WEBVTT - #thisleague UNCUT: Injuries Across The NBA & Inside The Huddle With Michael Malone

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<v Speaker 1>Curious to know what it's like to be in Michael

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<v Speaker 1>Malone's huddles in Denver. This podcast can tell you exactly

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<v Speaker 1>what it's like. And we've also got pulse checks of

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<v Speaker 1>the Phoenix Suns of the Boston Celtics, highlights from all

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<v Speaker 1>of Chris haynes travels this week through the Rocky Mountains,

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<v Speaker 1>and to review, regrettably of all the injuries that are

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<v Speaker 1>stacking up across the association. All that's next here on

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<v Speaker 1>this edition of This League Uncut.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome to This.

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<v Speaker 3>League Uncut in rule of twenty four hour NBA news,

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<v Speaker 3>this news, you'll Chris Hans, it's so time, works time,

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<v Speaker 3>it's so time. This League Uncut is underway and on fire.

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<v Speaker 3>This should be a good one.

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<v Speaker 1>Everyone, Welcome in to another edition of This League Uncut.

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<v Speaker 1>Mark Stein here with Chris Haynes. I'm a little rattled.

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<v Speaker 1>I have to admit, did a radio interview earlier today.

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<v Speaker 1>We're taping this on a Friday, and they kept calling

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<v Speaker 1>the pod the League Uncut instead of this League Uncut.

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<v Speaker 1>So that has me shaken up.

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<v Speaker 2>Then you just stopped you just stopped them in that track.

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<v Speaker 4>Now, correct.

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<v Speaker 1>I was too polite, even though it was twice I

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<v Speaker 1>was too polite. And then you know, even though I'm

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<v Speaker 1>on the run and traveling and running around and.

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<v Speaker 4>It's been a crazy week, but then I see that.

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<v Speaker 1>What Chris Haynes reported on this pod days ago about

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<v Speaker 1>the Nuggets not being able to go to the White House,

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<v Speaker 1>but it's on TV and then it causes a national firestorm.

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<v Speaker 4>So I'm just I'm shaking by all this.

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<v Speaker 2>Man, the aggregators, they dropped the ball on that episode

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<v Speaker 2>last week. I don't know aggregators a day. Usually up

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<v Speaker 2>to the time, they're usually on point. Sometimes I want

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<v Speaker 2>them to tone it down sometimes but most times.

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<v Speaker 1>But in that case, you know what, it's actually my fault.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe maybe now that now that I think about it,

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<v Speaker 1>I probably should have put it. I probably should have

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<v Speaker 1>written it after the pod, which I do sometimes when

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<v Speaker 1>you when you drop some gems on here, and then

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<v Speaker 1>I'll put it in my next notebook and say, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>you should have listened to our episode. And Chris Haynes

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<v Speaker 1>said a b or C. I did not do that

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<v Speaker 1>this week, and so maybe that's my fault.

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<v Speaker 2>And we didn't. I don't think we tweeted that tweeted

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<v Speaker 2>out that we didn't tweet that tip bit out. Also, well,

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<v Speaker 2>you know why promoting the pod, So it's ultimately Ryan's uh, Ryan,

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<v Speaker 2>Ryan's not in charge of.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not Ryan's fault. I'm just I'm just trying to

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<v Speaker 1>go at him. I'm just trying to go at him

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<v Speaker 1>and get him rolled up since he blamed you for

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<v Speaker 1>the whole Aaron Haynes incident.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's true. Well that's fine. Didn't go ahead. You

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<v Speaker 2>well within your right to do so. But yeah, Ryan.

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<v Speaker 1>The tweet tweeting the notes, Well, how are you man?

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<v Speaker 4>You had four days in Denver.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm tired.

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<v Speaker 3>Man.

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<v Speaker 1>You did two games, you had a one on one

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<v Speaker 1>with Kevin Durant, you did a live stream with KCP.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure there were multiple large breakfast consumed like tell

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<v Speaker 1>us about your Yeah, tell us about your trip to

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<v Speaker 1>the Rocky Mountain.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm exhausted. I just got home not too long ago.

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<v Speaker 2>But that KCP interview I had with the Bleacher, the

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<v Speaker 2>Bleacher Report live stream stein I had it scheduled to

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<v Speaker 2>do that at twelve pm Pacific time. So new and Denver,

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<v Speaker 2>Denver all week. I was there Monday through Friday. Denver

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<v Speaker 2>all week was great. The weather was excellent and you know.

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<v Speaker 2>That's one of the reasons why I don't like going

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<v Speaker 2>to Denver, because I don't like I don't like the

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<v Speaker 2>snow and all that stuff. I'm not a fan of it.

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<v Speaker 2>I lived in Cleveland for two years, been there, done that.

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<v Speaker 2>But the weather was good. But Friday morning, snow is

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<v Speaker 2>popping off. So I'm like, damn, all right, But my

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<v Speaker 2>flight was supposed to land back here in California at

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<v Speaker 2>ten thirty am, which I'm like, that's fine. It takes

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<v Speaker 2>me thirty minutes to get home. I'll have an hour

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<v Speaker 2>before I got to sit down with KCP. But you

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<v Speaker 2>know what, due to snow delays, another delay, another delay,

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<v Speaker 2>stein And not only that, my flight didn't have Wi Fi,

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<v Speaker 2>so my flight was scheduled to touch down at noon.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm like, fuck, man, damn, like what I'm what

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna do. So right before my flight took off,

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<v Speaker 2>I text my producer a tell KCP, you know, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be about ten minutes behind. I don't want to cancel.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna be about ten minutes behind, and I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to do it at the airport. I don't think she.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think she told them I'm gonna do it

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<v Speaker 2>at the airport. I just told him justa be ten

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<v Speaker 2>minutes behind. My plan was to find a lounge in

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<v Speaker 2>the airport, a quiet lounge, but of course no such thing.

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<v Speaker 2>And so I'm in the food court area. I pick

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<v Speaker 2>a table way in the back and starn. There's just

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<v Speaker 2>people on the intercom. Hey gate, see six thirty seven,

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<v Speaker 2>your gate chains going to LA going all through.

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<v Speaker 1>You thought the airport should just stop functioning because you

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<v Speaker 1>had a live stream.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought, I don't know what I was thinking. I

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<v Speaker 2>thought I could find a quiet.

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<v Speaker 4>Attention all Southwest customers.

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<v Speaker 2>Chris B.

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<v Speaker 4>Haynes a Bleacher Report needs thirty minutes of quiet for

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<v Speaker 4>his live stream. We will delay all updates.

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<v Speaker 2>A further note, so if if you could go to

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<v Speaker 2>go to bleacher Report or even YouTube, believe that the interview,

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<v Speaker 2>the full interview is up on YouTube, bleacher Reports on

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<v Speaker 2>bleacher reports page. So you could see me interviewing KCP

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<v Speaker 2>TA say, people sitting right behind me talking, chatting, and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just muting, unmuting, my my, my, Mike the whole time. Mutant,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm muting, mutant, I'm muting. It's just a whole bunch

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<v Speaker 2>of chaos going on. The back and I had to

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<v Speaker 2>apologize to the to the viewers for that, for that display.

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<v Speaker 4>Or was he just rolled?

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<v Speaker 2>He was? He was laughing. He was laughing at all.

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<v Speaker 2>He was he was laughing. He rolled, He rolled with it. Man,

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<v Speaker 2>I couldn't.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, he should be laughing because the Nuggets look fantastic.

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<v Speaker 1>They just took care of Boston in the supposed NBA

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<v Speaker 1>Finals preview. That Jokic guy is a problem, breaking news.

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<v Speaker 1>He's a major problem.

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<v Speaker 2>He is. He is a problem. Stein. Let me tell

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<v Speaker 2>you this. I was gonna say this story since we're

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<v Speaker 2>talking about the Nuggets. You know, I get to listening

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<v Speaker 2>to I've listened in and heard almost every coach in

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<v Speaker 2>the NBA as far as how they conduct their timeouts

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<v Speaker 2>and their huddles. Mike alone, if he's not number one,

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<v Speaker 2>he's definitely one of the top two as far as

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<v Speaker 2>far as inspiring, motivating coaches in those timeout huddles. Coach

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<v Speaker 2>Malone is cussing people out in those huddles. He's like

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<v Speaker 2>he is just but he does it in a way.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a loving cussing out way. You know what I'm saying,

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<v Speaker 2>If that makes any sense, It's a loving cussing out

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<v Speaker 2>way that you're just motivated and you just like he

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<v Speaker 2>just he has the words to galvanize a team and

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<v Speaker 2>starting so the way the Nuggets in their break before

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<v Speaker 2>they go into you know, go back into the game,

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<v Speaker 2>they'll go one two three together, one two three together.

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<v Speaker 2>And so I'm listening, I'm in the back listening to

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<v Speaker 2>Malone and he's just going off, inspiring his guys, encouraging them,

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<v Speaker 2>going off of them again. And then he's like, all right,

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<v Speaker 2>let's go one two three. And I said, I said,

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<v Speaker 2>silently together. I thought I was part of teams. Don

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<v Speaker 2>I did? I said it. I said it silently. I

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<v Speaker 2>was together, like I was in it. He had me

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<v Speaker 2>transformed like I was about to get in there and

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<v Speaker 2>helped him doing this five minute stress side side. I

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<v Speaker 2>kid you not, I said together, I.

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<v Speaker 1>Said, I'm the guys are from what you see, their

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<v Speaker 1>guys are locked in.

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<v Speaker 4>They're not tuning him out. They're not rolling their eyes.

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<v Speaker 2>They oh no, no, no no. And he's one of

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<v Speaker 2>the rare as you know, he's one of the rare

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<v Speaker 2>few coaches who can be himself and do that. No

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<v Speaker 2>he does. They're not tuned out. They listen or another

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<v Speaker 2>thing too. So I asked him about his approach after

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<v Speaker 2>the game because I was just curious cause I'm telling

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<v Speaker 2>he had me ready to go to war. And he

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<v Speaker 2>was like, you know, he said, all I can do

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<v Speaker 2>is be myself. He said, it's definitely helped that I've

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<v Speaker 2>had success and I won a championship and I got

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<v Speaker 2>I have some tenure, So that definitely gives you confidence

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<v Speaker 2>that you could continue to be yourself, he said. But Chris,

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<v Speaker 2>another thing that I do. He says that when I'm

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<v Speaker 2>in those huddles, I touched the players. I may touch

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<v Speaker 2>them on the knee, pat him on the leg, pat

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<v Speaker 2>him on an arm, and the players will look up,

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<v Speaker 2>look up at you. And he told me who. My

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<v Speaker 2>mind is kind of gone now, but he told me

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<v Speaker 2>who he got that from. But he said, that's like

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<v Speaker 2>a personal that's a personal touch, a personal interaction they have.

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<v Speaker 2>And when the players look up, and he said, it

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<v Speaker 2>does something, just a tap on the leg when he's

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<v Speaker 2>in that time of huddle and Stile, I'm telling he's

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<v Speaker 2>one of the best motivating these guys, getting them ready.

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<v Speaker 2>I said together, I was with them for that two seconds.

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<v Speaker 2>He's really good.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, look, the Nuggets know exactly who they are. They

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<v Speaker 1>have ultimate belief at the toughest times, and that's something

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<v Speaker 1>that the Celtics frankly can't say they have.

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<v Speaker 4>The Celtics have been the most.

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<v Speaker 1>Dominant team in the league this season, but what are

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<v Speaker 1>they lost for thirteen games? Amid those fourteen losses, there

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<v Speaker 1>have been no shortage of games that crunch time. Didn't

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<v Speaker 1>just look bad, it looked ugly, and they are still

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<v Speaker 1>a team that generates a lot of skepticism and questions.

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<v Speaker 1>Whereas you know, that's why as stacked as the West is,

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<v Speaker 1>I just don't see how you can pick against Denver

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<v Speaker 1>because they have a level of belief now and that's

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<v Speaker 1>what winning a championship does. And I'm glad Mike Malone

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<v Speaker 1>admitted to you that the championship is a factor. Michael Malone,

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<v Speaker 1>let's say it properly, because I'm sure that gives him

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<v Speaker 1>the confidence to coach the team exactly the way he

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<v Speaker 1>wants to, which is doesn't happen in every city. Not

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<v Speaker 1>every coach in the NBA can coach his team exactly

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<v Speaker 1>the way he wants to with as much freedom as

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<v Speaker 1>Michael Malone surely has. So I mean, it's just yet

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<v Speaker 1>another element of what makes the defending champions from Denver dangerous.

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<v Speaker 4>But they've got a great duo. I mean, Jokic is

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<v Speaker 4>Jokic is the MVP.

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<v Speaker 1>To me, at this point, teams are basically down to

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<v Speaker 1>their last eighteen to twenty games. I think Jokic is

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<v Speaker 1>at the top of the MVP charts. I guess we

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<v Speaker 1>can argue about that if anybody wants to, and SGA

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<v Speaker 1>is up there, Yannis and Luca I think a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit further back, But the MVP award, to me, it's

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<v Speaker 1>Jokic's to lose now Oklahoma City. If they win the

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<v Speaker 1>West or the number one seed, that's certainly going to

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<v Speaker 1>help SGA's case. But I mean, whether you know what,

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<v Speaker 1>it doesn't even matter whether Jokic wins the MVP Award

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<v Speaker 1>or not. He's the best player in the world. I

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<v Speaker 1>think if you polled the NBA, if you polled thirty

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<v Speaker 1>front offices, and if you pulled players, and if everybody

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<v Speaker 1>was telling the absolute truth, they would say that Jokic

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<v Speaker 1>is the best player you're in the world. So they've

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<v Speaker 1>got a star at the peak of his powers, a

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<v Speaker 1>tag team partner in Jamal Murray who plays off him,

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<v Speaker 1>so well, they function so well as a duo. They've

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<v Speaker 1>got role players who know exactly what their their roles are.

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<v Speaker 1>With KCP and Aaron Gordon at the top of the list,

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<v Speaker 1>they've got a great home court advantage.

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<v Speaker 2>Probably the best home court advantage.

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<v Speaker 4>Do you when you're walking the sidelines, do you feel

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<v Speaker 4>it at all?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I lose I lose breath.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, if you've got to hustle between the benches or

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<v Speaker 1>run after something.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, run after it. And I know no, and I

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<v Speaker 2>know people may think you're exaggerating, and you might be exaggerating, but.

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<v Speaker 1>There are times as the sideline reporter that you have

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<v Speaker 1>to actually run and get somewhere. You could be on

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<v Speaker 1>the opposite side and the team at the far bench

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<v Speaker 1>there's an injury. You got to run over there.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and you lose you lose your breath. It is

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<v Speaker 2>definitely an adjustment, even walking up the stairs, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>walking up the stairs, if you if you're see there

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<v Speaker 2>is like when when I was when I was on

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<v Speaker 2>the beat, our immediate seats would be probably about twenty

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<v Speaker 2>seats up and you have to walk up the stairs

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<v Speaker 2>to get to it in Denver, and now you feel it.

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<v Speaker 2>It's definitely a factor. That's why I said it might

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<v Speaker 2>be the best home court advantage. Although I will say Stein,

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<v Speaker 2>I've never experienced road fans that traveled like the Celtics

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<v Speaker 2>did last night. I don't know if you heard the

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<v Speaker 2>game or saw the game from I genuinely did not, Stein,

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<v Speaker 2>they had less go Celtics chance And if you close

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<v Speaker 2>your eyes and heard it with the sheer amount of

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<v Speaker 2>people there, you would have thought you were in a

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<v Speaker 2>Celtics arena like they they travel it was that loud.

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<v Speaker 2>But I still will argue that Denver, because of that

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<v Speaker 2>altitude factor, probably has the best home court advantage.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, look, the other big story of the week, and

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<v Speaker 1>you know, obviously we're going to focus I know we've

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<v Speaker 1>been talking about the Nuggets a lot on here lately.

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<v Speaker 1>But if you if if half of this podcast, if

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<v Speaker 1>this podcast franchise player spends the whole week in Denver,

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<v Speaker 1>we're gonna we're gonna obviously talk about the Nuggets.

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<v Speaker 4>So there's no way around that.

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<v Speaker 1>But I mean, the other big, really the big not

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<v Speaker 1>the other the big story in the week in the

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<v Speaker 1>NBA this week is just the injuries, injuries, the lore

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, let's I think because the West is

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<v Speaker 1>what we need to focus on, we should.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, Evan Mobley.

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<v Speaker 1>With a out and definitely with an ankle injury is

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<v Speaker 1>obviously a significant injury for the Cavaliers, who've had numerous

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<v Speaker 1>significant injuries to deal with this season. And then the

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<v Speaker 1>Nets announced that Ben Simmons would be shut down for

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<v Speaker 1>the rest of the season because of the back issues

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<v Speaker 1>that have limited Simmons to fifteen games. But we're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>put those injuries aside and focus on the West because

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<v Speaker 1>Devin Booker was already playing with an injury he sustained

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<v Speaker 1>last week. This week, Karl Anthony Towns in Minnesota likely

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<v Speaker 1>out for the rest of the regular season with a

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<v Speaker 1>torn meniscus. Lebron James, shortly before you and I got

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<v Speaker 1>together to start recording this podcast, ruled out of the

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<v Speaker 1>Lakers game against Milwaukee because of this ankle injury that

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<v Speaker 1>has been bothering him since leading up to the All

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<v Speaker 1>Star Game. And then Stephan Curry sustains an ankle injury

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<v Speaker 1>Thursday night. The word is it's not necessarily serious, but

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<v Speaker 1>I would counter and say that any Stephan Curry injury,

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<v Speaker 1>even if it rules him out only a game or

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<v Speaker 1>two is a massive deal for the Warriors who are

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<v Speaker 1>fighting for their lives. And look, all these teams in

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<v Speaker 1>the West are fighting for their lives. I mean, not

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<v Speaker 1>playing zone is ridiculous. The Sons have gotten themselves into

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<v Speaker 1>the top six, but the fact that they have only

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<v Speaker 1>been able to have their star trio together for twenty

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<v Speaker 1>three games this season, I think is a major concern.

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<v Speaker 1>But I mean, Denver just has to be just feeling

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<v Speaker 1>so confident because of all this injury chaos happening around them.

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<v Speaker 1>And again just that there's no team in the league

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<v Speaker 1>that knows its identity better than the Nuggets.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and what I will tell you Stein about the

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<v Speaker 2>Nuggets again again, I know you don't want to spend

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<v Speaker 2>too much more time on them, but everybody's been talking

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<v Speaker 2>about their bench, their bench, and that's that definitely is

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<v Speaker 2>a concern. But Stein, Peyton Watson that if people don't

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<v Speaker 2>know who Peyton Watson is, if you've been watching these

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<v Speaker 2>the Kolakis commercials and you have that one kid that's

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<v Speaker 2>always with him in these commercials, that's Peyton Watson, that guy.

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<v Speaker 2>He was the one that jumped over the kola Hey

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<v Speaker 2>yesterday to block Jalen Brown's shot. Peyton Watts guys athletic,

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<v Speaker 2>He's long plays, he could defend multiple positions. He's going

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<v Speaker 2>to be a stud. He's going to be a stud.

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<v Speaker 2>Now will he be able to will he have the

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<v Speaker 2>maturity to really help them out in the playoffs? I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know, but they're they're banking on him and they're

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<v Speaker 2>trying to give him a significant role to see if

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<v Speaker 2>he can to help help them out, because that, as

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<v Speaker 2>we know, the bitch is probably going to is probably

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<v Speaker 2>the weakness of the duggets. But if Peyton Watson could

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<v Speaker 2>come of age pretty pretty quickly and he's he's looking

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<v Speaker 2>really good in spurts, there'll be a problem.

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<v Speaker 1>When you look at Minnesota, the expectation is I think

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<v Speaker 1>that at least their hope is that they get Karl

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<v Speaker 1>Anthony Towns back for the playoffs. I mean, they look,

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<v Speaker 1>they've got nas read there. In the short term, they

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<v Speaker 1>can probably survive this. I would still wouldn't I wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>be shocked if the Wolves still.

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<v Speaker 4>Found a way.

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<v Speaker 1>To hang on to the number one seed in the West.

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<v Speaker 1>Is certainly not going to be easy, but they've got

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<v Speaker 1>three games against the Nuggets though, three games left, I believe.

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<v Speaker 4>So that's that's going to be a huge deal for sure.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and that all that all goes back to Denver,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, skipping the White House for that that matchup

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<v Speaker 2>in Minnesota on March nineteenth. They're going for it. They're

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<v Speaker 2>going forward. And yeah, and I think stein Towns is

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<v Speaker 2>an All Star player, but you know Na's over there.

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<v Speaker 2>He's no joke that that guy probably the best backup

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<v Speaker 2>big in the league, stretch big. So they're definitely still

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<v Speaker 2>going to be a force. And Anthony Edwards probably just

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<v Speaker 2>going to even this is the opportunity for him to

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<v Speaker 2>even take his game to another level because I do

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<v Speaker 2>believe he has another level to go. He probably is

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<v Speaker 2>going to have to carry this team a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>more offensively, but I think he's up for the task,

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<v Speaker 2>you know. So, So March nineteenth, dismiss of Minnesota.

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<v Speaker 1>March nineteenth, Denver, Minnesota. That's the game where the Nuggets,

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<v Speaker 1>as first reported on the This League Uncut podcast and

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<v Speaker 1>subsequently reported on TNT, reported by the same guy, though

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<v Speaker 1>in both cases Chris the Nuggets the invite to the

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<v Speaker 1>White House was the seventeenth, Is that right?

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<v Speaker 4>And they felt like.

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<v Speaker 2>The eighteenth They know it was the eighteenth.

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<v Speaker 4>They play on the seventeenth.

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<v Speaker 1>They could have gone to the White House on the eighteenth,

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<v Speaker 1>but they felt like they needed to go straight to Minnesota.

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<v Speaker 2>That's it.

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<v Speaker 4>First March twenty ninth and April tenth, those two games

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<v Speaker 4>are in Denver.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's going to get really interested. But this is

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<v Speaker 2>this is why this part of the season is so

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<v Speaker 2>great because you you know, teams are going for it

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<v Speaker 2>right now. This is this is the coaches start shortening

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<v Speaker 2>up their rotations, getting their rotations ready for the playoffs. Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>there's not much experimentation during this junction of the season.

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<v Speaker 2>It's you playing your guys. Playoff is you know, just

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<v Speaker 2>like you know, these last couple of games last I'll

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<v Speaker 2>probably already say the last three games have been for

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<v Speaker 2>that I've covered have been playoff atmosphere type games. Sons

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<v Speaker 2>at the excuse me, Different Nuggets playing the heat, Denver

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<v Speaker 2>Nuggets playing the Suns. Nuggets and Celtics been really good atmosphere,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, playoff atmosphere type game. So I'm ready, stin,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm ready for the playoffs.

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<v Speaker 1>Are you doing two games a week basically from here

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<v Speaker 1>till the playoffs or no producer Ryan shaking his head.

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<v Speaker 1>He's memorizer.

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<v Speaker 4>Producer. Ryan has memorized schedule.

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<v Speaker 2>Producer Ryan is on top of it.

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<v Speaker 1>We should bring on Charlotte Haynes and we should quiz them.

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<v Speaker 1>Who knows your schedule better? Ryan Music.

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<v Speaker 2>All my money will be on Ryan. She has Charlotte's

0:20:53.760 --> 0:20:57.320
<v Speaker 2>beauty supply of stuff on her mind. She's not worried

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<v Speaker 2>about my schedule. No, I I have for the rest

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<v Speaker 2>of the rest of the calendar. I only had three

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<v Speaker 2>games left for the rest of the season, the regular season,

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<v Speaker 2>that is three but a game each week, no, no, no, no,

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<v Speaker 2>two weeks.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, as tired as you are today, maybe that's good.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe we maybe we got to dial you back to

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<v Speaker 1>one game a week.

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<v Speaker 2>I need that because it's going to get Last year,

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<v Speaker 2>I think I didn't come home really until, I want

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<v Speaker 2>to say, until the conference finals.

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<v Speaker 1>The producer Riots keeping it real in the group chat,

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<v Speaker 1>which I forgot.

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<v Speaker 4>March madness is coming, and that's.

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<v Speaker 2>Why that's why I'm on my Yeah, my high madness.

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<v Speaker 4>Is going to bump you down.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, That's why I'm on my hiatus.

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<v Speaker 1>You had a little chat with Kevin Durant. Give us

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<v Speaker 1>the state of Durant at this point.

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<v Speaker 2>Caught up with k D very optimistic about what this

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<v Speaker 2>team can accomplish. You know, he was very reflective and

0:22:09.960 --> 0:22:12.560
<v Speaker 2>talking about his background because I asked him, like, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>how long can you keep going? What? What still what

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<v Speaker 2>motivates you at this age? And he was like, man,

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<v Speaker 2>I still feel like I'm great at this game. And

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<v Speaker 2>I love being great, you know, KD. I love the

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<v Speaker 2>way Kat talks about himself. He said, I love being

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<v Speaker 2>great and uh, he said, and I wake up enjoying

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<v Speaker 2>the process every day of being great and being town.

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<v Speaker 2>And they talked about like, you know how you know,

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<v Speaker 2>there were people in his neighborhood, in his community that

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<v Speaker 2>kept him away from the streets, that told me, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>focus on ball. And he said, as he gets older,

0:22:52.720 --> 0:22:56.080
<v Speaker 2>he appreciates still more and more because he loves his

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<v Speaker 2>life and love loves what he what he does. And

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<v Speaker 2>then he also, you know, you know what to talked

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<v Speaker 2>about the people who criticize or critique him, stating that

0:23:08.320 --> 0:23:12.199
<v Speaker 2>he's not a leader or he doesn't have a competitive drive.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know, he said, listen, I don't listen to them.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, everybody needs something to talk talk about. He said,

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<v Speaker 2>my focus is on his team, and my my concern

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<v Speaker 2>is what everybody within my organization think. He said, And

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<v Speaker 2>they see me, they know me, and so they know

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<v Speaker 2>how bad I want to win. And he said he

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<v Speaker 2>puts them. He said, if they're going they're going healthy.

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<v Speaker 2>He likes their chances against anybody and so, but he

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<v Speaker 2>did say there is an adjustment period, you know, trying

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<v Speaker 2>to blend, blend, blend all their games together with Bradley

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<v Speaker 2>Booker and dev A, Bradley Booker, Bradley Booker, Bradley Bill

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<v Speaker 2>and Devin Booker. So he says it's an adjustment, but he's

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<v Speaker 2>he's enjoying the process of learn and he said he

0:23:59.720 --> 0:24:03.000
<v Speaker 2>feels like the team is forming some cohesion, and you know,

0:24:03.040 --> 0:24:05.040
<v Speaker 2>he credit the coach staff. So this is a very

0:24:05.080 --> 0:24:10.480
<v Speaker 2>optimistic and positive KD with twenty games before we hit the.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna read two of the quotes for your piece.

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<v Speaker 1>The first one was quote, I just love this game.

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<v Speaker 1>I love the challenges, the obstacles that come with it.

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<v Speaker 1>I enjoy the process. So that was pretty standard stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>But then this is the I think this is the quote.

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<v Speaker 4>You're referring to.

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<v Speaker 1>I just enjoy getting up every day to do this shit.

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<v Speaker 1>Durant said, there are going to be days where it

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<v Speaker 1>to struggle, and there have been great days. I could

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<v Speaker 1>be doing a lot of other shit with my life.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm talented at this shit, and I enjoy being talented.

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<v Speaker 1>I enjoy the camaraderie and the brotherhood that comes with

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<v Speaker 1>this game.

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<v Speaker 4>It's that simple.

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<v Speaker 2>I enjoyed being talented. I love KD. Man, I love

0:24:58.480 --> 0:25:03.359
<v Speaker 2>that guy. Love KD. Did I tell you my KD story? Stein,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not sure? Okay, I'll explain it. Me and KD.

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<v Speaker 2>We we you know. That's my guy. I will always

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<v Speaker 2>I will always have him in high regard because of

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<v Speaker 2>what he did for me six seven years ago something

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<v Speaker 2>almost probably about six years ago. And no matter if

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<v Speaker 2>we have semi rifts in between, because we've had we had,

0:25:34.280 --> 0:25:37.480
<v Speaker 2>we had semi rifts in between, that I will always

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<v Speaker 2>hold him in high regard for this six years ago.

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<v Speaker 2>So it is he's with the Warriors at this time,

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<v Speaker 2>and this was I was at Yahoo. I had just

0:25:49.840 --> 0:25:55.240
<v Speaker 2>signed with Yahoo, and Yahoo gave me my my podcast.

0:25:55.440 --> 0:25:57.280
<v Speaker 2>It was the post it up for Chris Haines's podcast.

0:25:57.520 --> 0:25:59.800
<v Speaker 2>First time I ever had my own podcasts. They gave

0:25:59.800 --> 0:26:04.280
<v Speaker 2>me a podcast, and so I asked KD, would you

0:26:04.320 --> 0:26:07.480
<v Speaker 2>be my first guest on my podcast? And he was like, yeah,

0:26:07.480 --> 0:26:10.560
<v Speaker 2>I got you. Cool. I'm like great, great, So I

0:26:10.600 --> 0:26:13.679
<v Speaker 2>tell Yahoo, I tell my production crew and everything, and

0:26:13.680 --> 0:26:16.440
<v Speaker 2>that's when we were traveling. When I had my podcast,

0:26:16.480 --> 0:26:19.560
<v Speaker 2>we would travel camera crews to go like we did

0:26:19.560 --> 0:26:25.199
<v Speaker 2>it really legit, legitimate, So everybody knows. Everybody's pumped up.

0:26:25.240 --> 0:26:27.399
<v Speaker 2>I'm pumped up. Kdi's about to be my first guest.

0:26:28.040 --> 0:26:35.080
<v Speaker 2>Like great, great. So two days later, the incident happens

0:26:35.119 --> 0:26:42.240
<v Speaker 2>where Draymond goes off on him in LA It says,

0:26:42.960 --> 0:26:45.800
<v Speaker 2>we don't need you. We can we won before you,

0:26:45.960 --> 0:26:48.560
<v Speaker 2>we don't, we don't need and you know, like when

0:26:48.640 --> 0:26:52.640
<v Speaker 2>kd's mad, when KDE gets into his mode, like he'll

0:26:52.720 --> 0:26:57.240
<v Speaker 2>just shut you out, he'll cut everybody off. And so

0:26:57.359 --> 0:27:02.800
<v Speaker 2>that happened, and KD didn't speak to media for that

0:27:02.880 --> 0:27:08.560
<v Speaker 2>whole week after that Dremond incident. Katie refused to talk.

0:27:08.640 --> 0:27:15.280
<v Speaker 2>He did not speak that whole week. Meanwhile, our podcast

0:27:15.680 --> 0:27:20.120
<v Speaker 2>episode was supposed to record probably like in another four

0:27:20.160 --> 0:27:24.600
<v Speaker 2>or five days. So I'm like, oh shit, damn, he

0:27:24.680 --> 0:27:27.320
<v Speaker 2>is not speaking to media and not just not speaking

0:27:27.320 --> 0:27:30.320
<v Speaker 2>to media. You know how KD is sometimes Like even

0:27:30.359 --> 0:27:32.720
<v Speaker 2>when you see him walk into the locker room, he

0:27:32.760 --> 0:27:35.280
<v Speaker 2>ain't gonna look. He's not gonna look at you. You

0:27:35.560 --> 0:27:38.240
<v Speaker 2>will clearly tell he doesn't want to be bothered. So

0:27:38.280 --> 0:27:42.040
<v Speaker 2>I'm like, damn man, So my podcast is on a Monday.

0:27:42.760 --> 0:27:47.360
<v Speaker 2>Now it's Thursday. He hasn't spoken all week, and I'm

0:27:47.359 --> 0:27:49.320
<v Speaker 2>trying to be sensitive. I don't want to be texting

0:27:49.400 --> 0:27:51.399
<v Speaker 2>him like hey, you're still doing it. I'm trying to

0:27:51.440 --> 0:27:53.840
<v Speaker 2>be Since then, so the Warriors are on the road

0:27:53.840 --> 0:27:56.600
<v Speaker 2>trip and they ended up in Houston over the weekend.

0:27:57.640 --> 0:28:00.880
<v Speaker 2>I wasn't going to attend that game, like this will

0:28:00.920 --> 0:28:04.840
<v Speaker 2>be the last time I get to see him before Monday,

0:28:04.840 --> 0:28:07.639
<v Speaker 2>when we're supposed to do this pod. So I go

0:28:07.680 --> 0:28:12.400
<v Speaker 2>to Houston, fly to Houston and before the game, pre game,

0:28:12.920 --> 0:28:15.800
<v Speaker 2>he's over there in the corner. Nobody is talking to him.

0:28:15.960 --> 0:28:18.320
<v Speaker 2>He's at his locker stall. You can tell he doesn't

0:28:18.320 --> 0:28:21.199
<v Speaker 2>want to be bothered, has his earphones on. But I'm like,

0:28:21.359 --> 0:28:24.919
<v Speaker 2>I gotta go say something, and not just go say something,

0:28:24.960 --> 0:28:28.200
<v Speaker 2>I have to bring it, bring up that we got

0:28:28.200 --> 0:28:31.800
<v Speaker 2>this pod scheduled in two days. So I go over there,

0:28:32.160 --> 0:28:34.760
<v Speaker 2>tap on the shoulder, which forces him to take his

0:28:34.760 --> 0:28:38.160
<v Speaker 2>headphones off his ear ears. He just looks up to me,

0:28:38.360 --> 0:28:40.760
<v Speaker 2>looks up at me. I'm like, how you doing, bro,

0:28:41.680 --> 0:28:46.959
<v Speaker 2>I'm all right, what's up? I'm like, eh, nothing much. Uh.

0:28:47.760 --> 0:28:50.400
<v Speaker 2>I just want to know if you're still gonna be

0:28:50.400 --> 0:28:51.840
<v Speaker 2>able to do the pod in a couple of days.

0:28:52.040 --> 0:28:53.760
<v Speaker 2>He said, Man, what the fuck? Man? I got a game.

0:28:53.920 --> 0:28:55.480
<v Speaker 2>I ain't worried about that shit. Man, I got a

0:28:55.480 --> 0:28:59.160
<v Speaker 2>fucking game to play. Man, leave me alone. Chris. I'm like, okay, well,

0:28:59.280 --> 0:29:02.000
<v Speaker 2>you know, good to see you too. So I walked.

0:29:02.400 --> 0:29:07.200
<v Speaker 2>I walked away in So I walked away not knowing anything.

0:29:07.280 --> 0:29:12.160
<v Speaker 2>He didn't give me any confirmation or clarification nothing. That

0:29:12.320 --> 0:29:14.760
<v Speaker 2>was it. So I'm like, fuck man. So I told

0:29:14.760 --> 0:29:23.000
<v Speaker 2>the company, I said, well listen. KD hasn't responded. He

0:29:23.160 --> 0:29:25.280
<v Speaker 2>I don't know. I don't I don't think it's happening.

0:29:26.080 --> 0:29:29.640
<v Speaker 2>So Monday comes around, and it was supposed to we

0:29:29.640 --> 0:29:33.880
<v Speaker 2>were supposed to record Monday after go to State Wars.

0:29:33.880 --> 0:29:38.400
<v Speaker 2>Practice was probably around noon. He's still and to this

0:29:38.440 --> 0:29:42.080
<v Speaker 2>point he's still hasn't spoken to media. I'm talking about

0:29:42.240 --> 0:29:45.800
<v Speaker 2>basic media, like answer a question after a game. He

0:29:45.960 --> 0:29:48.760
<v Speaker 2>did none of that the whole week, and so I

0:29:48.840 --> 0:29:52.360
<v Speaker 2>hit him up Monday morning, just the last ditch text

0:29:52.440 --> 0:29:56.840
<v Speaker 2>because also my camera crew was already at the They

0:29:56.880 --> 0:30:00.480
<v Speaker 2>rented a hotel suite so we can do the recording.

0:30:00.880 --> 0:30:04.760
<v Speaker 2>So they just went anyways, and so here I'll make

0:30:04.800 --> 0:30:08.760
<v Speaker 2>a last ditch effort Monday morning before practice cinema text

0:30:09.080 --> 0:30:11.080
<v Speaker 2>Katie Man, I'm sorry to bout you, bro, but I

0:30:11.120 --> 0:30:13.320
<v Speaker 2>just got to ask. Man, we got the crew there,

0:30:13.800 --> 0:30:15.320
<v Speaker 2>just got to ask, if you know you're gonna be

0:30:15.360 --> 0:30:18.000
<v Speaker 2>able to do it, text you back right away. I'll

0:30:18.000 --> 0:30:24.360
<v Speaker 2>be there. He came and delivered one of the spiciest

0:30:24.360 --> 0:30:29.280
<v Speaker 2>interviews that he's ever delivered before and just revealing everything,

0:30:29.960 --> 0:30:33.360
<v Speaker 2>you know, the Draymond stuff, everything, and you know, he

0:30:33.440 --> 0:30:36.320
<v Speaker 2>was talking about retiring. That's a golden state war. He

0:30:36.320 --> 0:30:40.320
<v Speaker 2>could tell his his mindset went another place later, but yeah,

0:30:40.320 --> 0:30:42.800
<v Speaker 2>he was. He just it was just great. He gave

0:30:42.840 --> 0:30:44.960
<v Speaker 2>me an hour or so and it was the first

0:30:45.000 --> 0:30:47.760
<v Speaker 2>time he talked about the incident, first time he talked,

0:30:48.240 --> 0:30:51.360
<v Speaker 2>and he was my first I was able to start

0:30:51.400 --> 0:30:55.400
<v Speaker 2>my podcast with a bang first episode. So I'm forever

0:30:56.720 --> 0:31:00.520
<v Speaker 2>grateful for him, regardless of whatever we get into to

0:31:00.560 --> 0:31:05.240
<v Speaker 2>get into it about the future now whatever. Him doing

0:31:05.280 --> 0:31:07.960
<v Speaker 2>that meant so much to me, man, So uh yeah,

0:31:08.000 --> 0:31:09.040
<v Speaker 2>that's my KDE story.

0:31:09.360 --> 0:31:11.240
<v Speaker 1>And I gotta go back and find that episode because

0:31:11.280 --> 0:31:13.600
<v Speaker 1>I I sort of remember, but I don't.

0:31:14.400 --> 0:31:18.200
<v Speaker 4>I don't remember all that backstory. Did ESPN credit you

0:31:18.240 --> 0:31:19.240
<v Speaker 4>when they used the quotes?

0:31:20.280 --> 0:31:24.080
<v Speaker 2>Yeah? Everybody, Yeah, everybody had to Yeah, that was he.

0:31:24.480 --> 0:31:26.320
<v Speaker 2>That was the first time he addressed it. He did

0:31:26.400 --> 0:31:31.320
<v Speaker 2>not talk to anybody the whole week. And he came

0:31:31.560 --> 0:31:33.000
<v Speaker 2>and he sat there and we were We're in a

0:31:33.040 --> 0:31:36.600
<v Speaker 2>hotel suite, me and him sitting down and what was

0:31:36.640 --> 0:31:43.280
<v Speaker 2>cool too? Starve the day before that, The day before that,

0:31:43.280 --> 0:31:49.080
<v Speaker 2>that episode, he had did something to a reff I'm

0:31:49.080 --> 0:31:50.760
<v Speaker 2>not a cuss the reff out during the game or

0:31:50.800 --> 0:31:53.720
<v Speaker 2>something like that, and I was able to break I

0:31:53.760 --> 0:31:55.680
<v Speaker 2>got a clip of it and it's in the it's

0:31:55.720 --> 0:31:59.200
<v Speaker 2>in that podcast too, But I gotta I was able

0:31:59.240 --> 0:32:02.160
<v Speaker 2>to break that. He was being fine a certain amount

0:32:02.160 --> 0:32:04.080
<v Speaker 2>of money. He was like seventy five thousand and something

0:32:04.160 --> 0:32:07.840
<v Speaker 2>like that right there on the spot before you know.

0:32:08.000 --> 0:32:11.440
<v Speaker 2>So I broke it before it got announced, and everything

0:32:11.520 --> 0:32:14.280
<v Speaker 2>right on the spot to him. And it was funny

0:32:14.280 --> 0:32:18.720
<v Speaker 2>because people were commenting about it, it was like, dang, look

0:32:18.760 --> 0:32:21.360
<v Speaker 2>how Katie didn't even flinch when he found out he

0:32:21.440 --> 0:32:27.800
<v Speaker 2>just lost seventy five thousand dollars, Like that must be nice.

0:32:28.240 --> 0:32:33.200
<v Speaker 2>He's like, yeah, yeah, right, please please, but yeah, that's

0:32:33.200 --> 0:32:36.000
<v Speaker 2>my Katie's story. And so he's always you know, I

0:32:36.040 --> 0:32:39.720
<v Speaker 2>always hold him a high regard for doing that and

0:32:39.800 --> 0:32:40.840
<v Speaker 2>keeping his word. Man.

0:32:41.400 --> 0:32:44.000
<v Speaker 1>So when you were around the Suns, I mean, look,

0:32:44.200 --> 0:32:46.280
<v Speaker 1>the Suns, to me, there are multiple issues.

0:32:46.320 --> 0:32:48.240
<v Speaker 4>I mean, and you.

0:32:48.160 --> 0:32:52.400
<v Speaker 1>Know, as great as Durant remains at thirty five, ridiculous,

0:32:53.120 --> 0:32:58.160
<v Speaker 1>just ridiculously good. But again, the main three guys there

0:32:58.960 --> 0:33:01.720
<v Speaker 1>are they gonna get third games in as teammates before

0:33:01.760 --> 0:33:06.200
<v Speaker 1>the playoffs. I mean, I think thirty is is a

0:33:06.240 --> 0:33:10.440
<v Speaker 1>pretty safe over under, considering it's only at twenty three

0:33:10.520 --> 0:33:13.080
<v Speaker 1>and there's less than twenty games in the season to go.

0:33:13.280 --> 0:33:16.240
<v Speaker 1>So let's see if they can get over thirty. But

0:33:16.280 --> 0:33:19.280
<v Speaker 1>then the other thing is, you know, they're in the

0:33:19.320 --> 0:33:22.120
<v Speaker 1>best case scenario. They're gonna be the five seed and

0:33:22.160 --> 0:33:25.520
<v Speaker 1>they're gonna have to win. They're gonna have to win

0:33:25.760 --> 0:33:29.920
<v Speaker 1>on the road in three straight rounds, and I just

0:33:31.000 --> 0:33:34.720
<v Speaker 1>you know, just to get to the finals on the

0:33:34.840 --> 0:33:37.080
<v Speaker 1>road three straight.

0:33:36.880 --> 0:33:39.280
<v Speaker 4>Rounds without continuity.

0:33:40.920 --> 0:33:45.520
<v Speaker 1>Questions about their depth, their bench, the reliability.

0:33:47.720 --> 0:33:48.600
<v Speaker 4>I guess we'll see.

0:33:50.840 --> 0:33:56.520
<v Speaker 2>I still maintain that they should have gotten a point guard.

0:33:57.480 --> 0:33:59.760
<v Speaker 2>I will say this. I did report during the Sun's

0:33:59.800 --> 0:34:05.760
<v Speaker 2>game and that they are looking to feel their last

0:34:05.840 --> 0:34:08.840
<v Speaker 2>roster spot, that fifteenth roster spot. They're looking to feel

0:34:09.400 --> 0:34:12.840
<v Speaker 2>fill that with a veteran player who has playoff experience.

0:34:13.560 --> 0:34:17.200
<v Speaker 2>They're not they're not. They're not looking for a point

0:34:17.200 --> 0:34:21.960
<v Speaker 2>guard or a wing or whatever. They want the best

0:34:22.360 --> 0:34:26.279
<v Speaker 2>player available with some postseason experience, not somebody that's going

0:34:26.360 --> 0:34:29.240
<v Speaker 2>to play a lot, but it's more of a locker

0:34:29.320 --> 0:34:32.839
<v Speaker 2>room presence. So that's something to look out for as

0:34:32.840 --> 0:34:34.040
<v Speaker 2>it pertains to the Suns.

0:34:35.280 --> 0:34:37.920
<v Speaker 4>Well, Marcus Morris is out there, Isaiah Thomas is in

0:34:37.960 --> 0:34:40.959
<v Speaker 4>the G League trying to get a look. Yeah, there's

0:34:41.040 --> 0:34:41.919
<v Speaker 4>veterans out there.

0:34:43.239 --> 0:34:46.640
<v Speaker 2>Isaiah makes a lot of sense. Sean Isaiah. I think

0:34:46.680 --> 0:34:49.040
<v Speaker 2>he just scored like thirty something in his G League

0:34:49.960 --> 0:34:54.680
<v Speaker 2>debut yesterday. Isaiah makes a lot of sense. He's a

0:34:54.719 --> 0:35:00.239
<v Speaker 2>point guard, has playoff experience. Somebody who's going to come

0:35:00.280 --> 0:35:03.239
<v Speaker 2>in and be a good locker room guy like Isaiah

0:35:03.280 --> 0:35:04.600
<v Speaker 2>makes a lot of sense.

0:35:06.400 --> 0:35:08.480
<v Speaker 1>So I kind of said we were going to stay

0:35:08.480 --> 0:35:10.480
<v Speaker 1>away from the East, but now I'm going back on

0:35:10.560 --> 0:35:15.840
<v Speaker 1>that because you just saw this epic battle that so

0:35:15.920 --> 0:35:19.680
<v Speaker 1>many of us were treating as a potential finals preview.

0:35:19.719 --> 0:35:25.240
<v Speaker 1>And look, I mean, to me, if the Celtics don't

0:35:25.360 --> 0:35:27.239
<v Speaker 1>make the final, I mean, the Celtics have to win

0:35:27.280 --> 0:35:32.680
<v Speaker 1>at all to really validate their season. But you know,

0:35:32.760 --> 0:35:35.680
<v Speaker 1>I would say, at a minimum, they've got to make

0:35:35.719 --> 0:35:37.760
<v Speaker 1>the finals and win the East.

0:35:38.960 --> 0:35:41.520
<v Speaker 4>What was their temperature after this game? What was it?

0:35:41.560 --> 0:35:45.160
<v Speaker 4>You know, they blew that huge lead against Cleveland. Okay, fine,

0:35:45.200 --> 0:35:45.800
<v Speaker 4>that happens.

0:35:45.840 --> 0:35:47.720
<v Speaker 1>I mean they were forty eight and twelve and lost

0:35:48.360 --> 0:35:51.479
<v Speaker 1>a big lead against Cleveland. Whatever, But to go into

0:35:51.520 --> 0:35:54.520
<v Speaker 1>Denver after the Nuggets had gone to Boston and won there.

0:35:55.800 --> 0:35:59.480
<v Speaker 1>And you know, Tatum went under the microscope this week

0:35:59.520 --> 0:36:01.920
<v Speaker 1>and has not been a fun experience for him. Everybody's

0:36:01.960 --> 0:36:05.520
<v Speaker 1>now questioning his ability in the clutch. And look, I

0:36:05.560 --> 0:36:10.480
<v Speaker 1>never really saw Tatum as an MVP a huge MVP

0:36:10.640 --> 0:36:13.320
<v Speaker 1>threat anyway. Even if Boston would have gone to Denver

0:36:13.440 --> 0:36:17.080
<v Speaker 1>and won, and even if Tatum had played an amazing game,

0:36:18.080 --> 0:36:21.680
<v Speaker 1>I just I And the reason why is just I

0:36:21.760 --> 0:36:24.240
<v Speaker 1>just think again, I'm trying to step inside the head

0:36:24.440 --> 0:36:27.600
<v Speaker 1>of voters. I just think Boston is so good and

0:36:27.680 --> 0:36:31.600
<v Speaker 1>has so much high level talent around him, not just

0:36:31.680 --> 0:36:36.200
<v Speaker 1>Jalen Brown, but you got former All Stars, Drew Holliday,

0:36:36.960 --> 0:36:41.040
<v Speaker 1>Christoph porzingis Al Horford, They've all been All Stars, Derek White.

0:36:41.120 --> 0:36:44.080
<v Speaker 1>They have so much high level talent around him. I

0:36:44.120 --> 0:36:46.840
<v Speaker 1>think that's the kind of thing that really hurts Tatum's

0:36:46.840 --> 0:36:50.280
<v Speaker 1>case more than anything, more than his clutch numbers, more

0:36:50.360 --> 0:36:51.799
<v Speaker 1>than a game.

0:36:51.640 --> 0:36:52.359
<v Speaker 4>Like last night.

0:36:53.480 --> 0:36:55.960
<v Speaker 1>But this has not been a fun week for the

0:36:55.960 --> 0:36:59.080
<v Speaker 1>Boston Celtics. So, like, what was the vibe you took

0:36:59.160 --> 0:37:00.560
<v Speaker 1>from your time around them?

0:37:00.920 --> 0:37:04.479
<v Speaker 2>Jason Tatum told me that even though they haven't lost

0:37:04.560 --> 0:37:07.160
<v Speaker 2>much this season, he said, this is the first time

0:37:07.280 --> 0:37:13.320
<v Speaker 2>where each loss really hurts. He said, because they're they're

0:37:13.360 --> 0:37:16.799
<v Speaker 2>far and few. And he said that you know, he

0:37:16.880 --> 0:37:20.280
<v Speaker 2>hasn't he said, he hasn't felt that way about losses

0:37:20.840 --> 0:37:24.120
<v Speaker 2>in other seasons, which I think speaks to the fact

0:37:24.160 --> 0:37:27.760
<v Speaker 2>that this is a dominant team and they have high

0:37:27.760 --> 0:37:30.480
<v Speaker 2>hopes and they've been there before and they believe this.

0:37:30.719 --> 0:37:32.839
<v Speaker 2>You know, this is the best team that they've ever

0:37:32.920 --> 0:37:37.920
<v Speaker 2>assembled since he's been there. But he also told me this.

0:37:37.920 --> 0:37:44.759
<v Speaker 2>This group is great at getting over losses quickly and

0:37:44.880 --> 0:37:48.520
<v Speaker 2>move it on to the next next game, and so

0:37:48.640 --> 0:37:53.239
<v Speaker 2>they still feel good. Coach Missoula told me this. He said,

0:37:53.239 --> 0:37:55.840
<v Speaker 2>who are we supposed to lose to? Like, you know,

0:37:55.880 --> 0:37:57.640
<v Speaker 2>when you go through? He said, when you? When you?

0:37:57.800 --> 0:37:59.440
<v Speaker 2>He said, how they say it? He said, when you

0:37:59.480 --> 0:38:04.239
<v Speaker 2>look at the schedule, when the schedule first comes out.

0:38:04.480 --> 0:38:08.080
<v Speaker 2>He said, we're not going undefeated. He said, so we're

0:38:08.120 --> 0:38:10.279
<v Speaker 2>gonna lose some games. He said, who do you want

0:38:10.360 --> 0:38:12.920
<v Speaker 2>to lose to? He said, we've lost the good teams?

0:38:13.640 --> 0:38:15.399
<v Speaker 2>He said, what would it be better if we lost

0:38:15.440 --> 0:38:19.120
<v Speaker 2>the bad teams? He said, you know what, what what

0:38:19.160 --> 0:38:25.000
<v Speaker 2>would you expect? And so, yeah, we expect. I guess

0:38:25.040 --> 0:38:27.840
<v Speaker 2>that's reasonable. Yeah, that's a reasonable TA.

0:38:28.040 --> 0:38:29.759
<v Speaker 4>But you know what, you know what, you know what.

0:38:29.840 --> 0:38:32.680
<v Speaker 1>The lesson out of this podcast is I like when

0:38:32.719 --> 0:38:35.120
<v Speaker 1>you do two games a week, because now I'm just

0:38:35.200 --> 0:38:38.840
<v Speaker 1>I've been I've asked you about the Nuggets, the Suns,

0:38:39.280 --> 0:38:42.880
<v Speaker 1>the Celtics, and you just saw these teams.

0:38:43.120 --> 0:38:45.680
<v Speaker 4>It's beautiful. I think you should. I think you should

0:38:45.680 --> 0:38:46.800
<v Speaker 4>do two games every week.

0:38:48.200 --> 0:38:50.320
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well, I would like to get to another city.

0:38:50.480 --> 0:38:54.560
<v Speaker 2>I don't want to be well cases Miami. I'll stay

0:38:54.560 --> 0:38:57.920
<v Speaker 2>in Miami for a week. Why don't you pitch that

0:38:58.200 --> 0:39:00.920
<v Speaker 2>they took me off of my Miami assignment that I

0:39:01.000 --> 0:39:08.600
<v Speaker 2>had April fourth. They switched it to a Atlanta at Dallas.

0:39:09.880 --> 0:39:14.480
<v Speaker 2>Can you believe that's tun Atlanta at Dallas. But I

0:39:14.600 --> 0:39:20.360
<v Speaker 2>was able to contact a hierarchy at TNT, and I

0:39:20.400 --> 0:39:24.359
<v Speaker 2>found out that that game could possibly could possibly be

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<v Speaker 2>moved as well because they assigned they reassigned me to

0:39:28.920 --> 0:39:33.520
<v Speaker 2>that game, not just me, the whole broadcast crew. They

0:39:33.560 --> 0:39:36.520
<v Speaker 2>reassigned us to that game. Thinking Trey Young, you know,

0:39:36.640 --> 0:39:39.200
<v Speaker 2>before Trey Young went out with the injury, so I

0:39:39.239 --> 0:39:41.799
<v Speaker 2>can get off. Most likely I might be off.

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<v Speaker 1>Why are you rooting to get off a game that

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<v Speaker 1>would send you to my city?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, Tine, you know Stein Listen, Dallas is nice, but

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<v Speaker 2>Miami would that would have been my only time being

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<v Speaker 2>in Mif.

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<v Speaker 4>You're already off Miami. So why well, well, let me

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<v Speaker 4>tell you're not gonna touch back in Miami.

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<v Speaker 2>Hold on, hold on, hold on, now, hold on. Remember

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<v Speaker 2>this game is April fourth, Miami. It was Philly at Miami.

0:40:09.600 --> 0:40:13.720
<v Speaker 2>There's a chance Joel and Bed could be back by then.

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<v Speaker 2>Why wouldn't they switch it back? And so I again,

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<v Speaker 2>I contacted some hierarchies and they are I just want

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<v Speaker 2>to let them know, Hey, let's not rule out.

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<v Speaker 1>Are you saying you think there's a chance Joel Embid

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<v Speaker 1>could be back in early April?

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<v Speaker 2>Slight? Very slight, very slight. But listen, I'm telling you,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm telling the hierarchy come on now, let's not you know,

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<v Speaker 2>let's come on, let's give us time. Be patient. You

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<v Speaker 2>know I don't just leave. Be patient. That could be

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<v Speaker 2>a big game. Joelan Bid back with Philly. Miami is

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<v Speaker 2>playing well, let's not get too hasty now.

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<v Speaker 1>So are you basically telling me that you're you're not

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<v Speaker 1>going to be in Dallas that night.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm telling you I don't want to be in Dallas

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<v Speaker 2>that night. I don't know what I will be. That's

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<v Speaker 2>what I'm telling you.

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<v Speaker 1>The last time came to Dallas, I sent him to

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<v Speaker 1>an A plus steakhouse. Now he won't even come to

0:41:11.239 --> 0:41:15.200
<v Speaker 1>my city. He's asking to be reassigned to avoid coming

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<v Speaker 1>to the two one four.

0:41:17.280 --> 0:41:23.640
<v Speaker 2>Stei Miami April fourth, that's around spring break in Miami. Stei.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sorry, I'm sorry, there's just no there's no competing

0:41:26.800 --> 0:41:30.120
<v Speaker 2>against that man. Come on, now, you should You should understand,

0:41:30.719 --> 0:41:38.640
<v Speaker 2>goodness sakes, you understand everybody else know where I'm coming from.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, Chris Hanes, Before you say anything else, I

0:41:42.080 --> 0:41:43.680
<v Speaker 1>think we're going to put a bow on this one.

0:41:43.760 --> 0:41:45.399
<v Speaker 4>But we covered some good ground here.

0:41:46.360 --> 0:41:48.719
<v Speaker 1>Unless I just want to am I my cutting this

0:41:48.840 --> 0:41:50.479
<v Speaker 1>off too soon? Is there anything else that.

0:41:50.400 --> 0:41:53.040
<v Speaker 4>You need to say or discuss before we go?

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<v Speaker 2>M my team in my Filipino league, we made it

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<v Speaker 2>to the final four. I actually set you my stats

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<v Speaker 2>from the last game. I was Player of the week

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<v Speaker 2>in the last the last weekend's game.

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<v Speaker 1>Wait a second, Wait a second, wait a second. First

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<v Speaker 1>of all, I misread what you said. I didn't realize

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<v Speaker 1>that the twenty five next to your name was your

0:42:18.640 --> 0:42:23.279
<v Speaker 1>point total and not your jersey. As our eagle eyed

0:42:23.320 --> 0:42:29.240
<v Speaker 1>producer producer Ryan Music spotted a teammate of yours, Liam Mecdo.

0:42:29.360 --> 0:42:32.960
<v Speaker 4>Is that his name? Yes, he had thirty four? So

0:42:33.000 --> 0:42:35.880
<v Speaker 4>how did you win player of the week? Who's voting

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<v Speaker 4>on this?

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<v Speaker 2>Let me explain stot I mean, Lember reaching my stat

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<v Speaker 2>line again? Twenty five points, eleven rebounds, eight assists, aight

0:42:46.520 --> 0:42:50.480
<v Speaker 2>assists somebody's going to score off of those eight assists.

0:42:51.000 --> 0:42:55.320
<v Speaker 4>And it was Liam Leon.

0:42:55.080 --> 0:42:59.839
<v Speaker 2>Not yes, all those I can't say.

0:42:59.840 --> 0:43:02.840
<v Speaker 4>It's well, the rebounds that assists were not in the

0:43:02.840 --> 0:43:04.800
<v Speaker 4>box score that we saw. We only saw points.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, no, no, see Stein, that's why you don't be

0:43:07.760 --> 0:43:11.600
<v Speaker 2>opening the message. Ryan, loose, Ryan, get on here, set

0:43:11.680 --> 0:43:12.120
<v Speaker 2>them straight.

0:43:12.600 --> 0:43:15.160
<v Speaker 1>Or maybe or maybe I just maybe I cannot read

0:43:15.280 --> 0:43:17.200
<v Speaker 1>is the real the real message here?

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<v Speaker 5>I was with you, Stein when I first looked at

0:43:19.920 --> 0:43:23.279
<v Speaker 5>this graphic that he sent us. I only saw the

0:43:23.280 --> 0:43:26.279
<v Speaker 5>twenty five points and the final score, and then it's

0:43:26.320 --> 0:43:30.400
<v Speaker 5>at the very very bottom, twenty five points, eleven rebounds,

0:43:30.400 --> 0:43:32.200
<v Speaker 5>eight assists, Player of the Week, Week six.

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<v Speaker 1>Christy, Look up and look at the pride with which

0:43:34.920 --> 0:43:36.120
<v Speaker 1>he is beaming right now.

0:43:36.160 --> 0:43:39.439
<v Speaker 4>Just look at this man. Look at this man. Look

0:43:39.480 --> 0:43:43.800
<v Speaker 4>at this man. The number he told a story about getting.

0:43:43.960 --> 0:43:46.400
<v Speaker 1>He told a story about getting KD on his podcast,

0:43:46.440 --> 0:43:49.520
<v Speaker 1>his first podcast ever, so good and so explosive that

0:43:49.640 --> 0:43:52.560
<v Speaker 1>every other outlet that covers the NBA had to credit him.

0:43:52.840 --> 0:43:55.320
<v Speaker 4>He wasn't smiling that big, not even close.

0:43:55.880 --> 0:43:58.359
<v Speaker 1>When we were talking about close, We're talking about twenty

0:43:58.800 --> 0:44:01.200
<v Speaker 1>twenty five eleven in ate in a rec League game,

0:44:01.440 --> 0:44:04.400
<v Speaker 1>and he looks like he looks like the proudest papa

0:44:04.400 --> 0:44:07.800
<v Speaker 1>in the world, like he just became a father or something.

0:44:08.920 --> 0:44:13.440
<v Speaker 2>Stein people lie, numbers, don't That's all I'm showing you, right,

0:44:13.480 --> 0:44:16.040
<v Speaker 2>Oh my goodness, That's all I'm showing you. So we

0:44:16.200 --> 0:44:18.520
<v Speaker 2>made we made it due to my performance player of

0:44:18.520 --> 0:44:22.359
<v Speaker 2>the Week. We made it to the final four and

0:44:22.960 --> 0:44:25.799
<v Speaker 2>we play at nine to twenty. We win that game.

0:44:25.960 --> 0:44:29.799
<v Speaker 2>We playing the championship game at noon. So I'm I've

0:44:29.800 --> 0:44:33.200
<v Speaker 2>got here back home today. I'm gonna take a nap

0:44:33.520 --> 0:44:36.600
<v Speaker 2>after this pod. I'm tired. I'm gonna go to the gym,

0:44:36.760 --> 0:44:39.399
<v Speaker 2>get some shots up, may run a few games here,

0:44:39.719 --> 0:44:40.760
<v Speaker 2>but I'm gonna get ready.

0:44:40.600 --> 0:44:43.680
<v Speaker 4>For you can't tonight. But if you get hurt, I'm.

0:44:43.520 --> 0:44:45.319
<v Speaker 2>Not gonna play. I'm not gonna play hard. It's just

0:44:45.440 --> 0:44:48.200
<v Speaker 2>like shoot around, you know, shoot around, shoot around.

0:44:48.200 --> 0:44:50.799
<v Speaker 4>That's all shoot around. The shoot around shoot around is

0:44:50.840 --> 0:44:51.320
<v Speaker 4>not playing.

0:44:52.280 --> 0:44:55.240
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, let's you know, just mo I'll just roam around

0:44:55.280 --> 0:44:57.560
<v Speaker 2>the floor. You know, I won't be a big factors.

0:44:57.600 --> 0:44:59.840
<v Speaker 2>Just get some shots up, get a little cardio.

0:45:00.400 --> 0:45:02.320
<v Speaker 4>So you got to play at nine in the morning

0:45:03.760 --> 0:45:04.440
<v Speaker 4>the morning.

0:45:04.640 --> 0:45:06.640
<v Speaker 2>And so by the time we do our next pot.

0:45:07.640 --> 0:45:11.960
<v Speaker 2>I will either be a champion or I will be

0:45:12.000 --> 0:45:12.480
<v Speaker 2>a chump.

0:45:13.040 --> 0:45:15.720
<v Speaker 4>You guys have made the final four before in this league.

0:45:16.719 --> 0:45:20.120
<v Speaker 2>No, this the first time we did this. You're talking

0:45:20.120 --> 0:45:23.400
<v Speaker 2>about the Sacramento Rec League, not the Filipino League. The

0:45:23.440 --> 0:45:27.560
<v Speaker 2>Philipino League. No a, Stein, we have a chance to

0:45:27.560 --> 0:45:30.760
<v Speaker 2>make history because we had a really bad regular season.

0:45:30.800 --> 0:45:33.960
<v Speaker 2>I missed like two or three games because of travel schedule.

0:45:34.360 --> 0:45:37.799
<v Speaker 2>So we're the lowest seed. We're the sixth seed. So

0:45:37.880 --> 0:45:40.200
<v Speaker 2>the sixth seed made it all the way to the

0:45:40.200 --> 0:45:43.080
<v Speaker 2>final four. And the team that we're playing at nine

0:45:43.080 --> 0:45:45.720
<v Speaker 2>to twenty Stein, we beat them during the regular season

0:45:45.719 --> 0:45:46.640
<v Speaker 2>by twenty.

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<v Speaker 4>So you're basically in the title game.

0:45:50.640 --> 0:45:52.880
<v Speaker 2>I'm not see. That's what you don't do, Stein. You

0:45:52.920 --> 0:45:55.960
<v Speaker 2>do not disrespect the opponent. You don't do that.

0:45:55.960 --> 0:45:57.480
<v Speaker 4>That's what we do on this pod. We try to

0:45:57.520 --> 0:45:59.080
<v Speaker 4>get you in trouble, lead.

0:45:58.960 --> 0:46:03.000
<v Speaker 2>You, and you don't do that. You don't disrespect the opponent. Man,

0:46:03.080 --> 0:46:06.279
<v Speaker 2>you'll know what can happen. The basketball guys will come

0:46:06.320 --> 0:46:09.560
<v Speaker 2>for you. But no, we're feeling very confident about what

0:46:09.640 --> 0:46:11.840
<v Speaker 2>we can accomplish if we all come together for the

0:46:11.840 --> 0:46:14.600
<v Speaker 2>common goal. And I'm gonna deliver before the game a

0:46:14.680 --> 0:46:21.279
<v Speaker 2>Mike Michael Malone type pregame speech to get us riled up,

0:46:21.520 --> 0:46:25.520
<v Speaker 2>which means I'm cussing everybody out before the game because

0:46:25.560 --> 0:46:26.680
<v Speaker 2>we got we gotta get as.

0:46:26.640 --> 0:46:29.319
<v Speaker 4>Long as you end with one, two, three together whatever you.

0:46:29.280 --> 0:46:34.840
<v Speaker 2>Say, Oh yeah, okay, wait.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, Producer Ryan, I think we can truly say we

0:46:37.320 --> 0:46:42.440
<v Speaker 4>covered many many bases today. Everyone. As always, please remember

0:46:43.320 --> 0:46:45.839
<v Speaker 4>follow us, rate the show, review the show.

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0:46:54.560 --> 0:46:58.520
<v Speaker 1>I am producer Ryan will be back together again as

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<v Speaker 1>soon as possible after.

0:47:02.760 --> 0:47:04.359
<v Speaker 4>The playoffs. Do you even know the name of your team?

0:47:04.400 --> 0:47:05.960
<v Speaker 4>I was gonna say, I don't know the name of

0:47:05.960 --> 0:47:09.319
<v Speaker 4>your team. What's the name of your team? He's looking it.

0:47:09.280 --> 0:47:16.239
<v Speaker 2>Up for why you ratting me out? Star? The name

0:47:16.280 --> 0:47:20.480
<v Speaker 2>of my team is Genebra. I don't know what that means.

0:47:20.520 --> 0:47:24.640
<v Speaker 2>And and uh.

0:47:23.680 --> 0:47:26.600
<v Speaker 4>You're not curious. You didn't ask anybody like, hey, what's

0:47:26.640 --> 0:47:27.319
<v Speaker 4>our team name?

0:47:28.200 --> 0:47:30.160
<v Speaker 2>All I want to know is who's on my team?

0:47:30.360 --> 0:47:32.160
<v Speaker 2>That's all. And then I'll take it from there.

0:47:33.719 --> 0:47:36.040
<v Speaker 1>All right, Well, try to remember the speech because we

0:47:36.120 --> 0:47:38.759
<v Speaker 1>might ask you to. If you guys win it all,

0:47:38.800 --> 0:47:41.200
<v Speaker 1>we might ask you to like redeliver it to Ryan

0:47:41.200 --> 0:47:41.440
<v Speaker 1>and I.

0:47:42.520 --> 0:47:45.960
<v Speaker 2>Okay, all right, I can't wait. I had to be

0:47:46.000 --> 0:47:47.640
<v Speaker 2>a championship next part.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, everyone, thanks for joining us, and again we

0:47:51.760 --> 0:47:55.160
<v Speaker 1>will be back very very soon with yet another edition

0:47:56.080 --> 0:47:58.120
<v Speaker 1>of This League Uncut.

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<v Speaker 4>As we draw ever closer to the NBA. Thanks for

0:48:01.800 --> 0:48:02.160
<v Speaker 4>being with.

0:48:02.200 --> 0:48:08.120
<v Speaker 3>Us, and that'll do it for us. See you next time.

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<v Speaker 3>This League uncutt is an iHeartRadio production Put a Suck

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<v Speaker 3>a Locket Chris Hanes and Mark Stein