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Speaker 1: Welcome to This League Uncut in the world of twenty

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Speaker 1: four hour NBA news. Just do you lose? Chris Haines,

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Speaker 1: It's go time, Mark Stein, It's show time, Loop shakalaka

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Speaker 1: Chris Hanes and Mark Stein. This ligue uncutt is underway

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Speaker 1: and then fire. This should be a good one. Hey everyone,

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Speaker 1: welcome to another edition of This League Uncut recording on

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Speaker 1: a Sunday night, but you guys will be getting this

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Speaker 1: on Monday. Incredible run of games really since we came

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Speaker 1: back out of the All Star Break, which has been

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Speaker 1: wonderful because we had all the angst, all the frustration

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Speaker 1: has just been one wild show after another here since

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Speaker 1: the season restarted Thursday night. We had the incredible Kings

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Speaker 1: Clippers double overtime one seventy six to one seventy five,

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Speaker 1: and then we had the Philly Boston game where Jason

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Speaker 1: just a hair late with would have been the modern

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Speaker 1: day answer to the Jerry West shot from the nineteen

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Speaker 1: seventy finals. Obviously this was just a regular season game,

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Speaker 1: but same kind of sixty seventy foot heave from Joel

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Speaker 1: Embid just a shit, just a hair too late. That

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Speaker 1: would have been insane for that to drop. The Lakers

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Speaker 1: on Sunday come back from twenty seven down to win

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Speaker 1: in Dallas and send the Mavericks into disarray. Biggest comeback

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Speaker 1: of the season. I think teams were one hundred and

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Speaker 1: thirty eight and oh this season when holding a twenty

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Speaker 1: Sunday the Lakers are up to eleventh. We're gonna have

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Speaker 1: to check the standings just as games wrap up tonight,

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Speaker 1: but you know, Lakers move up from thirteenth to eleventh

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Speaker 1: before the end of Sunday night play. And then Damian

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Speaker 1: Lillard his first game since appearing on this podcast. Take note,

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Speaker 1: NBA players, if you want to, if you want to

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Speaker 1: come and talk to Chris Haynes and I. Damian Lillard

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Speaker 1: first game after his pod appearance with us Now. That

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Speaker 1: scheduled to play out of the break, but put all

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Speaker 1: that put all that fat put all the facts aside.

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Speaker 1: Forty one points in the first half for Damian Lillard,

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Speaker 1: fresh off a podcast appearance with Chris Haynes. Would you

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Speaker 1: would you? I mean, shouldn't shouldn't our phones be blown

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Speaker 1: up now? Shouldn't guys be wanting to come on here

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Speaker 1: to talk and see if they can get captured, see

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Speaker 1: if they can get some of that same magic. And

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Speaker 1: as you just finished talking right there, James just hits

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Speaker 1: another three. Look, we're live, we're live podcasting right here,

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Speaker 1: live play by play, but it's gonna be late by

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Speaker 1: time this pot drops in the morning. But Dame is

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Speaker 1: up to fifty three points right now after that three,

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Speaker 1: he has ten threes for the game. This is crazy.

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Speaker 1: I'm live doing Blive play by play, but it's not

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Speaker 1: gonna be live play by play when it drops, so whatever.

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Speaker 1: What's crazy is I used to be so good at

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Speaker 1: figure out where we are in terms of fifty point

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Speaker 1: twenty now. Yeah, it's been a barrage of those from

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Speaker 1: multiple players. Right now. You see that. I mean, God

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Speaker 1: Lee that Kings Clippers game. What was the score in

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Speaker 1: that game? Double overtime, one seventy six to seventy five.

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Speaker 1: We gotta give some love to the Kings because you know,

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Speaker 1: I have to be honest, I I have expected them

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Speaker 1: But you know, they here they are, and they've managed to,

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Speaker 1: doing an unbelievable job. Mike Brown right now should be

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Speaker 1: they you know they do not. What's so crazy is

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Speaker 1: sabonus that trade has been the rare. Both teams won

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Speaker 1: I loved how much Tyrese Haliburton loved being in Sacramento,

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Speaker 1: This is Dames his career high as sixty one, so

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Speaker 1: the comeback. I mean, the comeback was incredible. The meltdown

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Speaker 1: AD was unreal today. I mean Dallas is having major,

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Speaker 1: Dallas in that game, man, I forgot what he the numbers.

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Speaker 1: He had something like fourteen points, seventeen rebounds or something

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Speaker 1: He definitely did against what was the game I had

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Speaker 1: tie his career higher sixty one. But Malik Beasley said

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Speaker 1: Might as well just kept him in the rest of

424
00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:28,959
Speaker 1: the game, That's what I'm saying. Now, can he live

425
00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:30,360
Speaker 1: with that? Or do you think he's gonna be like, man,

426
00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:33,000
Speaker 1: let me go for one more Nah, he got his seventy.

427
00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:37,800
Speaker 1: I think he's fine, but dang, one more time games

428
00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:44,160
Speaker 1: this season. Yeah, that's awesome. That's awesome my play by play.

429
00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:47,040
Speaker 1: Let's let's get producer Ryan in here. May producer Ryan

430
00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:49,680
Speaker 1: can tell us does he think that this will be

431
00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:55,320
Speaker 1: Will this be well received? Podcasting material? Producer? Ryan? What

432
00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:58,560
Speaker 1: do you? What do you think will this be well received? Live?

433
00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:02,600
Speaker 1: I don't know. Pseudo play by play from Chris Haynes.

434
00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:09,359
Speaker 1: I think the passion that Chris brought with his you know,

435
00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:12,880
Speaker 1: play by play descriptions of what happened with Dames. What's

436
00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:16,840
Speaker 1: gonna get people the most fired up? I hope you're right. Yeah,

437
00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:18,560
Speaker 1: I don't know, fired up in a positive way or

438
00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:20,920
Speaker 1: a negative way, but oh well, we're rolling with it.

439
00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:24,639
Speaker 1: Were So you do want to try to call him

440
00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:26,000
Speaker 1: before we hang up and see if we can get

441
00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:28,639
Speaker 1: him on the phone. Yes, I'm gonna try to call him.

442
00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:32,119
Speaker 1: I'm gonna try to call him. I imagine he'll have

443
00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:34,960
Speaker 1: to do the walk off interview with the local telecast

444
00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:40,680
Speaker 1: down there, so give him. He'll probably get showered. They're

445
00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:42,880
Speaker 1: gonna shower him. Up in everything in the locker room

446
00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:48,720
Speaker 1: a little bit of time. But we'll see. We got this,

447
00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:57,359
Speaker 1: We'll see. So should we go back to the Hawks here?

448
00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:05,600
Speaker 1: I really I am intrigued by this. I do think

449
00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:11,800
Speaker 1: that Quinn Snyder will connect with Trey young Um. Quinn

450
00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:15,840
Speaker 1: Snyder was incredibly close with Donovan Mitchell. I can still

451
00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:21,960
Speaker 1: remember last season after a loss in Dallas and Tim

452
00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:24,520
Speaker 1: mcmon and I to ESPN's Tim McMann and I were

453
00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:28,000
Speaker 1: talking to Quinn Snyder in the hallway and it was

454
00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:31,520
Speaker 1: a pretty It was a pretty uh I don't know,

455
00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:34,119
Speaker 1: deep conversation might be overstadium, but it was. It was

456
00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:37,159
Speaker 1: a pretty serious conversation. You know. I had been writing

457
00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:41,800
Speaker 1: since last March that that Quinn was likely to leave

458
00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:45,879
Speaker 1: the Jazz at season end. Season's end, and obviously the

459
00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:48,959
Speaker 1: Jazz first round playoff loss to Dallas. I can't remember

460
00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:53,199
Speaker 1: which specific game it was, because of course I'm washed

461
00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:56,560
Speaker 1: and I can't remember almost anything anymore. But what I

462
00:26:56,640 --> 00:27:01,040
Speaker 1: do remember is Tim and I talking to Quinn, Quinn

463
00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:03,840
Speaker 1: being his very intense self, and all of a sudden,

464
00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:07,639
Speaker 1: Donovan Mitchell came out of the interview room and the

465
00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:13,920
Speaker 1: player coach hug. They shared was like abnormally robust, like

466
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:19,119
Speaker 1: really like you could just tell the mutual admiration between

467
00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:23,280
Speaker 1: Donovan Mitchell and Quinn Snyder was at a very high level.

468
00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:28,480
Speaker 1: And by all accounts, Donovan has conveyed that to Trey

469
00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:32,919
Speaker 1: Young already. And you know, I think Atlanta just wanted

470
00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:35,680
Speaker 1: to get Quinn in there to give him the chance.

471
00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:40,000
Speaker 1: He's going to get the chance to really you know,

472
00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:43,080
Speaker 1: maybe run that franchise is probably too strong, but really

473
00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:46,760
Speaker 1: really try to build something there. And that's why they

474
00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:50,280
Speaker 1: wanted to get him in, get him in now, not

475
00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:54,560
Speaker 1: even wait until the offseason. Yeah, it's it's a good

476
00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:58,200
Speaker 1: opportunity for Quinn to get in Now's kind of get

477
00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:00,359
Speaker 1: the lay of the land, check the temperature on how

478
00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:04,120
Speaker 1: how things are really conducted, you know with the Hawks,

479
00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:07,880
Speaker 1: because we've been hearing about it for years now, there's

480
00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:13,960
Speaker 1: just been a lack of a foundation of stability and

481
00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:17,640
Speaker 1: accountability and so being able to come in there now

482
00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:21,159
Speaker 1: right now, and really really there's really no pressure on

483
00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:24,000
Speaker 1: Quinn to start the season off right now, right right now.

484
00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:28,280
Speaker 1: It's all about just getting the infrastructure started. You know.

485
00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:30,680
Speaker 1: You know, one thing about you know, we don't really

486
00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:36,119
Speaker 1: have we don't really get coaching changes like this mid season.

487
00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:39,440
Speaker 1: What does Quinn do? Does he finish the season out

488
00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:44,120
Speaker 1: with the assistant coaches that's on staff right now? Yeah,

489
00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:46,360
Speaker 1: I don't think there'll be any changes in the short term.

490
00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:48,600
Speaker 1: I think they'll keep the staff as is for the

491
00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:50,800
Speaker 1: rest of the season and look that, you know, there's

492
00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:54,280
Speaker 1: still time to see I guess the Hawks, you know,

493
00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:58,160
Speaker 1: can you know there's still in the mix. They're in

494
00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:00,400
Speaker 1: the play in zone right now, but you know they're

495
00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:02,640
Speaker 1: a game over five hundred, having won a couple here

496
00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:08,640
Speaker 1: in the you know, in this waiting period before Quinn

497
00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:12,240
Speaker 1: actually takes over. I guess my Like I said, I

498
00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:15,440
Speaker 1: think I totally get why the Hawks did this to

499
00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:18,560
Speaker 1: you know, they were the only team with a vacancy

500
00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:21,400
Speaker 1: they could go after Quinn Snyder. They were able to

501
00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:24,960
Speaker 1: get the deal done and convince Quinn Snyder to come

502
00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:28,040
Speaker 1: to Atlanta. And I again, I do think he will

503
00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:31,480
Speaker 1: strike a positive relationship with with Trey Young, much like

504
00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:34,000
Speaker 1: he did with Donovan Mitchell. My question is Quinn is

505
00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:37,640
Speaker 1: so intense did he take a long enough break. I

506
00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:41,040
Speaker 1: really think he would have benefited from sitting out this

507
00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:45,920
Speaker 1: whole season, not coming back with you know, twenty odd

508
00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:49,960
Speaker 1: games to go, but you know, totally get why the

509
00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:52,840
Speaker 1: Hawks would want to get him in now and not wait.

510
00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:55,920
Speaker 1: But I do wonder. You know, Quinn himself has used

511
00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:59,440
Speaker 1: the word sabbatical to describe his approach to this season

512
00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:03,600
Speaker 1: and taking a year after recharge. I just do wonder

513
00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:06,520
Speaker 1: did he take did he take enough time? Because I'm

514
00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:10,240
Speaker 1: telling you this, this guy, this guy really wears coaching

515
00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:15,600
Speaker 1: on his sleeve. I wonder I could be reading I

516
00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:19,080
Speaker 1: definitely could be reading way too much into how this

517
00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:24,160
Speaker 1: went down. But Steyn, do you think a trend can

518
00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:29,960
Speaker 1: begin to start where an NBA team will let go

519
00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:34,920
Speaker 1: of a coach at at an unorthodox period of the

520
00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:38,480
Speaker 1: season where we're not a customed to seeing coaches being

521
00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:41,920
Speaker 1: let go at that time, which means that that team

522
00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:46,400
Speaker 1: will likely be the only team that has an availability

523
00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:50,760
Speaker 1: at that spot in which they can kind of go

524
00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:54,920
Speaker 1: after the pick of the litter out there. I guess

525
00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:58,440
Speaker 1: it really depends on who's out there. And you know,

526
00:30:58,600 --> 00:31:03,960
Speaker 1: Quinn Snyder, everybody knew that had he made it, had

527
00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:06,600
Speaker 1: you know, had he stayed out this whole year, any

528
00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:09,520
Speaker 1: team with a vacancy after the season would have been interested.

529
00:31:09,520 --> 00:31:13,120
Speaker 1: I mean, let's face it, the Lakers had interest in

530
00:31:13,240 --> 00:31:17,240
Speaker 1: him last season. I've been hearing for ages how in

531
00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:21,160
Speaker 1: San Antonio they would love to have had Quinn Snyder

532
00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:24,320
Speaker 1: as a potential replacement for Greg Popovitch, Except we don't

533
00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:26,720
Speaker 1: know how much longer Greg Popovich is going to keep coaching.

534
00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:29,640
Speaker 1: There's been no indication that Pop wants to stop. So

535
00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:32,280
Speaker 1: if Pop keeps going, you know, the you know, it

536
00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:35,479
Speaker 1: wasn't clear when there might be a vacancy there. And obviously,

537
00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:38,280
Speaker 1: you'll Quinn had a lot of trips to the playoffs

538
00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:41,600
Speaker 1: in Utah. You have to wonder does the rebuilding situation

539
00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:44,200
Speaker 1: in San Antonio is that something he would even want.

540
00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:47,920
Speaker 1: But then the Nets also, the Nets very quietly when

541
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:52,880
Speaker 1: Steve Nash was let go, the Nets very quietly ran

542
00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:54,880
Speaker 1: out that groundball to see if there was any way

543
00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:58,240
Speaker 1: they could get Quinn Snyder in the mix there. You know,

544
00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:01,840
Speaker 1: they they showed interest in Mayudoka as well. I reported

545
00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:05,760
Speaker 1: that Joe si was getting pressure from external sources to

546
00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:10,880
Speaker 1: not hire Emay so quickly after his suspension in Boston.

547
00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:13,280
Speaker 1: But you know, Quinn Snyder was also someone that the

548
00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:15,840
Speaker 1: Nets had interested in, So there was there was gonna

549
00:32:15,840 --> 00:32:18,400
Speaker 1: be interested in Quinn if he would have stayed on

550
00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:21,560
Speaker 1: the open market. You know, who knows how many other

551
00:32:21,640 --> 00:32:25,560
Speaker 1: teams would have registered interest. But yeah, I mean, look

552
00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:28,880
Speaker 1: that you know, Nate McMillan is someone who's highly respected.

553
00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:32,440
Speaker 1: He's had an incredible coaching career after a very strong

554
00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:34,560
Speaker 1: career as a player. So yeah, I mean the timing,

555
00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:37,640
Speaker 1: I thought, I thought Nate was gonna at least get

556
00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:40,240
Speaker 1: to finish the season, and he didn't. The Hawks decided

557
00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:42,880
Speaker 1: they had to make this move now so they could

558
00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:46,560
Speaker 1: have their free swing at trying to get Quinn in there,

559
00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:50,600
Speaker 1: and they did get him. So you know, I'm sure

560
00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:52,640
Speaker 1: the Hawks are feeling good about themselves that they got

561
00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:55,640
Speaker 1: this done. No, for sure, they didn't have to compete

562
00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:58,640
Speaker 1: with any other teams out there. It worked out, and

563
00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:02,320
Speaker 1: Quinn Snyder is an excellent candidate. Man, he has he

564
00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:04,600
Speaker 1: has his work cut out for him, but I definitely

565
00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:09,200
Speaker 1: think he's the right right person for the job. And

566
00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:11,320
Speaker 1: now it's now it's about getting these young guys to

567
00:33:11,440 --> 00:33:14,240
Speaker 1: buy in. They've they've been doing it their way, the players,

568
00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:15,920
Speaker 1: I should say, they've been doing it their way for

569
00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:19,800
Speaker 1: quite some time. And now there's there's new law and

570
00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:22,760
Speaker 1: order in there. So I'm interested in seeing what, you know,

571
00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:24,960
Speaker 1: how Quinn is going to kind of right the ship

572
00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:27,120
Speaker 1: over there. Yeah, it'll be it'll be fascinating to see, Like,

573
00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:29,640
Speaker 1: obviously all eyes are gonna be on him and Trey Young.

574
00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:32,440
Speaker 1: How do they mesh? How do they click? You know?

575
00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:35,440
Speaker 1: Landry Fields, the new head of the Hawks front office,

576
00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:38,720
Speaker 1: He said he wants a team that's top ten in

577
00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:42,440
Speaker 1: offense and defense. Not exactly an easy thing to just

578
00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:47,240
Speaker 1: snap your fingers and make happen. You're the Hawks coming

579
00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:49,600
Speaker 1: into the All Star break. They had slipped from second

580
00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:54,240
Speaker 1: last season an offense in offensive rating to sixteenth, and

581
00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:58,440
Speaker 1: they again heading into the All Star break. I haven't

582
00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:00,800
Speaker 1: looked at it since these last two games that Atlanta won,

583
00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:03,920
Speaker 1: But the Hawks were also in the bottom ten defensively,

584
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:06,320
Speaker 1: so there is a lot of work to do for Quinn. Snyder.

585
00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:09,160
Speaker 1: The other thing I wanted to hit you with before

586
00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:12,440
Speaker 1: we may, I'm guessing we're gonna wrap this up with

587
00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:18,440
Speaker 1: some more dame coverage? Am I putting too much pressure

588
00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:23,239
Speaker 1: on you? Now? We'll see, We'll see um. In your

589
00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:28,200
Speaker 1: weekly Around the League notebook, you wrote about Phoenix having

590
00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:32,799
Speaker 1: some stealth interest in Derrick Rose. Now, Derreck Rose makes

591
00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:35,120
Speaker 1: a pretty healthy salary, so I don't you know, I

592
00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:40,080
Speaker 1: really hadn't considered him a buyout candidate. You know, the Knicks,

593
00:34:40,680 --> 00:34:45,120
Speaker 1: the Knicks. There was a chance the Knicks would trade him. Um,

594
00:34:45,239 --> 00:34:48,880
Speaker 1: I know, I reported on a few occasions that they

595
00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:52,279
Speaker 1: obviously feel they obviously hold Derreck Rose in very high

596
00:34:52,360 --> 00:34:54,960
Speaker 1: regard in New York and they only were going to

597
00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:58,640
Speaker 1: trade him if it made sense and put him in

598
00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:01,960
Speaker 1: a good situation. But no trade materialized at the deadline,

599
00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:04,440
Speaker 1: So I kind of thought that means that Derrick Rose

600
00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:08,200
Speaker 1: would finish out this season. I mean, do you can

601
00:35:09,239 --> 00:35:12,279
Speaker 1: what are the chances that Phoenix could actually pull that

602
00:35:12,520 --> 00:35:16,480
Speaker 1: off and convince Derrick Rose, hey, pursue a buyout in

603
00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:18,400
Speaker 1: New York and come join us for the for the

604
00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:22,040
Speaker 1: stretch running. I think it's low. I think it's low.

605
00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:24,120
Speaker 1: And Phoenix is not the only team out there that

606
00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:28,680
Speaker 1: definitely is you know, has has wishes of Derek Rose

607
00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:30,880
Speaker 1: becoming free. I think Derek is making I believe, what

608
00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:37,600
Speaker 1: fifteen this year, but not far off. Okay, then has

609
00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:44,520
Speaker 1: a a team option next season for five. That's fourteen five,

610
00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:47,359
Speaker 1: and the Knicks are not going to pick that up right,

611
00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:50,560
Speaker 1: And so I think when it comes to Dereck Rose

612
00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:55,040
Speaker 1: a situation, any type of a buyout that he agrees

613
00:35:55,080 --> 00:35:57,759
Speaker 1: to like there you know, there are situations just just

614
00:35:57,880 --> 00:36:01,040
Speaker 1: to educate the fans that you know, some players when

615
00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:06,600
Speaker 1: they before they do a buyout the team that they're

616
00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:11,000
Speaker 1: interested in and going to a lot of times there

617
00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:15,879
Speaker 1: would be some back channel agreement that you know, will

618
00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:19,719
Speaker 1: sign you for the remainder of the season, but we're

619
00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:24,120
Speaker 1: also going to give you a second year. And those

620
00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:26,840
Speaker 1: are things that kind of happened behind the scenes obviously

621
00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:30,480
Speaker 1: that those things can't be reported. So it's you know,

622
00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:34,680
Speaker 1: Derek Rose situation, He'll be giving up so much money

623
00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:37,200
Speaker 1: and I don't think he would get that in return.

624
00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:39,799
Speaker 1: And that's why I would say that I think it's

625
00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:44,399
Speaker 1: I think it's slim slim to none that he would

626
00:36:44,440 --> 00:36:46,920
Speaker 1: get that buy out. But the way it is explained

627
00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:50,080
Speaker 1: to me is that the door isn't closed if the

628
00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:55,000
Speaker 1: right scenario presented itself. That you were right about the math.

629
00:36:55,160 --> 00:36:58,600
Speaker 1: Rose is making fourteen point five million this season, due

630
00:36:58,640 --> 00:37:01,680
Speaker 1: to make fifteen point five five million next season, I

631
00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:03,840
Speaker 1: agree with you. I don't think there's anyway the Knicks

632
00:37:03,880 --> 00:37:06,719
Speaker 1: pick up that team option for next season because they're

633
00:37:06,760 --> 00:37:10,360
Speaker 1: barely playing Derek Rose now. But you know what's interesting

634
00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:13,240
Speaker 1: is Phoenix no longer has the roster spot, but Phoenix

635
00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:15,920
Speaker 1: does still have mid level money left over, so they

636
00:37:16,040 --> 00:37:19,960
Speaker 1: could Phoenix could pay Derek Rose more than the minimum

637
00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:22,560
Speaker 1: if de Rose did decide, you know what, I do

638
00:37:22,719 --> 00:37:25,600
Speaker 1: want to buy out, let me go to Phoenix. Because

639
00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:27,719
Speaker 1: that was kind of the interesting thing with a Terrence

640
00:37:27,840 --> 00:37:30,920
Speaker 1: Ross situation. The Mavericks thought they had a commitment from

641
00:37:31,080 --> 00:37:34,560
Speaker 1: Terrence Ross. While the Mavericks are playing in Sacramento, they

642
00:37:34,680 --> 00:37:39,000
Speaker 1: find out no, Terrence Ross is signing with the Suns

643
00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:43,080
Speaker 1: instead Phoenix. The MAVs could only offer the minimum. Phoenix

644
00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:46,640
Speaker 1: did have mid level money available, but no, the Suns

645
00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:49,080
Speaker 1: were able to get that commitment from Terrence Ross only

646
00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:51,560
Speaker 1: paying him the minimum. So there was no extra money

647
00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:54,080
Speaker 1: from the MAVs to get Terrence Ross. They were just

648
00:37:54,239 --> 00:37:57,560
Speaker 1: able to convince him to choose Phoenix over Dallas. So

649
00:37:58,280 --> 00:38:00,719
Speaker 1: you know, the Suns do still have some money I

650
00:38:00,840 --> 00:38:03,440
Speaker 1: believe to spend. But I think I'm with you. I

651
00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:06,120
Speaker 1: think I think it's probably a long shot because I

652
00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:09,560
Speaker 1: think even though Derek has to be frustrated that he's

653
00:38:09,600 --> 00:38:12,360
Speaker 1: not playing. I think he genuinely does love being in

654
00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:15,680
Speaker 1: New York, loves being a nick and I, you know,

655
00:38:16,320 --> 00:38:19,239
Speaker 1: I think it would be hard to convince him to leave.

656
00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:22,840
Speaker 1: But of course, joining Phoenix has to be very pretty,

657
00:38:23,080 --> 00:38:26,160
Speaker 1: pretty damn appealing with that durant guy coming aboard, and

658
00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:29,800
Speaker 1: you have to assume a shot at a championship. No,

659
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,800
Speaker 1: that would that would be a great situation. And Phoenix

660
00:38:32,920 --> 00:38:37,440
Speaker 1: they're still looking for another ball handler. And so if

661
00:38:37,920 --> 00:38:40,759
Speaker 1: if Derek Rose situation doesn't play out, which looks like

662
00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:44,839
Speaker 1: it most likely won't, then they have to look at,

663
00:38:44,960 --> 00:38:47,080
Speaker 1: you know, other guys out there, and you look at

664
00:38:47,120 --> 00:38:52,680
Speaker 1: the buy out market. The only other prominent guard that

665
00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:57,080
Speaker 1: has ball handling skills and obligations that is John Wall

666
00:38:57,440 --> 00:39:00,640
Speaker 1: And we're not hearing much on humor as of right now.

667
00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:03,200
Speaker 1: And I don't hate nothing. I gotta be honest, I

668
00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:07,000
Speaker 1: haven't heard I really haven't heard of any market there. Yeah,

669
00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:09,400
Speaker 1: and I don't think that would be a fit for

670
00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:13,320
Speaker 1: Phoenix anyway, but I think that, you know, so you

671
00:39:13,400 --> 00:39:15,440
Speaker 1: start to look at guys coming back from you know,

672
00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:18,080
Speaker 1: coming back from overseas, you're gonna start, you know, hearing

673
00:39:18,160 --> 00:39:20,960
Speaker 1: names like that resurface, you know, as we get to

674
00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:24,520
Speaker 1: that juncture. But it's going to be interesting. Stud you

675
00:39:24,719 --> 00:39:29,440
Speaker 1: have a wealth of knowledge history, and I think I

676
00:39:29,560 --> 00:39:31,600
Speaker 1: think what we should do, and I proposed it to

677
00:39:31,680 --> 00:39:33,680
Speaker 1: you off camera. I'm proposed it to you while we're

678
00:39:34,239 --> 00:39:37,399
Speaker 1: here live recording. I think we need story time, Star.

679
00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:42,400
Speaker 1: I think every show, every podcast, every episode, we should

680
00:39:42,520 --> 00:39:47,279
Speaker 1: end with a story. Whether you're your own personal story, yeah,

681
00:39:47,719 --> 00:39:52,520
Speaker 1: whatever whatever you have that you never talked about, you

682
00:39:52,719 --> 00:39:57,240
Speaker 1: never talked about something that you went through personally, whatever

683
00:39:57,320 --> 00:40:00,200
Speaker 1: it took for you to get a certain story, what ever,

684
00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:03,960
Speaker 1: any background, behind the scenes story you got, Steyn, I

685
00:40:04,120 --> 00:40:06,040
Speaker 1: want to hear it. Man, do you have anything for me?

686
00:40:06,120 --> 00:40:08,880
Speaker 1: Stun Man. You just sprung Man Now, I know how

687
00:40:08,920 --> 00:40:14,160
Speaker 1: you feel when I'm exactly look at Dame on the phone.

688
00:40:14,239 --> 00:40:16,600
Speaker 1: Yet he's not picking up. Now. I don't want to

689
00:40:16,640 --> 00:40:19,680
Speaker 1: hear him. Nobody wants to hear him. This is not

690
00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:22,680
Speaker 1: a way of me stalling as well. Keep going, I mean,

691
00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:24,600
Speaker 1: what's a good But it has to be a story

692
00:40:24,680 --> 00:40:28,239
Speaker 1: that's like applicable to what we're talking about. So um,

693
00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:33,320
Speaker 1: I'm not I guess I'm I'm ill prepared for this

694
00:40:34,280 --> 00:40:38,960
Speaker 1: What's I mean, Like, I think I've told the stories

695
00:40:38,960 --> 00:40:42,799
Speaker 1: already about how Yeah, because we talked about the whole

696
00:40:43,520 --> 00:40:46,800
Speaker 1: BlackBerry thing and how Derek Rose and Jamal Crawford. You know,

697
00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:50,000
Speaker 1: I always talked every time I saw those guys. All

698
00:40:50,040 --> 00:40:55,080
Speaker 1: we did was talk about our phones and uh, you know,

699
00:40:55,239 --> 00:40:58,920
Speaker 1: do you want me to go star? Yeah? I mean

700
00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:02,680
Speaker 1: just because yeah, I mean, like because ideally it should

701
00:41:02,680 --> 00:41:04,719
Speaker 1: be a story that's like again, ideally, I think it

702
00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:07,400
Speaker 1: needs to be a story that's like tangential to what

703
00:41:07,520 --> 00:41:12,200
Speaker 1: we're discussing in today's It doesn't necessarily have toy. We

704
00:41:12,280 --> 00:41:13,719
Speaker 1: just want to hear about you. I just want to

705
00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:16,400
Speaker 1: hear a story. Give me, give me an incredible background

706
00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:18,480
Speaker 1: story that you have. It don't have to be anything

707
00:41:18,560 --> 00:41:22,760
Speaker 1: pertaing to what we talked about. Whatever. Whatever it took somebody,

708
00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:28,600
Speaker 1: somebody you ran across pursuing something, pursuing a story. Uh,

709
00:41:29,239 --> 00:41:32,200
Speaker 1: it could be anything you getting cussed out by a

710
00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:35,040
Speaker 1: head coach, a general manager in the past. That is

711
00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:37,719
Speaker 1: that that is somebody that you know to where it

712
00:41:37,760 --> 00:41:44,399
Speaker 1: wouldn't affect you now something tign well, I guess see,

713
00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:47,200
Speaker 1: because I feel like this is kind of you know,

714
00:41:47,239 --> 00:41:49,840
Speaker 1: I mentioned the Quinn Snyder thing because I wrote in

715
00:41:50,320 --> 00:41:52,640
Speaker 1: I think it was last March. I wrote top of

716
00:41:52,719 --> 00:41:55,560
Speaker 1: that before I wrote the story for the first time

717
00:41:55,640 --> 00:41:59,879
Speaker 1: that all signs point to this being Quinn's last see

718
00:42:00,360 --> 00:42:06,040
Speaker 1: in Utah, and the Lakers the Spurs presumed interested. So

719
00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:07,600
Speaker 1: this is you know, this is about a year ago.

720
00:42:08,160 --> 00:42:11,480
Speaker 1: And I have to say, when I saw Quinn the

721
00:42:11,680 --> 00:42:14,440
Speaker 1: next time, I thought it was going to be an

722
00:42:14,480 --> 00:42:20,160
Speaker 1: absolute barrage. And he was such a gentleman about it,

723
00:42:20,440 --> 00:42:22,920
Speaker 1: and because you know, he had been asked by the

724
00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:28,560
Speaker 1: Salt Lake Tribune and was very upset about me writing

725
00:42:28,640 --> 00:42:30,879
Speaker 1: the story when I did, because the season wasn't over

726
00:42:31,360 --> 00:42:33,440
Speaker 1: and he clearly did not want to discuss it. So

727
00:42:33,880 --> 00:42:36,080
Speaker 1: the next time I crossed paths with the Jazz, I

728
00:42:36,239 --> 00:42:39,279
Speaker 1: did really expect there to be some fireworks. And look,

729
00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:41,000
Speaker 1: you know, we we've talked about this a million times.

730
00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:44,200
Speaker 1: When you write something like that, as soon as possible,

731
00:42:44,360 --> 00:42:47,800
Speaker 1: you have to show your face to the person you

732
00:42:47,880 --> 00:42:50,000
Speaker 1: write about. So if they want to get something off

733
00:42:50,040 --> 00:42:52,439
Speaker 1: their chest, like you know, you don't just you don't

734
00:42:52,480 --> 00:42:54,680
Speaker 1: just do There's no hit and run. If you write

735
00:42:54,760 --> 00:42:57,479
Speaker 1: something like that, you got to show up, be seen.

736
00:42:58,040 --> 00:43:01,919
Speaker 1: And if they have things to say to you. You're there.

737
00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:04,680
Speaker 1: But like I said, Quinn could not have been more

738
00:43:04,800 --> 00:43:07,040
Speaker 1: gentlemanly about it. Um, what did he say to you?

739
00:43:07,920 --> 00:43:10,840
Speaker 1: Like I said, I mean he he made he didn't,

740
00:43:11,160 --> 00:43:16,279
Speaker 1: he didn't. There was no specifics really said, but just um,

741
00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:20,400
Speaker 1: you know, like I said, he just handled it. I

742
00:43:20,520 --> 00:43:22,279
Speaker 1: don't really know how to describe it except to say

743
00:43:22,600 --> 00:43:24,719
Speaker 1: he handled it in such a professional manner. But the

744
00:43:25,440 --> 00:43:27,960
Speaker 1: reason I was telling that story was to get around

745
00:43:28,040 --> 00:43:30,200
Speaker 1: to another person. And like I said, I do not

746
00:43:30,440 --> 00:43:32,440
Speaker 1: want I don't want to go into this. I know

747
00:43:32,520 --> 00:43:34,320
Speaker 1: I'm going to disappoint you here. You're not gonna let it.

748
00:43:34,560 --> 00:43:37,719
Speaker 1: I do not want to name this specific coach, but

749
00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:42,200
Speaker 1: there were similar circumstances last year with another coach, and

750
00:43:42,400 --> 00:43:44,800
Speaker 1: I'll say is it did not go It did not

751
00:43:44,960 --> 00:43:48,440
Speaker 1: go as gentlemanly as that. But I don't want to

752
00:43:48,560 --> 00:43:53,239
Speaker 1: I do not want to. Yes, how about tell they

753
00:43:53,360 --> 00:43:56,279
Speaker 1: have you burning bridges? That's not that's not the po Yeah,

754
00:43:56,320 --> 00:43:59,000
Speaker 1: So I like, that's like, I feel okay sharing in

755
00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:01,279
Speaker 1: the Quinn part of the story, because you know, he

756
00:44:01,440 --> 00:44:04,680
Speaker 1: did leave Utah at season's end and he has a

757
00:44:04,719 --> 00:44:06,879
Speaker 1: new job now, so you know, to me, that's fine

758
00:44:06,960 --> 00:44:09,960
Speaker 1: to talk about. But the other, the other one I'm

759
00:44:09,960 --> 00:44:12,520
Speaker 1: gonna say for my book that I'm never gonna write.

760
00:44:13,840 --> 00:44:18,800
Speaker 1: Are you gonna write a book? Yeah? Eventually you think so.

761
00:44:19,160 --> 00:44:22,040
Speaker 1: See I still have I I still haven't, and I

762
00:44:23,760 --> 00:44:25,920
Speaker 1: it's funny what Steve Nash once said, don't you know

763
00:44:25,960 --> 00:44:27,880
Speaker 1: you haven't written a book? Don't you have any ambition?

764
00:44:28,719 --> 00:44:34,360
Speaker 1: And I'm like, damn, yeah, I feel like we at

765
00:44:34,440 --> 00:44:38,920
Speaker 1: least got to write one book. Yeah, I mean, I

766
00:44:39,040 --> 00:44:41,920
Speaker 1: look knock on wood, I'm I'm I'm very blessed to

767
00:44:41,920 --> 00:44:43,799
Speaker 1: say that I've had some great offers to do them,

768
00:44:43,840 --> 00:44:46,399
Speaker 1: but I've just I've resisted to this point. And now

769
00:44:46,880 --> 00:44:49,560
Speaker 1: you know, as publisher on my own substack, I'm writing

770
00:44:49,960 --> 00:44:54,879
Speaker 1: so much just on a daily basis, trying to trying

771
00:44:54,920 --> 00:44:57,239
Speaker 1: to keep the site going that I I don't I

772
00:44:57,320 --> 00:45:01,680
Speaker 1: can't even imagine. I see some of our friends do books,

773
00:45:01,719 --> 00:45:04,040
Speaker 1: and I'm just like, how do these guys do it? Like,

774
00:45:04,080 --> 00:45:06,200
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know how they find the time

775
00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:10,080
Speaker 1: to write thousands and thousands and thousands of words. After

776
00:45:10,200 --> 00:45:15,960
Speaker 1: writing thousands of words all season. Stein I presented the

777
00:45:16,040 --> 00:45:21,520
Speaker 1: story time on this episode strictly because I was stalling,

778
00:45:22,040 --> 00:45:27,280
Speaker 1: trying to stall, install, install, buy more time. It doesn't

779
00:45:27,280 --> 00:45:30,200
Speaker 1: look like it's happened to Stein. So and I can

780
00:45:30,280 --> 00:45:34,440
Speaker 1: imagine Champagne, and I know, like the Trail Blazers probably

781
00:45:34,480 --> 00:45:37,919
Speaker 1: gonna put out a clip showing them the postgame locker room,

782
00:45:38,719 --> 00:45:41,680
Speaker 1: how everybody's celebrating. They're probably presenting him the game ball

783
00:45:41,800 --> 00:45:44,800
Speaker 1: and had speeches. So whatever. So, Stein, this is what

784
00:45:44,880 --> 00:45:49,479
Speaker 1: I'm gonna do. I'm a cold call because I called

785
00:45:49,520 --> 00:45:51,680
Speaker 1: a few times already no answer. I'm gonna do one

786
00:45:51,800 --> 00:45:56,359
Speaker 1: cold call where everybody can hear me calling and hear

787
00:45:56,760 --> 00:45:59,879
Speaker 1: it Rain, and we're going to see if fate will

788
00:46:00,000 --> 00:46:03,640
Speaker 1: allow him to pick up in the locker room while

789
00:46:03,640 --> 00:46:06,080
Speaker 1: we're on this pot. I mean, you have nothing to prove,

790
00:46:06,520 --> 00:46:08,680
Speaker 1: you've gotten every guest in the history of our show.

791
00:46:08,920 --> 00:46:11,839
Speaker 1: I understand, but it it'd be pretty cool. Let's see,

792
00:46:11,840 --> 00:46:15,000
Speaker 1: if you know all. I'm just hoping the celebrations are

793
00:46:15,280 --> 00:46:19,640
Speaker 1: kind of dapping down. And he has his phone in

794
00:46:19,719 --> 00:46:22,239
Speaker 1: his hand right now, so let me hold I gotta

795
00:46:22,280 --> 00:46:25,240
Speaker 1: take my ear phones out so everybody can hear the tone.

796
00:46:25,719 --> 00:46:33,719
Speaker 1: Let me make producer Ryan produce. Okay, Now, I just

797
00:46:33,760 --> 00:46:35,319
Speaker 1: want to make sure he can still here. Y'all can

798
00:46:35,320 --> 00:46:38,640
Speaker 1: still hear me because I unplug my ear phones. Let's

799
00:46:38,719 --> 00:46:44,520
Speaker 1: see what happens here. Pick up, Dame, pick up Dan,

800
00:46:47,200 --> 00:46:56,240
Speaker 1: pick up. I'm sorry, there you go. We tried, everybody,

801
00:46:56,280 --> 00:46:59,919
Speaker 1: we tried to deliver. Just tell Dame he's averaging set

802
00:47:00,080 --> 00:47:04,520
Speaker 1: any one points a game in games played after talking

803
00:47:05,400 --> 00:47:09,120
Speaker 1: this league uncut. So hopefully he remembers us in his

804
00:47:09,239 --> 00:47:13,759
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame speech. That's data, like Dave Finsdale said, Yeah,

805
00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:17,400
Speaker 1: take that for data. That's right. All right, this was

806
00:47:17,440 --> 00:47:22,760
Speaker 1: a nice long episode. You'd lured me into the story

807
00:47:22,840 --> 00:47:25,240
Speaker 1: time when I wasn't ready for it. Hopefully I escaped

808
00:47:25,320 --> 00:47:29,719
Speaker 1: that one pretty good. All right, I'll go next time,

809
00:47:30,520 --> 00:47:32,480
Speaker 1: and I'm sure you'll have a better story than mine.

810
00:47:32,680 --> 00:47:34,840
Speaker 1: I'm still too cautious. I gotta I gotta lighten up.

811
00:47:40,040 --> 00:47:43,800
Speaker 1: It's fine, all right. I know Dame is getting probably

812
00:47:43,880 --> 00:47:47,560
Speaker 1: hound in that locker room. Let's truss by me. Let's try.

813
00:47:48,400 --> 00:47:53,399
Speaker 1: All right, let's do it. People can hear uh. Let's

814
00:47:53,400 --> 00:48:00,560
Speaker 1: see if you'll pick up. Come on, Chauncey, CBN, how

815
00:48:00,640 --> 00:48:04,400
Speaker 1: you doing, bro? This is Chauncey. Billups everybody, Chauncey you

816
00:48:04,480 --> 00:48:06,879
Speaker 1: are with me and Mark Stein man on our our

817
00:48:06,960 --> 00:48:10,120
Speaker 1: podcast Real Quick. We're recording it live during the game, man,

818
00:48:10,200 --> 00:48:13,800
Speaker 1: So we wanted to get your instant, like just reaction

819
00:48:13,920 --> 00:48:17,520
Speaker 1: coming off of that Real Quick Man, all Right, what

820
00:48:17,760 --> 00:48:19,520
Speaker 1: was it like? Man? Tell me, like what was going

821
00:48:19,600 --> 00:48:22,919
Speaker 1: through your mind? Just you know, Dame was on pace

822
00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:27,040
Speaker 1: of doing something historic, but well as a coach, like,

823
00:48:27,239 --> 00:48:29,640
Speaker 1: how how are you handling him? Allowing him to do

824
00:48:29,840 --> 00:48:32,719
Speaker 1: that and still trying to stay in game plan with

825
00:48:33,120 --> 00:48:36,200
Speaker 1: what you guys were trying to accomplish. Yeah, it's it's

826
00:48:36,239 --> 00:48:38,920
Speaker 1: a it's a crazy mix. It's a crazy balance because

827
00:48:39,000 --> 00:48:42,319
Speaker 1: you obviously see that he has a game going when

828
00:48:42,360 --> 00:48:44,800
Speaker 1: a guy comes out and got shorty one at the

829
00:48:44,880 --> 00:48:49,160
Speaker 1: half um and my, my whole thing in the halftime was,

830
00:48:49,560 --> 00:48:51,200
Speaker 1: you know, I just talked about a couple of little

831
00:48:51,239 --> 00:48:54,160
Speaker 1: issues that we were having, but now in that I

832
00:48:54,280 --> 00:48:56,640
Speaker 1: wanted to laminate the fact that we know Dame really

833
00:48:56,680 --> 00:48:59,560
Speaker 1: has a game going, but let's continue to play the

834
00:48:59,680 --> 00:49:01,640
Speaker 1: right way. You know, we're gonna get him the ball.

835
00:49:01,800 --> 00:49:06,359
Speaker 1: McCall his plays and the most impressive part the whole

836
00:49:06,600 --> 00:49:09,600
Speaker 1: his whole performance tonight was the start of the third quarter.

837
00:49:10,880 --> 00:49:13,960
Speaker 1: This dude and take a shot. They started firing at him.

838
00:49:14,000 --> 00:49:16,360
Speaker 1: They started doubling him a half court. Obviously, from the

839
00:49:16,440 --> 00:49:19,040
Speaker 1: first play of the second half, he made the right

840
00:49:19,120 --> 00:49:21,239
Speaker 1: play every single time. He didn't take his first shot

841
00:49:21,360 --> 00:49:24,479
Speaker 1: to like eight minutes and forty something on the clock.

842
00:49:24,760 --> 00:49:26,800
Speaker 1: He took his second shot with like seven minutes and

843
00:49:26,880 --> 00:49:29,600
Speaker 1: twenty seconds. This is a dude, I got forty one

844
00:49:29,640 --> 00:49:32,839
Speaker 1: at the half and he's just playing the right way

845
00:49:32,920 --> 00:49:35,480
Speaker 1: and they double in and he was He was perfectly fine,

846
00:49:37,000 --> 00:49:41,600
Speaker 1: having probably fifty and fifteen if they didn't stop doubling.

847
00:49:41,920 --> 00:49:44,520
Speaker 1: You know, he was okay with it. To me, that

848
00:49:44,680 --> 00:49:46,360
Speaker 1: was the most impressive part of it. It was just

849
00:49:46,440 --> 00:49:49,239
Speaker 1: an incredible man. I've been around the league a long

850
00:49:49,360 --> 00:49:52,920
Speaker 1: long time. We were fortunate to see something like that

851
00:49:53,160 --> 00:49:56,600
Speaker 1: tonight up close and personal Chauncey while we were doing

852
00:49:56,640 --> 00:49:58,920
Speaker 1: the pod this is happening live while we were recording

853
00:49:58,960 --> 00:50:01,160
Speaker 1: the pot, so we were kind of guessing, like, is

854
00:50:01,360 --> 00:50:04,800
Speaker 1: Dame lobbying you to stay in? How did you decide

855
00:50:04,840 --> 00:50:06,799
Speaker 1: how long to keep him in when to take him out?

856
00:50:06,920 --> 00:50:08,640
Speaker 1: Does he even have to ask, hey, I want to

857
00:50:08,680 --> 00:50:11,640
Speaker 1: go for seventy or do you you know? Having played

858
00:50:11,840 --> 00:50:14,759
Speaker 1: you know that instinctively, like how did that all go down?

859
00:50:14,880 --> 00:50:17,880
Speaker 1: Like late in the fourth quarter, well late in the

860
00:50:17,960 --> 00:50:21,680
Speaker 1: fourth quarter he had I think it was when he

861
00:50:21,960 --> 00:50:27,959
Speaker 1: had fifty No, no, no, uh, maybe he was sixty six.

862
00:50:28,200 --> 00:50:30,520
Speaker 1: He had he had already got his his his personal

863
00:50:30,600 --> 00:50:33,760
Speaker 1: career high. And it was a time out that happened.

864
00:50:34,520 --> 00:50:36,040
Speaker 1: And I just went up to r and said, what

865
00:50:36,200 --> 00:50:38,480
Speaker 1: you think you know? Because I want to put it

866
00:50:38,560 --> 00:50:40,600
Speaker 1: on him. I want him to have a choice, like

867
00:50:40,800 --> 00:50:43,360
Speaker 1: you want you want to go for the seventy or

868
00:50:43,560 --> 00:50:45,680
Speaker 1: if not, I'm gonna come back out here with you.

869
00:50:45,760 --> 00:50:47,719
Speaker 1: And then I'm gonna, you know, we're gonna take the

870
00:50:47,800 --> 00:50:50,680
Speaker 1: file so you can get the loved you deserve. And

871
00:50:50,800 --> 00:50:54,359
Speaker 1: he was like, no, I'm gonna go for it. I said,

872
00:50:54,400 --> 00:50:56,600
Speaker 1: all right, cool. So once he got to the seventy one,

873
00:50:56,680 --> 00:50:59,799
Speaker 1: he was just so tired, and then I'm always fair,

874
00:51:00,400 --> 00:51:03,400
Speaker 1: you know, somebody being tired and then just getting you know,

875
00:51:03,520 --> 00:51:07,200
Speaker 1: getting hurt. So then I was like, man, we took

876
00:51:07,239 --> 00:51:09,200
Speaker 1: the foul and got him out of there. But yeah,

877
00:51:09,360 --> 00:51:12,120
Speaker 1: I would definitely amna Leano. I'm gonna ask him what

878
00:51:12,200 --> 00:51:15,440
Speaker 1: he wanted to do in that position. He get where

879
00:51:15,440 --> 00:51:17,480
Speaker 1: are you at right now? Because the game just ended?

880
00:51:17,680 --> 00:51:25,239
Speaker 1: Where are you at? I'm on my way home, man,

881
00:51:25,560 --> 00:51:28,560
Speaker 1: cbnuber Loffy, I didn't know if you're gonna pick up.

882
00:51:28,719 --> 00:51:30,839
Speaker 1: I had to cold call you right now to see

883
00:51:30,960 --> 00:51:32,879
Speaker 1: see if you do what. I appreciate you covering though,

884
00:51:32,960 --> 00:51:35,279
Speaker 1: But what did y'all do in the locker room? As

885
00:51:35,320 --> 00:51:36,880
Speaker 1: soon as as soon as I'm the game was over,

886
00:51:37,719 --> 00:51:39,520
Speaker 1: you know, man, you know the players and stuff that

887
00:51:39,840 --> 00:51:43,160
Speaker 1: they celebrated, and you know, obviously I gave him the

888
00:51:43,200 --> 00:51:46,080
Speaker 1: game ball. I told him, we're gonna we're running out

889
00:51:46,080 --> 00:51:48,600
Speaker 1: of balls, man, running out of damn balls. He had

890
00:51:48,640 --> 00:51:51,880
Speaker 1: the most efficient sixty point game in the history. Now

891
00:51:51,960 --> 00:51:54,640
Speaker 1: he has the most efficient seventy point game in the history.

892
00:51:55,680 --> 00:51:58,360
Speaker 1: And this dude just continues, he continues to keep the

893
00:51:58,400 --> 00:52:02,200
Speaker 1: pedal down. Man. So it was so funny is once

894
00:52:02,280 --> 00:52:05,279
Speaker 1: we made my little talk to him and gave him

895
00:52:05,320 --> 00:52:08,440
Speaker 1: the ball and whatnot, and he all he said was

896
00:52:08,800 --> 00:52:11,160
Speaker 1: he appreciate thanks to the guys and stuff. He was like,

897
00:52:11,320 --> 00:52:13,560
Speaker 1: I know I was shooting a lot tonight, but I

898
00:52:13,640 --> 00:52:16,880
Speaker 1: appreciate y'all. That's what That's literally what he said. And

899
00:52:17,160 --> 00:52:19,839
Speaker 1: you already know how he thinks. So that's dope. That's

900
00:52:19,880 --> 00:52:23,960
Speaker 1: just who he is, man, that's dope. Well, what Shauncey. Man. Look,

901
00:52:24,040 --> 00:52:26,520
Speaker 1: I know this is impromptu, man, and I appreciate you

902
00:52:27,000 --> 00:52:30,000
Speaker 1: picking up Man, and I enjoyed the job you're doing. Man.

903
00:52:30,120 --> 00:52:32,520
Speaker 1: And you know you you're you're making the most of

904
00:52:32,600 --> 00:52:35,879
Speaker 1: what you got, so you know, hopefull you guys keep

905
00:52:35,920 --> 00:52:38,560
Speaker 1: climbing up Man. But thank you, buddy, number of for you. Man.

906
00:52:38,560 --> 00:52:41,719
Speaker 1: Appreciate you. I appreciate you. Thank you man, take care

907
00:52:41,760 --> 00:52:47,879
Speaker 1: of man. Now Stein he picked up man. Sauncy picked

908
00:52:47,960 --> 00:52:50,800
Speaker 1: up Man. I'm not surprised. I mean Dame would have

909
00:52:50,840 --> 00:52:52,640
Speaker 1: picked up if he I'm sure Dame's not even near

910
00:52:52,719 --> 00:52:56,800
Speaker 1: his phone, so you know, I'm sure he'll uh. I

911
00:52:56,920 --> 00:52:59,560
Speaker 1: knew you would get somebody. I can I can imagine

912
00:52:59,640 --> 00:53:05,919
Speaker 1: Dame probably signing a signing the ball, autographing the ball,

913
00:53:06,560 --> 00:53:09,400
Speaker 1: and then you know what, Chamberlain. I've seen Donovan Mitchell

914
00:53:09,400 --> 00:53:11,120
Speaker 1: do it, and I've seen Devin Booker do it. They'll

915
00:53:11,160 --> 00:53:13,880
Speaker 1: take that, um, they'll take a paper and write the number,

916
00:53:14,760 --> 00:53:16,560
Speaker 1: write there, I mean points they score on the paper

917
00:53:16,600 --> 00:53:18,680
Speaker 1: and hold it up to a picture. He gotta do that.

918
00:53:19,520 --> 00:53:21,279
Speaker 1: He got to stunt and do that, so I know

919
00:53:21,400 --> 00:53:24,279
Speaker 1: he's busy. So it's cool. But Chauncey picking up sound

920
00:53:24,320 --> 00:53:26,839
Speaker 1: like he was on his way home driving home. That's cool, man,

921
00:53:27,040 --> 00:53:29,440
Speaker 1: just to get that insight man from from him. Man,

922
00:53:29,920 --> 00:53:32,719
Speaker 1: stign So you're a true journalist right there, stun you.

923
00:53:32,840 --> 00:53:35,440
Speaker 1: You asked one question, but it was the most probably

924
00:53:35,480 --> 00:53:38,880
Speaker 1: the most efficient one question in journalism history right there.

925
00:53:40,200 --> 00:53:41,600
Speaker 1: That's pretty good. You got a lot out of it

926
00:53:41,719 --> 00:53:43,840
Speaker 1: out that way. I have to say that, like, you know,

927
00:53:43,920 --> 00:53:46,759
Speaker 1: I covered Chauncey's whole career, so I'm still adjusting to

928
00:53:46,840 --> 00:53:49,680
Speaker 1: coach Chauncey Bill. I mean, he's still He's still mister

929
00:53:49,760 --> 00:53:52,680
Speaker 1: big shot to me, So I'm still you know, he

930
00:53:52,880 --> 00:53:55,600
Speaker 1: sounded really excited, like you could tell. It is not

931
00:53:55,719 --> 00:53:57,840
Speaker 1: It has been a rough season for the Blazers. This

932
00:53:58,040 --> 00:54:01,080
Speaker 1: is not gone the way they thought. They thought they

933
00:54:01,160 --> 00:54:05,040
Speaker 1: were upgrading the cast around Dame and bringing in defenders

934
00:54:05,480 --> 00:54:07,840
Speaker 1: and they thought they were a playoff team and it

935
00:54:08,000 --> 00:54:10,680
Speaker 1: you know, it has been a rough ride, and a

936
00:54:10,840 --> 00:54:12,879
Speaker 1: rough ride coming out of the All Star break when

937
00:54:13,320 --> 00:54:15,320
Speaker 1: you can't even leave on time, you're stuck on a

938
00:54:15,440 --> 00:54:18,919
Speaker 1: plane for seven eight hours. But you know what, now,

939
00:54:19,120 --> 00:54:21,840
Speaker 1: the way that all worked out, missing that game and

940
00:54:22,440 --> 00:54:24,480
Speaker 1: having this be the first game out of the break,

941
00:54:25,360 --> 00:54:28,160
Speaker 1: something tells me that Dame's gonna live with it just fine.

942
00:54:28,360 --> 00:54:31,920
Speaker 1: Seventy one, no overtime, no slight to Donovan Mitchell, but

943
00:54:32,000 --> 00:54:36,400
Speaker 1: no overtime. So the gauntlet has been thrown down. I

944
00:54:36,480 --> 00:54:39,160
Speaker 1: think Donovan's already tweeted he knows he's got to come

945
00:54:39,200 --> 00:54:42,279
Speaker 1: back with something better now. Yeah, Stein, check out what

946
00:54:42,400 --> 00:54:46,120
Speaker 1: Chauncey said too before we get off. Chauncey said, Dame

947
00:54:46,200 --> 00:54:49,440
Speaker 1: had the most efficient sixty point game and seventy one

948
00:54:49,480 --> 00:54:52,160
Speaker 1: point game. And what does he do in the locker room?

949
00:54:52,200 --> 00:54:55,160
Speaker 1: What does he tell his teammates? He apologized for shooting

950
00:54:55,200 --> 00:54:59,120
Speaker 1: too much after the most efficient seventy one point game

951
00:54:59,520 --> 00:55:04,080
Speaker 1: NBA Street. Come on, man, that dude is unreal. That

952
00:55:04,239 --> 00:55:08,640
Speaker 1: dude is unreal. That's crazy, man. So now it all

953
00:55:08,719 --> 00:55:11,279
Speaker 1: started when he came on the pot. Look at what's

954
00:55:11,280 --> 00:55:13,359
Speaker 1: happened since he's came on, since he came on the pod.

955
00:55:13,680 --> 00:55:17,000
Speaker 1: Three point champion and he's averaging seventy one a game

956
00:55:18,280 --> 00:55:20,040
Speaker 1: when he when he you know, in his first game

957
00:55:20,120 --> 00:55:23,160
Speaker 1: after appearing on this show. So so does this good

958
00:55:23,239 --> 00:55:27,200
Speaker 1: karma work for coaches too? Because Shassi is that officially

959
00:55:27,280 --> 00:55:29,040
Speaker 1: coming on? Or what? What? What we could say? What

960
00:55:29,080 --> 00:55:31,640
Speaker 1: would he what do we here? I always used to

961
00:55:31,760 --> 00:55:35,439
Speaker 1: you know. I I used to host a soccer show

962
00:55:35,719 --> 00:55:38,399
Speaker 1: in Dallas for more than five years, and I would

963
00:55:38,400 --> 00:55:42,000
Speaker 1: all when the karma worked. I would always talk about, Hey,

964
00:55:42,200 --> 00:55:43,960
Speaker 1: so and so came out our show and scored two

965
00:55:44,000 --> 00:55:45,960
Speaker 1: goals the next game. If it doesn't work, you don't

966
00:55:46,000 --> 00:55:49,120
Speaker 1: talk about it. If the next guest comes on and

967
00:55:49,280 --> 00:55:51,399
Speaker 1: has a bad game after, we just we don't point

968
00:55:51,440 --> 00:55:53,520
Speaker 1: it out. But if but if they but if they

969
00:55:53,600 --> 00:55:55,480
Speaker 1: go nuts after being on the show, then we have

970
00:55:55,640 --> 00:55:57,560
Speaker 1: to tell the world. And I've already tweeted about it.

971
00:55:58,040 --> 00:56:00,160
Speaker 1: I think I've already tweeted about it twice. So I'm

972
00:56:00,200 --> 00:56:06,600
Speaker 1: gonna I'm gonna shamelessly pound that drum until until people

973
00:56:06,640 --> 00:56:08,680
Speaker 1: tell me to shut up. Okay, Yeah, I just want

974
00:56:08,680 --> 00:56:10,680
Speaker 1: to see if it works for coaches too, SHOSSI may

975
00:56:10,719 --> 00:56:13,560
Speaker 1: be going on a winning streak, and if he doesn't,

976
00:56:13,600 --> 00:56:15,279
Speaker 1: we just don't. We just don't bring it up. Yeah,

977
00:56:15,320 --> 00:56:17,840
Speaker 1: if he doesn't know, it wasn't a real interview. It

978
00:56:18,000 --> 00:56:21,560
Speaker 1: was It wasn't It wasn't scheduled. This was something you know,

979
00:56:21,760 --> 00:56:23,600
Speaker 1: off the wind. We just called he picked up and

980
00:56:23,680 --> 00:56:25,840
Speaker 1: that's what it was. So, you know, we got that

981
00:56:25,960 --> 00:56:29,319
Speaker 1: we can use that if everything goes wrong. Like I said,

982
00:56:29,320 --> 00:56:32,399
Speaker 1: I just want to see, well any players now ask

983
00:56:32,600 --> 00:56:36,000
Speaker 1: us without even us trying to ask, without us making

984
00:56:36,040 --> 00:56:38,600
Speaker 1: the request, who is gonna call this week and say, Hey,

985
00:56:38,719 --> 00:56:40,279
Speaker 1: I'm gonna come on the show and see if i

986
00:56:40,320 --> 00:56:43,320
Speaker 1: can get some some magic dust. Hey, with the with

987
00:56:43,480 --> 00:56:47,040
Speaker 1: the season winding down, and we all know how important

988
00:56:47,719 --> 00:56:52,000
Speaker 1: um these postseason awards are two players financially and everything.

989
00:56:52,400 --> 00:56:55,759
Speaker 1: It is in your best interest to call in, call

990
00:56:55,920 --> 00:57:00,680
Speaker 1: in on the Hangs and stide show this league calling,

991
00:57:01,320 --> 00:57:04,440
Speaker 1: call the Chris Haynes hot line. Hey, finished the season strong,

992
00:57:05,040 --> 00:57:09,759
Speaker 1: finish the season out strong, get your money, code looks

993
00:57:10,000 --> 00:57:16,000
Speaker 1: area code good shows this. This is the longest we've

994
00:57:16,040 --> 00:57:18,960
Speaker 1: we've gone. Yeah, No, I'm I'm interested to see how

995
00:57:19,680 --> 00:57:23,640
Speaker 1: how this, how this turns out. I'm interested. We got Ryan,

996
00:57:23,800 --> 00:57:27,960
Speaker 1: Ryan the great producer. Poor Ryan. Hey, he's working over

997
00:57:28,080 --> 00:57:30,840
Speaker 1: time or he did not Ryan did not know what

998
00:57:31,880 --> 00:57:34,160
Speaker 1: Ryan Music, our producer, did not know what he was

999
00:57:34,200 --> 00:57:36,080
Speaker 1: signing up for when he got when he when he

1000
00:57:36,240 --> 00:57:38,880
Speaker 1: agreed to take this gig. He needs to talk to

1001
00:57:39,000 --> 00:57:43,640
Speaker 1: his agent and and uh and and renegotiate Ryan. Just man,

1002
00:57:43,720 --> 00:57:45,440
Speaker 1: you could tell his head is hurting. He's rubbing his

1003
00:57:45,520 --> 00:57:47,160
Speaker 1: head trying to figure out, Man, how I'm gonna make

1004
00:57:47,200 --> 00:57:50,640
Speaker 1: all this audio work? He's making these who are dude?

1005
00:57:50,640 --> 00:57:53,600
Speaker 1: What are they doing putting guys on speaker phone? And

1006
00:57:54,120 --> 00:57:55,800
Speaker 1: how are we? How am I supposed to make all

1007
00:57:55,880 --> 00:57:58,600
Speaker 1: this work? And fit? You know what, Ryan? I trust you, man,

1008
00:57:58,640 --> 00:58:00,760
Speaker 1: I trust that you can make it working. Fit Man.

1009
00:58:01,040 --> 00:58:04,480
Speaker 1: We believe in you. Man. Hey, listen, it's because of

1010
00:58:04,560 --> 00:58:06,520
Speaker 1: that belief that it's going to have to work. Otherwise

1011
00:58:07,120 --> 00:58:09,600
Speaker 1: you guys are going to need a new producer alright,

1012
00:58:10,120 --> 00:58:16,680
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1013
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1014
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1015
00:58:24,560 --> 00:58:27,120
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1016
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