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Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What is up

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Speaker 1: straight Fire Fight. It's named Jason McIntyre Straight Fire for Thursday,

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Speaker 1: February ninth, I made it successfully to Arizona. You guys

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Speaker 1: will love this, die hard listeners of the podcast who

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Speaker 1: have been with us for the entire run so far,

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Speaker 1: and there's a lot more to come. We recorded Robin.

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Speaker 1: I did a pod on Wednesday afternoon before my flight,

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Speaker 1: you know, and there was a speculation about maybe a

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Speaker 1: And I was like, Okay, well, it's the NBA trade deadline.

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Speaker 1: Probably nothing's gonna happen, so we could just record this.

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Speaker 1: I'm flying out, I've got a shower and get to

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Speaker 1: And then, of course, yeah, the NBA gets probably as

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Speaker 1: bonkers as it has been. I guess the last time

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Speaker 1: that Kevin Durant went to Brooklyn with Kyrie Irving. This

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Speaker 1: a nice dub over the Clippers and they did not

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Speaker 1: even have Luca. And then on Wednesday Russell Westbrook was

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Speaker 1: traded from the Lakers. They finally got off that deal.

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Speaker 1: He was shipped to Parts unknown. I'll say it's Utah,

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Speaker 1: but nobody thinks he's gonna land there, like it's got D'angela,

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Speaker 1: as I'm in an uber home from Cowherd's volume super

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Speaker 1: was As I'm in the uber on the way home,

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Speaker 1: a text comes in from Rob G and I click

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Speaker 1: on the text link and it says Kevin Durant has

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Speaker 1: been traded to the Phoenix Suns for Michael Bridges, Cam

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Speaker 1: Johnson for draft picks. And I was stunned, silent, like

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Speaker 1: My first thought is this is fake. I click on

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Speaker 1: verified account. It's an official deal. Kevin Durant has been

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Speaker 1: shipped to Phoenix. He gets his wish. He doesn't have

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Speaker 1: to ask for another deal. He got chipped. Folks, it

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Speaker 1: doesn't the NFL is king. We know that it's Super

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Speaker 1: The viewers could be ridiculous the numbers. It's gonna be awesome.

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Speaker 1: We're hoping for a great game. But let's be realistic. Okay, everybody,

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Speaker 1: as I mute this television in the hotel him the

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Speaker 1: NBA just stole the NFL thunder with a Bonker's Week,

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Speaker 1: concluding with Kevin Durant a top ten player in the league.

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Speaker 1: Someone say top five when he's healthy. He's not right now,

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Speaker 1: a top fifteen, top twenty player in the history of

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Speaker 1: the sport, going to a desperate Phoenix Suns team who

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Speaker 1: looked like their little two year run. Remember they were

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Speaker 1: in the finals two years ago, lost to the Box.

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Speaker 1: Last year they made the Western Conference. Semis got him back.

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Speaker 1: They were up to nothing on Dallas and Luca came

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Speaker 1: felt like the end. Chris Paul looked washed. What can

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Speaker 1: Phoenix do well. They just leveled up by adding Kevin

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Speaker 1: I actually think they're losing. Makeel Bridges is bigger on

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Speaker 1: now that is totally devoid on the winging Outside of KD,

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Speaker 1: You's Cam Johnson and you lose Michael Bridges and you're like, well,

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Speaker 1: he could be thrown into the deal and as spare parts, folks,

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Speaker 1: Phoenix obviously they got better, but are they the favorites

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Speaker 1: funny if you go to the Phoenix Suns JEP chart

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Speaker 1: rubs people the wrong way because he rides him hard.

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Speaker 1: He's been a little quieter this year because he's well,

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Speaker 1: just wonder how a guy like DeAndre eight and fits

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Speaker 1: run into Lebron? Very very fascinating trade. And Rob, I mean,

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Speaker 1: it's funny. The Lakers are often the top story, the

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Speaker 1: just I don't know if I'm ready to go there

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Speaker 1: And I'll just say this. I know the Warriors lost

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Speaker 1: I just talked myself into the Sun's being the favorite. Robert,

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Speaker 1: Timber was the Warriors are eight. The Denver Nuggets could

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Speaker 1: I don't think anybody would be stunned iff an eight

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Speaker 1: I do believe in Luca. I trust I'll make the

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Speaker 1: MAVs slight favorites now over the Warriors. Sons will be third.

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Speaker 1: at least three, right. But it's like if you're in

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Speaker 1: the West, and you are you know, I know you

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Speaker 1: like your the plucky Sacramento Kings, right, and I don't

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Speaker 1: think they're making a move for him. Um, I don't think.

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Speaker 1: But no what I'm saying, but but you're you're poor Land,

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Speaker 1: Your your Minnesota kind of blew their while they're kind

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Speaker 1: of all in any ways. But you're there's no way

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Speaker 1: you're gonna win a championship. You're not going to be

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Speaker 1: competitive in this conference right now, as loaded as it is.

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Speaker 1: Why wouldn't you offshoot get rid of of Dan Blueller.

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Speaker 1: Why wouldn't you Where are you sending Dave? That's the thing? Like, Okay,

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Speaker 1: in the East, it's a pretty clear top three, and

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Speaker 1: I think Cleveland has a case to be right there

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Speaker 1: in the top four, in the top three, right with

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Speaker 1: the Sixers, Buck Celtics right after that. Does it make

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Speaker 1: sense for Miami to chase Dame? I mean, they're not

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Speaker 1: going to give up Jimmy Butler. They're not going to

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Speaker 1: give up bam at a Bio. I don't think the

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Speaker 1: Knicks do it. They've got Bronson. I don't think the

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Speaker 1: Hawks do it. You want to get a little crazy,

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Speaker 1: Does Memphis, even though they're number two in the West, say, hey,

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Speaker 1: you know what is Jaren Jackson thing? What if we

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Speaker 1: add a Dame to this backcourt of John Moran, Dame

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Speaker 1: to Desmond Bane, maybe we got something to Does Memphis

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Speaker 1: any up to keep up with the Joneses? And yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean even if even if it's not Dame, if

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Speaker 1: you're Memphis, can you really stand pat at this point?

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Speaker 1: You're you're gonna show. I mean, I like John Moran,

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Speaker 1: I think they have a scrappy team, but you're gonna

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Speaker 1: be walking into a gunfight with a pocket knife, like

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Speaker 1: you really are you really counting on? Actually, Dylan Brooks

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Speaker 1: probably is carrying a machine. Dylan Brooks and and Desmond Baine,

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Speaker 1: who I think are fine NBA players, But are you

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Speaker 1: really trusting them in a playoff series against Kevin Durant

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Speaker 1: and Devin Booker? No? Are you trusting them against Luca

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Speaker 1: Danchets and Kyrie Irving? No? Are you trusting them against

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Speaker 1: Yokich and Porter and Murray and Gordon? No? So so

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Speaker 1: what what are you doing? Then? You're just spinning your wheels. Well,

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Speaker 1: they also are super arrogant and they think that anything

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Speaker 1: that they do they're good to go. Um, So I

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Speaker 1: don't think Memphis will do anything. Um the other name,

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Speaker 1: I don't know. I would Boston go after day? I

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Speaker 1: just don't see it. Now. Jalen Brown broke his face

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Speaker 1: or something. Um, I don't exactly know what that is.

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Speaker 1: So he's going to be out for a minute and

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Speaker 1: you can't trade him. Um. Actually, let's wrap up rob

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Speaker 1: with a little Lakers talk, shall we? Sure? D'Angelo Russell,

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Speaker 1: I don't think Malik Beasley's is the starting too. It's

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Speaker 1: probably I don't know, is it true? Can you start

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Speaker 1: Shrewder and Russell. That is so no defense in the backcourt.

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Speaker 1: I don't think you could start bat bev. What are

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Speaker 1: they doing at the two? Oh, let's start hopefully buddy,

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Speaker 1: he'll will start it. I honestly none of it makes sensible.

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Speaker 1: Um up front, lebron A d I like Thomas Bryant,

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Speaker 1: Grui Hachimura, Troy Brown like, I'm sorry, but you just

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Speaker 1: rattled off all the teams in the West Rock that

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Speaker 1: are loaded. Lakers are not loaded. Are you ready? I'm

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Speaker 1: officially ready to declare I'm over this team. The West

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Speaker 1: is so exciting right now. I don't even need to

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Speaker 1: like the Lakers. It's just disappointing how far they've fallen. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and it's disappointing because I thought with the Russell Westbrook

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Speaker 1: trade and the guys that they added, that they would

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Speaker 1: be plucky, and now it's clear that they again just

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Speaker 1: do not have the horses to keep up with any

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Speaker 1: any team that has good wing players, which now there

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Speaker 1: are several. They just can't match up with them at all.

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Speaker 1: Like Luca would cook him and he's not even a wing,

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Speaker 1: He's just a giant point guard. Kevin Durant would cook him.

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Speaker 1: Kauai and Paul George would cook him. It's just frustrating. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I don't. I don't think they have any chance. By

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Speaker 1: the way, final we'll wrap up with this. Did you

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Speaker 1: get to watch any of Kyrie with the MAVs against

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Speaker 1: the paper Clips? I did what was better Kyrie's performance,

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Speaker 1: which was very good under control look good? Or afterward

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Speaker 1: when the media's first question was did you see Kevin

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Speaker 1: Duranch just got traded. We're gonna talk about We're gonna

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Speaker 1: talk about our team and our performance. You know, he's

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Speaker 1: all excited. He's like, look, I can win the West.

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Speaker 1: I mean he's not saying this. I'm just what he's thinking.

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Speaker 1: I show up, I have one practice with this team

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Speaker 1: and we take down one of the best teams in

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Speaker 1: the West. You've got me playing with freaking Hardaway Bullock,

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Speaker 1: Dwight Powell and his kid Green who better word named

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Speaker 1: tag around me at practice. By the way, it sounds

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Speaker 1: like Christian Wood could be on the move today. I

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Speaker 1: wouldn't doubt it. As much offense as they can get. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'm no Luca and they still get to win over

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Speaker 1: the paper Clips in l a UM playoff. Paul George

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Speaker 1: three for nine from Deep Kawhi Leonard took twelve shots

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Speaker 1: in thirty two minutes. It was the Norm Powell Terrence

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Speaker 1: Man show. Say good night. Clippers Mavericks now finished the season.

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Speaker 1: Oh they split the series two and two. Um, I'm

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Speaker 1: just I'm not going overboard. Rob, put me down, filt

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Speaker 1: away Dallas, Mavericks coming out of the West, just so

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Speaker 1: I can eat my words on Kyrie Irving and all

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Speaker 1: these people can yell at me for being a hater. Right,

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Speaker 1: that is way longer than we anticipated. But listen, when

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Speaker 1: big big ish like Kevin durank it and shiped happens,

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Speaker 1: there's gonna be a lot of people waking up this

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Speaker 1: morning thinking that we got what are the ball sack sports?

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Speaker 1: They got ball sacked. There's no way Kevin Durk got

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Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, he did. Congratulations to Kevin duran He's

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Speaker 1: back on a winner. He's away from Kyrie Irving. Now

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Speaker 1: have a chance, Rob. But I just I'm not a

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Speaker 1: Christ Paul believer. I don't think the Sons get it done.

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Speaker 1: But good luck to Kaby. Talk to you the more. Yeah,