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Speaker 1: Former President Barack Obama appeared on The young Man and

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Speaker 1: a Three Sports podcast with Indiana Pacers point guard Tyrese Halliburton.

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Speaker 1: The topic turned to the NBA All Star Game and

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Speaker 1: Obama opened up about the lackluster quality of the All

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Speaker 1: Star Game and how it has declined over the years.

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Speaker 2: Take a listen, Can I say something though, y'all got

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Speaker 2: to have a little more pride in that All Star Game.

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Speaker 2: I mean, look, it's not as if y'all don't play

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Speaker 2: pick up during the summers, so there's you know, how

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Speaker 2: to play in a way that all right, I'm not

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Speaker 2: going to hurt anybody. I'm not going to take anybody out,

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Speaker 2: but that All Star game's gotten. It's broke, man. Well,

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Speaker 2: I mean like people just like not running, everybody just

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Speaker 2: trying all kinds of it used to be when Kobe

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Speaker 2: and Michael and Isaiah those guys were playing. Man, I mean,

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Speaker 2: they weren't playing the way they did regular season, but

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Speaker 2: they wanted to win.

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Speaker 1: Okay, you agree with that.

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Speaker 3: I mean I don't even watch it no, d you know.

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Speaker 3: I remember, man, I used to watch with Magic was

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Speaker 3: out there, and then Isaiah would run out on him,

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Speaker 3: you know, and hit the floor, and come on, man,

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Speaker 3: let's go. They know you see cats run out and

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Speaker 3: check a guy. All right, let's see what you got.

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Speaker 3: Ain't none of that no more? Come down the floor,

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Speaker 3: do what you want to do.

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Speaker 4: The people you want to see in the dunk contest,

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Speaker 4: they don't even get in it no more.

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Speaker 3: And the dunk contest is ridiculous. This last one was better,

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Speaker 3: but you know, eight attempts.

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Speaker 1: Hey, hey, I mean they do.

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Speaker 4: You want to see your top players? You want to

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Speaker 4: see Lebron in the dunk contest? Oh, you want to

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Speaker 4: see all that happen.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Lebron ain't gonna and Lebron ain't ain't one of

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Speaker 3: the top dunkers anymore right now, But this dose game

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Speaker 3: has sheer greatness. He's me I mean, Lebron is one

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Speaker 3: of the greatest basketball players ever walked on this planet.

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Speaker 3: And that you can't even argue that. No, you know,

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Speaker 3: the constant debate about him and Jordan, we're talking about

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Speaker 3: two different errors. He's the greatest player living today, and

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Speaker 3: he's done it at a level that I've never seen

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Speaker 3: done before. This guy has played in the league for

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Speaker 3: twenty years. Almost his son is that this is craziness. Man,

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Speaker 3: and then what he does outside of basketball for black

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Speaker 3: people in the city of Akron and the schools and

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Speaker 3: his business philanthropy. Yep, twenty two years in the league.

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Speaker 3: This dude is min He he next level. I've never

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Speaker 3: seen him before that he.

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Speaker 4: Just played the other night, Steven, He's got He's still

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Speaker 4: playing on that level. He's still he that good.

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Speaker 3: Not the greatest basketball player lived with. Michael Jordan.

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Speaker 1: Michael Jordan Well. President Obama wrapped up the topic by

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Speaker 1: telling you, Halliburton, you all need to do something because

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Speaker 1: I ain't watching that thing no more. Coming at the

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Speaker 1: top of the hour, one of our listeners, Steve, needs

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Speaker 1: some advice from you, and we'll get to it right

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Speaker 1: after this. You're listening Morning Show