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Speaker 1: Team USA Versus Australia is what we're leading with today,

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Speaker 1: He's freaky athletic. He's jump shooting has just been so

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Speaker 1: All right, just move on to the nailbag. What is

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Speaker 1: your opinion on Grant Hills. We are building a team

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Speaker 1: I'm confused as to why Kawhi was on the team

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Speaker 1: did while the game was still in reach. Again, I'm

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Speaker 1: not criticizing the decision in the sense that, like I'm

432
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Speaker 1: not saying it's wrong, but as a basketball fan, I

433
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Speaker 1: wanted to see Canada go back to their starters and

434
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Speaker 1: then two, I just can say that I feel pretty

435
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Speaker 1: confident that the actual Canada starters wanted to go back in.

436
00:20:47,119 --> 00:20:49,160
Speaker 1: It was a decision from the staff because they are

437
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Speaker 1: competitors and they wanted to beat the USA team. Who

438
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Speaker 1: is the better win now player between Kaminga and Pozemski

439
00:20:56,320 --> 00:20:58,280
Speaker 1: seems to me like backup point guard is a bigger

440
00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:00,600
Speaker 1: need than wing depth for the of the Warriors with

441
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Speaker 1: their current roster. Sounds like both would need to go

442
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Speaker 1: for Lori. But if you could somehow keep one of them,

443
00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:07,680
Speaker 1: who do you trust more to help Steph win? Now?

444
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Speaker 1: I give up both of them if that's what it took,

445
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Speaker 1: But if I had to choose keeping one, I'd keep

446
00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:15,040
Speaker 1: pots Like Kaminga is going to be a better player

447
00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:16,879
Speaker 1: than Pazemski in the long run. He just has too

448
00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:21,040
Speaker 1: many athletic gifts. But right now, Pazemski is much more

449
00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:23,639
Speaker 1: of an easy plug and play guy that like fills

450
00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:26,719
Speaker 1: a very specific role, a guy who can run five out,

451
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Speaker 1: a guy who can defend at the point of attack,

452
00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:31,280
Speaker 1: a very good reboundary kind of fills that Dante DiVincenzo

453
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Speaker 1: role from last year, right like or from two years ago,

454
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Speaker 1: I should say like, I think Brandon Pazemski is much

455
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Speaker 1: more capable of being a good rotation piece right now

456
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Speaker 1: within the Warriors than Jonathan Kaminga. So take advantage of

457
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Speaker 1: Jonathan Kaminga's long term potential by using him as a

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Speaker 1: trade piece. I know that there are still some Warriors

459
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Speaker 1: fans that are hung up on Kaminga, but like and again,

460
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Speaker 1: I would give up both of them if that's what

461
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Speaker 1: it took to get LORI. But if I had to

462
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Speaker 1: keep one, I'd keep Pazemski. I think he's just a

463
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Speaker 1: better fit in the short term. Jason Denver fumbled big

464
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Speaker 1: time by not winning this year. Things undoubtedly get way

465
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Speaker 1: harder for them had they won. I think you could

466
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Speaker 1: have put Jokic in a top twenty discussion now I

467
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Speaker 1: think he's firmly not in that. Couple this with the

468
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Speaker 1: fact that he may not win another ring, and then

469
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Speaker 1: in parentheses he says would say that he doesn't so

470
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Speaker 1: a couple things. I'm not ready to punt on Denver.

471
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Speaker 1: I do think that they are a different basketball team. Now.

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Speaker 1: One of the specific things that I've always talked about

473
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Speaker 1: is you have to pick your poison with Denver, right,

474
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Speaker 1: You've got to double the post, You've got to defend

475
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Speaker 1: pick and roll three on two, you need to put

476
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Speaker 1: your a lot of times, have a big man running

477
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Speaker 1: that low man spot so that he can navigate the

478
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Speaker 1: Aaron Gordon problem along the baseline, right, Like, there are

479
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Speaker 1: things that they do, but a big part of that

480
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Speaker 1: is KCP and Michael Porter Junior on the week side.

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Speaker 1: They both are just incredibly efficient spot up players to

482
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Speaker 1: the point where if you do send extra defenders, because

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Speaker 1: that's the whole dynamic, right, you let Jamal Murray Yokis

484
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Speaker 1: played two man game two on two, you're screwed, yeah,

485
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Speaker 1: or three man game. I would even call it with

486
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Speaker 1: Aaron Gordon on the baseline, If you defend that three

487
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Speaker 1: on three, you're screwed. If you defend Yokich one on

488
00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:11,320
Speaker 1: one in the post, you're screwed. If you switch and

489
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Speaker 1: let Jamal Murray work on an island, you're screwed, right,

490
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Speaker 1: But if you send extra defenders, here are these two

491
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Speaker 1: like other worldly spot up players on the other side

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Speaker 1: of the floor. With KCP it's more close out attacking.

493
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Speaker 1: With Michael Porter Junior, it's more three point shooting. But

494
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Speaker 1: by the numbers, the two of those guys are two

495
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Speaker 1: of the very best spot up guys in the league.

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Speaker 1: And so when you when you take a player like

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Speaker 1: that and you turn them into let's say, let's just

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Speaker 1: say Christian Brown. Right, if it's Christian Brown, that goes

499
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Speaker 1: from being a like, cannot leave him open spot up

500
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Speaker 1: guy to like somebody that's here, you go eighty second

501
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Speaker 1: percentile for Contavious called what pope one point one six

502
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Speaker 1: points per possession in spot up situations. That's really really good.

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Speaker 1: That's hard to replicate. And so let's just say they

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Speaker 1: slide Christian Brown into that spot. Now, all of a sudden,

505
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Speaker 1: it's becomes a very simple thing. You're going to ignore

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Speaker 1: Christian Brown the same way that you ignore Aaron Gordon.

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Speaker 1: Those guys are still going to be active as athletes,

508
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Speaker 1: and they're still gonna make a lot happen. But as

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Speaker 1: long as you're big enough around the rim to kind

510
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Speaker 1: of contend with those guys vertically, you won't have to

511
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Speaker 1: worry as much about chasing Christian Brown off the line now.

512
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Speaker 1: So there's no doubt that Denver got a little bit

513
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Speaker 1: easier to guard with Contavious call what Pope going out,

514
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Speaker 1: But most basketball teams have that same problem. Denver had

515
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Speaker 1: this uniquely fitting starting five. Now they have four of

516
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Speaker 1: those guys and they're going to have a downgrade at

517
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Speaker 1: one of those positions, but they're still going to be really,

518
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Speaker 1: really difficult to guard. Yolkic is still the best player

519
00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:41,359
Speaker 1: in the world. The Yokich Murray two man game is

520
00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:43,760
Speaker 1: still incredibly difficult to deal with. Aaron Gordon is still

521
00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:48,040
Speaker 1: a handful underneath the basket. They're not going anywhere. It's

522
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Speaker 1: just their margin for error has gone down a little bit.

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Speaker 1: A couple things. I think Christian Brown is probably spending

524
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Speaker 1: his entire summer focusing on ball skills like the ability

525
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Speaker 1: to run second side action, the ability to hit catch

526
00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:03,399
Speaker 1: and shoot threes consistently into drive closeouts, because he knows

527
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Speaker 1: that could potentially be his role. And then who knows,

528
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Speaker 1: like Gary Trent Junior is still out there and of

529
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Speaker 1: all of the spots that I think, and I want

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Speaker 1: Gary Trent Junior to go to the Lakers, that would

531
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Speaker 1: be ideal because I think they need an athlete at

532
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Speaker 1: that two guard spot. But I don't think he's going

533
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Speaker 1: to go there. And if I was Gary Trent Junior,

534
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Speaker 1: and I did have to take something like a veteran

535
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Speaker 1: minimum contract, which like hopefully it doesn't end up being

536
00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:26,440
Speaker 1: the case for his sake, I think he's probably gonna

537
00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:28,679
Speaker 1: end up getting the tax payer mid level. But like

538
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Speaker 1: if he ends up going to take a discount, if

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Speaker 1: you were to play one year in Denver alongside Jokich,

540
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Speaker 1: he could go on a deep playoff runt and then

541
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Speaker 1: sign a much more lucrative deal next summer if that's

542
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Speaker 1: what he wants. Whereas right now, Gary trentz kind of

543
00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:49,920
Speaker 1: in that weird kind of limbo where if he goes

544
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Speaker 1: next year and has kind of a tough year where

545
00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:56,200
Speaker 1: he's maybe he takes more money at a mid level

546
00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:59,800
Speaker 1: exception somewhere, but he's playing for some bad team and

547
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Speaker 1: he continues to kind of show some of his bad

548
00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:05,520
Speaker 1: habits that he has shown it in the last couple

549
00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:07,760
Speaker 1: of seasons. That could put him in a situation where

550
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Speaker 1: he suddenly becomes a veteran minimum guy in the future.

551
00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:14,800
Speaker 1: And so, like we've seen before, guys take veteran minimum

552
00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:17,200
Speaker 1: deals on really good teams that make deep playoff runs

553
00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:19,280
Speaker 1: and then get more lucrative deals after We just saw

554
00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:21,280
Speaker 1: it with Derek Jones junior right going to the Clippers

555
00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:23,439
Speaker 1: and getting a little bit of a paycheck. And so

556
00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:26,480
Speaker 1: Gary Trent's a guy that, like fingers crossed, maybe a

557
00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:29,959
Speaker 1: team like Denver could get to to solidify that two

558
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Speaker 1: guard spot. But the reality is is like it's probably

559
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Speaker 1: the more likely outcome is it ends up being a

560
00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:37,760
Speaker 1: lot of Christian Brown, and there's an upside there, Like

561
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Speaker 1: as much as Christian Brown is not as good offensively

562
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Speaker 1: as KCP, I actually do think with his size and

563
00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:47,439
Speaker 1: strength advantage, he's a little bit more versatile defensively and

564
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Speaker 1: he does change the athletic profile of that team in

565
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Speaker 1: a real way, like he was the one guy in

566
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Speaker 1: that Timberwolf series that kind of contended with Anthony Edwards athletically.

567
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Speaker 1: And so I don't think Denver's going anywhere. They've obviously

568
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Speaker 1: had a disappointing offseason. The Dave Ron Holmes Achilles terror

569
00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:06,280
Speaker 1: is devastating. I had heard that they pretty much intended

570
00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:09,080
Speaker 1: for him to play a lot of backup center next year.

571
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Speaker 1: They viewed him as an NBA ready kind of guy,

572
00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:14,760
Speaker 1: and so super super unfortunate. But don't take away from

573
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Speaker 1: the fact that you still have Jamal Murray, you still

574
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Speaker 1: have Michael Porter Junior, you still have Nicole Yokich, you

575
00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:22,080
Speaker 1: still have Aaron Gordon, you still have the gist of

576
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Speaker 1: what makes the Nuggets the Nuggets in house. And I

577
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Speaker 1: also think that Jokic is going to be on a

578
00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:28,359
Speaker 1: little bit of a revenge tour this year, and I

579
00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:30,000
Speaker 1: think that he's going to be the best player in

580
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Speaker 1: the world. And so I just have a really hard

581
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Speaker 1: time writing off the Denver Nuggets, And as of right now,

582
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Speaker 1: they're still my favorite to win the West going into

583
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Speaker 1: next season when KD comes back, who looses the starting spot.

584
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Speaker 1: So I think KD is the easiest plug and play

585
00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:45,880
Speaker 1: guy in the league because he's such good shooters. Theres

586
00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:47,640
Speaker 1: a good close out attacker, but can also run action,

587
00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:49,600
Speaker 1: can also beat matchups, and he's also a very good

588
00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:52,080
Speaker 1: defensive player when he wants to be. So like I

589
00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:55,280
Speaker 1: would probably just slide Tatum to the two and move

590
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Speaker 1: Kdie into the starting lineup and I'd take Aunt off

591
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Speaker 1: the bench. Don't think we're going to see that. I

592
00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:04,119
Speaker 1: just got into the starting lineup, hit a bunch of

593
00:28:04,119 --> 00:28:07,240
Speaker 1: shots again today, I expect Ant to start. But if

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Speaker 1: I was coaching the team, I would go with Steph Tatum,

595
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Speaker 1: Kadi Lebron, and Anthony Davis at the five and I

596
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Speaker 1: would switch everything, and I think that group would really

597
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Speaker 1: get the ball moving side to side. And then I'd

598
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Speaker 1: let Ant come in with a bench group and be like,

599
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Speaker 1: here are the keys you and emb'd want to take

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Speaker 1: turns playing one on one. Go ahead and be my guest.

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Speaker 1: Do it with the bench group, right, Because I just

602
00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:30,520
Speaker 1: I think that starting group needs to get more side

603
00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:34,119
Speaker 1: to sideball and player movement. Since the Celtics won, do

604
00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:37,080
Speaker 1: you think some of Missoula's philosophies will become more pervasive

605
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Speaker 1: around the league, things like heavy ball and player movement,

606
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Speaker 1: driving kick and an emphasis on getting back on defense,

607
00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:44,480
Speaker 1: attacking the margins, etc. Love the show, keep up the

608
00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:47,400
Speaker 1: great work, Thank you for the sport. I think you

609
00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:49,000
Speaker 1: know Missoula won me over in a big way in

610
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Speaker 1: this postseason run, and a big part of it too,

611
00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:56,760
Speaker 1: was like I I didn't acknowledge enough during some of

612
00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:59,520
Speaker 1: the downsides with Boston over the last couple of years

613
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Speaker 1: that they were learning, meaning the players. Just because the

614
00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:07,520
Speaker 1: Celtics went down and took five or six bad threes

615
00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:09,920
Speaker 1: in a row doesn't mean Joe Mizula is in the

616
00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:13,160
Speaker 1: huddle saying, dribble up the floor and take bad threes, right.

617
00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:18,880
Speaker 1: Joe Mizula preaches being deliberate about setting up your spacing.

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00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:22,960
Speaker 1: Joe Mizula preaches being deliberate about getting the right matchup

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Speaker 1: in the right spot of the floor to get the

620
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Speaker 1: defense in rotation. Joe Mizula preaches attacking and playing quality

621
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Speaker 1: driving kick basketball from there, getting paint touches, but then

622
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Speaker 1: making good decisions when you get into the paint, chasing

623
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Speaker 1: the great shot, not the good shot. Joe Mizula teaches

624
00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:40,120
Speaker 1: all of that stuff. It just took a while for

625
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Speaker 1: the Celtics to really embrace it the way that they

626
00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:45,800
Speaker 1: did right and like their ugly moments and on it.

627
00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:49,840
Speaker 1: They were dominant this year, but their ugly moments blowing

628
00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:53,120
Speaker 1: the Cavs game, blowing the Warriors game, there they're what

629
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Speaker 1: were they two and four against the top three teams

630
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Speaker 1: in the Western Conference, Right, Like, their issue that they

631
00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:03,520
Speaker 1: had this season primarily centered around not doing what Joe

632
00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:06,200
Speaker 1: Mazzula was asking them to do, as far as like

633
00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:09,040
Speaker 1: it being copied around the league. Everything has to do

634
00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:11,560
Speaker 1: with your personnel. You got to be really careful with

635
00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:15,120
Speaker 1: taking a coaching philosophy and inflicting it on a roster.

636
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Speaker 1: You want to look at your roster and you want

637
00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:20,400
Speaker 1: to build a coaching philosophy that fits that roster, right,

638
00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:23,240
Speaker 1: And so for instance, Boston has a lot of guys

639
00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:26,400
Speaker 1: that have real downhill athleticism that can beat people off

640
00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:30,280
Speaker 1: the dribble and from there they've got a lot of shooting.

641
00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:33,400
Speaker 1: So for them, driving kick basketball makes a ton of sense.

642
00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:36,080
Speaker 1: But there are teams out there where driving kick doesn't

643
00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:38,760
Speaker 1: make a ton of sense, right, And like a big

644
00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:41,120
Speaker 1: part like for instance, with Dallas last year, they had

645
00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:43,320
Speaker 1: all these play finishers, and so it made sense for

646
00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:46,440
Speaker 1: them to you know, be a little bit more deliberate

647
00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:49,160
Speaker 1: in the half court and you know, use your off

648
00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:52,640
Speaker 1: ball guys more as play finishers rather than advantage extenders. Right, Like,

649
00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:55,680
Speaker 1: that's what makes sense for that particular roster. And so

650
00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:58,680
Speaker 1: that said, like I do think that more teams that

651
00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:00,920
Speaker 1: have that type of roster U should embrace more of

652
00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:05,000
Speaker 1: a driving kick style. I think that you will see

653
00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:07,280
Speaker 1: more and more of it. Anytime you see a team

654
00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:11,520
Speaker 1: hoist the trophy. It's copycat league people try to people

655
00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:14,120
Speaker 1: try to pull from what's being successful elsewhere around the league.

656
00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:17,280
Speaker 1: As far as the emphasis on attacking the margins, this

657
00:31:17,360 --> 00:31:19,680
Speaker 1: is something that I've always been a huge believer in,

658
00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:22,560
Speaker 1: and it's something that's boring to talk about, and it's

659
00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:27,240
Speaker 1: something that every single player knows. It's just it's strictly

660
00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:31,000
Speaker 1: a discipline thing. Like, yeah, if you become an elite

661
00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:34,320
Speaker 1: defensive rebounding team because you're scrappy and you box out

662
00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:37,800
Speaker 1: and you pursue long rebounds, that will help you win games.

663
00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:42,600
Speaker 1: There's no dramatic schematic element to that. It's just committing

664
00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:44,600
Speaker 1: to the work and doing what you need to do

665
00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:48,040
Speaker 1: to be a good defensive rebounding team. Transition defense. There

666
00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:51,440
Speaker 1: are some you know, kind of schematic elements to it, right,

667
00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:53,640
Speaker 1: like you want to get back and stop the ball

668
00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:55,280
Speaker 1: and protect the paint, and then you want to fan

669
00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:57,040
Speaker 1: out to shooters from there. It's a lot of talking

670
00:31:57,040 --> 00:31:59,080
Speaker 1: and communicating, but at the end of the day. It's

671
00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:02,840
Speaker 1: effort got to sprint back in transition, You gotta There's

672
00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:04,760
Speaker 1: gotta be a focus element of it too, when you're

673
00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:08,600
Speaker 1: on offense, identifying floor balance, Like, Oh, this guy's driving

674
00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:10,760
Speaker 1: in a pick and roll on the right wing. I'm

675
00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:14,440
Speaker 1: on the left wing. I can't crash because the role

676
00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:17,200
Speaker 1: man and the ball handler are gonna be underneath the rim.

677
00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:19,720
Speaker 1: When this is over, I'm the only guy who's back.

678
00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:22,240
Speaker 1: I'm gonna start kind of drifting here a little bit

679
00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:24,000
Speaker 1: as as soon as I identify the ball is not

680
00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:26,000
Speaker 1: gonna make its way to me. Right, Like, there's a

681
00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:28,840
Speaker 1: focus element, but most of it is just sprinting. You

682
00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:31,640
Speaker 1: gotta put in the work to get back in transition.

683
00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:35,640
Speaker 1: Like being delibered about executing offensively is an attacking the

684
00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:38,640
Speaker 1: margins thing, Like the vast majority of NBA teams are

685
00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:41,680
Speaker 1: more efficient when they run action versus when they freelance.

686
00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:44,720
Speaker 1: Being more deliberate about running action is an easy way

687
00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:47,400
Speaker 1: to kind of squeeze more out of the margins of

688
00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:49,560
Speaker 1: the game. Right, Like, we can go on and on

689
00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:53,760
Speaker 1: and on and like being really good with your execution

690
00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:56,240
Speaker 1: on sideline and baseline out of bounds plays, like being

691
00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:59,720
Speaker 1: really good with your execution in late game situations. They're

692
00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:02,920
Speaker 1: all all these different areas of the game where you

693
00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:06,920
Speaker 1: can kind of, you know, squeeze out a little extra right,

694
00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:10,080
Speaker 1: And I just don't understand why every team doesn't do

695
00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:12,720
Speaker 1: that or at least like put in a ton of

696
00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:16,120
Speaker 1: effort in those areas, simply because like, those are things

697
00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:19,160
Speaker 1: that are under your control. You can't control if Jokic

698
00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:21,560
Speaker 1: is just better than your center. You can't control if

699
00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:24,040
Speaker 1: nobody on your team can guard Anthony Edwards. You can

700
00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:26,440
Speaker 1: control if you get back in transition. You can't control

701
00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:29,720
Speaker 1: if you're at least a competitive defensive rebounding team. And again,

702
00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:32,960
Speaker 1: there's a personnel element to rebounding too, side strength and athleticism.

703
00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:34,720
Speaker 1: But as long as you do all the right things,

704
00:33:34,760 --> 00:33:37,400
Speaker 1: you give yourself a better chance. And so again I

705
00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:39,840
Speaker 1: love that philosophy. I do think that that's something that

706
00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:41,760
Speaker 1: every team in the league can do. But as far

707
00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:44,760
Speaker 1: as the specific offensive philosophy of Boston, it is kind

708
00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:46,960
Speaker 1: of unique to their personnel, and there are teams that

709
00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:49,240
Speaker 1: will try and fail at it because they don't have

710
00:33:49,280 --> 00:34:06,320
Speaker 1: the right kind of guys. Do you think the MAVs

711
00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:08,600
Speaker 1: will start nausey over Clay and have Clay be the

712
00:34:08,640 --> 00:34:10,480
Speaker 1: sixth man. At some point in the season they announce

713
00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:12,759
Speaker 1: that they will start play first, But to me, I

714
00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:15,319
Speaker 1: feel Nausey fits better with the starters and have Clay

715
00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:19,080
Speaker 1: Field the the Tim Hardaway junior role. So I've been

716
00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:22,160
Speaker 1: hearing the same thing that Klay Thompson is going to start.

717
00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:24,920
Speaker 1: I don't know how that works defensively at all whatsoever.

718
00:34:26,080 --> 00:34:27,960
Speaker 1: I feel like a lot of it's a concession to

719
00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:30,440
Speaker 1: Clay and just his circumstance and the fact that he

720
00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:34,440
Speaker 1: wants to start. But like, in the long run, you

721
00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:37,560
Speaker 1: need somebody that can guard Anthony Edwards the way that

722
00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:39,960
Speaker 1: Derek Jones Junior did, that can guard the other team's

723
00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:43,280
Speaker 1: best guard, and that who's gonna guard Shake Gilds Alexander

724
00:34:43,320 --> 00:34:45,719
Speaker 1: and Jalen Williams, right like it just it's a lot

725
00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:49,160
Speaker 1: to ask for Clay and Kyrie Irving to do that.

726
00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:52,480
Speaker 1: If you take PJ. Washington and you utilize him as

727
00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:55,960
Speaker 1: your primary point of attack defender, now you've removed your lowman,

728
00:34:56,280 --> 00:35:00,480
Speaker 1: right that that dynamic of the center lively in this case,

729
00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:02,719
Speaker 1: being able to come up to the level of screens

730
00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:06,120
Speaker 1: because PJ. Washington is behind him and that dynamic of

731
00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:10,000
Speaker 1: that low man. You lose that if that becomes Clay,

732
00:35:10,239 --> 00:35:13,279
Speaker 1: And Clay did not have a great season last year

733
00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:15,880
Speaker 1: as a defensive rebounder and as an off ball defender,

734
00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:19,400
Speaker 1: and so that like putting him in that role I

735
00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:22,680
Speaker 1: think could lead to some messy results as well. Naji's

736
00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:24,920
Speaker 1: not as good of a point of attack defender as

737
00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:26,919
Speaker 1: Derek Jones Junior is, but he is a good point

738
00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:30,000
Speaker 1: of attack Defender's physical and can slide his feet, and

739
00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:32,680
Speaker 1: then he's a much higher level offensive player than Derek Jon.

740
00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:35,279
Speaker 1: Derek Jon Jr. Really good ball handler for a role

741
00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:38,080
Speaker 1: player guard has some like off the dribble pop and

742
00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:40,920
Speaker 1: so like, I don't know if that means Naji starts,

743
00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:42,880
Speaker 1: because I don't think Nase is just like a shoe

744
00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:44,920
Speaker 1: in starting caliber player. He's kind of more of like

745
00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:48,360
Speaker 1: a rotational player anyway. But the moving Clay into the

746
00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:50,080
Speaker 1: starters is going to lead to some issues on the

747
00:35:50,080 --> 00:35:52,480
Speaker 1: defensive floor. There's no doubt. The question is can they

748
00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:54,200
Speaker 1: get enough offensively out of it for it to be

749
00:35:54,239 --> 00:35:56,719
Speaker 1: worth it. Feels like KCP to the magic has been

750
00:35:56,760 --> 00:35:59,080
Speaker 1: completely overlooked. What are your thoughts on the move as

751
00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:02,200
Speaker 1: well as them rafting Tristan da Silva. I was just

752
00:36:02,239 --> 00:36:04,560
Speaker 1: talking about this earlier with the Nuggets, but KCP was one.

753
00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:07,399
Speaker 1: It was an eighty second percentile spot up player last year,

754
00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:09,040
Speaker 1: one of the best kind of like catch and shoot

755
00:36:09,080 --> 00:36:11,000
Speaker 1: drive close out guys in the league. That was a

756
00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:14,680
Speaker 1: specific weakness for Orlando, right, the ability to score from

757
00:36:14,719 --> 00:36:18,600
Speaker 1: the perimeter, and that allowing Cleveland to really pack the

758
00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:22,720
Speaker 1: paint against them. Right, So KCP just gives you more shooting.

759
00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:24,880
Speaker 1: It's really that simple. It's just something to try to

760
00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:28,239
Speaker 1: make things easier for fronts and for Pala Boncarra. He's

761
00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:31,080
Speaker 1: a professional closeout attacker and that is something that will

762
00:36:31,120 --> 00:36:33,279
Speaker 1: make things easier for them on the offensive end of

763
00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:35,400
Speaker 1: the floor. He's also a very good point of attack defender,

764
00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:38,680
Speaker 1: just a much better version of Gary Harris in somebody

765
00:36:38,680 --> 00:36:42,040
Speaker 1: that it makes the magic Basically, you're just upgrading a

766
00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:46,880
Speaker 1: starting position into a championship level starter, a proven championship

767
00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:48,920
Speaker 1: level starter that's doing it, that's done it in two

768
00:36:48,960 --> 00:36:52,160
Speaker 1: different destinations. So love the KCP pickup. I think he's

769
00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:53,879
Speaker 1: going to make the magic better. As far as shist into,

770
00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:56,000
Speaker 1: Silva is just kind of doubling down on what makes

771
00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:58,080
Speaker 1: the magic great which is just lots of length and

772
00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:01,400
Speaker 1: guys that kind of bring that versatile length on the

773
00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:04,560
Speaker 1: perimeter right, just the forwards that can dribble, shoot and pass.

774
00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:06,440
Speaker 1: That's what makes the magic the magic. And in testing

775
00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:09,239
Speaker 1: to Silva's a natural fit there. Who do you think

776
00:37:09,239 --> 00:37:11,000
Speaker 1: will rank higher at the end of their career Anthony

777
00:37:11,080 --> 00:37:13,160
Speaker 1: Edwards is shake Os as Alexander? I think it's more

778
00:37:13,239 --> 00:37:16,000
Speaker 1: likely Ant. I just think he's a more superior athlete.

779
00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:18,680
Speaker 1: I also think Ant is a more dynamic three point

780
00:37:18,719 --> 00:37:21,239
Speaker 1: shooting talent, which I think will benefit him well in

781
00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:23,480
Speaker 1: the long run. I think Gant can be a better

782
00:37:23,520 --> 00:37:26,680
Speaker 1: defender to as things get Like I think when Ant

783
00:37:26,719 --> 00:37:29,120
Speaker 1: is Shay's age, there's a decent chance that he's the

784
00:37:29,120 --> 00:37:30,960
Speaker 1: best player in the world. Like that's how highly I

785
00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:34,200
Speaker 1: think of Ant. So I think that Ant will be

786
00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:36,880
Speaker 1: a better player than Shane in the long run. Hey, Jason,

787
00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:38,359
Speaker 1: do you think the way Ad is playing right now

788
00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:40,839
Speaker 1: in the Olympics that the Lakers realize getting a big

789
00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:43,160
Speaker 1: is necessary if they want to contend for another title?

790
00:37:43,600 --> 00:37:45,840
Speaker 1: And who can you see the Lakers trading for? This

791
00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:48,600
Speaker 1: is tricky because what people are referring to there were

792
00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:51,760
Speaker 1: some plays, the plays in this Australia game where Ant

793
00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:54,120
Speaker 1: was the low man, where like Bam was up at

794
00:37:54,120 --> 00:37:57,360
Speaker 1: the level of the screen dealing with like Paddy Mills

795
00:37:57,400 --> 00:38:00,480
Speaker 1: coming off in action, and Ant was like tagging Roller

796
00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:02,279
Speaker 1: and then closing out to a three point shooter in

797
00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:04,080
Speaker 1: the corner. And yeah, it'd be great to have a

798
00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:07,239
Speaker 1: d as A as a lowman, but it'd be great

799
00:38:07,239 --> 00:38:09,000
Speaker 1: to have Bam at a bio too. And that's the

800
00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:10,520
Speaker 1: thing is, it's probably not gonna if you get a

801
00:38:10,520 --> 00:38:13,359
Speaker 1: second big to play alongside alongside Ad, it's not gonna

802
00:38:13,360 --> 00:38:15,400
Speaker 1: be Bam at a bio. Most importantly, you got to

803
00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:18,360
Speaker 1: look at the context of the Lakers roster. They're playing

804
00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:20,680
Speaker 1: Ad next to Bam without Lebron on the floor with

805
00:38:20,760 --> 00:38:23,680
Speaker 1: Team USA. With the Lakers, i'd love to see an

806
00:38:23,719 --> 00:38:25,600
Speaker 1: Ad at the four look that they used throughout the

807
00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:27,680
Speaker 1: season is just like an inning Zeter kind of thing.

808
00:38:27,920 --> 00:38:29,560
Speaker 1: But the truth of the matter is you're always going

809
00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:32,320
Speaker 1: down with Lebron and Ad, and Lebron at age forty,

810
00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:36,200
Speaker 1: is effectively another big. He has to play the four,

811
00:38:36,440 --> 00:38:38,480
Speaker 1: he has to be the low man. And so like

812
00:38:38,880 --> 00:38:42,240
Speaker 1: the way I look at it, this ship always goes

813
00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:44,640
Speaker 1: down for the Lakers with AD at the five no

814
00:38:44,680 --> 00:38:47,040
Speaker 1: matter what. And so while I do think it's worth

815
00:38:47,080 --> 00:38:49,759
Speaker 1: looking at backup fives that are an upgrade that could

816
00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:53,200
Speaker 1: make life easier for AD, I don't think it matters

817
00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:55,799
Speaker 1: if it's not within the context of what they can

818
00:38:55,840 --> 00:38:59,680
Speaker 1: actually use at the end of games. And so investing heavily,

819
00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:02,680
Speaker 1: like investing heavy resources in a backup center, I think

820
00:39:02,719 --> 00:39:05,279
Speaker 1: would be a waste. Who's the five you're going down with.

821
00:39:05,600 --> 00:39:08,320
Speaker 1: You're going down with Austin Reeves at the one, Lebron

822
00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:10,799
Speaker 1: and AD and then a two and a three, and

823
00:39:10,840 --> 00:39:12,640
Speaker 1: that two in a three is not good enough right now.

824
00:39:12,640 --> 00:39:15,880
Speaker 1: It's a lot of ruy Hatchamura losing Michael Porter Junior

825
00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:18,040
Speaker 1: in a huge fourth quarter possession because he doesn't know

826
00:39:18,080 --> 00:39:21,520
Speaker 1: how to play the three, and D'Angelo Russell getting out

827
00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:23,600
Speaker 1: hustled for a rebound er just not doing his job

828
00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:26,160
Speaker 1: on the defensive glass because he sucks at role player stuff.

829
00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:29,200
Speaker 1: So like those two guys are the two upgrades that

830
00:39:29,239 --> 00:39:32,080
Speaker 1: need to be made, and like any sort of resource

831
00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:35,640
Speaker 1: allocation in terms of draft compensation or young players need

832
00:39:35,680 --> 00:39:37,720
Speaker 1: to be directed at the two in the three, because

833
00:39:37,760 --> 00:39:39,880
Speaker 1: those are the two spots that when the chips hit

834
00:39:39,920 --> 00:39:42,000
Speaker 1: the when the shit hits the fan, and you're trying

835
00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:44,800
Speaker 1: to get a stop against the Denver Nuggets in Game four,

836
00:39:45,320 --> 00:39:47,319
Speaker 1: and it's ninety nine to ninety nine, and you got

837
00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:49,759
Speaker 1: PTSD from all those times that Jamal Murray hit a

838
00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:52,080
Speaker 1: game winner in your face. The group you're gonna go

839
00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:54,720
Speaker 1: down with in the final five minutes of that game

840
00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:58,120
Speaker 1: is eighty at the five, Lebron at the four, Austin

841
00:39:58,160 --> 00:40:00,120
Speaker 1: Reeves at the one. Who are you playing at the

842
00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:03,120
Speaker 1: two and three? That's where they need to invest their resources.

843
00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:06,440
Speaker 1: I would not agree with spending heavy draft compensation on

844
00:40:06,480 --> 00:40:10,480
Speaker 1: a guy like Wendell Carter Junior. Like I really like Wendell.

845
00:40:11,239 --> 00:40:13,200
Speaker 1: I like the idea of him playing next to Anthony

846
00:40:13,239 --> 00:40:16,120
Speaker 1: Davis even but I don't like it within the context

847
00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:18,719
Speaker 1: of Lebron playing the three because he's forty years old

848
00:40:18,840 --> 00:40:21,440
Speaker 1: and at the three point at the three right now,

849
00:40:21,719 --> 00:40:25,480
Speaker 1: you need someone who can navigate screens. The Lakers need

850
00:40:25,560 --> 00:40:27,360
Speaker 1: Lebron in ad to be four to five, and they

851
00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:29,839
Speaker 1: need their two and three to be athletes that can

852
00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:31,759
Speaker 1: chase over the top of the screen. It is a

853
00:40:31,960 --> 00:40:36,040
Speaker 1: must for them in order to achieve their potential offense

854
00:40:36,239 --> 00:40:38,640
Speaker 1: on the defensive end of the four, and again eighty

855
00:40:38,680 --> 00:40:41,840
Speaker 1: looks fantastic and Lebron's gonna be coming out of a

856
00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:44,640
Speaker 1: tmusa thing, so he's gonna be like kind of geared

857
00:40:44,719 --> 00:40:47,280
Speaker 1: up for this season. I'm a believer in the Lakers.

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Speaker 1: If they can bolster the two and three, I don't

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Speaker 1: think they're that far off, But I do not believe

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Speaker 1: in their ability to do anything until they address those

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Speaker 1: two positional needs. And like when we talk about I'll

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Speaker 1: just skip ahead to the Laker question, how far can

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Speaker 1: the Lakers get as currently constructed. As currently constructed, they

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Speaker 1: are what you saw last year. They're a team that's

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Speaker 1: good enough to beat anybody except for the real championship contenders.

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Speaker 1: I think the Lakers would have beat a team like Minnesota.

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Speaker 1: I don't think they would have beat Dallas, especially not

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Speaker 1: without Jared Vanderbilt. They were one of those random teams

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Speaker 1: in that matchup group where like past the past, the Nuggets,

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Speaker 1: it was like Thunder, Well, the Thunder actually got the

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Speaker 1: one seed, but Denver is my best team in the West.

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Speaker 1: It was like Thunder, Timberwolves, Mavericks, Clippers, Sons, Lakers. Those

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Speaker 1: teams were all on the same tier in my opinion,

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Speaker 1: and they were all matchup oriented. It just turned out

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Speaker 1: that Minnesota had a really strong matchup advantage against Denver

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Speaker 1: in particular, but Minnesota sucks against rim protection. They got

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Speaker 1: their butts kicked by Dallas. They would have gotten there.

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Speaker 1: I think they would have gotten their butts kicked by

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Speaker 1: the Lakers. I think it would have been the exact

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Speaker 1: same thing. I think they would have just loaded up

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Speaker 1: the strong side. Anthony Davis would have shut down the

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Speaker 1: paint the same way that Derek Lively and Daniel Gafford

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Speaker 1: did against Anthony Edwards. I think that the same strength

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Speaker 1: advantages that Lebron and Anthony Davis have would have caused

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Speaker 1: the same problems for Minnesota's defense that Luka Doncic did.

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Speaker 1: Like those teams were all beaten each other. But at

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Speaker 1: the same time, we know the lakers particular weakness was

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Speaker 1: teams that could really manipulate their spacing and take advantage

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Speaker 1: of the weak side could beat them because of their

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Speaker 1: lack of perimeter defenders. I think Luca would have picked

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Speaker 1: the Lakers apart. I think that would have been an

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Speaker 1: issue right Like had the Lakers run into a playoff series,

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Speaker 1: against really quick perimeter teams like the Sacramento Kings, I

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Speaker 1: think the Lakers would have lost that series right So,

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Speaker 1: like right now, the Lakers are capable of beating everybody

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Speaker 1: except for the really good teams, but they're even vulnerable

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Speaker 1: within that matchup tier in the middle of the league.

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Speaker 1: I think if they accentuate that two to three spot,

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Speaker 1: if they turn that shooting guard spot and that small

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Speaker 1: forward spot into athletes that can defend and at least

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00:43:00,680 --> 00:43:03,719
Speaker 1: are competent on the offensive end of the floor, that's

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Speaker 1: where I think the Lakers have the potential to enter

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Speaker 1: into that top tier in the Western Conference. A guy

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Speaker 1: like Bruce Brown at the two I think would be huge.

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Speaker 1: A guy like Dorian Finney Smith at the three, literally,

906
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Speaker 1: if they just pulled those two moves off. I know,

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Speaker 1: Dorian Finney Smith and Bruce Brown are not necessarily that

908
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Speaker 1: much better basketball players than and Ruey Hachimura. It's specifically

909
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Speaker 1: about the fit. D Loo and Ruey are redundant. Dlo

910
00:43:30,960 --> 00:43:35,680
Speaker 1: is redundant with Austin. Ruey is redundant with Lebron. Dorian

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Speaker 1: Finney Smith is a three, a real three. Bruce Brown

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Speaker 1: is a two, a real two. Those guys, and Bruce

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Speaker 1: Brown needs to be a two next to a real

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Speaker 1: skill guard like a Jamal Murray or in this case

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Speaker 1: in Austin Reeves. That makes sense. Dorian Finney Smith. He's

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Speaker 1: not a high level offensive player, so he needs to

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Speaker 1: capitalize on advantages. He needs to be the three next

918
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Speaker 1: to multiple ballhandl Fulcrum's well, ad Lebron and Austin Reeves

919
00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:05,439
Speaker 1: have you covered there? And so those are the kinds

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Speaker 1: of moves that I think could like on the margins

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Speaker 1: that can move the Lakers into a more serious level

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Speaker 1: of basketball on both ends of the floor. I'm worried

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Speaker 1: about the Lakers doing that because in order to get

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Speaker 1: good basketball players, you have to spend draft compensation. How

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Speaker 1: did the Dallas Mavericks get Daniel Gafford in PJ Washington

926
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Speaker 1: draft compensation? Are the Lakers willing to pay what it

927
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Speaker 1: costs to get high level role players that accentuate what

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Speaker 1: their best players do. That's going to be the question

929
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Speaker 1: We're going to find out the answer to over the

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Speaker 1: course of the rest of the summer. Two more quick

931
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Speaker 1: ones and then we'll get out of here. Tatum shooting

932
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Speaker 1: percentage in his pull up jumper efficiency has decreased in

933
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Speaker 1: each of the last three or four post seasons. And

934
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Speaker 1: You've said it's just the peaks and valleys that come

935
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Speaker 1: with shooting variants, But I think it's it's what he

936
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Speaker 1: does in the offseason and all the weight training. Here's

937
00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:53,080
Speaker 1: the thing, it didn't really matter how much you lift

938
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Speaker 1: weights as long as you continue to polish up your shot.

939
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Speaker 1: There are a lot of really buff guys around the

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Speaker 1: league that can shoot. That to me is a cop out.

941
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Speaker 1: I mean Desmond Bane literally like looks like a cartoon

942
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Speaker 1: character with how big his arms are on his body,

943
00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:08,239
Speaker 1: and the dude's like just an absolute laser from the

944
00:45:08,280 --> 00:45:10,719
Speaker 1: three point line like that. Kawhi Enard has built like

945
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Speaker 1: an absolute truck and he can shoot like crazy. Right So, Like,

946
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Speaker 1: to me, it's just right now, Tatum's going through some

947
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Speaker 1: stuff with his form. He's got a little bit of

948
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Speaker 1: a hitch right now. You could tell he's a little

949
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Speaker 1: bit just generally slumping in terms of his confidence. He

950
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Speaker 1: airballed to a corner three in the USA Australia game today,

951
00:45:26,200 --> 00:45:28,279
Speaker 1: So like, I think he'll get out of it. But

952
00:45:28,360 --> 00:45:29,799
Speaker 1: right now, the big thing for me is I just

953
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Speaker 1: see a little bit of a hitch as he's gathering

954
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Speaker 1: his shot, as he's kind of coming up in front

955
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Speaker 1: of his chest into a shooting pocket. He's just a

956
00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:37,920
Speaker 1: little bit hitchy there, and that's the thing he's got

957
00:45:37,960 --> 00:45:40,040
Speaker 1: to work out. Last question, do you think Luca can

958
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Speaker 1: be considered the second best player on the planet after

959
00:45:41,960 --> 00:45:45,400
Speaker 1: getting exposed for all time bad defense in the finals

960
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Speaker 1: and then he put in parenthes. He's so bad it's

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Speaker 1: impossible to win with one thing here, Boston. Let's credit

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Speaker 1: Boston in the sense that they are uniquely equipped to

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Speaker 1: punish teams that typically need to hide one of their

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Speaker 1: lesser defensive players. I think there are a lot of

965
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Speaker 1: stars in the league that would have struggled against Boston.

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Speaker 1: I think Yok would have struggled on defense against Boston.

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Speaker 1: I think a guy I think a guy like a

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Speaker 1: like a Steph Curry might have struggled against Boston defensively.

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Speaker 1: I think that I think that a lot of like

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Speaker 1: the slower footed players would have struggled, right Like, I

971
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Speaker 1: don't think they would have been as bad as Luca.

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Speaker 1: I think Luca was exceptionally bad, and I think that's

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Speaker 1: something that he needs to deal with. But I think

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Speaker 1: he's gonna deal with it this summer too. Like I

975
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Speaker 1: think that was kind of a humbling experience for him,

976
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Speaker 1: but I think Boston in general just kind of made

977
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Speaker 1: that situation look look worse than it actually was. And

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Speaker 1: I'm not ready to bail on Luca as one of

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Speaker 1: the best players in the world because he had a

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Speaker 1: bad playoff series. A lot of really good players before

981
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Speaker 1: him had that bad playoff series and never rebounded. All Right, guys,

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Speaker 1: that's all I have for today. We're gonna run this

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Speaker 1: mail bag as a breakout tomorrow. I'll be back on

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Speaker 1: Wednesday morning. We're gonna break down Serbia versus the USA,

985
00:46:51,280 --> 00:46:53,239
Speaker 1: Jokis versus b That would should be a ton of fun.

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Speaker 1: I will see you guys.

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Speaker 2: Then the volume