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Speaker 1: interesting fashion this morning as Sean Sharani and Adrian Morganowski

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Speaker 1: reported that Bradley Beal and his representatives are going to

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Speaker 1: be working with the Washington Wizards in the event that

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Speaker 1: report kind of seems like it's leaning in that direction.

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Speaker 1: But they're gonna be working together to find Bradley Beal

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Speaker 1: a new trade destination, which is super interesting because of

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Speaker 1: he has a lot more control over that situation than

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Speaker 1: players usually do. So what we're gonna do today, I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna do a deep dive into what Bradley Beal can

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Speaker 1: some basketball. So, like I said, Bradley Bealaner's representatives apparently

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Speaker 1: The two teams that Sham's specifically mentioned in his reports,

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Speaker 1: We'll talk about those particular teams, but I have three

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Speaker 1: that you guys might not be expecting. Again, there's no

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