WEBVTT - Missing Middleton Hurting Milwaukee

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<v Speaker 1>What's what's up with Chris Middleton. Anybody he's seen him,

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<v Speaker 1>anybody heard from him.

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<v Speaker 2>He missed the first twenty games, he played seven and

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<v Speaker 2>now he's missed the next twelve. That's bad. That's really

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<v Speaker 2>really bad. What's going on in Milwaukee. I feel like

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<v Speaker 2>things are coming apart there a little bit. I was

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<v Speaker 2>absolutely shocked to see that he's only played seven games

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<v Speaker 2>this year. He rehabbed his surgically repaired wrist before in

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<v Speaker 2>the offseason. He made his return December twelfth, lasted two

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<v Speaker 2>games before he went out with knie soreness on December

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<v Speaker 2>fifteenth against the grizz He's been in and out of

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<v Speaker 2>the lineup since he got shut down at the end

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<v Speaker 2>of the year. Year and we wonder why the Bucks

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<v Speaker 2>are not playing very well right now, why they're so inconsistent,

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<v Speaker 2>why they're up and down. I think they're two and

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<v Speaker 2>eight in their last ten, something absolutely obscene. And he's

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<v Speaker 2>much more important to their success, I think than people realize.

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<v Speaker 2>And Bucks fans now all of a sudden wanted to

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<v Speaker 2>trade Chris Middleton, even though Chris Middleton hits clutch shot

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<v Speaker 2>after clutch shot in playoff situations six and six since

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<v Speaker 2>he left the lineup, they keep blowing huge leads. And

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<v Speaker 2>even when Chris Middleton was in the lineup, he wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>very good.

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<v Speaker 1>He was not very good at all. He was really bad.

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<v Speaker 2>Actually, I think he was averaging like ten points per game.

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<v Speaker 1>No more Bucks dominance.

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<v Speaker 2>So the good news is, if you're Bucks fans, is

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<v Speaker 2>just yesterday Chris practiced five on five. I guess we're

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<v Speaker 2>just grasping at straws here in terms of like finding

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<v Speaker 2>good news. That's the first time since the original knee injury.

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<v Speaker 2>How long until he's back on the court, unknown they say,

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<v Speaker 2>but they said possibly couple weeks, which.

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<v Speaker 1>Probably means All Star break.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's be honest, it's probably after All Star break, I

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<v Speaker 2>would guess is when Milwaukee will try to make their push.

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<v Speaker 2>Hopefully Chris Middleton is one hundred percent healthy and in condition,

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<v Speaker 2>but it cannot come too soon, folks. Like the last

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<v Speaker 2>night the Bucks blew a twenty four point lead to

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<v Speaker 2>the Hawks. They barely and I just talked about how

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<v Speaker 2>bad the Hawks are. The Hawks were able to come

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<v Speaker 2>back from twenty four down and almost win that game

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<v Speaker 2>when and Yannis Yannis had like sub ten points.

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<v Speaker 1>It was awful.

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<v Speaker 2>Twenty rebounds in like ten points. One thing is for sure.

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<v Speaker 2>They need Chris Middleton back. And if Jannie is getting

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<v Speaker 2>seven to nine points when he's out of the lineup,

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<v Speaker 2>this team's going absolutely nowhere, absolutely fast. Another Milwaukee Bucks story.

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<v Speaker 1>But this is good news. Is Drew Holliday the best

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<v Speaker 1>human being in the NBA. I don't know, it's very

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<v Speaker 1>clear he people don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>This, but Drew in the pandemic season the twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 2>one season quietly donated the remainder of his twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 2>salary after the George Floyd murder two combat systemic racism,

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<v Speaker 2>so socioeconomic inequality, and then he used his Drew and

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<v Speaker 2>Lauren Holiday Foundation fund to support everyone from black owned

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<v Speaker 2>businesses to college scholarships in la Indianapolis, Milwaukee, and New Orleans,

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<v Speaker 2>which are all the places that he's played.

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<v Speaker 1>Right his latest venture though, because that.

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<v Speaker 2>Was an amazing story in its own right, something that

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<v Speaker 2>he did not promote, no one knew about, and went

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<v Speaker 2>very much under the radar, and something that he didn't

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<v Speaker 2>need to do. But he's done something now, something even better,

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<v Speaker 2>I think, well, something interesting. His latest venture, He's created

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<v Speaker 2>a board game Drew and Lauren, who I could talk

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<v Speaker 2>about as a couple at nauseum, but I will not.

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<v Speaker 2>In a board game company with a big idea, a

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<v Speaker 2>Black Wall Street game that would simultaneously be fun and

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<v Speaker 2>challenging as well as teach a valuable historical lesson. The

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<v Speaker 2>historical lesson that there was a community in Greenwood, a

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<v Speaker 2>suburb of Tulsa, Oklahoma, known as Black Wall Street, that

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<v Speaker 2>for two decades at the beginning of the twentieth century,

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<v Speaker 2>was a huge hub for black investing black finance. It

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<v Speaker 2>was bustling, doing extremely well, and tragically, the community was

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<v Speaker 2>wiped out in one of the worst racially targeted attacks

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<v Speaker 2>in history in nineteen twenty one when YT's were doing

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<v Speaker 2>white tea things and fucking things up, burning, bombing, and

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<v Speaker 2>killing three hundred black citizens.

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<v Speaker 1>Horrible shit that not enough people know about.

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<v Speaker 2>But more than just history, the game really seeks to

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<v Speaker 2>give young people their first look at how finance works,

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<v Speaker 2>something that Drew said he never got growing up, and

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<v Speaker 2>this is what he said. Having this opportunity to educate

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<v Speaker 2>yourself is really big, especially in the black community, and

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<v Speaker 2>even young guys, all guys, I feel like, even though

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<v Speaker 2>they have.

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<v Speaker 1>People who can explain stuff to them and all that.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just something about self education that I feel is

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<v Speaker 2>very important and it's actually just not for kids. Drew

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<v Speaker 2>gifted the game to all four hundred and fifty NBA

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<v Speaker 2>players for Christmas in hopes that they would share it

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<v Speaker 2>with their friends, their family, their kids, all that.

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<v Speaker 1>CJ.

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<v Speaker 2>McCollum, head of the n NBAPA, said this, I'm happy

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<v Speaker 2>to see us recognizing the history of Black Wall Street.

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<v Speaker 2>It's very important Black history is in there. It's important

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<v Speaker 2>that we share and know that. I hope the players

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<v Speaker 2>seek to learn more about that. It's important to NBA players,

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<v Speaker 2>especially with the league being eighty to eighty five percent

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<v Speaker 2>African American a minority, to understand our history.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm looking forward to playing that game.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna make sure I thank Drew as well as

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<v Speaker 2>his wife personally. Really cool gesture and it's something that

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<v Speaker 2>is needed and.

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<v Speaker 1>Will be appreciated. So hats off to Drew Holiday.

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<v Speaker 2>This will not get enough publicity, but we will give

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<v Speaker 2>it publicity here. He's one of the fears competitors, one

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<v Speaker 2>of the best point of attack defenders, but I think

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<v Speaker 2>probably one of the best human beings, and the LA