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Speaker 1: We believe team versus Utah is clear obvious. The Lakers

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Speaker 1: Game seven, I mean, gosh, eight nine, ten points. I

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Speaker 1: don't hurt. Welcome back to what's burning the finals? Uh Man,

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Speaker 1: we got a special guest here before we get started,

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Speaker 1: a friend of the family, friend of the program. Uh

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Speaker 1: NBA Hall of Famer Paul Pierce. We appreciate you, man.

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Speaker 1: I'm hearing you might becoming part of the Showtime family,

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Speaker 1: so we could we could be seeing you here more.

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, we got some stuff in the words well welcome,

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Speaker 1: but let's get right into it. Milwaukee Phoenix. Phoenix goes

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Speaker 1: up to oh Milwaukee wins the next two at home,

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Speaker 1: goes in Game five after being down double digits, uh

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Speaker 1: to secure win um with some tough defense from jew Holiday.

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Speaker 1: Tell me how the momentum has swung in these finals.

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Speaker 1: I'm telling this series might be over man, truthfully, because

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Speaker 1: Drew Holiday, think about this. He played terrible in Game four,

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Speaker 1: and that was a game Phoenix should have won. It's

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Speaker 1: always that one swing game. It was Game four, Phoenix

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Speaker 1: should have won that. So now all the momentums in Milwaukee,

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Speaker 1: and I don't know how Phoenix is gonna recover because

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Speaker 1: I can't even see them playing much better. They shot

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Speaker 1: you usually win a game like that. They was up

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Speaker 1: in it, to be all honest, They're a whole different

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Speaker 1: Game four lost in Milwaukee was big. Obviously, that turnover

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Speaker 1: I see flashes of this teams and what I've been

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Speaker 1: impressed with them all playoffs is they haven't showed their age.

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Speaker 1: brand Reggie Miller, uh, the Matrix, Sean Marion being Wallace.

428
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Speaker 1: We just didn't get it done. But this is where

429
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Speaker 1: the world, this is where we ran into the first

430
00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:02,760
Speaker 1: time I ran into a guy named man new Genoboli.

431
00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:05,240
Speaker 1: This is the first time. You know, he wasn't in

432
00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:07,639
Speaker 1: the league and it was like this kid, So I

433
00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:11,760
Speaker 1: was like, what whatever I got him? Man? He put

434
00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:16,399
Speaker 1: it on us. He put it on It was a

435
00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:19,320
Speaker 1: monster too. You do everything to keep off that left

436
00:21:19,359 --> 00:21:20,720
Speaker 1: he'll still get to us left and he used to

437
00:21:20,760 --> 00:21:22,640
Speaker 1: dunk that bit in the lane on you too. Yeah.

438
00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:25,280
Speaker 1: So my USA experience was all bad. And I think

439
00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:28,000
Speaker 1: the reason after two thousand and this was a two

440
00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:32,640
Speaker 1: thousand I believe U three and four around there, they

441
00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:36,439
Speaker 1: changed the whole USA program to where now how they

442
00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:38,720
Speaker 1: started bringing guys earlier out for camp because we just

443
00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:41,160
Speaker 1: showed them, got together, practice for a couple of days

444
00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:44,400
Speaker 1: and play. Now it's a whole program. After that, after that,

445
00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:48,240
Speaker 1: that tragic event, they changed the whole USA program. And

446
00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:50,520
Speaker 1: that's why we're back on top. This is it's just

447
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Speaker 1: me what team you both would want to rematch against

448
00:21:55,119 --> 00:22:00,119
Speaker 1: to beat both would want to rematch against probably in

449
00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:03,400
Speaker 1: our careers. I would want to run it back with that.

450
00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:06,560
Speaker 1: We believe team versus Utah, I think we had we

451
00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:08,960
Speaker 1: were we were on a crazy high that year and

452
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Speaker 1: we was up in Utah. Both games, whistles got crazy

453
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Speaker 1: um and they ended up battling San Antonio in the

454
00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:19,840
Speaker 1: Eastern Conference finals excuse me, Western Conference finals. So that

455
00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:21,360
Speaker 1: I mean to me, that would probably be a one.

456
00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:23,520
Speaker 1: Let's run it back because I thought we should have

457
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Speaker 1: beat them. Yeah, I mean, mine is clear obvious the

458
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Speaker 1: Lakers Game seven. I mean, gosh, we was up eight, nine,

459
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Speaker 1: ten points. I don't hurt. I don't still stink to you.

460
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Speaker 1: Is that your biggest that's just, you know, just your

461
00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:46,760
Speaker 1: biggest crush man right there and then, But like a

462
00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:49,800
Speaker 1: couple of them, people don't like like when we say

463
00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:52,320
Speaker 1: you have to be good and lucky. People forgetting two

464
00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:54,680
Speaker 1: thousand and nine. We came back and started the season

465
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Speaker 1: like twenty nine and three, and KG gets hurt and

466
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Speaker 1: uh we probably would go back to back because we

467
00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:03,880
Speaker 1: was crushing teams and then we get healthy the next

468
00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:07,000
Speaker 1: year and then we lose per I mean, you gotta

469
00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:10,000
Speaker 1: be good and lucky man. Injuries are a factors. So

470
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Speaker 1: all you people out here saying that Phoenix wouldn't be

471
00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:17,600
Speaker 1: there or Milwaukee wouldn't be there, Injuries are a factor.

472
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Speaker 1: It is a part of the game. It happens every

473
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Speaker 1: year Toronto one Katie went down. Oh well, it's part

474
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Speaker 1: of the game. Yeah, absolutely, I agree. You can't definitely

475
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Speaker 1: take nothing away from these teams. Uncle one e pH one,

476
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Speaker 1: What the funk that says after partially tearing his a

477
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Speaker 1: c L With his injury history, will Qua be the

478
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Speaker 1: next star? To have his career altered by injury. Who

479
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Speaker 1: tough question. I mean, how much altering can you do

480
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Speaker 1: with Kauai's career? Look at his career, you know, it's

481
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Speaker 1: not the same as when I look at like Penny

482
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Speaker 1: Hardaway or Grant Hill or Tracy McGrady. You know, Kauai

483
00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:58,080
Speaker 1: has won a couple of championships, He's been on great

484
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Speaker 1: teams already. I don't think it alters his career. Will

485
00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:05,160
Speaker 1: he win Moore? Who knows? But his career is set

486
00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:08,280
Speaker 1: in stone pretty much. His legacy is there, and so

487
00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:11,640
Speaker 1: I like, like I said, al turn it, I don't

488
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Speaker 1: think so, because Kauai could retire today and he's going

489
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Speaker 1: down one of the greatest. So I would agree. Now

490
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Speaker 1: this might alter his longevity, I think, um, just because

491
00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:24,280
Speaker 1: there's always been whispers there's something going on in his hip.

492
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Speaker 1: Now he has this minor a c L tear um,

493
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Speaker 1: already had the surgery recovering. We wish him the best,

494
00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:33,240
Speaker 1: but this could probably prolong that probably the length of

495
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Speaker 1: time he plays. But I think, like Paul said, I

496
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Speaker 1: mean to championships, two finals, m vps um, he's pretty

497
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Speaker 1: much all right. We got a question from S. J.

498
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Speaker 1: C forty four oh one, Matt, where was you rank

499
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Speaker 1: Joannice currently? If he wins a ring this year? I

500
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Speaker 1: really to be honest with you when we're talking about

501
00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:08,119
Speaker 1: greats and we'll just go top twenty five grades. I

502
00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:11,199
Speaker 1: don't think he's cracked that list yet. I think, um,

503
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Speaker 1: he's at a great start, still young, two time m

504
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Speaker 1: v P. But like, what about amongst the league right now? Current, like, like,

505
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Speaker 1: who's the best player in the league? If he wins

506
00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:24,480
Speaker 1: a ring this year, I think we gotta. I think

507
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Speaker 1: you gotta put him in the top five. I think

508
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Speaker 1: you gotta put him in the top five. And that's

509
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Speaker 1: that's saying a lot because there's a lot of motherfucker's

510
00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:36,280
Speaker 1: in the number one in the league. I don't think so.

511
00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:38,840
Speaker 1: I don't think so you gotta be you gotta be

512
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Speaker 1: number one? Oh you got him? Because I'm still like

513
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Speaker 1: and I'm if I'm thinking number one, I'm still taking

514
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Speaker 1: k D over Jannice. I don't know. And this is

515
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Speaker 1: what all due respect, I don't know if going into

516
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Speaker 1: here night about this. We won, right So I go

517
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Speaker 1: to Spain to do a bad skitball camp and it

518
00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:04,560
Speaker 1: was like, hey, Ida interview and He was like, hey,

519
00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:07,639
Speaker 1: you bess, you just beat the best player in the world.

520
00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:10,880
Speaker 1: And I was like, huh. I was like, currently, I'm

521
00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:13,320
Speaker 1: the best player in the world because I beat them

522
00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:18,439
Speaker 1: I want and so like I think, Janice, if he

523
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Speaker 1: wins a chip, he's the king. He's the best player

524
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Speaker 1: in the world. I mean, look at the numbers he's

525
00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:29,080
Speaker 1: putting up. Dude. Man, he's sixty who shoots six from

526
00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:33,080
Speaker 1: the field average, and his impact is on the novel. Yeah,

527
00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:36,119
Speaker 1: he's not that player, but neither with Shock. You know,

528
00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:38,640
Speaker 1: everybody asking Honest to do all this. He's not a closer.

529
00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:42,280
Speaker 1: That's why they need Middleton and Drew Holiday to do that.

530
00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:46,639
Speaker 1: But everything else in between he taking care of. You know,

531
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Speaker 1: there's other guys who we got in front of them.

532
00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:52,399
Speaker 1: They closers, Okay, Katie, uh bron, you know these guys,

533
00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:55,399
Speaker 1: you know, they closer, they do it all. But this dude,

534
00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:58,600
Speaker 1: he the best right now, He coming off two m

535
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Speaker 1: vps and and he win it. Not mad at that.

536
00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:07,760
Speaker 1: It's gotta be he gotta he gotta feel he's the best. Yeah. Absolutely,

537
00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:09,600
Speaker 1: and you I'm not even allow you made a better

538
00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:14,199
Speaker 1: argument than me. So I'm good with that now. We're

539
00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:17,080
Speaker 1: up with quick hitters. We touched on this early in

540
00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:20,280
Speaker 1: the show. Uh. The U S team defeats Spain. They're

541
00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:24,800
Speaker 1: off to Tokyo. First game I think is versus France. Uh.

542
00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:26,679
Speaker 1: One thing I did like, and this was kind of

543
00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:31,040
Speaker 1: controversial because they added Kelton Johnson, was a young player

544
00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:34,239
Speaker 1: off San Antonio who got a lot of respect in

545
00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:36,760
Speaker 1: the process leading up to being able to join the

546
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Speaker 1: big team, and then they grabbed JaVale McGee and there

547
00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:41,800
Speaker 1: was a lot of controversies saying that possibly other guys

548
00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:44,639
Speaker 1: deserved it or earned it more. What was your thoughts

549
00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:48,359
Speaker 1: on those feeling those two pieces, two spots with role

550
00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:51,360
Speaker 1: players instead of bona fide stars. This is the one

551
00:27:51,359 --> 00:27:54,000
Speaker 1: thing I think people gotta get because it's easy for

552
00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:56,680
Speaker 1: me to say, you know why you didn't add a

553
00:27:56,720 --> 00:28:01,600
Speaker 1: Trey Young or or um, well it's Donovan Donovan Mitchell

554
00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:04,399
Speaker 1: is not on the squad. No Donovan Mitchell. But you

555
00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:08,760
Speaker 1: gotta understand sometimes these guys turned down and people don't

556
00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:11,359
Speaker 1: know that that, Like they might have asked these guys trade,

557
00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:14,520
Speaker 1: do you want to play? Or it's about availability. You know,

558
00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:16,760
Speaker 1: some guys turned it down and so it's not about

559
00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:19,800
Speaker 1: why they didn't pick them up like I turned down

560
00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:22,960
Speaker 1: Team USA. You know it's sometimes it was like why

561
00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:24,600
Speaker 1: they didn't put peers because I didn't want to play

562
00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:28,200
Speaker 1: that something had other things to do. Uh, But there's

563
00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:31,359
Speaker 1: no excuses. These guys are more than enough. They added

564
00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:34,760
Speaker 1: some role players. They got their stars. K D. Think

565
00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:36,960
Speaker 1: about this. You can add two of them guys on

566
00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:39,520
Speaker 1: the NBA team on the USA team and there're be

567
00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:44,240
Speaker 1: contenders in the NBA. So they got more than enough.

568
00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:47,520
Speaker 1: And so there's regardless, maybe to help with their chemistry

569
00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:50,480
Speaker 1: and to help them with defense. Then when the finals

570
00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:53,240
Speaker 1: is over, they ad Booker, Middleton and Drew that they'll

571
00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:56,680
Speaker 1: be fine. I like the Obviously there are people who

572
00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:59,560
Speaker 1: are more solidified and and maybe put more work in

573
00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:01,479
Speaker 1: UM then these guys. By the end of the day,

574
00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:03,840
Speaker 1: I think role players needed because as we touched on earlier,

575
00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:07,320
Speaker 1: we've got so many ball dominant stars that are used

576
00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:09,200
Speaker 1: to being the man on their team. Is good because

577
00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:11,400
Speaker 1: you know, Kelton Johnson came in and and fucked the

578
00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:14,200
Speaker 1: whole energy up for Spain with his hustle, is rebounding,

579
00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:17,719
Speaker 1: his cutting, it's splitting his ass back on defense, and

580
00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:19,720
Speaker 1: you know we've all seen with Javel's. Javal's to me

581
00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:22,160
Speaker 1: has been unsung. He's got what two or three championships,

582
00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:27,920
Speaker 1: always to keep peace on championship teams, plays hardy, rebound,

583
00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:30,479
Speaker 1: the ultra shots. So with these adding these two role players, yes,

584
00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:34,200
Speaker 1: like but think could you imagine a couple of years

585
00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:38,560
Speaker 1: ago before I go to State, Absolutely not, they would

586
00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:40,520
Speaker 1: have been they would have been going. That's a testament

587
00:29:40,560 --> 00:29:43,040
Speaker 1: to him. Shout out javail Man, your hard work over

588
00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:45,200
Speaker 1: the last few years. Alutely man, he's always been a

589
00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:49,040
Speaker 1: key peace on championship teams. Reported and then like you said,

590
00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:51,480
Speaker 1: you know, book, Middleton and Holiday will come after the final.

591
00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:54,520
Speaker 1: So obviously we're still ODZ on favor. I don't see

592
00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:56,480
Speaker 1: anyone really being in problem and may not be dream

593
00:29:56,520 --> 00:29:59,280
Speaker 1: team number blowouts, but it's gonna be you know, the

594
00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:02,200
Speaker 1: USA with if you do that thing up next West

595
00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:07,440
Speaker 1: Unsell Junior name the head coach of the Washington Wizards. Um,

596
00:30:07,560 --> 00:30:09,120
Speaker 1: I think we want to say we have seven new

597
00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:12,360
Speaker 1: black head coaches in the league, which were running total

598
00:30:12,360 --> 00:30:14,880
Speaker 1: of the thirteen. I think it's a beautiful thing with

599
00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:17,400
Speaker 1: your thought on this, I think it's a long time

600
00:30:17,480 --> 00:30:20,400
Speaker 1: coming because I think with this new generation. You've got

601
00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:22,360
Speaker 1: a lot of these guys as former players, and they

602
00:30:22,360 --> 00:30:25,240
Speaker 1: can relate. That's the key word, you think. I think

603
00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:29,480
Speaker 1: to now, coaching is more about relatability to actual excell those. Yeah,

604
00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:31,800
Speaker 1: because you can get some excells and those, but you

605
00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:33,560
Speaker 1: need a guy who they can relate to, who they're

606
00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:36,760
Speaker 1: gonna respect. J K Chauncey. When I look around these

607
00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:41,720
Speaker 1: guys who may they respected in the NBA circles, ty Louse,

608
00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:46,720
Speaker 1: we already know they respected. And you know I respected

609
00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:48,480
Speaker 1: Doc because he knows where we go through on the

610
00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:51,600
Speaker 1: day to day crime. He's somebody I feel like, man,

611
00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:54,960
Speaker 1: you know, away from basketball, I could really have a

612
00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:58,640
Speaker 1: real conversation with him and ain't always gotta be basketball talk.

613
00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:01,360
Speaker 1: You know, he can understand and like if something I'm

614
00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:03,560
Speaker 1: going through off the court is affecting me on the court,

615
00:31:03,560 --> 00:31:06,720
Speaker 1: I feel like I'm comfortable and having that conversation and

616
00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:09,480
Speaker 1: see people don't see that part of you know. And

617
00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:11,600
Speaker 1: that's what I love when you get these young black

618
00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:15,040
Speaker 1: coaches who've been there, who understand the new generation who've

619
00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:19,400
Speaker 1: been around them, because it's it's more than just hoop sometime. Absolutely,

620
00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:21,320
Speaker 1: you know, I didn't have to have conversations with Doc,

621
00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:24,560
Speaker 1: not even about who, just somebody who I can that's important.

622
00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:27,080
Speaker 1: And then it got my mind back right now I

623
00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:29,680
Speaker 1: can hoop. Yeah. What I think is dope too is

624
00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:31,840
Speaker 1: six have the seven coaches were assistance And when it

625
00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:34,160
Speaker 1: comes to this situation, normally the black assistance are the

626
00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:36,360
Speaker 1: cool assistant coaches. They'll have to go wrangle us up,

627
00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:41,560
Speaker 1: talk to Paul talk. So for these guys to failing,

628
00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:43,320
Speaker 1: you know, not have to be them dudes, no more.

629
00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:45,360
Speaker 1: I actually get to sit in that front seat. Man.

630
00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:47,040
Speaker 1: It shout out to my man, really green who got

631
00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:49,920
Speaker 1: the job over in New Orleans. Good luck you know,

632
00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:51,560
Speaker 1: hopefully you guys do what you do in the finals.

633
00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:54,960
Speaker 1: But congratulations on the job in man, So I love

634
00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:57,440
Speaker 1: to see it. Let's also talk about your team, who's

635
00:31:57,440 --> 00:31:59,560
Speaker 1: got a new head coach? Email Udoko but then also

636
00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:03,480
Speaker 1: picked up David Stoudemire as an assistant. Talk about he

637
00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:06,440
Speaker 1: May's job and what what you know being a part

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Speaker 1: of the Celtics franchise looks like in them building around

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Speaker 1: Brown and Tatum. Well, yeah, I think you know Brad Stevens,

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Speaker 1: you know he you know, he already made the foundation

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Speaker 1: and I think his time was up as far as

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Speaker 1: coaching and now I love the fact that you're bringing

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Speaker 1: these two uh, former players who who understand the game.

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Speaker 1: They're both are guards, you know, and this team is

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Speaker 1: guard heavy, uh Tatum and Brown and guys that they're

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Speaker 1: gonna respect. You know. David Stoudom are definitely made a

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Speaker 1: name for himself in this league. I mean we all

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Speaker 1: know that. And uh, you know sometimes about having a

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Speaker 1: new voice, but the right voice key, you know, but

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Speaker 1: the right voice, and that can take a team to

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Speaker 1: the next level. Um, you know, the Steltics still as

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Speaker 1: far as being a continder, they need some few a

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Speaker 1: few more pieces. That was gonna be my next question.

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Speaker 1: What do you feel like they're missing? I like the

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Speaker 1: Moses Brown pick up from He's Raw from Oklahoma City,

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Speaker 1: former us A kid to put up a couple of nights,

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Speaker 1: was gonna you know, push, uh, the the young Williams

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Speaker 1: kid to work harder. What do you feel like they're missing?

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Speaker 1: I think they need a young athletic big you know,

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Speaker 1: just when you look across the board, uh at the contenders,

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Speaker 1: you get they got the guards. The wings is fine,

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Speaker 1: you know, Brown at Tatum could handle. But I think

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Speaker 1: they need a young guy, theng athletic big who's capable

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Speaker 1: any given night giving you a twenty and ten night. Now,

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Speaker 1: they may have one already there my young boy over there.

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Speaker 1: But I just think you need somebody consistent in that

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Speaker 1: spotted a borderline All Star, uh, if they want to

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Speaker 1: take the leap, you know, like how Milwaukee went on

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Speaker 1: got Drew Holler, who's a borderline All Star to go

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Speaker 1: with the other two All Stars. And this lead to

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Speaker 1: that you need three all Stars or two in the

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Speaker 1: borderline one to win it all or to you a contender.

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Speaker 1: And that's all they're missing. But they're young. They can

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Speaker 1: keep building on what they got for a long time.

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Speaker 1: Because these guys are about to sign some long term

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Speaker 1: deals in the next year or two. They're gonna beat there,

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Speaker 1: I believe, you know, they signed once, but they'll sign again.

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Speaker 1: I think they need a playmaking point guard and a

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Speaker 1: point guard they can hit big shots, like Malcolm Brogden

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Speaker 1: like to me they had Kyrie but but but those

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Speaker 1: are those are score first guards. Brock can make plays,

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Speaker 1: plays defense, and hits big shots. He doesn't have to

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Speaker 1: have the ball in his hands and be the go

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Speaker 1: to you know. I mean he feels a great road

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Speaker 1: to me, and to me, you know, it's although Marcus smartest,

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Speaker 1: kind of hard and soul that team. The reason why

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Speaker 1: I think he's expendable is because Tatum around both play defense.

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Speaker 1: Normally don't get young stars to play both ways. Both

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Speaker 1: these dudes try to lock up on defense too. So

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Speaker 1: to me, if you can get a playmaking point guard

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Speaker 1: that can knock down big shots and guard his position,

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Speaker 1: to me, I think that's what they need, because I

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Speaker 1: think they do. I agree young athletic bigs. But again,

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Speaker 1: I think with Horford kind of being the o G

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Speaker 1: mentoring these young kids, with the Williams kid in the

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Speaker 1: in the in the Brown kids from u c l

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Speaker 1: A over there, I think there's gonna have some good mentorships.

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Speaker 1: So it'll be um, It'll be interesting to see, will

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Speaker 1: be interesting to see. I still think the East is

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Speaker 1: wide open now. Milwaukee win this year. I still feel

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Speaker 1: like there's teams that's right there. Brooklyn is not to ship.

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Speaker 1: They just got to be healthy. So I think the

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Speaker 1: end of the era of Dynasty's is over. I agree,

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Speaker 1: I agree. I think there's a more movement now. Although

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Speaker 1: the the last team that could possibly be a dynasty.

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Speaker 1: In my opinion is if they can stay together is Brooklyn,

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Speaker 1: they can make a dynasty run. I think I think

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Speaker 1: they can win with consider dynasty back to back three

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Speaker 1: out of four, so I would think that team has

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Speaker 1: a chance. And if Dame drops to the Bay, look out.

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Speaker 1: Well man, it's been a hell of a season, a

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Speaker 1: lot of ups and downs, shortened off season. Um, the

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Speaker 1: season is going to be even shorter um after this break.

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Speaker 1: Also the Olympics and they're starting on time next year.

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Speaker 1: I think as fans and first as certainly as players,

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Speaker 1: we have to watch how how these guys get their rest.

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Speaker 1: I think in the playoffs this year, like you said,

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Speaker 1: it always happens, but it happened un an alarming right

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Speaker 1: this year. Uh, two guys getting hurt, especially key players

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Speaker 1: getting hurt, and I just think that kind of stems

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Speaker 1: stems down to these motherfucker's were playing a lot of

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Speaker 1: basketball of late, and it doesn't seem like there's any

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Speaker 1: time to slow down soon. So hopefully these guys can

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Speaker 1: find some rest and we can get a healthy season

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Speaker 1: next year. Man, So appreciate you man for your time,

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Speaker 1: like you around here more. I hope you guys enjoyed

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