WEBVTT - Could Nike Be Dropping Ja Morant?

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<v Speaker 1>So the lottery is over, the draft order is set.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's what it looks like.

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<v Speaker 2>Spurs number one, they get Victor, two, Charlotte Hornets, three

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<v Speaker 2>Portland Trailblazers, four Houston Rockets, five Detroit Pistons, six Orlando Magic,

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<v Speaker 2>seven Indiana Pacers, eight Washington Wizards, nine Utah Jazz, ten

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<v Speaker 2>Dallas Mavericks, eleven Orlando Magic, twelve OKC thunder thirteen Toronto Raptors,

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<v Speaker 2>and fourteen New Orleans Pelicans. So, after all those shenanigans

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<v Speaker 2>of Dallas losing games on purpose like I recommended, they

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<v Speaker 2>do get their tenth pick?

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<v Speaker 1>Do you get to keep their own pick?

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<v Speaker 2>And now they have the only trade asset that they

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<v Speaker 2>could possibly think of. Otherwise the Knicks would have gotten

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<v Speaker 2>their pick. And we saw how much chalk it was.

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<v Speaker 2>The lottery basically lined up almost exactly with the odds,

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<v Speaker 2>So if they would have gotten eleven, the Knicks would

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<v Speaker 2>have gotten their pick.

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<v Speaker 1>Now the Knicks have no first round pick.

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<v Speaker 2>Other than Victor woman y'am at number one, which, by

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<v Speaker 2>the way, the books have him at minus twenty thousand

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<v Speaker 2>to go number one, which is like the craziest odds

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<v Speaker 2>I've ever seen that means a hundred dollars bet would

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<v Speaker 2>get you fifty cents, which like still is free money,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean still free whatever you can put up on that,

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<v Speaker 2>Like I could probably still I could be talked into it.

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<v Speaker 2>For nearly two years, everyone was talking about how vic

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<v Speaker 2>if it wasn't around, it's Scoot scoot this, scoot that,

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<v Speaker 2>Scoot here, Scoot there. And now very smart people are

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<v Speaker 2>saying that it is not Scoots number two overall pick

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<v Speaker 2>for sure, that Charlotte could take Brandon Miller. They could

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<v Speaker 2>take am and Thompson. They could take him at three,

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<v Speaker 2>They could take him at two, which means Scoot could

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<v Speaker 2>fall all the way.

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<v Speaker 1>Down to four.

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<v Speaker 2>And if Scoot's at four, maybe there's chaos because you

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<v Speaker 2>know who's got four is those chuckers over there in Houston.

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<v Speaker 2>They don't need another guard, So what happens do they

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<v Speaker 2>move it? So much chaos? There are rumblings that Charlotte

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<v Speaker 2>might even take Aman Thompson, who is mocked between three

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<v Speaker 2>and six. They might be willing to trade down their pick.

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<v Speaker 2>Mitch Kupchek seems to love Brandon Miller, but like I said,

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<v Speaker 2>Brandon Miller apparently has has a dad bod now. So

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<v Speaker 2>there are rumors that Houston may want to trade up,

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<v Speaker 2>Rumors that the MAVs and the Blazers want to trade

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<v Speaker 2>their picks altogether.

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<v Speaker 1>So what are we gonna get? Who knows? We look

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<v Speaker 1>at the bottom half of the draft.

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<v Speaker 2>Atlanta, Utah, La, Miami, Golden State, Houston again, Brooklyn, Brooklyn,

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<v Speaker 2>Portland from New York, Sacramento, Memphis, Indiana, Charlotte, Utah, Indiana,

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<v Speaker 2>and the Clippers. There's just a lot of intriguing options here.

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<v Speaker 2>Brooklyn has a pair of first rounders here, they could

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<v Speaker 2>bundle those, they could move up. Houston could package four

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<v Speaker 2>and twenty to get to three, which then means Portland

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<v Speaker 2>probably package four and twenty for somebody like Ognnobi, or

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<v Speaker 2>maybe even two if they fall in love with one

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<v Speaker 2>of the top candidates. So yeah, I think what's interesting

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<v Speaker 2>is that how many trades are being floated out there

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<v Speaker 2>and what that means about this draft.

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<v Speaker 1>What did we see last year? Not many trades at all? Why?

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<v Speaker 2>Because the traft was seen as very good. Don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to trade your pick if you have one. Everyone interested

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<v Speaker 2>in their pick. Apparently this is supposedly a very deep draft, So.

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<v Speaker 1>Why has everybody wanted to trade back.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe this draft class isn't as good as we thought

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<v Speaker 2>it was, Like maybe it is just like two three

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<v Speaker 2>maybe top tier talents.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe it's just one. Maybe it's just vic Maybe like.

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<v Speaker 2>Osar Thompson is a top tier talent, but we don't

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<v Speaker 2>know because he's not being ranked there. So a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of people think that there's not much left outside of

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<v Speaker 2>Victor Wambaiama. Brandon Miller has character issues. In addition to

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<v Speaker 2>the holes in his game that.

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<v Speaker 1>I see, Scoot can't shoot threes.

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<v Speaker 2>The closest comp that I can see to Aman Thompson

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<v Speaker 2>could be John morant AT's six to seven, But he

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<v Speaker 2>also could be Cam Reddish, who's been bounced around like

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<v Speaker 2>a ping pong ball. So Cam Whitmore has a horrible

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<v Speaker 2>assist rate, which means he's used to being a number

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<v Speaker 2>one option, and a lot of these teams that could

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<v Speaker 2>draft him have already other elite scorers on the team,

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<v Speaker 2>So what does that mean for him? Taylor Hendrix, Ousar Thompson,

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<v Speaker 2>Jarris Walker, Anthony Black, Derek Lively. Are any of those

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<v Speaker 2>guys all pro players?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm asking? Are they? I don't think so?

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<v Speaker 2>So I think you're gonna see a ton of movement

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<v Speaker 2>on draft nights, and that means what we're likely to

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<v Speaker 2>see is lots and lots of chaos. This draft is

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<v Speaker 2>going to be incredible, incredible for betters. We'll definitely have

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<v Speaker 2>some friends of the shows to break this down because

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<v Speaker 2>this year the draft is make or break for a

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<v Speaker 2>number of teams like Portland, and I am excited to

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<v Speaker 2>see how it all shakes out. All right, So, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>we've got a Ja Morant update. Will multiple updates, but

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<v Speaker 2>we'll keep it to the pertinent updates. First, Adam Silver

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<v Speaker 2>responded to Jaw getting caught once again waving a gun

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<v Speaker 2>around on IG Live, a quote unquote brandishing a weapon.

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<v Speaker 2>What a word brandishing? I kind of love it, right,

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<v Speaker 2>brandishing Like what do I brandish a diet coke? As

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes a coke?

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<v Speaker 1>Zero?

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<v Speaker 2>Our man Adam and Amsterdam had this to say, I

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<v Speaker 2>at least was left with the sense that he was

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<v Speaker 2>taking this incredibly seriously. Honestly, I was shocked what I

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<v Speaker 2>saw this weekend. Yeah, I was shocked as well. How

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<v Speaker 2>long Jaw will get for the suspension is not known,

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<v Speaker 2>but it is gotta be I think a minimum of

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<v Speaker 2>twenty games.

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<v Speaker 1>Jaw fought the law and the law. One. Jaw fought

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<v Speaker 1>the law and the law one. That's the song, right,

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<v Speaker 1>that's uh.

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<v Speaker 2>He's put in the in the sights of the League

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<v Speaker 2>Disciplinary office, and that's what the song says. The penalties

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<v Speaker 2>are coming fast and furio. The latest penalty is from

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<v Speaker 2>Nike Row Row. Numerous reports are saying that the Nike

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<v Speaker 2>and Finish line have removed Jaws Hunger Jaw one sneakers.

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<v Speaker 1>What a name.

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<v Speaker 2>This is especially concerning if you are in Jaws camp

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<v Speaker 2>or group because they were supposed to drop on May

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<v Speaker 2>twenty fifth, which is in seven days. The new colorways

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<v Speaker 2>were listed as recently as Tuesday. But now if you

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<v Speaker 2>look for the Jaw Hunger one sneakers four h four err,

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<v Speaker 2>this page does not exist.

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<v Speaker 1>That is not good. Why does this matter?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, because the last time that Nike deleted the shoe

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<v Speaker 2>line on their app was Kyrie Irving and he was

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<v Speaker 2>never to return again. He has been taping up his

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<v Speaker 2>shoes with masking tape, writing little messages on them ever since.

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<v Speaker 2>It is a cool world out there. Nike does not

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<v Speaker 2>play when it comes to the brand of their athletes

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<v Speaker 2>and the brain and of their shoes. That is not

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<v Speaker 2>what they are playing around with a tiny, tiny percentage

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<v Speaker 2>of NBA players get a signature shoe from Nike, and

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<v Speaker 2>now Jaw might have just fucked it all up for

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<v Speaker 2>the rest of his career.

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