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Speaker 1: have a shooting problem, not a zion problem, and using

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Speaker 1: and this is what you need to know. In the

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Speaker 1: NBA For Wednesday, January twentieth, Kyrie Irving returned to Nets

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Speaker 1: practice after missing the last seven games. The reason he

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Speaker 1: a little bit more in depth with the organization and

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Speaker 1: his team, which is the important part. Of course, from

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Speaker 1: the outside looking in, seems like the organization is very

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Speaker 1: understanding about his absence. Seems like a very nice place

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Speaker 1: to work if you ask me. The absence did cost

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Speaker 1: him nearly a million dollars. Okay, it was more like

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Speaker 1: nine hundred thousand dollars. More like a one hundred and

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Speaker 1: I was just rounding up because it was a little

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Speaker 1: Kyrie Irving talked about in the media. The eight hundred

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Speaker 1: and sixty thousand dollars consisted of two games worth of

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Speaker 1: salary after he was caught on video breaking quarantine and

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Speaker 1: fifty thousand dollars for violating protocol. Back to basketball, the

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Speaker 1: Nets have a fifty seven game runway here with their

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Speaker 1: new Big three and it should start Wednesday versus Kyrie's

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Speaker 1: old team, the Cleveland Cavaliers, James Harden, Kevin Durant and

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Speaker 1: Kyrie Irving on the floor. Speaking of games, there were

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Speaker 1: two on Tuesday night. First one consisted of the Utah Jazz,

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Speaker 1: the hottest team in the NBA. The Jazz have won

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Speaker 1: six in a row, this one over the Pelicans. Donovan

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Speaker 1: Mitchell had twenty eight Jordan Clarkson had eighteen, the leading

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Speaker 1: was also good to see Joe ingles back coming off

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Speaker 1: the bench for Utah. The Pelicans an issue and it's

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Speaker 1: not Zion Williamson. Zion Williamson was great in this one.

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Speaker 1: Zion had thirty two points, getting that body to wherever

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Speaker 1: he wanted. It's his second straight game with thirty or

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Speaker 1: more and that was the question before the season. Well,

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Speaker 1: the lack of shooting on the Pelicans roster hinders Zion

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Speaker 1: Williamson's ability to get to the rim. If you can

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Speaker 1: just back off the shooters, can Zion find space? Well? Yes.

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Speaker 1: Stan Van Gundy, head coach of the Pelicans, has done

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Speaker 1: a real good job of getting Zion on the move,

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Speaker 1: and Zion's doing a good job of just getting through

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Speaker 1: bodies himself. He is crafty around the rim, But the

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Speaker 1: lack of shooting is a larger issue with the Pelicans

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Speaker 1: in this game. Lonzo Ball and Eric Bledsoe both in

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Speaker 1: single digits in scoring, and through thirteen games, the Pels

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Speaker 1: hit about six less threes in each contest than their opponents.

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Speaker 1: That's eighteen points that they're already behind in each game. Now,

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Speaker 1: Zion can overcome that because he's getting to the foul line,

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Speaker 1: but eighteen points is a lot to overcome, and as

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Speaker 1: a team they need one of Lonzo baller Ic Bledsoe,

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Speaker 1: just one of them at least to get it going

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Speaker 1: from three. Just start firing away other than a sexy

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Speaker 1: facu composo pass between his own legs. The only thing

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Speaker 1: you need to know about Denver's win over OKC is

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Speaker 1: that Nicola Jokich had air quotes only six assists. His

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Speaker 1: assist per game number for the season is now down

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Speaker 1: ten Nicola, but anything around that number, even lower, would

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Speaker 1: be the most for a center ever over the course

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Speaker 1: nineteen sixty eight. Joker's title for most assists ever over

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Speaker 1: a season for a center looking pretty good. MVP candidate

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Speaker 1: Joker had twenty seven versus OKC for Most Valuable Player

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Speaker 1: to Mostvaluable President. Because it's inauguration day here in the

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Speaker 1: pick his cabinet solely from NBA players, who would he choose.

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Speaker 1: Let's get into the positions Labor Secretary, it's gotta be

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Speaker 1: Miami's Jimmy Butler. That guy is all about hard work.

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Speaker 1: The Secretary of Health and Human Services, I'm going with

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Speaker 1: like I know what I'm doing. You know. Secretary of Commerce,

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Speaker 1: promoting American businesses and industries is the job. Andrea Goodal

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Speaker 1: James continues to make Blaze Pizza a successful pizza chain,

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Speaker 1: Energy Kemba Walker. He seems like a nice guy to

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Speaker 1: have around. Director of National Intelligence Region Rondo. He needs

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Speaker 1: they always say, with Region Rondo, National Intelligence seems like

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Speaker 1: a good fit. Secretary of Transportation, The Net's Jeff Green.

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Speaker 1: He's been on ten teams. He's had to move a lot.

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Speaker 1: He's been traded mid season four times. Think he knows

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Speaker 1: Jeff Green. Secretary of Defense, Steve Nash. He's a fellow

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Speaker 1: Environmental Action Agency. I'm bringing Matt Bonner out of retirement.

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Speaker 1: He used to like to walk or take public transportation

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Speaker 1: to games. That's probably because he didn't have any money,

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Speaker 1: but I think he still cares about the environment. Secretary

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Speaker 1: created the I Promise Elementary School in his hometown of Akron, Ohio,

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Speaker 1: things at the I Promise School, Shorter summer holidays, with

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Speaker 1: the Secretary of the Interior, Miles Turner. We're going basketball here.

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Speaker 1: He leads the league in four point two blocks per game,

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Speaker 1: though most since de kembe mctumble over the course of

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Speaker 1: injury that Myles Turner sustained seems to be very minor.

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Speaker 1: Secretary of State, it's about foreign policy. Malcolm Brogden gives

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Speaker 1: two oh. Secretary of the Treasury veteran Anthony Tolliver. He

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Speaker 1: He knows the value of a dollar and he could

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Speaker 1: use a job because he's not playing in the NBA

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Speaker 1: Players Association. Secretary of the Treasury, I'm getting somebody with experience.

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Speaker 1: Speaking of experience, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Chris Paul.

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Speaker 1: He helped create that CBA clause that got older players paid.

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Speaker 1: The Attorney General top cop. Sounds like a job for

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Speaker 1: Chris Paul. He knows all the rules the CBA, as

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Speaker 1: I said, and on the court he'll tell a referee, Hey,

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Speaker 1: The Secretary of agriculture. You know what I'm going with.

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Speaker 1: Chris Paul again. He's a vegan. He was an executive

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Speaker 1: they put into their bodies. I think he could live

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Speaker 1: off the land. Director of the Office of Management and Budget,

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Speaker 1: It's Chris Paul. He knows all these details. Director of

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Speaker 1: the CIA, It's Chris Paul. He knows what's going on

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Speaker 1: at all times. You know, I'm pretty sure he knows

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Speaker 1: everything that's happening in every inch of his family's house,

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Speaker 1: White House. Chief of Staff, it's Chris Paul. He gets

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Speaker 1: stuff done, doesn't care who he pisses off. And the

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Speaker 1: Vice President taking Kamala Harris's position. Yep, you guessed it.

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Speaker 1: Chris Paul. Did I leave out some cabinet positions? You

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Speaker 1: bet I did. If you have any suggestions for those

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Speaker 1: in the YouTube comments or wherever you listen. Make sure

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Speaker 1: you listen to the full Nodunks episode today, where the

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Speaker 1: guys will look back on the first month of the

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Speaker 1: NBA season. I will be back to give you the

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Speaker 1: news as fast as I possibly can tomorrow. On Thursday,

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