WEBVTT - Load Management is a Real Pain

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<v Speaker 1>You're tuned into Heat Check, But just a quick on

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<v Speaker 1>this episode of the Heat Check.

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<v Speaker 2>We've got just so much popping around the league. We've

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<v Speaker 2>got to start taking a tour. We've got our passports ready, Nick.

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<v Speaker 2>We've got Sacramento Kings. We already hit them, gave them

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<v Speaker 2>some shine. We've got some other ones. We've got to

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<v Speaker 2>break down two teams moving in opposite directions. We've got

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<v Speaker 2>the Okay Seat Thunder and we got the Houston Rockets,

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<v Speaker 2>Yes we do. And then we've got to break down

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<v Speaker 2>some news from around the league, including a game I

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<v Speaker 2>was supposed to be at but I decided to go

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<v Speaker 2>to a different worst game instead.

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<v Speaker 1>Joel embiid Historic night, But why does that symbolize trouble?

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<v Speaker 2>Also, let's get into the resurrection of a player, Edmund Sumner,

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<v Speaker 2>a player you probably don't even know.

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<v Speaker 1>You probably don't even know where he went to school.

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<v Speaker 2>You probably don't even know what position he plays, Maybe

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<v Speaker 2>you don't even know what team he's on. But why

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<v Speaker 2>he's impactable. We will get into ad being an absolute

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<v Speaker 2>comedy show drawing inspiration from a very strange ass source,

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<v Speaker 2>and one Laker, one former Laker, being very mad. He's

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<v Speaker 2>not on the top seventy five Lakers list of all time.

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<v Speaker 1>And boy, is that a sketchy, funny comment. A lot

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<v Speaker 1>to get into. Nick, Let's drop that.

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<v Speaker 2>Beat, all right, we gotta talk about two things first up.

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<v Speaker 1>One, I have to say this, and I don't.

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<v Speaker 2>Know if you guys already know this, but if you

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<v Speaker 2>don't live in the DMV, which means DC Maryland, Virginia.

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<v Speaker 1>Has the worst sporting arenas in.

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<v Speaker 2>The entire country, like it's the worst, and we'll discuss that.

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<v Speaker 2>But two, we also need to discuss and talk about

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<v Speaker 2>load management. I think it's time for us people who

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<v Speaker 2>want to see games live to start.

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<v Speaker 1>We're not gonna take it. We need to We need

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<v Speaker 1>to talk about this.

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<v Speaker 2>I hear things about load management, I read things about

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<v Speaker 2>load management, but there is nothing quite like being on

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<v Speaker 2>the wrong side of a game and experiencing load management

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<v Speaker 2>for yourself. Sunday it went what the five fingers say

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<v Speaker 2>to the face? Slap that hit me right in the face.

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<v Speaker 1>I was planning on maybe going to see I don't know, the.

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<v Speaker 2>Utah Jazz, Fun Little Story, Fun Team, Lowry Markenen, Joel

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<v Speaker 2>Embiid don't really want to drive to Philadelphia specifically considering

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<v Speaker 2>that the place I was trying to go to to

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<v Speaker 2>return some clothes only exists in a Bloomingdale's. So I

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't gonna drive up there for no reason, specifically, not

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<v Speaker 2>just for Utah. Was I gonna drive up to see, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>see versus the Knicks at the Garden Man, that's a

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<v Speaker 2>far drive too.

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<v Speaker 1>And then I was looking at my Ticketmaster. Actually was

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<v Speaker 1>the game time app.

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<v Speaker 2>We're gonna slander game time specifically to you game time.

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<v Speaker 2>And I saw the Wizards play the Memphis Grizzlies at

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<v Speaker 2>the Capitol One Arena.

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<v Speaker 1>What's this? Jaw? What I'm in?

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<v Speaker 2>I am all the way in absolutely Jaw. Never seen

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<v Speaker 2>him live, So he's mussy. He's mussy on TV. He's

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<v Speaker 2>mussy live. Got Desmond Baine he's rocking. You got Bradley Beal,

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<v Speaker 2>he's whatever, right, So you got Jaw and Bain coming

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<v Speaker 2>to Chocolate Sip Day. I'm gonna go watch him dunk

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<v Speaker 2>on everybody's head.

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<v Speaker 1>And I hate Wizards games. They suck.

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<v Speaker 2>They're the worst because well, I mean, the Wizards are

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<v Speaker 2>really not fun at all. They're not a fun team.

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<v Speaker 2>And I knew Bradley Beal has been injured, so it's whatever.

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<v Speaker 2>But like the arena gives gives really like some electronic

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<v Speaker 2>store vibes, do you know what I mean? Like you go,

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<v Speaker 2>you walk in and you're like, holy shit, it's brightened here.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh what is going on?

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm used to like Staples where Staples makes it

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<v Speaker 2>dim in there, it's like everything but the crowd or

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<v Speaker 2>everything but the court is dark. Right, everything but the

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<v Speaker 2>court is dark. Not a capital one. They want you

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<v Speaker 2>to see every pore in your neighbor's face. I swear

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<v Speaker 2>to God, they want you to buy a TV in there.

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<v Speaker 1>I tell you what. It is so bright it gave.

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<v Speaker 2>Me a migraine. It never gets dim except for the pregame.

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<v Speaker 1>Warm up warm up thing right and the vibe.

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<v Speaker 2>Ugh. I swear to you, I put this on my

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<v Speaker 2>mother's life. The loudest it gotten there, promise you, the

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<v Speaker 2>loudest it gotten.

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<v Speaker 1>There was for an infant race.

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<v Speaker 2>Would you say, trista a baby race? There were babies

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<v Speaker 2>crawling on the floor. They had a race, and people

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<v Speaker 2>were louder for that then the basketball game. They paid

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<v Speaker 2>to see.

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<v Speaker 1>What is happening here? But for Jaw, I will withstand

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<v Speaker 1>all of this.

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<v Speaker 2>I will come through for Jaw, because Jaw delivers for

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<v Speaker 2>me every time.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm sitting at dinner, waiting, excited.

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<v Speaker 2>Doing a little one game parlay action for this Memphis

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<v Speaker 2>Grizzlies Wizard's game and all of this. All of a sudden,

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<v Speaker 2>what do I see, Like, why isn't the Why isn't

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<v Speaker 2>Jaws prop up on the bedmgm app? Why is a

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<v Speaker 2>Desmond Baines prop on the bedmgm app. I'm about forty

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<v Speaker 2>five minutes from the game time too, Like, we bought

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<v Speaker 2>the tickets. They're expensive because Jaw's coming to town. They're

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<v Speaker 2>behind the bench of the visitors. Oh yeah, we were stunting,

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<v Speaker 2>And I see this a little Fantasy Labs update right

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<v Speaker 2>as I'm starting to put the pieces together, you know

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<v Speaker 2>what I mean, starting to really struggle to eat the

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<v Speaker 2>rest of my talk because things are starting to come

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<v Speaker 2>clearer into focus about what's about to take place.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, Jaw, late scratch, he was fine.

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<v Speaker 2>He played the rest of the game against the Minnesota Timberwolves,

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<v Speaker 2>which they did cover for me because of Jaw. Desmond

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<v Speaker 2>Bane sprain Toe totally get that, but Jaw, no fucking Jaw.

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<v Speaker 2>So what I knew I was about to see was

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<v Speaker 2>a G League matchup. You had no Jaren Jackson, no

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<v Speaker 2>Desmond Bane, no Zire Williams, no jaw and no Beal.

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<v Speaker 1>What am I seeing? What is this?

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<v Speaker 2>I won't bore you with the details, but it was

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<v Speaker 2>like watching Pink dry.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't even know.

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<v Speaker 2>Over under on Airballs was twelve and a half and

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<v Speaker 2>I think it was the over.

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<v Speaker 1>I saw so many David Roddy airballs. I like David Roddy,

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<v Speaker 1>nice player. Got to see a little Kenny lofton Junior

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<v Speaker 1>in there. What am I seeing? I literally, swear to God,

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<v Speaker 1>swear to God, was yelling.

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<v Speaker 2>I was probably six rows from the court and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>yelling at Steven Adams underneath the basket. Chris dabs Porzingis'

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<v Speaker 2>is food?

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<v Speaker 1>Eat him, eat him, eat him.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody's so mad at me because obviously I'm the only

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<v Speaker 2>one rooting for the Grizzlies of there, because I've got

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<v Speaker 2>a bet on the Grizzlies, and shit, I want to

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<v Speaker 2>see him win. I hate the Wizards, they are nothing

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<v Speaker 2>but just I soar in the middle of Chinatown messing

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<v Speaker 2>up my traffic. So it got me thinking, you know

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<v Speaker 2>what we need? We need star player insurance.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what we need. We need it. We need load.

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<v Speaker 2>Management insurance for these game time apps. Because I tried

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<v Speaker 2>to get my money back and they were like, ah,

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<v Speaker 2>you're funny.

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<v Speaker 1>No you're not getting your money back. What the fuck

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<v Speaker 1>are you smoking? And I was like, that's fine. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>never going to you again.

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<v Speaker 2>But if you're like a seat geek or a stub

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<v Speaker 2>Hub and you tell me, if you just give me

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<v Speaker 2>a list, just give me a list, jaw Dame, Steph Brawn,

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<v Speaker 2>Jannis Luca, Like, it's probably only fifteen twenty names, right,

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<v Speaker 2>there's not It's not Jimmy Butler. Jimmy Butler's not on

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<v Speaker 2>the list, right, No shade to Jimmy Butler, but he's

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<v Speaker 2>not on the list. Okay, it's there's a very select

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<v Speaker 2>few of people that I, as a local or someone

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<v Speaker 2>traveling out of town, are coming to watch. Shockingly, Pallow

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<v Speaker 2>is already on that list. And if they are a

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<v Speaker 2>late scratch and they played the game before and they

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<v Speaker 2>get scratched fucking three hours before game time or less,

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<v Speaker 2>I should get my money back, no questions asked.

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<v Speaker 1>And I tell you what, this is a billion dollar idea.

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<v Speaker 2>This is I don't think if you think to yourself,

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<v Speaker 2>if you're going to go see let's just say, Jae,

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<v Speaker 2>you live in Portland, go jaw no, jaw no, Dame,

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<v Speaker 2>what are you thinking? I mean, it's just anthroty Simon,

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<v Speaker 2>and maybe efforty Simon's a scratch too. Maybe it's just

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<v Speaker 2>Shade and sharp on limited minutes and Drew you banks.

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<v Speaker 2>Imagine how pissed you would be spending one hundred and

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<v Speaker 2>fifty dollars per ticket. You just saved your little money up,

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<v Speaker 2>your little shekels up, and now you get to watch trash,

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<v Speaker 2>you get to watch Summer League.

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<v Speaker 1>Good job. So I would be as loyal as Dame

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<v Speaker 1>Willard is to the Blazers.

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<v Speaker 2>If I could get that from a secondary market, if

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<v Speaker 2>I could find a ticket broker that would say, listen,

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<v Speaker 2>we got you. We'll get Alliance or some sort of

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<v Speaker 2>under rider to give you insurance, and we will pay

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<v Speaker 2>you out. We won't make you go through all these

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<v Speaker 2>little hoops and whistles, you know, and then just never

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<v Speaker 2>pay you, you know, because that happens too. But like

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<v Speaker 2>it is, without this, I may never do this again.

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<v Speaker 2>Like I'm never gonna go see a game at Capitol

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<v Speaker 2>Win Arena. And also by the way they spent seventy

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<v Speaker 2>I had to look this up in the arena.

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, this place sucks the way that it's constructed.

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<v Speaker 2>And I just got back from Detroit Little Caesars Arena,

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<v Speaker 2>and I won't waste your time with this. We'll move

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<v Speaker 2>on quite shortly. But the way that arena is constructed

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<v Speaker 2>compared to this steep ass, like we need a shallow, nice, little, smooth,

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<v Speaker 2>shallow bull.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't make people sit in the nosebleeds for no reason,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what I mean. Don't make them be stacked

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<v Speaker 1>on top of each other. Gross.

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<v Speaker 2>They put seventy million dollars into the Capitol winn Arena

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<v Speaker 2>in twenty nineteen.

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<v Speaker 1>Twenty nineteen. That was right before the pandemic. There's a place,

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<v Speaker 1>piece of shit. Arena. There's no stuff, there's no bar,

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<v Speaker 1>there's no vibe, there's no lighting. I'm out, I'm over it.