WEBVTT - Hour 2 - Howard Beck (06-10-20)

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<v Speaker 1>to Dan Patrick Show. After the recent success of Tiger Woods,

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<v Speaker 1>Peyton Manning versus Phil Nicholson and Tom Brady, the PGA

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<v Speaker 1>is trying something new at the Charles Schwab Invitational this weekend.

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<v Speaker 1>They're gonna mic up the golfers try to expand their

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<v Speaker 1>access to competitors for the first tournament back. This will

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<v Speaker 1>be on CBS and you're gonna have some banter here

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<v Speaker 1>back and forth. Golfs trying to shed the buttoned up

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<v Speaker 1>image that it's had for decades. They took a big

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<v Speaker 1>step forward when Tiger arrived on the scene. Remember the

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<v Speaker 1>famous fist pump. You weren't allowed to show or you

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<v Speaker 1>weren't supposed to show emotion. Remember when Tom Watson chips

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<v Speaker 1>in on the seventeenth hole at Pebble Beach where he

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<v Speaker 1>goes on to win the US Open, and he's so

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<v Speaker 1>excited and then he has to compartmentalize, he has to go,

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<v Speaker 1>then he stops, and then you have to have that

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<v Speaker 1>decorum there. It's a gentleman's sport here playing golf, but

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<v Speaker 1>hard to add too much hype to a sport that

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<v Speaker 1>demands absolute silence in the middle of a swing, and

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<v Speaker 1>if you're a golf fan probably just happy to see

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<v Speaker 1>the players back. I don't know how it's going to sound.

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<v Speaker 1>Jim Nance is going to be in the eighteenth Tower

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<v Speaker 1>by himself, Nick Fouldo, who's going to be the analyst

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<v Speaker 1>for the telecast, He's going to be in Orlando at

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<v Speaker 1>the Golf Channel studios there. But if you're looking for

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<v Speaker 1>big picture, trying something new could be a positive step

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<v Speaker 1>towards making golf a little more enjoyable and reach a

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<v Speaker 1>wider audience. I just don't know miking up the players

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<v Speaker 1>how much I mean, there's familiarity. I just don't know

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<v Speaker 1>how much talking is involved or there will be, because

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<v Speaker 1>these guys aren't really competing with the guy next to

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<v Speaker 1>them at their you know, in there twosome, they're competing

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<v Speaker 1>with themselves to post a great number. Now, if this

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<v Speaker 1>is Sunday, late afternoon, I don't know how much smack

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<v Speaker 1>talk they're going to be. We had that with the

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<v Speaker 1>reason why it worked with Tiger and Phil was because

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<v Speaker 1>it was Peyton and Brady. Those were the guys that

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<v Speaker 1>were doing the talking. Tiger didn't say much, he had

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of lines in there. Phil gave us a tutorial,

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<v Speaker 1>gave us a lesson on just about every shot. But

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<v Speaker 1>Peyton's one of the great trash talkers. And then Brady

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<v Speaker 1>started to make some shots. Now it was interesting. Yeah. See,

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<v Speaker 1>but I hate admitting this because I'm supposed to be

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<v Speaker 1>an adult. But remember when you had all those videos

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<v Speaker 1>of Tiger farting and it was awesome, It's so hilarious.

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<v Speaker 1>That was David Ferrity who had his fart machine and

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<v Speaker 1>he was behind Tiger and he had a relationship or

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<v Speaker 1>has a relationship with Tiger where he could do it

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<v Speaker 1>and he would crack up Tiger. Yeah, so I'm all

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<v Speaker 1>about that content. I don't know if you can do

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<v Speaker 1>that now, but infarity's not on the course anymore. Yeah, Paul,

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<v Speaker 1>But do you think with the golf and being miked up,

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<v Speaker 1>they'll pause at certain points when a players going from

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<v Speaker 1>one t to the next and say can we get

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<v Speaker 1>a minute with you? And they'll do a little little

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<v Speaker 1>chat and they'll be benign. And then also I would

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<v Speaker 1>assume that someone from the PGA Tour will be there

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<v Speaker 1>almost like a filter to make sure that nothing offensive

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<v Speaker 1>gets through, and they go, like the NFL does. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know if we get to listen to everything or

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<v Speaker 1>they're just going to pick and choose and say, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>we had this exchange last hole, and then they'll bring

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<v Speaker 1>back a little clip there and go okay. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know if that's really going to add to anything here

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<v Speaker 1>with the PGA Tour. Yes, we love I saw the

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<v Speaker 1>report of some of the names they might make up.

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<v Speaker 1>It might be Ricky Aller and Graham McDowell. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>that's not going to get me anywhere I need. Does

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<v Speaker 1>that have to be the right player? Well, I want

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<v Speaker 1>to know if there's an exchange there. I want to

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<v Speaker 1>know if you know, when Phil and Tiger did had

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<v Speaker 1>their first match, it wasn't interesting because they didn't really

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<v Speaker 1>have much to say, and then they clammed up on

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<v Speaker 1>the final you know, five or six holes and wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>entertaining at all. This time around, they realized we got

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<v Speaker 1>to get more involved. And then yet Peyton Manning and

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<v Speaker 1>Tom Brady, that's what made it enjoyable. But I I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I can't sit here and go I can't wait to

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<v Speaker 1>hear this guy. Kevin Kisner miked up. I'm just throw

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<v Speaker 1>out a name there. Yeah, see you know who I

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<v Speaker 1>saw his playing this weekend. Remember Maverick McNeely. Yeah, didn't

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<v Speaker 1>he'd come to the Pebble Beach set. Yeah, we met

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<v Speaker 1>him in Pebble Beach. Yeah, great name. Yeah. Oh yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that's a strong name. That's a movie name. Yeah. But

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. Golf's coming back, and it's like, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>by the way, I don't think people realize this event.

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<v Speaker 1>I think starts tomorrow at Colonial, the Charles Schwab Invitational. There,

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<v Speaker 1>Tiger's not playing in this, is he? I don't think

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<v Speaker 1>so He's not what the top five players are in sixteen,

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<v Speaker 1>The top twenty. That's like they're calling. They're putting out

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<v Speaker 1>a wait, is Tiger not a top five player? I

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<v Speaker 1>guess not. He's not. H Yeah, he's probably didn't play

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<v Speaker 1>enough tournaments, you know PGA rankings. I'll double check, all right,

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<v Speaker 1>pull question. I don't know what we had in the

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<v Speaker 1>first town. All over the map. In the first town,

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<v Speaker 1>it was he over under baseball game seventy four point

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<v Speaker 1>five set by our guy Max in Vegas, seventy two percent.

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<v Speaker 1>Say I will go under that number. Yeah, I'm going over.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna I'm gonna go at seventy five or more

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<v Speaker 1>for Major League Baseball when they come back. I'm optimistic.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not Danny Downer today. I'm optimistic. Let's see, we

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<v Speaker 1>talked about Will Chamberlain's greatness. For some reason, I dove

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<v Speaker 1>into the record books last night. I was bored and

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<v Speaker 1>I started looking at stats. I looked at keep Merivitch's stats, Oscars,

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<v Speaker 1>Cherry West, Bill Russell, Will Chamberlain, and then I brought

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<v Speaker 1>it in this morning and I just thought, you know what,

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<v Speaker 1>people look at stats, and we use stats, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>in accordance to how it strengthens or weakens your argument,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, I was looking at Will Chamberlain and

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<v Speaker 1>we don't embrace his numbers, but we embrace Babe Bruce numbers.

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<v Speaker 1>And I don't know why, but we do. Will was

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<v Speaker 1>never embraceable Babe Ruth Womanizer, drinking party in. But he

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<v Speaker 1>was a great baseball player. Plus we didn't get see

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<v Speaker 1>him on TV or people back then. It was on radio.

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<v Speaker 1>You became larger than life. Will was larger than life,

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<v Speaker 1>but that wasn't good enough for people. And he didn't

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<v Speaker 1>win enough, and that may you know, we embrace Allen

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<v Speaker 1>Iverson more than Will Chamberlain. We liked the little guy,

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<v Speaker 1>the guy that you could identify with. That's why we

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<v Speaker 1>love Steph Curry. We love Steve Man. Look at those

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<v Speaker 1>little guys out there, it's the big guy like Shack. Come.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't win more. You need to make free throws, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>Like we only look at certain guys in their free

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<v Speaker 1>throw percentages. Will Chamberlain didn't shoot well for the line.

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<v Speaker 1>Bill Russell didn't shoot well for the line. Shack didn't

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<v Speaker 1>shoot well for the line. We tend to pick and

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<v Speaker 1>choose what's important when it comes to and I said

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<v Speaker 1>that there's gonna be ten or fifteen years down the road,

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<v Speaker 1>where you might not have Larry Bird, Will Chamberlain still

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<v Speaker 1>in the top ten greatest players of all time? Is

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<v Speaker 1>Karl Malone in the top ten? I think he's on

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<v Speaker 1>the outside. He's always in that eleven through twenty ring. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>because Steph Curry is going to move up the list.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's say they make another run, and why wouldn't they.

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<v Speaker 1>You get the number one overall pick. You get everybody

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<v Speaker 1>else healthy if he adds one more title or two

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<v Speaker 1>more titles. Steph Curry widely recognized the greatest player, shooter

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<v Speaker 1>of all time, greatest shooter of all time. He's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>go in and somebody's got to drop out here. Kobe

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<v Speaker 1>should be higher on these lists. In my opinion, you

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<v Speaker 1>should be higher on these lists. Yeah. See, it's kind

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<v Speaker 1>of like we were talking about, I don't know recently

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<v Speaker 1>with Steph where the game was different after he entered

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<v Speaker 1>the league. He changed the game. Yes, you have to

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<v Speaker 1>be if you're somebody who changed the game, you have

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<v Speaker 1>to be high on that list. Well, you would think,

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<v Speaker 1>and I have no problem with that. It's not you know,

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<v Speaker 1>people have recency bias. I don't have recency anti bias.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't go, well, wow, that guy's a great shooter.

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<v Speaker 1>But if he played back in the seventies or sixth

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<v Speaker 1>at no, And I don't do it the other way around. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>he couldn't play in today, but he could play back

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<v Speaker 1>in the sixties and seventies. I just know, in your era,

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<v Speaker 1>in your generation, how did you do and Steph Curry

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<v Speaker 1>changed the game? You want to put him in there

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<v Speaker 1>greatest shooter of all time. I don't think you have

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<v Speaker 1>anybody arguing that. And if he has championships, which is

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<v Speaker 1>really important, you got championships. How is history going to

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<v Speaker 1>treat Russell Westbrook? How's history gonna treat James Harden? How's

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<v Speaker 1>history gonna treat the Greek Freak? What if the Greek

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<v Speaker 1>Freak doesn't have any titles? What if he ends up

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<v Speaker 1>with three titles? Like Lebron wins one more? Lebron is

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<v Speaker 1>top five already. But you start to look at these lists,

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<v Speaker 1>Magic will go down a little bit. But he shouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>because of the number of titles that he won. Larry

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<v Speaker 1>was at a three year window where four year window

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<v Speaker 1>he was the best player in the game, winning you know,

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<v Speaker 1>three MVPs. You know they he has three NBA championships,

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<v Speaker 1>But I don't know, it feels like that out of sight,

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<v Speaker 1>out of mind here that people are going to forget

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<v Speaker 1>the greatness that a lot of these players displayed on

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<v Speaker 1>a night in, night out basis. Yeah, Poe Steph Curry

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<v Speaker 1>might need a second act or after this injury to

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<v Speaker 1>cement himself as a top ten player because his first

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<v Speaker 1>four years in the league he did not make the

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<v Speaker 1>All Star team. He had ankle injuries and missed some

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<v Speaker 1>games here and there, but then he had a six

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<v Speaker 1>year run where he was the most probably the most

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<v Speaker 1>entertaining player in the sport, captivating player, maybe not the best,

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<v Speaker 1>but the most captivating. And now he's onto this back

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<v Speaker 1>half of his career. But he just broke his left hand,

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<v Speaker 1>not even his shooting hand, I believe. And they're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>have play and they're gonna have Draymond, and you're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>have a number one pick. They're they're going to be,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, a force to be reckoned with again. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>McLevin STEP's gout injury issues always has. I mean, well,

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<v Speaker 1>when he first came in, he had the ankle issue

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<v Speaker 1>and then they almost traded him. I mean the year

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<v Speaker 1>they lost to Lebron and the Calves. He missed two series, right,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean he slipped and hurt his knee. That was

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<v Speaker 1>that was a big deal. I mean, I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>if this series would have gone differently, but he always

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<v Speaker 1>feels brittle, right, like he's gonna get hurt again, is

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<v Speaker 1>it he? That's why I was like, glad, he's not

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<v Speaker 1>coming back. Well, no he came back. No, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>think he did, did he? He came out? He came

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<v Speaker 1>back at the end. Yeah, he played four games left hand.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my god, what abody? So it wasn't even a Lake, No,

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<v Speaker 1>it was Klay Thompson with the Lake. And as we

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<v Speaker 1>finally found out Duran's not coming back now, people were

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<v Speaker 1>holding out hope a saying yeah I'm hearing and I

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<v Speaker 1>I said, now he's not coming back? Mean not John

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<v Speaker 1>and North Carolina, Hey John, what do you have for

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<v Speaker 1>me today? Hey? Dann five nine, two fifty. Um, My

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<v Speaker 1>thing about my thing about Will Chamblin is uh. We

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<v Speaker 1>consider that three year period were shot with with Kobe

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<v Speaker 1>at won three straight title shot to be not even

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<v Speaker 1>arguably the most dominant big band in the NBA at

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<v Speaker 1>that time, but we don't give the same credit to

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<v Speaker 1>Will Chamberlin with being the it being the greatest basketball

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<v Speaker 1>player during that doing his And I'm not understand the

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<v Speaker 1>I don't understand why it's not clicking with some people

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<v Speaker 1>as for why his blackness has to be diminished just

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<v Speaker 1>because Bill Russell won. Well, that's that's the label that

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<v Speaker 1>he has. And thank you John. That sounds like John

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<v Speaker 1>Thompson a lot. But he said he was five nine,

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<v Speaker 1>So if he said he was six to eleven, I'd go, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>it's the former Georgetown head coach. Yeah, it's It's just

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<v Speaker 1>I think Wilt's been forgotten. If Oscar didn't average a

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<v Speaker 1>triple double and win one championship, then we might forget Oscar.

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<v Speaker 1>Oscar every year it was averaging twenty seven and ten

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<v Speaker 1>twenty seven points. Tennisis good for good field goal percentage,

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<v Speaker 1>good free throw shooter. But if you don't have that gimmick.

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<v Speaker 1>The only reason why people bring up Oscar is and

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<v Speaker 1>they never saw him play, is way average a triple double.

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<v Speaker 1>And that was every anytime somebody said Oscar Robertson, they

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<v Speaker 1>go only average triple double. Bill Russell. He won eleven titles,

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<v Speaker 1>like everybody it feels like has a designation. Wilt never

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<v Speaker 1>never won the big One. He couldn't win the big one.

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<v Speaker 1>He won the winner. He was a loser. He quit

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<v Speaker 1>on his team. You know, Wilt has this shack. They

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<v Speaker 1>should have won more at the Lakers. I think there's

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<v Speaker 1>always something there with these players. Tim Duncan, Yeah, but

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<v Speaker 1>he had a hall of famers around him. Hall of

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<v Speaker 1>Fame coach, David Robinson, Hall of Famer, Genoble, Hall of Famer,

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<v Speaker 1>Tony Parker hall of Famer, Like everybody has. Karl Malone.

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<v Speaker 1>He never won the Big One, never won championship. Barkley

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<v Speaker 1>never won championship. Jerry west the only one one. He

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<v Speaker 1>lost all those NBA finals. Everybody has one like description

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<v Speaker 1>that's attached to them. And that's what happened. That's happened

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<v Speaker 1>for decades now. And then Russell Westbrook averaged the triple

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<v Speaker 1>double a couple of times, and then we went, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>but anybody could average a dribble like it became. We

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<v Speaker 1>diminished that when he said, no, I can do that.

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<v Speaker 1>But back then when shooting percentages were worse, where you

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<v Speaker 1>could get more rebounds, Now you might say it was

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<v Speaker 1>harder to get assist and Oscar played on a bad team.

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<v Speaker 1>But Russell Westbrook basically turned that stat on his ear.

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<v Speaker 1>Triple double man, No big deal. How many times you

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<v Speaker 1>want me to do it here? But I tend to

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<v Speaker 1>stand up for Wilt, even though he told me to

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<v Speaker 1>get the bleep off the Laker bus in my one

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<v Speaker 1>encounter with him back in the early seventies, and he

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<v Speaker 1>was right, I should have gotten off the bleeping bus

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<v Speaker 1>because who am I had gone the bus? I was

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<v Speaker 1>not an employee of the Lakers back then. I was

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<v Speaker 1>probably twelve years old, and I wanted an autograph from

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<v Speaker 1>Will Chambers. Oh my god. We were just standing outside

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<v Speaker 1>of the Lakers bus in Cincinnati and Will sat in

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<v Speaker 1>the first seat, and my friends were like, you should

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<v Speaker 1>go on there, you should, you should go up there

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<v Speaker 1>and get his autograp And I thought, well, the Royals

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<v Speaker 1>are moving out of town. I'll never see Will to again,

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<v Speaker 1>at least I in my mind, I was not going

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<v Speaker 1>to see him. I thought, you know what, Yeah, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>gonna walk on the I took two steps, and he

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<v Speaker 1>stood up and said, get the bleep off the bus.

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<v Speaker 1>So he has to duck because he's so too. He

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<v Speaker 1>stands up and I went, oh, my god. So he's

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<v Speaker 1>already I'm on the second step. So he's already like

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<v Speaker 1>seven seven to me the way and here I am

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<v Speaker 1>probably five ten, and I excuse you, we could I

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<v Speaker 1>have your autographed, mister Chamberlain. And he stood up and

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<v Speaker 1>get the f off the bus. And then I got off.

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<v Speaker 1>And then my friends go, what did he say? What

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<v Speaker 1>did he say? And I said, he told me to

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<v Speaker 1>get the f off the bus. Oh that's awesome, that's awesome.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm shaken. Yeah, Paul, have you guys ever had a

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<v Speaker 1>really good or really bad autograph experience, like in your

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<v Speaker 1>first twenty years when you ask for autographs? Well, that

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<v Speaker 1>one was, but has anyone else had when we're like,

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<v Speaker 1>oh that that messed me up? Or wow, that guy

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<v Speaker 1>came through, that athlete came through and did it. I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't expect it. I remember hating Willie Mays for decades

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<v Speaker 1>just because I was in Scottsdale at a spring training

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<v Speaker 1>game and I yelled out to him as he's coming

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<v Speaker 1>in in between innings to sign my program and he didn't.

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<v Speaker 1>And I was probably like six years old, and I

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<v Speaker 1>held that against William Mays all of these years and

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<v Speaker 1>it wasn't his fault. He's playing a game. I'm going, hey, well,

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<v Speaker 1>so I'm like, you know, and he didn't know. I'm like,

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<v Speaker 1>I hate Willie Mays, I love Hank Aaron. All right,

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<v Speaker 1>we'll take a break. We'll talk to some basketball here.

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<v Speaker 1>Howard Beck, friend of the show, is going to join

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<v Speaker 1>us coming up. Been a while since we've talked to him.

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<v Speaker 1>He wrote a great article and this is a this

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<v Speaker 1>is a long one. It's called Bryant to Shack. Two days,

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<v Speaker 1>two decades after one of the wildest turning points in

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<v Speaker 1>NBA history, Lakers Blazers recall the lob that ty Kobe

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<v Speaker 1>and Shack together forever sparked a three pete and up

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<v Speaker 1>ended a powerhouse. This is a long, long, great detail

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<v Speaker 1>in here, too, great detail. Talk to all you, almost

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<v Speaker 1>all the principles in there. So we'll talk some basketball

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<v Speaker 1>with Howard Beck and Bob Costas will join us coming

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<v Speaker 1>up in an hour. For now, we'll get to more

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<v Speaker 1>called Guests. That quote this is actually a set on

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<v Speaker 1>that we use for a lot of things on this show.

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<v Speaker 1>It's slightly tweaked. Okay, guess that quote? Setan O'Connor, what's

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<v Speaker 1>the quote? All right? Well, it's hopefully you all don't

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<v Speaker 1>know this because that would really take the sting out

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<v Speaker 1>of the game show. But someone recently said this, I

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<v Speaker 1>know what I'm worth and I know day in and

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<v Speaker 1>day out, without publicly coming in and saying it that

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<v Speaker 1>historically I'm one of the best quarterbacks to play the game. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I know who it is. Yeah, Pa, Based on that

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<v Speaker 1>quote and the state of this person's career, it doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>sound like he would say it, but it could have

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<v Speaker 1>been Dak Prescott. No, it's a backup quarterback. His name

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<v Speaker 1>is I know what I'm worth and I know day

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<v Speaker 1>in and day out. Without publicly coming in and saying

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<v Speaker 1>it that historically I'm one of the best quarterbacks to

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<v Speaker 1>play the game is an he publicly saying it. Saying

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<v Speaker 1>it now, Karl, say hello to Jamis Winston. Yeah. I

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<v Speaker 1>was trying to be nice to him and not bring

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<v Speaker 1>it up on the show today, but you brought it

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<v Speaker 1>up and guessed that quote. But Jamis Winston, historically it's

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<v Speaker 1>one of the great quarterbacks of all time. Although it's

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<v Speaker 1>mc lovin says, you know, the number of yards he

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<v Speaker 1>through for is one of the top ten in NFL history. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>it's gotta be yeah. Great. Howard Beck joins us on

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<v Speaker 1>loan from Bleacher Reports senior NBA Rider his most recent column,

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<v Speaker 1>Bryant to Shack, two decades after one of the wildest

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<v Speaker 1>turning points in NBA history, Lakers Blazer's Royalty recall the

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<v Speaker 1>lob that tied Kobe and Shack together forever, sparked a

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<v Speaker 1>three pete and up ended a powerhouse. Good morning, Howard,

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<v Speaker 1>When did you decide to do Bryant to Shack? Good

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<v Speaker 1>morning Dan, And let me just humbly say that without

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<v Speaker 1>saying it publicly, I think this is one of the

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<v Speaker 1>greatest oral histories I've ever written. Well done, So you know,

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<v Speaker 1>obviously I covered that series for the LA Daily News

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<v Speaker 1>back in the day, and it was just always one

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<v Speaker 1>of my favorite games, one of my favorite moments that lob,

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<v Speaker 1>and one of my favorite series. And it's also just

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<v Speaker 1>this wonderful sliding doors moment because of course they were

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<v Speaker 1>down fifteen in the fourth quarter of that game and

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<v Speaker 1>probably arguably should have lost, and if they had, there

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<v Speaker 1>is no dynasty and the Blazers probably win the championship,

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<v Speaker 1>and history is much different. And I've wanted to return

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<v Speaker 1>to this for a long time. I almost did it

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<v Speaker 1>four years ago. In fact, your upcoming guest Bob Costas

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<v Speaker 1>and I spoke four years ago when I first started

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<v Speaker 1>poking around to do something on this. It got shelved

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<v Speaker 1>at the time. We revived it more recently, unfortunately for

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<v Speaker 1>two reasons, the twentyth anniversary of that game and also

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<v Speaker 1>of course the passing of Kobe in January. Favorite interview

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<v Speaker 1>with this was who well I got five players from

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<v Speaker 1>each team, plus Mike Dunlevy, senior Phil Jackson and I

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<v Speaker 1>emailed a little bit, but that was it. I got

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of great voices. I think out of all

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<v Speaker 1>of them, you know, Bonzi was really great. Bonsi was

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of fun. Bonzi Wells was one of these

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<v Speaker 1>guys who back in the day I think had kind of,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, this this jaded view of him, the reputation

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<v Speaker 1>because of those Blazers teams at the time that he

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<v Speaker 1>was looked at his kind of a young knucklehead and

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<v Speaker 1>you know, part of that crew that was often derided

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<v Speaker 1>as the jail Blazers, which I think is a terrible,

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<v Speaker 1>unfortunate term. That's that still unfortunately lives. M Bonzi was wonderful.

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<v Speaker 1>He just he could tell you all of the the

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<v Speaker 1>pain and anguish of being part of that collapse, but

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<v Speaker 1>in a way that that history and time has given

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<v Speaker 1>him the perspective of it. He was candid, he was

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<v Speaker 1>fun to talk to. He told me this great thing

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<v Speaker 1>that did not make the piece, which I just want

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<v Speaker 1>to throw in real quick. He said that before Game seven,

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<v Speaker 1>which one was on a Sunday. That night, a Saturday night,

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<v Speaker 1>he says, I went to bed at ten o'clock. I

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<v Speaker 1>went to bed at ten o'clock on a Saturday night

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<v Speaker 1>in La because I knew I had to deal with Kobe,

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<v Speaker 1>and I knew that Kobe Bryant wasn't going to be

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<v Speaker 1>out partying on a Saturday night. And so the only

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<v Speaker 1>person on earth who could make me go to bed

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<v Speaker 1>at ten o'clock on a Saturday night in La was Kobe. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you look back on that era, and I remember saying

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<v Speaker 1>it when when they broke up, that we'll remember what

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<v Speaker 1>they didn't accomplish, and not necessarily what they did accomplish.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you know what the real core of the reason

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<v Speaker 1>was that Shack and Kobe broke up. It was Layer Dan.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, the easy reductive version is, well, Kobe didn't

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<v Speaker 1>want him there anymore, and Kobe had all the leverage

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<v Speaker 1>in the world because he was entering free agency, and

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<v Speaker 1>if Shaq had stayed, Kobe could have walked across the

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<v Speaker 1>hallway to the Clippers, which he had flirted with doing

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<v Speaker 1>all season, and in fact had sent very strong signals,

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<v Speaker 1>including to Mike Dunlevy, you know, who was at that

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<v Speaker 1>time the coach of the Clippers, and I think GM

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<v Speaker 1>as well. So there was there was that, and that's

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<v Speaker 1>not to be diminished, but there were other factors. Shack

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<v Speaker 1>wanted a MAX extension, which at that time, remember Shack's

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<v Speaker 1>salary had been grandfathered in before there were maxes in

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<v Speaker 1>the NBA. There was no max salary when he got

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<v Speaker 1>his big deal to join the Lakers in the first place.

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<v Speaker 1>So they were constantly building on this huge salary that

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<v Speaker 1>was bigger than anybody else's and he was getting up

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<v Speaker 1>there in just you know, years and mileage. He of course,

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<v Speaker 1>had had some serious injuries, or at least nagging injuries,

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<v Speaker 1>so Jerry Bust didn't want to give him the extension

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<v Speaker 1>to the extent that Shack wanted it. So Shack had

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<v Speaker 1>been pouting all year about that, and so that was

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<v Speaker 1>a big part of it too, Dan. But yeah, listen

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<v Speaker 1>at the core of it. You could see it in

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<v Speaker 1>the two thousand and four finals against Detroit, Kobe and

0:23:26.920 --> 0:23:29.119
<v Speaker 1>Shack wanted nothing to do with each other. By that point,

0:23:29.240 --> 0:23:32.080
<v Speaker 1>they had already They hadn't been split up technically, but

0:23:32.160 --> 0:23:35.520
<v Speaker 1>they were already done. Talking to Howard Beck, Bleacher Reports,

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<v Speaker 1>senior NBA writer, the column and it's a it's a

0:23:39.320 --> 0:23:41.840
<v Speaker 1>deep dive. It's great. There's so much detail here and

0:23:42.000 --> 0:23:45.399
<v Speaker 1>talking to the principles involved in this. Bryant to Shack.

0:23:45.480 --> 0:23:49.080
<v Speaker 1>It's on Bleacher Report. I was talking about Will Chamberlain's

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<v Speaker 1>place in history, and it feels like we don't embrace

0:23:51.440 --> 0:23:53.840
<v Speaker 1>him the way we do Babe Ruth. There's certain guys

0:23:53.840 --> 0:23:56.080
<v Speaker 1>that we pick and choose of what we point out

0:23:56.200 --> 0:23:58.840
<v Speaker 1>or what we leave out. You know, Bill Russell was

0:23:58.880 --> 0:24:02.120
<v Speaker 1>a flawed offensive player, shot forty four percent from the floor,

0:24:02.280 --> 0:24:04.760
<v Speaker 1>wasn't a good free throw shooter, but he won eleven titles.

0:24:05.320 --> 0:24:08.639
<v Speaker 1>You know, Kobe won five. But he can't be Michael

0:24:08.760 --> 0:24:11.240
<v Speaker 1>So you know, how high do you put him up there? Like?

0:24:11.280 --> 0:24:14.200
<v Speaker 1>It's weird how we pick and choose. Tim Duncan, Hey,

0:24:14.200 --> 0:24:17.040
<v Speaker 1>he's the greatest power forward of all time. He's a center,

0:24:17.080 --> 0:24:19.439
<v Speaker 1>but he wanted to be a power for I just

0:24:19.560 --> 0:24:23.040
<v Speaker 1>don't know in ten or fifteen years from now, who

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<v Speaker 1>is in the top ten now that won't be in

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<v Speaker 1>the top ten greatest players of all time. Who's going

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<v Speaker 1>to fall out and who's going in In your opinion,

0:24:31.280 --> 0:24:35.080
<v Speaker 1>Oh boy, I guess it depends on who's in your

0:24:35.080 --> 0:24:38.880
<v Speaker 1>top ten right now. It's it's you know. And by

0:24:38.920 --> 0:24:41.480
<v Speaker 1>the way, like for me, every time I've ever asked this,

0:24:41.880 --> 0:24:44.159
<v Speaker 1>I always punch. And it's not because I'm trying to

0:24:44.160 --> 0:24:50.520
<v Speaker 1>be cowardly or squeamish. It's just comparing players and teams

0:24:50.560 --> 0:24:52.800
<v Speaker 1>across the eras in the NBA, maybe more than any

0:24:52.840 --> 0:24:56.120
<v Speaker 1>other sport, it's just impossible. The game has evolved so much,

0:24:56.160 --> 0:24:58.520
<v Speaker 1>has changed so many dramatic ways, the style of play,

0:24:58.760 --> 0:25:02.000
<v Speaker 1>the pace of play, um, you know, even even the

0:25:02.080 --> 0:25:05.159
<v Speaker 1>you know obviously the width of the key, like everything changes,

0:25:05.160 --> 0:25:07.679
<v Speaker 1>and so it's hard to make these comparisons, Dan, And

0:25:08.119 --> 0:25:10.000
<v Speaker 1>you know, you were alluding to it earlier before I

0:25:10.040 --> 0:25:13.560
<v Speaker 1>came on about the narratives or the the taglines that

0:25:13.600 --> 0:25:16.120
<v Speaker 1>we affixed each of these guys, and I think they're

0:25:16.160 --> 0:25:19.439
<v Speaker 1>appropriate because it's it's our shorthand way of encapsulating what

0:25:19.480 --> 0:25:21.800
<v Speaker 1>they meant right, What Bill Russell meant was he was

0:25:21.840 --> 0:25:24.320
<v Speaker 1>the ultimate champion. We don't get into the stats and

0:25:24.320 --> 0:25:26.720
<v Speaker 1>the nitty gritty, and we don't have as much data

0:25:26.760 --> 0:25:29.840
<v Speaker 1>for that era. Anyway, it stands on its own. He

0:25:29.880 --> 0:25:31.840
<v Speaker 1>was the greatest champion of all time. Wilt, the most

0:25:31.840 --> 0:25:33.919
<v Speaker 1>dominant of all time, and it doesn't matter how many

0:25:34.000 --> 0:25:38.119
<v Speaker 1>championships he won. Um. You know, Michael Jordan's just simply

0:25:38.160 --> 0:25:41.040
<v Speaker 1>the goat and Lebron is trying to challenge him for that,

0:25:41.560 --> 0:25:43.440
<v Speaker 1>and some people think it's a one two race and

0:25:43.600 --> 0:25:47.200
<v Speaker 1>others say, no, you're forgetting Kareem who was the real

0:25:47.240 --> 0:25:49.560
<v Speaker 1>greatest of all time? You know it. You can go

0:25:49.680 --> 0:25:51.960
<v Speaker 1>round and round on this. I mean Kevin Durant. You asked,

0:25:51.960 --> 0:25:54.719
<v Speaker 1>who's gonna break in? Kevin Durant's not already in. I

0:25:54.760 --> 0:25:57.600
<v Speaker 1>think he should be. Yeah, I left him out, So

0:25:57.640 --> 0:26:00.000
<v Speaker 1>you got staff who's going to be in. Durant's gonna

0:26:00.080 --> 0:26:02.840
<v Speaker 1>be in, And I guess I gotta make way for

0:26:02.840 --> 0:26:05.440
<v Speaker 1>the Greek freak to maybe be a top ten player

0:26:05.440 --> 0:26:08.760
<v Speaker 1>of all time if he watched titles if yeah, he

0:26:08.800 --> 0:26:10.760
<v Speaker 1>I'll stop short on that one, only because he's still

0:26:10.760 --> 0:26:13.000
<v Speaker 1>so early in his career. You can see the outline

0:26:13.000 --> 0:26:14.840
<v Speaker 1>of one of the all time greats and skill set

0:26:14.880 --> 0:26:16.960
<v Speaker 1>wise and impact on the game over the last couple

0:26:16.960 --> 0:26:19.840
<v Speaker 1>of years, you can already say that that's that he's there.

0:26:20.160 --> 0:26:23.000
<v Speaker 1>But longevity matters too, right, You're the imprint you make

0:26:23.080 --> 0:26:25.640
<v Speaker 1>needs to last at least kind of a half decade

0:26:25.640 --> 0:26:28.200
<v Speaker 1>to a decade. So let's let's wait until we've seen

0:26:28.240 --> 0:26:30.879
<v Speaker 1>the longevity and how far he can take it all.

0:26:31.040 --> 0:26:34.040
<v Speaker 1>But yeah, just the sheer dominants on the court, you

0:26:34.040 --> 0:26:37.440
<v Speaker 1>could put his skill set, his total package of skills

0:26:37.600 --> 0:26:40.720
<v Speaker 1>up against anybody. How do you think history treats James Harden.

0:26:42.520 --> 0:26:45.200
<v Speaker 1>That's a that's a really really interesting one. And this

0:26:45.280 --> 0:26:47.399
<v Speaker 1>is a big h you know, as weird as this

0:26:47.440 --> 0:26:49.840
<v Speaker 1>postseason is going to be in the Orlando bubble, it's

0:26:49.840 --> 0:26:54.000
<v Speaker 1>a really important one for him because he's going to

0:26:54.080 --> 0:26:57.720
<v Speaker 1>turn thirty one, I think this summer maybe during the bubble,

0:26:58.119 --> 0:27:00.840
<v Speaker 1>and you know, he's got all the accolades, all the

0:27:00.880 --> 0:27:04.199
<v Speaker 1>individual accomplishments. He is one of the greatest scorers of

0:27:04.240 --> 0:27:06.840
<v Speaker 1>all time. But you know this is when we start

0:27:06.920 --> 0:27:09.760
<v Speaker 1>really you know, picking somebody apart. Well, he was one

0:27:09.760 --> 0:27:11.920
<v Speaker 1>of the greatest scores we've ever seen, but the aesthetics

0:27:11.920 --> 0:27:13.600
<v Speaker 1>of his game weren't that appealing to a lot of people.

0:27:13.600 --> 0:27:15.160
<v Speaker 1>He was one of the greatest scores of all time,

0:27:15.560 --> 0:27:18.000
<v Speaker 1>but he never made the finals. He never won a ring.

0:27:18.119 --> 0:27:20.840
<v Speaker 1>And so he's got that, you know, hanging over him

0:27:20.920 --> 0:27:25.600
<v Speaker 1>right now. And if he never wins the Big One. Look,

0:27:25.600 --> 0:27:28.440
<v Speaker 1>there's a plenty of that. We have a large list

0:27:28.480 --> 0:27:30.439
<v Speaker 1>of guys, a long list of guys. You know, Charles

0:27:30.440 --> 0:27:32.560
<v Speaker 1>Barkley and Crome Malone and John Stockton, who you know,

0:27:32.680 --> 0:27:35.040
<v Speaker 1>Patrick Ewing, guys who we know are all time greats

0:27:35.040 --> 0:27:38.159
<v Speaker 1>who never won the Big One. It happens. There is

0:27:38.440 --> 0:27:42.399
<v Speaker 1>some elements of luck and timing and supporting cast and

0:27:42.440 --> 0:27:46.520
<v Speaker 1>all these other things. But Harden has the added difficulty

0:27:46.560 --> 0:27:49.239
<v Speaker 1>in this discussion of his own performance is what has

0:27:49.240 --> 0:27:51.280
<v Speaker 1>often held his teams back in the postseason. So he

0:27:51.320 --> 0:27:53.560
<v Speaker 1>does have that burden. But do you think does history

0:27:53.960 --> 0:27:58.600
<v Speaker 1>look favorably more so on Russell Westbrook or James Harden.

0:27:59.800 --> 0:28:02.960
<v Speaker 1>I think history that will look better on James Harden

0:28:02.960 --> 0:28:06.600
<v Speaker 1>the Russell Westbrook. And look, you know, my bias in

0:28:06.640 --> 0:28:09.440
<v Speaker 1>this discussion is that of the two of them, I've

0:28:09.440 --> 0:28:12.679
<v Speaker 1>always thought James Harden was the better overall offensive weapon.

0:28:12.800 --> 0:28:14.240
<v Speaker 1>Let's face it, neither one of them is going to

0:28:14.280 --> 0:28:17.120
<v Speaker 1>be ever be known for their defense. They're both great

0:28:17.160 --> 0:28:21.359
<v Speaker 1>playmakers in different ways, and Westbrook had the gaudier stats

0:28:21.359 --> 0:28:23.320
<v Speaker 1>if you want to count just the triple doubles, which

0:28:23.320 --> 0:28:25.840
<v Speaker 1>I think have become a little exaggerated in terms of importance.

0:28:26.359 --> 0:28:29.560
<v Speaker 1>As impressive as it is, Harden is far, far, far

0:28:29.680 --> 0:28:33.760
<v Speaker 1>more efficient. He is miles better from three point range

0:28:33.840 --> 0:28:36.520
<v Speaker 1>and just overall more efficient. Whether you're using true shooting

0:28:36.520 --> 0:28:39.160
<v Speaker 1>percentage or effective field goal percentage or any other measure,

0:28:39.720 --> 0:28:42.160
<v Speaker 1>Harden is the more efficient player. Let me go back

0:28:42.160 --> 0:28:44.880
<v Speaker 1>to your column before I touch on the NBA's plan

0:28:44.960 --> 0:28:47.600
<v Speaker 1>to return. Where do you rank Shack and Kobe of

0:28:47.680 --> 0:28:52.920
<v Speaker 1>greatest duos in NBA history? That's tough, I mean, don't.

0:28:53.000 --> 0:28:55.080
<v Speaker 1>I don't want to use my backdoor out here as

0:28:55.120 --> 0:28:58.520
<v Speaker 1>I did earlier, because I already pulled that call. Give

0:28:58.560 --> 0:29:00.880
<v Speaker 1>me your best duos of all time. You don't have

0:29:00.920 --> 0:29:03.239
<v Speaker 1>to rank so all right? No, Well, look, the one

0:29:03.280 --> 0:29:06.480
<v Speaker 1>that leaps to mind immediately is Michael and Scottie. They

0:29:06.480 --> 0:29:09.880
<v Speaker 1>were just the versatility, the two way impact of the

0:29:09.920 --> 0:29:13.480
<v Speaker 1>two of them offensively and defensively. They were just phenomenal.

0:29:13.560 --> 0:29:16.120
<v Speaker 1>Those teams were beautiful to watch. It was great that

0:29:16.120 --> 0:29:18.959
<v Speaker 1>we got the last dance recently because whether you were

0:29:19.000 --> 0:29:21.160
<v Speaker 1>you know, in our age range and had lived through it,

0:29:21.200 --> 0:29:24.640
<v Speaker 1>watched it as as fans um and just got the refresher,

0:29:24.760 --> 0:29:26.800
<v Speaker 1>or if you were younger fans who never saw them,

0:29:27.280 --> 0:29:30.640
<v Speaker 1>they just played an incredible brand of basketball. Obviously, Magic

0:29:30.680 --> 0:29:33.520
<v Speaker 1>and Kareem are right up there. Shack and Kobe are

0:29:33.800 --> 0:29:35.800
<v Speaker 1>in the discussion, there's no question and Shack. The way

0:29:35.800 --> 0:29:37.520
<v Speaker 1>Shack always puts it and I think did again in

0:29:37.560 --> 0:29:40.760
<v Speaker 1>my story, is that they're the best, uh you know,

0:29:40.880 --> 0:29:44.640
<v Speaker 1>big man guard combo of all time. Would you put them?

0:29:46.200 --> 0:29:50.960
<v Speaker 1>Because I wouldn't. It's it's tough. Um. Kareem has more

0:29:50.960 --> 0:29:55.440
<v Speaker 1>overall accomplishments than Shack. Um, you might leave Kobe over Magic,

0:29:55.480 --> 0:29:58.400
<v Speaker 1>although Magic's playmaking and maybe the greatest point guard of

0:29:58.440 --> 0:30:01.680
<v Speaker 1>all time. You're generally speaking, you know, generally considered that

0:30:02.360 --> 0:30:06.200
<v Speaker 1>it's it's tough. I don't know. I think if you

0:30:06.240 --> 0:30:09.000
<v Speaker 1>ask Laker fans that it would be completely breaking along

0:30:09.080 --> 0:30:14.120
<v Speaker 1>generational lines. Probably, So we have an idea a Loser's Tournament,

0:30:14.440 --> 0:30:17.880
<v Speaker 1>the eight teams that don't get invited to Orlando. Why

0:30:17.920 --> 0:30:20.240
<v Speaker 1>not allow them to be you know, you have a

0:30:20.280 --> 0:30:22.800
<v Speaker 1>warm up band when you go see you know, the

0:30:22.880 --> 0:30:25.160
<v Speaker 1>Rolling Stones. So you have a warm up act where

0:30:25.560 --> 0:30:29.000
<v Speaker 1>you have the eight teams playing, and they played over

0:30:29.040 --> 0:30:32.240
<v Speaker 1>three games, and then the winner of the tournament gets

0:30:32.240 --> 0:30:35.840
<v Speaker 1>the number one pick in the draft, single elimination, number

0:30:35.840 --> 0:30:38.640
<v Speaker 1>one pick in the draft, and it's a loser's tournament.

0:30:39.640 --> 0:30:43.480
<v Speaker 1>We eliminate tanking here for good, Howard. So this is

0:30:43.520 --> 0:30:46.960
<v Speaker 1>not just for twenty twenty. This is in perpetuity. Well,

0:30:47.240 --> 0:30:50.040
<v Speaker 1>let's start this year and then see how it works.

0:30:50.360 --> 0:30:53.320
<v Speaker 1>You know, I think I love the idea, and I

0:30:53.360 --> 0:30:57.680
<v Speaker 1>love anything that incentivizes the worst teams to actually try.

0:30:57.840 --> 0:31:00.000
<v Speaker 1>Here comes the butt, come on, give me the bunt here,

0:31:01.160 --> 0:31:05.960
<v Speaker 1>But not this year, because the whole point of the

0:31:05.960 --> 0:31:09.120
<v Speaker 1>exercise in Orlando is safety. And so the reason we're

0:31:09.120 --> 0:31:11.040
<v Speaker 1>going twenty two and not thirty, and frankly I think

0:31:11.080 --> 0:31:13.600
<v Speaker 1>it should have been sixteen is that more bodies, more

0:31:13.600 --> 0:31:17.880
<v Speaker 1>teams equals more risk, more tests, more everything. So if

0:31:17.880 --> 0:31:19.680
<v Speaker 1>you now take the other eight and put them in

0:31:19.720 --> 0:31:22.120
<v Speaker 1>their own bubbles somewhere and have the loser's tournament, you've

0:31:22.160 --> 0:31:24.800
<v Speaker 1>got to deal with all the coronavirus concerns all over again.

0:31:24.960 --> 0:31:28.920
<v Speaker 1>There's my buzz kill buzz I'm sorry. The team to

0:31:28.960 --> 0:31:34.040
<v Speaker 1>beat when this tournament starts is the Lakers. They have Lebron,

0:31:34.480 --> 0:31:37.760
<v Speaker 1>They were the team with the most momentum going into

0:31:38.200 --> 0:31:41.000
<v Speaker 1>the suspension of the season. They had just beaten the

0:31:41.040 --> 0:31:44.840
<v Speaker 1>Bucks and Clippers over that that prior weekend. And you know,

0:31:44.960 --> 0:31:47.600
<v Speaker 1>I picked the Clippers back in October, Dan, and I

0:31:47.680 --> 0:31:49.720
<v Speaker 1>still feel like top to bottom, the Clippers have the

0:31:49.720 --> 0:31:52.239
<v Speaker 1>overall better depth collection of talent, and they've got an

0:31:52.240 --> 0:31:54.160
<v Speaker 1>element in Lou Williams that the Lakers just don't have.

0:31:54.360 --> 0:31:57.360
<v Speaker 1>They both have a top two, but the Clippers have

0:31:57.400 --> 0:31:59.280
<v Speaker 1>a third guy who can drop twenty five and a

0:31:59.320 --> 0:32:02.360
<v Speaker 1>give an night. The Lakers just don't. And so I

0:32:02.720 --> 0:32:06.000
<v Speaker 1>still lean that way intellectually. But the Lakers have the momentum. Now,

0:32:06.040 --> 0:32:09.640
<v Speaker 1>does momentum get you from March eleventh through this massive

0:32:09.680 --> 0:32:14.160
<v Speaker 1>gap to July thirty first, Probably not, But they deserve

0:32:14.200 --> 0:32:17.080
<v Speaker 1>the benefit of the doubt. Your wild card team to

0:32:17.160 --> 0:32:20.680
<v Speaker 1>win it all. Oh, I don't think there's a wild

0:32:20.720 --> 0:32:22.680
<v Speaker 1>card in the West. It's either the Lakers of the Clippers,

0:32:23.000 --> 0:32:25.280
<v Speaker 1>the Rockets. You don't think see I looked at the

0:32:25.360 --> 0:32:29.320
<v Speaker 1>Rockets and said, if they happen to capture magic in

0:32:29.400 --> 0:32:33.120
<v Speaker 1>a bottle here with their small ball, then I then

0:32:33.480 --> 0:32:35.600
<v Speaker 1>they're the team that I would be they I would

0:32:35.600 --> 0:32:37.280
<v Speaker 1>look at them as the outlier here in the West.

0:32:38.360 --> 0:32:40.560
<v Speaker 1>They're fun for that reason because they've just got the

0:32:40.600 --> 0:32:44.479
<v Speaker 1>firepower is amazing. And yes, maybe if things break their

0:32:44.520 --> 0:32:46.280
<v Speaker 1>way a couple of calls. Plus there's no home court

0:32:46.280 --> 0:32:49.480
<v Speaker 1>advantage and we don't know what anybody's going to look

0:32:49.520 --> 0:32:51.160
<v Speaker 1>like when they come back, or what kind of chemistry

0:32:51.200 --> 0:32:53.560
<v Speaker 1>or rhythm anybody is in. I still think they really

0:32:53.680 --> 0:32:56.640
<v Speaker 1>too much on individual talent. James Harden's gonna score this time,

0:32:56.720 --> 0:32:58.840
<v Speaker 1>Russell West was going to score this time. There's no

0:32:58.960 --> 0:33:02.080
<v Speaker 1>real laborative effort there, and that's what breaks down in

0:33:02.080 --> 0:33:04.720
<v Speaker 1>the playoffs. If you were a superb individual talent, but

0:33:04.840 --> 0:33:07.040
<v Speaker 1>the rest of the cast is not involved, there's so

0:33:07.120 --> 0:33:09.400
<v Speaker 1>much isolation play. I think that's where it breaks down

0:33:09.400 --> 0:33:11.680
<v Speaker 1>for the Rockets. Um, I think the sleepers are in

0:33:11.680 --> 0:33:15.160
<v Speaker 1>the East. If the Bucks are going in as everybody's

0:33:15.440 --> 0:33:17.680
<v Speaker 1>you know, kind of agreed upon favorite, and they should be,

0:33:18.240 --> 0:33:21.600
<v Speaker 1>Toronto's really strong even without Kawhi. They were They've They've

0:33:21.600 --> 0:33:25.280
<v Speaker 1>had a phenomenal season. I love the Celtics young talent

0:33:25.520 --> 0:33:27.880
<v Speaker 1>and the way they were coming together. I don't I

0:33:27.880 --> 0:33:30.720
<v Speaker 1>wouldn't put it out of the possibility to pick one, Howard,

0:33:30.840 --> 0:33:35.120
<v Speaker 1>you get one, come on, Okay, it's Toronto. Then okay,

0:33:35.520 --> 0:33:37.960
<v Speaker 1>they're the defending champs, so that's that feels cheap. But

0:33:37.960 --> 0:33:40.560
<v Speaker 1>they're defending champs without the MVP of the finals. Yeah,

0:33:40.600 --> 0:33:45.000
<v Speaker 1>I liked Boston. I guess Philadelphia are Are they an

0:33:45.040 --> 0:33:48.360
<v Speaker 1>outlier here? I think Philly is in the East what

0:33:48.400 --> 0:33:50.520
<v Speaker 1>the Rockets are in the West. Like a lot of

0:33:50.600 --> 0:33:53.920
<v Speaker 1>question marks. But the talent is there, and now that

0:33:54.000 --> 0:33:55.920
<v Speaker 1>they've had all this time for Simmons and MBI to

0:33:55.960 --> 0:34:01.240
<v Speaker 1>get healthy, there's a shot. He's Howard bleacher Reports senior

0:34:01.360 --> 0:34:04.440
<v Speaker 1>NBA rider and it's a great read. You don't have

0:34:04.480 --> 0:34:06.840
<v Speaker 1>to be a Laker fan. If you're a Blazer fan,

0:34:06.880 --> 0:34:11.160
<v Speaker 1>you're not going to enjoy this. But it's called Bryant

0:34:11.200 --> 0:34:14.360
<v Speaker 1>to Shack and it's on Bleacher Report. Howard. Great to

0:34:14.400 --> 0:34:17.520
<v Speaker 1>talk to you again. Are you going to Orlando? I'm

0:34:17.920 --> 0:34:19.680
<v Speaker 1>still weighing that right now. I'm not going to go

0:34:19.719 --> 0:34:22.719
<v Speaker 1>in for the bubble because that requires that long lockdown

0:34:22.719 --> 0:34:25.160
<v Speaker 1>and wait. Too much time away and very little payoff

0:34:25.160 --> 0:34:27.759
<v Speaker 1>in terms of access. I'm weighing whether to go just

0:34:27.840 --> 0:34:30.200
<v Speaker 1>for the finals, but that would probably be it. Unfortunately,

0:34:30.880 --> 0:34:33.200
<v Speaker 1>good to talk to you. Thank you, Howard, appreciate you. Dan,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you. We'll take a break back after this with

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<v Speaker 1>Last night I proved that once again, no good deed

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<v Speaker 1>goes unpunished. Went golf with my wife and she's just

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<v Speaker 1>starting out and got her clubs, callaway, got her some clubs,

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<v Speaker 1>and I said, all right, hey, take a couple of lessons,

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<v Speaker 1>get comfortable. So she took a couple of lessons and

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<v Speaker 1>now she said, let's go play. Went out and played

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<v Speaker 1>nine holes. This is a it's a great tutorial and

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<v Speaker 1>what to say and what not to say, because it

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<v Speaker 1>can help you. It can help you wherever you are

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<v Speaker 1>with your wife, not just playing golf, of what to

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<v Speaker 1>say and how to say it and encouragement, and I

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<v Speaker 1>got through. I almost got through nine holes without saying something.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe I shouldn't have yeah, pull, because if you have

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<v Speaker 1>a buddy, Let's say you're a pretty good golfer and

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<v Speaker 1>one of your bros says, I'm gonna take up the

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<v Speaker 1>game and you two go hit the links, you could

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<v Speaker 1>just brate them and say like, hey, you're hit in

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<v Speaker 1>the lumberyard, all those good caddy check quotes. I'm guessing

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<v Speaker 1>that can't be done with the missus. Well, she was

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<v Speaker 1>putting and she was a little aggressive, a little strong

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<v Speaker 1>with it, and I said, you're like a long shoreman.

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<v Speaker 1>And then she goes, what does that mean? I said, well, no,

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<v Speaker 1>you're you're you're strong, you know, like like the you

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<v Speaker 1>you hit it strong, you know, like hard, And she goes, wait,

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<v Speaker 1>so that's bad. I go, no it, I said, I

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<v Speaker 1>was just making it like an analogy here, like you know, longshoreman,

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<v Speaker 1>they're strong. And then you were hitting it too far.

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<v Speaker 1>Well I don't I don't understand that. And I go,

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<v Speaker 1>what happens if you say nothing? Uh? Now you have

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<v Speaker 1>to say oh wow almost and she'd miss it like

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<v Speaker 1>by fifteen feet. I go wow, okay, man, I was

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<v Speaker 1>on a good line, so I just was picking my

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<v Speaker 1>spots and uh, she's picked up the golf bug here.

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<v Speaker 1>She's fun to have. She's a great conversationalist. But I

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<v Speaker 1>felt like I had to keep acknowledging how she was playing.

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<v Speaker 1>And at one point I joked and I said, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>it'd be nice if you complimented me, and she goes,

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<v Speaker 1>aren't you supposed to be good? And I said yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, she was in this serious competitive mode

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<v Speaker 1>and I was like, okay, never mind, never mind. Oh

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<v Speaker 1>you look great tonight. Hungh. Yeah. See, is your wife

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<v Speaker 1>very competitive? No, not at all in any sport other

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<v Speaker 1>than like running a marathon or things a triathlon, things

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<v Speaker 1>that I would never compete in. And then that's why

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<v Speaker 1>it kind of surprised me that she got real competitive.

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<v Speaker 1>You're talking to my backswing? Oh sorry, honey. Yeah. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't play a lot of tennis, play a little as

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<v Speaker 1>a kid. I never really got into it. My sister

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<v Speaker 1>is really good now, lady. She didn't play it when

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<v Speaker 1>she was a kid. About a year ago, I played

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<v Speaker 1>just you know, tennis with my sister. She's drastically better

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<v Speaker 1>than I am. And she let me know, she enjoyed

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<v Speaker 1>torturing me. I don't know if I think that's okay

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<v Speaker 1>with brother and sister. Yeah, husband and wife. No, it's not.

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<v Speaker 1>Now like even I had the yellow of callaway ball

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<v Speaker 1>and she wanted to know why I had yellow and

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<v Speaker 1>she had an orange one, And she said, does that

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<v Speaker 1>mean that I'm not as I said, No, no, it's

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<v Speaker 1>just I'll take the orange one, you have the yellow one.

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<v Speaker 1>Like gott to pick and choose, pick your spots there.

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<v Speaker 1>I was just trying to make sure I'm saying all

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<v Speaker 1>the right things. Father's Day coming up, though, Uh, let

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<v Speaker 1>me see a couple of fun calls. Zach in Florida. Hizach,

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<v Speaker 1>what do you have for me today? Hey? Dan, how

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<v Speaker 1>are we doing good? Yeah? So, I just really am

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<v Speaker 1>disappointed with this whole Kobe Bryant not being in the

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<v Speaker 1>top ten. A couple of months ago, you guys had

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<v Speaker 1>a pull with the top seventy five and it wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>in the top ten. I'm speaking as a twenty three

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<v Speaker 1>year old lifelong Lakers fan, of course, so my view

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<v Speaker 1>might be a little obscured. But no, he should he's

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<v Speaker 1>a top ten player. Well he is. Absolutely, he's a

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<v Speaker 1>top ten player. That's what I'm trying to say, Dan,

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<v Speaker 1>I saw, I saw Kobe take the Lakers and oh, eight,

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<v Speaker 1>nine and ten. Now those are the ones I remember.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't remember the earlier three peat, but I saw

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<v Speaker 1>Kobe after he lost to the Celtics go in, whoop

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<v Speaker 1>the Orlando Magic in five games. Kobe was not playing around. No,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm right there with you, Zach, and thanks for the

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<v Speaker 1>phone call. Yeah, if not for Michael, we'd be looking

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<v Speaker 1>at Kobe completely different than we do. It was just

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<v Speaker 1>Mike came before him, and when we saw Kobe, it

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<v Speaker 1>was always yeah, but we've already seen this with Michael.

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<v Speaker 1>Not fair to Kobe, but Kobe is a top ten

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<v Speaker 1>player of all time. Absolutely absolutely. Jeremy and Texas joints. Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>Jeremy morning, guys, that I'll do him good. First thing,

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<v Speaker 1>with everybody coming back, with COVID and all the fans

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<v Speaker 1>coming back, it's gonna be very important that they know

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<v Speaker 1>their section, ro own seat. But we need to make

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<v Speaker 1>sure everybody knows that all right. And two is yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>we're talking about labels. You know, what about Kawhi Leonard

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<v Speaker 1>and Lebron James. You know if either one of them

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<v Speaker 1>win this year, They're gonna be the first NBA player

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<v Speaker 1>to win three championships on three different teams. And so

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<v Speaker 1>that's a good label to put on one of them. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>but Kawhi is always going to get the label of

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<v Speaker 1>and thanks for Colin Jeremy that well load management. And

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<v Speaker 1>you know, he came through in the finals with Toronto,

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<v Speaker 1>came up big there and Antonio had some help there,

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<v Speaker 1>but look he still put up when you needed him too.

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<v Speaker 1>And if he wins with the Clippers, Yeah, but the

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<v Speaker 1>load management is going to be Kawai's label. It will Well,

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<v Speaker 1>when we look back, we'll go, oh, then, yeah he

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<v Speaker 1>started load management. By then we might go man load

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<v Speaker 1>management's really smart. Yeah. McLellan doesn't personality and visibility play

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<v Speaker 1>into this, Like Kawai never does interview, So he's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>fall because Tim Duncan didn't do an interview. Yeah, but

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm wondering, like I think he's gonna file the

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<v Speaker 1>top ten two. I don't think we're gonna remember Tim

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<v Speaker 1>Duncan as well. We might not, but it feels like

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<v Speaker 1>because he won five titles, nobody can tell you probably

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<v Speaker 1>a signature played with Tim Duncan when your nickname is

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<v Speaker 1>the Big Fundamental. You're just not screaming out highlights there,

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<v Speaker 1>just saying Dominy Quilkins was the human highlight. That's different

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<v Speaker 1>than Tim Duncan. He was the antithesis of that. He's

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<v Speaker 1>the big Fundamental, the human low light. But he was

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<v Speaker 1>a great player. Great, Yeah, I'm the club. Well, you're right.

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<v Speaker 1>He shock has the biggest personality and he's only ten

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<v Speaker 1>on these lists, so it's not You're right. Personality isn't everything. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>pulling Tim Duncan. Everyone in grease his greatness. He always

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<v Speaker 1>averages like, you know, twenty four and eleven in his

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<v Speaker 1>entire career. This is so Tim Duncan. He never led

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<v Speaker 1>the league in any statistical category, not any he was

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<v Speaker 1>always good in all of them, like you know, assists even,

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<v Speaker 1>he was a good assist guy. He's a good block

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<v Speaker 1>shot block shots. Yeah, not one category. The big Fundamental.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, your nickname is fundy. Just hey, come on out, hey, kids,

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<v Speaker 1>let's go out and see the Big Fundamental tonight. Let's

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<v Speaker 1>check out his efficiency. Come on, kids, yeah, did you

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<v Speaker 1>see that bank shot? Bob Costumes will join his coming

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<v Speaker 1>up more phone calls as well. Dan and the dance

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<v Speaker 1>and Todd here on the dan Patrick Shaw