WEBVTT - Surprise Teams Through One Month

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<v Speaker 1>We're about a month into this season now, and we've

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<v Speaker 1>got some surprise of teams, teams who have come out

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<v Speaker 1>of nowhere, teams that probably aren't gonna be like amazing

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<v Speaker 1>as well, but they are fun. They're not contenders. We

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<v Speaker 1>did a little breakdown on the Kings, and people were like, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>like break down my team. Like that, come on, bring

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<v Speaker 1>that energy for us, and so let's do that. Like,

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<v Speaker 1>if you're some of the lesser talked about teams around

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<v Speaker 1>the league, let's go into them. I've got to one good,

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<v Speaker 1>one bad. I can't get into all of them, and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to continue to rolling them out. Maybe we'll

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<v Speaker 1>do some more later on this week, But the first

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<v Speaker 1>one that we need to start talking about is the Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>see Thunder, what's happening there? Holy shit, they are absolutely flying.

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<v Speaker 1>They how much they are putting up numbers going straight total.

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<v Speaker 1>They were eleven and a half point dogs. That just

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<v Speaker 1>tells you eleven and a half point underdogs to the

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<v Speaker 1>Boston Celtics, and they were ahead the entire game. I

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<v Speaker 1>was like, these motherfuckers are gonna win this game. Holy shit,

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<v Speaker 1>they're gonna They took Boston to the brink. Tatum had

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<v Speaker 1>a good jillion and they still barely beat the Thunder.

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<v Speaker 1>They put the fear of God into them. Boy, the

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<v Speaker 1>Thunder can score. They can score, and they don't even

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<v Speaker 1>have their complete roster, like a team that went to

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<v Speaker 1>the finals and you take them. They just hung around

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<v Speaker 1>and just hung around and hung around and hung around.

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<v Speaker 1>Shay who is, by the way, I don't know, top

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<v Speaker 1>five favorite player to watch. Maybe maybe not that high,

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<v Speaker 1>but it's very high. He's now. He put a damn

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<v Speaker 1>near forty on the Celtics. Jalen Williams from Santa Clara.

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<v Speaker 1>He's gonna be a stud. He's only played three games

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<v Speaker 1>this year. He came in, was very productive as a starter.

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<v Speaker 1>I think he had fourteen points for them. He did

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<v Speaker 1>his thing, really nice little mid range game for Jalen Williams.

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<v Speaker 1>By the way, they do have two Jalen Williams. It's

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<v Speaker 1>the one from Santa Clara. I must just give that out.

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<v Speaker 1>Very balanced effort all the starting five. Poku, Yeah, Poku

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<v Speaker 1>was fucking solid. Yes, Poco's like my guy. He's like

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<v Speaker 1>a little wish Chet, you know, like a little more

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<v Speaker 1>a little more chaotic, a little like more feeling himself.

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<v Speaker 1>He's like if Chet, if you got Chat at the

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<v Speaker 1>dollar store, you know what I mean? Like, I love Chet,

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<v Speaker 1>I love Pocu. He's clearly not Chet, but he does

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of the same things that Chet does and

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<v Speaker 1>he is balling. Holy shit, he what he got twenty five.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll talk about him in a second. Mind you, all

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<v Speaker 1>of us starting five were double figures, almost twenty points

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<v Speaker 1>by all of them. They had one hundred and twenty

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<v Speaker 1>two points. And they barely got any production out of

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<v Speaker 1>their bench because why they don't have one. They don't

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<v Speaker 1>really have a bench. Okay, so Giddy, Dort, Poku, all

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<v Speaker 1>almost scored, all almost scored twenty this coming off the

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<v Speaker 1>heels of going up into the garden and putting the

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<v Speaker 1>straight SmackDown on the Knicks. To the point, think about this,

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<v Speaker 1>The Okac Thunder destroyed the New York Knicks so badly

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<v Speaker 1>there are now think pieces being written about Tom Thibodeau

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<v Speaker 1>being fired. That's how much they did. That's what they

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<v Speaker 1>did to them, one hundred and forty five points in

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<v Speaker 1>the garden. The thunder put one hundred and forty five

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<v Speaker 1>points on a team that's supposed to be built around

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<v Speaker 1>their defense. And now Thibodeau is on the hot seat.

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<v Speaker 1>Mind you chat Hoolmgren, The real chet Hoolmegren is out

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<v Speaker 1>for the year.

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<v Speaker 2>They don't even have their number two pick SGA still

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<v Speaker 2>pick apart every single defense without a secondary score, and

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<v Speaker 2>he's just he's gonna be an All Star this year.

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<v Speaker 1>He's gonna probably make all NBA. He's I mean, he's

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<v Speaker 1>putting up forty regularly two way player, improved three point shot,

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<v Speaker 1>impossible to stop every defense they throw at him. He

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<v Speaker 1>just knows exactly how to read it. He's like a

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<v Speaker 1>little plan Like he's like, uh, what is that called?

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<v Speaker 1>That little chess movie? God, oh man, he's you know

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<v Speaker 1>what I'm talking about. He was like Google's Chess movie

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<v Speaker 1>in the middle of it, the Queen's gambit where he

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<v Speaker 1>sees all the defenses on the ceiling and he's like, yep,

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<v Speaker 1>just go this way, go that way, slash through him

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<v Speaker 1>that way. He is imagine when he gets his jelly

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<v Speaker 1>to the peanut butter, when he gets Chat, it's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be curtains. It is gonna be absolute curtains. For the

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<v Speaker 1>rest of the league, they put up one hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>forty five points without Chet Holmgren. What would they have

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<v Speaker 1>done with chet Holmgren. Sheesh, think about how good Shay

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<v Speaker 1>is when he's off the floor. They're just trash. They're

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<v Speaker 1>just horrible, Like they are one of the worst offensive

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<v Speaker 1>teams in the league when Shade does not play. It's

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<v Speaker 1>just literally that simple. That is how much gravity he's

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<v Speaker 1>bringing to the team. And we talked about Poku a

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<v Speaker 1>little earlier about the Summer League. He's scoring twenty five

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<v Speaker 1>percent more this year than he had last year, progression

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<v Speaker 1>what we would call on display. Just in the game

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<v Speaker 1>against the Bucks, he had a full stat sheet, blocks, dimes, rebounds,

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<v Speaker 1>Pokus stats, just absolutely through the roof trying to get

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<v Speaker 1>get them full for you because you can't really even

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<v Speaker 1>get Poku stats if you just google it because there's

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<v Speaker 1>a bunch of poku's I guess. So game against the

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<v Speaker 1>Bucks he had ten rebounds, two blocks, seventeen points and

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<v Speaker 1>two assists. Just ridiculous, just absolutely ridiculous. Lou Dort just

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<v Speaker 1>got paid, as we know, finding his offensive stroke. Now

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<v Speaker 1>that they've hired Chip England, Josh Giddy averaging fifteen, seven

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<v Speaker 1>and six, He's raised his three point shooting by seven percent.

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<v Speaker 1>It's still very early. Like this is a squad. If

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<v Speaker 1>you are not watching Okay see, you are missing out.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a fun ass, fun ass team. They're shooting

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<v Speaker 1>thirty nine percent this season on shots over twenty feet,

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<v Speaker 1>which is three percent improvement over last year. That's because,

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<v Speaker 1>like I said before, Chip England's gonna come in here.

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<v Speaker 1>What did he do? He comes into a team and

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<v Speaker 1>every single time, without fail, they increase their shooting percentage

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<v Speaker 1>by three percent every time. That's what he does. Shot

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<v Speaker 1>doctor three point shooting league. And even though maybe three

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<v Speaker 1>percent doesn't seem like a lot a lot, but like

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<v Speaker 1>that's now they're fourteenth in the league. Where they were

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<v Speaker 1>they were, where were they at last year? They were

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<v Speaker 1>at the bottom, So that three percent changes everything, and

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<v Speaker 1>that is why they can score. They're averaging. It's just

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<v Speaker 1>it's just been absolutely ridiculous. Back to Shay really quickly.

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<v Speaker 1>He's averaging thirty one and five. Shay is averaging thirty

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<v Speaker 1>one points per game, six assists, five rebounds per game.

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<v Speaker 1>He has two steals per game, one and a half

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<v Speaker 1>blocks per game. What the fuck? This is what JJ

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<v Speaker 1>Reddick just said. You are missing a show if you're

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<v Speaker 1>not watching Oklahoma City Yeah, that's exactly right. That is

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<v Speaker 1>exactly right. In any given year, those numbers are first

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<v Speaker 1>team All NBA numbers. Yeah, there's a reason that the

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<v Speaker 1>Sheae is the lead target for all these different Again literally, now,

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<v Speaker 1>all these trade rumors about the Knicks going after Shay,

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<v Speaker 1>that's he's broken them. He has broken them, torched them

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<v Speaker 1>for thirty seven against The Knicks have thirty seven against

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<v Speaker 1>the Celtics. And this is like a very unselfish offensive

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<v Speaker 1>scheme that eight players getting double digits a week ago,

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<v Speaker 1>first time in the team history that they've done that.

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<v Speaker 1>You add Shedd in there, man, this is this team's

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<v Speaker 1>already a problem. They're already covering big numbers. I tell

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<v Speaker 1>you what. You add back in, and they're definitely getting

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<v Speaker 1>a top five pick, right, It's probably gonna be someone good.

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<v Speaker 1>It's probably gonna make them even more dangerous SGA though

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<v Speaker 1>my prediction definitely an All Star. Definitely, I'd say second

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<v Speaker 1>team All NBA. Tell you what that team is buyer

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<v Speaker 1>On the flip side of the coin, we just talked about, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>see and how exciting they are, how fun they are,

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<v Speaker 1>how impressive this roster is, how they're just really a

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<v Speaker 1>piece or two away from being really competing, and they're

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<v Speaker 1>like winning games they're not supposed to win. So that's

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<v Speaker 1>on one side. What is happening with the Houston Rockets?

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<v Speaker 1>Why is nobody talking about them? How bad are the

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<v Speaker 1>Houston Rockets right now? They are fucking trash. I'm sorry.

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<v Speaker 1>There's people in my youtubes. Oh, you cuss too much,

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<v Speaker 1>too many cuss words, too many f bombs. I watch

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<v Speaker 1>it with my kids. I'm sorry. If you're watching the

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<v Speaker 1>Uston Rockets right now, you'll know what I'm talking about.

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<v Speaker 1>Why are we not holding them accountable? Why? Because we

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<v Speaker 1>want them to just be good? We want them to

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<v Speaker 1>be fun. They're a cute little League past team, right.

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<v Speaker 1>I love Jalen Green, and listen, I'm kind of a contrarian.

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<v Speaker 1>So when Bill Simmons said all those mean things about

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<v Speaker 1>Jalen Green, I was like, no, we love Jalen Green.

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<v Speaker 1>Jalen Green is a winning player. And I'm like, in

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<v Speaker 1>my heart of hearts, like if I was just me

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<v Speaker 1>and you in the lamp post, is he I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't quite know if he is yet. I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>sure I want to think he is. He shoots a lot,

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<v Speaker 1>he's a bucket. We know that, what does that matter?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. Like Paul George's bucket too. He hasn't

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<v Speaker 1>won a damn thing. They had to get rid of,

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<v Speaker 1>like pieces on this Rockets team because they were also

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<v Speaker 1>buckets that weren't winning players. I don't know. And now

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<v Speaker 1>things are boiling over all. Right, not only are losing games,

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<v Speaker 1>which is what we've expected that they would do. They're

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<v Speaker 1>two to twelve, so they're one of the worst teams

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<v Speaker 1>in the league. They're gonna continue to be. We've got

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<v Speaker 1>teams that are tanking, that are five hundreds. So what

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<v Speaker 1>are they They're like, they just don't even care at all,

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<v Speaker 1>but they are. Now things are boiling over to the

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<v Speaker 1>point where frustration is leaking out onto the floor. Veteran

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<v Speaker 1>Eric Gordon, who God knows why he's even still there,

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<v Speaker 1>why a team hasn't saved him, He's fed up with

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<v Speaker 1>his teammates. This is what he said postgame. We didn't

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<v Speaker 1>play our game. We didn't have energy, we didn't play

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<v Speaker 1>with togetherness, and we got the result. That happens if

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<v Speaker 1>you have a winning mentality, moving the ball is something

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<v Speaker 1>that you should do. Pretty common. Yeah, believing in your

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<v Speaker 1>teammates and believing in what you should do. That's the

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<v Speaker 1>way it goes when you're trying to win. We are

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<v Speaker 1>not doing that. It's very tough. It's been the same

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<v Speaker 1>thing year in year out, game to game. It's a

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<v Speaker 1>long season. When we have games like this early on,

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<v Speaker 1>it's tough. Yes, and we've seen this. It's like these

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<v Speaker 1>guys will not pass each other the ball if they're

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<v Speaker 1>wide open. It's it's like when you go to Equinox.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not exactly like this, but you know what I mean.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like when you go to Equinox and you're like

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<v Speaker 1>the new person on the court for the lunchtime run,

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<v Speaker 1>and it doesn't matter if you've got seven feet of space.

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<v Speaker 1>They are not passing you the ball at all. Not

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't matter what kind of screens you're setting, defense, you're playing,

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<v Speaker 1>how good you looked in the little pregame warm up thing,

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<v Speaker 1>how many shots you've hitt in it, you're not getting

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<v Speaker 1>the ball. That's the Houston Rockets, but with all of them,

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<v Speaker 1>it's like every single player on the court is that

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<v Speaker 1>new person at the Equinox run. If that other person

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<v Speaker 1>has the ball, like nope, not passing. Do you Jabari

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<v Speaker 1>Smith underneath the basket wide open. Fuck off, I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 1>shoot this, thirty Bartter, what is going on? Do you

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<v Speaker 1>know what it means when a veteran has been on

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<v Speaker 1>a losing team and he finally decides he's gonna all

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<v Speaker 1>out that team publicly. It means he's been saying it

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<v Speaker 1>privately for a while right like they are being and

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<v Speaker 1>he said it. This is selfish team. This is a

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<v Speaker 1>selfish team. You can feel in his voice, what am

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<v Speaker 1>I doing here? What is this? This? The resignation in

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<v Speaker 1>his tone is palpable. And that is what happens when

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<v Speaker 1>you're thirty seven, which is what he is, on a

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<v Speaker 1>team that's on track for the third straight year to

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<v Speaker 1>be one of the worst teams in basketball. So at

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<v Speaker 1>what point do we start holding them accountable? Houston, Houston,

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<v Speaker 1>We've got problems on this roster. Like I'm not talking

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<v Speaker 1>about Steven Silas. I'm fine with him. I don't even

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<v Speaker 1>know what to make of him yet. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>if he's good. I don't know if he's bad. He's

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<v Speaker 1>not elite, that's obvious, but he's who knows. Could he

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<v Speaker 1>be Steve Clifford, Sure? Could he be Dwayne Casey. Sure,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. Could he be TIBs maybe? Could he

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<v Speaker 1>be better than that? Is he nick nursed? Probably not.

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<v Speaker 1>Back to the point, this team doesn't have pieces that

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<v Speaker 1>really make any damn sense. You know. It's like he's

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<v Speaker 1>tasked with babysitting a team who is basically saying publicly

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<v Speaker 1>on all the blogs, on all their you know stuff

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<v Speaker 1>that they do that one of the cornerstone players that

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<v Speaker 1>they have, And don't kill me on this because there's

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of people who love him because he's a bucket.

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<v Speaker 1>He's a bucket. He's a bucket. But the cornerstone on

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<v Speaker 1>the team is a player that was waived by the

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<v Speaker 1>Cleveland Cavaliers for throwing food at his teammate. I know

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<v Speaker 1>that's not relevant, but he was a cast off and

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<v Speaker 1>you're making him a corner You got him for free. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>you literally got this piece for free, and now it's

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<v Speaker 1>the centerpiece of your room, you know what I mean?

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe not like great. When I look at this roster,

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<v Speaker 1>there's five guys under twenty five guys on this fifteen

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<v Speaker 1>man roster that can't even drink right now, many have

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<v Speaker 1>even played in college. Not saying that's necessary. But like

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<v Speaker 1>I think, four haven't played in college. They've come over

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<v Speaker 1>either through the G League or international. It's hard seeing

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<v Speaker 1>an elite team here. He got guys that played one

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<v Speaker 1>year in college who are very wild now being sent

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<v Speaker 1>down to the G League. Intari Easton, who I love.

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<v Speaker 1>What is the upside of this team? I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>If I saw this stat about what Jabari Smith is

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<v Speaker 1>averaging right now, and it's awful, It's god awful compared

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<v Speaker 1>to Powlo, which is what they'll always be compared together.

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<v Speaker 1>And I thought to myself, what would Poolo be on

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<v Speaker 1>this team? Would they be passing Poolo the ball? I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know. Jalen Green thinks he's pretty good. He is

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<v Speaker 1>pretty good, but you know what I'm saying, Jalen Green

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<v Speaker 1>wants to be the man you got. Kevin Porter Junior

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<v Speaker 1>wants to be the man you got Josh Christopher. He

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<v Speaker 1>shoots a lot. You got Alpera and Shangoon. He wants

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<v Speaker 1>the ball? Are they giving the ball to Poolo? They

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<v Speaker 1>have out Alprin Shingun. I like him, but he plays

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<v Speaker 1>no defense. He's bad. He's really really bad. Does anybody

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<v Speaker 1>think Jabari Smith is better than Pawa right now. No,

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<v Speaker 1>but if they switch places, then everybody like, oh, thank

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<v Speaker 1>god Orlando didn't take Powello because Powell is just languishing

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<v Speaker 1>in Houston. Anyone who was drafted to go to Houston

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<v Speaker 1>was going to be languishing in Houston. Uzman Garuba, they

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<v Speaker 1>took Uzman Garuba in the first round. Why he's doing

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<v Speaker 1>absolutely nothing. They could have had Io de Sunmu, who's ballin'.

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<v Speaker 1>They could have had Herb Jones ballin'. Like they're just

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<v Speaker 1>passing over good pieces for very irrelevant fringe players that

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<v Speaker 1>are doing absolutely nothing from a production standpoint. No Shade,

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<v Speaker 1>Jayshawn Tates and Dayshawn Nicks. I'm sorry, I don't even

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<v Speaker 1>think they're a starter for a real contender at this point.

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<v Speaker 1>When you have veterans like Gordon and they're calling those

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<v Speaker 1>guys out, that's not a sign good sign. That's not

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<v Speaker 1>a good sign. They're not playing a team game. They

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<v Speaker 1>will not pass to one another. Watching their offenses like

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<v Speaker 1>watching a competition as to who can get theirs. It's

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<v Speaker 1>like watching duct tape, you know what I mean? Just

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<v Speaker 1>sticks stick stick sticks. Someone's open. Like I said, nobody's

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<v Speaker 1>passing the ball. They're two and twelve. What happens, though,

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<v Speaker 1>The worst case scenario is this, Hopefully there is some

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<v Speaker 1>sort of conspiracy around the lottery, because if Victor Wambaanyama

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<v Speaker 1>ends up a Houston Rocket, I will lose my shit.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what. I don't think he'll fit on

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<v Speaker 1>that team at all. No wonder Christian Wood wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>get out of there. I'm sorry if you're a Houston

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<v Speaker 1>Rockets fan, I really am sorry for you, because it's

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<v Speaker 1>a fun, young team could compete on a night tonight basis.

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<v Speaker 1>I read a two thousand word think piece article from

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<v Speaker 1>some random local Phoenix newspaper about how dangerous the Houston

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<v Speaker 1>Rockets are seen around the league. I'm sorry. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>buy one word of that fun team might compete for

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<v Speaker 1>a quarter or two, but ultimately probably the worst team

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<v Speaker 1>in the league.