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Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. Hello and welcome,

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Speaker 1: ladies and gentlemen. Straight Fire. Wednesday, February tenth, Not a

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Speaker 1: huge night in sports Tuesday. We have a couple of

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Speaker 1: good stories and coming up a phenomenal interview with a

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Speaker 1: guy I've known for a while, Noah Coslav. He has

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Speaker 1: I mean, he's done radio, he's done announcing, he's done everything. Um,

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Speaker 1: he's got some fun projects percolating. We dive into the NBA.

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Speaker 1: But before we get to know him to action items

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Speaker 1: number one, just a shout out to the big guy,

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Speaker 1: Colin Calherd. Get well soon, buddy. I'm sure you guys

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Speaker 1: have now heard about his big health scare. He spent

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Speaker 1: the Super Bowl weekend in the hospital. Um. Scary stuff, man, Um,

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Speaker 1: and we hope he gets well soon. I texted with

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Speaker 1: him on Tuesday. Seems to be in good spirits, but

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Speaker 1: obviously health matters first. Um. And hopefully he's gonna be

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Speaker 1: back in action next week. UM. I do want to

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Speaker 1: quickly add it's a weird time in sports media. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I don't know how how much you guys are into it,

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Speaker 1: but over the last like six months, there have been

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Speaker 1: a half dozen maybe a dozen relatively prominent sports media

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Speaker 1: guys who have passed away, and like, I don't know,

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Speaker 1: I haven't I've been in the industry a long time.

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Speaker 1: I don't remember anything like this we're talking about. Um,

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Speaker 1: another one, a guy just passed away yesterday, Terrez Paylor. UM.

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Speaker 1: I didn't personally know him. Rob g might have, UM,

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Speaker 1: but you know, he was a thirty seven year old

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Speaker 1: journalist at Yeah Who Sports and then obviously over the weekend,

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Speaker 1: Pedro Gomez from ESPN, UM Sekhu Smith from NBA TV. Earlier,

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Speaker 1: I think in January, a guy by the name of

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Speaker 1: Chris Westling from NFL and at work, like several others.

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Speaker 1: It's just like, what's going on? And and somebody's told me, listen, man,

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Speaker 1: this is a stressful industry. UM. We're talking about a

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Speaker 1: lot of guys who are sitting around a lot watching

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Speaker 1: sports not you know, you're they're not active, and it's

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Speaker 1: very difficult. Is a pressure packed industry. And I listen,

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Speaker 1: I know grand scheme of things obviously, UM, there's many

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Speaker 1: many more things that are stressful than being a journalist. UM,

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Speaker 1: but we're talking about a crumbling industry. I don't know

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Speaker 1: what's going on with the health I I you know,

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Speaker 1: I feel awful reading the tributes. Um, these young dads,

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Speaker 1: these middle aged dads. He's even got Pedro comes was

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Speaker 1: like fifty eight. It's got like a kid in college,

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Speaker 1: I think, or two. Um, just a colleagues and everything.

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Speaker 1: It's just it's been it's been depressing. And uh so

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Speaker 1: just two thousand twenty one. Try to get healthy, folks,

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Speaker 1: you know, just do your best to stay healthy. Without health,

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Speaker 1: you've got nothing. I think the Lord every day I

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Speaker 1: wake up healthy and have another day to come on

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Speaker 1: a podcast and yell about sports because it's a lot

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Speaker 1: of fun. Um. Alright, one action item regarding sports before

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Speaker 1: we get to know what kaslov um. Russell Wilson went

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Speaker 1: on the Dan Patrick Show on Tuesday, and I didn't

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Speaker 1: think the comments were incendiary, but uh, you know, this

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Speaker 1: is the summer that the NFL or the offseason. The

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Speaker 1: NFL is going to act like the NBA, and everything's

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Speaker 1: gonna be a massive story. Aaron Rodgers loses. I don't

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Speaker 1: know what's I don't know what's in the cards for me.

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Speaker 1: People freak out much ado about nothing. Russell Wilson makes

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Speaker 1: some comments about being unhappy that he does never say

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Speaker 1: in the front office, and um, you know he needs help.

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Speaker 1: And now everybody's like, well, could Russell Wilson go to

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Speaker 1: the Colts, Like, listen, I appreciate candor in athletes. I

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Speaker 1: like them to speak their mind. That's great for content guys,

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Speaker 1: that's amazing. I don't want guys who don't say anything.

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Speaker 1: That does nothing. It gives us no material. So I

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Speaker 1: applaud Russell Wilson for coming out and and sounding off.

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Speaker 1: Now the reality is, this isn't about Russell Wilson, This

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Speaker 1: isn't about Aaron Rodgers. This is about i'd say, Tom

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Speaker 1: Brady and sevent Lebron James. And no, I'm not making

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Speaker 1: everything about Lebron. Hear me out, Okay. Lebron James is

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Speaker 1: the one who really started the player empowerment movement. The

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Speaker 1: super teams were started by Danny Angel the Celtics because

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Speaker 1: and recognized, damn, we can't take down Lebron. Let's get

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Speaker 1: they take down Lebron Lebron looks around and says, ship man,

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Speaker 1: what's my front office given me? Antoine Jamison and thirty

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Speaker 1: Rob g you'll remember the name, I won't. Where He's

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Speaker 1: saying I want to play with that guy. I want

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Speaker 1: kind of play front office slash superstar. And what has

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Speaker 1: been amazing what Lebron's done over the last decade. And

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Speaker 1: we saw that with Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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Speaker 1: Tom Brady leaves, Belichick goes to Tampa says, Gronk, why

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Speaker 1: don't you come out of retirement come play with me?

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Speaker 1: Don't tell me, you guys think it was Jason Licht

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Speaker 1: and Bruce Arians who convinced Rob Gronkowski to come out

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Speaker 1: of a time. Okay, that was a Tom Brady job.

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Speaker 1: Antonio Round also Tom Brady. By the way, if you

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Speaker 1: coach Bruce Arians, he said, yeah, we don't need We're good,

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Speaker 1: a month later, Antonio Brown was in Tampa and then

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Speaker 1: this is the Tom Brady factor. If he can go somewhere,

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Speaker 1: call the shots and win a Super Bowl, why the

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Speaker 1: hell shouldn't Russell Wilson and Aaron Rodgers be able to

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Speaker 1: have input into the front office. Not being dead serious,

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Speaker 1: I have no problems with that. Listen to Shaun Watson

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Speaker 1: it up if you're gonna go to your star and ask, hey,

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Speaker 1: it back to Colin Cowherd. He's the franchise at FS one.

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Speaker 1: Okay he is. He's the guy who choose up three

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Speaker 1: and say, hey, man, who do you think is good?

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Speaker 1: What do you do? You have any names? What do

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Speaker 1: makes sense. Yeah, Seattle, ask Russell Wilson his thoughts. I mean,

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Speaker 1: an elite quarterback, yes they should ask. I'm not saying

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Speaker 1: but I mean, at least bring the star into the fold.

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Speaker 1: How does that hurt? Rob? G? What am I missing here?

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Speaker 1: I didn't think anything Russell Wilson said was out a pocket. No,

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Speaker 1: carrying it on his back. If you remove Russell Wilson

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Speaker 1: carry you. Russell Wilson, I know he takes a lot

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Speaker 1: Russell Wilson, if you remove him from Seattle, no team

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Speaker 1: But you know what was it ever since he trademark

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Speaker 1: the change with a coach there. Listen. I want to

425
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Speaker 1: give Seth Curry some credit. But you know there's nights

426
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Speaker 1: when he's like, you know, two for seven, five points, like, yeah,

427
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Speaker 1: I mean he's I mean he badly battle COVID. Yeah,

428
00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:42,960
Speaker 1: he's still not he's not. Um, So you know, and

429
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Speaker 1: you're a Philly guy. By the way you've worked, You've

430
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Speaker 1: worked in the media. That's why I like asking you

431
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Speaker 1: this question, Like the media is still votes for it,

432
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Speaker 1: and I just I have to ask, Noah, do you

433
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Speaker 1: think the media likes or doesn't like Lebron? And let

434
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Speaker 1: me preface it by saying, a lot of the media

435
00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:04,480
Speaker 1: occur lee thirty year old guys grew up watching Michael

436
00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:08,399
Speaker 1: Jordan's loving him. He's your favorite player. Um, and I

437
00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:12,280
Speaker 1: do think maybe it's just me. People take offense to

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00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:16,480
Speaker 1: the idea that Lebron could overtake their hero, the guy

439
00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:21,360
Speaker 1: that grew up watching. I don't think that plays into

440
00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:25,680
Speaker 1: it as much as you might think. The media does

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Speaker 1: like Lebron, especially l A media. I mean, you can

442
00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:35,320
Speaker 1: tell who continues to want access from Lebron based on votes,

443
00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:37,720
Speaker 1: and but look, the deal is, you can always make

444
00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:40,880
Speaker 1: an argument for Lebron being m v P. So anybody

445
00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:43,480
Speaker 1: who ever votes for Lebron m v P, you're never

446
00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:46,480
Speaker 1: gonna be pushed out the door because you can always

447
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Speaker 1: make the case that, well, my criteria for m v

448
00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:52,639
Speaker 1: P is who do I want leading my team in

449
00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:55,600
Speaker 1: a seven game series in the NBA Finals. That's Lebron. Okay,

450
00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:58,480
Speaker 1: so time out. No, Uh, you know it's easy to

451
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Speaker 1: say that I just had to go gool this the

452
00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:04,919
Speaker 1: last time Lebron won MVP with the Miami Heat. If

453
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Speaker 1: he's so good and the best player and he's always winning,

454
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Speaker 1: and the media has had all these chances to vote

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Speaker 1: an MVP, why have we seen Russell Westbrook with a

456
00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:17,560
Speaker 1: trible double James Harden be honest, like, yeah, this is

457
00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:20,440
Speaker 1: the same reason we saw it when Jordan wasn't winning

458
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Speaker 1: m VP. It's just, sir, just it's that fatigue. So

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Speaker 1: so I think that there has been so much conversation

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Speaker 1: about Lebron winning m VP and how it's he's continues

461
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Speaker 1: to be the best player in the You can always

462
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Speaker 1: make the argument that he's the best player in the

463
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Speaker 1: league and that he hasn't won one going on now,

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Speaker 1: this would be the eighth year in a row if

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Speaker 1: he didn't win, not when he have come on there,

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Speaker 1: There's there's way too many arguments to make for Lebron

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Speaker 1: being m VP that this year he wouldn't be unless

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Speaker 1: you know. Look, and with EMBIID, I think you're just

469
00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:57,359
Speaker 1: and Sixers fans, the front office, everybody just holds their

470
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Speaker 1: breath about and be breaking down. So I do think

471
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Speaker 1: that the playoffs have a lot to do with it,

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Speaker 1: even though it's a regular season award, unless year numbers

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Speaker 1: are stupid like the Russell Westbrook double season, which which

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Speaker 1: in hindsight like not whatever. Anyways, I don't want to

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Speaker 1: go in on Westbrook. Let's stay in l A. I

476
00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:18,760
Speaker 1: was gonna save the Clippers for later because I was

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Speaker 1: able to find a lot of uh negative Clippers stuff.

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Speaker 1: I listen, nobody, you know, I've been out here in

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Speaker 1: l A almost five years now. I don't know anybody

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Speaker 1: who likes the Clippers. It's almost like hate. And what

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Speaker 1: happened with them melting down in the playoffs last year? Noah,

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00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:37,479
Speaker 1: you'd think, Okay, coaching change, they got rid of Harold Um.

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00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:40,400
Speaker 1: I don't know if they got better on the roster. Noah,

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Speaker 1: this is staggering. According to the stats on NBA dot Com,

485
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Speaker 1: the Clippers are dead last in the NBA in clutch time,

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00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:53,920
Speaker 1: defensive rating, clutch time last five minutes of game, point

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Speaker 1: differential of five or less, Clippers dead last in defensive rating.

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Speaker 1: They are twenty eight in plus minus in the clutch. Okay,

489
00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:07,359
Speaker 1: they are only five and seven in those clutch games,

490
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Speaker 1: twenty six in field goal percentage in the clutch. Noah,

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Speaker 1: How does this happen after the Denver meltdown? And I

492
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Speaker 1: don't think this is the deep that's gonna win a title.

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Speaker 1: I'm being I don't see it happening. I think a

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Speaker 1: lot of it has to do with the fact that

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Speaker 1: the PG has Paul George has barely played in the

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Speaker 1: clutch this year, so they've had They've had so many

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Speaker 1: lopsided games. So I don't look so deep into it

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Speaker 1: as the numbers would suggest right now. And I also

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Speaker 1: I've been having a really difficult time just simply analyzing

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Speaker 1: the league this year because of all the external factors.

501
00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:45,320
Speaker 1: And I thought the same way going into the bubble

502
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Speaker 1: that it's look, this just isn't real basketball, and the

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Speaker 1: team that's gonna win it in the end, it might

504
00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:53,040
Speaker 1: be the end the end isn't the best team on paper,

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Speaker 1: it's the team that's gonna be able to do it

506
00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:56,639
Speaker 1: mentally and emotionally as well. And I think that's what

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Speaker 1: led the Heat to get there also. But I'm looking

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Speaker 1: at the numbers with Paul George and Kauai on the

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Speaker 1: floor together. So when they're on the floor together, they're

510
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Speaker 1: fifteen and three and they've got as a two man lineup.

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Speaker 1: There are a plus twenty one net rating as a

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Speaker 1: two man lineup for and for guys and two man

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00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:17,360
Speaker 1: lineups that have played over four minutes together. So for context,

514
00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:20,520
Speaker 1: PG and played four hundred and thirty two minutes together,

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00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:23,800
Speaker 1: that's either the best two man lineup in the league

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00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:27,240
Speaker 1: or right there at the top. For comparisons sake, Lebron

517
00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:29,679
Speaker 1: and a D have played four and two minutes together

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00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:32,280
Speaker 1: and there are plus sixteen net rating when they're on

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00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:34,040
Speaker 1: the floor together. So I think a lot of it

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00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:36,439
Speaker 1: has to do with the lack of continuity with the

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Speaker 1: Clippers lineup, and also Lou Williams has been garbage. Well,

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Speaker 1: let's he's been all would I wouldn't be I wouldn't

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00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:49,359
Speaker 1: be surprised if if he ends up being traded. But

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Speaker 1: that was a guy that they relied on in the

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Speaker 1: clutch in the past, and Lou Williams has been horrendous.

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Speaker 1: What do they do though, because they bring in Luke

527
00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:02,879
Speaker 1: can hard and they don't they barely play him in

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00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:06,600
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter. I don't know what that move was about. Like, Okay,

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Speaker 1: I get it, kau I, Paul Georgia your top two?

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Speaker 1: Who's number three on that team? Who's your third Alpha?

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Speaker 1: They don't have a well, I mean alpha in personality,

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00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:19,639
Speaker 1: it's it's Pat Beverley, but alpha as far as who

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Speaker 1: you're going to give them, right, So, like like Nick

534
00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:25,359
Speaker 1: Batoma has been nice as a role player, shooting the

535
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Speaker 1: ball in the corner, but he's not a he's not

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Speaker 1: a playmaker. They don't they don't have a they don't

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Speaker 1: have that third playmaker if Lou will is not the guy.

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Speaker 1: What do you think the trade markets like for Lou Williams.

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00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:38,200
Speaker 1: What is he thirty two? I mean, and his playoff

540
00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:41,040
Speaker 1: and his playoff numbers are oftentimes worse than his than

541
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Speaker 1: his regular season renmular season. Guy who can heat up

542
00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:47,560
Speaker 1: against Orlando, you know in March and and torch him,

543
00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:50,360
Speaker 1: and then in a big game Lebron is playoff hunting

544
00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:53,080
Speaker 1: him and saying get him over here. I want to

545
00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:54,720
Speaker 1: take him to the rack and put him in the

546
00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:57,520
Speaker 1: torture chamber. I don't know. Maybe you're right, Lou Williams

547
00:28:57,560 --> 00:28:59,760
Speaker 1: gets dealt. Are the Clippers for you a contender in

548
00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:04,080
Speaker 1: the way as much as anybody can be a contender

549
00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:07,600
Speaker 1: against the Lakers? I mean why not? Why not? I mean,

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00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:10,000
Speaker 1: when you when you have when you have PG and

551
00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:12,040
Speaker 1: and Kauai if healthy, and that's a problem with with

552
00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:14,880
Speaker 1: Paul George just just staying healthy, and we're seeing it again.

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00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:18,960
Speaker 1: Um they just they simply cannot afford any sort of

554
00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:22,640
Speaker 1: injury either one of those guys. I think. I think

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00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:27,880
Speaker 1: the Lakers and the Jazz have been terrific. But for me,

556
00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:29,840
Speaker 1: the Jazz that say you've got it, you've got to

557
00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:32,040
Speaker 1: show to me in the playoffs, which I think is

558
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Speaker 1: which is an understand understandable to say and fair to say,

559
00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:39,240
Speaker 1: but I think the I think the Lakers are the

560
00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:42,920
Speaker 1: clear favorites, and I think the Jazz and the Clippers,

561
00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:46,960
Speaker 1: and if the Nuggets can, if they can get it together,

562
00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:50,200
Speaker 1: if they can get it together, they certainly have the

563
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Speaker 1: talent to do so. But outside of that, I don't

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Speaker 1: see anybody else. You made a great point with like,

565
00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:58,760
Speaker 1: I have a hard time analyzing the NBA. So the Mavericks,

566
00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:04,280
Speaker 1: for instance, are currently in the West, but they are

567
00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:07,640
Speaker 1: three wins from being fourth, you know, so that the

568
00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:10,440
Speaker 1: middle class is just overflowing. I listen, I know a

569
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Speaker 1: lot of not a lot of people care about the

570
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Speaker 1: Utah Jazz, although buddy of mine, who's a producer and undisputed,

571
00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:17,520
Speaker 1: is a huge jazz fan and just will randomly send

572
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Speaker 1: me notes uh hashtag take note. Um. I thought this

573
00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:24,600
Speaker 1: would be them last year with Conley and I and

574
00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:26,000
Speaker 1: I got laughed at. I thought they would have the

575
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:28,280
Speaker 1: best record in the West. This is pre pandemic and everything,

576
00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:31,880
Speaker 1: and they are on fire. Uh. And again, I know

577
00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:34,200
Speaker 1: it's a small sample size, but if if I'm gonna

578
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Speaker 1: go after the Clippers for struggling in the clutch, the Jazz,

579
00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:40,479
Speaker 1: Noah and again, it's just a tiny sample size. They

580
00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:43,960
Speaker 1: are shooting fifty eight percent in the clutch unsustainable. That

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00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:48,239
Speaker 1: is by far best in the league. And and this

582
00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:50,080
Speaker 1: is the Utah team. I don't know, Like, are you

583
00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:54,320
Speaker 1: afraid of Utah in the postseason if they keep playing

584
00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:57,400
Speaker 1: the way they're playing? Absolutely, but we just we don't

585
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Speaker 1: know if they can do it that way in the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: So the other night, have you been on that clubhouse app?

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00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:05,320
Speaker 1: I have, yes, a little bit. I haven't really dove

588
00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:08,840
Speaker 1: deep in right. So, so either of IBE and the

589
00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:10,960
Speaker 1: NBA asked me to participate in their in their first

590
00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:15,400
Speaker 1: ever like clubhouse in game thing, And so I was

591
00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:18,719
Speaker 1: doing this two weeks ago and Sean Marian was up

592
00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:21,240
Speaker 1: on the stage and a few other former players and

593
00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:25,720
Speaker 1: and some other influ winterers or medium members I don't

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00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:29,240
Speaker 1: I didn't know who they were. And someone asked, uh,

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00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:32,280
Speaker 1: Rozz gold on Wooday was hosting it, and Roz said,

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00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:35,840
Speaker 1: what about Donovan Mitchell for m v P And a

597
00:31:35,840 --> 00:31:37,920
Speaker 1: few people are like, oh, yeah, yeah, And I said,

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00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:40,680
Speaker 1: hold up, Donovan Mitchell is not even the m VP

599
00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:43,720
Speaker 1: of his own team right now. And I got the

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00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:46,640
Speaker 1: whoa Sean Marion gave me the whoa, whoa whoa, and

601
00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:49,320
Speaker 1: I was like, I mean, you can make the argument

602
00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:52,800
Speaker 1: that it's Rudy Gobert, Mike Conley, then Donovan Mitchell, and

603
00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:55,080
Speaker 1: it's not a it's not a hate on Donovan Mitchell,

604
00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:58,880
Speaker 1: but Rudy Gobert has been certainly the most vialable guy

605
00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:02,560
Speaker 1: on that team. And Mike Conley is the Mike Conley

606
00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:04,800
Speaker 1: that we expected last year and and and last year

607
00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:07,280
Speaker 1: it just wasn't actually sure how to fit in. And

608
00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:09,800
Speaker 1: then you get all those other contributions from elsewhere, and

609
00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:13,320
Speaker 1: Bowdown has been as has started to come on, and

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00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:17,200
Speaker 1: and Joe ingles Is fills that role perfectly. I really,

611
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Speaker 1: I really like that. It's it's so funny you say that. Um,

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00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:23,360
Speaker 1: I guess like the casual fan would say, yeah, Donovan

613
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Speaker 1: Mitchell for m v P. And then I just punched

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Speaker 1: up their player efficiency rating. Go bear tops. I mean,

615
00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:33,760
Speaker 1: he's been tremendous as usual. Conley second, but this is

616
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Speaker 1: a guy listen. The number three is Jordan Clarkson above

617
00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:40,280
Speaker 1: Donovan Mitchell and player efficiency rating. Jordan Clarkson probably in

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00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:42,200
Speaker 1: line to win six Man of the Year right, He's

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00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:45,440
Speaker 1: been awesome off the bench. He's like a microwave oven

620
00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:47,800
Speaker 1: coming off the bench. He's just gonna get buckets left

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Speaker 1: and right, Minnie Johnson of two thousand, twenty one bucket.

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00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:54,000
Speaker 1: I mean he still doesn't play a whole heck of

623
00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:56,760
Speaker 1: a lot of defense. But I mean, really, does anyone

624
00:32:56,760 --> 00:33:01,200
Speaker 1: in the defense right now? No, dude, I took uch

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00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:03,960
Speaker 1: a back. Okay, go ahead, No no, no. So when

626
00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:06,160
Speaker 1: when you said, is anyone play any defense anymore? So?

627
00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:09,160
Speaker 1: Did so? KG has got a book coming out, and

628
00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:11,120
Speaker 1: he did a Q and A in the New York

629
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Speaker 1: Times yesterday and he said that he was asked about

630
00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:18,720
Speaker 1: today's game, and he said, I don't think there are

631
00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:21,800
Speaker 1: a lot of guys who played twenty years ago that

632
00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:26,240
Speaker 1: could play today. A lot of guys just twenty years ago,

633
00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:30,760
Speaker 1: I don't think they could play today. And and we're

634
00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:33,560
Speaker 1: not talking about the stars. He's talking about the guys

635
00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:36,080
Speaker 1: that run from like corner to corner, in the corner

636
00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:38,240
Speaker 1: to corner to shoot three is defended three point line.

637
00:33:38,360 --> 00:33:42,280
Speaker 1: Those types of guys. And he said, back then, we

638
00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:44,960
Speaker 1: could play, We could play with our we could play

639
00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:49,040
Speaker 1: with our hands. Now you can't play defense with your hands,

640
00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:51,840
Speaker 1: So you have to be even better with your footwork,

641
00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:56,200
Speaker 1: even faster. Thinking like, so, he's saying that back then

642
00:33:56,360 --> 00:34:01,280
Speaker 1: was easier to play defense. Usually it's the only argument

643
00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:05,280
Speaker 1: is nobody plays defense. Look how easy it is to score?

644
00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:09,120
Speaker 1: His argument was his argument is, look, how to be

645
00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:12,239
Speaker 1: a good defender? How much harder you have to work now?

646
00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:14,200
Speaker 1: And that was something we certainly don't hear from Shack

647
00:34:14,239 --> 00:34:16,480
Speaker 1: and Charles ever. But I thought that was something interesting

648
00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:19,480
Speaker 1: from KG talking about guys playing defense now. Well, Shack

649
00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:22,239
Speaker 1: and Charles love to protect their era. Nineties basketball was

650
00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:26,800
Speaker 1: the greatest thing on earth, right, I mean, it's laughable,

651
00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:30,279
Speaker 1: but that's an interesting theory by KG and I it

652
00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:33,879
Speaker 1: does go back to hey man, uh, Michael Jordan's beat

653
00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:36,480
Speaker 1: up a really inferior league in the nineties. Now. I

654
00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:41,120
Speaker 1: know KG was two thousands, but the offensive skill right

655
00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:43,800
Speaker 1: now in the NBA is off the chart. We've never

656
00:34:43,840 --> 00:34:47,759
Speaker 1: seen a league this good. I mean, Zach Levine is

657
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:52,759
Speaker 1: putting up ridiculous numbers. He's he's an insane talent. This

658
00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:54,239
Speaker 1: is a guy, by the way, he reminds me of

659
00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:56,080
Speaker 1: like Tracy McGrady. He's not even gonna be an All

660
00:34:56,120 --> 00:35:00,920
Speaker 1: Star this year. That's how stacked league is m like,

661
00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:03,399
Speaker 1: at what point will people realize that the NBA now

662
00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:06,120
Speaker 1: is way better than the product from the two thousands

663
00:35:06,160 --> 00:35:09,200
Speaker 1: and even the nineties. And no, uh, we say that

664
00:35:09,239 --> 00:35:11,239
Speaker 1: about every sport. Oh, the best players are the ones

665
00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:14,480
Speaker 1: now except the NBA. Why does this happen? Help me

666
00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:18,879
Speaker 1: understand it? Just look, I think it's I think it's

667
00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:23,520
Speaker 1: very very different. I think the games I you know,

668
00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:27,319
Speaker 1: guys playing in certain eras certain guys would be able

669
00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:31,279
Speaker 1: to play today, if you yeah, depends on it. It

670
00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:33,960
Speaker 1: also depends on the rules. That the guys now can

671
00:35:34,040 --> 00:35:36,960
Speaker 1: do certain things that guys offensively that the players in

672
00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:39,000
Speaker 1: the eighties and nineties couldn't do because of the rules.

673
00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:41,239
Speaker 1: But also guys are doing things now because of the

674
00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:45,920
Speaker 1: rules that those guys years ago never even considered doing.

675
00:35:46,239 --> 00:35:48,640
Speaker 1: So I have I always have a tough time. I

676
00:35:48,719 --> 00:35:51,319
Speaker 1: always have a tough time with that. But that, but

677
00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:56,719
Speaker 1: the talent level, the athleticism, the creativity that and the

678
00:35:56,800 --> 00:36:00,680
Speaker 1: access to being able to remain at such a high level,

679
00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:04,720
Speaker 1: you know, access to resources is on another level. Um

680
00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:07,680
Speaker 1: Bradley Beal is stuck on one of the worst teams

681
00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:10,359
Speaker 1: in the league. He's leading the NBA and scoring I mean,

682
00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:12,319
Speaker 1: I think he has the most forty point games this year.

683
00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:17,000
Speaker 1: If the player when the playoffs begin, what team is

684
00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:19,520
Speaker 1: Bradley Bill playing for? We know it ain't the Wizards.

685
00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:23,000
Speaker 1: Who's it going to be? A classic Jason McIntire question.

686
00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:25,520
Speaker 1: I s it's a little loaded, but he would ask.

687
00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:27,279
Speaker 1: I would ask. I would ask the same type of

688
00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:29,759
Speaker 1: question and then like that's the headline that you get

689
00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:36,560
Speaker 1: and then put out, Um, the only the only team

690
00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:41,120
Speaker 1: that that I can think of that would have the

691
00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:46,880
Speaker 1: assets to do it would be Denver. Yeah. Now I'm

692
00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:51,440
Speaker 1: not so sure why they are married to Michael Porter

693
00:36:51,560 --> 00:36:55,120
Speaker 1: was my follow up question. Yeah, I'm not sure why

694
00:36:55,160 --> 00:36:59,239
Speaker 1: they're so married to him. If you can if you

695
00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:01,960
Speaker 1: can get him without it, and it involves all the

696
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:04,080
Speaker 1: first round picks, kind of like that nets to all

697
00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:07,040
Speaker 1: the first round picks, the swaps, and then you're giving

698
00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:10,800
Speaker 1: up some players that don't include Michael Porter Jr. Maybe

699
00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:13,440
Speaker 1: it works, Gary Harris, maybe that works, R. J. Hampton others.

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00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:17,880
Speaker 1: You know, if I'm the Wizards, I would accept that. Yeah,

701
00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:20,160
Speaker 1: I would. You know, Brian Winhorse was on here before

702
00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:23,280
Speaker 1: the season and he's been talking up Michael Porter Jr.

703
00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:26,880
Speaker 1: Like he's untouchable and I was like, what's his ceiling? No?

704
00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:30,440
Speaker 1: And I floated out. I think Michael Porter Jr. At

705
00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:33,880
Speaker 1: his absolute best could be a Tracy McGrady type player.

706
00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:36,279
Speaker 1: I have since dialed that back. Um, some of the

707
00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:40,560
Speaker 1: stuff you hear about Porter, like, you know he's always injured.

708
00:37:41,280 --> 00:37:43,399
Speaker 1: You know he's a little spacey. I think he got

709
00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:46,480
Speaker 1: COVID twice. He's a COVID denier says a lot of

710
00:37:46,680 --> 00:37:50,480
Speaker 1: crazy shit. Um, he said some crazy stuff during that

711
00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:53,880
Speaker 1: Clippers series. Um, there's a bit of an ego. Like

712
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:56,960
Speaker 1: I like Michael Porter, I'm I don't. I don't. I

713
00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:59,400
Speaker 1: don't get the Denver Nuggets absolute love for him. What

714
00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:03,680
Speaker 1: am I missing? I don't know the guy personally. I

715
00:38:03,719 --> 00:38:06,359
Speaker 1: can't speak to. I can only speak to what is

716
00:38:06,440 --> 00:38:11,080
Speaker 1: out there about what he has said and what he

717
00:38:11,120 --> 00:38:14,240
Speaker 1: has said in the past. I like him as a player,

718
00:38:14,719 --> 00:38:18,000
Speaker 1: but I don't get the no matter what, we cannot

719
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:21,480
Speaker 1: trade him, even if it is for a Bradley Beal

720
00:38:21,640 --> 00:38:24,680
Speaker 1: in his prime that could help us contend for an

721
00:38:24,760 --> 00:38:27,360
Speaker 1: NBA title. Like, I don't, I don't get that that

722
00:38:27,520 --> 00:38:31,680
Speaker 1: that's that's the move you make? Is Labello ball the

723
00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:37,680
Speaker 1: most exciting player in the NBA this season. I freaking

724
00:38:37,760 --> 00:38:40,319
Speaker 1: love watching. Yeah, because I know you were. I think

725
00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:43,919
Speaker 1: you were nearly the Charlotte Hornet's announcer or something. Uh, yeah,

726
00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:45,520
Speaker 1: I was. Yeah, I was up for the radio job

727
00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:47,520
Speaker 1: for this second time in three years. Still waiting, still

728
00:38:47,520 --> 00:38:49,160
Speaker 1: waiting to hear back for them as to why I

729
00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:52,000
Speaker 1: wasn't chosen instead of just getting that HR form letter.

730
00:38:52,280 --> 00:38:56,600
Speaker 1: But this is a good team, man, Yeah, it's it's there.

731
00:38:56,600 --> 00:39:01,799
Speaker 1: They are, They're fun to watch and and like every night,

732
00:39:02,320 --> 00:39:06,920
Speaker 1: there are guys on almost every team that you should

733
00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:10,040
Speaker 1: want to put on and watch. There are guys that like,

734
00:39:10,200 --> 00:39:12,520
Speaker 1: like Tray could, Tray Young could go for forty you

735
00:39:12,520 --> 00:39:18,239
Speaker 1: want to you wanna watch? But is the bloom a

736
00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:21,320
Speaker 1: little bit off that rose given the John Collins stuff

737
00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:25,160
Speaker 1: um and Trey Young kind of sulking when he when

738
00:39:25,160 --> 00:39:27,200
Speaker 1: they pushed back on him, and you know, the Hawks

739
00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:29,560
Speaker 1: squat and get a million guys trades Uber trades numbers

740
00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:33,000
Speaker 1: are down. I don't Yeah, yeah, I know, I agree.

741
00:39:33,040 --> 00:39:36,120
Speaker 1: I agree with that, Like the value of Trey Young

742
00:39:36,160 --> 00:39:39,600
Speaker 1: was higher last year than I agree. But like, but

743
00:39:39,640 --> 00:39:41,440
Speaker 1: there are certain guys that can go out there, like

744
00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:44,400
Speaker 1: Devin Booker and other guys that all right, you're gonna

745
00:39:44,440 --> 00:39:47,040
Speaker 1: get you can get forty, and that's gonna be a

746
00:39:47,040 --> 00:39:51,359
Speaker 1: fun watch. But when LaMelo has the ball, it now,

747
00:39:51,400 --> 00:39:54,640
Speaker 1: I'm not comparing him to Iverson. When I was like,

748
00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:57,160
Speaker 1: I'm not comparing here's a headline, Noah, thank you. But

749
00:39:57,680 --> 00:40:01,040
Speaker 1: when I but when I was a kid watch ing Iverson,

750
00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:04,560
Speaker 1: and it was like when I would watch Eric Lynn

751
00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:07,480
Speaker 1: Dross with the puck, or my cousins in Pittsburgh who

752
00:40:07,560 --> 00:40:10,600
Speaker 1: loved hockey and they're watching Mario Lemieux when they touched.

753
00:40:10,640 --> 00:40:12,759
Speaker 1: When when Lynn Dross would touch the puck, when iver

754
00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:15,120
Speaker 1: Soon would have the ball, you'd move to the edge

755
00:40:15,160 --> 00:40:17,839
Speaker 1: of your seat. I think that's the vibe I get

756
00:40:17,840 --> 00:40:20,120
Speaker 1: from LaMelo. Like when LaMelo is in the game, you

757
00:40:20,239 --> 00:40:22,080
Speaker 1: move to the edge of your seat, and when he

758
00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:25,040
Speaker 1: gets the ball, you're like, you can't you can't sit still.

759
00:40:25,080 --> 00:40:28,560
Speaker 1: You're waiting to see what he's going to do. And

760
00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:32,680
Speaker 1: that's that's a must watch player. That's the definition of

761
00:40:33,040 --> 00:40:35,920
Speaker 1: excitement that you could be sitting back on the couch.

762
00:40:36,360 --> 00:40:38,799
Speaker 1: LaMelo gets the ball and you start to you start

763
00:40:38,800 --> 00:40:40,920
Speaker 1: to inch forward a little bit more so, sort of

764
00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:44,239
Speaker 1: like Steph Curry over the last six years. Yeah, in

765
00:40:44,239 --> 00:40:48,200
Speaker 1: a yeah, honestly, Yeah, but in a in a little bit,

766
00:40:48,239 --> 00:40:50,920
Speaker 1: in a little bit of a different way, just because

767
00:40:50,920 --> 00:40:53,799
Speaker 1: the shooting numbers haven't been there as obviously as consistently

768
00:40:53,800 --> 00:40:57,239
Speaker 1: as steps have been during Steph's prime. But but yes,

769
00:40:57,480 --> 00:41:00,319
Speaker 1: that way, that way with Steph is kind of how

770
00:41:00,360 --> 00:41:03,319
Speaker 1: I feel about Lamela. I am. I know you know

771
00:41:03,840 --> 00:41:07,080
Speaker 1: we've gone long here. I am curious as to how

772
00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:09,360
Speaker 1: you know you to tie this back to your earlier

773
00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:12,000
Speaker 1: question future face of the League. You asked this last

774
00:41:12,120 --> 00:41:14,919
Speaker 1: year and it was Luca and Zion battling it out.

775
00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:19,520
Speaker 1: Both have really fallen on hard times. MAVs are struggling.

776
00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:21,320
Speaker 1: I keep trying to think that they were gonna be

777
00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:22,880
Speaker 1: in the mix for Beal, but I don't know if

778
00:41:22,880 --> 00:41:25,680
Speaker 1: they have the assets, um, given that the Knicks have

779
00:41:25,760 --> 00:41:29,520
Speaker 1: their pick next year and that porzingis deal. But the

780
00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:34,040
Speaker 1: Pelicans are also like not a good team. I don't

781
00:41:34,040 --> 00:41:36,520
Speaker 1: know what the problem is. You're hearing like no juice

782
00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:40,160
Speaker 1: for around Zion. What's your take on the Pelicans here

783
00:41:40,160 --> 00:41:43,120
Speaker 1: twenty two games in. Yeah, I think it's just a

784
00:41:43,160 --> 00:41:46,399
Speaker 1: weird mix, withstanding a bunch of the young guys. That's

785
00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:49,000
Speaker 1: that's what I think. He's not playing Reddick, right, I

786
00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:52,520
Speaker 1: think it's I think it's a I think it's just

787
00:41:52,560 --> 00:41:57,680
Speaker 1: an odd mix of guys. And recently they've been a

788
00:41:57,719 --> 00:42:02,040
Speaker 1: whole lot better. So in the past about month at

789
00:42:02,040 --> 00:42:05,279
Speaker 1: the very least, the offense has been a whole lot

790
00:42:05,320 --> 00:42:08,319
Speaker 1: better and they've been playing better at They've been playing

791
00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:11,600
Speaker 1: a bit better at end of games also. So I'm

792
00:42:11,640 --> 00:42:16,880
Speaker 1: not willing to close the book on the Pelicans just yet. Um,

793
00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:20,080
Speaker 1: but that's that's another interesting team to to watch around

794
00:42:20,080 --> 00:42:23,239
Speaker 1: the deadline to see what they're going to do. And look,

795
00:42:23,239 --> 00:42:25,200
Speaker 1: when you have when you have young guys and stand

796
00:42:25,200 --> 00:42:27,440
Speaker 1: your coach, I do think you're gonna go through some

797
00:42:28,120 --> 00:42:29,880
Speaker 1: You're gonna go through some ups and down. You know

798
00:42:29,960 --> 00:42:33,200
Speaker 1: him a little again, No, I don't know stand at all.

799
00:42:33,640 --> 00:42:40,200
Speaker 1: I thought, but I think never bad. And I thought

800
00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:41,719
Speaker 1: I thought he did a really nice job on TV.

801
00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:44,400
Speaker 1: I thought he was I thought he was honest that

802
00:42:44,560 --> 00:42:48,400
Speaker 1: I thought he was a strong game commentator. Was curious

803
00:42:48,560 --> 00:42:51,600
Speaker 1: hire for a young team this is like an old

804
00:42:51,640 --> 00:42:54,839
Speaker 1: school dude. Yeah, I thought so at the time, But

805
00:42:54,840 --> 00:42:57,560
Speaker 1: but they did have but they had veterans there as well,

806
00:42:57,600 --> 00:43:00,360
Speaker 1: and they still do you know, JJ's a professional, Steven

807
00:43:00,360 --> 00:43:04,120
Speaker 1: Adams as well, Eric Fledsoe, like they have. They have professionals. Um,

808
00:43:04,160 --> 00:43:06,120
Speaker 1: it's just a matter of what is the right mix

809
00:43:06,160 --> 00:43:08,680
Speaker 1: for right now and the future. So they might might be,

810
00:43:09,719 --> 00:43:11,319
Speaker 1: but I think they're still gonna be. Okay, No, well,

811
00:43:11,360 --> 00:43:13,719
Speaker 1: you know that clock is ticking on Zion. Okay, one

812
00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:19,479
Speaker 1: year down, this is the second one. Um, you gotta

813
00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:22,040
Speaker 1: put a winning team around him. I the fact that

814
00:43:22,080 --> 00:43:25,480
Speaker 1: they think David Griffin a million draft picks and stan

815
00:43:25,640 --> 00:43:27,920
Speaker 1: Van Gundy is the answer. I am a little troubled

816
00:43:27,920 --> 00:43:30,240
Speaker 1: by that. You know, we just saw them lose Anthony

817
00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:34,640
Speaker 1: Davis and it was gutting, it was ugly, and I

818
00:43:34,680 --> 00:43:37,360
Speaker 1: can already see this playing out with Zion again in

819
00:43:37,360 --> 00:43:39,520
Speaker 1: a few years. I'm I'm gonna wait to see what

820
00:43:39,560 --> 00:43:42,840
Speaker 1: happens at the deadline, what they can get for Reddick,

821
00:43:43,840 --> 00:43:47,120
Speaker 1: if if they move Alonzo. I think there's there's still things,

822
00:43:47,200 --> 00:43:48,640
Speaker 1: there are still things to be done. Where do you

823
00:43:48,680 --> 00:43:56,400
Speaker 1: think Reddick schooling sixers? If this Seth Curry thing continues

824
00:43:56,440 --> 00:43:58,640
Speaker 1: to go the way it's going with with Seth not

825
00:43:59,520 --> 00:44:02,480
Speaker 1: being hell thing, I could see that, especially with how

826
00:44:02,520 --> 00:44:05,040
Speaker 1: well he played with with m being, and I think

827
00:44:05,080 --> 00:44:08,480
Speaker 1: the Pelicans would do right by him, maybe try to

828
00:44:08,480 --> 00:44:11,680
Speaker 1: get him back towards the Northeast and closer to his family.

829
00:44:11,840 --> 00:44:14,440
Speaker 1: I think Boston might be an option. I think Boston

830
00:44:14,520 --> 00:44:18,520
Speaker 1: might be looking big that can shoot. Yeah, I think

831
00:44:18,960 --> 00:44:20,640
Speaker 1: right now, I put I put the Sixers in the

832
00:44:20,719 --> 00:44:24,240
Speaker 1: driver's eat Reddick apparently really. I guess his family lives

833
00:44:24,280 --> 00:44:26,279
Speaker 1: in Brooklyn and he really wants to be there. But

834
00:44:26,280 --> 00:44:28,760
Speaker 1: they got nothing. They got no deed for a thirty

835
00:44:28,800 --> 00:44:32,399
Speaker 1: six year old shooting guard not in Boklyn. But feel

836
00:44:32,480 --> 00:44:34,200
Speaker 1: but yeah, but feel it could be an option. Al Right,

837
00:44:34,200 --> 00:44:37,279
Speaker 1: here we are, February tenth, who is going to the

838
00:44:37,360 --> 00:44:41,880
Speaker 1: NBA Finals with's here the prediction Sixers and the Lakers

839
00:44:41,920 --> 00:44:50,000
Speaker 1: and the Sixers, it's it's I'm still waiting with bated

840
00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:51,880
Speaker 1: breath to see how they're gonna handle playing in the

841
00:44:51,920 --> 00:44:57,360
Speaker 1: half court in the playoffs and if, if, if it

842
00:44:57,400 --> 00:45:00,720
Speaker 1: starts to rear its head again about not having another

843
00:45:00,800 --> 00:45:05,680
Speaker 1: playmaker that can actually shoot um. But the way that

844
00:45:06,040 --> 00:45:09,919
Speaker 1: Embiid has dedicated himself to his body and the way

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Speaker 1: Simmons has played, and when they're on the floor together,

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Speaker 1: that they are dynamite the nets as good as they are,

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Speaker 1: you're gonna have to. In the NBA Finals, games are

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Speaker 1: played a lot of times, at least two or three

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Speaker 1: in the finals are played in the low hundreds. And

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Speaker 1: you know, unless you go back to like two thousand

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Speaker 1: seven team when the Warriors beat the Calves for one

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Speaker 1: those and and the Warriors were putting up crazy offensive numbers,

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Speaker 1: they had the second best defense in the league, the

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Speaker 1: nets defenses is non existent. And that's not just something

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Speaker 1: that you just end up just wonder. Give me the

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Speaker 1: Sixers starting backcourt defensively against Kyrie Irving and James Harden

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Speaker 1: and who's Joel and be defending? He ain't gonna go cheack.

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Speaker 1: I mean you could what are you gonna put them

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Speaker 1: on Jeff Green and the site him in the corner?

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Speaker 1: I could do that. And but but again, in the

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Speaker 1: in the playoffs, you go a lot of half courts.

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Speaker 1: So who's gonna who's gonna guard? Who's gonna guard him beat?

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Speaker 1: I'll give him all the two he wants. You can

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Speaker 1: flip it that way. Given the twos in the free throws,

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Speaker 1: I'll trade you for twenty five threes from Martin, Kyrie,

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Speaker 1: Joe Harris and k D. I mean, I listen, I

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Speaker 1: have a bet of futures bet on Sixers Lakers that

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Speaker 1: pays pretty well in the finals. Um, And the more

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Speaker 1: I watch the nets, I'm like, my gosh, who how

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Speaker 1: are the Sixers defending them? You can't put I mean,

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Speaker 1: I guess you could hide Seth Curry on Joe Harris,

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Speaker 1: But what is the starting backcourt defensively like shake Milton.

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Speaker 1: I don't know how it's gonna look again again about

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Speaker 1: Tibe is gonna have to be a big party. You

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Speaker 1: can't shoot, and you can't have him and Ben Simmons

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Speaker 1: on the call. I think Simmons matches up with great

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Speaker 1: with durant Um. Maybe you put Simmons on harden Um,

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Speaker 1: which is fun but having But you're right, but having

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Speaker 1: Tyble and Simmons out there together is a problem. But look,

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Speaker 1: I mean, and I'm penciling. I'm penciling the Lakers in here.

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Speaker 1: And Anthony Davis is hurt and things aren't all roses

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Speaker 1: with the way he's played this year, either. But cut

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Speaker 1: the guy some slack. Hey, d finally got a ring.

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Speaker 1: He wants to rest a little bit. Remember before he

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Speaker 1: got to the Lakers, he had that he was always

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Speaker 1: like fragile and injured. You know. Um, he's like the

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Speaker 1: least of my worries on the Lakers. Um. Well, but

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Speaker 1: I'm saying just just on on the whole is that

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Speaker 1: you know, how is that all going to work? Just

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Speaker 1: even with you know, a few like Marcosol hasn't been good,

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Speaker 1: He's been bad. Yeah, but doesn't matter. They have talent.

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Speaker 1: Horton Tucker, Come on, no, seriously, he's awesome, dude, He's

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Speaker 1: that guy's ridiculously talented. All right, taken up enough of

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Speaker 1: your time, Noah Kaslov. How many places do you have?

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Speaker 1: You're taking more paychecks than I am. Noah, I know.

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Speaker 1: The new media model is, you know, have like three

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Speaker 1: or four or five revenue sources. I feel like you

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Speaker 1: have eight mm hmmm. Yeah. I mean there are a

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Speaker 1: few that are public and a few that aren't. Yes,

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Speaker 1: you want to talk about those that aren't or I

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Speaker 1: mean it's it's there, no no need, no needs promoted.

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Speaker 1: But the interesting stuff, the podcast, the rejecting the screen

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Speaker 1: podcast that's the for this audience is the basketball podcast.

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Speaker 1: And if you're interested in conversations with a six year

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Speaker 1: old girl, my daughter, that's uh, the podcast that that

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Speaker 1: one's called the follow up. You had a guest on

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Speaker 1: rejecting the screen. I forget who was, either in the

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Speaker 1: last couple of months or maybe late. Um. I think

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Speaker 1: I texted you instantly like wow, that was it was great.

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Speaker 1: You get guys to open up with great stories, which

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Speaker 1: I really like. Thank you, keep up with thank you. Um. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: there's been been a few of those guys that, like

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Speaker 1: Reggie theis So that asked him about his head coach

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Speaker 1: at the time with with the Bulls and he said, uh,

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Speaker 1: that guy it was Kevin Lockery. I said, so, do

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Speaker 1: you think Kevin Lockeren goes Kevin Lockery is an asshole?

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Speaker 1: And then and then and then you go down that path,

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Speaker 1: and there's been there's been some some really terrific personal

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Speaker 1: former Washington Bullets head coach plaid wearing in the eighties.

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Speaker 1: I believe that. All right, No kas Law and joined

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Speaker 1: New York City. We'll talk to you soon, buddy. Thanks

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