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Speaker 1: straight Fire fan, It's me Jason McIntyre, Straight Fire, Thursday,

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Speaker 1: February six. Good night in sports, was it not? It

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Speaker 1: was a pretty damn good night in sports. Lakers got

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Speaker 1: the dub. We'll talk about that in a bit. Nick Coxa,

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Speaker 1: a soccer team I own, a minority steakoff, got a

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Speaker 1: basketball didn't go as well. Uh, not a great night.

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Speaker 1: And I'll confess, guys, I know it was a big

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Speaker 1: game for the Lakers. They needed to win. Big pressure

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Speaker 1: on Anthony Davis, Lebron, D'Angelo Russell. It all looked good,

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Speaker 1: but the Lakers were TV three for me last night,

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Speaker 1: no joke. TV two Fresno stay at San Diego State.

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, low college hoops baby, CBS Sports Network. I

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Speaker 1: did watch it deep into the night, well not that deep,

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Speaker 1: but it was t V two because, um, not a

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Speaker 1: great night in college basketball. Had to watch that one

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Speaker 1: until the bitter end. And TV one was obviously the

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Speaker 1: Cox And now listen, I do have to watch what

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Speaker 1: chiming in on say the Lakers, the Packers, the Jets,

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Speaker 1: that out. Good goodwin for man City. Then it is

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Speaker 1: a team I have a steak in financially vested in

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Speaker 1: nick cox because I had you know, I watched the games.

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Speaker 1: I will tweet about them, put them put up on

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Speaker 1: And some of the comments are like, people are angry

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Speaker 1: careful what I say. I don't want to get in trouble.

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Speaker 1: I don't want to make the news. And again you

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Speaker 1: go to Aguas Collientis they cover nick Axa. I go

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Speaker 1: Callientists in Mexico. Obviously they covered Nacoxa the same way

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Speaker 1: any city with an NFL team covers their NFL team.

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Speaker 1: It is round the clock news, it's young star, it's

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Speaker 1: the other members of the ownership group about Gates. We

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Speaker 1: needed that one last night, and so do the Lakers.

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Speaker 1: Lakers who were desperate to get a W. And if

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Speaker 1: you look at the way the West to shake it out.

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Speaker 1: And I know nobody believes in the Denver Nuggets. And

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Speaker 1: I don't want to go talking about the Denver Nuggets.

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Speaker 1: I'm not ready to make them lead to a podcast.

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Speaker 1: But the Denver Nuggets are playing really well. They beat

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Speaker 1: Luca last night soundly, a really good win. Denver is

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Speaker 1: running away with the West. They're gonna be the number

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Speaker 1: and see they gonna have home court advantage in the altitude.

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Speaker 1: I'm just saying, at some point, you guys need to

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Speaker 1: wake up to the Denver nungas they're four real at

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Speaker 1: I don't think the Lakers have a chance against them

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Speaker 1: in the first round. I know, doubting Lebron is stupid,

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Speaker 1: The Lakers looked pretty good. They needed revenge against the

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Speaker 1: clear if you watched a d in the Lakers and

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Speaker 1: have to wonder what what what it was tied to.

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Speaker 1: And I have a theory about Anthony Davis. Fox Sports

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Speaker 1: s R to listen live. Kyrie Irving was traded Sunday

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Speaker 1: morning ish. After that happened, there was like a twenty

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Speaker 1: And then Tuesday A D has a mysterious game, So

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Speaker 1: rob my theory just a working or we'll bounce it off. You.

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Speaker 1: don't know what if Lebron saw an opening Sunday night

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Speaker 1: and getting a third star? Could you flip a D

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Speaker 1: Like Kevin Durant and Curry looked pretty awesome Lebron and Katie,

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Speaker 1: even at the advanced stages they're at now, would job

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Speaker 1: be formidable? And what if A D got wind of

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Speaker 1: an a D really hasn't been himself since? Is that

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Speaker 1: too speculative? That Lebron who got Russ out of there,

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Speaker 1: don't want to say meddling, but who's really good at

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Speaker 1: putting together teams and rosters. I know he whipped on Westbrook. Well,

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Speaker 1: Where do you find this A D for Kevin Durant

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Speaker 1: non starter, just not happening. This would kill two birds

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Speaker 1: who looks kind of beastly at times. Do you see

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Speaker 1: can play. He's bouncy, he's young, but he's like he

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Speaker 1: looks like like a I don't want to say Anthony

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Speaker 1: he's not gonna explode like Anthony Davis scoring wise, But listen,

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Speaker 1: a Shade and Sharp Anfrenny Simon's back court. There's something there.

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Speaker 1: Then you've got your fungiable wings and thible and um

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Speaker 1: Cam Reddish and your little I don't know what, I

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Speaker 1: don't he might be gone in the off season. And

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Speaker 1: then you get a D in the middle, and you

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Speaker 1: know what, that's a playoff team. Everybody healthy. That is

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Speaker 1: a playoffs deep in the West. Now are they going

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Speaker 1: to do anything? I can't imagine it. But a D

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Speaker 1: Simons as your two is like the new Damon Nerk,

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Speaker 1: but it might be better because a D is better

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Speaker 1: at both ends. A D would have something to prove.

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Speaker 1: And if you're the Lakers, you get Damon Lebron and

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Speaker 1: then you just got to fill out the roster around them. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: if they can't get Kyrie, sure, I mean I don't

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Speaker 1: I agree with you that he definitely should. And then

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Speaker 1: number two, the definition of insanity is doing the same

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Speaker 1: thing over and over and expecting different results. And the

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Speaker 1: Portland's small, explosive backcourt has shown for a decade now

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Speaker 1: that you don't win at a high level like that,

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Speaker 1: So it would make sense if you have ever have

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Speaker 1: any aspirations of winning a championship, at some point you

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Speaker 1: gotta break it up and get legitimate size, either on

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Speaker 1: the wing or in the middle. So absolutely, The year

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Speaker 1: before the bubble, the Blazers lost in the conference finals

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Speaker 1: for the Warriors for nothing um and other than that,

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Speaker 1: they lost in the first round, first round, first round,

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Speaker 1: first round, and did not make the playoffs last year.

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Speaker 1: I don't think they'll get in this year. So at

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Speaker 1: some point, so you could have a Dame a D

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Speaker 1: swap that I think makes sense. And by the way,

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Speaker 1: I know I've been against Kyrie the Lakers, Rob G,

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Speaker 1: are you with me? I would love Dabian Lard on

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Speaker 1: the Lakers. I would love Damian Lillard two. Okay, Damer Kyrie.

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Speaker 1: Oh alright, finally we agree for a future Laker alert.

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Speaker 1: All right, that's it for today. Guys back tomorrow, talk

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Speaker 1: to you that