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<v Speaker 1>Let's move on to snoop from around. I've been getting

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<v Speaker 1>cooked for my Zion takes for three years. I've been

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<v Speaker 1>saying this. I've said that it was a crime that

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<v Speaker 1>Zion could not come into camp into shape. I feel

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<v Speaker 1>like maybe I've done this segment ten times, twelve times, fifteen.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, if it's once, it's a thousand. I will

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<v Speaker 1>think he should be accountable for the fact that he

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<v Speaker 1>is not taking his job very seriously, which clearly hampers

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<v Speaker 1>his ability to do his job and play well for

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<v Speaker 1>an entire season in every meaningful game. And I have

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<v Speaker 1>been murdered for it, from scrubs living to a room

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<v Speaker 1>in a broken down hobo flat to Richard Jefferson, I

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<v Speaker 1>was crucified for saying, Zion, this is your fault that

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<v Speaker 1>he needed to do take an accountability for not being

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<v Speaker 1>prepared to play. Thank God, Stephen A. Smith is on

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<v Speaker 1>the case as well. He goes ham on Zion on Sunday.

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<v Speaker 1>We talked about this on the show for Monday, saying

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<v Speaker 1>that he was fat, he saw his belly bounce. He

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<v Speaker 1>went on every obviously to say on Monday that every

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<v Speaker 1>chef in New Orleans favorite person is Zion because he

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<v Speaker 1>is down to eat the entire table. And guess what,

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<v Speaker 1>just like clockwork, people come for Steven A. Smith, just

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<v Speaker 1>like they came from me, including people in Zion's camp.

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<v Speaker 1>Thankfully they don't have my number. Guess what, though, we

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<v Speaker 1>got Steven A. Smith saying, you know what, I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 1>double a double down, and this is what he has

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<v Speaker 1>to say as a rejoinder.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, his stepdad called me this morning and we had

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<v Speaker 2>a really, really good conversation. So I'm going to reiterate

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<v Speaker 2>what I said over the weekend on my podcast, Stephen A.

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<v Speaker 2>Smith Show. Certainly on first take, I said that Zion

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<v Speaker 2>Williamson looked fat. I meant it. I'm not stuttering, Zion Wimson.

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<v Speaker 2>If you listen, you're welcome because you said if somebody

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<v Speaker 2>is saying it to you because they're rooting for you

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<v Speaker 2>and they want it, and it's coming from a good

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<v Speaker 2>place because they want you to succeed, then thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>It's exactly what I was doing. Your talent is great,

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<v Speaker 2>it's not good.

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<v Speaker 1>It's great.

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<v Speaker 2>You are holding the championship aspirations of the New Orleans

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<v Speaker 2>Pelicans in your hands. I'm not absolving them. They could

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<v Speaker 2>do a better job with you. They can do a

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<v Speaker 2>better job with a lot of things as an organization

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<v Speaker 2>in New Orleans. But that does not absolve you from

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<v Speaker 2>looking and being out of shape. When I've talked about

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<v Speaker 2>folks said you eat the table, or chef's looking at you,

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<v Speaker 2>I was not joking, nor was I making it up.

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<v Speaker 2>What I was saying is that's what they're saying about

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<v Speaker 2>you behind your back. That's how those folks, whoever they

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<v Speaker 2>may be, are speaking about you in the city of

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<v Speaker 2>New Orleans. From what we're hearing. You have to do

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<v Speaker 2>something about that. Without you lucky to make it to

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<v Speaker 2>the first round of the playoffs with you and in

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<v Speaker 2>your a game y'all challenge for the title, you're at

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<v Speaker 2>the very least in the Western Conference finals. That's the

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<v Speaker 2>reality of the situation. Everything that Shannon Shaw just said

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<v Speaker 2>about you, Zion, this appears to be on point because

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<v Speaker 2>we've seen no evidence to the contrary. Nobody is rooting

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<v Speaker 2>against you, Nobody wants you to We all want you

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<v Speaker 2>to succeed. If you succeed, it gives us even more

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<v Speaker 2>to talk about.

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<v Speaker 1>Facts, facts, facts. I don't feel like I'm taking crazy

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<v Speaker 1>pills anymore. I don't feel like I'm the only one

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<v Speaker 1>out on these streets being like Zion is fat. Zion's

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<v Speaker 1>not going to live up to his potential if he

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't slim down. People think it's embarrassing. Nobody wants a

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<v Speaker 1>guy who does this, and the conditioning is largely built

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<v Speaker 1>on the food that you eat. Like stephen A said

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<v Speaker 1>me too, I want to be wrong about Zion. I

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<v Speaker 1>want Zion to succeed. I told you I was just

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<v Speaker 1>watching Doke highlights of Zion being like, where is that guy?

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<v Speaker 1>I want to see that guy. I forgot how felt

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<v Speaker 1>Zion was, how explosive he was, his defense, his range

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<v Speaker 1>to block shots, he will, his ability to handle the basketball,

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<v Speaker 1>and just yam on people, Oh my god, where is

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<v Speaker 1>that Zion. No one wants to see him half heartedly

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<v Speaker 1>blow and win, chasing down Torrian prints up the floor

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<v Speaker 1>as he drains the three and then go to the bench,

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<v Speaker 1>suck and win. Nobody wants that. We want to see

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<v Speaker 1>him close out Torrian prints from three and send that

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<v Speaker 1>shit into the fifth row. We want to see thunderous

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<v Speaker 1>dunks followed by him sprinting up the floor. We want

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<v Speaker 1>to see Heasy's in and outs between tweens absolute highlight

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<v Speaker 1>factory stuff. We've seen glimpses in the NBA, but we

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<v Speaker 1>have not seen game after game after game. We want

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<v Speaker 1>to see Zion as the next powerful Lebron James type,

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<v Speaker 1>because that was what he was billed for. We're never

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<v Speaker 1>gonna get that until he gets his build in shape,

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<v Speaker 1>his weight under control. Start counting points, my guy, go

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<v Speaker 1>under weight watchers, I don't know. You're a big boy.

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<v Speaker 1>You're likely have a tendency to gain weight, especially when

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<v Speaker 1>you get injured and you eat your feelings. You need

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<v Speaker 1>a nutritionness, you need a trainer. They do everybody. You

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<v Speaker 1>haven't enough money to do this. I've said this. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>so exhausted. The Pelicans front office is throwing their hands

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<v Speaker 1>in the air. They don't know what to do. Not

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<v Speaker 1>even a rider in Zion's contract about their weight and

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<v Speaker 1>how much money he's gonna get given his weight is

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<v Speaker 1>gonna get him to pay attention right now? Can we

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<v Speaker 1>just shame him until he decides to straighten up? Christian

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<v Speaker 1>Clark I said wrote this week. They've repeatedly stressed that

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<v Speaker 1>his diet and conditioning needs to improve, and multiple team

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<v Speaker 1>sources have told them he doesn't listen. I hate that

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<v Speaker 1>the chatter bothers Zion and that it bothers his family.

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<v Speaker 1>But when you repeatedly ignore people giving you good advice

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<v Speaker 1>and they ask you get your shit together, and you don't,

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<v Speaker 1>you deserve to be roasted on the internet. You deserve

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<v Speaker 1>to be roasted on first take. If we can't get

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<v Speaker 1>you with the carrot, maybe we can. We know we

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<v Speaker 1>can't get you with the carrot. We can't get you

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<v Speaker 1>with the ben yet, maybe we can get you with

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<v Speaker 1>the fucking stick. All right, let's move on. Here we

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<v Speaker 1>are for the four straight episode talking about the Detroit Pistons.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know why these fuckers. They just refuse to win,

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<v Speaker 1>and they refuse to take any accountability. They are staring

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<v Speaker 1>down the barrel of the largest losing streak in NBA history,

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<v Speaker 1>and yet they continue to do and say stupid shit.

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<v Speaker 1>Case in point, my man Money Williams, Oh my god,

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<v Speaker 1>the highest paid coach in NBA history. This is just dissing.

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<v Speaker 1>He said this. After that I didn't even know this

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<v Speaker 1>was real. I couldn't believe it was real. He said

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<v Speaker 1>this after the Pistons threw up all over themselves for

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<v Speaker 1>the twentieth consecutive loss quote. I think we're starting to

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<v Speaker 1>figure out that we can score if we space the

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<v Speaker 1>floor properly. I'm learning how to use certain guys on

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<v Speaker 1>the team. So as much as all of this losing

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<v Speaker 1>hurts all of us, I still see a lot of growth,

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<v Speaker 1>and I am encouraged by some of the things I

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<v Speaker 1>saw tonight. What the literal fuck are we talking about?

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<v Speaker 1>I swear to god, I didn't even believe this was

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<v Speaker 1>a real quote. I thought I had it out of context.

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<v Speaker 1>Sam Vessini thought he had it out of context. You're

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<v Speaker 1>just now figuring out that spacing on the floor matters. Really,

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<v Speaker 1>I will let Sam Vessini summed this up as he

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<v Speaker 1>quote tweeted Monni's presser with this, So I actually needed

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<v Speaker 1>to watch this presser to confirm this. But yep, that's

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<v Speaker 1>an actual, in context, real quote for Monni Williams. It

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<v Speaker 1>took him twenty losses in a row, but he's figured

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<v Speaker 1>out that proper spacing helps you score. Oh and by

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<v Speaker 1>the way, Front Office drop this nugget this week as well.

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<v Speaker 1>Fred Katz at The Athletic wrote, the Detroit Pistons have

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<v Speaker 1>expressed that it would take a large offer to acquire

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<v Speaker 1>twenty point scorer Boion Bogdanovich large offer. What do you

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<v Speaker 1>think he's worth? They think this man is worth the game.

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<v Speaker 1>Trade you'll think you can get three first round picks.

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<v Speaker 1>You turned down two first rounders that you got offered

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<v Speaker 1>last year, and somehow Someway did not take it. This

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<v Speaker 1>is getting criminal. This is getting I don't know who's

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<v Speaker 1>more to blame. I know MANI doesn't have the pieces

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<v Speaker 1>in place to make it work, but goddamn he looks incompetent.

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<v Speaker 1>And the front office they don't know what moves to

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<v Speaker 1>make either. No matter who you root for, no matter

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<v Speaker 1>how badly this team plays, you can and your team plays,

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<v Speaker 1>you can sleep soundly at night knowing at least you're

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<v Speaker 1>not a Detroit Pistons fan. Shit that is just disgusting.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's move forward. We will end this episode with a

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<v Speaker 1>little song and dance, this time by former Warriors GM

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<v Speaker 1>Bob Myers, who the powers that be at ESPN and

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<v Speaker 1>ABC have decided will be one of the voices of

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<v Speaker 1>the NBA going forward. He gets a ton of credit

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<v Speaker 1>for building and maintaining the Warriors dynasty, which won four

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<v Speaker 1>championships in the past eight years, but he also did

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<v Speaker 1>a band in his post this year. Let's face it,

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<v Speaker 1>he wanted money and Golden State's kind of a hot mess,

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<v Speaker 1>and a lot of that hot mess comes from the

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<v Speaker 1>fact that Bob Myers drafted very poorly, despite the fact

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<v Speaker 1>that the Dubs had very high draft picks. Fortunately twenty twenty,

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<v Speaker 1>prime example, he decided to take as raw as cookie

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<v Speaker 1>dough center James Wiseman with the number two pick, passing

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<v Speaker 1>up a slam dunk in LaMelo ball, as it turns out,

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<v Speaker 1>the steal of the draft and Tyree's Halliburton. Myers was

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<v Speaker 1>asked about passing up on Halley this weekend. Well, actually

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<v Speaker 1>they asked him multiple times, and the first time he said,

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<v Speaker 1>Halliburton's workout was just a few miles from here, Steve

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<v Speaker 1>Kurajo lacub and he did what he does. He made

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<v Speaker 1>a ton of shots, and we looked at each other

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<v Speaker 1>and said he might be pretty good. Different kind of shot,

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<v Speaker 1>kind of a set shot, but he made them all.

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<v Speaker 1>And then later Bob Meyer said, I screwed up. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>they pressed him on it some more. I screwed up.

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<v Speaker 1>I screwed up. I wish I could take it back.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what you want me to say, stop

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<v Speaker 1>putting the light in my eyes. Guys, I know I

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<v Speaker 1>fucked up, and I know it's like this is my summary,

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<v Speaker 1>but he did say I know I messed up. I

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<v Speaker 1>know I messed up. And if he would have taken Halliburton,

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<v Speaker 1>he probably is not working for ESPN right now. Nope,

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<v Speaker 1>little selling and dance, that's all. He just had a

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<v Speaker 1>weird shot. I know I messed up. I know, stop

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<v Speaker 1>asking me. Quit asking. That's all the time that we

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