WEBVTT - Klay Thompson ghosted the Warriors even despite the captain hats???

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<v Speaker 1>On this episode of The Heat Check, it's NBA Cup

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<v Speaker 1>Season two teams, one Cup, and we're underway in Adam

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<v Speaker 1>Silver's Great experiment Lots to cover Clay's return to the Bay.

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<v Speaker 2>Jannis goes insane.

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<v Speaker 1>Almost fucks around and loses to the Detroit Pistons. Wemby

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<v Speaker 1>goes crazy, and the Portland Trail Blazers. My Blazers are

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<v Speaker 1>fun and healthy. Anthony my man dropped that motherfucking beat

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<v Speaker 1>that should be Rihanna. So the NBA keep balls, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's kind of banging. It's kind of banging despite the

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<v Speaker 1>fact that I think we can all get behind how

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<v Speaker 1>much we hate these courts. I hate them. I hate

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<v Speaker 1>the gray, I hate the loud, bright colors. I hate them,

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<v Speaker 1>I hate him. I hate them. But what a bunch

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<v Speaker 1>of wild fun games. Teams are taking this shit seriously.

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<v Speaker 1>They really are more than the normal regular season, and

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<v Speaker 1>I think the value of the I guess like prize

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<v Speaker 1>money for the winners is even more than last year.

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<v Speaker 1>Huge improvement over regular games in November, for sure.

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<v Speaker 2>Some fascinating performance we gotta get to.

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<v Speaker 1>We gotta get to Eric Spolstra booting in a whole

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<v Speaker 1>entire game when he pulled a fab five literally calling

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<v Speaker 1>a timeout in one.

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<v Speaker 2>Second left and a tie game.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey bro, you don't have a timeout. Walst On Free

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<v Speaker 1>Hawks beat the Celtics on their home court one seventeen

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<v Speaker 1>win sixteen because by the way, Dyson Daniels is getting

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<v Speaker 1>like ten steals a game, and the Knicks blew out

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<v Speaker 1>the Sixers by twelve.

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<v Speaker 2>But the one.

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<v Speaker 1>Cup game, I just don't like calling it that. The one,

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<v Speaker 1>the one in season tournament game everyone was tuned into,

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<v Speaker 1>was by far the most interesting one of the year.

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<v Speaker 1>Mavericks and Clay Thompson go back to the Bay visiting

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<v Speaker 1>Golden Steak for the first time since Clay told them

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<v Speaker 1>to kick rocks and did this game have everything? Oh yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>there's tea spilling everywhere, Warriors literally rolling out the red

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<v Speaker 1>carpet giving every fan a captain's head, which the photo

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<v Speaker 1>of Clay looking back at that was pretty insane, an

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<v Speaker 1>Oscar worthy video. Four hundred employees greeting him with cheers

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<v Speaker 1>as he came into the arena, a planned speech at

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<v Speaker 1>half time from his bestie Steph, and things did did

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<v Speaker 1>not turn out like expected. Clay got his video, he did,

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<v Speaker 1>he got teary eyed, crowders reacting roars they love Clay

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<v Speaker 1>Clay and the Bay fans got those Captain hats, who,

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<v Speaker 1>by the way, like Clay just kind of got famous

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<v Speaker 1>because he decided he was gonna be a fucking hipster

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<v Speaker 1>and literally his mode of transportation to the arena every

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<v Speaker 1>day was his boat, which is so rich. You can

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<v Speaker 1>now get your own eBay Clay hat for the low

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<v Speaker 1>price of one hundred and sixty dollars. But Draymond of

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<v Speaker 1>course spill a little tea before the game by letting

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<v Speaker 1>people know that Clay has basically ghost face killed Steph

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<v Speaker 1>Curry since signing with the Maps. No calls, no texts, nothing,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know who took that person, Steph Curry, that's who.

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<v Speaker 1>Steph Curry said, Yeah, I was supposed to speak, called Clay,

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<v Speaker 1>texted Clay nothing and I said, you know what, fuck Clay.

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<v Speaker 2>Basically here the half dis speech canceled.

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<v Speaker 1>Steph waited in the tunnel until Clay's tribute video was over,

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<v Speaker 1>which is cold bloodied, and then the two went to

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<v Speaker 1>war with each other and it was a blood bath.

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<v Speaker 1>Clay had his best season game of the season twenty

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<v Speaker 1>two points six or twelve from deep but Steph did

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<v Speaker 1>Steph things, put on that assassin persona didn't. He took

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<v Speaker 1>down the MAVs, took down his former bestie Clay, took

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<v Speaker 1>him back, out back, put him down like old Yeller.

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<v Speaker 2>Steph had thirty seven.

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<v Speaker 1>Points, single handedly ended the MAVs in clutch time, and

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<v Speaker 1>it peaked with thirty four seconds left, Warriors up one.

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<v Speaker 1>Steph shakes Luca, gets Dereck Lively on the switch, long

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<v Speaker 1>ass arms isol above the three point line, shake bake three,

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<v Speaker 1>night Night sleep Mask literally did the night night celebration

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<v Speaker 1>in the Bay. But it was what Steph did afterwards

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<v Speaker 1>that was the most telling about the incredible game. He

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<v Speaker 1>turned to the cameras and screamed, this is.

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<v Speaker 2>My house, this is my shit.

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<v Speaker 1>And he said that with a full base, full base

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<v Speaker 1>in his voice. You could tell he meant that. That

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<v Speaker 1>felt like Olympic Steph. The amount of I don't want

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<v Speaker 1>to say anger, but passion with like a slight negative

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<v Speaker 1>connotation to it was maniacal. No one was really.

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<v Speaker 2>Quite sure what he said. Some said some.

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<v Speaker 1>Thought Steph screamed, you were supposed to stay here. That's

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<v Speaker 1>what Marcus Thompson thinks, which Marcus Thompson does have like

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<v Speaker 1>a straight line to Steph Curry.

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<v Speaker 2>Clay was pretty quiet after the game, very.

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<v Speaker 1>Moved by the outpouring of the emotions. Not happy to

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<v Speaker 1>be on the other end of curry shooting spree. I

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<v Speaker 1>get the feeling that this is maybe the beginning of not.

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<v Speaker 2>Bad blood, but like a rivalry. I guess Clay left

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<v Speaker 2>Golden State.

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<v Speaker 1>Was very clear that he left because he wants to

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<v Speaker 1>win another chip, right, That's what he wants to do,

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<v Speaker 1>Steph Stay, He's very clear he wants to win a chip.

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<v Speaker 1>He signed an extension because he believes this team is

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<v Speaker 1>capable of for a big run.

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<v Speaker 2>Who is right?

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<v Speaker 1>We'll find out. But I learned a long time ago.

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<v Speaker 1>You cannot bet against Steph Curry. Boy, No, you cannot.

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<v Speaker 1>Just when you think our dubs are down, they picked

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<v Speaker 1>themselves back up and they win a championship. All right,

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<v Speaker 1>Moving on, We gotta get back to the full slate

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<v Speaker 1>of NBA Cup games on Friday. But Wednesday night an

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<v Speaker 1>astounding evening in the association. We gotta start Milwaukee first

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<v Speaker 1>because they've been down bad. They've been really down bad.

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<v Speaker 1>Things have not gone Swimen Dame left the game with

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<v Speaker 1>the concussion. He has been having dizziness, had a blow

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<v Speaker 1>to the head in the third quarter against Boston. He's

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<v Speaker 1>still out, So now the Bucks just have one option, Yannis.

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<v Speaker 1>So they're playing against the pesky Pistons, who have actually

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<v Speaker 1>been kind of like low key fun playing a bunch

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<v Speaker 1>of close games. Jannis was a one man reking crew.

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<v Speaker 1>One man regking crew scored twenty two of the bucks

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<v Speaker 1>first twenty four quarter points, pretty much carried them in

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<v Speaker 1>a game against a Pistons team that's been pretty fun.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a very back and forth game all night long,

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<v Speaker 1>and then this like crazy ass thing happened. They're tied

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<v Speaker 1>one eleven, one eleven with one tenth of a second

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<v Speaker 1>left on the clock. Piston's rookie, who I'm not super

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<v Speaker 1>high on. By the way, Ron Holland, fouled by Yannis

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<v Speaker 1>sending him which was kind of a suspect foul. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not gonna lie sent him to the line for two shots.

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<v Speaker 1>Either one would have just won the game. There's like

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<v Speaker 1>a second left, and I say, with awe seriousness, I

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<v Speaker 1>have never seen someone who wanted to shoot free throws

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<v Speaker 1>less than Ron Holland. You know how I knew that

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<v Speaker 1>Ron Holland wasn't about this life. Ron Holland was more

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<v Speaker 1>comfortable on a basketball court in swayed bell bottoms. No lie,

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<v Speaker 1>then he was with a full uniform on the very

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<v Speaker 1>next day in summer league. Ron Holland was looking like

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<v Speaker 1>a Harlem globetrotter in the nineteen seventies, in his swayed

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<v Speaker 1>bell bottoms, in his little boots, his little like Chelsea

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<v Speaker 1>boots on. On the basketball court, you put him in

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<v Speaker 1>a jersey, you get him bodied up, and all of

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<v Speaker 1>a sudden, he's short arming free throws in clutch time,

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<v Speaker 1>literally almost air ball.

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<v Speaker 2>The first one.

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<v Speaker 1>The second one was also just so bad. He looked

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<v Speaker 1>you could see the veins throbbing in his head, you

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<v Speaker 1>could see the sweat dripping from his forehead. It's like

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<v Speaker 1>he he just looked like he was not ready. He

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<v Speaker 1>was short, marmon, he was bricking. Overtime we got and

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<v Speaker 1>of course you know what it is with the overtime.

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<v Speaker 1>Overtime is where the dogs go to die. Jannis takes over.

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<v Speaker 1>We get one twenty seven, one sixteen for the Bucks.

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<v Speaker 1>As someone on read it said, statement when for the monkey,

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<v Speaker 1>Bucks gave us the worst three point celebration in history

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<v Speaker 1>they're calling it the swinging Dick. That's disgusting. Like I

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<v Speaker 1>there's sometimes where I just I just wish I hadn't

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<v Speaker 1>heard things, you know, like I just wish I'd never

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<v Speaker 1>heard that. I think they should call it the big

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<v Speaker 1>swinging Greek. That's what I think they should call it.

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<v Speaker 1>Jannie's stat line fifty nine points, fourteen rebounds, seven assists,

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<v Speaker 1>five stocks, and by the way, he was the only

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<v Speaker 1>Buck starter with a positive rating, so that's great.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bucks had to play.

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<v Speaker 1>A tight ass playoff rotation to beat the Detroit Pistons,

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<v Speaker 1>so things are going exactly like they were hoping. Cad

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<v Speaker 1>Cunningham was seen saying that Yannis, he's fucking unstoppable. Nike

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<v Speaker 1>Basketball direct shot, because you know how Nike is with

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<v Speaker 1>Jalen Brown. They never miss an opportunity to go after

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<v Speaker 1>Jalen Brown. Nike Basketball tweeted out nothing childish about him

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<v Speaker 1>fifty nine for the Greek freak. Oh boy uh Brown

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<v Speaker 1>tweeting at Nike, y'all got weird energy? How co might

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<v Speaker 1>didn't do a TikTok about this? This is like a

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<v Speaker 1>good one if you recall, by the way, JB and

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<v Speaker 1>Nike they have serious beef dating back to many years

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<v Speaker 1>ago when Jalen Brown basically was like Nike, you guys

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<v Speaker 1>are exploiting children and in Asia to make your shoes. Basically,

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<v Speaker 1>that was basically along on the short of it, back

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<v Speaker 1>to honest, you can't expect them to be Superman every night.

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<v Speaker 1>You're gonna need something. This was also some postgame team

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<v Speaker 1>after the game, the Pistons were just steaming because of

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<v Speaker 1>this stat. Giannis took thirty four shots, ended up with

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<v Speaker 1>seventeen free throws. Cad Cunningham, who probably shouldn't be shooting

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<v Speaker 1>thirty four times in a game, went to the line

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<v Speaker 1>four times. The entire Pistons team shot thirteen free throws

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<v Speaker 1>for the game. I mean, I know what it is

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<v Speaker 1>with Gianness, Like he's just a bulldozer. He's just running

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<v Speaker 1>downhill as fast as he can, bowling people over, and

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<v Speaker 1>he's probably gonna get foul like Zion, but he's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>get more foul calls of course than kid Cunningham. But

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<v Speaker 1>the truth is this has been an issue for the

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<v Speaker 1>Pistons the past couple of years. They are not getting whistles.

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<v Speaker 1>Why are they not getting whistles because they're the Pistons right,

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<v Speaker 1>like they're the Pistons. They had the most consecutive losses

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<v Speaker 1>in NBA history. Is anyone wanting to do anything nice

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<v Speaker 1>for the Detroit Pistons.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely fucking not.

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<v Speaker 1>You take your flint water and you fucking like it.

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<v Speaker 2>That's basically what the.

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<v Speaker 1>Refs are saying to the Detroit Pistons. And because kid

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<v Speaker 1>rarely gets whistles, his turnover rate is higher than it

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<v Speaker 1>should be. It impacts winning and losing, especially for a

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<v Speaker 1>team that's playing a bunch of close games. I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 1>keep my eye on these Pistons. The last five games,

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<v Speaker 1>as a fun stat have all come down to the

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<v Speaker 1>final possession at the end of the game. There's just

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<v Speaker 1>like this fascinating little combination of players that I can't

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<v Speaker 1>really figure.

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<v Speaker 2>Out why it works.

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<v Speaker 1>Really, they're like cast offs. You got Toby Tobias Harris,

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<v Speaker 1>you got Malik Beasley, you got Paul Reid. Like these

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<v Speaker 1>are not great players, they're not. You got some fascinating

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<v Speaker 1>young players, players like Jalen Duran. You got Marcus Sasser, who,

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<v Speaker 1>by the way, is like short king five to eleven.

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<v Speaker 1>Isaiah Stewart also short king for a center. And then

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<v Speaker 1>they I think.

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<v Speaker 2>They think they have a superstar and kid.

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<v Speaker 1>And maybe je Nighty, but he's got to get a whistle.

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<v Speaker 1>The NBA Cup, by the way, returns tonight. We will

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<v Speaker 1>report on the fun stuff Monday morning. Moving on, we

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<v Speaker 1>haven't talked about Victor women Yama a lot this year.

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<v Speaker 1>He's been kind of like bad from three. He's had

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<v Speaker 1>some couple of stinker games, and I think a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of that is just the Spurs haven't been a particularly

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<v Speaker 1>watchable product. Devin vassal Vassel has been out. I never

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<v Speaker 1>really remember how to pronounce his name, and they the

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<v Speaker 1>Spurs faced off against a Wizards team is actually pretty

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<v Speaker 1>shockingly pesky, and so Victor goes bananas against a team

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<v Speaker 1>that had Alex Sar who was the number two overall

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<v Speaker 1>pick last year. Victor had the game of his career,

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<v Speaker 1>the best game that I've seen in a long time

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<v Speaker 1>from a rookie. Fifty points eighteen for twenty nine, and

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<v Speaker 1>he had he shot fifty percent from three, eight for

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<v Speaker 1>sixteen from three. Why is the seven to four dude

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<v Speaker 1>who can dunk literally on his tippy toes taking sixteen threes, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>he's making half of them. Uh?

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<v Speaker 2>And so mas School is why.

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<v Speaker 1>He's averaging eight threes per game, which right now is

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<v Speaker 1>seventeenth in the league. No other center on the planet

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<v Speaker 1>has his top fifty in attempted threes. What a night.

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<v Speaker 1>Fifty points, six rebounds to assist with four stocks. That

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<v Speaker 1>is unfathomable for a guy that's seven feet four tall.

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<v Speaker 2>He's pretty much unstoppable.

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<v Speaker 1>When you lose. One thing you lose when he's beyond

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<v Speaker 1>the perimeter is that he's like, isn't when he's not

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<v Speaker 1>rebounding like he could if he was down low. His

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<v Speaker 1>offensive and defensive rebounds are also down this year, so

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<v Speaker 1>he should probab probably expect like a lot more six

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<v Speaker 1>rebound games and sixteen to three type games in his future. Also,

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<v Speaker 1>Jordan Poole. The resurrection of Jordan Poole has been incredible.

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<v Speaker 1>I watched him on opening night play against the Boston

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<v Speaker 1>Celtics in person, and I was like, wow, first quarter,

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<v Speaker 1>first quarter, Jordan Poole had seventeen points and he was

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<v Speaker 1>shaken and Bacon slap slap, slap bottoms. So Jordan Poole

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<v Speaker 1>in that game against the Spurs, and I know it

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<v Speaker 1>was against the Spurs, but still forty two two and

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<v Speaker 1>six fifteen for twenty two, shooting six for nine from deep.

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<v Speaker 1>That's silly. He's averaging twenty two points for rebounds and

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<v Speaker 1>two assists right now. This is doing a lot. This

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<v Speaker 1>is doing a lot, a lot to salvage his trade

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<v Speaker 1>value for a team that probably like desperate to trade

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<v Speaker 1>him and move him at some point. If you can

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<v Speaker 1>get forty points out of Jordan Poole off the bench,

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<v Speaker 1>Jordan Pool on a contender, you kind of gotta think

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<v Speaker 1>about doing it. We'll see what happens with the Pool

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<v Speaker 1>and the Wizards. Moving on, we gotta talk about my Blazers.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my god, what, oh my god. Did my Blazers

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<v Speaker 1>as eleven point underdogs beat the shit out of the

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<v Speaker 1>Minnesota Timberwolves, not once, but twice in two days?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes we did, Yes we did.

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<v Speaker 1>The way they won those games has me so fucking

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<v Speaker 1>fired up. So you saw like this effort for the

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<v Speaker 1>NBA Cup on Tuesday from the Blazers bench, four non starters.

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<v Speaker 1>You had Denny Abdia, you'd Rob Williams, which, by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>Rob Williams, Rob Williams, Delano Banton, and Scoot Henderson combined

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<v Speaker 1>for sixty two points. Non starters twenty three for thirty eight,

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<v Speaker 1>shooting sixty one percent and a combined net rating of

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<v Speaker 1>thirty one. My man, Shade and Sharp, Baby Kobe, He's

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<v Speaker 1>finally like there, he's healthy. I think he's back. I

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<v Speaker 1>think he's back.

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<v Speaker 2>He had his first good game of the season.

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<v Speaker 1>He had seventeen three and three with three steals plus

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<v Speaker 1>three and thirty three minutes. So we won one twenty

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<v Speaker 1>two went away. But then Wednesday night that was the

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<v Speaker 1>game we probably should have lost. Right, you beat a

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<v Speaker 1>really good team that went to the Western Conference finals.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a little bit of fairy dust. Hopefully if you're

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<v Speaker 1>thinking you're the Minnesota timber Wolf, you're like, this is

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<v Speaker 1>an aberration. Okay, this is a bad team. They shot

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<v Speaker 1>five percent from three a couple of days ago. Things

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<v Speaker 1>will find its level. No, no, sir, they did not.

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<v Speaker 1>Shaden Sharp, oh my god, thirty three six and one

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<v Speaker 1>twelve for twenty three, thirty three points. Guys, Shandon Sharp,

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<v Speaker 1>who hasn't been healthy, who was the seventh overall pick

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<v Speaker 1>a few years back, a guy that we're just hoping

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<v Speaker 1>develops into Kobe, Like literally, that's his athleticism is just

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<v Speaker 1>so raw and untapped. You had multiple highlight circus stunks,

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<v Speaker 1>you had layups. He was a walking highlight film. Two

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<v Speaker 1>minutes of shaden sharp basketball porn. The Wolves no ability

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<v Speaker 1>to stop them, went directly out go beer, looked like

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<v Speaker 1>he was gonna throw it down, did a little shimmy

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<v Speaker 1>shimmy in the air in for a layup one nearly

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<v Speaker 1>every one of those battles. But if you can imagine it,

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<v Speaker 1>Shaden trip wasn't even like the most impressive dude. The

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<v Speaker 1>most impressive blazer on the floor was my Man Yukon

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<v Speaker 1>legend national champion, two times national champion, Donovan Klingon, who

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<v Speaker 1>they are now calling cling Kong. I think he's like

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<v Speaker 1>better as Klingon. They are calling him kling Kong. Though,

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<v Speaker 1>Donovan Klingon Commemorative Beer Night, I think there's like gotta

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<v Speaker 1>be some sort of new trend how players do on

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<v Speaker 1>commem of beer night. Because he went crazy seventeen points,

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<v Speaker 1>twelve rebounds, one assist, with eight blocks, eight of them

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<v Speaker 1>eight blocks. He was erasing shots around the room.

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<v Speaker 2>Eight blocks.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't even register how impactful he actually was because he.

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<v Speaker 2>Was shutting down the lane all night long.

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<v Speaker 1>Too. He played thirty one minutes and he was a

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<v Speaker 1>plus fifteen. All the other Blazer starters were net negatives.

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<v Speaker 1>So this is actually like kind of an interesting team.

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<v Speaker 1>I think you gotta kind of keep your eye on them.

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<v Speaker 1>The vibes today, let's just say this, the vibes today

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<v Speaker 1>were starting to feel a little better. The return of Shaden,

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<v Speaker 1>the return of Rob Williams, and the benching of Aton

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<v Speaker 1>and Anthony Simons. I don't know, dog, I don't know, guys,

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<v Speaker 1>kind of feels like we gotta keep doing it. Blazers

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<v Speaker 1>already have five wins, which, by the way, we did

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<v Speaker 1>not have until the seventeenth game last year. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't even know why anyone would think we're thinking.

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<v Speaker 2>About being a playoff team.

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<v Speaker 1>We are not. But like, you're gonna trade Anthony Simon's,

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<v Speaker 1>You're gonna who does not fit on this team. You're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna trade Jeremy Grant for sure, You're gonna trade Aton.

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<v Speaker 1>You're gonna have some picks, guys, You're gonna have some

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<v Speaker 1>young players. You're gonna have some picks. This team can

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<v Speaker 1>load up on assets and maybe we can get like

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<v Speaker 1>Ace Bailey, maybe we can get like Cooper Flag, maybe

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<v Speaker 1>even get like VJ.

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<v Speaker 2>Edgecomb.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm thinking, I'm thinking, Yes, the Golden age of Portland

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<v Speaker 1>basketball is on its way. And I'm not talking about

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<v Speaker 1>the WNBA team. I'm talking about the Blazers.

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<v Speaker 2>Rip City.

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