WEBVTT - Chet's Unfortunate Injury

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<v Speaker 1>So we spoke a couple of weeks ago about the

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<v Speaker 1>importance and the excitement of this summer.

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<v Speaker 2>Of the pro am.

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<v Speaker 1>You've got the Crossover, You've got Drulie, You've got Peach Jam.

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<v Speaker 2>I know that's high school, but doesn't matter.

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<v Speaker 1>You've got a bunch of these popping up all over

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<v Speaker 1>the country. And he brings together all these elite NBA

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<v Speaker 1>players and it gives local communities a chance to see

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<v Speaker 1>these players up close and personal when they probably would

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<v Speaker 1>never see them in an NBA game, and if they did,

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<v Speaker 1>they'd be in the nosebley because of how expensive these

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<v Speaker 1>tickets cost, which is why this news sucks so bad.

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<v Speaker 2>Chet Holmgren looks like he might have some ligament damage

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<v Speaker 2>to his foot.

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<v Speaker 1>In the first quarter of the crossover game in Seattle,

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<v Speaker 1>with a bevy of NBA stars including Lebron, Jason Tatum,

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<v Speaker 1>de Jonte, Murray Pallo, BN Caero and Chet Holmgren, braun

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<v Speaker 1>to outlet pass came barreling down the court as he does,

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<v Speaker 1>like a train, and Chet Holmgren stood in his way.

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<v Speaker 1>Good for Chet, by the way, just getting in the

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<v Speaker 1>way of Lebron James nineteen years old, as big as

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<v Speaker 1>a stick literally like a twig going up against the

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<v Speaker 1>freight train. Anyway, he decides to put his body between

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<v Speaker 1>Lebron and the basket. He made a nice little defensive play,

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<v Speaker 1>made Lebron James miss and then landed awkwardly on his

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<v Speaker 1>ankle and poof night.

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<v Speaker 2>Over didn't look like it was too bad.

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<v Speaker 1>Turns out though, news comes out today and the reports

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<v Speaker 1>are that he has quote potential torn ligaments in his foot.

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<v Speaker 1>The timetable is now being developed to further evaluate the injury.

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<v Speaker 1>That is terrible, terrible for Chet, worse for the Prorams.

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<v Speaker 1>Prorams are now under attack. People are coming out of

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<v Speaker 1>the woodworks being like, yes, we should never let these

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<v Speaker 1>guys play in these unsanctioned tournaments of the games that

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<v Speaker 1>they already play for a living. So the same game

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<v Speaker 1>had issues from the beginning with humidity, possibly from so

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<v Speaker 1>many people jamming the inside of the gym, had to

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<v Speaker 1>be stopped multiple times because the court was too slippery.

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<v Speaker 1>Play was ultimately suspended in the second quarter. They basically

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<v Speaker 1>canceled it because of quote unsafe conditions stemming from the

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<v Speaker 1>condensation on the floorboards. What a janky ass seattle Jim

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<v Speaker 1>like this is why we hate Seattle. I don't really,

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<v Speaker 1>but as a Portland person, you just hate everything about

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<v Speaker 1>him and my worst fears, like I said, already being realized.

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<v Speaker 1>The tweet from Charles Robinson, senior reporter from Yahoo Sports,

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<v Speaker 1>the warning shot quote after this chet Hoolmegren injury diagnosis,

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<v Speaker 1>hashtag NBA hate teams, he's.

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<v Speaker 3>Hashtagging the NBA, Charles, Charles, let's start again after this

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<v Speaker 3>chet Holmegreen injury diagnosis hashtag NBA teams would be insane

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<v Speaker 3>to let any.

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<v Speaker 1>Player screw around and participating in the program. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>understand how this wasn't already a given, Charles. These grown

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<v Speaker 1>men make their own decisions in the summer, so I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know if you can necessarily try to say this

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<v Speaker 1>should have already been sanctioned. The true League's been going

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<v Speaker 1>on since the nineteen seventies, folks, like this has been

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<v Speaker 1>you're just now aware of the prorams. Like I said,

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<v Speaker 1>the programs are incredible. They make superstars from Kevin Durant

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<v Speaker 1>to Lebron to DeRozan accessible to communities, mostly inner city

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<v Speaker 1>communities that simply cannot afford and will not ever pay

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<v Speaker 1>to see them in person and if they do, it's

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<v Speaker 1>an event. This was what I thought was the beginning

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<v Speaker 1>of something really special, which is the summer of the

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<v Speaker 1>program where maybe in the off season we'll have people

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<v Speaker 1>go around like the Harlem Globetrotters from city to city,

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<v Speaker 1>playing in elite prorams and seeing guys for five dollars right,

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<v Speaker 1>get your gatorade. You go and sit in an over undersized,

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<v Speaker 1>over sweaty jim and you watch Lebron James give chat

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<v Speaker 1>home brin buckets, and now people think that we should

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<v Speaker 1>be banning players from playing in them due to injury risk.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the player empowerment era.

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<v Speaker 1>This is not something that I think is gonna go anywhere,

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<v Speaker 1>but I think it's something at least to note. If

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<v Speaker 1>Demarta Rosen wants to play in the Drew League, He's

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<v Speaker 1>playing in the Drew League. He's played every single year

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<v Speaker 1>during his career. He's going to play unless he is

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<v Speaker 1>contractually forbidden to do it. And that would also then

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<v Speaker 1>mean okay, well, what about all these little lifetime fitness

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<v Speaker 1>pickup games that we see with pure sweat and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>Drew Hanlin and all these things that we see on

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<v Speaker 1>Instagram where it's like, oh, Carmelo and his hoodie was

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<v Speaker 1>given so and so the business.

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<v Speaker 2>Like then that couldn't happen either, right.

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<v Speaker 1>Those games also not able because they are also have

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<v Speaker 1>the same height heightened amount of injury risk. Every scrimmage

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<v Speaker 1>would be off, every single one. Don't think it would

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<v Speaker 1>be very easy to enforce, truthfully. This would be like

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<v Speaker 1>the prohibition.

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<v Speaker 2>Era where there was like speak easies.

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<v Speaker 1>They're like pro ams speak easies, like hey, Lebron's coming

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<v Speaker 1>through tomorrow at the YMCA and Columbus, Ohio like be

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<v Speaker 1>there be square, like you have to have the password

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<v Speaker 1>to get in. There's no phones allowed. It's like Dave

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<v Speaker 1>Chappelle show, or you put them in a little like

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<v Speaker 1>envelope and at lock shut to avoid that. And then

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<v Speaker 1>it's like, oh de Jonte Murray towards MCL how do

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<v Speaker 1>you do that?

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<v Speaker 2>Uh walk into the store. It's like, oh, okay, yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>So I think that's probably impossible to litigate, but it

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<v Speaker 1>is gonna put the pro am under a microscope. And

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<v Speaker 1>I think anytime we get to a point where players

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<v Speaker 1>at some point are gonna make eighty ninety maybe one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred million dollars a year, NBA teams are gonna find

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<v Speaker 1>a way.

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<v Speaker 2>Are gonna try to find a way.

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<v Speaker 1>To preserve their golden goose, to put it in a

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<v Speaker 1>little glass case until they can bring it out and

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<v Speaker 1>show their friends. You can't play in any programs. You

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<v Speaker 1>can only play for me. Hopefully Chet will be fine.

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<v Speaker 1>Nothing's gonna come of this, But the fact that that's

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<v Speaker 1>where the journalist's minds immediately went, it's troubling. Charles Robinson,

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<v Speaker 1>allow the fun to go down. Programs are lit. We

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<v Speaker 1>need more of them, not more scrutiny.