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Speaker 1: Welcome to this league uncut in the world of twenty

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Speaker 1: four hour NBA news. Just do you lose? Chris Saines

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Speaker 1: did go time, Mark Stein did so, Timeousuka Loka, Chris

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Speaker 1: Haines and Mark Stein. This ligue uncut is underway, and

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Speaker 1: then fire. This should be a good one. We are

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Speaker 1: indeed underway here on this league uncut. Now that Super

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Speaker 1: Bowl fifty seven is in the books, I must confess

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Speaker 1: I didn't watch fifty seven seconds of it. I'm right there.

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Speaker 1: If my Buffalo Bills ain't playing, I'm not. I'm not

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Speaker 1: tuning in. It's just too far down my too far

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Speaker 1: down my sports packing order. Although sources say that America

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Speaker 1: does love Rihanna, I did. I did confirm that tonight.

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Speaker 1: She had a surprise. I hear as well while she

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Speaker 1: was performing. I guess she's expected of you. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I didn't watch it. It was on in the other room,

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Speaker 1: Missus Stein and goalkeeper in the house. They were watching it,

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Speaker 1: and I saw Twitter going absolutely crazy wild for it.

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Speaker 1: So I have to say this Stein, because I have

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Speaker 1: a problem with that. So I'm not the biggest football

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Speaker 1: I have an excuse. My daughter had a club volleyball

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Speaker 1: I don't feel up to it. So I have an excuse,

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Speaker 1: like I plan to go, but I couldn't. Stein You're

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Speaker 1: at the house, your family is watching it in the

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Speaker 1: important enough to get at least two minutes of your

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Speaker 1: visual attention. It's just not my game. It just isn't

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Speaker 1: my sport. I mean, I know I am I'm already

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Speaker 1: I'm a soccer guy. I'm a huge tennis guy. This

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Speaker 1: I had friends playing in both matches John Isner and

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Speaker 1: desperate to get out there and say, okay, at least

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Speaker 1: I saw one day of one of my three favorite

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Speaker 1: out there. It's just been this week. Look, the trade

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Speaker 1: deadline is not over. I mean, that's that's the truth.

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Speaker 1: I mean, the four team trade that finally lands Gary

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Speaker 1: agreed to tonight, and then the buyout market's been in

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Speaker 1: So I have just not had. I used the Super

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Speaker 1: clerical work. Sty. I get all that. I hear all that.

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Speaker 1: What about the commercial sty? What about the commercials? The

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Speaker 1: Were there even? I mean, like I said, I was,

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Speaker 1: And this is a good question for you. What level

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Speaker 1: that was, where it was just a boring super Bowl.

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Speaker 1: No team was scoring, and Lebron tweeted out, tweeted out

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Speaker 1: to the business and had also impacting again. My team's

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Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills. They lost four in a row. Of

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Speaker 1: So I want to hear yeah, like they probably don't.

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Speaker 1: to the Gary Peyton to trade saga, which I think

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Speaker 1: But let's start with the buyout market because I think

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Speaker 1: And then the team where I live, Dallas. They thought

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Speaker 1: Danny Green in Cleveland, you know, he was over there

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Speaker 1: about Russell Westbrook real quick. I was told Billy Donovan

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Speaker 1: I mean we're only like seven we're like seven episodes

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Speaker 1: You never know what's going to happen in the Haynes household.

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Speaker 1: My dog is hell Is because I'll tell you this.

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Speaker 1: When I walk into press rooms, I'm still getting questions.

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Speaker 1: Did Haynes really order a pizza? And I'm like, yes,

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Speaker 1: your dog sounds like a wolf, like this is like, no,

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Speaker 1: What is it? Y'all? Hear this? Everybody? I don't think

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Speaker 1: like our work product. We're not We're not bringing it.

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Speaker 1: Or maybe he wants to talk about the Temple Warves.

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Speaker 1: not happy. Prince buy out mark press, Chill, press, press,

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Speaker 1: chill Quiet. I'm doing a pod quiet all right. So

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Speaker 1: what I was saying, this will be impressive if Prince

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Speaker 1: heeds those instructions. What I was saying, so John Wall.

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Speaker 1: I don't know what the market is for him right now.

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Speaker 1: to have back to Russ for a second, because I mean,

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Speaker 1: you said it. Paul George came out two nights ago

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Speaker 1: all right meaning like are they still going to be

425
00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:11,000
Speaker 1: a championship Continent team? I don't know, because I feel

426
00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:13,919
Speaker 1: like Phoenix has just raised the bar so much. I

427
00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,800
Speaker 1: really I expect a lot out of Phoenix, Like this

428
00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:21,600
Speaker 1: is a championship or bust type of a tenure as

429
00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:24,440
Speaker 1: long as those three are together, or I should say

430
00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:28,160
Speaker 1: those four including DeAndre Aiden. So you know, I think

431
00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:30,040
Speaker 1: the Warriors are still a good team. I still think

432
00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:31,280
Speaker 1: they're going to be in the mix. I think, and

433
00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:35,040
Speaker 1: Steph Curry comes back relatively soon after the All Star break,

434
00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:38,199
Speaker 1: and it's healthy the duration, Yes, go to State's a

435
00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:40,400
Speaker 1: top six team, and they're a better team than even

436
00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:42,680
Speaker 1: the top six. You can probably put them top four

437
00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:45,840
Speaker 1: if they're healthy. So I think from that standpoint they'll

438
00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:50,119
Speaker 1: be fine. I just don't put them above Phoenix or Denver.

439
00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:55,040
Speaker 1: And if I force you to make a choice, you

440
00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:59,400
Speaker 1: would you would say, as of again, this is dropping

441
00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:03,480
Speaker 1: on February thirteam. You got Phoenix winning the West. I

442
00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:08,680
Speaker 1: don't see how that's come on. It's kad Chris Paul,

443
00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:13,000
Speaker 1: Devin Booker, DeAndre Aiden, you bring it in, Terrence Ross.

444
00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:15,439
Speaker 1: They're not done. Yeah, they are not done. I think

445
00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:17,160
Speaker 1: I think they will. They will bring in at least

446
00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:19,679
Speaker 1: one more player. Yeah, they're not done, and I like

447
00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:23,359
Speaker 1: I like. A player that I like for this team

448
00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:26,600
Speaker 1: is a player that's already on this roster, and this

449
00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:30,119
Speaker 1: player might have had to do a little bit more

450
00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:36,800
Speaker 1: than what he's comfortable doing, Tory Craig, I think he

451
00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:39,959
Speaker 1: fits with this team so perfect where he can go

452
00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:45,600
Speaker 1: back to doing purely all the dirty work play defense,

453
00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:47,560
Speaker 1: Like he doesn't have to take as much shots, he

454
00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:49,560
Speaker 1: don't have to put the ball in the ground as much.

455
00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:53,679
Speaker 1: He can just fall right back into doing all the

456
00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:57,040
Speaker 1: dirty work and just let those let the let that

457
00:26:57,080 --> 00:26:59,840
Speaker 1: big four handle you handle the offensive voad. So I

458
00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:03,040
Speaker 1: really like what he can bring to the table. And

459
00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:06,200
Speaker 1: Damian Lee has been playing stellar all season long. Man,

460
00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:08,600
Speaker 1: I think he's going to be a good piece of that.

461
00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:11,080
Speaker 1: So I like Phoenix man, I really do. And no

462
00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:15,240
Speaker 1: disrespect to Denver, I understand they've been the most consistent

463
00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:18,200
Speaker 1: team number one seed. I like it. I like the

464
00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:22,000
Speaker 1: additional Richard Jackson, no disrespect, but you're bringing Katie over

465
00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:25,120
Speaker 1: to that Phoenix squad man, and if if, if we're

466
00:27:25,119 --> 00:27:28,280
Speaker 1: just if health is equal all across the board for everybody,

467
00:27:28,640 --> 00:28:02,360
Speaker 1: I just can't see Felix losing. Sounds like KD will

468
00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:05,680
Speaker 1: do his introductory press conference in the Desert later this week.

469
00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:08,879
Speaker 1: I'm eager to hear it, because you know, usually we

470
00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:12,280
Speaker 1: don't we hear from KD quite a bit, but we

471
00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:14,480
Speaker 1: really haven't heard from him since the trade went down.

472
00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:16,760
Speaker 1: Have we Like, we don't. Does anybody have a decent

473
00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:22,040
Speaker 1: pulse on I'm kind of how psyched he is for

474
00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:24,119
Speaker 1: this move, and obviously this is the move he wanted.

475
00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:27,879
Speaker 1: We know that, but I haven't. I haven't talked to KD.

476
00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:31,880
Speaker 1: The last time I talked to KD we were texting

477
00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:35,720
Speaker 1: back and forth. That was probably it was a matter

478
00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:39,080
Speaker 1: of fact, it was Tuesday, so it was two days before. No,

479
00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:43,000
Speaker 1: it was a day before the deadline. It was a

480
00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:47,280
Speaker 1: day before the deadline, and you know, I was trying

481
00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:49,560
Speaker 1: to see how he was doing, you know, seeing what's up,

482
00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:51,960
Speaker 1: and basically just told me at that time, he's just

483
00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:53,640
Speaker 1: you know, trying to hurry up and get back on

484
00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:56,040
Speaker 1: his court, you know, trying to get back on the court.

485
00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:59,960
Speaker 1: And that was pretty much the pretty much the whole conversation.

486
00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:02,280
Speaker 1: I mean, you know these guys much better than I do,

487
00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:05,960
Speaker 1: Chris Paul, Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, DeAndre Ayton. How quick

488
00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:10,240
Speaker 1: does it come together? I think these guys are I

489
00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:12,320
Speaker 1: think these guys are really smart. I think it comes

490
00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:15,479
Speaker 1: together pretty quickly. I really do. I think they'll make

491
00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:19,320
Speaker 1: it work. They'll make it work. These guys understand the timeline.

492
00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:23,120
Speaker 1: This is a win now window. I think they get

493
00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:24,840
Speaker 1: it done. I mean and Chris, I mean, Chris is

494
00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:26,320
Speaker 1: the one who needs it more than anybody. I mean

495
00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:28,840
Speaker 1: the only thing missing for him in his career is

496
00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:30,920
Speaker 1: the championship. And I mean he's never going to have

497
00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:33,840
Speaker 1: a better shot than than with this this club. Nah,

498
00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:36,560
Speaker 1: for sure, that's it. I thought he had it a

499
00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:39,160
Speaker 1: couple of years ago when that first you know, the

500
00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:42,600
Speaker 1: NBA Finals in Milwaukee, Man and Janice came off of

501
00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:46,400
Speaker 1: the injury, just just completely dominated that series. But you know,

502
00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:50,800
Speaker 1: I think I think if this Katie, this Katie arrival

503
00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:53,960
Speaker 1: never happened, I think most people will believe that that

504
00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:57,080
Speaker 1: year was Chris Paul's best year to get a title.

505
00:29:57,160 --> 00:30:00,880
Speaker 1: And last shot Yeah, last shot. Yeah, that's in last shot.

506
00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:05,520
Speaker 1: So this this gives this gives him another window. And

507
00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:07,720
Speaker 1: I'm happy for him, man, I'm happy for him that

508
00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:11,320
Speaker 1: they'll have the opportunity to have a team that not

509
00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:13,840
Speaker 1: a team like it. Even in that Phoenix squad, even

510
00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:17,200
Speaker 1: when they were playing great, I don't know that many

511
00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:20,000
Speaker 1: still picked them to like go all the way. Like

512
00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:22,160
Speaker 1: I don't know if they were still clear cut favorites,

513
00:30:22,360 --> 00:30:25,240
Speaker 1: like say Denver, like so say that, say that Katie

514
00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:28,040
Speaker 1: move never happens. Denver is the number one seed, But

515
00:30:28,120 --> 00:30:30,920
Speaker 1: are they still the clear cut favorite favorite out of

516
00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:33,520
Speaker 1: everybody else? I don't know that you can say that.

517
00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:37,160
Speaker 1: You know, there's it's still there's so much parity this

518
00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:40,520
Speaker 1: year in the Western Conference. But again, man, I really

519
00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:42,960
Speaker 1: I could be wrong. I very well could be wrong.

520
00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:48,200
Speaker 1: It may not work. You know this this No. I

521
00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:51,680
Speaker 1: think you're right in the sense that there's parody, but

522
00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:55,720
Speaker 1: it's also skepticism, like Denver, because they've never done it.

523
00:30:56,600 --> 00:31:00,240
Speaker 1: Until they do it. The way the NBA works, people

524
00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:01,920
Speaker 1: are not going to believe that they can do it

525
00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:04,520
Speaker 1: until they do it. I mean, that's it's not fair.

526
00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:08,720
Speaker 1: Yok Yokich right now is winning the MVP race. The

527
00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:11,240
Speaker 1: dude is averaging a triple double and playing the most

528
00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:15,800
Speaker 1: efficient basketball possible. He should be leading the MVP race.

529
00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:18,200
Speaker 1: The Nuggets have the best record in the West, but

530
00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:21,560
Speaker 1: there will be skeptics about the Nuggets. Memphis has certainly

531
00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:24,000
Speaker 1: with the way things have been going here lately. They're

532
00:31:24,040 --> 00:31:25,880
Speaker 1: in a you know, they're in a three and seven

533
00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:28,960
Speaker 1: skid in their last ten. You know, they've certainly picked

534
00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:32,160
Speaker 1: up some skeptics here after getting off to a great start.

535
00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:35,959
Speaker 1: Everybody from three to thirteen down are on sub fifty

536
00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:39,720
Speaker 1: win paces. So yeah, I mean, Phoenix, this is set

537
00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:43,440
Speaker 1: up for Kate if if KD can rebound from this

538
00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:46,560
Speaker 1: nice brain the way he did last season and just

539
00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:49,800
Speaker 1: get right back to his best. Yeah, I mean, Phoenix

540
00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:51,200
Speaker 1: is going to be a Phoenix is going to be

541
00:31:51,240 --> 00:31:55,400
Speaker 1: a problem. And I don't mind at all because I love,

542
00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:59,360
Speaker 1: you know, with T and T. I'm thankful for T

543
00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:02,800
Speaker 1: and TV because they don't send me out East too much.

544
00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:05,600
Speaker 1: You know, a lot a lot of you know, the Lakers, Lakers,

545
00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:08,520
Speaker 1: even in their bad they're still entertaining. There's still there's

546
00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:11,200
Speaker 1: still a following. So I'm in LA a lot. I mean,

547
00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:14,160
Speaker 1: go to state. I had a lot of Phoenix games too,

548
00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:17,480
Speaker 1: and I don't think I have many Phoenix games, but

549
00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:19,600
Speaker 1: I don't think I have any Phoenix games left on

550
00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:22,920
Speaker 1: my T and T assignment. But I think that's definitely

551
00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:25,360
Speaker 1: going to change. I think Phoenix to definitely get some

552
00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:28,720
Speaker 1: games flexed for the rest of the season. So I

553
00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:30,840
Speaker 1: want that's where I want. That's actually where I wanted

554
00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:35,640
Speaker 1: to end this with a two part personal question. A okay,

555
00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:40,280
Speaker 1: two part personal question, A. Are you at any more

556
00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:45,160
Speaker 1: liberty to reveal anything about your top secret trip to Phoenix?

557
00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:48,080
Speaker 1: You said you left the day before the Super Bowl,

558
00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:51,600
Speaker 1: so you got out before the actual big game chaos,

559
00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:54,560
Speaker 1: But you did make your top secret trip to Phoenix.

560
00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:56,640
Speaker 1: I want to know A if you can reveal anything

561
00:32:56,680 --> 00:32:59,720
Speaker 1: about that, and then be you are headed to the

562
00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:03,239
Speaker 1: All Star Game? I am currently not. Just tell us

563
00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:04,520
Speaker 1: what your week looks like. I don't know. Do you

564
00:33:04,520 --> 00:33:06,680
Speaker 1: have do you have games Tuesday and Thursday this week?

565
00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:09,720
Speaker 1: Are you going straight to Salt Lake? Or what's what's

566
00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:13,000
Speaker 1: happening with you? So that was about three questions right

567
00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:17,000
Speaker 1: this Stoh you said too, you should know better to

568
00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:22,160
Speaker 1: trust my what I So? The first question was can

569
00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:26,440
Speaker 1: I reveal who I was with in Phoenix? I will.

570
00:33:26,520 --> 00:33:29,560
Speaker 1: I would just say this, it was an owner. I

571
00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:34,160
Speaker 1: was with an owner at an event in Phoenix. That's

572
00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:38,840
Speaker 1: what That's what I was. It nice, lovely, the best

573
00:33:40,480 --> 00:33:46,600
Speaker 1: best party I've ever attended. Wow, breaking news, we need

574
00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:48,680
Speaker 1: a break. I gotta talk to mister Kitzer from the

575
00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:50,880
Speaker 1: bag and we need some sort of breaking news. Drop.

576
00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:55,720
Speaker 1: I can say that and the second question, what what

577
00:33:55,760 --> 00:33:57,680
Speaker 1: would I'd be doing? What would I be doing at

578
00:33:57,840 --> 00:34:03,040
Speaker 1: All Star Weekend? I will I'm doing the interviews. I'll

579
00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:05,360
Speaker 1: be on the See the I'll be on the pregame

580
00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:08,799
Speaker 1: show for Saturday the night, and I'll be on the

581
00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:12,080
Speaker 1: pregame show for Sunday Night for the All Star Game

582
00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:14,640
Speaker 1: and Saturday Night Dunk Contest and everything pregame shows with

583
00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:18,640
Speaker 1: E J. Kenny Chuck shot my role. I'll be interviewing

584
00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:21,520
Speaker 1: players and so I'll be popping in in and you know,

585
00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:24,799
Speaker 1: in throughout the pregame show for both nights, Saturday Night

586
00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:30,000
Speaker 1: and Sunday Night. And lastly, your last question, you asked me,

587
00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:36,160
Speaker 1: I'm getting old. You got games this week? Yes, I have.

588
00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:38,759
Speaker 1: I believe I leave tomorrow. So this is Sunday night,

589
00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:43,160
Speaker 1: when this pot um drops, I will be in the

590
00:34:43,160 --> 00:34:48,359
Speaker 1: air going to Los Angeles. I have the Clippers Warriors Tuesday,

591
00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:52,279
Speaker 1: and so from there, from LA, I'll come back home

592
00:34:52,360 --> 00:34:56,520
Speaker 1: real quick and get some more I was thinking like,

593
00:34:56,560 --> 00:35:00,279
Speaker 1: should I go straight to Salt Lake from l But

594
00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:03,120
Speaker 1: now I'm gonna come home grab some more stuff. Well,

595
00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:05,480
Speaker 1: Clippers worries, It's perfect because then you can you can

596
00:35:06,239 --> 00:35:08,680
Speaker 1: by the time we drop our next pod. You will

597
00:35:08,719 --> 00:35:12,040
Speaker 1: have a much better handle on the feasibility of Russell

598
00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:14,680
Speaker 1: Westborough going to the Clippers, because all those guys love

599
00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:19,360
Speaker 1: you and they're just gonna tell you last, last, last question.

600
00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:23,200
Speaker 1: You got some good I'm too old to say this,

601
00:35:23,239 --> 00:35:25,040
Speaker 1: but I'm gonna say it anyway. You got some good

602
00:35:25,080 --> 00:35:26,719
Speaker 1: drip for the weekend, and we need to see some

603
00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:30,160
Speaker 1: Are we gonna see some fire fits from Chris Haynes.

604
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:35,680
Speaker 1: I will be going shopping this week. I don't have

605
00:35:35,719 --> 00:35:38,200
Speaker 1: it yet. I'm going shopping this week, so I gotta

606
00:35:38,200 --> 00:35:40,759
Speaker 1: I gotta get me two new suits. I gotta give

607
00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:43,360
Speaker 1: me two new suits. And the problem with this is

608
00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:45,520
Speaker 1: it's not you know, the problem with you know, getting

609
00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:48,120
Speaker 1: these suits, like especially when you get like a nice suit.

610
00:35:48,640 --> 00:35:50,680
Speaker 1: I love, I love getting to have, you know, wearing

611
00:35:50,719 --> 00:35:53,640
Speaker 1: a nice suit and then everybody's complimenting you on it.

612
00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:57,640
Speaker 1: If I remember last All Star weekend, right, I wore

613
00:35:57,719 --> 00:36:01,000
Speaker 1: this Um I got it in Cleveland. Yeah, I forgot

614
00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:02,520
Speaker 1: the name of the company in Cleveland. Want to give

615
00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:04,160
Speaker 1: him a shout out, But it was a it was

616
00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:07,360
Speaker 1: an orange and kind of orange and brown suit. And

617
00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:10,200
Speaker 1: I wore like this orange turtleneck to go with it,

618
00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:12,560
Speaker 1: and it just fits the Cleveland vibe so muscular, was

619
00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:14,960
Speaker 1: so cold. But I was getting a lot of compliments

620
00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:21,560
Speaker 1: on that suit. And I'm working the Rising Stars game

621
00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:25,480
Speaker 1: and Shot comes walk towards me. As I walk working

622
00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:30,760
Speaker 1: the game, he walks behind me, gets behind me, leans down,

623
00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:34,920
Speaker 1: whispers in my ear. That's a nice suit. But you

624
00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:39,040
Speaker 1: can only wear it once. Remember that? And I was like, damn,

625
00:36:39,560 --> 00:36:42,359
Speaker 1: he's right, when can I wear this again? Like? When

626
00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:46,680
Speaker 1: can I wear this combination again? Publicly? People people watch

627
00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:51,920
Speaker 1: that type of stuff, right except us Humble reporters, or

628
00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:54,719
Speaker 1: we Humble reporters, whatever the grammatically correct way to say

629
00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:58,719
Speaker 1: that is. We don't have Shock's clothing budget, so it's

630
00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:03,720
Speaker 1: not that easy for us. Once we can't You can't

631
00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:06,439
Speaker 1: do it. You can't wear the same combination, especially if

632
00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:08,719
Speaker 1: the if the suit is so bright, you can't wear

633
00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:12,040
Speaker 1: it again. You should have a you have have a

634
00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:14,600
Speaker 1: what you should have a clothing contract. I'm gonna make

635
00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:17,759
Speaker 1: it my mission. I'm gonna we need to get you

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Speaker 1: a clothing contract. So it just so then you just

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Speaker 1: Just yeah, I don't have to It's all about a

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Speaker 1: mixing and match up. That's what it's about. It's all

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Speaker 1: about mixing and match up. All right, Well, we will

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Speaker 1: be keeping an eye off for that. Like I said,

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Speaker 1: I'm still a couple of weeks ago when you and

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Speaker 1: stan Van Gundy walking down the hall and the TNT

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Speaker 1: Kicks cam featured both of you and your kicks were

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Speaker 1: better than stands. Will give you that one point for Haynes.

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Speaker 1: Good stuff as always, and we will do this again

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Speaker 1: later this week before the madness of All Star weekend,

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Speaker 1: and then next week you can tell us all the

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Speaker 1: stories of your of your out of control chaos and

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Speaker 1: I hope. I mean, if I was there, I'd be

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Speaker 1: getting invited to none. But I expect you to. I

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Speaker 1: expect you to at least break into two or three

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Speaker 1: good ones. All right, everybody that does it for this

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Speaker 1: edition of This League Uncut Episode seven, Please rate, review,

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Speaker 1: with more of the latest from this league, and then

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