WEBVTT - What doe Dallas do with Brunson?

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<v Speaker 1>He's keeping the same core doesn't always really work, no

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<v Speaker 1>matter how successful you were in prior years, because other

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<v Speaker 1>teams get better, other teams make moves, and you get worse.

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<v Speaker 1>So the big question now is like, what do you

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<v Speaker 1>do next? What does Mark Cuban do Jalen Brunson. I've

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<v Speaker 1>been doing a little mass school crunching the numbers today, crunching,

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<v Speaker 1>doing some serious crunching, and lots of speculation about what

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<v Speaker 1>Jalen Brunson is gonna do. Like we said, he had

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<v Speaker 1>a coming out party. He's gonna get paid, He's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>get the bag, all the money, gonna get probably somewhere

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<v Speaker 1>between twenty twenty five million dollars a year averaging sixteen

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<v Speaker 1>to five and four single handedly at some points in

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<v Speaker 1>times without Luca in that Utah series, getting them to

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<v Speaker 1>win games that Let's be honest, if it wasn't for him,

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<v Speaker 1>they probably would have lost the Jazz in the first round.

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<v Speaker 2>We wouldn't even be having this conversation.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, he's a free agent, a lot of speculation about

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<v Speaker 1>what's gonna happen, what he's gonna do next. Right, interesting

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<v Speaker 1>comment coming from Mark Cuban. He said we could he

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<v Speaker 1>Jalen more than anybody, and I think he wants to

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<v Speaker 1>stay here and that's what's important. The issue, though, is

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<v Speaker 1>what's more important, which is the lack of cap space

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<v Speaker 1>that this team has. And this is where the number

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<v Speaker 1>of crunching comes involved.

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<v Speaker 2>Twofold issue.

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<v Speaker 1>Brunson says he wants to be a starter, okay, and

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<v Speaker 1>right now he is a starter, But Dallas also traded

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<v Speaker 1>for Spencer Dimwiddie. Spencer did when he's making a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of money as well. Can't have them all on the

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<v Speaker 1>floor at the same time, Folks, listen, should Jalen Brunson

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<v Speaker 1>be a starter for the Dallas Maveris when he's like

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<v Speaker 1>six feet t he's like six feet I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>Spencer Dinwiddy kind of makes Jalen Brunson a redundant asset.

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<v Speaker 1>And you got rid of Christaps Porzingis, which you needed

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<v Speaker 1>off the books regardless, right, Not sure Jalen Brunson is

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<v Speaker 1>interested in a secondary role playing second fiddle to Spencer Dimwiddie.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm not sure that Spencer Dimmidie's Dimwitty's that worse

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<v Speaker 1>than Jalen Brunson. That man was in stint offense against

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<v Speaker 1>the Warriors last night, he was the only one to

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<v Speaker 1>cold score, and Jalen Brunson's minutes have nearly doubled since

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<v Speaker 1>the bubble, right around thirty five minutes per game. But

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<v Speaker 1>how do they all three function together? Do they all

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<v Speaker 1>three function together?

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<v Speaker 2>That doesn't even include the fact that.

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<v Speaker 1>Luca also needs help, So like, how does Dallas keep

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<v Speaker 1>Brunson and get more help? How do they keep Brunson

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<v Speaker 1>and not get any help and get anywhere closer to

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<v Speaker 1>where they were? Any closer to the finals than they

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<v Speaker 1>were this year? Especially when the Clippers are getting better,

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<v Speaker 1>the Pelicans are getting better, the Nuggets are getting healthy.

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<v Speaker 1>Like you've got, you know, obstacle after obstacle. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>think that's what you want to do.

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<v Speaker 2>Baby.

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<v Speaker 1>Is the trio of Luca, Dinwiddie and Brunson good enough

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<v Speaker 1>to get past the Warriors? No? Althy Grizzlies, no or

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<v Speaker 1>revamped Sun's probably not?

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<v Speaker 2>So what up? What's what are you saying?

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<v Speaker 1>Mark Cuban Jalen future looking twenty five twenty to twenty

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<v Speaker 1>five million a year with two years left on Dinwoody's

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<v Speaker 1>twenty million dollars a year deal.

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<v Speaker 2>That's somewhere like forty forty five million dollars a year

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<v Speaker 2>for those two guards.

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<v Speaker 1>If you resign Brunson, add in Tim Hardaway's twenty million

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<v Speaker 1>dollar deal, Burton's at sixteen million, starting to get the feeling.

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<v Speaker 1>Finny Smith at twelve million means the MAVs, without doing

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<v Speaker 1>a thing, already sixty million dollars over the cap. That

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<v Speaker 1>is a lot of money, and that is not including

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<v Speaker 1>Brunson's money. Signing Brunson could mean sixty million dollars a

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<v Speaker 1>year in tax, in tax, not including his salary. When

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<v Speaker 1>calculating how much the Mavericks need to pay to keep

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<v Speaker 1>them as signing that they assuming they only sign up

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<v Speaker 1>for twenty million, listen, don't believe me. You can go ahead,

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<v Speaker 1>Google Luxury tax calculator. Put one hundred and seventy one

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<v Speaker 1>million dollars in for salary, which is one hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>fifty one which is where they are now, plus twenty

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<v Speaker 1>million dollars with Jalen Brunson, and that is eighty million

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<v Speaker 1>dollars in tax plus salary that you now have to pay.

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<v Speaker 1>Is Jalen Brunson worth eighty million dollars a year? That

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<v Speaker 1>is some crazy Kelly Ubre like honestly, that's what That's

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<v Speaker 1>what Golden State did last year with Kelly Ubre. Where'd

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<v Speaker 1>that get them the play in tournament?

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<v Speaker 2>So what do you do?

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<v Speaker 1>You gotta get rid of Tim Hardaway. He makes a million,

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<v Speaker 1>like millions and millions of too many dollars.

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<v Speaker 2>He's injured.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't even know what you do with him. Luca

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<v Speaker 1>needs more help. The MAVs aren't even being a slightly

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<v Speaker 1>quoy about needing a rim protector who could actually play

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<v Speaker 1>defense on the wing and not have to play Maxie

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<v Speaker 1>Clay bat five. They got their asses handed to them

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<v Speaker 1>by Kevin Looney, and Kevon Looney is like a top

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<v Speaker 1>thirty center in the NBA. So, folks, I don't mean

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<v Speaker 1>to sell in the alarms, but things are. For a

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<v Speaker 1>team that just went to the Western Conference finals, you're

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<v Speaker 1>in a pickle here. Rudy Gobert is being floated out.

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<v Speaker 2>That would be interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>I have some trade ideas in terms of how they

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<v Speaker 1>get that done, but none of them include keeping Jalen Brunson.

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<v Speaker 1>So I don't know what though Mark Cuban is saying,

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<v Speaker 1>he's saying he's a liar.

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<v Speaker 2>He's a liar. He likes Jalen Brunson, but he's not

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<v Speaker 2>gonna pay he he's on short take.

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<v Speaker 1>You think he's keeping Jalen Brunson for eighty million dollars. No,

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<v Speaker 1>Brunson is great. I really like him. I think he's

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<v Speaker 1>a good point guard. I think he's a good starting

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<v Speaker 1>point guard, one of.

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<v Speaker 2>The best table setters in the league.

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<v Speaker 1>But I do not see him being paired with Luca

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<v Speaker 1>and this team going anywhere. Not because they don't want him,

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<v Speaker 1>not because they don't need him to some degree, but

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<v Speaker 1>because they cannot afford him. They need to make more changes,

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<v Speaker 1>not just keep this thing out and roll it all back.

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<v Speaker 1>Where does he ends up end up? I don't know,

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<v Speaker 1>Probably maybe the Knicks. He's an interesting two way guy.

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<v Speaker 1>He works hard, he can shoot, he can set the table,

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<v Speaker 1>he can play, make take the ball out of Julius

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<v Speaker 1>Randall's hand. Oh, which, God knows, we need that Kyrie.

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<v Speaker 1>If he bolts, looks like the Nets will be in

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<v Speaker 1>need of a point guard. That would be a nice,

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<v Speaker 1>little spicy move. Who knows, Maybe Kyrie for Jalen Brunson

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<v Speaker 1>and maybe another piece to make that math work, make

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<v Speaker 1>the math math.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe maybe some people think Brunson could end up as

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<v Speaker 1>a Piston with a sign in trade with Jeremy Grant,

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<v Speaker 1>which would be very interesting, Like a little trade Jeremy

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<v Speaker 1>Grant for Jalen Brunson. Detroit gets better Matt MAVs get

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<v Speaker 1>their rim protector.

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<v Speaker 2>And the question is if the Mavericks.

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<v Speaker 1>Do move on from Brunson, which they will, how do

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<v Speaker 1>they construct a championship team Because anything less than a

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<v Speaker 1>finals appearance now feels like an l and Luca has

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<v Speaker 1>already gotten a taste of winning now and he doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>want to.

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<v Speaker 2>Step back, and we know he needs to step.

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<v Speaker 1>Forward and then forward some more on a tread will

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<v Speaker 1>in order for him to win some more meaningful games.

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<v Speaker 2>At the end of late game scenarios.

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<v Speaker 1>Yep, step forward on the treadmill, step back from the Luca,

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<v Speaker 1>step away from Slovenia, which I've looked at on Google

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<v Speaker 1>map Google images now looks amazing. Maybe bring a nutritionist

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<v Speaker 1>with you when you go. Speculation now is if the

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<v Speaker 1>MAVs are looking at zach Lavine Jeremy Grant.

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<v Speaker 2>Like I said, zach Lavine would be terrible.

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<v Speaker 1>I think Bradley Beal might be a nice option out

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<v Speaker 1>of the two I think Grant is probably the better play.

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<v Speaker 1>Like I said, lots of speculation about Rudy Gobert that

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<v Speaker 1>would certainly solve some defensive issues.

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<v Speaker 2>Miles Turner has been linked to the MAVs man.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know about Miles Turner and his health, though

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<v Speaker 1>both would make Maxi Klayberg go by Bible.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe he plays four man.

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<v Speaker 1>Regardless, they can't keep using Luca as much as they

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<v Speaker 1>have for two straight years. Luca's usage rate is thirty

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<v Speaker 1>seven percent, which is number one in the league over

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<v Speaker 1>Joel m Beid. The number went up to forty percent

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<v Speaker 1>in the playoffs. He cannot keep it up if the

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<v Speaker 1>man like.

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<v Speaker 2>Look at him.

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<v Speaker 1>He looked exhausted in that first half that game, and

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<v Speaker 1>it was like, hey, you're gonna go home if you

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<v Speaker 1>don't start making some shots Luca, and they was like,

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<v Speaker 1>oh yeah, this.

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<v Speaker 2>Is this is a closeout game.

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<v Speaker 1>You can't continue to carry a team on your back

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<v Speaker 1>when you're forty pounds overweight without getting significantly tired. The

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<v Speaker 1>Warriors targeted him on defense because he was out of

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<v Speaker 1>shape in late game scenarios. He couldn't keep up and

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<v Speaker 1>be the Lebron type player that Jason kidd wants him

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<v Speaker 1>to be. He was cooked by the fourth quarter, game

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<v Speaker 1>after game. And you know, another issue is that Dallas

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<v Speaker 1>was last in the NBA in pace of play this

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<v Speaker 1>year because you know, Luca's fat, He's slow, and so

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<v Speaker 1>fighting a way to get out of the transition might help.

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<v Speaker 2>Minimize a lot of the wear and tear on Luca.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe play Luca off ball, find another person who can

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<v Speaker 1>play make and get their own shots so that all

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<v Speaker 1>the attention is not on Luca. Maybe give Dinwiddie permission

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<v Speaker 1>to handle the ball and have him play some point

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<v Speaker 1>guard a little bit too. And Dimwitty's a lot taller,

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<v Speaker 1>a lot stronger than Jalen Brunson. No shade to Jalen Brunson,

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<v Speaker 1>but do you think he's like five. It's just taller

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<v Speaker 1>than him. So real quick about Spencer Dimwiddie though, as

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<v Speaker 1>an aside, we know he's a weird guy.

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<v Speaker 2>Right.

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<v Speaker 1>This is what he said after the game. He said,

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<v Speaker 1>before I got to Dallas, this team was connected. When

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<v Speaker 1>they asked him like, what is the what are the

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<v Speaker 1>Dallas Mavericks? What do you think about them? And he goes,

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<v Speaker 1>when before I got here, they were connected. They look

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<v Speaker 1>like a pretty connected team. After I got here, I'd

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<v Speaker 1>say sexy because the sex appeal went way up. We're

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<v Speaker 1>a good looking team now, man.

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<v Speaker 2>Have you seen his cydeburns?

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<v Speaker 1>They're not filled in yet. Like, maybe come on, Spencer

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<v Speaker 1>never changed. This is the same guy who wanted his

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<v Speaker 1>entire salary in crypto. By the way, that has gone

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<v Speaker 1>from fifty thousand dollars per crypto to like eight thousand dollars.

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<v Speaker 1>So maybe not take Spencer Dimwittie's advice on financial things anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>interesting stuff happening with MAS. Can't wait to see what

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<v Speaker 1>happens in Dallas and the offseason. All that I know

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<v Speaker 1>for sure is that they are going to be