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Speaker 2: Oh boy, I don't even know what to do. Other

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Speaker 2: than that, all I gotta do is laugh because the

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Speaker 2: next two weeks on this show, Oh, they're gonna be

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Speaker 2: live from it might be a problem. I don't know.

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Speaker 2: It's tell me it's not gonna.

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Speaker 3: Be okay, man, Oh, here we go, Yeah, that's right,

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Speaker 3: Here we go, we go.

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Speaker 1: This is what we do.

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Speaker 2: This is what we wanted, right We lived for this,

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Speaker 2: This is what we wanted.

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Speaker 1: We've been doing this show all year, through football, croquet,

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Speaker 1: corn hole, college everything. Now we hear in the second round,

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Speaker 1: the semi finals of the NBA Playoffs, and it just

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Speaker 1: so happens, no matter how our teams fared on the

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Speaker 1: road this year, are from the beginning of the year,

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Speaker 1: we're both facing each other, the Golden State Warriors and

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Speaker 1: the Los Angeles Lakers. We're here. It's our turn. So

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Speaker 1: let it begin.

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Speaker 4: Amen to that. And I'll say this, say it.

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Speaker 2: The rest of the nation already knows this, but y'all

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Speaker 2: are about to get sick to your stomach because the

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Speaker 2: league and the television networks and the officials and the

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Speaker 2: fans and social media, they're all about to tell you

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Speaker 2: one thing, and one thing only. The rest of your

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Speaker 2: series don't matter.

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Speaker 4: No, it's not.

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Speaker 2: Did the Nuggets play the Suns last night? I'm sorry

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Speaker 2: I missed it because I was at a pre party

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Speaker 2: for Warriors and Kings and now a pre party for

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Speaker 2: Warriors Lakers. I mean, we talked about this in fact,

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Speaker 2: forget us. Draymond Green talked about this week and a

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Speaker 2: half ago on his podcast and said that the Clippers

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Speaker 2: and the Warriors were both separately having playoff series, and

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Speaker 2: therefore the television networks, which in this league are run

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Speaker 2: by two people. And I'm sorry to break this to you, Ephraim,

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Speaker 2: but this is fact. There's doubted to suggest it. The

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Speaker 2: one seed when it comes to television networks is Stephan Curry.

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Speaker 2: Forget the teams, it's Steph Curry, and the two seed

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Speaker 2: is Lebron James, and everybody else is in the ocean.

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Speaker 2: The fact that they're now in this series together, just

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Speaker 2: get ready, America. The television networks are going to tell

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Speaker 2: you one thing, which is that the rest the rest

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Speaker 2: of your playoff series, we're just gonna have to hear

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Speaker 2: about him some other day.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's I mean, it's what the people want to see. Okay,

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Speaker 1: two champions who've gone at it in the finals before,

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Speaker 1: at a situation where now they're in the same conference

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Speaker 1: and now they have to fight and claw and kill

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Speaker 1: each other to get to the finals. And that's what

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Speaker 1: sport is all about. I love it. I love it

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Speaker 1: for both teams because there's not excessive travel. Yep, this

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Speaker 1: is a you know I five game. You can just

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Speaker 1: ride it right on into you know, five hour runs

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Speaker 1: right at forty five minute plane ride. There will be

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Speaker 1: nowhere and tear in terms of travel. So you're gonna

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Speaker 1: get the best from from both sides. And that's the

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Speaker 1: way it should be.

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Speaker 2: I mean what you just mentioned. I sort of wonder

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Speaker 2: the other day, Rob, I see you. I see you Rob,

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Speaker 2: because Rob tweeted a day ago the Lakers are already

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Speaker 2: of this series is going to be exhausted. Well, let

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Speaker 2: the Lakers are going to get extra rest. But Malik

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Speaker 2: Monk after Game six insinuated that the Warriors were old

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Speaker 2: and tired and therefore we could run them well. Less

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Speaker 2: So I wonder, like you've been an athlete in the playoffs,

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Speaker 1: I'll take seven. I'll take seven right that that Those

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Speaker 1: just to not have that man right, yeah, man, the Kings,

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Speaker 1: I mean, excuse me. The Warriors haven't even had to

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Speaker 2: I mean yeah, they haven't even really had to leave

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Speaker 2: I do wonder this, and this is true for both

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Speaker 2: very very quickly need to suddenly change everything that they've

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Speaker 2: been doing. And that's normal in sports, right, It's a

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Speaker 2: different game plan, styles, make fights, all of that.

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Speaker 4: But it's fascinating.

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Speaker 2: My girlfriend was watching the Laker Memphis game six the

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Speaker 2: other night even and she goes, hey, cause she sit

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Speaker 2: every now and again she'll check out what's going on.

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Speaker 3: Else around out Yeah yeah, real team.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well well, you know, four championships whatever, but anyway,

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Speaker 2: so yeah, you know, in the last decade. But anyway,

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Speaker 2: they look different kind of thing where you know, it's

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Speaker 4: I mean, these are just a Dunnis.

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Speaker 2: Human beings, And I don't know if is that an advantage? Sure,

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Speaker 2: much more what the Kings were. Same thing now Lakers.

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Speaker 2: like what I see sort of coming together is brains

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Speaker 2: So I don't know, I don't know if you see

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Speaker 1: The thing that I'm and I was excited that it

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Speaker 2: Well, because you want to you want to send me

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Speaker 1: To like, yeah, I wanted to just really lay into

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Speaker 2: I was listen. It was one of my top three thoughts.

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Speaker 2: When the Warriors came out and lay a game six.

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Speaker 4: A, I was like, oh my god, here we go.

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Speaker 1: The whole show. I go three hours, the whole show.

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Speaker 2: Three hours later, the Lakers are up by forty and

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Speaker 2: I'm like, oh, Sunday is not Warriors. I was ready

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Speaker 1: Brother, did not see me.

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Speaker 2: I had two moods and I picked this.

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Speaker 4: One this and I'm okay, I'm okay with this move.

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Speaker 1: But what I'll say is watching watching both of these teams,

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Speaker 2: Well, but listen, he was he was told he was.

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Speaker 2: He and Draymond Green were told two weeks ago that

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Speaker 1: That's not true because the networks don't show that.

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Speaker 1: The fact that you or I could have guarded Bonus

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Speaker 1: Draymond and Kevon Looney didn't have to guard him. They

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Speaker 1: the dribble handoff. Brother, if you play Anthony Davis standing

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Speaker 1: put more onus. Kevon Looney's going to be in a

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Speaker 2: Correct, I'm not expecting Cavan to average seventeen rebounds a

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Speaker 2: What I'm what I'm about to say, though, is that

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Speaker 4: They are brilliant defensive players.

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Speaker 2: Yes, you make it sound a little bit like they

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Speaker 1: great thing about the playoffs because the playoffs are really

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Speaker 1: about defense, which teams can get stops in abundance. And

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Speaker 1: that's what we saw Golden State do today, shooting those

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Speaker 1: threes and and doing all that. That's all great, it's

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Speaker 1: all fine until they're not falling. And when they stop falling,

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Speaker 1: what are you gonna do? What are you gonna do?

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Speaker 1: Who are you gonna turn to? What's gonna happen? And

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Speaker 1: that's what we saw today. King score forty two points

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Speaker 1: in the second half, that's it. Forty two points in

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Speaker 1: the second half a team that averages a buck eighteen

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Speaker 1: per night, and so you're right, you're one hundred percent right.

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Speaker 2: That is what won this one for the Warriors. All right,

447
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Speaker 2: nowhere near done with this yet. You want to talk

448
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Speaker 2: about changing the game from I'm gonna give you, Steven

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Speaker 2: de Sager. That's what I'm gonna give you with what's

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Speaker 2: the trending?

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Speaker 8: Hi, Steve, Hello, gentlemen, I'm so glad you brought up

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Speaker 8: the multiple centers of years past, and Shack's the perfect

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Speaker 8: sample of that. And with he and the Lakers won

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Speaker 8: their three straight titles. As you two well know, they

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Speaker 8: kept throwing guy after guy.

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Speaker 5: Against him in the finals and it did not matter.

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Speaker 8: I looked it up when the Pacers went first of

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Speaker 8: the three that the Lakers won, the Pacers faced him,

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Speaker 8: and you remember Dale Davis just kept gray fowl after foul,

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Speaker 8: unable to guard the man. In the series, he wound

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Speaker 8: up with twenty three baskets and twenty eight fouls trying

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Speaker 8: to guard Shaquille O'Neal, and was not a seven game

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Speaker 8: series twenty nine fouls for Rick Smith's there, Shack averaged

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Speaker 8: thirty eight points seventeen rebounds in the finals, and a

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Speaker 8: couple years later against New Jersey, a four game Lakers sweep,

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Speaker 8: it was Aaron Williams and Jason Collins and Todd McCulloch

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Speaker 8: trying to guard Shack and he was thirty six points

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Speaker 8: a game. And two thousand and one against Philly, Shack

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Speaker 8: was thirty three points sixteen rebounds a game against the

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Speaker 8: kemba mcmatumbo and Matt Geiger and Todd McCulloch. And this

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Speaker 8: brings us full circle because when you talked about the

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Speaker 8: impressive player that Steph is, that is the first other

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Speaker 8: name I thought of Alan Iversey and that game won.

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Speaker 8: Comeback at the Lagers, the overtime win, forty eight points

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Speaker 8: and played fifty three minutes. A guy who's listed at

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Speaker 8: six feet one sixty five and he winds up playing

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Speaker 8: almost one thousand NBA games and twenty seven points a game.

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Speaker 8: It's just absolute silliness what that guy did in his

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Speaker 8: NBA career.

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Speaker 5: And then there's Steph Curry.

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Speaker 8: You had fifty points today at Sacramento, a record for

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Speaker 8: a game seven all time. Golden State dominates the second

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Speaker 8: half and eliminates the Kings, won twenty to one hundred

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Speaker 8: to end the first round. Two great items from ap

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Speaker 8: First off, we've got a six seed that now has home.

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Speaker 5: Court advantage in the next round.

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Speaker 8: Apparently that happened in nineteen eighty seven when it was

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Speaker 8: six seed Rockets against the seven seed Sonics. And then

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Speaker 8: there was a technicality in two thousand and six when

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Speaker 8: the Clippers were a six seed but did not have

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Speaker 8: well technically at home court advantage. They were facing a

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Speaker 8: three seed Nuggets team that only became the three seed

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Speaker 8: by winning the division. But that's another story altogether. So

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Speaker 8: the crazy playoffs anybody can win continues. Round one is

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Speaker 8: over and amazingly, for the first time ever, each of

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Speaker 8: the eight seeds is represented.

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Speaker 5: In round two.

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Speaker 8: We have exactly one one seed alive, one two seed,

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Speaker 8: and so forth number six seed Warriors against the seven

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Speaker 8: seed Lakers the eight seed Miami Heater alive one at

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Speaker 8: New York today to open their second round series one

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Speaker 8: O eight, one oh one. Jimmy Butler twenty five points,

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Speaker 8: but a sprained ankle late in the game. Julius Randall

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Speaker 8: of the Knicks did not play sprained ankle. The seventy

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Speaker 8: six ers, say Joel Embiid with a sprain knee is

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Speaker 8: doubtful for the series opener at the Celtics on Monday night.

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Speaker 8: Embiid mispractice again yesterday. Stanley Cup playoffs with two game

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Speaker 8: sevens in the first round. Tonight, the best team from

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Speaker 8: the regular season, the Boston Bruins, are losing at home

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Speaker 8: two to one early third period against Florida. Coming up

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Speaker 8: at nine thirty Eastern, Colorado, a one seed, will host

512
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Speaker 8: a Game seven against Seattle. NASCAR was postponed by rain

513
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Speaker 8: to tomorrow on FS one New Eastern Time from Dover.

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Speaker 8: The Sunday night ballgame has the Phillies now down four

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Speaker 8: to two at Houston, Astro's lead in the bottom of

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Speaker 8: the fifth. Houston with a record of fourteen and thirteen

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Speaker 8: this year. Atlanta at the Mets rained out for the

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Speaker 8: second straight day and a normal score. In Mexico City

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Speaker 8: today Padres six ' four over the Giants. For those

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Speaker 8: who are unaware at the altitude yesterday, there were eighteen

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Speaker 8: runs scored just in the first five innings, wound up

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Speaker 8: eleven total homers, most of them at least four hundred

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Speaker 8: and forty feet. A normal six to four Padres today

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Speaker 8: save number ten for Josh Hater.

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Speaker 2: Back to you funny note in that game, most of

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Speaker 2: them were yeah, four hundred some odd feed I don't

527
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Speaker 2: know if y'all caught Fernando Tatisa's homer at a very

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Speaker 2: key moment in the game, six to seventh inning, very

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Speaker 2: very close game. Tatus swings the ball comes off with

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Speaker 2: an expected distance of three hundred feet. To me, look

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Speaker 2: like one of those pop ups down the right field

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Speaker 2: line that sort of like sales into the bullpen area.

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Speaker 2: Kind of foul ball. Fan gets it, grabs a beer, whatever,

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Speaker 2: waves the TV cran thing goes like twenty rows deep

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Speaker 2: in the right field seas. I mean, it was a

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Speaker 2: foul ball off the end of his bat and the

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Speaker 2: next thing you know is a homer. So you know,

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Speaker 2: Steve mentions twenty seven runs. There were eleven home runs.

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Speaker 2: Did you know, Ephraim, what the pregame over under was

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Speaker 2: for the Giants Padres game in Mexico City today? What

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Speaker 2: was it?

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Speaker 4: Nineteen?

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Speaker 2: Oh?

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Speaker 1: Wow?

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Speaker 2: And I said, okay, hold on a second, like I

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Speaker 2: get the point, but I just feel like we're probably overreacting.

547
00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:47,520
Speaker 2: And two good pitchers were starting this game, so your

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Speaker 2: boy might have put a little parlay on the Warriors

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Speaker 2: and the under in the Giants Padres game, because I'm like,

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Speaker 2: come on, when am I ever going to have an

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Speaker 2: opportunity in the rest of my life to bet the

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Speaker 2: under in a base ball game where the number is nineteen.

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna take my chances that we're gonna keep it

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Speaker 2: under nineteen. So the final score is six to four.

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Speaker 2: A was a kicker feet up and win day.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you got to cash in on it.

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Speaker 4: Oh my gosh.

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Speaker 2: I was like, good lord, this is this is a

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Speaker 2: little bit much.

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Speaker 4: So hey.

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Speaker 2: Obviously, with the Warriors and Kings just a couple of

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Speaker 2: hours removed from their game seven, I would be remiss

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Speaker 2: if I did not spend a moment to also go

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Speaker 2: back to Friday and he from allow me to represent

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Speaker 2: the rest of America, all of non Laker nation, and

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Speaker 2: allow me to represent everybody else across the nation in

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Speaker 2: thanking you and your basketball team for ending the season

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Speaker 2: for the Memphis Grizzlies. I would like to thank you.

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Speaker 2: That's that's from me and everybody else to you and

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Speaker 2: the Los Angeles Lakers. Thank you well.

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Speaker 1: On behalf of the Lakers staff. I accept that, I

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Speaker 1: accept that you're welcome.

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Speaker 2: I cannot find anything more nauseating in sports than the

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Speaker 2: Memphis Grizzlies. It just and I don't want it to

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Speaker 2: be that way. That is not any sort of traditional

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Speaker 2: rival for the teams I root for. There's nothing there

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Speaker 2: other than and we spent a lot of time on

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Speaker 2: this last week. There's nothing there other than their behavior,

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Speaker 2: and they seem to lean into it. They love it.

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Speaker 2: Dylan Brooks wears a necklace with his initials on it.

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Speaker 4: He's got them chains.

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Speaker 2: And I don't know if you saw the social media

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Speaker 2: the long walk from the arena to the hotel last

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Speaker 2: night where people are trying to talk to him and

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Speaker 2: he won't even acknowledge their existence. Listen, if you want

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Speaker 2: to be the evil Empire, knock yourselves out. You get

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Speaker 2: to have whatever vibe you want. But I just I

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Speaker 2: don't know if I've ever seen a professional franchise overplay

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Speaker 2: their hand to the level that the Memphis Grizzlies.

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Speaker 1: Have completely overplayed. But this is a this is a

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Speaker 1: teaching and a learning uh situation for the Memphis Grizzlies.

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Speaker 1: You can have all the talent in the world, you

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Speaker 1: can have all the tough guys, and you can do

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Speaker 1: all the all of that stuff, But What it really

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Speaker 1: comes down to is leadership, accountability, and output. Don't talk

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Speaker 1: me to death, don't celebrate prematurely, because you still have

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Speaker 1: to do the work. And when we talk about championship pedigree,

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Speaker 1: these are the things we're talking about because if someone

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Speaker 1: is in that locker room with championship pedigree, it doesn't

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Speaker 1: get out of hand like this, because that's not the

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Speaker 1: way it happens. Sports karma is relentless and ruthless. You

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Speaker 1: have to earn every single thing you get. You cannot

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Speaker 1: talk it into existence. You can't fake it into existence.

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Speaker 1: You have to earn it. The Memphis Grizzlies for the

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Speaker 1: last three years have been trying to talk themselves into

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Speaker 1: being a dominant team or formidable team. It doesn't work

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Speaker 1: like that. The Lakers were a play in team and

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Speaker 1: they beat you by well, Lebron James the starting fight,

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Speaker 1: they didn't play in the fourth quarter. They beat you

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Speaker 1: by forty. Because there's championship pedigree there. We'll let this

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Speaker 1: do the talking for us.

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Speaker 2: Yep, yes, sir, And now there's a very big specific individual.

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Speaker 2: Where do we go from here? A question which we

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Speaker 2: will ask coming up next. A reminder tyraq dot com Studios.

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Speaker 2: from have weird takes, but we'll get to that here

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Speaker 2: in just a second. Few of the things to throw

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Speaker 2: out there first and foremost before we're done with the

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Speaker 2: Memphis Grizzlies. This is an odd sort of a thing

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Speaker 2: that keeps happening in terms of when you talk about

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Speaker 2: the Grizzlies, Dylan Brooks name keeps coming up. He is

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Speaker 2: the most talked about, like sixth best player on a

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Speaker 2: team the NBA, you know what I mean, Like it's like, goodness, gracious,

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Speaker 2: why why is it is there so much pub But

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Speaker 2: then here we are continuing to give it to him.

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Speaker 2: But I have a legit question here because next to

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Speaker 2: his name now that the season is over are the

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Speaker 2: letters U f A and inwards that stands for unrestricted

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Speaker 2: free agent. If you are the Memphis Grizzlies, you done.

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Speaker 4: You're not done?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I think so too. Yeah, you gotta you can't.

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00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:21,759
Speaker 1: There was more negative than positive, and that's how you

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00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:24,440
Speaker 1: have to weigh this out. All Right, You can go

642
00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:28,000
Speaker 1: get somebody to get you fourteen points a game, three

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Speaker 1: rebounds and two assists. That's and shoot thirty nine percent

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Speaker 1: from the field, which is all for It's one hundred

645
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Speaker 1: and nineteenth in the league. That's the season stats. Right.

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Speaker 1: You can go find someone who can play hard nosed

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Speaker 1: defense and give you those numbers without the antics. Because

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00:37:50,520 --> 00:37:56,040
Speaker 1: the antics. No one in the planet Earth pokes a

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Speaker 1: bear and expects to come out alive. Right, next time

650
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Speaker 1: you see a bear in the zoo, climb in and

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Speaker 1: go poke it with a stick of finger whatever. So

652
00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:16,239
Speaker 1: this notion of the one thing you need as a

653
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Speaker 1: professional athlete is accountability. Okay, he doesn't have it when

654
00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:27,200
Speaker 1: he sulked and walked away from his media responsibilities. That

655
00:38:27,360 --> 00:38:31,120
Speaker 1: is the lack of accountability when you're building your team

656
00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:34,719
Speaker 1: and creating a locker room. It's only twelve guys in there.

657
00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:36,560
Speaker 1: Thirteen guys in the NBA locker room. It's not like

658
00:38:36,560 --> 00:38:42,160
Speaker 1: a football team, right. You can't build a culture when

659
00:38:42,239 --> 00:38:47,160
Speaker 1: there's no accountability. That's a real problem. It's only twelve

660
00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:51,400
Speaker 1: people in there. So if one of them isn't accountable

661
00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:55,920
Speaker 1: and isn't playing by the rules, are trying to help

662
00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:58,319
Speaker 1: the team in the way that you need them, you

663
00:38:58,400 --> 00:39:01,359
Speaker 1: have to remove that team points three rebounds in two

664
00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:06,080
Speaker 1: assists does not garner you a spot on a team

665
00:39:06,640 --> 00:39:12,040
Speaker 1: with what you bring to the table. That that's that's

666
00:39:12,080 --> 00:39:14,520
Speaker 1: not what you want. That's called a cancer in a

667
00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:17,000
Speaker 1: locker room. And the guys can stand by him. And

668
00:39:17,080 --> 00:39:19,239
Speaker 1: yet that's Dylan. He's our he's our hard and soul.

669
00:39:19,320 --> 00:39:22,400
Speaker 1: If Dylan is your hard and soul, you need a transplant.

670
00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:23,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, ain't you soulless?

671
00:39:24,040 --> 00:39:24,560
Speaker 4: Exactly?

672
00:39:24,880 --> 00:39:28,680
Speaker 1: You need You need a stint in your heart because

673
00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:34,040
Speaker 1: your arteries are clerked, clogged, and and that's that's what

674
00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:36,440
Speaker 1: you look at moving forward as an organization.

675
00:39:37,760 --> 00:39:41,320
Speaker 2: Well, I also thought Dylan Brooks and even Malik Monk,

676
00:39:41,440 --> 00:39:45,080
Speaker 2: who I was really impressed with with the Sacramento Kings.

677
00:39:45,120 --> 00:39:48,000
Speaker 2: He was incredible off the bench, in this series, but

678
00:39:48,120 --> 00:39:52,680
Speaker 2: they both made a fatal error in going against experienced

679
00:39:52,680 --> 00:39:56,839
Speaker 2: teams and teams with all time greats. You have to

680
00:39:56,880 --> 00:40:00,440
Speaker 2: be very, very careful with your words, Yes, you just

681
00:40:00,480 --> 00:40:05,760
Speaker 2: have to. It doesn't help you to be all about

682
00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:10,520
Speaker 2: the bluster and and try to act big, because your

683
00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:15,239
Speaker 2: words matter. And in both cases, your words going into

684
00:40:15,280 --> 00:40:22,120
Speaker 2: elimination games really really messed with your team because older dudes,

685
00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:27,000
Speaker 2: they don't need to be motivated, but you know, why

686
00:40:27,040 --> 00:40:29,480
Speaker 2: not if you can help them. More on what they

687
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Speaker 2: said coming up next.

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Speaker 2: It might be considered a classic by some Bruce Hornsby,

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Speaker 2: That's just the way it is. Some things will never change.

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Speaker 2: And that is the message that goes out to all

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Speaker 2: NBA cities that are not Los Angeles and San Francisco,

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Speaker 2: because the bottom line is, no matter who you root for,

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Speaker 2: each side of this aisle. And so it's just about

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00:41:47,040 --> 00:41:50,200
Speaker 2: tend to be someone when I watch sports. I don't

711
00:41:50,280 --> 00:41:53,200
Speaker 2: like the old stuffy stuff. You know, don't give me

712
00:41:53,320 --> 00:41:55,520
Speaker 2: like I'm gonna throw at your head because you watched

713
00:41:55,520 --> 00:41:59,160
Speaker 2: your home run too long, like forget all that stuff right, Like,

714
00:41:59,560 --> 00:42:02,560
Speaker 2: I like you, I like fun. But I could not

715
00:42:02,719 --> 00:42:07,520
Speaker 2: believe what I saw two basketball players do in a

716
00:42:07,640 --> 00:42:13,080
Speaker 2: series against Lebron James and Steph Curry. What incredible tactical

717
00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:17,120
Speaker 2: errors one of them. As we just mentioned Dylan Brooks,

718
00:42:17,480 --> 00:42:20,279
Speaker 2: in what way did he call Lebron James old? Well,

719
00:42:20,320 --> 00:42:23,240
Speaker 2: he actually just used the word he's old. Just said

720
00:42:23,640 --> 00:42:29,240
Speaker 2: he's old. Now, Malik Monk wasn't trying to be as disrespectful.

721
00:42:29,719 --> 00:42:33,000
Speaker 2: But if you haven't had a chance yet, go check

722
00:42:33,040 --> 00:42:36,360
Speaker 2: out the postgame sound from the Golden State Warriors. It

723
00:42:36,480 --> 00:42:39,000
Speaker 2: was both brought up by Curry. It was also brought

724
00:42:39,080 --> 00:42:41,839
Speaker 2: up by Draymond Green, and Green had one of those

725
00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:45,480
Speaker 2: awkward moments in the press room where as he said,

726
00:42:45,880 --> 00:42:51,319
Speaker 2: Malik Monk called us old. The media start, oh, Raymond, Yeah,

727
00:42:51,400 --> 00:42:54,120
Speaker 2: Draymond brought that up and Draymond looked at the media like,

728
00:42:55,239 --> 00:42:59,960
Speaker 2: I'm sorry, did I say something funny? Straight faced anger?

729
00:43:00,760 --> 00:43:03,319
Speaker 2: Malik Monk? If you wouldn't have known it, and why

730
00:43:03,360 --> 00:43:07,360
Speaker 2: would you a couple of nights ago. Insinuated that because

731
00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:10,240
Speaker 2: there were now not two nights off in between games,

732
00:43:10,239 --> 00:43:14,000
Speaker 2: but only one, that put the Warriors at a disadvantage.

733
00:43:14,120 --> 00:43:17,080
Speaker 2: He said, after Game six, we knew we could run them,

734
00:43:17,400 --> 00:43:20,839
Speaker 2: and so we did. We are younger than them, and

735
00:43:20,920 --> 00:43:23,080
Speaker 2: so we will try to do it again on Sunday.

736
00:43:24,080 --> 00:43:26,360
Speaker 2: When are they going to learn, these cute little onesie

737
00:43:26,360 --> 00:43:30,279
Speaker 2: from When are they going to learn, no, you don't

738
00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:33,960
Speaker 2: poke the bear because there's a reason that they are bears.

739
00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:38,640
Speaker 2: They are here for a reason. Why On Earth. And

740
00:43:38,680 --> 00:43:40,760
Speaker 2: I'm not here to tell you that these two teams

741
00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:45,240
Speaker 2: won these series because of those comments, But why why

742
00:43:45,280 --> 00:43:50,560
Speaker 2: would you give them more? It's just it's crazy to me.

743
00:43:50,920 --> 00:43:54,520
Speaker 2: It's crazy to me that professional athletes would get to

744
00:43:54,719 --> 00:43:58,560
Speaker 2: this space, get this far in their efforts and think,

745
00:43:58,719 --> 00:44:00,239
Speaker 2: you know what I had to do Right now? I

746
00:44:00,280 --> 00:44:03,279
Speaker 2: think I know what this series needs. I think that

747
00:44:03,560 --> 00:44:07,560
Speaker 2: I need to go publicly rip Lebron and Steph and

748
00:44:07,640 --> 00:44:11,239
Speaker 2: see how it goes. It's unreal. It's like they never

749
00:44:11,280 --> 00:44:15,280
Speaker 2: watched basketball before. Crazy man. I couldn't believe either comment.

750
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Speaker 1: You gotta watch what you say, Okay, when you have

751
00:44:19,280 --> 00:44:21,960
Speaker 1: a platform like that, in the whole world's watching, because

752
00:44:22,040 --> 00:44:25,920
Speaker 1: I mean, they're entertaining series. At least the Kings of

753
00:44:26,840 --> 00:44:31,399
Speaker 1: Golden State was entertaining as entertaining the Memphis Lakers wasn't

754
00:44:31,440 --> 00:44:34,600
Speaker 1: really when no one really outside of Memphis, the Memphis

755
00:44:34,600 --> 00:44:35,600
Speaker 1: Grizzlies had a chance.

756
00:44:35,680 --> 00:44:36,400
Speaker 4: I didn't.

757
00:44:39,080 --> 00:44:42,680
Speaker 1: Just because of what we've been talking about the whole

758
00:44:42,719 --> 00:44:49,400
Speaker 1: first hour, and that's championship pedigree, that's maturity, that's leadership.

759
00:44:51,719 --> 00:44:54,080
Speaker 1: There's a void there and it's been that way the

760
00:44:54,280 --> 00:44:59,400
Speaker 1: entire year for Memphis. People thought all of a sudden,

761
00:44:59,400 --> 00:45:01,440
Speaker 1: it was just going to get better because they're talented.

762
00:45:01,480 --> 00:45:06,440
Speaker 1: In the playoffs, No, that's when you really need that.

763
00:45:07,080 --> 00:45:10,080
Speaker 1: You need the stability. You need someone to be in

764
00:45:10,120 --> 00:45:17,879
Speaker 1: there like hey, no, no, no, right, not gaslighting someone right,

765
00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:21,719
Speaker 1: Like to me, that seems ridiculous. Lebron James, who is

766
00:45:21,800 --> 00:45:25,560
Speaker 1: arguably one of the greatest players to ever played this game.

767
00:45:25,600 --> 00:45:29,200
Speaker 1: There's no question he's on Mount Rushmore. There's no argument

768
00:45:29,239 --> 00:45:32,319
Speaker 1: whether he's first or second whatever that is. We know

769
00:45:32,400 --> 00:45:36,640
Speaker 1: where he is in terms of NBA lore, as he's

770
00:45:36,680 --> 00:45:40,840
Speaker 1: currently still playing at thirty eight years old and you're twenty.

771
00:45:41,640 --> 00:45:46,200
Speaker 1: He sent out a tweet after the series. If you

772
00:45:46,360 --> 00:45:52,120
Speaker 1: see me in the forest and I'm fighting a grizzly bear,

773
00:45:53,560 --> 00:46:03,279
Speaker 1: don't help me help the bear. That's it. That's it.

774
00:46:05,120 --> 00:46:12,600
Speaker 1: And that happened after the series when when Memphis was

775
00:46:12,600 --> 00:46:15,359
Speaker 1: on their way to Cancun or whatever tropical destination they're

776
00:46:15,360 --> 00:46:19,359
Speaker 1: on their way to. That's something for them to read

777
00:46:20,400 --> 00:46:22,920
Speaker 1: on their way on vacation.

778
00:46:23,160 --> 00:46:26,040
Speaker 2: Reading material out in the sun is beautiful, It's wonderful.

779
00:46:26,040 --> 00:46:29,360
Speaker 1: That's when you give someone reading material when they have

780
00:46:29,480 --> 00:46:34,319
Speaker 1: ample time to read it right now. They want to

781
00:46:34,480 --> 00:46:40,960
Speaker 1: use that to fuel them and motivate them next year. Okay, well,

782
00:46:41,040 --> 00:46:43,480
Speaker 1: but you don't give someone something to read and fuel

783
00:46:43,480 --> 00:46:44,759
Speaker 1: them tomorrow.

784
00:46:44,960 --> 00:46:46,279
Speaker 4: It's just wild man.

785
00:46:46,480 --> 00:46:49,839
Speaker 2: I mean again, I'm not someone who thinks, oh gosh,

786
00:46:49,920 --> 00:46:52,400
Speaker 2: you should just come in here and everybody bow because

787
00:46:52,480 --> 00:46:54,439
Speaker 2: Lebron or Stepher are in the room.

788
00:46:55,040 --> 00:46:56,920
Speaker 4: But no, it's different than that.

789
00:46:57,200 --> 00:47:02,840
Speaker 2: It's it's it's strategic, and honestly, there's an insanity vibe

790
00:47:02,880 --> 00:47:06,359
Speaker 2: to it, at least when it comes to Brooks. Like

791
00:47:06,480 --> 00:47:10,200
Speaker 2: Brooks because there's always a healthy back and forth in

792
00:47:10,239 --> 00:47:12,640
Speaker 2: the Bay Area, the Memphis Grizzlies. I told you this

793
00:47:12,760 --> 00:47:15,759
Speaker 2: last week, where like the Bay Area hates him at

794
00:47:15,800 --> 00:47:18,120
Speaker 2: such a level that they're rooting for the Lakers. The

795
00:47:18,160 --> 00:47:20,640
Speaker 2: Barrier doesn't root for the Lakers, but they were in

796
00:47:20,719 --> 00:47:28,879
Speaker 2: this series. No, but it wasn't even hey, we think

797
00:47:28,920 --> 00:47:31,279
Speaker 2: we can beat the Lakers. More, it's just get the

798
00:47:31,320 --> 00:47:36,880
Speaker 2: Grizzlies the hell out of here.

799
00:47:34,760 --> 00:47:35,680
Speaker 4: Get him out of here.

800
00:47:35,760 --> 00:47:37,799
Speaker 2: And yes, there was a home court advantage thing that

801
00:47:37,920 --> 00:47:40,719
Speaker 2: sure a Warrior fan would want, but still it was

802
00:47:40,800 --> 00:47:46,000
Speaker 2: more about that and the amount of talk that Brooks gets. Again,

803
00:47:46,160 --> 00:47:49,120
Speaker 2: his name is way bigger than his talent. I've learned

804
00:47:49,160 --> 00:47:52,600
Speaker 2: you don't want that in life, LeVar Ball, etc. You

805
00:47:52,680 --> 00:47:56,160
Speaker 2: don't want your name to be bigger than your abilities,

806
00:47:56,239 --> 00:47:59,720
Speaker 2: because I think it becomes fleeting. Well, Dylan made a comment,

807
00:48:00,080 --> 00:48:02,680
Speaker 2: and this was weeks ago now with regard to all

808
00:48:02,760 --> 00:48:05,200
Speaker 2: of the discussion that was going on, and he said

809
00:48:05,239 --> 00:48:08,200
Speaker 2: something like, I live rent free in the Bay Area

810
00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:13,440
Speaker 2: because I get so much talk about me and my

811
00:48:13,960 --> 00:48:16,759
Speaker 2: actions and my play. And I sat there and I

812
00:48:16,800 --> 00:48:21,560
Speaker 2: thought about it, especially watching him and them in this series,

813
00:48:21,640 --> 00:48:26,359
Speaker 2: and I'm like, dude, it's not free. You're right, you

814
00:48:26,400 --> 00:48:28,840
Speaker 2: get talked about a lot. Hell, here we are sitting

815
00:48:28,840 --> 00:48:30,759
Speaker 2: with a Warriors Lakers series with two of the best

816
00:48:30,760 --> 00:48:32,800
Speaker 2: of all time, and you and I are still talking

817
00:48:32,840 --> 00:48:36,080
Speaker 2: about Dylan Brooks because it's funny. It is funny, but

818
00:48:36,160 --> 00:48:40,040
Speaker 2: it's not free. You're an unrestricted free agent, and I'm

819
00:48:40,080 --> 00:48:43,400
Speaker 2: pretty sure your own team hates you. And it was

820
00:48:43,520 --> 00:48:46,200
Speaker 2: wild to me that they kept running him out there

821
00:48:46,560 --> 00:48:51,280
Speaker 2: as much as they did. Like, he's not a Draymond Green.

822
00:48:51,440 --> 00:48:55,040
Speaker 2: He's not a hockey enforcer. He's not one of those

823
00:48:55,080 --> 00:48:58,520
Speaker 2: people where you're like, oh, yeah, his shot is ugly,

824
00:48:58,920 --> 00:49:03,520
Speaker 2: but he does all these smart things and he's gritty, defensible,

825
00:49:03,600 --> 00:49:07,560
Speaker 2: he's not that, he's not He's a liability. He is

826
00:49:07,600 --> 00:49:12,600
Speaker 2: a liability. And I think this series absolutely crystallized that

827
00:49:13,320 --> 00:49:16,680
Speaker 2: for that organization. And oh, by the way, if it didn't,

828
00:49:17,360 --> 00:49:20,359
Speaker 2: then that organization is even more inept than I think

829
00:49:20,400 --> 00:49:20,719
Speaker 2: they are.

830
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Speaker 1: Right, Right, look at the signs. People have to let

831
00:49:23,880 --> 00:49:27,080
Speaker 1: you know who they are. Right, Like the Great jay

832
00:49:27,160 --> 00:49:30,920
Speaker 1: Z said, right, you know the type loud as a motorbike,

833
00:49:31,160 --> 00:49:33,279
Speaker 1: but couldn't bust a grape in a fruit fight.

834
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Speaker 5: Right, this is what that is. This is exactly what

835
00:49:41,400 --> 00:49:41,719
Speaker 5: that is.

836
00:49:41,760 --> 00:49:44,760
Speaker 1: Man, You gotta earn some of the greatest trash talkers

837
00:49:44,760 --> 00:49:46,520
Speaker 1: on the planet. Larry Bird is one of the coldest.

838
00:49:46,560 --> 00:49:51,520
Speaker 1: To ask anybody who played in the NBA against Larry Bird,

839
00:49:52,080 --> 00:49:53,880
Speaker 1: they will put him at the top of one of

840
00:49:53,920 --> 00:49:57,799
Speaker 1: the coldest trash talkers on the planet Earth. Do you

841
00:49:58,000 --> 00:50:04,959
Speaker 1: know why because he will give it to you. He'll

842
00:50:04,960 --> 00:50:08,600
Speaker 1: tell you exactly what he's going to do, then do it,

843
00:50:09,160 --> 00:50:15,160
Speaker 1: then tell you again, GP, Gary Payton, Cole Track, Michael

844
00:50:15,239 --> 00:50:19,000
Speaker 1: Jordan yep right, Kobe Bryant was a trash talk It

845
00:50:19,040 --> 00:50:23,120
Speaker 1: was very subtle. Guys tell a story all the time

846
00:50:23,120 --> 00:50:27,480
Speaker 1: where I can't remember who's telling it, but Kobe was

847
00:50:27,480 --> 00:50:30,440
Speaker 1: playing against somebody and they took a take foul or

848
00:50:30,480 --> 00:50:33,320
Speaker 1: something stupid off ball or something like that, and Kobe

849
00:50:33,320 --> 00:50:36,640
Speaker 1: walked over to him was like, I was the dumbest

850
00:50:36,640 --> 00:50:39,640
Speaker 1: fol ever. So what you're talking about? He was like,

851
00:50:39,680 --> 00:50:41,520
Speaker 1: you only get six files and you're trying to guard

852
00:50:41,560 --> 00:50:46,719
Speaker 1: me and you just threw one away. That's the type

853
00:50:46,760 --> 00:50:50,400
Speaker 1: of trash talk that'll make you be like, oh god, he's.

854
00:50:50,280 --> 00:50:52,600
Speaker 2: Right right like that?

855
00:50:52,920 --> 00:50:58,000
Speaker 1: Now, yeah, right, you've earned You've earned that. You can't

856
00:50:58,040 --> 00:51:00,279
Speaker 1: be dealing. But fourteen points a game? Brother, what are

857
00:51:00,280 --> 00:51:01,120
Speaker 1: we doing well?

858
00:51:01,800 --> 00:51:04,560
Speaker 2: And the bottom line is this. If you need to

859
00:51:04,680 --> 00:51:10,759
Speaker 2: know if these things were categorical mistakes, the words of

860
00:51:10,760 --> 00:51:14,160
Speaker 2: Brooks and even the league monk, you need to do

861
00:51:14,200 --> 00:51:17,600
Speaker 2: nothing other than just look at the on court reactions

862
00:51:18,160 --> 00:51:24,240
Speaker 2: from Lebron James and Steph Curry. They both carried those

863
00:51:24,320 --> 00:51:30,439
Speaker 2: words into elimination games with them and probably repeated them

864
00:51:30,480 --> 00:51:34,280
Speaker 2: inside their brain every single time they touched the ball.

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Speaker 2: Steph Curry looks like such a stick of cotton candy

866
00:51:41,160 --> 00:51:46,799
Speaker 2: coming at you. Oh look, Steph, Right, he's smiley. He

867
00:51:47,040 --> 00:51:51,320
Speaker 2: shoots so nice to everybody, fist bumps to the security

868
00:51:51,360 --> 00:51:54,319
Speaker 2: guards and all of this stuff. If you need to

869
00:51:54,400 --> 00:51:58,200
Speaker 2: know what kind of competitor lives inside that man, all

870
00:51:58,239 --> 00:52:01,840
Speaker 2: you have to do is why the end of today's

871
00:52:01,880 --> 00:52:06,759
Speaker 2: game when he lit the beam with his hand and

872
00:52:06,800 --> 00:52:10,359
Speaker 2: then told the Sacramento crowd you're not ready for this,

873
00:52:11,480 --> 00:52:13,960
Speaker 2: You're not ready for this, and then went to the

874
00:52:13,960 --> 00:52:19,040
Speaker 2: postgame media session and said, yeah, what Malik Monk said

875
00:52:19,520 --> 00:52:24,440
Speaker 2: probably helped us today. So Monk sort of accidentally tripped

876
00:52:24,440 --> 00:52:27,880
Speaker 2: and fell in it. Dylan stepped in it on purpose.

877
00:52:28,640 --> 00:52:32,000
Speaker 2: But either way, you both done did the same thing.

878
00:52:32,520 --> 00:52:35,480
Speaker 2: You're young players and you just got a lesson. My

879
00:52:35,600 --> 00:52:38,680
Speaker 2: senses is Monk will learn it and Dylan won't. But

880
00:52:39,400 --> 00:52:42,520
Speaker 2: it's that's for me. The end of the first round

881
00:52:43,040 --> 00:52:47,000
Speaker 2: is that there were lessons and they were learned listening.

882
00:52:47,000 --> 00:52:50,200
Speaker 1: It is as an unrestricted free agent like Dylan Brooks, right,

883
00:52:50,400 --> 00:52:51,080
Speaker 1: Monk is too.

884
00:52:52,920 --> 00:52:56,319
Speaker 5: Monk has shown he earned himself somebody he can go.

885
00:52:56,440 --> 00:52:56,960
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, he.

886
00:52:57,280 --> 00:53:01,000
Speaker 1: Wish he was still in the Lakers, but anyway, Dylan

887
00:53:01,000 --> 00:53:03,480
Speaker 1: Brooks averaged fourteen points a game during the regular season,

888
00:53:03,719 --> 00:53:08,000
Speaker 1: shot thirty nine percent in the playoffs. In the six games,

889
00:53:08,440 --> 00:53:16,920
Speaker 1: he averaged ten points a game thirty one percent shooting

890
00:53:16,960 --> 00:53:23,280
Speaker 1: from the field twenty three percent from three point range. Brother,

891
00:53:24,800 --> 00:53:30,320
Speaker 1: you got worse when they needed you the most.

892
00:53:33,280 --> 00:53:41,879
Speaker 2: That is ridiculous, louder and less productive is a recipe

893
00:53:42,760 --> 00:53:44,200
Speaker 2: for getting caught.

894
00:53:44,320 --> 00:53:47,040
Speaker 1: He made one and a half threes for every seven

895
00:53:47,120 --> 00:53:52,040
Speaker 1: he took, and he was wide open because they didn't

896
00:53:52,040 --> 00:53:55,000
Speaker 1: guard him. They didn't guard him because he's garbage.

897
00:53:55,080 --> 00:53:57,360
Speaker 2: If there were two people, And by the way, I misspoke,

898
00:53:57,440 --> 00:53:59,680
Speaker 2: Malik Monk is not a free agent. He's got one

899
00:53:59,719 --> 00:54:02,840
Speaker 2: more year with the Kings at nine point nine relative

900
00:54:02,920 --> 00:54:08,000
Speaker 2: bargain in the NBA for sure. For instance, he is

901
00:54:08,000 --> 00:54:12,640
Speaker 2: making less than Dylan Brooks made last year. But if

902
00:54:12,640 --> 00:54:15,560
Speaker 2: there are two players who mess with their money in

903
00:54:15,600 --> 00:54:19,440
Speaker 2: the first round, I would say is Brooks and potentially

904
00:54:19,480 --> 00:54:20,400
Speaker 2: Demanta Sabona.

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00:54:20,480 --> 00:54:22,400
Speaker 1: My goodness, we got.

906
00:54:22,200 --> 00:54:24,640
Speaker 2: To get okay. I would love to hear what you

907
00:54:24,640 --> 00:54:26,560
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Speaker 4: The code is draft. All right, Mark Liarny.

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00:55:10,920 --> 00:55:13,760
Speaker 2: From Salam's so glad that you're with us tonight, however

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00:55:13,800 --> 00:55:17,240
Speaker 2: you are bringing us in so next year, Demonta Sibonis,

921
00:55:17,280 --> 00:55:21,560
Speaker 2: he's gonna make nineteen point four million dollars. It's just

922
00:55:21,719 --> 00:55:25,080
Speaker 2: barely less than what Kevon Looney will make over three years.

923
00:55:25,680 --> 00:55:33,160
Speaker 2: And Loney absolutely unequivocally outplayed him down low in this

924
00:55:33,360 --> 00:55:37,320
Speaker 2: series and exposed him in many ways. I want to

925
00:55:37,360 --> 00:55:40,560
Speaker 2: point out something else that I was just watching literally

926
00:55:40,640 --> 00:55:41,239
Speaker 2: moments ago.

927
00:55:42,120 --> 00:55:45,160
Speaker 4: It was kind of an overhead view of the floor.

928
00:55:44,840 --> 00:55:47,560
Speaker 2: In Sacramento as the series ended, and it's always interesting

929
00:55:47,600 --> 00:55:49,680
Speaker 2: to see the way players interact and whatnot.

930
00:55:50,000 --> 00:55:53,560
Speaker 4: Now I have no idea where Sibonis was.

931
00:55:54,120 --> 00:55:56,759
Speaker 2: I'm sure that he had, you know, took his time

932
00:55:56,800 --> 00:56:00,960
Speaker 2: to shake hands and whatnot. But I was struck by

933
00:56:01,000 --> 00:56:06,280
Speaker 2: the embrace between Steph Curry and darn Fox. It was long,

934
00:56:06,920 --> 00:56:11,840
Speaker 2: it was respectful, it was I see you, you see me.

935
00:56:12,040 --> 00:56:14,319
Speaker 2: It was all the things that as we just said

936
00:56:14,360 --> 00:56:18,680
Speaker 2: moments ago. You know, Dylan Brooks is not an even

937
00:56:18,760 --> 00:56:22,719
Speaker 2: the error in wording from Malik Monk from a couple

938
00:56:22,800 --> 00:56:26,560
Speaker 2: of days ago, but Sabonis, he turned himself into the villain.

939
00:56:26,320 --> 00:56:28,200
Speaker 4: In this series in many ways.

940
00:56:28,280 --> 00:56:31,120
Speaker 2: And just for those around the nation who may not

941
00:56:31,239 --> 00:56:34,600
Speaker 2: have been a part of this or watching coming into

942
00:56:34,680 --> 00:56:38,360
Speaker 2: this series, the Sacramento Kings, the fan base very aware

943
00:56:38,440 --> 00:56:42,360
Speaker 2: that they're in Sacramento, they don't get national exposure. Was

944
00:56:42,360 --> 00:56:45,560
Speaker 2: a big deal when TNT would show up for a

945
00:56:45,600 --> 00:56:48,720
Speaker 2: couple of games this year, and so their whole narrative

946
00:56:48,960 --> 00:56:52,080
Speaker 2: was you guys have never seen us before and you

947
00:56:52,400 --> 00:56:56,879
Speaker 2: just don't know wait till you see Fox and Sabonis,

948
00:56:57,400 --> 00:57:00,000
Speaker 2: Fox and Sabonis, Fox and Sabonis and Fox and Sabona.

949
00:57:00,360 --> 00:57:02,960
Speaker 2: This was the whole deal leading up to this series.

950
00:57:03,680 --> 00:57:07,000
Speaker 2: And my message back, even though I had watched them plenty,

951
00:57:07,280 --> 00:57:11,880
Speaker 2: was this is not Fox and Sabonis. This is Fox,

952
00:57:13,200 --> 00:57:17,520
Speaker 2: and there's a whole lot of space and then there's Sabonis.

953
00:57:18,720 --> 00:57:22,080
Speaker 2: In terms of where this is going, where the Kings

954
00:57:22,120 --> 00:57:26,840
Speaker 2: are going. The individual who showed himself to be star worthy,

955
00:57:27,680 --> 00:57:32,640
Speaker 2: worthy of the stage, potentially worthy of excitement going forward

956
00:57:32,680 --> 00:57:36,720
Speaker 2: for years was dearon Fox, and I felt like Sabonis

957
00:57:37,240 --> 00:57:40,160
Speaker 2: was the opposite. It's a good player, but he shrunk.

958
00:57:40,800 --> 00:57:44,320
Speaker 2: He shrunk in this series. Yeah, he did shrink.

959
00:57:44,440 --> 00:57:47,520
Speaker 1: And I was watching it as I'm watching the series,

960
00:57:48,320 --> 00:57:51,600
Speaker 1: and I'm playing close attention and I'm especially playing close

961
00:57:51,600 --> 00:57:57,960
Speaker 1: attention to Sabonis because he became a liability on the court.

962
00:58:00,120 --> 00:58:06,960
Speaker 1: The reason that the Kings were able to dismantle Golden

963
00:58:07,000 --> 00:58:11,640
Speaker 1: State in Game six was because he was on the bench.

964
00:58:14,320 --> 00:58:22,080
Speaker 1: Because now, what's the kid's name who came in for him?

965
00:58:22,440 --> 00:58:26,919
Speaker 4: Who came in for It's him aout the real big guy,

966
00:58:27,000 --> 00:58:28,720
Speaker 4: alex Lynn Lynn Lynn.

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00:58:28,960 --> 00:58:37,080
Speaker 1: Yes, he was a viable option to actually score the basketball.

968
00:58:38,600 --> 00:58:44,479
Speaker 1: The bonus refused to score the basketball. He didn't want

969
00:58:44,560 --> 00:58:47,800
Speaker 1: to attack and put pressure. See the thing that happens is, look,

970
00:58:47,840 --> 00:58:53,760
Speaker 1: you don't have to score every time you go, but

971
00:58:53,840 --> 00:58:57,000
Speaker 1: what you do is you have No it's not Lynn,

972
00:58:57,040 --> 00:59:00,280
Speaker 1: it's Trey Lyles.

973
00:59:00,320 --> 00:59:03,360
Speaker 2: Is their backup actually their only center. Lyles also though,

974
00:59:03,400 --> 00:59:04,520
Speaker 2: plays power.

975
00:59:05,120 --> 00:59:06,560
Speaker 1: So the reason they were able to go on that

976
00:59:06,640 --> 00:59:10,040
Speaker 1: run is because Lyles came in and Lyles was playing

977
00:59:10,080 --> 00:59:12,400
Speaker 1: ball right. So now when he got the ball at

978
00:59:12,400 --> 00:59:14,360
Speaker 1: the free throw line extended, he would turn, he would

979
00:59:14,360 --> 00:59:16,760
Speaker 1: face and he was attacked. What that does, it puts

980
00:59:16,800 --> 00:59:19,880
Speaker 1: the pressure on the defense when you have a player

981
00:59:19,920 --> 00:59:22,640
Speaker 1: who doesn't do that. That's the one big problem I

982
00:59:22,720 --> 00:59:26,000
Speaker 1: used to have with Bam out of Bayu early in

983
00:59:26,000 --> 00:59:28,040
Speaker 1: his career. He would catch the ball at the at

984
00:59:28,200 --> 00:59:33,280
Speaker 1: never one time face the rim. So what that does

985
00:59:33,360 --> 00:59:39,120
Speaker 1: is that allows the defensive player to play other help positions,

986
00:59:39,440 --> 00:59:43,720
Speaker 1: to sit under the rim, and it makes it difficult

987
00:59:43,760 --> 00:59:50,240
Speaker 1: defensively for you to put pressure. So the problem I

988
00:59:50,240 --> 00:59:53,280
Speaker 1: had with the Bonus was he was inept at that area.

989
00:59:53,360 --> 00:59:56,200
Speaker 1: Now we saw him come out this today and take it.

990
00:59:56,320 --> 00:59:58,720
Speaker 1: Take advantage that he hit a couple, but you know

991
00:59:58,800 --> 01:00:01,680
Speaker 1: he missed some as well. What that does just throws

992
01:00:01,720 --> 01:00:05,120
Speaker 1: off the rhythm of the offense. And so the reason

993
01:00:05,160 --> 01:00:07,160
Speaker 1: they were able to do what they did in Game

994
01:00:07,240 --> 01:00:09,720
Speaker 1: six was because of Lyles. Lyles came into the game

995
01:00:09,760 --> 01:00:11,440
Speaker 1: and gave him that pop when the Bonus was sitting

996
01:00:11,440 --> 01:00:13,120
Speaker 1: on the bench. Then he filed out and I was like, oh,

997
01:00:13,120 --> 01:00:17,120
Speaker 1: they're gonna win now. When he fouled out. They right,

998
01:00:17,160 --> 01:00:20,320
Speaker 1: they not only you know, they got better. They put

999
01:00:20,320 --> 01:00:25,880
Speaker 1: the screws to Golden State. So as I'm watching him

1000
01:00:26,120 --> 01:00:29,840
Speaker 1: and I'm noticing, it reminded me of I think it

1001
01:00:30,000 --> 01:00:38,840
Speaker 1: was two thousand, two thousand and nine when Kobe and

1002
01:00:38,880 --> 01:00:44,400
Speaker 1: the Lakers they played against the Celtics in the championship

1003
01:00:46,640 --> 01:00:55,440
Speaker 1: and pile Gasol was taking advantage of he was punked

1004
01:00:56,680 --> 01:01:02,440
Speaker 1: by KG and Perkins. He just wasn't who he had

1005
01:01:02,480 --> 01:01:08,760
Speaker 1: been the entire year, and Kobe was not gonna let

1006
01:01:08,760 --> 01:01:13,280
Speaker 1: that happen again. That very next year, twenty ten, they

1007
01:01:13,360 --> 01:01:24,400
Speaker 1: met in the finals again, completely different pyle Gasol, aggressive, dominant, attacking, attacking, attacking, attacking.

1008
01:01:24,920 --> 01:01:28,200
Speaker 1: What that does is if you have the skill, Siponus

1009
01:01:28,320 --> 01:01:31,800
Speaker 1: has the skill, now you need to bring the heart

1010
01:01:31,880 --> 01:01:36,080
Speaker 1: with it. It's a disrespectful thing for someone not to

1011
01:01:36,120 --> 01:01:41,919
Speaker 1: guard you, so you have to take it personal, right,

1012
01:01:42,360 --> 01:01:48,400
Speaker 1: Like you can't have in the NBA, where a foot

1013
01:01:48,560 --> 01:01:53,200
Speaker 1: or six inches is wide open. You can't have someone

1014
01:01:53,240 --> 01:01:58,160
Speaker 1: guarding you ten feet away from you the length of

1015
01:01:58,200 --> 01:02:03,400
Speaker 1: the basket to the floor and be considered a top

1016
01:02:03,400 --> 01:02:04,080
Speaker 1: tier player.

1017
01:02:04,320 --> 01:02:04,520
Speaker 4: Right.

1018
01:02:05,560 --> 01:02:09,560
Speaker 1: That doesn't go together. And that's what I saw from him.

1019
01:02:09,600 --> 01:02:13,640
Speaker 1: I saw a hesitancy. Can't do that, not in the playoffs, buddy.

1020
01:02:14,400 --> 01:02:17,000
Speaker 1: But that's something he'll learn, and they need to jump

1021
01:02:17,040 --> 01:02:19,200
Speaker 1: in his butt for him to get there. I don't

1022
01:02:19,200 --> 01:02:20,520
Speaker 1: know who's going. I don't know if it's gonna be

1023
01:02:20,520 --> 01:02:24,200
Speaker 1: Mike Brown, Darren Fox, whoever that is on that team

1024
01:02:25,080 --> 01:02:27,520
Speaker 1: needs to have him realize that, sit down with game

1025
01:02:27,560 --> 01:02:30,880
Speaker 1: tape and point it out. So the next guy we

1026
01:02:30,960 --> 01:02:37,320
Speaker 1: see next year is someone more determined, more eager, more dominant,

1027
01:02:37,600 --> 01:02:40,440
Speaker 1: and more imposing than what we saw this year. And

1028
01:02:40,480 --> 01:02:43,280
Speaker 1: he's a young player, I get it, got a lot

1029
01:02:43,320 --> 01:02:46,320
Speaker 1: to learn, got a lot of talent. Needs to bring

1030
01:02:46,400 --> 01:02:48,040
Speaker 1: that talent with the attitude.

1031
01:02:48,960 --> 01:02:51,919
Speaker 2: It's not just emotional, which is what I think you're

1032
01:02:51,960 --> 01:02:56,200
Speaker 2: talking about. It was also tactical if you think about

1033
01:02:56,280 --> 01:03:00,200
Speaker 2: what made so many of those three point shooters so

1034
01:03:00,360 --> 01:03:03,919
Speaker 2: special for the Kings. And again, this was a big

1035
01:03:03,960 --> 01:03:07,440
Speaker 2: part of the game plan. So bonus with his dribble handoff.

1036
01:03:07,800 --> 01:03:11,200
Speaker 2: He's very good at dribbling and handing off and setting

1037
01:03:11,200 --> 01:03:14,439
Speaker 2: a screen for shooters and giving them that two feet

1038
01:03:14,480 --> 01:03:17,640
Speaker 2: of space they need to knock down shots. Well, do

1039
01:03:17,680 --> 01:03:21,080
Speaker 2: you know what doesn't work when your defender is sitting

1040
01:03:21,120 --> 01:03:24,960
Speaker 2: ten feet away from you. A dribble handoff, yes, because

1041
01:03:25,240 --> 01:03:27,920
Speaker 2: the whole getting all the bodies in the way of

1042
01:03:27,960 --> 01:03:30,960
Speaker 2: each other doesn't happen because there's nobody there. And so

1043
01:03:31,680 --> 01:03:35,360
Speaker 2: who was also awful in the series? Kevin Herder was

1044
01:03:35,520 --> 01:03:39,120
Speaker 2: terrible in the series. I would argue he is probably

1045
01:03:39,440 --> 01:03:43,960
Speaker 2: the number one benefactor of the dribble handoff in the

1046
01:03:44,080 --> 01:03:47,960
Speaker 2: King's offense. So this was a great tactical move by

1047
01:03:48,000 --> 01:03:51,400
Speaker 2: the Warriors, and the only way you make them not

1048
01:03:51,560 --> 01:03:54,640
Speaker 2: continue to do it is to do as you're saying,

1049
01:03:54,880 --> 01:03:58,440
Speaker 2: be aggressive, knock down the jumpers. Instead, he turned to

1050
01:03:58,520 --> 01:04:00,760
Speaker 2: someone who looked like he had a confident it's problem,

1051
01:04:01,040 --> 01:04:04,760
Speaker 2: and therefore it was just enough of a window to

1052
01:04:04,840 --> 01:04:09,320
Speaker 2: open for the Warriors to beat a team that quite frankly,

1053
01:04:09,440 --> 01:04:14,720
Speaker 2: is younger, faster, more athletic, and probably has more places

1054
01:04:14,760 --> 01:04:18,520
Speaker 2: they can turn in terms of offense. But they ended

1055
01:04:18,600 --> 01:04:21,040
Speaker 2: up losing the series. And that's one of the things

1056
01:04:21,080 --> 01:04:21,640
Speaker 2: I'll point to.

1057
01:04:22,080 --> 01:04:26,280
Speaker 1: Yeah, you're absolutely right, and you know, on that note,

1058
01:04:26,480 --> 01:04:29,400
Speaker 1: the person we're going to point to to get all

1059
01:04:29,480 --> 01:04:34,040
Speaker 1: the updates, who is not scared of the moment, who

1060
01:04:34,080 --> 01:04:38,040
Speaker 1: will stand up and be present. Misty offs as our

1061
01:04:38,120 --> 01:04:42,200
Speaker 1: very own Steven P. De Sager.

1062
01:04:42,920 --> 01:04:46,600
Speaker 8: Good evening once again, gentlemen. You guys mentioned Dylan Brooks earlier.

1063
01:04:46,640 --> 01:04:49,320
Speaker 8: He was in the news today because the NBA, after

1064
01:04:49,400 --> 01:04:52,280
Speaker 8: all the yapping and not talking to the media after

1065
01:04:52,360 --> 01:04:56,640
Speaker 8: some playoff losses, did actually find him twenty five thousand

1066
01:04:56,640 --> 01:04:59,200
Speaker 8: dollars in league fines. I'll just go ahead and assume

1067
01:04:59,320 --> 01:05:03,400
Speaker 8: that is that is a maximum that they're allowed, because

1068
01:05:03,440 --> 01:05:06,560
Speaker 8: I looked up his salary, which is over eleven million. Therefore,

1069
01:05:06,680 --> 01:05:09,400
Speaker 8: let's do the quick math. If Dylan Brooks is a

1070
01:05:09,400 --> 01:05:12,000
Speaker 8: businessman who makes over one hundred thousand a year, this

1071
01:05:12,120 --> 01:05:13,040
Speaker 8: is like finding him.

1072
01:05:12,920 --> 01:05:14,160
Speaker 5: Two hundred and fifty bucks.

1073
01:05:14,240 --> 01:05:14,479
Speaker 2: Yep.

1074
01:05:15,240 --> 01:05:15,600
Speaker 5: Okay.

1075
01:05:16,120 --> 01:05:18,480
Speaker 8: So we've got Golden State winning Game seven with a

1076
01:05:18,560 --> 01:05:21,840
Speaker 8: dominant second half at Sacramento today, ending the first round

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Speaker 8: with a victory of one twenty to one hundred. Steph

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01:05:24,680 --> 01:05:27,680
Speaker 8: Curry fifty points, a record for a game seven, Cavan

1079
01:05:27,800 --> 01:05:30,640
Speaker 8: Looney twenty one rebounds, and now it's Lebron and the

1080
01:05:30,680 --> 01:05:33,520
Speaker 8: Lakers against Steph and the Warriors in a best of

1081
01:05:33,600 --> 01:05:37,360
Speaker 8: seven second rounder that starts Tuesday night in Northern California.

1082
01:05:37,560 --> 01:05:41,320
Speaker 8: Did you know Lebron James has faced Golden State before

1083
01:05:41,360 --> 01:05:44,800
Speaker 8: in the postseason, and for what it's worth, Lebron averaged

1084
01:05:44,840 --> 01:05:48,160
Speaker 8: thirty three points per game in all those finals games

1085
01:05:48,200 --> 01:05:52,000
Speaker 8: and his teams went seven to fifteen against the Warriors

1086
01:05:52,040 --> 01:05:55,880
Speaker 8: in all those finals games. This is Lakers against Golden State.

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01:05:55,880 --> 01:05:58,480
Speaker 8: And keep in mind the schedule, it's literally every other

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01:05:58,600 --> 01:06:02,000
Speaker 8: night all series. Law on Tuesday, one day off Thursday,

1089
01:06:02,040 --> 01:06:05,000
Speaker 8: one day off Saturday, and so on and so forth.

1090
01:06:05,360 --> 01:06:07,680
Speaker 8: And by the way, there was the draw for Basketball's

1091
01:06:07,720 --> 01:06:10,280
Speaker 8: World Cup yesterday. The tournament takes place in Asia in

1092
01:06:10,360 --> 01:06:13,080
Speaker 8: late August. Steve Kerve Golden State is the US head

1093
01:06:13,080 --> 01:06:16,080
Speaker 8: coach this summer. The assistant Sir Eric Spolster of the

1094
01:06:16,080 --> 01:06:18,360
Speaker 8: Heat to Ron Lieua the Clippers, and Mark.

1095
01:06:18,160 --> 01:06:19,320
Speaker 5: Few of Gonzaga.

1096
01:06:19,520 --> 01:06:21,920
Speaker 8: We know now the US will be facing in group

1097
01:06:21,960 --> 01:06:25,800
Speaker 8: play New Zealand, Greece, and then Jordan. Unless it's Michael Jordan,

1098
01:06:25,840 --> 01:06:28,360
Speaker 8: they're probably gonna win that one. But it's a twelve

1099
01:06:28,440 --> 01:06:31,840
Speaker 8: man US roster that'll be announced later by Grant Hill.

1100
01:06:31,920 --> 01:06:34,960
Speaker 8: He's managing director for the US men. Training camp for

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01:06:35,000 --> 01:06:38,160
Speaker 8: the Americans starts in Vegas in early August. Just for

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01:06:38,200 --> 01:06:41,280
Speaker 8: the record, earlier, Today's second round series opener at New

1103
01:06:41,360 --> 01:06:43,880
Speaker 8: York went to the Miami Heat with coach Eric Spolster

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01:06:44,000 --> 01:06:47,480
Speaker 8: one eight one oh one. The final Jimmy Butler twenty

1105
01:06:47,480 --> 01:06:49,720
Speaker 8: five points, but he did sprain an ankle late in

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01:06:49,760 --> 01:06:53,320
Speaker 8: the game. Spolster's team is still alive, a team that remember,

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01:06:53,440 --> 01:06:56,720
Speaker 8: lost their play in opener to Atlanta, then had to

1108
01:06:56,760 --> 01:07:00,240
Speaker 8: beat Chicago after that to stay alive. Miami's win loss

1109
01:07:00,320 --> 01:07:03,800
Speaker 8: record to start this month was forty and thirty seven.

1110
01:07:03,840 --> 01:07:05,600
Speaker 5: They're not only still in the.

1111
01:07:05,560 --> 01:07:08,880
Speaker 8: Postseason, they're leading already this second round series.

1112
01:07:09,120 --> 01:07:10,720
Speaker 5: Early Stanley Cup.

1113
01:07:10,560 --> 01:07:13,120
Speaker 8: Playoffs couple of game sevens in the first round do

1114
01:07:13,240 --> 01:07:16,120
Speaker 8: to begin one seed Colorado at home against Seattle, but

1115
01:07:16,160 --> 01:07:19,920
Speaker 8: amazingly it's still going in Boston, They've just started overtime.

1116
01:07:20,400 --> 01:07:22,040
Speaker 5: The best team in hockey.

1117
01:07:21,840 --> 01:07:24,600
Speaker 8: The Bruins, have yet to close out their first round series,

1118
01:07:25,160 --> 01:07:27,880
Speaker 8: tied at three against the Florida Panthers, who stayed alive

1119
01:07:27,920 --> 01:07:30,760
Speaker 8: in the series winning the previous two games, and stayed

1120
01:07:30,800 --> 01:07:34,360
Speaker 8: alive tonight with the tying goal with one minute left

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01:07:34,400 --> 01:07:37,680
Speaker 8: in regulation. NASCAR was postponed by rain to tomorrow on

1122
01:07:37,840 --> 01:07:40,920
Speaker 8: FS one noon Eastern time from Dover. The Sunday night

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01:07:40,960 --> 01:07:43,520
Speaker 8: ballgame at Houston as the Astros up four to two

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01:07:43,560 --> 01:07:46,760
Speaker 8: over Philadelphia in the top of the eighth. In Mexico City,

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01:07:46,840 --> 01:07:49,360
Speaker 8: a Saint score of six ' four padres over the

1126
01:07:49,400 --> 01:07:52,360
Speaker 8: Giants after all the home runs at Altitude Yesterday there

1127
01:07:52,760 --> 01:07:55,680
Speaker 8: Dodgers beat Saint Louis. What a slumping team, the Cardinals

1128
01:07:55,720 --> 01:07:58,400
Speaker 8: six to three LA the final. Even Noah Cinderguard got

1129
01:07:58,440 --> 01:08:00,560
Speaker 8: to win against them. Atlanta at the the Mets was

1130
01:08:00,640 --> 01:08:03,440
Speaker 8: rained out for a second straight day. Braves beat him

1131
01:08:03,440 --> 01:08:06,080
Speaker 8: Friday in a game shortened to five innings by rain

1132
01:08:06,400 --> 01:08:09,720
Speaker 8: and Seattle ended the Toronto Blue Jays six game winning streak.

1133
01:08:10,040 --> 01:08:12,120
Speaker 5: A ten inning win for the Mariners.

1134
01:08:11,640 --> 01:08:14,320
Speaker 8: Ten eight cal rally two run homers in the eighth

1135
01:08:14,440 --> 01:08:18,439
Speaker 8: and tenth. Tony Finaw won the Mexico opened by three strokes.

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01:08:18,479 --> 01:08:22,960
Speaker 2: Back to you, mister de Sager, ladies and gentlemen, very

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01:08:23,040 --> 01:08:23,679
Speaker 2: very good stuff.

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01:08:23,760 --> 01:08:24,320
Speaker 4: Thank you, sir.

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Speaker 1: Thanks.

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Speaker 2: we got all kinds of NBA. We will continue to

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01:08:38,800 --> 01:08:40,639
Speaker 2: get back to in the second, but for a moment,

1146
01:08:40,680 --> 01:08:42,880
Speaker 2: I did want to get to this any from I

1147
01:08:42,920 --> 01:08:47,280
Speaker 2: need your help. I need your help. You know, sometimes

1148
01:08:47,320 --> 01:08:50,720
Speaker 2: in sports you just can't get it going. You just

1149
01:08:50,800 --> 01:08:53,240
Speaker 2: can't get yourself going. It's one of those days, like

1150
01:08:53,560 --> 01:08:56,240
Speaker 2: the Kings in the second half today, or the Warriors

1151
01:08:56,240 --> 01:08:57,720
Speaker 2: two nights ago, like you just.

1152
01:08:58,360 --> 01:08:59,040
Speaker 4: You don't have it.

1153
01:09:00,280 --> 01:09:05,680
Speaker 2: And when it comes to the NFL Draft, I just

1154
01:09:05,800 --> 01:09:09,720
Speaker 2: don't have it. I just can't get myself going. And

1155
01:09:09,800 --> 01:09:14,920
Speaker 2: I know I'm in the minority. This event, it brings

1156
01:09:14,960 --> 01:09:18,280
Speaker 2: everybody to the yard. The event is only getting bigger.

1157
01:09:18,479 --> 01:09:20,599
Speaker 2: When it was in Nashville a couple of years ago,

1158
01:09:20,800 --> 01:09:24,240
Speaker 2: it was a party unlike we've ever seen. The content

1159
01:09:24,479 --> 01:09:30,080
Speaker 2: is everywhere I mock drafts for next year have already started.

1160
01:09:30,479 --> 01:09:34,840
Speaker 2: It's all over the place. So I know everybody loves

1161
01:09:34,880 --> 01:09:39,800
Speaker 2: it except me, and I need someone to Can you

1162
01:09:39,960 --> 01:09:45,640
Speaker 2: please help me? Help me find an entry point for

1163
01:09:45,760 --> 01:09:50,519
Speaker 2: an event that for almost everyone on the planet, unless

1164
01:09:50,560 --> 01:09:54,439
Speaker 2: you're a crazy person, let's be honest, unless you're a

1165
01:09:54,479 --> 01:09:59,000
Speaker 2: crazy person. A good solid ninety percent of the names

1166
01:09:59,040 --> 01:10:02,240
Speaker 2: that were called over the last three days, you don't know,

1167
01:10:03,400 --> 01:10:04,280
Speaker 2: you don't.

1168
01:10:04,120 --> 01:10:05,320
Speaker 4: You know, okay?

1169
01:10:05,800 --> 01:10:09,599
Speaker 2: And the people who know ten percent of the names

1170
01:10:09,960 --> 01:10:13,840
Speaker 2: are almost crazy people too, Like most of you knew

1171
01:10:14,479 --> 01:10:18,800
Speaker 2: like six guys and five of them were quarterbacks, or

1172
01:10:18,960 --> 01:10:22,080
Speaker 2: they were people who went to your favorite college. Don't

1173
01:10:22,120 --> 01:10:25,280
Speaker 2: tell me that you know about an offensive lineman who

1174
01:10:25,360 --> 01:10:29,679
Speaker 2: plays for Indiana. You don't, You don't, and I don't,

1175
01:10:30,600 --> 01:10:34,559
Speaker 2: and all I can do whenever these names are called

1176
01:10:35,120 --> 01:10:39,760
Speaker 2: and people start ripping teams, and they start ripping players,

1177
01:10:40,479 --> 01:10:44,280
Speaker 2: and they start ripping the thought process, all based on

1178
01:10:44,400 --> 01:10:50,080
Speaker 2: something that hasn't happened yet and quite frankly won't for months,

1179
01:10:50,080 --> 01:10:55,240
Speaker 2: if not years. I can't stand the way we all

1180
01:10:55,360 --> 01:10:59,160
Speaker 2: end up talking about people, even the way CJ. Stroud

1181
01:10:59,200 --> 01:11:02,640
Speaker 2: got talked about, and we do know him, but the

1182
01:11:02,680 --> 01:11:06,160
Speaker 2: way he was talked about the last two weeks, where

1183
01:11:06,200 --> 01:11:13,240
Speaker 2: we're all filled with opinions and facts and thoughts when

1184
01:11:13,760 --> 01:11:17,080
Speaker 2: nothing's happened yet. The only thing that happened was he

1185
01:11:17,160 --> 01:11:20,599
Speaker 2: bought a suit, and actually his agent probably bought it

1186
01:11:20,680 --> 01:11:23,280
Speaker 2: for him. And I'm watching Stroud go up on the

1187
01:11:23,280 --> 01:11:24,200
Speaker 2: stage the other night.

1188
01:11:24,479 --> 01:11:26,400
Speaker 1: You remember it. They don't need agents to buy them

1189
01:11:26,400 --> 01:11:27,000
Speaker 1: suits anymore.

1190
01:11:27,000 --> 01:11:29,280
Speaker 2: They got that, ain't That's the truth.

1191
01:11:29,720 --> 01:11:31,519
Speaker 1: Oh, they got all those kids in the first round

1192
01:11:31,560 --> 01:11:33,000
Speaker 1: Oh they've been they have money.

1193
01:11:33,040 --> 01:11:37,080
Speaker 2: Now this man is trash talking as he's walking to

1194
01:11:37,200 --> 01:11:39,800
Speaker 2: Roger Goodell as if he's Lebron or Stephan He just

1195
01:11:39,840 --> 01:11:41,559
Speaker 2: hit a three in the fourth quarter, and I'm like,

1196
01:11:42,280 --> 01:11:44,920
Speaker 2: all that happened was his name was called. But the

1197
01:11:45,040 --> 01:11:48,559
Speaker 2: man is filled with anger because of what's been said

1198
01:11:48,600 --> 01:11:52,560
Speaker 2: about him for the last month. And I'm like, Ephraim,

1199
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Speaker 2: what is it that we're actually doing?

1200
01:11:56,160 --> 01:11:56,960
Speaker 4: What are we doing?

1201
01:11:57,400 --> 01:12:00,639
Speaker 2: We're sitting here talking about events that haven't had yet

1202
01:12:00,680 --> 01:12:04,160
Speaker 2: as if they have. We're talking about performances that haven't

1203
01:12:04,240 --> 01:12:07,719
Speaker 2: happened yet as if they have. We're ripping execs based

1204
01:12:07,720 --> 01:12:11,200
Speaker 2: on decisions because they're bad, except they're not yet. I

1205
01:12:11,439 --> 01:12:15,320
Speaker 2: just I've got this fundamental thing in my head about

1206
01:12:15,320 --> 01:12:17,639
Speaker 2: the draft. It's not the NFL, it's all of them,

1207
01:12:17,960 --> 01:12:20,960
Speaker 2: but the NFL gets all the talk, and my man,

1208
01:12:21,040 --> 01:12:21,840
Speaker 2: I can't shake it.

1209
01:12:21,960 --> 01:12:22,760
Speaker 4: I can't shake it.

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01:12:24,720 --> 01:12:29,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's uh, you know, the draft not for everybody,

1211
01:12:31,760 --> 01:12:37,439
Speaker 1: but it's entertaining. It's a gateway into fantasy for a

1212
01:12:37,479 --> 01:12:39,960
Speaker 1: lot of people because a lot of this revolves around

1213
01:12:40,000 --> 01:12:43,559
Speaker 1: fantasy football, and this is the next step into in

1214
01:12:43,680 --> 01:12:50,240
Speaker 1: terms of watching people transcend into and have the ability

1215
01:12:50,680 --> 01:12:55,559
Speaker 1: to do something, ninety nine point one percent of the

1216
01:12:55,600 --> 01:12:59,240
Speaker 1: population we'll never be able to do. So there's some

1217
01:12:59,360 --> 01:13:02,479
Speaker 1: excitement around that. Now. The negative things that they say

1218
01:13:02,479 --> 01:13:06,120
Speaker 1: about these young men prior to the draft. It so

1219
01:13:06,720 --> 01:13:09,360
Speaker 1: they basically were calling se d Strowt dumb, which I

1220
01:13:09,400 --> 01:13:11,639
Speaker 1: think is horrific. Why would you do something like that?

1221
01:13:12,120 --> 01:13:14,400
Speaker 1: But these are tactics that teams use, and they leak

1222
01:13:14,520 --> 01:13:16,600
Speaker 1: things to to try to curry favor and try to

1223
01:13:16,600 --> 01:13:19,680
Speaker 1: have a player drop to it like it's it's all backhanded,

1224
01:13:19,720 --> 01:13:22,559
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. Right, I'm glad this young

1225
01:13:22,600 --> 01:13:26,559
Speaker 1: man had an opportunity, uh to go to the Houston Texans.

1226
01:13:26,600 --> 01:13:29,120
Speaker 1: Just a good franchise. I had a pleasure of spending

1227
01:13:29,160 --> 01:13:32,280
Speaker 1: some time out there in March, spoke to Demico, hung

1228
01:13:32,320 --> 01:13:35,040
Speaker 1: out with with you know, with the owner and so

1229
01:13:35,120 --> 01:13:41,439
Speaker 1: on and so forth. It's just, uh, when we come

1230
01:13:41,479 --> 01:13:43,599
Speaker 1: back from break, I'm gonna talk to you about how

1231
01:13:43,640 --> 01:13:50,040
Speaker 1: I felt. Who won the draft? Okay, Okay, like I

1232
01:13:50,400 --> 01:13:51,600
Speaker 1: want the drest.

1233
01:13:51,560 --> 01:13:54,040
Speaker 4: Yes, all right, that's uh.

1234
01:13:54,080 --> 01:13:56,320
Speaker 2: I look forward to that and that's coming up next

1235
01:13:56,560 --> 01:13:59,960
Speaker 2: on Fox Sports Radio. All right, let's keep on rocket

1236
01:14:00,200 --> 01:14:03,320
Speaker 2: rolling in the tire. RAG dot Com Studios that's he

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01:14:03,439 --> 01:14:07,479
Speaker 2: from Salami. Mark Willard, Hi, my name is Mark, and

1238
01:14:07,760 --> 01:14:10,760
Speaker 2: I have a draft problem, but Apram is here to

1239
01:14:10,800 --> 01:14:15,200
Speaker 2: fix it. You tell me, brother, what exactly are you thinking?

1240
01:14:16,000 --> 01:14:21,280
Speaker 2: Who won the draft? Well, there's two parts to this. Okay,

1241
01:14:21,640 --> 01:14:25,880
Speaker 2: Philadelphia won the day. I mean, excuse me, take that back.

1242
01:14:27,280 --> 01:14:30,760
Speaker 2: Baltimore won the day.

1243
01:14:30,960 --> 01:14:39,080
Speaker 1: Okay. Baltimore won the day with signing Lamar Jackson, Okay,

1244
01:14:40,000 --> 01:14:44,519
Speaker 1: the day of the draft and putting an end to

1245
01:14:45,000 --> 01:14:53,120
Speaker 1: this saga that was just unnecessary. Okay, Then they went

1246
01:14:53,160 --> 01:14:55,280
Speaker 1: and got him some real help when Zay Flowers, that's

1247
01:14:55,280 --> 01:14:57,800
Speaker 1: a tremendous, tremendous talent. People don't know who that is.

1248
01:14:57,840 --> 01:15:03,200
Speaker 1: But Manda's kick can play Odell Beckham. Now things are

1249
01:15:03,240 --> 01:15:05,320
Speaker 1: starting to take shape. Now we can look at that

1250
01:15:05,400 --> 01:15:12,160
Speaker 1: division like, okay, what have we got here? Right? In

1251
01:15:12,240 --> 01:15:18,240
Speaker 1: terms of the draft, Philadelphia and the Houston Texans tie

1252
01:15:18,520 --> 01:15:23,840
Speaker 1: for winning the draft. That move that Houston did to

1253
01:15:23,920 --> 01:15:25,920
Speaker 1: get the second and the third pick in the draft

1254
01:15:27,000 --> 01:15:35,439
Speaker 1: tremendous for a team void of talent. You immediately pick

1255
01:15:35,560 --> 01:15:38,880
Speaker 1: two players that can play now they're gonna have to

1256
01:15:38,880 --> 01:15:43,599
Speaker 1: play now. That can change your locker room, That can

1257
01:15:43,680 --> 01:15:49,439
Speaker 1: change your team edge rusher, quarterback, two things that they've

1258
01:15:49,479 --> 01:15:55,639
Speaker 1: needed since JJ Watt left the Philadelphia Eagles. And what

1259
01:15:55,680 --> 01:15:58,799
Speaker 1: they were able to do in the draft, well, let's

1260
01:15:58,880 --> 01:16:10,599
Speaker 1: just say what Georgia North they would. I mean they

1261
01:16:10,800 --> 01:16:18,920
Speaker 1: got the Jalen Carter partnered with that defense brother. This kid.

1262
01:16:19,080 --> 01:16:23,480
Speaker 1: I know, he had the misfortune of being a kid

1263
01:16:24,560 --> 01:16:31,120
Speaker 1: and doing something dumb. Yep, but he's arguably the best

1264
01:16:31,160 --> 01:16:38,280
Speaker 1: player in the entire draft. He has the bigger upside

1265
01:16:38,720 --> 01:16:42,719
Speaker 1: and the fact that Philadelphia got him. Got to remember

1266
01:16:42,760 --> 01:16:45,040
Speaker 1: there was a mass exodus. They lost a lot of

1267
01:16:45,040 --> 01:16:47,040
Speaker 1: players to free agency on defense.

1268
01:16:47,120 --> 01:16:50,479
Speaker 2: Yeah, they lost Hardgrave to the forty nine right like

1269
01:16:50,560 --> 01:16:53,320
Speaker 2: in lynch Pin in the middle of the line, and

1270
01:16:53,880 --> 01:16:56,680
Speaker 2: so they replaced that now. I mean it resonated in

1271
01:16:56,680 --> 01:16:59,599
Speaker 2: San Francisco, very similar to when the forty nine ers

1272
01:16:59,600 --> 01:17:03,200
Speaker 2: moved all off of DeForest Buckner and then they drafted

1273
01:17:03,280 --> 01:17:07,200
Speaker 2: Javon Kinlaw. Now that has not worked. That has not worked.

1274
01:17:07,200 --> 01:17:10,360
Speaker 2: So that's kind of my point, Like I get what

1275
01:17:10,400 --> 01:17:13,800
Speaker 2: you're saying. Yeah, on paper that it's like, oh my god,

1276
01:17:13,880 --> 01:17:15,360
Speaker 2: Jalen Carter, but you.

1277
01:17:15,280 --> 01:17:17,960
Speaker 1: Got to understand, you know, all we can do is

1278
01:17:18,000 --> 01:17:20,240
Speaker 1: look at it on paper right now, Yes, These grades

1279
01:17:20,280 --> 01:17:26,360
Speaker 1: are based simply and solely off paper. That's it. This

1280
01:17:26,560 --> 01:17:29,320
Speaker 1: is how we're grading. We're not grading in terms of production,

1281
01:17:29,760 --> 01:17:33,719
Speaker 1: we're not grading in terms of any of that on paper.

1282
01:17:34,479 --> 01:17:39,320
Speaker 1: The teams that address their glaring need at the highest

1283
01:17:39,439 --> 01:17:44,160
Speaker 1: level are the teams that win the day. Houston did

1284
01:17:44,200 --> 01:17:48,519
Speaker 1: it and Philly did it. For all those people in

1285
01:17:48,560 --> 01:17:54,320
Speaker 1: that division who thought, you know, in the nfcas oh,

1286
01:17:54,479 --> 01:17:58,600
Speaker 1: Philly lost all their defense and all that. Brough Man.

1287
01:18:01,000 --> 01:18:01,240
Speaker 4: Right.

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Speaker 1: Two first round draft picks, both from Georgia, both outstanding

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Speaker 1: defensive players who can come right in and play immediately.

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Speaker 1: Third round, they get an offensive tackle from Alabama who

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Speaker 1: can come in and play immediately. That's how, that's how

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Speaker 1: you don't succumb to arrest on your laurels when you've

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Speaker 1: had a successful season. So now they have an extremely

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Speaker 1: young nucleus. Their quarterback is locked up, and what they

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Speaker 1: did is they went out and got some pieces, some

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Speaker 1: young pieces. They're not going to have to pay for

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Speaker 1: quite some time.

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Speaker 2: So are you saying that you didn't like that the

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Speaker 2: forty nine ers spent one of their first picks in

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Speaker 2: the third round on a kicker.

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Speaker 1: The thing with the forty nine ers listen, listen, listen, listen.

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Speaker 4: I's kind of an elite move.

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Speaker 1: But anyway, the thing with the forty nine ers is

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01:19:05,160 --> 01:19:10,400
Speaker 1: they are talent rich. Yep, Okay, they are talent rich,

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01:19:10,960 --> 01:19:14,240
Speaker 1: so you can do things like that. If this is

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01:19:14,280 --> 01:19:20,519
Speaker 1: the next Robbie Gold for the next twenty years, right,

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01:19:21,000 --> 01:19:23,160
Speaker 1: if this is the guy for the next twenty years,

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01:19:24,280 --> 01:19:25,880
Speaker 1: you want.

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Speaker 2: Well, that's my point is now we're gonna sit here

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01:19:29,320 --> 01:19:33,000
Speaker 2: for about three months and everyone's gonna go, oh my god,

1311
01:19:33,400 --> 01:19:36,920
Speaker 2: dummies and pick they kicker. Kyle Shanahan said he's getting

1312
01:19:36,960 --> 01:19:38,920
Speaker 2: teased by everybody in the league. And I know that

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01:19:38,960 --> 01:19:41,760
Speaker 2: it's good nature ribbing, but it's like, I don't know,

1314
01:19:41,840 --> 01:19:43,479
Speaker 2: what if he has a vinitary career.

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01:19:43,680 --> 01:19:45,799
Speaker 1: What if he need there is a need, a glaring

1316
01:19:45,880 --> 01:19:49,360
Speaker 1: need there which there is sure and no other player

1317
01:19:50,880 --> 01:19:53,599
Speaker 1: had the value that they would bring at that position,

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01:19:53,840 --> 01:19:59,000
Speaker 1: then it's a smart move. There you go, two pieks later,

1319
01:19:59,040 --> 01:20:00,920
Speaker 1: you got the tight end probably wanted.

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01:20:01,120 --> 01:20:03,559
Speaker 4: There you go exactly right.

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01:20:04,360 --> 01:20:07,360
Speaker 2: So uh, to me, I just have a hard time

1322
01:20:07,400 --> 01:20:10,400
Speaker 2: getting too upset until it's not something that's actually wrong.

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01:20:10,760 --> 01:20:13,640
Speaker 2: Speaking of not getting upset, I wasn't upset at Giannis.

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Speaker 2: Were you that's next.

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Speaker 2: Bye bye first round, there it goes in the NBA,

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Speaker 2: and now we have in this second round among all

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Speaker 2: We're just getting them a little bit earlier than we're

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Speaker 2: listening and however you are listening as we get ready

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Speaker 2: to start up another week before we get back to

1344
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Speaker 2: these NBA playoffs, Ephrom, I've been dying to get your

1345
01:21:23,400 --> 01:21:29,440
Speaker 2: take on what I think was probably the most discussed

1346
01:21:29,520 --> 01:21:32,400
Speaker 2: topic of the week, and it surrounds the word failure.

1347
01:21:33,000 --> 01:21:38,760
Speaker 2: And obviously you had what was a very relatable and

1348
01:21:39,760 --> 01:21:45,280
Speaker 2: viral response from Yannis when the Bucks were eliminated on

1349
01:21:45,600 --> 01:21:48,880
Speaker 2: Wednesday night, and the question as posed to him, do

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01:21:48,920 --> 01:21:52,320
Speaker 2: you feel this season is a failure? And I think

1351
01:21:52,439 --> 01:21:55,960
Speaker 2: everybody in the sports world has now heard the response

1352
01:21:56,360 --> 01:21:59,960
Speaker 2: a number of times, and I've heard it at the beginning.

1353
01:22:00,000 --> 01:22:03,400
Speaker 2: Didn't get felt like everyone was like, yes, yahdis speak

1354
01:22:03,479 --> 01:22:05,680
Speaker 2: on it. And then there were a handful of people that,

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01:22:05,760 --> 01:22:07,840
Speaker 2: once they had twenty four hours to sort of get

1356
01:22:07,920 --> 01:22:10,559
Speaker 2: up the courage, they're like, ah, you know what, I

1357
01:22:10,560 --> 01:22:13,840
Speaker 2: hate his answer. They were the one seed and they

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01:22:13,880 --> 01:22:15,519
Speaker 2: lost on their home floor in five games, and it

1359
01:22:16,160 --> 01:22:20,360
Speaker 2: totally was a failure. And so this debate has sort

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01:22:20,400 --> 01:22:22,800
Speaker 2: of been sustainable because of it. Eve, from where do

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01:22:22,840 --> 01:22:23,519
Speaker 2: you sit on this?

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Speaker 1: I understand what Yiannis is talking about, all right, He's

1363
01:22:29,520 --> 01:22:33,840
Speaker 1: looking at it different than someone asking a question who's

1364
01:22:33,880 --> 01:22:38,759
Speaker 1: not involved in it. Right, the question seems harmless enough?

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01:22:39,479 --> 01:22:41,599
Speaker 1: Is this season of failure? What depends on what your

1366
01:22:41,640 --> 01:22:44,840
Speaker 1: goals were? Right? It depends on how you look at

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01:22:44,920 --> 01:22:51,519
Speaker 1: failure and success. And I'll tell you this and This

1368
01:22:51,640 --> 01:22:57,519
Speaker 1: is not a slide on anyone. Most people look at

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01:22:57,560 --> 01:23:03,840
Speaker 1: success and failure different than professional athletes, because there's more

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01:23:03,880 --> 01:23:09,599
Speaker 1: failure than success in professional athleticism. Yes, so you look

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01:23:09,640 --> 01:23:15,280
Speaker 1: at it differently. What may seem as a failure to

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Speaker 1: someone who works for a media outlet or the post

1373
01:23:18,840 --> 01:23:28,400
Speaker 1: office or the grocery store may seem like a process

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01:23:28,439 --> 01:23:33,519
Speaker 1: to someone who's a professional athlete, because there's so much

1375
01:23:33,560 --> 01:23:39,680
Speaker 1: that goes into the winning and the losing of championships, games,

1376
01:23:40,040 --> 01:23:44,800
Speaker 1: so on and so forth. So many things happen. Right,

1377
01:23:45,080 --> 01:23:49,080
Speaker 1: if Jannis doesn't hurt his back, are we having this

1378
01:23:49,160 --> 01:23:50,640
Speaker 1: conversation the way we're having it?

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01:23:51,960 --> 01:23:52,120
Speaker 4: Right?

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01:23:52,200 --> 01:23:58,040
Speaker 1: So you gotta take it's just a different approach. It's

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01:23:58,080 --> 01:24:02,280
Speaker 1: easy to throw a blanket question out there. Is this

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01:24:02,400 --> 01:24:06,000
Speaker 1: year a failure? Well in terms of not winning a championship? Yes,

1383
01:24:06,520 --> 01:24:13,360
Speaker 1: only one team wins a championship? Do all other teams fail? Right?

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01:24:13,520 --> 01:24:17,120
Speaker 1: If you're looking at it black and white and clear

1385
01:24:17,200 --> 01:24:19,840
Speaker 1: cut like that, Okay, yeah, I guess that's if that's

1386
01:24:19,880 --> 01:24:23,120
Speaker 1: your standard. You all go into the season wanting to

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Speaker 1: win the championship, but every team doesn't doesn't do that, right?

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01:24:29,640 --> 01:24:33,280
Speaker 1: The Lakers their year this year isn't a failure? You

1389
01:24:33,320 --> 01:24:36,400
Speaker 1: know why? Because they started to and ten, they started

1390
01:24:36,479 --> 01:24:39,160
Speaker 1: zero to five, it started too and ten and now

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01:24:39,160 --> 01:24:42,040
Speaker 1: they're in the second round of the playoffs? Are you

1392
01:24:42,120 --> 01:24:45,559
Speaker 1: kidding me? This should we should needn be having this conversation.

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01:24:45,760 --> 01:24:48,439
Speaker 2: Wow, I actually think we could make this case for

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01:24:48,520 --> 01:24:50,559
Speaker 2: both of the teams that are going into this series.

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01:24:50,600 --> 01:24:54,400
Speaker 1: Absolutely right, games on the road here.

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Speaker 2: Steph Curry is thirty five years old. Come on, champs. Uh,

1397
01:24:58,400 --> 01:25:00,479
Speaker 2: they won when the dynasty was the supposed to be

1398
01:25:00,560 --> 01:25:02,760
Speaker 2: over three years ago. Both of these.

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Speaker 1: Teams they missed a second best player for the second

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Speaker 1: half of the season.

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Speaker 2: Right right, right. So it's interesting because when we hear

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01:25:15,479 --> 01:25:22,000
Speaker 2: Giannis's response immediately, especially for many West Coast fans, it

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01:25:22,080 --> 01:25:23,320
Speaker 2: evokes the memory.

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Speaker 4: Of Kobe Bryant.

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01:25:24,400 --> 01:25:27,680
Speaker 2: How would Kobe have answered that question? Oh, you know,

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01:25:27,960 --> 01:25:29,800
Speaker 2: damn well, he would have.

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Speaker 4: Said it was a failure.

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Speaker 2: And the funny thing is there are actually two different

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01:25:35,680 --> 01:25:40,519
Speaker 2: quotes that have circulated from Kobe this week, one of

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01:25:40,560 --> 01:25:43,800
Speaker 2: which where when they lost to the Boston Celtics in

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01:25:43,840 --> 01:25:46,760
Speaker 2: the NBA Finals, he is quoted as saying, this is

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01:25:46,800 --> 01:25:49,720
Speaker 2: absolutely a failure. We came to win a championship and

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Speaker 2: we didn't and so this is a failure. And then

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Speaker 2: there is a non postgame interview with Kobe where he

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Speaker 2: speaks very much like Giannis did and said, failure does

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01:25:59,280 --> 01:26:02,599
Speaker 2: not exist unless you look at it that way, or

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01:26:02,720 --> 01:26:06,640
Speaker 2: unless you allow what just happened to you to totally

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01:26:06,720 --> 01:26:10,240
Speaker 2: derail what you're going to do next. So for me,

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01:26:10,640 --> 01:26:13,360
Speaker 2: from I kept going back to the same thing because

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Speaker 2: even if you go to the one where Kobe says, yes,

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01:26:15,479 --> 01:26:19,720
Speaker 2: the season is a failure, he is allowed, he is

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01:26:19,760 --> 01:26:22,760
Speaker 2: allowed to pick the word. I think this whole thing

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01:26:22,840 --> 01:26:27,760
Speaker 2: goes away if the question is asked differently, Yannis, you

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01:26:27,760 --> 01:26:31,439
Speaker 2: are the one seed and you have just been defeated

1425
01:26:31,479 --> 01:26:35,439
Speaker 2: in five games, how would you characterize that result?

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Speaker 5: That's it, that's it.

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01:26:38,439 --> 01:26:40,519
Speaker 2: That's all you got to do is switch it from

1428
01:26:40,560 --> 01:26:43,839
Speaker 2: a closed ended question to an open one. And Giannis

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01:26:43,840 --> 01:26:46,800
Speaker 2: is an upset because you allow him to choose the word,

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01:26:47,479 --> 01:26:50,200
Speaker 2: and you know what he might have chosen the word failure.

1431
01:26:50,840 --> 01:26:53,160
Speaker 2: I don't know. I don't know what he would have said.

1432
01:26:53,280 --> 01:26:57,400
Speaker 2: We'll never know because the reporter who, as you said,

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01:26:57,479 --> 01:27:00,640
Speaker 2: he didn't do something nefarious. This was an evil This

1434
01:27:00,880 --> 01:27:03,360
Speaker 2: was far from the worst question I've ever heard asked,

1435
01:27:04,240 --> 01:27:09,400
Speaker 2: But he chose the word, and that is where I

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01:27:09,439 --> 01:27:15,719
Speaker 2: think yanis Is disdain came from, because the word pins

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01:27:15,880 --> 01:27:19,280
Speaker 2: Yannis in a spot where no matter what his answer is,

1438
01:27:19,720 --> 01:27:22,559
Speaker 2: we're not going to like it and he is going

1439
01:27:22,600 --> 01:27:25,920
Speaker 2: to be made fun of on social media. So you

1440
01:27:26,120 --> 01:27:30,720
Speaker 2: pinned this athlete in the corner in this situation seemingly

1441
01:27:30,800 --> 01:27:33,000
Speaker 2: for your gain, even though I really the reporter.

1442
01:27:33,400 --> 01:27:35,080
Speaker 4: It's not like he did something wrong.

1443
01:27:35,439 --> 01:27:37,719
Speaker 2: But if he had just stopped and thought for a second,

1444
01:27:38,160 --> 01:27:42,120
Speaker 2: let's let Yanis choose the word to characterize the season,

1445
01:27:42,520 --> 01:27:44,720
Speaker 2: as opposed to giving him a yes or a no.

1446
01:27:44,880 --> 01:27:46,200
Speaker 4: Do you like my word?

1447
01:27:46,680 --> 01:27:50,080
Speaker 2: And you have a very very different press conference, I think.

1448
01:27:50,000 --> 01:27:53,000
Speaker 1: Of course, and you have to know that as a

1449
01:27:53,080 --> 01:27:55,679
Speaker 1: journalist you have to be aware of that. Don't look

1450
01:27:55,720 --> 01:27:58,080
Speaker 1: for the flashy, quick SoundBite. And I'm not trying to

1451
01:27:58,080 --> 01:27:59,920
Speaker 1: take anything with from a young man asking the question.

1452
01:28:00,880 --> 01:28:02,959
Speaker 1: But the same question was asked last year.

1453
01:28:02,920 --> 01:28:07,639
Speaker 2: Right, and Giannis remembered so first thing he said to him,

1454
01:28:07,720 --> 01:28:10,120
Speaker 2: You asked me that again, you asked me that last.

1455
01:28:10,080 --> 01:28:13,920
Speaker 1: So that makes me believe you're looking for something. Yes,

1456
01:28:14,520 --> 01:28:19,920
Speaker 1: you're looking for something. So whatever that is you're looking for.

1457
01:28:21,560 --> 01:28:28,439
Speaker 1: How about you ask that? And so I just I

1458
01:28:28,520 --> 01:28:32,880
Speaker 1: understand exactly. I understood exactly what Giannis was talking about,

1459
01:28:33,000 --> 01:28:35,040
Speaker 1: and he had a good point. He had a good example.

1460
01:28:35,120 --> 01:28:39,240
Speaker 1: Michael Jordan played twenty or fifteen years. He won a

1461
01:28:39,320 --> 01:28:44,880
Speaker 1: championship six years, right, Well, those are the other nine failures.

1462
01:28:44,920 --> 01:28:47,479
Speaker 2: Well they're not actually because they've actually been a race

1463
01:28:47,520 --> 01:28:49,680
Speaker 2: from the record box. I don't know if you knew that,

1464
01:28:50,800 --> 01:28:54,839
Speaker 2: but those losses have been vacated on They've been vacated

1465
01:28:54,880 --> 01:28:59,120
Speaker 2: by the NCAA and all other entities in sports. Those

1466
01:28:59,240 --> 01:29:02,080
Speaker 2: nine years did exists because what I've been told is

1467
01:29:02,080 --> 01:29:05,160
Speaker 2: that Michael Jordan never lost a playoff game. That's what

1468
01:29:05,200 --> 01:29:08,200
Speaker 2: I've been told. Those are the rules. That's what the

1469
01:29:08,240 --> 01:29:10,800
Speaker 2: history book says. All you gotta do is look it up.

1470
01:29:10,920 --> 01:29:16,559
Speaker 2: That's true. I'm sorry, that's what it says. I looked

1471
01:29:16,560 --> 01:29:19,600
Speaker 2: at Wikipedia and he is a thousand and oh in

1472
01:29:19,640 --> 01:29:26,200
Speaker 2: the playoffs. On. No, that's the thing, man, Like I

1473
01:29:26,200 --> 01:29:29,120
Speaker 2: didn't like the way the debate. I didn't like where

1474
01:29:29,120 --> 01:29:31,599
Speaker 2: it went next because too many people were like Yannis,

1475
01:29:31,640 --> 01:29:35,240
Speaker 2: it is a failure. He may agree with you, that

1476
01:29:35,479 --> 01:29:39,160
Speaker 2: wasn't the point to me that wasn't the point. I

1477
01:29:39,200 --> 01:29:42,240
Speaker 2: don't and I know that it's hard to make that

1478
01:29:42,280 --> 01:29:44,720
Speaker 2: point because he sat there and said, you know, it's

1479
01:29:44,840 --> 01:29:47,400
Speaker 2: it's it's not a failure. But I believe that's because

1480
01:29:47,439 --> 01:29:51,960
Speaker 2: he was sort of pinned with words. Obviously, it's a

1481
01:29:52,040 --> 01:29:55,479
Speaker 2: massive disappointment. They were the one seed and they won

1482
01:29:55,920 --> 01:30:01,400
Speaker 2: one playoff game. That's crazy, that's historic, that is very

1483
01:30:01,560 --> 01:30:06,559
Speaker 2: very disappointing. But to pin him and use your word

1484
01:30:07,800 --> 01:30:11,559
Speaker 2: in a moment where, Gosh, in one series he may

1485
01:30:11,600 --> 01:30:14,960
Speaker 2: feel it was a failure. If the exact same result

1486
01:30:15,080 --> 01:30:18,160
Speaker 2: in another year, he might not. You mentioned, he's hurt,

1487
01:30:18,640 --> 01:30:22,879
Speaker 2: he missed some of the time in this series. There's

1488
01:30:22,960 --> 01:30:27,320
Speaker 2: just context. And I'm a big believer, especially in interviewing

1489
01:30:27,880 --> 01:30:31,160
Speaker 2: in context. It's actually the whole reason for an interview.

1490
01:30:31,520 --> 01:30:34,920
Speaker 2: Why do you want Yanis on, Well, he's gonna provide context.

1491
01:30:35,120 --> 01:30:37,400
Speaker 2: You know who he is, you know what he does,

1492
01:30:37,439 --> 01:30:37,840
Speaker 2: and you.

1493
01:30:37,760 --> 01:30:38,599
Speaker 4: Know what he thinks.

1494
01:30:39,200 --> 01:30:42,280
Speaker 2: But we need some context, what's going on there behind

1495
01:30:42,320 --> 01:30:48,839
Speaker 2: the scenes. Man's that's why we interview Yiannis. So that's

1496
01:30:48,960 --> 01:30:53,840
Speaker 2: the key to the whole thing. Five games. You lose

1497
01:30:53,880 --> 01:30:56,720
Speaker 2: one year, and you may feel it's a failure, and

1498
01:30:56,760 --> 01:30:58,639
Speaker 2: the very next year, you may be like, y'all don't

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Speaker 2: even know what the hell is going on behind the scenes.

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Speaker 2: I'm amazed we made it this far. Who knows what

1501
01:31:03,240 --> 01:31:06,439
Speaker 2: he thinks? How about if we find out instead of

1502
01:31:06,479 --> 01:31:09,120
Speaker 2: trying to jam a word into his mouth and make him.

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01:31:08,960 --> 01:31:17,960
Speaker 1: Say yes, yeah. That that's you know, it's when you

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01:31:18,000 --> 01:31:23,080
Speaker 1: go into a press conference with an agenda. You know,

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01:31:23,880 --> 01:31:29,240
Speaker 1: you get stuff like that. Now, you obviously had an agenda.

1506
01:31:29,320 --> 01:31:34,680
Speaker 1: You asked the same question after what you deemed yourself

1507
01:31:34,720 --> 01:31:38,000
Speaker 1: as a failure last year. Yep, and again this year.

1508
01:31:38,120 --> 01:31:40,719
Speaker 2: Answer the coach that's headed it right there in the question.

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01:31:40,800 --> 01:31:42,559
Speaker 4: He's like, I already asked the coach. I'm gonna ask

1510
01:31:42,600 --> 01:31:43,840
Speaker 4: you too, you.

1511
01:31:43,880 --> 01:31:44,400
Speaker 2: Know what I mean.

1512
01:31:44,439 --> 01:31:47,200
Speaker 1: So you're you're you're you're looking for something, You're digging

1513
01:31:47,240 --> 01:31:51,800
Speaker 1: for something, have a conversation. That's why I like journalism,

1514
01:31:51,840 --> 01:31:54,480
Speaker 1: because I love to talk. I love to have a conversation.

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01:31:54,840 --> 01:31:57,800
Speaker 1: I've been on the other side of the microphone. I've

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01:31:57,800 --> 01:32:04,840
Speaker 1: been in the press conferences, postgame, pre game, right, I've

1517
01:32:04,840 --> 01:32:08,840
Speaker 1: talked to the beat writers. I've done it.

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01:32:08,960 --> 01:32:09,360
Speaker 2: I've done it.

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01:32:09,360 --> 01:32:09,920
Speaker 7: I know.

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Speaker 1: That's why I'm better on this side of the microphone.

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01:32:17,920 --> 01:32:21,160
Speaker 1: It's one thing producers do. When you especially have former

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01:32:21,200 --> 01:32:27,240
Speaker 1: athletes who go into broadcasts, Producers get a little nervous,

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01:32:28,840 --> 01:32:33,680
Speaker 1: especially when those athletes are interviewing others, Like you know,

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01:32:33,720 --> 01:32:35,519
Speaker 1: when I feel in on the odd couple. We talk

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01:32:35,600 --> 01:32:38,519
Speaker 1: to people all the time, and when I first started

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01:32:38,560 --> 01:32:42,559
Speaker 1: to do it, they used to give questions for me

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01:32:42,800 --> 01:32:46,040
Speaker 1: so I can be prepared, just you know, just yeah,

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01:32:46,120 --> 01:32:51,280
Speaker 1: you know, yes. But I've been doing this for over

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01:32:51,320 --> 01:32:56,880
Speaker 1: twenty five years. I've hosted live television where when I

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01:32:56,960 --> 01:32:59,719
Speaker 1: first started doing it, they would give you the card

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01:33:00,040 --> 01:33:03,280
Speaker 1: through your question already on there, until I decided I'm

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01:33:03,280 --> 01:33:05,360
Speaker 1: not asking that question. I want to do my own thing.

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01:33:06,640 --> 01:33:09,080
Speaker 1: And I built the trust with the executive, with the

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01:33:09,520 --> 01:33:11,920
Speaker 1: with the producers, and so then they would give you

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01:33:11,920 --> 01:33:15,639
Speaker 1: the cards. In mind would be blank because I've built

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01:33:15,720 --> 01:33:17,640
Speaker 1: up that trust and that rapport with them. They know

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01:33:17,960 --> 01:33:22,000
Speaker 1: that I know what I'm doing, and I think that's

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01:33:22,040 --> 01:33:26,360
Speaker 1: important when you do go in and talk to athletes,

1539
01:33:28,439 --> 01:33:31,280
Speaker 1: try to relate to them on a human level. Understand

1540
01:33:33,000 --> 01:33:39,320
Speaker 1: the emotion of a win and a loss when you're

1541
01:33:39,360 --> 01:33:41,280
Speaker 1: speaking to them. Don't go in for the hot take.

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01:33:43,479 --> 01:33:45,479
Speaker 1: Everybody wants to hot take. Everyone wants to see somebody

1543
01:33:45,479 --> 01:33:48,360
Speaker 1: blow up and go crazy. You know, it's just a

1544
01:33:48,400 --> 01:33:50,479
Speaker 1: respect thing. And like I said, that's because I came

1545
01:33:50,479 --> 01:33:53,320
Speaker 1: from the other side of it as well. So I'm

1546
01:33:53,320 --> 01:33:55,040
Speaker 1: gonna treat them with respect. I'm gonna try to get

1547
01:33:55,040 --> 01:33:57,120
Speaker 1: the information that I need and that I'm looking for,

1548
01:33:57,800 --> 01:34:00,120
Speaker 1: but I'm gonna do it in a way where you know, oh,

1549
01:34:01,000 --> 01:34:03,840
Speaker 1: then I gonna flip the table ater microphone over.

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Speaker 2: I've got an open ended question to ask you about

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Speaker 2: the Warriors Lakers series. It's an open ended question, so

1558
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Speaker 2: I'm not gonna put words in your mouth. You can

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Speaker 2: fill in the blank however you choose, and I will

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Speaker 2: I got a number of different open ended questions that

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01:35:10,600 --> 01:35:12,439
Speaker 2: I could ask a number of different ways I could

1569
01:35:12,479 --> 01:35:18,240
Speaker 2: ask them. What if I ask it to you this way?

1570
01:35:19,439 --> 01:35:24,759
Speaker 2: Warriors and Lakers? Who's the better team?

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01:35:24,800 --> 01:35:25,960
Speaker 1: The better team?

1572
01:35:26,520 --> 01:35:27,719
Speaker 2: That's how I asked that one.

1573
01:35:27,960 --> 01:35:33,320
Speaker 1: Yes, okay, the better team of the Warriors?

1574
01:35:33,560 --> 01:35:35,439
Speaker 4: Okay, why do you think that?

1575
01:35:35,800 --> 01:35:40,519
Speaker 1: Because they've played together longer, They've played on this stage

1576
01:35:40,640 --> 01:35:44,639
Speaker 1: together longer, and to me, that is what.

1577
01:35:46,640 --> 01:35:48,240
Speaker 5: Team needs.

1578
01:35:50,479 --> 01:35:55,880
Speaker 2: It's it's interesting, and I will admit impressive what the

1579
01:35:55,960 --> 01:36:00,360
Speaker 2: Lakers look like in that they are a pretty reduction

1580
01:36:00,479 --> 01:36:03,280
Speaker 2: of the trade deadlines months.

1581
01:36:03,720 --> 01:36:06,000
Speaker 4: I know, can we remember?

1582
01:36:06,040 --> 01:36:08,479
Speaker 2: And I know we're only in round two, so maybe

1583
01:36:08,520 --> 01:36:11,920
Speaker 2: we are just out here getting ahead of ourselves. But

1584
01:36:11,960 --> 01:36:14,240
Speaker 2: the Phoenix Suns, for example, and I know they're now

1585
01:36:14,320 --> 01:36:19,880
Speaker 2: down a game, but the Suns are less so than

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01:36:19,920 --> 01:36:22,720
Speaker 2: the Lakers, but also to a degree a production of

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01:36:22,760 --> 01:36:25,320
Speaker 2: the trade deadline, and that they brought in a major

1588
01:36:26,760 --> 01:36:31,559
Speaker 2: like core piece. And you're right, I'm a huge believer

1589
01:36:32,120 --> 01:36:36,360
Speaker 2: in continuity when it comes to the NBA, it's it's

1590
01:36:36,400 --> 01:36:39,840
Speaker 2: it's one of the reasons that I make the selections

1591
01:36:39,880 --> 01:36:43,680
Speaker 2: I make. Come playoff time, the playoffs are different. You

1592
01:36:43,680 --> 01:36:46,400
Speaker 2: can do all kinds of wonderful things in the regular season,

1593
01:36:46,920 --> 01:36:49,920
Speaker 2: but you'll notice, and these playoffs are a pretty good

1594
01:36:49,920 --> 01:36:55,920
Speaker 2: example of them. Experience and continuity really really matter in

1595
01:36:56,000 --> 01:37:00,120
Speaker 2: the in the NBA, they really do. So here here

1596
01:37:00,160 --> 01:37:03,680
Speaker 2: we are, though Western Conference Final four, where two of

1597
01:37:03,720 --> 01:37:09,040
Speaker 2: the teams have barely been together. I like, did KD

1598
01:37:09,240 --> 01:37:12,240
Speaker 2: play nine regular season games with the Suns? That's it?

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01:37:12,600 --> 01:37:12,920
Speaker 1: Yes?

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01:37:13,120 --> 01:37:15,240
Speaker 4: And the Lakers redid.

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01:37:14,840 --> 01:37:17,720
Speaker 2: Their roster almost I don't want to say from top

1602
01:37:17,760 --> 01:37:19,680
Speaker 2: to bottom, because the very top is the same, and

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01:37:19,720 --> 01:37:23,439
Speaker 2: then everything else is seemingly different. And I can't think

1604
01:37:23,479 --> 01:37:28,200
Speaker 2: of a great cop where teams came together at the

1605
01:37:28,360 --> 01:37:33,320
Speaker 2: trade deadline and then went all the way to the end.

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01:37:33,560 --> 01:37:37,479
Speaker 2: Can you think of any any times where that's happened in.

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01:37:37,439 --> 01:37:43,559
Speaker 1: The past, No, not offhand. And it's you know, when

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01:37:43,600 --> 01:37:49,000
Speaker 1: you look at it, it's it's like people are looking

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01:37:49,040 --> 01:37:54,120
Speaker 1: for splash at the trade deadline. Well, the Lakers didn't

1610
01:37:54,120 --> 01:37:59,519
Speaker 1: need splash. They didn't need splash at all. They need

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01:37:59,520 --> 01:38:03,680
Speaker 1: to consistent and see they needed shooting, and that's what

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01:38:03,720 --> 01:38:09,840
Speaker 1: they went out and got. And the malite Beasley's, the Vanderbilts,

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01:38:10,040 --> 01:38:18,840
Speaker 1: the D'Angelo, Russell, Roy Hashimura. None of those guys were

1614
01:38:18,840 --> 01:38:23,200
Speaker 1: on the roster prior to I mean at the beginning

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01:38:23,200 --> 01:38:26,200
Speaker 1: of the season. None of those guys are flashy. I

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01:38:26,200 --> 01:38:28,760
Speaker 1: think I guess D'Angelo would probably be the flashiest. He's

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01:38:28,760 --> 01:38:29,479
Speaker 1: been an All Star.

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01:38:29,680 --> 01:38:31,040
Speaker 4: Yeah, biggest name, sure.

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01:38:34,080 --> 01:38:36,120
Speaker 1: But what they did was they brought in pieces that

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01:38:36,200 --> 01:38:49,920
Speaker 1: can fit with two elite players, two elite players.

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01:38:45,840 --> 01:38:46,160
Speaker 2: And.

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01:38:48,040 --> 01:38:51,559
Speaker 1: So now guys who are used to playing roles can

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01:38:51,640 --> 01:38:54,680
Speaker 1: just come in and play their role. You don't have

1624
01:38:54,760 --> 01:38:57,160
Speaker 1: to carry the burden or do any of that. You

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01:38:57,200 --> 01:39:01,439
Speaker 1: play defense. Vanderbilt didn't play defense on the wing. You

1626
01:39:01,439 --> 01:39:04,800
Speaker 1: bring energy off the bench, Rory bring energy out. You

1627
01:39:04,840 --> 01:39:07,439
Speaker 1: don't turn the ball over or DeAngelo, don't turn the

1628
01:39:07,439 --> 01:39:10,760
Speaker 1: ball over. All you doing is playing doing what you

1629
01:39:10,800 --> 01:39:13,800
Speaker 1: are you've already done. Yeah, I mean, and that's why

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01:39:13,840 --> 01:39:14,840
Speaker 1: they've been successful.

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01:39:14,960 --> 01:39:17,799
Speaker 2: It's interesting you say most teams are looking for flash

1632
01:39:17,800 --> 01:39:19,880
Speaker 2: at the trade deadline. I usually think those are the

1633
01:39:19,880 --> 01:39:24,000
Speaker 2: teams that are thinking, maybe even more long term with

1634
01:39:24,200 --> 01:39:29,799
Speaker 2: their move. Kyrie durant I think the really good teams,

1635
01:39:30,160 --> 01:39:32,960
Speaker 2: teams that are in good shape going into the deadline,

1636
01:39:33,080 --> 01:39:37,679
Speaker 2: are looking to simply tighten screws and actually, let's take

1637
01:39:37,760 --> 01:39:41,880
Speaker 2: their opponent in the next round. The Warriors did something that,

1638
01:39:42,320 --> 01:39:46,400
Speaker 2: quite frankly, in the big picture, has to be considered

1639
01:39:46,439 --> 01:39:48,320
Speaker 2: a net negative. They took a guy that was the

1640
01:39:48,400 --> 01:39:50,719
Speaker 2: number two overall pick in the draft a few years

1641
01:39:50,720 --> 01:39:53,840
Speaker 2: ago and gave up on him, and they moved James

1642
01:39:53,880 --> 01:39:57,320
Speaker 2: Wiseman simply to get Gary Payton the second back. Who is,

1643
01:39:57,760 --> 01:39:59,920
Speaker 2: you know, a bench player, But what is the reper

1644
01:40:00,840 --> 01:40:03,680
Speaker 2: great defense? And it's what it's the screw that the

1645
01:40:03,720 --> 01:40:07,120
Speaker 2: Warriors needed to tighten before they got to the playoffs.

1646
01:40:07,439 --> 01:40:11,639
Speaker 2: The Lakers also, they've got their core. They just needed

1647
01:40:11,640 --> 01:40:15,200
Speaker 2: to tighten screws. But they tightened all force screws.

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01:40:15,360 --> 01:40:15,760
Speaker 1: Yes see.

1649
01:40:16,400 --> 01:40:21,400
Speaker 2: And that's what's fascinating to me about this basketball team

1650
01:40:21,479 --> 01:40:22,599
Speaker 2: going into this series.

1651
01:40:23,640 --> 01:40:25,280
Speaker 4: You tightened all force screws.

1652
01:40:25,640 --> 01:40:30,479
Speaker 2: You're clearly better than you were before, like significantly better,

1653
01:40:30,800 --> 01:40:34,280
Speaker 2: and now you've shown you can make playoff noise. But

1654
01:40:34,520 --> 01:40:37,160
Speaker 2: to me, that's the number one thing I'm looking at

1655
01:40:37,240 --> 01:40:40,599
Speaker 2: in this series is you tighten force screws. But do

1656
01:40:40,680 --> 01:40:46,280
Speaker 2: you have the continuity, the brotherhood, the know how to

1657
01:40:46,439 --> 01:40:51,240
Speaker 2: go against what is also the greatest brotherhood of the

1658
01:40:51,360 --> 01:40:53,280
Speaker 2: last decade plus in the league.

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01:40:54,720 --> 01:40:57,439
Speaker 1: I think you do. I think you do because the

1660
01:40:57,479 --> 01:41:00,600
Speaker 1: pressure is on Lebron and Ad, two players who have

1661
01:41:00,760 --> 01:41:03,599
Speaker 1: handled the pressure before and won a championship with that pressure.

1662
01:41:05,040 --> 01:41:09,320
Speaker 1: So the other guys, you're just I mean, we're Our

1663
01:41:09,400 --> 01:41:12,840
Speaker 1: bench is outscoring everybody. The Phoenix Suns are running into

1664
01:41:12,840 --> 01:41:14,519
Speaker 1: They're gonna run into a problem. They run into a

1665
01:41:14,520 --> 01:41:16,960
Speaker 1: bus stall with Denver last night was crazy.

1666
01:41:17,200 --> 01:41:17,400
Speaker 4: Yep.

1667
01:41:17,640 --> 01:41:20,799
Speaker 1: They don't have a bench. They can't find twenty points

1668
01:41:20,800 --> 01:41:28,559
Speaker 1: from the bench. They can't find it, right, So what

1669
01:41:28,760 --> 01:41:36,160
Speaker 1: happens when those starters come sit down? Golden State has

1670
01:41:36,160 --> 01:41:40,479
Speaker 1: struggled with this. Having Wiggins backs help helps that. Ye

1671
01:41:40,960 --> 01:41:45,160
Speaker 1: when Steph goes to sit down, the Florida doesn't fall out. Well,

1672
01:41:45,160 --> 01:41:49,799
Speaker 1: you can't trust Jordan Poole, all right, he's too frantic.

1673
01:41:49,880 --> 01:41:52,479
Speaker 1: And I keep saying it. I was teasing with my nephew.

1674
01:41:53,200 --> 01:41:55,479
Speaker 1: I keep blaming it on his mustache. That mustache has

1675
01:41:55,520 --> 01:41:56,000
Speaker 1: got to go, man.

1676
01:41:56,040 --> 01:41:59,519
Speaker 2: I think it's terrible, brother, Like, you're gonna see this.

1677
01:42:00,560 --> 01:42:04,160
Speaker 2: Warriors fans are straight triggered by the guy right now.

1678
01:42:05,040 --> 01:42:08,280
Speaker 2: And if they had lost this basketball game today, you

1679
01:42:08,439 --> 01:42:13,080
Speaker 2: were looking at a long off season for Jordan Poole.

1680
01:42:13,600 --> 01:42:17,960
Speaker 2: There would have been anger spewed by this fan base

1681
01:42:18,000 --> 01:42:21,479
Speaker 2: tomorrow morning when we get on the airwaves and our

1682
01:42:21,479 --> 01:42:24,040
Speaker 2: flagship ninety five to seven the game. It would have

1683
01:42:24,120 --> 01:42:28,800
Speaker 2: been crazy. And this victory will quiet it enough. But

1684
01:42:28,880 --> 01:42:31,960
Speaker 2: it's really only just kind of dot dot putting it off.

1685
01:42:33,200 --> 01:42:36,479
Speaker 2: This is the second playoffs in a row where Jordan

1686
01:42:36,560 --> 01:42:39,600
Speaker 2: has become a lesser player than he was in the

1687
01:42:39,640 --> 01:42:43,280
Speaker 2: regular season. And remember earlier when I said, now the

1688
01:42:43,360 --> 01:42:45,400
Speaker 2: Lakers and Warriors is a matchup of what I think

1689
01:42:45,400 --> 01:42:49,080
Speaker 2: are maybe the two smartest teams in the NBA. Yeah,

1690
01:42:49,200 --> 01:42:51,400
Speaker 2: not sure if Jordan fits into that conversation.

1691
01:42:51,600 --> 01:42:54,880
Speaker 1: Will you got to have some breaks. You can't be

1692
01:42:55,000 --> 01:42:58,120
Speaker 1: all gased, No break, my man, thank you. You have

1693
01:42:58,240 --> 01:42:59,960
Speaker 1: to be able to read the game.

1694
01:43:00,439 --> 01:43:01,160
Speaker 4: You gotta think.

1695
01:43:01,600 --> 01:43:04,200
Speaker 1: Sometimes you need that spark, sometimes you need to push,

1696
01:43:04,479 --> 01:43:07,640
Speaker 1: but you don't need to throw up anything. Brother, like

1697
01:43:07,680 --> 01:43:11,000
Speaker 1: you It's just like you heard it. You saw Draymond

1698
01:43:11,040 --> 01:43:14,040
Speaker 1: talking to him to the other game right like yo, bruh, like.

1699
01:43:14,160 --> 01:43:15,439
Speaker 4: And he didn't want to talk. He didn't want to

1700
01:43:15,479 --> 01:43:17,439
Speaker 4: hear it. He didn't want to hear it. Yo.

1701
01:43:17,479 --> 01:43:19,160
Speaker 1: Look, man, you don't get to do your own thing

1702
01:43:19,200 --> 01:43:20,880
Speaker 1: again a hundred million dollars, but you don't get to

1703
01:43:20,920 --> 01:43:22,760
Speaker 1: just be stupid.

1704
01:43:22,479 --> 01:43:26,000
Speaker 2: Like every now and again, Patrick Mahomes throws a screen pass.

1705
01:43:26,680 --> 01:43:27,400
Speaker 2: Do you know what I mean?

1706
01:43:27,920 --> 01:43:29,040
Speaker 4: You don't just huck.

1707
01:43:28,880 --> 01:43:33,040
Speaker 2: It downfield seventy yards every play because you can. You

1708
01:43:33,240 --> 01:43:37,040
Speaker 2: gotta think about the moment, the situation. And I think

1709
01:43:37,080 --> 01:43:39,400
Speaker 2: that we're starting to get a good idea of the

1710
01:43:39,400 --> 01:43:44,519
Speaker 2: frustration that that pool has caused some of his teammates

1711
01:43:44,520 --> 01:43:47,840
Speaker 2: throughout the year, because I just I don't think he

1712
01:43:47,960 --> 01:43:50,840
Speaker 2: is a basketball player who thinks his way through the game.

1713
01:43:51,200 --> 01:43:53,040
Speaker 2: He just hit is like you said, He just hits

1714
01:43:53,040 --> 01:43:57,080
Speaker 2: the gas and goes. And sometimes he's very dynamic. But

1715
01:43:57,439 --> 01:44:01,040
Speaker 2: if it's not on good Lord, it gets ugly fast.

1716
01:44:01,720 --> 01:44:05,280
Speaker 2: It gets so ugly, so fast, so interesting dynamics. I'll

1717
01:44:05,280 --> 01:44:07,679
Speaker 2: tell you what our show needs, he from. We need

1718
01:44:07,720 --> 01:44:10,960
Speaker 2: to tighten our screws. We need an acquisition. Do have

1719
01:44:11,000 --> 01:44:13,439
Speaker 2: a screw d I would say, yeah, I do. I

1720
01:44:13,479 --> 01:44:16,479
Speaker 2: got well, I don't know. We have Steve de Sager,

1721
01:44:16,680 --> 01:44:18,080
Speaker 2: that is by.

1722
01:44:18,080 --> 01:44:19,559
Speaker 1: Steve sd Sager.

1723
01:44:19,640 --> 01:44:23,160
Speaker 2: Let's tight the Screws, and let's bring in Steve de Sager.

1724
01:44:23,280 --> 01:44:25,639
Speaker 2: We have acquired him just before the deadline.

1725
01:44:25,920 --> 01:44:29,360
Speaker 8: You talked about deadline acquisitions. I looked up when the

1726
01:44:29,439 --> 01:44:32,160
Speaker 8: Houston Rockets mid nineties won the second of their back

1727
01:44:32,200 --> 01:44:35,000
Speaker 8: to back NBA time They won the second one as

1728
01:44:35,040 --> 01:44:39,320
Speaker 8: a sixth seed. They acquired Clyde Drexler mid season, but

1729
01:44:39,560 --> 01:44:41,920
Speaker 8: looking it up just before All Star break that year,

1730
01:44:42,040 --> 01:44:45,679
Speaker 8: Houston was thirteen games over five hundred and finished twelve

1731
01:44:45,720 --> 01:44:49,280
Speaker 8: games over five hundred, forty seven wins, and as a

1732
01:44:49,320 --> 01:44:51,600
Speaker 8: sixth seed, then made a run. So not quite the

1733
01:44:51,640 --> 01:44:54,840
Speaker 8: same thing as you guys were talking about. What we

1734
01:44:54,960 --> 01:44:58,080
Speaker 8: have is a Lakers at Golden State game one Tuesday

1735
01:44:58,160 --> 01:45:01,599
Speaker 8: night to open a second round series, eliminated Memphis Friday

1736
01:45:01,600 --> 01:45:03,960
Speaker 8: in a game six, beat him by forty points, and

1737
01:45:04,000 --> 01:45:07,240
Speaker 8: then Game seven in Northern California that ended the first round.

1738
01:45:07,320 --> 01:45:10,439
Speaker 8: Today at Sacramento, went to Golden State, won twenty to

1739
01:45:10,520 --> 01:45:14,840
Speaker 8: one hundred with a dominant second half Steph Curry fifty points. Now,

1740
01:45:14,880 --> 01:45:19,160
Speaker 8: we've seen fifty point games in series clinching victories before

1741
01:45:19,280 --> 01:45:22,040
Speaker 8: Giannis in the finals a couple of years ago, for example,

1742
01:45:22,680 --> 01:45:26,280
Speaker 8: but never have we seen fifty points in a game seven.

1743
01:45:26,560 --> 01:45:29,839
Speaker 8: Steph Curry was twenty of thirty eight from the floor.

1744
01:45:30,000 --> 01:45:33,599
Speaker 8: One man had twenty baskets in a game seven from

1745
01:45:33,640 --> 01:45:37,679
Speaker 8: Crown out loud, Cavan Looney twenty one rebounds. Draymond Green

1746
01:45:37,760 --> 01:45:39,759
Speaker 8: had eight assists. This is a game that was tied

1747
01:45:39,880 --> 01:45:42,880
Speaker 8: early in the third quarter. Klay Thompson had started one

1748
01:45:42,880 --> 01:45:44,920
Speaker 8: of ten shooting from the floor in the first half,

1749
01:45:45,400 --> 01:45:47,559
Speaker 8: and Golden State led by twenty one with six and

1750
01:45:47,560 --> 01:45:50,799
Speaker 8: a half minutes to go. Miami, eight seed in the East,

1751
01:45:51,040 --> 01:45:53,960
Speaker 8: not only alive, but takes Game one at New York

1752
01:45:54,000 --> 01:45:56,559
Speaker 8: today one O eight, one oh one to open a

1753
01:45:56,560 --> 01:45:59,240
Speaker 8: second round series. Jimmy Butler twenty five points, but he

1754
01:45:59,320 --> 01:46:00,719
Speaker 8: sprained an ankle late in the game.

1755
01:46:00,800 --> 01:46:02,240
Speaker 5: Game two is Tuesday.

1756
01:46:02,680 --> 01:46:05,680
Speaker 8: The Heat lost their playing opener to Atlanta, and here

1757
01:46:05,720 --> 01:46:08,879
Speaker 8: they are still alive. The seventy six ers say Joel Embiid,

1758
01:46:08,920 --> 01:46:11,240
Speaker 8: with a spray knee, is doubtful for the series opener

1759
01:46:11,240 --> 01:46:14,599
Speaker 8: at the Celtics Monday night, and Bead misspractice again yesterday.

1760
01:46:14,640 --> 01:46:17,320
Speaker 8: The league's MVP announcement is Tuesday night, by the way,

1761
01:46:17,360 --> 01:46:20,360
Speaker 8: and Bead a finalist Denvers. Game two is late Monday

1762
01:46:20,400 --> 01:46:22,720
Speaker 8: night after the Nuggets beat up Phoenix last night in

1763
01:46:22,760 --> 01:46:25,559
Speaker 8: a second round opener, beat him by eighteen and again.

1764
01:46:25,640 --> 01:46:29,599
Speaker 8: Lakers at Golden State Tuesday. And that series format pretty simple.

1765
01:46:29,680 --> 01:46:32,799
Speaker 8: It's Tuesday, one day off, Thursday, one day off, Saturday,

1766
01:46:32,880 --> 01:46:36,439
Speaker 8: one day off, et cetera. Stanley Cup Playoffs. What an

1767
01:46:36,600 --> 01:46:39,960
Speaker 8: enormous upset tonight in the first round. A game seven

1768
01:46:40,080 --> 01:46:43,839
Speaker 8: loss by number one Boston at home in overtime Florida

1769
01:46:43,840 --> 01:46:48,280
Speaker 8: eliminates the Bruins four to three. Boston, the team that

1770
01:46:48,560 --> 01:46:52,200
Speaker 8: dominated the league record setting in the regular season, blew

1771
01:46:52,240 --> 01:46:54,479
Speaker 8: a three games to one series lead. They're out in

1772
01:46:54,520 --> 01:46:57,360
Speaker 8: the first round. Boston had not lost three straight games

1773
01:46:57,400 --> 01:47:01,640
Speaker 8: all season until this past week. Seattle at Colorado in

1774
01:47:01,680 --> 01:47:04,719
Speaker 8: a game seven is scoreless starting the second period. Rangers

1775
01:47:04,720 --> 01:47:07,479
Speaker 8: play a game seven tomorrow in New Jersey. NASCAR was

1776
01:47:07,520 --> 01:47:11,000
Speaker 8: postponed by rain to tomorrow on FS one noon Eastern

1777
01:47:11,040 --> 01:47:14,519
Speaker 8: time from Dover. Tony Final won the Mexico Opened by

1778
01:47:14,560 --> 01:47:17,759
Speaker 8: three strokes. At the Live Golf event in Singapore, Taylor

1779
01:47:17,840 --> 01:47:20,720
Speaker 8: Gooch won it in a playoff. He's now won back

1780
01:47:20,720 --> 01:47:24,439
Speaker 8: to back tournaments, which means a couple of coins. This

1781
01:47:24,520 --> 01:47:27,599
Speaker 8: is Live Golf for two wins in the last two weeks.

1782
01:47:27,640 --> 01:47:33,799
Speaker 8: That's eight million dollars his whole career in two weeks,

1783
01:47:34,360 --> 01:47:36,640
Speaker 8: plus some team award money on top of that.

1784
01:47:36,960 --> 01:47:37,400
Speaker 5: Wow.

1785
01:47:38,000 --> 01:47:41,120
Speaker 8: MLB tonight at Houston Astros four to three winners against

1786
01:47:41,120 --> 01:47:43,679
Speaker 8: Philadelphia Atlanta at the Mets reigned out for a second

1787
01:47:43,720 --> 01:47:46,439
Speaker 8: straight day. They'll play at doubleheader tomorrow and by the way,

1788
01:47:46,560 --> 01:47:49,320
Speaker 8: coming off the well, one off suspended list, one off

1789
01:47:49,320 --> 01:47:53,840
Speaker 8: the injured list. Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander each available

1790
01:47:53,920 --> 01:47:55,680
Speaker 8: to pitch for the Mets, and they have to be

1791
01:47:55,880 --> 01:47:58,879
Speaker 8: in Detroit this week. They are both former Detroit Tigers.

1792
01:47:59,240 --> 01:48:01,880
Speaker 8: The game in Mexicano City was a saying six to

1793
01:48:01,960 --> 01:48:05,280
Speaker 8: four score of Padres over San Francisco today after the.

1794
01:48:05,400 --> 01:48:07,200
Speaker 5: Eleven Homers yesterday.

1795
01:48:07,680 --> 01:48:10,880
Speaker 8: And as far as injury can we mention that Bryce

1796
01:48:10,920 --> 01:48:14,240
Speaker 8: Harper could be rejoining the Phillies already this week. This

1797
01:48:14,280 --> 01:48:17,839
Speaker 8: would be a record short return from Tommy John surgery

1798
01:48:18,320 --> 01:48:20,800
Speaker 8: since he just had it in November. Granted he's not

1799
01:48:20,880 --> 01:48:24,160
Speaker 8: pitching this week, but could return as a dh They

1800
01:48:24,200 --> 01:48:27,360
Speaker 8: happened to be in LA this week and his doctor's

1801
01:48:27,360 --> 01:48:29,840
Speaker 8: appointment is in LA tomorrow, so we'll see beck to you.

1802
01:48:29,920 --> 01:48:32,679
Speaker 2: There you go, which officially means brock perty we'll start

1803
01:48:32,720 --> 01:48:34,439
Speaker 2: week one for the forty nine ers as well. No,

1804
01:48:34,680 --> 01:48:37,479
Speaker 2: that's actually a completely different surgery never mind, and yes

1805
01:48:37,680 --> 01:48:40,600
Speaker 2: he's going to have to throw so interesting note that

1806
01:48:40,640 --> 01:48:43,679
Speaker 2: Steve brings up I hadn't looked ahead yet. That's right,

1807
01:48:44,080 --> 01:48:47,360
Speaker 2: Warriors and Lakers. There will be no double days off.

1808
01:48:47,920 --> 01:48:51,640
Speaker 3: It is game day off, game day off, game day

1809
01:48:51,680 --> 01:48:55,559
Speaker 3: of all the way through to the potential of two

1810
01:48:55,600 --> 01:48:59,639
Speaker 3: weeks from today if there's a game seventy from which

1811
01:49:00,120 --> 01:49:03,559
Speaker 3: quite frankly, I would imagine if that happens, it.

1812
01:49:03,560 --> 01:49:09,559
Speaker 2: Would certainly get the twelve thirty pm Pacific time slot,

1813
01:49:09,600 --> 01:49:12,200
Speaker 2: which is good because if we had to watch that,

1814
01:49:12,600 --> 01:49:15,400
Speaker 2: if we had to watch that game together, Steve be

1815
01:49:15,479 --> 01:49:16,320
Speaker 2: doing a show by himself.

1816
01:49:16,360 --> 01:49:17,000
Speaker 4: You damn right.

1817
01:49:19,960 --> 01:49:23,639
Speaker 2: Actually brings up a Fox Sports radio memory of mine

1818
01:49:24,400 --> 01:49:29,639
Speaker 2: Father's Day, the year the Warriors had the three to

1819
01:49:29,640 --> 01:49:33,520
Speaker 2: one lead and then Draymond did the kick got suspended

1820
01:49:33,560 --> 01:49:37,599
Speaker 2: for game five. That game seven came on Father's Day

1821
01:49:38,200 --> 01:49:43,639
Speaker 2: and I was on the air during the Cavs Warriors

1822
01:49:43,680 --> 01:49:47,800
Speaker 2: Game seven and is the only thing that kept me

1823
01:49:48,520 --> 01:49:52,479
Speaker 2: from pulling, actually pulling hair out out of the side

1824
01:49:52,520 --> 01:49:55,240
Speaker 2: of my head was the fact that I was on air,

1825
01:49:55,760 --> 01:49:58,120
Speaker 2: and so I had to sort of act, you know,

1826
01:49:59,439 --> 01:50:04,360
Speaker 2: like yes, not like a crazy person. So sitting there

1827
01:50:04,479 --> 01:50:06,920
Speaker 2: like trying to make some sort of point out of

1828
01:50:06,960 --> 01:50:09,679
Speaker 2: the corner of my eye, Kyrie Irving is hitting that three,

1829
01:50:10,560 --> 01:50:15,760
Speaker 2: and I mean it's just you're devastated, absolutely devastated, but

1830
01:50:16,040 --> 01:50:18,680
Speaker 2: just you know, like, oh, well, Kyrie Irving has hit

1831
01:50:18,720 --> 01:50:22,680
Speaker 2: a three pointer and the Cavaliers have the lead with

1832
01:50:22,800 --> 01:50:25,720
Speaker 2: less than a minute to go, and and just right.

1833
01:50:26,240 --> 01:50:29,439
Speaker 2: And then I still also have this memory, which maybe

1834
01:50:29,439 --> 01:50:31,479
Speaker 2: it was just one of those is a great lesson

1835
01:50:32,160 --> 01:50:35,960
Speaker 2: in when your fandom is at its height, but there's

1836
01:50:36,000 --> 01:50:38,439
Speaker 2: all kinds of other things that help you keep it

1837
01:50:38,439 --> 01:50:41,639
Speaker 2: in perspective, which is A, I was on air while

1838
01:50:41,640 --> 01:50:45,439
Speaker 2: it was happening. And then b I drive home after

1839
01:50:45,479 --> 01:50:48,559
Speaker 2: the game, and at this time, my kids were at

1840
01:50:48,560 --> 01:50:51,080
Speaker 2: that age where they're all just getting the bathtub together

1841
01:50:51,960 --> 01:50:55,920
Speaker 2: and drive home and get out of the car and

1842
01:50:55,960 --> 01:50:58,559
Speaker 2: go inside, and the kids are all sitting there surrounded

1843
01:50:58,560 --> 01:51:02,559
Speaker 2: by matchbox car and rubber duckies, and they look up

1844
01:51:02,600 --> 01:51:07,120
Speaker 2: and they're like, happy Father's Day. Are you okay? I'm

1845
01:51:07,200 --> 01:51:10,000
Speaker 2: sorry about the Warriors, And I couldn't do anything but

1846
01:51:10,160 --> 01:51:14,280
Speaker 2: just laugh and you're like, you know what, Yes, I'm okay.

1847
01:51:14,400 --> 01:51:16,840
Speaker 1: You drove home. You drove home to the hell a

1848
01:51:16,840 --> 01:51:18,439
Speaker 1: little darkness, my old friends.

1849
01:51:19,400 --> 01:51:22,559
Speaker 2: I drove home thinking, boy, I just passed a lot

1850
01:51:22,640 --> 01:51:26,400
Speaker 2: of hotels I could stay in right now, but I didn't.

1851
01:51:26,439 --> 01:51:29,640
Speaker 2: I went all the way home, and you know, you

1852
01:51:29,800 --> 01:51:33,080
Speaker 2: handled it. And then, of course it was only a

1853
01:51:33,120 --> 01:51:35,240
Speaker 2: month later that Kevin Durant played for the Warriors.

1854
01:51:35,920 --> 01:51:37,920
Speaker 1: Hey, that made it okay, you know what I mean?

1855
01:51:39,840 --> 01:51:44,479
Speaker 1: Oh gosh, I'll tell you this. I'm excited. I am

1856
01:51:44,560 --> 01:51:47,400
Speaker 1: extremely proud of the Los Angeles Lakers.

1857
01:51:47,600 --> 01:51:47,800
Speaker 2: Yep.

1858
01:51:48,360 --> 01:51:52,120
Speaker 1: I And I was looking, do you know that the

1859
01:51:52,120 --> 01:51:58,479
Speaker 1: Pacific Division is the only division in basketball that had

1860
01:51:58,520 --> 01:52:02,400
Speaker 1: all teams over five hundre and all teams in the playoffs?

1861
01:52:03,520 --> 01:52:05,479
Speaker 2: Well? I did not know that because I did not

1862
01:52:05,760 --> 01:52:12,160
Speaker 2: know that the NBA still had divisions. They are the

1863
01:52:12,200 --> 01:52:18,960
Speaker 2: Clippers still hanging division champions, incremental Phoenix, Clippers, Golden State,

1864
01:52:19,120 --> 01:52:21,400
Speaker 2: and the Lakers their last place.

1865
01:52:23,040 --> 01:52:25,320
Speaker 4: Think about that, the last place in the division.

1866
01:52:25,439 --> 01:52:30,720
Speaker 1: Think about that, Sacramento Phoenix, the Clippers, Golden State, and

1867
01:52:30,760 --> 01:52:31,320
Speaker 1: the Lakers.

1868
01:52:31,360 --> 01:52:33,679
Speaker 2: The Warriors were and fourth, four.

1869
01:52:33,880 --> 01:52:35,200
Speaker 1: Five, six, seven.

1870
01:52:36,200 --> 01:52:39,080
Speaker 2: Now now they're played each other for a trip to

1871
01:52:39,160 --> 01:52:40,560
Speaker 2: the Western Conference.

1872
01:52:40,160 --> 01:52:43,400
Speaker 1: Finals right, three four seven.

1873
01:52:43,560 --> 01:52:46,960
Speaker 2: In other words, the regular season means go ahead.

1874
01:52:46,800 --> 01:52:50,639
Speaker 1: And fill in that blank the zero. Yeah.

1875
01:52:50,840 --> 01:52:54,240
Speaker 2: In fact, that's a conversation we can get into coming

1876
01:52:54,320 --> 01:52:57,800
Speaker 2: up next, because you and I it was either a

1877
01:52:57,840 --> 01:53:00,719
Speaker 2: week or maybe even two weeks ago when we laid

1878
01:53:00,760 --> 01:53:04,280
Speaker 2: this scenario out and said, if that happens, might be

1879
01:53:04,320 --> 01:53:08,679
Speaker 2: fun to watch, but is it short term gain long

1880
01:53:08,800 --> 01:53:12,880
Speaker 2: term loss for the league as a whole. We can

1881
01:53:12,960 --> 01:53:16,360
Speaker 2: definitely get into that coming up in just a couple

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Speaker 2: That's it from Salama, Mark Willard and this is Fox

1887
01:53:32,200 --> 01:53:35,440
Speaker 2: Sports radiolong.

1888
01:53:34,160 --> 01:53:36,240
Speaker 9: Nan hereports Bennett finds it to the circle for Hackey

1889
01:53:36,240 --> 01:53:39,200
Speaker 9: Sun Top, Tovie Scores, Carniverer, Hagey time, self and the

1890
01:53:39,240 --> 01:53:42,839
Speaker 9: Panthers waiting over time. The Panthers stunned the Bruins in Boston,

1891
01:53:43,000 --> 01:53:44,120
Speaker 9: and the Panthers are.

1892
01:53:44,080 --> 01:53:45,240
Speaker 2: Moving on the round too.

1893
01:53:45,640 --> 01:53:49,120
Speaker 9: Carniver, Hagey, the Panthers have wined it over time four

1894
01:53:49,240 --> 01:53:52,639
Speaker 9: three the final. The Panthers take Game seven head there,

1895
01:53:52,760 --> 01:53:53,479
Speaker 9: moving on.

1896
01:53:54,560 --> 01:54:00,599
Speaker 2: Oh, that obviously is the Panthers radio network. We're live

1897
01:54:00,600 --> 01:54:03,439
Speaker 2: in the tie rock dot com studios. And that was

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

1904
01:54:21,280 --> 01:54:24,600
Speaker 2: Game seven's on the road. Huh. They are not for

1905
01:54:24,640 --> 01:54:26,599
Speaker 2: the faint of heart. But we've got a couple to day.

1906
01:54:27,720 --> 01:54:34,360
Speaker 2: And yes, the crowd gets very very quiet. Not a

1907
01:54:34,440 --> 01:54:37,720
Speaker 2: cheap ticket, no, and uh, you don't get what you

1908
01:54:37,840 --> 01:54:38,520
Speaker 2: paid for.

1909
01:54:39,160 --> 01:54:41,680
Speaker 4: That'll a bum you out. That'll abum you out big time.

1910
01:54:42,560 --> 01:54:46,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's those ticket prices for I was just looking

1911
01:54:46,120 --> 01:54:48,480
Speaker 1: at the Laker game ticket prices for Saturday.

1912
01:54:50,120 --> 01:54:52,600
Speaker 4: Good lord, it's.

1913
01:54:52,400 --> 01:54:53,360
Speaker 2: A lot of chicken, isn't it.

1914
01:54:53,440 --> 01:54:58,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, I love chick and called the genie Lind's right,

1915
01:54:59,560 --> 01:55:02,160
Speaker 1: I'm not hey for that. I got some connects over there, man,

1916
01:55:02,160 --> 01:55:05,320
Speaker 1: I you know, usually I just go on and get

1917
01:55:05,320 --> 01:55:09,320
Speaker 1: them myself. But woof. Yeah, and so I can't sit anywhere.

1918
01:55:09,600 --> 01:55:13,600
Speaker 2: So you know, I know that's right, like your big

1919
01:55:13,640 --> 01:55:15,400
Speaker 2: old ticket snob.

1920
01:55:15,200 --> 01:55:17,280
Speaker 1: Now, yeah I am. I work really hard to be

1921
01:55:17,320 --> 01:55:18,000
Speaker 1: a ticket snob.

1922
01:55:18,080 --> 01:55:20,240
Speaker 2: Well, I mean, look, it's good to admit those things

1923
01:55:20,240 --> 01:55:20,920
Speaker 2: about yourself.

1924
01:55:20,960 --> 01:55:25,160
Speaker 1: Hey, look, I don't have any problems. I don't have

1925
01:55:25,280 --> 01:55:30,440
Speaker 1: any problems living in my success. I'm not arrogant about it.

1926
01:55:30,520 --> 01:55:37,360
Speaker 1: I've worked extremely hard, so continue to work extremely hard.

1927
01:55:39,240 --> 01:55:42,000
Speaker 1: But this is why I'm trying to live life to

1928
01:55:42,080 --> 01:55:43,960
Speaker 1: the fullest. I want my kids to be able to

1929
01:55:44,000 --> 01:55:48,840
Speaker 1: experience things I never had an opportunity experience, and so

1930
01:55:48,920 --> 01:55:52,120
Speaker 1: it'll just be normal things to them. It'll just be regular.

1931
01:55:52,440 --> 01:55:52,760
Speaker 4: See.

1932
01:55:52,800 --> 01:55:55,000
Speaker 2: Like whenever you say that to me, I always think

1933
01:55:55,040 --> 01:55:58,080
Speaker 2: to myself, like, yeah, you know they're taken care of.

1934
01:55:58,200 --> 01:56:00,400
Speaker 2: I've never been to your home, but I'm sure it's

1935
01:56:00,440 --> 01:56:03,839
Speaker 2: beautiful and you never have to worry about certain things

1936
01:56:03,960 --> 01:56:07,760
Speaker 2: comfortable food, right, shelter, clothing. I bet there's some nice

1937
01:56:07,840 --> 01:56:12,040
Speaker 2: vacations in there. But you're thinking like floor seats. Yeah,

1938
01:56:12,080 --> 01:56:13,920
Speaker 2: that's what you're thinking. You know.

1939
01:56:13,960 --> 01:56:15,560
Speaker 1: I've been a Laker fan my whole life. You know

1940
01:56:15,560 --> 01:56:17,480
Speaker 1: I would have went crazy if I could have gone

1941
01:56:17,480 --> 01:56:20,760
Speaker 1: to the farm, amen, and sat down there and watched

1942
01:56:20,840 --> 01:56:25,920
Speaker 1: Magic play and oh what right, cool man? I took look,

1943
01:56:25,960 --> 01:56:30,840
Speaker 1: we went to uh what was that Game five? I

1944
01:56:31,160 --> 01:56:36,760
Speaker 1: took my youngest to Game five, the overtime game. And

1945
01:56:36,760 --> 01:56:41,120
Speaker 1: when I tell you, man, it's life changing for him. Yes, yeah,

1946
01:56:41,160 --> 01:56:43,240
Speaker 1: you got to take pictures on the floor like it

1947
01:56:43,880 --> 01:56:44,839
Speaker 1: was life changing.

1948
01:56:45,000 --> 01:56:45,200
Speaker 4: Yeah.

1949
01:56:45,400 --> 01:56:48,120
Speaker 2: Problem is though, and you know, take it from somebody

1950
01:56:48,120 --> 01:56:49,760
Speaker 2: else who is blessed to have a little bit of

1951
01:56:49,840 --> 01:56:53,280
Speaker 2: access here and there. You know, once you show them the.

1952
01:56:53,200 --> 01:56:57,280
Speaker 1: Floor, Hey right, hey, you.

1953
01:56:57,200 --> 01:56:59,960
Speaker 2: Know been like looking at you if the best thing

1954
01:57:00,120 --> 01:57:01,480
Speaker 2: you can score as the upper.

1955
01:57:01,400 --> 01:57:05,520
Speaker 1: Taken is we hang out in the crib, we the TV.

1956
01:57:05,920 --> 01:57:08,000
Speaker 2: Oh gosh, it's okay.

1957
01:57:07,720 --> 01:57:10,280
Speaker 1: To set a standard if you're willing to continue to

1958
01:57:10,320 --> 01:57:11,760
Speaker 1: work to meet that stand.

1959
01:57:11,760 --> 01:57:15,840
Speaker 2: That's fair. It's fair, all right, man, Like, let's look

1960
01:57:15,880 --> 01:57:19,000
Speaker 2: at this. If you hate load management, you hate these

1961
01:57:19,040 --> 01:57:23,800
Speaker 2: playoffs because the Warriors and Lakers flick the regular season

1962
01:57:23,840 --> 01:57:28,080
Speaker 2: all year long. The Suns to a degree did as well.

1963
01:57:28,120 --> 01:57:31,120
Speaker 2: They acquire one of their big stars at the deadline.

1964
01:57:31,440 --> 01:57:34,880
Speaker 2: Denver Nuggets have some grit to them. I'm not gonna

1965
01:57:34,920 --> 01:57:38,440
Speaker 2: take it away from them, but they've got the MVP,

1966
01:57:39,240 --> 01:57:42,120
Speaker 2: and they certainly gave him his nights off here and

1967
01:57:42,160 --> 01:57:44,960
Speaker 2: there as well. Now take some of these other teams,

1968
01:57:45,520 --> 01:57:48,440
Speaker 2: the Sacramento Kings, they did not take a night off.

1969
01:57:49,120 --> 01:57:51,280
Speaker 2: You know, one of the reasons you could look at them,

1970
01:57:51,480 --> 01:57:54,280
Speaker 2: Oh to the three seed, they only won four more

1971
01:57:54,360 --> 01:57:58,400
Speaker 2: games than the sixth seed. But when you run it

1972
01:57:58,440 --> 01:58:02,800
Speaker 2: through the filter of they played everybody every night all

1973
01:58:02,920 --> 01:58:06,560
Speaker 2: year long pretty much. So when you see some of

1974
01:58:06,600 --> 01:58:11,120
Speaker 2: these series go the way they go, well, the message

1975
01:58:11,160 --> 01:58:14,560
Speaker 2: to teams is, you're right, you don't need to win

1976
01:58:14,600 --> 01:58:15,560
Speaker 2: in the regular season.

1977
01:58:17,880 --> 01:58:19,920
Speaker 1: You know, you just got to get to the postseason.

1978
01:58:19,920 --> 01:58:20,360
Speaker 4: That's right.

1979
01:58:20,440 --> 01:58:22,560
Speaker 2: And so that's not the greatest thing for fans.

1980
01:58:22,600 --> 01:58:25,480
Speaker 1: No, I mean this cushion that the upper seeds, the

1981
01:58:25,560 --> 01:58:28,400
Speaker 1: higher season, three seeds gone, the one seed in the

1982
01:58:28,400 --> 01:58:34,720
Speaker 1: East gone. You know, hey, this is how Philadelphia may

1983
01:58:34,720 --> 01:58:38,040
Speaker 1: be in trouble. Well because of the NBA thing.

1984
01:58:38,040 --> 01:58:40,080
Speaker 2: Ye, war of attrition. I mean, these teams in the

1985
01:58:40,080 --> 01:58:43,080
Speaker 2: Western Conference. That's another thing that's interesting about him, especially

1986
01:58:43,120 --> 01:58:46,880
Speaker 2: because of their age. They are relatively knock on wood.

1987
01:58:47,000 --> 01:58:48,320
Speaker 2: All four of them.

1988
01:58:48,760 --> 01:58:51,720
Speaker 1: They've you know, not speak, but they.

1989
01:58:52,040 --> 01:58:53,920
Speaker 2: Right now they sit there ready to go.

1990
01:58:54,080 --> 01:58:55,320
Speaker 4: They're ready to go. Right now.

1991
01:58:56,240 --> 01:59:00,240
Speaker 1: Yeah, they are. Like I've always said, the war of

1992
01:59:00,280 --> 01:59:02,680
Speaker 1: attrition is real in the playoffs.

1993
01:59:02,800 --> 01:59:06,240
Speaker 2: Well, I mean, if there is no Julius Randall, we'll

1994
01:59:06,240 --> 01:59:11,000
Speaker 2: see what happens with Jimmy Buckets, Joe l embiid hell,

1995
01:59:11,400 --> 01:59:14,160
Speaker 2: Boston Celtics about out of excuses already and we're just

1996
01:59:14,200 --> 01:59:15,040
Speaker 2: starting round two.

1997
01:59:15,200 --> 01:59:21,280
Speaker 1: Yeah, so it's uh, you know, I'm excited, man, I'm

1998
01:59:21,320 --> 01:59:24,720
Speaker 1: excited for the second round of the playoffs to start. Uh.

1999
01:59:24,880 --> 01:59:27,640
Speaker 1: Shout out to Denver and the way they dismantled the

2000
01:59:27,720 --> 01:59:31,200
Speaker 1: Sun's good. Lord, that's a machine up there. Nobody was

2001
01:59:31,240 --> 01:59:33,480
Speaker 1: giving them credit. Man, you better start paying attention to

2002
01:59:33,480 --> 01:59:34,400
Speaker 1: the Denver Nuggets.

2003
01:59:34,720 --> 01:59:37,440
Speaker 2: Man the next time, next time I talk to you,

2004
01:59:37,520 --> 01:59:38,160
Speaker 2: we're gonna be.

2005
01:59:38,120 --> 01:59:41,560
Speaker 1: Three games in three games in man a you ready

2006
01:59:41,560 --> 01:59:42,120
Speaker 1: for that? Brother?

2007
01:59:42,200 --> 01:59:42,520
Speaker 2: All right?

2008
01:59:42,520 --> 01:59:44,280
Speaker 4: What's the prediction? Come on? What you got?

2009
01:59:44,360 --> 01:59:45,320
Speaker 1: Two to one Lakers?

2010
01:59:45,400 --> 01:59:46,800
Speaker 4: No? No, no, for the whole dang thing.

2011
01:59:46,960 --> 01:59:49,680
Speaker 1: Oh Lakers in five no Lakers and six excuse me

2012
01:59:49,760 --> 01:59:55,640
Speaker 1: Lakers and six disrespectful Lakers and six Warriors and four

2013
01:59:55,760 --> 01:59:58,760
Speaker 1: Golden State time dates lagas and five