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Speaker 3: Welcome in episode one, What's Right with Nick Wright? Huge

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Speaker 3: show today. You know, the other day I said we

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Speaker 3: were gonna try to have a quick show. I don't

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Speaker 3: know that I can promise you that today because we

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Speaker 3: have so much to do. We have an NFL Draft recap.

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Speaker 3: Round one of the NBA playoffs are over. Round two

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Speaker 3: has already begun. Steph Lebron Part five starts tonight. So

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Speaker 3: much to get to right now, however, we must get

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Speaker 3: to what. And by the way, my lovely daughter newly

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Speaker 3: eighteen year old daughter, Diora Diora, don't leave me hanging.

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Speaker 3: She's here hosting with me. Appreciate it. She's on the show.

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Speaker 3: She just had a birthday this weekend. It was wonderful.

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Speaker 3: It was lovely. Here's what did not make the cut

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Speaker 3: for today's show. Not on today's show, and Hopkins saying,

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Speaker 3: who said I want to go? Yeah he did? Uh, DeAndre,

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Speaker 3: I thought the Chiefs might trade for you. I thought

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Speaker 3: trade for you. That's why there were trade rumors. Aaron

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Speaker 3: Rodgers a Little Madison Square Garden double dip Ranger game,

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Speaker 3: then a Knicks game, and then Lebron gives some bad

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Speaker 3: wildlife advice, talking about if you see me fighting a

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Speaker 3: grizzly bear, help the bear. That is actually a verse

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Speaker 3: from a mystical freestyle. I preferred the tweet that he sent,

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Speaker 3: which was a verse from Kingdom come back in six

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Speaker 3: from jay Z. But regardless, we'll get to Lebron in

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Speaker 3: a bit, But first to you or oh, that's a

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Speaker 3: helping Lebron with a grizzly bear, give me a break.

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Speaker 3: That is no way to start the show. We have

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Speaker 3: too much to do to be distracted by this nonsense. Also,

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Speaker 3: by the way, speaking of birthdays, as we mentioned yours

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Speaker 3: eighteenth birthday was this weekend. Our executive producer Matt Ford's

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Speaker 3: birthday is today, so happy birthday to Matt. Do your

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Speaker 3: what are we starting with?

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Speaker 4: So today we're going to start with the Warriors pulled

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Speaker 4: off the series comeback against the Kings. Curry had fifty

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Speaker 4: in game seven. Yeh, if only someone, someone on this

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Speaker 4: show said that you'd regret picking the Kings. It must

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Speaker 4: be hard for you as a Warriors hater and a

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Speaker 4: sax Stan. Steph is entering Top ten conversations. But you

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Speaker 4: still doubt the Warriors. You gave your flowers to Curry

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Speaker 4: and also said the Warriors would have won if Fox

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Speaker 3: No, the Kings would have won.

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Speaker 4: The Kings would have won if Fox stayed healthy. So

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Speaker 4: which is it? Are the Warriors lucky? Or is it

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Speaker 3: Can it be a little of boat?

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Speaker 3: It's also a little of both. The Warriors did get lucky.

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Speaker 3: Most points in NBA history in a Game seven with fifty. Furthermore,

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Speaker 3: Ten of the last fifty years goes like this. Lebron Kareem, Jordan, Magic, Duncan, Kobe, Bird,

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Speaker 3: it's really hard because Shaq's the most dominant player I've

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Speaker 3: it gets really interesting for Steph because he's won on

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Speaker 3: is the greatest teammate in modern NBA history, with the

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Speaker 3: how do you measure that out? The issue for Steph

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Speaker 3: Steph Curry And again, you can check this out in

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Speaker 3: the video series. And keep in mind the video series

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Speaker 3: was done before he won last year's title, or it

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Speaker 3: Great seasons Steph has four first Team All NBAS, two MVPs,

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Speaker 3: He has four years like that, four first team All NBAS,

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Speaker 3: hard for him against Bird, Kobe and Duncan. Bird nine

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Speaker 3: two wins. And it's also I know people were doing

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Speaker 3: the is he better than Magic argument? I'm not ready

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Speaker 3: for that. I don't think that's right. Magic had twelve

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Speaker 3: we can't leaping him over Magic. Now. If he wins

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Speaker 3: Like because the question was about him being top ten

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Speaker 3: Sabonis was a problem for them all.

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Speaker 4: Right, next, now we are set up for an all

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Speaker 4: See where I am. Okay, sorry sorry, If Lebron loses

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Speaker 4: to Steph again, how can you say that this guy

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Speaker 3: Lebron does not need this at all. And this is

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Speaker 4: Next, okay, so you know look away demons.

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Speaker 3: But you think Demanse by the way, is watching no

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Speaker 3: I don't think he's watching it live. Oh he's there, Demo.

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Speaker 3: Look at this. Whoa wow, he's in studio.

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Speaker 4: Is this your first time, screw you?

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Speaker 5: But yes, this is my first time being in the office.

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Speaker 5: I also also sent you a little bit of money

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Speaker 3: Did you get it?

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Speaker 4: I did get it, all right.

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Speaker 5: I just wanted to make sure that I didn't get

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Speaker 3: You know, But I love you. Guys.

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Speaker 4: Supposed to play Fortnite last night.

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Speaker 5: This didn't text me for that either.

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Speaker 3: Okay, all right, hold on sibling rivalry notwithstanding diora if

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Speaker 4: Okay. So the seventy six Ers won Game one last

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Speaker 3: Well, we can ask him directly, but I also think

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Speaker 3: Demanse we not worried about it, is all I'm gonna say,

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Speaker 3: So what's the question here, Scoot?

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Speaker 4: Everyone is going to overreact to this Celtics loss.

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Speaker 3: Are you all right, So before I answer, because and

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Speaker 5: Hey man, I just don't think that what the Sixers

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Speaker 5: always tend to get sloppy. I'm not worried about it

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Speaker 3: Okay, here's why I do think, And let's turn off

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Speaker 3: I do think there is reason for concern for Boston

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Speaker 3: And this is why not taking care of business and

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Speaker 3: It really is a disaster for him. All right, last

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Speaker 4: Despite poor shooting all around, Denver took a two to

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Speaker 3: How many how many points do you think those bench

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Speaker 3: player but started for you, was one of three from

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Speaker 3: the field for two points. So your non big four

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Speaker 3: guys were a combined three of nineteen for six points.

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Speaker 3: Not gonna work. You then add to it that Chris

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Speaker 3: Paul tweaked his groin shocker the sunder in dire straits,

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Speaker 3: and then you have the odd Kevin Durant part of it,

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Speaker 3: which is duract. Listen, Durant was not good in this game.

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Speaker 3: In these playoffs as a whole, he's been good. It's

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Speaker 3: been twenty eight a game, twenty eight nine and five

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Speaker 3: on fifty percent from the field. He's been good, but

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Speaker 3: not as dominant as I think people expected him to

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Speaker 3: be good enough. Say it again, Yeah, it seems unfair,

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Speaker 3: but that's what it feels like. He hasn't had a

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Speaker 3: single I'm Kevin Durant, I'm gonna, you know, destroy your

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Speaker 3: world game yet this postseason. He's been very consistent. Yesterday

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Speaker 3: was his first bad game from a field goal percentage standpoint,

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Speaker 3: but twenty seven, twenty five, twenty eight, thirty one, thirty one,

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Speaker 3: twenty nine, twenty four. But they need more. And and

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Speaker 3: I said this, and Brew and I don't know wild

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Speaker 3: degreed or disagreed, but the minutes were going to catch

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Speaker 3: up to him. Minutes played in these playoffs are in

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Speaker 3: forty four, forty four, forty one, forty four, forty four,

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Speaker 3: thirty six because they got blown out forty four. Booker's

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Speaker 3: been excellent, not enough. I think the Suns are in

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Speaker 3: real trouble. And all the Jokic stuff, I know people

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Speaker 3: are going to recreate my history on Nikoli. Jokic never

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Speaker 3: said the guy's a bad player. I simply said I

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Speaker 3: did not think he deserved his two previous MVPs. I

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Speaker 3: also said this year I would have been fine with

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Speaker 3: him winning MVP if he hadn't won the previous two,

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Speaker 3: because this year he fit the bill of an actual MVP,

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Speaker 3: had unbelievable stats, the team was the one seed. They're

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Speaker 3: a real contender. But I wasn't gonna let I wasn't

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Speaker 3: okay with Yokic winning three in a row. With all

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Speaker 3: that said, he was extraordinary yesterday and he's been awesome

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Speaker 3: this postseason. And Lakers Nuggets in the Conference finals, which

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Speaker 3: we saw in the bubble, is gonna be great and

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Speaker 3: we're gonna get it again because the Lakers are beating

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Speaker 3: the Warriors. I didn't actually give that just real quick here,

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Speaker 3: I think Lakers Warriors is going to follow the exact

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Speaker 3: same beats as Lakers Grizzlies, where the Lakers win Game one,

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Speaker 3: lose Game two, win Game three and four, lose Game five,

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Speaker 3: win game six. I think that is gonna be the

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Speaker 3: beats of this series. And I think the Lakers out

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Speaker 3: in order to hurt my ankle. In order to win

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Speaker 3: a championship, the Lakers are gonna have to probably go

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Speaker 3: something close to undefeated at home in the postseason. They're

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Speaker 3: a quarter of the way they are at three and

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Speaker 3: Zo Deora excellent first segment, Demonse, that was delightful seeing you.

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Speaker 3: It's also don't care Season five, Demonse wrote on wrote

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Speaker 3: on a piece of paper, what'd you say to yours

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Speaker 3: so they can see him? I think, yeah, well, well,

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Speaker 3: here's the thing to you ere, this is an audio

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Speaker 3: and a video enterprise. So some people just listen to

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Speaker 3: your podcast, so they can't see all our cool graphics,

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Speaker 3: are cool studio, your lovely outfit today. They can't see

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Speaker 3: any of that. They just they are just you know, listening.

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Speaker 3: So I have to, you know, walk, I have to

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Speaker 3: read for them. Demonzi says, season five, that's not happening.

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Speaker 3: Pal season five is not happening. This Celtics could win

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Speaker 3: the series. But Celtics and five is not happening. And

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Speaker 3: the Suns and that Chris Paul injury. If he's out, man,

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Speaker 3: it's not that he's been great, but they don't have

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Speaker 3: the depth. And that was the concern with putting all

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Speaker 3: your eggs in a basket with a thirty seven, thirty

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Speaker 3: eight year old point guard thirty how old's drink thirty four.

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Speaker 3: There's some real, real risk there, and I think they're

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Speaker 3: seeing it now. Quick break, sixty second, break right back,

497
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Speaker 3: talk a little NFL draft, and play a cool game.

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Speaker 3: That's all next.

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Speaker 6: Well's right, We're so done with New Year, New you.

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Speaker 6: This year, it's more you on bumble, more of you

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Speaker 6: shamelessly sending playlists, especially that one filled with show tunes.

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Speaker 6: More of you finding geminis because you know you always

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Speaker 6: like them. More of you dating with intention because you

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Speaker 6: know what you want and you know what we love

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Speaker 6: that for you. Someone else will too be more you

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Speaker 6: this year and find them on bumble.

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Speaker 3: All right, Welcome back, do that every time, Welcome back

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Speaker 3: in Let me have it, okay, just remind me and

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Speaker 3: I'll let you have it, but it sounds bad and

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Speaker 3: we both do it. I'll just let you have it.

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Speaker 4: Now.

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Speaker 3: Your brother is in La watching from the studio. I

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Speaker 3: never let him do that, but he also didn't have

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Speaker 3: the audacity to even try to do that. Demonse understood

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Speaker 3: his role as the co host, like we are both well,

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Speaker 3: don't have to have the same argument. Next you're gonna

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Speaker 3: try to argue with me a barbecue or something. We

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Speaker 3: don't need to be in reruns already you're wrong. That's fine,

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Speaker 3: don't worry about it. But welcome back in and you

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Speaker 3: can do that in the future. What are we doing

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Speaker 3: with before we get to our game?

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Speaker 4: So we're gonna talk about the NFL draft has come

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Speaker 4: and gone. Yep, And there's lots of talk about qbs

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Speaker 4: and oh my gosh, qbs and the Lions taking.

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Speaker 3: And taking a running back, taking a running back.

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Speaker 4: But most importantly, do you think people already throwing the

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Speaker 4: Eagle Super Bowl parade is a bit much?

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Speaker 3: Okay, listen, I do like what the Eagles did. Jalen

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Speaker 3: Carter could have been the number one player in the draft.

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Speaker 3: Massive off field concerns, but the talent is undeniable. They

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Speaker 3: think they have the culture to deal with it. At

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Speaker 3: number nine, they traded up from ten to nine. I

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Speaker 3: get it. The player they took at thirty Nolan Smith

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Speaker 3: is the guy I wanted the Chiefs to draft at

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Speaker 3: thirty one. So I'm not gonna act like I don't

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Speaker 3: understand why people are loving days after the draft what

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Speaker 3: the Eagles did. It should be noted on Nolan Smith

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Speaker 3: that despite his insane combine measurables athletic freak tests that

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Speaker 3: he had that he just ace, he was not wildly

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Speaker 3: productive at Georgia last year. He only played eight games

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Speaker 3: and sacks can be a misleading number. Where he only

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Speaker 3: had three. The guy only had eighteen total tackles. So

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Speaker 3: the upside is there situational pass rusher down to down.

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Speaker 3: I say again, I wanted him on my team. But

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Speaker 3: the other thing that I think Howary Roseman is really good,

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Speaker 3: I also think there is some confirmation bias thus far

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Speaker 3: in how we evaluate him. Okay, so let's just go

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Speaker 3: through his first round picks over the last few years.

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Speaker 3: Because he's been great at trading, great at being aggressive,

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Speaker 3: fight drafting, Jalen Hurts in the second round. Believing in him.

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Speaker 3: All that stuff is a triple plus the draft. However,

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Speaker 3: last year they took Jordan Davis at number thirteen. The

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Speaker 3: jury is out on him. I think he's good. I

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Speaker 3: think he'll be good. Nobody can act like what they

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Speaker 3: saw from him his rookie season, which was marred at

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Speaker 3: the end by a high ankle sprain enough to definitively say,

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Speaker 3: oh yeah, no doubt that was the right pick. The

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Speaker 3: year before, they took Devonte Smith at number ten. I

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Speaker 3: like that pick a lot. I think that was the

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Speaker 3: right pick. Now, it's not fair to be like, would

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Speaker 3: you have rather had Micah Parsons at twelve? Of course

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Speaker 3: you would have, But the question is him versus the

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Speaker 3: receivers that came after him. He's been better than Kadarius Tony,

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Speaker 3: obviously better than Rashad Bateman. So you like that pick.

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Speaker 3: The year before that, in the first round, they took

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Speaker 3: Jalen Rager over Justin Jefferson. That is a massive miss.

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Speaker 3: The year before that, in the first round, they took

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Speaker 3: Andre Dillard, and that was a massive miss. They they

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Speaker 3: took Derek Barnett. I don't know how he was there

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Speaker 3: when they took Derek Barnett. They took Derek Barnett in

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Speaker 3: the first round. He's fine, I don't. I don't think

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Speaker 3: many Eagles fans would say, oh yeah, he's he lived

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Speaker 3: up to that first round pick. And obviously the Wins

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Speaker 3: extension was a disaster. So I do think there was

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Speaker 3: a little too much of media group think and just

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Speaker 3: drafting all Georgia guys. I think could have some downside

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Speaker 3: to it, but I like their players. I like the

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Speaker 3: guys they got, and if my team were drafting in

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Speaker 3: those spots of two, I would have wanted.

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Speaker 4: Them to take How do you think the Chiefs did?

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Speaker 3: So they addressed their three biggest positions of need. They

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Speaker 3: didn't move up to get Nolan Smith. They stayed where

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Speaker 3: they were, and they took the Kansas City kid from

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Speaker 3: k State Azuma to be a defensive end. That's back

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Speaker 3: to back first round picks they've used on defensive end.

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Speaker 3: Last year they obviously had two thanks to the Tyreek

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Speaker 3: Hill trade. I liked Carl Loftus last year. We'll see

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Speaker 3: what Ozuoma does in the second round. They they, according

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Speaker 3: to the consensus boards, reached massively on Rareshi Rice, the

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Speaker 3: wide receiver from SMU Now. He was wildly productive in

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Speaker 3: college and they obviously liked him. I I'm not gonna

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Speaker 3: act like I scouted Rashi Rice. I'm not a draft guy, wils.

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Speaker 3: I wanted them to go defensive end, wide receiver or

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Speaker 3: wide receiver defensive end in that order they did. They

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Speaker 3: just got to be right on the player. And then

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Speaker 3: they took an upside tackle in Juanya Morris. And again

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Speaker 3: they traded up in the second and third round to

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Speaker 3: target both of those guys. So those were clearly players

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Speaker 3: they really wanted. And so then you just gotta see

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Speaker 3: if they end up being you know, last year they

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Speaker 3: crushed the draft. Only Seattle had a better draft than

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Speaker 3: him last year, So you gotta wait and see. They

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Speaker 3: did address their biggest positions of need. Now I do

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Speaker 3: want to spend a couple of minutes here talking about

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Speaker 3: the other big stories of the draft. Okay, I cannot

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Speaker 3: overstate what a long term disaster I think the Texans

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Speaker 3: draft is going to prove to be. Everyone loved. I

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Speaker 3: shouldn't say everyone. A lot of people loved it because

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Speaker 3: they end up with their quarterback CJ. Stroud and the

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Speaker 3: best defensive player, Will Anderson. The price they paid to

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Speaker 3: go get Will Anderson in trading the twelfth pick, the

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Speaker 3: thirty third pick, and this is the most important part.

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Speaker 3: Next year's number one pick is bananas. It's in. The

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Speaker 3: Texans could be the worst team in the league next year.

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Speaker 3: They they traded away the number one pick of the draft,

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Speaker 3: or maybe the number one pick of the draft, their

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Speaker 3: number one pick. If the Texans loved will Anderson that much,

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Speaker 3: you could just stay it too, draft him at two

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Speaker 3: and then at twelve take another blue chip player like

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Speaker 3: Christian Gonzales, or trade out of that pick, which you

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Speaker 3: obviously could have, so you can draft Caleb Williams, who

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Speaker 3: is a generational prospect next year, or Bryce may or

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Speaker 3: even if you just love CJ. Stroud CJ. Stroud on

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Speaker 3: this team, They're not going to be good next year.

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Speaker 3: I can't believe the Cardinals. The Cardinals very likely. I

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Speaker 3: shouldn't say likely. It is absolutely on the board that

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Speaker 3: the Cardinals go into next year's draft with the first

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Speaker 3: and second pick of the draft. They could be the

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Speaker 3: worst team. The Texans could be the second worst team.

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Speaker 3: So I thought the Cardinals crushed. I thought what the

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Speaker 3: Texans did was back crazy, And now I want to

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Speaker 3: defend the Lions for a moment, all of my smart

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Speaker 3: media friends. They are in agreement on one thing. The

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Speaker 3: Lions draft was stupid. They drafted these non premium positions

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Speaker 3: and they didn't get the value they needed all of it.

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Speaker 3: Here is my tepid defense of the Lions. I don't

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Speaker 3: think drafting the second best running back in the draft

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Speaker 3: at twelve is good strategy. I don't think drafting an

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Speaker 3: inside backer at eighteen is good strategy. I understand that.

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Speaker 3: I think the Lions looked at it like this. They

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Speaker 3: must have believed that Jamiir Gibbs it's good enough in

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Speaker 3: a normal draft to be far and away the best

643
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Speaker 3: running back in a non Vjon Robinson draft. Everyone agrees

644
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Speaker 3: that Jack Campbell is the best inside linebacker. Everyone agrees

645
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Speaker 3: that Brian Branch, the safety that they gotten around two,

646
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Speaker 3: is the best safety. And they must have fallen in

647
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Speaker 3: love with Sam Laporta, a player I liked, but everyone

648
00:44:10,840 --> 00:44:14,000
Speaker 3: was shocked that he went before Michael Meyer. But they

649
00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:17,759
Speaker 3: had the opportunity, so I think they looked at this

650
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Speaker 3: draft and said, with our first four picks, we can

651
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Speaker 3: get the best or the second best player in the

652
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Speaker 3: entire draft at four positions and instantly have for the

653
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Speaker 3: next five years, a top level starting safety, a top

654
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Speaker 3: level starting tight end, a top level starting inside backer,

655
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Speaker 3: and our top level running back. I understand the positional

656
00:44:46,040 --> 00:44:51,480
Speaker 3: value part of it. I understand why analytically speaking, it

657
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Speaker 3: was not sound. But I also understand the lion's perspective

658
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Speaker 3: of Okay, we're sitting there at where was there forty five?

659
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Speaker 3: We could get the seventh best receiver or the best safety.

660
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Speaker 3: We're sitting there at eighteen. We could get the fifth

661
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Speaker 3: best pass rusher or the best inside backer. We're sitting

662
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Speaker 3: there at twelve we could get the fourth best offensive

663
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Speaker 3: lineman or a running back we love. I don't necessarily

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Speaker 3: agree with it, but I don't think it's as quite

665
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Speaker 3: as insane as what seemingly everyone else in the analytical

666
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Speaker 3: community thinks it is. So those were my big draft takeaways,

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Speaker 3: and now we can move on to the game.

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Speaker 4: Go ahead, Okay. In this game, we are going to

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Speaker 4: run through each of the remaining playoff teams, and you

670
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Speaker 4: will give us a reason why you think they should

671
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Speaker 4: they can win the finals, or reason why you think

672
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Speaker 4: they can't win the five, and what each team's X

673
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Speaker 4: factor will be. Yep, we've heard you talk enough about

674
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Speaker 4: the Warriors and Lakers, though, So we're gonna stick to

675
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Speaker 4: the teams who can actually win.

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Speaker 3: Okay, well that's that's a cheap shot at both the Warriors.

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Speaker 4: And anyways, first off, the Celtics.

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Speaker 3: All right, why can they win the finals? Embiid not

679
00:46:19,160 --> 00:46:25,040
Speaker 3: fully healthy, home court throughout, Tatum plays out of his mind.

680
00:46:25,600 --> 00:46:30,479
Speaker 3: That's why they can win. That's their path. Why they

681
00:46:31,120 --> 00:46:42,799
Speaker 3: wouldn't win is a really weird Jalen Brown situation. I

682
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Speaker 3: just I haven't loved his quotes. I haven't loved. I

683
00:46:49,520 --> 00:46:52,960
Speaker 3: thought yesterday was bizarre taking three shots in the final

684
00:46:53,000 --> 00:46:57,799
Speaker 3: three quarters. I think that could play a huge role.

685
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Speaker 3: And the X factors their rookie head coach Joe Missoula,

686
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Speaker 3: and the Joe Missoula has not exactly bathed himself in

687
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Speaker 3: glory thus far this postseason. And even if they get

688
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Speaker 3: out of Round two Spolstra, what they have waiting for them,

689
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Speaker 3: and that the best coach in basketball, that could be

690
00:47:23,719 --> 00:47:27,160
Speaker 3: a hell of a challenge in round three. So to me,

691
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Speaker 3: the are X factor is Joe Missoula, without question. All right,

692
00:47:29,719 --> 00:47:34,800
Speaker 3: next seventy six ers? All right, so why very simple?

693
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Speaker 3: Outrageous depth and the MVP. That's why why not would

694
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Speaker 3: be playoff Harden? If playoff Harden who yesterday was not

695
00:47:49,480 --> 00:47:52,120
Speaker 3: playoff Harden. And that's a great thing. And the X

696
00:47:52,200 --> 00:47:56,239
Speaker 3: factor is Tobias Harris. I feel like we know what

697
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Speaker 3: we're gonna get from MAXI. We know if and be healthy,

698
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Speaker 3: what we're gonna get from embiid. If Tobias Harris can

699
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Speaker 3: consistently just give you what he gave you last night,

700
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Speaker 3: which is not a ton but right or what let

701
00:48:11,440 --> 00:48:12,960
Speaker 3: me see what he finished with last night? I think

702
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Speaker 3: it was right around twenty. Tobias last night had eighteen

703
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Speaker 3: points on sixteen shots, made two threes. That's all you

704
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Speaker 3: need from it. It's very simple for them.

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Speaker 4: Next, okay, next is the Knicks.

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Speaker 3: Okay, the Knicks can't win the title. I'm sorry Knicks fans,

707
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Speaker 3: and you're mad at me.

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Speaker 4: Say why they could?

709
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Speaker 5: Though?

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Speaker 4: And why not? You'd think there's nothing they could.

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Speaker 3: I mean, the other teams canceled their flights. The Knicks

712
00:48:47,200 --> 00:48:51,040
Speaker 3: can't win the title. They can't gonna walk out.

713
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Speaker 4: Of here and there's gonna be a listen.

714
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Speaker 3: And then the Knicks have been better than I expected.

715
00:48:56,360 --> 00:48:59,960
Speaker 3: I was wrong about them to a degree, but they

716
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Speaker 3: don't have enough top level talent. They just don't. They

717
00:49:02,320 --> 00:49:04,560
Speaker 3: can't win the title. Why not? They don't have enough

718
00:49:04,600 --> 00:49:08,120
Speaker 3: talent the X factor, call it the MSG crowd. That'll

719
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Speaker 3: be great, but sorry, we just let's just move on.

720
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Speaker 3: Next the Heat. Why can Why can the Heat win

721
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Speaker 3: the title?

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Speaker 4: Yeah?

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Speaker 3: Jimmy freaking Butler and Eric Spolstrom, the best coach in

724
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Speaker 3: the league and a dominant playoff player. That's that's why

725
00:49:26,719 --> 00:49:30,240
Speaker 3: they can win the title. It's very simple. Jimmy Butler

726
00:49:30,840 --> 00:49:33,360
Speaker 3: and now he turned his ankle and we got to

727
00:49:33,360 --> 00:49:36,360
Speaker 3: see how healthy is. I bet he plays tonight. But

728
00:49:36,480 --> 00:49:39,439
Speaker 3: they have the best coach and they have a guy

729
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Speaker 3: who has been playing at the highest level of anyone

730
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Speaker 3: this postseason. That's why they can't. Why they can't is

731
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Speaker 3: the overall talent's not enough. They're leaning a lot on

732
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Speaker 3: Kyle Lowry and then you get to Struce and Vincent

733
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Speaker 3: and Caleb Martin and a Zeller brother wearing a mask.

734
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Speaker 3: The X factor is Kyle Lowry. Does Kyle Lowry have

735
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Speaker 3: one more great playoff run in him? If he does,

736
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Speaker 3: man that's a backpad is a tough ass back court

737
00:50:16,320 --> 00:50:20,520
Speaker 3: man in Butler and Lowry. All right, Next, the Suns

738
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Speaker 3: why could they? Booker and Durant have the highest scoring

739
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Speaker 3: run of any champion duo ever. That's their only way.

740
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Speaker 3: The highest scoring duo of any champion ever is Shaq

741
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Speaker 3: and Kobe and one at fifty nine a game. They're

742
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Speaker 3: gonna need Booker and Durant to be sixty five a

743
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Speaker 3: game for them to win the title. Wow, okay, why not? Depth?

744
00:50:48,320 --> 00:50:51,439
Speaker 3: They have no bench, they barely have a starting five.

745
00:50:52,239 --> 00:50:55,600
Speaker 3: It's very simple. Why not? And the X factor is

746
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Speaker 3: Chris Paul's health. If Chris Paul's growing, like even if

747
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Speaker 3: he's health I don't like him in this series. If

748
00:51:01,880 --> 00:51:06,880
Speaker 3: he's not healthy, they're cooked. And the maybe there's news

749
00:51:06,920 --> 00:51:09,479
Speaker 3: on that since we've been on the air, I haven't

750
00:51:09,520 --> 00:51:12,720
Speaker 3: seen it. But the soft tissue injury for Chris Paul,

751
00:51:13,960 --> 00:51:16,479
Speaker 3: you could see that coming a mile away. They're playing

752
00:51:16,520 --> 00:51:19,400
Speaker 3: him forty minutes a night. In Round one. I kept

753
00:51:19,440 --> 00:51:22,080
Speaker 3: saying this was a bad idea, and it had it

754
00:51:22,120 --> 00:51:23,200
Speaker 3: already came to fruition.

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Speaker 4: Next the Warriors.

756
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Speaker 3: The Warriors is not next. The Nuggets are next.

757
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Speaker 4: Oh yah, we said.

758
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Speaker 3: We're not doing the Warriors of the Lakers. That was

759
00:51:35,880 --> 00:51:39,839
Speaker 3: your own words. Why can the Nuggets? I'm just telling

760
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Speaker 3: you why can the Nuggets Jokic continuing to play at

761
00:51:50,920 --> 00:51:59,040
Speaker 3: an insane level, plus their overall continuity and depth of roster.

762
00:52:00,680 --> 00:52:03,800
Speaker 3: It's not that they're crazy deep, like they go ten guys,

763
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Speaker 3: but you don't need to go ten guys. But what

764
00:52:06,280 --> 00:52:11,520
Speaker 3: they have right now is they have seven guys they

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Speaker 3: deeply trust with a sneaky eighth man in Christian Brown,

766
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Speaker 3: but Jokic, Murray, Gordon Porter, KCP Uncle Jeff Green, and

767
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Speaker 3: Bruce Brown. You trust them all in the playoff in

768
00:52:28,760 --> 00:52:33,399
Speaker 3: these moments, and Christian Brown's been good, why wouldn't they

769
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Speaker 3: win the title? Michael Porter Junior, they need him to

770
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Speaker 3: be a consistent threat from the outside. And he's a

771
00:52:46,760 --> 00:52:51,000
Speaker 3: weird guy in that he doesn't have many B games.

772
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Speaker 3: He has an A game and then some C and

773
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Speaker 3: D games. And the X factor is the altitude. The

774
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Speaker 3: X factor for them is a home court advantage when

775
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Speaker 3: you are playing every other day, that is like any

776
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Speaker 3: other team in the sport, because guys get there and

777
00:53:11,719 --> 00:53:14,879
Speaker 3: they don't have the stamina for it. Like if they

778
00:53:14,960 --> 00:53:17,640
Speaker 3: were to be in the conference finals, they will play

779
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Speaker 3: either the Lakers or the Warriors. Lebron is old. Can

780
00:53:24,640 --> 00:53:29,640
Speaker 3: he handle that altitude. Staff runs more than any player

781
00:53:29,640 --> 00:53:32,279
Speaker 3: in league history when he doesn't have the ball. Can

782
00:53:32,360 --> 00:53:35,799
Speaker 3: he handle the altitude with them having home court advantage.

783
00:53:35,920 --> 00:53:39,120
Speaker 3: It's a legitimate question, and that is the X factor.

784
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Speaker 3: How well trained their opposition is to deal with that altitude.

785
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Speaker 3: All right, that was a really good game. Answer your

786
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Speaker 3: questions in the C block questions and comments. That's next

787
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Speaker 3: What's Right? All right? Welcome back in What's Right with

788
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Speaker 3: Think Right? Episode one forty seven. You're supposed to do

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Speaker 3: the welcome back in Scoot, No.

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Speaker 4: Wen, I do it for the other one that you

791
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Speaker 4: already took for me.

792
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Speaker 3: Oh okay, all right, we'll start that next week. All right,

793
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Speaker 3: what are the questions that we're gonna read?

794
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Speaker 4: And so first question, Yeah, Gabrielle, I think it's Gabriel.

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Speaker 3: It might be Gabrielle. My guess is a demand. So Gabriel,

796
00:54:19,800 --> 00:54:22,200
Speaker 3: what is that? Because I think I've seen the metrics

797
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Speaker 3: on our show. We're about eighty six percent male, fourteen

798
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Speaker 3: percent female.

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Speaker 4: All right, Well, he says he's going to Kansas City

800
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Speaker 4: in a few months, and what are the top three

801
00:54:31,800 --> 00:54:34,800
Speaker 4: barbecue spots? There are also Happy Birthday?

802
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Speaker 3: Oh, Arthur Bryant's Jack Stack and Joe's Kansas City. Those

803
00:54:39,880 --> 00:54:40,640
Speaker 3: are the top three.

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Speaker 4: Next, Arthur King said, do the Chiefs trade for d Hot.

805
00:54:45,960 --> 00:54:47,960
Speaker 3: No that now that they use the second round pick

806
00:54:47,960 --> 00:54:50,360
Speaker 3: on a wide receiver. I don't know that they and

807
00:54:50,400 --> 00:54:52,360
Speaker 3: they don't want to spend the money on it. I

808
00:54:53,080 --> 00:54:56,480
Speaker 3: don't know, other than Tony, if they have a top

809
00:54:56,600 --> 00:55:01,880
Speaker 3: flight talent in the receiver room. But they certainly have

810
00:55:02,000 --> 00:55:05,479
Speaker 3: enough bodies. So right now, the Chiefs wide receiver depth

811
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Speaker 3: chart is Kadarius Tony, who was a number one pick

812
00:55:09,719 --> 00:55:13,400
Speaker 3: three years ago for the Giants, sky Moore or I

813
00:55:13,440 --> 00:55:15,600
Speaker 3: guess Cadarius number one pick two years ago, depends on

814
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Speaker 3: how you look at it. Sky Moore was a second

815
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Speaker 3: round pick for the Chiefs last year, Rashie Rice, who

816
00:55:22,560 --> 00:55:25,520
Speaker 3: was second round pick for the Chiefs this year. MBS.

817
00:55:25,800 --> 00:55:30,080
Speaker 3: There's four. They signed Richie James, they like Justin Watson

818
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Speaker 3: who was on the team, and they have a flyer

819
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Speaker 3: on Justin Ross. So that and so, no, I don't

820
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Speaker 3: think they're adding any more receivers. I kind of wanted

821
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Speaker 3: them to spend an asset in the draft on a

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Speaker 3: tight end because I wanted them to be able to

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Speaker 3: learn from Kelsey. But they didn't prioritize that, all right, Next.

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Speaker 4: Okay, so coach Mysstik asked, if there's truly twelve guys

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Speaker 4: for ten spots, which he agrees on, why don't we

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Speaker 4: just make top twelve the measuring stick from here on out?

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Speaker 3: Listen. I'm fine with that Club Superstar, which we do

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Speaker 3: every year on the show in which is being debuted

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Speaker 3: next week on First Things First, Club Superstar is a

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Speaker 3: very strict twelve person rule, one in, one out A.

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Speaker 3: People can't throw around the superstar wards. Sorry for hitting

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Speaker 3: your shoes, baby. The superstar word to you know, liberally,

833
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Speaker 3: and it's twelve men and NBA teams are twelve men essentially,

834
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Speaker 3: So I'm good with that. But other people aren't. People

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Speaker 3: like top tens. They like big, easy round numbers, and

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Speaker 3: because of that, I listen. The top twelve is inarguable

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Speaker 3: the twelve greatest players in league history are, and we

838
00:56:45,440 --> 00:56:49,240
Speaker 3: could argue about the order, but they are lebron Kareem

839
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Speaker 3: Michael Magic, Russell, Wilt Duncan, Kobe Bird, steph Akeem Shack.

840
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Speaker 3: That's twelve. After that, you then get into another section.

841
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Speaker 3: The old timers in that section are West Oscar, doctor

842
00:57:09,680 --> 00:57:14,319
Speaker 3: j Moses, the kind of bridge. The gap guy in

843
00:57:14,400 --> 00:57:18,080
Speaker 3: the section is Isaiah Thomas, and the contemporaries in that

844
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Speaker 3: section are Jannis and Durant. That's seven. They're their own

845
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Speaker 3: bucket of guys. And then that next group, one of

846
00:57:29,640 --> 00:57:32,760
Speaker 3: which is a top twenty player. The others are not

847
00:57:33,480 --> 00:57:44,440
Speaker 3: are Waged, Dirk, Garnet, Mailman, Mike, and if we want

848
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Speaker 3: to go way back, pettit Coozy that that group of guys,

849
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Speaker 3: and it gets complicated from there. Again. I'm sure I

850
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Speaker 3: left someone else someone out when I was talking about

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Speaker 3: that next bucket of people, but I think for the

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Speaker 3: most part we got it. Is there anybody I said Derk?

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Speaker 3: I think I said Chrome alone. Barkley's in there. The

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Speaker 3: CP three's probably in that next little group. It gets complicated,

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Speaker 3: gets hard a lot of NBA history. What about Luca, Well, Luca,

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Speaker 3: you know, obviously will be there. And Luca, you know,

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Speaker 3: I had twentieth on the fifty graders of the last

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Speaker 3: fifty years. This year kind of hurt that and he

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Speaker 3: needs to put a few more pelts on the wall.

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Speaker 3: But Luke obviously is gonna be there. Let's just keep moving,

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Speaker 3: go ahead, all right.

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Speaker 4: Adam asked well, the Warriors shooting and pace where down?

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Speaker 4: Where down? Lebron more than Memphis? Who and the Lakers

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Speaker 4: can guard Curry?

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Speaker 3: Well, listen all in short and versa order. First of all,

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Speaker 3: Vanderbilt will start on Curry, but they're gonna be switching

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Speaker 3: everything and the nobody really can guard Curry. The point

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Speaker 3: is can you can you affect him enough? Can you

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Speaker 3: take away the other things? Can Anthony Davis make sure

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Speaker 3: Looney doesn't kill you on the offensive? Class the Warriors shooting?

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Speaker 3: So this is so interesting for both the Warriors and

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Speaker 3: the Lakers because it's going to be a culture shock

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Speaker 3: for both teams. So the Warriors go from playing a

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Speaker 3: team and that's all offense, no defense, to the best

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Speaker 3: defense in basketball that is going an incredibly long, incredibly strong,

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Speaker 3: incredibly physical. Are the Lakers. The Kings are all finesse,

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Speaker 3: so that's gonna be a tough adjustment for them. The Lakers,

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Speaker 3: on the flips, I'd go from playing the worst shooting

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Speaker 3: team in the playoffs Memphis, to the best shooting team

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Speaker 3: in the playoffs and the Warriors. That's gonna be a

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Speaker 3: culture shot. Who adjusts most to that is key. I

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Speaker 3: also do think while Lebron typically treats game ones as

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Speaker 3: feel out games that tonight's game is a sneak. Gotta

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Speaker 3: have a game for the Lakers because after tonight, it's

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Speaker 3: every other night for the entirety of the series. And

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Speaker 3: tonight the Lakers they're coming off some rest. The Warriors

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Speaker 3: are coming off of seven game war. So I think

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Speaker 3: the Lakers need this win.

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Speaker 7: Next Fozy a Gene a Gene said, Nick, you said

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Speaker 7: that Giannis losing in the first round can affect him

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Speaker 7: being the best player.

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Speaker 4: So does Luca not making it into the playoffs affects

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Speaker 4: his high rating? He also lost in the first round twice.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so Luca losing in the first round to the

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Speaker 3: Clippers two years in a row, a few years ago,

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Speaker 3: when Luca was absolutely sensational in those series and the

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Speaker 3: Clippers had Kauie and Paul George for the entirety of

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Speaker 3: about those series, that didn't negatively affect him. This year

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Speaker 3: and being the lower rated seed losing of the Clippers,

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Speaker 3: it's very different than being a one person eight but

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Speaker 3: this Yeah, of course, I went into the year saying

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Speaker 3: lucas the second best player in the sport. I no

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Speaker 3: longer say that can't say anymore. Can't miss the play

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Speaker 3: in and be healthy most of the year, just can't.

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Speaker 3: That's so yeah, he's it did affect his rating absolutely,

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Speaker 3: so there's no question about it. So yeah, I love Luca,

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Speaker 3: but he did not the team. The MAVs were a

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Speaker 3: failure and all effects. So is Lucas still a superstar? Yes?

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Speaker 3: But can I call him one of the two best

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Speaker 3: players in the sport anymore? I cannot doora you were

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Speaker 3: excellent today? Oh you don't want a rating? No, I

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Speaker 3: don't nine point zero your best one yet, Demonse.

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Speaker 4: Usually last one was a nine point two.

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Speaker 3: No it was I thought it was an eight point nine.

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Speaker 3: We're gonna have to check the tape on that. Uh.

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Speaker 3: If it was, then I'll readjust because this was your

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Speaker 3: best performance yet, Demonse. It was great to see you,

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Speaker 3: my son. You're doing great in Los Angeles. We love you,

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Speaker 3: we miss you. Uh. Sorry that you know your Celtics

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Speaker 3: are going to lose the Sixers is gonna be tough

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Speaker 3: for you to deal with, but you know, such as life.

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Speaker 3: If they'll Demanse, I will tell you this, if we

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Speaker 3: get a Lakers Celtics finals and they're in LA, I

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Speaker 3: will buy you tickets.

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Speaker 4: I want everyone to know how loud he is.

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Speaker 3: Right now, okay, well do you where interrupted me? If

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Speaker 3: we get Lakers Celtics Finals, that would mean the Lakers

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Speaker 3: have are at home for games three, four, and six.

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Speaker 3: I will buy you tickets Tomanse to a great bar

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Speaker 3: in Santa Monica to watch the game. I hope you

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Speaker 3: enjoy that. Talk to you guys Thursday for the show

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Speaker 3: What's right? Man? Hey, it's Nick right. Thank you so

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Speaker 3: much for watching. Please do us a favor click subscribe.

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Speaker 3: It helps my ego and Demanse's got a financial bonus

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Speaker 3: writing on a number of YouTube subscribers, so help him out.

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Speaker 3: And also click the bell. I don't know what the

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Speaker 3: bell does, but they tell me to tell you to

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Speaker 3: click the bell. And audio listeners. People that have commute drives,

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Speaker 3: whatever it is, subscribe to the pot podcast as well

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Speaker 3: just in your ears instead of through your eyes. All

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Speaker 3: that check it out, Appreciate show.