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Speaker 1: We're gonna be talking today about the rough debut for

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Speaker 1: lowest price guaranteed. All Right, So, one of my prevailing

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Speaker 1: theories about Summer League basketball is everybody struggles because generally speaking,

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Speaker 1: He went two for thirteen from the field, He had

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