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Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntire.

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Speaker 2: What is up straight Fire Fame. It's me Jason McIntyre.

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Speaker 2: Straight Fire for Friday, June the twenty eighth. It was

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Speaker 2: a banger of a night in sports. I cannot wait

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Speaker 2: to dive into it. Quick programming note, I'm hosting The

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Speaker 2: Herd again today and then back next week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. Yes, yes,

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Speaker 2: I will be working on July fourth. How about you? No, okay,

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Speaker 2: you can watch me not talk about a dumb hot

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Speaker 2: dog eating contest. I will not touch that. You can

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Speaker 2: bet your bottom dollar. So the podcast will take a

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Speaker 2: quick brief hiatus on Monday and Tuesday. Trust me, we

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Speaker 2: will come back heavy with USA Soccer takes on Wednesday.

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Speaker 2: Should they win or lose, they will be a big

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Speaker 2: story in sports, and let's just dive right into that,

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Speaker 2: shall we. Oh, I forgot subscribe, rate and review. Sometimes

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Speaker 2: I bury that at the end of the podcast and

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Speaker 2: who knows how long people listen. But somebody smart was like, dude,

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Speaker 2: you got to mention that at the beginning of every podcast.

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Speaker 2: That's what all the big guys do. I was like, uh, okay, sure, subscribe,

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Speaker 2: rate and review everybody, but you guys already do that.

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Speaker 2: That's how you're here. Anyways, I'm in a somber mood, folks.

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Speaker 2: This USA lost to Panama just crushing. I'm not gonna lie.

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Speaker 2: I was like, legitimately bent out of shape. This is

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Speaker 2: quite devastating. Now listen, I don't want to go off

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Speaker 2: too hard on anyone. Greg Burholter is gonna come under

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Speaker 2: fire and he's coaching for his job Monday night against Uruguay.

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Speaker 2: That much we know. I've talked about that on the pod.

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Speaker 2: I mentioned that on the Herd. This should not be

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Speaker 2: news to anyone. You can't lose to Panama. Yes, even

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Speaker 2: if you go down a man for the final what

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Speaker 2: seventy minutes, Like that's an inexplicable loss. And there are

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Speaker 2: some macro issues afoot. But I will just let me

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Speaker 2: get this out of the way. Early Tim Waya is

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Speaker 2: a great, great young player. Okay, he made a colossal mistake.

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Speaker 2: He apologized, I get it. Let's just we got it.

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Speaker 2: We gotta call it like it is. He made a

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Speaker 2: massive blunder. If he shoves that guy and said he's

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Speaker 2: hitting him in the head, he gets a yellow and

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Speaker 2: he stays on in the US almost certainly wins, but

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Speaker 2: he went to the head and I was dumb. Now.

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Speaker 2: Burholter after the match said we were prepared for this referee.

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Speaker 2: We talked about it. We know essentially that this guy's

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Speaker 2: a clown and we had to watch ourselves and Tim

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Speaker 2: Waya didn't. And this is what. So now that we

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Speaker 2: got the way apart out got it, Tim Waya screwed

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Speaker 2: the US. It's bad people make mistakes. You know, we've

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Speaker 2: all been there before. I do have to say, even

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Speaker 2: they did a tremendous goal from Baligan to give nothing

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Speaker 2: lead and I'm like, okay, we're in this. We're not

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Speaker 2: gonna give up two goals. Maybe they get the tie,

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Speaker 2: but you know, Burholter will make adjustments and it will

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Speaker 2: be okay. Four minutes later, the defense just getting carved

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Speaker 2: the goalie was like a second late to it and boom,

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Speaker 2: it's won one. And from there it just was all downhill.

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Speaker 2: Panama dominated possession as they should up a man and

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Speaker 2: some of the advanced stats. For those of you who care,

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Speaker 2: XG expected goals, which is the hot button number in soccer,

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Speaker 2: I don't know if it's number one for sure, but

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Speaker 2: without question it's important. And the USA won XG by

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Speaker 2: almost any Now, there's definitly several different websites that track

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Speaker 2: expected goals and US had them on all of them.

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Speaker 2: The Ricardo Peppi late header that one hurt could not

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Speaker 2: you kind of got to finish that. US had their

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Speaker 2: your goalie. And that's one thing that pissed me off.

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Speaker 2: And I'll get to what I'm really really pissed about

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Speaker 2: is Turner gets drilled in the first I don't know,

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Speaker 2: because he was shaken up. That's a legitimate foul. Should

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Speaker 2: And Panama fouled the US eighteen times. The US had

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Speaker 2: four fouls eighteen to four. That was the tracking. So

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Speaker 2: was like, no big deal, Panama, they just went off.

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Speaker 2: that is some of the dirtiest stuff. Some of these

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Speaker 2: Panama just cheap shots left and right. I was irate,

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Speaker 2: get two guys tossed that. It's definitely over. It's just

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Speaker 2: it was disappointing. I mean, the guy dove in the box.

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Speaker 2: How don't you not get to dive for? How do

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Speaker 2: you not get a red for the dive in the

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Speaker 2: oh my gosh, this is a terrible dive. Nevertheless, they

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Speaker 2: get the goal in like the eighty third minute. I'm

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Speaker 2: trying to take positives out of this, but again, this

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Speaker 2: US is no longer a scrappy underdog. They're marked men.

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Speaker 2: They've got a lot of guys playing in top leagues

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Speaker 2: they've got to come out and beat Uruguay, who just

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Speaker 2: smoked Bolivia. I mean, the US beat Bolivia. It should

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Speaker 2: have been worse than two nothing. Uruguy smacked them around.

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Speaker 2: It was not even close. So now Monday in Kansas City,

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Speaker 2: the US has to beat Uruguay to advance. Otherwise I

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Speaker 2: certainly Greg Berhalter will be coaching for his job on Monday,

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Speaker 2: pulling out all the stops. I'm pretty sure he will

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Speaker 2: not have way out due to the red card. I

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Speaker 2: think the guy that a lot of people were calling

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Speaker 2: Dynamic player the US. I know they won XG, but

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Speaker 2: they didn't really create much. And it's tough to get

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Speaker 2: overreactive about that because they're down a man. It's tough

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Speaker 2: I would say this for years, the US has been

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Speaker 2: searching for that goal scoring machine. I remember when Josie

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Speaker 2: Outdodoor was supposed to be the guy. Like Josie out

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Speaker 2: Theodor was good, but he was supposed to be great.

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Speaker 2: Balligan looks like a stud. He looks like they're number nine,

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Speaker 2: a striker whose job it is to score goals. He

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Speaker 2: had a phenomenal goal, he nearly had another really good

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Speaker 2: one offs from Polistic, but it was just it was

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Speaker 2: just one of those games, like not a lot of

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Speaker 2: Berholter for not getting out of the group stage and

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Speaker 2: they probably win. I don't want to hear that make adjustments. Man,

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Speaker 2: this is Copa America in the United States. This is

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Speaker 2: our last major tournament before the twenty six World Cup.

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Speaker 2: And we don't get out of the freaking group stage

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Speaker 2: with the alleged Golden Generation. And listen, maybe Golden Generation

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Speaker 2: where you've got guys who were there for two, three,

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Speaker 2: four World Cups. Croatia had a couple of good runs.

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Speaker 2: This is supposed to be the US. This is their time.

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Speaker 2: The guys are ascending, and it's just like, come on,

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Speaker 2: it's just a devastating loss. We'll see how they do

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Speaker 2: against Arguay. They're gonna be underdogs. I'm I don't want

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Speaker 2: to be a home ern and take to win. I'm

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Speaker 2: obviously rooting for them heavily. Uh If if Turner's not

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Speaker 2: going to crush Horrorvath. But that second goal, I mean,

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Speaker 2: the ball came right at him. It was a rocket

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Speaker 2: good shape. If he's able to somehow deflect it, you know,

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Speaker 2: against Bolivia. This is a this is a pull out

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Speaker 2: that before the group stage at COPA would be devastating.

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Speaker 2: We'll see, uh, I am. I'm going to try to

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Speaker 2: remain optimistic. The soccer hanks are going to chime in

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Speaker 2: heavily all weekend, and I'm waiting for the list of

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Speaker 2: potential Burholter candidates. Once he's bounced, who replaces him. I'm

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Speaker 2: on a soccer text thread with some dads and I saw, oh,

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Speaker 2: we got to go get klop and you know, they're

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Speaker 2: they're gonna name all these European guys and I'm like,

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Speaker 2: a good job. It's it almost feels like, I don't

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Speaker 2: want to say, totally feels like but the Golden State

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Speaker 2: next year they lose in seven to the paper Clips,

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Speaker 2: and I think that's when they decided, let's move on

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Speaker 2: from Mark Mark Jackson. We've got the splash bros. We

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Speaker 2: ended up winning the title with Kerr and Draymond made,

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Speaker 2: you know, the small ball. I don't know how far

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Speaker 2: the US is away. It feels like they were a

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Speaker 2: small tweak and I know the soccer pewerists are going

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Speaker 2: to say, I can't compete with Argentina. Okay, can't be Panama.

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Speaker 2: I get it. I understand. I'm not gonna freak out,

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Speaker 2: but it feels.

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Speaker 1: Like they're close.

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Speaker 2: And obviously, as a big soccer guy and as an American,

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Speaker 2: I'm rooting for them heavily. But yeah, so it's just

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Speaker 2: a crushing loss and not what I wanted on a

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Speaker 2: The good news is that we did have the second

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Speaker 2: round of the NBA Draft. Now here's what's interesting. The

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Speaker 2: NBA draft decided we don't want to go up against

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Speaker 2: presidential debate. We're gonna push the second round up to

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Speaker 2: like I think they started at like five pm Eastern

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Speaker 2: at this juncture, I swear to you I did not

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Speaker 2: consume one second of the debate. I did not watch

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Speaker 2: any of the videos while on social media. I promise

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Speaker 2: Where were you when Yannis was dragging his brothers into

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Speaker 2: I do want to wrap up because free agency happens

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Speaker 2: who's out there? Michael Bridges is a chess piece that's

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Speaker 2: else do we have? Oh, there's Paul George. It sounds

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Speaker 2: like Karl Anthony Towns will be staying in Minnesota. They're

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Speaker 2: just gonna say, to hell with the tax, let's give it,

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Speaker 2: then you start looking around and you're like, all right,

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Speaker 2: so Kevin Durant probably not going anywhere. I Bradley Beal

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Speaker 2: you're like, who's out Chris Pauling doing Jack squat? Okay,

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Speaker 2: I don't know who the Sixers are gonna get. Where

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Speaker 2: And that's when the question looms, Well, shucks, is Joel

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Speaker 2: and bid gonna be pissed. Like obviously James harden in

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Speaker 2: definitely not happening. Russell Westbrook, I don't know what he

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Speaker 2: damn there, There's not a lot of guys that Philly

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Speaker 2: could target. Now. Darryl Moray has been known to pull

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Speaker 2: a rabbit out of a hat. He's very creative. Surely

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Speaker 2: he has targeted someone. But Ognernobi staying with the Knicks. Now,

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Speaker 2: if you look at the wording from Woes when he

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Speaker 2: reported it was Ognernobi intends to sign the max deal.

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Speaker 2: So that's a hands off Philly. He's ours and that

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Speaker 2: we're giving him the max. It's just it's an interesting

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Speaker 2: and I mean again, like KCP is gonna be leaving Denver.

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Speaker 2: But Casep's not a star. He's a good role player.

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Speaker 2: He's gonna want big bucks. He's probably gonna end up

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Speaker 2: going to a not great team. I just I'm not

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Speaker 2: really sure where Philadelphia goes to find that next guy.

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Speaker 2: If it ain't Paul George, tell me who is it

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Speaker 2: Trey Young? Nope, that's not it, is it Dejanta Murray?

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Speaker 2: I don't, I don't. I just don't know what you do.

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Speaker 2: What they need is a wing, and Folks, I'm gonna

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Speaker 2: be honest with you, there are a dearth of wings

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Speaker 2: who have interested? Who would the Sixers will be interested.

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Speaker 2: I'll mention Cam Johnson of the Nets. If they decide

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Speaker 2: to tank, he's he's got some value. But again, that

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Speaker 2: is he shifting their lottery odds. Remember Philly's in a

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Speaker 2: division with Boston and New York. They are firmly third

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Speaker 2: right now. Getting Trey Young's not doing anything. They need wings,

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Speaker 2: and I just I don't see. I don't see it

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Speaker 2: watching and it will be interesting if things don't go

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Speaker 2: well in free agency. What card do they play at

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Speaker 2: this point? Well, guess what we got our powder dry?

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Speaker 2: When some when some team underachieved and they want a

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Speaker 2: dumble star, that's awesome toe at the deadline. Okay, Joel Embiid,

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Speaker 2: please stick around, don't ask out again. I'm not pooh

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Speaker 2: poohing the Sixers here. I just don't see where they're

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Speaker 2: getting their next stud from They're gonna have to get

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Speaker 2: extremely creative. And if you can look at the list

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Speaker 2: of free agents like I like Zach Lavine, I think

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Speaker 2: that might be the best option. But are they going

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Speaker 2: to want to take on his salary? DeMar DeRozan? Does

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Speaker 2: that do anything for you? Again? You just look around

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Speaker 2: the league, folks. It's getting very dicey in Philadelphia. If

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Speaker 2: you're a Sixers fan, it's officially time to get nervous.

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Speaker 1: All right.

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Speaker 2: That's it for this week. A phenomenal week of sports.

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Speaker 2: Thank you Soccer, Thank you NBA Draft. Next week it'll

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Speaker 2: be NBA free agency After that, probably a little Coba America.

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Speaker 2: After that, your boy might take a real vacation. And

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Speaker 2: I can't wait to talk to you next week. See then,