WEBVTT - Draymond, Ja, Herro & Questions.

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<v Speaker 1>Come on, come.

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<v Speaker 2>Come home. On this episode of the Heat Check, it's

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<v Speaker 2>the third week of the NBA playoffs. Things could not

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<v Speaker 2>be more wild. We've already had a couple of ejection,

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<v Speaker 2>broken elbows, angry press conferences, chaos in the court, chaos

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<v Speaker 2>on the streets, chaos on Twitter, and you know me,

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<v Speaker 2>I love it. I love that. So let's before we

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<v Speaker 2>get into all the games, break down the news from

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<v Speaker 2>around the league, and then we'll get back to some

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<v Speaker 2>listener questions because I know you have a lot. It

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<v Speaker 2>will now become a regular segment. I am back on

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<v Speaker 2>my bullshit. We love the playoffs rock, so drop that motherfucker.

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<v Speaker 3>Perfect good right side man.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, let's get into the some news around the

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<v Speaker 2>NBA before we break down the playoffs. Uh, there goes

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<v Speaker 2>my Hero. Congratulations to my guy, Tyler Hero winning sixth

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<v Speaker 2>Man of the Year. Congratulations well deserved. Pretty much everyone

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<v Speaker 2>thought that this would be the case from I don't know,

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<v Speaker 2>you not coming off the bench like ever since you

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<v Speaker 2>started starting, you started leading six man of the year,

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<v Speaker 2>And what do you get for that? What do you

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<v Speaker 2>get for sixth Man of the year? Apparently maybe a

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<v Speaker 2>max contract for Tyler Hero. People are talking about Yes. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>if you're listening to this right now and you've done

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<v Speaker 2>one of those things where you cock your head back

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<v Speaker 2>and you shake it, well, your eyes are closed, that's

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<v Speaker 2>the same result and the same and range of emotions

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<v Speaker 2>that I went through. So I had an interesting conversation

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<v Speaker 2>with a couple of people, and I'm starting to ask,

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<v Speaker 2>just randomly, Hey, do you think Tyler Hero is worth

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<v Speaker 2>Max money? Hey? Hey, you over there in the chip line,

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<v Speaker 2>in the chip aisle, Hey, do you think Tyler Hero

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<v Speaker 2>is worth Max money? Like? He's pretty good? But are

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<v Speaker 2>do we even know? Like off the top of our

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<v Speaker 2>head when sot we just say max money, do we

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<v Speaker 2>even know that number? Because when you say max, I

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<v Speaker 2>think thirty, and I still say no. And now when

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<v Speaker 2>we say max, it's actually closer to forty. That's the

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<v Speaker 2>question right now for the Heat, because Tyler Hero is

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<v Speaker 2>now slated for an extension and it could be an

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<v Speaker 2>expensive one, uh for a team already sort of struggling

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<v Speaker 2>with their cap situation. I think that they are at

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<v Speaker 2>over one forty one hundred and forty million dollars. That

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<v Speaker 2>puts them square the luxury tax I went on Jake Fisher,

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<v Speaker 2>Insider for Bleacher Reports podcast a couple of days ago.

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<v Speaker 2>I think maybe yesterday. It's called don't aggregate this great name.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh so give that a fall I'll give that a listen.

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<v Speaker 2>But he reported this. Some rival executives an agents polled

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<v Speaker 2>believe Hero's next deal may approach five years, one hundred

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<v Speaker 2>and eighty four million dollars maximum. Others have pointed more

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<v Speaker 2>towards Jalen Brown's recent structure of a four year, one

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<v Speaker 2>hundred and six million dollars deal. Let me just say this,

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<v Speaker 2>there is a significant difference between twenty seven million dollars

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<v Speaker 2>a year and thirty seven million dollars a year. I

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<v Speaker 2>that's an extra player or two that now you don't

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<v Speaker 2>get to sign. So where to those who are thinking

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<v Speaker 2>about this situation, like, first and foremost, is he worth that?

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<v Speaker 4>Like?

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<v Speaker 2>Where will he fall in terms of who's gonna pay him?

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<v Speaker 2>Where is he gonna fall in terms of that range

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<v Speaker 2>when it comes to his next contract? Is he a

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<v Speaker 2>max player? I don't think so. Me personally, he's a

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<v Speaker 2>nice player. I think if you can get two or

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<v Speaker 2>three other guys that can shoot the three around screens,

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<v Speaker 2>kind of do some facilitating, you know, has the ability

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<v Speaker 2>to do that thing that he does with his lip.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe get Jack Carlow to partner on a song with them, Like,

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<v Speaker 2>I think maybe that guy's just as worthwhile as Tyler

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<v Speaker 2>here and I like Tyler Herro, But you're already paying

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<v Speaker 2>Jimmy Butler thirty six a year, Kyle Lowry twenty eight

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<v Speaker 2>a year, Bam Autebayo thirty two a year. Is he

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<v Speaker 2>more valuable than any of those humans on the court?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I don't mean in terms of it's like

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<v Speaker 2>worth as a as a human. I mean just in

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<v Speaker 2>terms of, like, is he worth more money to the

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<v Speaker 2>heat than any one of them? I don't think any

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<v Speaker 2>of them. To me, I think he's a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>less valuable than Kyle Lowry. He is younger, so maybe

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<v Speaker 2>you factor in more money coming in from betting or whatever.

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<v Speaker 2>No Max money served reserved for superstars and Tyler Hero.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're paying Tyler Hero and he's not a superstar

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<v Speaker 2>max money thirty seven million dollars a year, you're not

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<v Speaker 2>gonna win a championship. Unfortunately, Unfortunately, that's a hit. You're

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<v Speaker 2>in a situation where, I mean, truthfully, PJ. Tucker might

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<v Speaker 2>be more hard to replace than Tyler Hero, and he

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<v Speaker 2>has paid seven million dollars a year. He's no athletic freak.

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<v Speaker 2>He's not gonna get you forty on any given night

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<v Speaker 2>or even average twenty. But like grind tough guy important,

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<v Speaker 2>very little of those. A lot of guys coming around

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<v Speaker 2>screen shooting threes, so also really quick. As an aside,

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<v Speaker 2>what I've realized was an epiphany as I was thinking

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<v Speaker 2>about this is I'm dead certain patt Riley, executive for

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<v Speaker 2>the Miami Heat, will never pay Tyler Hero forty million

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<v Speaker 2>dollars a year. How do I know that? One? Dwayne

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<v Speaker 2>Wade won a ring by himself. As soon as Dwayne

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<v Speaker 2>Wade's value started to diminish, pat Riley told him, don't

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<v Speaker 2>let the door hit you where the good Lord switch

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<v Speaker 2>split you. He didn't pay him. He's like, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>care that you were underpaid. When you want us a ring,

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<v Speaker 2>you're no longer valuable to us, Twayne. That's the pat

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<v Speaker 2>Riley way. Also, it's been the pat Riley way since

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<v Speaker 2>pat Riley was not even pat Riley. Let's go back

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<v Speaker 2>to nineteen seventy nine, nineteen eighty. He was holding Spencer

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<v Speaker 2>Haywood's baby in his arms in Spencer Haywood's house while

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<v Speaker 2>actively shopping Spencer Haywood. What, by the way, love winning time.

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<v Speaker 2>Pat Riley likes Tyler Hero a lot. He loves Tyler Hero.

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<v Speaker 2>He considers Tyler here'll be like a version of him.

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<v Speaker 2>But I swear to you he's gonna look at Tyler

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<v Speaker 2>Hero in the eye, smile on his face, tell him

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<v Speaker 2>I love you like a son. I'd never trade you.

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<v Speaker 2>And then the very next day, Tyler Hero will be

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<v Speaker 2>in Toronto for Pascal Siakam Like that's where we're at.

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<v Speaker 2>Hero is a good player, average twenty points a game,

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<v Speaker 2>thirty eight percent from three off the bench. But my lord,

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<v Speaker 2>I tell you what, he can become one of the

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<v Speaker 2>top scores at that age, at that size, at what

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<v Speaker 2>he's doing. He makes things look easy. Bam Adebayo loves him.

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<v Speaker 2>That's his quote. Problem is that shit does not matter

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<v Speaker 2>to pat Riley. Deuces Tyler Hero. He does not care

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<v Speaker 2>how popular you are. He does not care about that.

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<v Speaker 2>He cares about only two things, winning and whether you're affordable.

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<v Speaker 2>And Tyler Hero may have made himself quite unaffordable to

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<v Speaker 2>the Miami Heat. Another quick little story. Masaiyuzuri has spoken

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<v Speaker 2>out GM president of basketball operations as well for the

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<v Speaker 2>Toronto Raptors. He has spoken out about the Lakers pursuing

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<v Speaker 2>Nick Nurse. For those not in the know, Braun and

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<v Speaker 2>Ad apparently want Nick Nurse bad no shit, and all

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<v Speaker 2>three are rich Paul clients, and maybe Braun felt that

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<v Speaker 2>he and Ad had an inside track and swooping in

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<v Speaker 2>and stealing Nick Nurse. They don't call it La La

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<v Speaker 2>land for nothing, the land of dreams that are unattainable.

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<v Speaker 2>Nick Nurse's own denials, folks, weren't enough. So leave it

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<v Speaker 2>to the president of the basketball operations of the Rasters,

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<v Speaker 2>Messi Usurie, to just guillotine this shit once and for all.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, first and foremost, no team has contacted me

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<v Speaker 2>about Nick Nurse. But I dream like they dream. I

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<v Speaker 2>want MESSI I want Ronald though I want Kobe Bryant.

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<v Speaker 2>They can dream for Nick Nurse too. Oh shit, Messiusierie

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<v Speaker 2>just put the entire Lakers franchise in a body bag,

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<v Speaker 2>zipped it tight, threw it in the back, headed it

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<v Speaker 2>to the morgue. That's where that's going. Then once he

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<v Speaker 2>got to the morgue, ran a John Deere over it

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<v Speaker 2>and turned that ground into a parking lot, the gall

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<v Speaker 2>of Braun and Ady to think after what they did,

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<v Speaker 2>a Vogel snake and him anyone who would be as

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<v Speaker 2>respected as Nick Nurse to go anywhere where those snakes

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<v Speaker 2>were in the grass. No shot amazing. And then Massai

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<v Speaker 2>Ujieri wasn't done. When asked a few days later about

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<v Speaker 2>how much he wanted a WNBA team in Toronto, he

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<v Speaker 2>replied with a smirk, a call back to those who

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<v Speaker 2>have been following along, I can dream. I can only dream,

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<v Speaker 2>just like the Lakers.

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<v Speaker 1>Just like the Lakers.

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<v Speaker 2>I have never seen a man, a president of basketball

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<v Speaker 2>operations put an entire franchise twice in a body bag

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<v Speaker 2>like I just saw him do to La. What a

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<v Speaker 2>thing of beauty. Another story that's coming out another Laker

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<v Speaker 2>coaching candidate, Utah Jazz head coach Quinn Snyder, who has

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<v Speaker 2>now probably aged. If you look at him, he's aged

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<v Speaker 2>faster than a sitting president, Like he just looks rough

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<v Speaker 2>being in Utah. We already know what time it is,

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<v Speaker 2>and now are there some new pieces of information that

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<v Speaker 2>are surfering, that are surfacing that are not only giving

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<v Speaker 2>me pause for what the Utah Jazz organization is going

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<v Speaker 2>to look like moving forward. But two, whether it's Quinn

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<v Speaker 2>Snyder even makes sense for the Lakers makes even less

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<v Speaker 2>sense potentially than Nick Nurse. Could he be the kind

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<v Speaker 2>of guy that can lead stars like Braun and Ad

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<v Speaker 2>despite the news that's come out that Braun is pushing

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<v Speaker 2>for him. One first piece of news in the aftermath.

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<v Speaker 2>I talked about this briefly on TikTok, but in the

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<v Speaker 2>aftermath of another Sad exit, the Utah Jazz have pretty

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<v Speaker 2>much their entire franchise is going to get blown up

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<v Speaker 2>there in free fall. Might be years before they're good again.

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<v Speaker 2>Reports now are that Rudy Gobert is telling the brass

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<v Speaker 2>it's either Donovan or it's me. Oh boy, oh, Rudy,

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<v Speaker 2>see you see you, sir, you can just go ahead

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<v Speaker 2>and clean out your locker. We're gonna go ahead and

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<v Speaker 2>just find another option for you. And there are plenty

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<v Speaker 2>of options for Rudy. He's been linked to the Warriors,

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<v Speaker 2>He's been linked to the Hawks, he's been linked to

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<v Speaker 2>the Dallas Mavericks, all places that are in need of

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<v Speaker 2>some front court defense, and that they're just a piece away,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe from a championship. Rudy gets paid forty million dollars

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<v Speaker 2>a year, folks. So that's that. Secondly, I learned another

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<v Speaker 2>piece of peculiar news about the Jazz organization's structure of

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<v Speaker 2>decision making. Normally in basketball you would have owner, and

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<v Speaker 2>then below owner is the president of Basketball Operations and

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<v Speaker 2>or GM. There could be combo rolls, different guys, all

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<v Speaker 2>kinds of different ways that that set up. But that's

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<v Speaker 2>the structure, right, And then after the GM, it goes

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<v Speaker 2>the coach and then maybe some star players like you know,

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<v Speaker 2>with Clutch and Rich Paul in the mix. Like maybe

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<v Speaker 2>below the GM or equal to the GM is the

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<v Speaker 2>agents of the star player in this case, according to

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<v Speaker 2>I'll say it's publicans. According to Jake Fisher in our

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<v Speaker 2>conversation yesterday, a below ownership is Donovan Mitchell's people. That's

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<v Speaker 2>it owner group, Dwyane Wade, Ryan Smith, CAA making decisions

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<v Speaker 2>for what the roster does in terms of whether it's

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<v Speaker 2>beneficial to Donovan. Is that not bonkers to you? Is

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<v Speaker 2>anybody else feeling like maybe Donovan Mitchell is not? I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>Dona Mitchell is a fine player, but is Donovan Mitchell

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<v Speaker 2>good Where he's the first, his people are the first

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<v Speaker 2>decision makers you call.

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<v Speaker 4>Fuck no.

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<v Speaker 2>Makes you wonder like could Donovan Mitchell exist anywhere else

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<v Speaker 2>with these types of demands? And I promise you, Leon Rose,

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<v Speaker 2>if he ends up finding a way to get Donovan

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<v Speaker 2>Mitchell back into the home, like Donovan Mitchell is not

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be able to like just lead the bus there.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think he's gonna get treatment like that anywhere else.

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<v Speaker 2>Speaking of buses, though, this is the last piece of news. Fourthly,

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<v Speaker 2>the inside scoop is that Quinn Snyder normally a team buses.

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<v Speaker 2>There's two, the early bus, the late bus. Apparently not

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<v Speaker 2>only does Quinn Snyder have three buses, not sure why,

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<v Speaker 2>but he has seating arrangements that he creates like children

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<v Speaker 2>for his players on the bus and the better you play,

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<v Speaker 2>the further up on the bus you move. And on

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<v Speaker 2>the team plane he has assigned seats on the team plane,

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<v Speaker 2>assigned seats on the team buses. If that like, just

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<v Speaker 2>let that sink in, Like grown men making millions of

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<v Speaker 2>dollars a year and you get on the plane and

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<v Speaker 2>it's like, Rudy, you're gonna be going, You're gonna sit here.

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<v Speaker 2>You you miss this defensive assignment, You're on the back

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<v Speaker 2>of the bus. Now, sir, excuse me. That shit doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>work on any team that's actually a contender, because these

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<v Speaker 2>are grown stars with egos, and like why are you

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<v Speaker 2>controlling them in this way? And second of all, is

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<v Speaker 2>never gonna work on a place like the Lakers. So

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<v Speaker 2>Quinn Nighter is on that kind of bullshit. If that's true,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean that's true. I had it verified that on

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<v Speaker 2>team planes and most likely buses, Quinn Snyder is assigning seats.

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<v Speaker 2>Imagine Lebron James getting on the team bus and it

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<v Speaker 2>is like, Lebron, no, that's not your seat. You're You're

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<v Speaker 2>in Aaron fifteen seven fifteen, A next to next to

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<v Speaker 2>Kent Basemore.

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<v Speaker 4>You know.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh. And then like, just like lastly, I would say,

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<v Speaker 2>blow it all up, get rid of Quinn, let him

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<v Speaker 2>go wherever you just like free like a bird, go on,

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<v Speaker 2>do your thing. Get rid of Donovan wherever he wants

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<v Speaker 2>to go. Get as many pick as you can, Get

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<v Speaker 2>rid of Rudy, get rid of Mike Conley because he's washed.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, just build around no one, just start again,

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<v Speaker 2>start fresh, scorched earth. Things in Utah will see better days.

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<v Speaker 2>But playoffs are nowhere in the near future. Dot it

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<v Speaker 2>D bye go there, Bye Conley, Bye, stuck.

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<v Speaker 1>Up on track. Find me somewhere out in Leney.

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<v Speaker 3>You know that's the hide away.

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<v Speaker 2>I need some head of some more support from you

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<v Speaker 2>right away since I've been making donations to you like you,

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<v Speaker 2>oh man, Let's talk about the Memphis Grizzlies. The main

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<v Speaker 2>thing I want to discuss today is that.

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<v Speaker 5>Question.

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<v Speaker 2>Are the Memphis Grizzlies the new villains of the NBA?

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<v Speaker 2>Not necessarily to fans, but to the rest of the league,

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<v Speaker 2>Like are they public Enemy Number one? Like let's squash them,

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<v Speaker 2>Let's humble them. They're too young, too loud, too ostentatious,

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<v Speaker 2>too brash, too bold, too fucking arrogant, Like why are

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<v Speaker 2>they winning so much? Every team feels like they want

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<v Speaker 2>to humble the Grizzlies. It's what they feel like they

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<v Speaker 2>all want to do. But I promise you we, as

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<v Speaker 2>NBA fans, should all want to see the Grizzly succeed,

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<v Speaker 2>Like this is a this is what the American dream like.

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<v Speaker 2>They didn't buy anything, They didn't find some random wash

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<v Speaker 2>star to come in to Memphis and pretend he wants

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<v Speaker 2>to be there and then get free agents to come

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<v Speaker 2>there more. No, this is all built organically, and they

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<v Speaker 2>all love Memphis and they all love each other. You've

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<v Speaker 2>got they're just pissing off the establishment. How could you

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<v Speaker 2>not love that? Thumbing their noses the man, which is

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<v Speaker 2>basically the Warriors of the world like a dynasty. They're like,

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<v Speaker 2>we did not care about you, we are not afraid

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<v Speaker 2>of you. A team that trash talk Lebron James. You

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<v Speaker 2>got role players being like, sit your ass down, Lebron,

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<v Speaker 2>You're it's our time now. I mean, this is a

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<v Speaker 2>team where John Morant posted a video of that iconic

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<v Speaker 2>moment that Jordan made long time ago where he was like, Yo,

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<v Speaker 2>it's easy to talk shit when you're up thirty. Why

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<v Speaker 2>don't you talk shit when is zero zero? Why don't

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<v Speaker 2>you talk shit when you're down twenty? How about that?

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<v Speaker 2>Like that's the vibe that the Grizzlies are on. So

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<v Speaker 2>this this Grizzlies team, as we know if you're listening

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<v Speaker 2>and watching basketball or not living under a rock. Grizzlies

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<v Speaker 2>lose Game one and a heartbreaker got buried in the

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<v Speaker 2>national press immediately, and all of a sudden, somehow the Warriors,

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<v Speaker 2>who let's be honest, are the darlings of the NBA

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<v Speaker 2>for a variety of reasons, some valid, some not. Vat

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<v Speaker 2>we're already talking about that the Grizzlies. We're gonna get swept.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh like, can the Grizzlies next up on undisputed? Can

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<v Speaker 2>the Grizzlies find their way to win one game?

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<v Speaker 5>What?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? They were? I remember. If you don't remember, I remember,

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<v Speaker 2>Pep Bridge Farms remembers so quick, little interesting nuggets that

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<v Speaker 2>happened in Game two. Besides the fact that the Grizzlies

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<v Speaker 2>ended up winning at home, and it would have been

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<v Speaker 2>dastardly if they would have gone down two and then

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<v Speaker 2>head back to San Francisco, I agree, first three minutes

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<v Speaker 2>of Game two, we got our second flagrant two ejection

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<v Speaker 2>of the series. Dylan Brooks memphisis Green and then also

0:18:43.480 --> 0:18:46.440
<v Speaker 2>Memphis Draymond Green both got the hook. Draymond in game one,

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<v Speaker 2>Dylan Brooks in Game two. Both of them physical with

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<v Speaker 2>the reputation that precedes them. Some would say cheap, some

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<v Speaker 2>would say dirty. So anyway, Dylan Brooks Gary Payton the

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<v Speaker 2>second going up for a layup and he hits him

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<v Speaker 2>across his head. Gary Payton falls to the ground immediately

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<v Speaker 2>shatters his elbow. Obviously did not return to the game.

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<v Speaker 2>He's not coming back for the rest of the season.

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<v Speaker 2>We found out four months, probably on the sidelines, independently

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<v Speaker 2>of the game. Beyond the game, let me just say,

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<v Speaker 2>because outside of the news, this shits sad, like this

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<v Speaker 2>is very sad Gary Payton like Steve Kerr. So I

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<v Speaker 2>think the only thing that he said that was right

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<v Speaker 2>in that press conference was that this guy's been just

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<v Speaker 2>trying to find a home for like six years. He

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<v Speaker 2>hasn't stuck. He's been in and out of the G League.

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<v Speaker 2>He's finally found his role, his place. He's a legit

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<v Speaker 2>player that I think could get ten million dollars a

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<v Speaker 2>year because of what he does. He's that Jose Alvarado type.

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<v Speaker 2>He can steal the ball, he can go up for

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<v Speaker 2>a dunk, athletically in transition, he can pass really well.

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<v Speaker 2>He's just a thereat in a lot of different ways.

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<v Speaker 2>And the Warriors number one jostopper. So now he's not there,

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<v Speaker 2>people are wondering, what was it intentional? Is Dylan Brooks

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<v Speaker 2>trying to take Gary Payton out of the game because

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<v Speaker 2>they're so afraid that he's gonna stop Jahn Morant from

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<v Speaker 2>doing Ja Morant things. So that was a problem. This

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<v Speaker 2>is a thing Dylan Brooks gets the early quick cook,

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<v Speaker 2>Memphis still ends up getting the win. Secondly, that set

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<v Speaker 2>off Steve Kerr, set off Draymond Green pretty much the

0:20:29.840 --> 0:20:32.840
<v Speaker 2>rest of the Warriors team, where they're telling Dylan Brooks

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<v Speaker 2>hit the road, Jack, don't you come back no more,

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<v Speaker 2>saying get the fuck out of here when he's leaving

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<v Speaker 2>because he has to obviously go to the locker room,

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<v Speaker 2>can't even be on the sidelines. And they were even

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<v Speaker 2>more angry after the game, to the point where they're

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<v Speaker 2>making wild accusations about what Dylan Brooks was doing. What

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<v Speaker 2>this type of behavior should end up getting in terms

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<v Speaker 2>of consequences, lot to unpack. One probably pissed because Dmon

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<v Speaker 2>Green got ejected for less and has been ejected many

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<v Speaker 2>times for less. That plays into it. Also, like I said,

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<v Speaker 2>they're scrambling now without Peyton. Thirdly, though which I don't

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<v Speaker 2>think I wrote down, the Warriors have had their own

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<v Speaker 2>fair share of injuries that they've cost in the playoffs,

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<v Speaker 2>Kawhi Leonard being the most major one. That Zaza Petulia

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<v Speaker 2>that ended up turning into a whole new foul call

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<v Speaker 2>about landing space. So we'll get into the postgame quotes

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<v Speaker 2>a bit after I talk about what came next. Then

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<v Speaker 2>next Draymond Green gets poked in the eye, bleeding down

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<v Speaker 2>his face so badly he had to leave the game

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<v Speaker 2>temporarily go back to the locker room get himself. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't even know how you stitch up an eye. So

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<v Speaker 2>that's another thing. Memphis fans who are out of their

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<v Speaker 2>fucking minds, obviously because they're a part of the villainy

0:21:51.320 --> 0:21:55.200
<v Speaker 2>that is now the Grizzlies. They're cheering for Dramon Green

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<v Speaker 2>to be bleeding out of his face, like is the

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<v Speaker 2>Roman colisseum. I mean, I don't know, they've never won

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<v Speaker 2>anything before. It's a brand new team. Like, just let

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<v Speaker 2>him have it a little bit, but still crazy. Then

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<v Speaker 2>Draymond Green flips him off, does the Kyrie the double

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<v Speaker 2>flip off. Then they start cheering for the double flip

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<v Speaker 2>off because they know he's about to get fine fifty

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<v Speaker 2>k wild. So all of this drama is happening whilst

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<v Speaker 2>Ja Moran is having a historic night to the tune

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<v Speaker 2>of almost to fifty. Nugget on another planet had fifteen

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<v Speaker 2>final points in the fourth in Game two. Also in

0:22:35.080 --> 0:22:39.080
<v Speaker 2>Game six against the Minnesota Timberwolves, yet thirteen final points,

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<v Speaker 2>just consecutive. No one else, just Jaw, Just Jaw turning

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<v Speaker 2>into Michael Jordan in the final minutes of a game.

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<v Speaker 2>No one else, just me, just me, one on one.

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<v Speaker 2>Try to stop me, and everyone knows what Yah's gonna do.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm taking it to the rack. If you give me space,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm shooting three every time. Don't even say though, Like

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<v Speaker 2>I know, there's a lot of things on Twitter about

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<v Speaker 2>whether he carried in one of those plays or not

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<v Speaker 2>he did. I mean, there's a lot of things about

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<v Speaker 2>the carry now, So just stop. But I think that's

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<v Speaker 2>solidifying as we back up and try to make sense

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<v Speaker 2>of this about what Jaw is becoming in front of

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<v Speaker 2>our eyes. Jaw obviously shouldn't have won Most Improved Player.

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<v Speaker 2>He was very very good last year. The stat that

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<v Speaker 2>he took, the leap that he took, I don't think

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<v Speaker 2>warrants it was very small leap. What we're seeing right

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<v Speaker 2>now from Jaw is that he's an MVP level player.

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<v Speaker 2>He's a top five player. And not only is he

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<v Speaker 2>a top five player and one of the best in

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<v Speaker 2>the league. I think John Morant has a real shot

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<v Speaker 2>and has showed in moments where the times are bright,

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<v Speaker 2>that he can be the face of the league, not

0:23:52.359 --> 0:23:53.760
<v Speaker 2>the face of the league by the way that the

0:23:53.840 --> 0:23:58.040
<v Speaker 2>NBA particularly would want. He's got the grill, he's got

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<v Speaker 2>a blue dread a red one, and he's taking shot

0:24:02.720 --> 0:24:05.600
<v Speaker 2>to tequila on Instagram live on his G six on

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<v Speaker 2>the way to the All Star Game, being like, listen,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm about to get fucked up, all of that in

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<v Speaker 2>your face. He's doing the gritty every single game they win.

0:24:14.880 --> 0:24:17.320
<v Speaker 2>He's shit talking Steph Curry being like, this is about

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<v Speaker 2>to be really fun. He's stomping on the middle of

0:24:20.359 --> 0:24:24.800
<v Speaker 2>your court on your logo, same things that got Kyrie villainized.

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<v Speaker 2>And he's not babyfaced like Steph Curry tatted so and

0:24:32.640 --> 0:24:36.200
<v Speaker 2>yet and yet there he stands. He's the one I

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<v Speaker 2>think we all think about being the most electric person

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<v Speaker 2>to watch in the NBA. If you could watch to yourself,

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<v Speaker 2>think about this, If you could just watch one guy

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<v Speaker 2>play basketball on any given night, who would be It's

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<v Speaker 2>Jaw on a Tuesday in February. It's Jaw on a

0:24:53.400 --> 0:24:58.800
<v Speaker 2>Saturday night in March, it's Jaw every single time. He's

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<v Speaker 2>musty TV. In regular moments, when the moments are bright,

0:25:03.040 --> 0:25:07.240
<v Speaker 2>he's almost blindingly good. He's almost a star so bright

0:25:07.320 --> 0:25:10.720
<v Speaker 2>we can't even directly look at him. And if you

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<v Speaker 2>are one of the sad souls that want to tell

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<v Speaker 2>John Moran to be quiet, or that he needs to

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<v Speaker 2>be humbled, or that he should just be humble or

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<v Speaker 2>less loud with his play, or talk shit less, or

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<v Speaker 2>figure out a way to just be more like Steph Curry,

0:25:26.560 --> 0:25:29.880
<v Speaker 2>you're missing the fucking point. Also, by the way, check

0:25:29.880 --> 0:25:33.800
<v Speaker 2>out Jaw Moran's postgame presser. He couldn't even see when

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<v Speaker 2>he was having those fifteen last.

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<v Speaker 1>Points you scored the last fifteen points.

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<v Speaker 2>Were you seeing okay as you were fifteen those last

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<v Speaker 2>fifteen points?

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<v Speaker 1>Abolutely no? But would you aim in the middle or

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<v Speaker 1>how did you?

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<v Speaker 4>I got another good out over here?

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<v Speaker 2>Moving forward? After the game, the anger built up on

0:25:57.400 --> 0:26:03.600
<v Speaker 2>the Warriors bench over Peyton's fractured elbow, and it's spilled over.

0:26:04.240 --> 0:26:07.320
<v Speaker 2>Draymond went off on Warriors fans throw not only throwing

0:26:07.359 --> 0:26:11.119
<v Speaker 2>up multiple birds, but he also said, like listen, it

0:26:11.160 --> 0:26:14.080
<v Speaker 2>felt good to flip these guys off, and I would

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<v Speaker 2>do it again.

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<v Speaker 4>You're gonna boot somebody who get elbowed in the eye

0:26:17.720 --> 0:26:20.040
<v Speaker 4>and face running on blood. You should get flipped off.

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<v Speaker 4>So I'll take the fine. I'll go do an appearance

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<v Speaker 4>and make up the money. But it felt really good

0:26:25.480 --> 0:26:28.960
<v Speaker 4>to flip them off. You're gonna boot someone to get

0:26:29.000 --> 0:26:31.160
<v Speaker 4>elbowed in the eye and blood running out of your face.

0:26:31.160 --> 0:26:33.840
<v Speaker 4>I could have had a concussion or anything. So if

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<v Speaker 4>they gonna if they're gonna be that nasty, I can

0:26:35.840 --> 0:26:36.560
<v Speaker 4>be nasty too.

0:26:37.400 --> 0:26:41.679
<v Speaker 2>Whoo. Let me get that rich good. That's gracious. But

0:26:41.800 --> 0:26:45.320
<v Speaker 2>it was Steve Kerlough who I think really went viral,

0:26:45.920 --> 0:26:51.920
<v Speaker 2>changing the conversation. He had some very terse words about

0:26:52.040 --> 0:26:56.120
<v Speaker 2>Dylan Brooks and how he broke the NBA code by

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<v Speaker 2>putting Gary Payton's life in danger.

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<v Speaker 6>I don't know if it was intentional, but it was dirty.

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<v Speaker 6>And you know, playoff basketball is going to it's supposed

0:27:07.680 --> 0:27:11.080
<v Speaker 6>to be physical. You know, everybody's going to compete, everybody's

0:27:11.119 --> 0:27:14.199
<v Speaker 6>going to fight for everything. But there's a code in

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<v Speaker 6>this league. There's a code that players follow where you

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<v Speaker 6>never put a guy's season slash career in jeopardy by

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<v Speaker 6>taking somebody out in mid air and clubbing him across

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<v Speaker 6>the head and ultimately fracturing cars.

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<v Speaker 2>Heal.

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<v Speaker 6>But this is a guy who's been toiling the last

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<v Speaker 6>six years trying to make it in this league, finally

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<v Speaker 6>found a home, just you know, playing his butt off

0:27:46.560 --> 0:27:51.800
<v Speaker 6>this year in the playoffs. You know, this should be

0:27:52.040 --> 0:27:56.760
<v Speaker 6>the time of his life. And the guy comes in

0:27:57.440 --> 0:27:59.600
<v Speaker 6>wax him across the head in mid air. He broke

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<v Speaker 6>the code.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't see it that way. Me personally, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>see it that way. A lot of people thought this

0:28:09.320 --> 0:28:13.880
<v Speaker 2>was a dirty play. I watched this clip fifty sixty

0:28:13.960 --> 0:28:16.960
<v Speaker 2>times in a row. It's only like ten seconds to

0:28:17.000 --> 0:28:19.960
<v Speaker 2>don't act like I was breaking down extensive film. But

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't see the intent to hit the head. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think it was dirty. I don't think he went

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<v Speaker 2>out and decided to take Gary Payton out. Brooks I

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<v Speaker 2>think is more valuable to the Grizzlies than Gary Payton

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<v Speaker 2>is to the Warriors. Did not look intentional to me

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<v Speaker 2>at all. It looked like he was intending to hit

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<v Speaker 2>his arm, try to hit the ball and stop him

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<v Speaker 2>from going up and stop him from at least like

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<v Speaker 2>being able to shoot the shot. No intent to harm

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<v Speaker 2>him at all. I don't think like he was. Like

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<v Speaker 2>I said just a second ago, I don't think he

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<v Speaker 2>was trying to hit his head. He kind of looked

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<v Speaker 2>like his head just kind of got in the way

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<v Speaker 2>of the swipe to the arm end of the ball.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think for sure he was trying to frack

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<v Speaker 2>his elbow. Will take him out for the rest of

0:29:02.280 --> 0:29:06.040
<v Speaker 2>the series. And to me, if Peyton pops back up

0:29:06.160 --> 0:29:09.280
<v Speaker 2>like right away, I don't even think it's a flagrant two.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's a flagrant one maximum. As an aside,

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<v Speaker 2>today on First Take Pivot, Draymond became news because Draymond

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<v Speaker 2>flipping off the fans maybe isn't seen as comporting himself

0:29:28.560 --> 0:29:34.960
<v Speaker 2>in a exactly the word comporting himself. It is not

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<v Speaker 2>seen as I think they're trying to make kind of

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<v Speaker 2>Draymond out to be the villain. And mad Dog Russo,

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<v Speaker 2>a famous radio personality, said, fans are tired of Draymond

0:29:49.320 --> 0:29:54.280
<v Speaker 2>Green's antics and they all want to say enough already.

0:29:55.080 --> 0:29:57.560
<v Speaker 2>And JJ Reddick, probably the treasure of the NBA now,

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<v Speaker 2>decided to clap back in a way that only a

0:30:01.000 --> 0:30:05.200
<v Speaker 2>former player can and explained it in a way that

0:30:05.320 --> 0:30:07.760
<v Speaker 2>I felt needed to be brought to the pod because

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<v Speaker 2>it explains how I feel about Draymon and how guys

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<v Speaker 2>like Chris Russo are harmful to the culture.

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<v Speaker 5>So we say the same sort of connotations that the

0:30:21.880 --> 0:30:24.520
<v Speaker 5>shot up and dribble Krawd has towards athletes, and I

0:30:24.560 --> 0:30:27.680
<v Speaker 5>have a real problem with that and specifically with Draymond

0:30:27.680 --> 0:30:29.480
<v Speaker 5>the idea that America is tired of.

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<v Speaker 7>You do realize the guy has a very very popular

0:30:32.200 --> 0:30:35.280
<v Speaker 7>podcast that he hosts where he talks himself for a

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<v Speaker 7>majority of the episode.

0:30:36.760 --> 0:30:40.240
<v Speaker 1>And people listen to that. He signed a talent deal

0:30:40.400 --> 0:30:43.680
<v Speaker 1>with Turner because people want to hear what Draymon has

0:30:43.800 --> 0:30:44.040
<v Speaker 1>to say.

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<v Speaker 8>Sure, the reason they want to hear what Draymon has

0:30:46.760 --> 0:30:49.200
<v Speaker 8>to say is because, just like in this press conference,

0:30:49.440 --> 0:30:53.040
<v Speaker 8>he is real, authentic and unfiltered. And as a player,

0:30:53.240 --> 0:30:55.480
<v Speaker 8>he is real, authentic and unfiltered.

0:30:55.680 --> 0:30:57.440
<v Speaker 1>The edge that he carries with what's.

0:30:57.320 --> 0:31:00.760
<v Speaker 8>Himself with He's talked about this since Game one. Klay

0:31:00.800 --> 0:31:03.160
<v Speaker 8>Thompson has talked about this since Game one. It's what

0:31:03.280 --> 0:31:05.800
<v Speaker 8>makes him great, it's what makes him a future Hall

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<v Speaker 8>of Famer.

0:31:06.720 --> 0:31:08.520
<v Speaker 1>It's the reason he is who he is.

0:31:09.080 --> 0:31:12.160
<v Speaker 8>It's just like saying, hey, John Moran, stop dancing when

0:31:12.200 --> 0:31:15.000
<v Speaker 8>your teammate's making a three. The reason John Moran is

0:31:15.040 --> 0:31:18.520
<v Speaker 8>great is because he plays with joy and fun and

0:31:18.600 --> 0:31:21.560
<v Speaker 8>a care free attitude and a fearlessness. You can't take

0:31:21.560 --> 0:31:24.200
<v Speaker 8>away what makes a player great, So there's no shut

0:31:24.280 --> 0:31:24.760
<v Speaker 8>up in play.

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<v Speaker 1>He is so polarizing I think for all the fans

0:31:29.000 --> 0:31:30.440
<v Speaker 1>and you think there's some of.

0:31:30.360 --> 0:31:32.400
<v Speaker 8>The podcasts a watch whom I can give you a

0:31:32.520 --> 0:31:35.160
<v Speaker 8>fifty million fans who would take the same thing enough

0:31:35.200 --> 0:31:37.960
<v Speaker 8>for Ready, So he is a polarizing athlete.

0:31:38.280 --> 0:31:41.400
<v Speaker 1>Sure, there are certain younger fans, especially that lack you

0:31:41.480 --> 0:31:44.320
<v Speaker 1>hear him play. I'll give you a large segment of

0:31:44.520 --> 0:31:47.800
<v Speaker 1>older fans who will followed the NBA for sixty years.

0:31:48.280 --> 0:31:51.480
<v Speaker 8>Or this is not a political scenario or a race situation.

0:31:51.840 --> 0:31:55.360
<v Speaker 1>Who will follow Wilp and Whoop is a nick fan who.

0:31:55.160 --> 0:31:59.160
<v Speaker 8>Love pride and love read on.

0:31:59.560 --> 0:32:01.920
<v Speaker 1>I don't think not say that a race situation.

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<v Speaker 7>I'm saying that that the fans you're talking about, they

0:32:04.800 --> 0:32:07.360
<v Speaker 7>talk about athletes that way like you just talked about

0:32:07.400 --> 0:32:07.920
<v Speaker 7>an athlete.

0:32:08.040 --> 0:32:10.280
<v Speaker 1>I think there's a lot. I think the people have Foxing.

0:32:10.320 --> 0:32:12.480
<v Speaker 1>The people on Fox News talk about athletes that way.

0:32:12.480 --> 0:32:14.520
<v Speaker 1>But that's my issue.

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<v Speaker 8>I don't actually care about the fans that watched Bob

0:32:17.680 --> 0:32:19.480
<v Speaker 8>Coosey play and I watch Will play.

0:32:19.560 --> 0:32:21.560
<v Speaker 1>I don't care. I appreciate that they've been.

0:32:21.600 --> 0:32:24.680
<v Speaker 8>NBA fans that long, right, but I don't appreciate the undertone.

0:32:25.960 --> 0:32:31.880
<v Speaker 2>I don't appreciate the undertone. Listen. I don't know that

0:32:31.920 --> 0:32:35.560
<v Speaker 2>there's much more to say than that zip up the

0:32:35.560 --> 0:32:40.040
<v Speaker 2>body still warm. I think he's coming back Wednesday to

0:32:40.080 --> 0:32:43.760
<v Speaker 2>get bodied yet again by JJ Reddick. My lord is

0:32:43.800 --> 0:32:48.600
<v Speaker 2>that true? Yes? This all of this every day twice

0:32:48.600 --> 0:32:51.520
<v Speaker 2>on Sundays. Stop telling athletes how they should act every

0:32:51.560 --> 0:32:54.240
<v Speaker 2>single time. Stop it unless they're doing something that's against

0:32:54.240 --> 0:32:57.840
<v Speaker 2>the law or harming someone, Then how about you just

0:32:57.920 --> 0:33:01.200
<v Speaker 2>take a fucking seat and watch your place said forty five,

0:33:01.960 --> 0:33:03.800
<v Speaker 2>driving me crazy, sheldy eye.

0:33:03.920 --> 0:33:07.400
<v Speaker 1>I need to see you and feel your next to me, comprofide.

0:33:07.440 --> 0:33:10.000
<v Speaker 1>If it's thin, you need a eye like you smile.

0:33:10.080 --> 0:33:11.560
<v Speaker 1>I don't want them to see your craft.

0:33:11.680 --> 0:33:13.920
<v Speaker 2>I got some questions that that guy that asks an

0:33:13.920 --> 0:33:16.600
<v Speaker 2>eye hope you can come over. Then all right, let's

0:33:16.600 --> 0:33:19.880
<v Speaker 2>get into some questions. This episode is a little longer

0:33:19.920 --> 0:33:21.600
<v Speaker 2>than I thought it was gonna be because I am

0:33:21.680 --> 0:33:28.960
<v Speaker 2>long winded, but it is what it is. Question one.

0:33:29.280 --> 0:33:31.760
<v Speaker 2>I didn't write down who asked it, but I'll get

0:33:31.800 --> 0:33:34.560
<v Speaker 2>back to you. Was you know who you are? Is

0:33:34.680 --> 0:33:41.160
<v Speaker 2>Doc Rivers at fault for Joel MB's latest injury? Yes,

0:33:41.680 --> 0:33:46.600
<v Speaker 2>of course, twenty nine points ahead of the Toronto Raptors

0:33:46.640 --> 0:33:49.640
<v Speaker 2>in Game six with four minutes left in a close

0:33:49.680 --> 0:33:53.880
<v Speaker 2>out game against a team that had woving, waving, wivn

0:33:53.960 --> 0:33:58.200
<v Speaker 2>the right white flag, waved the white flag, wove the

0:33:58.240 --> 0:34:01.400
<v Speaker 2>white flag anyway, describe were in and you know who

0:34:01.520 --> 0:34:05.040
<v Speaker 2>was out? Not out fucking Joel Embiid. What's he doing

0:34:05.080 --> 0:34:09.680
<v Speaker 2>out there? You know? And like also Embiid already had

0:34:09.719 --> 0:34:12.960
<v Speaker 2>his thumb was torn up. He shouldn't be out there

0:34:13.000 --> 0:34:16.000
<v Speaker 2>a second longer than he has to. Why was he

0:34:16.080 --> 0:34:20.960
<v Speaker 2>out there, you ask? Because Doc is so worried, so nervous,

0:34:21.239 --> 0:34:25.040
<v Speaker 2>so insecure about the prospect of blowing a three to

0:34:25.160 --> 0:34:28.319
<v Speaker 2>zero lead, that he kept them on the court to

0:34:28.600 --> 0:34:32.400
<v Speaker 2>ensure that they didn't blow another lead. He's blown so

0:34:32.560 --> 0:34:35.840
<v Speaker 2>many leads that he's not even comfortable with up thirty

0:34:36.080 --> 0:34:42.719
<v Speaker 2>with four minutes to go. What, of course he has

0:34:42.800 --> 0:34:47.120
<v Speaker 2>responsibility for this. He's gonna say he doesn't, but he does.

0:34:48.280 --> 0:34:51.319
<v Speaker 2>You pull him, you put him on ice, and you

0:34:51.360 --> 0:34:54.680
<v Speaker 2>don't see him again until the Heat series, and you

0:34:54.719 --> 0:34:58.560
<v Speaker 2>know what, they're now losing joelmb for games one, games two,

0:34:58.800 --> 0:35:01.880
<v Speaker 2>probably game three, maybe game four, and by that time

0:35:02.040 --> 0:35:04.440
<v Speaker 2>it's night night, sleep mask and it's maybe night night.

0:35:04.560 --> 0:35:09.960
<v Speaker 2>To Doc Rivers, he'll probably be fired over it. I mean,

0:35:10.000 --> 0:35:11.480
<v Speaker 2>you think about it and you're just like, why'd you

0:35:11.480 --> 0:35:15.360
<v Speaker 2>do it? Got elbowed in the eye for no reason

0:35:15.400 --> 0:35:17.520
<v Speaker 2>at all. I know Pascal was the one, and so

0:35:17.560 --> 0:35:18.800
<v Speaker 2>he's a starter and he was in the game, So

0:35:18.880 --> 0:35:20.800
<v Speaker 2>don't give me that if don't come into my mentions

0:35:20.800 --> 0:35:25.720
<v Speaker 2>over that. All right, Next question, dot, does does Tyrese

0:35:25.880 --> 0:35:32.360
<v Speaker 2>Maxey really hate James Harden? My initial thought is I

0:35:32.400 --> 0:35:36.560
<v Speaker 2>hope so no, No, I'm just joking. I do think

0:35:37.120 --> 0:35:39.400
<v Speaker 2>it's funny. There was this funny video that went semi

0:35:39.520 --> 0:35:43.439
<v Speaker 2>viral of Tyrese Maxey seemingly not wanting to sit next

0:35:43.440 --> 0:35:45.319
<v Speaker 2>to James Harden when they were getting blown out by

0:35:45.360 --> 0:35:47.759
<v Speaker 2>the heat during a timeout. The video was a one

0:35:47.840 --> 0:35:51.120
<v Speaker 2>hundred percent real it was one hundred percent recent, and

0:35:51.160 --> 0:35:53.880
<v Speaker 2>it did seem like he wanted nothing to do with

0:35:54.200 --> 0:35:56.239
<v Speaker 2>James Harden as soon as James Harden sat down next

0:35:56.280 --> 0:35:59.320
<v Speaker 2>to him. He switched seats to sit next to Maxie,

0:35:59.400 --> 0:36:01.400
<v Speaker 2>and as soon as he Maxie got up and he

0:36:01.440 --> 0:36:04.680
<v Speaker 2>went and sat somewhere else, which is fine, by the way,

0:36:04.680 --> 0:36:06.160
<v Speaker 2>if that was to happen like that doesn't mean you

0:36:06.200 --> 0:36:08.400
<v Speaker 2>hate him. Sometimes you're just tired of your teammates. You

0:36:08.440 --> 0:36:10.279
<v Speaker 2>don't want to see their fucking face. They're annoying you.

0:36:10.280 --> 0:36:11.640
<v Speaker 2>They didn't need to pass you the ball, they made

0:36:11.640 --> 0:36:13.319
<v Speaker 2>a bonehead to move. You're gonna lose the game because

0:36:13.360 --> 0:36:15.640
<v Speaker 2>of them. At that point, it's just better for some space.

0:36:15.800 --> 0:36:17.840
<v Speaker 2>Doesn't mean you hate them, but you do need to

0:36:17.920 --> 0:36:23.360
<v Speaker 2>kind of remove yourself before things get heated. I've been there. However,

0:36:23.400 --> 0:36:25.640
<v Speaker 2>it does turn out that that wasn't really what happened.

0:36:25.640 --> 0:36:29.840
<v Speaker 2>Maxi changed seats because Sam Cassell, assistant coach for the

0:36:29.880 --> 0:36:32.520
<v Speaker 2>Philadelphia seventy six ers, who by the way, probably deserves

0:36:32.520 --> 0:36:35.839
<v Speaker 2>a head coaching shot, wanted to break down a play

0:36:35.880 --> 0:36:39.840
<v Speaker 2>with Maxi. He did it, but it did lead obviously

0:36:39.880 --> 0:36:44.080
<v Speaker 2>to a lot of chatter. Shall we say Sixers players

0:36:44.120 --> 0:36:47.279
<v Speaker 2>finally getting rid of and tired, sick and tired of

0:36:47.400 --> 0:36:52.000
<v Speaker 2>James's bullshit type of tweets. I wish it was true.

0:36:52.520 --> 0:36:56.040
<v Speaker 2>I really wish it was true that Tyrese Maxie, after

0:36:56.080 --> 0:36:59.480
<v Speaker 2>saying all these positive things about James Harden, that he's like, no,

0:36:59.560 --> 0:37:01.120
<v Speaker 2>you know what, I don't even want to be next

0:37:01.160 --> 0:37:06.000
<v Speaker 2>to you, all right? Next question, A lot of Sixers questions,

0:37:06.600 --> 0:37:11.000
<v Speaker 2>will James Harden sign for less than the max?

0:37:13.680 --> 0:37:13.759
<v Speaker 4>No?

0:37:14.600 --> 0:37:17.360
<v Speaker 2>Why would he do that? If we're talking about Tyler

0:37:17.400 --> 0:37:21.560
<v Speaker 2>Hero signing the max? I promise you players keep notes.

0:37:22.080 --> 0:37:25.200
<v Speaker 2>If Tyler Hero is getting thirty seven, James is getting

0:37:25.200 --> 0:37:28.880
<v Speaker 2>forty seven. Why would he do that? Why would James

0:37:28.880 --> 0:37:31.759
<v Speaker 2>Harden decide he would take less money for the good

0:37:31.760 --> 0:37:35.000
<v Speaker 2>of the team to win because he has enough money.

0:37:35.680 --> 0:37:39.000
<v Speaker 2>He's promised Daryl Moury that'll take less if he traces

0:37:39.200 --> 0:37:44.080
<v Speaker 2>trade for me, Darrow, I promise, I promise no. Sam

0:37:44.120 --> 0:37:48.000
<v Speaker 2>Amick on his podcast, former colleague, said that he's being

0:37:48.040 --> 0:37:51.279
<v Speaker 2>told that Sixers intel was that Harden will potentially take

0:37:51.360 --> 0:37:56.040
<v Speaker 2>less than max money to stay in Philly. I will

0:37:56.080 --> 0:38:00.560
<v Speaker 2>believe that when I see that forever. Also, by the way,

0:38:00.800 --> 0:38:04.560
<v Speaker 2>James Harden was the one who told us he forgot

0:38:05.200 --> 0:38:08.600
<v Speaker 2>to sign his player option when he got traded. Oh yeah,

0:38:08.640 --> 0:38:12.399
<v Speaker 2>the deadline just passed. I didn't even realize damn, my bad,

0:38:12.480 --> 0:38:15.080
<v Speaker 2>I really was meaning to do that. What do you

0:38:15.120 --> 0:38:16.880
<v Speaker 2>think is just like you forgot to pick up the

0:38:16.920 --> 0:38:21.120
<v Speaker 2>mail like he has handlers and agents and managers and

0:38:21.239 --> 0:38:24.640
<v Speaker 2>people and the team their ringing ring ring. Hey, we

0:38:24.719 --> 0:38:27.480
<v Speaker 2>need that, Hey, we need that. He didn't forget to

0:38:27.680 --> 0:38:33.560
<v Speaker 2>sign them player option? Does that something you casually forget?

0:38:34.040 --> 0:38:39.120
<v Speaker 2>What everywhere James Harden goes. He's been a little fast

0:38:39.160 --> 0:38:43.319
<v Speaker 2>and loose with the truth. Let's be honest, except for though,

0:38:43.400 --> 0:38:45.680
<v Speaker 2>the one thing was that he said Houston was dog

0:38:45.719 --> 0:38:48.200
<v Speaker 2>shit without him, like that happens to be one hundred

0:38:48.239 --> 0:38:51.719
<v Speaker 2>percent true. But like, do I think he's gonna he

0:38:51.880 --> 0:38:55.520
<v Speaker 2>promised Darryl Morey he would take less money. Oh yeah,

0:38:55.560 --> 0:38:58.479
<v Speaker 2>in the open market, just pay me forty We're good.

0:38:58.640 --> 0:39:02.960
<v Speaker 2>Like I'll let you you know, I'll leave the ten aside. No,

0:39:02.960 --> 0:39:06.680
<v Speaker 2>no shot. He's gonna get paid fifty million dollars a

0:39:06.760 --> 0:39:10.239
<v Speaker 2>year and not a cent less And Darryl Moury is

0:39:10.280 --> 0:39:13.080
<v Speaker 2>gonna pay him that money because he loves James Harden

0:39:13.160 --> 0:39:17.320
<v Speaker 2>like a son and has absolutely no care in the

0:39:17.360 --> 0:39:20.640
<v Speaker 2>world about his own job security, and he will be

0:39:20.680 --> 0:39:24.319
<v Speaker 2>staking his career on the James Harden signing and oh

0:39:24.360 --> 0:39:26.760
<v Speaker 2>boy at that point, can't wait to see what happens next.

0:39:27.920 --> 0:39:31.320
<v Speaker 2>Last question, I think that's question. Last question, Yes, should

0:39:31.360 --> 0:39:42.520
<v Speaker 2>the Lakers trade Lebron? You know now that you mention it,

0:39:42.520 --> 0:39:46.800
<v Speaker 2>it's not a terrible idea. It's not a terrible idea.

0:39:47.120 --> 0:39:51.520
<v Speaker 2>It depends on what you're focused on. If you're focused

0:39:51.560 --> 0:39:56.680
<v Speaker 2>on making money, which let's be honest quickly, you have

0:39:56.760 --> 0:40:00.839
<v Speaker 2>to think about these teams in terms of who's owning them.

0:40:00.920 --> 0:40:03.440
<v Speaker 2>The Lakers organization, and we're finding this out time and

0:40:03.480 --> 0:40:05.759
<v Speaker 2>time again on winning time, is that they've been broke

0:40:05.840 --> 0:40:09.040
<v Speaker 2>from the very beginning. They've never had money, real money

0:40:09.080 --> 0:40:12.680
<v Speaker 2>outside of the real estate. The Jerry Buss ended up

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<v Speaker 2>getting rich off of and then selling in a trade

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<v Speaker 2>to own the Lakers. He was struggling with debt collection

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<v Speaker 2>from second to one. It hasn't gotten that much better.

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<v Speaker 2>No matter how profitable or valuable the Lakers seemed to

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<v Speaker 2>be on paper, they make cheap moves after cheap moves.

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<v Speaker 2>We've got Genie Bus. I think fucking Phil Jackson again,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. I'm not sure like he's given her

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<v Speaker 2>advice again, So as long as he's given her advice,

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<v Speaker 2>He's probably given her something else. So they're not like

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<v Speaker 2>gonna kill They're not gonna tray Lebron because they care

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<v Speaker 2>about Lebron's value to them in terms of Jersey sales,

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<v Speaker 2>in terms of ticket sales, in terms of concessions, all that.

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<v Speaker 2>But if they care about winning, I would do it.

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<v Speaker 2>No One though, by the way, likes to be right

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<v Speaker 2>more than me. First and foremost. I've been saying this,

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<v Speaker 2>there's not a lot of options for the Lakers if

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<v Speaker 2>you want to win. There's only a few people that

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<v Speaker 2>you can really get out. You guys Anthony Davis, and

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<v Speaker 2>it's Lebron James. And now you're hearing that Anthony Davis

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<v Speaker 2>isn't really worth that much. So maybe it's both. And

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<v Speaker 2>maybe it's like start again, which is a shame because

0:41:24.320 --> 0:41:27.200
<v Speaker 2>you add a ton of high quality players that you

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<v Speaker 2>gave up for one Mickey Mouse ring hate to see it.

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<v Speaker 2>Enter stephen A. Smith. Stephen A. Smith then now goes

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<v Speaker 2>on today and it's fucking infuriating when it happened six

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<v Speaker 2>weeks later. Like I've been saying this, and nobody, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm screaming into the void. I'm not on first take.

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<v Speaker 2>But here we go. This is it right here, Let's

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<v Speaker 2>see it.

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<v Speaker 9>Because I have something that I want to say to

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<v Speaker 9>Doggie and JJ Reddick. I specifically because Doggie and I

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<v Speaker 9>were supposed to do this segment. I specifically requested that

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<v Speaker 9>you be in this segment because I have an announcement

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<v Speaker 9>i'd like to make. It is involving Lebron James, Dougie,

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<v Speaker 9>JJ Reddick. I want to announce the American public that

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<v Speaker 9>I think the Los Angeles Lakers should strongly consider trading

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<v Speaker 9>Lebron James. That is what I believe. Now a lot

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<v Speaker 9>of people are gonna lose their minds because the brother's

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<v Speaker 9>thirty seven in his nineteenth year, and he just averaged

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<v Speaker 9>thirty and all of this other stuff, and if the

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<v Speaker 9>team was better, he would have been a League MVP

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<v Speaker 9>candidate without question.

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<v Speaker 2>Paus I said that shit. I said that shit in

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<v Speaker 2>maybe March. It's May fourth, where you been at steven A.

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<v Speaker 2>Keep going.

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<v Speaker 9>This is not throwing a speck of shade on Lebron

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<v Speaker 9>James in case he's watching, which he has tried to

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<v Speaker 9>deny it, but he's watching. Okay, I'm telling you right now,

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<v Speaker 9>it's no shade at all. It's a testament to his greatness,

0:42:57.520 --> 0:42:59.799
<v Speaker 9>and it's a compliment to him that I'm saying, this

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<v Speaker 9>is what the Los Angeles Lakers should consider. The Los

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<v Speaker 9>Angeles Lakers is presently constructed.

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<v Speaker 2>Are going yeah yeah, yeah, yeah yeah. Anyway, like I said,

0:43:12.040 --> 0:43:14.960
<v Speaker 2>go to the clip. You can listen. I'm not this

0:43:15.040 --> 0:43:17.440
<v Speaker 2>is the only thing that's left for you. Like I said,

0:43:17.560 --> 0:43:20.960
<v Speaker 2>you have to movee the Ross Braun eighty for as

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<v Speaker 2>much value as you can. Lebron if he wants to win.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's be honest. I have an announcement for the public,

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<v Speaker 2>and I get all that. The announcement is if Lebron

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<v Speaker 2>James wants to win another title, he needs to force

0:43:35.719 --> 0:43:39.359
<v Speaker 2>his way the fuck out. That's what he needs. Like

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<v Speaker 2>I said, they're not going deep into the luxury tax.

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<v Speaker 2>He can win in La just not in the purple

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<v Speaker 2>and gold. Go to Balmber Barmber spent let me just

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<v Speaker 2>just very slowly speak to you closely, slowly, slowly. Steve

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<v Speaker 2>Balmer spent two billion dollars on the clip, and he

0:44:01.520 --> 0:44:06.920
<v Speaker 2>paid them with a personal check. He wrote, let me

0:44:06.960 --> 0:44:10.120
<v Speaker 2>get out my check book and wrote them the check

0:44:10.239 --> 0:44:13.239
<v Speaker 2>right in front of their fucking face. Do you know

0:44:13.280 --> 0:44:15.960
<v Speaker 2>what kind of money you have. If you can write

0:44:15.960 --> 0:44:20.479
<v Speaker 2>a personal check for two billion dollars, it's just sitting there.

0:44:20.920 --> 0:44:23.960
<v Speaker 2>It's not in investments, it's not in bonds. You don't

0:44:23.960 --> 0:44:27.040
<v Speaker 2>even have to accumulate it, call people, you just write

0:44:27.040 --> 0:44:30.200
<v Speaker 2>the check and it's there. This is a team. The

0:44:30.280 --> 0:44:31.879
<v Speaker 2>Lakers are a team. They didn't even want to sign

0:44:31.880 --> 0:44:33.759
<v Speaker 2>Alex Cruzoe because it would put them a dollar into

0:44:33.840 --> 0:44:37.759
<v Speaker 2>luxury tax. What are we talking about, so, Lebron, if

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<v Speaker 2>you want to win as much as you say you do,

0:44:40.000 --> 0:44:41.799
<v Speaker 2>and you want to stay in La as much as

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<v Speaker 2>you say you do, then just make it happen. Because

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<v Speaker 2>the Clippers aren't going anywhere, the Nuggets aren't going anywhere,

0:44:47.600 --> 0:44:51.120
<v Speaker 2>the Pels aren't going anywhere. Sons, Griz, Timberwolves, Warriors, MAVs,

0:44:51.360 --> 0:44:56.000
<v Speaker 2>all of those eight teams better than you, and maybe

0:44:56.040 --> 0:44:59.840
<v Speaker 2>the Blazers Lord willing they can get back into the playoff.

0:44:59.840 --> 0:45:03.680
<v Speaker 2>Co Lakers are not getting any younger, they're not getting

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<v Speaker 2>any cheaper, They're not getting any better. I know that

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<v Speaker 2>trading Lebron is ridiculous, but maybe it's best for both sides.

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<v Speaker 2>From a monetary perspective, he is probably still one of

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<v Speaker 2>the best players in the league. You get four, five, six, seven,

0:45:16.719 --> 0:45:19.279
<v Speaker 2>eight first round picks for him. You can get a

0:45:19.280 --> 0:45:21.279
<v Speaker 2>lot of picks. Clippers don't have a lot of picks now,

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<v Speaker 2>but maybe they can make some moves. Three team trade.

0:45:23.840 --> 0:45:25.400
<v Speaker 2>Get rid of I mean, fuck it, get rid of

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<v Speaker 2>WHI fuck it, fuck it, get rid of PG. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't care if I'm the Clippers got some nice young

0:45:32.600 --> 0:45:35.920
<v Speaker 2>pieces we already get made moves. Just make it happen

0:45:35.960 --> 0:45:40.040
<v Speaker 2>because they will never contend because Ad is always in

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<v Speaker 2>street close. That's all the time that we have for

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