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Speaker 1: A couple stars in Lebron James and LaMelo Ball sustain injuries.

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Speaker 1: A star who used to dunk in Blake Griffin, he

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Speaker 1: dunks again. Yes, he dunks again. And many stars like

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Speaker 1: Kyle Lowry, Aaron Gordon, and Victor Oladipo are in rumors

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Speaker 1: as the trade deadline approaches. Let's bust into a Monday. Hey,

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Speaker 1: I'm Tas Mellis and this is what you need to

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Speaker 1: know in the NBA for Monday, March twenty second. Hey everybody,

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Speaker 1: We're gonna start with some sad news here, but things

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Speaker 1: will pick up. We'll get happier. First, the Hornet star

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Speaker 1: rookie Lamello Ball, he broke a bone in his wrists

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Speaker 1: and will miss the rest of the season. I know

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Speaker 1: it's terrible. He will get a second opinion early this

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Speaker 1: week to confirm, but it seems like he'll be out

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Speaker 1: of this season. What was an incredible start to his career.

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Speaker 1: A terrible news for him. A lot of virtual tiers

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Speaker 1: were shit on Twitter this weekend. We will debate if

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Speaker 1: he's still going to be Rookie of the Year on

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Speaker 1: Mondays full No Dunks episode, so check that out. And

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Speaker 1: because it's the East they still could make the playoffs

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Speaker 1: or the play in tournament, but the air has come

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Speaker 1: out of the Hornets balloon, that is for sure. Let's

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Speaker 1: move on to Lebron James. He is out several weeks,

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Speaker 1: most likely with a high ankle spray. Now I say

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Speaker 1: several weeks most likely because you never know. He could

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Speaker 1: come back earlier than that. But it does appear to

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Speaker 1: be severe after he took this hit from Solomon Hill

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Speaker 1: this past weekend, and the hit will be severe on

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Speaker 1: the Lakers offense. The first six minutes of the third

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Speaker 1: quarter after losing him, they didn't score against the Hawks.

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Speaker 1: Then they lost to the Sun Sunday night, and they

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Speaker 1: don't have Anthony Davis right now. But I think they

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Speaker 1: can hold on. They're third in the West. They have

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Speaker 1: a few easyish games coming up on the schedule. Anthony

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Speaker 1: mentally rested, Lebron James comes back, I believe the Lakers

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Speaker 1: will be okay. Blake Griffin made his debut for the

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Speaker 1: Blake Griffin the hustle player. Yeah, he's coming off the bench,

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Speaker 1: playing the four in the first half with Nick Claxton,

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Speaker 1: Blake Griffin playing defense, hustling. He made a block on

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Speaker 1: one of the first possessions. Look at him hustle and

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Speaker 1: block Bradley Beal. You don't see that from Blake Griffin

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Speaker 1: too often, but he's buying in early and then on

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Speaker 1: Bradley Beal coming hard into the lane, Blake got the

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Speaker 1: chest right in front of him. This is a new

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Speaker 1: Blake we're seeing, but we saw a bit of the

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Speaker 1: old Blake as well. He got a dunk in the

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Speaker 1: second half of this game, his first dunk since twenty nineteen.

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Speaker 1: As everyone was saying it late December, it's been years,

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Speaker 1: not really. December twenty nineteen is where he when he

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Speaker 1: last dunked, and he got one jam there. Now he

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Speaker 1: played the five in the second half, played center, and

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Speaker 1: that's where he could finish games for the Brooklyn Nets,

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Speaker 1: playing interchangeably the five to four along with Kevin Durant

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Speaker 1: plus Harden, plus Kyrie Irving and plus Joe Harris. Now,

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Speaker 1: who knows if he finished his games either way, he's

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Speaker 1: buying in. It's obviously early in his Brooklyn Nets career

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Speaker 1: and he's thirty two, and he could still want to

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Speaker 1: During the four team trade for James Harden, Karris Lvert

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Speaker 1: Now everything is fine. He's back playing for the Indiana Pacers.

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Speaker 1: But it's a story I wanted to see. With an end.

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Speaker 1: With a game winner against the Miami Heat, I wanted

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Speaker 1: They put the ball in his hands once again, this

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Speaker 1: That was the last bucket for the Indiana Pacers in overtime.

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Speaker 1: They win, Heat lose, and the Miami Heat really desperately

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Speaker 1: Philadelphia seventy six ers. Now the Raptors' situation could lead

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Speaker 1: them to trade Kyle Lowry. They lost to the Cleveland

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Speaker 1: Cavaliers this weekend. They have lost eight in a row.

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Speaker 1: And this isn't Lobronto beating them. This is this year's

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Speaker 1: they've lost so many games and they're definitely far better

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Speaker 1: But this could make the decision easier for Toronto. Here

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Speaker 1: I think you trade Kyle Lowry at this point. Cash

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Speaker 1: He said he'd come back and retire as a Toronto Raptor.

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Speaker 1: more trade possibilities here before the deadline. Boston beat Orlando

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Speaker 1: Boys are back to five hundred. They're just trading beans

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Speaker 1: back and forth. It's what they do. It's a strange,

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Speaker 1: and this is possible. With the Celtics striking out over

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Speaker 1: three days away, Pelicans Nuggets. Even if you're an MVP candidate,

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Speaker 1: involved in rumors right now, Seam Shrine says the Hawks

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Speaker 1: stuff there, Houston. Okay, see the losing continues for the Rockets.

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Speaker 1: The Rockets lost their twentieth straight game of the season,

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Speaker 1: but they did snap their twelve game streak of losing

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Speaker 1: by double digits in a two point loss to Oka.

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Speaker 1: See John Wall he really went for that win, trying

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Speaker 1: Tobias Harris went from free throw goat to free throw

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Speaker 1: Bulls beat the Pistons in a dud of a basketball game.

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