WEBVTT - Phoenix Suns Loss is Australia's Gain

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<v Speaker 1>So everyone is up in arms about the Phoenix Sun's

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<v Speaker 1>preseason game where they lost to a team I had

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<v Speaker 1>never heard of before today, the Adelaide thirty six ers.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry. Was I supposed to know them? Was that?

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<v Speaker 1>Am I not up on my international basketball hoops? I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know. At that point. I guess I'm just not

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<v Speaker 1>plugged in enough. They didn't, though, just get beat They

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<v Speaker 1>got thrashed one thirty four twenty one twenty four. What

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<v Speaker 1>if it was one thirty four to twenty four, one

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<v Speaker 1>thirty four, one twenty four in Phoenix, that'd even like

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<v Speaker 1>the MAVs game. One thirty four to twenty four is

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<v Speaker 1>the first half score of Game seven in the mass.

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<v Speaker 1>It's caused, though, this beatdown against the team none of us,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think new. It's caused a lot of Suns

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<v Speaker 1>fans to feel like the the roof is crashing in.

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<v Speaker 1>It's already a train wreck. This is just the next

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<v Speaker 1>sign of it. And you can understand why you've got

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<v Speaker 1>a head coach Monty Williams hasn't talked to his star

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<v Speaker 1>senator DeAndre eight and since June May May June, somewhere

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<v Speaker 1>in there, you have an integral player of their success.

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<v Speaker 1>Jay Crowder, who wanted an extension, wanted to start. Now

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<v Speaker 1>he's not around the team, wants to be traded. You

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<v Speaker 1>have your team owner. We've already rehashed, so we'll do

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<v Speaker 1>it again. Robert Sarver just a generally bad guy. Just misogynists,

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<v Speaker 1>racist and a man of faith of course, and not

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<v Speaker 1>much as going right for the Phoenix Suns, to be honest.

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<v Speaker 1>But to me, coming off of my monastery trip, I

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<v Speaker 1>want to look at the bright side here. This isn't

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<v Speaker 1>about the Suns losing to an NBL team. It's about

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<v Speaker 1>an NBL team beating the Suns, because that is something

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<v Speaker 1>different when you think about it. In terms of how

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<v Speaker 1>Australia is feeling at the moment, they have got to

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<v Speaker 1>be feeling pretty hyped up Australian basketball here like here here,

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<v Speaker 1>It was probably here when LaMelo went over there to

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<v Speaker 1>get himself seasoned and become the number two overall pick

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<v Speaker 1>three three two. It was Aunt Edwards, it was James Wiseman,

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<v Speaker 1>LaMelo ball number three. They are balling down there. People

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<v Speaker 1>are finally starting to notice we're not talking about just

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<v Speaker 1>Patty Mills and Ben Simmons and Josh Giddy and Joe

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<v Speaker 1>Ingles and Dyson Daniels. We're talking about the quality of

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<v Speaker 1>the competition of the NBL as a whole. There's Australian

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<v Speaker 1>pro hoops and they have come a long way. And

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<v Speaker 1>that shows right because I have never heard of the

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<v Speaker 1>thirty six ers, which this is a very hilarious bootleg

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<v Speaker 1>name for the seventy six ers. Former Memphis Tiger Craig Randall,

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<v Speaker 1>former Washington State star Robert Franks lit up the Suns

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<v Speaker 1>for sixty seven points combined. And by the way, the

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<v Speaker 1>Sun starters all played if you're wondering, oh, well, maybe

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<v Speaker 1>they were just like sitting on the bench and we

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<v Speaker 1>had like Campaign and Landry Schamte out there. No all

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<v Speaker 1>Sun starters played a minimum of twenty two minutes. Even

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<v Speaker 1>Monty Williams said after the game he didn't give his

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<v Speaker 1>opponents enough respect. It's kind of like Game seven. But

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<v Speaker 1>he'll be getting it now though. They'll be rolling into

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<v Speaker 1>OKC to play against Gidey, They'll be playing the Pelicans

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<v Speaker 1>against Dyson Daniels. This is gonna be These are gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be games that everyone in Australia is going to tune

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<v Speaker 1>in for now at least they feel like, oh, well,

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<v Speaker 1>we have a shot. Last remaining problem though, in terms

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<v Speaker 1>of why we maybe don't know about this game logistics,

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<v Speaker 1>only seven, if you can believe it, seven NBA teams

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<v Speaker 1>sent scouts out to that game. It's called the Blitz.

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<v Speaker 1>Why why did only seven come? That's what she said.

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<v Speaker 1>It was held in Darwin, which apparently is next to

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<v Speaker 1>impossible to get to. As ESPN reported, some NBL teams

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<v Speaker 1>didn't even send executives to the Blitz because of how

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<v Speaker 1>much of a hassle it was to get to the

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<v Speaker 1>Northern Territory. Australian teams wouldn't even send their scouts out there.

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<v Speaker 1>Why would you put this game in the middle of

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<v Speaker 1>remote territory? Just for fun? Because I have so much

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<v Speaker 1>time on my hands, I checked in on a ticket

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<v Speaker 1>to see what it would be like to get to Darwin.

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<v Speaker 1>First of all, cheapest cost of a ticket three K.

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<v Speaker 1>Second of all, quickest transit time that I could get

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<v Speaker 1>out of Washington, DC was three days, including thirty six

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<v Speaker 1>hours and thirty minutes of flight time, plus all of

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<v Speaker 1>the time you're sitting around airports in your connecting flights.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, this could be in the middle of nowhere.

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<v Speaker 1>This is like Tasmania. But the bottom line of all

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<v Speaker 1>this is that don't feel bad for the Suns. Feel

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<v Speaker 1>happy for these thirty six ers. I can't even get

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<v Speaker 1>their name right. I almost said seventy six ers again.

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<v Speaker 1>They could very well be a train wreck, but it's

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<v Speaker 1>not because they lost to this NBL team Australian Pro Basketball,

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<v Speaker 1>no joke, and now NBA fans are just i think,

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<v Speaker 1>starting to realize it, given the fact that it's trending

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<v Speaker 1>right now.