WEBVTT - The Bubble Title with Jeanie Buss | 2020 NBA Finals: Game 6 Heat vs. Lakers

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<v Speaker 1>What's like the one thing that you learn the most

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<v Speaker 1>from your dad that you use in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, if a deal isn't good for both sides, then

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<v Speaker 2>it's not a good deal. A one sided deal is

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<v Speaker 2>eventually going to either fall apart or come back and

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<v Speaker 2>haunt you. It's just not the way to do business.

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<v Speaker 2>And my dad was a very fair man and didn't

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<v Speaker 2>take advantage of people, and that's a carry in that tradition.

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<v Speaker 1>I love that that was a fair trade with Luca thing.

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<v Speaker 1>I guess, I mean it had to go there. GEDI

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<v Speaker 1>welcome to Games with Names. I'm Julian Edelman. They're Jack

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<v Speaker 1>and Kyler, and we're on a mission to find the

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<v Speaker 1>greatest game of all time. On today's episode, we are

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<v Speaker 1>covering game six of the twenty twenty NBA Finals, Miami

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<v Speaker 1>Heat versus the la Lakers, with co founder of Wow

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<v Speaker 1>Women of Wrestling, La Icon and Lakers Governor Jeanie Buss.

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<v Speaker 1>We get into talking Lebron James Bubble Championship.

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<v Speaker 2>Lebron comes over and hugs me and whispers in my ear,

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<v Speaker 2>I told you we would do this.

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<v Speaker 1>What Kobe Bryant means to the Lakers.

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<v Speaker 2>I know that Kobe knew how much we loved him.

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<v Speaker 3>You can't replace that.

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<v Speaker 1>And behind the scene of the Luca trade, it could.

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<v Speaker 2>Blow up our season, so it was completely kept under wraps.

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<v Speaker 1>And then we're checking in with Jackie in this week's

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<v Speaker 1>chill Zone, presented by Whor's like you Gotta stick around

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<v Speaker 1>to the very end. Games with Names is a production

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<v Speaker 1>of iHeartRadio.

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<v Speaker 4>October eleventh, twenty twenty, ESPN Worldwide Sports Complex, Lake Bueno Vista, Florida.

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<v Speaker 2>Uncertain times make for an unprecedented path to winning it.

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<v Speaker 1>All, but one things for certain.

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<v Speaker 4>Lebron James and the Lakers have banners seventeen in their sights.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the banner seventeen games.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, we have a very very special guest, the Queen

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<v Speaker 1>of la the Queen of sport. We got Genie Buss

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<v Speaker 1>in the nuthouse. Welcome to the nuthouse. In one sentence,

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<v Speaker 1>why did we pick game six, twenty twenty NBA Finals

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<v Speaker 1>eight versus Lakers game?

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<v Speaker 2>Because that was the most recent one, most recent championship

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<v Speaker 2>and a unique game because it took place in the bubble.

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<v Speaker 1>Is it the greatest game of all time? No? I

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<v Speaker 1>mean that's an integrity type score.

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<v Speaker 3>But I think it's the most interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it is a very interesting game. I want to

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<v Speaker 1>dive into it, but at first, can you walk us

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<v Speaker 1>through the day to day life of an owner of

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<v Speaker 1>an NBA team. I'm interested because I kind of know

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<v Speaker 1>what the NFL is. You guys have so many less players.

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<v Speaker 1>You have to have such intimate relationships with like all

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<v Speaker 1>your players. What's your day to day life.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, we like to color ourselves governors as opposed to owners,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm a co owner. It's my family's team, and

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<v Speaker 2>we have other partial owners. But I'm the governor, which

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<v Speaker 2>the governor means that you are responsible for every decision

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<v Speaker 2>that is made by the team.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, there's only one governor.

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<v Speaker 2>There's only one governor, so you know, it's it is about,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, putting out fires when things go wrong, and

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<v Speaker 2>there's always something that goes wrong or never prepared for everything.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know, I oversee the business operations, which includes broadcast, marketing, sponsorship,

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<v Speaker 2>season seat sales, you know, social media, and then of

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<v Speaker 2>course the basketball department, which would be responsible for putting

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<v Speaker 2>together the roster, hiring the coach. You know, we're a

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<v Speaker 2>particularly close team, and I think some of the things

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<v Speaker 2>that we've gone through the last few seasons, especially most

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<v Speaker 2>recently the fires in LA has you know, kind of

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<v Speaker 2>put the friendships in an even more meaningful way because

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<v Speaker 2>you realize how quickly you can lose things. And so

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<v Speaker 2>our brand new coach, Jj Reddick, and you know, when

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<v Speaker 2>we hired him, I was very excited. Clearly a basketball mind,

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<v Speaker 2>great communicator, great competitor, you know, wants to win, super smart.

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<v Speaker 2>And he had to move his family from Brooklyn and

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<v Speaker 2>his wife and two young kids, and I'm not sure

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<v Speaker 2>they were really excited about moving because he took the job.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, they were already in school and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>so now they have to uplift away from all their

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<v Speaker 2>friends and come to LA. So they rent a house

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<v Speaker 2>and it lost it in the fires. So you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I was worried that his wife was going to say, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm out, I'm done. I'm not this was not meant

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<v Speaker 2>to be. But instead, it's like they realize, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>they want to be part of.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, rebuilding the community.

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<v Speaker 2>And they've already you know, really taken their place in

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<v Speaker 2>Laker you know, the Laker family, and you know, so

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I do a lot of different things.

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<v Speaker 1>That's amazing. And when you talk about community and Laker

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<v Speaker 1>I've been in La now for like fifteen years full

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<v Speaker 1>time two years, and this is such a Laker town.

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<v Speaker 1>Like that's the one thing, you know, because I'm a

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<v Speaker 1>football guy. They always have a couple of football teams.

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<v Speaker 1>They're bouncing back and forth. Baseball is pretty good. They

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<v Speaker 1>love the Dodgers. But this is like such a Laker town.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's so great to see how you guys are

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<v Speaker 1>with the community because I watch the local news. You

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<v Speaker 1>put on local news when you get older. I'm sitting

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<v Speaker 1>there watching. I see you guys going to charity events,

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<v Speaker 1>rebuilding stuff, and it's freaking like. The Lakers are La

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<v Speaker 1>and it's awesome. I also have a really important question.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a podcast host. Do you think Patriots will probably

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<v Speaker 1>gave me a shot at a head coaching title?

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<v Speaker 3>Are you interested in that?

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<v Speaker 1>No? I'm not not at all. Are you sure podcast

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<v Speaker 1>head coach? I know?

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<v Speaker 2>You know, Bob Craft was really really good friends with

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<v Speaker 2>my dad. As a matter of fact, he credits my

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<v Speaker 2>dad it to getting him involved in sports because the

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<v Speaker 2>very first team that Bob Craft owned was a team

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<v Speaker 2>called the Boston Lobsters, which was part of World Team

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<v Speaker 2>Tennis and that was you know, my dad's first team

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<v Speaker 2>was the La Strings World Team Tennis, a league that

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<v Speaker 2>was started by Billy Jean King. And you know, through

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<v Speaker 2>their friendship, every year on my dad's birthday until he

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<v Speaker 2>passed away, Bob Craft would send him live lobsters from Boston, which.

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<v Speaker 3>Was very cool.

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<v Speaker 2>But he you know, they were talking about the Patriots

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<v Speaker 2>for sale, and he called my dad and said, what

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<v Speaker 2>do you think about that? And he said, absolutely, do

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<v Speaker 2>whatever it takes to get the team.

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<v Speaker 3>And so he got.

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<v Speaker 2>He bought the Patriots history. He's a great honor an.

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<v Speaker 1>He's an unbelievable guy. Like I love mister Kraft. We

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<v Speaker 1>had a very special special relationship. I just want to

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<v Speaker 1>thank you because it's because of your bloodline.

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<v Speaker 2>That it's awful circle.

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<v Speaker 1>It's awful circle. What's it like on an NBA team?

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<v Speaker 1>Like and you you were born in this because you

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<v Speaker 1>were eighteen when when your dad got the team. You've

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<v Speaker 1>been around the team, You've had so many different roles

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<v Speaker 1>in other sports to prepare you to become this. What's

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<v Speaker 1>it like owning a goddamn what's the biggest perk? You

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<v Speaker 1>got to have some crazy perks out here in La

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<v Speaker 1>Do you know the tunnels? Is there underground tunnel system?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm really interested in that. Is that? Is that real?

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<v Speaker 1>I know you have you have a key?

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<v Speaker 3>You mean underneath that?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, there's an underground tunnels. Yes, Jesus, what is it?

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<v Speaker 1>How is it?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean it was just so you can access across

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<v Speaker 2>the street without having to leave the area and across

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<v Speaker 2>the street.

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<v Speaker 1>Guys, it's real.

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<v Speaker 2>But I still don't understand why you don't want to

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<v Speaker 2>be a coach? Can I talk you into it?

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<v Speaker 1>I'll tell you this right now. I love football, and

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<v Speaker 1>I have a lot of great experience from football, and

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<v Speaker 1>I have a lot of knowledge of the game because

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<v Speaker 1>I learned from probably two of the greatest sports minds,

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<v Speaker 1>three of the greatest sports minds in my sport, mister

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<v Speaker 1>Craft as an owner, UH coach Belichick and Tom Brady

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<v Speaker 1>as a competitor. So but I love I love the game.

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<v Speaker 1>But I remember as a player, I would leave a

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<v Speaker 1>twelve hour job, like twelve thirteen hours of putting my

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<v Speaker 1>work in all day. Football is different. We're preparing all

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<v Speaker 1>day because there's one game, so you're literally doing everything

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<v Speaker 1>you can to perform your best for three hours on

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<v Speaker 1>a Sunday. So I would leave after a fourteen hour day,

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<v Speaker 1>and our coaches are in the parking lot seeing their

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<v Speaker 1>family for the first time, and they would go back

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<v Speaker 1>in for night meetings and that's the only time they

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<v Speaker 1>would see their family. Now, when you're a coach, you

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<v Speaker 1>sacrifice in so much. And I've put my time in

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<v Speaker 1>and I've already had said those nose to my family,

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<v Speaker 1>my daughter, my brothers, my sisters. I've set those nose

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<v Speaker 1>for a long time. So like I enjoy football, I

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<v Speaker 1>love football. I get my football fix on Fox promoting

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<v Speaker 1>the game. And then I love learning about other people

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<v Speaker 1>in their preparation process and their love of their sport.

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<v Speaker 1>Like and I get to have my relationship with my

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<v Speaker 1>kid where I'm still picking her up every day or

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<v Speaker 1>you know, at school, I pick her up, take her

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<v Speaker 1>you know when I have, So there's a there's a sacrifice.

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<v Speaker 1>I love the time, but it's just you gotta you

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<v Speaker 1>gotta have, you gotta have, Like coaches, I experienced winning

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<v Speaker 1>at playing the game. Like, if you're a coach or

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<v Speaker 1>someone and you love it like that and you're putting

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<v Speaker 1>that much, do you got to have something wrong with you?

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<v Speaker 1>A little. Those guys are nuts.

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<v Speaker 2>How about just don't rule it out completely? And do

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<v Speaker 2>you mentor any players?

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<v Speaker 5>Now?

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<v Speaker 1>I do? I mean I talk with a lot of guys. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>Social media is awesome for that that specific. Yeah, Like

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<v Speaker 1>you know, you hit a guy's story, a young player,

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<v Speaker 1>he'll tap into you. And so it's a great way

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<v Speaker 1>to communicate with young guys through that. I love. I

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<v Speaker 1>love telling my story and giving what I felt helped

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<v Speaker 1>me get to where I was at two guys, because

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<v Speaker 1>that's all you really have once you leave the game,

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<v Speaker 1>is the knowledge that you passed down to the other guys.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, that sounds like a coach to me.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I'm a podcaster.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, all right, so the perks you asked me, what

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<v Speaker 2>are the perks of being give me back and forth

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<v Speaker 2>the owner.

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<v Speaker 1>You know you need a podcast?

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<v Speaker 2>No, I don't know.

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<v Speaker 3>So my husband has a podcast, but and I was.

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<v Speaker 3>I was a guest on his podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>That's actually how we got anyway, So I I guess

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I can sit.

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<v Speaker 3>Anywhere I want.

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<v Speaker 2>No, I'm just kidding, you know.

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<v Speaker 3>It's it's for me.

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<v Speaker 2>It's about the fans, and it's about doing things the

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<v Speaker 2>right way. The way we play the game. The type

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<v Speaker 2>of players we have, you know, we look at you know, character, integrity,

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<v Speaker 2>and it really is about putting together a team of talent.

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<v Speaker 2>But by coming together as a team, they can and

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<v Speaker 2>exceed their own expectations of what is it obtainable for

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<v Speaker 2>their career. So it's you know, that's the part that

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<v Speaker 2>I love is watching the success of a team coming

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<v Speaker 2>together and sacrificing for each other in order to win.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know, my dad, you know, I mean, I

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<v Speaker 2>learned from the best owner, the most winningest owner of

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<v Speaker 2>all time according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

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<v Speaker 1>That's really good.

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<v Speaker 2>And so you know, he talked about, you know, really

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<v Speaker 2>people in our position, you know, our job is to

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<v Speaker 2>give the team the resources to get to you know,

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<v Speaker 2>get to the playoffs, win around or two. But to

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<v Speaker 2>win a championship that comes from inside. That comes from

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<v Speaker 2>diving for that loose ball, for you know, making that

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<v Speaker 2>effort that you can't coach, that you can't it comes

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<v Speaker 2>from within. And if you have that special you know,

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<v Speaker 2>bond that players play for each other, then you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the sky's the limit.

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<v Speaker 1>That's when good things happen. A lot of perks. What's

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<v Speaker 1>what's the annoying, the annoying part of being the governor.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, you don't make laws, but you got to

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<v Speaker 1>enforce them, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>I I think the part that kind of makes me

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<v Speaker 2>crazy is when I you know, fans tell me you

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<v Speaker 2>know what the coach needs to do or what players

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<v Speaker 2>to trade for, and you know they're they It's kind

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<v Speaker 2>of like, why are you telling me this? Because I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>you couldnot like the coach or you cannot like a

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<v Speaker 2>move that was made, but like by you telling me

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<v Speaker 2>how to correct it, you're insulting the people that work

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<v Speaker 2>for me. You know, I'm gonna be that's defensive about that.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, it's got to be so much harder to

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<v Speaker 1>be an owner nowadays because everyone has an opinion behind

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<v Speaker 1>a keyboard that can somehow get picked up in another way.

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<v Speaker 1>And there's just so many things coming from you and

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<v Speaker 1>so many different directions with all the access to social

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<v Speaker 1>media and the internet and everything. And now we're hitting AI.

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<v Speaker 1>It's so gnarly. You talk with so much passion about

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<v Speaker 1>your father, you know, and you can clearly tell that

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<v Speaker 1>there was an unbelievable relationship, and you know you've been

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<v Speaker 1>in this family, the Laker family pretty much along the

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<v Speaker 1>existence of a lot of this What's like the one

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<v Speaker 1>thing that like you learn the most from your dad

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<v Speaker 1>that you use in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, you know, it's about if a deal isn't good

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<v Speaker 2>for both sides, then it's not a good deal, right,

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<v Speaker 2>Like you can't you know, a one sided deal is

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<v Speaker 2>eventually going to either fall apart or come back and

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<v Speaker 2>haunt you.

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<v Speaker 3>It's just not the way to do business.

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<v Speaker 2>And my dad was a very fair man and didn't

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<v Speaker 2>take advantage of people, and that's a carry in that tradition.

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<v Speaker 1>I love that that was a fair trade with Luca thing,

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<v Speaker 1>I guess. I mean, it had to go there. You

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<v Speaker 1>guys just got the best damn player at like twenty

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<v Speaker 1>one years old.

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<v Speaker 2>Look what we had to give up though, I know

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<v Speaker 2>he's I mean, Anthony Davis, we want a championship.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a great owner.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you know how hard that was? We were not

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<v Speaker 2>looking to trade Anthony Davis. Dallas contacted us and he'd

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<v Speaker 2>been making it clear that he wasn't happy that he

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<v Speaker 2>was having to.

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<v Speaker 3>Play the five.

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<v Speaker 2>He wanted to play the four, So it sounded like

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<v Speaker 2>he was unhappy, and so, you know, I mean, it

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<v Speaker 2>was a it was the deal that both sides wanted

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<v Speaker 2>to make.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, that's that's a mega. That was a mega.

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<v Speaker 1>That's like the biggest trade I've ever seen in all

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<v Speaker 1>of sport, where you have two bases of the league swapping,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's got to be awesome. And that's so exciting

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<v Speaker 1>for the Lakers to have another young, prominent face. That's good.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's going to raise the Lakers even the

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<v Speaker 1>higher levels because he's international.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't anticipate the global impact it would have. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I knew it was gonna be a big story in

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<v Speaker 2>the NBA, but that he really is a global superstar.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know another story that I'd like to tell

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<v Speaker 2>about my dad is my dad was one of the

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<v Speaker 2>best poker players, amateur poker players in the world. He

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<v Speaker 2>was on the Poker Tour for a while in nineteen

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<v Speaker 2>ninety three, was Rookie of the Year on the Poker Tour.

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<v Speaker 2>So he kept trying to teach me how to play poker.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm a terrible poker player because I don't have

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<v Speaker 2>a poker face right like, I can't I can't bluff.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not a good liar.

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<v Speaker 2>And he kept trying and trying to find on this, Like, Dad,

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<v Speaker 2>why are you doing this to me? I don't like it.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't I'm never going.

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<v Speaker 2>To be good and he goes, he goes, well, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>just I'm trying to teach you something.

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<v Speaker 3>He said.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of people think that poker is about, you know, like,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, bluffing, and you know, he said, it's not.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a game of patience and you have to wait

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<v Speaker 2>until you have the cards. And he said, and I

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<v Speaker 2>know you can get that part of it, he said,

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<v Speaker 2>but once you get the cards, you got to be

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<v Speaker 2>able to go from zero to one hundred in a

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<v Speaker 2>drop of a hat. And he goes, I'm not sure

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<v Speaker 2>you can do that. And so you know, when we

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<v Speaker 2>traded for Anthony Davis, we had to trade all of

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<v Speaker 2>our young players plus draft picks Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram,

0:19:15.240 --> 0:19:22.800
<v Speaker 2>Josh Hart and draft picks. I knew right then, that's

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<v Speaker 2>what he meant, Like, Okay, here's here's the moment of truth.

0:19:26.240 --> 0:19:29.520
<v Speaker 2>Genie can get Anthony Davis. But you got to put

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<v Speaker 2>your cards in. You gotta you know, this is it.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know we did that. We got Anthony Davis

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<v Speaker 2>and that led us to a championship. So I think

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<v Speaker 2>he his lesson was learned.

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<v Speaker 1>Man. You know, my dad's still around, but I still

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<v Speaker 1>have my dad's head in my anytime I'm making a decision,

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<v Speaker 1>I just hear my dad like like the same way

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<v Speaker 1>the lessons that he taught me. And that's so I

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<v Speaker 1>just that's touching. You know you still use it now.

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<v Speaker 1>How big is this move going forward?

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<v Speaker 3>You mean the trade?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean, you know, we I think we need

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<v Speaker 2>to get the right players around him.

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<v Speaker 3>I think we have.

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<v Speaker 2>It's very interesting to watch him play with Lebron. We

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<v Speaker 2>don't have enough of a sample size yet, but wow,

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<v Speaker 2>this kid can pass the ball like he sees the

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<v Speaker 2>game like no one I've ever It's it's you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I really had no idea how great of a mind

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<v Speaker 2>he has for basketball.

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<v Speaker 3>So it's exciting.

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<v Speaker 2>But people got to remember he hadn't played in months.

0:20:52.000 --> 0:20:55.600
<v Speaker 2>He'd been out with an injury, so he's he's going

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<v Speaker 2>to have to like acclimate to, you know, playing full

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<v Speaker 2>time again. And he didn't play last night we played

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<v Speaker 2>in Portland. We won, so all that part is good.

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<v Speaker 2>But I think there's just gonna be it's gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of fun. Our fans are already the static

0:21:16.400 --> 0:21:17.880
<v Speaker 2>static going crazy.

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<v Speaker 1>See Luca jerseys everywhere in Brentwood. It's crazy again how

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<v Speaker 1>they make those already?

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<v Speaker 2>And I love that he wears seventy seven because we've

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<v Speaker 2>never had like if he, you know, was wearing twenty four,

0:21:32.960 --> 0:21:35.600
<v Speaker 2>it's like, sorry, you can't wear twenty four, it's retired.

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<v Speaker 2>But seventy seven, we've never had a seventy seven.

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<v Speaker 1>He's got his own. Yeah, it's just it's waiting to happen. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>how does this move happen? In the front office, the

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<v Speaker 1>Mavericks call you. Are you sitting there like scratching you? Like,

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<v Speaker 1>how does this go down? Do? They call the GM?

0:21:56.359 --> 0:21:59.600
<v Speaker 1>And then they contact you and they tell you what's.

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<v Speaker 2>Going, Like, hey, you know the timeline started, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>just because you'll never forget that day, January seventh, the

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<v Speaker 2>Lakers were in Dallas and that was the night that

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<v Speaker 2>the fire started. Yeah, so I was, you know, watching

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<v Speaker 2>the fires, but also watching the game, and it was

0:22:23.240 --> 0:22:26.000
<v Speaker 2>you know, Luca was out, I think Kyrie was out,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, I'm like, oh, good, an easy win,

0:22:29.280 --> 0:22:32.159
<v Speaker 2>you know, like we can win this game. And of

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<v Speaker 2>course the players were all watching their phones because they

0:22:37.680 --> 0:22:41.560
<v Speaker 2>didn't know what was happening, you know, especially JJ. You know,

0:22:41.880 --> 0:22:45.120
<v Speaker 2>his wife had to evacuate, so it's like they were

0:22:45.119 --> 0:22:49.160
<v Speaker 2>completely distracted from the game. And at that point, that's

0:22:49.240 --> 0:22:54.280
<v Speaker 2>when Rob was at our GM. Rob Polinka was at

0:22:54.320 --> 0:22:58.600
<v Speaker 2>the game and he met with the GM of the

0:22:58.720 --> 0:23:04.520
<v Speaker 2>Dallas team and they had a conversation and Rob thought

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<v Speaker 2>about it for a day and then came to me

0:23:07.800 --> 0:23:12.280
<v Speaker 2>and said, here's something that was kind of talked about,

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<v Speaker 2>a framework.

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<v Speaker 3>And I said, well, I hope you.

0:23:16.560 --> 0:23:19.800
<v Speaker 2>Told him that we're not trading Anthony Davis, like that's

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<v Speaker 2>not you know, we're not trading him. And as then

0:23:24.480 --> 0:23:29.960
<v Speaker 2>we talked more and more we figured out a framework

0:23:30.040 --> 0:23:34.040
<v Speaker 2>that could work, and then the rest went on. And

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<v Speaker 2>I said, what's the most important thing is that if this,

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<v Speaker 2>if the conversations become public, it could blow up our

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<v Speaker 2>season because now you have a player who thinks.

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<v Speaker 3>They're going to get traded.

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<v Speaker 2>It's hard for them to recalibrate, so you know what

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<v Speaker 2>that's like. So it was completely kept under wraps, and

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<v Speaker 2>I think that that's why it took everybody by such surprise.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that was that that's gonna be tough, Like what

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<v Speaker 1>a resilient group though, for like the players looking at

0:24:12.800 --> 0:24:16.800
<v Speaker 1>their phone. I was glued to the TV for six

0:24:16.880 --> 0:24:20.840
<v Speaker 1>days straight. Shout out to all the news stations in LA.

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<v Speaker 1>I was like glued this thing. They had the they

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<v Speaker 1>had the maps and stuff so you could see the

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<v Speaker 1>road with the live pictures. That was a crazy time.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, unfortunately, and this shows maybe the lack of our

0:24:35.840 --> 0:24:41.600
<v Speaker 2>you know, preparedness from at the government level, was that

0:24:41.920 --> 0:24:45.720
<v Speaker 2>we were finding out our information from the news, not

0:24:45.920 --> 0:24:50.000
<v Speaker 2>from any official It was like there was a lack

0:24:50.040 --> 0:24:54.960
<v Speaker 2>of leadership unfortunately. And I agree with you the news

0:24:55.000 --> 0:24:58.160
<v Speaker 2>people they're out there, there's embers flying, like how does

0:24:58.160 --> 0:25:00.560
<v Speaker 2>their hair not catch on fire?

0:25:00.240 --> 0:25:03.040
<v Speaker 1>They were going nut. That was a That was a

0:25:03.840 --> 0:25:07.840
<v Speaker 1>cool time for the community during a very horrific time

0:25:08.520 --> 0:25:10.960
<v Speaker 1>that I saw for the first time this community come together.

0:25:10.960 --> 0:25:13.560
<v Speaker 1>That was like my first experience of the LA community

0:25:13.600 --> 0:25:16.280
<v Speaker 1>coming together to help people that were in need. The

0:25:16.359 --> 0:25:19.679
<v Speaker 1>responders people helping people that were from other eight neighborhoods

0:25:19.680 --> 0:25:23.920
<v Speaker 1>that weren't affected and helping given time and food. I mean,

0:25:23.960 --> 0:25:30.040
<v Speaker 1>it was it was pretty scary. But jump in and

0:25:30.040 --> 0:25:33.600
<v Speaker 1>and talk about the hiring process of a guy like

0:25:33.720 --> 0:25:39.280
<v Speaker 1>JJ Reddick, like that is a splash because young gun

0:25:39.760 --> 0:25:44.000
<v Speaker 1>obviously brilliant mind coming from TV. Now are we we

0:25:44.119 --> 0:25:46.360
<v Speaker 1>hearing pops in the brain when we're doing these are

0:25:46.400 --> 0:25:50.280
<v Speaker 1>these these moves where like we gotta how did how

0:25:50.280 --> 0:25:51.600
<v Speaker 1>did that process go down?

0:25:51.920 --> 0:25:52.160
<v Speaker 5>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>You know, it's it's kind of like what you have

0:25:54.800 --> 0:26:00.040
<v Speaker 2>to do is you have to decide, you know, what

0:26:00.119 --> 0:26:02.600
<v Speaker 2>kind of team, what kind of you know, what style

0:26:02.680 --> 0:26:06.280
<v Speaker 2>of play you want to play, and then you hire

0:26:06.359 --> 0:26:11.200
<v Speaker 2>the coach that fits that, and you fill the roster

0:26:11.320 --> 0:26:14.240
<v Speaker 2>with players that mirror that style.

0:26:14.280 --> 0:26:14.480
<v Speaker 1>You know.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like it's kind of like the most important decision

0:26:17.440 --> 0:26:21.160
<v Speaker 2>you make and then all the decisions, you know, fall into.

0:26:21.080 --> 0:26:21.960
<v Speaker 3>Line from there.

0:26:22.640 --> 0:26:26.439
<v Speaker 2>And you know, I had told our general manager, you know,

0:26:27.080 --> 0:26:30.600
<v Speaker 2>I want you to find, you know, a coach that

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<v Speaker 2>you know, mirrors what is important to you in basketball,

0:26:36.440 --> 0:26:40.280
<v Speaker 2>and I want you to to think differently, Like don't

0:26:40.480 --> 0:26:44.320
<v Speaker 2>you know, just do what the safe bed is, you know,

0:26:44.440 --> 0:26:49.119
<v Speaker 2>somebody you know, just like just give yourself the opportunity

0:26:49.280 --> 0:26:52.400
<v Speaker 2>to like think outside the box, you know, to use

0:26:52.440 --> 0:26:53.760
<v Speaker 2>a cliche.

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<v Speaker 3>So, you know, we.

0:26:55.800 --> 0:26:58.400
<v Speaker 2>Started conversations with.

0:27:00.080 --> 0:27:01.080
<v Speaker 3>Dan Hurley.

0:27:03.000 --> 0:27:08.840
<v Speaker 2>Yukon which I'm sure you know him.

0:27:05.680 --> 0:27:05.760
<v Speaker 1>And.

0:27:07.280 --> 0:27:13.560
<v Speaker 2>JJ and you know, Rob was impressed with both of them.

0:27:13.680 --> 0:27:17.880
<v Speaker 2>Both of them had a philosophy that matched his philosophy,

0:27:18.800 --> 0:27:22.280
<v Speaker 2>and you know, we kind of went on a parallel path,

0:27:23.119 --> 0:27:28.720
<v Speaker 2>and you know, the Dan Hurley path didn't work out,

0:27:30.160 --> 0:27:34.359
<v Speaker 2>and so we pivoted to JJ and had him meet

0:27:34.440 --> 0:27:39.200
<v Speaker 2>with key people in the organization and he just kept

0:27:39.240 --> 0:27:44.040
<v Speaker 2>impressing everybody. And you know, it's certainly a risk when

0:27:44.080 --> 0:27:48.000
<v Speaker 2>you hire someone who's never been a head coach. And

0:27:48.440 --> 0:27:53.359
<v Speaker 2>he was very, you know, very forthcoming about like I

0:27:53.440 --> 0:27:57.040
<v Speaker 2>don't have experience as a head coach, So you know,

0:27:57.200 --> 0:28:01.760
<v Speaker 2>I need coaches on my staff that are going to help,

0:28:02.359 --> 0:28:05.560
<v Speaker 2>you know, shore up what I don't know. So we

0:28:05.680 --> 0:28:11.119
<v Speaker 2>have probably the best coaching bench in the league in

0:28:11.280 --> 0:28:17.200
<v Speaker 2>Scottie Brooks and Nate McMillan, you know, who've had tons

0:28:17.200 --> 0:28:21.560
<v Speaker 2>of experience and tons of success in the NBA. And

0:28:21.800 --> 0:28:25.120
<v Speaker 2>you know, it all just came together the right way.

0:28:25.359 --> 0:28:28.600
<v Speaker 2>The one concern I had was, you know, his wife

0:28:28.720 --> 0:28:31.159
<v Speaker 2>is going to say, no way, I'm not moving to

0:28:31.280 --> 0:28:38.920
<v Speaker 2>l Yeah. They had just built a home, they had

0:28:38.960 --> 0:28:44.440
<v Speaker 2>just built a home in Brooklyn, and you know she

0:28:45.200 --> 0:28:46.000
<v Speaker 2>jumped on board.

0:28:46.360 --> 0:28:48.800
<v Speaker 1>I mean, I think it's a it's been a great

0:28:48.840 --> 0:28:53.720
<v Speaker 1>little move. Like he's like for me, I love former

0:28:53.760 --> 0:28:57.520
<v Speaker 1>players that become head coaches. We just did that with

0:28:57.560 --> 0:29:01.080
<v Speaker 1>the Patriots with Mike Rabel. Guys that have performed at

0:29:01.080 --> 0:29:03.880
<v Speaker 1>a high level know what the locker room's about, but

0:29:03.920 --> 0:29:07.680
<v Speaker 1>that are also brilliant minds. Like I'm sure guys that

0:29:07.760 --> 0:29:09.520
<v Speaker 1>played with JJ thought he was going to be a

0:29:09.560 --> 0:29:12.720
<v Speaker 1>coach because he seems like whenever he talks about basketball,

0:29:12.800 --> 0:29:14.680
<v Speaker 1>he knows, like all the x's and o's. That's a

0:29:14.680 --> 0:29:16.880
<v Speaker 1>football term. Do they use it for basketball?

0:29:17.080 --> 0:29:17.320
<v Speaker 3>Yes?

0:29:17.400 --> 0:29:20.920
<v Speaker 1>Maybe all the x's and o terms. Like he just

0:29:21.120 --> 0:29:23.320
<v Speaker 1>is one of those brilliant minds. But he also can

0:29:23.360 --> 0:29:25.560
<v Speaker 1>communicate with the young fellows because he's been in that

0:29:25.560 --> 0:29:29.080
<v Speaker 1>locker room as such an early like not that far removed.

0:29:29.280 --> 0:29:33.840
<v Speaker 1>So I think it's amazing. You gotta tell me about

0:29:33.880 --> 0:29:35.800
<v Speaker 1>the Forum back in the day. What was the vibe like?

0:29:37.840 --> 0:29:42.040
<v Speaker 2>It was exactly what the eighties were all about.

0:29:42.280 --> 0:29:45.160
<v Speaker 1>Oh, man, I walked down those hallways because we did

0:29:45.160 --> 0:29:47.800
<v Speaker 1>the roast at the Forum. Oh that's right, So we

0:29:47.840 --> 0:29:50.160
<v Speaker 1>did the roast at the Forum. He walked down these

0:29:50.160 --> 0:29:52.240
<v Speaker 1>and this is my first time at the Forum. I

0:29:52.320 --> 0:29:54.680
<v Speaker 1>walked down these hallways and I see all these pictures.

0:29:54.960 --> 0:29:56.800
<v Speaker 1>You see the pictures of all the stars that have

0:29:56.880 --> 0:29:59.080
<v Speaker 1>been there, that played there, and there's just like an

0:29:59.160 --> 0:30:02.600
<v Speaker 1>aura about the Forum because you're in the parking lot

0:30:02.800 --> 0:30:05.640
<v Speaker 1>of the other place. And then with the Forum, it

0:30:05.840 --> 0:30:09.200
<v Speaker 1>just it's a it's a landmark. You walk in there.

0:30:09.440 --> 0:30:11.240
<v Speaker 1>We went and saw I just took my daughter to

0:30:11.280 --> 0:30:15.160
<v Speaker 1>Billie Eilish there. Oh it was rocking. Well, like that

0:30:15.240 --> 0:30:17.880
<v Speaker 1>had to be. Did that help you with your experience

0:30:17.880 --> 0:30:23.440
<v Speaker 1>a learning pro ownership, all that experience that you had

0:30:23.760 --> 0:30:26.120
<v Speaker 1>doing all the Forum stuff and all your other leagues.

0:30:26.760 --> 0:30:27.600
<v Speaker 3>Yes, it was.

0:30:28.000 --> 0:30:31.720
<v Speaker 2>It was a very important experience for me. I ran

0:30:32.120 --> 0:30:35.920
<v Speaker 2>the Forum for five years in the nineties and that

0:30:36.200 --> 0:30:38.800
<v Speaker 2>I need. I needed that experience for the position that

0:30:38.880 --> 0:30:44.160
<v Speaker 2>I'm in now, because you know, when you operate a venue,

0:30:44.800 --> 0:30:50.520
<v Speaker 2>you're dealing with the unions, the people, the box office,

0:30:51.160 --> 0:30:55.720
<v Speaker 2>you know, the food and beverage, customer service. And it

0:30:55.760 --> 0:31:01.920
<v Speaker 2>was security, security, it was really good. And the Forum

0:31:02.200 --> 0:31:05.640
<v Speaker 2>is just one of the most beautiful buildings ever built.

0:31:06.280 --> 0:31:12.320
<v Speaker 2>And if you notice, the Forum is built halfway underground

0:31:12.960 --> 0:31:16.479
<v Speaker 2>so that it's not this big behemoth that sits on

0:31:16.560 --> 0:31:21.960
<v Speaker 2>top of the grounds. It's it's beautiful to look at. Yeah, well,

0:31:22.200 --> 0:31:25.400
<v Speaker 2>the whole thought my dad didn't build it. Jack can

0:31:25.520 --> 0:31:30.640
<v Speaker 2>Cook built it. And his thought was when people walk

0:31:30.800 --> 0:31:34.600
<v Speaker 2>into the building, half of them are going to walk downstairs.

0:31:34.640 --> 0:31:37.560
<v Speaker 2>Like I'm sitting in the front row. I'm in the

0:31:37.600 --> 0:31:42.840
<v Speaker 2>downstairs section right. That's it was all marketing. And I'm

0:31:42.840 --> 0:31:45.360
<v Speaker 2>glad that your daughter is a Billie Eilish fan.

0:31:45.600 --> 0:31:50.240
<v Speaker 1>She's cool, She's really cool. When we're talking about eating

0:31:50.360 --> 0:31:53.720
<v Speaker 1>lunch girls lunches and stuff, it's a little a little

0:31:53.760 --> 0:31:55.880
<v Speaker 1>too much for an eight year old, But dad, try

0:31:55.920 --> 0:31:59.880
<v Speaker 1>to be cool. We will hit the concert of what

0:32:00.240 --> 0:32:02.960
<v Speaker 1>there's got to be what's the funnest memory you have

0:32:03.040 --> 0:32:04.000
<v Speaker 1>of the Forum?

0:32:04.920 --> 0:32:07.600
<v Speaker 2>Oh, there's so many, gotta.

0:32:07.400 --> 0:32:09.000
<v Speaker 1>Be one crazy story.

0:32:09.320 --> 0:32:12.040
<v Speaker 2>You know what it just pops in my mind is that,

0:32:12.400 --> 0:32:17.280
<v Speaker 2>you know, my dad was the first, you know owner

0:32:17.400 --> 0:32:22.280
<v Speaker 2>to have the Laker Girls, you know, and and you know,

0:32:22.320 --> 0:32:26.560
<v Speaker 2>people ask me, why isn't there a male dancer with

0:32:26.760 --> 0:32:31.320
<v Speaker 2>the Laker Girls. And the whole point that he made

0:32:31.440 --> 0:32:37.640
<v Speaker 2>about having a dance squad was that when the men play,

0:32:37.960 --> 0:32:41.560
<v Speaker 2>they're the center stage. When they take a break, now

0:32:41.600 --> 0:32:44.760
<v Speaker 2>it's the women's turn to be center stage. So it

0:32:44.800 --> 0:32:48.600
<v Speaker 2>was all about equal opportunity and giving women the chance

0:32:48.720 --> 0:32:52.240
<v Speaker 2>to perform in front of a huge audience. And so

0:32:53.240 --> 0:32:56.480
<v Speaker 2>one of the very first Laker Girls was a girl

0:32:56.520 --> 0:33:00.720
<v Speaker 2>by the name of Paula Abdul and because she yeah,

0:33:00.920 --> 0:33:04.600
<v Speaker 2>so this is that's how she was discovered because she

0:33:04.640 --> 0:33:08.160
<v Speaker 2>did a lot of the choreography for the Laker Girls.

0:33:08.280 --> 0:33:12.400
<v Speaker 2>And at that time, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, all the

0:33:12.480 --> 0:33:16.280
<v Speaker 2>Jacksons would come to Laker games and they liked the

0:33:16.320 --> 0:33:20.120
<v Speaker 2>way the Laker Girls danced, and they hired Paula to

0:33:20.280 --> 0:33:24.960
<v Speaker 2>do the choreography for their music videos and then that

0:33:25.080 --> 0:33:27.240
<v Speaker 2>led to her music career.

0:33:27.320 --> 0:33:30.440
<v Speaker 3>So it's it's stuff like that that like it was.

0:33:30.480 --> 0:33:34.080
<v Speaker 2>Just kind of the whole world came together for Laker

0:33:34.200 --> 0:33:37.200
<v Speaker 2>games and the show. It's a show, it's showtime.

0:33:37.680 --> 0:33:41.640
<v Speaker 1>It's like when I went there, I didn't realize they

0:33:41.680 --> 0:33:45.080
<v Speaker 1>don't even dim. They dim all the crowd. It's like

0:33:45.120 --> 0:33:47.080
<v Speaker 1>one of the only places that does that because they

0:33:47.080 --> 0:33:50.360
<v Speaker 1>want everything on the show. It's like the damn circuses

0:33:50.400 --> 0:33:52.160
<v Speaker 1>in town or something you get excited with.

0:33:52.320 --> 0:33:53.600
<v Speaker 2>Like boxing matches.

0:33:53.640 --> 0:33:54.360
<v Speaker 3>That's what they do.

0:33:54.480 --> 0:33:57.000
<v Speaker 2>It's like, this is what you're everybody focused on.

0:33:57.200 --> 0:34:00.400
<v Speaker 1>How cool is that that story about doctor b Us

0:34:00.800 --> 0:34:04.680
<v Speaker 1>giving the girls the whole floor. This is their time

0:34:04.720 --> 0:34:07.360
<v Speaker 1>to shine. Hey, the boys go sit down and get

0:34:07.400 --> 0:34:09.640
<v Speaker 1>some water. Let the girls get a little shine exactly.

0:34:10.040 --> 0:34:14.640
<v Speaker 2>And that's where it's like, like, why are like, and

0:34:14.840 --> 0:34:19.719
<v Speaker 2>you know, we do pay the girls to money to rehearse,

0:34:19.800 --> 0:34:20.640
<v Speaker 2>to do everything.

0:34:21.160 --> 0:34:24.880
<v Speaker 3>It's the teams that you know, don't do that that

0:34:25.360 --> 0:34:25.680
<v Speaker 3>I think.

0:34:25.719 --> 0:34:30.560
<v Speaker 2>It's it's not fair to you know, because girls, you know,

0:34:30.840 --> 0:34:34.240
<v Speaker 2>they they have to sacrifice to be there, to practice,

0:34:34.280 --> 0:34:36.239
<v Speaker 2>to be a Laker girl, so they should.

0:34:36.000 --> 0:34:37.479
<v Speaker 3>Be compensated for their time.

0:34:38.040 --> 0:34:43.279
<v Speaker 2>And so but why they started canceling the girls the

0:34:43.320 --> 0:34:47.319
<v Speaker 2>women's dance teams is I don't understand it because it's

0:34:47.640 --> 0:34:48.560
<v Speaker 2>it's equal time.

0:34:48.840 --> 0:34:52.600
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I've never even thought of that. That's like such

0:34:52.600 --> 0:34:56.359
<v Speaker 1>a great perspective. How how hard was it to leave

0:34:56.440 --> 0:34:58.600
<v Speaker 1>the Forum and go to the Staples Center.

0:34:58.719 --> 0:34:59.640
<v Speaker 3>Oh, it's awful.

0:35:00.239 --> 0:35:03.080
<v Speaker 2>It was like I remember getting in a fight with

0:35:03.160 --> 0:35:08.040
<v Speaker 2>a fan who said, I don't want to drive down

0:35:08.160 --> 0:35:11.520
<v Speaker 2>to downtown La. I want my same seed at the Forum,

0:35:11.920 --> 0:35:14.560
<v Speaker 2>And I said, well, you could have your same seed

0:35:14.600 --> 0:35:16.879
<v Speaker 2>at the Forum, but the Lakers won't be there.

0:35:17.920 --> 0:35:18.840
<v Speaker 1>So it's.

0:35:21.040 --> 0:35:23.960
<v Speaker 2>It's like and when you when the fans are upset

0:35:24.040 --> 0:35:28.000
<v Speaker 2>with a building, like the hot dogs taste bad. They

0:35:28.040 --> 0:35:33.000
<v Speaker 2>complain about everything, right, and so I recommend everybody moving

0:35:33.040 --> 0:35:38.840
<v Speaker 2>into a new arena that win a championship that first season,

0:35:39.280 --> 0:35:42.560
<v Speaker 2>because then all the complaining goes away, so that you know,

0:35:42.760 --> 0:35:46.640
<v Speaker 2>of course, that's exactly what happened. Lakers had hired Phil

0:35:46.719 --> 0:35:49.800
<v Speaker 2>Jackson as the coach, we had Shack, we had Kobe,

0:35:50.080 --> 0:35:53.920
<v Speaker 2>We won a championship, and the fans never looked back,

0:35:54.360 --> 0:35:57.080
<v Speaker 2>like you know, they were worried about losing the mojo

0:35:57.360 --> 0:35:59.759
<v Speaker 2>that the Forum had and that will never win in

0:35:59.800 --> 0:36:02.719
<v Speaker 2>an new building. Well we did, and we won three

0:36:02.760 --> 0:36:03.680
<v Speaker 2>in a row as well.

0:36:03.800 --> 0:36:07.080
<v Speaker 1>Fack, that's crazy because that's what mister Craft did. Maybe

0:36:07.080 --> 0:36:10.000
<v Speaker 1>you took another page out of your dad's book. We

0:36:10.040 --> 0:36:15.360
<v Speaker 1>won a championship after we left Foxboro Stad. This scripted,

0:36:15.680 --> 0:36:17.399
<v Speaker 1>Genie is this.

0:36:17.320 --> 0:36:19.520
<v Speaker 2>Script the universe has it.

0:36:20.480 --> 0:36:24.200
<v Speaker 1>We'll be right back after this quick break. All right,

0:36:24.239 --> 0:36:27.560
<v Speaker 1>let's let's let's jump into our segment where we go

0:36:27.640 --> 0:36:30.680
<v Speaker 1>back in the time of when the game took place

0:36:30.719 --> 0:36:32.960
<v Speaker 1>and we go over to pop culture. This game took

0:36:33.000 --> 0:36:37.000
<v Speaker 1>place October eleventh because of the COVID season. This is

0:36:37.040 --> 0:36:40.440
<v Speaker 1>weird timing. This is like literally what saved COVID was

0:36:40.520 --> 0:36:44.040
<v Speaker 1>being able to watch these damn things. Twenty twenty number

0:36:44.080 --> 0:36:48.640
<v Speaker 1>one movie, which this everyone was just glued to their

0:36:48.800 --> 0:36:52.400
<v Speaker 1>screens of some sort. But you couldn't go anywhere. This

0:36:52.480 --> 0:36:54.880
<v Speaker 1>was This was a weird year, wasn't it.

0:36:55.880 --> 0:36:56.200
<v Speaker 3>Yes?

0:36:56.640 --> 0:36:58.560
<v Speaker 1>I mean I wasn't. I had to do I was

0:36:58.600 --> 0:37:01.400
<v Speaker 1>still playing, and I remember we had to get tested

0:37:01.520 --> 0:37:05.319
<v Speaker 1>every day. You guys did the Bubble, which I think

0:37:05.320 --> 0:37:07.360
<v Speaker 1>would have been kind of cool. It'd been like summer

0:37:07.400 --> 0:37:11.239
<v Speaker 1>camp if you think about it, you know, but the

0:37:11.760 --> 0:37:15.200
<v Speaker 1>routines and stuff of the twenty twenty was so terrible.

0:37:16.200 --> 0:37:19.560
<v Speaker 1>Number one movie, The War with Grandpa? Is that? Have

0:37:19.640 --> 0:37:20.399
<v Speaker 1>we heard of that one?

0:37:20.719 --> 0:37:23.000
<v Speaker 6>The real pop culture thing here is Queen's Gambit.

0:37:23.520 --> 0:37:26.080
<v Speaker 1>That was the best one. Everyone was playing chess in

0:37:26.120 --> 0:37:27.000
<v Speaker 1>the locker room after this.

0:37:27.280 --> 0:37:28.280
<v Speaker 6>You were just playing checkers.

0:37:28.320 --> 0:37:30.680
<v Speaker 1>Then now I could play some chess.

0:37:31.600 --> 0:37:34.359
<v Speaker 6>Last Dance was released around this time too, That.

0:37:34.440 --> 0:37:37.120
<v Speaker 1>Was also that was huge. What did you think about that?

0:37:37.520 --> 0:37:37.799
<v Speaker 1>We need?

0:37:37.920 --> 0:37:38.080
<v Speaker 5>Oh?

0:37:38.120 --> 0:37:38.640
<v Speaker 3>I loved it.

0:37:38.840 --> 0:37:44.000
<v Speaker 2>I knew I knew. What happened was that last year.

0:37:44.520 --> 0:37:47.360
<v Speaker 2>They knew the Bulls were going to break up because

0:37:48.280 --> 0:37:51.719
<v Speaker 2>they had the Bulls management had told Phil Jackson, this

0:37:51.760 --> 0:37:53.799
<v Speaker 2>is your last year. We don't care if you want

0:37:53.840 --> 0:37:55.680
<v Speaker 2>a championship, You're.

0:37:55.480 --> 0:37:58.680
<v Speaker 3>Not coming back. So they knew that. They that's why

0:37:58.719 --> 0:37:59.400
<v Speaker 3>they called.

0:37:59.200 --> 0:38:01.720
<v Speaker 2>It the Last Dance. This is our last time together.

0:38:02.520 --> 0:38:07.680
<v Speaker 2>And so NBA Entertainment, being smart, said, hey, if this

0:38:07.719 --> 0:38:10.320
<v Speaker 2>is going to be your last year, can we film

0:38:10.360 --> 0:38:15.440
<v Speaker 2>everything and then we'll lock the footage in a vault

0:38:15.440 --> 0:38:18.279
<v Speaker 2>for twenty years and no one will see it so

0:38:18.320 --> 0:38:21.560
<v Speaker 2>that everybody by the time it comes out, everybody will

0:38:21.600 --> 0:38:26.680
<v Speaker 2>be retired, so there won't create any animosity because everybody

0:38:26.680 --> 0:38:30.319
<v Speaker 2>will be out of the game. And so there it

0:38:30.440 --> 0:38:33.560
<v Speaker 2>was twenty years later. You couldn't ask for better timing

0:38:34.400 --> 0:38:38.880
<v Speaker 2>for it to come out, because it was everybody wanted

0:38:38.920 --> 0:38:42.440
<v Speaker 2>to They were so hungry for something new, and it

0:38:42.480 --> 0:38:45.200
<v Speaker 2>was all footage that had never been seen before.

0:38:45.560 --> 0:38:48.319
<v Speaker 1>NBA TV. Is it what it's called? The Is that there,

0:38:48.560 --> 0:38:53.160
<v Speaker 1>NBA Entertainment, NBA Entertainment, Yeah, locked away for an a

0:38:53.239 --> 0:38:56.600
<v Speaker 1>vault twenty years. I actually recently just looked out. It's

0:38:56.640 --> 0:38:58.439
<v Speaker 1>kind of reminded me of when I wrote a letter

0:38:58.480 --> 0:39:02.359
<v Speaker 1>to myself in eighth grade that I got it when

0:39:02.400 --> 0:39:05.640
<v Speaker 1>I was going to graduate. It was like, hopefully you're

0:39:06.239 --> 0:39:10.160
<v Speaker 1>going to the NFL. You're you're graduating from the University

0:39:10.160 --> 0:39:14.080
<v Speaker 1>of Miami with the national championship, and uh, you're happy.

0:39:14.680 --> 0:39:18.920
<v Speaker 1>So Braxton Barrios is living Braxton Barrios is living my life.

0:39:21.960 --> 0:39:26.480
<v Speaker 1>Now champions you guys want it this year? Aaron Rodgers

0:39:26.920 --> 0:39:35.680
<v Speaker 1>Giannis this huh be honest, the Greek freak. Now, what

0:39:35.719 --> 0:39:38.799
<v Speaker 1>are your thoughts on all the international players, Like, there's

0:39:38.800 --> 0:39:41.680
<v Speaker 1>no American guys. Like the last NBA m v p s,

0:39:41.719 --> 0:39:43.280
<v Speaker 1>they've all been international people.

0:39:44.480 --> 0:39:45.640
<v Speaker 3>I mean it's a global.

0:39:47.360 --> 0:39:51.560
<v Speaker 1>I think as an American player, for me, like, I'm like, boys,

0:39:52.520 --> 0:39:55.120
<v Speaker 1>let's get let's get on the asphalt, let's get better.

0:39:55.960 --> 0:40:00.120
<v Speaker 1>We gotta get it going. What was life like for

0:40:00.200 --> 0:40:02.959
<v Speaker 1>Jeanie Buss in twenty twenty You were in the bubble.

0:40:02.680 --> 0:40:05.480
<v Speaker 2>Right, Yeah, I mean I'd like to kind of go

0:40:05.640 --> 0:40:09.880
<v Speaker 2>back to how that season started, back to you know,

0:40:10.000 --> 0:40:15.680
<v Speaker 2>the off season of you know, twenty nineteen we made

0:40:15.680 --> 0:40:19.160
<v Speaker 2>the trade to get Anthony Davis. Yeah, so now we

0:40:19.200 --> 0:40:23.719
<v Speaker 2>have this new player that comes in the NBA.

0:40:24.200 --> 0:40:25.480
<v Speaker 3>Every couple of years.

0:40:25.239 --> 0:40:28.560
<v Speaker 2>You're required to go play overseas, and you know that's

0:40:28.600 --> 0:40:31.799
<v Speaker 2>happening in every sports league that you have to go overseas.

0:40:32.160 --> 0:40:36.640
<v Speaker 2>So this that year October of twenty nineteen, we were

0:40:36.680 --> 0:40:38.760
<v Speaker 2>scheduled to be in China.

0:40:39.920 --> 0:40:43.440
<v Speaker 1>So logistics for that as an owner.

0:40:43.360 --> 0:40:44.040
<v Speaker 3>It's awful.

0:40:44.280 --> 0:40:47.080
<v Speaker 2>I mean, it's I mean, that's that's it's a big

0:40:47.120 --> 0:40:48.399
<v Speaker 2>burden to put on a team.

0:40:48.400 --> 0:40:50.080
<v Speaker 1>You got to bring like six hundred people.

0:40:50.760 --> 0:40:56.719
<v Speaker 2>And so now we are flying over to China. The

0:40:56.760 --> 0:41:01.200
<v Speaker 2>team I stayed in la but our GM a bunch

0:41:01.200 --> 0:41:06.200
<v Speaker 2>of executives are with the team and a tweet comes

0:41:06.239 --> 0:41:13.040
<v Speaker 2>out from another executive in our league that talks about

0:41:13.719 --> 0:41:22.560
<v Speaker 2>freeing Hong Kong from you know, the rule of you know, yes,

0:41:23.560 --> 0:41:26.160
<v Speaker 2>and it didn't sit well.

0:41:27.520 --> 0:41:30.880
<v Speaker 3>And so as the team's flying.

0:41:30.640 --> 0:41:34.799
<v Speaker 2>Over there, they land and now the decision has been

0:41:34.840 --> 0:41:38.680
<v Speaker 2>made by the Chinese government that they are no longer

0:41:38.920 --> 0:41:43.279
<v Speaker 2>going to televise the games that we've flown all the

0:41:43.280 --> 0:41:48.200
<v Speaker 2>way over there. They did allow us to televise them

0:41:48.280 --> 0:41:51.480
<v Speaker 2>back to our country, but that's the whole reason you

0:41:51.560 --> 0:41:55.640
<v Speaker 2>go is to like celebrate, you know, the NBA and China.

0:41:55.880 --> 0:42:00.640
<v Speaker 2>And now they they you know, took down. There was

0:42:00.680 --> 0:42:03.560
<v Speaker 2>no mention of the games. They still allowed us to

0:42:03.560 --> 0:42:07.440
<v Speaker 2>play the games. They even thought about not allowing fans

0:42:07.480 --> 0:42:11.640
<v Speaker 2>to attend the games. So it was very intense because

0:42:11.680 --> 0:42:15.000
<v Speaker 2>our players kind of they didn't understand what was going

0:42:15.040 --> 0:42:19.080
<v Speaker 2>on because there was there was literally they watched them

0:42:19.160 --> 0:42:23.240
<v Speaker 2>take down all the banners of the players, the advertisements.

0:42:23.480 --> 0:42:25.840
<v Speaker 3>It was. It was intense and.

0:42:26.920 --> 0:42:32.400
<v Speaker 2>You know, thankfully they got back safely. But during that time,

0:42:32.560 --> 0:42:38.200
<v Speaker 2>Anthony Davis got injured, injured his thumb, and you know,

0:42:38.280 --> 0:42:41.840
<v Speaker 2>so the season didn't get off to the right start.

0:42:43.440 --> 0:42:46.960
<v Speaker 2>Once we got back home, the team did start to

0:42:47.080 --> 0:42:52.160
<v Speaker 2>gel and you know, we were doing really well, and

0:42:52.920 --> 0:42:59.640
<v Speaker 2>for me personally, in December of twenty nineteen, my mother

0:42:59.680 --> 0:43:06.240
<v Speaker 2>passed away and very suddenly. And I remember them calling

0:43:06.280 --> 0:43:09.200
<v Speaker 2>me and saying because she was an assisted living and

0:43:09.239 --> 0:43:12.319
<v Speaker 2>she's they said, we're going to transport your mom to

0:43:12.400 --> 0:43:19.440
<v Speaker 2>the hospital because she's having trouble breathing it and she

0:43:19.600 --> 0:43:22.080
<v Speaker 2>went so quickly, like I couldn't even get.

0:43:21.920 --> 0:43:22.800
<v Speaker 3>There in time.

0:43:23.360 --> 0:43:26.359
<v Speaker 2>And it makes me think that that might have been

0:43:26.400 --> 0:43:30.080
<v Speaker 2>the beginning of COVID, right, because they talked about how

0:43:30.120 --> 0:43:32.399
<v Speaker 2>people all of a sudden they can't breathe, and then

0:43:32.440 --> 0:43:37.960
<v Speaker 2>they passed like that, and so that was, you know,

0:43:38.480 --> 0:43:42.600
<v Speaker 2>hard on me. Then a couple of weeks later, David

0:43:42.640 --> 0:43:46.720
<v Speaker 2>Stern passed away, and then a couple of weeks later,

0:43:47.080 --> 0:43:51.880
<v Speaker 2>Kobe and Gig passed away. So this all happened in

0:43:51.880 --> 0:43:56.880
<v Speaker 2>the matter of December and January, and it was just

0:43:57.040 --> 0:44:02.480
<v Speaker 2>really difficult to process all of what happened. When Kobe passed,

0:44:03.600 --> 0:44:06.600
<v Speaker 2>we asked the league if if we get you know,

0:44:06.719 --> 0:44:09.360
<v Speaker 2>we had a game the next day against the Clippers,

0:44:10.080 --> 0:44:14.840
<v Speaker 2>and our organization was in such shock. We couldn't function

0:44:15.719 --> 0:44:18.960
<v Speaker 2>and we had to bring in grief counselors. It was

0:44:19.520 --> 0:44:23.120
<v Speaker 2>it just what I what I can't get over was

0:44:23.320 --> 0:44:27.359
<v Speaker 2>how our fans they didn't know where to go and

0:44:27.440 --> 0:44:32.400
<v Speaker 2>so they they just went to the arena because everybody

0:44:32.480 --> 0:44:36.160
<v Speaker 2>needed to be together, and it was it was like

0:44:36.200 --> 0:44:39.480
<v Speaker 2>we were lost, like we just it just it was

0:44:39.520 --> 0:44:46.839
<v Speaker 2>so hard to comprehend this loss. And you know, I

0:44:46.840 --> 0:44:50.399
<v Speaker 2>mean it's still hard to accept five years later, but.

0:44:52.719 --> 0:44:53.480
<v Speaker 3>You know it, it.

0:44:53.920 --> 0:44:59.360
<v Speaker 2>Just really struck me how important the team. We started

0:44:59.360 --> 0:45:03.520
<v Speaker 2>this whole comversation about community and what a team means

0:45:03.560 --> 0:45:08.040
<v Speaker 2>to the fans, and it showed me this is like

0:45:08.200 --> 0:45:13.000
<v Speaker 2>our strength, this is what brings everybody together, is under

0:45:13.080 --> 0:45:17.400
<v Speaker 2>the purple and gold umbrella, and how they process the

0:45:17.440 --> 0:45:22.080
<v Speaker 2>good times when we're winning, but also process the devastating

0:45:22.200 --> 0:45:29.239
<v Speaker 2>news and you know, the Clippers were very nice and

0:45:29.360 --> 0:45:33.640
<v Speaker 2>agreed to postpone the game. But then we eventually had

0:45:33.680 --> 0:45:38.720
<v Speaker 2>to get back to basketball. So we played January thirty first,

0:45:39.719 --> 0:45:44.960
<v Speaker 2>and Lebron addressed the crowd and he gave such a

0:45:45.000 --> 0:45:49.640
<v Speaker 2>moving speech about how we have to lift each other

0:45:49.840 --> 0:45:53.520
<v Speaker 2>up and that through the game of basketball is how

0:45:53.560 --> 0:45:59.440
<v Speaker 2>we cope with our grief, and that he said, I

0:45:59.560 --> 0:46:03.520
<v Speaker 2>have I have big shoulders, Let me carry you, let

0:46:03.560 --> 0:46:06.640
<v Speaker 2>me climb on board, like we're going to get through

0:46:06.640 --> 0:46:07.280
<v Speaker 2>this together.

0:46:08.239 --> 0:46:10.120
<v Speaker 3>And you know, that just.

0:46:11.640 --> 0:46:16.720
<v Speaker 2>Made you know, made me realize his ability as a leader,

0:46:16.880 --> 0:46:20.120
<v Speaker 2>and for him to articulate all of what we were

0:46:20.160 --> 0:46:23.760
<v Speaker 2>feeling and what we needed to hear was beautiful.

0:46:24.200 --> 0:46:27.239
<v Speaker 3>And you know, so we get back to basketball.

0:46:27.400 --> 0:46:31.160
<v Speaker 2>We're doing really well. We won nine of the next

0:46:31.200 --> 0:46:37.839
<v Speaker 2>ten games, and you know, we're looking great. And then

0:46:38.160 --> 0:46:41.240
<v Speaker 2>at the beginning of March, you know, you're hearing stuff

0:46:41.320 --> 0:46:43.359
<v Speaker 2>about COVID now.

0:46:43.200 --> 0:46:46.279
<v Speaker 3>And you know kind of what's happening, and when you

0:46:46.480 --> 0:46:47.000
<v Speaker 3>are in a.

0:46:48.760 --> 0:46:52.960
<v Speaker 2>Business where you interface with the public, you know that

0:46:53.080 --> 0:46:57.200
<v Speaker 2>you bring people together. We were monitoring it very closely.

0:46:58.080 --> 0:47:01.440
<v Speaker 2>But then there was you know, famous press conference with

0:47:01.560 --> 0:47:06.560
<v Speaker 2>Rudy Gobert where he kind of challenged Covid to come

0:47:06.560 --> 0:47:10.360
<v Speaker 2>get him, and sure enough, the next day the league

0:47:10.440 --> 0:47:13.480
<v Speaker 2>shut down. And at first it was going to be

0:47:13.520 --> 0:47:16.400
<v Speaker 2>like for a week, you know, until we figure this out.

0:47:16.480 --> 0:47:19.400
<v Speaker 2>All everyone thought, yeah, and then it became two weeks.

0:47:20.000 --> 0:47:24.520
<v Speaker 2>Then it became you know, it was like, are we

0:47:24.560 --> 0:47:29.120
<v Speaker 2>ever going to finish this season? And as time went on,

0:47:29.800 --> 0:47:35.160
<v Speaker 2>the isolation was unbearable because we were dealing with the

0:47:35.280 --> 0:47:39.640
<v Speaker 2>loss of Kobe and Gig And I remember I would

0:47:39.680 --> 0:47:44.000
<v Speaker 2>wake up and I'd been crying in my sleep.

0:47:44.080 --> 0:47:44.960
<v Speaker 3>I didn't even know that.

0:47:45.040 --> 0:47:49.480
<v Speaker 2>Was physically possible, but it was just so the sadness

0:47:49.640 --> 0:47:54.360
<v Speaker 2>was was so overbearing, and the idea that we couldn't

0:47:54.560 --> 0:47:58.279
<v Speaker 2>come together as a community, it was like the total opposite.

0:47:58.320 --> 0:48:02.520
<v Speaker 2>We had to isolate and be disconnected. And then of

0:48:02.560 --> 0:48:06.840
<v Speaker 2>course zooms and you know, thankfully they that gave you

0:48:06.920 --> 0:48:10.000
<v Speaker 2>a little bit of comfort to see other people and

0:48:10.520 --> 0:48:14.080
<v Speaker 2>talk about how you were feeling, and you know, the

0:48:14.160 --> 0:48:19.160
<v Speaker 2>last dance and you know, just things that you know,

0:48:19.280 --> 0:48:22.560
<v Speaker 2>sports could you know, soothe you take you out of

0:48:22.640 --> 0:48:25.640
<v Speaker 2>your head. So then the league came up with the

0:48:25.680 --> 0:48:32.840
<v Speaker 2>idea of salvaging the season by creating this bubble. It

0:48:33.000 --> 0:48:38.560
<v Speaker 2>really was brilliant, but it was a huge sacrifice because

0:48:38.600 --> 0:48:43.879
<v Speaker 2>now you're taking everybody away from their families and they

0:48:43.920 --> 0:48:46.560
<v Speaker 2>have to commit to being We were in the bubble

0:48:46.600 --> 0:48:50.600
<v Speaker 2>for like ninety days, like that's months and months, and

0:48:51.960 --> 0:48:54.760
<v Speaker 2>that's a huge sacrifice that the players had to make.

0:48:55.480 --> 0:48:59.399
<v Speaker 2>And they were able to figure out, Okay, we'll take

0:48:59.440 --> 0:49:03.040
<v Speaker 2>the twenty two teams out of thirty that looked like

0:49:03.120 --> 0:49:05.439
<v Speaker 2>they were going to make the playoffs, and then we'll

0:49:05.560 --> 0:49:08.920
<v Speaker 2>created this schedule and you know, I mean, it was

0:49:09.080 --> 0:49:13.240
<v Speaker 2>it was something, and you know, the players union agreed

0:49:13.320 --> 0:49:19.759
<v Speaker 2>to it, and we took off for Orlando, and so

0:49:20.400 --> 0:49:24.279
<v Speaker 2>you know, they get that going because now when they

0:49:24.280 --> 0:49:27.320
<v Speaker 2>get to Orlando, they've got a sequester for two weeks

0:49:27.400 --> 0:49:30.719
<v Speaker 2>before they can all come together. I mean, it's just

0:49:31.000 --> 0:49:34.040
<v Speaker 2>it was so complicated how they did it, but it

0:49:34.080 --> 0:49:36.799
<v Speaker 2>was it was the only way to make sure that

0:49:36.880 --> 0:49:40.600
<v Speaker 2>you would have a pristine, you know, area that would

0:49:40.640 --> 0:49:45.320
<v Speaker 2>not get infected. And so they started playing and doing

0:49:45.360 --> 0:49:52.040
<v Speaker 2>all of that, and then there was a police shooting

0:49:52.360 --> 0:49:58.080
<v Speaker 2>in Wisconsin of a person by the name of Jacob Blake, and.

0:49:58.040 --> 0:50:00.320
<v Speaker 3>It was again another.

0:50:02.120 --> 0:50:07.520
<v Speaker 2>You know, seemingly you know, police shooting for no reason

0:50:08.239 --> 0:50:16.240
<v Speaker 2>for you know, and everything stopped again. The players wanted

0:50:16.280 --> 0:50:19.359
<v Speaker 2>to decide if they wanted to continue to play or not.

0:50:20.160 --> 0:50:22.879
<v Speaker 2>And mind you, they're worried about their families back home,

0:50:23.520 --> 0:50:26.839
<v Speaker 2>and this was exactly the kind of things that they

0:50:26.840 --> 0:50:33.799
<v Speaker 2>were worried about. And so the bubble was fragile, and

0:50:34.160 --> 0:50:37.400
<v Speaker 2>the players asked to meet with all the governors on

0:50:37.440 --> 0:50:42.200
<v Speaker 2>a zoom call, and you know, it was a conversation

0:50:42.360 --> 0:50:45.280
<v Speaker 2>that needed to be had in order for the players

0:50:45.320 --> 0:50:50.080
<v Speaker 2>to feel that we were partners with them in you know,

0:50:50.400 --> 0:50:56.400
<v Speaker 2>wanting things to change. And you know, the players agreed

0:50:56.440 --> 0:51:00.520
<v Speaker 2>to resume playing again. So after another four days break,

0:51:00.640 --> 0:51:06.200
<v Speaker 2>we came back and played the games, and the Lakers

0:51:06.239 --> 0:51:11.680
<v Speaker 2>were playing great, and the playoffs started, and I kept saying, well,

0:51:11.719 --> 0:51:14.839
<v Speaker 2>I'll come to the bubble if if it looks like we,

0:51:15.400 --> 0:51:19.040
<v Speaker 2>you know, might go far on the playoffs. So eventually

0:51:19.280 --> 0:51:24.160
<v Speaker 2>I joined the team in Orlando and we kept winning

0:51:24.719 --> 0:51:29.440
<v Speaker 2>and we found ourselves in the championship against the Miami

0:51:29.520 --> 0:51:34.200
<v Speaker 2>Heat with Jimmy Butler and of course my idol.

0:51:34.239 --> 0:51:35.400
<v Speaker 3>Pat Riley.

0:51:36.120 --> 0:51:39.120
<v Speaker 2>And you know, I had mixed feelings about having to

0:51:39.160 --> 0:51:43.319
<v Speaker 2>go against Pat because you know, he's kind of.

0:51:43.280 --> 0:51:47.759
<v Speaker 1>Like family, like family, right We'll be right back after

0:51:47.800 --> 0:51:51.839
<v Speaker 1>this quick break. Let's let's jump into it and break

0:51:51.840 --> 0:51:54.839
<v Speaker 1>down the teams real quick and let us jump into

0:51:54.880 --> 0:51:55.239
<v Speaker 1>the game.

0:51:55.600 --> 0:51:58.440
<v Speaker 7>Also, the Miami Heat went forty four and twenty nine

0:51:58.440 --> 0:52:02.000
<v Speaker 7>this year. If they're twelve season't under Eric Spolstra. This

0:52:02.160 --> 0:52:05.359
<v Speaker 7>was their first season without Dwayne Wade since the two

0:52:05.360 --> 0:52:07.279
<v Speaker 7>thousand and two two thousand and three season and the

0:52:07.280 --> 0:52:09.640
<v Speaker 7>prior season back in July twenty nineteen, they traded for

0:52:09.680 --> 0:52:13.640
<v Speaker 7>Jimmy Butler. This was also Tyler Hero's rookie season. Tyler

0:52:13.680 --> 0:52:16.719
<v Speaker 7>hero Hey culture pat Rise.

0:52:16.760 --> 0:52:19.360
<v Speaker 6>The main takeaway from the Heat here.

0:52:19.800 --> 0:52:22.120
<v Speaker 1>What's a fun pat Riley's story? When you were probably

0:52:22.160 --> 0:52:24.000
<v Speaker 1>like a little kid. But how was he as a coach?

0:52:24.440 --> 0:52:28.160
<v Speaker 2>Well, you know, he really kind of backed his way

0:52:28.200 --> 0:52:30.560
<v Speaker 2>into being a coach. I mean, he wanted to be

0:52:30.600 --> 0:52:34.960
<v Speaker 2>a coach, but he was. You know what happened was

0:52:34.640 --> 0:52:39.200
<v Speaker 2>he was he was the color commentator with chaquern on

0:52:39.280 --> 0:52:43.760
<v Speaker 2>the broadcast. We had hired a coach who had an

0:52:43.840 --> 0:52:48.080
<v Speaker 2>accident at the start of the season, so his assistant

0:52:48.120 --> 0:52:52.680
<v Speaker 2>coach had to take over for him, and at that

0:52:52.880 --> 0:52:55.240
<v Speaker 2>time he only had one assistant coach.

0:52:55.480 --> 0:52:57.200
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, this was the olden days.

0:52:57.640 --> 0:53:03.040
<v Speaker 2>And they needed to phill the assistant coach spot. So

0:53:03.400 --> 0:53:07.359
<v Speaker 2>Paul west Head said, how about pat Riley Because he's

0:53:07.400 --> 0:53:10.480
<v Speaker 2>been with the team, he's watched practice, he was at

0:53:10.520 --> 0:53:11.280
<v Speaker 2>training camp.

0:53:12.440 --> 0:53:13.719
<v Speaker 3>He would be a good fill in.

0:53:13.880 --> 0:53:18.879
<v Speaker 2>So Pat became the assistant coach under west Head. We

0:53:18.920 --> 0:53:22.840
<v Speaker 2>won a championship that year, but then west Head wanted

0:53:22.880 --> 0:53:27.120
<v Speaker 2>to change the offense. Magic Johnson didn't like that. West

0:53:27.120 --> 0:53:29.839
<v Speaker 2>Head was let go and pat Riley became.

0:53:29.840 --> 0:53:30.600
<v Speaker 3>The head coach.

0:53:31.280 --> 0:53:35.280
<v Speaker 2>And I'll never forget because you know, I'd known Pat

0:53:35.320 --> 0:53:40.399
<v Speaker 2>when he was, you know, just the radio guy. And

0:53:41.920 --> 0:53:45.480
<v Speaker 2>I was walking down the hallway one day and his

0:53:45.600 --> 0:53:49.160
<v Speaker 2>nickname was Ryle's, like that's what you call, like, hey Ryles.

0:53:50.239 --> 0:53:56.359
<v Speaker 2>He stopped stop me, He said, call me coach. I'm

0:53:56.400 --> 0:53:59.440
<v Speaker 2>coach now. And that's when he like started slicking back

0:53:59.520 --> 0:54:03.200
<v Speaker 2>his hand, you know, like he knew, like everybody knows

0:54:03.239 --> 0:54:07.400
<v Speaker 2>me as this, I have to like now command respect

0:54:07.600 --> 0:54:10.840
<v Speaker 2>as the coach, So everybody needs to think of me

0:54:10.880 --> 0:54:13.720
<v Speaker 2>as coach. So from then on I called him coach.

0:54:14.200 --> 0:54:17.439
<v Speaker 1>So he went, Gordon, getto From then on, ye, slick back,

0:54:17.600 --> 0:54:18.839
<v Speaker 1>is he the best dressed.

0:54:18.520 --> 0:54:21.600
<v Speaker 2>Guy in It's like he was like the most handsome.

0:54:22.000 --> 0:54:23.560
<v Speaker 2>That'stra I mean he was.

0:54:24.320 --> 0:54:25.959
<v Speaker 3>He was La for sure.

0:54:26.200 --> 0:54:34.560
<v Speaker 1>Freaking pat Riley Ryles. I'm not called. I'm calling. Let's

0:54:34.640 --> 0:54:36.799
<v Speaker 1>jump into the the Lakers.

0:54:37.200 --> 0:54:38.680
<v Speaker 6>They went fifty to nineteen.

0:54:38.840 --> 0:54:41.799
<v Speaker 7>This is their first season under Frank Vogel, second season

0:54:41.880 --> 0:54:46.120
<v Speaker 7>of the Lebron James era in Los Angeles. In the

0:54:46.160 --> 0:54:48.760
<v Speaker 7>off season, as you mentioned July twenty nineteen, the Lakers

0:54:48.800 --> 0:54:50.279
<v Speaker 7>trader for Anthony Davis.

0:54:50.719 --> 0:54:53.919
<v Speaker 1>What makes Lebron special? You told the story about him

0:54:54.160 --> 0:54:59.640
<v Speaker 1>and his leadership post Kobe after that through this run,

0:55:00.680 --> 0:55:02.920
<v Speaker 1>what when did you say, Like this guy is a

0:55:03.000 --> 0:55:06.080
<v Speaker 1>bad man in a great way, like bad man meaning

0:55:06.120 --> 0:55:06.520
<v Speaker 1>good man.

0:55:06.960 --> 0:55:12.279
<v Speaker 2>Just watching him work like in practice, I mean, it

0:55:12.480 --> 0:55:17.879
<v Speaker 2>just it doesn't it's it's hard to comprehend what he does, yeah,

0:55:18.080 --> 0:55:20.520
<v Speaker 2>at his age, and that he's hungry for it, and

0:55:20.520 --> 0:55:23.719
<v Speaker 2>that he works so hard because there's no shortcuts for

0:55:23.760 --> 0:55:28.920
<v Speaker 2>this guy. It's Kobe esque, yeah, but in a different way.

0:55:29.160 --> 0:55:35.919
<v Speaker 2>You know, Like he he's just I mean, he's his

0:55:35.920 --> 0:55:39.359
<v Speaker 2>his physique, he's like a train. Like he's just so

0:55:39.440 --> 0:55:43.279
<v Speaker 2>strong you can't stop him. There's if I saw him

0:55:43.360 --> 0:55:46.040
<v Speaker 2>coming at me, I'd be like, oh my god, scream.

0:55:46.640 --> 0:55:47.960
<v Speaker 3>I'd be sc sick, Harry.

0:55:48.640 --> 0:55:51.960
<v Speaker 1>I mean, that's probably what ninety percent of the league says, exactly,

0:55:56.000 --> 0:55:57.879
<v Speaker 1>what's the first thing that comes to your mind when

0:55:57.880 --> 0:55:59.319
<v Speaker 1>you think of this team?

0:55:59.600 --> 0:56:04.440
<v Speaker 2>Well, here's here's you know, I will say that I

0:56:04.680 --> 0:56:07.560
<v Speaker 2>kind of came from the philosophy, you know, kind of

0:56:07.600 --> 0:56:14.040
<v Speaker 2>inspired by Phil Jackson that when a team wins a championship,

0:56:14.920 --> 0:56:21.000
<v Speaker 2>they should have the right to defend their championship. And

0:56:22.400 --> 0:56:26.759
<v Speaker 2>we didn't do that and I regret that. And one

0:56:26.800 --> 0:56:30.480
<v Speaker 2>of the players on the list that Markuith Morris just

0:56:31.760 --> 0:56:35.279
<v Speaker 2>rejoined the team in the in.

0:56:35.239 --> 0:56:36.600
<v Speaker 3>The trade for Luca.

0:56:37.120 --> 0:56:40.880
<v Speaker 2>He was one of the players that came and I

0:56:41.320 --> 0:56:44.480
<v Speaker 2>told him, I said, I'm really sorry that we didn't

0:56:44.520 --> 0:56:48.319
<v Speaker 2>get a chance for you to defend that championship. And

0:56:48.600 --> 0:56:49.960
<v Speaker 2>I'm really glad you're here.

0:56:50.760 --> 0:56:52.560
<v Speaker 3>And you know, so.

0:56:54.280 --> 0:56:58.000
<v Speaker 2>We just you know, obviously didn't win a championship the

0:56:58.040 --> 0:56:59.040
<v Speaker 2>following year.

0:57:00.680 --> 0:57:05.760
<v Speaker 1>But that's still like the year you guys had going

0:57:05.840 --> 0:57:10.440
<v Speaker 1>into this. It's like storybook ending stuff. Yeah, this is

0:57:10.480 --> 0:57:11.399
<v Speaker 1>storybook ending.

0:57:12.400 --> 0:57:17.680
<v Speaker 2>LA needed that need it. LA was heartbroken over the

0:57:17.720 --> 0:57:20.720
<v Speaker 2>loss of Kobe and this and you know, there was

0:57:21.320 --> 0:57:26.520
<v Speaker 2>one play that AD won a game I think against

0:57:26.640 --> 0:57:30.480
<v Speaker 2>in the Denver series where he hit a shot at

0:57:30.520 --> 0:57:35.080
<v Speaker 2>the buzzer and he screamed Kobe's name and everybody heard

0:57:35.080 --> 0:57:37.640
<v Speaker 2>it because there was no fans, but everybody could hear

0:57:37.680 --> 0:57:40.360
<v Speaker 2>it on the microphone, picked it up and it was

0:57:41.000 --> 0:57:42.040
<v Speaker 2>That's how we all felt.

0:57:42.120 --> 0:57:43.200
<v Speaker 3>This was for Kobe.

0:57:43.720 --> 0:57:46.880
<v Speaker 1>What does Kobe mean to Lakers organization.

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<v Speaker 2>Because he he came and played twenty years for one team.

0:57:54.360 --> 0:57:58.480
<v Speaker 2>That made him very special because he could have easily

0:57:59.200 --> 0:58:03.520
<v Speaker 2>been traded and chased rings or whatever. But he went

0:58:03.560 --> 0:58:08.760
<v Speaker 2>through one rebuilding period after winning three, you know, we

0:58:08.800 --> 0:58:13.640
<v Speaker 2>traded Shack to Miami, kind of hit bottom for a

0:58:13.680 --> 0:58:17.480
<v Speaker 2>couple of seasons, but then pau Gasol came and he

0:58:17.600 --> 0:58:21.000
<v Speaker 2>won two more. So I think that that really endears

0:58:21.040 --> 0:58:24.880
<v Speaker 2>a player to fans because they stick with it, they

0:58:24.920 --> 0:58:29.160
<v Speaker 2>stick with their team, and you know, he loved the Lakers,

0:58:29.240 --> 0:58:32.840
<v Speaker 2>and the Laker fans loved him. And you know, I

0:58:32.960 --> 0:58:38.840
<v Speaker 2>talk about how glad that we had the opportunity because

0:58:38.840 --> 0:58:42.400
<v Speaker 2>we retired both his numbers. He wore eight and twenty four,

0:58:43.080 --> 0:58:46.760
<v Speaker 2>And if you just took his career as number eight

0:58:46.960 --> 0:58:50.600
<v Speaker 2>in his career while wearing twenty four, both of those

0:58:50.680 --> 0:58:53.320
<v Speaker 2>players would have gone in the Hall of fame. So

0:58:53.760 --> 0:58:57.720
<v Speaker 2>we decided to retire both his numbers, and we had

0:58:57.760 --> 0:59:03.560
<v Speaker 2>an opportunity to celebrate him while he was still alive.

0:59:04.240 --> 0:59:06.520
<v Speaker 3>And I know that.

0:59:08.920 --> 0:59:13.120
<v Speaker 2>He Kobe knew how much we loved him and appreciated him.

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<v Speaker 1>What's your favorite memory of him? Your story? Like you know,

0:59:18.240 --> 0:59:20.480
<v Speaker 1>what's what's the one thing like your happy place?

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<v Speaker 2>You know? He he was somebody that you know, after

0:59:25.680 --> 0:59:31.520
<v Speaker 2>my father passed away, he saw that I struggled, and

0:59:32.080 --> 0:59:36.480
<v Speaker 2>you know, he was always trying to cheer me on.

0:59:37.480 --> 0:59:42.640
<v Speaker 2>And you know, I was, you know, with Phil Jackson

0:59:42.760 --> 0:59:43.840
<v Speaker 2>for fifteen years.

0:59:44.640 --> 0:59:48.240
<v Speaker 3>And when Phil took.

0:59:48.040 --> 0:59:51.200
<v Speaker 2>The job to go to the New York Knicks, the

0:59:51.360 --> 0:59:56.200
<v Speaker 2>NBA literally made us sign a you know, an agreement

0:59:56.480 --> 0:59:59.680
<v Speaker 2>that he and I would not talk about basketball because

0:59:59.680 --> 1:00:05.480
<v Speaker 2>there cahoots, right and you know, but when two brothers

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<v Speaker 2>are running two different teams or you know, it's something

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<v Speaker 2>about the male female relationship, which I don't know how

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<v Speaker 2>fair that is, but anyway, that kind of became that

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<v Speaker 2>kind of eroded my relationship because he was in New York,

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<v Speaker 2>I was in LA.

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<v Speaker 3>But when Phil laughed, he said, you know, I want.

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<v Speaker 2>You to know I can't help you anymore like you

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<v Speaker 2>can't call me and bounce ideas off of me. But

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<v Speaker 2>you always have Kobe, and Kobe will always have your back.

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<v Speaker 2>You know you can trust Kobe, and you know Kobe

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<v Speaker 2>was that friend for me and you can't replace that.

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<v Speaker 1>No, sorry for bringing it up.

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<v Speaker 3>No, that's okay.

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<v Speaker 2>I love to talk about Kobe always.

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<v Speaker 1>I can see how much you care about him through

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<v Speaker 1>how you answer your questions and how big of an

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<v Speaker 1>impact his career had with the Lakers. It's it's it's

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<v Speaker 1>very touching. It's crazy. Everyone remembers that day, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>if you're a sport fan or any kind of fan, anyone,

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<v Speaker 1>everyone remembers that day.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, in Luca's press conference once he was traded here,

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<v Speaker 2>he said this, the only thing that would make this

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<v Speaker 2>better is if Kobe and GG were here.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. So even he he understands, Yeah, he understands. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>the Lakers, you guys have so many great players, and

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<v Speaker 1>I you don't want to miss any of them. We

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<v Speaker 1>got to do like a word association. We got to

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<v Speaker 1>do to word association. First word that comes up to

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<v Speaker 1>your mind when we bring up a player, Chack goofy, goofy.

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<v Speaker 2>He loved to like play ranks.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you know he just it's like a big kid.

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<v Speaker 1>Kareem brilliant mind, brilliant magic.

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<v Speaker 2>His smile could light up you know, los Angeles like

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<v Speaker 2>he he.

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<v Speaker 3>He and Los Angeles are soulmates.

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<v Speaker 1>Lebron tough, Phil Zen, your dad.

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<v Speaker 2>He loved this team, He loved this He's just synonymous.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, synonymous. Yeah, let's break down this game.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh.

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<v Speaker 7>The season was suspended on March eleventh, twenty twenty, after

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<v Speaker 7>all one hundred and forty one days. The season returned

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<v Speaker 7>July thirty first in Walt Disney, twenty two teams went

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<v Speaker 7>to the Bubble. The Bubble consisted of thirteen Western Conference

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<v Speaker 7>teams and nine Eastern Conference teams. They would play eight

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<v Speaker 7>regular season games to nail down playoff seedings. And there

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<v Speaker 7>was also a play in game on August thirteenth between

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<v Speaker 7>the Portland Portland and Memphis that would go want to

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<v Speaker 7>play the number one seed Lakers not to start the

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<v Speaker 7>tournament and the Miami wore the fifth seed from the East.

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<v Speaker 1>And this is post Dwayne Wade Game five, the game

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<v Speaker 1>play this thing. It was kind of a BLOWOUTI or

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<v Speaker 1>Game six. It's kind of a blowout, wasn't it? When

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<v Speaker 1>did you know the game was kind of because you

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<v Speaker 1>guys went up twenty and then they came back and

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<v Speaker 1>then it got when did you feel all right, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>getting we're getting it. It's in it. It's in the bag, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>like by.

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<v Speaker 2>The second half. But can we go back to game five?

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<v Speaker 2>Because well, I mean we don't have to. I mean

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<v Speaker 2>it's just that Game five we lost and I wore

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<v Speaker 2>my best outfit.

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<v Speaker 1>Thinking what was the outfit?

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<v Speaker 2>I don't remember, but it was like, you know that

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<v Speaker 2>I've thought, okay, I'm going to be accepting the trophy

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<v Speaker 2>because we win.

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<v Speaker 1>And like, did you have a did you have a.

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<v Speaker 2>It was my better outfit? Like my outfit that I wore.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I'm in the bubble. There's no you can't

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<v Speaker 2>go shopping, there's no I've been there for weeks.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, and I recycled. What did you do for

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<v Speaker 1>the next outfit?

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<v Speaker 2>I just you know, I just wore a blazer and

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<v Speaker 2>a shirt. I mean it was like I had a

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<v Speaker 2>better outfit for gam there I wore it for I mean, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>so it reminds.

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<v Speaker 1>Me of like you have a good hair day for

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<v Speaker 1>a man, you don't want it. You have to shower

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<v Speaker 1>you don't want to shower because it'll mess up the

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<v Speaker 1>hair and you're never going to be able to get

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<v Speaker 1>that hair like that. Again, that's my hair.

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<v Speaker 3>I had a bad hair day too.

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<v Speaker 1>Hair day. Well, what was the day like in the bubble?

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<v Speaker 1>Like pregame? What's your pregame?

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<v Speaker 2>It's like there's nothing to do in the buffet. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>there's like there's like they had a menu, but there

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<v Speaker 2>was like three things on it. Oh yeah, So like

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<v Speaker 2>you're eating.

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<v Speaker 3>The same thing every day.

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<v Speaker 2>You're having the same conversations because it's only you know,

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<v Speaker 2>like fifty people there.

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<v Speaker 1>You didn't send someone to go get you little Jimmy

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<v Speaker 1>Butler coffee that he was selling in there. I heard

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<v Speaker 1>was slanging coffee with me.

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<v Speaker 2>But they they kept you so far apart, like you

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<v Speaker 2>just couldn't. It wasn't like a party. It was like

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<v Speaker 2>just go to your room, Go.

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<v Speaker 5>To your room.

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<v Speaker 3>It was awful.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, the atmosphere inside when they had like the fans

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<v Speaker 1>and the fake fans and you know what I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>how was that had to be almost like a practice.

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<v Speaker 3>It was bizarre.

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<v Speaker 1>When we were playing our games, we played in empty stadiums,

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<v Speaker 1>and I remember playing in Seattle and it reminded me

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<v Speaker 1>of like reminded me of high school football when you

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<v Speaker 1>were scrimmage scrimmaging against another team because you could hear

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<v Speaker 1>we could hear them making their calls. You know, you

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<v Speaker 1>could hear the coach, their coaches on the sideline. You

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<v Speaker 1>can never hear any of that. It was just like

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<v Speaker 1>all you heard was like the love of the game,

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<v Speaker 1>which there was something special about that, you know. Was

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<v Speaker 1>it like that for basketball? All you hear is just yes,

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<v Speaker 1>that's all you hear it because there's no surrounding noise.

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<v Speaker 5>Yep.

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<v Speaker 1>So you guys have it in the bag. You have

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<v Speaker 1>your second best outfit. Yeah, did you have something prepared

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<v Speaker 1>for afterwards to say the team? Yeah? I had.

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<v Speaker 2>I had my speech and you know, written out and

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<v Speaker 2>that's like your Super Bowl.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, so like I, you know, I.

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<v Speaker 2>It was really important to me to get that right

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<v Speaker 2>because that's you know, that's what the governor does. And

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<v Speaker 2>if you notice in my speech, you know, I talk

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<v Speaker 2>about the fans and how it was really for them

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<v Speaker 2>and that we were going to bring the trophy.

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<v Speaker 3>Back to LA where it belongs.

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<v Speaker 2>And so now I'm done with my speech and normally

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<v Speaker 2>the commissioner would hand you the trophy, right, but we

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<v Speaker 2>were like everybody was like eight feet apart, so so

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<v Speaker 2>you know, that part didn't happen. And I didn't want

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<v Speaker 2>to walk over and pick up the trophy myself and

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<v Speaker 2>I so I said to the players, that's your trophy.

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<v Speaker 2>You pick it up, like I'm not going to hand

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<v Speaker 2>it to you, Like I don't need the photo of

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<v Speaker 2>me holding the trophy. So I like, if you notice

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<v Speaker 2>I never hold the trophy. I walk over to the

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<v Speaker 2>team and Lebron comes over and hugs me and whispers

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<v Speaker 2>in my ear. I told you we would do this. This,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, this is what we This was our goal

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<v Speaker 2>and we did it. Like enjoy this moment, and that

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<v Speaker 2>was really you know, he's done it a few times. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I better practice at it that I did.

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<v Speaker 1>It's something different though in your Laker I mean it's

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's the Lakers. Yeah, there's the Celtics Lakers. That's basketball.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. So now like we win seventeen, now we're tied

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<v Speaker 2>with Boston in terms of championships, but then they went

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<v Speaker 2>one number eighteen before we did.

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<v Speaker 1>So we'll get there more, it'll get it'll get there.

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<v Speaker 1>So the clockhead zero.

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<v Speaker 6>Lakers wearing one six ninety three clockhead zero.

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<v Speaker 1>First thing you think about.

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<v Speaker 3>Do I go over and give pat Riley a hug?

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<v Speaker 2>You know?

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<v Speaker 3>And I didn't. I mean I felt bad, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean it's hard you talk.

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<v Speaker 1>You talked about it about sport being so much about relationship,

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<v Speaker 1>and I mean the relationship that you've had with pat

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<v Speaker 1>Riley and the success that you guys those memories to

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<v Speaker 1>see after the game, in between the lines. During the game,

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<v Speaker 1>everyone we want to kill you, but the aftermath, like

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<v Speaker 1>that's when you you appreciate your competitor and that real

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<v Speaker 1>human side comes where you're like, oh man, but it

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<v Speaker 1>was you know, did you hug them? No?

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<v Speaker 3>I did not hug up, and I felt bad, but.

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<v Speaker 1>It was still kind of weird to hug people.

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<v Speaker 2>Then yeah, yes, And we were all still wearing masks

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<v Speaker 2>until we got down.

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<v Speaker 1>I was just thinking about, what would you talk about

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<v Speaker 1>Lebron hugging you. I was like, man, people probably got

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<v Speaker 1>so scared about that during COVID, like people touching.

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<v Speaker 2>But just recently I had the wonderful opportunity to be

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<v Speaker 2>on a Zoom call with a bunch of our former

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<v Speaker 2>Showtime players and surprise, pat Riley with the announcement, our

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<v Speaker 2>next statue is going to be pat Riley that we're

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<v Speaker 2>going to have at Crypto.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's go.

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<v Speaker 3>So, so we're in good. We're in good.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, our relationship is still great.

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<v Speaker 1>That statue garden, by the way, it's cool, right, I

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<v Speaker 1>mean that thing is awesome.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>What's the threshold to get in the statue?

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<v Speaker 2>There really isn't yet, but like pat Riley, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>just you know, so cool.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, people want to see it.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's put a bow on this game.

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<v Speaker 7>So, as we mentioned, the Lakers won their seventeenth NBA championship.

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<v Speaker 7>This is the eleventh for the Bus family and first

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<v Speaker 7>Regina Number Trail as governor.

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<v Speaker 6>And the Celtics have won five since the Bus took over.

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<v Speaker 7>Everyone likes to do Celtics, Celtics Lakers, but five to eleven,

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<v Speaker 7>let's go.

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<v Speaker 1>He's from Boston too, and I'm a hockey guy.

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<v Speaker 6>You don't want to hear right thing?

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you?

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<v Speaker 7>And this was the longest season in NBA history, three and.

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<v Speaker 6>Seventy seven days.

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<v Speaker 1>Much needed though. We needed this because there was no entertainment.

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<v Speaker 1>Everyone was so bored out of all the same streaming stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what's awesome. About sport, brings brings people together.

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<v Speaker 6>There's only so much Tiger King you can watch.

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<v Speaker 7>Lebron James won Finals MVP and got his fourth ring

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<v Speaker 7>and moved the first and career playoff games with two

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<v Speaker 7>hundred and sixty. The Lakers and the Dodgers both won

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<v Speaker 7>a championship this year, and then in twenty twenty four,

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<v Speaker 7>LA hired JJ Redick as head coach.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the aftermath, and so.

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<v Speaker 2>I was the first female govin or to win a championship.

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<v Speaker 1>Freaking go.

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<v Speaker 2>My first thought was who's going to be the next?

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<v Speaker 2>Who's going to.

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<v Speaker 1>Be the next? I mean your first thought, who's going

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<v Speaker 1>to be the next? And you're also the first female

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<v Speaker 1>and first owner in general to win the in tournament

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<v Speaker 1>in season tournament. Yeah ever, yeah that'll go down.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you. That was cool too.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's score this game, so the last thing before everything,

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<v Speaker 1>we score the game and we see where it stands

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<v Speaker 1>on all the games that we've done. Because the reason

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<v Speaker 1>for this show is determined, what's the greatest game of

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<v Speaker 1>all time? Let's name the game banner seventeen game. These

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<v Speaker 1>are some that we came up with. If you have

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<v Speaker 1>a name that you want to name the game. You

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<v Speaker 1>can name it as well, South Beach versus Sunset, the

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<v Speaker 1>Bubble Banner, Bubblicious balling in the Bubble Love, Bubble Championship,

1:12:14.640 --> 1:12:17.840
<v Speaker 1>or any anyone that you have that comes up to

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<v Speaker 1>your mind.

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<v Speaker 3>It's like Banner seventeen.

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<v Speaker 1>We still like call it that Banner seventeen. Let's score

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<v Speaker 1>the game. Is this the greatest game of all time?

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<v Speaker 1>Let's score it? Stakes genie, zero to ten decimals, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>steaks of this game? Six game to cap off the championship.

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<v Speaker 2>Stakes of this, I would say it's nine.

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<v Speaker 1>I'd say like nine to two because this was like

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<v Speaker 1>a needed thing. I'm just saying for like the world, this,

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<v Speaker 1>like basketball was like the only thing we had, going,

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<v Speaker 1>only thing we had and fighting.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, you know, Jack got a eight point one. I

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<v Speaker 6>had an eight point zero.

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<v Speaker 1>Star power of this zero ten decimals, Okay, nine point five,

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<v Speaker 1>nine point five, I'm gonna I'm gonna go with eight

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<v Speaker 1>point eight because they didn't have the fans and the

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<v Speaker 1>star power of the Lakers. Does Jack Nicholson have to

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<v Speaker 1>pay for his courtside seats? No? What's a fun Jack

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<v Speaker 1>Jack story? He's gotta be one fun Jack story.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, there's let's put it this way, there's a reason

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<v Speaker 2>we have him sitting next to the visiting bench because

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<v Speaker 2>he's they just never know if he's gonna be the

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<v Speaker 2>Jack from the Shining.

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<v Speaker 1>Johnny exactly awesome. Game play.

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<v Speaker 7>Jack got an eight point seven out of seven point

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<v Speaker 7>eight gameplay zero ten decimals.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, I would say an eight.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a it's an integrity type score because it was

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<v Speaker 1>it was blowing out, then they came back. I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 1>go seven point two.

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<v Speaker 6>Jack had a six point five out of six point one.

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<v Speaker 1>And then lastly, we grade the name of the game

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<v Speaker 1>banner seventeen, ten, ten. Yeah, I'm gonna go with a

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<v Speaker 1>nine because we all know what it like, the culture reverence.

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<v Speaker 1>Everyone knows banner seventeen.

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<v Speaker 6>Jack at eight point five. I had a six point three.

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<v Speaker 1>What's it come up to?

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<v Speaker 6>An eight point one seven?

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<v Speaker 1>Or does it stand on the list that puts us.

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<v Speaker 6>Right here?

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<v Speaker 7>Twenty sixth just below the Shrug Game nineteen ninety two

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<v Speaker 7>NBA Finals Game one, Blazers versus Bulls, and just above

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<v Speaker 7>the Millennium.

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<v Speaker 1>Wave with Larry hand Hamilton. You remember the Millennium Wave. No,

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<v Speaker 1>it was on Time Magazine.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you mean just the wave that he was riding.

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<v Speaker 1>Yea, oh my god, the heaviest wave of WA all time.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's probably yeah, yeah I do, and that like,

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<v Speaker 2>oh I love that?

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<v Speaker 3>Then?

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<v Speaker 1>Is that what? Like?

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<v Speaker 3>Who came up with that name? Did you guys come

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<v Speaker 3>up with that Millennium Wave? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>I think time did.

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<v Speaker 6>We wanted him on the show because he's awesome.

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<v Speaker 3>No, he's amazing.

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<v Speaker 2>So did you give him other suggestions?

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<v Speaker 5>We did.

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<v Speaker 7>We googled some stuff and because he's not a competitive surfer,

1:15:19.880 --> 1:15:21.760
<v Speaker 7>he's like against the ocean, we like looked up and

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<v Speaker 7>then we found this thing like the Millennium Wave, and

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<v Speaker 7>we looked into it. It was like in two thousand,

1:15:26.320 --> 1:15:29.080
<v Speaker 7>he rode this crazy wave that was like the heaviest switch.

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<v Speaker 1>And we broke down the wave. We were breaking out

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<v Speaker 1>the game, and then we broke down the surfer of

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<v Speaker 1>Larry and his resume of the other waves that he surfed.

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<v Speaker 1>But this wave is taking lives.

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<v Speaker 2>Can I find this list somewhere? Yes, I gotta go.

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<v Speaker 7>Through this brand new We can send it to you,

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<v Speaker 7>but it's actually now send it to me.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, honestly, this is amazing.

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<v Speaker 7>We've had some fun little Patriots heavy if you look

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<v Speaker 7>up to the top.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course, I don't know what you're talking about. This

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<v Speaker 1>is this is completely there's no bias in any of them.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what you're talking about. Well, Jeanie, do

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<v Speaker 1>we miss anything?

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<v Speaker 3>You know?

1:16:07.600 --> 1:16:10.240
<v Speaker 1>We we all gotta we gotta, we gotta plug some

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<v Speaker 1>stuff the wow can you talk to us about Wow?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? I it's it's my passion project. I've invested my

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<v Speaker 2>own money, not LA your money. I you know, saw

1:16:22.520 --> 1:16:27.280
<v Speaker 2>a need. You know, there's so many great Division one

1:16:28.000 --> 1:16:32.040
<v Speaker 2>female athletes that don't get a chance. Unless you're a

1:16:32.040 --> 1:16:36.799
<v Speaker 2>basketball player, you know, or you know, a golfer or whatever.

1:16:36.960 --> 1:16:40.519
<v Speaker 2>There's no place to go pro after and you know,

1:16:40.600 --> 1:16:46.400
<v Speaker 2>if you played field hockey or you know whatever. It's like,

1:16:47.000 --> 1:16:51.720
<v Speaker 2>women deserve a place to go. And they've become athletes,

1:16:51.840 --> 1:16:55.120
<v Speaker 2>they've shown the dedication and the sacriface of what it

1:16:55.200 --> 1:16:58.599
<v Speaker 2>takes to be an athlete. So where can we help

1:16:58.680 --> 1:17:02.320
<v Speaker 2>them get a platform where they can perform? And so

1:17:02.640 --> 1:17:08.000
<v Speaker 2>we're the only all female wrestling outfit. We're in our

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<v Speaker 2>third season. We're in syndication in LA. We're on KKEL

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<v Speaker 2>on Saturday nights at eleven o'clock.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, and.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I just I can't tell you the amount

1:17:22.000 --> 1:17:24.920
<v Speaker 2>of talent that we have. And what we do is,

1:17:25.840 --> 1:17:28.000
<v Speaker 2>you know, women come and try out and if they

1:17:28.320 --> 1:17:34.040
<v Speaker 2>show potential, we train them. And you know, it's character driven.

1:17:34.160 --> 1:17:38.679
<v Speaker 2>It's good versus evil. It's wrestling. But our characters are great.

1:17:38.800 --> 1:17:42.599
<v Speaker 2>They're over the top. But what's important to me is

1:17:42.640 --> 1:17:48.160
<v Speaker 2>that these women fight their own battles. They don't run

1:17:48.240 --> 1:17:51.320
<v Speaker 2>to a man to save them. And I think that's

1:17:51.360 --> 1:17:55.479
<v Speaker 2>an important message for young girls especially there's so much

1:17:55.520 --> 1:17:59.800
<v Speaker 2>bullying that goes on and to be able to stand

1:17:59.880 --> 1:18:02.480
<v Speaker 2>up for what you believe in, stand up for yourself,

1:18:03.880 --> 1:18:07.440
<v Speaker 2>you know, and you know, so that you know, there's messages,

1:18:07.840 --> 1:18:12.880
<v Speaker 2>but it's still entertainment and about ten years, okay, no,

1:18:13.000 --> 1:18:16.479
<v Speaker 2>I it's like dad, you're a girl, Dad.

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<v Speaker 5>Years.

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<v Speaker 3>And so I also if I.

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<v Speaker 2>Could plug next week, there's a show that will premiere

1:18:28.080 --> 1:18:32.800
<v Speaker 2>on Netflix called Running Point, and I'm an executive producer

1:18:34.120 --> 1:18:39.000
<v Speaker 2>along with Mindy Kayling created the show and it's it's

1:18:39.040 --> 1:18:42.920
<v Speaker 2>loosely based on a character like me that you know,

1:18:43.200 --> 1:18:46.920
<v Speaker 2>ends up running NBA team. It's the teams called the

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<v Speaker 2>La Waves.

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<v Speaker 3>It's not the Late.

1:18:50.200 --> 1:18:53.959
<v Speaker 2>It's much easier I had to get league approval.

1:18:54.240 --> 1:18:56.479
<v Speaker 6>We're dealing with that right now with the project so small.

1:18:56.640 --> 1:19:00.559
<v Speaker 2>So see like that's I'm very happy and so gives

1:19:00.640 --> 1:19:04.600
<v Speaker 2>us license to be able to come up with storylines.

1:19:04.680 --> 1:19:10.320
<v Speaker 2>It's really funny. And the lead actress is Kate Hudson,

1:19:10.520 --> 1:19:13.120
<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, who is a movie star. So the idea

1:19:13.120 --> 1:19:16.559
<v Speaker 2>that we were able to get her to do this part,

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<v Speaker 2>she's fantastic. So that drops February twenty seventh. That's called

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<v Speaker 2>running point.

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<v Speaker 1>Running point.

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<v Speaker 6>We've been talking with Max Greenfield to come on.

1:19:25.520 --> 1:19:30.400
<v Speaker 2>Okay, yeah, wrote the show. He plays my character's Beyonce,

1:19:30.640 --> 1:19:31.439
<v Speaker 2>who's a doctor.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, thank you so much for taking time and coming

1:19:34.360 --> 1:19:37.120
<v Speaker 1>to the Nutthouse. We are so happy to have you.

1:19:37.439 --> 1:19:40.120
<v Speaker 1>We feel like we finally made it being in La

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<v Speaker 1>and Geenie Buss in the Brentwood studio. Thank you so much. Genie,

1:19:45.240 --> 1:19:47.599
<v Speaker 1>thanks so much. It's so fun to learn from you

1:19:47.640 --> 1:19:51.679
<v Speaker 1>and hear your passion for the game and your memory

1:19:51.720 --> 1:19:55.240
<v Speaker 1>for everything has been crazy, just like hearing your knowledge

1:19:55.240 --> 1:19:58.280
<v Speaker 1>of all the rosters when we're breaking down in roster

1:19:58.800 --> 1:20:01.720
<v Speaker 1>like not of like the Magic Johnson's but we were

1:20:01.760 --> 1:20:04.640
<v Speaker 1>talking about the guy who you just traded. Yeah, like

1:20:05.840 --> 1:20:09.320
<v Speaker 1>that's crazy. That's how in depth you are with everything

1:20:09.400 --> 1:20:14.120
<v Speaker 1>from the hot dog stand to freaking charity events, making

1:20:14.160 --> 1:20:17.280
<v Speaker 1>your own other enterprises. It's been so awesome to get

1:20:17.280 --> 1:20:19.200
<v Speaker 1>to have you here. Thank you so much for coming.

1:20:20.920 --> 1:20:22.400
<v Speaker 6>Gee, what an interview?

1:20:22.520 --> 1:20:23.599
<v Speaker 1>Well, what an interview?

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<v Speaker 5>Owner?

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<v Speaker 1>No governor governor?

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<v Speaker 6>That's right, no governor, governor class.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't know, that's the thing. I had no clue

1:20:32.640 --> 1:20:34.559
<v Speaker 1>there is there a governor in NFL.

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<v Speaker 7>After that, other mayors too. You should have saw the

1:20:39.720 --> 1:20:41.240
<v Speaker 7>face she made. I don't know if I can say this,

1:20:41.320 --> 1:20:43.840
<v Speaker 7>but afterwards, because you and Jay Moore were going through

1:20:43.880 --> 1:20:45.280
<v Speaker 7>the whole thing, and we gotta get him on the

1:20:45.280 --> 1:20:45.720
<v Speaker 7>show too.

1:20:45.760 --> 1:20:49.280
<v Speaker 6>He can't. We told talk about the score.

1:20:49.200 --> 1:20:50.800
<v Speaker 7>Like, man, I was really impressed to give a great score,

1:20:51.000 --> 1:20:53.679
<v Speaker 7>really integrity score, and I was like, you know, Mark

1:20:53.720 --> 1:20:55.680
<v Speaker 7>Cuban gave tense to everything, and she was like had

1:20:55.720 --> 1:20:58.160
<v Speaker 7>the biggest eye roll on the planet, which is just

1:20:58.200 --> 1:21:01.559
<v Speaker 7>like she's like classic Mark, It's just.

1:21:01.520 --> 1:21:03.840
<v Speaker 1>Like the Owners Club. Yeah you didn't.

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<v Speaker 7>I wish you dive into more of like the Owner's dynamics,

1:21:06.840 --> 1:21:08.719
<v Speaker 7>but I know, yeah, it was okay.

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<v Speaker 1>We can get Genie again.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, she was great.

1:21:11.240 --> 1:21:14.240
<v Speaker 1>You know what I ever since we you know, we've

1:21:14.280 --> 1:21:19.000
<v Speaker 1>done this episode watching those Lakers a little, a little closer.

1:21:19.040 --> 1:21:22.960
<v Speaker 6>I know you're gonna get a little flirting with the enemy.

1:21:23.040 --> 1:21:25.559
<v Speaker 1>I'm not flirty, but it's just like I'm out here

1:21:26.400 --> 1:21:30.799
<v Speaker 1>Celtics games on at fucking five o'clock. I'm still fucking

1:21:30.960 --> 1:21:34.639
<v Speaker 1>I'm at soccer practice at five o'clock. I can't catch

1:21:34.640 --> 1:21:37.719
<v Speaker 1>a Lake or the Celtics game. I get Lily down.

1:21:38.680 --> 1:21:40.880
<v Speaker 1>You know, she's in bed by the time. That's it's

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<v Speaker 1>fucking We're in the third quarter of the Laker game,

1:21:44.000 --> 1:21:46.519
<v Speaker 1>and all of a sudden, I see Luca and Austin

1:21:46.600 --> 1:21:53.080
<v Speaker 1>Reeves and fucking Lebron balling. It looked pretty good, Genie.

1:21:53.280 --> 1:21:56.439
<v Speaker 1>Let's go. Well, it's about that time. It's that time.

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<v Speaker 6>Or today, I've got a little surprise for you.

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<v Speaker 1>What do you got, Jackie, boys, what's up?

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<v Speaker 6>What's up?

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<v Speaker 5>I'm hanging in there, but I'm I'm hurt. Man. Bob

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<v Speaker 5>Sugar was in the nuthouse without me.

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<v Speaker 1>He's pretty cool too. You guys would have fuck. He's

1:22:32.600 --> 1:22:38.280
<v Speaker 1>a he's a Jets guy, Day Moore and he you

1:22:38.320 --> 1:22:41.519
<v Speaker 1>could tell he he knows sports. He loves sports, even

1:22:41.600 --> 1:22:44.240
<v Speaker 1>kind of communicating via text.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh is he trying to sign you?

1:22:46.240 --> 1:22:51.200
<v Speaker 1>Bro? He's uh no, I think he's I think we're podswapping.

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<v Speaker 1>We gotta get him on the pod. I think he'd

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<v Speaker 1>be a fun guest butt fumble butt fumble game, yeah,

1:22:56.840 --> 1:23:01.160
<v Speaker 1>or some sad Jets game, but fumble might be. He's hurt.

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<v Speaker 1>Jeanie was awesome. You would have loved her.

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<v Speaker 5>Is she gonna hook us up with some court sides

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<v Speaker 5>or what?

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<v Speaker 1>You know? A? Yeah, I'm not kidding.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm not. I want to.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm if you're you know I won't. I'm not an asker.

1:23:15.400 --> 1:23:17.599
<v Speaker 5>I know we can't. We're not that kind of guy.

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<v Speaker 1>You have a mouse to cook the ash for a

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<v Speaker 1>glass of milk. Okay, maybe she gives the rafters. I

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<v Speaker 1>know the Celtics already came in town, so.

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<v Speaker 5>Fuck, I know, maybe I have to wait till the finals.

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<v Speaker 1>You are you? Are you saying Luca I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>Austin Reeves le taking them.

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<v Speaker 5>Wait a minute, you guys already cracked the bad words

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<v Speaker 5>without me, by the way, get up in there ready.

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<v Speaker 5>It's like when Lil Wayne used to spark the lighter

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<v Speaker 5>into the mic.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, oh good, do that sound that sounds good? Oh?

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<v Speaker 1>Jackie settled down, jack So I'm just so excited.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm just so excited.

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<v Speaker 1>It's so good when it hits your lips where you been.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm gonna pull back the curtain a little bit. We

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<v Speaker 5>talked about this internally at the nuthouse, but this hasn't

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<v Speaker 5>really gotten out to the people. So I'll speak candidly

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<v Speaker 5>here if you will, Jules in.

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<v Speaker 1>Your mind, yeah, go ahead and speak Candy. There comes

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<v Speaker 1>a moment when I like that course light in the

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<v Speaker 1>background too, Yes, Therr. The where you get is that

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<v Speaker 1>where you get lost in the background? Is that where you're.

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<v Speaker 5>That's where I get my foot picks off?

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<v Speaker 1>All right? Where you've been, where you've been?

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<v Speaker 5>Where As you know, in the nuthouse world, when you

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<v Speaker 5>hit a certain age, you gotta go out on your

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<v Speaker 5>nuthouse mission. Kyler went down to I don't know the rainforest.

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<v Speaker 5>I think in Brazil or something. You were in the

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<v Speaker 5>the out back out in Australia. So I'm over here

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<v Speaker 5>in the American southeast, moving up into the rust belt,

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<v Speaker 5>you know, uh, mid Atlantic. I'm just trying to convert

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<v Speaker 5>these people to being nuthouse members. Bro.

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<v Speaker 7>Spread the circumcise the people of Southeast Tea.

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<v Speaker 1>But it's more of the Mormon route. Bro, We're just

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<v Speaker 1>sitting them out there. Instead of the the shirt and tie,

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<v Speaker 1>the little slurt short sleeve shirt and tie, we give

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<v Speaker 1>him nuthouse hat.

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<v Speaker 5>We go forty seven brand hitch hats, we wear black Tea's.

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<v Speaker 5>We get a company issued Honda ruckas. And I'm just

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<v Speaker 5>going door to door, bro, knock knock. Have you heard

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<v Speaker 5>the good word of Ernest Adams? Maybe the teachings of

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<v Speaker 5>William Belichick? Mind if I come in and then I

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<v Speaker 5>do you think.

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<v Speaker 6>The goodest of all time?

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<v Speaker 1>Is? Wow?

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<v Speaker 5>You'd be amazed how many people they don't know about

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<v Speaker 5>the Millennium waver or you know game six of the

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<v Speaker 5>two thousand and seven opening round, you know, Baron Davis Dunk.

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<v Speaker 5>They they just don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>Dude, what's the weirdest doorstep?

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<v Speaker 5>You like?

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<v Speaker 1>There's some weird people over in those appellations where you're

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<v Speaker 1>at Yeah, oh yeah, any did you go into it

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<v Speaker 1>like it's been That's what I want to I want

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<v Speaker 1>to know. This is what I want to know. They

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<v Speaker 1>should make uh, they should make a TV show of all,

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<v Speaker 1>like the crazy stories of the Mormons going into neighborhoods

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<v Speaker 1>that they probably shouldn't have been in, and like there's

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<v Speaker 1>got to be some crazy stories about like like Mormons

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<v Speaker 1>going to Texas going on like property line guy the

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<v Speaker 1>shotgun coming out chasing him, or going up in the

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<v Speaker 1>hood and stuff.

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<v Speaker 6>You know, what's the Book of Mormon about?

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<v Speaker 1>I forgot, but I saw it. It was really funny.

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<v Speaker 5>Then they get sent on their mission, they go to Orlando,

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<v Speaker 5>or do they want to go to Orlando? They get

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<v Speaker 5>sent to Africa? Yeah, so they Yeah, hilarity ensues.

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<v Speaker 1>Exactly, Like what about those Mormons that roll up into

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<v Speaker 1>Africa and like some there's got to be a group

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<v Speaker 1>of people that are like, what the who are these

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<v Speaker 1>fucking people?

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, it's insane, bro, it's insane.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean hat in mid combo hat I just.

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<v Speaker 5>Got drafted bro by Team Cores. But the thing is, dude,

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<v Speaker 5>you don't really get kicked off porches or pulled shotguns

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<v Speaker 5>on you when you got the cores on your arm.

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<v Speaker 5>They let me right in.

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<v Speaker 1>They let you right in.

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<v Speaker 5>Next thing, you know, you're talking about the Subway series

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<v Speaker 5>from two thousand, Mike Piazza, bro.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, give me the I want. I want to

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<v Speaker 1>hear it right now. Yeplay, you're knocking on my door.

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<v Speaker 1>Let me hear, let me hear your pitch. Yeah, what

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<v Speaker 1>do you want, dude?

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<v Speaker 5>Sure do you have a moment to hear?

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<v Speaker 1>A moment for fucking What.

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<v Speaker 5>Do you know about twenty eight to three or some

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<v Speaker 5>of the other greatest games of all time?

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<v Speaker 1>You mean when them Atlanta Falcons pissed down their leg?

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<v Speaker 5>Yep, that that is the game, sir?

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<v Speaker 1>What about that game? Oh, Brady boy? Pretty good?

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<v Speaker 5>Would you like to know what happened at halftime in

1:28:04.880 --> 1:28:08.439
<v Speaker 5>that game? Or who came up with the phrase gotta believe?

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<v Speaker 5>Just a few more things about it to really learn

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<v Speaker 5>about this game?

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<v Speaker 1>What? What? What else we got? Kid?

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<v Speaker 5>I gotta I got a twelve back? Of course?

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<v Speaker 1>Come on in? Why didn't you say so? Come on in?

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<v Speaker 1>Works every time, brow.

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<v Speaker 5>Works, every time I see he told you it's something else, man.

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<v Speaker 5>A lot of full conversions, some partial conversions. So I

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<v Speaker 5>gotta I got a whole book full to show you

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<v Speaker 5>when I get back.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't wait to see the book.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, of course a full is you subscribe to the

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<v Speaker 5>YouTube rss feed and us on all social platforms. Partial

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<v Speaker 5>is just maybe r ss.

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<v Speaker 6>Dick doc on Spotify.

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<v Speaker 5>Yep, we'll take what we can get. But you'd be

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<v Speaker 5>kyler man. It's it's eye opening, bro. You'd be amazed

1:28:55.400 --> 1:28:57.799
<v Speaker 5>how many people they don't even know what the RSS

1:28:57.880 --> 1:29:01.320
<v Speaker 5>feed is or a YouTube short. So I'm just doing

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<v Speaker 5>a lot of a lot of teaching, bro, but a

1:29:03.640 --> 1:29:08.280
<v Speaker 5>lot of a lot of fellowshipping and evangelizing and proselytizing it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's great as long as you're spreading the Gospel of

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<v Speaker 1>the nuthouse.

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<v Speaker 5>Every day. Brother, I'm doing it the right way.

1:29:17.640 --> 1:29:21.000
<v Speaker 1>And our Holy waters core is light. You just sprinkle,

1:29:22.200 --> 1:29:25.840
<v Speaker 1>sprinkle you with it a little dabble, do you there?

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<v Speaker 1>You go?

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<v Speaker 7>Thank you, Jackie, Thanks you assume guys, people back home. No,

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<v Speaker 7>jack is Jack's a part of all the shows right

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<v Speaker 7>when he's even not here, he's in Riverside. He's texting

1:29:37.280 --> 1:29:40.320
<v Speaker 7>me constantly. So like if anything's like smart comes out

1:29:40.360 --> 1:29:42.360
<v Speaker 7>of my mouth mostly it's just Jack's line.

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<v Speaker 6>So like Jack, Jack dming us. So Jack's very much

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<v Speaker 6>a part of the show, even if he's just sliding.

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<v Speaker 5>DM Kyler's wearing a wire every year, Bro, he's.

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<v Speaker 1>Wearing a wire. He's had an ear piece.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah all right, Jack Man. You can't wait to be

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<v Speaker 5>back in the flesh boys.

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<v Speaker 1>I love you you boys late late. Great to hear

1:30:03.360 --> 1:30:05.920
<v Speaker 1>from Jack, so good to see him. Excited to get

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<v Speaker 1>him back soon.

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<v Speaker 7>Whispers got some couple episodes lined up that are gonna

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<v Speaker 7>be awesome.

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<v Speaker 1>I miss him, but I still we have him in.

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<v Speaker 1>He's like, like we said, here, he's here. He's here.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah.

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