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Speaker 1: how you know we're the only ones that have to

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Speaker 1: work on Christmas? It's like, are you?

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Speaker 2: Are you a real person? Are you? Are you a

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Speaker 1: Think about that comment. Do you think hospitals close? Do

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Speaker 1: you think you know firemen, policemen aren't working. Do you

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Speaker 1: think there are convenience stores still opening on open on Christmas?

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Speaker 1: Do you think broadcasters take Christmas off? You think we

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Speaker 1: didn't have stuff going here at Fox Sports Radio? My god,

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Speaker 1: what a fool.

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Speaker 2: But I'm not here to talk about him.

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Speaker 1: I don't want to talk about him yet. I do

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Speaker 1: want to talk to Marcel calling from Brooklyn because I

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Speaker 1: just want to say where Brooklyn?

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Speaker 2: Where Brooklyn? At Marcel? What's up?

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Speaker 1: You're on with Adam Osland on Big Ben Mahler on

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Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio. Marcel, Marcel, Marcel, justin, justin, Marcel, Hey, good.

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Speaker 3: Morning, Adam, Happy new Year as always.

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Speaker 2: Happy here see.

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Speaker 3: You Lorena and Koch de Loup as well.

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Speaker 4: I'm Marcel.

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Speaker 3: Good morning, Happy new year both. Oh what a great

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Speaker 3: tradition that is? Oh do I mention it? How what's

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Speaker 3: the picks for the first picks of twenty twenty six? Well,

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Speaker 3: you know what, Let's do it, shall we? Because of

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Speaker 3: the dudes. It is a new day and it is

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Speaker 3: a new years around. So instead of Adams Malan militia,

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Speaker 3: how about to say this, let's get into it with

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Speaker 3: some Friday food picks as well. And as a matter

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Speaker 3: of fact, the lines are waiting, if not the three

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Speaker 3: of them, or shall I say, the girl and the

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Speaker 1: Happen Marcel's running things now, it's Marcelles world.

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Speaker 2: We're just living in it. No, I like this. This

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Speaker 2: is good. We're guessing what you hate?

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, this is what a break foot picks tradition

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Speaker 3: looks like all right.

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Speaker 2: All right, uh calling from Brooklyn. I mean I hear

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Speaker 1: There couldn't you as one of those big slices I've

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Speaker 1: seen the Ninja Turtles movie. The New York sizes are

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Speaker 3: Oh you know what, my friend, the pizza it is

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Speaker 3: just like Big Ben does. And I give you the

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Speaker 3: guarantee of the mixed match.

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Speaker 5: It is, I guarantee it.

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Speaker 4: I'm gonna go in honor of big Ben Maller. You

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Speaker 3: Well that's not a mixed match. It is my friend Loreena,

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Speaker 3: but not.

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Speaker 1: A mixed match.

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Speaker 3: No, all right, Ruthie Lope, go right ahead, buddy. This

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Speaker 3: is a chance to say pizza double alert.

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Speaker 2: If you get this correct, Marcel match.

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Speaker 3: Alert double will come your way or trouble.

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Speaker 6: You won't believe this, but I'm gonna go with pizza.

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Speaker 2: Oh that means that means mixed match? You okay? What

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Speaker 2: happens that? I'm so confused, just like mine.

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Speaker 3: As well, big shot. It is from last year.

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Speaker 2: You and I want Adam. Oh we won nothing. What

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Speaker 1: We won? The mix it is and the prize is

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Speaker 2: What else do you need.

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Speaker 1: You know what I did lose that in twenty twenty five.

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Speaker 2: Now I'm back in. I got my pride back.

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Speaker 3: Oh yes, it is my friend. Yes, it is my friend.

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Speaker 3: And for a special bonus wherever one big fan says,

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Speaker 3: congratulations to Adam and Coopie Loop as well as mine.

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Speaker 1: I'll see you then, all right, Marcel myself esteem'd.

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Speaker 6: He's a he's a four time caller of the year.

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Speaker 2: I mean we could have just played this.

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Speaker 1: Why do we even take the call let's play? Is

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Speaker 3: No?

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Speaker 6: We do TV picks on on Wednesdays. I believe what

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Speaker 3: Don't worry it's just top.

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Speaker 1: How come we couldn't have had like an overtime game

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Speaker 1: there where we guess the toppings of the pizza and

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Speaker 2: Was the true winner.

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Speaker 6: I just it's knowing Marcel just just cheese, just cheese.

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Speaker 1: That is an underrated pizza because we get topping so often.

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Speaker 1: It's like when you just get a cheese pizza. Now

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Speaker 1: I still need some ranch with that just cheese pizza.

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Speaker 2: I got like ranch. Just so you guys know. Ben

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Speaker 6: No, he calls it the devil's blood.

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Speaker 2: But he also has blood.

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Speaker 6: He also has the palette of a five year old,

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Speaker 1: Has he ever had Brian Semen on the show before?

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Speaker 1: And that's that's not a Mala militia nickname. That's a

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Speaker 1: FanDuel TV, also probably cuts up his hot dogs and

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Speaker 1: and I need to hear from Ben Mallory do this right.

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Speaker 5: The Autumn Wind is a pirate blustering in from sea

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Speaker 2: That's pretty good.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and no one else is good ranch as you tried,

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Speaker 1: in week eighteen. Why because it's a game no one

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Speaker 1: this game some love. As Jordan Love probably shouldn't play,

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Speaker 1: Kevin O'Connell lets him play with that fractured hand, like

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Speaker 1: Darnold walk and go to Seattle. I know partially it

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Speaker 1: That would be the most intriguing part of the game.

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Speaker 2: Now.

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Speaker 1: The second best game of the weekend is of course,

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Speaker 1: had a mixtape called Best Day Ever. And it will

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Speaker 1: Best Day Ever.

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Speaker 1: This is good, This is a rivalry, this is legit.

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Speaker 2: The divisional round, second round.

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Speaker 5: I guarantee it.

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Speaker 2: They're not getting far.

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Speaker 1: It wasn't very good against Cleveland the Steelers. They could

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Speaker 1: John Harbaugh's job. Tomlin, though he could be out too

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Speaker 1: This game really isn't about this season so much, because

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Speaker 1: The top game in my matchup power rankings goes to

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Speaker 1: the forty nine Ers and the Seahawks.

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Speaker 2: Fall that takes place on Saturday night.

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Speaker 1: Winner doesn't just get the NFC West, but the number

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Speaker 7: Or he was.

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Speaker 1: I'm at a Moslin in for Big Ben Mallard here

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Speaker 1: on Fox Sports Radio. Coming up next, I got a

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Speaker 9: Join me every weekday morning on my podcast, Straight Fire

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Speaker 1: God, I miss mac Miller. This pulls up my heartstrings

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Speaker 2: I can't finish the show.

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Speaker 1: How dare you Lorena minimize his death like this? Even

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Speaker 1: In for Ben Maller here on Fox Sports Radio, like

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Speaker 1: Swimming so good, he was becoming more mature as an artist.

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Speaker 1: Let's go to Mike the Leprechaun. Mike, I'm out a Moslin's.

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Speaker 1: You're on Fox Sports Radio. What's up, Mike?

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Speaker 3: Good morning?

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Speaker 7: What's your name? Adam?

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Speaker 2: Who cares? It's Adam Auslin?

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Speaker 4: So you haven't been listening to the show, of course,

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Speaker 1: I did a great job because Kurt Signetti he deserves it.

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Speaker 7: Oh my duck has to go anyway. So Marcel is

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Speaker 7: I'm the worst collar of the year by far. In fact,

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Speaker 7: And I have to disagree with you even though you

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Speaker 7: People who pick up the people who pick up the

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Speaker 7: m VP. Number two, Stafford is good and number three it's.

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Speaker 2: A surprise, Yeah, Trevor Lawrence.

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Speaker 7: Number three it's blind Scott.

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Speaker 2: I'm sorry, blind Scott.

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Speaker 7: Blind Scott.

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Speaker 2: Blind Scott called in last night.

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Speaker 7: Who cares anyway? So did you watch the ball drop

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Speaker 7: in New York?

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Speaker 1: I watched Ryan Seacrest balls drop in New.

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Speaker 4: Can I ask you a question, would you like Mike

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Speaker 4: the Leprechaun teach your children?

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Speaker 2: No, he's a teacher. Oh I'm sorry.

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Speaker 1: Uh no, obviously he knew, but ossier was as frenchier

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Speaker 1: lord children public.

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Speaker 7: Let me do you know any French?

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Speaker 2: Do you have ten your mind?

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Speaker 1: Because I heard teachers really pack it in once they

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Speaker 1: get that tenure.

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Speaker 7: Okay, oh yeah, on top top of the morning. I

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Speaker 7: forgot to say top of the marnsweet anyway, the Waterford

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Speaker 7: by the way, the ball that they drop is about

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Speaker 7: five thousand pounds and it has twelve thousand pieces of

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Speaker 7: water for crystal shipped directly from Waterford City in our

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Speaker 7: all right, the fact you're.

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Speaker 1: Mike the leprechan So I'm gonna take you at your

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Speaker 1: you have okay, okay.

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Speaker 2: Mike, can we palm?

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Speaker 5: All right?

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Speaker 2: I tried?

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Speaker 1: I was patient, like teachers have to be with their students.

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Speaker 1: He's really Are we sure?

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Speaker 2: Is that verified? Is it a real thing? Okay, now

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Speaker 2: I have.

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Speaker 1: To get back to my NBA story because I've been

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Speaker 1: hating and I've been simmering about this player for a while.

479
00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:05,080
Speaker 1: But Draymond Green, you may have noticed, had quite the

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Speaker 1: blow up last week, an emotional outburst. It happened courtside.

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Speaker 1: It was between him and Steve Kerr, whose hair got

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Speaker 1: a little bit whiter. And I understand he's the modern

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Speaker 1: Dennis Rodman. Draymond wants to be Bill Lambier. He's more

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Speaker 1: skilled than both. You could say I need a beer

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Speaker 1: every time I see his antics though out there on

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Speaker 1: the court, like when he's kicking someone in the nuts,

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Speaker 1: stomping on their chests, arguing with his own teammates, getting

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Speaker 1: after it with Kevin Durant, and now he's doing this

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Speaker 1: with his head coach and Steve Kerr. He is one

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Speaker 1: of those guys that comes across as so extremely unlikable.

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Speaker 1: When you're going against him, I guess you hate him

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Speaker 1: even more.

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Speaker 2: But some of those guys where when he's on your team,

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Speaker 2: you love him. Do they do? Golden State fans still

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Speaker 2: like Draymond Green.

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Speaker 1: Is is it really like that still or is it

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Speaker 1: just they know they can't trade him, they have to

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Speaker 1: deal with him. They accept him because of that. He's

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Speaker 1: getting a triple single. As Charles Barkley would say, he's

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Speaker 1: averaging eight, six and five. The Warriors are around five hundred.

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Speaker 1: I know with Draymond it's more than just the numbers.

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Speaker 1: You look at the plus minus. He still is an impactful,

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Speaker 1: overall positive player. He's also thirty five. They were seven

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Speaker 1: points better per one hundred possessions last season with him

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Speaker 1: on the floor. That's significant. This year they're one point

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Speaker 1: better with Draymond on the floor. He's not exactly pulling

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Speaker 1: his weight like he used to. So how much is

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Speaker 1: you gonna put up with? I know they apologized. Steve

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Speaker 1: Kerr felt.

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Speaker 2: Like he was in the wrong. Draymond thought he was

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Speaker 2: in the wrong.

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Speaker 1: But this petulant behavior, it's a pattern. This isn't a

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Speaker 1: one time thing, and he gets by because he's one

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Speaker 1: of the toughest competitors out there. Like, that's what this is.

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Speaker 1: You want to go to war with somebody like Draymond Green.

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Speaker 1: He has a big part of why they won four championship.

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Speaker 1: There's poor championships in Golden State. There's no doubt. There's

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Speaker 1: also injury luck, a fluky cap spike that got them

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Speaker 1: Kevin Durant. There's a lot that goes into it, a

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Speaker 1: lot of good fortune when it comes to winning. He's

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Speaker 1: making twenty five million this year. Draymond I just it's

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Speaker 1: crazy to me the least that he gets because he

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Speaker 1: is a legacy player with Golden State. But they're losing

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Speaker 1: and things get worse with Draymond in situations like this.

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Speaker 1: They want him to finish his career with Golden State.

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Speaker 1: Steve Kerr said, quote, I want him to finish his

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Speaker 1: career with the Golden State Warriors.

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Speaker 2: Unquote.

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Speaker 1: That probably means things were teetering the other way in

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Speaker 1: the cooler heads prevailed, But having to say that means

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Speaker 1: it's bad enough that people were actually wondering if that's

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Speaker 1: going to happen now, Like it's in doubt to some

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Speaker 1: degree that he'll finish his career as a member of

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Speaker 1: the Golden State Warriors. Steve Kerr felt like he needed

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Speaker 1: to make it clear that's the position they're at now

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Speaker 1: with him, but that's just for now. Things are still

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Speaker 1: bubbling beneath the surface. They got real issues. They have

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Speaker 1: the toughest schedule remaining in the NBA, and they're struggling already.

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Speaker 1: I just don't know if this fading dynasty is Steve

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Speaker 1: Kerr put it is long for having a guy that

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Speaker 1: is an irritant to this degree, not just with the

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Speaker 1: opponents anymore, his own teammates, his head coach. Like I know,

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Speaker 1: Steph Curry got hurt in that second round series against Minnesota.

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Speaker 1: Maybe they win if he doesn't, but they're not a

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Speaker 1: contender anymore. They're not close. If everything breaks their way

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Speaker 1: in Golden State, they could win a round. I think

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Speaker 1: that's about as far as their ceiling goes. This fading dynasty.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if they want to put up with this.

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Speaker 1: Nothing ends unless it ends badly, otherwise it wouldn't.

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Speaker 2: Whatever that's saying is, I think I bushered it?

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Speaker 5: Do you speak it?

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Speaker 1: I just know this Golden State Warriors run this era.

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Speaker 1: It's getting close to being over Steph Curry. Is he

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Speaker 1: okay with just being competitive in a first round maybe

555
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Speaker 1: a second round? The thing is he kind of runs

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Speaker 1: things there understandably. It's Steph Curry. I think he's the

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Speaker 1: top five player. Ever, as long as he likes Draymond,

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Speaker 1: as long as he likes Steve Kerr, nobody's going anywhere.

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Speaker 1: And I'm not even saying Draymond is a bad player

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Speaker 1: or a bad guy, but he's also the type of

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Speaker 1: guy that's not gonna go well, it's not gonna be

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Speaker 1: pretty with how this thing ends. If the dynasty is fading,

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Speaker 1: if it's dying out, he's not gonna let it go

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Speaker 1: without a fight.

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Speaker 2: He's going out swinging.

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Speaker 1: Ask Steven Adams, asked demonts a bonus, Yusuf Nurkic, Rudy Gobert.

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Speaker 1: They can't beat the other teams anymore, and that's when

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Speaker 1: typically there's more infighting. Draymond's already fought a teammate in

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Speaker 1: Jordan Poole. That was just months after they had won

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Speaker 1: the championship. That was back in twenty twenty two, So

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Speaker 1: things could get that toxic that quickly after winning. How's

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Speaker 1: it gonna look when they really start losing and going

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Speaker 1: into a tailspin?

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Speaker 2: Yo, I don't think.

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Speaker 1: They're that far away from that. And to me, the

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00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:05,240
Speaker 1: way they've handled Raymond Green, I think it emboldens him.

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Speaker 1: I think it leads to more of this type of behavior.

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Speaker 1: They won't suspend him, Like, why would his actions ever

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Speaker 1: change if they don't correct it or discipline him. Golden

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00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:23,800
Speaker 1: State is part of the problem now, Draymond he is

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Speaker 1: a Hall of Famer, he's great, and those guys get favoritism,

582
00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:31,840
Speaker 1: preferential treatment. That is nothing new. If you're talented enough,

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00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:35,400
Speaker 1: you can get away with more. But the threshold he

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00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:40,280
Speaker 1: gets seems unusually high for how far he can take

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Speaker 1: things with his team, with his organization on the court,

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Speaker 1: with officials. I can't believe how many things he can

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00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:49,800
Speaker 1: get away with, barkinghet officials.

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00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:50,920
Speaker 2: He doesn't get a technical.

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Speaker 1: It has to get so bad for him to get

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Speaker 1: a technical where somebody else would have got one under

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00:32:56,600 --> 00:33:04,240
Speaker 1: much lesser behavior. People have called him a manchild. It's bad.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna get worse. And by the way, that game

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Speaker 1: where he just left and went to the locker room

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Speaker 1: as he and Kerr were arguing it was a close

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00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:18,920
Speaker 1: game against Orlando, and then they ended up blowing them

596
00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:24,600
Speaker 1: out Without Draymond Green, he just gets away with stuff

597
00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:27,680
Speaker 1: though no one else would. No one puts baby in

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Speaker 1: the corner, no one puts day day in the corner,

599
00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:32,720
Speaker 1: whatever you want to say. Eventually the act will get

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00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:36,959
Speaker 1: tired when his name no longer matches the game and

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Speaker 1: his talent is not worth the headache.

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Speaker 2: We'll see.

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Speaker 1: I'm just monitoring this. I got cousins up in NorCal,

604
00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:47,960
Speaker 1: still big Golden State Warriors fans, and even they say sometimes, yeah,

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00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:51,240
Speaker 1: he's a clown. And that was before he made that

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Speaker 1: comment about nobody has to work on Christmas except us.

607
00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:58,920
Speaker 1: Nobody works on Christmas. Why should we have to play games? Okay,

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00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:02,240
Speaker 1: I'm paraphrasing, but it was bad, and so is the

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Speaker 1: situation with Golden State. I'm at am oslin in for

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Speaker 1: Ben Maller here on Fox Sports Radio. We will close

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Speaker 1: things out next. There's another guy who just left his

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Speaker 1: team and went to the locker room who's much more

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Speaker 1: talented and much younger than Draymond Green, and I think

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00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:21,680
Speaker 1: might be on the outs with his team at least

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00:34:21,719 --> 00:34:24,120
Speaker 1: in the next two years. And this is just the

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Speaker 1: start of what's soon to come with the Minnesota Timberwolves.

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Speaker 2: I'm sorry I wasn't listening, Adam Ashley.

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Speaker 2: What was that about?

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Speaker 1: Oh be peeling out going away back to Burbank from

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Speaker 1: Sherman Oaks. I would never do that, although I do

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Speaker 1: have some turbo with my car. It may be a Kia,

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Speaker 1: but it's fast. I swear I could probably do some burnouts,

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Speaker 1: some doughnuts in the parking lot.

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Speaker 2: I filled in for Ben mall Or. It's a K five,

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Speaker 2: all right.

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Speaker 1: It's like the model below the Stinger, but it's above

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Speaker 1: the K four of it works that way sometimes. But

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Speaker 1: it's black and I ordered it from Florida. It was

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Speaker 1: a special model. How was that racist?

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Speaker 2: If anything? If it was white, maybe you could say that.

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Speaker 1: If it's Gray. Am I not on either side? How

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Speaker 1: does this work?

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Speaker 2: My god, My closest friends are African Americans. Okay, I'll

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Speaker 2: have you know.

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Speaker 1: Anyways, enough car talk one am I Adam Carolla. Here,

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Speaker 1: I gotta talk about another player who left the bench

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00:36:17,760 --> 00:36:23,320
Speaker 1: recently who's much better than Draymond Green. Anthony Edwards, who

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Speaker 1: Anti Claus whatever you want to call him in those

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00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:30,560
Speaker 1: Mountain Dew commercials. I They would end up losing to

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Speaker 1: the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday, one twenty six to one

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Speaker 1: oh two Minnesota. And uh, while guys were getting benched

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Speaker 1: because the game was over and starters were out, well,

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00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:45,880
Speaker 1: there were seven minutes and fifty two seconds remaining, and

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Speaker 1: it appeared that Edwards disagreed with Chris Finch, his head coach,

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Speaker 1: about pulling the starters when the Hawks were up one

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Speaker 1: oh nine to eighty. And uh, he just said peace out,

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Speaker 1: like he just walked into the locker room. I guess

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Speaker 1: if he's gonna take us out, I might as well

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Speaker 1: hit the showers. Edwards had thirty points in the ballgame.

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Speaker 1: He is a top tier talent, one of the best

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Speaker 1: players in the NBA, the best American born player right now.

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Speaker 1: He's next. He could be the face of the league.

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Speaker 1: He could He's still very young. Here's the problem, and

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Speaker 1: here's what I'd be concerned about. And if Scott Shapiro's

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Speaker 1: listening to this, I apologize because I know it's his team,

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Speaker 1: But I don't know if aunt is long for being

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Speaker 1: a Minnesota Timberwolf. I would be concerned about the makeup

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Speaker 1: of this roster, about the construction of the team in

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Speaker 1: where they're going now. I don't want to be an alarmist.

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Speaker 1: There's sixth right now in the Western Conference. They're twenty

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Speaker 1: one and thirteen, six and four in their last ten games.

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Speaker 1: They're only three and a half games out of being

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Speaker 1: the two seed held by San Antonio Dire.

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Speaker 2: It's not a crazy situation.

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Speaker 1: But the problem in Minnesota is with the Anthony Edwards

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Speaker 1: getting frustrated multiple times as he was ejected in overtime

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Speaker 1: against Denver on Christmas. If you remember, that was a

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Speaker 1: hell of a game. I don't know if they're going

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Speaker 1: to get to the Western Conference finals again. In fact,

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Speaker 1: I wouldn't guarantee it, but I'm pretty confident that's not

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Speaker 1: happening this season.

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Speaker 5: I guarantee it.

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Speaker 1: I'm not taking it that far. I'm just confident it's

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Speaker 1: not happening. They have put themselves in a position, the

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Speaker 1: Minnesota Timberwolves, where they could be a victim of their

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Speaker 1: own success, where anything less than a conference finals appearance

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Speaker 1: because they've done it the last two years, looks bad.

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Speaker 1: They're supposed to break through now and get to the

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Speaker 1: NBA Finals. But what if it goes the other way

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Speaker 1: and they lose in the first round and it looks

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Speaker 1: like they're regressing and going backwards and not getting better,

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Speaker 1: even though Ant looks better than ever. If the team

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Speaker 1: isn't if they're not constructed well enough to compete at

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Speaker 1: the highest level. And I know he's under contract for

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Speaker 1: a few more seasons, but that could get dicey in

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Speaker 1: a small market like Minnesota, and the buzzards could be circling,

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Speaker 1: the vultures could be out. Teams could be asking about

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Speaker 1: Ant making some godfather offers, and if he isn't that

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Speaker 1: gung ho about being a Minnesota Timberwolf long term, that

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Speaker 1: could get nasty in a hurry. I just know, well,

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Speaker 1: they're good, they're not a contender. Still, they don't have

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Speaker 1: enough scoring around him. He is asked to do far

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Speaker 1: too much. The usage rating is far too high, and

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Speaker 1: I don't know how they fix it because I'm not

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Speaker 1: a big Julius Randall fan. And that shake up with

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Speaker 1: Karl Anthony Towns. Look, they went back to the Western

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Speaker 1: Conference finals. Things broke their way. You could say they

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Speaker 1: won the trade. You could say it's short sighted. I

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Speaker 1: just don't love Julius Randall as his number two.

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Speaker 2: Who does number two work for?

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Speaker 1: Why am I thinking of Austin Powers right now?

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Speaker 2: It must be getting late.

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Speaker 1: I'm just saying Anthony Edwards might have a wandering eye

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Speaker 1: in looking for greener pastures at some point. If you're

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Speaker 1: a Minnesota Timberwolf fan, beware, trust me, I'm.

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Speaker 2: Out of Oslin.

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Speaker 1: This has been The Ben Maller Show is a pleasure

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Speaker 1: filling in. Thanks to Lorena, Thank you, Justin. This is

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Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio.