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Speaker 1: We're back and we're breaking down the state of the

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Speaker 1: Chicago Bulls. Lebron's just unparalleled longevity. He's some kind of

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Speaker 1: time traveler. And plenty more from around the league with

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Speaker 1: the co host of the Note Dunks podcast for the

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Speaker 1: Athletic got Drake Kirby on today's episode on Gray and

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Speaker 1: I'm Jack O'Brien and this is I Go Hi, You

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Speaker 1: Go Love. That's how we do it, like Michelle Obama

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Speaker 1: told us. Now, Tray Kirby, the author of the Blue

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Speaker 1: Scorches Big Book of Basketball Facts, is here with us

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Speaker 1: and also one of the hosts of Jack one of

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Speaker 1: your favorite podcasts, The Star Starters and Back in the

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Speaker 1: Day The Basketball Jones. Uh from way back. Man got

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Speaker 1: me through some NBA playoffs, man, Yeah, I think first

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Speaker 1: season of The Basketball Jones was the last time the

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Speaker 1: Sacramento Kings made the playoffs. Oh five oh six season.

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Speaker 1: It's been a long time that we've been doing it. Uh,

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Speaker 1: and maybe it's been the curse of the Kings. You know,

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Speaker 1: you gotta reunion episode exactly, we gotta go to Sacramento

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Speaker 1: and they make it back this year. So look, I

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Speaker 1: know you obviously from watching you on No. Dunks and uh, etcetera.

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Speaker 1: Here you you're your big Bulls fan. But where are

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Speaker 1: you from? Where'd you grow up? How'd you end up

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Speaker 1: with the Bulls? What's going on there? I grew up

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Speaker 1: in a tiny town called Plano, Illinois, probably twenty five

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Speaker 1: world's biggest producer of plastic fishing tackle boxes. Oh yeah,

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Speaker 1: I love your work. Oh yeah, you know great first

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Speaker 1: stand organized. Maybe you like to keep track of tiny

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Speaker 1: little beads some strings. Get you a caboodle. They make

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Speaker 1: those too little supplement and pill in take is all

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Speaker 1: I have to keep it, you know, organized in a

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Speaker 1: in a giant tackle box eight years old. We might

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Speaker 1: as well just go hit Plano More Holding Company on

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Speaker 1: South Street. You know that's the spot, that's the factory store.

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Speaker 1: You can get a tackle box or a caboodle. One

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Speaker 1: is rounder the only difference, right, and like with more

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Speaker 1: like nineties colors, because I remember the caboodle was basically

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Speaker 1: like a toolbox. But like, what if we did a

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Speaker 1: color way with turquoise and purple exactly make it hornets

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Speaker 1: colors and everyone will buy it for their six year

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Speaker 1: old daughter. No doubt they were in my household because

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Speaker 1: that's when I grew up. I was seven one of

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Speaker 1: the Bulls won our first championship. If you're seven years

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Speaker 1: old with Michael Jordan's forty five minutes away, you're gonna

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Speaker 1: end up a Bulls fan for life. It was awesome

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Speaker 1: up until I was fourteen. It's been a battle ever

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Speaker 1: since then. It feels like you got a wizard's jersey

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Speaker 1: or not. I didn't go to one m J Wizards

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Speaker 1: first year back. But these days I like to just

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Speaker 1: imagine that that Aaron never really happened. You know that

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Speaker 1: this is all doctor footage. Nobody can really prove. I'm

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Speaker 1: j was a wizard, right, this is the sin Bad

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Speaker 1: movie where he's a genie. That's right. They're like, yeah,

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Speaker 1: a genie and Michael Jordan was a wizard. Getting on,

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Speaker 1: And how are you feeling about the team right now?

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Speaker 1: Better than a month ago? Yeah? You know, it's been

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Speaker 1: a weird couple of seasons for the Bulls. Last year,

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Speaker 1: team to watch, and Lonzo Ball gets hurt that Lavine

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Speaker 1: missing time. By the end of last season, I've flown

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Speaker 1: home for the first Bulls playoff game in five years

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Speaker 1: and end up being a thirty point blowout. Great. Uh,

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Speaker 1: season this year. Bulls came out, didn't look great to

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Speaker 1: start the season, gave up a hundred and fifty points

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Speaker 1: had a team meeting at halftime, came up seventy one

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Speaker 1: They're not a team that makes a ton of threes,

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Speaker 1: so it's got to be Levine that actually knocks him down. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: happy does see Levine looking more athletic like he always has. Now,

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Speaker 1: with Alonzo as a fan who watches a lot more

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Speaker 1: a lot of his games are like, he really contributes

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Speaker 1: the fact that he just does whatever they need to

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Speaker 1: You know. I heard he was jumping on his jump

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Speaker 1: then he really chucks threes like that's a crazy thing

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Speaker 1: They don't get a ton of three point shops up.

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Speaker 1: They need his transition offense, they need his threes, they

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Speaker 1: for the Bulls going into last season. Right it's a

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Speaker 1: bummer to me as a as a Sixers fan that

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Speaker 1: the East. As NBA fan, there's a lot of good

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Speaker 1: worry about the Bulls. If I'm not mistaken, Joel Embiid

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Speaker 1: He'll do what it takes. Yeah, he's undefeated. He's like,

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Speaker 1: not undefeated. Aaron Rodgers of the NBA, You know, right,

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Speaker 1: So was Zach Levine kind of turned in a corner?

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Speaker 1: sort of tension between Donovan and Levine. Just because back

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Speaker 1: deroz and his number one and the guy's taking every

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Speaker 1: times left Zach Levine watching uh and just waiting to

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Speaker 1: see what de Rosen does. There was also an incident

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Speaker 1: an incredible game against the Sixers in that fourth quarter

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Speaker 1: Of Course, the Bulls just signed Billy Donovan to an extension,

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Speaker 1: so it doesn't seem like he's going anywhere. Zach Levine

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Speaker 1: guys played the Celtics, right, I was looking at Celtics Twitter.

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Speaker 1: over here still only though, I mean, he's so young.

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Speaker 1: That's the thing with Miles Turner. He's been around for

425
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Speaker 1: quite some time, been rumored to be on the move

426
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Speaker 1: since maybe last trade deadline, even through the summer obviously,

427
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Speaker 1: But now the Pacers are good and his instrumental in

428
00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:43,360
Speaker 1: their offense actually being good, so maybe not a big

429
00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:45,080
Speaker 1: hurry to get rid of him. I don't know, We'll see.

430
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Speaker 1: I think the night that he was drafted, they were like,

431
00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:51,080
Speaker 1: and the Pacers have acquired a great trade chip here

432
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Speaker 1: with Miles Turner, and I feel like I've just I've

433
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Speaker 1: only heard his name in trade rumors and also about

434
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Speaker 1: his lego collection, because he's got a great lego collection,

435
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Speaker 1: I believe, Oh really, yeah, is he like a master?

436
00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:07,399
Speaker 1: But you don't know. I mean, look, I'm already feeling

437
00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:10,000
Speaker 1: holly inadequate about Lebron James. I don't need to then

438
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Speaker 1: be bested by someone with the same name as me,

439
00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:15,719
Speaker 1: with a better lego collection, who's young day yeah, with

440
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Speaker 1: a cooler spelling. No, I feel like that's the spelling

441
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Speaker 1: they'd give him him, like they'd give the name Miles

442
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Speaker 1: in a movie about like hackers that was like made

443
00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:29,760
Speaker 1: in the eighties or something. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, I

444
00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:31,879
Speaker 1: remember I went to school with another kid who was

445
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Speaker 1: called m y l. E. S, and I told every

446
00:23:34,359 --> 00:23:37,199
Speaker 1: I remember being so like in my bag about it.

447
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Speaker 1: I was like that, that's not He's not really a Miles.

448
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Speaker 1: That's not how you spell that. Also, shout out to

449
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Speaker 1: the real one, Miles Davis, who's my namesake, you know,

450
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Speaker 1: from Bolton, Illinois. Yeah, why would you not use the

451
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Speaker 1: spelling of Miles Davis? The coolest human whoever? Literally the

452
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Speaker 1: birth of cool? Like yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly. I mean

453
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Speaker 1: we saw Billy Mason, consider me Miles Davis. That's right,

454
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Speaker 1: Lori marken In putting up a forty nine. Yeah, I

455
00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:13,080
Speaker 1: mean he's doing all right. He's doing all right. The

456
00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:15,520
Speaker 1: bulls gave up on him too early, but they never

457
00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:18,360
Speaker 1: used him like this, Like this is crazy. He's got

458
00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:20,720
Speaker 1: like seventy dunks and seventy made threes on the year.

459
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Speaker 1: That's unbelievable. And he I think he had eight alone

460
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Speaker 1: in the game against the Balls. He had a huge

461
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Speaker 1: one on Vuchevich's head. There's so much space out there.

462
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Speaker 1: He looks athletic. Will hardly figured out how to use marketing,

463
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Speaker 1: And it was just like he just watched him on

464
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Speaker 1: the finished national team. He's like, let's get a ball,

465
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Speaker 1: let's have him do some SFF. Now he's doing everything.

466
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Speaker 1: I thought we weren't going to go for it, but

467
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Speaker 1: I guess this guy's got something. Although like recently what

468
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Speaker 1: they've they've started to, you know, things are wobbling a

469
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Speaker 1: bit over there in Utah. Yeah, getting a little wobbly.

470
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Speaker 1: But but he's still in his eye. So super producer

471
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Speaker 1: Jabari and I were having a disagreement because he's like,

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Speaker 1: watch out. Marketing might make some noise in the most

473
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Speaker 1: imp rooved conversation, but I think I don't know. It

474
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Speaker 1: feels like it's still chaise, like made in the chase

475
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Speaker 1: on the chaise laune Ah, Yes, shout out wet leg

476
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Speaker 1: But I don't know Mark market AND's averaging thirty plus

477
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Speaker 1: over his last ten. It's just it does. It does

478
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Speaker 1: feel though, like s is in the same category as

479
00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:25,159
Speaker 1: like they gave it to freaking Jaw last year. You

480
00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:28,040
Speaker 1: know they're getting they're gonna do somebody who's just making

481
00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:31,720
Speaker 1: the leap to super superstar is my prediction. But Lorie

482
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Speaker 1: feels like the kind of most improved story, you know

483
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Speaker 1: what I mean? Yeah, that's true. That's the traditional case, right,

484
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Speaker 1: Like a guy who was existing in the NBA a

485
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Speaker 1: rotation player and now like Market is going to be

486
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Speaker 1: an All Star at least very he should games in

487
00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:49,520
Speaker 1: Utah he probably will be. But the more modern case,

488
00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:52,040
Speaker 1: no doubt, it is like a John Morant style. This

489
00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:53,679
Speaker 1: guy is not quite the m v P, but he's

490
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Speaker 1: playing in an MVP level and that is Jay. So

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Speaker 1: it's no surprise those guys are kind of the two

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Speaker 1: favorites right now. Yeah, yeah, yeah, all right. We give

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Speaker 1: a shout out to one of our fans. We're trying

494
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Speaker 1: to get our listeners more involved, and we found out

495
00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:09,439
Speaker 1: based on some messages he's sending us through the media.

496
00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:13,359
Speaker 1: And that might sound creepy, but Greg Popovich is sending

497
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Speaker 1: us messages through the media because he just put in

498
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Speaker 1: one of our suggestions. But what we want to bring

499
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Speaker 1: back to the league, I think I think it's fair

500
00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:24,800
Speaker 1: to say, you know, this podcast is listened to far

501
00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:28,760
Speaker 1: and wide by the most serious basketball intellectuals when it

502
00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:30,840
Speaker 1: comes to the game of basketball. But here's the great

503
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Speaker 1: For sure, it's much more difficult to play defense these days.

504
00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:37,439
Speaker 1: So many people that can shoot threes. Ye, shot making.

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00:26:38,119 --> 00:26:42,159
Speaker 1: The quantity is massive going out pretty quickly. Yep, ye,

506
00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:46,320
Speaker 1: people are going to score the game averages are going

507
00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:49,440
Speaker 1: to go up. Naturally. We've been talking about people scoring

508
00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:53,040
Speaker 1: on very difficult to very do you know, can you

509
00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:55,000
Speaker 1: still work, you know, on the half court defense? But

510
00:26:55,119 --> 00:26:57,760
Speaker 1: in transition, what's the point when people can spread the

511
00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:03,040
Speaker 1: court the way NBA players can acting shoot? It's obviously

512
00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:08,639
Speaker 1: an advantage. I've said before here it is. I'm just

513
00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:12,160
Speaker 1: hoping that the league ends up with a four point

514
00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:16,199
Speaker 1: shot or five point shot. Thank you. There it is.

515
00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:20,720
Speaker 1: Folks himself agrees with us. Don't play the part after

516
00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:22,520
Speaker 1: that where he says, then it can be an absolute

517
00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:26,960
Speaker 1: surges um. He knows you've been We've been trying to

518
00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:29,879
Speaker 1: rock and jockify the league for a minute now, and

519
00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:33,240
Speaker 1: this is what I need from you, Coach Papovitch is

520
00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:38,000
Speaker 1: just next press conference, where there's little downtime, you got

521
00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:42,120
Speaker 1: to mention our suggestion that Zion be allowed to enter

522
00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:45,040
Speaker 1: the arena on a fan boat and where overall is

523
00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:48,359
Speaker 1: during the game, if you're truly a fan with the

524
00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:52,200
Speaker 1: boots built in, Yes, like we needed professional wrestling of

525
00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:56,120
Speaker 1: five Zion Williamson, and I'm sure you agree. I don't

526
00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:58,560
Speaker 1: even have to ask if you agree, so quote that

527
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Speaker 1: one next I do Scion should enter wearing fishing waiters.

528
00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:05,399
Speaker 1: I want to agree on that, and I would say

529
00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:07,879
Speaker 1: you should get a different number of points for every

530
00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:11,040
Speaker 1: line you shoot behind. You make it past five points,

531
00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:15,440
Speaker 1: you make it past the other teams three point lines. Okay,

532
00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:20,760
Speaker 1: right right, right, yeah. I was saying what they should

533
00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:22,840
Speaker 1: do is just randomly light up a spot on the

534
00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:25,520
Speaker 1: court that if you if you shoot from that spot,

535
00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:27,720
Speaker 1: like you will get whatever that value is. So like

536
00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:30,160
Speaker 1: the five pointer spot just lit up in the corner

537
00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:31,359
Speaker 1: and they're like, get do we get? Do we get

538
00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:33,520
Speaker 1: to it? And then it goes out and like sorry, three,

539
00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:35,199
Speaker 1: gotta be quicker next time. I love it. I love

540
00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:37,680
Speaker 1: the idea of like an offensive team trying to pretend

541
00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:40,960
Speaker 1: like they don't see it. Right, We're not going for that,

542
00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:44,680
Speaker 1: We're not going You can imagine that's for that's for

543
00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:49,000
Speaker 1: waste roles. That would be the new Jose Alvarado move.

544
00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:51,720
Speaker 1: Somebody would just hang out in one spot hoping it

545
00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:55,000
Speaker 1: lights up eventually, still here until the ten pointer comes.

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00:28:56,920 --> 00:28:59,680
Speaker 1: All right, let's take another break and we'll come back

547
00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:04,160
Speaker 1: and put Mr Tray Kirby through the rapid fire round

548
00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:07,840
Speaker 1: of questions. Right after this, your buns warming up. Let's

549
00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:09,840
Speaker 1: buns warming up because you're about to be on the

550
00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:13,200
Speaker 1: hot seat, My friend, you love that one? Do I

551
00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:15,560
Speaker 1: say that a lot? He said, yeah, a couple of times.

552
00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:19,280
Speaker 1: But it's cool. Why why don't you show your mix tape? Actually,

553
00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:24,120
Speaker 1: why don't you actually put that out there? Let's see it? Man,

554
00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:28,280
Speaker 1: come on you As long as you're age eight, mix

555
00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:32,680
Speaker 1: tape is better than age thirty seven. Knock, I was,

556
00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:35,960
Speaker 1: I was, I was on fire thirty seven. Man kind,

557
00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:41,600
Speaker 1: I'm struggling at the moment that Broadway Joe would say,

558
00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:43,440
Speaker 1: all right, let's say a break. It will be right

559
00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:59,560
Speaker 1: back now we're back. Man. I just like to watch

560
00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:04,720
Speaker 1: him wet, you know what I mean? Just o, my

561
00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:10,120
Speaker 1: buns are getting hot over here, you know TM, He's thinking,

562
00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:13,360
Speaker 1: what kind of a terrible mistake have I just made

563
00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:17,240
Speaker 1: agreeing to be on this show? Well, guess what, Trey,

564
00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:20,800
Speaker 1: You're about to enter the quickest segment of questioning in

565
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Speaker 1: a podcast that has to do with basketball in conjunction

566
00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:28,680
Speaker 1: with the NBA and I Heart Radio. Okay, very specific. Yeah,

567
00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:31,160
Speaker 1: We'll get ready because what we're gonna do is we're

568
00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:34,200
Speaker 1: gonna ask you some questions. Don't think don't elaborate, just

569
00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:36,960
Speaker 1: respond quickly, just chest pass it right back, do not

570
00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:39,280
Speaker 1: don't hold it up. If you hold it up, we

571
00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:41,000
Speaker 1: are going to get angry at you. So I'm just

572
00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:43,600
Speaker 1: putting that out there, right, fury perfect. Ready, we're about

573
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Speaker 1: to do the three man we've of questioning starting now,

574
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Speaker 1: start the clock. Um, the clock starter guy, it's not

575
00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:59,320
Speaker 1: really kind kind he's a kindness. But I even I

576
00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:01,720
Speaker 1: even explained to him it wasn't necessarily that it's at him.

577
00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:03,520
Speaker 1: It's more just the energy. I'm music to set up

578
00:31:03,560 --> 00:31:06,720
Speaker 1: the segment so he sounds when you do it, as

579
00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:09,080
Speaker 1: he put it, I think I think people are projecting anyway.

580
00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:10,840
Speaker 1: And yeah, I see in the chat. Yeah, your name

581
00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:13,120
Speaker 1: is Brian. We get it all right, now start the clock.

582
00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:15,720
Speaker 1: I didn't. I didn't want to personalize that. All right,

583
00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:18,600
Speaker 1: you want to go first, you want me to go first? Well,

584
00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:23,840
Speaker 1: this is already taking a long time. So yeah, yeah,

585
00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:33,440
Speaker 1: here we go. Rock paper scissors, Shoot, rock paper scissors shoot. Alright, alright,

586
00:31:34,080 --> 00:31:36,880
Speaker 1: I'm surprised. I'm surprised. I thought this was a basketball podcast.

587
00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:41,000
Speaker 1: We're scared. Is Jalen Rose's hair too too good to

588
00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:47,600
Speaker 1: be true? Yes? Okay, it's too good to be true.

589
00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:51,960
Speaker 1: It's so beautiful, unbelievable. How could it be? Yeah, that's

590
00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:56,160
Speaker 1: all I mean, who knows how, who knows how it exists? Uh?

591
00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:59,880
Speaker 1: But what somebody who became famous looking bald and let

592
00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:03,920
Speaker 1: where's a great bald head? You know, just brought it

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Speaker 1: back on us, theroline, one of the great just brought

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Speaker 1: it back. Yeah. Nothing else to say on that. Well, honestly,

595
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Speaker 1: I don't know. Here's the next question, Trey. Uh, here's

596
00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:17,080
Speaker 1: the next question, my man. You got the chance to

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00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:20,000
Speaker 1: win ten thou my man, my man, my man, Trey.

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00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:21,680
Speaker 1: I hate to interrupt you, man, but I told you

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00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:23,480
Speaker 1: we gotta keep this thing moving. You've got the chance

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Speaker 1: to win ten K to make a layup with each

601
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Speaker 1: chance twenty five k to make five of five free throws,

602
00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:32,440
Speaker 1: or a hundred thousand dollars to make at least four

603
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Speaker 1: or five from deep. Which challenge you taken a hundred

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Speaker 1: large a hundred to make four from four? Yes. For

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Speaker 1: the purposes of this thought experiment, yes, we will say

606
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Speaker 1: that I'm taking the lamps, taking the laps. I'm taking

607
00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:52,800
Speaker 1: the laps. I'm a righty. One of my New Year's

608
00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:55,080
Speaker 1: resolutions was to finish with my left hand more often,

609
00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:59,040
Speaker 1: So I think that would be a good incentive. I

610
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Speaker 1: don't have enough comfid thisn's in my shop at age

611
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Speaker 1: thirty eight. You know, if you're talking to me at

612
00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:05,320
Speaker 1: age twenty eight, I got enough confidence in my shop.

613
00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:08,640
Speaker 1: But uh really know I'm making the layups. Okay, I

614
00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:11,280
Speaker 1: didn't realize making the layups, I'll probably got a better

615
00:33:11,320 --> 00:33:13,080
Speaker 1: chance of making the threes than the free throws. To

616
00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:15,280
Speaker 1: be honest with you, who practices free throws at our

617
00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:17,920
Speaker 1: age now? And after you make the lefty layup, you

618
00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:20,920
Speaker 1: stare at your left hand. I honestly do that every

619
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Speaker 1: time I make the lefty lamp playing with you know

620
00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:28,000
Speaker 1: Grandpa's The way Shack came down the court looking at

621
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Speaker 1: like praising that hand is still one of the best

622
00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:33,560
Speaker 1: things I've ever seen. Great celebration, Trey. We gotta keep

623
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Speaker 1: this thing moving. Many come on, we got we got

624
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Speaker 1: that's my that's my faut, that's my bad. What is

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00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:41,560
Speaker 1: your ultimate NBA jam? Do and don't say m jam pip,

626
00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:44,840
Speaker 1: don't say m J and pipping? How about Larry Johnson

627
00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:47,360
Speaker 1: the lines in Morning Dad? That was a good one. Yeah,

628
00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:50,120
Speaker 1: I think that would probably my choice. Yeah, you gotta

629
00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:54,840
Speaker 1: have pushing. It's all about pushing uh in NBA jam. Uh.

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00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:56,440
Speaker 1: That's where I'm going. That' where I'm going. It's also

631
00:33:56,680 --> 00:34:00,360
Speaker 1: a heavy nineties five. Okay. If the NBA JAM rules

632
00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:03,800
Speaker 1: were the actual rules of the NBA, who do we like?

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Speaker 1: Lebron would be unstoppable, right, like if you could just

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Speaker 1: push people, like throw people off the court, unstoppable, Your

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Speaker 1: honest would be unstoppable. And Bead and bed would probably

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Speaker 1: might be guys because Embad is secretly fo and fifty

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Speaker 1: pounds like that man is made of granite. He like

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Speaker 1: he waves his arm and people get hurt. So yeah,

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Speaker 1: and bead would be difficult. Yeah. Scientists said they had

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Speaker 1: found the densest material in the universe, and I think

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Speaker 1: that they were just just shuring at Joel Ebid. We're

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Speaker 1: naming like all all stars, right, like, these are all

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Speaker 1: players who are in the m v P combo. What

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Speaker 1: about though, if it was NBA JAM rules, who that's like,

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Speaker 1: you know, a role player marginal third star becomes an

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Speaker 1: m VP candidate or something like that. I would have

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Speaker 1: to think about that one, Like, who's a guy like

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Speaker 1: Andre Drummond would he suddenly get even better if he

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Speaker 1: didn't have to do any fancy stuff and he was

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Speaker 1: just allowed to just didn't have to cross check. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: the yeah, I mean it would be the MVP Award

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Speaker 1: would be named after Charles Oakley because but yeah, Zion

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Speaker 1: would be also pretty unstimpable. He'd probably be the cheap

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Speaker 1: cod like I feel like he would have a huge

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Speaker 1: buff as we say in the video game world. He

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Speaker 1: wouldn't get nerf down. They wouldn't nerf down. That count

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Speaker 1: all kinds of buffs and people get all angry, and

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Speaker 1: I'm sorry, Tray. We have to keep this going, so

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Speaker 1: I do have to ask you our next question. Is

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Speaker 1: the best passing big man of all time the Joker

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Speaker 1: himself outside of Brad Miller. Absolutely, yes, you know, Brad

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Speaker 1: was set in the table in the two before you

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Speaker 1: knew that guys that were seven ft tall were allowed

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Speaker 1: to pass. Now we can now we know, so Yoki

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Speaker 1: just taking it to the next level. Yeah, I mean,

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Speaker 1: obviously he's the best passing big man of all time.

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Speaker 1: The guy's a center and he's probably the best passer

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Speaker 1: in the league right now during the most skilled era

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Speaker 1: in any history. So it's hard to argue. But I

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Speaker 1: will always love Brad Miller throwing a back door pass

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Speaker 1: even if it's not open, because sometimes the joker will

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Speaker 1: throw some passes like he he has off speed passes

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Speaker 1: where it like seems like he threw it slow on purpose,

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Speaker 1: and its just like it's like a a knuckleball that

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Speaker 1: like flutters through five sets of hands, like he is

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Speaker 1: really next level. Well, he's just always threading needles you

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Speaker 1: didn't know existed. Yeah, you're like what and even defenders

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Speaker 1: like you've figured out that my arm would go up

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Speaker 1: and then you threw it underneath my armpit because you

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Speaker 1: just vibed it. Okay, okay, sir. Right, And finally, Trey,

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Speaker 1: we do have to ask you Jack or Miles. I

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Speaker 1: gotta go Miles, gotta go Miles today. It's the connection.

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Speaker 1: You know, it's not Jack, No, it's great. Miles was

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Speaker 1: very thirsty this week. Last week he was he was

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Speaker 1: really thirsty. He was like, you know, coming with the research.

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Speaker 1: He was showing coming with it basketball card right when

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Speaker 1: you got on. Uh yeah, I said, look you know

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Speaker 1: what's wild though, Look I'm the same age. Look at

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Speaker 1: my beard. Look none of it connects. Yeah, no, it's

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Speaker 1: great flattery will get everywhere. Thank you. I got enough

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Speaker 1: beard for a little much. We said, I love your beard.

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Speaker 1: I wish I could just curl up and go to

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Speaker 1: sleep in it. Yeah, that was a lot, but you made,

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Speaker 1: you made made. Bryan cut that out at the top

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Speaker 1: of the show, so the listeners didn't hear that part. Okay.

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Speaker 1: I like how we're referencing the edit as the show

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Speaker 1: kind of some inside baseball. Oh man. But Trey Man,

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Speaker 1: thank you so much for joining us on Miles and

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Speaker 1: Jack got mad boost these. Um where can people find you?

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Speaker 1: Follow you, listen to you, check you out, support you, etcetera.

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Speaker 1: I'm at Trey Kirby t r E y k e

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Speaker 1: r b y everywhere. I work for the No Dunks, Inc. Podcast.

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Speaker 1: You can find us everywhere. We do live podcast ten

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Speaker 1: a m Eastern every day, Monday through Friday. Throughout the season.

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Speaker 1: We do a bunch of extra shows as well. Uh yeah,

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Speaker 1: we're talking basketball all the time. Ball. Yeah. Go check

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Speaker 1: them out for a pleasure having you known. Thanks for

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Speaker 1: having me guys really fun and also be sure to

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Speaker 1: follow us at mad boost these m A D B

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Speaker 1: O O S T I Yes on Twitter and we

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Speaker 1: asked some of the listeners on Twitter, you know what

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Speaker 1: of the teams that are currently on the outside of

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Speaker 1: the plane race would eventually make it in and our boost.

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Speaker 1: These listeners of the week were at Ja Barata z

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Speaker 1: h Okay, yeah, oh, you thought you were gonna catch

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Speaker 1: me crying because he didn't pick me. Yeah, no, that's

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Speaker 1: I can clean it up real nice. I got a

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Speaker 1: lot of experience pretending to my eye again, sweating from

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Speaker 1: my eyes again. That's all. Ja Barata said, No one

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Speaker 1: from the Eastern Conference. But the Lakers and the Wolves

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Speaker 1: leap frog the Jazz and Blazers. WHOA, I don't know.

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Speaker 1: I think the Blazer is still going to do it.

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Speaker 1: I think the Lakers popped in there. I don't know

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Speaker 1: about those. We'll see if we I mean, if we

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Speaker 1: can get everybody playing out of their minds and a

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Speaker 1: d comes back. You know, on some level, Jabari and

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Speaker 1: I were saying, you know, you got to be careful

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Speaker 1: with you know, you can only use a paper towel

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Speaker 1: so many times. We have to let a chip before

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Speaker 1: you re used. And also at a J. Kramer said,

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Speaker 1: raptors will make it in. Okay, okay, okay, you know

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Speaker 1: the North all right, y'all. Well, thanks so much for listening.

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Speaker 1: We'll be back next week with even more basketball action.

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Speaker 1: Until then, take care of yourself. We see a bye

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Speaker 1: bye