WEBVTT - Lessons for Fans Attending Summer League

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<v Speaker 2>So I have more thoughts on the Summer League in

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<v Speaker 2>the coming weeks. We're gonna probably talk about rookies. I

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<v Speaker 2>did a little deep dive into some rookies I thought,

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<v Speaker 2>are gonna be really good ones that you haven't heard

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<v Speaker 2>of before. I was there the entire time. And let

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<v Speaker 2>me just say this, I love basketball. I always will,

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<v Speaker 2>I always have. It was a lot of basketball. It

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<v Speaker 2>was two gyms. One was tiny, one was big too.

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<v Speaker 2>Literally two full gyms of basketball from noon to like

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<v Speaker 2>eleven PM. So you're talking, I mean twenty hours of

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<v Speaker 2>basketball day. If you see it all like on TV

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<v Speaker 2>and in person, I mean, it's just impossible to keep

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<v Speaker 2>up with. You're trying to strategically choose what games you

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<v Speaker 2>go to based on what executives are going to be there,

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<v Speaker 2>what stars are probably going to be there, and of

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<v Speaker 2>course what rookies are still playing in it. You're strategically

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<v Speaker 2>making sure that the first round, early first round picks,

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<v Speaker 2>you got to watch them early because they're probably not

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<v Speaker 2>going to play after the second game, which is exactly

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<v Speaker 2>what happened with Paolo, which is what happened to Chet

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<v Speaker 2>after the third game, which is what happened to Jay

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<v Speaker 2>n Ivy after the first game, Shade and Sharp after

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<v Speaker 2>the first game. So you really want to front load

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<v Speaker 2>the early rookies and watching them wall to wall hoops.

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<v Speaker 2>I heard a lot of NBA TV commentators say that

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<v Speaker 2>the Summer League was the plevalent of summer vacation for

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<v Speaker 2>the league, and I think that's sort of true. Everyone

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<v Speaker 2>who's anyone shows up in the NBA space, anyone that

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<v Speaker 2>you would want to see besides Luca, because I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know what he's doing. He wasn't there. I think he

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<v Speaker 2>was with Shack. I saw a video with him. I

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<v Speaker 2>saw a video with Luca and Shack at a DJ club,

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<v Speaker 2>DJ Shack that was I thought that was in Vegas,

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<v Speaker 2>but I don't think that it was. It's very informal,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's changed a lot. All the rookies are on

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<v Speaker 2>the floor trying to make a name for themselves. Guys

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<v Speaker 2>are switching teams midway through the summer league so that

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<v Speaker 2>they can go from my man Mac McClung, who at

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<v Speaker 2>one point I thought was Matt McClung. Nope, Mac mac daddy.

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<v Speaker 2>He switched teams from the Lakers to the Golden State

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<v Speaker 2>Warriors midway through the Summer League. He was like, you

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<v Speaker 2>know what, I already know what team I want to

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<v Speaker 2>align with, and it's not LA. He's gonna mess around

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<v Speaker 2>and probably be a rotation player. He really balled out

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<v Speaker 2>from Summer League. So you see that a lot. We

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<v Speaker 2>have plenty of time to break down the rookies and sophomores,

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<v Speaker 2>but now I just kind of want to like talk

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit about Summer League and the experience itself

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<v Speaker 2>if you haven't been there. So it was created in

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<v Speaker 2>a long ass time ago from a guy named Warren

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<v Speaker 2>le Gary and his partner Albert Hall. They went to

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<v Speaker 2>David Stern and asked if they could create essentially a

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<v Speaker 2>rookie camp for guys to showcase their talents, for guys

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<v Speaker 2>to get picked up on two way deals. And after

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<v Speaker 2>some conversations, they allowed Warren to do that. It was

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<v Speaker 2>never televised, It was never something that was a fan spectacular.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a way in a sense to extend the

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<v Speaker 2>combine atmosphere and get gms and coaches and players all

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<v Speaker 2>in our room. The players would come to support their

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<v Speaker 2>teammates and it was like a convention. It was like

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<v Speaker 2>inside the NBA convention. And it was the second event

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<v Speaker 2>as media I had ever been to. In twenty twelve,

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<v Speaker 2>Damian Lillard's first year, Damian Lillard won Summer League MVP

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<v Speaker 2>that year. He was electric. So from then on, it

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<v Speaker 2>slowly but surely started to get bigger and bigger and bigger.

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<v Speaker 2>So I went in twenty twelve. There was no almost

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<v Speaker 2>no fans at all. You could go up to gms

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<v Speaker 2>and they were just sitting in the bleachers by themselves,

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<v Speaker 2>no one anywhere close. You're like, oh, yeah, is that

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<v Speaker 2>a is that pat Riley? No, Just go up sit

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<v Speaker 2>next to him, watch some hoops, Say hi, no problem,

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<v Speaker 2>you could see Doc Rivers at the Starbucks. Hey, what's up,

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<v Speaker 2>big fan? Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. Now

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<v Speaker 2>there's it's like kind of a scene. You have to

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<v Speaker 2>go through the NBA in order to get credentials. It's

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<v Speaker 2>sixty dollars a day if you're a fan to go,

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<v Speaker 2>which if you want to go for the whole time,

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<v Speaker 2>it's like almost seven hundred dollars to go, which is

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<v Speaker 2>kind of bananalantomy and also maybe not even expensive enough

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<v Speaker 2>considering how fucking packed it was. I have all kinds

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<v Speaker 2>of ideas on how to fix it. I think every

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<v Speaker 2>one of those ideas people would say as elitist, so

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not gonna say them out loud. But it includes

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<v Speaker 2>limiting fans, and it includes limiting where they can go

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<v Speaker 2>and win. Uh, because it's meant for us, right, it's

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<v Speaker 2>meant for media. I'm very happy that it's televised, that

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<v Speaker 2>you can see it on TV. But you don't need

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<v Speaker 2>to be that close to Palo Ban, Carol, you don't

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<v Speaker 2>like you just see them see him in Orlando on

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<v Speaker 2>a random Tuesday in January. This is this is like

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<v Speaker 2>the combine we're trying to get business done here. Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>every single game now is televised, every single one. They

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<v Speaker 2>have some games on NBA TV and the other half

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<v Speaker 2>games on ESPN. The games, I think the games in

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<v Speaker 2>the big gym are on ESPN, the small games are

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<v Speaker 2>on NBA TV, or maybe they rotated in and out,

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<v Speaker 2>but it is now wild. It's to the point where

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<v Speaker 2>that you've got to security telling where you can it's

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<v Speaker 2>telling you where you can sit and where you can stand.

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<v Speaker 2>You've got it's just a scene and something that I

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<v Speaker 2>feel like is only going to get bigger and bigger,

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<v Speaker 2>and I think now that it's huge, there needs to

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<v Speaker 2>be a second event. There's also these little gyms off

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<v Speaker 2>to the side that nobody even knows about. Secret practice

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<v Speaker 2>is going on. John Morant, Jim Usher, Raymond and his

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<v Speaker 2>son hooping it up, Carmelo Anthony and his son hooping

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<v Speaker 2>it up. P Diddy, just random celebrities coming through to

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<v Speaker 2>this gym called Impact, which even I myself cannot get

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<v Speaker 2>an invite to. So that's the next step is to

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<v Speaker 2>get inside Impact, give you guys the full experience there,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe take some videos, but that's happening every day. In addition,

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<v Speaker 2>also on top of Summer League. There's a thing called

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<v Speaker 2>Sports Business Classroom where young people and old people are

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<v Speaker 2>like are coming to learn about the business of the NBA.

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<v Speaker 2>They learn from scouts, they learned from gms, they learn

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<v Speaker 2>from other talent evaluators and coaches. Basically the business of basketball.

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<v Speaker 2>How do trades get done, what's up with the CBA,

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<v Speaker 2>how do salary caps work? What are the rules of

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<v Speaker 2>the NBA, how do you scout players? How do you

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<v Speaker 2>build a franchise off of the lolo price of I

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<v Speaker 2>think ten g's And you come away with interesting contacts.

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<v Speaker 2>They give you your meals, they put you up, you

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<v Speaker 2>know how that whole thing is. That's how I got

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<v Speaker 2>in the business. I paid to be in the camp

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<v Speaker 2>for the Adida's Nations. I think I paid like two

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<v Speaker 2>thousand dollars for three days, which was wild that I

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<v Speaker 2>did not have. And I came away with a little

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<v Speaker 2>mixtape that I could give people to see what I

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<v Speaker 2>look like sort of on camera. So that's happening. They

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<v Speaker 2>also have coaches clinics that are going on almost like

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<v Speaker 2>sloan business, where it's like changing technology in the NBA,

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<v Speaker 2>almost trying to find ways to extend careers of NBA players.

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<v Speaker 2>I have a friend who's a sleep doctor who gives

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<v Speaker 2>talks on is see paps and surgeries that athletes have

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<v Speaker 2>on their body in order to extend their careers, increase

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<v Speaker 2>their ability to lift more all the stamina stuff that

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<v Speaker 2>goes on inside. You know, games of an eighty two

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<v Speaker 2>game season, so a lot of extracurricular activities that are

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<v Speaker 2>business and then obviously there's a lot of extracurricular activities

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<v Speaker 2>that are going on with playtime as well, a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of people going out, a lot of people hitting the clubs,

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of people ending up going to these long,

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<v Speaker 2>fancy dinners at pretty much every restaurant under the sun

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<v Speaker 2>in Vegas that you can find and experience. Definitely something

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<v Speaker 2>that I recommend. But if you're a fan, I would

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<v Speaker 2>recommend you go for like the first two three days

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<v Speaker 2>and then leave. Just go. Just don't stay. It's not

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<v Speaker 2>worth it. There's no one there for you to see.

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<v Speaker 2>There's no players playing in it that you know that

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<v Speaker 2>you've ever heard of. By like day eight, you're talking

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<v Speaker 2>about guys I need to look up on the internet.

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<v Speaker 2>I've never heard of him. It's like him and Sharif

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<v Speaker 2>O'Neil and Mac McClung and like Namias Keita and Namias

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<v Speaker 2>Keda is actually gonna be maybe be a star. But

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<v Speaker 2>we'll talk about that another time. So that's my advice.

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<v Speaker 2>Go first three days, go like Wednesday through Saturday and leave. Also,

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<v Speaker 2>never seen Starbucks prices like that in my life. Iced tea,

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<v Speaker 2>iced tea and a kind bar sixteen bucks. I said,

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<v Speaker 2>what I did you ring me up wrong? Did you?

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't get ten kind bars. I was like Jesus Christ,

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<v Speaker 2>I spent money on things I didn't even know cost

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<v Speaker 2>that much. It was like one hundred percent increase and

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<v Speaker 2>they're like, oh, it's only a ten percent increase. I

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<v Speaker 2>was like, no, I don't think it's sixteen bucks for

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<v Speaker 2>a nice tea and a caim bar at the Starbucks.

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<v Speaker 2>But you do run into legends there. I ran into

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<v Speaker 2>Baron Davis at the Starbucks. I ran into Kevin Porter Junior.

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<v Speaker 2>He's a bucket. He's a bucket. He's a bucket, very sweet,

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<v Speaker 2>soft energy. He gives off. In real life, Floyd Mayweather,

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<v Speaker 2>we got to see Floyd Money Mayweather. So the celebrity

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<v Speaker 2>sighting's got to meet wal A my hero gave me

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<v Speaker 2>a big hug. So the celebrity sidings are definitely something

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<v Speaker 2>that happened in the front end. Those are my overall

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<v Speaker 2>impressions of Summer League in terms of the sites and sounds.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe next year I can convince MGM to bring my

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<v Speaker 2>producer Brock with me and we can get some shit done.

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<v Speaker 2>That's my next plan, so we can get some video

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<v Speaker 2>for you. Big interviews coming, definitely make sure to stick

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<v Speaker 2>around for those. This is the off season, so the

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<v Speaker 2>schedule will be more phrenetic and erratic. That is all

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<v Speaker 2>the time that we have for the heat Check. We

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<v Speaker 2>will be back Monday, I think, with a new episode

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<v Speaker 2>to recap what's popping. Follow us, subscribe, download, tell your friends,

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