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Speaker 1: Welcome in What's Driving the Great Episode four seventy four.

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Speaker 1: This episode of What Driving the Grid is presented to

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Speaker 1: you by boost Mobile demands. Good afternoon in Los Angeles.

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Speaker 1: How are you? Big, big week for you? Yeah, beautiful afternoon.

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Speaker 1: Moving into a new spot. How's that going? How's the process?

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Speaker 1: How are you?

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Speaker 2: It's going good? Just box by box. I'm just waiting

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Speaker 2: to get the bed and mattress in there and stuff

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Speaker 2: so we can actually start living in there. But my

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Speaker 1: So oh getting that sofa out of your apartment? Yes, yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's gonna be a tough one. Well, good luck with that.

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Speaker 1: I would say, new apartment, you know, new kind of

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Speaker 1: phase in life all of that. Maybe new basketball team

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Speaker 1: to root for, since your Celtics seem to be wildly incompetent.

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Speaker 1: Maybe to the page entirely. Okay, So we'll get to

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Speaker 1: the puzzling jail and Brown trade in just a moment.

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Speaker 1: Before that, I went also on the show That Will

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Speaker 1: our channels if you would. Demon's this was not going

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Speaker 1: to be first in the rundown. The US men's national

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Speaker 1: team was, but I wanted it first in the rundown.

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Speaker 1: Jalen Brown no longer a Celtic. Tell everybody the details

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Speaker 1: and your thoughts and then I'll get into it.

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Speaker 2: So, yeah, we shifted off Jalen Brown for Paul George

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Speaker 2: to first and two seconds. Oh look man, I'm not

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Speaker 1: Swaps and you got two pick swaps as well, so

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Speaker 1: that's something positive as well. But yes, but go ahead.

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Speaker 2: So everybody seems to be against this. I'm not as

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Speaker 2: against it as everybody else is. I don't think it's incompetence.

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Speaker 2: I think that Jalen Brown needed to be off the

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Speaker 2: team by this year. Come next year, anyways, I get

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Speaker 2: like what else were we gonna get? Giannis is no

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Speaker 2: longer available, and like, either way, you're not going into

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Speaker 2: the season with Jalen Brown next year. I do think

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Speaker 2: that it's interesting that they sent him to Philly, the

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Speaker 2: team that just knocked us out. Also, you know their

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Speaker 2: main guy. He's been seen talking mess about on Twitch,

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Speaker 2: so I wonder if that was there was any tacticalness

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Speaker 2: to that. But yeah, he wants to be the guy.

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Speaker 2: But now it's weird because he's going to seventy six

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Speaker 1: So no, I mean it's no. I mean, I'm so

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Speaker 1: there's a lot here. We'll get to the Philly side

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Speaker 1: and the Jalen Brown side in a bit. But I

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Speaker 1: want to start with the Celtics piece of it, because

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Speaker 1: I said, and I had been adamant that I thought,

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Speaker 1: once you offer Jalen Brown and a Jana's trade then

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Speaker 1: and he already, you know, had what I considered a

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Speaker 1: that you have crossed kind of the rubicon and you've

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Speaker 1: they offered him for Anthony Davis, they had offered him

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Speaker 1: what other dominoes fall. Because here's what I know about Philly.

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Speaker 1: Philly was not going to say take it or leave.

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Speaker 1: At Boston, this is your one time opportunity to switch

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Speaker 1: out twenty nine year old Jalen Brown for thirty six

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Speaker 1: And it is stunning how low Jalen Brown's value is

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Speaker 1: to me, this is the incompetence piece demons, I believe

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Speaker 1: it is. It was incumbent on the Celtics to know, Okay,

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Speaker 1: if we don't get Yannis, what other options are out there?

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Speaker 1: what's our number two and three options? And in my opinion,

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Speaker 1: they very clearly had not done their due diligence on that,

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Speaker 1: because if you are this close to moving Jaalen Brown

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Speaker 1: twenty year old, eleven minutes, three point per game, Hugo Gonzalez,

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Speaker 1: and the silver medal is instead of Giannis, you get

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Speaker 1: Paul George, who if you don't like Jalen Brown's contract,

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Speaker 1: you can't like Paul George's contract. They make the same

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Speaker 1: money Paul George's contract as a whole one year shorter. Now, yes,

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Speaker 1: value and Paul George's value is so massive to not recognize.

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Speaker 1: If we if we don't pull the trigger on trading

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Speaker 1: for Giannis, we are going to effectively beginning one first

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Speaker 1: say that the price for Philly just to trade away

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Speaker 1: to me. Boston held the line on Hugo or Shireman

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Speaker 1: when they were willing to give up the two first

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Speaker 1: But nope, too far if we have to include Hugo

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Speaker 1: the twenty seven other teams like we can beat that deal. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: we can. We would like to employ Jalen Brown, even

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Speaker 1: if we don't think he's, you know, as good as

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Speaker 1: here's a question. Remember when the Celtics wanted Kevin Durant

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Speaker 1: a little unfair to both of them. I don't know.

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Speaker 2: I'm not gonna do not exactly locker room elevators, not well,

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Speaker 2: not in those locker rooms.

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Speaker 1: But not like you know the I think Jalen it

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Speaker 1: don't know that that would be the case if they swapped.

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Speaker 1: And if you're Houston Eudoka's coach Jalen Brown, you need

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Speaker 1: a go to scoring option, but a guy you can

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Speaker 1: still defend. He's more on the timeline of the other guys.

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Speaker 1: And if you're the Celtics, all right, great, Uh, Durant

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Speaker 1: bucket like that, that trade would have been more interesting.

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Speaker 1: There are so many moves, like I understand. Paul George

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Speaker 1: played well in the playoff series against the Celtics.

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Speaker 2: Say it again, Yeah, no, because he didn't really do

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Speaker 2: anything in the second round, but the team as a wold.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he played well in that seven game series against

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Speaker 1: one and thirty seven. But he is not he the

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Speaker 1: last two seasons he has averaged forty games per season

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Speaker 1: seventeen points per game. When he was in Philadelphia, that

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Speaker 1: he and this idea. I get that. Well, now the

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Speaker 1: Celtics have more flexibility, now they have these assets to

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Speaker 1: trade for another guy. I understand all of that. I

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Speaker 1: just I am legitimately stunned. Even if I wasn't as

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Speaker 1: And there is I thought there had been a lot

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Speaker 1: of overstating, you know, oh, this is how much the

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Speaker 1: Evidently a ton of teams say, Jalen Brown on that

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean they added Mitch Robinson and Mike Connolly, Like,

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Speaker 2: do you think that they're going to be able to

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Speaker 2: compete next year? I think that the squad overall is

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean I would be stunned if they're a

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Speaker 1: I know they won fifty six games last year without Tatum,

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Speaker 1: but I when I picked them to win the title,

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Speaker 1: the idea behind it was that adding bringing Tatum back

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Speaker 1: not think it is at all realistic that this team

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Speaker 1: prove me wrong that, barring another move, that they can

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Speaker 1: they not brought Tatum, hadn't come back. Now, Tatum's in

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Speaker 1: my opinion, better than Jalen Brown, but that team was

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Speaker 2: Confusing? I think that I really I do appreciate Jayleen

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Speaker 1: Does I think that's his career? I don't know who

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Speaker 2: And again it will see organization.

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Speaker 1: And it's uh and so that is. But what a

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Speaker 1: resounding success of a trade for the Sixers, even if

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Speaker 1: I don't think next year they're gonna be top line contenders.

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Speaker 1: Like just a great, great, successful trade for the Sixers.

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Speaker 1: And I just want to be on the record here

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Speaker 1: on this. I do not think Jalen Brown is one

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Speaker 1: I think he had one of the ten best seasons

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Speaker 1: in the league. I don't think he's one of the

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Speaker 1: ten best players in the league. He's never been a

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Speaker 1: particularly difficult omission from Club Superstar for me. Okay, I

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Speaker 1: think he is firmly, obviously in the top twenty five

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Speaker 1: players in the league, and almost assuredly in the top

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Speaker 1: twenty players in the league. That's where I land on

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Speaker 1: Jalen Brown. The analytics that say, you know, the what

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Speaker 1: is it? It's the dunks and threes analytic that said

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00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:45,800
Speaker 1: duncsan three's the website that said he's the eighty seventh

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Speaker 1: best player in basketball. The folks that are slavishly dedicated

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00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:53,560
Speaker 1: to the on off splits that say he's a net negative.

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00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:58,920
Speaker 1: I think those are idiotic and while those can inform

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Speaker 1: your opinion about a player, they should not define anyone's

448
00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:09,239
Speaker 1: opinion about a player. What is so ironic about this

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00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:14,440
Speaker 1: demons is Jalen spent. You know, a good portion of

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00:31:14,480 --> 00:31:20,440
Speaker 1: his twitch stream stuff has been him, for lack of

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00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:24,640
Speaker 1: a better term, going after the media and taking issue with,

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Speaker 1: you know, different aspects of the media. And the one

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Speaker 1: thing this trade saga has revealed is the media, which

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Speaker 1: votes on the awards and where he has been very

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Speaker 1: highly decorated, values him far more than the league does.

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00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:51,800
Speaker 1: The folks in the media look at Jalen Brown as

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Speaker 1: an a lister, and the thirty teams across the NBA

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Speaker 1: do not, And that is a fascinating development.

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Speaker 2: Something is going on, we don't is there? Something is?

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Speaker 2: What's that about?

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Speaker 1: Well, I mean, listen, I think he doesn't have an

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Speaker 1: analytically friendly game, but there is absolutely something to be

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Speaker 1: said for taking on the challenge of guarding the other

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Speaker 1: team's best player. A lot, the availability, the reliability, the

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Speaker 1: fact that does do everyone else's analytics on the Celtics

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Speaker 1: look better because of the workload that he has taken on,

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Speaker 1: like all of that stuff, like, and so I just

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Speaker 1: I I find it there have been I never thought

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Speaker 1: Jalen Brown was going to fall in like in the

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Speaker 1: category of what's a good example historically? Okay, here's one.

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Speaker 1: Monteellis was a guy that put up good counting stats,

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Speaker 1: you know, the beginning analytics fifteen years ago did not

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Speaker 1: like his game at all. Okay, and it was a

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Speaker 1: dichotomy of you know, I like counting stats versus the

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Speaker 1: deeper stats. Here was the difference. I don't think Monteellis's

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Speaker 1: eye test was that good either. I don't think you

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Speaker 1: need an algorithm to be like that. Guy's not a

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Speaker 1: winning player. I have put Trey Young in a similar boat,

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Speaker 1: like I don't. He has great counting stats and I

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Speaker 1: don't need to look at the analytics say he's not

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Speaker 1: a winning player. What's unique about Jalen Brown is he's

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Speaker 1: fucking won more than any player in the league. Basically

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Speaker 1: since he's been in the league. They lived in the

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Speaker 1: conference finals, they had great regular seasons. There was never

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Speaker 1: a thought. I never would have thought that the analytics

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Speaker 1: numbers would be like Jalen Brown, not that good. But

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Speaker 1: that's where we're at. It's really fascinating. All right. We'll

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Speaker 1: let's go to the US men's national team.

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Speaker 2: Yeah two zero for our first knockout win since two

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Speaker 2: thousand and two. So a bit good stuff USA. But

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Speaker 2: there was a controversial red card on our guy flow Balligan.

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Speaker 2: So where would you like to start? On the game

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Speaker 2: or the card?

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Speaker 1: All right, so let's just start with the game or

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Speaker 1: with the card. Pardon me? So I am stunned at

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Speaker 1: how many people think. Because it's written in the rules

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Speaker 1: that the US can appeal this that the US shouldn't

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Speaker 1: try to appeal this. Folks, it's FIFA and it's the

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00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:09,040
Speaker 1: World Cup and things are a little fuzzy, like I

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00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:12,040
Speaker 1: don't know if you guys have seen, like you know,

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Speaker 1: historically how host sites get awarded, or the fact that

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00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:19,200
Speaker 1: Christiano Ronaldo was supposed to be suspended for the first

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Speaker 1: two games of the World Cup and they were like, ah, nah,

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Speaker 1: let's make it a probation. This is historically speaking, this

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00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:31,960
Speaker 1: is an entity that, uh, you can bully a bit

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Speaker 1: or you can figure out a way to get your

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Speaker 1: way with. And so many folks in the media that

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Speaker 1: have been like, well, no, you can't appeal this, Sure

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00:37:40,719 --> 00:37:43,960
Speaker 1: you can't, and you can just we're the host country.

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Speaker 1: It's a BS red card and we want our guy

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Speaker 1: to play at least see if in Fontino and FIFA

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00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:55,759
Speaker 1: are open to that. It seems like he's got a

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Speaker 1: real tight relationship with the president, and the president's got

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Speaker 1: plenty of time. He's designing ballrooms and doing reflecting polls,

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00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:06,960
Speaker 1: got a state fair. CEV gives them a little rings like, hey,

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Speaker 1: you remember me. He gave me the FIFA Peace Prize

557
00:38:10,680 --> 00:38:12,960
Speaker 1: because I wanted the Nobel One and didn't get one.

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Speaker 1: You think you can put your finger on the scale

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Speaker 1: and could flow in the game, biggest game in US

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Speaker 1: soccer history. So that's first of all, like I'm not

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00:38:21,360 --> 00:38:23,960
Speaker 1: ready to give up yet, the flow balligan could play.

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Speaker 1: And here's the other thing they did. Kind of screw

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Speaker 1: us not because that play can never be a red card.

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Speaker 1: Soccer is interesting in that they don't They don't always

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Speaker 1: care about intent if it's a dangerous play. But what

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Speaker 1: they're not supposed to use the VAR, the video assisted

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Speaker 1: review in slow motion to determine the harshness if you

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Speaker 1: will have a foul. So I will reed from to

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Speaker 1: you from the exact VAR you know from the rule

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Speaker 1: book on what is and isn't allowed. The VAR can

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Speaker 1: check the footage in normal speed and or in slow motion,

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Speaker 1: but in general, slow motion replay should only be used

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Speaker 1: for facts, for example, position of offense or of or

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Speaker 1: player point of contact for physical physical offenses pardon me,

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00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:36,279
Speaker 1: and handball ball out of play including goal no goal.

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Speaker 1: Normal speed should be used for the intensity of an

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00:39:40,760 --> 00:39:43,480
Speaker 1: offense or to decide if it was a handball offense.

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Speaker 1: He got a red card because in my opinion and

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Speaker 1: what it really really looked like because the referee watched

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Speaker 1: that foul in slow motion, and in slow motion it

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Speaker 1: looked awful. I think that's mist application of VAR, and

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Speaker 1: I think we have grounds not to appeal on it

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Speaker 1: was a bad redguard, but to appeal on procedural grounds

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Speaker 1: to use VAR wrong. Either way, I'd like him to

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Speaker 1: at least try and see if they're like, okay, fine,

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Speaker 1: he canna play. I'm just saying it's it's it's it's

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Speaker 1: not off the board that maybe he could play. So

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Speaker 1: that's first of all. Second of all, the reason I

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Speaker 1: hated the penalty was it's not even so much about

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Speaker 1: so like Messy early in the tournament, the first game,

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Speaker 1: I think he was trying to steal the ball from

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Speaker 1: an opponent and accidentally cleaned him in the back of

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Speaker 1: his leg, scraped his studs down the back of his

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Speaker 1: leg into his ankle, and got no penalty. Okay, that

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Speaker 1: was way the way I see it, worse than what

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Speaker 1: Flow did because Messi, while obviously was not trying to

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Speaker 1: do that, was looking down, was trying to make a

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Speaker 1: play on the ball and screwed up. And that's where

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Speaker 1: intent they say doesn't matter for a red card. Hey, man,

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Speaker 1: you made a dangerous play. You were trying to get

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Speaker 1: the ball, but you got the guy's leg and that

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Speaker 1: could have been a red for MESSI. Flow was running

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00:41:26,040 --> 00:41:30,600
Speaker 1: alongside the guy and looking up and they both just

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00:41:30,719 --> 00:41:34,479
Speaker 1: stepped in the same place. That So what Flow did

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00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:39,080
Speaker 1: to me was not dangerous. It was unfortunate. So that

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Speaker 1: and it wasn't even called a yellow on the field.

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Speaker 1: So for all those reasons, I hated it, and I

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Speaker 1: really hate that he has to miss the biggest game

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Speaker 1: in US men's national team history, or I guess that's

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Speaker 1: probably not accurate. The second biggest game in US men's

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Speaker 1: national team history. The biggest game was the quarterfinal in

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Speaker 1: two thousand and two when we could have made the Semis.

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Speaker 1: So I hate that. I'll tell you what I loved

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Speaker 1: about that game though, the way Flow played before that,

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Speaker 1: because he's our best player, flat I and we'll get

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Speaker 1: to Polistic in a bit, but Flow Baalagin's the best player.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna be without our best player. For the game

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Speaker 1: against Belgium. I loved how he played, and I thought

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Speaker 1: Malie Tillman's set piece really it was like you were

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Speaker 1: rooting for a European power. It was like, okay, a

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Speaker 1: set piece from right here, they can score and we score,

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Speaker 1: and the fact that we were able to do what

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Speaker 1: we did with ten men, and then the added bonus demands.

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Speaker 1: Have you heard demons any of Pochettino the US manager's interviews,

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Speaker 1: Like if you heard him talk?

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Speaker 2: I have. It's in the back of my head, though,

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Speaker 2: is he's got some flair.

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Speaker 1: He just has a thick Argentinian accent, and he is Listen,

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Speaker 1: he speaks English far better than I speak any second language,

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00:43:06,360 --> 00:43:10,040
Speaker 1: but he is he is not what I would call

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Speaker 1: effortlessly fluent, you know what I mean? So like so

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Speaker 1: he The reason I'm saying any of that is to

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Speaker 1: paint the picture of people haven't heard him talk thick

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Speaker 1: Argentinian accent, you know, not a hundred fluent speaker. The

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Speaker 1: video of him after the game singing Country Roads from

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00:43:31,920 --> 00:43:34,520
Speaker 1: John Denver and smiling just like my favorite thing of

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Speaker 1: the tournament, Like it's just so charming, and the way

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00:43:39,400 --> 00:43:42,480
Speaker 1: this team loves each other and the way the I

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Speaker 1: think Fox has done an amazing job after these games

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Speaker 1: of the announcers layout and we just get these like these,

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Speaker 1: you know, kind of dusk sunsetting moments on these West

642
00:43:54,360 --> 00:43:59,320
Speaker 1: Coast stadiums of a delirious crowd, singing along the players,

643
00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:03,520
Speaker 1: taking and hugging. I love it so much. It's been

644
00:44:03,800 --> 00:44:10,120
Speaker 1: so good. I mean, I've enjoyed it so much. And

645
00:44:10,239 --> 00:44:14,600
Speaker 1: now we approach a game against Belgium. Belgium, first of all,

646
00:44:16,120 --> 00:44:20,000
Speaker 1: was not the better team yesterday against Senegal. I'm glad

647
00:44:20,040 --> 00:44:25,080
Speaker 1: we're playing Belgium rather than playing Senegal. Senegal has played

648
00:44:25,080 --> 00:44:28,480
Speaker 1: better in this tournament. Belgium was very fortunate yesterday. We

649
00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:33,120
Speaker 1: can beat Belgium and hard Rock Bet has a slight

650
00:44:33,200 --> 00:44:35,920
Speaker 1: favorites against Belgium even without Baligan.

651
00:44:36,280 --> 00:44:37,800
Speaker 2: How much pressure is on Polisic.

652
00:44:39,080 --> 00:44:42,560
Speaker 1: Well, there we go. So this is the moment. Man

653
00:44:44,320 --> 00:44:47,000
Speaker 1: Christian Ballistic was on the US men's national team as

654
00:44:47,040 --> 00:44:52,400
Speaker 1: a kid at it in twenty eighteen that failed to qualify.

655
00:44:53,080 --> 00:44:58,319
Speaker 1: He was then on the team in twenty twenty two that,

656
00:44:58,480 --> 00:45:01,160
Speaker 1: going into the final game of group the group stage,

657
00:45:01,280 --> 00:45:06,280
Speaker 1: needed a win against Iran to qualify. He, to his credit,

658
00:45:08,040 --> 00:45:11,440
Speaker 1: scored a goal. Scored the goal at the tail end

659
00:45:11,600 --> 00:45:13,799
Speaker 1: with ten minutes left in the first half to put

660
00:45:13,880 --> 00:45:17,880
Speaker 1: us up one nothing on the goal he got banged

661
00:45:17,920 --> 00:45:22,560
Speaker 1: into by the keeper and then at halftime couldn't go anymore.

662
00:45:22,880 --> 00:45:26,239
Speaker 1: They had to sub him out. They held on for

663
00:45:26,280 --> 00:45:32,799
Speaker 1: the win though, thank god. And then neither he nor

664
00:45:32,880 --> 00:45:38,040
Speaker 1: really anybody played that well in our knockout round game

665
00:45:38,080 --> 00:45:47,080
Speaker 1: against the Netherlands, and in this tournament he's played sparingly.

666
00:45:48,320 --> 00:45:52,400
Speaker 1: He's one of the only stars in the entire tournament

667
00:45:53,080 --> 00:46:00,960
Speaker 1: that has not scored. If there was a argument for

668
00:46:01,880 --> 00:46:04,520
Speaker 1: we talked to this on First Things First today, who

669
00:46:04,560 --> 00:46:08,200
Speaker 1: has been the best player for the US men's national

670
00:46:08,239 --> 00:46:12,320
Speaker 1: team this tournament. While I would argue flow Baligan, Dax

671
00:46:12,440 --> 00:46:15,319
Speaker 1: was saying he thinks they're seven guys, you could make

672
00:46:15,360 --> 00:46:18,440
Speaker 1: an argument for not one of the seven. Christian polistic

673
00:46:20,120 --> 00:46:22,799
Speaker 1: You're supposed to be our best guy. You're supposed to

674
00:46:22,800 --> 00:46:27,120
Speaker 1: be the best player in this country's history. We have

675
00:46:27,160 --> 00:46:30,200
Speaker 1: a home World Cup Monday. Your striker's not going to

676
00:46:30,280 --> 00:46:34,799
Speaker 1: be there. You have to deliver. It's the biggest game

677
00:46:34,840 --> 00:46:42,360
Speaker 1: of your life. And we have now demands graduated past

678
00:46:43,160 --> 00:46:51,160
Speaker 1: by winning the round of thirty two, this tournament cannot

679
00:46:51,160 --> 00:46:56,440
Speaker 1: be a failure. It is some level of success. Getting

680
00:46:56,520 --> 00:47:00,400
Speaker 1: to the round of sixteen was always mandatory, and we

681
00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:03,799
Speaker 1: got there. But we have been there a bunch of

682
00:47:03,840 --> 00:47:06,920
Speaker 1: times in our history. We've only won this game once

683
00:47:08,040 --> 00:47:11,200
Speaker 1: you add to it that we have a pretty decent

684
00:47:11,360 --> 00:47:15,560
Speaker 1: draw in who we're playing in the round of thirty

685
00:47:15,600 --> 00:47:19,319
Speaker 1: to or the round of sixteen, like as far as

686
00:47:19,360 --> 00:47:23,680
Speaker 1: the caliber of the opponent, a Paraguay from our group

687
00:47:24,000 --> 00:47:28,400
Speaker 1: has France coming Canada. You know, another host nation in

688
00:47:28,440 --> 00:47:33,760
Speaker 1: the round of sixteen is playing Morocco. Norway gets Brazil.

689
00:47:34,920 --> 00:47:37,360
Speaker 1: Mexico another host country more on that game in a

690
00:47:37,400 --> 00:47:44,000
Speaker 1: moment gets England. So getting Belgium is about as good

691
00:47:44,040 --> 00:47:46,600
Speaker 1: of a draw. You know. The winner of Portugal Croatia

692
00:47:46,719 --> 00:47:50,560
Speaker 1: later tonight is gonna take on Spain, which just won

693
00:47:50,760 --> 00:47:56,520
Speaker 1: three nothing against Austria. Okay, so getting Belgium is fortunate.

694
00:47:56,800 --> 00:48:03,280
Speaker 1: We're at home. We've played great. If they lose this game,

695
00:48:04,200 --> 00:48:10,759
Speaker 1: this World Cup was a success, but disappointing. If they

696
00:48:10,840 --> 00:48:16,080
Speaker 1: win this game, it's hands down, unequivocally the greatest World

697
00:48:16,120 --> 00:48:20,759
Speaker 1: Cup in team USA men's national team history. And then

698
00:48:20,800 --> 00:48:24,839
Speaker 1: we wait and see, you know, are we playing an

699
00:48:24,960 --> 00:48:29,359
Speaker 1: absolute monster in Spain or a team that I think

700
00:48:29,440 --> 00:48:36,080
Speaker 1: we could hang with in Portugal or Croatia After only

701
00:48:36,120 --> 00:48:41,560
Speaker 1: having one shutout in its previous thirteen games three games ago,

702
00:48:42,320 --> 00:48:45,560
Speaker 1: we now have two shutouts in our last three games.

703
00:48:45,960 --> 00:48:51,880
Speaker 1: We have a world class manager, Our starting players play

704
00:48:52,000 --> 00:48:57,000
Speaker 1: all over the best leagues in Europe. You're better than Belgium.

705
00:48:57,120 --> 00:49:01,000
Speaker 1: You have played better than Belgium in this tournament. Belgium

706
00:49:01,080 --> 00:49:07,000
Speaker 1: in this tournament needed a win in its final group

707
00:49:07,080 --> 00:49:12,680
Speaker 1: stage game just to qualify. They drew against Egypt, they

708
00:49:12,800 --> 00:49:17,120
Speaker 1: drew against Iran, they beat New Zealand to qualify, and

709
00:49:17,280 --> 00:49:21,440
Speaker 1: yesterday they just pulled it out of the fire against Senegal.

710
00:49:22,520 --> 00:49:26,560
Speaker 1: You should win this game, and Christian Polistics gotta be great.

711
00:49:27,520 --> 00:49:29,640
Speaker 1: And I know it seems like a lot to ask,

712
00:49:30,040 --> 00:49:33,360
Speaker 1: but Polistics also gotta have the fitness to give us

713
00:49:33,440 --> 00:49:41,839
Speaker 1: the full ninety. The first game he played forty five

714
00:49:41,920 --> 00:49:45,120
Speaker 1: and got banged up. The second game he missed. The

715
00:49:45,160 --> 00:49:51,279
Speaker 1: third game, he gave us spot duty this game, even

716
00:49:51,320 --> 00:49:53,600
Speaker 1: though we were down a man. He had to be

717
00:49:53,640 --> 00:49:56,360
Speaker 1: subbed out in the eighty something minute for fresh legs

718
00:49:56,360 --> 00:50:01,560
Speaker 1: out there. Fine, no problem. We need the full ninety

719
00:50:01,640 --> 00:50:07,280
Speaker 1: and you've got to be great. I think they're going

720
00:50:07,320 --> 00:50:13,560
Speaker 1: to do it. I don't believe in Belgium, but man,

721
00:50:13,640 --> 00:50:18,759
Speaker 1: oh man, this is this is the moment, and I

722
00:50:18,960 --> 00:50:23,319
Speaker 1: really really hope that they that they seize it.

723
00:50:24,000 --> 00:50:26,319
Speaker 2: Uh, I know you have more winning the work would

724
00:50:26,360 --> 00:50:28,680
Speaker 2: win the winning the World Cup be a bigger deal

725
00:50:28,760 --> 00:50:30,640
Speaker 2: than the Miracle on Ice in your opinion.

726
00:50:31,920 --> 00:50:36,480
Speaker 1: So I wasn't alive for the Miracle on Ice, and

727
00:50:36,520 --> 00:50:42,000
Speaker 1: there obviously was you know, bigger maybe political implications there

728
00:50:42,000 --> 00:50:45,520
Speaker 1: because we're playing the Soviet Union, you know who during

729
00:50:45,560 --> 00:50:51,920
Speaker 1: the Cold War imagine. But it would certainly be a

730
00:50:52,040 --> 00:50:57,759
Speaker 1: tougher accomplishment. Is it's such a bigger field and everything.

731
00:50:58,040 --> 00:51:02,560
Speaker 1: You like the fact that the path is probably would

732
00:51:02,680 --> 00:51:08,440
Speaker 1: probably be after Belgium, you have to beat the number

733
00:51:08,520 --> 00:51:11,960
Speaker 1: two team in the world, Spain, and then you have

734
00:51:12,040 --> 00:51:14,800
Speaker 1: to beat the number one team in the world France,

735
00:51:15,400 --> 00:51:18,560
Speaker 1: and then you have to beat either Brazil or Argentina

736
00:51:18,880 --> 00:51:22,120
Speaker 1: or I guess some people would say England. It would

737
00:51:22,239 --> 00:51:28,960
Speaker 1: just be remarkable. And what I'm here to say is

738
00:51:30,360 --> 00:51:36,160
Speaker 1: I have all along said I believe this US men's

739
00:51:36,200 --> 00:51:39,840
Speaker 1: national team can make the quarterfinals for the justice second

740
00:51:39,880 --> 00:51:42,960
Speaker 1: time in team history. They are one game from doing it.

741
00:51:45,000 --> 00:51:47,239
Speaker 1: They are tragically gonna have to try to do it

742
00:51:47,280 --> 00:51:51,879
Speaker 1: without flow Balligan. I think they can. All right, let's

743
00:51:51,880 --> 00:51:53,560
Speaker 1: talk a little more World Cup stuff.

744
00:51:54,520 --> 00:51:57,480
Speaker 2: So England and Belgium both had late comebacks to advance.

745
00:51:57,800 --> 00:52:01,120
Speaker 2: England now headstats Techa to play Mexico and Belgium heads

746
00:52:01,160 --> 00:52:02,640
Speaker 2: to Seattle to play US.

747
00:52:04,360 --> 00:52:07,719
Speaker 1: Yes, so I want to talk about those, all those

748
00:52:07,760 --> 00:52:11,279
Speaker 1: games and then also some of tonight's games. Uh so

749
00:52:11,880 --> 00:52:14,600
Speaker 1: we already Belgium got very I feel sick for Senegal.

750
00:52:14,640 --> 00:52:16,879
Speaker 1: They just blew it. I mean, you're up to nothing

751
00:52:16,920 --> 00:52:19,000
Speaker 1: in the eighty second minute and you lose. It's just

752
00:52:19,040 --> 00:52:27,680
Speaker 1: an absolute, just gut wrenching loss. England credit to Harry

753
00:52:27,760 --> 00:52:32,200
Speaker 1: Kane for having a legendary twenty minutes in a game

754
00:52:32,280 --> 00:52:34,920
Speaker 1: that it looked like my guys d are both of

755
00:52:34,920 --> 00:52:37,800
Speaker 1: the African nations that played yesterday just had their guts

756
00:52:37,840 --> 00:52:41,840
Speaker 1: ripped out. Dr Congo should have been up to nothing,

757
00:52:42,200 --> 00:52:45,680
Speaker 1: they were up one nothing and then Harry Kane scores

758
00:52:45,719 --> 00:52:48,280
Speaker 1: on a header and then has one of the goals

759
00:52:48,360 --> 00:52:51,240
Speaker 1: of the tournament that Terry here did just an amazing

760
00:52:51,320 --> 00:52:54,520
Speaker 1: job explaining how he did it for them to win.

761
00:52:54,640 --> 00:52:59,400
Speaker 1: So shout out to England with that said demands. I

762
00:52:59,440 --> 00:53:02,600
Speaker 1: think they are in for more than a dog fight

763
00:53:02,640 --> 00:53:06,400
Speaker 1: against Mexico. I believe Mexico is going to beat England.

764
00:53:07,120 --> 00:53:13,200
Speaker 1: So people don't fully recognize the advantage Mexico has at

765
00:53:13,200 --> 00:53:16,240
Speaker 1: a Stadio Azteca. So first of all, it's one hundred

766
00:53:16,280 --> 00:53:25,880
Speaker 1: thousand rabid fans. It is such a wildly energized environment,

767
00:53:26,320 --> 00:53:28,760
Speaker 1: so that helps their players. It's why they haven't lost

768
00:53:28,800 --> 00:53:34,400
Speaker 1: there in years. But the other thing is the altitude

769
00:53:34,520 --> 00:53:38,759
Speaker 1: and the smog are so outrageous compared to everywhere else

770
00:53:38,800 --> 00:53:42,160
Speaker 1: they play. It's so much higher than Denver and to

771
00:53:42,280 --> 00:53:45,640
Speaker 1: mile high that you really like the fact that the

772
00:53:45,680 --> 00:53:51,080
Speaker 1: Mexican national team's players are used to it. Being used

773
00:53:51,080 --> 00:53:54,839
Speaker 1: to that altitude as an athlete and playing a group

774
00:53:54,880 --> 00:53:58,520
Speaker 1: of athletes that are not I read today has the

775
00:54:00,360 --> 00:54:05,000
Speaker 1: impact as if your team did blood doping for your

776
00:54:05,040 --> 00:54:08,280
Speaker 1: red blood cell counts and the other team didn't like you,

777
00:54:08,280 --> 00:54:12,840
Speaker 1: so you're basically no. Blood doping is what cyclists do

778
00:54:13,360 --> 00:54:19,680
Speaker 1: to the basically, it's it's like steroids. The the it's

779
00:54:19,960 --> 00:54:22,160
Speaker 1: again I don't know the science of it entirely. It's

780
00:54:22,160 --> 00:54:24,640
Speaker 1: either more red blood cell count or lower red blood

781
00:54:24,680 --> 00:54:31,239
Speaker 1: cell count, whatever it is. The point is the the

782
00:54:31,480 --> 00:54:37,400
Speaker 1: impact on athletes who aren't used to playing at this altitude,

783
00:54:39,000 --> 00:54:42,120
Speaker 1: what it drains from them. It's the same type of

784
00:54:42,239 --> 00:54:46,480
Speaker 1: delta that an athlete would gain from using performance enhancing

785
00:54:46,520 --> 00:54:50,239
Speaker 1: drugs just in the other direction. So there's that. And

786
00:54:50,280 --> 00:54:55,839
Speaker 1: because of that, what England should want to do is

787
00:54:56,280 --> 00:55:00,920
Speaker 1: have shown up in Mexico this morning st getting acclimated

788
00:55:00,960 --> 00:55:04,560
Speaker 1: to it. But here's the thing, this is a home

789
00:55:04,600 --> 00:55:10,440
Speaker 1: World Cup. Those fans are in a great way insane

790
00:55:11,239 --> 00:55:14,200
Speaker 1: and England knows if we show up today, we're not

791
00:55:14,239 --> 00:55:18,400
Speaker 1: going to get a good night's rest. And through the

792
00:55:18,400 --> 00:55:21,880
Speaker 1: the country will know where or where our hotel is.

793
00:55:22,360 --> 00:55:25,279
Speaker 1: They are going to be banging pots and pans and

794
00:55:25,360 --> 00:55:29,080
Speaker 1: singing and having a party outside of our hotel room

795
00:55:29,200 --> 00:55:35,000
Speaker 1: all night. Every night. The players will be anxious about

796
00:55:35,040 --> 00:55:38,399
Speaker 1: any food they're served like that, like the.

797
00:55:38,480 --> 00:55:44,280
Speaker 2: All it's the World Cup, like this is the well

798
00:55:44,440 --> 00:55:44,960
Speaker 2: the home.

799
00:55:44,880 --> 00:55:49,480
Speaker 1: Field of bands of the World Cup matters. So you

800
00:55:50,120 --> 00:55:55,160
Speaker 1: This is an eight pm Eastern time kickoff July fifth,

801
00:55:56,200 --> 00:56:01,160
Speaker 1: in what will be it is definitionally the biggest game

802
00:56:01,320 --> 00:56:06,920
Speaker 1: in Mexican soccer history. England has been super wobbly other

803
00:56:07,000 --> 00:56:12,160
Speaker 1: than Harry Kane and England's players come the second half

804
00:56:12,520 --> 00:56:18,040
Speaker 1: are going to be gasping for thin thin air. I

805
00:56:18,080 --> 00:56:20,640
Speaker 1: am here to tell you I love Mexico in this spot.

806
00:56:21,120 --> 00:56:24,279
Speaker 1: Love Mexico in this spot. I have had this game

807
00:56:24,440 --> 00:56:29,880
Speaker 1: circled for since the bracket came out. England win their group,

808
00:56:30,360 --> 00:56:36,640
Speaker 1: Mexico win their group. Since then, all Mexico has done

809
00:56:36,920 --> 00:56:42,759
Speaker 1: is look freaking awesome. Mexico in this tournament yet to

810
00:56:42,880 --> 00:56:48,160
Speaker 1: allow a goal, eight goals scored, zero goals allowed, beating

811
00:56:48,239 --> 00:56:53,560
Speaker 1: South Africa, Korea, Chechia, and Ecuador. England, on the other hand,

812
00:56:53,560 --> 00:56:59,200
Speaker 1: in this tournament, a little shakier Game one against Croatia,

813
00:57:00,520 --> 00:57:03,560
Speaker 1: tied at halftime, they end up winning four to two.

814
00:57:04,160 --> 00:57:09,280
Speaker 1: Game two they draw with Ghana zero zero. Game three,

815
00:57:09,360 --> 00:57:12,680
Speaker 1: a game they need to win against Panama, a bad

816
00:57:12,719 --> 00:57:17,360
Speaker 1: Panama team, tied at halftime zero zero. They end up

817
00:57:17,360 --> 00:57:22,520
Speaker 1: winning two nothing. Game four, knockout round against Congo. Down

818
00:57:22,560 --> 00:57:27,760
Speaker 1: at halftime, England is yet. So Mexico hasn't let it

819
00:57:28,240 --> 00:57:34,000
Speaker 1: allowed a goal and England hasn't let it halftime once

820
00:57:34,080 --> 00:57:39,439
Speaker 1: this tournament. So I love England. On July fifth, when

821
00:57:39,520 --> 00:57:45,840
Speaker 1: is that Saturday night or no, not Saturday night, Sunday night. Yeah,

822
00:57:46,000 --> 00:57:53,200
Speaker 1: I'm all over it. Is that Sunday night. Yeah, that

823
00:57:53,320 --> 00:57:56,640
Speaker 1: is Sunday night, Holy Moly. And the US is yeah,

824
00:57:56,640 --> 00:58:01,360
Speaker 1: because the US is Monday night. Oh, I said I

825
00:58:01,400 --> 00:58:04,360
Speaker 1: love England. No, I don't love England in the spot

826
00:58:04,440 --> 00:58:06,120
Speaker 1: don't clip that out, guys, I said a whole thing

827
00:58:06,160 --> 00:58:09,280
Speaker 1: about why I love Mexico in this spot. Thank you, guys. Obviously,

828
00:58:09,320 --> 00:58:11,640
Speaker 1: the whole point of that rant was I love Mexico

829
00:58:11,640 --> 00:58:17,360
Speaker 1: in this spot. The no no, no, I the I got

830
00:58:18,080 --> 00:58:20,360
Speaker 1: the I was looking at the England schedule and I

831
00:58:20,400 --> 00:58:23,680
Speaker 1: said England, but no, I think Mexico just wins. And

832
00:58:23,760 --> 00:58:29,880
Speaker 1: speaking of upsets, if you're watching us live, you'll get to,

833
00:58:30,120 --> 00:58:32,320
Speaker 1: you know, see if you want to roll with me

834
00:58:32,400 --> 00:58:35,800
Speaker 1: on hard rock, bet on this one. If not, you'll

835
00:58:35,840 --> 00:58:39,360
Speaker 1: be able to see if I'm right, I think Croatia

836
00:58:39,440 --> 00:58:43,080
Speaker 1: is going to beat Portugal. I think Croatia is going

837
00:58:43,120 --> 00:58:49,120
Speaker 1: to end Christiano Ronaldo in Portugal's pretty underwhelming tournament so far.

838
00:58:50,200 --> 00:58:57,720
Speaker 1: Croatia in this tournament again tied with England at halftime,

839
00:58:57,800 --> 00:59:01,080
Speaker 1: end up losing four to two. They beat Panama, they

840
00:59:01,120 --> 00:59:06,680
Speaker 1: beat Ghana, and they're an old team. Obviously, Luka Modrich

841
00:59:06,800 --> 00:59:10,080
Speaker 1: is not the same guy he once was. But Croatia,

842
00:59:10,480 --> 00:59:16,160
Speaker 1: this core group of guys has been to back to

843
00:59:16,360 --> 00:59:22,720
Speaker 1: back World Cup semifinals in twenty eighteen, they lost in

844
00:59:22,760 --> 00:59:27,800
Speaker 1: the final to France. In twenty twenty two, they lost

845
00:59:27,920 --> 00:59:33,080
Speaker 1: in the semifinal. Was is that to France again? No

846
00:59:33,240 --> 00:59:40,520
Speaker 1: to Argentina. They lost because France played Morocco in the semifinal. I. Portugal,

847
00:59:40,560 --> 00:59:48,040
Speaker 1: on the other hand, has looked awesome against Uzbekistan and

848
00:59:48,200 --> 00:59:53,880
Speaker 1: decidedly mediocre in every other spot. They drew with Congo,

849
00:59:54,320 --> 00:59:56,640
Speaker 1: they drew with Colombia in a game I was at

850
00:59:56,680 --> 01:00:01,680
Speaker 1: that Columbia thoroughly outplayed them. They have a The only

851
01:00:01,720 --> 01:00:04,400
Speaker 1: guy on their team who has played all ninety of

852
01:00:04,440 --> 01:00:08,240
Speaker 1: every game is the oldest guy on the team. Uh,

853
01:00:08,480 --> 01:00:17,600
Speaker 1: my beloved, my, my beloved soccer expert, the great poker

854
01:00:17,680 --> 01:00:20,640
Speaker 1: player in sports. Better not Joe Barbero, who I've been

855
01:00:20,640 --> 01:00:23,400
Speaker 1: texting with and he's a big voice memo guy the

856
01:00:23,440 --> 01:00:29,640
Speaker 1: whole tournament. He I text him about that I was

857
01:00:29,680 --> 01:00:32,920
Speaker 1: going to see Portugal play Columbia because I was at

858
01:00:32,960 --> 01:00:38,000
Speaker 1: that game at hard Rock Stadium in Miami that I

859
01:00:38,200 --> 01:00:42,000
Speaker 1: was that I was going and he and he told

860
01:00:42,040 --> 01:00:45,680
Speaker 1: me he's said go all in on Columbia. Uh. And

861
01:00:45,720 --> 01:00:49,680
Speaker 1: I said why, I said, how come? And he wrote

862
01:00:49,760 --> 01:00:52,320
Speaker 1: back and again this much like Pochattino. I want you

863
01:00:52,360 --> 01:00:54,160
Speaker 1: to read this text in your head in a very

864
01:00:54,200 --> 01:01:01,080
Speaker 1: thick Argentinian accent um. But Natcho said, because quote, the

865
01:01:01,120 --> 01:01:03,720
Speaker 1: team they're playing has a forty one year old that's

866
01:01:03,760 --> 01:01:06,800
Speaker 1: a cry baby and should be in a wheelchair. That

867
01:01:06,880 --> 01:01:11,040
Speaker 1: was his handicap. That was his handicapping of why for

868
01:01:11,240 --> 01:01:15,040
Speaker 1: you can't win? And so listen, I think Portugal is

869
01:01:15,040 --> 01:01:17,680
Speaker 1: gonna lose tonight. I think Croatia is gonna advance and

870
01:01:17,720 --> 01:01:21,000
Speaker 1: it's gonna be three straight years of real World Cup

871
01:01:21,080 --> 01:01:25,120
Speaker 1: runs for Portugal. If there's let me just give you

872
01:01:25,160 --> 01:01:33,640
Speaker 1: guys quick thoughts that the other oh Tomorrow's games obviously,

873
01:01:33,880 --> 01:01:36,560
Speaker 1: I mean, it'd be one of the greatest stories in

874
01:01:36,600 --> 01:01:39,040
Speaker 1: the history of the sport. If Cape Verde beat Messi

875
01:01:39,080 --> 01:01:42,360
Speaker 1: in Argentina, that's not gonna happen. I like, you know,

876
01:01:43,200 --> 01:01:47,840
Speaker 1: Argentina advances Columbia Ghana from Kansas City. I think it

877
01:01:47,840 --> 01:01:50,960
Speaker 1: will be a good game. But I like Columbia and

878
01:01:51,080 --> 01:01:54,240
Speaker 1: Australia Egypt. I think the wrong team's favored. I think

879
01:01:54,280 --> 01:01:59,160
Speaker 1: Egypt should be the favorite there. So those are the oh.

880
01:01:59,200 --> 01:02:02,040
Speaker 1: And there's one more game that I'm leaving out, is

881
01:02:02,080 --> 01:02:06,480
Speaker 1: it there's a oh, Switzerland Algeria late late tonight is

882
01:02:06,520 --> 01:02:11,880
Speaker 1: probably Switzerland's That's probably the play there. But oh but

883
01:02:12,040 --> 01:02:14,320
Speaker 1: there's We're not going to be on again until Tuesday,

884
01:02:14,760 --> 01:02:17,120
Speaker 1: so we should talk just a little bit about how

885
01:02:17,160 --> 01:02:22,240
Speaker 1: I see these Round of sixteen games going. I think

886
01:02:22,280 --> 01:02:26,040
Speaker 1: Morocco will beat Canada on the fourth of July. I

887
01:02:26,080 --> 01:02:29,640
Speaker 1: think France is going to probably put up another three

888
01:02:29,760 --> 01:02:33,320
Speaker 1: or four goals again in beating Paraguay on the fourth

889
01:02:33,360 --> 01:02:39,720
Speaker 1: of July. I think that Spain will beat Croatia on

890
01:02:40,400 --> 01:02:43,360
Speaker 1: Monday night. I think the U or Monday afternoon. I

891
01:02:43,360 --> 01:02:47,520
Speaker 1: think the US will beat Belgium on Monday night. And

892
01:02:47,560 --> 01:02:52,240
Speaker 1: then I had just told you I think Mexico beats England.

893
01:02:52,280 --> 01:02:54,920
Speaker 1: You guys know, I think Brazil is gonna beat Norway

894
01:02:55,000 --> 01:02:57,520
Speaker 1: in a game I might go to here in New

895
01:02:57,600 --> 01:03:03,800
Speaker 1: York and I take Argentina to advance. Oh, the other

896
01:03:03,840 --> 01:03:06,440
Speaker 1: games are Tuesday, will so once those are set, we'll

897
01:03:06,480 --> 01:03:07,840
Speaker 1: be able to talk to you US about them. But

898
01:03:07,880 --> 01:03:10,919
Speaker 1: I would lean Argentina in Columbia advance.

899
01:03:11,120 --> 01:03:13,720
Speaker 2: The Cup x fourth of July. Man, the streets are

900
01:03:13,720 --> 01:03:15,200
Speaker 2: gonna be crazy.

901
01:03:16,040 --> 01:03:22,439
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I mean it's gonna be US minsaster team

902
01:03:22,480 --> 01:03:24,240
Speaker 1: isn't playing on the fourth of July, which would have

903
01:03:24,280 --> 01:03:26,360
Speaker 1: been sick if they were. But yeah, I mean, and

904
01:03:26,400 --> 01:03:30,920
Speaker 1: I just I love this tournament so much and I

905
01:03:31,120 --> 01:03:35,160
Speaker 1: want to in the when I am, when I'm at

906
01:03:35,200 --> 01:03:39,880
Speaker 1: a retirement age or a I can take, you know,

907
01:03:40,040 --> 01:03:44,040
Speaker 1: summers off age. I've made an executive decision to manse

908
01:03:44,400 --> 01:03:46,600
Speaker 1: hold on. In fact, let me go ahead and look

909
01:03:46,640 --> 01:03:47,040
Speaker 1: this up.

910
01:03:47,400 --> 01:03:53,959
Speaker 2: The World Cup like the blue guy for the World.

911
01:03:52,200 --> 01:03:57,240
Speaker 1: By Oh yeah, that's a great day. I mean, it's

912
01:03:57,280 --> 01:04:01,360
Speaker 1: just a great take. But so I here we go.

913
01:04:01,480 --> 01:04:09,600
Speaker 1: List of FIFA World Cup hosts. Okay, so next next

914
01:04:09,720 --> 01:04:14,360
Speaker 1: year or next World Cup. Oh, it's another three World

915
01:04:14,400 --> 01:04:19,880
Speaker 1: Cup hosts. It's Morocco, Portugal and Spain. The next one,

916
01:04:19,960 --> 01:04:24,160
Speaker 1: the one after that is in Saudi Arabia. Here's it's

917
01:04:24,160 --> 01:04:27,680
Speaker 1: not so much about going to the games, but I

918
01:04:27,720 --> 01:04:31,200
Speaker 1: would like for the rest of my life to spend

919
01:04:31,720 --> 01:04:35,480
Speaker 1: the five weeks of the World Cup in the same

920
01:04:36,120 --> 01:04:38,320
Speaker 1: time zone. I don't even need to be in the

921
01:04:38,360 --> 01:04:40,040
Speaker 1: same country, Like, I don't know if I want to.

922
01:04:40,280 --> 01:04:42,600
Speaker 1: We'll see what the world looks like in twenty thirty four,

923
01:04:42,880 --> 01:04:45,360
Speaker 1: but five weeks in Saudi Arabia, I'm not sure I'm

924
01:04:45,400 --> 01:04:50,680
Speaker 1: signing up for that, I was, but Morocco, Portugal and

925
01:04:50,720 --> 01:04:54,680
Speaker 1: Spain sound delightful. But regardless, My point is this just

926
01:04:54,880 --> 01:04:58,480
Speaker 1: having the games on all throughout the day every day

927
01:04:59,120 --> 01:05:04,240
Speaker 1: has been serendipitous. I just love it so very sam.

928
01:05:05,720 --> 01:05:08,320
Speaker 1: It's just every day like today. The first game wasn't

929
01:05:08,360 --> 01:05:11,680
Speaker 1: until three. I was super bummed. I was like, I

930
01:05:11,720 --> 01:05:14,200
Speaker 1: was like, what am I gonna do with my afternoon?

931
01:05:15,840 --> 01:05:21,600
Speaker 1: And so yeah, so I I I have missed this

932
01:05:22,160 --> 01:05:29,840
Speaker 1: because it's you know, I'm forty one, so ninety four

933
01:05:29,920 --> 01:05:34,160
Speaker 1: the US hosts it, but I'm nine years old, Like

934
01:05:34,280 --> 01:05:36,640
Speaker 1: you know, I watched, I was into it. I remember

935
01:05:36,720 --> 01:05:41,160
Speaker 1: really upsetting my family because I was rooting for Brazil

936
01:05:41,240 --> 01:05:43,240
Speaker 1: over Italy in the final.

937
01:05:45,360 --> 01:05:45,560
Speaker 2: Eight.

938
01:05:47,080 --> 01:05:52,440
Speaker 1: It's in France, so it's six hours later there, so

939
01:05:52,480 --> 01:05:54,680
Speaker 1: what does that mean? So the games are on like

940
01:05:54,840 --> 01:05:57,120
Speaker 1: early morning and then end of the day, but I

941
01:05:57,200 --> 01:06:00,160
Speaker 1: remember watching it. But O two, it's it's in three

942
01:06:00,240 --> 01:06:03,320
Speaker 1: in Japan, so it's just like the U. The one

943
01:06:03,400 --> 01:06:07,120
Speaker 1: time the US is played in a quarterfinal in the

944
01:06:07,160 --> 01:06:09,840
Speaker 1: World Cup was at two point thirty in the morning

945
01:06:10,000 --> 01:06:13,360
Speaker 1: US time on ESPN two, Like it just doesn't really happen.

946
01:06:15,800 --> 01:06:19,640
Speaker 1: But twenty fourteen was Brazil. So that was again like

947
01:06:20,160 --> 01:06:22,840
Speaker 1: our time zones. We were living in Houston, Demons. I

948
01:06:22,880 --> 01:06:24,960
Speaker 1: don't know if you remember, but I was locked in.

949
01:06:25,440 --> 01:06:28,520
Speaker 1: But twenty eighteen Russia time zone kills US. Twenty twenty

950
01:06:28,560 --> 01:06:32,720
Speaker 1: two cutter time zones again kind of kill us. Next

951
01:06:32,720 --> 01:06:37,160
Speaker 1: World Cup if you are in America, Morocco, Portugal, Spain,

952
01:06:37,280 --> 01:06:41,200
Speaker 1: not that bad as far as it'll just be six

953
01:06:41,320 --> 01:06:43,880
Speaker 1: Everything will be about six hours earlier than it's been

954
01:06:43,960 --> 01:06:47,440
Speaker 1: for this tournament. So yes, you will have some games

955
01:06:47,480 --> 01:06:50,760
Speaker 1: that start six am, but a lot of games that

956
01:06:50,880 --> 01:06:55,160
Speaker 1: start nine am, noon, three pm. You know in those windows.

957
01:06:55,360 --> 01:06:59,080
Speaker 1: That's sick too. I'm just so into it and this

958
01:06:59,280 --> 01:07:02,120
Speaker 1: is not in This isn't me being like a fox shill.

959
01:07:02,200 --> 01:07:06,360
Speaker 1: I'm just I think it's been an unbelievable tournament. I also,

960
01:07:06,400 --> 01:07:08,680
Speaker 1: every time I hear Thierry Henri talk, I want to

961
01:07:08,680 --> 01:07:12,000
Speaker 1: go to France, Like, man, this guy just is awesome. Uh.

962
01:07:12,720 --> 01:07:14,960
Speaker 1: I want to talk little Lakers in a second. But first,

963
01:07:15,120 --> 01:07:17,360
Speaker 1: you ever notice everything keeps going up, Rints going up,

964
01:07:17,360 --> 01:07:19,880
Speaker 1: streaming services going up. Your favorite burrito spots charging you

965
01:07:19,920 --> 01:07:23,000
Speaker 1: extra for sls. It's outrageous. Both boost Mobile, you and

966
01:07:23,040 --> 01:07:24,720
Speaker 1: your phone build on to play the will this go

967
01:07:24,840 --> 01:07:27,919
Speaker 1: up soon? Game? Why because Boost Mobile is unlimited talk,

968
01:07:28,000 --> 01:07:30,240
Speaker 1: text and data plan at a price that will never

969
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970
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Speaker 1: for life. So switch now for unlimited wireless at a

971
01:07:34,440 --> 01:07:37,360
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972
01:07:37,400 --> 01:07:40,920
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973
01:07:40,960 --> 01:07:42,840
Speaker 1: pay twenty five dollars per month as long as they

974
01:07:42,880 --> 01:07:47,720
Speaker 1: remain active on the boost Unlimited plan. All right, Demanse,

975
01:07:47,840 --> 01:07:50,439
Speaker 1: Let's jump down to the Lakers moves this week.

976
01:07:50,760 --> 01:07:53,920
Speaker 2: This week, so yeah, after splitting up on Lebron, the

977
01:07:53,960 --> 01:07:57,440
Speaker 2: Lakers have made some moves. They got Walker Kessler, they

978
01:07:57,520 --> 01:08:02,680
Speaker 2: signed Mamu, Collin Sex and my guy, Quinton Grimes. How

979
01:08:02,840 --> 01:08:05,600
Speaker 2: strong of a team is this compared to the West?

980
01:08:05,920 --> 01:08:07,360
Speaker 2: Do they think they're gonna work next year?

981
01:08:10,520 --> 01:08:12,400
Speaker 1: It's not a very strong team at all. They got worse.

982
01:08:13,480 --> 01:08:18,000
Speaker 1: And Marcus Smart was wildly important to him. He's gone.

983
01:08:18,439 --> 01:08:22,000
Speaker 1: Canard was a great pick up. He's gone. Ruie is

984
01:08:22,040 --> 01:08:25,160
Speaker 1: not re signed yet and the second best player on

985
01:08:25,160 --> 01:08:30,960
Speaker 1: the team's gone. And listen, I didn't watch don't cut

986
01:08:30,960 --> 01:08:35,320
Speaker 1: this out into a social clip. However, fair is fair

987
01:08:36,439 --> 01:08:39,439
Speaker 1: when steven A has said things that I disagreed with.

988
01:08:39,640 --> 01:08:43,360
Speaker 1: I've gone after him, so I want to just and

989
01:08:43,720 --> 01:08:46,599
Speaker 1: I didn't see everything steven A said about the fact

990
01:08:46,640 --> 01:08:48,639
Speaker 1: that the Lakers are going to be the first team

991
01:08:48,920 --> 01:08:54,360
Speaker 1: in forty years to have their best three players be

992
01:08:54,479 --> 01:08:57,879
Speaker 1: white dudes. But I'm telling you right now, while everyone's

993
01:08:57,880 --> 01:09:03,240
Speaker 1: annihilating them for it, you all that occurred to all

994
01:09:03,280 --> 01:09:06,639
Speaker 1: of you as well. Everyone's like, how could he say this?

995
01:09:07,080 --> 01:09:10,519
Speaker 1: It's like when when we everybody had a similar reaction

996
01:09:10,600 --> 01:09:13,559
Speaker 1: when we saw the picture of the Lakers Big three

997
01:09:13,560 --> 01:09:20,080
Speaker 1: and it's Luca Austin and Walker Kessler sper right, No,

998
01:09:21,040 --> 01:09:25,120
Speaker 1: he's European. It's not a mare. And this mom who

999
01:09:25,120 --> 01:09:28,559
Speaker 1: shot a Pheeley guy, he's in European too. He looks

1000
01:09:28,600 --> 01:09:30,880
Speaker 1: like a John Wick villain. I understand all that. My

1001
01:09:30,960 --> 01:09:34,599
Speaker 1: only point is people who want to go after Steve

1002
01:09:34,640 --> 01:09:37,640
Speaker 1: and A are using this as an opportunity, pretending like

1003
01:09:38,160 --> 01:09:41,200
Speaker 1: that hadn't even occurred to me. Yes it had. I'm

1004
01:09:41,240 --> 01:09:44,040
Speaker 1: not saying it means they won't. I'm not going as

1005
01:09:44,080 --> 01:09:45,680
Speaker 1: far as to say it means they're going to be

1006
01:09:45,720 --> 01:09:49,400
Speaker 1: bad or anything. I am saying we're he wasn't the

1007
01:09:49,439 --> 01:09:53,680
Speaker 1: only person to be like, oh, well, when's the like

1008
01:09:54,040 --> 01:09:57,679
Speaker 1: And I I even did when I saw the Walker

1009
01:09:57,760 --> 01:10:01,520
Speaker 1: Kessler deal my own thing in my where I was like, gosh,

1010
01:10:01,920 --> 01:10:06,120
Speaker 1: what is the last time a team's three best guys

1011
01:10:06,160 --> 01:10:10,080
Speaker 1: were white, dude? And I was like this, Even the

1012
01:10:10,120 --> 01:10:14,200
Speaker 1: Celtics in the eighties with Bird and McHale, they always

1013
01:10:14,200 --> 01:10:18,000
Speaker 1: had perish like three of their four best at times,

1014
01:10:18,040 --> 01:10:22,720
Speaker 1: whether it was Ange or Bill Walton. But it's it's

1015
01:10:22,760 --> 01:10:27,360
Speaker 1: been a while. So again, there's plenty of stuff you

1016
01:10:27,400 --> 01:10:30,240
Speaker 1: want to go after Steven A. It's probably his fair game.

1017
01:10:30,640 --> 01:10:33,120
Speaker 1: And again also I didn't watch the podcast listen to

1018
01:10:33,120 --> 01:10:35,479
Speaker 1: the clip, but I saw the little synopsis of it,

1019
01:10:35,720 --> 01:10:37,599
Speaker 1: and I was like, come on, He's not the only

1020
01:10:37,680 --> 01:10:43,639
Speaker 1: person that thought that. With that said, I am, they

1021
01:10:43,680 --> 01:10:47,040
Speaker 1: are asking a lot of Luca. I love Luca. I

1022
01:10:47,120 --> 01:10:50,280
Speaker 1: believe in Luca. We'll see if he can deliver. But

1023
01:10:50,520 --> 01:10:56,080
Speaker 1: it is to make to trade away all your future

1024
01:10:56,160 --> 01:11:03,759
Speaker 1: picks and to just be locked in to long term

1025
01:11:04,439 --> 01:11:09,280
Speaker 1: Walker Kessler, Austin Reeves and not like Colin Secon's not

1026
01:11:09,439 --> 01:11:12,840
Speaker 1: to me a value additive NBA player. You know how

1027
01:11:12,920 --> 01:11:15,559
Speaker 1: much I like Grimes, So that one is I do

1028
01:11:15,640 --> 01:11:18,640
Speaker 1: think awesome, and Grimes will have a career year, you know,

1029
01:11:18,720 --> 01:11:25,960
Speaker 1: getting you know what, Grimes played with Luca right Like,

1030
01:11:26,040 --> 01:11:29,519
Speaker 1: I'm not tripping Grimes. Grimes was there when Luca was

1031
01:11:29,520 --> 01:11:32,479
Speaker 1: there because they traded him the same year. Oh he

1032
01:11:32,560 --> 01:11:35,519
Speaker 1: only played with Luca for a handful of games though,

1033
01:11:35,840 --> 01:11:38,880
Speaker 1: because it was the year Luca got traded and Luca

1034
01:11:39,000 --> 01:11:40,680
Speaker 1: was heard at the beginning of the year, so it

1035
01:11:40,760 --> 01:11:44,000
Speaker 1: was very temporary that he played with Luca. So I

1036
01:11:44,040 --> 01:11:48,200
Speaker 1: do like the Quinton Grimes edition, but I still think

1037
01:11:48,240 --> 01:11:51,080
Speaker 1: that team's and Walker Kessler is you know, a nice,

1038
01:11:51,960 --> 01:11:55,040
Speaker 1: nice player, and they finally addressed the center position. But man,

1039
01:11:55,080 --> 01:11:59,120
Speaker 1: oh man, they paid a very steep price for Walker

1040
01:11:59,200 --> 01:12:03,000
Speaker 1: Kessler as a tricted free agent. Two picks and two swaps. Again,

1041
01:12:04,200 --> 01:12:09,360
Speaker 1: I know Luka Wan in the center. Well, I was

1042
01:12:09,400 --> 01:12:12,680
Speaker 1: thinking they could have gotten Jail and Brown. I mean,

1043
01:12:12,720 --> 01:12:14,120
Speaker 1: if you hear, if you want to go up two

1044
01:12:14,120 --> 01:12:16,679
Speaker 1: picks and two swaps, but they didn't have the salary

1045
01:12:16,680 --> 01:12:19,599
Speaker 1: to match. I understand they couldn't have realistically made that work.

1046
01:12:19,880 --> 01:12:23,240
Speaker 1: But right now, and this breaks my heart for Luca,

1047
01:12:23,880 --> 01:12:30,479
Speaker 1: but Western Conference contenders, where would I slot the Lakers? Well,

1048
01:12:30,520 --> 01:12:33,200
Speaker 1: you know what this is interesting. Here's what I'll say

1049
01:12:33,479 --> 01:12:36,320
Speaker 1: in the Lakers defense, and this is what is so

1050
01:12:36,600 --> 01:12:42,600
Speaker 1: unique about the maybe a bit of a changing of

1051
01:12:42,640 --> 01:12:48,000
Speaker 1: the guards. In the NBA. I think the West only

1052
01:12:48,000 --> 01:12:56,080
Speaker 1: has two awesome teams. Okay, see in San Antonio, like,

1053
01:12:57,640 --> 01:13:00,599
Speaker 1: the Lakers won't be better than all of these teams,

1054
01:13:00,640 --> 01:13:03,040
Speaker 1: but you could make the case like they they could

1055
01:13:03,080 --> 01:13:05,479
Speaker 1: be better than Denver, they could be better than Houston,

1056
01:13:05,720 --> 01:13:08,519
Speaker 1: they could be better than Minnesota, they could be better

1057
01:13:08,560 --> 01:13:11,080
Speaker 1: than you know, go down the list. None of those

1058
01:13:11,080 --> 01:13:15,240
Speaker 1: teams rosters overwhelm you. Meanwhile, in the East right now,

1059
01:13:16,280 --> 01:13:19,320
Speaker 1: like Boston loses Jail and Brown and we're like, oh man, well,

1060
01:13:19,320 --> 01:13:21,200
Speaker 1: they're definitely not gonna be better than the next They're

1061
01:13:21,240 --> 01:13:23,000
Speaker 1: not gonna be better than the Calves. If the Calves

1062
01:13:23,000 --> 01:13:26,120
Speaker 1: bring back bron we'll see what Detroit looks like, you know,

1063
01:13:26,360 --> 01:13:30,120
Speaker 1: if they learned their lessons. Philly just added jail and Brown.

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Speaker 1: The you know the Raptors, added Kawhi. It's really it's yeah,

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Speaker 1: he added Giannis. Haliburton will be back. And so I listen,

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Speaker 1: Luca gives you a high enough floor that the Lakers

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01:13:51,439 --> 01:13:55,559
Speaker 1: should avoid the play in, but I do.

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Speaker 2: It's better than Luca's team that he's brought to the finals.

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Speaker 2: I do I think you should actually, oh for the

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Speaker 2: faith in your guy. He could he could drag his

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Speaker 2: team to the finals a game.

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Speaker 1: Uh. I don't know if it's better than that MAVs team.

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Speaker 1: It depends on if Austin takes a leap, because what

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Speaker 1: the MAVs team had going for it was Kyrie is

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01:14:14,479 --> 01:14:18,519
Speaker 1: a legitimate playoff guy. Yea and Austin up to listen,

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01:14:18,560 --> 01:14:21,840
Speaker 1: it's very small sample. Two years ago, he wasn't the

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01:14:21,840 --> 01:14:24,880
Speaker 1: player he is yet now and this past year he

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01:14:25,280 --> 01:14:27,519
Speaker 1: was injured and coming off the injury. But they need

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01:14:27,640 --> 01:14:30,440
Speaker 1: if Austin can be regular season Austin in the playoffs

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01:14:30,640 --> 01:14:33,559
Speaker 1: and if Walker Kessler, who I think played five games

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01:14:33,600 --> 01:14:34,120
Speaker 1: last year?

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Speaker 2: You know?

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01:14:36,760 --> 01:14:39,720
Speaker 1: Can am I right about that about Walker Kessler and

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01:14:39,760 --> 01:14:42,840
Speaker 1: how many games he played? I could be wrong? Yeah,

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01:14:42,920 --> 01:14:52,120
Speaker 1: five games? That yeah, I mean, but again he's seven too.

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Speaker 1: He's a fifteen to ten guy with good defense. So

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Speaker 1: like I I'm not shading that move. It's just you

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01:14:58,800 --> 01:15:01,640
Speaker 1: hate having to give up all those draft picks. I

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Speaker 1: I think the Lakers are gonna miss Lebron and it

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01:15:06,520 --> 01:15:10,320
Speaker 1: appears to me Demanse that exactly what I laid out

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01:15:10,400 --> 01:15:11,759
Speaker 1: on Tuesday was accurate.

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Speaker 2: Yes, that's great, insane, Yes.

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01:15:14,520 --> 01:15:16,960
Speaker 1: Bron, what which part?

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Speaker 2: Oh you were saying that Lebron would have signed for

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01:15:19,680 --> 01:15:22,040
Speaker 2: the minimum, but he found it disrespectful that that the

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01:15:22,080 --> 01:15:24,680
Speaker 2: first number that the Lakers offered him, and like he

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01:15:24,720 --> 01:15:27,640
Speaker 2: immediately signed for the VET minimum. We're saying that he

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01:15:27,680 --> 01:15:31,040
Speaker 2: will sign for the vat minimum.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that Lebron would rather play for the VET minimum

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01:15:36,840 --> 01:15:42,240
Speaker 1: somewhere else than play for fifteen dollars for the Lakers. Yeah,

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01:15:42,479 --> 01:15:46,800
Speaker 1: because the Lakers should have known better, like should have

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Speaker 1: known what his real value was. And so right now,

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01:15:51,600 --> 01:15:55,400
Speaker 1: my leader in the clubhouse is Cleveland. Windhorse seems to

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01:15:55,439 --> 01:15:59,320
Speaker 1: be leaning and he knows as much as anybody more

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01:15:59,320 --> 01:16:06,480
Speaker 1: Golden State. I I do think that dark Horse Shocking

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01:16:06,600 --> 01:16:13,800
Speaker 1: team X meaning I would put I think most people

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01:16:13,880 --> 01:16:17,680
Speaker 1: have it like ninety eight percent. He goes to one

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01:16:17,720 --> 01:16:22,000
Speaker 1: of three places Cleveland, Golden State, Miami and then two

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01:16:22,080 --> 01:16:30,280
Speaker 1: percent dark Horse team. I would say eighty eight percent Cleveland,

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01:16:30,280 --> 01:16:34,479
Speaker 1: Golden State, Miami and twelve percent Shocking dark Horse team.

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01:16:36,000 --> 01:16:39,679
Speaker 1: But we'll see on Lebron. I don't think that answer

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01:16:39,720 --> 01:16:43,360
Speaker 1: is coming anytime soon. I do have a promise if

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01:16:43,400 --> 01:16:48,160
Speaker 1: it comes, we'll go emergency podcast live immediately. But I

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Speaker 1: don't think it's coming before our next pod. I don't

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01:16:50,560 --> 01:16:53,559
Speaker 1: think it's coming anytime soon. I also just have to

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Speaker 1: be on the record it is not a big piece

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Speaker 1: of the goat debate. It's not even a small piece

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01:16:58,479 --> 01:17:01,040
Speaker 1: of the goat debate, but a tiny piece of the

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01:17:01,040 --> 01:17:06,640
Speaker 1: goat debate in the same you know other extraneous factors

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Speaker 1: that where Jordan gets a lot of credit for how

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01:17:08,960 --> 01:17:13,840
Speaker 1: popular his shoes are. One of the greatest moments in

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01:17:14,520 --> 01:17:20,040
Speaker 1: US men's national team history being exclamation point, the Lebron silencer,

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Speaker 1: a little small check mark for the Lebron Well, just

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01:17:23,040 --> 01:17:26,720
Speaker 1: a little, tiny, tiny check mark at I'm not saying

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Speaker 1: it makes something goat. I'm just simply saying, if in

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Speaker 1: your mind it was exactly tied, if it was fifty

1127
01:17:32,960 --> 01:17:38,040
Speaker 1: to fifty, exactly tied, Lebron's now taking the lead. All right,

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Speaker 1: enjoy the soccer tonight. I'm all over Croatia today and

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Speaker 1: I am all over Mexico when they play England this weekend.

1130
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Speaker 1: I think the US men's national team can beat Belgium,

1131
01:17:49,960 --> 01:17:53,800
Speaker 1: and I think FIFA should throw out Balligan's suspension. Thank

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Speaker 1: you to hard Rock, thank you to Boost, thank you

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Speaker 1: to Blue Duck, thank you to Demanse, and thank you

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Speaker 1: to the Volume. Talk to you guys soon, see at

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Speaker 1: ten am tomorrow. On first things first, Also, she doesn't

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Speaker 1: watch this show because she texts me all the time

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01:18:07,240 --> 01:18:09,519
Speaker 1: questions that would have been answered on this show, or

1138
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Speaker 1: takes other people have had that I had previously given

1139
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Speaker 1: on the show. But all the same, Happy birthday to

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Speaker 1: my sister tomorrow. Talk to you guys later, See you

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Speaker 1: guys then. What's right