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Speaker 4: Story headline with you. Okay. With that game, Kyrie leads

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Speaker 5: I think it's gonna be the ultimate test of Channing

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Speaker 1: Next baby, they beat the Hornets one or nine ninety seven,

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Speaker 4: Went much better.

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Speaker 3: But they just had that identity that we just don't

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Speaker 1: From recent ease I saw at Tommy Beer tweeting this morning,

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Speaker 1: the Knicks have outscored their opponents by ninety two points

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Speaker 1: in eleven games they've played this month, best in the league.

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Speaker 1: It's like the Knicks, the Clippers, and the Jazz. When

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Speaker 4: And stuff like that. Of course we've talked about.

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Speaker 5: I made a mistake saying that the Chicago Bulls are

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Speaker 1: I hate it, just to drive home the fact of

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Speaker 1: Julius Randall winning Most Improved because it's a lock, and

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Speaker 1: we talked about it a little bit on yesterday's show.

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Speaker 1: I saw Mark Stein in his newsletter Lely share this fact.

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Speaker 1: It's pretty wild, so I just want to share it

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Speaker 1: the podcast. Okay, Julius Randall is averaging twenty three point

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Speaker 1: those offensive numbers have been matched or exceeded by only

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Speaker 4: It's crazy.

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Speaker 1: So, yeah, he's most improved and he's gonna warrant some

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Speaker 3: Because I just want to see I mean, he probably

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Speaker 4: You know heard here first.

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Speaker 4: But gaggregaters god.

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Speaker 1: like he was gonna lose the ball like ten times

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Speaker 1: and like a crazy step back three or two guys,

437
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Speaker 1: he's got a weird release on his actual shut Like

438
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Speaker 1: I know, he's got the floater game like perfectly, but

439
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Speaker 1: he's kind of a strange, like sort of funky in

440
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Speaker 1: front of them release. But now these shoots were corp.

441
00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:02,479
Speaker 1: It goes in decent enough, so good for him, all right.

442
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Speaker 1: The Knicks maybe they're back Knicks. Talk next tape. I

443
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Speaker 1: love it all, Okay, next game, Paul George scores thirty three. Yeah,

444
00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:10,240
Speaker 1: maybe the Clippers are the hottest team in the league.

445
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Speaker 1: You tell me out West they are. At least they

446
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Speaker 1: down the Blazers one thirteen to one to twelve, and

447
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Speaker 1: it was PG Trey hitting some clutch free throws late.

448
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Speaker 4: He got the whistle. I think it was the right call.

449
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Speaker 1: There were contact he was passing, but it was a

450
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Speaker 1: bonus situation and he goes to the line and knocks

451
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Speaker 1: him down.

452
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Speaker 5: Clippers was a fun game. Shout out Rashid Wallace. Both

453
00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:32,000
Speaker 5: teams played hard in this one, complete level off the charge.

454
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Speaker 5: Paul George on a hot streak. Like you're saying, skeets,

455
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Speaker 5: he's been carrying the Clippers with Kawhi Leonard out thirty

456
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Speaker 5: three and eleven for PG and like you're saying, this

457
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Speaker 5: was a weir are not losing this kind of performance

458
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Speaker 5: from Paul George. Clippers down five with a minute left,

459
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Speaker 5: three times in the final minute, Paul George just puts

460
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Speaker 5: his head down and got to the rim. He had

461
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Speaker 5: a nice take in the half court that he finished.

462
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Speaker 5: He had a crazy play on a fast break where

463
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Speaker 5: he got to the rim a lot faster than I

464
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Speaker 5: think the Blazers were expecting. They were all slacking a

465
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Speaker 5: little bit getting back on defense. A nice lefty there

466
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Speaker 5: caught everybody off guard. Then, yeah, he got a little

467
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Speaker 5: bit lucky to get free throws there when he was

468
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Speaker 5: driving to pass the ball. But that's why you go

469
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Speaker 5: to the hoop making the ref call. Something went to

470
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Speaker 5: the line knocked him down. Clips Win, Clips Win.

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Speaker 4: Great stuff for LA.

472
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Speaker 5: You know, I think the Knicks are still the hottest

473
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Speaker 5: team in the league, but whatever, you know, they're in

474
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Speaker 5: different conferences, and the Clippers have been able to go

475
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Speaker 5: out and take care of business as well, beating teams

476
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Speaker 5: they should beat, despite the fact that they're missing quite

477
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Speaker 5: a few players. Marcus Morris had a really nice game

478
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Speaker 5: for the Clips as well last night. But the story

479
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Speaker 5: is definitely Paul George. He is on a massive hot

480
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Speaker 5: streak right now, and when he's bawling, he's really tough

481
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Speaker 5: to stop because when the outside jumper is falling, which

482
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Speaker 5: it wasn't even really last night, but when that thing

483
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Speaker 5: is falling, it allows him to get to the rim

484
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Speaker 5: so much easier. But I was impressed I like to see,

485
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Speaker 5: you know, Paul George miss the jumper and he said, fine,

486
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Speaker 5: I'm just gonna go to the hoop. I'm gonna try

487
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Speaker 5: and get some layup. I'm gonna try and get some

488
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Speaker 5: free throws all all, both of them, those things happened.

489
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Speaker 5: That's how you win a game when you're down five

490
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Speaker 5: with the minute left.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Lee, right now, if the playoffs started today, you know,

492
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Speaker 1: let's get into that, it would be this series from

493
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Speaker 1: that game last night. It would be Clippers as the

494
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Speaker 1: third seed at forty one and nineteen versus the Blazers

495
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Speaker 1: right now, they're in the sixtied at thirty two and

496
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Speaker 1: twenty five. Sign me up for that first round series.

497
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Speaker 1: I think that would be very entertaining. I think that

498
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Speaker 1: had a little you know, despite missing some stars there

499
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Speaker 1: like Hawaiian dam. You know, they were both playing hard.

500
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Speaker 1: Like Trey said, I think there's some dislike there. Of course,

501
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Speaker 1: they got the whole PG Dame Angel and all that.

502
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Speaker 1: I think just be one hell of a first round series.

503
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Speaker 4: I also think people would take the Blazers.

504
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Speaker 1: Like you would see, like you know, with a healthy squad,

505
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Speaker 1: of course, if both teams are healthy. I know some

506
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Speaker 1: people would pick Portland, I'm not sure I would, But

507
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Speaker 1: but what would you think of this first round series

508
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Speaker 1: between these potential two teams.

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Speaker 3: I hope we get it, because that's it. Paul George

510
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Speaker 3: and Damian lill had certainly have them back and forward

511
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Speaker 3: last season in the playoffs and the season before that

512
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Speaker 3: when Lilid obviously Alimonid the Eckle Homer City Thunder. I mean,

513
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Speaker 3: that's exactly what we want to see these two teams. Now.

514
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Speaker 3: Kawhi Leonard is out for at least a week right

515
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Speaker 3: now with a foot injury, so you know, I expect

516
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Speaker 3: you will be back in time. Doesn't sound super serious

517
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Speaker 3: for the playoffs, but yeah, Nurkic didn't play there last night.

518
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Speaker 3: Obviously Little It didn't. So this would be exactly what

519
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Speaker 3: we want to see in the first round because I

520
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Speaker 3: think the Clippers would be favorite as home court. But yeah,

521
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Speaker 3: I don't know if I would pick them against the Blazers.

522
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Speaker 3: Little just has a way of doing these things. But

523
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Speaker 3: I mean, yeah, I don't know. I think it'd be

524
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Speaker 3: a great series. I think it would actually live up

525
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Speaker 3: to the hype because if c J. McCollum's going, I

526
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Speaker 3: think that's a very very important factor here for the

527
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Speaker 3: Blazers didn't shoot at all that well last night, but

528
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Speaker 3: obviously he provides that offensives bought and nor pals good

529
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Speaker 3: for them. Again, he's been good since he's joined them.

530
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Speaker 3: The plan. It's been as rare trade where both teams like,

531
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Speaker 3: you know, raptors in the players like, hey, this was a.

532
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Speaker 4: Pretty good track.

533
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Speaker 3: We both got a pretty good player out of this.

534
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Speaker 4: So I had a wide open look there at a

535
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Speaker 4: three in the corner.

536
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Speaker 3: At the end there. Yeah, but yeah, I I mean

537
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Speaker 3: the Clippers they're winning right now, which is so good

538
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Speaker 3: because they do need to I think, lock up that

539
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Speaker 3: third spot because you don't want to drop into fourth

540
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Speaker 3: and potentially have to face the Lakers as the fifth

541
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Speaker 3: seed where the Nuggets are right now. The nugget are

542
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Speaker 3: playing well too, they've won eight of their last ten,

543
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Speaker 3: but the Clippers are just keeping themselves out of reach.

544
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Speaker 3: And also you potentially face the Suns in that second

545
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Speaker 3: round as well, which I think is hugely important. I think,

546
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Speaker 3: you know, respect to the Sons, they've been incredible this season,

547
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Speaker 3: but again, if it's them or the Jazz in the

548
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Speaker 3: second round, I think you would still rather face the

549
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Speaker 3: Suns at this point. But either way, there's a couple

550
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Speaker 3: of really promising matchups there in the Western Conference because

551
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Speaker 3: you know, so many teams have had guys out with

552
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Speaker 3: injuries and you're not sure exactly how their conditioning will

553
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Speaker 3: become playoff time. The Lakers the biggest one of that,

554
00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:46,800
Speaker 3: but yeah, some other teams are really starting to, you know,

555
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Speaker 3: like put their foot down and say we could be

556
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Speaker 3: a chance in this thing. Things could go our we

557
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Speaker 3: I didn't plan.

558
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Speaker 1: On asking you guys this, but I was just reminded

559
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Speaker 1: of it when you were saying, you know, we're talking

560
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Speaker 1: about these series and seedings and all that. I know

561
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Speaker 1: Tom Zeller's talked about it before. The idea of like

562
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Speaker 1: picking your opponent if you're one of the top three,

563
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Speaker 1: top four seeds, that you get the chance to say

564
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Speaker 1: I want that team. I think they do a little

565
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Speaker 1: bit of that in the WNBA already. Trady like that idea,

566
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Speaker 1: like let's say it's the top three seeds, like they

567
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Speaker 1: get to pick who they want from the lower.

568
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Speaker 4: Seeds or from anybody. I guess for that matter, are

569
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Speaker 4: you a fan of that or no?

570
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Speaker 5: Sure? Why not give those top seeds something else to

571
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Speaker 5: play for? Something to keep them interested. Once we get

572
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Speaker 5: to the final two weeks of the season and you know,

573
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Speaker 5: Seeds are looking a little more locked in. But if

574
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Speaker 5: you get your choice of who you want to play,

575
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Speaker 5: maybe that's a little carrot there to be chasing, and

576
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Speaker 5: you're one of the lead dogs or lead horses. I

577
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Speaker 5: suppose dogs like carrots, but not as much as horses do.

578
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Speaker 5: I will say, though, I think the Clippers would be

579
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Speaker 5: fine playing against the Blazers. Their Clippers have won all

580
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Speaker 5: three games. The Blazers are really struggling right now. They've

581
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Speaker 5: lost seven of their last ten. I thought it was

582
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Speaker 5: interesting that basically as soon as the final buzzer rang,

583
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Speaker 5: you heard Damian Lillard was coming back play. No surprise.

584
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Speaker 5: They really need him back. They've been struggling, especially against

585
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Speaker 5: the best teams in the league. I think they're one

586
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Speaker 5: in six the Blazers are against the Clippers, Lakers, and Jazz.

587
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Speaker 5: You know they've got Damian Lillard. Carmelo Anthony was really

588
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Speaker 5: solid last night. CJ. McCollum. We know can put things together,

589
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Speaker 5: but the depth for the Blazers it's just not there.

590
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Speaker 5: Like Rnde Hollis, Jefferson made a serious impact I thought

591
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Speaker 5: on the game, and they just signed that guy, Anthony Simons.

592
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Speaker 5: It's just flashes. They're getting flashes from all of their

593
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Speaker 5: young role players, but not consistent production.

594
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Speaker 4: Same question for you, Lee, let's throw it at you.

595
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Speaker 4: Do you like the idea of.

596
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Speaker 1: Like the top seeds in each conference picking their first

597
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Speaker 1: round upon it?

598
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Speaker 4: Yes?

599
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Speaker 3: I do. I think why not try something like that

600
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Speaker 3: as well? I think the playing tournament. You know, we

601
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Speaker 3: sort of got an opportunity for that last season because

602
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Speaker 3: of the bubble situation, and it worked, So why not

603
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Speaker 3: experiment with something like this as well? Just say, you

604
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Speaker 3: know what, We're going to try it for two or

605
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Speaker 3: three seasons and see if it works, see if the

606
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Speaker 3: teams like it, and if they don't, we can go.

607
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Speaker 4: Back to it.

608
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Speaker 3: But let's just see, because that's exactly what would Paul

609
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Speaker 3: George and the Clippers pick the Blazers. I know, you know,

610
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Speaker 3: like like training points out there, you know what their

611
00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:05,480
Speaker 3: sort of record is. But would Paul George say, I

612
00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:07,800
Speaker 3: can't pick Lilard and then get beaten by him in

613
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Speaker 3: the first round, because you know, if that was to happen,

614
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Speaker 3: it would just poor George would be clowned on.

615
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Speaker 4: For feast your demon's pot exactly exactly.

616
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Speaker 3: I mean, the team would probably say, listen, you know,

617
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Speaker 3: we just match up well against them, and we've got

618
00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:21,920
Speaker 3: a good defensive players. We can you know, maybe slow

619
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Speaker 3: those guys down. But imagine the psychologically, like Paul George like,

620
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Speaker 3: I can't, man, what if Lilard beats me again? Man,

621
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Speaker 3: It's just not going to happen. But I think sure,

622
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Speaker 3: I think it just adds some intrigue for sure, because

623
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Speaker 3: would every team, of course again avoid the Lakers because like,

624
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Speaker 3: we don't want the Lakers in the first round, man,

625
00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:40,680
Speaker 3: so you know we'll take you know, maybe the Nuggets instead,

626
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Speaker 3: just because you just don't want to have to have

627
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Speaker 3: to beat Lebron James in the first round. So yeah,

628
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Speaker 3: I think it's something for the NBA to think about

629
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Speaker 3: for sure.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, maybe we'll see it in the future. All right,

631
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Speaker 1: next game, we've got two left here. The Wolves beat

632
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Speaker 1: the Kings for the second time this season, one thirty four,

633
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Speaker 1: one twenty. If that doesn't sum up.

634
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Speaker 4: The Sacramento Kings season, I don't know what it does.

635
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Speaker 4: Beat them twice. They play again tonight, they'll probably be

636
00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:02,880
Speaker 4: them for a third time.

637
00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:07,879
Speaker 1: Minnesota was trailing one fifteen fourteen, and then Anthony Edwards

638
00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:10,600
Speaker 1: splashed his fifth three of the game started this big

639
00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:13,320
Speaker 1: seventeen to three run Towns was pretty special during that stretch,

640
00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:16,120
Speaker 1: and that was the ballgame right there. Uh, just if

641
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Speaker 1: you're curious, the Wolves entered the game with the worst

642
00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:22,000
Speaker 1: record in the NBA, but now have beaten the Kings

643
00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,359
Speaker 1: here twice, so the Rockets have taken the lead there.

644
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Speaker 1: In the old Tankathon one of my favorite sites out there, Yeah,

645
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Speaker 1: tankathon dot com. If you want to see again, like

646
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Speaker 1: who's winning the best chance at the sort of the

647
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Speaker 1: top four pick, it's the Rockets are fifteen and forty three,

648
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Speaker 1: and then you got Minnesota now sixteen and forty three,

649
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Speaker 1: and then it's Orlando Detroit and OKAC is doing their

650
00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:43,600
Speaker 1: best to get in this race. They lost like what

651
00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:46,600
Speaker 1: eleven straight. They're suddenly coming out of nowhere as they

652
00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:50,080
Speaker 1: sit all their guys. So yeah, just if you're if

653
00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:52,159
Speaker 1: you're into that, it's a little different now because you

654
00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:55,399
Speaker 1: don't have like that crazy weighted chance of being the

655
00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:57,120
Speaker 1: worst team to have the number one pick.

656
00:27:57,119 --> 00:27:58,880
Speaker 4: It's a little more weighted now, so that's good.

657
00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:01,640
Speaker 1: But yeah, you got the Rockets with the worst record

658
00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:03,280
Speaker 1: in the league, and I just want to ask you, Lee,

659
00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:06,200
Speaker 1: are you a fan of these Neon green like highlighter

660
00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:07,240
Speaker 1: Wolves jerseys?

661
00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:08,560
Speaker 4: I go back and forth.

662
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Speaker 1: If I'm being honest, there are parts where I like them,

663
00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:12,639
Speaker 1: and then I don't. I can't decide.

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Speaker 3: It's so funny you bring that up, because I was

665
00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:15,960
Speaker 3: watching it last night. I think, and this just looks

666
00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:18,600
Speaker 3: ugly out there. I don't know, you know, literful matchup.

667
00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:21,680
Speaker 4: No, yeah, the purple and the neon green.

668
00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:23,320
Speaker 3: Yeah, And I was like, I think I think they

669
00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:25,200
Speaker 3: could put these ones awaye in now. I just don't

670
00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:27,120
Speaker 3: see the actually on the road.

671
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Speaker 1: I don't mind them, you know really. I like how

672
00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:32,200
Speaker 1: they look in photos like Getdy images. They're like, yeah,

673
00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:34,760
Speaker 1: they super pop, and they're like, it's not as bad

674
00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:36,000
Speaker 1: as like live action to me.

675
00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:37,440
Speaker 4: I think that's why I'm torn. Trey, are you a

676
00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:37,919
Speaker 4: fan of these?

677
00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:41,600
Speaker 5: I don't mind them. I can't believe they're stuck around

678
00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:45,320
Speaker 5: for this long with how often teams switch jerseys. Minnesota's

679
00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:48,760
Speaker 5: been wearing neon green for like three seasons. Anthony Edwards

680
00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:51,640
Speaker 5: is making it look good though. Yeah, three monster dunks

681
00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:54,560
Speaker 5: last night, So yeah, maybe that's why they're keeping them around.

682
00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:56,520
Speaker 5: They're like, this looks cool flying through the air.

683
00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:59,040
Speaker 3: Let me just let me just throw one that at you. Guys,

684
00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:00,520
Speaker 3: who do you think is out of broad future? The

685
00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:01,640
Speaker 3: Kings are the Wolves today?

686
00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:03,960
Speaker 4: Oh my god, that's tough.

687
00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:07,400
Speaker 3: Home honestly leaning Wolves, right, I know, I think.

688
00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:09,240
Speaker 4: I tend to agree with you, which is interesting.

689
00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:11,760
Speaker 3: I think outside of Fox and Halibur and I think

690
00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:14,480
Speaker 3: the Kings that everyone else is basically going to be

691
00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:17,040
Speaker 3: out in the next year or so, Coach included, because

692
00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:18,840
Speaker 3: I just you know, buddy, he can shoot the three

693
00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:21,960
Speaker 3: great Harrison Barnes, I think they'll try to move on

694
00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:25,320
Speaker 3: from him and just sort of start again. But the Wolves,

695
00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:27,800
Speaker 3: considering this season has been such a disaster for them,

696
00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:31,240
Speaker 3: I think Anthony Edwards like keeper great, you know, Towns,

697
00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:33,360
Speaker 3: maybe there's still they can still keep him there and

698
00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:34,480
Speaker 3: make things better.

699
00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:37,000
Speaker 1: But yeah, because hold on, like if you step back,

700
00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:39,920
Speaker 1: it felt like the Wolves season was a right off

701
00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:42,640
Speaker 1: from the jump because of obviously what happened to their

702
00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:45,240
Speaker 1: star player, and that's a you know, if there's ever

703
00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:48,200
Speaker 1: an excuse, that seems like a goddamn fair excuse for

704
00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:50,280
Speaker 1: what Towns went through. And it's like, all right, this

705
00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:52,120
Speaker 1: season's a bit of a mess and let's figure out

706
00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:53,880
Speaker 1: who we are. And there's no rustle for a good

707
00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:55,400
Speaker 1: chunk of it and all that. But like the Kings

708
00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:58,840
Speaker 1: had expectations. The King's got a great draft pick, Haliburton

709
00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:01,520
Speaker 1: looks awesome, and yet here they are still floundering.

710
00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:03,880
Speaker 4: So I hear what you're saying. I'm like, I just

711
00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:04,680
Speaker 4: really I.

712
00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:05,040
Speaker 1: Know you were.

713
00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:07,360
Speaker 4: You keep talking up that you think Towns wants out

714
00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:09,080
Speaker 4: and all that. I want you to slow your role

715
00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:09,320
Speaker 4: in that.

716
00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:13,920
Speaker 1: Like, let's give them from the start a chance to

717
00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:16,360
Speaker 1: see what they have now with Towns, especially Anthony Edwards.

718
00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:19,200
Speaker 1: Like I'd really like to see them from game one,

719
00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:21,840
Speaker 1: everybody's mind into it a good you know, off season

720
00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:22,680
Speaker 1: to practice stuff like that.

721
00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:23,880
Speaker 4: Like I just like to see what they are.

722
00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:25,600
Speaker 1: I'm not saying they're going to make the playoffs or anything,

723
00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:28,280
Speaker 1: but I still have hope in the in those especially

724
00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:29,880
Speaker 1: what you saw from Anthony Edwards. You're right, like that

725
00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:32,440
Speaker 1: guy better go in to dunk contests, like I know

726
00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:34,880
Speaker 1: we go like Zion Zion's on, you better go. Anthony

727
00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:36,720
Speaker 1: Edwards better go in one because like he's got the

728
00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:38,520
Speaker 1: charisma too. I feel like to back it up in

729
00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:40,960
Speaker 1: one of those things, so that could be awesome trading it.

730
00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:42,440
Speaker 4: But yeah, I guess I go wolves. Do you have

731
00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:45,200
Speaker 4: an answer to that? When wolves are kings? Like we

732
00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:47,160
Speaker 4: have more faith in tray pass?

733
00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:55,160
Speaker 5: I mean timber wolves and kings to have faith excuse

734
00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:57,560
Speaker 5: me check in next year.

735
00:30:57,720 --> 00:30:59,480
Speaker 1: All right, Well we'll get the poll up on Twitter.

736
00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:01,600
Speaker 1: We'll make a pull on our YouTube.

737
00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:05,440
Speaker 4: Kings to King's Wolves or pass? You do not have

738
00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:07,479
Speaker 4: to answer? All right?

739
00:31:07,560 --> 00:31:10,040
Speaker 1: So good one there from Minnesota. And finally Tree Young

740
00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:12,800
Speaker 1: in some sweet goggles scored twenty five. We had sweet

741
00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:15,040
Speaker 1: Lou Williams outing twenty two. Yeah, you guys remember Lou

742
00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:17,720
Speaker 1: Williams place for the Hearts. Yeah, they defeated the Magic

743
00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:19,360
Speaker 1: one twelve ninety six, and this is a big win.

744
00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:22,320
Speaker 1: They're you know, jockey and for position there with the

745
00:31:22,440 --> 00:31:25,040
Speaker 1: Knicks and the Celtics are in that mix. Now, what

746
00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:25,960
Speaker 1: do you think, clare Lely?

747
00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:27,040
Speaker 4: Yeah?

748
00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:33,360
Speaker 3: I mean this was yeah game, It was a big game.

749
00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:35,600
Speaker 4: Do you want to pass on this pretty much?

750
00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:35,800
Speaker 1: You know?

751
00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:37,840
Speaker 3: What I want to say really is actually call Anthony.

752
00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:41,360
Speaker 3: He's a solid rookie too. He had some nice moves

753
00:31:41,480 --> 00:31:43,480
Speaker 3: last night. This game. You're watching it this game. What

754
00:31:43,560 --> 00:31:45,480
Speaker 3: am I gonna say about this game? The Hawks should

755
00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:47,880
Speaker 3: win this game. Got a big league lou Williams. They

756
00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:50,320
Speaker 3: needed his points off the bench though, you know, and

757
00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:52,960
Speaker 3: that's what Lou will Williams can still do, still score,

758
00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:55,240
Speaker 3: and it was important for them. And yeah, Trey had

759
00:31:55,280 --> 00:32:01,600
Speaker 3: the sonnies on last night. Fine, he's Yeah, it didn't.

760
00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:04,000
Speaker 1: Look that bad, because sometimes it looks stupid people there

761
00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:06,720
Speaker 1: he is, he looks like ten years older.

762
00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:11,680
Speaker 5: Told yeah, power a look.

763
00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:12,320
Speaker 4: There from Trey Young.

764
00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:14,040
Speaker 1: We're of course showing a photo of them and his

765
00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:15,760
Speaker 1: goggles there glasses last night?

766
00:32:15,840 --> 00:32:17,400
Speaker 4: Are those Felix Grace, the same body you.

767
00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:21,120
Speaker 5: Know that's the blue light down in the light was

768
00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:21,520
Speaker 5: getting in.

769
00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:24,959
Speaker 4: Yeah, I don't know if they still use Phillips light

770
00:32:25,040 --> 00:32:26,080
Speaker 4: bulbs there.

771
00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:30,560
Speaker 5: Oh my god, they've made that joke in.

772
00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:34,720
Speaker 4: That good stuff, all right, So not not a whole

773
00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:36,800
Speaker 4: lot time. Yeah, you're right, I mean I felt bad.

774
00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:39,000
Speaker 1: Our guy Larry Luke was down at the Fortress last

775
00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:41,400
Speaker 1: night for the first time obviously forever, because they're letting

776
00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:44,320
Speaker 1: some fans into the arena now and he's obviously a

777
00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:47,160
Speaker 1: Hawks bro, and it's like, yeah, this is I guess

778
00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:48,920
Speaker 1: he was happy I'm sure you know it was big

779
00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:51,240
Speaker 1: John Collins all oop and Trey Young and his goggles.

780
00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:53,480
Speaker 1: But I'm twenty five and they got to win and

781
00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:56,200
Speaker 1: they're going to be in the playoffs. But otherwise you're

782
00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:58,280
Speaker 1: not taking a whole lot from this. Yeah, you Orlando

783
00:32:58,360 --> 00:33:01,200
Speaker 1: Magic not great team right now.

784
00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:03,440
Speaker 5: But the Hawks took care of business. Right It's like

785
00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:06,320
Speaker 5: at this point, it's like we're not surprised that the

786
00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:08,680
Speaker 5: Hawks won a game that they should win because all

787
00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:11,520
Speaker 5: of their players are back playing pretty well. Bogdanovic has

788
00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:14,840
Speaker 5: been solid, he's really finding his spot here with the team.

789
00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:18,920
Speaker 5: And Clint Capella another huge game fourteen points, nineteen rebounds.

790
00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:21,640
Speaker 5: I mean, you're hearing a little buzz for Clint Capella

791
00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:24,760
Speaker 5: to make an All NBA team. At this point, it's

792
00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:27,120
Speaker 5: going to be impossible for it to happen because Jokic,

793
00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:29,200
Speaker 5: Embiid and go Beart are going to be the All

794
00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:32,840
Speaker 5: NBA centers. But Clint Capella has been at worst the

795
00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:34,960
Speaker 5: second best player for the Hawks this season, and that's

796
00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:37,280
Speaker 5: a huge reason that they are a competitive team this year.

797
00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:39,160
Speaker 5: He's holding it down in the middle, and he's holding

798
00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:39,960
Speaker 5: it down on the glass.

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00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:42,959
Speaker 3: Oh, he's leading the league in rebounds and thirty blocks,

800
00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:45,840
Speaker 3: So you know that's stuff gets you, especially at the

801
00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:48,760
Speaker 3: centate position, you know, where there's potentially a few spots there.

802
00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:50,240
Speaker 3: It's like, well, this guy's been doing good and the

803
00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:53,200
Speaker 3: Hulks will make the playoffs, so there's a chance he

804
00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:54,200
Speaker 3: could sneak into that point.

805
00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:57,560
Speaker 1: We always see people write the articles. Hell, we've probably

806
00:33:57,600 --> 00:34:00,880
Speaker 1: done it on the podcast before. Hey about the All

807
00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:05,680
Speaker 1: NBA fourth team? Yeah, hey what about this guy team?

808
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:08,320
Speaker 1: Really it's what it should be called. And you know,

809
00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:11,000
Speaker 1: I'm like, uh, you know, searching the old brain right

810
00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:15,360
Speaker 1: now for the other competitors for that fourth center position,

811
00:34:16,120 --> 00:34:16,920
Speaker 1: Like anyone come.

812
00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:19,920
Speaker 4: To mind, like Compell it probably be with Yeah, sure is.

813
00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:22,160
Speaker 1: Maybe someone can let us know in the stream team

814
00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:24,160
Speaker 1: if I'm if I'm forgetting someone as I'm doing like

815
00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:26,960
Speaker 1: the quick little little roll index there in the old

816
00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:28,760
Speaker 1: the old noggin for the centers.

817
00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:30,880
Speaker 4: It's like, because like bam, he.

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00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:32,839
Speaker 5: Would be he would be in the next I suppose. Yeah,

819
00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:37,680
Speaker 5: incredible here, Yeah, who else? You tell us who else

820
00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:40,799
Speaker 5: is in the mix for fourth NBA.

821
00:34:43,239 --> 00:34:47,600
Speaker 4: He might be All NBA fifth fifth teams. I'm making

822
00:34:47,640 --> 00:34:49,680
Speaker 4: a podcast. I'm doing All NBA ten teams.

823
00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:54,080
Speaker 5: Okay, I love it. I love it because I was

824
00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:59,120
Speaker 5: listening to Zachlow's podcast about most Improved Players? Okay, and

825
00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:03,200
Speaker 5: he had what do Diallo in his top ten most

826
00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:07,040
Speaker 5: improved players, which was surprising to me because he started

827
00:35:07,080 --> 00:35:11,160
Speaker 5: the podcast by saying that he went fifty five players

828
00:35:11,239 --> 00:35:17,240
Speaker 5: deep on his most improved player preparation. Holy Hamadu Diallo

829
00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:20,160
Speaker 5: wasn't in the bottom fo all of that. So, like,

830
00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:22,880
Speaker 5: who is on this list? Who's number fifty five on

831
00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:26,279
Speaker 5: Zach Loow's list? Who is number ten all NBA center

832
00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:29,320
Speaker 5: on Jay Skeetz's list? People want to hear, Yeah, release

833
00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:33,239
Speaker 5: the lists? Yeah, come on, let's see it. So, yeah,

834
00:35:33,239 --> 00:35:34,359
Speaker 5: I haven't listened to that one yet.

835
00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:36,319
Speaker 1: He has coach Thorp on, right, So they do they

836
00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:39,200
Speaker 1: go through ten candidates for most improved?

837
00:35:39,239 --> 00:35:39,719
Speaker 4: Is that what they do?

838
00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:41,560
Speaker 5: And then he says there's another forty five that he

839
00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:45,440
Speaker 5: did research on. Is that it's the sickos memes? He

840
00:35:46,080 --> 00:35:48,800
Speaker 5: starts off. Yeah, they're going they're going deep on all improved.

841
00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:51,920
Speaker 5: But it's great, It's honestly great to think about all

842
00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:55,239
Speaker 5: the different ways that players have improved. A recommended listen.

843
00:35:55,160 --> 00:35:58,000
Speaker 1: Okay, great, I'm definitely listening to that a little bit

844
00:35:58,080 --> 00:36:01,000
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Speaker 1: on YouTube. What are you giggling about over there?

855
00:36:41,640 --> 00:36:42,960
Speaker 4: Cereal head? Oh this guy.

856
00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:47,560
Speaker 5: Literally didn't even see.

857
00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:52,800
Speaker 4: His turk slash TOAs and Caicos. Well, what do you

858
00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:55,719
Speaker 4: call that? I don't know what do you call that hat?

859
00:36:58,480 --> 00:36:58,640
Speaker 1: Yeah?

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00:36:58,640 --> 00:37:00,120
Speaker 3: I mean it's just because they got the hitdphe on.

861
00:37:00,239 --> 00:37:01,600
Speaker 3: You might not see it, but you could.

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00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:06,040
Speaker 4: Wear that with the the Team Canada Olympic outfit.

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00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:11,680
Speaker 3: Pretty funny. Pretty funny actually because I got this hat,

864
00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:13,880
Speaker 3: you know, because the hotel we stayed and you can

865
00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:15,239
Speaker 3: buy all the hotel stuff that I don't want that

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00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:17,160
Speaker 3: I want to turks and cacos. It goes to Turks

867
00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:21,719
Speaker 3: and caicos once buys the hat, you know hat, you

868
00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:23,400
Speaker 3: know how? You know how like girls if they go

869
00:37:23,520 --> 00:37:25,239
Speaker 3: to say a wedding or something, they want to wear

870
00:37:25,239 --> 00:37:26,879
Speaker 3: a dress, and if someone else is wearing the dress,

871
00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:29,239
Speaker 3: they hate it. They're like, oh my god, that's my dress.

872
00:37:29,239 --> 00:37:30,080
Speaker 4: I don't want that anywhere.

873
00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:32,520
Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah, So I was walking around I found this hat.

874
00:37:32,520 --> 00:37:33,800
Speaker 3: Where I found I thought, no one's going to have

875
00:37:33,840 --> 00:37:35,719
Speaker 3: one of this. About the second last day I saw

876
00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:38,640
Speaker 3: a go exactly this hat on. I can't believe how

877
00:37:38,719 --> 00:37:40,960
Speaker 3: much I got angry at this guy. I'm like, get

878
00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:43,440
Speaker 3: that hat off, man, this is my turf, this is

879
00:37:43,600 --> 00:37:46,919
Speaker 3: my beach. Get out of here. I didn't obviously say anything.

880
00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:48,919
Speaker 3: I just like, you know, slumped off to the corner,

881
00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:51,919
Speaker 3: but in disappointment. But man, I was, so why.

882
00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:53,560
Speaker 4: Would you take that approach? If anything?

883
00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:55,839
Speaker 1: Like treat it like you're a jeep owner and every

884
00:37:55,880 --> 00:38:01,719
Speaker 1: time you see another tip a little old gene hat there.

885
00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:04,479
Speaker 3: I saw so many other people wearing just the resort stuff,

886
00:38:04,480 --> 00:38:06,440
Speaker 3: and I'm like, see, they're just being lazy. They're just

887
00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:08,759
Speaker 3: going into the gift shop spending ninety eight dollars on

888
00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:11,200
Speaker 3: a hat, you know, like instead I spend fifty dollars

889
00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:13,359
Speaker 3: on attacks and then spend forty dollars on a hat.

890
00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:16,759
Speaker 1: Hey, can you check the brim of your hat? There

891
00:38:16,880 --> 00:38:18,520
Speaker 1: for any little packets a week?

892
00:38:18,640 --> 00:38:20,640
Speaker 4: Yeah, we have brought back. Did you put it in

893
00:38:20,760 --> 00:38:21,560
Speaker 4: the seam of the hat?

894
00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:21,759
Speaker 6: There?

895
00:38:21,960 --> 00:38:22,000
Speaker 1: No?

896
00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:23,640
Speaker 4: All right, looking good, Gilligan.

897
00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:27,160
Speaker 1: Right. Yeah, we're on the beach because we had some

898
00:38:27,360 --> 00:38:31,319
Speaker 1: great tweets that we wanted to slip in today show.

899
00:38:31,360 --> 00:38:32,960
Speaker 1: But again, join us live at three pm ester on

900
00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:35,360
Speaker 1: YouTube for our official beach Don podcast, all your emails

901
00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:37,479
Speaker 1: and tweets. Okay, first one here, it's from at Slam

902
00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:40,360
Speaker 1: and Danny G. Always coming through his great great questions.

903
00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:45,880
Speaker 1: Legendary songwriter writes Slam and Danny G. Jim Steinman died yesterday.

904
00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:48,640
Speaker 1: One of his biggest songs was meat loafs two out

905
00:38:48,680 --> 00:38:52,160
Speaker 1: of three ain't bad. So pick two out of three

906
00:38:52,280 --> 00:38:55,759
Speaker 1: to happen. Okay, pick two out of three that will

907
00:38:55,840 --> 00:39:00,840
Speaker 1: happen here, Yo, kitchen doesn't win MVP the Nets, or

908
00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:06,239
Speaker 1: Lakers don't win the title, or Lebron doesn't make all

909
00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:09,799
Speaker 1: NBA vex up in your blood. Yes, on again, At

910
00:39:09,880 --> 00:39:12,239
Speaker 1: Slam and Danny G, So, Trey, you got to pick

911
00:39:12,280 --> 00:39:14,239
Speaker 1: two out of three there to happen, and a lot

912
00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:16,520
Speaker 1: of those are sort of like, you know, not happenings

913
00:39:16,560 --> 00:39:18,319
Speaker 1: in terms of winning MVPs and not winning titles.

914
00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:18,719
Speaker 4: What do you think?

915
00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:21,600
Speaker 5: Yeah, that's a fun experience when you're hearing Skeets read

916
00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:23,680
Speaker 5: the question back and as he's reading it, you're like, Oh,

917
00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:32,600
Speaker 5: answered this one completely backwards. Slammed by Danny G once again,

918
00:39:32,719 --> 00:39:35,959
Speaker 5: are you kidding me? My things that would happen would

919
00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:38,880
Speaker 5: be a Lebron making an All NBA team and Jokis

920
00:39:38,920 --> 00:39:43,040
Speaker 5: winning MVP NETS and Lakers not winning the championship. I

921
00:39:43,080 --> 00:39:45,560
Speaker 5: think that is an easy pitch to make, right. We

922
00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:47,919
Speaker 5: kind of talked about what has been happening with the Nets,

923
00:39:47,960 --> 00:39:51,320
Speaker 5: how they haven't had their players there for the majority

924
00:39:51,360 --> 00:39:53,480
Speaker 5: of the season actually being full strength, and how they

925
00:39:53,560 --> 00:39:57,360
Speaker 5: haven't had any adversity together as a team. They can

926
00:39:57,480 --> 00:40:00,239
Speaker 5: withstand the injuries, but how do they deal with, you know,

927
00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:02,640
Speaker 5: actually having to get stops in a playoff series? We

928
00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:05,840
Speaker 5: shall see. That's an easy case to make. The actual

929
00:40:05,960 --> 00:40:08,000
Speaker 5: injuries I think are more of a concern for the

930
00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:10,600
Speaker 5: Lakers just because if they were to lose Lebron to

931
00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:13,359
Speaker 5: something in the playoffs, which has never happened in his career.

932
00:40:13,480 --> 00:40:15,839
Speaker 5: But if it did, the Lakers would be in trouble.

933
00:40:15,840 --> 00:40:18,319
Speaker 5: They've done a pretty solid job to keep stacking up

934
00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:21,960
Speaker 5: these wins while Lebron and AD have been out there,

935
00:40:22,080 --> 00:40:24,200
Speaker 5: but you know, better than expected. I would say, but

936
00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:26,920
Speaker 5: come playoff time, if they don't have Lebron, if they

937
00:40:26,920 --> 00:40:28,800
Speaker 5: don't have AD, they're not a real contender. So I

938
00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:31,160
Speaker 5: think that's an easy one that could happen. So now

939
00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:33,920
Speaker 5: that I'm have stalled for enough time to process this

940
00:40:34,280 --> 00:40:38,480
Speaker 5: in my brain, I will say it's more likely that

941
00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:41,600
Speaker 5: Lebron doesn't make an All NBA team than it is

942
00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:45,040
Speaker 5: that Nikola Jokic doesn't win MVP. I don't think there's

943
00:40:45,120 --> 00:40:47,200
Speaker 5: any way either of these things happens. I think Jokic

944
00:40:47,320 --> 00:40:51,000
Speaker 5: is a lock for the MVP at this point, whereas

945
00:40:51,160 --> 00:40:54,560
Speaker 5: with Lebron and the All NBA spot, Like my fellow

946
00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:56,560
Speaker 5: media brother, there's no way that he's going to not

947
00:40:56,680 --> 00:40:59,480
Speaker 5: make an All NBA team. But there are so many

948
00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:03,360
Speaker 5: good candidates for these All NBA spots. We got Skits

949
00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:06,600
Speaker 5: is ready to go ten deep with teams. That's threefty players,

950
00:41:06,680 --> 00:41:09,399
Speaker 5: you know, so it's certainly possible that you could make

951
00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:12,840
Speaker 5: a case for six forwards over Lebron. I wouldn't be

952
00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:15,160
Speaker 5: buying it, but we could right lately.

953
00:41:15,200 --> 00:41:16,359
Speaker 4: Do you agree with that? Yeah?

954
00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:19,480
Speaker 3: Pretty much. It just feels like if you miss time now,

955
00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:22,200
Speaker 3: like the length of time you're out is going to

956
00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:25,640
Speaker 3: really hurt your case and Lebron, I'm still not sure

957
00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:28,160
Speaker 3: if we have a sort of even a timetable yeah

958
00:41:28,239 --> 00:41:29,040
Speaker 3: for it, I don't think.

959
00:41:29,080 --> 00:41:31,680
Speaker 1: So he's played Lebron has played forty one games, yeah,

960
00:41:31,920 --> 00:41:32,560
Speaker 1: just everybody else.

961
00:41:32,600 --> 00:41:35,120
Speaker 4: So he's played less games than Kyrie. Yeah, and that's

962
00:41:35,160 --> 00:41:37,359
Speaker 4: what we're again.

963
00:41:37,440 --> 00:41:40,160
Speaker 3: This season caused things a different to short schedule as well.

964
00:41:40,480 --> 00:41:42,359
Speaker 3: You know, maybe that's not as big of a factor

965
00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:44,880
Speaker 3: because he was great when he was playing. But if

966
00:41:44,920 --> 00:41:48,720
Speaker 3: he doesn't get back before the playoffs, I think Lebron

967
00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:50,439
Speaker 3: misses out on all NBA.

968
00:41:50,600 --> 00:41:53,640
Speaker 1: And you don't think if he plays another game and

969
00:41:53,719 --> 00:41:55,600
Speaker 1: he ends with forty one games out of seventy two,

970
00:41:55,680 --> 00:41:56,520
Speaker 1: that he doesn't mean I.

971
00:41:56,520 --> 00:41:58,799
Speaker 3: Mean, you're the argument could be like, well he did

972
00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:00,919
Speaker 3: enough in those forty one games versus he just didn't

973
00:42:00,920 --> 00:42:03,440
Speaker 3: play enough games. But as I say, like that's maybe

974
00:42:03,520 --> 00:42:05,879
Speaker 3: not as big a factor this season. So I really,

975
00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:08,759
Speaker 3: I really, I just feel right now he is going

976
00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:11,400
Speaker 3: to miss out. I just feel it. Well, I mean,

977
00:42:11,440 --> 00:42:16,080
Speaker 3: he's certainly not first team. Who knows, it may be

978
00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:19,000
Speaker 3: Squeaze team. I just don't know. I mean, it just

979
00:42:19,080 --> 00:42:22,480
Speaker 3: feels it just feels harder this year to sort of

980
00:42:22,680 --> 00:42:24,920
Speaker 3: have a clear idea of exactly where how those things

981
00:42:24,960 --> 00:42:25,400
Speaker 3: are going to go.

982
00:42:25,880 --> 00:42:28,640
Speaker 1: Okay, good one there, Slimming and Dan g It was

983
00:42:28,680 --> 00:42:31,000
Speaker 1: a little confusing with the like sort of double negatives

984
00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:31,759
Speaker 1: and then what doesn't matter.

985
00:42:32,239 --> 00:42:34,080
Speaker 4: We got there in the end, TK got us there. Okay.

986
00:42:34,120 --> 00:42:37,160
Speaker 1: Next one, this is from at Andy Bellair one. Who

987
00:42:37,200 --> 00:42:39,319
Speaker 1: are some of your favorite NBA role players that you've

988
00:42:39,400 --> 00:42:41,280
Speaker 1: ever interviewed or maybe.

989
00:42:41,160 --> 00:42:42,560
Speaker 4: Met at media events.

990
00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:45,000
Speaker 1: I have a sneaky inclination that Money Melus is going

991
00:42:45,080 --> 00:42:48,040
Speaker 1: to pick Big Baby Davis, but turn up love you

992
00:42:48,120 --> 00:42:51,040
Speaker 1: guys awesome. We'll have to maybe circle back with with

993
00:42:51,200 --> 00:42:53,640
Speaker 1: Money Mellis later in today's show we'll actually ask him

994
00:42:53,680 --> 00:42:56,680
Speaker 1: that question. But leave for you role players that you've

995
00:42:56,719 --> 00:42:58,960
Speaker 1: either interviewed or just even seen at media events that.

996
00:42:59,200 --> 00:43:01,880
Speaker 3: You're like, I really, well, this guy is an NBA

997
00:43:02,120 --> 00:43:05,000
Speaker 3: role player, but he never actually played in the NBA,

998
00:43:05,120 --> 00:43:08,760
Speaker 3: but he's as famous as well. Well he's from my generation.

999
00:43:08,920 --> 00:43:11,280
Speaker 3: He's super famous. I'm not sure if he's as famous anymore,

1000
00:43:11,760 --> 00:43:14,759
Speaker 3: but it's a Mard Richard and you know, for me,

1001
00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:17,799
Speaker 3: you know, when I started following the NBA, when seeing

1002
00:43:17,800 --> 00:43:19,880
Speaker 3: a Mard Rachard on inside and stuff like that, like

1003
00:43:20,040 --> 00:43:22,719
Speaker 3: he's a legend's got that cool voice. And so I

1004
00:43:22,800 --> 00:43:25,920
Speaker 3: had a chance to speak to him twenty seventeen or

1005
00:43:25,960 --> 00:43:27,960
Speaker 3: twenty eighteen, I guess it was there at the finals,

1006
00:43:28,080 --> 00:43:30,520
Speaker 3: and he was just awesome. He was just so cool

1007
00:43:30,600 --> 00:43:32,960
Speaker 3: and I sort of I was like, I'm not going

1008
00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:35,200
Speaker 3: to say who's my main man or something about main

1009
00:43:35,239 --> 00:43:36,799
Speaker 3: man because he gets asked that question all the time.

1010
00:43:36,920 --> 00:43:39,640
Speaker 3: But guess what My first question was, like, you know what,

1011
00:43:39,840 --> 00:43:42,120
Speaker 3: what's the criteria to become a main man? Who's your

1012
00:43:42,120 --> 00:43:42,520
Speaker 3: man man?

1013
00:43:42,560 --> 00:43:42,960
Speaker 4: These days?

1014
00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:45,279
Speaker 3: I couldn't help it, you know, and I thought he's

1015
00:43:45,320 --> 00:43:47,280
Speaker 3: probably going to go, yeah, I've heard this question, dickhead,

1016
00:43:47,320 --> 00:43:48,960
Speaker 3: every every single time someone asked me.

1017
00:43:49,000 --> 00:43:50,160
Speaker 4: But he didn't respond like that.

1018
00:43:50,280 --> 00:43:50,840
Speaker 3: He laughed.

1019
00:43:51,040 --> 00:43:51,200
Speaker 1: You know.

1020
00:43:51,280 --> 00:43:53,160
Speaker 3: We had a great time and it was just one

1021
00:43:53,200 --> 00:43:55,120
Speaker 3: of those things like like, you know, for a guy

1022
00:43:55,160 --> 00:43:57,759
Speaker 3: who was a footballer, was and he was a pro footballer. Yeah,

1023
00:43:58,440 --> 00:44:00,640
Speaker 3: you know, to to become as a established as he

1024
00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:03,280
Speaker 3: was in the NBA world, I thought was pretty sig different.

1025
00:44:03,280 --> 00:44:05,840
Speaker 3: I mean, he's, I guess regarded still as Michael Jordan's

1026
00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:09,400
Speaker 3: closest friend, you know, closest ally, and it was an

1027
00:44:09,440 --> 00:44:11,320
Speaker 3: awesome honor to actually get to meet him and just

1028
00:44:11,360 --> 00:44:13,160
Speaker 3: to hear that voice and to be like, man, I

1029
00:44:13,360 --> 00:44:16,600
Speaker 3: just remember when I was like fourteen years old seeing

1030
00:44:16,640 --> 00:44:19,000
Speaker 3: Amadra Shard and he used to do the sideline stuff

1031
00:44:19,040 --> 00:44:22,120
Speaker 3: too for NBC, you know, so you know he was.

1032
00:44:22,680 --> 00:44:24,560
Speaker 3: He was awesome. I loved that. I had about three

1033
00:44:24,680 --> 00:44:26,120
Speaker 3: or four minutes with him and it was perfect.

1034
00:44:26,600 --> 00:44:28,880
Speaker 4: Were you more of a Summer Sanders fan or a

1035
00:44:28,880 --> 00:44:29,600
Speaker 4: WILLOWB fan?

1036
00:44:30,719 --> 00:44:33,400
Speaker 3: Probably will I Willow was the og, wasn't she. I

1037
00:44:33,480 --> 00:44:36,400
Speaker 3: believe I can't remember the order, but yeah, I think so.

1038
00:44:36,640 --> 00:44:38,400
Speaker 3: I think so. Yeah, it's you know, it's like that

1039
00:44:38,760 --> 00:44:40,680
Speaker 3: first introduction. Those are the ones I think you're just

1040
00:44:40,719 --> 00:44:43,160
Speaker 3: a little bit more. Yeah, you have a bit of

1041
00:44:43,200 --> 00:44:45,520
Speaker 3: a bias towards so yeah, it was great. I mean

1042
00:44:45,960 --> 00:44:47,959
Speaker 3: I remember like five point thirty on a Saturday morning,

1043
00:44:48,040 --> 00:44:50,719
Speaker 3: we'd have inside, we'd have inside stuff and we would

1044
00:44:50,760 --> 00:44:53,600
Speaker 3: have NBA action and it was just like, well.

1045
00:44:53,520 --> 00:44:56,680
Speaker 1: Are awesome too, Yeah, you had all like those like

1046
00:44:56,840 --> 00:44:59,160
Speaker 1: Saved by the Bell shows too, and like I had

1047
00:44:59,200 --> 00:45:01,160
Speaker 1: on Saturday Morning. Saturday Morning was great when you were

1048
00:45:01,160 --> 00:45:04,160
Speaker 1: a kid, and you have cartoons before that even good call. Okay,

1049
00:45:04,440 --> 00:45:07,560
Speaker 1: so early an NBA role player, but I'm on for shot.

1050
00:45:08,040 --> 00:45:08,600
Speaker 4: I'm fine.

1051
00:45:08,640 --> 00:45:12,160
Speaker 1: I like that answer really really going on out of

1052
00:45:12,239 --> 00:45:14,000
Speaker 1: left field there, like classically, do you have an answer

1053
00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:14,560
Speaker 1: for this t kid?

1054
00:45:15,680 --> 00:45:17,759
Speaker 5: Eddie House I thought was really fun when we had

1055
00:45:17,840 --> 00:45:20,160
Speaker 5: him on. I've told the story before about he asked

1056
00:45:20,200 --> 00:45:22,120
Speaker 5: us we had kids. I said, I had two daughters

1057
00:45:22,160 --> 00:45:23,600
Speaker 5: trying to have a boy. And he's like, you gotta

1058
00:45:23,640 --> 00:45:27,319
Speaker 5: get gangster to have a boy, A great line from

1059
00:45:27,400 --> 00:45:31,560
Speaker 5: Eddie House that I will never forget. Live in rent

1060
00:45:31,600 --> 00:45:34,400
Speaker 5: free in my Eddie House up here. But I was,

1061
00:45:34,760 --> 00:45:37,800
Speaker 5: you know, seeing this question, I thought of Eddie House instantly,

1062
00:45:37,840 --> 00:45:40,160
Speaker 5: and then I remembered that we pitched him on a

1063
00:45:40,239 --> 00:45:44,080
Speaker 5: home improvement show, like we were gonna have Eddie House

1064
00:45:44,160 --> 00:45:47,360
Speaker 5: do like simple household tasks that we would just you know,

1065
00:45:47,520 --> 00:45:50,680
Speaker 5: like Eddie's House or something like that. I don't remember

1066
00:45:50,719 --> 00:45:53,800
Speaker 5: exactly what we wanted to call it we have like

1067
00:45:53,800 --> 00:45:56,320
Speaker 5: a little five minute feature of Eddie House, you know,

1068
00:45:56,560 --> 00:46:00,480
Speaker 5: installing a light fixture or switching out an out like cover,

1069
00:46:00,760 --> 00:46:05,040
Speaker 5: something simple. But for some reason he didn't bite on

1070
00:46:05,160 --> 00:46:05,440
Speaker 5: that one.

1071
00:46:05,520 --> 00:46:06,120
Speaker 4: I don't know why.

1072
00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:10,160
Speaker 5: Maybe because we didn't have the experience in the home

1073
00:46:10,239 --> 00:46:13,920
Speaker 5: renovation field out there. We need to watch a masterclass

1074
00:46:13,920 --> 00:46:17,000
Speaker 5: from Mike Holmes or something like that to really learn

1075
00:46:17,440 --> 00:46:20,160
Speaker 5: the ins and outs the intricacies. Maybe we need to

1076
00:46:20,200 --> 00:46:22,440
Speaker 5: partner with the Property Brothers to get to business here

1077
00:46:22,800 --> 00:46:23,560
Speaker 5: with Eddie House.

1078
00:46:24,239 --> 00:46:29,360
Speaker 3: It was gonna be really sweaty when we interviewed. Yeah,

1079
00:46:29,360 --> 00:46:30,040
Speaker 3: I gets.

1080
00:46:29,840 --> 00:46:32,640
Speaker 1: Hot in those studios. Some people, you know, we do

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00:46:34,080 --> 00:46:36,839
Speaker 1: first pray quite a bit under those lights. I mean,

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00:46:36,920 --> 00:46:40,080
Speaker 1: Chris Webber is sweaty under the lights. Even guys are

1083
00:46:40,120 --> 00:46:41,439
Speaker 1: just sweaters a meal help.

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00:46:41,520 --> 00:46:47,480
Speaker 4: We sweat all the time on some people sweat through

1085
00:46:47,520 --> 00:46:48,040
Speaker 4: the forehead.

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00:46:48,120 --> 00:46:50,840
Speaker 1: Yeah, a lot more. Yeah, I thought for surely you

1087
00:46:50,920 --> 00:46:55,560
Speaker 1: were gonna say Johnny Flynn, isn't Johnny Flynn like the

1088
00:46:56,040 --> 00:46:56,840
Speaker 1: classic Clipper?

1089
00:46:57,480 --> 00:46:57,960
Speaker 3: I like you.

1090
00:46:58,160 --> 00:46:58,959
Speaker 4: Yeah, we laugh.

1091
00:46:59,120 --> 00:47:00,279
Speaker 5: I love that clip.

1092
00:47:01,719 --> 00:47:02,480
Speaker 4: You make me laugh.

1093
00:47:03,280 --> 00:47:05,319
Speaker 3: Mikay Patris was great as well. It was a great

1094
00:47:05,400 --> 00:47:05,880
Speaker 3: drop too.

1095
00:47:06,600 --> 00:47:07,839
Speaker 4: Go to was didn't you talk?

1096
00:47:09,760 --> 00:47:10,000
Speaker 2: Yeah?

1097
00:47:10,040 --> 00:47:12,440
Speaker 3: How could I forget that polish stead you went with.

1098
00:47:12,480 --> 00:47:17,080
Speaker 4: A moderate shot playing the league was just was.

1099
00:47:17,360 --> 00:47:19,839
Speaker 3: Was more for you know, thirteen fourteen year old late

1100
00:47:19,880 --> 00:47:22,200
Speaker 3: It was like, you know, yeah, that's let's get them out.

1101
00:47:22,280 --> 00:47:24,399
Speaker 4: And he was great. But they're all great.

1102
00:47:24,520 --> 00:47:26,719
Speaker 3: I don't think, I mean, I don't remember having one

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00:47:26,760 --> 00:47:28,160
Speaker 3: that I thought of that guy was a deck or

1104
00:47:28,160 --> 00:47:28,800
Speaker 3: anything like that.

1105
00:47:29,080 --> 00:47:30,439
Speaker 4: Right, No, it's true.

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00:47:30,800 --> 00:47:36,200
Speaker 1: Far between final one here, Hey, dunk Asaurus crew that

1107
00:47:36,600 --> 00:47:38,880
Speaker 1: pairs nicely with that cold open you picked their.

1108
00:47:41,400 --> 00:47:43,080
Speaker 4: I like players with great.

1109
00:47:43,040 --> 00:47:46,960
Speaker 1: Flow, who move like molten Gold, one who red light

1110
00:47:47,400 --> 00:47:53,000
Speaker 1: Rico Swaminess. In your opinion, which current NBA player is

1111
00:47:53,080 --> 00:48:01,200
Speaker 1: the fluid kid from at Andy Leaf? What absolute bagger

1112
00:48:01,280 --> 00:48:02,480
Speaker 1: of a tweet like it had?

1113
00:48:02,640 --> 00:48:02,680
Speaker 5: Like?

1114
00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:05,520
Speaker 4: We didn't. We had two questions already we usually called there.

1115
00:48:05,560 --> 00:48:08,680
Speaker 1: We had to get the great flow move like moulten

1116
00:48:08,719 --> 00:48:12,480
Speaker 1: Gold red Swabs and then who are we calling the

1117
00:48:12,560 --> 00:48:13,880
Speaker 1: fluid kid trade?

1118
00:48:14,000 --> 00:48:17,960
Speaker 5: What a fing question. I don't think we're calling anybody

1119
00:48:18,080 --> 00:48:18,680
Speaker 5: the fluid king.

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00:48:18,719 --> 00:48:19,279
Speaker 4: I don't think so.

1121
00:48:20,960 --> 00:48:24,320
Speaker 5: Uh. My first inclination for fluid king would be Mayan

1122
00:48:24,440 --> 00:48:28,600
Speaker 5: JD's dentist doctor a Rod. That guy works wonders with

1123
00:48:28,760 --> 00:48:34,600
Speaker 5: the spit sucker, A real fluid KINGO spit all right,

1124
00:48:34,719 --> 00:48:38,279
Speaker 5: thanks doctor A Rod. As for players Kyrie Irving and

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00:48:38,320 --> 00:48:42,560
Speaker 5: CJ McCollum, they move like Moulten Gold redline and then

1126
00:48:42,600 --> 00:48:45,600
Speaker 5: the Rico Suaveness. I don't know what this means, but

1127
00:48:45,719 --> 00:48:49,080
Speaker 5: I do like the way they go from move to move.

1128
00:48:49,200 --> 00:48:51,400
Speaker 5: You know, they've always got a counter for whatever it is.

1129
00:48:51,920 --> 00:48:54,080
Speaker 5: It feels like you've got Kyrie Irving stopped. Then he

1130
00:48:54,160 --> 00:48:56,000
Speaker 5: spins the other way. Oh, I forgot that was the

1131
00:48:56,040 --> 00:48:58,879
Speaker 5: way you can spin. Just like water, it gets everywhere. Yeah,

1132
00:48:58,920 --> 00:49:00,960
Speaker 5: if you don't really address what's going to happen with that,

1133
00:49:01,040 --> 00:49:04,360
Speaker 5: Same with Kyrie Irving, same with CJ McCollum. Two fluid

1134
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Speaker 5: kings in the NBA.

1135
00:49:05,760 --> 00:49:08,479
Speaker 4: Wow, all right, Lee, anyone to add to this list?

1136
00:49:08,680 --> 00:49:10,840
Speaker 3: Well, Donovan Mitchell I think is one. And also I

1137
00:49:10,880 --> 00:49:14,320
Speaker 3: think John Morant has got Kyrie having abilities to finish.

1138
00:49:14,440 --> 00:49:15,920
Speaker 3: How he goes in one way and all of a

1139
00:49:15,960 --> 00:49:18,920
Speaker 3: sudden he just rises up with his off hand and finishes.

1140
00:49:18,960 --> 00:49:20,640
Speaker 3: He did that a couple of times against the Nuggets

1141
00:49:20,640 --> 00:49:22,040
Speaker 3: the other day, and I was like, what about.

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00:49:21,880 --> 00:49:26,800
Speaker 1: Zion Williamson on this? Yes, Stephen shockingly fluid shockingly fluid.

1143
00:49:26,880 --> 00:49:32,320
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, okay, I saw you know some people saying Sga, Sga.

1144
00:49:32,360 --> 00:49:33,560
Speaker 4: We've talked about before. He's got it.

1145
00:49:33,719 --> 00:49:36,160
Speaker 1: He's a weird like fluid guy, and he's got a

1146
00:49:36,200 --> 00:49:38,400
Speaker 1: bit of a herky jerky style to him at times too.

1147
00:49:38,440 --> 00:49:41,240
Speaker 1: But I like that one as well. Kyrie's an obvious

1148
00:49:41,320 --> 00:49:43,440
Speaker 1: answer for me and Paul George's.

1149
00:49:43,080 --> 00:49:44,600
Speaker 4: Yeah, he's very smooth.

1150
00:49:44,800 --> 00:49:45,360
Speaker 3: He's silky.

1151
00:49:45,440 --> 00:49:48,360
Speaker 1: Yeah, he's silky like a snake going in between that

1152
00:49:48,400 --> 00:49:51,640
Speaker 1: pick and roll action. Sometimes great questions, guys, getting us

1153
00:49:51,640 --> 00:49:55,000
Speaker 1: in the mood for this afternoon's official Beach step In podcast.

1154
00:49:55,080 --> 00:49:58,560
Speaker 1: We hope that you will join us then, yes, there

1155
00:49:58,760 --> 00:50:04,319
Speaker 1: is Learly looking like Gilligan. Gend you an unbelievable screen grab.

1156
00:50:04,360 --> 00:50:08,239
Speaker 1: Everybody joining us here on YouTube. You podcast listeners, you

1157
00:50:08,360 --> 00:50:09,000
Speaker 1: have to come check this.

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00:50:10,760 --> 00:50:17,520
Speaker 4: Good job, little buddy. So you're wearing this hat all

1159
00:50:17,560 --> 00:50:18,400
Speaker 4: the time, clearly?

1160
00:50:18,680 --> 00:50:20,719
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, it's actually it's one of those things that

1161
00:50:21,320 --> 00:50:24,640
Speaker 3: it's really comfortable and oh my god, it was great because.

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00:50:24,440 --> 00:50:26,440
Speaker 4: You can wear it in the ocean. I wear you know,

1163
00:50:26,480 --> 00:50:27,239
Speaker 4: I'd like to wear like.

1164
00:50:27,280 --> 00:50:29,320
Speaker 3: Full sleeves and everything now so it stays wet, so

1165
00:50:29,440 --> 00:50:30,520
Speaker 3: you stay cool while you're out.

1166
00:50:30,840 --> 00:50:32,520
Speaker 4: I like the draw string. That's a nice time.

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00:50:32,640 --> 00:50:35,160
Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, it's got You've got to

1168
00:50:35,200 --> 00:50:37,279
Speaker 3: have it loose too, because you don't know like.

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Speaker 6: That you.

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00:50:41,239 --> 00:50:44,120
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, you look like a like a lifeguard. I

1171
00:50:44,160 --> 00:50:46,080
Speaker 4: think when you do that, you're ready to pounce in

1172
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Speaker 4: the water or save somebody. All right, that's a good

1173
00:50:48,800 --> 00:50:52,319
Speaker 4: look for you. And only fifty dollars. So yeah, it's

1174
00:50:52,360 --> 00:50:59,839
Speaker 4: just what a steal jerks and kid goes. All right,

1175
00:51:00,560 --> 00:51:05,160
Speaker 4: we got one more. Okay, let's get to tweeted the.

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Speaker 5: Night threet o the night. Wow.

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00:51:14,719 --> 00:51:20,320
Speaker 7: Well Pierre forty two called it twitter the Night comes

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00:51:20,400 --> 00:51:23,680
Speaker 7: from the it has to be the Apple event promoting

1179
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Speaker 7: promoting our No Dunk's dream team, And that's exactly right.

1180
00:51:28,640 --> 00:51:34,080
Speaker 7: Uh Matt Abbott was enjoying the Apple what is it

1181
00:51:34,200 --> 00:51:43,600
Speaker 7: the keynote right exactly and nice little product podcast plug

1182
00:51:43,760 --> 00:51:48,120
Speaker 7: for the at No Dunk's, Inc. During the hashtag Apple

1183
00:51:48,200 --> 00:51:52,560
Speaker 7: event and I actually grabbed the moment that it happened,

1184
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Speaker 7: So here it is.

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Speaker 2: We're also introducing Apple Podcast Subscriptions, which enables you to

1186
00:51:58,440 --> 00:52:01,640
Speaker 2: unlock new content as as well as additional benefits like

1187
00:52:01,760 --> 00:52:04,959
Speaker 2: ad free listening, early access, and much more.

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00:52:05,520 --> 00:52:08,160
Speaker 5: Oh, I mean amazing.

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Speaker 7: It's you know, first of all, that logo pops man.

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00:52:11,680 --> 00:52:14,960
Speaker 7: Oh your eyes drawn to a popper is like a

1191
00:52:15,080 --> 00:52:23,719
Speaker 7: Timberwolves jersey, right, and you know, all seriousness, in all seriousness.

1192
00:52:23,840 --> 00:52:26,239
Speaker 7: It's like I've watched these things in the past and

1193
00:52:26,360 --> 00:52:29,239
Speaker 7: whenever they go through the podcast part and they show

1194
00:52:29,320 --> 00:52:32,720
Speaker 7: the screen grab of the app, and I've said to myself,

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00:52:33,120 --> 00:52:35,560
Speaker 7: and it would be pretty cool if our podcast was

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00:52:35,880 --> 00:52:39,440
Speaker 7: on that screen, you know, And then when it actually happened,

1197
00:52:39,520 --> 00:52:44,360
Speaker 7: it was pretty surreal, actually, I mean, I couldn't believe it.

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00:52:44,440 --> 00:52:46,880
Speaker 7: It's just like and it's one of those things you're

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Speaker 7: used to looking at the logo every day and then

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00:52:49,480 --> 00:52:53,120
Speaker 7: it pops up out of context, but in context, you

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00:52:53,160 --> 00:52:54,680
Speaker 7: know what I mean. It's just like it was an

1202
00:52:54,760 --> 00:52:59,840
Speaker 7: odd experience. But anyways, very cool, very happy to be included,

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00:53:00,080 --> 00:53:03,760
Speaker 7: and also thrilled to here we're going weekly.

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00:53:07,320 --> 00:53:07,720
Speaker 5: Wednesday.

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00:53:07,800 --> 00:53:08,040
Speaker 3: Guys.

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00:53:08,640 --> 00:53:09,440
Speaker 4: He just canceled.

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00:53:10,520 --> 00:53:13,319
Speaker 7: It's just a great Uh, it's a great move for us,

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00:53:13,440 --> 00:53:17,080
Speaker 7: I think, so yeah, excited to get some more time

1209
00:53:17,160 --> 00:53:17,920
Speaker 7: with my family.

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Speaker 1: It's weird, so like I saw a task tweeting about it.

1211
00:53:23,000 --> 00:53:24,759
Speaker 1: Does Tim Cook can only listen to the beach step

1212
00:53:24,880 --> 00:53:28,240
Speaker 1: in podcast because that was going on. Maybe it's possible,

1213
00:53:28,280 --> 00:53:28,560
Speaker 1: I guess.

1214
00:53:28,680 --> 00:53:29,000
Speaker 6: I don't know.

1215
00:53:29,080 --> 00:53:31,359
Speaker 1: Maybe he just likes the Drop podcast on Friday. Maybe

1216
00:53:31,360 --> 00:53:33,719
Speaker 1: he's a big fan of weekend winners and losers, just

1217
00:53:33,800 --> 00:53:34,359
Speaker 1: to catch up.

1218
00:53:34,360 --> 00:53:35,120
Speaker 4: On the NBA news.

1219
00:53:35,200 --> 00:53:39,719
Speaker 3: He's a tough shot boy, I think, yeah, but he's

1220
00:53:39,760 --> 00:53:43,399
Speaker 3: always ahead of the game, you know, so where things

1221
00:53:43,400 --> 00:53:43,719
Speaker 3: are going.

1222
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Speaker 1: Well, what's really cool about this keynote is, Yeah, it

1223
00:53:46,880 --> 00:53:48,479
Speaker 1: was nice that we were in there as the logo

1224
00:53:48,680 --> 00:53:51,160
Speaker 1: with this new podcast service, which, by the way, Apple

1225
00:53:51,400 --> 00:53:53,920
Speaker 1: needs an update on this on their platform there on

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00:53:54,000 --> 00:53:54,399
Speaker 1: their app.

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Speaker 4: Is that Later on JD.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if you caught this, but Tim Cook said,

1229
00:53:57,760 --> 00:54:01,439
Speaker 1: actually we're releasing another iPhone in because of the no dunks.

1230
00:54:01,520 --> 00:54:03,560
Speaker 4: Guys. We love the purple so much from the logo

1231
00:54:03,680 --> 00:54:06,080
Speaker 4: that we wanted to do a purple phone. So that

1232
00:54:06,239 --> 00:54:08,239
Speaker 4: was cool too. When he actually name dropped us like that.

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00:54:08,880 --> 00:54:11,600
Speaker 7: I can't wait to watch the whole thing in its entirety.

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00:54:11,840 --> 00:54:14,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, so yes, thanks to everybody that did send that

1235
00:54:14,520 --> 00:54:16,000
Speaker 1: in a lot of people were tweeting at us and

1236
00:54:16,080 --> 00:54:18,920
Speaker 1: hitting us up in Instagram letting us.

1237
00:54:18,880 --> 00:54:20,759
Speaker 4: Know, oh my god, you guys are on there. Very cool.

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00:54:20,920 --> 00:54:23,040
Speaker 1: Very cool and thanks to Matt there for grabbing the

1239
00:54:23,040 --> 00:54:25,120
Speaker 1: screen grab, though a lot of people did it as well.

1240
00:54:25,360 --> 00:54:28,000
Speaker 5: I will say JD. I hadn't seen the clip yet

1241
00:54:28,120 --> 00:54:30,960
Speaker 5: and for some reason I was expecting a huge applause

1242
00:54:31,040 --> 00:54:34,480
Speaker 5: break showed it. I don't know why. This would be

1243
00:54:34,520 --> 00:54:36,880
Speaker 5: awesome to hear people going crazy for a No Dunks

1244
00:54:36,960 --> 00:54:38,040
Speaker 5: podcast screen cap.

1245
00:54:38,880 --> 00:54:43,040
Speaker 4: Maybe next year, Yeah, maybe maybe great tweet of the night.

1246
00:54:43,080 --> 00:54:43,440
Speaker 4: Look at that.

1247
00:54:43,520 --> 00:54:43,880
Speaker 3: We love it.

1248
00:54:43,960 --> 00:54:46,920
Speaker 4: So now we got to hit forty k on YouTube

1249
00:54:47,080 --> 00:54:49,239
Speaker 4: like tomorrow, we should hit it right.

1250
00:54:49,400 --> 00:54:50,920
Speaker 7: You would think you would think.

1251
00:54:51,400 --> 00:54:54,799
Speaker 4: All that free advertising. Oh, let's hope. So let's hope.

1252
00:54:54,840 --> 00:54:58,000
Speaker 1: So okay, pick a results from last night, brought to

1253
00:54:58,000 --> 00:54:59,120
Speaker 1: you by Bett MGM.

1254
00:54:59,520 --> 00:55:02,560
Speaker 4: It was the whole It's next game. Leley loves his

1255
00:55:02,680 --> 00:55:03,320
Speaker 4: New York Knicks.

1256
00:55:03,360 --> 00:55:05,759
Speaker 1: He believed in them to cover that five and a

1257
00:55:05,800 --> 00:55:08,560
Speaker 1: half point line and they did, you know, always looking.

1258
00:55:08,760 --> 00:55:10,480
Speaker 1: It was looking tight there for a little bit. By

1259
00:55:10,520 --> 00:55:13,480
Speaker 1: the Knicks put on the clamps and got the victory

1260
00:55:13,719 --> 00:55:16,279
Speaker 1: quite handedly in the end. So Lee, you're eight and six,

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00:55:16,960 --> 00:55:18,880
Speaker 1: only one to take Knicks to cover. Everybody else had

1262
00:55:18,880 --> 00:55:22,160
Speaker 1: the Hornets keeping it close enough, but nope, lost for test,

1263
00:55:22,239 --> 00:55:24,680
Speaker 1: lost for Trey. It lost for me Lee and Tasks

1264
00:55:24,760 --> 00:55:26,759
Speaker 1: eight and six, Tray seven and seven, and I'm with

1265
00:55:27,040 --> 00:55:27,719
Speaker 1: at the back at.

1266
00:55:27,800 --> 00:55:28,920
Speaker 4: Five and nine.

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Speaker 1: We got twelve games on like I said here on

1268
00:55:32,160 --> 00:55:35,799
Speaker 1: Wednesday Night, twelve games, But the one we're picking from

1269
00:55:36,280 --> 00:55:38,959
Speaker 1: is the Hawks, Coca and the Knicks. Yes, big game

1270
00:55:39,280 --> 00:55:42,479
Speaker 1: obviously in terms of seeding between these two teams, Nicks

1271
00:55:42,520 --> 00:55:46,359
Speaker 1: are favored by two and a half at MSG Trey.

1272
00:55:46,400 --> 00:55:47,479
Speaker 1: We're gonna go to you first.

1273
00:55:47,920 --> 00:55:48,360
Speaker 5: Who do you like?

1274
00:55:48,480 --> 00:55:50,000
Speaker 4: Nixt to win by three or more, the Hawks to

1275
00:55:50,320 --> 00:55:51,879
Speaker 4: keep it close enough for maybe even win the game.

1276
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Speaker 5: Knicks are two good right now. I gotta roll with

1277
00:55:55,400 --> 00:55:58,560
Speaker 5: my New Yorkers. It's always been a big fan. I

1278
00:55:58,600 --> 00:56:01,560
Speaker 5: don't know, honestly, it feels bad picking against the Knicks

1279
00:56:01,640 --> 00:56:02,360
Speaker 5: right now. I can't do it.

1280
00:56:02,520 --> 00:56:04,880
Speaker 4: Give me New York lately. What says you?

1281
00:56:05,200 --> 00:56:08,320
Speaker 3: Yeah, of Conco against the Knicks, surprise. I thought that

1282
00:56:08,400 --> 00:56:10,200
Speaker 3: line might be a little longer than a little bigger

1283
00:56:10,200 --> 00:56:12,239
Speaker 3: than that. But I think the Knicks can win it

1284
00:56:12,280 --> 00:56:12,840
Speaker 3: again tonight.

1285
00:56:13,040 --> 00:56:15,359
Speaker 1: I thought the line would be bigger just I mean,

1286
00:56:15,400 --> 00:56:17,680
Speaker 1: it's just the way they're playing it back to back.

1287
00:56:17,840 --> 00:56:19,560
Speaker 4: Yeah, No, I just throw two and a half.

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00:56:19,560 --> 00:56:21,360
Speaker 3: I thought. I thought it might be maybe three and

1289
00:56:21,360 --> 00:56:22,920
Speaker 3: a half. I mean a point, but you know it

1290
00:56:23,000 --> 00:56:25,200
Speaker 3: can make a big difference if you get that extra point.

1291
00:56:25,640 --> 00:56:27,880
Speaker 4: Okay, I will take the New yorkis.

1292
00:56:28,040 --> 00:56:31,200
Speaker 6: Let's find out who task has jd Ooh, this line

1293
00:56:31,320 --> 00:56:33,200
Speaker 6: is moving. It started at one and a half, now

1294
00:56:33,280 --> 00:56:36,400
Speaker 6: it's at two and a half. That means people are

1295
00:56:36,560 --> 00:56:37,840
Speaker 6: heavy on the Knicks.

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Speaker 3: What does that mean?

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Speaker 6: Not sure, just trying to say something vaguely interesting. Give

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Speaker 6: me the Knicks though, as far as they're playing, New

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Speaker 6: York is the better team right now, just a little

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Speaker 6: big give me New York.

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Speaker 1: Oh my goodness. Well I'm trailing here. I still owe

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Speaker 1: a pick and payoff.

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Speaker 4: Might as well go for it.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna hope I have some Larry Luke on my

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Speaker 1: side tonight. I'll take the Hawks. Give me the Hawks

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Speaker 1: to cover, give me the Hawks to win, just straight up,

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Speaker 1: well too, they're playing great.

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Speaker 4: What's the hell? They feels like they haven't lost underneath McMillan,

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Speaker 4: and they got a lot of their guys back callin. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: so give me the Hawks.

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Speaker 1: I get the points. So they're plus two and a half.

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Speaker 1: Everybody else has the next winning by three or more.

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