum down

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Speaker 1: You're leaving out a lot of pretty good Duke players.

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Speaker 2: Huh, Kyrie, you know, I mean there's so many Barritt

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Speaker 4: JJ Reddick, what he did at Duke was different. Grant

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Speaker 4: Hill won a national championship. Christian Laner win national championship.

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Speaker 4: Jason Tatums, Jason Tatum, Koch my head coach.

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Speaker 1: Julil okafor love, Like, come on, you know.

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Speaker 4: There's just there's just so many going on there.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, all right, So I want to move on now

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Speaker 2: go fast and ask you some questions really to get

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Speaker 2: m it command yet?

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Speaker 1: Okay? What is one aspect of your game that you're

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Speaker 4: Passing? I think it's just different. I can make a

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Speaker 4: lot of no look passes behind the back pass. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: I like that.

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Speaker 1: What is your favorite school subject? None?

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Speaker 4: Math?

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Speaker 1: Really?

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Speaker 4: Yeah?

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Speaker 1: I hate math? I like history better.

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Speaker 4: A fan?

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Speaker 3: No?

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Speaker 1: Really, are you good at math? Or you just like?

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Speaker 2: What?

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Speaker 4: Ma? Are you win calculus? Wow?

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Speaker 2: Okay, I'm in pre Calcary now. It's horrible. I just

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Speaker 1: I hate it. In the next five years, who is

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Speaker 4: Next five years? Jason Tatum? He just won a national,

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Speaker 4: not national champion, he just won an NBA championship. Celsa's

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Speaker 4: are good. He's the best player on that team.

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Speaker 2: They see who is an NBA player that is your

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Speaker 4: I feel like Jokic, you just make everybody better.

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Speaker 1: You want to be a nugget.

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Speaker 4: That'd be cool.

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Speaker 1: I like that. Who is your dream NBA player to

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Speaker 4: Lebron?

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Speaker 2: Have you Lebron played against each other on this wonderful

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Speaker 1: Who do you think would win? And what do you

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Speaker 4: Lebron will for sure win. I'm not even gonna lie.

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Speaker 1: Like that.

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Speaker 4: Eleven eleven m I score ones and twos?

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Speaker 1: Sure?

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Speaker 4: Five points?

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Speaker 1: Wow?

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Speaker 4: Five eleven, that's confident.

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Speaker 1: I like it. How many points you think I would

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Speaker 4: Zero?

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Speaker 1: Well, you don't even know. I could be like so good?

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Speaker 2: Really, no, I think because I'm gonna like I'm I'm

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Speaker 2: I just like swatted out of your hands and then

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Speaker 1: I'm really good at those. Like when you do it

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Speaker 1: like that's the way.

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Speaker 2: No, I'm telling you, like that's the thing. It's like

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Speaker 2: like I'm gonna be you.

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Speaker 1: What is your favorite clothing brand?

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Speaker 3: Essential is nice? Probably Essential, shout out excel toect.

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Speaker 1: You like your agencies, it's not really a brand, but

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Speaker 1: you're aware. What is your go to cheat meal?

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Speaker 4: Go to cheat meal? I got a lot of those.

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Speaker 4: I like pizza. I like sushi.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's sushi really a cheap man. I feel like

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Speaker 4: Then I probably say like an in and out burger.

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Speaker 1: What's your favorite sushi restaurant in La.

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Speaker 4: Dude? There are some goings. There's I he in Studio City.

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Speaker 4: There's a.

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Speaker 1: Like Spicy you know, Krispy Rice.

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Speaker 4: I mean I don't really do tuna like that.

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Speaker 2: Okay, No, that's like my I like I love sushi,

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Speaker 2: but I'm also a fake sushi person, Like I'm like oh,

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Speaker 2: I love.

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Speaker 1: Sushi's my favorite food.

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Speaker 2: And then I get like cucumber cut roll and like

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Speaker 4: I'll go In and Out?

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Speaker 2: one of those things where it's like if you're from California,

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Speaker 2: I've eaten it so much that I'm now sick.

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Speaker 1: It's probably just like I can't do it anymore.

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Speaker 2: You're out, Like I'm not even gets the burgers are

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Speaker 4: Don't want to fat burger that's just going to fall

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Speaker 4: out like I do, though you don't.

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Speaker 4: You know In and Out has a juicy burger, but

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Speaker 1: Well, but you can get like yeah, no, okay, I

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Speaker 1: hear you.

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Speaker 4: Because then you're just gonna beat me after having the

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Speaker 4: times when I.

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Speaker 2: Go to In and Out like I feel like they're

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Speaker 2: not like really putting in love and my burger like

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Speaker 2: it's just.

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Speaker 4: Like a slap on every time I've had it out.

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Speaker 1: Felt the love.

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Speaker 2: You think that's why you committed to do because the

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Speaker 2: in and Out Burgers that you were eating just like

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Speaker 2: really sparked that, like five.

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Speaker 3: In you.

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Speaker 4: They don't have it, Duke.

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Speaker 2: No, do you think that's why eatning though it is

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Speaker 2: in and out Burgers has like made you that good

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Speaker 2: of a basketball player that you can go to Duke.

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Speaker 4: I mean I wouldn't give credits in and out, but

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Speaker 4: what you know?

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Speaker 1: Yeah?

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Speaker 2: Wow, See we're just getting monetizing all of that.

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Speaker 1: Great. If you could go to dinner with anyone dead

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Speaker 1: or alive, who would it be?

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Speaker 4: Uh, Kobe Bryant.

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Speaker 1: It's the classic answer. I feel like everyone says.

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Speaker 4: That Kobe or Jordan for sure.

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Speaker 1: Who is your favorite non basketball athlete?

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Speaker 4: Favorite non basketball athlete? Good question, I'll go Patrick Mahomes.

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Speaker 1: Football. Okay, is that your second favorite sport?

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Speaker 4: I mean I will probably watch football the most out

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Speaker 4: of all other sports.

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Speaker 1: Do you play fantasy? No, you're just too walk in.

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Speaker 1: Yeah that's what to play fantasy? Okay. What is your

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Speaker 1: favorite movie?

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Speaker 4: Favorite movie? Spijam? The first one. I like to watch

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Speaker 4: that like all the time.

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Speaker 1: Actually I like the second one. It gets too much hate.

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Speaker 1: It's cute.

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Speaker 4: It's like Second Ones.

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Speaker 1: All right, you're a Jordan guy. Yeah, yeah, So that's

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Speaker 1: why you like that. Okay. What is your favorite TV show?

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Speaker 4: Uh? Watched a lot of All American during COVID, that's

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Speaker 4: the one.

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Speaker 1: What is your favorite video game?

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Speaker 4: Uh? I really don't play video.

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Speaker 2: Games really, No two k nothing, no Fortnite, like rarely,

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Speaker 2: you don't. I can't if you don't play Fortnite.

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Speaker 4: I mean I probably played Fortnite like a couple of

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Speaker 4: days ago.

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Speaker 2: But okay, so lies, now we're getting this out of you.

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Speaker 2: I don't play video games.

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Speaker 4: But it might be like once every two months.

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Speaker 1: That's still like, I mean, that's more often than I

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Speaker 1: play video games.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, but like when you say someone plays video.

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Speaker 2: Okay, you're saying like you're not like in your house

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Speaker 2: just like gaming every night.

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Speaker 4: I'm not play two games and I'm off for the

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Speaker 4: next two months.

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Speaker 2: Really, okay, I need to keep track. I need to

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Speaker 2: see if this is like a lie or not, if

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Speaker 2: it's like, actually two months, you wouldn't lie.

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Speaker 1: Okay. What is your favorite song?

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Speaker 4: Favorite song? Wait for You by Future?

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Speaker 1: What is you favorite ice cream flavor?

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Speaker 4: Cookies and cream from?

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Speaker 1: Where do you have like a certain place.

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Speaker 4: In l A, like not a certain place but brand

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Speaker 4: to lamok or whatever?

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Speaker 1: Is that like a grocery store ice cream that you

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Speaker 1: can get like in the pines?

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Speaker 4: I think I think they're based out of organ or something.

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Speaker 1: You know, the whole thing. You must really like it. Yes, okay,

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Speaker 1: I'm like a.

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Speaker 2: Cookie dough cookie do is cookies and cream is like

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Speaker 2: too heavy? I like cookie dough, mint chip.

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Speaker 4: Mint chocolate chip.

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Speaker 1: I think those are Yeah, is that the same thing?

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Speaker 1: Mint chocolate chip and mintchip? Probably right? Yeah, No, that's

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Speaker 1: my favorite flavor. Okay. What is your favorite on the

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Speaker 1: court sneaker Kobe's and what is your favorite off the

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Speaker 1: court sneaker?

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Speaker 4: I wear a lot of pool with, wear a lot

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Speaker 4: of pool with, but I mean new Bounce. I like.

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Speaker 1: I like your shoes. I like you Bounce. I have

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Speaker 1: those shoes all right. What is your go to emoji?

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Speaker 4: Probably like the crying emoji, but like the sideways one.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, oh uh huh good one. What is your favorite candy?

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Speaker 4: Favorite candy Skittles?

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Speaker 1: Did you dress up for Halloween?

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Speaker 4: I did? I was.

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Speaker 3: I was Simon from Alvin and shimmucks really strong.

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Speaker 1: Did you trigger treat?

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Speaker 4: No?

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Speaker 1: I didn't get any Skittles. No, sad. Who is the

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Speaker 1: most famous person in your contacts.

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Speaker 4: Ooh, probably, I mean, oh, I mean coaches in there.

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Speaker 4: Most famous person i'd probably say, like yeah, like PUSHI

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Speaker 4: or somebody. Yeah probably yeah, nobody crazy.

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Speaker 1: I mean that's pretty cool. Who is your celebrity lookalike?

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Speaker 4: Celebrity look alike? I don't think I have one.

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Speaker 1: Really, no one's ever given you one.

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Speaker 2: No, I'm trying to see, like I asked this question,

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Speaker 2: I should like come with like some research and like

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Speaker 2: really like look at you and I need to like

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Speaker 2: find it. I'll let you know who I think figure

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Speaker 2: it out? And what is your favorite podcast?

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Speaker 3: Nick?

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Speaker 4: This one?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? Obviously obviously you gotta say slow Nose is my

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Speaker 2: favorite podcast.

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Speaker 4: Slow nos is my favorite part.

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Speaker 1: Emphasize on favorite you like mumbled favorite me?

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Speaker 4: Slow is my favorite?

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Speaker 2: There we go, There we go. That's why I like

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Speaker 2: to hear. Okay, moving on. This is the next little

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Speaker 2: rapid fire section. Okay, I am going to say a word,

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Speaker 2: and you're gonna have to tell me an NBA player

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Speaker 2: that you think connotate's with that word you really like

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Speaker 2: think about it like that. I think I just used

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Speaker 2: the word connotate wrong. I was trying to sound smart

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Speaker 2: and it didn't work. But whatever, let's just pretend like

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Speaker 2: it worked. Okay, defense.

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Speaker 3: Kawhi, Leonard Iq, Luca clutch ooh Teth selflessness, Jokic Aura

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Speaker 3: shake Gojess, Alexander.

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Speaker 2: Agreed, veteran Lebron vision Luca instincts Yo Kic trip shake

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Speaker 2: go Axander.

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Speaker 1: Good. Okay. Now, lastly, this is the yes or no section.

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Speaker 2: I'm going to tell you a claim, an NBA claim,

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Speaker 2: and you're gonna have to tell me whether you agree

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Speaker 2: or not.

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Speaker 1: Are you ready?

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Speaker 4: M hmm?

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Speaker 1: Okay.

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Speaker 2: The Cavs will say is a top three team in

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Speaker 2: the East made wow?

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Speaker 1: Okay, straight up?

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Speaker 2: No, I mean they literally were beating the Warriors by

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Speaker 2: forty points last night.

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Speaker 1: No, you think it's a fluke?

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Speaker 4: Yeah?

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Speaker 1: Okay, why do you think it's fluke?

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Speaker 4: I mean, I mean they're doing pretty good right now.

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Speaker 4: They got two guards that I'll pass will. I just

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Speaker 4: figured Celtis are going to be in there. H Billy's

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Speaker 4: going to find a way to be in there.

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Speaker 1: Doesn't look that way right now.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, but they'll figure it out. Okay, somebody else will be.

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Speaker 1: Okay, Okay. Joel Embiid will leave the Sixers this year?

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Speaker 1: No really? Okay? Expand on that.

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Speaker 4: I mean that's like his place, Like where else would.

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Speaker 1: He go, right, But it doesn't seem to be working out.

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Speaker 4: He wouldn't even look right in anybody else's jersey though.

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Speaker 1: I think so. Yeah, you only see him in the city.

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Speaker 2: Okay, Wemby will get a quadruple double in his career.

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Speaker 1: Yeah you think so? How soon? Uh?

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Speaker 4: Probably like two years.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he needs a little bit of time to develop.

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Speaker 2: Okay, the Thunder will win a chip in the next

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Speaker 2: three years. Yeah, I feel like you're a shay guy.

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Speaker 4: I just think he's he's really good. But if you

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Speaker 4: look at their team and how they act each other.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, sort of the way that you were saying

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Speaker 2: how Harvard West like has that community vibe.

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Speaker 1: You can really see it there.

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Speaker 4: They're like really all right, they're all together during the interview.

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Speaker 1: They're all friends totally.

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Speaker 2: If I was in your shoes and someone asked me

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Speaker 2: what NBA team I would hope to.

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Speaker 1: Be on, it would definitely be the Thunder.

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Speaker 4: Thunder.

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Speaker 2: I just feel like this, Yeah, all right. Next up,

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Speaker 2: Jannis will stay a buck for his whole career.

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Speaker 4: I'm gonna say yeah, yeah, yeah.

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Speaker 1: I agree.

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Speaker 2: And lastly, Jason Tatum win an MVP Award this season.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, yeah, he can do it.

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Speaker 1: Duke Guy m v P.

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Speaker 4: He's been playing well too, he yes, yeah.

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Speaker 1: I mean the Celtics are off to a good start

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Speaker 1: except for the Warriors beat.

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Speaker 4: Them, Lou You knows, all right, are pretty good.

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Speaker 1: They're really good except for last night. I have no

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Speaker 1: idea what happened, but Buddy.

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Speaker 2: Hill was literally the best that was Yeah, we did

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Speaker 2: it was bad, all right, Nick, here's my last question.

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Speaker 2: Can you please nominate the next guest that you think

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Speaker 2: should be on Slow Nose.

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Speaker 4: I'll go, shoot, I'll go. I'll go to Zay Johnson

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Speaker 4: from Campbell Hall.

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Speaker 1: Okay, great, yep. What about Cooper Flag?

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Speaker 4: I mean, Coop probably gonna be getting ready for the

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Speaker 4: League two.

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Speaker 1: You should call him up and be like, Coop, come

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Speaker 1: on Slow Nose.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I he should if he wants.

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Speaker 1: To do amazing. Thank you.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to this episode of Sloan nos Next,

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Speaker 2: you can get links to my socials and see behind

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Speaker 2: the scenes fun from Nick and I in the show notes,

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Speaker 2: or just search at Sloan Nose on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube.

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