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Speaker 2: hitting both of the ESPN games as the Minnesota Timberwolves

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Speaker 2: continue their dominance over the Denver Nuggets, winning their fifth

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Speaker 2: consecutive game in this matchup, including their second consecutive game

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Speaker 2: in Denver. In this matchup, We're gonna talk a little

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Speaker 2: I want to talk about Anthony Edwards's growth as a

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Speaker 2: A lot of their young talent had to step up

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Speaker 2: We're gonna break both of those games down from the

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Speaker 2: perspective of both teams, and then at the tail end

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Speaker 2: All right, let's talk some basketball. So the Timberwolves had

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Speaker 2: out of JD. McDaniels has really come alive as a

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Speaker 2: tonight had the potential to get ugly. Then you add

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Speaker 2: the Timberwolves have now beaten the Nuggets five consecutive times,

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Speaker 2: they have the ability to attack one of Denver's biggest advantages,

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Speaker 2: matchup even when Aaron Gordon is healthy. Typically it's like six'

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Speaker 2: stems from a couple of different. Issues Aaron gordon when he's,

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Speaker 2: A nuggets team that constantly has to load up on ball,

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Speaker 2: Well and so that's the. Issue when your offense is

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Speaker 2: Right one of the big things that stood out to

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Speaker 2: he missed a lot of, threes especially early in the,

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Speaker 2: contested pull up threes in his, face those are big time,

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Speaker 2: some of the discouragement In denver's defense because there's not

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Speaker 2: big time night From Anthony. Edwards he goes for twenty

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Speaker 2: nine points and six assists in this. One and Then Julius,

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Speaker 2: Half the time he's either playing through a nagging injury

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Speaker 2: Julius randall on those, games it could be so ugly

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Speaker 2: because when he's out of, shape he can cut corners

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Speaker 2: look really ugly at. Times he is a bullyball player

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Speaker 2: Ugly but, again this is a player who's made The

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Speaker 2: be one hundred percent honest with you, GUYS i wish

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Speaker 2: That minnesota would have just run it back With Carl Anthony.

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Speaker 2: They were a lot closer than they looked last, year

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Speaker 2: just based on the development trajectory Of Anthony edwards and

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Speaker 2: the fact that he's just gonna keep getting demonstrably better

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Speaker 2: year after year after. Year and you punted on, that

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Speaker 2: AND i understand there were some other implications involving the

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Speaker 2: i wish they would have run it. Back that, said

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Speaker 2: if you guys remember WHAT i said back when the

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Speaker 2: trade was, MADE i talked about an, upside an upside

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Speaker 2: that existed within this mold involving the shot creation piece

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Speaker 2: Of Julius. Randall Carl Anthony towns has been a better

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Speaker 2: julius is at his absolute, ceiling which has been too

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Speaker 2: rare for us consider it. Consistent kat is an all

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Speaker 2: around better basketball player Than Julius randall has shown that

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Speaker 2: throughout his. Career but there is a specific, thing one

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Speaker 2: specific thing That Julius randall is much better, at in my,

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Speaker 2: where things grind to screeching halt and role players struggle

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Speaker 2: to knock down, threes and it becomes about what stars

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Speaker 2: are better at creating. Shots julius is not only good

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Speaker 2: at bullying players, there he is able to shoot over the,

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Speaker 2: Fine he can shoot a little ten to twelve foot

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Speaker 2: he gets in those. Situations and so there's always been

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Speaker 2: a big picture upside With minnesota as this, big physical

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Speaker 2: bruis team that can grind teams down in the. Playoffs

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Speaker 2: on strong and win some high profile. Matchups never underestimate

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Speaker 2: the playoff whistle and the way that these big, ass,

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Speaker 2: what twenty eight points per game or twenty seven points

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Speaker 2: to stay at that. Level he's been at that level

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Speaker 2: all three of his playoff runs as a shot. Maker

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Speaker 2: anthony edwards shot, making and then the third piece of

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Speaker 2: it Is Julius randall as this like surgical half court matchup.

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Speaker 2: Attacker the pathway For minnesota is to make things. Ugly

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Speaker 2: julius plays ugly, sometimes and, obviously as he's developing as a,

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Speaker 2: they thrive in that ugliness with their size and. Strength

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Speaker 2: i would have preferred for them to run it back

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Speaker 2: With kat just to see because it's a bummer when

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Speaker 2: a team is in their growth trajectory and you throw

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Speaker 2: maintain the use of that asset or. Not but in

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Speaker 2: the short term there is an upside, here and it's

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Speaker 2: a brutally Physical Minnesota timberwolves defense that can get in

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Speaker 2: your jersey and rush you into making. Mistakes like Guys

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Speaker 2: Michael Porter junior And Jamal murray didn't look comfortable at

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Speaker 2: all tonight seven for twenty five from the field one

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Speaker 2: for eight from. Three this is not the only time

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Speaker 2: we've seen. This Michael Porter junior completely fell apart in

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Speaker 2: The timberwolve series last. Year Jamal murray was brutal in

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Speaker 2: the losses in that. Series even In game seven when

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Speaker 2: he had thirty five or whatever it was he, had

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Speaker 2: timberwolves having the, Lead Jamal murray scored a big fat zero.

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Speaker 2: denver in this, matchup it's usually. Not Yoki jokic has

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Speaker 2: some issues in this matchup surrounding. Turnovers he had a

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Speaker 2: couple sloppy ones in the open court. Tonight he had

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Speaker 2: overall Like jokic went out there tonight was, Like i'm

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Speaker 2: not losing to these. Guys i'm gonna find a way

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Speaker 2: to kick their. Ass and he did all.

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Speaker 1: Night he was.

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Speaker 2: Great he had thirty four, points he was getting whatever he.

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Speaker 2: What minnesota brings to the. Table and they're not the

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Speaker 2: and so, again when you get past the top tier of, contenders,

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Speaker 2: a lot of flawed teams with a lot of. Issues

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Speaker 2: teams Like, milwaukee teams Like New, york teams Like minnesota for.

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Speaker 2: Instance all of these teams it's like They minnesota could

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Speaker 2: easily catch matchups where they fall, apart especially against teams

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Speaker 2: that can really protect the, rim like we've talked, about,

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Speaker 2: Right but this is that matchup, tier and it's all

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Speaker 2: about catching favorable matchups and maybe things can go your.

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Speaker 2: Way you can see that pathway From minnesota centering around

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Speaker 2: defense and the shot creation Of Anthony edwards And Julius.

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Speaker 2: RANDALL i Thought Dante DiVincenzo brought incredible energy from the

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Speaker 2: beginning in this, game a lot of extra efforts defensively

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Speaker 2: getting up in the jersey of the. Guard he's defending

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Speaker 2: THAT i had a couple of like really nice deflections

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Speaker 2: around the. Rim he brought a verve to the offensive

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Speaker 2: end of the, floor stepped into some big above the

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Speaker 2: break threes that were were big momentum shots in this.

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Speaker 2: Game just really impressive night From Minnesota timberwolves on The nuggets. Front,

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Speaker 2: again this this is a mental. Advantage this is a

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Speaker 2: domination that extends beyond what you're seeing on the. Court

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Speaker 2: Jamal murray And Michael Porter junior in, particular and a

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Speaker 2: lot of the guys on this roster don't look confident

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Speaker 2: in this particular. Matchup and by the WAY i can,

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Speaker 2: RELATE i remember seeing this firsthand with The Lebron James

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Speaker 2: Anthony Davis lakers against The nuggets over the course of

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Speaker 2: the last couple of, years where it's, like we can

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Speaker 2: hang with, you, Guys we're right. There but then whether

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Speaker 2: it's a big third quarter run or a big fourth quarter,

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Speaker 2: run it just inevitably slips, away and then the team

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Speaker 2: becomes dejected and it just it is like like a

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Speaker 2: very tangible confidence dynamic starts to shift Towards denver and

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Speaker 2: it just feels like the exact same game just on

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Speaker 2: repeat every single Time i'd watched that, matchup and this

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Speaker 2: is starting to feel the same. Way sloppy, Turnovers denver's

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Speaker 2: offense falls, apart their role players don't look. Comfortable minnesota

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Speaker 2: is just living at the rim all night. Long it's

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Speaker 2: one of those things where in order to overcome, that

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Speaker 2: there's a certain amount of like you almost need to

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Speaker 2: win a game just to prove that you can win that,

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Speaker 2: game and then from there things can loosen up a little.

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Speaker 2: Bit but it looks bleak in this particular matchup right.

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Speaker 2: Now and, Again Aaron gordon will, help but that's not

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Speaker 2: the only that's not the only game that we've seen

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Speaker 2: between these two. Teams Aaron gordon's been, available and they've

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Speaker 2: still had issues in this. MATCHUP i do think it's

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Speaker 2: worth bringing. Up and, AGAIN i Know minnesota has been

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Speaker 2: playing really good defense this, year but it continues to

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Speaker 2: be a problem that they're consistently existing in. Rotation like

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Speaker 2: even just like simple pocket passes To Rudy gobar rumbling

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Speaker 2: down the, rim these skip passes that are always open

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Speaker 2: against their pick and roll. Coverage there's a consistent issue

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Speaker 2: With denver where they're in, rotation and when you're in,

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Speaker 2: rotation and you're also. Slow that's where you're gonna have some.

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Speaker 2: Problems Jamal murray, Slow Michael Porter junior is, Slow Nicole

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Speaker 2: jokich is. Slow and so when they end up in

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Speaker 2: rotation and they have to cover all this, ground that

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Speaker 2: roster weakness can rise to the. Surface and it has

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Speaker 2: been an extended stretch here Where denver's really really struggled

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Speaker 2: to get.

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Speaker 1: Stops And i'd.

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Speaker 2: Be lying IF i didn't Say i'm at least a

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Speaker 2: little worried about that in the big.

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Speaker 1: Picture all, right let's move on to.

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Speaker 2: The earlier, games AND i show down between two of

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Speaker 2: our top tier contenders in THE, nba Between thunder and The.

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Speaker 2: Celtics you, know When Jayalen williams went down with his

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Speaker 2: hip strain going into this game Against, boston what were

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Speaker 2: The thunder going to need in order to actually compete

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Speaker 2: in this game Without Jalen, Williams they were going to

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Speaker 2: need all of their supporting players to step up as shot.

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Speaker 2: Makers and that's exactly what they. Did six Non Shay

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Speaker 2: thunder players got into double figure. Tonight Chenn holmgrim was.

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Speaker 2: Brilliant he had twenty three and. Fifteen he had three.

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Speaker 2: THREES i really like just the overall aggression he was

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Speaker 2: bringing off the, Catch like when defenders were closing out at,

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Speaker 2: him he wasn't getting, hesitant he was just confidently rising

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Speaker 2: up into that. SHOT i thought Kese On wallace was

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Speaker 2: amazing in this. Game never forced, anything but he took

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Speaker 2: the opportunities that were in front of. Him he's really

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Speaker 2: good at attacking bigs in space and around the, rim

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Speaker 2: like finishing through rim. Protection he had a big drive

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Speaker 2: by layup Against Al horford off the right wing on a.

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Speaker 2: Switch he just is like a groundbound player that has

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Speaker 2: a unique ability to get angles. Oversize it actually reminds

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Speaker 2: me a lot Of Drew holliday watching Kese On wallace

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Speaker 2: Play Lou dort put in. Thirteen one of the things

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Speaker 2: That i've really enjoyed watching with Lou dort is his

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Speaker 2: close out attacking. Ability and everybody's got their kind of

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Speaker 2: unique trait that you see attacking. Closeouts you see so

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Speaker 2: many of those weak side scoring forwards THAT i talked

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Speaker 2: about rely on wonderable pull, ups but they're almost always

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Speaker 2: wonderable pull ups in the mid, range like you See

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Speaker 2: DeAndre hunter rely on this shot a. Lot you See

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Speaker 2: Michale bridges rely on the shadow. Lot you see og

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Speaker 2: And andobi rely on the shot a. Lot you See

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Speaker 2: Rueya chimura rely on the shot a. Lot it's like pump,

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Speaker 2: fake rip through sixteen foot off the bounce right and

430
00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:12,080
Speaker 2: like one of the things that Lou dort does is

431
00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:14,320
Speaker 2: he'll pump fake and he'll side step so that he

432
00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:17,080
Speaker 2: can keep it as a three point. Shot it requires

433
00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:19,239
Speaker 2: a lot of, lift it's tougher on the, legs But

434
00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:21,960
Speaker 2: lose a great. Athlete he's got a really strong base

435
00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:25,760
Speaker 2: and his like pump, fake like radical side step where

436
00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:28,000
Speaker 2: he covers like seven eight feet of space before he

437
00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:30,320
Speaker 2: rises up into that. Shot it allows him to be

438
00:21:30,359 --> 00:21:33,879
Speaker 2: a very dangerous close out. Attacker there's plenty of offensive.

439
00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:36,520
Speaker 2: Support i've talked a lot about my concerns ABOUT okc

440
00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:41,080
Speaker 2: centering around youth in. Inconsistency that's not the same thing as.

441
00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:46,760
Speaker 2: Talent there's plenty of talent on this, team but young.

442
00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:49,800
Speaker 2: Players you know how it goes like it's a different

443
00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:51,560
Speaker 2: vibe when you get into the. Postseason this is as

444
00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:54,280
Speaker 2: close as you're gonna get in the regular, season a

445
00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:58,680
Speaker 2: major nationally televised game on the road against a defending

446
00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:01,919
Speaker 2: champion that you, know so obviously is looking for some

447
00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:04,520
Speaker 2: big wins after they've taken some bad losses at home this.

448
00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:06,520
Speaker 2: Year that's as close as you're gonna. Get but it's

449
00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:11,000
Speaker 2: not the same as real playoff. Basketball and my concerns

450
00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:15,679
Speaker 2: don't center around whether or Not chet can score twenty

451
00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:18,840
Speaker 2: plus points in a big, game whether or Not loudor

452
00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:23,240
Speaker 2: can make. Shots jadubb can be a reliable secondary shot.

453
00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:26,520
Speaker 2: Creator my concern is whether or not they will because

454
00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:29,560
Speaker 2: we just have seen so many examples IN nba history

455
00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:32,359
Speaker 2: of young players struggling in that sort of. SITUATION i

456
00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:35,760
Speaker 2: was talking with this about this With Ethan strauss, yesterday but,

457
00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:39,760
Speaker 2: like there's a reason why EVERY nba superstar seems to

458
00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:42,520
Speaker 2: suck the first time they get to THE nba. Finals

459
00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:46,919
Speaker 2: Jason tatum's FIRST Nba finals with The Boston, celtics he was.

460
00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:52,040
Speaker 2: Horrible jason Or Steph curry's FIRST Nba finals in twenty

461
00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:54,520
Speaker 2: fifteen came on strong at the tail end of the.

462
00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:56,760
Speaker 2: SERIES i, mean it was more of a playmaking type

463
00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:58,639
Speaker 2: of series from, him but he was brutally bad at

464
00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:01,359
Speaker 2: the beginning of that. Series was adjusting to that. Environment

465
00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:05,199
Speaker 2: lebron was terrible in two STRAIGHT Nba finals to start his.

466
00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:08,600
Speaker 2: Creates as you get to higher leverage, situations it just

467
00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:11,879
Speaker 2: becomes super. Intense you're always going against great veteran teams

468
00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:14,359
Speaker 2: that are comfortable in that sort of, situation and you

469
00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:16,800
Speaker 2: can see young players start to. Struggle but make no,

470
00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:20,720
Speaker 2: mistake it's mostly the youth and inexperience that concerns, me

471
00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:24,640
Speaker 2: not the. Talent let's just put it very. Simply if

472
00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:28,399
Speaker 2: these guys step into the conference finals and into THE

473
00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:32,040
Speaker 2: Nba finals and they look this, confident they look this,

474
00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:36,960
Speaker 2: comfortable and they make shots like, this they're going to

475
00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:40,960
Speaker 2: win the whole thing because their defense is better than

476
00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:45,600
Speaker 2: all these teams defense much better Than, cleveland better Than.

477
00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:50,080
Speaker 2: Boston's if they shoot like, this if they score like,

478
00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:53,639
Speaker 2: this they're going to win the whole. Thing and again like.

479
00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:55,400
Speaker 2: THIS i thought this was a great test for them

480
00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:58,359
Speaker 2: as far as regular season basketball, goes and they pass

481
00:23:58,440 --> 00:24:00,520
Speaker 2: it with flying. COLORS i Thought shay was a Amazing

482
00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:02,480
Speaker 2: he had swarmed in the middle of the floor and

483
00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:04,760
Speaker 2: had some ugly, turnovers BUT i thought he was surgical

484
00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:06,800
Speaker 2: outside of. That in the half, court he had thirty

485
00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:10,440
Speaker 2: four points and seven. Assists he was the primary scoring

486
00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:13,359
Speaker 2: force behind the two big second half runs FOR. Okc

487
00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:16,160
Speaker 2: in that third quarter, run he hits back to back

488
00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:18,679
Speaker 2: threes to push the lead up to. Twelve in the

489
00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:21,760
Speaker 2: fourth quarter, run he had like a strip On tatum And.

490
00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:23,680
Speaker 2: Iso he had a couple of mid range jump shots

491
00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:24,720
Speaker 2: that he hit in a. Row he got to the

492
00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:27,080
Speaker 2: foul line a couple of times all during the run

493
00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:29,040
Speaker 2: as they were growing the. LEAD i thought he was

494
00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:32,320
Speaker 2: really good on defense all night as. Well he looked

495
00:24:32,359 --> 00:24:33,920
Speaker 2: like the best player on the floor in this. GAME

496
00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:37,600
Speaker 2: i think like this three game stretch, here the Two denver.

497
00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:42,399
Speaker 2: Games in this, game they were resoundingly, strong probably a

498
00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:45,880
Speaker 2: case closing put the final nail in The coffin type

499
00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:50,040
Speaker 2: OF mvp case From Shake Gildas. Alexander he drops forty

500
00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:52,920
Speaker 2: in a win on The, nuggets even in the game

501
00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:55,280
Speaker 2: that The nuggets got back like they had seventy three

502
00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:56,720
Speaker 2: in the first half as a, team and in the

503
00:24:56,760 --> 00:25:00,720
Speaker 2: second half they, literally in a Really Jane key defensive,

504
00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:04,240
Speaker 2: construct just Doubled shay the second he crossed half. Court

505
00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:06,399
Speaker 2: the rest of the game they just lost because the

506
00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:09,240
Speaker 2: rest of the guys were just struggling to capitalize on those.

507
00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:11,680
Speaker 2: Advantages and then. TONIGHT i thought he was the best

508
00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:14,199
Speaker 2: player on the floor in a showdown with the defending

509
00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:19,080
Speaker 2: champs In. Boston, Okay, see defense was, excellent their pressure was,

510
00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:21,720
Speaker 2: great they were hilatious in their, rotations AND i thought

511
00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:23,560
Speaker 2: they were really rushing The celtics and do a lot

512
00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:25,040
Speaker 2: of bad. Decisions we're going to talk about this With

513
00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:29,000
Speaker 2: boston in a. MINUTE i Thought boston's overall execution in

514
00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:31,639
Speaker 2: the second half was, terrible and most of IT i

515
00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:34,119
Speaker 2: got to give credit To Oklahoma city because when you,

516
00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:37,760
Speaker 2: pressure when you rotate with that sort of hilacious, energy

517
00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:40,600
Speaker 2: it has a habit of rushing players and when they,

518
00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:42,600
Speaker 2: rush they don't get into their. Process when they don't

519
00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:44,520
Speaker 2: get into the, process they don't. Execute when they don't,

520
00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:47,760
Speaker 2: execute they don't get good. Shots and SO i just

521
00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:50,760
Speaker 2: thought it was a nice statement win For Oklahoma, city

522
00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:53,680
Speaker 2: another test along the way in their journey now, again

523
00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:56,160
Speaker 2: like the playoffs are a different. Animal was talking about

524
00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:59,720
Speaker 2: this earlier With denver as it pertains to their matchup With.

525
00:25:59,760 --> 00:26:02,720
Speaker 2: Mina but you got to just do what you can

526
00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:05,399
Speaker 2: to check the boxes along the, way and that challenge

527
00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:07,119
Speaker 2: will come and they're going to have their opportunity to

528
00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:11,879
Speaker 2: either prove me wrong or to learn a lesson at

529
00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:15,399
Speaker 2: least about how important that shift to playoff basketball. Is

530
00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:19,200
Speaker 2: boston had some good, STRETCHES i thought in the second

531
00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:22,040
Speaker 2: portion of the first, quarter After okayse took their early,

532
00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:23,840
Speaker 2: lead they went up with like ten oh or whatever

533
00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:26,600
Speaker 2: there was that time. Out they come, out they started

534
00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:29,520
Speaker 2: to get the defense in rotation and the ball was popping.

535
00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:32,480
Speaker 2: Around they got great. Shots they actually generated seventeen catch

536
00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:36,159
Speaker 2: and shoot jumpers in that first. Quarter that's always like

537
00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:40,359
Speaker 2: the strong indicator for me of Where boston is in

538
00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:43,359
Speaker 2: their offense is how many catch and shoot jumpers they actually,

539
00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:45,720
Speaker 2: generate because, that to, me is the strength of their.

540
00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:49,879
Speaker 2: Offense when they're actually getting the wide open catch and,

541
00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:52,720
Speaker 2: shoots that to me is a better look for them

542
00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:55,720
Speaker 2: Than tatum And brown existing IN. Iso If tatum And

543
00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:58,359
Speaker 2: brown are existing IN, iso that's a strong indicator that

544
00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:00,959
Speaker 2: the defense doesn't feel obligated to send a second defender.

545
00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:04,920
Speaker 2: Over and when they're pressuring the defense enough and they're

546
00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:09,000
Speaker 2: getting higher quality, shots that's when the secondary defender comes.

547
00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:10,800
Speaker 2: Over that's where they can get the defense and rotation

548
00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:12,840
Speaker 2: and start to pop the ball. Around even in the second,

549
00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:15,560
Speaker 2: half there were some really good, sequences and they got

550
00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:18,359
Speaker 2: some great shots where you just see the ball popping

551
00:27:18,359 --> 00:27:20,520
Speaker 2: around you can you can see the play. DEVELOP i

552
00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:22,520
Speaker 2: was talking about this in a mailbag THAT i recorded

553
00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:24,760
Speaker 2: earlier today that's going to be coming out, tomorrow as

554
00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:28,000
Speaker 2: it pertains to the difference between playing with play finishing

555
00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:32,000
Speaker 2: versus playing with real dribble shoot pass, talent real dribble

556
00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:34,480
Speaker 2: shoot pass talent off the. Ball when you've got four

557
00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:36,760
Speaker 2: or five guys that can all knock down a catch

558
00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:39,479
Speaker 2: and shoot three at a high, rate read the, floor driving,

559
00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:42,919
Speaker 2: closeouts and then finish plays either at the rim or

560
00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:45,680
Speaker 2: in catch and shoot, situations you start to get these

561
00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:49,040
Speaker 2: really pretty driving kick. Sequences and even in this game

562
00:27:49,119 --> 00:27:53,080
Speaker 2: in the second, Half boston had several like beautiful driving kick,

563
00:27:53,119 --> 00:27:57,760
Speaker 2: sequences BUT i thought they took way too many, rushed,

564
00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:01,840
Speaker 2: contested off the off the move shots when there were

565
00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:05,080
Speaker 2: better opportunities. Available there were a bunch of them in

566
00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:09,840
Speaker 2: that second. Half Jalen brown a really tough drop coverage

567
00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:14,160
Speaker 2: pull up three Over Isaiah, Hartenstein Derek White Andrew halliday

568
00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:17,960
Speaker 2: both took smothered corner, threes and Like Derek, white also

569
00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:21,280
Speaker 2: made another smothered corner three that tied the game at eighty,

570
00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:23,919
Speaker 2: eight and it's like sometimes the shot go, in they'll go,

571
00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:26,920
Speaker 2: in and, like your talent can be your worst. Enemy

572
00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:31,360
Speaker 2: SOMETIMES i run into this issue WHEN i, play WHEN

573
00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:34,439
Speaker 2: i play, pickup where it's Like i'm six six AND

574
00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:36,119
Speaker 2: i can get to a pull up three WHENEVER i.

575
00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:38,800
Speaker 2: Want so it's, like IF i get, LAZY i can

576
00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:41,320
Speaker 2: just jack up pull up. Threes that doesn't mean it's

577
00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:44,239
Speaker 2: the best shot THAT i can. Get and that like.

578
00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:48,320
Speaker 2: That For, boston they have all these dudes who are

579
00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:53,280
Speaker 2: like really gifted offensive, players and you have two options from.

580
00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:55,960
Speaker 2: There you can either be less than the some of

581
00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:58,280
Speaker 2: your parts or more than the some of your. Parts

582
00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:00,800
Speaker 2: and that's all gonna come down to. Process this is

583
00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:04,560
Speaker 2: Something i've hammered on relentlessly With boston over the last few,

584
00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:06,560
Speaker 2: years and the only Reason i'm really bringing it up

585
00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:11,480
Speaker 2: tonight is because specifically with this, matchup specifically With Oklahoma,

586
00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:15,160
Speaker 2: city if they're going to thrive against these, guys they're

587
00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:17,680
Speaker 2: going to have to be more. Deliberate one thing we can,

588
00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:21,760
Speaker 2: agree the margin for air isn't the same that it

589
00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:25,800
Speaker 2: was last. Year there are better teams that they're going

590
00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:29,920
Speaker 2: to be playing against in both. Conferences That thunder team

591
00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:32,720
Speaker 2: is way better than last Year's thunder. TEAM i think

592
00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:35,960
Speaker 2: That lakers team With lebron And luca is probably better

593
00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:38,120
Speaker 2: than any of the Other Western conference teams that we've

594
00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:40,880
Speaker 2: seen over the last couple of. YEARS i think that

595
00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:44,160
Speaker 2: That cavs team is better than Anybody boston has faced

596
00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:48,200
Speaker 2: in last year's playoff. Field, right you still have the

597
00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:50,440
Speaker 2: wild card of which one of The knicks or The

598
00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:52,960
Speaker 2: bucks are going to come to the. Surface it's a deeper.

599
00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:57,280
Speaker 2: Field and there's another kind of like trend that's been

600
00:29:57,400 --> 00:29:59,440
Speaker 2: going on all season That i've had my eye on

601
00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:03,120
Speaker 2: that's a little. Concerning Jalen brown And Drew holliday were

602
00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:06,960
Speaker 2: one for twelve from three. Tonight they're shooting thirty two

603
00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:11,520
Speaker 2: percent and thirty four percent from, three. Respectively there is

604
00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:14,440
Speaker 2: an outcome on the table here Where drew And jalen

605
00:30:14,600 --> 00:30:18,000
Speaker 2: just don't, hit catch and shoot threes in the. Postseason

606
00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:22,000
Speaker 2: that could also further shrink their margin for. Air and

607
00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:23,560
Speaker 2: by the, way before you tell me they're gonna be

608
00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:26,040
Speaker 2: fine when they get in that, SITUATION i said all

609
00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:28,719
Speaker 2: season last, Year, Yo kitch isn't shooting the ball as.

610
00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:30,959
Speaker 2: Well Yo kitch isn't shooting the ball as. Well this

611
00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:32,840
Speaker 2: is an. Issue Yo kitch isn't shooting the ball as.

612
00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:34,840
Speaker 2: Well what if he gets in the postseason he doesn't make.

613
00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:37,440
Speaker 2: Shots he shot like forty five percent from three in

614
00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:39,959
Speaker 2: the championship. Run what if he doesn't shoot the ball as,

615
00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:42,040
Speaker 2: well and he got into the postseason and he didn't

616
00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:44,240
Speaker 2: shoot the ball as, well and he went what like

617
00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:46,200
Speaker 2: two for eight or two for ten from three In

618
00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:49,880
Speaker 2: game seven Against, minnesota and it became a. Problem that

619
00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:52,640
Speaker 2: was part of why they lost the. Series so, like

620
00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:55,400
Speaker 2: there's a large trend, here which Is drew And jalen

621
00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:56,200
Speaker 2: are not shooting the ball.

622
00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:56,920
Speaker 3: Well and all that.

623
00:30:56,960 --> 00:30:59,920
Speaker 2: Means the only Reason i'm bringing that up is there

624
00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:04,320
Speaker 2: margin For rish is. Smaller they have to be exceptionally

625
00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:08,320
Speaker 2: deliberate with their offensive. Process by the, WAY i Thought

626
00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:11,400
Speaker 2: tatum was mostly great in this. GAME i Say shay

627
00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:12,160
Speaker 2: was the best player on the.

628
00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:12,680
Speaker 1: Floor one by.

629
00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:14,120
Speaker 3: Much tatum was right there with.

630
00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:16,960
Speaker 2: THEM i thought he was the one guy who didn't

631
00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:20,320
Speaker 2: look like he was getting overly rushed By okase's. PRESSURE

632
00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:22,800
Speaker 2: i even liked the work he did at the end

633
00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:25,760
Speaker 2: of the game with those like inverted or regular ball

634
00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:27,880
Speaker 2: screens where he was getting switches and getting seals and

635
00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:29,440
Speaker 2: doing some work there at the top of the. KEY

636
00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:33,040
Speaker 2: i thought that he had several big scoring bursts at

637
00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:36,239
Speaker 2: key portions of the game to Keep boston. Close they

638
00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:40,440
Speaker 2: ended up winning his minutes by. Four tatum was mostly,

639
00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:44,680
Speaker 2: great but again outside of, that especially in Those Jalen

640
00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:47,480
Speaker 2: brown led groups and even in stretches With tatum on the,

641
00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:49,520
Speaker 2: floor there was just too much of.

642
00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:51,680
Speaker 3: That rushed forced shot.

643
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Speaker 2: Selection there was one in the fourth quarter baseline out of,

644
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Speaker 2: bounds seven seconds on the shot. Clock they run a

645
00:32:00,280 --> 00:32:02,960
Speaker 2: double screen action For Derek white coming off of the right.

646
00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:07,080
Speaker 2: Block seven seconds on the shot. Clock he's sprinted into

647
00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:11,480
Speaker 2: an impossible. Movement three in air balled, it and it's,

648
00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:14,960
Speaker 2: LIKE i perfectly fine with that. Shot if there's three

649
00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:17,280
Speaker 2: seconds on the shot clock or two seconds on the shot,

650
00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:19,880
Speaker 2: clock there's seven seconds on the shot, clock you've got

651
00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:23,200
Speaker 2: time to driving kick once to try to make something.

652
00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:26,240
Speaker 2: Happen but, again it's good to. Great if you're in

653
00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:28,960
Speaker 2: the pursuit of good, shots you're gonna have a lot

654
00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:31,480
Speaker 2: of streaky. Nights for sometimes they go in and sometimes

655
00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:34,440
Speaker 2: they know they. Don't if you're in the pursuit of great.

656
00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:37,640
Speaker 2: Shots that's where you can have consistent nights where you

657
00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:40,200
Speaker 2: shoot the ball. Well i'll even go a step. Further

658
00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:42,600
Speaker 2: if you Want Drew holliday And Jalen brown to get

659
00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:45,360
Speaker 2: their rhythm back and to start shooting threes, better you

660
00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:48,840
Speaker 2: need to generate for them better quality. Threes and the

661
00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:50,520
Speaker 2: only way you're gonna do that is through a team

662
00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:55,080
Speaker 2: wide pursuit of turning good shots into great. Shots, AGAIN

663
00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:57,280
Speaker 2: i think they can beat this. TEAM i would pick

664
00:32:57,360 --> 00:32:58,920
Speaker 2: them to beat this team if they were to face

665
00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:02,160
Speaker 2: in a. Series just can't be as sloppy as they were.

666
00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:04,800
Speaker 2: Tonight they were right. There they was shot for shot

667
00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:07,040
Speaker 2: with him in that fourth. Quarter they tied it multiple,

668
00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:11,360
Speaker 2: times and then they took a bunch of bad shots

669
00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:13,000
Speaker 2: and got picked apart By shay and it was. OVER

670
00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:16,280
Speaker 2: i also, thought like a lot of like the defensive

671
00:33:16,760 --> 00:33:20,040
Speaker 2: basic principle surrounding switching was more sloppy For boston than

672
00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:23,080
Speaker 2: it was For. Oka See, okay se was sharp with their.

673
00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:26,040
Speaker 2: Switches they were staying, attached they were rotating. Well the

674
00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:31,800
Speaker 2: opportunities for driving kick situations were closing up. Quickly boston

675
00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:35,160
Speaker 2: a lot of like basic ghost screens with like guard,

676
00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:37,920
Speaker 2: Guard Drew, Holiday Derek. White why Is Isaiah joe slipping

677
00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:40,520
Speaker 2: out of it wide? Open That's Derek white And Drew

678
00:33:40,560 --> 00:33:44,520
Speaker 2: holliday switched that. Screen chet slipping out of ball screens

679
00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:46,080
Speaker 2: at the top of the, key Like chet is too

680
00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:48,440
Speaker 2: big of a target for you to let him slip

681
00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:50,760
Speaker 2: down the lane completely. Unimpeded that needs to be a.

682
00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:54,040
Speaker 2: Switch there are like basic things there that they can clean.

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00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:57,480
Speaker 2: Up i'm just saying that against the, thunder they're not

684
00:33:57,520 --> 00:33:59,480
Speaker 2: going to be able to operate with that same kind

685
00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:02,440
Speaker 2: of loose execution that they were in some of the

686
00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:18,120
Speaker 2: moments in their previous playoff. Room all, right before we

687
00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:20,520
Speaker 2: get out of here, tonight welcome To Course, correction brought

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Speaker 2: segment we explore the challenges faced by teams or star.

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00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:53,480
Speaker 2: Up this, week we're Discussing Steph curry and the resurgence

699
00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:56,960
Speaker 2: of The Golden State. Warriors steph played on some really

700
00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:59,759
Speaker 2: talented teams in the heart of his prime with The

701
00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:02,880
Speaker 2: goal And State, warriors but it's been brutal over the

702
00:35:02,920 --> 00:35:06,040
Speaker 2: last five. Years in the twenty twenty two title, run

703
00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:09,680
Speaker 2: The warriors had a championship level, roster but there wasn't

704
00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:11,759
Speaker 2: much margin for. Air those of you guys who listened

705
00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:14,279
Speaker 2: to the show at the time will remember none of

706
00:35:14,320 --> 00:35:17,400
Speaker 2: their young players were in their. Rotation EVEN i was

707
00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:20,040
Speaker 2: advocating For joe lacub And Bob myers to cash them,

708
00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:24,080
Speaker 2: in to trade them to create more margin for error

709
00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:28,600
Speaker 2: in that particular playoff. Run in the short, Term joe

710
00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:31,200
Speaker 2: lacob And Bob myers were proven right because that team

711
00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:34,600
Speaker 2: was good enough to win the. Championship but the story

712
00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:37,759
Speaker 2: in the long run is more. Complicated it's become precarious

713
00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:41,799
Speaker 2: because none of that young talent ended up being a,

714
00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:46,280
Speaker 2: foundational cornerstone type of. Talent James wiseman was a complete.

715
00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:50,520
Speaker 2: Bust Jonathan kaminga proved to be super, raw and guess what,

716
00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:53,600
Speaker 2: Now Jonathan kminga's do a massive. Payday and as soon

717
00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:55,960
Speaker 2: as you start talking About Jonathan kaminga as a thirty

718
00:35:55,960 --> 00:35:59,280
Speaker 2: plus million dollar, player it becomes a more complicated discussion

719
00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:02,200
Speaker 2: for any basketball. Team AND i Like Moses. MOODY i

720
00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:04,319
Speaker 2: think he's a useful young, player but he's a role.

721
00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:08,640
Speaker 2: Player and then things got compounded As Andrew wiggins failed

722
00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:10,359
Speaker 2: to ever get back to the level he was at

723
00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:13,720
Speaker 2: in twenty twenty. Two so the result was a Limited

724
00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:15,800
Speaker 2: warriors roster that didn't really.

725
00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:17,680
Speaker 3: Accomplish much over the next two and.

726
00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:20,279
Speaker 2: A half, years and honestly got pretty sad as you

727
00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:22,160
Speaker 2: looked around the rest of the league at the other

728
00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:24,600
Speaker 2: sets of. STARS i used to earlier in the, Year

729
00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:26,600
Speaker 2: i'd do this in the. SHOW i would just list

730
00:36:26,640 --> 00:36:28,600
Speaker 2: out the shot creators on every other team in The,

731
00:36:28,600 --> 00:36:31,759
Speaker 2: west and it was, Crazy, like you, know ok, see

732
00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:34,360
Speaker 2: It's shay and j dub And. Chet if you go To,

733
00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:38,600
Speaker 2: denver It's Jokichen, murray It's John morant And Jaron. Jackson

734
00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:41,840
Speaker 2: It's Lebron james And Anthony. Davis It's Anthony edwards And Julius.

735
00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:44,680
Speaker 2: Randall It's Kevin durant And Devin. Booker It's Darren fox

736
00:36:44,719 --> 00:36:47,520
Speaker 2: And demarto Ros and It's Kyrie irving And Luka. Donca

737
00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:51,399
Speaker 2: Even James harden Had Norm, powell who was great While

738
00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:54,320
Speaker 2: kawhi was. Out fred Van vliet with The Houston rockets

739
00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:57,120
Speaker 2: Had Jalen green And opera And shangun And Steph curry

740
00:36:57,120 --> 00:36:59,680
Speaker 2: Had Andrew wiggins And Buddy heel and, like, LOOK I

741
00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:01,680
Speaker 2: Andrew wiggins got to a really high level in the

742
00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:03,880
Speaker 2: twenty twenty two. SEASON i thought he, was you, know

743
00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:05,480
Speaker 2: he's never been back at that, level BUT i thought

744
00:37:05,480 --> 00:37:07,760
Speaker 2: he was really really good in that in that playoff.

745
00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:11,759
Speaker 2: Run but, like that's a lot to Ask Steph curry to.

746
00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:17,000
Speaker 2: Overcome and like to make matters even, worse the roster

747
00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:23,240
Speaker 2: limitations made them look. Bad as they looked, bad everyone

748
00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:26,560
Speaker 2: decided they were. Bad as everyone decided they were, bad

749
00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:29,239
Speaker 2: a lot of people just decided the trade wasn't worth.

750
00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:32,879
Speaker 2: It so they passed On ogan And, obi and they

751
00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:35,920
Speaker 2: passed On Pascal, Siakta AND i mean they may not

752
00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:38,239
Speaker 2: have been able to Afford Mikhail bridges with how expensive it,

753
00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:40,719
Speaker 2: was but they just started passing on. Guys even in

754
00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:42,279
Speaker 2: the early part of the, year When Jimmy butler And

755
00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:44,600
Speaker 2: Zach lavine were, AVAILABLE i had been hearing that The

756
00:37:44,640 --> 00:37:47,440
Speaker 2: warriors were not interested in those, two that they were

757
00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:50,360
Speaker 2: holding out For Kevin duran Or Lebron james in a.

758
00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:52,640
Speaker 2: Trade they didn't want to have a flawed. Star why

759
00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:56,400
Speaker 2: because they thought they were bad all because of a roster.

760
00:37:56,520 --> 00:37:59,160
Speaker 2: Imbalance and part of the issue at that point is

761
00:37:59,160 --> 00:38:02,080
Speaker 2: they had waited so long that their young players had

762
00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:05,160
Speaker 2: lost some value relative to what it was in twenty twenty.

763
00:38:05,160 --> 00:38:09,040
Speaker 2: Two Jonathan kminga in twenty twenty, two three years left

764
00:38:09,080 --> 00:38:13,279
Speaker 2: on a rookie, deal young raw, prospect has a lot of.

765
00:38:13,320 --> 00:38:16,319
Speaker 2: Intrigue trade For Jonathan comingia when you gotta pay, him

766
00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:20,400
Speaker 2: it's a completely different. Story it really looked, bleak and

767
00:38:20,440 --> 00:38:22,440
Speaker 2: you could see it In steph's body language at. Times

768
00:38:23,480 --> 00:38:25,480
Speaker 2: he's one of the great competitors in this, league and

769
00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:28,600
Speaker 2: he was losing belief that he'd ever get a chance

770
00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:32,520
Speaker 2: to truly compete for a championship. Again there was even

771
00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:36,919
Speaker 2: a press conference Where steph sounded so dejected and made

772
00:38:36,960 --> 00:38:39,880
Speaker 2: comments surrounding the trade deadline that were so like bizarrely

773
00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:42,680
Speaker 2: defeated sounding that he had to come out for his

774
00:38:42,719 --> 00:38:46,080
Speaker 2: next press conference and remind everybody that he's a competitor

775
00:38:46,120 --> 00:38:48,440
Speaker 2: that wants to win a. Title but then opportunity. KNOCKED

776
00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:51,279
Speaker 2: i don't know if it was The luca trade that

777
00:38:51,360 --> 00:38:53,719
Speaker 2: kicked them into gear or something, else or just their

778
00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:56,840
Speaker 2: urgency of the, moment but shortly after The luca trade

779
00:38:56,920 --> 00:39:01,160
Speaker 2: it was announced that there's a lot of like intentionality

780
00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:04,160
Speaker 2: Behind Golden state's pursuit of a star to bring next To.

781
00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:06,760
Speaker 2: Steph they ended up pulling the trigger On Jimmy, butler

782
00:39:07,239 --> 00:39:10,440
Speaker 2: who had done his part by acting so crazy and

783
00:39:10,480 --> 00:39:13,279
Speaker 2: playing so poorly that he had tanked his value down

784
00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:15,560
Speaker 2: to where he became a very achievable target For Golden

785
00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:18,000
Speaker 2: state without having to give up much more than some

786
00:39:18,040 --> 00:39:21,799
Speaker 2: salary filler a. Pick one of the main reasons WHY

787
00:39:21,840 --> 00:39:23,800
Speaker 2: i was such a big believer in A Jimmy butler

788
00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:24,920
Speaker 2: trade was that The.

789
00:39:24,880 --> 00:39:26,719
Speaker 3: Warriors were really good in a lot of.

790
00:39:26,760 --> 00:39:29,600
Speaker 2: AREAS i talked a lot in the early part of

791
00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:31,080
Speaker 2: the year about how they had a ton of team,

792
00:39:31,239 --> 00:39:34,839
Speaker 2: speed which is how they are so excellent. Defensively another

793
00:39:34,840 --> 00:39:37,279
Speaker 2: great rotation team they were top ten defense all. Year

794
00:39:38,160 --> 00:39:41,000
Speaker 2: steph had shown signs of his superstar upside in some

795
00:39:41,080 --> 00:39:45,640
Speaker 2: high profile. Games as a matter of, fact The warriors all,

796
00:39:45,719 --> 00:39:47,600
Speaker 2: year even before the, trade were one of the best

797
00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:50,040
Speaker 2: teams in the league against the best teams in the.

798
00:39:50,120 --> 00:39:53,880
Speaker 2: League some signature wins a win In boston against The,

799
00:39:53,920 --> 00:39:58,160
Speaker 2: celtics two wins Against Oklahoma City. Thunder they had shown

800
00:39:58,160 --> 00:40:02,040
Speaker 2: some real. Upside had way more role player talent than

801
00:40:02,040 --> 00:40:04,160
Speaker 2: they actually need. It that had fifteen guys who can.

802
00:40:04,200 --> 00:40:08,440
Speaker 2: Play they just needed someone to take on the responsibilities

803
00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:12,359
Speaker 2: of a secondary, star And Jimmy butler did that. Immediately

804
00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:17,120
Speaker 2: he fit the offense both With steph and Without. Steph

805
00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:21,240
Speaker 2: they got even better, defensively and it shortened the. Rotation

806
00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:24,160
Speaker 2: it cut down on the number of Options Steve kerh.

807
00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:27,640
Speaker 2: Had it gave guys more consistent. Roles crystallized roles for

808
00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:30,040
Speaker 2: guys Like Moses moody And Brandon pizemsky have been great

809
00:40:30,520 --> 00:40:34,880
Speaker 2: with the. Starters but most, importantly it awakened a sleeping.

810
00:40:34,920 --> 00:40:39,440
Speaker 2: Giant steph had been clearly holding something in reserve as

811
00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:42,680
Speaker 2: the team was floundering in, mediocrity and the belief that

812
00:40:42,760 --> 00:40:47,080
Speaker 2: his team could actually reach the, mountaintop unlocked his ceiling

813
00:40:48,200 --> 00:40:51,640
Speaker 2: since The Jimmy butler trade in fourteen, games averaging thirty

814
00:40:51,640 --> 00:40:56,440
Speaker 2: points per, game fifty forty two ninety two, splits sixty

815
00:40:56,600 --> 00:40:59,560
Speaker 2: nine percent true, shooting, again thirty points on sixty nine

816
00:40:59,560 --> 00:41:02,840
Speaker 2: percent trus shooting Since jimmy joined the. Team HIS mvp

817
00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:05,760
Speaker 2: season was thirty points on sixty seven Percent troy shooting

818
00:41:07,239 --> 00:41:10,680
Speaker 2: like it's. Insane they're twelve to two in those. Games

819
00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:14,320
Speaker 2: they look like a bona fide championship. Contender he was

820
00:41:14,360 --> 00:41:17,399
Speaker 2: one of the game's greatest, players hiding in playing sight

821
00:41:18,080 --> 00:41:23,680
Speaker 2: completely like written off due to one roster, weakness an

822
00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:27,359
Speaker 2: imbalance between role player talent and shot creation, talent one

823
00:41:27,400 --> 00:41:30,520
Speaker 2: that frankly was obvious to everyone in the world watching

824
00:41:30,600 --> 00:41:33,600
Speaker 2: this team over the last couple of. Years but they

825
00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:35,839
Speaker 2: took care of. It and now we're going to get

826
00:41:35,840 --> 00:41:37,560
Speaker 2: to see WHAT i wanted to see so badly out

827
00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:40,240
Speaker 2: of A Jimmy butler, trade and That's Steph curry playing

828
00:41:40,800 --> 00:41:44,640
Speaker 2: in meaningful basketball, games Which i'm very excited. For that's

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Speaker 2: it's ALL i have for tonight is always sincerely appreciate

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00:42:06,920 --> 00:42:09,080
Speaker 2: you guys for supporting me and supporting the. Show we

837
00:42:09,120 --> 00:42:11,359
Speaker 2: have our mail bag that's coming out, tomorrow and Then

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00:42:11,400 --> 00:42:14,240
Speaker 2: i'm reacting to The Thursday night slate On friday. Morning

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00:42:14,239 --> 00:42:15,680
Speaker 2: that's our schedule for the remainder of the. WEEK i

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Speaker 2: will see you guys.

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Speaker 1: Then what's up?

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00:42:21,080 --> 00:42:23,480
Speaker 2: Guys as, ALWAYS i appreciate you for listening to and

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Speaker 2: SUPPORTING oops. Tonight it would actually be really helpful for

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