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Speaker 2: uh Mike, I got a funny story that you have

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Speaker 3: I asked Colin Cowhard.

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Speaker 2: To come on this podcast, and he said he was

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Speaker 2: too busy. He's two booked. The dude has eight writers.

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Speaker 2: He somehow negotiated a daily Scout massage into his contracted

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Speaker 2: five and he's too busy to come on my podcast.

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Speaker 6: Jesus Christ.

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Speaker 2: And he reminded me that he of his own podcast network.

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Speaker 2: I didn't ask you about your podcast net work. I

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Speaker 2: asked you if you want to come on my podcast network.

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Speaker 6: He could have. He could have snowballed this into a hey, yeah,

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Speaker 6: I'll come on, and then maybe you and Dan come on,

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Speaker 6: and now we've got this big crossover event. And instead

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Speaker 6: he's like, no, I'm too busy. I'm too busy with

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Speaker 6: my burger joint.

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Speaker 2: Oh my god, man, I could not believe that the

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Speaker 2: response I got.

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Speaker 3: My jaw was left hanging open.

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Speaker 2: I'm actually too booked, dude, you're windsurfing getting a Scout massage, Like.

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Speaker 6: What are you talking about?

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Speaker 2: Oh, what's your funny store? Before we get to our guest,

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Speaker 2: we're gonna have uh, we're gonna have shams on today

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Speaker 2: Shams sarandya, I think I'm saying that right.

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Speaker 6: I hope you are listen.

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Speaker 2: When I was at ESPN, I said Wojes was the

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Speaker 2: best in the business. But I'm alonger there now, so

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Speaker 2: Shams is now the best in the business. He's gonna

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Speaker 2: be our new guy, our new NBA guy. We're gonna

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Speaker 2: come up instead of a woj bomb, we have to

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Speaker 2: come up with a name for when he tweets out

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Speaker 2: NBA news. We'll figure it out along the way here. Uh,

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Speaker 2: but what's your funny story quickly before we get to Shams.

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Speaker 6: Obviously, this guy's twenty six and he's already just breaking

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Speaker 6: news all over the place. Yes, So I'm more at

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Speaker 6: ESPN and I get a text from my cousin who's

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Speaker 6: in Tampa, and he goes, Hey, I've got breaking news

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Speaker 6: for you. Okay, what is it? Chip Kelly is right

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Speaker 6: now having dinner with the owner of the Bucks at

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Speaker 6: this restaurant. I'm at They're gonna the Bucks are gonna

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Speaker 6: here's what I'm gonna do. I text Adam Schefter, Hey, Adam,

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Speaker 6: Mike Overn Radio, I booked you a bunch of times.

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Speaker 6: You know who I am. You're welcome. I've got this

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Speaker 6: breaking news for you. Chip Kelly is gonna sign with

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Speaker 6: the Bucks. He goes, no, he's not, and I go, no,

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Speaker 6: my cousin is there and he sees him. He goes, yeah,

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Speaker 6: well he's in Philadelphia right now, just about to sign.

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Speaker 6: An hour later, he breaks Chip Kelly is signing with

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Speaker 6: the Bucks. And I'm like, all right, my reporting career

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Speaker 6: is over. I'm not doing so this guy is twenty

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Speaker 6: six and doing this. I tried it once at thirty yeah,

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Speaker 2: Okay, and he's been doing it since he was seventeen

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Speaker 2: or eighteen years old. I mean, he's a prodigy. He

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Speaker 3: He's unbelievable.

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Speaker 2: By the way, you got it wrong. You got it wrong.

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Speaker 2: Schefter was right. You said Schefter reported that he went

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Speaker 2: to the Bucks. He actually went to the Eagles. So

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Speaker 2: Schefter was yes, yes, yes.

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Speaker 6: Schefter comes out and goes, yeah, he's going to the Eagles.

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Speaker 2: Sorry, yes, but we will discuss with Shandon's the time

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Speaker 2: that Schefter missed out on NFL News because who's on

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Speaker 2: the phone taking calls with US basketball calls nonetheless, before

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Speaker 2: we bring shams on quick quick game of athletes or

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Speaker 3: A sham, I feel like you have one god sham, God.

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Speaker 6: You win.

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Speaker 2: I got some more, I got some more. Hold on

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Speaker 2: Randall Chambly, I think that's his name from the golf guy.

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Speaker 3: What's his name? Can you look it up? Look it up?

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Speaker 6: Look it up?

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Speaker 3: Look it up?

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Speaker 6: Chambly Shambeau.

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Speaker 2: Wow, that is a good one. Bryson D. Chambeau, I

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Speaker 2: But I guess sham is the same thing. How about uh,

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Speaker 2: let's see, how about Brian Cardinal Cards credit card scheme?

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Speaker 2: Let me come on stretch A bit of a reach there,

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Speaker 2: real real reach there.

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Speaker 2: How about Henry Winkler, who once played Arthur Fonzarelli a

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Speaker 2: Fonsie scheme.

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Speaker 6: Yes, I win. This is the biggest stretch you've ever

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Speaker 6: done for this game.

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Speaker 2: Other people in sports sham.

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Speaker 6: Chris Shambless.

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Speaker 2: Chris Chambliss is amazing. Well, I'm so jealous. So we

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Speaker 2: got Chris Shambliss, and then of course the gods step.

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Speaker 3: Let's get to Sham Sharanya.

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Speaker 2: You can check him out at the Athletic the Stadium

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Speaker 2: on Twitter at Shamsharanya dot com.

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Speaker 3: He'll spell that for you when he come on. Let's

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Speaker 3: get to Shams right now. What's up, man, How you

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Speaker 3: guys doing, How are you doing?

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Speaker 5: I'm good, I'm good. To gods, I'm a big fan

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Speaker 5: obviously my editor actually, I don't know if you know.

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Speaker 5: I'm Sergio Gonzales. He's actually from Yes, Florida, so he's

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Speaker 3: So thank you. Man.

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Speaker 2: Listen, I have never felt older than I than I

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Speaker 2: do right now staring at you. Okay, dude, I'm old

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Speaker 2: sold bro, I'm we're gonna find out you're you're an

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Speaker 2: old soul, but you're a young man, Shams.

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Speaker 3: I mean Jesus Christ.

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Speaker 5: Appreciate you.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so we were, we were we were talking about

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Speaker 2: real quickly, and thanks for doing this, man, because I

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Speaker 2: know you don't do a lot of this, Like our

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Speaker 5: No, I appreciate you guys having I don't I don't

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Speaker 5: do much and honestly, I rely on my people that

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Speaker 5: I like work for I guess I thought you cold

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Speaker 5: see him to kind of help me pick and choose

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Speaker 5: what to do what not to do. And I lobbed

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Speaker 5: this to my guy Sergio, and he's like, no, you

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Speaker 5: gotta do this one for sure.

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Speaker 2: So okay, hey mikey, Hey Mike.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, get Surgery on the pod.

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Speaker 2: Okay, you know.

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Speaker 3: He's my man.

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Speaker 5: Thank you, dude, no doubt, no doubt. Appreciate you guys.

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Speaker 2: So, and I know you're busy, so we'll try to

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Speaker 2: get you out here quickly. We were talking about, you know,

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Speaker 2: WOJ has WOJ bomb, and we were thinking, you need

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Speaker 2: to have a name, and I think I have the

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Speaker 2: name for you. Tell me how you feel about slam

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Speaker 2: dunk slam dunk.

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Speaker 5: Listen. I'll take whatever. I'll take whatever. If that's what

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Speaker 2: Should it be a sham dunk or a slam dunk,

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Speaker 2: I can't figure it out, you know.

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Speaker 5: Honestly, I like both. Another one I've seen online is

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Speaker 5: I let the fans decide, you know, If anything, it

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Speaker 5: just shows fan engagement.

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Speaker 2: You know.

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Speaker 5: Nowadays you can kind of interrap with fans. So it's

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Speaker 5: it's it's awesome.

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Speaker 3: All right.

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Speaker 2: So if we put this on a poll, Wait, what

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Speaker 5: Someone said wow? Someone just shot was wow or sham

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Speaker 5: wow or something like that. I haven't heard yours yet.

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Speaker 5: Those are definitely different extremes, but we'll take it. I'll

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Speaker 2: It started with grand Slam, and then I realized you're

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Speaker 6: I'm not about go back old school video games, NBA Slam.

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Speaker 3: And slam dunk.

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Speaker 2: So we're gonna put these on the pole and we're

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Speaker 2: with me, all right, man, I'm wondering, Sham's like, you're

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Speaker 5: So I knew when I got cut playing basketball early

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Speaker 5: And so I started writing for my school newspaper as

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Speaker 5: So I was writing a lot about the Bulls, writing

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Speaker 5: the league. And I think it just it's a gradual progression, right,

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Speaker 5: and people might want to see the end journey or

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Speaker 5: think that what I'm doing right now is just happened overnight,

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Speaker 5: but it never does. Like I've been doing this. I'm

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Speaker 5: twenty six now, I'm doing this for nine years. I'm

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Speaker 5: about to turn twenty seven actually soon, so it's about

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Speaker 5: ten years. I feel probably in my thirties, late thirties

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Speaker 5: given back, you know, my basketball years. But I just

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Speaker 5: I feel like I'm learning every every single day. But

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Speaker 5: I really think it started probably junior year of high school.

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Speaker 2: That's pretty amazing. So how did it turn into reporting?

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Speaker 2: It's funny where you know all the different avenues the

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Speaker 6: Where, Where's the strangest place you ever got a tip from,

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Speaker 6: whether or not you ran, but like where, Like he

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Speaker 5: I don't know if I guess I can tell you where.

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Speaker 2: Has this ever happened to you? Adam Schefter was on

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, I've definitely, I mean, listen, I've been

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Speaker 5: But I don't really view that as a mistake, right,

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Speaker 5: Like things happen in life. I think I would be

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Speaker 2: Sure texted me he was too booked while on a

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Speaker 3: What's the story throughout your young career?

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Speaker 2: Here shams that you were most excited to break the

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Speaker 5: I would probably say my first one, right is when

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Speaker 5: But I think that's probably you made it, You.

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Speaker 4: So coverd, it's your loss. We were going to play

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Speaker 2: Is there a story you've had where where someone you

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Speaker 2: Be honest, Shams, have you ever talked shit like you

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Speaker 2: got a story and you just texted him?

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Speaker 3: You talk some ship like? Please tell me yes, I.

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Speaker 5: Definitely no ship talking on my and I just stay on,

440
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Speaker 5: I just stay head down.

441
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Speaker 2: But he definitely a ship talked, you know, like, come on,

442
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Speaker 2: I know has called you.

443
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Speaker 6: Listen.

444
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Speaker 3: Woj is a friend. I love woj Dan and.

445
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Speaker 2: I have a great lyric We have a new relationship

446
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Speaker 2: with you. I like you a lot better, but we

447
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Speaker 2: like Woe. So I'm just like, he doesn't come off

448
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Speaker 2: as a guy who talks ship, but I know he

449
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Speaker 2: takes this stuff very seriously, you know, yeah.

450
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Speaker 5: No, I mean that's that's something you know you work with, right,

451
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Speaker 5: So for me, it's a there's definitely loved respect there.

452
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Speaker 5: So I I you guys know me, I just stay

453
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Speaker 5: in my lane, blinders out.

454
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Speaker 3: But you know me, I tried to get you out

455
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Speaker 3: of your late.

456
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Speaker 6: By forcefully taking the wheel.

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna give you a few names here, Shams. I

458
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Speaker 2: don't know how how to do this with you because

459
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Speaker 2: you're a reporter, I'm going to make you take guesses,

460
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Speaker 2: but I'm gonna give you a name, and you tell

461
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Speaker 2: me whether or not you think he's going to be

462
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Speaker 2: traded by the deadline, and if so, where you think

463
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Speaker 2: he's going.

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Speaker 3: Is that fair? Is that a fair way of doing it?

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Speaker 5: If that's what you want to do, I'll answer the.

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Speaker 3: Best I can, Okay, Andre Drummond.

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Speaker 5: I mean, I definitely don't think he'll be in Cleveland.

468
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Speaker 5: I don't know if he'll get traded. That's the that's

469
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Speaker 5: the tough part, right, Like, I think eventually like if

470
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Speaker 5: he if he if he isn't traded, I would be

471
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Speaker 5: shocked to be still on that roster. I assume he's

472
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Speaker 5: bought out, and then you have to look at teams

473
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Speaker 5: like Brooklyn, the Lakers, Miami, the Knicks, Toronto potentially. I think.

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Speaker 5: I think the one trade spot that was really in

475
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Speaker 5: mind was Toronto, but that seems to have fizzled out.

476
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Speaker 5: And outside of that, I don't know which other destination

477
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Speaker 5: there could be. I don't know if it's if it

478
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Speaker 5: is a Miami, right Miami has a couple of contracts

479
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Speaker 5: that might make sense. Trade is just very hard. He's

480
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Speaker 5: making so much money, so it's hard for me to

481
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Speaker 5: answer straight up. Do I think he's there after the

482
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Speaker 5: All Star break or after trade deadline?

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Speaker 2: No?

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Speaker 5: But but will he be traded? I'm like fifty to fifty, man,

485
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Speaker 5: So I'm kind of give you a right there.

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Speaker 3: No, but that's fine. Like, listen, you're guessing, we're all guessing.

487
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Speaker 2: But but like you're thinking buy out and then maybe

488
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Speaker 2: he just you know, he becomes a free agent and

489
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Speaker 2: go signs with the team, right.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, like him finishing the Sea. I mean, they already

491
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Speaker 5: banished him away from the team, right, and he wants

492
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Speaker 5: to go have a role somewhere else. So I yeah,

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Speaker 5: if he's not moved, I think they would move toward

494
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Speaker 5: a buyout.

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Speaker 3: Bradley beal No, No, he will not be in there, Okay,

496
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Speaker 3: Lonzo ball My, I mean the actually he's playing.

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Speaker 5: Very well, playing really well. And that's the and that's

498
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Speaker 5: the thing. He's a restricted free agent, and that's what

499
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Speaker 5: makes it so tough, right because if you want him,

500
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Speaker 5: you're gonna have to give up, you know, an asset,

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Speaker 5: maybe a protected first a first round pick, multiple multiple

502
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Speaker 5: second round picks, or n Orleans could just take him

503
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Speaker 5: to restricted vree agency or whichever you know, like you know,

504
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Speaker 5: I've reported the Bulls, the Warrior teams like that, who

505
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Speaker 5: might like him, they could just wait until restricted free agency.

506
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Speaker 5: So if you're the Bulls, do you really give up

507
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Speaker 5: a salary and a protected first round pick or first

508
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Speaker 5: round pick or do you just wait till retriction free agency.

509
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Speaker 5: So it's always tough, you know him John Collins, guys

510
00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:19,800
Speaker 5: like that, It's very tough restrict the way see even

511
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Speaker 5: with him. So that's why, you know, with both guys,

512
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Speaker 5: my gut says no. But because the asking price, could

513
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Speaker 5: it happen? For sure? My gut says no. And it

514
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Speaker 5: wouldn't surprise you. Both guys are on different teams though,

515
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Speaker 5: come off season.

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Speaker 3: How about LaMarcus Aldridge?

517
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Speaker 5: Definitely a good possibility of a move. I again, he

518
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Speaker 5: makes so much money that it would have to take

519
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Speaker 5: the right situation in the in the right team. But uh,

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Speaker 5: you know, again, that's a guy that definitely there aren't

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Speaker 5: contenders that are made calls, and I think the Spurs

522
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Speaker 5: are listening.

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Speaker 6: This turned out to be true, as two hours after

524
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Speaker 6: this podcast was recorded, the Spurs have announced they have

525
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Speaker 6: mutually agreed to part ways with LaMarcus Aldridge.

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Speaker 3: Slam dunk sham and lang ding dong what god sham God.

527
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Speaker 3: DeMar de rezin.

528
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Speaker 5: My gut says he's not moved. But again, like I

529
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Speaker 5: reported last week, the Spurs are getting calls on him

530
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Speaker 5: and they're listening. And he's a guy that for a

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Speaker 5: team like the Lakers or the Clippers or you know,

532
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Speaker 5: the Nuggets. I mean he could he could be a

533
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Speaker 5: difference maker. Uh.

534
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Speaker 2: And then the guy on Orlando whose name I always botch,

535
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Speaker 2: in fact, his nationality I botch as well.

536
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Speaker 3: I call him the Russian Nicola woosa chick. I don't

537
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Speaker 3: even know how to say. It's not the same.

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Speaker 6: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: I know the heater looking at him right like that's

540
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Speaker 2: a big rumor right now, the heater looking at him.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I I don't think. I don't think Swedish. By

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Speaker 5: the way, Yeah, by the way, yeah, I was just

543
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Speaker 5: looking that up. No.

544
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Speaker 2: I called him the Russian once on the show Shams,

545
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Speaker 2: and no one, I mean no one, everyone thought it

546
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Speaker 2: was right.

547
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Speaker 3: They just assumed he was rushing.

548
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Speaker 2: And then Mike got around to looking it up and

549
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Speaker 2: he was like, hey, Stu, he's from Sweden.

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Speaker 5: I'm like, I don't think he'll be moved just because again,

551
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Speaker 5: the asking price would have to be through the roof,

552
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Speaker 5: like a team that trades from you, you have to

553
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Speaker 5: give up two to three first shown picks for a

554
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Speaker 5: guy that's everything twenty five and twelve and four assists

555
00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:20,919
Speaker 5: or three assists or whatever he's averaging.

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Speaker 2: So my gut says, no, Okay, anyone else, Maybe perhaps

557
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Speaker 2: we're not thinking of that could be a surprise, a

558
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Speaker 2: guy that could move here before the trading deadline or

559
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Speaker 2: at the trading deadline.

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Speaker 5: No, I mean, I think I think Blusovich and Lowry

561
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Speaker 5: are definitely like big games. But the thing with both

562
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Speaker 5: is they're both legacy players, right, So my gut would

563
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Speaker 5: both kind of leads me to believe that, like, no,

564
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Speaker 5: but you know, the legacy I know for both players

565
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Speaker 5: means a lot. I think the one guy teams and

566
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Speaker 5: contenders are looking at is PJ. Tucker. He's a guy that,

567
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Speaker 5: you know, whether you're looking at Milwaukee, Miami, Denver, the Lakers,

568
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Speaker 5: I would expect him, you know, to be a guy

569
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Speaker 5: that that's moved around dead line for probably you know,

570
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Speaker 5: contracts and at least one or two assets.

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Speaker 4: Does Colin realize I'm a lot more popular than he.

572
00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:13,000
Speaker 2: Is all right, I'm gonna do some some quick fun

573
00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:14,840
Speaker 2: stuff with you and get you at here because I

574
00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:16,600
Speaker 2: know you're short on time, so real quick.

575
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Speaker 3: You're twenty six years old, you said? Is that? Is

576
00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:20,400
Speaker 3: that correct? Twenty six years old?

577
00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:22,240
Speaker 5: Twenty six going on twenty seven?

578
00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:24,840
Speaker 3: All right, Mike, so that hasn't What year were you

579
00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:25,639
Speaker 3: born in jams?

580
00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:26,240
Speaker 6: What year is that?

581
00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:27,520
Speaker 5: Ninety four?

582
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Speaker 3: Fucking Christ Shams?

583
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Speaker 2: I mean, my god, you have done more with your

584
00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:33,880
Speaker 2: life in twenty six years than I've done in fifty.

585
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Speaker 3: Man, are you kidding?

586
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Speaker 2: I'm forty seven, all right, So we're wondering because you're

587
00:26:40,119 --> 00:26:40,640
Speaker 2: so young.

588
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Speaker 3: Okay? For you?

589
00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:45,800
Speaker 2: Is it full House or Fuller House?

590
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Speaker 5: Oh? Man, I don't want I don't want to age

591
00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:53,400
Speaker 5: myself and not and not give give an answer to either.

592
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Speaker 5: Full I think I watched full House.

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Speaker 3: Okay, I think that's.

594
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Speaker 5: The one I will watch.

595
00:26:58,720 --> 00:26:59,840
Speaker 3: But it could have been Fuller House.

596
00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:07,520
Speaker 5: Okay, it all depends whichever one's the most recent. Definitely,

597
00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:08,960
Speaker 5: don't hold me to I think it was full.

598
00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:11,920
Speaker 3: House, okay, to you? Fuller right to you?

599
00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:15,440
Speaker 2: Is Michael Jordan the owner of the Hornets or that

600
00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:17,680
Speaker 2: guy playing out the string for the Wizards.

601
00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:23,880
Speaker 5: He's definitely Owner of the Hornets. I think I think

602
00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:27,760
Speaker 5: he's done a better jobs is the owner of the Hornets,

603
00:27:28,119 --> 00:27:29,679
Speaker 5: and I think he would probably say the same thing

604
00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:31,440
Speaker 5: than than the Wizards.

605
00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:31,960
Speaker 3: For you?

606
00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:38,720
Speaker 2: Is Karate Kid? Ralph Machio or Hillary Swank or Will

607
00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:39,480
Speaker 2: Smith's Kid?

608
00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:42,000
Speaker 5: Definitely Will Smith's Kid?

609
00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:44,119
Speaker 6: Jesus Shams.

610
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Speaker 2: Have you ever watched the original Karate Kid?

611
00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:50,240
Speaker 5: I have, but I'm gonna watch it now. I'm gonna

612
00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:51,760
Speaker 5: watch it on it.

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00:27:52,359 --> 00:27:56,040
Speaker 2: All Valley Championships, Johnny Lawrence, go, please go watch it,

614
00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:57,760
Speaker 2: and then I want to have you back on and

615
00:27:57,880 --> 00:27:58,720
Speaker 2: only talk about.

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00:27:58,520 --> 00:27:59,600
Speaker 3: The Karate Kid, the original.

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00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:01,480
Speaker 5: Okay, I'm writing it down, I'm on it.

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00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:03,800
Speaker 6: I'm on it all right for you.

619
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Speaker 2: Coming to America Surprise Hit from twenty to twenty one

620
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Speaker 2: or All Time Great from nineteen eighty.

621
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Speaker 5: All Time Great. Actually just watched I just watched Coming

622
00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:19,840
Speaker 5: to America too last night on HBO Max. Definitely a

623
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Speaker 5: movie for the kids. I don't know if it had

624
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Speaker 5: the recklessness of the first one. Maybe might have had, but.

625
00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:29,760
Speaker 6: It was all right. I was okay, it wasn't as

626
00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:31,280
Speaker 6: bad as I thought it was gonna be.

627
00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:36,760
Speaker 5: One sequels is very very hard to one up. The

628
00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:39,360
Speaker 5: first movie if you're a sequel, so it's tough, but

629
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Speaker 5: I loved it. I love Coming to America though.

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00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:46,400
Speaker 2: All right, Rocky for you boxing champion or the white

631
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Speaker 2: guy who taught Apolo's kid had a box.

632
00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:56,240
Speaker 5: Probably whatever character was increased with Michael B. Jordan's Okay,

633
00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:57,040
Speaker 5: he was.

634
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Speaker 2: He was the old, washed up white guy he taught

635
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Speaker 2: Apolo's kid.

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00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:01,320
Speaker 5: That's probably it.

637
00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:03,560
Speaker 6: Perfect.

638
00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:10,880
Speaker 2: A couple more Votti divots, Lakers and King Center or

639
00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:14,320
Speaker 2: the x GM of the Kings and current hookah Smoker.

640
00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:21,520
Speaker 5: Definitely the Lakers and former King Center like those. I remember.

641
00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:24,680
Speaker 5: I used to watch those those old Lakers Kings. You know,

642
00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:26,880
Speaker 5: they used to play it on ESPN Classic all the time,

643
00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:29,280
Speaker 5: and I just stay up real late at night back

644
00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:31,240
Speaker 5: in the day, you know, probably when I was ten

645
00:29:31,320 --> 00:29:33,800
Speaker 5: years old, twelve years old, just watching on ESPN Classic

646
00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:36,440
Speaker 5: game won the game seven. Uh, that was my first

647
00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:39,560
Speaker 5: play exposure to real basketball. So I enjoy with that.

648
00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:44,240
Speaker 6: You watch those ESPN Classic games when they weren't classics.

649
00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:45,920
Speaker 2: Right, But shams, how does that look to you?

650
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Speaker 6: No?

651
00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:48,880
Speaker 2: No, but seriously, like it's a different game, Like when

652
00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:50,240
Speaker 2: you watch that, you get sad.

653
00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:53,200
Speaker 5: I mean, it was just a different time though, right,

654
00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:55,240
Speaker 5: like those guys. I mean, I was just you're just

655
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Speaker 5: watching the All Star game, right, You're seeing Steph Perry,

656
00:29:57,320 --> 00:30:00,440
Speaker 5: Dame Lillard shoot threes from half court. I remember I

657
00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:04,280
Speaker 5: was that All Star weekend in New York in twenty fifteen,

658
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Speaker 5: and I think that was really the first All Star

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Speaker 5: where guys literally were just shooting threes like most of

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Speaker 5: the game. And I'm like, is this really fun to watch?

661
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Speaker 5: But man, I was watching on Sunday night, like watching

662
00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:19,240
Speaker 5: Dame and Steff shoot from half court. That's just next level.

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Speaker 5: This is ridiculous.

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Speaker 4: You know what the blazing five is code for. It's

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Speaker 4: code for set your money on fire if you take

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Speaker 4: Collins picks.

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Speaker 3: I think Dame should be the MVP. What do you think.

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Speaker 5: I've said it for the last few years. I think

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Speaker 5: he's out a case. I don't know if he's MVP

670
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Speaker 5: this year. I think, you know, Joel Lebron, but he

671
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Speaker 5: definitely should be in the top five.

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Speaker 2: Some quick hits and we'll get you out of here.

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Speaker 2: Have you we have a quick game of sham or

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Speaker 2: no sham? By the way, have you ever seen the

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Speaker 2: Knicks be good? I mean, because you're young, you're twenty six,

676
00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:57,800
Speaker 2: and I'm not certain they've been good in twenty five years.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, I mean, I guess they're good now,

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00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:02,480
Speaker 5: all right, Like I mean, if above five hundred counts,

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Speaker 5: I guess I've seen it. I guess for the first time.

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00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:07,920
Speaker 2: Maybe we've said we've set the bar really really love.

681
00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:12,280
Speaker 2: Have you ever seen die Hard?

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Speaker 5: I'm sure I've skimmed it in Washington passing. I don't

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Speaker 5: again you you.

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Speaker 2: Guys, write it down, Shams, write it down, Write it down.

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00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:25,040
Speaker 6: It's okay. Who is Robin Hood?

686
00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:28,880
Speaker 2: Is Robinhood a movie or a stock trading app?

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Speaker 5: Probably?

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Speaker 3: Oh God, I love this. You're fantastic.

689
00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:40,479
Speaker 2: I'm gonna get you out of here right now, Shamer,

690
00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:43,440
Speaker 2: no sham very quick, and you're out of here. Sham

691
00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:46,480
Speaker 2: or no sham. Your name is harder. Your last name

692
00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:55,640
Speaker 2: is harder to pronounce than woj Noowski. I think it's okay.

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00:31:55,760 --> 00:31:56,480
Speaker 5: I think it's easy.

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Speaker 3: It's Sharanya, right either.

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Speaker 5: And I'm see I don't judge, so you can you

696
00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:03,560
Speaker 5: can say you can pronounce it how whatever you want it?

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00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:08,720
Speaker 2: All right, sham Siranya on Twitter At Sham's Siranya on Twitter.

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00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:10,040
Speaker 3: But spell the last name, so they have.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, the first name s h A MS, last name

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Speaker 5: c h A r A N I A the athletic

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00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:17,400
Speaker 5: and stadium. Let's get it.

702
00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:21,880
Speaker 2: Yeah, go ahead, keep promoting it, man. Uh shammer, no sham.

703
00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:24,800
Speaker 2: Knicks will make the second round of the playoffs this year.

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00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:31,320
Speaker 5: I don't even know how to answer that. I mean,

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00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:36,600
Speaker 5: it depends what's seating me. I don't I don't think

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00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:38,520
Speaker 5: it's a sham. I think there's a chance of if

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00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:40,600
Speaker 5: they get home court advantage again, they're right there for

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00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:43,400
Speaker 5: home court. If they get home court, the ports seat,

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00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:48,120
Speaker 5: I can see it. If they don't, then know, all right, Okay,

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00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:49,600
Speaker 5: that's fair, Mike, we have a shot.

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00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:54,160
Speaker 6: Well then shoved from the guy who's never seen them.

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00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:58,360
Speaker 2: Good, exactly right. Uh shammer No sham Peing in the

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Speaker 2: shower shams yes, no sham no. Yeah. Yeah.

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Speaker 5: I feel like we all have it at some point. Yeah,

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Speaker 5: we all have no sham.

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00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:13,040
Speaker 2: Yes, sometimes I do it when I don't even have

717
00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:14,880
Speaker 2: to shower. It's just my choices in the toilet, the

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00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:15,760
Speaker 2: shower I just got.

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Speaker 6: There are the people who answer that reluctantly yes, and

720
00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:23,240
Speaker 6: then there are people that lie.

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Speaker 5: Answer that question.

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00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:29,040
Speaker 2: Everyone has come on, I did this morning, just so

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Speaker 2: we're all clear.

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Speaker 3: Okay, sham er no sham.

725
00:33:32,360 --> 00:33:34,200
Speaker 2: Tom Thibodeau will be Coach of the Year this year.

726
00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:38,000
Speaker 5: I mean he's definitely gonna He's either gonna be runner

727
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Speaker 5: up or third or somewhere. I mean it's Quinn Snyder him.

728
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Speaker 5: I think you gotta put money Williams in that category.

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00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:46,960
Speaker 5: I'm probably blanking on someone else right now. But Billy

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Speaker 5: Donovan I think has done a good job in Chicago.

731
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Speaker 5: So I mean those four so, I mean he's got

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Speaker 5: a shot.

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Speaker 3: Catch up on hot Dogs sham or no sham.

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Speaker 5: No sham. I assume that means yes, like that's homo right, Well.

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00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:05,800
Speaker 3: No, it's not, no, but for you it might be.

736
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Speaker 3: For me, it's not.

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Speaker 5: That's no no no. I definitely always put catch up

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Speaker 5: on my aunt dogs for sure.

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00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:20,600
Speaker 2: Lakers without Anthony Davis sham or no sham.

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Speaker 5: They're not. I mean, they're definitely not win the championship.

741
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Speaker 2: So whatever that comes for so without him, so no

742
00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:29,080
Speaker 2: so so without him sham. Okay, right, all right, peeing

743
00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:32,160
Speaker 2: in the pool shammer no sham.

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00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:36,600
Speaker 5: I feel like we've all done it before. But I'm

745
00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:38,640
Speaker 5: I'm at a point in my life now where it's

746
00:34:38,640 --> 00:34:40,560
Speaker 5: probably a sham. So I'm not I'm not going for

747
00:34:40,640 --> 00:34:41,840
Speaker 5: that right now, not right now.

748
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Speaker 3: Alright, three more year out of here.

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Speaker 2: Julius Randall is as good or better than Chris Bahh

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00:34:46,680 --> 00:34:51,839
Speaker 2: sham or no sham this question, no, because what what

751
00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:54,520
Speaker 2: I go you are? What I called it, what I

752
00:34:54,560 --> 00:34:56,840
Speaker 2: call this topic is February March.

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00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:57,920
Speaker 6: There's nothing to talk.

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00:34:57,800 --> 00:35:03,960
Speaker 5: About, guys. Chris Bosh won how many championships?

755
00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:08,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, only won two Hall of Famer So okay, all right,

756
00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:12,240
Speaker 2: but listen, Julius Randall, if he has home court advantage,

757
00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:13,160
Speaker 2: might get to the second.

758
00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:14,160
Speaker 3: Round of the playoffs this year.

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00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:15,240
Speaker 6: Welcome.

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00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:20,880
Speaker 2: Uh. Then NETS will never ever be more relevant than

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00:35:20,920 --> 00:35:21,360
Speaker 2: the Knicks.

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Speaker 3: Sham or no shap.

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00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:25,200
Speaker 2: Um.

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00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:26,560
Speaker 5: Sorry.

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00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:29,840
Speaker 3: Read in text you got did you wait all on?

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00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:31,560
Speaker 3: Did you get a Grand Slam? Did you get a

767
00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:32,239
Speaker 3: slam dunk?

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00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:34,280
Speaker 5: No? Unfortunately, now on this text.

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Speaker 3: Would you tell us if you got one? Would you

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Speaker 3: tell us?

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00:35:38,719 --> 00:35:41,719
Speaker 5: Of course? Of course I definitely would until.

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Speaker 6: We posted the podcast till next tomorrow.

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00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:46,600
Speaker 5: It was funny. I was actually on pardon my take

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00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:49,040
Speaker 5: once and the monkey Moore to buy out to the

775
00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:51,759
Speaker 5: Lakers happened, so that literally happened during the show, which

776
00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:53,520
Speaker 5: was crazy, but uh no, I would definitely do it

777
00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:54,120
Speaker 5: in real time.

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00:35:56,800 --> 00:35:59,440
Speaker 2: You said the Nets will never be the Nets will

779
00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:01,640
Speaker 2: never be more relevant than the next the oly reason

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00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:04,080
Speaker 2: I say that the Nets have everything going for him. Uh,

781
00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:05,600
Speaker 2: they're all healthy. I think they could make it to

782
00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:09,120
Speaker 2: the NBA Finals easily. Yet the story in New York

783
00:36:09,239 --> 00:36:11,920
Speaker 2: is the next nothing. That's they're a game above five hundred.

784
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:14,160
Speaker 5: You know, we'll see who's a story in like May

785
00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:15,360
Speaker 5: Junior July though, you.

786
00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:15,799
Speaker 2: Know what I mean?

787
00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:25,000
Speaker 3: Yes, yes, okay, coward more like coward ther last one.

788
00:36:25,080 --> 00:36:28,360
Speaker 2: You graduated from Loyola Chicago, great school.

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00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:33,680
Speaker 3: Yeah, in the tournament yep.

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00:36:34,160 --> 00:36:37,960
Speaker 2: Sister Jean though, my question is about Sister Jean sham

791
00:36:38,680 --> 00:36:39,680
Speaker 2: or super sham.

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00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:46,000
Speaker 5: She is not a sham. Definitely, she's the truth. I

793
00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:49,200
Speaker 5: actually remember her all the time when I was in school,

794
00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:51,840
Speaker 5: like she would just be she would be everywhere, and

795
00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:54,520
Speaker 5: to see her kind of become a star has been

796
00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:57,680
Speaker 5: actually dope to see. So definitely not a sham. She's

797
00:36:57,719 --> 00:36:58,200
Speaker 5: a real deal.

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00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:00,840
Speaker 3: All right, man, Hey, this is this has been a

799
00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:03,080
Speaker 3: lot of fun. Appreciate your time. You'd been gracious with

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00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:03,399
Speaker 3: your time.

801
00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:05,560
Speaker 2: I know it's a busy time for you. Promote everything

802
00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:07,880
Speaker 2: you're doing shams. Tell everyone where they can find all

803
00:37:07,960 --> 00:37:09,600
Speaker 2: your stuff, and I will continue to do that as

804
00:37:09,600 --> 00:37:10,560
Speaker 2: we continue with the podcast.

805
00:37:10,719 --> 00:37:12,359
Speaker 5: No, I appreciate you guys. So yeah, I mean I'm

806
00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:14,120
Speaker 5: at the You know you can catch my written work

807
00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:17,400
Speaker 5: on the Athletic, my video work on Stadium and uh

808
00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:21,360
Speaker 5: and on Twitter at Cham's Trani, on Instagram, on Sham's NBA.

809
00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:23,200
Speaker 5: So appreciate you guys having me on.

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00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:25,399
Speaker 3: All right, man, thanks for making me feel old.

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00:37:27,239 --> 00:37:27,520
Speaker 5: Thank you.

812
00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:30,040
Speaker 2: All right, So listen, you're gonna do Karate Kid and

813
00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:32,200
Speaker 2: die Hard come back on and we're gonna have your

814
00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:33,240
Speaker 2: breakdown those movies.

815
00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:34,759
Speaker 3: I gotcha, I got you.

816
00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:37,400
Speaker 2: Okay, I'm telling you, me and LeBatard, we want to

817
00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:39,480
Speaker 2: make you a big part of our show and this show.

818
00:37:39,560 --> 00:37:41,040
Speaker 3: If you're interested in doing it, we'd love to do

819
00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:42,080
Speaker 3: that because we think you're great.

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00:37:42,239 --> 00:37:44,560
Speaker 5: Appreciate you, guys. No, I appreciate you guys having me

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00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:47,560
Speaker 5: and again prop simieditor Sergio Gonzalez.

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00:37:48,120 --> 00:37:50,359
Speaker 2: Yes, yeah, tell Sergio. We're gonna call him this week

823
00:37:50,360 --> 00:37:52,120
Speaker 2: to have them on the podcast next week. Okay, to

824
00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:54,240
Speaker 2: get some sham stories. We want some sham stories.

825
00:37:55,560 --> 00:37:56,439
Speaker 5: Appreciate you guys.

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00:37:56,480 --> 00:37:58,640
Speaker 3: Thank you all right, man, we appreciate you. Thank you, buddy,

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Speaker 3: Thank you Jesus Christ, Mike. That guy is young.

828
00:38:02,560 --> 00:38:05,640
Speaker 2: That guy is handsome. That guy is well spoken, smart,

829
00:38:06,440 --> 00:38:07,880
Speaker 2: he's got MBA connections.

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00:38:07,960 --> 00:38:09,239
Speaker 3: Holy shit, that was good.

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Speaker 6: Man reminds me of a young May.

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Speaker 5: Yeah.

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00:38:13,719 --> 00:38:16,399
Speaker 3: I gotta tell you I hate his guts. I gotta

834
00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:16,719
Speaker 3: tell you this.

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Speaker 6: Thank god.

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00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:23,239
Speaker 2: Colin Cowhard said no, I invited it on. Colin said

837
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Speaker 2: he was too busy. Thank fucking god, Stepody.

838
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Speaker 4: Colin could have just said no. Did he have to

839
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Speaker 4: tell me he has his own podcast network. By the way,

840
00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:43,719
Speaker 4: I'm in the business. I replaced Colin at ESPN, and

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00:38:43,880 --> 00:38:50,440
Speaker 4: I had no idea he had his own podcast network. Perhaps, Colin,

842
00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:54,720
Speaker 4: that's something you'd like to promote on a podcast network

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00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:56,480
Speaker 4: that people actually listen to.

844
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Speaker 3: Good thing.

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Speaker 4: I'm not petty, you're well Stupidity